And if he were to walk in between two soldiers...
And if he were to walk in between two soldiers, they would separate and would not fight against each other. And if its water is drunk by the one oppressed from the king, and he comes up to the one who oppressed him from whichever king, his oppression would decline from him by the Power of Allah -azwj the High, and he would come out from him joyful. And when she (a woman) who is not sought for her marriage washes with its water, her marriage would be easier by the Permission of Allah -azwj ’.
[53] Appendix VI: The Love for the World is the head of Sins! عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ دُرُسْتَ بْنِ أَبِي مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) وَ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ رَأْسُ كُلِّ خَطِيئَةٍ حُبُّ الدُّنْيَا .
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Dorost Bin Abu Mansour, from a man, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws and Hisham, from Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘The head (the root) of all sins is love of the world’.
[54] عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْقَاسَانِيِّ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ الْمِنْقَرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ بْنِ هَمَّامٍ عَنْ مَعْمَرِ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ سُئِلَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ( عليه السلام ) أَيُّ الْأَعْمَالِ أَفْضَلُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَقَالَ مَا مِنْ عَمَلٍ بَعْدَ مَعْرِفَةِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَ عَزَّ وَ مَعْرِفَةِ رَسُولِهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) أَفْضَلَ مِنْ بُغْضِ الدُّنْيَا وَ إِنَّ لِذَلِكَ لَشُعَباً كَثِيرَةً وَ لِلْمَعَاصِي شُعَباً Ali, from his father, from Ali Bin Muhammad Al Qasany, from Al Qasim Bin Muhammad, from Suleyman Bin Dawood Al Minqary, from Abdul Razzaq Bin Hammam, from Moamar Bin Rashid, from Al Zuhry Muhammad Bin Muslim Bin Shihad who said, ‘Ali -asws Bin Al-Husayn -asws was asked, ‘Which of the deeds is superior in the Presence of Allah -azwj Might and Majestic?’ So he -asws said: ‘There is none from the deeds, after the recognition of Allah -azwj Majestic and Mighty, and recognition of His -azwj Rasool -saww more superior than hatred of the world, and in that are a lot of branches, and the disobedience also has branches (as well)’.
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