The Sufficient (Vol 2) · Hadith 1705 (#Ḥadīth #8)

8ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ لا يَزَالُ الْمُؤْمِنُ بِخَيْرٍ وَرَجَاءٍ رَحْمَةً مِنَ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مَا لَمْ يَسْتَعْجِلْ فَيَقْنَطَ وَيَتْرُكَ الدُّعَاءَ قُلْتُ لَهُ كَيْفَ يَسْتَعْجِلُ قَالَ يَقُولُ قَدْ دَعَوْتُ مُنْذُ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَمَا أَرَى الإجَابَةَ.

8. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from ibn Mahbub from Hisham ibn Salim from abu Basir from Abu ‘Abdillah who has said the following: “A believing person is fine and hopeful through the favors of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, as long as he does not msh to despair and give up prayer.’ I (the narrator) then asked the Imam ‘How can he msh?’ The Imam said, ‘He may say, “I have been praying for such and such period of time and I do not see any sign of acceptance.’”

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).