I went out and prayed the two evening Salats with him -asws...
I went out and prayed the two evening Salats with him -asws and he -asws sat dictating to me the knowledge, initiating from him -asws , and I was asking him -asws and he -asws kept answering me until most of the night had passed by. ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلْغُلَامِ هَاتِ الثِّيَابَ الَّتِي أَنَامُ فِيهَا لِيَنَامَ أَحْمَدُ الْبَزَنْطِيُّ فِيهَا Then he -asws said to the slave: ‘Give the clothes which I -asws tend to sleep in, for Ahmad Al-Bazanty to sleep in’.
قَالَ فَخَطَر بِبَالِي لَيْسَ فِي الدُّنْيَا مَنْ هُوَ أَحْسَنُ حَالًا مِنِّي بَعَثَ الْإِمَامُ مَرْكُوبَهُ إِلَيَّ وَ جَاءَ وَ قَعَدَ إِلَيَّ ثُمَّ أَمَرَ لِي بِهَذَا الْإِكْرَامِ He (the narrator) said, ‘It occurred in my mind that there isn’t anyone in the world who is of better state than me. The Imam -asws has sent his -asws riding animal to me -asws , and he -asws came and sat to me, then he -asws ordered with these honours for me’.
وَ كَانَ قَدِ اتَّكَأَ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ لِيَنْهَضَ فَجَلَسَ وَ قَالَ يَا أَحْمَدُ لَا تَفْخَرْ عَلَى أَصْحَابِكَ بِذَلِكَ فَإِنَّ صَعْصَعَةَ بْنَ صُوحَانَ مَرِضَ فَعَادَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع وَ أَكْرَمَهُ وَ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى جَبْهَتِهِ وَ جَعَلَ يُلَاطِفُهُ فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ النُّهُوضَ قَالَ يَا صَعْصَعَةُ لَا تَفْخَرْ عَلَى إِخْوَانِكَ بِمَا فَعَلْتُ فَإِنِّي إِنَّمَا فَعَلْتُ جَمِيعَ ذَلِكَ لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ تَكْلِيفاً لِي. And he -asws leant upon his -asws hand to get up.
He -asws sat up and said: ‘O Ahmad! Do not pride over your companions with that, for Sa’sa Bin Sowhan (a devotee of Amir Al-Momineen -asws ) was sick, and Amir Al-Momineen -asws had consoled him and honoured him, and placed his -asws hand upon his forehead, and went on to care for him. When he -asws wanted to get up, he -asws said: ‘O Sa’sa! Do not pride over your brother with what I -asws have done, for rather I -asws have done entirety of that because it was a moral obligation for me -asws ’’.
[2] علل الشرائع ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ هَاشِمٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ دِينَارٍ يَرْفَعُهُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: افْتَخَرَ رَجُلَانِ عِنْدَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فَقَالَ أَ تَفْتَخِرَانِ بِأَجْسَادٍ بَالِيَةٍ وَ أَرْوَاحٍ فِي النَّارِ إِنْ يَكُنْ لَكَ عَقْلٌ فَإِنَّ لَكَ خُلُقاً وَ إِنْ يَكُنْ لَكَ تَقْوَى فَإِنَّ لَكَ كَرَماً وَ إِلَّا فَالْحِمَارُ خَيْرٌ مِنْكَ وَ لَسْتَ بِخَيْرٍ مِنْ أَحَدٍ.
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