رَأَيْتُ الْمَعْرُوفَ كَاسْمِهِ وَ لَيْسَ شَيْءٌ أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الْمَعْرُوفِ إِلَّا ثَوَابُهُ وَ ذَلِكَ يُرَادُ مِنْهُ وَ لَيْسَ كُلُّ مَنْ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَصْنَعَ الْمَعْرُوفَ إِلَى النَّاسِ يَصْنَعُهُ وَ لَيْسَ كُلُّ مَنْ يَرْغَبُ فِيهِ يَقْدِرُ عَلَيْهِ وَ لَا كُلُّ مَنْ يَقْدِرُ عَلَيْهِ يُؤْذَنُ لَهُ فِيهِ فَإِذَا اجْتَمَعَتِ الرَّغْبَةُ وَ الْقُدْرَةُ وَ الْإِذْنُ فَهُنَالِكَ تَمَّتِ السَّعَادَةُ لِلطَّالِبِ وَ الْمَطْلُوبِ إِلَيْهِ . وَ رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَمِيلَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) مِثْلَهُ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa and Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah, altogether from Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Sa’dan Bin Muslim, from Abu Yaqtaan, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘The most Beloved servant of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> in His sight is a servant to whom providing benevolent assistance is most beloved and who loves to perform such an act’. And Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah reported, from Ibn Fazzal, from Abu Jameela, from Muhammad Bin Marwan, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> – similar to it.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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