Do not belittle anyone for the state of his clothes...
Do not belittle anyone for the state of his clothes, for your Lord -azwj and his Lord -azwj is One -azwj !’’ [26] Poverty after Affluency: كش، رجال الكشي خَلَفُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ سَهْلٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عُمَرَ الْحَلَبِيِّ قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى الرِّضَا ع بِمِنًى فَقُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ كُنَّا أَهْلَ بَيْتِ عَطِيَّةٍ وَ سُرُورٍ وَ نِعْمَةٍ وَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى قَدْ أَذْهَبَ بِذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ حَتَّى احْتَجْتُ إِلَى مَنْ كَانَ يَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْنَا (The book) ‘Rijal’ of Al Kashy – I entered to see Al-Reza -asws at Mina.
I said to him -asws , ‘May I be sacrificed for you -asws ! We are people of a household of giving, and happiness, and bounties, and Allah -azwj the Exalted has Done away with that, all of it, to the extent that I am needy to the one who was need to us!’ فَقَالَ لِي يَا أَحْمَدُ مَا أَحْسَنَ حَالَكَ يَا أَحْمَدَ بْنَ عُمَرَ He -asws said to me: ‘O Ahmad!
How excellent is your state, O Ahmad Bin Umar!’ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ حَالِي مَا أَخْبَرْتُكَ I said to him -asws , ‘May I be sacrificed for you -asws ! My state is what I have informed you!’ فَقَالَ لِي يَا أَحْمَدُ أَ يَسُرُّكَ أَنَّكَ عَلَى بَعْضِ مَا عَلَيْهِ هَؤُلَاءِ الْجَبَّارُونَ وَ لَكَ الدُّنْيَا مَمْلُوَّةً ذَهَباً He -asws said to me: ‘O Ahmad!
Would it make you happy to be upon some of what these tyrants are upon, and for you would be the world filled with gold?’ فَقُلْتُ لَا وَ اللَّهِ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ فَضَحِكَ I said, ‘No, by Allah -azwj , O son -asws of Rasool-Allah -saww !’ ثُمَّ قَالَ تَرْجِعُ مِنْ هَاهُنَا إِلَى خَلَفٍ فَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ حَالًا مِنْكَ وَ بِيَدِكَ صِنَاعَةٌ لَا تَبِيعُهَا بِمِلْءِ الْأَرْضِ ذَهَباً أَ لَا أُبَشِّرُكَ Then he -asws said: ‘Return from over here to behind.
Who is of a more excellent state than you are , and in your hand is product you will not sell it for the earth full of gold? Shall I give you glad tidings ?’ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَقَدْ سَرَّنِيَ اللَّهُ بِكَ وَ بِآبَائِكَ I said, ‘Yes.
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