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The meaning of the men with carnality
أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن يعقوب بن يزيد، عن صفوان ابن يحيى، عن عبد الله بن مسكان، عن زرارة، قال: سألت أبا جعفر عليه السلام عن قول الله عز و جل: " أو التابعين غير أولي الإربة من الرجال " إلى آخر الآية فقال: الأحمق الذي لا يأتي النساء.
1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Ya’qoub bin Yazid, from Safwan ibn Yahya, from Abdullah bin Maskan, from Zurara, that he said: I asked Abu Ja’far, peace be upon him, about the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «Or the male attendants with no carnality» (24:31) until the end of the verse, so he said: The fool who does not (sexually) approach women.
حدثنا محمد بن الحسن بن أحمد بن الوليد - رحمه الله قال: حدثنا محمد بن الحسن الصفار، عن أحمد بن محمد، عن الحسن بن علي الوشاء، عن علي بن أبي حمزة، عن أبي بصير، قال: سألت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام عن " التابعين غير أولي الإربة من الرجال " قال: هو الأبلة المولى عليه الذي لا يأتي النساء.
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, from Hasan bin Ali al-Washhaa’, from Ali bin Abi Hamza, from Abu Baseer, that he said: I asked Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, about: « the male attendants with no carnality» (24:31). He said: It is the dumb, the imposed, who does not (sexually) approach women.
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The meaning of arbi’aa’ and nitaf
أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا محمد بن يحيى العطار، عن محمد بن علي بن محبوب، عن علي بن السندي، عن صفوان، عن إسحاق بن عمار، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام، قال: لا تستأجر الأرض بالتمر ولا بالحنطة ولا بالشعير ولا بالأربعاء ولا بالنطاف: قلت: وما الأربعاء؟ قال: الشرب، والنطاف فضل الماء ولكن تقبلها بالذهب والفضة والنصف و الثلث والربع.
1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Muhammed bin Yahya al-‘Attar, from Muhammed bin Ali bin Mahboub, from Ali bin Sindi, from Safwan, from Ishaq bin Ammar, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said: Do not seek to rent a land by dates, nor wheat, nor barley, nor arbi’aa’, nor nitaf. I said: And what is arbi’aa’? He said: Drinking, and nitaf is that which is excessive from water. However, its acceptance is by silver, gold, halves, thirds and fourths.
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The meaning of Al-Khaba'a by which Allah has not been worshipped with anything more beloved than it
أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا علي بن بن إبراهيم، عن محمد بن عيسى، عن يونس ابن عبد الرحمن، عن هشام بن سالم، قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام يقول: ما عبد الله بشئ أحب إليه من الخبء. قلت: وما الخبء؟ قال: التقية.
1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Ali bin Ibrahim, from Muhammed bin Isa, from Yunus ibn Abdil-Rahman, from Hisham bin Salem, that he said: I heard Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, say: Allah has not been worshipped with anything more beloved to him than Al-Khaba'a. I said: And what is Al-Khaba'a? He said: Taqiya.
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The meaning of a man’s sending of peace upon himself
أبي - رحمه الله - قال حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن محمد بن الحسين، عن محمد بن الفضيل، عن أبي الصباح، قال: سألت أبا جعفر عليه السلام عن قول الله عز وجل: " فإذا دخلتم بيوتا فسلموا على أنفسكم - الآية - ". فقال: هو تسليم الرجل على أهل البيت حين يدخل ثم يردون عليه، فهو سلامكم على أنفسكم.
1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Muhammed bin Hussain, from Muhammed bin Fudail, from Abu’s-Sabah, that he said: I asked Abu Ja’far, peace be upon him, about the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «And when you enter into houses, then send peace upon yourselves» (24:61) the verse, so he said: It is a man’s sending of peace upon the household when he enters, and furthermore, their response to him. That is your sending of peace upon yourselves.
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The meaning of domestication
حدثنا محمد بن الحسن بن أحمد بن الوليد - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا محمد بن الحسن الصفار، عن أحمد بن محمد، عن علي بن الحكم، ومحسن بن أحمد، عن أبان بن الأحمر، عن عبد الرحمن بن أبي عبد الله قال: سألت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام عن قوله الله عز وجل: " لا تدخلوا بيوتا غير بيوتكم حتى تستأنسوا وتسلموا على أهلها " قال: الاستيناس وقع النعل والتسليم.
1. 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, from Ali bin Hakam, and Mohsin bin Ahmad, from Aban bin Ahmar, from Abdul-Rahman bin Abi Abdillah, that he said: I asked Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, about the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «do not enter houses other than your houses until you domesticate (yourselves) and send peace upon their people.» (24:27) He said: Domestication is to place the sandals and send peace.
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The meaning of the saying of the Commander of the Believers, peace be upon him: «None rejects generosity except for a donkey»
أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن محمد بن خالد، عن محمد بن علي الكوفي، عن أحمد بن محمد البزنطي، قال: قال أبو الحسن الرضا عليه السلام: قال أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام: لا يأبى الكرامة إلا حمار، قلت: وما معنى ذلك؟ فقال: ذلك في الطيب يعرض عليه، والتوسعة في المجلس، من أباهما كان كما قال.
1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Ahmad bin Muhammed bin Khalid, from Muhammed bin Ali al-Kufi, from Ahmad bin Muhammed al-Bazanti, that he said: Abu’l-Hasan al-Rida, peace be upon him, that he said: The Commander of the Believers, peace be upon him, said: None rejects generosity except for a donkey. I said: And what is the meaning of that? So he said: That is with regards to the one to whom perfume is presented, and (to whom it is offered) a wide sitting place. The one who rejects them, is as he said.
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The meaning of the clay of lunacy
أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا عبد الله بن جعفر الحميري، عن أحمد بن محمد، عن الحسن بن محبوب، عن مالك بن عطية، عن ابن أبي يعفور، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: من باهت مؤمنا أو مؤمنة بما ليس فيهما حبسه الله عز وجل يوم القيامة في طينة خبال حتى يخرج مما قال، قلت: وما طينة خبال؟ قال: صديد يخرج من فروج المومسات يعني الزواني.
1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Abdullah bin Ja’far al-Himyari, from Ahmad bin Muhammed, from Hasan bin Mahboub, from Malik bin ‘Atiya, from Ibn Abi Ya’four, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said: The one who slanders a believing man or a believing woman with what is not in them, Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, will detain him on the Day of Resurrection in a clay of lunacy until he leaves what he said: I said: And what is the clay of lunacy? He said: A pus that comes out from the genitals of harlots. Meaning adulteresses.
حدثنا محمد بن الحسن بن أحمد - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا محمد بن الحسن الصفار عن أحمد بن أبي عبد الله، عن أبيه، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن مهران بن محمد، عن سعد الإسكاف عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال: من شرب الخمر أو مسكرا لم تقبل صلاته أربعين صباحا فإن عاد سقاه الله طينة خبال، قلت: وما طينة خبال؟ قال: صديد يخرج من فروج الزناة.
2. We were told by Muhammed bin Hasan bin Ahmad, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Hasan al-Saffar, from Ahmad bin Abi Abdillah, from his father, from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr, from Mahran bin Muhammed, from Sa’d al-Iskafi, from Abu Ja’far, peace be upon him, that he said: The one who drinks wine or an intoxicant, his prayer will not be accepted for forty mornings, and if he returns, Allah will make him drink from the clay of lunacy. I said: And what is the clay of lunacy? He said: A pus that comes out from the genitals of adulteresses.
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The meaning of the two knobs
حدثنا محمد بن علي ماجيلويه - رحمه الله - عن عمه محمد بن أبي القاسم، عن محمد ابن علي الكوفي، عن عيسى بن عبد الله العمري، عن أبيه، عن جده، عن أبيه، عن علي عليه السلام، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وآله قال: لا يصلين أحدكم وبه أحد العقدين يعني البول والغائط.
1. We were told by Muhammed bin Ali Majilawayh, may Allah grant him mercy, from his paternal uncle, Muhammed bin Abi’l-Qasem, from Muhammed ibn Ali al-Kufi, from Isa bin Abdillah al-‘Amri, from his father, from his grandfather, from his father, from Ali, peace be upon him, of the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, that he said: Let none of you pray whilst in him is one of the two knobs. Meaning urine and excrement.