سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ الرَّجُلُ يَكُونُ مَعَ الْقَوْمِ فَيَجْرِي بَيْنَهُمْ كَلَامٌ يَمْزَحُونَ وَ يَضْحَكُونَ فَقَالَ لَا بَأْسَ مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ عَنَى الْفُحْشَ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) كَانَ يَأْتِيهِ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ فَيُهْدِي لَهُ الْهَدِيَّةَ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ مَكَانَهُ أَعْطِنَا ثَمَنَ هَدِيَّتِنَا فَيَضْحَكُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ كَانَ إِذَا اغْتَمَّ يَقُولُ مَا فَعَلَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ لَيْتَهُ أَتَانَا .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Isa, from Moammar Bin Khallad who said, ‘I asked Abu Al-Hassan<sup>asws</sup> saying, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! The man happens to be with a group, and the speech flows between them, so they are joking and laughing’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘There is no problem for as long as there does not happen to be . . .’. So I thought he<sup>asws</sup> meant the immoralities. Then he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘It was so that Bedouins would come to Rasool-Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">saww</sup> and bring gifts for him<sup style="font-weight: normal">saww</sup>, and they was saying, ‘Give us the price of our gifts’. So Rasool-Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">saww</sup> would laugh; and when he<sup style="font-weight: normal">saww</sup> was sad he<sup style="font-weight: normal">saww</sup> asked: ‘What happened to the Bedouin? If only he would come to us<sup style="font-weight: normal">saww</sup>’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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