قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) مَنْ عَرَفَ اللَّهَ وَ عَظَّمَهُ مَنَعَ فَاهُ مِنَ الْكَلَامِ وَ بَطْنَهُ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ وَ عَفَا نَفْسَهُ بِالصِّيَامِ وَ الْقِيَامِ قَالُوا بِآبَائِنَا وَ أُمَّهَاتِنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَؤُلَاءِ أَوْلِيَاءُ اللَّهِ قَالَ إِنَّ أَوْلِيَاءَ اللَّهِ سَكَتُوا فَكَانَ سُكُوتُهُمْ ذِكْراً وَ نَظَرُوا فَكَانَ نَظَرُهُمْ عِبْرَةً وَ نَطَقُوا فَكَانَ نُطْقُهُمْ حِكْمَةً وَ مَشَوْا فَكَانَ مَشْيُهُمْ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ بَرَكَةً لَوْ لَا الْآجَالُ الَّتِي قَدْ كُتِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ لَمْ تَقِرَّ أَرْوَاحُهُمْ فِي أَجْسَادِهِمْ خَوْفاً مِنَ الْعَذَابِ وَ شَوْقاً إِلَى الثَّوَابِ .
Translation
From him, from Muhammad Bin Ali, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Isa Al Hureyri, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> said: ‘The one who recognises Allah<sup>azwj</sup> and His<sup>azwj</sup> Magnificence would prevent his mouth from the speech, and his belly from the food, and excuses himself with the Fasting and the standing (for <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>)’. They said, ‘By our fathers and our mothers, O Rasool-Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">saww</sup>! Are they the friends of Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>?’ He<sup style="font-weight: normal">saww</sup> said: ‘The friends of Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> observed silence, so their silence was a Remembrance (of Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>); and they looked around, so their looking around was a lesson; and they spoke, so their speaking was wisdom; and they walked, so their walking between the people was a Blessing. Had it not been for the term which had been Ordained upon them, their spirits would not have stayed in their bodies out of fear from the Punishment and desire to the Rewards’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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