قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) إِنَّ هَذَا الدِّينَ مَتِينٌ فَأَوْغِلُوا فِيهِ بِرِفْقٍ وَ لَا تُكَرِّهُوا عِبَادَةَ اللَّهِ إِلَى عِبَادِ اللَّهِ فَتَكُونُوا كَالرَّاكِبِ الْمُنْبَتِّ الَّذِي لَا سَفَراً قَطَعَ وَ لَا ظَهْراً أَبْقَى . مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ عَنْ مُقَرِّنٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُوقَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) مِثْلَهُ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Abu Al Jaroud, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> having said: ‘Rasool-Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">saww</sup> said: ‘This Religion is robust, therefore delve into it with softness, and do not make the worship of Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> seem abhorrent to the servants of Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>, so you would become like the excessive rider who neither cuts (completes) a journey nor does a back (of an animal) remain (for him)’. <span style="font-size: small">Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Muqarrin, from Muhammad Bin Sowqat, </span>from Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> – similar to it’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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