٣ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ رَجُلٍ يُسَمَّى سَوَادَةَ قَالَ كُنَّا جَمَاعَةً بِمِنًى فَعَزَّتِ الأَضَاحِيُّ فَنَظَرْنَا فَإِذَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) وَاقِفٌ عَلَى قَطِيعٍ يُسَاوِمُ بِغَنَمٍ وَيُمَاكِسُهُمْ مِكَاساً شَدِيداً فَوَقَفْنَا نَنْتَظِرُ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا فَقَالَ أَظُنُّكُمْ قَدْ تَعَجَّبْتُمْ مِنْ مِكَاسِي فَقُلْنَا نَعَمْ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْمَغْبُونَ لا مَحْمُودٌ وَلا مَأْجُورٌ أَ لَكُمْ حَاجَةٌ فَقُلْنَا نَعَمْ أَصْلَحَكَ الله إِنَّ الأَضَاحِيَّ قَدْ عَزَّتْ عَلَيْنَا قَالَ فَاجْتَمِعُوا فَاشْتَرُوا جَزُوراً فِيمَا بَيْنَكُمْ قُلْنَا وَلا تَبْلُغُ نَفَقَتُنَا قَالَ فَاجْتَمِعُوا وَاشْتَرُوا بَقَرَةً فِيمَا بَيْنَكُمْ فَاذْبَحُوهَا قُلْنَا وَلا تَبْلُغُ نَفَقَتُنَا قَالَ فَاجْتَمِعُوا فَاشْتَرُوا فِيمَا بَيْنَكُمْ شَاةً فَاذْبَحُوهَا فِيمَا بَيْنَكُمْ قُلْنَا تُجْزِئُ عَنْ سَبْعَةٍ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَعَنْ سَبْعِينَ.
3. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Al-Husayn ibn Ali from man called Sawadah who has said the following: “Once we were in Mina’ and offering became very expensive. We saw abu ’Abd Allah , standing near a bunch of cattle bargaining stringently. We stopped and looked. When he (the Imam) completed his task, he came to us and said, T think you found my stringent bargaining strange.’ We replied, ‘Yes, it was so.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘One who suffers a loss is not praised and does not receive any reward. Can I help you in something?’ we said, ‘Yes, the offering animals have become very expensive for us. He (the Imam) said, ‘Come together and all of you buy one Jazur.’ We said, ‘Our budget is not sufficient. He (the Imam) then said, ‘All of you buy one cow and slaughter it.’ We said that our budget is not sufficient. He (the Imam) said, ‘All of you buy one sheep and slaughter it.’ We asked if it is sufficient for seven. He (the Imam) said, ‘Oh, yes, it is sufficient for seventy.’” 