قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِنَّ لِي أَرْضاً تُطْلَبُ مِنِّي وَ يُرَغِّبُونِّي فَقَالَ لِي يَا أَبَا سَيَّارٍ أَ مَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ مَنْ بَاعَ الْمَاءَ وَ الطِّينَ ذَهَبَ مَالُهُ هَبَاءً قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنِّي أَبِيعُ بِالثَّمَنِ الْكَثِيرِ وَ أَشْتَرِي مَا هُوَ أَوْسَعُ رُقْعَةً مِمَّا بِعْتُ قَالَ فَلَا بَأْسَ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Bin Shamoun, from Al Asamma, from Misma’a who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, ‘There is a land of mine which is sought from me and they (buyers) are coveting it’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said to me: ‘O Abu Sayyar! Do you not know that the one who sells the water and the clay, his wealth goes away as dust?’ I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! I can sell it for a lot of money and buy what is of a more expansive area from what I sell’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘So there is no problem’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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