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Hadith 1170
17. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn abu ‘Abd Allah from his father from ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Fadl from certain persons of our people who has said the following
“We complained before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the loss of our clothes with the cleaners. He (the Imam) said, ‘Write on them, “Blessing for us.’” We did so and did not lose any cloth thereafter.”
17- عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا قَالَ
شَكَوْنَا إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) ذَهَابَ ثِيَابِنَا عِنْدَ الْقَصَّارِينَ فَقَالَ اكْتُبُوا عَلَيْهَا بَرَكَةٌ لَنَا فَفَعَلْنَا ذَلِكَ فَمَا ذَهَبَ لَنَا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ ثَوْبٌ.
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Hadith 1180
27. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mu’alla’ ibn Muhammad from al-Hassan ibn Ali from Hammad ibn ‘Uthman who has said the following
“I once heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), saying, ‘A man’s sitting for follow-up prayer, after the morning Salat (prayer) at his prayer place until sunrise is better for his business than sailing on the ocean in search for sustenance.’ I then asked, ‘What happens if he has an urgent work which he is afraid to miss?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘He can leave for it and he is considered doing the follow-up prayer as long as he has a valid wudu.’”
27- الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ
سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) يَقُولُ لَجُلُوسُ الرَّجُلِ فِي دُبُرِ صَلاةِ الْفَجْرِ إِلَى طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ أَنْفَذُ فِي طَلَبِ الرِّزْقِ مِنْ رُكُوبِ الْبَحْرِ فَقُلْتُ يَكُونُ لِلرَّجُلِ الْحَاجَةُ يَخَافُ فَوْتَهَا فَقَالَ يُدْلِجُ فِيهَا وَلْيَذْكُرِ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَإِنَّهُ فِي تَعْقِيبٍ مَا دَامَ عَلَى وُضُوءٍ.
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Hadith 1195
42. It is narrated from the narrator of the previous Hadith from al-‘Abbas ibn ‘Amir from abu ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Mas‘udiy from Hafs ibn al-Bakhtariy ibn ‘Umar al-Bajaliy who has said the following
“I once complained before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), against my worsening condition and mounting difficulties. He (the Imam) said, ‘When you arrive in al-Kufah, sell a piece of pillow from your home for ten dirham, invite your brothers, prepare food for them and ask them to pray for you to Allah.’ He (the narrator) has said, ‘I followed the instruction but it was not possible without selling the piece of pillow to prepare food as he (the Imam) had instructed me. So I sold the pillow and asked them to pray for me before Allah.’ He has said, ‘By Allah I waited only very little that one of my debtors came at the door and knocked at it. He made a settlement with me about a large amount of assets that I counted at ten thousand dirham.’ He has said that thereafter things began to come to him.’”
42- عَنْهُ عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمَسْعُودِيِّ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ عُمَرَ الْبَجَلِيِّ قَالَ
شَكَوْتُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) حَالِي وَانْتِشَارَ أَمْرِي عَلَيَّ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي إِذَا قَدِمْتَ الْكُوفَةَ فَبِعْ وِسَادَةً مِنْ بَيْتِكَ بِعَشَرَةِ دَرَاهِمَ وَادْعُ إِخْوَانَكَ وَأَعِدَّ لَهُمْ طَعَاماً وَسَلْهُمْ يَدْعُونَ اللهَ لَكَ قَالَ فَفَعَلْتُ وَمَا أَمْكَنَنِي ذَلِكَ حَتَّى بِعْتُ وِسَادَةً وَاتَّخَذْتُ طَعَاماً كَمَا أَمَرَنِي وَسَأَلْتُهُمْ أَنْ يَدْعُوا اللهَ لِي قَالَ فَوَ اللهِ مَا مَكَثْتُ إِلا قَلِيلا حَتَّى أَتَانِي غَرِيمٌ لِي فَدَقَّ الْبَابَ عَلَيَّ وَصَالَحَنِي مِنْ مَالٍ لِي كَثِيرٍ كُنْتُ أَحْسُبُهُ نَحْواً مِنْ عَشَرَةِ آلافِ دِرْهَمٍ قَالَ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَتِ الأشْيَاءُ عَلَيَّ.
Tags SupplicationBrotherhoodSpending in God's Path
Hadith 1199
46. Sahl ibn Ziyad has narrated from Yahya ibn al-Mubarak from Ibrahim ibn Salih from a man from al-Ja’fariy who has said the following
“In al-Madinah there was a man with us, called abu al-Qamqa’m who was unfortunate. He went to abu al-Hassan (a.s.), and complained before him against his condition and informed him (the Imam) that wherever he goes for something he fails. Abu al-Hassan (a.s.), said, ‘In your last prayer in the morning, say, ‘Free of all defect is Allah, most Great. I ask forgiveness from Allah and plead before Him for help through His generosity’, ten times.’ Abu Qamqa’m has said, ‘I kept doing it and after very little time a people from village came to me and told me that a man from my people has died and there no heir is found for him except me. I went with them and received his legacy which made me rich.’”
46- سَهْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْجَعْفَرِيِّينَ قَالَ
كَانَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ عِنْدَنَا رَجُلٌ يُكَنَّى أَبَا الْقَمْقَامِ وَكَانَ مُحَارَفاً فَأَتَى أَبَا الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) فَشَكَا إِلَيْهِ حِرْفَتَهُ وَأَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ لا يَتَوَجَّهُ فِي حَاجَةٍ فَيُقْضَى لَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قُلْ فِي آخِرِ دُعَائِكَ مِنْ صَلاةِ الْفَجْرِ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ الْعَظِيمِ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللهَ وَأَسْأَلُهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ قَالَ أَبُو الْقَمْقَامِ فَلَزِمْتُ ذَلِكَ فَوَ اللهِ مَا لَبِثْتُ إِلا قَلِيلا حَتَّى وَرَدَ عَلَيَّ قَوْمٌ مِنَ الْبَادِيَةِ فَأَخْبَرُونِي أَنَّ رَجُلا مِنْ قَوْمِي مَاتَ وَلَمْ يُعْرَفْ لَهُ وَارِثٌ غَيْرِي فَانْطَلَقْتُ فَقَبَضْتُ مِيرَاثَهُ وَأَنَا مُسْتَغْنٍ.
Tags SupplicationRemembrance
Hadith 1203
50. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ali ibn Sulayman from Ahmad ibn al-Fadl (from) abu ‘Amr al- Hadhdha’ who has said the following
“I faced a difficult condition and wrote to abu Ja‘far (a.s.), about it and he (the Imam) wrote to me, ‘Continue reading, “We sent Noah to his people ... to the end.’” (Chapter 71) I read it for one year but did not see any change. I wrote to him again to inform him (the Imam) of my difficult condition and that I have been reading the Chapter for one year as the Imam had instructed and that I did not experience any change. He (the Imam) then wrote to me saying, ‘One year is passed, now read Chapter 97.’ I then read it for a very short time that ibn abu Dawud sent me something and paid off my debts and sent me and my family to al-Basrah as an agent to Bab Kala’ (name of a place) with a salary of five hundred dirham; and from al-Basra I wrote through Ali ibn Mahziyar to abu al-Hassan (a.s.), explaining, ‘I had written to your father about so and so issues and had complained against so and so matters, I have found what I liked. I like to ask you about what I should do about reading Chapter 97, if I must continue reading it in my obligatory Salat (prayer) and others or there is a limit of time for it.’ He (the Imam) signed the answer and I read the signature that said, ‘You must not leave from Quran, short or long passages. Of Chapter 97 it is enough to read one hundred times in one day and night.’”
50- عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ [عَنْ] أَبِي عَمْرٍو الْحَذَّاءِ قَالَ
سَاءَتْ حَالِي فَكَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) فَكَتَبَ إِلَيَّ أَدِمْ قِرَاءَةَ إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنا نُوحاً إِلى‏ قَوْمِهِ قَالَ فَقَرَأْتُهَا حَوْلا فَلَمْ أَرَ شَيْئاً فَكَتَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ أُخْبِرُهُ بِسُوءِ حَالِي وَأَنِّي قَدْ قَرَأْتُ إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنا نُوحاً إِلى‏ قَوْمِهِ حَوْلا كَمَا أَمَرْتَنِي وَلَمْ أَرَ شَيْئاً قَالَ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيَّ قَدْ وَفَى لَكَ الْحَوْلُ فَانْتَقِلْ مِنْهَا إِلَى قِرَاءَةِ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ قَالَ فَفَعَلْتُ فَمَا كَانَ إِلا يَسِيراً حَتَّى بَعَثَ إِلَيَّ ابْنُ أَبِي دَاوُدَ فَقَضَى عَنِّي دَيْنِي وَأَجْرَى عَلَيَّ وَعَلَى عِيَالِي وَوَجَّهَنِي إِلَى الْبَصْرَةِ فِي وَكَالَتِهِ بِبَابِ كَلاءَ وَأَجْرَى عَلَيَّ خَمْسَمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ وَكَتَبْتُ مِنَ الْبَصْرَةِ عَلَى يَدَيْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ إِلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) إِنِّي كُنْتُ سَأَلْتُ أَبَاكَ عَنْ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَشَكَوْتُ إِلَيْهِ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَإِنِّي قَدْ نِلْتُ الَّذِي أَحْبَبْتُ فَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ تُخْبِرَنِي يَا مَوْلايَ كَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ فِي قِرَاءَةِ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ أَقْتَصِرُ عَلَيْهَا وَحْدَهَا فِي فَرَائِضِي وَغَيْرِهَا أَمْ أَقْرَأُ مَعَهَا غَيْرَهَا أَمْ لَهَا حَدٌّ أَعْمَلُ بِهِ فَوَقَّعَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) وَقَرَأْتُ التَّوْقِيعَ لا تَدَعْ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ قَصِيرَهُ وَطَوِيلَهُ وَيُجْزِئُكَ مِنْ قِرَاءَةِ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ يَوْمَكَ وَلَيْلَتَكَ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ.
Tags Qur'anSupplication
Hadith 1204
51. Sahl ibn Ziyad has narrated from Mansur ibn al-‘Abbas from ‘Isma’il ibn Sahl who has said the following
“I once wrote to abu Ja‘far (a.s.), and said, ‘Debts are holding me down and they are heavy.’ He (the Imam) wrote to me, ‘Ask forgiveness from Allah a great deal and moisten you tongue by reading, “Inna Anzalna” Chapter 97.’”
51- سَهْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ سَهْلٍ قَالَ
كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) إِنِّي قَدْ لَزِمَنِي دَيْنٌ فَادِحٌ فَكَتَبَ أَكْثِرْ مِنَ الاسْتِغْفَارِ وَرَطِّبْ لِسَانَكَ بِقِرَاءَةِ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ.
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