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Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq

Book of Livelihood

Chapter on Livelihoods, Earnings, Profits, and Professions

1056. hadíth

وَ قَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: "بَاشِرْ كِبَارَ أُمُورِكَ بِنَفْسِكَ وَ كِلْ مَا صَغُرَ مِنْهَا إِلَى غَيْرِكَ " فَقِيلَ ضَرْبُ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ فَقَالَ "ضَرْبُ أَشْرِيَةِ اَلْعَقَارِ وَ مَا أَشْبَهَهَا".

Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (a.s) said: "Handle your major affairs personally, and delegate the smaller ones to others." It was asked: "What kind of tasks are you referring to?" Imam (a.s) replied: "Matters like buying and selling properties and similar transactions."

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