قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ الْوَلِيَّ لِلَّهِ يَدْعُو اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي الْأَمْرِ يَنُوبُهُ فَيَقُولُ لِلْمَلَكِ الْمُوَكَّلِ بِهِ اقْضِ لِعَبْدِي حَاجَتَهُ وَ لَا تُعَجِّلْهَا فَإِنِّي أَشْتَهِي أَنْ أَسْمَعَ نِدَاءَهُ وَ صَوْتَهُ وَ إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ الْعَدُوَّ لِلَّهِ لَيَدْعُو اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي الْأَمْرِ يَنُوبُهُ فَيُقَالُ لِلْمَلَكِ الْمُوَكَّلِ بِهِ اقْضِ لِعَبْدِي حَاجَتَهُ وَ عَجِّلْهَا فَإِنِّي أَكْرَهُ أَنْ أَسْمَعَ نِدَاءَهُ وَ صَوْتَهُ قَالَ فَيَقُولُ النَّاسُ مَا أُعْطِيَ هَذَا إِلَّا لِكَرَامَتِهِ وَ لَا مُنِعَ هَذَا إِلَّا لِهَوَانِهِ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Abdullah Bin Al Mugheira, from someone else, from our companions who said, ‘Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The servant who is a friend of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> would be supplicating to Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic regarding the matter delegated to Him<sup>azwj</sup>, so He<sup>azwj</sup> would be Saying to the Angel Allocated with him: “Fulfil for My<sup>azwj</sup> servant, his need, but do not hasten it, for I<sup>azwj</sup> Desire to Hear his calls and his voice”; and the servant who is an enemy of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> would be supplicating to Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic regarding the matter delegated to Him<sup>azwj</sup>, so He<sup>azwj</sup> would be Saying to the Angel Allocated with him: “Fulfil for My<sup>azwj</sup> servant his need and hasten it, for I<sup>azwj</sup> Dislike to Hear his call and his voice”. He<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘So the people would (instead) be saying, ‘This one has not been Given except due to his prestige, and this one has not been Prevented except due to his indignity’.
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