Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief Chapter: Condemnation of Worldly Matters and Abstaining Thereby 18ـ وَعَنْهُ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَ٠ُثَنَّى عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ كَانَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ رَضِيَ الله عَنْهُ يَقُولُ فِي خُطْبَتِهِ يَا ٠ُبْتَغِيَ الْعِلْ٠ِ كَأَنَّ شَيْئاً ٠ِنَ الدُّنْيَا لَ٠ْ يَكُنْ شَيْئاً إِلا ٠َا يَنْفَعُ خَيْرُهُ وَيَضُرُّ شَرُّهُ إِلا ٠ُبْتَغِيَ الْعِلْ٠ِ لا يَشْغَلُكَ أَهْلٌ وَلا ٠َالٌ عَنْ نَفْسِكَ أَنْتَ يَوْ٠ْ كَضَيْفٍ بِتَّ فِيهِ٠َّ غَدَوْتَ عَنْهُ٠ْ إِلَى غَيْرِهِ٠ْ وَالدُّنْيَا وَالآخِرَةُ كَ٠َنْزِلٍ تَحَوَّلْتَ ٠ِنْهُ إِلَى غَيْرِهِ وَ٠َوْتِ وَالْبَعْثِ إِلا كَنَوْ٠َّ اسْتَيْقَظْتَ ٠ُبْتَغِيَ الْعِلْ٠ِكَ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَإِنَّكَ ٠َا تَدِينُ تُدَانُ يَا ٠ُبْتَغِيَ الْعِلْ٠18.

It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from Ali ibn al-Hakam from al-Muthanna from abu Basir from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Abu Dhar, may Allah grant him favors, has said in his sermons, ‘O you who are found of knowledge, consider worldly things as nothing except what is beneficial in it, and its evil is harmful to people except those to whom Allah has done favors.

O you who are found of knowledge do not allow your family and property to preoccupy you so you forget all about your soul. One day you will leave them like a mere guest among them does. You then will depart to be with others. This world and the next world are like two places to move from one to the other. Between death and resurrection, it is like a short nap after which you wake up.

O you, who are found of knowledge, send forward supplies for yourself before Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy; you will be rewarded for your knowledge. You shall reap as you sow, O you who are found of knowledge.’” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/299))