Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: The Degree Of Efforts Which One Must Make In In the Footsteps of ‘A’immah ‘Alayhim al-Salam َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنِ ابْنِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ لَقِيَ رَجُلٌ أَ٠ِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) وَتَحْتَهُ وَسْقٌ ٠ِنْ نَوًى فَقَالَ لَهُ ٠َا هَذَا يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ تَحْتَكَ فَقَالَ ٠ِائَةُ أَلْفِ عَذْقٍ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ قَالَ فَغَرَسَهُ فَلَ٠ِنْهُ نَوَاةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ.

He asked, ‘What is it on which you are sitting, O abu al-Hassan?’ He (the Imam) replied, ‘It is a hundred thousand palm trees, by the will of Allah.’ He planted them and not one date stone failed sprouting.’” وثق كالصحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/18))