Hadith 89

(The book) ‘Al-Kafi’ – From ‘Al-Rowza’, from the number, from Sahl, from Muhammad Bin Suleyman, from his father having said, ‘I was in the presence of Abu Abdullah-asws, when Abu Baseer came up to him-asws, and he was panting. So when he took his seat, Abu Abdullah-asws said to him: ‘O Abu Muhammad, what is this heavy breathing for? ’
He said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws, O son-asws of the Messenger-saww of Allah-azwj, great is my age, and my bones are creaking, and my term (death) is approaching, besides that I do not know what will happen to me from the matters of the Hereafter’. Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘O Abu Muhammad, and you are saying this? ’ He said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws, and how can I not say this? ’
He-saww said: ‘O Abu Muhammad, but do you know that Allah-azwj the High has Honoured the young ones among you, and is Bashful towards the elderly? ’
He said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you, so how has He-azwj Honoured the young, and been Bashful towards the elderly? ’
He-asws said: ‘Allah-azwj has Honoured the young ones (too much) to Punish them and is too Bashful towards the elderly to bring them to the Reckoning’. He said, ‘I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws, is this especially for us, or for (all) the people of Tawheed (Unitarians)? ’
He-asws said: ‘No, by Allah-azwj, it is only for you (Shiites) especially, apart from the whole world’. He said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws, we are being named by a name which is breaking our backs, and killing our hearts, and our blood has been declared lawful to be shed in the Hadeeth which are being narrated to them from their jurists’. Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘Is it ‘Al-Rafiza’ (the rejectors)? ’ He said, ‘Yes’. He-asws said: ‘No, by Allah-azwj, they are not the ones who have named you as such, but it is Allah-azwj Who has Named you all with it’. But, do you know, O Abu Muhammad that seventy men from the Children of Israel rejected the Pharaoh-la and his people, when they detected his misguidance. They attached themselves with Musa-as when they detected his-as guidance. So they were named (referred to) in the army of Musa-as as Al-Rafiza (The Rejectors) because they had rejected the Pharaoh-la, and they were the most intense worshippers in that army, and very intense in their love for Musa‑as and Haroun-as and their-as offspring. Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed unto Musa-as that: “Establish this name for them in the Torah, for I-azwj has Named them with it, and have Gifted it to them”. So Musa-as established the name for them, then Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Reserved this name for you all to the extent that we-asws have gifted it to you. O Abu Muhammad, they rejected the good, and you have rejected the evil. All the people have separated into sects, and they all divided into branches. You have branched out with the People-asws of the Household of your Prophet-saww, and you did what they did, and you chose what Allah-azwj had Chosen for you, and you wanted what Allah-azwj wanted. So receive glad tidings upon glad tidings, for By Allah-azwj, you (Shias) are ones with whom Allah-azwj has been Merciful, the ones whose good deeds will be Accepted, and the sins being Overlooked. The one who does not come to Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic, with what you are upon, o