Kitāb al-Zuhd

محمد بن أبي عمير عن ابن بكير عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: إن في جهنم لواد للمتكبرين يقال له: سقر شكى إلى الله (شدة حره) وسأله (ان يأذن له) ان يتنفس فأذن له فتنفس فاحرق جهنم.

14.Muḥammad ibn Abī ʿUmayr narrated from Ibn Bukayr, from Abū ʿAbdillāh (a) who said, “Verily in Hell there is a valley for the arrogant ones which is called Saqar. It [once] complained to Allah about the intensity of its heat and asked Him to permit it to respire, so He permitted it and when it exhaled, it burnt [the entirety of] Hell.”

محمد بن أبي عمير عن الحسين الأحمسي عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: تقول الجنة يا رب ملأت النار كما وعدتها فاملأني كما وعدتني قال: فيخلق الله تبارك وتعالى خلقا فيدخلهم الجنة ثم قال أبو عبد الله عليه السلام: طوبى لهم لم يروا غموم الدنيا ولا همومها.

15.Muḥammad ibn Abī ʿUmayr narrated from al-Ḥusayn al-Aḥmasī, from Abū ʿAbdillāh (a) who said, “Paradise will say, ‘O Lord, You filled the Fire just as You promised it, so fill me [as well] just as You promised me!’ So Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, will create a creation and make them enter Paradise.” Then Abū ʿAbdillāh (a) said, “Blessed are they, for they [shall] neither [have] witnessed the sorrows of the world nor its worries.”

بن أبي عمير عن عاصم بن سليمان ذكر في قول الله تبارك وتعالى (تسقى من عين آنية) قال: يسمع لها أنين من شدة حرها.

16.Muḥammad ibn Abī ʿUmayr narrated from ʿĀṣim ibn Sulaymān, who mentioned the verse wherein Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, says: [They are] made to drink from a scalding spring (Q88:5). He (the Imam (a)) said, “A sound [like moaning] will be heard from it due to the intensity of its heat.”

محمد بن سنان عن أبي خالد القماط قال: قلت لأبي عبد الله عليه السلام ويقال لأبي جعفر عليه السلام إذا أدخل الله أهل الجنة الجنة وأهل النار النار فمه؟ فقال (قال) أبو جعفر عليه السلام: أن أراد أن (يخلق الله خلقا و) يخلق لهم دنيا يردهم (ردهم) إليها فعل ولا أقول لك انه يفعل.

17.Muḥammad ibn Sinān narrated from Abū Khālid al-Qammāṭ[1] who said, “I asked Abū ʿAbdillāh (a) [and in another version: Abū Jaʿfar (a)], ‘When Allah admits the people of Paradise into Paradise and [throws] the people of Hell into Hell, then what [happens next]?’ So Abū Jaʿfar (a) said, ‘If Allah wishes to create another creation and make a world for them to return to, He will do so – and I am not saying to you that this is what He will [surely] do.’”

محمد بن سنان عن عمار بن مروان عن أبي بصير عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: قلت له: إذا (أ) دخل (الله) أهل الجنة الجنة وأهل النار النار فمه؟ فقال: ما أزعم لك انه تعالى يخلق خلقا يعبدونه.

18.Muḥammad ibn Sinān narrated from ʿAmmār ibn Marwān, from Abū Baṣīr, from Abū ʿAbdillāh (a) whom he asked, “When Allah admits the inhabitants of Paradise into Paradise and the inmates of Hell into Hell, then what?” So he said, “I do not make the assertion to you that He, the Exalted, will [surely] create another creation who will worship Him [but if He wills, He may do so].”

أبو الحسين بن عبيد الله عن ابن أبي يعفور قال: دخلت على أبى عبد الله عليه السلام - وعنده نفر من أصحابه - فقال لي: يا بن أبي يعفور هل قرأت القرآن؟ قال: قلت: نعم هذه القراءة قال: عنها سألتك ليس عن غيرها قال: فقلت: نعم جعلت فداك ولم؟ قال: لان موسى عليه السلام حدث قومه بحديث لم يحتملوه عنه فخرجوا عليه بمصر فقاتلوه فقاتلهم فقتلهم ولان عيسى عليه السلام حدث قومه بحديث فلم يحتملوه عنه فخرجوا عليه بتكريت فقاتلوه فقاتلهم فقتلهم وهو قول الله عز وجل: (فآمنت طائفة من بني إسرائيل وكفرت طائفة فأيدنا الذين آمنوا على عدوهم فأصبحوا ظاهرين) وانه أول قائم يقوم منا أهل البيت يحدثكم بحديث لا تحتملونه فتخرجون عليه برميلة الدسكرة فتقاتلونه فيقاتلكم فيقتلكم وهي آخر خارجة يكون ثم يجمع الله - يا بن أبي يعفور - الأولين والآخرين ثم يجاء بمحمد صلى الله عليه وآله في أهل زمانه فيقال له: يا محمد بلغت رسالتي واحتججت على القوم بما أمرتك ان تحدثهم به؟ فيقول: نعم يا رب فيسأل القوم هل بلغكم واحتج عليكم؟ فيقول قوم: لا فيسأل محمد صلى الله عليه وآله فيقول: نعم يا رب - وقد علم الله تبارك وتعالى انه قد فعل ذلك - يعيد ذلك ثلاث مرات فيصدق محمدا و يكذب القوم ثم يساقون إلى نار جهنم ثم يجاء بعلى عليه السلام في أهل زمانه فيقال له: كما قيل لمحمد صلى الله عليه وآله ويكذبه قومه ويصدقه الله ويكذبهم يعيد ذلك ثلاث مرات ثم الحسن ثم الحسين ثم علي بن الحسين وهو أقلهم أصحابا كان أصحابه أبا خالد الكابلي ويحيى بن أم الطويل وسعيد بن المسيب وعامر بن واثلة وجابر بن عبد الله الأنصاري وهؤلاء شهود له على ما احتج به ثم يؤتى بأبي يعنى محمد بن علي على مثل ذلك ثم يؤتى بي وبكم فأسئل وتسألون فانظروا ما أنتم صانعون - يا بن أبي يعفور - ان الله عز وجل هو الآمر بطاعته و طاعة رسوله وطاعة أولي الأمر الذين هم أوصياء رسوله - يا بن أبي يعفور - فنحن حجج الله في عباده وشهداؤه على خلقه وامنائه في ارضه وخزانه على علمه والداعون إلى سبيله والعاملون بذلك فمن أطاعنا أطاع الله ومن عصانا فقد عصى الله.

19.Abū al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿUbaydillāh narrated from Ibn Abī Yaʿfūr who said, “I visited Abū ʿAbdillāh while a group of his companions were with him, so he said to me, ‘O Ibn Abī Yaʿfūr, have you read the Qurʾān?’ I said, ‘Yes, [in] this recitation.’ He said, ‘That is what I was asking you about, not any other.’ I said, ‘Yes, may I be your ransom! Why [do you ask]?’ He said, ‘Because Mūsā (a) spoke to his people about something that they did not accept from him, so they came out against him in Egypt and fought him, so he fought against them and killed them. And because ʿĪsā (a) [also] spoke to his people about something that they did not accept from him, so they came out against him in Takrīt and fought him, so he fought against them and killed them. This is what is being referred to in the verse wherein Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, says: …Then a group from the Banī Isrāʾīl believed while another disbelieved. We supported the believers against their enemies, so they prevailed (Q61:14). And the first Riser who will rise from us, the Ahl al-Bayt, will [also] speak to you about something that you will not accept from him, so you will come out against him at Rumaylah al-Daskarah [1] and fight him, and he will fight you and kill you. That will be the last rebellion to ever take place. Then, O Ibn Abī Yaʿfūr, Allah will gather the first and the last. Then Muḥammad (ṣ) will be brought among the people of his time and he will be told, ‘O Muḥammad, did you convey My message and provide arguments to the people in the way I had instructed you to speak to them?’ So he will reply, ‘Yes, O Lord.’ He will then ask the people, ‘Did he convey to you [the message] and provide arguments [for it] to you?’ But the people will say, ‘No.’ So He will [again] ask Muḥammad (ṣ), and he will reply, ‘Yes [I did], O Lord.’ And Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, will already know that he had done that. He will repeat this [question] three times, after which He will accept the [truthful] answer of Muḥammad and reject the [dishonest] answer of the people. Then they will be driven to the fire of Hell. Then ʿAlī (a) will be brought among the people of his time and he will be asked the same thing that Muḥammad (ṣ) was asked, and his people will lie about him but Allah will accept his reply and reject the lie of the people. He will repeat that thrice. Then [the same will happen with] al- Ḥasan, then al-Ḥusayn, then ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn (a), who had the least number of companions of them all. His companions were Abū Khālid al- Kābulī, Yaḥyā ibn Umm al-Ṭawīl, Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyab, ʿĀmir ibn Wāthilah, and Jābir ibn ʿAbdillāh al-Anṣārī. These are the witnesses who will testify to the arguments he brought [to guide the people]. Then my father will be brought, meaning Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī (a), in the same Way. Subsequently I will be brought along with you, and I will be asked [the same question] as will you. Then see how you will respond [when that happens]. O Ibn Abī Yaʿfūr, verily Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, commands His obedience and the obedience of His Messenger, and the obedience of those in authority who are the legatees of His Messenger. O Ibn Abī Yaʿfūr, we are the proofs of Allah among His servants, His witnesses over His creation, His trustees on His earth, His custodians over His knowledge, the callers towards His path, and those who work with that [goal]. So whoever obeys us obeys Allah, and whoever disobeys us has disobeyed Allah.’”

حدثنا الحسين بن سعيد عن النضر بن سويد عن يحيى الحلبي عن هارون بن خارجة عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال إن الله بعث إلى بني إسرائيل نبيا يقال له: إرميا فقال: قل لهم: ما بلد بنفسه من كرام البلدان؟ وغرس فيه من كرام الغروس ونقيته (نفسه) من كل (غرسه) غريبة) عربية) فاخلف فأنبت خرنوبا (خربونا)؟ (فضحكوا منه واستهزؤا به فشكاهم إلى الله فأوحى الله إليه أن قل لهم:) ان البلد البيت المقدس والغرس بنو إسرائيل نقيتهم من كل غريبة ونحيت عنهم كل جبار فاخلفوا فعملوا بمعاصي فلا سلطن عليهم في بلدهم من يسفك دمائهم ويأخذ أموالهم (وان بكوا لم ارحم بكائهم وان دعوا لم استجب دعائهم فشلوا وفشلت أعمالهم و) لأخربنها مأة عام ثم لأعمرنها قال: فلما حدثهم جزعت العلماء فقالوا يا رسول الله: ما ذنبنا نحن ولم نكن نعمل بعملهم فعاود لنا ربك فصام سبعا فلم يوح إليه فاكل اكلة ثم صام سبعا فلما كان اليوم الواحد والعشرون يوما أوحى الله إليه لترجعن عما تصنع أن تراجعني في أمر قد قضيته أولا ردن وجهك على دبرك ثم أوحى إليه أن قل لهم: انكم رأيتم المنكر فلم تنكروه وسلط عليهم بخت نصر ففعل بهم ما قد بلغك

1.Al-Ḥusayn ibn Saʿīd narrated to us from al-Naḍr ibn Suwayd, from Yaḥyā al-Ḥalabī, from Hārūn ibn Khārijah, from Abū ʿAbdillāh (a) who said, “Verily Allah sent to the Banī Isrāʾīl a Prophet called Irmiyā[1] and said [to him], ‘Ask them: what city considered itself to be among the noblest of cities, having the best of plants grown within it, after I had cleared it of all the weeds [and unwanted plants], yet it went back and started growing karnoub?’ [2] So they laughed at him and mocked him. He complained about them to Allah, so Allah revealed to him, ‘Tell them: verily the city is Jerusalem (al-bayt al-maqdis), the plants are the Banī Isrāʾīl – I cleansed them of every [harmful] foreign element and turned away from them every tyrant, but they went back and committed acts of disobedience [and sin]. Therefore, I will surely give authority over them to one who will spill their blood and seize their wealth! If they cry, I will not be sympathetic to their weeping, and if they supplicate, I will not answer their supplication! They have failed, and their actions have failed. I will surely lay waste to it for a hundred years and then I will rebuild it.’ When he told them this, the scholars [among them] were alarmed and they said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, what was our sin, for we did not act the way they did? Go back to your Lord on our behalf [and ask about our fate].’ So he fasted for seven days but no revelation came to him. He then ate a little and fasted for another seven days [and then repeated this again]. When it was the twenty-first day, Allah revealed to him, ‘Go back [and turn away] from what you are doing, and do not come to Me regarding a matter that I have [already] decreed, otherwise I will certainly turn your face upon your back!’ Then Allah revealed to him that he should tell them, ‘You saw evil [being committed] but you never rejected [or forbade] it.’ He then made Nebuchadnezzar their ruler and he did with them what has reached you [in the chronicles of history].”

علي بن النعمان عن ابن مسكان عن أبي حمزة عن يحيى بن عقيل عن حبشي قال: خطب أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام الناس فحمد الله وأثنى عليه وذكر ابن عمه محمدا صلى الله عليه وآله فصلى عليه ثم قال: أما بعد فإنه إنما هلك من كان قبلكم بحيث ما عملوا من المعاصي ولم ينههم الربانيون والأحبار عن ذلك فإنهم لما تمادوا في المعاصي نزلت بهم العقوبات فمر (فأمر) وأبا لمعروف وانهوا عن المنكر واعلموا ان الامر بالمعروف والنهى عن المنكر لا يقربان أجلا ولا يقطعان رزقا فان الامر ينزل من السماء إلى الأرض كقطر المطر إلى كل نفس ما قدر الله من زيادة ونقصان فان أصابت أحدكم مصيبة في أهل ومال ونفس ورآى عند أخيه عقوبة فلا يكونن عليه فتنة ينتظر إحدى الحسنين إما داع إلى الله فما عند الله خير له واما الرزق من الله فإذا هو ذو أهل ومال والبنون لحرث الدنيا والعمل الصالح لحرث الآخرة وقد يجمعهما الله لا قوام.

2.ʿAlī ibn al-Nuʿmān narrated from Ibn Muskān, from Abū Ḥamzah, from Yaḥyā ibn ʿAqīl, from Ḥabashī who said, “Amīr al-Muʾminīn (a) [once] addressed the people. [He started by] praising Allah and glorifying Him, and he remembered his cousin Muḥammad (ṣ) and sent blessings [and salutations] upon him, then he said, ‘Now then, verily those who came before you were only destroyed due to the sins that they committed while their rabbis and scholars did not forbid them from that. Then, when they became excessive in committing sins, punishments descended upon them. So enjoin good and forbid [each other from] evil, and know that enjoining good and forbidding evil neither bring death closer nor do they sever [the means of one’s] livelihood. Indeed, the [divine] command descends from the sky to the earth like drops of rain; to every individual [comes] what is ordained by Allah to increase or decrease. So if any of you is afflicted by a calamity in his family, his wealth, or himself, and sees a punishment[1] brother, then let it not be an ordeal for him. [That is because] he awaits one of two [possible] good outcomes: either a caller from Allah [in the form of death], in which case what is with Allah is better for him, or sustenance from Allah. If he possesses a family, or wealth, or children, that is the tillage of this world, and good deeds are surely the tillage of the Hereafter, and Allah may gather both of these for some groups [thereby granting them the tillage of both this world and the Hereafter].”

علي بن النعمان عن داود بن أبي يزيد عن أبي شيبة الزهري عن أحدهما عليهما السلام قال: ويل لقوم لا يدينون الله بالامر بالمعروف والنهى عن المنكر.

3.ʿAlī ibn al-Nuʿmān narrated from Dāwūd ibn Abī Yazīd, from Abū Shaybah al-Zuhrī, from one of the two [Imams] (a) who said, “Woe be to the community that does not worship Allah through enjoining good and forbidding evil.”

عثمان بن عيسى عن فرات بن أحنف عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: ويل لمن يأمر بالمنكر وينهى عن المعروف.

4.ʿUthmān ibn ʿĪsā narrated from Furāt ibn Aḥnaf, from Abū ʿAbdillāh (a) who said, “Woe be to the one who enjoins evil and forbids good.”