كَتَبْتُ إِلَى الطَّيِّبِ ( عليه السلام ) أَنِّي كُنْتُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ فَرَأَيْتُ دِينَاراً فَأَهْوَيْتُ إِلَيْهِ لآِخُذَهُ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِآخَرَ ثُمَّ بَحَثْتُ الْحَصَى فَإِذَا أَنَا بِثَالِثٍ فَأَخَذْتُهَا فَعَرَّفْتُهَا فَلَمْ يَعْرِفْهَا أَحَدٌ فَمَا تَرَى فِي ذَلِكَ فَكَتَبَ فَهِمْتُ مَا ذَكَرْتَ مِنْ أَمْرِ الدَّنَانِيرِ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ مُحْتَاجاً فَتَصَدَّقْ بِثُلُثِهَا وَ إِنْ كُنْتَ غَنِيّاً فَتَصَدَّقْ بِالْكُلِّ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Muhammad Bin Raja’a Al Arjany who said, ‘I wrote to Al-Tayyib<sup>asws</sup> (8<sup>th</sup> Imam<sup>asws</sup>), ‘I was in the Sacred Masjid, so I saw one Dinar. So I bent down to take it, and there was another one. So I looked around in the gravel, so there was a third one. So I took these and publicised them, but no one recognised them (as being theirs). So what is your<sup>asws</sup> view regarding that?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> wrote, ‘I<sup>asws</sup> understood what you mentioned from the matter of the Dinars. So if you were in need, then give in charity with a third of it, but if you are needless, so give in charity with all of them’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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