خراش بن إبراهيم الكوفي

15 – al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī b. Zakariyya, al-Bazūfarī, al-ʿAdawī from ʿAdī al-Rabāb. Very weak. He narrated a manuscript from Muḥammad b. Ṣadaqa from Mūsā b. Jaʿfar عليه السلام , and he narrated from Khirāsh from Anas. His affair is famous enough to not need to be mentioned.

The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: The one who fasts a day voluntarily, if he is given the amount of what fills the earth with gold, his reward will not be fulfilled as compared to that of the Day of Reckoning. It means that the reward for fasting is not estimated like how one good deed is estimated by ten the likes of it. The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, said: All the deeds of the son of Adam are by ten the likes of them until seven hundred the likes of, except for patience, for indeed, it is for Me, and I will reward for it. Thus, the reward for patience is concealed in the Knowledge of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, and patience is fasting.

I heard the big judge, Abu’l-Hasan, Ali bin Ahmad al-Tabari, say: I was told by Abu Sa’eed, Hasan bin Ali bin Zakariya ibn Zafr al-‘Adawi al-Basri, that he said: I passed in Basra by the area of Tahhan, and it was a district, and suddenly I observed crowds by a door, and people entering a house, and other people leaving. I then entered, and suddenly I observed an old man say: I was told by my master, Anas bin Malik – and that was Khirash, the servant of Anas – that he said… Abu Sa’eed said: There were no paper with me, so I borrowed a pen and wrote these fourteen narrations on the external side of my sandal:

the Messenger of Allah (s) praying for `Ali, Fatima, al-Hasan, and al-Husayn (as). He was saying: O Allah! These are my Ahl al-Bayt, so remove uncleanliness from them and purify them with a thorough purification.

The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: My life is good for you, and my death is good for you. As for my life, it is that you speak to me and I speak to you. As for my death, it is that your deeds are presented to me at the evening of Monday and Thursday; whatever is of a righteous deed, I praise Allah for it, and whatever is of a misdeed, I ask Allah for forgiveness to you.

We were told by Abu Sa’eed, that he said: We were told by Khirash, that he said: We were told by my master, Anas bin Malik, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: If Allah, Exalted is He, removes modesty from a servant, he becomes abhorrent and detested. He then removes faith from him, then removes mercy from him, then pulls off the religion of Islam out of his neck, and he becomes a cursed devil. It means that the performance of a horrid act after another horrid act ends with devilry, and the one who becomes a devil (in challenge) against Allah, is cursed by Allah.

The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: The one who recites a hundred verses (of the Qur’an) will not be written to be among among the unaware. The one who recites two hundred verses, will be written to be among the devout. The one who recites three hundred verses will not be argued against from the Qur’an. It means those who learn by heart the amount of that from the Qur’an. It is said: «The boy recited the Qur’an» if he learns it by heart.

The one who gazes behind a woman until it becomes clear to him the size of her bones from behind her clothes, while he is fasting, has broken the fast. It means that he has conditioned upon himself to break the fast due to what emerges from the motives of his inner self and inclinations of his interest, by which he would be in danger from falling into sin.

The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: There are two joys for the one who fasts: a joy during his breaking of the fast; and a joy on the Day he will meet his Lord. With his joy during the breaking of his fast, he meant the joy of a Muslim with regards to attaining that day in the journal of his good deeds and virtuous acts, not that this joy of his is due to what is allowed to him of food at that time of his. Joy due to eating and the belly’s need is not among the honors of what the righteous are praised. As for his joy on the Day of the meeting with his Lord, Exalted and Glorious is He, it is due to what Allah will bestow upon him from the virtue of His grant, which none from among the people of the Resurrection will have the like of, except for those who did the same as his deed.

One is not a true believer unless he does the following four things: bears witness to the fact that ‘There is no god but God, He is One and there are no partners for Him, and I (Muhammad) am God’s Prophet; I have been rightly appointed; there is resurrection after death; and there is destiny.’”

Modesty is good, all of it. It means that modesty repels the one with religion, as well as the one with no religion, from the horrid. Hence, it is the gatherer of every beauty.

The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Modesty and faith, all of it, is in one horn; if one of them is pulled off, the other follows it. It means that the one whom modesty does not repel from horrid in what is between him and between people, will not repel himself from horrid in what is between him and between his Lord, Exalted and Glorious is He. The one who is not embarrassed before Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, and publicly challenges him with horrid acts, he has no (sincere adherence) religion.

The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Surely, to mention Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, at the mornings and the evenings is better than to demolish with swords for the sake of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He. It means that the one who mentions Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, at morning and then remembers what was issued from him (of actions) at that night of his of misdeeds, asks forgiveness from Allah and repents to Him, if he goes to seek what Allah has divided for him, he would do so, his misdeeds will be nullified from him and his sins will be forgiven. If he mentions Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, at the evenings, that are nights, he examines himself with regards to what was issued from him (of actions) during that day of his of thriftlessness towards himself and waste of a matter relating to his Lord. If he then mentions Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, asks Allah, Exalted is He, for forgiveness and returns, he will go to his family after his sins from that day of his have been forgiven. Martyrdom is only praised as well if it is from one who has repented to Allah and sought forgiveness from disobedience to Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He.

I saw the Prophet (s) take the hand of al-Husayn b. `Ali (as), saying: O people! This is al-Husayn b. `Ali. Recognize him, for by Him in whose hand is my soul, he will be in Paradise, and his lovers will be in Paradise, and his lovers’ lovers will be in Paradise.

I was told by Zaid, the seller of grease, of Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, that he said: The bliss in this world is safety and a healthy body. The completion of the grace in the Hereafter is to enter Paradise. The grace has never been completed for a servant who does not enter Paradise.

Indeed, for Paradise is a Gate called the Irrigating , from which none but the fasting will enter. This Gate was only named the Irrigating because the fasting is fatigued by thirst more than he is fatigued by hunger, and when the faster will enter through this Gate, he will be met with irrigation after which he will never become thirsty.

Fasting is a Garden – meaning a veil – from the Fire. He only said that because fasting is an internal devoutness in whom there is no incitement to evil by Shaytan, nor any means of ostentation before another human being.

He heard him say: "Tell him, he is not here." So Abu Lababah exclaimed: "O Abu Yasar, come out." He came out. Abu Lababah asked: "What makes you act like this?" He said: "Hardship, O Abu Lababah." Do you say that in the name of Allah?" Abu al-Yasar said: "Yes, by His name." Then Abu Lababah said: "I heard the Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny ask: "Who likes to be sheltered from the outburst of hellfire?" We said: "All of us would like that, O messenger of Allah." He said: "Then he should give respite to his debtor - or he should redeem the financial difficulty."

"The person who was responsible for the sacrificial camels of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) was Najiyah ibn Jundab Al-Khuza'i Al-Aslami. The one who shaved the Prophet's head on the day of Hudaybiyyah was Khirash ibn Umayyah Al-Khuza'i, and the one who shaved his head during his Hajj was Ma'mar ibn Abdullah ibn Harith ibn Nasr ibn Awf ibn Awij ibn Adiyy ibn Ka'b. It was said to him while he was shaving the Prophet's head: 'O Ma'mar, the ear of the Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) is in your hand.' He replied: 'By Allah (swt), I consider this a great favor from Allah (swt) upon me.' Ma'mar ibn Abdullah also used to comb the hair of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family). The two garments in which the Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) entered the state of Ihram were Yemeni garments—one from 'Abri and the other from Dhafar. He (sw) ceased the Talbiyah (proclamation of 'Here I am, O Allah (swt)') when the sun passed its zenith on the Day of Arafah."

The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, went out to his companions and said: The one who assures two things for me, I will assure to him Paradise. Abu Huraira then said: May my father and mother be sacrificed for you, O Messenger of Allah. I will assure them to you. What are they? He said: The one who assures to me that which is between his jawbones and that which is between his legs, I will assure Paradise to him. It means the one who assures (the preservation of) his tongue and genital. The causes of misfortunes open from these two parts. The offense of the tongue is disbelief in Allah, false saying, calumny and faithlessness with regards to the Names of Allah and His Attributes, backbiting, gossip and accusation. That is among the offenses of the tongue. The offense of the genital is intercourse when it is not permitted by marriage nor possession with the right hand. Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, said: «And those who are, to their genitals, preserving, except upon their wives or what their right hands possess; (in that) they are, indeed, not to be blamed. Hence, the one who seeks beyond that, those are the transgressors.» (70:30-31)