Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār


Book 1, Chapter 138

The meaning of the disgrace and the gesture
1 Ḥadīth

حدثنا محمد بن علي ماجيلويه، عن عمه، عن محمد بن علي الكوفي، عن حضين ابن مخارق أبي جنادة السلولي، عن أبي حمزة، عن أبي جعفر، عن أبيه عليهما السلام قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: من صام شعبان كان له طهرا من كل زلة ووصمة وبادرة. قال أبو حمزة: فقلت لأبي جعفر عليه السلام: ما الوصمة؟ قال: اليمين في معصية، ولا نذر في معصية قلت: فما الباردة؟ قال: اليمين عند الغضب، والتوبة منها الندم عليها.


1. We were told by Muhammed bin Ali Majilawayh, from his paternal uncle, from Muhammed bin Ali al-Kufi, from Hudhayn ibn Mukhariq, Abu Junada al-Salouli, from Abu Hamza, from Abu Ja’far, from his father, peace be upon them both, that he said: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: The one who fasts (the month of) Sha’ban will have a purification from every unintentional mistake, disgrace and gesture. Abu Hamza said: Then I said to Abu Ja’far, peace be upon him: What is the disgrace? He said: The right hand (in promise) in an act of disobedience; there is no oath (valid) in an act of disobedience. I said: Then what is the gesture? He said: The right hand (in promise) during anger; the repentance from it is to regret upon it.