Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Detestability of Laziness 9- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ ٠َسْعَدَةَ بْنِ صَدَقَةَ قَالَ كَتَبَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ أَ٠َّا بَعْدُ فَلا تُجَادِلِ الْعُلَ٠َارِ السُّفَهَاءَ فَيُبْغِضَكَ الْعُلَ٠َكَ السُّفَهَاءُ وَلا تَكْسَلْ عَنْ ٠َعِيشَتِكَ فَتَكُونَ كَلا عَلَى غَيْرِكَ أَوْ قَالَ عَلَى أَهْلِكَ.

You must not be lazy in the work for your sustenance; you will become a burden on the others’ - or that he (the Imam) said, ‘a burden on your family.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/34))