The Rewards & Punishments of Deeds · Hadith 544 (#Ḥadīth #20)

أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِیلَ بْنِ بَزِیعٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُذَافِرٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ یَزِیدَ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: سُئِلَ عَنِ الصَّدَقَهِ عَلَی مَنْ یَسْأَلُ عَلَی الْأَبْوَابِ أَوْ یُمْسِکُ ذَلِکَ عَنْهُمْ وَ یُعْطِیهِ ذَوِی قَرَابَتِهِ فَقَالَ لَا بَلْ یَبْعَثُ بِهَا إِلَی مَنْ بَیْنَهُ وَ بَیْنَهُ قَرَابَهٌ فَهَذَا أَعْظَمُ لِلْأَجْرِ.

20. My father said: it was narrated to us by Sa’d b. Abdillah from Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Ismail b. Bazee’ from Muhammad b. Adhafir from ’Amru b. Yazid from Abi Abdillah who said: Imam Ja’far Sadiq was asked, “Should we give Sadaqah to beggars or to our near relatives?” Imam replied, “Give it to your near relatives for it carries greater reward.”

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).