الجريري

Sufyan Jurairi that he said: I heard Muhammad bin Abdur Rahman Ibn Abi Laila say, “By Allah, the Mahdi will not be, but from the progeny of Husain (a.s).”

“Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah, has said, ‘Olives are the rubbing oil of the virtuous ones and the sauce of the selected ones. It was blessed when coming as well as returning (plentiful or scarce) and immersed in holiness twice.’”

“Our state is the last of the states, no House will remain, except that it would rule before us, so that no one gets an opportunity to say when they observe our acts: If we had ruled, we would have also acted in the same way. It is the word of Allah, the Exalted: “…and the end is for those who guard (against evil).” (7:128)

“I once complained before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about pain in my belly. He (the Imam) said, ‘Take rice, wash it, then dry it in the shadow, crush it; then take one fill of your palm every morning.’ Ishaq al-Jaririy has added that it should be fried a little and taken one awqiyah to drink.”

Muḥammad b. Yazīd al-Nakhaʿī narrated to us, he said: Sayf b. ʿAmīra narrated to us from Abān.

The Messenger of Allāh (s.a.a.w.) ordered me to love Ḥasan and Ḥusain (a.s.). Therefore, I love them and I love those who love them because of the Messenger of Allāh’s love for (Ḥasan and Ḥusain (a.s.)).

“Say to him: He, who has told us of that, is the truthful although you deny it!”

I asked Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, about the saying of Him, Exalted and Glorious is He: «He knows that which deceives the eyes» (40:19) so he said: Do you not see a man; he looks at a thing, and yet, it is as if he does not look at it? That is what deceives the eyes.

he heard the Commander of the Believers, peace be upon him, say: Indeed, after me will be darkening, blind, doubt-causing, tribulations in which none will remain except for the sleeper. It was said: O Commander of the Believers, and what is a sleeper? He said: The one about whom people do not know what is in.

And whatever is narrated from Abdullah ibn Al-Hakam, I have narrated it from Al-Husayn ibn Ahmad ibn Idris - may Allah (swt) be pleased with him - from his father, from Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yahya, from Sahl ibn Ziyad Al-Adami, from Al-Jariri, whose name is Sufyan, from Abu ʿImran Al-Armani, from Abdullah ibn Al-Hakam. And I have also narrated it from my father and from Muhammad ibn Al-Hasan - may Allah (swt) be pleased with them - from Ahmad ibn Idris, from Muhammad ibn Hassan, from Abu ʿImran Musa ibn Zanjawayh Al-Armani, from Abdullah ibn Al-Hakam.

I heard Amir-ul- Momineen (asws) again and again, and he (asws) was saying with his (asws) fingers clasped at each other: ‘My (asws) ease is my (asws) constraint, and my (asws) constraint is my (asws) ease’. Then said; ‘Destroyed are the expectants who expect it now, and rescued are the expectants who expect it soon and are steadfast upon their pegs. I swear by Allah (azwj) by a true oath that after the grief would be a wonderful victory (Al-Qaim (asws))’.

Indeed, we wish that this matter remains in you and that none quarrel with you over it, ever. Then he said: Far is such from the truth – in a speech of his – how could that be when you will be afflicted with the bald? They said: O Commander of the Believers, and what is the bald? He said: Your property will be taken forcibly, and you will not prevent (it from happening).

I entered the Ka'ba with my father, and so he prayed on the red marble between the two pillars and said: It was in this place that the people agreed that if the Messenger of Allah (s) were to die or be killed, then the matter (i.e. rulership) would never be given to someone from his Ahl al-Bayt. He (al-Harith) said: I said: And who were they [that agreed upon this]? He said: They were the first, the second, Abu Ubaydah b. al-Jarrah and Salim b. al-Habibah. [Translation not by Muhammad Sarwar]

I heard the Messenger of Allah (s) say from the pulpit: Mahdi is from my descendants and Ahle Bayt (a.s). He would stage an uprising in the last period of time. The sky will send down rain for him and the earth would put forth its vegetation for him. He would fill the earth with justice and equity just as others would have fraught it with injustice and oppression.

There are ten parts in blessedness. Nine-tenths are in commerce and the next one-tenth is in the skin.”The compiler of the book - may God be pleased with him - asked, “What is meant here by the skin is the skin of sheep. This is certified by another narration which has been cited on the authority of God’s Prophet who said, ‘The nine portions of one’s sustenance comes from commerce and the last part is in the skin - that is the skin of sheep.’”

I said to Abu Abdullah (asws): ‘They reproach us and belie us that we are saying that the two ‘announcements’ which are to occur. They are saying, ‘How would we differentiate between the true one from the false one, if we were to be there?’ He (asws) said: ‘So what do you respond to them with?’ I said, ‘We do not respond to them with anything’. He (asws) said: ‘Say to them, ‘Those who believed in it from before (have faith) would recognise it. Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic Says: “[10:35] Is He then Who guides to the truth more worthy to be followed, or he who himself does not go aright unless he is guided? What then is the matter with you; how do you judge?”

“And by the Lord of the heavens and the earth! it is most surely the truth, just as you do speak.” (51:22-23) “This is the verse of the Qaim from Aale Muhammad (a.s) and the following verse is about him: Allah has promised to those of you who believe and do good that He will most certainly make them rulers in the earth as He made rulers those before them, and that He will most certainly establish for them their religion, which He has chosen for them, and that He will most certainly, after their fear, give them security in exchange; they shall serve Me, not associating aught with Me…” (24:55)

The Prophet (sw) heard a man say to the other: “May Allah make your face and the one who resembles you ugly!” So He (sw) said: “Wait a minute! Do not say this for verily Allah created Adam (AS) in His Image.” The Compiler of this book (RA) says: The anthropomorphists took out the first part of this tradition and said: Verily, Allah created Adam in His Image.”1 Hence, they went astray in this meaning and led others astray.

he heard his father say: “Nafse Zakiyyah (the pure soul) is a young man from the Progeny of Muhammad (s), his name is Muhammad bin Hasan, who would be killed without any crime and sin and when they slay him, they shall neither have any excuse in the heavens nor would they have any friend in the earth. At that time the Almighty Allah will send the Qaim of Aale Muhammad with a group that in the view of the people would be softer than antimony. When they come out, the people will weep at their condition as they would think that they would very soon be eliminated at the hands of the enemies. However, the Almighty Allah will conquer the easts and the wests of the earth for them. Know that they are the true believers. Know that the best of the Jihads shall be in the last period of time.”

“I said to Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as): “Some people blame us and say that how the truthful call is distinguished from the false one when they both occur.” He said: “With what do you answer them?” I said: “With nothing.” He said: “Say to them: He, who has believed in them before they occur, will know which of them is true and which is false. Allah has said, ‘Is He then Who guides to the truth more worthy to be followed, or he who himself does not go aright unless he is guided? What then is the matter with you; how do you judge?’”