أَتَى رَجُلٌ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( صلوات الله عليه ) فَقَالَ إِنِّي كَسَبْتُ مَالًا أَغْمَضْتُ فِي مَطَالِبِهِ حَلَالًا وَ حَرَاماً وَ قَدْ أَرَدْتُ التَّوْبَةَ وَ لَا أَدْرِي الْحَلَالَ مِنْهُ وَ الْحَرَامَ وَ قَدِ اخْتَلَطَ عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) تَصَدَّقْ بِخُمُسِ مَالِكَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ جَلَّ اسْمُهُ رَضِيَ مِنَ الْأَشْيَاءِ بِالْخُمُسِ وَ سَائِرُ الْأَمْوَالِ لَكَ حَلَالٌ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Nowfaly, from Al Sakuny, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘A man came over to Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup> so he said, ‘I earned wealth, closing my eyes in seeking it, Permissible and Prohibited, and I have intended the repentance, and I do not know the Permissible from it and the Prohibited and it has been mixed up upon me’. So Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Give in charity by a fifth of your wealth, so if Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, Majestic is His<sup>azwj</sup> Name, is Pleased from the things with the fifth, and the rest of the wealth would be Permissible for you’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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