Hadith 230

(The book) ‘Rijaal Al Kashy’ – from Muhammad Masoud, from Ja’far Bin Ahmad, from Al Amraky Bin Ali, from Muhammad Bin Habeeb Al Azdy, from Abdullah Bin Hammad, from Abdullah Bin Abdul Rahman Al Asamma, from Zareeh, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said, ‘I went out to Al-Medina and I was in heavy pain. It was said to him-asws, ‘Muhammad Bin Muslim is in pain! ’ So Abu Ja’far-asws sent a drink to me with the slave, covered with a towel. The slave gave it and said to me, ‘Drink, for he-asws has instructed me that I should not return until you have drunk it! ’
I took it, and there was the aroma of musk from it, and when I drank, it was of good taste, cool. When I had drunk it, the slave said to me, ‘He-asws says to you, ‘When you have drunk it, so come over! ’
I was thoughtful regarding what he had said to me and before that I was not able upon the getting up upon my legs. When the drink settled in my inside, it is as if I had been activated from the inactivity. I came to his-asws door and sought permission to see him-asws. He-asws called out for me: ‘The body is healthy, enter! Enter! ’
I entered and I was crying, and greeted unto him-asws and kissed his-asws hand and his-asws head. He-asws said to me: ‘And what makes you cry, O Muhammad? ’
I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws! I am crying upon my alienation, and remoteness of the house, and little ability upon staying in your-asws presence and looking at you-asws! ’
He-asws said: ‘As for little ability, so like that is how Allah-azwj has Made our-asws friends and people of our-asws cordiality to be and has Made the afflictions to be quick to them. And as for what you mentioned of the alienation, for you there is an exemplar with Abu Abdullah-asws (Al-Husayn-asws) in a land far away from us-asws by the Euphrates, may the Salawaat of Allah-azwj be upon him-asws. And as for what you mentioned of the distant house, so the Momin is a stranger in this house (world) and is (viewed as being) upside down among these people until he exits from this house (world) to the Mercy of Allah-azwj. And as for what you mentioned of your love to be near us-asws and the looking at us-asws, and you are not able upon that, so Allah-azwj Knows what is in your heart and will Recompense you upon it’’. [161]