A number of our companions...
A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ali Bin Asbaat, (It has been narrated) from Abu Al-Hassan Al-Reza -asws that Amir Al-Momineen -asws was saying: ‘Beatitude is for the one who is sincere to Allah -azwj in the worship and the supplication, and does not pre-occupy his heart with what his eyes see, and the does not forget the Remembrance of Allah -azwj with what his ears hear, and does not grieve his chest with what others have been Given’.
[10] عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْمِنْقَرِيِّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ أَيُّكُمْ أَحْسَنُ عَمَلًا قَالَ لَيْسَ يَعْنِي أَكْثَرَ عَمَلًا وَ لَكِنْ أَصْوَبَكُمْ عَمَلًا وَ إِنَّمَا الْإِصَابَةُ خَشْيَةُ اللَّهِ وَ النِّيَّةُ الصَّادِقَةُ وَ الْحَسَنَةُ Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Qasim Bin Muhammad, from Al Minqary, from Sufyan Bin Uyayna, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws regarding the Words of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic [67:2] that He may Test you – which of you is best in deeds .
He -asws said ‘It does not Mean the abundance of deeds, but the correct ones of your deeds, and rather the correctness is the fear of Allah -azwj and the truthful intention, and the good deeds’.
ثُمَّ قَالَ الْإِبْقَاءُ عَلَى الْعَمَلِ حَتَّى يَخْلُصَ أَشَدُّ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ وَ الْعَمَلُ الْخَالِصُ الَّذِي لَا تُرِيدُ أَنْ يَحْمَدَكَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ النِّيَّةُ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ أَلَا وَ إِنَّ النِّيَّةَ هِيَ الْعَمَلُ Then he -asws said: ‘The remaining upon the deed until it finishes is more difficult than performing the deed itself, and the sincere deed is that which you do not want to be praised upon by anyone except for Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic; and the intention is superior than the deed itself.
Indeed! The intention, it is the deed’. ثُمَّ تَلَا قَوْلَهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ قُلْ كُلٌّ يَعْمَلُ عَلى شاكِلَتِهِ يَعْنِي عَلَى نِيَّتِهِ . Then he -asws recited the Words of the Mighty and Majestic [17:84] Say: Every one acts according to his own disposition – Meaning, upon his intention’.
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