Al-Kafi 8497

Translation

Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Bundar, from Ibrahim Bin Is’haq, from Abdullah Bin Hammad, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza who said, ‘There used to be a friend for me from the scribes (clerks) of the Clan of Umayya, so he said to me, ‘Get me permission to see Abu Abdullah^asws’. So I sought permission for him to see him^asws, and he^asws permitted him. So when he came over, he greeted and was seated, then said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you^asws! I was in the offices of these people (the Clan of Umayya), so I achieved a lot of wealth from their world, and I closed my eyes regarding their demands’. So Abu Abdullah^asws said: ‘Had the Clan of Umayya not found the ones who could write for them, and obligate <span class="iTxt">Al-Fey</span> for them, and fight on their behalf, and bearers of witness for their groups to what they have confiscated from us^asws of our^asws rights, and had the people neglected them and what is in their hands, they would not have found anything except for what falls into their hands’. He (the narrator) said, ‘So the youth said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you^asws! Is there any way out from it for me?’ He^asws said, ‘If I^asws were to tell you to do (something) would you do it?’ He said, ‘I would do it’. He^asws said to him: ‘So take out the entirety of whatever you have earned in their offices. So for the one whom you recognise, return his wealth to him, and the one you do not recognise, give in charity with it, and I^asws guarantee the Paradise for you, upon (the Guarantee of) Allah^azwj Mighty and Majestic’. So the youth kept his head lowered for a long time, then said, ‘I will do it, may I be sacrificed for you^asws’. Ibn Abu Hamza (the narrator) said, ‘So the youth returned with us to Al-Kufa, and he did not leave anything upon the face of the earth except that he extracted from it, even his clothes which were upon his body. So I apportioned a share for him and we bought some clothes for him and send these over to him along with expenses. So there did not come upon him except for a few months until he fell sick, and we used to go to console him. So I went over to him one day and he was in the transit (about to die). So he opened his eyes, then said to me, ‘O Ali! By Allah^azwj, your Master^asws has kept his^asws promise to me’. Then he died. So we looked after his affairs (funeral etc.) and I came out until I went over to Abu Abdullah^asws. So when he^asws looked at me, he^asws said: ‘O Ali! By Allah^azwj, we^asws have kept our^asws promise to your companion’. So I said, ‘You^asws have spoken the truth, may I be sacrificed for you^asws! By Allah^azwj, this is how he said to me at the time of his death’.

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