بكر

The stingy is the one who is stingy with regards to what Allah has obliged upon him.

I asked al-Rida, peace be upon him, about faith, so he said: Faith is a contract in the heart, uttering by the tongue and act with the limbs; faith is by nothing except like this.

The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, performed the dawn prayer, and when he departed his prayer, he approached us with his face, that is dignified for Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, and then he said: All people, the one who misses the sun, let him adhere to the moon, and the one who misses the moon, let him adhere to Zuhra [1], and the one who misses Zuhra, let him adhere to the Two Farqads [2]. Then the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: I am the Sun, Ali is the Moon, Fatima is the Zuhra and Hasan and Hussain are the two Farqads. So is the Book of Allah; they will not be separated until they come to me at the basin.

I asked him by the right of Muhammed, Ali, Fatima, Hasan and Hussain, peace be upon them.

I asked him about the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «And (it is) an announcement from Allah and His Messenger to the people on the day of the greater pilgrimage» (9:3). He said: It is a name whom Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, gifted to Ali, Allah’s blessings be upon him, from the Heaven, because he was, indeed, the one who delivered on behalf of Allah’s Messenger, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, (the chapter of) Bara’a [1]. He had sent it with Abu Bakr at first, at which Jibra’eel, peace be upon him, descended unto him and said: «O Muhammed, indeed, Allah says to you: Indeed, none shall deliver on behalf of you except for you or a man from you». Then the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, sent Ali, peace be upon him, therein, and so he caught up with Abu Bakr, took the journal from his hand and went with it to Mecca. Allah then named it an Announcement from Allah. It is, indeed, a name gifted by Allah from the Heaven to Ali, peace be upon him.

The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: There will come, upon people, a time in which the happiest among the people in this world will be a despised slave, son of a despised slave. The best of people on that day will be a believer between two generous.

I said to Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him: What is the meaning of the saying of the praying during his testification: «To Allah belongs what becomes good and is purified, and what is impurified, it is for others»? He said: That which becomes good and is purified is the lawful acquirement of sustenance, and that which is impurified is usury.

The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Allah is my Lord, and there is no sign for me with Him, and I am the Messenger of my Lord, and there is no sign with me, and Ali is my Ally and the Ally of whoever I am his Ally, and there is no sign with him.

Abu Sufyan approached, while Mu’awiya was following him, and the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: «O Allah, curse the following and the followed. O Allah, it is upon You to ruin the belittled lordotic.» Ibn Baraa’ said to his father: Who is the belittled lordotic? He said: Mu’awiya.

The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Indeed, Abu Bakr is to me by the position of the hearing, and indeed, Umar is to me by the position of the vision, and indeed, Uthman is to me by the position of the heart. He said: When the other day came, I entered into his place, and with him was the Commander of the Believers, peace be upon him, as well as Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman, and I said to him: O father, I heard you say a saying about these companions of yours. What is it? He, peace be upon him, said: Yes. He then pointed with his hand towards them and said: They are the hearing, the vision and the heart, and they shall be asked about the Divine Authority of this Successor of mine. He then pointed towards Ali bin Abi Talib, peace be upon him, and then said: Indeed, Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, says: «Indeed, the hearing, the vision and the heart, all of those are to be asked about him.» (17:36) He, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, then said: My the Might of my Lord, indeed, all of my nation are to stand on the Day of Resurrection and are to be asked about his Divine Authority, and that is the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «And stop them. Indeed, they are to be asked.» (37:24)

I asked him about the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «except for the weakened ones from the men, women and children» (4:98), so he said: It is the one who does not purposely disbelieve, so he disbelieves and is not guided to the path of faith by which he believes, and so are children. Those from men and women who possess the same (level of) intellect as children, the pen [1] is raised from them.

The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, cursed the namisa, muntamisa, washira, mustawshira, wasila, mustawsila, washima and the mustawshima.

Abu’l-Hasan, the First, peace be upon him, said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: There should be no feast except in for five: ‘urs, khurs, ‘idhar, wikar or rikaz. As for ‘urs, it is marriage, khurs is postpartum after (having given birth to) a child and ‘idhar is circumcision. The wikar is the one who buys a house, and rikaz is when a man approaches from Mecca.

A man asked Abu’l-Hasan, peace be upon him, while he was during the circling, so he said to him: Inform me about the munificent. He said: Indeed, to your speech are two indications. If you were to ask about the created, the munificent is, indeed, the one who fulfils what Allah has obliged upon him. If you were to ask about the Creator, He is the Munificent when He gives, and He is the Munificent when He prevents, because when He gives you, He gives you what is not yours, and when He prevents, He prevents you from what is not yours.

Uthman bin Affan wrote, when he was surrounded, to Ali bin Abi Talib, peace be upon him: To proceed, the water has exceeded the zuba, the belt has reached the tubyayn, the matter has exceeded its extent with me, and I have been sought by those who do not repel from themselves. Hence, if you are one who eats, then be the best one who eats. Otherwise, catch up with me while I am being ripped.

Indeed, Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, chose from the lands, four, and so He, Exalted and Glorious is He, said: «And by the Fig, Olive, the Mountain of Seeneen and this Safe Land.» (95:1-3) The Fig is Medina, the Olive is Jerusalem, the Mountain of Seeneen is Kufa, and the Safe Land is Mecca.

I asked him about the weakened ones, so he said: The stupid one in her modest home; the servant to whom you would say: «Pray» and she would pray, not knowing except what you would tell her. Also, it is the imported (servant) who does not know except what you tell him, and it is the dying old and the small child. They are the weakened ones. As for a man with a strong neck, fond to arguing and quarreling, who deals with buying and selling and whom you are unable to defraud in anything, would you say that he is a weakened? No, and there is no dignity (to him).

Al-Sadiq, Ja’far bin Muhammed, peace be upon them both, said: The one who (recites the prayer in which one) sends blessings upon the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, its meaning is: Indeed, I am on the covenant and the loyalty which I have accepted during His saying: «Am I not your Lord» to which they said: «Sure».

I said to Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him: Indeed, upon me is much debt, and I have children and am not able to perform the pilgrimage, so teach me a prayer that I pray with. So he said: Say at the end of every prescribed prayer: «O Allah, send Your blessings upon Muhammed and the Family of Muhammed, and clear me of the debt of this world and the debt of the Hereafter». Then I said to him: As for the debt of this world, I have known it, so what is the debt of the Hereafter? He said: The debt of the Hereafter is pilgrimage.

I was at the place of the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, and then Ali bin Abi Talib, peace be upon him, approached, and he said: This is the Master of the Arabs. Then I said: O Allah’s Messenger, are you not the Master of the Arabs? He said: I am the Master of the sons of Adam, and Ali is the Master of the Arabs. I said: And what is a Master? He said: The one to whom obedience is made obligatory, like how obedience to me is made obligatory.