The Sufficient (Vol 5) · Hadith 1160 (#Ḥadīth #7)

7- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ فُضَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ قَالَ كُلُّ مَا افْتَتَحَ بِهِ الرَّجُلُ رِزْقَهُ فَهُوَ تِجَارَةٌ.

7. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Khalid from Sa‘d ibn Sa‘d from Muhammad ibn al-Fudayl who has said the following: “Abu al-Hassan , has said, ‘With whatever (lawful) means one opens the door to his sustenance it is business and trade.’”

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