Book 4, Chapter #124


The Birth of abu Muhammad al-Hassan ibn Ali (a.s)

Ḥadīth #10

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10ـ إِسْحَاقُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو هَاشِمٍ الْجَعْفَرِيُّ قَالَ شَكَوْتُ إِلَى أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ (a.s) ضِيقَ الْحَبْسِ وَكَتَلَ الْقَيْدِ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيَّ أَنْتَ تُصَلِّي الْيَوْمَ الظُّهْرَ فِي مَنْزِلِكَ فَأُخْرِجْتُ فِي وَقْتِ الظُّهْرِ فَصَلَّيْتُ فِي مَنْزِلِي كَمَا قَالَ (a.s) وَكُنْتُ مُضَيَّقاً فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَطْلُبَ مِنْهُ دَنَانِيرَ فِي الْكِتَابِ فَاسْتَحْيَيْتُ فَلَمَّا صِرْتُ إِلَى مَنْزِلِي وَجَّهَ إِلَيَّ بِمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ وَكَتَبَ إِلَيَّ إِذَا كَانَتْ لَكَ حَاجَةٌ فَلا تَسْتَحْيِ وَلا تَحْتَشِمْ وَاطْلُبْهَا فَإِنَّكَ تَرَى مَا تُحِبُّ إِنْ شَاءَ الله.

10. Ishaq has said that abu Hashim al-Ja‘fari has said the following. “I complained to abu Muhammad (a.s) about the constraining cell of the prison and the weight of the shackles on me. He wrote back in reply to me. “Today you will pray your noontime prayer in your own home.” I then was released that day and prayed the noontime prayer in my own home as he had said.” I was under financial constrains and I decided to ask him for a certain amount of Dinars in writing but I felt shy. When was going to my home he sent me a hundred Dinars and had written to me this. “If you need anything do not feel shy or embarrassed. Ask and you will find it as you wanted, by the will of Allah.”