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The Merits of the Euphrates River, Drinking from Its Water, and Performing Ghusl in It
10 حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عَرَفَةَ عَنْ رِبْعِيٍّ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) شَاطِئُ وادي [الْوَادِي الْأَيْمَنِ الَّذِي ذَكَرُهُ تَعَالَى فِي كِتَابِهِ هُوَ الْفُرَاتُ وَ الْبُقْعَةُ الْمُبَارَكَةُ هِيَ كَرْبَلَاءُ وَ الشَّجَرَةُ هِيَ مُحَمَّدٌ ص
10. 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 ‘Arafah, from Rib’ī, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: “The shores in the right side of the valley” (28:30), which Allāh has mentioned in His Book, is the Euphrates (River); “the blessed spot” (28:30) is Karbalā and “the tree” (28:30) is Muḥammad (s.a.a.w.).
11 حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ عَنْ أَخِيهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) قَالَ مَا أَظُنُّ أَحَداً يُحَنَّكُ بِمَاءِ الْفُرَاتِ إِلَّا كَانَ لَنَا شِيعَةً- قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ وَ لَا أَعْلَمُهُ ابْنَ سِنَانٍ إِلَّا وَ قَدْ رَوَاهُ لِي وَ رَوَى ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا قَالَ يَجْرِي فِي الْفُرَاتِ مِيزَابَانِ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ
11. My father narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Ibrāhīm ibn Mahziyār, from his brother ‘Ali ibn Mahziyār, from Ibn Abī ‘Umayr, from Ḥusain ibn ‘Uthmān, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: I do not foresee any (newborn baby) whose mouth is opened with water from the Euphrates River to be anything other than from among our Shia. The above Ḥadīth has also been narrated to me through the following chain: My father, from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Ibrāhīm ibn Mahziyār, from his brother ‘Ali ibn Mahziyār, from Muḥammad ibn Abī Ḥamzah, from someone whose name he mentioned, from Abī ‘Abdillāh (a.s.).
12 حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارِ عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ مَعْرُوفٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ حَنَانِ بْنِ سَدِيرٍ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ الْأَسَدِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ الْحُسَيْنِ (ع) يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُهْبِطُ مَلَكاً كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ مَعَهُ ثَلَاثُ مَثَاقِيلَ مِنْ مِسْكِ الْجَنَّةِ فَيَطْرَحُهُ فِي فُرَاتِكُمْ هَذَا وَ مَا مِنْ نَهَرٍ فِي شَرْقِ الْأَرْضِ وَ لَا فِي غَرْبِهَا أَعْظَمَ بَرَكَةً مِنْهُ
12. Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan (ibn Aḥmad ibn Walīd) narrated to me from Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan Al-Saffār, from ‘Abbās ibn Ma’rūf, from ‘Ali ibn Mahziyār, from Muḥammad ibn Ismā’īl, from Ḥanān ibn Sadīr, from Ḥakīm ibn Jubayr Al-Asadi, who said: ‘Ali ibn Ḥusain (Imam Sajjād (a.s.)) said: Every night, Allāh sends down an angel who has three particles of musk from the musk of Paradise with him and he drops them in the Euphrates River (which is close to you). There is no river more blessed than the Euphrates (River) anywhere in the earth, from the east to the west.
13 حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ مُوسَى بْنِ بَابَوَيْهِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ هَارُونَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) مَا أَظُنُّ أَحَداً يُحَنَّكُ بِمَاءِ الْفُرَاتِ إِلَّا أَحَبَّنَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتَ
13. ‘Ali ibn Ḥusain ibn Mūsā ibn Bābawayh narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā, from Ibn Faďďāl, from Tha’labah ibn Maymūn, from Sulaymān ibn Hārūn, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: I do not foresee any (newborn baby) whose mouth is opened with the water of the Euphrates River to be anything other than from among those who love us, the Ahlul Bayt.
14 حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْحِمْيَرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ الْكُوفِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَجَّالُ عَنْ غَالِبِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ قَالَ ذَكَرَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) الْفُرَاتَ قَالَ أَمَا إِنَّهُ مِنْ شِيعَةِ عَلِيٍّ (ع) وَ مَا حُنِّكَ بِهِ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا أَحَبَّنَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ
14. Muḥammad ibn ‘Abdillāh ibn Ja’far Al-Ḥimyari narrated to me from his father, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad Al-Barqi, from ‘Abdil Raḥmān ibn Ḥammād Al-Kūfi, from ‘Abdillāh ibn Muḥammad Al-Ḥajjāl, from Ghālib ibn ‘Uthmān, from ‘Uqbah ibn Khālid, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) mentioned the Euphrates (River) and said: Verily it (the Euphrates River) is from among the Shia of ‘Ali (a.s.). No one’s mouth is opened with it without him loving us, the Ahlul Bayt.
15 حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَتِّيلٍ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْجَامُورَانِيِّ الرَّازِيِّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ عَنْ صَنْدَلٍ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ خَارِجَةَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) مَا أَحَدٌ يَشْرَبُ مِنْ مَاءِ الْفُرَاتِ وَ يُحَنَّكُ بِهِ إِذَا وُلِدَ إِلَّا أَحَبَّنَا لِأَنَّ الْفُرَاتَ نَهَرٌ مُؤْمِنٌ
15. My father narrated to me from Ḥasan ibn Mattīl, from ‘Imrān ibn Mūsā, from Abī ‘Abdillāh Al-Jāmūrāni Al-Rāzi, from Ḥasan ibn ‘Ali ibn Abī Ḥamzah, from Sayf ibn ‘Amīrah, from Sandal, from Hārūn ibn Khārijah, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: If the water of the Euphrates (River) is the first thing that is given to a newborn baby and if the baby drinks it, he will be among those who love us because the Euphrates River is a believer.
16 وَ بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (ع) قَالَ نَهْرَانِ مُؤْمِنَانِ وَ نَهْرَانِ كَافِرَانِ- نَهْرَانِ كَافِرَانِ نَهَرُ بَلْخٍ وَ دِجْلَةُ وَ الْمُؤْمِنَانِ نِيلُ مِصْرَ وَ الْفُرَاتُ فَحَنِّكُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ بِمَاءِ الْفُرَاتِ
16. My father narrated to me from Ḥasan ibn Mattīl, from ‘Imrān ibn Mūsā, from Abī ‘Abdillāh Al-Jāmūrāni Al-Rāzi, from Ḥasan ibn ‘Ali ibn Abī Ḥamzah, from his father, from Abī Basīr, who said: Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: There are two believing rivers and two disbelieving rivers. The two disbelieving rivers are the Balkh River and the Tigris River, and the two believing rivers are the Nile River and the Euphrates River. Therefore, open the mouth of your children with water from the Euphrates (River).
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The Prophet’s Love for Imams Ĥasan and Ĥusain (a.s.), His Command to Love Them, and the Reward for Loving Them
1 حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي (رحمه الله) عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي خَلَفٍ وَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الْعَطَّارِ جَمِيعاً عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ وَ غَيْرِهِ عَنْ جَمِيلِ بْنِ دَرَّاجٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ نُوحٍ عَنِ الْأَجْلَحِ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ (ع) قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (ص) يَقُولُ يَا عَلِيُّ لَقَدْ أَذْهَلَنِي هَذَانِ الْغُلَامَانِ يَعْنِي الْحَسَنَ وَ الْحُسَيْنَ (ع) أَنْ أُحِبَّ بَعْدَهُمَا أَحَداً أَبَداً إِنَّ رَبِّي أَمَرَنِي أَنْ أُحِبَّهُمَا وَ أُحِبَّ مَنْ يُحِبُّهُمَا
1. My father narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh ibn Abī Khalaf, ‘Abdillāh ibn Ja’far Al-Ḥimyari, and Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā Al-‘Aťťār, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā, from ‘Ali ibn Ḥakam, and from others, from Jamīl ibn Durrāj, from his brother Nūḥ, from (Yaḥyā ibn ‘Abdillāh) Al-Ajlaḥ, from Salamah ibn Kuhayl, from ‘Abdil ‘Azīz, who said: ‘Ali, (the Commander of the Believers (a.s.)), said: The Messenger of Allāh (s.a.a.w.) used to say, “O ‘Ali! These two sons – meaning Ḥasan and Ḥusain (a.s.) – have caused me to forget about loving anyone else aside from them. Verily My Lord ordered me to love them and to love those who love them.”
2 حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الزَّيْدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَ عَبْدِ السَّلَامِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ جَمِيعاً قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَنْ سَمِعَ بَكْرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمُزَنِيَّ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (ص) لِي يَا عِمْرَانُ إِنَّ لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ مَوْقِعاً مِنَ الْقَلْبِ وَ مَا وَقَعَ مَوْقِعَ هَذَيْنِ الْغُلَامَيْنِ مِنْ قَلْبِي شَيْءٌ قَطُّ فَقُلْتُ كُلُّ هَذَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ يَا عِمْرَانُ وَ مَا خَفِيَ عَلَيْكَ أَكْثَرُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَمَرَنِي بِحُبِّهِمَا
2. Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm narrated to me from Ḥusain ibn ‘Ali Al-Zaydi, from his father, from ‘Ali ibn ‘Abbās, and from ‘Abdil Salām ibn Ḥarb, from someone who heard Bakr ibn ‘Abdillāh Al-Muzani narrate, from ‘Imrān ibn Ḥusayn, who said: The Messenger of Allāh (s.a.a.w.) said to me, “O ‘Imrān! Everything has a place in the heart. However, nothing can fill the place I have in my heart for these two sons.” I said, “O Messenger of Allāh! (You love them) this much?” The Messenger of Allāh (s.a.a.w.) replied, “That which is hidden from you (the extent of my love) is even greater than this. Verily Allāh has ordered me to love them.”
3 حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَبِي الْخَطَّابِ عَمَّنْ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ الْجَرِيرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ الْغِفَارِيِّ قَالَ أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (ص) بِحُبِّ الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ (ع) فَأَنَا أُحِبُّهُمَا وَ أُحِبُّ مَنْ يُحِبُّهُمَا لِحُبِّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ (ص) إِيَّاهُمَا
3. My father narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh, from Muḥammad ibn Ḥusain ibn Abil Khaťťāb, from someone who narrated to him, from Sufyān Al-Jarīri, from his father, from Abī Rāfi’, from his father, from his grandfather, from Abī Dhar Al-Ghifāri, who said: The Messenger of Allāh (s.a.a.w.) ordered me to love Ḥasan and Ḥusain (a.s.). Therefore, I love them and I love those who love them because of the Messenger of Allāh’s love for (Ḥasan and Ḥusain (a.s.)).
