Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār

وبهذا الاسناد، عن علي بن مهزيار، عن فضالة بن أيوب، عن معاوية بن وهب، عن يحيى بن سابور، قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام في الميت تدمع عند الموت. فقال: ذاك عند معاينة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله فيرى ما يسره [وما يحبه]. قال: ثم قال: أما ترى الرجل يرى ما يسره وما يحب فتدمع عينه ويضحك؟

2. With this chain of narrators, from Ali bin Mahziyar, from Fadala bin Ayub, from Mu’awiya bin Wahab, from Yahya bin Sabour, that he said: I heard Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, speaking with regards to the dead person when his eye sheds a tear at (the moment of) death. He said: That is when he is to be observed by the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, during which he will see that which makes him rejoice and which he loves. He said: Then he said: Do you not see a man, he sees what rejoices him and what he loves, during which his eye will shed a tear and he will smile?

حدثني محمد بن علي ماجيلويه - رضي الله عنه - عن عمه محمد بن أبي القاسم، عن أحمد بن أبي عبد الله، عن أبيه، عن محمد بن سنان، عن المفضل بن عمر، عن يونس بن ظبيان، قال: قال أبو عبد الله عليه السلام: اعلم أن الصلاة حجزة الله في الأرض، فمن أحب أن يعلم ما أدرك من نفع صلاته فلينظر فإن كانت صلاته حجزته عن الفواحش والمنكر فإنما أدرك من نفعها بقدر ما احتجز، ومن أحب أن يعلم ماله عند الله فليعلم ما لله عنده ومن خلا بعمل فلينظر فيه فإن كان حسنا جميلا فليمض عليه وإن كان سيئا قبيحا فليجتنبه فإن الله عز وجل أولى بالوفاء والزيادة، ومن عمل سيئة في السر فليعمل حسنة في السر ومن عمل سيئة في العلانية فليعمل حسنة في العلانية.

1. I was told by Muhammed bin Ali Majilawayh, may Allah be pleased with him, from his paternal uncle, Muhammed bin Abi’l-Qsem, from Ahmad bin Abi Abdillah, from his father, from Muhammed bin Sinan, from Mufaddal bin Umar, from Yunus bin Dhibyan, that he said: Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, said: Know that prayer is the waist cloth [1] of Allah on earth. Hence, the one who would like to know what he has achieved from the benefit of his prayer, let him see. Thus, the one whose prayer is his waist cloth from obscenities and evil, he has only achieved from its benefit by the amount of what he has held to. The one who would like to know what he will have that is with Allah, let him know what Allah has that is with him. The one who secludes himself to perform a deed, let him look into it: if it is good and beautiful, let him continue upon it; and if it is bad and horrid, let him avoid it, for indeed, Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, is more rightful of loyalty and addition. The one who performs a misdeed in secret, let him perform a good deed in secret, and the one who performs a misdeed in public, let him perform a good deed in public.

أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن يعقوب بن يزيد، عن يحيى ابن المبارك، عن عبد الله بن جبلة، عن إسحاق بن عمار، قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام يقول: لا صلاة لحاقن ولا لحاقب ولا لحاذق. والحاقن الذي به البول، والحاقب الذي به الغائط. والحاذق الذي به ضغطة الخف.

1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Ya’qoub bin Yazid, from Yahya ibn Mubarak, from Abdullah bin Jabala, from Ishaq bin Ammar, that he said: I heard Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, say: There is no prayer (accepted) for a haaqin, nor for a haaqib, nor for a haadhiq. Haaqin is the one in whom there is urine [1], haaqib is the one in whom there is feces, and the haadhiq is the one who is pressured (in his foot) by a light shoe.

حدثنا محمد بن إبراهيم بن إسحاق الطالقاني - رضي الله عنه - قال: حدثنا عبد العزيز بن يحيى البصري الجلودي بالبصرة قال: أخبرنا أبو عبد الله محمد بن زكريا الجوهري، قال: حدثنا جعفر بن محمد بن عمارة، عن أبيه، عن جابر بن يزيد الجعفي، عن أبي جعفر محمد بن علي الباقر عليهما السلام، قال: سمعت جابر بن عبد الله الأنصاري يقول: مر رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله برجل مصروع وقد اجتمع عليه الناس ينظرون إليه فقال صلى الله عليه وآله: على ما اجتمع هؤلاء؟ فقيل له: على مجنون يصرع فنظر إليه. فقال: ما هذا بمجنون، ألا أخبركم بالمجنون حق المجنون؟ قالوا: بلى يا رسول الله، قال: إن المجنون حق المجنون المتبختر في مشيته، الناظر في عطفيه، المحرك جنبيه بمنكبيه، فذاك المجنون وهذا المبتلى.

1. We were told by Muhammed bin Ibrahim bin Ishaq al-Talaqani, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said: We were told by Abdul-Aziz bin Yahya al-Basri al-Jaloudi, in Basra, that he said: We were informed by Abu Abdillah, Muhammed bin Zakariya al-Jawhari, that he said: We were told by Ja’far bin Muhammed bin Umara, from his father, from Jabir bin Yazid al-Ju’fi, from Abu Ja’far, Muhammed bin Ali al-Baqir, peace be upon them both, that he said: I heard Jabir bin Abdullah al-Ansari say: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, passed by an epileptic man while people were gathered around him looking at him, and he said: Around what did these people gather? It was said to him: Around an insane who is undergoing epilepsy. Then he looked at him and said: He is not insane. Shall I not inform you of the insane, the truly insane? They said: Sure, O Messenger of Allah. He said: Indeed, the insane, the truly insane, is the one who swaggers in his walk, looking at the height of the road [1], the one who moves his sides with his shoulders. That is the insane, and this (man) is afflicted.

حدثنا محمد بن الحسن بن أحمد بن الوليد - رضي الله عنه - قال: حدثنا محمد بن الحسن الصفار، قال: حدثنا إبراهيم بن هاشم، عن محمد بن أبي عمير، عن حمزة بن حمران قال: قال أبو عبد الله عليه السلام: إن من أجاب في كل ما يسأل عنه لمجنون.

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 Ibrahim bin Hashim, from Muhammed bin Abi ‘Umayr, from Hamza bin Hamran, that he said: Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, said: Indeed, the one who answers in all he is asked, is surely insane.

أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا محمد بن يحيى العطار - رضي الله عنه - عن أحمد ابن محمد، عن إبراهيم بن إسحاق، عن عبد الله بن أحمد، عن إسماعيل، عن الخراساني - يعني الرضا عليه السلام - قال: ليس الحمية من الشئ تركه، إنما الحمية من الشئ الاقلال منه.

1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Muhammed bin Yahya al-‘Attar, may Allah be pleased with him, from Ahmad ibn Muhammed, from Ibrahim bin Ishaq, from Abdullah bin Ahmad, from Isma’eel, from al-Khurasani, meaning al-Rida, peace be upon him, that he said: Abstinence from something is not by abandoning it. Abstinence form something is only to take little from it.

أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا محمد بن يحيى العطار، عن أحمد بن محمد، عن إبراهيم ابن إسحاق، عن عبد الله بن أحمد، عن علي بن جعفر بن الزبير، عن جعفر بن إسماعيل، عن رجل، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: سألته كم يحمي المريض؟ فقال: دبقا. فلم أدر كم دبقا فسألته فقال: عشرة أيام. وفي حديث آخر: أحد عشر دبقا و " دبق صباح " بكلام الرومي أعني أحد عشر صباحا.

1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Muhammed bin Yahya al-‘Attar, from Ahmad bin Muhammed, from Ibrahim ibn Ishaq, from Abdullah bin Ahmad, from Ali bin Ja’far bin Zubair, from Ja’far bin Isma’eel, from a man, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said: I asked him how long an ill person has fever, to which he said: Dibqa. I did not know how long dibqa is, so I asked him, and he said: Ten days. In another narration: Eleven dibqas. Dibq means morning in the speech of the Roman, by which I mean eleven mornings.

أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن أبي عبد الله، عن علي ابن محمد القاساني، عمن ذكره، عن عبد الله بن القاسم الجعفي، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: سمعته يقول: الخائف من لم يدع له الرهبة لسانا ينطق به.

1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Ahmad bin Abi Abdillah, ofALi ibn Muhammed al-Qasani, from the one he mentioned, from Abdullah bin Qasem al-Ju’fi, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said: I heard him say: The afraid is the one to whom fear did not leave a tongue he can speak with.

أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، قال: حدثني إبراهيم بن هاشم عن إسماعيل بن مرار، عن يونس بن عبد الرحمن، قال: حدثني جماعة من أصحابنا، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: الكفؤ أن يكون عفيفا وعنده يسار.

1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, that he said: I was told by Ibrahim bin Hashim, from Isma’eel bin Marrar, from Yunus bin Abdul-Rahman, that he said: I was told by a group of our companions, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said: The proficient is the one who is chaste and who has solvency.

أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن أبي عبد الله، عن أبيه، عن محمد بن أبي عمير، عن بعض أصحابه، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام أنه قال: المسلم من سلم الناس من يده ولسانه، والمؤمن من ائتمنه الناس على أموالهم وأنفسهم.

1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Ahmad bin Abdullah, from his father, from Muhammed bin Abi ‘Umayr, from some of his companions, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said: A Muslim is one whom people are at safety from his hand and tongue, and a believer is the one whom people trust (as a guardian) upon their property and (upon) themselves.