Hadith 58
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Mohammed bin Musa bin al-Mutawakkil, Allah may have mercy upon him, narrated to me from Abdullah bin Ja’far al-Himyari from … al-Asbagh bin Nubata related: We were gathering when Amir ul-Mu’minin (a) went out and asked about the reason of our gathering. “We are your Shia, Amir ul-Mu’minin,” we answered. He said, “
But I cannot see the marks of the Shia on your faces.” “What are the marks of the Shia?” asked we. He (a) spoke: The Shia are pale-faced because of staying up at nights for offering prayers, bleary-eyed because of fear of Allah, and dry-lipped because of fasting. The dust of the submissive covers them.
حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَى اَلْمُتَوَكِّلُ رَحِمَهُ اَللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اَللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ اَلْحِمْيَرِيُّ عَنِ اَلْأَصْبَغِ بْنِ نُبَاتَةَ قَالَ
خَرَجَ عَلِيٌّ ع ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ وَ نَحْنُ مُجْتَمِعُونَ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَنْتُمْ وَ مَا اِجْتِمَاعُكُمْ فَقُلْنَا قَوْمٌ مِنْ شِيعَتِكَ يَا أَمِيرَ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَقَالَ مَا لِي لاَ أَرَى سِيمَاءَ اَلشِّيعَةِ عَلَيْكُمْ فَقُلْنَا وَ مَا سِيمَاءُ اَلشِّيعَةِ فَقَالَ ع صُفْرُ اَلْوُجُوهِ مِنْ صَلاَةِ اَللَّيْلِ عُمْشُ اَلْعُيُونِ مِنْ مَخَافَةِ اَللَّهِ ذُبُلُ اَلشِّفَاهِ مِنَ اَلصِّيَامِ عَلَيْهِمْ غَبَرَةُ اَلْخَاشِعِينَ .