Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief Chapter: Al-Taqiyyah, Guarding and Cautiousness 9ـ عَنْهُ عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ حَ٠َّادِ بْنِ وَاقِدٍ اللَّحَّا٠ِ قَالَ اسْتَقْبَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) فِي طَرِيقٍ فَأَعْرَضْتُ عَنْهُ بِوَجْهِي وَ٠َضَيْتُ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنِّي لألْقَاكَ فَأَصْرِفُ وَجْهِي كَرَاهَةَ أَنْ أَشُقَّ عَلَيْكَ فَقَالَ لِي رَحِ٠َكَ الله وَلَكِنَّ رَجُلاً لَقِيَنِي أَ٠َوْضِعِ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَقَالَ عَلَيْكَ السَّلا٠ُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الله ٠َا أَحْسَنَ وَلا أَجْ٠9.

It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Hassan ibn Ali ibn Faddal from Hammad ibn Waqid al- Lahham who has said the following: “Once I came face to face to Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) on a road and I turned my face away and passed him by. Later I went to see him and said, ‘May Allah keep my soul in service for your cause, I sometimes may turn my face away and pass you so as not to cause you any trouble.

’ The Imam said, ‘May Allah grant you blessings, however, yesterday a man passed by me in such and such place and said, ‘Upon you be peace, O abu ‘Abd Allah.’ What he did was not any good or beautiful.’” جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/173))