Hadith 161

(The book) ‘Al Kharaij Wa Al Jaraih’ – It is reported from Ibn Abu Hamza who said, ‘I was in the presence of Abu Al-Hassan Musa-asws when thirty slaves from Ethiopia were brought to him-asws, having been bought for him-asws. A boy from them spoke, and he was beautiful with the speech. Musa-asws answered him in his language. The boy was surprised, and they were all surprised, and they had thought that he-asws did not understand their speech (language). Musa-asws said to him: ‘I-asws shall hand over some wealth to you, so hand over thirty Dirhams to each one of them’. They went out and they were saying to each other, ‘He-asws is more eloquent than us with our own language, and this is a Favour from Allah-azwj upon us! ’
Ali Bin Abu Hamza said, ‘When they went out, I said, ‘O son-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww! I saw you-asws talk with these Ethiopians in their language! ’ He-asws said: ‘Yes’. He said, ‘And you-asws ordered that boy from between them with something besides them (others)’. He-asws said: ‘I ordered him with dealing goodly with his companion and that he should give each one of them thirty Dirhams during every month, because when he spoke, he was their most learned, for he is from the sons of their kings. I-asws made him to be upon them and advised him with what they would be needy to him, and there is sincerity with this boy’. Then he-asws said: ‘Perhaps you are surprised from my-asws talking to them in Ethiopian’. I said, ‘Yes, by Allah-azwj! ’
He-asws said: ‘Do not be surprised at what is hidden to you from my-asws affairs, more astounding and more astounding. And that which you heard from me is only like a bird which takes a drop from the ocean. Do you think that this which it takes from the ocean would reduce (anything) from the ocean? And the Imam-asws is at the status of the ocean. It will not deplete from what is in his-asws possession, and his-asws wonders are more than wonders of the ocean’’. [176]