Obstructing One’s Brother (In Belief)

كُنْتُ عِنْدَ الرِّضَا ص فَقَالَ لِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّهُ كَانَ فِي زَمَنِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَرْبَعَةُ نَفَرٍ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَأَتَى وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمُ الثَّلَاثَةَ وَ هُمْ مُجْتَمِعُونَ فِي مَنْزِلِ أَحَدِهِمْ فِي مُنَاظَرَةٍ بَيْنَهُمْ فَقَرَعَ الْبَابَ فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِ الْغُلَامُ فَقَالَ أَيْنَ مَوْلَاكَ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ هُوَ فِي الْبَيْتِ فَرَجَعَ الرَّجُلُ وَ دَخَلَ الْغُلَامُ إِلَى مَوْلَاهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ م

“If a believer creates a barrier between himself and another believer, Allah creates between him and paradise seventy thousand walls each of which will be as thick as the distance of a one thousand year journey, and of the same length will be the distance from one wall to the other wall.”

أَيُّمَا مُؤْمِنٍ كَانَ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ مُؤْمِنٍ حِجَابٌ ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ الْجَنَّةِ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفَ سُورٍ غِلَظُ كُلِّ سُورٍ مَسِيرَةُ أَلْفِ عَامٍ مَا بَيْنَ السُّورِ إِلَى السُّورِ مَسِيرَةُ أَلْفِ عَامٍ.

“Once I said to abu Ja’far (a.s.) ‘May Allah keep my soul in service for your cause, what do you say about a Muslim who comes to the door of a Muslim as a visitor, or for help when he is home, and is asked permission for a meeting but does not give permission, nor does he come out to see his visitor?’ The Imam said, ‘O

قُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ مَا تَقُولُ فِي مُسْلِمٍ أَتَى مُسْلِماً زَائِراً أَوْ طَالِبَ حَاجَةٍ وَ هُوَ فِي مَنْزِلِهِ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَأْذَنْ لَهُ وَ لَمْ يَخْرُجْ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ يَا أَبَا حَمْزَةَ أَيُّمَا مُسْلِمٍ أَتَى مُسْلِماً زَائِراً أَوْ طَالِبَ حَاجَةٍ وَ هُوَ فِي مَنْزِلِهِ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ لَهُ وَ لَمْ يَخْرُجْ إِلَيْهِ لَمْ يَزَلْ فِي لَعْنَةِ اللَّهِ حَتَّى يَلْتَقِيَا[1] فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْ

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Yahya Bin Al Mubarak, from Abdullah Bin Jabala, from Aasim Bin Humeyr, from Abu Hamza, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far asws , said, ‘I said to him asws , ‘May I be sacrificed for you asws ! What are you asws saying regarding a Muslim who comes over to a Muslim to visit or s