رضي الدين القزويني

Abū ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) said: The clay of the grave of Ḥusain (a.s.) can be collected from up to (a radius of) seventy fathoms by seventy fathoms from the grave.

1. Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) narrates that Amirul Momineen (a.s.) said, “One who recites Surahs while attending Congregation Prayer behind an Imam, will not be considered a follower of Islam after his death.”

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.”

“The only ones who quarrel in matters of faith are those who lack piety or who are assailed by doubts.”

I asked Abā ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) about the Ziyārah of Ḥusain (a.s.). Imam (a.s.) said, “(Go) once a year because I fear that you will be identified.”

“If one takes a female slave and doesn’t have sex with her once every forty days, he would be held responsible for her sins.”

Imam Bāqir or Imam Sādiq (a.s.) said: There are four thousand disheveled angels who are covered with dust on the grave of Ḥusain (a.s.) and they cry over him (and will continue to do so) until the Day of Judgment.

We were told by Ahmad bin Muhammed bin Isa, with a connected chain (reaching) to al-Sadiq, Ja’far bin Muhammed, peace be upon them both, that he said: The least that achieves fulfillment from supplication after an obligatory prayer is that one says: «O Allah, send Your blessings upon Muhammed and the Family of Muhammed. O Allah, indeed, I ask You from every good which Your knowledge encompasses, and I seek refuge in You from every evil which Your knowledge encompasses. O Allah, indeed, I ask You for Your comfort in my matters, all of them, and I seek refuge in You from the disgrace of this world and the torment of the Hereafter.»

One who dies without reciting Surah Ikhlaas on Friday, has died on the religion of Abu Lahab.”

Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, “The squeeze of grave for a believer is the atonement for the bounties wasted by him.”

I asked Abā Ja’far the Second (Imam Jawād (a.s.)), “May I sacrifice my life for you! What is the reward for those who go to the Ziyārah of the grave of the Messenger of Allāh (s.a.a.w.) solely for (the purpose of) Ziyārah?” Imam (a.s.) replied, “Allāh will take them to Paradise In-Shā`allāh.”

“Fever is a good disease. It gives a part of suffering to each and every part of body. Not getting involved in it has no good.”

Amr ibn Abi Al-Miqdam narrated to me, and the name of Abi Al-Miqdam is Thabit ibn Hurmaz Al-Haddad.

I heard Abā ‘Abdillāh (Imam Sādiq (a.s.)) say: Allāh will register those who go to (the Ziyārah of) the grave of Ḥusain (a.s.) knowing his rights among those (who will be) in A’lā ‘Illīyyīn.

The Messenger of Allāh (s.a.a.w.) said: One Salāt in my mosque is equal to one thousand Salāt elsewhere.

8. Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) said, “One who usurps the property of his brother by doing injustice to him, he will come on the Day of Judgment eating the fire of Hell.”

“Three kinds of people will be punished on the Day of Judgment – a person who draws a picture of an animal. He will get punishment from the time soul enters his body and he cannot blow spirit into it on his own. A person who narrates false dreams will be punished as long as two grains of maize continue to meet and he himself cannot make the two grains meet. Molten lead will be poured into the ears of the one who listens to that which is detested by the people.”

Everything in this book that is narrated from Amir ibn Jadhaah 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 Muhammad ibn Al-Husayn ibn Abi Al-Khaṭṭab, from Al-Hakam ibn Miskin, from Amir ibn Jadhaah Al-Azdi. He is Amir ibn Abdullah ibn Jadhaah, an Arab from Kufa.

3. Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) narrates that Imam Zainul Abideen (a.s.) said, “Perform Hajj and Umrah so that your bodies remain healthy, earnings increase, your faith strengthens and the expenses of people and your family members are met through it.”

“Surely the Almighty Allah has locked sin in a house. There is a door to that house which is locked. There is a key of that lock and the key to sin is wine.”