قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) يَا مُحَمَّدُ لَوْ يَعْلَمُ السَّائِلُ مَا فِي الْمَسْأَلَةِ مَا سَأَلَ أَحَدٌ أَحَداً وَ لَوْ يَعْلَمُ الْمُعْطِي مَا فِي الْعَطِيَّةِ مَا رَدَّ أَحَدٌ أَحَداً .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hisham Bin Salim, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said, ‘Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘O Muhamad! Had the beggar known what is in the begging, no one would beg from anyone; and had the giver known what is in the giving, no one would have repelled anyone’.
Book (Kitab)كِتَابُ الزَّكَاةِ
Chapter (Bab)بَابُ كَرَاهِيَةِ الْمَسْأَلَةِ
CollectionAl-Kafi
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