The one who revives a Momin , so it is as if he has revived the people altogether. So if you do not feed him, so you have caused him to died, and if you do feed him, so you have revived him’.
[14] عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمِنْقَرِيِّ عَنْ هِشَامٍ الصَّيْدَلَانِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَا هِشَامُ إِنْ رَأَيْتَ الصَّفَّيْنِ قَدِ الْتَقَيَا فَلَا تَدَعْ طَلَبَ الرِّزْقِ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Ismail Bin Muhammad Al Minqary, from Hisham Al Saydalany who said, ‘Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘O Hisham!
Even if you were to see the two swords having met (in battle), so do not leave seeking the livelihood during that day’.
[15] عنه عليه السلام قال: كلّما ازداد العبد إيماناً ازداد ضيقاً في معيشته Imam Sadiq -asws said: “As a servant’s degree of Eman (belief) increases, his difficulties to provide for his living expenses will (also) increase (correspondingly).” [16] عَنْهُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) مَنْ أَطْعَمَ ثَلَاثَةَ نَفَرٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ أَطْعَمَهُ اللَّهُ مِنْ ثَلَاثِ جِنَانٍ فِي مَلَكُوتِ السَّمَاوَاتِ الْفِرْدَوْسِ وَ جَنَّةِ عَدْنٍ وَ طُوبَى [وَ] شَجَرَةٍ تَخْرُجُ مِنْ جَنَّةِ عَدْنٍ غَرَسَهَا رَبُّنَا بِيَدِهِ From him, from Ahmad, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Abu Hamza, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far -asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘The one who feeds three persons from the Muslims, Allah -azwj would Feed him from three Gardens in the kingdom of the skies – Al-Firdows, and the Garden of Eden, and Tooba, and it is a tree coming out from the Garden of Eden.
Our Lord -azwj Planted it with His -azwj own Hands’’. [17] For detailed Ahadeeth on feeding people see Al Kafi – V 2 – The Book of Eman and Kufr – Ch 85 – https://hubeali.com/books/English-Books/AlKafiVol2/AlKafiV2-TheBookOfBeliefAndDisbelief(7).pdf Rizq is not only a Worldly Income but also Gains for the Spiritual Elevation: Rizq is generally related to the worldly income but it is more important to relate it to the religious gains as per the above Hadith, so that our spiritual level is elevated for the best rewards and recompensed in the Hereafter.