جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ ( عليه السلام ) وَ هُمَا جَالِسَانِ عَلَى الصَّفَا فَسَأَلَهُمَا فَقَالَا إِنَّ الصَّدَقَةَ لَا تَحِلُّ إِلَّا فِي دَيْنٍ مُوجِعٍ أَوْ غُرْمٍ مُفْظِعٍ أَوْ فَقْرٍ مُدْقِعٍ فَفِيكَ شَيْءٌ مِنْ هَذَا قَالَ نَعَمْ فَأَعْطَيَاهُ وَ قَدْ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ سَأَلَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ وَ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَأَعْطَيَاهُ وَ لَمْ يَسْأَلَاهُ عَنْ شَيْءٍ فَرَجَعَ إِلَيْهِمَا فَقَالَ لَهُمَا مَا لَكُمَا لَمْ تَسْأَلَانِي عَمَّا سَأَلَنِي عَنْهُ الْحَسَنُ وَ الْحُسَيْنُ ( عليه السلام ) وَ أَخْبَرَهُمَا بِمَا قَالَا فَقَالَا إِنَّهُمَا غُذِّيَا بِالْعِلْمِ غِذَاءً .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from his father, from the one who narrated it, from Abdul Rahman Al Azramy, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘A man came over to Al-Hassan<sup>asws</sup> and Al-Husayn<sup>asws</sup>, and they<sup>asws</sup> were both seated upon Al-Safa (a mat made with dried leafs or jute). So he begged from them<sup>asws</sup> both, so they<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The charity is not Permissible except regarding a painful debt, or a repulsive loss, or abject poverty. So, is there anything from this in you?’ He said, ‘Yes’. So they<sup>asws</sup> gave him, and the man had begged from Abdullah Bin Umar, and Abdul Rahman Bin Abu Bakr, but they had given him and had not asked him about anything. So he returned to both of them, so he said to them, ‘What is the matter with the two of you? You two did not ask me about what Al-Hassan<sup>asws</sup> and Al-Husayn<sup>asws</sup> asked me?’ And he informed them with what they<sup>asws</sup> had said. So they said, ‘Those two<sup>asws</sup> have been fed with the food of knowledge’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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