أَكَلْنَا مَعَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فَأُوتِينَا بِقَصْعَةٍ مِنْ أَرُزٍّ فَجَعَلْنَا نُعَذِّرُ فَقَالَ ( عليه السلام ) مَا صَنَعْتُمْ شَيْئاً إِنَّ أَشَدَّكُمْ حُبّاً لَنَا أَحْسَنُكُمْ أَكْلًا عِنْدَنَا قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ فَرَفَعْتُ كُسْحَةَ الْمَائِدَةِ فَأَكَلْتُ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ الْآنَ وَ أَنْشَأَ يُحَدِّثُنَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) أُهْدِيَ إِلَيْهِ قَصْعَةُ أَرُزٍّ مِنْ نَاحِيَةِ الْأَنْصَارِ فَدَعَا سَلْمَانَ وَ الْمِقْدَادَ وَ أَبَا ذَرٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ فَجَعَلُوا يُعَذِّرُونَ فِي الْأَكْلِ فَقَالَ مَا صَنَعْتُمْ شَيْئاً أَشَدُّكُمْ حُبّاً لَنَا أَحْسَنُكُمْ أَكْلًا عِنْدَنَا فَجَعَلُوا يَأْكُلُونَ أَكْلًا جَيِّداً ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) رَحِمَهُمُ اللَّهُ وَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ وَ صَلَّى عَلَيْهِمْ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Umar Bin Abdul Aziz, from a man from Abdul Rahman Bin Al Hajjaj who said, ‘We ate with Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, and we were brought a bowl of rice. So we went on excusing ourselves, so he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘What thing are you doing? The one of you with the most intense love for us<sup>asws</sup>, is the best of you in eating with us<sup>asws</sup>’. Abdul Rahman (the narrator) said, ‘So I raised the covering of the meal, so I ate. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Yes, now’, and he<sup>asws</sup> started narrating that: ‘Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> was gifted a bowl of rice from the area of the Helpers. So he<sup>saww</sup> called over Salman<sup>as</sup>, and Al-Miqdad<sup>as</sup>, and Abu Dharr<sup>as</sup>, may Allah<sup>azwj</sup> be Pleased with them<sup>as</sup>. So they went on excusing themselves regarding the eating. So he<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘What thing are you<sup>as</sup> doing? The most intense of you<sup>as</sup> all in love for us<sup>saww</sup> is the best of you<sup>as</sup> all in eating with us<sup>asws</sup>’. So they went on to eat well’. Then Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘May Allah<sup>azwj</sup> have Mercy on them<sup>ra</sup>, and may Allah<sup>azwj</sup> be Pleased with them<sup>ra</sup>, and Send Blessings upon them<sup>as</sup>’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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