٢ـ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَفْصٍ الأعْشَى عَنْ عَمْرِو [ عُمَرَ ] بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ الثُّمَالِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) قَالَ خَرَجْتُ حَتَّى انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى هَذَا الْحَائِطِ فَاتَّكَأْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ عَلَيْهِ ثَوْبَانِ أَبْيَضَانِ يَنْظُرُ فِي تُجَاهِ وَجْهِي ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا عَلِيَّ بْنَ الْحُسَيْنِ مَا لِي أَرَاكَ كَئِيباً حَزِيناً أَ عَلَى الدُّنْيَا فَرِزْقُ الله حَاضِرٌ لِلْبَرِّ وَالْفَاجِرِ قُلْتُ مَا عَلَى هَذَا أَحْزَنُ وَإِنَّهُ لَكَمَا تَقُولُ قَالَ فَعَلَى الآخِرَةِ فَوَعْدٌ صَادِقٌ يَحْكُمُ فِيهِ مَلِكٌ قَاهِرٌ أَوْ قَالَ قَادِرٌ قُلْتُ مَا عَلَى هَذَا أَحْزَنُ وَإِنَّهُ لَكَمَا تَقُولُ فَقَالَ مِمَّ حُزْنُكَ قُلْتُ مِمَّا نَتَخَوَّفُ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ ابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ وَمَا فِيهِ النَّاسُ قَالَ فَضَحِكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا عَلِيَّ بْنَ الْحُسَيْنِ هَلْ رَأَيْتَ أَحَداً دَعَا الله فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ قُلْتُ لا قَالَ فَهَلْ رَأَيْتَ أَحَداً تَوَكَّلَ عَلَى الله فَلَمْ يَكْفِهِ قُلْتُ لا قَالَ فَهَلْ رَأَيْتَ أَحَداً سَأَلَ الله فَلَمْ يُعْطِهِ قُلْتُ لا ثُمَّ غَابَ عَنِّي. عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ مِثْلَهُ.
2. Abu Ali al-Ash’ari has narrated from ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from ibn Mahbub from abu Hafs al-‘Asha’ from Amr ibn Khalid from abu Hamza al-Thumali from Ali ibn al-Husayn  who has said the following: “Once I walked out till I reached this wall and I leaned against it. At that time a man wearing only two pieces of white cloth was looking toward my face. He then said, ‘O, Ali son of al-Husayn  you look very sad, as if you have suffered a great deal. Is it because of worldly things wherein the sustenance from Allah is available for all the good and bad people?’ I said, ‘I am not sad because of the worldly things; they are just as you said.’ He asked, ‘Is it then for the matters of the life hereafter, for which the promises will all come true? The Judge therein will be the forceful ruler,’ or he said, ‘Powerful ruler?’ I said, ‘This also is not the reason; it is just as you said it is.’ He then asked, ‘Why are you then so sad?’ I said, ‘It is because of the mischief of ibn Zubayr and the conditions of the people.’ The Imam said, ‘He then laughed and said, ‘O Ali son of al-Husayn  have you ever come to know of anyone who prayed and Allah did not listen to his prayer?’ I said, ‘No, I have not known anyone as such.’ He then said, ‘Have you come to know of anyone who trusted Allah and He did not protect him?’ I said, ‘No (I have not found any such person).’ He then asked, ‘Have you come to know of anyone who asked Allah and he was not given anything?’ I said, ‘No (I have not found anyone as such).’ “The Imam said, ‘The man then disappeared from my sight.” Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn Mahbub a similar Hadith. 