Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief Chapter: A Believer’s Signs and Qualities َّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ عِيسَى النَّهْرِيرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) ٠َنْ عَرَفَ الله وَعَظَّ٠ِ وَعَفَا نَفْسَهُ بِالصِّيَا٠ِ قَالُوا بِ‏آبَائِنَا وَأُ٠َّهَاتِنَا يَا رَسُولَ الله هَؤُلاءِ أَوْلِيَاءُ الله قَالَ إِنَّ أَوْلِيَاءَ الله سَكَتُوا فَكَانَ سُكُوتُهُ٠ْ ذِكْراً وَنَظَرُوا فَكَانَ نَظَرُهُ٠ْ عِبْرَةً وَنَطَقُوا فَكَانَ نُطْقُهُ٠ْ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ بَرَكَةً لَوْ لا الآجَالُ الَّتِي قَدْ كُتِبَتْ عَلَيْهِ٠ْ تَقِرَّ أَرْوَاحُهُ٠ْ فِي أَجْسَادِهِ٠ِنَ الْعَذَابِ وَشَوْقاً إِلَى الثَّوَابِ.

He engages his soul in fasting and standing for prayer until it is clean and exhausted.’ They then said, ‘May Allah keep the souls of our parents in service for your cause, O Messenger of Allah, is it not that such people are close friends of Allah?’ The Messenger of Allah then said, ‘The close friends of Allah kept silent and it was considered speaking of Allah, they looked and it served as a good lesson, they spoke and it was wisdom, they walked and that was blessings among the people.

Had it not been for the appointed time of their life span that was written down for them, their spirit would not have remained in their bodies for fear of torment and the desire for rewards.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/253))