سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنِ الرَّجُلِ تَكُونُ لَهُ الضَّيْعَةُ الْكَبِيرَةُ فَإِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْمِهْرَجَانِ أَوِ النَّيْرُوزِ أَهْدَوْا إِلَيْهِ الشَّيْءَ لَيْسَ هُوَ عَلَيْهِمْ يَتَقَرَّبُونَ بِذَلِكَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ أَ لَيْسَ هُمْ مُصَلِّينَ قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ فَلْيَقْبَلْ هَدِيَّتَهُمْ وَ لْيُكَافِهِمْ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) قَالَ لَوْ أُهْدِيَ إِلَيَّ كُرَاعٌ لَقَبِلْتُ وَ كَانَ ذَلِكَ مِنَ الدِّينِ وَ لَوْ أَنَّ كَافِراً أَوْ مُنَافِقاً أَهْدَى إِلَيَّ وَسْقاً مَا قَبِلْتُ وَ كَانَ ذَلِكَ مِنَ الدِّينِ أَبَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لِي زَبْدَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ وَ طَعَامَهُمْ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, and Ahmad Bin Muhammad, altogether from Ibn Mahboub, from Ibrahim Al Karkhy who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> about the man who happened to have a big place for him. So whenever it was the day of Al-Mihrjaan or Neyrouz, they would gift him something. It was not upon them (to do so) but they wanted to be closer to him with that’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Are they not from the Praying ones?’ I said, ‘Yes’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘So let him accept their gifts, and suffice them, for Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘(Even) if a limb of an animal was to be gifted to me<sup>saww</sup>, I<sup>saww</sup> would accept it, and that was always from the Religion; and if an Infidel or a hypocrite were to gift to me<sup>saww</sup> a load, I<sup>saww</sup> would not accept it, and that was always from the Religion. Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Refused to me<sup>saww</sup> the scum of the Polytheists and the hypocrites, and their meals’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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