اسْتَقْبَلَنِي أَبُو الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) وَ قَدْ عَلَّقْتُ سَمَكَةً فِي يَدِي فَقَالَ اقْذِفْهَا إِنَّنِي لَأَكْرَهُ لِلرَّجُلِ السَّرِيِّ أَنْ يَحْمِلَ الشَّيْءَ الدَّنِيَّ بِنَفْسِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ أَعْدَاؤُكُمْ كَثِيرَةٌ عَادَاكُمُ الْخَلْقُ يَا مَعْشَرَ الشِّيعَةِ إِنَّكُمْ قَدْ عَادَاكُمُ الْخَلْقُ فَتَزَيَّنُوا لَهُمْ بِمَا قَدَرْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ .
Translation
Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Yahya Bin Al Mubarak, from Abdullah Jabala Al Kinany who said, ‘Abu Al-Hassan<sup>asws</sup> met me and I was dangling a fish in my hand, so he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Throw it away! I<sup>asws</sup> dislike for the eminent man that he should be carrying the abject thing by himself’. Then he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The group of your enemies are numerous. The people are your enemies, O group of Shiah, people hold grudges against you. Therefore adorn yourselves to them with your ability over it’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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