حدثني أبي - رضي الله عنه - قال: حدثني سعد بن عبد الله، عن القاسم بن محمد الأصبهاني، عن سليمان بن داود المنقري، عن حفص بن غياث النخعي القاضي، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: جاء إبليس إلى موسى بن عمران عليه السلام وهو يناجي ربه، فقال له ملك من الملائكة: ما ترجو منه وهو على هذه الحال   يناجي ربه؟ فقال: أرجو منه ما رجوت من أبيه آدم وهو في الجنة. وكان فيما ناجاه أن قال له: يا موسى لا أقبل الصلاة إلا لمن تواضع لعظمتي، وألزم قلبه خوفي، وقطع نهاره بذكري، ولم يبت مصرا على الخطيئة، وعرف حق أوليائي وأحبائي. فقال: يا رب تعني بأحبائك وأوليائك إبراهيم وإسحاق ويعقوب، فقال: هم كذلك يا موسى، إلا أني أردت من من أجله خلقت آدم وحواء ومن من أجله خلقت الجنة والنار. فقال موسى: ومن هو يا رب؟ فقال: محمد أحمد شققت اسمه من اسمي لأني أنا المحمود. فقال موسى: يا رب اجعلني من أمته. قال: أنت يا موسى من أمته إذا عرفته وعرفت منزلته ومنزلة أهل بيته، إن مثله ومثل أهل بيته و من خلقت كمثل الفردوس في الجنان، لا ييبس ورقها، ولا يتغير طعمها، فمن عرفهم و عرف حقهم جعلت له عند الجهل حلما، وعند الظلم   نورا، وأجيبه قبل أن يدعوني وأعطيه قبل أن يسألني. والحديث طويل أخذنا منه موضع الحاجة.
1.	I was told by my father, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said: I was told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Qasim bin Muhammed al-Esbahani, from Sulayman bin Dawud al-Manqari, from Hafs bin Ghiyath al-Nakha’I, the Judge, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said: Iblees came to Musa bin Imran, peace be upon him, while he was conversing with his Lord, and then an Angel from the Angels said to him: What do you seek from him while he is in this condition, conversing with his Lord? Then he said: I seek from him what I sought from his father, Adam, when he was in the Garden. Among what He conversed to him was that He said to him: O Musa, I do not accept the prayer except for he who humbled to My Greatness, constraints his heart to fear Me, covers his day with My remembrance, does not settle a night whilst insisting on intentional mistake and knows the truth of My Allies and Beloved. Then he said: O Lord, do you mean by Your Beloved and Allies, Ibrahim, Ishaq and Ya’qoub? He said: They are as such, O Musa, however, I intended he because of whom I created Adam and Hawwa’, and he because of whom I created Paradise and the Fire. Then Musa said: And who is he, O Lord? He said: Muhammed, Ahmad, I derived his name from My Name, because I am the Praised . Then Musa said: O Lord, make me among his nation. He said: You are, O Musa, from his nation if you know him, know his rank and the rank of his Household. Indeed, the example of him and the example of his Household and that which I have created, is like the example of Firdaus in the Gardens, whose trees never dry, nor does its taste change. Hence, those who know them and know their truth, I will make for him at the occasion of ignorance, forbearance, and at the occasion of darkness, a light, and I will respond to him before he calls unto Me and I will give him before he asks Me. The narration is long, we took from it the place of need.