Hadith 478
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Hadith.3595 - It is narrated from Al-Fadl ibn Abi Qurrah:
"We entered upon Abu Abdullah (as) while he was working in his garden.
We said
'May Allah (swt) make us your ransom! Let us work for you, or let the servants handle it.'
Imam (as) replied: 'No, leave me to it, for I desire that Allah (swt), the Almighty and Majestic, sees me working with my own hands and seeking lawful sustenance, even if it causes hardship to myself.'"
3595 - وَ رُوِيَ عَنِ اَلْفَضْلِ بْنِ أَبِي قُرَّةَ قَالَ
دَخَلْنَا عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ وَ هُوَ يَعْمَلُ فِي حَائِطٍ لَهُ فَقُلْنَا جَعَلَنَا اَللَّهُ فِدَاكَ دَعْنَا نَعْمَلْ لَكَ أَوْ تَعْمَلْهُ اَلْغِلْمَانُ قَالَ "لاَ دَعُونِي فَإِنِّي أَشْتَهِي أَنْ يَرَانِيَ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَعْمَلُ بِيَدِي وَ أَطْلُبُ اَلْحَلاَلَ فِي أَذَى نَفْسِي".
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