تَشَوَّفَتِ الدُّنْيَا لِقَوْمٍ حَلَالًا مَحْضاً فَلَمْ يُرِيدُوهَا فَدَرَجُوا ثُمَّ تَشَوَّفَتْ لِقَوْمٍ حَلَالًا وَ شُبْهَةً فَقَالُوا لَا حَاجَةَ لَنَا فِي الشُّبْهَةِ وَ تَوَسَّعُوا مِنَ الْحَلَالِ ثُمَّ تَشَوَّفَتْ لِقَوْمٍ آخَرِينَ حَرَاماً وَ شُبْهَةً فَقَالُوا لَا حَاجَةَ لَنَا فِي الْحَرَامِ وَ تَوَسَّعُوا فِي الشُّبْهَةِ ثُمَّ تَشَوَّفَتْ لِقَوْمٍ حَرَاماً مَحْضاً فَيَطْلُبُونَهَا فَلَا يَجِدُونَهَا وَ الْمُؤْمِنُ فِي الدُّنْيَا يَأْكُلُ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْمُضْطَرِّ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ali Bin Muhammad Al Qasany, from a man who heard it from Abdullah Bin Al Qasim Al Ja’fary, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘The world yearned for (enticing) a people by purely Permissible means but they did not want it, so they passed by. Then it yearned for (enticing) a people by Permissible and doubtful means, so they said, ‘There is no need for us with regards to the doubtful’, and they elaborated from the Permissible. Then it yearned for (enticing) another people by Prohibited and the doubtful means, so they said, ‘There is no need for us regarding the Prohibited’, and they elaborated in the doubtful. Then it yearned for (enticing) a people by purely Prohibited means, so they sought it, but they could not find (achieve) it – and the Believers in the world consume at the status of the desperation (only if they have to, not out of choice)’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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