قَالَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَا أَبَا سَيَّارٍ إِذَا أَرَادَتِ الْخَادِمَةُ أَنْ تَعْمَلَ الطَّعَامَ فَمُرْهَا فَلْتَكِلْهُ فَإِنَّ الْبَرَكَةَ فِيمَا كِيلَ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Bin Shamoun, from Abdullah Bin Abdul Rahman, from Misma’a who said, ‘Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said to me: ‘O Abu Sayyar! Whenever you want the maid to make the food, so instruct her for measuring it, for the Blessings are in what is measured’.
Book (Kitab)كتاب الْمَعِيشَةِ
Chapter (Bab)باب كَرَاهَةِ الْجِزَافِ وَ فَضْلِ الْمُكَايَلَةِ
CollectionAl-Kafi
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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