قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) لِبَعْضِ جُلَسَائِهِ أَ لَا أُخْبِرُكَ بِشَيْءٍ يُقَرِّبُ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ يُقَرِّبُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةَ وَ يُبَاعِدُ مِنَ النَّارِ فَقَالَ بَلَى فَقَالَ عَلَيْكَ بِالسَّخَاءِ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ خَلْقاً بِرَحْمَتِهِ لِرَحْمَتِهِ فَجَعَلَهُمْ لِلْمَعْرُوفِ أَهْلًا وَ لِلْخَيْرِ مَوْضِعاً وَ لِلنَّاسِ وَجْهاً يُسْعَى إِلَيْهِمْ لِكَيْ يُحْيُوهُمْ كَمَا يُحْيِي الْمَطَرُ الْأَرْضَ الْمُجْدِبَةَ أُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الْآمِنُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Haroun Bin Muslim, from Mas’ada Bin Sadaqa who said, ‘Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> said to one of his<sup>asws</sup> gathered ones: ‘Shall I<sup>asws</sup> inform you with some which would take you closer to Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, and closer to the Paradise, and remote from the Fire?’ So he said, ‘Yes’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘It is upon you with the generosity, for Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Created creatures by His<sup>azwj</sup> Mercy for His<sup>azwj</sup> Mercy, so He<sup>azwj</sup> Made them deserving ones for the acts of kindness and a place for goodness, and for the people a direction for them to strive towards them, in order to revive them just as the rain revives the arid land. They (the revivers) are the Believers, the Secured ones on the Day of Judgement’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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