Muhammad Bin Yahya...

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Muhammad Al Wabishi who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah -asws saying: ‘ Be cautious of your personal desires just as you are being cautious of your enemies , for there is nothing more inimical to the men than their following of their own personal desires and the harvest of their tongues’.

[14] Caution for being two-faced: عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى لِعِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ ( عليه السلام ) يَا عِيسَى لِيَكُنْ لِسَانُكَ فِي السِّرِّ وَ الْعَلَانِيَةِ لِسَاناً وَاحِداً وَ كَذَلِكَ قَلْبُكَ إِنِّي أُحَذِّرُكَ نَفْسَكَ وَ كَفَى بِي خَبِيراً لَا يَصْلُحُ لِسَانَانِ فِي فَمٍ وَاحِدٍ وَ لَا سَيْفَانِ فِي غِمْدٍ وَاحِدٍ وَ لَا قَلْبَانِ فِي صَدْرٍ وَاحِدٍ وَ كَذَلِكَ الْأَذْهَانُ .

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ali Bin Asbaat, from Abdul Rashman Bin Hammad, raising it, said, ‘Allah -azwj blessed and High Said to Isa -as Ibn Maryam -as : “O Isa -as ! Let your -as tongue during the privacy and the public be one tongue, and similar to that, your heart. I -azwj Caution you -as of yourself -as and suffice with Me -azwj as an All-Knowing.

It is not correct for there to be two tongues in one mouth, nor two swords in one sheath, nor two hearts in one chest, and similar to that are the minds’.

[15] Cautioning from seeking Comfort: عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ قِيلَ لِأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) عِظْنَا وَ أَوْجِزْ فَقَالَ الدُّنْيَا حَلَالُهَا حِسَابٌ وَ حَرَامُهَا عِقَابٌ وَ أَنَّى لَكُمْ بِالرَّوْحِ وَ لَمَّا تَأَسَّوْا بِسُنَّةِ نَبِيِّكُمْ تَطْلُبُونَ مَا يُطْغِيكُمْ وَ لَا تَرْضَوْنَ مَا يَكْفِيكُمْ .

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Yaqoub Bin Yazeed, from the one who mentioned it, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘It was said to Amir Al-Momineen -asws , ‘Advise us and be brief’.

So he -asws said: ‘The world, its Permissible would be accounted for, and its Prohibition would be Punished for, and I -asws am cautioning you of the comfort , and for what are you not following the Sunnah of your Prophet -saww , seeking what would make you transgress, and you are not being pleased with what is sufficing you?’.

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