I -azwj don’t mind what torments them all, nor will I -azwj Care!
I -azwj don’t mind what torments them all, nor will I -azwj Care!”’ [7] مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ عَمْرٍو عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ لَنَا ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ تَجِدُ الرَّجُلَ لَا يُخْطِئُ بِلَامٍ وَ لَا وَاوٍ خَطِيباً مِصْقَعاً وَ لَقَلْبُهُ أَشَدُّ ظُلْمَةً مِنَ اللَّيْلِ الْمُظْلِمِ وَ تَجِدُ الرَّجُلَ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ يُعَبِّرُ عَمَّا فِي قَلْبِهِ بِلِسَانِهِ وَ قَلْبُهُ يَزْهَرُ كَمَا يَزْهَرُ الْمِصْبَاحُ.
Mohammed Ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad Ibn Mohammed, from Ali Ibn Faddal from Ali Ibn Uqbah, who from Amr from Abu Abd Allah who reports: One day the Imam -asws said to us: You may find a man who does not make any mistakes of the size of letter ‘L’ or ‘W’ and he is an impressive speaker while his ‘Qalb’ (heart) is darker than the darkest night. You may also find a man who is not able to express what is in his ‘Qalb’ with his tongue while his heart shines like a lamp.
[8] Working for other than Allah -azwj كتاب حسين بن سعيد و النوادر عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ مَنْ عَمِلَ لِلَّهِ كَانَ ثَوَابُهُ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَ مَنْ عَمِلَ لِلنَّاسِ كَانَ ثَوَابُهُ عَلَى النَّاسِ إِنَّ كُلَّ رِيَاءٍ شِرْكٌ.
The book of Husayn Bin Saeed, and ‘Al Nawadir’ – from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Yazeed Bin Khalifa who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah -asws saying: ‘One who works for Allah -azwj , his Reward would be upon Allah -azwj , and the one who works for the people, his reward would be upon the people. Every showing off is Shirk’’.
[9] The Door of repentance is open for all: كتاب حسين بن سعيد و النوادر ابْنُ أَبِي الْبِلَادِ عَنْ سَعْدٍ الْإِسْكَافِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: كَانَ فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عَابِدٌ فَأُعْجِبَ بِهِ دَاوُدُ ع فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى إِلَيْهِ لَا يُعْجِبَنَّكَ شَيْءٌ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ فَإِنَّهُ مُرَاءٍ The book of Husayn Bin Saeed, and ‘Al Nawadir’ – Ibn Abu Al Balad, from Sa’ad Al Askaf, ‘From Abu Ja’far -asws having said: ‘There was a worshipped among the children of Israel.
Dawood -as was fascinated by him, so Allah -azwj Blessed and Exalted Revealed to him: ‘Do not let anything from his affairs fascinate you -saww , for he is a show off!”’ قَالَ فَمَاتَ الرَّجُلُ فَأُتِيَ دَاوُدُ ع فَقِيلَ لَهُ مَاتَ الرَّجُلُ فَقَالَ ادْفِنُوا صَاحِبَكُمْ He -asws said: ‘The man died.