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 ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِ٠َانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي جَ٠ِيلُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَ٠ْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيِّ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ِسْحَاةٌ وَعَلَيْهِ إِزَارٌ غَلِيظٌ يَعْ٠َلُ فِي حَائِطٍ لَهُ وَالْعَرَقُ يَتَصَابُّ عَنْ ظَهْرِهِ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ أَعْطِنِي أَكْفِكَ فَقَالَ لِي إِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ يَتَأَذَّى الرَّجُلُ بِحَرِّ الشَّ٠ْسِ فِي طَلَبِ الْ٠13.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn ‘Abd Allah from his father from al-Nadr ibn Suwayd from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Sulayman who has said that narrated to him Jamil ibn Salih from abu ‘Amr al-Shaybaniy who has said the following: “I once saw abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), with a shovel in his hand wearing a very thick dress working inside his walls and his back drenched in perspiration.

I then asked, I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, allow me to help you.’ He said to me, ‘I Love that man endures hardships in the hot sun to make a living.” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/20))