سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) يَقُولُ رَحِمَ اللَّهُ عَبْداً حَبَّبَنَا إِلَى النَّاسِ وَ لَمْ يُبَغِّضْنَا إِلَيْهِمْ أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ لَوْ يَرْوُونَ مَحَاسِنَ كَلَامِنَا لَكَانُوا بِهِ أَعَزَّ وَ مَا اسْتَطَاعَ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يَتَعَلَّقَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِشَيْءٍ وَ لَكِنْ أَحَدُهُمْ يَسْمَعُ الْكَلِمَةَ فَيَحُطُّ إِلَيْهَا عَشْراً.
Translation
<a id="_Toc492473420">H 14741</a> – Humeyd bin Ziyad, from Al-Hassan Bin Muhammad, from Wuheyb Bin Hafs, from Abu Baseer who said: <span class="first-chapter-phrase"><span class="first-in-chapter character-i">I</span> heard Abu Abdullah</span><sup>asws</sup> saying: ‘May Allah<sup>azwj</sup> have Mercy upon a servant who makes us<sup>asws</sup> to be loveable to the people, and does not make us<sup>asws</sup> to be hateful towards them. But, by Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, they are reporting our<sup>asws</sup> beautiful words to be honoured by it, and there is no leeway for anyone that he should attach anything to these (our words<sup>asws</sup>), but one of them hears the words, so he degrades the beauty of these words by ten times (by dropping our<sup>asws</sup> words from himself)’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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