No. 1600vol. 2 · page 18
faqih-web-1600وَ قَدْ رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اَلْجَبَّارِ : أَنَّ بَعْضَ أَصْحَابِنَا كَتَبَ عَلَى يَدَيْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ اَلْعَسْكَرِيِّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أُعْطِي اَلرَّجُلَ مِنْ إِخْوَانِي مِنَ اَلزَّكَاةِ اَلدِّرْهَمَيْنِ وَ اَلثَّلاَثَةَ فَكَتَبَ «اِفْعَلْ إِنْ شَاءَ اَللَّهُ ».
Read English translationHide English translationBab Ul Qaim Publications — attributed by Thaqalayn
Hadith.1600 - Muhammad ibn Abd al-Jabbar narrated that one of our companions wrote a question through Ahmad ibn Ishaq to Imam Ali ibn Muhammad Al-Hadi (as) asking: "May I give one of my brothers two or three dirhams from Zakat?" The Imam wrote in reply: "Do so, if Allah (swt) wills."
Translation: Bab Ul Qaim Publications — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.