Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār

حدثنا أبو الحسن محمد بن أحمد بن علي الأسدي، قال: حدثنا أبي، وعلي ابن العباس البجلي، والحسن بن علي بن النصر الطوسي قالوا: حدثنا محمد بن عبد الرحمن ابن غزوان قال: حدثنا أبو سنان العابدي قال: حدثنا صفوان بن سليم. عن عطاء بن بشار، عن أبي سعيد الخدري. قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: حملة القرآن عرفاء أهل الجنة.

1. We were told by Abu’l-Hasan, Muhammed bin Ahmad bin Ali al-Asadi, that he said: We were told by my father, and Ali ibn Abbas al-Bajali, and Hasan bin Ali bin Nadr al-Tusi, that they said: We were told by Muhammed bin Abdul-Rahman ibn Ghazwan, that he said: We were told by Abu Sinan al-‘Abidi, that he said: We were told by Safwan bin Saleem, from ‘Ataa’ bin Bashar, from Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: The carriers of the Qur’an are the consciously knowing from the people of Paradise.

حدثنا أبو نصر محمد بن أحمد بن تميم السرخسي قال: حدثنا أبو لبيد محمد بن إدريس الشامي قال: حدثنا إسحاق بن إسرائيل قال: حدثنا عبد الرحمن بن محمد المحاربي قال: حدثنا الإفريقي، عن عبد الله بن يزيد، عن عبد الله بن عمر قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله سيأتي على أمت�� ما أتى على بني إسرائيل مثل بمثل وإنهم تفرقوا على اثنين وسبعين ملة وستفترق أمتي على ثلاث وسبعين ملة تزيد عليهم واحدة كلها في النار غير واحدة. قال: قيل: يا رسول الله وما تلك الواحدة؟ قال هو: ما نحن عليه اليوم أنا وأصحابي.

1. We were told by Abu Nasr, Muhammed bin Ahmad bin Tamim al-Sarakhsi, 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 Abdul-Rahman bin Muhammed al-Muharibi, that he said: We were told by al-Ifriqi, from Abdullah bin Yazid, from Abdullah bin Umar, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: There will come upon my nation that which came upon the sons of Isra’eel, equal by equal. They were, indeed, divided into seventy-two sects, and my nation will be divided into seventy-three sects; they will add one above those. All of them are to be in the Fire, except for one. He said: It was said: O Messenger of Allah, and what is that one? He said: It is what we are upon today, me and my companions.

حدثنا أبو أحمد بن الحسن بن عبد الله بن سعيد العسكري قال: حدثنا أبو القاسم بدر بن الهيثم القاضي قال: حدثنا علي بن المنذر الكوفي قال: حدثنا محمد بن الفضيل عن أبي الصباح قال: قال جعفر بن محمد عليهما السلام،: من أعطي أربعا لم يحرم أربعا: من أعطي الدعاء لم يحرم الإجابة: ومن أعطي الاستغفار لم يحرم التوبة: ومن أعطي الشكر لم يحرم الزيادة، ومن أعطي الصبر لم يحرم الاجر.

1. We were told by Abu Ahmad bin Hasan bin Abdullah bin Sa’eed al-Askari, that he said: We were told by Abu’l-Qasem, Badr bin Haitham, the judge, that he said: We were told by Ali bin Mundhir al-Kufi, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Fudail, from Abu’l-Sabah, that he said: Ja’far bin Muhammed, peace be upon them both, said: The one who is given four, will not be prevented from four; the one who is given prayer will not be prevented from response; the one who is given the means to seek forgiveness will not be prevented from repentance; the one who is given the means to thankfulness will not be prevented from increasement; and the one who is given patience will not be prevented from reward.

حدثنا محمد بن موسى بن المتوكل - رضي الله عنه - قال: حدثنا عبد الله بن جعفر الحميري، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى، عن الحسن بن محبوب: عمن ذكره: عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله لأصحابه ذات يوم: أترون لو جمعتم ما عندكم من الآنية والمتاع أكنتم ترونه يبلغ السماء؟ قالوا: لا يا رسول الله: قال: أفلا أدلكم على شئ أصله في الأرض وفرعه في السماء؟ قالوا: بلى يا رسول الله. قال: يقول أحدكم إذا فرغ من صلاته الفريضة: " سبحان الله والحمد لله ولا إله إلا الله والله أكبر " ثلاثين مرة. فإن أصلهن في الأرض وفرعهن في السماء وهن يدفعن الحرق والغرق والهدم و التردي في البئر وميته السوء: وهن الباقيات الصالحات.

1. We were told by Muhammed bin Musa bin Mutawakkil, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said: We were told by Abdullah bin Ja’far al-Himyari, that he said: We were told by Ahmad bin Muhammed bin Isa, from Hasan bin Mahbub, from the one he mentioned, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said to his companions one day: If you see that you were to gather what you have of containers and merchandise, would you see that it reaches Heaven? They said: No, O Messenger of Allah. He said: Shall I then not guide you to something whose root is on earth and whose branch is in Heaven? They said: Sure, O Messenger of Allah. He said: it is that one of you says when he is finished with his obligatory prayer: «Glory be to Allah, Praise be to Allah, there is no god but Allah, and Allah is the Greater» thirty times. For indeed, their root is on earth and their branch is in Heaven, and they repel burning, drowning, demolition and degeneration, in the well and with regards a horrid death, and they are the good legacies.

حدثنا أبي - رضي الله عنه - قال: حدثنا عبد الله بن الحسن المؤدب، عن أحمد بن علي الأصبهاني، عن إبراهيم بن محمد الثقفي قال: حدثنا أبو الحسن علي بن محمد شيخ من أهل الري، قال: حدثنا منصور بن العباس، والحسن بن علي بن النضر، عن سعيد بن النضر، عن جعفر بن محمد عليهما السلام، قال: المال والبنون زينة الحياة الدنيا، وثمان ركعات من آخر الليل والوتر زينة الآخرة وقد يجمعهما الله عز وجل لأقوام.

1. We were told by my father, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said: We were told by Abdullah bin Hasan, the teacher, from Ahmad bin Ali al-Esbahani, from Ibrahim bin Muhammed al-Thaqafi, that he said: We were told by Abu’l-Hasan, Ali bin Muhammed, a teacher from the people of Ray, that he said: We were told by Mansur bin Abbas, and Hasan bin Ali bin Nadr, of Sa’eed bin Nadr, of Ja’far bin Muhammed, peace be upon them both, that he said: Property and children are the ornamentation of the life of this world, and eight rak’at from the (prayer of the) last (part of the) night and the Witr [1] is the ornamentation of the Hereafter, and it may be that Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, gathers them to some people.

حدثنا أبو أحمد الحسن بن عبد الله بن سعيد العسكري، قال: حدثنا محمد بن أحمد القشيري، قال: حدثنا أبو الحويش أحمد بن عيسى الكوفي ، قال حدثنا موسى بن إسماعيل بن موسى بن جعفر، قال: حدثني أبي، عن أبيه، عن جده جعفر بن محمد، عن أبيه، عن جده، عن علي بن أبي طالب عليهم السلام في قول الله عز وجل: " ولا تنس نصيبك من الدنيا " قال: لا تنس صحتك وقوتك وفراغك وشبابك ونشاطك أن تطلب بها الآخرة.

1. We were told by Abu Ahmad, Hasan bin Abdullah bin Sa’eed al-Askari, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Ahmad al-Qushayri, that he said: We were told by Abu’l-Huwaysh, Ahmad bin Isa al-Kufi, that he said: We were told by Musa bin Isma’eel bin Musa bin Ja’far, that he said: I was told by my father, from his father, from his grandfather, Ja’far bin Muhammed, from his father, from his grandfather, from Ali bin Abi Talib, peace be upon them, with regards to the saying of Allah: «and do not forget your share from this world» (28:77). He said: Do not forget your health, strength, free time, youth and liveliness from seeking, through it, the Hereafter.

حدثنا أحمد بن الحسن القطان، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن يحيى بن زكريا القطان، عن بكر بن عبد الله بن حبيب، عن تميم بن بهلول، عن أبيه، عن حفص بن غياث، عن جعفر بن محمد، عن أبيه، عن آبائه عليهم السلام قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: يأتي على الناس زمان يكون أسعد الناس بالدنيا لكع بن لكع خير الناس يؤمئذ مؤمن بين كريمين.

1. We were told by Ahmad bin Hasan al-Qattan, that he said: We were told by Ahmad bin Yahya bin Zakariya al-Qattan, from Bikr bin Abdullah bin Habib, from Tamim bin Buhlul, from his father, from Hafs bin Giyath, from Ja’far bin Muhammed, from his father, from his fathers, peace be upon them, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: There will come, upon people, a time in which the happiest among the people in this world will be a despised slave, son of a despised slave. The best of people on that day will be a believer between two generous.

حدثنا أحمد بن زياد بن جعفر الهمداني - رضي الله عنه - قال: حدثنا علي ابن إبراهيم بن هاشم، عن أبيه، عن محمد بن أبي عمير، عن محمد بن حمران، عن أبيه، عن أبي جعفر محمد بن علي الباقر عليهم السلام قال: ثلاثة من عمل الجاهلية: الفخر بالأنساب، والطعن في الأحساب، والاستقساء بالأنواء.

1. We were told by Ahmad bin Ziyad bin Ja’far al-Hamdani, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said: We were told by Ali ibn Ibrahim bin Hashim, from his father, from Muhammed bin Abi ‘Umayr, from Muhammed bin Hamran, from his father, from Abu Ja’far, Muhammed bin Ali al-Baqir, peace be upon them, that he said: There are three things from the acts of the Jahiliya: pride in lineage, vilification due to status and seeking rain through anwaa’.

أخبرني محمد بن هارون الزنجاني قال: حدثنا علي بن عبد العزيز، عن أبي عبيد أنه قال: سمعت عدة من أهل العلم يقولون: إن الأنواء ثمانية وعشرون نجما معروفة المطالع في أزمنة السنة، كلها من الصيف والشتاء والربيع والخريف، يسقط منها في كل ثلاث عشر ليلة نجم في المغرب مع طلوع الفجر ويطلع آخر يقابله في المشرق من ساعته وكلاهما معلوم مسمى وانقضاء هذه الثمانية والعشرين كلها مع انقضاء السنة ثم يرجع الامر إلى النجم الأول مع الاستئناف السنة المقبلة وكانت العرب في الجاهلية إذا سقط منها نجم وطلع نجم آخر قالوا: لابد أن يكون عند ذلك رياح ومطر فينسبون كل غيث يكون عند ذلك إلى ذلك النجم الذي يسقط حينئذ فيقولون: مطرنا بنوء الثريا والدبران والسماك وما كان من هذه النجوم. فعلى هذا فهذه هي الأنواء، واحدها " نوء " وإنما سمي نوءا لأنه إذا سقط الساقط منها بالمغرب ناء الطالع بالمشرق بالطلوع وهو ينوء نوءا وذلك النهوض هو النوء فسمي النجم به وكذلك كل ناهض ينتقل بإبطاء فإنه ينوء عند نهوضه، قال تبارك وتعالى: " لتنوء بالعصبة أولي القوة ".

I was informed by Muhammed bin Harun al-Zanjani, that he said: We were told by Ali bin Abdul-Aziz, from Abu ‘Ubaid, that he said: I heard several from the people of knowledge say: Anwaa’ are twenty-eight stars whose visibility is known throughout the times of the year, all from the summer, winter, spring and autumn. In every thirteenth night of it, one star of it falls during the sundown along with the rise of dawn, whereas another star appears opposite to it in the east of its hour, and both are known and recognized. The ending of all these twenty-eight is with the ending of the year, and then the matter returns to the first star by the commencement of the coming year. The Arabs, during the Jahiliya, used to say, when one star of them falls and another star appears: «It must be that there comes wind and rain along with that» and so they would ascribe every rain therein to that star that falls therein, and they would say: «Our rain is due to the movement towards the west of Thuraiya, Dabran, Samak» and whatever would be of these stars. Based on this, that is anwaa’ [1], and one is a naw’. It was only named naw’ because if a faller of them falls during sundown, that which appears in the east at sunrise comes up. It appears in an appearance , and that emergence is naw’, and so the star was named with it. So it is with everything that emerges and moves in slowness, it performs naw’ at its emergence. He, Blessed and Exalted is He, said: «would burden the band consisting of the strong» (28:76)

حدثنا أبي - رضي الله عنه - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن إبراهيم بن هاشم عن حماد بن عيسى، عن حريز، عن زرارة، ومحمد بن مسلم، وأبي بصير، وبريد العجلي، والفضيل، عن أبي جعفر وأبي عبد الله عليهما السلام، قالا: في صدقة الإبل في كل خمس شاة إلى أن تبلغ خمسة وعشرين، فإذا بلغت ذلك ففيها ابنة مخاض ثم ليس فيها شئ حتى تبلغ خمسة وثلاثين، فإذا بلغت خمسة وثلاثين ففيها ابنه لبون ثم ليس فيها شئ حتى تبلغ خمسة وأربعين فإذا بلغت خمسة وأربعين ففيها حقة طروقة الفحل ثم ليس فيها شئ حتى تبلغ ستين، فإذا بلغت ستين ففيها جذعة، ثم ليس فيها شئ حتى تبلغ خمسة وسبعين، فإذا بلغت خمسة وسبعين ففيها بنتا لبون، ثم ليس فيها شئ حتى تبلغ تسعين فإذا بلغت تسعين ففيها حقتان طروقتا الفحل، ثم ليس فيها شئ أكثر من ذلك حتى تبلغ عشرين ومائة فإذا بلغت عشرين ومائة ففيها حقتان طروقتا الفحل فإذا زادت واحدة على عشرين ومائة ففي كل خمسين حقة وفي كل أربعين ابنه لبون، ثم ترجع الإبل على أسنانها وليس على النيف شئ ولا على الكسور شئ وليس على العوامل شئ، إنما ذلك على السائمة الراعية، قال: قلت: ما في البخت السائمة. قال: مثل ما في الإبل العربية.

1. We were told by my father, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Ibrahim bin Hashim, from Hammad bin Isa, from Huraiz, from Zurara, and Muhammed bin Muslim, and Abu Baseer, and Buraid al-‘Ajali, and Fudail, from Abu Ja’far and Abu Abdillah, peace be upon them both, that they both said with regards to the charity for camels: It is for every five sheep until they reach twenty-five, and if they reach that, for for that is a child at birth. Then, there is nothing in that until they reach thirty-five, and if they reach thirty-five, for that is one that is milked. Then, there is nothing in that until they reach forty-five, and if they reach forty-five, for that is a three-year-old female camel that can be approached by a male. Then, there is nothing in that until they reach sixty, and if they reach sixty, for that is a four-year-old female camel. Then, there is nothing for that until they reach seventy-five, and if they reach seventy-five, for that are two that are milked. Then, there is nothing for that until they reach ninety, and if they reach ninety, for that are two three-year-old female camels that can be approached by a male. Then, there is nothing for that until they reach a hundred and twenty, and if they reach a hundred and twenty, for that are two three-year-old camels that can be approached by a male. Then, if one is added onto a hundred and twenty, for every fifty there is one three-year-old female camel, and for every forty, there is one that is milked. Then, the camels are to be calculated again by their ages. There is nothing for nayyif, nor for kusour, and there is nothing for ‘awamil. That is only for the freely eating that are herded. He said: I said: What is it for freely eating Bactrians [1]? He said: The same as what is with regards to Arabic camels.