Hawzah News Agency-Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Abdullah al-Barqi (may Allah have mercy on him) narrated from his father, from his grandfather Ahmad ibn Abi Abdillah, from Amr ibn Uthman, from Abu Jamilah al-Mufaddal ibn Salih, from Sa'd ibn Tarif, from al-Asbagh ibn Nubatah, from Imam Ali (pbuh) that he said:
هَبَطَ جَبْرَئِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَى آدَمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَقَالَ: يَا آدَمُ، إِنِّي أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أُخَيِّرَكَ وَاحِدَةً مِنْ ثَلَاثٍ فَاخْتَرْ وَاحِدَةً وَدَعِ اثْنَتَيْنِ. فَقَالَ لَهُ آدَمُ: وَمَا الثَّلَاثُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ؟ قَالَ: الْعَقْلُ، وَالْحَيَاءُ، وَالدِّينُ. قَالَ آدَمُ: فَإِنِّي قَدِ اخْتَرْتُ الْعَقْلَ. فَقَالَ جَبْرَئِيلُ لِلْحَيَاءِ وَالدِّينِ: انْصَرِفَا. فَقَالَا: يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ، إِنَّا أُمِرْنَا أَنْ نَكُونَ مَعَ الْعَقْلِ حَيْثُمَا كَانَ! قَالَ جَبْرَئِيلُ: فَشَأْنُكُمَا، وَعَرَجَ.
Gabriel (pbuh) descended to Adam (pbuh) and said: 'O Adam, I have been commanded to give you a choice among three things. So choose one and leave the other two.'
Adam asked him: 'And what are the three, O Gabriel?'
He replied: 'Intellect (Aql), Modesty (Haya), and Religion (Din).'
Adam said: 'I have chosen intellect.'
Gabriel then said to modesty and religion: 'Depart (you two).'
But they both replied: 'O Gabriel, we have been commanded [by Allah] to remain with intellect wherever it may be!'
Gabriel said: 'Then so be it,' and he ascended back to the heavens.
Al-Khisal,Book 3,Hadith 59
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