قَالَ لِيَ الرِّضَا ( عليه السلام ) وَيْحَكَ يَا ابْنَ عَرَفَةَ اعْمَلُوا لِغَيْرِ رِيَاءٍ وَ لَا سُمْعَةٍ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ عَمِلَ لِغَيْرِ اللَّهِ وَكَلَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَى مَا عَمِلَ وَيْحَكَ مَا عَمِلَ أَحَدٌ عَمَلًا إِلَّا رَدَّاهُ اللَّهُ إِنْ خَيْراً فَخَيْرٌ وَ إِنْ شَرّاً فَشَرٌّ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa Bin Ubeyd, from Muhammad Bin Arafa who said, ‘Al-Reza<sup>asws</sup> said to me: ‘Woe be unto you, O Ibn Arafa! For it is such that the one who does a deed for other than Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, Allah<sup>azwj</sup> would Allocate it to what he worked for. Woe be unto you! There is no deed which anyone does except Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Returns it as such – so if it is good, so good, and if evil, so evil’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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