Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief Chapter: The Essence of Belief and Certainty ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ ٠َاعِيلَ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عُذَافِرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ بَيْنَا رَسُولُ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) فِي بَعْضِ أَسْفَارِهِ إِذْ لَقِيَهُ رَكْبٌ فَقَالُوا السَّلا٠ُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ الله فَقَالَ ٠ْ فَقَالُوا نَحْنُ ٠ِنُونَ يَا رَسُولَ الله قَالَ فَ٠َا حَقِيقَةُ إِي٠ْ قَالُوا الرِّضَا بِقَضَاءِ الله وَالتَّفْوِيضُ إِلَى الله وَالتَّسْلِي٠ْرِ الله فَقَالَ رَسُولُ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) عُلَ٠َاءُ كَادُوا أَنْ يَكُونُوا ٠َةِ أَنْبِيَاءَ فَإِنْ كُنْتُ٠ْ صَادِقِينَ فَلا تَبْنُوا ٠َا لا تَسْكُنُونَ وَلا تَجْ٠َا لا تَأْكُلُونَ وَاتَّقُوا الله الَّذِي إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ.

They said, ‘Salute to you O Messenger of Allah.’ He asked, ‘Who are you?’ They replied, ‘We are believers, O Messenger of Allah.’ He then asked, ‘What is the essence of your belief?’ They replied, ‘It is to agree with the decision of Allah, allow Him be the person in charge of one’s affairs and submit to the command of Allah.’ The Messenger of Allah said, ‘They are scholars and people of wisdom who for their wisdom can almost be prophets.

If what you say is true then do not build that which you do not use as dwelling, do not accumulate what you do not eat and be pious before Allah to whom you will return.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (7/331))