ذُكِرَ أَصْحَابُنَا عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فَقُلْتُ مَا أَتَغَدَّى وَ لَا أَتَعَشَّى إِلَّا وَ مَعِيَ مِنْهُمُ الِاثْنَانِ وَ الثَّلَاثَةُ وَ أَقَلُّ وَ أَكْثَرُ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فَضْلُهُمْ عَلَيْكَ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ كَيْفَ وَ أَنَا أُطْعِمُهُمْ طَعَامِي وَ أُنْفِقُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ مَالِي وَ أُخْدِمُهُمْ عِيَالِي فَقَالَ إِنَّهُمْ إِذَا دَخَلُوا عَلَيْكَ دَخَلُوا بِرِزْقٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ كَثِيرٍ وَ إِذَا خَرَجُوا خَرَجُوا بِالْمَغْفِرَةِ لَكَ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Abu Muhammad Al Wabishy who said, ‘Our companions were mentioned in the presence of Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, so I said, ‘I neither have lunch nor dinner except there are two of them with me, and the three, and less and more’. So Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Their merit upon you is greater than your merit upon them’. So I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! How come and I am feeding them my food, and spending upon them from my wealth, and my dependants are serving them?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘They, when they come over to you, enter with a lot of sustenance from Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic, and when they exit, they go out with the Forgiveness for you’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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