She came to my father and said...

She came to my father and said: \u2018O 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\u2019.\u00a0 My father said to her: \u2018I consider Abu ‘Abd Allah -asws greatly exalted and cannot ask such things from him -asws \u2019.\u00a0 The narrator -asws has said that when we visited him -asws , I informed the Imam -asws about it and Abu ‘Abd Allah -asws asked: \u2018Does she set a condition?’ I replied: \u2018By Allah -azwj , I do not know if she does so or not.’\u00a0 The Imam -asws said: \u2018Tell her not to set up a condition for payment but accept whatever is given to her\u2019.