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Traditions about Ar-Ridha (a.s.)
51 - وَبِهذَا الإِسنادِ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُعَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: لَمّا نَزَلَت هذِهِ الآيَةُ: (إِنَّكَ مَيِّتٌ وَإِنَّهُمْ مَيِّتُونَ) قُلْتُ: يا رَبِّ اَيَمُوتُ الخَلائِقُ كُلُّهُم وَيَبقَى المَلائِكَةُ؟ فَنَزَلَت (كلُّ نَفسِ ذائِقَةُ المَوتِ ثُمَّ إِلَينا ترجَعُونَ).
31-51 According to the same documentation, God’s Prophet (S) said, “When the following verse was revealed, ‘Truly thou wilt die (one day), and truly they (too) will die (one day).’ I asked, O Lord! Will all the people die and the angels survive?” Then the following verse was revealed, ‘Every soul shall have a taste of death in the end. To Us shall ye be brought back.’
52 - وَبِهذَا الإِسنادِ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُعَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: اختارُوا الجَنَّةَ عَلَى النَّارِ وَلا تُبطِلُوا أَعمالَكُمْ فَتُقذِفُوا فِي النَّارِ مُتَكَبِّبينَ خالِدينَ فِيها أَبَداً.
31-52 According to the same documentation, God’s Prophet (S) said, “Choose Paradise over Hell. Do not ruin your deeds since that will cause that you be thrown into the Fire in which to reside forever.”
53 - وَبِهذَا الإِسنادِ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُعَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَمَرَنِي بِحُبِّ أَرْبَعَةٍ: عَلِيٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ وَسلمانَ وأَبَاذَرٍ وَمِقدادِ بْنِ الأَسْوَدٍ.
31-53 According to the same documentation, God’s Prophet (S) said, “God has ordered us to love four people: Ali (a.s.), Salman, Abu Tharr, and Meqdad ibn al-Aswad.”
54 - وَبِهذَا الإسناد قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُعَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: ما يَنْقَلِبُ جنَاحُ طائِرٍ فِي الهَواءِ إِلاّ وَعِنْدَنا فِيهِ عِلْمٌ.
31-54 According to the same documentation, God’s Prophet (S) said, “Not even a bird’s wing can move in the air without us knowing about it.”
55 - وَبِهذَا الإِسنادِ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُعَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: إِذا كانَ يَوْمُ القِيامَةِ نادى مُنادٍ: يا مَعَشَرَ الخَلائقِ غُضُّوا أبصارَكُم حَتّى تَجوُزَ فاطِمَةُ بِنْتُ مُحَمَّدٍ.
31-55 According to the same documentation, God’s Prophet (S) said, “When the Resurrection Day comes the caller will call out, “O groups of people! Close your eyes so that (the Blessed Lady) Fatima - the daughter of Muhammad (a.s.) may pass by.”
56 - وَبِهذَا الإِسنادِ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُعَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: الحَسَنُ وَالحُسَيْنُ سَيِّدا شَبابِ أَهْلِ الجَنَّةِ، وَأَبُوهُما خَيْرٌ مِنْهُما.
31-56 According to the same documentation, God’s Prophet (S) said, “Al-Hassan and Al-Husayn are the Masters of Youth in Paradise, and their father is even better than they are.”
57 - وَبِهذَا الإِسنادِ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُعَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: إِذا كانَ يَوْمُ القِيامَةِ تَجَلّى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لِعَبدِهِ المؤمِنِ، فَيوقِفُهُ عَلَى ذُنُوبِه ذَنْباً ذَنْباً ثُمَّ يَغفِرُ اللَّهُ لَهُ، لا يُطلِعُ اللَّهُ عَلى ذلِكَ مَلَكاً مُقَرَّباً وَلا نَبِيّاً مُرسَلاً، وَيَستُرُ عَلَيْهِ ما يَكرَهُ أَن يَقِفَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ، ثُمَّ يَقُولُ لِسَيِّئاتِهِ: كُونِي حَسَناتٍ.قالَ مُصَنِّفٌ هذا الْكِتابِ - رَحْمَهُ اللَّه -: مَعْنى قَوْلِهِ تَجَلَّى اللَّهُ لِعَبدِهِ، أَي ظَهَرَ لَهُ آيَةٌ مِن آياتِهِ يَعْلَمُ بِها أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُخاطِبِهُ.
31-57 According to the same documentation, God’s Prophet (S) said, “When the Resurrection Day comes, the Honorable the Exalted God will show Himself to His servant and inform him of each of his sins. Then He will clear them up in such a way that no one - no sent Prophets, or nearby-stationed angels - becomes informed of what the servant does not like others to know. God will then tell the sins, ‘change into good’.’”The author of the book - may God have Mercy upon him - said, “What is meant by ‘God will show Himself to His servant’ is that signs will be shown to him so that he knows he is being addressed by God.”
58 - وَبِهذَا الاِسنادِ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُعَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: مَنِ استَذَلَّ مُؤْمِناً أَوْ حَقَّرَهُ لِفَقرِهِ وَقِلَّةِ ذاتِ يَدِهِ، شَهَّرَهُ اللَّه يَوْمَ القِيامَةِ ثُمَّ يَفضَحُهُ.
31-58 According to the same documentation, God’s Prophet (S) said, “On the Resurrection Day, anyone who belittles a believer for being poor will be introduced to everyone by God and the sins that he has committed will also be made known.”
59 - وَبِهذَا الإِسنادِ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُعَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: ما كانَ وَما يَكُونُ إِلى يَوْمِ القِيامَةِ مُؤْمِنٌ إلّا وَلَهُ جارٌّ يُؤذِيهِ.
31-59 According to the same documentation, God’s Prophet (S) said, “There has never been and will not be any believer up until the Resurrection Day for whom there is no neighbor who will bother him.”
60 - وَبِهذَا الإِسنادِ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُعَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ غافِرُ كُلِّ ذَنبٍ إِلّا مَن أَحدَثَ دِيناً [أو جَحَدَ مَهراً] أَوِ اغتَصَبَ أَجِيراً أَجْرَهُ، أَوْ رَجُلٌ باعَ حُرّاً.
31-60 According to the same documentation, God’s Prophet (S) said, “Indeed the Honorable the Exalted God will forgive all sins except for inventing a religion (or denying one’s wife’s nuptial gift), oppressively not paying someone’s salary whom you hired, or selling a free person.”
