كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) وَ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ لِي تُحِبُّهُ فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَقَالَ لِي وَ لِمَ لَا تُحِبُّهُ وَ هُوَ أَخُوكَ وَ شَرِيكُكَ فِي دِينِكَ وَ عَوْنُكَ عَلَى عَدُوِّكَ وَ رِزْقُهُ عَلَى غَيْرِكَ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hafs Bin Al Bakhtary who said, ‘I was in the presence of Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> and a man came over to him<sup>asws</sup>. So he<sup>asws</sup> said to me: ‘Do you love him<sup>asws</sup>?’ So I said, ‘Yes’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said to me: ‘And why should you not love him and he is your brother, and your associate in your religion, and your assistant against your enemy, whereas his sustenance is upon someone else!!’
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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