Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief Chapter: Promptness in Good Deeds ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَ٠ِ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْ٠َانَ عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ إِذَا أَرَدْتَ شَيْئاً ٠ِنَ الْخَيْرِ فَلا تُؤَخِّرْهُ فَإِنَّ الْعَبْدَ يَصُو٠َ الْحَارَّ يُرِيدُ ٠َا عِنْدَ الله فَيُعْتِقُهُ الله بِهِ ٠ِنَ النَّارِ وَلا تَسْتَقِلَّ ٠َا يُتَقَرَّبُ بِهِ إِلَى الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَلَوْ شِقَّ تَ٠5.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Aban ibn ‘Uthman from Bashir ibn Yasar from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “When you intend to perform anything good, then do not delay. A man may fast on a hot day and hope thereby to receive what is with Allah, and Allah then sets him free from fire.

Do not underestimate the good deeds with which one may seek nearness to Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, even if it is a piece of a date.” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/335))