حدثنا محمد بن إبراهيم، عن أحمد بن يونس المعاذي، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن محمد ابن سعيد الكوفي، قال: حدثنا محمد بن محمد بن الأشعث، عن موسى بن إسماعيل، عن أبيه، عن جده، عن جعفر بن محمد عليهما السلام قال: كان للحسن بن علي عليهما السلام صديق وكان ماجنا فتباطأ عليه أياما فجاءه يوما فقال له الحسن عليه السلام: كيف أصبحت؟ فقال: يا ابن رسول الله أصبحت بخلاف ما أحب ويحب الله ويحب الشيطان! فضحك الحسن عليه السلام ثم قال:وكيف ذاك، قال: لان الله عز وجل يحب أن أطيعه ولا أعصيه ولست كذلك، والشيطان يحب أن أعصي الله ولا أطيعه ولست كذلك، وأنا أحب أن لا أموت ولست كذلك فقام إليه رجل فقال: يا ابن رسول الله ما بالنا نكره الموت ولا نحبه؟ قال: فقال الحسن عليه السلام: لأنكم أخربتم آخرتكم وعمرتم دنياكم وأنتم تكرهون النقلة من العمران إلى الخراب.
29.	We were told by Muhammed bin Ibrahim, from Ahmad bin Yunus al-Mu’adhi, that he said: We were told by Ahmad bin Muhammed ibn Sa’eed al-Kufi, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Muhammed bin Ash’ath, from Musa bin Isma’eel, from his father, from his grandfather, from Ja’far bin Muhammed, peace be upon them both, that he said: There was to Hasan bin Ali, peace be upon them both, a friend, and he was an impudent, so he slackened to him for days. He then came to him one day, and Hasan, peace be upon him, said to him: How have you become? He said: O son of Allah’s Messenger, I have become to the contrary of what I like, what Allah likes and what Shaytan likes. Hasan, peace be upon him, smiled and then said: And how is that? He said: Because Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, likes that I obey Him and do not disobey him, and I am not as such. Moreover, Shaytan likes that I disobey Allah and not obey him, and I am not as such. Moreover, I would like to not die, and I am not as such. A man then stood up to him and said: O son of Allah’s Messenger, what is it with us that we dislike death and do not love it? He said: Hasan, peace be upon him, then said: Because you have ruined your (state in the) Hereafter and built this life of yours, while you dislike to be transmitted from that which is built to that which is ruined.