محمد بن عيسى بن عبيد بن يقطين

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) has said, ‘Of the things that Allah, the Majestic, the Glorious, spoke to Moses one was as follows: ‘O Moses, of those who seek nearness to Me no one is like the ones who restrain from what I have made unlawful. I, therefore, open for them the garden of Eden and will not allow anyone else to share it with them.’”

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) has said, ‘One has no belief if he does not have bashfulness.’”

“Once, a man asked the Messenger of Allah, ‘What is the right of the father on the son?’ The messenger of Allah said, ‘The son must not address his father by his name (first name), must not walk in front of him, must not take a seat before him, and must not cause people to abuse him.’”

“Amir al-Mu’minin (Ali ibn abu Talib) (a.s.) has said, ‘Tuba’ (a tree in paradise) is for every servant (of Allah) who is unnoticed among the people but knows people and they do not know him. Allah knows him from His side with happiness. They are the torches of guidance. Through them every darkening calamity is removed aside and for them every door to blessing opens. They do not publicize undisclosed facts and they are not quarrelsome braggarts.’ He has also said, ‘Speak of the good so you become known for it. Do good and be of its people and do not be hastening announcers. The best of you are those who on looking up on them one is reminded of Allah and the wicked ones among you are those who publicize undisclosed facts, cause separation among the loved ones and search for faults in the innocent people.’”

“Abu Ja‘far (a.s.) has said, ‘Your story (belief in the rise of al- Mahdi with Divine authority) causes apprehension in the hearts of people. Those who acknowledge it (belief in the rise of al- Mahdi with Divine authority) you should enlighten him further and those who would deny it you should leave them alone. There must come a period of trial in which all secrets and privacy will be no more even those who would like to split one piece of hair into two pieces to find a better argument would fall until no one would be left except we and our Shi‘a.”

“One Dirham paid to the Imam earns more reward than two million Dirhams paid for other charities.”

“I asked him about the words of Allah, the Majestic, the Glorious, ‘The invention of Allah (had a certain) nature with which He created all people. . . .’ (30:30) What is that creation (and nature)? The Imam said, ‘It is al-Islam. Allah created them with such nature at the time He made a covenant with them to believe in Oneness of Allah as He asked them all, “Am I not your Lord?” when all the believers and the unbelievers were there.’”

“I said to abu al-Hassan Musa (a.s.), ‘May Allah keep you well, in our meetings we discuss the issues and find out that for almost every thing there is something in writing with us, and that is all because of the blessings of your existence among us. We only find few small things for which we do not find any thing in writing, so we look on each other and we find certain issues similar to it then we use analogy in its best form.”
The Imam said, “What do you have to do with analogy? Many people before have been destroyed because of analogy.” The Imam then said, “When you face an issue and know he rule about it, deal with accordingly, and if you would have no knowledge about its rule then this.“ He pointed to his own mouth (meaning, this will give you the answer). The Imam then said, “May Allah curse Abu Hanifah who used to say, “Ali said so and so, but I said so and so. The Companions said so and so, but I said so and so.”
The Imam then asked me, “Have you been sitting with him?” I replied, “No, I have not sat with him but such are his statements.” I then asked him: “May Allah keep you well, did the Messenger of Allah (sw) bring to the people everything they needed in his time?” The Imam said, “Yes, and all that they will need up to the Day of Judgment.” I then said, “Is any thing lost from it?” The Imam replied, “No, it all is with the people to whom they belong.’”

“I heard Imam abu Ja‘far (a.s.) saying, ‘Allah, the Most holy, the Most high, has not left untold anything that the ’ummah would need except that He has revealed in His book and has explained them to His messenger. He has made a limit for everything and an indication for it to point forwards to it and He has made a limit for those who would trespass those limits.”

'I heard him say, “There is nothing except that is has a Book or Sunnah (prophetic tradition)”'.

“The best deed in the sight of Allah is the one that is performed according to the Sunnah, the noble tradition of the holy Prophet (s.a.) even if it would be in small degree.”

I asked the Imam (a.s.), about the words of Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, ‘Have We not shown him the ways of ‘al-Najdayn’ ?’ (90:10) The Imam said, ‘al-Najdayn’ means the ways of good and evil.’”

“Would the Imam be taken away from the earth it will create waves against her inhabitants just like what the inhabitants of the ocean face.”

"Whoever uses a reed as a toothpick will not have any of their wishes fulfilled for six days."

And whatever is narrated from Yusuf ibn Yaʿqub, I have narrated it from my father - may Allah (swt) have mercy on him - from Saʿd ibn Abdullah, from Muhammad ibn ʿIsa ibn Ubayd, from Muhammad ibn Sinan, from Yusuf ibn Yaʿqub, the brother of Yunus ibn Yaʿqub, and they were both Faṭhis.

Everything in this book that is narrated from Abu Zakariya Al-Awar has been transmitted by me from Ahmad ibn Ziyad ibn Jafar Al-Hamadani - may Allah (swt) be pleased with him - from Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim, from Muhammad ibn Isa ibn Ubayd, from Abu Zakariya Al-Awar.

Everything in this book that is narrated from Ziyad ibn Marwan Al-Qandi has been transmitted by me from my father - may Allah (swt) be pleased with him - from Sa'd ibn Abdullah, from Muhammad ibn 'Isa ibn 'Ubayd and Ya'qub ibn Yazid, from Ziyad ibn Marwan Al-Qandi.

Everything in this book that is narrated from Al-Qasim ibn Sulayman has been transmitted by me from Muhammad ibn Al-Hasan - may Allah (swt) have mercy on him - from Muhammad ibn Al-Hasan Al-Saffar, from Muhammad ibn 'Isa ibn 'Ubayd, from Al-Nadr ibn Suwayd, from Al-Qasim ibn Sulayman.

“Khattab al-A‘war asked abu Ibrahim (a.s.), when I was sitting, ‘A man worked on hire with my father and we lost him. A certain amount from his wages was left with us and we did not know any of his heirs. He (the Imam) said, ‘You must search for him.’ He said, ‘We searched but did not find him.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Destitute people’, making a hand gesture with his both hands. The man repeated his question. He (the Imam) said, ‘Search and try hard if you can find him, otherwise, it is like your other assets until someone comes asking for it; and if something happens to you, make a will about it to give it to the one who may come asking for it (remaining wages).”’

sincere and devoted, not having in it (his faith) anything whatsoever of the worship of idols.