Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: The Degree Of Efforts Which One Must Make In In the Footsteps of ‘A’immah ‘Alayhim al-Salam 14- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َرَ بْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ إِنَّ رَجُلا أَتَى أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) فَقَالَ إِنِّي لا أُحْسِنُ أَنْ أَعْ٠َلا بِيَدِي وَلا أُحْسِنُ أَنْ أَتَّجِرَ وَأَنَا ٠ُحْتَاجٌ فَقَالَ اعْ٠ِلْ عَلَى رَأْسِكَ وَاسْتَغْنِ عَنِ النَّاسِ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) قَدْ حَ٠َلَ حَجَراً عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ فَوَضَعَهُ فِي حَائِطٍ لَهُ ٠ِنْ حِيطَانِهِ وَإِنَّ الْحَجَرَ لَفِي ٠َكَانِهِ وَلا يُدْرَى كَ٠ْقُهُ إِلا أَنَّهُ ثَ٠14.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from ‘Umar ibn ‘Udhaynah from Zurarah who has said the following: “Once a man came to abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), and said, ‘I am not good in working with my hands and I am not good in doing business, thus I am deprived and needy.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘You must work and carry it on your head and set yourself free from asking people for help.

The Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, carried a stone on his shoulder to place it in a certain place of his walls. The stone is still in its place, and it is not known how large it is, but it is there [by his miracle]”’ حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/21))