{"id":21907,"date":"2019-01-27T13:42:10","date_gmt":"2019-01-27T10:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roshd.com\/?p=21907"},"modified":"2025-08-18T15:10:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T11:40:47","slug":"worldly-affairs-divine-obedience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roshd.com\/en\/worldly-affairs-divine-obedience\/","title":{"rendered":"Work and Worship"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"21907\" class=\"elementor elementor-21907 elementor-1973\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-279f0fd4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"279f0fd4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_has_onepagescroll_dot&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e3086f9\" data-id=\"7e3086f9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-455a8a86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"455a8a86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ekit_we_effect_on&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cI had been pondering on who the successor of Imam Zain al-Abidin, Sajjad\u00a0(PBUH), would be, until I met his son, Muhammad ibn Ali\u00a0(PBUH).\u00a0\u00a0He gave me an advice that assured me that he is the next\u00a0<strong>successor<\/strong>.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><p>Surprised, his audience asked to know what advice Imam Baqir\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0had given him.<\/p><p>Muhammad ibn Munkadir replied, \u201cOn a hot afternoon, I had gone to one of the districts of\u00a0Medina. There, I saw Muhammad ibn Ali\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0busy working on the farm. I thought to myself how such a respected person from the tribe of Quraish is wasting his energy on gaining worldly goods at this hour. I went toward him to give him some advice.\u00a0<\/p><p>I greeted him. He looked exhausted and sweat was pouring from him. Yet, he replied my greetings cheerfully. I said, \u201cMay Allah guide you! A great man from Quraish working at such hour for worldly gains! What if your death comes at this hour?\u201d<\/p><p>Imam Baqir\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0replied, \u201cBy Allah, if death finds me in such a state, it has found me at the state of\u00a0<strong>worship<\/strong>, leaving me\u00a0<strong>needless<\/strong>\u00a0of you and all others. What I do fear is for death to find me at a time where I am disobeying Allah.\u201d<\/p><p>I said, \u201cMay Allah bless you!\u00a0\u00a0I came to give you advice, but instead you enlightened me.\u201d<\/p><p>Imam Baqir\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0could have hired other people to do his farming, but instead he desired to make his own living, and not depend on others for help. He therefore worked hard in his farm and identified his hard work as\u00a0<strong>worship<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>Indeed, there is a difference between working only to gain worldly goods and wealth, and working hard to receive a legitimate salary in the way of Allah\u00a0(SWT).<\/p><p><strong>(Selection taken from \u201c<em>Guiders on the Path of Light, Life of Imam Baqir\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>(PBUH)<\/em><\/strong><strong>\u201d by Ayatullah Mudarresi, with minor changes)<\/strong><\/p><p>According to our leaders, the manifestation of piety and faith is the correct application of the worldly blessing and not without building all the hopes for this life. If you would like to read more about this matter you may refer to the question entitled \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.roshd.org\/eng\/questions\/details.asp?code=6&amp;cat=Resurrection\">Seeking This World VS. Seeking the Hereafter<\/a>\u201d on the Question and Answer section of our website.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imam Baqir (PBUH) considered honest work as worship. When seen farming under the sun, he explained that earning lawful sustenance independently is obedience to Allah, unlike sinning. 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