Letter of Abi Abdillah (a.s) to a group of Shia

The Sahifa of Ali ibn al-Husayn, 'Alayhim al-Salam, and his words on restraint from unlawful matters.

The Will of Ameer al-Mumineen (a.s) to his companions

The sermon of ‘Amir al-Mu’minin, Ali, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, called the Sermon of Means and Connections

The sermon of al-Talutiyah

Excellence of Shi’ah and their prominent positions

Hadith of Abu ‘Abd Allah,  'Alayhim al-Salam, with al-Mansur in his procession

Hadith of Musa, 'Alayhim al-Salam

Advice of Abu ‘Abd Allah,  'Alayhim al-Salam

Seven marks of excellence for Banu Hashim

This Book speaks to you in all truth (45:29)

About the words of Allah ‘By the midday sun’ (91:1)

About the words of Allah ‘Has the story of the overwhelming come to you…’ (88:1)

About the words of Allah ‘They swear to Allah earnestly…’ (16:38)

About the words of Allah ‘When they sensed the power of our anger…’ (21:12)

The letter of Abu Ja’far, 'Alayhim al-Salam, to Sa’ad al-Khayr

Another letter to him from him (the imam) also

The letter of Abu Ja’far,  'Alayhim al-Salam, was similar to Jesus,  'Alayhim al-Salam

About the words of Allah ‘Mischief has spread over the land…’ (30:41)

About the words of Allah ‘...Do not spread mischief in the land…’ (7:56)

The Sermon of ‘Amir al-Mu’minin, Ali, ‘Alayhi al-Salam

A Sermon of ‘Amir al Mu’minin, ‘Alayhi al-Salam

A Sermon of ‘Amir al Mu’minin on The Day of Rahba, ‘Alayhi al-Salam

Hadith of Ali ibn al-Husayn, 'Alayhim al-Salam

Signs of the coming of the end of the world

Dealings of ‘Amir al Mu’minin in regards to equitably among muslims

Hadith of the Holy Prophet, Sallallahu ʿAlayhi waalihi

Advice ‘Amir al Mu’minin, to his servant

A speech of Ali Ibn al-Husayn, 'Alayhim al-Salam

Haidth of the Shaykh (old man) with Al-Baqr, 'Alayhim al-Salam

The story of the oil sell

The excellence of the Shi’ah

The advice of the Holy Prophet Sallallahu ʿAlayhi waalihi to ‘Amir al-Mu’minin  'Alayhim al-Salam

Criteria of a man’s excellence

Religion is no other thing than love

The excellence of Ahl al Bayt, 'Alayhim al-Salam and their Shi’ah

Revving the cause of Ahlal Bayt, 'Alayhim al-Salam

Another hadith on the excellence of the Shi’ah

The wicked is wicked in his mother’s womb

About the words of Allah ‘...all people were one nation’ (2:213)

Hadith of the ocean with the sun

In every family Allah places His proof

Proof of Allah is in every town

About the words of Allah ‘...He sent upon the swallows…’ (105:3)

The potter and the farmer in-laws

Cure for gases and pain

Hadith of The Holy Prophet Sallallahu ʿAlayhi waalihi on good advice

Usurpation of the donkey of the imam

The tax collector harasses the imam

Kindness of the Imam to his servant

Allah has not placed anything good in opposition to Ahl Al-Bayt, ‘Alayhim al-Salam

Hadith of the physician

Diseases and the body

Cure with wheat

The hadith of  ‘on what is the whale’

Creation of the Earth

Hadith of dreams and proof of divine authority of the people a given time

Dreams of the believing people

A Question of the Holy Prophet Sallallahu ʿAlayhi waalihi wa-sallam

About the words of Allah ‘...glad news for them…’ (10:64)

Three kinds of dreams

True or false dreams

Hadith of the winds

Wind is a  blessing or torment of Allah

Cure for anxiety, sadness, poverty, and illness

Meaning of relatives

Hadith of the man of al-Sham

Everything was water

Hadith of gardens and camels

Seventy aspects of their (‘A’immah’s) words

The Hadith of  Abu Basir and Umm Khalid

People hostile to ‘A’immah’

Disrespect of a believing person 

The words of ‘Abd al Rahman with Abu ‘Abd Allah, 'Alayhim al-Salam

In Praise of Hassan ibn Thabit

The Words of ‘Umar to Ali,'Alayhim al-Salam

About the words of Allah ‘...Those who change the boutnies of Allah’ (14:28)

About the words of Allah ‘Leave them alone; you are not blamed’ (51:54)

Conditions of the Day of Judgment

Those who love Ahl al Bayt,'Alayhim al-Salam

Is perfection in good food and body?

The five al-haram (the Sacred areas) of Allah on Earth

When a believing man becomes forty years old

A believing person has the chance

Permission to run away from plague

There is no escape from three things

When the Imam was ill

Supplication and charms

Supplication against being choked

In the battle of ‘Uhud

The honorable and disgraceful events of the Arabs

Hadith of Adam,'Alayhim al-Salam with the tree

Hadith Nafi’ mawla of ‘Umar with Abu Ja’far,'Alayhim al-Salam

Hadith of Christians from al-Sham with al-Baqir,'Alayhim al-Salam

Hadith of Abu al-Hassan Musa, 'Alayhim al-Salam to Ali ibn Suwayd

The rare hadith about Abu Dharr

Armed expedition of Dhat al-Riqa’

Allah does not accept any deed without loving Ahl al-bayt. 'Alayhim al-Salam

The most beloved thing to the Messenger of Allah, Sallallahu ʿAlayhi waalihi

Zuhd of the Holy Prophet,Sallallahu ʿAlayhi waalihi

ابْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ جَمِيلِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ (عليه السلام) عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ الم غُلِبَتِ الرُّومُ فِي أَدْنَى الْأَرْضِ قَالَ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ إِنَّ لِهَذَا تَأْوِيلًا لَا يَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ الرَّاسِخُونَ فِي الْعِلْمِ مِنْ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ (صلى الله عليه وآله) لَمَّا هَاجَرَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَ أَظْهَرَ الْإِسْلَامَ كَتَبَ إِلَى مَلِكِ الرُّومِ كِتَاباً وَ بَعَثَ بِهِ مَعَ رَسُولٍ يَدْعُوهُ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ وَ كَتَبَ إِلَى مَلِكِ فَارِسَ كِتَاباً يَدْعُوهُ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ وَ بَعَثَهُ إِلَيْهِ مَعَ رَسُولِهِ فَأَمَّا مَلِكُ الرُّومِ فَعَظَّمَ كِتَابَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ (صلى الله عليه وآله) وَ أَكْرَمَ رَسُولَهُ وَ أَمَّا مَلِكُ فَارِسَ فَإِنَّهُ اسْتَخَفَّ بِكِتَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ (صلى الله عليه وآله) وَ مَزَّقَهُ وَ اسْتَخَفَّ بِرَسُولِهِ وَ كَانَ مَلِكُ فَارِسَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يُقَاتِلُ مَلِكَ الرُّومِ وَ كَانَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ يَهْوَوْنَ أَنْ يَغْلِبَ مَلِكُ الرُّومِ مَلِكَ فَارِسَ وَ كَانُوا لِنَاحِيَتِهِ أَرْجَى مِنْهُمْ لِمَلِكِ فَارِسَ فَلَمَّا غَلَبَ مَلِكُ فَارِسَ مَلِكَ الرُّومِ كَرِهَ ذَلِكَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ وَ اغْتَمُّوا بِهِ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِذَلِكَ كِتَاباً قُرْآناً الم غُلِبَتِ الرُّومُ فِي أَدْنَى الْأَرْضِ يَعْنِي غَلَبَتْهَا فَارِسُ فِي أَدْنَى الْأَرْضِ وَ هِيَ الشَّامَاتُ وَ مَا حَوْلَهَا وَ هُمْ يَعْنِي وَ فَارِسُ مِنْ بَعْدِ غَلَبِهِمْ الرُّومَ سَيَغْلِبُونَ يَعْنِي يَغْلِبُهُمُ الْمُسْلِمُونَ فِي بِضْعِ سِنِينَ لِلَّهِ الْأَمْرُ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَ مِنْ بَعْدُ وَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَفْرَحُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ بِنَصْرِ اللَّهِ يَنْصُرُ مَنْ يَشاءُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَلَمَّا غَزَا الْمُسْلِمُونَ فَارِسَ وَ افْتَتَحُوهَا فَرِحَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ بِنَصْرِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ قَالَ قُلْتُ أَ لَيْسَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقُولُ فِي بِضْعِ سِنِينَ وَ قَدْ مَضَى لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ سِنُونَ كَثِيرَةٌ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ (صلى الله عليه وآله) وَ فِي إِمَارَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَ إِنَّمَا غَلَبَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ فَارِسَ فِي إِمَارَةِ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ أَ لَمْ أَقُلْ لَكُمْ إِنَّ لِهَذَا تَأْوِيلًا وَ تَفْسِيراً وَ الْقُرْآنُ يَا أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ نَاسِخٌ وَ مَنْسُوخٌ أَ مَا تَسْمَعُ لِقَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لِلَّهِ الْأَمْرُ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَ مِنْ بَعْدُ يَعْنِي إِلَيْهِ الْمَشِيئَةُ فِي الْقَوْلِ أَنْ يُؤَخِّرَ مَا قَدَّمَ وَ يُقَدِّمَ مَا أَخَّرَ فِي الْقَوْلِ إِلَى يَوْمٍ يَحْتِمُ الْقَضَاءَ بِنُزُولِ النَّصْرِ فِيهِ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَفْرَحُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ بِنَصْرِ اللَّهِ يَنْصُرُ مَنْ يَشاءُ أَيْ يَوْمَ يَحْتِمُ الْقَضَاءَ بِالنَّصْر.

397. Ibn Mahboub, from Jameel Bin Salih, from Abu Ubeyda who said: I asked Abu Ja’far (asws) about the Statement of Allah (azwj): “[30:1] Alif Lam Mim [30:2] The Romans have been defeated [30:3] In a near land”. O Abu Ubeyda! No one knows the explanation of this except for Allah (azwj) and the ones (asws) firmly rooted in Knowledge from the Progeny (asws) of Muhammad (saww). The Rasool Allah (saww), when he (saww) migrated to Al-Medina and displayed Al-Islam, he (saww) wrote to the king of Rome a letter, and sent it with a messenger calling him to Al-Islam, and he (saww) wrote a letter to the king of Persia a letter calling him to Al-Islam and sent it with his (saww) messenger to him. So, as for the king of Rome, so he respected the letter and honoured his (saww) messenger, and as for the king of Persia, so he belittled the letter of the Rasool Allah (saww), and tore it up and belittled his (saww) messenger. In those days the king of Persia was at war with the king of Rome, and the Muslims desired that the king of Rome should overcome the king of Persia, and they were on his side hoping against the king of Persia. So when the king of Persia overcame the king of Rome the Muslims did not like that and were grieved by it. So Allah (azwj) Revealed with that in the Quran: “[30:1] Alif Lam Mim [30:2] The Romans have been defeated [30:3] In a near land”, meaning it was overcome by Persia in a nearby land, and it is Syria and what is around it, and they, meaning Persia from after having overcome Rome will be overcoming, meaning the Muslims would be overcoming, “[30:4] Within a few years. Allah’s is the command before and after; and on that day the believers shall rejoice [30:5] With the help of Allah; He helps whom He pleases” and He (azwj) is Mighty and Majestic. So when the Muslims invaded Persia and conquered it, the Muslims were happy with the Help of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic’. So I said, ‘Does not Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic Say: “[30:4] Within a few years”, whereas the Believers spent many years with the Rasool Allah (saww), and in the rule of Abu Bakr. But rather, the Believers overcame Persia during the rule of Umar’. So he (asws) said: ‘Did I (asws) not say to you that this is the explanation and the interpretation? O Abu Ubeyda! And the Quran has Abrogating (verses) and Abrogated (Verses). Have you not heard the Words of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic: “Allah’s is the command before and after”? It means the Decision is His (azwj) in the Words whether he (azwj) Delays what was to happen first, or to bring forward that which was Delayed in the Words up to the Day the matter has been Ordained to occur by the Descent of the Help upon the Believers with regards to it. So that is the Statement of the Mighty and Majestic: “and on that day the believers shall rejoice [30:5] With the help of Allah; He helps whom He pleases”, yes, the day on which the Help has been Ordained to occur’.

Al-Kāfi - Volume 8

Book 1, Chapter 397