قَالَ أَبُو الصَّبَّاحِ الْكِنَانِيُّ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) مَا نَلْقَى مِنَ النَّاسِ فِيكَ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) وَ مَا الَّذِي تَلْقَى مِنَ النَّاسِ فِيَّ فَقَالَ لَا يَزَالُ يَكُونُ بَيْنَنَا وَ بَيْنَ الرَّجُلِ الْكَلَامُ فَيَقُولُ جَعْفَرِيٌّ خَبِيثٌ فَقَالَ يُعَيِّرُكُمُ النَّاسُ بِي فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو الصَّبَّاحِ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَقَالَ مَا أَقَلَّ وَ اللَّهِ مَنْ يَتَّبِعُ جَعْفَراً مِنْكُمْ إِنَّمَا أَصْحَابِي مَنِ اشْتَدَّ وَرَعُهُ وَ عَمِلَ لِخَالِقِهِ وَ رَجَا ثَوَابَهُ فَهَؤُلَاءِ أَصْحَابِي .
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Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Muhammad Bin Ismail Bin Bazie, from Hanan Bin Sadeyr who said, ‘Abu Al-Sabbah Al-Kinany said to Abu Abdullah<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup>, ‘What we face from the people regarding you<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup>’. So Abu Abdullah<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘And what is that which you face from the people regarding me?’ So he said, ‘There does not cease to be the (heated) speech betwee us and the man, so he is saying, ‘A Ja’fary, a wicked one’. So he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘The people are reproaching you (because of) me<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup>?’ So Abu Al-Sabbah said to him<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup>, ‘Yes’. So he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘By Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>! How few are the ones who follow Ja’far<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> among you. But rather, my<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> companion is the one with intense devoutness, and works for his Creator, and hopes for His<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> Rewards. So they are my<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> companions’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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