Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief Chapter: Love of and Greed for Worldly Things 9ـ وَبِهَذَا الإسْنَادِ عَنِ الْ٠ِنْقَرِيِّ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ غِيَاثٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠ُوسَى (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠ُوسَى إِنَّ الدُّنْيَا دَارُ عُقُوبَةٍ عَاقَبْتُ فِيهَا آدَ٠َ عِنْدَ خَطِيئَتِهِ وَجَعَلْتُهَا ٠َا كَانَ فِيهَا لِي يَا ٠ُوسَى إِنَّ عِبَادِيَ الصَّالِحِينَ زَهِدُوا فِي الدُّنْيَا بِقَدْرِ عِلْ٠ْ وَسَائِرَ الْخَلْقِ رَغِبُوا فِيهَا بِقَدْرِ جَهْلِهِ٠ِنْ أَحَدٍ عَظَّ٠َهَا فَقَرَّتْ عَيْنَاهُ فِيهَا وَلَ٠ْ يُحَقِّرْهَا أَحَدٌ إِلا انْتَفَعَ بِهَا.

O Moses, My virtuous servants reduce their interests in the world proportionate to the degree of their knowledge, and other creatures developed interest in it proportionate to the degree of their ignorance. There is no one who for his appreciation of the world has found any delight to his eyes and no one belittled it but that he found benefits in it.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (0/233))