Al-Kafi 6148

Translation

Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Abdullah, from Ahmad bin Muhammad, from one of our companions, from Aban, from Muawiya Bin Ammar, from Zayd Al Shahaam, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^asws having said: ‘Ibrahim^as was the father of the guest-entertainers. So when it was such that there were no guests with him^as, he^as would go out seeking them, and lock his^as door, and take the keys seeking the guests, and he^as was returning to his^as house, so there was a man, or someone resembling a man at the house. So he^as said: ‘O servant of Allah^azwj! By whose permission have you entered this house?’ He said: ‘I entered it by the permission of its Lord^azwj’. He responded that three times. So Ibrahim^as understood that it was Jibraeel^as. So he (Jibraeel^as) Praised Allah^azwj, then said: ‘Your^as Lord^azwj has Sent me^as to a servant from His^azwj servants to take him as a friend’. Ibrahim^as said: ‘So let me^as know who he is, so I^as can serve him until I^as die’. He^as said: ‘You^as are him’. He^as said: ‘And why is that so?’ He^as said: ‘Because you^as do not ask anyone for anything at all, and you^as have not been asked for anything at all’. So he^as said: ‘No’.

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