Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief 5ـ عَنْهُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي الْبَخْتَرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ إِنَّ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَقُولُ يَحْزَنُ عَبْدِيَ الْ٠ِنُ إِنْ قَتَّرْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَذَلِكَ أَقْرَبُ لَهُ ٠ِنِّي وَيَفْرَحُ عَبْدِيَ الْ٠ِنُ إِنْ وَسَّعْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَذَلِكَ أَبْعَدُ لَهُ ٠5.

It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from his father from abu al-Bakhtari from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, has said, ‘I find My believing servant depressed if I provide his sustenance in stringent measures; a condition that is closer to Me but 1 find My believing servant happier when I provide his sustenance plentifully; however, such condition is further away from Me.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/331))