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2. Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) said, “A drink leftover in the glass of a believer has cure to seventy diseases.”

“I heard abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), say, ‘The Messenger of Allah continued fasting for such a long time that people thought he would not discontinue it. He then discontinued fasting for such a long time that people thought he would not fast. Then he began fasting as Dawud (a.s.), did. One day he would fast and not fast the next day. He left this world with a practice of fasting three days every month. The Imam said, ‘Fasting three days every month is like fasting a whole month. This removes wahr from one’s chest. Wahr means temptation.’ Hammad has said, ‘I then asked, which days are they?’ He (the Imam) replied, ‘Every first Thursday, every first Wednesday after the tenth of the month and the last Thursday therein.’ I then asked, ‘How did these days become as such?’ He replied, ‘The days when torment descended on the people of the past were one of these days. Because of fear, the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, would fast during these days.’”

foiiowing: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), ‘I may take Ghusl (bath) in a place which is used for taking Ghusl (bath) due to sexual matters, and urination and water-drops sprinkle from the ground into the water container.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not harmful.’”

foiiowing: “Abu al-Hassan (a.s.), would say, ‘If you arrive in time (when it still is alive) to slaughter an animal butted by other animals, fallen from height or eaten by predators, you can use it for food.’”

foiiowing: “I once heard him (the Imam) (a.s.), saying, ‘The skillfulness of a man is for his earning a living.’”

Hadith.3460 - Al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Washsha' asked Abu al-Hasan (as) about a man who made his bondwoman mudabbar (to be freed after his death) while she was pregnant. Imam (as) said: "If he knew about the pregnancy of the bondwoman, then what is in her womb has the same status as her (i.e., it is also mudabbar). But if he did not know, then what is in her womb remains in bondage (not mudabbar)." Al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Washsha' further asked him about a man who made his slave mudabbar while he was financially well-off, but later he became needy. Imam (as) said: "Yes, if he becomes in need, it is permissible for him to sell the slave."

Everything in this book that is narrated from Al-Hasan ibn Ali Al-Washsha' has been transmitted by me from Muhammad ibn Al-Hasan - may Allah (swt) be pleased with him - from Muhammad ibn Al-Hasan Al-Saffar, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn 'Isa and Ibrahim ibn Hashim together, from Al-Hasan ibn Ali Al-Washsha', who was known as Ibn Bint Ilyas.

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who does not have any water (for Wudu’) during a journey, but there is water on the right or left side of the road at a distance of once or twice throwing of an arrow or so. He (the Imam) said, ‘I do not command him to mislead himself and then be endangered by the beasts or thieves.’”

I heard al-Rida, peace be upon him, say: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: May Allah curse the one who performs a sin or gives refuge to a sinner. I said: And what is the sin? He said: The one who murders.

And whatever is narrated from Ali ibn Maysarah, I have narrated it from my father - may Allah (swt) be pleased with him - from Sad ibn Abdullah, from Muhammad ibn Isa, from Al-Hasan ibn Ali Al-Washsha', from Ali ibn Maysarah.

And whatever is narrated from Abu Al-Hasan Al-Nahdi, I have narrated it from my father - may Allah (swt) be pleased with him - from Sad ibn Abdullah, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, from Al-Hasan ibn Ali Al-Washsha', from Abu Al-Hasan Al-Nahdi.

And whatever is narrated from Ahmad ibn Aʾidh, I have narrated it from my father - may Allah (swt) be pleased with him - from Saʿd ibn Abdullah, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ʿIsa, from Al-Hasan ibn Ali Al-Washshaʾ, from Ahmad ibn Aʾidh.

And whatever is narrated from Al-Alaʾ ibn Siyabah, I have narrated it from my father - may Allah (swt) be pleased with him - from Saʿd ibn Abdullah, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ʿIsa, from Al-Hasan ibn Ali Al-Washshaʾ, from Aban ibn Uthman, from Al-Alaʾ ibn Siyabah.

“I once heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), saying, ‘When I was in tawaf (walking around al- Ka‘bah) someone pulled my dress and he was ‘Abbad ibn Kathir al-Basriy saying, “O Ja‘far ibn Muhammad, you wear this kind of dress and your position to Ali (a.s.), is so close.’” I said, ‘It is a material made in Furqubiy (a place in Egypt) which I have bought for a dinar. Ali (a.s.), lived in a time when his kind of dress was suitable for him and if I wear that kind of dress now people will say, “He is another show off like ‘Abbad.’””

he asked Imam abu Ja’far (a.s.) about the meaning of the following verse of the Holy Quran. “Believers, be pious before God and always be friends with the truthful ones.” (9:119) The Imam (a.s.) replied, “ ‘The truthful ones’ is a reference to us.”

“I came to Khurasan when I was a member of the Waqifa sect. I had certain goods with me. In these goods there was a printed piece of fabric in one of the bundles. It was misplaced and did not know where it was. When I arrived in Marv and found a lodging a man who was born in the city of Madina came by and said to me, “Abu al-Hassan al-Rida (a.s.) said to you, “send to me the piece of printed fabric that is with you.” He has said that I then said, “Who has told abu al-Hassan (a.s.) about my arrival here? I have just arrived. There is no printed fabric with me.” He went back to the Imam (a.s.) and returned to me saying, “The Imam (a.s.) says, “It is in such and such place and in such and such bundle.” I then looked for it as he had said and found it at the bottom of the bundle and then I sent it to him.”

I said to Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him: May I be sacrificed for you, what is the meaning of the saying of Allah’s Messenger, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family: «Indeed, Fatima shielded her private organ, to which Allah forbade her offspring from the Fire»? So he said: Those who are freed from the Fire are the children from her belly: Hasan, Hussain, Zainab and Umm Kulthum.

Abu Abdullah (asws) having said that: ‘Allah (azwj) Gave Permission for the destruction of the Clan of Umayya seven days after their burning of the body of Zayd’.

“I once heard abu al-Hassan, al-Rida’ (a.s.), saying that once abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), was asked about music (and singing). He (the Imam) said, ’It is in the words of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, ‘. . . among people there are those who buy useless things in the form of words to mislead others from the path of Allah.’”

“Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.) has said, ‘Prayer and pleading before Allah for help, repels the misfortune that has already come down and that which has not yet come down.’”