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Hadith 86
Hadith #
86
Book
Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār
Volume
1
Section
28
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Chapter
The meaning of the names of Muhammed, Ali, Fatima, Hasan, Hussain and the Imams, peace be upon them
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
۞
4. We were told by Abu Nasr, Ahmad bin Hussain bin Ahmad bin Ubaid al-Naisabouri al-Marwani, in Nishapur – and I did not find anyone more hostile than him – that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Ishaq bin Ibrahim bin Mahran al-Sarraj, that he said: We were told by Hasan bin ‘Arafa al-‘Abdi, that he said: We were told by Wakee’ bin Jarrah, from Muhammed bin Isra’eel, from Abu Saleh, from Abu Dharr, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said
I heard the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, whilst he was saying: I and Ali were created from one Light, we were glorifying Allah at the Right of the Throne before Adam was created with two thousand years. When Allah created Adam, He made that Light into his backbone, and he resided in the Garden whilst we were in his backbone, and he intended to perform the intentional mistake whilst we were in his backbone, and Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, did not cease moving us from pure backbones into pure wombs until He ended us up at Abdul-Muttalib, and so He divided us into two halfs, and He made into the backbone of Abdullah and made Ali into the backbone of Abu Talib, and He made in me the Prophethood and Blessing, and in Ali the Fluentness and Knighthood. He derived for us two names from His Names, and hence, the One with the Throne is the Praised and I am Muhammed, and Allah is the Most Subleme and this is Ali.
حدثنا أبو نصر أحمد بن الحسين بن أحمد بن عبيد النيسابوري المرواني بنيسابور وما لقيت [أحدا] أنصب منه، قال: حدثنا محمد بن إسحاق بن إبراهيمبن مهران السراج، قال: حدثنا الحسن بن عرفة العبدي، قال: حدثنا وكيع بن الجراح، عن محمد بن إسرائيل، عن أبي صالح، عن أبي ذر - رضي الله عنه - قال
سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وهو يقول: خلقت أنا وعلي من نور واحد نسبح الله يمنة العرش قبل أن خلق آدم بألفي عام، فلما أن خلق الله آدم جعل ذلك النور في صلبه ولقد سكن الجنة ونحن في صلبه، ولقد هم بالخطيئة ونحن في صلبه، ولقد ركب النوح السفينة ونحن في صلبه، ولقد قذف بإبراهيم في النار ونحن في صلبه، فلم يزل ينقلنا الله عز وجل من أصلاب طاهرة إلى أرحام طاهرة حتى انتهى بنا إلى عبد المطلب، فقسمنا بنصفين فجعلني في صلب عبد الله و جعل عليا في صلب أبي طالب وجعل في النبوة والبركة، وجعل في علي الفصاحة والفروسية وشق لنا اسمين من أسمائه فذو العرش محمود وأنا محمد، والله الأعلى وهذا علي.
Tags Prophet MuhammadImam AliAhl al-BaytLight and Darkness (Nur)Prophet AdamProphet Ibrahim (Abraham)

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