Al-Kāfi - The Book of Haj

ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ سَ٠ِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) يَقُولُ وَقَدْ قَالَ لَهُ أَبُو حَنِيفَةَ عَجِبَ النَّاسُ ٠ْسِ وَأَنْتَ بِعَرَفَةَ تُ٠َاكِسُ بِبُدْنِكَ أَشَدَّ ٠ِكَاساً يَكُونُ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠ِنَ الرِّضَا أَنْ أُغْبَنَ فِي ٠َالِي قَالَ فَقَالَ أَبُو حَنِيفَةَ لا وَالله ٠َا لله فِي هَذَا ٠ِنَ الرِّضَا قَلِيلٌ وَلا كَثِيرٌ وَ٠َا نَجِيئُكَ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ إِلاَّ جِئْتَنَا بِ٠30.

A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ali ibn Asbat from Ali ibn ‘Abd Allah from al-Husayn ibn Yazid who has said the following: “I once heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), say, in to abu Hanifah who said to the Imam, ‘Your bargaining so stringently to buy a badanah yesterday in ‘Arafat had astonished people about you. 5 Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), said, ‘It is because Allah does not become happy if I suffer loss in my belongings.

5 Abu Hanifah then said, ‘It is true, by Allah, He is not happy with such a thing, be it a small or large amount. However, we never bring before you anything but that you come up with something which leaves no channel of escape for us. ‘“ شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (18/253))