Al-Kāfi

أَبَانٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي الْعَلَاءِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) يَقُولُ دِرْعُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ (صلى الله عليه وآله) ذَاتُ الْفُضُولِ لَهَا حَلْقَتَانِ مِنْ وَرِقٍ فِي مُقَدَّمِهَا وَ حَلْقَتَانِ مِنْ وَرِقٍ فِي مُؤَخَّرِهَا وَ قَالَ لَبِسَهَا عَلِيٌّ (عليه السلام) يَوْمَ الْجَمَلِ.

511. Aban, from Yahya Bin Abu Al-A’la who said: I heard Abu Abdullah (asws) saying: ‘The armour of the Rasool Allah (saww), Zat Al-Fuzoul had two rings of foil in front of it, and two rings of foil at the back of it’. And said; ‘Ali (asws) wore it on the Day of Al-Jamal’.

أَبَانٌ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) قَالَ شَدَّ عَلِيٌّ (عليه السلام) عَلَى بَطْنِهِ يَوْمَ الْجَمَلِ بِعِقَالٍ أَبْرَقَ نَزَلَ بِهِ جَبْرَئِيلُ (عليه السلام) مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (صلى الله عليه وآله) يَشُدُّ بِهِ عَلَى بَطْنِهِ إِذَا لَبِسَ الدِّرْعَ.

512. Aban, from Yaqoub Bin Shuayb, who has said: Abu Abdullah (asws) has said: ‘Ali (asws) tightened a glimmering belt around his (asws) abdomen on the Day of Al-Jamal which Jibraeel (as) had descended with from the sky, and the Rasool Allah (saww) used to wear it around his (saww) abdomen whenever he (saww) wore the armour’.

أَبَانٌ عَنِ الْفُضَيْلِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عليه السلام) قَالَ إِنَّ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ لِلْمِقْدَادِ أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ لَتَنْتَهِيَنَّ أَوْ لَأَرُدَّنَّكَ إِلَى رَبِّكَ الْأَوَّلِ قَالَ فَلَمَّا حَضَرَتِ الْمِقْدَادَ الْوَفَاةُ قَالَ لِعَمَّارٍ أَبْلِغْ عُثْمَانَ عَنِّي أَنِّي قَدْ رُدِدْتُ إِلَى رَبِّيَ الْأَوَّلِ.

513. Aban, from al-Fuhdayl Bin Yasaar, who has said: Abu Ja’far (a.s.) has said: ‘Uthman said to Al-Miqdad (RA), ‘By Allah (azwj), stop insulting me or I will return you to your First Lord (azwj)’. He said: ‘So when the death presented itself to Al-Miqdad (RA), he said to Ammar, ‘Tell Uthman about me that I have returned to my First Lord (azwj)'".

أَبَانٌ عَنْ فُضَيْلٍ وَ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) قَالَ لَمَّا حَضَرَ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ أُسَامَةَ الْمَوْتُ دَخَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ بَنُو هَاشِمٍ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ قَدْ عَرَفْتُمْ قَرَابَتِي وَ مَنْزِلَتِي مِنْكُمْ وَ عَلَيَّ دَيْنٌ فَأُحِبُّ أَنْ تَضْمَنُوهُ عَنِّي فَقَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ (عليه السلام) أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ ثُلُثُ دَيْنِكَ عَلَيَّ ثُمَّ سَكَتَ وَ سَكَتُوا فَقَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ (عليه السلام) عَلَيَّ دَيْنُكَ كُلُّهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ (عليه السلام) أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَمْنَعْنِي أَنْ أَضْمَنَهُ أَوَّلًا إِلَّا كَرَاهِيَةَ أَنْ يَقُولُوا سَبَقَنَا.

514. Aban, from Fazeyl and Ubeyd, who has said: Abu Abdullah (asws) has said: ‘When the death presented itself to Muhammad Bin Usama, the Clan of Hashim (as) came up to him. So he said to them, ‘You have recognised my being near in relations to you, and my status among you, and I have a debt upon me so I would love it if you could take the responsibility of it from me’. So Ali (asws) Bin Al-Husayn (asws) said: ‘By Allah (azwj), a third of your debt is upon me (asws)’, then he (asws) was quiet and they remained quiet. So Ali (asws) Bin Al-Husayn (asws) said: ‘Upon me (asws) is all of your debt’. Then Ali (asws) Bin Al-Husayn (asws) said: ‘But what prevented me (asws) from assuming the responsibility of all of his debts at first was the abhorrence that they would say, ‘He (asws) preceded us for it’.

أَبَانٌ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) قَالَ كَانَتْ نَاقَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ (صلى الله عليه وآله) الْقَصْوَاءُ إِذَا نَزَلَ عَنْهَا عَلَّقَ عَلَيْهَا زِمَامَهَا قَالَ فَتَخْرُجُ فَتَأْتِي الْمُسْلِمِينَ قَالَ فَيُنَاوِلُهَا الرَّجُلُ الشَّيْ‏ءَ وَ يُنَاوِلُهُ هَذَا الشَّيْ‏ءَ فَلَا تَلْبَثُ أَنْ تَشْبَعَ قَالَ فَأَدْخَلَتْ رَأْسَهَا فِي خِبَاءِ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدَبٍ فَتَنَاوَلَ عَنَزَةً فَضَرَبَ بِهَا عَلَى رَأْسِهَا فَشَجَّهَا فَخَرَجَتْ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ (صلى الله عليه وآله) فَشَكَتْهُ.

515. Aban, from Abu Baseer, who has narrated the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) having said: ‘Whenever the Rasool Allah (saww) descended from his (saww) she-camel Al-Qaswa, he (saww) would leave its reins upon it. It would go out and come to the Muslims. So this man would give it something, and that man would give it something. So it would not remain without (its hunger) is being satisfied. It entered its head in a tent of Samarat Bin Jundab, so he took hold of a stick and struck it upon its head. So he scratched it. So it went out to the Prophet (saww) and complained to him (saww)’.

أَبَانٌ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) قَالَ إِنَّ مَرْيَمَ (عليها السلام) حَمَلَتْ بِعِيسَى (عليه السلام) تِسْعَ سَاعَاتٍ كُلُّ سَاعَةٍ شَهْراً.

516. Aban, from a man, who said: Abu Abdullah (asws) has said that: ‘Maryam (as) carried (in her (as)) Isa (as) for nine hours, each hour for a month’.

أَبَانٌ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) إِنَّ الْمُغِيرِيَّةَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ هَذَا الْيَوْمَ لِهَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ الْمُسْتَقْبَلَةِ فَقَالَ كَذَبُوا هَذَا الْيَوْمُ لِلَّيْلَةِ الْمَاضِيَةِ إِنَّ أَهْلَ بَطْنِ نَخْلَةَ حَيْثُ رَأَوُا الْهِلَالَ قَالُوا قَدْ دَخَلَ الشَّهْرُ الْحَرَامُ.

517. Aban, from Umar Bin Yazeed who said: I said to Abu Abdullah (asws) that: ‘Al-Mugheira (and his people) are alleging that this day is for the night that approaches it’. So he (asws) said: ‘They lie! This day today is for the night that has passed. The people of Al-Nakhla, when they see the crescent say, ‘The Sacred Month has entered’.

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ سَلَّارٍ أَبِي عَمْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ الثَّقَفِيِّ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ يَاسِرٍ قَالَ بَيْنَا أَنَا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ (صلى الله عليه وآله) إِذْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (صلى الله عليه وآله) إِنَّ الشِّيعَةَ الْخَاصَّةَ الْخَالِصَةَ مِنَّا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَرِّفْنَاهُمْ حَتَّى نَعْرِفَهُمْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مَا قُلْتُ لَكُمْ إِلَّا وَ أَنَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُخْبِرَكُمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (صلى الله عليه وآله) أَنَا الدَّلِيلُ عَلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ عَلِيٌّ نَصْرُ الدِّينِ وَ مَنَارُهُ أَهْلُ الْبَيْتِ وَ هُمُ الْمَصَابِيحُ الَّذِينَ يُسْتَضَاءُ بِهِمْ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَلْبُهُ مُوَافِقاً لِهَذَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (صلى الله عليه وآله) مَا وُضِعَ الْقَلْبُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْمَوْضِعِ إِلَّا لِيُوَافِقَ أَوْ لِيُخَالِفَ فَمَنْ كَانَ قَلْبُهُ مُوَافِقاً لَنَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ كَانَ نَاجِياً وَ مَنْ كَانَ قَلْبُهُ مُخَالِفاً لَنَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ كَانَ هَالِكاً.

518. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ali Bin Sallar Abu Umrat, from Abu Maryam Al-Saqafy, from Ammar Bin Yasser who said: Whilst I was in the presence of the Rasool Allah (saww), when the Rasool Allah (saww) said that: ‘The Shites,the special ones, the sincere ones are from us (asws) the People (asws) of the Household’. So Umar said, ‘O Rasool Allah (saww), introduce them until we recognise them’. So the Rasool Allah (saww) said: ‘I (saww) am not saying to you except that I (saww) want to inform you’. Then the Rasool Allah (saww) said: ‘I (saww) am the Guide to Allah (azwj) and Ali (asws) is the support of the Religion, and its beacons are the People (asws) of the Household, and they (asws) are the Lights of the Religion by whom (asws) it is illuminated’. So Umar said, ‘O Rasool Allah (saww), so the one whose heart is not compatible with this?’ So the Rasool Allah (saww) said: ‘The heart has not been placed in that place except that it is either compatible with it or it is opposed to it. So the one whose heart is compatible with us (asws) the People (asws) of the Household, would be the saved one, and the one whose heart was opposed to us (asws) the People (asws) of the Household, would be destroyed’.

أَحْمَدُ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ قُتَيْبَةَ الْأَعْشَى قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) يَقُولُ عَادَيْتُمْ فِينَا الْآبَاءَ وَ الْأَبْنَاءَ وَ الْأَزْوَاجَ وَ ثَوَابُكُمْ عَلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَمَا إِنَّ أَحْوَجَ مَا تَكُونُونَ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ الْأَنْفُسُ إِلَى هَذِهِ وَ أَوْمَأَ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى حَلْقِهِ.

519. Ahmad, from Ali Bin Al-Hakam, from Quteyba Al-A’ashy who said: I heard Abu Abdullah (asws) saying: ‘You have antagonised your fathers, and your sons, and your wives with regards to us (asws), and your Reward is upon Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic. But rather, it would be most needed when you are in a state when your souls reach to here’ – and he (asws) gestured by his (asws) hand to his (asws) throat’.

عَنْهُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ الْحَمَّارِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ قَالَ اسْتَأْذَنَّا عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) أَنَا وَ الْحَارِثُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ النَّصْرِيُّ وَ مَنْصُورٌ الصَّيْقَلُ فَوَاعَدْنَا دَارَ طَاهِرٍ مَوْلَاهُ فَصَلَّيْنَا الْعَصْرَ ثُمَّ رُحْنَا إِلَيْهِ فَوَجَدْنَاهُ مُتَّكِئاً عَلَى سَرِيرٍ قَرِيبٍ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ فَجَلَسْنَا حَوْلَهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَوَى جَالِساً ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ حَتَّى وَضَعَ قَدَمَيْهِ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي ذَهَبَ النَّاسُ يَمِيناً وَ شِمَالًا فِرْقَةٌ مُرْجِئَةٌ وَ فِرْقَةٌ خَوَارِجُ وَ فِرْقَةٌ قَدَرِيَّةٌ وَ سُمِّيتُمْ أَنْتُمُ التُّرَابِيَّةَ ثُمَّ قَالَ بِيَمِينٍ مِنْهُ أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ مَا هُوَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ وَ آلُ رَسُولِهِ (صلى الله عليه وآله) وَ شِيعَتُهُمْ كَرَّمَ اللَّهُ وُجُوهَهُمْ وَ مَا كَانَ سِوَى ذَلِكَ فَلَا كَانَ عَلِيٌّ وَ اللَّهِ أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِالنَّاسِ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ (صلى الله عليه وآله) يَقُولُهَا ثَلَاثاً.

520. From him, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali, from Dawood Bin Suleyman Al-Hammaar, from Saeed Bin Yasaar who said: We sought permission to see Abu Abdullah (asws), I, and Al-Haris Bin Al-Mugheira Al-Nasry, and Mansour Al-Sayaqal. So we agreed to meet at the house of Tahir, his (asws) slave. So we Prayed Al-Asr, then we went to him (asws). We found him (asws) leaning against a bed near to the ground. So we seated ourselves around him (asws). Then he (asws) sat upright and stretched his (asws) legs until he (asws) placed his (asws) feet upon the ground, then said: ‘The Praise is due to Allah (azwj) Who Made the people to go to the right and left as a Murjiite sect, and a Khwarijite sect, and a Qadiriyya sect, and you have been named as the Turabiyya’. Then said to the one seated on his (asws) right: ‘And Allah (azwj), there is no god except for Him (azwj), One with no associates to Him (azwj), and His (azwj) Messenger (saww), and the Progeny (asws) of His (azwj) Messenger (saww) and their (asws) Shites, may Allah (azwj) honour their faces, and he who was not upon that was not upon anything. By Allah (azwj), Ali (asws) was higher to the people than their own selves after the Rasool Allah (saww)’. He (asws) said it thrice’.