قَالَ فَلَمَّا وَدَّعَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ رَوَاحَةَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ لَهُ مُرْنِي بِشَيْءٍ أَحْفَظْهُ عَنْكَ قَالَ إِنَّكَ قَادِمٌ غَداً بَلَداً السُّجُودُ بِهِ قَلِيلٌ فَأَكْثِرِ السُّجُودَ فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ زِدْنِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ اذْكُرِ اللَّهَ فَإِنَّهُ عَوْنٌ لَكَ عَلَى مَا تَطْلُبُ He said, ‘When Abdullah Bin Rawaha bade farewell to Rasool-Allah -saww , he said to him -asws , ‘Instruct me with something I can preserve it from you -saww ’.
He -saww said: ‘You will set foot in a city tomorrow where few Sajdahs are performed, so frequent the Sajdahs’. Abdullah said, ‘Increase for me, O Rasool-Allah -saww !’ He -saww said: ‘Mention Allah -azwj for He -azwj will be Assisting you upon whatever you seek’.
فَقَامَ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ حَتَّى إِذَا مَضَى ذَاهِباً رَجَعَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَتْرٌ يُحِبُّ الْوَتْرَ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ رَوَاحَةَ مَا عَجَزْتَ فَلَا تَعْجَزْ إِنْ أَسَأْتَ عَشْراً أَنْ تُحْسِنَ وَاحِدَةً فَقَالَ ابْنُ رَوَاحَةَ لَا أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ شَيْءٍ بَعْدَهَا. He arose from his -saww presence until when he wanted to go, he returned and said, ‘O Rasool-Allah -saww ! Allah -azwj is a Planner, He -azwj Loves the planning’. He -saww said: ‘O Ibn Rawaha!
Whatever frustrates you, so you cannot do it. If you forget ten then be good with one’. Ibn Rawaha said, ‘I will not ask you -saww about anything after it’’. قَالَ وَ قَدْ رَوَى جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص خُلِقَ النَّاسُ مِنْ أَشْجَارٍ شَتَّى وَ خُلِقْتُ أَنَا وَ جَعْفَرٌ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ أَوْ قَالَ مِنْ طِينَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ.
He said, ‘And it has been reported by Ja’far -asws Bin Muhammad -asws , from his -asws father -asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘The people have been Created from various trees (lineages), and I -saww and Ja’far -asws are from one tree’, or said: ‘From one essence (clay)’’. وَ بِالْإِسْنَادِ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لِجَعْفَرٍ أَشْبَهْتَ خَلْقِي وَ خُلُقِي.
And by the chain, said, ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said to Ja’far -asws : ‘You -asws resemble my -saww body and my -saww manners’’. و قال ابن عبد البر في الاستيعاب كانت سن جعفر ع يوم قتل إحدى و أربعين سنة. And Ibn Abd Al-Birr said in (the book) ‘Al-Istiyaab’ – ‘The age of Ja’far -asws on the day he -asws was killed was forty-one years’’.