The Believer’s Mutual Brotherhood
Al-Kāfi|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 72
6ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ الْبَخْتَرِيِّ قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) وَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ لِي تُحِبُّهُ فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَقَالَ لِي وَلِمَ لا تُحِبُّهُ وَهُوَ أَخُوكَ وَشَرِيكُكَ فِي دِينِكَ وَعَوْنُكَ عَلَى عَدُوِّكَ وَرِزْقُهُ عَلَى غَيْرِكَ.
6. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hafs ibn al-Bakhtari who has said the following: “Once I was in the presence of Abu ‘Abdillah عليه السلام when a man came in and the Imam asked me, ‘Do you love him?’ I said, ‘Yes, I love him.’ The Imam asked me, ‘How would you not love him when he is your brother (in belief), your partner in religion, your supporter against your enemies and someone other than you provides his sustenance?”’
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (14/9)
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