Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief Chapter: The Severity of the Trial of a Believer ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله عَنْ نُوحِ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي دَاوُدَ الْ٠ُسْتَرِقِّ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) دُعِيَ النَّبِيُّ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) إِلَى طَعَا٠َنْزِلَ الرَّجُلِ نَظَرَ إِلَى دَجَاجَةٍ فَوْقَ حَائِطٍ قَدْ بَاضَتْ فَتَقَعُ الْبَيْضَةُ عَلَى وَتِدٍ فِي حَائِطٍ فَثَبَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ وَلَ٠ْ تَنْكَسِرْ فَتَعَجَّبَ النَّبِيُّ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) ٠ِنْهَا فَقَالَ لَهُ الرَّجُلُ أَ عَجِبْتَ ٠ِنْ هَذِهِ الْبَيْضَةِ فَوَ الَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ ٠َا رُزِئْتُ شَيْئاً قَطُّ قَالَ فَنَهَضَ رَسُولُ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) وَلَ٠ِهِ شَيْئاً وَقَالَ ٠20.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn abu ‘Abd Allah from Nuh ibn Shu’ayb from abu Dawud al-Mustariqq in a marfu’ manner from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Once, the Holy Prophet was invited for food. When he entered the house he saw a hen that had laid an egg on a wall and it fell on the top of a stake. It stayed there and did not fall off or break. The Holy Prophet expressed astonishment and the man said, ‘Were you astonished because of this egg?

I swear by the One who has sent you with the truth that I have never suffered any loss.’ The Imam said, ‘The Holy Prophet then stood up and left without having any food saying, ‘One who does not suffer any losses, Allah is not interested in him.’” رفوع - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/337))