سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ مَا لِي رَأَيْتُكَ عِنْدَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ خَالِي فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ يَقُولُ فِي اللَّهِ قَوْلًا عَظِيماً يَصِفُ اللَّهَ وَ لَا يُوصَفُ فَإِمَّا جَلَسْتَ مَعَهُ وَ تَرَكْتَنَا وَ إِمَّا جَلَسْتَ مَعَنَا وَ تَرَكْتَهُ فَقُلْتُ هُوَ يَقُولُ مَا شَاءَ أَيُّ شَيْءٍ عَلَيَّ مِنْهُ إِذَا لَمْ أَقُلْ مَا يَقُولُ فَقَالَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) أَ مَا تَخَافُ أَنْ تَنْزِلَ بِهِ نَقِمَةٌ فَتُصِيبَكُمْ جَمِيعاً أَ مَا عَلِمْتَ بِالَّذِي كَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُوسَى ( عليه السلام ) وَ كَانَ أَبُوهُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ فِرْعَوْنَ فَلَمَّا لَحِقَتْ خَيْلُ فِرْعَوْنَ مُوسَى تَخَلَّفَ عَنْهُ لِيَعِظَ أَبَاهُ فَيُلْحِقَهُ بِمُوسَى فَمَضَى أَبُوهُ وَ هُوَ يُرَاغِمُهُ حَتَّى بَلَغَا طَرَفاً مِنَ الْبَحْرِ فَغَرِقَا جَمِيعاً فَأَتَى مُوسَى ( عليه السلام ) الْخَبَرُ فَقَالَ هُوَ فِي رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ وَ لَكِنَّ النَّقِمَةَ إِذَا نَزَلَتْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهَا عَمَّنْ قَارَبَ الْمُذْنِبَ دِفَاعٌ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Bakr Bin Muhammad, from Al Ja’fary who said, ‘Why did I<sup>asws</sup> see you being in the presence of Abdul Rahman Bin Yaqoub?’ So he said, ‘He is my maternal uncle’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘He is saying such words about Allah<sup>azwj</sup> which are grievous. He describes Allah<sup>azwj</sup> but He<sup>azwj</sup> cannot be described. So either you sit with him and leave us<sup>asws</sup>, or you sit with us<sup>asws</sup> and leave him’. So I said, ‘He is saying whatever he so desires to. Which thing is it upon me from him, when I do not say what he is saying?’ So Abu Al-Hassan<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘Do you not fear that an affliction might descend with him so it would hit all of you together? Do you not know of the one who was from the companions of Musa<sup style="font-weight: normal">as</sup>, and his father was from the companions of the Pharaoh<sup style="font-weight: normal">la</sup>, so when the cavalry of Pharaoh<sup style="font-weight: normal">la</sup> caught up with Musa<sup style="font-weight: normal">as</sup>, he remained behind from him<sup style="font-weight: normal">as</sup> in order to advise his father, and he was coercing him until a wave from the sea reached him, so all of them drowned. So the news came to Musa<sup style="font-weight: normal">as</sup> and he<sup style="font-weight: normal">as</sup> said: ‘He is in the Mercy of Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>, but the affliction, when it does descend, there is no defence to it from the one who is close to the sinner’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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