أَتَى رَجُلٌ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَقْتَضِيهِ وَ أَنَا حَاضِرٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ لَيْسَ عِنْدَنَا الْيَوْمَ شَيْءٌ وَ لَكِنَّهُ يَأْتِينَا خِطْرٌ وَ وَسِمَةٌ فَتُبَاعُ وَ نُعْطِيكَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ الرَّجُلُ عِدْنِي فَقَالَ كَيْفَ أَعِدُكَ وَ أَنَا لِمَا لَا أَرْجُو أَرْجَى مِنِّي لِمَا أَرْجُو .
Translation
Ali Bin Muhammad, from Ibrahim Bin Is’haq Al Ahmar, from Abdullah Bin Hammad, from Umar Bin Yazeed who said, ‘A man came over to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> asking for help, and I was present, so he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘There is nothing with us<sup>asws</sup> today, but we<sup>asws</sup> shall be getting <span class="iTxt">Khitr</span> and <span class="iTxt">Wasima</span>, so we<sup>asws</sup> would sell (those) and give you, Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Willing’. So the man said to him, ‘Promise me’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘How can I<sup>asws</sup> promise you to what I<sup>asws</sup> am myself<sup>asws</sup> hoping for, so you may hope from me<sup>asws</sup> from what I<sup>asws</sup> am expecting’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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