Even my family and friends notice it on my face.
Even my family and friends notice it on my face.’ The Imam -asws said, ‘Yes O Jabir, Allah -azwj has Created the clay of the believers from the clay of paradise and has made the fragrance of His -azwj Spirit flow through it; thus, a believer is a brother (in belief) of a believer from his father and mother.
When a spirit of those spirits is distressed anywhere with a sadness, the other spirits also feel sad; this is from that (clay of paradise).’ [4] قَالَ يُحِبُّ الْمَرْءُ الْمُسْلِمُ لِأَخِيهِ مَا يُحِبُّ لِأَعَزِّ أَهْلِهِ وَ يَكْرَهُ الْمَرْءُ الْمُسْلِمُ لِأَخِيهِ مَا يَكْرَهُ لِأَعَزِّ أَهْلِهِ وَ يُنَاصِحُهُ الْوَلَايَةَ فَبَكَى ابْنُ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ وَ قَالَ كَيْفَ يُنَاصِحُهُ الْوَلَايَةَ قَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ إِذَا كَانَ مِنْهُ بِتِلْكَ الْمَنْزِلَةِ بَثَّهُ هَمَّهُ فَفَرِحَ لِفَرَحِهِ إِنْ هُوَ فَرِحَ وَ حَزِنَ لِحُزْنِهِ إِنْ هُوَ حَزِنَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ عِنْدَهُ مَا يُفَرِّجُ عَنْهُ فَرَّجَ عَنْهُ وَ إِلَّا دَعَا اللَّهَ لَهُ (In a Hadith, Imam -asws said) ‘A man must love for his Muslim brother what he loves for the most beloved person of his family and dislike for his Muslim brother what he dislikes for the most beloved person of his family and enlighten him in Walayah [5] .’ Ibn Abu Yaphur then wept and asked: ‘How does he enlighten about Walayah?’ The Imam -asws said: ‘O ibn Abu Yaphur, if he is of the same level (of belief), he should encourage him, show happiness in his happiness and express sadness if he is sad .
If he has the means to relieve (help) him, he should do so, if not, he should pray to Allah -azwj for him (an extract).’ [6] Sadness emanating from the love of the world: عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ الْعَبْدِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ مَنْ تَعَلَّقَ قَلْبُهُ بِالدُّنْيَا تَعَلَّقَ قَلْبُهُ بِثَلَاثِ خِصَالٍ هَمٍّ لَا يَفْنَى وَ أَمَلٍ لَا يُدْرَكُ وَ رَجَاءٍ لَا يُنَالُ .
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abdul Aziz Al Abdy, from Ibn Abu Yafour who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah -asws saying: ‘The one who attaches his heart with the world, his heart would be attached with three traits – Worries which will not end , work which will not be realised (completed), and the hopes which will not fulfil for him ’.
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