Walking Faster (Running Slowly) in Muhassar Valley
Al-Kāfi|Volume 4|Book 3|Chapter 168
1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ الْبَخْتَرِيِّ وَغَيْرِهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِبَعْضِ وُلْدِهِ هَلْ سَعَيْتَ فِي وَادِي مُحَسِّرٍ فَقَالَ لا قَالَ فَأَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَرْجِعَ حَتَّى يَسْعَى قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُهُ لا أَعْرِفُهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ سَلِ النَّاسَ.
1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hafs ibn af-Bakhtariy and others who has said the following: “Abu ‘ Abd Allah عليه السلام, once asked one of his sons, ’Did you do Sa‘y (running slowly) in Wadiy Muhassar?’ He replied, ‘No, I did not do so.’ He (the Imam) commanded him to go back to perform Sa‘y (running slowly). His son said, ‘I do not know how to do it.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Ask the people how to do it.’”
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (18/130)
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 2, p. 225