Muhammad b. Musa b. al-Mutawakkil narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. al-Husayn al-Sa`d Abadi narrated to us. He said: Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Khalid narrated to us from Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Abi Nasr al-Bazanti from Hammad b. `Uthman from `Abdullah b. Abi Ya`fur from al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad . He said: The Messenger of Allah (s) delivered a sermon to the people in his Farewell Pilgrimage in Mina in the Mosque of Khayf. So, he praised Allah and commended Him. Then, he said: May Allah grant joy to a servant who heard my sayings and understood them, then delivers them to those who did not hear them. There can be a carrier of knowledge who is not a person of understanding, and there could be a carrier of knowledge who brings it to one who is more knowledgeable than him. There are three things that the heart of a Muslim person does not feel trouble in: (1) sincerity in deeds for Allah, (2) wishing well for the Imams of the Muslims, and (3) sticking to their community (jama`a), for their supplications encompass those behind them. The Muslims are brethren: their blood is equivalent, and [even] the lowest of them strives to protect them. They are [one] hand against those who oppose them.

Muhammad b. Ali Majiluwayh narrated to us from his uncle Muhammad b. Abi'l Qasim from Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Khalid from his father from Muhammad b. Yahya al-Khazzaz from Ghiyath b. Ibrahim from al-Sadiq Jafar b. Muhammad from his father from his forefathers . He said: Amir al-Mu'minin said: I will describe Islam in a way that no one before me nor after me has described it: Islam is submission, and submission is sincerity, and sincerity is certainty, and certainty is performance, and performance is [good] action. The believer takes his religion from his Lord and not his opinion. O people! Your religion, your religion! Hold onto it, and do not allow anyone to hinder you or remove you from it. A sin in Islam is better than a good deed in other religions, for a sin in Islam can be forgiven, while a good deed in another religion is not accepted.

Ahmad b. `Ali b. Ibrahim narrated to us. He said: My father narrated to me from his father Ibrahim b. Hashim from Muhammad b. Abi `Umayr from Hisham b. al-Hakam. Abu Shakir al-Disani visited Abi `Abdillah al-Sadiq and said to him: You are one of the shining stars, your forefathers were brilliant full moons, your foremothers were great intellectuals, and your origins are the most noble of origins. When the scholars are mentioned, you surpass the ranks. So, inform me, O riffling ocean, what is the proof that the world was created? So, al-Sadiq said to him: The nearest of things proves this. He said: And what is it? He said: So, al-Sadiq called for an egg and placed it on his palm. Then, he said: This is a well-protected fortress. Inside it is a thin shell, within which flows liquid silver and liquid gold. Then, it splits open in the form of a peacock. Did anything enter it? He said: No. He said: So, this is a proof for the creation of the world. He said: You have informed me succinctly, and you have told me beautifully. I have learned that we only accept what our visions comprehend, what our ears hear, what our hands feel, what our noses smell, what our mouths taste, or what our hearts imagine or perceive with certainty. So, al-Sadiq : You mentioned the five senses, and they do not help anything without a proof, just as the darkness is not cut off without a sunrise.

Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Yahya al-`Attar narrated to us. He said: Sa`d b. `Abdullah narrated to us. He said: Ibrahim b. Hashim narrated to us from `Ali b. Mu`abbad from al-Husayn b. Khalid from Abi’l Hasan `Ali b. Musa al-Rida . A man visited him and said to him: O son of the Messenger of Allah! What is the proof that the world is created? He said: You were naught and then you became. You know that you did not form yourself, nor were you formed by one like you.

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. He said: Abu Ahmad Muhammad b. Ziyad al-Azdi narrated to me from Aban b. `Uthman al-Ahmar from Aban b. Taghlub from `Ikrama from Ibn `Abbas. He said: The Messenger of Allah (s) said to `Ali b. Abi Talib – and they were gathered with the Ansar in the Quba Mosque on that day: O `Ali! You are my brother, and I am your brother. O `Ali! You are my deputy, my vicegerent (khalifa), and the Imam of my Nation after me. Allah aligns with those who align with you, and Allah is the enemy of those who are an enemy to you. Allah hates those who hate you, Allah supports those who support you, and Allah abandons those who abandon you. O `Ali! You are the spouse of my daughter and the father of my descendants. O `Ali! Surely, when I was taken up to heaven, my Lord promised me three things regarding you. He said to me: “O Muhammad!” I said: “I am here at Your service, my Lord, may You be glorified and exalted.” So, He said: Surely, `Ali is the Imam of the Godfearing, the Leader of the shining believers, and the Chief of the believers.

Muhammad b. al-Hasan narrated to us. He said: Al-Hasan b. Matil al-Daqqaq narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. al-Husayn b. Abi’l Khattab narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Sinan narrated to us from Abi’l Jarud Ziyad b. al-Mundhir from Abi Ja`far Muhammad b. `Ali al-Baqir . He said: I heard Jabir b. `Abdullah al-Ansari say: The Messenger of Allah (s) was in the house of Umm Ibrahim one day, and a delegation of his companions was with him. `Ali b. Abi Talib came forward. When the Prophet (s) saw him, he said: O people! The best of people after me has come forward to you. He is your Master. Obedience to him is an obligation, just like obedience to me. Disobeying him is prohibited, just like disobeying me. O people! I am the House of Wisdom and `Ali is its Key, and the house cannot be sought except by the key. He who alleges to love me yet hates `Ali has lied.

Muhammad b. al-Hasan narrated to us. He said: `Abdullah b. Ja`far al-Himyari narrated to us. He said: Ya`qub b. Yazid narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Abi `Umayr narrated to us from Aban b. `Uthman from al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad . He said: The Messenger of Allah (s) said one day to Jabir b. `Abdullah al-Ansari: O Jabir! Surely, you will remain until you meet my descendant Muhammad b. `Ali b. al-Husayn b. `Ali b. Abi Talib, known in the Torah as “Baqir” (the one who splits and dissects knowledge). When you meet him, then deliver my salaam to him. So, Jabir visited `Ali b. al-Husayn , and he saw Muhammad b. `Ali with him as a young boy. So, he said to him: O boy! Come forward. So, he came forward. Then, he said to him: Come near. So, he came near. So, Jabir said: The [same] sublime qualities of the Messenger of Allah (shama’il rasulAllah), by the Lord of the Ka`ba. Then, `Ali b. al-Husayn came forward. So, he (Jabir) said to him: Who is this? He said: This is my son and the patron of the Order after me, Muhammad al-Baqir. So, Jabir fell to his feet and kissed them, saying: May my soul be your sacrifice, O son of the Messenger of Allah! The salaam of your father has been accepted. Surely, the Messenger of Allah (s) delivers the salaam to you. He said: So, the eyes of Abi Ja`far filled with tears. Then, he said: O Jabir! Peace be unto my father, the Messenger of Allah (s), so long as heaven and Earth persist; and to you to, Jabir, for delivering the salaam.

My father narrated to us. He said: Sa`d b. `Abdullah narrated to us. He said: Ahmad b. Abi `Abdillah al-Barqi narrated to us from his father from Khalaf b. Hammad al-Asadi from Abi’l Hasan al-`Abdi from al-A`mash from `Uyayna b. Rabi`i from `Abdullah b. `Abbas. He said: When the Messenger of Allah (s) was taken on a journey to heaven, Gabriel brought him to a river called “The Light” (al-nur), and it is the saying of Allah, “He created the darkness and the light” (6:1). When he ended up at that river with him, Gabriel said to him: O Muhammad! Ascend, upon the blessing of Allah, for Allah has illuminated your sight and stretched out your purview. Surely, no one ascends [through] this river – not an Angel of Proximity and not a commissioned prophet – except I dip in it every day, then I leave it and shake my wings. There is not a drop that drops out of my wings except that Allah creates an Angel of Proximity from it with twenty thousand faces and forty thousand tongues; each tongue pronounces in a language that the other tongue does not understand. So, the Messenger of Allah (s) ascended until he reached the veils. The veils consist of five hundred veils, and the distance between each veil is the travel distance of five hundred years. Then, he said: Proceed, Muhammad. So, he said to him: O Gabriel! Will you not be with me? He said: It is not for me to cross into this place. So, the Messenger of Allah (s) proceeded as much as Allah wished for him to proceed, until he heard what the Lord said: I am the Praiseworthy (Mahmud) and you are the Praised (Muhammad). I have derived your name from My name. So, whoever connects to you, I connect to him, and whoever cuts you off, I cut him off. Descend to My servants and inform them of how much I have honoured you. Surely, I have not sent a prophet except that I have given him a vizier. You are My Messenger, and `Ali is your vizier. So, the Messenger of Allah (s) descended, but he detested mentioning something that the people would hate lest they accuse him, as they had just come out of Jahiliyya. Six days passed, so Allah revealed: “Perhaps you may wish to abandon part of the revelation to you as it tightens your chest [with distress].” (11:12) So, the Messenger of Allah (s) bore that until the eighth day. So, Allah revealed to him: “O Messenger! Convey that which was revealed to you from your Lord. If you do not do that, then you will not have conveyed His message. Allah will protect you from the people.” (5:67) So, the Messenger of Allah (s) said: A threat after a warning. I will proceed with the order of Allah. If they accuse me and bely me, that would be better for me than His encompassing punishment in this world and the Hereafter. He said: Gabriel delivered his salaam to `Ali over his leadership over the believers, so `Ali said: O Messenger of Allah! I heard the words, but I did not sense a vision. So, he said: O `Ali! This is Gabriel. He came from the direction of my Lord to confirm what was promised to me.