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 اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَلاَّدٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ مَا تَرَى فِي اَلرَّجُلِ يَلِي أَعْمَالَ اَلسُّلْطَانِ لَيْسَ لَهُ مَكْسَبٌ إِلاَّ مِنْ أَعْمَالِهِمْ وَ أَنَا أَمُرُّ بِهِ وَ أَنْزِلُ عَلَيْهِ فَيُضِيفُنِي وَ يُحْسِنُ إِلَيَّ وَ رُبَّمَا أَمَرَ لِي بِالدَّرَاهِمِ وَ اَلْكِسْوَةِ وَ قَدْ ضَاقَ صَدْرِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لِي "خُذْ وَ كُلْ مِنْهُ فَلَكَ اَلْمَهْنَأُ وَ عَلَيْهِ اَلْوِزْرُ".
Al-Hasan bin Mahbub narrate from Abu Walad who said: I said to Abu Abdullah عليه السلام, 'What do you think about a man who holds positions in the service of the Sultan and has no means of livelihood except through his work for them? I pass by him, and he hosts me, treats me kindly, and sometimes gives me dirhams and clothing. I feel uneasy about this.' Imam عليه السلام said to me: 'Take it and eat from it, for the benefit is yours, and the sin is upon him.'
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 213