Usul16

Chapter on the Virtue of Providing Water

No. ١٧٢٢chapter #1vol. 2 · page 64
faqih-1722

قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‌ أَوَّلُ مَا يُبْدَأُ بِهِ فِي الْآخِرَةِ صَدَقَةُ الْمَاءِ يَعْنِي فِي الْأَجْرِ.

Read English translationBab Ul Qaim Publications — attributed by Thaqalayn

Hadith.1722 - Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) said: "The first thing to be rewarded in the Hereafter is the charity of providing water."

Translation: Bab Ul Qaim Publications — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

No. ١٧٢٣chapter #2vol. 2 · page 64
faqih-1723

وَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع

Show clickable narrator chain

إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى يُحِبُّ إِبْرَادَ الْكَبِدِ الْحَرَّى وَ مَنْ سَقَى كَبِداً حَرَّى مِنْ بَهِيمَةٍ أَوْ غَيْرِهَا أَظَلَّهُ اللَّهُ فِي ظِلِّ عَرْشِهِ يَوْمَ لَا ظِلَّ إِلَّا ظِلُّهُ

الهوامش · 1

[4]في القاموس: الحران العطشان، و الأنثى حرى مثل عطشى.ص 64

No. ١٧٢٤chapter #3vol. 2 · pages 64-65
faqih-1724

وَ رَوَى مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ:

Show clickable narrator chain

مَنْ سَقَى الْمَاءَ فِي مَوْضِعٍ يُوجَدُ فِيهِ الْمَاءُ كَانَ كَمَنْ أَعْتَقَ رَقَبَةً وَ مَنْ سَقَى الْمَاءَ فِي مَوْضِعٍ لَا يُوجَدُ فِيهِ الْمَاءُ كَانَ‌ كَمَنْ أَحْيَا نَفْساً وَ مَنْ أَحْيَا نَفْساً فَكَأَنَّما أَحْيَا النَّاسَ جَمِيعاً

Read English translationBab Ul Qaim Publications — attributed by Thaqalayn

Hadith.1724 - Mu'awiyah ibn Ammar narrated from Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as): "Whoever gives water in a place where water is available is like one who frees a slave. And whoever gives water in a place where water is not available is like one who revives a soul. And whoever revives a soul, it is as though they have revived all of humanity."

Translation: Bab Ul Qaim Publications — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

الهوامش · 1

[1]هذه الأخبار الثلاثة في الباب مروية في الكافي ج 3 ص 57 مسندة.ص 65