كَتَبَ إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) رَجُلٌ يَشْكُو إِلَيْهِ مُصَابَهُ بِوَلَدٍ لَهُ وَ شِدَّةَ مَا يَدْخُلُهُ فَقَالَ وَ كَتَبَ ( عليه السلام ) إِلَيْهِ أَ مَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَخْتَارُ مِنْ مَالِ الْمُؤْمِنِ وَ مِنْ وُلْدِهِ أَنْفَسَهُ لِيَأْجُرَهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ali Bin Mahziyar who said, ‘A man wrote to Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup> complaining to him<sup>asws</sup> of his difficulty (bereavement) with a child of his, and the intensity of what 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 children, his most beloved, in order to Recompense him upon that’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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