جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى أَبِي ذَرٍّ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ مَا لَنَا نَكْرَهُ الْمَوْتَ فَقَالَ لِأَنَّكُمْ عَمَرْتُمُ الدُّنْيَا وَ أَخْرَبْتُمُ الْآخِرَةَ فَتَكْرَهُونَ أَنْ تُنْقَلُوا مِنْ عُمْرَانٍ إِلَى خَرَابٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ فَكَيْفَ تَرَى قُدُومَنَا عَلَى اللَّهِ فَقَالَ أَمَّا الْمُحْسِنُ مِنْكُمْ فَكَالْغَائِبِ يَقْدَمُ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ وَ أَمَّا الْمُسِيءُ مِنْكُمْ فَكَالْآبِقِ يُرَدُّ عَلَى مَوْلَاهُ قَالَ فَكَيْفَ تَرَى حَالَنَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ قَالَ اعْرِضُوا أَعْمَالَكُمْ عَلَى الْكِتَابِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْأَبْرارَ لَفِي نَعِيمٍ وَ إِنَّ الْفُجَّارَ لَفِي جَحِيمٍ قَالَ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ فَأَيْنَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ قَالَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ قَرِيبٌ مِنَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) وَ كَتَبَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى أَبِي ذَرٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ أَطْرِفْنِي بِشَيْءٍ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ أَنَّ الْعِلْمَ كَثِيرٌ وَ لَكِنْ إِنْ قَدَرْتَ أَنْ لَا تُسِيءَ إِلَى مَنْ تُحِبُّهُ فَافْعَلْ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ الرَّجُلُ وَ هَلْ رَأَيْتَ أَحَداً يُسِيءُ إِلَى مَنْ يُحِبُّهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ نَعَمْ نَفْسُكَ أَحَبُّ الْأَنْفُسِ إِلَيْكَ فَإِذَا أَنْتَ عَصَيْتَ اللَّهَ فَقَدْ أَسَأْتَ إِلَيْهَا .
Translation
Muhammad Bin yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from one of his companions, from Al Hassan Bin Ali Bin Abu Usman, from Wasil, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘A man came over to Abu Zarr<sup>a</sup><sup>r</sup> and he said, ‘O Abu Zarr<sup>a</sup><sup>r</sup>! What is the matter with us that we dislike the death?’ So he<sup>a</sup><sup>r</sup> said: ‘Because you are all building the world and ruining the Hereafter, therefore you are disliking to be transferred from buildings to the ruins’. So he said to him<sup style="font-weight: normal">a</sup><sup style="font-weight: normal">r</sup>, ‘So how do you<sup style="font-weight: normal">a</sup><sup style="font-weight: normal">r</sup> see our proceeding to Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>?’ So he<sup style="font-weight: normal">a</sup><sup style="font-weight: normal">r</sup> said: ‘As for the good ones from you, so he is like the absentee proceeding to his family, and as for the disobedient ones from you, so he is like the absconder (slave) returning to his master’. So he said: ‘So how do you<sup style="font-weight: normal">a</sup><sup style="font-weight: normal">r</sup> see our state in the Presence of Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>?’ He<sup style="font-weight: normal">a</sup><sup style="font-weight: normal">r</sup> said: ‘Your deeds would be presented upon the Book. Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> is Saying <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:82#h13"><a href="/books/quran:82#h13">[82:13]</a></a> Most surely the righteous are in Bliss, <a href="/#/books/quran:82#h14"><a href="/books/quran:82#h14">[82:14]</a></a> And most surely the wicked are in Blazing Fire</span>’. He<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘So the man said, ‘So where is the Mercy of Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>?’ He<sup style="font-weight: normal">a</sup><sup style="font-weight: normal">r</sup> said: ‘The Mercy of Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> is nearby to the good doers’. Abu Abdullah<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘And a man wrote to Abu Zarr<sup style="font-weight: normal">a</sup><sup style="font-weight: normal">r</sup>, may Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> be Pleased with him<sup style="font-weight: normal">as</sup>, ‘O Abu Zarr<sup style="font-weight: normal">a</sup><sup style="font-weight: normal">r</sup>! Present to me something from the knowledge’. So he<sup style="font-weight: normal">a</sup><sup style="font-weight: normal">r</sup> wrote to him: ‘The knowledge is a lot, but if you are able that you do not disappoint the one whom you love, then do so’. So the man said to him<sup style="font-weight: normal">a</sup><sup style="font-weight: normal">r</sup>, ‘And have you<sup style="font-weight: normal">a</sup><sup style="font-weight: normal">r</sup> seen anyone who disappoint the one whom he loves?’ So he<sup style="font-weight: normal">a</sup><sup style="font-weight: normal">r</sup> said to him: ‘Yes, your soul is the most beloved of the selves to you. So when you disobey Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>, so you would have disappointed it’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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