قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) مَثَلُ الْحَرِيصِ عَلَى الدُّنْيَا كَمَثَلِ دُودَةِ الْقَزِّ كُلَّمَا ازْدَادَتْ عَلَى نَفْسِهَا لَفّاً كَانَ أَبْعَدَ لَهَا مِنَ الْخُرُوجِ حَتَّى تَمُوتَ غَمّاً قَالَ وَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) كَانَ فِيمَا وَعَظَ بِهِ لُقْمَانُ ابْنَهُ يَا بُنَيَّ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ جَمَعُوا قَبْلَكَ لِأَوْلَادِهِمْ فَلَمْ يَبْقَ مَا جَمَعُوا وَ لَمْ يَبْقَ مَنْ جَمَعُوا لَهُ وَ إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ عَبْدٌ مُسْتَأْجَرٌ قَدْ أُمِرْتَ بِعَمَلٍ وَ وُعِدْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَجْراً فَأَوْفِ عَمَلَكَ وَ اسْتَوْفِ أَجْرَكَ وَ لَا تَكُنْ فِي هَذِهِ الدُّنْيَا بِمَنْزِلَةِ شَاةٍ وَقَعَتْ فِي زَرْعٍ أَخْضَرَ فَأَكَلَتْ حَتَّى سَمِنَتْ فَكَانَ حَتْفُهَا عِنْدَ سِمَنِهَا وَ لَكِنِ اجْعَلِ الدُّنْيَا بِمَنْزِلَةِ قَنْطَرَةٍ عَلَى نَهَرٍ جُزْتَ عَلَيْهَا وَ تَرَكْتَهَا وَ لَمْ تَرْجِعْ إِلَيْهَا آخِرَ الدَّهْرِ أَخْرِبْهَا وَ لَا تَعْمُرْهَا فَإِنَّكَ لَمْ تُؤْمَرْ بِعِمَارَتِهَا وَ اعْلَمْ أَنَّكَ سَتُسْأَلُ غَداً إِذَا وَقَفْتَ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَنْ أَرْبَعٍ شَبَابِكَ فِيمَا أَبْلَيْتَهُ وَ عُمُرِكَ فِيمَا أَفْنَيْتَهُ وَ مَالِكَ مِمَّا اكْتَسَبْتَهُ وَ فِيمَا أَنْفَقْتَهُ فَتَأَهَّبْ لِذَلِكَ وَ أَعِدَّ لَهُ جَوَاباً وَ لَا تَأْسَ عَلَى مَا فَاتَكَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا فَإِنَّ قَلِيلَ الدُّنْيَا لَا يَدُومُ بَقَاؤُهُ وَ كَثِيرَهَا لَا يُؤْمَنُ بَلَاؤُهُ فَخُذْ حِذْرَكَ وَ جِدَّ فِي أَمْرِكَ وَ اكْشِفِ الْغِطَاءَ عَنْ وَجْهِكَ وَ تَعَرَّضْ لِمَعْرُوفِ رَبِّكَ وَ جَدِّدِ التَّوْبَةَ فِي قَلْبِكَ وَ اكْمُشْ فِي فَرَاغِكَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُقْصَدَ قَصْدُكَ وَ يُقْضَى قَضَاؤُكَ وَ يُحَالَ بَيْنَكَ وَ بَيْنَ مَا تُرِيدُ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yahya Bin Uqba Al Azdy, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘And example of the one greedy upon the world is like an example of a silkworm. The more it increases (creating silk) around itself, the more remote it gets from the exiting (from it) until it dies in sorrow. He (the narrator) said, ‘And Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Among what Luqman<sup>as</sup> advised his<sup>as</sup> son with, was, ‘O my<sup>as</sup> son! The people who were before you had amassed for their children, but whatever they amassed did not remain, nor did they remain, the ones it had been amassed for, and rather, you are a recompensed servant who has been instructed with a work and promised a recompense upon it. So fulfil your work and you would be Fulfilled with your Recompense; and do not become in this world at the status of a sheep who falls into a green pasture, so it eats until it fattens, and it is slaughtered (after being) putting on weight. But, make the world to be at the status of a bridge upon a river, passing over it and leaving it, and do not return to it to the end of times. Ruin it and do not repair it, for you have not been ordered with the repairing of it. And know that you would be Questioned tomorrow when you pause in front of Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic, about four (matters) – your youth, regarding what you wore it down; and your age, regarding what you spent it; and your wealth, from what (means) did you earn it and on what you spent it. Therefore be alert for that and prepare for it, and do not despair upon what is lost for you from the world, for the little of the world does not remain forever, and its more is not safe from its misfortune. Therefore, take your share and struggle in your life, and uncover the covering from your face, and expose yourself to the goodness of your Lord<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>, and renew the repentance in your heart, and retract during your being free before your deliberation is deliberated upon and your Ordainment is Ordained (death), and there is a distancing between you and what you intended for’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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