قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِذَا خَالَطْتَ النَّاسَ فَإِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ لَا تُخَالِطَ أَحَداً مِنَ النَّاسِ إِلَّا كَانَتْ يَدُكَ الْعُلْيَا عَلَيْهِ فَافْعَلْ فَإِنَّ الْعَبْدَ يَكُونُ فِيهِ بَعْضُ التَّقْصِيرِ مِنَ الْعِبَادَةِ وَ يَكُونُ لَهُ حُسْنُ خُلُقٍ فَيُبَلِّغُهُ اللَّهُ بِ [حُسْنِ] خُلُقِهِ دَرَجَةَ الصَّائِمِ الْقَائِمِ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Hammad Bin Isa, from Al Husayn Bin Al Mukhtar, from Al A’ala Bin Kamil who said, ‘Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘When you mingle with the people, so if you have the capacity that you would not mingle with anyone from the people except that your hand would be higher upon his, then do so. So if the servant happens to have in him part of the deficiency from the worship, and there happens to be good manners for him, then Allah<sup>azwj</sup> would Make him to reach, due to his good manners, the level of the Fasting one, the standing one (for <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>)’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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