٦ - حدثنا محمد بن علي ماجيلويه (رحمه الله)، قال: حدثني عمي محمد ابن أبي القاسم، عن محمد بن علي الكوفي، عن محمد بن سنان، عن عيسى النهر يري، عن أبي عبد الله الصادق، عن أبيه، عن آبائه (عليهم السلام)، قال: قال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله): من عرف الله وعظمه من عفاه من الكلام، وبطنه من الطعام، وعنى نفسه بالصيام والقيام. قالوا: بآبائنا وامهاتنا - يا رسول الله - هؤلاء أولياء الله؟ قال: إن أولياء الله سكتوا فكان سكوتهم ذكرا، ونظروا فكان نظرهم عبرة، ونطقوا فكان نطقهم حكمة، ومشوا فكان مشيهم بين الناس بركة، لولا الآجال التي كتبت عليهم لم تستقر أرواحهم في أجسادهم خوفا من العذاب وشوقا إلى الثواب (٢).
Muhammad b. `Ali Majiluwayh (rh) narrated to us. He said: My uncle Muhammad b. Abi’l Qasim narrated to me from Muhammad b. `Ali al-Kufi from Muhammad b. Sinan from `Isa al-Nahri Yari from Abi `Abdillah al-Sadiq from his father from his forefathers . He said: The Messenger of Allah (s) said: He who recognizes Allah and His greatness will have purified his speech, [purified] his stomach of food, and supported himself with fasting and standing in prayer. They said: May our mothers and our fathers be your sacrifice, O Messenger of Allah – are these the friends of Allah? He said: The friends of Allah are silent, and their silence is remembrance [of Allah]; they observe, and their observation is a lesson; they speak, and their speech is wisdom; and they walk, and their walking in the midst of the people is a blessing. Were it not for the term decreed for them, their spirits would not have remained settled in their bodies out of fear of punishment and out of desire for reward.