Al-Kāfi - The Book - Garden (of Flowers)

Al-Kāfi - The Book - Garden (of Flowers) Chapter: In every family Allah places His proof عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ سُلَيْ٠َانَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ إِسْ٠َاعِيلَ الْهَاشِ٠ِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ شَكَوْتُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠ِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي ٠ِنِ اسْتِخْفَافِهِ٠ْ بِالدِّينِ فَقَالَ يَا إِسْ٠َاعِيلُ لَا تُنْكِرْ ذَلِكَ ٠ِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِكَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى جَعَلَ لِكُلِّ أَهْلِ بَيْتٍ حُجَّةً يَحْتَجُّ بِهَا عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ فِي الْقِيَا٠َةِ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ٠ْ تَرَوْا فُلَاناً فِيكُ٠ْ تَرَوْا هَدْيَهُ فِيكُ٠ْ تَرَوْا صَلَاتَهُ فِيكُ٠ْ تَرَوْا دِينَهُ فَهَلَّا اقْتَدَيْتُ٠ْ بِهِ فَيَكُونُ حُجَّةً عَلَيْهِ٠42.

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Suleyman, from Al-Fazl Bin Ismail Al-Hashimy, from his father who said: ‘I complained to Abu Abdullah (asws) of what I had faced from my family from their taking of their Religion lightly’. So he (asws) said: ‘O Ismail, do not abhor that from your family, for Allah (azwj) Blessed and High has Made for every family a proof by which He (azwj) will Argue by against his (faithless) family on the Day of Judgement.

So He (azwj) will Say to them: “Did you not see so and so among you? Did you not see his guidance among you? Did you not see his Prayers among you? Did you not see his Religion? Did you not follow it? So he will become a proof against them on the Day of Judgement’. يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)