سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ إِنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى جَعْفَراً ( صلوات الله عليه ) شَبِيهاً بِالْمُسْتَنْصِحِ لَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ صِرْتَ اتَّخَذْتَ الْأَمْوَالَ قِطَعاً مُتَفَرِّقَةً وَ لَوْ كَانَتْ فِي مَوْضِعٍ [وَاحِدٍ] كَانَتْ أَيْسَرَ لِمَئُونَتِهَا وَ أَعْظَمَ لِمَنْفَعَتِهَا فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) اتَّخَذْتُهَا مُتَفَرِّقَةً فَإِنْ أَصَابَ هَذَا الْمَالَ شَيْءٌ سَلِمَ هَذَا الْمَالُ وَ الصُّرَّةُ تُجْمَعُ بِهَذَا كُلِّهِ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Moamar Bin Khallad who said, ‘I heard Abu Al-Hassan<sup>asws</sup> saying: ‘A man came over to Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> as if he was a counsellor of his<sup>asws</sup>, so he said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘O Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>! How did you come to be taking the wealth in pieces of land dispersed? And had they been in one place, it would have been easier for you<sup>asws</sup> to maintain these and been with greater profits’. So Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘I<sup>asws</sup> took these as apart, so if something were to hit this, this (other) property would be safe, and a bundle tends to gather all of this’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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