قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِنِّي مَرَرْتُ بِقَاصٍّ يَقُصُّ وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ هَذَا الْمَجْلِسُ الَّذِي لَا يَشْقَى بِهِ جَلِيسٌ قَالَ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) هَيْهَاتَ هَيْهَاتَ أَخْطَأَتْ أَسْتَاهُهُمُ الْحُفْرَةَ إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَلَائِكَةً سَيَّاحِينَ سِوَى الْكِرَامِ الْكَاتِبِينَ فَإِذَا مَرُّوا بِقَوْمٍ يَذْكُرُونَ مُحَمَّداً وَ آلَ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالُوا قِفُوا فَقَدْ أَصَبْتُمْ حَاجَتَكُمْ فَيَجْلِسُونَ فَيَتَفَقَّهُونَ مَعَهُمْ فَإِذَا قَامُوا عَادُوا مَرْضَاهُمْ وَ شَهِدُوا جَنَائِزَهُمْ وَ تَعَاهَدُوا غَائِبَهُمْ فَذَلِكَ الْمَجْلِسُ الَّذِي لَا يَشْقَى بِهِ جَلِيسٌ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Al Washa’a, from Mansour Bin Yunus, from Abbad Bin Kaseer who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, ‘I passed by a story-teller relating stories and he was saying, ‘This is the gathering which there is no wickedness with its gatherers’. So Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Far be it! Far be it! He erred. Their gathering is the pit. For Allah<sup>azwj</sup> there are Angels who are coming, besides the two Honourable Recorders, so when they pass by a group of people mentioning Muhammad<sup>saww</sup> and the Progeny<sup>asws</sup> of Muhammad<sup>saww</sup>, they are saying: ‘Pause, for you have achieved your need’. So they are being seated, and they are pondering along with them. So when they arise, they console their sick ones, and attend their funerals, and they are committing themselves to their absent ones. Thus, that is the gathering which there is no wickedness with its gatherers’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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