Al-Amālī

1 - قال: حدثنا أبو بكر محمد بن عمر الجعابي قال: حدثنا محمد بن يحيى ابن سليمان المروزي قال: حدثنا عبد الله بن محمد العيشي قال: حدثنا حماد بن سلمة، عن أيوب، عن أبي قلابة، عن أبي هريرة قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: هذا شهر رمضان شهر مبارك افترض [الله] صيامه، تفتح فيه أبواب الجنان ، ويصفد فيه الشياطين، وفيه ليلة خير من ألف شهر، فمن حرمها فقد حرم يردد صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم ذلك ثلاث مرات

1. He said: Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Umar al-Ji’abi reported to me from Muhammad ibn Yahya Ibn Sulaiman Al-Muruzi, who reported from Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Ayshi, who reported from Hammad ibn Salemah, from Ayyub from Abu Qulabah, from Abu Hurairah, who reported that: The Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, said: "This is the month of Ramadhan, the blessed month whose fasts Allah has made obligatory. The gates of Paradise are opened in this month and the Satans are shackled in it. In this month, there is a night, which is better than a thousand months. Whoever preserves its sanctity is indeed saved." The Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, repeated it three times!

2 - قال: حدثنا أبو بكر محمد بن عمر الجعابي قال: حدثنا أبو العباس أحمد بن محمد بن سعيد ابن عقدة قال: حدثنا جعفر بن عبد الله قال: حدثنا سعدان بن سعيد قال: حدثنا سفيان بن إبراهيم الغامدي القاضي. قال: سمعت جعفر بن محمد عليهما السلام يقول: بنا يبدأ البلاء ثم بكم، وبنا يبدأ الرخاء ثم بكم، والذي يحلف به لينتصرن الله بكم كما انتصر بالحجارة .

2. He said: Abu Bakr, Muhammad ibn Umar al-Ji’abi reported to me from Abu Al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Saeed ibn Ibn Uqdah, who reported from Ja’far ibn Abdullah, who reported form Sa’daan ibn Saeed, who reported from Sufyan ibn Ibrahim al-Ghamidy al-Qadhi, who said: I heard Ja’far ibn Muhammad, peace be upon him say: "Tests and trials begin with us and then with you, and the times of ease begin with us and then with you. And by the oath of Him where oath is usually taken, Allah will triumph through you the way He triumphed through the stones (of clay)." (Refer to Surah al-Fil).

3 - قال: أخبرني أبو الحسن علي بن بلال المهلبي قال: حدثنا النعمان ابن أحمد القاضي الواسطي ببغداد، قال: وأخبرنا إبراهيم بن عرفة النحوي قالا: حدثنا أحمد بن رشد بن خثيم الهلالي قال: حدثنا عمي سعيد بن خثيم قال: حدثنا مسلم الغلابي قال: جاء أعرابي إلى النبي صلى الله عليه عليه وآله وسلم قال: فقال: والله يا رسول الله لقد أتيناك وما لنا بعير يئط ، ولا غنم يغط، ثم أنشأ يقول: أتيناك يا خير البرية كلها * لترحمنا مما لقينا من الأزل أتيناك والعذراء يدمى لبانها * وقد شغلت أم الصبي عن الطفل وألقى بكفيه الفتى استكانة * من الجوع ضعفا ما يمر وما يحلي ولا شئ مما يأكل الناس عندنا * سوى الحنظل العامي والعلهز الفسل وليس لنا إلا إليك فرارنا * وأين فرار الناس إلا إلى الرسل فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم لأصحابه: إن هذا الأعرابي يشكو قلة المطر وقحطا شديدا، ثم قام يجر رداءه حتى صعد المنبر، فحمد الله وأثنى عليه، وكان مما حمد ربه أن قال: " الحمد لله الذي علا في السماء فكان عاليا، و في الأرض قريبا دانيا، أقرب إلينا من حبل الوريد " ورفع يديه إلى السماء وقال: " اللهم اسقنا غيثا مغيثا، مريئا، مريعا، غدقا، طبقا، عاجلا غير رائث نافعا غير ضائر، تملأ به الضرع، وتنبت به الزرع، وتحيى به الأرض بعد موتها " فما رد يديه إلى نحره حتى أحدق السحاب بالمدينة كالإكليل والتقت السماء بأردافها، وجاء أهل البطاح يضجون يا رسول الله: الغرق الغرق، فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم: " اللهم حوالينا ولا علينا " ، فانجاب السحاب عن السماء ، فضحك رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وقال: لله در أبي طالب لو كان حيا لقرت عيناه، من ينشدنا قوله؟ فقام عمر بن الخطاب فقال: عسى أردت يا رسول الله: وما حملت من ناقة فوق رحلها * أبر وأوفى ذمة من محمد فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم: ليس هذا من قول أبي طالب، بل من قول حسان ابن ثابت ، فقام علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام فقال: كأنك أردت يا رسول الله [قوله]: وأبيض يستسقى الغمام بوجهه * ربيع اليتامى عصمة للأرامل يلوذ به الهلاك من آل هاشم * فهم عنده في نعمة وفواضل كذبتم وبيت الله نبزي محمدا * ولما نماصع دونه ونقاتل ونسلمه حتى نصرع حوله * ونذهل عن أبنائنا والحلائل فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم: أجل، فقام رجل من بني كنانة فقال: لك الحمد والحمد ممن شكر * سقينا بوجه النبي المطر دعا الله خالقه دعوة * وأشخص منه إليه البصر ولم يك إلا كقلب الرداء * وأسرع حتى أتانا المطر دفاق العزائل وجم البعاق * أغاث به الله عليا مضر فكان كما قاله عمه * أبو طالب ذا رواء غزر به الله يسقي صيوب الغمام * فهذا العيان وذاك الخبر فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم: بوأك الله يا كناني بكل بيت قلته بيتا في الجنة.

3. He said: Abul Hasan ‘Ali ibn Bilal al-Mahlabi reported to me from al-Nu’man Ibn Ahmad al-Qadhi al-Wasiti in Baghdad, who reported from Ibrahim ibn Arfah al-Nahwi, who both reported from Ahmad ibn Rashad ibn Khuthaim al-Hilali, who reported from his uncle Saeed ibn Khuthaim, who reported from Muslim al-Ghilabi, who said: Once an Arab from the desert came to the Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, and said: "By Allah! We have come to you while we neither have a shrieking camel nor a snoring sheep." Then he presented the following verses: "O best of all the creatures, we have come to you, that you may show mercy to us for the hardship we face! We have come to you while the maiden girls bleed from their breasts (because of hard labour), and the suckling mother is distressed from her baby. And a young man submits with both his palms, to receive anything bitter or sweet, weakened by hunger. Nothing that a human can consume is left with us, except the common bitter colocynth and the fluffy saplings, so we have no refuge but with you, and where can people seek refuge but with the Prophets." So the Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, turned to his companions and said: "This Arab is complaining of shortage of rainfall and severe famine." Then he rose putting together his clock and climbed up the pulpit. After praising and lauding Allah thus: "All praise to Allah Who when He rose to the heavens became exalted, and on the earth became close - closer to us than the jugular vein." Then he raised his hands towards the heaven and said: "O Allah, send upon us rain which would give us relief and which would be savory, productive, abundant, pervading, immediate, without any delay. Let it be beneficial without any harm, which would fill the udder and cause the produce to grow from the earth; it would give life to earth after it had died." His hands had not come back to his chest when the clouds encircled Madinah like a crown, and the sky became overcast. Then the people of the valleys came to the Prophet shouting: "We will drown, we will drown." So the Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny uttered: "Around us and not upon us." So the clouds in the sky dissipated. Then the Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, smiled and said: "How good was Abu Talib. Had he been alive, his eyes would have cooled. Who will recite to us his verses?" Then Umar ibn al-Khattab rose and said: "O messenger of Allah, perhaps you mean this verse":- "No she-camel has carried on her saddle any load, more kind and more dutiful than the person of Muhammad." The Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, said: "That was not said by Abu Talib, that is from Hassan ibn Thabit." Then ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib, peace he upon him, stood up and said: "Perhaps you meant this, O messenger of Allah!":- "And the bright one from whose face, the clouds pour forth to relieve the orphans and protect the poor widows, The one to whom the ruined men from Banu Hashim resort, While he is among them bounteous, and man of many virtues. By the sacred House of Allah, you have lied when you said: ’We will surpass Muhammad,’ and when you said: ’we will fight him.’ We will indeed protect him till we are knocked down around him, unmindful of our own children and our wives." The Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny said: "Yes, that is it." Then a man from the Banu Kananah stood up and said: "Praise to you, and all praise to Him Who is All-Rewarding, We were blessed with rain because of the Prophet. He prayed to Allah, His Creator, And turned his eyes unto Him; And before his glance returned, or quicker, the rain poured forth upon us. Bustling forth in abundance and exuberant, with which Allah succoured the prominent people of Mudhar. So it was the way his uncle had said, his uncle Abu Talib, a man of exceeding grace; (he said): ’By his face shall Allah pour forth from the clouds,’ so this is the witness and that was the information." The Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, said: "May Allah lodge you, O Kanani, for every couplet you have said, in a chamber in Paradise."

4 - أخبرني أبو الحسن علي بن محمد الكاتب قال: أخبرنا الحسن بن عبد الكريم الزعفراني قال: حدثنا أبو إسحاق إبراهيم بن محمد الثقفي قال: حدثنا جعفر بن محمد الوراق قال: حدثنا عبد الله بن الأزرق الشيباني قال: حدثنا أبو الجحاف ، عن معاوية بن ثعلبة قال: لما استوثق الأمر لمعاوية بن أبي سفيان أنفذ بسر بن أرطاة إلى الحجاز في طلب شيعة أمير المؤمنين علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام، وكان على مكة عبيد الله بن العباس بن عبد المطلب، فطلبه فلم يقدر عليه، فأخبر أن له ولدين صبيين ، فبحث عنهما فوجدهما وأخذهما فأخرجهما من الموضع الذي كانا فيه ، ولهما ذؤابتان كأنهما درتان، فأمر بذبحهما، وبلغ أمهما الخبر، فكادت نفسها تخرج، ثم أنشأت تقول: ها من أحس بنيي اللذين هما * كالدرتين تشظى عنهما الصدف ها من أحس بنيي اللذين هما * سمعي وعيني فقلبي اليوم مختطف نبئت بسرا وما صدقت ما زعموا * من قولهم ومن الإفك الذي اقترفوا أضحت على ودجي طفلي مرهفة * مشحوذة وكذاك الظلم والسرف من دل والهة عبرى مفجعة * على صبيين فاتا إذ مضى السلف قال: ثم اجتمع عبيد الله بن العباس من بعد وبسر بن أرطاة عند معاوية، فقال معاوية لعبيد الله: أتعرف هذا الشيخ قاتل الصبيين؟ فقال بسر: نعم، أنا قاتلهما فمه ؟ فقال عبيد الله: لو أن لي سيفا! قال بسر: فهاك سيفي وأومأ بيده إلى سيفه فزبره معاوية وانتهره وقال: أف لك من شيخ، ما أحمقك! تعمد إلى رجل قد قتلت ابنيه، تعطيه سيفك؟ كأنك لا تعرف أكباد بني هاشم! والله لو دفعته إليه لبدأ بك وثنى بي. فقال عبيد الله: بل والله كنت أبدأ بك ثم أثني به.

4. He said: Abul Hasan ‘Ali ibn Muhammad al-Katib reported to me from al-Hasan ibn Abdul Karim al-Za’farani, who reported from Abu Ishaq ibn Muhammad al-Thaqafi, who reported from Ja’far ibn Muhammad al-Warraq, who reported from Abdullah ibn al-Azraq al-Shaybani, who reported from Abu al-Jahhaf, from Mu’awiyah ibn Tha’labah who said: When Mu’awiyah found himself fully entrenched in his rule, he sent Busr ibn Artat to Hejaz, to hunt for the Shi’ahs of ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib, peace be upon him. At that time, Ubaidullah ibn al-Abbas governed Makkah. He (i.e. Busr) summoned him, but could not find him. Then he was informed that Ubaidullah had two infant sons. So he set out to reach them, and when he found them - they had two (tender) forelocks (shining) like pearls - he ordered to kill them. When their mother came to know this, her grief put her on the verge of death. At that moment, she said: "Ah! Who has heard about my two dear sons, who were like two pearls torn from their oyster! Ah! Who has known about my two dear sons, who are my ears, my eyes! My heart today feels wrenched. I am informed that Busr (did it), but I cannot believe what they thought (of us) from (what I hear about) their speech and the falsehood they contrived. So the sharp sword fell on the throat of my two little ones, that indeed is tyranny and immoderation, Who showed love to the two tormented infants who had lost their progenitor." He said: Then once Ubaidullah ibn al-Abbas met Mu’awiyah while Busr ibn Artat was present. Mu’awiyah said: "Do you recognize this old man who killed the two infants?" Busr said: "Yes, I killed them, so what?" Then Ubaidullah said: "I wish I had a sword." Busr said: "Here is my sword," pointing to his own sword. Mo’awiya scolded him saying: "Woe unto you! What makes you a fool in spite of your old age! You trust a man whose two sons you killed, and give him your sword? Perhaps you do not know the courage of Banu Hashim? By Allah, if you gave it to him, he could kill you first, and then I would be the next." Ubaidullah said: "On the contrary, by Allah, I would begin with you (O Mu’awiyah) and he (i.e. Busr) would be the next."

5 - قال: حدثنا أبو بكر محمد بن عمر الجعابي قال: حدثنا أبو العباس أحمد بن محمد بن سعيد قال: حدثنا جعفر بن محمد بن مروان قال: حدثني أبي قال: حدثنا إبراهيم بن الحكم، عن المسعودي قال: حدثنا الحارث بن حصيرة، عن عمران بن حصين قال: كنت أنا وعمر بن الخطاب جالسين عند النبي صلى الله عليه وآله وعلي عليه السلام جالس إلى جنبه إذ قرأ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: " أمن يجيب المضطر إذا دعاه ويكشف السوء ويجعلكم خلفاء الأرض أإله مع الله قليلا ما تذكرون " قال: فانتفض علي عليه السلام انتفاضة العصفور، فقال له النبي صلى الله عليه وآله ما شأنك تجزع؟ فقال: ما لي لا أجزع والله يقول إنه يجعلنا خلفاء الأرض! فقال له النبي صلى الله عليه وآله: لا تجزع فوالله لا يحبك إلا مؤمن، ولا يبغضك إلا منافق .

5. He said: Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Umar al-Ji’abi reported to me from Abdul Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Saeed, who reported from Ja’far ibn Muhammad ibn Marwan, who reported from his father, who reported from Ibrahim ibnal-Hakam, from al-Masoodi, who reported from al-Harith ibn al-Haseerah, from Imran ibn Hasim, who said: Once Umar ibn al-Khattab and I were present with the Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, and ‘Ali, peace be upon him, was sitting by his side. Then the Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, recited the following verse (from the Qur’an): ’Or who answers the distressed when he calls upon Him and relieve the affliction, and has made you successors on the earth? Is there another god with Alalh? No indeed. How little do you reflect?’ (27:62). He said: (Upon hearing this), ‘Ali, peace be upon him, quivered like a bird. The Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, said: "Why are you so worried?" He said: "Why would I not worry, as Allah says He will make us the successors on earth?" The Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, said: "Do not be anxious! By Allah, none but the (true) believer will love you, and none but a hypocrite will hate you."

6 - قال: حدثنا أبو بكر محمد بن عمر الجعابي قال: حدثني جعفر بن محمد بن سليمان أبو الفضل قال: حدثنا داود بن رشيد قال: حدثنا محمد بن إسحاق الثعلبي الموصلي أبو نوفل قال: سمعت جعفر بن محمد عليهما السلام يقول: نحن خيرة الله من خلقه، وشيعتنا خيرة الله من أمة نبيه صلى الله عليه وآله.

6. He said: Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Umar al-Ji’abi reported to me from Ja’far ibn Muhammad ibn Sulaiman Abul Fadhl, who reported from Dawood ibn Rushaid, who reported from Muhammad ibn Ishaq al-Tha’labi al-Mosili Abu Nawfil, who said: I heard Ja’far ibn Muhammad, peace be upon him, say: "We are the Chosen ones by Allah among His creation, and our Shi’ahs are His Chosen ones from the Ummah of Muhammad, peace be upon him and his progeny."

7 - قال: أخبرني أبو غالب أحمد بن محمد الزراري رحمه الله قال: حدثني عمي علي بن سليمان قال: حدثنا محمد بن خالد الطيالسي قال: حدثني العلاء بن رزين، عن محمد بن مسلم الثقفي قال: سمعت أبا جعفر محمد بن علي عليهما السلام يقول: لا دين لمن دان بطاعة من عصى الله، ولا دين لمن دان بفرية باطل على الله، ولا دين لمن دان بجحود شئ من آيات الله.

7. He said: Abu Ghalib Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Zurari, may Allah bless him with mercy, reported from his uncle ‘Ali ibn Sulaiman, who reported from Muhammad ibn Khalid al-Tayalasi, who reported from al-Ala’ ibn Razeen, from Muhammad ibn Muslim al-Thaqafi, who said: I heard Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn ‘Ali, peace be upon him, say: "He who resorts to the way of obeying those who disobey Allah has no religion at all, and he who invents lie against Allah has no religion at all, and he who adopts the way of repudiating anything from the Signs of Allah, has no religion at all."

8 - قال: حدثنا أبو حفص عمر بن محمد المعروف بابن الزيات قال: حدثنا علي بن مهرويه القزويني قال: حدثنا داود بن سليمان الغازي قال: حدثنا الرضا علي بن موسى عليهما السلام قال: حدثني أبي موسى بن جعفر قال: حدثني أبي جعفر بن محمد قال: حدثني أبي محمد بن علي قال: حدثني أبي علي بن الحسين قال: حدثني أبي الحسين بن علي عليهم السلام قال: قال أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام: لو رأى العبد أجله وسرعته إليه لأبغض الأمل وترك طلب الدنيا. قال: وأنشدني أبو الفرج البرقي الداودي قال: أنشدني شيخ كان منقطعا إلى الله تعالى ببيت المقدس: ومنتظر للموت في كل ساعة * يشيد ويبني دائبا ويحصن له حين تبلوه حقيقة موقن * وأفعاله أفعال من ليس يوقن عيان وإنكار وكالجهل علمه * بمذهبه في كل ما يتيقن وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد النبي وآله الطاهرين.

8. He said: Abu Hafs Umar ibn Muhammad, popular as Ibn al-Zayyat, reported to me from ‘Ali ibn Mahrwayh al-Qazwini, who reported from Dawood ibn Sulaiman al-Ghazi, who reported from al-Ridha ‘Ali ibn Musa, who reported from is father, Musa ibn Ja’far, who reported from his father Ja’far ibn Muhammad, who reported from his father Muhammad ibn ‘Ali, who reported from his father, ‘Ali ibn al-Husayn, who reported from his father al-Husayn ibn ‘Ali, peace be upon them all, who said: Amirul Mu’mineen, peace be upon him, said: "If a slave of Allah were to see his appointed time of death, and how quickly it advance towards him, he would detest all his long hopes and would renounce seeking the world." He said: Abul Faraj al-Barqi al-Dawadi reported to me the following verses which he heard from a saintly old man at Baytul Muqaddas. "One waiting for death is busy every hour, diligently constructing, erecting and fortifying, He has moments, which are tested by a certain reality, (i.e. death) but his deeds are of those who is not certain. It is manifest yet denied, its knowledge treated as if its ways were unknown to even those who are certain." And may Allah bless our master, Muhammad, the Prophet and his pure progeny.

1 - قال: أخبرني المظفر بن محمد البلخي الوراق قال: حدثنا أبو علي محمد بن همام الإسكافي الكاتب قال: حدثنا عبد الله بن جعفر الحميري قال: حدثنا أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى قال: حدثنا الحسن بن محبوب، عن أبي حمزة الثمالي، عن أبي جعفر محمد بن علي الباقر عليهما السلام قال: لا يزال المؤمن في صلاة ما كان في ذكر الله عز وجل قائما كان أو جالسا أو مضطجعا، إن الله تعالى يقول: " الذين يذكرون الله قياما وقعودا وعلى جنوبهم ويتفكرون في خلق السماوات والأرض ربنا ما خلقت هذا باطلا سبحانك فقنا عذاب النار " .

1. He said: Al-Muzaffar ibn Muhammad al-Balkhi al-Warraq informed me from Abu ‘Ali Muhammad ibn Hammam al-Iskafi al-Katib, who reported from Abdullah ibn Ja’far al-Himyari, who reported from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, who reported from al-Hasan ibn Mahboob, from Abu Hamza al-Thumali, from Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn ‘Ali al-Baqir, peace be upon him, who said: A believer is in his prayers, as long as he remembers Allah, while standing, sitting or lying down. Surely, Allah says (in Qur’an): ’Those who remember Allah, standing, sitting, or lying on their sides, and reflect on the creation of the heavens and the earth: Our Lord, You have not created this in vain, glory be to You! So save us from the chastisement of the fire.’ (3:191).

2 - قال: أخبرني أبو القاسم جعفر بن محمد بن قولويه رضي الله عنه قال: حدثني أبي، عن سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى، عن الحسين بن سعيد، عن ياسر، عن أبي الحسن الرضا علي بن موسى عليهما السلام قال: إذا كذب الولاة حبس المطر ، وإذا جار السلطان هانت الدولة ، وإذا حبست الزكاة ماتت المواشي .

2. He said: Abul Qasim Ja’far ibn Muhammad ibn Qawlawayh, may Allah be pleased with him, reported to me from his father, from Sa’d ibn Abdillah, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, from al-Husayn ibn Saeed, from Yasir, from Abdul Hasan al-Ridha, ‘Ali ibn Musa, peace be upon him, who said: "When the rulers utter lies, the rains are withheld. And when the monarch is oppressive, the country is weakened and when Zakat is withheld, the livestock (upon which Zakat has been due) suffer death."