then he said o arab indeed we are generous with patience to those whose advice we hope for and whose deception we are safe from. the arab said indeed you are surrounded by men who have made bad choices for themselves so they have sold their worldly life for their religion and your pleasure for the wrath of their lord. they feared you for the sake of allah and did not fear allah. in you war is for the free and peace is for the world. so do not trust them with what allah has tested you with for indeed they will spare no effort in wasting the trust and in humiliating and oppressing the nation. you are responsible for what they have done but they are not responsible for what you have done. so do not reform their worldly life by corrupting your afterlife for the greatest of people is the one who has been wronged. we are deceived by the one who sells his afterlife for the worldly life of another. so sulayman said o arabi you have drawn out your tongue and it is cut off from your sword. he said yes o commander of the faithful but upon you not for you. it has been narrated that salih bin bashir entered upon almahdi and sat with him on the bed. almahdi said to him advise me. he said did not your father and your uncle sit in this assembly before you? he said yes. he said they had deeds by which they were saved from god almighty. he said yes. he said and deeds by which you feared their destruction? he said yes. he said then look at what you hope for. for them do it and what you fear for them avoid it. he said you have conveyed the message and been brief. it was narrated that abu bakrah entered upon
فإن وراءه ما تحب أن قبلته فقال يا أعرابي إنا لنجود بسعة الاحتمال على من نرجو نصحه ونأمن غشه فقال الأعرابي إنه قد تكنفك رجال أساءوا الاختيار لأنفسهم فابتاعوا دنياهم بدينهم ورضاك بسخط ربهم خافوك في الله ولم يخافوا الله فيك حرب للاحرة سلم للدنيا فلا تأمنهم على ما امتحنك الله عليه فإنهم لن بألوا في الامانة تضييعا وفي الامة خسفا وعسفا وانت مسئول عما اجترحوا وليسوا بمسئولين عما اجترحت فلا تصلح دنياهم بفساد آخرتك فإن أعظم الناس غبنا من باع آخرته بدنيا غيره فقال سليمان أما أنك يا عرابي قد سللت لسانك وهو اقطع من سيفك قال أجل يا أمير المؤمنين ولكن عليك لا لك وقد حكى أن صالح بن بشير دخل على المهدي وجلس معه على الفراش فقال له المهدي عظني قال أليس قد جلس هذا المجلس أبوك وعمك قبلك قال نعم قال فكانت لهم أعمال ترجولهم بها النجاة من الله تعالى قال نعم قال وأعمال تخاف عليهم بها الهلكة قال نعم قال فانظر ما رجوت لهم فأته وما خفت عليهم فاجتنبه قال قد أبلغت وأوجزت وقد حكي أن أبا بكرة دخل على