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The meaning of the exalted moral character
أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن محمد، عن فضالة، عن أبان، عن أبي الجاورد، عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام في قول الله عز وجل: " إنك لعلى خلق العظيم " قال: هو الاسلام. وروي أن الخلق العظيم " هو " الدين العظيم.
1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Ahmad bin Muhammed, from his father, from Fadala, from Aban, from Abu’l-Jaroud, from Abu Ja’far, peace be upon him, with regards to the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «Indeed, you are of an exalted moral character.» (68:4) He said: It is Islam. It was also reported that exalted moral character is the Exalted Religion.
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The meaning of the saying of the Imams, peace be upon them: «Our narration is difficult and complicated»
أبي رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا أحمد بن إدريس، عن الحسين بن عبد الله، عن محمد بن عيسى بن عبيد، عن بعض أهل المدائن قال: كتبت إلى أبي محمد عليه السلام: روي لنا عن آبائكم عليهم السلام أن حديثكم صعب مستصعب لا يحتمله ملك مقرب ولا نبي مرسل ولا مؤمن امتحن الله قلبه للايمان. قال: فجاءه الجواب: إنما معناه أن الملك لا يحتمله في جوفه حتى يخرجه إلى ملك مثله، ولا يحتمله نبي حتى يخرجه إلى نبي مثله، ولا يحتمله مؤمن حتى يخرجه إلى مؤمن مثله، إنما معناه أن لا يحتمله في قلبه من حلاوة ما هو في صدره حتى يخرجه إلى غيره.
1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Ahmad bin Idrees, from Hussain bin Abdullah, from Muhammed bin Isa bin ‘Ubaid, from one from the people of Mada’in, that he said: I wrote to Abu Muhammed, peace be upon him: It has been narrated to us from your fathers, peace be upon them, with regards to that your narration is difficult and complicated; that it is not endured by an Angel who is brought near (to Allah), nor a Prophet that is sent (with a Divine Message), nor a believer whom Allah has tested his heart with faith. He said: Then the answer came to him: Its meaning is only that the Angel does not endure that it remains inside him until he brings it out to an Angel like himself, nor does a Prophet endure it until he brings it out to a Prophet like himself, nor does a believer endure it until he brings it out to a believer like himself. Its meaning is only that it is not endured in the heart from the sweetness of what is one’s chest until one brings it out to someone else.
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The meaning of the fortified city
حدثنا أبو الحسن علي بن الحسين بن سفيان بن يعقوب بن الحارث بن إبراهيم الهمداني في منزلة بالكوفة، قال: حدثنا أبو عبد الله جعفر بن أحمد بن يوسف الأزدي، قال: حدثنا علي بن يزيد الحناط، قال: حدثنا عمرو بن اليسع، عن شعيب الحداد، قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام يقول: إن حديثنا صعب مستصعب لا يحتمله إلا ملك مقرب أو نبي مرسل أو عبد امتحن الله قلبه للايمان أو مدينه حصينة. قال عمرو: فقلت لشعيب: يا أبا الحسن وأي شئ المدينة الحصينة؟ قال: فقال: سألت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام عنها، فقال لي: القلب المجتمع.
1. We were told by Abu’l-Hasan, Ali bin Hussain bin Sufyan bin Ya’qoub bin Harith bin Ibrahim al-Hamdani in his house in Kufa, that he said: We were told by Abu Abdillah, Ja’far bin Ahmad bin Yusuf al-Azdi, that he said: We were told by Ali bin Yazid al-Hannat, that he said: We were told by Amru bin Yasa’, from Shu’aib al-Haddad, that he said: I heard Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, say: Indeed, our narration is difficult and complicated; it is not endured except by an Angel who is brought near (to Allah), or a Prophet that is sent (with a Divine Message), or a believer whom Allah has tested his heart with faith or a fortified city. Amru said: Then I said to Shu’aib: O Abu’l-Hasan, and what thing is a fortified city? He said: Then he said: I asked Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, about it, and so he said to me: A united heart.
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The chapter of the meaning of the saying of al-Baqir, peace be upon him: «None of you will reach the truth of faith until death is more beloved to him than life, poverty is more beloved to him than wealth and illness is more beloved to him than health»
أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن أبي عبد الله، عن محمد ابن علي، عن حارث بن الحسن الطحان، عن إبراهيم بن عبد الله، عن فضيل بن يسار، عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال: لا يبلغ أحدكم حقيقة الايمان حتى يكون فيه ثلاث خصال حتى يكون الموت أحب إليه من الحياة، والفقر أحب إليه من الغنى، والمرض أحب إليه من الصحة. قلنا: ومن يكون كذلك؟ قال: كلكم، ثم قال: أيما أحب إلى أحدكم يموت في حبنا أو يعيش في بغضنا؟ فقلت: نموت والله في حبكم أحب إلينا. قال: و كذلك الفقر والغنى والمرض والصحة. قلت: إي والله.
1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Ahmad bin Abu Abdillah, from Muhammed ibn Ali, from Harith bin Hasan al-Tahhan, from Ibrahim bin Abdullah, from Fudail bin Yasar, from Abu Ja’far, peace be upon him, that he said: None of you will reach the truth of faith until there is in him three traits: until death is more beloved to him than life; poverty is more beloved to him than wealth; and illness is more beloved to him than health. We said: And who is as such? He said: All of you. Then he said: Which one is more beloved to you, that you die (whilst believing) in love to us, or that you live (whilst believing) in hate to us? So I said: That we die, by Allah, (believing) in love towards you is more beloved to us. He said: And so is (it that it applies to) poverty, wealth, illness and health. I said: Yes, by Allah.
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The meaning of the Qur’an and the Criterion
أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا أحمد بن إدريس، قال: حدثنا محمد بن أحمد، قال: حدثني أبو إسحاق - يعني إبراهيم بن هاشم -، عن ابن سنان وغيره عمن ذكره قال: سألت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام عن القرآن والفرقان: أهما شيئان أم شئ واحد؟ قال: فقال: القرآن جملة الكتاب، والفرقان المحكم الواجب العمل به.
1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Ahmad bin Idrees, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Ahmad, that he said: I was told by Abu Ishaq – meaning Ibrahim bin Hashim – from Ibn Sinan and others from those he mentioned, that he said: I asked Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, about the Qur’an and the Criterion: Are they two things or one thing? He said: Then he said: The Qur’an is the complete Book, and the Criterion is the clear part of it which is obligatory to act by.
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The meaning of the narration that has been narrated of al-Baqir, peace be upon him, with regards to that he said: «No man has hit some part of the Qur’an with another part, except that he has disbelieved»
حدثنا محمد بن الحسن - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا الحسين بن الحسن بن أبان، عن الحسين بن سعيد، عن النضر بن سويد، عن القاسم بن سليمان، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: قال لي أبي عليه السلام: ما ضرب رجل القرآن بعضه ببعض إلا كفر. وسألت محمد بن الحسن - رحمه الله - عن معنى هذا الحديث فقال: هو أن تجيب الرجل في تفسير آية بتفسير آية أخرى.
1. We were told by Muhammed bin Hasan, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Hussain bin Hasan bin Aban, from Hussain bin Sa’eed, from Nadr bin Suwayd, from Qasem bin Sulayman, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said: My father, peace be upon him, said to me: No man has hit some part of the Qur’an with another part, except that he has disbelieved. I also asked Muhammed bin Hasan, may Allah grant him mercy, about the meaning of this narration, so he said: It is that you answer a man about the interpretation of one verse with the interpretation of another verse.
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The meaning of the arriving and the departing
أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن القاسم بن محمد الأصبهاني، عن سليمان بن داود المنقري، عن سفيان بن عينة، عن الزهري، قال: قلت لعلي بن الحسين عليهما السلام،: أي الأعمال أفضل؟ قال: الحال المرتحل. قلت: وما الحال المرتحل؟ قال فتح القرآن وختمه كلما حل في أوله ارتحل في آخره. وقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: من أعطاه الله القرآن فرأى أن أحدا أعطي شيئا أفضل مما أعطي فقد صغر عظيما وعظم صغيرا.
1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Qasem bin Muhammed al-Esbahani, from Sulayman bin Dawud al-Manqari, from Sufyan bin ‘Uyayna, from Zuhri, that he said: I said to Ali bin Hussain, peace be upon them both: Which of acts is better? He said: The arriving and departing thing. I said: And what is the arriving and departing thing? He said: To open the Qur’an and seal it; whenever one arrives at its first, one departs at its end. Moreover, the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: The one to whom Allah gives the Qur’an, and who then sees that someone was given something better than what he was given, then certainly, he has belittled a great thing and magnified a small thing.
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The meaning of the saying of the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family: «Is any of you incapable of reciting, at every night, a third of the Qur’an?»
حدثنا أبو الحسن محمد بن أحمد بن علي الأسدي، قال: حدثنا محمد بن الحسن بن هارون بن يزيد، قال: حدثنا عبد الله بن معاذ، قال: حدثني أبي، قال: حدثنا شعبة، عن علي بن مدرك، عن إبراهيم النخعي، عن الربيع بن خثيم، عن عبد الله بن مسعود قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: أيعجز أحدكم أن يقرء كل ليلة ثلث القرآن؟ قالوا: ومن يطيق ذلك؟ قال: " قل هو الله أحد " ثلث القرآن.
1. We were told by Abu’l-Hasan, Muhammed bin Ahmad bin Ali al-Asadi, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Hasan bin Harun bin Yazeed, that he said: We were told by Abdullah bin Mu’adh, that he said: I was told by my father, that he said: We were told by Shu’ba, from Ali bin Mudrik, from Ibrahim al-Nakha’I, from Rabee’ bin Kuthaym, from Abdullah bin Mas’ud, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Is any of you incapable of reciting, at every night, a third of the Qur’an? They said: And who can handle that? He said: «Say: He is Allah, Alone and Only» (112:1) three times.
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The meaning of the noblest of moral traits
حدثنا أبي - رضي الله عنه - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله بن أبي خلف، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى، عن أبيه، عن محمد بن أبي عمير، عن حماد بن عثمان، قال: جاء رجل إلى الصادق جعفر بن محمد عليهما السلام، فقال: يا ابن رسول الله أخبرني بمكارم الأخلاق فقال العفو عمن ظلمك، وصلة من قطعك، وإعطاء من حرمك، وقول الحق ولو على نفسك.
2. We were told by my father, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said: We were told by Sa’ad bin Abdullah bin Abi Khalaf, that he said: We were told by Ahmad bin Muhammed bin Isa, from his father, from Muhammed bin Abi ‘Umayr, from Hammad bin Uthman, that he said: "A man came to al-Sadiq, Ja’far bin Muhammad, (a.s.) and said: 'O son of Allah’s Messenger, inform me about the noblest of moral traits.' So he said: 'Pardoning those who wronged you, connecting with those who disconnected from you, giving those who prevented you and saying the truth, even if it may be against yourself.'"
حدثنا أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن محمد، عن أبيه، عن النضر بن سويد، عن القاسم بن سليمان، عن جراح المدائني قال: قال لي أبو عبد الله عليه السلام: ألا أحدثك بمكارم الأخلاق؟ [قلت: بلى. قال:] الصفح عن الناس، ومواساة الرجل أخاه في ماله، وذكر الله كثيرا.
3. We were told by muy father, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Ahmad bin Muhammed, from his father, from Nadr bin Suwayd, from Qasem bin Sulayman, from Jarrah al-Mada’ini, that he said: Abu Abdillah (a.s.) said to me: 'Shall I not tell you about the noblest of moral traits?' I said: 'Sure.' He said: 'Pardoning people, for a man to console his brother with his property and to mention Allah abundantly.'
