Al-Kāfi · Volume 5 · Section 159 · 59 narrations
“Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that once two people brought their dispute before ’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.). One of them had purchased a camel from the other one, and the seller had excluded the head and the skin. The…
Read the full narration →“I once saw abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), examine an account with his agent who very often said, ‘By Allah, I have not committed treachery, by Allah I have not committed treachery.’ Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), then said, ‘O you,…
Read the full narration →“I once said to abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), that my assets are gone, my belongings have scattered and I have a large family. Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), then said, ‘When you arrive in al-Kufah, open your shop, set up your display…
Read the full narration →“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), once asked me, ‘How do you make a living?’ I replied, ‘I have two slaves and two camels.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘You must not speak about it to your brothers (in belief); if they do not harm, they…
Read the full narration →“I once heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), saying, ‘The sustenance of certain people is in trading, others have it in their sword and certain ones in their tongue.”’
Read the full narration →“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘One who faces constraint in his living’ -or he (the Imam) said ‘in his sustenance- should buy small ones (of animal) and sell large ones.’” It is also narrated from him (the Imam) that…
Read the full narration →“Abu al-Hassan (a.s.), has said, ‘With whatever (lawful) means one opens the door to his sustenance it is business and trade.’”
Read the full narration →“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that ’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), would say, ‘If one is calling to what he sells, you do not have to increase; only announcing makes increasing unlawful and remaining silent makes the…
Read the full narration →“I once heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), saying, ‘If one plants wheat in a land and it does not come pure or the plantation grows with a great deal of barley, it is because of the injustice of his work to the piece of land…
Read the full narration →“This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who becomes a friend of a young woman who gives him four thousand dirham and says, ‘If our friendship is destroyed you can return the…
Read the full narration →“Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah prohibited eating of what ants carry in their mouth or with their legs.”
Read the full narration →foiiowing: “I once heard him (the Imam) (a.s.), saying, ‘The skillfulness of a man is for his earning a living.’”
Read the full narration →foiiowing: “This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who becomes friends with a woman who gives him a certain amount of asset which remains in his hands for as long as Allah…
Read the full narration →14. Muhammad ibn Yahya has said that Muhammad once wrote to abu Muhammad (a.s.), about a man to whom another man owed one hundred dirham. He demanded for payment but the debtor said, ‘I will come back to you in ten days…
Read the full narration →foiiowing: “I once passed with abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), through the copper market and I asked, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, what is the origin of the copper?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is…
Read the full narration →“‘I still give goods to this man and he says that it is destroyed or is spent, so what kind of plan can help it?’ He (the planner) said, ‘You can give the man one thousand dirham and give it to him as loan; then give him…
Read the full narration →“We complained before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the loss of our clothes with the cleaners. He (the Imam) said, ‘Write on them, “Blessing for us.’” We did so and did not lose any cloth thereafter.”
Read the full narration →“Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘When you are hungry play (eat slowly) with raisins.
Read the full narration →“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that ’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), has said, ‘It is not lawful to deny salt and fire (to those who ask for it).”’
Read the full narration →“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the Holy Prophet, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, had an occasional companion from the time of ignorance. When he (the…
Read the full narration →“This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a Muslim man with whom a thieving man leaves a certain amount of dirham and he is a Muslim also; if he must return it to him. He (the Imam)…
Read the full narration →“This is concerning my question before the virtuous servant of Allah saying, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, we in Makkah had travel-mates, and when they left and we also left we carried…
Read the full narration →“This is concerning my question of Dhariyh al-Muharibiy before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a slave who takes an item that is found. He (the Imam) said, ‘What a slave has to do with an item found! He does not own…
Read the full narration →“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, prohibited exposing a she-camel before a he-camel for breeding,…
Read the full narration →“A certain person of our people lived in al-Madinah and he suffered severe constraints. Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), said to him, ‘You must go to find a shop in the market, set up your display and keep a jar of water with you…
Read the full narration →“I once said to abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), that I owned a flour mill and that it had become my assembly place where my companions came together. He (the Imam) said, ‘That is a blessing from Allah, most Majestic, most…
Read the full narration →“I once heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), saying, ‘A man’s sitting for follow-up prayer, after the morning Salat (prayer) at his prayer place until sunrise is better for his business than sailing on the ocean in search for…
Read the full narration →“Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘There will come a biting time upon people. Everyone will keep tight with whatever is in his hand and forget about generosity. Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, has said, ‘You must…
Read the full narration →“I once heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), saying, ‘If one searches for little amounts of sustenance it leads to attract greater amounts of sustenance, and if one gives up small amounts of sustenance it leads to going away of…
Read the full narration →“One day I saw Ishaq ibn ‘Ammar pack his bag, ready to move, when a man came asking to exchange dirham with dinar. He opened his bag, gave him dirham and took the dinar. I then said, ‘Allah is free of all defects, how…
Read the full narration →“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, has said, ‘One who is tired of power must cherish small ones.’”…
Read the full narration →“Once, ’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), passed by and asked, ‘What are you doing O ‘Umm al- Hassan?’ I replied, ‘I am spinning to make yarn.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘That is a very sweet way of earning’ -or that he said- ‘of the…
Read the full narration →“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘When you see a man who takes out from his assets in obedience to Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, then you must be certain that he has earned it by lawful ways, and when he takes it…
Read the full narration →“I once said to abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), a man traveled and then came back with a great deal of assets and we did not know if he had earned it in a lawful or unlawful ways. He (the Imam) said, ‘If such is the case, look…
Read the full narration →“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the Holy Prophet, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, once passed by a man who sold clothes. The man was tall and the cloth…
Read the full narration →“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘I once took a letter to my father that a man had sent and I took it out of my sleeves. He (the Imam) said, ‘My son, do not keep anything in your sleeves; it causes loss of things.’”
Read the full narration →“Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, has said, ‘There will come a time when people complain before their…
Read the full narration →“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…
Read the full narration →“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.’”
Read the full narration →“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…
Read the full narration →“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…
Read the full narration →“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…
Read the full narration →“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.’”
Read the full narration →“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…
Read the full narration →“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.’”
Read the full narration →“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…
Read the full narration →“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.’”
Read the full narration →“A man during the time of ’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), had found a treasure and my father bought it from him for three hundred dirham and one hundred sheep followed by their young; and my mother blamed him for it, saying,…
Read the full narration →“Once abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), was asked about the case of a man to whom another man owed a certain amount of assets because of ‘Aynah deal. When payment time was due he did not have anything to pay so he wanted to turn it…
Read the full narration →“I faced a difficult condition and wrote to abu Ja‘far (a.s.), about it and he (the Imam) wrote to me, ‘Continue reading, “We sent Noah to his people ... to the end.’” (Chapter 71) I read it for one year but did not see…
Read the full narration →“I once wrote to abu Ja‘far (a.s.), and said, ‘Debts are holding me down and they are heavy.’ He (the Imam) wrote to me, ‘Ask forgiveness from Allah a great deal and moisten you tongue by reading, “Inna Anzalna” Chapter…
Read the full narration →“Once a certain person of the followers of abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), came to visit him (the Imam) and he saw his shirt had a patch on it, so he kept looking at it. Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), asked, ‘Why are you looking?’ He…
Read the full narration →“’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, has said, ‘When Allah becomes angry with a people on whom He…
Read the full narration →“Once an Arab came on his camel in the time of the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, sell my (herd of)…
Read the full narration →“I once said to abu al-Hassan ‘Alayhi al-Salam, ‘I may buy certain things in the presence of my father and I see certain things in him that make me depressed.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Avoid buying in his presence. When you…
Read the full narration →“I once was with Ishaq ibn ‘ Ammar al-Sayrafiy when a man came and he wanted something for a dinar but he had closed the shop and had sealed the sack. He then gave him the item for a dinar. I then said, ‘Fie on you, O…
Read the full narration →“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Earning certain kinds of sustenance dries up one’s skin on his bones (very hard to earn).”’
Read the full narration →“I once mentioned Egypt to abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.). He (the Imam) said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, has said, ‘You can seek to…
Read the full narration →“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that once al-Mawaliy (non-Arab Muslims) came to ’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), and said, ‘We complain before you against these Arabs. The Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to…
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