Al-Kāfi - The Book of Zakat

Chapter: One Who Asks for Help Without Actually Needing Help ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ ٠َالِكِ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) قَالَ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ (عَلَيْهِ٠ِنْتُ عَلَى رَبِّي أَنَّهُ لا يَسْأَلُ أَحَدٌ ٠ِنْ غَيْرِ حَاجَةٍ إِلاَّ اضْطَرَّتْهُ الْ٠اً إِلَى أَنْ يَسْأَلَ ٠1.

A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from al-Hassan ibn Mahbub from Malik ibn ‘Atiyyah who has said the following: “Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.), has said, ’I guarantee from my Lord that whoever asks for help without actually being in need, a pressing need will force him one day (sooner or later) to ask help for an actual need.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/146))