خَرَجْتُ إِلَى مَكَّةَ وَ أَنَا مِنْ أَشَدِّ النَّاسِ حَالًا فَشَكَوْتُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فَلَمَّا خَرَجْتُ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ وَجَدْتُ عَلَى بَابِهِ كِيساً فِيهِ سَبْعُمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ فَوْرِي ذَلِكَ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ يَا سَعِيدُ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ عَرِّفْهُ فِي الْمَشَاهِدِ وَ كُنْتُ رَجَوْتُ أَنْ يُرَخِّصَ لِي فِيهِ فَخَرَجْتُ وَ أَنَا مُغْتَمٌّ فَأَتَيْتُ مِنًى وَ تَنَحَّيْتُ عَنِ النَّاسِ وَ تَقَصَّيْتُ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ الْمَوْقُوفَةَ فَنَزَلْتُ فِي بَيْتٍ مُتَنَحِّياً عَنِ النَّاسِ ثُمَّ قُلْتُ مَنْ يَعْرِفُ الْكِيسَ قَالَ فَأَوَّلُ صَوْتٍ صَوَّتُّهُ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ عَلَى رَأْسِي يَقُولُ أَنَا صَاحِبُ الْكِيسِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي أَنْتَ فَلَا كُنْتَ قُلْتُ مَا عَلَامَةُ الْكِيسِ فَأَخْبَرَنِي بِعَلَامَتِهِ فَدَفَعْتُهُ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ فَتَنَحَّى نَاحِيَةً فَعَدَّهَا فَإِذَا الدَّنَانِيرُ عَلَى حَالِهَا ثُمَّ عَدَّ مِنْهَا سَبْعِينَ دِينَاراً فَقَالَ خُذْهَا حَلَالًا خَيْرٌ مِنْ سَبْعِمِائَةٍ حَرَاماً فَأَخَذْتُهَا ثُمَّ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ كَيْفَ تَنَحَّيْتُ وَ كَيْفَ صَنَعْتُ فَقَالَ أَمَا إِنَّكَ حِينَ شَكَوْتَ إِلَيَّ أَمَرْنَا لَكَ بِثَلَاثِينَ دِينَاراً يَا جَارِيَةُ هَاتِيهَا فَأَخَذْتُهَا وَ أَنَا مِنْ أَحْسَنِ قَوْمِي حَالًا.
Translation
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Abdullah Bin Muhammad Al Hajjal, from Sa’alba Bin Maymoun, from Saeed Bin Amro Al Ju’fy who said, ‘I went out to Makkah and I was with the most difficult (financial) conditions from the people, so I complained to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>. So when I went out from his<sup>asws</sup> presence, I found a bag upon his<sup>asws</sup> door in which were seven hundred Dinars. So I returned to him<sup>asws</sup> immediately from that and informed him<sup>asws</sup>. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘O Saeed! Fear Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic, and present it among the gatherings’, and I was hopeful that he<sup>asws</sup> would have allowed for me with regards to it (to keep it). So I went out and I was gloomy. So I went over to Mina and kept away from the people, and I searched around unil I came up to the dedicated place. So I lodged in a room away from the people. Then I said, ‘Is there anyone who recognises the bag?’ So the first voice was his voice, and it was a man above me saying, ‘I am the owner of the bag’. So I said to myself, ‘You, so (I wish) it wasn’t’. I said, ‘What is the marking of the bag?’ So he informed me with its markings. So I handed it over to him. He (the narrator) said, ‘So he went aside and counted it, and there were the Dinars upon their (original) state. Then he counted seventy Dinars from these, so he said, ‘Take these as Permissible. It is better than seven hundred Prohibited ones’. So I took them, then went over to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, so I informed him<sup>asws</sup> how I withheld (from taking it all) and how I dealt with it. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘But, when you complained to me<sup>asws</sup>, I<sup>asws</sup> ordered thirty Dinars (to be kept aside) for you. O Maid! Bring these!’. So I took these and I was from the good financial states of my people’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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