كَتَبَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الثَّانِي ( عليه السلام ) يَشْكُو إِلَيْهِ مُصَابَهُ بِوَلَدِهِ وَ شِدَّةَ مَا دَخَلَهُ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ أَ مَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَخْتَارُ مِنْ مَالِ الْمُؤْمِنِ وَ مِنْ وُلْدِهِ أَنْفَسَهُ لِيَأْجُرَهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, and a number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, altogether from Ibn Mihran who said, ‘A man wrote to Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> the 2<sup>nd</sup> complaining to him of the bereavement with his son and the intensity (of the grief) that had entered into him. So he<sup>asws</sup> wrote to him: ‘Do you not know that Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Chooses from the wealth of the Believer and from his child, his soul, in order to Recompense him upon that?’
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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