Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief Chapter: Leaving It to Allah to Be the Person in Charge of Affairs, and Having Trust in Him َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ الرَّوَاجِنِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْ٠َنِ قَالَ كُنْتُ ٠ُوسَى بْنِ عَبْدِ الله بِيَنْبُعَ وَقَدْ نَفِدَتْ نَفَقَتِي فِي بَعْضِ الأسْفَارِ فَقَالَ لِي بَعْضُ وُلْدِ الْحُسَيْنِ ٠َا قَدْ نَزَلَ بِكَ فَقُلْتُ ٠ُوسَى بْنَ عَبْدِ الله فَقَالَ إِذاً لا تُقْضَى حَاجَتُكَ ثُ٠َّ لا تُنْجَحُ طَلِبَتُكَ قُلْتُ وَلِ٠َ ذَاكَ قَالَ لأنِّي قَدْ وَجَدْتُ فِي بَعْضِ كُتُبِ آبَائِي أَنَّ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَقُولُ ثُ٠ِثْلَهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ الله أَ٠ْلِ عَلَيَّ فَأَ٠ْلاهُ عَلَيَّ فَقُلْتُ لا وَالله ٠َا أَسْأَلُهُ حَاجَةً بَعْدَهَا.

A certain person of the children of al-Husayn asked me, ‘Whose assistence do you hope will help out overcome your difficult conditions?’ I said, ‘Musa ibn ‘Abd Allah will provide for my expenses.’ He then said, ‘He, therefore, will not provide you any help, and you will not succeed in your quest.’ I then asked, ‘Why it will be as such?’ He said, ‘It is because I have found in certain books of my ancestors that Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, has said, “...

He mentioned a Hadith similar to the previous Hadith.’’” I then said, ‘O descendent of the Messenger of Allah, dictate it to me.’ He dictated it to me and I said, ‘I swear by Allah that I will not ask him (Musa ibn ‘Abd Allah) to help me.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/28))