Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Yahya al-`Attar narrated to us. He said: Sa`d b. `Abdullah narrated to us. He said: `Abd al-Saad b. Muhammad narrated to us. He said: Hannan b. Sudayr narrated to us. He said: Sadif al-Makki narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. `Ali al-Baqir narrated to me – and I never saw a Muhammad equal to him: He said: Jabir b. `Abdullah al-Ansari narrated to us. He said: The Messenger of Allah (s) delivered a sermon to us, saying: O people! Whoever hates us, the Ahl al-Bayt, Allah will raise him up on the Day of Resurrection as a Jew. So, he said: I said: O Messenger of Allah! Even if he fasted, prayed, and believed that he was a Muslim? So, he said: Even if he fasted, prayed, and believed that he was a Muslim.

By this isnad, he said: The Messenger of Allah (s) said: Whoever splits away from the Muslim community has taken the collar of Islam off his neck. It was said: O Messenger of Allah! What is the Muslim community? He said: The community of the people of truth, even if they are few.

Muhammad b. `Umar al-Hafith al-Baghdadi narrated to us. He said: Ahmad b. Musa narrated to us. He said: Khalaf b. Salim narrated to us. He said: Ghandar narrated to us. He said: `Awf narrated to us from Maymun Abi `Abdillah from Zayd b. Arqam. He said: For a group from the companions of the Messenger of Allah (s), there were doors from the street to the Mosque. So, one day, he said: Close these doors except the door of `Ali. So, the people spoke about that. He said: So, the Messenger of Allah (s) stood, praised Allah and commended Him, then said: As for what comes after: surely, I was ordered to have these doors closed except for the door of `Ali, and some of you spoke about that. Surely, by Allah, I did not close or open anything, but rather I was ordered with something, so I obeyed it.

Muhammad b. `Umar al-Baghdadi narrated to us. He said: Al-Hasan b. `Abdullah b. Muhammad b. `Ali al-Tamimi narrated to me. He said: My father narrated to me. He said: My Master `Ali b. Musa b. Ja`far narrated to me from his father Musa b. Ja`far from his father Ja`far b. Muhammad from his father Muhammad b. `Ali from his father `Ali b. al-Husayn from his father al-Husayn b. `Ali from his father `Ali b. Abi Talib . He said: The Messenger of Allah (s) said: It is not permissible for anyone to be in a state of janaba inside this Mosque except myself, `Ali, Fatima, al-Hasan, al-Husayn, and those of my family, for they are from me.

By this isnad, from `Ali . He said: The Messenger of Allah (s) said: Close the doors from the street in the Mosque except for the door of `Ali.

Ajmad b. Muhammad b. Ishaq al-Dinuri narrated to us. He said: Abu `Abd al-Rahman Ahmad b. Shu`ayb b. `Ali al-Nasa’i narrated to us in Egypt. He said: Muhammad b. Wahb informed me. He said: Miskin b. Bukayr narrated to us. He said: Shu`ba narrated to us from Abi Balaj from `Amr b. Maymun from Ibn `Abbas. He said: The Messenger of Allah (s) ordered for the doors of the Mosque be closed except for the door of `Ali .

Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Ishaq al-Dinuri narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Sulayman al-Baghdadi informed me. He said: Muhammad b. `Umar narrated to us. He said: `Abdullah b. Ja`far narrated to us. He said: `Ubaydullah b. `Amr narrated to us from Zayd b. Abi Aniyya from Abi Ishaq from al-`Ala’ from Ibn `Umar. The Prophet (s) said: Close the doors to the Mosque except for the door of `Ali.

Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. Ishaq al-Talaqani narrated to us. He said: Abu Sa`id al-Hasan b. `Ali al-`Adawi narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Tamim narrated to us from al-Hasan b. `Abd al-Rahman from Muhammad b. `Abd al-Rahman from al-Hakam b. `Atiyya from `Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Layla from his father. He said: The Messenger of Allah (s) said: No worshiper will have believed until I am more beloved to him than himself, and my family is more beloved to him than his family, and my progeny is more beloved to him than his progeny, and my essence is more beloved to him than his essence. He said: So, a man from the community said: O Aba `Abd al-Rahman! You did not stop from bringing this hadith by which Allah has enlivened our hearts.

Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Razma al-Qazwini narrated to us. He said: Ahmad b. `Isa al-`Alawi and Husayni narrated to us. He said: `Abdullah b. Yahya narrated to us. He said: Abu Sa`id `Abbad b. Ya`qub narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. Hisham b. al-Burayd narrated to us from Muhammad b. `Ubaydullah b. Abi Rafi` from `Awn b. `Ubaydullah. He said: I was with Muhammad b. `Ali, the son of al-Hanifiyya, at the exit of his house. So, Zayd b. al-Hasan passed by me and raised his glance to me and said: A man from the descendants of al-Husayn called Zayd b. `Ali will be killed and crucified in Iraq. Whoever looks at his private (or form) and does not come to his aid, Allah will throw him face-first into the Fire.

Al-Husayn b. Ahmad b. Idris narrated to us. He said: My father narrated to us from Muhammad b. al-Husayn b. Abi’l Khattab from al-Husayn b. `Ilwan from `Amr b. Khalid from Abi’l Jarud Zayd b. al-Mundhir. He said: I was sitting with Abi Ja`far Muhammad b. `Ali al-Baqir when Zayd b. `Ali came forward. When Abu Ja`far looked to him as he came, he said: This is a master (sayyid) from his Ahl al-Bayt and the seeker of their vengeance. Your mother has given birth to a pure son, Zayd.

Muhammad b. Bukran al-Niqash narrated to us in Kufa. He said: Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Hamadani the servant of Bani Hashim narrated to us. He said: Al-Mundhir b. Muhammad informed us. He said: Ahmad b. Rashid narrated to me from his uncle Sa`id b. Khathim from Abi Hamza al-Thumali. He said: I went on Hajj, so I met `Ali b. al-Husayn , and he said to me: O Aba Hamza! Shall I not tell you about a dream that I had? I saw that it was as though I had entered Paradise, and I was met by a dark-eyed beauty, and I have never seen anyone more beautiful than her. I reclined until I heard a speaker saying: “O `Ali b. al-Husayn! Congratulations to you on Zayd. O `Ali b. al-Husayn! Congratulations to you on Zayd, congratulations to you on Zayd.” Abu Hamza said: Then, I went on Hajj afterwards. I went to `Ali b. al-Husayn and I knocked on the door. It was opened to me, so I entered. I came across him holding Zayd with his hand – or he said: holding a boy with his hand. So, he said to me: O Aba Hamza, “This is the interpretation of my vision from before. My Lord has made it come true.” (12:100)

My father narrated to us. He said: `Abdullah b. Ja`far al-Himyari narrated to us from Ibrahim b. Hashim from Muhammad b. Abi `Umayr from `Abd al-Rahman b. Siyaba. He said: Abu `Abdillah al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad gave me one thousand gold coins, and he ordered me to distribute it to the families who lost members with Zayd b. `Ali . So, I distributed it. I gave `Abdullah b. al-Zubayr the brother of Fudayl al-Rassan four gold coins.

Hamza b. Muhammad al-`Alawi narrated to us. He said: Abu’l Qasim `Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad b. al-Qasim al-Hasani narrated to me. He said: Abu Hussayn Muhammad b. al-Husayn al-Wadi`i al-Qadi. He said: Ahmad b. Sabih narrated to us from al-Husayn b. `Ilwan from `Amr b. Thabit from al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad from his father . He said: `Ali b. al-Husayn Zayn al-`Abidin said to me, regarding the saying of Allah, “Forgive with gracious forgiveness” (15:85). He said: Forgiveness without blame.

My father narrated to us. He said: Sa`d b. `Abdullah narrated to us from Ya`qub b. Yazid from Muhammad b. Abi `Umayr from Hamza b. Humran from Humran b. A`yan from Abi Hamza al-Thumali from `Ali b. al-Husayn . He said: Salman al-Farisi said: One day, I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah (s) when `Ali b. Abi Talib came forward. So, he said to him: O `Ali! Shall I not give you glad tidings? He said: Of course, O Messenger of Allah. He said: My beloved Gabriel informs me from Allah that He has given your lovers and your Shi`a seven characteristics: gentleness at death, harmony in the solitude [of the grave], light in the darkness [of the grave], security at the shock [of the Resurrection], rightly justice at the Scale, a permit on the Path, and entry into Paradise eighty years before the rest of the people of the nations.

Muhammad b. al-Hasan b. Ahmad b. al-Walid narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. al-Hasan al-Saffar narrated to us. He said: Ayyub b. Nuh narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Abi `Umayr narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Humran narrated to me from al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad . He said: Whoever [gossips] about his believing brother based on what he sees with his own eyes and hears with his own ears, he is the one whom Allah says regarding, “Surely, those who love to see indecency spread among the believers will suffer a painful punishment in this world and the Hereafter.” (24:19)

Muhammad b. Musa b. al-Mutawakkil narrated to us. He said: `Abdullah b. Ja`far al-Himyari narrated to us from Ahmad b. Muhammad b. `Isa from al-Hasan b. Mahbub from `Abd al-Rahman b. Siyaba from al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad . He said: Backbiting (ghiba) includes saying regarding your brother that which Allah has hidden. Slander (buhtan) includes saying regarding your brother that which is not [true] in him.

Muhammad b. `Ali Majiluwayh 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 from al-Hasan b. `Ali b. Faddal from `Ali b. al-Nu`man from `Abdullah b. Muskan from Dawud b. Farqad from Abi Shayba al-Zuhri from Abi Ja`far Muhammad b. `Ali al-Baqir . He said: The worst of worshipers is a worshiper with two faces and two tongues. He commends his brother when he is around, and he consumes him [in gossip] when he is absent. When he is given, he envies, and when he suffers, he lets him down.

Muhammad b. al-Hasan narrated to us. He said: Ahmad b. Idris narrated to us from Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Yahya b. `Imran al-Ash`ari. He said: Musa b. `Umar al-Baghdadi narrated to us from Ibn Sinan from `Awn b. Ma`in the seller of hats from `Abdullah b. Abi Ya`fur. He said: I heard al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad say: Whoever meets the people with a face but has another face when he is away from them, he will come on the Day of Resurrection with two tongues of fire.

Muhammad b. `Ali b. Bashar narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. Ibrahim al-Qattan narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. `Abdullah al-Hadrami narrated to us. He said: Ahmad b. Bakr narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Mus`ib narrated to us. He said: Hammad b. Salama narrated to us from Thabit from Anas. He said: The Messenger of Allah (s) said: Obeying the authority (al-sultan) is obligatory. Whoever abandons obedience to the authority has abandoned obedience to Allah and has entered His [realm of] prohibition. Surely, Allah says, “Do not let your own hands throw you into destruction.” (2:195)

Ahmad b. Ziyad b. Ja`far al-Hamadani narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. Ibrahim narrated to us from his father Ibrahim b. Hashim. He said: Musa b. Isma`il b. Musa b. Ja`far b. Muhammad b. `Ali b. al-Husayn b. `Ali b. Abi Talib narrated to me from his father Isma`il from his father Musa b. Ja`far . He said to his Shi`a: O Shi`a! Do not weaken your necks by abandoning obedience to your sultan. If he is just, then ask Allah to maintain him, and if he is unjust, then ask Allah to rectify him, for surely, your rectification is in the rectification of your sultan. Surely, the just sultan is as a merciful father, so love for him what you love for yourselves, and hate for him what you hate for yourselves.

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. Ziyad al-Azdi from Ibrahim b. Ziyad al-Karkhi from al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad . He said: There are three signs to a son of adultery: (1) Poor treatment [of people], (2) a longing for adultery, (3) and hatred for us, the Ahl al-Bayt.

And by this isnad. He said: Al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad said: If one prays five times in congregation in the day and night, then think well of him, and accept his testimony.

`Ali b. Ahmad b. Musa al-Daqqaq and `Ali b. `Abdullah al-Warraq together narrated to us. They said: Muhammad b. Harun al-Sufi narrated to us. He said: Abu Turab `Ubaydullah b. Musa al-Rawyani narrated to us from `Abd al-Athim b. `Abdullah al-Hasani. He said: I visited my Master `Ali b. Muhammad b. `Ali b. Musa b. Ja`far b. Muhammad b. `Ali b. al-Husayn b. `Ali b. Abi Talib . When he saw me, he said to me: Greetings to you, Aba’l Qasim. You are truly our friend. He said: I said to him: O son of the Messenger of Allah! I wish to present you my religion. If it is pleasing, then I will remain steadfast upon it until I meet Allah. So, he said: Give it to me, Aba’l Qasim. So, I said: I say that Allah is One and there is nothing like unto Him. He is free from two limits: (1) The limit of negation, and (2) the limit of similarity [to creation]. He does not have a body, nor a form, nor a size, nor a substance. Rather, He is the creator of bodies, the former of forms, and the creator of sizes and substances. He is the Lord, Master, Creator, and Initiator of all things. And [I say that] Muhammad is His Servant, His Messenger, and the Seal of Prophets. There is no prophet after him until the Day of Resurrection. His Law (shari`a) is the Seal of Laws, and there is no Law after it until the Day of Resurrection. And I say that the Imam, Caliph, and Master of the Order after him is the Commander of the Faithful `Ali b. Abi Talib [a], then al-Hasan, then al-Husayn, then `Ali b. al-Husayn, then Muhammad b. `Ali, then Ja`far b. Muhammad, then Musa b. Ja`far, then `Ali b. Musa, then Muhammad b. `Ali, then you, my master. So, `Ali said: And after me is my son al-Hasan, so what will the people do with the successor after him? He said: So, I said: Why, my master? He said: Because his person will not be seen, nor will it be permissible to say his name until he appears, when he fills the Earth with equity and justice just as it would be fraught with injustice and oppression. I said: I accept. And I say that their friends are the friends of Allah, and their enemies are the enemies of Allah, and their obedience is the obedience of Allah, and their disobedience is the disobedience of Allah. And I say that the ascension (mi`raj) is true, and the questioning at the grave is true, and Paradise is true, and Hellfire is true, and the Path is true, and the Scale is true, and that the Hour is coming and that there is no doubt in it, and that Allah will resurrect those in their graves. And I say that the obligatory tasks after wilaya are prayer, zakat, fasting, Hajj, jihad, enjoining in the established virtues, and forbidding what is evil. So `Ali b. Muhammad said: O Aba’l Qasim! This, by Allah, is the religion of Allah that He has chosen for His servants, so be steadfast upon it. May Allah make you steadfast upon the steadfast doctrine in this world and in the Hereafter.

My father narrated to us. He said: Sa`d b. `Abdullah narrated to us. He said: Ahmad b. Muhammad b. `Isa narrated to us from al-Hasan b. `Ali b. al-Faddal from `Ali b. `Uqba from his father from Abi Basir from al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad from his father . Anger was mentioned in his presence, so he said: Surely, a man becomes angry until nothing pleases him, and he enters the Fire due to that. When a man becomes angry while he is standing, he should sit, for that would cleanse him of the wrath of Satan. If he is sitting, he should stand. If a man gets angry at a blood-relative, then he should go to him, get near him, and touch him; for if a blood-relative touches a blood-relative [lawfully] he settles down.

My father narrated to us. He said: `Abdullah b. Ja`far al-Himyari narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. al-Husayn b. Abi’l Khattab narrated to us from al-Hasan b. `Ali b. al-Faddal from al-Muthanna from Layth b. Abi Sulaym. He said: I heard a man from the Ansar say: We were with the Messenger of Allah (s), shaded by the shade of a tree on an intensely hot day, when a man came, removed [some of] his clothes, and rolled in the scorching heat. He was on his back once, on his stomach once, and on his side once, saying: “O self! Taste this, for what is with Allah is greater than what you have done to yourself!” So, the Messenger of Allah (s) was looking at what he was doing. Then, the man put on his clothes and came forward. So, the Prophet (s) gestured to him with his hand and called to him. So, he said to him: O servant of Allah! I have seen you do something that I have not seen any one of the people do. So, what caused you to do what you did? So, the man said: My fear of Allah caused me to do this. I said to myself: “O self! Taste this, for what is with Allah is greater than what you have done to yourself!” So, the Prophet (s) said: You have feared your Lord as He is to be rightly feared. Your Lord is boasting about you to the people of heaven. Then, he said to his companions: O you who are present! Come closer to your companion so that he may pray for you. So, they came closer to him, and he prayed for them, saying: O Allah! Gather our affairs upon guidance, increase us in God-consciousness and make Paradise our home.