Believer's dominion over creation through sincerity

Ṣifāt al-Shīʿa|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 56

Ṣifāt al-Shīʿa

Book 1, Chapter 56

Believer's dominion over creation through sincerity
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وَ بِهَذَا اَلْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ اَلْجَمَّالِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ ع قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اَلْمُؤْمِنَ يَخْشَعُ لَهُ كُلُّ شَيْ‌ءٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ ع إِذَا كَانَ مُخْلِصاً قَلْبَهُ لِلَّهِ أَخَافَ اَللَّهُ مِنْهُ كُلَّ شَيْ‌ءٍ حَتَّى هَوَامَّ اَلْأَرْضِ وَ سِبَاعَهَا وَ طَيْرَ اَلسَّمَاءِ.

(The same previous series of relaters)… from Mohammed bin Ahmed from … Safwan al-Jammal that he heard Abu Abdullah (a) saying: Everything is submissive to the believer. He (a) then added: Allah will cause everything, including vermin, beasts, and birds, to fear the believer if he is sincere to Allah.