ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā

331 - حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدِ بْنِ الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ يُوسِفالبَغدْادي قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَلِىِّ بْنِ‏عنبسة قالَ: حَدَّثَنا دارِم بْنِ قبيصة قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَلِىِّ بْنِ مُوسَى الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَبي جَعْفَر عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ‏عَنْ آبائه عَنْ عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَبِي طالِب‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ قالَ كانَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ إِذا رَأى‏ الهلال قالَ أَيُّهَا الخلق المطيع الدائب السريع المتصرف فِي ملكوت الجبروت بالتقدير رَبِّي‏ربك اللَّه‏أَهْلِهِ عَلَيْنا بالأمن وَالإيمان وَالسلامة وَالإِسْلام وَالإحسان وَكَما بلغتنا أَوَّلُهُ فبلغنا آخِرَه وَاجعله شَهْراً مباركاً تمحو فِيهِ السيئات وَتثبت لَنا فِيهِ الحسنات وَترفع لناالدَّرَجات‏عَظِيم الخَيْرات.

31-331 Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Al-Husayn ibn Yusuf al-Baghdadi narrated that Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Anbasa quoted on the authority of Darim ibn Qabeesa that Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) narrated on the authority of his father Musa ibn Ja’far (a.s.), on the authority of his father (a.s.), on the authority of his forefathers (a.s.), on the authority of Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.), “When God’s Prophet (S) saw the new moon, he (a.s.) said, “O the obedient creature that is in constant predestined motion in the vast heavens by destiny. Your Lord and my Lord is God.” The Prophet (S) would then pray and say, “O my God! Please make us see another new moon in security, safety, health, submission and goodness. Grant us a chance to see its end as you gave us enough life to see its beginning. Please establish it as a blessed month for us. Please remove our evil deeds and record good deeds instead. O the One with the greatest Goodness! Please raise our ranks in this month.”

332 - وَبِهذَا الإسناد قالَ كانَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِوَآلِهِ إِذا دَخَلَ شَهْرِ شَعْبانَ يصومه فِي أَوَّلُهُ ثَلاثاً وَفِي وسطه ثَلاثاً وَفِي آخِرَه ثَلاثاً وَإِذا دَخَلَ شَهْرِ رَمَضان يفطر قَبْلِهِ بيومين ثُمَّ يصوم.

31-332 According to the same documentation, it has been narrated that whenever the (Arabic) month of Sha’ban arrived, God’s Prophet (S) fasted three days in the beginning, three days in the middle and three days near the end of that month. He would not fast when two days were left before the (Arabic) month of Ramadhan. Then whenever Ramadhan came, he fasted.”

333 - وَبِهذَا الإسناد قالَ: قالَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُعَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: رَجَب شَهْرِ اللَّه الأصم يصب اللَّه‏الرَّحْمَة عَلَى عِبادِهِ وَشَهْرِ شَعْبانَ تنشعب فِيهِ الخَيْرات وَفِي أَوَّل لَيْلَة من شَهْرِ رَمَضان تغل المردة من الشَّياطِين وَيغفر فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَة سَبْعِينَ ألفا فَإِذا كانَ فِي لَيْلَة القدر غفر اللَّه بِمِثْلِ ما غفررجب وَشَعْبانَ وَشَهْرِ رَمَضان إِلى ذلِكَ الْيَوْمَ إِلاّ رَجُلاً بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنِ أَخِيهِ شحناء فَيَقُولُ اللَّه عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أنظروا هؤُلاء حَتّى‏ يصطلحوا.

31-333 According to the same documentation, God’s Prophet (S) said, “Rajab is the month of God. It is a quiet month in which there is a constant flow of God’s Mercy upon His servants. So is the (Arabic) month of Sha’ban in which there is a flow of goodness. On the first night of the (Arabic) month of Ramadhan the troops of Satan are chained down. Seventy-thousand sinners are forgiven each night. When the night of Qadr arrives, God will forgive as many people as He has forgiven during the months of Rajab, Sha’ban and Ramadhan up until that day, except for any two men who have are enemies with each other. Then the Honorable the Exalted God will say, “Give them a chance to make up.”

334 - وَبِهذَا الإسناد قالَ: قالَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُعَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: يوحى اللَّه عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِلى الحفظة الكرام البررة لا تكتبوا عَلَى عَبْدِي وَاُمَّتِي ضجرهم وَعثرتهم بَعْد العصر.

31-334 According to the same documentation, God’s Prophet (S) said, “The Honorable the Exalted God revealed to the ‘al-Kiram al-Barara’ who are the guardian angels appointed for man, not to record any slippages of My servants after they say their afternoon prayers.”

335 - وَبِهذَا الإسناد قالَ: قالَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُعَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: إِن لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ديكا عَرَّفَهُ تَحْتَ العَرْش ورَجُلاه فِي تخوم الأَرْض السَّابِعَة السفلى إِذا كانَ فِي الثلث الأخير من اللَّيْل سبح اللَّه تَعالى‏ ذكره بصوت يسمعه كُلِّ شَي‏ءِ ما خلا الثَّقَلَيْنِ الجِنِّ وَالإِنْس فتصيح عِنْدَ ذلِكَ ديكة الدُّنْيا.

31-335 According to the same documentation, God’s Prophet (S) said, “There is indeed a rooster for the Honorable the Exalted God whose crown is under the Throne and its feet are in the seventh level depth of the Earth. When the last one-third part of the night arrives, it starts to sing the glorifications of God such that all creatures but man and the genies can hear. The roosters in this world sing after they hear it sing.”

336 - وبِإِسْنادِهِ قالَ كانَ النَّبِي صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِيَأْكُلُ الطلع وَالجمار بالتمر وَيَقُولُ إِن إبليس لعنه اللَّه يشتد غَضَبِهِ وَيَقُولُ: عاش ابْنِ آدَمِ حَتّى‏ أَكَلَ العتيق بالَحَدِيثُ.

31-336 According to the same documentation, it is narrated that the Prophet (S) used to eat dates along with the date palm pith and said, “Indeed Satan - may God’s Curse be upon him - will get angry at the descendants of Adam and say, ‘He is eating the fresh parts and the old parts together.’”

337 - وَبِهذَا الإسناد عَنْ عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَبِي طالِب‏ عَلَيْهِالسَّلامُ قالَ كُنْت جالِساً عِنْدَ الكَعْبَة وَإِذا شَيْخٌ محدودب قَدْ سَقَطَ حاجباه عَلَى عَيْنَيْهِ من شدة الكبر وَفِي يَدِهِ عكازة وَعَلَى رَأسِهِ برنس أحمر وَعَلَيْهِ مدرعة من الشِّعْرَ فدناً إِلى النَّبِي‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَهُوَمسند ظَهَره إِلى الكَعْبَة فَقالَ‏رَسُولَ اللَّهِ اُدْعُ لي‏ بالمغفرة فَقالَ النَّبِي‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: خاب سعيك يا شَيْخٌ وَضل عَمَلِكَ فَلَمَّا تولى الشَّيْخُ قالابَا الحَسَن أتعرفه قُلْتُ اَللَّهُمَّ لا قالَ ذلِكَ اللعين إبلـيس. قالَ عَلِيٌّ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ: فعدوت خلفه حَتّى‏ لحقته وَصرعـته إِلى الأَرْضوَجَلَسَتْ عَلَى صَدْرِه وَوضعت يَدِيَ فِي حلقه لأخنقه لي‏ لا تَفْعَلَ يا أَبَا الحَسَن فَإِنِّي من المنظرين إِلى يَوْمَ الوَقْت المَعْلُوم وَوَاللَّه يا عَلِيِّ إِنّي لأحبك جدا وَما أبغضك أحد إِلاّ شركت أَباهُ فِي اُمُّهُ فَصارَ وُلْدِ الزناء فضحكت وَخَلَّيْتُ سَبِيلِهِ.

31-337 According to the same documentation, Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.) said, “I was sitting near the Kaaba (the House of God) when a bent-over old man - so old that his eyebrows covered up his eyes - with a cane in his hand and wearing a red hat and woolen clothes approached the Prophet (S). The Prophet (S) was standing with his back towards the Kaaba. The old man said, ‘O Prophet of God! Please pray for me to be forgiven.’ The Prophet said, ‘O old man! Your efforts are useless. Your deeds are corrupt.’ Then when the old man turned around God’s Prophet (S) asked me, ‘O Abal Hassan (Imam Ali)! Did you recognize him?’ Ali (a.s.) said, ‘By God! I did not.’ The Prophet (S) said, ‘It was the damned Satan.’ Ali (a.s.) added, “I ran after him quickly and reached him. I captured him,threw him on the ground and sat on his chest. I put my hands on his throat to choke him.’ The old man said, “O Ali! Do not do that since I have been given an opportunity until an appointed time. By God! I like you. No one despises you unless I (a.s.atan) was a partner with his father in making his mother pregnant with him and he was born out of adultery.’ Ali (a.s.) added, “Then I laughed and let him go.”

338 - حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدِ بْنِ الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ يُوسِفالبَغدْادي قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَلِىِّ بْنِ‏عنبسة قالَ: حَدَّثَنا دارِم بْنِ قبيصة النهشلي قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَلِىِّ بْنِ مُوسَى الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ وَمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِى‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ قالا سمعنا الْمَأمُون يَحْدُثَ عَنْ الرَّشِيد عَنْ المَهْدِيُّ عَنْ المنصور عَنْ أَبيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قالَ: قالَ ابْنِ عَبَّاس لِمُعاوِيَةَ أَتَدْري لَمْ سُمِّيَتْ فاطِمَة فاطِمَة قالَ لا قالَ لأنها فطمت هِيَ‏شيعتها من النَّارِ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ يَقُولُهُ.

31-338 Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Al-Husayn ibn Yusuf al-Baghdadi narrated that Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Anbasa quoted on the authority of Darim ibn Qabeesa an-Nahshali, on the authority of Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) and Muhammad ibn Ali (a.s.), ‘We heard Al-Ma’mun narrate on the authority of his father Ar-Rashid, on the authority of al-Mansoor, on the authority of his father, on the authority of his grandfather that Ibn Abbas told Mo’awiya, ‘Do you know why (the Blessed Lady) Fatima (a.s.) was called Fatima?’ Mo’awiya said, ‘No I do not know.’ Ibn Abbas said, ‘It is because she and her followers have been ablactated from the Fire.’ This I heard form God’s Prophet (S).”

339 - حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدِ بْنِ الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ يُوسِفالبَغدْادي قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَلِىِّ بْنِ‏عنبسة قالَ: حَدَّثَنا الحَسَن بْنِ سُلَيْمان الملطي فِي مَشْهَدِ عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَبِي طالِب‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ القاسِمِ بْنِ العَبَّاسِ بْنِ مُوسَى العَلَوِي بقصر ابْنِ هبيرة وَدارِم بْنِ قبيصة بْنِ نهشل النهشلي قالُوا حَدَّثَنا عَلِىِّ بْنِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَر عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ عَنْ أَبيهِ عَنْ آبائِهِ عَنْ عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَبِي طالِب‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: يا عَلِيِّ ما سَأَلْت أَنَا رَبِّي‏شَيْئاً إِلاّ سَأَلْت لَكَ مِثْلَهُ غَيْرِ أَنَّهُ قالَ لا نبوة بعدك أَنْتَ خاتَم النَبِيِّين وَعَلِيِّ خاتَم الوَصِيِّين.

31-339 Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Al-Husayn ibn Yusuf al-Baghdadi narrated that Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Anbasa quoted on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Soleiman al-Malti in the place of martyrdom of Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.), on the authority of Muhammad ibn Al-Qasim ibn Al-Abbas ibn Musa al-Alawi in Ibn Hobayra’s palace, and Darim ibn Qabaysa ibn Nahshal an-Nahshali that Ali ibn Musa ibn Ja’far (a.s.) quoted on the authority of his father (a.s.), on the authority of his forefathers (a.s.), on the authority of Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.) that God’s Prophet (S) said, “O Ali! I asked God for you whatever I asked Him for myself, except for Prophethood since God has said, There will be no Prophets after you. You are the seal of the Prophets, and Ali is the seal of the Trustees.”

340 - حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدِ بْنِ الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ يُوسِفالبَغدْادي قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَلِىِّ بْنِ‏عنبسة قالَ: حَدَّثَنا دارِم بْنِ قبيصة قالَ حَدَّثَني عَلِىِّ بْنِ مُوسَى الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ عَنْ أَبيهِ مُوسَى عَنْ أَبيهِ جَعْفَر عَنْ أَبيهِ عَلِيِّ عَنْ أَبيهِ الحُسَيْن عَنْ أَبيهِ عَلِيِ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ قالَ دَخَلت عَلَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ يَوْماً وَفي يَدِهِ سفرجلة فجعل يَأْكُلُ وَيطعمنيوَيَقُولُ كُلِّ يا عَلِيِّ فَإِنَّها هدية الجَبَّارِ إِلى‏ وَإِلَيكَ قالَ فوجدت فِيها كُلِّ لذة فَقالَ: يا عَلِيِّ من أَكَلَ السفرجلة ثَلاثَةَ أيَّام عَلَى الريق صفا ذهنه امتلأ جوفه حلما وَعلما وَوقي من كيد إبليس وَجنوده.

31-340 Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Al-Husayn ibn Yusuf al-Baghdadi narrated that Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Anbasa quoted Darim ibn Qabeesa that Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) quoted on the authority of his father Musa ibn Ja’far (a.s.), on the authority of his father Ja’far (a.s.), on the authority of his father Muhammad ibn Ali (al-Baqir) (a.s.), on the authority of his father Ali ibn Al-Husayn (as-Sajjad) (a.s.), on the authority of his father Al-Husayn (a.s.), on the authority of his father Ali (a.s.), “I went to see the Prophet of God (a.s.) once and he (a.s.) had a quince in his hand. The Prophet (S) started to eat it and fed me some and said, ‘O Ali! Eat. This is a giftfrom the Omnipotent to you and I.’ The Commander of the Faithful (a.s.) added, ‘I found much pleasure in that quince. The Prophet (S) then said, ‘O Ali! Whoever eats quince first thing in the morning for three days, his mind would become clear, his heart would be filled with wisdom and knowledge and he would be safe from Satan and his agents.’’