ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā

121 - وَبِهذَا الإِسنادِ عَنْ عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَبِي طالِب‏ عَلَيْهِالسَّلامُ قالَ: إِنَّ الحَسَنَ وَالحُسَيْنَ كانا يَلعَبانِ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ حَتّى‏ مَضى‏ عامَّةُ اللَّيْلِ، ثُمَّ قالَ لَهُما: إِنصَرِفا إِلى أُمِّكُما، فَبَرَقَت بَرقَةٌ فَما زالَت تُضي‏ءُ لَهُما حَتّى‏ دَخَلا عَلَى فاطِمَةَ وَالنَّبِيُ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ يَنْظُرُ إِلى البَرقَةِ، فَقالَ: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذي أَكْرَمَنا أَهْلَ البِيْتِ.

31-121 According to the same documentation, Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.) said, “One night Al-Hassan (a.s.) and Al-Husayn (a.s.) were playing near the Prophet (S) and most of the night passed in this way. Then he told them to go to their mother. All of a sudden there was a light and the darkness of the night vanished along their way until they reached (the Blessed Lady) Fatima (a.s.) - Al-Hassan and Al-Husayn’s mother. The Prophet (S) said, “Praise be to God who honored the members of our Household.”

122 - وَبِهذَا الإِسنادِ عَنْ عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَبِي طالِبٍ‏ عَلَيْهِالسَّلامُ قالَ: وُرِثتُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ كتابَيْنِ: كِتاب اللَّهِ وَكِتابي فِي قِرابِ سَيفي، وقِيلَ: يا أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنين وَمَا الْكِتابُ الَّذِي فِي قِرابِ سَيفِكَ؟ قالَ: مَن قَتَلَ غَيْرَ قاتِلِهِ أَوْ ضَرَبَ غَيْرَ ضارِبِهِ فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ.

31-122 According to the same documentation, Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.) said, “I have inherited two books from God’s Prophet (S). One of them is God’s Book (the Qur’an), and the other one is the book I have put in a leather cover and hung from my sword’s scabbard.” They asked Ali (a.s.), “O Commander of the Faithful! What is the book in your sword’s scabbard?” He (a.s.) replied, “In it is written, ‘May God’s Curse be upon whoever kills anyone other than his own killer, or hits anyone other than the one who hits him.’”

123 - وَبِهذَا الإِسنادِ عَنْ عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَبِي طالِب‏ عَلَيْهِالسَّلامُ قالَ: كُنّا مَعَ النَّبيِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ فِي حَفرِ الخَندَقِ إِذْ جاءَتهُ فاطِمَةُ وَمَعَها كَسرَةُ خُبزٍ؛ فَدَفَعَتها إِلَى النَّبيِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ، فَقالَ النَّبِيُّ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلاةُ وَالسَّلامُ: ما هذِهِ الكَسرَةُ؟ قالَتْ: قُرَصاً خَبَزتُها لِلْحَسَن وَالحُسَيْنِ جِئتُكَ مِنْها بِهذِهِ الكَسرَةِ؛ فَقالَ النَّبِيُ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: أما إِنَّهُ أَوَّلُ طَعامٍ دَخَلَ فَمَ أَبِيكَ مُنْذُ ثَلاثَ.

31-123 According to the same documentation, Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.) said, “I was with the Prophet (S) digging a ditch when (the Blessed Lady) Fatima (a.s.) came with a piece of bread for the Prophet (S). The Prophet asked her, “Where is this piece of bread from?” She (a.s.) replied, “I baked a loaf of bread for Al-Hassan and Al-Husayn and brought you a piece of it.” The Prophet (S) said, “This is the first piece of bread that has reached your father’s mouth after three nights and days.”

124 - وَبِهذَا الإِسنادِ عَنْ عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَبِي طالِبٍ‏ عَلَيْهِالسَّلامُ قالَ: أَتِيَ النَّبِي‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ بِطَعامٍ فَأَدخَلَ إِصبَعَهُ فِيهِ، فَإِذا هُوَحارٌّ فَقالَ: دَعُوهُ حَتّى‏ يَبرُدَ، فَإِنَّهُ أَعْظَمُ بَرَكَةً، وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعالى‏ لَمْ يُطعِمنا الحارَّ.

31-124 According to the same documentation, Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.) said, “Some food was brought for the Prophet (S). He (a.s.) dipped his finger in it and found it to be hot. He (a.s.) said, “Let it cool since then it will be more blessed. Indeed the Sublime God has not given us a hot meal as sustenance.”

125 - وَبِهذَا الإِسنادِ عَنْ عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَبِي طالِبٍ‏ عَلَيْهِالسَّلامُ قالَ: إِذا أَرادَ أَحَدُكُمُ الْحاجَةَ فَليُبَكِّر طَلَبِها يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ وَليَقرَأ إِذا خَرَجَ مِن مَنْزِلِهِ آخِرَ سُورَةِ آلِ عِمْرانَ، وَآيَةَ الكُرسِيِّ وَإِنّا أَنْزَلَناهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ القَدرِ وَاُمُّ الْكِتابِ، فَإِنَّ فِيها قَضاءَ حَوائِجِ الدُّنْيا وَالآخِرَةِ.

31-125 According to the same documentation, Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.) said, “If anyone of you has some need, he should go after its fulfillment on Thursdays. When you leave the house, recite the end of the Chapter ‘Aal Imran’, the verses ‘Aya of al-Kursi’, the verse ‘Inna Anzalnaho Fi Laylatil Qadr’, and the mother of the Book (i.e. the Chapter ‘Al-Hamd’), since there is the fulfillment of the needs of this world and the Hereafter in them.

126 - وَبِهذَا الإِسنادِ عَنْ عَلِيِ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ قالَ:الطَّيِّبُ نَشرَةٌ، وَالغَسْلُ نُشرَةٌ وَالرُّكُوبُ نُشرَةٌ، وَالنَّظَرُ إِلَى الخُضرَةَ نُشرَةٌ.

31-126 According to the same documentation, Ali (a.s.) said, “Good scent, washing, riding and looking at greenery are calming.”

127 - وَبِهذَا الإِسنادِ عَنْ عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَبِي طالِب‏ عَلَيْهِالسَّلامُ قالَ: كُلُوا خَلَّ الخَمْرِ، فَإِنَّهُ يَقْتُلُ الدَّيدانَ في البَطنِ، وَقالَ: كُلوا خَلَّ الخَمْرِ ما انفَسَدَ، وَلا تَأكُلوا ما أفسَد تُمُوهُ.

31-127 According to the same documentation, Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.) said, “You can drink wine that has changed into vinegar, since that will destroy the worms in your stomach.” He (a.s.) also said, “You can drink fermented vinegar that is no longer intoxicating. Do not drink the grape juice which you have made intoxicating.”

128 - وَبِهذَا الإِسنادِ عَنْ (الحَسَن بْنِ) عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَبِيطالِبٍ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ قالَ: حَبانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ بِالوَردِ بِكِلتا يَدَيْهِ، فَلَمَّا أَدنَيتُهُ إِلى أَنفِي، قالَ: إِنَّهُ سَيِّدُ رَيحانِ الجَنَّةِ بَعْدَ الآسِ.

31-128 According to the same documentation, it is narrated that (Al-Hassan ibn) Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.) said, “God’s Prophet (S) gave me a red rose with his own blessed hands. When I brought it close to my nose, he (a.s.) said, “After the leaves of the myrtle, this red rose is the best flower in Paradise.”

129 - وَبِهذَا الإِسنادِ عَنْ عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَبِي طالِبٍ‏ عَلَيْهِالسَّلامُ قالَ: عَلَيْكُمْ بِاللَّحمِ، فَإِنَّهُ يُنبِتُ اللَّحْمَ، وَمَن تَرَكَ اللَّحْمَ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْماً ساءَ خُلقَهُ.

31-129 According to the same documentation, Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.) said, “I advise you to eat meat since it will strengthen your muscles. Whoever abstains from eating meat for forty days will get bad-tempered.”

130 - وَبِهذَا الإِسنادِ عَنْ عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَبِي طالِبٍ‏ عَلَيْهِالسَّلامُ قالَ: ذُكِرَ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ اللَّحْمُ وَالشَّحمُ فَقالَ: لَيْسَ مِنْهُما بَضعَةٌ تَقَعُ فِي المِعدَةِ إِلّا أَنبَتَت مَكانَها شِفاءً وَأَخرَجَت مِن مَكانَها داءً.

31-130 According to the same documentation, Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.) said, “There was talk of meat and fat in the presence of the Prophet (S). He (a.s.) said, “Whenever a bite of meat or fat enters the stomach, it will heal there and remove the pains from there.”