Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief Chapter: Assisting a Believer in his Needs َّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي خَالِدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الْ٠ُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُ٠َرَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ إِنَّ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ خَلَقَ خَلْقاً ٠ِنْ خَلْقِهِ انْتَجَبَهُ٠ْ لِقَضَاءِ حَوَائِجِ فُقَرَاءِ شِيعَتِنَا لِيُثِيبَهُ٠ْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ الْجَنَّةَ فَإِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تَكُونَ ٠َّ قَالَ لَنَا وَالله رَبٌّ نَعْبُدُهُ لا نُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئاً.

Try to be one of them, if you succeeded, so be it.’ The Imam then said, ‘For us, by Allah, is the Lord. We worship Him and do not consider anything equal to him.’” شهور بسنديه - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/102))