إسماعيل بن جابر الجعفي

Hadith.141 - Ismail ibn Jaber asked Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) about a man who trims his nails and mustache: should he wipe them with water afterward? Imam (as) said: 'No, he is already pure.'.

Hadith.1642 - Isma'il ibn Jabir narrated: I said to Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) "Is it permissible for a man to take Zakat even though he does not need it, and then give it in charity?" Imam (as) replied: "Yes." Imam (as) also said the same regarding the Fitrah.

Hadith.1287 - Ismail ibn Jabir reported: “I said to Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as): "The time for prayer enters while I am traveling, so I do not pray until I return home." Imam (as) said: "Pray and complete the prayer." I said: "The time for prayer enters while I am at home and I intend to travel, so I do not pray until I have departed." Imam (as) said: "Pray and shorten the prayer, for if you do not, you have opposed the Messenger of Allah (sw)”.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), would say Adhan and someone else would say ‘Iqamah.’ He (the narrator) has said that Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), would say ‘Iqamah and someone else would say Adhan.’”

“I asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the water which does not become unclean by anything. He (the Imam) replied, ‘It is one Kur.’ I then asked, ‘How much is one Kur?’ He (the Imam) replied, ‘It is three shibr by three shibr in size.’”

“I once visited abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), and found him inside his walls with a shovel in his hand. He was opening the waterway. His shirt was of a fabric made of thick cotton threads (karabis) which was of very small size for him.”

“In between Makkah and al-Madinah, my companion and I were discussing about people called al- Ansar. One of us said that they were individuals from different people who did not belong to well- known tribes, and one of them said that they were from the people of Yemen. We then arrived near abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.). He was sitting under a tree and he initiated the conversation, even though we had not asked him any questions. He (the Imam) said, ‘When Tubba‘ came from Iraq, along with him came men of learning and children of prophets. When he arrived in this valley of al- Hudhayl, people from certain tribes came to him and said, “You have come to the people of a town wherein they have played on people for a long time. They call their land as Sacred and their buildings as a male or female Lord.” He then said, “If that is true I will kill their fighter, take their offspring as captives and destroy their building.’” He (the Imam) said, ‘When he said this, his eyes came out of their place down on both sides of his face.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘He called the men of learning from the offspring of prophets to think and find out why it has happened to him.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘They refused to tell him anything until he begged and pleaded before them. They then asked him, “Tell us about what you were saying to yourself before this happened to you?” He replied, “I said to myself that I will kill their fighters, take their offspring as captives and destroy their building.” They said, “The only reason for what has happened to you is what you said to yourself.” He then asked, “Why is it so?” They replied, “The land is the Sacred place of Allah, the House is the House of Allah, and its inhabitants are offspring of Ibrahim, the friend of the Beneficent.” He then said, “You have spoken the truth. How can I get out of what I have fallen into?” They said, “You must speak to yourself about something other than what you have done. There is hope that Allah may return you to your previous condition.’” He (the Imam) said, ‘He then spoke to himself about good things, his eyes returned back to their sockets and settled back therein.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘He summoned the people who had asked him to destroy it and then he killed them all. He then went to the House, provided it with covering and served food to people for thirty days, every day with one hundred camels. The food was so much that they carried large containers of food to the mountaintops for the wild beasts there, and spread valuable items in the valley for the beasts. He then returned from Makkah to al-Madinah and asked the people from Yemen of the people of Ghassan to disembark and they are al-Ansar people.’” In another Hadith it says he covered it with al-Nata‘ (a covering with fragrance).

‘Good works is a reference to Al-Wilayah, and the Words of the Blessed and the High: “wherever you are, Allah will bring you all together” mean the companions of Al-Qaim (asws), three hundred and some ten men’. He (asws) said: ‘And they are, by Allah (azwj), a numbered community’. He (asws) said: ‘By Allah (azwj) they would gather together in a single moment, like clouds in the autumn’.

Abu Abdillah عليه السلام said: Go to Mufadhal and say to him – O Kafir, O Mushrik, what do you want for my son Ismail? Do you want to kill him!?

I asked Imam (as): "May Allah (swt) have mercy on you, who is considered Muhsan?" Imam (as) replied: "Whoever has lawful access to a spouse in the morning and evening, he is Muhsan."

he said: "Do not expose yourselves to obligations, but if they become binding upon you, then be patient with them."

“‘Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that you should perform salat (prayer) in complete form in four places: You should perform salat (prayer) in complete form in Masjid al-Haram (the Sacred Masjid), the Masjid of the Messenger of Allah, the grand Masjid of al-Kufa and in the shrine of al- Husayn (a.s.).’”

I was in the presence of Abu Abdullah (asws) at Makkah when a messenger from Al-Medina came to him (asws). So he (asws) said to him: ‘Who did you come with?’ He said, ‘I had no one to accompany me’. Abu Abdullah (asws) said to him: ‘But, if I (asws) had come to see you, I (asws) would have educated you of well manners’. Then said: ‘One is a Satan (la), and two are Satans (la), and three are a company, and four are friends’.

That which is the witnessed is the Day of Arafah, and that for which people will gather is the Day of Resurrection.

Verily, Allah, the Mighty and High, created a creation and knew they will not proceed to Him. He command them what they should o, and what they should not do. He never commands people to do something, unless He gives them the means to do it. And He never commanded people to refrain from doing something unless He gives them the means from refraining from it. People never obey or disobey but by the permission of Allah, the Mighty and High, i.e. with His Knowledge.

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who confirms in his illness his owing a certain amount of debts to one of his heirs. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is permissible if the amount is less than one-third of the legacy.’”

I asked Abu Abdullah (as), about a man who, while ill and in debt, acknowledged a right for one of his heirs. Imam (as) said: "It is permissible if what he acknowledged is less than one-third (of his wealth)."

“When you are concerned about something, take a shower and perform two Rak’at (a prayer consisting of two times bowing down on one’s knees) prayer and say, ‘O the One who clears up concerns, removes sorrow, O the Beneficent for this world and the next and the Merciful for both, change my concern to happiness, remove my sorrow, O Allah, the One and only Self- sufficient, who is not born from anyone nor has given birth to anyone, the like of whom there is no one, protect me, cleanse me and remove my misfortune,’ then read verse 255 of Chapter 2, Chapter 1 14 and 1 13 of the Holy Quran.”

“I once said to abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, if a bird is trapped in the house and it is taken, is taking it lawful or unlawful. He (the Imam) asked, ‘O ’Isma‘il is it healthy or it is not healthy and free ? 5 I then asked, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, what is healthy ? 5 He (the Imam) said, ‘It is one with complete wings with full control on them and is able to fly wherever it wants . 5 He (the Imam) said, ‘Such ones belong to whoever catches them . 555

“I once asked abu Ja‘far (a.s.), about the martyr who is buried with his blood (not washed clean). He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, he is buried in his clothes, with his blood, without, hunut and Ghusl (bath) and is buried as he is found.’ He (the Imam) then said, ‘The Messenger of Allah buried his uncle Hamzah in his clothes, with his blood, in which he was hurt and the Holy prophet used his own gown for him, but it came short from the side of his legs. He (the Messenger of Allah) asked for ‘Idhkhir (a certain plant) as cover and he then covered him, performed Salah (prayer) - seventy Salah (prayer) and seventy Takbir.’”