يَا أَبَا هَاشِمٍ إِنَّمَا ابْتَدَأْتُكَ بِهَذَا لِأَنِّي...
يَا أَبَا هَاشِمٍ إِنَّمَا ابْتَدَأْتُكَ بِهَذَا لِأَنِّي ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّكَ تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَشْكُوَ لِي مَنْ فَعَلَ بِكَ هَذَا وَ قَدْ أَمَرْتُ لَكَ بِمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ فَخُذْهَا. O Abu Hashim!
But rather, I – asws initiated you with this because I – asws thought that you wanted to complain to me of the One – azwj who has Done this with you, and I – asws have ordered for one hundred Dinars to be for you, so take it!’’ [25] Thanking Allah -azwj – a supplication: أَبُو بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ كَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ( عليه السلام ) يَدْعُو بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ Abu Baseer, from, Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘It was so that Ali -asws Bin Al-Husayn – asws used to supplicate with this supplication: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ حُسْنَ الْمَعِيشَةِ مَعِيشَةً أَتَقَوَّى بِهَا عَلَى جَمِيعِ حَوَائِجِي وَ أَتَوَصَّلُ بِهَا فِي الْحَيَاةِ إِلَى آخِرَتِي مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ تُتْرِفَنِي فِيهَا فَأَطْغَى أَوْ تَقْتُرَ بِهَا عَلَيَّ فَأَشْقَى أَوْسِعْ عَلَيَّ مِنْ حَلَالِ رِزْقِكَ وَ أَفِضْ عَلَيَّ مِنْ سَيْبِ فَضْلِكَ نِعْمَةً مِنْكَ سَابِغَةً وَ عَطَاءً غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ ‘O Allah -azwj !
I plead before You -azwj for good means of living with which I may gain power for all of my needs and continue my life to the next life, but no so affluently with which I may rebel, or such constraints that make me miserable. Expand for me Your -azwj lawful sustenance and Increase for me Your -azwj generous favour, a delightful bounty, and a charity for me without being burdened.
Do not Cause me to be held back from paying thanks for Your -azwj bounties (due to the abundance of the same) , ثُمَّ لَا تَشْغَلْنِي عَنْ شُكْرِ نِعْمَتِكَ بِإِكْثَارٍ مِنْهَا تُلْهِينِي بَهْجَتُهُ وَ تَفْتِنِّي زَهَرَاتُ زَهْوَتِهِ وَ لَا بِإِقْلَالٍ عَلَيَّ مِنْهَا يَقْصُرُ بِعَمَلِي كَدُّهُ وَ يَمْلَأُ صَدْرِي هَمُّهُ Then do not Let me -asws be too pre-occupied from thanking for Your -azwj Bounties due to the abundance from it , and its delight would distract me -asws and the blossoms of its flowers would tempt me -asws , nor by the scarcity upon me -asws from it, reducing my -asws toiling for it, and filling my -asws chest with its worries.
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