ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā

251 - وَبِإِسْنادِهِ عَنْ عَلِيِ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ، عَنِ النَّبِيُ‏صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ قالَ: باكِرُوا بِالصَّدَقَةِ، فَمَنْ باكَرَ بِها لَمْ يَتَخَطّاهُ الدُّعاءُ.

31-251 According to the same documentation, on the authority of Ali (a.s.), the Prophet (S) said, “Start your workday activities by giving charity. This will aid in your prayers not being rejected.”

252 - وَبِإِسْنادِهِ قالَ النَّبِي‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ:الحَسَنُ وَالحُسَيْنُ خَيْرُ أَهْلِ الأَرْض بَعْدي وَبَعْد أَبيهُما، وَاُمُّهُما أَفْضَلُ نِساء أَهْل الأَرْضِ.

31-252 According to the same documentation the Prophet (S) said, “Al-Hassan and Al-Husayn (a.s.) are the best people on the Earth after me and their father. Their mother is the best of the women on the Earth.”

253 - وَبِإِسْنادِهِ عَنِ النَّبِيُ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِقالَ: خَيْرُ نِساءٍ رَكِبنَ الإِبِلَ نِساءُ قُرَيْشٍ أَحناهُنَّ عَلَى زَوْجِهِنَّ.

31-253 According to the same documentation, the Prophet (S) said, “The best of the women of the Quraysh (tribe) who ride camels are the ones who are kind to their husbands.”

254 - وَبِإِسْنادِهِ عَنِ النَّبِي‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِقالَ: مَن جاءَكُم يُرِيدُ أَن يُفَرِقَ الجَماعَةِ وَيَغصِبَ الاُمَّةَ أَمْرَها وَيَتَولّى مِن غَيْرِ مَشوِرَةٍ فَاقتُلُوهُ، فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَدْ أَذِنَ ذلِكَ.

31-254 According to the same documentation, it is narrated that the Prophet (S) said, “Whenever someone comes and tries to make disunion in the society and oppressively takes over the affairs of the society, you should kill him. Indeed the Honorable the Exalted God has granted this permission.”

255 - وَبِإِسْنادِهِ عَن رَسُولُ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِوَآلِهِ قالَ: نَزَلتَ هذِهِ الآيَةُ: (الَّذِينَ يُنْفِقُونَ أَمْوالهُمْ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهارِ سِرّاً وَعَلانِيَةً) فِي عَلِيٍّ.

31-255 According to the same documentation, it is narrated that God’s Prophet said that the following verse has been revealed about Ali (a.s.), ‘Those who (in charity) spend of their goods by night and by day, in secret and in public…’”

256 - وَبِإِسْنادِهِ عَنْ عَلِيِ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ قالَ: قالَالنَّبِي‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ فِي قَوْلَهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: (وَتَعِيَها أُذُنٌ واعِيَةٌ) قالَ: دَعَوْتُ اللَّه أَن يَجعَلَها أُذُنَكَ يا عَلِيُّ.

31-256 According to the same documentation, on the authority of Ali (a.s.), “Regarding the Honorable the Exalted God’s words in the following verse, ‘…(that should hear the tale and) retain its memory should bear its (lessons) in remembrance,’ God’s Prophet said, ‘I asked God to establish that to be your ears.’”

257 - وَبِإِسْنادِهِ عَنْ عَلِيِ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ قالَ: ما رَأَيتُأَحَداً أَبْعَدَ ما بَيْنَ المَنكَبينِ مِن رَسُولَ اللَّهِ.

31-257 According to the same documentation, on the authority of Ali (a.s.), “I have never seen anyone more broad-shouldered than God’s Prophet (S).”

258 - وَبِإِسْنادِهِ عَنْ عَلِيِ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ قالَ: قالَالنَّبِي‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: أَوَّل ما يَسأَلُ عَنْهُ العَبْدِ حُبُّنا أَهْلَ البَيتِ.

31-258 According to the same documentation, on the authority of Ali (a.s.), the Prophet (S) said, “The first thing that a servant (i.e. a person) will be questioned about is the love for us - the Members of the Holy Household.”

259 - وَبِإِسْنادِهِ عَنْ عَلِيِ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ قالَ: قالَالنَّبِي‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: إِنّي تارِكٌ فِيكُم الثَّقَلَيْنِ: كِتاب اللَّه وَعِتْرَتِي، وَلَنْ يَفتَرِقا حَتّى‏ يَرِدا عَلَي الحَوضَ.

31-259 According to the same documentation, on the authority of Ali (a.s.), the Prophet (S) said, “I leave two important things with you - God’s Book and my ‘Itra. They will not separate from each other until they return to me at the Pool.”

260 - وَبِإِسْنادِهِ عَنْ عَلِيِ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ قالَ: كانَالنَّبِي‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: يُضَحِّي بِكَبشَيِن أَمَلَحَينِ أَقرَنينِ.

31-260 According to the same documentation, on the authority of Ali (a.s.), “The Prophet (S) used to offer two grey sheep with horns (on ‘Eid ul-Adha).”