قَالَ فَأَقْبَلَ سَعْدٌ لَا يَشْتَرِي بِدِرْهَمٍ شَيْئاً...
قَالَ فَأَقْبَلَ سَعْدٌ لَا يَشْتَرِي بِدِرْهَمٍ شَيْئاً إِلَّا بَاعَهُ بِدِرْهَمَيْنِ وَ لَا يَشْتَرِي شَيْئاً بِدِرْهَمَيْنِ إِلَّا بَاعَهُ بِأَرْبَعَةِ دَرَاهِمَ فَأَقْبَلَتِ الدُّنْيَا عَلَى سَعْدٍ فَكَثُرَ مَتَاعُهُ وَ مَالُهُ وَ عَظُمَتْ تِجَارَتُهُ فَاتَّخَذَ عَلَى بَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ مَوْضِعاً وَ جَلَسَ فِيهِ فَجَمَعَ تِجَارَتَهُ إِلَيْهِ وَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) إِذَا أَقَامَ بِلَالٌ لِلصَّلَاةِ يَخْرُجُ وَ سَعْدٌ مَشْغُولٌ بِالدُّنْيَا لَمْ يَتَطَهَّرْ وَ لَمْ يَتَهَيَّأْ كَمَا كَانَ يَفْعَلُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَتَشَاغَلَ بِالدُّنْيَا فَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) يَقُولُ يَا سَعْدُ شَغَلَتْكَ الدُّنْيَا عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ فَكَانَ يَقُولُ مَا أَصْنَعُ أُضَيِّعُ مَالِي هَذَا رَجُلٌ قَدْ بِعْتُهُ فَأُرِيدُ أَنْ أَسْتَوْفِيَ مِنْهُ وَ هَذَا رَجُلٌ قَدِ اشْتَرَيْتُ مِنْهُ فَأُرِيدُ أَنْ أُوفِيَهُ He -asws said: ‘So Sa’ad went and he did not buy anything with one Dirham except that he sold it for two Dirhams, and he did not buy anything for two Dirhams except that he sold it for four Dirhams.
So the world turned towards Sa’ad and abundant was his wealth, and his business was great. So he took a place at the door of the Masjid and sat therein, and he gathered his business around him, and when Bilal called for the Prayer, Rasool-Allah -saww came out and Sa’ad was busy with the (affairs of the) world, not having cleansed himself (with ablution) and not being welcoming like he used to do before but he became pre-occupied with the world. So the Prophet -saww was saying: ‘O Sa’ad!
You are too pre-occupied with the world from the Prayer?’ So he was saying, ‘I do not want to waste my wealth. This man, I have sold to him and want payment from him, and this man, I have bought from him, so I want to pay him’.
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