Chapter on Livelihoods, Earnings, Profits, and Professions
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 2|Chapter 1
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 3, Book 2, Chapter 1
Chapter on Livelihoods, Earnings, Profits, and Professions
وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ شَقَفِيٍّ: وَ كَانَ سَاحِراً يَأْتِيهِ اَلنَّاسُ وَ يَأْخُذُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ اَلْأَجْرَ قَالَ فَحَجَجْتُ فَلَقِيتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ بِمِنًى فَقُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ أَنَا رَجُلٌ كَانَتْ صِنَاعَتِيَ اَلسِّحْرَ وَ كُنْتُ آخُذُ عَلَيْهِ اَلْأَجْرَ وَ قَدْ حَجَجْتُ وَ مَنَّ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَلَيَّ بِلِقَائِكَ وَ قَدْ تُبْتُ إِلَى اَللَّهِ فَهَلْ لِي فِي شَيْءٍ مِنْهُ مَخْرَجٌ فَقَالَ "نَعَمْ حُلَّ وَ لاَ تَعْقِدْ".
It is narrated from Isa ibn Shaqafi, who was a sorcerer to whom people would come, and he used to take payment for it. He said: I performed Hajj and met Abu Abdillah عليه السلام in Mina. I said to Him عليه السلام: "May I be your ransom! I am a man whose profession was sorcery, and I used to take payment for it. I have performed Hajj, and Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Mighty and Exalted, has blessed me with meeting you, and I have repented to Allah سبحانه وتعالى. Is there any way out for me regarding it?" Imam عليه السلام said: "Yes, undo (the spells) and do not tie (them)."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh