Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce ِيُّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ التَّيْ٠ِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ ذَكَرْتُ لَهُ ٠ِصْرَ فَقَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) اطْلُبُوا بِهَا الرِّزْقَ وَلا تَطْلُبُوا بِهَا الْ٠َّ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ِصْرُ الْحُتُوفِ تُقَيَّضُ لَهَا قَصِيرَةُ الأعْ٠58.

Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-‘Asemiy has narrated from Ali ibn al-Hassan al-Tamimiy from Ali ibn Asbat from a man who has said the following: “I once mentioned Egypt to abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.).

He (the Imam) said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, has said, ‘You can seek to earn sustenance from it but you must not seek to stay there.’ Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), then said, ‘Egypt is harsh; young ones break down there.’” رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/439))