٨ - حدثنا أبي (رحمه الله)، قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن محمد، عن أبيه، عن محمد بن زياد الازدي، عن أبان وغيره، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، قال: إني لارحم ثلاثة وحق لهم أن يرحموا: عزيز قوم أصابته مذلة بعد العز، وغني أصابته حاجة بعد الغنى، وعالم يستخف به أهله والجهلة (٢).
My father (rh) narrated to us. He said: Sa`d b. `Abdullah narrated to us. He said: Ahmad b. Muhammad narrated to us from his father from Muhammad b. Ziyad al-Azdi from Aban and other than him from Abu `Abdillah . He said: I pray for mercy for three – and it is their right to be prayed for mercy: (1) a person dear to his community who is afflicted with humiliation after glory, (2) a rich person that is afflicted with a need after needlessness, and (3) a scholar that is undervalued by his people and the ignorant.