Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār


Book 1, Chapter 187

The meaning of the saying of the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family: «I entered Paradise, and then I saw that most of its people were stupid»
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حدثنا أبي - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا عبد الله بن جعفرالحميري، عن هارون ابن مسلم، عن مسعدة بن صدقة، عن جعفر بن محمد، عن أبيه، عن آبائه عليهم السلام قال: قال النبي صلى الله عليه وآله: دخلت الجنة فرأيت أكثر أهلها البله، قال: قلت: ما البله؟ فقال: العاقل في الخير ، الغافل عن الشر، الذي يصوم في كل شهر ثلاثة أيام.


1. We were told by my father, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Abdullah bin Ja’far al-Himyari, from Harun ibn Muslim, from Mas’ada bin Sadaqa, from Ja’far bin Muhammed, from his father, from his fathers, peace be upon them, that he said: The Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: I entered Paradise, and then I saw that most of its people were stupid. He said: I said: What is the stupid? So he said: The rational in good things, the unaware in evil things, who fasts, in every month, three days.