كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) أَنَا وَ ابْنُ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ وَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ طَلْحَةَ فَقَالَ ابْتِدَاءً مِنْهُ يَا ابْنَ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) سِتُّ خِصَالٍ مَنْ كُنَّ فِيهِ كَانَ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ عَنْ يَمِينِ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ وَ مَا هُنَّ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ قَالَ يُحِبُّ الْمَرْءُ الْمُسْلِمُ لِأَخِيهِ مَا يُحِبُّ لِأَعَزِّ أَهْلِهِ وَ يَكْرَهُ الْمَرْءُ الْمُسْلِمُ لِأَخِيهِ مَا يَكْرَهُ لِأَعَزِّ أَهْلِهِ وَ يُنَاصِحُهُ الْوَلَايَةَ فَبَكَى ابْنُ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ وَ قَالَ كَيْفَ يُنَاصِحُهُ الْوَلَايَةَ قَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ إِذَا كَانَ مِنْهُ بِتِلْكَ الْمَنْزِلَةِ بَثَّهُ هَمَّهُ فَفَرِحَ لِفَرَحِهِ إِنْ هُوَ فَرِحَ وَ حَزِنَ لِحُزْنِهِ إِنْ هُوَ حَزِنَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ عِنْدَهُ مَا يُفَرِّجُ عَنْهُ فَرَّجَ عَنْهُ وَ إِلَّا دَعَا اللَّهَ لَهُ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) ثَلَاثٌ لَكُمْ وَ ثَلَاثٌ لَنَا أَنْ تَعْرِفُوا فَضْلَنَا وَ أَنْ تَطَئُوا عَقِبَنَا وَ أَنْ تَنْتَظِرُوا عَاقِبَتَنَا فَمَنْ كَانَ هَكَذَا كَانَ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَيَسْتَضِيءُ بِنُورِهِمْ مَنْ هُوَ أَسْفَلُ مِنْهُمْ وَ أَمَّا الَّذِينَ عَنْ يَمِينِ اللَّهِ فَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ يَرَاهُمْ مَنْ دُونَهُمْ لَمْ يَهْنِئْهُمُ الْعَيْشُ مِمَّا يَرَوْنَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِمْ فَقَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ وَ مَا لَهُمْ لَا يَرَوْنَ وَ هُمْ عَنْ يَمِينِ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ إِنَّهُمْ مَحْجُوبُونَ بِنُورِ اللَّهِ أَ مَا بَلَغَكَ الْحَدِيثُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) كَانَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ لِلَّهِ خَلْقاً عَنْ يَمِينِ الْعَرْشِ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ اللَّهِ وَ عَنْ يَمِينِ اللَّهِ وُجُوهُهُمْ أَبْيَضُ مِنَ الثَّلْجِ وَ أَضْوَأُ مِنَ الشَّمْسِ الضَّاحِيَةِ يَسْأَلُ السَّائِلُ مَا هَؤُلَاءِ فَيُقَالُ هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ تَحَابُّوا فِي جَلَالِ اللَّهِ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from his father, from Fazalat Bin Ayoub, from Umar Bin Aban, from Isa Bin Abu Mansour who said, ‘I was in the presence of Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, I and Ibn Abu Yafour, and Abdullah Bin Talha. So he<sup>asws</sup> said, initiating him: ‘O Ibn Abu Yafour! Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘Six characteristics, the one who has these in him, would be in front of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic and upon the right of (the Throne of) Allah<sup>azwj</sup>’’. So Ibn Abu Yafour said, ‘And what are these, may I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘A Muslim person should love for his brother what he loves for the dearest of his family, and a Muslim person should dislike for his brother what he dislikes for the dearest of his family, and advise him for the <span class="iTxt">Wilayah</span>’. So Ibn Abu Yafour wept and said, ‘And how should he advise him for the <span class="iTxt">Wilayah</span>?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said ‘O Ibn Abu Yafour! When there was that status from him, his endeavours would be his main concern. So he would be happy for his happiness if he was happy, and grieve for his grief if he was in grief; and if it was so that there was in his presence what could relieve him, so he should relieve him, or else supplicate to Allah<sup>azwj</sup> for him’. He (the narrator) said, ‘Then Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Three are for you and three are for us<sup>asws</sup> - that you should recognise our<sup>asws</sup> merits, and obediently follow us<sup>asws</sup>, and await our<sup>asws</sup> end result (Al-Qaim<sup>asws</sup>). So the ones who were (observe) like this, would be in front of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic, and they would illuminate by their light the ones who were below them. And as for those on the right of (the Throne of) Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, so if the ones who were below them were to see them, the life would not be welcoming for them due to what they would be seeing from their merits. So Ibn Abu Yafour said, ‘And what is the matter with them that they would not be seeing them, and the would be on the right (of the Throne) of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘O Ibn Abu Yafour! They would be veiled by the Light of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>. Has not the Hadeeth reached you that Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> was saying: ‘For Allah<sup>azwj</sup> there are creatures on the right of the Throne, in front of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, and on the right of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>. Their faces would be whiter than the snow, and more illuminating than the shining sun. The asking one would ask, ‘What are they?’ So it would be said: ‘They are those who used to love regarding the Majesty of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>’’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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