قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) إِنِّي ضَعِيفُ الْعَمَلِ قَلِيلُ الصِّيَامِ وَ لَكِنِّي أَرْجُو أَنْ لَا آكُلَ إِلَّا حَلَالًا قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَيُّ الِاجْتِهَادِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ عِفَّةِ بَطْنٍ وَ فَرْجٍ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah, from his father, from Al Nazar Bin Suweyd, from Yahya Bin Imran al Halby, from Moalla Abu Usman, from Abu Baseer who said, ‘A man said to Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup>, ‘I am weak of deeds, and of few Fasts, but I am hoping that I would not be consuming except for the Permissible’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said to him: ‘Which striving is more superior than chastity of the belly and the private part?’
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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