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 مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُذَافِرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: دَفَعَ إِلَيَّ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ سَبْعَمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ وَ قَالَ "يَا عُذَافِرُ اِصْرِفْهَا فِي شَيْءٍ مَا" وَ قَالَ "مَا أَفْعَلُ هَذَا عَلَى شَرَهٍ مِنِّي وَ لَكِنِّي أَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ يَرَانِيَ اَللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى مُتَعَرِّضاً لِفَوَائِدِهِ" قَالَ عُذَافِرٌ فَرَبِحْتُ فِيهَا مِائَةَ دِينَارٍ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ فِي اَلطَّوَافِ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ قَدْ رَزَقَ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِيهَا مِائَةَ دِينَارٍ قَالَ "أَثْبِتْهَا فِي رَأْسِ مَالِي".
It is narrated from Muhammad ibn Udhafir, from his father, who said: Abu Abdullah عليه السلام, handed me seven hundred dinars and said: "O 'Udhafir, invest it in something." Imam عليه السلام then added: "I am not doing this out of greed, but I wish for Allah سبحانه وتعالى, Blessed and Exalted, to see me seeking His bounties." Udhafir said: I earned a profit of one hundred dinars from it. So, while performing Tawaf, I said to him: "May I be your ransom! Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Exalted, has grant a profit of one hundred dinars in it." Imam عليه السلام replied: "Add it to my capital."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 211