The Sufficient (Vol 2) · Hadith 663 (#Ḥadīth #2)

2ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَيْنِ إِذَا اعْتَنَقَا غَمَرَتْهُمَا الرَّحْمَةُ فَإِذَا الْتَزَمَا لا يُرِيدَانِ بِذَلِكَ إِلا وَجْهَ الله وَلا يُرِيدَانِ غَرَضاً مِنْ أَغْرَاضِ الدُّنْيَا قِيلَ لَهُمَا مَغْفُوراً لَكُمَا فَاسْتَأْنِفَا فَإِذَا أَقْبَلا عَلَى الْمُسَاءَلَةِ قَالَتِ الْمَلائِكَةُ بَعْضُهَا لِبَعْضِ تَنَحَّوْا عَنْهُمَا فَإِنَّ لَهُمَا سِرّاً وَقَدْ سَتَرَ الله عَلَيْهِمَا قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ فَلا يُكْتَبُ عَلَيْهِمَا لَفْظُهُمَا وَقَدْ قَالَ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ما يَلْفِظُ مِنْ قَوْلٍ إِلا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌ قَالَ فَتَنَفَّسَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) الصُّعَدَاءَ ثُمَّ بَكَى حَتَّى اخْضَلَّتْ دُمُوعُهُ لِحْيَتَهُ وَقَالَ يَا إِسْحَاقُ إِنَّ الله تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى إِنَّمَا أَمَرَ الْمَلائِكَةَ أَنْ تَعْتَزِلَ عَنِ الْمُؤْمِنَيْنِ إِذَا الْتَقَيَا إِجْلالاً لَهُمَا وَإِنَّهُ وَإِنْ كَانَتِ الْمَلائِكَةُ لا تَكْتُبُ لَفْظَهُمَا وَلا تَعْرِفُ كَلامَهُمَا فَإِنَّهُ يَعْرِفُهُ وَيَحْفَظُهُ عَلَيْهِمَا عَالِمُ السِّرِّ وَأَخْفَى.

2. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Safwan ibn Y ahya from Ishaq ibn ‘Ammar from Abu ‘Abdillah who has said the following: “When two believing people embrace each other, blessings engulf them. When they hold each other just for the sake of Allah and for no worldly reasons, it then will be said to them, ‘You are forgiven, resume your deeds.’ When they begin asking about each other the angels will say to each other, ‘Keep away from them; they have secret matters and Allah has granted them cover and privacy.’ I (Ishaq) then asked, ‘May Allah keep my soul in service for your cause, how is it that the angels do not write their words when Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, has said, “. . . he does not utter a word which is not recorded immediately by the watchful scribes”?’ (50: 17) The narrator has said that Abu ‘Abdillah took a breath of sigh and wept so much that his tears drenched his beard, and he said, ‘O Ishaq, Allah, the Most Blessed, the Most High, commands the angels to leave the believing people who meet each other alone just because of respect for them; otherwise, if the angels do not write their words or do not know them, He knows and saves them; He knows all the secrets and the hidden things.’”

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