A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Usman Bin Isa, from Ibn Muskan, from one of his companions who said, ‘Ali -asws Bin Al-Husayn -asws said: ‘Among the good fortune persons are the one whose business/work in his own city, and his associates happen to be righteous, and there happen to be children for him he can seek assistance from’.
Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Husayn Al Taymi, from Ja’far Bin Bakr, from Abdullah Bin Abu Sahl, from Abdullah Bin Abdul Kareem who said, ‘Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘Three are from the good fortune – the obedient wife, and the righteous children, and the man who achieves the sustenance of his livelihood in his own city, and is present with his family (every morning and in the evenings)’.
[13] No Need to ‘Worry too much’ for family: وَ قَالَ ع لِبَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ لَا تَجْعَلَنَّ أَكْثَرَ شُغُلِكَ بِأَهْلِكَ وَ وَلَدِكَ فَإِنْ يَكُنْ أَهْلُكَ وَ وَلَدُكَ أَوْلِيَاءَ اللَّهِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَوْلِيَاءَهُ وَ إِنْ يَكُونُوا أَعْدَاءَ اللَّهِ فَمَا هَمُّكَ وَ شُغُلُكَ بِأَعْدَاءِ اللَّهِ And he -asws said to one of his -asws companion: ‘Do not frequent in pre-occupying yourself with (the affairs of) your wife and your children, for if your wife and your children are friends of Allah -azwj , then Allah -azwj will not Waste His -azwj friends, but if they happen to be enemies of Allah -azwj , then what is your concern and your pre-occupation with the enemies of Allah -azwj ?’ [14] Children’s Friends: عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنِ السَّكُونِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) إِيَّاكُمْ وَ أَوْلَادَ الْأَغْنِيَاءِ وَ الْمُلُوكِ الْمُرْدَ فَإِنَّ فِتْنَتَهُمْ أَشَدُّ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ الْعَذَارَى فِي خُدُورِهِنَّ .