The Sufficient (Vol 5) · Hadith 980 (#Ḥadīth #2)

2- عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ إِنَّ اللهَ جَعَلَ أَرْزَاقَ أَنْبِيَائِهِ فِي الزَّرْعِ وَالضَّرْعِ لِئَلا يَكْرَهُوا شَيْئاً مِنْ قَطْرِ السَّمَاءِ.

2. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad in a marfu’ manner the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah , has said, ‘Allah has placed means of the sustenance of His prophets in agriculture and stock farming so that they will not dislike drops falling from the sky.’”

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