أَخْبَرْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ( عليه السلام ) أَنِّي أُصِبْتُ بِابْنَيْنِ وَ بَقِيَ لِي بُنَيٌّ صَغِيرٌ فَقَالَ تَصَدَّقْ عَنْهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ حِينَ حَضَرَ قِيَامِي مُرِ الصَّبِيَّ فَلْيَتَصَدَّقْ بِيَدِهِ بِالْكِسْرَةِ وَ الْقَبْضَةِ وَ الشَّيْءِ وَ إِنْ قَلَّ فَإِنَّ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ يُرَادُ بِهِ اللَّهُ وَ إِنْ قَلَّ بَعْدَ أَنْ تَصْدُقَ النِّيَّةُ فِيهِ عَظِيمٌ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقُولُ فَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْراً يَرَهُ وَ مَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَرَهُ وَ قَالَ فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ وَ ما أَدْراكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ أَوْ إِطْعامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ يَتِيماً ذا مَقْرَبَةٍ أَوْ مِسْكِيناً ذا مَتْرَبَةٍ عَلِمَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَنَّ كُلَّ أَحَدٍ لَا يَقْدِرُ عَلَى فَكِّ رَقَبَةٍ فَجَعَلَ إِطْعَامَ الْيَتِيمِ وَ الْمِسْكِينِ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ تَصَدَّقْ عَنْهُ.
Translation
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah, from Muhammad Bin Ali, from Muhammad Bin Umar Bin Yazeed who said, ‘I informed Abu Al-Hassan Al-Reza<sup>asws</sup> that I have been hit by (the death of) two sons, and there remains for me one young son. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Give charity on his behalf’. Then he<sup>asws</sup> said when I was about to arise, ‘Instruct the child so let him give the charity with his own hands, with the bread, and the handful (of foodstuff), and the thing, be it little, for everything by which Allah<sup>azwj</sup> is intended even though it may be little after the sincerity of the intention in it, is great. Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic is Saying <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:99#h7"><a href="/books/quran:99#h7">[99:7]</a></a> So, he who has done a little of good shall see it <a href="/#/books/quran:9#h8"><a href="/books/quran:9#h8">[9:8]</a></a> And he who has done a little of evil shall see it</span>’. And He<sup>azwj</sup> Said <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:90#h11"><a href="/books/quran:90#h11">[90:11]</a></a> But he would not attempt the uphill road, <a href="/#/books/quran:90#h12"><a href="/books/quran:90#h12">[90:12]</a></a> And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is? <a href="/#/books/quran:90#h13"><a href="/books/quran:90#h13">[90:13]</a></a> (It is) the setting free of a slave, <a href="/#/books/quran:90#h14"><a href="/books/quran:90#h14">[90:14]</a></a> Or the giving of food in a day of hunger <a href="/#/books/quran:90#h15"><a href="/books/quran:90#h15">[90:15]</a></a> To an orphan, having relationship, <a href="/#/books/quran:90#h16"><a href="/books/quran:90#h16">[90:16]</a></a> Or to the poor man lying in the dust</span>. Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Knows that everyone is not able upon freeing a neck, so He<sup>azwj</sup> Made feeding the orphan and the poor as being similar to that. Give charity on his behalf’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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