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 عَنِ اَلْفَضْلِ بْنِ أَبِي قُرَّةَ قَالَ: دَخَلْنَا عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ وَ هُوَ يَعْمَلُ فِي حَائِطٍ لَهُ فَقُلْنَا جَعَلَنَا اَللَّهُ فِدَاكَ دَعْنَا نَعْمَلْ لَكَ أَوْ تَعْمَلْهُ اَلْغِلْمَانُ قَالَ "لاَ دَعُونِي فَإِنِّي أَشْتَهِي أَنْ يَرَانِيَ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَعْمَلُ بِيَدِي وَ أَطْلُبُ اَلْحَلاَلَ فِي أَذَى نَفْسِي".
It is narrated from Al-Fadl ibn Abi Qurrah: "We entered upon Abu Abdullah عليه السلام while he was working in his garden. We said: 'May Allah سبحانه وتعالى make us your ransom! Let us work for you, or let the servants handle it.' Imam عليه السلام replied: 'No, leave me to it, for I desire that Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Almighty and Majestic, sees me working with my own hands and seeking lawful sustenance, even if it causes hardship to myself.'"
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh