The Day of Offering Sacrifice, Beginning Throwing Pebbles and Its Excellence

1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from ‘Abd Allah ibn Yahya al-Kahiliy from abu Ahmad al-Kahiliy -I think I met him who has said the following: “I once asked him (the Imam) (a.s.), about a girl who is not a relative to me who holds me and I carry her and kiss her. He (the Imam) said, ‘When she becomes six years old then you must not place her in your lap.’”

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

2. Humayd ibn Ziyad has narrated from al-Hassan ibn Muhammad ibn Sama‘ah from more than one person from Aban ibn ‘Uthman from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Yahya from Zurarah who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘When a free girl becomes six years old then it is not proper for you to kiss her.’”

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

3. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Harun ibn Muslim from certain persons of his narrators who have said the following: “A certain person of banu Hashim once invited abu al-Hassan, al-Rida’ (a.s.), along with a group of his people and a girl was brought in the gathering. People called her one by one and when she was brought near him (the Imam) he asked, ‘How old is she ? 5 It was said that she was five years old. He (the Imam) then asked her to stand back.”

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

6. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Hassan ibn Mahbub from Ali ibn Ri’ab from Muhammad ibn Qays who has said the following: “Abu Ja’far (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah (sw), said to a man from al-Ansar, For every pebble you throw on al-Jamar, ten good deeds will be written for you (every year) for the rest of your life.’

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

7. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn abu ‘Abd Allah from his father from Hammad from Hariz who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that with every pebble that one throws on al-Jamar, one major destructive sin is deleted.”

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