زيد

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “A believer is similar to a scale. The stronger his faith, the more his sufferings will be.”

Imam al-Kazim (AS) said, ‘A believer is like the two sides of a balance: the more faith he has the more ordeal he sustains, so that he meets Allah, the Exalted, without any sins.

And whatever is narrated from Idris ibn Zayd, I have narrated it from Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Ziyad - may Allah (swt) be pleased with him - from Ali ibn Ibrahim, from his father, from Idris ibn Zayd Al-Qummi.

Zayd al-Shuh'ham quoted upon the authority of Imam Sadiq (a.s): “O' Zayd! Be patient with your enemies since you can never fight with those rebelling against God except by obeying Him. God will keep his believing servants away from evil, as you separate a strange female camel that does not belong to you from your male camels. O' Zayd! God has chosen and has established Islam. Therefore treat the people gently and with kindness.”

Everything in this book that is narrated from Dawud ibn Abi Zayd 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, from Dawud ibn Abi Zayd.

The Messenger of Allāh (s.a.a.w.) said: On the Day of Judgment, I will intercede for those who have come to Madīnah to my Ziyārah, anticipating (the reward from Allāh).

“Once the Imam said to me, ‘O Zayd be patient against the enemies of the bounties (jealous people). You cannot compensate (retaliate to offset your suffering) from one who disobeys Allah through causing you to suffer, in other ways more properly, than obeying Allah in his case (in not causing any suffering to him). O Zayd Allah has chosen Islam and has selected it. Be good companions of Islam through generosity and excellence in moral behavior.’”

“O' Zayd! Please be patient with your enemies. You cannot do anything better than to obey God in response to his disobedience of God regarding you. God will keep the believing servants whom He loves away from what he does not like, in the same manner that you push aside a strange camel which is not yours but has mixed in with your camels. O' Zayd! God chose Islam, and chose it so you help Islam with your generosity and good-temper.”

Everything in this book that is narrated from Zayd Al-Shahham has been transmitted by me from my father and from Muhammad ibn Al-Hasan - may Allah (swt) be pleased with them both - from Sa'd ibn Abdullah, from Muhammad ibn Abdul Hamid, from Abu Jamilah, from Zayd Al-Shahham Abu Usamah.

Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘He who has good intentions is given an increase in lifespan.

Imam Ali (AS) said, 'He who is sincere in his intention receives an increase in sustenance.

Their book is a forgery. Muḥammad b. Mūsā al-Sammān forged it. Abū Jaʿfar made a mistake in this saying, for I have seen their books heard from Muḥammad b. Abī ʿUmayr.

“Zayd ibn Ali ibn al-Husayn ibn Zayd narrated to me as follows. “I became ill and a doctor came to see me at night. He prescribed a medicine for me to be taken at night for so and so many days. I could not find the medicine that night. The physician was still there that Nasr came in with a bottle that contained the medicine that the physician had prescribed for me and said, “Abu al-Hassan (a.s.) sends you the greeting of peace and has asked you to take this medicine for so and so many days.” I took the medicine and recovered from my illness.” Muhammad ibn Ali has said that Zayd ibn ail told me, “The critics would refuse to accept this hadith saying, “Wherefrom the extremist have brought this hadith?”

He is Duwaid bin Nahad bin Zaid bin Aswad bin Aslam bin Haaf bin Qaza-a. Abu Hatim has said with regard to him: He lived for 456 years. His bequests and reports are famous and well known and a sample of his couplets is as follows: The passage of time has rendered my limbs useless and whatever is improved by this period, another day will corrupt it, because that which it has improved today, tomorrow it would destroy it.

“The believers are like the two sides of a balance, as his belief increases in strength, his trial also increases in intensity.”

Everything in this book that is narrated from Talhah ibn Zayd has been transmitted by me from my father and from Muhammad ibn Al-Hasan - may Allah (swt) be pleased with them both - from Sad ibn Abdullah, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, from Muhammad ibn Yahya Al-Khazzaz and Muhammad ibn Sinan together, from Talhah ibn Zayd.

Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'Whoever is especially kind to his family is increased in sustenance.

Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘He who excels in his good treatment of his family is given an increase in his lifespan.

Everything in this book that is narrated from Idris ibn Zayd and Ali ibn Idris, the companions of Al-Ridha (as), has been transmitted by me from Muhammad ibn Ali Majilawayh - may Allah (swt) be pleased with him - from Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim, from his father, from Idris ibn Zayd and Ali ibn Idris, from Al-Ridha (as).

And whatever is narrated from Al-Husayn ibn Zayd, I have narrated it from Muhammad ibn Ali Majilawayh - may Allah (swt) be pleased with him - from Muhammad ibn Yahya Al-Aṭṭar, from Ayyub ibn Nuh, from Muhammad ibn Abi Umayr, from Al-Husayn ibn Zayd ibn Ali ibn Al-Husayn ibn Ali ibn Abi Ṭalib, peace be upon them.