Kitāb al-Muʾmin

131- وعن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: إن مما يحب الله من الأعمال، إدخال السرور على المسلم

131. It has been reported that Abu 'Abd Allah (a.s) said: Indeed, of the actions loved by Allah is bringing happiness to a Muslim.

132- عن صفوان قال: كنت عند أبي عبد الله عليه السلام يوم التروية فدخل عليه ميمون القداح، فشكى إليه تعذر الكراء، فقال لي: قم فأعن أخاك فخرجت معه، فيسر الله له الكراء، فرجعت إلى مجلسي، فقال لي: ما صنعت في حاجة أخيك المسلم؟ قلت: قضاها الله تعالى، فقال: أما إنك إن تعن أخاك أحب إلي من طواف أسبوع بالكعبة، ثم قال: إن رجلا أتى الحسن بن علي عليهما السلام فقال: بأبي أنت وأمي يا أبا محمد أعني على حاجتي؟ فانتعل وقام معه، فمر على الحسين بن علي عليهما السلام وهو قائم يصلي، فقال له: أين كنت عن أبي عبد الله، تستعينه على حاجتك؟ قال: قد فعلت فذكر لي أنه معتكف، فقال: أما أنه لو أعانك على حاجتك لكان خيرا له من اعتكاف شهر

132. Safwan reported: I was with Abu 'Abd Allah (a.s) on the Day of al-Tarwiyah when Maymun al-Qaddah visited him and complained to him about a difficulty in arranging a hire. Imam al-Sadiq (a.s) said to me, 'Go and help your brother.' So, I went out with him and Allah eased his difficulty and I returned to my gathering. Imam al-Sadiq (a.s) asked me, 'What did you do in helping your Muslim brother?' 'Allah fulfilled it,' I replied. He said, 'Indeed, if you help your brother, it will be more loved by me than circumambulating around the Ka'bah for a week.' Then he continued, 'A man once came to al-Hasan ibn 'Ali (a.s) and said, 'May my father and mother be ransomed for you, O Abu Muhammad, help me with my need?' So, he put on his shoes and rose (to go) with him. They passed by Al-Husayn ibn 'Ali (a.s) who was standing in prayer. Imam al-Hasan (a.s) asked to the man, 'Why did you not ask Abu 'Abd Allah (i.e. Imam Al-Husayn) to help you?' 'I wanted,' replied the man, 'but it was said to me that he was in the state of i'tikaf.' 'Had he helped you in your need,' al-Hasan (a.s) commented, 'it would have been better for him than a whole month's i'tikaf.'

133- وعن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال: ما [من] عمل يعمله المسلم أحب إلى الله عز وجل من إدخال السرور على أخيه المسلم، وما من رجل يدخل على أخيه المسلم بابا من السرور إلا أدخل الله عز وجل عليه بابا من السرور

133. It has been reported that Abu Ja'far (a.s) said: No action of a Muslim is more loved by Allah than bringing joy to his Muslim brother; and anyone who brings joy to his Muslim brother, Allah will bring an equal measure of joy to him.

134- وعن أبي الحسن عليه السلام قال: إن لله عز وجل جنة ادخرها لثلاث: إمام عادل، ورجل يحكم أخاه المسلم في ماله، ورجل يمشي لأخيه المسلم في حاجة قضيت له أولم تقض

134. It has been reported that Abu al-Hasan (a.s) said: Allah has a Paradise that He has stored away exclusively for three kinds of people: a just leader, a person who allows his Muslim brother to share in his wealth and a man who goes out to help his Muslim brother regardless of whether he succeeds in helping him or not.

135- عن محمد بن مروان عن أحدهما عليهما السلام قال: مشي الرجل في حاجة أخيه المسلم تكتب له عشر حسنات، وتمحى عنه عشر سيئات، ويرفع له عشر درجات ويعدل عشر رقاب، وأفضل من اعتكاف شهر في المسجد الحرام و صيامه

135. It has been reported that Muhammad ibn Marwan said that one of the two (al-Baqir or al-Sadiq) (a.s) had said: If a person goes a distance to help his Muslim brother, ten good deeds are written for him, ten misdeeds are erased from him, he is elevated ten degrees, and it is equal in reward to freeing ten slaves. In addition, it is better than performing i'tikaf in the Sacred Mosque whilst fasting.

136- وعن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال: من مشى في حاجة لأخيه المسلم حتى يتمها أثبت الله قدميه يوم تزل الأقدام

136. It has been reported that Abu Ja'far (a.s) said: One who goes a distance to help his Muslim brother until he completes it, Allah will steady his feet on the Day when feet shall waver and slip.

137- وعن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: قال النبي صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم: من أعان أخاه اللهفان اللهبان من غم أو كربة كتب الله عز وجل له إثنين وسبعين رحمة، عجل له منها واحدة يصلح بها أمر دنياه، واحدة وسبعين لأهوال الآخرة

137. It has been reported that Abu 'Abd Allah (a.s) said: The Prophet (a.s) said: Whoever relieves his grieving brother from a sorrow or distress, Allah will record for him seventy-two mercies; of them, one He shall hasten to him in this world in order to improve his worldly affairs, and seventy-one (will be postponed) to alleviate the horrors of the hereafter.”

138- وعن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم: من أكرم مؤمنا، فإنما يكرم الله عز وجل

138. It has been reported that Abu 'Abd Allah (a.s) said: The Messenger of Allah (a.s) said: One who honors a believer has in fact honored Allah [M.G].

139- وعن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: في 5 حاجة الرجل لأخيه المسلم ثلاث: تعجيلها، وتصغيرها، وسترها، فإذا عجلتها هنيتها، وإذا صغرتها فقد عظمتها وإذا سترتها فقد صنتها

139. It has been reported that Abu 'Abd Allah (a.s) said: An individual who intends to fulfill the need of his Muslim brother, three characteristics must be observed: expediting it, making it look little and concealing it. When you expedite it, it becomes wholesome; and when you make it look small, you in fact make it great; and when you conceal it, you have preserved it (i.e. its reward).

140- وعن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: أيما مؤمن يقرض مؤمنا قرضا يلتمس وجه الله عز وجل، كتب الله له أجره بحساب الصدقة، وما من مؤمن يدعو لأخيه بظهر الغيب، إلا وكل الله عز وجل به ملكا يقول: ولك مثله وقال عليه السلام: دعاء المؤمن للمؤمن يدفع عنه البلاء، ويدر عليه الرزق

140. It has been reported that Abu 'Abd Allah (a.s) said: Any believer who gives another believer a loan, seeking the pleasure of Allah [M.G], Allah will record for him the equivalent in charity as his reward; and any believer who prays for his brother in his absence, Allah appoints for him an angel saying (to him), 'and for you is the same as for him.'