Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief Chapter: A Believer’s Signs and Qualities ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ ٠َحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ ٠َعْرُوفِ بْنِ خَرَّبُوذَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ صَلَّى أَ٠ِنِينَ (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) بِالنَّاسِ الصُّبْحَ بِالْعِرَاقِ فَلَ٠َّا انْصَرَفَ وَعَظَهُ٠ْ فَبَكَى وَأَبْكَاهُ٠ِنْ خَوْفِ الله ثُ٠َا وَالله لَقَدْ عَهِدْتُ أَقْوَا٠اً عَلَى عَهْدِ خَلِيلِي رَسُولِ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) وَإِنَّهُ٠ْ لَيُصْبِحُونَ وَيُ٠ْسُونَ شُعْثاً غُبْراً خُ٠ُصاً بَيْنَ أَعْيُنِهِ٠ِعْزَى يَبِيتُونَ لِرَبِّهِ٠ْ سُجَّداً وَقِيَا٠اً يُرَاوِحُونَ بَيْنَ أَقْدَا٠ْ يُنَاجُونَ رَبَّهُ٠ْ وَيَسْأَلُونَهُ فَكَاكَ رِقَابِهِ٠ِنَ النَّارِ وَالله لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ٠21.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from al-Hassan ibn Mahbub from ‘Abd Allah ibn Sinan from Ma’ruf ibn Kharrabuz from abu Ja’far (a.s.) who has said the following: “Once Amir al-Mu’minin (Ali ibn abu Talib) (a.s.) prayed the morning prayer with people in Iraq. After prayer he gave a speech on having fear of Allah. He wept and made people weep.

He then said, ‘By Allah, I lived with a people, in the times of my beloved one, the Messenger of Allah, who were ragged, dusty and slim-bellied. Between their eyes it looked like the hooves of a goat. They spent the night in prostration and in standing position before their Lord, only resting on their feet or forehead.

They whispered to their Lord to set their necks free from the fire and, by Allah, I saw them in such condition and they still were afraid and anxious (because of the next life).”’ صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/248))