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83 – Muhammad ibn al-Husayn related: “I once saw a madman whom some boys had driven into a mosque. He entered, sat down in one of its corners, and they scattered. Then he rose and recited:
(al-Baṣīṭ)
When affairs become constricted, await relief—
For the hardest ordeal is the very closest to release.”
٨٣ - حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ، قَالَ: " رَأَيْتُ مَجْنُونًا قَدْ أَلْجَأَهُ الصِّبْيَانُ إِلَى مَسْجِدٍ، فَجَاءَ فَقَعَدَ فِي زَاوِيَةٍ، فَتَفَرَّقُوا عَنْهُ، فَقَامَ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ:
[البحر البسيط]
إِذَا تَضَايَقَ أَمْرٌ فَانْتَظِرْ فَرَجًا ... فَأَصْعَبُ الْأَمْرِ أَدْنَاهُ مِنَ الْفَرَجِ "