Hadith 581

(The book) ‘Kifayat Al Aser’ – Ali Bi Al-Husayn, from Muhammad Bin Al-Husayn Al Kufi, from Ahmad Bin Howzat Bin Abu Harasah Abu Suleyman Al Bahily, from Ibrahim Bin Is’haq Al Nahawandy, from Abdullah Bin Hammad, from Abu Marwam Abdul Ghaffar Bin Al Qasim who said, ‘I entered to see my Master-asws Al-Baqir-asws, and in his-asws presence were some people from his-asws companions. The discussion of flowed. I said, ‘O my Master-asws! So, which (Momin) is superior? ’ He-asws said: ‘One, the (other) Momineen are safe from his tongue and his hand’. I said, ‘So, which of the mannerism are superior? ’ He-asws said: ‘The patience and the forgiveness’. I said, ‘So, which of the Momineen are of perfect Eman? ’ He-asws said: ‘The best of them in manners’. I said, ‘So, which Jihad is superior? ’ He-asws said: ‘One who hamstrings his horse and spills its blood’. I said, ‘Which Salat is superior? ’ He-asws said: ‘Prolonged Qunoot (supplication during it)’. I said, ‘So, which charity is superior? ’ He-asws said, ‘Your fleeing from what Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic has Prohibited unto you’. I said, ‘O my Master-asws! What are you-asws saying regarding entering to see the ruling authority? ’ He-asws said: ‘I-asws do not see that for you’. I said, ‘Sometimes I travel to Syria and enter to see Ibrahim Al-Waleed’. He-asws said: ‘O Abdul Gaffar! Your entering to see the ruling authority calls to three things – love of the world, and forgetfulness of the death, and scarcity of the satisfaction with what Allah-azwj has Apportioned (for you)’. I said, ‘O son-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww! I am with dependants and I trade to that place in order to pull the benefits. So, what do you-asws view regarding that? ’ He-asws said: ‘O Abdul Gaffar! I-asws am not ordering you with neglecting the world, but I-asws am instructing you with neglecting the sins. Neglecting the world is a merit and