Muhammad b. Musa b. al-Mutawakkil narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. al-Husayn al-Sa`d Abadi narrated to us from Ahmad b. Abi `Abdullah al-Barqi from Ahmad b. al-Nasr. He said: Abu Jamila al-Mufaddal b. Salih narrated to me from Sa`d b. Turayf from al-Asbagh b. Nubata from `Ali . He said: The Jews came to a woman from among them named `Abda. They said to her: O `Abda! As you know, Muhammad has destroyed the pillar of the Children of Israel and destroyed Judaism. The elites of the Children of Israel have prepared this poison for him, and they have come to you to have you poison him with this sheep. So, `Abda roasted the sheep and gathered the leaders in her house. She came to the Messenger of Allah (s) and said: O Muhammad! I have done what is obligatory for me [as your neighbour]. I have the leaders of the Jews present, so distinguish me with your companions. So, the Messenger of Allah (s) went with `Ali , Abu Dujana, Abu Ayyub, Sahl b. Hanif, and a group of Muhajirin. When they entered and the sheep was brought out, the Jews covered their noses with wool, stood on their feet and leaned on their staffs. So, the Messenger of Allah (s) said to them: Sit down. So, they said: When a prophet visits us, none of us are to sit down. We would hate to have the harm of our breath reach you. The Jews had lied – may Allah curse them. Rather, they only did that out of fear of the poison and its steam. When the sheep was placed in front of him, its shoulder spoke, saying: Stop, Muhammad. Do not eat me, for I am poisoned. So, the Messenger of Allah (s) called for `Abda and said to her: What caused you do to this! So, she said: I said [to myself]: “If he were a prophet, then it would not harm him. If he were a liar or a sorcerer, then my people will be relieved from him.” So, Gabriel came down and said: The Peace recites the salaam to you and says: “Say: In the name of Allah, by which every believer calls, and by which every believer reaches glory. By His light, which illuminates the heavens and the Earth. By His power, which subjugates every arrogant tyrant and relinquishes every rebellious devil from the evil of poison, sorcery, and deceit. In the name of the High, the King, the Alone, besides whom there is no other god, ‘We have sent down of the Quran that which is a healing and a mercy to the believers, and it does not increase the wrongdoers except in loss.’ (17:82)” So, the Prophet (s) said that, and he ordered his companions [to say that as well]; so they said that. Then, he said: Eat. Then, he ordered them to stop.

Salih b. `Isa b. Ahmad b Muhammad al-`Ijli narrated to us. He said: Abu Bakr Muhammad b. `Ali b. `Ali narrated to us. He said: Abu Nasr al-Sha`rani narrated to us in Masjid Hamid. He said: Salama b. al-Wadah narrated to us from his father from Abi Isra’il from Abi Ishaq al-Hamadani from `Asim b. Damra from al-Harith al-A`war. He said: I was with Amir al-Mu’minin `Ali b. Abi Talib in Hira when we came across a monk striking the bell of his monastery. So, `Ali b. Abi Talib said: O Harith! Do you know what this bell is saying? I said: Allah, His Messenger, and the cousin of His Messenger know best. He said: He strikes like this world and its ruin, and it says: “There is no god but Allah, truly, truly, verily, verily. Surely, this world has deceived us and busied us. We have become capricious and astray. O son of this world – easy, easy! O son of this world – reduce, reduce! O son of this world – gather, gather! This world will be annihilated, century after century. Not a day passes except that it weakens our pillars. We have lost the abode that remains, and we have taken residence in the abode that perishes. We will not know what we have left until we die.” Al-Harith said: O Amir al-Mu’minin! Do the Christians know this? He said: Had they known this, they would not have taken the Messiah as a god besides Allah. He said: So, I went to the monk and I said to him: By the right that the Messiah has upon you – strike the bell from the side that you have struck it. He said: So, he began striking it, and I said [the earlier saying] letter by letter until I reached “until we die.” So, he said: By the right of your Prophet – who informed you of this? I said: The man who was with me yesterday. So, he said: Does he have a relation to the Prophet? I said: He is his cousin. He said: By the right of your Prophet – did he hear this from your Prophet? He said: I said: Yes. So, he converted to Islam, then said to me: By Allah! I saw in the Torah that there will be a final prophet who will interpret what the bell says.

Salih b. `Isa al-`Ijli narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. `Ali b. `Ali narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Manda al-Isfahani narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Humayd narrated to us. He said: Jarir narrated to us from al-A`mash from Abi Sufyan from Anas. He said: I was with the Messenger of Allah (s) and two men from among his companions on a dark night when the Messenger of Allah (s) said to us: Go to the door of `Ali. So, we went to the door of `Ali , and one of us knocked on it gently. `Ali b. Abi Talib came out to us dressed in two woolen garments, and the sword of the Messenger of Allah (s) was in his hand. So, he said to us: Did something happen? We said: Good. The Messenger of Allah ordered us to come to your door, and he is coming. The Messenger of Allah (s) came froward and said: O `Ali. He said: I am at your service. He said: Tell my companions about what happened to you yesterday. `Ali said: O Messenger of Allah! I am embarrassed. So, the Messenger of Allah (s) said: Allah does not cause embarrassment from the truth. `Ali said: O Messenger of Allah! I was afflicted with janaba yesterday from Fatima the daughter of the Messenger of Allah, so I sought water in the house, but I did not find water. So, I sent al-Hasan here and al-Husayn there. They took a long time, so I lay on my back. Then, a voice from the darkness of the house said: Stand, `Ali, and take the pail and bathe. So, I found a bucket full of water with a veil of silk atop it. So, I took the bucket and bathed, and I wiped my hands on the veil. I returned the veil to the top of the bucket, and then it was taken by the wind. A drop fell from the bucket and landed on my head; and I felt its coolness on my heart. So, the Prophet (s) said: Bravo, bravo, Ibn Abi Talib. Gabriel has become your servant. As for the water, it is from the river of al-Kawthar. As for the bucket and the veil, they are from Paradise. This is what Gabriel informed me of, this is what Gabriel informed me of, this is what Gabriel informed me of.

Muhammad b. Ahmad b. `Ali b. Asad al-Asadi narrated to us. He said: Ya`qub b. Yusuf b. Hazim narrated to us. He said: `Umar b. Isma`il b. Mujalid narrated to us. He said: Hafs b. Ghiyath narrated to us from Bard b. Sinan from Makhul from Wathila b. al-Ashqa`. He said: The Messenger of Allah (s) said: Do not gloat over the misfortune of your brother, or else Allah will have mercy on him and cause you tribulation.

Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Asadi narrated to us. He said: `Abdullah b. Muhammad al-Marzaban narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. al-Ja`d narrated to us. He said: Shu`ba narrated to us from Abi `Imran al-Juni from `Abdullah b. al-Samit. He said: Abu Dharr said: I said: O Messenger of Allah! [What do you say regarding] a man who works for himself and gains the love of the people? He said: That is of the immediate glad tidings of the believer.

Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Asadi narrated to us. He said: Ahmad b. Muhammad b. al-Hasan al-`Amiri narrated to us. He said: Ibrahim b. `Isa b. `Ubayd al-Sadusi narrated to us. He said: Sulayman b. `Amr narrated to us from `Abdullah b. Hasan b. Hasan b. `Ali from his mother Fatima bt. al-Husayn from her father . He said: The Messenger of Allah (s) said: The first things to rectify this Nation are asceticism and certainty, and the last things to destroy it are stinginess and wishful thinking.

Muhammad b. `Ali b. al-Fadl al-Kufi narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Ja`far al-Ma`ruf b. al-Tibyan narrated to us. He said: Ibrahim b. Khalid al-Muqri’ al-Kisa’i narrated to us. He said: `Abdullah b. Dahir al-Razi narrated to us from his father from Sa`d b. Turayf from al-Asbagh b. Nubata. He said: One day, we were gathered around Amir al-Mu’minin in the Mosque of Kufa when he said: O people of Kufa! Allah has loved you in a way that He has not loved anyone else, so He uplifted your place of prayer, which is the house of Adam, the house of Nuh, the house of Idris, the place of prayer for Ibrahim the Friend and my brother al-Khidr , and my place of prayer. This mosque of yours is one of the four mosques that Allah has chosen for its people. It is as if I am in it on the Day of Resurrection, wearing two white garments, giving intercession to its people and to whomever prayed in it. Its intercession is not rejected. The days will not pass until the Black Stone will be brought to it. There will come a time where it will be the place of prayer of the Mahdi from my progeny, and the place of prayer of every believer, and there will not be a believer on Earth except that he has been in it or craved it in his heart. So, do not forsake it, and come closer to Allah by praying in it. Desire to come to it to fulfill your needs. If the people were to know its blessing, they would come to it from every region of the Earth, even if they had to crawl on ice.

Muhammad b. `Umar b. Muhammad b. Salama b. al-Bara’ al-Hafith al-Baghdadi narrated to us. He said: Ahmad b. `Ubaydullah al-Thaqafi Abu’l `Abbas narrated to us. He said: `Isa b. Muhammad al-Katib narrated to us. He said: al-Mada’ini narrated to me from Ghiyath b. Ibrahim from al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad from his father from his grandfather . He said: `Ali b. Abi Talib said: The mind of women is in their beauty, and the beauty of men is in their mind.

Al-Hasan b. `Abdullah b. Sa`id al-`Askari narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Qushayri narrated to us. He said: Abu’l Harish Ahmad b. `Isa al-Kufi narrated to us. He said: Musa b. Isma`il b. Musa b. Ja`far narrated to us. He said: My father narrated to me from his father from his grandfather Ja`far b. Muhammad from his father from his grandfather from his father from `Ali . Regarding the saying of Allah, “Do not forget your share of the world” (28:77), he said: Do not forget to seek the Hereafter during your good health, your strength, your free time, your youth, and your vitality.

Al-Hasan b. `Abdullah b. Sa`id narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Mansur b. Abi’l Jahm and Abu Yazid al-Qurashi narrated to us. They said: Nasr b. `Ali al-Jahdami narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. Ja`far b. Muhammad narrated to us. He said: My brother Musa b. Ja`far narrated to me from his father from his grandfather from `Ali b. Abi Talib . The Messenger of Allah (s) took the hands of al-Hasan and al-Husayn and said: Whoever loves these two, their father, and their mother will be with me in my rank on the Day of Resurrection.

Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. Ishaq al-Talaqani and al-Hasan b. `Abdullah b. Sa`id al-`Askari narrated to us together. They said: `Abd al-`Aziz b. Yahya al-Juludi narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Zakariyya al-Jawhari narrated to us. `Ali b. al-Hakim narrated to me from al-Rabi` b. `Abdullah from `Abdullah b. al-Hasan from Zayd b. `Ali from his father . He said: Allah says: If a creature of mine who recognizes Me disobeys Me, I will make one who does not recognize Me rule over him.

Ahmad b. Yahya al-Mukattib narrated to us. He said: Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Warraq narrated to us. He said: Bishr b. Sa`id b. Qalbuwayh narrated to me. He said: `Abd al-Jabbar b. Kathir al-Tamimi al-Yamani narrated to us. He said: I heard Muhammad b. Harb al-Hilali the emir of Medina say: I heard al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad say: Wellness is a hidden blessing – when you have it, you forget about it; and when you lose it, you remember it.

He said: I heard al-Sadiq say: Wellness is a blessing that one cannot duly be thankful for.

Ahmad b. Yahya al-Mukattib narrated to us. He said: Abu’l Tayyib Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Warraq narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. al-Hasan b. Durayd al-Azdi al-`Umani narrated to us. He said: al-`Abbas b. al-Faraj al-Riyashi narrated to us. He said: Abu Zayd al-Nahwi al-Ansari narrated to me. He said: I asked al-Khalil b. Ahmad al-`Arwadi, saying: How could the people abandon `Ali when his relation to the Messenger of Allah (s) was such, his place with the Muslims was such, and his striving for Islam was such? So, he said: By Allah, his light dazzled their light, and he overcame them on every plain; and the people incline toward those who resemble them [and `Ali did not resemble them]. Have you not heard the first when he said: “Every sort inclines toward its own sort. Do you not see how an elephant inclines toward elephants?” He said: Al-Riyashi recited to us – [something] of its [same] meaning – from al-`Abbas b. al-Ahnaf. “A questioner says, ‘how did you leave us?’ So, I gave a reply that was fair. ‘He was not of my sort, so I left him. People are of sorts and inclinations.’”