Quoting%20commentary for Yevamot 227:4

א"ר יוחנן בעושה על דעת אביו דכוותיה גבי עובד כוכבים דעושה על דעת ישראל מי שרי עובד כוכבים אדעתא דנפשיה עביד

Similarly, then, in respect of the idolater,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Mentioned in the same context (Shab 121a). ');">¹⁴</span> [it is a case] where he acts with the approval of an Israelite? Is this, however, permitted!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Surely not. Whatever an Israelite is forbidden to do on the Sabbath he must not ask an idolater to do for him. ');">¹⁵</span> — An idolater acts on his own initiative.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He does not wait for the Israelite's encouragement, since he well knows that after the Sabbath he will he duly rewarded for his labour. Hence it is not necessary for any Israelite to prevent him from acting as he desires. ');">¹⁶</span> Come and hear: If the child of a <i>haber</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H], lit., 'associate' (v. Glos). One who observes all religious laws including those relating to the priestly and Levitical gifts, which were occasionally neglected by the 'am ha-arez. ');">¹⁷</span> was in the habit of visiting his mother's father who was an <i>'am ha-rez</i>,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H], lit., 'people of the land' (v. supra n. 12). ');">¹⁸</span>

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