سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قُلْتُ قَوْمٌ عِنْدَهُمْ فُضُولٌ وَ بِإِخْوَانِهِمْ حَاجَةٌ شَدِيدَةٌ وَ لَيْسَ تَسَعُهُمُ الزَّكَاةُ أَ يَسَعُهُمْ أَنْ يَشْبَعُوا وَ يَجُوعَ إِخْوَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّ الزَّمَانَ شَدِيدٌ فَقَالَ الْمُسْلِمُ أَخُو الْمُسْلِمِ لَا يَظْلِمُهُ وَ لَا يَخْذُلُهُ وَ لَا يَحْرِمُهُ فَيَحِقُّ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ الِاجْتِهَادُ فِيهِ وَ التَّوَاصُلُ وَ التَّعَاوُنُ عَلَيْهِ وَ الْمُوَاسَاةُ لِأَهْلِ الْحَاجَةِ وَ الْعَطْفُ مِنْكُمْ يَكُونُونَ عَلَى مَا أَمَرَ اللَّهُ فِيهِمْ رُحَماءُ بَيْنَهُمْ مُتَرَاحِمِينَ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Usman Bin Isa, from Sama’at who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, ‘I said, ‘A group of people have excess with them, and with their brethren there is an intense need, and the Zakat is not sufficient for them. Do they have the leeway that they should be satiated and their brethren are hungry, during the difficult times?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The Muslim is a brother of the Muslim, not being unjust to him, not abandoning him, nor depriving him. So there is an entitlement upon the Muslim of the striving regarding him, and the maintenance of goodly relations, and the assistance upon him, and the sympathy for the needy ones, and the kindness from them happens to be upon what Allah<sup>azwj</sup> has Commanded regarding them<span class="ibTxt"> <a href="/#/books/quran:48#h29"><a href="/books/quran:48#h29">[48:29]</a></a> compassionate among themselves</span>, being merciful to each other’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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