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The meaning of the womb becoming heavy
حدثنا محمد بن الحسن بن أحمد بن الوليد - رضي الله عنه - قال:: حدثنا محمد بن الحسن الصفار، عن محمد بن الحسين بن أبي الخطاب، عن ابن أسباط، عن علي بن أبي حمزة، عن أبي بصير، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: صلة الرحم تزيد في العمر، وصدقة السر تطفئ غضب الرب، وإن قطيعة الرحم واليمين الكاذبة لتذران الديار بلاقع من أهلها وتثقلان الرحم. وإن تثقل الرحم انقطاع النسل.
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 Muhammed bin Hussain bin Abi’l-Khattab, from Ibn Asbat, from Ali bin Abi Hamza, from Abu Baseer, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Seeking connection to one’s kinship increases age and (giving) charity in secret extinguishes the anger of the Lord, whereas disconnecting from one’s kinship and false rightly-handed promise pulverize homes into unproductive earth with its people, and they cause heaviness to the womb. Indeed, the heaviness of the womb is (a cause to) discontinuation of progeny.
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The meaning of the killer that does not die
حدثنا أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى، عن الحسين بن سعيد، عن محمد بن أبي عمير، عن منصور بن يونس، عن أبي حمزة الثمالي، عن علي بن الحسين عليهما السلام قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: لا يغرنكم رحب الذراعين بالدم فإن له عند الله قاتلا لا يموت. قالوا: يا رسول الله [و] ما قاتلا لا يموت؟ قال: فقال: النار.
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 Muhammed bin Isa, from Hussain bin Sa’eed, from Muhammed bin Abi ‘Umayr, from Mansur bin Yunus, from Abu Hamza al-Thumali, from Ali bin Hussain, peace be upon them both, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Verily, do not be lured by the one who extends his upper arms with blood, for indeed, he will have, from Allah, a killer that does not die. They said: O Messenger of Allah, and what is a killer that does not die? He said: The Fire.
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The meaning of the saying of the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family: «May Allah curse the one who performs a sin or gives refuge to a sinner»
حدثنا أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن إبراهيم بن مهزيار، عن أخيه علي، عن الحسين بن سعيد، عن صفوان بن يحيى، عن جميل بن دراج، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: سمعته يقول: لعن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله من أحدث في المدينة حدثنا أو آوى محدثا. قلت: وما ذلك الحدث؟ قال: القتل.
1. We were told by my father, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Ibrahim bin Mahziyar, from his brother, Ali, from Hussain bin Sa’eed, from Safwan bin Yahya, from Jameel bin Darraj, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said: I heard him say: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, cursed the one who performed a sin in Medina or gave refuge to a sinner. I said: And what is that sin? He said: Murder.
حدثنا أبو نصر محمد بن أحمد بن تميم السرخسي الفقيه بسرخس، قال: حدثنا أبو لبيد محمد بن إدريس الشامي، قال حدثنا إسحاق بن إسرائيل، قال: حدثنا سيف بن هارون البرجمي، عن عمرو بن قيس الملائي، عن أمية بن يزيد القرشي، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: من أحدث حدثنا أو آوى محدثا فعليه لعنة الله والملائكة والناس أجمعين لا يقبل منه عدل ولا صرف يوم القيامة. فقيل: يا رسول الله ما الحدث؟ قال: من قتل نفسا بغير نفس، أو مثل مثلة بغير قود أو ابتدع بدعة بغير سنة، أو انتهب نهبة ذات شرف. قال: فقيل: ما العدل يا رسول الله؟ قال: الفدية. قال: فقيل: ما الصرف يا رسول الله؟ قال التوبة.
2. We were told by Abu Nasr, Muhammed bin Ahmad bin Tamim al-Sarakhsi, the jurist, in Sarakhs, that he said: We were told by Abu Lubaid, Muhammed bin Idrees al-Shami, that he said: We were told by Ishaq bin Isra’eel, that he said: We were told by Saif bin Harun al-Barjami, from Amru bin Qais al-Mula’I, from Umayya bin Yazid al-Qurashi, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: The one who performs a sin or gives refuge to a sinner, upon him is the curse of Allah, the Angels and the people, all of them. Ransom and disbursal will not be accepted from him on the Day of Resurrection. It was said: O Messenger of Allah, what is the sin? He said: The one who kills a soul for other than (the cause of) another soul, mutilates for other than retaliation, invents an innovation with other than a tradition or seizes a prey of value. He said: Then it was said: What is the ransom, O Messenger of Allah? He said: Redemption. He said: Then it was said: What is the dispursal, O Messenger of Allah? He said: Repentance.
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The meaning of Arabization after migration
حدثنا أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا أحمد بن إدريس، عن محمد بن أحمد، عن محمد ابن الحسين، عن ابن سنان، عن حذيفة بن منصور، قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام يقول: المتعرب بعد الهجرة، التارك لهذا الامر بعد معرفته.
1. We were told by my father, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Ahmad bin Idrees, from Muhammed bin Ahmad, from Muhammed ibn Hussain, from Ibn Sinan, from Hudhaifa bin Mansur, that he said: I heard Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, say: The one who is Arabized after migration is (like) an abandoner of this matter (of belief) after having known it.
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The meaning of the hour of unawareness
حدثنا أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن محمد بن خالد، عن سليمان بن سماعة، عن عمه عاصم الكوزي ، عن أبي عبد الله، عن أبيه عليهما السلام قال: قال النبي صلى الله عليه وآله: تنفلوا في ساعة الغفلة ولو بركعتين خفيفتين فإنهما تورثان دار الكرامة. قيل: يا رسول الله ومتى ساعة الغفلة؟ قال: ما بين المغرب والعشاء.
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 Muhammed bin Khalid, from Sulayman bin Sama’a, from his paternal uncle, ‘Asim al-Kuzi, from Abu Abdillah, from his father, peace be upon them both, that he said: The Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Perform additional prayers during the hour of unawareness, even if by two light rak’as, for indeed, they are a cause of (acquiring) the Home of Dignity. It was said: O Messenger of Allah, and when is the hour of unawareness? He said: Between the (prayers of the) sundown and the evening.
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The meaning of the flunky
حدثنا أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن أبي عبد الله، عن أبيه بإسناده يرفعه إلى أبي عبد الله عليه السلام أنه قال لرجل من أصحابه: لا تكونن إمعة تقول: أنا مع الناس وأنا كواحد من الناس.
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 his father, with his chain of narrators, which he ascribed to Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said to a man from his companions: Do not be a flunky who says: «I am with the people» or «I am like (any) one of the people».
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The meaning of the report that has been narrated of al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, that he said: «Be calm as long as the Heaven and the earth are calm»
حدثنا أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا أحمد بن إدريس، قال: حدثنا سهل بن زياد، قال: حدثني علي بن الريان، قال: حدثنا عبيد الله بن عبد الله الدهقان الواسطي عن الحسين بن خالد الكوفي، عن أبي الحسن الرضا عليه السلام قال: قلت: جعلت فداك حديث كان يرويه عبد الله بن بكير، عن عبيد بن زرارة. قال: فقال لي: وما هو؟ قال: قلت: روي عن عبيد بن زرارة أنه لقي أبا عبد الله عليه السلام في السنة التي خرج فيها إبراهيم بن عبد الله ابن الحسن فقال له: جعلت فداك إن هذا قد ألف الكلام وسارع الناس إليه فما الذي تأمر به؟ قال: فقال: اتقوا الله وأسكنوا ما سكنت السماء والأرض. قال: وكان عبد الله ابن بكير يقول: والله لئن كان عبيد بن زرارة صادقا فما من خروج وما من قائم. قال: فقال لي أبو الحسن عليه السلام: الحديث على ما رواه عبيد وليس على ما تأوله عبد الله بن بكير إنما عنى أبو عبد الله عليه السلام بقوله: " ما سكنت السماء " من النداء باسم صاحبك و " ما سكنت الأرض " من الخسف بالجيش.
1. We were told by my father, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Ahmad bin Idrees, that he said: We were told by Sahl bin Ziyad, that he said: I was told by Ali bin Raiyan, that he said: We were told by Ubaidullah bin Abdullah al-Dahqan al-Wasiti, from Hussain bin Khalid al-Kufi, from Abu’l-Hasan al-Rida, peace be upon him, that he said: I said: May I be sacrificed for you. There is a narration that was narrated by Abdullah bin Bukair, ofUbaid bin Zurara. He said: Then he said: And what is it? He said: I said: It was narrated from Ubaid bin Zurara, that he met Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, in the year Ibrahim bin Abdullah ibn Hasan went out (in opposition), and that he said to him: May I be sacrificed for you, indeed, this man has made his speech friendly and made the people quickly join him, so what do you command (us) to? He said: Then he said: Fear Allah and be calm as long as the Heaven and the earth are calm. He said: Abdullah bin Bukair also used to say: By Allah, verily, if Ubaid bin Zurara was truthful, there will be no going out (for opposition), nor any Riser. He said: Then Abu’l-Hasan, peace be upon him, said to me: The narration is according to what Ubaid narrated, and not according to what Abdullah bin Bukair interpreted. Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, only meant with his saying: «as long as the Heaven is calm» for the call with the name of your man, and with «as long as the earth is clam» for the army to sink.
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The meaning of the saying of the Commander of the Believers, peace be upon him: «For there to be joined in your heart between the need for people and sufficiency from them»
أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن إبراهيم بن هاشم، عن علي ابن معبد، قال: أخبرني أحمد بن عمر، عن يحيى بن عمران، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: كان أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام يقول: ليجتمع في قلبك الافتقار إلى الناس والاستغناء عنهم يكون افتقارك إليهم في لين كلامك وحسن بشرك، ويكون استغناؤك عنهم في نزاهة عرضك وبقاء عزك.
1. We were told by my father, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Ibrahim bin Hashim, from Ali ibn Ma’bad, that he said: I was informed by Ahmad bin Umar, from Yahya bin Imran, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said: The Commander of the Believers, peace be upon him, used to say: For there to be joined in your heart between the need for people and suffiency from them, is that your need of them is with regards to the softness of your speech and good giving of glad tidings, and that your suffiency from them is with regards to decency of your honor (relating to female relatives) and the maintenance of your dignity.
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The meaning of the report that was narrated of the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, that he said: «What is between my grave and my pulpit is a garden from the Gardens of Paradise, and my pulpit is upon a canal from the Canals of Paradise»
حدثنا محمد بن موسى بن المتوكل - رضي الله عنه - قال: حدثنا علي بن الحسين السعد آبادي، عن أحمد بن أبي عبد الله البرقي، عن أبيه، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن بعض أصحابنا، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: ما بين قبري ومنبري روضة من رياض الجنة ومنبري على ترعة من ترع الجنة لان قبر فاطمة صلوات الله عليها بين قبره ومنبره وقبرها روضة من رياض الجنة وإليه ترعة من ترع الجنة.
1. 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 al-Barqi, from his father, from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr, from some of our companions, of Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: What is between my grave and pulpit is a garden from the Gardens of Paradise, and my pulpit is upon a canal from the Canals of Paradise, because the grave of Fatima, Allah’s blessings be upon her, is between his grave and his pulpit, and her grave is a garden from the Gardens of Paradise, and to it leads a canal from the Canals of Paradise.
