John Shaqi

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ اخْتَارَ لِأَنْبِيَائِهِ الْحَرْثَ وَ الزَّرْعَ كَيْلَا يَكْرَهُوا شَيْئاً مِنْ قَطْرِ السَّمَاءِ .


Translation

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from one of our companions, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, form Muhammad Bin Atiyya who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> saying, ‘Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Chose the farming and the agriculture for His<sup>azwj</sup> Prophets<sup>as</sup>, lest they<sup>as</sup> dislike something from the drops (falling) from the sky’.


Book (Kitab)كتاب الْمَعِيشَةِ
Chapter (Bab)باب فَضْلِ الزِّرَاعَةِ
CollectionAl-Kafi

Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni

Source

License: Free for educational and research use (Thaqalayn Data API)

Provided for research and educational purposes. Original source: Thaqalayn Project. Open License.