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 رَوَى شَرِيفُ بْنُ سَابِقٍ اَلتَّفْلِيسِيُّ عَنِ اَلْفَضْلِ بْنِ أَبِي قُرَّةَ اَلسَّمَنْدِيِّ اَلْكُوفِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنَّ أَمِيرَ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "أَوْحَى اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَى دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ " "أَنَّكَ نِعْمَ اَلْعَبْدُ لَوْ لاَ أَنَّكَ تَأْكُلُ مِنْ بَيْتِ اَلْمَالِ وَ لاَ تَعْمَلُ بِيَدِكَ شَيْئاً" قَالَ "فَبَكَى دَاوُدُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ فَأَوْحَى اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَى اَلْحَدِيدِ أَنْ لِنْ لِعَبْدِي دَاوُدَ فَلاَنَ فَأَلاَنَ اَللَّهُ تَعَالَى لَهُ اَلْحَدِيدَ فَكَانَ يَعْمَلُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ دِرْعاً فَيَبِيعُهَا بِأَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ فَعَمِلَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ ثَلاَثَمِائَةٍ وَ سِتِّينَ دِرْعاً فَبَاعَهَا بِثَلاَثِمِائَةٍ وَ سِتِّينَ أَلْفاً وَ اِسْتَغْنَى عَنْ بَيْتِ اَلْمَالِ".
It is narrated from Sharif ibn Sabiq Al-Taflisi, from Al-Fadl ibn Abi Qurrah Al-Samandi Al-Kufi, from Abu Abdullah عليه السلام, that Commander of the Faithful عليه السلام said: "Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Almighty and Majestic, revealed to Dawud عليه السلام: 'You are an excellent servant, except that you eat from the public treasury and do not work with your hands.' Dawud عليه السلام then wept. So Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Almighty and Majestic, revealed to the iron: 'Soften for My servant Dawud.' (Surah Saba 34:10) And the iron softened. Allah سبحانه وتعالى made the iron pliable for him, and he began to make a coat of armor each day, selling it for a thousand dirhams. Dawud عليه السلام made three hundred and sixty coats of armor, selling them for three hundred and sixty thousand dirhams, and he became independent of the public treasury."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh