Camels lost to fulfilling obligations

Nahj al-Balāgha|Volume 1|Book 3|Chapter 446

Nahj al-Balāgha

Book 3, Chapter 446

Camels lost to fulfilling obligations

Hadith #564

٤٤٦. وَقَالَ (عليه ‏السلام) لِغَالِبِ بْنِ صَعْصَعَةَ أَبِی الْفَرَزْدَقِ، فِی كَلَامٍ دَارَ بَيْنَهُمَا: مَا فَعَلَتْ إِبِلُكَ الْكثِيرَةُ؟

446. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said to Ghālib ibn Ṣa‘ṣa‘ah, the father of al-Farazdaq (the famous Arabic poet) during a conversation between them: What about the large number of your camels?