Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār

أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن محمد بن خالد، عن أبيه، عن عبد الله بن سنان عن خلف بن حماد، عن رجل، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام أنه قال لرجل من أصحابه: إذا أردت الحجامة وخرج الدم من محاجمك فقل قبل أن تفرغ والدم يسيل: " بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم أعوذ بالله الكريم في حجامتي هذه من العين في الدم ومن كل سوء " ثم قال: وما علمت يا فلان أنك إذا قلت هذا فقد جمعت الأشياء كلها، إن الله تعالى يقول: " ولو كنت أعلم الغيب لاستكثرت من الخير وما مسني السوء " يعني الفقر. وقال عز وجل: " كذلك لنصرف عنه السوء والفحشاء " يعني أن يدخل في الزنا وقال لموسى عليه السلام: " أدخل يدك في جيبك تخرج بيضاء من غير سوء " قال: من غير برص.

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 Abdullah bin Sinan, from Khalaf bin Hammad, from a man, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said to a man from his companions: If you want to perform blood-letting and the blood comes out of your cut area, then say before you are finished whilst the blood is running: «In the Name of Allah, the Merciful to all, the Merciful in particular. I seek refuge in Allah, the Generous, in this blood-letting of mine, from the eye with regards to the blood and from every evil.» Then he said: And do you not know, O such-a-person, that if you say this, then you would have gathered all things? Indeed, Allah, Exalted is He, says: «And if I knew the unseen, I would, verily, have increased goodness, and the evil would not have afflicted me» (7:188) meaning poverty. He, Exalted and Glorious is He, also said: «Thus, it was, that we might avert from him evil and obscenity» (12:24) meaning that he enters into fornication. He also said to Musa, peace be upon him: «Enter your hand into your pocket, it will come out white, without evil» (27:12). He said: Without leprosy.

أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن محمد بن خالد، عن أبيه، عن فضالة، عن أبان، قال: سئل أبو الحسن عليه السلام عن رجل يقتل الحية وقال له السائل: إنه بلغنا أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله قال: " من تركها تخوفا من تبعتها فليس مني " قال: إن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله قال: " ومن تركها تخوفا من تبعتها فليس مني " فأما حية لا تطلبك ولا بأس بتركها .

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 Faddala, from Aban, that he said: Abu’l-Hasan, peace be upon him, was asked about a man who kills a snake, and the questioner said to him: Indeed, it has reached us that the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: «The one who leaves it out of precaution from its consequences, then he is not from me». He said: Indeed, the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: «And the one who leaves it out of precaution from its consequences, then he is not from me». As for a snake [1] that does not seek you, there is no harm in leaving it.

أبي - رحمه الله - عن محمد بن يحيى، عن أحمد بن محمد بن موسى بن جعفر، عن غير واحد من أصحابنا، عن سليمان بن خالد، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام أنه سئل عن قول رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: " أعوذ بك من شر السامة والهامة والعامة واللامة " فقال: السامة القرابة، والهامة هو أم الأرض ، واللامة لمم الشياطين، والعامة عامة الناس.

1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, (narrated) from Muhammed bin Yahya, from Ahmad bin Muhammed bin Musa bin Ja’far, from more than one of our companions, from Sulayman bin Khalid, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he was asked about the saying of Allah’s Messenger, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family: «I seek refuge in You from the evil of saama, haama, ‘aamma and laama». So he said: Saama is kinship, haama is the mother of earth, laama is the minor sins of demons and ‘aamma is the general people.

أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن محمد بن الحسين، عن أبي الجوزاء، عن الحسين بن علوان، عن عمرو بن خالد، عن زيد بن علي، عن آبائه عليهم السلام، عن علي عليه السلام، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: ليس في أمتي رهبانية ولا سياحة ولا رم يعني السكوت.

1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Muhammed bin Hussain, from Abu’l-Jawza’, from Hussain bin ‘Alwan, from ‘Amru bin Khalid, from Zaid bin Ali, from his fathers, peace be upon them, from Ali, peace be upon him, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: There is not in my nation any monks, nor travelers, nor decaying. Meaning silent.

أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا محمد بن يحيى، عن محمد بن أحمد، عن أحمد بن هلال قال: سألت أبا الحسن الأخير عليه السلام عن التوبة النصوح ما هي؟ فكتب عليه السلام: أن يكون الباطن كالظاهر وأفضل من ذلك.

1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Muhammed bin Yahya, from Muhammed bin Ahmad, from Ahmad bin Hilal, that he said: I asked Abu’l-Hasan, the Last, peace be upon him, about the sincere repentance: What is it? So he, peace be upon him, wrote: That the internal is like the apparent and (even) better than that.

حدثنا محمد بن الحسن بن أحمد بن الوليد - رضي الله عنه - قال: حدثنا محمد بن الحسن الصفار، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى، عن موسى بن القاسم البجلي، عن علي بن أبي حمزة، عن أبي بصير، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام في قول الله عز وجل: " توبوا إلى الله توبة نصوحا " حدثنا محمد بن الحسن بن أحمد بن الوليد - رضي الله عنه - قال: حدثنا محمد بن الحسن الصفار، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى، عن موسى بن القاسم البجلي، عن علي بن أبي حمزة، عن أبي بصير، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام في قول الله عز وجل: " توبوا إلى الله توبة نصوحا "

2. 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, that he said: We were told by Ahmad bin Muhammed bin Isa, from Musa bin Qasem al-Bajali, from Ali bin Abi Hamza, from Abu Baseer, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, with regards to the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «Repent to Allah a sincere repentance» (66:8). He said: It is the fasting of the day of Wednesday, the day of Thursday and the day of Friday.

حدثنا محمد بن موسى بن المتوكل - رضي الله عنه - قال: حدثنا علي بن إبراهيم ابن هاشم، قال: حدثنا محمد بن عيسى بن عبيد الله اليقطيني، عن يونس بن عبد الرحمن، عن عبد الله بن سنان، وغيره، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: التوبة النصوح أن يكون باطن الرجل كظاهره وأفضل. وقد روي أن التوبة النصوح هو أن يتوب الرجل من ذنب وينوي أن لا يعود إليه أبدا.

3. We were told by Muhammed bin Musa bin Mutawakkil, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said: We were told by Ali bin Ibrahim ibn Hashim, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Isa bin Ubaidullah al-Yaqteeni, from Yunus bin Abdul-Rahman, from Abdullah bin Sinan, and others, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said: The sincere repentance is that a man’s internal (side) is like his apparent (side) and (even) better. It has been reported that the sincere repentance is that a man repents from a sin and intends to not return to it.

حدثنا محمد بن موسى بن المتوكل - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا عبد الله بن جعفر الحميري، عن أحمد بن محمد، عن الحسن بن محبوب، عن جميل بن صالح، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام في قوله عز وجل: " ربنا آتنا في الدنيا حسنة وفي الآخرة حسنة " قال: رضوان الله والجنة في الآخرة، والسعة في الرزق والمعاش وحسن الخلق في الدنيا.

1. We were told by Muhammed bin Musa bin Mutawakkil, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Abdullah bin Ja’far al-Himyari, from Ahmad bin Muhammed, from Hasan bin Mahboub, from Jameel bin Saleh, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, with regards to the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «Our Lord, grant us in this world a good deed and in the Hereafter a good deed» (2:201). He said: The satisfaction of Allah and Paradise in the Hereafter, and affordability in sustenance, livelihood and good mannerisms in this world.

حدثنا أحمد بن الحسن القطان، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن يحيى بن زكريا القطان قال: حدثنا بكر بن عبد الله بن حبيب، قال: حدثنا تميم بن بهلول، عن أبيه، عن عبد الله ابن الفضل الهاشمي، قال: قلت لأبي عبد الله عليه السلام: إن علي دينا كثيرا ولي عيال ولا أقدر على الحج فعلمني دعاء أدعو به. فقال: قل في دبر كل صلاة مكتوبة: " اللهم صل على محمد وآل محمد واقض عني دين الدنيا ودين الآخرة ". فقلت له: أما دين الدنيا فقد عرفته، فما دين الآخرة؟ فقال: دين الآخرة الحج.

1. We were told by Ahmad bin Hasan al-Qattan, that he said: We were told by Ahmad bin Yahya bin Zakariya al-Qattan, that he said: We were told by Bikr bin Abdullah bin Habib, that he said: We were told by Tamim bin Buhloul, from his father, from Abdullah ibn Fadl al-Hashimi, that he said: I said to Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him: Indeed, upon me is much debt, and I have children and am not able to perform the pilgrimage, so teach me a prayer that I pray with. So he said: Say at the end of every prescribed prayer: «O Allah, send Your blessings upon Muhammed and the Family of Muhammed, and clear me of the debt of this world and the debt of the Hereafter». Then I said to him: As for the debt of this world, I have known it, so what is the debt of the Hereafter? He said: The debt of the Hereafter is pilgrimage.

حدثنا أحمد بن الحسن القطان، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن يحيى بن زكريا القطان قال: حدثنا بكر بن عبد الله بن حبيب، قال: حدثنا تميم بن بهلول، عن أبيه، عن عبد الله ابن الفضل الهاشمي، قال: قلت لأبي عبد الله عليه السلام: ما معنى قول المصلي في تشهده: " لله ما طاب وطهر وما خبث فلغيره "؟ قال: ما طاب وطهر كسب الحلال من الرزق وما خبث فالربا.

1. We were told by Ahmad bin Hasan al-Qattan, that he said: We were told by Ahmad bin Yahya bin Zakariya al-Qattan, that he said: We were told by Bikr bin Abdullah bin Habib, that he said: We were told by Tamim bin Buhloul, from his father, from Abdullah ibn Fadl al-Hashimi, that he said: I said to Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him: What is the meaning of the saying of the praying during his testification: «To Allah belongs what becomes good and is purified, and what is impurified, it is for others»? He said: That which becomes good and is purified is the lawful acquirement of sustenance, and that which is impurified is usury.