Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār

وبهذا الاسناد، عن محمد بن أحمد، عن محمد بن هارون، عن أبي يحيى الواسطي عمن ذكره قال: قال رجل لأبي عبد الله عليه السلام: إن الناس يقولون: من لم يكن عربيا صلبا أو مولى صريحا فهو سفلي، فقال: وأي شئ المولى الصريح؟ فقال له الرجل: من ملك أبواه، قال: ولم قالوا هذا؟ قال: قالوا لقول رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: " مولى القوم من أنفسهم " فقال: سبحان الله أما بلغك أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله قال: " أنا مولى من لا مولى له، وأنا مولى كل مسلم عربيها وعجميها "؟ فمن والى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله أليس يكون من نفس رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله؟ ثم قال: أيهما أشرف من كان من نفس رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله أو من كان من نفس أعرابي جلف بائل على عقبيه ؟ ثم قال صلى الله عليه وآله: من دخل في الاسلام رغبة خير ممن دخل رهبة، ودخل المنافقون رهبة والموالي دخلوا رغبة.

76. With this chain of narrators, from Muhammed bin Ahmad, from Muhammed bin Harun, from Abu Yahya al-Wasiti, of the one he mentioned, that he said: “A man said to Abu Abdillah (a.s) : People are saying: «The one who is not of Arab origin, nor a clearly declared mawla, is an inferior. He said: And what thing is a clearly declared mawla? The man said to him: The one who owns his parents. He said: And why did they say this? He said: They said it due to the saying of Allah’s Messenger (sw): A people’s mawla is from themselves. He said: Glory be to Allah, has it not reached you that the Messenger of Allah (sw) said: «I am the Master [1] of the one who has no master, and I am the Master of every Muslim, Arab and non-Arab»? Hence, the one who befriends the Messenger of Allah (sw), will he not be from the self of Allah’s Messenger (sw)? He then said: Which of the two is more honored: the one who is from the self of Allah’s Messenger (sw); or the one who is from the self of an gross Arabian who urinates on his heels? Furthermore, he (sw) said: The one who enters into Islam willingly is better than the one who enters out of fear. The hypocrites entered out of fear, whereas the mawali [2] entered willingly."

أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا محمد بن يحيى العطار، عن محمد بن أحمد، عن علي بن السندي، عن محمد بن عمرو بن سعيد، عن أبيه، قال: كنت عند أبي الحسن عليه السلام حيث دخل عليه داود الرقي فقال له: جعلت فداك إن الناس يقولون: إذا مضى للحامل ستة أشهر فقد فرغ الله من خلقته. فقال أبو الحسن عليه السلام: يا داود ادع ولو بشق الصفا. فقلت: جعلت فداك وأي شئ الصفا؟ قال: ما يخرج مع الولد فإن الله يفعل ما يشاء.

78. With this chain of narrators, from Muhammed bin Ahmad, from Muhammed bin Harun, from Abu Yahya al-Wasiti, of the one he mentioned, that he said: A man said to Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him: People are saying: «The one who is not of Arab origin, nor a clearly declared mawla, is an inferior. He said: And what thing is a clearly declared mawla? The man said to him: The one who owns his parents. He said: And why did they say this? He said: They said it due to the saying of Allah’s Messenger, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family: A people’s mawla is from themselves. He said: Glory be to Allah, has it not reached you that the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: «I am the Master [1] of the one who has no master, and I am the Master of every Muslim, Arab and non-Arab»? Hence, the one who befriends the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, will he not be from the self of Allah’s Messenger, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family? He then said: Which of the two is more honored: the one who is from the self of Allah’s Messenger, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family; or the one who is from the self of an gross Arabian who urinates on his heels? Furthermore, he, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: The one who enters into Islam willingly is better than the one who enters out of fear. The hypocrites entered out of fear, whereas the mawali [2] entered willingly.

أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن محمد، عن ابن فضال عن ابن بكير، عن زرارة، قال: ذهبت أنا وبكير مع رجل من ولد علي إلى المشاهد حتى انتهينا إلى أحد، فأرانا قبور الشهداء ثم دخل بنا الشعب فمضينا معه ساعة حتى مضينا إلى مسجد هناك فقال: إن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله صلى فيه فصلينا فيه، ثم أرانا مكانا في رأس جبل فقال: إن النبي صلى الله عليه وآله صعد إليه فكان يكون فيه ماء المطر. قال زرارة: فوقع في نفسي أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله لم يصعد إلى ماء ثم، فقلت أنا: فإني لا أجيئ معكم، أنا نائم ههنا حتى تجيئوا، فذهب هو وبكير، ثم انصرفوا وجاؤوا إلي فانصرفنا جميعا حتى إذا كان الغد أتينا أبا جعفر عليه السلام فقال لنا: أين كنتم أمس فإني لم أركم فأخبرناه و وصفنا له المسجد والموضع الذي زعم أن النبي صلى الله عليه وآله صعد إليه فغسل وجهه فيه، فقال أبو جعفر: ما أتى رسول الله ذلك المكان قط، فقلنا له: وروي لنا أنه كسرت رباعيته.فقال: لا، قبضه الله سليما ولكنه شج في وجهه فبعث عليا فأتاه بماء في حجفة فعافه رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله أن يشرب منه وغسل وجهه.

My father, may Allah have mercy on him, said: Sa'd b. Abdullah narrated to us, from Ahmad b. Muhammad, from Ibn Faddal, from Ibn Bukayr, from Zurara, who said: I went with Bukayr and a man from the descendants of Ali to the sacred sites until we reached Uhud. He showed us the graves of the martyrs, then led us into the valley. We walked with him for a while until we arrived at a mosque, where he said: "The Messenger of Allah (saw) prayed here," so we prayed there. Then he showed us a place at the top of a mountain and said: "The Prophet (saw) climbed this and found rainwater here." Zurara said: It occurred to me that the Messenger of Allah (saw) would not have climbed to fetch water. So I said: "I will not continue with you. I will sleep here until you return." He and Bukayr went and then came back to me, and we all returned together. The next day, we visited Abu Ja'far (as), who asked us: "Where were you yesterday? I did not see you." We informed him and described to him the mosque and the place where it was claimed the Prophet (saw) had climbed and washed his face. Abu Ja'far said: "The Messenger of Allah (saw) never went to that place." We then said: "It has been narrated to us that his tooth was broken." He replied: "No, Allah took him back whole, but his face was injured. He sent Ali, who brought water in a shield, but the Messenger of Allah (saw) refused to drink from it and only washed his face."

أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن أبي عبد الله، عن محمد بن علي الكوفي، عن سفيان، عن فراس، عن الشعبي، قال: قال ابن الكواء لعلي عليه السلام: يا أمير المؤمنين أرأيت قولك: " العجب بين جمادي ورجب " قال عليه السلام: ويحك يا أعور هو جمع أشتات، ونشر أموات، وحصد نبات، وهنات بعد هنات، مهلكات مبيرات، لست أنا ولا أنت هناك.

80. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Ahmad bin Muhammed, from Ibn Faddal, from Ibn Bukair, from Zurara, that he said: I went, me and Bukair, along with a man from the sons of Ali to the cites until we reached Uhud. He then showed us the graves of the martyrs. He then made us enter the path, and we went with him for an hour until we went to a mosque there. He said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, prayed in it. Hence, we prayed in it, and then he showed us a place at the top of the mountain, and he said: The Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family climbed to it, and it used to be rain water there. Zurara said: It then hit within me that the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, did not climb to any water. I then said: I will not come with you. I will sleep here until you come. Then he and Bukair walked, and so they went and then came to me, and then we all went. Then, until the next day, we came to Abu Ja’far, peace be upon him, and he said to us: Where were you yesterday, for indeed, I did not see you? So, we informed him and described to him the mosque and the spot in which it was claimed that the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, climbed to and and washed his face in. Abu Ja’far said: The Messenger of Allah never came to that place. We said to him: It has also been narrated to us that his front tooth were broken. He said: No. Allah took him unto Himself in safety, however, he was cut open in his face, and he sent Ali, so he brought him water in a leather vessel, and the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, felt disgusted to drink from it, and he washed his face.

حدثنا محمد بن الحسن قال: حدثنا محمد بن الحسن الصفار. قال: حدثنا أحمد بن محمد، عن عثمان بن عيسى عن صالح بن ميثم، عن عباية الأسدي، قال: سمعت أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام وهو مسجل وأنا قائم عليه: لآتين بمصر مبيرا ولأنقضن دمشق حجرا حجرا، ولأخرجن اليهود والنصارى من [كل] كور العرب، ولأسوقن العرب بعصاي هذه. قال: قلت له: يا أمير المؤمنين كأنك تخبرنا أنك تحيي بعد ما تموت! فقال: هيهات يا عباية ذهبت في غير مذهب يعقله رجل مني. قال مصنف هذا الكتاب - رضي الله عنه -: إن أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام اتقى عباية الأسدي في هذا الحديث وأتقي ابن الكواء في الحديث السابق لأنهما كانا غير محتملين لأسرار آل محمد عليهم السلام.

80. We were told by Muhammed bin Hasan, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Hasan al-Saffar, that he said: We were told by Ahmad bin Muhammed, from Uthman bin Isa, from Saleh bin Maitham, from ‘Abaya al-Asadi, that he said: I heard the Commander of the Believers, peace be upon him, while he was sitting and I was standing: I will surely come to Egypt to bring death, and I will surely come to demolish Damascus, stone by stone, and I will surely bring the Jews and the Christians out of all the nests of the Arabs, and I will surely drag the Arabs with this staff of mine. He said: I said to him: O Commander of the Believers, it is as if you are informing us that you will be revived after you die? He said: May such not be, O ‘Abaya. You thought into another direction of thoughts which a man from me knows. The compiler of this book, may Allah be pleased with him, said: Indeed, the Commander of the Believers, peace be upon him, used Taqiya with ‘Abaya al-Asadi in this narration, and he used Taqiya with Ibn al-Kawra’ in the previous narration, because they could not bear the secrets of the Family of Muhammed, peace be upon them.

أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن أبي عبد الله، عن أبيه، عن ابن سنان، عن إبراهيم بن أبي البلاد، عن سدير قال: سألت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام عن قول أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام: " إن أمرنا صعب مستصعب لا يقربه إلا ملك مقرب أو نبي مرسل أو عبد امتحن الله قلبه للايمان " فقال: لان في الملائكة مقربين وغير مقربين، ومن الأنبياء مرسلين وغير مرسلين، ومن المؤمنين ممتحنين وغير ممتحنين، فعرض أمركم هذا على الملائكة فلم يقربه إلا المقربون، وعرض على الأنبياء فلم يقربه إلا المرسلون، و عرض على المؤمنين فلم يقربه إلا الممتحنون. قال: ثم قال لي: مر في حديثك.

82. We were told by Muhammed bin Hasan, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Hasan al-Saffar, that he said: We were told by Ahmad bin Muhammed, from Uthman bin Isa, from Saleh bin Maitham, from ‘Abaya al-Asadi, that he said: I heard the Commander of the Believers, peace be upon him, while he was sitting and I was standing: I will surely come to Egypt to bring death, and I will surely come to demolish Damascus, stone by stone, and I will surely bring the Jews and the Christians out of all the nests of the Arabs, and I will surely drag the Arabs with this staff of mine. He said: I said to him: O Commander of the Believers, it is as if you are informing us that you will be revived after you die? He said: May such not be, O ‘Abaya. You thought into another direction of thoughts which a man from me knows. The compiler of this book, may Allah be pleased with him, said: Indeed, the Commander of the Believers, peace be upon him, used Taqiya with ‘Abaya al-Asadi in this narration, and he used Taqiya with Ibn al-Kawra’ in the previous narration, because they could not bear the secrets of the Family of Muhammed, peace be upon them.

أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن محمد، عن أبيه، عن القاسم بن محمد الجوهري، عن إسماعيل بن إبراهيم، عن أبي معاوية الأشتر، قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام يقول: من شكا إلى مؤمن فقد شكا إلى الله عز وجل، ومن شكا إلى مخالف فقد شكا الله عز وجل.

83. My father, may Allah grant him mercu, said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Ahmad bin Abi Abdillah, from his father, from Ibn Sinan, from Ibrahim bin Abi’l-Bilad, from Sudayr, that he said: I asked Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, about the saying of the Commander of the Believers, peace be upon him: «Indeed, our matter is difficult and complicated; it is not acknowledged except by an Angel who is brought near (to Allah), or a Prophet that is sent (with a Divine Message), or a servant whom Allah has tested his heart with faith.» He said: Because among the Angels are those who are brought near and those who are not brought near, and among the Prophets there are those who are sent and those who are not sent, and among the believers there are the tested and the untested. Hence, this matter of yours was presented to the Angels, and none acknowledged it except for those who are brought near, and (it was presented) upon the Prophets, and none acknowledged it except for those who were sent, and it was presented upon the believers, and none acknowledged it except for those who were tested. He said: He then said to me: Continue in your conversation.

أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا عبد الله بن جعفر الحميري، عن أحمد بن محمد، عن علي بن الحكم، عن كليب بن معاوية الأسدي، قال: قلت لأبي عبد الله عليه السلام: شيعتك تقول: الحاج أهله وماله في ضمان الله و [قد] يخلف في أهله، وقد أراه يخرج فيحدث [على] أهله الاحداث. فقال عليه السلام: إنما يخلفه فيهم بما كان يقوم به، فأما ما كان حاضرا لم يستطع دفعه فلا.

84. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Ahmad bin Muhammed, from his father, from Qasem bin Muhammed al-Jawhari, from Isma’eel bin Ibrahim, from Abu Mu’awiya al-Ashtar, that he said: I heard Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, say: The one who complains to a believer has certainly complained to Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, and the one who complains to an opponent (of us) has certainly complained about Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He.

أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن محمد، عن أبيه، عن حماد، عن حريز، عن زرارة، قال: سألت أبا جعفر عليه السلام: هل سئل رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله عن الأطفال. فقال: قد سئل فقال: الله أعلم بما كانوا عاملين. ثم قال: يا زرارة هل تدري ما قوله: " الله أعلم بما كانوا عاملين "؟ قال: لا قال: الله عز وجل فيهم المشيئة، إنه إذا كان يوم القيامة أتى بالأطفال، والشيخ الكبير الذي قد أدرك السن ولم يعقل من الكبر و الخرف، والذي مات في الفترة بين النبيين، والمجنون والأبله الذي لا يعقل، فكل واحد [منهم] يحتج على الله عز وجل فيبعث الله تعالى إليهم ملكا من الملائكة فيؤجج نارا فيقول: إن ربكم يأمركم أن تثبوا فيها فمن وثب فيها كانت عليه بردا وسلاما، ومن عصاه سيق إلى النار.

85. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Abdullah bin Ja’far al-Himyari, from Ahmad bin Muhammed bin Ali bin Hakam, from Kulaib bin Mu’awiya al-Asadi, that he said: I said to Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him: Your party is saying: For the performer of pilgrimage, his family and property are in the assurance of Allah. However, it might me that he bequeaths with regards to his family, and it might be that I see that he goes out and his family is afflicted with afflictions. He, peace be upon him, said: He would bequeath with regards to them in that which he used to do. As for what is present and he is not able to repel, then no.

أبى - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن محمد، عن أبيه، عن صفوان بن الحكم الحناط، قال: حدثني زيد الشحام، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال: النعيم في الدنيا الامن، وصحة الجسم، وتمام النعمة في الآخرة دخول الجنة. وما تمت النعمة على عبد قط لم يدخل الجنة.

86. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Ahmad bin Muhammed, from his father, from Hammad, from Huraiz, from Zurara, that he said: I asked Abu Ja’far, peace be upon him: Was the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, asked about children? He said: He was certainly asked, and he said: Allah is more knowledgeable of what they are to do. He then said: O Zurara, do you know what is (the meaning of) his saying: «Allah is more knowledgeable of what they are to do»? He said: No. He said: To Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, is the will with regards to them. Indeed, when the Day of Resurrection will be, to Him will children be brought, and so will an old man who had reached an old age and does not rationalize due to aging and senility, and the one who dies in a period in which there are two Prophets, and the insane and the fool who does not rationalize. All of them will argue against Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, to which Allah, Exalted is He, will send to them an Angel from the Angels who will stir up a fire and say: Indeed, your Lord is commanding you to stay firm in it. Then, those who stay in it, it will be cold and a cause of peace to him, and those who disobey him will be dragged to the Fire.