Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief Chapter: Love of and Greed for Worldly Things 13ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الْقَاسِ٠ِنْقَرِيِّ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ غِيَاثٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ قَالَ عِيسَى ابْنُ ٠َ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) تَعْ٠َلُونَ لِلدُّنْيَا وَأَنْتُ٠ْ تُرْزَقُونَ فِيهَا بِغَيْرِ عَ٠َلُونَ لِلآخِرَةِ وَأَنْتُ٠ْ لا تُرْزَقُونَ فِيهَا إِلا بِالْعَ٠َاءَ سَوْءٍ الأجْرَ تَأْخُذُونَ وَالْعَ٠َلَ تُضَيِّعُونَ يُوشِكُ رَبُّ الْعَ٠َلِ أَنْ يُقْبَلَ عَ٠َلُهُ وَيُوشِكُ أَنْ يُخْرَجُوا ٠ِنْ ضِيقِ الدُّنْيَا إِلَى ظُلْ٠َةِ الْقَبْرِ كَيْفَ يَكُونُ ٠ِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْ٠َسِيرِهِ إِلَى آخِرَتِهِ وَهُوَ ٠ُقْبِلٌ عَلَى دُنْيَاهُ وَ٠َا يَضُرُّهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيْهِ ٠13.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad from al-Minqari from Hafs ibn Ghiyath from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Jesus, son of Mary, peace be upon him, has said, ‘You work for the worldly things while your sustenance is there without work. Y ou do not work for the next life where you will not receive any sustenance without work. Woe upon you. You are bad scholars. You receive payments but destroy the work.

Perhaps the worshippers’ deeds are accepted and perhaps they will be taken out of the narrow space of this world to the darkness of the grave. How can one be of the scholars who is on his way to the next life while he is holding to the world and what is harmful to him is more beloved to him than what is beneficial to him?”’ ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (10/242))