Al-Kafi · Hadith 2

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2. Abu Ali al-Ash’ari has narrated from ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from ibn Mahbub from abu Hafs al-‘Asha’ from Amr ibn Khalid from abu Hamza al-Thumali from Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.) who has said the following: “Once I walked out unil I reached this wall and leaned against it. At that time a man wearing only two pieces of white cloth was looking toward my face. He then said, ‘O, Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.), why do I see you gloomy and depressed? Is it over the world? Surely the sustenance from Allah is available for both the good and the wicked.’ I said, ‘I am not sad because of the world; it is just as you said.’ He asked, ‘Is it then over the hereafter? Surely, it is a truthful promise and The Judge therein will be the Subduing Ruler,’ or he said, ‘Capable Ruler?’ I said, ‘This also is not the reason, though it is just as you said it is.’ He then asked, ‘Why are you then depressed?’ I said, ‘It is because of the mischief of Abdullah ibn Zubayr and the conditions of the people.’ He then laughed and said, ‘O Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.) have you ever come to know of anyone who called upon Allah, and Allah did not respond to him?’ I said, ‘No, I have not known anyone as such.’ He then said, ‘Have you come to know of anyone who trusted Allah and Allah was not enough for him?’ I said, ‘No (I have not found any such person).’ He then asked, ‘Have you come to know of anyone who asked Allah and Allah did not give to him?’ I said, ‘No...’ “The Imam said, ‘The man then vanished from my sight.” Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn Mahbub a similar Hadith.

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Muhammad Sarwar

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