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BASAAIR-AL-DARAJAAT: Part VIII www.hubeali.com

BASAAIR AL-DARAJAAT

FI FAZAAIL AAL-E-MUHAMMADasws

BY

ABU JAFAR MUHAMMAD BIN AL-HASSAN

BIN AL-FAROOKH AL-SAFFAAR

Companion of Imam Hassan Al-Askariasws

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Part Eight

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 REGARDING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PROPHETSas AND THE

RASOOLSas AND THE IMAMSasws, AND THEIRas RECOGNITION, AND THEIRas QUALITITES

AND THE MATTER OF THE HADEETH.......................................................................................................4

CHAPTER 2 REGARDING THE IMAMSasws, THEY (AS.) HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE TREASURES

OF THE EARTH................................................................................................................................................11

CHAPTER 3 REGARDING THE IMAMSasws, THAT IN THEIRasws POSSESSION ARE THE

SECRETS OF ALLAHazwj, ONE LEADING ONTO THE OTHER, AND THEYasws ARE THE

TRUSTEES OF IT.................................................................. ................................................................ ............ 14

CHAPTER 4 THE AUTHORISATION GIVEN TO THE RASOOL ALLAHsaww ...................................16

CHAPTER 5 REGARDING THAT WHATEVER WAS AUTHORISED TO THE RASOOL

ALLAHsawwHAS BEEN AUTHORISED TO THE IMAMSasws.....................................................................22

CHAPTER 6 REGARDING THE IMAMSasws, THEY ACT ACCORDINGLY AND SHOW THE

RIGHT WAY IN WHAT THEYaswsDO NOT FIND IN THE BOOK AND THE SUNNAH...................... 27

CHAPTER 7 REGARDING THE DILEMMAS (AL-MOZALAAT) WHICH YOU DO NOT FIND IN

THE BOOK AND THE SUNNAH, WHAT THE IMAMSaswsUNDERSTAND ABOUT IT.......................29

CHAPTER 8 REGARDING THE IMAMasws, HEasws RECOGNISES HISasws SHIITE FROM HISasws

ENEMY BY THE CLAY WITH WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN CREATED, BY THEIR FACES AND

THEIR NAMES..................................................................................................................................................31

CHAPTER 9 WHAT THE IMAMSasws

ARE INCREASED BY ON ALL THAT WAS PRESENTED TOEACH OF THE IMAMSasws BEFORE THEMasws AND THE RASOOL ALLAHsaww, AND FROM

OTHER SUCH MATTERS FROM THE IMAMSasws ....................................................................................34

CHAPTER 10 REGARDING THE IMAMSasws, THEYaswsARE INCREASED (WITH KNOWLEDGE)

DURING THE NIGHT AND THE DAY, AND THEIRaswsKNOWLEDGE IS NOT STANDSTILL BUT

INCREASES ....................................................... ................................................................ ................................ 37

CHAPTER 11 REGARDING THE IMAMSasws, THEYaswsRECOGNISE BY THE NEWS, THE ONE

WHO IS ABSENT FROM THEMasws...............................................................................................................39

CHAPTER 12 WHAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE IMAMSasws FROM THE ABILITY TO

JOURNEY IN THE EARTH.............................................................................................................................41

CHAPTER 13 REGARDING THE IMAMSasws, THEYaswsMAKE ANYONE THEYaswsLIKE FROM

THEIRasws COMPANIONS TO JOURNEY IN THE EARTH, BY THE POWER OF ALLAHazwj,

WHICH ALLAHazwjHAS GIVEN TO THEMasws ...........................................................................................46

CHAPTER 14 REGARDING THE POWER OF THE IMAMSasws AND WHAT THEYasws HAVE

BEEN GIVEN FROM THAT............................................................................................................................53

CHAPTER 15 REGARDING THE RIDING OF AMIR-UL-MOMINEENaswsON THE CLOUD, AND

JOURNEYING IN THE ATMOSPHERES OF THE SKIES.............................................................. ........... 54

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CHAPTER 16 REGARDING AMIR-UL-MOMINEENasws THAT ALLAHazwj WHISPERED TO

HIMaswsAT TAIF AND OTHER PLACES, AND JIBRAEEL DESCENDED BETWEEN THEM ......... 56

CHAPTER 17 REGARDING THE STATEMENT OF THE RASOOL ALLAH saww Isaww AM

LEAVING AMONG YOU ALL TWO WEIGHTY THINGS BOOK OF ALLAHazwj AND THE

PEOPLEaswsOF MYsawwHOUSEHOLD ............................................................. ........................................... 59

CHAPTER 18 REGARDING AMIR-UL-MOMINEENasws, HEasws IS THE DISTRIBUTOR OF THE

PARADISE AND THE FIRE ........................................................... ................................................................ .62

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CHAPTER 1 REGARDING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PROPHETSas

AND THE RASOOLSasAND THE IMAMSasws, AND THEIRasRECOGNITION, AND

THEIRas

QUALITITES AND THE MATTER OF THE HADEETH

)1(

.

1 It has been narrated to us by Muhammad Bin Yahya Al-Ataar, from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassanbin Faroukh Al-Safaar, from Al-Abbas Bin Marouf, from Al-Qasim Bin Urwah, from Bureyd Al-Ajalywho said:

I asked Abu Abdullahasws

about the Rasoolas

, and the Nabias

, and the Muhaddith.He

asws said: The Rasool

as is the one to whom

as come the Angels, and he

as sees

them with hisas

eyes, and the information reaches to himas

from Allahazwj

Blessed andHigh; and the Nabias

is the one whoas

sees in hisas

dream, as if heas

sees him withhisaseyes; and the Muhaddith is the one whoaswshears the speech of the Angels,and they whisper in his

aswsears, and they imprint in his

aswsheart.

)2(

.

2 It has been narrated to us by Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin AbuNasr, from Taghlub, from Zarara who said:

I asked Abu Jafarasws

about the Statement of Allahazwj

Mighty and Majestic [19:51]and he was a Rasool, a Nabi . I said, What is (the difference between) the Rasool

as

from the Nabias? Heaswssaid: The Nabiasis the one whoassees in hisasdream andhe

ashears the voice but does not see the Angel; and the Rasool

assees the Angel

and speaks to him. I said, What is hisasstatus? Heaswssaid: Heashears the voice,but does not see in hisas dream, nor does heas see (whilst awake). Then heaswsrecited [22:52] And We did not send before you any Rasool or a Nabi orMuhaddith.

)3(

.3 It has been narrated to us by Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al-Husayn Bin Saeed, from IbnFazaal, from Ibn Bakeyr, from Zarara who said:


about the Rasoolas

, and the Nabias

, and the Muhaddithasws

.Heasws said: The Rasoolas is the one to whomas comes the Angel. He narrates tohim

asand he speaks to him

asjust like one of you narrates to his companion; and the

Nabias

is the one whomas

he comes in hisas

dream, something like the dream ofIbrahim

as. I said, And what makes him know that, that which he

ashas seen in his

as

dream, is true? Heasws

said: Allahazwj

Makes himasws

to know that it is true, and hedescends upon himas, and the Rasool Allahsaww was a Nabias as well as the

Muhaddithasws, heaswshears the voice and sees something.

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Heas speaks to him just like one of you speaks to his companion. And the Nabiasdoes not see and an Angel with his

aseyes, but rather the Revelation descends upon

himas

, and heas

sees him in hisas

dream. I said, What makes himas

to know that whatheashas seen in hisasdream, is true. Heaswssaid: AllahazwjShows it to himas until

heasws

realises that that is truth. And the Muhaddithasws

, heasws

hears the voice andsees something.

)8(

.8 It has been narrated to us by Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al-Hajaal, from Thaalbat, from Zararawho said:


about the Statement of Allahazwj

Blessed and High [19:51]and he was a Rasool, a Nabi , who is a Rasool

asand who is a Nabi

as? He

aswssaid:

Heasis the one who sees in hisasdream and heassees the Angel with hisaseyes. Isaid, Is a Nabi

as other than a Rasool

as? He

asws said: Yes, he

as is the one who

as

sees in hisas dream and heas hears the voice, but does not see with hisas eyes. Isaid, What is the status of the Imam

asws? He

aswssaid: He

aswshears the voice but not

in hisaswsdream, and sees with hisaswseyes. Then heasws recited [22:52] And Wedid not send before you any Rasool or Prophet or Muhaddith .

)9(

.9 It has been narrated to us by Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al-Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Al-Ahowl who said:

I heard Zarara asked Abu Jafarasws, Inform me about the Rasoolas, and the Nabias,and the Muhaddith. Abu Jafar

asws said: The Rasool

as is the one to whom comes

Jibraeel in front of himas. Heassees him and heasspeaks to him. This is the Rasoolas.And as for the Nabi

as, he

assees in his

asdream, something like what Ibrahim

assaw,

and something like what the Rasool Allahsaww

saw from the causes of the Prophet-hood before the Revelation, until Jibraeel came to him from Allahazwj with theMessage. The Prophet-hood was gathered for Muhammad

saww, and the Message

Came to himsaww from Allahazwj. Jibraeel came with it, and hesaww spoke to him, infront of him

saww.

And from the Nabias

. And from the Anbia1as

is one for whomas

is gathered theProphet-hood, and he

assees in his

asdream. The Spirit comes to him

as. It speaks to

himas

and it narrates to himas

in a state which is other than wakefulness. And as forthe Muhaddith, heasws is the one to whom it occurs. Heasws hears, and sees withhis

aswseyes, and also through the dreams.

1PluralofNabi

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)10(

.

10 It has been narrated to us by Ali Bin Hasaan Bin Ibn Bakeyr, from Zarara who said:I asked Abu Jafarasws, Who is the Rasoolas, and who is the Nabias, and who is theMuhaddith?Heaswssaid: The Rasool is the one to whomascomes Jibraeel. Heasspeaks to him, infront of him

as. He

assees him just as one of you sees the one whom he speaks to.

This is the Rasool. And the Nabias is the one to whomas

comes in hisas

sleep,something like the dream of Ibrahim

as, and something like what the Rasool Allah

saww

took from the sleep, if Jibraeel came to himsaww

in the sleep. This is the Nabias, andamong themasis one for whomasis gathered the Message and the Prophet-hood.

The Rasool Allahsawwwas a Rasoolas. Jibraeel came to himsaww in front of himsaww.

Hesawwspoke to him, and hesawwsaw him, and he also came to himsawwin the sleep.And as for the Muhaddith, heaswsis the one whoaswshears the speech of the Angel. Itoccurs to him

aswsin either state of seeing it or in the sleep.

)11(

.11 It has been narrated to us by Ahmad Bin Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Fazaal, from Ali Bin Yaqoub Al-Hashamy, from Haroun Bin Muslim, from Bureyd, who has said:

Abu Jafaraswsand Abu Abdullahaswsregarding HisazwjStatement [22:52] And We didnot send before you any Rasool or Prophet or Muhaddith, I said, May I besacrificed for you

asws, this is not our reading [22:52] And We did not send before

you any Rasool or Prophet or Muhaddith .

Heaswssaid: The Rasoolasis the one to whomaswsthe Angel appears. Heasspeaks tohim. And as for the Nabi

as, he

assees in the dream and perhaps the Prophet-hood

and the Message is gathered into one. And the Muhaddith is the one whoaswshearsthe voice, and sees the image. I said, May Allah

azwjKeep you

aswswell, how does

heaswsknow that, that which heaswssees in the dream, it is the truth, and that he isfrom the Angels? He

aswssaid: The knowledge of that occurs to him

aswsuntil he

asws

recognises it.

)12(

.12 It has been narrated to us by Ahmad Bin Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Fazaal, from his father, fromAbdullah Bin Bakeyr, from Zarara who said:


about the Rasoolas

, and about the Nabias

, and about the

Muhaddith. He

asws

said: The Rasool

as

is the one who sees with his

as

eyes the Angelcoming with the Message from hisas

Lordazwj

saying that Heazwj

has Ordered youas

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such and such, and the Rasoolasws

is a Nabias

with the Message. And the Nabias

does not see the Angel with hisaseyes. The News descends upon hisasheart and itmakes him to be like unconscious, and he

asdoes not see the Angel with his

aseyes.

And the Muhaddith is the one whoasws

hears the voice as well as sees, as a witness.

)13(

.13 It has been narrated to us by Abdullah Bin Muhammad, from Ibrahim Bin Muhammad, fromIsmail Bin Yasaar, from Ali Bin Jafar Al-Hazramy, from Zarara Bin Ayn who said:

I asked about the Statement of the Highazwj

[22:52] And We did not send beforeyou any Rasool or Prophet or Muhaddith , heaswssaid: The Rasoolsawwis the oneto whom

aswscomes Jibraeel in front of him

as. He

asspeaks to him, and he

assees him

just as one of you sees his companion. And as for the Nabias

, heas

is the one to

whomas he comes in hisas dream, like the dream of Ibrahimas, and something likewhat came to Muhammad

saww, and among them is one for whom

aswsis gathered the

Message and the Prophet-hood, and Muhammadsawwwas from those for whomsawwwas gathered the Prophet-hood and the Message. And as for the Muhaddith, he

asws

is the one whoaswshears the speech of the Angel as well as sees it, and he comes tohim in the dream.

)14(

14 It has been narrated to us by Ali Bin Ismail, from Safwaan Bin Yahya, who has said:Abu Al-Hassan Al-Reza

aswshas said that Abu Jafar

aswswas a Muhaddith.

)15( .15 And by this chain:Abu Abdullah

aswsthat Al-Hassan

aswsand Al-Husayn

aswswere both Muhaddith.

)16(

16 It has been narrated to us by Abdullah, from Ibrahim Bin Muhammad Al-Thaqafy, from IsmailBin Yasaar, from Ali Bin Jafar Al-Hazramy, from Suleym Al-Shamy, who has said:

He heard Aliasws

say: Iasws

and myasws

successorsasws

from myasws

sonsasws

are guidescalled Muhaddith. I said, O Amir-ul-Momineenasws, who are theyasws?

Heasws

said: Al-Hassanasws

, and Al-Husaynasws

, then hisasws

sonasws

Aliasws

Bin Al-Husayn

asws, who

asws on that day was an infant, then eight from after him

asws, one

after the other, and theyaswsare the ones by whomaswsAllahazwjSwore Saying [90:3]And the begetter and whom he begot . As for the begetter, he

saww is the Rasool

Allahsaww, and whom he begotmeans all these successorsasws. I said, O Amir-ul-Momineen

asws, can there be two Imams

aswstogether? He

aswssaid: No, except one of

the two will be silent. He

asws

will not speak until the first one passes away.

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.Suleym Al-Shamy said, I asked Muhammad Bin Abu Bakr. I said, Ali

asws was a

Muhaddith? He said, Yes. I said, And do the Angels narrate on the Prophetsas? He

said, Have you not read [22:52] And We did not send before you any Rasool orProphet or Muhaddith? I said, So, Amir-ul-Momineenaswswas a Muhaddith? Hesaid, Yes, and Fatima

aswswas a Muhaddithat, and she

aswswas not a Prophetess.

)17(

.

17 It has been narrated to us by Abu Muhammad, from Umran Bin Musa Bin Jafar, from Ali BinAsbaat, from Muhammad Bin Al-Fazeyl, from Abu Hamza Al-Thumaly who said:

I heard Abu Jafarasws

say: [22:52] And We did not send before you any Rasool

or prophet, but when he desired, the Shaitan made a suggestion respect to hisdesire. I said, And what is the Muhaddith? He

aswssaid: He

aswsgets whispered into

hisaswsears. Heaswshears the ringing sound like the sound of the water ripples (on aslope), or he

aswsgets it imprinted on his

aswsheart, and it occurs like the occurrence of

the episodes on the water ripples. I said, A Nabias? Heaswssaid: No, like Al-Khizrasand like Zulqarnayn.

)18( .

18 It has been narrated to us by Muhammad Bin Ahmad, from Muhammad Bin Al-Husayn, from Al-Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, who said:

Abu Abdullahaswshas said: The knowledge of the Prophet-hood is also recorded inthe body of the Imam

asws.

)19(

.

19 It has been narrated to us by Muhammad Bin Al-Husayn, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin AbuNasr, from Hamaad Bin Usman, from Zarara who said:

I asked Abu Jafarasws, Who is the Rasoolas, and who is the Nabias, and who is theMuhaddith? He

aswssaid: The Rasool

asws, Jibraeel comes to him

as. He

asspeaks to

him. Heas

sees him just as the man sees his companion with whom he speaks. Thisis the Rasoolas. And the Nabias is the one to whomas he comes in hisas dream,something like the dream of Ibrahim

as and something like what was Given to the

Rasool Allahsaww from the sleep if Jibraeel came to himsaww. This is the Nabias, andfrom among them

asis one for whom is gathered the Message and the Prophet-hood,

and the Rasool Allahsaww

was a Nabias

to whomsaww

came Jibraeel in front of himsaww

.He

sawwspoke to him, and he

sawwsaw him, and he came to him

sawwin his

sawwsleep.

And the Nabias

is the one who hears the speech of the Angel, even sees him withhisaseyes. It occurs to himas. As for the Muhaddith, heaswsis the one whoaswshears,and sees with hisaswseyes, as well as in the dream.

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)20(

.

20 It has been narrated to us by Muhammad Bin Haroun, from Abu Yahya Al-Wasity, fromHashaam bin Saalim and Darsat Bin Abu Mansour Al-Wasity, who has said:

The both of themasws

having said: The Prophetsas

and the Rasoolsas

are on fourlevels. A Nabiaswho gets the News in hisasself not with the aid of other than it, andthe Nabi

aswho sees in his

asdream and hears the voice, and does not see with his

as

eyes during the delivery (of the Message) no one is Sent to any of themaswsat all asan Imam

asws, like the example of what was Ibrahim

as, on Lut

as, and a Nabias who

sees in hisas

dream, and hears the voice, and sees the Angel with hisas

eyes, and

has been Sent a wide range of Messages, or a lot, as Allahazwjhas Said: [37:147]And We sent him to a hundred thousand, rather they exceeded He

asws said:

They exceeded by thirsty thousand. And a Nabiaswho sees in hisassleep, and hearsthe voice, and sees with his

aseyes during the deliver (of the Message), and he

aswsis

the Imamasws like the Ul Ul Azm (Rasoolsas). And Ibrahimaswas a Nabiasand heaswas not an Imam until Allah

azwjSaid: [2:124] He said: Surely I will make you an

Imam of men. Ibrahim said: And of my offspring? By that it would include all ofhis

assons. He

azwjSaid My covenant does not include the unjust,meaning ones

who worship the images and idols.

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)2(

CHAPTER 2 REGARDING THE IMAMSasws

, THEY (AS.) HAVE BEEN GIVEN

THE TREASURES OF THE EARTH

)1(

.1 It has been narrated to us by Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Umar Bin Abdul Aziz, from Al-Humeyri, from Yunus Bin Zabyaan and Al-Mufazzal Bin Umar, and Abu Salma Al-Siraaj, and Al-Husayn Bin Thuweyr Bin Abu Faakhta who said:

I was with Abu Abdullahasws

. Heasws

said: For usasws

are treasures of the Earth, andits keys. If I

aswssay with one of my leg: Come out, what is within you from the gold,

it would come out. Heaswssaid it with one of hisaswslegs. There was a cracking in theface of the Earth. The Earth burst open. Then heaswssaid with one of hisaswshands:A gold ingot, of a Shibr (Palm of a hand) came out. He

aswstook it and said: Look at

it with a good feeling and do not doubt. Then said: Look in the Earth. There werenumerous ingots in the Earth, one on top of the other, shining. One of us said tohimasws, May I be sacrificed for youasws, youaswshave been given all this but youraswsShiites are needy? He

aswssaid that: Allah

azwjwill Gather for us

aswsfor our

aswsShiites,

the world as well as the hereafter, and Enter them into Gardens of Bliss, and Enterouraswsenemies into the Hell.

)2(

.2 It has been narrated to us by Muhammad Bin Isa, from Muhammad Bin Hamza Bin Al-Qasim,from Ibrahim Bin Musa who said:

I insisted to Abu Al-Hassan Al-Rezaasws regarding a thing from himasws, and heaswshad promised me. One day I went out and met up with him

asws, and I was with

himasws

when we came near a palace of so and so. Heasws

got down to a place by thetrees and I descended with him

asws, and there was not a third person with us. I said,

May I be sacrificed for youasws

, this servant of your is in need, by Allahazwj

, has not a

single Dirham elsewhere. He

asws

struck his

asws

whip on the Earth, a severe striking,then hit it by hisasws

hand and took out by hisasws

hand an ingot of gold. Heasws

said:Make use of it and conceal what you have seen.

)3(

.3 It has been narrated to us by Ali Bin Yazeed, from Ali Bin Al-Thumaly, from someone whonarrated the following:

Amir-ul-Momineenasws

said when heasws

was with hisasws

companions in the Masjid of

Al-Kufa. A man said to himasws

, May my father and my mother be sacrificed foryouasws. I wonder at this world which is in the hands of these people, and it is not in

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yourasws

possession. Heasws

said: O so and so, if weasws

wanted the world, we wouldnot have given it. Then heasws grabbed a handful of gravel, and it had becomejewels. He

aswssaid: What is this? I said, This is from the finest of jewels. He

asws

said: If weasws

wanted it, it would be so, but weasws

do not want it. Then heasws

threwthe handful, and it reverted back to what it was.

)4(

4 It has been narrated to us by Ali Bin Ibrahim Al-Jafary, from Abu Al-Abbas, from Muhammad BinSuleiman Al-Haza Al-Basry, from a man, from Al-Hassan Bin Abu Al-Hasan Al-Basry who said:

When Amir-ul-Momineenaswsconquered Al-Basra, heaswssaid: Who will show us thehouse of Rabie Bin Hakam? Al-Hassan Bin Abu Al-Hassan said to him

asws, I will, O

Amir-ul-Momineenasws. He said, And on that day I was a young boy but I led the

way and Heaswsentered into his house. And, the Hadeeth in lengthy. Then heaswscame out, and the people followed. When heasws got to the cemetery, the peoplesurrounded him

asws. He

asws cracked his

aswswhip on the ground and Dinaars came

out. Then heasws

cracked it again, and Dinars came out, until thirty Dinars had comeout.

.He

asws held it in his

asws hand until the people saw it. Then he

asws returned it and

planted it by hisasws

thumb, then said: In case a good person or a wrongdoer mayfollow you after measws. Then heaswsmounted the mule of the Rasool Allahsawwandleft to hisaswshouse. And we made a mark in the place. We kept on digging but wedid not get anything. It was said to Al-Hassan, O Abu Saeed, what did you see thatfrom Amir-ul-Momineenasws? He said, But I do not know whether the treasures ofthe Earth are moving, or similar to that.

)5(

5 It has been narrated to us by Al-Hassan Bin Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Salma, from MuhammadBin Al-Masny, from his father, from Usman Bin Zayd, from Jabir, who has said:I came to Abu Jafarasws. I complained to himaswsof my needs. Heaswssaid: O Jabir,we

aswshave no Dirham with us

asws. It was not before Al-Kumeyt came to him

asws. He

said to himasws, May I be sacrificed for youasws, I would like youasws to allow me torecite a poem to you

asws. He

aswssaid: Recite. He recited a poem. He

aswssaid: O

young boy, go to that room and take out a pearl and hand it over to Kumeyt.

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He said to himasws

, May I be sacrificed for youasws

, I would like youasws

to allow me torecite to youaswsanother poem. Heaswssaid: Recite. He recited another one. Heaswssaid: O young boy, go to that room and take out a pearl and hand it over to Kumeyt.He came out with a pearl and handed it over to him. He said, May I be sacrificed foryouasws, I would like youaswsto allow me to recite to you a third. Heaswssaid: Recite.

He did. Heasws

said: O young boy, take out from that room a pearl and hand it over tohim. He came out with a pearl and handed it over to him.

Al-Kumeyt said, May I be sacrificed for you. By Allahazwj, I do not love youaswsfor thepurpose of the world, and I do not want by that except for the connection of theRasool Allah

saww, and what Allah

azwj has Obligated from the truth. Abu Jafar

asws

supplicated for him, then said: O young boy, return him to his place.

.He said, I said to myself, He

aswssaid, There is no Dirham with me

asws, and ordered

for Al-Kumeyt thirty thousand Dirhams?. Al-Kumeyt stood up and went out. I said tohimasws, May I be sacrificed for youasws. Youasws said, There is no Dirham withme

asws, and ordered for Al-Kumeyt thirty thousand Dirhams? He

asws said to me:

Stand up and enter the room. I stood up and entered the room. I did not findanything in it. I came out to him

asws. He

aswssaid to me: O Jabir, what we

asws hide

from you is more than what weaswsdisplay to you. Heaswsstood up, took me by thehand and made me to enter into the room. He

aswshit the ground with his

asws foot, it

became similar to the neck of a camel that was made of gold. Then heasws

said tome: O Jabir, look at this, and do not inform anyone except from the reliable ones ofyour brothers. Allahazwj has Enabled usasws to have whatever weasws want, and ifwe

aswsdesired the market place of the Earth to be at our

aswsdisposal, we

aswswould

have done so.

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)3(


, THAT IN THEIRasws

POSSESSION

ARE THE SECRETS OF ALLAHazwj

, ONE LEADING ONTO THE OTHER, AND

THEYasws

ARE THE TRUSTEES OF IT

)1(

.1 Narrate to us Muhammad Bin Ahmad, from Abdul Samad Bin Basheer, from Abu Al-Jaroud, whohas said:

Abu Jafaraswshaving said that: The Rasool Allahsawwcalled Aliaswsduring the illnessin which he

saww passed away. He

saww said: O Ali

asws, listen to me

saww until I

saww

divulge the Secret to youasws

what Secret Allahazwj

has Divulged to mesaww

, andentrust to youasws

what Allahazwj

has Entrusted to mesaww

. The Rasool Allahsaww

didthat to Aliasws, and heasws did it to Al-Hassanasws, and Al-Hassanasws did it to Al-Husayn

asws, and Al-Husayn

aswsdid it to my

aswsfather

asws, and my

aswsfather

aswsdid it

to measws

, may Peace be upon all of themasws

.

)2( .

2 It has been narrated to us by Ahmad Bin Musa, from Yaqoub Bin Yazeed, from Abdul Samad BinBasheer, from Abu Al-Jaroud, who has said:

Abu Jafarasws

having said that: The Rasool Allahsaww

called Aliasws

during the illness

in which hesaww

passed away, and mentioned similar to it (what has narrated in theabove Hadith).

)3(

.3 It has been narrated to us by Abdullah Bin Muhammad, from Momar Bin Khalaad, who has said:I heard Abu Al-Hassan Al-Reza

aswssay: Allah

azwjDivulged His

azwjSecret to Jibraeel,

and Jibraeel divulged the Secret to Muhammadsaww

, and Muhammadsaww

divulgedthe Secret to the one whom

aswsAllah

azwjDesired it to.

)4(

.4 It has been narrated to us by Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al-Husayn Bin Saeed, from Al-QasimBin Muhammad, from Ali, from Abu Baseer who said:


say: Allahazwj

Divulged Hisazwj

Secret to Jibraeel, and Jibraeeldivulged the Secret to Muhammadsaww, and Muhammadsawwdivulged the Secret toAli

asws, and Ali

asws divulged the Secret to the one whom

asws he

asws desired to, one

after the other.

)5(

.

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5 It has been narrated to us by Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Abdul SamadBin Basheer, from Abu Al-Jaroud, who has narrated:

Abu Jafarasws

having said that: The Rasool Allahsaww

called Aliasws

during the illnessin which hesaww passed away. Hesaww said: O Aliasws, listen to mesaww until Isawwdivulge the Secret to you

asws, what Secret Allah

azwjhas Divulged to me

saww, and I

saww

entrust to youasws

what Allahazwj

has Entrusted to mesaww

. The Rasool Allahsaww

didthat to Ali

asws, and Ali

aswsdid the same to Al-Hassan

asws, and Al-Hassan

aswsdid the

same to Al-Husaynasws

, and Al-Husayn did the same to myasws

fatherasws

, and myasws

fatheraswsacted likewise to measws.

)6(

.6 It has been narrated to us by Banaan Bin Muhammad, from Momar Bin Khalaad, who has said:Abu Al-Hassanasws having said: The worker has no power to inform with what heknows, for the Secret of Allah

asws, He

azwjDivulged it to Jibraeel, and Jibraeel divulged

it to Muhammadsaww

, and Muhammadsaww

divulged it to whomasws

Allahazwj

so

Desired.

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)4(

CHAPTER 4 THE AUTHORISATION GIVEN TO THE RASOOL ALLAHsaww

)1(

.1 It has been narrated to us by Yaqoub Bin Yazeed, from Muhammad Bin Abu Umeyr, fromIbrahim Bin Abdul Hameed, from Abu Asaamah, who has said:

Abu Jafarasws

having said that: Allahazwj

Created Muhammadsaww

a servant. Heazwj

Enlightened him

sawwuntil he

sawwreached the age of forty years. He

azwjRevealed unto

himsaww

, and Authorised to himsaww

the things. Heazwj

Said [59:7] and whatever theRasool g ives you, accept it, and from whatever he forbids you, keep back.

)2(

.2 It has been narrated to us by Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Fazaal,from Thaalbat, from Zarara who says:

I heard it from Abu Abdullahasws and Abu Jafarasws both say that: AllahazwjAuthorised to His

azwjNabi

as(The Prophets

as) matters of His

azwjCreation, to See how

they are in their obedience. Then heaswsrecited this Verse [59:7] and whatever theRasool g ives you, accept it, and from whatever he forbids you, keep back.

)3(

.3 It has been narrated to us by Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Al-Barqy, from Fazaalah, fromRabie, from Al-Qasim Bin Muhammad who said:

Allahazwj

Enlightened Hisazwj

Prophetsaww

with the best Education. Heazwj

Said:[7:199] Take to forgiveness and enjoin good and turn aside from the ignorant .When Allah

azwj Sent down [68:4] And most surely you conform to sublime

morality, and Authorised to himsaww the matter of HisazwjReligion, and Said [59:7]and whatever the Rasool gives you, accept it, and from whatever he forbidsyou, keep back. Allah

azwj Prohibited the alcohol specifically, and the Rasool

Allah

saww

prohibited all intoxicants. Allah

azwj

had Approved that, and he

saww

gave theguarantee on Allahazwj

for the Paradise. Allahazwj

Approved that for himsaww

. AndHe

azwjMentioned the obligation. He

azwjdid not Mention their seriousness. The Rasool

Allahsaww fed him a section. AllahazwjApproved that, and Heazwjdid not Authorise toany one of the Prophets

asapart from him

saww. (This is not a Hadith but someones

statement).

)4(

.

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4 It has been narrated to us by Al-Hajaal, from Al-Hassan Bin Al-Husayn Al-Lului, from Ibn Sinan,from Ishaq Bin Amaar, who has said:

Abu Abdullahasws


Enlightened Hisazwj

Prophetsaww

onhissawwmanners. When HeaswsCompleted what HeazwjIntended to, HeazwjSaid [68:4]And most surely you conform to subl ime moral ity. He

azwjDelegated to him

saww

Hisazwj

Religion. Heazwj

Said [59:7] and whatever the Rasool gives you, accept it,and from whatever he forbids you, keep back , and that Allah

azwj (Obligated)

Obligations in the Quran but did not specify anything for the ancestors and left it forRasool Allahsaww to decide, which was fixed at one-sixth. Allahazwj Permitted forhimsaww, and that Allahazwj Prohibited the alcohol specifically, and the RasoolAllah

sawwprohibited all intoxicants. Allah

azwjPermitted that for him

saww, and that is the

Statement of Allahazwj [38:39] This is Our free gift, therefore give freely orwithhold, without reckoning.

)5(

5 It has been narrated to us by Muhammad Bin Isa, from Abu Abdullah Al-Momin, from Ishaq BinAmaar, who has said:

Abu Abdullahasws


Enlightened Hisazwj

Prophetsaww

untilHeazwjEstablished for himsawwwhat Heazwj Intended, HeazwjSaid to himsaww [7:199]Take to forgiveness and enjoin good and turn aside from the ignorant. Whenthe Rasool Allahsawwdid that for Himazwj, AllahazwjCommended himsawwSaying [68:4]And most surely you conform to subl ime moral ity. When He

azwj Commended

himsaww

, Heazwj

Delegated to himsaww

Hisazwj

Religion. Heazwj

Said [59:7] and

whatever the Rasool gives you, accept it, and from whatever he forbids you,keep back. Allah

azwj Prohibited alcohol, and the Rasool Allah

azwj prohibited all

intoxicants. Allahazwj Permitted himsaww to do all that, and that Allahazwj Sent downPrayers, and that the Rasool Allah

sawwspecified its timings. Allah

azwjPermitted that

for himsaww.

)6(

.6 It has been narrated to us by Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan, from Jafar Bin Basheer, from IbnBakeyr, from Zarara who said:


about things from the Prayers, and the blood-money, and the

obligations, and the things from similar to these. Heaswssaid: AllahazwjDelegated toHis

azwjProphet

saww.

)7(

.7 It has been narrated to us by Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Abdullah Bin Muhammad Al-Hajaan,from Thaalbah, from Zarara who said:


, and Abu Abdullahasws

say that: Allahazwj

Delegated to Hisazwj

Prophetsawwthe matters of HisazwjCreatures, to See how they are in their obedience.Then he

aswsrecited this Verse [59:7] and whatever the Rasool gives you, accept

it, and from whatever he forbids you, keep back.

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)8(

.8 It has been narrated to us by Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Fazaal, fromAbdullah Bin Bakeyr, from Zarara, from Hamraan who said:


about things from Prayers, and the blood-money, and theobligations, and the things from similar to these. He

aswssaid that: Allah

azwjDelegated

to Hisazwj

Prophetsaww

.

)9(

.9 It has been narrated to us by one of his companions, from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan, from AliBin Noman, from Ibn Muskaan, from Ismail Bin Abdul Aziz who said:

Abu Jafar Bin Muhammadasws

said to me that: The Rasool Allahsaww

that Allahazwj

had Delegated to himsaww the kingdom that Heazwj had Delegated to Suleimanas.He

asws said: [38:39] This is Our free gift, therefore give freely or withhold,

without reckoning, and that Allahazwj

Delegated to Muhammadas

Hisazwj

Prophetsaww

.Heazwj Said: [59:7] and whatever the Rasool gives you, accept it, and fromwhatever he forbids you, keep back . A man said, But, was the Rasool Allah

saww

Delegated regarding the agriculture and farming? Abu Jafaraswsturned hisaswsnecktowards him in disapproval. He

asws said: Regarding everything, by Allah

azwj,

regarding everything.

)10(

.10 It has been narrated to us by Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al-Hajaal, from Thaalbah, fromZarara, who has said:


and Abu Abdullahasws

say that: Allahazwj

Delegated to Hisazwj

Prophet

sawwthe matters of His

azwjcreatures to see how they are in their obedience.

Then heaswsrecited this Verse [59:7] and whatever the Rasool gives you, acceptit, and from whatever he forbids you, keep back.

)11(

.

11 It has been narrated to us by Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al-Nazar Bin Suweyd, from Abdullah BinSuleiman, from Abdullah Suleiman, who has said:

Abu Jafaraswshaving said that: AllahazwjEnlightened Muhammadsawwin the HighestLevels of morals. He

azwj Delegated to him

saww the matters and Said [59:7] and

whatever the Rasool gives you, accept it, and from whatever he forbids you,keep back, and from these Allah

azwj had Ordered in His

azwj Book were the

obligations from the Prophet as for the descendants and the Rasool Allahsaww

obligated those also for the ancestors. AllahazwjApproved that for himsaww.

)12(

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12 It has been narrated to us by Yaqoub Bin Yazeed and Muhammad Bin Isa, from Zyad Al-Qindy,from Muhammad Bin Amaara, from Fazeyl Bin yasaar who said:

I asked himasws

, How did Amir-ul-Momineenasws

deal with the drinker of alcohol?He

aswssaid: He

asws limited it. I said, And if he returned to it? He

aswssaid: He

asws

limited it three times, and if he returned to it, heasws

killed him. I said, How did heasws

deal with the drinker of intoxicants? Heaswssaid: Similar to that. I said, Is the onewho drinks intoxicants like the one who drinks alcohol? Heasws said: (yes, its the)Same. I considered that as great (major issue). He

aswssaid to me: Do not consider

that to be great, for AllahazwjWho Sent Muhammadsawwas a Mercy to the Worlds,and Allah

azwj Enlightened His

azwj Prophet

saww with the best morality. When He

azwj

Completed it, HeazwjPlaced to himsaww(the Religion). AllahazwjProhibited the alcohol,and the Rasool Allah

saww prohibited all intoxicants. Allah

azwj Permitted that for

himsaww

; and Allahazwj

Sanctified Mecca, and the Rasool Allahsaww

sanctified Al-

Medina. Allahazwj Permitted for himsaww all of that; and Allahazwj Obligated theobligations from the Ahl Al-Bayt (The Family of the Prophet

saww) and that the Rasool

Allahsawwincluded in it the ancestors. AllahazwjPermitted for himsawwall of that. Thenhe

aswssaid to him: O Fazeyl, they have distorted (Tahreef), what have they distorted

[4:80] Whoever obeys the Rasool , he indeed obeys Allah.

)13(

.13 It has been narrated to us by Yaqoub Bin Yazeed, from Zyad Al-Qindy, from Abdullah BinSinan, who has said:


, How did Amir-ul-Momineenasws

deal with the drinker ofalcohol? Heaswssaid: Heaswslimited it. I said, And if he returned to it? Heaswssaid:He

aswslimited it three times, and if he returned to it, he

aswskilled him. I said, Is the

one who drinks intoxicants like the one who drinks alcohol? Heaswssaid: (Yes itsthe) Same. I considered that as great (major issue). He

asws said to me: Do not

consider that to be great. When Allahazwj

Enlightened Hisazwj

Prophetsaww

(with thebest morality) and Heazwj Completed it, Heazwj Placed to himsaww (the Religion).Allah

azwjSanctified Mecca, and the Rasool Allah

saww sanctified Al-Medina. Allah

azwj

Permitted for himsaww all of that. Allahazwj Prohibited the alcohol, and the RasoolAllah

sawwprohibited all intoxicants. Allah

azwjPermitted that for him

saww; and Allah

azwj

Obligated the obligations from the Ahl Al-Bayt (The Family of the Prophetsaww) andthat the Rasool Allah

sawwincluded in it the ancestors.Allah

azwjPermitted for him

saww

all of that. Then heasws

said to him: O Fazeyl, they have distorted (Tahreef), andwhat have they distorted [4:80] Whoever obeys the Rasool, he indeed obeysAl lah .

)14(

.14 It has been narrated to us by Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin AbuNasr, from Hamaad Bin Usman, from Zarara, who has said:

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Abu Jafarasws

said: The Rasool Allahsaww

laid down the blood-money for the eye,and blood-money for the soul, and blood-money for the nose, and prohibited theNabeez (alcohlic drink) and all intoxicants. A man said to him

asws, The Rasool

Allahsaww

laid down this, from other that what had Come (in Revelation) regarding it?Heaswssaid: Yes, so that to know who obeys the Rasoolsawwand who does not.

)15(

.15 It has been narrated to us by Abdullah Bin Aamir, from Abu Abdullah Al-Barqy, from Al-HassanBin Usman, from Muhammad Bin Al-Fazeyl, from Abu Hamza Al-Thumaly who said:

I recited this Verse to Abu Jafarasws

[3:128] You have no concern in the affair, theStatement of Allahazwj to HisazwjProphetsaww, and I wanted that I should ask himaswsabout it. Abu Jafar

aswssaid: And a thing and something twice, and how can there be

for himsaww

from the Commands, a thing. Allahazwj

had Placed Hisazwj

Religion to

himsaww. Heazwj Said [59:7] and whatever the Rasool gives you, accept it, andfrom whatever he forbids you, keep back . Whatever the Rasool Allah

saww has

permitted, it is permissible, and what hesawwhas prohibited, it is forbidden.

)16(

.16 It has been narrated to us by Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Ismail, fromMuhammad Bin Azaafar, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, from one of our companions , from AbuJafar

aswshaving said that: Allah

azwjBlessed and High Enlightened Muhammad

saww.

When hesaww

achieved the morals, Placed to himsaww

(the Religion). The Blessed andHigh Said [59:7] and whatever the Rasool gives you, accept it, and fromwhatever he forbids you, keep back. He

azwj Said [4:80] Whoever obeys the

Rasool, he indeed obeys Allah. AllahazwjObligated the obligations from the Ahl Al-Bayt (The Family of the Prophet

saww) and that the Rasool Allah

sawwincluded in it the

ancestors. Allahazwj Permitted that for himsaww, and Allahazwj Send down in HisazwjBook the Prohibition of the alcohol especially. The Rasool Allah

saww prohibited the

intoxicants. AllahazwjPermitted that for himsawwin many of the things. The prohibitionof the Rasool Allah

sawwis of the same status of the Prohibition of Allah

azwj.

)17(

.17 It has been narrated to us by Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al-Husayn Bin Saeed, from Ali BinAl-Noman, from Ibn Muskaan, fro Al-Moala Bin Khunays, who has said the following:

Abu Abdullahasws having said: Allahazwj did not Give to the Prophetsaswhat HeazwjGave it to Muhammad

saww. He

azwjSaid for Suleiman Bin Dawood

as[38:39] therefore

give freely or withhold, without reckoning , and Said for Muhammadsaww [59:7]and whatever the Rasool gives you, accept it, and from whatever he forbids

you, keep back.

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)18(

.18 It has been narrated to us by Ibrahim Bin Hashaam, from Amro Bin Usmaan, from MuhammadBin Azaafar, from a man from our brothers, who has said:

Muhammadasws Bin Aliasws having said that: Allahazwj Blessed and HighlyEnlightened Muhammadsaww. When hesaww achieved the morals, Heazwj Placed tohim

saww the Commands. The Blessed and High Said [59:7] and whatever the

Rasool gives you, accept it, and from whatever he forbids you, keep back.He

azwjSaid [4:80] Whoever obeys the Rasool, he indeed obeys Allah.Allah

azwj

Obligated in the Book the obligations from the Ahl Al-Bayt (The Family of theProphet

saww) and that the Rasool Allah

saww included in it the ancestors.Allah

azwj

Permitted that for himsaww

, and Allahazwj

Send down in Hisazwj

Book the Prohibition of

the alcohol especially. The Rasool Allahsaww prohibited the intoxicants. AllahazwjPermitted that for him

saww in many of the things. The prohibition of the Rasool

Allahsawwis of the same status of the Prohibition of Allahazwj.

)19(

.19 It has been narrated to us by Ibrahim Bin Hashim, from Yahya Bin Abu Umran, from Yunus,from Ibrahim Bin Abdul Hameed, from Abu Baseer who said:I asked Abu Abdullah

asws about His

azwjStatement that Allah

azwjhad Delegated the

Commands to Muhammadsaww. Heaswssaid: [59:7] and whatever the Rasool givesyou, accept it, and from whatever he forbids you, keep back . Allah

azwjProhibited

the alcohol specifically, and the Rasool Allahsawwprohibited all intoxicants from everydrink, and Allah

azwjObligated the obligations from the Ahl Al-Bayt (The Family of the

Prophetsaww) and that the Rasool Allahsaww included in it the ancestors. AllahazwjPermitted that for him

saww, and things which have been mentioned from this subject.

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)5(

CHAPTER 5 REGARDING THAT WHATEVER WAS AUTHORISED TO THE

RASOOL ALLAHsaww

HAS BEEN AUTHORISED TO THE IMAMSasws

)1(

.

1 It has been narrated to us by Yaqoub Bin Yazeed, from Ahmad Bin Al-Hassan Bin Zyad, fromMuhammad Bin Al-Hassan Al-Maysami, from his brother, who has said:

I heard Abu Abdullahasws

say that: Allahazwj

Enlightened the Rasool Allahsaww

untilHe

azwj Established him

saww with what He

azwj Intended, then Delegated to him

saww.

Heazwj

Said [59:7] and whatever the Rasool gives you, accept it, and fromwhatever he forbids you, keep back. Whatsoever Allah

azwjAuthorised to His

azwj

Rasoolsaww, HeazwjAuthorised it to usasws.

)2(

2 It has been narrated to us by Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from his father, from Abdullah Bin Al-Mugheira, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, from Musa bin Asheem who said:

I came to Abu Abdullahasws. I asked himaswsa question, heaswsanswered me. Whilst Iwas seated, when a man came up. He asked him

asws exactly the same question,

heasws

answered it differently to what heasws

had answered me. Then another onecame up. He asked himasws exactly the same question, heasws answered himdifferently to what he

asws had answered to my companion and me. I was gravely

concerned from that, for it was a big thing to me.

.

When the people went out, heasws

looked at me and said: O Ibn Asheym, you lookgravely concerned. I said, May Allah

azwjMake me to be sacrificed for you

asws, but I

am concerned from three of yourasws statements regarding one question. Heaswssaid: O Ibn Hasheym, Allah

azwj Authorised for Dawood

as the matter of His

azwj

Kingdom. Heazwj Said [38:39] This is Our free gift, therefore give freely orwithhold, without reckoning, and Authorised for Muhammad

saww the matter of

Hisazwj

Religion. Heazwj

Said [59:7] and whatever the Rasool gives you, accept it,and from whatever he forbids you, keep back. Allah

azwj Blessed and High

Authorised to the Imamsasws

from usasws

, and to usasws

is what has been Authorisedto Muhammadsaww. Do not be concerned.

)3(

.3 It has been narrated to us by Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al-Husayn Bin Saeed, from one ofour companions, from Sayf Bin Umeyr, from Abu Hamza Al-Thumaly who said:

I heard Abu Jafaraswssay: It is in our jurisdiction to permit one to work for the unjust

(ruler), since the Imams from us have been Authorised (by Allah) to permit whatever

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weasws

want, it becomes permissible, and whatever we prohibit, it becomesprohibited

)4(

.4 It has been narrated to us by Ahmad Bin Musa, from Ali Bin Ismail, from Safwaan, from AasimBin Hameed, from Ibn Ishaq, who has said:


say that: Allahazwj

Enlightened Hisazwj

Prophetsaww

on theMorality of Love. Heazwj Said [68:4] And most surely you conform to sublimemorality, then Gave him

saww the Authority. He

azwjSaid [59:7] and whatever the

Rasool gives you, accept it, and from whatever he forbids you, keep back , andSaid [4:80] Whoever obeys the Rasool, he indeed obeys Allah. Then AbuAbdullah

aswssaid: The Prophet

sawwof Allah

azwjgave the Authorisation to Ali

aswsand

entrusted to himaswsthat all of them should submit (to himasws), but the people foughtagainst (him

asws). By Allah

azwjit is sufficient for you all that you should speak if we

asws

speak, and you be silent when weaswsremain silent, and weaswsare, between you alland Allah

azwj. Allah

azwj has not Kept betterment for anyone in opposition to our

asws

commands.

)5(

.

5 It has been narrated to us by Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Abu Najraan, from Aasim BinHameed, from Abu Ishaq Al-Nahwy who said:I heard Abu Jafar

aswssay that; Allah

azwjEnlightened His

azwjProphet

sawwon His

azwj

Love. HeazwjSaid [68:4] And most surely you conform to sublime morality, theAuthorised to him

saww. He

azwj Said [59:7] and whatever the Rasool gives you,

accept it, and from whatever he forbids you, keep back, and Said [4:80]Whoever obeys the Rasool, he indeed obeys Allah , and that the RasoolAllahsaww gave the Authorisation to Aliasws, and entrusted to himasws so that you allsubmit to him

asws but the people fought against (him

asws), and we

asws are between

you all and Allahazwj

. Allahazwj

has no Kept betterment for anyone in opposition tohimasws.

)6(

.6 It has been narrated to us by Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Al-Hassan Bin Al-Husayn, fromAhmad Bin Al-Hassan, from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Bin Zyad, from his father, who has said:

I heard Abu Abdullahasws say that: Allahazwj Enlightened Hisazwj Rasoolsaww untilEstablished him

sawwon whatever He

azwjIntended, then Authorised to him

saww. He

azwj

Said [59:7] and whatever the Rasool gives you, accept it, and from whateverhe forbids you, keep back. Whatever was Authorised to the Rasool Allah

saww, has

also been Authorised to usasws

.

)7(

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7 It has been narrated to us by Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al-Husayn Bin Saeed, from AbdulRahmaan Bin Abu Najraan, and Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Fazaal, from Aasim, from Nahwy who said:


say that: Allahazwj

Enlightened Hisazwj

Prophetsaww

on the

Morality of Love. Heazwj

Said [68:4] And most surely you conform to sublimemorality, the Authorised to him

saww. He

azwjSaid [59:7] and whatever the Rasool

gives you, accept it, and from whatever he forbids you, keep back, and Said[4:80] Whoever obeys the Rasool, he indeed obeys Allah. Then AbuAbdullahaswssaid that: The Rasool AllahsawwAuthorised to AliaswsBin Abu Talibasws,and entrusted to him

asws.

)8(

8 It has been narrated to us by Ibrahim Bin Hashim, from Yahya Bin Abu Umran, from Yunus, from

Bakaar Bin Abu Bakr, from Musa Bin Ashem who said:I was in the presence of Abu Abdullahasws. A man asked himaswsabout a Verse fromthe Book of Allah

azwj. He

asws informed him about it. Then another man entered.

Heasws

asked about that (the same) Verse. Heasws

informed him differently to whatheaswshad informed him (the first man).

.

This started troubling me, what AllahazwjDesired, until my heart was as if it is beingcut by knives. I said to myself, I left Abu Qatada in Shaam, who do not make amistake in writing a Waaw (Letter of Arabic Alphabet) and similar to that, and maybe I have made a mistake (to leave him). This is the mistake, all of it. And anotherone came to himasws. He asked himaswsabout that very same Verse. Heaswsinformedhim differently to what he had informed me, and informed my companion. I calmedmyself, and knew that this is being done deliberately. Then heasws turned to mesaying: O Ibn Asheym, Allah

azwjhad Authorised to Suleiman Bin Dawood

as. He

azwj

Said: [38:39] This is Our free gift, therefore give freely or withhold, withoutreckoning, and Authorised to Hisazwj Prophetsaww. Heazwj Said: [59:7] andwhatever the Rasool gives you, accept it, and from whatever he forbids you,keep back. Whatever was Authorised to the Rasool Allahsaww, has been Authorisedto us

asws.

)9( .

9 It has been narrated to us by Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al-Hajaal, from Thaalbat BinMaymoun, from Zakariya Al-Zajajy who said:


mention that: Aliasws

was a Guardian of the status of SuleimanBin Dawood

as. Allah

azwj has Said [38:39] therefore give freely or withhold,

without reckoning.

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.10 It has been narrated to us by Muhammad Bin Khalid Al-Tayaalisy, from Sayf Bin Umeyra, fromAbu Bakr Al-Hazramy, from Rafeed the slave of Ibn Hubeyra who said:

Abu Abdullahasws

said: If you were to see Al-Qaimasws

(you will see that heasws

will)give to a man one hundred thousand while giving to another man (only) one Dirham,(at this you must) overcome the uneasiness of your chest, and in another report(Imamaswssaid), do not restrict your chest from expansion (to comfortably accept it),for that is the matter which has been Authorised to himasws.

)11(

11 It has been narrated to us by Abdullah Bin Jafar, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al-Nazar BinSuweyd, from Ali Bin Saamit, from Adeem Bin Al-Hassan who said:

Musa Bin Al-Asheym asked Abu Abdullahasws

about a Verse from the Book ofAllahazwj. Heasws informed him about it. It wasnt long before a man entered andasked him

asws that very Verse. He

asws informed him differently to what he had

informed him. Ibn Asheym said, A thought entered me from that, what AllahazwjDesired, until it was as if my heart was being torn apart by knives, and I said tomyself, I left Abu Qatada in Shaam, telling him not to make a mistake in a singleletter, the letter Waaw of similar to that, and came to the one who has made allthese mistakes. When I was between these thoughts that another man entered and

asked himaswsabout that very same Verse. Heasws informed him differently to whathe

aswshad informed me and the one who had asked him

aswsafter me. It was clear to

me that this was being done deliberately by himasws. I starting talking to myself aboutthese (in the state of disbelief).

.Abu Abdullah

aswsturned to me and said: O Ibn Asheym, do not do such and such.

Heaswstold me about the thoughts, which were circulating in my mind, then said: OIbn Asheym, Allah

azwjAuthorised to Suleiman Bin Dawood

as. He

azwj Said: [38:39]

This is Our free gift, therefore give freely or withhold, without reckoning , andAuthorised to His

azwj Prophet

saww. He

azwj Said: [59:7] and whatever the Rasool

gives you, accept it, and from whatever he forbids you, keep back . Whateverwas Authorised to His

azwj Prophet

saww, has been Authorised to us

asws. O Ibn

Hishaam, the one whom AllahazwjIntends to Guide, Expands his chest for the faith,and the one whom Allah

azwj Intends to leave in disbelief, He

azwjNarrows his chest

critically (Al-Harja). Do you know what is Al-Harj? I said, No. Heaswsgestured withhis

aswsfingers: Like something solid. Nothing comes out of it and nothing enters into

it.

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)12(

.12 And what we have found in rarities Muhammad Bin Sinan said: Abu Abdullah

asws

said: No, By Allahazwj, Allahazwj has not Authorised anyone from Hisazwj creation

except to the Rasool Allahsaww

, and to the Imamsasws

. Heazwj

Said: [4:105] SurelyWe have revealed the Book to you with the truth that you may judge betweenpeople by means of that which Allah has shown you, and this has flowed in thesuccessorsasws.

)13(

.13 -It has been narrated to us by Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Abdullah, from Ubeys Bin Hashaam, fromAbdul Samad Bin Basheer, from Abdullah Bin Suleiman, who has said:

I asked Abu Abdullahaswsabout the Imamasws. Has AllahazwjAuthorised himaswsasHe

azwjhad Authorised Suleiman

as? He

aswssaid: Yes. And that was from a man who

had asked himasws

a question. Heasws

answered him about it, and another one askedhim

aswsthat very same question. He

aswsanswered him with another answer, from the

first one.

Then another one asked him the same question, heasws

answered with another

answer than the first two. Then heaswssaid: [38:39] This is Our free gift, thereforegive freely or withhold, without reckoning, and this is what he

aswsrecited to me. I

said, May Allahazwj

keep you well, when youasws

answered them by this answer, theImam

asws recognised him. He

asws said: Glory be to Allah

azwj, have you not heard

Allahazwj

Say in Hisazwj

Book that [15:75] Surely in this are signs for thedistinguishing ones, and theyasws are the Imamsasws, [15:76] And surely it is away that still abides, they

aswsdo not come out of it, ever.

Then heasws

said: Yes, if the Imamasws

looks at the man, heasws

recognises him andrecognises his colour, and if heasws hears his voice from behind the wall, heaswsrecognises what he is. [30:22] And one of His signs is the creation of theheavens and the Earth and the diversity of your tongues and colours; mostsurely there are signs in this for the learned. Theyaswsare the learned, and thereis nothing from the languages that get spoken but they

asws understand from it

whether he is a rescued one or a perished one. For that reason heaswsanswers themwith which he

aswsanswers them.

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, THEY ACT ACCORDINGLY AND

SHOW THE RIGHT WAY IN WHAT THEYasws

DO NOT FIND IN THE BOOK AND

THE SUNNAH

)1(

.1 It has been narrated to us by Al-Abbas Bin Marouf, from Hamaad Bin Isa, from Rabie, fromSowrat Bin Kaleyb who said:

I said to Abu Abdullahasws

, On what basis does the Imamasws

issue a verdict? Heasws

said: By the Book. I said, What if it is not in the Book? He

aswssaid: By the Sunnah.

I said, What if is it not in the Book and the Suunah? Heaswssaid: There is nothingbut it is in the Book and the Sunnah. He

aswsreiterated it once or twice. He

aswssaid:

Heasws

shows the right way and heasws

acts accordingly. No, It is not as you think it tobe.

)2(

.2 It has been narrated to us by Yaqoub Bin Yazeed, from Al-Hassan Bin Ayub, from Ali Bin Ismail,from Rabie, from Khaysam, who has said:

I asked from Abu Abdullahasws

: Is there anything which is not in the Book and theSunnah? He

aswssaid: No. I said, If something comes up? He

aswssaid: No, until I

repeated it to himasws

. Heasws

said: It does not come up. Then, heasws

said: By

reconciling, and showing the right way. It is not the way you are heading, it is notwhere you are going (with it).

)3(

.3 It has been narrated to us by Ahmad Bin Al-Husayn Bin Saeed, from Al-Maysamy, from Rabaie,from Khaysam, who has said:

I asked from Abu Abdullahasws

: Is there anything which is not in the Book and theSunnah? He

asws said: No. I said, If something turns up? He

asws said: It cannot

happen. I repeated it to himasws

. Heasws

said: It is not possible. Then heasws

said: O

Khyasam, Heasws

reconciles and shows the right way. Do not go there (where yourperception is taking you).

)4(

.4 It has been narrated to us by Muhammad Bin Al-Husayn, from Jafar Bin Basheer, from HamaadBin Usman, who has said:

Sowrat asked Abu Abdullahasws

and I witnessed it. He inquired, May I be sacrificedfor youasws, by what does the Imamaswsissue a verdict? Heaswssaid: By the Book.He asked, What if it is not in the Book? He

aswssaid: By the Sunnah. He said, What

if it is not in the Book and the Sunnah? Heasws

said: There is nothing but it is in the

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Book and the Sunnah. Then heasws

paused for a while, then said: Heasws

reconcilesand heaswsshows the right way, and it is not as you think it to be.

)5(

.5 It has been narrated to us by Al-Abbas Bin Marouf, from Hamaad Bin Isa, from Hareyz, fromSowrat Bin Kaleb, who has said:

I came up to Abu Abdullahaswsat Mina. I said, May I be sacrificed for youasws, bywhat does the Imamaswsgive a judgement? Heaswssaid: By the Book. I said, Whatif it is not in the Book? He

aswssaid: By the Sunnah. I asked, What if it is not in the

Sunnah, nor in the Book? Heaswssaid, (emphasising by pointing out) by hisaswshand:I

aswsknow what you want, showing the right way and reconciling, and it is not as you

think it to be.

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)6(

.

6 It has been narrated to us by Ahmad Bin Musa, from Ayub Bin Nuh, from Safwaan, from Abdullah

Bin Muskaan, from Abdul Raheem Al-Qasayr, who has narrated the following:Abu Jafar

aswssays that when a matter was referred to Ali

asws, and there was nothing

regarding it in the Book and nor in the Sunnah, heasws

decided by Inspiration. AbuJafaraswssaid: And it is the dilemmas (Al-Mozalaat).

)7(

.7 It has been narrated to us by Muhammad Bin Musa, from Musa Al-Halby, who says:Abu Abdullahasws says when a matter was referred to Amir-ul-Momineenaswswhichwas neither in the Book nor in the Sunnah of the Prophet

saww, he

aswswould decided

correctly by Inspiration.

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)8(

CHAPTER 8 REGARDING THE IMAMasws

, HEasws

RECOGNISES HISasws

SHIITE

FROM HISasws

ENEMY BY THE CLAY WITH WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN

CREATED, BY THEIR FACES AND THEIR NAMES

)1(

1 It has been narrated to us by Ibrahim Bin Hashaam, from Abu Abdullah Al-Barqy, from Khalaf BinHamaad, from Saad Al-Askaaf, from Al-Asbagh Bin Nabata, who has narrated the following:

Once, Amir-ul-Momineenasws ascended the Pulpit. Heasws Praised Allahazwj AndCommended Him

azwj, then said: O you people! Our

aswsShiites are from the stored

clay before the creation of Adamas

by two thousand years, and none depart from it adeparting, nor do any enter in it an entering, and Iasws

recognise them as soon as Ilook at them because, when the Rasool Allahsawwapplied hissawwsaliva in my eyes,and I

asws had a problem with seeing. I

asws went free from that, and there was

coolness in myasws

eyes, and Iasws

could see hissaww

friend from hissaww

enemy. Iasws

was never affected by the problem after that, and no heat nor the cold affectedmy

aswseyes, and I

aswscould recognise my

aswsfriend from my

aswsenemy.

.

A man stood up from the public. He (first) greeted, then said, By Allahazwj, O Amir-ul-Momineen

asws, I am on the Religion of Allah

azwj by your

asws Wilayah, and I love

youaswsin secret just as I love you in the open. Aliaswssaid to him: You are lying, for,by Allah

azwj, I

asws do not recognise your name in the names, nor your face in the

faces, and that your clay is from other than that clay.

The man sat down. Allahazwj

had Exposed and Humiliated him. Then another onestood up and said, O Amir-ul-Momineen

asws, I am on the Religion of Allah

azwj by

yourasws Wilayah, and I love youasws in secret just as I love youasws in the open.Heaswssaid to him: You speak the truth. Your clay is from that clay, and you are onour

aswsWilaah. A covenant was taken from you, and that your soul is from the souls

of the believers. Take poverty to be your outfit, for, by the One in WhoseazwjHand ismy

aswssoul, I heard the Rasool Allah

sawwsay that: The poverty comes to those that

love usaswsfaster than the flow of the stream from the high valley to its base.

)2(

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2 It has been narrated to us by Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al-Husayn Bin Saeed, from Al-

Husayn Bin Alwaan, from Saad Bin Zareyf, from Al-Asbagh Bin Nabata who said:I was with Amir-ul-Momineen

aswsand a man came up to him

asws. He greeted him

asws

and said, O Amir-ul-Momineenasws

, by Allahazwj

, I love you in the way of Allahazwj

, andI love youaswsin the secret just as I love youaswsin the open, and I have made it asAllahazwjs Religion youraswsWilayah in the secret just as I have made it in the open.However, Amir-ul-Momineen

aswsinclined his

aswshead and made marks in the ground

for a moment. Then heasws raised hisasws head towards him and said that: TheRasool Allah

saww narrated to me

aswsa thousand Hadeeth, for every Hadeeth are a

thousand doors, and that the souls of the believers meet (each other) in the air. Theyget acquainted with what they recognise, but if they do not (recognise each other),they separate. Woe be unto you. You have lied. I

aswsdo not recognise your face in

the faces, nor your name in the names.

Then another one came up to himasws and said, O Amir-ul-Momineenasws, I loveyou

aswsin the way of Allah

azwj, and I love you

aswsin the secret just as I love you

aswsin

the open, and I make youraswsWilayah to be the Religion of Allahazwjin the secret justas I make it to be the Religion of Allah

azwj in the open. He

aswsmade marks in the

ground for a second time, then raised hisasws

head towards him and said to him: Youspeak the truth. Your clay is from the stored clay. Allah

azwjTook the Covenant from

the lion of Adamas

, and none would depart from it a departing, nor do any enter in itan entering, other than those. Go and make poverty to be your gown, for Iaswshaveheard from the Rasool Allah

saww say: O Ali

asws Bin Abu Talib

asws, by Allah

azwj, the

poverty flows to those that love usaswsfaster that the stream does to the middle of thevalley.

)3(

3 It has been narrated to us by Abaad Bin Suleiman, from Muhammad Bin Suleiman, from hisfather Suleiman Al-Daylamy, from Haroun Bin Al-Jahm, from Saad Al-Khafaaf, who has said:

Abu Jafarasws

having said: One day Amir-ul-Momineenasws

was seated explainingsomething in the Masjid, and hisaswscompanions were around himasws. A man fromhis

asws Shiites came up and said, O Amir-ul-Momineen

asws, Allah

azwj Knows that I

make it to be HisazwjReligion with youraswslove in the secret just as I make it to beHis

azwjReligion in the open, and I befriend you

asws in the secret just as I befriend

youasws

in the open. Amir-ul-Momineen (as.) said that: You speak the truth, but takethe poverty to be your gown, for the poverty flows to our

aswsShiites faster than the

stream flows to the bottom of the valley.

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The man left with tears of happiness in his eyes at the statement of Amir-ul-Momineenaswshaving ratified him. A man from the Khawarijites said, He narrated toa close companion of Amir-ul-Momineen

asws. One of them said to the other, I have

never seen a day like this at all. A man came up and said to himasws

, I love youasws

.Heaswssaid to him: You speak the truth. The other one said to him, I dont deny

from that which I do not find from him if he says to himasws

, I love youasws

, thatheaswssays to him You speak the truth. Know that I love himasws(as well).

.

He said, I stood up and said to himasws similar to what the man had said. Heaswsreplied to me similar to what he

aswshad replied to him. He said, Yes. A man stood

up and said to himaswssimilar to what the first one had said. Heasws looked at him

carefully, then said to him: You are lying. No, by Allahazwj, you do not love measwsnordo Iasws love you. He said, The Kharijite wept and said, O Amir-ul-Momineenasws,you

asws are not accepting me with this, and Allah

azwj Knows of the simple

disagreement, I have pledged allegiance at yourasws

hand with my hand.

Heasws

: On what is that? He said, On what the actions were of Razeeq and Hibter(Abu Bakr and Umar). Heaswsstretched out hisaswshand and said to him: Pay tribute.May Allah

azwjCurse the two. By Allah

azwj, if I would have killed you on your error and

the animals of Iraq would have trodden on your face, your strength would not haveprotected you. He said, It was not long before the people of Naharwaan came outagainst him

asws, and the accursed came out with them. He was killed.

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)9(

CHAPTER 9 WHAT THE IMAMSasws

ARE INCREASED BY ON ALL THAT WAS

PRESENTED TO EACH OF THE IMAMSasws

BEFORE THEMasws

AND THE

RASOOL ALLAHsaww, AND FROM OTHER SUCH MATTERS FROM THE

IMAMSasws

)1(

.1 It has been narrated to us by Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin AbuNasr, from Thaalbat, from Zarara who said:

I heard Abu Jafaraswssay: Ourasws(knowledge) is always increasing (if it were notrestricted by the cruel rulers) it would have reached more (to our

asws followers). I

said, Are youasws increased with something which the Rasool Allahsaww did notknow? He

aswssaid: If it was that which was Presented to the Rasool Allah

saww, then

to the Imamsasws

, then it is with usasws

. (please note should be read with Zabar on Faand not with Zeer below Fa like this would mean to go further rather than been depletedas most of the translators have taken it wi th Zeer

,which is going to be a seriously wrongtranslation).

)2(

.2 It has been narrated to us by Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus Bin Abdul Rahmaan, from one of

his companions, who has said:I heard Abu Abdullahaswssay: There is nothing which has Come out from Allahazwj,but it began with the Rasool Allah

saww, then with Amir-ul-Momineen

asws, then one

asws

after the otherasws, so that the last oneaswsof usaswsknows from the first oneaswsofus

asws.

)3(

.

3 It has been narrated to us by Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Fazaal, from

Muhammad Bin Al-Babie, from Abdullah Bin Bakeyr, from Abu Baseer who said:I heard Abu Abdullah

aswssay: Our

asws(knowledge) is always increasing (if it were

not restricted by the cruel rulers) it would have reached more (to ourasws

followers).Isaid, May I be sacrificed for youasws, are youasws increased with something whichwas not with the Rasool Allah

saww? He

aswssaid: If that came to the Rasool Allah

saww,

hesawwgave the news of it, then it came to Aliasws. Heaswsgave the news of it, then toone

aswsafter the other

aswsuntil it came through to the Master of this Command

asws.

)4(

.

4 It has been narrated to us by Abdullah Bin Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Bin Musa Al-Khashaab,from Ghayaas Bin Masny Al-Hilly, from Yazeed Bin Ishaq, from Moamar who said:

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I asked from Abu Al-Hassanasws

, Is there with youasws

, what did not come to theProphetsaww? Heasws said: It was presented to himsaww, if it happened, then to theone

aswsafter him

saww, one

aswsafter the other

asws.

)5(

5 It has been narrated to us by Musa Bin Jafar that it was found in the writing of his father,meaning Jafar Bin Muhammad Bin Abdullah, reporting from Muhammad Bin Isa Al-Ashary, fromMuhammad Bin Suleiman Al-Daylami, the slave of Abdullah, from Auleyman who said:


, May I be sacrificed for youasws

, I heard youasws

, andyou

asws said more than once, Our

asws knowledge is not standstill but it increases.

Heaswssaid: As for the Permissible and the Prohibited, AllahazwjHad Sent down uponHis

azwjProphet

saww in complete (form), and the Imam

asws is not increased regarding

the Permissible and the Prohibited. I said, So, what is this increase? Heaswssaid:

Regarding the rest of the things apart from the Permissible and the Prohibited.

.I asked, Are you

asws increased by something which was hidden from the Rasool

Allahsaww? Heaswssaid: No, but rather, the Command Comes out from Allahazwj, theAngel came with it to the Rasool Allah

saww saying: O Muhammad

saww! Your

saww

Lordazwj

Orders yousaww

such and such. Hesaww

would say: Go with it to Aliasws

. He

would come to Aliasws. Heaswswould say: Go with it to Al-Hassanasws. Heaswswouldsay: Go with it to Al-Husayn

asws. This did not cease getting transferred to one

asws

after the otheraswsuntil it came to usasws. I said, Are youaswsincreased by somethingwhich the Rasool Allah

sawwdid not know of? He

aswssaid: Woe be unto you, how is it

permissible for the Imamaswsto know something which the Rasool Allahsawwdid notknow of, and the Imams

aswsbefore him

asws.

)6(

.6 It has been narrated to us by Muhammad Bin Al-Husayn, from Musa Bin Sadaan, from AbdullahIbn Al-Qasim, from Samaat Bin Mahraan who said, Abu Abdullahaswssaid that:

Allahazwj

Taught two kinds of Knowledge. Knowledge that Heazwj

Displayed to Hisazwj

Angels, and His

azwj Prophets

as, and His

azwj Rasools

as. What He

azwj Displayed to

Hisazwj Angels, and Hisazwj Prophetsas and Hisazwj Rasoolsas, weasws have come toknow it as well as the effects of the knowledge. If Allah

azwj Begins with regard to

something, HeazwjTeaches that and Presents it to the Imamsaswswhoaswswere frombefore us

asws.

)7( .

7 It has been narrated to us by Ibrahim Bin Hashim, from Abu Abdullah Al-Barqy, with an unbrokenchain going up toAbu Abdullahasws having said:

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)10(


, THEYasws

ARE INCREASED (WITH

KNOWLEDGE) DURING THE NIGHT AND THE DAY, AND THEIRasws

KNOWLEDGE IS NOT STANDSTILL BUT INCREASES

)1(

.1 It has been narrated to us by Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Al-Noman, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad BinAbu Nasr, from Safwaan Bin Yahya who said:I heard Abu Al-Hassanaswssay: Jafaraswssaid: Our knowledge never decreases butrather it always increases.

)2( .

2 It has been narrated to us by Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Amro, from Al-Husayn Bin Saeed,from Al-Nazar Bin Suweyd, from Yahya Al-Halby, from Zareeh Al-Mahaarby who said:Abu Abdullah

asws said to me: O Zareeh, Our

asws (knowledge) always increased,

ourasws

(knowledge) never remains standstill.

)3(

.

3 It has been narrated to us by Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Umar Bin Abdul Aziz, fromMuhammad Bin Al-Fazeyl, from Abu Hamza Al-Thumaly, who has said:

I said to Ali

asws

Bin Al-Husayn

asws

him

asws

, May I be sacrificed for you

asws

, all thatwhat was with the Rasool Allahsaww

, came to Amir-ul-Momineenasws

after himasws

,then to Al-Hassan

asws after Amir-ul-Momineen

asws, then Al-Husayn

asws, then each

Imamasws until the Establishment of the Hour? Heasws said: Yes, along with morewhich occurs during every year and during every month. Yes, by Allah

azwj, in every

moment.

)4(

.4 It has been narrated to us by Muhammad Bin AL-Husayn, from Safwaan Bin Yahya, fromMuhammad Bin Hakeem who said:

I heard Abu Al-Hassan

asws

say: Abu Jafar has said: Our

asws

(knowledge) is alwaysincreasing (if it were not restricted by the cruel rulers) it would have reached more (toour

aswsfollowers).

2

)5(

.5 It has been narrated to us by Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al-Husayn Bin Saeed, from Al-QasimBin Muhammad Al-Jawhary, from Ali, from Abu Baseer who said:

2should be read with Zabar on Fa and not with Zeer below Fa like this would mean to

go further rather than been depleted as most of the translators have taken it with Zeer

,which is going to be a seriously wrong translation)

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I heard Abu Abdullah say: Weasws

are increased (with knowledge) during the nightand the day, and it always increases rather than remaining stalled.

)6(

6 It has been narrated to us by Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Abu Abdullah Al-Barqy, fromSafwaan, who has said:

Abu Al-Hassan Al-Rezaasws

having said that Abu Abdullahasws

said: Ourasws

(knowledge) is always increasing (if it were not restricted by the cruel rulers) it wouldhave reached more (to ouraswsfollowers)..

)7(

.7 And from him, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from hamaad Bin Usman, fromZareeh, from Abu Abdullahasws, similar to it.

)8(

.8 It has been narrated to us by Abdullah Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Ibrahim, fromAmro, from Bishr Bin Ibrahim, who has said:

I was seated in the presence of Abu Abdullahaswswhen a man came up and askedhim

aswsabout an issue. He

aswssaid: You will not get it off me

aswsregarding this. The

man said: I come from Allahazwjand to Himazwjis my return. Here is the Imamaswstowhom

asws obedience has been Obligated. I asked him

asws a question, but he

asws

offers no help regarding it. Abu Abdullahasws

listened with hisasws

ears to the wall, as

if it was a human being who was speaking. Heaswssaid: Where is the questioner whoasked such and such a question? And the man had crossed over the doorstep. Isaid, He is here. Heaswssaid: The words regarding it are these. Then heaswsturnedtowards me and said: Our

aswsknowledge increases all the time and it never remains

standstill.

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)11(


, THEYasws

RECOGNISE BY THE

NEWS, THE ONE WHO IS ABSENT FROM THEMasws

)1(

.1 It has been narrated to us by Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al-Barqy, from Al-Nazar Bin Suweyd,from Yahya Al-Halby, from Al-Hars Bin Al-Mugheira Al-nazary who said:

Abu Abdullahaswssaid: Fear the speech, for it is brought to us.

)2( .

2 Narrated Muhammad Bin Isa, from Abu Abdullah Al-Momin, from Hakam Bin Al-Husayn Al-Hanaat, from Al-hars Bin Al-Mugheira and Abu Bakr Al-hazramy, who has said:

Abu Abdullahasws

having said: No events occur regarding you except that weasws

come to know of it. I said, How it that? Heaswssaid: The One WhoazwjCaused theevent, Gives it (information) to usasws.

)3(

.3 It has been narrated to us by Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Al-Hars Al-Nazary who said:Abu Abdullahaswssaid: Fear the speech, for it is brought to usasws.

)4(

.4 It has been narrated to us by Umraan Bin Musa, from Abu Al-Hassan Musa Bin Jafar, from AliBin Mabad, from Ali Bin Al-Husayn, from Ali Bin Abdul Aziz, from his father who said:

Abu Abdullahaswssaid: When Abdul Malik Bin Marwaan, when certain things werepresented to him, wrote to Al-Hajjaaj a letter by his own hand, In the Name ofAllah

azwj, the Beneficent, the Merciful. From Abdul Malki Bin Marwaan to Al-Hajaaj

Bin Yusuf. Keep me aside from shedding the blood of the sons of Abdul Muttalibas

,for I have seen the progeny of Abu Sufyan, when they became fond of it, they did not

survive after that except for a little while. With greetings.

And he wrote the letter in secret and did not let anyone know about it and sent it bymail to Al-Hajjaj, and the news of that came to him within an hour from Ali

aswsBin Al-

Husaynasws giving the news that there has been an increase in the rule of AbdulMalik due to him withholding his hand from shedding the blood of the Clan ofHashim, and he

aswsinformed him that the Rasool Allah

sawwcame to him

aswsin his

asws

dream, and informed himasws

of that. That is what Aliasws

Bin Al-Husaynasws

wrote toAbdul Malik Bin Marwaan.

)5(

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Abu Abdullahasws

said to us one day, and we were in hisasws

presence: The eyes ofHashaam have burst in his grave. We said, And when did he die? Heasws said:Three days ago. We counted, and asked about that. It was like that.

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CHAPTER 12 WHAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE IMAMSasws

FROM THE

ABILITY TO JOURNEY IN THE EARTH

)1(

.1 Narrated to me Ahman Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al-Hakam, from Sayf Bin Umeyra, fromDawood Bin Farqad, who has said:

Abu Abdullahaswshaving said that: A man (Imamasws) Prays in the darkness in Al-Medina, and comes to the people of Musa

asregarding a matter of dispute between

them, and returns during the same night and Prays the Dawn Prayer in Al-Medina.

)2(

.2 It has been narrated to us by Ali Bin Ismail, from Muhammad Bin Amro and Al-Zyat, fromMuhammad Bin Al-Fazeyl, from Abu Hamza, from Jabir who said:

One day I was in the presence of Abu Jafarasws

, seated, heasws

turned towards meand said: O Jabir, do you have a donkey who can cross the distance between theeast and the west in one night? I said, No, may I be sacrificed for you

asws. He

asws

said: Iaswsknow a man in Al-Medina who has a donkey. He rides on it from the eastto the west in one night.

)3( .

3 It has been narrated to us by Abdullah Bin aamir, from Al-Rabie Ibn Al-Khattab, from Jafar BinBasheer, from Yunus Bin Yaqoub, who has said:Abu Abdullah

aswshaving said that: And a man

aswsfrom us

aswsPrayed at night in Al-

Medina, then came to the people of Musaas

regarding something between them.Heaswsreconciled between them, and returned from the night, and Prayed the DawnPrayer in Al-Medina.

)4(

.4 It has been narrated to us by Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Fazaal, fromhis father, from Abdullah Bin Bakeyr, from Zarara who said:


say that: In Al-Medina is a man who came to a place where ason of Adamashad been

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