إِنَّ الْخُلُقَ مَنِيحَةٌ يَمْنَحُهَا اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ خَلْقَهُ فَمِنْهُ سَجِيَّةٌ وَ مِنْهُ نِيَّةٌ فَقُلْتُ فَأَيَّتُهُمَا أَفْضَلُ فَقَالَ صَاحِبُ السَّجِيَّةِ هُوَ مَجْبُولٌ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ غَيْرَهُ وَ صَاحِبُ النِّيَّةِ يَصْبِرُ عَلَى الطَّاعَةِ تَصَبُّراً فَهُوَ أَفْضَلُهُمَا .
Translation
From him, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Is’haq Bin Ammar, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘The (good) manners are a Grant Granted by Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic to His<sup>azwj</sup> creatures. So, from it is the natural disposition, and from it is the intention’. So I said, ‘So which of the two is superior?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘(As for) the one with the natural disposition, he is naturally disposed, not having the capacity for something else; while the one with the intention is patient upon the obedience with an excellent patience, therefore he is superior of the two’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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