/ ٧ - حدثنا الحسين بن أحمد بن إدريس (رحمه الله)، قال: حدثنا أبي، عن  أحمد بن محمد بن خالد، عن محمد بن علي الكوفي، عن محمد بن سنان، عن عيسى النهر يري، عن أبي عبد الله الصادق، عن آبائه (عليهم السلام)، قال: قال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله) من عرف الله وعظمه، منع فاه من الكلام، وبطنه من الطعام، وعنى نفسه بالصيام والقيام. قالوا: بآبائنا وأمهاتنا - يا رسول الله - هؤلاء أولياء الله؟ قال: إن أولياء الله سكتوا فكان سكوتهم فكرا، وتكلموا فكان كلامهم ذكرا، ونظروا فكان نظرهم عبرة، ونطقوا فكان نطقهم حكمة، ومشوا فكان مشيهم بين الناس بركة، لولا الآجال التي قد كتبت عليهم لم تستقر أرواحهم في أجسادهم خوفا من العذاب وشوقا إلى الثواب (١).
Al-Husayn b. Ahmad b. Idris (rh) narrated to us. He said: My father narrated to us from Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Khalid from Muhammad b. `Ali al-Kufi from Muhammad b. Sinan from `Isa al-Nahryara from Abi `Abdillah al-Sadiq from his forefathers .
He said: The Messenger of Allah (s) said: Whomever recognizes Allah and His greatness will prevent his lips from speech and his stomach from food, and will support himself with fasting and standing in prayer. They said: May our mothers and our fathers be your sacrifice, O Messenger of Allah! Are these [who fulfill this prescription] the friends of Allah? He said: Surely, the friends of Allah are silent, and their silence becomes reflection; they talk, and their talk is the remembrance [of Allah]; they observe, and their observation is a lesson; they speak, and their speech is wisdom; they walk, and their walking between the people is a blessing. Were it not for the term destined for them, their spirits would not have settled in their bodies out of fear of punishment and out of desire for reward.