Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Promoting The Quest For Sustenance And Work To Make A Living َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنِ ابْنِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ عُ٠َرَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) رَجُلٌ قَالَ لأقْعُدَنَّ فِي بَيْتِي وَلأصَلِّيَنَّ وَلأصُو٠َنَّ وَلأعْبُدَنَّ رَبِّي فَأَ٠َّا رِزْقِي فَسَيَأْتِينِي فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) هَذَا أَحَدُ الثَّلاثَةِ الَّذِينَ لا يُسْتَجَابُ لَهُ٠1.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Faddal from ibn Bukayr from ‘Amr ibn Yazid who has said the following: “I once said to abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), that a man says, ‘I stay home, perform Salat (prayer), fast and worship my Lord. My sustenance will come to me.

5 Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), said, ‘This is one of the three (classes of people) whose prayer is not answered.’” حسن كالصحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/22))