عَنْهُمْ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ وَ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ وَ غَالِبِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ وَ هَارُونَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ بُرَيْدِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع فِي فُسْطَاطٍ لَهُ بِمِنًى فَنَظَرَ إِلَى زِيَادٍ الْأَسْوَدِ مُنْقَلِعَ الرِّجْلِ فَرَثَى لَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَا لِرِجْلَيْكَ هَكَذَا قَالَ جِئْتُ عَلَى بَكْرٍ لِي نِضْوٍ فَكُنْتُ أَمْشِي عَنْهُ عَامَّةَ الطَّرِيقِ فَرَثَى لَهُ وَ قَالَ لَهُ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ زِيَادٌ إِنِّي أُلِمُّ بِالذُّنُوبِ حَتَّى إِذَا ظَنَنْتُ أَنِّي قَدْ هَلَكْتُ ذَكَرْتُ حُبَّكُمْ فَرَجَوْتُ النَّجَاةَ وَ تَجَلَّى عَنِّي فَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع وَ هَلِ الدِّينُ إِلَّا الْحُبُّ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى حَبَّبَ إِلَيْكُمُ الْإِيمانَ وَ زَيَّنَهُ فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ وَ قَالَ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُحِبُّونَ اللَّهَ فَاتَّبِعُونِي يُحْبِبْكُمُ اللَّهُ وَ قَالَ يُحِبُّونَ مَنْ هاجَرَ إِلَيْهِمْ إِنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ص فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أُحِبُّ الْمُصَلِّينَ وَ لَا أُصَلِّي وَ أُحِبُّ الصَّوَّامِينَ وَ لَا أَصُومُ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ أَنْتَ مَعَ مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ وَ لَكَ مَا اكْتَسَبْتَ وَ قَالَ مَا تَبْغُونَ وَ مَا تُرِيدُونَ أَمَا إِنَّهَا لَوْ كَانَ فَزْعَةٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَزِعَ كُلُّ قَوْمٍ إِلَى مَأْمَنِهِمْ وَ فَزِعْنَا إِلَى نَبِيِّنَا وَ فَزِعْتُمْ إِلَيْنَا
It is narrated from them, from Sahl ibn Ziyad, from al-Hassan ibn Ali from Ali ibn Faddal from Ali ibn ‘Uqbah and Thalabah ibn Maymun and Ghalib ibn Uthman and Harun ibn Muslim from Burayd ibn Muawiyah who has narrated the following:
Once, I was with Abu Jafar-asws, in his tent in Mina when he (the Imam) looked at Ziyad Al-Aswad with his foot badly hurt, thus he (the Imam) expressed sadness about it and asked: ‘what has happened to your feet that have become as such? He replied: ‘I came with a weak stumper and most of the way I walked. The Imam-asws expressed more sadness then Ziyad said: I collected sins until I was afraid for my destruction. I then remembered your love which gives me hope for my salvation and it brightened my dark condition.
Abu Jafar-asws then said: ‘Is religion anything other than love? Allah-azwj has said: He has made belief beloved to you and has beautified it in your hearts. (49:7), He has said: ‘If you were to love Allah then follow me Allah will love you. (3:31). He has said: ‘they love those who migrate to you.’ (59:9).
Once a man came to the Messenger of Allah-saww and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah-saww, I love people who perform Salat but I do not perform it, I love people who fast but I do not fast. The Messenger of Allah-saww said: ‘You are with those whom you love and to you belongs what you have earned.’ The Messenger of Allah-saww has said: What you are seeking to find is where you will arrive. It is certain that if a shocking thing may come from the sky every people will seek protection in their safe places and we seek protection with our Holy Prophet, and you will seek protection with us-asws.’ (Al-Kafi, vol. 8, pg. 80, Hadith 35)