شَكَوْتُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) حَالِي وَ انْتِشَارَ أَمْرِي عَلَيَّ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي إِذَا قَدِمْتَ الْكُوفَةَ فَبِعْ وِسَادَةً مِنْ بَيْتِكَ بِعَشَرَةِ دَرَاهِمَ وَ ادْعُ إِخْوَانَكَ وَ أَعِدَّ لَهُمْ طَعَاماً وَ سَلْهُمْ يَدْعُونَ اللَّهَ لَكَ قَالَ فَفَعَلْتُ وَ مَا أَمْكَنَنِي ذَلِكَ حَتَّى بِعْتُ وِسَادَةً وَ اتَّخَذْتُ طَعَاماً كَمَا أَمَرَنِي وَ سَأَلْتُهُمْ أَنْ يَدْعُوا اللَّهَ لِي قَالَ فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا مَكَثْتُ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا حَتَّى أَتَانِي غَرِيمٌ لِي فَدَقَّ الْبَابَ عَلَيَّ وَ صَالَحَنِي مِنْ مَالٍ لِي كَثِيرٍ كُنْتُ أَحْسُبُهُ نَحْواً مِنْ عَشَرَةِ آلَافِ دِرْهَمٍ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَتِ الْأَشْيَاءُ عَلَيَّ .
Translation
From him, from Al Abbas Bin Aamir, from Abu Abdul Rahman Al Masoudi, from Hafs Bin Umar Al Bajaly who said, ‘I complained to Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> of my state and the breakdown of my affairs upon me. So he<sup>asws</sup> said to me: ‘When you proceed to Al-Kufa, so sell a pillow from your house for ten Dirhams and invite your brethren, and prepare a meal for them, and ask them to be supplicating to Allah<sup>azwj</sup> for you’. He (the narrator) said, ‘So I did, and that was not possible for me until I had to sell a pillow, and I took some food just as he<sup>asws</sup> had ordered me to, and I asked them that they should supplicate to Allah<sup>azwj</sup> for me. So, by Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, it was not except for a little while until a debtor came over to me, so he knocked upon the door to me, and reconciled with me from some wealth for me which was a lot. I had reckoned it to be approximately ten thousand Dirham. Then the things turned towards me (in my favour)’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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