1114 - مَواردُ الصَّدَقةِ

1114. The Recipients of Charity

(لِلْفُقَراءِ الَّذِينَ أُحْصِرُوا فِي سَبِيْلِ اللَّهِ لا يَسْتَطِيْعُونَ ضَرْباً فِي الْأرْضِ يَحْسَبُهُمُ الْجاهِلُ أغْنِياءَ مِنَ التَّعَفُّفِ تَعْرِفُهُمْ بِسِيْماهُمْ لا يَسْألُونَ النَّاسَ إلْحافاً وَما تُنفِقُوا مِن خَيرِ فَإنَّ اللَّهَ بِهِ عَليمٌ).¹

“[The charities] are for the poor who are straitened in the way of Allah, not capable of moving about in the land [for trade]. The unaware suppose them to be well-off because of their reserve. You recognise them by their mark; they do not ask people importunately.”²

3549.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : ليسَ المِسكينُ بالطَّوّافِ، ولا بِالذي تَرُدُّهُ التَّمرَةُ والتَّمرَتانِ، واللُّقمَةُ واللُّقمَتانِ، ولكنَّ المِسكينَ المُتَعَفِّفُ الذي لا يَسألُ الناسَ شيئاً ولا يُفطَنُ لَهُ فَيُتَصَدَّقُ علَيهِ .³

3549.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The one who is truly poor does not roam around the streets begging, nor can he be turned away with a date or two, or a bite or two. Rather the one who is truly poor is he who restrains himself from asking people and who does not draw attention to himself – that is the one that should be given charity.’⁴

3550.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام - لمّا سُئلَ عنِ الصَّدَقةِ على‏ مَن يَسألُ على الأبوابِ، أو يُمسِكُ ذلكَ عَنهُم ويُعطِيهِ ذَوِي قَرابَتِهِ ؟ - : لا، بل يَبعَثُ بها إلى‏ مَن بينَهُ وبينَهُ قَرابَةٌ، فهذا أعظَمُ لِلأجرِ .⁵

3550. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) was once asked whether one should give charity to those who beg at people’s doors, or whether to withhold it from them and give it to one’s poor relatives instead, to which he replied, ‘No, rather one should send it to a [poor] relative, for that holds a greater reward.’⁶

3551.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام - أيضاً - : المَحرومُ المُحارَفُ الذي قد حُرِمَ كَدَّ يَدِهِ في الشِّراءِ والبَيعِ .⁷

3551. Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said with regards to Allah’s verse in the Qur’an: “…the beggar and the deprived”, ‘The deprived is the disabled one who is deprived of the use of his hands for working in trade.’⁸

(اُنظر) الزكاة : باب 854 .

(See also: ALMS-TAX: section 854)