سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنْ رَجُلٍ قَبَّلَ رَجُلًا أَنْ يَحْفِرَ لَهُ بِئْراً عَشْرَ قَامَاتٍ بِعَشَرَةِ دَرَاهِمَ فَحَفَرَ لَهُ قَامَةً ثُمَّ عَجَزَ قَالَ يُقْسَمُ عَشَرَةٌ عَلَى خَمْسَةٍ وَ خَمْسِينَ جُزْءاً فَمَا أَصَابَ وَاحِداً فَهُوَ لِلْقَامَةِ الْأُولَى وَ الِاثْنَانِ لِلثَّانِيَةِ وَ الثَّلَاثَةُ لِلثَّالِثَةِ عَلَى هَذَا الْحِسَابِ إِلَى عَشَرَةٍ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muawiya Bin Hukeym, from Abu Shuayb Al Mahamily Al Rafaiy who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> about a man who agreed with a man to dig a well for him ten statures deep for ten Dirhams. So he dug one stature for him, then was frustrated. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The ten (Dirhams) would be divided upon fifty five parts. So whatever he does one so it is for the first stature, and two for the second, and three for the third, upon this accounting up to the ten’. (1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10 = 55).
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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