ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā

171 - وَبِهذَا الإِسناد عَنْ عَلِىِّ بْنِ الحُسَيْن‏عَلَيْهِمَاالسَّلاَمُ،عَنْ أَبِيهِ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ، عَنْ عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَبِي طالِب‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ أَنَّهُ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: مَن أَنْعَمَ اللَّه تَعالى‏ عَلَيْهِ نِعمَةً فَليَحمَد اللَّه تَعالى‏ ومَن استَبطَأَ [عَلَيْهِ‏] الرِّزْق فَليَستَغفِرُ اللَّه وَمَن حَزَنَهُ اَمرٌ فَليَقُل: لا حَوْلَ وَلا قُوَّةَ إِلاّ بِاللَّه.

31-171 According to the same documentation, it is narrated that Ali ibn Al-Husayn quoted on the authority of his father, on the authority of Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.) that God’s Prophet (S) said, “Whomever the Sublime God has bestowed a blessing on should praise God the Sublime. Whoever receives his share of daily sustenance with hardship should ask God for forgiveness. Whoever is saddened by something should say, There is no power nor any strength save by God.”

172 - وَبِهذَا الإِسناد عَنِ الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِى‏عَلَيْهِمَاالسَّلاَمُ قالَ: إِنَّ يَهُودِيّاً سَأَلَ عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَبِي طالِب‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ فَقالَ: أَخْبِرنِي عَمَّا لَيْسَ لِلَّهِ، وَعَمَّا لَيْسَ عِنْدَ اللَّه، وَعَمَّا لا يَعلَمُهُ اللَّه تَعالى‏، قالَ عَلِيِ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ: أَمَّا ما لا يَعلَمُهُ اللَّهُ فَذلِكَ قَولَكُمْ يا مَعْشَرَ اليَهُود عَزِيرٌ ابْنِ اللَّه وَاللَّه لا يَعْلَمُ لَهُ اِبْنا وَأَمَّا قَوْلُكَ: ما لَيْسَ لِلَّهِ فَلَيْسَ لَهُ شَرِيك وَأَمَّا قَوْلُكَ: ما لَيْسَ عِنْدَ اللَّه فَلَيْسَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ ظُلمٌ لِلعِباد فَقالَ اليَهُودي: أَشْهَدُ أَن لا إِلهَ إِلاّ اللَّه وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولَ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ.

31-172 According to the same documentation, it is narrated that Al-Husayn ibn Ali (a.s.) said that a Jew asked Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.), “Inform me about what is not for God, what is not with God, and what God does not know.” Ali (a.s.) said, “What God does not know is what your nation - the Jewish people - say that ‘Uzair is the son of God’. God does not consider anyone to be His son. What is not for God is a partner since He does not have any. And what is not with God is oppressing the servants.” The Jew said, “I bear witness that there is no god but God, and that Muhammad is God’s Prophet (S).”

173 - وَبِهذَا الإِسناد عَنْ عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَبِي طالِب‏ عَلَيْهِالسَّلامُ قالَ: أَنَّهُ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: مَن أَفتَى النَّاس بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ لَعنَتهُ مَلائِكَةُ السَّماواتِ وَالأَرْضِ.

31-173 According to the same documentation, it is narrated that Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.) quoted on the authority of God’s Prophet (S), “The angels in the heavens and the Earth will damn anyone who makes a decree for the people without having knowledge.”

174 - وَبِهذَا الإِسناد عَنْ عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَبِي طالِب‏ عَلَيْهِالسَّلامُ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: إِنّي سُمِّيَتْ ابنَتي فاطِمَة لانَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَطَمَها وَفَطَمَ مَن أَحَبَّها مِنَ النَّارِ.

31-174 According to the same documentation, it is narrated that Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.) quoted on the authority of God’s Prophet (S), “I named my daughter (the Blessed Lady) Fatima because the Honorable the Exalted God ablactated her from the Fire. Also those who love her have been ablactated from the Fire.”

175 - وَبِهذَا الإسناد قالَ: قالَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُعَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: إِنَّ مُوسَى بْنِ عِمْران سَأَلَ رَبَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وقالَ: يا رَبِّ أَبَعيدٌ مِنِّى اَنتَ فَأُنَاديك اَم قَريب فَأُناجيكَ؟ فَأَوحَى اللَّه تَعالى‏ إِلَيْهِ: يا عِمْران أَنَا جَلِيسٌ مَن ذَكَرَنِي.

31-175 According to the same documentation, God’s Prophet (S) said, “Moses - the son of Imran (a.s.) asked his Lord - the Honorable the Exalted: O Lord! Are You too far away from me to call you, or close enough to me to tell you my secrets?” The Sublime God revealed to him, “O Moses - the son of Imran! I am the companion of whoever remembers Me.”

176 - وَبِهذَا الإسناد قالَ: قالَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُعَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعالى‏ يَغضِبُ لَغَضبِ فاطمَةِ يَرضى‏ لِرِضاها.

31-176 According to the same documentation, God’s Prophet (S) said, “The Sublime God becomes angry whenever (the Blessed Lady) Fatima (a.s.) becomes angry and becomes pleased whenever she (a.s.) becomes pleased.”

177 - وَبِهذَا الإِسناد قالَ: قالَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُعَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: الْوَيْلُ لِظالِمي أَهْلِ بَيْتِي كَأَنِّي بِهِمْ غَداً مَعَ المُنافِقِينَ فِي الدَّارِكَ الأَسفَل مِنَ النَّارِ.

31-177 According to the same documentation, God’s Prophet (S) said, “Woe be to those who oppress the members of my Household! I can see their rank to be the same as the hypocrites in the lowest depths of the Fire.”

178 - وَبِهذَا الإسناد قالَ: قالَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُعَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: إِنَّ قاتِلَ الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِى‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ فِي تابُوتٍ مِن نارٍ عَلَيْهِ نِصْفُ عَذابِ أَهْل الدُّنْيا وَقَدْ شُدَّت يَداهُ وَرَجلاه بِسَلاسِلَ مِن نارٍ مُنَكَسٌ النَّار حَتّى‏ يَقَعَ فِي قَعرِ جَهَنَّم وَلَهُ رِيحٌ يَتَعَوَّذُ أَهْل النَّارِ إِلى رَبِّهِمْ مِن شِدَّةِ نَتنِهِ وَهُوَفِيها خالِدٌ ذائِقُ العَذابِ الأَليمِ مَعَ جَمِيع مَن شايَعَ عَلَى قَتَلِهِ كُلَّما نَضِجَت جُلُودَهم بَدَّلَ اللَّه عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَلَيْهِم الجُلُودَ حَتّى‏ يَذُوقوا العَذابَ الأَليمَ لا يُفَتَّرُ عَنْهُمْ ساعَةً وَيُسقَونَ مِن حَميمِ جَهَنَّمَ فَالوَيلُ لَهُم مِن عَذابِ [اللَّه تَعالى‏ فِي‏] النَّارِ.

31-178 According to the same documentation, God’s Prophet (S) said, “Indeed the murderer of Al-Husayn ibn Ali (a.s.) will be in a coffin full of fire. On him there will be half of the punishment of the people of the world. His hands and feet will be chained down with molten chains. He will be taken towards the Fire upside down until he reaches the bottom of Hell. He will stink so much that the residents of the Fire will take refuge with their Lord from the extent of the bad smell. He will reside there forever and taste the painful torture along with all those who assisted him in killing Al-Husayn (a.s.). The Honorable the Exalted God will grow new skin for them over and over again after it gets burned so that they keep experiencing that torture over and over again. It will not relieve them at all. When they express thirst, they will be fed boiling water. Woe be to them from the chastisement of the Sublime God in the Fire!”

179 - وَبِهذَا الإسناد قالَ: قالَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُعَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: إِنَّ مُوسَى بْنِ عِمْرانَ سَأَلَ رَبَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَقالَ: يا رَبِّ إِنَّ أَخِي هارُون ماتَ فَاغفِر لَهُ فَأَوحَى اللَّه تَعالى‏ إِلَيْهِ يا مُوسَى لَو سَألتَني فِى الأَوَّلِينَ وَالآخَرينَ لاجَبتُكَ ما خَلا قاتَلَ الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَبِي طالِب‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ فَإِنِّي أَنْتَقِمُ لَهُ مِن قاتِلِه.

31-179 According to the same documentation, God’s Prophet (S) said, “Moses - the son of Imran (a.s.) asked his Lord - the Honorable the Exalted: O Lord! My brother Aaron has died. Please forgive him.” The Sublime God revealed to him, “O Moses! If you ask Me to forgive any of those of the old or those of later times I would forgive them except for the murderers of Al-Husayn ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.). I will take revenge on his murderers.”

180 - وَبِهذَا الإِسناد قالَ: قالَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُعَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: تَخَتَموا بِالعَقيقِ فَإِنَّهُ لا يُصِيبُ أَحَدَكُم غَمٌّ ما دامَ ذلِكَ عَلَيْهِ.

31-180 According to the same documentation, God’s Prophet (S) said, “Wear agate rings for you will not get sad as long as you wear them.”