The First Assembly, which is Friday, Twelve Nights Remaining in Rajab, 367 AH.

The Second Assembly, which is Tuesday, Seven Days Remaining from Rajab, 367 AH.

The Third Assembly, which is Friday, Five Days Remaining from Rajab, 367 AH.

The Fourth Assembly, which is Tuesday, the Last of Rajab, 367 AH.

The Fifth Assembly, which is Friday, two nights into Sha`ban, 367 AH.

The Sixth Assembly, which is Tuesday, Seven Nights into Sha`ban, 367 AH.

The Seventh Assembly, which is Friday, Ten Nights into Sha`ban, 367 AH.

The Eighth Assembly, which is Tuesday, the Fourteenth of Sha`ban, 367 AH.

The Ninth Assembly, which is Friday, the Seventeenth of Sha`ban, 367 AH.

The Tenth Assembly, which is Tuesday, Ten Days remaining from Sha`ban, 367 AH.

The Eleventh Assembly, which is Friday, Six Days remaining from Sha`ban, 367 AH.

The Twelfth Assembly, which is Tuesday, Three Days remaining from Sha`ban, 367 AH.

The Thirteenth Assembly, which is Friday, the First of the Month of Ramadan, 367 AH.

The Fourteenth Assembly, which is Tuesday, the Fifth of the Month of Ramadan, 367 AH.

The Fifteenth Assembly, which is Friday, the Eighth of the Month of Ramadan, 367 AH.

The Sixteenth Assembly, which is Tuesday, the Twelfth of the Month of Ramadan, 367 AH.

The Seventeenth Assembly, which is Friday, the Middle of the Month of Ramadan, 367 AH.

The Eighteenth Assembly, which is Tuesday, the Nineteenth of the Month of Ramadan, 367 AH.

The Nineteenth Assembly, which is Friday, the Twenty-Second of the Month of Ramadan, 367 AH.

The Twentieth Assembly, an Assembly on Tuesday, with Four Nights Remaining from the Month of Ramadan, 367 AH.

The Twenty-First Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Last of the Month of Ramadan, 367 AH.

The Twenty-Second Assembly, which is the Day of Eid, the First of the Month of Shawwal, 367 AH.

The Twenty-Third Assembly, which is Tuesday, two nights into Shawwal, 367 AH.

The Twenty-Fourth Assembly, Wednesday, the Fourth of Shawwal, 367 AH.

The Twenty-Fifth Assembly, which was dictated to us in Tus in the Shrine of al-Rida `Ali b. Musa (s) on Friday, the Seventeenth of Dhul Hijja, 367 AH.

The Twenty-Sixth Assembly in the shrine of al-Rida (as), the day of Ghadir Khumm, which is Saturday, the Eighteenth of Dhul Hijja, 367 AH.

The Twenty-Seventh Assembly, which is Friday, the First of Muharram, 367 AH. He delivered it after he returned from the Shrine of al-Rida (as)

The Twenty-Eighth Assembly, which is Tuesday, the 5th of Muharram, 368 AH, after he returned from the Shrine of al-Rida (as).

The Twenty-Ninth Assembly, the Gathering on Friday, the Eighth of Muharram, 368 AH.

The Thirtieth Assembly, Saturday, the Ninth of Muharram, 268 AH, which is the [the Eve of] the Killing of al-Husayn b. `Ali b. Abi Talib (as).

The Thirty-First Assembly in the Remainder of the Killing [of al-Husayn], Sunday, which is the Day of `Ashura’, Ten into al-Muharram, 368 AH.

The Thirty-Second Assembly, Tuesday, the Twelfth of Muharram, 368 AH.

The Thirty-Third Assembly, Friday, Halfway into Muharram, 368 AH.

The Thirty-Fourth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Nineteenth of Muharram, 368 AH.

The Thirty-Fifth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Twenty-Second of Muharram, 368 AH.

The Thirty-Sixth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Twenty-Sixth of Muharram, 368 AH.

The Thirty-Seventh Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Last of Muharram, 368 AH.

The Thirty-Eighth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Fourth of Safar, 368 AH.

The Thirty-Ninth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Seventh of Safar, 368 AH.

The Fortieth Assembly, which is the Assembly of Tuesday, the Eleventh of Safar, 368 AH.

The Forty-First Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Fourteenth of Safar, 368 AH.

The Forty-Second Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Eighteenth of Safar, 368 AH.

The Forty-Third Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Twenty-First of Safar, 368 AH.

The Forty-Fourth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Twenty-Fifth of Safar, 368 AH.

The Forty-Fifth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, Two Nights Remaining from Safar, 368 AH.

The Forty-Sixth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Second of the Month of Rabi` al-Awwal, 368 AH.

The Forty-Seventh Assembly, Friday, the Fifth of the Month of Rabi` al-Awwal, 368 AH.

The Forty-Eighth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Ninth of the Month of Rabi` al-Awwal, 368 AH.

The Forty-Ninth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Twelfth of the Month of Rabi` al-Awwal, 368 AH.

The Fiftieth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Sixteenth of the Month of Rabi` al-Awwal, 368 AH.

The Fifty-First Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the [Nineteenth] of Rabi` al-Awwal, 368 AH.

The Fifty-Second Assembly, which is Tuesday, the Twenty-Third of the Month of Rabi` al-Awwal, 368 AH.

The Fifty-Third Assembly, which is Friday, the Twenty-Sixth of the Month of Rabi` al-Awwal, 368 AH.

The Fifty-Forth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the First of Rabi` al-Akhir, 368 AH.

The Fifty-Fifth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Fourth of the Month of Rabi` al-Akhir, 368 AH.

The Fifty-Sixth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the 8th of the Month of Rabi` al-Akhir, 368 AH.

The Fifty-Seventh Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Eleventh of the Month of Rabi` al-Akhir, 368 AH.

The Fifty-Eighth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, Halfway through the Month of Rabi` al-Akhir, 368 AH.

The Fifty-Ninth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Eighteenth of the Month of Rabi` al-Akhir, 368 AH.

The Sixtieth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Twenty-Second of the Month of Rabi` al-Akhir, 368 AH.

The Sixty-First Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Twenty-Fifth of the Month of Rabi` al-Akhir, 368 AH.

The Sixty-Second Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Last of Rabi` al-Akhir, 368 AH.

The Sixty-Third Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Third of Jumada al-Ula, 368 AH.

The Sixty-Fourth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Sixth of Jumada al-Ula, 368 AH.

The Sixty-Fifth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Ninth from Jumada al-Ula, 368 AH.

The Sixty-Sixth Assembly: The Assembly of Tuesday, the Thirteenth of Jumada al-Ula, 368 AH.

The Sixty-Seventh Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Sixteenth of Jumada al-Ula, 368 AH.

The Sixty-Eighth Assembly, which is the Assembly of Tuesday, Ten Days Remaining from Jumada al-Ula, 368 AH.

The Sixty-Ninth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Thirty-Second of Jumada al-Ula, 368 AH.

The Seventieth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Twenty-Seventh of Jumada al-Ula, 368 AH.

The Seventy-First Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Last of Jumada al-Ula, 368 AH.

The Seventy-Second Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Fifth of Jumada al-Ukhra, 368 AH.

The Seventy-Third Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Eighth from Jumada al-Ukhra, 368 AH.

The Seventy-Fourth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Twelfth of Jumada al-Ukhra, 368 AH.

The Seventy-Fifth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Middle of Jumada al-Ukhra, 368 AH.

The Seventy-Sixth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Nineteenth of Jumada al-Ukhra, 368 AH.

The Seventy-Seventh Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, Eight Days Remaining from Jumada al-Ukhra, 368 AH.

The Seventy-Eighth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, Four Days Remaining from Jumada al-Ukhra, 368 AH.

The Seventy-Ninth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Last of Jumada al-Ukhra, 368 AH.

The Eightieth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, Four Nights into Rajab, 368 AH.

The Eighty-First Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, Seven Nights into Rajab, 368 AH.

The Eighty-Second Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Eleventh of Rajab, 368 AH.

The Eighty-Third Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Fourteenth of Rajab, 368 AH.

The Eighty-Fourth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Eighteenth of Rajab, 368 AH.

The Eighty-Fifth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Twenty-Second of Rajab, 368 AH.

The Eighty-Sixth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, Five Days Remaining in Rajab, 368 AH.

The Eighty-Seventh Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Twenty-Eighth of Rajab, 368 AH.

The Eighty-Eighth Assembly, Saturday, the Last Day of Rajab, 368 AH.

The Eighty-Ninth Assembly, the Assembly of Sunday, the First of Sha`ban, 368 AH, in the House of al-Sayyid Abi Muhammad Yahya b. Muhammad al-`Alawi (ra)

The Ninetieth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Third of Sha`ban, 368 AH.

The Ninety-First Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, Six Nights into Sha`ban, 368 AH.

The Ninety-Second Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Tenth of Sha`ban, 368 AH.

The Ninety-Third Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Thirteenth of Sha`ban, 368 AH.

The Ninety-Fourth Assembly, Dictated on Tuesday, the Seventeenth of Sha`ban, 368 AH in Holy Mashhad (Peace Be Upon its Inhabitant), When He Went to Houses Beyond the River

The Ninety-Fifth Assembly, the Assembly of Wednesday, Twelve Nights Remain From Sha`ban, 368 AH. Dictated in the Mashhad of Imam al-Rida (s).

The Ninety-Sixth Assembly, Another Assembly of Wednesday, Twelve Nights Remain from Sha`ban, 368 AH, at `Asr Time

The Ninety-Seventh Assembly, the Assembly of Thursday, Eleven Nights Remain From Sha`ban, 368 AH, in the Mashhad of Our Master Abi'l Hasan `Ali b. Musa al-Rida (as)

1 - حدثنا الشيخ الفقيه أبو جعفر محمد بن علي بن الحسين بن موسى بن بابويه القمي (رحمه الله)، قال: حدثنا أبي (رحمه الله)، قال: حدثنا محمد بن يحيى العطار، عن أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى، عن الحسن بن محبوب، عن أبي أيوب، عن أبي الورد، عن أبي جعفر (عليه السلام)، قال: خطب رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله) الناس في آخر جمعة من شعبان، فحمد الله وأثنى عليه، ثم قال: أيها الناس، إنه قد أظلكم شهر فيه ليلة خير من ألف شهر، وهو شهر رمضان، فرض الله صيامه وجعل قيام ليلة فيه بتطوع صلاة كمن تطوع بصلاة سبعين ليلة فيما سواه من الشهور، وجعل لمن تطوع فيه بخصلة من خصال الخير والبر كأجر من أدى فريضة من فرائض الله، ومن أدى فيه فريضة من فرائض الله، كان كمن أدى سبعين فريضة فيما سواه من الشهور، وهو شهر الصبر، وإن الصبر ثوابه الجنة، وهو شهر المواساة، وهو شهر يزيد الله فيه في رزق المؤمن، ومن فطر فيه مؤمنا صائما كان له بذلك عند الله عز وجل عتق رقبة ومغفرة لذنوبه فيما مضى. فقيل له: يا رسول الله، ليس كلنا يقدر على أن يفطر صائما. فقال: إن الله تبارك  وتعالى كريم، يعطي هذا الثواب منكم من لم يقدر إلا على مذقة (1) من لبن يفطر بها صائما، أو شربه من ماء عذب، أو تميرات لا يقدر على أكثر من ذلك، ومن خفف فيه عن مملوكه خفف الله عنه حسابه، وهو شهر أوله رحمة ووسطه مغفرة وآخره إجابة والعتق من النار، ولا غنى بكم فيه عن أربع خصال: خصلتين ترضون الله بهما، وخصلتين لا غنى بكم عنهما، أما اللتان ترضون الله بهما: فشهادة أن لا إله إلا الله، وأني رسول الله، وأما اللتان لا غنى بكم عنهما: فتسألون الله حوائجكم والجنة، وتسألون الله فيه العافية وتتعوذون به من النار (2).

محمد بن علي بن الحسين بن بابويه

حدثنا الشيخ الفقيه أبو جعفر محمد بن علي بن الحسين بن موسى بن بابويه القمي رحمه الله  قال حدثنا

أبي

قال حدثنا

محمد بن يحيى العطار

عن

أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى

الحسن بن محبوب

أبي أيوب

أبي الورد

أبي جعفر عليه السلام

قال خطب

رسول الله ص

Abu Ja`far Muhammad b. `Ali b. al-Husayn b. Musa b. Babuwayh al-Qummi (rh) narrated to us. He said: My father (rh) narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Yahya al-`Attar narrated to us from Ahmad b. Muhammad b. `Isa from al-Hasan b. Mahbub from Abi Ayyub from Abi’l Ward from Abi Ja`far (as). He said: The Messenger of Allah (s) delivered a sermon to the people on the last Friday of Sha`ban. He praised and commended Allah, then said: O people! You are shaded by a month wherein there is a night that is better than one thousand months – and it is the month of Ramadan. Allah has obligated fasting it, and He has made voluntary prayer therein equivalent to seventy nights of voluntary prayers in other months. For those who pray voluntarily therein, He has given them goodness; like the reward of one who has performed a divinely mandated obligatory act. Whoever performs a divinely mandated obligatory act therein, it will be equivalent to one who performs seventy obligatory acts in other months. It is the month of patience, and whoever is patient, his reward is Paradise. It is the month of sympathy. It is a month in which Allah increases the sustenance of the believer. Whoever feeds a fasting believer therein, Allah will free his neck [from the Fire] and forgive his past sins. So, it was said to him: O Messenger of Allah! Not all of us are capable of feeding a fasting person. So, he said: Surely, Allah is generous. He will give this reward to those of you who are not capable of feeding a fasting person anything but watery milk, pure water, or small dates – and not capable of [feeding him] anything more than this. Whoever lightens things for his slaves therein, Allah will lighten his judgment. It is a month in which its beginning is mercy, its middle is forgiveness, and its end is acceptance [of prayers] and freedom from the Fire. There are four things therein that you are not needless of: two that you will please Allah by, and two you absolutely need. As for the two that you will please Allah by: they are the testimony that there is no god but Allah, and that I am the Messenger of Allah. As for the two that you absolutely need: you will ask Allah for your needs and for Paradise, and you will ask Allah therein for His forgiveness and His pardon from the Fire.

2 - حدثنا محمد بن موسى بن المتوكل (رحمه الله)، قال: حدثنا محمد بن أبي عبد الله الكوفي، عن إسحاق بن محمد، عن حمزة بن محمد، قال: كتبت إلى أبي محمد الحسن بن علي بن محمد بن علي بن موسى بن جعفر بن محمد بن علي بن الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب (عليهم السلام): لم فرض الله عزوجل الصوم؟ فورد في الجواب: ليجد الغني مس الجوع فيمن على الفقير (3).

حدثنا

محمد بن موسى بن المتوكل

محمد بن أبي عبد الله الكوفي

إسحاق بن محمد

حمزة بن محمد

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أبي محمد الحسن بن علي بن محمد بن علي بن موسى بن جعفر بن محمد بن علي بن الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام

Muhammad b. Musa b. al-Mutawakkil (rh) narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Abi `Abdullah al-Kufi narrated to us from Ishaq b. Muhammad from Hamza b. Muhammad. He said: I wrote to Abi Muhammad al-Hasan b. `Ali b. Muhammad b. `Ali b. Musa b. Ja`far b. Muhammad b. `Ali b. al-Husayn b. `Ali b. Abi Talib (as): “Why did Allah obligate fasting?” So, he answered in his response: “So that the rich may feel hunger and give to the poor.”

3 - حدثنا محمد بن إبراهيم بن إسحاق (رحمه الله)، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن محمد الهمداني، قال: أخبرنا أحمد بن صالح بن سعد التميمي، قال: حدثنا موسى ابن داود، قال: حدثنا الوليد بن هشام، قال: حدثنا هشام بن حسان، عن الحسن بن أبي الحسن البصري، عن عبد الرحمن بن غنم الدوسي، قال: دخل معاذ بن جبل على رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله) باكيا، فسلم فرد عليه السلام، ثم قال: ما يبكيك يا معاذ؟ فقال: يا رسول الله، إن بالباب شابا طري الجسد، نقي اللون، حسن الصورة، يبكي على شبابه بكاء الثكلى على ولدها يريد الدخول عليك. فقال النبي (صلى الله عليه وآله): أدخل علي الشاب يا معاذ. فأدخله عليه، فسلم فرد عليه السلام، ثم قال: ما يبكيك يا شاب؟ قال: كيف لا أبكي وقد ركبت ذنوبا إن أخذني الله عزوجل ببعضها أدخلني نار جهنم، ولا أراني إلا سيأخذني بها، ولا يغفر لي أبدا. فقال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله): هل أشركت بالله شيئا؟ قال: أعوذ بالله أن أشرك بربي شيئا. قال: أقتلت النفس التي حرم الله؟ قال: لا، فقال: النبي (صلى الله عليه وآله): يغفر الله لك ذنوبك وإن كانت مثل الجبال الرواسي، قال الشاب: فإنها أعظم من الجبال الرواسي، فقال النبي (صلى الله عليه وآله): يغفر الله لك ذنوبك وإن كانت مثل الارضين السبع وبحارها ورمالها وأشجارها وما فيها من الخلق. قال: فإنها أعظم من الارضين السبع وبحارها ورمالها وأشجارها وما فيها من الخلق. فقال النبي (صلى الله عليه وآله): يغفر الله لك ذنوبك وإن كانت مثل السماوات السبع ونجومها ومثل العرش والكرسي. قال: فإنها أعظم من ذلك. قال: فنظر النبي (صلى الله عليه وآله) إليه كهيئة الغضبان ثم قال: ويحك يا شاب، ذنوبك أعظم أم ربك. فخر الشاب لوجهه وهو يقول: سبحان ربي! ما شئ أعظم من ربي، ربي أعظم يا نبي الله من كل عظيم. فقال النبي (صلى الله عليه وآله): فهل يغفر الذنب العظيم إلا الرب العظيم! قال الشاب: لا والله، يا رسول الله، ثم سكت الشاب. فقال له النبي (صلى الله عليه وآله): ويحك يا شاب ألا تخبرني بذنب واحد من ذنوبك. قال: بلى، أخبرك أني كنت أنبش القبور سبع سنين، أخرج الاموات وأنزع الاكفان، فماتت جارية من بعض بنات الانصار، فلما حملت إلى قبرها ودفنت وانصرف عنها أهلها وجن عليها الليل، أتيت قبرها فنبشتها، ثم استخرجتها ونزعت ما كان عليها من أكفانها، وتركتها متجردة على شفير قبرها، ومضيت منصرفا، فأتاني الشيطان، فأقبل يزينها لي ويقول: أما ترى بطنها وبياضها؟ أما ترى وركيها؟ فلم يزل يقول لي هذا حتى رجعت إليها ولم أملك نفسي حتى جامعتها وتركتها مكانها، فإذا أنا بصوت من ورائي يقول: يا شاب، ويل لك من ديان يوم الدين، يوم يقفني وإياك كما تركتني عريانة في عساكر الموتى، ونزعتني من حفرتي، وسلبتني أكفاني، وتركتني أقوم جنبة إلى حسابي، فويل لشبابك من النار، فما أظن أني أشم ريح الجنة أبدا، فما ترى لي يا رسول الله؟ فقال النبي (صلى الله عليه وآله): تنح عني يا فاسق، إني أخاف أن أحترق بنارك، فما أقربك من النار، فما أقربك من النار! ثم لم يزل (صلى الله عليه وآله) يقول ويشير إليه، حتى أمعن من بين يديه، فذهب فأتى المدينة، فتزود منها، ثم أتى بعض جبالها فتعبد فيها، ولبس مسحا (1)، وغل يديه جميعا إلى عنقه، ونادى: يا رب، هذا عبدك بهلول، بين يديك مغلول، يا رب أنت الذي تعرفني، وزل مني ما تعلم. يا سيدي يا رب، إني أصبحت من النادمين، وأتيت نبيك تائبا، فطردني وزادني خوفا، فأسألك باسمك وجلالك وعظمة سلطانك أن لا تخيب رجائي، سيدي ولا تبطل دعائي، ولا تقنطني من رحمتك. فلم يزل يقول ذلك أربعين يوما وليلة، تبكي له السباع والوحوش، فلما تمت له أربعون يوما وليلة رفع يديه إلى السماء، وقال: اللهم ما فعلت في حاجتي؟ إن كنت استجبت دعائي وغفرت خطيئتي، فأوح إلى نبيك، وإن لم تستجب لي دعائي ولم تغفر لي خطيئتي وأردت عقوبتي، فعجل بنار تحرقني أو عقوبة في الدنيا تهلكني، وخلصني من فضيحة يوم القيامة، فأنزل الله تبارك وتعالى على نبيه (صلى الله عليه وآله): (والذين إذا فعلوا فاحشة) يعني الزنا (أو ظلموا أنفسهم) يعني بارتكاب ذنب أعظم من الزنا ونبش القبور وأخذ الاكفان (ذكروا الله فاستغفروا لذنوبهم) يقول: خافوا الله فعجلوا التوبة (ومن يغفر الذنوب إلا الله) يقول عزوجل: أتاك عبدي يا محمد تائبا فطردته، فأين يذهب، وإلى من يقصد، ومن يسأل أن يغفر له ذنبا غيري؟ ثم قال عزوجل: (ولم يصروا على ما فعلوا وهم يعلمون) يقول: لم يقيموا على الزنا ونبش القبور وأخذ الاكفان (أولئك جزاؤهم مغفرة من ربهم وجنات تجرى من تحتها الانهار خالدين فيها ونعم أجر العاملين) (1). فلما نزلت هذه الآية على رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله)، خرج هو يتلوها ويتبسم، فقال لاصحابه: من يدلني على ذلك الشاب التائب؟ فقال معاذ: يا رسول الله، بلغنا أنه في موضع كذا وكذا. فمضى رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله) بأصحابه حتى انتهوا إلى ذلك الجبل، فصعدوا إليه يطلبون الشاب، فإذا هم بالشاب قائم بين صخرتين، مغلولة يداه إلى عنقه، وقد اسود وجهه، وتساقطت أشفار عينيه من البكاء وهو يقول: سيدي، قد أحسنت خلقي، وأحسنت صورتي، فليت شعري ماذا تريد بي، أفي النار تحرقني؟ أو في جوارك تسكنني؟ اللهم إنك قد أكثرت الاحسان إلي، وأنعمت علي، فليت شعري ماذا يكون آخر أمري، إلى الجنة تزفني، أم إلى النار تسوقني؟ اللهم إن خطيئتي أعظم من السماوات والارض، ومن كرسيك الواسع وعرشك العظيم، فليت شعري تغفر لي خطيئتي، أم تفضحني بها يوم القيامة؟ فلم يزل يقول نحو هذا وهو يبكي ويحثو التراب على رأسه، وقد أحاطت به السباع، وصفت فوقه الطير، وهم يبكون لبكائه، فدنا رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله) فأطلق يديه من عنقه، ونفض التراب عن رأسه، وقال: يا بهلول، أبشر فإنك عتيق الله من النار. ثم قال (صلى الله عليه وآله) لاصحابه: هكذا تداركوا الذنوب كما تداركها بهلول، ثم تلا عليه ما أنزل الله عزوجل فيه وبشره بالجنة (2).

محمد بن إبراهيم بن إسحاق

أحمد بن محمد الهمداني

قال أخبرنا

أحمد بن صالح بن سعد التميمي

موسى بن داود

الوليد بن هشام

هشام بن حسان

الحسن بن أبي الحسن البصري

عبد الرحمن بن غنم الدوسي

قال دخل معاذ بن جبل على

باكيا فسلم...فقال النبي ص

Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. Ishaq (rh) narrated to us. He said: Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Hamadani narrated to us. He said: Ahmad b. Salih b. Sa`d al-Tamimi informed us. He said: Musa b. Dawud narrated to us. He said: Al-Walid b. Hisham narrated to us. He said: Hisham b. Hassan narrated to us from al-Hasan b. Abi'l Hasan al-Basri from `Abd al-Rahman b. Ghanam al-Dusi. He said: Mu`adh b. Jabal visited the Messenger of Allah (s) weeping. He greeted him with the salaam and he responded with the salaam. Then, he said: Why are you crying, O Mu`adh? So, he said: O Messenger of Allah! At the door, there is a youth who has a good physique, a clean complexion, and a good appearance. He is weeping over his youthhood as a bereaved mother weeps over her child, and he wants to visit you. So, the Prophet (s) said: Let the youth enter, O Mu`adh. So, he let him enter, and he greeted him with the salaam and he responded with the salaam. Then, he said: What is causing you to cry, O youth? He said: How can I not cry when I have committed sins that Allah would send me to the Fire of Hell for just one of them? He will not see me except that He will take me and never forgive me. So, the Messenger of Allah (s) said: Have you associated any partners with Allah? He said: I seek refuge in Allah that I should associate any partners with my Lord. He said: Did you kill a soul that Allah has prohibited you from killing? He said: No. So, the Prophet (s) said: May Allah forgive your sins, even if they are like large mountains. So, the youth said: Surely, they are greater than large mountains. So, the Prophet (s) said: May Allah forgive your sins, even if they are like the seven Earths, their oceans, their grains of sand, their trees, and whatever is in them. He said: Surely, they are greater than the seven Earths, their oceans, their grains of sand, their trees, and whatever is in them. So, the Prophet (s) said: May Allah forgive your sins, even if they are like the seven heavens and its stars, even if they are like the Throne and the Seat. He said: They are greater than that.  He said: So, the Prophet (s) looked at him angrily, then said: Beware, O youth. What is greater, your sins or your Lord? So, the youth fell on his face, saying: May my Lord be glorified! There is nothing greater than my Lord. My Lord is greater, O Prophet of Allah, than every great thing. So, the Prophet (s) said: Can anyone other than the great Lord forgive a great sin?! The youth said: No, by Allah, O Messenger of Allah. Then, the youth went silent. So, the Prophet (s) said to him: Woe to you, O youth! Will you inform me of one of your sins? He said: Of course, I will inform you. I was a grave robber for seven years. I would exhume the dead and take off their shrouds. A young woman from the girls of the Ansar had died. When she was carried to her grave and buried, her family left, and night came. I came to her grave, exhumed her, and took from her shrouds. I left her alone at the edge of her grave. Time passed, and Satan came to me, and he began to make her more pleasing to me, saying: "Did you see her stomach and her whiteness? Did you see her hips?" He did not stop saying this to me until I returned to her. I could not control myself, until I had intercourse with her and left her in her place. Then, I heard a voice from behind me, saying: "O youth! Beware of the debts of the Day of Religion; the day you and I will be raised. You left me naked on the frontiers of death, emptied me from my grave, took my shrouds, and left me in a state of impurity until my Judgment. Woe to your youthhood from the Fire."  So, I do not think that I will ever smell the scent of Paradise. What do you see for me, O Messenger of Allah? So, the Prophet (s) said: Get away from me, O wretched one! Surely, I fear that I will get burned by your fire. How near you are to the Fire, how near you are to the Fire!  He (s) did not stop speaking to him and pointing to him until he left his presence and went to Medina, picked up some things from it, and went to one of its mountains to worship therein; wearing a cloak made of hair. He bound his hands together to his neck and called: O Lord! This is your servant, Bahlul, and I am bound before You. O Lord! You are the one that knows me and my errors. O my Master, O Lord! I have become regretful, and I have come repentant to Your Prophet, but he sent me away and increased my fear. So, I ask You by Your name, Your majesty, and the greatness of Your power, to not diminish my hope, my Master; and to not invalidate my supplication, and to not deprive me of Your mercy. He did not stop saying this for forty days and nights. The lions and the beasts would weep for him. When forty days and nights had passed, he raised his hands to the sky and said: O Allah! What will you do regarding my need? Have you accepted my supplication and forgiven my mistake? If so, then send a revelation to Your Prophet. But, if You will not answer my supplication nor forgive my mistake, then I want my punishment; so, bring a fire that will burn me or a punishment in this world that will destroy me. Deliver me from the furor of the Day of Resurrection. So, Allah revealed to His Prophet (s): "As for those who perform indecency" - meaning, fornication - "or wrong themselves" - meaning, commit a sin greater than fornication, grave robbing, and stealing shrouds - "remember Allah and seek forgiveness for their sins" - meaning, those who fear Allah and quickly repent - "who can forgive sins except Allah?" (3:135). He said: "My servant came to you repentant, O Muhammad, and you sent him away. So, where would he go, who should he seek, and who should he seek forgiveness for his sin besides Me?" Then, He said: "[and those] who do not persist in what they have done once they become cognizant." (3:135) - meaning, they no longer commit fornication, nor exhume graves, nor steal shrouds - "their reward is with their Lord - gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally - excellent is the reward of the doers of good" (3:136).  When this verse was revealed to the Messenger of Allah (s), he came out reciting it and smiling. So, he said to his companions: Who will direct me to that repentant youth? So, Mu`adh said: O Messenger of Allah! We were told that he was in such-and-such place. So, the Messenger of Allah (s) went with his companions until they ended up at that mountain; and they climbed it in search of the youth. They found the youth standing between two rocks with his hands bound to his neck. His face was blackened, and his eyelashes had fallen from weeping. He was saying: “O my Master! You have perfected my form, and made my form beautiful, so what will You do with me? Will You burn me in the Fire, or will You settle me in Your proximity? O Allah! You have bestowed me with much goodness, and You have blessed me; so, what will be my end – will You dress me in Paradise, or have me driven by the Fire? O Allah! My mistake is greater than the heavens, the Earth, Your widespread Seat and Your great Throne. So, will You forgive my mistake, or will You scandalize me with it on the Day of Resurrection?”  He did not stop saying this, weeping and covering his head with dust. The lions surrounded him, and the birds lined up above him, weeping at his weeping. So, the Messenger of Allah (s) came close, took his hands off his neck, and cleaned the dust off his head, and said: O Bahlul! Be happy, for Allah has freed you from the Fire. Then, he (s) said to his companions: This is how you redress your sins, just as Bahlul redressed them. Then, he recited what Allah revealed to him, and gave him glad tidings of Paradise.

4 - حدثنا محمد بن إبراهيم بن إسحاق (رحمه الله)، قال: أخبرنا أحمد بن محمد الهمداني، قال حدثنا أحمد بن صالح، عن حكيم بن عبد الرحمن، قال: حدثني مقاتل بن سليمان، عن الصادق جعفر بن محمد، عن أبيه، عن آبائه (عليهم السلام)، قال: قال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله) لعلي بن أبي طالب (عليه السلام): يا علي، أنت مني بمنزلة هبة الله من آدم، وبمنزلة سام من نوح، وبمنزلة إسحاق من إبراهيم، وبمنزلة هارون من موسى، وبمنزلة شمعون من عيسى، إلا أنه لا نبي بعدي. يا علي، أنت وصيي وخليفتي، فمن جحد وصيتك وخلافتك فليس مني ولست منه، وأنا خصمه يوم القيامة. يا علي، أنت أفضل أمتي فضلا، وأقدمهم سلما، وأكثرهم علما، وأوفرهم حلما، وأشجعهم قلبا، وأسخاهم كفا. يا علي أنت الامام بعدي والامير، وأنت الصاحب بعدي والوزير، ومالك في أمتي من نظير. يا علي، أنت قسيم الجنة والنار، بمحبتك يعرف الابرار من الفجار، ويميز بين الاشرار والاخيار، وبين المؤمنين والكفار (1). وصلى الله على رسوله محمد وآله

أحمد بن محمد الهمذاني

أحمد بن صالح

حكيم بن عبد الرحمن

قال حدثني

مقاتل بن سليمان

الصادق جعفر بن محمد عليه السلام

عن أبيه ع عن آبائه ع قال قال

لعلي بن أبي طالب ع

Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. Ishaq (rh) narrated to us. He said: Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Hamadani informed us. He said: Ahmad b. Salih narrated to us from Hakim b. `Abd al-Rahman. He said: Muqatil b. Sulayman narrated to me from al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad from his father from his forefathers (as). He said: The Messenger of Allah (s) said to `Ali b. Abi Talib (as): O `Ali! You are to me as Habatullah was to Adam, and as Sam was to Nuh, and as Ishaq was to Ibrahim, and as Harun was to Musa, and as Sham`un was to `Isa,  except that there is no prophet after me. O `Ali! You are my deputy and my vicegerent, so whoever denies your deputyship and your vicegerency is not from me and I am not from him; and I will be his adversary on the Day of Resurrection. O `Ali! You are the best of my Nation in virtue, the foremost of them in affability, the most knowledgeable of them, the most forbearing of them, the boldest of them in heart, and the most generous of them with your hands. O `Ali! You are the Imam and the emir after me. You are the patron and the vizier after me. You are an equal master of my Nation. O `Ali! You are the divider of Paradise and the Fire. By your love, the righteous will be known from the indecent, and the evil will be distinguishable from the elect, and the believer from the disbeliever.

Al-Amālī

Book 1, Chapter 11