إِنَّ دَانِيَالَ كَانَ فِي زَمَنِ جَبَّارٍ عَاتٍ أَخَذَهُ...
إِنَّ دَانِيَالَ كَانَ فِي زَمَنِ جَبَّارٍ عَاتٍ أَخَذَهُ فَطَرَحَهُ فِي جُبٍّ وَ طَرَحَ فِيهِ السِّبَاعَ فَلَمْ تَدْنُ مِنْهُ وَ لَمْ تَجْرَحْهُ فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَى نَبِيٍّ مِنْ أَنْبِيَائِهِ أَنِ ائْتِ دَانِيَالَ- بِالطَّعَامِ Daniyal -as was in the era of a fierce tyrant. He seized him -as and dropped him -as into a pit and dropped the lions in it, but they did not come near him -as nor came out to him -as .
Allah -azwj Revealed to a Prophet -as from His -azwj Prophets -as that he -as should go to Danyal -as with some food. قَالَ يَا رَبِّ وَ أَيْنَ دَانِيَالُ- قَالَ تَخْرُجُ مِنَ الْقَرْيَةِ فَيَسْتَقْبِلُكَ ضَبُعٌ فَاتْبَعْهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَدُلُّكَ عَلَيْهِ He -as said: ‘O Lord -azwj ! And where is Danyal -as ?’ He -azwj Said: “Go out from the town. A hyena would receive you -as . Follow it, for it would point you -as to him -as ”.
فَأَتَى بِهِ الضَّبُعُ إِلَى ذَلِكَ الْجُبِّ فَإِذَا دَانِيَالُ فَأَدْلَى إِلَيْهِ الطَّعَامَ فَقَالَ دَانِيَالُ- الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لَا يَنْسَى مَنْ ذَكَرَهُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي يَجْزِي بِالْإِحْسَانِ إِحْسَاناً وَ بِالصَّبْرِ نَجَاةً The hyena came with him -as to that pit, and there was Danyal -as . He -as brought the food near to him -as . Danyal -as said: ‘The Praise is for Allah -azwj Who does not Forget the one who remembers Him -azwj .
The Praise is for Allah -azwj Who Recompense the good deed with a Favour and salvation for the patience’. ثُمَّ قَالَ الصَّادِقُ ع- إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَبَى إِلَّا أَنْ يَجْعَلَ أَرْزَاقَ الْمُتَّقِينَ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَحْتَسِبُونَ وَ لَا يُقْبَلَ لِأَوْلِيَائِهِ شَهَادَةٌ فِي دَوْلَةِ الظَّالِمِينَ.
Then Al-Sadiq -asws said: ‘Allah -azwj has Refused except that He -azwj would Make the sustenance of the pious to be from where they were not anticipating, nor does He -azwj Accept a testimony of His -azwj friend (while they are) in the government of the oppressors’’.
[2] Also in another Hadith, 22- سن، المحاسن أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنِ ابْنِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ قَالَ: كَانَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رُبَّمَا أَطْعَمَنَا الْفَرَانِيَّ وَ الْأَخْبِصَةَ ثُمَّ يُطْعِمُ الْخُبْزَ وَ الزَّيْتَ فَقِيلَ لَهُ لَوْ دَبَّرْتَ أَمْرَكَ حَتَّى يَعْتَدِلَ (The book) ‘Al Mahasin’ – My father, from Ibn Fazzal, from Ibn Bukeyr, from one of his companions who said, ‘Abu Abdullah -asws would sometimes feed us ‘Al-Farany’ and ‘Al-Akhbisa’, then (at other times) he -asws would feed us the bread and the oil.
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