قَالَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَا ثَابِتُ مَا لَكُمْ وَ لِلنَّاسِ كُفُّوا عَنِ النَّاسِ وَ لَا تَدْعُوا أَحَداً إِلَى أَمْرِكُمْ فَوَ اللَّهِ لَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ السَّمَاءِ وَ أَهْلَ الْأَرْضِ اجْتَمَعُوا عَلَى أَنْ يُضِلُّوا عَبْداً يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ هُدَاهُ مَا اسْتَطَاعُوا كُفُّوا عَنِ النَّاسِ وَ لَا يَقُولُ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخِي وَ ابْنُ عَمِّي وَ جَارِي فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِذَا أَرَادَ بِعَبْدٍ خَيْراً طَيَّبَ رُوحَهُ فَلَا يَسْمَعُ بِمَعْرُوفٍ إِلَّا عَرَفَهُ وَ لَا بِمُنْكَرٍ إِلَّا أَنْكَرَهُ ثُمَّ يَقْذِفُ اللَّهُ فِي قَلْبِهِ كَلِمَةً يَجْمَعُ بِهَا أَمْرَهُ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Abu Ismail Al Sarraj, from Ibn Muskan, from Sabit Abu Saeed who said, ‘Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘O Sabit! What is it with you and the people?’ Refrain from the people and do not invite anyone to your matter (Al-Wilayah), for by Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, even if the inhabitants of the sky and the inhabitants of the earth were to gather together upon straying a servant whom Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Intends to Guide, they would not have the capacity for it. Refrain from the people and not one of you should be saying, ‘My brother’, and ‘my cousin’, and ‘my neighbour’, for Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic, when He<sup>azwj</sup> Intends goodness with a servant, Betters his spirit, so he does not hear a good act except that he would recognise it, nor of a evil deed except that he would deny it. Then Allah<sup>azwj</sup> would Imprint a Word in his heart by which his affairs would be gathered’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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