The Rare Ahadith

1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad ibn ‘Isa and Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Mu‘awiyah ibn ‘Ammar who has said the following: “About the words of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Glorious, ‘So He will test you in what your hands or spears have hunted/ (5:95) abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘During al-‘Umrah of al-Hudaybiyah, wild animals crowded around the Messenger of Allah, so much so that their hands and spears could easily reach.”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

2. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hammad from al-Halabiy who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the meaning of the words of Allah, ‘O believing people, Allah will certainly try you in the matters of hunting that your hands and spears may achieve for you.’ (5:95) He (the Imam) said, ‘He spread the preys everywhere until they (preys) were very close to the people so Allah may try them (people).’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

3. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from Ibrahim ibn ‘Umar al-Yamaniy who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the meaning of the words of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Glorious, ‘Two just people among you. . .’ (5:96) He (the Imam) said, ‘The just person is a reference to the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, and the Imam after him.’ He then said, ‘A mistake is made in it by the scribes (interpreters).”’

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

4. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad in a mafu’ manner about the words of Allah, most High: “This is about the meaning of the words of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, ‘That which their hands and spears achieve.’ (5:95) He (the Imam) (a.s.), has said what hands achieve is a reference to the eggs and chicks. ‘What your spears achieve’ is a reference to that which hands do not reach.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

5. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from ibn Faddal from ibn Bukayr from Zurarah who has said the following: “I once asked abu Ja‘far (a.s.), about the meaning of the words of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Glorious, ‘Two just people among you. . .’ (5:96) He (the Imam) said, ‘The just person is a reference to the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, and the Imam after him.’ He then said, ‘A mistake is made in it by the scribes (interpreters).”’

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

6. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from certain individuals of his people from abu Jamilah from Zayd al-Shahham who has said the following: “This is about the meaning of the words of Allah, the Most Majestic and Most Glorious, ‘If one goes back, Allah subjects him to His retaliation.’(5:95) Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) has said that a man in the state of Ihram captured a fox. He then began to bring fire close to the fox’s face, which made it nervous and it released gas from its behind. His friends told him to stop what he was doing; thereafter he set the fox free. When this man went to sleep, a snake came and entered in his mouth and it remained there until he begun to release gas as the fox had done; then the snake left him.”’

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

7. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from in a marfu‘ manner the following: “About a man who in the state of Ihram eats of the flesh of a prey and does not know what it is, abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ’He owes one sheep.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

8. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from Ali ibn ’Uqbah ibn Khalid who has said the following: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who completes his Hajj and leaves until he is out of al-Haram (the sacred area). An animal, which is a subject to hunting, approaches near al- Haram (the sacred area) moving toward it. He shoots at it and kills it: if he owes anything. He (the Imam) said, ‘He owes a ransom likewise (similar to the prey).”’

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

9. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn Mahziyar from who has said the following: “I once asked the man (a.s.), about a man who in the state of Ihram drinks water from a water sack which is made of the skin of hunted animals is it permissible? He (the Imam) said, ‘He can drink from the skins of the animal that are hunted.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.