Al-Kāfi

48- عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَمَّنْ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِي الْمِقْدَامِ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ حَضِيرَةَ الأزْدِيِّ قَالَ وَجَدَ رَجُلٌ رِكَازاً عَلَى عَهْدِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) فَابْتَاعَهُ أَبِي مِنْهُ بِثَلاثِمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ وَمِائَةِ شَاةٍ مُتْبِعٍ فَلامَتْهُ أُمِّي وَقَالَتْ أَخَذْتَ هَذِهِ بِثَلاثِمِائَةِ شَاةٍ أَوْلادُهَا مِائَةٌ وَأَنْفُسُهَا مِائَةٌ وَمَا فِي بُطُونِهَا مِائَةٌ قَالَ فَنَدِمَ أَبِي فَانْطَلَقَ لِيَسْتَقِيلَهُ فَأَبَى عَلَيْهِ الرَّجُلُ فَقَالَ خُذْ مِنِّي عَشْرَ شِيَاهٍ خُذْ مِنِّي عِشْرِينَ شَاةً فَأَعْيَاهُ فَأَخَذَ أَبِي الرِّكَازَ وَأَخْرَجَ مِنْهُ قِيمَةَ أَلْفِ شَاةٍ فَأَتَاهُ الآخَرُ فَقَالَ خُذْ غَنَمَكَ وَائْتِنِي مَا شِئْتَ فَأَبَى فَعَالَجَهُ فَأَعْيَاهُ فَقَالَ لأضِرَّنَّ بِكَ فَاسْتَعْدَى إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) عَلَى أَبِي فَلَمَّا قَصَّ أَبِي عَلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) أَمْرَهُ قَالَ لِصَاحِبِ الرِّكَازِ أَدِّ خُمُسَ مَا أَخَذْتَ فَإِنَّ الْخُمُسَ عَلَيْكَ فَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الَّذِي وَجَدْتَ الرِّكَازَ وَلَيْسَ عَلَى الآخَرِ شَيْ‏ءٌ لأنَّهُ إِنَّمَا أَخَذَ ثَمَنَ غَنَمِهِ.

48. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn abu ‘Abd Allah from his father from those who narrated to him from ‘Amr ibn abu al-Miqdam from al-Harith ibn Hadirah al-Azdiy who has said the following: “A man during the time of ’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), had found a treasure and my father bought it from him for three hundred dirham and one hundred sheep followed by their young; and my mother blamed him for it, saying, ‘You have bought it for three hundred sheep; one hundred of their young, one hundred sheep and one hundred in their womb.’ My father regretted and went to ask for a reduced price. He refused and said, ‘Take from me ten sheep, take from me twenty sheep’ and made him tired. My father then took the treasure and made a price for one thousand sheep from it. The other man came back and said, ‘Take your sheep back and give me whatever you like.’ But he refused. He tried until he was exhausted and said, ‘I can harm you.’ He complained before ’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), against my father. When my father told his side of the story before ’Amir al- Mu’minin (a.s.), he (the Imam) said to the owner of treasure, ‘Pay one-fifth of what you have received because it is on you as the finder of the treasure and there is nothing on him because he has taken the price of his sheep.’”

49- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ مَسْعَدَةَ بْنِ صَدَقَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ سُئِلَ رَجُلٌ لَهُ مَالٌ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ قِبَلِ عِينَةٍ عَيَّنَهَا إِيَّاهُ فَلَمَّا حَلَّ عَلَيْهِ الْمَالُ لَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدَهُ مَا يُعْطِيهِ فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يُقَلِّبَ عَلَيْهِ وَيَرْبَحَ أَيَبِيعُهُ لُؤْلُؤاً وَغَيْرَ ذَلِكَ مَا يَسْوَى مِائَةَ دِرْهَمٍ بِأَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ وَيُؤَخِّرَهُ قَالَ لا بَأْسَ بِذَلِكَ قَدْ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ أَبِي رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَفْعَلَ ذَلِكَ فِي شَيْ‏ءٍ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ.

49. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Harun ibn Muslim from Mas’adah ibn Sadaqah who has said the following: “Once abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), was asked about the case of a man to whom another man owed a certain amount of assets because of ‘Aynah deal. When payment time was due he did not have anything to pay so he wanted to turn it over on him for profit; if he can sell a pearl or something else worth a hundred dirham for a thousand so he can defer payment. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not unlawful because my father, may Allah be pleased with him, had done so and he commanded me to do so because of something that he owed.’”

50- عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ [عَنْ] أَبِي عَمْرٍو الْحَذَّاءِ قَالَ سَاءَتْ حَالِي فَكَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) فَكَتَبَ إِلَيَّ أَدِمْ قِرَاءَةَ إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنا نُوحاً إِلى‏ قَوْمِهِ قَالَ فَقَرَأْتُهَا حَوْلا فَلَمْ أَرَ شَيْئاً فَكَتَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ أُخْبِرُهُ بِسُوءِ حَالِي وَأَنِّي قَدْ قَرَأْتُ إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنا نُوحاً إِلى‏ قَوْمِهِ حَوْلا كَمَا أَمَرْتَنِي وَلَمْ أَرَ شَيْئاً قَالَ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيَّ قَدْ وَفَى لَكَ الْحَوْلُ فَانْتَقِلْ مِنْهَا إِلَى قِرَاءَةِ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ قَالَ فَفَعَلْتُ فَمَا كَانَ إِلا يَسِيراً حَتَّى بَعَثَ إِلَيَّ ابْنُ أَبِي دَاوُدَ فَقَضَى عَنِّي دَيْنِي وَأَجْرَى عَلَيَّ وَعَلَى عِيَالِي وَوَجَّهَنِي إِلَى الْبَصْرَةِ فِي وَكَالَتِهِ بِبَابِ كَلاءَ وَأَجْرَى عَلَيَّ خَمْسَمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ وَكَتَبْتُ مِنَ الْبَصْرَةِ عَلَى يَدَيْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ إِلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) إِنِّي كُنْتُ سَأَلْتُ أَبَاكَ عَنْ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَشَكَوْتُ إِلَيْهِ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَإِنِّي قَدْ نِلْتُ الَّذِي أَحْبَبْتُ فَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ تُخْبِرَنِي يَا مَوْلايَ كَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ فِي قِرَاءَةِ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ أَقْتَصِرُ عَلَيْهَا وَحْدَهَا فِي فَرَائِضِي وَغَيْرِهَا أَمْ أَقْرَأُ مَعَهَا غَيْرَهَا أَمْ لَهَا حَدٌّ أَعْمَلُ بِهِ فَوَقَّعَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) وَقَرَأْتُ التَّوْقِيعَ لا تَدَعْ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ قَصِيرَهُ وَطَوِيلَهُ وَيُجْزِئُكَ مِنْ قِرَاءَةِ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ يَوْمَكَ وَلَيْلَتَكَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ.

50. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ali ibn Sulayman from Ahmad ibn al-Fadl (from) abu ‘Amr al- Hadhdha’ who has said the following: “I faced a difficult condition and wrote to abu Ja‘far (a.s.), about it and he (the Imam) wrote to me, ‘Continue reading, “We sent Noah to his people ... to the end.’” (Chapter 71) I read it for one year but did not see any change. I wrote to him again to inform him (the Imam) of my difficult condition and that I have been reading the Chapter for one year as the Imam had instructed and that I did not experience any change. He (the Imam) then wrote to me saying, ‘One year is passed, now read Chapter 97.’ I then read it for a very short time that ibn abu Dawud sent me something and paid off my debts and sent me and my family to al-Basrah as an agent to Bab Kala’ (name of a place) with a salary of five hundred dirham; and from al-Basra I wrote through Ali ibn Mahziyar to abu al-Hassan (a.s.), explaining, ‘I had written to your father about so and so issues and had complained against so and so matters, I have found what I liked. I like to ask you about what I should do about reading Chapter 97, if I must continue reading it in my obligatory Salat (prayer) and others or there is a limit of time for it.’ He (the Imam) signed the answer and I read the signature that said, ‘You must not leave from Quran, short or long passages. Of Chapter 97 it is enough to read one hundred times in one day and night.’”

51- سَهْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ سَهْلٍ قَالَ كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) إِنِّي قَدْ لَزِمَنِي دَيْنٌ فَادِحٌ فَكَتَبَ أَكْثِرْ مِنَ الاسْتِغْفَارِ وَرَطِّبْ لِسَانَكَ بِقِرَاءَةِ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ.

51. Sahl ibn Ziyad has narrated from Mansur ibn al-‘Abbas from ‘Isma’il ibn Sahl who has said the following: “I once wrote to abu Ja‘far (a.s.), and said, ‘Debts are holding me down and they are heavy.’ He (the Imam) wrote to me, ‘Ask forgiveness from Allah a great deal and moisten you tongue by reading, “Inna Anzalna” Chapter 97.’”

52- سَهْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَقْطِينٍ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ الْمَدَائِنِيِّ عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِهِ فَرَأَى عَلَيْهِ قَمِيصاً فِيهِ قَبٌّ قَدْ رَقَعَهُ فَجَعَلَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) مَا لَكَ تَنْظُرُ فَقَالَ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ قَبٌّ يُلْقَى فِي قَمِيصِكَ فَقَالَ لَهُ اضْرِبْ يَدَكَ إِلَى هَذَا الْكِتَابِ فَاقْرَأْ مَا فِيهِ وَكَانَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ كِتَابٌ أَوْ قَرِيبٌ مِنْهُ فَنَظَرَ الرَّجُلُ فِيهِ فَإِذَا فِيهِ لا إِيمَانَ لِمَنْ لا حَيَاءَ لَهُ وَلا مَالَ لِمَنْ لا تَقْدِيرَ لَهُ وَلا جَدِيدَ لِمَنْ لا خَلَقَ لَهُ.

52. Sahl ibn Ziyad has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa ibn ‘Ubayd from al-Hassan ibn Ali ibn Yaqtin from al-Fadl ibn Kathir al- Mada’iniy from those whom he has mentioned who has said the following: “Once a certain person of the followers of abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), came to visit him (the Imam) and he saw his shirt had a patch on it, so he kept looking at it. Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), asked, ‘Why are you looking?’ He replied, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, there is a patch on your shirt.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Pick up this book and read what is there’ - there was a book in front of him (the Imam) or nearby. The man looked in the book and it was written there, ‘One who does not feel shy has no faith, one who does not plan has no wealth and one who does not have anything old cannot have anything new.’”

53- أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأشْعَرِيُّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْكُوفِيِّ عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ مَعْرُوفٍ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ مَنْدَلِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْعَنْزِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُطَرِّفٍ عَنْ مِسْمَعٍ عَنِ الأصْبَغِ بْنِ نُبَاتَةَ قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) إِذَا غَضِبَ اللهُ عَلَى أُمَّةٍ وَلَمْ يُنْزِلْ بِهَا الْعَذَابَ غَلَتْ أَسْعَارُهَا وَقَصُرَتْ أَعْمَارُهَا وَلَمْ تَرْبَحْ تُجَّارُهَا وَلَمْ تَزْكُ ثِمَارُهَا وَلَمْ تَغْزُرْ أَنْهَارُهَا وَحُبِسَ عَنْهَا أَمْطَارُهَا وَسُلِّطَ عَلَيْهَا شِرَارُهَا.

53. Abu Ali al-Ash’ariy has narrated from al-Hassan ibn Ali al-Kufiy from al-‘Abbas ibn Ma’ruf from a man from Mandal ibn Ali al-‘Anziy from Muhammad ibn Mutarrif from Misma’ from al-Asbagh ibn Nubatah who has said the following: “’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, has said, ‘When Allah becomes angry with a people on whom He has not sent any suffering, He makes their prices to become costly, shortens their life span, takes away profit from their trade, their fruits do not become clean, their canals do not over-flow and He withholds their rain and makes their wicked ones to dominate them.’”

54- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَمَّنْ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ قَدِمَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ بِإِبِلٍ لَهُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ بِعْ لِي إِبِلِي هَذِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) لَسْتُ بِبَيَّاعٍ فِي الأسْوَاقِ قَالَ فَأَشِرْ عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ لَهُ بِعْ هَذَا الْجَمَلَ بِكَذَا وَبِعْ هَذِهِ النَّاقَةَ بِكَذَا حَتَّى وَصَفَ لَهُ كُلَّ بَعِيرٍ مِنْهَا فَخَرَجَ الأعْرَابِيُّ إِلَى السُّوقِ فَبَاعَهَا ثُمَّ جَاءَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) فَقَالَ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ مَا زَادَتْ دِرْهَماً وَلا نَقَصَتْ دِرْهَماً مِمَّا قُلْتَ لِي فَاسْتَهْدِنِي يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ لا قَالَ بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يُكَلِّمُهُ حَتَّى قَالَ لَهُ أَهْدِ لَنَا نَاقَةً وَلا تَجْعَلْهَا وَلْهَى.

54. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Ibrahim ibn ‘Abd al-Hamid from Mus‘ab ibn ‘Abd Allah al- Nawfaliy from the one who has narrated in a marfu’ manner who has said the following: “Once an Arab came on his camel in the time of the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, sell my (herd of) camels for me.’ The Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, said, ‘I am not a camel seller in the market.’ He then said, ‘Give me an idea.’ The Messenger of Allah said, ‘Sell this he-camel for so and so much and this she-camel for so and so much until he (the Messenger of Allah) explained for him about every camel there. The Arab man went to the market and sold them. He then came back to the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, and said, ‘I swear by the One who has sent you with truth, not one dirham was less or more than what you had said it was, so accept my gift, O Messenger of Allah.’ He (the Messenger of Allah) said, ‘No, I do not accept.’ He said, ‘Yes, O Messenger of Allah, accept it.’ They continued speaking until he (the Messenger of Allah) said, ‘You must give us a she-camel as a gift and you must not separate it from its young.’”

55- عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ زَكَرِيَّا الْخَزَّازِ عَنْ يَحْيَى الْحَذَّاءِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأبِي الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) رُبَّمَا اشْتَرَيْتُ الشَّيْ‏ءَ بِحَضْرَةِ أَبِي فَأَرَى مِنْهُ مَا أَغْتَمُّ بِهِ فَقَالَ تَنَكَّبْهُ وَلا تَشْتَرِ بِحَضْرَتِهِ فَإِذَا كَانَ لَكَ عَلَى رَجُلٍ حَقٌّ فَقُلْ لَهُ فَلْيَكْتُبْ وَكَتَبَ فُلانُ بْنُ فُلانٍ بِخَطِّهِ وَأَشْهَدَ اللهَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ وَكَفَى بِاللهِ شَهِيداً فَإِنَّهُ يُقْضَى فِي حَيَاتِهِ أَوْ بَعْدَ وَفَاتِهِ.

55. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ya’qub Yazid from Zakariya’ al-Khazzaz from Yahya al-Hadhdha’ who has said the following: “I once said to abu al-Hassan ‘Alayhi al-Salam, ‘I may buy certain things in the presence of my father and I see certain things in him that make me depressed.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Avoid buying in his presence. When you have a right on a man say to him, “Write down, ‘So and so has written in his handwriting, assigning Allah as witness upon himself and Allah is sufficient witness.’” He will certainly pay in his life time or after his death.’”

56- سَهْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ بِلالٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ بَسَّامٍ الْجَمَّالِ قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ الصَّيْرَفِيِّ فَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ يَطْلُبُ غَلَّةً بِدِينَارٍ وَكَانَ قَدْ أَغْلَقَ بَابَ الْحَانُوتِ وَخَتَمَ الْكِيسَ فَأَعْطَاهُ غَلَّةً بِدِينَارٍ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ وَيْحَكَ يَا إِسْحَاقُ رُبَّمَا حَمَلْتُ لَكَ مِنَ السَّفِينَةِ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي تَرَى كَانَ لِي هَذَا لَكِنِّي سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) يَقُولُ مَنِ اسْتَقَلَّ قَلِيلَ الرِّزْقِ حُرِمَ كَثِيرَهُ ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ يَا إِسْحَاقُ لا تَسْتَقِلَّ قَلِيلَ الرِّزْقِ فَتُحْرَمَ كَثِيرَهُ.

56. Sahl ibn Ziyad has narrated from Ali ibn Bilal from al-Hassan ibn Bassam al-Jammal who has said the following: “I once was with Ishaq ibn ‘ Ammar al-Sayrafiy when a man came and he wanted something for a dinar but he had closed the shop and had sealed the sack. He then gave him the item for a dinar. I then said, ‘Fie on you, O Ishaq! I could have picked up for you a hundred thousand dirham from the ship.’ He said to me, ‘I had the same attitude but I heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), saying, “Whoever belittles a small amount of sustenance is deprived of its greater amount.” Then he (the Imam) turned to me and said, “O Ishaq, do not belittle small amounts of sustenance; otherwise, you will be deprived of its greater amount.’””

57- حُمَيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ الْمِنْقَرِيِّ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ إِنَّ مِنَ الرِّزْقِ مَا يُيَبِّسُ الْجِلْدَ عَلَى الْعَظْمِ.

57. Humayd ibn Ziyad has narrated from ‘Ubayd Allah ibn Ahmad Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from al-Husayn ibn Ahmad al-Minqariy from Zurarah who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Earning certain kinds of sustenance dries up one’s skin on his bones (very hard to earn).”’