Ṣifāt al-Shīʿa

حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ اَلْوَلِيدِ رَضِيَ اَللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنِ اَلْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ ع قَالَ كَمْ شِيعَتُنَا بِالْكُوفَةِ قَالَ قُلْتُ خَمْسُونَ أَلْفاً قَالَ فَمَا زَالَ يَقُولُ حَتَّى قَالَ أَ تَرْجُو أَنْ يَكُونُوا عِشْرِينَ ثُمَّ قَالَ ع- وَ اَللَّهِ لَوَدِدْتُ أَنْ يَكُونَ بِالْكُوفَةِ خَمْسَةٌ وَ عِشْرُونَ رَجُلاً يَعْرِفُونَ أَمْرَنَا اَلَّذِي نَحْنُ عَلَيْهِ وَ لاَ يَقُولُونَ عَلَيْنَا إِلاَّ بِالْحَقِّ .

Mohammed bin al-Hasan bin al-Waleed, Allah may please him, … from al-Mufaddhal bin Qays that Abu Abdullah (a) asked him about the number of the Shia in Kufa. He answered: They are fifty thousand. The Imam (a) said: Do you hope they were less? He went on saying until he said: Do you hope they were twenty individuals? By Allah I swear, I wish they were twenty five individuals provided that they acknowledge our beliefs and say about us nothing but the truth.”

وَ بِهَذَا اَلْإِسْنَادِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ ص مَنْ سَاءَتْهُ سَيِّئَةٌ وَ سَرَّتْهُ حَسَنَةٌ فَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ.

(The same previous series of relaters)… The Prophet (s) said: He who is displeased by his evil deeds and pleased by his good deeds, then he is a believer.

وَ بِهَذَا اَلْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَنْ حُصَيْنِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ ع إِنَّ اَلْمُؤْمِنَ أَشَدُّ مِنْ زُبَرِ اَلْحَدِيدِ إِنَّ اَلْحَدِيدَ إِذَا أُدْخِلَ اَلنَّارَ تَغَيَّرَ وَ إِنَّ اَلْمُؤْمِنَ لَوْ قُتِلَ ثُمَّ نُشِرَ ثُمَّ قُتِلَ لَمْ يَتَغَيَّرْ قَلْبُهُ.

(The same previous series of relaters)… from Hussein bin Amr said that Abu Abdullah (a) said: The believer is firmer than blocks of iron. Iron is changed when it is subjected to fire, while the believer will not be changed even if he is killed, cut by a saw, and then killed anew.

وَ بِهَذَا اَلْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ ع إِنَّ اَللَّهَ لَمْ يُؤْمِنِ اَلْمُؤْمِنَ مِنْ بَلاَيَا اَلدُّنْيَا وَ لَكِنْ آمَنَهُ مِنَ اَلْعَمَى فِي اَلْآخِرَةِ وَ مِنَ اَلشَّقَاءِ يَعْنِي عَمَى اَلْبَصَرِ .

(The same previous series of relaters)… from Mohammed bin Ahmed from Muawiya bin Ammar that Abu Abdullah (a) said: Allah has not insured the believers against the worldly misfortunes. In fact, He insures them against the blindness in the Hereafterand the unhappiness –i.e. sightlessness.

عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ اَلْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شِمْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ قَالَ قَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ ع مَنْ أَقَرَّ بِسِتَّةِ أَشْيَاءَ فَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ اَلْبَرَاءَةِ مِنَ اَلطَّوَاغِيتِ وَ اَلْإِقْرَارِ بِالْوَلاَيَةِ وَ اَلْإِيمَانِ‌ وَ اَلاِسْتِحْلاَلِ لِلْمُتْعَةِ وَ تَحْرِيمِ اَلْجِرِّيِّ وَ تَرْكِ اَلْمَسْحِ عَلَى اَلْخُفَّيْنِ.

Ali bin Ahmed bin Abdullah narrated to us from his father from his grandfather from Ahmed bin Abi Abdullah al-Barqi from his father from Amr bin Shemr from Abdullah that Imam as-Sadiq (a) said: He who believes in seven things is (regarded as) believer: the disavowal of the Jibt and Taghut, the declaration of the divine leadership (of the Imams), the belief of rajaa, the legality of the temporary marriage, the illegality of the (flesh of) eel, and the illegality of passing the (wet) hands over the slippers (during the ritual ablutions).

أَبِي رَحِمَهُ اَللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ ع أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنْ أَهْلِ اَلسَّمَاءِ هَلْ يَرَوْنَ أَهْلَ اَلْأَرْضِ قَالَ ع لاَ يَرَوْنَ إِلاَّ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ لِأَنَّ اَلْمُؤْمِنَ مِنْ نُورٍ كَنُورِ اَلْكَوَاكِبِ قِيلَ فَهُمْ يَرَوْنَ أَهْلَ اَلْأَرْضِ قَالَ ع لاَ يَرَوْنَ نُورَهُ حَيْثُ مَا تَوَجَّهَ ثُمَّ قَالَ ع لِكُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ خَمْسُ سَاعَاتٍ يَوْمَ اَلْقِيَامَةِ يَشْفَعُ فِيهَا .

My father, Allah may have mercy upon him, narrated to us from Sa’d bin Abdullah from Ahmed bin al-Hasan bin Ali bin Faddhal from … Ammar bin Musa that Abu Abdullah (a) was asked whether the inhabitants of the heavens can see the inhabitants of the earth. He (a) answered: The inhabitants of the heavens can see only the believers, because they give light like the light of the stars. Some asked: Can they see the people on this earth markedly? He (a) answered: No, they cannot. They can only see their lights wherever they go. He (a) then added: On the Day of Resurrection, every believer will be given five hours during which he will be granted the right of intercession.

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ اَلْوَلِيدِ ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى اَلْعَطَّارُ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ ع قَالَ : اَلْمُؤْمِنُ أَصْدَقُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ مِنْ سَبْعِينَ مُؤْمِناً عَلَيْهِ.

Mohammed bin al-Hasan bin Ahmed bin al-Waleed, Allah may have mercy upon him, narrated to us from Mohammed bin Yahya al-Attar from one of his companions that Abu Abdullah (a) said: The believer is self-righteous. He is more sincere with himself than seventy believers.

أَبِي رَحِمَهُ اَللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ الناسخ بْنِ اَلسَّائِحِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ : سَأَلْتُهُ‌ عَنِ اَلْمَلَكَيْنِ يَعْلَمَانِ اَلذَّنْبَ إِذَا أَرَادَ اَلْعَبْدُ أَنْ يَفْعَلَهُ أَوْ بِالْحَسَنَةِ قَالَ فَقَالَ ع أَ فَرِيحُ اَلْكَنِيفِ وَ اَلطِّيبِ عِنْدَكَ وَاحِدَةٌ قَالَ قُلْتُ لاَ قَالَ ع اَلْعَبْدُ إِذَا هَمَّ بِالْحَسَنَةِ خَرَجَ نَفَسُهُ طَيِّبَ اَلرِّيحِ فَقَالَ صَاحِبُ اَلْيَمِينِ لِصَاحِبِ اَلشِّمَالِ قِفْ فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ هَمَّ بِالْحَسَنَةِ فَإِذَا هُوَ فَعَلَهَا كَانَ لِسَانُهُ قَلَمَهُ وَ رِيقُهُ‌ مِدَادَهُ فَيُثْبِتُهَا لَهُ وَ إِذَا هَمَّ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ خَرَجَ نَفَسُهُ مُنْتِنَ اَلرِّيحِ فَيَقُولُ صَاحِبُ اَلشِّمَالِ لِصَاحِبِ اَلْيَمِينِ قِفْ فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ هَمَّ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ فَإِذَا هُوَ فَعَلَهَا كَانَ لِسَانُهُ قَلَمَهُ وَ رِيقُهُ مِدَادَهُ فَيُثْبِتُهَا عَلَيْهِ .

My father, Allah may have mercy upon him, narrated to us from Sa’d bin Abdullah from … Ali bin Saaih that Abdullah bin Musa bin Ja’far (a) related: I asked my father (Imam al-Kadhim) whether the Keeping Angels know the good or bad deed before the servant acts them. He asked me: Is the smell of the toilet as same as the perfume? I answered: Of course not. He (a) said: In the same manner, when a servant intends to do a good deed, his breath becomes sweet-smelling. In this case, the angel on the rightsays to the angel on the left, ‘Stop it. He intends to do a good deed.’ If the servant does that good deed, his tongue stands for the pen (with which the good deed will be recorded) and his saliva stands for the ink and, hence, the angel will record it for him. When the servant intends to do an evil deed, his breath becomes stinking. In this case, the angel on the left says to the angel on the right, ‘Stop it. He intends to do an evil deed.’ If the servant commits that evil deed, his tongue stands for the pen (with which the good deed will be recorded) and his saliva stands for the ink and, hence, the angel will record it against him.

, حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عِمْرَانَ رَضِيَ اَللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَلْعَظِيمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ اَلْحَسَنِيِّ قَالَ : دَخَلْتُ عَلَى سَيِّدِي عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ اَلصَّادِقِ ع فَلَمَّا أَبْصَرَنِي قَالَ لِي مَرْحَباً بِكَ يَا أَبَا اَلْقَاسِمِ أَنْتَ وَلِيُّنَا حَقّاً قَالَ فَقُلْتُ يَا اِبْنَ رَسُولِ اَللَّهِ إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَعْرِضَ عَلَيْكَ دِينِي فَإِنْ كَانَ مَرْضِيّاً أَثْبُتُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى أَلْقَى اَللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَقَالَ هَاتِ يَا أَبَا اَلْقَاسِمِ فَقُلْتُ إِنِّي أَقُولُ إِنَّ اَللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى وَاحِدٌ- لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْ‌ءٌ خَارِجٌ مِنَ اَلْحَدَّيْنِ حَدِّ اَلتَّعْطِيلِ [وَ حَدِّ اَلْإِبْطَالِ ]وَ حَدِّ اَلتَّشْبِيهِ وَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِجِسْمٍ وَ لاَ صُورَةٍ وَ لاَ عَرَضٍ وَ لاَ جَوْهَرٍ بَلْ هُوَ مُجَسِّمُ اَلْأَجْسَامِ وَ مُصَوِّرُ اَلصُّوَرِ وَ خَالِقُ اَلْأَعْرَاضِ وَ اَلْجَوَاهِرِ وَ رَبُ‌ كُلِّ شَيْ‌ءٍ وَ مَالِكُهُ وَ جَاعِلُهُ وَ مُحْدِثُهُ وَ إِنَّهُ حَكِيمٌ لاَ يَفْعَلُ اَلْقَبِيحَ وَ لاَ يُخِلُّ بِالْوَاجِبِ وَ إِنَّ مُحَمَّداً عَبْدُهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ خَاتَمُ اَلنَّبِيِّينَ فَلاَ نَبِيَّ بَعْدَهُ إِلَى يَوْمِ اَلْقِيَامَةِ وَ إِنَّ شَرِيعَتَهُ خ��اتِمَةُ اَلشَّرَائِعِ لاَ شَرِيعَةَ بَعْدَهَا إِلَى يَوْمِ اَلْقِيَامَةِ وَ أَقُولُ‌ إِنَّ اَلْإِمَامَ وَ اَلْخَلِيفَةَ وَ والي وَلِيَّ اَلْأَمْرِ بَعْدَهُ أَمِيرُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ثُمَّ اَلْحَسَنُ ثُمَّ اَلْحُسَيْنُ ثُمَّ عَلِيُّ بْنُ اَلْحُسَيْنِ ثُمَّ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ثُمَّ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ثُمَّ مُوسَى بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثُمَّ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُوسَى ثُمَّ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ثُمَّ أَنْتَ يَا مَوْلاَيَ فَقَالَ ع وَ مِنْ بَعْدِي اَلْحَسَنُ اِبْنِي وَ كَيْفَ اَلنَّاسُ بِالْخَلَفِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ وَ كَيْفَ ذَلِكَ يَا مَوْلاَيَ قَالَ ع لِأَنَّهُ لاَ يُرَى شَخْصُهُ وَ لاَ يَحِلُّ ذِكْرُهُ بِاسْمِهِ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ فَيَمْلَأَ اَلْأَرْضَ قِسْطاً وَ عَدْلاً كَمَا مُلِئَتْ ظُلْماً وَ جَوْراً قَالَ فَقُلْتُ أَقْرَرْتُ وَ أَقُولُ إِنَّ وَلِيَّهُمْ وَلِيُّ اَللَّهِ وَ عَدُوَّهُمْ عَدُوُّ اَللَّهِ وَ طَاعَتَهُمْ طَاعَةُ اَللَّهِ وَ مَعْصِيَتَهُمْ مَعْصِيَةُ اَللَّهِ وَ أَقُولُ إِنَ‌حَقٌّ وَ اَلْمُسَاءَلَةَ فِي اَلْقَبْرِ حَقٌّ وَ إِنَّ اَلْجَنَّةَ حَقٌّ وَ اَلنَّارَ حَقٌّ وَ اَلصِّرَاطَ حَقٌّ وَ اَلْمِيزَانَ حَقٌ‌ وَ أَنَّ اَلسََّاعَةَ آتِيَةٌ لاََ رَيْبَ فِيهََا وَ أَنَّ اَللََّهَ يَبْعَثُ مَنْ فِي اَلْقُبُورِ وَ أَقُولُ إِنَّ اَلْفَرَائِضَ اَلْوَاجِبَةَ بَعْدَ اَلْوَلاَيَةِ اَلصَّلاَةُ وَ اَلزَّكَاةُ وَ اَلصَّوْمُ وَ اَلْحَجُّ وَ اَلْجِهَادُ وَ اَلْأَمْرُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَ اَلنَّهْيُ عَنِ اَلْمُنْكَرِ وَ حُقُوقُ اَلْوَالِدَيْنِ فَقُلْتُ هَذَا دِينِي وَ مَذْهَبِي وَ عَقِيدَتِي وَ يَقِينِي قَدْ أَخْبَرْتُكَ بِهِ فَقَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ع يَا أَبَا اَلْقَاسِمِ هَذَا وَ اَللَّهِ دِينُ اَللَّهِ اَلَّذِي اِرْتَضَاهُ لِعِبَادِهِ فَاثْبُتْ عَلَيْهِ ثَبَّتَكَ اَللَّهُ‌ بِالْقَوْلِ اَلثََّابِتِ فِي اَلْحَيََاةِ اَلدُّنْيََا وَ فِي اَلْآخِرَةِ .

Ali bin Ahmed bin Musa ad-Daqqaq and Ali bin Abdullah al-Warraq narrated to us from Mohammed bin Harun as-Sufi from Abu Turab Ubaidullah bin Musa al-Huyani that Abdul-Azheem al-Hasani related: I visited my master Ali bin Mohammed bin Ali bin Musa bin Ja’far, peace be upon them. When his eyes fell on me, he said: “Welcome, O Abu al-Qasim, you are surely our disciple.” “O son of the Messenger of Allah,’ I said, “I want to provide my beliefs before you. If they are right, I will maintain until I meet Allah, Powerful and Majestic is He.” “Well,” said the Imam (a) “show me.” I began, “Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, is One. There is nothing like Him. He is out of the two edges-the edge of neutralization and the edge of anthropomorphism.He is not corporeality, image, accident, or essence. He, Glorified is His Name, is the Maker of the corporalities, the Former of the images, and the Creator of the accidents and the essences. He is the Lord, the Possessor, the Maker, and the Producer of everything. He is All-wise; He neither does the ugly nor does He break the obligatory. I also believe that Mohammed (s) is His servant and messenger as well as the seal of the prophets. No prophet will come forth after him up to the Day of Resurrection. His code is the seal of codes. No code will be enacted after his code up to the Day of Resurrection. I also believe that the Imams, successors, and lawful leaders after him are Amir ul-Mu’minin Ali bin Abi Talib, al-Hasan, al-Hussein, Ali bin al-Hussein, Mohammed bin Ali, Ja’far bin Mohammed, Musa bin Ja’far, Ali bin Musa, Mohammed bin Ali, and you-my master, peace be upon you all, respectively.” The Imam (a) said: “After me, my son al-Hasan will come. What will people do with his successor?” “What is that, master?” I asked. Imam al-Hadi (a) answered: “His appearance will not be seen and his name cannot be mentioned until he comes forth to fill in the earth with justice and fairness in the same way as it would be filled with wrong and injustice.” “I submit to this,” I said, “I also declare that the follower of the Imams is surely the disciple of Allah, their enemy is surely the enemy of Allah, the obedience to them is surely the obedience to Allah, and the disobedience to them is surely the disobedience to Allah. I declare that the Prophet’s Midnight Ascension is right, the tomb interrogation is right, Paradise is right, Hell is right, the Path is right, the Balance is right, and there is no doubt about the coming of the Hour of Doom and that Allah will raise every one from the graves. I declare that the obligatory religious duties, after the (obligatory) loyalty to the Imams, are the prayer, the zakat, the fasting, the hajj, the jihad, the enjoinment of good, the forbiddance of evil, and the keeping of the parents’ rights. This has been my religion, belief, and faith.” Ali bin Mohammed (a) said: “O Abu al-Qasim, this is, by Allah, the very religion that Allah has accepted for His servants; therefore, you should keep it. Allah may strengthen your faith by the true Words in this world and in the life to come.”

حَدَّثَنَا اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ اَلْوَلِيدِ رَحِمَهُ اَللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ اَلْحَسَنِ اَلصَّفَّارُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ وَ غَيْرِهِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدٍ اَلْبَاقِرِ ع قَالَ : سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ ص عَنْ خِيَارِ اَلْعِبَادِ قَالَ اَلَّذِينَ إِذَا أَحْسَنُوا اِسْتَبْشَرُوا وَ إِذَا أَسَاءُوا اِسْتَغْفَرُوا وَ إِذَا أُعْطُوا شَكَرُوا وَ إِذَا اُبْتُلُوا صَبَرُوا وَ إِذَا غَضِبُوا غَفَرُوا .

Mohammed bin al-Hasan bin Ahmed bin al-Waleed, Allah may have mercy upon him, narrated to us from Mohammed bin al-Hasan as-Saffar from Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Khalid from Ismaeel bin Mehran from Saif bin Umaira from Sulaiman bin Ja’far an-Nakh’i from Mohammed bin Muslim and others from … that Abu Ja’far Mohammed bin Ali al-Baqir (a) said: As he was asked about the best servants, the Prophet (s) said: The best servants are those who become happy when they do a good deed, seek Allah’s forgiveness when they make a mistake, show gratitude when something is given to them, and pardon when they are enraged.