Hadith 14
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My father, Allah may have mercy upon him, narrated to us from Mohammed bin Ahmed bin Ali bin as-Salt from Ahmed bin Mohammed from as-Sindi bin Mohammed that Amir ul-Mu’minin (a) turned his face to the group who were following him and asked them about their beliefs. “We are your Shia, Amir ul-Mu’minin,” they answered. He said, “
But I cannot see the marks of the Shia on your faces.” “What are the marks of the Shia?” asked they. He (a) spoke: The Shia are pale-faced because of staying up at nights, atrophied-stomached because of fasting, and dry-lipped because of prayers to Allah. The dust of the submissive covers them.
أَبِي رَحِمَهُ اَللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ اَلصَّلْتِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ اَلسِّنْدِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ
قَوْمٌ تَبِعَ تَبِعُوا أَمِيرَ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالَ مَا أَنْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ قَالُوا شِيعَتُكَ يَا أَمِيرَ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَالَ مَا لِي لاَ أَرَى عَلَيْكُمْ سِيمَاءَ اَلشِّيعَةِ قَالُوا وَ مَا سِيمَاءُ اَلشِّيعَةِ قَالَ صُفْرُ اَلْوُجُوهِ مِنَ اَلسَّهَرِ خُمْصُ اَلْبُطُونِ مِنَ اَلصِّيَامِ ذُبُلُ اَلشِّفَاهِ مِنَ اَلدُّعَاءِ عَلَيْهِمْ غَبَرَةُ اَلْخَاشِعِينَ .