خَرَجْتُ حَتَّى انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى هَذَا الْحَائِطِ فَاتَّكَأْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ عَلَيْهِ ثَوْبَانِ أَبْيَضَانِ يَنْظُرُ فِي تُجَاهِ وَجْهِي ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا عَلِيَّ بْنَ الْحُسَيْنِ مَا لِي أَرَاكَ كَئِيباً حَزِيناً أَ عَلَى الدُّنْيَا فَرِزْقُ اللَّهِ حَاضِرٌ لِلْبَرِّ وَ الْفَاجِرِ قُلْتُ مَا عَلَى هَذَا أَحْزَنُ وَ إِنَّهُ لَكَمَا تَقُولُ قَالَ فَعَلَى الْآخِرَةِ فَوَعْدٌ صَادِقٌ يَحْكُمُ فِيهِ مَلِكٌ قَاهِرٌ أَوْ قَالَ قَادِرٌ قُلْتُ مَا عَلَى هَذَا أَحْزَنُ وَ إِنَّهُ لَكَمَا تَقُولُ فَقَالَ مِمَّ حُزْنُكَ قُلْتُ مِمَّا نَتَخَوَّفُ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ ابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ وَ مَا فِيهِ النَّاسُ قَالَ فَضَحِكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا عَلِيَّ بْنَ الْحُسَيْنِ هَلْ رَأَيْتَ أَحَداً دَعَا اللَّهَ فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ فَهَلْ رَأَيْتَ أَحَداً تَوَكَّلَ عَلَى اللَّهِ فَلَمْ يَكْفِهِ قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ فَهَلْ رَأَيْتَ أَحَداً سَأَلَ اللَّهَ فَلَمْ يُعْطِهِ قُلْتُ لَا ثُمَّ غَابَ عَنِّي . عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ مِثْلَهُ
Translation
Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Hafs Al Ashay, from Amro Umar Bin Khali Abu Hamza Al Sumaly, (It has been narrated) from Ali<sup>asws</sup> Bin Al-Husayn<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘I<sup>asws</sup> went out until I<sup>asws</sup> ended up to this wall. So I<sup>asws</sup> leaned against it, and there was a man upon whom were two white clothes, looking towards my<sup>asws</sup> face. Then he said, ‘O Ali<sup>asws</sup> Bin Al-Husayn<sup>asws</sup>! What is the matter I see you<sup>asws</sup> as bleak, aggrieved, is it upon the world? But, the sustenance of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> is for the righteous and the immoral’. I<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘It is not upon this that I<sup>asws</sup> grieve, and it is just like you are saying’. He said, ‘So, upon the Hereafter? But the Promise is true. The King (Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>) has Judged with regards to it. The King, the Compeller’, or he said, ‘All-Powerful’. I<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘It is not upon this that I<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> grieve, and it is just like what you are saying’. So he said, ‘From what is your<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> grief?’ I<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘From what we<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> are fearing from the strife of Ibn Al-Zubeyr and what the people are indulging in’. He<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘So he laughed, then said, ‘O Ali<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> Bin Al-Husayn<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup>! Have you<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> seen anyone who supplicated to Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>, but He<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> did not Answer him?’ I said, ‘No’. He<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘So have you<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> seen anyone who relied upon Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>, but He<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> did no Suffice him?’ I<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘No’. He said, ‘So have you<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> seen anyone who asked Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>, but He<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> did not Give him?’ I<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘No’. Then he disappeared’. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub – similar to it.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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