Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār

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: حياتي خير لكم، ومماتي خير لكم، أما حياتي فتحدثوني وأحدثكم، وأما موتي فتعرض علي أعمالكم عشية الاثنين والخميس، فما كان من عمل صالح حمدت الله عليه وما كان من عمل سيئ استغفرت الله لكم.

96. 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: The one who recites a hundred verses (of the Qur’an) will not be written to be among among the unaware. The one who recites two hundred verses, will be written to be among the devout. The one who recites three hundred verses will not be argued against from the Qur’an. It means those who learn by heart the amount of that from the Qur’an. It is said: «The boy recited the Qur’an» if he learns it by heart.

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 قال: " سبحان الله وبحمده " كتب الله له ألف ألف حسنة ومحا عنه ألف ألف سيئة، ورفع له ألف ألف درجة، ومن زاد زاده الله، ومن استغفر غفر الله له.

97. 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: My life is good for you, and my death is good for you. As for my life, it is that you speak to me and I speak to you. As for my death, it is that your deeds are presented to me at the evening of Monday and Thursday; whatever is of a righteous deed, I praise Allah for it, and whatever is of a misdeed, I ask Allah for forgiveness to you.

حدثنا أبو الحسن، قال: حدثنا علي بن أحمد الطبري، قال: حدثنا أبو سعيد، قال: حدثنا خراش قال: حدثنا مولاي أنس، قال: خرج رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله على أصحابه فقال: من ضمن لي اثنين ضمنت له الجنة. فقال أبو هريرة: فداك أبي وأمي يا رسول الله أنا أضمنهما لك، ما هما؟ قال: فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: من ضمن لي ما بين لحييه وما بين رجليه ضمنت له الجنة - يعني من ضمن لي لسانه وفرجه -. وأسباب البلايا تنفتح من هذين العضوين، وجناية اللسان الكفر بالله، وقول الزور، والبهتان، والإلحاد في أسماء الله وصفاته، والغيبة، والنميمة، والتهمة وذلك من جنايات اللسان وجناية الفرج الوطئ حيث لا يحل بنكاح ولا ملك يمين، قال الله تبارك وتعالى: " والذين هم لفروجهم حافظون إلا على أزواجهم أو ما ملكت أيمانهم فإنهم غير ملومين فمن ابتغى وراء ذلك فأولئك هم العادون ".

98. 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: The one who says: «Glory be to Allah, and in the praise of Him» Allah will prescribe to him a thousand by a thousand good deed, erase from (the record of) him a thousand by a thousand misdeed and raise him by a thousand by a thousand degree. Moreover, the one who increases, Allah will increase to him, and the one who asks forgiveness, Allah will forgive him.

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: لذكر الله عز وجل بالغدو والآصال خير من حطم السيوف في سبيل الله عز وجل. - يعني فمن ذكر الله عز وجل بالغدو ويذكر ما كان منه في ليلة من سوء عمله واستغفر الله وتاب إليه فإذا انتشر في ابتغاء ما قسم الله له انتشر وقد حطت عنه سيئاته وغفرت له ذنوبه، وإذا ذكر الله عز وجل بالآصال وهي العشيات راجع نفسه فيما كان منه في يومه ذلك من سرف على نفسه وإضاعة لأمر ربه فإذا ذكر الله عز وجل واستغفر الله تعالى وأناب راح إلى أهله وقد غفرت له ذنوبه يومه. وإنما تحمد الشهادة أيضا إذا كانت من تائب إلى الله استغفر من معصية الله عز وجل.

99. 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, went out to his companions and said: The one who assures two things for me, I will assure to him Paradise. Abu Huraira then said: May my father and mother be sacrificed for you, O Messenger of Allah. I will assure them to you. What are they? He said: The one who assures to me that which is between his jawbones and that which is between his legs, I will assure Paradise to him. It means the one who assures (the preservation of) his tongue and genital. The causes of misfortunes open from these two parts. The offense of the tongue is disbelief in Allah, false saying, calumny and faithlessness with regards to the Names of Allah and His Attributes, backbiting, gossip and accusation. That is among the offenses of the tongue. The offense of the genital is intercourse when it is not permitted by marriage nor possession with the right hand. Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, said: «And those who are, to their genitals, preserving, except upon their wives or what their right hands possess; (in that) they are, indeed, not to be blamed. Hence, the one who seeks beyond that, those are the transgressors.» (70:30-31)

حدثنا أبو الحسن، قال: حدثنا علي بن أحمد الطبري، قال: حدثنا أبو سعيد قال: حدثنا خراش، قال: حدثنا مولاي أنس قال: كان أصحاب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يتجرون في البحر - يعني أن التجارة في البحر وركوبه وليس يهيج ليس من المكروه وهو من الانتشار والابتغاء الذي أذن الله عز وجل فيه بقوله عز وجل: " فإذا قضيت الصلاة فانتشروا في الأرض وابتغوا من فضل الله " وقد روي في ركوب البحر والنهي عنه حديث -.

100. 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: Surely, to mention Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, at the mornings and the evenings is better than to demolish with swords for the sake of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He. It means that the one who mentions Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, at morning and then remembers what was issued from him (of actions) at that night of his of misdeeds, asks forgiveness from Allah and repents to Him, if he goes to seek what Allah has divided for him, he would do so, his misdeeds will be nullified from him and his sins will be forgiven. If he mentions Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, at the evenings, that are nights, he examines himself with regards to what was issued from him (of actions) during that day of his of thriftlessness towards himself and waste of a matter relating to his Lord. If he then mentions Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, asks Allah, Exalted is He, for forgiveness and returns, he will go to his family after his sins from that day of his have been forgiven. Martyrdom is only praised as well if it is from one who has repented to Allah and sought forgiveness from disobedience to Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He.

حدثنا محمد بن علي ماجيلويه، عن عمه محمد بن أبي القاسم، عن أحمد بن أبي عبد الله البرقي، عن أبيه، عن محمد بن سنان، عن مفضل بن عمر، قال: سألت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام، عن معنى قول أمير المؤمنين صلوات الله عليه لما نظر إلى الثاني وهو مسجى بثوبه " ما أحد أحب إلي أن ألقى الله بصحيفة من هذا المسجى، فقال: عنى بها الصحيفة التي كتبت في الكعبة.

101. 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 companions of Allah’s Messenger, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, used to treat on the ocean. It means that trade and sailing on the ocean while it is not agitated is not among what is disliked (of acts), and it is one of the acts of dispersing and seeking which Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, has given permission to, with the saying of Him, Exalted and Glorious is He: «And when the prayer is fulfilled, disperse in the land and seek from the bounty of Allah» (60:10). A narration has been narrated with regards to sailing on the ocean and prohibition from it.

حدثنا علي بن أحمد بن موسى - رضي الله عنه - قال: حدثنا محمد بن أبي عبد الله الكوفي، عن موسى بن عمران النخعي، عن عمه الحسين بن يزيد النوفلي، عن علي ابن أبي حمزة، عن أبي بصيرة قال: سألته عما روي عن النبي صلى الله عليه وآله أنه قال: " إن ولد الزنا شر الثلاثة " ما معناه؟ قال: عنى به الأوسط أنه شر ممن تقدمه وممن تلاه.

102. We were told by Muhammed bin Ali Majilawayh, from his paternal uncle, Muhammed bin Abi’l-Qasem, from Ahmad bin Abi Abdillah al-Barqi, from his father, from Muhammed bin Sinan, from Mufadhal bin Umar, that he said: I asked Abu Abdillah (a.s.) about the meaning of the saying of the Commander of the Believers (AS) when he looked at the Second (Umar) while he was covered in his cloth: "Nothing is more beloved to me that I meet Allah with a journal from this covered person." He said: By that, he meant the journal which he wrote in the Ka’ba.

أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا أحمد بن إدريس، عن محمد بن أحمد، قال: حدثنا أبو عبد الله الرازي، عن الحسن بن الحسين، عن ياسين الضرير [أ] وغيره، عن حماد بن عيسى، عن جعفر بن محمد، عن أبيه عليهما السلام، قال: خطب رجل إلى قوم فقالوا: ما تجارتك؟ قال: أبيع الدواب. فزوجوه فإذا هو يبيع السنانير، فاختصموا إلى علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام فأجاز نكاحه وقال: السنانير دواب .

103. 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-Kufi, from Musa bin Imran al-Nakha’i, from his paternal uncle, Hussain bin Yazid al-Nawfali, from Ali bin Abi Hamza, from Abu Baseer, that he said: I asked him about what was narrated from the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, that he said: «Indeed, the begotten from fornication was the worst of the three» What is the meaning of it? He said: By that, he indicated the middle one, that he is worse than the one who preceded him and the one who succeeded him.

أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا محمد بن يحيى العطار، قال: حدثنا أبو سعيد الآدمي، عن الحسن بن محبوب، عن علي بن رئاب، عن الحسن بن زياد العطار، قال: قلت لأبي عبد الله عليه السلام: إنهم يقولون لنا: أمؤمنون أنتم؟ فنقول نعم، إن شاء الله تعالى. فيقولون: أليس المؤمنون في الجنة؟ فنقول: بلى. فيقولون: أفأنتم في الجنة؟ فإذا نظرنا إلى أنفسنا ضعفنا وانكسرنا عن الجواب. قال: فقال: إذا قالوا لكم: أمؤمنون أنتم؟ فقولوا: نعم، إن شاء الله . قال قلت: وإنهم يقولون: إنما استثنيتم لأنكم شكاك. قال: فقولوا: والله ما نحن بشكاك، ولكنا استثنينا كما قال الله عز وجل: " لتدخلن المسجد الحرام إن شاء الله آمنين " وهو يعلم أنهم يدخلونه أولا وقد سمى الله عز وجل المؤمنين بالعمل الصالح " مؤمنين " ولم يسم من ركب الكبائر وما وعد الله عز وجل عليه النار في قرآن ولا أثر. ولا تسمهم بالايمان بعد ذلك الفعل.

104. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Ahmad bin Idrees, from Muhammed bin Ahmad, that he said: We were told by Abu Abdillah al-Razi, from Hasan bin Hussain, from Yasin al-Dhareer, or another, from Hammad bin Isa, from Ja’far bin Muhammed, from his father, peace be upon them both, that he said: A sought marriage from a people, and they said: What is your trade? He said: I sell riding animals. Then, they conducted in marriage with him, and suddenly, it was observed that he sells fishing tackles. So, they brought the case to dispute before Ali bin Abi Talib, peace be upon him, and he declared his marriage as permissible, and he said: Fishing tackles are (an application of) riding animals.