May Allah-azwj Reward you goodly
مع، معاني الأخبار أَبِي عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَطَّارِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ أَخِي مَالِكٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ قَوْلِ الرَّجُلِ لِلرَّجُلِ جَزَاكَ اللَّهُ خَيْراً مَا يَعْنِي بِهِ
(The book) ‘Ma’any Al Akhbar’ – My father, from Muhammad Al Attar, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Husayn Bin Yazeed, from Al Husayn Bin Ayn, brother of Malik who said,
‘I asked Abu Abdullah-asws about the words of a man to a man, ‘جَزَاكَ اللَّهُ خَيْراً ’ ‘May Allah-azwj Reward you goodly’: ‘What is the meaning of it?’
فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنَّ الْخَيْرَ نَهَرٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ مَخْرَجُهُ مِنَ الْكَوْثَرِ وَ الْكَوْثَرُ مَخْرَجُهُ مِنْ سَاقِ الْعَرْشِ عَلَيْهِ مَنَازِلُ الْأَوْصِيَاءِ وَ شِيعَتِهِمْ عَلَى حَافَتَيْ ذَلِكَ النَّهَرِ جَوَارِي نَابِتَاتٌ كُلَّمَا قُلِعَتْ وَاحِدَةٌ نَبَتَتْ أُخْرَى بِاسْمِ ذَلِكَ النَّهَرِ وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي كِتَابِهِ فِيهِنَّ خَيْراتٌ حِسانٌ
‘Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘(The goodly) ‘Al-Khair’ is a river in the Paradise, it’s outlet is from (river) Al-Kawser, and Al-Kawser, its outlet is from the Base of the Throne. Upon it (its banks) are houses of the successors-asws and their-asws Shias. Upon the banks of that river the girls (Houries) are growing. Every time one is taken, another one grows, with the name of that river, and that is the Word of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic: Therein are the good and beautiful females [55:70].
فَإِذَا قَالَ الرَّجُلُ لِصَاحِبِهِ جَزَاكَ اللَّهُ خَيْراً فَإِنَّمَا يَعْنِي بِهِ تِلْكَ الْمَنَازِلَ الَّتِي أَعَدَّهَا اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لِصَفْوَتِهِ وَ خِيَرَتِهِ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ
‘‘So, when the man says to his companion, ‘May Allah-azwj Reward you goodly (Khayr), so rather he means by it those dwellings which Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic has Prepared for His-azwj elites and good ones from His-azwj creatures’’.[1]
[1] Bihar Al-Anwaar V 72 – The book of relationships – Ch 54 H 3