١١ـ عَنْهُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الأنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) يَقُولُ إِنَّ رَجُلاً جَاءَ إِلَى أَبِي عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ (عَلَيْهِما الْسَّلام) فَقَالَ لَهُ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ قَوْلِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَالَّذِينَ فِي أَمْوالِهِمْ حَقٌّ مَعْلُومٌ. لِلسَّائِلِ وَالْمَحْرُومِ مَا هَذَا الْحَقُّ الْمَعْلُومُ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ (عَلَيْهِما الْسَّلام) الْحَقُّ الْمَعْلُومُ الشَّيْ‏ءُ يُخْرِجُهُ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ مَالِهِ لَيْسَ مِنَ الزَّكَاةِ وَلاَ مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ الْمَفْرُوضَتَيْنِ قَالَ فَإِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ مِنَ الزَّكَاةِ وَلاَ مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ فَمَا هُوَ فَقَالَ هُوَ الشَّيْ‏ءُ يُخْرِجُهُ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ مَالِهِ إِنْ شَاءَ أَكْثَرَ وَإِنْ شَاءَ أَقَلَّ عَلَى قَدْرِ مَا يَمْلِكُ فَقَالَ لَهُ الرَّجُلُ فَمَا يَصْنَعُ بِهِ قَالَ يَصِلُ بِهِ رَحِماً وَيَقْرِي بِهِ ضَيْفاً وَيَحْمِلُ بِهِ كَلاًّ أَوْ يَصِلُ بِهِ أَخاً لَهُ فِي الله أَوْ لِنَائِبَةٍ تَنُوبُهُ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ الله يَعْلَمُ حَيْثُ يَجْعَلُ رِسَالاَتِهِ.
11. It is a narration from him (narrator of previous Hadith) by Ahmad ibn Muhammad from af-Hassan ibn Mahbub from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hajjaj from al-Qasim ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman af-Ansariy who has said the following: “I heard abu Ja‘far , say, ‘Once a man came to my father, Ali ibn al-Husayn , and said, “Please tell me about the expression ‘certain share’. The words of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Glorious, say, ‘They are those who assign a certain share of their property (70:24) for the needy and the deprived.’ (70:25) What is this ‘certain share’?”’ Ali ibn al-Husayn , said to him, ‘The ‘certain share’ is what a man pays from his property. It is not zakat or obligatory charity.’ He then asked, ‘If it is not of zakat or obligatory charity, then what is it?’ The Imam replied, ‘It is what a person pays from his property in small or larger amounts according to his ability.’ The man then asked, ‘What does he do with it?’ The Imam replied, ‘He thereby keeps good relation with relatives, entertains guest, relieves a burden, keeps good relations with a brother in faith, for the sake of Allah or fends off thereby a misfortune.’ The man then said, ‘Allah knows best where to keep (whom to entrust with) His message.’” 