سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَمَّا يَرْوِي النَّاسُ أَنَّ تَفَكُّرَ سَاعَةٍ خَيْرٌ مِنْ قِيَامِ لَيْلَةٍ قُلْتُ كَيْفَ يَتَفَكَّرُ قَالَ يَمُرُّ بِالْخَرِبَةِ أَوْ بِالدَّارِ فَيَقُولُ أَيْنَ سَاكِنُوكِ أَيْنَ بَانُوكِ مَا بَالُكِ لَا تَتَكَلَّمِينَ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from one of his companions, from Aban, from Al Hassan Al Sayqal who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> about what the people are reporting that ‘التَّفَكُّرِ’ the contemplation for a while is better than standing (for <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>) at night. I said, ‘How should one contemplate?’ He should pass by the ruins, or by the (desolate) house, so he should be saying, ‘Where are your dwellers? Where are your builders? What is the matter you are not speaking?’
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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