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The meaning of stinginess and avarice
حدثنا محمد بن علي ماجيلويه - رضي الله عنه -، عن أبيه، عن أحمد بن أبي عبد الله، عن بعض أصحابنا بلغ به سعد بن طريف، عن الأصبغ بن نباتة، عن الحارث الأعور، قال: فيما سأل علي صلوات الله عليه ابنه الحسن عليه السلام أن قال له: ما الشح؟ فقال: أن ترى ما في يدك شرفا وما أنفقت تلفا.
3. We were told by Muhammed bin Ali Majilawayh, may Allah be pleased with him, from his father, from Ahmad bin Abi Abdillah, from some of our companions, to whom Sa’d bin Turaif informed, from Asbagh bin Nubata, from Harith, the half-blinded, that he said: Among what Ali, Allah’s blessings be upon him, asked his son, Hasan, peace be upon him, is that he said to him: What is avarice? He said: That you see what is in your hand as an honor, and that what you have spent is a loss.
حدثنا محمد بن علي ماجيلويه، عن عمه محمد بن أبي القاسم، عن محمد بن علي الكوفي، عن أبي جميلة، عن جابر، عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: ليس البخيل من يؤدي - أو الذي يؤدي – الزكاة المفروضة من ماله ويعطي البائنة في قومه وإنما البخيل حق البخيل الذي يمنع الزكاة المفروضة من ماله ويمنع البائنة في قومه و هو في ما سوى ذلك يبذر.
4. We were told by Muhammed bin Ali Majilawayh, from his paternal uncle, Muhammed bin Abi’l-Qasem, from Muhammed bin Ali al-Kufi, from Abu Jameela, from Jabir, from Abu Ja’far, peace be upon him, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: The stingy is not the one who gives the obligatory alms tax from his property and grants the final to his people. Rather, the stingy, the truly stingy, is the one who prevents (the deduction of) the obligatory alms tax from his property, and who prevents (the giving of) the final to his people, and who spendthrifts in other than that.
حدثنا محمد بن الحسن بن أحمد بن الوليد - رضي الله عنه - قال: حدثنا محمد بن الحسن الصفار، عن أحمد بن محمد، عن أبيه، عن حماد بن عيسى، عن حريز، عن زرارة، قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام يقول: إنما الشحيح من منع حق الله وأنفق في غير حق الله عز وجل.
5. 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 Hammad bin Isa, from Huraiz, from Zurara, that he said: I heard Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, say: The avaricious is only the one who prevented the right of Allah and spent in other than the right of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He.
وبهذا الاسناد، عن أحمد بن محمد، عن أبيه، عن أبي الجهم، عن موسى بن بكر عن أحمد بن سليمان، عن أبي الحسن موسى بن جعفر عليهما السلام، قال: البخيل من بخل بما افترض الله عليه.
6. With this chain of narrators, from Ahmad bin Muhammed, from his father, from Abu’l-Jahm, from Musa bin Bikr, from Ahmad bin Sulayman, from Abu’l-Hasan, Musa bin Ja’far, peace be upon them both, that he said: The stingy is the one who is stingy with regards to what Allah has obliged upon him.
أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا علي بن إبراهيم، عن أبيه، عن ابن فضال، عن معاوية بن وهب، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: البخيل من بخل بالسلام.
7. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Ali bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Faddal, from Mu’awiya bin Wahab, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said: The stingy is the one who is stingy with (the sending of) peace.
حدثنا أحمد بن محمد بن عبد الرحمن المقري، قال: حدثنا أبو الحسن علي بن الحسن بن بندار بن المثنى التميمي الطبري، قال: حدثنا أبو نصر محمد بن الحجاج المقري الرقي، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن العلاء بن هلال، قال: حدثنا أبو زكريا، قال: حدثنا سليمان بن بلال، عن عمارة بن غزية، عن عبد الله بن علي بن الحسين، عن أبيه، عن جده عليهم السلام قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: البخيل حقا من ذكرت عنده فلم يصل علي.
8. We were told by Ahmad bin Muhammed bin Abdul-Rahman al-Maqarri, that he said: We were told by Abu’l-Hasan, Ali bin Hasan bin Bandar bin Muthanna al-Tameemi al-Tabari, that he said: We were told by Abu Nasr, Muhammed bin Hajjaj al-Maqarri al-Riqqi, that he said: We were told by Ahmad bin ‘Alaa’ bin Hilal, that he said: We were told by Abu Zakariya, that he said: We were told by Sulayman bin Bilal, from Umara bin Ghaziya, from Abdullah bin Ali bin Hussain, from his father, from his grandfather, peace be upon him, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: The truly stingy is the one to whom I am mentioned and does not ask Allah to send blessings upon me.
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The meaning of bad reckoning
أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن محمد، عن أبيه، عن محمد بن يحيى، عن حماد بن عثمان، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام أنه قال لرجل: يا فلان مالك و لأخيك؟ قال: جعلت فداك كان لي عليه شئ فاستقصيت في حقي، فقال أبو عبد الله عليه السلام: أخبرني عن قول الله عز وجل: " ويخافون سوء الحساب " أتراهم خافوا أن يجور عليهم أو يظلمهم؟ لا، ولكنهم خافوا الاستقصاء والمداقة.
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 Muhammed bin Yahya, from Hammad bin Uthman, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said to a man: O such-a-person, what is it with you and your brother? He said: May I be sacrificed for you, there was something to me upon him (to fulfil), so I inquired about my right. Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, then said: Inform me about the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «and they fear a bad (result from the) reckoning» (13:21). Do you see that they feared that He will tyrannize against them or wrong them? No, however, they feared inquiry and detailing (in questioning).
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The meaning of the foolishness
أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا الحميري، عن أحمد بن أبي عبد الله، عن بعض أصحابنا بلغ به سعد بن طريف، عن الأصبغ بن نباتة،، عن الحارث الأعور الهمداني، قال: قال علي للحسن ابنه عليهما السلام، في مسائلة التي سأله عنها: يا بني ما السفه؟ فقال: اتباع الدناة ومصاحبة الغواة.
1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by al-Himyari, from Ahmad bin Abi Abdillah, from some of our companions to whom Sa’d bin Turaif informed, from Asbagh bin Nubata, from Harith al-A’war al-Hamdani, that he said: Ali said to his son, Hasan, peace be upon them both, among his questions which he asked him of: O my son, what is foolishness? He said: To follow the dishonourable and accompany the seducers.
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The meaning of the saying of the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family: «The best eid is blood-letting»
حدثنا محمد بن الحسن بن أحمد بن الوليد - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا محمد بن الحسن الصفار، عن أحمد بن أبي عبد الله بإسناده رفعه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: نعم العيد الحجامة - يعني العادة - تجلو البصر وتذهب بالداء.
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 Hasan al-Saffar, from Ahmad bin Abi Abdillah, with his chain of narrators, that he ascribed it, saying: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: The best of eid [1] is blood-letting – meaning habit [2] – it clears vision and repels disease.
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The meaning of the beneficial, refuging and saving blood-letting
أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن أبي عبد الله رفعه إلى أبي عبد الله جعفر بن محمد، عن أبيه عليهما السلام، قال: احتجم النبي صلى الله عليه وآله في رأسه وبين كتفيه و في قفاه ثلاثا، سمى واحدة " النافعة " والأخرى " المغيثة " والثالثة " المنقذة ".
1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Ahmad bin Abi Abdillah, that he ascribed it to Abu Abdillah, Ja’far bin Muhammed, from his father, peace be upon them both, that he said: The Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, performed blood-letting in his head, between his shoulders and the back of the neck thrice. He named one as the beneficial, the other as the refuging and the third the saving.
