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“What is the smallest right of a believer over his believing brother?” He replied: “That he does not place a higher priority for himself on what his believing brother needs more.”

Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s) about the Quranic interpretation of Jabir and he said: “Do not mention the interpretation of these verses to those with decadent thinking as they would publicize it. Have you not seen the following verse in Quran? “For when the trumpet is sounded…” (74:8) Indeed one of us Imams will be in occultation and when the Almighty Allah wants to show His matter, He will inspire the Imam and he will reappear and stage an uprising by the permission of Allah.”

“Whoever worships Allah without learning (the principles of worship) from a truthful jurisprudent, Allah will let him be confused and astray and whoever claims that he has heard from other than the gate (source) that Allah has opened to His people, is considered as a polytheist. That gate is the trusted one, who has been entrusted (by Allah) with the hidden secret of Allah.” The same thing was narrated by Muhammad bin Ya’qoob al-Kulayni from some of his companions from Abdul Adheem bin Abdullah al-Hasani from Malik bin Aamir from al-Mufadhdhal bin Za’ida from al-Mufadhdhal bin Umar from Imam as-Sadiq (as).

8. It is in the advice to al-Mufaddal who has said the following: “I heard Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) saying, ‘One who has doubt or Zann (better than doubt and less than certainty) and lives with one of them (such conditions), Allah turns his deeds fruitless. The authority and proof for (existence of) Allah is clear authority and proof.’”

34 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. al-Muṭṭalib, al-Shaybānī, Abū Mufaḍḍal. A fabricator, (he narrated) much that is denied. I saw his books and in them are isnads without texts and texts without isnads. I regard (that one must) abandon what he exclusively (narrates).

“It does not suffice to just say that you are our followers. You must accept our decrees and guard them, as God has protected them, and you must honor them as God has honored them, and act accordingly as God has ordered.”

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a cloth which is dyed with al-‘Usfur, then washed, and I wear it while I am in the state of Ihram. He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, because al-‘Usfur is not of perfumes but I dislike your wearing something that makes you look unusual in the eyes of people.’”

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that Isma‘il buried his mother in al-Hijr and built a wall of stones around it so that people may not walk on her grave.”

“I asked Imam abu al-Hassan (a.s.) about certain matters of the attributes (of Allah) and the Imam said, “Do not exceed what is in the holy Quran.”

“Two rakat prayer prayed with perfume is equal to seventy rakat prayer offered without perfume.”

"Let him leave, wipe his head, and repeat the prayer."

Everything in this book that is narrated from Abu Jamilah has been transmitted by me from my father - may Allah (swt) be pleased with him - from Al-Himyari, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn 'Isa, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Nasr Al-Bazanti, from Abu Jamilah Al-Mufaddal ibn Salih.

“I heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), say, ‘Fasting during the month of Sha‘ban and the month of Ramadan in a continuous manner is returning to Allah.’”

“About a man who doubts and does not know if he has performed one or two Sajdah (prostrations), abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘He performs one more Sajdah (prostration).”’

he heard Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) say the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) has said, ‘Islam is to protect life, return the trust and make marriages lawful. Reward, however, comes from belief.’”

“Fasting on the day of Eid-e- Ghadeer is equal to the compensation of sins committed in sixty years.”

2 – al-Mufaḍḍal b. ʿUmar, al-Juʿfī, Abū ʿAbdillāh. Weak, collapsed, a proponent of irtifāʿ in doctrine, a Khaṭṭābī. Many things have been added (i.e. attributed) upon him, and his ḥadīth carry a great amount of weight with the ghulāt. It is not permissible to write his ḥadīth. He narrated from Abū ʿAbdillāh عليه السلام and Abū al-Ḥasan . عليه السلام

“I once asked abu Ja‘far (a.s.), about children when they line up for obligatory Salah (prayer). He (the Imam) said, ‘Do not push them back from obligatory but separate them from each other (boys from girls).’”

“One who withholds the wealth of a believer which he needed, by Allah, he will never taste the food of Paradise nor will he be able to taste the sealed drink of Paradise.”

“The Almighty Allah will cover with His Own cover one who goes to bathroom wrapping a cloth around himself.”