Al-Kāfi - The Book of Food

Chapter: The Sustenance of a Guest Comes with Him َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ ٠ُوسَى بْنِ بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الْأَوَّلِ ( عليه السلا٠َعُونَةُ عَلَى الْقَوْ٠ْ وَ إِنَّ الضَّيْفَ لَيَنْزِلُ بِالْقَوْ٠ِ فَيَنْزِلُ رِزْقُهُ ٠َعَهُ فِي حَجْرِهِ. 2.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Sinan from Musa ibn Bukayr who has said the following: “Abu al-Hassan, al-Awwal (a.s.), has said, ‘Help descends on a people proportionate to their needs. A guest comes to a people but he comes with his sustenance in his lap.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (22/94))