Chapter on Trade, Its Etiquettes, Virtues, and Jurisprudence
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 2|Chapter 3
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 3, Book 2, Chapter 3
Chapter on Trade, Its Etiquettes, Virtues, and Jurisprudence
وَ رُوِيَ عَنِ اَلْأَصْبَغِ بْنِ نُبَاتَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَلِيّاً عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يَقُولُ عَلَى اَلْمِنْبَرِ: "يَا مَعْشَرَ اَلتُّجَّارِ اَلْفِقْهَ ثُمَّ اَلْمَتْجَرَ اَلْفِقْهَ ثُمَّ اَلْمَتْجَرَ وَ اَللَّهِ لَلرِّبَا فِي هَذِهِ اَلْأُمَّةِ دَبِيبٌ أَخْفَى مِنْ دَبِيبِ اَلنَّمْلِ عَلَى اَلصَّفَا صُونُوا أَمْوَالَكُمْ بِالصَّدَقَةِ اَلتَّاجِرُ فَاجِرٌ وَ اَلْفَاجِرُ فِي اَلنَّارِ إِلاَّ مَنْ أَخَذَ اَلْحَقَّ وَ أَعْطَى اَلْحَقَّ".
It is narrated from Al-Asbagh ibn Nubatah who said: I heard Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib عليه السلام saying from the pulpit: "O group of traders! Learn jurisprudence, then engage in trade. Learn jurisprudence, then engage in trade. By Allah سبحانه وتعالى, usury in this nation is more hidden than the crawling of an ant on a smooth stone. Protect your wealth through charity. The trader is sinful, and the sinful one is in the Fire-except the one who takes what is right and gives what is right."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh