قَالَ لِي مَا لَكَ لَا تَحُجُّ فِي الْعَامِ فَقُلْتُ مُعَامَلَةٌ كَانَتْ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَ قَوْمٍ وَ أَشْغَالٌ وَ عَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ ذَلِكَ خِيَرَةٌ فَقَالَ لَا وَ اللَّهِ مَا فَعَلَ اللَّهُ لَكَ فِي ذَلِكَ مِنْ خِيَرَةٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَا حُبِسَ عَبْدٌ عَنْ هَذَا الْبَيْتِ إِلَّا بِذَنْبٍ وَ مَا يَعْفُو أَكْثَرُ.
“Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), once said to me, ‘Why should you not perform al-Hajj this year?’ I replied, ‘There is a business between me and a people, other preoccupation in which perhaps there is goodness.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘No, by Allah, Allah has not done anything good for you in this.’ He (the Imam) then said, ‘No o