1324 - الحَثُّ عَلى‏ طَلَبِ العافِيَةِ مِنَ اللَّهِ‏

1324. ENJOINMENT OF SEEKING VITALITY FROM ALLAH

4351.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله - لَمّا سَمِعَ رَجُلاً يَسألُ اللَّهَ الصَّبرَ - : سَألتَ اللَّهَ البَلاءَ ، فَاسألْهُ المُعافاةَ .¹

4351. The Prophet (SAWA), when he heard a man ask Allah for patience, said, ‘You have asked Allah to be tried, so now ask Him for the solution.’²

4352.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : ما سُئلَ اللَّهُ شَيئاً أحَبَّ إلَيهِ مِن أن يُسألَ العافِيَةَ .³

4352.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Allah is not asked anything more beloved to Him than to be asked for vitality.’⁴

4353.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : سَلُوا اللَّهَ المُعافاةَ ؛ فإنَّهُ لَم يُؤتَ أحَدٌ بَعدَ اليَقينِ خَيراً مِنَ المُعافاةِ .⁵

4353.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Ask Allah for vitality, for verily after conviction no one is given anything better than vitality.’⁶

4354.الدعوات : رُويَ أنَّ النَّبيَّ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله دَخلَ عَلى‏ مَريضٍ ، قالَ : ما شأنُكَ؟ قالَ : صَلَّيتَ بِنا صلاةَ المَغربِ فقرأتَ القارِعَةَ ، فقلتُ : اللَّهمَّ إن كانَ لي عندَكَ ذَنبٌ تريدُ أن تُعذِّبني بهِ في الآخِرَةِ فَعَجِّلْ ذلكَ في الدُّنيا؛ فَصرتُ كَما ترى‏! فقال صلى اللَّه عليه وآله: بِئسَما قُلتَ ، ألا قُلتَ، رَبَّنا آتِنا في الدّنيا حَسَنَةً وفي الآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وقِنا عَذابَ النّارِ ؟! فَدَعا لَهُ حَتّى‏ أفاقَ .⁷

4354. al-Daawat: ‘It is narrated that the Prophet (SAWA) visited a sick man and asked him about his health.’ The man said ‘You led us in the evening prayer and recited the chapter the Catastrophe [Quran, 101], and I said, ‘O Allah ! If I have commited a sin for which you will want to punish me in the Hereafter, hasten it in this very world, and now I am in such as you see me.’ He (SAWA) said: ‘Indeed, it was bad what you said. You should have said, ‘Our Lord, grant us good in this world and good in the Hereafter and protect us from the punishment of the Fire!’ and he prayed for him until he recovered.’⁸

4355.الإمامُ زينَ العابدينُ عليه السلام - لَمّا ضَرَبَ عَلى‏ كَتِفِ رَجُلٍ يَطوفُ بِالكَعبَةِ ويَقولُ : اللَّهُمَّ إنّي أسألُكَ الصَّبرَ - : سَألتَ البَلاءَ ! قُلِ : اللَّهُمَّ إنّي أسألُكَ العافِيَةَ ، والشُّكرَ عَلَى العافِيَةِ .⁹

4355. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) bumped into the shoulder of a man circumambulating the kaba saying, ‘O Allah verily I ask You for patience’, upon which the Imam said, ‘You have asked to be tried! Say instead: O Allah verily I ask You for vitality, and for the ability to thank You for my vitality.’¹⁰