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The meaning of the uncovering, the inviting, the harlots and those with husbands
أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن أبي عبد الله، عن داود بن إسحاق الحذاء، عن محمد بن الفيض قال: سألت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام عن المتعة، فقال: نعم، إذا كانت عارفة. قلت: جعلت فداك فإن لم تكن عارفة، قال: فاعرض عليهما وقل لها فإن قبلت فتزوجها وإن أبت أن ترضى بقولك فدعها، وإياكم والكواشف والدواعي و البغايا وذوات الأزواج. فقلت: ما الكواشف؟ قال: اللواتي يكاشفن وبيوتهن معلومة و يؤتين. قلت: فالدواعي؟ قال: اللواتي يدعين إلى أنفسهن وقد عرفن بالفساد. قلت: فالبغايا؟ قال: المعروفات بالزنا. قلت: فذوات الأزواج؟ قال: المطلقات على غير السنة.
1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Ahmad bin Abi Abdillah, from Dawud bin Ishaq al-Hadhha’, from Muhammed bin Faidh, that he said: I asked Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, about temporary marriage, so he said: Yes, if she is aware. I said: May I be sacrificed for you, and if she is not aware? He said: Then present it to her and say to her. If she accepts, then marry her, and if she refuses to be pleased with your saying, then leave her. Moreover, beware from the uncovering, the inviting, the harlots and those with husbands. Then I said: What are the uncovering? He said: Those who uncover themselves, whose houses are known and are approached (for sexual intercourse). I said: And the inviting? He said: Those who invite to themselves and are known for corruption. I said: And the harlots? He said: Those who are known for fornication. I said: And those with husbands? He said: Those who are divorced on other than the Tradition.
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The meaning of the true jurist
أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا محمد بن أبي القاسم، عن محمد بن علي الكوفي، عن محمد بن خالد، عن بعض رجاله، عن داود الرقي، عن أبي حمزة الثمالي، عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال: قال أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام: ألا أخبركم بالفقيه حقا؟ قالوا: بلى يا أمير المؤمنين قال: من لم يقنط الناس من رحمة الله، ولم يؤمنهم من عذاب الله، ولم يرخص لهم في معاصي الله، ولم يترك القرآن رغبة عنه إلى غيره. ألا لا خير في علم ليس فيه تفهم، ألا لا خير في قراءة ليس فيها تدبر، ألا لا خير في عبادة ليس فيها تفقه.
1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Muhammed bin Abi’l-Qasem, from Muhammed bin Ali al-Kufi, from Muhammed bin Khalid, from some of his narrators, from Dawud al-Riqqi, from Abu Hamza al-Thumali, from Abu Ja’far, peace be upon him, that he said: The Commander of the Believers, peace be upon him, said: Shall I not inform you of (what is) the true jurist? They said: Sure, O Commander of the Believers. He said: The one who does not make the people despair from the mercy of Allah, nor puts them at (a state of) safety from the torment of Allah, nor gives them license to acts of disobedience to Allah, nor abandons the Qur’an out of desire (away) from it to others. Alas, there is no good in knowledge in which there is no understanding. Alas, there is no good in reading in which there is no contemplation. Alas, there is no good in worship in which there is no comprehension.
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The meaning of reaching the stronger and evenness
حدثنا أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا محمد بن يحيى، عن محمد بن أحمد، عن أحمد ابن هلال، عن محمد بن سنان، عن محمد بن عبد الله بن رباط، عن محمد بن النعمان الأحول، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام في قول الله عز وجل: " ولما بلغ أشده واستوى آتيناه حكما و علما " قال: أشده ثمان عشر سنة، واستوى: التحى.
1. We were told by my father, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Yahya, from Muhammed bin Ahmad, from Ahmad ibn Hilal, Muhammed bin Sinan, from Muhammed bin Abdullah bin Ribat, from Muhammed bin Nu’man, the half-blinded, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, with regards to the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «Then, when he reached maturity [1] and became even , We brought to him rulership and knowledge.» (12:22) He said: Maturity is eighteen years, and when he became even, he began to grow a beard.
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The meaning of autumn
حدثنا أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن الحسن بن علي الكوفي، عن العباس بن عامر، عن أحمد بن زرق، عن يحيى بن أبي العلاء، عن جابر، عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال: قال: إن عبدا يمكث في النار سبعين خريفا - والخريف سبعون سنة - قال: ثم إنه سأل الله عز وجل بحق محمد وأهل بيته لما رحمتني، قال: فأوحى الله عز وجل إلى جبرئيل عليه السلام أن اهبط إلى عبدي فأخرجه. قال: يا رب كيف لي بالهبوط في النار؟ قال: إني قد أمرتها أن تكون عيك بردا وسلاما. قال: يا رب فما علمي بموضعه؟ قال: إنه في جب من سجين. قال: فهبط في النار فوجده معقولا على وجهه. قال: فأخرجه إلى الله عز وجل فقال: يا عبدي كم لبثت تناشدني في النار؟ قال: ما أحصي يا رب. قال: أما وعزتي لولا ما سألتني به لأطلت هوانك في النار ولكنه حتم على نفسي أن لا يسألني عبد بحق محمد وأهل بيته إلا غفرت له ما كان بيني وبينه، وقد غفرت لك اليوم.
1. We were told by my father, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Hasan bin Ali al-Kufi, from Abbas bin ‘Amer, from Ahmad bin Zarq, from Yahya bin Abi’l-‘Alaa’, from Jabir, from Abu Ja’far, peace be upon him, that he said: Indeed, a servant was dwelling in the Fire for seventy autumns. One autumn is seventy years. He said: Then, indeed, he asked Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «By Muhammed and his Household, have mercy upon me.» He said: Then Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, revealed to Jibra’eel, peace be upon him: «Descend unto My servant and let him out.». He said: «O Lord, how can I descend into the Fire?» He said: «Indeed, I have ordered it to be, for you, (an emitter of) coolness and peace. He said: «O Lord, I have no knowledge of his location.» He said: «Indeed, he is in a pit of Sijjeen.» He said: Then he descended into the Fire and found him roped on his face. He said: Then he took him out to Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, and He said: «O My servant, how much did you dwell calling to Me in the Fire?». He said: «I do not count, O Lord.» He said: «Verily, by My Might, were it not for what you asked Me with, I would have prolonged your ignominy in the Fire. However, it is a necessity upon Myself that no servant asks Me by Muhammed and his Household, except that I forgive him for what was between Me and him, and I have forgiven you today.»
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The meaning of falaq
أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا محمد بن أبي القاسم، عن محمد بن علي الكوفي، عن عثمان بن عيسى، عن معاوية بن وهب قال: كنا عند أبي عبد الله عليه السلام فقرأ رجل: " قل أعوذ برب الفلق " فقال الرجل: وما الفلق؟ قال: صدع في النار فيه سبعون ألف دار، في كل دار سبعون ألف بيت، في كل بيت سبعون ألف أسود ، في جوف كل أسود سبعون ألف جرة سم لا بد لأهل النار أن يمروا عليها.
1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Muhammed bin Abi’l-Qasem, from Muhammed bin Ali al-Kufi, from Uthman bin Isa, from Mu’awiya bin Wahab, that he said: We were at the place of Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, and a man recited: «Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the falaq» (113:1). Then the man said: What is the falaq? He said: A cut in the Fire in which there are seventy countries, in every country there are sevent thousand houses, in every house there are seventy thousand snakes, in the inside of every snake there are seventy thousand jars of poison which the people of the Fire must pass by.
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The meaning of the evil of the jealous when he emits jealousy
أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا أحمد بن إدريس، عن محمد بن أحمد، عن يعقوب بن يزيد، عن ابن أبي عمير رفعه في قول الله عز وجل: " ومن شر حاسد إذا حسد " قال: أما رأيته إذا فتح عينيه وهو ينظر إليك هو ذلك.
1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Ahmad bin Idrees, from Muhammed bin Ahmad, from Ya’qoub bin Yazid, from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr, that he ascribed it (to an Infallible, who said) with regards to the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «And from the evil of the jealous when he emits jealousy.» (113:5) He said: Have you not seen him when he opens his eyes while he looks at you? It is that.
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The meaning of the saying of al-Sadiq, peace be upon him: «The winter is the spring of the believer»
حدثنا محمد بن الحسن بن أحمد بن الوليد - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا محمد بن يحيى العطار، عن محمد بن أحمد بن يحيى بن عمران الأشعري، عن إبراهيم بن إسحاق النهاوندي عن محمد بن سليمان الديلمي، عن أبيه، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: سمعته يقول: الشتاء ربيع المؤمن يطول فيه ليلة فيستعين به على قيامه ويقصر فيه نهاره فيستعين به على صيامه.
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 Yahya al-‘Attar, from Muhammed bin Ahmad bin Yahya bin Imran al-Ash’ari, from Ibrahim bin Ishaq al-Nahawandi, from Muhammed bin Sulayman al-Dailami, from his father, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said: I heard him saying: The winter is the spring of the believer. Its night is prolonged with him, so he uses it to stand (in prayer), and its day is shortened, so he uses it to fast.
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The meaning of the spring of the Qur’an
حدثنا محمد بن موسى بن المتوكل - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا علي بن الحسين السعد آبادي، عن أحمد بن أبي عبد الله البرقي، عن محمد بن سالم، عن أحمد بن النضر الخزاز ، عن عمرو بن شمر، عن جابر، عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال: لكل شئ ربيع وربيع القرآن شهر رمضان.
1. We were told by Muhammed bin Musa bin Mutawakkil, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Ali bin Hussain Sa’d-Abadi, from Ahmad bin Abi Abdillah al-Barqi, from Muhammed bin Salim, from Ahmad bin Nadhr al-Khazzaz, from Amru bin Shimr, from Jabir, from Abu Ja’far, peace be upon him, that he said: For everything there is a spring, and the spring of the Qur’an is the month of Ramadhan.
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The meaning of the clear horizon
حدثنا أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله قال: حدثنا موسى بن جعفر البغدادي، عن محمد بن جمهور، عن عبد الله بن عبد الرحمن، عن محمد بن أبي حمزة، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: من قال في كل يوم من شعبان سبعين مرة: " أستغفر الله الذي لا إله إلا هو الرحمن الرحيم، الحي القيوم وأتوب إليه " كتب في الأفق المبين. قال: قلت: وما الأفق المبين؟ قال: قاع بين يدي العرش، فيه أنهار تطرد فيه من القدحان عدد النجوم.
1. We were told by my father, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, that he said: We were told by Musa bin Ja’far al-Baghdadi, from Muhammed bin Jumhour, from Abdullah bin Abdul-Rahman, from Muhammed bin Abi Hamza, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said: The one who says on every day of Sha’ban seventy times: «I seek forgiveness from Allah, whom there is no god but Him, the Merciful to all, the Mercifull in particular, the Living, the Superb Sustainer, and I repent to Him» it will be written for him in the clear horizon. He said: I said: And what is the clear horizon? He said: Flat ground between the hands of the Throne, in which there are rivers with consistent shares of wealth by the amount of the stars.
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The meaning of a horizon of people
أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا محمد بن أبي القاسم، عن محمد بن علي الكوفي، عن الحسن بن علي بن يوسف، عن سيف بن عميرة، عن سعيد بن الوليد، قال: دخلنا مع أبان بن تغلب على أبي عبد الله عليه السلام، فقال أبو عبد الله عليه السلام: لان أطعم مسلما حتى يشبع أحب إلي من أن أطعم أفقا من الناس. قلت: كم الأفق؟ قال: مائة ألف.
1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Muhammed bin Abi’l-Qasem, from Muhammed bin Ali al-Kufi, from Hasan bin Ali bin Yusuf, from Saif bin ‘Umayra, from Sa’eed bin Waleed, that he said: We entered with Aban bin Taghlib into the place of Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, and Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, said: Verily, that I feed one Muslim till he is satisfied is more beloved to me than feeding a horizon of people. I said: How much is a horizon? He said: A hundred thousand.
