أَمَرَنِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) أَنْ آتِيَ الْمُفَضَّلَ وَ أُعَزِّيَهُ بِإِسْمَاعِيلَ وَ قَالَ أَقْرِئِ الْمُفَضَّلَ السَّلَامَ وَ قُلْ لَهُ إِنَّا قَدْ أُصِبْنَا بِإِسْمَاعِيلَ فَصَبَرْنَا فَاصْبِرْ كَمَا صَبَرْنَا إِنَّا أَرَدْنَا أَمْراً وَ أَرَادَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَمْراً فَسَلَّمْنَا لِأَمْرِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ .
Translation
From him, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Yunus Bin Yaqoub who said, ‘Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> ordered me that I should go to Al Mufazzal and console him with (the bereavement of) Ismail (a son of the Imam<sup>asws</sup>), and he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Convey the greetings to Al-Mufazzal and say to him, ‘We<sup>asws</sup> have been bereaved with Ismail, and we<sup>asws</sup> were patient. Therefore, observe patience just as we<sup>asws</sup> were patient. We tend to want a matter, and Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Wants a matter. So we should submit to the Command of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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