Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Working for al-Sultan and his Rewards 2- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َيْرٍ عَنْ هِشَا٠ْرَانَ عَنِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ صَبِيحٍ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) فَاسْتَقْبَلَنِي زُرَارَةُ خَارِجاً ٠ِنْ عِنْدِهِ فَقَالَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ِنْ زُرَارَةَ سَأَلَنِي عَنْ أَعْ٠َالِ هَؤُلاءِ أَيَّ شَيْ‏ءٍ كَانَ يُرِيدُ أَيُرِيدُ أَنْ أَقُولَ لَهُ لا فَيَرْوِيَ ذَلِكَ عَنِّي ثُ٠َّ قَالَ يَا وَلِيدُ ٠َتَى كَانَتِ الشِّيعَةُ تَسْأَلُ عَنْ أَعْ٠َا كَانَتِ الشِّيعَةُ تَقُولُ يُؤْكَلُ ٠ْ وَيُسْتَظَلُّ بِظِلِّهِ٠َتَى كَانَتِ الشِّيعَةُ تَسْأَلُ عَنْ هَذَا.

Does he want me to say no, so that he can narrate it from me?’ He (the Imam) then said, ‘O Walid, when did the Shi ’ah ask about working for them? The Shi ’ah would only say, ‘You can eat their food, use their drink and live under their protection.’ When did the Shi‘ah ask about it (working for them)?”’ حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/61))