Kitāb al-Zuhd

محمد بن أبي عمير عن منصور بن يونس عن الثمالي عن علي بن الحسين عليهما السلام قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: ثلاث منجيات وثلاث مهلكات قالوا يا رسول الله ما المنجيات؟ قال: خوف الله في السر كأنك تراه فإن لم تكن تراه فإنه يراك والعدل في الرضا والغضب والقصد في الغناء والفقر قالوا يا رسول الله: فما المهلكات؟ قال: هوى متبع وشح مطاع واعجاب المرء بنفسه.

15.Muḥammad ibn Abī ʿUmayr narrated from Manṣūr ibn Yūnus, from al-Thumālī, from ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn (a) who said, “The Messenger of Allah (ṣ) said, ‘Three things deliver [one to safety] and three things destroy.’ They asked, ‘O Messenger of Allah, what are the things that save [a person]?’ He said, ‘Fearing Allah in secret as though you see Him, for if you cannot see Him, surely He can see you; exercising justice in happiness and anger; and [thirdly,] moderation in [times of] abundance and poverty.’ They asked, ‘O Messenger of Allah, and what are the destroyers?’ He (ṣ) said, ‘Vain desire that is followed, the adoption of stinginess, and for a person to be pleased with himself.’”

النضر عن الحلبي عن أبي سعيد المكارى عن أبي بصير عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام في قوله تعالى: (فكبكبوا فيها هم والغاوون) قال: (فقال يا أبا بصير:) هم قوم وصفوا عدلا بألسنتهم ثم خالفوا إلى غيره.

16.Al-Naḍr ibn Suwayd narrated from al-Ḥalabī, from Abū Saʿīd al-Mukārī, from Abū Baṣīr, from Abū Jaʿfar (a) who said regarding the verse wherein Allah, the Exalted, says: Then they will all be hurled headlong into Hell, along with the deviant ones. (Q26:94), “[O Abā Baṣīr], they are a group who describe justice with their tongues then contravene it with something else [in action].”

بعض أصحابنا عن حنان بن سدير عن محمد بن طلحة عن زرارة عن أبى جعفر عليه السلام قال: سمعته يقول: أيما عبد كان له صورة حسنة مع موضع لا يشينه ثم تواضع لله كان من خالصة الله قال: قلت: ما موضع لا يشينه؟ قال: لا يكون ضرب فيه سفاح.

17.One of our companions narrated from Ḥanān ibn Sadīr, from Muḥammad ibn Ṭalḥah, from Zurārah, from Abū Jaʿfar (a) whom he heard saying, “Whichever servant has a handsome appearance along with an untainted position, then he humbles himself before Allah, he will be among the special [chosen] ones of Allah.” He (the narrator) said, “I asked, ‘What is [the meaning of] an untainted position?’ He replied, ‘He should not have been sullied by debauchery.’”

الحسن بن علي (الخزاز) (الوشاء) عن أبي الحسن عليه السلام قال: سمعته يقول: إن أيوب النبي عليه السلام قال: يا رب ما سألتك شيئا من الدنيا قط وداخلني (وداخله) شئ فأقبلت إليه سحابة حتى نادته: يا أيوب من وفقك لذلك؟ قال: أنت يا رب.

18.Al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī al-Khazzāz [al-Washshāʾ] narrated from Abū al- Ḥasan (a) whom he heard saying, “Verily Prophet Ayyūb (a) said, ‘O Lord, I have never asked You for anything of this world, ever.’ And an inkling of self-admiration entered his heart. Then a cloud approached him and called out to him, ‘O Ayyūb, who enabled you to do this?’ [Thus he realised the mistake, and turning to his Lord] he said, ‘You, O Lord!’”

محمد بن خالد عن عبد الله بن المغيرة عن أبي خالد عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: من أظهر للناس ما يحب الله وبارز الله بما يكرهه (يكره لقى الله وهو له ماقت.

19.Muḥammad ibn Khālid narrated from ʿAbdullāh ibn al-Mughīrah,from Abū Khālid, from Abū ʿAbdillāh (a) who said, “Whoever manifests for the people what Allah loves and fights against Allah by [doing] what He dislikes,[1] he will meet Allah while He loathes him.”

حدثنا الحسين بن سعيد قال: حدثنا النضر بن سويد عن ابن سنان عن حفص قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام يقول: ما من عبد مؤمن يذنب ذنبا الا أجله الله سبع ساعات من النهار فان هو تاب لم يكتب عليه شيئا وان لم يفعل كتبت عليه سيئة فاتاه عباد البصري فقال له: بلغنا انك قلت: ما من عبد يذنب ذنبا الا اجله الله سبع ساعات من النهار فقال: ليس هكذا قلت ولكني قلت: ما من عبد مؤمن يذنب ذنبا الا اجله الله سبع ساعات من نهاره هكذا قلت.

1.Al-Ḥusayn ibn Saʿīd narrated to us, “Al-Naḍr ibn Suwayd narrated to us, from Ibn Sinān, from Ḥafṣ who said, ‘I heard Abā ʿAbdillāh (a) say, “There is no believing servant who commits a sin but that Allah delays for him [the recording of that sin] for seven hours of the day. If he repents [in that time], nothing is recorded against him but if he fails to do so, one evil deed is recorded against him.” So ʿAbbād al-Baṣrī came to him and said, “We have been informed that you said there is no servant who commits a sin but that Allah delays [its recording] for him for seven hours of the day?” So he (a) replied, “That is not how I said it. Rather, I said: there is no believing servant who commits a sin but that Allah delays [its recording] for him for seven hours of his day – that is how I said it.”’”[1]

فضالة بن أيوب عن القاسم بن بريد العجلي عن محمد بن مسلم قال: قال أبو جعفر عليه السلام (انه كان يقال) ان من أحب عباد الله إلى الله المحسن التواب.

2.Faḍālah ibn Ayyūb narrated from al-Qāsim ibn Burayd al-ʿIjlī, from Muḥammad ibn Muslim who said, “Abū ʿJaʿfar (a) said, ‘It used to be said: verily among the most beloved of the servants of Allah to Allah is the doer of good who repents often.’”

محمد بن أبي عمير عن محمد بن حمران عن زرارة قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام يقول: ما من عبد أذنب ذنبا الا أجل من غده إلى الليل فان استغفر الله لم يكتب عليه.

3.Muḥammad ibn Abī ʿUmayr narrated from Muḥammad ibn Ḥumrān, from Zurārah who said, “I heard Abā ʿAbdillāh (a) say, ‘There is no servant who commits a sin but that he is given respite from that morning until nightfall, so if he repents to Allah [within that time], it is not written against him.’”

محمد بن أبي عمير عن سلمة صاحب السابري عن جابر عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: من تاب في سنة موته تاب الله عليه ثم قال: وان السنة لكثير من تاب في شهر موته تاب الله عليه ثم قال: وان الشهر لكثير، من تاب في يوم موته تاب الله عليه ثم قال: وان يوما لكثير، من تاب قبل موته بساعة تاب الله عليه ثم قال: وان الساعة لكثير، من تاب وقد بلغت نفسه هيهنا - وأشار بيده إلى حلقه - تاب الله عليه.

4.Muḥammad ibn Abī ʿUmayr narrated from Salamah Ṣāḥib al Sābirī,[1] from Jābir, from Abū Jaʿfar (a) who said, “The Messenger of Allah (ṣ) said, ‘Whoever repents in the year of his death, Allah forgives him.’ Then he said, ‘Verily a year is too long. Whoever repents in the month of his death, Allah forgives him.’ Then he said, ‘Verily a month is too long. Whoever repents on the day of his death, Allah forgives him.’ Then he said, ‘Verily a day is [still] long. Whoever repents an hour before his death, Allah forgives him.’ Then he said, ‘Verily [even] an hour is long. Whoever repents when his soul reaches here – and he pointed with his hand to his throat – Allah forgives him!’’[2]

محمد بن عمير عن جميل بن دراج قال: سمعت أبا جعفر عليه السلام يقول: إذا بلغت النفس هذه لم يكن للعالم توبة وكان للجاهل توبة.

5.Muḥammad ibn Abī ʿUmayr narrated from Jamīl ibn Darrāj who said, “I heard Abā Jaʿfar (a) say, ‘When the soul reaches this place (meaning the throat), there is no repentance for the knowledgeable, but there is [a possibility of] repentance for the ignorant.’”