Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār

أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن أبي عبد الله قال: حدثني شريف بن سابق أبو محمد التفليسي، عن الفضل بن أبي قرة، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: ما من مؤمن إلا فيه دعابة. قلت: وما الدعابة؟ قال: المزاح.

1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Ahmad bin Abi Abdillah, that he said: I was told by Shareef bin Sabiq, Abu Ahmad al-Tafleesi, from Fadl bin Abi Qurra, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said: There is no believer except that in him is humor. I said: And what is humor? He said: Joking.

أبي - رحمه الله - قال حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن محمد، عن ابن فضال، عن يونس بن يعقوب، عن شعيب العقرقوفي قال: قلت لأبي عبد الله عليه السلام: شئ يروى، عن أبي ذر - رحمة الله عليه - أنه كان يقول: ثلاثة يبغضها الناس وأنا أحبها: أحب الموت، وأحب الفقر، وأحب البلاء، فقال: إن هذا ليس على ما يرون ، إنما عنى: الموت في طاعة الله أحب إلي من الحياة في معصية الله، والفقر في طاعة الله أحب إلي من الغنا في معصية الله، والبلاء في طاعة الله أحب إلي من الصحة في معصية الله.

1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Ahmad bin Muhammed, from Ibn Faddal, from Yunus bin Ya’qoub, from Shu’aib al-‘Aqraqoufi, that he said: I said to Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him: There is something narrated from Abu Dharr, upon whom is the mercy of Allah, that he used to say: «Three things which the people hate, and which I love: I love death, and I love povery, and I love tribulation.» Then he said: Indeed, this is not like as they narrate. He only meant: Death in obedience to Allah is more beloved to me than life in disobedience to Allah, and poverty in obedience to Allah is more beloved to me than wealth in disobedience to Allah, and tribulation in obedience to Allah is more beloved to me than health in disobedience to Allah.

أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن محمد بن خالد، عن أبيه، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن منصور بن يونس، عن أبي بصير، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: سمعته يقول: الكذبة تفطر الصائم. قال: فقلت له: هلكنا، قال: لا، إنما أعني الكذب على الله عز وجل وعلى رسوله صلى الله عليه وآله وعلى الأئمة عليهم السلام.

1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Ahmad bin Muhammed bin Khalid, from his father, from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr, from Mansour bin Yunus, from Abu Baseer, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said: I heard him say: A lie breaks the fast of the fasting. He said: Then I said to him: Then we have perished! He said: No, I only meant lying about Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, about His Messenger, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, and about the Imams, peace be upon them.

أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن أبي عبد الله، عن أبيه، عن محمد بن أبي عمير، عن معاوية بن عمار، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: قلت له: جعلت فداك، ما حد الجار؟ قال: أربعين دارا من كل جانب.

1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Ahmad bin Abi Abdillah, from his father, from Muhammed bin Abi ‘Umayr, from Mu’awiya bin Ammar, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said: I said to him: May I be sacrificed for you, what is the limit of a neighbor? He said: Forty houses from every side.

أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى، عن القاسم بن يحيى، عن جده الحسن بن راشد، عن ابن بكير، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: من كان يحبنا وهو في موضع لا يشينه فهو من خالص الله تبارك وتعالى. قلت: جعلت فداك وما الموضع الذي لا يشينه؟ قال: لا يرمى في مولده. - وفي خبر آخر: لم يجعل ولد زنا -.

1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Ahmad bin bin Muhammed bin Isa, from Qasem bin Yahya, from his grandfather, Hasan bin Rashid, from Ibn Bukair, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said: The one who loves us whilst he is in a place that does not disgrace him, then he is from what is made upright by Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He. I said: May I be sacrificed for you, and what is the place that does not disgrace him? He said: He is not accused with regards to his birth. In another report: He was not made a son of fornication.

حدثنا محمد بن علي ماجيلويه، عن عمه محمد بن أبي القاسم، عن محمد بن علي الكوفي، عن موسى بن سعدان، عن عبد الله بن القاسم، عن عبد الله بن سنان قال: قال أبو عبد الله عليه السلام: لا يمين في غضب ولا في إجبار ولا في إكراه. قلت: أصلحك الله، فما الفرق بين الاكراه والاجبار؟ قال: الاجبار من السلطان، والاكراه يكون من الزوجة والام والأب وليس بشئ.

1. We were told by Muhammed bin Ali Majilawayh, from his paternal uncle, Muhammed bin Abi’l-Qasem, from Muhammed bin Ali al-Kufi, from Musa bin Sa’dan, from Abdullah bin Qasem, from Abdullah bin Sinan, that he said: Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, said: There is no right hand (valid in promise) in the case of anger, nor in coercion, nor in compulsion. I said: May Allah rectify you, then what is the difference between compulsion and coercion? He said: Coercion is from the ruler, and compulsion is from a wife, mother and father, and is nothing.

حدثني محمد بن علي ماجيلويه - رحمه الله - عن عمه محمد بن أبي القاسم، عن محمد بن علي القرشي، عن الحسين بن سفيان الجريري، عن سلام بن أبي عمره الأزدي، عن معروف ابن خربوز، عن أبي الطفيل أنه سمع أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام يقول: إن بعدي فتنا مظلمة عمياء مشككة لا يبقى فيها إلا النومة. قيل: وما النومة يا أمير المؤمنين؟ قال: الذي لا يدري الناس ما في نفسه.

1. I was told by Muhammed bin Ali Majilawayh, may Allah grant him mercy, from his paternal uncle, Muhammed bin Abi’l-Qasem, from Muhammed bin Ali al-Qurashi, from Hussain bin Sufyan al-Jareeri, from Salam bin Abi ‘Umra al-Azdi, from Ma’ruf ibn Khazbour, from Abu’t-Tufayl, that he heard the Commander of the Believers, peace be upon him, say: Indeed, after me will be darkening, blind, doubt-causing, tribulations in which none will remain except for the sleeper. It was said: O Commander of the Believers, and what is a sleeper? He said: The one about whom people do not know what is in.

أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن محمد بن الحسين عن محمد بن سنان، عن عمار بن مروان، عن المنخل، عن جابر، عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال: سألته عن هذه الآية في قول الله عز وجل: " ولئن قتلتم في سبيل الله أو متم " قال: فقال: أتدري ما سبيل الله؟ قال: قلت: لا والله إلا أن أسمعه منك. قال: سبيل الله [هو] علي عليه السلام وذريته، [وسبيل الله] من قتل في ولايته قتل في سبيل الله، ومن مات في ولايته ماتفي سبيل الله.

1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Muhammed bin Hussain, from Muhammed bin Sinan, from Ammar bin Marwan, from Munkhil, from Jabir, from Abu Ja’far, peace be upon him, that he said: I asked him about this verse in the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «And if you are killed in the Path of Allah, or die» (3:157). He said: Then he said: Do you know what the Path of Allah is? He said: I said: No, by Allah, except that I hear it from you. He said: The Path of Allah is Ali, peace be upon him, and his offspring. With regards to the Path of Allah, the one who is killed (for the sake of- and whilst believing) in his Divine Authority, is killed in the Path of Allah, and the one who dies (whilst believing) in his Divine Authority, dies in the Path of Allah.

أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثني محمد بن يحيى، عن محمد بن أحمد، عن العبيدي، عن محمد بن سليمان البصري، عن الحسين بن عمر قال: قلت لأبي عبد الله عليه السلام: إن رجلا أوصى إلي في السبيل. قال: فقال لي: اصرفه في الحج. قال: قلت: إنه أوصى إلي في السبيل. قال: اصرفه في الحج فإني لا أعرف سبيلا من سبله أفضل من الحج.

2. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: I was told by Muhammed bin Yahya, from Muhammed bin Ahmad, from al-‘Ubaydi, from Muhammed bin Sulayman al-Basri, from Hussain bin Umar, that he said: I said to Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him: A man bequeathed to me (that I should spend his property) for the Path. He said: So he said to me: Spend it in pilgrimage. He said: I said: Indeed, he bequeathed to me for the Path. He said: Spend it in pilgrimage, for indeed, I do not know of a path from His Paths better than pilgrimage.

حدثنا أبي - رضي الله عنه - قال: حدثا أحمد بن إدريس، قال: حدثنا محمد بن أحمد بن يحيى بن عمران الأشعري، عن محمد بن عيسى بن عبيد، عن الحسن بن راشد، قال: سألت أبا الحسن العسكري عليه السلام بالمدينة عن رجل أوصى بماله في سبيل الله. قال: سبيل الله شيعتنا.

3. We were told by my father, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Ahmad bin Idrees, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Ahmad bin Yahya bin Imran al-Ash’ari, from Muhammed bin Isa bin Ubayd, from Hasan bin Rashid, that he said: I asked Abu’l-Hasan al-Askari, peace be upon him, in Medina about a man who bequeathed with what he had (that it should be spent) for the Path of Allah. He said: The Path of Allah is our Shi’a.