كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) وَ هُوَ يَأْكُلُ فَرَأَيْتُهُ يَتَتَبَّعُ مِثْلَ السِّمْسِمِ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ مَا سَقَطَ مِنَ الْخِوَانِ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ تَتَبَّعُ هَذَا فَقَالَ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ هَذَا رِزْقُكَ فَلَا تَدَعْهُ أَمَا إِنَّ فِيهِ شِفَاءً مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from one of his companions, from Al Asamma, from Abdullah Al Arjany who said, ‘I was in the presence of Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> and he<sup>asws</sup> was eating. So I saw him pursue the likes of the sesame seeds from the food what fell off from the food-spread. So I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! You<sup>asws</sup> are pursuing this?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘O Abdullah! This is the sustenance, therefore do not leave it, but in it is a healing from every illness’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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