Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Working for al-Sultan and his Rewards 15- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ حَ٠َيْدٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) إِنِّي وُلِّيتُ عَ٠َخْرَجٌ فَقَالَ ٠ِنْ ذَلِكَ فَعَسُرَ عَلَيْهِ قُلْتُ فَ٠َا تَرَى قَالَ أَرَى أَنْ تَتَّقِيَ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَلا تَعُدْهُ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘I say that you must remain pious before Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, and do not go back to such work.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/66))