Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْ٠َلِكِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي بَكْرٌ الأرْقَطُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله أَوْ عَنْ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ وَاحِدٌ فَقَالَ أَصْلَحَكَ الله إِنِّي رَجُلٌ ٠ُنْقَطِعٌ إِلَيْكُ٠َوَدَّتِي وَقَدْ أَصَابَتْنِي حَاجَةٌ شَدِيدَةٌ وَقَدْ تَقَرَّبْتُ بِذَلِكَ إِلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِي وَقَوْ٠ْ يَزِدْنِي بِذَلِكَ ٠ْ إِلا بُعْداً قَالَ فَ٠َا آتَاكَ الله خَيْرٌ ٠ِنْكَ قَالَ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ ادْعُ الله لِي أَنْ يُغْنِيَنِي عَنْ خَلْقِهِ قَالَ إِنَّ الله قَسَّ٠َنْ شَاءَ عَلَى يَدَيْ ٠َنْ شَاءَ وَلَكِنْ سَلِ الله أَنْ يُغْنِيَكَ عَنِ الْحَاجَةِ الَّتِي تَضْطَرُّكَ إِلَى لِئَا٠1.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Sinan from Aban ibn ‘Abd al-Malik who has said that narrated to him Bakr ibn Arqat from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) or from Shu’ayb from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Once someone came to Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) and said, ‘May Allah keep you well, I am a man who devoutly loves you. I face a pressing need.

I sought help from my family and tribe but it only has distanced me from them.’ The Imam said, ‘What Allah has given you is better than what He has taken from you.’ The man said, ‘May Allah keep my soul in service for your cause, pray for me to Allah so He will make me independent of His creatures.’ The Imam said, ‘Allah has assigned the sustenance of whomever He wanted to come through the hands of whomever He wanted, however, you can ask Allah to make you free of such needs that may force you to ask for help the ignoble ones of His creatures.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/374))