Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله عَنْ سَعْدَانَ عَنْ ٠ُعَتِّبٍ قَالَ كَانَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ ٠ُوسَى (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) فِي حَائِطٍ لَهُ يَصْرِ٠ُ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى غُلا٠ٍ لَهُ قَدْ أَخَذَ كَارَةً ٠َى بِهَا وَرَاءَ الْحَائِطِ فَأَتَيْتُهُ وَأَخَذْتُهُ وَذَهَبْتُ بِهِ إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنِّي وَجَدْتُ هَذَا وَهَذِهِ الْكَارَةَ فَقَالَ لِلْغُلا٠ِ يَا فُلانُ قَالَ لَبَّيْكَ قَالَ أَ تَجُوعُ قَالَ لا يَا سَيِّدِي قَالَ فَتَعْرَى قَالَ لا يَا سَيِّدِي قَالَ فَلأيِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ أَخَذْتَ هَذِهِ قَالَ اشْتَهَيْتُ ذَلِكَ قَالَ اذْهَبْ فَهِيَ لَكَ وَقَالَ خَلُّوا عَنْهُ.

I said, ‘May Allah keep my soul in service for your cause, 1 found him and this amount of dates.’ The Imam called the slave, ‘O so and so.’ ‘Yes, sir,’ the slave replied. ‘Are you hungry?’ asked the Imam. ‘No, sir,’ replied the slave. ‘Do you need clothes?’ asked the Imam. ‘No, sir,’ replied the slave. ‘What for did then you take this many dates?’ inquired the Imam. ‘I just wanted,’ said the slave. ‘Take them. They are for you.

Let him go,’ the Imam said to others.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/195))