Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār

وروي في حديث آخر أن المؤمن من أمن جاره بوائقه.

2. It has been narrated in another narration that a believer is the one whose neighbour is at safety from his misfortunes.

وروي أن الصادق عليه السلام قال: من ولد في الاسلام فهو عربي، ومن دخل فيه بعدما كبر فهو مهاجر، ومن سبي واعتق فهو مولى ومولى القوم من أنفسهم.

3. It has been narrated that al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, said: The one who is born in (the fold of) Islam, is an Arab, and the one who enters into it after having grown up, is a migrant, and the one who was taken as a captive (of war) and was liberated (from slavery), he is a mawla. The mawla of a people is from themselves.

أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا محمد بن يحيى العطار، عن محمد بن أحمد بن يحيى، عن محمد بن عبد الجبار، عن بعض أصحابنا رفعه إلى أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: قلت له: ما العقل؟ قال: ما عبد به الرحمن واكتسب به الجنان . قال: قلت: فالذي كان في معاوية؟ قال: تلك النكراء، تلك الشيطنة ، وهي شبيهة بالعقل وليست بعقل. وسئل الحسن ابن علي عليهما السلام فقيل له: ما العقل؟ فقال: التجرع للغصة حتى تنال الفرصة.

1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Muhammed bin Yahya al-‘Attar, from Muhammed bin Ahmad bin Yahya, from Muhammed bin Abdul-Rahman, from some of our companions, that he ascribed it to Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said: I said to him: What is the intellect? He said: That which the Merciful to all is worshipped with and which the Gardens are acquired with. He said: I said: (What is) The thing that was in Mu’awiya? He said: That is cunning, that is devilry. It resembles the intellect, but it is not the intellect. Hasan ibn Ali, peace be upon them both, was asked, so it was said to him: What is the intellect? He said: To choke down the agony until you acquire a chance.

حدثنا محمد بن الحسن بن أحمد بن الوليد - رضي الله عنه - قال: حدثنا محمد بن الحسن الصفار، عن أحمد بن محمد، عن أبيه، عن النضر، عن أبي الحسين، عن أبي بصير، قال: سألت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام عن قول الله عز وجل: " اتقوا الله حق تقاته " قال: يطاع فلا يعصى ويذكر فلا ينسى، ويشكر فلا يكفر.

1. 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, from Ahmad bin Muhammed, from his father, from Nadhr, from Abul Hussain that Abu Basir said: "I asked Abu 'Abdillah (al-Sadiq) (as) about the saying of Allah (swt): «Fear Allah how He should truly be feared» (3:102), he said: 'He should be obeyed and not disobeyed, remembered and not forgotten, thanked and not [shown] ingratitude.'"

أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله: عن أحمد بن محمد، عن أبيه، عمن ذكره، عن خيثمة بن عبد الرحمن الجعفي قال: سأل عيسى بن عبد الله القمي أبا عبد الله عليه السلام وأنا حاضر فقال: ما العبادة؟ قال: حسن النية بالطاعة من الوجه الذي يطاع الله منه.

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 the one he mentioned, from Khaithama bin Abdul-Rahman al-Ju’fi, that he said: Isa bin Abdullah al-Qommi asked Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, while I was present. He said: What is worship? He said: A good intention of obedience from the aspect from which Allah is obeyed.

حدثنا محمد بن موسى بن المتوكل قال: حدثنا عبد الله بن جعفر الحميري أحمد بن محمد، عن الحسن بن محبوب، عن خالد بن جرير، عن أبي الربيع الشامي، قال: سئل أبو عبد الله عليه السلام عن السائبة فقال: الرجل يعتق غلامه ويقول: اذهب حيث شئت ليس لي من ميراثك شئ وليس علي من جريرتك شئ [قال] ويشهد شاهدين.

1. We were told by Muhammed bin Musa bin Mutawakkil, that he said: We were told by Abdullah bin Ja’far al-Himyari, from Ahmad bin Muhammed, from Hasan bin Mahbub, from Khalid bin Jareer, from Abu’l-Rabee’ al-Shami, that he said: Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, was asked about the sa’iba, so he said: It is that a man liberates his boy and says: «Go to where you wish I have nothing to inherit from you, nor is there anything from your guilt.» He said: And that two witnesses testify.

حدثنا أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن أبي عبد الله، عن محمد بن علي الكوفي، عن علي بن النعمان، عن عبد الله بن طلحة، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: لن يدخل الجنة عبد في قلبه مثقال حبة من خردل من كبر، ولا يدخل النار عبد في قلبه مثقال حبة من خردل من إيمان. قلت: جعلت فداك إن الرجل ليلبس الثوب أو يركب الدابة فيكاد يعرف منه الكبر. قال: ليس بذاك إنما الكبر إنكار الحق، والايمان الاقرار بالحق.

1. We were told by my father, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Ahmad bin Abi Abdillah, from Muhammed bin Ali al-Kufi, from Ali bin Nu’man, from Abdullah bin Talha, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Paradise will never be entered by a servant in whose heart is the weight of a mustard seed of arrogance, and the Fire will not be entered by a servant in whose heart is the weight of a mustard seed of faith. I said: May I be sacrificed for you, a man might wear a robe or ride an animal, and he would be about to become known for arrogance. He said: It is not that. Arrogance is only to deny the truth, whereas faith is to acknowledge the truth.

حدثنا محمد بن الحسن بن أحمد بن الوليد - رضي الله عنه - قال: حدثنا محمد بن الحسن الصفار، عن إبراهيم بن هاشم، عن إسماعيل بن مرار، عن يونس بن عبد الرحمن عن أبي أيوب الخزاز، عن محمد بن مسلم، عن أحدهما - يعني أبا جعفر وأبا عبد الله عليهما السلام - قال: لا يدخل الجنة من كان في قلبه مثقال حبة من خردل من كبر. قال: قلت: إنا نلبس الثوب الحسن فيدخلنا العجب؟ فقال: إنما ذلك بينه وبين الله عز وجل.

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, from Ibrahim bin Hashim, from Isma’eel bin Marrar, from Yunus bin Abdul-Rahman, from Abu Ayub, the Silk Maker, from Muhammed bin Muslim, from one of the two, meaning Abu Ja’far and Abu Abdillah, peace be upon them both, that he said: Paradise will not be entered by the one in whose heart is the weight of a mustard seed of arrogance. He said: I said: We do, indeed, happen to wear a fine robe and admiration may hit us. He said: That is only with regards to what is between him and between Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He.

حدثنا محمد بن موسى بن المتوكل - رضي الله عنه - قال: حدثنا علي بن الحسين السعد آبادي، عن أحمد بن أبي عبد الله، عن ابن فضال، عن عبد الله بن مسكان، عن يزيد بن فرقد، عمن سمع أبا عبد الله عليه السلام يقول: لا يدخل الجنة من في قلبه مثقال حبة من خردل من كبر ولا يدخل النار من في قلبه مثقال حبة من خردل من إيمان. قال: فاسترجعت فقال: مالك تسترجع؟ فقلت: لما أسمع منك، فقال: ليس حيث تذهب إنما أعني الجحود إنما هو الجحود.

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 Hussain Sa’d-Abadi, from Ahmad bin Abi Abdillah, from Ibn Faddal, from Abdullah bin Maskan, from Yazid bin Farqad, from the one who heard Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, say: Paradise will not be entered by the one in whose heart is the weight of a mustard seed of arrogance, and the Fire will not be entered by the one in whose heart is the weight of a mustard seed of faith. He said: Then I recited the Ruju’ [1]. Then he said: What is it with you that you perform Ruju’? So I said: Due to what I hear from you. So he said: It is not as you think. I only mean that one knowingly rejects (the truth). It only applies to knowingly reject.

وبهذا الاسناد، عن ابن فضال، عن علي بن عقبة، عن أيوب بن حر، عن عبد الأعلى، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: الكبر أن يغمص الناس ويسفه الحق .

4. With this chain of narrators, from Ibn Faddal, from Ali bin ‘Uqba, from Ayub bin Hurr, from Abdul-A’la, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said: Arrogance is that one disdains people and stultifies the truth.