سَامَرْتُ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَرَضَتْ لِي حَاجَةٌ قَالَ فَرَأَيْتَنِي لَهَا أَهْلًا قُلْتُ نَعَمْ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَ جَزَاكَ اللَّهُ عَنِّي خَيْراً ثُمَّ قَامَ إِلَى السِّرَاجِ فَأَغْشَاهَا وَ جَلَسَ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّمَا أَغْشَيْتُ السِّرَاجَ لِئَلَّا أَرَى ذُلَّ حَاجَتِكَ فِي وَجْهِكِ فَتَكَلَّمْ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) يَقُولُ الْحَوَائِجُ أَمَانَةٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ فِي صُدُورِ الْعِبَادِ فَمَنْ كَتَمَهَا كُتِبَتْ لَهُ عِبَادَةٌ وَ مَنْ أَفْشَاهَا كَانَ حَقّاً عَلَى مَنْ سَمِعَهَا أَنْ يَعْنِيَهُ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, by a chain mentioning from Al Haaris Al Hamadany who said, ‘I was talking to Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup>, so I said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup>! A need has presented itself to me’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘So you view me<sup>asws</sup> as a rightful one for it?’ I said, ‘Yes, O Amir Al-Momineen<sup>asws</sup>!’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘May Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Recompense you goodly from me<sup>asws</sup>’. Then he<sup>asws</sup> arose to the lantern, so he<sup>asws</sup> extinguished it and sat down, then said: ‘But rather, I<sup>asws</sup> extinguished the lantern perhaps I<sup>asws</sup> would see the humiliation of your need in your face, so speak, for I<sup>asws</sup> heard Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> saying: ‘The needs are an entrustment from Allah<sup>azwj</sup> in the chests of the servants, so the one who conceals it, a worship would be Written for him, and the one who exposes it, it would be a right upon the one who hears it that he assists him’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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