The Book - Garden (of Flowers)

قَالَ لَمَّا سَيَّرَ عُثْمَانُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ إِلَى الرَّبَذَةِ[7] شَيَّعَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ عَقِيلٌ وَ الْحَسَنُ وَ الْحُسَيْنُ ع وَ عَمَّارُ بْنُ يَاسِرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَلَمَّا كَانَ عِنْدَ الْوَدَاعِ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ‌ ع يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ إِنَّكَ إِنَّمَا غَضِبْتَ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- فَارْجُ مَنْ غَضِبْتَ لَهُ إِنَّ الْقَوْمَ خَافُوكَ عَلَى دُنْيَاهُمْ وَ خِفْتَهُمْ عَلَى دِينِكَ فَأَرْ

When Uthman exiled Abu Dharr to Al-Rabadha, Amir-ul-Mu'minin (a.s.), and Aqil (as), and al-Hasan (asws), and Al-Husayn (asws), and Ammar Bin Yasser bid farewell to him. So when they were inside the valley, Amir-ul-Mu'minin (asws) said; ‘O Abu Dharr! You were angry for the Sake of Allah, so have hope from His Anger. The

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يُوَبِّخُونَّا وَ يُكَذِّبُونَّا أَنَّا نَقُولُ إِنَّ صَيْحَتَيْنِ تَكُونَانِ‌[6] يَقُولُونَ مِنْ أَيْنَ تُعْرَفُ الْمُحِقَّةُ مِنَ الْمُبْطِلَةِ إِذَا كَانَتَا قَالَ فَمَا ذَا تَرُدُّونَ عَلَيْهِمْ قُلْتُ مَا نَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِمْ شَيْئاً قَالَ قُولُوا يُصَدِّقُ بِهَا إِذَا كَانَ مَنْ يُؤْمِنُ بِهَا مِنْ قَبْلُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقُولُ- أَ فَمَنْ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْحَقِّ أَحَقّ

They reproach us and belie us that we are saying that the two ‘announcements’ which are to occur. They are saying, ‘How would we differentiate between the true one from the false one, if we were to be there?’ He (asws) said: ‘So what do you respond to them with?’ I said, ‘We do not respond to them with anything’. He (a

سَمِعَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْعِجْلِيَّةِ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ قَوْلَهُ‌[1] يُنَادِي مُنَادٍ أَلَا إِنَّ فُلَانَ بْنَ فُلَانٍ وَ شِيعَتَهُ هُمُ الْفَائِزُونَ أَوَّلَ النَّهَارِ وَ يُنَادِي آخِرَ النَّهَارِ أَلَا إِنَّ عُثْمَانَ وَ شِيعَتَهُ هُمُ الْفَائِزُونَ قَالَ وَ يُنَادِي أَوَّلَ النَّهَارِ مُنَادَى آخِرِ النَّهَارِ[2] فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ فَمَا يُدْرِينَا أَيُّمَا الصَّادِقُ مِنَ الْكَاذِبَ فَقَالَ يُصَدِّقُهُ‌[3] عَلَيْهَا م

A man from Ajaliyya heard this Hadeeth – A caller will call out: ‘So and so son of so and so and his Shites are the successful ones’ at the beginning of the day, and another one will call out at the end of the day: ‘Usman and his Shites are the successful ones’. He (asws) said: ‘And the caller at the beginning of the d

لَا تَرَوْنَ مَا تُحِبُّونَ حَتَّى يَخْتَلِفَ بَنُو فُلَانٍ‌[4] فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ فَإِذَا اخْتَلَفُوا طَمِعَ النَّاسُ وَ تَفَرَّقَتِ الْكَلِمَةُ وَ خَرَجَ السُّفْيَانِيُّ. حَدِيثُ الصَّيْحَةِ

‘You will not be seeing what you would love to (appearance of Al-Qaim (asws)) until the Clan of so and so (Clan of Abbas) differing in what is between them. So when they differ, the people would become greedy and the words would be separated, and Al-Sufyani would come out’.

سَمِعْتُ شَيْخاً يَذْكُرُ عَنْ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ قَالَ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي الدَّوَانِيقِ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ ابْتِدَاءً مِنْ نَفْسِهِ يَا سَيْفَ بْنَ عَمِيرَةَ لَا بُدَّ مِنْ مُنَادٍ يُنَادِي بِاسْمِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ وُلْدِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ قُلْتُ يَرْوِيهِ أَحَدٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ قَالَ وَ الَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَسَمِعَتْ أُذُنِي مِنْهُ يَقُولُ لَا بُدَّ مِنْ مُنَادٍ يُنَادِي بِاسْمِ رَجُلٍ قُلْتُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِ

‘I was in the presence of Abu Al-dawaniq, so I heard him saying, initiating it himself, ‘O saif Bin Umair! It is necessary for a caller to call in the name of a man from the sons of Abu Talib (as)’. I said, ‘Does any one from the people report it?’ He said, ‘By the One (azwj) in Whose Hand is my soul, my own ears have

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

قُلْتُ لَهُ أَيَّامَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَلِيٍ‌[1]- قَدِ اخْتَلَفَ هَؤُلَاءِ فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ فَقَالَ دَعْ ذَا عَنْكَ إِنَّمَا يَجِي‌ءُ فَسَادُ أَمْرِهِمْ مِنْ حَيْثُ بَدَا صَلَاحُهُمْ‌[2].

257. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr, from Al-Mufazzal Bin Mazeed, who has narrated the following: I said to Abu Abdullah (asws), ‘The days of Abdullah Bin Ali, they (Abbasid rulers) disputed regarding what was in between them’. So he (asws) said: ‘You leave that. But rather, the spoiling of their

كُنْتُ جَالِساً عِنْدَ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع فَقَالَ آيَتَانِ تَكُونَانِ قَبْلَ قِيَامِ الْقَائِمِ ع لَمْ تَكُونَا مُنْذُ هَبَطَ آدَمُ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ تَنْكَسِفُ الشَّمْسُ فِي النِّصْفِ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ وَ الْقَمَرُ فِي آخِرِهِ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ تَنْكَسِفُ الشَّمْسُ فِي آخِرِ الشَّهْرِ وَ الْقَمَرُ فِي النِّصْفِ فَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ مَا تَقُولُ‌[3] وَ لَكِنَّهُمَا آيَتَانِ ل

‘Two Signs would occur before the rising of Al-Qaim (asws) which have never occurred since the descent of Adam (as) to the earth – A solar eclipse in the middle of the Month of Ramadhan, and the lunar (eclipse) at the end of it’. So a man said, ‘O son (asws) of the Rasool! The sun gets eclipsed at the end of the month,

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ خَرَجْتُ أَنَا وَ أَبِي حَتَّى إِذَا كُنَّا بَيْنَ الْقَبْرِ وَ الْمِنْبَرِ إِذَا هُوَ بِأُنَاسٍ مِنَ الشِّيعَةِ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنِّي وَ اللَّهِ لَأُحِبُّ رِيَاحَكُمْ وَ أَرْوَاحَكُمْ‌[4] فَأَعِينُونِي عَلَى ذَلِكَ بِوَرَعٍ وَ اجْتِهَادٍ[5] وَ اعْلَمُوا أَنَّ وَلَايَتَنَا لَا تُنَالُ إِلَّا بِالْوَرَعِ وَ الِاجْتِهَادِ وَ مَنِ ائْتَمَّ مِنْكُمْ بِعَبْدٍ فَلْ

I heard Abu Abdullah (asws) saying: ‘I (asws) and my (asws) father (asws) went out until we (asws) arrived in between the Grave and the Pulpit (of the Rasool Allah (saww)). There was a group of Shites over there, so I (asws) greeted them, and then said: ‘By Allah (azwj)! I (asws) love your aromas, and your spirits, so

‌ مِثْلَهُ وَ زَادَ فِيهِ أَلَا وَ إِنَّ لِكُلِّ شَيْ‌ءٍ جَوْهَراً وَ جَوْهَرُ وُلْدِ آدَمَ مُحَمَّدٌ ص‌[3] وَ نَحْنُ وَ شِيعَتُنَا بَعْدَنَا حَبَّذَا شِيعَتُنَا مَا أَقْرَبَهُمْ مِنْ عَرْشِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ أَحْسَنَ صُنْعَ اللَّهِ إِلَيْهِمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَ اللَّهِ لَوْ لَا أَنْ يَتَعَاظَمَ النَّاسُ ذَلِكَ‌[4] أَوْ يَدْخُلَهُمْ زَهْوٌ[5] لَسَلَّمَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ قُبُلًا وَ اللَّهِ مَا مِ

Abu Abdullah (asws) said: ‘Indeed! And for everything is an essence and the essence of the children of Adam (as) is Muhammad (saww), and us (asws), and our (asws) Shites after us (asws). How lovely are our (asws) Shites! What will be closer to the Throne of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic than them on the Day of Judge

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ أَشْكُو إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَحْدَتِي وَ تَقَلْقُلِي‌[2] بَيْنَ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ حَتَّى تَقْدَمُوا وَ أَرَاكُمْ وَ آنَسَ بِكُمْ فَلَيْتَ هَذِهِ الطَّاغِيَةَ أَذِنَ لِي فَأَتَّخِذَ قَصْراً فِي الطَّائِفِ فَسَكَنْتُهُ وَ أَسْكَنْتُكُمْ مَعِيَ وَ أَضْمَنَ لَهُ أَنْ لَا يَجِي‌ءَ مِنْ نَاحِيَتِنَا مَكْرُوهٌ أَبَداً.

‘I complain to Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic of my loneliness, and restlessness among the people of Al-Medina, until you (Shi'ites) come over and I see you, and be comforted by you. If only this tyrant would allow me, so I would take a fort in Al-Ta'if, so I would dwell in it and you would all dwell in it with me. I

أَنْشَدَ الْكُمَيْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع شِعْراً فَقَالَ‌ أَخْلَصَ اللَّهُ لِي هَوَايَ‌ فَمَا أُغْرِقُ نَزْعاً وَ لَا تَطِيشُ سِهَامِي‌

Kumeyt chanted some poems to Abu Abdullah (asws), so he said: ‘May Allah (azwj) Make my desires sincere to me so I do not pull the string of my bow, and my arrows do not waver’. So Abu Abdullah (asws) said; ‘Do not say like this, ‘I do not pull the string of my bow’, but say, ‘So I have pulled the string of my bow and

دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَقَالَ قُولُوا لِأُمِّ فَرْوَةَ تَجِي‌ءُ[1] فَتَسْمَعُ مَا صُنِعَ بِجَدِّهَا قَالَ فَجَاءَتْ فَقَعَدَتْ خَلْفَ السِّتْرِ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَنْشِدْنَا قَالَ فَقُلْتُ‌ فَرْوُ جُودِي بِدَمْعِكِ الْمَسْكُوبِ‌

‘Tell Umm Farwa to come and listen to what happened with her grandfather’. So she came and sat behind the curtain. Then he (asws) said: ‘Recite a poem (Nasheed) to us’. So I said, ‘Let Farwa be generous in the flow of her tears’. So she wailed and the women wailed’. Abu Abdullah (asws) said: ‘The door! The door! The pe

لَمَّا حَفَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص الْخَنْدَقَ مَرُّوا بِكُدْيَةٍ[4] فَتَنَاوَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص الْمِعْوَلَ مِنْ يَدِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع أَوْ مِنْ يَدِ سَلْمَانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ‌[5] فَضَرَبَ بِهَا ضَرْبَةً فَتَفَرَّقَتْ بِثَلَاثِ فِرَقٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لَقَدْ فُتِحَ عَلَيَّ فِي ضَرْبَتِي هَذِهِ كُنُوزُ كِسْرَى وَ قَيْصَرَ فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ يَعِدُنَا بِكُنُوزِ كِسْرَى وَ قَيْصَرَ وَ

When the Rasool Allah (saww) dug the trench (Al-Khandaq), he (saww) came across a rock. So the Rasool Allah (saww) took a pickaxe from the hand of Amir-ul-Momineen (asws), or from the hand of Salman (ra). He (saww) struck by it at the rock and it split into three pieces. The Rasool Allah (saww) said: ‘With this strike

إِنَّ لِلَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى رِيحاً يُقَالُ لَهَا الْأَزْيَبُ‌[1] لَوْ أَرْسَلَ مِنْهَا مِقْدَارَ مَنْخِرِ ثَوْرٍ[2] لَأَثَارَتْ مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ هِيَ الْجَنُوبُ.

Abu Abdullah (asws) said: ‘Allah (azwj) Blessed and High has a Wind which is called ‘Al-Azeyb). If He (azwj) Sends from it the measurement (which comes out of) the nostril of a bull, it would raise what is in between the sky and the earth, and this is (known as) the South (Wind)’.

أَتَى قَوْمٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ بِلَادَنَا قَدْ قُحِطَتْ وَ تَوَالَتِ السِّنُونَ عَلَيْنَا فَادْعُ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى يُرْسِلِ السَّمَاءَ عَلَيْنَا فَأَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص بِالْمِنْبَرِ فَأُخْرِجَ وَ اجْتَمَعَ النَّاسُ فَصَعِدَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ دَعَا وَ أَمَرَ النَّاسَ أَنْ يُؤَمِّنُوا فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ هَبَطَ جَبْرَئِيلُ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَخْبِرِ النَّاسَ

266. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Saleh Bin Al-Sandy, from Ja’far Bin basher, from Ruzeyq Abu Al-Abbas, who has narrated the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) having said: ‘The people came to the Rasool Allah (saww), so they said, ‘O Rasool Allah (saww)! Our towns have drought and it has prevailed for years upon us. So supplicat

مَا أَبْرَقَتْ‌[4] قَطُّ فِي ظُلْمَةِ لَيْلٍ وَ لَا ضَوْءِ نَهَارٍ إِلَّا وَ هِيَ مَاطِرَةٌ.

Abu Abdullah (asws) has said: ‘Lightning does not occur at all in the darkness of the night or the light of the day unless it is raining’.

قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‌ وَ سُئِلَ عَنِ السَّحَابِ أَيْنَ يَكُونُ قَالَ يَكُونُ عَلَى شَجَرٍ عَلَى كَثِيبٍ‌[5] عَلَى شَاطِئِ الْبَحْرِ يَأْوِي إِلَيْهِ فَإِذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَنْ يُرْسِلَهُ أَرْسَلَ رِيحاً فَأَثَارَتْهُ وَ وَكَّلَ بِهِ مَلَائِكَةً يَضْرِبُوهُ بِالْمَخَارِيقِ‌[6] وَ هُوَ الْبَرْقُ فَيَرْتَفِعُ ثُمَ‌ قَرَأَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ- اللَّهُ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ الرِّياحَ فَتُثِيرُ سَحاباً فَ

268. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al-Husayn Bin Saeed, from Ibn Al-Azramy with an unbroken chain has said the following: Amir-ul-Momineen (asws) replied when he (asws) was asked, ‘Where do the clouds come from?’ He (asws) as said: ‘They are on the dense trees, on the dunes, and on the shore

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 رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَقُولُ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى لِابْنِ آدَمَ‌ إِنْ نَازَعَكَ بَصَرُكَ إِلَى بَعْضِ مَا حَرَّمْتُ عَلَيْكَ فَقَدْ أَعَنْتُكَ عَلَيْهِ بِطَبَقَيْنِ فَأَطْبِقْ وَ لَا تَنْظُرْ وَ إِنْ نَازَعَكَ لِسَانُكَ إِلَى بَعْضِ مَا حَرَّمْتُ عَلَيْكَ فَقَدْ أَعَنْتُكَ عَلَيْهِ بِطَبَقَيْنِ فَأَطْبِقْ وَ لَا تَكَلَّمْ وَ إِنْ نَازَعَكَ فَرْجُكَ إِلَى بَعْضِ مَا حَرَّمْتُ عَلَيْكَ فَقَدْ أَعَنْتُكَ عَل

‘Allah (azwj) Blessed and High Said to the Children of Adam (as): “If your eye dispute for some of what I (azwj) have Prohibited to you, so I (azwj) have Aided you with two layers (eyelids), so close them and do not look. And if your tongue disputes for some of what I (azwj) have Prohibited to you, so I (azwj) have Aid

ثَلَاثٌ مَنْ كُنَّ فِيهِ فَلَا يُرْجَ خَيْرُهُ مَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَحِ مِنَ الْعَيْبِ وَ يَخْشَ اللَّهَ بِالْغَيْبِ‌[3] وَ يَرْعَوِ عِنْدَ الشَّيْبِ.

Abu Abdullah (asws) has said: ‘Three things, which if they are in someone, so there is no hope of goodness from him – The one who is never ashamed of the faults, and (never) fears Allah (azwj) for the Hidden, and (never becomes) pious during old age’.

قُلْتُ لِجَمِيلِ بْنِ دَرَّاجٍ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِذَا أَتَاكُمْ شَرِيفُ قَوْمٍ فَأَكْرِمُوهُ قَالَ نَعَمْ قُلْتُ لَهُ‌ وَ مَا الشَّرِيفُ قَالَ قَدْ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ الشَّرِيفُ مَنْ كَانَ لَهُ مَالٌ‌[1] قَالَ قُلْتُ فَمَا الْحَسِيبُ قَالَ الَّذِي يَفْعَلُ الْأَفْعَالَ الْحَسَنَةَ بِمَالِهِ وَ غَيْرِ مَالِهِ قُلْتُ فَمَا الْكَرَمُ قَالَ التَّقْوَى.

The Rasool Allah (saww) said: ‘If a respectable person of a people comes, so be kind to him’. He said, ‘Yes’. I said to him, ‘And what is the respectable one?’ He said, ‘I had asked Abu Abdullah (asws) about that, so he (asws) said that the honourable one is the one who is wealthy’. I said, ‘So what is nobility?’ He (a

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‌ مَا أَشَدَّ حُزْنَ النِّسَاءِ وَ أَبْعَدَ فِرَاقَ الْمَوْتِ‌[2] وَ أَشَدُّ مِنْ ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ فَقْرٌ يَتَمَلَّقُ صَاحِبُهُ ثُمَّ لَا يُعْطَى شَيْئاً. حَدِيثُ يَأْجُوجَ وَ مَأْجُوجَ‌

Abu Abdullah (asws) has said that the Rasool Allah (saww) said: ‘There is nothing more intense than the grief of a woman, nor anything more remote than the separation of the death, and more intense than all of that is poverty. One flatters his companion, who then does not give him anything’.

سُئِلَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع عَنِ الْخَلْقِ فَقَالَ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ أَلْفاً وَ مِائَتَيْنِ فِي الْبَرِّ وَ أَلْفاً وَ مِائَتَيْنِ فِي الْبَحْرِ وَ أَجْنَاسُ بَنِي آدَمَ سَبْعُونَ جِنْساً وَ النَّاسُ وُلْدُ آدَمَ مَا خَلَا يَأْجُوجَ وَ مَأْجُوجَ‌[3].

I asked Amir-ul-Momineen (asws) about the creatures’. He (asws) said: ‘Allah (azwj) Created one thousand two hundred (species) in the land, and one thousand two hundred (species) in the sea, and Made seventy species (races) of the Children of Adam (as), and the people are the Children of Adam (as), except for the ‘يَأْ

[إِنَ‌] النَّاسَ طَبَقَاتٌ ثَلَاثٌ طَبَقَةٌ هُمْ مِنَّا وَ نَحْنُ مِنْهُمْ وَ طَبَقَةٌ يَتَزَيَّنُونَ بِنَا[4] وَ طَبَقَةٌ يَأْكُلُ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضاً [بِنَا][5].

The people are of three levels – A level who are from us (asws) and we (asws) are from them; and a level who adorn themselves by us (asws) (our (asws) name); and a level who eat each other by us (asws) (our (asws) name)’.

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

قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‌[3] وُكِلَ الرِّزْقُ بِالْحُمْقِ وَ وُكِلَ الْحِرْمَانُ بِالْعَقْلِ وَ وُكِلَ الْبَلَاءُ بِالصَّبْرِ[4].

The sustenance is allocated to the foolishness, and the deprivation to the intellect, and the affliction to the patience’.

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 شَيْ‌ءٌ يُرْوَى عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ ثَلَاثٌ يُبْغِضُهَا النَّاسُ وَ أَنَا أُحِبُّهَا أُحِبُّ الْمَوْتَ وَ أُحِبُّ الْفَقْرَ وَ أُحِبُّ الْبَلَاءَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ هَذَا لَيْسَ عَلَى مَا يَرْوُونَ إِنَّمَا عَنَى الْمَوْتُ فِي طَاعَةِ اللَّهِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنَ الْحَيَاةِ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ اللَّهِ وَ الْبَلَاءُ فِي طَاعَةِ اللَّهِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنَ

I said to Abu Abdullah (asws) something which had been reported from Abu Dharr (ar), that he (ar) had said, ‘Three things which the people hate but I (ar) love those. I (ar) love the death, and I (ar) love the poverty, and I (ar) love the afflictions’. So he (asws) said: ‘This is not as how they are reporting it. But,

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ هَبَطَ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص كَئِيبٌ حَزِينٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا لِي أَرَاكَ كَئِيباً حَزِيناً فَقَالَ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ اللَّيْلَةَ رُؤْيَا قَالَ وَ مَا الَّذِي رَأَيْتَ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ يَصْعَدُونَ الْمَنَابِرَ وَ يَنْزِلُونَ مِنْهَا قَالَ وَ الَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ نَبِيّاً مَا عَلِمْتُ بِشَيْ‌ءٍ مِنْ هَذَا وَ

‘Jibraeel descended upon the Rasool Allah (saww) whilst the Rasool Allah (saww) was gloomy and sad. So he said; ‘O Rasool Allah (saww), what is it that I see you (saww) to be gloomy and sad?’ He (saww) said: ‘I (saww) had a dream last night’. He said: ‘And what is it that you (saww) saw?’ He (saww) said: ‘I (saww) saw

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‌ فَلْيَحْذَرِ الَّذِينَ يُخالِفُونَ عَنْ أَمْرِهِ‌ أَنْ تُصِيبَهُمْ فِتْنَةٌ أَوْ يُصِيبَهُمْ عَذابٌ أَلِيمٌ‌[3] قَالَ فِتْنَةٌ فِي دِينِهِ أَوْ جِرَاحَةٌ[4]- لَا يَأْجُرُهُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهَا.

Imam (asws) said: (it’s) ‘فِتْنَةٌ’ Strife in His (azwj) Religion or oppression for which Allah (azwj) does not Reward’.

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

ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ‌ مَثَلًا رَجُلًا فِيهِ شُرَكاءُ مُتَشاكِسُونَ‌ وَ رَجُلًا سَلَماً لِرَجُلٍ‌ هَلْ يَسْتَوِيانِ مَثَلًا[1] قَالَ أَمَّا الَّذِي فِيهِ شُرَكَاءُ مُتَشَاكِسُونَ فُلَانٌ الْأَوَّلُ يُجْمِعُ الْمُتَفَرِّقُونَ وِلَايَتَهُ وَ هُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ يَلْعَنُ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضاً وَ يَبْرَأُ بَعْضُهُمْ مِنْ بَعْضٍ فَأَمَّا رَجُلٌ سَلَمُ رَجُلٍ فَإِنَّهُ الْأَوَّلُ حَقّاً وَ شِيعَتُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ تَفَرَّق

Abu Ja’far (asws) having said: “[39:29] Allah sets forth an example: There is a slave in whom are (several) partners differing with one another, and there is another slave wholly owned by one man. Are the two alike in condition?” He (asws) said: ‘But rather it is the one who has associates with regards to whom they dou

لَمْ تَزَلْ دَوْلَةُ الْبَاطِلِ طَوِيلَةً وَ دَوْلَةُ الْحَقِّ قَصِيرَةً.

‘The government of falsehood does not decline for a long time, and the government of the truth lasts for a short while’.

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع مَتَى فَرَجُ شِيعَتِكُمْ قَالَ فَقَالَ إِذَا اخْتَلَفَ وُلْدُ الْعَبَّاسِ وَ وَهَى سُلْطَانُهُمْ‌ وَ طَمِعَ فِيهِمْ مَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَطْمَعُ فِيهِمْ وَ خَلَعَتِ الْعَرَبُ أَعِنَّتَهَا[1]- وَ رَفَعَ كُلُّ ذِي صِيصِيَةٍ صِيصِيَتَهُ‌[2] وَ ظَهَرَ الشَّامِيُّ وَ أَقْبَلَ الْيَمَانِيُّ وَ تَحَرَّكَ الْحَسَنِيُّ وَ خَرَجَ صَاحِبُ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ إِلَى مَكَّةَ بِتُرَاثِ رَس

‘When will there be relief for your (asws) Shites?’ He (asws) said: ‘When the children of Al-Abbas differ regarding their authority, and he who was not greedy for it before, covets it, and the Arabs remove their reins, and every one with spurs (horsemen) battles for it, and Al-Shamy (The Syrian) appears, and Al-Yamany

خَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع وَ هُوَ مُغْضَبٌ فَقَالَ إِنِّي خَرَجْتُ آنِفاً فِي حَاجَةٍ فَتَعَرَّضَ لِي بَعْضُ سُودَانِ الْمَدِينَةِ فَهَتَفَ بِي لَبَّيْكَ يَا جَعْفَرَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ لَبَّيْكَ فَرَجَعْتُ عَوْدِي عَلَى بَدْئِي‌[1] إِلَى مَنْزِلِي خَائِفاً ذَعِراً مِمَّا قَالَ حَتَّى سَجَدْتُ فِي مَسْجِدِي لِرَبِّي وَ عَفَّرْتُ لَهُ وَجْهِي وَ ذَلَّلْتُ لَهُ نَفْسِي وَ بَرِئْتُ إِلَيْهِ مِمَّا هَتَفَ بِي و

Some of the companions of Abu Abdullah (asws) has reported that Abu Abdullah (asws) came out to us and he (asws) was ‘مُغْضَبٌ’ angry. He (asws) said: ‘I (asws) went out for some need, so some black people of Al-Medina presented themselves to me (asws). They shouted at me (asws) as: ‘لَبَّيْكَ يَا جَعْفَرَ بْنَ مُحَمَّ

كَانَ عِنْدَ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ مُوسَى ع رَجُلٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فَجَعَلَ يَذْكُرُ قُرَيْشاً وَ الْعَرَبَ‌[4] فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ ع عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ دَعْ هَذَا النَّاسُ ثَلَاثَةٌ عَرَبِيٌّ وَ مَوْلًى وَ عِلْجٌ فَنَحْنُ الْعَرَبُ وَ شِيعَتُنَا الْمَوَالِي‌[5] وَ مَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَى مِثْلِ مَا نَحْنُ‌ عَلَيْهِ فَهُوَ عِلْجٌ‌[1] فَقَالَ الْقُرَشِيُّ تَقُولُ هَذَا يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ فَأَيْنَ أَفْخَاذُ قُرَيْشٍ وَ الْ

A slave of Abu Al-Hassan (asws) has said, ‘In the presence of Abu Al-Hassan Al-Musa (asws) was a man from Qureysh, who went on to mention the Qureysh and the Arabs. Abu Al-Hassan (asws) said during that; ‘Leave that! These people are three (types) – Arabs, and ‘مَوْلًى’ friends and faithless. So we (asws) are the Arabs

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع يُحَدِّثُ‌ إِذَا قَامَ الْقَائِمُ عَرَضَ الْإِيمَانَ عَلَى كُلِّ نَاصِبٍ فَإِنْ دَخَلَ فِيهِ بِحَقِيقَةٍ وَ إِلَّا ضَرَبَ عُنُقَهُ أَوْ يُؤَدِّيَ الْجِزْيَةَ[3] كَمَا يُؤَدِّيهَا الْيَوْمَ أَهْلُ الذِّمَّةِ وَ يَشُدُّ عَلَى وَسَطِهِ الْهِمْيَانَ وَ يُخْرِجُهُمْ مِنَ الْأَمْصَارِ إِلَى السَّوَادِ.

‘When Al-Qaim (asws) makes the stand, he (asws) will present the Faith to every Hostile One (Nasibi). Either they enter in it truly or else his neck would be struck, or he will have to hand over the tax just as the people under responsibility (Ahl Al-Dhimma – Christians and Jews) pay today, and tighten their waist and

قَالَ أَبِي يَوْماً وَ عِنْدَهُ أَصْحَابُهُ مَنْ مِنْكُمْ تَطِيبُ نَفْسُهُ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ جَمْرَةً فِي كَفِّهِ فَيُمْسِكَهَا حَتَّى تَطْفَأَ قَالَ فَكَاعَ النَّاسُ كُلُّهُمْ وَ نَكَلُوا[6] فَقُمْتُ وَ قُلْتُ يَا أَبَتِ أَ تَأْمُرُ أَنْ أَفْعَلَ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ إِيَّاكَ عَنَيْتُ إِنَّمَا أَنْتَ مِنِّي وَ أَنَا مِنْكَ بَلْ إِيَّاهُمْ أَرَدْتُ قَالَ وَ كَرَّرَهَا ثَلَاثاً ثُمَّ قَالَ مَا أَكْثَرَ الْوَصْفَ وَ أَقَلَّ الْف

"One day my father (Ali b. al-Hussein (a.s)) said in the presence of his companions: ‘Which one of you is good enough to hold a burning ember in his hand and extinguish it by squeezing it?’ All the people were silent and stressed out. So I stood up and said: ‘O father! Do you command me to do it?’ So he said: ‘It is no

قَالَ لِي أَبُو الْحَسَنِ ع‌ لَوْ مَيَّزْتُ شِيعَتِي لَمْ أَجِدْهُمْ إِلَّا وَاصِفَةً[5] وَ لَوِ امْتَحَنْتُهُمْ لَمَا وَجَدْتُهُمْ إِلَّا مُرْتَدِّينَ وَ لَوْ تَمَحَّصْتُهُمْ‌[6] لَمَا خَلَصَ مِنَ الْأَلْفِ وَاحِدٌ وَ لَوْ غَرْبَلْتُهُمْ غَرْبَلَةً لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا مَا كَانَ لِي إِنَّهُمْ طَالَ مَا اتَّكَوْا عَلَى الْأَرَائِكِ فَقَالُوا نَحْنُ شِيعَةُ عَلِيٍّ إِنَّمَا شِيعَةُ عَلِيٍّ مَنْ صَدَّقَ قَوْلَهُ

Abu Al-Hassan (asws) said to me: ‘If I (asws) were to distinguish my (asws) Shites, I (asws) would not find them except for the description (talk). And if I (asws) were to test them, I (asws) would not find them except as apostates. And if I (asws) were to scrutinise them not even one out of a thousand would escape. An

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ‌ تُؤْتَى بِالْمَرْأَةِ الْحَسْنَاءِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ الَّتِي قَدِ افْتُتِنَتْ فِي حُسْنِهَا فَتَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ حَسَّنْتَ خَلْقِي حَتَّى لَقِيتُ مَا لَقِيتُ فَيُجَاءُ بِمَرْيَمَ ع فَيُقَالُ أَنْتِ أَحْسَنُ أَوْ هَذِهِ قَدْ حَسَّنَّاهَا فَلَمْ تُفْتَتَنْ وَ يُجَاءُ بِالرَّجُلِ الْحَسَنِ الَّذِي قَدِ افْتُتِنَ فِي حُسْنِهِ فَيَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ حَسَّنْتَ خَلْقِي حَتَّى لَقِيتُ مِن

I heard Abu Abdullah (as) saying: ‘On the Day of Judgement, a beautiful woman who had done Fitna (mischief) due to her beauty will be brought. So she will say, ‘O Lord! You created me beautiful until I did what I did.‘ So Maryam (as) will come and it will be said to her, ‘Are you more beautiful or her? She had beauty i

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ تَقْعُدُونَ فِي الْمَكَانِ فَتُحَدِّثُونَ وَ تَقُولُونَ مَا شِئْتُمْ وَ تَتَبَرَّءُونَ مِمَّنْ شِئْتُمْ وَ تَوَلَّوْنَ مَنْ شِئْتُمْ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ وَ هَلِ الْعَيْشُ إِلَّا هَكَذَا.

I heard Abu Abdullah (asws) saying: ‘Can you all sit in a place where you can narrate Hadith, say whatsoever you like, and distance yourselves (Tabarra) from whoever you like, and befriend whosoever you like?’ I said, ‘Yes’. He (asws) said: ‘Is (luxury of) life anything other than this?’

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ رَحِمَ اللَّهُ عَبْداً حَبَّبَنَا إِلَى النَّاسِ وَ لَمْ يُبَغِّضْنَا إِلَيْهِمْ أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ لَوْ يَرْوُونَ‌[2] مَحَاسِنَ كَلَامِنَا لَكَانُوا بِهِ أَعَزَّ وَ مَا اسْتَطَاعَ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يَتَعَلَّقَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِشَيْ‌ءٍ وَ لَكِنْ أَحَدُهُمْ يَسْمَعُ الْكَلِمَةَ فَيَحُطُّ إِلَيْهَا عَشْراً[3].

“May Allah have mercy on a servant who endears us to the people and does not make them detest us. By Allah, if they were to narrate the beauty of our words, they would become honored through it, and no one would be able to criticize them for anything. But one of them hears a single word and distorts it into ten.”

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- وَ الَّذِينَ يُؤْتُونَ ما آتَوْا وَ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَجِلَةٌ[4] قَالَ هِيَ شَفَاعَتُهُمْ‌[5] وَ رَجَاؤُهُمْ يَخَافُونَ أَنْ تُرَدَّ عَلَيْهِمْ أَعْمَالُهُمْ إِنْ لَمْ يُطِيعُوا اللَّهَ عَزَّ ذِكْرُهُ وَ يَرْجُونَ أَنْ يَقْبَلَ مِنْهُمْ.

I asked Abu Abdullah (asws) about the Statement of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic: “[23:60] And those who give that which they give with hearts afraid”, he (asws) said: ‘This is for their intercession, and their hopes, they (our (asws) shias) fear that their (good) deeds would be rejected (and thrown) back to them if

قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‌ مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ يَدْعُو إِلَى ضَلَالَةٍ إِلَّا وَجَدَ مَنْ يُتَابِعُهُ.

‘There is none from the servants who calls to the misguidance except that he finds the one who follows him’.

كُنْتُ مَعَ الرِّضَا ع فِي سَفَرِهِ إِلَى خُرَاسَانَ فَدَعَا يَوْماً بِمَائِدَةٍ[1] لَهُ فَجَمَعَ عَلَيْهَا مَوَالِيَهُ مِنَ السُّودَانِ وَ غَيْرِهِمْ فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ لَوْ عَزَلْتَ لِهَؤُلَاءِ مَائِدَةً فَقَالَ مَهْ إِنَّ الرَّبَّ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى وَاحِدٌ وَ الْأُمَّ وَاحِدَةٌ وَ الْأَبَ وَاحِدٌ وَ الْجَزَاءَ بِالْأَعْمَالِ.

I was with Al-Ridha (asws) in his (asws) journey to Khurasan. One day he (asws) called for the spread (for a meal) to be set up for him (asws). So there gathered around him (asws) his (asws) black friends and others. So I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws), if you (asws) could isolate the spread for these people

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ع يَقُولُ‌ طَبَائِعُ الْجِسْمِ عَلَى أَرْبَعَةٍ فَمِنْهَا الْهَوَاءُ الَّذِي لَا تَحْيَا النَّفْسُ إِلَّا بِهِ وَ بِنَسِيمِهِ وَ يُخْرِجُ مَا فِي الْجِسْمِ مِنْ دَاءٍ وَ عُفُونَةٍ وَ الْأَرْضُ‌[2] الَّتِي قَدْ تُوَلِّدُ الْيُبْسَ وَ الْحَرَارَةَ وَ الطَّعَامُ‌[3] وَ مِنْهُ يَتَوَلَّدُ الدَّمُ أَ لَا تَرَى أَنَّهُ يَصِيرُ إِلَى الْمَعِدَةِ فَتُغَذِّيهِ حَتَّى يَلِينَ ثُمَّ يَصْفُوَ فَتَأْخُذُ

The body is built upon four, so from it is the air without which ‘the self’ cannot survive except by its (in and out) flow, and it takes out the diseases which are in the body and the decay, and the dirt (earth) which gives causes the dryness, and the energy (heat), and the food and from it the blood is generated. Inde

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- عَنْ قَوْلِ الرَّجُلِ لِلرَّجُلِ جَزَاكَ اللَّهُ خَيْراً مَا يَعْنِي بِهِ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنَّ خَيْراً نَهَرٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ[4] مَخْرَجُهُ مِنَ الْكَوْثَرِ وَ الْكَوْثَرَ مَخْرَجُهُ مِنْ سَاقِ الْعَرْشِ عَلَيْهِ مَنَازِلُ الْأَوْصِيَاءِ وَ شِيعَتِهِمْ عَلَى حَافَتَيْ ذَلِكَ النَّهَرِ جَوَارِي نَابِتَاتٌ كُلَّمَا قُلِعَتْ وَاحِدَةٌ نَبَتَتْ أُخْرَى سُمِّيَ‌[5] بِذَلِكَ

I asked Abu Abdullah (asws) about the words which a person would say to another person, ‘جَزَاكَ اللَّهُ خَيْراً’ ‘May Allah (azwj) Reward you with goodness (Khair)’, what is meant by it?’ So Abu Abdullah (asws) said: ‘Khair’ is a river in the Paradise, a tributary from Al-Kawsar. And Al-Kawsar comes out from the Pilla

إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ نَهَراً حَافَتَاهُ حُورٌ نَابِتَاتٌ فَإِذَا مَرَّ الْمُؤْمِنُ بِإِحْدَيهُنَّ فَأَعْجَبَتْهُ اقْتَلَعَهَا فَأَنْبَتَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مَكَانَهَا. حَدِيثُ الْقِبَابِ‌

Abu Abdullah (asws) having said: ‘In the Paradise is a river on banks of which are Houries are thriving. So if the Believer passes by one of them, and she pleases him, he uproots her (takes her away). So Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic Implants another one in her place’.

قَالَ لِي أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع لَيْلَةً وَ أَنَا عِنْدَهُ وَ نَظَرَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ قَالَ يَا أَبَا حَمْزَةَ هَذِهِ قُبَّةُ أَبِينَا آدَمَ ع وَ إِنَّ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ سِوَاهَا تِسْعاً وَ ثَلَاثِينَ قُبَّةً فِيهَا خَلْقٌ مَا عَصَوُا اللَّهَ طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ.

‘O Abu Hamza! This is a dome of our father Adam (as), and Allah (azwj) has thirty-nine others (similar ones) for those creatures who have not disobeyed Allah (azwj) even for the blink of an eye’.