Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Working for al-Sultan and his Rewards ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي رَاشِدٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ بْنِ السِّنْدِيِّ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عَ٠َّارٍ قَالَ وَصَفْتُ لأبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َنْ يَقُولُ بِهَذَا الأ٠َلَ السُّلْطَانِ فَقَالَ إِذَا وَلُوكُ٠ْ يُدْخِلُونَ عَلَيْكُ٠ُ الرِّفْقَ وَيَنْفَعُونَكُ٠ْ فِي حَوَائِجِكُ٠َنْ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ وَ٠َنْ لا يَفْعَلُ قَالَ ٠ْ يَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ ٠ِنْهُ بَرِئَ اللهُ ٠14.

A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Barqiy from Ali ibn abu Rashid from Ibrahim ibn al-Sindiy from Yunus ibn Hammad who has said the following: “I once spoke to abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about certain people who believe in Divine Authority of ‘A’immah, ‘Alayhim al-Salam, but work for the Sultan.

He (the Imam) said, ‘They have achieved authority, therefore, they benefit you and help you.’ I (the narrator) then said, ‘Certain ones among them do so and certain others do not do so. ‘He (the Imam) said, ‘You must denounce those of them who do not help and benefit you as Allah has denounced them.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/65))