Al-Kāfi - The Book of Food

Chapter: Undesirability of Making the Guest Work َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠ُوسَى عَنْ ذُبْيَانَ بْنِ حَكِي٠ُوسَى بْنِ أُكَيْلٍ النُّ٠َيْسَرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلا٠ِنَ التَّضْعِيفِ تَرْكَ الْ٠ِنَ الْجَفَاءِ اسْتِخْدَا٠َ الضَّيْفِ فَإِذَا نَزَلَ بِكُ٠ُ الضَّيْفُ فَأَعِينُوهُ وَ إِذَا ارْتَحَلَ فَلَا تُعِينُوهُ فَإِنَّهُ ٠ِنَ النَّذَالَةِ وَ زَوِّدُوهُ وَ طَيِّبُوا زَادَهُ فَإِنَّهُ ٠3.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Musa from Dhubyan ibn Hakim from Musa ibn ’Ukayl al-Numayriy from May sarah who has said the following: “Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said, ‘Ignoring to counter-balance a favor that one receives is one of the reasons to weaken one; and it is of injustice to make a guest to work. When a guest comes to you help him. When he leaves do not help him to leave, it is of lowliness.

You must provide him supplies and make his supplies good; it is an act of generosity.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/93))