✅ Answer: Please pay attention to the following narrations:

1 عن أسباط بن سالم بَیَّاعِ الزُّطِّیِّ قَالَ: سَأَلَ أَبُو عَبْداللَّهِ یَوْماً وَ أَنَا عِنْدَهُ عَنْ مُعَاذٍ بَیَّاعِ الْکَرَابِیسِ فَقِیلَ تَرَکَ التِّجَارَةَ فَقَالَ عَمَلُ الشَّیْطَانِ مَنْ تَرَکَ التِّجَارَةَ ذَهَبَ ثُلُثَا عَقْلِهِ أَ مَا عَلِمَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدِمَتْ عِیرٌ مِنَ الشَّامِ فَاشْتَرَی مِنْهَا وَ اتَّجَرَ فَرَبِحَ فِیهَا مَا قَضَی دَیْنَهُ.

📚 Tahdhib, Vol. 7, p. 4

Isbat ibn Salim, a seller of Zutti (a type of fabric), said: One day, Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him), while I was with him, asked about Mu'adh, the seller of linen (cloth). It was said that he had abandoned trade! The Imam said: 'This is an act of Satan! Whoever abandons trade, two-thirds of his intellect is lost! Does he not know that when a caravan came from Syria, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and his family) bought from it and traded, and made a profit with which he paid his debt?'

2 عن حماد بن عثمان عن أبی عبداللَّه قال : تَرْکُ التِّجَارَةِ یَنْقُصُ الْعَقْلَ.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: 'Abandoning trade reduces the intellect.'

📚 Kafi, Vol. 5, p. 148

3 عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّهُ قال: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِذَا نَظَرَ إِلَى الرَّجُلِ فَأَعْجَبَهُ قَالَ لَهُ حِرْفَةٌ فَإِنْ قَالُوا لَا قَالَ سَقَطَ مِنْ عَيْنِي قِيلَ وَ كَيْفَ ذَاكَ يا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ لِأَنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ حِرْفَةٌ يَعِيشُ بِدِينِهِ

📚 Jami' al-Akhbar, p. 162

Ibn Abbas said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and his family) looked at someone and was pleased with him, he would ask: 'Does he have a job and occupation?' If they said: 'No,' he would say: 'He has fallen from my sight!'

He was asked: 'How so, O Messenger of Allah?' He replied: 'Because when a believer does not have a job and occupation, he lives off of his religion!'

4 قال (الصادق) علیه السلام لَیْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ تَرَکَ دُنْیَاهُ لآِخِرَتِهِ و لَا آخِرَتَهُ لِدُنْیَاهُ.

📚 Al-Faqih, Vol. 3, p. 156

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: 'He who abandons his worldly life for his hereafter, and he who abandons his hereafter for his worldly life, is not one of us!'

5 عن محمد بن فضیل عن أبِی الحسن قال: کُلُّ ما افْتَتَحَ الرَّجُلُ بِهِ رِزْقَهُ فَهُوَ تِجَارَةٌ

📚 Kafi, Vol. 5, p. 305

Imam Kazim (peace be upon him) said: 'Anything by which a person opens the door to his provision is trade!'

6 عن أبی جعفر قال: قال رَسُولُ اللَّهِ الْعِبادَةُ سَبْعُونَ جُزْءاً أَفْضَلُهَا طَلَبُ الْحَلَال

📚 Kafi, Vol. 5, p. 78

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and his family) said: 'Worship has seventy parts, the best of which is seeking lawful (livelihood)!'

7 قال الرضا في حديث لَیْسَ لِلنَّاسِ بُدٌّ مِنْ مَعَایِشِهِمْ فَلَا تَدَعِ الطَّلَبَ...

📚 Qurb al-Isnad, p. 146

Imam Reza (peace be upon him) said in a narration: 'People have no choice but to seek their livelihood, so do not abandon seeking (provision)!'

8 عن أبی عبداللَّه علیه السلام قال: قَالَ لِی لَا تَدَعْ طَلَبَ الرِّزْقِ مِنْ حِلِّهِ فَإِنَّهُ عَوْنٌ لَكَ عَلَی دِینِكَ...

📚 Amali al-Tusi, Vol. 1, p. 195

Amr said: Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said to me: 'Do not abandon seeking lawful provision, for it is a help for you in your religion!'

9- From Al-Sakuni, from Ja'far ibn Muhammad, from his father, from his ancestors (peace be upon them) who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and his family) said: 'Seeking earning is an obligation after the obligatory duty.'

📚 Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 103, p. 17

The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and his family) said: 'Seeking income is an obligation after the obligatory duty!'

✅ In light of the above narrations and dozens of others, abandoning an occupation is an act of Satan, leads to a reduction of the intellect, and the loss of two-thirds of the intellect. Not having a profession for seeking lawful provision is a cause for falling from the sight of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and his family), and whoever abandons the world for the sake of the hereafter has been condemned by the Infallibles (peace be upon them).

It is clear that the Infallibles themselves (peace be upon them) had jobs, occupations, and trades, and they never recommended their knowledgeable companions (Fuqaha) to abandon work and earning for the sake of seeking knowledge and teaching. Furthermore, even if they abandoned work and earning due to great financial capability and lack of need, they would still face severe condemnation from the Ahl al-Bayt (the Family of the Prophet) (peace be upon them all).

Therefore, from the perspective of jurisprudence based on hadith and narration, abandoning one's occupation and trade for the sake of pursuing religious studies, teaching, preaching, and orating to the people has no justification, and severe condemnations have been reported for it. Thus, seeking knowledge and seeking lawful provision must both be done.

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