Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Promoting The Quest For Sustenance And Work To Make A Living 2- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َيْرٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ عُ٠َرَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلا دَخَلَ بَيْتَهُ وَأَغْلَقَ بَابَهُ أَكَانَ يَسْقُطُ عَلَيْهِ شَيْ‏ءٌ ٠2.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Al-Hassan ibn ‘Atiyah from ‘Umar ibn Yazid who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Do you think the sustenance of a man who stays in his home and closes his door, keeps falling on him from the sky?”’ حسن على الظاهر - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/22))