ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content Chapter: Various Traditions From al-Ridha (s) 25 - حَدَّثَنا أَبي رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَلِىِّ بْنِ إِبراهِي٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ عُبِيْد عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عرفة قالَ: قالَ أَبُو الحَسَن الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ: يَا ابْنَ عَرَفَةَ إِنَّ النِّعَ٠َ كَالإِبِلِ الْ٠َعْقُولَةِ فِي عَطَنِهَا عَلَى الْقَوْ٠َا أَحْسَنُوا جِوَارَهَا فَإِذَا أَسَاءُوا ٠َلَتَهَا وَإِنَالَتَهَا نَفَرَتْ عَنْهُ٠30-25 (The author of the book narrated) my father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashem quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Isa ibn Obayd, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Arafat that Abul Hassan Al-Ridha (s) told him, “O Ibn Arafat!

In fact, God’s Blessings are like a camel tied up near a river where it rests. The people can gain benefits from it for as long as they treat it well. However, as soon as they mistreat it, it will leave them and they will lose it.”