The Sufficient (Vol 5) · Hadith 1204 (#Ḥadīth #51)

51- سَهْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ سَهْلٍ قَالَ كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ﷺ إِنِّي قَدْ لَزِمَنِي دَيْنٌ فَادِحٌ فَكَتَبَ أَكْثِرْ مِنَ الاسْتِغْفَارِ وَرَطِّبْ لِسَانَكَ بِقِرَاءَةِ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ.

51. Sahl ibn Ziyad has narrated from Mansur ibn al-‘Abbas from ‘Isma’il ibn Sahl who has said the following: “I once wrote to abu Ja‘far , and said, ‘Debts are holding me down and they are heavy.’ He (the Imam) wrote to me, ‘Ask forgiveness from Allah a great deal and moisten you tongue by reading, “Inna Anzalna” Chapter 97.’”

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