Dawoud ibn Sarhan narrated saying: I saw Abu Abdullah weighing date himself. So I told him: “Why do you not order one of your sons or servants to do this?”
He replied: “O Dawoud! There are just three proper deeds for a believer: Being professional in religious issues, being patient during the time of a disaster and having a good plan for earning the living.”
He said: “If someone wants to make a family prosperous, He, the Almighty, makes them helpful in earning the living.”
He said: “The slave expands his hands and asks Allah to give him his earning from his mercy. When Allah grants him from his blessings, he spends them somewhere unnecessarily. Then he returns back and asks again. But this time Allah will tell him: Did not I give you?”
He said: “Squandering results in poverty and strong economics results in richness.”
THE LIFE OF IMAM JAF’AR AL-SADIQ (AS) – BAQIR SHARIF AL-QURASHI