إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى أَعَارَ أَعْدَاءَهُ أَخْلَاقاً مِنْ أَخْلَاقِ أَوْلِيَائِهِ لِيَعِيشَ أَوْلِيَاؤُهُ مَعَ أَعْدَائِهِ فِي دَوْلَاتِهِمْ . وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى وَ لَوْ لَا ذَلِكَ لَمَا تَرَكُوا وَلِيّاً لِلَّهِ إِلَّا قَتَلُوهُ .
Translation
From him, from Abdullah Al Hajjal, from Abu Usman Al Qabousy, from the one who mentioned, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> having said: ‘Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> Blessed and High has Lent to His<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> enemies the manners from the mannerisms of His<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> friends, so that His<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> friends can live along with His<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> enemies in their governments’. And in another report, ‘(He<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said): ‘And had it not been for that, they would not have left a (single) friend of Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>, except that they would have killed him’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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