Al-Kāfi 5, record 181 of the digital edition

Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī · The Degree Of Efforts Which One Must Make In Search For One’s Sustenance To Follow In the Footsteps of ‘A’immah ‘Alayhim al-Salam

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12- عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُذَافِرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ أَعْطَى أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) أَبِي أَلْفاً وَسَبْعَمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ اتَّجِرْ بِهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِي رَغْبَةٌ فِي رِبْحِهَا وَإِنْ كَانَ الرِّبْحُ مَرْغُوباً فِيهِ وَلَكِنِّي أَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ يَرَانِيَ اللهُ جَلَّ وَعَزَّ مُتَعَرِّضاً لِفَوَائِدِهِ قَالَ فَرَبِحْتُ لَهُ فِيهَا مِائَةَ دِينَارٍ ثُمَّ لَقِيتُهُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ قَدْ رَبِحْتُ لَكَ فِيهَا مِائَةَ دِينَارٍ قَالَ فَفَرِحَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) بِذَلِكَ فَرَحاً شَدِيداً فَقَالَ لِي أَثْبِتْهَا فِي رَأْسِ مَالِي قَالَ فَمَاتَ أَبِي وَالْمَالُ عِنْدَهُ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) فَكَتَبَ عَافَانَا اللهُ وَإِيَّاكَ إِنَّ لِي عِنْدَ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ أَلْفاً وَثَمَانَمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ أَعْطَيْتُهُ يَتَّجِرُ بِهَا فَادْفَعْهَا إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ فَنَظَرْتُ فِي كِتَابِ أَبِي فَإِذاً فِيهِ لأبِي مُوسَى عِنْدِي أَلْفٌ وَسَبْعُمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ وَاتُّجِرَ لَهُ فِيهَا مِائَةُ دِينَارٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سِنَانٍ وَعُمَرُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ يَعْرِفَانِهِ.

Translation

12. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ali ibn Asbat from Muhammad ibn ‘Adhafir from his father who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), once gave my father one thousand seven hundred dinars and told him to use them in business. He (the Imam) then said, ‘I am not interested in its profits, even though profits are desirable. I love, however, that Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, see me work to make profits.’ He (the narrator) has said, ‘I then made one hundred dinar profit for him. I met him and informed him about the one hundred dinar profits.’ He (the narrator) has said that abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), became very happy about it and told me to keep it with his capital. He (the narrator) has said that my father passed away and goods were with him. Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), then wrote to me, ‘May Allah grant to us and to you good health. There is my one thousand eight hundred dinar with abu Muhammad which I had given him to use in business. You must give this amount to ‘Umar ibn Yazid.’ He (the narrator) has said, that I then checked the record of my father and found that one thousand seven hundred dinars were due in favor of abu Musa (a.s.), and I had earned one hundred dinars profit, ‘Abd Allah ibn Sinan and ‘Umar ibn Yazid knew him.”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 12. A number of our people have narrated
  2. Sahl ibn Ziyad
  3. Ali ibn Asbat
  4. Muhammad ibn ‘Adhafir
  5. his father who has said the following

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  • Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi

    ضعيف على المشهور

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    Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/20)

  • Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi

    لم يخرجه

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    Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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