Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār

حدثنا أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى، عن الحسن بن علي بن فضال، عن ثعلبة بن ميمون، عن عبد الرحمن بن مسلمة الجريري قال: سألت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام عن قوله عز وجل: " يعلم خائنة الأعين " فقال: ألم تر إلى الرجل ينظر إلى الشئ وكأنه لا ينظر إليه فذلك خائنة الأعين.

1. We were told by my father, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Ahmad bin Muhammed bin Isa, from Hasan bin Ali bin Faddal, from Tha’laba bin Maimoun, from Abdul-Rahman bin Maslama al-Jareeri, that he said: I asked Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, about the saying of Him, Exalted and Glorious is He: «He knows that which deceives the eyes» (40:19) so he said: Do you not see a man; he looks at a thing, and yet, it is as if he does not look at it? That is what deceives the eyes.

حدثنا محمد بن علي ماجيلويه - رضي الله عنه - عن عمه محمد بن أبي القاسم، عن محمد بن عيسى، عن الحسن بن علي، عن إسحاق بن عمار، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: من قرء مائة آية يصلي بها في ليلة كتب الله له بها قنوت ليلة ومن قرء مأتي آية في ليلة في غير صلاة الليل كتب الله له في اللوح المحفوظ قنطارا من حسنات، والقنطار ألف ومأتي أوقية والأوقية أعظم من جبل أحد.

1. We were told by Muhammed bin Ali Majilawayh, may Allah be pleased with him, from his paternal uncle, Muhammed bin Abi’l-Qasim, from Muhammed bin Isa, from Hasan bin Ali, from Ishaq bin Ammar, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said: The one who recites a hundred verses which he prays with at a night, Allah will write for him, by them, the qunut [1] of a night, and the one who recites two hundred verses art a night in other than the night prayer, Allah will write for him in the Preserved Tablet a kantar of good deeds. A kantar [2] is a thousand and two hundred okes [3], and one oke is greater than Mount Uhud [4].

حدثنا محمد بن الحسن بن أحمد بن الوليد - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا محمد بن الحسن الصفار، عن أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى، عن الحسين بن سعيد، عن النضر بن سويد، عن يحيى الحلبي، عن محمد بن مروان، عن سعد بن طريف، عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: من قرء عشر آيات في ليلة لم يكتب من الغافلين، ومن قرء خمسين آية كتب من الذاكرين، ومن قرء مائة آية كتب من القانتين، ومن قرء مائتي آية كتب من الخاشعين ومن قرء ثلاثمائة آية كتب من الفائزين ومن قرء خمسمائة آية كتب من المجتهدين ومن قرء ألف آية كتب له قنطار. والقنطار خمسة آلاف مثقال ذهب، والمثقال أربعة و عشرون قيراطا أصغرها مثل جبل أحد وأكبر هاما بين السماء والأرض.

2. We were told by Muhammed bin Hasan bin Ahmad bin Waleed, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Hasan al-Saffar, from Ahmad bin Muhammed bin Isa, from Hussain bin Sa’eed, from Nadr bin Suwayd, from Yahya al-Halabi, from Muhammed bin Marwan, from Sa’d bin Tareef, from Abu Ja’far, peace be upon him, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: The one who recites ten verses at a night, will not be written to be among the unaware. The one who recites fifty verses, will be written to be among the remembering. The one who recites a hundred verses, will be written to be among the performers of qunut. The one who recites two hundred verses, will be written to be among the devoted. The one who recites three hundred verses, will be written to be among the winners. The one who recites five hundred verses, will be written to be among the diligent. The one who recites a thousand verses, to him it will be written a kantar. A kantar is five thousand mithqal [1] of gold. One mithqal is twenty four carats, of which the smallest is like Mount Uhud, and of which the biggest is (like that which is) between the Heaven and earth.

حدثنا أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا محمد بن يحيى العطار، عن محمد بن أحمد بن يحيى الأشعري، عن العباس بن معروف، عن صفوان بن يحيى، عن ابن مسكان، عن محمد بن مسلم، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام في قول الله عز وجل: " ما جعل الله من بحيرة ولا سائبة ولا وصيلة ولا حام " قال: إن أهل الجاهلية كانوا إذا ولدت الناقة ولدين في بطن واحد قالوا: وصلت، فلا يستحلون ذبحها ولا أكلها، وإذا ولدت عشرا جعلوها سائبة، ولا يستحلون ظهرها ولا أكلها، و " الحام " فحل الإبل لم يكونوا يستحلونه فأنزل الله عز وجل أنه لم يكن يحرم شيئا من ذلك.

1. We were told by my father, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Yahya al-‘Attar, from Muhammed bin Ahmad bin Yahya al-Ash’ari, from Abbas bin Ma’ruf, from Safwan bin Yahya, from Ibn Maskan, from Muhammed bin Muslim, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, with regards to the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «Allah has not instituted baheera, nor sa’iba, nor waseela, nor haam.» (5:103) He said: Indeed, the people of the Jahiliya, when a female camel gave birth to two children in one belly [1], they would say: «She connected» and they would not consider it allowable to slaughter it, nor eat it. If she gave birth to ten, they would make it a sa’iba, and they would not permit its back [2] nor to eat it. The haam [3] is the male camel which they did not consider allowable. Then Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, sent down that He had not forbidden anything of that.

وقد روي أن البحيرة الناقة إذا أنتجت خمسة أبطن فإن كان الخامس ذكرا نحروه فأكله الرجال والنساء، وإن كان الخامس أنثى بحروا أذنها أي شقوه وكانت حراما على النساء والرجال لحمها ولبنها، وإذا مات حلت للنساء، والسائبة البعير يسيب بنذر يكون على الرجل إن سلمه الله عز وجل من مرض أو بلغه منزله أن يفعل ذلك، والوصيلة من الغنم كانوا إذا ولدت الشاة سبعة أبطن فإن كان السابع ذكرا ذبح فأكل منه الرجال والنساء، وإن كانت أنثى تركت في الغنم، وإن كان ذكرا وأنثى قالوا: وصلت أخاها فلم تذبح وكان لحومها حراما على النساء إلا أن يكون يموت منها شئ فيحل أكلها للرجال والنساء، والحام الفحل إذا ركب ولد ولده قالوا: قد حمى ظهره. وقد يروى أن الحام هو من الإبل إذا أنتج عشرة أبطن، قالوا: قد حمى ظهره فلا يركب ولا يمنع من كلاء ولا ماء.

It has been narrated that baheera is the female camel when having produced five bellies, and if the fifth was a male, they would slaughter it and it would be eaten by men and women, and if the fifth was a female, they slit its ear, meaning that they cut it, and its flesh and milk would be forbidden for women and men, and if it [1] died (naturally), it would be allowed for women. The sa’iba is the male camel that walks freely due to an oath that is upon a man if Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, saves him from an illness or makes him reach his home. The waseela from sheep is a sheep that would give birth to seven bellies. If the seventh was a male, he would be slaughtered, and men and women would eat from him, and if it was a female, it would be left among the sheep, and if it a male and a female, they said: «It has connected with its brother» and it would not be slaughtered, and its flesh would be forbidden for women, except if something dies from it, and so, it would then be allowed to eat for men and women. The haam is the male when a boy rides his sons. They would say: «His back is heated» . It may be narrated that the haam is the camel that has produced ten bellies, due to which they would say: «His back is heated» and so it would not be ridden, nor prevented from care nor water.

أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى، عن العباس بن معروف، عن صفوان بن يحيى، عن ابن مسكان، عن محمد بن مسلم، قال: قلت لأبي عبد الله عليه السلام: " عتل بعد ذلك زنيم " قال: العتل العظيم الكفر، والزنيم المستهتر بكفره .

1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Ahmad bin Muhammed bin Isa, from Abbas bin Ma’ruf, from Safwan bin Yahya, from Ibn Maskan, from Muhammed bin Muslim, that he said: I said to Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him: «Cruel, moreover, a bastard.» (68:13) He said: The great cruelty is disbelief, and the villainous is the one who wantons with his disbelief.

أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا محمد بن أبي القاسم، عن محمد بن علي الكوفي بإسناده رفعه إلى أبي عبد الله عليه السلام أنه قيل له: الرجل يشرب بنفس واحد؟ قال: لا بأس، قلت: فإن من قبلنا يقول: ذلك شرب الهيم؟ فقال: إنما شرب الهيم ما لم يذكر اسم الله عليه.

1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Muhammed bin Abi’l-Qasim, from Muhammed bin Ali al-Kufi, with a chain of narrators that he ascribed to Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that it was said to him: (What is the ruling of) A man who drinks in one breath? He said: There is no harm. I said: There are those before us who say that this is (like) the drinking of thirsty cattle? Then he said: The (like of the) drinking of thirsty cattle is only that which the Name of Allah has not been mentioned upon.

حدثنا أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا عبد الله بن جعفر الحميري، عن أحمد بن محمد بن خالد، عن عثمان بن عيسى، عن شيخ من أهل المدينة، قال: سألت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام: عن رجل يشرب فلا يقطع حتى يروي، فقال: فهل اللذة إلا ذاك؟ قلت: فإنهم يقولون: إنه شرب الهيم ؟ فقال: كذبوا إنما شرب الهيم ما لم يذكر [اسم] الله عز وجل عليه.

2. We were told by my father, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Abdullah bin Ja’far al-Himyari, from Ahmad bin Muhammed bin Khalid, from Uthman bin Isa, from an old man from the people of Medina, that he said: I asked Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, about a man who drinks and does not stop until he is satisfied. He said: Is satisfaction but that? I said: They say that it is (like) the drinking of thirsty cattle? He said: They have lied. The drinking of thirsty cattle is only that which the Name of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, has not been mentioned upon.

حدثنا محمد بن الحسن بن أحمد بن الوليد - رضي الله عنه - قال: حدثنا محمد بن الحسن الصفار، عن أحمد، وعبد الله ابني محمد بن عيسى، عن محمد بن أبي عمير، عن حماد بن عثمان الناب، عن عبد الله بن علي الحلبي، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: ثلاثة أنفاس في الشرب أفضل من نفس واحد في الشرب، وقال: كان يكره أن يشبه بالهيم قلت: وما الهيم؟ قال: الرمل . وفي حديث آخر هي الإبل.

3. We were told by Muhammed bin Hasan bin Ahmad bin Waleed, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Hasan al-Saffar, from Ahmad and Abdullah, the two sons of Muhammed bin Isa, from Muhammed bin Abi ‘Umayr, from Hammad bin Uthman al-Na’ib, from Abdullah bin Ali al-Halabi, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said: Three breaths while drinking is better than one breath while drinking. He also said that it is disliked that it resembles thirsty cattle. I said: And what are thirsty camels? He said: Riding animals. And in another narration it is camels.

حدثنا أحمد بن إبراهيم بن الوليد السلمي، قال: حدثنا أبو الفضل محمد بن أحمد الكاتب النيسابوري بإسناد رفعه إلى أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام أنه قال: كمال الرجل بست خصال: بأصغريه، وأكبريه، وهيئتيه. فأما أصغراه فقلبه ولسانه إن قاتل قاتل بجنان، وإن تكلم تكلم بلسان، وأما أكبراه فعقله وهمته، وأما هيئتاه فماله وجماله.

1. We were told by Ahmad bin Ibrahim bin Waleed al-Sulami, that he said: We were told by Abu’l-Fadl, Muhammed bin Ahmad al-Katib al-Naisabouri, with a chain of narrators that he ascribed to the Commander of the Believers, peace be upon him, that he said: The perfection of man is in six traits: with his two small things, his two big things and his two guises. As for his two small things, they are his heart and tongue; if he fights, he fights with pneuma, and if he speaks, he speaks with a tongue. As for his two big things, they are his intellect and enthusiasm. As for his two guises, they are his property and beauty.