Hadith 67

(The book) ‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – from a group, from Abu Al Mufazzal, from Muhammad Bin Ja’far Al Razzaz, from Ayoub Bin Nuh, from Al Sharib Bin Zira’a, from his brother Yasaar, from Humran, ‘From Abu Abdullah-asws, from his-asws father-asws, from Jabir Bin Abdullah-ra having said, ‘While Amir Al-Momineen-asws was in a group of his-asws companions, I being among them, when they mentioned the world and its exchanging its inhabitants. A man condemned and he went in condemning it of every doctrine. Amir Al-Momineen-asws said to him: ‘O you condemner of the world! Are you the interpreter upon it or is it the interpreter upon you? ’
He said, ‘But I am the interpreter upon it, O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! ’
He-asws said: ‘With what are you condemning it? Isn’t it a house of truthfulness for the one who ratifies it? And a house of riches for the one who provides from it? And a house of well being for the one who understands about it? And a Masjid of the Prophets-as of Allah-azwj, and landing place of His-azwj Revelation, and a praying place of His-azwj Angels? And trading place of His-azwj friends to be earning the Mercy in it and profit with the Paradise in it? So who is that who would condemn it, and it has proclaimed with its detachment, and called out with its termination, and obituarised itself and its inhabitants. It tramples with its calamitous afflictions, and it incites with its happiness to the happiness, scaring and enticing. It comes early with good health and departs with catastrophe. So (some) men condemn it, being excessive regretting afterwards, and others praise it earning the good in it. O you condemner of the world, the one deceived by its deceptions! When did it become condemnable to you, or when did it deceive you? Or is it due to the lying places of your forefathers from the decay, or with the knock down of your foremothers beneath the soil? How many fell ill by your hands and treated by your palms. You sought the healing for them and appointed the physicians for them. They did not benefit with your intercession in your seeking. It is an example for you. Woe be to you! The world is your demise with their demise, and your grave with their graves, when neither will your crying avail you nor will your loved ones benefit you’. Then he-asws turned to occupants of the graves. He-asws said: ‘O people of the soil, and O people of the nearness! As for the houses, these have been settled in, and as for the wealth, it has been distributed, and as for the wives, they have been married (re-married). This is the news in our possession, so what is the news in your possession? ’
The he-asws faced towards his-asws companions. He-asws said: ‘By Allah-azwj! Had there been permission for then in talking, they would have informed you all that the best provision is the piety’’. [66]