Muhammad b. al-Hasan b. Ahmad b. al-Walid narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. al-Hasan al-Saffar narrated to us from Ibrahim b. Hashim from `Ali b. Mu`abbad from al-Husayn b. Khalid from Abi’l Hasan `Ali b. Musa al-Rida . He said: Looking at our offspring is worship. So, it was said to him: O son of the Messenger of Allah! Looking at the Imams from you is worship, or looking at any of the offspring of the Prophet (s)? So, he said: Rather, looking at any of the offspring of the Prophet (s) is worship.

Muhammad b. Musa b. al-Mutawakkil narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Yahya al-`Attar narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. al-Husayn b. Abi’l Khattab narrated to us. He said: Al-Nadr b. Shu`ayb narrated to us from Khalid b. al-Qalanisi from al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad from his father from his forefathers . He said: The Messenger of Allah (s) said: When I rise to the Praiseworthy Station (al-maqam al-mahmud), I will intercede for those who have committed major sins from my Nation; so, Allah will accept my intercession of them. By Allah, I will not intercede for those who harm my offspring.

Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Yahya al-`Attar narrated to us. He said: Sa`d b. `Abdullah narrated to us from al-Haytham b. Abi Masruq al-Nahdi from al-Hasan b. Mahbub from Sama`a b. Mehran from al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad . He said: When a worshiper’s sins have increased, and he does not find anything to atone them by, Allah afflicts him with grief in this world to atone him of them. Then, his body will ail him so that it may atone him of them. Then, his death will be intensified for him so that it may atone him of them. Then, he will be punished in the grave so that he may meet Allah on the Day that he meets Him without anything of his sins testifying against him.

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-Jawhari narrated to us. He said: Ja`far b. Muhammad b. `Ammara narrated to us from his father. He said: Al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad said: Whoever denies three things is not of our Shi`a: (1) the ascension (mi`raj), (2) the questioning in the grave, and (3) the intercession.

Ahmad b. Harun al-Fami narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. `Abdullah b. Ja`far al-Himyari narrated to us from his father. He said: Muhammad b. `Abd al-Jabbar narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Abi `Umayr narrated to us from Hisham b. Salim from al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad . He said: Poverty can incline into disbelief, and envy can incline into the changing of destiny.

`Ali b. al-Husayn b. Shadhuwayh al-Mu’addab narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. `Abdullah b. Ja`far narrated to us. He said: My father narrated to me. He said: Harun b. Muslim narrated to me from Mas`ada b. Sadaqa from al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad from his father from his forefathers . He said: Amir al-Mu’minin said: No thing has been added to something that is more virtuous than forbearance added to knowledge.

Al-Husayn b. Ahmad b. Idris narrated to us. He said: My father narrated to us from Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Yahya b. `Imran al-Ash`ari from Muhammad b. Adam from al-Hasan b. `Ali al-Khazar from al-Husayn b. Abi’l `Ala’ from al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad . He said: I heard him say: The most beloved of worshipers to Allah is a man who is truthful in his speech, maintaining his prayers and what Allah has obligated him with, and fulfilling trusts. Then, he said: Whoever is entrusted with a trust and fulfills it will be unfastened from one thousand collars of fire. So, hasten to fulfilling trusts, for when one is entrusted with a trust, Iblis assigns one hundred devils from his demons to misguide him and whisper to him to diminish him – except for one whom Allah protects.

Ja`far b. Muhammad .b Masrur narrated to us. He said: Al-Husayn b. Muhammad b. `Amer narrated to us from his uncle `Abdullah b. `Amer from Muhammad b. Isma`il b. Bazi` from Hisham b. Salim. He said: Al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad said: It is unjust for a rider to say to one who is walking: “The road (i.e. get out of my way).”

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: `Ali b. Ibrahim b. Hashim informed me. He said: Ibrahim b. Ishaq al-Nahawandi narrated to me from `Abdullah b. Hammad al-Ansari from al-Husayn b. Yahya b. al-Husayn from `Amr b. Talha from Asbat b. Nasr from `Ikrama from Ibn `Abbas. He said: The Messenger of Allah (s) said: By He who raised me as a bringer of glad tidings in truth, Allah will never punish a monotheist. The people of monotheism will seek intercession and be interceded. Then, he said: Surely, on the Day of Resurrection, Allah will order a people to the Fire whose deeds were evil in the abode of this world. They will say: “O Lord! How could You bring us into the Fire when we would declare Your oneness in the world? How could You burn our tongues in the Fire when they spoke of Your oneness in the world? How could You burn our hearts when they pledged that there is no god but You? How could You burn our faces when we placed them in the dust for You? How could You burn our hands when we raised them in supplication to You?” So, Allah will say: “My worshipers! Your actions were evil in the abode of the world, so the Fire of Hell is your recompense.” So, they will say: “O Lord! What is greater: Your forgiveness, or our mistakes?” So, He will say: “My forgiveness, of course.” So, they will say: “What is vaster: Your mercy, or our sins?” So, He will say: “My mercy, of course.” So, they will say: “What is greater: our declaration of Your oneness, or our sins?” So, He will say: “Your declaration of My oneness, of course.” So, they will say: “O Lord! Embrace us with Your forgiveness and Your mercy, which have encompassed all things.” So, Allah will say: “My angels! By My glory and My majesty, I have not created anything more beloved to Me than those who declare My oneness and that there is no god besides Me. It is My responsibility to not connect the people of My monotheism to the Fire. Bring My worshipers into Paradise.”

Muhammad b. `Ali Majiluwayh 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. He said: Muhammad b. `Imran narrated to me from his father `Imran b. Isma`il. He said: Abu `Ali al-Ansari narrated to me from Muhammad b. Ja`far al-Tamimi. He said: Al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad said: Ibrahim the Friend of the Merciful went to the mountain of Bayt al-Maqdis seeking a pasture for his sheep when he heard a voice. He found a man who was twelve cubits in height praying. So, he said to him: “O servant of Allah! Who do you pray to?” He said: “To the God of heaven.” So, Ibrahim said to him: “Is there anyone of your people left besides you?” He said: “No.” He said: “So, from where do you eat?” He said: “The tree comes up in the summer, and I eat from it in the winter.” He said to him: “Where do you reside?” He said: So, he pointed with his hand to the mountain. So, Ibrahim said to him: “Do you mind if I went with you and slept at your place for the night?” So, he said: “Before me is deep water.” He said: “So, what do you do?” He said: “I walk on top of it.” He said: “So, take me with you, so that Allah may grant me what He has granted you.” He said: So, the worshiper took him by the hand, and they went together until they ended up at the water. So, he and Ibrahim walked together until they ended up at his residence. So, Ibrahim said to him: “What is the greatest of days?” So, the worshiper said to him: “The Day of Religion (yawm al-din); the day in which the people condemn (yudan) one another.” He said: “Can we raise our hands and supplicate to Allah to protect us from the evil of that Day?” So, he said: “And what will my supplication do? For, by Allah, I have a supplication from thirty years ago that has not been answered at all.” So, Ibrahim said to him: “Shall I not tell you the reason why your supplication was locked?” He said: “Of course.” He said to him: “When Allah loves a servant, He locks up his supplication so that he may [continue] whispering to Him, asking Him, and requesting from Him. When He hates a servant, He hastens in granting his supplication, or He puts a needlessness of it in his heart.” Then, he said to him: “What was your supplication?” He said: “For a sheep breeder” – and with him was a boy. So, [he] said: “O boy! Who do these sheep belong to?” So, he said: “To Ibrahim the Friend of the Merciful.” So, [he] said: “O Allah! If you have a Friend on Earth, then show him to me.” So, Ibrahim said to him: “Allah has granted your supplication. I am Ibrahim the Friend of the Merciful.” So, he embraced him. When Allah sent Muhammad (s), the [prescription for the] handshake came.

12 - Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Musa narrated to us, he said: Muhammad ibn Ja'far Abu al-Husayn al-Asadi narrated to us, he said: Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Barmaki narrated to us, he said: Ja'far ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Tamimi narrated to us, from his father, he said: Abdul Malik ibn Umair al-Shaybani narrated to us, from his father, from his grandfather, from Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "I am the master of the prophets and the messengers, and better than the close angels. My successors are the masters of the successors of the prophets and the messengers, and my progeny are the best progeny of the prophets and the messengers, and my companions who follow my path are the best companions of the prophets and the messengers, and my daughter Fatima is the lady of the women of the worlds, and the pure ones from my wives are the mothers of the believers. And my nation is the best nation brought forth for people, and I am the prophet with the most followers on the Day of Resurrection, and I have a pool as wide as the distance between Basra and Sana'a. It contains cups as numerous as the stars in the sky. My successor at the pool that day is my successor in this world." It was asked: "Who is that, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "The leader of the Muslims, the commander of the faithful, and their guardian after me, Ali ibn Abi Talib. He will give drink to his friends and drive away his enemies just as one of you drives away strange camels from the watering place." Then he ﷺ said: "Whoever loves Ali and obeys him in this world will come to my pool tomorrow and be with me at my level in Paradise; and whoever hates Ali in this world and disobeys him, I will not see him, nor will he see me on the Day of Resurrection, and he will be driven away from me and taken to the left, to Hell."

13. Al-Husayn b. Ibrahim Natana narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. Ibrahim b. Hashim narrated to us from his father from Muhammad b. Yahya al-Khazzaz from Ghiyath b. Ibrahim from al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad from his father from his forefathers from `Ali b. Abi Talib , he said: "Whoever mentions the name of Allah over food will never be asked about the blessing of that food."

Ja`far b. `Ali b. al-Hasan b. `Ali b. `Abdullah b. al-Mughira al-Kufi narrated to us. He said: My randfather al-Hasan b. `Ali narrated to me from his grandfather `Abdullah b. al-Mughira from Isma`il b. Muslim from al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad from his father from his forefathers . He said: The Messenger of Allah (s) said: Whoever finds a crumb or a date and eats it, it will not leave his stomach until Allah forgives him.

`Abdullah b. al-Nadr b. Sam`an al-Tamimi narrated to us. He said: Abu’l Qasim Ja`far b. Muhammad al-Makki narrated to us. He said: Abu’l Hasan `Abdulah b. Muhammad b. `Amr al-Harrani narrated to us. He said: Salih b. Ziyad narrated to us. He said: Abu `Uthman `Abdullah b. Maymun al-Sikri narrated to us. He said: `Abdullah b. Mu`iz al-Awadi narrated to us. He said: `Imran b. Salim narrated to us from Tawus al-Yamani. He said: `Ali b. al-Husayn the Master of Worshipers used to supplicate with this supplication: My God! By Your glory, Your majesty, and Your greatness! If I had worshiped You forevermore, in the eternity of your lordship, with every hair and glance since I came into existence, with the worship and the thanks of all creatures, I would be lacking in the expression of my thanks for the smallest blessing that You have blessed me with. Even if I suffered with the iron of this world in my teeth and with its dust smeared on the lashes of my eyes, and I wept as much blood and pus as there is water in the oceans of the heavens and the Earth out of humility before you, that would only be a little from the much that I owe you. Even if thereafter, You, my God, were to punish me with the punishment of all creatures, and the Fire overcame my form and my body, and I filled the levels of Hell to the point where no one was punished except me, and there would be no firewood in Hell but me, that would only be a little from the much that is due for me from Your punishment.

Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Sinani narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Abi `Abdillah al-Asadi 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 from Sa`d b. Turayf from Sa`id b. Jubayr from Ibn `Abbas. He said: The Messenger of Allah (s) said to `Ali : O `Ali! You are the Imam of the Muslims, the Commander of the Faithful, the Leader of the shining believers, the Proof of Allah after me over the whole creation, the Master of Deputies, and the Deputy of the Master of Prophets. O `Ali! When I was taken up to the seventh heaven, and from there to the Lote Tree of the Furthest Boundary (sidratul muntaha), and from there to the veils of light, my Lord ennobled me with His whisper. He said to me: “O Muhammad!” I said: “I am here at Your service, my Lord, may You be glorified and exalted.” He said: “Surely, `Ali is the Imam of My friends, the light of whoever obeys Me, and the word that the pious stick to. Whoever obeys him has obeyed Me, and whoever disobeys Him has disobeyed Me. So, give him glad tidings of that.” So, `Ali said: O Messenger of Allah! Is my omen such that I would be mentioned there?! So, he said: Yes, `Ali. So, thank your Lord. So, `Ali fell in prostration, thanking Allah for what He had blessed him with. So, the Messenger of Allah (s) said to him: Raise your head, `Ali, for surely, Allah has boasted about you to His angels.