سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنِ الْيَتِيمِ يَكُونُ غَلَّتُهُ فِي الشَّهْرِ عِشْرِينَ دِرْهَماً كَيْفَ يُنْفَقُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْهَا قَالَ قُوتُهُ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ وَ التَّمْرِ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ أُنْفِقُ عَلَيْهِ ثُلُثَهَا قَالَ نَعَمْ وَ نِصْفَهَا .
Translation
Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from one of our companions, from Ays Bin Al Qasim who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> about the orphan whose yield in a month happens to be twenty Dirhams, how much can I spend upon him?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘His daily sustenance from the meals, and the dates’. And I asked him<sup>asws</sup> about spending a third of it upon him. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Yes, and half of it’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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