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Hadith.4415 - Safwan ibn Yahya asked Imam Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha (as), about a man who has a young wife and refrains from approaching her for months or even a year, not intending to harm her but due to some hardship or difficulty they are facing. Is he considered sinful for this? The Imam (as) replied: "If he refrains from her for four months, he is sinful after that unless it is with her consent."

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 Al-Fudayl ibn 'Uthman Al-A'war has been transmitted by me from Muhammad ibn Al-Hasan ibn Ahmad ibn Al-Walid - may Allah (swt) be pleased with him - from Muhammad ibn Al-Hasan Al-Saffar, from Muhammad ibn 'Isa ibn 'Ubayd, from Safwan ibn Yahya, from Al-Fudayl ibn 'Uthman Al-A'war Al-Muradi Al-Kufi.

Everything in this book that is narrated from Safwan ibn Yahya has been transmitted by me from my father - may Allah (swt) be pleased with him - from Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim, from his father, from Safwan ibn Yahya.

Everything in this book that is narrated from Zakariyya ibn Malik Al-Jufi has been transmitted by me from Al-Husayn ibn Ahmad ibn Idris - may Allah (swt) have mercy on him - from his father, from Muhammad ibn Ahmad, from Ali ibn Ismail, from Safwan ibn Yahya, from Abdullah ibn Miskan, from Abu Al-Abbas Al-Fadl ibn Abdul Malik, from Zakariyya ibn Malik Al-Jufi.

And whatever is narrated from Ali ibn Ismaʿil Al-Mithami, I have narrated it from my father - may Allah (swt) be pleased with him - from Saʿd ibn Abdullah, from Muhammad ibn Al-Husayn ibn Abi Al-Khaṭṭab, from Ṣafwan ibn Yahya, from Ali ibn Ismaʿil Al-Mithami.

1. Imam Musa Kadhim (a.s.) said, “One who supplicates for believers, the Almighty Allah appoints an angel for each believer to supplicate for that person.”

2. Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) narrates that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, “Do not be surprised with a person who murders excessively because his killer is with Allah who will never die.”

1. Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates from his predecessors that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, “One who prostrates once, one of his sins is forgiven and a position would be raised for him.”

Hadith.2100 - In a narration from Safwan ibn Yahya, from Abdur-Rahman ibn Al-Hajjaj, from Abu Abdullah (as), it is reported: "If the one performing i'tikaf falls ill, or if the woman performing i'tikaf experiences menstruation, they may return to their home. Once they recover, they should resume their i'tikaf and complete it while fasting."

Everything in this book that is narrated from Abdullah ibn Miskan has been transmitted by me from my father and from Muhammad ibn Al-Hasan - may Allah (swt) be pleased with them both - from Muhammad ibn Yahya Al-Attar, from Muhammad ibn Al-Husayn ibn Abi Al-Khattab, from Safwan ibn Yahya, from Abdullah ibn Miskan. He was a Kufan and a freed servant (mawla) of the tribe of Anzah, and it is also said that he was a freed servant of the tribe of Ujl.

Everything in this book that is narrated from Abdullah ibn Sulayman 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 Ya'qub ibn Yazid, from Safwan ibn Yahya and Muhammad ibn Abi 'Umayr together, from Abdullah ibn Sulayman.

Hadith.3354 - Safwan ibn Yahya asked Abu al-Hasan (as): About a man who made his employee a witness to a testimony and then separated from him, would his testimony be valid after their separation? Imam (as) said: "Yes." He further asked: What if a Jew was made a witness to a testimony and then embraced Islam, would his testimony be valid? Imam (as) said: "Yes."

Everything in this book that is narrated from Al-Ays ibn Al-Qasim 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 Yaqub ibn Yazid, from Safwan ibn Yahya, from Al-Ays ibn Al-Qasim.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘You must not eat of the flesh of a prey while you are in the state of Ihram, even if the hunter is not in the state of Ihram. There is no ransom on you because of what you do out of ignorance except hunting, in which case there is ransom, regardless of being done out of ignorance or with knowledge.’”

I said to al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad (as): Inform me of this saying – whose saying is it? –: I ask Allah for faith and God-consciousness, and I seek refuge in Allah from the evil consequences of things. Surely, the most honourable of speech is the remembrance of Allah, and the peak of wisdom is obedience to Him. The most truthful of sayings, the most articulate of exhortations, and the most beautiful of stories is the Book of Allah. The most trustworthy virtue is faith in Allah, and the best of ways is the way of Ibrahim, and the best of traditions is the tradition of the prophets of Allah, and the best of guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (s), and the best of possessions is God-consciousness, and the best of knowledge is that which is of benefit, and the best of guidance is that which is followed, and the best of riches is being needless of the people, and the best thing to come to the heart is certainty. The adornment of speech is honesty, and the adornment of knowledge is beautification. The best of deaths is being killing in martyrdom. The best of affairs is that which has the best consequence and so on in goodness. The wretched is [known as] wretched in the womb of his mother, and the blissful is he who learns from the example of others. The best goodness is the pious, and the most foolish of fools is the immoral. The evillest of reports is the lie, and the evillest of affairs is innovation [in religion], and the evillest of blindness is the blindness of the heart, and the worst of regrets is the regret on the Day of Resurrection. The greatest of sinners with Allah is one with a lying tongue. The evillest of gains is gaining usury, and the evillest of consumption is wrongfully consuming the wealth of the orphan. The most beautiful adornment for a man is serenity in faith. Whoever desires reputation, Allah will ruin his reputation. Whoever recognizes [the nature of] tribulation is patient with it, and whoever does not recognize it denies it. Doubt is disbelief. Whoever is arrogant, Allah will put him down. Whoever follows Satan disobeys Allah, and whoever disobeys Allah, Allah will punish him. Whoever thanks Allah, Allah increases for him. Whoever is patient over a calamity, Allah helps him. Whoever relies on Allah, Allah will be sufficient or him. Do not disobey Allah to please one of His creatures, and do not gain the proximity of a creature by distancing yourself from Allah, for there is nothing obliging Allah to give goodness to or repel harm from the creation except obedience and seeking His pleasure. Surely, obeying Allah is the triumph of every desired good, and the triumph over every fearful evil. Surely, Allah protects he who obeys Him, and He does not protect he who disobeys Him. One who retreats from Allah will find no place to retreat to, for surely, the command of Allah will come down to humiliate him, even if the creatures may be averse. Everything that is coming is near – whatever Allah willed has occurred, and whatever He has not willed will not occur. Help one another in righteousness and piety, and do not help one another in sin and aggression. Fear Allah, for Allah is stern in reprisal. He said: So, Al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad (as) said to me: This is a saying of the Messenger of Allah (s).

The Messenger of Allah (s) kept his prophethood concealed for five years and remained underground due to fear. He did not publicize his message, whereas Ali (a.s) and Lady Khadija (s) were present with him. After that Allah, the Mighty and the High commanded him to announce that which he had been ordered to and to publicize his messengership.

“The narrator has said, ‘Once, one of the servants of abu al-Hassan al-Rida (a.s.), came in and the Imam asked, “Have you spent (for deserving causes) anything today?” He (the servant) replied, “No, I have not done so.” Abu al-Hassan (a.s.), then said, “Wherefrom will Allah then grant us replacement? You must spend (for deserving causes), even if it would be one dirham only.’””

“The Imam (a.s.) knows the succeeding Imam and delivers his will to him.”

“I once asked abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), about feeling the corner (of al-Ka‘bah). He (the Imam) replied, ‘Istilam (feeling) is touching it (the Black Stone) with your belly and al-Mash (touching) is wiping it with your hand.’”