قَالَ لِي أَبُو الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) مَنْ طَلَبَ هَذَا الرِّزْقَ مِنْ حِلِّهِ لِيَعُودَ بِهِ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ وَ عِيَالِهِ كَانَ كَالْمُجَاهِدِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَإِنْ غُلِبَ عَلَيْهِ فَلْيَسْتَدِنْ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ مَا يَقُوتُ بِهِ عِيَالَهُ فَإِنْ مَاتَ وَ لَمْ يَقْضِهِ كَانَ عَلَى الْإِمَامِ قَضَاؤُهُ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَقْضِهِ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ وِزْرُهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقُولُ إِنَّمَا الصَّدَقاتُ لِلْفُقَراءِ وَ الْمَساكِينِ وَ الْعامِلِينَ عَلَيْها إِلَى قَوْلِهِ وَ الْغارِمِينَ فَهُوَ فَقِيرٌ مِسْكِينٌ مُغْرَمٌ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Musa Bin Bakr who said, ‘Abu Al-Hassan<sup>asws</sup> said to me: ‘The one who seeks this sustenance from its Permissible means in order to assist by it upon himself and his family would be like the combatant in the Way of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic. So if he is overwhelmed upon (by poverty), so let him borrow upon Allah<sup>azwj</sup> and upon His<sup>azwj</sup> Rasool<sup>saww</sup> what he can provide with for his family. So if he were to die and he has not paid it back, it would be upon the Imam<sup>asws</sup> to fulfil it. So if he<sup>asws</sup> does not fulfil it, its burden would be upon him<sup>asws</sup>. Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic is Saying <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:9#h60"><a href="/books/quran:9#h60">[9:60]</a></a> But rather, the charities are only for the poor and the needy, and the officials (appointed) over them</span> – up to His<sup>azwj</sup> Words -<span class="ibTxt"> and those in debts</span>, so he is the poor, needy, in debt’.
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