Al-Kafi 3346

Translation

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Malik Bin Atiyya, from Abu Hamza Al Sumaly who said, ‘ I went over to the door of Ali^asws Bin Al-Husayn^asws and co-incidentally it was when he^asws came out from the door, so he^asws said: ‘In the Name of Allah^azwj! I believe in Allah^azwj, and rely upon Allah^azwj!’. Then he^asws said: ‘O Abu Hamza! The servant, when he goes out from his house, the Satan^la presents to him. So when he says, ‘In the Name of Allah^azwj’, the two Angels say: ‘You are Sufficed (with)’. So when he says, ‘I believe in Allah^azwj’, they both say: ‘You are Guided’. So when he says, ‘I rely upon Allah^azwj’, they both say: ‘You are Protected’. So the Satan^la leaves him alone, and they (the Satans^la) are saying to each other, ‘How would there be (a way) for us with the one who is Guided, and Sufficed (with), and Protected?’ He (the narrator) said, ‘Then he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘My<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> presentation is to You<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup> today’. Then he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘O Abu Hamza! If you leave the people alone they will not leave you alone, and if you reject them, they will not reject you’. I said, ‘So what should I do?’ He<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said: ‘Give them from your presentation, for the day of your poverty and your destitution’.

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