إِنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فَقَالَ إِنِّي لَا أُحْسِنُ أَنْ أَعْمَلَ عَمَلًا بِيَدِي وَ لَا أُحْسِنُ أَنْ أَتَّجِرَ وَ أَنَا مُحَارَفٌ مُحْتَاجٌ فَقَالَ اعْمَلْ فَاحْمِلْ عَلَى رَأْسِكَ وَ اسْتَغْنِ عَنِ النَّاسِ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) قَدْ حَمَلَ حَجَراً عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ فَوَضَعَهُ فِي حَائِطٍ لَهُ مِنْ حِيطَانِهِ وَ إِنَّ الْحَجَرَ لَفِي مَكَانِهِ وَ لَا يُدْرَى كَمْ عُمْقُهُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ ثَمَّ [بِمُعْجِزَتِهِ] .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from IBn Abu Umeyr, from Umar Bin Azina, from Zurara, that, ‘A man came over to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, so he said, ‘I am not good at doing manual work with my hands, and I am not good at trading, and I am deprived, needy’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Work, so carry upon your head, and be needless from the people, for Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> had carried rocks upon his<sup>saww</sup> shoulders, and he<sup>saww</sup> placed then in a wall from the walls of his<sup>saww</sup>, and the rock is (still) in its place, and it is not known how much its depth is, except that it is there (by a miracle)’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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