The Sufficient (Vol 2) · Hadith 1781 (#Ḥadīth #7)

7ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ جَمِيعاً عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ رِئَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ ثُوَيْرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ الْحُسَيْنِ (عَلَيهِما السَّلام) يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْمَلائِكَةَ إِذَا سَمِعُوا الْمُؤْمِنَ يَدْعُو لأخِيهِ الْمُؤْمِنِ بِظَهْرِ الْغَيْبِ أَوْ يَذْكُرُهُ بِخَيْرٍ قَالُوا نِعْمَ الأخُ أَنْتَ لأخِيكَ تَدْعُو لَهُ بِالْخَيْرِ وَهُوَ غَائِبٌ عَنْكَ وَتَذْكُرُهُ بِخَيْرٍ قَدْ أَعْطَاكَ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مِثْلَيْ مَا سَأَلْتَ لَهُ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْكَ مِثْلَيْ مَا أَثْنَيْتَ عَلَيْهِ وَلَكَ الْفَضْلُ عَلَيْهِ وَإِذَا سَمِعُوهُ يَذْكُرُ أَخَاهُ بِسُوءٍ وَيَدْعُو عَلَيْهِ قَالُوا لَهُ بِئْسَ الأخُ أَنْتَ لأخِيكَ كُفَّ أَيُّهَا الْمُسَتَّرُ عَلَى ذُنُوبِهِ وَعَوْرَتِهِ وَارْبَعْ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ وَاحْمَدِ الله الَّذِي سَتَرَ عَلَيْكَ وَاعْلَمْ أَنَّ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَعْلَمُ بِعَبْدِهِ مِنْكَ.

7. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad and Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father all from ibn Mahbub from ibn Ri’ab from abu ‘Ubaydah from Thuwayr who has said the following: “I heard Ali ibn al-Husayn saying, ‘When the angels hear the believing person praying for his brother (in belief) in his absence or speak of him good, they say, “You are a good brother (in belief). You pray for him in his absence and speak good of him. Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, has granted you double of what you asked for him and He has praised you double of your praising him and you have excellence over him, but if they (angels) hear him speak evil of his brother (in belief), and pray against him, they will say, ‘You are a bad brother for him! Stop, O you whose sins and privacy are covered, reduce your burden. Praise and thank Allah, Who has covered you, and notice that Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, knows more about His servant than you do.’”

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