وَ أَخْفَى وَلِيَّهُ فِي عِبَادِهِ فَلَا تَسْتَصْغِرَنَّ...
وَ أَخْفَى وَلِيَّهُ فِي عِبَادِهِ فَلَا تَسْتَصْغِرَنَّ عَبْداً مِنْ عَبِيدِ اللَّهِ فَرُبَّمَا يَكُونُ وَلِيَّهُ وَ أَنْتَ لَا تَعْلَمُ And He -azwj has Hidden His -azwj friend among His -azwj servants, so do not belittle any servant from the servants of Allah -azwj , perhaps he would be His -azwj friend, and you do not know’’.
[17] Appendix III: An example of Celebrations of the Angels -as عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) إِذْ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ أَبُو بَصِيرٍ وَ قَدْ خَفَرَهُ النَّفَسُ فَلَمَّا أَخَذَ مَجْلِسَهُ قَالَ لَهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ مَا هَذَا النَّفَسُ الْعَالِي فَقَالَ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ كَبِرَ سِنِّي وَ دَقَّ عَظْمِي وَ اقْتَرَبَ أَجَلِي مَعَ أَنَّنِي لَسْتُ أَدْرِي مَا أَرِدُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَمْرِ آخِرَتِي A number from our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Suleyman, from his father who said: ‘I was in the presence of Abu Abdullah -asws , when Abu Baseer came up to him -asws , and he was panting.
So when he took his seat, Abu Abdullah -asws said to him: ‘O Abu Muhammad, what is this heavy breathing for?’ He said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you -asws , O son -asws of the Messenger -saww of Allah -azwj , great is my age, and my bones are creaking, and my term (death) is approaching, besides that I do not know what will happen to me from the matters of the Hereafter’.
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