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6. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from ibn Mahbub from Hisham ibn Salim from Mu’alla ibn Khunays from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “The Messenger of Allah has said, ‘Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, has said, ‘To cause suffering to My believing servant is certainly a declaration of animosity against Me.’”
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7. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from and abu Ali al-Ash’ari from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar all from ibn Faddal from Ali ibn ‘Uqbah from Hammad ibn Bashir who has said the following: “I heard Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) saying, ‘The Messenger of Allah has said, “Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, has said, ‘Whoever insults any of My friends has waged a war against Me. Whoever of the servant seeks closeness to Me should know that there is nothing in that matter more beloved to Me than his fulfilling his obligations and he should seek nearness to Me by performing optional acts so I may love him; when I love him I will be his ears with which he will hear, his eyes with which he will see, his tongue with which he will speak and his hands with which he will perform his activities. Whenever he prays, I answer. Whenever he will ask for help, I will help him. I have not so much hesitated in all that I do as my hesitation at the time of the death of a believer who dislikes death and I dislike disappointing him.’”
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8. A number of our companions narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from Ismail ibn Mahran from Abu Sa'id al-Qammat from Aban ibn Taghlib from Abu Ja'far al-Baqir (as), who said: When the Prophet (sw) was taken on the night journey (al-Isra), he said, "O my Lord, what is the condition of the believer with You?" Allah said, "O Muhammad, whoever dishonors My friend has declared war against Me, and I am the quickest of all things to support My friends. I have never hesitated about anything I am going to do as I have hesitated about the death of the believer. He dislikes death, and I dislike to see him in distress. Among My believing servants, there are some whom only wealth can rectify, and if I were to turn them to anything else, they would perish. And among My believing servants, there are some whom only poverty can rectify, and if I were to turn them to anything else, they would perish. No servant of Mine approaches Me with anything more beloved to Me than what I have made obligatory upon him, and he continues to draw near to Me with voluntary acts until I love him. When I love him, I become his hearing with which he hears, his sight with which he sees, his tongue with which he speaks, and his hand with which he strikes. If he calls upon Me, I answer him; and if he asks Me, I give to him."
[1]« كنت سمعه الذي يسمع به إلخ» إن العارف لما تخلى من شهواته و ارادته و تجلى محبة الحق على عقله و روحه و مسامعه و مشاعره و فوض جميع أموره إليه و سلم و رضى بكل ما قضى ربه عليه يصير الرب سبحانه متصرفا في عقله و قلبه و قواه و يدبر أموره على ما يحبه و يرضاه فيريد الأشياء بمشيئة مولاه كما قال سبحانه مخاطبا لهم:« وَ ما تَشاؤُنَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَشاءَ اللَّهُ»* و كما ورد في تأويل هذه الآية في غوامض الاخبار عن معادن الحكم و الاسرار و الأئمّة الأخيار و روى عن النبيّ صلّى اللّه عليه و آله: قلب المؤمن بين اصبعين من أصابع الرحمن يقلبها كيف يشاء و كذلك يتصرف ربه الأعلى منه في سائر الجوارح و القوى كما قال سبحانه مخاطبا لنبيه صلّى اللّه عليه و آله:« وَ ما رَمَيْتَ إِذْ رَمَيْتَ وَ لكِنَّ اللَّهَ رَمى» و قال تعالى:« إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُبايِعُونَكَ إِنَّما يُبايِعُونَ اللَّهَ يَدُ اللَّهِ فَوْقَ أَيْدِيهِمْ» فلذلك صارت طاعتهم طاعة اللّه و معصيتهم معصية اللّه فاتضح بذلك معنى قوله تعالى: كنت سمعه و بصره و أنه به يسمع و يبصر. فكذا سائر المشاعر تدرك بنوره و تنويره و سائر الجوارح تتحرك بتيسيره و تدبيره كما قال تعالى:« فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُ لِلْيُسْرى». و قال المحقق الطوسيّ قدس اللّه روحه القدوسى:ص 353