Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

وَ رَوَى أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ اَلْوَلِيدِ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ اَلصَّادِقِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "أَرْبَعٌ يَذْهَبْنَ ضَيَاعاً مَوَدَّةٌ تُمْنَحُ مَنْ لاَ وَفَاءَ لَهُ وَ مَعْرُوفٌ يُوضَعُ عِنْدَ مَنْ لاَ يَشْكُرُهُ وَ عِلْمٌ يُعَلَّمُ مَنْ لاَ يَسْتَمِعُ لَهُ وَ سِرٌّ يُودَعُ مَنْ لاَ حَضَانَةَ لَهُ".

It is narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, from Ali ibn Ismail, from Abdullah ibn Al-Waleed, from Abu Basir, from Abu Abdullah Al-Sadiq Ja'far ibn Muhammad (a.s), who said: "Four things are wasted in vain: Affection granted to one who has no loyalty, A favor bestowed upon one who does not appreciate it, Knowledge taught to one who does not listen, And a secret entrusted to one who has no sense of safeguarding."

وَ قَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: "إِنَّ لِلَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى بِقَاعاً تُسَمَّى اَلْمُنْتَقِمَةَ فَإِذَا أَعْطَى اَللَّهُ عَبْداً مَالاً لَمْ يُخْرِجْ حَقَّ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مِنْهُ سَلَّطَ اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ بُقْعَةً مِنْ تِلْكَ اَلْبِقَاعِ فَأَتْلَفَ ذَلِكَ اَلْمَالَ فِيهَا ثُمَّ مَاتَ وَ تَرَكَهَا".

Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (a.s) said: "Indeed, Allah (swt), the Blessed and Exalted, has lands called Al-Muntaqimah (The Avenger). When Allah (swt) grants a servant wealth and he does not give Allah's (swt) rightful due from it, Allah (swt) assigns to him a portion of those lands where his wealth is wasted, and then he dies, leaving it behind."

وَ قَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: "مَنْ لَمْ يُبَالِ مَا قَالَ وَ مَا قِيلَ فِيهِ فَهُوَ شِرْكُ شَيْطَانٍ وَ مَنْ لَمْ يُبَالِ أَنْ يَرَاهُ اَلنَّاسُ مُسِيئاً فَهُوَ شِرْكُ شَيْطَانٍ وَ مَنِ اِغْتَابَ أَخَاهُ اَلْمُؤْمِنَ مِنْ غَيْرِ تِرَةٍ بَيْنَهُمَا فَهُوَ شِرْكُ شَيْطَانٍ وَ مَنْ شُغِفَ بِمَحَبَّةِ اَلْحَرَامِ وَ شَهْوَةِ اَلزِّنَا فَهُوَ شِرْكُ شَيْطَانٍ" ثُمَّ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ "لِوَلَدِ اَلزِّنَا عَلاَمَاتٌ أَحَدُهَا بُغْضُنَا أَهْلَ اَلْبَيْتِ وَ ثَانِيهَا أَنَّهُ يَحِنُّ إِلَى اَلْحَرَامِ اَلَّذِي خُلِقَ مِنْهُ وَ ثَالِثُهَا اَلاِسْتِخْفَافُ بِالدِّينِ وَ رَابِعُهَا سُوءُ اَلْمَحْضَرِ لِلنَّاسِ وَ لاَ يُسِيءُ مَحْضَرَ إِخْوَانِهِ إِلاَّ مَنْ وُلِدَ عَلَى غَيْرِ فِرَاشِ أَبِيهِ أَوْ مَنْ حَمَلَتْ بِهِ أُمُّهُ فِي حَيْضِهَا".

Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (a.s) said: "Whoever does not care about what he says and what is said about him, this is the partnership of Satan. Whoever does not care if people see him committing wrong, this is the partnership of Satan. Whoever backbites his believing brother without any grievance between them, this is the partnership of Satan. And whoever becomes infatuated with the love of the forbidden and the desire for adultery, this is the partnership of Satan." Then Imam (a.s) said: "A child born of adultery has certain signs: the first is hatred for us, the Ahlulbayt; the second is an inclination toward the forbidden from which he was created; the third is making light of religion; and the fourth is behaving badly in gatherings with people. No one treats his brothers poorly in gatherings except someone born out of wedlock or whose mother conceived him during her menstruation."

وَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: "مَنْ رَضِيَ مِنَ اَلدُّنْيَا بِمَا يُجْزِيهِ كَانَ أَيْسَرُ اَلَّذِي فِيهَا يَكْفِيهِ وَ مَنْ لَمْ يَرْضَ مِنَ اَلدُّنْيَا بِمَا يُجْزِيهِ لَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْءٌ فِيهَا يَكْفِيهِ".

Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s) said: "Whoever is content with what suffices him from this world, the least of what is in it will be enough for him. And whoever is not content with what suffices him from this world, nothing in it will ever be enough for him."

وَ رَوَى إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ عَنِ اَلصَّادِقِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: "تَنْزِلُ اَلْمَعُونَةُ مِنَ اَلسَّمَاءِ عَلَى قَدْرِ اَلْمَئُونَةِ".

Ishaq ibn Ammar narrated from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (a.s) that he said: "Assistance descends from the heavens in proportion to responsibility."

وَ رَوَى اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ مُيَسِّرٍ قَالَ قَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: "إِنَّ فِيمَا نَزَلَ بِهِ اَلْوَحْيُ مِنَ اَلسَّمَاءِ لَوْ أَنَّ لاِبْنِ آدَمَ وَادِيَيْنِ يَسِيلاَنِ ذَهَباً وَ فِضَّةً لاَبْتَغَى إِلَيْهِمَا ثَالِثاً يَا اِبْنَ آدَمَ إِنَّمَا بَطْنُكَ بَحْرٌ مِنَ اَلْبُحُورِ وَ وَادٍ مِنَ اَلْأَوْدِيَةِ لاَ يَمْلَأُهُ شَيْءٌ إِلاَّ اَلتُّرَابُ".

Al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Faddal narrated from Maysar that Abu Abdullah Imam Al-Sadiq Ja'far ibn Muhammad (a.s) said: "Indeed, among what was revealed in the divine revelation from the heavens is that if the son of Adam had two flowing valleys of gold and silver, he would still seek a third. O' son of Adam! Your stomach is but an ocean among oceans and a valley among valleys; nothing will fill it except dust."

وَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: "سِبَابُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِ فُسُوقٌ وَ قِتَالُهُ كُفْرٌ وَ أَكْلُ لَحْمِهِ مِنْ مَعْصِيَةِ اَللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَ حُرْمَةُ مَالِهِ كَحُرْمَةِ دَمِهِ".

The Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace be upon him and his family) said: "Insulting a believer is an act of disobedience, fighting him (a believer) is disbelief, consuming his flesh (backbiting) is a sin against Allah (swt) the Exalted, and the sanctity of his wealth is like the sanctity of his blood."

وَ رَوَى أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ اَلْكُوفِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي اَلْحَسَنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى اَلرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "لِلْإِمَامِ عَلاَمَاتٌ يَكُونُ أَعْلَمَ اَلنَّاسِ وَ أَحْكَمَ اَلنَّاسِ وَ أَتْقَى اَلنَّاسِ وَ أَحْلَمَ اَلنَّاسِ وَ أَشْجَعَ اَلنَّاسِ وَ أَسْخَى اَلنَّاسِ وَ أَعْبَدَ اَلنَّاسِ وَ يُولَدُ مَخْتُوناً وَ يَكُونُ مُطَهَّراً وَ يَرَى مِنْ خَلْفِهِ كَمَا يَرَى مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَ لاَ يَكُونُ لَهُ ظِلٌّ وَ إِذَا وَقَعَ عَلَى اَلْأَرْضِ مِنْ بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ وَقَعَ عَلَى رَاحَتَيْهِ رَافِعاً صَوْتَهُ بِالشَّهَادَتَيْنِ وَ لاَ يَحْتَلِمُ وَ تَنَامُ عَيْنُهُ وَ لاَ يَنَامُ قَلْبُهُ وَ يَكُونُ مُحَدَّثاً وَ يَسْتَوِي عَلَيْهِ دِرْعُ رَسُولِ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ لاَ يُرَى لَهُ بَوْلٌ وَ لاَ غَائِطٌ لِأَنَّ اَللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ قَدْ وَكَّلَ اَلْأَرْضَ بِابْتِلاَعِ مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُ وَ تَكُونُ رَائِحَتُهُ أَطْيَبَ مِنْ رَائِحَةِ اَلْمِسْكِ وَ يَكُونُ أَوْلَى بِالنَّاسِ مِنْهُمْ بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ وَ أَشْفَقَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ آبَائِهِمْ وَ أُمَّهَاتِهِمْ وَ يَكُونُ أَشَدَّ اَلنَّاسِ تَوَاضُعاً لِلَّهِ جَلَّ ذِكْرُهُ وَ يَكُونُ آخَذَ اَلنَّاسِ بِمَا يَأْمُرُ بِهِ وَ أَكَفَّ اَلنَّاسِ عَمَّا يَنْهَى عَنْهُ وَ يَكُونُ دُعَاؤُهُ مُسْتَجَاباً حَتَّى إِنَّهُ لَوْ دَعَا عَلَى صَخْرَةٍ لاَنْشَقَّتْ بِنِصْفَيْنِ وَ يَكُونُ عِنْدَهُ سِلاَحُ رَسُولِ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَيْفُهُ ذُو اَلْفَقَارِ وَ يَكُونُ عِنْدَهُ صَحِيفَةٌ يَكُونُ فِيهَا أَسْمَاءُ شِيعَتِهِ إِلَى يَوْمِ اَلْقِيَامَةِ وَ صَحِيفَةٌ فِيهَا أَسْمَاءُ أَعْدَائِهِ إِلَى يَوْمِ اَلْقِيَامَةِ وَ تَكُونُ عِنْدَهُ اَلْجَامِعَةُ وَ هِيَ صَحِيفَةٌ طُولُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعاً فِيهَا جَمِيعُ مَا يَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ وُلْدُ آدَمَ وَ يَكُونُ عِنْدَهُ اَلْجَفْرُ اَلْأَكْبَرُ وَ اَلْأَصْغَرُ إِهَابُ مَاعِزٍ وَ إِهَابُ كَبْشٍ فِيهِمَا جَمِيعُ اَلْعُلُومِ حَتَّى أَرْشِ اَلْخَدْشِ وَ حَتَّى اَلْجَلْدَةِ وَ نِصْفِ اَلْجَلْدَةِ وَ ثُلُثِ اَلْجَلْدَةِ وَ يَكُونُ عِنْدَهُ مُصْحَفُ فَاطِمَةَ عَلَيْهَا اَلسَّلاَمُ ".

Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Sa'id Al-Kufi reported, saying: Ali ibn Al-Hasan ibn Faddal narrated from his father, from Abu Al-Hasan Imam Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha (a.s), who said: "The Imam has (various divinely appointed) signs: He, (The Imam (a.s)) will be the most knowledgeable of people, the most wise of people, the most God-fearing of people, the most patient of people, the most courageous of people, the most generous of people, and the most devoted in worship among people. He, (The Imam (a.s)) will be born circumcised and purified, and he will see from behind him as he sees from in front of him. He, (The Imam (a.s)) will have no shadow, and when he falls to the ground from his mother's womb, he will land on his palms, raising his voice with the two testimonies. He, (The Imam (a.s)) will not experience nocturnal emissions (during sleep), his eyes will sleep, but his heart will not sleep. He, (The Imam (a.s)) will be divinely inspired, and the armor of the Messenger of Allah (swt), peace and blessings be upon him and his family, will fit him perfectly. He, (The Imam (a.s)) will not be seen urinating or defecating, because Allah (swt), the Almighty, has commanded the earth to absorb whatever comes out of him (regarding defecation). His, (The Imam (a.s)) fragrance will be sweeter than musk. He, (The Imam (a.s)) will be more entitled to people than they are to themselves and more compassionate towards them than their own fathers and mothers. He, (The Imam (a.s)) will be the most humble of people before Allah (swt), the Glorified. He, (The Imam (a.s)) will adhere most to what he commands and most refrain from what he forbids. His, (The Imam (a.s)) supplication will be answered, to the extent that if he were to pray against a rock, it would split in two. He, (The Imam (a.s)) will have the weapon of the Messenger of Allah (swt), peace and blessings be upon him and his family, and his sword, Dhul-Fiqar. He, (The Imam (a.s)) will have a scroll that contains the names of his followers until the Day of Judgment, and a scroll that contains the names of his enemies until the Day of Judgment. He, (The Imam (a.s)) will possess "Al-Jami'a," a scroll seventy cubits long containing everything that the children of Adam need. He, (The Imam (a.s)) will also have "Al-Jafr," the greater and the lesser, which are two containers made of the skin of a goat and a ram, containing all knowledge, even the compensation for a scratch, and matters as specific as a complete skin, half a skin, and a third of a skin. He, (The Imam (a.s)) will have the Mushaf of (Sayyidah) Fatimah (s.a), peace be upon her.

وَ رَوَى لَنَا عَبْدُ اَلْوَاحِدِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُبْدُوسٍ اَلنَّيْسَابُورِيُّ رَضِيَ اَللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ عَنِ اَلْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ اَلرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ يَقُولُ: "لَمَّا حُمِلَ رَأْسُ اَلْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ إِلَى اَلشَّامِ أَمَرَ يَزِيدُ لَعَنَهُ اَللَّهُ فَوُضِعَ وَ نُصِبَ عَلَيْهِ مَائِدَةٌ فَأَقْبَلَ هُوَ وَ أَصْحَابُهُ يَأْكُلُونَ وَ يَشْرَبُونَ اَلْفُقَّاعَ فَلَمَّا فَرَغُوا أَمَرَ بِالرَّأْسِ فَوُضِعَ فِي طَسْتٍ تَحْتَ سَرِيرَةٍ وَ بُسِطَ عَلَيْهِ رُقْعَةُ اَلشِّطْرَنْجِ وَ جَلَسَ يَزِيدُ لَعَنَهُ اَللَّهُ يَلْعَبُ بِالشِّطْرَنْجِ وَ يَذْكُرُ اَلْحُسَيْنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ وَ أَبَاهُ وَ جَدَّهُ عَلَيْهِمُ اَلسَّلاَمُ وَ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِذِكْرِهِمْ فَمَتَى قَامَرَ صَاحِبَهُ تَنَاوَلَ اَلْفُقَّاعَ فَشَرِبَهُ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ صَبَّ فَضْلَتَهُ عَلَى مَا يَلِي اَلطَّسْتَ مِنَ اَلْأَرْضِ فَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْ شِيعَتِنَا فَلْيَتَوَرَّعْ عَنْ شُرْبِ اَلْفُقَّاعِ وَ اَللَّعِبِ بِالشِّطْرَنْجِ وَ مَنْ نَظَرَ إِلَى اَلْفُقَّاعِ أَوْ إِلَى اَلشِّطْرَنْجِ فَلْيَذْكُرِ اَلْحُسَيْنَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ وَ لْيَلْعَنْ يَزِيدَ وَ آلَ زِيَادٍ يَمْحُو اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِذَلِكَ ذُنُوبَهُ وَ لَوْ كَانَتْ بِعَدَدِ اَلنُّجُومِ".

And it was narrated to us by Abdul-Wahid ibn Muhammad ibn Abdus Al-Naysaburi, may Allah (swt) be pleased with him, who said: Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Qutaybah narrated to us from Al-Fadl ibn Shadhan, who said: I heard Imam Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha (a.s), say: "'When the head of Imam Hussain ibn Ali (a.s), peace be upon him, was taken to Sham, Yazid - may Allah (swt) curse him - ordered that it be placed and a table was set upon it. He (Yazid) and his companions came forward, eating and drinking fermented beverages. When they finished, he ordered the head to be placed in a basin under his couch, and a chessboard was spread over it. Then Yazid - may Allah (swt) curse him - sat playing chess while mentioning Imam Hussain ibn Ali (a.s) and his father (a.s) and grandfather (saws), peace be upon them, mocking their remembrance. Whenever he gambled with his companion, he would take the fermented beverage and drink it three times, then pour the remainder onto the ground near the basin.' Imam (a.s) continued: 'Whoever is from our Shia should abstain from drinking fermented beverages and playing chess. And whoever looks at fermented beverages or at chess should remember Imam Hussain ibn Ali (a.s), and curse Yazid and the family of Ziyad. By doing so, Allah (swt), the Mighty and Majestic, will erase his sins, even if they are as numerous as the stars.

وَ قَالَ اَلرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: "مَنْ أَصْبَحَ مُعَافًى فِي بَدَنِهِ مُخَلًّى فِي سَرْبِهِ عِنْدَهُ قُوتُ يَوْمِهِ فَكَأَنَّمَا حِيزَتْ لَهُ اَلدُّنْيَا".

Imam Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha (a.s) said: "Whoever begins his day in good health, secure in his surroundings, and has the sustenance for his day, it is as if the entire world has been gathered for him."