Part 3: On Three-Numbered Characteristics
The Three Types of Affairs
3-189 حدثنا أبي رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا محمد بن يحيى العطار قال: حدثني الحسين بن إسحاق التاجر، عن علي بن مهزيار، عن الحسن بن سعيد، عن الحارث بن الاحول صاحب الطاق، عن جميل بن صالح، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله في حديث طويل:الامور ثلاثة أمر تبين لك رشده فاتبعه، وأمر تبين لك غيه فاجتنبه، وأمر اختلف فيه فرده إلى الله عز وجل
3-189 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar quoted on the authority of Al-Hussein ibn Ishaq al-Tajir, on the authority of Ali ibn Mahzyar, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Sa’id, on the authority of Al-Harith ibn Al-Ahval Sahib al-Taq Muhammad ibn Ali ibn al-No’man), on the authority of Jamil ibn Salih, on the authority of Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) that God’s Prophet (MGB) said as part of a long narration, “There are three types of affairs: ones that are clearly right and you can follow; ones that are clearly wrong and you should avoid; and ones that are doubtful which you must leave up to God.”
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The Three Thieves
3-190 حدثنا محمد بن الحسن رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا محمد بن يحيى العطار، عن محمد بن أحمد قال: حدثني أبوعبد الله الرازي، عن علي بن سليمان بن رشيد، عن الحسن بن علي بن يقطين، عن يونس بن عبدالرحمن، عن إسماعيل بن كثير بن بسام قال: قال أبوعبد الله عليه السلام: السراق ثلاثة: مانع الزكاة، ومستحل مهور النساء، وكذلك من استدان دينا ولم ينو قضاءه
3-190 Muhammad ibn al-Hassan - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Ahmad, on the authority of Abu Abdullah al-Razi, on the authority of Ali ibn Suleiman ibn Rashid, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Ali ibn Yaqtayn, on the authority of Yunus ibn Abdul-Rahman, on the authority of Isma’il ibn Kasir ibn Basam that Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) said, “There are three groups of thieves: those that block the payment of the alms-tax; those who consider it right to devour their wife’s nuptial gift; and those who borrow money and plan not to return it.”
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There Are Three Groups of Angels
3-191 حدثنا أبي رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن محمد ابن عيسى، عن الحسن بن محبوب، عن محمد بن طلحة بإسناده يرفعه إلى النبي صلى الله عليه وآله قال:الملائكة على ثلاثة أجزاء، فجزء لهم جناحان، وجزء لهم ثلاثة أجنحة، وجزء لهم أربعة أجنحة
3-191 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of al-Hassan ibn Mahboob, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Talha who linked it up through a chain of narrators to the Prophet (MGB), “There are three groups of angels. One group of angels has two wings. Another group of angels has three wings. And a third group of angels has four wings.”
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Three Groups of Jinn and Three Groups of Men
3-192 حدثنا محمد بن موسى بن المتوكل رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا عبد الله بن جعفر الحميري، عن أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى، عن الحسن بن محبوب، عمن ذكره، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال:الجن على ثلاثة أجزاء، فجزء مع الملائكة، وجزء يطيرون في الهواء، وجزء كلاب وحيات، والانس على ثلاثة أجزاء، فجزء تحت ظل العرش يوم لا ظل إلا ظله، وجزء عليهم الحساب والعذاب، وجزء وجوههم وجوه الآدميين وقلوبهم قلوب الشياطين
3-192 Muhammad ibn Musa ibn al-Mutevakil - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Abdullah ibn Ja’far al-Homayry quoted on Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Mahboob, on the authority of someone who narrated on the authority of Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB), “There are three groups of genies: those with the angels; those with the birds flying in the sky; and those with dogs and snakes. There are three groups of men: those who will be in the Shade of the Throne on the Day in which there is no shade except for His Shade; those for whom there shall be a Reckoning and punishment; and those whose faces are that of the people, but their hearts are that of the Satans.”
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You Should Not Stand to Pray behind Three People
3-193 حدثنا أبي رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن محمد بن عيسى ابن عبيد، عن الحسن علي بن يقطين، عن عمرو بن إبراهيم، عن خلف بن حماد، عن رجل من أصحابنا نسي الحسن بن علي اسمه عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال:ثلاثة لا يصلى خلفهم: المجهول، والغالي وإن كان يقول بقولك، والمجاهر بالفسق وإن كان مقتصدا
3-193 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Muhammad ibn Isa ibn Ubayd, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Ali ibn Yaqtayn, on the authority of Amr ibn Ibrahim, on the authority of Khalaf ibn Himmad, on the authority of one of our companions called al-Hassan ibn Ali, on the authority of Abi As-Sadiq Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB), “You should not stand to pray behind three people: an unfamiliar person; someone who ascribes certain boastful attributes to the Divine Leaders, even if he expresses the same beliefs as you do; and one who is corrupt even if he is not boastful about the Divine Leaders.”
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Three Things Make You Obese and Three Things Make You Thin
3-194 حدثنا أبي رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا محمد بن يحيى العطار، عن محمد ابن أحمد، عن موسى بن عمر، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن معاوية بن عمار، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال:ثلاثة يسمن، وثلاثة يهزلن، فأما التي يسمن فادمان الحمام، وشم الرائحة الطيبة، ولبس الثياب اللينة، وأما التي يهزلن فإدمان أكل البيض والسمك والطلعقال مصنف هذا الكتاب رضي الله عنه: يعني بادمان الحمام أن يدخله يوم ويوم لا، فانه إن دخله كل يوم نقص من لحمه
3-194 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar quoted Muhammad ibn Ahmad, on the authority of Musa ibn Umar, on the authority of Ibn Abi Umayr, on the authority of Muawiyah ibn Ammar, on the authority of Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB), “Three things will make you obese and three things will make you skinny. The three things which will make you obese are: taking a bath often, smelling good scents and wearing soft robes. The three things that will make you thin are eating a lot of eggs, fish and fresh dates.”The compiler of the book said, “What is meant by ‘taking a bath often’ is taking a bath every other day. Should you take a bath every day you would lose weight.”
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Three Ways by which All Muslim Decrees Are Put into Effect
3-195 حدثنا أبي رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله قال: حدثنا أحمد بن أبي عبد الله البرقي، عن أحمد بن محمد بن أبي نصر البزنطي، عن أبي جميلة، عن إسماعيل بن أبي أويس، عن ضمرة بن أبي ضمرة، عن أبيه، عن جده قال: قال أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام: جميع أحكام المسلمين تجري على ثلاثة أوجه: شهادة عادلة، أو يمين قاطعة، أو سنة جارية مع أئمة الهدى
3-195 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Ahmad ibn Aba Abdullah al-Barqy, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Nasr al-Bazanty, on the authority of Abi Jamileh, on the authority of Ishmael ibn Abi Oways, on the authority of Zamrat ibn Abi Zamrat, on the authority of his father, on the authority of his grandfather that the Commander of the Faithful (MGB) said, “All Muslim decrees are put into effect in either one of the three ways: a just testimony, a definite oath, or the current practice of leaders to guidance.”
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Three Things along with Three Other Things
3-196 حدثنا محمد بن علي ماجيلويه رضي الله عنه قال: حدثني أبي، عن أحمد ابن أبي عبد الله البرقي، عن السياري، عن الحارث بن دلهاث، عن أبيـه، عن أبـيالحسن الرضا عليه السلام قال: إن الله عز وجل أمر بثلاثة مقرون بها ثلاثة اخرى: أمر بالصلاة والزكاة فمن صلى ولم يزك لم تقبل منه صلاته، وأمر بالشكر له وللوالدين، فمن لم يشكر والديه لم يشكر الله، و أمر باتقاء الله و صلة الرحم، فمن لم يصل رحمه لم يتق الله عز وجل
3-196 Muhammad ibn Ali Majiluyih - may God be pleased with him - narrated that his father quoted on the authority of Ahmad ibn Aba Abdullah Al-Barqy, on the authority of Al-Sayyari, on the authority of Al-Harith ibn al-Dalhath, on the authority of his father, on the authority ofAbil Hassan al-Ridha (MGB), “Indeed the Honorable the Exalted God has decreed three things which are accompanied by three other things. He has ordered us to pray and give alms. The prayers of whoever prays, but doesn’t give alms is not accepted of him. He also ordered us to thank Him and our parents . Whoever thanks God, but doesn’t thank his parents has not indeed thanked God. God has ordered us to fear God and to visit the relations of kin. Whoever doesn’t visit his relations of kin has indeed not feared God.”
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Three Intercede with God and Their Intercession Accepted
3-197 حدثنا أبي رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا عبد الله بن جعفر الحميري، عن هارون بن مسلم، عن مسعدة بن صدقة، عن جعفر بن محمد، عن أبيه، عن آبائه، عن علي عليهم السلام قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: ثلاثة يشفعون إلى الله عز وجل فيشفعون: الانبياء، ثم العلماء، ثم الشهداء
3-197 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Abdullah ibn Ja’far al-Homayry, on the authority of Harun ibn Muslim, on the authority of Mus’adat ibn Sadaqah, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Muhammad (MGB), on the authority of his father (MGB), on the authority of his forefathers (MGB), on the authority of Ali (MGB) that God’s Prophet (MGB) said, “There are three groups who intercede on behalf of someone with the Honorable the Exalted God and their intercession will be accepted: the Prophets, then the scholars; and then the martyrs.”
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The Three in Whose Name the First Lot Was Cast
3-198 حدثنا أحمد بن هارون الفامي، وجعفر بن محمد بن مسرور رضي الله عنهما قالا: حدثنا محمد بن جعفر بن بطة، عن محمد بن الحسن الصفار، عن العباس بن معروف عن حماد بن عيسى، عن حريز، عمن أخبره، عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام: قال: أول من سوهم عليه مريم بنت عمران وهو قول الله عز وجل "وَمَا كُنْتَ لَدَيْهِمْ إِذْ يُلْقُونَ أَقْلاَمَهُمْ أَيُّهُمْ يَكْفُلُ مَرْيَمَ" والسهام ستة، ثم استهموا في يونس لما ركب مع القوم فوقفت السفينة في اللجة، فاستهموا فوقع السهم على يونس ثلاث مرات قال: فمضى يونس إلى صدر السفينة فاذا الحوت فاتح فاه فرمى بنفسه، ثم كان عبدالمطلب ولد له تسعة فنذر في العاشر إن يرزقه الله غلاما أن يذبحه قال: فلما ولد عبد الله لم يكن يقدر أن يذبحه ورسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله في صلبه، فجاء بعشر من الابل وساهم عليها وعلى عبـد الله فـخرج السـهامعلى عبد الله فزاد عشرا، فلم تزل السهام تخرج على عبد الله، ويزيد عشرا، فلما [أن] بلغت مائة خرجت السهام على الابل، فقال عبدالمطلب: ما أنصفت ربي، فأعاد السهام ثلاثا فخرجت على الابل، فقال: الآن علمت أن ربي قد رضي فنحرها
3-198 Ahmad ibn Harun al-Fami and Ja’far ibn Muhammad ibn Masroor - may God be pleased with them - narrated that Muhammad ibn Ja’far ibn Bat’tat quoted Muhammad ibn al-Hassan al-Saf’far, on the authority of Al-Abbas ibn Ma’ruf, on the authority of Hammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Hurayz who linked it up through some narrators to Abi Ja’far al-Baqir (AS), “The first of the three in whose name the first lot was cast is Mary, the daughter of Imran, as we read in the following words of the Honorable the Exalted God, ‘Thou wast not with them when they cast lots with arrows, as to which of them should be charged with the care of Mary…’ There were six arrows in this casting. Then it is the lots cast for Jonah (AS) when he was riding the ship with the people and the ship stopped in the tumult. They cast lots for Jonah three times. Then Jonah went to the front of the ship. Suddenly a large whale opened his mouth and Jonah jumped into his mouth. <br>The next case is regarding Abdul Muttalib to whom God had granted nine sons. Abdul Muttalib made a vow that he would offer one of them for sacrifice to God if he was granted another son. When the number of his sons became ten with the birth of Abdullah - the father of God’s Prophet Muhammad (sw) - it was hard for Abdul Muttalib to offer Abdullah as a sacrifice. Then he brought ten camels and cast lots for either them or Abdullah. The lot fell to Abdullah’s name. He increased the number of the camels to be offered ten by ten and repeated the casting of lots. However, every time the lot fell to Abdullah’s name. <br>When the number of camels he offered reached one-hundred, the lot fell in the name of the camels. Abdul Muttalib said, ‘O My Lord! No. It would not be fair to suffice for this. I must draw lots three more times.’ He drew lots three more times. The lot fell to the name of the camels all three times. At this time Abdul Muttalib said, ‘Now I know that my Lord is pleased with this.” And he had their throats cut.