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Resemblance between Mu'alla' and I

alkafi-15225Vol. 8, p. 304

دَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ يَوْماً فَأَلْقَى إِلَيَّ ثِيَاباً وَ قَالَ يَا وَلِيدُ رُدَّهَا عَلَى مَطَاوِيهَا فَقُمْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع رَحِمَ اللَّهُ الْمُعَلَّى بْنَ خُنَيْسٍ فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ شَبَّهَ قِيَامِي بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ بِقِيَامِ الْمُعَلَّى بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ أُفٍّ لِلدُّنْيَا أُفٍّ لِلدُّنْيَا إِنَّمَا الدُّنْيَا دَارُ بَلَاءٍ يُسَلِّطُ اللَّهُ فِيهَا عَدُوَّهُ عَلَى وَلِيِّهِ

I came up to Abu Abdullah (asws) one day, so he (asws) presented to me a piece of cloth and said: ‘O Waleed, fold this upon its corners’. So I stood up in front of him (asws). Abu Abdullah (asws) said: ‘May Allah (azwj) have Mercy on Moalla Bin Khunays’. So I though he (asws) is comparing my standing in front of him (a