جَلَسَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) مُتَوَرِّكاً رِجْلُهُ الْيُمْنَى عَلَى فَخِذِهِ الْيُسْرَى فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ هَذِهِ جِلْسَةٌ مَكْرُوهَةٌ فَقَالَ لَا إِنَّمَا هُوَ شَيْءٌ قَالَتْهُ الْيَهُودُ لَمَّا أَنْ فَرَغَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مِنْ خَلْقِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ اسْتَوَى عَلَى الْعَرْشِ جَلَسَ هَذِهِ الْجِلْسَةَ لِيَسْتَرِيحَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ اللَّهُ لا إِلهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ لا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَ لا نَوْمٌ وَ بَقِيَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) مُتَوَرِّكاً كَمَا هُوَ .
Translation
Abu Abdullah Al Ashary, from Moalla Bin Muhammad, from Al Washa, from Hammad Bin Usman who said, ‘Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> sat ‘<span class="iTxt">Mutawarrika</span>’, his<sup>asws</sup> right leg being upon his<sup>asws</sup> left thigh. So a man said to him<sup>asws</sup>, ‘This is an abhorrent sitting posture’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘No. But rather, it is a thing which the Jews say that when Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic was free from Creating the skies and the earth and Established upon the Throne, Sat in this posture in order to rest. So Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Revealed <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:2#h255"><a href="/books/quran:2#h255">[2:255]</a></a> Allah is He besides Whom there is no god, the Everliving, the Eternal; slumber does not seize Him nor sleep</span>, and Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> remained sitting ‘<span class="iTxt">Mutawarrika</span>’ posture just as he<sup>asws</sup> was’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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