Al-Kāfi - The Book of Domestic Animals

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Domestic Animals َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَ٠ِ عَنْ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَ٠ِيرَةَ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَ٠َّارٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠) الطَّيْرُ يَجِي‏ءُ ٠َكَانِ الْبَعِيدِ قَالَ إِنَّ٠َا يَجِي‏ءُ لِرِزْقِهِ. 3.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Sayf ibn ‘Amirah from Ishaq ibn ‘Ammar who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a bird which comes back from a faraway place. He (the Imam) said, ‘It comes back because of its sustenance.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (2/471))