قَالَ فَسَكَتَ عَنِّي ثُمَّ قَالَ يَخِفُّ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تَبْلُغَ مَعَنَا إِلَى يَنْبُعَ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَأَمَرَ بِحِمَارٍ وَ بَغْلٍ أَنْ يُسْرَجَا فَبَادَرْتُ فَرَكِبْتُ الْحِمَارَ فَقَالَ يَا سَدِيرُ أَ تَرَى أَنْ تُؤْثِرَنِي بِالْحِمَارِ قُلْتُ الْبَغْلُ أَزْيَنُ وَ أَنْبَلُ قَالَ الْحِمَارُ أَرْفَقُ بِي فَنَزَلْتُ فَرَكِبَ الْحِمَارَ وَ رَكِبْتُ الْبَغْلَ He (Sadeyr) said, ‘So he -asws was silent from me, then said: ‘Would it be light upon you if you were to come along with us -asws to Yanbu?’ I said, ‘Yes’.
So he -asws ordered with a donkey and a mule to be saddled and harnessed. So I initiated and rode the donkey and he -asws said: ‘O Sadeyr! What is your view if you were to prefer me -asws to be with the donkey?’ I said, ‘The mule is good (for me)’. He -asws said: ‘The donkey is kinder with me -asws ’. So I descended and he -asws rode the donkey and I rode the mule.
فَمَضَيْنَا فَحَانَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَقَالَ يَا سَدِيرُ انْزِلْ بِنَا نُصَلِّ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَذِهِ أَرْضٌ سَبِخَةٌ لَا تَجُوزُ الصَّلَاةُ فِيهَا فَسِرْنَا حَتَّى صِرْنَا إِلَى أَرْضٍ حَمْرَاءَ وَ نَظَرَ إِلَى غُلَامٍ يَرْعَى جِدَاءً فَقَالَ وَ اللَّهِ يَا سَدِيرُ لَوْ كَانَ لِي شِيعَةٌ بِعَدَدِ هَذِهِ الْجِدَاءِ مَا وَسِعَنِي الْقُعُودُ So we went on and the Salāt (time) arrived, so he -asws said: ‘O Sadeyr! Descend with us -asws to pray Salāt ’.
Then he -asws said: ‘This is a marshy land, the Salāt is not allowed in it’. So we travelled until we arrived at red ground, and he -asws looked at a boy pasturing goats, so he -asws said: ‘By Allah -azwj , O Sadeyr! Had there been for me -asws Shias of the number of these goats, there would not have been leeway for the sitting back (not rising against the ruling authorities) for me -asws ’.
وَ نَزَلْنَا وَ صَلَّيْنَا فَلَمَّا فَرَغْنَا مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ عَطَفْتُ عَلَى الْجِدَاءِ فَعَدَدْتُهَا فَإِذَا هِيَ سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ And we descended and we prayed Salāt . So when we were free from the Salāt , I turned towards the goats, and I counted them, and there were seventeen (17) ’. [6] [1] تفسير القمّي 2: 135 [2] Al Kafi – 14540 (Extract) [3] There are many examples in the Holy Quran, e.g., Say: O People of the Book!