دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) أَنَا وَ صَاحِبٌ لِي وَ إِذَا هُوَ فِي بَيْتٍ مُنَجَّدٍ وَ عَلَيْهِ مِلْحَفَةٌ وَرْدِيَّةٌ وَ قَدْ حَفَّ لِحْيَتَهُ وَ اكْتَحَلَ فَسَأَلْنَاهُ عَنْ مَسَائِلَ فَلَمَّا قُمْنَا قَالَ لِي يَا حَسَنُ قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ قَالَ إِذَا كَانَ غَداً فَائْتِنِي أَنْتَ وَ صَاحِبُكَ فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ الْغَدِ دَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَ إِذَا هُوَ فِي بَيْتٍ لَيْسَ فِيهِ إِلَّا حَصِيرٌ وَ إِذَا عَلَيْهِ قَمِيصٌ غَلِيظٌ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى صَاحِبِي فَقَالَ يَا أَخَا أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ إِنَّكَ دَخَلْتَ عَلَيَّ أَمْسِ وَ أَنَا فِي بَيْتِ الْمَرْأَةِ وَ كَانَ أَمْسِ يَوْمَهَا وَ الْبَيْتُ بَيْتَهَا وَ الْمَتَاعُ مَتَاعَهَا فَتَزَيَّنَتْ لِي عَلَى أَنْ أَتَزَيَّنَ لَهَا كَمَا تَزَيَّنَتْ لِي فَلَا يَدْخُلْ قَلْبَكَ شَيْءٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ صَاحِبِي جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ قَدْ كَانَ وَ اللَّهِ دَخَلَ فِي قَلْبِي شَيْءٌ فَأَمَّا الْآنَ فَقَدْ وَ اللَّهِ أَذْهَبَ اللَّهُ مَا كَانَ وَ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ الْحَقَّ فِيمَا قُلْتَ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Usman Bin Isa, from Abdullah Bin Muskan, from Al Hassan Al Zayyat Al Basry who said, ‘I and a companion of mine went to Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup>, and he<sup>asws</sup> was is a recently refurbished room, and upon him<sup>asws</sup> was a pink sheet, and had trimmed his<sup>asws</sup> beard and applied kohl. So we asked him<sup>asws</sup> certain questions. So when we arose, he<sup>asws</sup> said to me: ‘O Hassan!’ I said, ‘At your<sup>asws</sup> service!’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘When it is the morning, so come to me, you and your companion’. So I said, ‘Yes, may I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>’. So when it was the morning, we went over to him<sup>asws</sup>, and he<sup>asws</sup> was in a room in which there was nothing except for a mat and upon him<sup>asws</sup> was a coarse shirt. Then he<sup>asws</sup> faced towards my companions, so he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘O brother of the people of Al-Basra! You came over to me<sup>asws</sup> yesterday and I<sup>asws</sup> was in the wife’s chamber, and yesterday was her day, and the room was her room, and the chattels were her chattels. So she adorned for me<sup>asws</sup> upon (the condition) that I<sup>asws</sup> would adorn for her just as she had adorned for me<sup>asws</sup>, therefore do not let anything enter your heart’. So my companion said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! By Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, there had entered something into my heart, so as for now, so by Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, Allah<sup>azwj</sup> has Removed what was (in my heart), and I know that the truth is in what you<sup>asws</sup> say’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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