Kitāb al-Zuhd 1, record 171 of the digital edition

Ḥusayn b. Saʿīd al-Ahwāzī · Showing off, Hypocrisy, Self-Admiration, and Conceit

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Arabic text

الحسن بن محمد عن أبي حمزة عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال: سمعته يقول: إن داود النبي صلوات الله عليه كان ذات يوم في محرابه إذا مرت به دودة حمراء صغيرة تدب حتى انتهت إلى موضع سجوده فنظر إليها داود وحدث في نفسه: لم خلقت هذه الدودة؟ فأوحى الله إليها تكلمي فقالت له: يا داود هل سمعت حسي أو استبنت * على صفا اثرى؟ فقال لها داود: لا قالت: فان الله يسمع دبيبي ونفسي وحسي ويرى أثر مشيي فاخفض من صوتك.

Translation

5.Al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad narrated from Abū Ḥamzah, from Abū Jaʿfar (a) whom he heard saying, “Prophet Dāwūd (a) was once in his prayer niche when a small red worm crept by until it came to the place of his prostration. Dāwūd looked at it and said to himself, ‘Why was this worm created?’ So Allah inspired it ‘Speak!’ So it said, ‘O Dāwūd, have you heard my sound as I move, or have you noticed my tracks on the smooth earth?’ Dāwūd replied, ‘No.’ So it said, ‘Verily Allah hears my crawl, my breathing, and my sound, and He sees the tracks of my movement [on the earth], so lower your voice [in humility].’”

Translation: Shaykh Tahir Ridha Jaffer — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.

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  1. 5.Al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad narrated
  2. Abū Ḥamzah
  3. Abū Jaʿfar (a) whom he heard saying

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