صَلَّى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) بِالنَّاسِ الصُّبْحَ بِالْعِرَاقِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ وَعَظَهُمْ فَبَكَى وَ أَبْكَاهُمْ مِنْ خَوْفِ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَهِدْتُ أَقْوَاماً عَلَى عَهْدِ خَلِيلِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) وَ إِنَّهُمْ لَيُصْبِحُونَ وَ يُمْسُونَ شُعْثاً غُبْراً خُمُصاً بَيْنَ أَعْيُنِهِمْ كَرُكَبِ الْمِعْزَى يَبِيتُونَ لِرَبِّهِمْ سُجَّداً وَ قِيَاماً يُرَاوِحُونَ بَيْنَ أَقْدَامِهِمْ وَ جِبَاهِهِمْ يُنَاجُونَ رَبَّهُمْ وَ يَسْأَلُونَهُ فَكَاكَ رِقَابِهِمْ مِنَ النَّارِ وَ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُمْ مَعَ هَذَا وَ هُمْ خَائِفُونَ مُشْفِقُونَ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Al Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, from Marouf Bin Kharbouz, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘Amir Al-<span class="iTxt">Momineen</span><sup>asws</sup> prayed <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span> with the people (leading them), in Al-Iraq. So when he<sup>asws</sup> finished, he<sup>asws</sup> preached to them, and he<sup>asws</sup> wept and made them weep from fear of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>. Then he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘But, by Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>! I<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> lived with a group of people in the era of my<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> friend Rasool-Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">saww</sup>, and they, in the morning and evening, becoming shaggy, dusty, slim-bellied, between their eyes was like the hoof of a goat due to their prostrations to their Lord<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>. They were staying awake at nights for their Lord<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>, prostrating and standing (for <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>), rotating between their feet and their foreheads, whispering to their Lord<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>, and asking Him<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> to Free their necks from the Fire. By Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>! I<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> had seen them being with this, and they were fearful, anxious’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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