٥ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) عَنِ الصَّدَقَةِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ ذَلِكَ لاَ يُقْبَلُ مِنْكَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي أُحَمِّلُ ذَلِكَ فِي مَالِي فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) مُرْ مُصَدِّقَكَ أَنْ لاَ يَحْشُرَ مِنْ مَاءٍ إِلَى مَاءٍ وَلاَ يَجْمَعَ بَيْنَ الْمُتَفَرِّقِ وَلاَ يُفَرِّقَ بَيْنَ الْمُجْتَمِعِ وَإِذَا دَخَلَ الْمَالَ فَلْيَقْسِمِ الْغَنَمَ نِصْفَيْنِ ثُمَّ يُخَيِّرُ صَاحِبَهَا أَيَّ الْقِسْمَيْنِ شَاءَ فَإِذَا اخْتَارَ فَلْيَدْفَعْهُ إِلَيْهِ فَإِنْ تَتَبَّعَتْ نَفْسُ صَاحِبِ الْغَنَمِ مِنَ النِّصْفِ الآخَرِ مِنْهَا شَاةً أَوْ شَاتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلاَثاً فَلْيَدْفَعْهَا إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ لْيَأْخُذْ صَدَقَتَهُ فَإِذَا أَخْرَجَهَا فَلْيَقْسِمْهَا فِيمَنْ يُرِيدُ فَإِذَا قَامَتْ عَلَى ثَمَنٍ فَإِنْ أَرَادَهَا صَاحِبُهَا فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا وَإِنْ لَمْ يُرِدْهَا فَلْيَبِعْهَا.
5. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn abu ‘Umayr from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hajjaj from Muhammad ibn Khalid who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, about charity (Zakat). He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not accepted from you.’ He (the narrator) then said, ‘I take it from my own assets.’ Abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, said to him, ‘Instruct your Zakat collector not to move from house to house, bring together what is apart and separate what is together. When he approaches people’s assets he should make the sheep stand in two groups, then allow the owner to choose one of the two groups and allow him to have what he chooses. If the owner desires to have one, two or three sheep from the other group, allow him to have it. Thereafter receive his charity (Zakat). When charity (Zakat) is received, distribute it among those whom he (the owner of assets) wants. If something in exchange for the items received as Zakat is offered, then Zakat payer has the priority over others to have it, but if he does not want, it then can be sold (to others).”’ 