قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) مَنْ جَاءَنَا يَلْتَمِسُ الْفِقْهَ وَ الْقُرْآنَ وَ تَفْسِيرَهُ فَدَعُوهُ وَ مَنْ جَاءَنَا يُبْدِي عَوْرَةً قَدْ سَتَرَهَا اللَّهُ فَنَحُّوهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ وَ اللَّهِ إِنَّنِي لَمُقِيمٌ عَلَى ذَنْبٍ مُنْذُ دَهْرٍ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَتَحَوَّلَ عَنْهُ إِلَى غَيْرِهِ فَمَا أَقْدِرُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ إِنْ كُنْتَ صَادِقاً فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّكَ وَ مَا يَمْنَعُهُ أَنْ يَنْقُلَكَ مِنْهُ إِلَى غَيْرِهِ إِلَّا لِكَيْ تَخَافَهُ .
Translation
Ali bin Ibrahim, from his father, form Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Al Haris Bin Bahran, from Amro Bin Jumi’e who said, ‘Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The one who comes to us<sup>asws</sup> seeking the jurisprudence, and the Quran and its interpretation, so invite him; and the one who comes to us<sup>asws</sup> showing openly what Allah<sup>azwj</sup> has Veiled, so prevent him’. So a man from the group said to him<sup>asws</sup>: ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! By Allah<sup>azwj</sup>! I have been staying upon a sin since forever (since a long time). I intend to transfer away from it to other than it, but I am not able upon it’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said to him: ‘If you were truthful, so Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Loves you, and nothing is preventing you from transferring from it to other than it except you are fearing Him<sup>azwj</sup> (which is why you are intending as such)’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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