Friendliness — report 9

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ORIGINAL ARABIC SOURCE TEXT

9ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الثَّقَفِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُعَلَّى عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ زِيَادِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ الْكُوفِيِّ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ أَيُّمَا أَهْلِ بَيْتٍ أُعْطُوا حَظَّهُمْ مِنَ الرِّفْقِ فَقَدْ وَسَّعَ الله عَلَيْهِمْ فِي الرِّزْقِ وَالرِّفْقُ فِي تَقْدِيرِ الْمَعِيشَةِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ السَّعَةِ فِي الْمَالِ وَالرِّفْقُ لا يَعْجِزُ عَنْهُ شَيْ‏ءٌ وَالتَّبْذِيرُ لا يَبْقَى مَعَهُ شَيْ‏ءٌ إِنَّ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ رَفِيقٌ يُحِبُّ الرِّفْقَ.

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION

9. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn ‘Abd Allah from Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Thaqafi from Ali ibn Mu’alla from Isma’il ibn Yasar from Ahmad ibn Ziyad ibn Arqam al-Kufi from a man from Abu ‘Abdillah عليه السلام who has said the following: “Any family who has received their share of kindheartedness, Allah has certainly increased their livelihood. Friendliness in matters of earning a living is better than great wealth. Friendliness does not cause any weakness but a spendthrift habit leaves nothing in place. Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, is compassionate and He loves friendliness.”

Source & scholarly assessments

Al-Kafi, vol. 2, book 1, chapter 58, report 9

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Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi · ضعيف · Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/239)

Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi · لم يخرجه · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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Arabic witness SHA-256: 405c3f4a3c10f94d59ff59e4114dcb48521821b5de6cd1abbbe34ca7a09b934f

Source: Thaqalayn (Stichting Thaqalayn), https://thaqalayn.com/hadith/2/1/58/9. Al-Kafi by al-Kulayni. English translation attributed by the digital catalogue to Muhammad Sarwar. CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. No endorsement implied.