ذَكَرَ أَصْحَابُنَا قَوْماً فَقُلْتُ وَ اللَّهِ مَا أَتَغَدَّى وَ لَا أَتَعَشَّى إِلَّا وَ مَعِي مِنْهُمُ اثْنَانِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةٌ أَوْ أَقَلُّ أَوْ أَكْثَرُ فَقَالَ ( عليه السلام ) فَضْلُهُمْ عَلَيْكَ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ كَيْفَ ذَا وَ أَنَا أُطْعِمُهُمْ طَعَامِي وَ أُنْفِقُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ مَالِي وَ يَخْدُمُهُمْ خَادِمِي فَقَالَ إِذَا دَخَلُوا عَلَيْكَ دَخَلُوا مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِالرِّزْقِ الْكَثِيرِ وَ إِذَا خَرَجُوا خَرَجُوا بِالْمَغْفِرَةِ لَكَ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Muhammad Bin Qays, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, said, ‘Our companions mentioned a people, so I said, ‘By Allah<sup>azwj</sup>! I neither have lunch nor dinner except that with me are two from them, or three, or less or more’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Their grace upon you is more than your grace upon them’. I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! How can that be, and I feed them my food, and I spend upon them from my wealth, and my servants serve them’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘When they come over to you, then enter with a lot of sustenance from Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic, and when they go out, they exit with the Forgiveness for you’.
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