Al-Kafi 4670

Translation

Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Abdullah Bin Aamir, from Ali Bin Mahziyar, from Al Hassan Bin Muhammad Bin Mahziyar, from Quteyba Al A’asha who said, ‘I went over to Abu Abdullah^asws to comfort him^asws for a son of his^asws (who was sick), and I found him^asws at the door, and he^asws was worried, in grief. So I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you^asws! How is the child?’ So he^asws said: ‘By Allah^azwj! He is still with it’. Then he^asws entered (the house) and remained for a while, then came out to us, and his face had turned pale, the change and the grief had gone. He (the narrator) said, ‘I hoped he had become better, so I said, ‘How is the child, may I be sacrificed for you^asws?’ So he^asws said: ‘And he has gone to His^azwj Way’. So I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you^asws! When he was alive you^asws were worried, in grief, and I see your^asws state at this time and he has died, and it is other than that state. So how is this?’ So he^asws said: ‘We^asws, the People^asws of the Household, we^asws panic before the difficulty (bereavement). So when the Command of Allah^azwj occurs, we^asws are pleased with it and submit to His^azwj Command’.

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