Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Hisham Bin Salim, from Abu Hamza, from Abu Is’haq, (It has been narrated) from one of the companions of Amir Al-Momineen -asws , said, ‘Amir Al-Momineen -asws said: ‘Know that the companionship of the knowledgeable one -asws and following him -asws is a Religion Allah -azwj has Made to be a Religion with, and obedience to him ‑asws is an earner of the good deeds and a remover of the evil deeds, and a treasure hoard of the Momineen , and an elevation among them during their lifetime, and a beauty after their deaths’.
[19] عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بُنْدَارَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ مَرَّ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ فَرَأَى أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) وَ عَلَيْهِ ثِيَابٌ كَثِيرَةُ الْقِيمَةِ حِسَانٌ فَقَالَ وَ اللَّهِ لآَتِيَنَّهُ وَ لَأُوَبِّخَنَّهُ فَدَنَا مِنْهُ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ مَا لَبِسَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) مِثْلَ هَذَا اللِّبَاسِ وَ لَا عَلِيٌّ ( عليه السلام ) وَ لَا أَحَدٌ مِنْ آبَائِكَ Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Bundar, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah, from Muhammad Bin Ali, raising it, said, ‘Sufyan Al-Sowry passed by in the Sacred Masjid, so he saw Abu Abdullah asws and upon him asws were a lot of clothes of goodly price.
So he said, ‘By Allah azwj ! I will go to him asws and rebuke him asws ’. So he approached him asws . So he asws said, ‘O son asws of Rasool-Allah saww ! Rasool-Allah saww did not wear the likes of these clothes, nor did Ali asws , nor did anyone (else) from your asws forefathers’.
فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فِي زَمَانِ قَتْرٍ مُقْتِرٍ وَ كَانَ يَأْخُذُ لِقَتْرِهِ وَ اقْتِدَارِهِ وَ إِنَّ الدُّنْيَا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَرْخَتْ عَزَالِيَهَا فَأَحَقُّ أَهْلِهَا بِهَا أَبْرَارُهَا ثُمَّ تَلَا قُلْ مَنْ حَرَّمَ زِينَةَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي أَخْرَجَ لِعِبادِهِ وَ الطَّيِّباتِ مِنَ الرِّزْقِ وَ نَحْنُ أَحَقُّ مَنْ أَخَذَ مِنْهَا مَا أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ غَيْرَ أَنِّي يَا ثَوْرِيُّ مَا تَرَى عَلَيَّ مِنْ ثَوْبٍ إِنَّمَا أَلْبَسُهُ لِلنَّاسِ So Abu Abdullah asws said to him: ‘Rasool-Allah saww was in an era of scarcity and financial straitness, and he saww used to take in accordance with his saww straitness and his saww ability, and the world after that has long gone past it, thus the most deserving of its people with it are its righteous ones’.