الكافي- ط الاسلامية, volume 5, page 317

52. Sahl ibn Ziyad has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa ibn ‘Ubayd from al-Hassan ibn Ali ibn Yaqtin from al-Fadl ibn Kathir al- Mada’iniy from those whom he has mentioned who has said the following: “Once a certain person of the followers of abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), came to visit him (the Imam) and he saw his shirt had a patch on it, so he kept looking at it. Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), asked, ‘Why are you looking?’ He replied, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, there is a patch on your shirt.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Pick up this book and read what is there’ - there was a book in front of him (the Imam) or nearby. The man looked in the book and it was written there, ‘One who does not feel shy has no faith, one who does not plan has no wealth and one who does not have anything old cannot have anything new.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar·Thaqalayn link·The Arabic above is the original.

53. Abu Ali al-Ash’ariy has narrated from al-Hassan ibn Ali al-Kufiy from al-‘Abbas ibn Ma’ruf from a man from Mandal ibn Ali al-‘Anziy from Muhammad ibn Mutarrif from Misma’ from al-Asbagh ibn Nubatah who has said the following: “’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, has said, ‘When Allah becomes angry with a people on whom He has not sent any suffering, He makes their prices to become costly, shortens their life span, takes away profit from their trade, their fruits do not become clean, their canals do not over-flow and He withholds their rain and makes their wicked ones to dominate them.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar·Thaqalayn link·The Arabic above is the original.

54. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Ibrahim ibn ‘Abd al-Hamid from Mus‘ab ibn ‘Abd Allah al- Nawfaliy from the one who has narrated in a marfu’ manner who has said the following: “Once an Arab came on his camel in the time of the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, sell my (herd of) camels for me.’ The Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, said, ‘I am not a camel seller in the market.’ He then said, ‘Give me an idea.’ The Messenger of Allah said, ‘Sell this he-camel for so and so much and this she-camel for so and so much until he (the Messenger of Allah) explained for him about every camel there. The Arab man went to the market and sold them. He then came back to the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, and said, ‘I swear by the One who has sent you with truth, not one dirham was less or more than what you had said it was, so accept my gift, O Messenger of Allah.’ He (the Messenger of Allah) said, ‘No, I do not accept.’ He said, ‘Yes, O Messenger of Allah, accept it.’ They continued speaking until he (the Messenger of Allah) said, ‘You must give us a she-camel as a gift and you must not separate it from its young.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar·Thaqalayn link·The Arabic above is the original.