عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ ابْنِ أُخْتِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ صَبِيحٍ عَنْ خَالِهِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ:
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إِنَّ مِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ جُعِلَ رِزْقُهُ فِي السَّيْفِ وَ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ جُعِلَ رِزْقُهُ فِي التِّجَارَةِ وَ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ جُعِلَ رِزْقُهُ فِي لِسَانِهِ.
Read English translationHide English translationMuhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn
45. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad and Ya’qub ibn Yazid from the son of the sister of al-Walid ibn Sabih from his maternal uncle, al-Walid who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Of the people there are those who earn their living from the sword, others from trade and still others earn by their tongue.’”
Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.
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1- ضعيفAllamah Baqir al-MajlisiMirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/433)