قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) لِعَمَّارٍ يَا عَمَّارُ أَنْتَ رَبُّ مَالٍ كَثِيرٍ قَالَ نَعَمْ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ قَالَ فَتُؤَدِّي مَا افْتَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ مِنَ الزَّكَاةِ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَتُخْرِجُ الْمَعْلُومَ مِنْ مَالِكَ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَتَصِلُ قَرَابَتَكَ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَتَصِلُ إِخْوَانَكَ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَقَالَ يَا عَمَّارُ إِنَّ الْمَالَ يَفْنَى وَ الْبَدَنَ يَبْلَى وَ الْعَمَلَ يَبْقَى وَ الدَّيَّانُ حَيٌّ لَا يَمُوتُ يَا عَمَّارُ إِنَّهُ مَا قَدَّمْتَ فَلَنْ يَسْبِقَكَ وَ مَا أَخَّرْتَ فَلَنْ يَلْحَقَكَ .
Translation
Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Bundar and someone else, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah, from his father, from Abdullah Bin Al Qasim, from a man from the people of Saabat who said, ‘Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said to Ammar: ‘O Ammar! You are a lord of a lot of wealth?’ He said: ‘Yes, may I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>!’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘So do you pay what Allah<sup>azwj</sup> has Obligated upon you from the Zakat?’ He said, ‘Yes’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘So do you take out the known (amount) from your wealth?’ He said, ‘Yes’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘So you give it to your relatives’ He said, ‘Yes’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘So you give it to your brethren?’ He said, ‘Yes’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘O Ammar! The wealth perishes, and the body decays, but the deeds remain, and the Judge<sup>azwj</sup> is Alive and does not die. O Ammar! Whatever you send forward, does not leave you behind; whatever you delay does not catch up with you.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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