alkafi-14926Vol. 8, p. 163-164
سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ إِنَّ وَلِيَّ عَلِيٍّ ع لَا يَأْكُلُ إِلَّا الْحَلَالَ[2] لِأَنَّ صَاحِبَهُ كَانَ كَذَلِكَ وَ إِنَّ وَلِيَّ عُثْمَانَ لَا يُبَالِي أَ حَلَالًا أَكَلَ أَوْ حَرَاماً لِأَنَّ صَاحِبَهُ كَذَلِكَ قَالَ ثُمَّ عَادَ إِلَى ذِكْرِ عَلِيٍّ ع فَقَالَ أَمَا وَ الَّذِي ذَهَبَ بِنَفْسِهِ مَا أَكَلَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا حَرَاماً قَلِيلًا وَ لَا كَثِيراً حَتَّى فَارَقَهَا وَ لَا عَرَضَ لَهُ أَمْر
I heard Abu Abdullah (asws) saying that a friend of Ali (asws) does not eat except for the Permissible because his Master (asws) was like that, and the friend of Usman does not care whether he eats the Permissible or the Prohibited because his master was like that’. He (the narrator) said, ‘Then he (asws) returned to t