كُنْتُ عِنْدَ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ الصَّيْرَفِيِّ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ يَطْلُبُ غَلَّةً بِدِينَارٍ وَ كَانَ قَدْ أَغْلَقَ بَابَ الْحَانُوتِ وَ خَتَمَ الْكِيسَ فَأَعْطَاهُ غَلَّةً بِدِينَارٍ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ وَيْحَكَ يَا إِسْحَاقُ رُبَّمَا حَمَلْتُ لَكَ مِنَ السَّفِينَةِ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي تَرَى كَانَ لِي هَذَا لَكِنِّي سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ مَنِ اسْتَقَلَّ قَلِيلَ الرِّزْقِ حُرِمَ كَثِيرَهُ ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ يَا إِسْحَاقُ لَا تَسْتَقِلَّ قَلِيلَ الرِّزْقِ فَتُحْرَمَ كَثِيرَهُ .
Translation
Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ali Bin Bilal, from Al Hassan Bin Bassam the camelier who said, ‘I was in the presence of Is’haq Bin Ammar the money-changer, so a man came over seeking some grains with one Dinar, and he had closed the door of the shop and sealed the bag, but, he (still) gave him some grains for one Dinar’. So I said to him, ‘Woe be unto you, O Ishaq! Sometimes I carry for you from the ship, thousands and thousands of Dirhams’. So he said to me, ‘I used to view it like this, but I heard Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> saying: ‘The one who belittles a little sustenance, would be denied a lot of it’. Then he turned towards me, so he said, ‘O Ishaq! Do not belittle the little sustenance, for you would be denied a lot of it’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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