Family & Kinship

قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع‌ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لِنَبِيِّهِ ص- يا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ لِمَ تُحَرِّمُ ما أَحَلَّ اللَّهُ لَكَ‌ قَدْ فَرَضَ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ تَحِلَّةَ أَيْمانِكُمْ‌[3] فَجَعَلَهَا يَمِيناً وَ كَفَّرَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص قُلْتُ بِمَا كَفَّرَ قَالَ أَطْعَمَ عَشَرَةَ مَسَاكِينَ لِكُلِّ مِسْكِينٍ مُدٌّ قُلْنَا فَمَا حَدُّ الْكِسْوَةِ قَالَ ثَوْبٌ يُوَارِي بِهِ عَوْرَتَهُ.

“Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said that Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, has said to His Holy Prophet, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, ‘O Prophet, why do you make unlawful what Allah has made lawful for you.’ ‘Allah has shown you how to absolve yourselves of

فِي كَفَّارَةِ الْيَمِينِ عِتْقُ رَقَبَةٍ أَوْ إِطْعَامُ عَشَرَةِ مَسَاكِينَ‌ مِنْ أَوْسَطِ ما تُطْعِمُونَ أَهْلِيكُمْ أَوْ كِسْوَتُهُمْ‌ وَ الْوَسَطُ الْخَلُّ وَ الزَّيْتُ وَ أَرْفَعُهُ الْخُبْزُ وَ اللَّحْمُ وَ الصَّدَقَةُ مُدٌّ مُدٌّ مِنْ حِنْطَةٍ لِكُلِّ مِسْكِينٍ وَ الْكِسْوَةُ ثَوْبَانِ فَمَنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَعَلَيْهِ الصِّيَامُ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- فَمَنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيامُ ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ‌[4].

About the case of expiation due to an oath which is freeing a slave, or feeding ten destitute person of the average kind of food for your family or clothing them, abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘The average kind of food is vinegar and oil, and a high quality is bread and meat. Charity is one mud (a certain measuremen

هُوَ كَمَا يَكُونُ إِنَّهُ يَكُونُ فِي الْبَيْتِ مَنْ يَأْكُلُ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ الْمُدِّ وَ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَأْكُلُ أَقَلَّ مِنَ الْمُدِّ فَبَيْنَ ذَلِكَ وَ إِنْ شِئْتَ جَعَلْتَ لَهُمْ أُدْماً وَ الْأُدْمُ أَدْنَاهُ الْمِلْحُ وَ أَوْسَطُهُ الْخَلُّ وَ الزَّيْتُ وَ أَرْفَعُهُ اللَّحْمُ.

“This is about the meaning of the words of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious. ‘. . . it is of the average kind of food that you provide to your family.’ Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘It is just as it is at home. Certain people eat one mud (a certain measurement) and certain others less or in between. If you like

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنْ‌ أَوْسَطِ ما تُطْعِمُونَ أَهْلِيكُمْ‌ فَقَالَ مَا تَقُوتُونَ بِهِ عِيَالَكُمْ مِنْ أَوْسَطِ ذَلِكَ قُلْتُ وَ مَا أَوْسَطُ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ الْخَلُّ وَ الزَّيْتُ وَ التَّمْرُ وَ الْخُبْزُ تُشْبِعُهُمْ بِهِ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً قُلْتُ‌ كِسْوَتُهُمْ‌ قَالَ ثَوْبٌ وَاحِدٌ.

“I once asked abu Ja’far (a.s.), about, ‘. . . the average kind of food that you provide for your family.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is the kind of food which you feed your family, it must be of the middle of the two, high and low, quality that you provide for your family.’ I then asked, ‘What is the middle of such food?

كُنَّا عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع جَمَاعَةً إِذْ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ مَوَالِي أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ وَ بَكَى ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَعْطَيْتُ اللَّهَ عَهْداً إِنْ عَافَانِيَ اللَّهُ مِنْ شَيْ‌ءٍ كُنْتُ أَخَافُهُ عَلَى نَفْسِي أَنْ أَتَصَدَّقَ بِجَمِيعِ مَا أَمْلِكُ وَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَافَانِي مِنْهُ وَ قَدْ حَوَّلْتُ عِيَالِي مِنْ مَنْزِلِي

“Once we were with abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), in a group when a man came who was of the Mawali of abu Ja‘far (a.s.). He offered Salam (the phrase of offering greeting of peace), sat down, wept and said, I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause. I made a covenant with Allah that if He gives me recovery from

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع كَانَتْ لِي جَارِيَةٌ حُبْلَى فَنَذَرْتُ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِنْ وَلَدَتْ غُلَاماً أَنْ أُحِجَّهُ أَوْ أَحُجَّ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَجُلًا نَذَرَ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي ابْنٍ لَهُ إِنْ هُوَ أَدْرَكَ أَنْ يَحُجَّ عَنْهُ أَوْ يُحِجَّهُ فَمَاتَ الْأَبُ وَ أَدْرَكَ الْغُلَامُ بَعْدُ فَأَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص الْغُلَامُ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَنْ يُحَجَّ

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of my girl who was pregnant and I made a vow and commitment for Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, that if she gives birth to a boy, I will help him to perform al-Hajj or I will perform al-Hajj on his behalf. He (the Imam) said, ‘A man made a vow and commitment for

الظِّهَارُ إِذَا عَجَزَ صَاحِبُهُ عَنِ الْكَفَّارَةِ فَلْيَسْتَغْفِرْ رَبَّهُ وَ يَنْوِي أَنْ لَا يَعُودَ[3] قَبْلَ أَنْ يُوَاقِعَ ثُمَّ لْيُوَاقِعْ وَ قَدْ أَجْزَأَ ذَلِكَ عَنْهُ مِنَ الْكَفَّارَةِ فَإِذَا وَجَدَ السَّبِيلَ إِلَى مَا يُكَفِّرُ يَوْماً مِنَ الْأَيَّامِ فَلْيُكَفِّرْ وَ إِنْ تَصَدَّقَ وَ أَطْعَمَ نَفْسَهُ وَ عِيَالَهُ فَإِنَّهُ يُجْزِئُهُ إِذَا كَانَ مُحْتَاجاً وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ ذَلِكَ فَلْيَسْتَغْف

“Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that in the case of al-Zihar if the man fails to pay the expiation, he must then ask forgiveness from his Lord and keep his intention not to repeat it again before going to bed and then go to bed, it is sufficient for expiation. When he finds a way to pay the expiation in one of the da

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع الرَّجُلُ يَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ الْيَمِينُ فَيُحْلِفُهُ غَرِيمُهُ بِالْأَيْمَانِ الْمُغَلَّظَةِ أَنْ لَا يَخْرُجَ مِنَ الْبَلَدِ إِلَّا يُعْلِمُهُ فَقَالَ لَا يَخْرُجُ حَتَّى يُعْلِمَهُ قُلْتُ إِنْ أَعْلَمَهُ لَمْ يَدَعْهُ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ عِلْمُهُ ضَرَراً عَلَيْهِ وَ عَلَى عِيَالِهِ فَلْيَخْرُجْ وَ لَا شَيْ‌ءَ عَلَيْهِ.

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who is under oath and his creditor makes him to take an oath with all seriousness not to leave the town without his knowledge. He (the Imam) said, ‘He must not leave the town without his knowledge.’ I then said that if he informs, he would not allow him to go

سُئِلَ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يُقْسِمُ عَلَى أَخِيهِ قَالَ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ شَيْ‌ءٌ إِنَّمَا أَرَادَ إِكْرَامَهُ.

“Once abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), was asked about the case of a man who swears by his brother. He (the Imam) said, ‘It does not have any valid effect on him; he only wanted to honor and respect him.’”

لَهُ فِي مُنَاجَاتِهِ يَا مُوسَى لَا يَطُولُ فِي الدُّنْيَا أَمَلُكَ فَيَقْسُوَ لِذَلِكَ قَلْبُكَ وَ قَاسِي الْقَلْبِ مِنِّي بَعِيدٌ- يَا مُوسَى كُنْ كَمَسَرَّتِي فِيكَ‌[2] فَإِنَّ مَسَرَّتِي أَنْ أُطَاعَ فَلَا أُعْصَى فَأَمِتْ قَلْبَكَ بِالْخَشْيَةِ وَ كُنْ خَلَقَ الثِّيَابِ‌[3] جَدِيدَ الْقَلْبِ تُخْفَى عَلَى أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ وَ تُعْرَفُ فِي أَهْلِ السَّمَاءِ حِلْسَ الْبُيُوتِ‌[4] مِصْبَاحَ اللَّيْلِ وَ اقْنُتْ بَي

He (asws) said: ‘ (Prophet) Musa (as) was whispering (Munajaat) to Allah (azwj) Blessed and High. He (azwj) Said in His (azwj) Whispering: ‘O Musa (as)! Do not have long hopes regarding the world. That would harden your (as) heart, and the hard-hearted one is remote from Me (azwj). O Musa (as)! Turn yourself (as) (to o

كَتَبَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع إِلَى سَعْدٍ الْخَيْرِ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ* أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَقَدْ جَاءَنِي كِتَابُكَ تَذْكُرُ فِيهِ مَعْرِفَةَ مَا لَا يَنْبَغِي تَرْكُهُ وَ طَاعَةَ مَنْ رِضَا اللَّهِ رِضَاهُ فَقُلْتَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ لِنَفْسِكَ مَا كَانَتْ نَفْسُكَ مُرْتَهَنَةً لَوْ تَرَكْتَهُ تَعْجَبُ‌[1] أَنَّ رِضَا اللَّهِ وَ طَاعَتَهُ وَ نَصِيحَتَهُ لَا تُقْبَلُ وَ لَا تُوجَدُ وَ لَا تُعْرَفُ إِلَّا فِي عِبَاد

‘In the Name of Allah (azwj), the Beneficent, the Merciful. Having said that, your letter came to me (asws) in which you have asked how much it is necessary to learn and the obedience to the one (asws) whose pleasure is the Pleasure of Allah (azwj). So then you had said to yourself, then you will not be blamed if you t

كَانَ يَقُولُ‌ إِنَّ أَحَبَّكُمْ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَحْسَنُكُمْ عَمَلًا وَ إِنَّ أَعْظَمَكُمْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ عَمَلًا أَعْظَمُكُمْ فِيمَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ رَغْبَةً وَ إِنَّ أَنْجَاكُمْ مِنْ عَذَابِ اللَّهِ أَشَدُّكُمْ خَشْيَةً لِلَّهِ وَ إِنَّ أَقْرَبَكُمْ مِنَ اللَّهِ أَوْسَعُكُمْ خُلُقاً وَ إِنَّ أَرْضَاكُمْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ أَسْبَغُكُمْ عَلَى عِيَالِهِ وَ إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عَلَى اللَّهِ أَتْقَاكُمْ لِلَّهِ.

The most Beloved of you all to Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic is the one with the best deeds, and the greatest one of you in (the Sight of) Allah (azwj) is the one who has the greatest interest in what is with Allah (azwj), and that the safest one of you from the Punishment of Allah (azwj) is the one who is the most

شَكَوْتُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع مَا أَلْقَى مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي مِنِ‌ اسْتِخْفَافِهِمْ بِالدِّينِ فَقَالَ يَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ لَا تُنْكِرْ ذَلِكَ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِكَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى جَعَلَ لِكُلِّ أَهْلِ بَيْتٍ حُجَّةً يَحْتَجُّ بِهَا عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ فِي الْقِيَامَةِ فَيُقَالُ لَهُمْ أَ لَمْ تَرَوْا فُلَاناً فِيكُمْ أَ لَمْ تَرَوْا هَدْيَهُ فِيكُمْ‌[1] أَ لَمْ تَرَوْا صَلَاتَهُ فِيكُمْ

‘I complained to Abu Abdullah (asws) of what I had faced from my family from their taking of their Religion lightly’. So he (asws) said: ‘O Ismail, do not abhor that from your family, for Allah (azwj) Blessed and High has Made for every family a proof by which He (azwj) will Argue by against his (faithless) family on t

إِنَّ الْأَحْلَامَ لَمْ تَكُنْ فِيمَا مَضَى فِي أَوَّلِ الْخَلْقِ وَ إِنَّمَا حَدَثَتْ فَقُلْتُ وَ مَا الْعِلَّةُ فِي ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ ذِكْرُهُ بَعَثَ رَسُولًا إِلَى أَهْلِ زَمَانِهِ فَدَعَاهُمْ إِلَى عِبَادَةِ اللَّهِ وَ طَاعَتِهِ فَقَالُوا إِنْ فَعَلْنَا ذَلِكَ فَمَا لَنَا فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا أَنْتَ بِأَكْثَرِنَا مَالًا وَ لَا بِأَعَزِّنَا عَشِيرَةً فَقَالَ إِنْ أَطَعْتُمُونِي أَدْخَلَكُمُ اللَّهُ ال

The dreams did not exist in the past in the beginning of the creation, but rather they occurred later on’. I said, ‘And what is the reason with regards to that?’ He (asws) said: ‘Allah (azwj) Sent a Rasool (as) to the people of his (as) era. So he (as) called them to the worship of Allah (azwj) and to His (azwj) obedie

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الْأَحْوَلِ وَ أَنَا أَسْمَعُ أَتَيْتَ الْبَصْرَةَ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ كَيْفَ رَأَيْتَ مُسَارَعَةَ النَّاسِ إِلَى هَذَا الْأَمْرِ وَ دُخُولَهُمْ فِيهِ قَالَ وَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُمْ لَقَلِيلٌ وَ لَقَدْ فَعَلُوا وَ إِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَقَلِيلٌ فَقَالَ عَلَيْكَ بِالْأَحْدَاثِ فَإِنَّهُمْ أَسْرَعُ إِلَى كُلِّ خَيْرٍ- ثُمَّ قَالَ مَا يَقُولُ أَهْلُ الْبَصْرَةِ فِي هَذِهِ ال

‘Did you go to Al-Basra?’ He said, ‘Yes’. He (asws) said: ‘How did you see the hastening of the people to this matter and their entering in it to be?’ He said, ‘By Allah (azwj), they are few, and they have done it but that is little’. He (asws) said: ‘It is on you to (approach) the juveniles for they are quick to every

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع يَقُولُ‌ إِنَّ عُمَرَ لَقِيَ عَلِيّاً ص فَقَالَ لَهُ أَنْتَ الَّذِي تَقْرَأُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ- بِأَيِّكُمُ الْمَفْتُونُ‌[1] وَ تُعَرِّضُ بِي وَ بِصَاحِبِي قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَ فَلَا أُخْبِرُكَ بِآيَةٍ نَزَلَتْ فِي بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ- فَهَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ‌ إِنْ تَوَلَّيْتُمْ‌ أَنْ تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَ تُقَطِّعُوا أَرْحامَكُمْ‌[2] فَقَالَ كَذَبْتَ بَنُو أُمَيَّةَ أَوْصَلُ لِلرَّحِمِ مِنْكَ وَ

‘I heard Abu Ja’far (asws) saying that: ‘Umar met Ali (asws), so he said to him (asws), ‘You (asws) are the one who is reciting this Verse: “[68:6] Which of you is afflicted with madness” and applying it to me and to my companion’. He (asws) said to him: ‘Shall I not inform you of a Verse which has Descended about the

أَتَى أَبُو ذَرٍّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي قَدِ اجْتَوَيْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ[3] أَ فَتَأْذَنُ لِي أَنْ أَخْرُجَ أَنَا وَ ابْنُ أَخِي إِلَى مُزَيْنَةَ فَنَكُونَ بِهَا فَقَالَ إِنِّي أَخْشَى أَنْ يُغِيرَ[4] عَلَيْكَ خَيْلٌ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ فَيُقْتَلَ ابْنُ أَخِيكَ فَتَأْتِيَنِي شَعِثاً[5] فَتَقُومَ بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ مُتَّكِئاً عَلَى عَصَاكَ فَتَقُولَ قُتِلَ ابْنُ أَخِي وَ أُخِذَ السَّرْحُ‌[6] فَقَالَ

Abu Abdullah (asws) having said: ‘Abu Dharr (ar) came to the Rasool (saww) Allah (azwj) and said, ‘O Rasool (saww) Allah (azwj), I (asws) have begun disliking Al-Medina. Will you (saww) permit me (asws), and that I (ar) and the son of my (ar) brother go out to Muzeyna, for we are from it?’ He (saww) said: ‘I (saww) fea

دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ وَ هُوَ يَأْكُلُ مُتَّكِئاً[3]- قَالَ وَ قَدْ كَانَ يَبْلُغُنَا أَنَّ ذَلِكَ يُكْرَهُ فَجَعَلْتُ أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ فَدَعَانِي إِلَى طَعَامِهِ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ لَعَلَّكَ تَرَى‌ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص مَا رَأَتْهُ عَيْنٌ وَ هُوَ يَأْكُلُ وَ هُوَ مُتَّكِئٌ مِنْ أَنْ بَعَثَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَى أَنْ قَبَضَهُ قَالَ ثُمَّ رَدَّ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ فَقَالَ لَا وَ اللَّه

‘I came up to Abu Ja’far (asws) one day and (I felt that) he was resting (upon something) whilst eating, and he had been telling us that it is undesirable. So I looked at him, so he called me over to eat with him. When he had finished, he said: ‘O Muhammad, you had been thinking that no eye had seen the Rasulallah (saw

قُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ إِخْوَانِي يَبْلُغُنِي عَنْهُ الشَّيْ‌ءُ الَّذِي أَكْرَهُهُ فَأَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَيُنْكِرُ ذَلِكَ وَ قَدْ أَخْبَرَنِي عَنْهُ قَوْمٌ ثِقَاتٌ فَقَالَ لِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ كَذِّبْ سَمْعَكَ وَ بَصَرَكَ عَنْ أَخِيكَ فَإِنْ شَهِدَ عِنْدَكَ خَمْسُونَ قَسَامَةً[2] وَ قَالَ لَكَ قَوْلًا فَصَدِّقْهُ وَ كَذِّبْهُمْ لَا تُذِيعَنَّ عَلَيْهِ‌[3] شَيْئاً تَشِينُهُ‌[4] بِهِ وَ تَهْدِمُ ب

Abu Al-Hassan the First (asws) replied, when I said to him (asws), ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws), (its about) a man from our brethren, a matter has reached me about him which I dislike, so I ask about that but he denies that, and it has been informed to me from reliable people’. He (asws) said to me: ‘O Muhammad,

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ كَانَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ تَوَدُّنَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَ تُكْثِرُ التَّعَاهُدَ لَنَا وَ إِنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ لَقِيَهَا ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ وَ هِيَ تُرِيدُنَا فَقَالَ لَهَا أَيْنَ تَذْهَبِينَ يَا عَجُوزَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَقَالَتْ أَذْهَبُ إِلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ أُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ أُجَدِّدُ بِهِمْ عَهْداً وَ أَقْضِي حَقَّهُمْ فَقَالَ لَهَا عُمَرُ وَيْلَكِ لَيْسَ لَهُم

‘There was a woman from the Helpers who had cordiality with us (asws) the People (asws) of the Household, and used to frequently pledge her allegiance to us (asws), and Umar Bin Al-Khattab met her one day whilst she was on her way to us (asws). He said to her, ‘Where are you headed, O elderly woman of the Helpers?’ She

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ آخَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص بَيْنَ سَلْمَانَ وَ أَبِي ذَرٍّ وَ اشْتَرَطَ عَلَى أَبِي ذَرٍّ أَنْ لَا يَعْصِيَ سَلْمَانَ.

The Rasool (saww) established brotherhood between Salman (ra) and Abu Dharr (ra), and stipulated a condition upon Abu Dharr (ra) that he (ta) would not disobey Salman (ra) (as a younger to an elder brother).

مَا أَكَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مُتَّكِئاً مُنْذُ بَعَثَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَى أَنْ قَبَضَهُ تَوَاضُعاً لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ مَا رَأَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ‌[2] أَمَامَ جَلِيسِهِ فِي مَجْلِسٍ قَطُّ وَ لَا صَافَحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص رَجُلًا قَطُّ فَنَزَعَ يَدَهُ مِنْ يَدِهِ حَتَّى يَكُونَ الرَّجُلُ هُوَ الَّذِي يَنْزِعُ يَدَهُ وَ لَا كَافَأَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص بِسَيِّئَةٍ قَطُّ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى لَهُ- ادْفَعْ بِا

Abu Abdullah (asws) said: ‘The Rasool Allah (saww) did not eat whilst leaning, since he (saww) was Sent by Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic, up to his (saww) passing away. He (saww) was modest for the Sake of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic, and no one ever saw his (saww) knees is a gathering at all. And the Rasool Al

قُلْتُ لَهُ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ قَوْلِ يَعْقُوبَ ع لِبَنِيهِ- اذْهَبُوا فَتَحَسَّسُوا مِنْ يُوسُفَ وَ أَخِيهِ‌[3] أَ كَانَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ حَيٌّ وَ قَدْ فَارَقَهُ مُنْذُ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ قُلْتُ كَيْفَ عَلِمَ قَالَ إِنَّهُ دَعَا فِي السَّحَرِ وَ سَأَلَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَنْ يَهْبِطَ عَلَيْهِ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ فَهَبَطَ عَلَيْهِ بريالُ وَ هُوَ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ فَقَالَ لَهُ بريالُ مَا حَاجَتُكَ يَا

‘Inform me about the words of Yaqoub (as) to his (as) sons: “[12:87] O my sons! Go and inquire respecting Yusuf and his brother”, Did he (as) know that he (as) was alive, and there was a separation of twenty years between them?’ He (asws) said: ‘Yes’. I said, ‘How did he (as) know?’ He (asws) said: ‘He (as) supplicated

سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ‌ فِي هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ- يا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ قُلْ لِمَنْ فِي أَيْدِيكُمْ مِنَ الْأَسْرى‌ إِنْ يَعْلَمِ اللَّهُ فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ خَيْراً يُؤْتِكُمْ خَيْراً مِمَّا أُخِذَ مِنْكُمْ‌ وَ يَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ‌[1] قَالَ نَزَلَتْ فِي الْعَبَّاسِ وَ عَقِيلٍ وَ نَوْفَلٍ وَ قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص نَهَى يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ أَنْ يُقْتَلَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ وَ أَبُو الْبَخْتَرِيِّ فَأُسِرُوا فَأَرْسَلَ عَلِيّا

244. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr, from Muawiya Bin Ammar, who has said the following: Abu Abdullah (asws), said, ‘I heard him (asws) saying regarding this Verse: “[8:70] O Prophet! say to those of the captives who are in your hands: If Allah knows anything good in your hearts, He will give to

كُنْتُ مَعَ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع جَالِساً فِي الْمَسْجِدِ إِذْ أَقْبَلَ دَاوُدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ وَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ وَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ أَبُو الدَّوَانِيقِ فَقَعَدُوا نَاحِيَةً مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ فَقِيلَ لَهُمْ هَذَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ جَالِسٌ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ دَاوُدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ وَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ[1] وَ قَعَدَ أَبُو الدَّوَانِيقِ مَكَانَهُ حَتَّى سَلَّمُوا عَلَى أَبِي جَعْفَر

أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‌ مَنْ صَدَقَ لِسَانُهُ زَكَا عَمَلُهُ وَ مَنْ حَسُنَتْ نِيَّتُهُ زَادَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي رِزْقِهِ وَ مَنْ حَسُنَ بِرُّهُ بِأَهْلِهِ زَادَ اللَّهُ فِي عُمُرِهِ.

The one who is of a truthful tongue, his deeds would be pure, and the one who is of good intention, Allah (azwj) Increases his sustenance, and the one who is kind to his family, Allah (azwj) Increases his life’.

قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع‌ إِذَا رَأَيْتَ الْفَاقَةَ وَ الْحَاجَةَ قَدْ كَثُرَتْ وَ أَنْكَرَ النَّاسُ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضاً[1] فَعِنْدَ ذَلِكَ فَانْتَظِرْ أَمْرَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‌[2] قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ هَذِهِ الْفَاقَةُ وَ الْحَاجَةُ قَدْ عَرَفْتُهُمَا فَمَا إِنْكَارُ النَّاسِ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضاً قَالَ يَأْتِي الرَّجُلُ مِنْكُمْ أَخَاهُ فَيَسْأَلُهُ الْحَاجَةَ فَيَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ بِغَيْرِ الْوَجْهِ الَّذِي كَانَ ي

Abu Ja’far (asws) said: ‘When you see that poverty and need has abounded (too much), and the people are denying each other, await the Command of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic’. I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws), these two – poverty and need, I recognise them, so what is, ‘people denying each other’?’ He (a

دَفَعَ إِلَيَّ إِنْسَانٌ سِتَّمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ أَوْ سَبْعَمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَكَانَتْ فِي جُوَالِقِي فَلَمَّا انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى الْحَفِيرَةِ[5] شُقَّ جُوَالِقِي وَ ذُهِبَ بِجَمِيعِ مَا فِيهِ وَ وَافَقْتُ‌[6] عَامِلَ الْمَدِينَةِ بِهَا فَقَالَ أَنْتَ الَّذِي شُقَّتْ زَامِلَتُكَ‌[7] وَ ذُهِبَ بِمَتَاعِكَ فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَقَالَ إِذَا قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ فَأْتِنَا حَتَّى أُعَوِّضَكَ قَالَ فَلَ

A person handed over to me six or seven hundred Dirhams for Abu Abdullah (asws). So it was in my bag, When I arrived at Al-Hafeera, my bag had split and whatever was in it had gone. I got the officer in Al-Medina to concur with it. He said, ‘Are you the one whose bag split and your belongings were gone?’ I said, ‘Yes’.

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنَّ شِيعَتَكَ قَدْ تَبَاغَضُوا وَ شَنِئَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضاً فَلَوْ نَظَرْتَ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ فِي أَمْرِهِمْ فَقَالَ لَقَدْ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ أَكْتُبَ كِتَاباً لَا يَخْتَلِفُ عَلَيَّ مِنْهُمُ اثْنَانِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ مَا كُنَّا قَطُّ أَحْوَجَ إِلَى ذَلِكَ مِنَّا الْيَوْمَ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَنَّى هَذَا وَ مَرْوَانُ وَ ابْنُ ذَرٍّ قَالَ‌[5] فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ مَنَعَنِي ذَلِكَ قَالَ فَق

I said to Abu Abdullah (asws) that, ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws), your (asws) Shites hate and dispel each other. If you (asws) could look into this affair of theirs’. So he (asws) said: ‘I am thinking of writing a document so that no two of them would differ’. I said, ‘We have never been more needy of it than we

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع يَقُولُ‌ إِنَّ عُمَرَ لَقِيَ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فَقَالَ أَنْتَ الَّذِي تَقْرَأُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ- بِأَيِّكُمُ الْمَفْتُونُ‌[1] تَعَرُّضاً بِي وَ بِصَاحِبِي قَالَ أَ فَلَا أُخْبِرُكَ بِآيَةٍ نَزَلَتْ فِي بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ- فَهَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ إِنْ تَوَلَّيْتُمْ أَنْ تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَ تُقَطِّعُوا أَرْحامَكُمْ‌[2] فَقَالَ كَذَبْتَ بَنُو أُمَيَّةَ أَوْصَلُ لِلرَّحِمِ مِنْكَ وَ لَكِنَّ

‘Umar met Amir-ul-Momineen (asws) and said, ‘You (asws) are the one who recites this Verse: “[68:6] Which of you is afflicted with madness”, applying it to me and my companion (abu Bakr)’. He (asws) said: ‘Shall I (asws) not inform you of the Verse which Descended regarding the Clan of Umayya: “[47:22] But if you held

قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع‌ لَا تَتَّخِذُوا مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ وَلِيجَةً[4] فَلَا تَكُونُوا مُؤْمِنِينَ فَإِنَّ كُلَّ سَبَبٍ وَ نَسَبٍ وَ قَرَابَةٍ وَ وَلِيجَةٍ وَ بِدْعَةٍ وَ شُبْهَةٍ مُنْقَطِعٌ مُضْمَحِلٌّ كَمَا يَضْمَحِلُّ الْغُبَارُ[5] الَّذِي يَكُونُ عَلَى الْحَجَرِ الصَّلْدِ إِذَا أَصَابَهُ الْمَطَرُ الْجَوْدُ[6] إِلَّا مَا أَثْبَتَهُ الْقُرْآنُ.

335. From him, from his father, said: Abu Ja’far (asws) said: ‘Do not take anyone other than Allah (azwj) as a confidant or else you will not remain a ‘Momin’ (Believer), for every reason, and lineage, and relationships, and confidants, and innovations, and doubts will be cut off. These will disappear like the dust whi

إِنَّ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْيَمَنِ وَادِياً يُقَالُ لَهُ- وَادِي بَرَهُوتَ وَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ ذَلِكَ الْوَادِيَ إِلَّا الْحَيَّاتُ السُّودُ وَ الْبُومُ مِنَ الطُّيُورِ فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَادِي بِئْرٌ يُقَالُ لَهَا بَلَهُوتُ يُغْدَى وَ يُرَاحُ إِلَيْهَا بِأَرْوَاحِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ‌[4] يُسْقَوْنَ مِنْ مَاءِ الصَّدِيدِ[5] خَلْفَ ذَلِكَ الْوَادِي قَوْمٌ يُقَالُ لَهُمُ الذَّرِيحُ‌[6]- لَمَّا أَنْ بَعَثَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى مُحَمَّداً ص ص

‘Behind Al-Yemen there is a valley called Barhoot, and there is no permission to be in that valley except for the black (snakes) and the owls from the birds. In that valley is a well called Balhout where the souls of the ‘الْمُشْرِكِينَ’ Polytheists come to feed and be quenched from the water of pus. Behind that valley

كَانَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِذَا ذَكَرَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ بِأَبِي وَ أُمِّي وَ قَوْمِي وَ عَشِيرَتِي عَجَبٌ لِلْعَرَبِ كَيْفَ لَا تَحْمِلُنَا عَلَى رُءُوسِهَا وَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقُولُ فِي كِتَابِهِ- وَ كُنْتُمْ عَلى‌ شَفا حُفْرَةٍ مِنَ النَّارِ فَأَنْقَذَكُمْ مِنْها[5] فَبِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص أُنْقِذُوا.

Whenever Abu Abdullah (asws) mentioned the Rasool Allah (saww), he would say: ‘By my (asws) father (asws), and my (asws) mother (as), and by my (asws) people, and my (asws) relatives! It is strange of the Arabs, how they have not carried us (asws) upon their heads, and Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic is Saying in His

دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع وَ عِنْدَهُ أَبُو حَنِيفَةَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ رَأَيْتُ رُؤْيَا عَجِيبَةً فَقَالَ لِي يَا ابْنَ مُسْلِمٍ هَاتِهَا فَإِنَّ الْعَالِمَ بِهَا جَالِسٌ وَ أَوْمَأَ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى أَبِي حَنِيفَةَ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ رَأَيْتُ كَأَنِّي دَخَلْتُ دَارِي وَ إِذَا أَهْلِي قَدْ خَرَجَتْ عَلَيَّ فَكَسَّرَتْ جَوْزاً كَثِيراً وَ نَثَرَتْهُ عَلَيَّ فَتَعَجَّبْتُ مِنْ هَذِهِ الرُّؤْيَا فَقَ

‘I came up to Abu Abdullah (asws) and in his (asws) presence was Abu Hanifa. So I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws), I saw a strange dream’. So he (asws) said to me: ‘O Ibn Muslim, relate it for the knowledgeable one for he is seated here’ – and he (asws) indicated by his (asws) hand to Abu Hanifa. So I said, ‘

أَ لَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ كَيْفَ كَانَ إِسْلَامُ سَلْمَانَ وَ أَبِي ذَرٍّ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ وَ أَخْطَأَ أَمَّا إِسْلَامُ سَلْمَانَ فَقَدْ عَرَفْتُهُ فَأَخْبِرْنِي بِإِسْلَامِ أَبِي ذَرٍّ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَبَا ذَرٍّ كَانَ فِي بَطْنِ مَرٍّ[1] يَرْعَى غَنَماً لَهُ فَأَتَى ذِئْبٌ عَنْ يَمِينِ غَنَمِهِ فَهَشَّ بِعَصَاهُ عَلَى الذِّئْبِ فَجَاءَ الذِّئْبُ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ فَهَشَّ عَلَيْهِ أَبُو ذَرٍّ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ أَبُو ذَرٍّ مَا

Abu Abdullah (asws) has said: ‘Shall I (asws) not inform you of how Salman (ar) and Abu Dharr (ar) (brought Islam)?’ So a man interrupted hastily and said, ‘As for the Islam of Salman (ar), so I have understood it. Inform me of the Islam of Abu Dharr (ar)’. So he (asws) said: ‘Abu Dharr (ar) was in the middle of tendin

كَانَتِ الْيَهُودُ تَجِدُ فِي كُتُبِهَا أَنَّ مُهَاجَرَ مُحَمَّدٍ ص مَا بَيْنَ عَيْرٍ وَ أُحُدٍ[1] فَخَرَجُوا يَطْلُبُونَ الْمَوْضِعَ فَمَرُّوا بِجَبَلٍ يُسَمَّى حَدَاداً فَقَالُوا حَدَادٌ[2] وَ أُحُدٌ سَوَاءٌ فَتَفَرَّقُوا عِنْدَهُ فَنَزَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ بِتَيْمَاءَ وَ بَعْضُهُمْ بِفَدَكَ وَ بَعْضُهُمْ بِخَيْبَرَ فَاشْتَاقَ الَّذِينَ بِتَيْمَاءَ إِلَى بَعْضِ إِخْوَانِهِمْ فَمَرَّ بِهِمْ أَعْرَابِيٌّ مِنْ قَيْسٍ فَتَكَا

regarding the Statement of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic: “[2:89] and before that they used to pray for victory against those who disbelieve”. He (asws) said: ‘The Jews had found in their Book that Muhammad (saww) would emigrate between Ayr and Ohad, so they went out look for these places. They passed by a mountain

دَخَلَ قَتَادَةُ بْنُ دِعَامَةَ[1] عَلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع فَقَالَ يَا قَتَادَةُ أَنْتَ فَقِيهُ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ فَقَالَ هَكَذَا يَزْعُمُونَ فَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ تُفَسِّرُ الْقُرْآنَ فَقَالَ لَهُ قَتَادَةُ نَعَمْ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع بِعِلْمٍ تُفَسِّرُهُ أَمْ بِجَهْلٍ قَالَ لَا بِعِلْمٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع فَإِنْ كُنْتَ تُفَسِّرُهُ بِعِلْمٍ فَأَنْتَ أَنْتَ‌[2] وَ أَنَا أَسْأَ

Qatada Bin Da’ama came up to Abu Ja’far (asws), so he (asws) said: ‘O Qatada! Are you a Faqih (Jurist) of the people of Basra?’ He said, ‘That is what they are alleging’. Abu Ja’far (asws) said: ‘It has reached me (asws) that you are explaining the Quran’. Qatada said to him (asws), ‘Yes’. So Abu Ja’far (asws) said to

قَالَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع كَمْ بَيْنَكَ وَ بَيْنَ الْبَصْرَةِ قُلْتُ فِي الْمَاءِ خَمْسٌ إِذَا طَابَتِ الرِّيحُ وَ عَلَى الظَّهْرِ ثَمَانٍ وَ نَحْوُ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ مَا أَقْرَبَ هَذَا تَزَاوَرُوا وَ يَتَعَاهَدُ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاً فَإِنَّهُ لَا بُدَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ بِشَاهِدٍ يَشْهَدُ لَهُ عَلَى دِينِهِ وَ قَالَ إِنَّ الْمُسْلِمَ إِذَا رَأَى أَخَاهُ كَانَ حَيَاةً لِدِينِهِ

Abu Abdullah (asws) said to me; ‘How much (distance is there) between you and Al-Basra?’ I said, ‘It is five (days) by the water (sea) if the wind is good, and upon the back (of the earth) eight days or approximate to that’. So he (asws) said: ‘This is not near. Visit each other frequently for there will not be an esca

لَمَّا خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فِي غَزْوَةِ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ خَرَجَ فِي ذِي الْقَعْدَةِ فَلَمَّا انْتَهَى إِلَى الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي أَحْرَمَ فِيهِ أَحْرَمُوا وَ لَبِسُوا السِّلَاحَ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ الْمُشْرِكِينَ قَدْ أَرْسَلُوا إِلَيْهِ- خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ لِيَرُدَّهُ قَالَ ابْغُونِي‌[3] رَجُلًا يَأْخُذُنِي عَلَى غَيْرِ هَذَا الطَّرِيقِ فَأُتِيَ بِرَجُلٍ مِنْ مُزَيْنَةَ أَوْ مِنْ جُهَيْنَةَ[4] فَسَأَلَهُ

When the Messenger of Allah (saww) set out for the Battle of Hudaybiyyah, he departed in the month of Dhu al-Qa'dah. When he reached the place where he intended to enter the state of ihram, they all entered ihram and donned their weapons. When news reached him that the polytheists had sent Khalid b. al-Walid to turn hi

سُئِلَ عَنِ النُّجُومِ قَالَ مَا يَعْلَمُهَا إِلَّا أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ وَ أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ مِنَ الْهِنْدِ.

I asked about the stars (Astrology) from Abu Abdullah (asws). The Imam (asws) replied: ‘No one knows it except for a People of a household from the Arabs, and a people of a household from India’.

دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ع أَنَا وَ حُسَيْنُ بْنُ ثُوَيْرِ بْنِ أَبِي فَاخِتَةَ[1] فَقُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنَّا كُنَّا فِي سَعَةٍ مِنَ الرِّزْقِ وَ غَضَارَةٍ مِنَ الْعَيْشِ فَتَغَيَّرَتِ الْحَالُ بَعْضَ التَّغْيِيرِ فَادْعُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَنْ يَرُدَّ ذَلِكَ إِلَيْنَا فَقَالَ أَيَّ شَيْ‌ءٍ تُرِيدُونَ تَكُونُونَ مُلُوكاً أَ يَسُرُّكَ أَنْ تَكُونَ مِثْلَ طَاهِرٍ وَ هَرْثَمَةَ[2] وَ إِنَّ

I went to Abu Al-Hassan Al-Ridha (asws) with Husayn Bin Suweyr Bin Abu Fakhta. So I said to him (asws), ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws), we used to be in a time of sustenance and led an affluent lifestyle. Our condition changed as it sometimes does, so supplicate to Allah (azwj) to return that state to us’. So he (

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ إِذَا قَالَ الْمُؤْمِنُ لِأَخِيهِ أُفٍّ خَرَجَ مِنْ وَلَايَتِهِ‌[1] وَ إِذَا قَالَ أَنْتَ عَدُوِّي كَفَرَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِأَنَّهُ لَا يَقْبَلُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مِنْ أَحَدٍ عَمَلًا فِي تَثْرِيبٍ عَلَى مُؤْمِنٍ نَصِيحَةً[2] وَ لَا يَقْبَلُ مِنْ مُؤْمِنٍ عَمَلًا وَ هُوَ يُضْمِرُ فِي قَلْبِهِ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِ سُوءاً لَوْ كُشِفَ الْغِطَاءُ عَنِ النَّاسِ فَنَظَرُوا إِلَى وَصْلِ

‘I heard Abu Abdullah (asws) saying: ‘When the believers says to his brother, ‘Uff!’ he comes out from his guardianship. If he says, ‘You are my enemy’, one of the two has blasphemed, because Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic does not Accept the deeds from anyone during the reproach of a Believer, and does not Accept fr

‌ أَنَّ آزَرَ أَبَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ ع‌[8] كَانَ مُنَجِّماً لِنُمْرُودَ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَصْدُرُ إِلَّا عَنْ أَمْرِهِ فَنَظَرَ لَيْلَةً فِي النُّجُومِ فَأَصْبَحَ وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ لِنُمْرُودَ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ عَجَباً قَالَ وَ مَا هُوَ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ مَوْلُوداً يُولَدُ فِي أَرْضِنَا يَكُونُ هَلَاكُنَا عَلَى يَدَيْهِ وَ لَا يَلْبَثُ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا حَتَّى يُحْمَلَ بِهِ قَالَ فَتَعَجَّبَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَ قَالَ هَلْ حَمَلَتْ بِهِ

Abu Abdullah (asws) having said that: ‘Azar, the father of Ibrahim (as) was an astrologer for Nimrod (la) and he (la) never passed a law except after seeking his advice. So he looked at the stars one night, and in the morning he said to Nimrod (la), ‘I have seen something strange’. He (la) said, ‘And what is it?’ He sa

«إِذَا جَرَى فَلاَ بَأْسَ بِهِ.

Hadith.6 - Ali ibn Ja'far asked his brother, Imam Musa ibn Jafar Al-Kadhim (as) about a roof where people urinate and perform ritual washing after major impurity (ghusl), and then it rains. He asked: "Can the water that flows from it be used for ablution (wudu) for prayer?" Imam (as) said: "If it flows, there is no har

«إِذَا غَسَلَهُ اِغْتِسَالَهُ بِالْمَاءِ أَجْزَأَهُ ذَلِكَ.

Hadith.27 - Ali ibn Ja'far asked his brother Imam Musa ibn Jafar Al-Kadhim (as) about a man in a state of major ritual impurity (junub) : Would it suffice for him to stand in the rain until his head and body are washed, if he also has access to other water? Imam (as) said: "If the rain washes him completely as it would

«يُنْزَحُ مِنْهَا مَا بَيْنَ ثَلاَثِينَ دَلْواً إِلَى أَرْبَعِينَ دَلْواً ثُمَّ يَتَوَضَّأُ مِنْهَا.

Hadith.29 - Ali ibn Ja'far asked his brother Imam Musa ibn Jafar Al-Kadhim (as) about a man who slaughtered a sheep, which then convulsed and fell into a well while its veins were still bleeding. He asked if one could perform ablution from that well. Imam (as) said: "Between thirty and forty buckets should be drawn fro

إِذَا خَافَ الصُّبْحَ فَلَا بَأْسَ بِهِ.

Hadith.122 - Ali ibn Ja'far asked his brother Imam Musa ibn Jafar Al-Kadhim (as) bout a man who uses his hand to clean his teeth when he gets up for the night prayer (Salat Al Layl), even though he has access to siwak. Imam (as) said: "If he fears that dawn is approaching, there is no harm in doing so."

يَنْضِحُهُ وَ يُصَلِّي فِيهِ وَ لَا بَأْسَ‌[3].

Hadith.169 - Ali ibn Ja'far asked his brother Imam Musa ibn Jafar Al-Kadhim (as) about a man whose clothing comes into contact with a dead dog. Imam (as) replied: 'He should sprinkle it with water and may pray in it, and there is no issue.'.

إِذَا قَالَ لَكَ أَخُوكَ وَ قَدْ خَرَجْتَ مِنَ الْحَمَّامِ طَابَ حَمَّامُكَ فَقُلْ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ بَالَكَ[4]

حِينَ يَأْخُذُهُ- بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ بِاللَّهِ وَ عَلَى سُنَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ لَمْ تَسْقُطْ مِنْهُ قُلَامَةٌ وَ لَا جُزَازَةٌ[5] إِلَّا كَتَبَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَهُ بِهَا عِتْقَ نَسَمَةٍ[6] وَ لَمْ يَمْرَضْ إِلَّا مَرَضَهُ الَّذِي يَمُوتُ فِيهِ.

Hadith.303 - Abd al-Rahim al-Qasir narrated from Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as), that He said: "Whoever trims their nails and mustache every Jumu’ah and says while doing so: Bismillāhi wa billāhi wa ‘alā sunnati Muḥammad wa āli Muḥammad ṣalawātu Allāhi ‘alayhim In the name of Allah (swt), and by Allah (swt), and u