Kitāb al-Zuhd

النضر بن سويد عن عاصم عن أبي بصير عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: جائني ملك فقال: يا محمد ربك يقرئك السلام ويقول لك: ان شئت جعلت لك بطحاء مكة رضراض ذهب؟ قال: فرفع النبي صلى الله عليه وآله رأسه إلى السماء فقال: يا رب أشبع يوما فاحمدك وأجوع يوما فأسئلك.

19.Al-Naḍr ibn Suwayd narrated from ʿĀṣim, from Abū Baṣīr, from Abū Jaʿfar (a) who said, “The Messenger of Allah (ṣ) said, ‘An angel came and told me, “O Muḥammad, your Lord sends you greetings and says to you: If you wish, I will turn the plains of Makkah into nuggets of gold [for you].”’ So the Prophet (ṣ) raised his head to the sky and said, ‘O Lord, I am sated one day so I praise You, and I am hungry another day so I implore You [and that is enough for me].’”

ابن أبي عمير عن هشام بن سالم عن اليماني قال: سمعت علي بن الحسين عليهما السلام يقول: عجبا كل العجب لمن عمل لدار الفناء وترك دار الآخرة.

20.Ibn Abī ʿUmayr narrated from Hishām ibn Sālim, from al-Yamānī who said, “I heard ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn (a) say, ‘How truly amazing it is that one works for the perishing abode yet abandons the [permanent] abode of the Hereafter.’”

حدثنا الحسين بن سعيد قال حدثنا محمد بن أبي عمير عن محمد بن حمران عن زرارة قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام يقول: ما من أحد الا ومعه ملكان يكتبان ما يلفظه ثم يرفعان ذلك إلى ملكين فوقهما فيثبتان ما كان من خير وشر ويلقيان ما سوى ذلك.

1.Al-Ḥusayn ibn Saʿīd narrated to us, “Muḥammad ibn Abī ʿUmayr narrated to us from Muḥammad ibn Ḥumrān, from Zurārah who said, “I heard Abā ʿAbdillāh (a) say, ‘There is no person but that with him are two angels who write whatever he utters, then they send that up to two [other] angels above them who record what was good or evil from it, and cast aside anything other than that.’”

الحسين بن علوان عن عمرو بن شمر عن جابر عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال: سألته عن موضع الملكين من الانسان قال: هاهنا واحد وهاهنا واحد يعنى عند شدقيه.

2.Al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿUlwān narrated from ʿAmr ibn Shimr, from Jābir, from Abū Jaʿfar (a) saying, “I (Jābir) asked him (the Imam) about the position of the two angels in relation to the human being, so he said, ‘One is here and the other is here,’ meaning on the two sides of his mouth.”

حماد عن حريز وإبراهيم بن عمرو عن زرارة عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال: لا يكتب الملكان الا ما نطق به العبد.

3.Ḥammād narrated from Ḥarīz, and Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAmr, from Zurārah, from Abū Jaʿfar (a) who said, “The two angels do not write anything other than what the servant speaks.”

حماد عن حريز عن زرارة عن أحدهما عليهما السلام قال: لا يكتب الملك الا ما يسمع قال الله عز وجل: واذكر ربك في نفسك تضرعا وخيفة قال: لا يعلم ثواب ذلك الذكر في نفس العبد غير الله تعالى.

4.Ḥammād narrated from Ḥarīz, from Zurārah, from one of the two (al-Bāqir or al-Ṣādiq) (a) who said, “The angel does not write down except that which he hears. Allah, to Whom belong might and majesty, said: Remember your Lord inwardly, in humility and awe… (Q7:205). Indeed, no one knows the reward of that remembrance within the heart of a servant other than Allah, the Exalted.”

النضر بن سويد عن حسين بن موسى عن أبي حمزة عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال: إن في الهواء ملكا يقال له إسماعيل على ثلاثمأة الف ملك كل واحد منهم على مأة الف يحصون أعمال العباد فإذا كان رأس السنة بعث الله إليهم ملكا يقال له السجل فانتسج ذلك منهم وهو قول الله تبارك وتعالى: يوم نطوى السماء كطي السجل للكتب.

5.Al-Naḍr ibn Suwayd narrated from Ḥusayn ibn Mūsā, from Abū Ḥamzah, from Abū Jaʿfar (a) who said, “Verily there is an angel in the air called Ismāʿīl who leads three hundred thousand angels, each of whom leads another hundred thousand angels. They count [and record] the actions of the servants, and when a new year begins, Allah sends to them an angel called al-Sijill who gathers [all] that from them. This is what is referred to in the verse wherein Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, says: On the Day we will roll up the sky as al-Sijill rolls up his scrolls [of recorded deeds] (Q21:104).” [1]

النضر بن سويد عن عاصم بن حميد عن أبي بصير عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام في قول الله تبارك وتعالى: إذ يتلقى المتلقيان عن اليمين وعن الشمال قعيد قال: هما الملكان وسألته عن قول الله تبارك وتعالى: هذا ما لدى عتيد * قال: هو الملك الذي يحفظ عليه عمله وسألته عن قول الله عز وجل: قال قرينه ربنا ما أطغيته * قال: هو شيطان

6.Al-Naḍr ibn Suwayd narrated from ʿĀṣim ibn Ḥamīd, from Abū Baṣīr, from Abū ʿAbdillāh (a) who said regarding the verse in which Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, says: As the two receivers receive, [one] sitting to the right and [the other] to the left (Q50:17), “They are the two angels [who record the deeds].” [Then the narrator said,] “And I asked him about the verse wherein Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, says: Here is what is ready with me [of the record] (Q50:23), so he said, ‘It is the angel who preserves [and records] his deeds for him.’ And I asked him about the verse wherein Allah, to Whom belong might and majesty, says: His [evil] companion will say, ‘Our Lord, I did not make him transgress…’ (Q50:27), and he said, ‘He (the evil companion) is Satan.’”

الحسين بن علوان عن عمرو بن شمر عن جابر عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال: سألته عن لحظة ملك الموت عليه السلام قال: ما رأيت القوم يكونون جلوسا فتعتريهم السكتة فما يتكلم أحد منهم؟ فتلك لحظة ملك الموت عليه السلام حين يلحظهم.

Al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿUlwān narrated from ʿAmr ibn Shimr, from Jābir, from Abū Jaʿfar (a) whom he asked about the glance of the Angel of Death, so he said “When you see a group of people sitting together and then they are suddenly afflicted by [temporary] speechlessness, so none of them says anything, that is the moment in which the Angel of Death glances at them.”

حدثنا الحسين بن سعيد قال: حدثنا محمد بن أبي عمير عن عبد الرحمان بن الحجاج قال سمعت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام يقول: أفطر رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله عشية الخميس في مسجد قبا فقال: هل من شراب؟ فاتاه أوس بن خولة الأنصاري بعس من لبن مخيضة بعسل فلما وضعه على فيه نحاه ثم قال: شرابان ويكتفى بأحدهما عن صاحبه لا اشربه ولا أحرمه ولكني أتواضع لله فإنه من تواضع لله رفعه الله ومن تكبر خفضه الله ومن اقتصد في معيشته رزقه الله ومن بذر حرمه الله ومن أكثر ذكر الله أحبه الله.

1.Al-Ḥusayn ibn Saʿīd narrated to us, “Muḥammad ibn Abī ʿUmayr narrated to us from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥajjāj who said, ‘I heard Abā ʿAbdillāh (a) say, “The Messenger of Allah opened his fast on a Thursday night at Masjid Qubā. He asked, ‘Is there anything to drink?’ So Aws ibn Khawlah al-Anṣārī brought him a cup of buttermilk [mixed] with honey. When he placed it on his lips [and took a sip], he set it aside and then said, ‘Two drinks [in one] while any of them would suffice on its own. I will not drink it, but I do not forbid it. Rather, I humble myself before Allah, for indeed whoever humbles himself before Allah is elevated by Allah, and whoever is arrogant is abased by Allah. Whoever is moderate in his lifestyle is granted [an increase in] sustenance by Allah, but whoever is wasteful [and extravagant] is deprived by Allah. And whoever remembers Allah often is loved by Allah.’”