Hadith 1198
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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.’”
45- عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ ابْنِ أُخْتِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ صَبِيحٍ عَنْ خَالِهِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ
إِنَّ مِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ جُعِلَ رِزْقُهُ فِي السَّيْفِ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ جُعِلَ رِزْقُهُ فِي التِّجَارَةِ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ جُعِلَ رِزْقُهُ فِي لِسَانِهِ.
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- Al-Kāfi #1158 “I once heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), saying, ‘The sustenance of certain people is in trading, others have it in their sword and certain ones...