١١ - حدثنا محمد بن علي ماجيلويه (رضي الله عنه)، قال: حدثنا محمد بن يحيى العطار، قال: حدثنا محمد بن أحمد بن يحيى بن عمران الاشعري، قال: حدثني محمد بن عمران، عن أبيه عمران بن إسماعيل، قال: حدثني أبو علي الانصاري، عن محمد بن جعفر التميمي، قال: قال الصادق جعفر بن محمد (عليه السلام):  بينا إبراهيم خليل الرحمن (عليه السلام) في جبل بيت المقدس يطلب مرعى لغنمه، إذ سمع صوتا، فإذا هو برجل قائم يصلي طوله اثنا عشر شبرا، فقال له: يا عبد الله لمن تصلي؟ قال: لاله السماء. فقال له إبراهيم (عليه السلام): هل بقي أحد من قومك غيرك؟ قال: لا. قال: فمن أين تأكل؟ قال: أجتني من هذا الشجر في الصيف وآكله في الشتاء. قال له: فأين منزلك؟ قال: فأومأ بيده إلى جبل. فقال له إبراهيم (عليه السلام): هل لك أن تذهب بي معك فأبيت عندك الليلة؟ فقال: إن قدامي ماء لا يخاض. قال: كيف تصنع؟ قال: أمشي عليه. قال: فاذهب بي معك، فلعل الله أن يرزقني ما رزقك. قال: فأخذ العابد بيده، فمضيا جميعا حتى انتهيا إلى الماء، فمشى ومشى إبراهيم (عليه السلام) معه حتى انتهيا إلى منزله، فقال له إبراهيم (عليه السلام: أي الايام أعظم؟ فقال له العابد: يوم الدين، يوم يدان الناس بعضهم من بعض. قال: فهل لك أن ترفع يدك وأرفع يدي، فتدعو الله عز وجل أن يؤمننا من شر ذلك اليوم؟ فقال: وما تصنع بدعوتي؟ فوالله إن لي لدعوة منذ ثلاثين سنة (١) ما أجبت فيها بشئ. فقال له إبراهيم (عليه السلام): أولا أخبرك لاي شئ احتبست دعوتك؟ قال: بلى. قال له: إن الله عز وجل إذا أحب عبدا احتبس دعوته ليناجيه ويسأله ويطلب إليه، وإذا أبغض عبد عجل له دعوته، أو ألقى في قلبه اليأس منها. ثم قال له: وما كانت دعوتك؟ قال: مربي غنم ومعه غلام له ذؤابة، فقلت: يا غلام، لمن هذا الغنم؟ فقال: لابراهيم خليل الرحمن. فقلت: اللهم إن كان لك في الارض خليل فأرنيه. فقال له إبراهيم (عليه السلام): فقد استجاب الله لك، أنا إبراهيم خليل الرحمن، فعانقه، فلما بعث الله محمدا (صلى الله عليه وآله) جاءت المصافحة (٢).
Muhammad b. `Ali Majiluwayh  narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Yahya al-`Attar narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Yahya b. `Imran al-Ash`ari narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. `Imran narrated to me from his father `Imran b. Isma`il. He said: Abu `Ali al-Ansari narrated to me from Muhammad b. Ja`far al-Tamimi. He said: Al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad  said: Ibrahim the Friend of the Merciful  went to the mountain of Bayt al-Maqdis seeking a pasture for his sheep when he heard a voice. He found a man who was twelve cubits in height praying. So, he said to him: “O servant of Allah! Who do you pray to?” He said: “To the God of heaven.” So, Ibrahim  said to him: “Is there anyone of your people left besides you?” He said: “No.” He said: “So, from where do you eat?” He said: “The tree comes up in the summer, and I eat from it in the winter.” He said to him: “Where do you reside?” He said: So, he pointed with his hand to the mountain. So, Ibrahim  said to him: “Do you mind if I went with you and slept at your place for the night?” So, he said: “Before me is deep water.” He said: “So, what do you do?” He said: “I walk on top of it.” He said: “So, take me with you, so that Allah may grant me what He has granted you.”  He said: So, the worshiper took him by the hand, and they went together until they ended up at the water. So, he and Ibrahim  walked together until they ended up at his residence. So, Ibrahim  said to him: “What is the greatest of days?” So, the worshiper said to him: “The Day of Religion (yawm al-din); the day in which the people condemn (yudan) one another.” He said: “Can we raise our hands and supplicate to Allah to protect us from the evil of that Day?” So, he said: “And what will my supplication do? For, by Allah, I have a supplication from thirty years ago that has not been answered at all.” So, Ibrahim  said to him: “Shall I not tell you the reason why your supplication was locked?” He said: “Of course.” He said to him: “When Allah loves a servant, He locks up his supplication so that he may [continue] whispering to Him, asking Him, and requesting from Him. When He hates a servant, He hastens in granting his supplication, or He puts a needlessness of it in his heart.” Then, he said to him: “What was your supplication?” He said: “For a sheep breeder” – and with him was a boy. So, [he] said: “O boy! Who do these sheep belong to?” So, he said: “To Ibrahim the Friend of the Merciful.” So, [he] said: “O Allah! If you have a Friend on Earth, then show him to me.” So, Ibrahim  said to him: “Allah has granted your supplication. I am Ibrahim the Friend of the Merciful.” So, he embraced him. When Allah sent Muhammad (s), the [prescription for the] handshake came.