٣١ - عن أبي الصباح قال: كنت عند أبي عبد الله (ع)، فشكى إليه رجل، فقال: عقني ولدي وأخوتي وجفاني إخواني، فقال أبو عبد الله (ع): إنّ للحقِّ دولةً، وللباطلِ دولة، وكلُّ واحد منهما ذليلٌ في دولة صاحبه. وإنّ أدنى ما يُصيب المؤمنَ في دولة الباطلِ أن يعقّه وِلدُه وإخوتُه ويجفوه إخوانُه. وما من مؤمن يُصيب رفاهيةً في دولة الباطل إلاّ ابتُليَ في بدنه أو ماله أو أهله، حتىّ يخلّصه الله تعالى من السّعةِ التي كان أصابها في دولة الباطل، ليؤخَّرَ به حظّه في دولة الحق، فاصبروا وأبشِروا.
31. It has been narrated that Abu al-Sabah reported: I was with Abu 'Abd Allah [a.s] when a man complained to him saying, 'My son and my brothers have cut themselves off from me and my (fellow Muslim) brothers have (also) alienated themselves from me.' 'Truth (haqq) has a dynasty,' replied Abu 'Abd Allah [a.s], 'and so does falsehood (batil). And in each one of them, the other is disgraced. During the rule of falsehood, the least affliction that befalls a believer is that his sons and brothers break ties with him and his (fellow Muslim) brothers abandon him. And if a believer experiences a life of ease and comfort in the dynasty of falsehood, he will be afflicted in his physical body, wealth or family until Allah purifies him of the luxury that he had acquired in order that his share may thereby be reserved in the dynasty of truth. Therefore be patient and rejoice.”