The Book about people with Divine Authority

طَلَبْنَا الْإِذْنَ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع وَ أَرْسَلْنَا إِلَيْهِ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْنَا ادْخُلُوا اثْنَيْنِ اثْنَيْنِ فَدَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَ رَجُلٌ مَعِي فَقُلْتُ لِلرَّجُلِ أُحِبُّ أَنْ تَسْتَأْذِنَ بِالْمَسْأَلَةِ[2]- فَقَالَ نَعَمْ فَقَالَ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنَّ أَبِي كَانَ مِمَّنْ سَبَاهُ بَنُو أُمَيَّةَ قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ أَنْ يُحَرِّمُوا وَ لَا يُحَلِّلُوا وَ لَمْ يَك

“We asked permission from abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) and sent him a message. He then sent us a message that told two of us should meet him at one time. I and a man with me went to meet him. I said to the man, “I like you to ask permission to ask questions.” He said, “Yes, I will do so.” He then said to the Imam (a.s.), may A

قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‌ مِنْ أَيْنَ دَخَلَ عَلَى النَّاسِ الزِّنَا قُلْتُ لَا أَدْرِي جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ قَالَ مِنْ قِبَلِ خُمُسِنَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ إِلَّا شِيعَتَنَا الْأَطْيَبِينَ فَإِنَّهُ مُحَلَّلٌ لَهُمْ لِمِيلَادِهِمْ.

“Abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) said, “Why people get the course of adultery?” I said, “I do not know, May Allah take my soul in service for your cause.” He said, “It is because of not paying our al-Khums (one fifth religious dues) except our pure Shi‘a. It helps cleans their birth.”

قَالَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‌ نَحْنُ قَوْمٌ فَرَضَ اللَّهُ طَاعَتَنَا لَنَا الْأَنْفَالُ وَ لَنَا صَفْوُ الْمَالِ.

“Abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) said to me, “We are the people obedience to whom is obligatory by the commands of Allah. Al-Anfal (properties acquired without the use of armed forces) and the best of the properties of the gains from war belong to us.”

هُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ- يَسْئَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْأَنْفالِ‌.

About a man who dies without a heir the Imam (a.s.) said, “To him this verse applies, ‘They (the believers) ask you (Muhammad) about the booty captured (from the enemies) during a war. .” (8:1)

الْخُمُسُ وَ عَنِ الْمَعَادِنِ كَمْ فِيهَا قَالَ الْخُمُسُ وَ كَذَلِكَ الرَّصَاصُ وَ الصُّفْرُ وَ الْحَدِيدُ وَ كُلُّ مَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمَعَادِنِ يُؤْخَذُ مِنْهَا مَا يُؤْخَذُ مِنَ الذَّهَبِ وَ الْفِضَّةِ.

“One fifth of treasure found is paid as al-Khums.” The question said, “How much is on minerals?” The Imam (a.s.) said, “one fifth. So is lead, zinc and iron. All minerals are like gold and silver on which the religious due is one fifth.”

إِنَّ أَشَدَّ مَا فِيهِ النَّاسُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَنْ يَقُومَ صَاحِبُ الْخُمُسِ فَيَقُولَ يَا رَبِّ خُمُسِي وَ قَدْ طَيَّبْنَا ذَلِكَ لِشِيعَتِنَا لِتَطِيبَ وِلَادَتُهُمْ وَ لِتَزْكُوَ وِلَادَتُهُمْ.

“The most serious trouble that one would face on the Day of Judgment is when a person with the right to receive al-Khums will stand up and say, “Lord, my al-Khums was paid.” However, we have gifted it to our Shi‘a to cleanse and purify their birth.”

سَأَلْتُهُ عَمَّا يُخْرَجُ مِنَ الْبَحْرِ مِنَ اللُّؤْلُؤِ وَ الْيَاقُوتِ وَ الزَّبَرْجَدِ وَ عَنْ مَعَادِنِ الذَّهَبِ وَ الْفِضَّةِ مَا فِيهِ قَالَ إِذَا بَلَغَ ثَمَنُهُ دِينَاراً فَفِيهِ الْخُمُسُ.

The narrator has said, “I asked him about what is taken out of the sea, such as pearls, ruby and chrysolite and minerals such as gold and silver and others as to how much is al-Khums on them?” The Imam (a.s.) said, “If it would value up to a Dinar then al-Khums is due on it.”

كَتَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ يَا سَيِّدِي رَجُلٌ دُفِعَ إِلَيْهِ مَالٌ يَحُجُّ بِهِ هَلْ عَلَيْهِ فِي ذَلِكَ الْمَالِ حِينَ يَصِيرُ إِلَيْهِ الْخُمُسُ أَوْ عَلَى مَا فَضَلَ فِي يَدِهِ بَعْدَ الْحَجِّ فَكَتَبَ ع لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ الْخُمُسُ.

“I wrote to him, ‘My master, a man is given money to perform Hajj. Is there al-Khums on such money when he would receive it or there is al-Khums on what would remain extra from the expenses after Hajj?” He wrote, “There is no al-Khums on him.”

سَرَّحَ الرِّضَا ع بِصِلَةٍ إِلَى أَبِي فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ أَبِي هَلْ عَلَيَّ فِيمَا سَرَّحْتَ إِلَيَّ خُمُسٌ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ لَا خُمُسَ عَلَيْكَ فِيمَا سَرَّحَ بِهِ صَاحِبُ الْخُمُسِ.

“Al-Rida (a.s.) sent a gift to my father and my father wrote to him, “Is there al-Khums on the gift you just sent to me?” He wrote back to him in answer, “There is no al-Khums on the gift that the recipient of al-Khums has sent to you.”

كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ع‌[2] أَقْرَأَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ مَهْزِيَارَ كِتَابَ أَبِيكَ ع فِيمَا أَوْجَبَهُ عَلَى أَصْحَابِ الضِّيَاعِ نِصْفُ السُّدُسِ بَعْدَ الْمَئُونَةِ وَ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ عَلَى مَنْ لَمْ تَقُمْ ضَيْعَتُهُ بِمَئُونَتِهِ نِصْفُ السُّدُسِ وَ لَا غَيْرُ ذَلِكَ‌[3] فَاخْتَلَفَ مَنْ قِبَلَنَا فِي ذَلِكَ فَقَالُوا يَجِبُ عَلَى الضِّيَاعِ الْخُمُسُ بَعْدَ الْمَئُونَةِ مَئُونَةِ الضَّيْعَةِ وَ خَرَاجِهَا

“The owners of gardens pay three percent after deducting the expenses. Those whose gardens would not produce even the expenses there is nothing due on them.” A difference of opinion has risen among our people. They say that on the produce of the gardens there is al-Khums after the deduction of the expenses, the expense

كَتَبَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ تُجَّارِ فَارِسَ مِنْ بَعْضِ مَوَالِي أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ع يَسْأَلُهُ الْإِذْنَ فِي الْخُمُسِ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ‌ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ* إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَاسِعٌ كَرِيمٌ ضَمِنَ عَلَى الْعَمَلِ الثَّوَابَ‌[4]- وَ عَلَى الضِّيقِ الْهَمَّ- لَا يَحِلُّ مَالٌ إِلَّا مِنْ وَجْهٍ أَحَلَّهُ اللَّهُ وَ إِنَّ الْخُمُسَ عَوْنُنَا عَلَى دِينِنَا وَ عَلَى عِيَالاتِنَا وَ عَلَى مَوَالِينَا وَ مَ

The Imam (a.s.) wrote. “In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Allah increases people’s sustenance and He is generous. He has guaranteed rewards for work and depression in sadness. The use of a property is not lawful unless it is used in the way Allah has made lawful. Al-Khums helps us in our religion, in t

قَدِمَ قَوْمٌ مِنْ خُرَاسَانَ عَلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ع فَسَأَلُوهُ أَنْ يَجْعَلَهُمْ فِي حِلٍّ مِنَ الْخُمُسِ فَقَالَ مَا أَمْحَلَ هَذَا[1] تَمْحَضُونَّا بِالْمَوَدَّةِ بِأَلْسِنَتِكُمْ وَ تَزْوُونَ عَنَّا حَقّاً جَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ لَنَا وَ جَعَلَنَا لَهُ وَ هُوَ الْخُمُسُ لَا نَجْعَلُ لَا نَجْعَلُ لَا نَجْعَلُ لِأَحَدٍ مِنْكُمْ فِي حِلٍّ.

“A group of people came from Khurasan to abu al-Hassan al-Rida (a.s.). They asked him to set tehm free from the obligation of payment of al-Khums. The Imam (a.s.) said, “What kind of plan is this? Do you try to love us purely only with your tongue and withheld from us the right that Allah has set for us? That right is

كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الثَّانِي ع إِذْ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ صَالِحُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ وَ كَانَ يَتَوَلَّى لَهُ الْوَقْفَ بِقُمَ‌[2] فَقَالَ يَا سَيِّدِي اجْعَلْنِي مِنْ عَشَرَةِ آلَافٍ فِي حِلٍّ فَإِنِّي أَنْفَقْتُهَا فَقَالَ لَهُ أَنْتَ فِي حِلٍّ فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ صَالِحٌ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع أَحَدُهُمْ يَثِبُ عَلَى أَمْوَالِ حَقِّ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَيْتَامِهِمْ وَ مَسَاكِينِهِمْ وَ فُقَرَائِهِمْ وَ أَبْن

“My master, wave to me ten thousand because I have already spent it.” The Imam (a.s.) said, “It is waved in your favor.” When Salih left then abu Ja‘far (a.s.) said as herein below. “Once one of them gets his hand on the property that belongs to Ahl al-Bayt of Muhammad (s.a), to their orphans, their destitute, to their

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الْعَنْبَرِ وَ غَوْصِ اللُّؤْلُؤِ فَقَالَ ع عَلَيْهِ الْخُمُسُ‌[3]. كَمَلَ الْجُزْءُ الثَّانِي مِنْ كِتَابِ الْحُجَّةِ مِنْ كِتَابِ الْكَافِي وَ يَتْلُوهُ كِتَابُ الْإِيمَانِ وَ الْكُفْرِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ الطَّيِّبِينَ الطَّاهِرِينَ. (تنبيه) [في توضيح حديث احتجاج الصادق عليه السّلام على الزّنديق الذي وعدناه توضيحه في ص