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مَرَّ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع بِنَاسٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَ هُمْ يَحْرُثُونَ فَقَالَ لَهُمُ احْرُثُوا فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ يُنْبِتُ اللَّهُ بِالرِّيحِ كَمَا يُنْبِتُ بِالْمَطَرِ قَالَ فَحَرَثُوا فَجَادَتْ زُرُوعُهُمْ‌[1].

“Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), once passed by a people of al-Ansar who were farming and he (the Imam) said to them, ‘Continue farming; the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, has said, “Allah causes it to grow by wind as He does so by water.’” The

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ إِنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَتَوْا مُوسَى ع فَسَأَلُوهُ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَنْ يُمْطِرَ السَّمَاءَ عَلَيْهِمْ إِذَا أَرَادُوا وَ يَحْبِسَهَا إِذَا أَرَادُوا فَسَأَلَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ ذَلِكَ لَهُمْ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ ذَلِكَ لَهُمْ يَا مُوسَى فَأَخْبَرَهُمْ مُوسَى فَحَرَثُوا وَ لَمْ يَتْرُكُوا شَيْئاً إِلَّا زَرَعُوهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَنْزَلُوا الْمَط

2. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Sinan from ibn Muskan from Sadir who has said the following: “I once heard abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, saying, ‘The Israelites went to Moses and asked him to ask Allah to make the sky rain on them only when they wanted and stop it from r