إِنَّ فِي حِكْمَةِ آلِ دَاوُدَ يَنْبَغِي لِلْمُسْلِمِ الْعَاقِلِ أَنْ لَا يُرَى ظَاعِناً إِلَّا فِي ثَلَاثٍ مَرَمَّةٍ لِمَعَاشٍ أَوْ تَزَوُّدٍ لِمَعَادٍ أَوْ لَذَّةٍ فِي غَيْرِ ذَاتِ مُحَرَّمٍ وَ يَنْبَغِي لِلْمُسْلِمِ الْعَاقِلِ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ سَاعَةٌ يُفْضِي بِهَا إِلَى عَمَلِهِ فِيمَا بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ سَاعَةٌ يُلَاقِي إِخْوَانَهُ الَّذِينَ يُفَاوِضُهُمْ وَ يُفَاوِضُونَهُ فِي أَمْرِ آخِرَتِهِ وَ سَاعَةٌ يُخَلِّي بَيْنَ نَفْسِهِ وَ لَذَّاتِهَا فِي غَيْرِ مُحَرَّمٍ فَإِنَّهَا عَوْنٌ عَلَى تِلْكَ السَّاعَتَيْنِ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Muhammad Bin Sama’at, from Muhammad Bin Marwan, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘It is in the wisdom of the progeny of Dawood<sup>as</sup>: ‘It is befitting for the intellectual Believer that he does not see the transitory except regarding three (matters) – Restoration of his livelihood, or provision for his Hereafter, or a pleasure in other than with Prohibitions. And it is befitting for the intellectual Muslim that there happens to be for him a time dedicated to his affairs in what is between him and Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic, and a time (dedicated to) meeting his brethren whom he advises them and they advise him regarding the matters of the Hereafter, and a time (dedicated) to be alone to himself, and its pleasures in other than the Prohibitions, for these are an aid upon those two times (the first two)’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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