كُنْتُ مَعَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فِي أَرْضٍ لَهُ وَ هُمْ يَصْرِمُونَ فَجَاءَ سَائِلٌ يَسْأَلُ فَقُلْتُ اللَّهُ يَرْزُقُكَ فَقَالَ ( عليه السلام ) مَهْ لَيْسَ ذَلِكَ لَكُمْ حَتَّى تُعْطُوا ثَلَاثَةً فَإِذَا أَعْطَيْتُمْ ثَلَاثَةً فَإِنْ أَعْطَيْتُمْ فَلَكُمْ وَ إِنْ أَمْسَكْتُمْ فَلَكُمْ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Hadeed, from Murazim, from Musadif who said, ‘I was with Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> in a land of his<sup>asws</sup>, and they (workers) were picking. So a beggar came over and begged. So I said, ‘May Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Grace you’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Shh! That is not for you (to say) until you have given to three (beggars). So when you have given to three (beggars), then if you were to give, so it is for you to do so, and if you withhold, so it would be for you to do so’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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