Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl

وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ سُلَیْمَانَ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی زَیْدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی زِرُّ بْنُ حُبَیْشٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حُذَیْفَهَ یَقُولُ لَا یَزَالُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ تَرُدُّ غَضَبَ الرَّبِّ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ عَنِ الْعِبَادِ مَا کَانُوا لَا یُبَالُونَ مَا انْتَقَصَ مِنْ دُنْیَاهُمْ إِذَا سَلِمَ دِینُهُمْ فَإِذَا کَانُوا لَا یُبَالُونَ مَا انْتَقَصَ مِنْ دِینِهِمْ إِذَا سَلِمَتْ دُنْیَاهُمْ ثُمَّ قَالُوهَا رُدَّتْ عَلَیْهِمْ وَ قِیلَ کَذَبْتُمْ وَ لَسْتُمْ بِهَا صَادِقِینَ.

4. Huzaifa says that Allah is never angry on one who recites Laa ilaaha illallaah properly. However, this is applicable till he sacrifices this world for the sake of religion. If religion is sacrificed for the sake of this world he will be told that you have turned towards the world. It will be further said that they are liars and they do not speak the truth.

أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْحِمْیَرِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ سَیْفٍ عَنْ أَخِیهِ عَلِیٍّ عَنْ أَبِیهِ سَیْفِ بْنِ عَمِیرَهَ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ یَقُولُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ یَرْفَعُ بِهَا صَوْتَهُ فَیَفْرُغُ حَتَّی تَنَاثَرَتْ ذُنُوبُهُ تَحْتَ قَدَمَیْهِ کَمَا تَنَاثَرَ وَرَقُ الشَّجَرِ تَحْتَهَا.

1. Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) says, “The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, ‘A person who recites Laa ilaaha illallaah loudly is free. He crushes his sins with his feet and destroys them in the same way as dry leaves fall off from a tree’.”

أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ سَیْفٍ عَنْ سُلَیْمَانَ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عِمْرَانُ بْنُ عَطَاءٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَطَاءٌ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ النَّبِیِّ ص قَالَ: مَا مِنَ الْکَلَامِ کَلِمَهٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَی اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مِنْ قَوْلِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ مَا مِنْ عَبْدٍ یَقُولُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ یَمُدُّ بِهَا صَوْتَهُ فَیَفْرُغُ إِلَّا تَنَاثَرَتْ ذُنُوبُهُ تَحْتَ قَدَمَیْهِ کَمَا تَنَاثَرَ وَرَقُ الشَّجَرِ تَحْتَهَا.

2. My father (rah) said: it was narrated to us by Sa’d b. Abdillah from Ahmad b. Muhammad from al-Hussain b. Sayf from Sulayman b. Umar who said it was narrated to me by ’Imran b. ’Ata who said it was narrated to me by ’Ata from Ibn Abbas from The Prophet (s.a.w.s.) who said: “Allah likes the statement of Laa ilaaha illallaah much more than any other statement in this world. The sins of a person who recites Laa ilaaha illallaah are wiped out in the same way as dry leaves fall off a tree.”

وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنِ الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ سَیْفٍ عَنْ أَخِیهِ عَلِیٍّ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الصَّبَّاحِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَنَسٌ عَنِ النَّبِیِّ ص قَالَ: کُلُّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِیدٍ مَنْ أَبَی أَنْ یَقُولَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ.

3. And from the previous chain from al-Hussain b. Sayf from his brother Ali from his father from al-Hassan b. al-Sabah who said it was narrated to me by Anas from The Prophet (s.a.w.s.) who said: “One who does not recite Laa ilaaha illallaah is proud and arrogant.”

حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَی بْنِ الْمُتَوَکِّلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الْأَسَدِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَیْنِ الصُّوفِیُّ عَنْ یُوسُفَ بْنِ عَقِیلٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ رَاهَوَیْهِ قَالَ: لَمَّا وَافَی أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ع نَیْسَابُورَ فَأَرَادَ أَنْ یَرْحَلَ مِنْهَا إِلَی الْمَأْمُونِ اجْتَمَعَ إِلَیْهِ أَصْحَابُ الْحَدِیثِ فَقَالُوا لَهُ یَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ تَرْحَلُ عَنَّا وَ لَا تُحَدِّثُنَا بِحَدِیثٍ نَسْتَفِیدُهُ مِنْکَ وَ کَانَ قَدْ قَعَدَ فِی الْعَمَّارِیَّهِ فَاطَّلَعَ رَأْسَهُ وَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِی مُوسَی بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ یَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَبِی جَعْفَرَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ یَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَبِی مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَلِیٍّ یَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَبِی عَلِیَّ بْنَ الْحُسَیْنِ یَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَبِی الْحُسَیْنَ بْنَ عَلِیٍّ یَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَبِی عَلِیَّ بْنَ أَبِی طَالِبٍ یَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص یَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ جَبْرَئِیلَ یَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ یَقُولُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ حِصْنِی فَمَنْ دَخَلَ حِصْنِی أَمِنَ مِنْ عَذَابِی فَلَمَّا مَرَّتِ الرَّاحِلَهُ نَادَی بِشُرُوطِهَا وَ أَنَا مِنْ شُرُوطِهَا.

1. It was narrated to me by Muhammad b. Musa b. al-Mutawakil who said it was narrated to me by Abu al-Hassan al-Asadi who said it was narrated to me by Muhammad b. al-Hussain al-Sufi from Yusif b. ’Aqeel from Ishaq b. Rahawayh who said: When Imam Reza (a.s.) reached Nishapur and intended to go to Mamoon, the narrators of traditions gathered around him and said, “O son of Allah’s Messenger! You are leaving us without having said any tradition, which could benefit us.” Imam (a.s.) was seated in the camel saddle. He put his head out and said, “I heard my father, Musa Ibne Ja’far (a.s.), who says he heard from his father, Ja’far Ibne Muhammad (a.s.), who says he heard from his father, Muhammad Ibne Ali (a.s.), who says he heard from his father, Ali Ibne Husain (a.s.), who says he heard from his father, Husain Ibne Ali (a.s.), who says he heard from his father, Amirul Momineen Ali Ibne Abi Talib (a.s.), who says he heard from the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.), who says he heard from Jibraeel, who says he heard from Almighty Allah that, ‘The statement Laa ilaaha illallaah is My fort. One who enters My fort will remain safe from My punishment.” When they moved on, he loudly said: “There are certain conditions for this. And I am one of these conditions.”

أَبِی رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْمُؤَدِّبُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَلِیٍّ الْأَصْبَهَانِیِّ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِیمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الثَّقَفِیِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ یَحْیَی عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِی هَارُونَ الْعَبْدِیِّ عَنْ أَبِی سَعِیدٍ الْخُدْرِیِّ قَالَ: کَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص ذَاتَ یَوْمٍ جَالِساً وَ عِنْدَهُ نَفَرٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فِیهِمْ عَلِیُّ بْنُ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع إِذْ قَالَ مَنْ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّهَ فَقَالَ رَجُلَانِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَنَحْنُ نَقُولُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِنَّمَا تُقْبَلُ شَهَادَهُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مِنْ هَذَا وَ مِنْ شِیعَتِهِ الَّذِینَ أَخَذَ رَبُّنَا مِیثَاقَهُمْ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلَانِ فَنَحْنُ نَقُولُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهِ فَوَضَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص یَدَهُ عَلَی رَأْسِ عَلِیٍّ ع ثُمَّ قَالَ عَلَامَهُ ذَلِکَ أَنْ لَا تَحُلَّا عَقْدَهُ وَ لَا تَجْلِسَا مَجْلِسَهُ وَ لَا تُکَذِّبَا حَدِیثَهُ.

1. My father (rah) said: it was narrated to me by Abdillah b. al-Hassan Mu’addab from Ahmad b. Ali al-Asbahani from Ibrahim b. Muhammad al-Thaqafi from Muhammad b. Yahya from Muhammad b. Ishaq from Abi Harun al-’Abdi from Abi Sa’eed al-Khudri who said: The Messenger of Allah (sw) was sitting on a certain day, and with him were some of his companions, among them Ali ibn Abi Talib (AS). So he (sw) said, "Whoever says 'La ilaha illallah' (there is no god but Allah) shall enter Paradise." Two men from his companions said, "We say 'La ilaha illallah'". The Messenger of Allah (sw) replied, "The testimony of 'There is no god but Allah' is accepted only from this person and his Shia (followers) who have taken the covenant of our Lord." The two men said, "We say 'La ilaha illallah'". Then the Messenger of Allah (sw) placed his hand on the head of Ali (AS) and said, "The sign (of acceptance of the statement of La ilaha illallah) is that one should not break oaths given to him, nor sit in his place or reject his words."

أَبِی رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِی یُوسُفَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِی عَمِیرَهَ عَنْ مَالِکِ بْنِ أَعْیَنَ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَنْ قَالَ مِائَهَ مَرَّهٍ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا الَّلهُ الْمَلِکُ الْحَقُّ الْمُبِینُ أَعَاذَهُ اللَّهُ الْعَزِیزُ الْجَبَّارُ مِنَ الْفَقْرِ وَ أَنِسَ وَحْشَهَ قَبْرِهِ وَ اسْتَجْلَبَ الْغِنَی وَ اسْتَقْرَعَ بَابَ الْجَنَّهِ.

1. My father (rah) said: it was narrated to me by Sa’d b. Abdillah from Ahmad b. Abi Abdillah from Abi Yusif from Muhammad b. Abi ’Amira from Malik b. A’yan from Abi Abdillah (a.s.) who said: “If one recites a hundred times 'Laa ilaaha illallaah al-Malik Al-Haqqu Al-Mubeen' (There is no god but Allah, the Sovereign, the Truth, the Manifest), Allah, the Mighty and the Compeller, shall protect him from poverty, dispel his loneliness in his grave, grant him wealth, and open the door to Paradise (for him). ”

حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَی بْنِ الْمُتَوَکِّلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ یَحْیَی عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ السَّرِیِّ عَنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ الْحَکَمِ عَنْ أَبِی الْمَغْرَاءِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَنْ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مِنْ غَیْرِ تَعَجُّبٍ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ مِنْهَا طَائِراً یُرَفْرِفُ عَلَی رَأْسِ صَاحِبِهَا إِلَی أَنْ تَقُومَ السَّاعَهُ وَ یَذْکُرُ قَائِلَهَا.

1. It was narrated to me by Muhammad b. Musa b. al-Mutawakil who said it was narrated to me by Muhammad b. Yahya from Muhammad b. Ahmad from Muhammad b. al-Sarri from Ali b. al-Hakam from Abi al-Maghraa’ from Jabir from Abi Abdillah (a.s.) who said: “If one recites Laa ilaaha illallaah without surprise, the Almighty Allah will create a bird from it, which will hover over that person till the Day of Judgment and continue to remember the one who recited it (Laa ilaaha illallaah).”

أَبِی رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِی نَجْرَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِیزِ الْعُبَیْدِیِّ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ یَزِیدَ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ یَقُولُ مَنْ قَالَ فِی یَوْمِهِ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِیکَ لَهُ إِلَهاً وَاحِداً أَحَداً صَمَداً لَمْ یَتَّخِذْ صاحِبَهً وَ لا وَلَداً کَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ خَمْساً وَ أَرْبَعِینَ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ حَسَنَهٍ وَ مَحَا عَنْهُ خَمْساً وَ أَرْبَعِینَ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ سَیِّئَهٍ وَ رَفَعَ لَهُ خَمْساً وَ أَرْبَعِینَ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ دَرَجَهٍ وَ کَانَ کَمَنْ قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ فِی یَوْمٍ اثْنَتَیْ عَشْرَهَ مَرَّهً وَ بَنَی لَهُ بَیْتاً فِی الْجَنَّهِ.

1. Muḥammad, from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Najrān, from ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-ʿUbaydī, from ʿUmar ibn Yazīd, from Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Sadiq (as), who said: "I heard him say: Whoever says in his day, 'I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, He is One, without partner, the One God, the Eternal, who has neither a companion nor a child,' Allah will record for him forty-five million good deeds, erase from him forty-five million sins, raise him forty-five million levels, and it will be as if he has recited the entire Qur'an twelve times in one day, and a house will be built for him in Paradise." <br> (Ashhadu an lā ilāha illā Allāh, waḥdahu lā sharīka lahu, ilāhan wāḥidan aḥadan ṣamadan, lam yattakhidh ṣāḥibatan wa lā waladan)

أَبِی رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِدْرِیسَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ هِلَالٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِیسَی الْأَرْمَنِیِّ عَنْ أَبِی عِمْرَانَ الْخَرَّاطِ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِیِّ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع قَالَ: مَنْ قَالَ فِی کُلِّ یَوْمٍ ثَلَاثِینَ مَرَّهً لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْحَقُّ الْمُبِینُ اسْتَقْبَلَ الْغِنَی وَ اسْتَدْبَرَ الْفَقْرَ وَ قَرَعَ بَابَ الْجَنَّهِ.

1. My father (rah) said: it was narrated to me by Ahmad b. Idris from Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Hilal from Muhammad b. Isa al-Armani from Abi ’Imran al-Kharrat from al-Awzaa’i from Ja’far b. Muhammad from his father from his forefathers (a.s.) who said: Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) narrates from his father, who in turn narrates from his father that a person who recites Laa ilaaha illallaahul h’aqqul mubeen thirty times a day will be given wealth, his poverty will vanish and he will knock at the door of Paradise.”