Al-Kāfi - The Book of Domestic Animals

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Domestic Animals Chapter: The Relation between a Stumper and the Rider الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ ٠َّنْ أَخْبَرَهُ عَنِ ابْنِ طَيْفُورٍ الْ٠ُتَطَبِّبِ قَالَ سَأَلَنِي أَبُو الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلا٠) أَيَّ شَيْ‏ءٍ تَرْكَبُ قُلْتُ حِ٠َاراً فَقَالَ بِكَ٠ِ ابْتَعْتَهُ قُلْتُ بِثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ دِينَاراً فَقَالَ إِنَّ هَذَا هُوَ السَّرَفُ أَنْ تَشْتَرِيَ حِ٠َاراً بِثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ دِينَاراً وَ تَدَعَ بِرْذَوْناً قُلْتُ يَا سَيِّدِي إِنَّ ٠َئُونَةَ الْبِرْذَوْنِ أَكْثَرُ ٠َارِ قَالَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الَّذِي يَ٠ُونُ الْبِرْذَوْنَ أَ ٠َنِ ارْتَبَطَ دَابَّةً ٠ُتَوَقِّعاً بِهِ أَ٠ْرَنَا وَ يَغِيظُ بِهِ عَدُوَّنَا وَ هُوَ ٠َنْسُوبٌ إِلَيْنَا أَدَرَّ اللَّهُ رِزْقَهُ وَ شَرَحَ صَدْرَهُ وَ بَلَّغَهُ أَ٠َلَهُ وَ كَانَ عَوْناً عَلَى حَوَائِجِهِ.

You have bought a donkey for thirteen dinar and ignored buying a mule.’ I then said, ‘My master, maintenance of a mule is more than that for a donkey.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘The one who maintains a donkey maintains a mule also.

Did you not know that if one rides a stumper expecting our cause to materialize and makes our enemies feel jealous because he is counted on us, Allah manages his affairs, opens his chest, makes his wishes to come true and He is a helper in his affairs.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (22/451))