أَتَى عَالِمٌ عَابِداً فَقَالَ لَهُ كَيْفَ صَلَاتُكَ فَقَالَ مِثْلِي يُسْأَلُ عَنْ صَلَاتِهِ وَ أَنَا أَعْبُدُ اللَّهَ مُنْذُ كَذَا وَ كَذَا قَالَ فَكَيْفَ بُكَاؤُكَ قَالَ أَبْكِي حَتَّى تَجْرِيَ دُمُوعِي فَقَالَ لَهُ الْعَالِمُ فَإِنَّ ضَحِكَكَ وَ أَنْتَ خَائِفٌ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ بُكَائِكَ وَ أَنْتَ مُدِلٌّ إِنَّ الْمُدِلَّ لَا يَصْعَدُ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ شَيْءٌ
Translation
Muhammad Bin yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Nazar Bin Qirwashi, from Is’haq Bin Ammar, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘A scholar came to a worshipper and said to him, ‘How is your <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>?’ So he said, ‘The like of me is been questioned about his <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>, and I have been worshipping Allah<sup>azwj</sup> since such and such (time)?’ He said, ‘So how is your weeping?’ He said, ‘I tend to weep until my tears flow upon me’. So the scholar said to him, ‘So if you were to laugh while you are fearful (of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>) it would be superior than your weeping while you are self-conceited (boastful). The self-conceited one, nothing from his deeds ascends (to Allah<sup>azwj</sup>)’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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