سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يَقُولُ حَدَّثَنَا مَسْعَدَةُ بْنُ الْيَسَعِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ( عليه السلام ) إِنِّي وَ اللَّهِ لَأُحِبُّكَ فَأَطْرَقَ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ صَدَقْتَ يَا أَبَا بِشْرٍ سَلْ قَلْبَكَ عَمَّا لَكَ فِي قَلْبِي مِنْ حُبِّكَ فَقَدْ أَعْلَمَنِي قَلْبِي عَمَّا لِي فِي قَلْبِكَ .
Translation
Abu Bakr Al Habbal, from Muhammad Bin Isa, Al Qattan Al Madainy who said, ‘I heard my father saying, ‘Mas’ada Bin Al Yas’a narrated to us saying, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> Bin Muhammad<sup>asws</sup>, ‘By Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, I love you<sup>asws</sup>!’. So he<sup>asws</sup> bowed, then raised his<sup>asws</sup> head, so he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘O Abu Bishr! Ask your own heart about what is for you in my<sup>asws</sup> heart from your love, so that my<sup>asws</sup> heart would know about what is for me<sup>asws</sup> in your heart’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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