قُلْتُ لِأَبِي الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ أَدْعُو اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَنْ يَرْزُقَنِي الْحَلَالَ فَقَالَ أَ تَدْرِي مَا الْحَلَالُ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ أَمَّا الَّذِي عِنْدَنَا فَالْكَسْبُ الطَّيِّبُ فَقَالَ كَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ الْحَلَالُ قُوتُ الْمُصْطَفَيْنَ وَ لَكِنْ قُلْ أَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ رِزْقِكَ الْوَاسِعِ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr who said, ‘I said to Abu Al-Hassan<sup>asws</sup>, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! Supplicato to Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic that He<sup>azwj</sup> should Grace me the Permissible sustenance’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Do you know what is the Permissible (sustenance)?’ So I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! As for which is with of the goodly earnings’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Ali<sup>asws</sup> Bin Al-Husayn<sup>asws</sup> was saying: ‘The Permissible livelihood is the food of the ‘Chosen Ones’ (only the Prophets<sup>as</sup> and the Imams<sup>as</sup>), but say, ‘I ask You<sup>azwj</sup> from the extensive sustenance’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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