A donkey and a mule
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عَنْهُ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ عُبَيْسِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَطَاءٍ يَقُولُ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ (عليه السلام) قُمْ فَأَسْرِجْ دَابَّتَيْنِ حِمَاراً وَ بَغْلًا فَأَسْرَجْتُ حِمَاراً وَ بَغْلًا فَقَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْهِ الْبَغْلَ وَ رَأَيْتُ أَنَّهُ أَحَبُّهُمَا إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَمَرَكَ أَنْ تُقَدِّمَ إِلَيَّ هَذَا الْبَغْلَ قُلْتُ اخْتَرْتُهُ لَكَ قَالَ وَ أَمَرْتُكَ أَنْ تَخْتَارَ لِي ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ أَحَبَّ الْمَطَايَا إِلَيَّ الْحُمُرُ قَالَ فَقَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْهِ الْحِمَارَ وَ أَمْسَكْتُ لَهُ بِالرِّكَابِ فَرَكِبَ فَقَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي هَدَانَا بِالْإِسْلَامِ وَ عَلَّمَنَا الْقُرْآنَ وَ مَنَّ عَلَيْنَا بِمُحَمَّدٍ (صلى الله عليه وآله) الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَذَا وَ مَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنِينَ وَ إِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُونَ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَ سَارَ وَ سِرْتُ حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغْنَا مَوْضِعاً آخَرَ قُلْتُ لَهُ الصَّلَاةَ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ فَقَالَ هَذَا وَادِي النَّمْلِ لَا يُصَلَّى فِيهِ حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغْنَا مَوْضِعاً آخَرَ قُلْتُ لَهُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ هَذِهِ الْأَرْضُ مَالِحَةٌ لَا يُصَلَّى فِيهَا قَالَ حَتَّى نَزَلَ هُوَ مِنْ قِبَلِ نَفْسِهِ فَقَالَ لِي صَلَّيْتَ أَوْ تُصَلِّي سُبْحَتَكَ قُلْتُ هَذِهِ صَلَاةٌ تُسَمِّيهَا أَهْلُ الْعِرَاقِ الزَّوَالَ فَقَالَ أَمَا هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ يُصَلُّونَ هُمْ شِيعَةُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ (عليه السلام) وَ هِيَ صَلَاةُ الْأَوَّابِينَ فَصَلَّى وَ صَلَّيْتُ ثُمَّ أَمْسَكْتُ لَهُ بِالرِّكَابِ ثُمَّ قَالَ مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ فِي بِدَايَتِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنِ الْمُرْجِئَةَ فَإِنَّهُمْ أَعْدَاؤُنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ مَا ذَكَّرَكَ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ الْمُرْجِئَةَ فَقَالَ خَطَرُوا عَلَى بَالِي.
417. From him, from Ibn Fazzaal, from Anbasat Bin Hishaam, from Abdul Kareem Bin Amro, from Al-Hakam Bin Muhammad Bin Al-Qasim that he heard Abdullah Bin Ata’a saying that: Abu Ja’far (asws) said: ‘Arise, and saddle two animals, a donkey and a mule’. So I saddled a donkey and a mule and offered the mule to him (asws) as I opined that it was more beloved of the two to him (asws). he (asws) said: ‘Who ordered you to offer to me (asws) this mule?’ I said, ‘I chose it for you (asws)’. He (asws) said: ‘And did I (asws) order you to choose for me (asws)?’ Then said: ‘The most preferable of the pack, to me (asws) is the donkey’. So I offered the donkey to him (asws) and grabbed the reins for him (asws). He (asws) climbed upon it and said; ‘Praise be to Allah (azwj) Who Guided us (asws) by Al-Islam, and Taught us (asws) the Quran, and Bestowed upon us (asws) by Muhammad (saww). Praise be to Allah (azwj) “[43:13] Who made this subservient to us and we were not able to do it [43:14] And surely to our Lord we must return”, and Praise be to Allah (azwj) the Lord (azwj) of the Worlds’. And he (asws) went and I went (with him (asws)) until we reached another place. I said to him (asws), ‘The Salat, may I be sacrificed for you (asws)’. He (asws) said: ‘This is a valley of the ants, one cannot Pray here’, until we reached another place. I said to him (asws) similar to that. He (asws) said; ‘This is a salty ground, one cannot Pray here’. (The narrator) said, ‘Until he (asws) descended by himself (asws). He (asws) said to me: ‘Have you Prayed or done your Glorification (Tasbeeh)?’ I said, ‘This Salat which the people of Iraq have named it as Al-Zawwaal’. So he (asws) said: ‘Those who perform the ‘Salat’, are the Shites of Ali (asws) Bin Abu Talib (asws), and it is the Salat which often reaches Allah (azwj)’. So he (asws) Prayed, and I Prayed. Then I grabbed the reins for him (asws), then he (asws) said what he (asws) had said at the beginning, then said: ‘Our Allah (azwj)! Curse the Murjiites, for they are our (asws) enemies in the world and the Hereafter’. So I said to him (asws): ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws), what made you (asws) to remember the Murjiites?’ He (asws) said: ‘I (asws) just thought about them’.