١٢ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبِي الصَّبَّاحِ الْكِنَانِيِّ قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْخٌ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الله أَشْكُو إِلَيْكَ وُلْدِي وَعُقُوقَهُمْ وَإِخْوَانِي وَجَفَاهُمْ عِنْدَ كِبَرِ سِنِّي فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) يَا هَذَا إِنَّ لِلْحَقِّ دَوْلَةً وَلِلْبَاطِلِ دَوْلَةً وَكُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا فِي دَوْلَةِ صَاحِبِهِ ذَلِيلٌ وَإِنَّ أَدْنَى مَا يُصِيبُ الْمُؤْمِنَ فِي دَوْلَةِ الْبَاطِلِ الْعُقُوقُ مِنْ وُلْدِهِ وَالْجَفَاءُ مِنْ إِخْوَانِهِ وَمَا مِنْ مُؤْمِنٍ يُصِيبُهُ شَيْ‏ءٌ مِنَ الرَّفَاهِيَةِ فِي دَوْلَةِ الْبَاطِلِ إِلا ابْتُلِيَ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ إِمَّا فِي بَدَنِهِ وَإِمَّا فِي وُلْدِهِ وَإِمَّا فِي مَالِهِ حَتَّى يُخَلِّصَهُ الله مِمَّا اكْتَسَبَ فِي دَوْلَةِ الْبَاطِلِ وَيُوَفِّرَ لَهُ حَظَّهُ فِي دَوْلَةِ الْحَقِّ فَاصْبِرْ وَأَبْشِرْ. 
12. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Mahbub from abu al-Sabbah al-Kinani who has said the following: “Once I was in the presence of Abu ‘Abdillah  that an old man came and said, ‘O Abu ‘Abdillah  I complain to you against my sons for their failing to maintain good relations with parents and against my brothers for their injustice to me during my old age.’ Abu ‘Abd Allah  said, ‘O you, for truth there is a kingdom and for falsehood there is a kingdom. Each of them is humiliated in the kingdom of the other. The least that a believer may suffer in the kingdom of falsehood is the failure of his children to maintain good relations with parents, and injustice from his brothers. Any believer who may receive comfort in the kingdom of falsehood, for this he faces suffering before his death, either in his physical health, his children or his property until Allah purifies him from what he has received in the kingdom of falsehood and will expand his share in the kingdom of truth. Exercise patience and be happy.’” 