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أحمد بن محمد

Ahmad ibn Muhammad

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  1. 2. Sahl ibn Ziyad Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from all from Ali ibn Mahziyar from who has said the following

    “Ali ibn Asbat once wrote to abu Ja‘far (a.s.), about the issue of his daughters and that he cannot find anyone as equal…

    Al-Kāfi #1375 Volume 5 Read the narration
  2. 2. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from ibn Faddal from ibn Bukayr from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said the following

    “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) has said, ‘It is in the book of Amir al-Mu’minin, Ali ibn abu Talib (a.s.) “praise comes before…

    Al-Kāfi #1685 Volume 2 Read the narration
  3. 8. Sahl has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn abu Nasr from Safwan from al-‘Ala’ from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said the following

    “One of the two Imam, (abu Ja‘far or abu ‘Abd Allah), ‘Alayhim al-Salam, has stated this Hadith. ‘You must not drink…

    Al-Kāfi #2401 Volume 6 Read the narration
  4. 4. Hamid ibn Ziyad has narrated from al-Hassan ibn Muhammad ibn Sama’a and a number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad all from Muhsin ibn Ahmad from Aban ibn ‘Uthman from ibn abu Ya’qub who has said the following

    “I heard Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) saying, ‘If a man knows a chapter then forgets it or just leaves it and will enter…

    Al-Kāfi #2047 Volume 2 Read the narration
  5. 2. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Qasim ibn Yahya from his grandfather al-Hassan ibn Rashid from Abu Basir who has said the following

    “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘My father narrated to me from my grandfather that ’Amir al-Mu’minin has said, ‘Name…

    Al-Kāfi #58 Volume 6 Read the narration
  6. Ahmad b. Muhammad (rh) narrated to us. He said: My father narrated to us from Muhammad b. `Abd al-Jabbar from Abi Ahmad Muhammad b. Ziyad al-Azdi from Aban b. `Uthman from Thabit b. Dinar from the Master of Worshipers `Ali b. al-Husayn from the Master of Martyrs al-Husayn b. `Ali from the Master of Deputies Amir al-Mu’minin `Ali b. Abi Talib (as). He said

    The Messenger of Allah (s) said: The Imams after me are twelve. You are the first of them, O `Ali. The last of them is…

    Al-Amālī #195 Volume 1 Read the narration
  7. 7. He said: Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Umar al-Ji’abi reported to me from Abul Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Saeed, who reported from ‘Ali ibn al-Hasan, who reported from al-Abbas ibn Amir, from Ahmed ibn Rizq, from Ishaq ibn Ammar, who said

    Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, asked me: "O Ishaq, how do you dispose of the zakat or your wealth, when ready?" I…

    Al-Amālī #202 Volume 1 Read the narration
  8. أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ الْحَکَمِ عَنْ سَیْفِ بْنِ عَمِیرَهَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شِمْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ شُرَحْبِیلَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ الْأَنْبَارِیِّ عَنْ أَسَدِ بْنِ خُضَیْرٍ قَالَ

    1. The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, “One who heeds the call of a Muslim and relieves him of sorrow and difficulty Allah…

    Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl #563 Volume 1 Read the narration
  9. 1. A number of our people have narrated from, Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from, his father from abu al-Jahm from Musa ibn Bakr from Ahmad ibn Sulayman who has said the following

    “A man once asked abu al-Hassan, the 1st (a.s.), when he was performing Tawaf (walking seven times around the Ka‘bah),…

    Al-Kāfi #147 Volume 4 Read the narration
  10. 5. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from Sahl ibn Ziyad from ibn Mahbub from Sama‘ah ibn Mehran who has said the following

    “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘It is not proper for one who is not in the state of Ihram to marry one who is in the…

    Al-Kāfi #1363 Volume 4 Read the narration
  11. Al-Husayn b. Ibrahim b. Ishaq al-Talaqani (ra) narrated to us. He said: Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Sa`id the servant of Bani Hashim narrated to us. He said: Al-Mundhir b. Muhammad narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. Isma`il al-Muthayma narrated to us. He said

    Isma`il b. al-Fadl narrated to us. He said: I asked Aba `Abdillah Ja`far b. Muhammad al-Sadiq (as) about Allah; will He…

    Al-Amālī #668 Volume 1 Read the narration
  12. 18. Al-Husayn ibn Ahmad ibn Idris (RA) said: My father said: Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Isa said, on the authority of `Abd al-Rahman ibn Abu Najran, on the authority of al-Mufaddal ibn Salib, on the authority of Jabir ibn Yazid al-Ju`fi that Abu Ja`far Muhammad ibn `Ali al-Baqir (AS) said

    Verily, Musa son of `Imran (AS) said: “O my Lord! I am pleased with what You have decreed regarding removing the souls…

    Al-Tawḥīd #467 Volume 1 Read the narration
  13. 7. Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Walid (RA) said: Muhammad ibn al-Hasan alSaffar said: Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Isa said, on the authority of al-Hasan ibn `Ali ibn Fuddal, on the authority of Tha`labah ibn Maymun, on the authority of al-Hasan ibn al-Sayqal, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Muslim, that Abu Ja`far al-Baqir (AS) said

    Discuss about anything but the Throne. And discuss about anything other than what is above the Throne. A group once…

    Al-Tawḥīd #547 Volume 1 Read the narration
  14. 24. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Faddal from Ahmad ibn ‘Umar al-Halabiy from his father who has narrated the following

    “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a house which is not yet distributed and a certain one of the people of the…

    Al-Kāfi #131 Volume 7 Read the narration
  15. 43. We were told by Muhammed bin Hasan bin Ahmad bin Waleed, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said: We were told by Muhammed ibn Hasan al-Saffar, from Ahmad bin Muhammed bin Isa, from Hussain bin Sa’eed, from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr, from Hammad, from al-Halabi, that he said

    I said to Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him: What is the least by which a servant is a disbeliever? He said: That he…

    Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār #767 Volume 1 Read the narration
  16. 3. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Faddal from ibn Bukayr from Fiamzah ibn Humran and al-Hassan ibn Ziyad who have said the following

    “Once we went to visit abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), when there a group of people was with him. He (the Imam) performed al-’Asr…

    Al-Kāfi #1240 Volume 3 Read the narration
  17. (40) Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Sa’eed bin Abdurrahman bin Oqda narrated from Muhammad bin Salim bin Abdurrahman al-Azdi from Ali bin al-Husayn bin Rabat from Mansoor bin Hazim from Abdurrahman al-Qasseer that Imam Abu Ja’far al-Baqir (as) had said when talking about the verse (You are only a warner and (there is) a guide for every people)

    “The Prophet (S) is the warner and Ali is the guide. By Allah, it (the mission) has never been away from us and it will…

    Kitāb al-Ghayba #62 Volume 1 Read the narration
  18. Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Yahya al-`Attar (rh) narrated to us. He said: My father narrated to us from Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Yahya b. `Imran al-Ash`ari. He said: Ahmad b. Abi `Abdillah al-Barqi narrated to me from his father from Yunus b. `Abd al-Rahman from `Abdullah b. Sinan from al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad from his forefathers (as) from al-Hasan b. `Ali (as). He said

    Amir al-Mu’minin `Ali b. Abi Talib (as) was asked: What keeps faith steadfast? So, he said: Piety. So, it was said to…

    Al-Amālī #451 Volume 1 Read the narration
  19. Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. Ishaq al-Talaqani (ra) narrated to us. He said: Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Sa`id al-Hamadani the servant of Bani Hashim narrated to us. He said: Al-Mundhir b. Muhammad informed us. He said: Ja`far b. Isma`il al-Bazzaz al-Kufi narrated to me. He said: `Abdullah b. al-Fadl narrated to me from Thabit b. Dinar from Sa`id b. Jubayr from `Abdullah b. `Abbas. He said

    The Messenger of Allah (s) said: He who denies the Imamate of `Ali after me is like him who denies my prophethood in my…

    Al-Amālī #1045 Volume 1 Read the narration
  20. 4-19 In another tradition it is narrated that Muhammad ibn Musa ibn al-Motavakil - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar quoted on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Ali al-Khazzaz, “We went towards Mecca with Ali ibn Abi Hamza. He was carrying some goods and property.

    I asked him, ‘What is all of this?’ He said, ‘They belong to the good servant (Imam al-Kadhim). He has ordered me to…

    ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā #28 Volume 1 Read the narration
  21. 11. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from ‘Abd Allah from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from his father from Fadalah ibn Ayyub from those he has mentioned from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said the following

    “I was in the presence of abu Ja‘far (a.s.), in the Masjid of the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to…

    Al-Kāfi #22 Volume 4 Read the narration
  22. 12-48 Muhammad ibn Musa ibn al-Mutevakil - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar quoted Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Abbas ibn al-Huraysh al-Razi, on the authority of Abi Ja’far Muhammad ibn Ali - the second (MGB)

    “The Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali (MGB) told Ibn Abbas , ‘Indeed there is the Night of Power every year. On this…

    Al-Khiṣāl #1081 Volume 1 Read the narration
  23. 3. All of my scholars narrated to me from Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, from Ibn Abī ‘Umayr, from Qasīm ibn Muḥammad, from ‘Abdillāh ibn Sinān, who said

    One day ‘Umar ibn Yazīd came to me and asked me to accompany him. I joined him and we traveled until we arrived at the…

    Kāmil al-Ziyārāt #75 Volume 1 Read the narration
  24. 2. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id and Muhammad ibn Khalid, all from al-Nadr ibn al-Suwayd from Yahya ibn ‘Imran from Harun ibn Kharijah from abu Basir who has said the following

    “Abu ‘Abd Allah, Alayhi al-Salam, has said to say this, when you place a deceased in the grave, ‘(I begin) in the name…

    Al-Kāfi #741 Volume 3 Read the narration
  25. 24. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al-Hasan Mahboub, from Hilal Bin Atiyya, from Abu Hamza who said

    Ali (asws) Bin Al-Husayn (asws), said, ‘He (asws) used to said that: ‘The most Beloved of you all to Allah (azwj) Mighty…

    Al-Kāfi #26 Volume 8 Read the narration
  26. 9. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from ’Isma‘il ibn ‘Abd al-Khaliq who has said the following

    “Once Sa‘id al-’A‘raj asked him (the Imam) (a.s.), when I was listening, ‘We stock oil and ghee for business and it…

    Al-Kāfi #2028 Volume 3 Read the narration
  27. 1. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from al-Husayn ibn abu al-‘Ala’ who has said the following

    “Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Mu‘awiyah was the first person who built door-jambs for his house in Makkah and…

    Al-Kāfi #846 Volume 4 Read the narration
  28. 56. Ahmad ibn Muhammad has narrated from Ali ibn al-Hakam from his father from Sadir who has said the following

    “Abu Ja’far (a.s.), once said to me, ‘O Sadir, I have heard about the beauty and good manners of the women of al-Kufah…

    Al-Kāfi #1268 Volume 5 Read the narration
  29. 2. He said: Abu Hasan Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Jurjurai reported to me from Ishaq ibn Abdus, who reported from Muhammad ibn Abdillah ibn Sulaiman al-Hadhrami, who reported from Muhammad ibn Ismail al-Ahmasi, who reported from Al-Maharibi, from Ibn Abi Laila, from al-Hakam ibn Utaibah from Ibn Abu al-Darda’, from his father who said

    A man defamed and slandered another man in presence of the Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, so a person from…

    Al-Amālī #368 Volume 1 Read the narration
  30. 78. A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn Sayf from his father from ‘Amr ibn Harith who has said the following.

    “I asked abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) about the words of Allah. “. . a blessed tree which has firm roots and branches rising up…

    Al-Kāfi #1158 Volume 1 Read the narration
  31. 1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al- Washsha’ from Jamil ibn Darraj from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following

    “The Messenger of Allah would look to every one of his companions in equal proportions of time. He would look to this…

    Al-Kāfi #2323 Volume 2 Read the narration
  32. 3. Ahmad ibn Muhammad and Muhammad ibn Yahya have narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from Muhammad ibn ’Abd al-Hamid from Mansur ibn Yunus from Sa’d ibn Tarayf from abu Ja’far (a.s.) who has narrated the following

    from the Holy Prophet (s.a.). “Whoever would like to live a life similar to those of the prophets, die in a similar…

    Al-Kāfi #536 Volume 1 Read the narration
  33. 26-6 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father and Muhammad ibn al-Hassan - may God be pleased with them - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah And Abdullah ibn Ja’far al-Homayry quoted Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Abi Umayr, that someone quoted on the authority of Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB)

    “When the Honorable the Exalted God sent Adam (MGB) down from Heaven to the Earth, He sent down one-hundred and twenty…

    Al-Khiṣāl #1214 Volume 1 Read the narration
  34. 2-61 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Ali, on the authority of Aban ibn Uthman, on the authority of Al-Ala’ ibn Syabat that Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) said, “

    When Noah’s (MGB) ark landed, Satan appeared and told Noah, ‘There is no man on the planet Earth who has pleased me more…

    Al-Khiṣāl #175 Volume 1 Read the narration
  35. 14. `Ali ibn al-Husayn al-Qummi (my father) (ra) related us that Sa`d ibn `Abd Allah reported, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Isa, on the authority of al-Husayn ibn Sayf, on the authority of Sulayman ibn `Amru said

    `Imran ibn Abu `Ata’ said: `Ata’ related on the authority of Ibn `Abbas that the Prophet (sw) said: There is no…

    Al-Tawḥīd #15 Volume 1 Read the narration
  36. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from ibn Mahbub and Ali ibn al-Hakam from Mu’awiya ibn Wahab from (Imam) abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), who said the following

    “I heard (Imam) abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), saying, ‘It was of the facts that Allah revealed to Moses and sent down in the…

    Al-Kāfi #392 Volume 1 Read the narration
  37. Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Ibrahim al-Laythi narrated to us. He said: Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Hamadani narrated to us. He said: Ya`qub b. Yusuf b. Ziyad narrated to us. He said: Ahmad b. Hammad narrated to us from `Amr b. Shimr from Jabir from Abi Ja`far al-Baqir from `Ali b. al-Husayn from al-Husayn b. `Ali from `Ali b. Abi Talib (as). He said

    The Messenger of Allah (s) said: I am the City of Wisdom – and that is Paradise – and you, `Ali, are its Gate. So, how…

    Al-Amālī #626 Volume 1 Read the narration
  38. 1. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al- Hassan ibn Mahbub from Dawud ibn Kathir al-Raqqi who has said the following

    “Once I asked Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) ‘Are the traditions, Sunan of the Messenger of Allah like the obligations Allah, the…

    Al-Kāfi #1389 Volume 2 Read the narration
  39. Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: Allāh, the Exalted, has dedicated seventy thousand angels to the grave of Ḥusain…

    Kāmil al-Ziyārāt #303 Volume 1 Read the narration
  40. 7. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn abu Nasr from Dawud ibn Sarhan who has said the following: “About a man who dies on a journey or a strage land and there is no one other than women with him, abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘

    He is buried without Ghusl (bath).’ He (the Imam) said that the same rule applies to woman in such condition unless her…

    Al-Kāfi #601 Volume 3 Read the narration
  41. (5) Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Sa’eed narrated from al-Qassim bin Muhammad bin al-Hasan bin Hazim from Obayss bin Hisham from Abdullah bin Jibilla from Ibraheem bin al-Mustaneer from al-Mufadhdhal bin Umar al-Ju’fi that Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) had said

    “The man of this matter disappears twice. The first one lasts long until some people say that he has died, some say that…

    Kitāb al-Ghayba #178 Volume 1 Read the narration
  42. 15. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Ni’man from ibn Maskan from Sulayman ibn Khalid from abu Ja’far recipient of divine supreme covenant, who has said the following

    “Do you want me to teach you the root of Islam, its branch and its peak? I said, ‘Yes, may Allah take my soul in service…

    Al-Kāfi #55 Volume 2 Read the narration
  43. By this isnad from Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Abi Nasr al-Bazanti from Mufaddal b. `Umar from Jabir b. Yazid from Abi Ja`far al-Baqir (as). He said

    When Allah resurrects His worshipers, He will start with the days. The creatures will know them by their names and their…

    Al-Amālī #641 Volume 1 Read the narration
  44. 455. Narrated to us Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al-Husayn Bin Saeed, from Ali Bin Al-No’man, from Abdullah Bin Muskaan, from Abdul Raheem Al-Qaseer who said

    I said to Abu Ja’far (asws) that the people are appalled when we say that the people turned apostate’. So he (asws)…

    Al-Kāfi #455 Volume 8 Read the narration
  45. Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: When Fāťimah (s.a.) gave birth to Ḥusain (a.s.), Jabra`īl came to the Messenger…

    Kāmil al-Ziyārāt #136 Volume 1 Read the narration
  46. 4-26 In another tradition it is narrated that (The author of the book narrated) my father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’d ibn Abdullah quoted on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Hajjal, on the authority of Sa’eed ibn Abil Jahm, on the authority of Nasr ibn Qaboos that he told Abi Ibrahim Musa ibn Ja’far (s), “

    I asked your father (s) ‘Who is going to be your successor?’ Your father (s) informed me that you were his successor.…

    ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā #35 Volume 1 Read the narration
  47. 5. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, from Ahmad bin Muhammed bin Khalid, from Ali bin Hadid, from the one he mentioned, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said

    Isa bin Mariam, peace be upon him, said in a sermon in which he stood up among the sons of Isra’eel: I have awoken this…

    Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār #464 Volume 1 Read the narration
  48. 1. We were told by Ahmad bin Muhammed bin Haitham al-‘Ajli, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said: We were told by Ahmad bin Yahya bin Zakariya al-Qattan, that he said: We were told by Bikr bin Abdullah bin Habib, that he said: We were told by Tamim bin Buhlul, from his father, from Ali bin Ghurab, that he said: I was told by the best of all who have been named Ja’far, (that is) Ja’far bin Muhammed, from his father, Muhammed bin Ali, from his father, Ali bin Hussain, from his father, Hussain bin Ali, from his father, Ali bin Abi Talib, peace be upon them, that he said

    The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, cursed the namisa, muntamisa, washira,…

    Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār #457 Volume 1 Read the narration
  49. 3-130 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Mahboob, on the authority of Zayd al-Shoham that Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) said, “

    Nothing is a harder (divine) test for a believer than giving charity from what he has earned from God the Almighty,…

    Al-Khiṣāl #372 Volume 1 Read the narration
  50. 4-82 Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Ahmad ibn Aba Abdullah, on the authority of Al-Hussein ibn Sayf, on the authority of his brother Ali ibn Sayf, on the authority of his father Sayf ibn Umayrih, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Musa, on the authority of someone from the progeny of Nofl ibn al-Mutalib, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Abi Ja’far al-Baqir (MGB) that God’s Prophet (MGB) said, “

    The companions (on a trip) most loved by the Honorable the Exalted God are four. They will talk a lot and make too much…

    Al-Khiṣāl #596 Volume 1 Read the narration
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