[37] Appendix: Types of People عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ رَفَعَهُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ دَاوُدَ الْغَنَوِيِّ عَنِ الْأَصْبَغِ بْنِ نُبَاتَةَ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( صلوات الله عليه ) فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنَّ نَاساً زَعَمُوا أَنَّ الْعَبْدَ لَا يَزْنِي وَ هُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ وَ لَا يَسْرِقُ وَ هُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ وَ لَا يَشْرَبُ الْخَمْرَ وَ هُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ وَ لَا يَأْكُلُ الرِّبَا وَ هُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ وَ لَا يَسْفِكُ الدَّمَ الْحَرَامَ وَ هُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَقَدْ ثَقُلَ عَلَيَّ هَذَا وَ حَرِجَ مِنْهُ صَدْرِي حِينَ أَزْعُمُ أَنَّ هَذَا الْعَبْدَ يُصَلِّي صَلَاتِي وَ يَدْعُو دُعَائِي وَ يُنَاكِحُنِي وَ أُنَاكِحُهُ وَ يُوَارِثُنِي وَ أُوَارِثُهُ وَ قَدْ خَرَجَ مِنَ الْإِيمَانِ مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَنْبٍ يَسِيرٍ أَصَابَهُ A number of our companions, from ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from his father, raising it from Muhammad in Dawood Al Ghanawy, from Al Asbagh Bin Nubata who said, ‘A man came over to Amir Al- Momin een -asws and he said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen -asws !
The people are alleging that the servant neither commits adultery while he is a Momin , nor steal while he is a Momin , nor drink the wine while he is a Momin , nor consume the usury while he is a Momin , nor shed the blood unlawfully while he is a Momin .
So this has been heavy upon me, and my chest is constricted from him where I claim that this servant is pray my (kind of) Salāt , and supplicating my (kind of) supplication, and is marrying into my (family) and I marry into his, and he inherits me and I inherit him, and he has exited from the Emān for the reason of the few sins hitting him’.
فَقَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( صلوات الله عليه ) صَدَقْتَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) يَقُولُ وَ الدَّلِيلُ عَلَيْهِ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ النَّاسَ عَلَى ثَلَاثِ طَبَقَاتٍ وَ أَنْزَلَهُمْ ثَلَاثَ مَنَازِلَ وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي الْكِتَابِ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ وَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ وَ السَّابِقُونَ So Amir Al- Momin een -asws said: ‘You speak the truth.
I -asws heard Rasool-Allah -saww saying, and the Book of Allah -azwj evidenced upon it. Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Created the people upon three categories and Gave them three statuses, and these are the Words of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic in the Book being the companions of the right and the companions of the left and the foremost ones.