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Hadith 4
Hadith #
4
Book
Kitāb al-Ghayba
Volume
1
Section
1
Part
Content
Chapter
Preserving the secret of the Prophet’s Family
Source
Abū ʿAbd Allah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Nuʿmānī
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(3) Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Sa’eed bin Oqda narrated from Ahmad bin Younus bin Ya’qoob al-Ju’fi Abul Hasan from Isma’eel bin Mihran from al-Hasan bin Ali bin Abu Hamza that Abdul A’la bin A’yun had said
“Abu Abdullah Ja’far bin Muhammad (Imam as-Sadiq) said to me: “O Abdul A’la, undertaking our matter is not by knowing and accepting it. It is by preserving and keeping it secret from those, who are not reliable. Deliver to them (the Shia) my greeting and tell them that he (Imam as-Sadiq) says to you: May Allah have mercy upon one, who brings himself and us people’s love by showing them what they know and refrain from telling them what they deny. He, who makes war against us, is not worse than one, who fabricates against us what we hate.”
3 - وحدثنا أحمد بن محمد بن سعيد ابن عقدة قال: حدثنا أحمد بن يوسف بن يعقوب الجعفي أبو الحسن قال: حدثنا إسماعيل بن مهران قال: حدثنا الحسن بن علي بن أبي حمزة، عن عبد الأعلى بن أعين قال: قال لي أبو عبد الله جعفر بن محمد
يا عَبدَ الأعلى، إنّ احتِمالَ أمْرِنا لَيسَ مَعرِفَتَه وَقبولَه. إنّ احتمالَ أمرِنا هُو صَونُه وسِتْرُه عَمَّن لَيسَ مِن أهْلِه، فَأقْرِئهُم السّلام وَرحمَةَ اللهِ - يَعني الشّيعَةَ - وقُل: قَال لَكم: رَحِمَ اللهُ عَبداً استَجرَّ مودَّةَ النّاسِ إلى نفسِه وإلَينا بأنْ يُظهِرَ لهم ما يَعرفونَ ويكُفّ عَنهم ما يُنكرِون. (ثمّ قال) ما النّاصِب لنا حَربا بأشَدَّ مَؤونةً مِن النّاطق عَلينا بما نَكرَهُه.
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