كَانَ قَنْبَرٌ غُلَامُ عَلِيٍّ يُحِبُّ عَلِيّاً ( عليه السلام ) حُبّاً شَدِيداً فَإِذَا خَرَجَ عَلِيٌّ ( صلوات الله عليه ) خَرَجَ عَلَى أَثَرِهِ بِالسَّيْفِ فَرَآهُ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَقَالَ يَا قَنْبَرُ مَا لَكَ فَقَالَ جِئْتُ لِأَمْشِيَ خَلْفَكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَ وَيْحَكَ أَ مِنْ أَهْلِ السَّمَاءِ تَحْرُسُنِي أَوْ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ فَقَالَ لَا بَلْ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْأَرْضِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ لِي شَيْئاً إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَارْجِعْ فَرَجَعَ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Abdul Rahman Al Arzamy, from his father, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘Qanbar was a slave of Ali<sup>azwj</sup> who loved Ali<sup>asws</sup> with intense love. So when Ali<sup>asws</sup> went out, he went out upon his<sup>asws</sup> footsteps with the sword. So, one night, he<sup>asws</sup> saw him, and he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘O Qanbar! What is the matter with you?’ So he said, ‘I came walking behind you<sup>asws</sup>, O Amir Al-<span class="iTxt">Momin</span>een<sup>asws</sup>’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Woe be unto you! Are you fortifying (protecting) me from the people of the sky or from the people of the earth?’ So he said, ‘No, but from the people of the earth’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The people of the earth are not able to do anything to me<sup>asws</sup> except by the Permission of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> - from the sky, therefore return, return!’
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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