Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief 9ـ عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ ٠َّدٍ الأشْعَرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ ٠ُونٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ دَخَلَ أَ٠ِنِينَ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) الْ٠َسْجِدَ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِرَجُلٍ عَلَى بَابِ الْ٠َسْجِدِ كَئِيبٍ حَزِينٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَ٠ِنِينَ (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠َا لَكَ قَالَ يَا أَ٠ِنِينَ أُصِبْتُ بِأَبِي [ وَأُ٠ِّي ] وَأَخِي وَأَخْشَى أَنْ أَكُونَ قَدْ وَجِلْتُ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَ٠ِنِينَ (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) عَلَيْكَ بِتَقْوَى الله وَالصَّبْرِ تَقْدَ٠ْ عَلَيْهِ غَداً وَالصَّبْرُ فِي الأ٠َنْزِلَةِ الرَّأْسِ ٠ِنَ الْجَسَدِ فَإِذَا فَارَقَ الرَّأْسُ الْجَسَدَ فَسَدَ الْجَسَدُ وَإِذَا فَارَقَ الصَّبْرُ الأ٠ُورَ فَسَدَتِ الأ٠9.

Ali has narrated from his father from Ja’far ibn Muhammad al-Ash’ari from ‘Abd Allah ibn Maymun from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Once Amir al-Mu’minin (Ali ibn abu Talib) (a.s.) entered the Mosque and at the door of the Mosque he met a man who was depressed and sad. Amir al- Mu’minin (Ali ibn abu Talib) (a.s.) asked him ‘What has happened to you?’ He said, ‘It is due to the death of my father, mother and brother.

O Amir al- Mu’minin, I am afraid my gall bladder may have ruptured.’ Amir al-Mu’minin (Ali ibn abu Talib) (a.s.) said, ‘You must be pious before Allah and exercise patience. Tomorrow (on the Day of Judgment) you will proceed to Him. Patience in the issues (in life) is like a head to a body.

If the head departs the body is destroyed, likewise, in the issues (of life), if patience departs the issues, all affairs (of life) are destroyed.”’ جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/134))