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 عَنْ رَوْحِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اَلرَّحِيمِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: فِي قَوْلِ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: رِجٰالٌ لاٰ تُلْهِيهِمْ تِجٰارَةٌ وَ لاٰ بَيْعٌ عَنْ ذِكْرِ اَللّٰهِ قَالَ "كَانُوا أَصْحَابَ تِجَارَةٍ فَإِذَا حَضَرَتِ اَلصَّلاَةُ تَرَكُوا اَلتِّجَارَةَ وَ اِنْطَلَقُوا إِلَى اَلصَّلاَةِ وَ هُمْ أَعْظَمُ أَجْراً مِمَّنْ لَمْ يَتَّجِرْ".
It is narrated from Rawh ibn Abd Al-Rahim, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, regarding the saying of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Mighty and Exalted: "Men whom neither trade nor sale distracts from the remembrance of Allah سبحانه وتعالى." (Surah An-Nur 24:37) Imam عليه السلام said: "They were businessmen, but when the time for prayer arrived, they left their trade and went to perform the prayer. They are greater in reward than those who did not engage in trade."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 216