سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ وَ هُوَ رَافِعٌ يَدَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ رَبِّ لَا تَكِلْنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ أَبَداً لَا أَقَلَّ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَ لَا أَكْثَرَ قَالَ فَمَا كَانَ بِأَسْرَعَ مِنْ أَنْ تَحَدَّرَ الدُّمُوعُ مِنْ جَوَانِبِ لِحْيَتِهِ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ إِنَّ يُونُسَ بْنَ مَتَّى وَكَلَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ أَقَلَّ مِنْ طَرْفَةِ عَيْنٍ فَأَحْدَثَ ذَلِكَ الذَّنْبَ قُلْتُ فَبَلَغَ بِهِ كُفْراً أَصْلَحَكَ اللَّهُ قَالَ لَا وَ لَكِنَّ الْمَوْتَ عَلَى تِلْكَ الْحَالِ هَلَاكٌ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Suheym, from Ibn Abu Yafour who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> saying while he<sup>asws</sup> was raising his<sup>asws</sup> hand towards the sky: ‘O Lord<sup>azwj</sup>! Do not Leave me to myself (even) for the blink of an eye, ever, neither less than that nor more’. He (the narrator) said, ‘So it was with immediate flow of the tears from the sides of his<sup>asws</sup> beard. Then he<sup>asws</sup> turned towards me and he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘O Ibn Abu Yafour! Yunus Bin Matta<sup>ra</sup>, Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Left him<sup>as</sup> to himself<sup>as</sup> for less than the blink of an eye, so he<sup>as</sup> committed that sin’. I said, ‘So did he<sup>as</sup> reach disbelief with it, may Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Keep you<sup>asws</sup> well!?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘No, but the death upon that state is destruction’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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