Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār


Book 1, Chapter 225

The meaning of the additional
1 Ḥadīth

أبي رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا أحمد بن إدريس، عن محمد بن أحمد بن عيسى بن محمد ، عن علي بن مهزيار: عن أحمد بن محمد البزنطي، عن يحيى بن عمران، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام في قوله الله عز وجل: " ووهبنا له إسحاق ويعقوب نافلة " قال: ولد الولد نافلة.


1. My father, may Allah grant him mercy, said: We were told by Ahmad bin Idrees, from Muhammed bin Ahmad bin Isa bin Muhammed, from Ali bin Mahziyar, from Ahmad bin Muhammed al-Bazanti, from Yahya bin Imran, from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, with regards to the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «And We granted to him Ishaq, and Ya’qoub as an addition.» (21:72) He said: A child of the child is an addition.