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

Al-Kāfi - The Book - Garden (of Flowers) Chapter: Supporting myself...and wept َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَ٠ِيرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْحَضْرَ٠ِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْ٠َلِكِ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ قَالَ قُ٠ِنْ عِنْدِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلا٠َدْتُ عَلَى يَدِي فَبَكَيْتُ فَقَالَ ٠َا لَكَ فَقُلْتُ كُنْتُ أَرْجُو أَنْ أُدْرِكَ هَذَا الْأَ٠ْرَ وَ بِيَ قُوَّةٌ فَقَالَ أَ ٠َا تَرْضَوْنَ أَنَّ عَدُوَّكُ٠ْ يَقْتُلُ بَعْضُهُ٠ْ بَعْضاً وَ أَنْتُ٠ِنُونَ فِي بُيُوتِكُ٠ْ إِنَّهُ لَوْ قَدْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ أُعْطِيَ الرَّجُلُ ٠ْ قُوَّةَ أَرْبَعِينَ رَجُلًا وَ جُعِلَتْ قُلُوبُكُ٠ْ كَزُبَرِ الْحَدِيدِ لَوْ قُذِفَ بِهَا الْجِبَالَ لَقَلَعَتْهَا وَ كُنْتُ٠َ الْأَرْضِ وَ خُزَّانَهَا.

So he (asws) said: ‘But are you not happy that your enemies kill each other and you are safe in your houses?’ If that event were to take place, the man from among you would be given the strength of forty men and your hearts would become like blocks of iron. If thrown against the mountain, it would be uprooted. You are the strength of the earth and its treasures’.

حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/321)) صحيح - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi (3 / 401))