دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) فَقَالَ يَا جَابِرُ وَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لَمَحْزُونٌ وَ إِنِّي لَمَشْغُولُ الْقَلْبِ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ وَ مَا شُغُلُكَ وَ مَا حُزْنُ قَلْبِكَ فَقَالَ يَا جَابِرُ إِنَّهُ مَنْ دَخَلَ قَلْبَهُ صَافِي خَالِصِ دِينِ اللَّهِ شَغَلَ قَلْبَهُ عَمَّا سِوَاهُ يَا جَابِرُ مَا الدُّنْيَا وَ مَا عَسَى أَنْ تَكُونَ الدُّنْيَا هَلْ هِيَ إِلَّا طَعَامٌ أَكَلْتَهُ أَوْ ثَوْبٌ لَبِسْتَهُ أَوِ امْرَأَةٌ أَصَبْتَهَا يَا جَابِرُ إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لَمْ يَطْمَئِنُّوا إِلَى الدُّنْيَا بِبَقَائِهِمْ فِيهَا وَ لَمْ يَأْمَنُوا قُدُومَهُمُ الْآخِرَةَ يَا جَابِرُ الْآخِرَةُ دَارُ قَرَارٍ وَ الدُّنْيَا دَارُ فَنَاءٍ وَ زَوَالٍ وَ لَكِنْ أَهْلُ الدُّنْيَا أَهْلُ غَفْلَةٍ وَ كَأَنَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ هُمُ الْفُقَهَاءُ أَهْلُ فِكْرَةٍ وَ عِبْرَةٍ لَمْ يُصِمَّهُمْ عَنْ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ اسْمُهُ مَا سَمِعُوا بِآذَانِهِمْ وَ لَمْ يُعْمِهِمْ عَنْ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ مَا رَأَوْا مِنَ الزِّينَةِ بِأَعْيُنِهِمْ فَفَازُوا بِثَوَابِ الْآخِرَةِ كَمَا فَازُوا بِذَلِكَ الْعِلْمِ وَ اعْلَمْ يَا جَابِرُ أَنَّ أَهْلَ التَّقْوَى أَيْسَرُ أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا مَئُونَةً وَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَكَ مَعُونَةً تَذْكُرُ فَيُعِينُونَكَ وَ إِنْ نَسِيتَ ذَكَّرُوكَ قَوَّالُونَ بِأَمْرِ اللَّهِ قَوَّامُونَ عَلَى أَمْرِ اللَّهِ قَطَعُوا مَحَبَّتَهُمْ بِمَحَبَّةِ رَبِّهِمْ وَ وَحَشُوا الدُّنْيَا لِطَاعَةِ مَلِيكِهِمْ وَ نَظَرُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ إِلَى مَحَبَّتِهِ بِقُلُوبِهِمْ وَ عَلِمُوا أَنَّ ذَلِكَ هُوَ الْمَنْظُورُ إِلَيْهِ لِعَظِيمِ شَأْنِهِ فَأَنْزِلِ الدُّنْيَا كَمَنْزِلٍ نَزَلْتَهُ ثُمَّ ارْتَحَلْتَ عَنْهُ أَوْ كَمَالٍ وَجَدْتَهُ فِي مَنَامِكَ فَاسْتَيْقَظْتَ وَ لَيْسَ مَعَكَ مِنْهُ شَيْءٌ إِنِّي [إِنَّمَا] ضَرَبْتُ لَكَ هَذَا مَثَلًا لِأَنَّهَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِ اللُّبِّ وَ الْعِلْمِ بِاللَّهِ كَفَيْءِ الظِّلَالِ يَا جَابِرُ فَاحْفَظْ مَا اسْتَرْعَاكَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَ عَزَّ مِنْ دِينِهِ وَ حِكْمَتِهِ وَ لَا تَسْأَلَنَّ عَمَّا لَكَ عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا مَا لَهُ عِنْدَ نَفْسِكَ فَإِنْ تَكُنِ الدُّنْيَا عَلَى غَيْرِ مَا وَصَفْتُ لَكَ فَتَحَوَّلْ إِلَى دَارِ الْمُسْتَعْتَبِ فَلَعَمْرِي لَرُبَّ حَرِيصٍ عَلَى أَمْرٍ قَدْ شَقِيَ بِهِ حِينَ أَتَاهُ وَ لَرُبَّ كَارِهٍ لِأَمْرٍ قَدْ سَعِدَ بِهِ حِينَ أَتَاهُ وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ لِيُمَحِّصَ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَ يَمْحَقَ الْكافِرِينَ .
Translation
From him, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Abu Abdullah Al Momine, from Jabir who said, ‘I went over to Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup>, so he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘O Jabir! By Allah<sup>azwj</sup> I<sup>asws</sup> am grieved and I<sup>asws</sup> pre-occupied of heart’. I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! What grieves your<sup>asws</sup> heart?’ O Jabir! The one in whose heart enters the purity (and) sincerity for the Religion of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, it pre-occupies his heart from what is besides it. O Jabir! What is the world and what can the world happen to be? Is it only the food that you eat, or clothes you wear, or a woman you accompany with? O Jabir! The Believers do not rest assured to the world by their remaining in it, and do not feel secure of their proceeding to the Hereafter. O Jabir! The Hereafter is a house of (permanent) abode and the world is a house of annihilation and decline, but the people of the world are oblivious, and it is as if the Believers, they are the understanding ones, the thinking people, learners. They are not deafened from the Mention of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, Majestic is His<sup>azwj</sup> Name, what they are hearing by their ears, and they are not blinded from the Remembrance of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, what they are seeing from the adornments by their eyes. Thus, they have been successful with (achieving) the Rewards of the Hereafter just as they were successful with (acquiring) that knowledge. And know, O Jabir, that the people of piety are the people with the smallest of provisions of the world, and they (are the) people who provide the most to you. You mention them and they will be assisting you, and if you forget, they would mention you. They are speaking by the Commands of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, steadfast upon the Commands of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>. Their love (for others) and their desires for the world and their kings is cut-off by their love for their Lord<sup>azwj</sup>, and they are looking towards Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic and to His<sup>azwj</sup> Love by their hearts, and they know that the looking towards Him<sup>azwj</sup> is a great affair. So (for them) the world is a lodge like a lodge they lodge in, then they depart from it, or like wealth you tend to see in your dream, and then you wake up, and there is nothing from it with you. I<sup>asws</sup>, rather struck this example for you because it (the world) in the view of the people of understanding and knowledge with Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, is like a passing shadow. O Jabir! Protect whatever Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic has Attracted you with from His<sup>azwj</sup> Religion and His<sup>azwj</sup> Wisdom, and do not ask about what there is for you in His<sup>azwj</sup> Presence, except what is there for Him<sup>azwj</sup> in your soul. So if the world happens to be upon other than what I<sup>asws</sup> have described to you, so reconsider it as a house of reproach (blame). So the person is sometimes greedy upon a matter and would be miserable with it when it comes to him, and sometimes he dislikes a matter which he would be happy with it when it comes to him, and these are the Words of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:3#h141"><a href="/books/quran:3#h141">[3:141]</a></a> And that He may Examine those who believe and wipe out the unbelievers</span>’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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