The First Assembly, which is Friday, Twelve Nights Remaining in Rajab, 367 AH.

The Second Assembly, which is Tuesday, Seven Days Remaining from Rajab, 367 AH.

The Third Assembly, which is Friday, Five Days Remaining from Rajab, 367 AH.

The Fourth Assembly, which is Tuesday, the Last of Rajab, 367 AH.

The Fifth Assembly, which is Friday, two nights into Sha`ban, 367 AH.

The Sixth Assembly, which is Tuesday, Seven Nights into Sha`ban, 367 AH.

The Seventh Assembly, which is Friday, Ten Nights into Sha`ban, 367 AH.

The Eighth Assembly, which is Tuesday, the Fourteenth of Sha`ban, 367 AH.

The Ninth Assembly, which is Friday, the Seventeenth of Sha`ban, 367 AH.

The Tenth Assembly, which is Tuesday, Ten Days remaining from Sha`ban, 367 AH.

The Eleventh Assembly, which is Friday, Six Days remaining from Sha`ban, 367 AH.

The Twelfth Assembly, which is Tuesday, Three Days remaining from Sha`ban, 367 AH.

The Thirteenth Assembly, which is Friday, the First of the Month of Ramadan, 367 AH.

The Fourteenth Assembly, which is Tuesday, the Fifth of the Month of Ramadan, 367 AH.

The Fifteenth Assembly, which is Friday, the Eighth of the Month of Ramadan, 367 AH.

The Sixteenth Assembly, which is Tuesday, the Twelfth of the Month of Ramadan, 367 AH.

The Seventeenth Assembly, which is Friday, the Middle of the Month of Ramadan, 367 AH.

The Eighteenth Assembly, which is Tuesday, the Nineteenth of the Month of Ramadan, 367 AH.

The Nineteenth Assembly, which is Friday, the Twenty-Second of the Month of Ramadan, 367 AH.

The Twentieth Assembly, an Assembly on Tuesday, with Four Nights Remaining from the Month of Ramadan, 367 AH.

The Twenty-First Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Last of the Month of Ramadan, 367 AH.

The Twenty-Second Assembly, which is the Day of Eid, the First of the Month of Shawwal, 367 AH.

The Twenty-Third Assembly, which is Tuesday, two nights into Shawwal, 367 AH.

The Twenty-Fourth Assembly, Wednesday, the Fourth of Shawwal, 367 AH.

The Twenty-Fifth Assembly, which was dictated to us in Tus in the Shrine of al-Rida `Ali b. Musa (s) on Friday, the Seventeenth of Dhul Hijja, 367 AH.

The Twenty-Sixth Assembly in the shrine of al-Rida (as), the day of Ghadir Khumm, which is Saturday, the Eighteenth of Dhul Hijja, 367 AH.

The Twenty-Seventh Assembly, which is Friday, the First of Muharram, 367 AH. He delivered it after he returned from the Shrine of al-Rida (as)

The Twenty-Eighth Assembly, which is Tuesday, the 5th of Muharram, 368 AH, after he returned from the Shrine of al-Rida (as).

The Twenty-Ninth Assembly, the Gathering on Friday, the Eighth of Muharram, 368 AH.

The Thirtieth Assembly, Saturday, the Ninth of Muharram, 268 AH, which is the [the Eve of] the Killing of al-Husayn b. `Ali b. Abi Talib (as).

The Thirty-First Assembly in the Remainder of the Killing [of al-Husayn], Sunday, which is the Day of `Ashura’, Ten into al-Muharram, 368 AH.

The Thirty-Second Assembly, Tuesday, the Twelfth of Muharram, 368 AH.

The Thirty-Third Assembly, Friday, Halfway into Muharram, 368 AH.

The Thirty-Fourth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Nineteenth of Muharram, 368 AH.

The Thirty-Fifth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Twenty-Second of Muharram, 368 AH.

The Thirty-Sixth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Twenty-Sixth of Muharram, 368 AH.

The Thirty-Seventh Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Last of Muharram, 368 AH.

The Thirty-Eighth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Fourth of Safar, 368 AH.

The Thirty-Ninth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Seventh of Safar, 368 AH.

The Fortieth Assembly, which is the Assembly of Tuesday, the Eleventh of Safar, 368 AH.

The Forty-First Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Fourteenth of Safar, 368 AH.

The Forty-Second Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Eighteenth of Safar, 368 AH.

The Forty-Third Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Twenty-First of Safar, 368 AH.

The Forty-Fourth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Twenty-Fifth of Safar, 368 AH.

The Forty-Fifth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, Two Nights Remaining from Safar, 368 AH.

The Forty-Sixth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Second of the Month of Rabi` al-Awwal, 368 AH.

The Forty-Seventh Assembly, Friday, the Fifth of the Month of Rabi` al-Awwal, 368 AH.

The Forty-Eighth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Ninth of the Month of Rabi` al-Awwal, 368 AH.

The Forty-Ninth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Twelfth of the Month of Rabi` al-Awwal, 368 AH.

The Fiftieth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Sixteenth of the Month of Rabi` al-Awwal, 368 AH.

The Fifty-First Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the [Nineteenth] of Rabi` al-Awwal, 368 AH.

The Fifty-Second Assembly, which is Tuesday, the Twenty-Third of the Month of Rabi` al-Awwal, 368 AH.

The Fifty-Third Assembly, which is Friday, the Twenty-Sixth of the Month of Rabi` al-Awwal, 368 AH.

The Fifty-Forth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the First of Rabi` al-Akhir, 368 AH.

The Fifty-Fifth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Fourth of the Month of Rabi` al-Akhir, 368 AH.

The Fifty-Sixth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the 8th of the Month of Rabi` al-Akhir, 368 AH.

The Fifty-Seventh Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Eleventh of the Month of Rabi` al-Akhir, 368 AH.

The Fifty-Eighth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, Halfway through the Month of Rabi` al-Akhir, 368 AH.

The Fifty-Ninth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Eighteenth of the Month of Rabi` al-Akhir, 368 AH.

The Sixtieth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Twenty-Second of the Month of Rabi` al-Akhir, 368 AH.

The Sixty-First Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Twenty-Fifth of the Month of Rabi` al-Akhir, 368 AH.

The Sixty-Second Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Last of Rabi` al-Akhir, 368 AH.

The Sixty-Third Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Third of Jumada al-Ula, 368 AH.

The Sixty-Fourth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Sixth of Jumada al-Ula, 368 AH.

The Sixty-Fifth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Ninth from Jumada al-Ula, 368 AH.

The Sixty-Sixth Assembly: The Assembly of Tuesday, the Thirteenth of Jumada al-Ula, 368 AH.

The Sixty-Seventh Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Sixteenth of Jumada al-Ula, 368 AH.

The Sixty-Eighth Assembly, which is the Assembly of Tuesday, Ten Days Remaining from Jumada al-Ula, 368 AH.

The Sixty-Ninth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Thirty-Second of Jumada al-Ula, 368 AH.

The Seventieth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Twenty-Seventh of Jumada al-Ula, 368 AH.

The Seventy-First Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Last of Jumada al-Ula, 368 AH.

The Seventy-Second Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Fifth of Jumada al-Ukhra, 368 AH.

The Seventy-Third Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Eighth from Jumada al-Ukhra, 368 AH.

The Seventy-Fourth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Twelfth of Jumada al-Ukhra, 368 AH.

The Seventy-Fifth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Middle of Jumada al-Ukhra, 368 AH.

The Seventy-Sixth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Nineteenth of Jumada al-Ukhra, 368 AH.

The Seventy-Seventh Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, Eight Days Remaining from Jumada al-Ukhra, 368 AH.

The Seventy-Eighth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, Four Days Remaining from Jumada al-Ukhra, 368 AH.

The Seventy-Ninth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Last of Jumada al-Ukhra, 368 AH.

The Eightieth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, Four Nights into Rajab, 368 AH.

The Eighty-First Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, Seven Nights into Rajab, 368 AH.

The Eighty-Second Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Eleventh of Rajab, 368 AH.

The Eighty-Third Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Fourteenth of Rajab, 368 AH.

The Eighty-Fourth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Eighteenth of Rajab, 368 AH.

The Eighty-Fifth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Twenty-Second of Rajab, 368 AH.

The Eighty-Sixth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, Five Days Remaining in Rajab, 368 AH.

The Eighty-Seventh Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Twenty-Eighth of Rajab, 368 AH.

The Eighty-Eighth Assembly, Saturday, the Last Day of Rajab, 368 AH.

The Eighty-Ninth Assembly, the Assembly of Sunday, the First of Sha`ban, 368 AH, in the House of al-Sayyid Abi Muhammad Yahya b. Muhammad al-`Alawi (ra)

The Ninetieth Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Third of Sha`ban, 368 AH.

The Ninety-First Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, Six Nights into Sha`ban, 368 AH.

The Ninety-Second Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Tenth of Sha`ban, 368 AH.

The Ninety-Third Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Thirteenth of Sha`ban, 368 AH.

The Ninety-Fourth Assembly, Dictated on Tuesday, the Seventeenth of Sha`ban, 368 AH in Holy Mashhad (Peace Be Upon its Inhabitant), When He Went to Houses Beyond the River

The Ninety-Fifth Assembly, the Assembly of Wednesday, Twelve Nights Remain From Sha`ban, 368 AH. Dictated in the Mashhad of Imam al-Rida (s).

The Ninety-Sixth Assembly, Another Assembly of Wednesday, Twelve Nights Remain from Sha`ban, 368 AH, at `Asr Time

The Ninety-Seventh Assembly, the Assembly of Thursday, Eleven Nights Remain From Sha`ban, 368 AH, in the Mashhad of Our Master Abi'l Hasan `Ali b. Musa al-Rida (as)

1 - حدثنا الشيخ الجليل أبو جعفر محمد بن علي بن الحسين بن موسى ابن بابويه القمي (رحمه الله)، قال: حدثني أبي (رضي الله عنه)، قال: حدثنا علي بن موسى بن جعفر بن أبي جعفر الكمنداني، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى الاشعري، قال: حدثنا عبد الرحمن بن أبي نجران، عن عاصم بن حميد، عن محمد بن قيس، عن أبي جعفر محمد بن علي الباقر (عليه السلام)، قال: أوحى الله تبارك وتعالى إلى آدم (عليه السلام): يا آدم، إني أجمع لك الخير كله في أربع كلمات، واحدة منهن لي، وواحدة لك، وواحدة فيما بيني وبينك، وواحدة فيما بينك وبين الناس، فأما التي لي فتعبدني ولا تشرك بي شيئا، وأما التي لك فاجازيك بعملك أحوج ما تكون إليه، وأما التي بيني وبينك فعليك الدعاء وعلي الاجابة، وأما التي فيما بينك وبين الناس فترضى للناس ما ترضى لنفسك (1).

محمد بن علي بن الحسين بن بابويه

حدثنا الشيخ الجلیل أبو جعفر محمد بن علي بن الحسين بن موسى بن بابويه القمي رحمه الله  قال حدثنا

علي بن موسى بن جعفر بن أبي جعفر الكميذاني

قال حدثنا

أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى الأشعري

عبد الرحمن بن أبي نجران

عن

عاصم بن حميد

محمد بن قيس

أبي جعفر محمد بن علي الباقر عليه السلام

قال

Abu Ja`far Muhammad b. `Ali b. al-Husayn b. Musa b. Babuwayh al-Qummi (rh) narrated to us. He said: My father (ra) narrated to me. He said: `Ali b. Musa b. Ja`ar b. Abi Ja`far al-Kamandani narrated to us. He said: Ahmad b. Muhammad b. `Isa al-Ash`ari narrated to us. He said: `Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Najran narrated to us from `Asim b. Humayd from Muhammad b. Qays from Abi Ja`far Muhammad b. `Ali al-Baqir (as). He said: Allah revealed to Adam (as): O Adam! Surely, I have gathered all goodness for you in four sayings: one of them is for Me, one is for you, one is for that which is between Me and you, and one is for that which is between you and the people. (1) As for the one that is Mine, it is: worship Me and do not associate partners with Me. (2) As for the one that is yours: I will reward you for your work when you are most in need of it. (3) As for the one that is between Me and you: Betake to supplication, and I will betake to its response. (4) As for the one that is between you and the people: Want for the people what you want for yourself.

2 - حدثنا محمد بن الحسن بن أحمد بن الوليد (رضي الله عنه)، قال: حدثنا  محمد بن الحسن الصفار، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن أبي عبد الله البرقي، عن أبي هاشم الجعفري، قال: سمعت علي بن موسى الرضا (عليه السلام) يقول: إلهي بدت قدرتك ولم تبد هيئة، فجهلوك وقدروك (1)، والتقدير على غير ما به وصفوك، وإني برئ - يا إلهي - من الذين بالتشبية طلبوك، ليس كمثلك شئ، إلهي ولن يدركوك، وظاهر ما بهم من نعمك دليلهم عليك لو عرفوك، وفي خلقك - يا إلهي - مندوحة أن يتناولوك، بل سووك بخلقك، فمن ثم لم يعرفوك، واتخذوا بعض آياتك ربا، فبذلك وصفوك، تعاليت ربي عما به المشبهون نعتوك (2).

حدثنا

محمد بن الحسن بن أحمد بن الوليد

محمد بن الحسن الصفار

أحمد بن أبي عبد الله البرقي

أبي هاشم الجعفري

قال سمعت

علي بن موسى الرضا عليه السلام

يقول

Muhammad b. al-Hasan b. Ahmad b. al-Walid (ra) narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. al-Hasan al-Saffar narrated to us. He said: Ahmad b. Abi `Abdillah al-Barqi narrated to us from Abi Hisham al-Ja`fari. He said: I heard `Ali b. Musa al-Rida (as) say: My God! Your power is apparent, even though You do not have a form. So, they become ignorant of You and they [try to] measure You, while the [true] measure is other than how they describe You. I dissociate, My God, from those who seek You by alikeness (tashbih). There is none like unto You. My God! They cannot comprehend You. If they [wanted to] recognize You, their indicator would be the apparent of Your blessings with them. Your creation, My Lord, is far removed from being used [as a similitude] to understanding You, but they compare You to Your creation, and thusly they do not recognize You. They have taken Your signs as a lord, and by that they describe You. You are exalted, my Lord, over what those who liken describe You by.

3 - حدثنا محمد بن موسى بن المتوكل (رضي الله عنه)، قال: حدثنا علي بن الحسين السعد آبادي، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن محمد بن خالد، عن أبيه، عن محمد بن سنان، عن المفضل بن عمر، عن الصادق جعفر بن محمد، عن أبيه، عن جده (عليهم السلام)، قال: سئل الحسين بن علي (عليهما السلام) فقيل له: كيف أصبحت، يا بن رسول الله؟ قال: أصبحت ولي رب فوقي، والنار أمامي، والموت يطلبني، والحساب محدق بي، وأنا مرتهن بعملي، لا أجد ما أحب، ولا أدفع ما أكره، والامور بيد غيري، فإن شاء عذبني، وإن شاء عفا عني، فأي فقير أفقر مني! (3)

محمد بن موسى بن المتوكل

علي بن الحسين السعدآبادي

أحمد بن محمد بن خالد

أبيه

محمد بن سنان

المفضل بن عمر

الصادق جعفر بن محمد عليه السلام

عن أبيه ع عن جده ع قال سئل

الحسين بن علي عليه السلام

فقيل...قال

Muhammad b. Musa b. al-Mutawakkil (ra) 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 his father from Muhammad b. Sinan from al-Mufaddal b. `Umar from al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad from his father from his grandfather (as). He said: Al-Husayn b. `Ali (as) was asked – it was said to him: How was your morning, O son of the Messenger of Allah? He said: I awoke with a Lord above me, the Fire before me, death seeking me, and the Judgment staring at me. I am dependant upon my deeds. I cannot find what I love, nor can I repel what I hate. The affairs are in the hand of one other than me – if He wills, He may punish me, and if He wills, He may pardon me. Which poor person is poorer than me?!

4 - حدثنا جعفر بن محمد بن مسرور (رضي الله عنه)، قال: حدثنا الحسين بن محمد بن عامر، عن عمه عبد الله بن عامر، قال: حدثني أبو أحمد محمد بن زياد الازدي، عن المفضل بن عمر، قال: قال الصادق جعفر بن محمد (عليه السلام): بلية الناس عظيمة، إن دعوناهم لم يجيبونا، وإن تركناهم لم يهتدوا بغيرنا (4).

جعفر بن محمد بن مسرور

الحسين بن محمد بن عامر

عمه

قال حدثني

أبو أحمد محمد بن زياد الأزدي

قال قال

Ja`far b. Muhammad b. Masrur (ra) 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 al-Mufaddal b. `Umar. He said: Al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad (as) said: The affliction of the people is great: if we call to them, they do not take heed to us; and if we abandon them, they will not be guided by other than us.

5 - قال المفضل: وسمعت الصادق (عليه السلام) يقول لاصحابه: من وجد  برد حبنا على قلبه، فليكثر الدعاء لامه، فإنها لم تخن أباه (1).

Mufaddal said: I heard Al-Sadiq (as) say to his companions: He who finds the coolness of our love upon his heart shall increase his supplications for his mother, for surely, she did not betray his father.

6 - حدثنا الحسين بن إبراهيم بن ناتانه (رحمه الله)، قال: حدثنا علي بن إبراهيم بن هاشم، عن أبيه، عن محمد بن أبي عمير، عن إبراهيم الكرخي، قال: قلت للصادق (عليه السلام): إن رجلا رأى ربه عزوجل في منامه، فما يكون ذلك؟ فقال: ذلك رجل لا دين له، إن الله تبارك وتعالى لا يرى في اليقظة، ولا في المنام، ولا في الدنيا، ولا في الآخرة (2).

الحسين بن إبراهيم بن ناتانة

علي بن إبراهيم بن هاشم

محمد بن أبي عمير

إبراهيم الكرخي

قال قلت ل

الصادق عليه السلام

...فقال

Al-Husayn b. Ibrahim b. Natana (rh) narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. Ibrahim b. Hashim narrated to us from his father from Muhammad b. Abi `Umayr rom Ibrahim al-Karkhi. He said: I said to al-Sadiq (as): A man saw his Lord in his dream, so what is that? So, he said: That is a man with no religion. Surely, Allah cannot be seen when awake, nor in a dream, nor in this world, nor in the Hereafter.

7 - حدثنا محمد بن علي ماجيلويه (رحمه الله)، قال: حدثنا عمي محمد بن أبي القاسم، قال: حدثني محمد بن علي الصيرفي الكوفي، قال: حدثنا محمد بن سنان، عن أبان بن عثمان الاحمر، قال: قلت للصادق جعفر بن محمد (عليه السلام): أخبرني عن الله تبارك وتعالى، لم يزل سميعا بصيرا عليما قادرا؟ قال: نعم. فقلت له: فإن رجلا ينتحل موالاتكم أهل البيت يقول: إن الله تبارك وتعالى لم يزل سميعا بسمع، وبصيرا ببصر، وعليما بعلم، وقادرا بقدرة. قال: فغضب (عليه السلام)، ثم قال: من قال ذلك ودان به فهو مشرك، وليس من ولايتنا على شئ، إن الله تبارك وتعالى ذات علامة سميعة بصيرة قادرة (3).

محمد بن علي ماجيلويه

عمي محمد بن أبي القاسم

محمد بن علي الصيرفي الكوفي

أبان بن عثمان الأحمر

أخبرني...قال

Muhammad b. `Ali Majiluwayh (rh) narrated to us. He said: My uncle Muhammad b. Abi’l Qasim narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. `Ali al-Sayrafi al-Kufi narrated to me. He said: Muhammad b. Sinan narrated to us from Aban b. `Uthman al-Ahmar. He said: I said to al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad (as): Inform me about Allah: Does He not cease in hearing, seeing, knowing, and being powerful? He said: Yes. So, I said to him: There is a man who claims to be upon your wilaya, the Ahl al-Bayt, and he says: “Allah does not cease in seeing through sight, and hearing through [an instrument of] hearing, and knowing through knowledge, and being powerful through [an instrument of] power.” So, he (as) became angry, then said: He who says this and takes his religion from this is a pagan that is not upon our wilaya in a thing. Surely, Allah is knowing, hearing, seeing, and powerful [without the aid of anything].

8 - حدثنا حمزة بن محمد بن أحمد بن جعفر بن محمد بن زيد بن علي ابن الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب (عليهم السلام)، قال: أخبرني علي بن إبراهيم بن هاشم سنة سبع وثلاثمائة، قال: حدثنا أبي، قال: حدثنا محمد بن أبي عمير، عن حفص بن البختري، عن الصادق جعفر بن محمد، عن أبيه، عن جده (عليهم السلام)، قال: وقع بين سلمان الفارسي (رحمه الله) وبين رجل كلام وخصومة، فقال له الرجل: من أنت يا سلمان؟ فقال سلمان: أما أولي وأولك فنطفة قذرة، وأما آخري وآخرك فجيفة منتنة،  فإذا كان يوم القيامة ووضعت الموازين، فمن ثقل ميزانه فهو الكريم، ومن خف ميزانه فهو اللئيم (1).

حمزة بن محمد بن أحمد بن جعفر بن محمد بن زيد بن علي بن الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب

قال أخبرني

سنة سبع و ثلاثمائة قال حدثنا

أبي

حفص بن البختري

عن أبيه ع عن

جده عليه السلام

قال وقع بين سلمان الفارسي و بين رجل كلام و خصومة

Hamza b. Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Ja`far b. Muhammad b. Zayd b. `Ali b. al-Husayn b. `Ali b. Abi Talib (as) narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. Ibrahim b. Hashim informed me in 307 AH. He said: My father narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Abi `Umayr narrated to us from Hafs b. al-Bakhtari from al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad from his father from his grandfather (as). He said: Salman al-Farisi (rh) was quarrelling with a man. So, the man said to him: Who are you, Salman? So, Salman said: As for my beginning and your beginning, it was an impure sperm. As for my end and your end, it will be a rotting corpse. On the Day of Resurrection, when the scales are placed, the one whose scale is heavy will be noble, and the one whose scale is light will be depraved.

9 - حدثنا محمد بن إبراهيم بن إسحاق الطالقاني (رضي الله عنه)، قال: حدثنا أحمد بن محمد الهمداني، قال: حدثنا علي بن الحسن بن علي بن فضال، عن أبيه، قال: سمعت أبا الحسن علي بن موسى الرضا (عليه السلام) يقول: إني مقتول ومسموم ومدفون بأرض غربة، أعلم ذلك بعهد عهده إلي أبي عن أبيه عن آبائه عن رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله)، ألا فمن زارني في غربتي كنت أنا وآبائي شفعاؤه يوم القيامة، ومن كنا شفعاؤه نجا ولو كان عليه مثل وزر الثقلين (2).

محمد بن إبراهيم بن إسحاق الطالقاني

أحمد بن محمد الهمداني

علي بن الحسن بن علي بن فضال

أبا الحسن علي بن موسى الرضا عليه السلام

يقول...أعلم ذلك بعهد عهده إلى أبي ع عن أبيه ع عن آبائه ع عن

رسول الله ص

Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. Ishaq al-Talaqani (ra) narrated to us. He said: Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Hamadani narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. al-Hasan b. `Ali b. Faddal narrated to us from his father. He said: I heard Aba’l Hasan `Ali b. Musa al-Rida (as) say: Surely, I will be killed, poisoned, and buried in a strange land. I know that due to a covenant that was given to me by my father from his father from his forefathers from the Messenger of Allah (s). Surely, he who visits me in my isolation shall have the intercession of my forefathers and I on the Day of Resurrection. He who has our intercession will be saved, even if his sins are like that of the two heavyweights (humanity and the Jinn).

10 - حدثنا علي بن أحمد بن عبد الله بن أحمد بن أبي عبد الله البرقي، قال: حدثني أبي، عن جده أحمد بن أبي عبد الله البرقي، قال: حدثني جعفر بن عبد الله الناونجي (3)، عن عبد الجبار بن محمد، عن داود الشعيري، عن الربيع صاحب المنصور، قال: بعث المنصور إلى الصادق جعفر بن محمد (عليه السلام) يستقدمه لشئ بلغه عنه، فلما وافى بابه خرج إليه الحاجب فقال: أعيذك بالله من سطوة هذا الجبار، فإني رأيت حرده (4) عليك شديدا، فقال الصادق (عليه السلام): علي من الله جنة واقية تعينني عليه إن شاء الله، استأذن لي عليه، فاستأذن فأذن له، فلما دخل سلم فرد (عليه السلام)، ثم قال له: يا جعفر، قد علمت أن رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله) قال لابيك علي بن أبي طالب: لولا أن تقول فيك طوائف من أمتي ما قالت النصارى في المسيح، لقلت فيك قولا لا تمر بملا إلا أخذوا من تراب قدميك، يستشفون به. وقال علي (عليه السلام): يهلك في اثنان ولا ذنب لي: محب غال، ومفرط قال قال ذلك اعتذارا منه أنه لا يرضى بما يقول فيه الغالي والمفرط، ولعمري إن عيسى بن  مريم (عليه السلام) لو سكت عما قالت فيه النصارى لعذبه الله، ولقد تعلم ما يقال فيك من الزور والبهتان، وإمساكك عن ذلك ورضاك به سخط الديان، زعم أوغاد الحجاز ورعاع الناس أنك حبر الدهر وناموسه، وحجة المعبود وترجمانه، وعيبة علمه وميزان قسطه، مصباحه الذي يقطع به الطالب عرض الظلمة إلى ضياء النور، وأن الله لا يقبل من عامل جهل حدك (1) في الدنيا عملا، ولا يرفع له يوم القيامة وزنا، فنسبوك إلى غير حدك (2)، وقالوا فيك ما ليس فيك، فقل فإن أول من قال الحق جدك، وأول من صدقه عليه أبوك، وأنت حري أن تقتص آثارهما وتسلك سبيلهما. فقال الصادق (عليه السلام): أنا فرع من فروع الزيتونة، وقنديل من قناديل بيت النبوة، وأديب السفرة، وربيب الكرام البررة، ومصباح من مصابيح المشكاة التي فيها نور النور وصفو الكلمة الباقية في عقب المصطفين إلى يوم الحشر. فالتفت المنصور إلى جلسائه، فقال: هذا قد أحالني على بحر مواج لا يدرك طرفه، ولا يبلغ عمقه، يحار فيه العلماء، ويغرق فيه السبحاء، ويضيق بالسابح عرض الفضاء، هذا الشجى المعترض في حلوق الخلفاء، الذي لا يجوز نفيه، ولا يحل قتله، ولولا ما يجمعني وإياه شجرة طاب أصلها، وبسق فرعها، وعذب ثمرها، وبوركت في الذر، وقدست في الزبر، لكان مني إليه مالا يحمد في العواقب لما يبلغني من شدة عيبه لنا وسوء القول فينا. فقال الصادق (عليه السلام): لا تقبل في ذي رحمك وأهل الرعاية من أهل بيتك قول من حرم الله عليه الجنة وجعل مأواه النار، فإن النمام شاهد زور وشريك إبليس في الاغراء بين الناس، وقد قال الله تعالى: (يا أيها الذين ءامنوا إن جاءكم فاسق بنبأ فتبينوا أن تصيبوا قوما بجهالة فتصبحوا على ما فعلتم نادمين) (3). ونحن لك أنصار  وأعوان، ولملكك دعائم وأركان، ما أمرت بالعرف والاحسان، وأمضيت في الرعية أحكام القرآن، وأرغمت بطاعتك لله أنف الشيطان، وإن كان يجب عليك في سعة فهمك وكثرة علمك ومعرفتك بآداب الله أن تصل من قطعك، وتعطي من حرمك، وتعفو عمن ظلمك، فإن المكافي ليس بالواصل، إنما الواصل من إذا قطعته رحمه وصلها، فصل رحمك يزد الله في عمرك، ويخفف عنك الحساب يوم حشرك. فقال المنصور: قد صفحت عنك، لقدرك، وتجاوزت عنك لصدقك، فحدثني عن نفسك بحديث أتعظ به، ويكون لي زاجر صدق عن الموبقات. فقال الصادق (عليه السلام): عليك بالحلم فإنه ركن العلم، واملك نفسك عند أسباب القدرة، فإنك إن تفعل ما تقدر عليه كنت كمن شفى غيظا، أو تداوى حقدا، أو يحب أن يذكر بالصولة، اعلم بأنك إن عاقبت مستحقا لم تكن غاية ما توصف به إلا العدل، ولا أعرف حالا أفضل من حال العدل، والحال التي توجب الشكر أفضل من الحال التي توجب الصبر. فقال المنصور: وعظت فأحسنت، وقلت فأوجزت، فحدثني عن فضل جدك علي بن أبي طالب (عليه السلام) حديثا لم تؤثره العامة، فقال الصادق (عليه السلام): حدثني أبي، عن أبيه، عن جده، قال: قال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله): لما أسري بي إلى السماء عهد إلي ربي جل جلاله في علي (عليه السلام) ثلاث كلمات، فقال: يا محمد. فقلت: لبيك ربي وسعديك. فقال عز وجل: إن عليا إمام المتقين، وقائد الغر المحجلين، ويعسوب المؤمنين، فبشره بذلك. فبشره النبي (صلى الله عليه وآله) بذلك، فخر علي (عليه السلام) ساجدا شكرا لله عزوجل، ثم رفع رأسه فقال: يا رسول الله، بلغ من قدري حتى أني أذكر هناك؟ قال: نعم، وإن الله يعرفك، وإنك لتذكر في الرفيق الاعلى. فقال المنصور: ذلك فضل الله يؤتيه من يشاء (1).

علي بن أحمد بن عبد الله بن أحمد بن أبي عبد الله البرقي

جده أحمد بن أبي عبد الله البرقي

جعفر بن عبد الله النماونجي

عبد الجبار بن محمد

داود الشعيري

الربيع صاحب المنصور

قال بعث المنصور إلى

...فلما وافى بابه...فقال

`Ali b. Ahmad b. `Abdullah b. Ahmad b. Abi `Abdillah al-Barqi narrated to us. He said: My father narrated to me from his grandfather Ahmad b. Abi `Abdillah al-Barqi. He said: Ja`far b. `Abdullah al-Nawaji narrated to me from `Abd al-Jabbar b. Muhammad from Dawud al-Shu`ayri from al-Rabi` the companion of al-Mansur. He said: [The Caliph] al-Mansur sent for al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad (as) to respond to something that he was told about. When he reached his gate, the gatekeeper came out to him and said: I seek refuge in Allah on your behalf from the tyranny of this tyrant, for surely, I saw that he had an intense anger against you. So, al-Sadiq (as) said: I have a protective Paradise from Allah to support me from him – God-willingly. Seek permission for me to enter. So, he sought permission and he was permitted.  So, when he entered, he (the Caliph) said the salaam and he (as) responded. Then, he said to him: O Ja`far! I know that the Messenger of Allah (s) said to your father `Ali b. Abi Talib: “If sects from my Nation would not claim for you what the Christians have claimed for the Messiah Jesus the son of Mary, I would have said something about you today that would cause the people to take the dust from beneath your feet and seek treatment from it due to the excellence of your purity.” Also, `Ali (as) said: “Two will be destroyed to no fault of my own: (1) an exaggerating lover [of mine], and (2) an excessive [hater].” He said that to caution that he is not pleased with those who exaggerate and exceed regarding him. By my life, surely, had `Isa b. Maryam (as) been silent regarding what the Christians said about him, Allah would have punished him. You know what falsehood and slander is said about you. Your silence and pleasure regarding that is an indignation to the religion. The bastards of the Hijaz and the rabble of the people allege that you are the sage and legatee of the age, the Proof and the interpreter of the Worshiped, the repository of His knowledge, the scale of His justice, His lantern by which the seeker turns overspreading darkness into the illumination of light; and that Allah does not accept the deeds of one who is ignorant of your status in this world, nor will they uplift the weight [of his scale] in the Hereafter. They have attributed you to a status contrary to your own, and they have said regarding you that which is not in you. So, speak, for the first to speak the truth was your grandfather, and the first to bear him witness in that is your father. You are free to reprise their ways and take their paths. So, al-Sadiq (as) said: I am one of the branches of the olive tree, one of the lamps of the house of prophethood, the writer [whose word overrides the writing of the angels] of travel, the son of the noble and the righteous, one of the lanterns of the niche in which is the light of the Light, and the elite one of the remaining word at the end of the chosen ones until the Day of Revival. So, al-Mansur turned to his seat and said: This has brought me unto a sea whose waves cannot be comprehended and whose depth cannot be reached. The scholars are bewildered in it, the glorious drown in it, and the width of its space narrows in on the swimmer. This is the obstruction in the throat of the caliphs; he cannot be exiled nor is killing him permissible. Had it not been for the tree that unites him and I, with its pure roots, its exalted branches, and its sweet fruits; had it not been blessed in the primordial [world] and sanctified in the scriptures, I would have given him insurmountable consequences after being informed of how he shames us and speaks poorly of us. So, al-Sadiq (as) said: Do not accept what is said regarding your bloodline and the people of favour from your Ahl al-Bayt from those whom Allah has prohibited from Paradise and made their residence the Fire, for the slanderer is a false witness and a partner to Iblis in temptation among the people. Allah says, “O you who believe! If a transgressor comes to you with news, then investigate, lest you harm a people in ignorance and become regretful of what you have done.” (49:6) We are your supporters and helpers, and we are columns and pillars of your rule, as long as you rule by virtuous customs, fulfill the rulings of the Quran with regards to the subjects, and you rub the nose of Satan by your obedience to Allah. If it becomes incumbent upon you, in the capacity of your understanding and in the abundance of your knowledge and in your cognizance of the etiquette of Allah, to connect with one who cuts you off, to give to one who has withheld from you, and to forgive one who oppresses you, then the rewarded one is not simply him who connects, but him who connects after he had been cut off from his blood relatives. So, connect with your blood relatives, and Allah will prolong your life and lighten the Judgment from you on the Day of your revival. So, al-Mansur said: I have forgiven you due to your status, and I will overlook you due to your sincerity. So, narrate to me from yourself so that I may be admonished, and so that it may prevent me from mortal error. So, al-Sadiq (as) said: Betake to forbearance, for it is the pillar of knowledge. Control yourself in moments of power, for if you can do that, then you will be like one who can cure [himself from] anger or treat [himself from] grudges. Know that if you were to punish a deserving person, there is no goal except carrying out justice. I do not know of a condition more virtuous than the condition of justice. The condition that obliges thankfulness is better than the condition that requires patience. So, al-Mansur said: You have admonished and beautified it, and you have spoken succinctly. So, narrate to me about the virtue of your grandfather `Ali b. Abi Talib (as) – a hadith that the commoners do not have. So, al-Sadiq (as) said: My father narrated to me from his father from his grandfather. He said: The Messenger of Allah (s) said: “When I was raised up to heaven, my Lord pledged three sayings about `Ali (as) to me. He said: ‘O Muhammad!’ So, I said: ‘I am at your service, my Lord.’ So, He said: ‘Surely, `Ali is the Imam of the Godfearing, the Leader of the shining believers, and the Chief of the believers. So, give him glad tidings of that.’” So, the Prophet (s) gave him glad tidings of that, and `Ali (as) fell in prostration of gratitude to Allah. Then, he raised his head and said: “O Messenger of Allah! Tell me, what is my status for me to be mentioned there?” He said: “Yes, surely your Lord recognizes you, and you are mentioned among the highest ranks (rafiq al-a`la).” So, al-Mansur said: That is the blessing of Allah. He gives it to whomever He wills.

11 - حدثنا أبي (رضي الله عنه)، قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، قال: حدثنا  أحمد بن أبي عبد الله البرقي، عن أبيه، عن خلف بن حماد الاسدي، عن أبي الحسن العبدي، عن الاعمش، عن عباية بن ربعي، عن عبد الله بن عباس، عن أبيه، قال: قال أبو طالب للنبي (صلى الله عليه وآله): يا بن أخي، الله أرسلك؟ قال: نعم. قال: فأرني آية. قال: ادع لي تلك الشجرة. فدعاها فأقبلت حتى سجدت بين يديه، ثم انصرفت. فقال أبو طالب: أشهد أنك صادق، يا علي صل جناح ابن عمك (1).

سعد بن عبد الله

خلف بن حماد الأسدي

أبي الحسن العبدي

الأعمش

عباية بن ربعي

عبد الله بن عباس

قال قال أبو طالب ل

...قال

My father (ra) 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 `Abaya b. Rabi`i from `Abdullah b. `Abbas from his father. He said: Abu Talib said to the Prophet (s): O nephew! Did Allah commission you? He said: Yes. He said: Then show me a sign – he said: Call to this tree for me. So, he called to it, and it proceeded until it prostrated before him. Then, it went away. So, Abu Talib said: I bear witness that you are truthful. O `Ali, pray behind your cousin.

- حدثنا محمد بن الحسن بن أحمد بن الوليد (رضي الله عنه)، قال: حدثني الحسن بن متيل الدقاق، قال: حدثني الحسن بن علي بن فضال، عن مروان ابن مسلم، عن ثابت بن دينار الثمالي، عن سعيد بن جبير، عن عبد الله بن عباس، أنه سأله، رجل فقال له: يا بن عم رسول الله، أخبرني عن أبي طالب، هل كان مسلما؟ فقال: وكيف لم يكن مسلما، وهو القائل: وقد علموا أن ابننا لا مكذب * * لدينا ولا يعبأ بقيل الا باطل إن أبا طالب كان مثله كمثل أصحاب الكهب حين أسروا الايمان وأظهروا الشرك، فآتاهم الله أجرهم مرتين (2).

الحسن بن متيل الدقاق

محمد بن الحسين بن أبي الخطاب

الحسن بن علي بن فضال

مروان بن مسلم

Al-Amālī

Book 1, Chapter 89