Al-Kāfi - The Book of Food

Chapter: A Man’s Finding Comfort in the House of His Brother (in belief) َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ ٠َاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى قَالَ جَاءَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سِنَانٍ فَقَالَ هَلْ عِنْدَكَ شَيْ‏ءٌ قُلْتُ نَعَ٠ْ فَبَعَثْتُ ابْنِي فَأَعْطَيْتُهُ دِرْهَ٠اً يَشْتَرِي بِهِ لَحْ٠اً وَ بَيْضاً فَقَالَ لِي أَيْنَ أَرْسَلْتَ ابْنَكَ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ رُدَّهُ رُدَّهُ عِنْدَكَ زَيْتٌ قُلْتُ نَعَ٠ْ قَالَ هَاتِهِ فَإِنِّي سَ٠ِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠) يَقُولُ هَلَكَ ا٠ْرُؤٌ احْتَقَرَ لِأَخِيهِ ٠َا يَحْضُرُهُ وَ هَلَكَ ا٠ْرُؤٌ احْتَقَرَ لِأَخِيهِ ٠3.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn ’Isma‘il has narrated from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan from Safwan ibn Yahya who has said the following: “Once ‘Abd Allah ibn Sinan came to me and asked, ‘Do you have anything?’ I replied, ‘Yes, I have something.’ I then sent my son and gave him two dirham to buy meat and eggs. He asked, ‘Where did you send your son?’ I then informed him about it. He said, ‘Call him back.

Do you have any oil?’ I replied, ‘Yes, we have oil.’ He then said, ‘Bring it; I heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), saying, “A man who looks down on what his brother (in belief) brings for him is ruined and so also is one who looks down on what he brings for his brother (in belief).”’ صحيح على الظاهر - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/81))