كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فَدَخَلَ رَجُلٌ فَسَلَّمَ فَسَأَلَهُ كَيْفَ مَنْ خَلَّفْتَ مِنْ إِخْوَانِكَ قَالَ فَأَحْسَنَ الثَّنَاءَ وَ زَكَّى وَ أَطْرَى فَقَالَ لَهُ كَيْفَ عِيَادَةُ أَغْنِيَائِهِمْ عَلَى فُقَرَائِهِمْ فَقَالَ قَلِيلَةٌ قَالَ وَ كَيْفَ مُشَاهَدَةُ أَغْنِيَائِهِمْ لِفُقَرَائِهِمْ قَالَ قَلِيلَةٌ قَالَ فَكَيْفَ صِلَةُ أَغْنِيَائِهِمْ لِفُقَرَائِهِمْ فِي ذَاتِ أَيْدِيهِمْ فَقَالَ إِنَّكَ لَتَذْكُرُ أَخْلَاقاً قَلَّ مَا هِيَ فِيمَنْ عِنْدَنَا قَالَ فَقَالَ فَكَيْفَ تَزْعُمُ هَؤُلَاءِ أَنَّهُمْ شِيعَةٌ .
Translation
From him, from Usman Bin Isa, from Muhammad Bin Ajlan who said, ‘I was in the presence of Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, and a man came over. So he greeted, and he<sup>asws</sup> asked him: ‘How are the ones from your brethren whom you left behind?’ So he praised them well, and admired them. So he<sup>asws</sup> said to him: ‘How is the consolation of their rich ones upon their poor ones’. So he said, ‘Little’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘And how is the observation (consideration) of their rich ones to their poor ones?’ He said, ‘Little’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘So how is the helping of their rich ones to their poor ones with regards to what is in their hands?’ So he said, ‘You<sup>asws</sup> are mentioning manners. Little is what it is among the ones in our presence’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘So how did you claim about them that they are Shia?’
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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