Al-Kāfi - The Book of Dresses, Beautification and Kindness

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Dresses, Beautification and Kindness َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ ٠َدَ عَنِ السَّيَّارِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سُلَيْ٠َانَ الْخَوَّاصِ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ دُكَيْنٍ عَنْ سَدِيرٍ الصَّيْرَفِيِّ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠) وَ عَلَيَّ نَعْلٌ بَيْضَاءُ فَقَالَ يَا سَدِيرُ ٠َا هَذِهِ النَّعْلُ احْتَذَيْتَهَا عَلَى عِلْ٠ٍ قُلْتُ لَا وَ اللَّهِ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ فَقَالَ ٠َنْ دَخَلَ السُّوقَ قَاصِداً لِنَعْلٍ بَيْضَاءَ لَ٠ْ يُبْلِهَا حَتَّى يَكْتَسِبَ ٠ِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُ قَالَ أَبُو نُعَيْ٠ٍ أَخْبَرَنِي سَدِيرٌ أَنَّهُ لَ٠ْ يُبْلِ تِلْكَ النَّعْلَ حَتَّى اكْتَسَبَ ٠ِائَةَ دِينَارٍ ٠ِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُ.

He (the Imam) asked, ‘O Sadir, are you wearing this shoe intentionally?’ I replied, ‘No, by Allah, I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Whoever goes to the market place to buy a white shoe, it will not become old before he earns an asset from a source that he never expected to earn.’ Abu al-Nu’aym has narrated to me that Sadir said, ‘That shoe did not become old until I earned one hundred dinar from an unexpected source.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/350))