كُنْتُ عِنْدَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ ( عليه السلام ) فَجَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ إِنِّي مُبْتَلًى بِالنِّسَاءِ فَأَزْنِي يَوْماً وَ أَصُومُ يَوْماً فَيَكُونُ ذَا كَفَّارَةً لِذَا فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ( عليه السلام ) إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ شَيْءٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مِنْ أَنْ يُطَاعَ وَ لَا يُعْصَى فَلَا تَزْنِ وَ لَا تَصُمْ فَاجْتَذَبَهُ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) إِلَيْهِ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا زَنَّةَ تَعْمَلُ عَمَلَ أَهْلِ النَّارِ وَ تَرْجُو أَنْ تَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Abu Hamza who said, ‘I was in the presence of Ali<sup>asws</sup> Bin Al-Husayn<sup>asws</sup>, so a man came over and said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘O Abu Muhammad<sup>asws</sup>! I am afflicted (addicted) with the women, so I commit adultery one day, and I Fast one day. So, does that become an expiation for that?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said to him: ‘There is nothing more Beloved to Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic than that He<sup>azwj</sup> is obeyed and is not disobeyed. Therefore, do not commit adultery and do not Fast (as an expiation for it)’. So Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> pulled him and grabbed his hand and said: ‘O father of adultery! You are doing a deed of the inhabitants of the Fire and you are hoping that you would enter the Paradise?’
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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