The Excellence of Doing Business and Giving It Proper Attention
Al-Kāfi|Volume 5|Book 2|Chapter 53
11- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ عَنْ فُضَيْلِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) إِنِّي قَدْ كَفَفْتُ عَنِ التِّجَارَةِ وَأَمْسَكْتُ عَنْهَا قَالَ وَلِمَ ذَلِكَ أَعَجْزٌ بِكَ كَذَلِكَ تَذْهَبُ أَمْوَالُكُمْ لا تَكُفُّوا عَنِ التِّجَارَةِ وَالْتَمِسُوا مِنْ فَضْلِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ.
11. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from ‘Umar ibn’ Udhaynah from Fudayl ibn Yasar who has said the following: “I once said to abu ‘Abd Allah عليه السلام, ‘I have quit doing business and have withdrawn thereof.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Why is that, are you helpless? This is how your wealth goes away. You must not quit doing business. You must continue to seek favors from Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious.’”
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/131)
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 2, p. 314