hadith
1324
۞
Imam Sadiq (a.s) narrated that when Ja'far ibn Abi Talib returned from Ethiopia he asked the Prophet of God (a.s): “Will you let me tell you something?” God's Prophet (a.s) said
“Yes.” He said: “One day I went to see Naejashi. He was not wearing his official attire on that day, but I greeted him just as I would a ruler and said “O' king! Why is it that you are not seen in your official attire?” He said: “I have read in the Bible that whoever receives a divine blessing should thank God, and that nothing is better than humbleness as a form of being grateful to God. Since I heard that Muhammad (a.s) was victorious over the polytheists in Badr, I like to show my being grateful to God in this manner.”
عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) قال
لما قدم جعفر [بن أبي طالب] من أرض الحبشة قال: يا رسول الله ألا أحدثك؟ قال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله): بلى، قال: دخلت يوما على النجاشي وهو في غير مجلس الملك وغير رياشه وزيه، قال: فحييته بتحية الملك، وقلت له: يا أيها الملك، ما لي أراك في غير مجلس الملك وغير رياشه وزيه؟ فقال: إنا نجد في الإنجيل من أنعم الله عليه بنعمة فليشكر الله، ونجد في الإنجيل أنه ليس شئ من الشكر لله يعدل التواضع له، وأنه ورد علي في ليلتي هذه أن محمدا (صلى الله عليه وآله) ظفر بمشركي أهل بدر، فأحببت أن أشكر الله بما ترى.
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