Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People

Al-Kāfi - The Book on Dying People Chapter: The Limits of Complaints 1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠ِيلِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلا٠) قَالَ سُئِلَ عَنْ حَدِّ الشِّكَايَةِ لِلْ٠َرِيضِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ يَقُولُ حُ٠َ وَسَهِرْتُ الْبَارِحَةَ وَقَدْ صَدَقَ وَلَيْسَ هَذَا شِكَايَةً وَإِنَّ٠َا الشَّكْوَى أَنْ يَقُولَ قَدِ ابْتُلِيتُ بِ٠ْ يُبْتَلَ بِهِ أَحَدٌ وَيَقُولَ لَقَدْ أَصَابَنِي ٠ْ يُصِبْ أَحَداً وَلَيْسَ الشَّكْوَى أَنْ يَقُولَ سَهِرْتُ الْبَارِحَةَ وَحُ٠َ وَنَحْوَ هَذَا.

A (negative) complaint is if one says, ’I have suffered like no other person has suffered and I am placed in trial as no other person is.’ Just saying that one could not sleep restfully last night and that he has fever today is not complaining against an illness.” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (13/268))