عَزَّى أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) رَجُلًا بِابْنٍ لَهُ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ خَيْرٌ لِابْنِكَ مِنْكَ وَ ثَوَابُ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ لَكَ مِنِ ابْنِكَ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَهُ جَزَعُهُ بَعْدُ عَادَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ قَدْ مَاتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فَمَا لَكَ بِهِ أُسْوَةٌ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ كَانَ مُرَهَّقاً فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَمَامَهُ ثَلَاثَ خِصَالٍ شَهَادَةَ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ رَحْمَةَ اللَّهِ وَ شَفَاعَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فَلَنْ تَفُوتَهُ وَاحِدَةٌ مِنْهُنَّ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ.
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Rifa’at Al Nakhhas, from a man, from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, said, ‘Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> comforted a man for a son of his (who had died), so he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Allah<sup>azwj</sup> is better for your son than you are, and the Rewards of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> are better for you than your son was’. So when his sobbing reached him<sup>asws</sup> afterwards, he<sup>asws</sup> returned to him, and he<sup>asws</sup> said to him: ‘Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> passed away, so what is for you with it, is similar’. So he said, ‘My son was a drunkard’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘In front of him are three qualitites – the testimony that there is no God except for Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, and Mercy of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, and intercession of Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup>, there one of these would not be missed out on for him, Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Willing’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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