Book of Livelihood
Chapter on Livelihoods, Earnings, Profits, and Professions
3568 - وَ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : "لَيْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ تَرَكَ دُنْيَاهُ لآِخِرَتِهِ وَ لاَ آخِرَتَهُ لِدُنْيَاهُ ".
Hadith.3568 - Imam (as) said: "He is not from us who abandons his worldly life for his Hereafter, nor his Hereafter for his worldly life."
3569 - وَ رُوِيَ عَنِ اَلْعَالِمِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ : "اِعْمَلْ لِدُنْيَاكَ كَأَنَّكَ تَعِيشُ أَبَداً وَ اِعْمَلْ لآِخِرَتِكَ كَأَنَّكَ تَمُوتُ غَداً".
Hadith.3569 - It is narrated from the Imam (as) that he said:
"Work for your worldly life as if you will live forever, and work for your Hereafter as if you will die tomorrow."
3570 - وَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ : "نِعْمَ اَلْعَوْنُ عَلَى تَقْوَى اَللَّهِ اَلْغِنَى".
Hadith.3570 - The Messenger of Allah (swt), peace and blessings be upon him and his family, said:
"Wealth is an excellent aid in attaining piety towards Allah (swt)."
3571 - وَ رَوَى عُمَرُ بْنُ أُذَيْنَةَ عَنِ اَلصَّادِقِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ : "إِنَّ اَللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى لَيُحِبُّ اَلاِغْتِرَابَ فِي طَلَبِ اَلرِّزْقِ".
Hadith.3571 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said:
"Indeed, Allah (swt), Blessed and Exalted, loves traveling in pursuit of sustenance."
3572 - وَ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : "اِشْخَصْ يَشْخَصْ لَكَ اَلرِّزْقُ".
Hadith.3572 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said:
"Set out (on a journey), and sustenance will set out for you."
3573 - وَ رَوَى عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اَلْعَزِيزِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ : "إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّ أَنْ أَرَى اَلرَّجُلَ مُتَحَرِّفاً فِي طَلَبِ اَلرِّزْقِ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَالَ -: " اَللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لِأُمَّتِي فِي بُكُورِهَا " ".
Hadith.3573 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said:
"I love to see a man striving in pursuit of sustenance. Indeed, the Messenger of Allah (swt), peace and blessings be upon him and his family, said: 'O Allah (swt), bless my nation in their early mornings.'"
3574 - وَ قَالَ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ : "إِذَا أَرَادَ أَحَدُكُمُ اَلْحَاجَةَ فَلْيُبَكِّرْ إِلَيْهَا فَإِنِّي سَأَلْتُ رَبِّي عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَنْ يُبَارِكَ لِأُمَّتِي فِي بُكُورِهَا".
Hadith.3574 - The Messenger of Allah (swt), peace and blessings be upon him and his family, said:
"If any of you has a need, let him seek it early in the morning, for I asked my Lord (azj), the Almighty and Glorious, to bless my nation in their early mornings."
3575 - وَ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : "إِذَا أَرَادَ أَحَدُكُمُ اَلْحَاجَةَ فَلْيُبَكِّرْ إِلَيْهَا وَ لْيُسْرِعِ اَلْمَشْيَ إِلَيْهَا".
Hadith.3575 - Imam (as) said:
"If any of you intends to fulfill a need, let him seek it early in the morning and hasten in walking towards it."
3576 - وَ رَوَى حَمَّادٌ اَللَّحَّامُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ : "لاَ تَكْسَلُوا فِي طَلَبِ مَعَايِشِكُمْ فَإِنَّ آبَاءَنَا كَانُوا يَرْكُضُونَ فِيهَا وَ يَطْلُبُونَهَا".
Hadith.3576 - Hammad al-Lahham narrated from Abu Abdullah (as), who said:
"Do not be lazy in seeking your livelihood, for our fathers used to strive for it and pursue it."
3577 - وَ أَرْسَلَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ رَجُلاً فِي حَاجَةٍ فَكَانَ يَمْشِي فِي اَلشَّمْسِ فَقَالَ لَهُ "اِمْشِ فِي اَلظِّلِّ فَإِنَّ اَلظِّلَّ مُبَارَكٌ".
Hadith.3577 - The Messenger of Allah (swt), peace and blessings be upon him and his family, sent a man to fulfill a need, and the man was walking in the sun.
So the Prophet (sw) said to him: "Walk in the shade, for the shade is blessed."