Evaluation of Deeds

Al-Kāfi|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 203
Al-Kāfi

Volume 2, Book 1, Chapter 203

Evaluation of Deeds

7ـ عَنْهُ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) لِرَجُلٍ اجْعَلْ قَلْبَكَ قَرِيناً بَرّاً أَوْ وَلَداً وَاصِلاً وَاجْعَلْ عَمَلَكَ وَالِداً تَتَّبِعُهُ وَاجْعَلْ نَفْسَكَ عَدُوّاً تُجَاهِدُهَا وَاجْعَلْ مَالَكَ عَارِيَّةً تَرُدُّهَا.
7. It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) in a marfu’ manner from Abu ‘Abdillah عليه السلام who has said the following to a man: “Make your heart a virtuous companion for yourself or like a child who does not fail to maintain good relations with parents. Consider your deeds as your father whom you follow, consider your soul as your enemy against whom you strive and consider your properties as borrowed for the safe return of which you are responsible.”
  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi
    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (11/362)
  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi
    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī