رَقَبَتِهِ رَايَةً فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا هُوَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ بَعِيرٍ تَخَافُ شِرَادَهُ فَإِذَا خِفْتَ ذَلِكَ فَاسْتَوْثِقْ مِنْهُ وَ لَكِنْ أَشْبِعْهُ وَ اكْسُهُ قُلْتُ وَ كَمْ شِبَعُهُ فَقَالَ أَمَّا نَحْنُ فَنَرْزُقُ عِيَالَنَا مُدَّيْنِ مِنْ تَمْرٍ.
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from Abu Jameela, from Zayd Al Shahaam, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having been asked, ‘A man fears the absconding of his slave, or the slave happened to have absconded, should he constrain him, or make him to be in his slavery? Your<sup>asws</sup> view?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘But rather, he is at the status of a camel which fears its owner. So when it fears that, so it is confident from it, but satiate it (feed it), and clothe it’. I said, ‘And how much is its satiation?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘As for us<sup>asws</sup>, so we<sup>asws</sup> used to feed our<sup>asws</sup> families from two handfuls of dates’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
Source
License: Free for educational and research use (Thaqalayn Data API)
Provided for research and educational purposes. Original source: Thaqalayn Project. Open License.