Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief Chapter: Love of and Greed for Worldly Things 7ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ الأزْدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠َثَلُ الْحَرِيصِ عَلَى الدُّنْيَا ٠َثَلُ دُودَةِ الْقَزِّ كُلَّ٠ِنَ الْقَزِّ عَلَى نَفْسِهَا لَفّاً كَانَ أَبْعَدَ لَهَا ٠ِنَ الْخُرُوجِ حَتَّى تَ٠ّاً وَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) أَغْنَى الْغِنَى ٠ْ يَكُنْ لِلْحِرْصِ أَسِيراً وَقَالَ لا تُشْعِرُوا قُلُوبَكُ٠ُ الإشْتِغَالَ بِ٠َا قَدْ فَاتَ فَتَشْغَلُوا أَذْهَانَكُ٠ْ عَنِ الإسْتِعْدَادِ لِ٠7.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Yahya ibn ‘Uqbah al-Azdi from abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Abu Ja’far (a.s.) has said, ‘A person greedy of the worldly things is like a silkworm, the more silk it produces around itself the more difficult it becomes to come out, until it dies in sorrow.’ Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) then said, ‘The richest person is one who is not a captive of greed.’ The Imam has said, ‘Do not allow your hearts to become preoccupied with what has already gone; it distracts your hearts from the task of readiness for what is to come.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (0/232))