Chapter on the Reward of Maintaining Relations with the Imams as

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 21

Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh

Volume 2, Book 1, Chapter 21

Chapter on the Reward of Maintaining Relations with the Imams as
3 Aḥadīth
Ḥadīth 1

1763 - سُئِلَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : عَنْ قَوْلِ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ «مَنْ ذَا اَلَّذِي يُقْرِضُ اَللّٰهَ قَرْضاً حَسَناً » قَالَ «نَزَلَتْ فِي صِلَةِ اَلْإِمَامِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ ».

Hadith.1763 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) was asked about the saying of Allah (swt), the Almighty: "Who is it that will lend to Allah (swt) a goodly loan?" Imam (as) said: "It was revealed concerning the support of the Imam (as)."

Ḥadīth 2

1764 - وَ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «دِرْهَمٌ يُوصَلُ بِهِ اَلْإِمَامُ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ أَلْفِ أَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ يُنْفَقُ فِي غَيْرِهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اَللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ».

Hadith.1764 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "A dirham given to support the Imam is better than a million dirhams spent on others in the way of Allah (swt), the Almighty."

Ḥadīth 3

1765 - وَ قَالَ اَلصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : «مَنْ لَمْ يَقْدِرْ عَلَى صِلَتِنَا فَلْيَصِلْ صَالِحِي شِيعَتِنَا يُكْتَبْ لَهُ ثَوَابُ صِلَتِنَا وَ مَنْ لَمْ يَقْدِرْ عَلَى زِيَارَتِنَا فَلْيَزُرْ صَالِحِي مَوَالِينَا يُكْتَبْ لَهُ ثَوَابُ زِيَارَتِنَا».

Hadith.1765 - Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as) said: "Whoever is unable to support us should support the righteous among our Shia; it will be written for him as the reward of supporting us. And whoever is unable to visit us should visit the righteous among our followers; it will be written for him as the reward of visiting us."