He said: Worship of the Meaning with sincerity.
And the Mim [Muhammad] guides to Allah
His Lord, and grants attainment
...through the knowledge of Him, because the Sovereignty belongs to Him and is in His hand, and the reward is from Him.
Among what was bestowed upon us by the author of the book (Realities of the Secrets of Religion [Haqa'iq Asrar al-Din]) in his book regarding the decisive narrations on the meaning of Zakat, is his saying: Allah said: {Those who do not give zakat, and in the Hereafter, they are disbelievers} (Fussilat 7).
Do you think Allah demanded the Zakat of their wealth from the polytheists? (Al-Sadıq)
-Charity to the opponent is like one who marries his mother in sin
Ishaq narrated in the book (Al-Sirat) [The Path]: Muhammad ibn al-Hasan told me, from Abdullah ibn al-Rahman, from Abdullah ibn al-Qasim, from Malik ibn Atiyya, from Aban ibn Taghlib, from al-Sadiq regarding His saying: {Woe to the polytheists, those who do not give zakat, and in the Hereafter, they are disbelievers} (Fussilat 6-7).
Al-Sadiq said: "Do you think Allah sought the zakat of wealth from the polytheists while they were worshipping another god besides Him?"
I asked: "Then what is it?" He replied: "Woe to those who associate others [polytheists] with the First Imam, and did not perform in the




