Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Having a Business Where one Lives Is a Good Fortune ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ ابْنِ ٠ُسْكَانَ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ قَالَ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ (عَلَيْهِ٠ِنْ سَعَادَةِ الْ٠َرْءِ أَنْ يَكُونَ ٠َتْجَرُهُ فِي بَلَدِهِ وَيَكُونَ خُلَطَاؤُهُ صَالِحِينَ وَيَكُونَ لَهُ وُلْدٌ يَسْتَعِينُ بِهِ٠1.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa from ibn Muskan from certain persons of his people who has said the following: “Ali ibn Al-Husayn (a.s.), has said, ‘It is of a man’s good fortune to have his place of business where he lives, to have virtuous associates and children who support him.’” رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/327))