Ahmad b. al-Hasan b. al-Qattan narrated to us. He said: Abu’l `Abbas Ahmad b. Yahya b. Zakariyya narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Isma`il narrated to us. He said: `Abdullah b. Muhammad narrated to us. He said: My father narrated to us from Sa`id b. Muslim the servant of Bani Makhzum from Sa`id b. Abi Salih from his father from Ibn `Abbas. He said: I heard my father al-`Abbas narrate, saying: When `Abdullah was born to `Abd al-Muttalib, we saw an illuminating light in his face, like the light of the Sun. So, my father said: This boy will have an exalted matter. He said: So, I saw in my dream that a white bird emerged from his nose, flew, and reached the East and the West. Then, it returned and perched on the roof of the Ka`ba. Then, all the people of Quraysh prostrated towards it and began to gaze at it in amazement. There was a light between heaven and Earth, and it stretched until it reached the East and the West.

When I regained consciousness, I asked a soothsayer from Bani Makhzum [about it]. She said: O `Abbas! If you are telling the truth, then a child from his loins will be followed by the people of the East and the West. My father said: So, I was worried about the matter of `Abdullah until he married Amina. She was of the most beautiful women of Quraysh, and the most perfect of them in character. When `Abdullah died and Amina gave birth to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I went to him. I saw a light illuminating from his forehead. I held him and studied his facial features. I found the fragrance of musk coming from him. It was as though I was a bag of musk due to the intensity of the fragrance left on me.

Amina said to me: When I went into labour, I heard noises and words that did not resemble the words of humans. I saw a brocade flag on a ruby pole that filled that which was between heaven and Earth. I saw a light dazzling from his head that reached the sky. It was as though I saw the palaces of the Levant engulfed in light. I saw great birds spreading their wings around me. I saw a houri passing by and saying: “Amina! You did not find oracles nor idols with your son!” I saw a young man who was the tallest of the people, the fairest of them, and the most beautiful of them in clothing. I thought it was `Abd al-Muttalib. He approached me and held the newborn. He suckled him with his tongue. He had a tray of gold with him which was studded with emeralds and a comb of gold. He cut open his belly and took out his heart. Then, he cut it open and took out a dark spot and threw it out. Then, he took a green silk bag and opened it. He took what looked like a white powder from it. Then, he filled up the heart with this powder and placed the heart back into its place. Then he stroked the child’s stomach and spoke to him. The infant spoke [back].

I did not understand anything except that he said: “[Farewell] in the safety, protection, and security of Allah. I have filled your heart with faith, knowledge, forbearance, certainty, intellect, and valour. You are the best of humans. Blessed are those who follow you, and woe to those who turn away from you.” Then, he took out another bag which was made of white brocade. From that, he removed a seal and imprinted it between his shoulders. Then, he said: “My Lord has commanded me to breathe from the Holy Spirit into you.” So, he breathed into him, and gowned him in a shirt, and said: “This is your protection from the troubles of this world.” This is what I saw, `Abbas, with my eyes. So, al-`Abbas said: That day, I was reading. I took off his robe, and I saw the Seal of Prophecy between his shoulders. I kept his matter a secret. I forgot this and did not remember it until the day I accepted Islam and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ reminded me of it.

My father narrated to us. He said: Sa`d b. `Abdullah narrated to us from `Abdullah b. Muhammad b. `Isa from his father from Ibn al-Mughira from al-Sukuni from Ja`far b. Muhammad from his father . He said: Supplicate during five [situations]: (1) when reciting the Quran, (2) during the call to prayer, (3) when it rains, (4) when two rows meet [in battle] for martyrdom, and (5) when the oppressed calls out, for there is no barrier between his call and the Throne.

Muhammad b. al-Hasan b. Ahmad b. al-Walid narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. al-Hasan al-Saffar narrated to us from Muhammad b. al-Husayn b. Abi’l Khattab from `Ali b. al-Nu`man from `Abdullah b. Talha al-Nahdi from Ja`far b. Muhammad from his father from his forefathers . He said: The Messenger of Allah (s) said: The gates of heaven open up to the supplications of four, which go straight to the Throne: (1) the supplication of the parent for his child, (2) that of the oppressed against his oppressor, (3) that of the pilgrim until he returns, and (4) that of the fasting person until he breaks his fast.

My father narrated to us. He said: Sa`d b. `Abdullah narrated to us from al-Hasan b. Musa al-Khashab from Ghiyath b. Kalub from Ishaq b. `Ammar from al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad from his father from his forefathers . He said: `Ali would say: There is not one who is tested – even if his test is severe – who is more rightful to supplication than one who is well, who is not safe from being tested [at any point].

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 `Abdillah al-Barqi from his father from Wahb b. Wahb from al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad from his father from his forefathers from `Ali . He said: The Messenger of Allah (s) would say when he would see a fresh fruit and put it to his eyes and his lips: O Allah! Just as You allowed us to see its beginning in wellness, let us see its ending in wellness as well.

Hamza b. Muhammad al-`Alawi narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. Ibrahim b. Hashim informed me from my father from Muhammad b. Abi `Umayr from Malik al-Juhni. He said: I gave Aba `Abdillah al-Sadiq a fragrance. So, he took it, smelled it, put it to his eyes, and said: Whoever takes a fragrance, smells it, puts it to his eyes, and says: “May Allah bless Muhammad and the Family of Muhammad (allahumma salli `ala muhammadan wa aali Muhammad)”, he will not leave the Earth except that he will be forgiven.

Al-Husayn b. Ibrahim Natana narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. Ibrahim narrated to us from his father from al-Husayn b. Yazid al-Nawfali from Isma`il b. Muslim al-Sukuni from al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad from his father from his forefathers from `Ali . He said: The Messenger of Allah (s) taught me that whenever I put on a new robe, I should say: “Praise be to Allah who gowned me in clothing that has beautified me among the people. O Allah! Make it a blessed garment with which I could strive for Your pleasure and build Your mosques (alhamdulillahil lathi kasani min al-riyashi ma ajmala bihi fi’n nas. Allahumma ‘ja`lha thiyaban barakatan as`a feeha bi mardatik wa a`mar fiha masajidik).” Whoever does that will not wear it except that he will be forgiven.

My father narrated to us. He said: Sa`d b. `Abdullah narrated to us from Muhamad b. `Isa from `Abbas the servant of al-Rida from Abi’l Hasna al-Rida from his father . He said: Abu `Abdillah al-Sadiq would say: Whoever says, when he hears the call to the morning prayer: “O Allah! I ask You by the commencement of Your day, the maintenance of Your night, the attendance of those praying to You, and the voices of those supplicating to You, to forgive me. Surely, You are the Forgiving, the Merciful (allahumma inni as’aluka bi iqbali naharik, wa idbari laylatik, wa huduri salatik, wa aswati du`a’ik an tatub `alay, innaka anta ‘tawab al-rahim)” – whoever says that [when he hears the call to the morning prayer or] when he hears the call to Maghrib prayer and dies on that day or on that night, he will be forgiven.

Muhammad b. Musa b. al-Mutawakkil narrated to me. He said: `Ali b. Ibrahim narrated to me from Muhammad b. `Isa from Muhammad b. Abi `Umayr from `Abd al-Rahman al-Sarraj, who raised it to Abi `Abdillah . He said: Whoever cuts out a new robe [for himself] and recites inna anzalnahu fi laylatil qadr thirty-six times; when he reaches tanazzul al-mala’ikatu, something of water gently sprinkles on the robe. Then, when he prays two units in it, supplicates to his Lord, and says in his supplication: “Praise be to Allah who granted me that which beautifies me among the people, covers my private, and allows me to pray to pray to my Lord therein (alhamdulillahil lathi razaqani mimma atajammal bihi fi ‘nas, wa awari bihi `awrati, wa usalli fihi li rabbi)”, and praises Allah, he will continue to be given food until that robe wears out.

My father narrated to us. He said: `Abdullah b. Ja`far narrated to me from Harun b. Muslim from Mas`ada b. Sadaqa from Ja`far b. Muhammad from his forefathers . The Prophet (s) said: Whoever sees a Jew, Christian, Zoroastrian, or anyone who is not upon the way of Islam and says: “Praise be to Allah who preferred me over you with Islam as a religion, the Quran as a Book, Muhammad as a prophet, `Ali as an Imam, the believers as brethren, and the Ka`ba as a qibla (alhamdulillahil lathi fadalani `alayka bil islami dinan wa bil qur’ani kitaban wa bi muhammadan nabiyyan wa bi `aliyyin imaman wa bil mu’minina ikhwanan wa bil ka`bati qiblata)”, then Allah will never gather him with him in the Fire.

My father narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. Ibrahim narrated to us from his father from Safwan b. Yahya from al-`Is b. al-Qasim from Abi `Abdillah al-Sadiq . He said: Whoever sees one with a disability, or one similar to that, or a suffering person, then he should say privately to himself in a way that the person would not hear: “Praise be to Allah who granted me wellness from what he is suffering from. If He willed, He would have afflicted me with this (alhamdulillahil lathi `afani mimma abtalak bih, wa law sha’a lafa`al bi thalik)” three times, then he will never be afflicted with that.

Al-Husayn b. Ahmad b. Idris narrated to us. He said: My father narrated to us from Ahmad b. Abi `Abdillah al-Barqi from Muhammad b. `Isa from `Ubaydullah b. `Abdullah al-Dahqan from Darast b. Abi Mansur al-Wasiti from Ibrahim b. `Abd al-Humayd from Abi’l Hasan Musa b. Ja`far from his forefathers . He said: The Messenger of Allah (s) entered the mosque and found a group [sitting] around a man. So, he said: What is this? So, they said: An intellectual (`allamah). He said: What is an intellectual? They said: He is the most knowledgeable of the people in the lineages and anecdotes of the Arabs, the days of Jahiliyya, the poems, and Arabic (or rhetoric). So, the Prophet (s) said: That is a knowledge whose ignorance does not harm and whose familiarity does not benefit.

Muhammad b. Musa al-Mutawakkil narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. al-Husayn Sa`d Abadi narrated to me from Ahmad b. Abi `Abdillah al-Barqi from his father from Muhammad b. Sinan from al-Mufaddal b. `Umar from al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad . He said: Islam was built on five pillars: prayer, zakat, fasting, Hajj, and the wilaya of Amir al-Mu’minin and the Imams from his descendants (s).

Hamza b. Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Ja`far b. Muhammad b. Zayd b. `Ali b. al-Husayn b. `Ali b. Abi Talib narrated to us. He said: Abu’l Hasan `Ali b. Muhammad al-Bazzaz informed me. He said: Abu Ahmad Dawud b. Sulayman al-Farra’ narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. Musa al-Rida narrated to me from his father Musa b. Ja`far. He said: My father Ja`far b. Muhammad al-Sadiq narrated to me. He said: My father Muhammad b. `Ali al-Baqir narrated to me. He said: My father `Ali b. al-Husayn Zayn al-`Abidin narrated to me. He said: My father al-Husayn b. `Ali narrated to me. He said: My father Amir al-Mu’minin narrated to me. He said: The Messenger of Allah (s) said: Faith is declaration with the tongue, recognition with the heart, and implementation with the limbs. Hamza b. Muhammad said: I heard `Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Hatim say: I heard my father say: This hadith was narrated by Abi’l Salt al-Harawi from `Ali b. Musa al-Rida with a similar isnad. Abu Hatim said: If this isnad were to be recited over the insane, he would have been cured.

Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Yahya al-`Attar narrated to us. He said: Sa`d b. `Abdillah narrated to us from Ya`qub b. Yazid from Ziyad b. Marwan al-Qindi from `Ali b. Mu`abbad from `Abdullah b. al-Qasim from Mubarak b. `Abd al-Rahman from Abi `Abdillah al-Sadiq from his forefathers . He said: The Messenger of Allah (s) said: Islam is bare. Its dress is modesty, its ornament is dignity, its good deed is chivalry, and its support is piety. Everything has a foundation, and the foundation of Islam is loving us, the Ahl al-Bayt.

Muhammad b. `Ali Majiluwayh narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Yahya al-`Attar narrated to me from Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Yahya b. `Imran al-Ash`ari from Muhammad b. al-Husayn b. Abi’l Khattab from al-Nadr b. Shu`ayb from Khalid b. Mad al-Qalanisi from al-Qindi from Jabir b. Yazid al-Ju`fi from Abi Ja`far from his forefathers . He said: A man came to the Prophet (s) and said: O Messenger of Allah! Are all who say “there is no god but Allah” believers? He said: Enmity towards us follows the Jews and the Christians. Surely, you will not enter Paradise until you love me. He who alleges that he loves me while hating this one – meaning `Ali – has lied.

`Ali b. Ahmad b. `Abdullah b. Ahmad b. Abi `Abdillah al-Barqi narrated to us from his father from his grandfather Ahmad b. Abi `Abdillah from his father Muhammad b. Khalid from Ghiyath b. Ibrahim from Thabit b. Dinar from Sa`d b. Turayf from Sa`id b. Jubayr from Ibn `Abbas. He said: The Messenger of Allah (s) said to `Ali b. Abi Talib : O `Ali! I am the City of Wisdom and you are its Gate. None can enter the City except through its Gate. One who alleges that he loves me while hating you has lied, for you are from me and I am from you. Your flesh is from my flesh, your blood is from my blood, and your spirit is from my spirit. Your secret is my secret, and your public is my public. You are the Imam of my Nation and my vicegerent (khalifati) over it after me. One who obeys you is happy, and one who disobeys you is wretched. One who aligns with you has triumphed, and one who opposes you has lost. One who sticks to you has won, and one who abandons you is destroyed. Your example and the example of the Imams from your descendants is like that of the Ark of Nuh: whoever boards it is saved, and whoever abandons it drowns. Your example is like that of the stars: whenever one star disappears, another star rises, until the Day of Resurrection.