قَالَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَا مُعَاذُ أَ ضَعُفْتَ عَنِ التِّجَارَةِ أَوْ زَهِدْتَ فِيهَا قُلْتُ مَا ضَعُفْتُ عَنْهَا وَ مَا زَهِدْتُ فِيهَا قَالَ فَمَا لَكَ قُلْتُ كُنَّا نَنْتَظِرُ أَمْراً وَ ذَلِكَ حِينَ قُتِلَ الْوَلِيدُ وَ عِنْدِي مَالٌ كَثِيرٌ وَ هُوَ فِي يَدِي وَ لَيْسَ لِأَحَدٍ عَلَيَّ شَيْءٌ وَ لَا أَرَانِي آكُلُهُ حَتَّى أَمُوتَ فَقَالَ تَتْرُكُهَا فَإِنَّ تَرْكَهَا مَذْهَبَةٌ لِلْعَقْلِ اسْعَ عَلَى عِيَالِكَ وَ إِيَّاكَ أَنْ يَكُونَ هُمُ السُّعَاةَ عَلَيْكَ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Abu Al Faraj Al Qummy, from Muaz Baya’a Al Aksiyya who said, ‘Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said to me: ‘O Muaz! Have you weakened from the business or abstained with regards to it?’ I said, ‘I have not weakened from it and I have not abstained from it’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘So what is the matter with you?’ I said, ‘We were awaiting a matter, and that is when Al-Waleed was killed and in my possession was a lot of wealth, and it was in my hands, and there was nothing for anyone upon me (a debt), nor did I see myself eating it all up until I die’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘You have neglected it, and the neglecting of it is a depletion for the intellect. Strive for your dependents and for yourself so that they would be happy over you’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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