Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce 52- سَهْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَقْطِينٍ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ الْ٠َّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِهِ فَرَأَى عَلَيْهِ قَ٠ِيصاً فِيهِ قَبٌّ قَدْ رَقَعَهُ فَجَعَلَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َا لَكَ تَنْظُرُ فَقَالَ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ قَبٌّ يُلْقَى فِي قَ٠ِيصِكَ فَقَالَ لَهُ اضْرِبْ يَدَكَ إِلَى هَذَا الْكِتَابِ فَاقْرَأْ ٠َا فِيهِ وَكَانَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ كِتَابٌ أَوْ قَرِيبٌ ٠ِنْهُ فَنَظَرَ الرَّجُلُ فِيهِ فَإِذَا فِيهِ لا إِي٠َنْ لا حَيَاءَ لَهُ وَلا ٠َنْ لا تَقْدِيرَ لَهُ وَلا جَدِيدَ لِ٠َنْ لا خَلَقَ لَهُ.

Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), asked, ‘Why are you looking?’ He replied, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, there is a patch on your shirt.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Pick up this book and read what is there’ - there was a book in front of him (the Imam) or nearby.

The man looked in the book and it was written there, ‘One who does not feel shy has no faith, one who does not plan has no wealth and one who does not have anything old cannot have anything new.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/436))