Hadith 152
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2. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Faddal from the one whom he has mentioned from al- Tayyar who has said the following
‘Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), once asked me, ‘What do you manage? What do you make?’ I replied, ‘I am not in anything.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Find a house, (a facility) broom its yards, sprinkle water around, spread the merchandise on it. In doing this you have done what should have been done.’ I (the narrator) followed his instruction and found sustenance.’”
2- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنِ الطَّيَّارِ قَالَ
قَالَ لِي أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) أَيَّ شَيْءٍ تُعَالِجُ أَيَّ شَيْءٍ تَصْنَعُ فَقُلْتُ مَا أَنَا فِي شَيْءٍ قَالَ فَخُذْ بَيْتاً وَاكْنُسْ فِنَاهُ وَرُشَّهُ وَابْسُطْ فِيهِ بِسَاطاً فَإِذَا فَعَلْتَ ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ قَضَيْتَ مَا وَجَبَ عَلَيْكَ قَالَ فَقَدِمْتُ فَفَعَلْتُ فَرُزِقْتُ.
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