Al-Kāfi - Volume 8


Book 1, Chapter 50

Kindness of the Imam to his servant
1 Ḥadīth

عَنْهُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَجَّالِ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ أَبِي عَائِشَةَ قَالَ بَعَثَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) غُلَاماً لَهُ فِي حَاجَةٍ فَأَبْطَأَ فَخَرَجَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَلَى أَثَرِهِ لَمَّا أَبْطَأَ عَلَيْهِ فَوَجَدَهُ نَائِماً فَجَلَسَ عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ يُرَوِّحُهُ حَتَّى انْتَبَهَ فَلَمَّا انْتَبَهَ قَالَ لَهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) يَا فُلَانُ وَ اللَّهِ مَا ذَاكَ لَكَ تَنَامُ اللَّيْلَ وَ النَّهَارَ لَكَ اللَّيْلُ وَ لَنَا مِنْكَ النَّهَارُ.


50. From him, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al-Hajjaal, from Hafs Bin Abu A’isha who said: ‘Abu Abdullah (a.s) sent one of his (a.s) servants on an errand. He was delayed. So Abu Abdullah (a.s) went out to see why he had been delayed. He (a.s) found him sleeping. So he (a.s) sat near to his head and caressed it (and waited) until he woke up. So when he was awake, Abu Abdullah (a.s) said to him: ‘O so and so, by Allah (azwj), that is not for you. The night is for you to sleep in and the day from you is for us (a.s)’.