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Bidding Farewell After the Ziyārah of the Commander of the Believers (a.s.)
1 حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ فِي كِتَابِ الْجَامِعِ يَرْوِي عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ (ع) قَالَ إِذَا أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تُوَدِّعَ قَبْرَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (ع) فَقُلِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ أَسْتَوْدِعُكَ اللَّهَ وَ أَسْتَرْعِيكَ وَ أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ السَّلَامَ- آمَنَّا [إِيمَاناً] بِاللَّهِ وَ بِالرَّسُولِ [بِالرُّسُلِ وَ بِمَا جَاءَتْ بِهِ وَ دَعَتْ إِلَيْهِ وَ دَلَّتْ عَلَيْهِ- فَاكْتُبْنا مَعَ الشّاهِدِينَ اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَجْعَلْهُ آخِرَ الْعَهْدِ مِنْ زِيَارَتِي إِيَّاهُ فَإِنْ تَوَفَّيْتَنِي قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ فَإِنِّي أَشْهَدُ فِي مَمَاتِي عَلَى مَا كُنْتُ [شَهِدْتُ] عَلَيْهِ فِي حَيَاتِي أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكُمُ الْأَئِمَّةُ- وَ تُسَمِّيهِمْ وَاحِداً بَعْدَ وَاحِدٍ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مَنْ قَتَلَهُمْ وَ حَارَبَهُمْ مُشْرِكُونَ وَ مَنْ رَدَّ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ رَدَّ عِلْمَهُمْ فِي أَسْفَلِ دَرْكٍ مِنَ الْجَحِيمِ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مَنْ حَارَبَهُمْ لَنَا أَعْدَاءٌ وَ نَحْنُ مِنْهُمْ بَرَاءٌ وَ أَنَّهُمْ حِزْبُ الشَّيْطَانِ وَ عَلَى مَنْ قَتَلَهُمْ لَعْنَةُ اللّهِ وَ الْمَلائِكَةِ وَ النّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ وَ مَنْ شَرِكَ فِيهِمْ وَ مَنْ سَرَّهُ قَتْلُهُمْ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بَعْدَ الصَّلَاةِ وَ التَّسْلِيمِ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ لَا تَجْعَلْهُ آخِرَ الْعَهْدِ مِنْ زِيَارَتِهِ فَإِنْ جَعَلْتَهُ فَاحْشُرْنِي مَعَ هَؤُلَاءِ الْمُسَمَّيْنَ الْأَئِمَّةِ اللَّهُمَّ وَ ذَلِّلْ قُلُوبَنَا لَهُمْ بِالطَّاعَةِ- وَ الْمُنَاصَحَةِ وَ الْمَحَبَّةِ وَ حُسْنِ الْمُوَازَرَةِ
1. Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad ibn Walīd narrated in his book, Al-Jāmi’, that: Abul Ḥasan (Imam Kāżim (a.s.)) said: When you want to bid farewell to the grave of the Commander of the Believers (a.s.), recite (the following): Salām to you and (may) Allāh’s Mercy and Blessings be upon you. I entrust you to Allāh and I ask Allāh to protect you. I extend my Salām to you. We believe in Allāh, His messengers, in that which they brought with them, and in that to which they invited and guided (the people). Therefore, include us among those who testify. O Allāh! Do not let this be the last time I come to his Ziyārah. If You take my life before I come to his Ziyārah again, then surely I will testify after my death to that which I testified during my life. I testify that you are the Imams – and name the Imams one after another. And I testify that those who killed them and those who fought them were polytheists and that those who oppose their words and their knowledge are in the lowest levels of Hell. I testify that those who fought them are our enemies and we dissociate ourselves from them, and that they are the party of Shayťān. (May) Allāh’s curse, the curse of the angels, and (the curse of) all of the people be upon those who killed them, those who participated in their killing, and those who were pleased with it. O Allāh! After having established prayers and having said Salām (to the Imams (a.s.)), I ask You to send Your Blessing on Muḥammad and his family. Do not let this be the last time I come to his Ziyārah, and if it is, then resurrect me with the mentioned Imams. O Allāh! Humble our hearts toward them through our obedience and sincerity (to them), our love for them, and our support for them .
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The Merits of the Euphrates River, Drinking from Its Water, and Performing Ghusl in It
1 حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي (رحمه الله) عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ (ع) عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ (ع) قَالَ الْمَاءُ سَيِّدُ شَرَابِ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ- وَ أَرْبَعَةُ أَنْهَارٍ فِي الدُّنْيَا مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ الْفُرَاتُ وَ النِّيلُ وَ سَيْحَانُ وَ جَيْحَانُ الْفُرَاتُ الْمَاءُ وَ النِّيلُ الْعَسَلُ وَ سَيْحَانُ الْخَمْرُ وَ جَيْحَانُ اللَّبَنُ
1. My father narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā, (from Ḥasan ibn ‘Ali ibn Faďďāl), from ‘Isā ibn ‘Abdillāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Umar ibn ‘Ali ibn Abī Ťālib (a.s.), from his father, from his grandfather, who said: ‘Ali, (the Commander of the Believers (a.s.)), said: Water is the master of drinks in this world and in the Hereafter. Four of the rivers in this world are from Paradise: the Euphrates, the Nile, the Sayḥān, and the Jayḥān. The Euphrates (contains) water, the Nile (contains) honey, the Sayḥān (contains) wine, and the Jayḥān (contains) milk.
2 وَ عَنْهُ عَنْ أَبِي جَمِيلَةَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ هَارُونَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) يَقُولُ مَنْ شَرِبَ مِنْ مَاءِ الْفُرَاتِ وَ حُنِّكَ بِهِ فَهُوَ مُحِبُّنَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ
2. My father narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā, (from Ibn Faďďāl), from Abī Jamīlah (Mufaďďal ibn Sāliḥ Al-Usdi), from Sulaymān ibn Hārūn, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: If the water of the Euphrates River is used to open the mouth of a (newborn baby) and is his first drink, he will be among those who love us, the Ahlul Bayt.
3 وَ بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ أَبِي الْجَارُودِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (ع) قَالَ لَوْ أَنَّ بَيْنَنَا وَ بَيْنَ الْفُرَاتِ كَذَا وَ كَذَا مِيلًا لَذَهَبْنَا إِلَيْهِ وَ اسْتَشْفَيْنَا بِهِ
3. My father narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā, from ‘Uthmān ibn ‘Isā, from Abil Jārūd (Ziyād ibn Mundhir Al-Hamdāni), who said: Abū Ja’far (Imam Bāqir (a.s.)) said: If the distance between us and the Euphrates (River) was this much – and he mentioned a distance – we would go to it to seek cure with its water.
4 حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ هَارُونَ الْعِجْلِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) يَقُولُ مَا أَظُنُّ أَحَداً يُحَنَّكُ بِمَاءِ الْفُرَاتِ إِلَّا أَحَبَّنَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَ سَأَلَنِي كَمْ بَيْنَكَ وَ بَيْنَ مَاءِ الْفُرَاتِ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ لَوْ كُنْتُ عِنْدَهُ لَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ آتِيَهُ طَرَفَيِ النَّهَارِ
4. Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad ibn Walīd narrated to me from Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan Al-Saffār, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā, from Ḥasan ibn ‘Ali ibn Faďďāl, from Tha’labah ibn Maymūn, from Sulaymān ibn Hārūn Al-‘Ijli, who said: I heard Abā ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) say, “I do not foresee any (newborn baby) whose mouth is opened with water from the Euphrates River to be anything other than from among those who love us, the Ahlul Bayt.” Then he (the Imam (a.s.)) asked me, “What is the distance between you and the Euphrates River?” I answered the Imam (a.s.) and then he said, “If I was next to it, I would love to go to it at the two ends of every day.”
5 وَ حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ هَاشِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ نَهِيكٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- وَ آوَيْناهُما إِلى رَبْوَةٍ ذاتِ قَرارٍ وَ مَعِينٍ قَالَ الرَّبْوَةُ نَجَفُ الْكُوفَةِ وَ الْمَعِينُ الْفُرَاتُ
5. ‘Ali ibn Ḥusain ibn Mūsā narrated to me from ‘Ali ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Hāshim, from his father, from ‘Ali ibn Ḥakam, from Sulaymān ibn Nahīk, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) explained the verse, “And we gave them both refuge on a mound, where there was rest and security, watered by a spring” (23:50). He (the Imam (a.s.)) said, “Mound’ refers to Najaf of Kūfah and ‘spring’ refers to the Euphrates (River).”
6 وَ حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ (رحمه الله) عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ (ع) قَالَ الْفُرَاتُ سَيِّدُ الْمِيَاهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ
6. ‘Ali ibn Ḥusain narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā, from Ḥasan (ibn ‘Ali ibn Faďďāl), from ‘Isā ibn ‘Abdillāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Umar, from his father, from his grandfather, who said: ‘Ali, (the Commander of the Believers (a.s.)), said: The Euphrates (River) is the master of the waters in this life and in the Hereafter.
7 وَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَمَّنْ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ حَنَانِ بْنِ سَدِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ الْحُسَيْنِ يَقُولُ إِنَّ مَلَكاً يَهْبِطُ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ مَعَهُ ثَلَاثُ مَثَاقِيلَ مِسْكٍ مِنْ مِسْكِ الْجَنَّةِ فَيَطْرَحُهَا فِي الْفُرَاتِ وَ مَا مِنْ نَهَرٍ فِي مَشْرِقٍ وَ لَا فِي مَغْرِبٍ [فِي شَرْقٍ وَ لَا غَرْبٍ] أَعْظَمُ بَرَكَةً مِنْهُ
7. Muḥammad ibn ‘Abdillāh narrated to me from his father ‘Abdillāh ibn Ja’far Al-Ḥimyari, from Aḥmad ibn Abī ‘Abdillāh, from his father, from someone who narrated to him, from Ḥanān ibn Sadīr, from his father, from Hakīm ibn Jubayr, who said: ‘Ali ibn Ḥusain (Imam Sajjād (a.s.)) said: Every night an angel comes down and drops three particles of musk from the musk of Paradise in the Euphrates River. There is no river more blessed than the Euphrates (River) anywhere in the east or the west.
8 وَ حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ قُولَوَيْهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) قَالَ تَقْطُرُ فِي الْفُرَاتِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ قَطَرَاتٌ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ
8. (My brother) ‘Ali ibn Muḥammad ibn Qūlawayh narrated to me from Aḥmad ibn Idrīs, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā, from Ibn Faďďāl, from Ibn Abī ‘Umayr, from Ḥusain ibn ‘Uthmān, from someone whose name he mentioned, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: Every day some drops (of water) fall from Paradise into the Euphrates (River).
9 حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ رَبِيعِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُسْلِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ لَمَّا قَدِمَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) الْكُوفَةَ فِي زَمَنِ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ فَجَاءَ عَلَى دَابَّتِهِ فِي ثِيَابِ سَفَرِهِ- حَتَّى وَقَفَ عَلَى جِسْرِ الْكُوفَةِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِغُلَامِهِ اسْقِنِي فَأَخَذَ كُوزَ مَلَّاحٍ فَغَرَفَ لَهُ بِهِ فَأَسْقَاهُ فَشَرِبَ وَ الْمَاءُ يَسِيلُ مِنْ شِدْقَيْهِ وَ عَلَى لِحْيَتِهِ وَ ثِيَابِهِ ثُمَّ اسْتَزَادَهُ فَزَادَهُ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ ثُمَّ قَالَ نَهَرُ مَاءٍ مَا أَعْظَمَ بَرَكَتَهُ أَمَا إِنَّهُ يَسْقُطُ فِيهِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ سَبْعُ قَطَرَاتٍ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ أَمَا لَوْ عَلِمَ النَّاسُ مَا فِيهِ مِنَ الْبَرَكَةِ لَضَرَبُوا الْأَخْبِيَةَ عَلَى حَافَتَيْهِ أَمَا لَوْ لَا مَا يَدْخُلُهُ مِنَ الْخَاطِئِينَ مَا اغْتَمَسَ فِيهِ ذُو عَاهَةٍ إِلَّا بَرَأَ
9. Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan ibn ‘Ali ibn Mahziyār narrated to me from his father, from his grandfather ‘Ali ibn Mahziyār, from Ḥasan ibn Sa’īd, from ‘Ali ibn Ḥakam, from Rabī’ ibn Muḥammad Al-Musli, from ‘Abdillāh ibn Sulaymān, who said: When Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) came to Kūfah during the time of Abil ‘Abbās, he was on his mount and was wearing his traveling attire. He stopped on the bridge of Kūfah and asked his servant to give him some water. So the servant took a jug and filled it (from the Euphrates River) and gave it to the Imam (a.s.). The Imam (a.s.) started drinking, and (as he was drinking) the water spilled from the two corners of his mouth onto his beard and onto his clothes. Then the Imam (a.s.) asked for some more water. The servant refilled the jug and gave it to the Imam (a.s.). After the Imam (a.s.) drank the water, he praised Allāh and said: What a blessed river this river is! Verily every day seven drops of water fall from Paradise into it. If people knew of the blessings of this river, they would build their tents on its shores. Verily if it was not for that which enters this river from the sinners, no ill person would submerge himself in it without being cured.
