Al-Kafi 9381

Translation

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Hisham Bin Salim, from Abu Baseer who said, ‘I heard Abu Ja’far^asws saying: ‘During the era of Rasool-Allah^saww, there was an extremely poor Believer who was needy to the people of the platform (A raised platform used by the Prophet^saww as a welcoming point for newcomers or destitute), and he used to adhere to Rasool-Allah^saww during the times of the Salat (Prayer), all of (the time), not missing out anything from these (Salat); and Rasool-Allah^saww used to have compassion for him and would look into his needs and his poverty, and he^saww was saying: ‘O Sa’ad! If somethings comes to me^saww, I^saww would make you needless’. He^asws said: ‘That was slow upon Rasool-Allah^saww, so the gloom for Sa’ad was intense upon Rasool-Allah^saww. So Allah^azwj the Glorious Knew what had entered upon Rasool-Allah^saww from his^saww gloom for Sa’ad. So Jibraeel^as descended and with him^as were two Dirhams, and he^as said to him^saww: ‘Allah^azwj has Known of what has entered you^saww from the gloom for Sa’ad. Would you^saww like to have him enriched?’ So he^saww said: ‘Yes’. So he^as said: ‘So give these two Dirhams to him and instruct him that he should do some business with these’. He^asws said: ‘So Rasool-Allah^saww took them, then went out to the Noon Prayer, Sa’ad was standing at the door of the chamber of Rasool-Allah^saww awaiting him^saww. So when Rasool-Allah^saww saw him, he^saww said: ‘O Sa’ad! Are you good at trading?’ So Sa’ad said to him^saww, ‘By Allah^azwj! I have not become an owner of wealth to trade with’. So the Prophet^saww gave him the two Dirhams and said to him: ‘Trade with these two, and disperse (to seek) the sustenance of Allah^azwj’. So Sa’ad took them and went along with Rasool-Allah^saww until he Prayed with him^saww the Zohr and the Asr Prayers. So the Prophet^saww said to him: ‘Arise, and seek the sustenance, for I^saww have been concerned for you, O Sa’ad’. He^asws said: ‘So Sa’ad went and he did not buy anything with one Dirham except that he sold it for two Dirhams, and he did not buy anything for two Dirhams except that he sold it for four Dirhams. So the world turned towards Sa’ad and abundant was his wealth, and his business was great. So he took a place at the door of the Masjid and sat therein, and he gathered his business around him, and when Bilal called for the Prayer, Rasool-Allah^saww came out and Sa’ad was busy with the (affairs of the) world, not having cleansed himself (with ablution) and not being welcoming like he used to do before but he became pre-occupied with the world. So the Prophet^saww was saying: ‘O Sa’ad! You are too pre-occupied with the world from the Prayer?’ So he was saying, ‘I do not want to waste my wealth. This man, I have sold to him and want payment from him, and this man, I have bought from him, so I want to pay him’. He^asws said: ‘So sadness entered into Rasool-Allah^saww from the affair of Sa’ad which was more intense than his^saww sadness with his poverty. So Jibraeel^as descended and he^as said: ‘O Muhammad^saww! Allah^azwj has Known your^saww sadness with Sa’ad, so which of the two states of his is more beloved to you^saww, the former or this state of his’. So the Prophet^saww said to him: ‘O Jibraeel^as! But, his former state, for his world has done away with his Hereafter’. So Jibraeel^as said to him^saww: ‘The love of the world and the wealth is a trial and pre-occupies from the Hereafter. Tell Sa’ad to return to you^saww the two Dirhams which you^saww had handed over to him, so his affair would come to be in the state which was upon him formerly’. He^asws said: ‘So the Prophet^saww went out and passed by Sa’ad, and he^saww said to him: ‘O Sa’ad! Do you want to return to me the two Dirham which I^saww had given to you?’ So Sa’ad said, ‘Yes, and two hundred (even)’. So he^saww said to him: ‘I^saww do not want from you, O Sa’ad, except for the two Dirhams’. So Sa’ad gave him^saww the two Dirhams. So the world turned its back upon Sa’ad until the entirety of whatever he had went away, and he returned back to his state which was upon him (formerly)’.

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