اجْتَهَدْتُ فِي الْعِبَادَةِ وَ أَنَا شَابٌّ فَقَالَ لِي أَبِي ( عليه السلام ) يَا بُنَيَّ دُونَ مَا أَرَاكَ تَصْنَعُ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِذَا أَحَبَّ عَبْداً رَضِيَ عَنْهُ بِالْيَسِيرِ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hafs Bin Al Bakhtary, and someone else, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘I<sup>asws</sup> strive regarding the worship and I<sup>asws</sup> was a youth. So my<sup>asws</sup> father<sup>asws</sup> said to me<sup>asws</sup>: ‘O my<sup>asws</sup> son<sup>asws</sup>! Besides what I<sup>asws</sup> see you<sup>asws</sup> doing, Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic, when He<sup>azwj</sup> Loves a servant, (He<sup>azwj</sup>) is Please from him with the little’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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