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جعفر بن محمد الصادق عليه السلام

Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq (ʿa)

The rijāl books do not assess the Imams. They file narrators by which Imam they transmitted from, so this page gathers the chains rather than a verdict.

Died 148 AH

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9,745 narrations 56% of them in Al-Kāfi

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Every narration whose chain this database resolves to him — the figure his seal draws. Resolved name by name, so a namesake of his is not among them.

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  1. وعنه (عليه السلام) قال

    Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “There are three problems which believers always face, even sometimes all at once. Either a…

    Mishkāt al-Anwār #1250 Volume 1 Read the narration
  2. عنه (عليه السلام) قال

    Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “A believer always has one or more of the following troubles. Either a person with whom he lives…

    Mishkāt al-Anwār #1658 Volume 1 Read the narration
  3. عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) قال

    Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “We love those of our followers who are intelligent, understanding, persevering, knowledgeable,…

    Mishkāt al-Anwār #1423 Volume 1 Read the narration
  4. وعنه (عليه السلام) أيضا قال

    Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “God the Almighty has granted the noblest characteristics to the Prophets. Whoever possesses…

    Mishkāt al-Anwār #1424 Volume 1 Read the narration
  5. عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) قال

    Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “Do not let your friend know your secrets, unless these secrets will not harm you if your enemies…

    Mishkāt al-Anwār #1898 Volume 1 Read the narration
  6. عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) قال

    Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “Thanking for blessings is abstaining from the forbidden. Ultimate expression of gratitude is…

    Mishkāt al-Anwār #122 Volume 1 Read the narration
  7. عنه (عليه السلام) قال

    Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “God has placed some good in whatever He has decreed for a believer with which the believer is…

    Mishkāt al-Anwār #136 Volume 1 Read the narration
  8. وعن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) قال

    Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “God did not appoint anyone to the prophethood unless he was honest and trustworthy.”

    Mishkāt al-Anwār #251 Volume 1 Read the narration
  9. عنه (عليه السلام) قال

    Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “God has placed believers as a target for His enemies: “Then God saved him from (every) ill that…

    Mishkāt al-Anwār #1675 Volume 1 Read the narration
  10. عنه (عليه السلام) قال

    Imam Sadiq (a.s) said the following regarding God's statement: “Then God saved him from (every) ill that they plotted…

    Mishkāt al-Anwār #519 Volume 1 Read the narration
  11. عنه (عليه السلام) قال

    Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “Whoever humiliates or belittles a believer for being poor, God will make him known for something…

    Mishkāt al-Anwār #1888 Volume 1 Read the narration
  12. عنه (عليه السلام) قال

    Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: God will not accept any deed that is without recognition, and will not accept any recognition…

    Mishkāt al-Anwār #683 Volume 1 Read the narration
  13. عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) قال

    Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “God never gave someone thirty thousand Durhams for his prosperity. No one collected even ten…

    Mishkāt al-Anwār #1596 Volume 1 Read the narration
  14. عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)

    Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “God will not grant any believers more than forty thousand Durhams since He wishes them well.”

    Mishkāt al-Anwār #1603 Volume 1 Read the narration
  15. عنه (عليه السلام) قال

    Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “There is a rank near God for His servants which they cannot attain unless they either get sick…

    Mishkāt al-Anwār #1745 Volume 1 Read the narration
  16. عنه (عليه السلام)

    Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “A servant of God has a rank near God which he cannot attain unless he gets ill or loses some of…

    Mishkāt al-Anwār #1715 Volume 1 Read the narration
  17. عنه (عليه السلام)

    Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “God told Moses the son of Imran (a.s) in one of His revelations: “O' Moses! I have not created…

    Mishkāt al-Anwār #1747 Volume 1 Read the narration
  18. عن الصادق (عليه السلام) قال

    Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “God's Prophet was never the first man to withdraw his hands when he shook hands with other men.”

    Mishkāt al-Anwār #1147 Volume 1 Read the narration
  19. عنه (عليه السلام) قال

    Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “The most important aspect of obedience to God is being content with and being patient with what…

    Mishkāt al-Anwār #135 Volume 1 Read the narration
  20. عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) قال

    Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “Do not deceive others since you will then be left without any friends.”

    Mishkāt al-Anwār #1040 Volume 1 Read the narration
  21. وعنه (عليه السلام) قال

    Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “When your believing brother is not present, talk about him as you like him to talk about you in…

    Mishkāt al-Anwār #1070 Volume 1 Read the narration
  22. عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) في قول الله عز وجل: ﴿إنا نراك من المحسنين﴾ فقال

    Imam Sadiq (a.s) said the following regarding the Almighty God's statement: “For We see thou art one that doth good (to…

    Mishkāt al-Anwār #1221 Volume 1 Read the narration
  23. عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) قال

    Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “Do not totally trust your believing brothers, since you can never recover from a blow from one…

    Mishkāt al-Anwār #1231 Volume 1 Read the narration
  24. عن الصادق (عليه السلام)

    Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “Nothing is dearer to God than respecting the rights of a believer.”

    Mishkāt al-Anwār #1316 Volume 1 Read the narration
  25. عنه (عليه السلام)

    Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “The worst of you are those who force their mastery over the people. Those around whom the people…

    Mishkāt al-Anwār #1945 Volume 1 Read the narration
  26. عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) قال

    Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “Be humble to whomever you learn from and whoever you teach.”

    Mishkāt al-Anwār #710 Volume 1 Read the narration
  27. عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) قال

    Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “If a rich believer humiliates his believing brother while he can help him, God will humiliate…

    Mishkāt al-Anwār #394 Volume 1 Read the narration
  28. وعنه (عليه السلام)

    Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “One of the strongest handles of faith is love for the sake of God, and animosity for God's sake,…

    Mishkāt al-Anwār #609 Volume 1 Read the narration
  29. عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) قال

    Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “The best way to stick with Islam is to love for God's sake, to hate for God's sake, to give…

    Mishkāt al-Anwār #397 Volume 1 Read the narration
  30. عنه (عليه السلام) قال

    Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “Guard yourself since no one else will guard you.”

    Mishkāt al-Anwār #1439 Volume 1 Read the narration
  31. عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) قال

    Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “God's Prophet (a.s) ordered Imam Ali (a.s), Salman and Abazar to loudly announce: “Whoever whose…

    Mishkāt al-Anwār #1252 Volume 1 Read the narration
  32. عنه (عليه السلام) قال

    Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “A believer is one whose neighbors are secure from his oppression and maltreatment.”

    Mishkāt al-Anwār #1240 Volume 1 Read the narration
  33. عنه (عليه السلام) قال

    Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “God's Prophet (a.s) was asked: “Which people suffer the most in this world?” The Prophet (a.s)…

    Mishkāt al-Anwār #1740 Volume 1 Read the narration
  34. 1. My father (rah) said: it was narrated to me by Sa’d b. Abdillah from Ahmad b. Muhammad from al-Hassan b. Mahbub from Abdillah b. Marhum from Ibn Sinan from Abi Abdillah (a.s.) who said

    “When a believer enters his grave, the Salaat is to his right and Zakat to his left. Good deeds shade him and patience…

    Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl #645 Volume 1 Read the narration
  35. 10. My father (rah) said: it was narrated to me by Abdillah b. Ja’far al-Himyari from Ahmad b. Muhammad from al-Hassan b. Mahbub from Jameel from Fudhayl from Abi Abdillah (a.s.) who said

    “The houses, in which the Holy Quran is recited along with Salaat-e-Shab appear bright to the people of heaven in the…

    Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl #178 Volume 1 Read the narration
  36. 1. My father (rah) said: it was narrated to us by Sa’d b. Abdillah from Ahmad b. Muhammad who said it was narrated to us by Abi from Muhammad b. Abi ’Umayr from Abdillah b. Sinan from Abi Abdillah (a.s.) who said

    “One who recites: Sub- h’aanallahi wa bih’amdihi sub-h’aanallaahil a’z’eemi wa bih’amdih, the Almighty Allah will grant…

    Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl #42 Volume 1 Read the narration
  37. 1. It was narrated to me by Muhammad b. Musa b. al-Mutawakil who said it was narrated to me by Abdillah b. Ja’far al-Himyari from Ahmad b. Muhammad from al-Hassan b. Mahbub from Hadeed al-Madaini from Abi Abdillah (a.s.) who said

    “Safeguard your religion through piety and seeking help from Allah instead of seeking help from the worldly ruler. Know…

    Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl #971 Volume 1 Read the narration
  38. 15. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Fadhal from Abu Jamila from Muhammad al-Halabi from Abu ‘Abdallah (AS) who has said the following

    “The Messenger of Allah has said, ‘Allah presented my ’Ummah (followers) to me in the realm of clay and taught me their…

    Al-Kāfi #1195 Volume 1 Read the narration
  39. 5. Ahmad ibn Muhammad has narrated from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from Fadalah ibn Ayyub from Mu‘alla’ abu ‘Uthman from Mu‘alla’ ibn Khunayth who has said the following

    “I once heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), say, ‘Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.), while bowing down for Sajdah (prostration) would…

    Al-Kāfi #1271 Volume 3 Read the narration
  40. 6. Muhammad has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from al-Nadr ibn Suwayd from ‘Adallah ibn Sinan who has said that

    he asked abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) the following about the meaning of the words of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High. “We…

    Al-Kāfi #601 Volume 1 Read the narration
  41. 284. And from him, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, who has said

    Abu Abdullah (asws) has said; ‘The government of falsehood does not decline for a long time, and the government of the…

    Al-Kāfi #284 Volume 8 Read the narration
  42. Hadith.4891 - Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Mahbub narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from his father, from Abdullah ibn al-Fadl al-Hashimi, from Abu Abdullah (as) who said

    I asked Imam (as), or a man asked Imam (as), about a man whose wife accused him of being impotent while the man denied…

    Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh #1682 Volume 3 Read the narration
  43. 1. Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan ibn Walīd narrated to me from Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan Al-Saffār, from Ḥasan ibn Mūsā Al-Khashāb, from some of his scholars, who said

    Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: Those who go to the Ziyārah of Ḥusain (a.s.) place their sins at the door of…

    Kāmil al-Ziyārāt #409 Volume 1 Read the narration
  44. 2. Muḥammad ibn Ja’far narrated to me from Muḥammad ibn Ḥusain, from Muḥammad ibn Sāliḥ, from ‘Abdillāh ibn Hilāl, who said

    I asked Abā ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)), “May I sacrifice myself for you! What is the minimum reward for those who go…

    Kāmil al-Ziyārāt #510 Volume 1 Read the narration
  45. 3. Muḥammad ibn Ja’far Al-Razzāz narrated to me from his uncle Muḥammad ibn Ḥusain ibn Abil Khaťťāb, from Ḥasan ibn ‘Ali ibn Faďďāl, from someone who said

    Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: Verily owls fast during the day and after they break their fast, they are…

    Kāmil al-Ziyārāt #250 Volume 1 Read the narration
  46. 4. Abul ‘Abbās Al-Kūfi narrated to me from Muḥammad ibn Ḥusain, from Ḥasan ibn Maḥbūb, from someone, from Abān Al-Azraq, from someone who said

    Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: One of the deeds most loved by Allāh, the Exalted, is going to the Ziyārah of…

    Kāmil al-Ziyārāt #385 Volume 1 Read the narration
  47. 3. ‘Ali ibn Ḥusain and all of my scholars narrated to me from ‘Ali ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Hāshim, (from his father), from Muḥammad ibn ‘Umar (Muḥammad ibn Abī ‘Umayr), from ‘Uyaynah Bayyā’ Al-Qasab, who said

    Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: Allāh will register those who go to (the Ziyārah of) the grave of Ḥusain (a.s.)…

    Kāmil al-Ziyārāt #390 Volume 1 Read the narration
  48. 6. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Hassan from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn abu Hashim from abu Khadijah who has said the following

    “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), would sit like slaves, place his hand on the ground and eat with his three fingers. The…

    Al-Kāfi #1139 Volume 6 Read the narration
  49. 3. Ahmad ibn ’Idris has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar, from one of our people in a marfu’ manner that Abu 'Abdillah (al-Sadiq) (as) was asked

    'What is intellect (al-'Aql)?'. He said, ‘It is what someone worships ar-Rahman with and attains paradise.’ I then…

    Al-Kāfi #4 Volume 1 Read the narration
  50. 1. Ḥasan ibn ‘Abdillāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā narrated to me from his father, from Ḥasan ibn Maḥbūb, from Abil Maghrā, from ‘Anbasah, who said

    I heard Abā ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) say: Allāh has dedicated seventy thousand angels to the grave of Ḥusain ibn…

    Kāmil al-Ziyārāt #305 Volume 1 Read the narration
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