Al-Kāfi

15ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ قَالَ لَمَّا مَاتَ أَبِي وَصَارَ الامْرُ لِي كَانَ لابِي عَلَى النَّاسِ سَفَاتِجُ مِنْ مَالِ الْغَرِيمِ فَكَتَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ أُعْلِمُهُ فَكَتَبَ طَالِبْهُمْ وَاسْتَقْضِ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَضَّانِيَ النَّاسُ إِلا رَجُلٌ وَاحِدٌ كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ سَفْتَجَةٌ بِأَرْبَعِمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ فَجِئْتُ إِلَيْهِ أُطَالِبُهُ فَمَاطَلَنِي وَاسْتَخَفَّ بِيَ ابْنُهُ وَسَفِهَ عَلَيَّ فَشَكَوْتُ إِلَى أَبِيهِ فَقَالَ وَكَانَ مَا ذَا فَقَبَضْتُ عَلَى لِحْيَتِهِ وَأَخَذْتُ بِرِجْلِهِ وَسَحَبْتُهُ إِلَى وَسَطِ الدَّارِ وَرَكَلْتُهُ رَكْلاً كَثِيراً فَخَرَجَ ابْنُهُ يَسْتَغِيثُ بِأَهْلِ بَغْدَادَ وَيَقُولُ قُمِّيٌّ رَافِضِيٌّ قَدْ قَتَلَ وَالِدِي فَاجْتَمَعَ عَلَيَّ مِنْهُمُ الْخَلْقُ فَرَكِبْتُ دَابَّتِي وَقُلْتُ أَحْسَنْتُمْ يَا أَهْلَ بَغْدَادَ تَمِيلُونَ مَعَ الظَّالِمِ عَلَى الْغَرِيبِ الْمَظْلُومِ أَنَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ هَمَدَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ السُّنَّةِ وَهَذَا يَنْسُبُنِي إِلَى أَهْلِ قُمَّ وَالرَّفْضِ لِيَذْهَبَ بِحَقِّي وَمَالِي قَالَ فَمَالُوا عَلَيْهِ وَأَرَادُوا أَنْ يَدْخُلُوا عَلَى حَانُوتِهِ حَتَّى سَكَّنْتُهُمْ وَطَلَبَ إِلَيَّ صَاحِبُ السَّفْتَجَةِ وَحَلَفَ بِالطَّلاقِ أَنْ يُوَفِّيَنِي مَالِي حَتَّى أَخْرَجْتُهُمْ عَنْهُ.

15. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Muhammad ibn Salih who has said the following. “When my father died and the task (of working is representative of the Imams) was left to me with my father there were promissory notes from those who has said the following. owed (religious dues). I wrote to him (the Imam (a.s.) about the case. He wrote back to me, “Demand from them and make them pay.” People paid what they owed except one man who had signed a promissory note for four hundred Dinars. I went to demand from him what he owed but he procrastinated and took it lightly and his behaved foolishly. I complained to his father and he said, “So what!” I then hold him by his beard and leg and pulled him towards the center of the house and kicked him many times. His son went out and cried for help from the people of Baghdad saying, “He is a Qummi, Rafidi (derogatory name for Shi‘a) he has killed my father.” From the people of Baghdad many gathered around me. I rode my equine animal and said, “Very nice of you people of Baghdad. You support the unjust against a lonely stranger. I am a man from the sunni sect and he calls me a man from Qumm and a Rafidi so that he can destroy my rights.” The narrator has said that people then turned against him and they wanted to enter his store. I then calmed them down. The signatory in the promissory note called me and set upon himself a stipulation with an oath that said, “His wife will be divorced if he did not pay his dues.” My part of the stipulation was to ask the people to leave his place.”

16ـ عَلِيٌّ عَنْ عِدَّةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ وَالْعَلاءِ بْنِ رِزْقِ الله عَنْ بَدْرٍ غُلامِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ وَرَدْتُ الْجَبَلَ وَأَنَا لا أَقُولُ بِالامَامَةِ أُحِبُّهُمْ جُمْلَةً إِلَى أَنْ مَاتَ يَزِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الله فَأَوْصَى فِي عِلَّتِهِ أَنْ يُدْفَعَ الشِّهْرِيُّ السَّمَنْدُ وَسَيْفُهُ وَمِنْطَقَتُهُ إِلَى مَوْلاهُ فَخِفْتُ إِنْ أَنَا لَمْ أَدْفَعِ الشِّهْرِيَّ إِلَى إِذْكُوتَكِينَ نَالَنِي مِنْهُ اسْتِخْفَافٌ فَقَوَّمْتُ الدَّابَّةَ وَالسَّيْفَ وَالْمِنْطَقَةَ بِسَبْعِمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ فِي نَفْسِي وَلَمْ أُطْلِعْ عَلَيْهِ أَحَداً فَإِذَا الْكِتَابُ قَدْ وَرَدَ عَلَيَّ مِنَ الْعِرَاقِ وَجِّهِ السَّبْعَ مِائَةِ دِينَارٍ الَّتِي لَنَا قِبَلَكَ مِنْ ثَمَنِ الشِّهْرِيِّ وَالسَّيْفِ وَالْمِنْطَقَةِ.

16. Ali has narrated from a number of our people from Ahmad ibn al-Hassan and al-‘Ala’ ibn Rizq Allah from Badr Ghulam Ahmad ibn al-Hassan who has said the following. “I began to live in al-Jabal (a town between Baghdad and Azarbayjan) and I did not believe in Imam (the Divine authority of al-Mahddi (a.s.) but I loved them (descendants of Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.). When Yazid ibn ‘Abdallah (a representative of al-Mahdi (a.s.) died he said in his will that I must give his Shahri Samand (famous Persian) horse, sword and belt to his master (al-Mahdi (a.s.). I was afraid that if I would not give the horse to Edhkutakin (a Turkish official of ‘Abbassid rulers) he will harm me. I by myself then evaluated the items for a seven hundred Dinars and no one knew about it. A letter then came from Iraq that said, “Send us our seven hundred Dinars that are with you for the Shahri (famous Persian horse), the sword and the belt.”

17ـ عَلِيٌّ عَمَّنْ حَدَّثَهُ قَالَ وُلِدَ لِي وَلَدٌ فَكَتَبْتُ أَسْتَأْذِنُ فِي طُهْرِهِ يَوْمَ السَّابِعِ فَوَرَدَ لا تَفْعَلْ فَمَاتَ يَوْمَ السَّابِعِ أَوِ الثَّامِنِ ثُمَّ كَتَبْتُ بِمَوْتِهِ فَوَرَدَ سَتُخْلَفُ غَيْرَهُ وَغَيْرَهُ تُسَمِّيهِ أَحْمَدَ وَمِنْ بَعْدِ أَحْمَدَ جَعْفَراً فَجَاءَ كَمَا قَالَ قَالَ وَتَهَيَّأْتُ لِلْحَجِّ وَوَدَّعْتُ النَّاسَ وَكُنْتُ عَلَى الْخُرُوجِ فَوَرَدَ نَحْنُ لِذَلِكَ كَارِهُونَ وَالامْرُ إِلَيْكَ قَالَ فَضَاقَ صَدْرِي وَاغْتَمَمْتُ وَكَتَبْتُ أَنَا مُقِيمٌ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ غَيْرَ أَنِّي مُغْتَمٌّ بِتَخَلُّفِي عَنِ الْحَجِّ فَوَقَّعَ لا يَضِيقَنَّ صَدْرُكَ فَإِنَّكَ سَتَحُجُّ مِنْ قَابِلٍ إِنْ شَاءَ الله قَالَ وَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنْ قَابِلٍ كَتَبْتُ أَسْتَأْذِنُ فَوَرَدَ الاذْنُ فَكَتَبْتُ أَنِّي عَادَلْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ الْعَبَّاسِ وَأَنَا وَاثِقٌ بِدِيَانَتِهِ وَصِيَانَتِهِ فَوَرَدَ الاسَدِيُّ نِعْمَ الْعَدِيلُ فَإِنْ قَدِمَ فَلا تَخْتَرْ عَلَيْهِ فَقَدِمَ الاسَدِيُّ وَعَادَلْتُهُ.

17. Ali has narrated from the one who narrated to him the following. “A boy was born to me. I wrote to him (al-Mahdi (a.s.) for his permission to give the baby a special bath for the ceremony on the seventh day of his birth. The answer came back and it said, “Do not do so.” The boy died on the seventh or the eighth day. I then wrote to him about the death of the boy. He wrote back to me, “He will be succeeded by another and an other. Let his name be ‘Ahmad’ and the name for the one after Ahmad will be Ja‘far.” It came to be as he had said.” The narrator has said, “I made preparation for the journey to Hajj, said farewell to the people and I was about to leave. The message came to me that said, “We do not like it but it is up to you.” I felt depressed and sad and I wrote, “I am steadfast to obey you commands and listen your words except that I feel for missing Hajj.” He then had signed (a note to me) that said, “Do be depressed. You will soon perform Hajj by the will of Allah.” The next year I wrote to ask his permission and the permission came. I then wrote that I have chosen Muhammad ibn al-‘Abbass as a ride sharing partner and that I trusted him for his religion and safety. The message that then came said, “Al-Asadi is a good ride sharing partner. If will come do not chose anyone else besides him. Al-Asadi came and I chose him as the ride sharing partner.”

18ـ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْعَلَوِيُّ قَالَ أَوْدَعَ الْمَجْرُوحُ مِرْدَاسَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ مَالاً لِلنَّاحِيَةِ وَكَانَ عِنْدَ مِرْدَاسٍ مَالٌ لِتَمِيمِ بْنِ حَنْظَلَةَ فَوَرَدَ عَلَى مِرْدَاسٍ أَنْفِذْ مَالَ تَمِيمٍ مَعَ مَا أَوْدَعَكَ الشِّيرَازِيُّ.

18. Al-Hassan ibn Ali al-‘Alawi has said the following. “Al-Majruh left a certain amount of commodities that was of the dues to the holy location with Mirdas ibn Ali. With Mirdas there was already such commodities that Yatim ibn Hanzala had left. Amessage came to Mirdas and it said, “Send (to us) the commodities of Yatim and whatever al-Shirazi (Majruh) has left with you.”

19ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عِيسَى الْعُرَيْضِيِّ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ لَمَّا مَضَى أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) وَرَدَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ مِصْرَ بِمَالٍ إِلَى مَكَّةَ لِلنَّاحِيَةِ فَاخْتُلِفَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ إِنَّ أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) مَضَى مِنْ غَيْرِ خَلَفٍ وَالْخَلَفُ جَعْفَرٌ وَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ مَضَى أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ خَلَفٍ فَبَعَثَ رَجُلاً يُكَنَّى بِأَبِي طَالِبٍ فَوَرَدَ الْعَسْكَرَ وَمَعَهُ كِتَابٌ فَصَارَ إِلَى جَعْفَرٍ وَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ بُرْهَانٍ فَقَالَ لا يَتَهَيَّأُ فِي هَذَا الْوَقْتِ فَصَارَ إِلَى الْبَابِ وَأَنْفَذَ الْكِتَابَ إِلَى أَصْحَابِنَا فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِ آجَرَكَ الله فِي صَاحِبِكَ فَقَدْ مَاتَ وَأَوْصَى بِالْمَالِ الَّذِي كَانَ مَعَهُ إِلَى ثِقَةٍ لِيَعْمَلَ فِيهِ بِمَا يَجِبُ وَأُجِيبَ عَنْ كِتَابِهِ.

19. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from al-Hassan ibn ‘Isa al-‘Uraydi abu Muhammad who has said the following. “When abu Muhammad (a.s.) passed away a man from Egypt came to Makk with a certain amount of commodities that were due to the holy location (office of the Imam (a.s.) People expressed different opinions on the issue. Certain persons said, “Abu Muhammad (a.s.) has passed away and has left no one behind as his successor. Ja‘far is his successor. Others said, “Abu Muhammad (a.s.) passed away and he left his successor behind.. A man called abu Talib was sent to the army camp (the city of Surra man Ra’a) with a letter. He went to see Ja‘far and ask him for the evidence to prove that he is the successor of abu Muhammad (a.s.), Ja‘far said, “It is not available at this time.” He then went to the door and gave the letter to our people and the response that came said, “We present our condolences to you for the death of your friend (the man from Egypt). He has died and he has a will in which he said that the commodities must be given to the trust worthy person to deal with in a proper manner. His letter was answered. When came back to Makka it was just the way he was informed by the holy location (the office of the Imam (a.s.) “

20ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَمَلَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ آبَةَ شَيْئاً يُوصِلُهُ وَنَسِيَ سَيْفاً بِ‏آبَةَ فَأَنْفَذَ مَا كَانَ مَعَهُ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ مَا خَبَرُ السَّيْفِ الَّذِي نَسِيتَهُ.

20. ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad said: A man from the people of Ābah carried something to deliver (to the office of the Imam (AS)), but forgot a sword in Ābah. He sent what he had with him (the delivery was made), and a letter was written to him, asking: "What about the sword that you forgot?"

21ـ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ خَفِيفٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ بَعَثَ بِخَدَمٍ إِلَى مَدِينَةِ الرَّسُولِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) وَمَعَهُمْ خَادِمَانِ وَكَتَبَ إِلَى خَفِيفٍ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ مَعَهُمْ فَخَرَجَ مَعَهُمْ فَلَمَّا وَصَلُوا إِلَى الْكُوفَةِ شَرِبَ أَحَدُ الْخَادِمَيْنِ مُسْكِراً فَمَا خَرَجُوا مِنَ الْكُوفَةِ حَتَّى وَرَدَ كِتَابٌ مِنَ الْعَسْكَرِ بِرَدِّ الْخَادِمِ الَّذِي شَرِبَ الْمُسْكِرَ وَعُزِلَ عَنِ الْخِدْمَةِ.

21. Al-Hassan ibn Khafif has narrated from his father who has said the following. “Imam al-Mahdi (a.s.) had sent certain servants to al-Madina of the Messenger of Allah and among them were two servants. He had written to Khafif to leave with them. He then left with them and they reached al-Kufa where one of the two servants had consumed alcohol. Before the would al-Kufa a letter came to them from the army camp (city of Surra man Ra’a) that said, “Send back the servant who has consumed alcohol and remove him from the service.”

22ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَلِيِّ بْنِ غِيَاثٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ أَوْصَى يَزِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الله بِدَابَّةٍ وَسَيْفٍ وَمَالٍ وَأُنْفِذَ ثَمَنُ الدَّابَّةِ وَغَيْرُ ذَلِكَ وَلَمْ يُبْعَثِ السَّيْفُ فَوَرَدَ كَانَ مَعَ مَا بَعَثْتُمْ سَيْفٌ فَلَمْ يَصِلْ أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ.

22. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Ahmad ibn abu Ali ibn Ghiyath from Ahmad ibn al-Hassan who has said the following. “ Yazid ibn ‘Abdallah has said in his will to sent a horse, a sword and certain other properties to holy location (office of the Imam (a.s.). The money from the sale of the horse and other properties were delivered to the holy location but the sword was forgotten. A message then came that said, “With the items that you sent there was a sword that has not reached us.” Or the message was in similar words.”

23ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ شَاذَانَ النَّيْسَابُورِيِّ قَالَ اجْتَمَعَ عِنْدِي خَمْسُمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ تَنْقُصُ عِشْرِينَ دِرْهَماً فَأَنِفْتُ أَنْ أَبْعَثَ بِخَمْسِمِائَةٍ تَنْقُصُ عِشْرِينَ دِرْهَماً فَوَزَنْتُ مِنْ عِنْدِي عِشْرِينَ دِرْهَماً وَبَعَثْتُهَا إِلَى الاسَدِيِّ وَلَمْ أَكْتُبْ مَا لِي فِيهَا فَوَرَدَ وَصَلَتْ خَمْسُمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ لَكَ مِنْهَا عِشْرُونَ دِرْهَماً.

23. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Shadhan al-Naysaburi who has said the following. “Five hundred Dirhams less twenty was collected with me. I decided to sent them but I did not like to send five hundred less twenty. I then added twenty Dirhams to it from my own money and sent them to al-Asadi without any mention of what was therein. The message that came to me said, “Five hundred Dirhams of which twenty were yours have reached (us).”

24ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الاشْعَرِيُّ قَالَ كَانَ يَرِدُ كِتَابُ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) فِي الاجْرَاءِ عَلَى الْجُنَيْدِ قَاتِلِ فَارِسَ وَأَبِي الْحَسَنِ وَآخَرَ فَلَمَّا مَضَى أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) وَرَدَ اسْتِئْنَافٌ مِنَ الصَّاحِبِ لاجْرَاءِ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ وَصَاحِبِهِ وَلَمْ يَرِدْ فِي أَمْرِ الْجُنَيْدِ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ قَالَ فَاغْتَمَمْتُ لِذَلِكَ فَوَرَدَ نَعْيُ الْجُنَيْدِ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ.

24. It is narrated from al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Ash‘ari who has said the following. “The letters of abu Muhammad (a.s.) would come about the matters related to al-Junayd, who killed Fars, abu al-Hassan and others. When he passed away letters about the issues related to abu al-Hassan and his friend continued coming from (Imam al-Mahdi (a.s.) but there was no mention of al-Junayd. I became depressed about it. Thereafter, the news of the death of al-Junayd reached us.”