Working for al-Sultan and his Rewards
Al-Kāfi|Volume 5|Book 2|Chapter 30
3- عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ حَدِيدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) يَقُولُ اتَّقُوا اللهَ وَصُونُوا دِينَكُمْ بِالْوَرَعِ وَقَوُّوهُ بِالتَّقِيَّةِ وَالاسْتِغْنَاءِ بِاللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِنَّهُ مَنْ خَضَعَ لِصَاحِبِ سُلْطَانٍ وَلِمَنْ يُخَالِفُهُ عَلَى دِينِهِ طَلَباً لِمَا فِي يَدَيْهِ مِنْ دُنْيَاهُ أَخْمَلَهُ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَمَقَّتَهُ عَلَيْهِ وَوَكَلَهُ إِلَيْهِ فَإِنْ هُوَ غَلَبَ عَلَى شَيْءٍ مِنْ دُنْيَاهُ فَصَارَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ نَزَعَ اللهُ جَلَّ وَعَزَّ اسْمُهُ الْبَرَكَةَ مِنْهُ وَلَمْ يَأْجُرْهُ عَلَى شَيْءٍ يُنْفِقُهُ فِي حَجٍّ وَلا عِتْقِ [رَقَبَةٍ] وَلا بِرٍّ.
3. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from ibn Mahbub from Hadid who has said the following: “I heard abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, saying, ‘You must maintain piety before Allah and protect your religion by means of restraint from sins and strengthen your religion by means of taqiyah (caution), and self-sufficiency with Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious. Whoever is submissive before al-Sultan and those who oppose one’s religion seeking thereby the worldly things in their hands, Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, suppresses his mention and hates him and leaves him to his own self. If he finds something of the worldly things Allah will take away blessings thereof and will not reward him for anything that he may spend thereof for al-Hajj, setting free slaves or for any good cause.’”
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/61)
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