أيوب بن نوح بن دراج النخعي

Everything in this book that is narrated from Abdur Rahman ibn Abi Abdullah Al-Basri has been transmitted by me from my father - may Allah (swt) be pleased with him - from Sa'd ibn Abdullah, from Ayyub ibn Nuh, from Muhammad ibn Abi 'Umayr and others, from Abdur Rahman ibn Abi Abdullah.

Everything in this book that is narrated from Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Halabi has been transmitted by me from my father, Muhammad ibn Al-Hasan, and Muhammad ibn Musa ibn Al-Mutawakkil - may Allah (swt) be pleased with them all - from Abdullah ibn Ja'far Al-Himyari, from Ayyub ibn Nuh, from Safwan ibn Yahya, from Abdullah ibn Muskan, from Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Halabi.

Everything in this book that is narrated from Ibrahim ibn Abi Ziyad Al-Karkhi has been transmitted by me from my father - may Allah (swt) be pleased with him - from Sa'd ibn Abdullah, from Ayyub ibn Nuh, from Muhammad ibn Abi 'Umayr, from Ibrahim ibn Abi Ziyad Al-Karkhi.

Everything in this book that is narrated from Ziyad ibn Suwqah has been transmitted by me from my father - may Allah (swt) be pleased with him - from Sa'd ibn Abdullah, from Ayyub ibn Nuh, from Muhammad ibn Abi 'Umayr, from Ziyad ibn Suwqah.

Everything in this book that is narrated from Abdullah ibn Al-Mughira has been transmitted by me from Ja'far ibn Ali Al-Kufi - may Allah (swt) be pleased with him - from his grandfather Al-Hasan ibn Ali, from his grandfather Abdullah ibn Al-Mughira Al-Kufi. I have also narrated it from my father - may Allah (swt) be pleased with him - from Ali ibn Ibrahim, from his father, from Abdullah ibn Al-Mughira. Additionally, I have narrated it from Muhammad ibn Al-Hasan - may Allah (swt) be pleased with him - from Muhammad ibn Al-Hasan Al-Saffar, from Ibrahim ibn Hashim and Ayyub ibn Nuh, from Abdullah ibn Al-Mughira.

“Surely some people will have their hands tied behind their necks when they are brought out of the graves on the Day of Judgment. They will not have the strength to hold the lightest thing. Some angels will accompany them torturing them severely and saying: These are the people who did not do any good from the abundance. Allah had given a lot to these people but they did not pay Allah’s share from their wealth.”

“There is nothing among the worship of Allah better than silence and going to the house of Allah walking.”

“I once asked him (the Imam) (a.s.), about the case of man in whose favor a will is made but he dies before taking possession and has not left any heirs. He (the Imam) said, ‘You must search for his heirs or master then give it to him.’ I then asked, ‘What happens if I cannot find any guardian for him?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Try to find out his guardian and if you cannot find, and Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, knows your effort, then give it in charity on his behalf.’”

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that once a man came to the Holy Prophet, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, I have Mahirah al-‘Arab (the girl with highest amount of dower among Arabs); will you accept her and she is my daughter?’ He (the Messenger of Allah) replied, ‘I accept her.’ The man said, ‘Another (characteristic) O Messenger of Allah.’ He (the Messenger of Allah) asked, ‘What is that?’ He said, ‘She has never suffered any hardships at all.’ He (the Messenger of Allah) said, ‘I do not need her but give her in marriage to Jilbib.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Both legs of the man almost failed because of the shock, then her mother came and when she was informed she also felt the same condition as her father. When the girl heard the words and saw the condition her parents were in, she said to them, ‘Please be happy for me with what Allah and His Messenger have chosen for me.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘What the girl said comforted her parents. Her father came to the Holy Prophet, and informed him of her words. The Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, said, ‘I have made paradise for her mahr (dower).’ Safwan has added, ‘Her husband (Jilbib) died and her mahr reached one hundred thousand dirham.’”

Ali ibn Shu'ayb wrote to Abu al-Hasan (as) asking: "A woman breastfed one of my children. Is it permissible for me to marry one of her children?" Imam (as) wrote in response, "That is not permissible because her children have become like your own children."

Certainly, when the orphan cries, the Divine Throne starts to shakes for him, then the Lord Almighty says: "Who is it that made My servant cry, of whose parents I have taken during his childhood? By My might and majesty, no one will comfort him except that I will make Paradise obligatory for him."

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘I, in the time of abu al- ‘Abbas, once was in al-Hirah, when I went before him and people had doubts about the fast, and that day, by Allah, was of the month of Ramadan. I said Salam (the phrase of offering greeting of peace) to him and he asked, “O abu ‘Abd Allah, have you fasted today?” I replied, “No, I have not fasted;” the table was before him. He said, “Come close and eat.” He (the Imam) said, ‘I went close and ate, and said, “I fast with you and eat with you.’” A man then said to abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), ‘Did you eat on the day of the month of Ramadan?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, by Allah, eating on one day of the month of Ramadan is more beloved to me than my neck being cut off.’”

“I once heard abu al-Hassan (a.s.), saying, ‘It is not unlawful to eat buffalo meat and the use of its milk and ghee for food.’”

al-Sadiq عليه السلام said: if there comes to you two divergent Hadith then compare them with the book of Allah, then take the one which agrees with the book of Allah and reject the one that opposes the book of Allah, so if you do not find anything to do with them in the book of Allah then compare both to the reports of the Amma, so the one that agrees with their reports then leave it, and the one that opposes their reports then take it.

“I once wrote to abu al-Hassan, the third (a.s.), that a (certain) people have asked me about al-Fitrah. They ask if they can bring its price to you. In the year before, this man had delivered to you. He had asked me to ask you but I had forgotten about it. This year I have sent you for every one of my dependents one dirham as price of nine Artal for one dirham. Grant us your decision, I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause. He (the Imam) wrote to me, ‘Questions about al- Fitrah have become so many and I dislike whatever leads to popularity (unnecessary propagation). Cut down its mention, accept from those who have given, and abstain from those who have not paid.’”

"Indeed, he surpasses old age in goodness."

“I once asked him (the Imam) (a.s.), about exchange of one sheep for two sheep, one egg for two eggs. He (the Imam) said, ’It is not harmful as long as it is not in measures and weighing.’”

“I heard Aba Ja’far Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Musa (Imam Jawad) (a.s.) say, ‘God will forgive all the sins committed by whoever visits the shrine of my father (Imam Ridha’) (a.s.) in Toos. On the Resurrection Day, a pulpit will be set up for him in front of the pulpit of God’s Prophet (S) where he will be seated until God the Highest gets done with the Reckoning of His servants’ deeds.’”

Gabriel (MGB) descended down to me and said, ‘We - the angels - will not enter any house in which there is a dog or a statue or a vessel in which they pee.’”

I heard a man ask Abā ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) about performing Ghusl before going to (the Ziyārah of) the grave of Ḥusain (a.s.). Then he asked, “Can I pray toward Qiblah facing the grave?” Imam (a.s.) replied, “Move to the side a little.” The man asked, “Can I take some of the clay of the grave of Ḥusain (a.s.) and keep it to seek blessings from it?” Imam (a.s.) replied, “Yes – or he said – there is nothing wrong with doing so.”