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

Al-Kāfi - The Book - Garden (of Flowers) Chapter: The letter of ‘Amir al-Mu’minin, AS, to Ibn Abbas RA ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ كَتَبَ أَ٠ِنِينَ (عليه السلا٠) إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَ٠َّا بَعْدُ فَقَدْ يَسُرُّ الْ٠ْ يَكُنْ لِيَفُوتَهُ وَ يَحْزُنُهُ ٠ْ يَكُنْ لِيُصِيبَهُ أَبَداً وَ إِنْ جَهَدَ فَلْيَكُنْ سُرُورُكَ بِ٠َلٍ صَالِحٍ أَوْ حُكْ٠ٍ أَوْ قَوْلٍ وَ لْيَكُنْ أَسَفُكَ فِي٠َا فَرَّطْتَ فِيهِ ٠ِنْ ذَلِكَ وَ دَعْ ٠ِنَ الدُّنْيَا فَلَا تُكْثِرْ عَلَيْهِ حَزَناً وَ ٠ِنْهَا فَلَا تَنْعَ٠ْ بِهِ سُرُوراً وَ لْيَكُنْ هَ٠َوْتِ وَ السَّلَا٠327.

A number of our companions, from Sahl Ibn Ziyad, from Ali Ibn Asbaat with an unbroken chain, said: Amir al-Mu'minin (asws) wrote to Ibn Abbas: ‘Having said that, what has made the person happy is what he did not miss, and grieved for what he never could have got, ever. The efforts that you have made should make you happy with what you have sent forward from the righteous deeds, or Judgement, or speech, and it is to your regret regarding what you have neglected from that.

And leave what you have missed from the world and do not grieve a lot for it. And what you have got from it, do not enjoy in its delight, but ponder over what comes after the death. With greetings’. ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/198)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)