قَالَ أَكْثِرْ مِنْ أَنْ تَقُولَ اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَجْعَلْنِي مِنَ الْمُعَارِينَ وَ لَا تُخْرِجْنِي مِنَ التَّقْصِيرِ قَالَ قُلْتُ أَمَّا الْمُعَارُونَ فَقَدْ عَرَفْتُ أَنَّ الرَّجُلَ يُعَارُ الدِّينَ ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُ فَمَا مَعْنَى لَا تُخْرِجْنِي مِنَ التَّقْصِيرِ فَقَالَ كُلُّ عَمَلٍ تُرِيدُ بِهِ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَكُنْ فِيهِ مُقَصِّراً عِنْدَ نَفْسِكَ فَإِنَّ النَّاسَ كُلَّهُمْ فِي أَعْمَالِهِمْ فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ وَ بَيْنَ اللَّهِ مُقَصِّرُونَ إِلَّا مَنْ عَصَمَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ .
Translation
Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Isa Bin Ayoub, from Ali Bin Mahziyar, from Al Fazl Bin Yunus, (It has been narrated) from Abu Al-Hassan<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘Frequent from saying, ‘O Allah<sup>azwj</sup>! Neither Make me to be from the ones with temporary <span class="iTxt">Emān</span>, nor Exit me from the deficiency’. I said, ‘As for the temporary ones, so I have recognised that the man tends to borrow (acquire temporarily) the Religion, then he exits from it. So what is the meaning of ‘Do not Exit me from the deficiency’?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Every work that you intend Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic with, so be a deficient with yourself, for the people, all of them are in their deeds regarding what is between them and Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, deficient, except for the one whom Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Preserves’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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