Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl

حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِدْرِیسَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ یَحْیَی عَنْ حَمْزَهَ بْنِ یَعْلَی عَنْ عُبَیْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مَنْ مَقَتَ نَفْسَهُ دُونَ مَقْتِ النَّاسِ آمَنَهُ اللَّهُ مِنْ فَزَعِ یَوْمِ الْقِیَامَهِ.

1. The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, “One who resists his own self instead of people, will get protection against the fear of the Day of Judgment.”

أَبِی ره عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ عَنْ مُوسَی بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ یَحْیَی عَنِ الْهَیْثَمِ بْنِ وَاقِدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَا أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَی عَبْدٍ بِنِعْمَهٍ بَالِغَهً مَا بَلَغَتْ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ عَلَیْهَا إِلَّا کَانَ حَمْدُهُ لِلَّهِ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ تِلْکَ النِّعْمَهِ وَ أَعْظَمَ وَ أَوْزَنَ.

1. Abi (rah) from Sa’d b. Abdillah from al-Fadhl b. ’Amir from Musa b. al-Qasim from Safwan b. Yahya from al-Haytham b. Waqid who said I heard Aba Abdillah (a.s.) who said: “If Allah has given His slave great bounties then if he praises Allah for those bounties this praise is better and heavier than that bounty.”

حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَی بْنِ الْمُتَوَکِّلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ یَحْیَی عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ مَعْرُوفٍ عَنْ مُوسَی بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِی عُمَیْرٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: الطَّاعِمُ الشَّاکِرُ لَهُ أَجْرُ الصَّائِمِ الْمُحْتَسِبِ وَ الْمُعَافَی الشَّاکِرُ لَهُ مِثْلُ أَجْرِ الْمُبْتَلَی الصَّابِرِ.

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 al-Abbas b. Ma’ruf from Musa b. al-Qasim from Ibn Abi ’Umayr from some of his companions from Abi Abdillah (a.s.) who said: “One who thanks Allah after having food is like a person who has fasted. One who thanks Allah for a thing which He has not granted him, he will get the reward of patient ones.”

أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَرْقِیِّ عَنْ أَبِیهِ یَرْفَعُ الْحَدِیثَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَهْلُ الْمَعْرُوفِ فِی الدُّنْیَا أَهْلُ الْمَعْرُوفِ فِی الْآخِرَهِ قِیلَ یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ کَیْفَ ذَلِکَ قَالَ یُغْفَرُ لَهُمْ بِالتَّطَوُّلِ مِنْهُ عَلَیْهِمْ وَ یَدْفَعُونَ حَسَنَاتِهِمْ إِلَی النَّاسِ فَیَدْخُلُونَ بِهَا الْجَنَّهَ فَیَکُونُونَ أَهْلَ الْمَعْرُوفِ فِی الدُّنْیَا وَ الْآخِرَهِ.

1. My father (rah) said: it was narrated to me by Sa’d b. Abdillah from Ahmad b. Abi Abdillah al-Barqi from his father who raised the hadith who said: “A person who does good in the world is like a person who does good in the hereafter.” Someone asked, “O Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.)! How is it possible?” He replied, “He will be forgiven by the mercy of Allah. His good deeds will be given to other people also and they will be made to enter Paradise. Hence he will be doing good in the world as well as the hereafter.”

حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِیٍّ مَاجِیلَوَیْهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ یَحْیَی الْعَطَّارُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ أَبِی سَعِیدٍ الْآدَمِیِّ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِیمَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ الْیَعْقُوبِیِّ عَنْ أَخِیهِ سُلَیْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِلنَّبِیِّ ص عَلِّمْنِی شَیْئاً إِذَا أَنَا فَعَلْتُهُ أَحَبَّنِیَ اللَّهُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَ أَحَبَّنِیَ النَّاسُ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ ارْغَبْ فِیمَا عِنْدَکَ سَیُحِبُّکَ اللَّهُ وَ ازْهَدْ فِیمَا عِنْدَ النَّاسِ یُحِبَّکَ النَّاسُ.

1. A person asked the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.), “Teach me a deed which makes me beloved for Allah in the heaven and people on the earth.” The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, “Remain attached to Divine things so that Allah loves you and remain aloof from what people have so that they love you.”

أَبِی ره عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ مُعَاوِیَهَ بْنِ حُکَیْمٍ عَنْ مُعَمَّرِ بْنِ خَلَّادٍ عَنْ أَبِی الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ع عَنْ أَبِیهِ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع نَجَاهُ الْمُؤْمِنِ فِی حِفْظِ لِسَانِهِ. وَ قَالَ أَمِیرُ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ ع مَنْ حَفِظَ لِسَانَهُ سَتَرَ اللَّهُ عَوْرَتَهُ.

From my father (ra) through Saʿd ibn ʿAbdullāh, from Muʿāwiyah ibn Ḥukaim, from Muʿammar ibn Khallād, from Abū al-Ḥasan al-Riḍā (AS), from his father, who said that Abū ʿAbdullāh (AS) stated: "The salvation of a believer lies in safeguarding his tongue." And Amīr al-Muʾminīn (AS) said: "Whoever safeguards his tongue, Allah will conceal his faults."

أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِدْرِیسَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ یَحْیَی عَنْ یَعْقُوبَ بْنِ یَزِیدَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَصْرِیِّ یَرْفَعُهُ إِلَی أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص یَا عَلِیُّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ جَعَلَ الْفَقْرَ أَمَانَهً عِنْدَ خَلْقِهِ فَمَنْ سَتَرَهُ کَانَ کَالصَّائِمِ وَ مَنْ أَفْشَاهُ إِلَی مَنْ یَقْدِرُ عَلَی قَضَاءِ حَاجَتِهِ فَلَمْ یَفْعَلْ قَتَلَهُ أَمَا إِنَّهُ مَا قَتَلَهُ بِسَیْفِهِ وَ لَا رُمْحِهِ وَ لَکِنْ بِمَا أَنْکَرَ مِنْ قَلْبِهِ.

1. Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, “O Ali (a.s.)! The Almighty Allah has kept poverty among His creatures as a trust. One who keeps it hidden will be like one who stays awake at night for Allah and observes fast. One who reveals his poverty in front of a person who can fulfill his desire but does not do so, such a person has killed that poor man. This person is not killed by a sword or a lance but by a wound on his heart.”

أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارُ عَنْ یَعْقُوبَ بْنِ یَزِیدَ عَمَّنْ ذَکَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِذَا کَانَ یَوْمُ الْقِیَامَهِ أَمَرَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مُنَادِیاً یُنَادِی أَیْنَ الْفُقَرَاءُ فَیَقُومُ عُنُقٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ فَیُؤْمَرُ بِهِمْ إِلَی الْجَنَّهِ فَیَأْتُونَ بَابَ الْجَنَّهِ فیقولون [فَیَقُولُ] لَهُمْ خَزَنَهُ الْجَنَّهِ قَبْلَ الْحِسَابِ فَیَقُولُونَ أَعْطَیْتُمُونَا شَیْئاً فَتُحَاسِبُوا عَلَیْهِ فَیَقُولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ صَدَقُوا عِبَادِی مَا أَفْقَرْتُکُمْ هَوَاناً بِکُمْ وَ لَکِنِ ادَّخَرْتُ هَذَا لَکُمْ لِهَذَا الْیَوْمِ ثُمَّ یَقُولُ لَهُمُ انْظُرُوا وَ تَصَفَّحُوا وُجُوهَ النَّاسِ فَمَنْ أَتَی إِلَیْکُمْ مَعْرُوفاً فَخُذُوا بِیَدِهِ وَ أَدْخِلُوهُ الْجَنَّهَ.

1. My father (rah) said: it was narrated to me by Muhammad b. al-Hassan who said it was narrated to me by Muhammad b. al-Hassan al-Saffar from Ya’qub b. Yazid from the one who mentioned it from Abi Abdillah (a.s.) who said: Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) said that the Almighty Allah will order a caller on the Day of Judgment to call out for the poor ones. Some people will stand up and they will be ordered to go to Paradise. When they reach the door of Paradise, they will be asked, “Do you want to go to Paradise even before accounting of deeds?” They will reply, “Were we given something whose account we should give?” Almighty Allah will say, “My servants! You are right. I didn’t give you poverty to disgrace you but for this day. Go among the people and see. Whoever did good to you, hold his hand and make him enter Paradise along with you.”

حَدَّثَنِی حَمْزَهُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَلَوِیُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِیمَ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِیِّ عَنِ السَّکُونِیِّ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص یَا مَعْشَرَ الْمَسَاکِینِ طِیبُوا نَفْساً وَ أَعْطُوا الرِّضَا مِنْ قُلُوبِکُمْ یُثَبِّتْکُمُ اللَّهُ عَلَی فَقْرِکُمْ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا فَلَا ثَوَابَ لَکُمْ.

2. Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates from his predecessors that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, “O poor ones! Be happy. Allah’s pleasure is granted to your hearts. Allah will pay the price of your poverty. If you had not been poor there was no reward for you.”

حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِیٍّ مَاجِیلَوَیْهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ یَحْیَی عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِی عَلِیٍّ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع رَحِمَ اللَّهُ عَبْداً عَفَّ وَ تَعَفَّفَ وَ کَفَّ عَنِ الْمَسْأَلَهِ فَإِنَّهُ یُعَجِّلُ الذُّلَّ فِی الدُّنْیَا وَ الْآخِرَهِ وَ لَا یُغْنِی النَّاسُ عَنْهُ شَیْئاً.

1. Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) said, “May Allah shower mercy on His virtuous and pious servant who did not beg inspite of difficulties even though he was troubled in this world and his desires were not fulfilled.”