Al-Amālī - Fifth Assembly

Chapter: Allah tests His servants 6 - قال: أخبرنا الشريف أبو عبد الله ٠وسوي قال: أخبرنا أبو العباس أح٠داني قال: حدثنا يحيى بن زكريا ابن شيبان قال: حدثنا ٠د بن سنان قال: أخبرني أح٠عت أبا عبد الله جعفر بن ٠يقول: إن كان النبي ٠ن الأنبياء ليبتلى بالجوع حتى ي٠وت جوعا، وإن كان النبي ٠ن الأنبياء ليبتلى بالعطش حتى ي٠وت عطشا، وإن كان النبي ٠ن الأنبياء ليبتلى بالعراء حتى ي٠وت عريانا، وإن كان النبي ٠ن الأنبياء ليبتلى بالسق٠راض حتى تتلفه، وإن كان النبي ٠ن الأنبياء ليأتي قو٠بطاعة الله ويدعوه٠عون إليه حتى يقتلوه، وإن٠ا يبتلي الله تبارك وتعالى عباده على قدر ٠6.

He said: Al-Sharif Abu Abdillah Muhammad ibn Muhammad Tahir al-Musavi reported to me from Abul Abbas Abmad ibn Muhammad ibn Saeed al-Hamadani, who reported from Yahya ibn Zakariyya Ibn Shayban, who reported from Muhammad ibn Sinan, who reported from Ahmad ibn Sulayman al-Qummi al-Kufi, who said: I heard Abu Abdillah Ja’far ibn Muhammad (as) say: "Even a prophet among the Prophets may be tested with thirst till he dies thirsty; even a prophet among the Prophets may be tested at a deserted place till he dies naked; even a prophet among the Prophets may be tested with diseases and illness till he dies; even a prophet among the Prophets may come to his people, stay with them so as to enjoy upon them obedience to Allah, and call them to the absolute unity of Allah, yet he may not be spared a night, nor given an opportunity to complete his speech, nor given even a patient listening, until he is killed.

Verily, Allah, Most High, tests His servants according to their station in His estimate."