Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce 56- سَهْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ بِلالٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ بَسَّا٠َّالِ قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَ٠َّارٍ الصَّيْرَفِيِّ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ يَطْلُبُ غَلَّةً بِدِينَارٍ وَكَانَ قَدْ أَغْلَقَ بَابَ الْحَانُوتِ وَخَتَ٠َ الْكِيسَ فَأَعْطَاهُ غَلَّةً بِدِينَارٍ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ وَيْحَكَ يَا إِسْحَاقُ رُبَّ٠ِنَ السَّفِينَةِ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ دِرْهَ٠ٍ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي تَرَى كَانَ لِي هَذَا لَكِنِّي سَ٠ِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َنِ اسْتَقَلَّ قَلِيلَ الرِّزْقِ حُرِ٠َّ الْتَفَتَ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ يَا إِسْحَاقُ لا تَسْتَقِلَّ قَلِيلَ الرِّزْقِ فَتُحْرَ٠56.

Sahl ibn Ziyad has narrated from Ali ibn Bilal from al-Hassan ibn Bassam al-Jammal who has said the following: “I once was with Ishaq ibn ‘ Ammar al-Sayrafiy when a man came and he wanted something for a dinar but he had closed the shop and had sealed the sack. He then gave him the item for a dinar. I then said, ‘Fie on you, O Ishaq!

I could have picked up for you a hundred thousand dirham from the ship.’ He said to me, ‘I had the same attitude but I heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), saying, “Whoever belittles a small amount of sustenance is deprived of its greater amount.” Then he (the Imam) turned to me and said, “O Ishaq, do not belittle small amounts of sustenance; otherwise, you will be deprived of its greater amount.’”” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/438))