كَانَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ( عليه السلام ) إِذَا أَكَلَ أُتِيَ بِصَحْفَةٍ فَتُوضَعُ بِقُرْبِ مَائِدَتِهِ فَيَعْمِدُ إِلَى أَطْيَبِ الطَّعَامِ مِمَّا يُؤْتَى بِهِ فَيَأْخُذُ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَيْئاً فَيَضَعُ فِي تِلْكَ الصَّحْفَةِ ثُمَّ يَأْمُرُ بِهَا لِلْمَسَاكِينِ ثُمَّ يَتْلُو هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ عَلِمَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ يَقْدِرُ عَلَى عِتْقِ رَقَبَةٍ فَجَعَلَ لَهُمُ السَّبِيلَ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ .
Translation
Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from his father, from Moammar Bin Khallad who said, ‘Abu Al-Hassan Al-Reza<sup>asws</sup>, whenever he<sup>asws</sup> ate, would come with a platter and place it near the table. Then he<sup>asws</sup> would deliberate to the best of the foods from what had been brought, so he<sup>asws</sup> would take something from everything and he<sup>asws</sup> would place in that platter. Then he<sup>asws</sup> would order with it to be for the poor. Then he<sup>asws</sup> would recite this Verse <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:90#h11"><a href="/books/quran:90#h11">[90:11]</a></a> But he would not attempt the uphill road</span>. Then he<sup>asws</sup> would be saying: ‘Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Knows that there is not the ability for every human being upon the emancipation of a neck, therefore He<sup>azwj</sup> Made for them the way to the Paradise’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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