رَأَيْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) يَعْمَلُ فِي أَرْضٍ لَهُ قَدِ اسْتَنْقَعَتْ قَدَمَاهُ فِي الْعَرَقِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ أَيْنَ الرِّجَالُ فَقَالَ يَا عَلِيُّ قَدْ عَمِلَ بِالْيَدِ مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنِّي فِي أَرْضِهِ وَ مِنْ أَبِي فَقُلْتُ لَهُ وَ مَنْ هُوَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ آبَائِي ( عليهم السلام ) كُلُّهُمْ كَانُوا قَدْ عَمِلُوا بِأَيْدِيهِمْ وَ هُوَ مِنْ عَمَلِ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَ الْأَوْصِيَاءِ وَ الصَّالِحِينَ .
Translation
Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Al Jamourany, from Al Hassan Bin Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from his father who said, ‘(The narrator says) I saw Abu Al-Hassan<sup>asws</sup> working in a land of his<sup>asws</sup>. His<sup>asws</sup> feet were drenched in the sweat, so I said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! Where are the men (workers)?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘O Ali! There have worked by their hands in their land, the ones who were better than I<sup>asws</sup> and my<sup>asws</sup> father<sup>asws</sup>’. So I said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘Who are they?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> and Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup>, and my<sup>asws</sup> forefathers<sup>asws</sup>, all of them<sup>asws</sup> had worked by their<sup>asws</sup> hands, and it is from the deeds of the Prophets<sup>as</sup>, and the Mursil Prophets<sup>as</sup>, and the successors<sup>as</sup>, and the righteous ones’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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