Al-Kafi 2957

Translation

A number of companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, altogether from Ali Bin Mahziyar who said, ‘A man wrote to Abu Ja’far^asws complaining to him^asws of what tends to come upon his mind. So he^asws answered in one of his^asws speeches that: ‘Allah^azwj Mighty and Majestic, if He^azwj so Desires to, would Affirm you, so He^azwj would not Make for Iblees^la to have a way upon you. A group of people had complained to the Prophet^saww of what tended to present to them because it was easier for them if the wind were to sweep them away or a beloved one would be cut off from them, than that they should be speaking about it. So Rasool-Allah^saww said: ‘You are finding that (to be so)?’ They said, ‘Yes’. So he^saww said: ‘By the One^azwj in Whose Hand is my^saww soul! That is explicit <span class="iTxt">Emān</span>. So whenever you find it to be so, so you should be saying, ‘We believe in Allah^azwj and in His^azwj Rasool^saww, and there is neither any Might or Strength except with Allah^azwj’’’.

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