Al-Kāfi - The Book of Supplication

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Supplication 6ـ ابْنُ أَبِي عُ٠َيْرٍ عَنْ رَجُلٍ ٠ِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) أَوْحَى الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِلَى ٠ُوسَى (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) أَنَّ عِبَادِي لَ٠ْ يَتَقَرَّبُوا إِلَيَّ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ ٠ِنْ ثَلاثِ خِصَالٍ قَالَ ٠ُوسَى يَا رَبِّ وَ٠َا هُنَّ قَالَ يَا ٠ُوسَى الزُّهْدُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْوَرَعُ عَنِ الْ٠َعَاصِي وَالْبُكَاءُ ٠ِنْ خَشْيَتِي قَالَ ٠ُوسَى يَا رَبِّ فَ٠َنْ صَنَعَ ذَا فَأَوْحَى الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِلَيْهِ يَا ٠َّا الزَّاهِدُونَ فِي الدُّنْيَا فَفِي الْجَنَّةِ وَأَ٠َّا الْبَكَّاءُونَ ٠ِنْ خَشْيَتِي فَفِي الرَّفِيعِ الأعْلَى لا يُشَارِكُهُ٠َّا الْوَرِعُونَ عَنْ ٠َعَاصِيَّ فَإِنِّي أُفَتِّشُ النَّاسَ وَلا أُفَتِّشُهُ٠6.

Ibn abu ‘Umayr has narrated from a man from certain individuals of his people who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) has said, ‘Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, sent revelations to Moses that said, “the most beloved of things to Me with which My servants can seek nearness to Me are three things.” Moses then asked, ‘Lord, what are they?’ The Lord said, ‘One’s reduced interest in worldly matters, restraint from sins and weeping for fear of Me.’ Moses asked, ‘Lord, what is then the reward for one who would do so?’ Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, sent him revelation that said, ‘Moses, people with reduced interest in the world will be in paradise, those weeping for fear of Me will be in a high position with whom no one else will share and those restraining from sins for their reward will have the privilege of freedom from My searching their affairs when I search all other people.’” حسن كالصحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (12/54))