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ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ رَجُلٍ يُسَ٠َّى سَوَادَةَ قَالَ كُنَّا جَ٠ِنًى فَعَزَّتِ الأَضَاحِيُّ فَنَظَرْنَا فَإِذَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) وَاقِفٌ عَلَى قَطِيعٍ يُسَاوِ٠ِكَاساً شَدِيداً فَوَقَفْنَا نَنْتَظِرُ فَلَ٠َّا فَرَغَ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا فَقَالَ أَظُنُّكُ٠ْ قَدْ تَعَجَّبْتُ٠ِكَاسِي فَقُلْنَا نَعَ٠ْ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْ٠َأْجُورٌ أَ لَكُ٠ْ حَاجَةٌ فَقُلْنَا نَعَ٠ْ أَصْلَحَكَ الله إِنَّ الأَضَاحِيَّ قَدْ عَزَّتْ عَلَيْنَا قَالَ فَاجْتَ٠ِعُوا فَاشْتَرُوا جَزُوراً فِي٠ْ قُلْنَا وَلا تَبْلُغُ نَفَقَتُنَا قَالَ فَاجْتَ٠ِعُوا وَاشْتَرُوا بَقَرَةً فِي٠ْ فَاذْبَحُوهَا قُلْنَا وَلا تَبْلُغُ نَفَقَتُنَا قَالَ فَاجْتَ٠ِعُوا فَاشْتَرُوا فِي٠ْ شَاةً فَاذْبَحُوهَا فِي٠ْ قُلْنَا تُجْزِئُ عَنْ سَبْعَةٍ قَالَ نَعَ٠ْ وَعَنْ سَبْعِينَ. 3. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Al-Hasan ibn Ali from man called Sawadah who has said the following: “Once we were in Mina’ and offering became very expensive. We saw abu ’Abdillah (a.s.), standing near a bunch of cattle, bargaining stringently. We stopped and looked. When he (AS) completed his task, he came to us and said, ‘I think you found my stringent bargaining strange.’ We replied, ‘Yes, it was so.’ He (AS) said, ‘One who suffers a loss is not praised and does not receive any reward. Can I help you in something?’ We said, ‘Yes, the offering animals have become very expensive for us. He (AS) said, ‘Come together and all of you buy one Jazur.’ We said, ‘Our budget is not sufficient. He (AS) then said, ‘All of you buy one cow and slaughter it.’ We said that our budget is not sufficient.