Hadith 476
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Hadith.3593 - It is narrated from Al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Abi Hamzah, from his father, who said
"I saw Abu Al-Hasan (as) working in his land, and his feet were soaked in sweat. I said to him, 'May I be your ransom! Where are the men (to assist you)?'
Imam (as) replied: 'O Ali, one who is better than me and my father worked with his hands in his land.'
I asked him, 'Who is that?'
He said: 'The Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace be upon him and his family), Commander of the Faithful, and my forefathers (peace be upon them)-all of them worked with their hands, and it is the work of the prophets, the messengers, and the righteous."
3593 - وَ رُوِيَ عَنِ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ
رَأَيْتُ أَبَا اَلْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يَعْمَلُ فِي أَرْضٍ لَهُ وَ قَدِ اِسْتَنْقَعَتْ قَدَمَاهُ فِي اَلْعَرَقِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ أَيْنَ اَلرِّجَالُ فَقَالَ "يَا عَلِيُّ عَمِلَ بِالْيَدِ مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنِّي وَ مِنْ أَبِي فِي أَرْضِهِ" فَقُلْتُ لَهُ مَنْ هُوَ فَقَالَ " رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ أَمِيرُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ آبَائِي عَلَيْهِمُ اَلسَّلاَمُ كُلُّهُمْ قَدْ عَمِلُوا بِأَيْدِيهِمْ وَ هُوَ مِنْ عَمَلِ اَلنَّبِيِّينَ وَ اَلْمُرْسَلِينَ وَ اَلصَّالِحِينَ".
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