Al-Kafi 5948

Translation

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Al Nazar Bin Suweyd, from Aasim Bin Humeyd, from Abu Baseer who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah^asws, ‘An old man from our companions called Umar asked Isa Bin Ayn, and he was needy. So Isa Bin Ayn said to him, ‘I have some <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span> with me, but I cannot give you from it’. So he said to him, ‘And why not?’ So he said, ‘Because I saw you buying meat and dates’. So he said, ‘But rather, I profited by a Dirham, so I bought meat with two coins, and dates with two coins, then I return with two coins for a need’. He (the narrator) said, ‘So Abu Abdullah^asws placed his^asws hand upon his forehead for a while, then raised his^asws head, then said: ‘Allah^azwj Blessed and High Looked at the wealth of the rich, then Looked at the poor, and He^azwj Made to be in the wealth of the rich that which they would be sufficing with, and had that not been sufficient for them, He^azwj would have Increased (the rate of <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>) for them. But he should give him what he can eat, and drink, and dress, and get married, and give charity, and perform Hajj’.

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