Al-Kāfi

38- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) يَقُولُ كَانَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) مُؤْمِنٌ فَقِيرٌ شَدِيدُ الْحَاجَةِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الصُّفَّةِ وَكَانَ مُلازِماً لِرَسُولِ اللهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) عِنْدَ مَوَاقِيتِ الصَّلاةِ كُلِّهَا لا يَفْقِدُهُ فِي شَيْ‏ءٍ مِنْهَا وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) يَرِقُّ لَهُ وَيَنْظُرُ إِلَى حَاجَتِهِ وَغُرْبَتِهِ فَيَقُولُ يَا سَعْدُ لَوْ قَدْ جَاءَنِي شَيْ‏ءٌ لأغْنَيْتُكَ قَالَ فَأَبْطَأَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) فَاشْتَدَّ غَمُّ رَسُولِ اللهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) لِسَعْدٍ فَعَلِمَ اللهُ سُبْحَانَهُ مَا دَخَلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ مِنْ غَمِّهِ لِسَعْدٍ فَأَهْبَطَ عَلَيْهِ جَبْرَئِيلَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) وَمَعَهُ دِرْهَمَانِ فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ عَلِمَ مَا قَدْ دَخَلَكَ مِنَ الْغَمِّ لِسَعْدٍ أَفَتُحِبُّ أَنْ تُغْنِيَهُ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ فَقَالَ لَهُ فَهَاكَ هَذَيْنِ الدِّرْهَمَيْنِ فَأَعْطِهِمَا إِيَّاهُ وَمُرْهُ أَنْ يَتَّجِرَ بِهِمَا قَالَ فَأَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَى صَلاةِ الظُّهْرِ وَسَعْدٌ قَائِمٌ عَلَى بَابِ حُجُرَاتِ رَسُولِ اللهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) يَنْتَظِرُهُ فَلَمَّا رَآهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) قَالَ يَا سَعْدُ أَتُحْسِنُ التِّجَارَةَ فَقَالَ لَهُ سَعْدٌ وَاللهِ مَا أَصْبَحْتُ أَمْلِكُ مَالا أَتَّجِرُ بِهِ فَأَعْطَاهُ النَّبِيُّ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) الدِّرْهَمَيْنِ وَقَالَ لَهُ اتَّجِرْ بِهِمَا وَتَصَرَّفْ لِرِزْقِ اللهِ فَأَخَذَهُمَا سَعْدٌ وَمَضَى مَعَ النَّبِيِّ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) حَتَّى صَلَّى مَعَهُ الظُّهْرَ وَالْعَصْرَ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) قُمْ فَاطْلُبِ الرِّزْقَ فَقَدْ كُنْتُ بِحَالِكَ مُغْتَمّاً يَا سَعْدُ قَالَ فَأَقْبَلَ سَعْدٌ لا يَشْتَرِي بِدِرْهَمٍ شَيْئاً إِلا بَاعَهُ بِدِرْهَمَيْنِ وَلا يَشْتَرِي شَيْئاً بِدِرْهَمَيْنِ إِلا بَاعَهُ بِأَرْبَعَةِ دَرَاهِمَ فَأَقْبَلَتِ الدُّنْيَا عَلَى سَعْدٍ فَكَثُرَ مَتَاعُهُ وَمَالُهُ وَعَظُمَتْ تِجَارَتُهُ فَاتَّخَذَ عَلَى بَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ مَوْضِعاً وَجَلَسَ فِيهِ فَجَمَعَ تِجَارَتَهُ إِلَيْهِ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) إِذَا أَقَامَ بِلالٌ لِلصَّلاةِ يَخْرُجُ وَسَعْدٌ مَشْغُولٌ بِالدُّنْيَا لَمْ يَتَطَهَّرْ وَلَمْ يَتَهَيَّأْ كَمَا كَانَ يَفْعَلُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَتَشَاغَلَ بِالدُّنْيَا فَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) يَقُولُ يَا سَعْدُ شَغَلَتْكَ الدُّنْيَا عَنِ الصَّلاةِ فَكَانَ يَقُولُ مَا أَصْنَعُ أُضَيِّعُ مَالِي هَذَا رَجُلٌ قَدْ بِعْتُهُ فَأُرِيدُ أَنْ أَسْتَوْفِيَ مِنْهُ وَهَذَا رَجُلٌ قَدِ اشْتَرَيْتُ مِنْهُ فَأُرِيدُ أَنْ أُوفِيَهُ قَالَ فَدَخَلَ رَسُولَ اللهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) مِنْ أَمْرِ سَعْدٍ غَمٌّ أَشَدُّ مِنْ غَمِّهِ بِفَقْرِهِ فَهَبَطَ عَلَيْهِ جَبْرَئِيلُ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ اللهَ قَدْ عَلِمَ غَمَّكَ بِسَعْدٍ فَأَيُّمَا أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ حَالُهُ الأولَى أَوْ حَالُهُ هَذِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ بَلْ حَالُهُ الأولَى قَدْ أَذْهَبَتْ دُنْيَاهُ بِ‏آخِرَتِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) إِنَّ حُبَّ الدُّنْيَا وَالأمْوَالِ فِتْنَةٌ وَمَشْغَلَةٌ عَنِ الآخِرَةِ قُلْ لِسَعْدٍ يَرُدُّ عَلَيْكَ الدِّرْهَمَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ دَفَعْتَهُمَا إِلَيْهِ فَإِنَّ أَمْرَهُ سَيَصِيرُ إِلَى الْحَالَةِ الَّتِي كَانَ عَلَيْهَا أَوَّلا قَالَ فَخَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) فَمَرَّ بِسَعْدٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا سَعْدُ أَمَا تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ الدِّرْهَمَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ أَعْطَيْتُكَهُمَا فَقَالَ سَعْدٌ بَلَى وَمِائَتَيْنِ فَقَالَ لَهُ لَسْتُ أُرِيدُ مِنْكَ يَا سَعْدُ إِلا الدِّرْهَمَيْنِ فَأَعْطَاهُ سَعْدٌ دِرْهَمَيْنِ قَالَ فَأَدْبَرَتِ الدُّنْيَا عَلَى سَعْدٍ حَتَّى ذَهَبَ مَا كَانَ جَمَعَ وَعَادَ إِلَى حَالِهِ الَّتِي كَانَ عَلَيْهَا.

38. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from al-Hassan ibn Mahbub from Hisham ibn Salim from abu Basir who has said the following: “I once heard abu Ja‘far (a.s.), saying, ‘During the time of the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, there was a believing man, poor and very needy of the people of the platform (in front of Masjid). He always kept very close to the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, at the times of all Salat (prayer) and did not miss any of them. The Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, sympathized with him greatly, looked after his needs and his poverty and said, ‘O Sa‘d, if something comes to me I will make you self-sufficient.’ It so happened that for a long time the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, did not get a chance and he (the Messenger of Allah) became depressed for Sa‘d. Allah, most Majestic, noticed how the Messenger of Allah felt about Sa‘d and Jibril came to the Messenger of Allah with two dirham and said, ‘O Muhammad, Allah has noticed how you feel about Sa‘d. Do you want to make him rich?’ He (the Messenger of Allah) replied, ‘Yes, I want to make him rich. Jibril gave him two dirhams and told him to give them to Sa‘d and instruct him to do business with them. The Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, took the two dirham then went out for Salat (prayer) and Sa‘d was standing at the door of the chambers of the Messenger of Allah waiting for him. When the Messenger of Allah saw him he said, £ 0 Sa‘d, are you good at trading?’ Sa‘d replied, ‘By Allah, I do not own anything to do trading. The Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, gave him the two dirham and told him to use them in trading and work for sustenance from Allah.’ Sa‘d took them and went with the Holy Prophet, until they performed al-Zuhr and al-‘Asr Salat (prayer). The Holy Prophet, said, ‘Go in search for sustenance; I was worried about your condition, O Sa‘d.’ Whatever Sa‘d bought for one he then sold it for two dirham and whatever he bought for two dirham he sold for four dirham and the worldly things began to move to him. His assets grew larger and his business became great. At the door of the Masjid he found a place where he sat and operated his trade. The Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, came out for Salat (prayer) when Bilal said Adhan but Sa‘d was busy with the worldly things without wudu and unprepared unlike the way he did before he was engaged in trading. The Holy Prophet, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, asked, ‘O Sa‘d, the worldly things have kept you busy and away from Salat (prayer).’ He replied, ‘What can I do? I do not want to waste my assets. From this man I must receive payment and to this man I must pay.’ He (the Imam) said that the Messenger of Allah began to feel sadder about Sa‘d than about his poverty. Jibril came and said, ‘O Muhammad, Allah has noticed your feeling about Sa‘d. Of his conditions which one you like: this condition or that one before?’ The Holy Prophet said, ‘O Jibril, I like his condition before because his worldly things have taken away his hereafter. Jibril then said, ‘The love of the world and its asset is a trial and deviates one from the hereafter. You must ask Sa‘d to return your two dirham that you gave him. His condition will change to that he had before.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘The Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, went out, passed by Sa‘d and asked, ‘Do you not want to return the two dirham I had given to you?’ Sa‘d replied, ‘Yes, indeed, I can give two hundred dirham.’ He (the Messenger of Allah) said, ‘I just want the two dirham.’ Sa‘d gave two dirham to the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause. He (the Imam) said that the worldly things turned away from Sa‘d until all that he had collected were gone and he returned to the condition he had before.’”

39- عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ وَأَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ جَمِيعاً عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ كُلُّ شَيْ‏ءٍ يَكُونُ فِيهِ حَلالٌ وَحَرَامٌ فَهُوَ حَلالٌ لَكَ أَبَداً حَتَّى أَنْ تَعْرِفَ الْحَرَامَ مِنْهُ بِعَيْنِهِ فَتَدَعَهُ.

39. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad and Ahmad ibn Muhammad all from ibn Mahbub from ‘Abd Allah ibn Sinan who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘All things that exist in lawful and unlawful forms are considered lawful for you until you recognize it (the unlawful one) to be exactly the unlawful item, then you must avoid it.’”

40- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ [عَنْ أَبِيهِ] عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ مَسْعَدَةَ بْنِ صَدَقَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ كُلُّ شَيْ‏ءٍ هُوَ لَكَ حَلالٌ حَتَّى تَعْلَمَ أَنَّهُ حَرَامٌ بِعَيْنِهِ فَتَدَعَهُ مِنْ قِبَلِ نَفْسِكَ وَذَلِكَ مِثْلُ الثَّوْبِ يَكُونُ قَدِ اشْتَرَيْتَهُ وَهُوَ سَرِقَةٌ أَوِ الْمَمْلُوكِ عِنْدَكَ وَلَعَلَّهُ حُرٌّ قَدْ بَاعَ نَفْسَهُ أَوْ خُدِعَ فَبِيعَ أَوْ قُهِرَ أَوِ امْرَأَةٍ تَحْتَكَ وَهِيَ أُخْتُكَ أَوْ رَضِيعَتُكَ وَالأشْيَاءُ كُلُّهَا عَلَى هَذَا حَتَّى يَسْتَبِينَ لَكَ غَيْرُ ذَلِكَ أَوْ تَقُومَ بِهِ الْبَيِّنَةُ.

40. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated (from his father) from Harun ibn Muslim from Mas’adah ibn Sadaqah who has said the following: “I once heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), saying, ‘All things are lawful for you until you recognize it to be exactly an unlawful item which you must avoid from your own side. One such example is a cloth which you may have purchased and it is proved a stolen cloth; or a slave who is with you and perhaps he is free who has sold himself or is tricked and sold or is compelled; or a woman whom you have married and she is your sister or is one who is fed with milk from your wife or mother or sister or daughter and things likewise; until it becomes clear that they are otherwise or testimony proves otherwise.’”

41- عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْهَيْثَمِ بْنِ أَبِي مَسْرُوقٍ النَّهْدِيِّ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِلرِّضَا (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنَّ النَّاسَ رَوَوْا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) كَانَ إِذَا أَخَذَ فِي طَرِيقٍ رَجَعَ فِي غَيْرِهِ فَكَذَا كَانَ يَفْعَلُ قَالَ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ وَأَنَا أَفْعَلُهُ كَثِيراً فَافْعَلْهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي أَمَا إِنَّهُ أَرْزَقُ لَكَ.

41. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from al-Haytham ibn abu Masruq al-Nahdiy from Musa ibn ‘Umar ibn Bazi’ who has said the following: “I once asked al-Rida’ (a.s.), saying, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, people narrate that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, whenever he walked on a road would not return from the same, if this is how it was. He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, that is how it was and very often I also do so and you should also do it.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It gives you a greater chance to increase your sustenance.’”

42- عَنْهُ عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمَسْعُودِيِّ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ عُمَرَ الْبَجَلِيِّ قَالَ شَكَوْتُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) حَالِي وَانْتِشَارَ أَمْرِي عَلَيَّ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي إِذَا قَدِمْتَ الْكُوفَةَ فَبِعْ وِسَادَةً مِنْ بَيْتِكَ بِعَشَرَةِ دَرَاهِمَ وَادْعُ إِخْوَانَكَ وَأَعِدَّ لَهُمْ طَعَاماً وَسَلْهُمْ يَدْعُونَ اللهَ لَكَ قَالَ فَفَعَلْتُ وَمَا أَمْكَنَنِي ذَلِكَ حَتَّى بِعْتُ وِسَادَةً وَاتَّخَذْتُ طَعَاماً كَمَا أَمَرَنِي وَسَأَلْتُهُمْ أَنْ يَدْعُوا اللهَ لِي قَالَ فَوَ اللهِ مَا مَكَثْتُ إِلا قَلِيلا حَتَّى أَتَانِي غَرِيمٌ لِي فَدَقَّ الْبَابَ عَلَيَّ وَصَالَحَنِي مِنْ مَالٍ لِي كَثِيرٍ كُنْتُ أَحْسُبُهُ نَحْواً مِنْ عَشَرَةِ آلافِ دِرْهَمٍ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَتِ الأشْيَاءُ عَلَيَّ.

42. It is narrated from the narrator of the previous Hadith from al-‘Abbas ibn ‘Amir from abu ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Mas‘udiy from Hafs ibn al-Bakhtariy ibn ‘Umar al-Bajaliy who has said the following: “I once complained before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), against my worsening condition and mounting difficulties. He (the Imam) said, ‘When you arrive in al-Kufah, sell a piece of pillow from your home for ten dirham, invite your brothers, prepare food for them and ask them to pray for you to Allah.’ He (the narrator) has said, ‘I followed the instruction but it was not possible without selling the piece of pillow to prepare food as he (the Imam) had instructed me. So I sold the pillow and asked them to pray for me before Allah.’ He has said, ‘By Allah I waited only very little that one of my debtors came at the door and knocked at it. He made a settlement with me about a large amount of assets that I counted at ten thousand dirham.’ He has said that thereafter things began to come to him.’”

43- عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ وَأَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ جَمِيعاً عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) لَيْسَ بِوَلِيٍّ لِي مَنْ أَكَلَ مَالَ مُؤْمِنٍ حَرَاماً.

43. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad and Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ‘Abd Allah from ibn Mahbub from Sanaa ‘ah who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘One who consumes the assets of a believing person in unlawful ways is not of my follower and friends.’”

44- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ الْكُوفِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ جَمِيعاً عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْقَاسَانِيِّ قَالَ كَتَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ يَعْنِي أَبَا الْحَسَنِ الثَّالِثَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) وَأَنَا بِالْمَدِينَةِ سَنَةَ إِحْدَى وَثَلاثِينَ وَمِائَتَيْنِ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ رَجُلٌ أَمَرَ رَجُلا يَشْتَرِي لَهُ مَتَاعاً أَوْ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ فَاشْتَرَاهُ فَسُرِقَ مِنْهُ أَوْ قُطِعَ عَلَيْهِ الطَّرِيقُ مِنْ مَالِ مَنْ ذَهَبَ الْمَتَاعُ مِنْ مَالِ الآمِرِ أَوْ مِنْ مَالِ الْمَأْمُورِ فَكَتَبَ س مِنْ مَالِ الآمِرِ.

44. Muhammad ibn Ja’far has narrated from al-‘Abbas al-Kufiy from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa ibn ‘Ubayd and Ali ibn Ibrahim all from Ali ibn Muhammad al-Qasaniy who has said the following: “I once wrote to him (the Imam) (abu al-Hassan, al-Thalith) from al-Madinah in the year two hundred thirty-one, saying, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, a man commands another man to buy goods for him or other things which he buys but the goods are stolen or are looted on the way, from whose asset is this loss, is it from the assets of the commander or the one commanded? He (the Imam) ‘Alayhi al-Salam, wrote the answer that said, ‘It is from the asset of the commander.’”

45- عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ ابْنِ أُخْتِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ صَبِيحٍ عَنْ خَالِهِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ إِنَّ مِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ جُعِلَ رِزْقُهُ فِي السَّيْفِ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ جُعِلَ رِزْقُهُ فِي التِّجَارَةِ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ جُعِلَ رِزْقُهُ فِي لِسَانِهِ.

45. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad and Ya’qub ibn Yazid from the son of the sister of al-Walid ibn Sabih from his maternal uncle, al-Walid who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Of the people there are those who earn their living from the sword, others from trade and still others earn by their tongue.’”

46- سَهْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْجَعْفَرِيِّينَ قَالَ كَانَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ عِنْدَنَا رَجُلٌ يُكَنَّى أَبَا الْقَمْقَامِ وَكَانَ مُحَارَفاً فَأَتَى أَبَا الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) فَشَكَا إِلَيْهِ حِرْفَتَهُ وَأَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ لا يَتَوَجَّهُ فِي حَاجَةٍ فَيُقْضَى لَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قُلْ فِي آخِرِ دُعَائِكَ مِنْ صَلاةِ الْفَجْرِ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ الْعَظِيمِ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ وَأَسْأَلُهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ قَالَ أَبُو الْقَمْقَامِ فَلَزِمْتُ ذَلِكَ فَوَ اللهِ مَا لَبِثْتُ إِلا قَلِيلا حَتَّى وَرَدَ عَلَيَّ قَوْمٌ مِنَ الْبَادِيَةِ فَأَخْبَرُونِي أَنَّ رَجُلا مِنْ قَوْمِي مَاتَ وَلَمْ يُعْرَفْ لَهُ وَارِثٌ غَيْرِي فَانْطَلَقْتُ فَقَبَضْتُ مِيرَاثَهُ وَأَنَا مُسْتَغْنٍ.

46. Sahl ibn Ziyad has narrated from Yahya ibn al-Mubarak from Ibrahim ibn Salih from a man from al-Ja’fariy who has said the following: “In al-Madinah there was a man with us, called abu al-Qamqa’m who was unfortunate. He went to abu al-Hassan (a.s.), and complained before him against his condition and informed him (the Imam) that wherever he goes for something he fails. Abu al-Hassan (a.s.), said, ‘In your last prayer in the morning, say, ‘Free of all defect is Allah, most Great. I ask forgiveness from Allah and plead before Him for help through His generosity’, ten times.’ Abu Qamqa’m has said, ‘I kept doing it and after very little time a people from village came to me and told me that a man from my people has died and there no heir is found for him except me. I went with them and received his legacy which made me rich.’”

47- عَنْهُ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ سَعْدَانَ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) لا تُمَانِعُوا قَرْضَ الْخَمِيرِ وَالْخُبْزِ وَاقْتِبَاسَ النَّارِ فَإِنَّهُ يَجْلِبُ الرِّزْقَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ مَعَ مَا فِيهِ مِنْ مَكَارِمِ الأخْلاقِ.

47. It is narrated from the narrator of the previous Hadith from ibn Mahbub from Sa‘dan from Mu‘awiyah ibn ‘Ammar who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘You must not deny loaning yeast for bread-making and taking fire to start a fire; because it attracts sustenance to the family along with high moral manners.’”