كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فَجَاءَ سَائِلٌ فَقَامَ إِلَى مِكْتَلٍ فِيهِ تَمْرٌ فَمَلَأَ يَدَهُ فَنَاوَلَهُ ثُمَّ جَاءَ آخَرُ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَامَ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ فَنَاوَلَهُ ثُمَّ جَاءَ آخَرُ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَامَ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ فَنَاوَلَهُ ثُمَّ جَاءَ آخَرُ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَامَ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ فَنَاوَلَهُ ثُمَّ جَاءَ آخَرُ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ رَازِقُنَا وَ إِيَّاكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) كَانَ لَا يَسْأَلُهُ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا شَيْئاً إِلَّا أَعْطَاهُ فَأَرْسَلَتْ إِلَيْهِ امْرَأَةٌ ابْناً لَهَا فَقَالَتِ انْطَلِقْ إِلَيْهِ فَاسْأَلْهُ فَإِنْ قَالَ لَكَ لَيْسَ عِنْدَنَا شَيْءٌ فَقُلْ أَعْطِنِي قَمِيصَكَ قَالَ فَأَخَذَ قَمِيصَهُ فَرَمَى بِهِ إِلَيْهِ وَ فِي نُسْخَةٍ أُخْرَى فَأَعْطَاهُ فَأَدَّبَهُ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى عَلَى الْقَصْدِ فَقَالَ وَ لا تَجْعَلْ يَدَكَ مَغْلُولَةً إِلى عُنُقِكَ وَ لا تَبْسُطْها كُلَّ الْبَسْطِ فَتَقْعُدَ مَلُوماً مَحْسُوراً .
Translation
Ali Bin Muhammad, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah, from his father, from Al Nazar Bin Suweyd, from Musa Bakr, from Ajlan who said, ‘I was in the presence of Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, when a beggar came over. So he<sup>asws</sup> reached to a basket in which were some dates, filled his<sup>asws</sup> hand and gave it to him. Then another came over and begged him<sup>asws</sup>. So he<sup>asws</sup> stood, grabbed a handful and gave it to him. Then another came over and begged him<sup>asws</sup>, so he<sup>asws</sup> stood, grabbed a handful and gave it to him. Then another came over and begged him<sup>asws</sup>. So he<sup>asws</sup> stood, grabbed a handful and gave it to him. Then another one came over, so he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘May Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Grace us<sup>asws</sup> and you’. Then he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> was such that no one asked him<sup>saww</sup> from something of the world except that he<sup>saww</sup> gave it to him. So a woman sent her son over to him<sup>asws</sup> saying, ‘Go to him<sup>saww</sup> and ask him. So if he<sup>saww</sup> says: ‘There is nothing with us<sup>saww</sup>’, so he said, ‘Give me your<sup>saww</sup> shirt’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘So he<sup>saww</sup> took off his shirt and threw it at him’. And in another copy, ‘So he<sup>saww</sup> gave him (his<sup>saww</sup> shirt) and Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Blessed and High Educated him<sup>saww</sup> upon the moderation, so He<sup>azwj</sup> Said <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:17#h29"><a href="/books/quran:17#h29">[17:29]</a></a> And do not make your hand to be shackled to your neck nor extend it to its limit, lest you should become blameworthy, tied up</span>’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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