Mustadrak al-Hakim — Hadith 4210

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said to a man sitting with him, while he was talking with his companions: "Come close to me." The man said: "May Allah preserve you. By Allah, I do not know how to question you the way these people do." So Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "Come close to me so that I may tell you about the prophets who are mentioned in the Book of Allah. I tell you about Adam (peace be upon him) that he was a servant who tilled the land; about Nuh (peace be upon him) that he was a carpenter; about Idris (peace be upon him) that he was a tailor; about Dawud (peace be upon him) that he was a maker of armour; about Musa (peace be upon him) that he was a shepherd; and about Ibrahim (peace be upon him) that he was a farmer, he was very hospitable, he preferred the poor over himself and fulfilled their needs from his wealth; about Shu'ayb (peace be upon him) that he was a shepherd; about Lut (peace be upon him) that he was a farmer; about Salih (peace be upon him) that he was a merchant; about Sulayman (peace be upon him) that he was a servant to whom Allah granted kingship, he fasted six days at the beginning of the month, three days in the middle and three days at the end, and he had nine hundred concubines and three hundred wives; and about the son of the virgin and chaste Maryam, Isa (peace be upon him), that he would not save anything for the next day, and he would say that the One who gave me my morning meal will also give me my evening meal, and the One who gave me my evening meal will also give me my morning meal. He would spend his whole night in the worship of Allah, praying until the sun rose, and during the day he would travel about; he fasted perpetually and stood in prayer the whole night. And about the Prophet al-Mustafa (peace and blessings be upon him), that he used to graze the goats of his family at Ajyad. He would fast (voluntarily) until we would say he will not break his fast now, and when he broke his fast we would say he will not fast now. We rarely saw him fasting continuously. He fasted three days of every month. He was the gentlest of people in manner, the best in character and the highest of them in knowledge. And I tell you about Hawwa (peace be upon her) that she used to spin wool and weave it with her hands, then make clothing for herself and her children, and Maryam bint Imran also used to do this same work."
Imam al-Hakim says: As for the hadith with an elevated chain that explains this whole discussion in detail, it is the following: