Al-Kafi 12474

Translation

Humeyd Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al Abbas Bin Hilal Al Shamy, A slave of Abu Al-Hassan^asws, from him^asws, said, ‘I said to him^asws, ‘May I be sacrificed for you^asws! How fascinating to the people is the one who eats tasteless food and wears rough clothes and is humble’. So he^asws said: ‘But do you not know that Yusuf^as, a Prophet^as son of a Prophet^as was wearing gowns of embroidered brocade and buttons of gold, and he^as would sit in the gathering of the progeny of Pharaoh^la, giving judgements. So the people were not needy to his^as clothes, but rather they were needy to his^as equitable decisions. And rather what is needed from the Imam (leader) is that he should speak the truth, and when he makes a promise, fulfils it, and when he gives a judgement, does justice. Allah^azwj did not Prohibit food nor drinks from the Permissible, but rather He^azwj Prohibited from the Prohibitions, be it little or a lot, and Allah^azwj Mighty and Majestic has Said <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:7#h32"><a href="/books/quran:7#h32">[7:32]</a></a> Say: Who has prohibited the adornments of Allah which He has Brought forth for His servants and the good provisions?</span>’.

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