Al-Khiṣāl - Part 4: On Four-Numbered Characteristics

Al-Khiṣāl - Part 4: On Four-Numbered Characteristics Chapter: The Four Ways the Prophet’s Traditions Reach the People د بن الوليد رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا ٠د بن الحسن الصفار قال: حدثنا ٠د بن الحسين بن أبي الخطاب، عن علي بن أسباط عن سلي٠ولى طربال، عن رجل، عن أبي جعفر عليه السلا٠عته يقول:الدنيا دول، ف٠ا كان لك فيها أتاك على ضعفك، و٠ا فات أراح بدنه، و٠4-133 Muhammad ibn al-Hassan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Walid - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn al-Hassan al-Saffar quoted Muhammad ibn al-Hussein ibn Abil Khat’tab, on the authority of Ali ibn Asbat, on the authority of Salim - the servant of Tarbal that he had heard Abi Ja’far al-Baqir (MGB) say, “The world is making progress.

Whatever you earn in this world, you earn it despite your weaknesses. Yet, you may lose some thing and not be able to hold on to them with all your strength.”He (MGB) then added, “Whoever forgets about what he has lost is in comfort, and whoever is pleased with what he has been granted will be cheerful.”