Ṣifāt al-Shīʿa

حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي اَلْعَبَّاسِ اَلدِّينَوَرِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ اَلْحَنَفِيَّةِ قَالَ : لَمَّا قَدِمَ أَمِيرُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع اَلْبَصْرَةَ بَعْدَ دَعَاهُ اَلْأَحْنَفُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ وَ اِتَّخَذَ لَهُ طَعَاماً فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ ص وَ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فَأَقْبَلَ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا أَحْنَفُ اُدْعُ لِي أَصْحَابِي فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ قَوْمٌ مُتَخَشِّعُونَ كَأَنَّهُمْ شِنَانٌ بَوَالِي فَقَالَ اَلْأَحْنَفُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ يَا أَمِيرَ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَا هَذَا اَلَّذِي نَزَلَ بِهِمْ أَ مِنْ قِلَّةِ اَلطَّعَامِ أَوْ مِنْ هَوْلِ اَلْحَرْبِ فَقَالَ ص لاَ يَا أَحْنَفُ إِنَّ اَللَّهَ سُبْحَانَهُ أَحَبَّ أَقْوَاماً تَنَسَّكُوا لَهُ فِي دَارِ اَلدُّنْيَا تَنَسُّكَ مَنْ هَجَمَ عَلَى مَا عَلِمَ مِنْ قُرْبِهِمْ مِنْ يَوْمِ اَلْقِيَامَةِ مِنْ قَبْلِ‌ أَنْ يُشَاهِدُوهَا فَحَمَلُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ عَلَى مَجْهُودِهَا وَ كَانُوا إِذَا ذَكَرُوا صَبَاحَ يَوْمِ اَلْعَرْضِ عَلَى اَللَّهِ سُبْحَانَهُ تَوَهَّمُوا خُرُوجَ عُنُقٍ يَخْرُجُ مِنَ اَلنَّارِ يُحْشَرُ اَلْخَلاَئِقُ إِلَى رَبِّهِمْ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى وَ كِتَابٍ‌ يَبْدُو فِيهِ عَلَى رُءُوسِ اَلْأَشْهَادِ فَضَائِحُ ذُنُوبِهِمْ فَكَادَتْ أَنْفُسُهُمْ تَسِيلُ سَيَلاَناً أَوْ تَطِيرُ قُلُوبُهُمْ بِأَجْنِحَةِ اَلْخَوْفِ طَيَرَاناً وَ تُفَارِقُهُمْ عُقُولُهُمْ إِذَا غَلَتْ بِهِمْ مِنْ أَجْلِ اَلتَّجَرُّدِ إِلَى اَللَّهِ سُبْحَانَهُ غَلَيَاناً فَكَانُوا يَحِنُّونَ حَنِينَ اَلْوَالِهِ فِي دُجَى اَلظُّلَمِ وَ كَانُوا يَفْجَعُونَ مِنْ خَوْفِ مَا أَوْقَفُوا عَلَيْهِ أَنْفُسَهُمْ فَمَضَوْا ذُبُلَ اَلْأَجْسَامِ حَزِينَةً قُلُوبُهُمْ كَالِحَةً وُجُوهُهُمْ ذَابِلَةً شِفَاهُهُمْ خَامِصَةً بُطُونُهُمْ تَرَاهُمْ سُكَارَى سُمَّارَ وَحْشَةِ اَللَّيْلِ مُتَخَشِّعُونَ كَأَنَّهُمْ شِنَانٌ بَوَالِي قَدْ أَخْلَصُوا لِلَّهِ أَعْمَالَهُمْ سِرّاً وَ عَلاَنِيَةً فَلَمْ تَأْمَنْ مِنْ فَزَعِهِ‌ قُلُوبُهُمْ بَلْ كَانُوا كَمَنْ حَرَسُوا قِبَابَ خَرَاجِهِمْ فَلَوْ رَأَيْتَهُمْ‌ فِي لَيْلَتِهِمْ وَ قَدْ نَامَتِ اَلْعُيُونُ وَ هَدَأَتِ اَلْأَصْوَاتُ وَ سَكَنَتِ اَلْحَرَكَاتُ مِنَ اَلطَّيْرِ فِي اَلرُّكُودِ وَ قَدْ منههم نَبَّهَهُمْ هَوْلُ يَوْمِ اَلْقِيَامَةِ وَ اَلْوَعِيدُ كَمَا قَالَ سُبْحَانَهُ- أَ فَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ اَلْقُرى‌ََ أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ بَأْسُنََا بَيََاتاً وَ هُمْ نََائِمُونَ فَاسْتَيْقَظُوا إِلَيْهَا فَزِعِينَ وَ قَامُوا إِلَى صَلاَتِهِمْ مُعْوِلِينَ بَاكِينَ تَارَةً وَ أُخْرَى مُسَبِّحِينَ يَبْكُونَ فِي مَحَارِيبِهِمْ وَ يَرِنُّونَ يَصْطَفُّونَ لَيْلَةً مُظْلِمَةً بَهْمَاءَ يَبْكُونَ فَلَوْ رَأَيْتَهُمْ يَا أَحْنَفُ فِي لَيْلَتِهِمْ قِيَاماً عَلَى أَطْرَافِهِمْ مُنْحَنِيَةً ظُهُورُهُمْ يَتْلُونَ أَجْزَاءَ اَلْقُرْآنِ لِصَلاَتِهِمْ قَدِ اِشْتَدَّتْ أَعْوَالُهُمْ وَ نَحِيبُهُمْ وَ زَفِيرُهُمْ إِذَا زَفَرُوا خِلْتَ اَلنَّارَ قَدْ أَخَذَتْ مِنْهُمْ إِلَى حَلاَقِيمِهِمْ وَ إِذَا أَعْوَلُوا حَسِبْتَ اَلسَّلاَسِلَ قَدْ صُفِّدَتْ فِي أَعْنَاقِهِمْ فَلَوْ رَأَيْتَهُمْ فِي نَهَارِهِمْ إِذاً لَرَأَيْتَ قَوْماً- يَمْشُونَ عَلَى اَلْأَرْضِ هَوْناً وَ يَقُولُونَ‌ لِلنَّاسِ حُسْناً - وَ إِذََا خََاطَبَهُمُ اَلْجََاهِلُونَ قََالُوا سَلاََماً وَ إِذََا مَرُّوا بِاللَّغْوِ مَرُّوا كِرََاماً قَدْ قَيَّدُوا أَقْدَامَهُمْ مِنَ اَلتُّهَمَاتِ وَ أَبْكَمُوا أَلْسِنَتَهُمْ أَنْ يَتَكَلَّمُوا فِي أَعْرَاضِ اَلنَّاسِ وَ سَجَّمُوا أَسْمَاعَهُمْ أَنْ يَلِجَهَا خَوْضُ خَائِضٍ وَ كَحَلُوا أَبْصَارَهُمْ بِغَضِّ اَلنَّظَرِ إِلَى اَلْمَعَاصِي وَ اِنْتَحَوْا دَارَ اَلسَّلاَمِ اَلَّتِي مَنْ دَخَلَهَا كَانَ آمِناً مِنَ اَلرَّيْبِ وَ اَلْأَحْزَانِ فَلَعَلَّكَ يَا أَحْنَفُ شَغَلَكَ نَظَرُكَ فِي وَجْهِ وَاحِدَةٍ تُبْدِي اَلْأَسْقَامَ بِغَاضِرَةِ وَجْهِهَا وَ دَارٍ قَدْ أَشْغَلَتْ بِنَقْشِ رَوَاقِهَا وَ سُتُورٍ قَدْ عَلَّقَتْهَا وَ اَلرِّيحُ وَ اَلْآجَامُ مُوَكَّلَةٌ بِثَمَرِهَا وَ لَيْسَتْ دَارُكَ هَذِهِ دَارَ اَلْبَقَاءِ فَأَحْمَتْكَ اَلدَّارُ اَلَّتِي خَلَقَهَا اَللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ مِنْ لُؤْلُؤَةٍ بَيْضَاءَ فَشَقَّقَ فِيهَا أَنْهَارَهَا وَ غَرَسَ فِيهَا أَشْجَارَهَا وَ ظَلَّلَ عَلَيْهَا بِالنُّضْجِ مِنْ ثِمَارِهَا وَ كَبَسَهَا بِالْعَواتِقِ مِنْ حُورِهَا ثُمَّ أَسْكَنَهَا أَوْلِيَاءَهُ وَ أَهْلَ طَاعَتِهِ فَلَوْ رَأَيْتَهُمْ يَا أَحْنَفُ وَ قَدْ قَدِمُوا عَلَى زِيَادَاتِ رَبِّهِمْ سُبْحَانَهُ فَإِذَا ضَرَبْتَ جَنَائِبَهُمْ صَوَّتَتْ رَوَاحِلُهُمْ بِأَصْوَاتٍ لَمْ يَسْمَعِ اَلسَّامِعُونَ بِأَحْسَنَ مِنْهَا وَ أَظَلَّتْهُمْ‌ غَمَامَةٌ فَأَمْطَرَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ اَلْمِسْكَ وَ اَلرَّادِنَ وَ صَهَلَتْ خُيُولُهَا بَيْنَ أَغْرَاسِ تِلْكَ اَلْجِنَانِ وَ تَخَلَّلَتْ بِهِمْ نُوقُهُمْ بَيْنَ كُثُبِ اَلزَّعْفَرَانِ وَ يَتَّطِئُ مِنْ تَحْتِ أَقْدَامِهِمُ اَللُّؤْلُؤُ وَ اَلْمَرْجَانُ وَ اِسْتَقْبَلَتْهُمْ قَهَارِمَتُهَا بِمَنَابِرِ اَلرَّيْحَانِ وَ هَاجَتْ لَهُمْ رِيحٌ مِنْ قِبَلِ اَلْعَرْشِ فَنَثَرَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ اَلْيَاسَمِينَ وَ اَلْأُقْحُوَانَ وَ ذَهَبُوا إِلَى بَابِهَا فَيَفْتَحُ لَهُمُ اَلْبَابَ رِضْوَانُ ثُمَّ يَسْجُدُونَ لِلَّهِ فِي فِنَاءِ اَلْجِنَانِ فَقَالَ لَهُمُ اَلْجَبَّارُ اِرْفَعُوا رُءُوسَكُمْ فَإِنِّي قَدْ رَفَعْتُ عَنْكُمْ مَئُونَةَ اَلْعِبَادَةِ وَ أَسْكَنْتُكُمْ جَنَّةَ اَلرِّضْوَانِ فَإِنْ‌ فَاتَكَ يَا أَحْنَفُ مَا ذَكَرْتُ لَكَ فِي صَدْرِ كَلاَمِي لَتُتْرَكَنَّ فِي سَرَابِيلِ اَلْقَطِرَانِ وَ لَتَطُوفَنَ‌ بَيْنَهَا وَ بَيْنَ حَمِيمٍ آنٍ وَ لَتَسْقِيَنَّ شَرَاباً حَارَّ اَلْغَلَيَانِ فِي إِنْضَاجِهِ فَكَمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ فِي اَلنَّارِ مِنْ صُلْبٍ مَحْطُومٍ وَ وَجْهٍ مَهْشُومٍ وَ مُشَوَّهٍ مَضْرُوبٍ عَلَى اَلْخُرْطُومِ- قَدْ أَكَلَتِ اَلْجَامِعَةُ كَفَّهُ وَ اِلْتَحَمَ اَلطَّوْقُ بِعُنُقِهِ فَلَوْ رَأَيْتَهُمْ‌ يَا أَحْنَفُ يَنْحَدِرُونَ فِي أَوْدِيَتِهَا وَ يَصْعَدُونَ جِبَالَهَا وَ قَدْ أُلْبِسُوا اَلْمُقَطَّعَاتِ مِنَ اَلْقَطِرَانِ وَ أُقْرِنُوا مَعَ فُجَّارِهَا وَ شَيَاطِينِهَا فَإِذَا اِسْتَغَاثُوا بِأَسْوَإِ أَخْذٍ مِنْ حَرِيقٍ شَدَّتْ عَلَيْهِمْ عَقَارِبُهَا وَ حَيَّاتُهَا وَ لَوْ رَأَيْتَ مُنَادِياً يُنَادِي وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ يَا أَهْلَ اَلْجَنَّةِ وَ نَعِيمِهَا وَ يَا أَهْلَ حُلِيِّهَا وَ حُلَلِهَا خُلُودٌ فَلاَ مَوْتَ فَعِنْدَهَا يَنْقَطِعُ رَجَاؤُهُمْ وَ تُغْلَقُ اَلْأَبْوَابُ وَ تَنْقَطِعُ بِهِمُ اَلْأَسْبَابُ فَكَمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ مِنْ شَيْخٍ يُنَادِي وَا شَيْبَتَاهْ وَ كَمْ شَبَابٍ يُنَادِي وَا شَبَابَاهْ وَ كَمْ مِنِ اِمْرَأَةٍ تُنَادِي وَا فَضِيحَتَاهْ هُتِكَتْ عَنْهُمُ اَلسُّتُورُ فَكَمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ مِنْ مَغْمُوسٍ بَيْنَ أَطْبَاقِهَا مَحْبُوسٌ يَا لَكَ غَمْسَةٌ أَلْبَسَتْكَ بَعْدَ لِبَاسِ اَلْكَتَّانِ وَ اَلْمَاءِ اَلْمُبَرَّدِ عَلَى اَلْجُدْرَانِ وَ أَكْلِ اَلطَّعَامِ أَلْوَاناً بَعْدَ أَلْوَانٍ لِبَاساً لَمْ يَدَعْ لَكَ شَعْراً نَاعِماً كُنْتَ مُطْعَمَهُ إِلاَّ بَيَّضَهُ وَ لاَ عَيْناً كُنْتَ تُبْصِرُ بِهَا إِلَى حَبِيبٍ إِلاَّ فَقَأَهَا هَذَا مَا أَعَدَّ اَللَّهُ لِلْمُجْرِمِينَ وَ ذَلِكَ مَا أَعَدَّ اَللَّهُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ .

Mohammed bin Salih narrated to me from (…) Abu al-Abbas ad-Dainouri that Mohammed bin al-Hanafiyya related: Al-Ahnaf bin Qays invited Amir ul-Mu’minin (a) in Basra after the Battle of the Camel. When Amir ul-Mu’minin responded to the invitation, he asked al-Ahnaf to invite his companions, too. Al-Ahnaf did. After that, some people who were very reverent as if they were worn out skins came in. “O Amir ul-Mu’minin,” asked al-Ahnaf, “What happened to those people? Was it because scarce of food or was it because of the terror of war?” Amir ul-Mu’minin (a) answered: No, Ahnaf. It was not. Allah, Glorified is He, loved some people who worshipped Him devotedly in this world as if they were under blockade, because He has known their dread of the Day of Resurrection before they have witnessed it. They therefore exerted all their possible efforts in this regard. If they remember that morning when the creatures will be brought before their Lord, they imagine a line comes out of Hell to gather all the creatures before their Lord and imagine a record that is opened before the Witnesses and uncovers all of their sins. Thus, their souls are about to run flowingly, their hearts are about to fly with wings of fear highly, and their minds are as if they are boiling in a cauldron. They have longed (for meeting Allah) like the longing of the distracted in the murk and they have been distressed because of the fear of that to which they dedicated themselves. Thus, they have become weak-bodied, brokenhearted, gloomy-faced, dry-lipped, and atrophied-stomached. You see them as if they are drunk; they talk in the loneliness of nights and are submissive like worn out skins. They have offered their acts to Allah so sincerely in secret and in public. Their hearts have never felt secure because of their fear of Allah. They have behaved as if they were the guards of the domes of their tributes. Were you to see them at nights-when the eyes are asleep, the sounds are quiet, and the movements of the birds in their nests are calm-the threatening horror of the Day of Resurrection has deterred them from sleeping, just as Allah says: “Did the people of the towns think themselves secure from Our wrath that could strike them at night during their sleep? ( : )” So, they wake up panic-stricken, hurried to their prayers crying-they, sometimes, weep and sometimes praise Allah. In their places of worship, they weep and resound. At gloomy nights, they weep. Were you, O Ahnaf, to see them at nights standing on their limbs with the backs bent. They recite the parts of the Quran in their prayers. Their wailing, lamenting, and sighing are very deep. If they sigh, you think as if the fire (of Hell) has taken them from the throat. If they wail, you think as if the chains are fastened on their necks. If you look at them in days, you see the people who “walk gently on the earth,” say “good wording to people,” “when addressed by the ignorant ones, their only response is, ‘Peace be with you,’” and “when they come across something impious, they pass it by nobly.” They have prevented their feet from inspecting the people’s defects, stopped their tongues from mentioning the people’s honors, checked their hearings from interfering in the others’ reference to the wrong, feasted their eyes on turning them away from (looking at) the acts of disobedience to Allah, and directed towards the Abode of Peace-he whoever enters there will be saved from doubt and griefs. It seems, O Ahnaf, that you have been engaged by looking at the face of that one which afflicts you with (various sorts of) misfortunes in the very moment you enjoy looking at its flourishing face, and you have been engaged by looking at the drawings of the portico of that lodging, as well as its hanged curtains, while wind and hot weather are charged with its fruits. Nevertheless, that lodging, which is definitely not your permanent abode, has distracted you from (working for) the Final Abode that Allah created from a white pearl, holed rivers, planted trees, cast shadows of its ripen fruits over it, and filled in it with the young women. Then, He will house (permanently) His disciples and obedient people there. Were you, O Ahnaf, to see them when they will come to their Lord the Glorified. When their mares are stricken, their riding she-camels will make such a nice sound that no one has ever heard its like. A cloud that rains musk and saffron will overshadow them. Their mares will neigh between the plants of the gardens (of Paradise), and their she-camels will take them between the heights of saffron. They will walk gravely on pearls and corals. The curators of Paradise will receive them with the pulpits of basil. A wind from the direction of the Divine Throne will then disperse over them jasmine and daisy. When they approach the portals (of Paradise), Ridhwanwill open them in their faces and they will prostrate themselves for Allah in the courtyard of Paradise. The All-omnipotent Allah will say to them, “Raise your heads. I have freed you from the burden of worship and housed you in the paradise of contentment.” If you, O Ahnaf, disregard that which I have previously said, you will be left in the shirts of tar, you will run around in blazing fire and boiling water, and you will be watered very boiling water. On that day, many spines will be broken, many faces will be destroyed, and many will be deformed and beaten on the noses. Likewise, the chains will eat the palms of many, and the bands will cohere with the necks of many. Were you, O Ahnaf, to see them slipping in the valleys of Hell and climbing the mountains there while they are dressed with pieces of tar and matched to the sinful and the devils. If they call for help against the fire, the scorpions and snakes will attack them. Were you also to see the caller who will say: “O people of Paradise and its bliss and jewels and garments, you will live forever and you will never die.” Only then, they lose hope completely, the doors will be locked, and the relations will be cut. On that day, many old men will mourn for their old age, many young people will mourn for their youth, and many women will wail for their scandals. Their screens will be torn. On that day, many will be dipped and detained between the layers of Hell. It is a dip that will cause you to dress a garment –after you had dressed linen clothes, drunk water that was cooled on the walls, and eaten the various meals-, which will turn gray every single and smooth hair that you were feeding and will gouge out the eye with which you saw every dear one. This is what Allah has prepared for the criminals and that was what Allah has prepared for the God-fearing.

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ اَلطَّالَقَانِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اَللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي اَلْحَسَنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى اَلرِّضَا ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ : مَنْ كَذَّبَ‌ بالمعراج فَقَدْ كَذَّبَ رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ ص .

Muhammed b. Ibrahim b. Ishaq at-Taliqani (rah) narrated to us from Ahmad b. Muhammed b. Sa'eed al-Hamadani from Ali b. al-Hasan b. Ali b. Fadhal from his father that Abul Hasan Ali b. Musa al-Ridha (as) said: He who denies the Midnight Ascension is belying Rasulullah (s).

حَدَّثَنَا اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِدْرِيسَ رَحِمَهُ اَللَّهُ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ ع عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع إِنَّ لِأَهْلِ اَلدِّينِ عَلاَمَاتٍ يُعْرَفُونَ بِهَا صِدْقَ اَلْحَدِيثِ وَ أَدَاءَ اَلْأَمَانَةِ وَ اَلْوَفَاءَ بِالْعَهْدِ وَ صِلَةَ اَلرَّحِمِ وَ رَحْمَةَ اَلضُّعَفَاءِ وَ قِلَّةَ اَلْمُؤَاتَاةِ لِلنِّسَاءِ وَ بَذْلَ اَلْمَعْرُوفِ وَ حُسْنَ اَلْخُلُقِ وَ سَعَةَ اَلْخُلُقِ وَ اِتِّبَاعَ اَلْعِلْمِ وَ مَا يُقَرِّبُ إِلَى اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‌ طُوبَى لَهُمْ وَ حُسْنُ مَآبٍ - وَ طُوبَى شَجَرَةٌ فِي اَلْجَنَّةِ أَصْلُهَا فِي دَارِ اَلنَّبِيِّ ص وَ لَيْسَ مُؤْمِنٌ إِلاَّ وَ فِي دَارِهِ غُصْنٌ مِنْهَا لاَ يَخْطُرُ عَلَى قَلْبِهِ شَهْوَةُ شَيْ‌ءٍ إِلاَّ أَتَاهُ ذَلِكَ اَلْغُصْنُ بِهِ وَ لَوْ أَنَّ رَاكِباً مُجِدّاً سَارَ فِي ظِلِّهَا مِائَةَ عَامٍ لَمْ يَخْرُجْ مِنْهَا وَ لَوْ صَارَ فِي أَسْفَلِهَا غُرَابٌ مَا بَلَغَ أَعْلاَهَا حَتَّى يَسْقُطَ هَرِماً أَلاَ فِي هَذَا فَارْغَبُوا إِنَّ اَلْمُؤْمِنَ نَفْسُهُ مِنْهُ فِي شُغُلٍ وَ اَلنَّاسُ مِنْهُ فِي رَاحَةٍ إِذَا جَنَّهُ اَللَّيْلُ اِفْتَرَشَ وَجْهَهُ وَ سَجَدَ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِمَكَارِمِ بَدَنِهِ يُنَاجِي اَلَّذِي خَلَقَهُ فِي فَكَاكِ رَقَبَتِهِ أَلاَ هَكَذَا فَكُونُوا.

Al-Hasan bin Ahmed bin Idris, Allah may have mercy upon him, narrated to us from his father from Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Easa from his father from Abdullah bin al-Qasim from his father from Abu Bassir that Abu Abdullah related on the authority of his fathers that Amir ul-Mu’minin (a) said: The religious people enjoy definite characters due to which they are recognized: telling truth, redemption of trusts, fulfillment of the pledge, infrequency of pride, shyness, regard of the relatives, mercifulness to the weak, rarity of copulation, doing of favors, good mannerism, broad-mindedness, and pursuance of knowledge as well as every matter that takes near to Allah. They will receive abundant blessings and the best eternal dwelling. Tuba –abundant blessings- is the name of a tree that is in Paradise. Its origin is in the house of the Prophet (s). In the house of every believer, there will be a branch of that tree. That branch will carry any desire that occurs to the believers. If a painstaking rider walks for one hundred years under the shadow of that tree, he will not be able to get out of it. If a crow begins his journey of flight from the lower part of that tree, it will not attain its higher part before it dies out of old age. You should desire for so. The (true) believer engages himself (in acts and rites of worship to Allah) while people feel restful towards him. When night comes upon him, he takes the face as his bed and prostrates his honorable organs before Allah, Powerful and Majestic is He. He confides to the One Who created him (secretly) to release him (from Hell). You should be like this.

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى اَلْعَطَّارُ رَحِمَهُ اَللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ قَالَ : إِنَّ اَللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى خَصَّ رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى ٱللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ‎ بِمَكَارِمِ اَلْأَخْلاَقِ فَامْتَحِنُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ فَإِنْ كَانَتْ فِيكُمْ فَاحْمَدُوا اَللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ اِرْغَبُوا إِلَيْهِ فِي اَلزِّيَادَةِ مِنْهَا فَذَكَرَهَا عَشَرَةً اَلْيَقِينَ وَ اَلْقَنَاعَةَ وَ اَلصَّبْرَ وَ اَلشُّكْرَ وَ اَلْحِلْمَ وَ حُسْنَ اَلْخُلُقِ وَ اَلسَّخَاءَ وَ اَلْغَيْرَةَ وَ اَلشَّجَاعَةَ وَ اَلْمُرُوءَةَ.

Ahmad b. Mohammed b. Yahya al-Attar (rah) narrated to us from his father from Ahmad b. Muhammad b. 'Isa from Uthman b. 'Isa from Abdullah b. Meskan that Abu Abdullah (as) said: Allah has given Rasulullah (s) the nobilities of character exclusively. You should test yourselves through such characters. If you have them all, you should thank Allah and seek more. These are ten: conviction, satisfaction, tolerance, thankfulness, clemency, good mannerism, openhandedness, sense of honor, courage, and personality.

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ اَلْحَسَنِ اَلْقَطَّانُ رَحِمَهُ اَللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ: لَيْسَ مِنْ شِيعَتِنَا مَنْ أَنْكَرَ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْيَاءَ: المعراج وَاَلْمُسَاءَلَةَ فِي اَلْقَبْرِ وَخَلْقَ اَلْجَنَّةِ وَاَلنَّارِ وَاَلشَّفَاعَةَ.

Ahmad b. al-Hasan al-Qattan (rah) narrated to us from Muhammad b. Umarah from his father that Ja’far b. Muhammad (as) said: He who denies these four matters does not belong to our Shia: the Midnight Ascension, the tomb's interrogation, the creation of Paradise and Hell, and [the right of] intercession.

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اَلْوَاحِدِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُبْدُوسٍ اَلْعَطَّارُ اَلنَّيْسَابُورِيُّ رَضِيَ اَللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ عَنِ اَلْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ قَالَ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُوسَى اَلرِّضَا ع مَنْ أَقَرَّ بِتَوْحِيدِ اَللَّهِ وَ نَفَى اَلتَّشْبِيهَ عَنْهُ وَ نَزَّهَهُ عَمَّا لاَ يَلِيقُ بِهِ وَ أَقَرَّ بِأَنَّ لَهُ اَلْحَوْلَ وَ اَلْقُوَّةَ وَ اَلْإِرَادَةَ وَ اَلْمَشِيَّةَ وَ اَلْخَلْقَ وَ اَلْأَمْرَ وَ اَلْقَضَاءَ وَ اَلْقَدَرَ وَ أَنَّ أَفْعَالَ اَلْعِبَادِ مَخْلُوقَةٌ خَلْقَ تَقْدِيرٍ لاَ خَلْقَ تَكْوِينٍ وَ شَهِدَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ وَ أَنَّ عَلِيّاً وَ اَلْأَئِمَّةَ بَعْدَهُ حُجَجُ اَللَّهِ وَ وَالَى أَوْلِيَاءَهُمْ وَ اِجْتَنَبَ اَلْكَبَائِرَ وَ أَقَرَّوَ بالرَّجعَة اَلْمُتْعَتَيْنِ وَ آمَنَ‌وَ اَلْمُسَاءَلَةِ فِي اَلْقَبْرِ وَ اَلْحَوْضِ وَ اَلشَّفَاعَةِ وَ خَلْقِ اَلْجَنَّةِ وَ اَلنَّارِ وَ اَلصِّرَاطِ وَ اَلْمِيزَانِ وَ اَلْبَعْثِ وَ اَلنُّشُورِ وَ اَلْجَزَاءِ وَ اَلْحِسَابِ فَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ حَقّاً وَ هُوَ مِنْ شِيعَتِنَا أَهْلَ اَلْبَيْتِ .

Abdul Wahid b. Muhammed b. Abdus al-Attar al-Nisapuri (ra) narrated to us, from Ali b. Muhammad b. Qutaybah, from al-Fadhl b. Sha'dhan that Ali b. Musa al-Ridha (as) said: Anyone who declares the oneness of Allah (tawhid), denies Him being anthropomorphized (tashbih), deems Him far above that whichever does not fit Him, declares that might, power, will, volition, creation, authority, and acts-all are in the possession of Allah, believes that the acts of the servants (i.e., the planning for the acts) are created, declares that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, that Ali and the Imams who follow him are the arguments of Allah (against the creatures), supports their allies, avoids committing the grand [sins], believes in the raj'ah [of the Imams] and the two mut’ahs, and has faith in the Prophet’s Midnight Ascension, the tomb interrogation, the Divine Pool, the right of intercession, the creation of Paradise and Hell, the Path, the Balance, the raising from the death, and the Resurrection, he is surely a believer and one of our Shia of the Prophet’s household.

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ مَاجِيلَوَيْهِ رَحْمَةُ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَمِّي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي اَلْقَاسِمِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ اَلْكُوفِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنِ اَلْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ قَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ ع كَذَبَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّهُ مِنْ شِيعَتِنَا وَ هُوَ مُتَمَسِّكٌ بِعُرْوَةِ غَيْرِنَا.

4. Mohammed bin Ali Majilwayh, May Allah have mercy upon him, narrated to us from his uncle Mohammed bin Abi al-Qasim from Mohammed bin Ali al-Kufi from Mohammed bin Sinan from al-Mufaddhal bin Umar that Imam as-Sadiq (a) said: "He who claims being one of our Shia while adhering to the rope of others has lied."

حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي رَحِمَهُ اَللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ اَلْكُوفِيِّ وَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ هَاشِمٍ كُلُّهُمْ عَنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ مُهَاجِرِ بْنِ اَلْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ عَنِ اَلنَّبِيِّ ص قَالَ : مَنْ قَالَ‌لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اَللَّهُمُخْلِصاً دَخَلَ اَلْجَنَّةَ وَ إِخْلاَصُهُ بِهَا أَنْ يَحْجُزَهُ‌لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اَللَّهُعَمَّا حَرَّمَ اَللَّهُ.

My father, Allah may have mercy upon him, narrated to us from Sa’d bin Abdullah from Ahmed bin Mohammed, al-Hasan bin Ali al-Kufi, and al-Hussein bin Saif from Sulaiman bin Amr from Muhajir Abu al-Hasan from Zaid bin Arqam that the Prophet (s) said: He who says ‘La ilaha illa (A)llah’ –there is no god but Allah- sincerely will be in Paradise. Sincerity, here, means that this saying should prevent him from violating the things that Allah forbids.

, حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى اَلْعَطَّارُ رَحِمَهُ اَللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ هَاشِمٍ عَنِ اِبْنِ أَبِي نَجْرَانَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ اَلْبَاقِرِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع مُجَالَسَةُ اَلْأَشْرَارِ تُورِثُ سُوءَ اَلظَّنِّ بِالْأَخْيَارِ وَ مُجَالَسَةُ اَلْأَخْيَارِ تُلْحِقُ اَلْأَشْرَارَ بِالْأَخْيَارِ وَ مُجَالَسَةُ اَلْفُجَّارِ لِلْأَبْرَارِ تُلْحِقُ اَلْفُجَّارَ بِالْأَبْرَارِ فَمَنِ اِشْتَبَهَ عَلَيْكُمْ أَمْرُهُ وَ لَمْ تَعْرِفُوا دِينَهُ فَانْظُرُوا إِلَى خُلَطَائِهِ فَإِنْ كَانُوا أَهْلَ دِينِ اَللَّهِ فَهُوَ عَلَى دِينِ اَللَّهِ وَ إِنْ كَانُوا عَلَى غَيْرِ دِينِ اَللَّهِ فَلاَ حَظَّ لَهُ فِي دِينِ اَللَّهِ-إِنَّ رَسُولَ اَللَّهِ ص كَانَ يَقُولُ‌ مَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَ اَلْيَوْمِ اَلْآخِرِ فَلاَ يُؤَاخِيَنَّ كَافِراً وَ لاَ يُخَالِطَنَّ فَاجِراً- وَ مَنْ آخَى كَافِراً أَوْ خَالَطَ فَاجِراً كَانَ كَافِراً فَاجِراً.

Ahmed Bin Mohammed bin Yahya al-Attar, Allah may have mercy upon him, narrated to us from Sa’d bin Abdullah from Ibrahim bin Hashim from Ibn Abi Nejran from Aassim bin Hamid from Mohammed bin Qays that Abu Ja’far Mohammed bin Ali al-Baqir (a) related on the authority of his fathers that Amir ul-Mu’minin (a) said: To sit with the evils causes mistrust in the good. To sit with the good attaches the evils to the good. The sinful ones’ sitting with the good ones attaches the sinful ones to the good ones. If you cannot discern the belief of somebody, you should investigate his associates. If they are following the right creed, he will inevitably be on the right creed. If they are not, he then has no share in the religion of Allah. The Prophet (sw) used to say: He who believes in Allah and the Final Day should not fraternize with any disbeliever or associate with any sinful. He whoever fraternizes with a disbeliever or associates with a sinful one is certainly regarded as disbeliever and sinful.

أَبِي رَحِمَهُ اَللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اَللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ اِبْنِ أَبِي نَجْرَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا اَلْحَسَنِ ع يَقُولُ مَنْ عَادَى شِيعَتَنَا فَقَدْ عَادَانَا وَ مَنْ وَالاَهُمْ فَقَدْ وَالاَنَا لِأَنَّهُمْ مِنَّا خُلِقُوا مِنْ طِينَتِنَا مَنْ أَحَبَّهُمْ فَهُوَ مِنَّا وَ مَنْ‌ أَبْغَضَهُمْ فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا شِيعَتُنَا يَنْظُرُونَ بِنُورِ اَللَّهِ وَ يَتَقَلَّبُونَ فِي رَحْمَةِ اَللَّهِ وَ يَفُوزُونَ بِكَرَامَةِ اَللَّهِ مَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِنْ شِيعَتِنَا يَمْرَضُ إِلاَّ مَرِضْنَا لِمَرَضِهِ وَ لاَ اِغْتَمَّ إِلاَّ اِغْتَمَمْنَا لِغَمِّهِ وَ لاَ يَفْرَحُ إِلاَّ فَرِحْنَا لِفَرَحِهِ وَ لاَ يَغِيبُ عَنَّا أَحَدٌ مِنْ شِيعَتِنَا أَيْنَ كَانَ فِي شَرْقِ اَلْأَرْضِ أَوْ غَرْبِهَا وَ مَنْ تَرَكَ مِنْ شِيعَتِنَا دَيْناً فَهُوَ عَلَيْنَا وَ مَنْ تَرَكَ مِنْهُمْ مَالاً فَهُوَ لِوَرَثَتِهِ شِيعَتُنَا اَلَّذِينَ يُقِيمُونَ اَلصَّلاََةَ وَ يُؤْتُونَ اَلزَّكََاةَ وَ يَحُجُّونَ اَلْبَيْتَ اَلْحَرَامَ وَ يَصُومُونَ‌ شَهْرَ رَمَضَانَ وَ يُوَالُونَ أَهْلَ اَلْبَيْتِ وَ يَتَبَرَّءُونَ مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِمْ‌[مِنْ أَعْدَائِنَا] أُولَئِكَ أَهْلُ اَلْإِيمَانِ وَ اَلتُّقَى وَ أَهْلُ اَلْوَرَعِ وَ اَلتَّقْوَى وَ مَنْ رَدَّ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَدْ رَدَّ عَلَى اَللَّهِ وَ مَنْ طَعَنَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَدْ طَعَنَ عَلَى اَللَّهِ لِأَنَّهُمْ عِبَادُ اَللَّهِ حَقّاً وَ أَوْلِيَاؤُهُ صِدْقاً وَ اَللَّهِ إِنَّ أَحَدَهُمْ لَيَشْفَعُ فِي مِثْلِ رَبِيعَةَ وَ مُضَرَ فَيُشَفِّعُهُ اَللَّهُ تَعَالَى فِيهِمْ لِكَرَامَتِهِ عَلَى اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ.

My father (rh) narrated to us from Abdullah bin Ja’far from Ahmed bin Muhammad from Ibn Abi Najran that he heard Abu al-Hasan (Imam ar-Ridha) (AS) saying: He who antagonizes our Shia is antagonizing us and whoever follows them is following us, because they are part of us. They were created from the same clay from which we were created. He who loves them is one of us, and whoever hates them is not with us. Our Shia see through the light of Allah, move about in the mercy of Allah, and will win the dignity of Allah. We feel the same pains that any of our Shia feels during ailment, we become grieved whenever any of our Shia becomes grieved, and we feel happy whenever any of our Shia feels happy. No one of our Shia can be out of our auspices, whether he was in the east or the west of the earth. The debt that is left by any of our Shia is in our responsibility while the estate is his heirs’. <br>Our Shia are those who offer the prayers, defray the zakat, perform the hajj to the Holy House of Allah, fast during the month of Ramadan, declare their loyalty to the Prophet’s household, and declare their disavowal of the enemies of the Prophet’s household. Those are the people of faith, God-fearing, piety, and devoutness. He whoever rejects them is rejecting Allah, because they are the true servants and the genuine disciples of Allah. By Allah I swear, each individual of them will be granted (on the Day of Resurrection) the right to intercede for people as many as the individuals of the tribes of Rabeea and Madhar, out of Allah’s honor to them.