Ahmad b. Ziyad narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. Ibrahim b. Hashim narrated to us. He said: Ja`far b. Salama al-Ahwazi narrated to us. He said: Ibrahim b. Muhammad al-Thaqafi narrated to us. He said: `Uthman b. Abi Shayba narrated to us with Mahraz b. Hisham. They said: Mutalib b. Ziyad narrated to us from Layth b. Abi Sulaym. He said: The Prophet (s) met `Ali, Fatima, al-Hasan, and al-Husayn , and all of them were saying, “I am the most beloved to the Messenger of Allah (s).” So, he (s) took Fatima to his stomach, `Ali to his back, al-Hasan to his right, and al-Husayn to his left. Then, he (s) said: You are from me, and I am from you.

Muhammad b. Musa b. al-Mutawakkil narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Yahya al-`Attar narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Yahya b. `Imran al-Ash`ari narrated to us from Ahmad b. Hilal from `Isa b. `Abdullah from his father from his grandfather from his forefathers. He said: The Messenger of Allah (s) said: Whoever recites qul huwallahu ahad when he goes to bed, Allah will forgive fifty years of his sins.

Muhammad b. al-Hasan b. Ahmad b. al-Walid narrated to us. He said: Al-Husayn b. al-Hasan b. Aban narrated to us from al-Husayn b. Sa`id from al-qasim b. Muhammad from Ishaq b. Harun from Harun b. Hamza al-Ghanwi. He said: I heard al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad say: Allah designated four thousand angels to weep at the grave of al-Husayn until the Day of Resurrection – they are disheveled and dusty. Whoever visits him, recognizing his right, they (the angels) will be party to him until he reaches his home; if he becomes ill, they will visit him morning and evening; and if he dies, they will attend his funeral and seek forgiveness for him until the Day of Resurrection.

`Ali b. Ahmad b. `Abdullah b. Ahmad b. Abi `Abdullah al-Barqi narrated to us. He said: My father narrated to us from his grandfather Ahmad b. Abi `Abdullah from Hamza b. `Abdullah al-Ja`fari from Jamil b. Darraj from Abi Hamza al-Thumali. He said: al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad said: Hope to Allah that He does not entice you to sin and be fearful to Allah that He does not deprive you of His mercy.

Muhammad b. `Ali narrated to us from Muhammad b. Abi al-Qasim from Muhammad b. `Ali al-Kufi from `Amer b. Kathir al-Sarraj al-Nahdi from Abi al-Jarud from Thabit b. Abi Safiyya from Sayyid al-`Abidin `Ali b. al-Husayn from the Master of Martyrs al-Husayn b. `Ali from the Master of Deputies, the Commander of the Faithful, `Ali b. Abi Talib from the Master of Prophets Muhammad b. `Abdullah, the Seal of Prophets (s). He said: Surely, Allah has obligated you to obey me, He has prohibited you from disobeying me, and He made it mandatory for you to follow my orders. He has obliged you to obey `Ali after me in the same way that He obliged you to obey me, and He has prohibited you from disobeying him in the same way that He prohibited you from disobeying me. He made him my brother, my vizier, my deputy, and my inheritor. He is from me, and I am from him. Loving him is faith and hating him is disbelief. Loving him is loving me and hating him is hating me. He is the master of anyone that I am a master of, and I am the master of every Muslim man and woman. Him and I are the two fathers of this Nation.

Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Sinani al-Mukattib narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Abi `Abdullah al-Kufi narrated to us. He said: Musa b. `Imran al-Nakha`i narrated to us from his uncle al-Husayn b. Yazid from `Ali b. Salim from his father. He said: I visited al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad in Rajab, when it [still] had [a few] days left. When he looked at me, he said to me: O Salim! Have you fasted at all this month? I said: No, by Allah, O son of the Messenger of Allah. So, he said to me: You have missed out on a reward, that value of which is only known to Allah. Surely, Allah gave this month virtue, and He magnified its sanctity. He made His blessing incumbent upon those who fast in it. He said: So, I said to him: O son of the Messenger of Allah! If I fast something of what is left of it, will I receive some of the reward of those who have fasted therein? So, he said: O Salim! Whoever fasts one day at the end of this month, it will be a source of safety for him at the pangs of death; and a source of safety for him at the horror of the resurrection and the punishment of the grave. Whoever fasts two days at the end of this month, he will be able to pass safely therewith upon the Path. Whoever fasts three days at the end of this month, it will be a source of safety from the horror and the severity of Great Day of Dismay; and it will separate him from the Fire.

Ahmad b. al-Hasan al-Qattan narrated to us. He said: `Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad al-Hasani narrated to us. He said: Ahmad b. `Isa b. Abi Musa al-`Ijli narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Ahmad b. `Abdullah b. Ziyad al-`Arzami narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. Hatim al-Manqari narrated to us. He said: Sharik narrated to us from Salim al-Aftas from Sa`id b. Jubayr from Ibn `Abbas. He said: The Messenger of Allah (s) said to `Ali : O `Ali! Your Shi`a will be the winners on the Day of Resurrection. Whoever insults one of them has insulted you, and whoever insults you has insulted me, and whoever insults me will be sent by Allah to the Fire of Hell forever in the misery of fate. O `Ali! You are from me, and I am from you. Your spirit is from my spirit and your clay is from my clay. Your Shi`a were created from the surplus of our clay. So, whoever loves them has loved us, and whoever hates them has hated us, and whoever opposes them has opposed us, and whoever adores them has adored us. O `Ali! Surely, your Shi`a will be forgiven of their sins and their flaws. O `Ali! I will be the intercessor of your Shi`a once I attain the Praised Position, so give them glad tidings of that. O `Ali! Your Shi`a are the Shi`a of Allah, and your supporters are the supporters of Allah, and your friends are the friends of Allah, and your party is the party of Allah. O `Ali! Whoever aligns with you will be happy, and whoever opposes you will be sorrowful. O `Ali! For you is a treasure in Paradise, and you are its Dhul Qarnayn.