By this isnad: Al-Sadiq would supplicate with this supplication: My God! I call upon You even though I have disobeyed You. How could I not call upon You when You know my love for You in my heart?! If I have been disobedient, then I stretch a hand to You that is full of sin, and I look to You in hope. My Master! You are the Greatest of the great, and I am the prisoner of the prisoners. I am a prisoner to my sin and ransomed to my crime. My God! If You seek me by my sin, then I seek You by Your benevolence, and if You seek me by my crime, then I seek You by Your pardon. If you order me to the Fire, then I will tell its inhabitants that I would say: “There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.” O Allah! Obedience gladdens You, but disobedience does not harm You, so grant me what gladdens You and pardon me of what does not harm You, O Most Merciful of the merciful ones.

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. Muhammad b. Khalid from `Uthman b. `Isa from Khalid b. Najih al-Jawaz from Wahb b. `Abd Rabbih. He said: I heard Aba `Abdillah al-Sadiq say: Whoever says “Allah knows” regarding something that he does not know, the Throne shakes out of the greatness of Allah.

Muhammad b. al-Qasim al-Astarabadi narrated to us. He said: Ahmad b. al-Hasan al-Husayni narrated to us from al-Hasan b. `Ali b. al-Nasir from his father from Muhammad b. `Ali from his father al-Rida from Musa b. Ja`far . He said: Al-Sadiq was asked about the best of this world. He said: One who abandons its lawful things out of fear of being accounted for it and abandons its unlawful things out of fear of being punished for it.

And by this isnad. Al-Sadiq saw a man intensely mourning his son, so he said: O you! You have mourned over the minor calamity, but you have been heedless of the major calamity. Had you prepared yourself for what would happen to your son, your mourning would not have been as intense. Your calamity of abandoning preparedness for this is greater than your calamity over your son.

My father narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. al-Husayn al-Sa`d Abadi narrated to us from Ahmad b. Abi `Abdillah al-Barqi from `Uthman b. `Isa from `Abdullah b. Muskan from Muhammad b. Muslim from Abi `Abdillah al-Sadiq . He said: There are three among the creation that will be closest to Allah on the Day of Resurrection until He completes the Judgment: (1) A man who does not use his strength during his state of anger against those under his hands, (2) a man who walks between two people and does not lean toward the other [in preference], (3) a man who speaks the truth, whether it is against him or for him.

Al-Husayn b. Ahmad b. Idris narrated to us. He said: My father narrated to us from Ya`qub b. Yazid from Muhammad b. Sinan from al-Mufaddal b. `Umar. He said: I said to Abi `Abdillah al-Sadiq : Who will be saved? So, he said: He whose actions and words are congruent will be saved. He whose actions and words are not congruent will surely be put down.

Ahmad b. Ziyad b. Ja`far al-Hamadani narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. Ibrahim narrated to us from his father from Muhammad b. Abi `Umayr from Murazim b. Hakim from al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad . He said: Betake to going to mosques, for they are the houses of Allah on Earth. Whoever goes to them in a state of purity, Allah purifies him of his sins and records him as one of its visitors. Increase your prayer and supplication in them. Pray in different spots in the mosques, for each spot will bear you witness that you prayed upon it on the Day of Resurrection.

Muhammad b. Musa b. al-Mutawakkil 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 me. He said: Al-Hasan b. Mahbub narrated to us. He said: Mu`awiya b. Wahb narrated to us. He said: I heard Aba `Abdillah al-Sadiq say: Seek knowledge and adorn it with forbearance and piety. Humble yourself to the one you are teaching knowledge to and humble yourself to the one you sought for knowledge. Do not be tyrannical scholars lest your faults wash away your truth.

Muhammad b. `Ali Majiluwayh narrated to us from his uncle Muhammad b. Abi’l Qasim from Ahmad b. Abi `Abdillah al-Barqi from his father Muhammad b. Khalid from Muhammad b. Sinan from al-Mufaddal b. `Umar from al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad . He said: Betake to noble character (makarim al-akhlaq), for Allah loves it. Beware of evil actions, for Allah hates them. Betake to reciting the Quran, for the degrees of Paradise are proportionate to the verses of the Quran. On the Day of Resurrection, a reciter will be told: “Recite and climb”, and when he recites a verse, he will climb a degree. Betake to beautiful character, because that will take one to the rank of one who is fasting and standing [in prayer]. Betake to beautiful neighbourliness, for surely, Allah ordered that. Betake to the tooth stick, for it is a purifier and a beautiful tradition. Betake to what Allah has obligated and fulfill them. Beware of what Allah has prohibited and abstain from them.

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-Husayn b. Sa`id from `Ali b. al-Hakam from Dawud b. al-Nu`man from Ishaq b. `Ammar from al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad . He said: On the Day of Resurrection, two believing servants will be brought for judgment. Both are from the people of Paradise, but one was poor in this world, and the other was rich in this world. So, the poor one will say: “O Lord! Why was I brought? By Your glory, You surely know that You did not give me authority with which I could have been just or unjust, nor did you grant me wealth with which I could have given rightly or withheld it. My sustenance was not but enough to subsist poorly.” So, Allah will say: “You have spoken the truth, My servant, let him go enter Paradise.” So, the other will remain [for long], and he will sweat so much [over that time] that if forty camels would drink from it, it would suffice them. Then, he will enter Paradise. So, the poor one will say to him: “What kept you?” So, he said: “The length of the judgment. One thing came up after another, which were forgiven of me. Then, I would be asked about another thing until Allah would encompass me in His mercy. He made me join the repentant. So, who are you?” So, he will say: “I am the poor one who was with you earlier.” So, he will say: “Bliss has changed 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 from Muhammad b. Abi `Umayr from Sulayman b. Mehran from al-Sadiq 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: O `Ali! You are my brother, and I am your brother. O `Ali! You are from me, and I am from you. O `Ali! You are my deputy, my vicegerent (khalifa), and the Proof of Allah over my Nation after me. Whoever aligns with you will be made happy, and whoever opposes you will be made wretched.

Al-Husayn b. Ibrahim b. Natana narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. Ibrahim b. Hashim narrated to us from his father from al-Rayyan b. al-Salt from Abi’l Hasan `Ali b. Musa al-Rida from his father from his forefathers . He said: The Messenger of Allah (s) said: The Shi`a of `Ali will be triumphant on the Day of Resurrection.

My father narrated to us. He said: `Abdullah b. al-Hasan al-Mu’addab narrated to us from Ahmad b. `Ali al-Isfahani from Ibrahim b. Muhammad al-Thaqafi. He said: Abu Raja’ Qurayba b. Sa`id narrated to us from Hammad b. Zayd from `Abd al-Rahman al-Sarraj from Nafi` from `Abdullah b. `Umar. He said: The Messenger of Allah (s) said to `Ali b. Abi Talib : On the Day of Resurrection, you will be given – O `Ali – a garment of light, and upon your head will be a crown with an illuminating light [so bright that] it will almost put out the vision of the people of the judgment. Then, a call will come from Allah: “Where is the vicegerent of Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah?” So, you will say: “I am he.” He said: So, the caller will call: “O `Ali! Take your lovers to Paradise and those who opposed you to the Fire.” You are the divider of Paradise, and you are the divider of the Fire.