The Sufficient (Vol 2) · Hadith 423 (#Ḥadīth #10)

10ـ عَنْهُ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ وَمُحَسِّنِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ قَالَ نَظَرَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) إِلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ قَدِ اشْتَرَى لِعِيَالِهِ شَيْئاً وَهُوَ يَحْمِلُهُ فَلَمَّا رَآهُ الرَّجُلُ اسْتَحْيَا مِنْهُ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) اشْتَرَيْتَهُ لِعِيَالِكَ وَحَمَلْتَهُ إِلَيْهِمْ أَمَا وَالله لَوْ لا أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ لأحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أَشْتَرِيَ لِعِيَالِيَ الشَّيْءَ ثُمَّ أَحْمِلَهُ إِلَيْهِمْ.

10. It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from his father from ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Qasim from ‘Amr ibn abu al-Miqdam from Abu ‘Abdillah who has said the following: “Of the things that Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, revealed to David was this: ‘O Dawud (David), just as the closest people to Allah are the humble people, arrogant people are the farthest from Allah.’”

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).