Kindness of the Imam to his servant
Al-Kāfi|Volume 8|Book 1|Chapter 50
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 عليه الصلاة والسلام sent one of his عليه الصلاة والسلام servants on an errand. He was delayed. So Abu Abdullah عليه الصلاة والسلام went out to see why he had been delayed. He عليه الصلاة والسلام found him sleeping. So he عليه الصلاة والسلام sat near to his head and caressed it (and waited) until he woke up. So when he was awake, Abu Abdullah عليه الصلاة والسلام said to him: ‘O so and so, by Allah عز وجل, that is not for you. The night is for you to sleep in and the day from you is for us عليه الصلاة والسلام’.
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (15/198)
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