كُنْتُ مَعَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَلَى الْمَائِدَةِ فَمَالَ عَلَى الْبَقْلِ وَ امْتَنَعْتُ أَنَا مِنْهُ لِعِلَّةٍ كَانَتْ بِي فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ يَا حَنَانُ أَ مَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) لَمْ يُؤْتَ بِطَبَقٍ إِلَّا وَ عَلَيْهِ بَقْلٌ قُلْتُ وَ لِمَ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ فَقَالَ لِأَنَّ قُلُوبَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ خَضِرَةٌ وَ هِيَ تَحِنُّ إِلَى أَشْكَالِهَا .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Hannan who said, ‘I was with Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> upon the food-spread, so he<sup>asws</sup> inclined upon the vegetables and I abstained from it due to an illness which was with me. So he<sup>asws</sup> turned towards me and said, ‘O Hanaan! Do you not know that Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup> was never brought a platter except that upon it were vegetables?’ I said, ‘And why, may I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Because the hearts of the Believers are green, and it yearns for its forms’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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