قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) أَنَا عُقْبَةُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ الْأَسَدِيُّ وَ أَنَا فِي الْحَسَبِ الضَّخْمِ مِنْ قَوْمِي قَالَ فَقَالَ مَا تَمُنُّ عَلَيْنَا بِحَسَبِكَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ رَفَعَ بِالْإِيمَانِ مَنْ كَانَ النَّاسُ يُسَمُّونَهُ وَضِيعاً إِذَا كَانَ مُؤْمِناً وَ وَضَعَ بِالْكُفْرِ مَنْ كَانَ النَّاسُ يُسَمُّونَهُ شَرِيفاً إِذَا كَانَ كَافِراً فَلَيْسَ لِأَحَدٍ فَضْلٌ عَلَى أَحَدٍ إِلَّا بِالتَّقْوَى .
Translation
Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Hanan, from Uqba Bin Bashir Al Asady who said, ‘I said to Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup>, ‘I am Uqba Bin Bashir Al-Asady and I am in the marvellous lineage from my people’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘There is no wish for us<sup>asws</sup> with your lineage. Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Raised by the <span class="iTxt">Emān</span> the ones whom the people had named as ignoble, when he was a <span class="iTxt">Momin</span>; and He<sup>azwj</sup> Ignobled by the disbelief the one whom the people had named as noble, when he was a disbeliever. So there is no merit for anyone upon anyone except by the piety’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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