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The chapter of rare meanings
حدثنا أبو الحسن علي بن عبد الله بن أحمد بن بابويه المذكر، قال: سمعت القاضي الكبير أبا الحسن علي بن أحمد الطبري يقول: حدثني أبو سعيد الحسن بن علي بن زكريا ابن زفر العدوي البصري ، قال: مررت بالبصرة بمحل " طحان " وهي ناحية و إذا زحام على باب، وناس يدخلون دار، وناس يخرجون، فدخلت فإذا شيخ يقول: حدثني مولاي أنس بن مالك. - وهو " خراش " مولى " أنس " - قال أبو سعيد: ولم يكن معي ورق فاستعرت قلما وكتبت هذه الأربعة عشر حدثنا على ظهر نعلي:
87. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Ahmad bin Muhammed, from his father, from Safwan bin Hakam, the wheat seller, that he said: I was told by Zaid, the seller of grease, of Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said: The bliss in this world is safety and a healthy body. The completion of the grace in the Hereafter is to enter Paradise. The grace has never been completed for a servant who does not enter Paradise.
حدثنا أبو الحسن ، قال: حدثنا علي بن أحمد الطبري، قال: حدثنا أبو سعيد قال: حدثني خراش مولى أنس بن مالك، قال: حدثنا مولاي أنس بن مالك قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: الصوم جنة - يعني حجاب - من النار. وإنما قال ذلك لان الصوم نسك باطن ليس فيه نزعة شيطان ولا مرايات إنسان.
We were told by Abu’l-Hasan, Ali bin Abdullah bin Ahmad bin Babawayh al-Mudhakkir, that he said: I heard the big judge, Abu’l-Hasan, Ali bin Ahmad al-Tabari, say: I was told by Abu Sa’eed, Hasan bin Ali bin Zakariya ibn Zafr al-‘Adawi al-Basri, that he said: I passed in Basra by the area of Tahhan, and it was a district, and suddenly I observed crowds by a door, and people entering a house, and other people leaving. I then entered, and suddenly I observed an old man say: I was told by my master, Anas bin Malik – and that was Khirash, the servant of Anas – that he said… Abu Sa’eed said: There were no paper with me, so I borrowed a pen and wrote these fourteen narrations on the external side of my sandal:
حدثنا أبو الحسن، قال: حدثنا علي بن أحمد الطبري، قال: حدثنا أبو سعيد، قال حدثنا خراش، قال: حدثنا مولاي أنس بن مالك، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: للصائم فرحتان فرحة عند إفطاره وفرحة يوم يلقى ربه. - يعني بفرحته عند إفطاره فرحة المسلم بتحصيل ذلك اليوم في ديوان حسناته وفواضل أعماله لا أن فرحته تلك بما أبيح من الطعام وقته ذلك. ذلك وليس الفرح بالاكل ولحاجة البطن من شرائف ما يمدح بن الصالحون، وأما فرحته عند لقاء ربه عز وجل فبما يفيض الله عليه من فضل عطائه الذي ليس لأحد من أهل القيامة مثله إلا لمن عمل مثل عمله -.
88. We were told by Abu’l-Hasan, that he said: We were told by Ali bin Ahmad al-Tabari, that he said: We were told by Abu Sa’eed, that he said: I was told by Khirash, the servant of Anas bin Malik, that he said: We were told by my master, Anas bin Malik, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Fasting is a Garden – meaning a veil – from the Fire. He only said that because fasting is an internal devoutness in whom there is no incitement to evil by Shaytan, nor any means of ostentation before another human being.
حدثنا أبو الحسن، قال: حدثنا علي بن أحمد الطبري، قال: حدثنا أبو سعيد قال: حدثنا خراش، قال: حدثني مولاي أنس بن مالك، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: إن للجنة بابا يدعى " الريان " لا يدخل منه إلا الصائمون. - وإنما سمي هذا الباب " الريان " لان الصائم يجهد العطش أكثر مما يجهده الجوع، فإذا دخل الصائم من هذا الباب يلقاه الري الذي لا يعطش بعده أبدا.
89. We were told by Abu’l-Hasan, that he said: We were told by Ali bin Ahmad al-Tabari, that he said: We were told by Abu Sa’eed, that he said: We were told by Khirash, that he said: We were told by my master, Anas bin Malik, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: There are two joys for the one who fasts: a joy during his breaking of the fast; and a joy on the Day he will meet his Lord. With his joy during the breaking of his fast, he meant the joy of a Muslim with regards to attaining that day in the journal of his good deeds and virtuous acts, not that this joy of his is due to what is allowed to him of food at that time of his. Joy due to eating and the belly’s need is not among the honors of what the righteous are praised. As for his joy on the Day of the meeting with his Lord, Exalted and Glorious is He, it is due to what Allah will bestow upon him from the virtue of His grant, which none from among the people of the Resurrection will have the like of, except for those who did the same as his deed.
حدثنا أبو الحسن، قال: حدثنا علي بن أحمد الطبري، قال: حدثنا أبو سعيد، قال: حدثنا خراش، قال: حدثنا مولاي أنس بن مالك قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: من صام يوما تطوعا فلوا عطي ملء الأرض ذهبا ما وفي أجره دون يوم الحساب. - يعني أن ثواب الصوم ليس بمقدر كما قدرت الحسنة بعشر أمثالها قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: قال الله عز وجل: كل أعمال ابن آدم بعشرة أضعافها إلى سبع مائة ضعف إلا الصبر فإنه لي وأنا أجزي به فثواب الصبر مخزون في علم الله عز وجل، والصبر الصوم -.
90. We were told by Abu’l-Hasan, that he said: We were told by Ali bin Ahmad al-Tabari, that he said: We were told by Abu Sa’eed, that he said: We were told by Khirash, that he said: We were told by my master, Anas bin Malik, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Indeed, for Paradise is a Gate called the Irrigating , from which none but the fasting will enter. This Gate was only named the Irrigating because the fasting is fatigued by thirst more than he is fatigued by hunger, and when the faster will enter through this Gate, he will be met with irrigation after which he will never become thirsty.
حدثنا أبو الحسن، قال: حدثنا علي بن أحمد الطبري، قال: حدثنا أبو سعيد، قال: حدثنا خراش، قال: حدثنا مولاي أنس بن مالك، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: الحياء خير كله. - يعني أن الحياء يكف ذا الدين ومن لا دين له عن القبيح فهو جماع كل جميل -.
91. We were told by Abu’l-Hasan, that he said: We were told by Ali bin Ahmad al-Tabari, that he said: We were told by Abu Sa’eed, that he said: We were told by Khirash, that he said: We were told by my master, Anas bin Malik, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: The one who fasts a day voluntarily, if he is given the amount of what fills the earth with gold, his reward will not be fulfilled as compared to that of the Day of Reckoning. It means that the reward for fasting is not estimated like how one good deed is estimated by ten the likes of it. The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, said: All the deeds of the son of Adam are by ten the likes of them until seven hundred the likes of, except for patience, for indeed, it is for Me, and I will reward for it. Thus, the reward for patience is concealed in the Knowledge of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, and patience is fasting.
حدثنا أبو الحسن، قال: حدثنا علي بن أحمد الطبري، قال: حدثنا أبو سعيد، قال: حدثنا خراش، قال: حدثنا مولاي أنس، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: الحياء والايمان كله في قرن واحد فإذا سلب أحدهما أتبعه الآخرة - يعني أن من لم يكفه الحياء عن القبيح فيما بينه وبين الناس فهولا يكفه عن القبيح فيما بينه وبين ربه عز و جل، ومن لم يستح من الله عز وجل وجاهره بالقبيح فلا دين له -.
92. We were told by Abu’l-Hasan, that he said: We were told by Ali bin Ahmad al-Tabari, that he said: We were told by Abu Sa’eed, that he said: We were told by Khirash, that he said: We were told by my master, Anas bin Malik, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Modesty is good, all of it. It means that modesty repels the one with religion, as well as the one with no religion, from the horrid. Hence, it is the gatherer of every beauty.
حدثنا أبو الحسن، قال: حدثنا علي بن أحمد الطبري، قال: حدثنا أبو سعيد، قال: حدثنا خراش، قال: حدثنا مولاي أنس بن مالك، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: ما ينزع الله تعالى من العبد الحياء فيصير ما قتا ممقتا ثم ينزع منه الايمان ثم ينزع منه الرحمة ثم يخلع دين الاسلام عن عنقه، فيصير شيطانا لعينا. - يعني أن ارتكاب القبيحة بعد القبيحة تنتهي إلى الشيطنة ومن تشيطن على الله لعنة الله -.
93. We were told by Abu’l-Hasan, that he said: We were told by Ali bin Ahmad al-Tabari, that he said: We were told by Abu Sa’eed, that he said: We were told by Khirash, that he said: We were told by my master, Anas, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Modesty and faith, all of it, is in one horn; if one of them is pulled off, the other follows it. It means that the one whom modesty does not repel from horrid in what is between him and between people, will not repel himself from horrid in what is between him and between his Lord, Exalted and Glorious is He. The one who is not embarrassed before Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, and publicly challenges him with horrid acts, he has no (sincere adherence) religion.
حدثنا أبو الحسن، قال: حدثنا علي بن أحمد الطبري، قال: حدثنا أبو سعيد، قال: حدثنا خراش، قال: حدثنا أنس، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: من تأمل خلف امرأة حتى يتبين له حجم عظامها من وراء ثيابها وهو صائم فقد أفطره. - يعني فقد أشرط نفسه للافطار بما ينبعث من دواعي نفسه ونوازع همته فيكون من مواقعة الذنب على خطر -.
94. We were told by Abu’l-Hasan, that he said: We were told by Ali bin Ahmad al-Tabari, that he said: We were told by Abu Sa’eed, that he said: We were told by Khirash, that he said: We were told by my master, Anas bin Malik, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: If Allah, Exalted is He, removes modesty from a servant, he becomes abhorrent and detested. He then removes faith from him, then removes mercy from him, then pulls off the religion of Islam out of his neck, and he becomes a cursed devil. It means that the performance of a horrid act after another horrid act ends with devilry, and the one who becomes a devil (in challenge) against Allah, is cursed by Allah.
حدثنا أبو الحسن، قال: حدثنا علي بن أحمد الطبري قال: حدثنا أبو سعيد، قال: حدثنا خراش، قال: حدثنا مولاي أنس، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: من قرأ مائة آية لم يكتب من الغافلين، ومن قرأ مائتي آية كتب من القانتين، ومن قرأ ثلاث مائة آية لم يحاجه القرآن. - يعني من حفظ قدر ذلك من القرآن، يقال: " قد قرأ الغلام القرآن " إذا حفظه -.
95. We were told by Abu’l-Hasan, that he said: We were told by Ali bin Ahmad al-Tabari, that he said: We were told by Abu Sa’eed, that he said: We were told by Khirash, that he said: We were told by Anas, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: The one who gazes behind a woman until it becomes clear to him the size of her bones from behind her clothes, while he is fasting, has broken the fast. It means that he has conditioned upon himself to break the fast due to what emerges from the motives of his inner self and inclinations of his interest, by which he would be in danger from falling into sin.
