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- Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Anṣārī related to me, saying: Ibrāhīm ibn Masʿūd told me:
A merchant from Medina used to visit Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad regularly, mixing with him and knowing him to be a man of good fortune. When the merchant’s situation worsened, he began to complain about it to Jaʿfar. Jaʿfar said:
(wāfir meter)
Do not succumb to anxiety—if one day you are constricted,
remember how many long days were spent in ease.
⦗91⦘ Never despair, for despair borders on disbelief;
perhaps Allah will enrich you after scarcity.
And never entertain an evil thought about your Lord,
for Allah is most worthy of fair expectations.
He (the narrator) said: I left his presence feeling richer than any other person.
٩٧ - حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ، قَالَ: كَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ تُجَّارِ الْمَدِينَةِ يَخْتَلِفُ إِلَى جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ فَيُخَالِطُهُ، وَيَعْرِفُهُ بِحُسْنِ الْحَالِ، فَتَغَيَّرَتْ حَالُهُ، فَجَعَلَ يَشْكُو ذَلِكَ إِلَى جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، فَقَالَ جَعْفَرٌ: "
[البحر الوافر]
فَلَا تَجْزَعْ وَإِنْ أُعْسِرْتَ يَوْمًا ... فَقَدْ أَيْسَرْتَ فِي الزَّمَنِ الطَّوِيلِ
⦗٩١⦘ وَلَا تَيْأَسْ فَإِنَّ الْيَأْسَ كُفْرٌ ... لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ يُغْنِي عَنْ قَلِيلِ
وَلَا تَظُنَّنَّ بِرَبِّكَ ظَنَّ سُوءٍ ... فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ أَوْلَى بِالْجَمِيلِ
قَالَ: فَخَرَجْتُ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ وَأَنَا أَغْنَى النَّاسِ