مَرَّ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) بِمَجْلِسٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِقَوْمٍ بِيضٍ ثِيَابُهُمْ صَافِيَةٍ أَلْوَانُهُمْ كَثِيرٍ ضِحْكُهُمْ يُشِيرُونَ بِأَصَابِعِهِمْ إِلَى مَنْ يَمُرُّ بِهِمْ ثُمَّ مَرَّ بِمَجْلِسٍ لِلْأَوْسِ وَ الْخَزْرَجِ فَإِذَا قَوْمٌ بُلِيَتْ مِنْهُمُ الْأَبْدَانُ وَ دَقَّتْ مِنْهُمُ الرِّقَابُ وَ اصْفَرَّتْ مِنْهُمُ الْأَلْوَانُ وَ قَدْ تَوَاضَعُوا بِالْكَلَامِ فَتَعَجَّبَ عَلِيٌّ ( عليه السلام ) مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَ دَخَلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فَقَالَ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَ أُمِّي إِنِّي مَرَرْتُ بِمَجْلِسٍ لآِلِ فُلَانٍ ثُمَّ وَصَفَهُمْ وَ مَرَرْتُ بِمَجْلِسٍ لِلْأَوْسِ وَ الْخَزْرَجِ فَوَصَفَهُمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ وَ جَمِيعٌ مُؤْمِنُونَ فَأَخْبِرْنِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بِصِفَةِ الْمُؤْمِنِ فَنَكَسَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ عِشْرُونَ خَصْلَةً فِي الْمُؤْمِنِ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ فِيهِ لَمْ يَكْمُلْ إِيمَانُهُ إِنَّ مِنْ أَخْلَاقِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَا عَلِيُّ الْحَاضِرُونَ الصَّلَاةَ وَ الْمُسَارِعُونَ إِلَى الزَّكَاةِ وَ الْمُطْعِمُونَ الْمِسْكِينَ الْمَاسِحُونَ رَأْسَ الْيَتِيمِ الْمُطَهِّرُونَ أَطْمَارَهُمْ الْمُتَّزِرُونَ عَلَى أَوْسَاطِهِمُ الَّذِينَ إِنْ حَدَّثُوا لَمْ يَكْذِبُوا وَ إِذَا وَعَدُوا لَمْ يُخْلِفُوا وَ إِذَا ائْتُمِنُوا لَمْ يَخُونُوا وَ إِذَا تَكَلَّمُوا صَدَقُوا رُهْبَانٌ بِاللَّيْلِ أُسُدٌ بِالنَّهَارِ صَائِمُونَ النَّهَارَ قَائِمُونَ اللَّيْلَ لَا يُؤْذُونَ جَاراً وَ لَا يَتَأَذَّى بِهِمْ جَارٌ الَّذِينَ مَشْيُهُمْ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ هَوْنٌ وَ خُطَاهُمْ إِلَى بُيُوتِ الْأَرَامِلِ وَ عَلَى أَثَرِ الْجَنَائِزِ جَعَلَنَا اللَّهُ وَ إِيَّاكُمْ مِنَ الْمُتَّقِينَ .
Translation
From him, from one of our companions, raising it, (It has been narrated) from one of the two (5<sup>th</sup> or 6<sup>th</sup> Imam<sup>asws</sup>) having said: ‘Amir Al-<span class="iTxt">Momineen</span><sup>asws</sup> passed by a gathering of Qureysh. So he<sup>asws</sup> was with the group, their clothes were white, their complexion was clear, their laughter was frequent, gesturing with their fingers to the ones who pass by them. Then he<sup>asws</sup> passed by a gathering of Al-Aws and Al-Khazraj (two tribes). So he<sup>asws</sup> was with a group, the bodies had worn out from them, and the necks had thinned from them, and the colours had paled from them, and they were humble with the speech. So Ali<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> was astounded from that and came over to Rasool-Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">saww</sup> and he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘By my<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> father<sup style="font-weight: normal">as</sup> and my<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> mother<sup style="font-weight: normal">as</sup>! I<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> passed by a gathering of the progeny of so and so’, then he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> described them, ‘and I<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> passed by Al-Aws and Al-Khazraj’, and he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> described them. Then he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘And the entirety of the <span class="iTxt">Momineen</span>. So inform me<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup>, O Rasool-Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">saww</sup>, with the description of the <span class="iTxt">Momin</span>’. So Rasool-Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> lowered, then raised his<sup style="font-weight: normal">saww</sup> head, so he<sup style="font-weight: normal">saww</sup> said: ‘There are twenty characteristics in the <span class="iTxt">Momin</span>, so if these do not happen to be in him, his <span class="iTxt">Emān</span> would not be complete. From the mannerism of the <span class="iTxt">Momineen</span>, O Ali<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> – They are attending the <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>, and are hastening to the <span class="iTxt">Zakāt</span>, and are feeding the poor, wiping the head of the orphan, cleaning their clothes, having waistbands upon their waists. Those, if they discuss (anything) are not lying, and when they are promising, are not breaking, and when they are entrusted do not betray, and when they speak, are truthful. They are monks at night and lions by the day. They are Fasting by the day, standing (for <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>) at night. They are neither harming a neighbour nor does a neighbour experience harm due to them. Those who are walking upon the ground with tranquility, and their footsteps are to the houses of the widows (to assist), and upon the traces of the funerals. May Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> Make us<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> and you all to be from the pious ones’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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