Activity and Firmness
The Islamic education in work cares for distributing the spirits of
activityandfirmnessintheemployees’minds.Italsocaresforwarning
against laziness and sloth, since these matters paralyze the economic
movementsandfreezetheenergies.Thefollowingsupplicationisrelated
to the Prophet’s household. It shows the abomination of laziness and
sloth.“OAllah! Iseek thy guardagainstsloth,laziness, inactivity,and
indolence.” Imam as-Sadiq (a) said, “Beware of tedium and laziness.
Theyarethekey toeveryvile. Thetediouscannotfulfillanyduty.The
lazycannotkeepanypledge.”Imam Musa(a)said,“Bewareof tedium
and laziness. They block the shares of this world and the Hereafter.”
Islamabhorslaziness,forbidsunemployment,andcensurestheunem-
ployed becauseitleads to poverty, misery,andneediness. Muslimsin
the earlyages disgustedlongrestandstillness. Theycame to working
fastidiously.Imamas-Sadiq (a)exposedthedeeds ofthosecompanions
beforehisadherents.Hesaid,“Donotbelazyinseekingearnings.Our
forefathers used to hasten in seeking their livings.”
Proudly,Islamcallstodiligence,activity,anddispatchingtoworking
fieldssothat thelifeof luxuryandamenitywill prevail.Inour‘Labor
and rights of workers in Islam’, we have referred comprehensively to
laborcourses,obligations,andrightsthatIslamimposedforthelaborers
and peasants.