إِذَا أَرَدْتَ شَيْئاً مِنَ الْخَيْرِ فَلَا تُؤَخِّرْهُ فَإِنَّ الْعَبْدَ يَصُومُ الْيَوْمَ الْحَارَّ يُرِيدُ مَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ فَيُعْتِقُهُ اللَّهُ بِهِ مِنَ النَّارِ وَ لَا تَسْتَقِلَّ مَا يُتَقَرَّبُ بِهِ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ لَوْ شِقَّ تَمْرَةٍ .
Translation
A number of companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Aban Bin Usman, from Bashir, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘Whenever you intend something from the goodness, so do not delay it, for the servant would Fast on the hot day intending what is in the Presence of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, so Allah<sup>azwj</sup> would Free him from the Fire due to it, and you should not belittle what you could get closer with to Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic, and even though it may be part of a date’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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