قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِنِّي أُعَامِلُ التُّجَّارَ فَأَتَهَيَّأُ لِلنَّاسِ كَرَاهَةَ أَنْ يَرَوْا بِي خَصَاصَةً فَأَتَّخِذُ الْغَالِيَةَ فَقَالَ يَا إِسْحَاقُ إِنَّ الْقَلِيلَ مِنَ الْغَالِيَةِ يُجْزِئُ وَ كَثِيرَهَا سَوَاءً مَنِ اتَّخَذَ مِنَ الْغَالِيَةِ قَلِيلًا دَائِماً أَجْزَأَهُ ذَلِكَ قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ وَ أَنَا أَشْتَرِي مِنْهَا فِي السَّنَةِ بِعَشَرَةِ دَرَاهِمَ فَأَكْتَفِي بِهَا وَ رِيحُهَا ثَابِتٌ طُولَ الدَّهْرِ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Usman Bin Isa, from Is’haq Bin Ammar, said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, ‘I work with the business people, so I make myself pleasant for the people not liking that they should see me as a destitute, so I take <span class="iTxt">Al-Ghaliya</span>’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘O Is’haq! A little from <span class="iTxt">Al-Ghaliya</span> suffices and a lot of it is the same. The one who takes a little <span class="iTxt">Ghaliya</span> all the time, that would suffice for him’. I’shaq said, ‘And I bought from it during the year with ten Dirhams, so I sufficed myself with it, and its aroma was affirmed for a long duration’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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