Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār

حدثنا محمد بن أحمد الشيباني، قال: حدثني محمد بن أبي عبد الله الكوفي، قال: حدثنا سهل بن زياد، قال: حدثني أحمد بن بشير البرقي، عن يحيى بن المثنى، قال: حدثنا محمد بن أبي طلحة الصيرفي، قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله جعفر بن محمد عليهما السلام، يقول: سمعت أبي يحدث، عن أبيه، عن جده عليهم السلام أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله قال للناس: إياكم وخضراء الدمن قيل: يا رسول الله وما خضراء الدمن؟ قال: المرأة الحسناء في منبت سوء.

1. We were told by Muhammed bin Ahmad al-Shaybani, that he said: I was told by Muhammed bin Abi Abdillah al-Kufi, that he said: We were told by Sahl bin Ziyad, that he said: I was told by Ahmad bin Bashir al-Barqi, from Yahya bin Muthanna, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Abi Talha al-Sayrafi, that he said: I heard Abu Abdillah, Ja’far bin Muhammed, peace be upon them both, say: I heard my father tell from his father, from his grandfather, peace be upon them, that the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said to the people: Beware from the green that is from waste. It was said: O Messenger of Allah, and what is the green that is from waste? He said: A beautiful woman from a bad place of emergence.

حدثنا أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا أحمد بن إدريس، عن عبد الله بن محمد بن عيسى، عن أبيه، عن عبد الله بن المغيرة عن إسماعيل بن أبي زياد السكوني، عن جعفر بن محمد، عن أبيه عليهما السلام، عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله قال: النساء أربع: جامع مجمع، وربيع مربع، وكرب مقمع ، وغل قمل.

1. We were told by my father, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Ahmad bin Idrees, from Abdullah bin Muhammed bin Isa, from his father, from Abdullah bin Mughaira, from Isma’eel bin Abi Ziyad al-Sukuni, from Ja’far bin Muhammed, from his father, peace be upon them both, from the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, that he said: Women are four: jami’ mujma’, rabee’ murabba’, kurb muqma’ and ghull qaml.

قال أحمد بن أبي عبد الله البرقي، " جامع مجمع " أي كثيرة الخير مخصبة، و " ربيع مربع " التي في حجرها ولد وفي بطنها آخر، و " كرب مقمع " أي سيئة الخلق مع زوجها، و " غل قمل " أي هي عند زوجها كالغل القمل، وهو غل من جلد يقع فيه القمل فيأكله ولا يتهيأ أن يحل منه شئ وهو مثل للعرب.

Ahmad bin Abi Abdillah al-Barqi said: Jami’ mujma’ means to have much goodness and to be fertile; rabee’ murabba’ is the one in whose home is a child and in her belly is another one; kurb muqma’ means that she has bad mannerisms with her husband; and ghull qaml means that to her husband, she is like ghull qaml, which is a part of skin in which there is lice , and so it devours it while he is not able to remove anything of it. It is a proverb for Arabs.

حدثنا محمد بن موسى بن المتوكل - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا عبد الله بن جعفر الحميري، عن أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى، عن الحسن بن محبوب، عن إبراهيم الكرخي قال: قلت: لأبي عبد الله عليه السلام: إن صاحبتي هلكت وكانت لي موافقة وقد هممت أن أتزوج فقال: انظر أين تضع نفسك، ومن تشركه في مالك، وتطلعه على دينك وسرك وأمانتك فإن كنت لابد فاعلا فبكرا تنسب إلى الخير وإلى حسن الخلق .ألا إن النساء خلقن شتى * فمنهن الغنيمة والغرام ومنهن الهلال إذا تجلى * لصاحبه ومنهن الظلام فمن يظفر بصالحن يسعد * ومن يغبن فليس له انتقام وهن ثلاث فامرأة ولود ودود تعين زوجها على دهره لدنيا ولآخرته ولا تعين الدهر عليه، وامرأة عقيم لا ذات جمال ولا خلق ولا تعين زوجها على خير، وامرأة صخابة ولاجة همازة تستقل الكثير ولا تقبل اليسير.

1. We were told by Muhammed bin Musa bin Mutawakkil, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Abdullah bin Ja’far al-Himyari, from Ahmad bin Muhammed bin Isa, from Hasan bin Mahbub, from Ibrahim al-Karkhi, that he said: I said to Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him: My female companion died and she was agreeable with me. I have now considered to marry. He said: Look to where you place yourself, who you will share your property with and make observe your religion, secret and trust. Hence, if it is a must that you are to do so, then marry a virgin who is ascribed to goodness and good mannerisms. [1] Alas, women were, indeed, created in diversity, So, among them is the one who is like a profit, and one of romance. And among them is the one like the crescent when it manifests to its companion, And among them are those with darkness. Hence, the one who acquires a good one of them, will rejoice, And the one who is frauded, will not be able to retaliate. They are three: a woman who is fertile and affection and assists her husband through his lifetime in matters of this life and his next life, and who does not assist life against him; a woman who is barren, having no beauty, nor mannerisms, nor assists her husband to any goodness; and a woman who is noisy, enters and exits in abundance and who is slandering, who considers much to be little and does not accept that which is simple.

حدثنا أبو الحسن محمد بن عمرو بن علي بن عبد الله البصري، قال: حدثنا أبو الحسن علي بن الحسن بن بندار التميمي الطبري بأسفرايين في مسجد الجامع، قال: حدثنا أبو نصر محمد بن يوسف الطوسي بطبران قال: حدثنا أبي، قال: حدثنا علي ابن خشرم المروزي، قال: حدثنا الفضل بن موسى السيناني المروزي، قال: قال لي أبو حنيفة النعمان بن ثابت أفيدك حديثا طريفا لم تسمع أطرف منه؟ قال: فقلت: نعم فقال أبو حنيفة أخبرني حماد بن أبي سليمان، عن إبراهيم النخعي، عن عبد الله بن بحية عن زيد بن ثابت قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: يا زيد تزوجت؟ قلت: لا. قال: تزوج تستعف مع عفتك، ولا تزوجن خمسا. قال زيد: من هن يا رسول الله؟ فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: لا تزوجن شهبرة ولا لهبرة ولا نهبرة ولا هيدرة ولا لفوتا. قال زيد: يا رسول الله ما عرفت مما قلت شيئا وإني بآخرهن لجاهل. فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآلهألستم عربا؟ أما الشهبرة فالزرقاء البذية، وأما اللهبرة فالطويلة المهزولة، وأما النهبرة فالقصيرة الدميمة، وأما الهيدرة فالعجوز المدبرة، وأما اللفوت فذات الولد من غيرك.

1. We were told by Abu’l-Hasan, Muhammed bin Amru bin Ali bin Abdullah al-Basri, that he said: We were told by Abu’l-Hasan, Ali bin Hasan bin Bandar al-Tamimi al-Tabari, in Esfarayen, in the mosque of the congregation, that he said: We were told by Abu Nasr, Muhammed bin Yusuf al-Tusi, in Tabaran [1], that he said: We were told by my father, that he said: We were told by Ali ibn Khashram al-Maruzi, that he said: We were told by Fadl bin Musa al-Nasa’I al-Maruzi, that he said: Abu Hanifa, Nu’man bin Thabit, said to me: Shall I benefit you with an unusual narration which you have not heard the like of anything more unusual? He said: Then I said: Yes. Then Abu Hanifa said: I was informed by Hammad bin Sulayman, from Ibrahim al-Nakha’I, from Abdullah bin Najiya, from Zaid bin Thabit, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: O Zaid, have you married? I said: No. He said: Marry, and you will be virtuous after your chastity, and do not marry five. Zaid said: And who are they, O Messenger of Allah? The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Do not marry a shahbara, nor a lahbara, nor a nahbara, nor a haydara, nor a lafout. Zaid said: O Messenger of Allah, I do not know about anything of what you mentioned, and I am ignorant of the last of them. Then the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Are you not Arabs? As for the shahbara, she is the blue and vulgar. As for the lahbara, she is the tall and gaunty. As for the nahbara, she is the short and deformed. As for the haydara, she is the old woman who is managed. As for the lafout, she is the one with children from other than you.

حدثنا أحمد بن الحسن القطان، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن يحيى بن زكريا القطان، قال: حدثنا بكر بن عبد الله بن حبيب، قال، حدثنا تميم بن بهلول، قال: حدثنا أبو معاوية، عن سليمان بن مهران، عن عباية بن ربعي، قال: سألت ابن عباس عن الصائم يجوز له أن يحتجم؟ قال: نعم، ما لم يخش ضعفا على نفسه. قلت: فهل تنقض الحجامة صومه؟ فقال: لا، فقلت: فما معنى قول النبي صلى الله عليه وآله حين رأى من يحتجم في شهر رمضان: " أفطر الحاجم والمحجوم "؟ فقال: إنما أفطرا لأنهما تسابا وكذبا في سبهما على رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله لا للحجامة.

1. We were told by Ahmad bin Hasan al-Qattan, that he said: We were told by Ahmad bin Yahya bin Zakariya al-Qattan, that he said: We were told by Bikr bin Abdullah bin Habib, that he said: We were told by Tamim bin Buhlul, that he said: We were told by Abu Mu’awiya, from Sulayman bin Mahran, from ‘Abaya bin Rab’I, that he said: I asked Ibn Abbas about the faster: Is it permissible for him to perform blood-letting? He said: Yes, as long as he does not fear weakness for himself. He said: So does blood-letting negate his fast? He said: No. So I said: Then what is the meaning of the saying of the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, when he saw one who performed blood-letting during the Month of Ramadhan: «The one carrying out the blood-letting, and the one to whom the blood-letting is done, have broken the fast»? He said: They only fasted because they verbally insulted each other and lied in their verbal insult against Allah’s Messenger, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, not due to the blood-letting.

حدثنا الحاكم أبو الحسن عبد الحميد عبد الرحمن بن الحسين النيسابوري الفقيه، قال: حدثنا أبو سعيد قال: حدثنا عبيد الله بن محمد بن سليمان الهاشمي، قال:حدثنا أبو عمرو الضرير، قال: حدثنا عباد بن عباد المهلبي، عن موسى بن محمد بن إبراهيم التميمي، عن أبيه، قال: كنا عند رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله فنشأت سحابة فقالوا: يا رسول الله هذه سحابة ناشئة. فقال: كيف ترون قواعدها؟ قالوا: يا رسول الله ما أحسنها وأشد تمكنها قال: كيف ترون بواسقها؟ قالوا: يا رسول الله ما أحسنها وأشد تراكمها. قال: كيف ترون جونها؟ قالوا: يا رسول الله ما أحسنه وأشد سواده. قال: فكيف ترون رحاها؟ قالوا: يا رسول الله ما أحسنها وأشد استدارتها. قال: فكيف ترون برقها أخفوا أم وميضا أم يشق شقا؟ قالوا: يا رسول الله بل يشق شقا، فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله الحيا. فقالوا: يا رسول الله ما أفصحك وما رأينا الذي هو أفصح منك. فقال: وما يمنعني من ذلك وبلساني نزل القرآن " بلسان عربي مبين ".

1. We were told by al-Hakim, Abu’l-Hasan, Abdul-Hamid bin Abdul-Rahman bin Hussain al-Naisabouri, the jurist, that he said: We were told by Abu Sa’eed, that he said: We were told by Ubaidullah bin Muhammed bin Sulayman al-Hashimi, that he said: We were told by Abu Amru al-Dhareer, that he said: We were told by ‘Ubad bin ‘Ubad al-Mahbali, from Musa bin Muhammed bin Ibrahim al-Tamimi, from his father, that he said: We were at the place of Allah’s Messenger, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, and a cloud arose, so they said: O Messenger of Allah, this is a cloud that has arisen. He said: How do you see its foundations? They said: O Messenger of Allah, how beautiful are they, and how severe is their ability. He said: How do you see its branches? They said: O Messenger of Allah, how beautiful are they, and how severe is their heaping. He said: How do you see its black smoke? They said: O Messenger of Allah, how beautiful is it, and how severe is its blackness. He said: Then how do you see its circle? They said: O Messenger of Allah, how beautiful is it, and how severe is its roundness. He said: Then how do you see its lightning, is it hidden, or a blink, or does it cut (through like) a cutting? They said: O Messenger of Allah, rather, that it cuts (through like a) cutting. Then the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Fertility (for the soil). Then they said: O Messenger of Allah, how fluent tare you, and we have not see anyone more fluent than you. He then said: And what will prevent me from that, when it is in my tongue that the Qur’an was sent down, in a clear Arabic tongue?

حدثنا محمد بن بكران النقاش - رضي الله عنه - بالكوفة، قال: حدثنا أحمد ابن محمد بن سعيد الكوفي مولى بني هاشم، قال: حدثنا المنذر بن محمد، قال: حدثنا أبي، قال: حدثني محمد بن الحسن بن علي بن الحسن بن علي بن أبي طالب عليهما السلام، قال: حدثني أبي عن أبيه عن الحسن بن علي بن أبي طالب عليهما السلام، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: بادروا إلى رياض الجنة. فقالوا: وما رياض الجنة؟ قال: حلق الذكر.

1. We were told by Muhammed bin Bikran al-Naqqash, may Allah be pleased with him, in Kufa, that he said: We were told by Ahmad ibn Muhammed bin Sa’eed al-Kufi, the servant of the sons of Hashim, that he said: We were told by Mundhir bin Muhammed, that he said: We were told by my father, that he said: I was told by Muhammed bin Hasan bin Ali bin Hasan bin Ali bin Abi Talib, peace be upon them both, that he said: I was told by my father, from his father, from Hasan bin Ali bin Abi Talib, peace be upon them both, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Take initiative to the Gardens of Paradise. They said: And what are the Gardens of Paradise? He said: To shave one’s male genitals.

حدثنا علي بن أحمد بن موسى - رضي الله عنه - قال: حدثنا محمد بن أبي عبد الله السكوني، عن صالح بن أبي حماد، قال: حدثنا إسماعيل بن مهران، عن أبيه، عن عمرو بن أبي المقدام، عن أبي عبد الله جعفر بن محمد، عن أبيه، عن آبائه، عن علي عليهم السلام قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: الغنم إذا أقبلت أقبلت وإذا أدبرت أقبلت، والبقر إذا أقبلت أقبلت وإذا أدبرت أدبرت، والإبل أعنان الشياطين إذا أقبلت أدبرت و إذا أدبرت أدبرت، ولا يجيئ خيرها إلا من جانبها الأشأم . قيل: يا رسول الله فمن يتخذها بعد ذا؟ قال: فأين الأشقياء الفجرة قال صالح: وأنشد إسماعيل بن مهران: هي المال لولا قلة الخفض حولها * فمن شاء داراها ومن شاء باعها

1. We were told by Ali bin Ahmad bin Musa, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Abi Abdillah al-Sukuni, from Saleh bin Abi Hammad, that he said: We were told by Isma’eel bin Mahran, from his father, from Amru bin Abi’l-Miqdam, from Abu Abdillah, Ja’far bin Muhammed, from his father, from his fathers, from Ali, peace be upon them, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: With regards to sheep, if you come forward, they come forward, and if you return, they return, and with regards to cows, if you come forward, they come forward, and if you return, they return. Camels, however, are the interpositions of devils; if you come forward, they return, and if you return, they return, and their goodness does not come except from their most ill-omened side. It was said: O Messenger of Allah, then who will take them after this? He said: Then where are the wretched and dissolute? Saleh said: Isma’eel bin Mahran recited: It is property; were it not for the littleness of its decrease that surrounds it. Hence, the one who wishes, will circle with it, and the one who wishes, will sell it.

حدثنا أبو الحسن محمد بن أحمد بن علي الأسدي، قال: حدثنا عبد الله بن محمد بن المر زبان، قال: حدثنا علي بن الجعد، قال أخبرنا شعبة، عن أبي عمران الجوني، عن عبد الله بن الصامت، قال: قال أبو ذر - رحمة الله عليه - قلت: يا رسول الرجل يعمل لنفسه ويحبه الناس. قال: تلك عاجل بشرى المؤمن.

1. We were told by Abu’l-Hasan, Muhammed bin Ahmad bin Ali al-Asadi, that he said: We were told by Abdullah bin Muhammed bin Mir-Zaban, that he said: We were told by Ali bin Ja’d, that he said: We were informed by Shu’ba, from Abu Imran al-Jouni, from Abdullah bin Samit, that he said: Abu Dharr, upon whom is the mercy of Allah, said: I said: O Messenger of Allah, a man would act for himself and the people would leave him. He said: That is the hasting good news for a believer.