So Rasool-Allah -saww said to her: ‘Whenever you sell, so make it good (pure) and do not mix it up, for it is more fearful of Allah -azwj and more remaining for the wealth’.
[4] Income from Eulogizing Someone to Make People Mourn: عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ جَمِيعاً عَنْ حَنَانِ بْنِ سَدِيرٍ قَالَ كَانَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مَعَنَا فِي الْحَيِّ وَ لَهَا جَارِيَةٌ نَائِحَةٌ فَجَاءَتْ إِلَى أَبِي فَقَالَتْ يَا عَمِّ أَنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ مَعِيشَتِي مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ ثُمَّ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْجَارِيَةِ النَّائِحَةِ وَ قَدْ أَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ تَسْأَلَ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَإِنْ كَانَ حَلَالًا وَ إِلَّا بِعْتُهَا وَ أَكَلْتُ مِنْ ثَمَنِهَا حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ اللَّهُ بِالْفَرَجِ فَقَالَ لَهَا أَبِي وَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأُعْظِمُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ عَنْ هَذِهِ الْمَسْأَلَةِ قَالَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا عَلَيْهِ أَخْبَرْتُهُ أَنَا بِذَلِكَ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَ تُشَارِطُ قُلْتُ وَ اللَّهِ مَا أَدْرِي تُشَارِطُ أَمْ لَا فَقَالَ قُلْ لَهَا لَا تُشَارِطُ وَ تَقْبَلُ مَا أُعْطِيَتْ Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isma’il all from Hanan ibn Sadir who has said the following: ‘In our neighbourhood there was a woman who had a slave-girl who sung eulogies.
She came to my father and said: ‘O Uncle, you know about my means of living from Allah -azwj and then it is from this slave-girl’s singing eulogies. I would request you to ask from Abu ‘Abd Allah -asws for me about it if it is lawful; otherwise, I will sell her and use the funds from selling her until Allah -azwj opens up a door for me’. My father said to her: ‘I consider Abu ‘Abd Allah -asws greatly exalted and cannot ask such things from him -asws ’.
The narrator -asws has said that when we visited him -asws , I informed the Imam -asws about it and Abu ‘Abd Allah -asws asked: ‘Does she set a condition?’ I replied: ‘By Allah -azwj , I do not know if she does so or not.’ The Imam -asws said: ‘Tell her not to set up a condition for payment but accept whatever is given to her’.