قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَدْ عَرَفْتَ حَالِي وَ سَعَةَ يَدِي وَ تَوَسُّعِي عَلَى إِخْوَانِي فَأَصْحَبُ النَّفَرَ مِنْهُمْ فِي طَرِيقِ مَكَّةَ فَأَتَوَسَّعُ عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَ لَا تَفْعَلْ يَا شِهَابُ إِنْ بَسَطْتَ وَ بَسَطُوا أَجْحَفْتَ بِهِمْ وَ إِنْ أَمْسَكُوا أَذْلَلْتَهُمْ فَاصْحَبْ نُظَرَاءَكَ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah, from Al Hassan Bin Al husayn Al lulu’ie, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Huzayfa Bin Mansour, from Shihab Bin Abd Rabbih who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, ‘You<sup>asws</sup> have recognised my (affluent) state and the extent of my (helping) hand and my extending (favours) upon my brethren. So, can I accompany a number of them in the road to Makkah, so that I can extend (favours) upon them?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Don’t do it, O Shihab! If you extend and they extend, you would aggrieve them; and if they withhold, you would (end up) humiliating them. Therefore, accompany your equals’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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