817 - الرِّزقُ وطالِبُهُ‏

817. THE SEEKER OF HIS SUSTENANCE

2559.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : لَو أنَّ ابنَ آدَمَ فَرَّ مِن رِزقِهِ كما يَفِرُّ مِنَ المَوتِ لَأَدرَكَهُ كما يُدرِكُهُ المَوتُ .¹

2559.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'If man was to flee from his sustenance as he flees from death, it would find him just as death finds him.' ²

2560.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الرِّزقُ يَطلُبُ مَن لا يَطلُبُهُ .³

2560.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Sustenance runs after the one who does not run after it.' ⁴

2561.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنَّ الرِّزقَ رِزقانِ : رِزقٌ تَطلُبُهُ ، ورِزقٌ يَطلُبُكَ ، فإن أنتَ لَم تَأتِهِ أتاكَ .⁵

2561.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'There are two types of sustenance: the sustenance that you seek out, and the sustenance that seeks you out, which even if you do not pursue it, it pursues you.' ⁶

2562.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إنّ اللَّهَ عزّوجلّ جَعَلَ أرزاقَ المؤمنينَ مِن حيثُ لا يَحتَسِبُونَ ، وذلكَ أنَّ العَبدَ إذا لَم يَعرِفْ وَجهَ رِزقِهِ كَثُرَ دُعاؤهُ .⁷

2562.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Verily Allah, Mighty and Exalted, has placed the believers' livelihoods whence they do not anticipate it to come, and that is because when the servant does not know the location of his livelihood, his supplication for it increases. ⁸

816 - الحَثُّ عَلَى الإجمالِ في طَلَبِ الرِّزقِ‏

816. Enjoinment of Seeking One's LIVELIHOOD THROUGH DECENT MEANS

2556.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : ألا وإنّ الرُّوحَ الأمينَ نَفَثَ في رُوعِي أ نّهُ لَن تَمُوتَ نفسٌ حتّى‏ تَستَكمِلَ رِزقَها ، فاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وأجمِلُوا في الطَّلَبِ ، ولا يَحمِلْ أحَدَكُم استِبطاءُ شَي‏ءٍ مِنَ الرِّزقِ أن يَطلُبَهُ بغَيرِ حِلِّهِ ، فإنّهُ لا يُدرَكُ ما عِندَ اللَّهِ إلّا بطاعَتِهِ ¹.²

2556.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Verily the archangel Gabriel blew into my mind that no soul shall pass away before the depletion of his sustenance in this world, so be wary of your duty to Allah and seek your livelihood through decent means, and let not a delay in your provision cause any of you to seek it through unlawful means, for verily what is with Allah is only acquired through His obedience.' ³

2557.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : خُذْ مِن الدنيا ما أتاكَ وتَوَلَّ عمّا تَوَلّى‏ عنك ، فإن أنتَ لَم تَفعَلْ فَأجمِلْ في الطَّلَبِ .⁴

2557.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Take from [the wealth of] this world that which comes to you, and avoid that which evades you, and if you cannot do this, then at least seek your livelihood through decent means.' ⁵

2558.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : لِيَكُن طَلَبُكَ المَعيشَةَ فَوقَ كَسبِ المُضَيِّعِ ، دُونَ طَلَبِ الحَريصِ الراضِي بالدنيا المُطمَئنِّ إلَيها ، ولكنْ أنزِلْ نفسَكَ مِن ذلكَ بمَنزِلَةِ المُنصِفِ المُتَعَفِّفِ تَرفَعُ نفسَكَ عن مَنزِلَةِ الواهِي الضَّعيفِ وتَكتَسِبُ ما لابُدَّ للمُؤمنِ مِنهُ .⁶

2558.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Your quest to secure your means of subsistence should be such that it is neither like the earning of a wasteful squanderer, and nor like the greedy man who loves and depends on this world. Rather, you must raise yourself from the level of weakness and incapacity, and bring yourself down [from the level of greed] to the level of an equitable and virtuous man, and seek your earning the way a believer should.' ⁷