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Traditions about Ar-Ridha (a.s.)
91 - وَبِهذَا الإِسنادِ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُعَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: إِذا لَمْ يَسْتَطِعِ الرَّجُلُ أَن يُصَلّيَ قائِماً فَليُصَلَّ جالِساً فَإِنْ لَمْ يَقدِر أَن يُصَلّيَ جالِساً فَليُصَلَّ مُستَلقِياً، ناصِباً رِجلَيهِ بِحِيالِ القِبْلَةَ يُومي إيماءً.
31-91 According to the same documentation, God’s Prophet (S) said, “Whenever a believer cannot pray standing up, he should say his prayers while sitting down. If he cannot say them sitting down, he can say them while lying on his back with his legs stretched out toward the Qibla.”
92 - وَبِهذَا الإِسنادِ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُعَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: مَن صامَ يَوْمَ الجُمُعَةِ صبراً وَاحتِساباً اُعْطِيَ ثَوابَ صِيامِ عَشَرةِ أيَّامٍ غُرٍّ زُهرٍ، لا تُشاكِلُ أيَّامَ الدُّنيا.
31-92 According to the same documentation, God’s Prophet (S) said, “Whoever fasts on Fridays to strengthen his patience will be given the reward of ten bright days - days which do not look like this world’s days.”
93 - وَبِهذَا الإِسنادِ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُعَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: مَن ضَمِنَ لي واحِدةً ضَمِنتُ لَهُ أَرْبَعَةَ: يَصِلُ رَحِمَهُ فَيُحِبُّهُ اللَّهُ وَيُوَسِّعُ عَلَيْهِ فِي رِزقِه، وَيَزِيدُ فِي عُمْرِهِ، وَيُدخِلُهُ الجَنَّةَ الَّتِي وَعَدَهُ.
31-93 According to the same documentation, God’s Prophet (S) said, “Whoever guarantees one thing for me, I will guarantee four things for him. If one guarantees to visit his relations of kin, I guarantee that he will be loved by God, his sustenance will increase, his life will be extended, and he will enter the promised Paradise.”
94 - وَبِهذَا الإِسنادِ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُعَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: اَللَّهُمَّ ارحَم خُلَفائِي ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ قِيلَ لَهُ: ومن خلفاؤك؟ قالَ: الَّذِينَ يأتُونَ مِن بَعْدِي وَيَروُونَ أَحادِيثي وَسُنَّتي فَيُعَلِّمونَهَا النَّاسَ مِن بَعْدِي.
31-94 According to the same documentation, God’s Prophet (S) said the following three times, “O God! Please have Mercy upon my successors.” They asked him (a.s.), “Who are your successors?” He (a.s.) replied, “They are the ones who come after me, tell the people my narrations and teach them my traditions.”
95 - وَبِهذَا الإِسنادِ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُعَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: الدُّعاءُ سِلاحُ المُؤمِنِ، وَعِمادُ الدِّينِ، وَنُورُ السَّمواتِ وَالأَرْضِ[فَعَلَيكُم بِالدُّعاءِ وَاخلِصُوا النِّيَّةَ] .
31-95 According to the same documentation, God’s Prophet (S) said, “Supplication is the weapon of a believer. It is the pillar of the religion, light from the heavens and the Earth. (Thus I advise you to say supplications and purify your intentions.)”
96 - وَبِهذَا الإِسنادِ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُعَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: الخُلقُ السَّىِء يُفسِدُ العَمَلَ كَما يُفسِدُ الخَلُّ العَسَلَ.
31-96 According to the same documentation, God’s Prophet (S) said, “A bad temper will ruin your deeds as vinegar will ruin the sweetness of honey.”
97 - وَبِهذَا الإِسنادِ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُعَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: إِنَّ العَبْدَ لَيَنالُ بِحُسنِ خُلقِه دَرَجَةَ الصّائِمِ القائِمِ.
31-97 According to the same documentation, God’s Prophet (S) said, “A servant (i.e. a person) will attain the rank of one who fasts and stays up at night through being good-tempered.”
98 - وَبِهذَا الإِسنادِ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُعَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: ما مِن شَيءِ أَثقَلُ فِي المِيزانِ مِن حُسنِ الخُلقِ.
31-98 According to the same documentation, God’s Prophet (S) said, “Nothing weighs more on the Scale than a good temper.”
99 - وَبِهذَا الإِسنادِ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُعَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: مَن حَفِظَ مِن اُمَّتِي أَرْبَعِينَ حَدِيثاً يَنتَفِعُونَ بِها؛ بَعَثَهُ اللَّه يَوْمَ القِيامَةِ فَقِيهاً عالِماً.
31-99 According to the same documentation, God’s Prophet (S) said, “If anyone in my nation memorizes forty traditions which are beneficial for the people, God will resurrect him as a knowledgeable scholar on the Resurrection Day.”
100 - وَبِهذَا الإِسنادِ قالَ: كانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُعَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: يُسافِرُ يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ وَيَقُولُ: فِيهِ تُرفَعُ الأَعمالُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَتُعقَدُ فِيهِ الوِلايَةُ.
31-100 According to the same documentation, God’s Prophet (S) traveled on Thursdays and said, “On such days the deeds ascend to God and the ties of friendship are fastened.”
