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: Ahmad b. `Isa from al-Hasan b. `Ali b. Faddal from Marwan b. Muslim. He said: Abu `Abdillah Ja`far b. Muhammad al-Sadiq said: My father narrated to me from his forefathers from the Messenger of Allah (s). He said: Allah said: When a servant obeys Me, I do not assign him to one other than Me. When a servant disobeys Me, I assign him to himself, then I do not care which valley he perishes in.

Muhammad b. Musa b. al-Mutawakkil narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. Ibrahim narrated to us from his father Ibrahim b. Hashim from Muhammad b. Abi `Umayr. He said: One who heard Aba `Abdillah al-Sadiq heard him saying: One who disobeys Allah does not love him. Then, he recited: You disobey God yet you manifest your love for Him. This is impossible. Had you loved Him, you would have obeyed Him. Surely, the lover obeys the one he loves.

By this isnad, he said: Al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad would say: For every people is a government that they draw near to, And our government at the End of Time will manifest.

By this isnad, he said: Al-Sadiq would frequently say: The knowledge of the plain is clear for him who seeks it But I see the hearts are blinded from the plain, I am astonished at him who perishes when his salvation is present, And I am astonished at him who is saved [despite the plenitude of those who perish].

By this isnad. He said: Al-Sadiq would say: Be steady in your actions, for surely, you will die, Decide for yourself, O human, For it is as though what is past did not occur at all, And what is present is already past.

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: `Abdullah b. al-Dahhak narrated to us. He said: Hisham b. Muhammad narrated to us from his father. Hisham said: Some of it was narrated to me by Abu Mikhnaf Lut b. Yahya and another person from the scholars regarding some words between al-Hasan b. `Ali b. Abi Talib and al-Walid b. `Uqba (the maternal half-brother of `Uthman b. `Affan). Al-Hasan said to him: I do not blame you for insulting `Ali , as he lashed you eighty times for drinking wine, and he killed your father in the time of the Messenger of Allah (s) in the Day of Badr, and, in another verse, Allah called him a believer and called you a transgressor (fasiq). The poet said, regarding you and `Ali : Allah revealed in His Book to us A recitation that classifies al-Walid in the position of disbelief And classifies `Ali in the position of faith, A believer who worships Allah Is not like a traitorous transgressor. Then, after a short while, al-Walid would be summoned, And `Ali will await the recompense, `Ali will be rewarded with Gardens, And al-Walid will earn his consequence.

`Ali b. Ahmad b. Musa al-Daqqaq narrated to us. He said: Abu’l `Abbas Ahmad b. Yahya b. Zakariyya al-Qattan narrated to us. He said: Bakr b. `Abdullah b. Habib narrated to us. He said: `Umar b. `Abdullah narrated to us. He said: Al-Hasan b. al-Husayn b. `Asim narrated to us. He said: `Isa b. `Abdullah b. Muhammad b. `Umar b. `Ali narrated to us from his father from his grandfather from `Ali . He said: Salman the Good narrated to me, saying: O Aba’l Hasan! Rarely do you and I visit the Messenger of Allah (s) and he does not say: “O Salman! This [`Ali] and his party are the triumphant on the Day of Resurrection.”

By this isnad from Bakr b. `Abdullah b. Habib. He said: `Atiyya b. Isma`il b. Ibrahim al-Ansari narrated to me. He said: Abu `Amira Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Khashab narrated to us. He said: Al-`Abbas b. Yazid al-Najrani and Ishaq b. Ibrahim al-Warraq narrated to us. They said: Dirar b. Sard narrated to us. He said: al-Mu`tamar b. Sulayman narrated to us from his father from al-Hasan from Anas b. Malik. He said: The Prophet (s) said: `Ali will clarify that which my Nation will disagree about after me.

By this isnad from Bakr b. `Abdullah. He said: Muhammad b. `Ubaydullah and `Abdullah b. al-Salt al-Juhdari narrated to us. They said: Ibn `A’isha narrated to us from `Abdullah b. `Abd al-Rahman al-Hamadani from his father. He said: When `Ali b. Abi Talib buried Fatima , he stood at the edge of the grave. This was in the middle of the night because he had buried her at night. Then, he recited: For every meeting between two lovers there is a departure, And all that is done [together] before death is brief, My loss of one person after the other Is an indication that the lover is not everlasting, My remembrance will cease, and my love will be forgotten, And my lover will have a lover after me.

Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Yahya al-`Attar narrated to us. He said: Sa`d b `Abdullah narrated to us from Ya`qub b. Yazid from Muhammad b. Abi `Umayr from `Isa al-Fara’ from `Abdullah b. Abi Ya`fur. He said: I heard Aba `Abdillah al-Sadiq say: Abu Ja`far al-Baqir said: Whoever’s appearances are weightier [in deeds] than his inside, his Scale [of good deeds] will be lightened.

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 `Ali b. Asbat from Malik b. Masma` b. Malik from Sama`a b. Mehran from Abi `Abdillah al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad . He said: O Sama`a! There are four problems that a believer will not escape: (1) A neighbour that will harm him, (2) a devil that will deceive him, (3) a hypocrite that will follow him, and (4) a believer that will envy him. I said: May I be your sacrifice! A believer that envies him? He said: O Sama`a! He is the harshest of them. I said: How is that? He said: Because he will say something against him, and he will be believed in that.

Ahmad b. Ziyad b. Ja`far al-Hamadani narrated to us. He said: Ibrahim b. Muhammad al-Thaqafi narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. `Abdullah al-Kufi narrated to us. He said: Hammam narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. Jamil al-Raqqi narrated to us. He said: Layth narrated to us from Mujahid from `Abdullah b. `Abbas. He said: We were sitting in a gathering place belonging to a companion of the Messenger of Allah (s), and the Messenger of Allah (s) was with us. We saw the Messenger of Allah (s) pointing toward the sky. So, we looked, and we saw a cloud proceeding [toward us]. So, he said to it: “Come forth.” Then, it proceeded [further]. Then, he said to it: “Come forth.” Then, it proceeded. Then, he said to it: “Come forth.” Then, it proceeded. Then, we saw the Messenger of Allah (s) stand on his feet, and his hand reached into the cloud until we saw the whiteness of the armpits of the Messenger of Allah (s). Then, he took a white vessel filled with fresh dates out of it. So, the Prophet (s) ate from the vessel, and the vessel glorified [Allah] in the hand of the Messenger of Allah (s). Then, he passed it over to `Ali b. Abi Talib . So, `Ali ate from the vessel, and the vessel glorified [Allah] in the hand of `Ali . So, a man said: O Messenger of Allah! You ate from the vessel, then you passed it over to `Ali b. Abi Talib! Then, Allah caused the vessel to speak, and it said: There is no god but Allah, the Creator of darkness and light. Know, O people, that I am the gift of the Truthful to His Speaking Prophet. None eat from me except a prophet or a deputy of a prophet.

`Ali b. al-Husayn b. Shaduwayh al-Mu’addab narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. `Abdullah b. Ja`far al-Himyari narrated to us from his father from al-Hasan b. Musa al-Khashab from Ja`far b. Muhammad b. Hakim from Zakariyya b. Muhammad al-Mu’min from al-Mushma`il al-Asadi. He said: I went for Hajj one year. Then, I went to Abi `Abdillah al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad . So, he said: Where were you, O Mushma`il? So, I said: May I be your sacrifice! I was on Hajj. So, he said: Do you know how many good deeds a pilgrim receives? So, I said: I do not know until you teach me. So, he said: When a worshiper makes seven circuits around this House, prays two units, and performs the sa`i between Safa and Marwa, Allah records six thousand good deeds for him, erases six thousand sins from him, raises him by six thousand levels, fulfills six thousand of his needs in this world, and saves the same amount for [his needs in] the Hereafter. So, I said to him: May I be your sacrifice! This is a lot! He said: Shall I not inform you of something that is more [rewarding] than that? He said: I said: Of course. So, he said: Fulfilling a need of a believing person is better than a Hajj, another Hajj, another Hajj – until he counted ten Hajj [pilgrimages].

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 al-Hasan b. Mahbub from Malik b. `Atiyya from Abi Hamza al-Thumali from the Master of Worshipers `Ali b. al-Husayn b. `Ali b. Abi Talib . He said: The believer mixes his knowledge with forbearance. He sits down so that he may learn, he listens so that he may submit, and he speaks so that he may understand. He does not speak about that which he has been entrusted with, even to his friends. He does not fulfill a responsibility with vanity, and modesty does not leave him. When he is praised, he fears what they say, and he seeks Allah’s forgiveness for that which he does not do. He is not harmed by those who ignore him, and he is mindful of impressions of those who know him. The hypocrite forbids others but does not abstain for himself. He commands that which he himself does not fulfill. When he prays, he complains. When he bows, he slumps. When he prostrates, he pecks (prostrates quickly). When he sits, he spreads himself out. When he is going to bed, his only concern is food, even though he is full. When he wakes up in the morning, his only concern is sleep, even though he did not stay up during the night. When he speaks to you, he lies. When he makes a promise, he does not fulfill it. If you entrust him with anything, he betrays it. And if you disagree with him, he backbites you.

`Ali b. Ahmad b. `Abdullah b. Ahmad b. Abi `Abdillah al-Barqi narrated to us. He said: My father narrated to us from his grandfather Ahmad b. Abi `Abdillah al-Barqi from his father Muhammad b. Khalid. He said: Sahl b. al-Mirzaban al-Farisi narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Mansur narrated to us from `Abdullah b. Ja`far from Muhammad b. al-Fayd b. al-Mukhtar from his father from Abi Ja`far Muhammad b. `Ali al-Baqir from his father from his grandfather . He said: The Messenger of Allah (s) went out one day, and he was riding, while `Ali had been walking with him. So, he said to him: O Aba’l Hasan! Either ride or leave, for Allah commanded me to ride when you ride, walk when you walk, and sit when you sit; unless there is a limit from the limits of Allah that does not require you to stand or sit in. Allah did not honour me with an honour except that He has honoured you with one like it. He distinguished me with prophethood and messengership, and He made you my wali in that. You establish His pronouncements and His difficult matters. By He who truly sent Muhammad as a prophet! He who negates you has not believed in me. He who denies you has not accepted me. He who disbelieves in you has not believed in Allah. Surely, your virtue is from my virtue, and my grace to you is the grace of Allah. This is the saying of Allah, “In the grace of Allah and in His mercy – in that let them rejoice; it is better than what they accumulate.” (10:58) The grace of Allah is the prophethood of your prophet, and His mercy is the wilaya of `Ali b. Abi Talib. He says, “in that” – meaning, prophethood and wilaya – “let them rejoice” – meaning, the Shi`a – “it is better than what they accumulate” – meaning, the opponents, and their women, their wealth, and their children in this world. By Allah, `Ali, you were not created except so that your Lord may be worshiped. Through you, the knowledge of religion is known, and the study of the path is rectified. He who deviates from you has deviated [from the truth]. He who is not guided to you and your wilaya is not guided to Allah. This is the saying of my Lord, “Surely, I am most forgiving to those who repent, believe, and do righteous deeds, then continue in guidance” (20:82) – meaning to your wilaya. My Lord commanded me to make your right obligatory just as my right was made obligatory. Surely, your right is obligatory for all who believe in me. Were it not for you, the Party of Allah would not be known. By you, the enemy of Allah is known. He who meets Him without your wilaya will not meet Him with anything [of a reward]. Allah revealed to me, “O Messenger! Announce that which was revealed to you from your Lord” – meaning, regarding your wilaya, `Ali – “if you do not do so, you will not have delivered His message” (5:67) – if I do not announce that which I was commanded to regarding your wilaya, my deeds would fall. He who meets Allah without your wilaya, his deeds will fall – this was promised to me. I do not say except the saying of Allah, and what I have said is what Allah has revealed regarding you.