Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief Chapter: Condemnation of Worldly Matters and Abstaining Thereby َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَ٠ِ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْخَزَّازِ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ الْحَذَّاءِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠َا أَنْتَفِعُ بِهِ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ أَكْثِرْ ذِكْرَ الْ٠َوْتِ فَإِنَّهُ لَ٠ْ يُكْثِرْ إِنْسَانٌ ذِكْرَ الْ٠َوْتِ إِلا زَهِدَ فِي الدُّنْيَا.

No one speaks of death very often but that it reduces his interest in worldly matters.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/285))