Chapter on the Rights of Harvest and Gathering

لَا تَحْصُدْ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ لَا تَصْرِمْ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ لَا تَجُذَّ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ لَا تُضَحِّ بِاللَّيْلِ[5] وَ لَا تَبْذُرْ بِاللَّيْلِ لِأَنَّكَ تُعْطِي فِي الْبَذْرِ كَمَا تُعْطِي فِي الْحَصَادِ وَ مَتَى فَعَلْتَ ذَلِكَ بِاللَّيْلِ لَمْ يَحْضُرْكَ الْمَسَاكِينُ وَ السُّؤَّالُ وَ لَا الْقَانِعُ وَ لَا الْمُعْتَرُّ[6]

Hadith.1664 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "Do not harvest at night, do not reap at night, do not pick fruit at night, do not sacrifice at night, and do not sow seeds at night, because you must give in sowing as you give in harvesting. When you do these acts at night, the needy, the beggars, the satisfie

كُنْتُ مَعَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فِي أَرْضٍ لَهُ وَ هُمْ يَصْرِمُونَ فَجَاءَ سَائِلٌ يَسْأَلُ فَقُلْتُ اللَّهُ يَرْزُقُكَ فَقَالَ مَهْ لَيْسَ ذَاكَ لَكُمْ حَتَّى تُعْطُوا ثَلَاثَةً فَإِنْ‌ أَعْطَيْتُمْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَلَكُمْ وَ إِنْ أَمْسَكْتُمْ فَلَكُمْ‌[1].

I was with Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) on his land while they were harvesting. A beggar came asking for something, and I said, "May Allah (swt) provide for you." The Imam (as) said: "Hold on! That is not for you to say until you have given three times. After you have given three times, if you giv