So Ibn Abu Yafour wept, and said, ‘And how does one advise him of the Wilayah?
So Ibn Abu Yafour wept, and said, ‘And how does one advise him of the Wilayah?’ قَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ إِذَا كَانَ مِنْهُ بِتِلْكَ الْمَنْزِلَةِ بَثَّهُ هَمَّهُ يَهُمُّ لِهَمِّهِ وَ فَرِحَ لِفَرَحِهِ إِنْ هُوَ فَرِحَ وَ حَزِنَ لِحُزْنِهِ إِنْ هُوَ حَزِنَ فَإِنْ كَانَ عِنْدَهُ مَا يُفَرِّجُ عَنْهُ فَرَّجَ عَنْهُ وَ إِلَّا دَعَا اللَّهَ لَهُ Imam -asws said: ‘O Ibn Abu Yafour!
When it would be from him with at status, he would be his main concern, and he would be worried to his worries, and he would be happy to his happiness if he is happy, and he would grieve to his grief if he were in grief. So, if there was with him (something) what could relieve him, he would relieve it from him, or else he would supplicate to Allah -azwj for him’.
قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع ثَلَاثٌ لَكُمْ وَ ثَلَاثٌ لَنَا أَنْ تَعْرِفُوا فَضْلَنَا وَ أَنْ تَطَئُوا أَعْقَابَنَا وَ تَنْظُرُوا عَاقِبَتَنَا فَمَنْ كَانَ هَكَذَا كَانَ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ اللَّهِ فَيَسْتَضِيئُ بِنُورِهِمُ مَنْ هُوَ أَسْفَلُ مِنْهُمْ فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ عَنْ يَمِينِ اللَّهِ فَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ يَرَاهُمْ مَنْ دُونَهُمْ لَمْ يَهْنِئْهُمُ الْعَيْشُ مِمَّا يَرَوْنَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِمْ He (the narrator) said, ‘Then Abu Abdullah -asws said: ‘ Three are for you and three are for us -asws – that you should be recognising our -asws merits, and that you should tread in our -asws footsteps , and you should be awaiting our -asws end-result (Al-Qaim -asws ).
So, the one who was like this, he would be in front of Allah -azwj , so they would be illuminating the ones by their light who would be lower than them. So, as for those on the right of Allah -azwj , if the ones besides them were to see them, the life would not be palatable to them from what they would be seeing from their merits’.
فَقَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ مَا لَهُمْ فَمَا يَرَوْنَهُمْ وَ هُمْ عَنْ يَمِينِ اللَّهِ قَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ إِنَّهُمْ مَحْجُوبُونَ بِنُورِ اللَّهِ أَ مَا بَلَغَكَ حَدِيثُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص كَانَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَنْ يَمِينِ اللَّهِ وَ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ اللَّهِ وُجُوهُهُمْ أَبْيَضُ مِنَ الثَّلْجِ وَ أَضْوَأُ مِنَ الشَّمْسِ الضَّاحِيَةِ فَيَسْأَلُ السَّائِلُ مَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ فَيُقَالُ هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ تَحَابُّوا فِي جَلَالِ اللَّهِ Ibn Abu Yafour said, ‘What is it to them and what they are seeing them on the right of Allah -azwj !?’ He -asws said: ‘O Ibn Abu Yafour!
They would be Veiled by the Light of Allah -azwj .
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