[6] عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ...

[6] عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ يَكُونُ لَهُ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِ دَرَجَةٌ لَا يَبْلُغُهَا بِعَمَلِهِ‏ فَيُبْتَلَى‏ فِي‏ جَسَدِهِ‏ أَوْ يُصَابُ فِي مَالِهِ أَوْ يُصَابُ فِي وَلَدِهِ فَإِنْ هُوَ صَبَرَ بَلَّغَهُ اللَّهُ إِيَّاهُ And from Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘The servant happens to have a status for him in the Presence of his Lord -azwj which he cannot reach by his deeds. So, he is afflicted in his body (or difficulties in his wealth), or difficulties in his children.

[7] وَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏ إِنَّهُ لَيَكُونُ لِلْعَبْدِ مَنْزِلَةٌ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَا يَبْلُغُهَا إِلَّا بِإِحْدَى الْخَصْلَتَيْنِ إِمَّا بِبَلِيَّةٍ فِي‏ جِسْمِهِ‏ أَوْ بِذَهَابِ مَالِه‏ And Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘There happens to be a status for the servant in the Presence of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic which he cannot reach it except by one of the two characteristics – either by an affliction in his body or by the loss of his wealth’.

[8] The Six Adorable Characteristics of a Believer: عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ أَبِي مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَنَا وَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ وَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ طَلْحَةَ فَقَالَ ع ابْتِدَاءً يَا ابْنَ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص سِتُّ خِصَالٍ‏ مَنْ‏ كُنَ‏ فِيهِ‏ كَانَ‏ بَيْنَ‏ يَدَيِ‏ اللَّهِ‏ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ عَنْ يَمِينِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ وَ مَا هِيَ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ From Isa Bin Abu Mansour who said, ‘I was in the presence of Abu Abdullah -asws , I and Abdullah Bin Abu Yafour, and Abdullah Bin Talha, and he -asws said initiating: ‘O Ibn Abu Yafour!

قَالَ يُحِبُّ الْمَرْءُ الْمُسْلِمُ لِأَخِيهِ مَا يُحِبُّ لِأَعَزِّ أَهْلِهِ وَ يَكْرَهُ الْمَرْءُ الْمُسْلِمُ لِأَخِيهِ مَا يَكْرَهُ لِأَعَزِّ أَهْلِهِ وَ يُنَاصِحُهُ الْوَلَايَةَ فَبَكَى ابْنُ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ وَ قَالَ كَيْفَ يُنَاصِحُهُ الْوَلَايَةَ Imam -asws said: ‘ The Muslim man should love for his brother what he loves for the most dearest one of his own family , and the Muslim man should dislike for his brother what he dislikes for the dearest one of his own family, and he should advise him of the Wilayah’.