1. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ahmad ibn abu Nasr who has said the following: “Once I asked abu al-Hassan, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, saying, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, please pray for me to Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, so He grants me lawful sustenance.’ He (the Imam) asked, ‘Do you know what lawful sustenance is?’ I replied, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, according to our information it is clean earning.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Ali ibn Al-Husayn, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, would say, ‘Lawful sustenance is the sustenance of the chosen ones.’ You, however, should say, ‘I pray to You to grant me wide-ranging sustenance.’”
IsnādUn certain nombre de nos compagnons ont rapporté de Ahmad ibn Muhammad, de Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Nasr, qui a dit : J'ai dit à Abi al-Hasan (que la paix soit sur lui) : "Je te sacrifie, je demande à Allah le Très-Haut de me pourvoir en licite." Il a répondu : "Sais-tu ce qu'est le licite ?" J'ai dit : "Je te sacrifie, pour nous c'est le gain pur." Il a dit : "Ali ibn al-Husayn (que la paix soit sur eux) disait : Le licite est la force des élus, mais dis : Je te demande une part de Ton vaste sustentement."