Ahmad b. al-Hasan al-Qattan narrated to us. He said: Al-Hasan b. `Ali al-Sikri narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Zakariyya al-Basri narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. `Ammara narrated to us from his father. He said: I said to al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad : Inform me of the passing of Musa b. `Imran . So, he said: When he met his fate, and depleted his term, and was cut away from food, the Angel of Death met him and said to him: “Peace be unto you, O he who Allah has spoken to.” So, Musa said to him: “And also with you. Who are you?” So, he said: “I am the Angel of Death.” He said: “What brings you?” He said: “I have come to take your soul.” So, Musa said to him: “Where will you take my soul out from?” He said: “From your mouth.” Musa said to him: “How, when I have spoken to my Lord [with these lips]?” He said: “Then [I will take your soul] from your hands.” He said: “How, when I have carried the Torah with them?” He said: “Then from your feet.” He said: “How, when I have walked upon Mount Sinai with them?” He said: “Then from your eyes.” He said: “How, while I still look to my Lord with continuous hope?” He said: “Then from your ears.” He said: “How, when I have heard the words of my Lord with them?” So, Allah revealed to the Angel of Death, instructing him not to take his soul until he himself wanted death. And the Angel of Death left him and allowed Musa to remain as long as Allah wanted after that. And he called Yusha` b. Nun, deputed him, and ordered him to guard his role, and recommended that he deputes someone after him who can take charge of the role. And Musa went away from his community, and in his seclusion, he passed by a man who was digging a grave. So, he asked him: “Can I watch you dig this grave?” So, the man said to him: “Of course”. So, he watched him until he dug the grave. Then, Musa b. `Imran lay down in it so that he may see how it was, then the cover was unveiled for him and he saw his place in Paradise. So, he said: “O my Lord! Let me be passed to you.” So, the Angel of Death took his soul in his place, buried him in the grave, and threw the dust onto him. The one who dug the grave was an angel in a human form, and that was in the wilderness. Then a caller called in the heavens, “Musa, the one whom Allah has spoken to, has died. So, which person does not die?” So, my father narrated to me from my grandfather from his father that the Messenger of Allah (s) was asked about the grave of Musa b. `Imran – where is it? So, he said: It is at the great path, at the red dune.

Muhammad b. Ahmad b. `Ali b. Asad al-Asadi narrated to us in Ray in Rajab in 347 AH. He said: Muhammad b. Abi Ayyub narrated to me. He said: Ja`far b. Sanid b. Dawud narrated to us. He said: My father narrated to me. He said: Yusuf b. Muhammad al-Munkadir narrated to us from his father from Jabir b. `Abdullah. He said: The Messenger of Allah (s) said: The mother of Sulayman b. Dawud said to Sulayman : “O my son! Beware of sleeping too much at night, for one who sleeps too much at night will be destitute [of good deeds] on the Day of Resurrection.”

Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Asadi narrated to us. He said: `Abdullah b. Zaydan and `Ali b. al-`Abbas al-Bujliyan narrated to us. They said: Abu Kurayb narrated to us. He said: Mu`awiya b. Hisham narrated to us. He said: Shayban narrated to us from `Ikrama from Ibn `Abbas. He said: A man said: O Messenger of Allah! Greying has hastened to you. He said: [Surat] Hud, al-Waq`ia, al-Mursalat, and `amma yatasa’alun have greyed me.

Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Asadi narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Jarir and al-Hasan b. `Urwa and `Abdullah b. Muhammad al-Wahbi narrated to us. They said: Muhammad b. Humayd narrated to us. He said: Zafir b. Sulayman narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. `Uyayna narrated to us from Abi Hazim from Sahl b. Sa`d. He said: Gabriel came to the Prophet (s) and said: O Muhammad! Live for as long as you want – you will die. Love whoever you want – you will be separated. Do what you want – you will reap its outcome. Know that the honour of a man is in standing in prayer at night, and his glory is in being needless of the people.

Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Barada`i narrated to us. He said: `Umar b. Abi `Iylan al-Thaqafi and `Isa b. Sulayman b. `Abd al-Malik al-Qurashi narrated to us. They said: Abu Ibrahim al-Tarjamani narrated to us. He said: Sa`d b. Sa`id al-Jarjani narrated to us. He said: Nahshal b. Sa`id narrated to me from al-Dahhak from Ibn `Abbas. He said: The Messenger of Allah (s) said: The nobles of my Nation are those who carry the Quran and the companions of the night [prayer].

Al-Hasan b. Muhammad b. Sa`id al-Hashimi al-Kufi narrated to us. He said: Ja`far b. Muhammad b. Ja`far al-`Alawi al-Hasani narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. `Ali b. Khalaf al-`Attar narrated to us. He said: Hasan b. Salih b. Abi’l Aswad narrated to us. He said: Abu Mu`shar narrated to us from Muhammad b. Qays. He said: When the Prophet (s) would come back from a journey, he would begin with Fatima . So, he would visit her, and he would prolong his stay. Once, he went out on a journey, and Fatima wore two silver bracelets, necklaces, earrings, and a tunic. She waited at the door of the house in preparation for the arrival of her father and her husband . When the Messenger of Allah (s) came, he visited her. His companions stood at the door, not knowing whether they should wait there or leave, due to his prolonged stay with her. So, the Messenger of Allah (s) went out to them. Anger could be seen on his face as he went forth and sat on the pulpit. Fatima thought that the Messenger of Allah (s) had done that because of what he had seen of her bracelets, necklaces, earrings, and tunic. So, she removed her bracelets, necklaces, earrings, and tunic, and sent for [a messenger] to bring them to the Messenger of Allah (s). She said to the messenger: Say to him (s): “Your daughter recites the salaam to you and says: put these toward the Cause of Allah.” When he came to him and informed him, he (s) said: Her father has fulfilled her sacrifice – three times. This world is not of Muhammad nor the Family of Muhammad. Had this world been worth the value of a wing of a mosquito to Allah, He would not have fed a disbeliever water from it. Then, he went and visited her.

H9Muhammad b. Musa b. al-Mutawakkil narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. Ibrahim narrated to us from his father form Yusuf b. `Aqil from Isma`il b. Rahuwayh. He said: When Abu’l Hasan al-Rida fulfilled [his duties in] Nishapur, and wanted to journey from it to al-Ma’mun, the people of hadith came to him and said to him: 'O son of the Messenger of Allah! Would you leave us without narrating a hadith that we could benefit from?' He was sitting in a howdah, so he raised his head and said: 'I heard my father Musa b. Ja`far say: I heard my father Ja`far b. Muhammad say: I heard my father Muhammad b. `Ali say: I heard my father `Ali b. al-Husayn say: I heard my father al-Husayn b. `Ali say: I heard my father Amir al-Mu’minin `Ali b. Abi Talib say: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: I heard Gabriel say: I heard Allah the Mighty and Majestic say: “There is no god but Allah (la ilaha illallah)” is My fortress. Whoever enters My fortress is safe from My punishment.' When the caravan continued, he called its conditions to us: 'I am from its conditions.'

Muhammad b. `Umar al-Hafith al-Baghdadi narrated to us. He said: Abu Muhammad al-Hasan b. `Abdullah b. Muhammad b. `Ali b. al-`Abbas al-Tamimi al-Razi narrated to me. He said: My father narrated to me. He said: My Master `Ali b. Musa al-Rida narrated to me. He said: My father Musa b. Ja`far narrated to me. He said: My father Ja`far b. Muhammad narrated to me. He said: My father Muhammad b. `Ali narrated to me. He said: My father `Ali b. al-Husayn narrated to me. He said: My father al-Husayn b. `Ali narrated to me. He said: My father `Ali b. Abi Talib narrated to me. He said: The Messenger of Allah (s) said: I and `Ali were created from one light.

Muhammad b. Ahmad b. al-Husayn b. Yusuf al-Baghdadi al-Warraq narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. Muhammad b. `Anbasa the servant of al-Rashid narrated to us. He said: Darim b. Qubaysa b. Nahshal b. Mujma` al-San`ani narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. Musa al-Rida narrated to us. He said: My father Musa b. Ja`far narrated to me from Ja`far b. Muhammad from Muhammad b. `Ali from `Ali b. al-Husayn from al-Husayn b. `Ali from `Ali b. Abi Talib from the Prophet (s). He said: Allah created one hundred and twenty-four thousand prophets, and I am the best of them with Allah and I do not boast. Allah created one hundred and twenty-four thousand deputies, and `Ali is the best of them and the most preferred of them with Allah. The shaykh said: Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Baghdadi al-Warraq narrated this hadith to me – he said: `Ali b. Muhammad the servant of al-Rashid narrated to us. He said Darim b. Qubaysa narrated to me. He said: `Abdullah b. Muhammad b. Sulayman b. `Abdullah b. al-Hasan narrated to me from his father from his grandfather from Zayd b. `Ali from his father `Ali b. al-Husayn from his father from Amir al-Mu’minin `Ali b. Abi Talib from the Prophet (s).