قُلْتُ لِلرِّضَا ( عليه السلام ) جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنَّ أَبِي حَدَّثَنِي عَنْ آبَائِكَ ( عليهم السلام ) أَنَّهُ قِيلَ لِبَعْضِهِمْ إِنَّ فِي بِلَادِنَا مَوْضِعَ رِبَاطٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ قَزْوِينُ وَ عَدُوّاً يُقَالُ لَهُ الدَّيْلَمُ فَهَلْ مِنْ جِهَادٍ أَوْ هَلْ مِنْ رِبَاطٍ فَقَالَ عَلَيْكُمْ بِهَذَا الْبَيْتِ فَحُجُّوهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ فَأَعَادَ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدِيثَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ كُلَّ ذَلِكَ يَقُولُ عَلَيْكُمْ بِهَذَا الْبَيْتِ فَحُجُّوهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ أَ مَا يَرْضَى أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَكُونَ فِي بَيْتِهِ يُنْفِقُ عَلَى عِيَالِهِ يَنْتَظِرُ أَمْرَنَا فَإِنْ أَدْرَكَهُ كَانَ كَمَنْ شَهِدَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) بَدْراً وَ إِنْ لَمْ يُدْرِكْهُ كَانَ كَمَنْ كَانَ مَعَ قَائِمِنَا فِي فُسْطَاطِهِ هَكَذَا وَ هَكَذَا وَ جَمَعَ بَيْنَ سَبَّابَتَيْهِ فَقَالَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) صَدَقَ هُوَ عَلَى مَا ذَكَرَ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, and Ahmad Bin Muhammad, altogether from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from Muhammad Bin Abdullah who said, ‘I said to Al-Reza<sup>asws</sup>, ‘May I be sacrificed for you<sup>asws</sup>! My father narrated to me from your<sup>asws</sup> forefathers<sup>asws</sup> that it was said to one of them<sup>asws</sup>, ‘In our city is a fort called Qazween, and enemies called Al-Daylam. So is there from a Jihad, or is there from a fort (to fight)?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Upon you is with this House (Kabah), so perform its Hajj’. Then he (the narrator) said: ‘So the discussion was repeated to him<sup>asws</sup> three times, during all of that he<sup>asws</sup> was saying: ‘It is upon you with this House (Kabah), so perform its Hajj’. Then he<sup>asws</sup> said during the third: ‘Would not one of you be happy that he would happen to be in his house, spending upon his dependents, awaiting our<sup>asws</sup> command? So if he was to meet him<sup>asws</sup>, he would be like the one who witnessed (the battle of) Badr with Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup>; and if he does meet him<sup>asws</sup>, he would be like the one who would be with our<sup>asws</sup> Qaim<sup>asws</sup> in his<sup>asws</sup> tent like this, and like this’ – and he<sup>asws</sup> gathered between two of his<sup>asws</sup> fingers’. So Abu Al-Hassan<sup>asws</sup>, said: ‘He spoke the truth upon what he mentioned’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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