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Kindness to Parents, Relatives, Kinsfolk and Severance of Ties
حنان عن أبيه عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال: قال سمعته يقول اتى أبا ذر رجل فبشره بغنم له قد ولدت فقال يا أبا ذر: ابشر فقد ولدت غنمك وكثرت فقال: ما يسرني كثرتهما فما أحب ذلك فما قل منها وكفى أحب إلى مما كثروا إلهي انى سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يقول: على حافتي الصراط يوم القيام الرحم والأمانة فإذا مر عليه الموصل للرحم والمؤدى للأمانة لم يتكفابه في النار.
24.Ḥanān narrated from his father, from Abū Jaʿfar (a) whom he heard saying “A man came to Abū Dharr and gave him good news of his sheep that had given birth. He said, ‘O Abā Dharr, I bring glad tidings that your sheep have reproduced and increased in number!’ He said, ‘I am not pleased by their increase in number and I do not like that. The few of them that are sufficient are more beloved to me than many that distract [me]. Verily I heard the Messenger of Allah (ṣ) say, “On the two sides of the path (ṣirāt) on the Day of Judgment will be the near of kin and the trusts, so when one who kept ties with the near of kin and returned the trusts passes by them, he will not be thrown by them into the Fire.”’”
بعض أصحابنا عن حنان عن عبد الرحمن بن سليمان عن عمرو بن سهل عن رواة قال: سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يقول: إن صلة الحرم مثراة في المال ومحبة في الأهل ومنسأة في الاجل.
25.One of our companions narrated from Ḥanān, from ʿAbd al- Raḥmān ibn Sulaymān, from ʿAmr ibn Sahl, from Ruwāt who said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah (ṣ) say, ‘Verily keeping ties with near relatives is a means of augmenting wealth, it [also] enhances love among the family, and postpones death.’”
بعض أصحابنا عن حنان قال: حدثني أبي مسكان عن رجل انهم كانوا في منزل أبى عبد الله عليه السلام وفيهم ميسر فتذاكروا صلة القرابة فقال أبو عبد الله عليه السلام: يا ميسر لقد حضر اجلك غير مرة كل ذلك يؤخرك الله لصلتك لقرابت.
26.One of our companions narrated from Ḥanān who said, “Ibn Muskān narrated to us from another man, that they were in the house of Abū ʿAbdillāh (a) and Muyassir was among them. They spoke about the subject of keeping ties with near kinsfolk, so Abū ʿAbdillāh (a) said, ‘O Muyassir, your death had arrived on more than one occasion, but each time it was postponed for you by Allah due to your keeping ties with your near relatives.’”
الحسن بن علي عن أبي الحسن عليه السلام قال: سمعته يقول: إن الرجل ليكون قد بقي من اجله ثلاثون سنة فيكون وصولا لقرابته وصولا لرحمه فيجعلها الله ثلاثة وثلثين سنة وانه ليكون قد بقي من اجله ثلاثة (وثلاثون) سنة فيكون عاقا لقرابته قاطعا لرحمه فيجعلها الله ثلاثين سنة .
27.Al-Ḥasan narrated from ʿAlī, from Abū al-Ḥasan (a) whom he heard saying, “It may be that thirty years remain for a man to live, but he regularly keeps ties with his close kinsfolk and with his near relatives, so Allah increases it to thirty-three years. And it may be that thirty three years remain of his life, but he is undutiful towards his close kinsfolk and cuts off ties with his near relatives, so Allah reduces it to thirty years.”[1]
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The Rights of Neighbors
حدثنا الحسين بن سعيد قال: حدثنا فضالة بن أيوب عن معاوية بن عمار عن عمرو بن عكرمة قال: دخلت على أبى عبد الله عليه السلام فقلت له: ان لي جار يؤذيني فقال: ارحمه قال: قلت: لا رحمه الله فصرف وجهه عنى فكرهت ان ادعه فقلت: انه يفعل بي ويؤذيني فقال: أرأيت ان كاشفته انتصفت منه؟ قال: قلت: بلى أولى عليه فقال: ان ذا ممن يحسد الناس على ما آتاهم الله من فضله فإذا رأى نعمة على أحد وكان له أهل جعل بلائه عليهم وان لم يكن له أهل جعل بلائه على خادمه وان لم يكن له خادم سهر ليلته واغتاض نهاره، ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله اتاه رجل من الأنصار فقال: يا رسول الله انى اشتريت دارا في بنى فلان وان أقرب جيراني منى جوارا من لا أرجو خيره ولا آمن شره قال: فامر رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله عليا وسلمان وأبا ذر - قال: ونسيت واحدا وأظنه المقداد - فأمرهم ان ينادوا في المسجد بأعلى أصواتهم انه لا ايمان لمن لم يا من جاره بوائقه فنادوا ثلاثا ثم أمر فنودي ان كل أربعين دارا من بين يديه ومن خلفه وعن يمينه و عن شماله يكون ساكنها جارا له.
1.Al-Ḥasan ibn Saʿīd narrated to us, “Faḍālah ibn Ayyūb narrated to us from Muʿāwiyah ibn ʿAmmār, from ʿAmr ibn ʿIkrimah who said, ‘I went to visit Abū ʿAbdillāh (a) and said to him, “I have a neighbor who disturbs me.” He said, “Have mercy on him.” I said, “May Allah not show him mercy!” So he turned his face away from me, but I disliked to leave him [in that state] so I said, “He does such-and-such to me and disturbs me.” So he said, “Do you think that if you expose him you will have avenged yourself from him?” I said, “Yes, I will have gotten back at him.”[1] He said, “Verily that is like the case of one who is envious of people for the bounty Allah has granted them (Q4:54), when he sees a blessing bestowed on someone and he has a family, he causes trouble for them, and if he does not have a family, he causes trouble for his servant, and if he has no servants, he spends sleepless nights and is full of anger during the daytime. A man from the Anṣār came to the Messenger of Allah (ṣ) and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, I bought a house among the tribe of so-and-so, and my closest neighbour among them is one from whom I expect no good and from whose evil I am unsafe.’ So the Messenger of Allah (ṣ) instructed ʿAlī, Salmān, Abū Dharr and one more person whom I have forgotten – perhaps it was al-Miqdād – telling them to call out in the mosque, in their loudest voices, that one whose neighbour is not safe from his harm has no faith. So they announced this thrice. Then he gave instructions so it was announced that each of the forty houses in front of one’s house, behind it, on its right side, and on its left side are counted as one’s neighbours.’”’”
محمد بن الحسين عن محمد بن الفضيل عن إسحاق بن عمار قال:قال أبو عبد الله عليه السلام قال: رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: أعوذ بالله من جار سوء في دار إقامة تراك عيناه ويرعاك قلبه ان رآك بخير سائه وان رآك بشر سره
2.Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn narrated from Muḥammad ibn al- Fuḍayl, from Isḥāq ibn ʿAmmār who said, “Abū ʿAbdillāh (a) said, ‘The Messenger of Allah (ṣ) said, “I seek Allah’s protection from a bad neighbour in a residential abode – his eyes watch you and his heart scrutinises you. If he sees you [happy and] well, it upsets him and if he sees you in trouble, it pleases him.”’”
عبد الله بن محمد عن علي بن إسحاق عن إبراهيم بن أبي رجا قال:قال أبو عبد الله عليه السلام: حسن الجوار يزيد في الرزق
3.ʿAbdullāh ibn Muḥammad narrated from ʿAlī ibn Isḥāq, from Ibrāhīm ibn Abī Rajāʾ who said, “Abū ʿAbdillāh (a) said, ‘Being a good neighbour leads to increase in [one’s] sustenance.’”
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What has come in Reference to Slaves
حدثنا الحسين بن سعيد قال: حدثنا القاسم بن علي عن أبي بصير عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال: إن أبى ضرب غلاما له قرعة واحدة بسوط وكان بعثه في حاجة فأبطئ عليه فبكى الغلام وقال: الله يا علي بن الحسين تبعثني في حاجتك ثم تضربني؟ قال: فبكى أبى وقال: يا بنى اذهب إلى قبر رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله فصل ركعتين ثم قل: اللهم اغفر لعلي بن الحسين خطيئته يوم الدين ثم قال للغلام: اذهب فأنت حر لوجه الله قال أبو بصير: فقلت له: جعلت فداك كان العتق كفارة للذنب؟ فسكت.
1.Al-Ḥusayn ibn Saʿīd narrated to us, “Al-Qāsim ibn ʿAlī narrated to us from Abū Baṣīr, from Abū Jaʿfar (a) who said, ‘My father once struck his servant boy with a single whip. He had sent him on an errand but he delayed [in doing what was required]. So the servant boy cried and said, ‘Allah! O ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn, you send me on an errand and then strike me?!’ So my father began to cry and said [to me], ‘O my son, go to the grave of the Messenger of Allah (ṣ) and offer two rakʿahs of prayer, and then say, “O Allah, forgive ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn for his mistake on the Day of Judgment.”’ Then he told the servant boy, ‘Go, for you are free in the way of Allah!’” Abū Baṣīr said, “I asked him, ‘May I be your ransom! Was the emancipation [of his servant] an expiation for the sin?’ But he remained silent.”
فضالة عن داود بن فرقد قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام: يقول: في كتاب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله إذا: استعملتم ما ملكت ايمانكم في شئ يشق عليهم فاعملوا معهم فيه قال: وإن كان أبى يأمرهم فيقول: كما أنتم فيأتي فينظر فإن كان ثقيلا قال: بسم الله ثم عمل معهم وإن كان خفيفا تنحى عنهم.
2.Faḍālah narrated from Dāwūd ibn Farqad who said, “I heard Abā ʿAbdillāh (a) say, ‘[It is written] in the book of the Messenger of Allah (ṣ)[1]: When you employ what your right hand possesses[2] for something that is difficult for them, then work with them [and assist them] in it.’ He [also] said, ‘Verily my father would instruct them saying, “Stay as you are [and wait for me],” then he would come and see [the work]. If it was heavy [and difficult], he would say bismillāh and then he would [join them and] work with them, but if it was light, he would leave them [to do it themselves].’”
فضالة عن أبان بن عثمان عن زياد بن أبي رجاء عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام وعن أبي سخل عن سلمان قال: بينا انا جالس عند رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله إذا قصد له رجل فقال يا رسول الله: المملوك فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله ابتلى بك وبليت به لينظر الله عز وجل كيف تشكر وينظر كيف يصبر.
3.Faḍālah narrated from Abān ibn ʿUthmān, from Ziyād ibn Abī Rajāʾ, from Abū ʿAbdillāh (a); and from Abū Sakhl, from Salmān who said, “I was once sitting in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (ṣ) when a man came to him and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, [what do you say about] the slave?’ So the Messenger of Allah (ṣ) said, ‘He has been tested by you and you have been tested by him, so that Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, may see how grateful you are and how patient he is.’”
