أحمد بن إسحاق

And among them Ahmad bin Ishaq, Ibrahim bin Muhammad Hamadani and Ahmad bin Hamza bin Yasi:

We gathered – me and the Shaykh Abu 'Amr (al-'Amri) – may Allah have mercy on him – at Ahmad bin Ishaq’s, then Ahmad b. Ishaq signaled me to ask him (al-'Amri) about the Remnant (al-Mahdi), so I said to him: … and Abu Ali Ahmad b. Ishaq has relayed to me on the authority of Abi al-Hasan (al-Naqi) (AS), saying: I asked him and said: "Whom do I emulate or from whom do I take? And whose words do I accept?" So he said to him: "Al-'Amri is my Thiqa (trustee), so what he gives you on my behalf then his giving is truly on my behalf, and what he says to you on my behalf then his saying is truly on my behalf, so listen to him and obey him, for he is both Thiqa (trustworthy) and reliable." And Abu Ali also informed me that he had asked Abu Muhammad (al-Askari) (AS) about the same matter, so he said to him: "Al-'Amri and his son are both trustees, so what they give to you on my behalf then their giving is truly on my behalf, and what they say to you on my behalf then their saying is truly on my behalf, so listen to them and obey them, for they are both Thiqa trustworthy and reliable…"

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, sawiq grows flesh and strengthens the bones .’”

“In response to my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about al-Mut‘ah (advantageous marriage) if it is one of the four, he (the Imam) said, ‘No, it is not one of the four.’”

1. [1/-] al-Kafi: Muhammad b. Abdallah and Muhammad b. Yahya from Abdallah b. Ja’far al-Himyari who said: We gathered – myself and the Shaykh Abu Amr [al-Amri] رحمه الله at Ahmad bin Ishaq’s place. Ahmad b. Ishaq gestured at me to ask him [al-Amri] about the Successor [al-Mahdi] so I said to him: O Aba Amr – I want to ask you something … Abu Ali [Ahmad b. Ishaq] also informed me that he had asked Aba Muhammad [al-Hasan b. Ali al-Askari] عليه السلام about the same matter and he [the Imam] said to him: al-Amri and his son are two trustees. What they give to you on my behalf then their giving is truly on mine behalf, and what they say to you on my behalf then their saying is truly on mine behalf. Therefore listen to them and obey them, for they are both trustworthy and reliable …

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) has said, ‘Doubts and disobedience are in the fire. It (doubt or people having doubts) is not from us nor is it directed to us.’”

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘For having al-Tuhr (cleansing) over al-Tuhr one receives a reward for ten good deeds.”’

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘You must sweep the yard of your house and do not become similar to the Jews.’”

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the angels do not attend anything except (horse racing) contest and man’s playing with his wife.”

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, has said, ‘Applying perfume strengthens the heart.’”

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘The outstanding quality of the beginning of time for Salah (prayer) compared with the end of time for Salah (prayer) is better for a man than his children and belongings.’”

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that neighbors of the people of a deceased should prepare food for them (people of the deceased) for three days.”

Kulaini said: A Shaykh from our scholars, whose name I forgot, said that Abu Amr was asked in the presence of Ahmad Ibn Ishaq the same question and he gave a similar answer.

“Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘No other thing is attended by the angel as horse racing is and a man’s playing with his wife.’”

“Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘If one is killed for the cause of Allah, Allah will not show him any of his sins.”

50 – Aḥmad b. Isḥāq b. ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿd b. Mālik b. al-Aḥwaṣ, al-Ashʿarī, Abū ʿAlī, al-Qummī. I have seen books from him: the book of the reasons for the fast, a large (book), the questions of have seen books from him: the book of the reasons for the fast, a large (book), the questions of the men (masa’il al-Rijāl) to Abū al-Ḥasan the Third عليه السلام that he compiled.

“It is honoring Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, to honor an old Muslim.”

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that nobility of a man is in his Salah (prayer) during the night and his honor is in his keeping away from unsettling people’s confidentiality.”

Everything in this book that is narrated from Hashim Al-Hannat has been transmitted by me from Muhammad ibn Al-Hasan - may Allah (swt) be pleased with him - from Muhammad ibn Al-Hasan Al-Saffar, from Ibrahim ibn Hashim and Ahmad ibn Ishaq ibn Sa'd, from Hashim Al-Hannat.

“Abu ’Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that people of the deceased should not wear their gowns. They should wear only shirts so people can recognize them.”