حَدَّثَنِي جَمِيلُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الشَّيْبَانِيِّ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) وَ بِيَدِهِ مِسْحَاةٌ وَ عَلَيْهِ إِزَارٌ غَلِيظٌ يَعْمَلُ فِي حَائِطٍ لَهُ وَ الْعَرَقُ يَتَصَابُّ عَنْ ظَهْرِهِ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ أَعْطِنِي أَكْفِكَ فَقَالَ لِي إِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ يَتَأَذَّى الرَّجُلُ بِحَرِّ الشَّمْسِ فِي طَلَبِ الْمَعِيشَةِ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah, from his father, from Al Nazar Bin Suweyd, from Al Qasim Bin Suleyman, from Jameel Bin Salih, from Abu Amro Al Shaybani who said, ‘I saw Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, and in his<sup>asws</sup> hand was a shovel, and upon him<sup>asws</sup> was a coarse trouser, working in a wall of his<sup>asws</sup>, and the sweat was running from his<sup>asws</sup> back. So I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! Give it to me, I shall suffice for you<sup>asws</sup>’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said to me: ‘I<sup>asws</sup> love it that the man should be hurt by the heat of the sun in seeking the livelihood’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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