فَقَالَ لَهُ زَيْدٌ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَ لَا...
فَقَالَ لَهُ زَيْدٌ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَ لَا تُفْرِطْ فِي الْمَقَالِ وَ لَا تَرْفَعْنِي فَوْقَ قَدْرِي فَإِنَّكَ بِذَلِكَ مُخَالِفٌ وَ بِهِ كَافِرٌ وَ إِنِّي إِنْ تَلَقَّيْتُ مَقَالَتَكَ هَذِهِ بِالْقَبُولِ كَذَلِكَ Zayd said to him, ‘O servant of Allah -azwj !
Fear Allah -azwj and do not exaggerate in the speech, nor raise me above my worth, for you would be opposing Allah -azwj with that and would be a Kafir due to it, and so would I, if I were to accept this speech of your with the acceptance, that I was like that. يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ أَ لَا أُحَدِّثُكَ بِمَا كَانَ فِي أَوَائِلِ الْإِسْلَامِ وَ مَا بَعْدَهُ حَتَّى دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص الْمَدِينَةَ وَ زَوَّجَهُ فَاطِمَةَ ع وَ وَلَدَتِ الْحَسَنَ وَ الْحُسَيْنَ ع قَالَ بَلَى O Abdullah!
Shall I narrate to you with what was during the beginning of Al-Islam and what was after it, until Rasool-Allah -azwj entered Al-Medina, and got (Syeda) Fatima -asws married, and she -asws was Blessed with Al-Hassan -asws and Al-Husayn -asws ?’ He said, ‘Yes’.
قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص كَانَ لِي شَدِيدَ الْمَحَبَّةِ حَتَّى تَبَنَّانِي لِذَلِكَ فَكُنْتُ أُدْعَى زَيْدَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ إِلَى أَنْ وُلِدَ لِعَلِيٍّ الْحَسَنُ وَ الْحُسَيْنُ ع فَكَرِهْتُ ذَلِكَ لِأَجْلِهِمَا وَ قُلْتُ لِمَنْ كَانَ يَدْعُونِي أُحِبُّ أَنْ تَدْعُوَنِي زَيْداً مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَإِنِّي أَكْرَهُ أَنْ أُضَاهِيَ الْحَسَنَ وَ الْحُسَيْنَ He said, ‘Rasool-Allah -saww had intense love for me to the extent that he -saww considered me as a son due to that.
I used to be called, ‘Zayd son of Muhammad -saww , until (such time as) Ali -asws was blessed with Al-Hassan -asws and Al-Husayn -asws . I disliked that for their -asws reason, and I said to the one who was calling me as such, ‘I would love it if you could call me, ‘Zayd, slave of Rasool-Allah -saww ’, for I dislike it that I should be (called) equalled to Al-Hassan -asws and Al-Husayn -asws .
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