Introduction

God is One and Only

Abandoning the Present to Attain the Promised

Oppressive Characteristics

Characteristics Rooted in Love for Religion

One Characteristic for Five Characteristics

A Characteristic for a Characteristic

A Saving Characteristic

The Loftiest Characteristic of the Religion

No Two Things Combined which are Better than the Combination of Two Characteristics

A Characteristic that is the Honor of This World and the Hereafter

The Most Knowledgeable Person Is One who Combines One Characteristic with Another One

There Is One True Prosperity And One True Misery

A Characteristic for Which the People Deserve to be Rewarded or Punished

A Characteristic that Is the Noblest Holy War

The Hardest Thing is One Characteristic that Cannot Be Avoided Unless We Abandon Another Characteristic

A Believer’s Honor Is in One Characteristic and His Glory Is In Another Characteristic

One Characteristic Is the Key to All Evil

A Characteristic Due to Justice

A Characteristic Due to Which We Are Interested in How Others Judge About Us

Seek Nearness to God with One Characteristic

God Has Not Tested the Servants with Anything Harder Than One Characteristic

A Characteristic that Is the Result of Being Kind

A Characteristic that Stabilizes One’s Faith and One that Makes Him Lose His Faith

A Characteristic that Destroys a Believer’s Dignity

A Good Characteristic Which No Other Characteristic Is Better Than, and a Bad Characteristic That No Other Characteristic Is Worse Than

A Characteristic That Guarantees Who Will Not Become Poor

The Form of Chivalry of the Members of the Holy Household

A Characteristic Due to One’s Chivalry

A Characteristic that Is Not Good for a Dignified Man

God Loves One Characteristic and Despises One Characteristic

One Who has This Characteristic Would Not Be Thankful for Blessings

A Characteristic Due to Humbleness

A Characteristic that Is Close to Blasphemy and A Characteristic that Might Change Destiny

A Characteristic that Destroyed Previous Nations

Martyrdom Is Expiation for Every Sin Except for One’s Debt

God the Almighty Has Sent Muhammad (sw) and His Nation a Gift That He Has Not Given to Any Other Nation

A Characteristic that One Should Have If He Wants to Increase Goodness in His House

God Will Look at Whom He Likes. Once He Looks at Him, He Shall Grant Him One of Three Gifts

The Hereafter is the Wedding of the Pious Ones

A Characteristic That is Like its Opposite

The Most Wicked People Are Those Who Are Respected for Possessing One Characteristic

A Characteristic in This World is Abstinence, and a Characteristic That is Gratitude for all Blessings

Nothing Deserves to Be Restrained More Than the Tongue

Whoever Raises his Aspirations Does Wrong

Good Deeds Are Recorded for a Muslim as Long as He Remains Quiet

A Characteristic Having Which Will Result in God Saving You From the Fear of the Hereafter

The Most Intelligent Characteristic

The Most Pious, the Best Worshipping, the Most Ascetic and the Most Hard-Working People

Becoming Sorry Is the Same as Repenting

Whoever Earns More Than His Meals fom This World

A Characteristic That Deserves to Be Willed

A Characteristic That Causes One to Be Thrown Out and a Characteristic That Causes One to Be Joined

Lofty Characteristics and Bad Characteristics for the People of the World

There Is No Honor Except Through One Characteristic. There Is No Nobility Except Through Another Characteristic

When God Loves a Servant He Will Make Him Suffer from a Great Calamity

A Characteristic That Leads to Hemorrhoids

A Hand on Which There Is an Iron Ring Is Not Clean

Do Not Respond to Whoever Talks Before He Greets You

A Characteristic That if Practiced Implies Despise for Muhammad’s Religion

Only One of the Proverbs of the Prophets Has Remained

When God Wishes a Servant Well, He Will Expedite His Punishment in This World, and When He Wishes Someone Bad, He Will Procrastinate His Punishment

Be Patient with the Enemies of the Blessings

The Prophet (sw) and Ali Ibn Abi Talib Were Created from the Same Root

A Characteristic That is Gratitude for All Blessings

Religion Is the Same as Love

When Two Believers Shake Hands They Shall Depart from Each Other Void of Any Sins

A Characteristic That Revives the Hearts

A Characteristic That Revives the Affairs of the Almighty God’s Proofs

God the Almighty Has Not Created Anything More Delightful Than This Characteristic

A Characteristic That Constitutes Nine-Tenths of Religion

Whoever is Pleased with His Destiny or is Displeased with it

A Characteristic for Which Even Red-Haired Camels Are Not Loved

A Characteristic That Increases the Daily Bread

A Characteristic That Leads to Hypocrisy and Poverty

The First Gift Given to a Believer Due to a Characteristic

A Characteristic for Which One Who Has No Good Deeds is Forgiven on the Resurrection Day

A Characteristic That is the Root of All Sins

How Awkward It Is If a Man Enters Heaven Having Lost His Honor

A Characteristic Doing Which Will Cause the Almighty God to Have Mercy Upon You

A Characteristic Doing Which Will Cause Increased Good for One’s House

On Him Whose Health Has Overcome His Illness but He Treats Himself and Dies

A Characteristic Which a Believer Avoids

Nothing Ruins Faith as Much as One Characteristic Does

One Who Lives to See his Successor Is Prosperous

A Believer’s Honor is More Than That of the Ka’ba

It Suffices for a Believer to See God’s Aid in the Form of His Enemies Engaged in the Almighty God’s Disobedience

A Gift Will Eliminate Animosities

Prosperous Be the One Who is Indifferent

A Characteristic That Will Make One Poor in the Hereafter

A Group of People Who Are the Masters of Heaven

God’s Prophet Made His Ablutions One Organ at a Time

The Characteristic That Is the Best Goodness

The Prophet Put off His Special Prayer for One Characteristic

A Characteristic That is the Best Form of Worshipping and a Characteristic That is the Noblest Form of Being Religious

What Is A Lot but Its Doers Are A Few

A Characteristic That Constitutes Half of the Religion

A Characteristic That is the Best Thing Given to a Muslim

The Prophet and Ali Ibn Abi Talib Were Created from One Light

A Servant’s Well-Being Depends Upon the Well-Being of One of His Organs

16-4 حدثنا أحمد بن الحسن القطان، وعلي بن أحمد بن موسى رضي الله عنهما قالا: حدثنا أحمد بن يحيى بن زكريا القطان قال: حدثنا أبو بكر بكر بن عبد الله بن حبيب، قال: حدثنا تميم بن بهلول قال: حدثنا أبو معاوية الضرير، عن الاعمش عن جعفر بن محمد عليهما السلام. قال بكر بن عبد الله بن حبيب: وحدثني عبد الله بن محمد بن ناطويه قال: حدثنا علي بن عبدالمؤمن الزعفراني الكوفي قال: حدثنا مسلم بن خالد الزنجي قال: حدثنا جعفر بن محمد، عن أبيه، عن جده عليهم السلام. قال: بكر بن عبد الله بن حبيب: وحدثني الحسن بن سنان قال: حدثني أبي، عن محمد بن خالد البرقي، عن مسلم بن خالد، عن جعفر بن محمد عليهما السلام قالوا كلهم: ثلاثة عشر، وقال تميم: ستة عشر، صنفا من امة جدي صلى الله عليه وآله لا يحبوننا، ولا يحبوننا إلى الناس، ويبغضوننا ولا يتولننا، ويخذلوننا ويخذلون الناس عنا، فهم أعداؤنا حقا لهم نار جهنم ولهم عذاب الحريق قال: قلت: بينهم لي يا بن رسول الله وقاك الله شرهم قال: الزائد في خلقه فلا ترى أحدا من الناس في خلقه زيادة إلا وجدته لنا مناصبا، ولم تجده لنا مواليا والناقص الخلق من الرجال، فلا ترى لله عز وجل خلقا ناقصة الخلقة إلا وجدت في قلبه علينا غلا والاعور باليمين للولادة، فلا ترى لله خلقا ولد أعور اليمين إلا كان لنا محاربا، ولاعدائنا مسالما والغربيب من الرجال، فلا ترى لله عز وجل خلقا غربيبا وهو الذي قد طال عمره فلم يبيض شعره وترى لحيته مثل حنك الغراب إلا كان علينا مؤلبا ولاعدائنا مكاثرا والحلكوك من الرجال، فلا ترى منهم أحدا إلا كان لنا شتاما ولاعدائنا مداحا والاقرع من الرجال، فلا ترى رجلا به قرع إلا وجدته همازا لمازا مشاء بالنميمة علينا والمفصص بالخضرة من الرجال فلا ترى منهم أحدا وهم كثيرون إلا وجدته يلقانا بوجهه ويستدبرنا بآخر يبتغي لنا الغوائل والمنبوذ من الرجال، فلا تلقى منهم أحدا إلا وجدته لنا عدوا مضلا مبينا والابرص من الرجال فلا تلقى منهم أحدا إلا وجدته يرصد لنا المراصد، ويقعد لنا ولشيعتنا مقعدا ليضلنا بزعمه عن سواء السبيل والمجذوم وهم حصب جهنم هم لها واردون، والمنكوح فلا ترى منهم أحدا إلا وجدته يتغنى بهجائنا ويؤلب علينا وأهل مدينة تدعى سجستان هم لنا أهل عداوة ونصب وهم شر الخلق والخليقة، عليهم من العذاب ما على فرعون وهامان وقارون وأهل مدينة تدعى الري هم أعداء الله وأعداء رسوله وأعداء أهل بيته يرون حرب أهل بيت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله جهادا، ومالهم مغنما، فلهم عذاب الخزي في الحياة الدنيا والآخرة ولهم عذاب مقيم وأهل مدينة تدعى الموصل هم شر من على وجه الارض وأهل مدينة تسمى الزوراء تبنى في آخر الزمان يستشفون بدمائنا ويتقربون ببغضنا، يوالون في عداوتنا ويرون حربنا فرضا وقتالنا حتما يا بني فاحذر هؤلاء، ثم احذرهم، فإنه لا يخلو اثنان منهم بأحد من أهلك إلا هموا بقتله. واللفظ لتميم من أول الحديث إلى آخره

16-4 The following tradition has been narrated by Ahmad ibn al-Hassan al-Qat’tan and Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Musa - may God be pleased with them - who narrated that Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Zakaria al-Qat’tan quoted Abu Bakr - Bakr ibn Abdullah ibn Habib, on the authority of Tamim ibn Buhlool, on the authority of Abu Muawiyah al-Zarir, on the authority of Al-A’amash, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq (MGB). The same has also been narrated by Bakr ibn Abdullah ibn Habib who quoted Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Nataviat, on the authority of Ali ibn Abdul Mumin al-Zaferan al-Kufy, on the authority of Muslim ibn Khalid al-Zanji, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq(MGB), on the authority of his father (MGB), on the authority of his grandfather (MGB). The same tradition has been narrated by Bakr ibn Abdullah ibn Habib, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Sanán, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Khalid al-Barqy, on the authority of Muslim ibn Khalid that Ja’far ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq (MGB) said: “Thirteen groups (Tamim said sixteen groups) of the nation of my grandfather (MGB) do not like us. They do not teach the people to love us. They detest us. They do not follow us. They abandon us and advise the people to abandon us. They are truly our enemies and they deserve the Fire of Hell.” He was asked, ‘O (grand)son of God’s Prophet (MGB)! May God fend them off from you. Who are they?’ He (MGB) said, “They are the following: (1) Those who have an extra organ. You cannot find any one who has an extra organ but that he is an enemy of us and he does not show loyalty to us. (2) Those who are born defective. There are none whom the honorable the Exalted God has created to be defective who are not opposed to us in their hearts. (3) Those who are one-eyed from birth (the right eye in specific). You will not find anyone whom God has created to be blind but that he fights against us and he is on peaceful terms with our enemies. (4) The men with ever-lasting black hair - those whose hair never turns grey no matter how long they live. Their beard stays black like the neck of a crow. They always raly the people against us and increase the number of our enemies. (5) Men who are really dark. You will not find anyone of them but that he curses at us and praises our enemies. (6) Bald men. You do not see any bald men but that he slanders, defames, and goes about with slander against us. (7) The men who are greenish. Although they are many, no one of such men but that he welcomes us in our presence but defames us in our absence (i.e. two-faced), seeking to betray us. (8) The ostracized men. Whenever you meet any of them, you will find them incurring the animosity of us and openly misleading the people. (9) The leprous men. Whenever you meet any of them, you will find them waylaying us and ambushing our followers and us, intending to mislead us from the straight path. (10) The leucodermic ones, who are the firewood of Hell. They will inevitably be lodged there. (11) The sodomized ones. Whenever you meet any of them, you will find them chanting with dispraise of us and rallying others against us. (12) The people of a twon called Sejestan. They are our enemies and antagonists. They are verily the wickedest of all people and creatures. May the chastisement that is decided for Pharaoh, Haman, and Korah be decided for them. (13) The people of a city called Ray. They are the enemies of Allah, His Messenger, and the Messenger’s Household. They consider waging war against the Prophet’s Household as holy war and they consider their properties to be spoils of war. May the chastisement of disgrace inflict them in this world and in the Hereafter and may endless torture be inflicted upon them. (14) The people of a city called Mosul. They are the most vicious inhabitants of this earth. (15) The people of a city called al-Zawra, which will be built in the future. They quench their thirst with our blood and flatter the rulers by means of showing hatred against us. They show loyalty to our enemies, consider fighting against us as an obligatory duty, and consider waging war agaisnt us as inevitable necessity. O son, beware of these peoples. Beware of them! If two of them can put a hand on one of us, they will definitely intend to kill him. ”

Al-Khiṣāl

Book 17, Chapter 4