دَخَلَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( صلوات الله عليه ) الْمَسْجِدَ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِرَجُلٍ عَلَى بَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ كَئِيبٍ حَزِينٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) مَا لَكَ قَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أُصِبْتُ بِأَبِي [وَ أُمِّي] وَ أَخِي وَ أَخْشَى أَنْ أَكُونَ قَدْ وَجِلْتُ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) عَلَيْكَ بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ وَ الصَّبْرِ تَقْدَمْ عَلَيْهِ غَداً وَ الصَّبْرُ فِي الْأُمُورِ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الرَّأْسِ مِنَ الْجَسَدِ فَإِذَا فَارَقَ الرَّأْسُ الْجَسَدَ فَسَدَ الْجَسَدُ وَ إِذَا فَارَقَ الصَّبْرُ الْأُمُورَ فَسَدَتِ الْأُمُورُ .
Translation
Ali, from his father, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad Al Ashary, from Abdullah Bin Maymoun, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup> entered the Masjid, and there was a man at the door of the Masjid, gloomy, grief-stricken. So Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup> said to him: ‘What is the matter with you?’ He said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup>! I am bereaved with my father (or my mother), and my brother, and I fear that I have become scared’. So Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup> said to him: ‘Upon you is to be with the fear of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> and the patience. Tomorrow you will be going forward to Him<sup>azwj</sup>, and the patience in the affairs is at the status of the head to the body. So when the head separates from the body, so the body is spoilt (perishes), and when the patience separated from the affairs, the affairs are spoilt (perish)’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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