(The book) ‘Al Khisaal’ – My father...
(The book) ‘Al Khisaal’ – My father, from Al Himeyri, from Ibn Abu Al Khattab, from Ibn Mahboub, from Ibn Atiyya, from Al Sumali, ‘From Ali -asws Bin Al-Husayn -asws having said: ‘I -asws would love it if I -asws could redeem (liberate) two qualities in our Shia with some of my -asws own assistance – the hot-headedness and lack of concealment .
[25] ، عيون أخبار الرضا عليه السلام ل، الخصال تَمِيمٌ الْقُرَشِيُّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الْهَرَوِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الرِّضَا ع يَقُولُ أَوْحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَى نَبِيٍّ مِنْ أَنْبِيَائِهِ إِذَا أَصْبَحْتَ فَأَوَّلُ شَيْءٍ يَسْتَقْبِلُكَ فَكُلْهُ وَ الثَّانِي فَاكْتُمْهُ وَ الثَّالِثُ فَاقْبَلْهُ وَ الرَّابِعُ فَلَا تُؤْيِسْهُ وَ الْخَامِسُ فَاهْرُبْ مِنْهُ (The books) ‘Uyoun Akhbar Al-Reza -asws ’, may the greetings be upon him -asws , (and) Al Khisaal’ – Tameem Al Qureyshi, from Ahmad Bin Ali Al Ansari, from his father, from Al Harwy who said, ‘I heard Al-Reza -asws saying: ‘Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed to a Prophet -as from His -azwj Prophets -as : “When you come to the morning, the first thing facing you -as , so eat it, and the second, so conceal it, and the third, so accept it, and the four, so do not despair it, and the fifth, flee from it!” قَالَ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ مَضَى فَاسْتَقْبَلَهُ جَبَلٌ أَسْوَدُ عَظِيمٌ فَوَقَفَ وَ قَالَ أَمَرَنِي رَبِّي عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَنْ آكُلَ هَذَا وَ بَقِيَ مُتَحَيِّراً He -asws said: ‘When it was morning, he -as went.
He faced a mighty black mountain. He -as paused and said: ‘My -as Lord -azwj Mighty and Majestic has Commanded me -as to eat this!’ And he -as remained bewildered. ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى نَفْسِهِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَبِّي جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ لَا يَأْمُرُنِي إِلَّا بِمَا أُطِيقُ فَمَشَى إِلَيْهِ لِيَأْكُلَهُ فَلَمَّا دَنَا مِنْهُ صَغُرَ حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَيْهِ فَوَجَدَهُ لُقْمَةً فَأَكَلَهَا فَوَجَدَهَا أَطْيَبَ شَيْءٍ أَكَلَهُ Then he -as referred to himself -as .
He -as said: ‘My -as Lord -azwj , Majestic is His -azwj Majesty, will not Command me -as except with what I -as can endure’. So, he -as walked towards it in order to eat it. When he was near to it, it became smaller until he -as ended up to it and found it to be a morsel. So, he -as ate it and found it as the best thing he -as had eaten.
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