Bihar Al-Anwaar Volume 16 Part 2

بحار الأنوار

BIHAR AL-ANWAAR 

الجزء السادس عشر

Volume 16

Part 2 out of 3

بحار الانوار الجامعة لدرر أخبار الائمة الاطهار

Bihar Al-Anwaar – The summary of the pearls of the Ahadeeth of the Pure Imams^-asws

تأليف العلامة فخر الامة المولى الشيخ محمد باقر المجلسيى

Author – The Allama, the pride of the community, the Mullah, the Sheikh Muhammad Baqir Al Majlisi

باب 8 أوصافه ص في خلقته و شمائله و خاتم النبوة

CHAPTER 8 – HIS^-saww DESCRIPTION REGARDING HIS^-saww MANNERS AND HIS^-saww NATURE AND SEAL OF THE PROPHET-HOOD

1- ك، إكمال الدين لي، الأمالي للصدوق الطَّالَقَانِيُّ عَنِ الْجَلُودِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ وَ كَانَ قَارِئاً لِلْكُتُبِ قَالَ: قَرَأْتُ فِي الْإِنْجِيلِ يَا عِيسَى جِدَّ فِي أَمْرِي وَ لَا تَهْزُلْ وَ اسْمَعْ وَ أَطِعْ يَا ابْنَ الطَّاهِرَةِ الطُّهْرِ الْبِكْرِ الْبَتُولِ أَنْتَ مِنْ غَيْرِ فَحْلٍ أَنَا خَلَقْتُكَ آيَةً لِلْعَالَمِينَ فَإِيَّايَ فَاعْبُدْ وَ عَلَيَّ فَتَوَكَّلْ خُذِ الْكِتَابَ بِقُوَّةٍ فَسِّرْ لِأَهْلِ سُورِيَا السُّرْيَانِيَّةَ

‘Ikmal Al Deen’, ‘Al Amaali’ of Al Sadouq – Al Talaqani, from Al Jaloudy, from Muhammad Bin Atiyya, from Abdullah Bin Amro, from Hisham Bin Ja’far, from Hammad, from Abdullah Bin Suleyman, and he was a reade of the Books (Scriptures). He said,

‘I read in the Evangel: “O Isa^-as! Strive earnestly in My^-azwj affair and do not be frivolous. Listen and obey, O son of the pure, chaste, virgin maiden. You are from a woman without a husband. I^-azwj Created you as a sign for all the worlds. Worship Me^-azwj Alone and place your reliance upon Me^-azwj! Take the Book with strength and explain it to the people of Syria in the Syriac language.

بَلِّغْ مَنْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ أَنِّي أَنَا اللَّهُ الدَّائِمُ الَّذِي لَا أَزُولُ صَدِّقُوا النَّبِيَّ الْأُمِّيَّ صَاحِبَ الْجَمَلِ وَ الْمِدْرَعَةِ وَ التَّاجِ وَ هِيَ الْعِمَامَةُ وَ النَّعْلَيْنِ وَ الْهِرَاوَةِ وَ هِيَ الْقَضِيبُ

Inform those before you that I^-azwj am Allah^-azwj, the Everlasting, the One Who does not perish. Believe in the unlettered Prophet^-saww, the possessor of the camel, the coat of armour, the crown (which is the turban) the two sandals, and the staff (which is the rod).

الْأَنْجَلَ الْعَيْنَيْنِ الصَّلْتَ الْجَبِينِ الْوَاضِحَ الْخَدَّيْنِ الْأَقْنَى‏ الْأَنْفِ مُفَلَّجَ الثَّنَايَا كَأَنَّ عُنُقَهُ إِبْرِيقُ فِضَّةٍ كَأَنَّ الذَّهَبَ يَجْرِي فِي تَرَاقِيهِ لَهُ شَعَرَاتٌ مِنْ صَدْرِهِ إِلَى سُرَّتِهِ لَيْسَ عَلَى بَطْنِهِ وَ لَا عَلَى صَدْرِهِ شَعْرٌ أَسْمَرُ اللَّوْنِ دَقِيقُ الْمَسْرُبَةِ شَثْنُ الْكَفِّ وَ الْقَدَمِ‏

He^-saww has large, beautiful eyes, a broad and smooth forehead, clear cheeks, and a prominent, finely shaped nose. His^-saww front teeth are slightly separated. It is as though his^-saww neck were a silver ewer, and as though gold were flowing through his^-saww collarbones. He^-saww has a line of hair extending from his^-saww chest to his^-saww navel, but there is no hair upon his^-saww abdomen or the rest of his^-saww chest. His^-saww complexion is brownish in colour, and the line of hair running down his^-saww body is fine. His^-saww palms and feet are somewhat thick.

إِذَا الْتَفَتَ الْتَفَتَ جَمِيعاً وَ إِذَا مَشَى كَأَنَّمَا يَتَقَلَّعُ‏ مِنَ الصَّخْرَةِ وَ يَنْحَدِرُ مِنْ صَبَبٍ وَ إِذَا جَاءَ مَعَ الْقَوْمِ بَذَّهُمْ عَرَقُهُ فِي وَجْهِهِ كَاللُّؤْلُؤِ وَ رِيحُ الْمِسْكِ يَنْفَحُ مِنْهُ لَمْ يُرَ قَبْلَهُ مِثْلُهُ وَ لَا بَعْدَهُ

When he^-saww turns, he^-saww turns his^-saww entire body. When he^-saww walks, it is as though he^-saww is forcefully lifting himself from a rock and descending from a slope. When he^-saww comes among a group of people, his^-saww sweat upon his^-saww face is like pearls, and the fragrance of musk emanates from him^-saww. No one like him^-saww was ever seen before him^-saww, nor will one be seen after him^-saww.

طَيِّبُ الرِّيحِ نَكَّاحُ النِّسَاءِ ذُو النَّسْلِ الْقَلِيلِ إِنَّمَا نَسْلُهُ مِنْ مُبَارَكَةٍ لَهَا بَيْتٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ لَا صَخَبَ فِيهِ وَ لَا نَصَبَ‏

He^-saww is pleasant in fragrance. He^-saww marries women and has little offspring. His^-saww offspring are only through a blessed woman who has a house in Paradise in which there is neither clamour nor hardship.

يُكَفِّلُهَا فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ كَمَا كَفَّلَ زَكَرِيَّا أُمَّكَ لَهَا فَرْخَانِ مُسْتَشْهَدَانِ كَلَامُهُ الْقُرْآنُ وَ دِينُهُ الْإِسْلَامُ وَ أَنَا السَّلَامُ طُوبَى لِمَنْ أَدْرَكَ زَمَانَهُ وَ شَهِدَ أَيَّامَهُ وَ سَمِعَ كَلَامَهُ

He^-saww will take care of her^-asws at the end of time, just as Zakariyya^-as took care of your^-as mother^-as for her^-as. She^-asws will have two sons who will be martyred. His^-saww speech will be the Qur’an, his^-saww religion will be Islam, and I^-azwj am Peace (Salaam)! Blessed is the one who reaches his^-saww time, witnesses his^-saww days, and hears his^-saww speech!”

قَالَ عِيسَى يَا رَبِّ وَ مَا طُوبَى

Isa^-as said: ‘O Lord^-azwj, and what is ‘Tooba’?’

قَالَ شَجَرَةٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ أَنَا غَرَسْتُهَا تُظِلُّ الْجِنَانَ أَصْلُهَا مِنْ رِضْوَانَ مَاؤُهَا مِنْ تَسْنِيمٍ بَرْدُهُ بَرْدُ الْكَافُورِ وَ طَعْمُهُ طَعْمُ الزَّنْجَبِيلِ مَنْ يَشْرَبْ مِنْ تِلْكَ الْعَيْنِ شَرْبَةً لَا يَظْمَأْ بَعْدَهَا أَبَداً

He^-azwj Said, “It is a tree in Paradise which I^-azwj Planted. It provides shade over the Gardens of Paradise. Its roots are from My^-azwj Pleasure, its water is from Tasneem, its coolness is like the coolness of camphor, and its taste is like the taste of ginger. Whoever drinks one drink from that spring will never thirst after it!’

فَقَالَ عِيسَى ع اللَّهُمَّ اسْقِنِي مِنْهَا

Isa^-as said, “O Allah^-azwj! Give me^-as to drink from it’.

قَالَ حَرَامٌ يَا عِيسَى عَلَى الْبَشَرِ أَنْ يَشْرَبُوا مِنْهَا حَتَّى يَشْرَبَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيُّ ص وَ حَرَامٌ عَلَى الْأُمَمِ أَنْ يَشْرَبُوا مِنْهَا حَتَّى يَشْرَبَ أُمَّةُ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيِّ ص

He said, “It is forbidden, O Isa^-as! For human beings to drink from it until that Prophet,^-saww drinks from it. And it is forbidden for the nations to drink from it until the nation of that Prophet^-saww drinks from it.

أَرْفَعُكَ إِلَيَّ ثُمَّ أُهْبِطُكَ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ لِتَرَى مِنْ أُمَّةِ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيِّ ص الْعَجَائِبَ وَ لِتُعِينَهُمْ عَلَى اللَّعِينِ الدَّجَّالِ

I^-azwj shall Raise you^-as up to Me^-azwj then I^-azwj shall bring you^-as down again at the end of time, so that you^-as may witness the wonders of the nation of that Prophet, ^-saww and so that you may assist them against the accursed Dajjal^-la

أُهْبِطُكَ فِي وَقْتِ الصَّلَاةِ لِتُصَلِّيَ مَعَهُمْ إِنَّهُمْ أُمَّةٌ مَرْحُومَةٌ

I^-azwj shall bring you^-as down at the time of Salat so that you^-as may pray with them. Indeed, they are a Mercied community!”’[1]

2- فس، تفسير القمي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ السُّكَيْنِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْبَجَلِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ هَارُونَ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع‏ أَنَّ مَلِكَ الرُّومِ عَرَضَ عَلَى الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ع صُوَرَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ فَعَرَضَ عَلَيْهِ صَنَماً يَلُوحُ‏ فَلَمَّا نَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ بَكَى بُكَاءً شَدِيداً فَقَالَ لَهُ الْمَلِكُ مَا يُبْكِيكَ فَقَالَ هَذِهِ صِفَةُ جَدِّي مُحَمَّدٍ ص كَثُّ اللِّحْيَةِ عَرِيضُ الصَّدْرِ طَوِيلُ الْعُنُقِ عَرِيضُ الْجَبْهَةِ أَقْنَى الْأَنْفِ أَفْلَجُ الْأَسْنَانِ‏ حَسَنُ الْوَجْهِ قَطَطُ الشَّعْرِ طَيِّبُ الرِّيحِ حَسَنُ الْكَلَامِ فَصِيحُ اللِّسَانِ

‘Tafseer Al-Qummi’ – Al-Husayn Bin Abdullah Al Sakeyni, from Abu Saeed Al Bajaly, from Abdul Malik Ibn Haroun,

‘From Al-Sadiq^-asws, from his^-asws forefathers^-asws: ‘The king of Rome presented unto Al-Husayn^-asws Bin Ali^-asws images of the Prophets^-as. He presented an idol unto him^-asws a shiny idol. When he^-asws looked at it, he^-asws cried with an intense crying. The king said to him^-asws, ‘What makes you^-asws cry?’ He^-asws said: ‘A description of my^-asws grandfather^-saww Muhammad^-saww – Busy beard, wide chest, long neck, wide forehead, sharp nose, shiny teeth, beautiful face, soft hair, aromatic smell, excellent speech, eloquent tongue.

كَانَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَ يَنْهَى عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ بَلَغَ عُمُرُهُ ثَلَاثاً وَ سِتِّينَ سَنَةً وَ لَمْ يُخَلَّفْ بَعْدَهُ إِلَّا خَاتَمٌ مَكْتُوبٌ عَلَيْهِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَ كَانَ يَتَخَتَّمُ فِي يَمِينِهِ وَ خَلَّفَ سَيْفَهُ ذَا الْفَقَارِ وَ قَضِيبَهُ وَ جُبَّةَ صُوفٍ وَ كِسَاءَ صُوفٍ كَانَ يَتَسَرْوَلُ بِهِ لَمْ يَقْطَعْهُ وَ لَمْ يخيطه [يَخِطْهُ‏] حَتَّى لَحِقَ بِاللَّهِ

He^-saww would enjoin with the good and forbid from the evil. His^-saww age reached sixty-three and he^-saww did not leave anything behind him^-saww except for a ring, inscribed upon it was: ‘There is no god except Allah, Muhammad is Rasool-Allah’, and he^-saww was wearing it in his^-saww right hand. And he^-saww left behind his^-saww sword ‘Zilfiqar’, and his^-saww staff and a woollen overcoat, and a woollen cloak he was wrapping with. He^-saww did not cut it nor sew it until he^-saww met Allah^-azwj’.

فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ إِنَّا نَجِدُ فِي الْإِنْجِيلِ أَنَّهُ يَكُونُ لَهُ مَا يُتَصَدَّقُ عَلَى سِبْطَيْهِ‏ فَهَلْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْحَسَنُ ع قَدْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ فَبَقِيَ لَكُمْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لَا

The king said, ‘We find in the Evangel that there happened to be for him^-saww what could be given to his^-saww two grandsons^-asws, so what is like that?’ Al-Hassan^-asws said to him: ‘It was like that’. The king said, ‘So, does that remain for you^-asws?’ He^-asws said: ‘No’.

قَالَ الْمَلِكُ أَوَّلُ فِتْنَةِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ عَلَيْهَا ثُمَّ عَلَى مُلْكِ نَبِيِّكُمْ وَ اخْتِيَارِهِمْ عَلَى ذُرِّيَّةِ نَبِيِّهِمْ‏ مِنْكُمُ الْقَائِمُ بِالْحَقِّ الْآمِرُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَ النَّاهِي عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ الْخَبَرَ

The king said, ‘The first Fitna (strife) upon this community, then upon the kingdom of your^-asws Prophet^-saww, and their choosing (others) over the offspring of their Prophet^-saww. From you^-asws is the establisher (Al-Qaim^-asws) with the Truth, the enjoined with the good and the forbidder from the evil’ – the Hadeeth’.[2]

3- ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي ابْنُ الصَّلْتِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُقْدَةَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قِرَاءَةً عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى الْعَبْدِيِ‏ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَوْلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ع‏ أَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا يَا عَلِيُّ صِفْ لَنَا نَبِيَّنَا ص كَأَنَّنَا نَرَاهُ فَإِنَّا مُشْتَاقُونَ إِلَيْهِ

Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – Ibn Al Salt, from Ibn Aqada, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abdul Rahman, reading from Muhammad Bin Isa al Abady who said,

‘It was narrated to us from a slave of Ali^-asws Bin Musa^-asws, from Ali^-asws Bin Musa^-asws, from his^-asws father Musa^-asws Ibn Ja’far^-asws, from his^-asws father^-asws, from his^-asws grandfather^-asws, from Ali^-asws: ‘They (people) said: ‘O Ali^-asws! Describe our Prophet^-saww to us as if we are looking at him^-saww, for we are desirous to him^-saww’.

فَقَالَ كَانَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ص أَبْيَضَ اللَّوْنِ مُشْرَباً حُمْرَةً أَدْعَجَ الْعَيْنِ سَبْطَ الشَّعْرِ كثف [كَثَ‏] اللِّحْيَةِ ذَا وَفْرَةٍ دَقِيقَ الْمَسْرُبَةِ كَأَنَّمَا عُنُقُهُ إِبْرِيقُ فِضَّةٍ يَجْرِي فِي تَرَاقِيهِ الذَّهَبُ لَهُ شَعْرٌ مِنْ لَبَّتِهِ إِلَى سُرَّتِهِ كَقَضِيبٍ خِيطَ إِلَى السُّرَّةِ وَ لَيْسَ فِي بَطْنِهِ وَ لَا صَدْرِهِ شَعْرٌ غَيْرُهُ شَثْنُ الْكَفَّيْنِ وَ الْقَدَمَيْنِ شَثْنُ الْكَعْبَيْنِ

He^-asws said: ‘The Prophet^-saww of Allah^-saww was of very fair complexion, reddish, rich eyes, straight hair, bushy beard with fullness, delicate nose, as if his^-saww nose is a silver pitcher with gold flowing in its sides; for him^-saww was hair from his^-saww chest to his^-saww navel, like a like a straight line to his^-saww navel. There wasn’t any hair, neither on his^-saww belly nor on his^-saww chest apart from it, thick palms and feet, thick heels.

إِذَا مَشَى كَأَنَّمَا يَتَقَلَّعُ مِنْ صَخْرٍ إِذَا أَقْبَلَ كَأَنَّمَا يَنْحَدِرُ مِنْ صَبَبٍ إِذَا الْتَفَتَ الْتَفَتَ جَمِيعاً بِأَجْمَعِهِ كُلُّهُ لَيْسَ بِالْقَصِيرِ الْمُتَرَدِّدِ وَ لَا بِالطَّوِيلِ المتمعط [الْمُمَّغِطِ] وَ كَانَ فِي الْوَجْهِ تَدْوِيرٌ إِذَا كَانَ فِي النَّاسِ غَمَرَهُمْ كَأَنَّمَا عَرَقُهُ فِي وَجْهِهِ اللُّؤْلُؤُ

When he^-saww walked, it was as if he^-saww was uprooting from a rock; when he^-saww came, it was as if he is rolling down from a downward slope; when he^-saww turned, he^-saww would turn altogether with the whole of him^-saww; neither being short-tempered, nor with lengthy garments; and there was a roundness in his^-saww face. When he^-saww was among the people he^-saww would inundate them, and it was as if there were pearls in his^-saww perspiration.

عَرْفُهُ أَطْيَبُ مِنْ رِيحِ الْمِسْكِ لَيْسَ بِالْعَاجِزِ وَ لَا بِاللَّئِيمِ أَكْرَمُ النَّاسِ عِشْرَةً وَ أَلْيَنُهُمْ عَرِيكَةً وَ أَجْوَدُهُمْ كَفّاً مَنْ خَالَطَهُ بِمَعْرِفَةٍ أَحَبَّهُ وَ مَنْ رَآهُ بَدِيهَةً هَابَهُ عِزُّهُ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ يَقُولُ بَاغِتُهُ‏ لَمْ أَرَ قَبْلَهُ وَ لَا بَعْدَهُ مِثْلَهُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ تَسْلِيماً

He^-saww was recognised from the aroma of the musk, not by the inabilities nor by the blemishes. He^-saww was the most honourable of the people in companionship, and the softest of them in character, and the most generous of them in palm (giving). One who mingled with him^-saww with recognition loved him^-saww, and one who saw him^-saww from a distance was awed by him^-saww, honouring him^-saww in front of him^-saww, saying his^-saww qualities. The like of him^-saww has not been seen before him^-saww nor will be seen after him^-saww, may the Salawat of Allah^-azwj be upon him^-saww, continuously’.[3]

4- ن، عيون أخبار الرضا عليه السلام الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْعَسْكَرِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع بِمَدِينَةِ الرَّسُولِ ص قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ع عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ع عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع قَالَ قَالَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع‏ سَأَلْتُ خَالِي هِنْدَ بْنَ أَبِي هَالَةَ عَنْ حِلْيَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ كَانَ‏ وَصَّافاً لِلنَّبِيِّ ص

‘Uyoun Akhbar Al-Reza^-asws’ – Al-Hassan Bin Abdullah Bin Saeed Al Askari, from Abdullah Bin muhammad Bin Abdul Aziz, from Ismail Bin Muhammad Bin Is’haq,

‘Son of Ja’far^-asws Bin Muhammad^-asws Bin Ali^-asws Bin Al-Husayn^-asws, at Medina of the Rasool^-saww. He said, ‘Ali^-asws Bin Musa^-asws Bin Ja’far^-asws Bin Muhammad^-asws, from Musa Bin Ja’far^-asws, from Ja’far^-asws Bin Muhammad^-asws, from his^-asws father^-asws, from Ali^-asws Bin Al-Husayn^-asws who said, ‘Al-Hassan^-asws Bin Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws was asked by my^-asws maternal aunt Hind Bin Abu Halah, about the appearance of Rasool-Allah^-saww and description of the Prophet^-saww.

فَقَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَخْماً مُفَخَّماً يَتَلَأْلَأُ وَجْهُهُ تَلَأْلُؤَ الْقَمَرِ لَيْلَةَ الْبَدْرِ أَطْوَلَ مِنَ الْمَرْبُوعِ وَ أَقْصَرَ مِنَ الْمُشَذَّبِ عَظِيمَ الْهَامَةِ رَجِلَ الشَّعْرِ إِنِ انْفَرَقَتْ عَقِيقَتُهُ‏ فَرَقَ وَ إِلَّا فَلَا يُجَاوِزُ شَعْرُهُ شَحْمَةَ أُذُنَيْهِ إِذَا هُوَ وَفَّرَهُ

He^-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said was grand, dignified, his^-saww face was shining like the radiance of the moon on the night of the full moon, taller than the medium-sized and shorter than the tall ones; large head, hairy legs, his^-saww Aqeeqa (hair) was separated with a separation, and his^-saww hair did not exceeds his^-saww ear lobes when it was abundant.

أَزْهَرَ اللَّوْنِ وَاسِعَ الْجَبِينِ أَزَجَّ الْحَوَاجِبِ‏ سَوَابِغَ فِي غَيْرِ قَرَنٍ بَيْنَهُمَا لَهُ‏ عِرْقٌ يُدِرُّهُ الْغَضَبُ أَقْنَى الْعِرْنِينِ لَهُ نُورٌ يَعْلُوهُ يَحْسَبُهُ مَنْ لَمْ يَتَأَمَّلْهُ أَشَمَ‏ كَثَّ اللِّحْيَةِ سَهْلَ الْخَدَّيْنِ ضَلِيعَ الْفَمِ أَشْنَبَ مُفَلَّجَ الْأَسْنَانِ دَقِيقَ الْمَسْرُبَةِ كَأَنَّ عُنُقَهُ جِيدُ دُمْيَةٍ فِي صَفَاءِ الْفِضَّةِ مُعْتَدِلَ الْخَلْقِ

(He^-saww was) of blooming complexion, and wide forehead, long eyebrows, long without being paired, between the two was a vein that led to anger, curved nose, for it was a Noor overlying it, one who does not aspire reckons it as straight, bushy beard, plain cheeks, sturdy mouth, well-cleaned teeth, delicate nose, it was as if his^-saww neck was full of blood in the purity of silver, moderate manners.

بَادِناً مُتَمَاسِكاً سَوَاءَ الْبَطْنِ وَ الصَّدْرِ بَعِيدَ مَا بَيْنَ الْمَنْكِبَيْنِ ضَخْمَ الْكَرَادِيسِ أَنْوَرَ الْمُتَجَرِّدِ مَوْصُولَ مَا بَيْنَ اللَّبَّةِ وَ السُّرَّةِ بِشَعْرٍ يَجْرِي كَالْخَطِّ عَارِيَ الثَّدْيَيْنِ وَ الْبَطْنِ مِمَّا سِوَى ذَلِكَ أَشْعَرَ الذِّرَاعَيْنِ وَ الْمَنْكِبَيْنِ وَ أَعَالِي الصَّدْرِ طَوِيلَ الزَّنْدَيْنِ رَحْبَ الرَّاحَةِ شَثْنَ الْكَفَّيْنِ وَ الْقَدَمَيْنِ

(He^-saww was) firm-bodied, even of the belly and the chest, distant what is between the two shoulders, large bone-structure, revealing, separative, connecting what is between the upper chest to the navel with hair flowing like the line, hairless of the breasts and the belly from what is besides that, hairy of the two arms and the shoulders, and high of the chest, long of the forearms, relaxed palms, thick hands and feet.

سَائِلَ الْأَطْرَافِ سَبْطَ الْقَصَبِ خُمْصَانَ الْأَخْمَصَيْنِ مَسِيحَ الْقَدَمَيْنِ يَنْبُو عَنْهُمَا الْمَاءُ إِذَا زَالَ زَالَ قَلْعاً يَخْطُو تَكَفُّؤاً وَ يَمْشِي هَوْناً ذَرِيعَ الْمِشْيَةِ إِذَا مَشَى كَأَنَّمَا يَنْحَطُّ فِي صَبَبٍ وَ إِذَا الْتَفَتَ الْتَفَتَ جَمِيعاً خَافِضَ الطَّرْفِ نَظَرُهُ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ أَطْوَلُ مِنْ نَظَرِهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ جُلُّ نَظَرِهِ الْمُلَاحَظَةُ يَبْدُرُ مَنْ لَقِيَهُ بِالسَّلَامِ

(He^-saww was) of flowing sides, straight of the stature, round of the two heels, streaked feet, the water turned away from them. When he^-saww removed (from the ground), removed it with an uprooting, stepping, pausing, and walking with humbleness, walking rapidly. When he^-saww walked it was as if he^-saww was pouring in a decline, and when he^-saww turned, turned entirely, lowering of the eyes, His^-saww looking at the ground was more prolonged than his^-saww looking at the sky, paying attention to his^-saww looking, initiating the greeting for those ones who met him^-saww’’.

قَالَ قُلْتُ فَصِفْ لِي مَنْطِقَهُ

He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘Describe his^-saww talking to me’.

فَقَالَ كَانَ ص مُوَاصِلَ‏ الْأَحْزَانِ دَائِمَ الْفِكْرِ لَيْسَتْ لَهُ رَاحَةٌ وَ لَا يَتَكَلَّمُ فِي غَيْرِ حَاجَةٍ يَفْتَتِحُ الْكَلَامَ وَ يَخْتِمُهُ بِأَشْدَاقِهِ‏ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِجَوَامِعِ الْكَلِمِ فَصْلًا لَا فُضُولَ فِيهِ وَ لَا تَقْصِيرَ دَمِثاً لَيْسَ بِالْجَافِي وَ لَا بِالْمَهِينِ

He^-asws said: ‘He^-saww was of continuous grief, permanent in thinking; there wasn’t any rest for him^-saww, nor did he^-saww speak in other than a need, opening the speech and ending it with the sides of his^-saww mouth, speaking with the entirety of the speech decisively, there being no vanity in it nor any reduction (of any one), courteous, not with the disloyalty nor with the disgrace.

تَعْظُمُ عِنْدَهُ النِّعْمَةُ وَ إِنْ دَقَّتْ لَا يَذُمُّ مِنْهَا شَيْئاً غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ لَا يَذُمُّ ذَوَّاقاً وَ لَا يَمْدَحُهُ وَ لَا تُغْضِبُهُ الدُّنْيَا وَ مَا كَانَ لَهَا فَإِذَا تُعُوطِيَ الْحَقُّ لَمْ يَعْرِفْهُ أَحَدٌ وَ لَمْ يَقُمْ لِغَضَبِهِ شَيْ‏ءٌ حَتَّى يُنْتَصَرَ لَهُ‏ إِذَا أَشَارَ أَشَارَ بِكَفِّهِ كُلِّهَا

The Bounty (food) was revered in his^-saww presence and even if it was savoured, nothing from it was condemned apart from that he^-saww neither condemned any taste, nor praised it, nor did the world anger him^-saww and whatever was for it. When the truth was at stake he^-saww did not recognise (favour) anyone, and he^-saww did not stand to be angered at anything until he^-saww prevailed to it, when he^-saww gestured, he^-saww gestured all of his^-saww hand.

وَ إِذَا تَعَجَّبَ قَلَبَهَا وَ إِذَا تَحَدَّثَ اتَّصَلَ بِهَا يَضْرِبُ‏ بِرَاحَتِهِ الْيُمْنَى بَاطِنَ إِبْهَامِهِ الْيُسْرَى وَ إِذَا غَضِبَ أَعْرَضَ وَ أَشَاحَ وَ إِذَا فَرِحَ غَضَّ طَرْفَهُ‏ جُلُّ ضِحْكِهِ التَّبَسُّمُ يَفْتَرُّ عَنْ مِثْلِ حَبِّ الْغَمَامِ‏

And when he^-saww was fascinated, overturned it, and when he^-saww narrated, connected with it, he^-saww would strike with the inside of his right palm his^-saww left thumb, and when he^-saww was angered turned away and averted the eyes, and when he^-saww was happy, closed his^-saww eyes, making his^-saww laughter as a smile, uncovering (the teeth) like the seeds of clouds’.

قَالَ الْحَسَنُ فَكَتَمْتُهَا الْحُسَيْنَ زَمَاناً ثُمَّ حَدَّثْتُهُ فَوَجَدْتُهُ قَدْ سَبَقَنِي إِلَيْهِ وَ سَأَلَهُ عَمَّا سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْهُ وَ وَجَدْتُهُ‏ قَدْ سَأَلَ أَبَاهُ عَنْ مَدْخَلِ النَّبِيِّ ص وَ مَخْرَجِهِ وَ مَجْلِسِهِ وَ شَكْلِهِ فَلَمْ يَدَعْ مِنْهُ شَيْئاً

Al-Hassan^-asws said: ‘Al-Husayn^-asws concealed it for a time, then narrated it and I^-asws found him^-asws to have preceded me^-asws to it, and I^-asws asked him^-asws about what he^-asws has asked about, and found him^-asws to have asked his^-asws father^-asws about the entry of the Prophet^-saww and his^-saww exit, and his^-saww sitting and his^-saww posture. He^-asws did not leave anything.

قَالَ الْحُسَيْنُ ع سَأَلْتُ أَبِي ع عَنْ مَدْخَلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَقَالَ كَانَ دُخُولُهُ لِنَفْسِهِ مَأْذُوناً لَهُ فِي ذَلِكَ فَإِذَا أَوَى إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ جَزَّأَ دُخُولَهُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَجْزَاءٍ جُزْءٍ لِلَّهِ وَ جُزْءٍ لِأَهْلِهِ وَ جُزْءٍ لِنَفْسِهِ

Al-Husayn^-asws said: ‘I^-asws asked my^-asws father^-asws about the entry of Rasool-Allah^-saww, so he^-asws said: ‘His^-saww entry for himself^-saww was authorised for him^-saww regarding that. So, when he^-saww sheltered to his^-saww house, segmented his^-as entry into three segments – a segment for Allah^-azwj, and a segment for his^-saww family, and a segment for himself^-saww.

ثُمَّ جَزَّأَ جُزْءَهُ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فَيَرُدُّ ذَلِكَ بِالْخَاصَّةِ عَلَى الْعَامَّةِ وَ لَا يَدَّخِرُ عَنْهُمْ مِنْهُ شَيْئاً وَ كَانَ مِنْ سِيرَتِهِ فِي جُزْءِ الْأُمَّةِ إِيثَارُ أَهْلِ الْفَضْلِ بِإِذْنِهِ وَ قَسْمُهُ عَلَى قَدْرِ فَضْلِهِمْ فِي الدِّينِ

Then he^-saww segmented his^-saww segment between him^-saww and the people, and he^-saww referred that with the special ones over the general, and he^-saww did not hold back anything from them from it, and it was from his^-saww way in the segment of the generality, preferring the people of merit by his^-saww permission and distributing it upon a measurement of their merits in the Religion.

فَمِنْهُمْ ذُو الْحَاجَةِ وَ مِنْهُمْ ذُو الْحَاجَتَيْنِ وَ مِنْهُمْ ذُو الْحَوَائِجِ فَيَتَشَاغَلُ بِهِمْ وَ يَشْغَلُهُمْ فِيمَا أَصْلَحَهُمْ وَ الْأُمَّةَ مِنْ مَسْأَلَتِهِ عَنْهُمْ‏ وَ إِخْبَارِهِمْ بِالَّذِي يَنْبَغِي‏ وَ يَقُولُ لِيُبْلِغِ الشَّاهِدُ مِنْكُمُ الْغَائِبَ وَ أَبْلِغُونِي حَاجَةَ مَنْ لَا يَقْدِرُ عَلَى إِبْلَاغِ حَاجَتِهِ‏ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ أَبْلَغَ سُلْطَاناً حَاجَةَ مَنْ لَا يَقْدِرُ عَلَى إِبْلَاغِهَا ثَبَّتَ اللَّهُ قَدَمَيْهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ لَا يَذْكُرُ عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا ذَلِكَ وَ لَا يُقِيدُ مِنْ أَحَدٍ عَثْرَةً يَدْخُلُونَ رُوَّاداً وَ لَا يَفْتَرِقُونَ إِلَّا عَنْ ذَوَاقٍ وَ يَخْرُجُونَ أَدِلَّةً

From them were ones with the (one) need, and from them were ones with two needs, and from them were ones with (more) needs, so he^-saww would pre-occupy with them regarding what would be in their interests and the generality of their issues, and inform them of that which is appropriate, and he^-saww was saying: ‘Let the ones present from you deliver to the absentee, and deliver to me^-saww the needs of the ones who is not able upon delivering his needs. The one who delivers to an authority a need of the one who is not able upon delivering it, Allah^-azwj will Affirm his feet on the Day of Qiyamah’, not mentioning in his^-saww presence except that, nor sit back on a stumbling block from anyone entering as a pioneer, nor separating except from a meal, and bringing out the proof’.

فَسَأَلْتُهُ‏ عَنْ مَخْرَجِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص كَيْفَ كَانَ يَصْنَعُ فِيهِ

Then I^-asws asked him^-asws about the exit of Rasool-Allah^-saww, ‘How was he^-saww doing during it?’

فَقَالَ كَانَ ص‏ يَخْزُنُ لِسَانَهُ إِلَّا عَمَّا يَعْنِيهِ وَ يُؤْلِفُهُمْ وَ لَا يُنَفِّرُهُمْ‏ وَ يُكْرِمُ كَرِيمَ كُلِّ قَوْمٍ وَ يُوَلِّيهِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ يُحَذِّرُ النَّاسَ‏ وَ يَحْتَرِسُ مِنْهُمْ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَطْوِيَ عَنْ أَحَدٍ بِشْرَهُ وَ لَا خُلُقَهُ

He^-asws said: ‘He^-saww would treasure his^-saww tongue except from what concerned him^-saww and brought them together and did not separate them, and he^-saww would honour the honourable one of every people, and make him a ruler over them, and caution the people, and protect from them apart from that he^-saww did not fold his^-saww person away from anyone nor his^-saww manners.

وَ يَتَفَقَّدُ أَصْحَابَهُ وَ يَسْأَلُ النَّاسَ عَمَّا فِي النَّاسِ‏ وَ يُحَسِّنُ الْحَسَنَ وَ يُقَوِّيهِ وَ يُقَبِّحُ الْقَبِيحَ وَ يُوهِنُهُ مُعْتَدِلَ الْأَمْرِ غَيْرَ مُخْتَلِفٍ لَا يَغْفُلُ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ يَغْفُلُوا أَوْ يَمِيلُوا وَ لَا يُقَصِّرُ عَنِ الْحَقِّ وَ لَا يَجُوزُهُ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُ مِنَ النَّاسِ خِيَارُهُمْ أَفْضَلُهُمْ عِنْدَهُ أَعَمُّهُمْ نَصِيحَةً لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ وَ أَعْظَمُهُمْ عِنْدَهُ مَنْزِلَةً أَحْسَنُهُمْ مُوَاسَاةً وَ مُوَازَرَةً

And he^-saww would investigate his^-saww companions, and ask the people about what the people were in, and he^-saww would improve the good and strengthen it, and uglify the ugly and debase it, moderate of the affairs, not differing, nor being heedless fearing that they might be heedless or get bored, nor did he^-saww fall short from the Truth nor exceed it, those who followed him^-saww from the people, their good ones, their superior ones in his^-saww presence were their general ones as an advice for the Muslims, and their great ones in his^-saww presence in status were their good ones, comforting and as equals’.

قَالَ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ‏ عَنْ مَجْلِسِهِ فَقَالَ كَانَ ص لَا يَجْلِسُ وَ لَا يَقُومُ إِلَّا عَلَى ذِكْرٍ وَ لَا يُوطِنُ الْأَمَاكِنَ‏ وَ يَنْهَى عَنْ إِيطَانِهَا وَ إِذَا انْتَهَى إِلَى قَوْمٍ جَلَسَ حَيْثُ يَنْتَهِي بِهِ الْمَجْلِسُ وَ يَأْمُرُ بِذَلِكَ وَ يُعْطِي كُلَّ جُلَسَائِهِ نَصِيبَهُ وَ لَا يَحْسَبُ أَحَدٌ مِنْ جُلَسَائِهِ أَنَّ أَحَداً أَكْرَمُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْهُ مَنْ جَالَسَهُ صَابَرَهُ‏ حَتَّى يَكُونَ هُوَ الْمُنْصَرِفَ عَنْهُ

He^-asws said: ‘And I^-asws asked him^-asws about his^-saww sitting, so he^-asws said: ‘He^-saww would neither sit nor stand except upon a Zikr (of Allah^-azwj), nor settle in a place (recognised with him^-saww), and he^-saww forbade from desecrating it, and when he^-saww ended up to a people he^-saww would sit wherever the gathering ended up with him^-saww and he^-saww would enjoin with that, and he^-saww would give to every gatherer his share, and he^-saww would not reckon anyone of his^-saww gatherers as anyone being more honourable than him^-saww. One who gathered to him^-saww, would be patient with him until it happened that he is the one who left from him^-saww.

مَنْ سَأَلَهُ حَاجَةً لَمْ يَرْجِعْ إِلَّا بِهَا أَوْ بِمَيْسُورٍ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ قَدْ وَسِعَ النَّاسَ مِنْهُ خُلُقُهُ وَ صَارَ لَهُمْ أَباً وَ صَارُوا عِنْدَهُ فِي الْحَقِّ سَوَاءً مَجْلِسُهُ مَجْلِسُ حِلْمٍ وَ حَيَاءٍ وَ صِدْقٍ وَ أَمَانَةٍ لَا تُرْفَعُ فِيهِ الْأَصْوَاتُ وَ لَا تُؤْبَنُ‏ فِيهِ الْحُرَمُ وَ لَا تُنْثَى فَلَتَاتُهُ مُتَعَادِلِينَ‏ مُتَوَاصِلِينَ فِيهِ بِالتَّقْوَى مُتَوَاضِعِينَ يُوَقِّرُونَ الْكَبِيرَ وَ يَرْحَمُونَ الصَّغِيرَ وَ يُؤْثِرُونَ ذَا الْحَاجَةِ وَ يَحْفَظُونَ الْغَرِيبَ‏

One who asked him^-saww for a need would not return except with it (as fulfilled), or cheerful from the word. He^-saww had expanded the people from his^-saww mannerisms and became a father for them, and they became equal in his^-saww presence regarding the rights. His^-saww sitting was a sitting of the forbearance, and shyness, and truthfulness and trustworthiness. He^-saww neither raised his^-saww voice in it nor did he^-saww, nor manifest the forbidden in it, nor did he^-saww turn towards a female, being fair and continuing in it with the piety, humble, dignifying the elders, and being merciful with the young, and preferring the ones with the needs, and protecting the stranger’.

فَقُلْتُ فَكَيْفَ كَانَتْ سِيرَتُهُ فِي جُلَسَائِهِ فَقَالَ كَانَ دَائِمَ الْبِشْرِ سَهْلَ الْخُلُقِ لَيِّنَ الْجَانِبِ لَيْسَ بِفَظٍّ وَ لَا صَخَّابٍ وَ لَا فَحَّاشٍ وَ لَا عَيَّابٍ وَ لَا مَدَّاحٍ يَتَغَافَلُ عَمَّا لَا يَشْتَهِي‏ فَلَا يُؤْيِسُ مِنْهُ وَ لَا يُخَيِّبُ فِيهِ مُؤَمِّلِيهِ قَدْ تَرَكَ نَفْسَهُ مِنْ ثَلَاثٍ الْمِرَاءِ وَ الْإِكْثَارِ وَ مَا لَا يَعْنِيهِ وَ تَرَكَ النَّاسَ مِنْ ثَلَاثٍ كَانَ لَا يَذُمُّ أَحَداً وَ لَا يُعَيِّرُهُ وَ لَا يَطْلُبُ عَوْرَتَهُ وَ لَا عَثَرَاتِهِ‏

I^-asws said: ‘How was his^-saww way among his^-saww gatherers?’ He^-asws said: ‘He^-saww was with a permanent smile, easy manners, soft of the approach, neither with abruptness, nor loudness, nor immorality, nor faulting, nor slandering, paying no attention to what he^-saww does not desire. Thus, his^-saww followers neither despaired from him^-saww nor were they disappointed in him^-saww. He^-saww had neglected himself^-saww from three – the bitter arguments, and the frequenting, and what does not concern him^-saww, and left the people from three – He^-saww did not condemn anyone, nor fault him, nor sought his exposure nor his mistakes.

وَ لَا يَتَكَلَّمُ إِلَّا فِيمَا رَجَا ثَوَابَهُ إِذَا تَكَلَّمَ أَطْرَقَ جُلَسَاؤُهُ كَأَنَّمَا عَلَى رُءُوسِهِمُ الطَّيْرُ وَ إِذَا سَكَتَ تَكَلَّمُوا وَ لَا يَتَنَازَعُونَ عِنْدَهُ الْحَدِيثَ مَنْ تَكَلَّمَ أَنْصَتُوا لَهُ حَتَّى يَفْرُغَ‏ حَدِيثُهُمْ عِنْدَهُ حَدِيثُ أُولَيهُمْ‏ يَضْحَكُ مِمَّا يَضْحَكُونَ مِنْهُ وَ يَتَعَجَّبُ مِمَّا يَتَعَجَّبُونَ مِنْهُ وَ يَصْبِرُ لِلْغَرِيبِ عَلَى الْجَفْوَةِ فِي مَسْأَلَتِهِ وَ مَنْطِقِهِ حَتَّى إِنْ كَانَ أَصْحَابُهُ لَيَسْتَجْلِبُونَهُمْ وَ يَقُولُ إِذَا رَأَيْتُمْ طَالِبَ الْحَاجَةِ يَطْلُبُهَا فَارْفِدُوهُ‏

And he^-saww did not speak except in anticipating its Rewards. When he^-saww spoke, he^-saww was soft-spoken as if there were birds upon their heads, and when he^-saww was silent, they spoke and they did not snatch the discussion in his^-saww presence. One who spoke, he^-saww listened to him until he was free. He^-saww discussed with them with the discussion of their first one, laughing from what they laughed from, and marvelling from what they were marvelling from, and was patient to the stranger upon the alienation in his questions and his speaking until his companions would comfort them, and he^-saww was saying: ‘When you see a seeker of the need seeking it, then fulfil it’.

وَ لَا يَقْبَلُ الثَّنَاءَ إِلَّا مِنْ مُكَافِئٍ وَ لَا يَقْطَعُ عَلَى أَحَدٍ كَلَامَهُ حَتَّى يَجُوزَ فَيَقْطَعَهُ بِنَهْيٍ‏ أَوْ قِيَامٍ

And he^-saww did not accept the praise except from a suitability, nor did he^-saww cut off anyone in his speech unless he exceeded so he^-saww would cut him off by a forbiddance or standing’.

قَالَ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ سُكُوتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَقَالَ كَانَ سُكُوتُهُ عَلَى أَرْبَعٍ عَلَى الْحِلْمِ وَ الْحَذَرِ وَ التَّقْدِيرِ وَ التَّفْكِيرِ فَأَمَّا التَّقْدِيرُ فَفِي تَسْوِيَةِ النَّظَرِ وَ الِاسْتِمَاعِ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ وَ أَمَّا تَفَكُّرُهُ فَفِيمَا يَبْقَى وَ يَفْنَى وَ جُمِعَ لَهُ الْحِلْمُ فِي الصَّبْرِ فَكَانَ لَا يُغْضِبُهُ شَيْ‏ءٌ وَ لَا يَسْتَفِزُّهُ وَ جُمِعَ لَهُ الْحَذَرُ فِي أَرْبَعٍ‏ أَخْذِهِ الْحَسَنَ لِيُقْتَدَى بِهِ وَ تَرْكِهِ الْقَبِيحَ لِيُنْتَهَى عَنْهُ وَ اجْتِهَادِهِ الرَّأْيَ فِي صَلَاحِ‏ أُمَّتِهِ وَ الْقِيَامِ فِيمَا جَمَعَ‏ لَهُمْ خَيْرَ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ

He^-asws said: ‘I^-asws asked him^-asws about the silence of Rasool-Allah^-saww. He^-asws said: ‘His^-saww silence was upon four – Upon the forbearance, and the caution, and the planning, and the thinking. As for the planning, it was in the equal consideration and the listening between the people; and as for his^-saww thinking, in was regarding was remains and what perishes; and the forbearance was gathered for him^-saww in the patience and nothing would anger him^-saww nor provoke him^-saww; and the caution was gathered for him^-saww in four – his^-saww taking to the good in order to lead with it, and his^-saww neglecting the ugly in order to end from it, and his^-saww struggle of the opinion in the interests of his^-saww community, and the standing regarding what would gather for them the goodness of the world and the Hereafter’’.[4]

5- ن، عيون أخبار الرضا عليه السلام بِإِسْنَادِ التَّمِيمِيِّ عَنِ الرِّضَا ع عَنْ آبَائِهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ع قَالَ: مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَداً أَبْعَدَ مَا بَيْنَ الْمَنْكِبَيْنِ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص

‘Uyoun Akhbar Al-Reza^-asws’ – By a chain of Al Tameemy,

‘From Al-Reza^-asws, from his^-asws forefathers^-asws, from Ali^-asws having said: ‘I^-asws have not seen anyone of more distance in what is between the two shoulders than Rasool-Allah^-saww’’.[5]

6- ص، قصص الأنبياء عليهم السلام‏ لَمْ يَمْضِ النَّبِيُّ ص فِي طَرِيقٍ فَيَتْبَعُهُ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا عَرَفَ أَنَّهُ سَلَكَهُ مِنْ طِيبِ عَرَقِهِ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَمُرُّ بِحَجَرٍ وَ لَا شَجَرٍ إِلَّا سَجَدَ لَهُ‏

‘Qasas Al-Anbiya^-as’ – The Prophet^-saww would not pass by in any road and someone followed him^-saww, except he would recognise that he^-saww has travelled it due to the aroma of his^-saww perspiration, and he^-saww did not happen to pass by any stone nor tree except it would do Sajdah to him^-saww’’.[6]

7- ير، بصائر الدرجات الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ أَبَانٍ الْأَحْمَرِ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ إِنَّا مَعَاشِرَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ تَنَامُ عُيُونُنَا وَ لَا تَنَامُ قُلُوبُنَا وَ نَرَى مِنْ خَلْفِنَا كَمَا نَرَى مِنْ بَيْنِ أَيْدِينَا

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Al Numan, from Yahya Bin Umar, from Aban Al Ahman, from Zurara,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘We^-as the community of the Prophets^-as, our^-as eyes sleep and our^-as hearts do not sleep, and we^-as see from our^-as behind just as we see from our^-as front’’.[7]

8- ير، بصائر الدرجات مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ مَيْمُونٍ الْقَدَّاحِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: طَلَبَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص فَقِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّهُ فِي حَائِطِ كَذَا وَ كَذَا فَمَضَى يَطْلُبُهُ فَدَخَلَ إِلَى الْحَائِطِ وَ النَّبِيُّ ص نَائِمٌ فَأَخَذَ عَسِيباً يَابِساً وَ كَسَرَهُ لِيَسْتَبْرِئَ بِهِ نَوْمَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Muhammad Bin Al-Husayn, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Maymoun Al Qadah,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Abu Zarr^ar sought Rasool-Allah^-saww, and it was said to him^ar, ‘He^-saww is by such and such a garden wall He^ar went to seek him^-saww and entered to the wall and the Prophet^-saww was sleeping. He^-saww grabbed a dry palm branch and broke it in order (respectfully) break the sleep of Rasool-Allah^-saww with it’.

قَالَ فَفَتَحَ النَّبِيُّ ص عَيْنَهُ وَ قَالَ أَ تَخْدَعُنِي عَنْ نَفْسِي يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ أَ مَا عَلِمْتَ أَنِّي أَرَاكُمْ فِي مَنَامِي كَمَا أَرَاكُمْ فِي يَقَظَتِي‏

He^-asws said: ‘The Prophet^-saww opened his^-saww eyes and said:’ Are you^ar alluring me^-saww from myself^-saww, O Abu Zarr^ar? But, know that I^-saww see you all in my^-saww sleep just as I^-saww see you all in my^-saww wakefulness’’.[8]

9- ير، بصائر الدرجات مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ الْمُخْتَارِ عَنْ زَيْدٍ الشَّحَّامِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‏ طَلَبَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص فَقِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّهُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فِي حَائِطِ كَذَا وَ كَذَا فَتَوَجَّهَ فِي طَلَبِهِ فَوَجَدَهُ نَائِماً فَأَعْظَمَهُ أَنْ يُنَبِّهَهُ فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَسْتَبْرِئَ نَوْمَهُ ص‏ فَسَمِعَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ أَ تَخْدَعُنِي أَ مَا عَلِمْتَ أَنِّي أَرَى أَعْمَالَكُمْ فِي مَنَامِي كَمَا أَرَاكُمْ فِي يَقَظَتِي إِنَّ عَيْنِي تَنَامُ وَ قَلْبِي لَا يَنَامُ‏

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Muhammad Bin Al-Husayn, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Al-Husayn Bin Al Mukhtar, from Zayd al Shaham who said,

‘I heard Abu Abdullah^-asws saying: ‘Abu Zarr^ar sought Rasool-Allah^-saww and it was said to him^ar, ‘He^-saww is by such and such wall’. He^ar headed in seeking him^-saww and found him^-saww asleep, and found it grievous in waking him^-saww. So, he intended to free him^-saww from his^-saww sleep, and Rasool-Allah^-saww hear him^ar and raised his^-saww head and said: ‘O Abu Zarr^ar! Are you^ar (trying to) trick me^-saww? But know that I^-saww see your deeds during my^-saww sleep just as I^-saww see you all during my^-saww wakefulness. My^-saww eyes sleep and my^-saww heart does not sleep’’.[9]

10- ير، بصائر الدرجات عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ أَرَاكُمْ مِنْ خَلْفِي كَمَا أَرَاكُمْ بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ لَتُقِيمُنَّ صُفُوفَكُمْ أَوْ لَيُخَالِفَنَّ اللَّهُ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِكُمْ‏

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Ali Bin Ismail, from Safwan, from Al A’ala, from Muhammad,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘I^-saww see you all from my^-saww back just as I^-saww see you from my^-saww front, whether you are establishing the rows (during the Salat) or are opposing Allah^-azwj in between your hearts’’.[10]

11- ير، بصائر الدرجات أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏ مِثْلَهُ‏

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hamad, from Al Halby,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws – similar to it’.[11]

12- ير، بصائر الدرجات الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عُبَيْسِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ كَاتِبِ شُرَيْحٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَتَّابٍ زِيَادٍ مَوْلَى آلِ دَغْشٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏ مِثْلَهُ‏

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Al-Hassan Bin Ali, from Ubeys Bin Hisham, from Abu Ismail, scribe of Shareeh, from Abu Ataab Zyad, slave of family of Wagash,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws – similar to it’’. [12]

13- ير، بصائر الدرجات مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏ مِثْلَهُ

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Muhammad Bin Al-Husayn, from Yazeed Bin Is’haq, from Haroun Bin Hamza,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws – similar to it’’.[13]

14- سن، المحاسن مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ الْحُكَيْمِ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُعَرِّضٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ عُمَرَ دَخَلَ عَلَى حَفْصَةَ فَقَالَ كَيْفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فِيمَا فِيهِ الرِّجَالُ فَقَالَتْ مَا هُوَ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ مِنَ الرِّجَالِ

‘Al Mahasin’ – Muawiya Bin Al Hakeem, from Ibn Al Mugheira, from Ibrahim Bin Ma’raz,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘Umar went to Hafsa and said, ‘How is Rasool-Allah^-saww regarding what is in the men (potency)?’ She said, ‘He^-saww is not except a man from the men’.

فَأَنِفَ اللَّهُ لِنَبِيِّهِ ص فَأَنْزَلَ إِلَيْهِ صَحْفَةً فِيهَا هَرِيسَةٌ مِنْ سُنْبُلِ الْجَنَّةِ فَأَكَلَهَا فَزَادَ فِي بُضْعِهِ بُضْعَ أَرْبَعِينَ رَجُلًا

Allah^-azwj Disdained for His^-azwj Prophet^-saww and Sent down a Parchment to him^-saww wherein was ‘Hareesa’ (porridge) from the cereal of the Paradise. He^-saww ate it and it increased in his^-saww potency, potency of forty men’’.[14]

15- سن، المحاسن أَبِي عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ الصَّيْقَلِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى أَهْدَى إِلَى رَسُولِهِ هَرِيسَةً مِنْ هَرَائِسِ الْجَنَّةِ غُرِسَتْ فِي رِيَاضِ الْجَنَّةِ وَ فَرَكَهَا الْحُورُ الْعِينُ فَأَكَلَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَزَادَ فِي قُوَّتِهِ بُضْعَ أَرْبَعِينَ رَجُلًا وَ ذَلِكَ شَيْ‏ءٌ أَرَادَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَسُرَّ بِهِ نَبِيَّهُ ص‏

‘Al Mahasin’ – My father, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Mansour Al Sayqal, from his father, from Abu Baseer,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted Gifted to His^-azwj Rasool^-saww, a porridge from the porridges of the Paradise, planted in the Gardens of the Paradise, and prepared by the Maiden Houries. Rasool-Allah^-saww ate it and it increased in his^-saww strength the potency of forty men, and that is something Allah^-azwj Wanted to Cheer His^-azwj Prophet^-saww by it’’.[15]

16- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ‏ مِثْلَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ وَ فِي حَدِيثٍ آخَرَ رَفَعَهُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص شَكَا إِلَى رَبِّهِ جَلَّ وَ عَزَّ وَجَعَ الظَّهْرِ فَأَمَرَهُ بِأَكْلِ الْحَبِّ بِاللَّحْمِ يَعْنِي الْهَرِيسَةَ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ibn Isa, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, similar to it, then said,

‘And in another Hadeeth raised to Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww complained to his^-saww Lord^-azwj, Majestic and Mighty, of back pain. He^-azwj Commanded him^-saww to eat the cereal with the meat – meaning ‘Al-Hareesa’ (porridge)’’.[16]

17- يج، الخرائج و الجرائح مِنْ مُعْجِزَاتِهِ ص‏ أَنَّ الْأَخْبَارَ تَوَاتَرَتْ وَ اعْتَرَفَ بِهَا الْكَافِرُ وَ الْمُؤْمِنُ‏ بِخَاتَمِ النُّبُوَّةِ الَّذِي بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ عَلَى شَعَرَاتٍ مُتَرَاكِمَةٍ تَقَدَّمَتْ بِهَا الْأَنْبِيَاءُ قَبْلَ مَوْلِدِهِ بِالزَّمَنِ الطَّوِيلِ فَوَافَقَ ذَلِكَ مَا أَخْبَرُوا بِهِ عَنْهُ فِي صِفَتِهِ ص‏

‘Al Kharaij Wa Al Jaraih’ – From his^-saww miracles is that the Ahadeeth are numerous and the Kafirs as well as the Momins have acknowledged with these – of the seal of the Prophet-hood in between his^-saww shoulders upon accumulated hair. The Prophets^-as preceeded with these before his^-saww birth by a lengthy time period. That is in accordance to what they^-as informed about him^-saww, in his^-saww description’’.[17]

18- يج، الخرائج و الجرائح رُوِيَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص قَالَ: أَتِمُّوا الرُّكُوعَ وَ السُّجُودَ فَوَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأَرَاكُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ ظَهْرِي إِذَا رَكَعْتُمْ وَ سَجَدْتُمْ‏

‘Al Kharaij Wa Al Jaraih’ – It is reported that the Prophet^-saww said: ‘Complete your Ruku’s and the Sajdah, for by Allah^-azwj I^-saww see you all from my^-saww back when you perform yours Ruku and your Sajdah’’.[18]

19 – قب: كان النبي صلى الله عليه واله قبل المبعث موصوفا بعشرين خصلة من خصال الانبياء لو انفرد واحد بأحدها لدل على جلاله، فكيف من اجتمعت فيه، كان نبيا أمينا، صادقا حاذقا، أصيلا نبيلا، مكينا، فصيحا، نصيحا، عاقلا فاضلا، عابدا زاهدا، سخيا مكيا ، قانعا متواضعا، حليما رحيما، غيورا صبورا، موافقا مرافقا،

‘Al Manaqib’ of Ibn Shehr Ashoub – The Prophet^-saww, before the Sending, was described by twenty characteristics if one alone were to be individualised, it would be evidence upon his^-saww majesty, so how would it be in its totality. He^-saww was a trustworthy Prophet^-saww, truthful, ingenious, highborn, noble, distinguished, eloquent, advising, intellectual, meritorious, worshipper, ascetic, generous, brave, content, humble, forbearing, merciful, ardent, patient, agreeable, harmonious.

لم يخالط منجما ولا كاهنا ولا عيافا، ولما قالت قريش: إنه ساحر علمنا أنه قد أراهم ما لم يقدروا على مثله، وقالوا: هذا مجنون، لما هجم منه على شئ لم يفكر في عاقبته منهم، وقالوا: هو كاهن، لانه أنبأ بالغائبات،

He^-saww neither mingled with an astrologer nor a soothsayer, nor a diviner; and when Qureysh said, ‘He^-saww is a magician’, we know that he^-saww had shown them what they were not able upon the like of it. And they said, ‘This one^-saww is insane’, whenever there was an attack from him^-saww upon something, he^-saww did not think regarding his^-saww being punished from them; and they said, ‘He^-saww is a soothsayer (God Forbid), because he^-saww gave the news of the hidden matters.

وقالوا: معلم، لانه قد أنبأهم بما يكتمونه من أسرارهم، فثبت صدقه من حيث قصدوا تكذيبه، وكان فيه خصال الضعفاء، ومن كان فيه بعضها لا ينظم أمره: كان يتيما فقيرا، ضعيفا وحيدا غريبا، بلا حصار ولا شكوة، كثير الاعداء، ومع جميع ذلك تعالى مكانه، وارتفع شأنه، فدل على نبوته صلى الله عليه واله،

And they said, ‘Teacher’, because he^-saww had informed them with what they had been concealing from their secrets. Thus, his^-saww truthfulness was proven from where they aimed at belying him^-saww; and there was in him^-saww the characteristics of the weak ones and the ones which partly disorganised affairs. He^-saww was an orphan, poor, weak, alone, estranged, without (people) surrounding him^-saww, and no complaints, a lot of enemies; and along with the entirety of that, exalted was his-saww position, and lofty was his-saww occupation and it evidenced his^-saww Prophet-hood.

وكان الجلف البدوي يرى وجهه الكريم فيقول: والله ما هذا وجه كذاب، وكان صلى الله عليه واله ثابتا في الشدائد وهو مطلوب، وصابرا على البأساء والضراء وهو مكروب محروب، وكان زهدا في الدنيا، راغبا في الآخرة، فثبت له الملك، وكان يشهد كل عضو منه على معجزة:

And he^-saww was of the dry face. The Bedouins used to see his^-saww face and they would be saying, ‘By Allah^-azwj! This is not the face of a liar!’ And he^-saww was steadfast during the difficulties, and he^-saww was the one sought after, and patient upon the adversities and the harms, and he^-saww was distressed, deprived, and he^-saww was an ascetic in the world, desirous regarding the Hereafter. The kingdom was proven for him^-saww, and every part from him^-saww would testify upon a miracle.

نوره: كان إذا مشى في ليلة ظلماء بداله نور كأنه قمر، قالت عائشة: فقدت إبرة ليلة فما كان في منزلي سراج، فدخل النبي صلى الله عليه واله فوجدت الابرة بنور وجهه.

His^-saww Noor – When he^-saww walked in the dark night, a Noor would manifest for him^-saww as if it was a moon’. Ayesha said, ‘I lost a needle at night and there was no lamp in my house. Then, the Prophet^-saww entered and I found the needle by the Noor of his^-saww face’.

قالت عائشة فقدت إبرة ليلة فما كان في منزلي سراج فدخل النبي ص فوجدت الإبرة بنور وجهه

Ayesha said, ‘One night I lost a needle, and there was no lamp in my dwelling. The Prophet^-saww entered and I found the needle by the Noor (radiance) of his^-saww face’.

حمزة بن عمر الأسلمي قال‏ نفرنا مع النبي ص في ليلة ظلماء فأضاءت أصابعه عرفه

Hamza Bin Umar Al-Aslamy who said, ‘We went out with the Prophet^-saww on a dark night and his^-saww fingers illuminated his^-saww surroundings’.

جابر بن عبد الله‏ إنه كان لا يمر في طريق فيمر فيه إنسان بعد يومين إلا عرف أنه عبر فيه

Jabir Bin Abdullah, ‘It was so that he^-saww would not pass by in a street, and a person would pass in it after two days except he would recognise that he^-saww had crossed in it’.

مسلم‏ كان النبي ص يقيل عند أم سلمة فكانت تجمع عرقه و تجعله في الطيب

Muslim – ‘The Prophet^-saww was having a nap in the presence of Umm Salma^ar, and she^ar gathered his^-saww perspiration and made it into perfume’.

عبد الجبار بن وائل عن أبيه قال‏ أتي رسول الله ص بدلو من ماء فشرب ثم توضأ فتمضمض ثم مج‏ مجة في الدلو فصار مسكا أو أطيب من المسك

Abdul Jabbar Bin Wail, form his father who said, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww was brought a bucket of water, so he^-saww drank then performed Wudu’u and rinsed (the mouth), then threw it into the bucket and it became musk, or more aromatic than the musk’.

ظله: لم يقع ظله على الارض، لان الظل من الظلمة، وكان إذا وقف في الشمس والقمر والمصباح نوره يغلب أنوارها.

His^-saww shadow – His^-saww shadow did not fall upon the ground, because the shadow is from the darkness, and it was so that when he^-saww paused in the sun, and the moon, and the lamp, his^-saww Noor would overcome their lights’.

قامته: كلما مشى مع أحد كان أطول منه برأس، وإن كان طويلا.

His^-saww stature – ‘Every time he^-saww walked with anyone, he^-saww would be taller than him by a head, and even if he was taller’.

رأسه: كان يظله سحابة من الشمس، وتسير لمسيره، وتركد لركوده، ولا يطير الطير فوقه.

His^-saww head – ‘A cloud used to shade him^-saww from the sun, and would travel to his^-saww travel, and stop to his^-saww stopping, and no bird flew above him^-saww’.

عينيه: كان يبصر من ورائه كما يبصر من أمامه، ويرى من خلفه كما يرى من قدامه.

His^-saww eyes – ‘He^-saww could see from his^-saww back just as he^-saww saw from his^-saww front, and he^-saww could see in front of him^-saww just as he^-saww could see from his^-saww back’.

أنفه: لم يشم به منذ خلقه الله تعالى رائحة كريهة.

His^-saww nose – ‘He^-saww did not smell by it, since Allah^-azwj the Exalted Created him^-saww, any abhorrent smell’.

فمه: كان يمج في الكوز والبئر فيجدون له رائحة أطيب من المسك.

His^-saww mouth – ‘He^-saww would rinse and spit into the pitcher and the well and they would find for it an aroma better than the musk’.

لسانه: كان ينطق بلغات كثيرة.

His^-saww tongue – ‘He^-saww would speak in a lot of languages’.

محاسنه: كانت فيه سبع عشرة طاقة نور يتلالؤ في عوارضه.

His^-saww beauty – ‘There were in him^-saww, seventeen rays of Noor shining in his^-saww body’.

اذنيه: كان يسمع في منامه كما يسمع في انتباهه، ويسمع كلام جبرئيل عند الناس ولا يسمعونه.

His^-saww ears – He^-saww could hear during his^-saww sleep just as he^-saww could hear during his^-saww wakefulness, and he^-saww heard the speech of Jibraeel^-as in the presence of the people and they could not hear him^-as’.

ربيع الأبرار أنه دخل أبو سفيان على النبي ص و هو يقاد فأحس بتكاثر الناس فقال في نفسه و اللات و العزى يا ابن أبي كبشة لأملأنها عليك خيلا و رجلا و إني لأرجو أن أرقى هذه الأعواد فقال النبي ص أ و يكفينا الله شرك يا أبا سفيان

Rabi’e Al-Abrar – ‘Abu Sufyan came to the Prophet^-saww and he^-saww was guiding, and he sensed the large number of people and said within himself, ‘By Al-Laat and Al-Uzza (names of two idols)! O son of Abu Kabasha, I shall pour upon you^-saww cavalry and infantry, and I hope I wake up these sticks’. The Prophet^-saww said: ‘Our Allah^-azwj will Suffice us (against) Shirk, O Abu Sufyan’.

صدره: لم يكن على وجه الارض أعلم منه.

His^-saww chest – ‘There did not happen to be upon the surface of the earth anyone more knowledgeable than him^-saww’.

ظهره: كان بين كتفيه خاتم النبوة، كلما أبداه غطى نوره نور الشمس، مكتوب عليه: لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له، توجه حيث شئت فأنت منصور

His^-saww back – ‘There was between his^-saww two shoulders, the seal of the Prophet-hood. Every time he^-saww manifested it, its Noor would cover the light of the sun. It was inscribed upon it: ‘There is no god except Allah^-azwj Alone, there being no associates for Him^-azwj. Head towards wherever you^-saww desire, and you^-azwj will be Helped’’.

في حديث جابر بن سمرة: رأيت خاتمه غضروف كتفيه مثل بيض الحمامة

In a Hadeeth of Jabir Bin Samrah – ‘I saw his^-saww seal of the cartilage of his^-saww shoulders being like eggs of a pigeon’.

وسئل الخدري عنه فقال: بضعة  ناشزة

And Al-Khudry was asked about him^-saww, and he said, ‘A piece of raised flesh’.

أبو زيد الانصاري: شعر مجتمع على كتفيه

Abu Zayd Al-Ansary – ‘Hair gathered upon his^-saww shoulders’.

السائب بن يزيد: مثل زر الحجلة،

Al-Saib Bin Yazeed – ‘Like strength of the partridge’.

ولما شك في موت رسول الله صلى الله عليه واله وضعت أسماء بنت عميس يدها بين كتفيه، فقالت: قد توفي رسول الله صلى الله عليه واله قد رفع الخاتم

And when there was doubt regarding the expiry of Rasool-Allah^-saww, Asma Bint Umays placed her hand between his^-saww shoulders and she said, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww has passed away, the seal has been Raised’’.

بطنه: كان يشد عليه الحجر من الغرث، فيشبع قلبه، كان تنام عيناه ولا ينام قلبه

His^-saww belly – ‘He^-saww used to tie a stone upon it out of hunger, and his^-saww heart was satiated. His^-saww eyes would sleep but his^-saww heart would not sleep’.

يداه: فار الماء من بين أصابعه، وسبح الحصى في كفه

His^-saww hands – ‘He^-saww would scoop the water from between his^-saww fingers, and hold the gravel (pebbles) in his^-saww palm’.

ركبه: ولد مسرورا  مختونا، وما احتلم قط، لان ذلك من الشيطان، وكان له شهوة أربعين نبيا

His^-saww (whole) body – ‘He^-saww was born of cut umbilical cord, circumcised, and did not bed wet at all because that is from the Satan^-la, and there was desired for him^-saww of forty Prophets^-as’.

جلوسه: عائشة. قلت: يا رسول الله إنك تدخل الخلاء، فإذا خرجت دخلت على أثرك فما أرى شيئا إلا أني أجد رائحة المسك، فقال: إنا معاشر الانبياء تنبت أجسادنا على أرواح الجنة، فما يخرج منه شئ إلا ابتلعته الارض

His^-saww sitting – ‘Ayesha (said), ‘I said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! Do you^-saww enter the toilet, for when I went out, I entered (toilet) upon your^-saww footsteps, but I did not see anything except I found the aroma of musk’. He^-saww said: ‘We^-as the community of Prophets^-as, our^-as bodies are built upon the spirits of the Paradise, so nothing comes out from it except the earth swallows it’’.

وتبعه رجل علم مراده فقال صلى الله عليه واله: إنا معاشر الانبياء لا يكون منا ما يكون من البشر.

And a man followed him^-saww and he^-saww knew of his intentions, so he^-saww said: ‘We^-as the community of Prophets^-as, there does not happen from us what happens from the mortals’.

ام أيمن: أصبح رسول الله صلى الله عليه واله فقال: يا ام أيمن قومي فاهرقي ما في الفخارة، يعنى البول، قلت: والله شربت ما فيها وكنت عطشى، قالت: فضحك حتى بدت نواجده، ثم قال: أما إنك لا تنجع بطنك أبدا .

Umm Ayman (said), ‘One morning Rasool-Allah^-saww said, ‘O Umm Ayman! Arise and spill what is in the pot!’ – meaning the urine. She said, ‘By Allah^-azwj! I drank what was in it and I was thirsty’. She said, ‘He^-saww chuckled until his^-saww teeth were manifested, then said: ‘As for you, your belly will not be in pain, ever!’’ (derogatory)

ومنه حديث دم الفصد

And from him is the Hadeeth of the blood (of cupping).

فخذه: كل دابة ركبها النبي صلى الله عليه واله بقيت على سنها لا تهرم قط

His^-azwj thighs – Every animal the Pophet^-saww rode, remained upon its age, not getting old at all’.

رجليه: أرسلهما في بئر ماؤه أجاج فعذب

His^-saww legs – ‘He^-saww placed them in a well, its water was bitter and it became sweet’.

قوته: كان لا يقاومه أحد

His^-saww strength – ‘No one could counter him^-saww’.

إسحاق بن بشار: إن ركانة بن عبد بن زيد بن هاشم كان من أشد قريش فخلا ، فقال له النبي صلى الله عليه واله في وادي أصم: يا ركانة ألا تتقي الله وتقبل ما أدعوك إليه ؟ قال: إني لو أعلم أنه حق لاتبعتك،

Is’haq Bin Bashar – ‘Rakanah Bin Abd Bin Zayd Bin Hashim was from the strongest of the Qureysh. The Prophet^-saww said to him in the valley of Asam: ‘O Rakanah! Will you fear Allah^-azwj and accept what I^-saww am inviting you to?’ He said, ‘If I come to know that it is truth, I will follow you^-saww’.

فقال النبي صلى الله عليه واله: أفرأيت إن صرعتك أتعلم أن ما أقول: حق ؟ قال: نعم، قال: قم حتى اصارعك،

The Prophet^-saww said: ‘What is your view if I^-saww wrestle you, will you know that what I^-saww am saying is true?’ He said, ‘Yes’. He^-saww said: ‘Stand until I^-saww wrestle you’.

قال: فقام إليه ركانة فصارعه، فلما بطش به رسول الله صلى الله عليه واله أضجعه، قال: فعد، فعاد فصرعه، فقال: إن ذا لعجب يا قوم، إن صاحبكم أسحر أهل الارض

He (the narrator) said, ‘Rakanah stood to him^-saww and wrestled him^-saww. When Rasool-Allah^-saww attacked him and flung him into the ground. He said, ‘Repeat’. He^-saww repeated wrestling him (and knocked him down again). He said, ‘That is strange, O people! Your companion is the biggest sorcerer of the people of the earth’.

حرمته: كان القمر يحرك مهده في حال صباه، وكان لا يمر على شجرة إلا سلمت عليه، ولم يجلس عليه الذباب، ولم تدن منه هامة ولا سامة

His^-saww sanctity – ‘The moon used to move his^-saww cradle during the state of his^-saww childhood, and he^-saww would not pass by a tree except it greeted unto him^-saww, and no fly sat upon him^-saww, and neither any vermin nor poisonous (creature) was noted (having sat on him^-saww).’

مشيه: كان إذا مشى على الارض السهلة لا يبين لقدميه أثر، وإذا مشى على الصلبة بان أثرهما

His^-saww walking – ‘When he^-saww walked upon the coastal (soft) ground, his^-saww did not manifest any footprints, and when he^-saww walked upon the hard ground, his^-saww footprint appeared’.

هيبته: كان عظيما مهيبا في النفوس حتى ارتاعت رسل كسرى، مع أنه كان بالتواضع موصوفا، وكان محبوبا في القلوب حتى لا يقليه مصاحب، ولا يتباعد عنه مقارب،

His^-saww prestige – ‘He^-saww was so great among the souls to the extent that the messengers of Chosroe were shocked, along with that he^-saww was described with humbleness, and he^-saww was loved in the hearts that no attendant hated him^-saww, nor did a near one distance from him^-saww’.

قال السدي في قوله: ” سنلقي في قلوب الذين كفروا الرعب  “: لما ارتحل أبو سفيان و المشركون يوم احد متوجهين إلى مكة قالوا: ما صنعنا قتلناهم حتى لم يبق منهم إلا الشريد  تركناهم، إذ هموا وقالوا: ارجعوا فاستأصلوهم، فلما عزموا على ذلك ألقى الله في قلوبهم الرعب حتى رجعوا عما هموا

Al-Sady (Non-Shia) said regarding His^-azwj Words: We will be Casting awe into the hearts of those who are committing Kufr, [3:151]. When Abu Sufyan and the Polytheists departed on the day of Ohad heading towards Makkah, they said, ‘What we did killed them until there does not remain from them except the trickster, we will leave them’. When they thought and said, ‘Return’. He removed them. When they determined upon that, Allah^-azwj Cast the awe in their hears until they retracted from what they had thought of’.

وروي أن الكفار دخلوا مكة كالمنهزمين مخافة أن يكون له الكرة عليهم، وقال صلى الله عليه وآله: نصرت بالرعب مسيرة شهر

And it is reported that the Kafirs entered Makkah like the losers fearing that there would happen to be the rule for him^-saww upon them, and he^-saww said: ‘I^-saww am Helped with the awe to a travel distance of a month’.

قوله تعالى: ” وكف أيدي الناس عنكم  ” وذلك أن النبي صلى الله عليه واله لما قصد خيبر وحاصر أهلها همت قبائل من أسد وغطفان أن يغيروا على أهل المدينة، فكف الله عنهم بإلقاء الرعب في قلوبهم

The Words of the Exalted: and Restrained the hands of the people from you [48:20], and that is because the Prophet^-saww, when he^-saww aimed for Khyber and besieged its people, a tribe from Asad And Gafzan thought that they would attach upon the people of Al-Medina. But Allah^-azwj Restrained them by Casting the awe in their hearts.

قوله تعالى: ” هو الذي أيدك بنصره  ” وقال صلى الله عليه واله: لم نخل في ظفر إما في ابتداء الامر وإنما في انتهائه،

The Words of the Exalted: He is the One Who Assisted you with His Help [8:62], and he^-saww said: ‘I^-saww did not bolt in the beginning of the matter, and rather in its ending’.

وكان جميل بن معمر الفهري حفيظا لما يسمع، ويقول: إن في جوفي لقلبين أعقل بكل واحد منهما أفضل من عقل محمد، فكانت قريش تسميه ذا القلبين، فتلقاه أبو سفيان يوم بدر وهو آخذ بيده إحدى نعليه، والاخرى في رجله، فقال له: يابا معمر ما الخبر ؟ قال: انهزموا، قال: فما حال نعليك ؟ قال: ما شعرت إلا أنها في رجلي لهيبة محمد، فنزل: ” ما جعل الله لرجل من قلبين في جوفه

Jameel Bin Ma’mar Al-Fahry was a memoriser when he heard and said, ‘In my inside there are two hearts. I am more intellectual with each one of them, superior than the intellect of Muhammad^-saww’. The Qureysh used to call him ‘One with two hearts’. Abu Sufyan met him on the Day of Badr and he was holding one of his slippers in his hand, and the other one was in his leg. He said to him, ‘O Abu Ma’mar, what is the news?’ He said, ‘Defeated’. He said, ‘So what is the state of your slipper?’ He said, ‘I am not aware except it is in my leg due to the prestige of Muhammad^-saww’. It was revealed: Allah did not Make two hearts for a man to be inside him [33:4]’’.

أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام: وينصر الله من لاقاه إن له * نصرا يمثل بالكفار إذ عندوا

Amir-Al-Momineen^-asws: ‘And Allah^-azwj Helped (against) the one he^-saww met (in battle) that the Help would be for him^-saww, resembling against the Kafirs when they came’’.[19] (Not a Hadith but a collection of statements from a Non-Shia source)

20- قب، المناقب لابن شهرآشوب التِّرْمِذِيُّ فِي الشَّمَائِلِ وَ الطَّبَرِيُّ فِي التَّارِيخِ وَ الزَّمَخْشَرِيُّ فِي الْفَائِقِ وَ الْفَتَّالُ فِي الرَّوْضَةِ رَوَوْا صِفَةَ النَّبِيِّ ص بِرِوَايَاتٍ كَثِيرَةٍ مِنْهَا عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع وَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ وَ هِنْدِ بْنِ أَبِي هَالَةَ

Al-Tirmizi in (the book) Al-Shamail, and Al-Tabary in the history, and Al-Zamakhshary in (the book) Al-Faiq Wal Fatal Ful Rowza (from Non-Shia sources) have reported the description of the Prophet^-saww with many reports, from these are from Amir-Al-Momineen^-asws, and Ibn Abbas, and Abu Hureyra, and Jabir Bin Samrah, and Hana Bin Abu Halah –

أَنَّهُ كَانَ ص فَخْماً مُفَخَّماً فِي الْعُيُونِ مُعَظَّماً وَ فِي الْقُلُوبِ مُكَرَّماً يَتَلَأْلَأُ وَجْهُهُ تَلَأْلُؤَ الْقَمَرِ لَيْلَةَ الْبَدْرِ أَزْهَرَ مُنَوِّرَ اللَّوْنِ مُشْرَباً بِحُمْرَةٍ لَمْ تَزْرِ بِهِ مُقْلَةٌ لَمْ تَعِبْهُ ثُجْلَةٌ أَغَرَّ أَبْلَجَ أَحْوَرَ أَدْعَجَ أَكْحَلَ أَزَجَّ عَظِيمَ الْهَامَةِ رَشِيقَ الْقَامَةِ مُقْصِداً وَاسِعَ الْجَبِينِ أَقْنَى الْعِرْنِينِ أَشْكَلَ الْعَيْنَيْنِ مَقْرُونَ الْحَاجِبَيْنِ سَهْلَ الْخَدَّيْنِ صَلْتَهُمَا

‘He^-saww was grand, dignified. In the eyes (of the people) he^-saww was revered, and in the hearts he^-saww was honoured. His^-saww face shone like the shining of the moon on the night of the full moon, blooming, radiant of the complexion, reddish, not coming to the eyeball, largeness did not tire him^-saww, illustrious, serene, beautiful eyes, rich, kohl (applied), quick walker, large head, graceful of height, moderately wide forehead, powerful ears, shapely eyes, paired of the eyebrows, soft shiny cheeks.

طَوِيلَ الزَّنْدَيْنِ شَبْحَ الذِّرَاعَيْنِ عَظِيمَ مُشَاشَةِ الْمَنْكِبَيْنِ طَوِيلَ مَا بَيْنَ الْمَنْكِبَيْنِ شَثْنَ الْكَفَّيْنِ ضَخْمَ الْقَدَمَيْنِ عَارِيَ الثَّدْيَيْنِ خُمْصَانَ الْأَخْمَصَيْنِ مخطوط المتيتين‏ [مَحْطُوطَ الْمَتْنَيْنِ‏] أَهْدَبَ الْأَشْفَارِ كَثَّ اللِّحْيَةِ ذَا وَفْرَةٍ وَافِرَ السَّبَلَةِ أَخْضَرَ الشَّمَطِ

Long forearms, hairy arms, large shoulder bones, long of what is between the shoulders, soft palms, sturdy feet, hairless of the two breasts, rounded heels, sturdy, long lashes, bushy beard with fullness, full moustache, grey-haired, large mouth, curved nose, well-cleaned teeth, straight hair, delicate nose, moderate body, straight belly, wide chest, as if his neck was full of blood in the purity of silver.

ضَلِيعَ الْفَمِ‏ أَشَمَّ أَشْنَبَ‏ مُفَلَّجَ الْأَسْنَانِ سَبِطَ الشَّعْرِ دَقِيقَ الْمَسْرُبَةِ مُعْتَدِلَ الْخَلْقِ مُفَاضَ الْبَطْنِ عَرِيضَ الصَّدْرِ كَأَنَّ عُنُقَهُ جِيدُ دُمْيَةٍ فِي صَفَاءِ الْفِضَّةِ سَائِلَ الْأَطْرَافِ مَنْهُوسَ الْعَقِبِ قَصِيرَ الْحَنَكِ دَانِيَ الْجَبْهَةِ ضَرْبَ اللَّحْمِ بَيْنَ الرِّجْلَيْنِ كَانَ فِي خَاصِرَتِهِ انْفِتَاقٌ فَعْمَ الْأَوْصَالِ لَمْ يَكُنْ بِالطَّوِيلِ الْبَائِنِ وَ لَا بِالْقَصِيرِ الشَّائِنِ وَ لَا بِالطَّوِيلِ الْمُمَّغِطِ وَ لَا بِالْقَصِيرِ الْمُتَرَدِّدِ وَ لَا بِالْجَعْدِ الْقَطِطِ وَ لَا بِالسَّبْطِ وَ لَا بِالْمُطَهَّمِ وَ لَا بِالْمُكَلْثَمِ وَ لَا بِالْأَبْيَضِ الْأَمْهَقِ

Flowing limbs, rounded heels, short palate, stooping brown, the flesh struck each other between the two legs, in his^-saww side (waist) was a curve, full joints apparent with the length and not with the shortness of the disgraceful ones, nor with the tallness of the agility nor with the shortness of the hesitant, nor with the agility of the cat, nor with the thinness, nor with the overweight, nor with the gathering of the flesh, nor with the whiteness of the albino.

ضَخْمَ الْكَرَادِيسِ جَلِيلَ الْمُشَاشِ‏ كنوز [مَكْنُوزَ] الْمَنْخِرِ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي بَطْنِهِ وَ لَا فِي صَدْرِهِ شَعْرٌ إِلَّا مُوصِلُ مَا بَيْنَ اللَّبَّةِ إِلَى السُّرَّةِ كَالْخَطِّ جَلِيلَ الْكَتَدِ أَجْرَدَ ذَا مَسْرُبَةٍ وَ كَانَ أَكْثَرُ شَيْبِهِ فِي فَوْدَيْ رَأْسِهِ وَ كَانَ كَفُّهُ كَفَّ عَطَّارٍ مَسَّهَا بِطِيبٍ رَحْبَ الرَّاحَةِ سَبْطُ الْقَصَبِ وَ كَانَ إِذَا رَضِيَ وَ سُرَّ فَكَأَنَّ وَجْهَهُ الْمِرْآةُ وَ كَانَ فِيهِ شَيْ‏ءٌ مِنْ صَوَرٍ

Developed bones, majestic bone head, radiant nose, there neither happened be any hair in his^-saww belly nor in his^-saww chest, except for the connection of what it between the upper chest to the navel like the like, large vertebrae, hairless, most of his^-saww grey hair in the middle of his^-saww, and as if his^-saww palm was a palm of a perfume seller wiped with perfume, extending with the welcome, straight of fingers, and it was so that whenever he^-saww was pleased and cheerful, it was as if his^-saww face was the mirror, and there was in it something from an image.

يَخْطُو تَكَفُّؤاً وَ يَمْشِي الْهُوَيْنَا يَبْدَأُ الْقَوْمَ إِذَا سَارَعَ إِلَى خَيْرٍ وَ إِذَا مَشَى تَقَلَّعَ كَأَنَّمَا يَنْحَدِرُ فِي صَبَبٍ إِذَا تَبَسَّمَ يَتَبَسَّمُ عَنْ مِثْلِ الْمُنْحَدِرِ عَنْ بُطُونِ الْغَمَامِ وَ إِذَا افْتَرَّ افْتَرَّ عَنْ سَنَا الْبَرْقِ إِذَا تَلَأْلَأَ لَطِيفَ الْخَلْقِ عَظِيمَ الْخُلُقِ لَيِّنَ الْجَانِبِ إِذَا طَلَعَ بِوَجْهِهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ رَأَوْا جَبِينَهُ كَأَنَّهُ ضَوْءُ السِّرَاجِ الْمُتَوَقِّدِ

He^-saww would step up and walk with ease, initiating the people when hastening to the good, and when he^-saww walked he^-saww uprooted as if he^-saww was rolling down in a descent, when he^-saww smiled, he^-saww smile from like the rolling down from the midst of the clouds, and when he^-saww let go, he^-saww let go like the lightning when it shines, subtle manners, large body, soft sides, when he^-saww emerged his^-saww face to the people, they saw his^-saww forehead as if it was an illumination of an ignited lamp.

كَأَنَّ عَرَقَهُ فِي وَجْهِهِ اللُّؤْلُؤُ وَ رِيحُ عَرَقِهِ أَطْيَبُ مِنْ رِيحِ الْمِسْكِ الْأَذْفَرِ بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ خَاتَمُ النُّبُوَّةِ

As if his^-saww perspiration was pearls in his^-saww face, and the aroma of his^-saww perspiration was more aromatic than the aroma of yellow musk, between his^-saww shoulders was the seal of Prophet-hood’.

أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ كَانَ يُقْبِلُ جَمِيعاً وَ يُدْبِرُ جَمِيعاً

Abu Hureyra, ‘He^-saww faced as a whole, and turned back as a whole’.

جَابِرُ بْنُ سَمُرَةَ كَانَتْ فِي سَاقِهِ‏ حُمُوشَةٌ

Jabir Bin Samarah, ‘In his^-saww walking he^-saww was delicate’.

أَبُو حجيفة [جُحَيْفَةَ] كَانَ قَدْ سُمِّطَ عَارِضَاهُ وَ عَنْفَقَتُهُ بَيْضَاءُ

Abu Haneefa, ‘It was (as if) his^-saww face was smeared with whiteness’.

أُمُّ هَانِي‏ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص ذَا ضَفَائِرَ أَرْبَعٍ وَ الصَّحِيحُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ لَهُ ذُؤَابَتَيْنِ وَ مَبْدَؤُهَا مِنْ هَاشِمٍ

Umm Hany, ‘I saw Rasool-Allah^-saww with four curls’, and the correct is that he^-saww had two curls for him^-saww, and its commencement is from Hashim^-as.

أَنَسٌ‏ مَا عَدَدْتُ فِي رَأْسِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ لِحْيَتِهِ إِلَّا أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ شَعْرَةً بَيْضَاءَ وَ يُقَالُ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ

Anas (a well-known fabricator), ‘I did not count in the head of Rasool-Allah^-saww and his^-saww beard except fourteen white hairs’, and it is said, ‘seventeen’’.

ابْنُ عُمَرَ إِنَّمَا كَانَ شَيْبُهُ نَحْواً مِنْ عِشْرِينَ شَعْرَةً بَيْضَاءَ

Ibn Umar, ‘But rather his^-saww greyness was approximately twenty white hairs’.

الْبَرَاءُ بْنُ عَازِبٍ‏ كَانَ يَضْرِبُ شَعْرُهُ كَتِفَيْهِ

Al-Bara’a Bin Aazib, ‘His^-saww hair used to strike his^-saww shoulders’.

أَنَسٌ‏ لَهُ لَمَّةٌ إِلَى شَحْمَةِ أُذُنَيْهِ

Anas (fabricator), ‘For him^-saww was a lock to the lobe of his^-saww ears’.

عَائِشَةُ كَانَ شَعْرُهُ فَوْقَ الْوَفْرَةِ وَ دُونَ الْجُمَّةِ

Ayesha, ‘His^-saww hair was above the abundance and below the forelocks’’.[20] (Not a Hadith but some statements from a Non-Shia source)

21- شي، تفسير العياشي فِي رِوَايَةِ صَفْوَانَ الْجَمَّالِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع وَ عَنْ سَعْدٍ الْإِسْكَافِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع‏ جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ أَحَدَ بَنِي عَامِرٍ فَسَأَلَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص فَلَمْ يَجِدْهُ قَالُوا هُوَ يفرج‏ [بِقُزَحَ‏] فَطَلَبَهُ فَلَمْ يَجِدْهُ قَالُوا هُوَ بِمِنًى قَالَ فَطَلَبَهُ فَلَمْ يَجِدْهُ

In a report of Safwan Al-Jamal, from Abu Abdullah^-asws, and from Sa’ad Al-Askaf, from Abu Ja’far^-asws, ‘A Bedouin came to one of the clan of Aamir and asked about the Prophet^-saww, but could not find him^-saww. They said, ‘He^-saww is in Farj’. He sought him^-as but could not find him^-saww. They said, ‘He^-saww is at Mina’. He sought him^-saww but could not find him^-saww. They said, ‘He^-saww is at Arafat’. He sought him^-saww but could not find him^-saww.

فَقَالُوا هُوَ بِعَرَفَةَ فَطَلَبَهُ فَلَمْ يَجِدْهُ قَالُوا هُوَ بِالْمَشَاعِرِ قَالُوا فَوَجَدَهُ فِي الْمَوْقِفِ قَالَ حَلُّوا لِيَ النَّبِيَّ ص فَقَالَ النَّاسُ يَا أَعْرَابِيُّ مَا أَنْكَرَكَ إِذَا وَجَدْتَ النَّبِيَّ ص وَسْطَ الْقَوْمِ وَجَدْتَهُ مُفَخَّماً قَالَ بَلْ حَلُّوهُ لِي حَتَّى لَا أَسْأَلَ عَنْهُ أَحَداً

They said, ‘He^-saww is at Arafaat’. They said, ‘You will find him^-saww in the pausing station’. He said, ‘Describe the Prophet^-saww to me’. The people said, ‘O Bedouin! You will not deny when you find the Prophet^-saww in the midst of the people and find him^-saww as dignified’. He said, ‘But describe his^-saww appearance to me until I don’t have to ask anyone about him^-saww’.

قَالُوا فَإِنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ أَطْوَلُ مِنَ الرَّبْعَةِ وَ أَقْصَرُ مِنَ الطَّوِيلِ الْفَاحِشِ كَأَنَّ لَوْنَهُ فِضَّةٌ وَ ذَهَبٌ أَرْجَلُ النَّاسِ جُمَّةً وَ أَوْسَعُ النَّاسِ جَبْهَةً بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ غُرَّةٌ أَقْنَى الْأَنْفِ وَاسِعُ الْجَبِينِ كَثُّ اللِّحْيَةِ مُفَلَّجُ الْأَسْنَانِ عَلَى شَفَتِهِ السُّفْلَى خَالٌ كَأَنَّ رَقَبَتَهُ إِبْرِيقُ فِضَّةٍ بَعِيدُ مَا بَيْنَ مُشَاشَةِ الْمَنْكِبَيْنِ كَأَنَّ بَطْنَهُ وَ صَدْرَهُ سَبَلٌ‏ سَبْطُ الْبَنَانِ عَظِيمُ الْبَرَاثِنِ

They said, ‘The Prophet^-saww of Allah^-azwj is taller than the medium-sized ones and shorter than the tall obscene ones, as if his^-saww complexion was of silver and gold, largest of the people in legs, and widest of the people in foreheads, in between his^-saww eyes there was a spot, curved nose, wide forehead, bushy beard, well-brushed teeth, there was a beauty spot upon the lower lip, it was as if his^-saww neck was a silver pitcher, distant of what is between the bones of the shoulders, as if his^-saww belly and his^-saww chest were equal of built (flat), large fingers.

إِذَا مَشَى مَشَى مُتَكَفِّئاً وَ إِذَا الْتَفَتَ الْتَفَتَ بِأَجْمَعِهِ كَأَنَّ يَدَهُ مِنْ لِينِهَا مَتْنُ أَرْنَبٍ إِذَا قَامَ مَعَ إِنْسَانٍ لَمْ يَنْفَتِلْ حَتَّى يَنْفَتِلَ صَاحِبُهُ وَ إِذَا جَلَسَ لَمْ يَحُلَّ حِبْوَتَهُ‏ حَتَّى يَقُومَ جَلِيسُهُ

When he^-saww walked, walked lop-sided, and when he^-saww turned, turned with the whole of him^-saww, it was as if his^-saww hand was from its softness like a (soft) fur of a rabbit. When he^-saww stood with the person, he^-saww would not turn away until his^-saww companion turned away, and when he^-saww sat, did not loosen his^-saww garment until he^-saww arose from his^-saww gathering’.

فَجَاءَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ فَلَمَّا نَظَرَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ص عَرَفَهُ قال [قَامَ‏] بِمِحْجَنِهِ‏ عَلَى رَأْسِ نَاقَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص عِنْدَ ذَنَبِ نَاقَتِهِ فَأَقْبَلَ النَّاسُ تَقُولُ مَا أَجْرَأَكَ يَا أَعْرَابِيُّ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص دَعُوهُ فَإِنَّهُ أَرِبٌ‏ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَا حَاجَتُكَ

The Bedouin came, and when he looked at the Prophet^-saww, recognised him^-saww. He said with his stick upon the head of the she-camel of Rasool-Allah^-saww by the tail of his she-camel. So, the people came and said, ‘How audacious of you, O Bedouin?’ The Prophet^-saww said, ‘Leave him, for he has an aspiration’. Then he^-saww said: ‘What is your need?’

قَالَ جَاءَتْنَا رُسُلُكَ [أَنْ‏] تُقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَ تُؤْتُوا الزَّكَاةَ وَ تَحُجُّوا الْبَيْتَ وَ تَغْتَسِلُوا مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ وَ بَعَثَنِي قَوْمِي إِلَيْكَ رَائِداً أَبْغِي‏ أَنْ أَسْتَحْلِفَكَ وَ أَخْشَى أَنْ تَغْضَبَ

He said, ‘Your^-saww messenger came to us, to establish the Salat and give the Zakat, and perform Hajj of the House (Kabah), and wash from the sexual impurity, and my people have sent me to you^-saww as an explorer seeking your^-saww replacement (successor^-asws) and fearing to anger you^-saww’.

قَالَ لَا أَغْضَبُ إِنِّي أَنَا الَّذِي سَمَّانِيَ اللَّهُ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَ الْإِنْجِيلِ محمد [مُحَمَّداً] رَسُولَ اللَّهِ الْمُجْتَبَى الْمُصْطَفَى لَيْسَ‏بِفَحَّاشٍ وَ لَا سَخَّابٍ فِي الْأَسْوَاقِ وَ لَا يُتْبِعُ السَّيِّئَةَ السَّيِّئَةَ وَ لَكِنْ يُتْبِعُ السَّيِّئَةَ الْحَسَنَةَ فَسَلْنِي عَمَّا شِئْتَ وَ أَنَا الَّذِي سَمَّانِيَ اللَّهُ فِي الْقُرْآنِ‏ وَ لَوْ كُنْتَ فَظًّا غَلِيظَ الْقَلْبِ لَانْفَضُّوا مِنْ حَوْلِكَ‏ فَسَلْ عَمَّا شِئْتَ

He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww will not be angry. I^-saww am the one whom Allah^-azwj Named me^-saww in the Torah and the Evangel, Muhammad^-saww Rasool^-saww of Allah^-azwj, the Chosen, the Selected, neither being with immorality nor with gold and silver in the markets, neither pursuing the evil deeds with the evil deeds, but pursuing the evil deeds with the good deeds, therefore ask me^-saww about whatever you desire. And I^-saww am the one who Allah^-azwj Named me^-saww in the Quran: And had you been rough, hard-hearted, they would certainly have dispersed from around you. [3:159], so ask about whatever you like to’.

قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ‏ الَّذِي رَفَعَ السَّماواتِ بِغَيْرِ عَمَدٍ هُوَ أَرْسَلَكَ قَالَ نَعَمْ هُوَ أَرْسَلَنِي قَالَ بِاللَّهِ الَّذِي قَامَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ بِأَمْرِهِ هُوَ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ وَ أَرْسَلَكَ بِالصَّلَاةِ الْمَفْرُوضَةِ وَ الزَّكَاةِ الْمَعْقُولَةِ قَالَ نَعَمْ

He said, ‘Allah^-azwj, the One Who Raised the skies without any pillars, did He^-azwj Send you^-saww?’ He^-saww said: ‘Yes, He^-azwj Sent me^-saww’. He said, ‘By Allah^-azwj Who Established the skies by His^-azwj Command, He^-azwj is the One Who Sent the Book upon you^-saww, and Sent you^-saww with the Obligatory Salat, and the reasonable Zakat?’ He^-saww said: ‘Yes’.

قَالَ وَ هُوَ أَمَرَكَ بِالاغْتِسَالِ مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ وَ بِالْحُدُودِ كُلِّهَا قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَإِنَّا آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَ رُسُلِهِ وَ كِتَابِهِ وَ الْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَ الْبَعْثِ وَ الْمِيزَانِ وَ الْمَوْقِفِ وَ الْحَلَالِ وَ الْحَرَامِ صَغِيرِهِ وَ كَبِيرِهِ

He said, ‘And He^-azwj Commanded you^-saww with the washing from the sexual impurity, and with the legal penalties, all of them?’ He^-saww said: ‘Yes’. He said, ‘I hereby believe in Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Rasool^-saww, and His^-azwj Book, and the Last Day, and the Resurrection, and the Scale, and the Pausing, and the Permissible, and the Prohibited, minor and major’.

قَالَ فَاسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ص وَ دَعَا

He^-asws said: ‘The Prophet^-saww sought Forgiveness for him, and supplicated’.[21]

وَ قَالَ الْكَازِرُونِيُّ فِي رِوَايَةٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ع يَصِفُهُ ص لِأَعْرَابِيٍ‏ إِذَا نَظَرْتَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص عَرَفْتَهُ لَيْسَ بِالطَّوِيلِ الْمُتَثَنِّي وَ لَا الْقَصِيرِ الْفَاحِشِ أَبْيَضُ مُشْرَبٌ حُمْرَةً رَبْعَةٌ أَحْسَنُ النَّاسِ

Al-Kazirouni said, in a narration from Ali^-asws describing Rasool-Allah^-saww to a Bedouin: “When you looked at Rasool-Allah^-saww, you recognised him. He^-saww was neither excessively tall and slender nor extremely short. He^-saww was fair-skinned with a reddish complexion, of medium stature. He^-saww was the finest of people in appearance.

شَعْرُهُ إِلَى شَحْمَةِ أُذُنِهِ عَرِيضُ الْجَبْهَةِ ضَخْمُ الْعَيْنَيْنِ أَقْرَنُ الْحَاجِبَيْنِ مُفَلَّجُ الثَّنَايَا أَسِيلُ الْخَدِّ كَثُّ اللِّحْيَةِ عَلَى شَفَتِهِ السُّفْلَى خَالٌ كَأَنَّ عُنُقَهُ إِبْرِيقُ فِضَّةٍ بَعِيدُ مَا بَيْنَ الْمَنْكِبَيْنِ ضَخْمُ الْبَرَاثِنِ كَذَا جَاءَ فِي الرِّوَايَةِ

His^-saww hair reached the lobes of his ears. He^-saww had a broad forehead, large eyes, eyebrows that nearly joined, and well-spaced front teeth. His cheeks were smooth and full, and his^-saww beard was thick. On his^-saww lower lip was a mole, as though his^-saww neck were a silver ewer. His^-saww shoulders were broad and widely spaced, and his^-saww hands and fingers were large and powerful. This is how it has come in the narration”. ( from a Non-Shia source)

22- كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنْ سَهْلٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَسَنِ بْنِ شَمُّونٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ع‏ قَالَ ذَكَرْتُ الصَّوْتَ عِنْدَهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ الْحُسَيْنِ ع كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فَرُبَّمَا يَمُرُّ بِهِ الْمَارُّ فَصَعِقَ مِنْ حُسْنِ صَوْتِهِ وَ إِنَّ الْإِمَامَ لَوْ أَظْهَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ‏ شَيْئاً لَمَا احْتَمَلَهُ النَّاسُ مِنْ حُسْنِهِ

‘Al-Kafi’ – A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Hasan Bin Shamoun who said, ‘Ali Bin Muhammad Al Nowfaly narrated to me,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Al-Hassan^-asws, said: ‘The (good) voice was mentioned in his^-asws presence. He^-asws said: ‘Ali^-asws Bin Al-Husayn^-asws used to recite. Sometimes a passer-by would pause (in order to listen), and he would shriek from the beauty of his^-asws voice, and that the Imam^-asws, if he^-as were to manifest anything from that, the people would not be able to bear the excellence of his^-asws voice’.

قُلْتُ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ وَ يَرْفَعُ صَوْتَهُ بِالْقُرْآنِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص كَانَ يُحَمِّلُ النَّاسَ مِنْ خَلْفِهِ‏ مَا يُطِيقُونَ‏

I said, ‘And why didn’t Rasool-Allah^-saww raise his^-saww voice with the Quran (recitation) when he^-saww prayed Salāt with (leading) the people?’ He^-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww used to only load upon the people – following him^-saww what they could endure’’.[22]

23- كا، الكافي عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ سَيْفٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شِمْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع صِفْ لِي نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ كَانَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ أَبْيَضَ مُشْرَبَ حُمْرَةٍ أَدْعَجَ الْعَيْنَيْنِ مَقْرُونَ الْحَاجِبَيْنِ شَثْنَ الْأَطْرَافِ كَأَنَّ الذَّهَبَ أُفْرِغَ عَلَى بَرَاثِنِهِ عَظِيمَ مُشَاشَةِ الْمَنْكِبَيْنِ

‘Al-Kafi’ – A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Sayf, from Amro Bin Shimr, from Jabir who said,

‘I said to Abu Ja’far^-asws, ‘Describe to me the Prophet^-saww of Allah^-azwj’. He^-asws said: ‘He^-saww was white merged with red (complexion), the whiteness of his^-saww eyes was intensely white and the black was intensely black, the two eyebrows almost joined, fleshy limbs as if the gold had been moulded upon his^-saww fingers & toes, great fleshy shoulders.

إِذَا الْتَفَتَ يَلْتَفِتُ جَمِيعاً مِنْ شِدَّةِ اسْتِرْسَالِهِ سُرْبَتُهُ‏ سَائِلَةٌ مِنْ لَبَّتِهِ إِلَى سُرَّتِهِ كَأَنَّهَا وَسْطُ الْفِضَّةِ الْمُصَفَّاةِ وَ كَأَنَّ عُنُقَهُ إِلَى كَاهِلِهِ إِبْرِيقُ فِضَّةٍ يَكَادُ أَنْفُهُ إِذَا شَرِبَ أَنْ يَرِدَ الْمَاءَ وَ إِذَا مَشَى تَكَفَّأَ كَأَنَّهُ يَنْزِلُ فِي صَبَبٍ لَمْ يُرَ مِثْلُ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَبْلَهُ وَ لَا بَعْدَهُ ص‏

Whenever he^-saww turned, he^-azwj turned entirely due to his^-saww uninhibitedness to make his questioner to be at ease; from below his^-saww neck to his^-saww navel was like a clear silver streak, and as if his^-saww necks was like shoulders of a silver jug (long); his^-saww nose almost touched the water when he^-saww drank. When he^-saww walked, he^-saww leaned as if he^-saww was descending into a slope. There was none like him^-saww a Prophet^-as of Allah^-azwj before him^-saww, nor after him^-saww’’.[23]

24- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ هَارُونَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ أَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَفْرُقُ شَعْرَهُ قَالَ لَا لِأَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص‏ كَانَ إِذَا طَالَ شَعْرُهُ كَانَ إِلَى شَحْمَةِ أُذُنِهِ‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Hamad, from Ayoub Bin Haroun,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I said to him^-asws, ‘Was Rasool-Allah^-saww parting his^-saww hair?’ He^-asws said: ‘No, because Rasool-Allah^-saww, whenever he^-saww lengthened his^-saww hair, it would be to his^-saww ear lobes’’.[24]

25- كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنْ سَهْلٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ خَلَفِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: قُلْتُ إِنَّهُمْ يَرْوُونَ أَنَّ الْفَرْقَ مِنَ السُّنَّةِ قَالَ مِنَ السُّنَّةِ قُلْتُ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص فَرَقَ قَالَ مَا فَرَقَ النَّبِيُّ ص وَ لَا كَانَتِ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ تُمْسِكُ الشَّعْرَ

‘Al-Kafi’ – A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Amro Bin Ibrahim, from Khalaf Bin Hammad, from Amro Bin Sabit,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws, said, ‘I said, ‘They (people) are reporting that the parting (styling) is from the Sunnah’. He^-asws said: ‘From the Sunnah?’ I said, ‘They are alleging that the Prophet^aw parted’. He^-asws said: ‘The Prophet^aw did not part, nor did the Prophets^-as beforehand keep (long) hair’’.[25]

26- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع الْفَرْقُ مِنَ السُّنَّةِ قَالَ لَا قُلْتُ فَهَلْ فَرَقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ نَعَمْ قُلْتُ كَيْفَ فَرَقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ لَيْسَ مِنَ السُّنَّةِ قَالَ مَنْ أَصَابَهُ مَا أَصَابَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص يَفْرُقُ كَمَا فَرَقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ إِلَّا فَلَا

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ibn Abu Nasr, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Abu Baseer who said,

‘I said to Abu Abdullah^-asws, ‘The parting (of the hair) is from the Sunnah?’ He^-asws said: ‘No’. I said, ‘Did Rasool-Allah^-saww part (the hair)?’ He^-asws said: ‘Yes’. I said, ‘How is it that Rasool-Allah^-saww parted and it is not from the Sunnah?’ He^-asws said: ‘The one who is hit by what Rasool-Allah^-saww was hit by would be parting just as Rasool-Allah^-saww parted, so he would have abided by the Sunnah, or else, so no’.

قُلْتُ كَيْفَ قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص لَمَّا صُدَّ عَنِ الْبَيْتِ وَ قَدْ كَانَ سَاقَ الْهَدْيَ وَ أَحْرَمَ‏ أَرَاهُ اللَّهُ‏ الرُّؤْيا بِالْحَقِّ لَتَدْخُلُنَّ الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرامَ إِنْ شاءَ اللَّهُ آمِنِينَ مُحَلِّقِينَ رُؤُسَكُمْ وَ مُقَصِّرِينَ لا تَخافُونَ‏

I said to him^-asws, ‘How is that?’ He^-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww, when he^-saww was turned away from the House (Kabah), and he^-saww had ushered the sacrificial animal, and wore the Ihraam, Allah^-azwj Showed him^-saww the vision in which Allah^-azwj Informed him^-saww of it in His^-azwj Book: Allah has Validated the dream of His Rasool with the Truth – You will be entering the Sacred Masjid in safety if Allah so Desires, your heads being shaven and (others) with hair-cut, not fearing [48:27].

فَعَلِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَنَّ اللَّهَ سَيَفِي لَهُ بِمَا أَرَاهُ فَمِنْ ثَمَّ وَفَّرَ ذَلِكَ الشَّعْرَ الَّذِي كَانَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ حِينَ أَحْرَمَ انْتِظَاراً لِحَلْقِهِ فِي الْحَرَمِ حَيْثُ وَعَدَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَلَمَّا حَلَقَهُ لَمْ يَعُدْ فِي تَوْفِيرِ الشَّعْرِ وَ لَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ ص‏

Thus, Rasool-Allah^-saww knew that Allah^-azwj would be Fulfilling for him with what He^-azwj had Shown him^-saww. From then onwards, he^-saww preserved the hair which was upon his^-saww head when he^-saww was in Ihraam, awaiting to shave it off in the Harrum, (Sanctuary) since Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic has Promised him^-saww. When he^-saww did shave it off, did not repeat the preservation of the hair, nor was that from his^-saww own self’’.[26]

27- كا، الكافي عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ‏سِنَانٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ إِذَا رُئِيَ فِي اللَّيْلَةِ الظَّلْمَاءِ رُئِيَ لَهُ نُورٌ كَأَنَّهُ شِقَّةُ قَمَرٍ

‘Al-Kafi’ – A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al-Husayn Bin Saeed, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Ibn Muskan, from Ismail Bin Amaar,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww, when seen during the dark night, a Noor was seen to be for him^-saww as he^-saww was a piece of the moon’’.

أَقُولُ قَالَ الْكَازِرُونِيُّ فِي الْمُنْتَقَى، رُوِيَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ع‏ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ص ضَخْمَ الرَّأْسِ عَظِيمَ الْعَيْنَيْنِ هَدِبَ الْأَشْفَارِ مُشْرَبَ الْعَيْنَيْنِ حُمْرَةً كَثَّ اللِّحْيَةِ أَزْهَرَ اللَّوْنِ شَثْنَ الْكَفَّيْنِ وَ الْقَدَمَيْنِ إِذَا مَشَى تَكَفَّأَ كَأَنَّمَا يَمْشِي فِي صَعَدٍ وَ إِذَا الْتَفَتَ الْتَفَتَ جَمِيعاً

I (Majlisi) am saying, ‘Al-Kazrouny said in (the book) ‘Al-Mantaqa’, ‘It is reported from Ali^-asws, ‘The Prophet^-saww was of large head, large eyes, long lashes, rich eyes, redness, bushy beard, blossomy complexion, fleshy palms and feet, when he^-saww walked, he^-saww inclined as if he^-saww was walking on a downward slope, and when he^-saww turned, turned wholly. )Non-Shia source)

وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ عَنْهُ ع أَيْضاً قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَبْيَضَ مُشْرَباً بَيَاضُهُ حُمْرَةً أَهْدَبَ الْأَشْفَارِ أَسْوَدَ الْحَدَقَةِ لَا قَصِيرٌ وَ لَا طَوِيلٌ وَ هُوَ إِلَى الطُّولِ أَقْرَبُ لَا جَعْدٌ وَ لَا سَبِطٌ عَظِيمُ الْمَنَاكِبِ فِي صَدْرِهِ مَسْرُبَةٌ شَثْنُ الْكَفِّ وَ الْقَدَمِ كَأَنَّ عَرَقَهُ اللُّؤْلُؤُ إِذَا مَشَى تَكَفَّأَ كَأَنَّهُ يَمْشِي فِي صَعَدٍ لَمْ أَرَ قَبْلَهُ وَ لَا بَعْدَهُ مِثْلَهُ ص

And in a report from him^-asws as well, he^-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww was of white complexion, reddish white, long lashes, black pupils, neither short nor tall, and he^-saww was closer to the tall, neither agile nor lax, large shoulders, in his^-saww chest was a line of hair, fleshy palms and feet, as if his^-saww perspiration was of pearls. When he^-saww walked, he^-saww inclined as if he^-saww is walking in a downward slope. No one like him^-saww has been seen before him^-saww, nor after him^-saww’. (From a Non-Shia source)

وَ عَنْهُ ع أَيْضاً قَالَ: لَيْسَ بِالذَّاهِبِ طُولًا وَ فَوْقَ الرَّبْعَةِ إِذَا جَاءَ مَعَ الْقَوْمِ غَمَرَهُمْ أَبْيَضُ ضَخْمُ الْهَامَةِ أَغَرُّ أَبْلَجُ أَهْدَبُ الْأَشْفَارِ شَثْنُ الْكَفَّيْنِ وَ الْقَدَمَيْنِ إِذَا مَشَى يَتَقَلَّعُ كَأَنَّمَا يَنْحَدِرُ مِنْ صَبَبٍ كَأَنَّ الْعَرَقَ فِي وَجْهِهِ اللُّؤْلُؤُ لَمْ أَرَ قَبْلَهُ وَ لَا بَعْدَهُ مِثْلَهُ بِأَبِي هُوَ وَ أُمِّي ص

And from him^-asws as well having said: ‘He^-saww wasn’t tall and was above the medium sized, when he^-saww went with the people, inundated them, white large head, illustrious, serene, long lashes, fleshy palms and feet. When he^-saww walked, uprooted as if he^-saww is rolling down from a declining slope, it was as if his^-saww perspiration in his^-saww face were pearls, the like of him^-saww has neither been seen before him^-saww, nor after him^-saww, by my^-asws father^-as and my^-asws mother^-as’. (Non-Shia source)

وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ عَنْهُ ع أَيْضاً لَمْ يَكُنْ بِالطَّوِيلِ الْمُمَّغِطِ وَ لَا الْقَصِيرِ الْمُتَرَدِّدِ كَأَنَّهُ رَبْعَةٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ بِالْجَعْدِ الْقَطَطِ وَ لَا بِالسَّبِطِ كَانَ جَعْداً رَجِلًا وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ بِالْمُطَهَّمِ وَ لَا الْمُكَلْثَمِ وَ كَانَ فِي الْوَجْهِ تَدْوِيرٌ أَبْيَضَ مُشْرَبٍ أَدْعَجَ الْعَيْنَيْنِ أَهْدَبَ الْأَشْفَارِ جَلِيلَ الْمُشَاشِ وَ الْكَتَدِ أَجْرَدَ شَثْنَ الْكَفَّيْنِ وَ الْقَدَمَيْنِ

And in a report from him^-asws as well: ‘He^-saww was neither with the tallness of the agility nor with the shortness of the hesitant, as if he^-saww was medium-sized from the people, and he^-saww did not happen to be with the agility of the cat nor with the thinness. He^-saww was an agile man, and did not happen to be with the overweight nor with the gathering of flesh, and there was a white spot on his^-saww face, redness, rich eyes, long lashes, majestic bone-head and the vertebrae, hairless, fleshy palms and feet.

إِذَا مَشَى يَتَقَلَّعُ كَأَنَّمَا يَمْشِي فِي صَبَبٍ وَ إِذَا الْتَفَتَ الْتَفَتَ جَمِيعُهُ بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ خَاتَمُ النُّبُوَّةِ وَ هُوَ خَاتَمُ النَّبِيِّينَ أَجْوَدُ النَّاسِ كَفّاً وَ أَرْحَبُ النَّاسِ صَدْراً وَ أَصْدَقُ النَّاسِ لَهْجَةً وَ أَوْفَى النَّاسِ ذِمَّةً وَ أَلْيَنُهُمْ عَرِيكَةً وَ أَكْرَمُهُمْ عِشْرَةً مَنْ رَآهُ بَدِيهَةً هَابَهُ وَ مَنْ خَالَطَهُ مَعْرِفَةً أَحَبَّهُ يَقُولُ نَاعِتُهُ لَمْ أَرَ قَبْلَهُ وَ لَا بَعْدَهُ مِثْلَهُ

When he^-saww walked, he^-saww uprooted as if he^-saww is walking in a downward slope, and when he^-saww turned, turned wholly, between his^-saww shoulders was the seal of Prophet-hood, and he^-saww is the last of the Prophets^-saww, the most generous of the people of a palm (giving), and most welcoming of the people of chest (receiving), and most truthful of the people in tone, and most fulfilling of the people in responsibility, and the softest of them in disposition, and most honourable of them of a clan. One who saw him^-saww from afar was awed by him^-saww, and one who mingles with him^-azwj in recognition, loved him^-saww’. He^-asws said describing him^-saww: ‘The like of him^-saww has neither been seen before him^-saww nor after him^-saww’.

ثم قال: وقد فسر الاصمعي هذا الحديث فقال: الممغط: الذاهب طولا ويروى هذا بالغين والعين، والمتردد: الداخل بعضه في بعض قصرا، والمطهم: البادن الكثير اللحم، والمكلثم: المدور الوجه كذا ذكره الاصمعي، وقال غيره: المكلثم من الوجه: القصير الحنك، الداني الجبهة، المستدير الوجه، ولا يكون إلا مع كثرة اللحم، وقال أبو عبيد: كان أسيلا ولم يكن مستدير الوجه، وهذا الاختلاف يكون إذا لم يكن بعده قوله: وكان في الوجه تدوير، والاوجه أن يقال: لم يكن بالاسيل جدا، ولا المدور مع إفراط التدوير، كان بين المدور والاسيل، كأحسن ما يكون، إذ كل شئ من خلقه كان معتدلا، والافراط غير مستحب في شئ. (opinion)

وَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص ضَلِيعَ الْفَمِ أَشْكَلَ الْعَيْنَيْنِ مَنْهُوشَ الْعَقِبِ

And from Jabir Bin Samura who said, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww was of a wide mouth, large eyes, and broad, fleshy heels’.

وَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَفْلَجَ الثَّنِيَّتَيْنِ إِذَا تَكَلَّمَ رُئِيَ كَالنُّورِ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْنَ ثَنَايَاهُ

And from Ibn Abbas who said, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww was with a gap in front two teeth. When he^-saww spoke, there was seen like a Noor coming out from his^-saww front two teeth’.

وَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ: مَا عَدَدْتُ فِي رَأْسِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ لِحْيَتِهِ إِلَّا أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ شَعْرَةً بَيْضَاءَ

And from Anas (a well-known fabricator) who said, ‘I did not count in the head of Rasool-Allah^-saww and his^-saww beard except fourteen white hairs’.

وَ قِيلَ لِجَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ كَانَ فِي رَأْسِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص شَيْبٌ قَالَ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي رَأْسِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص شَيْبٌ إِلَّا شَعَرَاتٍ فِي مَفْرِقِ رَأْسِهِ إِذَا ادَّهَنَ وَ أَرَاهُنَّ الدُّهْنَ

And it was said to Jabir Bin Samarah, ‘Was there greyness in the head of Rasool-Allah^-saww?’ He said, ‘There did not happen to be in the head of Rasool-Allah^-saww any greyness except (some) hairs in separate (parts of) his^-saww head. When he^-saww oiled and the oil was seen’.

وَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بِشْرٍ كَانَ فِي عَنْفَقَتِهِ شَعَرَاتٌ بِيضٌ

And Abdullah Bin Bishr, ‘There were white hairs below his^-saww lower lip’.

وَ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: كَانَ شَيْبُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص نَحْواً مِنْ عِشْرِينَ شَعْرَةً

And from Ibn Umar who said, ‘The greyness of Rasool-Allah^-saww has around twenty (white) hairs’.

وَ فِي التِّرْمِذِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي رَمْثَةَ قَالَ: أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ص فَرَأَيْتُ الشَّيْبَ أَحْمَرَ

And in (the book Saheeh) Al-Tirmizi, from Abu Ramsah who said, ‘I came to the Prophet^-saww and I saw the reddish greyness’.

وَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ: مَا شَمِمْتُ رَائِحَةً قَطُّ مِسْكَةً وَ لَا عَنْبَرَةً أَطْيَبَ مِنْ رَائِحَةِ النَّبِيِّ ع وَ لَا مَسِسْتُ شَيْئاً قَطُّ خَزَّةً وَ لَا حَرِيرَةً أَلْيَنَ مِنْ كَفِّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص

And from Anas (a well-known fabricator) who said, ‘I did not smell any aroma at all, neither musk nor amber more aromatic than the aroma of the Prophet^-saww, nor did I touch anything at all, neither fur nor silk, softer than the palm of Rasool-Allah^-saww’.

وَ قَالَ أَنَسٌ‏ كُنَّا نَعْرِفُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص إِذَا أَقْبَلَ بِطِيبِ رِيحِهِ

And Anas (a well-known fabricator) said, ‘We used to recognise Rasool-Allah^-saww when he^-saww came by his^-saww aromatic smell’.

وَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ص فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي زَوَّجْتُ ابْنَتِي وَ إِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ تُعِينَنِي بِشَيْ‏ءٍ فَقَالَ مَا عِنْدَنَا شَيْ‏ءٌ وَ لَكِنْ إِذَا كَانَ غَداً فَتَعَالَ وَ جِئْنِي بِقَارُورَةٍ وَاسِعَةِ الرَّأْسِ وَ عُودِ شَجَرٍ وَ آيَةُ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَكَ أَنِّي أُجِيفُ الْبَابَ

And from Abu Hureyra (fabricator) said, ‘A man came to the Prophet^-saww and said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! I got my daughter married, and I would love it if you^-saww could assist me with something’. He^-saww said: ‘There is nothing with us^-saww, but when it is tomorrow, then come, and come with a glass of a wide mouth and a stick of a tree, and a sign between^-saww and you^-saww is that I^-saww shall be inside the door’.

فَأَتَاهُ بِقَارُورَةٍ وَاسِعَةِ الرَّأْسِ وَ عُودِ شَجَرٍ فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَسْلُتُ الْعَرَقَ مِنْ ذِرَاعَيْهِ حَتَّى امْتَلَأَتِ الْقَارُورَةُ فَقَالَ خُذْهَا وَ أْمُرْ ابْنَتَكَ إِذَا أَرَادَتْ أَنْ تَطَيَّبَ أَنْ تَغْمِسَ الْعُودَ فِي الْقَارُورَةِ وَ تَطَيَّبَ بِهَا وَ كَانَتْ إِذَا تَطَيَّبَتْ شَمَّ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ ذَلِكَ الطِّيبَ فَسُمُّوا بَيْتَ الْمُتَطَيِّبِينَ

He came to him^-saww with a glass of wide head and a stick of a tree, and Rasool-Allah^-saww went on to flow the perspiration from his^-saww forearms until it filled the glass, and he^-saww said: ‘Take it and instruct your daughter when she intends to perfume herself that she immerses the stick in the glad and apply as a perfume with it’. And it was so that when she applied (that) perfume, the people of Al-Medina could smell that perfume, and they named it as ‘The house of the perfumed ones’’.

وَ ذَكَرَ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي تَارِيخِهِ الْكَبِيرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: لَمْ يَكُنِ النَّبِيُّ ص يَمُرُّ فِي طَرِيقٍ فَتَبِعَهُ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا عَرَفَ أَنَّهُ سَلَكَهُ مِنْ طِيبِهِ

And Al Bukhari has mentioned in his ‘Tareekh Al-Kabeer’, from Jabir who said, ‘The Prophet^-saww did not happen to pass by in a street, and someone followed him^-saww except he recognised that he^-saww had travelled it, from his^-saww aroma’.

وَ ذَكَرَ إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ رَاهَوَيْهِ‏ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ رَائِحَتُهُ بِلَا طِيبٍ

And Is’haq Bin Rahawiya mentioned that his^-saww aroma was without any perfume’.

وَ رُوِيَ‏ أَنَّهُ ص كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَتَغَوَّطَ انْشَقَّتِ الْأَرْضُ فَابْتَلَعَتْ غَائِطَهُ وَ بَوْلَهُ وَ فَاحَتْ لِذَلِكَ رَائِحَةُ طِيبِهِ

And it is reported that he^-saww was such that when he^-saww wanted to defecate, the ground would split and swallow his^-saww faeces and his^-saww urine, and due to that exhaled aromatic fragrance’’.[27]

28- ل، الخصال لي، الأمالي للصدوق مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْأَسَدِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ زَيْدَانَ وَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ الْبَجَلِيَّيْنِ عَنْ أَبِي كُرَيْبٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ هِشَامٍ عَنْ شَيْبَانَ‏ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَسْرَعَ إِلَيْكَ الشَّيْبُ قَالَ شَيَّبَتْنِي هُودُ وَ الْوَاقِعَةُ وَ الْمُرْسَلَاتُ وَ عَمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ‏

‘Al Khisaal’, ‘Al Amaali’ of Al Sadouq – Muhammad Bin Ahmad Al Asady, from Abdullah Bin Zaydan, and Ali Bin Al-Abbas Al Bajlayayn, from Abu Kareyb, from Muawiya Bin Hisham, from Shayban, from Ikrima (Non-Shia), from Ibn Abbas who said,

‘A man said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘The greyness has been quick to you^-saww’. He^-saww said: ‘What has greyed me^-saww is (Chapters) Hud^-as, and the event of Al-Mursalaat (Chapter 77), and What are they asking about? [78:1] (Surah Al-Naba)’.[28]

29- ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي ابْنُ مَخْلَدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ السِّمَاكِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سُهَيْلٍ‏ عَنْ أَبِي نُعَيْمٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَساً يَقُولُ‏ كَانَ فِي رَأْسِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ لِحْيَتِهِ عِشْرُونَ طَاقَةً بَيْضَاءَ

‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – Ibn Makhlad, from Ibn al Samak, from Yahya Bin Abu Talib, from Hamad Bin Saheyl, from Abu Baeem, from Sufyan, from Rabie who said,

‘I heard Anas (fabricator) saying, ‘There were in the head of Rasool-Allah^-saww and his^-saww beard, a bunch of twenty white (hairs)’’.[29]

30- ع، علل الشرائع أَبِي عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ هَاشِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: اسْتَأْذَنَتْ زَلِيخَا عَلَى يُوسُفَ وَ سَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ إِلَى أَنْ قَالَ قَالَ لَهَا يَا زَلِيخَا مَا الَّذِي دَعَاكِ إِلَى مَا كَانَ‏ قَالَتْ حُسْنُ وَجْهِكَ يَا يُوسُفُ

‘Ilal Al-Sharaie’ – My father, from Sa’ad, from Ibn Hashim, from Ibn Al Mugheira, from the one who mentioned it,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Zuleykha sought permission to see Yusuf^-as’ – and continued the Hadeeth up to he^-asws said: ‘He^-as said to her: ‘O Zuleykha! What is that which called you to what happened?’ She said, ‘Beauty of your^-as face, O Yusuf^-as’.

فَقَالَ كَيْفَ لَوْ رَأَيْتِ نَبِيّاً يُقَالُ لَهُ مُحَمَّدٌ يَكُونُ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ أَحْسَنَ مِنِّي وَجْهاً وَ أَحْسَنَ مِنِّي خُلُقاً وَ أَسْمَحَ مِنِّي كَفّاً قَالَتْ صَدَقْتَ

He^-as said: ‘How would it be if you were to see a Prophet^-saww called ‘Muhammad’ during the end of times being of more beauty than me^-as of face, and more excellent than me^-as in manners, and more forgiving than me^-as of palm?’ She said, ‘You^-as speak the truth’.

قَالَ وَ كَيْفَ عَلِمْتِ أَنِّي صَدَقْتُ قَالَتْ لِأَنَّكَ حِينَ ذَكَرْتَهُ وَقَعَ حُبُّهُ فِي قَلْبِي

He^-as said: ‘And how did you come to know that I^-as am speaking the truth?’ She said, ‘Because you^-as, when you^-as mentioned him^-saww, love for him^-saww occurred in my heart’.

فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَى يُوسُفَ أَنَّهَا قَدْ صَدَقَتْ وَ قَدْ أَحْبَبْتُهَا لِحُبِّهَا مُحَمَّداً فَأَمَرَهُ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى أَنْ تَزَوَّجْهَا

Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed to Yusuf^-as: “She has spoken the truth, and I^-azwj Love her due to her love for Muhammad^-saww”. Then Allah^-azwj Commanded him^-as to marry her’’.[30]

31- ص، قصص الأنبياء عليهم السلام بِإِسْنَادِهِ إِلَى الصَّدُوقِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَامِدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَمْدَوَيْهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ قَالَ: لَمَّا قَدِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص الْمَدِينَةَ أَتَاهُ رَهْطٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ فَقَالُوا إِنَّا سَائِلُوكَ عَنْ أَرْبَعِ خِصَالٍ وَ سَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ إِلَى أَنْ قَالَ قَالُوا أَخْبِرْنَا عَنْ نَوْمِكَ كَيْفَ هُوَ

‘Qasas Al-Anbiya^-as’ – By his chain to Al Sadouq, from Abdullah Bin Hamid, from Muhammad Bin Hamdawiya, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Kareem, from Wahab Bin Jareer, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Is’haq, from Abdullah Bin Abdul Rahman Bin Abu Al-Husayn, from Shahr Bin Howshab who said,

‘When Rasool-Allah^-saww proceeded to Al-Medina, a group of Jews came to him^-saww and they said, ‘We ask you^-saww about four characteristics’ – and continued the Hadeeth up to he said, ‘They said, ‘Inform us about your^-saww sleep, how is it?’

قَالَ أَنْشُدُكُمْ بِاللَّهِ هَلْ تَعْلَمُونَ مِنْ صِفَةِ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي تَزْعُمُونَ أَنِّي لَسْتُ بِهِ تَنَامُ عَيْنُهُ وَ قَلْبُهُ يَقْظَانُ قَالُوا اللَّهُمَّ نَعَمْ قَالَ وَ كَذَا نَوْمِي الْخَبَرَ

He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww adjure you all with Allah^-azwj! Do you know from the description of this man whom you are claiming that I^-saww am not him, his eyes would sleep and his heart would be awake?’ They said, ‘O Allah^-azwj! Yes’. He^-saww said: ‘And like that is my^-saww sleep’ – the Hadeeth’.[31]

32- كا، الكافي حُمَيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْكِنْدِيِّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْمِيثَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ نُعْمَانَ الرَّازِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: انْهَزَمَ النَّاسُ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَغَضِبَ غَضَباً شَدِيداً ‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – Humeyd Bin Ziyad, from Al-Hassan Bin Muhammad al Kindy, from Ahmad Bin Al-Hassan Al Maysami, from Aban Bin Usman, from Numan Al Razy,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘The people ran away from Rasool-Allah^-saww the day of Ohad, so he^-saww was angered with intense anger’.

قَالَ وَ كَانَ إِذَا غَضِبَ انْحَدَرَ عَنْ جَبِينِهِ‏ مِثْلُ اللُّؤْلُؤِ مِنَ الْعَرَقِ

He^-asws said: ‘And it was so that when he^-saww got angered, there would roll down from his^-saww forehead, perspiration like pearls’’.[32]

33- كِتَابُ الْغَارَاتِ، لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الثَّقَفِيِّ بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ مِنْ وُلْدِ عَلِيٍّ ع قَالَ: كَانَ عَلِيٌّ ع إِذَا نَعَتَ النَّبِيَّ ص قَالَ لَمْ يَكُ بِالطَّوِيلِ الْمُمَّغِطِ وَ لَا الْقَصِيرِ الْمُتَرَدِّدِ وَ كَانَ رَبْعَةً مِنَ الْقَوْمِ وَ لَمْ يَكُ بِالْجَعْدِ الْقَطَطِ وَ لَا السَّبِطِ كَانَ جَعْداً رَجِلًا وَ لَمْ يَكُ بِالْمُطَهَّمِ وَ لَا الْمُكَلْثَمِ وَ كَانَ فِي الْوَجْهِ تَدْوِيراً أَبْيَضَ مُشْرَبٍ أَدْعَجَ الْعَيْنِ أَهْدَبَ الْأَشْفَارِ جَلِيلَ الْمُشَاشِ وَ الْكَتَدِ أَجْرَدَ ذَا مَسْرُبَةٍ شَثْنَ الْكَفَّيْنِ وَ الْقَدَمَيْنِ

The book ‘Al Gharaat’ of Ibrahim Bin Muhammad Al Saqafy, by his chain from Ibrahim Bin Muhammad,

‘From a son of Ali^-asws who said, ‘When Ali^-asws described the Prophet^-saww, said: ‘He^-saww was neither with the tallness of the agility nor with the shortness of the hesitant, and he^-saww was medium-sized among the people, and he^-saww did not happen to be with the agility of the cat nor with the thinness. He^-saww was an agile man, and did not happen to be with the overweight nor with the gathering of flesh, and there was a white spot on his^-saww face, redness, rich eyes, long lashes, majestic bone-head and the vertebrae, hairless, fleshy palms and feet.

إِذَا مَشَى تَقَلَّعَ كَأَنَّمَا يَمْشِي فِي صَبَبٍ وَ إِذَا الْتَفَتَ الْتَفَتَ مَعاً بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ خَاتَمُ النُّبُوَّةِ وَ هُوَ خَاتَمُ النَّبِيِّينَ أَجْوَدُ النَّاسِ كَفّاً وَ أَجْرَأُ النَّاسِ صَدْراً وَ أَصْدَقُ النَّاسِ لَهْجَةً وَ أَوْفَى النَّاسِ ذِمَّةً وَ أَلْيَنُهُمْ عَرِيكَةً وَ أَكْرَمُهُمْ عَشِيرَةً

When he^-saww walked, he^-saww uprooted as if he^-saww is walking in a downward slope, and when he^-saww turned, turned wholly, between his^-saww shoulders was the seal of Prophet-hood, and he^-saww is the last of the Prophets^-saww, the most generous of the people of a palm (giving), and most welcoming of the people of chest (receiving), and most truthful of the people in tone, and most fulfilling of the people in responsibility, and the softest of them in disposition, and most honourable of them of a clan.

بِأَبِي مَنْ لَمْ يَشْبَعْ ثَلَاثاً مُتَوَالِيَةً مِنْ خُبْزِ بُرٍّ حَتَّى فَارَقَ الدُّنْيَا وَ لَمْ يَنْخُلْ دَقِيقَةً

(I^-asws swear) by my^-asws father^-as and my^-asws mother^-as! He^-saww did not satiate (from hunger) for three consecutive (days) from wheat bread until he^-saww separated from the world, and did not sift flour’’.[33]

باب 9 مكارم أخلاقه و سيره و سننه صلى الله عليه و آله و ما أدبه الله تعالى به‏

CHAPTER 9 – HIS^-saww NOBLE MANNERS AND HIS^-saww WAYS AND HIS^-saww SUNNAH AND WHAT ALLAH^-azwj THE EXALTED EDUCATED BY HIM^-saww

الآيات آل عمران‏ فَبِما رَحْمَةٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ لِنْتَ لَهُمْ وَ لَوْ كُنْتَ فَظًّا غَلِيظَ الْقَلْبِ لَانْفَضُّوا مِنْ حَوْلِكَ فَاعْفُ عَنْهُمْ وَ اسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ وَ شاوِرْهُمْ فِي الْأَمْرِ فَإِذا عَزَمْتَ فَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُتَوَكِّلِينَ‏

The Verses – (Surah) Aal-e-Imraan: Thus it is due to Mercy from Allah you are being lenient to them. And had you been rough, hard-hearted, they would certainly have dispersed from around you. Therefore, excuse them and seek Forgiveness for them, and take counsel with them in the affair; so when you have decided, then rely upon Allah, Allah Loves the relying ones [3:159]

الأنعام‏ قُلْ لا أَقُولُ لَكُمْ عِنْدِي خَزائِنُ اللَّهِ وَ لا أَعْلَمُ الْغَيْبَ وَ لا أَقُولُ لَكُمْ إِنِّي مَلَكٌ إِنْ أَتَّبِعُ إِلَّا ما يُوحى‏ إِلَيَ‏

(Surah) Al Anaam: Say: ‘I am not saying to you all there are treasures of Allah with me nor do I know the unseen, nor am I saying to you I am an Angel. Surely I follow only what is Revealed unto me’ [6:50]

الأعراف‏ خُذِ الْعَفْوَ وَ أْمُرْ بِالْعُرْفِ وَ أَعْرِضْ عَنِ الْجاهِلِينَ‏

(Surah) Al Araaf: Take to the Forgiveness and enjoin good and turn away from the ignorant ones [7:199]

التوبة وَ مِنْهُمُ الَّذِينَ يُؤْذُونَ النَّبِيَّ وَ يَقُولُونَ هُوَ أُذُنٌ قُلْ أُذُنُ خَيْرٍ لَكُمْ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَ يُؤْمِنُ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ رَحْمَةٌ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنْكُمْ‏

(Surah) Al Tawbah: And from them are those who are hurting the Prophet and they are saying, ‘He is (only) a hearer’. Say: ‘A hearer of good for you all. He believes in Allah and has faith in the Momineen, and is a Mercy for those of you who believe; [9:61]

النحل‏ وَ اصْبِرْ وَ ما صَبْرُكَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ وَ لا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ لا تَكُ فِي ضَيْقٍ مِمَّا يَمْكُرُونَ‏

And be patient and your patience is not but by Allah; and do not grieve upon them nor constrict yourself from what they are plotting [16:127]

الكهف‏ فَلَعَلَّكَ باخِعٌ نَفْسَكَ عَلى‏ آثارِهِمْ إِنْ لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِهذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَسَفاً

(Surah) Al Kahf: So perhaps you will kill yourself out of grief upon their traits that they do not believe in this Hadeeth [18:6]

و قال تعالى الكهف‏ فَلا تُمارِ فِيهِمْ إِلَّا مِراءً ظاهِراً وَ لا تَسْتَفْتِ فِيهِمْ مِنْهُمْ أَحَداً

And the Exalted Said: therefore do not contend regarding them except (with) an apparent contention, and do not inquire regarding any one of them [18:22]

وَ لا تَقُولَنَّ لِشَيْ‏ءٍ إِنِّي فاعِلٌ ذلِكَ غَداً

And you should not be saying for a thing, ‘I will do that tomorrow’ [18:23]

إِلَّا أَنْ يَشاءَ اللَّهُ وَ اذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ إِذا نَسِيتَ وَ قُلْ عَسى‏ أَنْ يَهْدِيَنِ رَبِّي لِأَقْرَبَ مِنْ هذا رَشَداً

Except, (with) ‘If Allah so Desires’; and mention your Lord when you forget, and say, ‘Perhaps my Lord will Guide me to a right way closer than this’ [18:24]

طه‏ طه ما أَنْزَلْنا عَلَيْكَ الْقُرْآنَ لِتَشْقى‏ إِلَّا تَذْكِرَةً لِمَنْ يَخْشى‏

(Surah) Ta Ha: Ta Ha [20:1] We have not Revealed the Quran unto you for you to be distressed [20:2] It is only a Reminder for one who fears [20:3]

و قال تعالى طه‏ فَاصْبِرْ عَلى‏ ما يَقُولُونَ وَ سَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ وَ قَبْلَ غُرُوبِها وَ مِنْ آناءِ اللَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْ وَ أَطْرافَ النَّهارِ لَعَلَّكَ تَرْضى‏

And the Exalted Said: Therefore, be patient upon what they are saying, and Glorify with the Praise of your Lord before the emergence of the sun and before its setting. And from the hours of the night, Glorify, and the (two) ends of the day, perhaps you would be pleased [20:130]

وَ لا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلى‏ ما مَتَّعْنا بِهِ أَزْواجاً مِنْهُمْ زَهْرَةَ الْحَياةِ الدُّنْيا لِنَفْتِنَهُمْ فِيهِ وَ رِزْقُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ وَ أَبْقى‏

And do not extend your eyes towards what We have Provided with spouses from them, being a blossom of the life of the world in order to Try them regarding it; and Grace of your Lord is better and more lasting [20:131]

وَ أْمُرْ أَهْلَكَ بِالصَّلاةِ وَ اصْطَبِرْ عَلَيْها لا نَسْئَلُكَ رِزْقاً نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُكَ وَ الْعاقِبَةُ لِلتَّقْوى‏

And enjoin your family with the Salat and be constant upon it. We do not Ask you for sustenance, We Sustain you, and the end-result would be for the piety [20:132]

الشعراء وَ أَنْذِرْ عَشِيرَتَكَ الْأَقْرَبِينَ

(Surah) Al Shoara: And warn your kindred, the near ones! [26:214]

وَ اخْفِضْ جَناحَكَ لِمَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

And lower your wing (in kindness) towards the ones who follow you from the Momineen [26:215]

فَإِنْ عَصَوْكَ فَقُلْ إِنِّي بَرِي‏ءٌ مِمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

But if they disobey you, then say: ‘I disavow from what you are doing’ [26:216]

وَ تَوَكَّلْ عَلَى الْعَزِيزِ الرَّحِيمِ

And rely upon the Mighty, the Merciful [26:217]

الَّذِي يَراكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ

The One Who Sees you when you stand up (for Salat) [26:218]

وَ تَقَلُّبَكَ فِي السَّاجِدِينَ

And your transfer among the Sajdah performers [26:219]

إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ‏

Surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing [26:220]

النمل‏ وَ لا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ لا تَكُنْ فِي ضَيْقٍ مِمَّا يَمْكُرُونَ‏ إلى قوله تعالى‏ فَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ إِنَّكَ عَلَى الْحَقِّ الْمُبِينِ‏

(Surah) Al Naml: And neither grieve for them nor come to be in straitness from what they are plotting [27:70] – up to the Words of the Exalted: Therefore rely upon Allah; you are upon the clear Truth [27:79]

و قال تعالى النمل‏ إِنَّما أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَعْبُدَ رَبَّ هذِهِ الْبَلْدَةِ الَّذِي حَرَّمَها وَ لَهُ كُلُّ شَيْ‏ءٍ وَ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَ أَنْ أَتْلُوَا الْقُرْآنَ‏

And the Exalted Said: But rather, I am Commanded that I should worship the Lord of this city, Who Sanctified it, and all things are for Him. And I am Commanded that I should be from the submitters [27:91] And that I should recite the Quran. [27:92]

العنكبوت‏ اتْلُ ما أُوحِيَ إِلَيْكَ مِنَ الْكِتابِ وَ أَقِمِ الصَّلاةَ إِنَّ الصَّلاةَ تَنْهى‏ عَنِ الْفَحْشاءِ وَ الْمُنْكَرِ وَ لَذِكْرُ اللَّهِ أَكْبَرُ وَ اللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ ما تَصْنَعُونَ‏

(Surah) Al Ankabout: Recite what is Revealed unto you from the Book and establish the Salat. Surely, the Salat prevents from the immoralities and the evil, and the Zikr of Allah is the greatest, and Allah Knows what you are doing [29:45]

الروم‏ فَاصْبِرْ إِنَّ وَعْدَ اللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَ لا يَسْتَخِفَّنَّكَ الَّذِينَ لا يُوقِنُونَ‏

(Surah) Al Room: So be patient, surely the Promise of Allah is True, and do not let those who are not convinced hold you in light estimation [30:60]

الأحزاب‏ وَ بَشِّرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِأَنَّ لَهُمْ مِنَ اللَّهِ فَضْلًا كَبِيراً

(Surah) Al Ahzab: And give glad tidings to the Momineen that for them would be a great Grace from Allah [33:47]

وَ لا تُطِعِ الْكافِرِينَ وَ الْمُنافِقِينَ وَ دَعْ أَذاهُمْ وَ تَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَ كَفى‏ بِاللَّهِ وَكِيلًا

And do not obey the Kafirs and the hypocrites, and leave their hurtful (talk), and rely upon Allah, and suffice with Allah as a Protector [33:48]

فاطر فَلا تَذْهَبْ نَفْسُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَسَراتٍ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ بِما يَصْنَعُونَ‏

(Surah) Fatir: therefore your soul should not go to regret upon them. Surely, Allah is a Knower of what they are doing [35:8]

يس‏ وَ ما عَلَّمْناهُ الشِّعْرَ وَ ما يَنْبَغِي لَهُ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ وَ قُرْآنٌ مُبِينٌ‏ إلى قوله تعالى‏ فَلا يَحْزُنْكَ قَوْلُهُمْ إِنَّا نَعْلَمُ ما يُسِرُّونَ وَ ما يُعْلِنُونَ‏

(Surah) Yaseen: And We did not Teach him the poetry, and it is not befitting for him. Surely, he is only a Zikr and a clarifying Quran [36:69] – up to the Words of the Exalted: So do not let their speech grieve you. We Know what they are doing secretly and what they are doing openly [36:76]

المؤمن‏ فَاصْبِرْ إِنَّ وَعْدَ اللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَ اسْتَغْفِرْ لِذَنْبِكَ وَ سَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ بِالْعَشِيِّ وَ الْإِبْكارِ

(Surah) Al Momin: Therefore be patient, surely the Promise of Allah is True, and ask Forgiveness for your sin and Glorify with the Praise of your Lord in the evening and the morning [40:55]

السجدة وَ لا تَسْتَوِي الْحَسَنَةُ وَ لَا السَّيِّئَةُ ادْفَعْ بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ فَإِذَا الَّذِي بَيْنَكَ وَ بَيْنَهُ عَداوَةٌ كَأَنَّهُ وَلِيٌّ حَمِيمٌ

(Surah) Al Sajdah: And the good and the evil are not equal. Repel (evil) by that which is best, So if there is enmity between you and him, he would be like your intimate friend [41:34]

وَ ما يُلَقَّاها إِلَّا الَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا وَ ما يُلَقَّاها إِلَّا ذُو حَظٍّ عَظِيمٍ

And none would receive it except those who are patient, and none would receive it except one with a mighty share [41:35]

وَ إِمَّا يَنْزَغَنَّكَ مِنَ الشَّيْطانِ نَزْغٌ فَاسْتَعِذْ بِاللَّهِ إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ‏

And if a suggestion from the Satan suggests (evil), then seek Refuge with Allah, surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing [41:36]

الزخرف‏ وَ قِيلِهِ يا رَبِّ إِنَّ هؤُلاءِ قَوْمٌ لا يُؤْمِنُونَ

(Surah) Al Zukhruf: And his words: ‘O Lord! Surely they are a people who do not believe!’ [43:88]

فَاصْفَحْ عَنْهُمْ وَ قُلْ سَلامٌ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

So pardon them and say: ‘Salam!’, for soon they would come to know [43:89]

‏ الأحقاف‏ فَاصْبِرْ كَما صَبَرَ أُولُوا الْعَزْمِ مِنَ الرُّسُلِ وَ لا تَسْتَعْجِلْ لَهُمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَ ما يُوعَدُونَ لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا ساعَةً مِنْ نَهارٍ بَلاغٌ فَهَلْ يُهْلَكُ إِلَّا الْقَوْمُ الْفاسِقُونَ‏

(Surah) Al Ahqaf: Therefore be patient just as the Determined ones from the Rasools were patient, and do not hasten (the Punishment) for them. On the Day they see what they are being Promised, it would be as if they had not tarried except for an hour from the day. A notification. So would any be destroyed except for the transgressing people? [46:35]

محمد فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ لا إِلهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اسْتَغْفِرْ لِذَنْبِكَ وَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ الْمُؤْمِناتِ وَ اللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ مُتَقَلَّبَكُمْ وَ مَثْواكُمْ‏

(Surah) Muhammad^-saww: So know that there is no god except Allah, and seek Forgiveness for your sin and for the Momineen and the Mominaat; and Allah Knows the place of your returning and the place of your abiding [47:19]

ق‏ فَاصْبِرْ عَلى‏ ما يَقُولُونَ وَ سَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ وَ قَبْلَ الْغُرُوبِ

(Surah) Qaf: Therefore be patient upon what they are saying, and Glorify with Praise of your lord before emergence of the sun and before the setting [50:39] 

وَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَ أَدْبارَ السُّجُودِ إلى قوله تعالى‏ نَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِما يَقُولُونَ وَ ما أَنْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِجَبَّارٍ فَذَكِّرْ بِالْقُرْآنِ مَنْ يَخافُ وَعِيدِ

And from the night, so Glorify Him, and (also) after the (Prescribed) Sajdahs [50:40] – up to the Words of the Exalted: We are more Knowing of what they are saying, and you are not a compeller upon them, therefore remind by the Quran one who fears a Threat [50:45]

الطور وَ اصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ فَإِنَّكَ بِأَعْيُنِنا وَ سَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ‏

(Surah) Al Toor: And wait patiently for the Decision of your Lord, for you are in Our Sight, and Glorify with Praise of your Lord when you stand [52:48]

وَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْهُ وَ إِدْبارَ النُّجُومِ‏

And from the night, so Glorify Him, and at the retreat of the stars [52:49]

القلم‏ ن وَ الْقَلَمِ وَ ما يَسْطُرُونَ

(Surah) Al Qalam: Noon and the Pen, and what they will be writing! [68:1]

ما أَنْتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ

You are not, by the Favour of your Lord, insane! [68:2]

وَ إِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْراً غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ

And surely, for you there shall be an unrestricted Recompense [68:3]

وَ إِنَّكَ لَعَلى‏ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ

And you are upon magnificent morals [68:4]

فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَ يُبْصِرُونَ

So you shall be seeing, and they (too) shall be seeing [68:5] 

بِأَيِّكُمُ الْمَفْتُونُ‏ إلى قوله تعالى‏ فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَ لا تَكُنْ كَصاحِبِ الْحُوتِ إِذْ نادى‏ وَ هُوَ مَكْظُومٌ‏

Which one of you is bewitched [68:6] – up to the Words of the Exalted: Therefore, be patient for a Decision of your Lord, and do not become like the companion of the whale when he called out while he was distressed [68:48]

المعارج‏ فَاصْبِرْ صَبْراً جَمِيلًا

(Surah) Al Ma’arij: Therefore be patient with a beautiful patience [70:5]

الجن‏ قُلْ إِنَّما أَدْعُوا رَبِّي وَ لا أُشْرِكُ بِهِ أَحَداً

(Surah) Al Jinn: Say: ‘But rather, I call my Lord and I do not associate anyone with Him’ [72:20]

قُلْ إِنِّي لا أَمْلِكُ لَكُمْ ضَرًّا وَ لا رَشَداً

Say: ‘I cannot not control for you, neither harm nor rightful Guidance’ [72:21]

قُلْ إِنِّي لَنْ يُجِيرَنِي مِنَ اللَّهِ أَحَدٌ وَ لَنْ أَجِدَ مِنْ دُونِهِ مُلْتَحَداً

Say: ‘Surely no one can ever protect me from Allah, and I will never find a shelter from besides Him’ [72:22]

إِلَّا بَلاغاً مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ رِسالاتِهِ وَ مَنْ يَعْصِ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ فَإِنَّ لَهُ نارَ جَهَنَّمَ خالِدِينَ فِيها أَبَداً

It is only a delivery from Allah and His Message. And one who disobeys Allah and His Rasool, then for him is Fire of Hell, abiding therein for ever [72:23]

حَتَّى إِذا رَأَوْا ما يُوعَدُونَ‏ إِمَّا الْعَذابَ وَ إِمَّا السَّاعَةَ فَسَيَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ أَضْعَفُ ناصِراً وَ أَقَلُّ عَدَداً

Until when they see what they are being threatened with, then they would come to know who is with weaker helpers and fewer number [72:24]

قُلْ إِنْ أَدْرِي أَ قَرِيبٌ ما تُوعَدُونَ أَمْ يَجْعَلُ لَهُ رَبِّي أَمَداً

Say: ‘I don’t know if it is near, what you are being Threatened (with), or whether my Lord has Made a term for it [72:25] 

عالِمُ الْغَيْبِ فَلا يُظْهِرُ عَلى‏ غَيْبِهِ أَحَداً ‏

(He is) Knower of the unseen, and He does not Reveal His hidden matters upon anyone [72:26] 

إِلَّا مَنِ ارْتَضى‏ مِنْ رَسُولٍ فَإِنَّهُ يَسْلُكُ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَ مِنْ خَلْفِهِ رَصَداً

Except one He Chooses from a Rasool, for He would Make a guard to travel in front of him and from behind him [72:27]

لِيَعْلَمَ أَنْ قَدْ أَبْلَغُوا رِسالاتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَ أَحاطَ بِما لَدَيْهِمْ وَ أَحْصى‏ كُلَّ شَيْ‏ءٍ عَدَداً

For Him to Know that they have delivered the Messages of their Lord, and He Encompasses whatever is with them, and He Counts the number of all things [72:28]

المزمل‏ يا أَيُّهَا الْمُزَّمِّلُ

(Surah) Al Muzzammil: O you, Al-Muzzammil (the wrapped one)! [73:1]

قُمِ اللَّيْلَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

Stand (to pray Salat) at night except a little [73:2] 

نِصْفَهُ أَوِ انْقُصْ مِنْهُ قَلِيلًا

Half of it, or a little less from it [73:3]

أَوْ زِدْ عَلَيْهِ وَ رَتِّلِ الْقُرْآنَ تَرْتِيلًا

Or increase upon it, and recite the Quran add to it, and recite the Quran distinctively [73:4]

إِنَّا سَنُلْقِي عَلَيْكَ قَوْلًا ثَقِيلًا

We will soon be casting upon you a weighty Word [73:5] 

إِنَّ ناشِئَةَ اللَّيْلِ هِيَ أَشَدُّ وَطْئاً وَ أَقْوَمُ قِيلًا

Surely, arising at night, it is the firmest treading and the straightest speech [73:6]

إِنَّ لَكَ فِي النَّهارِ سَبْحاً طَوِيلًا

Surely for you, during the day, is a lengthy occupation [73:7] 

وَ اذْكُرِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ وَ تَبَتَّلْ إِلَيْهِ تَبْتِيلًا

And Mention the Name of your Lord and devote to Him with a devotion [73:8]

رَبُّ الْمَشْرِقِ وَ الْمَغْرِبِ لا إِلهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَاتَّخِذْهُ وَكِيلًا

Lord of the East and the West – there is no god except Him, therefore take Him as a Protector [73:9]

وَ اصْبِرْ عَلى‏ ما يَقُولُونَ وَ اهْجُرْهُمْ هَجْراً جَمِيلًا

And be patient upon what they are saying, and avoid them with a beautiful avoidance [73:10]

وَ ذَرْنِي وَ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ أُولِي النَّعْمَةِ وَ مَهِّلْهُمْ قَلِيلًا

And leave Me and the beliers, possessors of the bounties, and their respite is (only) a little [73:11] 

إلى قوله تعالى‏ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَقُومُ أَدْنى‏ مِنْ ثُلُثَيِ اللَّيْلِ وَ نِصْفَهُ وَ ثُلُثَهُ وَ طائِفَةٌ مِنَ الَّذِينَ مَعَكَ

Up to the Words of the Exalted: Surely, your Lord Knows that you stand (in Salat) nearly two-thirds of the night, and half of it, and a third of it, and (so do) a group of those who are with you.

وَ اللَّهُ يُقَدِّرُ اللَّيْلَ وَ النَّهارَ عَلِمَ أَنْ لَنْ تُحْصُوهُ فَتابَ عَلَيْكُمْ فَاقْرَؤُا ما تَيَسَّرَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ

And Allah Measures the night and the day. He Knows that you will never compute it. So He Turned to you all, therefore recite from the Quran what is easy for you.

عَلِمَ أَنْ سَيَكُونُ مِنْكُمْ مَرْضى‏ وَ آخَرُونَ يَضْرِبُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ يَبْتَغُونَ مِنْ فَضْلِ اللَّهِ وَ آخَرُونَ يُقاتِلُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ

He Knows that from you (some) would become sick, and others would be going about in the earth seeking from the Grace of Allah, and others would be fighting in the Way of Allah. Therefore, recite from it what is easy for you [73:20]

المدثر يا أَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ قُمْ فَأَنْذِرْ

(Surah) Al Muddasir: O you Al-Muddasir! (the covered one) [74:1] Arise, so warn (others) [74:2] 

وَ رَبَّكَ فَكَبِّرْ وَ ثِيابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ وَ الرُّجْزَ فَاهْجُرْ

And your Lord, so exclaim His Greatness [74:3] And your garments, so purify [74:4] And the uncleanness, so avoid [74:5]

وَ لا تَمْنُنْ تَسْتَكْثِرُ وَ لِرَبِّكَ فَاصْبِرْ

And do not confer favours hoping to be reciprocated with abundance [74:6] And for your Lord, be patient [74:7]

الدهر إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنا عَلَيْكَ الْقُرْآنَ تَنْزِيلًا

(Surah) Al Dahr: Surely, We Revealed unto you the Quran in stages [76:23]

فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَ لا تُطِعْ مِنْهُمْ آثِماً أَوْ كَفُوراً

Therefore, be patient for the Decision of your Lord, and neither heed from them a sinner nor a Kafir [76:24] 

وَ اذْكُرِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ بُكْرَةً وَ أَصِيلًا ‏

And do Zikr of a Name of your Lord, morning and evening [76:25]

وَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَاسْجُدْ لَهُ وَ سَبِّحْهُ لَيْلًا طَوِيلًا

And from the night. So do Sajdah to Him, and Glorify Him at night for long [76:26] 

Notes –

روي عنه ص أنه قال‏ إنما بعثت لأتمم مكارم الأخلاق

It is reported from him^-saww, he^-saww said: ‘But rather I^-saww have been Sent to complete the noble characteristics!’

و قال ص‏ أدبني ربي فأحسن تأديبي

And he^-saww said: ‘My^-saww Lord^-azwj Disciplined me^-saww, so excellent was my^-saww discipline’.

و قال و أخبرني السيد أبو الحمد مهدي بن نزار الحسيني عن أبي القاسم الحسكاني بإسناده‏ عن الضحاك بن مزاحم قال‏ لما رأت قريش تقديم النبي ص عليا ع و إعظامه له نالوا من علي ع و قالوا قد افتتن به محمد ص

And he said, ‘And the Seyyid Abu Al Hamd Mahdi Bin Nazar Al-Husayni informed me from Abu Al Qasim Al Haskany, by his chain from Al Zahak Bin Muzahim who said, ‘When Qureysh saw the Prophet^-saww advancing Ali^-asws and his^-saww reverence for him^-asws, they spoke badly of Ali^-asws and said, ‘Muhammad^-saww has been infatuated by him^-asws!’

فأنزل الله تعالى‏ ن وَ الْقَلَمِ وَ ما يَسْطُرُونَ‏ قسم أقسم الله به‏ ما أَنْتَ‏ يا محمد بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ‏ وَ إِنَّكَ لَعَلى‏ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ‏ يعني القرآن إلى قوله‏ بِمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَبِيلِهِ‏ و هم النفر الذين قالوا ما قالوا وَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ‏ علي بن أبي طالب ع‏

Allah^-azwj the Exalted Revealed: Noon and the Pen, and what they will be writing! [68:1] – A swear Allah^-azwj has Sworn by: You are not, by the Favour of your Lord, insane! [68:2] And you are upon magnificent morals [68:4] – meaning the Quran; – up to His^-azwj Words: with one who strays from His Way  – and they are the persons who said what they said – and He is more Knowing with the rightly guided [68:7] -Ali Bin Abu Talib^-asws’.

1- ل، الخصال لي، الأمالي للصدوق أَبِي عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبَانٍ الْأَحْمَرِ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ع قَالَ: جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ قَدْ بَلِيَ ثَوْبُهُ فَحَمَلَ إِلَيْهِ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ دِرْهَماً فَقَالَ يَا عَلِيُّ خُذْ هَذِهِ الدَّرَاهِمَ فَاشْتَرِ لِي ثَوْباً أَلْبَسُهُ

‘Al Khisaal’, ‘Al Amaali’ of Al Sadouq – My father, from Ali, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Aban Al Ahmar,

‘From Al-Sadiq Ja’far^-asws Bin Muhammad^-asws having said: ‘A man came to Rasool-Allah^-saww, and his^-saww clothes had worn out, and he had carried twelve Dirhams to him^-saww. He^-saww said: ‘O Ali^-asws! Take these Dirhams and buy a cloth for me^-saww to wear’.

قَالَ عَلِيٌّ ع فَجِئْتُ إِلَى السُّوقِ فَاشْتَرَيْتُ لَهُ قَمِيصاً بِاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ دِرْهَماً وَ جِئْتُ بِهِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا عَلِيُّ غَيْرُ هَذَا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ أَ تَرَى صَاحِبَهُ يُقِيلُنَا فَقُلْتُ لَا أَدْرِي فَقَالَ انْظُرْ

Ali^-asws said: ‘I^-asws went to the market to buy a shirt for him^-saww for twelve Dirhams, and came with it to Rasool-Allah^-saww. He^-saww looked at it and said: ‘O Ali^-asws! Other than this would be more beloved to me^-saww. Do you^-asws view that its owner would refund us^-asws?’ I^-asws said: ‘I^-asws don’t know’. He^-saww said: ‘See (if he will)’.

فَجِئْتُ إِلَى صَاحِبِهِ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص قَدْ كَرِهَ هَذَا يُرِيدُ ثَوْباً دُونَهُ‏ فَأَقِلْنَا فِيهِ فَرَدَّ عَلَيَّ الدَّرَاهِمَ وَ جِئْتُ بِهِ‏ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَمَشَى مَعِي إِلَى السُّوقِ لِيَبْتَاعَ قَمِيصاً فَنَظَرَ إِلَى جَارِيَةٍ قَاعِدَةٍ عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ تَبْكِي فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مَا شَأْنُكِ

I^-asws came to its owner and said, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww has disliked this and wants a cloth other than it, so refund us regarding it’. He returned the Dirhams to me^-asws and I^-asws came with it to Rasool-Allah^-saww. He^-saww went with me^-asws to the market in order to buy a shirt. He^-saww saw a slave girl seated upon the street crying. Rasool-Allah^-saww said to her: ‘What is your matter?’

قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَهْلَ بَيْتِي‏ أَعْطَوْنِي أَرْبَعَةَ دَرَاهِمَ لِأَشْتَرِيَ لَهُمْ بِهَا حَاجَةً فَضَاعَتْ فَلَا أَجْسُرُ أَنْ أَرْجِعَ إِلَيْهِمْ فَأَعْطَاهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَرْبَعَةَ دَرَاهِمَ وَ قَالَ ارْجِعِي إِلَى أَهْلِكِ

She said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! My family gave me four Dirhams to buy a necessity for them with these, but I lost them, and I can’t dare to return to them’. Rasool-Allah^-saww four Dirhams and said: ‘Return to your family’.

وَ مَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِلَى السُّوقِ فَاشْتَرَى قَمِيصاً بِأَرْبَعَةِ دَرَاهِمَ وَ لَبِسَهُ وَ حَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَ خَرَجَ فَرَأَى رَجُلًا عُرْيَاناً يَقُولُ مَنْ كَسَانِي كَسَاهُ اللَّهُ مِنْ ثِيَابِ الْجَنَّةِ فَخَلَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص قَمِيصَهُ الَّذِي اشْتَرَاهُ وَ كَسَاهُ السَّائِلَ

And Rasool-Allah^-saww continued to the market and bought a shirt with four Dirhams, and wore it and praised Allah^-azwj, and went out. Then, he^-saww saw a shirtless man saying, ‘One who clothes me, Allah^-azwj would Clothe him from the clothes of the Paradise’. Rasool-Allah^-saww took off his^-saww shirt which he^-saww had bought and clothed the beggar.

ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى السُّوقِ فَاشْتَرَى بِالْأَرْبَعَةِ الَّتِي بَقِيَتْ قَمِيصاً آخَرَ فَلَبِسَهُ وَ حَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَ رَجَعَ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ وَ إِذَا الْجَارِيَةُ قَاعِدَةٌ عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ‏ فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مَا لَكِ لَا تَأْتِينَ أَهْلَكِ قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي قَدْ أَبْطَأْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ‏ وَ أَخَافُ‏ أَنْ يَضْرِبُونِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مُرِّي بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ وَ دُلِّينِي عَلَى أَهْلِكِ

Then he^-saww returned to the market and bought another shirt with the four (Dirhams) which remained. He^-saww wore it and praised Allah^-azwj and returned to his^-saww house, and there was the slave girl seated upon the road. Rasool-Allah^-saww said to her: ‘What is the matter with you not going to your family?’ She said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! I have been delayed to them and I am scared they might hit me’. Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘Come in front of me^-saww and point me to your family’.

فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص حَتَّى وَقَفَ عَلَى بَابِ دَارِهِمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا أَهْلَ الدَّارِ فَلَمْ يُجِيبُوهُ فَأَعَادَ السَّلَامَ فَلَمْ يُجِيبُوهُ فَأَعَادَ السَّلَامَ فَقَالُوا عَلَيْكَ السَّلَامُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ

Rasool-Allah^-saww came until he^-saww paused at the door of their house, then said: ‘Greetings be upon you, O people of the house!’ But they did not answer him^-saww. He^-saww repeated the greetings, but they did not answer him^-saww. He^-saww repeated the greetings, and they said, ‘Greetings be unto you^-saww O Rasool-Allah^-saww, and Mercy of Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Blessings’.

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ مَا لَكُمْ تَرَكْتُمْ إِجَابَتِي فِي أَوَّلِ السَّلَامِ وَ الثَّانِي قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ سَمِعْنَا سَلَامَكَ فَأَحْبَبْنَا أَنْ تَسْتَكْثِرَ مِنْهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْجَارِيَةَ أَبْطَأَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ فَلَا تُؤَاخِذُوهَا فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هِيَ حُرَّةٌ لِمَمْشَاكَ

He^-saww said to them: ‘What is the matter with you all neglecting answering me^-saww regarding the first greeting and the second?’ They said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! We did hear your^-saww greeting but we loved to be frequented from it’. Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘This girl has been delayed to you, so do not seize her’. They said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! She is hereby free due to your^-saww walking over (sake)’.

فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ مَا رَأَيْتُ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ دِرْهَماً أَعْظَمَ بَرَكَةً مِنْ هَذِهِ كَسَا اللَّهُ بِهَا عُرْيَانَيْنِ وَ أَعْتَقَ بِهَا نَسَمَةً

Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘The Praise is for Allah^-azwj! I^-saww have not seen any twelve Dirhams of greater Blessings than these. Allah^-azwj Clothed two persons among the clothe less ones, and freed a person by these’’.[34]

2- لي، الأمالي للصدوق ابْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنِ الصَّفَّارِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الصَّلْتِ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ ابْنِ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ خَمْسٌ لَا أَدَعُهُنَّ حَتَّى الْمَمَاتِ الْأَكْلُ عَلَى الْحَضِيضِ مَعَ الْعَبِيدِ وَ رُكُوبِيَ الْحِمَارَ مُؤْكَفاً وَ حَلْبِيَ الْعَنْزَ بِيَدِي وَ لُبْسُ الصُّوفِ وَ التَّسْلِيمُ عَلَى الصِّبْيَانِ لِتَكُونَ‏ سُنَّةً مِنْ بَعْدِي‏

‘Al Amaali’ of Al Sadouq – Ibn Al Waleed, from Al Saffar, from Abdullah Bin Al Salt, from Yunus, from Ibn Humeyd, from Muhammad Bin Qays,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘Five I^-saww shall not leave them until the death – the eating upon the low ground with the slaves, and my^-saww riding the donkey with a garment on it, and milking the goat with my^-saww hands, and wearing the wool, and the greeting unto the children for it to become a Sunnah from after me^-saww’’.[35]

3 ن، عيون أخبار الرضا عليه السلام ع، علل الشرائع الْمُظَفَّرُ الْعَلَوِيُّ عَنِ ابْنِ الْعَيَّاشِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ عَنِ الرِّضَا عَنْ آبَائِهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ‏ مِثْلَهُ‏

‘Uyoun Akhbar Al-Reza^-asws’ – Al Muzaffar Al Alawy, from Ibn Al Ayyash, from his father, from Ali Bin Al-Hassan Ibn Fazal, from Muhammad Bin Al Waleed, from Al-Abbas Bin Hilal,

‘From Al-Reza^-asws, from his^-asws forefathers^-asws, from Ali^-asws – similar to it’.

ل، الخصال ابن المتوكل عن السعدآبادي عن الرقي عن أبيه عن ابن أبي عمير و صفوان معا عن الحسين بن مصعب عن أبي عبد الله عن آبائه عليهم السلام‏ مثله

‘Al Khisaal’ – Ibn Al Mutawakkal, from Al Sa’ad Abady, from Al Barqy, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr and Safwan both together, from Al-Husayn Bin Mas’ab,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws, from his^-asws forefathers^-asws – similar to it’’.[36]

و في الحديث‏ أَنَّهُ أُهْدِيَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص هَدِيَّةٌ فَلَمْ يَجِدْ شَيْئاً يَضَعُهُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ ضَعْهُ بِالْحَضِيضِ فَإِنَّمَا أَنَا عَبْدٌ آكُلُ كَمَا يَأْكُلُ الْعَبْدُ – يعني بالأرض

Notes –

And in the Hadeeth – A gift was gifted to Rasool-Allah^-saww but he^-saww could not find anything to place it upon (a table or tray). He^-saww said: ‘Place it on the ‘Hazeez’, from rather I^-saww am a servant. I^-saww eat like what the serant eats’ – meaning on the ground.

4- لي، الأمالي للصدوق الْعَطَّارُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنِ الْعِيصِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِلصَّادِقِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ع حَدِيثٌ يُرْوَى عَنْ أَبِيكَ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَا شَبِعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مِنْ خُبْزِ بُرٍّ قَطُّ أَ هُوَ صَحِيحٌ

‘Al Amaali’ of Al Sadouq – Al Attar, from his father, from Ibn Isa, from his father, from Safwan Bin yahya, from Al Ayz Bin Al Qasim who said,

‘I said to Al-Sadiq Ja’far^-asws Bin Muhammad^-asws, ‘There is a Hadeeth being reported from your^-asws father^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww did not satiate (hunger) from wheat bread at all’, is it correct?’

فَقَالَ لَا مَا أَكَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ خُبْزَ بُرٍّ قَطُّ وَ لَا شَبِعَ مِنْ خُبْزِ شَعِيرٍ قَطُّ

He^-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww did not eat wheat bread at all, nor did he^-saww satiate from barley bread at all’’.[37]

5- لي، الأمالي للصدوق ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الْخَزَّازِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ قَالَ: إِنَّ يَهُودِيّاً كَانَ لَهُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص دَنَانِيرُ فَتَقَاضَاهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا يَهُودِيُّ مَا عِنْدِي مَا أُعْطِيكَ فَقَالَ فَإِنِّي لَا أُفَارِقُكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ حَتَّى تَقْضِيَنِي

‘Al Amaali’ of Al Sadouq – Ibn Idrees, from Ibn Isa, from Muhammad Bin Yahya Al Khazaz, from Musa Bin Ismail, from his father,

‘From Musa^-asws Bin Ja’far^-asws, from his^-asws father^-asws, from his^-asws fathers^-asws, from Amir-Al-Momineen^-asws having said: ‘A Jew had some Dinars (owed to him) by Rasool-Allah^-saww, and he demanded it. He^-saww said to him: ‘O Jew! There is nothing with me^-saww I^-saww can give you’. He said, ‘I will not separate from you^-saww, O Muhammad^-saww, until you^-saww pay me back’.

فَقَالَ إِذاً أَجْلِسُ مَعَكَ فَجَلَسَ مَعَهُ حَتَّى صَلَّى فِي ذَلِكَ الْمَوْضِعِ الظُّهْرَ وَ الْعَصْرَ وَ الْمَغْرِبَ وَ الْعِشَاءَ الْآخِرَةَ وَ الْغَدَاةَ وَ كَانَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص يَتَهَدَّدُونَهُ وَ يَتَوَاعَدُونَهُ فَنَظَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ مَا الَّذِي تَصْنَعُونَ بِهِ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يَهُودِيٌّ يَحْبِسُكَ

He^-saww said: ‘Then I^-saww shall sit with you’. He^-saww sat with him until he^-saww prayed in that place, Al-Zohr and Al-Asr and Al-Maghrib and Al-Isha the last and the morning (Salats), and the companions of Rasool-Allah^-saww were threatening him and promising him. Rasool-Allah^-saww looked at them and said: ‘What is that which you are doing with him?’ They said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! A Jew is withholding you^-saww?’

فَقَالَ ص لَمْ يَبْعَثْنِي رَبِّي عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِأَنْ أَظْلِمَ مُعَاهَداً وَ لَا غَيْرَهُ

He^-saww said: ‘My^-saww Lord^-azwj Mighty and Majestic did not Send me^-saww that I^-saww should be unjust with a Jew or anyone else’.

فَلَمَّا عَلَا النَّهَارُ قَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً عَبْدُهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ وَ شَطْرُ مَالِي فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ مَا فَعَلْتُ بِكَ الَّذِي فَعَلْتُ إِلَّا لِأَنْظُرَ إِلَى نَعْتِكَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ فَإِنِّي قَرَأْتُ نَعْتَكَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ

When the day rose, the Jew said, ‘I testify that there is no god except Allah^-azwj, and I testify that Muhammad^-saww is His^-azwj servant and His^-azwj Rasool^-saww, and I withdraw from my wealth in the Way of Allah^-azwj. But by Allah^-azwj! I did not do with you^-saww that which I did except to look at your^-saww attributes in the Torah, for I read your^-saww attributes in the Torah as –

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مَوْلِدُهُ بِمَكَّةَ وَ مُهَاجَرُهُ بِطَيْبَةَ وَ لَيْسَ بِفَظٍّ وَ لَا غَلِيظٍ وَ لَا سَخَّابٍ وَ لَا مُتَزَيِّنٍ‏ بِالْفُحْشِ وَ لَا قَوْلِ الْخَنَاءِ وَ أَنَا أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ هَذَا مَالِي فَاحْكُمْ فِيهِ بِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ وَ كَانَ الْيَهُودِيُّ كَثِيرَ الْمَالِ

Muhammad^-saww Bin Abdullah^-as, his^-saww birth would be at Makkah, and his^-saww emigration would be internal, and he^-saww would neither be with loudness, nor harshness, nor with gold and silver, nor paying attention to the immoralities, nor the treacherous word, and I testify that there is no god except Allah^-azwj, and you^-saww are a Rasool^-saww of Allah^-azwj, and this is my wealth, so decide regarding it with what Allah^-azwj has Revealed’. And the Jew was with a lot of wealth’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ ع‏ كَانَ فِرَاشُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص عَبَاءَةً وَ كَانَتْ مِرْفَقَتُهُ أدم [أَدَماً] حَشْوُهَا لِيفٌ فَثُنِيَتْ لَهُ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ قَالَ لَقَدْ مَنَعَنِي الْفِرَاشُ اللَّيْلَةَ الصَّلَاةَ فَأَمَرَ ع أَنْ يُجْعَلَ بِطَاقٍ وَاحِدٍ

Then he^-asws said: ‘The bed of Rasool-Allah^-saww was a cloak, and his^-saww pillow was of stuffed leaves. It was folded for him^-saww at night. When it was morning, he^-saww said: ‘The bed has been prevented to me on the night of the Salat’. Then he^-saww instructed that it be made to be one layer’.[38]

6- فس، تفسير القمي أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ‏ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فِي بَيْتِ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ فِي لَيْلَتِهَا فَفَقَدَتْهُ مِنَ الْفِرَاشِ فَدَخَلَهَا فِي ذَلِكَ مَا يَدْخُلُ النِّسَاءَ فَقَامَتْ تَطْلُبُهُ فِي جَوَانِبِ الْبَيْتِ حَتَّى انْتَهَتْ إِلَيْهِ وَ هُوَ فِي جَانِبٍ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ قَائِمٌ رَافِعٌ يَدَيْهِ‏ يَبْكِي وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ

‘Tafseer Al-Qummi’ – My father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Abdullah Bin Sinan,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww was in the room of Umm Salma^ar during her^ar night. She^ar did not find him^-saww from the bed, so it entered into her^ar regarding that which tends to enter the women, so she^ar stood up and sought him^-saww in the side of the room until she^ar ended up to him^-saww, and he^-saww was by the side of the room, standing raising his^-saww hands crying and he^-saww was saying:

اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَنْزِعْ مِنِّي‏ صَالِحَ مَا أَعْطَيْتَنِي أَبَداً اللَّهُمَّ لَا تُشْمِتْ بِي عَدُوّاً وَ لَا حَاسِداً أَبَداً اللَّهُمَّ وَ لَا تَرُدَّنِي فِي سُوءٍ اسْتَنْقَذْتَنِي مِنْهُ أَبَداً اللَّهُمَّ وَ لَا تَكِلْنِي إِلَى نَفْسِي طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ أَبَداً

‘O Allah^-azwj! Do not Remove from me^-saww the suitable what You^-azwj Gave me^-saww, ever! O Allah^-azwj! Do not Let an enemy gloat with me^-saww nor an envious one, ever! O Allah^-azwj! Do not Return me^-saww into an evil You^-azwj have Saved me^-saww from it, ever! O Allah^-azwj! Do not Allocate me^-saww to myself^-saww for the blink of an eye, ever!’.

قَالَ فَانْصَرَفَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ تَبْكِي حَتَّى انْصَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لِبُكَائِهَا فَقَالَ لَهَا مَا يُبْكِيكِ يَا أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ

He^-asws said: ‘Umm Salma^ar left crying until Rasool-Allah^-saww turned towards her^ar crying and said to her^ar: ‘What make you cry, O Umm Salma^ar?’

فَقَالَتْ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَ أُمِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ لِمَ لَا أَبْكِي وَ أَنْتَ بِالْمَكَانِ الَّذِي أَنْتَ بِهِ مِنَ اللَّهِ قَدْ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَكَ‏ ما تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِكَ وَ ما تَأَخَّرَ تَسْأَلُهُ أَنْ لَا يُشْمِتَ بِكَ عَدُوّاً أَبَداً وَ أَنْ لَا يَرُدَّكَ فِي سُوءٍ اسْتَنْقَذَكَ مِنْهُ أَبَداً وَ أَنْ لَا يَنْزِعَ مِنْكَ صَالِحاً أَعْطَاكَ‏ أَبَداً وَ أَنْ لَا يَكِلَكَ إِلَى نَفْسِكَ طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ أَبَداً

She^ar said, ‘May my^ar father and my^ar mother be sacrificed for you^-saww, O Rasool-Allah^-saww! And why should I^ar not cry and you^-saww are in the position which you^-saww are with from Allah^-azwj. Allah^-azwj has Forgiven for you^-saww whatever preceded from your^-saww sins and what are delayed, and you^-saww are asking Him^-azwj not to Let any enemy gloat with you^-saww, ever, and not to Return you^-saww into an evil He^-azwj has Saved you^-saww from it, ever, and not to Remove from you^-asws anything suitable He^-azwj Gave you, ever, and not to Allocate you^-saww to yourself^-saww for the blink of an eye, ever?’

فَقَالَ يَا أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ وَ مَا يُؤْمِنُنِي وَ إِنَّمَا وَكَلَ اللَّهُ يُونُسَ بْنَ مَتَّى إِلَى نَفْسِهِ طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ وَ كَانَ مِنْهُ مَا كَانَ‏

He^-saww said: ‘O Umm Salma^ar! And you^ar do not believe me^-saww? And Allah^-azwj Allocated Yunus Bin Mata^-as to himself^-as for the blink of an eye, and it happened from him^-as what happenned’’.[39]

7- ب، قرب الإسناد ابْنُ طَرِيفٍ‏ عَنِ ابْنِ عُلْوَانَ عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ع قَالَ: جَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ص سَائِلٌ يَسْأَلُهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص هَلْ مِنْ أَحَدٍ عِنْدَهُ سَلَفٌ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ مِنْ بَنِي الْجَبَلِيِ فَقَالَ عِنْدِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ فَأَعْطِ هَذَا السَّائِلَ أَرْبَعَةَ أَوْسَاقِ تَمْرٍ

Ibn Tareyf, from Ibn Ulwan,

‘From Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘A beggar came to the Prophet^-saww begging him^-saww, so Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘Is there anyone who has anything left with him?’ A man from the Helpers from the clan of Jably said, ‘There is with me, O Rasool-Allah^-saww!’ He^-saww said: ‘Then give this beggar four bunches of dates’.

قَالَ فَأَعْطَاهُ قَالَ ثُمَّ جَاءَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ بَعْدُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ص يَتَقَاضَاهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ يَكُونُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ عَادَ إِلَيْهِ‏ فَقَالَ يَكُونُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ عَادَ إِلَيْهِ الثَّالِثَةَ فَقَالَ يَكُونُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ فَقَالَ قَدْ أَكْثَرْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مِنْ قَوْلِ يَكُونُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ

He^-asws said: ‘He gave it to him, Then the Helper came to the Prophet^-saww afterwards, demanding it. He^-saww said to him: ‘It will happen, if Allah^-azwj so Desires’. Then he repeated it to him^-saww. He^-saww said: ‘It will happen, if Allah^-azwj so Desires’. Then he repeated to him^-saww the third time. He^-saww said: ‘It will happen if Allah^-azwj so Desires’. He said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! You^-saww have been frequent from saying: ‘It will happen, if Allah^-azwj so Desires’.

قَالَ فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَ قَالَ هَلْ مِنْ رَجُلٍ عِنْدَهُ سَلَفٌ قَالَ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ عِنْدِي‏ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ وَ كَمْ عِنْدَكَ قَالَ مَا شِئْتَ قَالَ فَأَعْطِ هَذَا ثَمَانِيَةَ أَوْسُقٍ مِنْ تَمْرٍ

He^-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww chuckled and said: ‘Is there any man having anything left with him?’ A man stood up and said to him^-saww: ‘There is with me, O Rasool-Allah^-saww!’ He^-saww said: ‘And how much is there with you?’ He said, ‘Whatever you^-saww life’. He^-saww said: ‘Then give this one eight bunches of dates’.

فَقَالَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ إِنَّمَا لِي أَرْبَعَةٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ أَرْبَعَةٌ أَيْضاً

The Helper said, ‘But rather there are four for me, O Rasool-Allah^-saww!’ Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘And four (more) as well’.[40]

8- ب، قرب الإسناد ابْنُ طَرِيفٍ‏ عَنِ ابْنِ عُلْوَانَ عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ع‏ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص لَمْ يُوَرِّثْ دِينَاراً وَ لَا دِرْهَماً وَ لَا عَبْداً وَ لَا وَلِيدَةً وَ لَا شَاةً وَ لَا بَعِيراً وَ لَقَدْ قُبِضَ ص‏ وَ إِنَّ دِرْعَهُ مَرْهُونَةٌ عِنْدَ يَهُودِيٍّ مِنْ يَهُودِ الْمَدِينَةِ بِعِشْرِينَ صَاعاً مِنْ شَعِيرٍ استلفها [اسْتَسْلَفَهَا] نَفَقَةً لِأَهْلِهِ‏

‘Qurb Al Isnaad’ – Ibn Tareyf, from Ibn Ulwan,

‘From Ja’far^-asws, from his^-asws father^-asws that Rasool-Allah^-saww did not leave for inheritance, neither any Dinars, nor Dirhams, nor slaves, nor maids, nor sheep, nor camels; and Rasool-Allah^-saww passed away and his^-saww armour had been mortgaged with a Jew from the Jews of Al-Medina with twenty Sa’a of barley, and he^-saww left it behind as a support for his^-saww family’’.[41]

9- ب، قرب الإسناد أَبُو الْبَخْتَرِيِّ عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ع‏ أَنَّ الْمَسَاكِينَ كَانُوا يَبِيتُونَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَأَفْطَرَ النَّبِيُّ ص مَعَ الْمَسَاكِينِ الَّذِينَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ عِنْدَ الْمِنْبَرِ فِي بُرْمَةٍ فَأَكَلَ مِنْهَا ثَلَاثُونَ رَجُلًا ثُمَّ رُدَّتْ إِلَى أَزْوَاجِهِ شِبْعُهُنَ‏

‘Qurb Al Isnaad’ – Abu Al Bakhtary,

‘From Ja’far^-asws, from his^-asws father^-asws: ‘The poor were spending their nights in the Masjid on the era of Rasool-Allah^-saww, and one night the Prophet^-saww broke Fast with the poor, those who were in the Masjid, by the Pulpit in a stone pot. Thirty men ate from it, then he^-saww returned it to his^-saww wives to satiate them’’.[42]

10- ب، قرب الإسناد مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنِ ابْنِ بُكَيْرٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ قَاعِداً أَوْ يَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَى عَصًا أَوْ عَلَى حَائِطٍ فَقَالَ لَا مَا شَأْنُ أَبِيكَ وَ شَأْنُ هَذَا مَا بَلَغَ أَبُوكَ هَذَا بَعْدُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص بَعْدَ مَا عَظُمَ أَوْ بَعْدَ مَا ثَقُلَ كَانَ يُصَلِّي وَ هُوَ قَائِمٌ وَ رَفَعَ إِحْدَى رِجْلَيْهِ حَتَّى أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى‏ طه ما أَنْزَلْنا عَلَيْكَ الْقُرْآنَ لِتَشْقى‏ فَوَضَعَهَا

‘Qurb Al Isnaad’ – Muhammad Bin Al Waleed, from Ibn Bakeyr who said,

‘I asked Abu Abdullah^-asws about the Salat prayed seated, or leaning upon a staff, or upon a wall? He^-asws said: ‘No! What is the situation of your father and this situation? Has it not reached your father this afterwards that Rasool-Allah^-saww after being larger or after being heavier was praying Salat while standing, and he^-saww raised one of his^-saww left foot until Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted Revealed: Ta Ha [20:1] We have not Revealed the Quran unto you for you to be distressed [20:2]. So he^-saww placed it down’’. [43]

11- ل، الخصال مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْحَافِظُ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْعَلَوِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَلَوِيِّ الْمَعْرُوفِ بِالْمُشَلَّلِ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْقُرَشِيِ‏ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ خَمْسٌ لَسْتُ بِتَارِكِهِنَّ حَتَّى الْمَمَاتِ لِبَاسِيَ الصُّوفُ‏ وَ رُكُوبِيَ الْحِمَارَ مُؤْكَفاً وَ أَكْلِي مَعَ الْعَبِيدِ وَ خَصْفِيَ النَّعْلَ بِيَدِي وَ تَسْلِيمِي عَلَى الصِّبْيَانِ لِتَكُونَ سُنَّةً مِنْ بَعْدِي‏

‘Al Khisaal’ – Muhammad Bin Umar, the memoriser of Baghdad, from Is’haq Bin Ja’far Al Alawy, from his father Ja’far Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Muhammad Al Alawy well-known as Al Mashalal, from Suleyman Bin Muhammad al Qarshy, from Is’haq Bin Abu Ziyad,

‘Ja’far^-asws Bin Muhammad^-asws, from his^-asws father^-asws Muhammad Bin Ali^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘Five, I^-saww shall not be leaving these until the death – My wearing the wool, and my^-saww riding the donkey with a garment on it, and my^-saww eating with the slaves, and my^-as repairing the slippers by my^-saww hands, and my^-saww greeting upon the children for it to become a Sunnah from after me^-saww’’.[44]

12- ن، عيون أخبار الرضا عليه السلام بِالْأَسَانِيدِ الثَّلَاثَةِ عَنِ الرِّضَا عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ أَتَانِي مَلَكٌ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يُقْرِئُكَ السَّلَامَ وَ يَقُولُ إِنْ شِئْتَ جَعَلْتُ لَكَ بَطْحَاءَ مَكَّةَ ذَهَباً قَالَ فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَ قَالَ‏ يَا رَبِّ أَشْبَعُ يَوْماً فَأَحْمَدُكَ وَ أَجُوعُ يَوْماً فَأَسْأَلُكَ‏

‘Uyoun Akhbar Al-Reza^-asws’ – By the three chains,

‘From Al-Reza^-asws, from his^-asws forefathers^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘An Angel came to me^-saww and said: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! Your^-saww Lord^-azwj Conveys the greetings to you^-saww and is Saying: “If you^-saww desire, I^-azwj can Make the plains of Makkah as gold”. He^-saww raised his^-saww head to the sky and said: ‘O Lord^-azwj! I^-saww satiate one day, and I^-saww praise You^-azwj, and I^-saww am hungry one day, and I^-saww ask You^-azwj’. [45]

13- ن، عيون أخبار الرضا عليه السلام بِإِسْنَادِ التَّمِيمِيِ‏ عَنِ الرِّضَا عَنْ آبَائِهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ع قَالَ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ص يُضَحِّي بِكَبْشَيْنِ أَمْلَحَيْنِ أَقْرَنَيْنِ‏

‘Uyoun Akhbar Al-Reza^-asws’ – By a chain of Al Tameemi,

‘From Al-Reza^-asws, from his^-asws forefathers^-asws, from Ali^-asws having said: ‘The Prophet^-saww slaughtered (as offering) two rams, unblemished, horned’.[46]

14- ن، عيون أخبار الرضا عليه السلام بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ قَالَ: إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص كَانَ يَتَخَتَّمُ فِي يَمِينِهِ‏

‘Uyoun Akhbar Al-Reza^-asws’ – And by this chain,

‘He^-asws said: ‘The Prophet^-saww wore a ring in his^-saww right hand’.[47]

15- ن، عيون أخبار الرضا عليه السلام وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ قَالَ: مَا شَبِعَ النَّبِيُّ ص مِنْ خُبْزِ بُرٍّ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ حَتَّى مَضَى لِسَبِيلِهِ‏

‘Uyoun Akhbar Al-Reza^-asws’ – And by this chain,

‘He^-asws said: ‘The Prophet^-saww did not satiate (from hunger) from wheat bread for three days until went on his^-saww way (passed away)’.[48]

16- ن، عيون أخبار الرضا عليه السلام الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْبَيْهَقِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الصَّوْلِيِّ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ النُّوشْجَانِيِّ قَالَ: قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِلرِّضَا ع يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ يُرْوَى عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ زُبَيْرٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ تُوُفِّيَ النَّبِيُّ ص‏ وَ هُوَ فِي تَقِيَّةٍ

‘Uyoun Akhbar Al-Reza^-asws’ – Al-Husayn Bin Ahmad Al Bayhaqi, from Muhammad Bin Yahya Al Sowly, from Sahl Bin Al Qasim Al Nowshajany who said,

‘A man said to Al-Reza^-asws, ‘O son^-asws of Rasool-Allah^-saww! It is being reported from Urwa Bin Zubeyr who said, ‘The Prophet^-saww passed away while he^-saww was in Taqiyyah (dissimulation)’.

فَقَالَ أَمَّا بَعْدَ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ يا أَيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ بَلِّغْ ما أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ رَبِّكَ وَ إِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلْ فَما بَلَّغْتَ رِسالَتَهُ وَ اللَّهُ يَعْصِمُكَ مِنَ النَّاسِ‏

He^-asws said: ‘As for afterwards, the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: O you Rasool! Deliver what has been Revealed unto you from your Lord; and if you don’t do so, then you have not delivered His Message, and Allah will Protect you from the people. [5:67].

فَإِنَّهُ أَزَالَ كُلَّ تَقِيَّةٍ بِضَمَانِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَهُ وَ بَيَّنَ أَمْرَ اللَّهِ وَ لَكِنَّ قُرَيْشاً فَعَلَتْ مَا اشْتَهَتْ بَعْدَهُ وَ أَمَّا قَبْلَ نُزُولِ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ فَلَعَلَّهُ‏

All Taqiyyah (dissimulation) was removed by the Guarantee of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic for him^-saww and the Command of Allah^-azwj was manifested, but Qureysh did what they desired to do after him^-saww; and as for before the Revelation of this Verse, perhaps it is so’’.[49]

17- ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي الْمُفِيدُ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ التَّمَّارِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْكَابٍ‏ عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ شُرَيْحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص كَانَ إِذَا رَأَى نَاشِئاً تَرَكَ كُلَّ شَيْ‏ءٍ وَ إِنْ كَانَ فِي صَلَاةٍ وَ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا فِيهِ فَإِنْ ذَهَبَ حَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَ إِنْ أَمْطَرَ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ نَاشِئاً نَافِعاً

‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh – Al Mufeed, from Al-Husayn Bin Muhammad Al Tammar, from Muhammad Bin Iskab, from Mas’ab Bin Al Maqdam Bin Shareeh, from his father,

‘From Ayesha, ‘The Prophet^-saww, when he^-saww was a ‘Nasha’a’ (a cloud in the horizons of the sky) neglected all things, and even if he^-saww was in a Salat, and said: ‘O Allah^-azwj! I^-saww seek Refuge with You^-azwj from the evil of whatever is in it’. If it went away, he praised Allah^-azwj, and if it rained, said: ‘O Allah^-azwj! Make it a beneficial cloud’’.[50]

18- ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي ابْنُ حَشِيشٍ‏ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ الطَّبَرَانِيِّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ ثَوْرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ‏ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ قَاسِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَ: مَا شَبِعَ آلُ مُحَمَّدٍ ع ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ تِبَاعاً حَتَّى لَحِقَ بِاللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏

‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – Ibn Hasheesh, from Ahmad, from Suleyman Bin Ahmad Al Tabrany, from Amro Ibn Sowr, from Muhammad Bin Yusuf, from Sufyan Al Sowry, from Abdul Rahman Bin Al Qasim, from his father,

‘From Ayesha, ‘The Progeny^-asws of Muhammad^-saww did not satiate (from hunger) three consecutive days until they met Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic’’.[51]

19- ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي ابْنُ مَخْلَدٍ عَنِ الْخَالِدِيِ‏ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْقَطَّانِ عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ مُوسَى‏ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ‏ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَجْلِسُ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ وَ يَأْكُلُ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ وَ يَعْتَقِلُ الشَّاةَ وَ يُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الْمَمْلُوكِ عَلَى خُبْزِ الشَّعِيرِ

‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – Ibn Makhlad, from Al Khalidy, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali Al Qatan, from Abad Ibn Musa, from Ibrahim Bin Suleyman, from Abdullah Bin Muslim, from Saeed Bin Jubeyr, from Ibn Abbas who said,

‘Rasool-Allah^-saww would sit upon the ground and eat upon the ground and apprehend the sheep, and answer (accept) the invitation of the slaves upon the barley bread’’.[52]

20- ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي حَمَّوَيْهِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بَكْرٍ الهزالي‏ [الْهِزَّانِيِ‏] عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ الْحُبَابِ‏ عَنْ سَلَمٍ عَنْ أَبِي هِلَالٍ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ‏ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ دَخَلَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ص وَ هُوَ مَوْقُوذٌ أَوْ قَالَ مَحْمُومٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَشَدَّ وَعَكَكَ أَوْ حُمَّاكَ فَقَالَ مَا مَنَعَنِي ذَلِكَ أَنْ قَرَأْتُ اللَّيْلَةَ ثَلَاثِينَ سُورَةً فِيهِنَّ السَّبْعُ الطُّوَلُ

‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – Hamuweya Bin Ali, from Muhammad Bin Muhammad Bin Bakr Al Hazaly, form Al Fazl Bin Al Habab, from Salam, from Abu Hilal, from Bakr Bin Abdullah,

‘Umar Bin Al-Khattab went to the Prophet^-saww and he^-saww was extremely ill’ – or said, ‘feverish. Umar said to him^-saww, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! How severe is your^-saww pain and your^-saww fever?’ He^-saww said: ‘That does not prevent me^-saww from reciting thirty Chapters (of the Holy Quran) at night, among these being seven long ones’.

فَقَالَ عُمَرُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَكَ‏ ما تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِكَ وَ ما تَأَخَّرَ وَ أَنْتَ تَجْتَهِدُ هَذَا الِاجْتِهَادَ فَقَالَ يَا عُمَرُ أَ فَلَا أَكُونُ عَبْداً شَكُوراً

Umar said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! Allah^-azwj has Forgiven for you^-saww whatever has preceded and whatever is delayed, and you^-saww are struggling with this struggle?’ He^-saww said: ‘O Umar! Should I^-saww not become a grateful servant?’’[53]

21- ع، علل الشرائع عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ‏ مُوسَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مُكَفَّراً لَا يُشْكَرُ مَعْرُوفُهُ وَ لَقَدْ كَانَ مَعْرُوفُهُ عَلَى الْقُرَشِيِّ وَ الْعَرَبِيِّ وَ الْعَجَمِيِّ وَ مَنْ كَانَ أَعْظَمُ مَعْرُوفاً مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص عَلَى هَذَا الْخَلْقِ وَ كَذَلِكَ نَحْنُ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ مُكَفَّرُونَ وَ لَا يُشْكَرُ مَعْرُوفُنَا وَ خِيَارُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مُكَفَّرُونَ لَا يُشْكَرُ مَعْرُوفُهُمْ‏

‘Ilal Al-Sharaie’ – Ali Bin Hatim, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad bin Ismail, from Al-Husayn Bin Musa, from his father,

‘From Musa^-asws Bin Ja’far^-asws, from his^-asws father^-asws, from his^-asws grandfather Ali^-asws Bin Al-Husayn^-asws, from his^-asws father, from Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww was disbelieved (by people), his^-saww kindness was not thanked for, and his^-as kindness had been upon the Qureysh, and the Arabs and the non-Arabs, and who can of be greater kindness than Rasool-Allah^-saww upon this creation? And similar to that are us^-asws, the People^-asws of the Household, disbelieved. Our^-asws kindness is not thanked for; and the good Momineen are disbelieved; their kindness is not thanked for’.[54]

22- ع، علل الشرائع أَبِي عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ النَّهَاوَنْدِيِّ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ رَاهَوَيْهِ عَنْ أَبِي جويد مَوْلَى الرِّضَا ع عَنِ الرِّضَا ع قَالَ: نَزَلَ جَبْرَئِيلُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ص فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يُقْرِئُكَ السَّلَامَ وَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْأَبْكَارَ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الثَّمَرِ عَلَى الشَّجَرِ فَإِذَا أَيْنَعَ الثَّمَرُ فَلَا دَوَاءَ لَهُ إِلَّا اجْتِنَاؤُهُ وَ إِلَّا أَفْسَدَتْهُ الشَّمْسُ وَ غَيَّرَتْهُ الرِّيحُ وَ إِنَّ الْأَبْكَارَ إِذَا أَدْرَكْنَ مَا تُدْرِكُ النِّسَاءُ فَلَا دَوَاءَ لَهُنَّ إِلَّا الْبُعُولُ وَ إِلَّا لَمْ يُؤْمَنْ عَلَيْهِنَّ الْفِتْنَةُ

‘Ilal Al-Sharaie’ – My father, from Al Qasim Bin Muhammad bin Ali Bin Ibrahim Al Nahawandy, from Salih Bin Rahawiya,

‘From Abu Juweyd, a slave of Al-Reza^-asws, from Al-Reza^-asws having said: ‘Jibraeel^-as descended unto the Prophet^-saww and said: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! Your^-saww Lord^-azwj Conveys the greetings to you^-saww and is Saying: “The virgins from the women are at the status of the fruit upon the tree. So, when the fruit ripens, then there is no cure for it except picking it, or else the sun would spoil it, and its smell would change; and the virgins, when they become adults what the women tend to reach, there is no cure for them except the husband, or else there is not safety upon them of the Fitna”.

فَصَعِدَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص الْمِنْبَرَ فَجَمَعَ النَّاسَ ثُمَّ أَعْلَمَهُمْ مَا أَمَرَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِهِ فَقَالُوا مِمَّنْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ مِنَ الْأَكْفَاءِ فَقَالُوا وَ مَنِ الْأَكْفَاءُ فَقَالَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَكْفَاءُ بَعْضٍ

Rasool-Allah^-saww ascended the pulpit and the people gathered, then he^-saww let them know what Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic had Commanded with. They said, ‘(Marry them to) whom, O Rasool-Allah^-saww?’ He^-saww said: ‘From the matching ones’. They said, ‘And who are the matching ones?’ He^-saww said: ‘Some of the Believers are matches of some other’.

ثُمَّ لَمْ يَنْزِلْ حَتَّى زَوَّجَ ضُبَاعَةَ مِنَ الْمِقْدَادِ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنِّي زَوَّجْتُ ابْنَةَ عَمِّي الْمِقْدَادَ لِيَتَّضِعَ النِّكَاحُ‏

Then he^-saww did not stop until he^-saww got Zaba’ah married to Al-Miqdad Bin Al-Aswad, then said: ‘O you people! I^-saww have got a daughter of my^-saww paternal uncle to be married to Al-Miqdad in order to lay down the marriage’’.[55]

23- ير، بصائر الدرجات مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يُونُسَ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص كَانَ فِي مَكَانٍ وَ مَعَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ وَ أَرَادَ قَضَاءَ حَاجَةٍ فَقَامَ إِلَى الْأَشَاءَيْنِ يَعْنِي النَّخْلَتَيْنِ فَقَالَ لَهُمَا اجْتَمِعَا فَاسْتَتَرَ بِهِمَا النَّبِيُّ ص فَقَضَى حَاجَتَهُ ثُمَّ قَامَ فَجَاءَ الرَّجُلُ فَلَمْ يَرَ شَيْئاً

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Muhammad Bin Al-Husayn, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad Bin Yunus, from hamad Bin Usman,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘The Prophet^-saww was in a place and with him^-saww was a man from his^-saww companions, and he^-saww wanted fulfilment of a need (toilet). He^-saww stood up to the two small trees, meaning the two palm trees and said to them: ‘Gather, you two!’ Then, the Prophet^-saww concealed with them and fulfilled his^-saww need. Then he^-saww stood. The man came over but could not see anything’’.[56]

24- ص، قصص الأنبياء عليهم السلام الصَّدُوقُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَامِدٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنِ اللَّيْثِ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ أَنَّ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ‏ قَالَ: كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص بِمَرِّ الظَّهْرَانِ‏ يَرْعَى الْغَنَمَ‏ وَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْأَسْوَدِ مِنْهُ فَإِنَّهُ أَطْيَبُهُ قَالُوا تَرْعَى الْغَنَمَ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَ هَلْ نَبِيٌّ إِلَّا رَعَاهَا

‘Qasas Al-Anbiya^-as’ – Al Sadouq, from Abdullah Bin Hamid, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad bin Al-Husayn, from Muhammad Bin Yahya Abu Salih, from Al Lays, from Yunus, from Ibn Shahab, from Abu Salmah, from Jabir Bin Abdullah who said,

‘We were with Rasool-Allah^-saww at (the valley of) Marzahran pasturing the sheep, and Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘Upon you with the black from it, for it is better’. They said, ‘Do you^-saww (also) pasture the sheep?’ He^-saww said: ‘Yes, and is there any Prophet^-as except he^-as pastured it?’’[57]

25- ص، قصص الأنبياء عليهم السلام الصَّدُوقُ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَطَّارِ عَنِ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ عَنْ سَيْفِ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ وُلْدِ عَمَّارٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ أَبُو لُؤْلُؤَةَ سَمَّاهُ عَنْ آبَائِهِ قَالَ قَالَ عَمَّارٌ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ‏ كُنْتُ أَرْعَى غُنَيْمَةَ أَهْلِي وَ كَانَ مُحَمَّدٌ ص يَرْعَى أَيْضاً فَقُلْتُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ هَلْ لَكَ فِي فَخٍّ فَإِنِّي تَرَكْتُهَا رَوْضَةَ بُرَقٍ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَجِئْتُهَا مِنَ الْغَدِ وَ قَدْ سَبَقَنِي مُحَمَّدٌ ص وَ هُوَ قَائِمٌ يَذُودُ غَنَمَهُ عَنِ الرَّوْضَةِ قَالَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ وَاعَدْتُكَ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَرْعَى قَبْلَكَ‏

‘Qasas Al-Anbiya^-as’ – Al Sadouq, from his father, from Muhammad Al Attar, from Al Ashary, from Sayf Bin Hatim, from a man from the sons of Amar called Abu Lulu, from his forefathers who said,

‘Ammar said, ‘I was pasturing the sheep of my family, and Muhammad^-saww was pasturing as well. I said, ‘O Muhammad^-saww! Is there a snare for you^-saww, for I have left it in a rocky garden?’ He^-saww said: ‘Yes, I^-saww shall bring it tomorrow’. And Muhammad^-saww had preceded me and he^-saww was standing feeding his^-saww flock from the garden. He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww promised you, so I^-saww disliked that I^-saww pasture before you’’.[58]

26- سن، المحاسن أَبِي عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ الْعَقْلَ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَدْبِرْ فَأَدْبَرَ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ أَقْبِلْ فَأَقْبَلَ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَا خَلَقْتُ خَلْقاً أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنْكَ فَأَعْطَى اللَّهُ‏ مُحَمَّداً تِسْعَةً وَ تِسْعِينَ جُزْءاً ثُمَّ قَسَمَ بَيْنَ الْعِبَادِ جُزْءاً وَاحِداً

‘Al Mahasin – My father, from Al Nowfaly, from his father,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘Allah^-azwj Created the intellect and Said to it: “Turn back!” It turned back. Then Said to it: “Come forward!” It came forward. Then Said: “I^-azwj have not Created any creature more Beloved to Me^-azwj that you’. Then Allah^-azwj Gave Muhammad^-saww ninety-nine parts, then Distributed between the servants, one part’’.[59]

27- صح، صحيفة الرضا عليه السلام عَنِ الرِّضَا عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ ضَعُفْتُ عَنِ‏ الصَّلَاةِ وَ الْجِمَاعِ‏ فَنَزَلَتْ عَلَيَّ قِدْرٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَأَكَلْتُ مِنْهَا فَزَادَ فِي قُوَّتِي قُوَّةَ أَرْبَعِينَ رَجُلًا فِي الْبَطْشِ وَ الْجِمَاعِ‏

From Al-Reza^-asws, from his^-asws forefathers^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘I^-saww was weakened from the Salat and the union, so a pot was Sent down unto me^-saww from the sky. I^-saww ate from it and it increased in my^-saww strength, the strength of forty men regarding the courage and the union’.[60]

28- صح، صحيفة الرضا عليه السلام عَنِ الرِّضَا عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‏ كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ص فِي حَفْرِ الْخَنْدَقِ إِذْ جَاءَتْ فَاطِمَةُ وَ مَعَهَا كُسَيْرَةٌ مِنْ خُبْزٍ فَدَفَعَتْهَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص مَا هَذِهِ الْكُسَيْرَةُ

From Al-Reza^-asws, from his^-asws forefathers^-asws having said: ‘Amir-Al-Momineen^-asws said: ‘We were with the Prophet^-saww in a ditch of Al-Khandaq when (Syeda) Fatima^-asws came with pieces of bread and she^-asws handed it over to the Prophet^-saww. The Prophet^-saww said: ‘What are these pieces?’

فَقَالَتْ خَبَزْتُهُ قُرصاً لِلْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ جِئْتُكَ مِنْهُ بِهَذِهِ الْكُسَيْرَةِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص يَا فَاطِمَةُ أَمَا إِنَّهُ أَوَّلُ طَعَامٍ دَخَلَ جَوْفَ أَبِيكَ مُنْذُ ثَلَاثٍ‏

She^-asws said: ‘I^-asws had made discs of bread for Al-Hassan^-asws and Al-Husayn^-asws. I^-asws came to you^-saww with these’. The Prophet^-saww said: ‘O Fatima^-asws! But it is the first food to enter into the inside of your^-asws father^-saww, since three (days)’.[61]

29- سن، المحاسن عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ أَبِي الْمَغْرَاءِ عَنِ ابْنِ خَارِجَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَأْكُلُ أَكْلَ الْعَبْدِ وَ يَجْلِسُ جُلُوسَ الْعَبْدِ وَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ عَبْدٌ

‘Al Mahasin’ – Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Abu Al Magra, from Ibn Kharja, from Abu Baseer,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww used to eat the (manner of) eating of the slaves, and sit the sitting of the slaves (upon the knees), and he^-saww knew he^-saww was a slave (of Allah^-azwj)’’.[62]

30- سن، المحاسن أَبِي عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ النَّضْرِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شِمْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَأْكُلُ أَكْلَ الْعَبْدِ وَ يَجْلِسُ جِلْسَةَ الْعَبْدِ وَ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ عَلَى الْحَضِيضِ وَ يَنَامُ عَلَى الْحَضِيضِ

‘Al Mahasin’ – My father, from Ahmad Bin Al Nazar, from Amro Bin Shimr, from Jabir,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww ate the (manner of) eating of the slaves, and sat the sitting of the slaves (upon the knees), and would eat upon the lower ground and sleep upon the lower ground’’.[63]

31- سن، المحاسن صَفْوَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ الصَّيْقَلِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يَقُولُ‏ مَرَّتِ امْرَأَةٌ بَدَوِيَّةٌ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ هُوَ يَأْكُلُ وَ هُوَ جَالِسٌ عَلَى‏ الْحَضِيضِ فَقَالَتْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَ اللَّهِ إِنَّكَ لَتَأْكُلُ أَكْلَ الْعَبْدِ وَ تَجْلِسُ جُلُوسَهُ

‘Al Mahasin’ – Safwan, from Ibn Muskan, from Al-Hassan Al Sayqal who said,

‘I heard Abu Abdullah^-asws saying: ‘A Bedouin woman passed by Rasool-Allah^-saww and he^-saww was eating while seated upon the lower ground. She said, ‘O Muhammad^-saww! By Allah^-azwj you^-saww are eating the (manner of) eating of the slave, and sitting his sitting’.

فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَيْحَكِ أَيُّ عَبْدٍ أَعْبَدُ مِنِّي قَالَتْ فَنَاوِلْنِي لُقْمَةً مِنْ طَعَامِكَ فَنَاوَلَهَا فَقَالَتْ لَا وَ اللَّهِ إِلَّا الَّتِي فِي فَمِكَ‏ فَأَخْرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص اللُّقْمَةَ مِنْ فَمِهِ فَنَاوَلَهَا فَأَكَلَتْهَا

Rasool-Allah^-saww said to her: ‘Woe be unto you! Which slave is more of a slave than I^-saww am?’ She said, ‘Then give me a morsel from your^-saww meal’. He^-saww gave it to her. She said, ‘No, by Allah^-azwj, except that which is in your^-saww mouth’. Rasool-Allah^-saww brought out the morsel from his^-saww mouth and gave it to her, and she ate it’.

قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَمَا أَصَابَهَا دَاءٌ حَتَّى فَارَقَتِ الدُّنْيَا

Abu Abdullah^-asws said: ‘No illness hit her until she separated from the world’’.[64]

32- يج، الخرائج و الجرائح رُوِيَ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع‏ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص أَقْبَلَ إِلَى الْجِعْرَانَةِ فَقَسَمَ فِيهَا الْأَمْوَالَ وَ جَعَلَ النَّاسُ يَسْأَلُونَهُ فَيُعْطِيهِمْ حَتَّى أَلْجَئُوهُ إِلَى الشَّجَرَةِ فَأَخَذَتْ بُرْدَهُ وَ خَدَشَتْ ظَهْرَهُ حَتَّى جَلَوْهُ عَنْهَا وَ هُمْ يَسْأَلُونَهُ

It is reported from Al-Sadiq^-asws: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww went to Al-Ja’ranah and distributed the wealth in it, and the people went on asking him^-saww, and he^-saww kept on giving them until made him^-saww take shelter to the tree, and it removed his^-saww robe and scratched his^-saww back until they took it off him^-saww and they were (still) asking him^-saww.

فَقَالَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ رُدُّوا عَلَيَّ بُرْدِي وَ اللَّهِ لَوْ كَانَ عِنْدِي عَدَدُ شَجَرِ تِهَامَةَ نَعَماً لَقَسَمْتُهُ بَيْنَكُمْ ثُمَّ مَا أَلْفَيْتُمُونِي جَبَاناً وَ لَا بَخِيلًا ثُمَّ خَرَجَ مِنَ الْجِعْرَانَةِ فِي ذِي الْقَعْدَةِ

He^-saww said: ‘O you people! Return my robe back to me^-saww! By Allah^-azwj, if there was with me^-saww the number of trees of Tahama as bounties I^-saww would have distributed between you all and you would not have accused me^-saww or cowardice nor miserliness’. Then he^-saww went out from Al-Ja’ranah during Zul Qadah’.

قَالَ فَمَا رَأَيْتُ تِلْكَ الشَّجَرَةَ إِلَّا خَضْرَاءَ كَأَنَّمَا يُرَشُّ عَلَيْهَا الْمَاءُ

He^-asws said: ‘That tree was not seen except as green as if the water had been sprinkled over it’’.[65]

33- وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى‏ حَتَّى انْتَزَعَتِ الشَّجَرَةُ رِدَاءَهُ وَ خَدَشَتِ الشَّجَرَةُ ظَهْرَهُ‏

And in another report, ‘Until the tree snatched his^-saww robe and the tree scratched his^-saww back’.[66]

34- قب، المناقب لابن شهرآشوب‏ أَمَّا آدَابُهُ ص فَقَدْ جَمَعَهَا بَعْضُ الْعُلَمَاءِ وَ الْتَقَطَهَا مِنَ الْأَخْبَارِ

As for his^-saww ethics, some of the scholars have gathered these and picked these up from the Ahadeeth –

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ص أَحْكَمَ النَّاسِ وَ أَحْلَمَهُمْ وَ أَشْجَعَهُمْ وَ أَعْدَلَهُمْ وَ أَعْطَفَهُمْ لَمْ تَمَسَّ يَدُهُ يَدَ امْرَأَةٍ لَا تَحِلُّ وَ أَسْخَى النَّاسِ لَا يَثْبُتُ عِنْدَهُ دِينَارٌ وَ لَا دِرْهَمٌ فَإِنْ فَضَلَ وَ لَمْ يَجِدْ مَنْ يُعْطِيهِ وَ يَجُنُّهُ اللَّيْلُ لَمْ يَأْوِ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ حَتَّى يَتَبَرَّأَ مِنْهُ إِلَى مَنْ يَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ

‘The Prophet^-saww was the most decisive of the people, and their most forbearing, and their bravest, and their most just, and their kindest. His^-saww hand did not touch the hand of an impermissible woman, and he^-saww was the most generous of the people. Neither any Dinar nor Dirham was affirmed with him^-saww, and if there was extra and he^-saww did not find anyone to give it to and the night covered him, he^-saww would not shelter to his^-saww house until he^-saww was free from it to the one who was needy for it.

لَا يَأْخُذُ مِمَّا آتَاهُ اللَّهُ إِلَّا قُوتَ عَامِهِ فَقَطْ مِنْ يَسِيرِ مَا يَجِدُ مِنَ التَّمْرِ وَ الشَّعِيرِ وَ يَضَعُ سَائِرَ ذَلِكَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَ لَا يُسْأَلُ شَيْئاً إِلَّا أَعْطَاهُ ثُمَّ يَعُودُ إِلَى قُوتِ عَامِهِ فَيُؤْثِرُ مِنْهُ حَتَّى رُبَّمَا احْتَاجَ قَبْلَ انْقِضَاءِ الْعَامِ إِنْ لَمْ يَأْتِهِ شَيْ‏ءٌ

He^-saww did not take from what Allah^-azwj Gave him^-saww except the subsistence of his^-saww day only, from the little of what he^-saww found from the dates and the barley, and he^-saww would place the rest of that in the Way of Allah^-azwj, and he^-saww would not be asked for anything except he^-saww would give it, then he^-saww return to the subsistence of his^-saww day and preferred (others) from it until sometimes he^-saww would be needy before the expiry of the day and he^-saww did not get anything.

وَ كَانَ يَجْلِسُ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ وَ يَنَامُ عَلَيْهَا وَ يَأْكُلُ عَلَيْهَا وَ كَانَ يَخْصِفُ النَّعْلَ وَ يَرْقَعُ الثَّوْبَ وَ يَفْتَحُ الْبَابَ وَ يَحْلُبُ الشَّاةَ وَ يَعْقِلُ الْبَعِيرَ فَيَحْلِبُهَا وَ يَطْحَنُ مَعَ الْخَادِمِ إِذَا أَعْيَا وَ يَضَعُ طَهُورَهُ بِاللَّيْلِ بِيَدِهِ وَ لَا يَتَقَدَّمُهُ مُطْرِقٌ وَ لَا يَجْلِسُ مُتَّكِئاً وَ يَخْدُمُ فِي مِهْنَةِ أَهْلِهِ وَ يَقْطَعُ اللَّحْمَ

And he^-saww would sit upon the ground, and sleep upon it, and eat upon it, and he^-saww would repair the slipper, and patch his^-saww clothes, and open the door, and milk the sheep, and catch the camel and milk it, and grind along with the servants when he gets tired, and place his^-saww cleaning at night by his^-saww hand, and even out the wool, and he^-saww would not sit reclining, and serve in the work of his^-saww family, and cut the meat.

وَ إِذَا جَلَسَ عَلَى الطَّعَامِ جَلَسَ مُحَقَّراً وَ كَانَ يَلْطَعُ أَصَابِعَهُ وَ لَمْ يَتَجَشَّأْ قَطُّ وَ يُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الْحُرِّ وَ الْعَبْدِ وَ لَوْ عَلَى ذِرَاعٍ أَوْ كُرَاعٍ وَ يَقْبَلُ الْهَدِيَّةَ وَ لَوْ أَنَّهَا جُرْعَةُ لَبَنٍ وَ يَأْكُلُهَا وَ لَا يَأْكُلُ الصَّدَقَةَ

And when he^-saww sat upon the meal sat humbly, and lick his^-saww fingers, and did not belch at all, and answer (accept) the invitation of the free and the slave and even if it was upon a forearm (grilled sheep) or a leg, and he^-saww accepted the gift and even if it was a dose of milk and consume it, and he^-saww would not eat the charity.

لَا يَثْبُتُ بَصَرُهُ فِي وَجْهِ أَحَدٍ يَغْضَبُ لِرَبِّهِ وَ لَا يَغْضَبُ لِنَفْسِهِ وَ كَانَ يُعَصِّبُ‏ الْحَجَرَ عَلَى بَطْنِهِ مِنَ الْجُوعِ يَأْكُلُ مَا حَضَرَ وَ لَا يَرُدُّ مَا وَجَدَ لَا يَلْبَسُ ثَوْبَيْنِ يَلْبَسُ بُرْداً حِبَرَةً يَمَنِيَّةً وَ شَمْلَةً جُبَّةَ صُوفٍ وَ الْغَلِيظَ مِنَ الْقُطْنِ وَ الْكَتَّانِ وَ أَكْثَرُ ثِيَابِهِ الْبَيَاضُ وَ يَلْبَسُ الْعِمَامَةَ وَ يَلْبَسُ الْقَمِيصَ مِنْ قِبَلِ مَيَامِنِهِ وَ كَانَ لَهُ ثَوْبٌ لِلْجُمُعَةِ خَاصَّةً وَ كَانَ إِذَا لَبِسَ جَدِيداً أَعْطَى خَلَقَ ثِيَابِهِ مِسْكِيناً وَ كَانَ لَهُ عَبَاءٌ يُفْرَشُ لَهُ حَيْثُ مَا يَنْقُلُ تُثْنَى‏ ثَنْيَتَيْنِ

He^-saww did not fix his^-saww eyes in the face of anyone, getting angry for his^-saww Lord^-azwj and not getting angry for himself^-saww, and he tied the stone upon his^-saww belly out of hunger, eating what was present and not rejecting what was found, not wearing two clothes, wearing a Yemey wrap cloak, and a woollen coat, and coarse from the cotton and the linen, and most of his^-saww clothes were white, and he^-saww wore the turban, and wore the shirt from his^-saww right side, and there was a cloth for him^-saww for the Friday in particular, and when he^-saww wore the new, gave the old one of his^-saww clothes to a poor, and there was a sheet spread out for him^-saww, and there was a cloak for him^-saww spread out for him^-saww, folded twice.

يَلْبَسُ خَاتَمَ فِضَّةٍ فِي خِنْصِرِهِ الْأَيْمَنِ يُحِبُّ الْبِطِّيخَ وَ يَكْرَهُ الرِّيحَ الرَّدِيَّةَ وَ يَسْتَاكُ عِنْدَ الْوُضُوءِ يُرْدِفُ‏ خَلْفَهُ عَبْدَهُ أَوْ غَيْرَهُ يَرْكَبُ‏ مَا أَمْكَنَهُ مِنْ فَرَسٍ أَوْ بَغْلَةٍ أَوْ حِمَارٍ وَ يَرْكَبُ الْحِمَارَ بِلَا سَرْجٍ وَ عَلَيْهِ الْعِذَارُ وَ يَمْشِي رَاجِلًا وَ حَافِياً بِلَا رِدَاءٍ وَ لَا عِمَامَةٍ وَ لَا قَلَنْسُوَةٍ وَ يُشَيِّعُ الْجَنَائِزَ وَ يَعُودُ الْمَرْضَى فِي أَقْصَى الْمَدِينَةِ

He^-saww wore a silver find in his right little finger, he^-saww loved the melon and disliked the rotten smell, and brushed teeth during the Wudu’u, and his^-saww servant or someone else would walk behind him^-saww, riding what he^-saww could from a horse or a mule or a donkey, and he^-saww rode the donkey without a saddle and upon it would be a cloth, and he^-saww walked bare-footed without any cloak or a turban or a cap, and escort the funeral, and console the sick in the outskirts of Al-Medina.

يُجَالِسُ الْفُقَرَاءَ وَ يُؤَاكِلُ الْمَسَاكِينَ وَ يُنَاوِلُهُمْ بِيَدِهِ وَ يُكْرِمُ أَهْلَ الْفَضْلِ فِي أَخْلَاقِهِمْ وَ يَتَأَلَّفُ أَهْلَ الشَّرَفِ بِالْبِرِّ لَهُمْ يَصِلُ ذَوِي رَحِمِهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُؤْثِرَهُمْ عَلَى غَيْرِهِمْ إِلَّا بِمَا أَمَرَ اللَّهُ وَ لَا يَجْفُو عَلَى أَحَدٍ يَقْبَلُ مَعْذِرَةَ الْمُعْتَذِرِ إِلَيْهِ

He^-saww sat with the poor and eat with the destitute, and give them by his^-saww own hand, and honour the people of grace in their habits, and unite the people of nobility with the righteousness to them, helping the ones with relationships from without preferring them upon others except with what Allah^-azwj had Commanded, and nor being disloyal with anyone, accepting the excuses of the ones presenting excuses to him^-saww.

وَ كَانَ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ تَبَسُّماً مَا لَمْ يُنَزَّلْ عَلَيْهِ قُرْآنٌ أَوْ لَمْ تَجْرِ عِظَةٌ وَ رُبَّمَا ضَحِكَ مِنْ غَيْرِ قَهْقَهَةٍ لَا يَرْتَفِعُ عَلَى عَبِيدِهِ وَ إِمَائِهِ فِي مَأْكَلٍ وَ لَا مَلْبَسٍ‏ مَا شَتَمَ أَحَداً بِشَتْمَةٍ وَ لَا لَعَنَ امْرَأَةً وَ لَا خَادِماً بِلَعْنَةٍ وَ لَا لَامُوا أَحَداً إِلَّا قَالَ دَعُوهُ وَ لَا يَأْتِيهِ أَحَدٌ حُرٌّ أَوْ عَبْدٌ أَوْ أَمَةٌ إِلَّا قَامَ مَعَهُ فِي حَاجَتِهِ لَا فَظٌّ وَ لَا غَلِيظٌ

And he was the most frequent of the people in smiling, unless a Quran (Verse) had not been Revealed upon it or no preaching had flowed, and sometimes he^-saww would laugh from without a guffaw, not rising over his^-saww slaves and his^-saww maids in eating or wearing, not insulting anyone, nor cursing a woman nor a servant with a curse, nor reprimanding anyone except he^-saww would say: ‘Leave it!’, nor did anyone came to him^-saww, a free one or slave or maid except he^-saww would stand with him regarding his need.

وَ لَا صَخَّابٌ فِي الْأَسْوَاقِ وَ لَا يَجْزِي بِالسَّيِّئَةِ السَّيِّئَةَ وَ لَكِنْ يَغْفِرُ وَ يَصْفَحُ يَبْدَأُ مَنْ لَقِيَهُ بِالسَّلَامِ وَ مَنْ رَامَهُ‏ بِحَاجَةٍ صَابَرَهُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ هُوَ الْمُنْصَرِفَ مَا أَخَذَ أَحَدٌ يَدَهُ فَيُرْسِلَ يَدَهُ حَتَّى يُرْسِلَهَا وَ إِذَا لَقِيَ مُسْلِماً بَدَأَهُ بِالْمُصَافَحَةِ

He^-saww was neither rude, nor harsh, nor loud in the markets, nor did he^-saww recompense an evil deed with an evil deed, but he^-saww forgave and excused, initiating the one who met him^-saww with the greeting, and one who came to him^-saww with a need, he^-saww would be patient with him^-saww until he happened to be the one to leave. He^-saww did not grab the hand of anyone and leave his^-saww hand until the other one left it, and when he^-saww met a Muslim, he^-saww began by shaking other man’s hand.

وَ كَانَ لَا يَقُومُ وَ لَا يَجْلِسُ إِلَّا عَلَى ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَ كَانَ لَا يَجْلِسُ إِلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ وَ هُوَ يُصَلِّي إِلَّا خَفَّفَ صَلَاتَهُ وَ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ وَ قَالَ أَ لَكَ حَاجَةٌ وَ كَانَ أَكْثَرُ جُلُوسِهِ أَنْ يَنْصِبَ سَاقَيْهِ جَمِيعاً يَجْلِسُ‏ حَيْثُ يَنْتَهِي بِهِ الْمَجْلِسُ وَ كَانَ أَكْثَرُ مَا يَجْلِسُ مُسْتَقْبِلَ الْقِبْلَةِ

Neither did he^-saww stand nor sit except upon Zikr of Allah^-azwj, and no one would sit to him^-saww while he^-saww was praying Salat except he^-saww lightened his^-saww Salat, and turned towards him and said: ‘Is there for you a need?’ And he^-saww frequently his^-saww sitting would be that he^-saww would establish both his^-saww legs together. He^-saww sat wherever the gathering ended up with him^-saww, and most of the time he^-saww sat facing the Qiblah.

وَ كَانَ يُكْرِمُ مَنْ يَدْخُلُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى رُبَّمَا بَسَطَ ثَوْبَهُ وَ يُؤْثِرُ الدَّاخِلَ بِالْوَسَادَةِ الَّتِي تَحْتَهُ وَ كَانَ فِي الرِّضَا وَ الْغَضَبِ لَا يَقُولُ إِلَّا حَقّاً وَ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ الْقِثَّاءَ بِالرُّطَبِ وَ الْمِلْحِ وَ كَانَ أَحَبُّ الْفَوَاكِهِ الرَّطْبَةِ إِلَيْهِ الْبِطِّيخَ وَ الْعِنَبَ وَ أَكْثَرُ طَعَامِهِ الْمَاءَ وَ التَّمْرَ

And he^-saww would honour the one who enters to see him^-saww to the extent that sometimes he^-saww would spread out his^-saww cloth, and he^-saww preferred the entering one with the pillow which was under him^-saww, and it was so that during the pleasure and the anger he^-saww did not say except truth, and he^-saww would eat the cucumber with the dates and the salt, and the most beloved of the wet fruits were the melon and the grape, and most of his^-saww meal was the water and the dates.

وَ كَانَ يَتَمَجَّعُ اللَّبَنَ بِالتَّمْرِ وَ يُسَمِّيهِمَا الْأَطْيَبَيْنِ وَ كَانَ أَحَبُّ الطَّعَامِ إِلَيْهِ اللَّحْمَ وَ يَأْكُلُ الثَّرِيدَ بِاللَّحْمِ وَ كَانَ يُحِبُّ الْقَرْعَ وَ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ لَحْمَ الصَّيْدِ وَ لَا يَصِيدُهُ وَ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ الْخُبْزَ وَ السِّمْنَ وَ كَانَ يُحِبُّ مِنَ الشَّاةِ الذِّرَاعَ وَ الْكَتِفَ وَ مِنَ الْقِدْرِ الدُّبَّاءَ وَ مِنَ الصِّبَاغِ الْخَلَّ وَ مِنَ التَّمْرِ الْعَجْوَةَ وَ مِنَ الْبُقُولِ الْهِنْدَبَاءَ وَ الْبَاذَرُوجَ‏ وَ الْبَقْلَةَ اللَّيِّنَةَ

He^-saww would soften the dates with the milk and named them as the best, and the beloved meal to him^-saww was the meat, and he^-saww ate the porridge with the meat, and he^-saww loved the pumpkin, and he^-saww would eat the hunted meat and did not hunt it, and he^-saww ate the bread and the butter, and he^-saww loved the forearm and the shoulder from the sheep, and from the pot, ‘Al-Daba’, and from the dip, the vinegar, and from the dates, Al-Ajwa, and from the vegetables, the endive and the mint and the soft vegetables’’.[67]

35- مكا، مكارم الأخلاق فِي تَوَاضُعِهِ وَ حَيَائِهِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَعُودُ الْمَرِيضَ وَ يَتْبَعُ الْجَنَازَةَ وَ يُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الْمَمْلُوكِ وَ يَرْكَبُ الْحِمَارَ وَ كَانَ يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ وَ يَوْمَ قُرَيْظَةَ وَ النَّضِيرِ عَلَى حِمَارٍ مَخْطُومٍ‏ بِحَبْلٍ مِنْ لِيفٍ تَحْتَهُ إِكَافٌ مِنْ لِيفٍ

‘Makarim Al Akhlaq’ – Regarding his^-saww humbleness and his^-saww modesty – from Anas Bin Malik (a well-known fabricator) who said, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww consoled the sick, and followed the funeral, and accepted the invitations of the slaves, and rode the donkey, and on the day (battle of) Khyber, and day (battle of) Qureyza and Al-Nazeyr, he^-saww was upon a donkey reined by a rope of leaves, under him^-saww was a saddle of leaves’.

: وَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ: لَمْ يَكُنْ شَخْصٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِمْ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ كَانُوا إِذَا رَأَوْهُ لَمْ يَقُومُوا إِلَيْهِ لِمَا يَعْرِفُونَ مِنْ كَرَاهِيَتِهِ‏

And from Anas Bin Malik (a well-known fabricator) who said, ‘There did not happen to be any person more beloved to them than Rasool-Allah^-saww, and whenever they saw him^-saww did not stand to him^-saww when they recognised his^-saww dislikes’.

وَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَجْلِسُ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ وَ يَأْكُلُ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ وَ يَعْتَقِلُ الشَّاةَ وَ يُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الْمَمْلُوكِ

And from Ibn Abbas who said, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww would sit upon the ground, and eat upon the ground, and apprehend the sheep, and answer the invitation of the slaves’.

وَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص مَرَّ عَلَى صِبْيَانٍ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ هُوَ مُغِذٌّ

And from Anas Bin Malik (fabricator) who said, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww passed by children, so he^-saww greeted them and it is nourishment’.

عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ يَزِيدَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص مَرَّ بِنِسْوَةٍ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِنَّ

From Asma Bint Yazeed, ‘The Prophet^-saww passed by women and greeted unto them’.

وَ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ: أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ص رَجُلٌ يُكَلِّمُهُ فَأُرْعِدَ فَقَالَ هَوِّنْ عَلَيْكَ فَلَسْتُ بِمَلِكٍ إِنَّمَا أَنَا ابْنُ امْرَأَةٍ كَانَتْ تَأْكُلُ الْقَدَّ

And from Ibn Masoud who said, ‘The Prophet^-saww came to a man, and he trembled, so he^-saww said: ‘Take it easy upon yourself, I^-saww am not a king. But rather, I^-saww am a son^-saww of a woman^-as who used to eat cod’’.

عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَجْلِسُ بَيْنَ ظَهْرَانَيْ‏ أَصْحَابِهِ فَيَجِي‏ءُ الْغَرِيبُ فَلَا يَدْرِي أَيُّهُمْ هُوَ حَتَّى يَسْأَلَ فَطَلَبْنَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ص أَنْ يَجْعَلَ مَجْلِساً يَعْرِفُهُ الْغَرِيبُ إِذَا أَتَاهُ فَبَنَيْنَا لَهُ دُكَّاناً مِنْ طِينٍ وَ كَانَ يَجْلِسُ عَلَيْهِ وَ نَجْلِسُ بِجَانِبَيْهِ

From Abu Zarr^ar who said, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww in the midst of his^-saww companions, so the stranger would come and would not know which of them he^-saww was until he asked. So, we sought to the Prophet^-saww that he^-saww should make a seat so that the strange could recognise him^-saww when he saw him^-saww. We build a mound of clay, and he^-saww would sit upon it, and we would sit by his^-saww side’.

وَ سُئِلَتْ عَائِشَةُ مَا كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ص يَصْنَعُ إِذَا خَلَا قَالَتْ يَخِيطُ ثَوْبَهُ وَ يَخْصِفُ نَعْلَهُ وَ يَصْنَعُ مَا يَصْنَعُ الرَّجُلُ فِي أَهْلِهِ

And Ayesha was asked, ‘What does the Prophet^-saww do when he^-saww is alone?’ She said, ‘He^-saww would sew his^-saww clothes and repair his^-saww slippers, and do what the man tends to do among his family’.

وَ عَنْهَا أَحَبُّ الْعَمَلِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص الْخِيَاطَةُ

And from her, ‘The most beloved deed to Rasool-Allah^-saww was the sewing’.

وَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ: خَدَمْتُ النَّبِيَّ ص تِسْعَ سِنِينَ فَمَا أَعْلَمُهُ قَالَ لِي قَطُّ هَلَّا فَعَلْتَ كَذَا وَ كَذَا وَ لَا عَابَ عَلَيَّ شَيْئاً قَطُّ

And from Anas Bin Malik (a fabricator) who said, ‘I served the Prophet^-saww for nine years, and I do not know him^-saww saying to me at all: ‘Have you done such and such?’ Nor did he^-saww fault anything upon me at all’.

وَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ: صَحِبْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص عَشْرَ سِنِينَ وَ شَمِمْتُ الْعِطْرَ كُلَّهُ فَلَمْ أَشَمَّ نَكْهَةً أَطْيَبَ مِنْ نَكْهَتِهِ وَ كَانَ إِذَا لَقِيَهُ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ قَامَ مَعَهُ فَلَمْ يَنْصَرِفْ حَتَّى يَكُونَ الرَّجُلُ يَنْصَرِفُ عَنْهُ‏ وَ إِذَا لَقِيَهُ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ فَتَنَاوَلَ يَدَهُ نَاوَلَهَا إِيَّاهُ فَلَمْ يَنْزِعْ عَنْهُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ الرَّجُلُ هُوَ الَّذِي يَنْزِعُ عَنْهُ وَ مَا أَخْرَجَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ بَيْنَ جَلِيسٍ‏ لَهُ قَطُّ وَ مَا قَعَدَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص رَجُلٌ قَطُّ فَقَامَ حَتَّى يَقُومَ‏

And from Anas Bin Malik (a well-known fabricator) who said, ‘I accompanied Rasool-Allah^-saww for ten years, and smelt the perfumes, all of it, but did not smell any fragrance more aromatic and his^-saww fragrance, And, it was so that whenever anyone from his^-saww companions met him^-saww, he^-saww stood with him, and did not leave until the man himself left from him^-saww And, when he^-saww met anyone from his^-saww companions and grabbed his hand, he^-saww would grab him, and did not snatch it back from him until the man himself was the one to snatch it from him^-saww, and he^-saww did not bring out his^-saww knees in front of the ones gathered to him^-saww at all, and no man sat to Rasool-Allah^-saww at all and stood up, until he^-saww stood up (as well)’.

: وَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ: إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص أَدْرَكَهُ أَعْرَابِيٌّ فَأَخَذَ بِرِدَائِهِ فَجَبَذَهُ جَبْذَةً شَدِيدَةً حَتَّى نَظَرْتُ إِلَى صَفْحَةِ عُنُقِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ قَدْ أَثَّرَتْ بِهِ حَاشِيَةُ الرِّدَاءِ مِنْ شِدَّةِ جَبْذَتِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ مُرْ لِي مِنْ مَالِ اللَّهِ الَّذِي عِنْدَكَ فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَضَحِكَ وَ أَمَرَ لَهُ بِعَطَاءٍ

From Anas Bin Malik (a well-known fabricator) who said, ‘The Prophet^-saww, a Bedouin came across him^-saww and grabbed his^-saww robe and pulled it with a severe pulling until there was seen an impact on the surface of the neck of Rasool-Allah^-saww, and the edge of the cloak left a trace (mark) from the severity of his pulling, then said to him^-saww, ‘O Muhammad^-saww! Order for there to be for me from the wealth of Allah^-azwj which is with you^-saww’. Rasool-Allah^-saww turned towards him and chuckled, and instructed with a gift for him’.

عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ يَقُولُ‏ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص حَيِيّاً لَا يُسْأَلُ شَيْئاً إِلَّا أَعْطَاهُ

And from Abu Saeed Al-Khudry saying, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww was so modest, he^-saww would not be asked for anything except he^-saww would give it’.

وَ عَنْهُ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَشَدَّ حَيَاءً مِنَ الْعَذْرَاءِ فِي خِدْرِهَا وَ كَانَ إِذَا كَرِهَ شَيْئاً عَرَفْنَاهُ فِي وَجْهِهِ

And from him who said, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww was of intense modesty than the virgin in her veil, and it was so that when he^-saww disliked something, we would recognise it in his^-saww face’.

وَ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ لَا يُبْلِغْنِي أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ عَنْ أَصْحَابِي شَيْئاً فَإِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَخْرُجَ إِلَيْكُمْ وَ أَنَا سَلِيمُ الصَّدْرِ

And from Ibn Masoud who said, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘Not one of you should deliver to me^-saww anything about my^-saww companions for I^-saww love to come out to you all and I^-saww am of sound chest’’.

عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَجْوَدَ النَّاسِ كَفّاً وَ أَكْرَمَهُمْ عِشْرَةً مَنْ خَالَطَهُ فَعَرَفَهُ أَحَبَّهُ

Regarding his^-saww benevolence – From Amir-Al-Momineen Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww was the most benevolent of the people of palm, and most honourable of them of clan; one who mingled with him^-saww, recognised him^-saww, loved him^-saww’.

: مِنْ كِتَابِ النُّبُوَّةِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص قَالَ: أَنَا أَدِيبُ اللَّهِ وَ عَلِيٌّ أَدِيبِي أَمَرَنِي رَبِّي بِالسَّخَاءِ وَ الْبِرِّ وَ نَهَانِي عَنِ الْبُخْلِ وَ الْجَفَاءِ وَ مَا شَيْ‏ءٌ أَبْغَضَ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مِنَ الْبُخْلِ وَ سُوءِ الْخُلُقِ وَ إِنَّهُ لَيُفْسِدُ الْعَمَلَ كَمَا يُفْسِدُ الطِّينُ‏ الْعَسَلَ

From the book ‘Al-Nabuwwat’, from Ibn Abbas, from the Prophet^-saww having said: ‘I^-saww am the ethical one of Allah^-azwj and upon me^-saww are my^-saww ethics. My^-saww Lord^-azwj Commanded me^-saww with generosity and righteousness, and Forbade me^-saww from the stinginess and disloyalty, and there is nothing more Hateful to Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic than the stinginess and the evil manners, and it is so, these spoil the deed just as the soil spoils the honey’.

وَ بِرِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‏ كَانَ إِذَا وَصَفَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ كَانَ أَجْوَدَ النَّاسِ كَفّاً وَ أَجْرَأَ النَّاسِ صَدْراً وَ أَصْدَقَ النَّاسِ لَهْجَةً وَ أَوْفَاهُمْ ذِمَّةً وَ أَلْيَنَهُمْ عَرِيكَةً وَ أَكْرَمَهُمْ عِشْرَةً وَ مَنْ رَآهُ بَدِيهَةً هَابَهُ وَ مَنْ خَالَطَهُ فَعَرَفَهُ أَحَبَّهُ لَمْ أَرَ مِثْلَهُ قَبْلَهُ وَ لَا بَعْدَهُ

And by another report from Amir-Al-Momineen^-asws, it was so whenever he^-asws described Rasool-Allah^-saww, said: ‘He^-saww was the most benevolent of the people in palm, and bravest of the people in chest, and most truthful of the people in tone, and their most loyal of them in responsibility, and their softest of them in disposition, and most honourable of them in claim; and the one who saw him^-saww from afar was awed by him^-saww, and one who mingled with him^-saww, recognised him, loved him^-saww. The like of him^-asws neither been seen before him^-saww nor after him^-saww’.

وَ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَداً أَجْوَدَ وَ لَا أَنْجَدَ وَ لَا أَشْجَعَ وَ لَا أَوْضَأَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص

And from Ibn Umar who said, ‘I have not seen anyone more benevolent, nor more helpful, nor braver, nor cleaner than Rasool-Allah^-saww’’.

وَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: مَا سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص شي‏ء [شَيْئاً] قَطُّ قَالَ لَا

And from Jabir Bin Abdullah who said, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww did not as for anything at all?’ He said, ‘No’.

وَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: كَانَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ لَا يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَى أَبِي سُفْيَانَ وَ لَا يُقَاعِدُونَهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ثَلَاثٌ أَعْطِنِيهِنَّ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ عِنْدِي أَحْسَنُ الْعَرَبِ وَ أَجْمَلُهُ أُمُّ حَبِيبَةَ أُزَوِّجُكَهَا قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ وَ مُعَاوِيَةُ تَجْعَلُهُ كَاتِباً بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ مُرْنِي‏حَتَّى أُقَاتِلَ الْكُفَّارَ كَمَا قَاتَلْتُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ ابْنُ زُمَيْلٍ وَ لَوْ لَا أَنَّهُ طَلَبَ ذَلِكَ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مَا أَعْطَاهُ لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ يُسْأَلُ شَيْئاً قَطُّ إِلَّا قَالَ نَعَمْ

And from Ibn Abbas who said, ‘The Muslims were neither looking at Abu Sufyan nor sitting with him, so he said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! Three (things), give these’. He^-saww said: ‘Yes’. He said, ‘With me is the most beautiful of the Arabs, Umm Habeeba, I marry her to you^-asws’. He^-saww said: ‘Yes’. He said, ‘And Muawiya, make him a scribe in front of you^-saww’. He^-saww said: ‘Yes’. He said, ‘Order me until I fight against the Kafirs just as I have fought against the Muslims’. He^-saww said: ‘Yes’.

وَ عَنْ عُمَرَ أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ص فَقَالَ‏ مَا عِنْدِي شَيْ‏ءٌ وَ لَكِنِ ابْتَعْ عَلَيَّ فَإِذَا جَاءَنَا شَيْ‏ءٌ قَضَيْنَاهُ

And from Umar (Bin Al Khattab), ‘A man came to the Prophet^-saww, and he^-saww said: ‘There is nothing with me^-saww, but follow Ali^-asws’. It was such that whenever we came with something, it was fulfilled.

قَالَ عُمَرُ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا كَلَّفَكَ اللَّهُ مَا لَا تَقْدِرُ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ فَكَرِهَ النَّبِيُّ ص فَقَالَ‏ الرَّجُلُ أَنْفِقْ وَ لَا تَخَفْ مِنْ ذِي الْعَرْشِ إِقْلَالًا قَالَ فَتَبَسَّمَ النَّبِيُّ ص وَ عُرِفَ السُّرُورُ فِي وَجْهِهِ

Umar said, ‘I said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! Allah^-azwj has not Encumbered you^-saww with what you are not able upon’. He^-saww said: ‘The Prophet^-saww disliked it. The man said, ‘Spend and do not fear of the reduction from the One with the Throne’. The Prophet^-saww smiled and the cheerfulness was recognised in his^-saww face’’.

في شجاعته‏ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ع قَالَ: لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ وَ نَحْنُ نَلُوذُ بِالنَّبِيِّ ص وَ هُوَ أَقْرَبُنَا إِلَى الْعَدُوِّ وَ كَانَ مِنْ أَشَدِّ النَّاسِ يَوْمَئِذٍ بَأْساً

Regarding his^-saww bravery – From Ali^-asws having said: ‘You would have seen me^-asws on the Day of Badr and we used to shelter with the Prophet^-saww, and he^-saww was the closest of us to the enemy, and he^-saww was from the severest of the people in courage on that day’.

وَ عَنْهُ ع قَالَ: كُنَّا إِذَا احْمَرَّ الْبَأْسُ وَ لَقِيَ الْقَوْمُ الْقَوْمَ اتَّقَيْنَا بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَمَا يَكُونُ أَحَدٌ أَقْرَبَ إِلَى الْعَدُوِّ مِنْهُ

And from him^-asws having said: ‘We used to be of the severest danger and met the people (after) people, we saved ourselves with Rasool-Allah^-saww, so no one happened to be closest to the enemy than him^-saww’.

وَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ: كَانَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَزَعٌ فَرَكِبَ النَّبِيُّ ص فَرَساً لِأَبِي طَلْحَةَ فَقَالَ مَا رَأَيْنَا مِنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ وَ إِنْ وَجَدْنَاهُ لَبَحْراً

And from Anas Bin Malik (a well-known fabricator) who said, ‘There was panic in Al-Medina, so the Prophet^-saww rode a horse to Abu Talha and said: ‘We do not view it (fabricator) as anything, and even if we find it as an ocean’.

وَ بِرِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَشْجَعَ النَّاسِ وَ أَحْسَنَ النَّاسِ وَ أَجْوَدَ النَّاسِ قَالَ فَزِعَ أَهْلُ الْمَدِينَةِ لَيْلَةً فَانْطَلَقَ النَّاسُ قِبَلَ الصَّوْتِ قَالَ فَتَلَقَّاهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ قَدْ سَبَقَهُمْ وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ لَنْ‏ تُرَاعُوا وَ هُوَ عَلَى فَرَسٍ لِأَبِي طَلْحَةَ وَ فِي عُنُقِهِ السَّيْفُ قَالَ فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ لِلنَّاسِ لَمْ تُرَاعُوا وَجَدْنَاهُ بَحْراً أَوْ إِنَّهُ لَبَحْرٌ

And by another report from Anas (a well-known fabricator), ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww was the bravest of the people, and best of the people, and most benevolent of the people. The people of Al-Medina panicked one night, and the people went before the sound and Rasool-Allah^-saww met them, and he^-saww had preceded them and he^-saww was saying: ‘You will never bear it’, and he^-saww was upon a horse of Abu Talha and the sword was in his^-saww neck. The people went on saying, ‘You^-saww will not (be able to) bear it, we find it (fabricator) as an ocean’ or it is an ocean’.

في علامة رضاه و غضبه‏ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يُعْرَفُ رِضَاهُ وَ غَضَبُهُ فِي وَجْهِهِ كَانَ إِذَا رَضِيَ فَكَأَنَّمَا تُلَاحِكُ الجذر [الْجُدُرُ] وَجْهَهُ وَ إِذَا غَضِبَ خَسَفَ لَوْنُهُ وَ اسْوَدَّ

Regarding the signs of his^-saww pleasure and his^-saww anger – From Ibn Umar who said, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww was such, his^-saww pleasure and his^-saww anger was recognised in his^-saww face. When he^-saww was pleased it was as if his^-saww face was bound by roots, and when he^-saww was angry, his^-saww complexion would subside and darken’.

عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِذَا سَرَّهُ الْأَمْرُ اسْتَنَارَ وَجْهُهُ كَأَنَّهُ دَارَةُ الْقَمَرِ

From Ka’ab Bin Malik who said, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww, when a matter cheered him^-saww, his^-saww face would be radiant as if it was the circular moon’’.

عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِذَا رَأَى مَا يُحِبُّ قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي بِنِعْمَتِهِ تَتِمُّ الصَّالِحَاتُ

From Amir-Al-Momineen Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww, when he^-saww was what he^-saww loved, said: ‘The Praise is for Allah^-azwj Who, by His^-azwj Bounty, Completes the righteous deeds’.

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ يَقُولُ‏ شَهِدْتُ مِنَ الْمِقْدَادِ مَشْهَداً لَأَنْ أَكُونَ أَنَا صَاحِبَهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِمَّا فِي الْأَرْضِ مِنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ص إِذَا غَضِبَ احْمَرَّ وَجْهُهُ

From Abdullah Bin Masoud saying, ‘I witnessed from Al-Miqdad a sight, if I happened to be his companion, it would have been more beloved to me than whatever is in the earth, more than anything’. He said, ‘The Prophet^-saww when angry, his^-saww face reddened’.

عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ص يُعْرَفُ رِضَاهُ وَ غَضَبُهُ بِوَجْهِهِ كَانَ إِذَا رَضِيَ فَكَأَنَّمَا تُلَاحِكُ الْجُدُرُ وَجْهَهُ‏ وَ إِذَا غَضِبَ خَسَفَ لَوْنُهُ وَ اسْوَدَّ

From Ibn Umar who said, ‘The Prophet^-saww, his^-saww pleasure and his^-saww anger was recognised in his^-saww face. When he^-saww was pleased, it was as if his^-saww face was shining on the wall, and when angry, his^-saww colour would drop and darken’.

قال أبو البدر: سمعت أبا الحكم الليثي يقول: هي المرآة توضع في الشمس فيرى ضوءها على الجدار يعني قوله: تلاحك الجدر

Abu Al-Badr said, ‘I heard Abu Al Hakam Al Laysi saying, ‘It is the mirror illuminating in the sunshine, so its illumination is seen upon the wall – in meaning of his words, ‘Shining on the wall’’.

في الرفق بأمته‏ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِذَا فَقَدَ الرَّجُلَ مِنْ إِخْوَانِهِ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ سَأَلَ عَنْهُ فَإِنْ كَانَ غَائِباً دَعَا لَهُ وَ إِنْ كَانَ شَاهِداً زَارَهُ وَ إِنْ كَانَ مَرِيضاً عَادَهُ

Regarding the kindness with his^-saww community – From Anas (a well-known fabricator) who said, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww, when he^-saww missed a man from his^-saww brethren for three days, would ask about him. If he was absent, he^-saww would supplicate for him, and if he was present, would visit him, and if he was sick, would console him’’.

: عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: غَزَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِحْدَى وَ عِشْرِينَ غَزْوَةً بِنَفْسِهِ شَاهَدْتُ‏ مِنْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ وَ غِبْتُ عَنِ اثْنَتَيْنِ فَبَيْنَا أَنَا مَعَهُ فِي بَعْضِ غَزَوَاتِهِ إِذْ أَعْيَا نَاضِحِي‏ تَحْتِي بِاللَّيْلِ فَبَرَكَ وَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فِي آخِرِنَا فِي أُخْرَيَاتِ النَّاسِ

From Jabir Bin Abdullah^-ra who said, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww went on twenty-one military expeditions himself^-saww. I attended nineteen of these and was absent from two. So, while I was with him^-saww in one of his^-saww military expeditions when our camel tired us at night and it squatted, and Rasool-Allah^-saww was among the last of us in the end of the people.

فَيُزْجِي الضَّعِيفَ وَ يُرْدِفُ‏ وَ يَدْعُو لَهُمْ فَانْتَهَى إِلَيَّ وَ أَنَا أَقُولُ يَا لَهْفَ أُمِّيَاهْ‏ وَ مَا زَالَ لَنَا نَاضِحَ سَوْءٍ فَقَالَ مَنْ هَذَا فَقُلْتُ أَنَا جَابِرٌ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَ أُمِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ

He^-saww drove on the weak and supplicated for them and came after it, and ended up with me, and I was saying, ‘O regret of its mother!’, the camel does not cease to be bad to us. He^-saww said: ‘Who is this?’ I said, ‘I am Jabir, may my father and my mother be sacrificed for you^-saww, O Rasool-Allah^-saww!’

قَالَ مَا شَأْنُكَ قُلْتُ أَعْيَا نَاضِحِي فَقَالَ أَ مَعَكَ عَصًا فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَضَرَبَهُ ثُمَّ بَعَثَهُ ثُمَّ أَنَاخَهُ وَ وَطِئَ عَلَى ذِرَاعِهِ وَ قَالَ ارْكَبْ فَرَكِبْتُ فَسَايَرْتُهُ فَجَعَلَ جَمَلِي يَسْبِقُهُ فَاسْتَغْفَرَ لِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ خَمْساً وَ عِشْرِينَ مَرَّةً

He^-saww said: ‘What is your problem?’ I said, ‘My camel has tired me’. He^-saww said: ‘Is there a staff with you?’ I said, ‘Yes’. He^-saww tapped it, then pushed it and made it kneel down, and it trod upon his^-saww armour, and said: ‘Ride’. I rode and travelled on it, and my camel went on to precede him^-saww. He^-saww sought Forgiveness for me^-azwj during that night, twenty-five times.

فَقَالَ لِي مَا تَرَكَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ مِنَ الْوَلَدِ يَعْنِي أَبَاهُ قُلْتُ سَبْعَ نِسْوَةٍ قَالَ أَبُوكَ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَإِذَا قَدِمْتَ الْمَدِينَةَ فَقَاطِعْهُمْ فَإِنْ أَبَوْا فَإِذَا حَضَرَ جَذَاذُ نَخْلِكُمْ فَآذِنِّي

He^-saww said to me: ‘What children has Abdullah left behind?’ Meaning his (Jabir’s) father. I said, ‘Seven women’. He^-saww said: ‘Your father, are there debts upon him?’ I said, ‘Yes’. He^-saww said: ‘When you proceed to Al-Medina, then cut them off, if he refuses, then present the fruitless palm tree of yours and call me^-saww’.

وَ قَالَ هَلْ تَزَوَّجْتَ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ بِمَنْ قُلْتُ بِفُلَانَةَ بِنْتِ فُلَانٍ بِأَيِّمٍ‏ كَانَتْ بِالْمَدِينَةِ قَالَ فَهَلَّا فَتَاةً تُلَاعِبُهَا وَ تُلَاعِبُكَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كُنَّ عِنْدِي نِسْوَةٌ خُرْقٌ‏ يَعْنِي أَخَوَاتِهِ فَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ آتِيَهُنَّ بِامْرَأَةٍ خَرْقَاءَ فَقُلْتُ هَذِهِ أَجْمَعُ لِأَمْرِي قَالَ أَصَبْتَ وَ رَشَدْتَ

And he^-saww said:’ Are you married?’ I said, ‘Yes’. He^-saww said: ‘With whom?’ I said, ‘With so and so daughter of son and so who was at Al-Medina’. He^-saww said: ‘Is there a young girl you play with and she plays with you?’ I said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! With me are graceless women’, meaning sisters. He^-saww disliked that I go to them with a graceless woman. I said, ‘This is the sum total of my affairs’. He^-saww said: ‘You are correct and well-guided’.

فَقَالَ بِكَمِ اشْتَرَيْتَ جَمَلَكَ فَقُلْتُ بِخَمْسِ أَوَاقٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ قَالَ قَدْ أَخَذْنَاهُ‏ فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ أَتَيْتُهُ بِالْجَمَلِ فَقَالَ يَا بِلَالُ أَعْطِهِ خَمْسَ أَوَاقٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ يَسْتَعِينُ بِهِ‏ فِي دَيْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَ زِدْهُ ثَلَاثاً وَ ارْدُدْ عَلَيْهِ جَمَلَهُ

He^-saww said: ‘How much did you buy your camel with?’ I said, ‘With five weights (200 grams each) of gold’. He^-saww said: ‘We^-saww have taken it’. When I arrived at Al-Medina I came to him^-saww with the camel and he^-saww said: ‘O Bilal! Give him five weights (200 grams each) of gold for him to be assisted by it regarding the debts of Abdullah, and increase him with five (more), and return his camel back to him’.

قَالَ هَلْ قَاطَعْتَ غُرَمَاءَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قُلْتُ لَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ أَ تَرَكَ وَفَاءً قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ لَا عَلَيْكَ إِذَا حَضَرَ جَذَاذُ نَخْلِكُمْ فَآذِنِّي فَآذَنْتُهُ فَجَاءَ فَدَعَا لَنَا فَجَذَذْنَا وَ اسْتَوْفَى كُلُّ غَرِيمٍ مَا كَانَ يَطْلُبُ تَمْراً وَفَاءً وَ بَقِيَ لَنَا مَا كُنَّا نَجُذُّ وَ أَكْثَرُ

He^-saww said: ‘Did you cut off the creditors of Abdullah?’ I said, ‘No, O Rasool-Allah^-saww!’ He^-saww said: ‘Have you neglected loyalty?’ I said, ‘No’. He^-saww said: ‘It is upon you when the fruits of your palm trees are present, then call me^-saww’. called him^-saww. He^-saww came and supplicated for us and fulfilled every creditor who was seeking dates, with fulfilment, and there remained for us what we used to find (before), and more’.

فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص ارْفَعُوا وَ لَا تَكِيلُوا فَرَفَعْنَاهُ وَ أَكَلْنَا مِنْهُ زَمَاناً

Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘Raise them (dates) and do not measure’. We raised them and ate from it for a time’’.

وَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِذَا حَدَّثَ الْحَدِيثَ أَوْ سأل [سُئِلَ‏] عَنِ الْأَمْرِ كَرَّرَهُ ثَلَاثاً لِيَفْهَمَ وَ يُفْهَمَ عَنْهُ

And from Ibn Abbas who said, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww, when he^-saww narrated the Hadeeth or was asked about the matter, repeated it thrice for them to understand about it’’.

وَ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ لَبَّيْكَ

And from Ibn Umar who said, ‘A man said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww!’ He^-saww said: ‘At your service!’’

وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ‏ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص كُنَّا إِذَا جَلَسْنَا إِلَيْهِ إِنْ أَخَذْنَا بِحَدِيثٍ فِي ذِكْرِ الْآخِرَةِ أَخَذَ مَعَنَا وَ إِنْ أَخَذْنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا أَخَذَ مَعَنَا وَ إِنْ أَخَذْنَا فِي ذِكْرِ الطَّعَامِ وَ الشَّرَابِ أَخَذَ مَعَنَا فَكُلَّ هَذَا أُحَدِّثُكُمْ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص

And it is reported from Zayd Bin Sabit that the Prophet^-saww, when we sate to him^-saww and we took with the discussion regarding the mention of the Hereafter, he^-saww would take up (the discussion) with us, and if we took to the discussion regarding the world, he^-saww would take it with us, and if we took regarding the mention of the food and the drink, he^-saww would take it with us. All this, I am narrating to you is from Rasool-Allah^-saww’’.

عَنْ أَبِي الْحُمَيْسَاءِ قَالَ: بَايَعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ص قَبْلَ أَنْ يُبْعَثَ فَوَاعَدَنِيهِ‏ مَكَاناً فَنَسِيتُهُ يَومِي وَ الْغَدَ فَأَتَيْتُهُ يَوْمَ الثَّالِثِ فَقَالَ ص يَا فَتَى لَقَدْ شَقَقْتَ‏ عَلَيَّ أَنَا هَاهُنَا مُنْذُ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ

From Abu Al-Hameysa who said, ‘I had agreed to sell (something to) the Prophet^-saww, before he^-saww was Sent, and promised him^-saww (to be at a) place, but I forgot it on that day and the next, and came to him^-saww on the third day. He^-saww said: ‘O youth! You placed hardship upon me^-saww. I^-saww have been over here since three days’’.

عَنْ جَرِيرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ‏ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص دَخَلَ بَعْضَ بُيُوتِهِ فَامْتَلَأَ الْبَيْتُ وَ دَخَلَ جَرِيرٌ فَقَعَدَ خَارِجَ الْبَيْتِ فَأَبْصَرَهُ النَّبِيُّ ص فَأَخَذَ ثَوْبَهُ فَلَفَّهُ فَرَمَى بِهِ إِلَيْهِ وَ قَالَ اجْلِسْ عَلَى هَذَا فَأَخَذَ جَرِيرٌ فَوَضَعَهُ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ فَقَبَّلَهُ

And from Jareer Bin Abdullah that the Prophet^-saww entered one of his^-saww houses and the house filled up, and Jareer entered and sat outside the house. The Prophet^-saww saw him and grabbed his^-saww cloth, folded it and threw it towards him and said: ‘Sit upon this!’ Jareer grabbed it and placed it upon his face and kissed it’.

عَنْ سَلْمَانَ الْفَارِسِيِّ قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ هُوَ مُتَّكِئٌ عَلَى وِسَادَةٍ فَأَلْقَاهَا إِلَيَّ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا سَلْمَانُ مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ دَخَلَ عَلَى أَخِيهِ الْمُسْلِمِ فَيُلْقِي لَهُ الْوِسَادَةَ إِكْرَاماً لَهُ إِلَّا غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ

From Salman Al-Farsi^ar having said: ‘I^ar went to Rasool-Allah^-saww and he^-saww was reclining upon a pillow, so he^-saww threw it towards me^ar, then said: ‘O Salman^ar! There is none from a Muslim entering to see his Muslim brother, so he throws the pillow to him as an honour for him, except Allah^-azwj will Forgive him’’.

في بكائه‏

ص عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ هُوَ يَجُودُ بِنَفْسِهِ فَدَمَعَتْ عَيْنَاهُ‏ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص تَدْمَعُ الْعَيْنُ وَ يَحْزَنُ الْقَلْبُ وَ لَا أَقُولُ إِلَّا مَا يَرْضَى رَبُّنَا وَ إِنَّا بِكَ يَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ لَمَحْزُونُونَ

Regarding his^-saww crying – From Anas Bin Malik (the fabricator) who said, ‘I saw Ibrahim^-asws, son^-asws of Rasool-Allah^-saww and he^-asws was thirsty himself^-asws, and his^-asws eyes were tearful, so Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘The eyes are tearful and the heart is grieving, and I^-saww am not saying except what pleases our Lord^-azwj, and I^-saww am, O Ibrahim^-asws, with you of the grieving ones’’.

عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ الْمَخْزُومِيِّ قَالَ: لَمَّا أُصِيبَ زَيْدُ بْنُ حَارِثَةَ انْطَلَقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ فَلَمَّا رَأَتْهُ ابْنَتُهُ جَهَشَتْ فَانْتَحَبَ‏ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ قَالَ لَهُ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِهِ مَا هَذَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ هَذَا شَوْقُ الْحَبِيبِ إِلَى الْحَبِيبِ

From Khalid Bin Salma Al-Makhzoumy who said, ‘When Zayd Bin Harisa was injured, Rasool-Allah^-saww went to his house. When his daughter saw him^-saww, she cried intensely. So, Rasool-Allah^-saww sobbed, and one of his^-saww companions said to him^-saww, ‘What is this (behaviour) O Rasool-Allah^-saww?’ He^-saww said: ‘This is a desire of the beloved to the beloved’’.

في مشيه ص‏ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِذَا مَشَى تَكَفَّأَ تَكَفُّؤاً كَأَنَّمَا يَتَقَلَّعُ مِنْ صَبَبٍ لَمْ أَرَ قَبْلَهُ وَ لَا بَعْدَهُ مِثْلَهُ

Regarding his^-saww walk – From Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww, when he^-saww walked, rolled by with a rolling as if he^-saww is uprooting from a downward slope. The like of him^-saww has not been seen before him^-saww nor after him^-saww’’.

عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِذَا خَرَجَ مَشَى أَصْحَابُهُ أَمَامَهُ وَ تَرَكُوا ظَهْرَهُ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ

From Jabir who said, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww, when he^-saww went out, his^-saww companions walked in front of him^-saww, and they left his^-saww back for the Angels’.

عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِذَا مَشَى مَشَى مَشْياً يُعْرَفُ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِمَشْيِ عَاجِزٍ وَ لَا بِكَسْلَانَ

From Ibn Abbas who said, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww, when he^-saww walked, walked such a walk recognised that it is neither walk of a frustrated (unable) one nor with laziness’’.

عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ: كُنَّا إِذَا أَتَيْنَا النَّبِيَّ ص جَلَسْنَا حَلْقَةً

From Anas Bin Malik (a well-known fabricator) who said, ‘Whenever we came to the Prophet^-saww, we sat down in a circle’’.

وَ رُوِيَ‏ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَا يَدَعُ أَحَداً يَمْشِي مَعَهُ إِذَا كَانَ رَاكِباً حَتَّى يَحْمِلَهُ مَعَهُ فَإِنْ أَبَى قَالَ تَقَدَّمْ أَمَامِي وَ أَدْرِكْنِي فِي الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي تُرِيدُ

And it is reported that Rasool-Allah^-saww did not leave anyone alone, he^-saww would walk with him, to the extent that when he^-saww was riding, he^-saww would carry him with him^-saww, and if he refused, he^-saww said: ‘Walk in front of me^-saww and take me^-saww to the place which you intended.

وَ دَعَاهُ ص قَوْمٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ إِلَى طَعَامٍ صَنَعُوهُ لَهُ وَ لِأَصْحَابٍ لَهُ خَمْسَةٍ فَأَجَابَ دَعْوَتَهُمْ فَلَمَّا كَانَ فِي بَعْضِ الطَّرِيقِ أَدْرَكَهُمْ سَادِسٌ فَمَاشَاهُمْ فَلَمَّا دَنَوْا مِنْ بَيْتِ الْقَوْمِ قَالَ لِلرَّجُلِ السَّادِسِ إِنَّ الْقَوْمَ لَمْ يَدْعُوكَ فَاجْلِسْ حَتَّى نَذْكُرَ لَهُمْ مَكَانَكَ وَ نَسْتَأْذِنَهُمْ بِكَ‏

And a group from the people of Al-Medina invited him^-saww to a meal they had made for him^-saww and for five of his^-saww companions. He^-saww accepted their invitation. When he^-saww was in one of the streets, a sixth came across them and walked with them. When they were near to the house of the group, he^-saww said to the sixth man: ‘The group did not invite you, therefore sit until we mention your place to them, and seek their permission for you’’.

في جمل من أحواله و أخلاقه‏ مِنْ كِتَابِ النُّبُوَّةِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ع قَالَ: مَا صَافَحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَحَداً قَطُّ فَنَزَعَ يَدَهُ مِنْ يَدِهِ حَتَّى يَكُونَ هُوَ الَّذِي يَنْزِعُ يَدَهُ وَ مَا فَاوَضَهُ أَحَدٌ قَطُّ فِي حَاجَةٍ أَوْ حَدِيثٍ فَانْصَرَفَ حَتَّى يَكُونَ الرَّجُلُ يَنْصَرِفُ‏ وَ مَا نَازَعَهُ الْحَدِيثَ حَتَّى يَكُونَ‏ هُوَ الَّذِي يَسْكُتُ

Regarding the summary of his^-saww situations and his^-saww manners – from the book ‘Al-Nabuwwah’, from Ali^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww did not shake the hand of anyone at all and snatched back his^-saww hand from his hand until he was the one who snatched back his hand, and he^-saww did not assist anyone regarding a need at all or a discussion and left until the man happen to turn away to leave, and he^-saww did not stop the discussion until he was the one who was silent.

وَ مَا رُئِيَ مُقَدِّماً رِجْلَهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ جَلِيسٍ لَهُ قَطُّ وَ لَا عَرَضَ لَهُ‏ قَطُّ أَمْرَانِ إِلَّا أَخَذَ بِأَشَدِّهِمَا وَ مَا انْتَصَرَ نَفْسَهُ مِنْ مَظْلِمَةٍ حَتَّى يُنْتَهَكَ مَحَارِمُ اللَّهِ فَيَكُونَ حِينَئِذٍ غَضَبُهُ لِلَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى وَ مَا أَكَلَ مُتَّكِئاً قَطُّ حَتَّى فَارَقَ الدُّنْيَا وَ مَا سُئِلَ شَيْئاً قَطُّ فَقَالَ لَا وَ مَا رَدَّ سَائِلًا حَاجَةً إِلَّا بِهَا أَوْ بِمَيْسُورٍ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ

And the front part of his^-saww feet were not seen in front of the gatherers to him^-saww at all, nor were two matters presented to him^-saww at all except he^-saww took to the severe of the two; and he^-saww did not prevail himself^-saww from a grievance until the Sanctities of Allah^-azwj were violated, so during that his^-saww anger would be for Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted; and he^-saww did not eat reclining at all until he^-saww separated from the world, and he^-saww was not asked about anything at all and said: ‘No’, and he^-saww did not return a needy beggar except with it or a cheerful word.

وَ كَانَ أَخَفَّ النَّاسِ صَلَاةً فِي تَمَامٍ وَ كَانَ أَقْصَرَ النَّاسِ خُطْبَةً وَ أَقَلَّهُ هَذَراً وَ كَانَ يُعْرَفُ بِالرِّيحِ الطَّيِّبِ إِذَا أَقْبَلَ وَ كَانَ إِذَا أَكَلَ مَعَ الْقَوْمِ كَانَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ يَبْدَأُ وَ آخِرَ مَنْ يَرْفَعُ يَدَهُ وَ كَانَ إِذَا أَكَلَ أَكَلَ مِمَّا يَلِيهِ فَإِذَا كَانَ الرُّطَبُ وَ التَّمْرُ جَالَتْ يَدُهُ وَ إِذَا شَرِبَ شَرِبَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَنْفَاسٍ وَ كَانَ يَمَصُّ الْمَاءَ مَصّاً وَ لَا يَعُبُّهُ عَبّاً

And he^-saww was the lightest of the people of Salat in full, and he^-saww was the shortest of the people in addressing, and least of it in talk; and he^-saww was recognised by the aromatic fragrance when he^-saww came, and when he^-saww ate with the people he^-saww would be the first one to begin, and the last one to raise his^-saww hand, and when he^-saww ate, ate from what was in front of him^-saww. When it was the ripened dates, he^-saww circumvented his^-saww hand, and when he^-saww drank, drank in three gulps, delicate sips not gulping down in large gulps.

وَ كَانَ يَمِينُهُ لِطَعَامِهِ وَ شَرَابِهِ وَ أَخْذِهِ وَ إِعْطَائِهِ كَانَ‏ لَا يَأْخُذُهُ إِلَّا بِيَمِينِهِ وَ لَا يُعْطِي إِلَّا بِيَمِينِهِ وَ كَانَ شِمَالُهُ لِمَا سِوَى ذَلِكَ مِنْ بَدَنِهِ وَ كَانَ يُحِبُّ التَّيَمُّنَ فِي كُلِّ أُمُورِهِ فِي لُبْسِهِ وَ تَنَعُّلِهِ وَ تَرَجُّلِهِ

And his^-saww right hand was for his^-saww food and his^-saww drink, and his^-saww taking and his^-saww giving. He^-saww did not take except by his^-saww right hand, nor did he^-saww give except by his^-saww right hand, and his^-saww left hand was for what is besides that from his^-saww body; and he^-saww used to love the good omen in all of his^-saww affairs – regarding his^-saww wearing, and his^-saww attaining, and his^-saww walking.

وَ كَانَ إِذَا دَعَا دَعَا ثَلَاثاً وَ إِذَا تَكَلَّمَ تَكَلَّمَ وَتْراً وَ إِذَا اسْتَأْذَنَ اسْتَأْذَنَ ثَلَاثاً وَ كَانَ كَلَامُهُ فَصْلًا يَتَبَيَّنُهُ كُلُّ مَنْ سَمِعَهُ وَ إِذَا تَكَلَّمَ رُئِيَ كَالنُّورِ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْنِ ثَنَايَاهُ وَ إِذَا رَأَيْتَهُ قُلْتَ أَفْلَجُ الثَّنِيَّتَيْنِ وَ لَيْسَ بِأَفْلَجَ وَ كَانَ نَظَرُهُ اللَّحْظَ بِعَيْنِهِ وَ كَانَ لَا يُكَلِّمُ أَحَداً بِشَيْ‏ءٍ يَكْرَهُهُ وَ كَانَ إِذَا مَشَى يَنْحَطُّ مِنْ صَبَبٍ‏

And when he^-saww called, called thrice, and when he^-saww spoke, spoke once, and when he^-saww sought permission, sought permission thrice, and his^-saww speech was decisive clarifying all the ones who heard it, and when he^-saww spoke something like Noor would come out from his^-saww front teeth, and when I^-asws said: ‘Well-cleaned two teeth’, it wasn’t (due to) cleaning, and when he^-saww looked it would be momentarily, and he^-saww did not speak to anyone with something he disliked, and when he^-saww walked, (as if) rolling down a slope.

وَ كَانَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ خِيَارَكُمْ أَحْسَنُكُمْ‏ أَخْلَاقاً وَ كَانَ لَا يَذُمُّ ذَوَّاقاً وَ لَا يَمْدَحُهُ وَ لَا يَتَنَازَعُ أَصْحَابُهُ الْحَدِيثَ عِنْدَهُ وَ كَانَ الْمُحَدِّثُ عَنْهُ يَقُولُ لَمْ أَرَ بِعَيْنِي مِثْلَهُ قَبْلَهُ وَ لَا بَعْدَهُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ

And he^-saww was saying: ‘The best of you is the one of you best in manners’. He^-saww did not condemn any taste nor praised it, nor snatch any discussion from his^-saww companion, and the narrator was saying about him^-saww, ‘I have not seen with my eyes the like of him^-saww before him^-saww nor after him^-saww’.

عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص إِذَا رُئِيَ فِي اللَّيْلَةِ الظَّلْمَاءِ رُئِيَ لَهُ نُورٌ كَأَنَّهُ شِقَّةُ قَمَرٍ

From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww, when seen during the dark night, a Noor was seen to be for him^-saww as if he^-saww was a piece of the moon.

عَنْهُ ع قَالَ: نَزَلَ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ يُقْرِئُكَ السَّلَامَ وَ يَقُولُ لَكَ هَذِهِ بَطْحَاءُ مَكَّةَ تَكُونُ لَكَ رَضْرَاضُهُ‏ ذَهَباً قَالَ فَنَظَرَ النَّبِيُّ ص إِلَى السَّمَاءِ ثَلَاثاً ثُمَّ قَالَ لَا يَا رَبِّ وَ لَكِنْ أَشْبَعُ يَوْماً فَأَحْمَدُكَ وَ أَجُوعُ يَوْماً فَأَسْأَلُكَ

From him^-asws having said: ‘Jibraeel^-as descended unto Rasool-Allah^-saww and said: ‘Allah^-azwj, Majestic is His^-azwj Majesty Conveys the Greetings to you^-saww and is Saying to you^-saww: “These plains of Makkah, its gravel can become gold for you^-saww”’. The Prophet^-saww looked towards the sky three times, then said: ‘No, O Lord^-azwj! But, I^-saww want to be satiated one day and praise You^-azwj, and be hungry one day, and ask You^-azwj’’.

وَ عَنْهُ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَحْلُبُ عَنْزَ أَهْلِهِ

And from him^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww milked the goats of his^-saww family’.

وَ عَنْهُ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يُحِبُّ الرُّكُوبَ عَلَى الْحِمَارِ مُؤْكَفاً وَ الْأَكْلَ عَلَى الْحَضِيضِ مَعَ الْعَبِيدِ وَ مُنَاوَلَةَ السَّائِلِ بِيَدَيْهِ

And from him^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww loved to ride upon the donkey with a sheet as a saddle, and eat upon the lower ground with the slaves, and give to the beggar with his^-saww hands’’.

وَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: فِي‏ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص خِصَالٌ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي طَرِيقٍ فَيَتْبَعُهُ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا عَرَفَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ سَلَكَهُ مِنْ طِيبِ عَرْفِهِ أَوْ رِيحِ عَرَقِهِ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَمُرُّ بِحَجَرٍ وَ لَا مَدَرٍ إِلَّا سَجَدَ لَهُ

And from Jabir Bin Abdullah having said: ‘In Rasool-Allah^-saww were characteristics – He^-saww would not happen to be in a street and someone followed him^-saww except he would recognise that he^-saww had travelled it, recognising it from fragrance, or aroma of his^-saww perspiration, and he^-saww neither passed any rock or plant, except it did Sajdah to him^-saww’.

وَ عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ أَنَسِ‏ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص كَانَ أَزْهَرَ اللَّوْنِ كَانَ لَوْنُهُ اللُّؤْلُؤَ وَ إِذَا مَشَى تَكَفَّأَ وَ مَا شَمِمْتُ رَائِحَةَ مِسْكٍ وَ لَا عَنْبَرٍ أَطْيَبَ مِنْ رَائِحَتِهِ وَ لَا مَسِسْتُ دِيبَاجَةً وَ لَا حَرِيراً أَلْيَنَ مِنْ كَفِّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص كَانَ أَخَفَّ النَّاسِ صَلَاةً فِي تَمَامٍ

And from Sabit, son of Anam Bin Malik (fabricator) who said, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww was of blossomy complexion, as if his^-saww colour was of pearls, and when he^-saww walk, inclined, and I have not smelt the aroma of musk nor Amber more aromatic than his^-saww aroma, nor did I touch brocade or silk any softer than the palm of Rasool-Allah^-saww, and he^-saww was the lightest of the people in full Salat’.

عَنْ جَرِيرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: لَمَّا بُعِثَ النَّبِيُّ ص أَتَيْتُهُ لِأُبَايِعَهُ فَقَالَ لِي يَا جَرِيرُ لِأَيِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ جِئْتَ قَالَ قُلْتُ جِئْتُ لِأُسْلِمَ عَلَى يَدَيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَأَلْقَى لِي كِسَاءَهُ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ إِذَا أَتَاكُمْ كَرِيمُ قَوْمٍ فَأَكْرِمُوهُ

From Jareer Bin Abdullah who said, ‘When the Prophet^-saww was Sent, I came to him^-saww to pledge allegiance to him^-saww. He^-saww said to me: ‘O Jareer! Which thing have you come for?’ I said, ‘I came to become a Muslim at your^-saww hands, O Rasool-Allah^-saww!’ He^-saww cast his^-saww cloak to me, then faced towards his^-saww companions and said: ‘When an honourable one of the people comes to you, then honour him’’.

وَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص وَعَدَ رَجُلًا إِلَى الصَّخْرَةِ فَقَالَ أَنَا لَكَ هَاهُنَا حَتَّى تَأْتِيَ فَاشْتَدَّتِ الشَّمْسُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَصْحَابُهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَوْ أَنَّكَ تَحَوَّلْتَ إِلَى الظِّلِّ قَالَ وَعَدْتُهُ إِلَى‏ هَاهُنَا وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَجِئْ كَانَ مِنْهُ الْجَشَرُ

And from Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww promised a man to the rock and said: ‘I^-saww will be here for you until you come to me^-saww’. The sum intensified upon him, and his^-saww companions said to him^-saww: ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! If only you^-saww would transfer to the shade’. He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww promised him to be over here, and even if he does not come, I^-saww would be absent from him’.

وَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَ: قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لو إِنَّكَ إِذَا دَخَلْتَ الْخَلَاءَ فَخَرَجْتَ دَخَلْتُ فِي أَثَرِكَ فَلَمْ أَرَ شَيْئاً خَرَجَ مِنْكَ غَيْرَ أَنِّي أَجِدُ رَائِحَةَ الْمِسْكِ قَالَ يَا عَائِشَةُ إِنَّا مَعْشَرَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ يَنْبُتُ‏ أَجْسَادُنَا عَلَى أَرْوَاحِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فَمَا خَرَجَ مِنَّا مِنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ ابْتَلَعَتْهُ الْأَرْضُ

And from Ayesha who said, ‘I said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww, when you^-saww went to the toilet, so I went out in your^-saww footsteps but did not see anything having come out from you, apart from that I found the fragrance of musk’. He^-saww said: ‘O Ayesha! We^-as, the community of the Prophets^-as, our^-as bodies are built upon the spirits of the inhabitants of the Paradise. Whatever comes out from us^-as of anything, the ground swallows it’’.

وَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ عُمَرُ وَ هُوَ عَلَى حَصِيرٍ قَدْ أَثَّرَ فِي جَنْبَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ لَوِ اتَّخَذْتَ فِرَاشاً فَقَالَ مَا لِي وَ لِلدُّنْيَا مَا مَثَلِي وَ مَثَلُ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا كَرَاكِبٍ سَارَ فِي يَوْمٍ صَائِفٍ فَاسْتَظَلَّ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ سَاعَةً مِنْ نَهَارٍ ثُمَّ رَاحَ وَ تَرَكَهَا

And from Ibn Abbas who said, ‘Umar came to Rasool-Allah^-saww and he^-saww was upon a mat which had left marks upon his^-saww side and he said, ‘O Prophet^-saww of Allah^-azwj! If you would take a bed’. He^-saww said: ‘What is it to me^-saww and the world, and my^-saww example and example of the world is not except like a rider travelling during a day of severe heat, so he takes to a shade under a tree for a moment of a day, then he departs and leaves it’’.

وَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص تُوُفِّيَ وَ دِرْعُهُ مَرْهُونَةٌ عِنْدَ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ عَلَى ثَلَاثِينَ صَاعاً مِنْ شَعِيرٍ أَخَذَهَا رِزْقاً لِعِيَالِهِ

And from Ibn Abbas who said, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww passed away and his^-saww armour was mortgaged with a man from the Jews upon thirty Sa’a of barley. He^-saww had taken it as a sustenance for his^-saww dependants’’.

وَ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص يَقُولُ‏ إِذَا سَمَّيْتُمْ مُحَمَّداً فَلَا تُقَبِّحُوهُ‏ وَ لَا تَجْبَهُوهُ‏ وَ تَضْرِبُوهُ بُورِكَ لِبَيْتٍ فِيهِ مُحَمَّدٌ وَ مَجْلِسٍ فِيهِ مُحَمَّدٌ وَ رِفْقَةٍ فِيهَا مُحَمَّدٌ

From Abu Rafie who said, ‘I heard Rasool-Allah^-saww saying: ‘When you name (your child) ‘Muhammad’, then neither curse him, nor return his need, nor strike him. Blessed is a house wherein is (someone called) ‘Muhammad’, and a gathering wherein ins a ‘Muhammad’, and friends among whom is a ‘Muhammad’’.

في جلوسه و أمر أصحابه في آداب الجلوس‏ وَ كَانَ ص يُؤْتَى بِالصَّبِيِّ الصَّغِيرِ لِيَدْعُوَ لَهُ بِالْبَرَكَةِ أَوْ يُسَمِّيَهُ فَيَأْخُذُهُ فَيَضَعُهُ فِي حِجْرِهِ تَكْرِمَةً لِأَهْلِهِ فَرُبَّمَا بَالَ الصَّبِيُّ عَلَيْهِ فَيَصِيحُ بَعْضُ مَنْ رَآهُ حِينَ بَالَ‏ فَيَقُولُ ص لَا تُزْرِمُوا بِالصَّبِيِّ فَيَدَعُهُ حَتَّى يَقْضِيَ بَوْلَهُ

Regarding his^-saww sitting and his^-saww instructing his^-saww companions regarding the etiquettes of the sitting – And he^-saww would be brought a young child in order to supplicate for him with the Blessings, or naming him, so he^-saww would take him and place him in his^-saww lap as an honouring for him family. Sometimes the child would urinate upon him^-saww, and the one who saw him would shout when it urinates, and he^-saww would say, ‘Don’t consider the child guilty, so leave him until he accomplishes his urination’.

ثُمَّ يَفْرُغُ لَهُ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ أَوْ تَسْمِيَتِهِ وَ يَبْلُغُ سُرُورُ أَهْلِهِ فِيهِ وَ لَا يَرَوْنَ أَنَّهُ يَتَأَذَّى بِبَوْلِ صَبِيِّهِمْ فَإِذَا انْصَرَفُوا غَسَلَ ثَوْبَهُ بَعْدُ

And he^-saww would supplicate for him or name him and the cheerfulness would reach his family regarding it, and they would not see that he^-saww has been hurt by the urine of their child. When they left, he^-saww would wash his^-saww clothes afterwards’.

وَ دَخَلَ رَجُلٌ الْمَسْجِدَ وَ هُوَ جَالِسٌ وَحْدَهُ فَتَزَحْزَحَ لَهُ‏ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ فِي الْمَكَانِ سَعَةٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ ص إِنَّ حَقَّ الْمُسْلِمِ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِ إِذَا رَآهُ يُرِيدُ الْجُلُوسَ إِلَيْهِ أَنْ يَتَزَحْزَحَ لَهُ

Then he^-saww was free and a man entered the Masjid and he^-saww was sitting alone, and he^-saww made space for him. The man said, ‘There is (enough) space O Rasool-Allah^-saww!’ He^-saww said: ‘There is a right of the Muslim upon the Muslim when he sees him intending to sit to him, that he^-saww makes space for him’.

وَ رُوِيَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ: مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَمْثُلَ لَهُ الرِّجَالُ فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ فِي النَّارِ

And it is reported that Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘One who loves that the men should resemble (come) to him, then let him take his seat in the Fire’’.

وَ قَالَ ص‏ لَا تَقُومُوا كَمَا تَقُومُ الْأَعَاجِمُ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ

And he^-saww said: ‘Do not be standing like the standing of the females to each other’’.

وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع مِنْ كِتَابِ الْمَحَاسِنِ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِذَا دَخَلَ مَنْزِلًا قَعَدَ فِي أَدْنَى الْمَجْلِسِ حِينَ يَدْخُلُ

And it is reported from Abu Abdullah^-asws, from the book ‘Al-Mahasin’, having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww, when he^-saww entered a house would sit nearby the gathering where he^-saww entered’.

وَ عَنْهُ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ أَكْثَرُ مَا يَجْلِسُ تُجَاهَ الْقِبْلَةِ

And from him^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww would mostly sit facing the Qiblah’’.

وَ رُوِيَ عَنْهُ ع أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ: إِذَا أَتَى أَحَدُكُمْ مَجْلِساً فَلْيَجْلِسْ حَيْثُ مَا انْتَهَى مَجْلِسُهُ

And it is reported from him^-asws that Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘When one of you comes to a gathering, then let him sit where his gathering has ended’’.

وَ رُوِيَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ: إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنْ مَجْلِسِهِ مُنْصَرِفاً فَلْيُسَلِّمْ فَلَيْسَ الْأُولَى‏ بِأَوْلَى مِنَ الْأُخْرَى

And it is reported that Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘When one of you stand from his gathering to leave, then let him greet, for no one is more foremost than the other’’.

وَ رُوِيَ عَنْهُ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ: إِذَا قَامَ أَحَدُكُمْ مِنْ مَجْلِسِهِ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فَهُوَ أَوْلَى بِمَكَانِهِ

And it is reported from him^-asws having said: ‘When one of you stand from his gathering, then returns, so he would be foremost with his place’’.

وَ رُوِيَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص أَنَّهُ قَالَ: أَعْطُوا الْمَجَالِسَ حَقَّهَا قِيلَ وَ مَا حَقُّهَا قَالَ غُضُّوا أَبْصَارَكُمْ وَ رُدُّوا السَّلَامَ وَ أَرْشِدُوا الْأَعْمَى وَ أْمُرُوا بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَ انْهَوْا عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ

And it is reported from the Prophet^-saww having said: ‘Give the gathering its right’. It was said, ‘And what is its right?’ He^-saww said: ‘Lower your eyes, and return the greetings, and guide the blind, and enjoin with the good and forbid from the evil’’.

عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِذَا جَلَسَ جَلَسَ الْقُرْفُصَاءَ

From Abu Amama who said, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww, when he^-saww sat, sat squatting’.

مِنْ كِتَابِ الْمَحَاسِنِ، وَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ص يَجْلِسُ ثَلَاثاً يَجْلِسُ الْقُرْفُصَاءَ وَ هِيَ أَنْ يُقِيمَ سَاقَيْهِ وَ يَسْتَقْبِلَهُمَا بِيَدَيْهِ فَيَشُدَّ يَدَهُ فِي ذِرَاعِهِ وَ كَانَ يَجْثُو عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ وَ كَانَ يَثْنِي رِجْلًا وَاحِدَةً وَ يَبْسُطُ عَلَيْهَا الْأُخْرَى وَ لَمْ يُرَ مُتَرَبِّعاً قَطُّ وَ كَانَ يَجْثُو عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ وَ لَا يَتَّكِئُ‏

From the book ‘Al-Mahasin’ – And the Prophet^-saww sat three ways – He^-saww sat squatting, and it is him^-saww establishing both his^-saww legs; and he^-saww would embrace both his^-saww left by his^-saww hands and tighten his^-saww hands in his^-saww arms, and he^-saww would kneel upon his^-saww knees, and he^-saww bend his^-saww leg and extent the other upon it, and he^-saww was not seen cross-legged at all, and he^-saww used to embrace upon his^-saww knees and not recline’.

في صفة أخلاقه في مطعمه‏ مِنْ كِتَابِ مَوَالِيدِ الصَّادِقِينَ‏ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَأْكُلُ كُلَّ الْأَصْنَافِ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ وَ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ مَا أَحَلَّ اللَّهُ لَهُ مَعَ أَهْلِهِ وَ خَدَمِهِ إِذَا أَكَلُوا وَ مَعَ مَنْ يَدْعُوهُ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ وَ عَلَى مَا أَكَلُوا عَلَيْهِ وَ مِمَّا أَكَلُوا إِلَّا أَنْ يَنْزِلَ بِهِ ضَيْفٌ فَيَأْكُلَ مَعَ ضَيْفِهِ وَ كَانَ أَحَبُّ الطَّعَامِ إِلَيْهِ مَا كَانَ عَلَى ضَفَفٍ‏ ‏

Regarding description of his^-saww manners during his meals – From the book ‘Mawaleed Al Sadiqeen’ – Rasool-Allah^-saww would eat all types of the foods, and he^-saww would eat whatever Allah^-azwj had Permitted for him^-saww, with his^-saww family, and his^-saww servants when they ate, and with the ones from the Muslims who invited him^-saww, upon the ground, and upon whatever they ate upon, and from whatever they ate, unless a guest descended with him^-saww, so he^-saww would eat with his^-saww guest, and the most beloved food to him^-saww was upon a need.

وَ لَقَدْ قَالَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ وَ عِنْدَهُ أَصْحَابُهُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَسْأَلُكَ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ وَ رَحْمَتِكَ اللَّذَيْنِ لَا يَمْلِكُهُمَا غَيْرُكَ فَبَيْنَا هُمْ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ أُهْدِيَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ص شَاةٌ مَشْوِيَّةٌ فَقَالَ خُذُوا هَذَا مِنْ فَضْلِ اللَّهِ وَ نَحْنُ نَنْتَظِرُ رَحْمَتَهُ

And he^-saww had said one day and his^-saww companions were in his^-saww presence: ‘O Allah^-azwj! We ask You^-azwj from Your^-azwj Grace and Your^-azwj Mercy, that which none Own apart from You^-azwj’. While they (companions) were like that when a grilled sheep was gifted to the Prophet^-saww. He^-saww said (to his^-saww companions): ‘Take this from the Grace of Allah^-azwj, and we shall await His^-azwj Mercy’.

وَ كَانَ ص إِذَا وُضِعَتِ الْمَائِدَةُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ قَالَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهَا نِعْمَةً مَشْكُورَةً تَصِلُ‏ بِهَا نِعْمَةَ الْجَنَّةِ وَ كَانَكَثِيراً إِذَا جَلَسَ يَأْكُلُ مَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَ يَجْمَعُ رُكْبَتَيْهِ وَ قَدَمَيْهِ‏ كَمَا يَجْلِسُ الْمُصَلِّي فِي اثْنَتَيْنِ إِلَّا أَنَّ الرُّكْبَةَ فَوْقَ الرُّكْبَةِ وَ الْقَدَمَ عَلَى الْقَدَمِ وَ يَقُولُ ص أَنَا عَبْدٌ آكُلُ كَمَا يَأْكُلُ الْعَبْدُ وَ أَجْلِسُ كَمَا يَجْلِسُ الْعَبْدُ

And he^-saww, when the meal was placed in front of him^-saww, said: ‘In the Name of Allah^-azwj! Make it as a Bounty thanked for arriving by it to the Bounties of the Paradise’; and most of the time when he^-saww sat would eat whatever is in front of him^-saww, and would gather his^-saww knees and his^-saww feet, and just as he^-saww sat on the prayer mat in the two, except that the knee would be above the knee, and the foot upon the foot, and he^-saww said: ‘I^-saww am a salve eating just as the slaves eat, and sitting just as the slaves sit’’.

عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَا أَكَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مُتَّكِئاً مُنْذُ بَعَثَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ نَبِيّاً حَتَّى قَبَضَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ مُتَوَاضِعاً لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ كَانَ ص إِذَا وَضَعَ يَدَهُ فِي الطَّعَامِ قَالَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِيمَا رَزَقْتَنَا وَ عَلَيْكَ خَلَفُهُ

From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww did not eat reclining since Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Sent him^-saww as a Prophet^-saww until Allah^-azwj Captured him^-saww to Him^-azwj, being humble to Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic, and when he^-saww placed his^-saww hand in the meal, said: ‘In the Name of Allah^-azwj! Bless for us in what You^-azwj have Graced us, and upon You^-azwj is its replacement’.

مِنْ مَجْمُوعِ أَبِي عَنِ الصَّادِقِ عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع‏ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص كَانَ إِذَا أَفْطَرَ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ صُمْنَا وَ عَلَى رِزْقِكَ أَفْطَرْنَا فَتَقَبَّلْهُ مِنَّا ذَهَبَ الظَّمَاءُ وَ ابْتَلَّتِ الْعُرُوقُ وَ بَقِيَ الْأَجْرُ

From a collection of my father, from Al-Sadiq^-asws, from his^-asws foefathers^-asws: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww, when he^-saww broke Fast, said, ‘O Allah^-azwj! We Fast for You^-azwj, and we break upon Your^-azwj Grace, therefore Accept it from us. Remove the thirst, the veins are worn out, and the Recompense remains’.

وَ قَالَ: وَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِذَا أَكَلَ عِنْدَ قَوْمٍ قَالَ أَفْطَرَ عِنْدَكُمُ الصَّائِمُونَ وَ أَكَلَ طَعَامَكُمُ الْأَبْرَارُ

And he^-asws said:’ And Rasool-Allah^-saww, when he^-saww ate in the presence of people, said, ‘I^-saww am breaking Fast in your presence, the Fasting ones, and eating your meal, the righteous ones’.

وَ قَالَ: دَعْوَةُ الصَّائِمِ يُسْتَجَابُ عِنْدَ إِفْطَارِهِ

And he^-asws said: ‘He^-saww answered the invitation of the Fasting one at its breaking time’.

وَ قَدْ جَاءَتِ الرِّوَايَةُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص كَانَ يُفْطِرُ عَلَى التَّمْرِ وَ كَانَ إِذَا وَجَدَ السُّكَّرَ أَفْطَرَ عَلَيْهِ

And the report has come that the Prophet^-saww would break Fast upon the date, and when he^-saww found sugar, broke upon it’.

عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع‏ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص كَانَ يُفْطِرُ عَلَى الْحُلْوِ فَإِذَا لَمْ يَجِدْ يُفْطِرُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ الْفَاتِرِ وَ كَانَ يَقُولُ إِنَّهُ يُنَقِّي الْكَبِدَ وَ الْمَعِدَةَ وَ يُطَيِّبُ النَّكْهَةَ وَ الْفَمَ وَ يُقَوِّي الْأَضْرَاسَ وَ الْحَدَقَ وَ يُحَدِّدُ النَّاظِرَ وَ يَغْسِلُ الذُّنُوبَ غَسْلًا وَ يُسَكِّنُ الْعُرُوقَ الْهَائِجَةَ وَ الْمِرَّةَ الْغَالِبَةَ وَ يَقْطَعُ الْبَلْغَمَ وَ يُطْفِئُ الْحَرَارَةَ عَنِ الْمَعِدَةِ وَ يَذْهَبُ بِالصُّدَاعِ

From Al-Sadiq^-asws: ‘The Prophet^-saww broke Fast upon the sweet, and when he^-saww did not find, he^-saww broke upon the lukewarm water, and he^-saww was saying: ‘It cleans the liver and the stomach, and fragrances the flavour and the mouth, and it strengthens the molars and the glare, and tenderises the looks, and washes the ins with a washing, and calms the rough veins and the domination of the bile, and cuts the phlegm, and extinguishes the heat from the stomach, and does away with the headache’’.

وَ كَانَ ص لَا يَأْكُلُ الْحَارَّ حَتَّى يَبْرُدَ وَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَمْ يُطْعِمْنَا نَاراً إِنَّ الطَّعَامَ الْحَارَّ غَيْرُ ذِي بَرَكَةٍ فَأَبْرِدُوهُ

And he^-saww did not eat the hot (food) until it cooled down, and he^-saww said: ‘Allah^-azwj does not Feed us the fire. The hot food is without Blessing, therefore cool it’’.

وَ كَانَ ص إِذَا أَكَلَ سَمَّى وَ يَأْكُلُ بِثَلَاثِ أَصَابِعَ وَ مِمَّا يَلِيهِ وَ لَا يَتَنَاوَلُ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْ غَيْرِهِ وَ يُؤْتَى بِالطَّعَامِ فَيَشْرَعُ قَبْلَ الْقَوْمِ ثُمَّ يَشْرَعُونَ وَ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ بِأَصَابِعِهِ الثَّلَاثِ الْإِبْهَامِ وَ الَّتِي يَلِيهَا وَ الْوُسْطَى وَ رُبَّمَا اسْتَعَانَ بِالرَّابِعَةِ وَ كَانَ ص يَأْكُلُ بِكَفِّهِ كُلِّهَا وَ لَمْ يَأْكُلْ بِإِصْبَعَيْنِ وَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْأَكْلَ بِإِصْبَعَيْنِ هُوَ أَكْلَةُ الشَّيْطَانِ

And he^-saww, when he^-saww ate, named (said ‘Bismillah’), and ate with three fingers and from what follows it, and did not take from in front of others, and they would bring the meal and he^-saww would begin before the people, then they would begin, and he^-saww would eat with his^-saww three fingers – the thumb and that which follows it, and the middle, and sometimes he^-saww would assist with the fourth, and he^-saww would eat with his^-saww palm, all of it, and did not eat with two fingers, and said: ‘The eating with the two fingers, it is the eating of the Satan^-la’’.

وَ لَقَدْ جَاءَهُ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِهِ يَوْماً بِفَالُوذَجٍ فَأَكَلَ مِنْهُ وَ قَالَ مِمَّ هَذَا يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَ أُمِّي نَجْعَلُ السَّمْنَ وَ الْعَسَلَ فِي الْبُرْمَةِ وَ نَضَعُهَا عَلَى النَّارِ ثُمَّ نُغْلِيهِ ثُمَّ نَأْخُذُ مُخَّ الْحِنْطَةِ إِذَا طُحِنَتْ فَنُلْقِيهِ عَلَى السَّمْنِ وَ الْعَسَلِ ثُمَّ نَسُوطُهُ‏ حَتَّى يَنْضَجَ فَيَأْتِيَ كَمَا تَرَى فَقَالَ ص إِنَّ هَذَا الطَّعَامَ طَيِّبٌ

And one of his^-saww companions had come with Falouzaj (sweet dish) one day, and he^-saww ate from it and said: ‘What is this (made) from, O Abu Abdullah?’ He said, ‘By my father and my mother, we made the butter and the honey to be into the stone pout and placed it upon the fire, then boiled it, then we took the pulp of the ground wheat and cast it upon the butter and the honey, then we stirred it until it was cooled, and I brought it as you^-saww see’. He^-saww said: ‘This is good food’.

وَ لَقَدْ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ الشَّعِيرَ إِذَا كَانَ غَيْرَ مَنْخُولٍ‏ خُبْزاً أَوْ عَصِيدَةً فِي حَالَةِ كُلِّ ذَلِكَ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ ص‏

And he^-saww would eat the barley when it was un-sifted, bread or flour, in all that state, he^-saww would eat’.

وَ مِنْ كِتَابِ رَوْضَةِ الْوَاعِظِينَ، قَالَ الْعِيصُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ‏ قُلْتُ لِلصَّادِقِ ع حَدِيثٌ يُرْوَى عَنْ أَبِيكَ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَا شَبِعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مِنْ خُبْزِ بُرٍّ قَطُّ أَ هُوَ صَحِيحٌ فَقَالَ لَا مَا أَكَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص خُبْزَ بُرٍّ قَطُّ وَ لَا شَبِعَ مِنْ خُبْزِ شَعِيرٍ قَطُّ

And from the book ‘Rwzat Al-Waizeen’ – Al Asy Bin Al-Qasim said, ‘I said to Al-Sadiq^-asws, ‘There is a Hadeeth being reported from your^-asws father^-asws that he^-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww did not satiate from wheat bread at all’, is it correct?’ He^-asws said: ‘No. Rasool-Allah^-saww did not eat wheat bread at all, nor did he^-saww satiate from barley bread at all’’.

وَ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ مَا شَبِعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مِنْ خُبْزِ الشَّعِيرِ يَوْمَيْنِ حَتَّى مَاتَ

And Ayesha said, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww did not satiate from barley bread for two (consecutive) days until he^-saww passed away’’.

وَ رُوِيَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص لَمْ يَأْكُلْ عَلَى خِوَانٍ قَطُّ حَتَّى مَاتَ وَ لَا أَكَلَ خُبْزاً مُرَقَّقاً حَتَّى مَاتَ

And it is reported that Rasool-Allah^-saww did not eat upon a buffet at all until he^-saww passed away’.

وَ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ مَا زَالَتِ الدُّنْيَا عَلَيْنَا عَسِرَةً كَدِرَةً حَتَّى قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَلَمَّا قُبِضَ صُبَّتِ الدُّنْيَا عَلَيْنَا صَبّاً

And Ayesha said, ‘The world did not cease to be adverse, stringent upon us until Rasool-Allah^-saww passed away. When he^-saww passed away, the world became difficult upon us with difficulties’’.

وَ مِنْ كِتَابِ النُّبُوَّةِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَا زَالَ طَعَامُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص الشَّعِيرَ حَتَّى قَبَضَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ

And from the book ‘Al Nabuwwah’, from Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘The barley did not cease to be a meal of Rasool-Allah^-saww until Allah^-azwj Captured him^-saww to Him^-azwj’.

عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الْمَمْلُوكِ وَ يُرْدِفُهُ خَلْفَهُ وَ يَضَعُ طَعَامَهُ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ وَ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ الْقِثَّاءَ بِالرُّطَبِ وَ الْقِثَّاءَ بِالْمِلْحِ وَ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ الْفَاكِهَةَ الرَّطْبَةَ وَ كَانَ أَحَبُّهَا إِلَيْهِ الْبِطِّيخَ وَ الْعِنَبَ وَ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ الْبِطِّيخَ بِالْخُبْزِ وَ رُبَّمَا أَكَلَ بِالسُّكَّرِ وَ كَانَ ص رُبَّمَا أَكَلَ الْبِطِّيخَ بِالرُّطَبِ فَيَسْتَعِينُ بِالْيَدَيْنِ جَمِيعاً

From Anas (a well-known fabricator) who said, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww accepted the invitation of the slaves, and they were behind him^-saww, and placed the meal upon the ground, and he^-saww would eat the cucumbers with the dates, and the cucumbers with the salt, and he^-saww would eat the wet fruits and the most beloved of these to him^-saww were the melons and the grapes, and he^-saww at the melon with the bread, and sometimes ate with the sugar, and sometimes he^-saww ate the melon with the dates and assisted with both the hands together’.

وَ لَقَدْ جَلَسَ يَوْماً يَأْكُلُ رُطَباً فَيَأْكُلُ بِيَمِينِهِ‏ وَ أَمْسَكَ النَّوَى بِيَسَارِهِ وَ لَمْ يُلْقِهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَمَرَّتْ بِهِ شَاةٌ قَرِيبَةٌ مِنْهُ فَأَشَارَ إِلَيْهَا بِالنَّوَى الَّذِي فِي كَفِّهِ فَدَنَتْ إِلَيْهِ وَ جَعَلَتْ تَأْكُلُ مِنْ كَفِّهِ الْيُسْرَى وَ يَأْكُلُ هُوَ بِيَمِينِهِ وَ يُلْقِي إِلَيْهَا النَّوَى حَتَّى فَرَغَ وَ انْصَرَفَ الشَّاةُ حِينَئِذٍ

And one day he^-saww sat to eat dates, and ate with his^-saww right hand, and withheld the seed with his^-saww left, and did not throw it in the ground. A sheep passed by near him^-saww and he^-saww gestured towards it with the seed which was in his^-saww palm, so it came near and at from his^-saww left palm, and he^-saww ate with his^-saww right hand, and he^-saww kept throwing the seeds towards it until he^-saww was free, and the sheep left then.

وَ كَانَ ص إِذَا كَانَ صَائِماً يُفْطِرُ عَلَى الرُّطَبِ فِي زَمَانِهِ وَ كَانَ رُبَّمَا أَكَلَ الْعِنَبَ حَبَّةً حَبَّةً وَ كَانَ ص رُبَّمَا أَكَلَهُ خَرْطاً حَتَّى تُرَى رُوَالٌ عَلَى لِحْيَتِهِ كَتَحَدُّرِ اللُّؤْلُؤِ وَ الرُّوَالُ الْمَاءُ الَّذِي يَخْرُجُ مِنْ تَحْتِ الْقِشْرِ

And he^-saww, when he^-saww was Fasting, would break upon the dates in his^-saww time, and sometimes would eat the grapes, seed by seed, and he^-saww would sometimes eat it on top of the first one until the ‘Rawal’ (its water) was seen to be rolling down his^-saww beard like the rolling down of the pearls’. And the ‘Rawal’ is the water which comes out from beneath the crust’.

وَ كَانَ ص يَأْكُلُ الْحَيْسَ وَ كَانَ ص يَأْكُلُ التَّمْرَ وَ يَشْرَبُ عَلَيْهِ الْمَاءَ وَ كَانَ التَّمْرُ وَ الْمَاءُ أَكْثَرَ طَعَامِهِ وَ كَانَ يَتَمَجَّعُ اللَّبَنَ وَ التَّمْرَ وَ يُسَمِّيهِمَا الْأَطْيَبَيْنِ وَ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ الْعَصِيدَةَ مِنَ الشَّعِيرِ بِإِهَالَةِ الشَّحْمِ وَ كَانَ ص يَأْكُلُ الْهَرِيسَةَ أَكْثَرَ مَا يَأْكُلُ وَ يَتَسَحَّرُ بِهَا وَ كَانَ جَبْرَئِيلُ قَدْ جَاءَهُ بِهَا مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ يَتَسَحَّرُ بِهَا ‏

And he^-saww ate ‘Al-Heys’ (date dish), and he^-saww ate the dates and drank the water upon it, and the water and dates was mot of his^-saww meals, and he^-saww gathered the milk and the dates and named these two as the two good goods, and he^-saww would eat the porridge of barley with meat fat, and he^-saww would eat ‘Al Hareysa’ (mush) frequently with what he^-saww ate, and made it a pre-dawn meal with it, and Jibraeel^-as had come with it from the Paradise for him^-saww to have a pre-dawn meal with it.

وَ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ فِي بَيْتِهِ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُ النَّاسُ وَ كَانَ ص يَأْكُلُ اللَّحْمَ طَبِيخاً بِالْخُبْزِ وَ يَأْكُلُهُ مَشْوِيّاً بِالْخُبْزِ وَ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ الْقَدِيدَ وَحْدَهُ وَ رُبَّمَا أَكَلَهُ بِالْخُبْزِ وَ كَانَ أَحَبُّ الطَّعَامِ إِلَيْهِ اللَّحْمَ وَ يَقُولُ هُوَ يَزِيدُ فِي السَّمْعِ وَ الْبَصَرِ

And he^-saww was eating in his^-saww house from what the people ate, and he^-saww ate the meat cooked with the bread, and he^-saww ate the grilled (meat) with the bread, and he^-saww ate the cured (meat) alone, and sometimes ate it with the bread, and the most beloved of the foods to him^-saww was the meat, and he^-saww said: ‘It increases in the hearing and the sight’.

وَ كَانَ يَقُولُ ص اللَّحْمُ سَيِّدُ الطَّعَامِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ فَلَوْ سَأَلْتُ‏ رَبِّي أَنْ يُطْعِمَنِيهِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ لَفَعَلَ وَ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ الثَّرِيدَ بِالْقَرْعِ‏ وَ اللَّحْمِ وَ كَانَ يُحِبُّ الْقَرْعَ وَ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا شَجَرَةُ أَخِي يُونُسَ وَ كَانَ ص يُعْجِبُهُ الدُّبَّاءُ وَ يَلْتَقِطُهُ مِنَ الصَّحْفَةِ وَ كَانَ ص يَأْكُلُ الدَّجَاجَ وَ لَحْمَ الْوَحْشِ وَ لَحْمَ الطَّيْرِ الَّذِي يُصَادُ وَ كَانَ لَا يَبْتَاعُهُ وَ لَا يَصِيدُهُ وَ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يُصَادَ لَهُ وَ يُؤْتَى بِهِ مَصْنُوعاً فَيَأْكُلَهُ أَوْ غَيْرَ مَصْنُوعٍ فَيُصْنَعَ لَهُ فَيَأْكُلَهُ

And he^-saww said: ‘The meat is the chief of the meals in the world and the Hereafter, and if I^-saww were to ask my^-saww Lord^-azwj to Feed me^-saww it every day, He^-azwj would do so’, and he^-saww ate the porridge with the pumpkin and the meat, and he^-saww loved the pumpkin and said: ‘It is a tree of my^-saww brother^-as Yunus^-as; and he^-saww was fascinated by the dried pumpkin, and cut it out from the bottom; and he^-saww ate the chicken and the meat of the beasts, and meat of the birds which were hunted, and he^-saww neither pursued it nor hunted it, and he^-saww liked it if they would come with it prepared so he^-saww would eat it, or um-prepared so it would be prepared for him^-saww, and he^-saww would eat it.

وَ كَانَ إِذَا أَكَلَ اللَّحْمَ لَمْ يُطَأْطِئْ رَأْسَهُ إِلَيْهِ وَ يَرْفَعُهُ إِلَى فِيهِ ثُمَّ يَنْتَهِسُهُ انْتِهَاساً وَ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ الْخُبْزَ وَ السَّمْنَ وَ كَانَ يُحِبُّ مِنَ الشَّاةِ الذِّرَاعَ وَ الْكَتِفَ وَ مِنَ الصِّبَاغِ الْخَلَّ وَ مِنَ الْبُقُولِ الْهِنْدَبَاءَ وَ الْبَاذَرُوجَ وَ بَقْلَةَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَ يُقَالُ إِنَّهَا الْكُرْنُبُ

And it was so, when he^-saww ate the meat, did not lower his^-saww head to it, and raised it to his^-saww mouth, breaking it with a break, and he^-saww ate the bread and the butter, and he^-saww loved the forearm and the shoulder from the sheep, and the vinegar from the sauces, and from the vegetables, the endive and the mint, and the soft vegetables, and it is said it is the cabbage.

وَ كَانَ ص لَا يَأْكُلُ الثُّومَ وَ لَا الْبَصَلَ وَ لَا الْكُرَّاثَ وَ لَا الْعَسَلَ الَّذِي فِيهِ الْمَغَافِيرُ وَ الْمَغَافِيرُ مَا يَبْقَى مِنَ الشَّجَرِ فِي بُطُونِ النَّحْلِ فَيُلْقِيهِ فِي الْعَسَلِ فَيَبْقَى لَهُ رِيحٌ فِي الْفَمِ وَ مَا ذَمَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص طَعَاماً قَطُّ كَانَ إِذَا أَعْجَبَهُ أَكَلَهُ وَ إِذَا كَرِهَهُ تَرَكَهُ وَ كَانَ ص مَا عَافَ مِنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يُحَرِّمُهُ عَلَى غَيْرِهِ‏ وَ لَا يُبْغِضُهُ إِلَيْهِ وَ كَانَ ص يَلْحَسُ الصَّحْفَةَ وَ يَقُولُ آخِرُ الصَّحْفَةِ أَعْظَمُ الطَّعَامِ بَرَكَةً

And he^-saww neither ate the garlic, nor the onions, nor the leeks, nor the honey in which is ‘Al-Maghafir’, and the ‘Maghafir’ is what remains from the tree in the bellies of the bee, so it is thrown in the honey, and a smell for it remains in the mouth; and he^-saww did not condemn any good at all. It was so that when it fascinated him^-saww, at it, and when he^-saww disliked it, left it. And he^-saww was not disgusted by anything (food), for he^-saww did not prohibit it upon others, and he^-saww was not hateful towards it, and he^-saww used to lick the plate and said: ‘The last of the plate is of greater taste and Blessing’.

وَ كَانَ ص إِذَا فَرَغَ مِنْ طَعَامِهِ لَعِقَ أَصَابِعَهُ الثَّلَاثَ الَّتِي أَكَلَ بِهَا فَإِنْ بَقِيَ فِيهَا شَيْ‏ءٌ عَاوَدَهُ فَلَعِقَهَا حَتَّى يَتَنَظَّفَ‏ وَ لَا يَمْسَحُ يَدَهُ بِالْمِنْدِيلِ حَتَّى يَلْعَقَهَا وَاحِدَةً وَاحِدَةً وَ يَقُولُ لَا يُدْرَى فِي أَيِّ الْأَصَابِعِ الْبَرَكَةُ

And when he^-saww was free from his^-saww meal, licked his^-saww three fingers which he^-saww had eaten with, so if something remained in these, he^-saww would repeat it until they were clean, and he^-saww did not wipe his hand with the towel until he^-saww had licked one by one (fingers) and he^-saww said: ‘One doesn’t know in which of the fingers is the Blessing’.

وَ كَانَ ص يَأْكُلُ الْبَرَدَ وَ يَتَفَقَّدُ ذَلِكَ أَصْحَابُهُ فَيَلْتَقِطُونَهُ لَهُ فَيَأْكُلُهُ وَ يَقُولُ إِنَّهُ يَذْهَبُ بِأَكِلَةِ الْأَسْنَانِ وَ كَانَ ص يَغْسِلُ يَدَيْهِ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ حَتَّى يُنَقِّيَهُمَا فَلَا يُوجَدَ لِمَا أَكَلَ رِيحٌ وَ كَانَ ص إِذَا أَكَلَ الْخُبْزَ وَ اللَّحْمَ خَاصَّةً غَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ غَسْلًا جَيِّداً ثُمَّ مَسَحَ بِفَضْلِ الْمَاءِ الَّذِي فِي يَدِهِ وَجْهَهُ وَ كَانَ ص لَا يَأْكُلُ وَحْدَهُ مَا يُمْكِنُهُ وَ قَالَ أَ لَا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِشِرَارِكُمْ قَالُوا بَلَى قَالَ مَنْ أَكَلَ وَحْدَهُ وَ ضَرَبَ عَبْدَهُ وَ مَنَعَ رِفْدَهُ‏

And he^-saww ate the cold hail and his^-saww companions missed that, so they would pick it and eat it, and he^-saww said: ‘It does away with the ulcers of the teeth, and he^-saww washed his^-saww hands from the meal until he^-saww cleaned them, so not smell was found of what he^-saww had eaten, and when he^-saww ate the bread and the meat in particular, washed his hands with a renewed washing, then wiped his^-saww face with the remnants of the water which was in his^-saww hands; and he^-saww did not eat alone when he^-saww could, and said: ‘Shall I^-saww give you the news of the evils ones of you?’ They said, ‘Yes’. He^-saww said: ‘The one who eats alone and hits his slave and prevents his support’’.

في صفة أخلاقه في مشربه ص‏ وَ كَانَ ص إِذَا شَرِبَ بَدَأَ فَسَمَّى وَ حَسَا حُسْوَةً وَ حُسْوَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ يَقْطَعُ فَيَحْمَدُ اللَّهَ ثُمَّ يَعُودُ فَيُسَمِّي ثُمَّ يَزِيدُ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ ثُمَّ يَقْطَعُ فَيَحْمَدُ اللَّهَ وَ كَانَ لَهُ فِي شُرْبِهِ ثَلَاثُ تَسْمِيَاتٍ وَ ثَلَاثُ تَحْمِيدَاتٍ وَ يَمَصُّ الْمَاءَ مَصّاً وَ لَا يَعُبُّهُ‏ عَبّاً وَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْكُبَادَ مِنَ الْعَبِّ

Regarding the description of his^-saww manners during his^-saww drinking – And when he^-saww drank, began by naming (Bismillah), and swallowed with one swallowing or two swallowing’s, then he^-saww cut off and praise Allah^-azwj, then he^-saww repeated and named (Bismillah), then increased in the third, then cut if off and praised Allah^-saww, and there used to be three namings (Bismillahs) for him^-saww during his^-saww drinking, and three praising’s (Al-Hamdulillah), and he^-saww sipped the water with a sipping and did not gulp with a gulping and said: ‘The liver (is affected) from the gulping’.

وَ كَانَ ص لَا يَتَنَفَّسُ فِي الْإِنَاءِ إِذَا شَرِبَ فَإِنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَتَنَفَّسَ أَبْعَدَ الْإِنَاءَ عَنْ فِيهِ حَتَّى يَتَنَفَّسَ وَ كَانَ رُبَّمَا شَرِبَ بِنَفَسٍ وَاحِدٍ حَتَّى يَفْرُغَ وَ كَانَ ص يَشْرَبُ فِي أَقْدَاحِ الْقَوَارِيرِ الَّتِي يُؤْتَى بِهَا مِنَ الشَّامِ وَ يَشْرَبُ فِي الْأَقْدَاحِ الَّتِي يُتَّخَذُ مِنَ الْخَشَبِ وَ فِي الْجُلُودِ وَ يَشْرَبُ فِي الْخَزَفِ وَ يَشْرَبُ بِكَفَّيْهِ يَصُبُّ الْمَاءَ فِيهِمَا وَ يَشْرَبُ وَ يَقُولُ لَيْسَ إِنَاءٌ أَطْيَبَ مِنَ الْيَدِ

And he^-saww did not breathe in the utensil when he^-saww drank. If he^-saww wanted to breathe, he^-saww would distance the utensil from his^-saww mouth until he^-saww breathed, and sometimes he^-saww drank in one breath until he^-saww was free, and he^-saww drank in a glass cup which he^-saww had come with it from Syria, and he^-saww drank in the cup which was taken from the wood, and in the (water) skin, and drank in the porcelain, and drank with his^-saww palm, pouring the water in them and drinking, and said: ‘There isn’t any utensil better than the hand’.

وَ يَشْرَبُ مِنْ أَفْوَاهِ الْقِرَبِ وَ الْأَدَاوِي وَ لَا يَخْتَنِثُهَا اخْتِنَاثاً وَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اخْتِنَاثَهَا يُنَتِّنُهَا وَ كَانَ ص يَشْرَبُ قَائِماً وَ رُبَّمَا شَرِبَ‏ رَاكِباً وَ رُبَّمَا قَامَ فَشَرِبَ مِنَ الْقِرْبَةِ أَوِ الْجَرَّةِ أَوِ الْإِدَاوَةِ وَ فِي كُلِّ إِنَاءٍ يَجِدُهُ وَ فِي يَدَيْهِ وَ كَانَ ص يَشْرَبُ الْمَاءَ الَّذِي حُلِبَ عَلَيْهِ اللَّبَنُ وَ يَشْرَبُ السَّوِيقَ

And he^-saww drank from the mouth of the pot and the pitcher, and did not crack it with a crack and said: ‘Its crack would rot it, and he^-saww drank standing, and sometimes drank riding, and sometimes he^-saww stood and drank from the pot or the urn, or the pitcher, and in every utensil he^-saww found, and in his^-saww hand; and he^-saww drank the water which the milk had been made into yoghurt, and drank ‘Al-Saweyq’ (a porridge).

وَ كَانَ ص أَحَبُّ الْأَشْرِبَةِ إِلَيْهِ الْحُلْوُ وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أَحَبُّ الشَّرَابِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص الْحُلْوُ الْبَارِدُ وَ كَانَ يَشْرَبُ الْمَاءَ عَلَى الْعَسَلِ وَ كَانَ يُمَاثُ‏ لَهُ الْخُبْزُ فَيَشْرَبُهُ أَيْضاً وَ كَانَ ص يَقُولُ سَيِّدُ الْأَشْرِبَةِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ الْمَاءُ

And he^-saww, the most beloved of the drinks to him^-saww was the sweet; and in a report, the most beloved of the drinks to Rasool-Allah^-saww was the sweet and cold one, and he^-saww drank the water upon the honey, and the bread was mixed for him^-saww and he^-saww drank it as well, and he^-saww was saying, ‘The chief of the drinks in the world and the Hereafter, is the water’.

وَ قَالَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ‏ كَانَتْ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص شَرْبَةٌ يُفْطِرُ عَلَيْهَا وَ شَرْبَةٌ لِلسَّحَرِ وَ رُبَّمَا كَانَتْ وَاحِدَةً وَ رُبَّمَا كَانَتْ لَبَناً وَ رُبَّمَا كَانَتِ الشَّرْبَةُ خُبْزاً يُمَاثُ فَهَيَّأْتُهَا لَهُ ص ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَاحْتُبِسَ النَّبِيُّ ص فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّ بَعْضَ أَصْحَابِهِ دَعَاهُ فَشَرِبْتُهَا حِينَ احْتُبِسَ

And Anas Bin Malik (a well-known fabricator) said, ‘There was a drink for Rasool-Allah^-saww he^-saww used to break Fast upon it, and a drink for the pre-dawn, and sometimes it would be one, and sometimes milk, and sometimes he^-saww would drink the mixed bread. One night I prepared it for him^-saww and the Prophet^-saww withheld, so I thought that one of his^-saww companions had invited him^-saww, and I drank it when he^-saww withheld.

فَجَاءَ ص بَعْدَ الْعِشَاءِ بِسَاعَةٍ فَسَأَلْتُ بَعْضَ مَنْ كَانَ مَعَهُ هَلْ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ص أَفْطَرَ فِي مَكَانٍ أَوْ دَعَاهُ أَحَدٌ فَقَالَ لَا فَبِتُّ بِلَيْلَةٍ لَا يَعْلَمُهَا إِلَّا اللَّهُ مِنْ غَمِ‏ أَنْ يَطْلُبَهَا مِنِّي النَّبِيُّ ص وَ لَا يَجِدَهَا فَيَبِيتَ جَائِعاً فَأَصْبَحَ صَائِماً وَ مَا سَأَلَنِي عَنْهَا وَ لَا ذَكَرَهَا حَتَّى السَّاعَةِ وَ لَقَدْ قُرِّبَ إِلَيْهِ إِنَاءٌ فِيهِ لَبَنٌ وَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ

He^-saww came after Al-Isha by a while, and I asked one of the ones who was with him^-saww, ‘Did the Prophet^-saww break the Fast in any place he^-saww was invited by anyone?’ He said, ‘No’. I spent the night in gloom; none knows it except Allah^-azwj if the Prophet^-saww were to seek from me and did not find it. But he^-saww spent the night hungry. In the morning he^-saww Fasted and did not ask me nor did he^-saww mention it until now, and I had drawn near to him^-saww a utensil wherein was milk, and Ibn Abbas was on his^-saww right and Khalid Bin Al Waleed on his^-saww left.

فَشَرِبَ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِنَّ الشَّرْبَةَ لَكَ أَ فَتَأْذَنُ أَنْ أُعْطِيَ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ يُرِيدُ السِّنَ‏ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ لَا وَ اللَّهِ لَا أُوثِرُ بِفَضْلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص أَحَداً فَتَنَاوَلَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ الْقَدَحَ فَشَرِبَهُ ‏

He^-saww drank, then said to Abdullah Ibn Abbas, ‘The drink is for you. Will you allow me^-saww to give it to Khalid Bin Al-Waleed?’ – intending the Sunnah (to be established). Ibn Abbas said, ‘No, by Allah^-azwj, I will not prefer anyone with the merit of Rasool-Allah^-saww’. Then, Ibn Abbas took the cup and drank it.

وَ لَقَدْ جَاءَهُ ص ابْنُ خَوَلِيٍّ بِإِنَاءٍ فِيهِ عَسَلٌ وَ لَبَنٌ فَأَتَى أَنْ يَشْرَبَهُ فَقَالَ شَرْبَتَانِ فِي شَرْبَةٍ وَ إِنَاءَانِ فِي إِنَاءٍ وَاحِدٍ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَشْرَبَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَا أُحَرِّمُهُ وَ لَكِنِّي أَكْرَهُ الْفَخْرَ وَ الْحِسَابَ بِفُضُولِ الدُّنْيَا غَداً وَ أُحِبُّ التَّوَاضُعَ فَإِنَّ مَنْ تَوَاضَعَ لِلَّهِ رَفَعَهُ اللَّهُ

And Ibn Khowly has come to him^-saww with a utensil wherein was honey and milk, but he^-saww refused to drink it. He^-saww said: ‘Two drinks in one drink, and two utensils in one utensil?’ He^-saww refused to drink it, then said: ‘I^-saww am not Prohibiting it, but I^-saww dislike the pride and the Reckoning of the unnecessary extra of the world tomorrow, and I^-saww love the humbleness, for the one who is humble to Allah^-azwj, Allah^-azwj would Raise him’’.

في صفة أخلاقه في الطيب و الدهن و لبس الثياب و في غسل رأسه ص‏ وَ كَانَ ص إِذَا غَسَلَ رَأْسَهُ وَ لِحْيَتَهُ غَسَلَهُمَا بِالسِّدْرِ

Regarding the description of his^-saww manners regarding perfuming, and the oiling, and wearing the clothes, and regarding washing of his^-saww head – and he^-saww, when he^-saww washed his^-saww head and his^-saww beard, washed it with the lotus.

في دهنه‏ وَ كَانَ يُحِبُّ الدُّهْنَ وَ يَكْرَهُ الشَّعَثَ‏ وَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الدُّهْنَ يَذْهَبُ بِالْبُؤْسِ كَانَ يَدَّهِنُ بِأَصْنَافٍ مِنَ الدُّهْنِ وَ كَانَ إِذَا ادَّهَنَ بَدَأَ بِرَأْسِهِ وَ لِحْيَتِهِ وَ يَقُولُ إِنَ‏الرَّأْسَ قَبْلَ اللِّحْيَةِ وَ كَانَ يَدَّهِنُ بِالْبَنَفْسَجِ وَ يَقُولُ هُوَ أَفْضَلُ الْأَدْهَانِ وَ كَانَ ص إِذَا ادَّهَنَ بَدَأَ بِحَاجِبَيْهِ ثُمَّ بِشَارِبَيْهِ ثُمَّ يُدْخِلُ فِي أَنْفِهِ وَ يَشَمُّهُ ثُمَّ يَدْهُنُ رَأْسَهُ وَ كَانَ ص يَدْهُنُ حَاجِبَيْهِ مِنَ الصُّدَاعِ وَ يَدْهُنُ شَارِبَيْهِ بِدُهْنٍ سِوَى دُهْنِ لِحْيَتِهِ

Regarding his^-saww oiling (hair) – And he^-saww used to love the oiling, and disliked the dustiness (in the hair), and said: ‘The oil does away with the adversity’. He^-saww used to oil with a variety of the oils, and when he^-saww oiled, began with his^-saww head and his^-saww beard, and said: ‘The head is before the beard’; and he^-saww oiled with the violet and said: ‘It is the best of the oils’; and he^-saww, when he^-saww oiled, began with his^-saww eyebrows, then his^-saww moustache, then inserted in in his^-saww nose and smelt it, then oiled his^-saww head; and he^-saww oiled his^-saww eyebrows from the headache, and oiled his^-saww moustache with an oil besides the oil of his^-saww beard’.

في تسريحه‏ وَ كَانَ ص يَمْتَشِطُ وَ يُرَجِّلُ رَأْسَهُ بِالْمِدْرَى وَ تُرَجِّلُهُ نِسَاؤُهُ وَ تَتَفَقَّدُ نِسَاؤُهُ تَسْرِيحَهُ إِذَا سَرَّحَ رَأْسَهُ وَ لِحْيَتَهُ فَيَأْخُذْنَ الْمُشَاطَةَ فَيُقَالُ إِنَّ الشَّعْرَ الَّذِي فِي أَيْدِي النَّاسِ مِنْ تِلْكَ الْمُشَاطَاتِ

Regarding his^-saww hair styling – And he^-saww combed and styled his^-saww hair with the comb, and his^-saww wives styled it, and his^-saww were (always) looking for his^-saww comb whenever he^-saww styled his^-saww hair and his^-saww beard, and they would take the comb. It is said that the hairs which are in the hands of the people are from that comb.

فَأَمَّا مَا حُلِقَ فِي عُمْرَتِهِ وَ حِجَّتِهِ فَإِنَّ جَبْرَئِيلَ ع كَانَ يَنْزِلُ فَيَأْخُذُهُ فَيَعْرُجُ بِهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَ لَرُبَّمَا سَرَّحَ لِحْيَتَهُ فِي الْيَوْمِ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَ كَانَ ص يَضَعُ الْمُشْطَ تَحْتَ وَسَادَتِهِ إِذَا امْتَشَطَ بِهِ وَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْمَشْطَ يَذْهَبُ بِالْوَبَاءِ وَ كَانَ ص يُسَرِّحُ تَحْتَ لِحْيَتِهِ أَرْبَعِينَ مَرَّةً وَ مِنْ فَوْقِهَا سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ وَ يَقُولُ إِنَّهُ يَزِيدُ فِي الذِّهْنِ وَ يَقْطَعُ الْبَلْغَمَ

As for his^-saww shaving off during his^-saww Umrah and his^-saww Hajj, Jibraeel^-saww used to descend and take it and ascend with it to the sky; and sometimes he^-saww would comb his^-saww beard twice during the day; and he^-saww would place his^-saww comb beneath his^-saww pillow when he^-saww combed with it, and said: ‘The combing removes the severe illness; and he^-saww used to comb under his^-saww beard forty times, and from above it, seven times, and said:’ It increases in the brain and cuts the phlegm’.

وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص أَنَّهُ قَالَ: مَنْ أَمَرَّ الْمُشْطَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ وَ لِحْيَتِهِ وَ صَدْرِهِ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ لَمْ يُقَارِبْهُ دَاءٌ أَبَداً

And in a report from the Prophet^-saww having said: ‘One who passes the comb upon his head and his beard and his chest seven times, no illness would come near him at all’.

في طيبه‏ وَ كَانَ ص يَتَطَيَّبُ بِالْمِسْكِ حَتَّى يُرَى وَبِيصُهُ فِي مَفْرَقِهِ وَ كَانَ ص يَتَطَيَّبُ بِذُكُورِ الطِّيبِ وَ هُوَ الْمِسْكُ وَ الْعَنْبَرُ وَ كَانَ ص يَتَطَيَّبُ بِالْغَالِيَةِ تُطَيِّبُهُ بِهَا نِسَاؤُهُ بِأَيْدِيهِنَّ وَ كَانَ ص يَسْتَجْمِرُ بِالْعُودِ الْقَمَارِيِ‏ وَ كَانَ يُعْرَفُ فِي اللَّيْلَةِ الْمُظْلِمَةِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُرَى بِالطِّيبِ فَيُقَالُ هَذَا النَّبِيُّ ص

Regarding his^-saww perfuming – He^-saww used to perfume with the musk to the extent that its effect could be seen in his^-saww parting; and he^-saww would perfume with the male perfumes, and it is the musk and the amber, and he^-saww perfumed with the expensive perfume, his^-saww wives would apply it with their hands; and he^-saww used to incense with Al Oud of India, and he^-saww was recognise during the dark night before he^-saww could be seen due to the perfume. It would be said, ‘This is the Prophet^-saww’.

عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يُنْفِقُ عَلَى الطِّيبِ أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا يُنْفِقُ عَلَى الطَّعَامِ

From Al-Sadiq^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww spent upon the perfume more than what he^-saww spent upon the food’.

وَ قَالَ الْبَاقِرُ ع‏ كَانَ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص ثَلَاثُ خِصَالٍ لَمْ يَكُنْ‏ فِي أَحَدٍ غَيْرِهِ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ فَيْ‏ءٌ وَ كَانَ لَا يَمُرُّ فِي طَرِيقٍ فَيُمَرَّ فِيهِ‏ بَعْدَ يَوْمَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةٍ إِلَّا عُرِفَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ مَرَّ فِيهِ لِطِيبِ عَرْفِهِ وَ كَانَ لَا يَمُرُّ بِحَجَرٍ وَ لَا بِشَجَرٍ إِلَّا سَجَدَ لَهُ

And Al-Baqir^-asws said: ‘There were three characteristics in Rasool-Allah^-saww which did not happen to be in anyone other than him^-saww – there did not happen to be any shadow for him^-saww, and he^-saww did not pass by any street and someone would pass by it after two days or three except he would recognise that he^-saww had passed by due to the fragrance, and he^-saww did not pass by any stone nor any tree except it did Sajdah to him^-saww.

وَ كَانَ ص لَا يُعْرَضُ عَلَيْهِ طِيبٌ إِلَّا تَطَيَّبَ بِهِ وَ يَقُولُ هُوَ طَيِّبٌ رِيحُهُ خَفِيفٌ مَحْمِلُهُ‏ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَتَطَيَّبْ وَضَعَ إِصْبَعَهُ فِي ذَلِكَ الطِّيبِ ثُمَّ لَعِقَ مِنْهُ وَ كَانَ ص يَقُولُ جُعِلَ‏ لَذَّتِي فِي النِّسَاءِ وَ الطِّيبِ وَ جُعِلَ قُرَّةُ عَيْنِي فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَ الصَّوْمِ‏

And he^-saww, no perfume was presented to him^-saww except he^-saww perfumed with it, and said: ‘It’s aroma is good, light is its load’. And if he^-saww did not perfume with it, placed his^-saww finger in that perfume, then licked from it; and he^-saww said: ‘My^-saww pleasures have been made to be in the women and the perfume, and the delight of my^-saww eyes has been made to be in the Salat and the Fasting’.

في تكحله‏

وَ كَانَ ص يَكْتَحِلُ فِي عَيْنِهِ الْيُمْنَى ثَلَاثاً وَ فِي الْيُسْرَى ثِنْتَيْنِ وَ قَالَ مَنْ شَاءَ اكْتَحَلَ ثَلَاثاً وَ كُلَّ حِينٍ وَ مَنْ فَعَلَ دُونَ ذَلِكَ أَوْ فَوْقَهُ فَلَا حَرَجَ وَ رُبَّمَا اكْتَحَلَ وَ هُوَ صَائِمٌ وَ كَانَتْ لَهُ مُكْحُلَةٌ يَكْتَحِلُ بِهَا بِاللَّيْلِ وَ كَانَ كُحْلُهُ الْإِثْمِدَ

His^-saww applying kohl – And he^-saww applied kohl in his^-saww right eye thrice, and in his^-saww left eye twice, and said: ‘One who desires to apply kohl thrice and all the time, and one who does below that or above it, there is no problem; and sometimes he^-saww would apply kohl and he^-saww was Fasting, and there used to be a kohl for him^-saww he^-saww used to apply with at night, and his^-saww kohl was Al Asmad’.

في نظره في المرآة

وَ كَانَ ص يَنْظُرُ فِي الْمِرْآةِ وَ يُرَجِّلُ جُمَّتَهُ وَ يَمْتَشِطُ وَ رُبَّمَا نَظَرَ فِي الْمَاءِ وَ سَوَّى جُمَّتَهُ فِيهِ وَ لَقَدْ كَانَ يَتَجَمَّلُ لِأَصْحَابِهِ فَضْلًا عَلَى تَجَمُّلِهِ لِأَهْلِهِ‏ وَ قَالَ ذَلِكَ لِعَائِشَةَ حِينَ رَأَتْهُ يَنْظُرُ فِي رَكْوَةٍ فِيهَا مَاءٌ فِي حُجْرَتِهَا وَ يُسَوِّي فِيهَا جُمَّتَهُ وَ هُوَ يَخْرُجُ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ

Regarding his^-saww looking into the mirror – and he^-saww would look into the mirror and even out his^-saww locks and comb his^-saww hair, and sometimes he^-saww would look into the water and even out his^-saww locks in it, and he^-saww used to beautify himself^-saww over beautifying upon beautifying for his^-saww family, and said that to Ayesha when she saw him^-saww looking into a pot wherein was water in her chamber and evened out his^-saww locks therein, and he^-saww was going out to his^-saww companions.

فَقَالَتْ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَ أُمِّي تَتَمَرَّأُ فِي الرَّكْوَةِ وَ تُسَوِّي جُمَّتَكَ وَ أَنْتَ النَّبِيُّ وَ خَيْرُ خَلْقِهِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يُحِبُّ مِنْ عَبْدِهِ إِذَا خَرَجَ إِلَى إِخْوَانِهِ أَنْ يَتَهَيَّأَ لَهُمْ وَ يَتَجَمَّلَ

She said, ‘May my father and my mother be sacrificed for you^-saww! You^-saww are using the pot as a mirror and evening his^-saww locks, and you^-saww are the Prophet^-saww and the best of His^-azwj creatures?’ He^-saww said: ‘Allah^-azwj the Exalted Loves the one who worships Him^-azwj, when he goes out to his brethren that he prepares for them and beautifies’’.

في اطلائه‏ وَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَطَّلِي فَيَطْلِيهِ مَنْ يَطْلِيهِ حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَ مَا تَحْتَ‏ الْإِزَارِ تَوَلَّاهُ بِنَفْسِهِ وَ كَانَ ص لَا يُفَارِقُهُ فِي أَسْفَارِهِ قَارُورَةُ الدُّهْنِ وَ الْمُكْحُلَةُ وَ الْمِقْرَاضُ وَ الْمِرْآةُ وَ الْمِسْوَاكُ وَ الْمُشْطُ

His^-saww application – And he^-saww applied, so he^-saww applied from his^-saww applications until when it reached what is under the trousers, he^-saww applied it himself^-saww, and he^-saww did not separate during his^-saww travels, from a jar of oil, and the kohl, and the scissor, and the mirror, and the toothbrush, and the comb.

وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ تَكُونُ مَعَهُ الْخُيُوطُ وَ الْإِبْرَةُ وَ الْمِخْصَفُ وَ السُّيُورُ فَيَخِيطُ ثِيَابَهُ وَ يَخْصِفُ نَعْلَهُ وَ كَانَ ص إِذَا اسْتَاكَ اسْتَاكَ عَرْضاً

And in a report – There would happen to be with him^-saww, the thread and the needle, and the beaker, and the strap, so he^-saww would sew his^-saww clothes and repair his^-saww slipper; and he^-saww, when he^-saww brushed teeth, brushed sideways’.

في لباسه‏ وَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَلْبَسُ الشَّمْلَةَ يَأْتَزِرُ بِهَا وَ يَلْبَسُ النَّمِرَةَ يَأْتَزِرُ بِهَا فَيَحْسُنُ عَلَيْهِ النَّمِرَةُ لِسَوَادِهَا عَلَى بَيَاضِ مَا يَبْدُو مِنْ سَاقَيْهِ وَ قَدَمَيْهِ وَ قِيلَ لَقَدْ قَبَضَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ إِنَّ لَهُ لَنَمِرَةً تُنْسَجُ فِي بَنِي عَبْدِ الْأَشْهَلِ لِيَلْبَسَهَا ص وَ رُبَّمَا كَانَ ص يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ وَ هُوَ لَابِسُ الشَّمْلَةِ

Regarding his^-saww clothes – And Rasool-Allah^-saww wore the cloak as a trouser, and wore the striped garment as a trouser, and improved the stripes of its black over the white, what would appear from his^-saww leg and his^-saww feet. And it is said, ‘Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Captured (his^-saww soul), and for him^-saww was a striped garment knitted among the clan of Abdul Ash’hal for him^-saww to wear it, and sometimes he^-saww prayed Salat with the people while he^-saww was wearing the cloak’.

وَ قَالَ أَنَسٌ‏ رُبَّمَا رَأَيْتُهُ يُصَلِّي بِنَا الظُّهْرَ فِي شَمْلَةٍ عَاقِداً طَرَفَيْهَا بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ

And Anas (a well-known fabricator) said, ‘Sometimes he^-saww was seen praying Al-Zohr Salat with us in a cloak, its ends having been tied between his^-saww shoulders’.

في عمامته و قلنسوته‏ وَ كَانَ ص يَلْبَسُ الْقَلَانِسَ تَحْتَ الْعَمَائِمِ وَ يَلْبَسُ الْقَلَانِسَ بِغَيْرِ الْعَمَائِمِ وَ الْعَمَائِمَ بِغَيْرِ الْقَلَانِسِ وَ كَانَ يَلْبَسُ الْبُرْطُلَّةَ وَ كَانَ ص يَلْبَسُ مِنَ الْقَلَانِسِ التِّيهِيَّةَ الْيَمَنِيَّةَ وَ مِنَ الْبَيْضِ الْمِصْرِيَّةِ وَ يَلْبَسُ الْقَلَانِسَ ذَوَاتِ الْآذَانِ فِي الْحَرْبِ مِنْهَا مَا يَكُونُ مِنَ السِّيجَانِ الْخُضْرِ وَ كَانَ رُبَّمَا نَزَعَ قَلَنْسُوَتَهُ فَجَعَلَهَا سُتْرَةً بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ يُصَلِّي إِلَيْهَا

Regarding his^-saww turban and his^-saww cap – And he^-saww wore the cap beneath the turban, and wore the cap without the turban, and the turban without the cap; and he^-saww wore the small cap, and he^-saww wore from the caps, the Yemeni, and from the white Egyptian, and wore the cap with the two ear coverings during the battle, from these is what happened to be green, and sometimes he^-saww would remove his^-saww cap and make it a line in front of him^-saww to be praying towards it.

وَ كَانَ ص كَثِيراً مَا يَتَعَمَّمُ الْعَمَائِمَ‏ الْخَزَّ السُّودَ فِي أَسْفَارِهِ وَ غَيْرِهَا وَ يَعْتَجِرُ اعْتِجَاراً وَ رُبَّمَا لَمْ يَكُنْ‏ لَهُ الْعِمَامَةُ فَيَشُدُّ الْعِصَابَةَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ أَوْ عَلَى جَبْهَتِهِ وَ كَانَ شَدُّ الْعِصَابَةِ مِنْ فِعَالِهِ كَثِيراً مَا يُرَى عَلَيْهِ وَ كَانَتْ لَهُ عِمَامَةٌ يَعْتَمُّ بِهَا يُقَالُ لَهَا السَّحَابُ‏ فَكَسَاهَا عَلِيّاً ع وَ كَانَ رُبَّمَا طَلَعَ عَلِيٌّ فِيهَا فَيَقُولُ أَتَاكُمْ عَلِيٌّ ع فِي السَّحَابِ‏ يَعْنِي عِمَامَتَهُ الَّتِي وَهَبَ لَهُ

And he^-saww would often wear the turban of the black Al Khazz during his^-saww travels and other, and engage it with an engagement, and sometimes there did not happen to be the turban for him^-saww, so he^-saww tightened the band upon his^-saww head or upon his^-saww forehead, and the tight band from his^-saww deed was most often seen upon him^-saww, and there was a turban for him^-saww he^-saww would turban with, called ‘Al-Sahaab’. He^-saww clothed Ali^-asws with it, and sometimes Ali^-asws would emerge in it and he^-saww said: ‘Ali^-asws is coming to you all in ‘Al-Sahaab’ – meaning his^-saww turban which he^-saww had gifted to him^-asws’.

وَ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ وَ لَقَدْ لَبِسَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص جُبَّةَ صُوفٍ وَ عِمَامَةَ صُوفٍ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَخَطَبَ النَّاسَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَمَا رَأَيْتُ شَيْئاً مِمَّا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى أَحْسَنَ مِنْهُ فِيهَا

And Ayesha said, ‘And Rasool-Allah^-saww had worn a woollen coat, and a woollen turban, then he^-saww went out and addressed the people upon the pulpit, so I did not see anything from what Allah^-azwj the Exalted Crated, more beautiful than him^-saww in it’.

في كيفية لبسه‏

وَ كَانَ ص إِذَا لَبِسَ ثَوْباً جَدِيداً قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي كَسَانِي مَا يُوَارِي عَوْرَتِي وَ أَتَجَمَّلُ بِهِ فِي النَّاسِ وَ كَانَ إِذَا نَزَعَهُ نَزَعَ مِنْ مَيَاسِرِهِ أَوَّلًا وَ كَانَ مِنْ فِعْلِهِ إِذَا لَبِسَ الثَّوْبَ الْجَدِيدَ حَمِدَ اللَّهَ ثُمَّ يَدْعُو مِسْكِيناً فَيُعْطِيهِ خُلْقَانَهُ‏ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَكْسُو مُسْلِماً مِنْ سَمَلِ ثِيَابِهِ لَا يَكْسُوهُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَّا كَانَ فِي ضَمَانِ اللَّهِ وَ حِرْزِهِ وَ حَيِّزِهِ مَا وَارَاهُ حَيّاً وَ مَيِّتاً

Regarding the mode of his^-saww clothing – And whenever he^-saww wore a new cloth, said: ‘The Praise is for Allah^-azwj Who Clothed me^-saww covers my^-saww nakedness, and beautify with among the people’; and when he^-saww removed it, removed from his^-saww left first; and it was from his^-saww deed when he^-saww wore the new cloth, he^-saww praised Allah^-azwj, then he^-saww would invite a poor person and give him the old, then he^-saww said: ‘There is none from a Muslim who clothes a Muslim from the worn of his clothes except Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic he would be in the Responsibility of Allah^-azwj, and His^-azwj Protection and His^-azwj Domain and Safety, alive and dead’.

وَ كَانَ ص إِذَا لَبِسَ ثِيَابَهُ وَ اسْتَوَى قَائِماً قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ بِكَ اسْتَتَرْتُ وَ إِلَيْكَ تَوَجَّهْتُ وَ بِكَ اعْتَصَمْتُ وَ عَلَيْكَ تَوَكَّلْتُ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ ثِقَتِي وَ أَنْتَ رَجَائِي اللَّهُمَّ اكْفِنِي مَا أَهَمَّنِي وَ مَا لَا أَهْتَمُّ بِهِ وَ مَا أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي عَزَّ جَارُكَ وَ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُكَ وَ لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُكَ اللَّهُمَّ زَوِّدْنِي التَّقْوَى وَ اغْفِرْ لِي ذَنْبِي وَ وَجِّهْنِي لِلْخَيْرِ حَيْثُ مَا تَوَجَّهْتُ ثُمَّ يَنْدَفِعُ لِحَاجَتِهِ

And when he^-saww wore his^-saww clothes and stood upright before he^-saww went out, said: ‘O Allah^-azwj! By You^-azwj I^-saww am veiled, and to You^-azwj I^-saww pay attention, and by You^-azwj I^-saww am Protected, and upon You^-azwj I^-saww rely. O Allah^-azwj! You^-azwj are my^-saww Reliance, and You^-azwj are my^-saww hope. O Allah^-azwj Suffice me^-saww of what worries me^-saww and what I^-saww am not worried with, and what You^-azwj are more Knowing with than I^-saww am. Honourable is Your^-azwj Vicinity, and Majestic is Your^-azwj Praise, and there is no god except You^-azwj. O Allah^-azwj! Provide me^-saww the piety, and Forgive my^-saww sins for me^-saww, and Divert me^-saww to the good wherever You^-azwj Divert me^-saww!’, then he^-saww went to his^-saww need.

وَ كَانَ لَهُ ص ثَوْبَانِ لِلْجُمُعَةِ خَاصَّةً سِوَى ثِيَابِهِ فِي غَيْرِ الْجُمُعَةِ وَ كَانَتْ لَهُ خِرْقَةٌ وَ مِنْدِيلٌ يَمْسَحُ بِهِ وَجْهَهُ مِنَ الْوُضُوءِ وَ رُبَّمَا لَمْ يَكُنْ مَعَهُ الْمِنْدِيلُ فَيَمْسَحُ وَجْهَهُ بِطَرَفِ الرِّدَاءِ الَّذِي يَكُونُ عَلَيْهِ

And he^-saww has two clothes for him^-saww for the Friday in particular besides his^-saww clothes regarding other than the Friday, and there was a towel and a napkin he^-saww wiped his^-saww face with from the Wudu’u, and sometimes there did not happen to be a towel with him^-saww, so he^-saww wiped his^-saww face with the ends of the cloak which happened to be upon him^-saww.

في خاتمه‏ وَ كَانَ ص لَبِسَ خَاتَماً مِنْ فِضَّةٍ وَ كَانَ فَصُّهُ حبشي‏ [حَبَشِيّاً] فَجَعَلَ الْفَصَّ مِمَّا يَلِي بَطْنَ الْكَفِّ وَ لَبِسَ خَاتَماً مِنْ حَدِيدٍ مَلْوِيّاً عَلَيْهِ فِضَّةٌ أَهْدَاهَا لَهُ مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ فِيهِ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَ لَبِسَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ‏ خَاتَمَهُ فِي يَدِهِ الْيُمْنَى ثُمَّ نَقَلَهُ إِلَى شِمَالِهِ‏وَ كَانَ خَاتَمُهُ الْآخَرُ الَّذِي قُبِضَ وَ هُوَ فِي يَدِهِ خَاتَمَ فِضَّةٍ فَصُّهُ فِضَّةٌ ظَاهِراً كَمَا يَلْبَسُ النَّاسُ خَوَاتِيمَهُمْ وَ فِيهِ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَسْتَنْجِي بِيَسَارِهِ وَ هُوَ فِيهَا

Regarding his^-saww rings – And he^-saww wore a ring of silver and its stone was Ethiopian, and he^-saww made the stone from what follows the inside of the palm, and wore a ring of iron coated upon it by silver, gifted to him^-saww by Muaz Bin Jabal (a confirmed enemy of Ahl Al-Bayt^-asws) wherein was (inscribed): ‘Muhammad Rasool-Allah’, and Rasool-Allah^-saww wore his^-saww right in his^-saww right hand, then transferred it to his^-saww left hand, and his^-saww other ring which was in his^-saww hand was a silver ring, its stone was of apparent silver, just as the people wore their rings, and in it was (inscribed): ‘Muhammad Rasool-Allah^-saww’, and Rasool-Allah^-saww would clean himself^-saww (from toilet) by his^-saww left hand while it was in it’.

وَ يُرْوَى‏ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَزَلْ كَانَ فِي يَمِينِهِ إِلَى أَنْ قُبِضَ وَ كَانَ ص رُبَّمَا جَعَلَ خَاتَمَهُ فِي إِصْبَعِهِ الْوُسْطَى فِي الْمَفْصِلِ الثَّانِي مِنْهَا وَ رُبَّمَا لَبِسَهُ كَذَلِكَ فِي الْإِصْبَعِ الَّتِي تَلِي الْإِبْهَامَ وَ كَانَ رُبَّمَا خَرَجَ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ وَ فِي خَاتَمِهِ خَيْطٌ مَرْبُوطٌ لِيَسْتَذْكِرَ بِهِ الشَّيْ‏ءَ وَ كَانَ ص يَخْتِمُ بِخَوَاتِيمِهِ عَلَى الْكُتُبِ وَ يَقُولُ الْخَاتَمُ عَلَى الْكِتَابِ حِرْزٌ مِنَ التُّهَمَةِ

And it is reported that it did not cease to be in his^-saww right hand until he^-saww passed away; and he^-saww would sometimes make his^-saww ring to be in his^-saww middle finger in the second joint from it, and sometimes he^-saww would wear it like that in the finger which follows the thumb, and sometimes he^-saww would go out to his^-saww companions and in his^-saww ring was a string tied in order to remind him of something; and he^-saww would wear his^-saww rings upon the letters, and said: ‘The ring upon the writing is a protection from the accusation’.

في نعله‏ وَ كَانَ ص يَلْبَسُ النَّعْلَيْنِ بِقُبَالَتَيْنِ وَ كَانَتْ مُخَصَّرَةً مُعَقَّبَةً حَسَنَةَ التَّخْصِيرِ مِمَّا يَلِي مُقَدَّمَ الْعَقِبِ مُسْتَوِيَةً لَيْسَتْ بِمُلَسَّنَةٍ وَ كَانَ مِنْهَا مَا يَكُونُ فِي مَوْضِعِ الشَّيْ‏ءِ الْخَارِجِ قَلِيلًا وَ كَانَ كَثِيراً مَا يَلْبَسُ السِّبْتِيَّةَ الَّتِي لَيْسَ لَهَا شَعْرٌ وَ كَانَ إِذَا لَبِسَ بَدَأَ بِالْيُمْنَى وَ إِذَا خَلَعَ بَدَأَ بِالْيُسْرَى وَ كَانَ يَأْمُرُ بِلُبْسِ النَّعْلَيْنِ جَمِيعاً وَ تَرْكِهِمَا جَمِيعاً كَرَاهَةَ أَنْ يُلْبَسَ وَاحِدَةٌ دُونَ أُخْرَى وَ كَانَ يَلْبَسُ مِنَ الْخِفَافِ مِنْ كُلِّ ضَرْبٍ

Regarding his^-saww slipper – and he^-saww wore the slippers with two straps, and it was strapped, heeled, well-designed from what followed the heel, even, not with sleekness, and from it was what would happen to be outside in place of the thing by a little, and he^-saww was mostly wearing that which didn’t have hair for it, and when he^-saww wore, began with the right, and when he^-saww took it off, began with the left, and he^-saww would instruct the wearing the slippers together, and leave them together disliking wearing the one without the other, and he^-saww would wear the socks of every type’.

في فراشه‏ الَّذِي قُبِضَ‏ وَ هُوَ عِنْدَهُ مِنْ أَسْمَالِ‏ وَادِي الْقُرَى مَحْشُوّاً وَبَراً وَ قِيلَ كَانَ طُولُهُ ذِرَاعَيْنِ أَوْ نَحْوَهُمَا وَ عَرْضُهُ ذِرَاعٌ وَ شِبْرٌ

Regarding his^-saww bed – That in which he^-saww passed away, and it was with him^-saww from ‘Asmal’ of the valley of Al-Qura, filled with fur, and it is said, ‘Its length was of two cubits or approximate to it, and its width was one cubit and a palm’.

عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ع‏ كَانَ فِرَاشُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص عَبَاءَةً وَ كَانَتْ مِرْفَقَتُهُ أدم [أَدَماً] حَشْوُهَا لِيفٌ فَثُنِيَتْ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ قَالَ لَقَدْ مَنَعَنِي اللَّيْلَةَ الْفِرَاشُ الصَّلَاةَ فَأَمَرَ ع أَنْ يُجْعَلَ بِطَاقٍ وَاحِدٍ

From Ali^-asws – The bed of Rasool-Allah^-saww was a sheet, and its attachment was a skin filled with leaves, so one night I doubled it, and when it was morning, he^-saww said: ‘The bed prevented me^-saww from the Salat last night’. Then he^-asws instructed that it should be made to be of one layer.

وَ كَانَ لَهُ فِرَاشٌ مِنْ أَدَمٍ حَشْوُهُ لِيفٌ وَ كَانَتْ لَهُ ص عَبَاءَةٌ تُفْرَشُ لَهُ حَيْثُمَا انْتَقَلَ وَ تُثْنَى ثِنْيَيْنِ وَ كَانَ ص كَثِيراً مَا يَتَوَسَّدُ وِسَادَةً لَهُ مِنْ أَدَمٍ حَشْوُهَا لِيفٌ وَ يَجْلِسُ عَلَيْهَا وَ كَانَتْ لَهُ قَطِيفَةٌ فَدَكِيَّةٌ يَلْبَسُهَا يَتَخَشَّعُ بِهَا وَ كَانَتْ لَهُ قَطِيفَةٌ مِصْرِيَّةٌ قَصِيرَةُ الْخَمْلِ وَ كَانَ لَهُ بِسَاطٌ مِنْ شَعْرٍ يَجْلِسُ عَلَيْهِ وَ رُبَّمَا صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ

And there was a bed for him^-saww from the skin filled with leaves, and there was a cloak for him^-saww to be spread out for him^-saww wherever he^-saww may transfer to be, and he^-saww would mostly have a pillow, and his^-saww pillow was from a skin filled with leaves, and he^-saww would sit upon it, and there was for him^-saww garment of Fadak he^-saww used to wear to be humble with it, and there was an Egyptian garment for him^-saww or short fibres, and there was a rug or hair for him^-saww he^-saww sat upon, and sometimes he^-saww prayed Salat upon it.

في نومه‏ وَ كَانَ يَنَامُ عَلَى الْحَصِيرِ لَيْسَ تَحْتَهُ شَيْ‏ءٌ غَيْرُهُ وَ كَانَ يَسْتَاكُ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنَامَ وَ يَأْخُذَ مَضْجَعَهُ وَ كَانَ ص إِذَا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ اضْطَجَعَ عَلَى شِقِّهِ الْأَيْمَنِ وَ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى تَحْتَ خَدِّهِ الْأَيْمَنِ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ قِنِي عَذَابَكَ يَوْمَ تَبْعَثُ عِبَادَكَ

Regarding his^-saww sleep – And he^-saww would sleep upon the straw mat, there not being anything under it, and he^-saww would brush teeth when he^-saww wanted to lie down, and he^-saww, when taking to his^-saww bed, would lie down on his^-saww right side, and place his^-saww right hand under his^-saww check, then said: ‘O Allah^-azwj! Save me^-saww from Your^-azwj Punishment on the Day You^-azwj Resurrect Your^-azwj servants’’.

في دعائه عند مضجعه‏ وَ كَانَ لَهُ أَصْنَافٌ مِنَ الْأَقَاوِيلِ يَقُولُهَا إِذَا أَخَذَ مَضْجَعَهُ فَمِنْهَا أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ بِمُعَافَاتِكَ مِنْ عُقُوبَتِكَ وَ أَعُوذُ بِرِضَاكَ مِنْ سَخَطِكَ وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْكَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَبْلُغَ فِي الثَّنَاءِ عَلَيْكَ وَ لَوْ حَرَصْتُ أَنْتَ كَمَا أَثْنَيْتَ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ

Regarding his^-saww supplication during his^-saww lying down – And there were for him^-saww types of words he^-saww was saying when he^-saww took to his^-saww resting place, and from these is that he^-saww was saying: ‘O Allah^-azwj! I seek Refuge with You^-azwj with Your^-azwj Pardon from Your^-azwj Punishment, and I^-saww seek Refuge with Your^-azwj Pleasure from Your^-azwj Anger, and I^-saww seek Refuge with You^-azwj from You^-azwj. O Allah^-azwj! I^-saww am not able upon reaching in the praise upon You^-azwj, and even though I^-saww covet it. You^-azwj are just as You^-azwj Praised upon Yourself^-saww’.

وَ كَانَ ص يَقُولُ عِنْدَ مَنَامِهِ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَمُوتُ وَ أَحْيَا وَ إِلَى اللَّهِ الْمَصِيرُ اللَّهُمَّ آمِنْ رَوْعَتِي وَ اسْتُرْ عَوْرَتِي وَ أَدِّ عَنِّي أَمَانَتِي

And he^-saww said during his^-saww sleep: ‘In the Name of Allah^-azwj, I^-saww die and I^-saww live, and to Allah^-azwj is the destination. O Allah^-azwj! Secure my^-saww dread, and Cover my^-saww bareness, and Fulfill my^-saww entrustments on my^-saww behalf’.

ما يقول عند نومه كَانَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ يَقْرَأُ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ عِنْدَ مَنَامِهِ وَ يَقُولُ أَتَانِي جَبْرَئِيلُ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ عِفْرِيتاً مِنَ الْجِنِّ يَكِيدُكَ فِي مَنَامِكَ فَعَلَيْكَ بِآيَةِ الْكُرْسِيِّ

What he^-saww was saying during his^-saww sleep – He^-saww would recite ‘Ayat Al-Kursi’ (2:255) during his^-saww sleep, and said: ‘Jibraeel^-as came to me^-saww and said: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! An audacious one (Ifreet) from the Jinn is plotting against you^-saww during your^-saww sleep, therefore, it is upon you^-saww with (reciting) the ‘Ayat Al-Kursi’’.

عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع‏ قَالَ: مَا اسْتَيْقَظَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مِنْ نَوْمٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا خَرَّ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ سَاجِداً

From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww did not wake upon from a sleep at all except he^-saww fell down in Sajdah to Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic’.

وَ رُوِيَ‏ أَنَّهُ ص لَا يَنَامُ‏ إِلَّا وَ السِّوَاكُ عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ فَإِذَا نَهَضَ بَدَأَ بِالسِّوَاكِ وَ قَالَ ص لَقَدْ أُمِرْتُ بِالسِّوَاكِ حَتَّى خَشِيتُ أَنْ يُكْتَبَ عَلَيَّ وَ كَانَ ص مِمَّا يَقُولُ إِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَانِي بَعْدَ مَوْتِي إِنَّ رَبِّي لَغَفُورٌ شَكُورٌ

And it is reported that he^-saww would not sleep except that the toothbrush was by his^-saww head. So, when he woke up, he^-saww would begin with the brushing teeth and he^-saww said: ‘I^-saww have been Commanded with brushing my teeth to the extent that I^-saww feared it would be Prescribed (as Law) upon me^-saww; and it was so from what he^-saww said when he^-saww woke up: ‘The Praise is for Allah^-azwj Who will Revive me^-saww after my^-saww death. My^-saww Lord^-azwj is Forgiving, Grateful’.

وَ كَانَ يَقُولُ ص اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَ هَذَا الْيَوْمِ وَ نُورَهُ وَ هُدَاهُ وَ بَرَكَتَهُ وَ طَهُورَهُ وَ مُعَافَاتَهُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي‏ أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَهُ وَ خَيْرَ مَا فِيهِ وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهِ وَ شَرِّ مَا بَعْدَهُ

And he^-saww was saying: ‘O Allah^-azwj! I^-saww ask You^-azwj for the good of this day, and its Light, and its Guidance, and its Blessing, and its Cleansing, and its health. O Allah^-azwj! I^-saww ask You^-azwj for its good and good of whatever is in it, and I^-saww seek Refuge with You^-azwj from its evil and evil of what is after it’’.

في سواكه‏ وَ كَانَ ص يَسْتَاكُ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ مَرَّةً قَبْلَ نَوْمِهِ وَ مَرَّةً إِذَا قَامَ مِنْ نَوْمِهِ إِلَى وِرْدِهِ وَ مَرَّةً قَبْلَ خُرُوجِهِ إِلَى صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ وَ كَانَ يَسْتَاكُ بِالْأَرَاكِ أَمَرَهُ بِذَلِكَ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع

Regarding his^-saww teeth-brushing – And he^-saww brushed his^-saww teeth three times every night – once before his^-saww sleep, and once when he^-saww stood up from his^-saww sleep to his^-saww recitation, and once before his^-saww going out to the morning Salat; and he^-saww brushed his^-saww teeth with ‘Al-Arak’ (twig), Jibraeel^-as having instructed him^-saww with that.

وَ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: إِنِّي لَأَكْرَهُ لِلرَّجُلِ أَنْ يَمُوتَ وَ قَدْ بَقِيَتْ خَلَّةٌ مِنْ خِلَالِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص لَمْ يَأْتِ بِهَا

And from Al Sadiq^-asws having said: ‘I^-asws dislike it for a man that he die and there remains a manner from the mannerism of Rasool-Allah^-saww he did not perform it’’.[68] (A mixture of Shia and non-Shia sources)

Notes –

حَدِيثُ عَلِيٍّ ع‏ كُنَّا إِذَا احْمَرَّ الْبَأْسُ اتَّقَيْنَا بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص

Hadeeth by Ali^-asws: ‘Whenever the battle became intense and the fighting grew fierce, we sought protection behind Rasool-Allah^-saww’.

فِي حَدِيثِ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَتَطَيَّبُ بِذِكَارَةِ الطِّيبِ

In a Hadeeth by Ayesha, ‘He^-saww used to perfume himself^-saww with the most fragrant perfume’.

36- جا، المجالس للمفيد أَبُو غَالِبٍ الزُّرَارِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي الْخَطَّابِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الْخَزَّازِ عَنْ غِيَاثِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ ع قَالَ‏ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِذَا خَطَبَ حَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَ أَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنَّ أَصْدَقَ الْحَدِيثِ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ وَ أَفْضَلَ الْهَدْيِ هَدْيُ مُحَمَّدٍ ص وَ شَرَّ الْأُمُورِ مُحْدَثَاتُهَا وَ كُلَّ بِدْعَةٍ

‘Al Majalis’ of Al Mufeed – Abu Ghalib Al Zarary, from Muhammad Bin uleyman, from Ibn Abu Al Khatab, from Muhammad Ibn Yahya Al Khazaz, from Gayas Bin Ibrahim,

‘From Al-Sadiq^-asws, from his^-asws father^-asws, from his^-asws grandfather^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww, when he^-saww addressed, praised Allah^-azwj and extolled upon Him^-azwj, then said: ‘As for afterwards, the most truthful of the Hadeeth is the Book of Allah^-azwj and the best of the Guidance is Guidance of Muhammad^-saww, and the evilest of the matters are its innovations, and every innovation is a straying’.

ضَلَالَةٌ وَ يَرْفَعُ صَوْتَهُ وَ تَحْمَارُّ وَجْنَتَاهُ وَ يَذْكُرُ السَّاعَةَ وَ قِيَامَهَا حَتَّى كَأَنَّهُ مُنْذِرُ جَيْشٍ يَقُولُ صَبَّحَتْكُمُ السَّاعَةُ مَسَّتْكُمُ السَّاعَةُ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ بُعِثْتُ أَنَا وَ السَّاعَةُ كَهَاتَيْنِ وَ يَجْمَعُ بَيْنَ سَبَّابَتَيْهِ مَنْ تَرَكَ مَالًا فَلِأَهْلِهِ وَ مَنْ تَرَكَ دَيْناً فَعَلَيَّ وَ إِلَيَ

And he^-saww (emphasise it further) by raising his^-saww voice, and puffing his^-saww cheeks and mentioned the Hour and its establishment, until it was as if he^-saww was warning an army saying: ‘Your morning is the Hour, and your evening is the Hour’. Then he^-saww said: ‘I^-saww and the Hour are Sent like these two’ – and gathered between his^-saww two fingers, ‘One who leaves wealth, it is for his family, and one who leaves debts, it is upon me^-saww and to me^-saww’’.[69]

37- مكا، مكارم الأخلاق فِي كِتَابِ مَوَالِيدِ الصَّادِقِينَ قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الطَّالَقَانِيُ‏ وَ خُبِّرْتُ‏ أَنَّهُ اعْتَزَلَ ص نِسَاءَهُ فِي مَشْرَبَةٍ وَ الْمَشْرَبَةُ الْعِلِّيَّةُ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ عُمَرُ وَ فِي الْبَيْتِ أُهُبٌ عَطِنَةٌ وَ قَرَظٌ وَ النَّبِيُّ ص نَائِمٌ عَلَى حَصِيرٍ قَدْ أَثَّرَ فِي جَنْبِهِ فَوَجَدَ عُمَرُ رِيحَ الْأُهُبِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا هَذِهِ الرِّيحُ‏ قَالَ يَا عُمَرُ هَذَا مَتَاعُ الْحَيِّ فَلَمَّا جَلَسَ النَّبِيُّ ص [وَ كَانَ‏] قَدْ أَثَّرَ الْحَصِيرُ فِي جَنْبِهِ

In the book ‘Mawaleed Al-Sadiqeen’, Muhammad Bin Ibrahim Al-Talaqany said and informed that Rasool-Allah^-saww was isolated from his^-saww wives in a drinking place (reserved for animals), and it was on a high place (to bring animals for) quenching. Umar came to him^-saww and in the room, was untanned animal hide, smelly and a tanner, and the Prophet^-saww was sleeping upon a straw mat which had left marks in his^-saww side.

فَقَالَ عُمَرُ أَمَّا أَنَا فَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَ لَأَنْتَ أَكْرَمُ عَلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ قَيْصَرَ وَ كِسْرَى وَ هُمَا فِيمَا هُمَا فِيهِ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَ أَنْتَ عَلَى الْحَصِيرِ قَدْ أَثَّرَ فِي جَنْبِكَ

Umar found the smell of the animal hide and he said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! What is this smell?’ He^-saww said: ‘O Umar! These are the belongings of life’. When the Prophet^-saww sat up, and the straw mat had left a mark in his^-saww side, Umar said, ‘As for me, so I do testify that you^-saww are a Rasool^-saww of Allah^-azwj, and you^-saww are the most honourable unto Allah^-azwj than Caesar and Chosroe, and they are in what they are in from the (luxuries of) the world, while you^-saww are upon the straw mat which has left marks in your^-saww side’.

فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص أَ مَا تَرْضَى أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُمُ الدُّنْيَا وَ لَنَا الْآخِرَةُ

The Prophet^-saww said: ‘Are you not please that the world happens to be for them and for us is the Hereafter?’’.[70]

38- فر، تفسير فرات بن إبراهيم جَعْفَرُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ مُعَنْعَناً عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ الْقُرَظِيِّ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَتَحَارَسُهُ أَصْحَابُهُ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى إِلَيْهِ‏ يا أَيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ بَلِّغْ ما أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ رَبِّكَ‏ إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ ‏

Ja’far Bin Ahmad, from Muhammad Bin Ka’ab Al Qarzy who said,

‘Rasool-Allah^-saww used to guard his^-saww companions, so Allah^-azwj the Exalted Revealed to him^-saww: O you Rasool! Deliver what has been Revealed unto you from your Lord [5:67] – up to the end of the Verse.

قَالَ فَتَرَكَ الْحَرَسَ حِينَ أَخْبَرَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى أَنَّهُ يَعْصِمُهُ مِنَ النَّاسِ بِقَوْلِهِ‏ وَ اللَّهُ يَعْصِمُكَ مِنَ النَّاسِ

He (the narrator) said, ‘He^-saww left the guarding when Allah^-azwj the Exalted Informed him^-saww that He^-azwj would Protect him^-saww from the people, by His^-azwj Words: and Allah will Protect you from the people. [5:67]’’.[71]

39- كا، الكافي عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الْأَنْبَارِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَحْمَدُ اللَّهَ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ ثَلَاثَمِائَةٍ وَ سِتِّينَ مَرَّةً عَدَدَ عُرُوقِ الْجَسَدِ يَقُولُ‏ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ‏ كَثِيراً عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – Ali, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Abu Al-Hassan Al Anbary,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww would praise Allah^-azwj three hundred and sixty times during every day, the number of the veins in the body, saying: ‘The Praise is for Allah^-azwj, Lord^-azwj of the worlds, a lot, upon every state’’.[72]

– كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص كَانَ لَا يَقُومُ مِنْ مَجْلِسٍ وَ إِنْ خَفَّ حَتَّى يَسْتَغْفِرَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ خَمْساً وَ عِشْرِينَ مَرَّةً

‘Al-Kafi’ – The number, from Al Barqy, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Talha Bin Zayd,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww would not stand from a gathering, and even if it was small, until he^-saww had sought Forgiveness of Allah^-azwj twenty-five times’’.[73]

41- كا، الكافي عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً وَ يَتُوبُ إِلَى اللَّهِ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً

‘Al-Kafi’ – Ali, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Muawiya Bin Amaar, from Al Haris Bin Al Mugheira,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww sought Forgiveness of Allah^-azwj seventy times every day, and he^-saww repented to Allah^-azwj seventy times’’.[74]

42- كا، الكافي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْمُعَلَّى عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ أَبَانٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَيْمُونٍ‏ الْقَدَّاحِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ إِنِّي لَأَعْجَبُ كَيْفَ لَا أَشِيبُ إِذَا قَرَأْتُ الْقُرْآنَ‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – Al-Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Al Moala, from al Washa, from Aban, from Ibn Maymoun Al Qadah,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘I^-saww am wondering how I^-saww am not becoming grey-haired when I^-saww read the Quran’’.[75]

43- كا، الكافي عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: دَخَلَ يَهُودِيٌّ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ عَائِشَةُ عِنْدَهُ فَقَالَ السَّامُ‏ عَلَيْكُمْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ عَلَيْكَ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ آخَرُ فَقَالَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَرَدَّ عَلَيْهِ كَمَا رَدَّ عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Ali, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from IbnAzina, from Zurara,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘A Jew came over to Rasool-Allah^-saww, and Ayesha was in his^-saww presence. He said, ‘Al-Saam Alaykum!’ (The poison be for you). Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘Upon you (as well)’. Then another (Jew) came over and said similar to that. He^-saww replied to him just as he^-saww has replied upon his companion. Then another came over, and he said similar to that’. Rasool-Allah^-saww replied just as he^-saww had replied upon his (two) companion(s).

ثُمَّ دَخَلَ آخَرُ فَقَالَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ فَرَدَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص كَمَا رَدَّ عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ‏ فَغَضِبَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَقَالَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ السَّامُ‏ وَ الْغَضَبُ وَ اللَّعْنَةُ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْيَهُودِ يَا إِخْوَةَ الْقِرَدَةِ وَ الْخَنَازِيرِ فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَا عَائِشَةُ إِنَّ الْفُحْشَ لَوْ كَانَ مُمَثَّلًا لَكَانَ مِثَالَ سَوْءٍ إِنَّ الرِّفْقَ لَمْ يُوضَعْ عَلَى شَيْ‏ءٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا زَانَهُ وَ لَمْ يُرْفَعْ عَنْهُ قَطُّ إِلَّا شَانَهُ

Ayesha got angered and she said, ‘And upon you be the posion, and the Wrath, and the Curse, O community of the Jews, O brethren of the monkeys and the pigs!’ Rasool-Allah^-saww said to her: ‘O Ayesha! If there was a resemblance of the obscenity, it would have been an evil resemblance. The kindness is not placed upon anything at all except that it would adorn it, and it would not be raised from it at all except that it would dishonour it’.

قَالَ قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَ مَا سَمِعْتَ إِلَى قَوْلِهِمْ السَّامُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَقَالَ بَلَى أَ مَا سَمِعْتِ مَا رَدَدْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ قُلْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَإِذَا سَلَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ مُسْلِمٌ فَقُولُوا السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَ إِذَا سَلَّمَ‏ عَلَيْكُمْ كَافِرٌ فَقُولُوا عَلَيْكَ

She said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! Did you^-saww not listen to their speech, ‘The poison be upon you!?’ He^-saww said: ‘Yes, I^-saww did. But, did you not listen to what I^-saww replied upon them? I^-saww said: ‘Upon you (as well the same)’. Whenever a Muslim greets upon you, so be saying, ‘Salaam Alaykum’, and when a disbeliever greets upon you, so be saying, ‘Alayka’ (And upon you)’’.[76]

44- كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَظِيمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْعَلَوِيِّ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ص يَجْلِسُ ثَلَاثاً الْقُرْفُصَاءَ وَ هُوَ أَنْ يُقِيمَ سَاقَيْهِ وَ يَسْتَقْبِلَهُمَا بِيَدَيْهِ وَ يَشُدَّ يَدَهُ فِي ذِرَاعِهِ وَ كَانَ يَجْثُو عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ وَ كَانَ يَثْنِي رِجْلًا وَاحِدَةً وَ يَبْسُطُ عَلَيْهَا الْأُخْرَى وَ لَمْ يُرَ ص مُتَرَبِّعاً قَطُّ

‘Al-Kafi’ – A number, from Al Barqy, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Al Nowfaly, from Abdul Azeem Bin Abdullah Bin Al-Hassan Al Alawy, raising it,

‘He^-asws said, ‘It was so that the Prophet^-saww sat by three (postures) – the squatting, and it is that he^-saww raised both his^-saww legs (knees) and embraced them with his^-saww hand, and tightened his^-saww hands in his^-saww arms; and he^-saww used to bow upon his^-saww knees, and he^-saww would bend one leg and extend the other one upon it; and he^-saww was not seen cross-legged at all’’.[77]

45- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ مُعَمَّرِ بْنِ خَلَّادٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ع فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ الرَّجُلُ يَكُونُ مَعَ الْقَوْمِ فَيَجْرِي بَيْنَهُمْ كَلَامٌ‏ يَمْزَحُونَ وَ يَضْحَكُونَ فَقَالَ لَا بَأْسَ مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ عَنَى الْفُحْشَ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Isa, from Moammar Bin Khallad who said,

‘I asked Abu Al-Hassan^-asws saying, ‘May I be sacrificed for you^-asws! The man happens to be with a group, and the speech flows between them, so they are joking and laughing’. He^-asws said: ‘There is no problem for as long as there does not happen to be . . .’ – I thought he^-asws meant the immoralities.

ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص كَانَ يَأْتِيهِ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ فَيُهْدِي لَهُ الْهَدِيَّةَ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ مَكَانَهُ أَعْطِنَا ثَمَنَ هَدِيَّتِنَا فَيَضْحَكُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ كَانَ إِذَا اغْتَمَّ يَقُولُ مَا فَعَلَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ لَيْتَهُ أَتَانَا

Then he^-asws said: ‘It was so that Bedouins would come to Rasool-Allah^-saww and bring gifts for him^-saww, and they were saying, ‘Give us the price of our gifts’. So Rasool-Allah^-saww would smile; and when he^-saww was sad he^-saww asked: ‘What happened to the Bedouin? If only he would come to us^-saww’’.[78]

46- كا، الكافي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: رَأَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص امْرَأَةً فَأَعْجَبَتْهُ فَدَخَلَ عَلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ وَ كَانَ يَوْمُهَا فَأَصَابَ مِنْهَا وَ خَرَجَ إِلَى النَّاسِ وَ رَأْسُهُ يَقْطُرُ فَقَالَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّمَا النَّظَرُ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ فَمَنْ وَجَدَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئاً فَلْيَأْتِ أَهْلَهُ‏

Al-Hassan Bin Muhammad, from Moala Bin Muhammad, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali, from Hamad Bin Usman,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww saw a woman and she fascinated him^-saww, so he^-saww went to Umm Salma^ar and attained from her, and went out to the people while his^-saww head was dripping. He^-saww said: ‘O you people! But rather, the looking is from the Satan^-la, so the one who finds anything from that, then let him go to his wife!’’[79]

47- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ جَمِيلِ بْنِ دَرَّاجٍ‏عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَقْسِمُ لَحَظَاتِهِ بَيْنَ أَصْحَابِهِ فَيَنْظُرُ إِلَى ذَا وَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى ذَا بِالسَّوِيَّةِ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Washa, from Jameel Bin Darraj,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘It was so that Rasool-Allah^-saww used to apportion his^-saww moments (time) between his^-saww companions. He^-saww would look at that one, and he^-saww would look at that one, with the fairness’.

قَالَ وَ لَمْ يَبْسُطْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص رِجْلَيْهِ بَيْنَ أَصْحَابِهِ قَطُّ وَ إِنْ كَانَ لَيُصَافِحُهُ الرَّجُلُ فَمَا يَتْرُكُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَدَهُ مِنْ يَدِهِ حَتَّى يَكُونَ هُوَ التَّارِكَ فَلَمَّا فَطِنُوا لِذَلِكَ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ إِذَا صَافَحَهُ قَالَ‏ بِيَدِهِ فَنَزَعَهَا مِنْ يَدِهِ

He^-asws said: ‘And Rasool-Allah^-saww did not extend his^-asws legs in between his^-saww companions at all, and if the man was to shake his^-saww hand, and Rasool-Allah^-saww would not leave his hand from his^-saww hand until it so happened that he was the leaver. So, when they (the people) discerned that, it was so that the man, whenever he shook his^-saww hand, said so with his hands, and he removed it (quickly) from his^-saww hand’’.[80]

48- كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص‏ مَا زَالَ جَبْرَئِيلُ يُوصِينِي بِالسِّوَاكِ حَتَّى خِفْتُ أَنْ أُحْفَى أَوْ أُدْرَدَ

‘Al-Kafi’ – The number, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Al A’ala, from Muhammad,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘The Prophet^-saww said: ‘Jibraeel^-saww did not cease to advise me^-saww with brushing the teeth until I^-saww feared loosening of the teeth or becoming toothless’’.[81]

49- كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ وَ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ جَمِيعاً عَنِ الْأَصْفَهَانِيِّ عَنِ الْمِنْقَرِيِّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ بْنِ عُتَيْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص قَالَ: أَنَا أَوْلَى بِكُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ وَ عَلِيٌّ أَوْلَى بِهِ مِنْ بَعْدِي فَقِيلَ لَهُ مَا مَعْنَى ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ قَوْلُ النَّبِيِّ ص مَنْ تَرَكَ دَيْناً أَوْ ضَيَاعاً فَعَلَيَّ وَ مَنْ تَرَكَ مَالًا فَلِوَرَثَتِهِ

‘Al-Kafi’ – A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Al Barqy, and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, altogether from Al Qasim Bin Muhammad Al Asbahany, from Suleyman Bin Dawood Al Minqary, from Sufyan Bin Uyayna,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws that the Prophet^-saww said: ‘I^-asws am closer with every Momin than his own self, and Ali^-asws is the closest with it from after me^-saww’. It was said to him^-asws, ‘What is the meaning of that?’ He^-asws said: ‘The words of the Prophet^-saww: ‘The one who leaves debts or losses, so it is upon me^-saww, and the one who leaves wealth, it is for his inheritors’.

فَالرَّجُلُ لَيْسَتْ لَهُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ وِلَايَةٌ إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَالٌ وَ لَيْسَ لَهُ عَلَى عِيَالِهِ أَمْرٌ وَ لَا نَهْيٌ إِذَا لَمْ يُجْرِ عَلَيْهِمُ النَّفَقَةَ وَ النَّبِيُّ وَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ مَنْ بَعْدَهُمَا أَلْزَمَهُمْ هَذَا فَمِنْ هُنَاكَ صَارُوا أَوْلَى بِهِمْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ

Thus, the man is such that there isn’t an authority upon himself when there does not happen to be any wealth for him, and there isn’t any authority for him upon his dependants nor any forbidding when he does not cause the expenses to flow upon them. And the Prophet^-saww and Amir-Al-Momineen^-asws, and their^-asws successors^-asws have made it (providing maintenance) a binding upon themselves.

وَ مَا كَانَ سَبَبُ إِسْلَامِ عَامَّةِ الْيَهُودِ إِلَّا مِنْ بَعْدِ هَذَا الْقَوْلِ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ إِنَّهُمْ آمَنُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَ عَلَى عِيَالاتِهِمْ ‏

For this reason they have a greater authority over them than their own selves. The general masses of the Jews accepted Islam only after these words of Rasool Allah^-saww.  They found peace for themselves and for their dependants’’.[82]

50- كا، الكافي عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَصْنَعُ بِمَنْ مَاتَ مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ خَاصَّةً شَيْئاً لَا يَصْنَعُهُ بِأَحَدٍ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى عَلَى الْهَاشِمِيِّ وَ نَضَحَ‏ قَبْرَهُ بِالْمَاءِ وَضَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص كَفَّهُ عَلَى الْقَبْرِ حَتَّى تُرَى أَصَابِعُهُ فِي الطِّينِ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Umar Bin Azina, from Zurara,

From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Umar Bin Azina, from Zurara, from Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww used to do a special thing with the one who died from the Clan of Hashim than with anyone from the Muslims. When he^-saww prayed Salaat upon the Hashimy and sprinkle his grave with the water, would place his^-saww hand upon the grave until his^-saww fingers would be seen to be in the clay.

فَكَانَ الْغَرِيبُ يَقْدَمُ أَوِ الْمُسَافِرُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ فَيَرَى الْقَبْرَ الْجَدِيدَ عَلَيْهِ أَثَرُ كَفِّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَيَقُولُ مَنْ مَاتَ مِنْ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ص‏

Thus, if the stranger or a traveller from the people of Medina would come over, he would see upon the new grave the impact of the palm of Rasool-Allah^-azwj, and he would be saying, ‘The one from the family of Muhammad^-saww has died’’.[83]

51- كا، الكافي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ زَيْدٍ الشَّحَّامِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَا أَكَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مُتَّكِئاً مُنْذُ بَعَثَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ حَتَّى قُبِضَ‏ وَ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ إِكْلَةَ الْعَبْدِ وَ يَجْلِسُ جِلْسَةَ الْعَبْدِ قُلْتُ وَ لِمَ ذَاكَ قَالَ تَوَاضُعاً لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – Al-Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Moala Bin Muhammad, from Al Washa, from Aban Bin Usman, from Zayd Al Shahaam,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww did not eat whilst leaning since Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Sent him until he^-saww passed away, and he^-saww used to eat the eating of the slave, and he^-saww would sit the seating of a slave’. I said, ‘And why was that?’ He^-asws said: ‘In reverence to Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic’’.[84]

52- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ أَبِي الْمَعْزَاءِ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ خَارِجَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَأْكُلُ أَكْلَ الْعَبْدِ وَ يَجْلِسُ جِلْسَةَ الْعَبْدِ وَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ عَبْدٌ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Abu Al Magra, from Haroun Bin Kharja,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-azwj used to eat the eating of the slave, and sitting the seating of the slave, and he^-saww knew he^-saww was a slave (of Allah^-azwj)’’.[85]

53- كا، الكافي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْمُعَلَّى عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَائِذٍ عَنْ أَبِي خَدِيجَةَ قَالَ: سَأَلَ بَشِيرٌ الدَّهَّانُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع وَ أَنَا حَاضِرٌ فَقَالَ هَلْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَأْكُلُ مُتَّكِئاً عَلَى يَمِينِهِ وَ عَلَى يَسَارِهِ فَقَالَ مَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ يَأْكُلُ مُتَّكِئاً عَلَى يَمِينِهِ وَ لَا عَلَى يَسَارِهِ ص وَ لَكِنْ يَجْلِسُ جِلْسَةَ الْعَبْدِ قُلْتُ وَ لِمَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ تَوَاضُعاً لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – Al-Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Moala Bin Mhammad, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali, from Ahmad Bin A’iz, from Abu Khadeeja who said,

‘Bashir Al-Dahhan asked Abu Abdullah^-asws, and I was present, so he said, ‘Did Rasool-Allah^-saww used to eat whilst leaning upon his^-saww right, and upon his^-saww left?’ He^-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww was not eating leaning upon his^-saww right and upon his^-saww left, but he^-saww was sitting the seating of the slave’. I said, ‘And why was that?’ He^-asws said: ‘As a reverence to Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic’’.[86]

54- كا، الكافي أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ مُعَلًّى أَبِي عُثْمَانَ‏ عَنِ الْمُعَلَّى بْنِ خُنَيْسٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏ مَا أَكَلَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ وَ هُوَ مُتَّكِئٌ مُنْذُ بَعَثَهُ اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَ عَزَّ وَ كَانَ يَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَتَشَبَّهَ بِالْمُلُوكِ وَ نَحْنُ لَا نَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ نَفْعَلَ‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Safwan, from Moala Bin Usman, from Moala Bin Khunays who said,

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws said: ‘The Prophet^-saww of Allah^-azwj did not eat whilst leaning since Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Sent him^-saww, and he^-saww disliked that he^-saww resembles with the kings, and we^-asws are not able that we do it’’.[87]

55- كا، الكافي أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ النَّضْرِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شِمْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَأْكُلُ‏ أَكْلَ الْعَبْدِ وَ يَجْلِسُ جِلْسَةَ الْعَبْدِ وَ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ عَلَى الْحَضِيضِ وَ يَنَامُ عَلَى الْحَضِيضِ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Abdul Jabbar, from Muhammad Bin Salim, from Ahmad Bin Al Nazar, from Amro Bin Shimr, from Jabir,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww was eating the eating of the slave, and sitting the seating of the slave, and he^-saww was eating upon the low ground, and sleeping upon the low ground’’.[88]

56- كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْقَاسَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مُقْبِلٍ الْمَدِينِيِ‏ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْجَعْفَرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ‏ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص كَانَ فِي بَعْضِ مَغَازِيهِ فَمَرَّ بِهِ رَكْبٌ وَ هُوَ يُصَلِّي فَوَقَفُوا عَلَى أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَسَاءَلُوهُمْ‏ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ دَعَوْا وَ أَثْنَوْا وَ قَالُوا لَوْ لَا أَنَّا عِجَالٌ لَانْتَظَرْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص فَأَقْرِءُوهُ مِنَّا السَّلَامَ وَ مَضَوْا

‘Al-Kafi’ – A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Ali Bin Muhammad Al Qashany, from Abu Ayoub Suleyman Bin Muqatal Al Madainy, from Dawood Bin Abdullah Bin Muhammad Al Ja’fary, from his father that,

‘Rasool-Allah^-saww was in one of his^-saww military expeditions, so riders passed by whilst he^-saww was Praying. They paused by the companions of Rasool-Allah^-saww and asked them about Rasool-Allah^-saww, a supplicated and praised, and they said, ‘No, had we not been in a hurry we would have awaited Rasool-Allah^-saww, therefore convey our greetings from us’. And they went away.

فَانْفَتَلَ‏ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مُغْضَباً ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُمْ يَقِفُ عَلَيْكُمُ الرَّكْبُ وَ يَسْأَلُونَكُمْ عَنِّي وَ يُبَلِّغُونِّي السَّلَامَ وَ لَا تَعْرِضُونَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْغَدَاءَ لَيَعِزُّ عَلَى قَوْمٍ فِيهِمْ خَلِيلِي جَعْفَرٌ أَنْ يَجُوزُوهُ حَتَّى يَتَغَدَّوْا عِنْدَهُ‏

Rasool-Allah^-saww came back in anger, then said to them: ‘The riders paused by you and they asked you about me^-saww, delivered the greeting to me, and you did not offer the lunch to them. Had there been among a people my^-saww dear friend Ja’far^-as, he^-as would not have allowed it (them to leave) until they would have had lunch with him’’.[89]

57- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ وَهْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَجْعَلُ الْعَنَزَةَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ إِذَا صَلَّى

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al-Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Muawiya Bin Wahab,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww used to place the walking stick in front of him^-saww when he^-saww prayed Salāt’’.[90]

58- كا، الكافي عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ طُولُ رَحْلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص ذِرَاعاً وَ كَانَ إِذَا صَلَّى‏ وَضَعَهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ لِيَسْتَتِرَ بِهِ مِمَّنْ يَمُرُّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al-Husayn Bin Saeed, from Ibn Sinan, from Ibn Muskan, from Abu Baseer,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘The length of the saddle-bag of Rasool-Allah^-saww was of one cubit, and he^-saww used to place it in front of him^-saww when he^-saww prayed Salāt in order to veil him^-saww from the ones who would pass by in front of him^-saww’’.[91]

59- كا، الكافي حُمَيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَمَاعَةَ عَنْ وُهَيْبِ بْنِ حَفْصٍ عَنْ‏أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص عِنْدَ عَائِشَةَ لَيْلَتَهَا فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لِمَ تُتْعِبُ نَفْسَكَ وَ قَدْ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَكَ‏ ما تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِكَ وَ ما تَأَخَّرَ فَقَالَ يَا عَائِشَةُ أَ لَا أَكُونُ عَبْداً شَكُوراً

‘Al-Kafi’ – Humeyd Bin Ziyad, from Al-Hassan bin Muhammad Bin Sama’at, from Wuheyb, from Abu Baseer,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘It was so that Rasool-Allah^-saww was with Ayesha during her night, so she said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! Why do you^-asws exhaust yourself^-saww and Allah^-azwj has already Forgiven for you^-saww whatever has preceded of your^-saww sins (of your^-saww Shia), and whatever is delayed?’ He^-saww said: ‘O Ayesha! Should I^-saww not become a grateful servant?’

قَالَ وَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَقُومُ عَلَى أَطْرَافِ أَصَابِعِ رِجْلَيْهِ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ‏ طه ما أَنْزَلْنا عَلَيْكَ الْقُرْآنَ لِتَشْقى

He^-asws said: ‘And Rasool-Allah^-saww used to stand upon the sides of his^-saww toes, so Allah^-azwj the Glorious and Exalted Revealed: Ta Ha [20:1] We have not Revealed the Quran unto you for you to be distressed [20:2]’’.[92]

60- كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص كَانَ فِي سَفَرٍ يَسِيرُ عَلَى نَاقَةٍ لَهُ إِذْ نَزَلَ فَسَجَدَ خَمْسَ سَجَدَاتٍ فَلَمَّا رَكِبَ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا رَأَيْنَاكَ صَنَعْتَ شَيْئاً لَمْ تَصْنَعْهُ فَقَالَ ص نَعَمْ اسْتَقْبَلَنِي جَبْرَئِيلُ ع فَبَشَّرَنِي بِبِشَارَاتٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَسَجَدْتُ لِلَّهِ شُكْراً لِكُلِّ بُشْرَى سَجْدَةً

‘Al-Kafi’ – From him, from Usman Bin Isa, from Abdullah Bin Muskan,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww was in a journey travelling upon a she-camel of his^-saww, when he^-saww descended, and prostrated with five Prostrations. When he^-saww mounted, they said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! We saw you^-saww doing something you^-saww had not done before’. He^-saww said: ‘Yes. Jibraeel^-as came over to me^-as, and he^-as gave me^-saww Glad Tidings from Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic. I^-saww did Sajdah to Allah^-azwj as a gratitude, for each Glad Tiding, one Sajdah’’.[93]

61- كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ بَحْرٍ السَّقَّاءِ قَالَ: قَالَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَا بَحْرُ حُسْنُ الْخُلُقِ يُسْرٌ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَ لَا أُخْبِرُكَ بِحَدِيثٍ مَا هُوَ فِي يَدَيْ أَحَدٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ قُلْتُ بَلَى

‘Al-Kafi’ – A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah, from his father, from Hammad Bin Isa, from Hareyz Bin Abdullah, from Bahr Al Saqqa who said,

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws said to me: ‘O Bahr! Good manners are an affluence’. Then he^-asws said: ‘Shall I^-asws inform you with a Hadeeth which is not in the hands of anyone from the people of Al-Medina?’ I said, ‘Yes’.

قَالَ بَيْنَمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ جَالِسٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ إِذْ جَاءَتْ‏ جَارِيَةٌ لِبَعْضِ الْأَنْصَارِ وَ هُوَ قَائِمٌ فَأَخَذَتْ بِطَرَفِ ثَوْبِهِ فَقَامَ لَهَا النَّبِيُّ ص فَلَمْ تَقُلْ شَيْئاً وَ لَمْ يَقُلْ لَهَا النَّبِيُّ ص شَيْئاً حَتَّى فَعَلَتْ ذَلِكَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ

He^-asws said: ‘One day, while Rasool-Allah^-saww was seated in the Masjid when a slave girl of one of the Helpers came over, and he^-saww was sitting upright. So she grabbed a side of his^-saww clothes. So the Prophet^-saww stood up for her, but she did not say anything, and the Prophet^-saww did not say anything to her, to the extent that she did that three times.

فَقَامَ لَهَا النَّبِيُّ ص فِي الرَّابِعَةِ وَ هِيَ خَلْفَهُ فَأَخَذَتْ هُدْبَةً مِنْ ثَوْبِهِ ثُمَّ رَجَعَتْ فَقَالَ لَهَا النَّاسُ فَعَلَ اللَّهُ بِكِ وَ فَعَلَ حَبَسْتِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ لَا تَقُولِينَ لَهُ شَيْئاً وَ لَا هُوَ يَقُولُ لَكِ شَيْئاً مَا كَانَتْ حَاجَتُكِ إِلَيْهِ

The Prophet^-saww stood up for her during the fourth attempt, and she was behind him^-saww, so she took an edge of his^-saww cloth, then retracted. The people said to her, ‘May Allah^-azwj Deal with you and Do (whatever He^-azwj may)! You withheld Rasool-Allah^-saww three times, neither did you say anything to him nor did he^-saww say anything to you. What was your need to him^-saww?’

قَالَتْ إِنَّ لَنَا مَرِيضاً فَأَرْسَلَنِي أَهْلِي لِآخُذَ هُدْبَةً مِنْ ثَوْبِهِ لِيَسْتَشْفِيَ بِهَا فَلَمَّا أَرَدْتُ أَخْذَهَا رَآنِي فَقَامَ فَاسْتَحْيَيْتُ أَنْ آخُذَهَا وَ هُوَ يَرَانِي وَ أَكْرَهُ أَنْ أَسْتَأْمِرَهُ فِي أَخْذِهَا فَأَخَذْتُهَا

She said, ‘For us there is a sick one. My people sent me to take an edge from his^-saww cloth in order to heal him by it. Whenever I wanted to take it, he^-saww saw me, and stood up. I was too embarrassed from him^-saww to take it while he^-saww sees me, and I disliked to demand him^-saww with regards to taking it, therefore I took it’’.[94]

62- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنِ ابْنِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص أُتِيَ بِالْيَهُودِيَّةِ الَّتِي سَمَّتِ الشَّاةَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ص فَقَالَ لَهَا مَا حَمَلَكِ عَلَى مَا صَنَعْتِ فَقَالَتْ قُلْتُ إِنْ كَانَ نَبِيّاً لَمْ يَضُرَّهُ وَ إِنْ كَانَ مَلِكاً أَرَحْتُ النَّاسَ مِنْهُ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ibn Fazzal, from Ibn Bukeyr, from Zurara,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘They came to Rasool-Allah^-saww with the Jewess who had poisoned the sheep for the Prophet^-saww, so he^-saww said to her: ‘What carried you upon what you did?’ She said, ‘I said, ‘If he^-saww is a Prophet^-saww, it would not harm him, and if he was a king, the people would be relieved from him^-saww’’.

قَالَ فَعَفَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص عَنْهَا

He^-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww pardoned her from it’’. [95]

63- كا، الكافي حُمَيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْخَشَّابِ عَنِ ابْنِ بَقَّاحٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ جُمَيْعٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص عَلَى عَائِشَةَ فَرَأَى كِسْرَةً كَادَ أَنْ يَطَأَهَا فَأَخَذَهَا وَ أَكَلَهَا وَ قَالَ يَا حميرى [حُمَيْرَاءُ] أَكْرِمِي جِوَارَ نِعَمِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكِ فَإِنَّهَا لَمْ تَنْفِرْ مِنْ قَوْمٍ فَكَادَتْ تَعُودُ إِلَيْهِمْ‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – And by this chain, from Amro Bin Jumi’a, from Abu Abdullah^-asws having said:

‘Rasool-Allah^-saww went over to Ayesha, so he^-saww saw a crumb which he^-saww almost trod upon, so he^-saww took it and ate it. Then he^-saww said: ‘O Humeyra! Honour the neighbourliness of a Bounty of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic upon you, for it does not flee from a people, so it almost does not return to them’’.[96]

64- كا، الكافي عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: أَفْطَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ عَشِيَّةَ خَمِيسٍ فِي مَسْجِدِ قُبَاءَ فَقَالَ هَلْ مِنْ شَرَابٍ فَأَتَاهُ أَوْسُ بْنُ خَوَلِيٍّ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ بِعُسِ‏ مَخِيضٍ‏ بِعَسَلٍ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Abdul Rahman Bin Al Hajjaj,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww broke his^-saww Fast in the evening of Thursday in Masjid Quba. He^-saww said: ‘Is there anything to drink?’ Aws Bin Howly came to him^-saww with some buttermilk with honey.

فَلَمَّا وَضَعَهُ عَلَى فِيهِ نَحَّاهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ شَرَابَانِ يُكْتَفَى بِأَحَدِهِمَا مِنْ صَاحِبِهِ لَا أَشْرَبُهُ وَ لَا أُحَرِّمُهُ وَ لَكِنْ أَتَوَاضَعُ لِلَّهِ فَإِنَّ مَنْ تَوَاضَعَ لِلَّهِ رَفَعَهُ اللَّهُ وَ مَنْ تَكَبَّرَ خَفَضَهُ اللَّهُ وَ مَنِ اقْتَصَدَ فِي مَعِيشَتِهِ رَزَقَهُ اللَّهُ وَ مَنْ بَذَّرَ حَرَمَهُ اللَّهُ وَ مَنْ أَكْثَرَ ذِكْرَ الْمَوْتِ أَحَبَّهُ اللَّهُ‏

When he^-saww placed it upon his^-saww mouth, set it aside, then said: ‘Two drinks, one can be sufficed from its counterpart. I^-saww neither drink it nor do I^-saww prohibit it, but I^-saww am being humble to Allah^-azwj, for the one who is humble to Allah^-azwj, Allah^-azwj would Elevate him, and the one who is arrogant, Allah^-azwj would Downgrade him; and the one who is economical in his life, Allah^-azwj would Grace him; and the one who is a spendthrift, Allah^-azwj would Deprive him; and the one who is frequent in remembering the death, Allah^-azwj would Love him’’.[97]

65- كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ رَزِينٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ‏ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع يَذْكُرُ أَنَّهُ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص مَلَكٌ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى يُخَيِّرُكَ أَنْ تَكُونَ عَبْداً رَسُولًا مُتَوَاضِعاً أَوْ مَلِكاً رَسُولًا قَالَ فَنَظَرَ إِلَى جَبْرَئِيلَ وَ أَوْمَأَ بِيَدِهِ أَنْ تَوَاضَعْ فَقَالَ عَبْداً مُتَوَاضِعاً رَسُولًا

Al-Kafi’ – A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Ibn Fazzal, from Al A’ala Bin Razeyn, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said,

‘I heard Abu Ja’far^-asws mentioning that an Angel came over to Rasool-Allah^-saww and he said, ‘Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Gives you^-saww choice – you^-saww can either become a servant, a humble Rasool^-saww’ or to be an angel and a messenger. He^-saww looked at Jibraeel^-as and gestured with his^-saww hand in humbleness, so he^-saww said: ‘A servant, a humble Rasool^-saww’.

فَقَالَ الرَّسُولُ‏ مَعَ أَنَّهُ لَا يَنْقُصُكَ مِمَّا عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ شَيْئاً قَالَ وَ مَعَهُ مَفَاتِيحُ خَزَائِنِ الْأَرْضِ‏

He (the Angel) said, ‘The Rasool^-saww, along with that there would be no reduction from what is there for you^-saww in the Presence of your^-saww Lord^-azwj by anything’. He^-asws said: ‘And with him (the Angel) were the keys of the treasures of the earth’’.[98]

66- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الْخَثْعَمِيِّ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَا أَعْجَبَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص شَيْ‏ءٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ فِيهَا جَائِعاً خَائِفاً

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Yahya Al Khash’amy, from Talha Bin Zayd,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Nothing from the world astounded Rasool-Allah^-saww except if there happened to be hunger and fear in it’’.[99]

67- كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ جَدِّهِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ ص وَ هُوَ مَحْزُونٌ فَأَتَاهُ مَلَكٌ وَ مَعَهُ مَفَاتِيحُ خَزَائِنِ الْأَرْضِ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ هَذِهِ مَفَاتِيحُ خَزَائِنِ الدُّنْيَا يَقُولُ لَكَ رَبُّكَ افْتَحْ وَ خُذْ مِنْهَا مَا شِئْتَ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَنْقُصَ‏ شَيْئاً عِنْدِي

‘Al-Kafi’ – A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Al Qasim Bin Yahya, from his grandfather Al-Hassan Bin Rashid, from Abdullah Bin Sinan,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws who said: ‘The Prophet^-saww came out and he^-saww was in grief. An Angel came over to him^-saww, and with him were keys to the treasures of the earth, and he said: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! These are keys to the treasures of the earth. Your^-saww Lord^-azwj is Saying to you^-saww “Open and take from it whatever you^-saww so desire to from without there being a reduction of anything in My Presence”’.

فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص الدُّنْيَا دَارُ مَنْ لَا دَارَ لَهُ وَ لَهَا يَجْمَعُ مَنْ لَا عَقْلَ لَهُ فَقَالَ الْمَلَكُ وَ الَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِ‏ لَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ هَذَا الْكَلَامَ مِنْ مَلَكٍ يَقُولُهُ فِي السَّمَاءِ الرَّابِعَةِ حِينَ أُعْطِيتُ الْمَفَاتِيحَ‏

Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘The world is a house for the one what has no house for him, and for it there is a collection for the one who has no intellect for him’. The Angel said: ‘By the One^-azwj Who Sent you^-saww with the Truth as a Prophet^-saww, I had heard this speech from an Angel saying it in the fourth sky, when I was given the keys’’.[100]

68- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ع‏ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص أَجْرَى الْخَيْلَ الَّتِي أُضْمِرَتْ مِنْ الْحَصْبَاءِ إِلَى مَسْجِدِ بَنِي زُرَيْقٍ وَ سَبَّقَهَا مِنْ ثَلَاثِ نَخَلَاتٍ فَأَعْطَى السَّابِقَ عَذْقاً وَ أَعْطَى الْمُصَلِّيَ‏ عَذْقاً وَ أَعْطَى الثَّالِثَ عَذْقاً

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Talha Bin Zayd,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws, from his^-asws father^-asws that Rasool-Allah^-saww raced the cavalry horse which were harboured, from Al-Hafya to the Masjid of the Clan of Zureyq, and awarded there from three palm trees (clusters of dates). He^-saww gave the first one a cluster, and gave the second one a cluster, and gave the third one a cluster’’.[101]

69- كا، الكافي عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنِ السَّكُونِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ‏ كَانَ أَحَبُّ الْأَصْبَاغِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص الْخَلَّ وَ الزَّيْتَ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Ali, from his father, from Al Nowfaly, from Al Sakuny,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘The most beloved of the sauces to Rasool-Allah^-saww was the vinegar and the oil’’.[102]

70- كا، الكافي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْمُعَلَّى عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا فَقَرَّبَتْ إِلَيْهِ كِسْرَةً فَقَالَ هَلْ عِنْدَكِ إِدَامٌ فَقَالَتْ لَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا عِنْدِي إِلَّا خَلٌّ فَقَالَ ص نِعْمَ الْإِدَامُ الْخَلُّ مَا افْتَقَرَ بَيْتٌ فِيهِ خَلٌ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Al-Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Moala Bin Muhammad, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali Al Washa, from Abdullah Bin Sinan,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww went over to Umm Salma^-as, so she^-as forwarded a piece of bread nearer to him^-saww. He^-saww said: ‘Is there sauce with you^-as?’ She^-as said, ‘No, O Rasool-Allah^-saww, there is nothing with me^-as except for vinegar’. He^-saww said: ‘The best of the sauces is the vinegar, it would never be impoverished, a house in wherein is the vinegar’’.[103]

71- كا، الكافي عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنِ السَّكُونِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ‏ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص أُتِيَ بِطَعَامٍ حَارٍّ جِدّاً فَقَالَ مَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيُطْعِمَنَا النَّارَ أَقِرُّوهُ حَتَّى يَبْرُدَ وَ يُمْكِنَ فَإِنَّهُ طَعَامٌ مَمْحُوقُ‏ الْبَرَكَةِ وَ لِلشَّيْطَانِ فِيهِ نَصِيبٌ‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Nowfaly, from Al Sakuny,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^-asws having said that they came to the Prophet^-saww with very hot food. So he^-saww said: ‘It was not for Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic to Feed us the fire. Allow it to cool down to enable (it to be eaten), for it (hot food) is a food with devoid of Blessings, and for the Satan^-la there is a share in it’’.[104]

72- كا، الكافي عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الْقَاسَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْمَدِينِيِّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ الْجَعْفَرِيِّ عَنِ الرِّضَا ع‏ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص كَانَ يُعْجِبُهُ النَّظَرُ إِلَى الْأُتْرُجِّ الْأَخْضَرِ وَ التُّفَّاحِ الْأَحْمَرِ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ali Bin Muhammad Al Qasany, from Abu Ayoub Al Madainy, from Suleyman Bin Ja’far Al Ja’fary,

‘From Abu Al-Hassan Al-Reza^-asws that Rasool-Allah^-saww liked looking at the green Citron and the red Apple’’.[105]

73- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ يَأْكُلُ الرُّطَبَ بِالْخِرْبِزِ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Fazzal, from one of his companions,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww ate the dates with the melon’’.[106]

74- كا، الكافي عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنِ السَّكُونِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَأْكُلُ الْبِطِّيخَ بِالتَّمْرِ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Ali Bin Ibrahim, form his father, from Al Nowfaly, from Al Sakuny,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww ate the melon with the dates’’.[107]

75- كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنْ سَهْلٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ الْقَدَّاحِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ص يُعْجِبُهُ الرُّطَبُ بِالْخِرْبِزِ

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad Al Ash’ary, from Ibn Al Qaddah,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘The Prophet^-saww’ liked the dates with the melon’’.[108]

76- كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ الدِّهْقَانِ عَنْ دُرُسْتَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الْأَوَّلِ ع قَالَ: أَكَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص الْبِطِّيخَ بِالسُّكَّرِ وَ أَكَلَ ص الْبِطِّيخَ بِالرُّطَبِ

‘Al-Kafi’ – A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah (al Barqy) , from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ubeydullah Bin Abdullah Bin Abdullah Al Dahqan, from Dorost, from Ibrahim Bin Abdul Hameed,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Al-Hassan^-asws 1st having said: ‘The Prophet^-saww ate the melon with the sugar, and ate the melon with the dates’’.[109]

77- كا، الكافي عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنِ السَّكُونِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‏ كَانَ يُعْجِبُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص مِنَ الْبُقُولِ الْحَوْكُ‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Nowfaly, from Al Sakuny,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Amir-Al-Momineen^-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww liked the sweet basil, from the vegetables’’.[110]

78- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ سَهْلٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ الْقَدَّاحِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِذَا شَرِبَ الْمَاءَ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Sahl, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad Al Ashary, from Ibn Al Qadah,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww, when he^-saww drank the water, said:

قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي سَقَانَا عَذْباً زُلَالًا وَ لَمْ يَسْقِنَا مِلْحاً أُجَاجاً وَ لَمْ يُؤَاخِذْنَا بِذُنُوبِنَا

‘The Praise is for Allah^-azwj Who Quenched us fresh, sweet, and did not Quench us salty, bitter, and will not Seize us for our sins’’.[111]

79- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْكَرْخِيِّ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَشْرَبُ فِي الْأَقْدَاحِ الشَّامِيَّةِ يُجَاءُ بِهَا مِنَ الشَّامِ وَ تُهْدَى لَهُ ص‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Ibrahim Al Karkhy, from Talha Bin Zayd,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww used to drink in the Syrian cup which they came with from Syria and was gifted unto him^-saww’’.[112]

80- كا، الكافي بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ص يُعْجِبُهُ أَنْ يَشْرَبَ فِي الْقَدَحِ الشَّامِيِّ وَ كَانَ يَقُولُ هَذَا أَنْظَفُ آنِيَتِكُمْ

‘Al-Kafi’ – By this chain,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘The Prophet^-saww liked drinking in the Syrian vessel, and he^-saww was saying: ‘It is the best of your vessels’’.[113]

81- كا، الكافي عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ عَنْبَسَةَ بْنِ مُصْعَبٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ‏ أُتِيَ النَّبِيُّ ص بِشَيْ‏ءٍ فَقَسَمَهُ فَلَمْ يَسَعْ أَهْلَ الصُّفَّةِ جَمِيعاً فَخَصَّ بِهِ أُنَاساً مِنْهُمْ فَخَافَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَنْ يَكُونَ قَدْ دَخَلَ قُلُوبَ الْآخَرِينَ شَيْ‏ءٌ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Ali, from his father, from one of his companions, from Anbasa Bin Mas’ab,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I heard him^-asws saying: ‘The Prophet^-saww was given something, and he^-saww distributed it, but it wasn’t enough for the people of Al-Safah (raised platform) in their entirety. He^-saww allocated some people with it. Rasool-Allah^-saww feared that something had entered the hearts of the others.

فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ مَعْذِرَةً إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ إِلَيْكُمْ يَا أَهْلَ الصُّفَّةِ إِنَّا أُوتِينَا بِشَيْ‏ءٍ فَأَرَدْنَا أَنْ نَقْسِمَهُ بَيْنَكُمْ فَلَمْ يَسَعْكُمْ فَخَصَصْتُ بِهِ أُنَاساً مِنْكُمْ خَشِينَا جَزَعَهُمْ وَ هَلَعَهُمْ

He^-saww went out to them and said: ‘I^-saww offer excuse to Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic and to you all, O people of the raised platform! We^-saww were given something and we^-saww intended to distribute it between you but it wasn’t sufficient for you all and distributed it among some people from you. We^-saww fear alarming them and annoying them’’.[114]

82- كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنْ سَهْلٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ عَنْ أَيْمَنَ بْنِ مُحْرِزٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَا صَافَحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص رَجُلًا قَطُّ فَنَزَعَ يَدَهُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ هُوَ الَّذِي يَنْزِعُ‏ يَدَهُ مِنْهُ‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – The number, from Sahl, from Ismail Bin Mihran, from Ayman Bin Mahraz,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww did not shake the hand of any man at all and snatched back his^-saww hand until he happened to be the one who snatched his hand back from him^-saww’’.[115]

83- كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنْ سَهْلٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ الْقَدَّاحِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: لَقِيَ النَّبِيُّ ص حُذَيْفَةَ فَمَدَّ النَّبِيُّ ص يَدَهُ فَكَفَّ حُذَيْفَةُ يَدَهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص يَا حُذَيْفَةُ بَسَطْتُ يَدِي إِلَيْكَ فَكَفَفْتَ يَدَكَ عَنِّي فَقَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بِيَدِكَ الرَّغْبَةُ وَ لَكِنِّي كُنْتُ جُنُباً فَلَمْ أُحِبَّ أَنْ تَمَسَّ يَدِي يَدَكَ وَ أَنَا جُنُبٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص أَ مَا تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ الْمُسْلِمِينَ إِذَا الْتَقَيَا فَتَصَافَحَا تَحَاتَّتْ‏ ذُنُوبُهُمَا كَمَا يَتَحَاتُّ وَرَقُ الشَّجَرِ

‘Al-Kafi’ – A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad Al Ashary, from Ibn Al Qaddah,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘The Prophet^-saww met Huzayfa. The Prophet^-saww extended his^-saww hand, but Juzayfa withheld his hand. The Prophet^-saww said: ‘O Huzayfa! I^-saww extended my^-saww hand towards you, but you withheld your hand from me^-saww?’ Huzayfa said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! In your hand is the desire (to greet me), but I was with sexual impurity, so I did not like my hand to touch yours^-saww while I was with sexual impurity’. The Prophet^-saww said: ‘But, do you not know that the Muslims, when two meet and shake hands, their sins fall off just like the falling off of the leaves of the tree?’’.[116]

84- كا، الكافي عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ عَنْ أَيْمَنَ بْنِ مُحْرِزٍ عَنْ زَيْدٍ الشَّحَّامِ‏ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ: مَا مَنَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ‏ ص سَائِلًا قَطُّ إِنْ كَانَ عِنْدَهُ أَعْطَى وَ إِلَّا قَالَ يَأْتِي اللَّهُ بِهِ‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Abdullah, from Al Barqy, from his father, from Ismail Bin Mihran, from Ayman Bin mahraz, from Zayd Al Shaham,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww did not prevent any beggar at all. If there was with him^-saww, he^-saww would give, or else he^-saww said: ‘Allah^-azwj will Come with it’’.[117]

85- كا، الكافي عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَوَّلَ مَا بُعِثَ يَصُومُ‏ حَتَّى يُقَالَ مَا يُفْطِرُ وَ يُفْطِرُ حَتَّى يُقَالَ مَا يَصُومُ ثُمَّ تَرَكَ ذَلِكَ وَ صَامَ يَوْماً وَ أَفْطَرَ يَوْماً وَ هُوَ صَوْمُ دَاوُدَ ع ثُمَّ تَرَكَ ذَلِكَ وَ صَامَ الثَّلَاثَةَ الْأَيَّامِ الْغُرِّ ثُمَّ تَرَكَ ذَلِكَ وَ فَرَّقَهَا فِي كُلِّ عَشَرَةٍ يَوْمَا خَمِيسَيْنِ بَيْنَهُمَا أَرْبِعَاءُ فَقُبِضَ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ السَّلَامُ وَ هُوَ يَعْمَلُ ذَلِكَ‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Abu Ayoub, from Muhammad Bin Muslim,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww, at the beginning of his^-saww Sending, was Fasting such until it was said, ‘He^-saww will not be breaking (stop Fasting)’, and he^-saww was breaking (not Fasting) until it was said, ‘He^-saww will not be Fasting’. Then he^-saww left that and Fasted for one day, and broke (not Fasted) for one day, and it is the Fasting of Dawood^-as. Then he^-saww left that and Fasted the three days of brightness (13^th, 14^th & 15^th of the month). Then he^-saww left that and separated these during every ten days, there being two Thursdays and one Wednesday in between. He^-saww passed away, and he^-saww was acting upon that’’.[118]

86- كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنْ سَهْلٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ جَمِيلِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‏ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَصُومُ حَتَّى يُقَالَ لَا يُفْطِرُ ثُمَّ صَامَ يَوْماً وَ أَفْطَرَ يَوْماً ثُمَّ صَامَ الْإِثْنَيْنِ وَ الْخَمِيسَ ثُمَّ آلَ‏ مِنْ ذَلِكَ إِلَى صِيَامِ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ فِي الشَّهْرِ الْخَمِيسِ فِي أَوَّلِ الشَّهْرِ وَ أَرْبِعَاءَ فِي وَسَطِ الشَّهْرِ وَ خَمِيسٍ فِي آخِرِ الشَّهْرِ وَ كَانَ يَقُولُ ذَلِكَ صَوْمُ الدَّهْرِ

‘Al-Kafi’ – A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Al-Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Jameel Bin Salih, from Muhammad Bin Marwan who said,

‘I heard Abu Abdullah^-asws saying: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww was Fasting such, until it was said, ‘He^-saww would not be breaking (not Fasting)’. Then he^-saww Fasted one day, and broke one day. Then he^-saww Fasted Mondays and Thursdays. Then he^-saww transferred from that to the Fasting of three days during the month, the first Thursday at the beginning of the month, and Wednesday in the middle of the month, and Thursday at the end of the month; and he^-saww was saying: ‘That is the Fasting of the whole time (whole month)’.

وَ قَدْ كَانَ أَبِي يَقُولُ مَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ أَبْغَضَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ رَجُلٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَفْعَلُ كَذَا وَ كَذَا فَيَقُولُ لَا يُعَذِّبُنِي اللَّهُ عَلَى أَنْ أَجْتَهِدَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ كَأَنَّهُ يَرَى أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص تَرَكَ شَيْئاً مِنَ الْفَضْلِ عَجْزاً عَنْهُ‏

And my^-asws father^-asws was saying: ‘There is no one more hateful to me^-asws than a man to whom it is said, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww used to do such and such’, so he is saying, ‘Allah^-azwj will not Punish me if I strive hard regarding the Prayer’. It is as if he sees that Rasool-Allah^-saww neglected something from the preferential acts being frustrated from it’’.[119]

87- كا، الكافي عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ الْبَخْتَرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كُنَّ نِسَاءُ النَّبِيِّ ص إِذَا كَانَ عَلَيْهِنَّ صِيَامٌ أَخَّرْنَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى شَعْبَانَ كَرَاهَةَ أَنْ يَمْنَعْنَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص فَإِذَا كَانَ شَعْبَانُ صُمْنَ وَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَقُولُ‏ شَعْبَانُ شَهْرِي

‘Al-Kafi’ – Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hafs Bin Al Bakhtary,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘The wives of the Prophet^-saww, whenever they had compensatory Fasts upon them, would delay that to Shaban in anticipation that Rasool-Allah^-saww would forbid them. Whenever it was Shaban, they would Fast these, and Rasool-Allah^-saww was saying: ‘Shaban is my^-saww month’’.[120]

88- كا، الكافي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ صُبْحٍ عَنْ عَنْبَسَةَ الْعَابِدِ قَالَ: قُبِضَ النَّبِيُّ ص عَلَى صَوْمِ شَعْبَانَ وَ رَمَضَانَ وَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ فِي كُلِّ شَهْرٍ أَوَّلِ خَمِيسٍ وَ أَوْسَطِ أَرْبِعَاءَ وَ آخِرِ خَمِيسٍ‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al-Hassan, from Ahmad in Sabeeh, from Anbasa Al Aabid who said,

‘The Prophet^-saww passed away upon Fasting Shaban and Ramazan, and three days during every month – the first Thursday, and the middle Wednesday, and the last Thursday’’.[121]

89- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْيَمَامَةِ كَانَ مَعَ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ أَيَّامَ حُبِسَ بِبَغْدَادَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ ع‏ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ قَالَ لِنَبِيِّهِ ص‏ وَ ثِيابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ وَ كَانَتْ ثِيَابُهُ طَاهِرَةً وَ إِنَّمَا أَمَرَهُ بِالتَّشْمِيرِ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Abdul Rahman Bin Usman,

(It has been narrated) from a man from the people of Al-Yamama who was with Abu Al-Hassan^-asws (7^th Imam^-asws) was imprisoned at Baghdad, said, ‘Abu Al-Hassan^-asws said to me: ‘Allah^-azwj the Exalted Said to His^-azwj Prophet^-saww And your garments, so purify [74:4], and his^-saww garment was clean, but rather he^-saww was Commanded with the rolling-up’’.[122]

90- كا، الكافي عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّضْرِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ بَكْرٍ عَنْ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص كَانَ لَا يَسْأَلُهُ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا شَيْئاً إِلَّا أَعْطَاهُ فَأَرْسَلَتْ إِلَيْهِ امْرَأَةٌ ابْناً لَهَا فَقَالَتِ انْطَلِقْ إِلَيْهِ فَاسْأَلْهُ فَإِنْ قَالَ لَكَ لَيْسَ عِنْدَنَا شَيْ‏ءٌ فَقُلْ أَعْطِنِي قَمِيصَكَ قَالَ فَأَخَذَ قَمِيصَهُ فَرَمَى بِهِ إِلَيْهِ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father and Ali Bin Muhammad altogether from Al-Qasim Bin Muhammad, from Suleyman Bin Dawood Al-Munkary, from Hafs Bin Gayaas who said:

Abu Abdullah^-asws said: ‘When one of you intends that whenever he asks his Lord^-azwj for something He^-azwj would Give it to him, so he should despair from all the people, and do not have any hope for himself except from Allah^-azwj Mighty is His^-azwj Remembrance. When Allah^-azwj Knows that to be in his heart, never would he ask for anything, but it would be Given to him. Take account of yourselves before Accounting is taken against you, for on the Day of Qiyamah there will be fifty pausing stations, with each stop being of the measurement of a thousand years. Then he^-asws recited: during a Day, the measurement of it would be a thousand years from what you are counting [32:5]’’.[123]

91- كا، الكافي عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ الْفَزَارِيِ‏ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَكْتَحِلُ بِالْإِثْمِدِ إِذَا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ وَتْراً وَتْراً

‘Al-Kafi’ – Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Suleym Al Farra’a, from a man,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww used to apply kohl with antimony (white powder) whenever he^-saww went to his^-saww bed, once, once (in each eye)’’.[124]

92- كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنْ سَهْلٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ الْقَدَّاحِ عَنْ‏ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ مَا زَالَ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع يُوصِينِي بِالسِّوَاكِ حَتَّى خَشِيتُ أَنْ أَدْرَدَ وَ أَحْفِيَ‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad Al Ashary, from Ibn Al Qaddah,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘Jibraeel^-as did not cease to advise me^-saww with brushing of the teeth to the extent that I^-saww feared being toothless and with loose teeth’’.[125]

93- كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَانَ يَكْتَحِلُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنَامَ أَرْبَعاً فِي الْيُمْنَى وَ ثَلَاثاً فِي الْيُسْرَى

‘Al-Kafi’ – From him, from Musa Bin Al Qasim, from Safwan, from Zurara,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww used to apply Kohl before he^-saww slept – four (times) in the right, and three (times) in the left’’.[126]

94- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَبِي الْعَلَاءِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص مَرَّ فِي بَعْضِ طُرُقِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَ سَوْدَاءُ تَلْقُطُ السِّرْقِينَ فَقِيلَ لَهَا تَنَحِّي عَنْ طَرِيقِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ الطَّرِيقَ لَمَعْرَضٌ‏ فَهَمَّ بِهَا بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ أَنْ يَتَنَاوَلَهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص دَعُوهَا فَإِنَّهَا جَبَّارَةٌ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Al Haseyn Bin Abu Al A’ala,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww passed by one of the streets of Al-Medina and a black lady was scooping up the manure. It was said to her, ‘Move aside from the way of Rasool-Allah^-saww!’ She said, ‘The road is open (wide enough)’. Some of the people thought of grabbing her (and pushing her aside). Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘Leave her, for she is tyrannical’ (bully)’’.[127]

95 ين، كتاب حسين بن سعيد و النوادر عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سِنَانٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ شَجَرَةَ عَنْ عَمِّهِ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع‏ مِثْلَهُ‏

Abdullah Bin Sinan, from Ali Bin Shajrah, from his uncle Bashir,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws – similar to it’’.[128]

96- كا، الكافي عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنِ السَّكُونِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ص إِذَا خَرَجَ فِي الصَّيْفِ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ خَرَجَ يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ وَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ فِي الشِّتَاءِ مِنَ الْبَرْدِ دَخَلَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَ رُوِيَ أَيْضاً كَانَ دُخُولُهُ وَ خُرُوجُهُ لَيْلَةَ الْجُمُعَةِ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Ali, from his father, from Al Nowfaly, from Al Sakuni,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘When the Prophet^-saww went out during the summer, went out during the day of Friday, and when he^-saww want to enter during the winter from the cold, entered on the day of Friday’. And it is reported that his^-saww entry and his^-saww exit were on the night of Friday’’.[129]

97- كا، الكافي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدَلِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ‏ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ الْجَهْمِ عَنِ الْكَاهِلِيِّ عَنْ مُعَاذٍ بَيَّاعِ الْأَكْسِيَةِ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَحْلُبُ عَنْزَ أَهْلِهِ‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – Ahmad Bin Abdullah, from Al Barqy, from Abdul Bin Malik, from Haroun Bin Al Jahm, from Al Kahily, from Muaz a slave of Al Aksiyah who said,

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww used to milk the goat of his^-saww family’’.[130]

98- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِذَا أَفْطَرَ بَدَأَ بِحَلْوَاءَ يُفْطِرُ عَلَيْهَا فَإِنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَسُكَّرَةٍ أَوْ تَمَرَاتٍ فَإِذَا أَعْوَزَ ذَلِكَ كُلُّهُ فَمَاءٍ فَاتِرٍ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad, from the one who mentioned it, from Mansour Bin Al-Abbas, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Abdullah Bin Muskan,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘When Rasool-Allah^-saww broke Fast, began with sweet and broke the Fast upon it, so if he^-saww did not find, it would be sugar or dates. When it was instead of all that, then lukewarm water’’.[131]

99- كا، الكافي عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مِهْزَمٍ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يُفْطِرُ عَلَى التَّمْرِ فِي زَمَنِ التَّمْرِ وَ عَلَى الرُّطَبِ فِي زَمَنِ الرُّطَبِ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Ali, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Ibrahim Bin Mahzam, from Talha Bin Zayd,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww broke Fast upon the ripe date during the season of the ripe dates, and upon the half-ripened dates during the season of the half-ripened dates’’.[132]

100- كا، الكافي عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ الْقَدَّاحِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَوَّلُ مَا يُفْطِرُ عَلَيْهِ فِي زَمَنِ الرُّطَبِ الرُّطَبُ وَ فِي زَمَنِ التَّمْرِ التَّمْرُ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Ali, from his father, fro Ja’far Bin Abdullah Al Ashary, from Ibn Al Qadah,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘The first of what Rasool-Allah^-saww broke Fast upon during the time of the ripened dates, was the ripened dates, and during the time of the half-ripened dates, the half-ripened dates’’.[133]

101 كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِذَا دَخَلَ الْعَشْرُ الْأَوَاخِرُ شَدَّ الْمِئْزَرَ وَ اجْتَنَبَ النِّسَاءَ وَ أَحْيَا اللَّيْلَ وَ تَفَرَّغَ لِلْعِبَادَةِ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Usman Bin Isa, from Sama’at, from Abu Baseer who said,

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws said: ‘When the last ten days (of a Month of Ramazan entered) Rasool-Allah^-saww, tightened the waistband, shunned the wives, and revived the night, and freed (himself^-saww) for the worship’’.[134]

102 كا، الكافي عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِذَا كَانَ الْعَشْرُ الْأَوَاخِرُ اعْتَكَفَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَ ضُرِبَتْ لَهُ قُبَّةٌ مِنْ‏ شَعْرٍ وَ شَمَّرَ الْمِئْزَرَ وَ طَوَى فِرَاشَهُ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ وَ اعْتَزَلَ النِّسَاءَ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَمَّا اعْتِزَالُ النِّسَاءِ فَلَا

‘Al-Kafi’ – Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammad, from Al Halby,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww, whenever it was the last ten (days of the Month of Ramazan), secluded in the Masjid, and a dome made of animal hair was set up for him^-saww, and he^-saww tightened his^-saww apron, and folded up his^-saww bed’. And one of them said, ‘And he^-saww isolated from the women’. Abu Abdullah^-asws said: ‘As for isolating from the women, so no (he^-saww did not do so)’’.[135]

103 كا، الكافي عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَتْ بَدْرٌ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ فَلَمْ يَعْتَكِفْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَلَمَّا أَنْ كَانَ مِنْ قَابِلٍ اعْتَكَفَ عِشْرِينَ عَشْراً لِعَامِهِ وَ عَشْراً قَضَاءً لِمَا فَاتَهُ‏

Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammad, from Al Halby,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘(The battle of) Badr was during a Month of Ramazan. Rasool-Allah^-saww did not seclude himself^-saww. When it was the next year, he^-saww secluded himself^-saww for twenty nights – ten for his^-saww current year, and ten for making up to what was lost for him^-saww’’.[136]

104 كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنْ سَهْلٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: اعْتَكَفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأُوَلِ ثُمَّ اعْتَكَفَ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ فِي الْعَشْرِ الْوُسْطَى ثُمَّ اعْتَكَفَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَزَلْ يَعْتَكِفُ فِي الْعَشْرِ الْأَوَاخِرِ

‘Al-Kafi’ – A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Dawood Bin Al-Husayn, from Abu Al-Abbas,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww secluded himself^-saww in a Month of Ramazan during the first ten. Then he^-saww secluded in the second year, during the middle ten, then secluded in the third year during the last ten. Then he^-saww did not cease to seclude during the last ten (every year)’’.[137]

105 كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ أَبِي الْفَرَجِ قَالَ: سَأَلَ أَبَانٌ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَ كَانَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص طَوَافٌ يُعْرَفُ بِهِ فَقَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَطُوفُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهَارِ عَشَرَةَ أَسَابِيعَ ثَلَاثَةً أَوَّلَ اللَّيْلِ وَ ثَلَاثَةً آخِرَ اللَّيْلِ وَ اثْنَيْنِ إِذَا أَصْبَحَ وَ اثْنَيْنِ بَعْدَ الظُّهْرِ وَ كَانَ فِيمَا بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ رَاحَتُهُ‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Abu Al Faraj who said,

‘Aban asked Abu Abdullah^-asws, ‘Did there used to be a Tawaaf of Rasool-Allah^-saww which he^-saww was recognised with?’ He^-asws said: ‘He^-saww was performing Tawaaf by the night and the day, ten (times) seven-circuits – three at the beginning of the night, and three and the end of the night, and two when it was morning, and two after midday; and whatever was in between that, was his^-saww rest’’.[138]

106 كا، الكافي عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَذْبَحُ يَوْمَ الْأَضْحَى كَبْشَيْنِ أَحَدَهُمَا عَنْ نَفْسِهِ وَ الْآخَرَ عَمَّنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ مِنْ أُمَّتِهِ‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – Ali, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Abdullah Bin Sinan who said,

‘Rasool-Allah^-saww slaughtered two rams on the Day of the sacrifice – one of them from himself^-saww, and the other from the one from his^-saww community who could not find it’’.[139]

107 كا، الكافي عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَرَّارٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ ابْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: لَا بَأْسَ بِالرَّجُلِ يَمُرُّ عَلَى الثَّمَرَةِ وَ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا وَ لَا يُفْسِدُ وَ قَدْ نَهَى‏ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَنْ تُبْنَى الْحِيطَانُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ لِمَكَانِ الْمَارَّةِ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ismail Bin Marrar, from Yunus, from Abdullah Bin Sinan,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘There is no problem with the man who passes by upon the fruits and he eats from it, but he should not spoil (the fruits). Rasool-Allah^-saww had forbidden the building of the walls in Al-Medina in the place of the passers-by (footpaths), and when it was so that the palm tree reached (maturity), he^-saww ordered for the openings (to be made) in the walls in the places of the passers-by’’.[140]

108 كا، الكافي عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنِ الْقَاسَانِيِّ عَمَّنْ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ الْجَعْفَرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ص إِذَا بَلَغَتِ الثِّمَارُ أَمَرَ بِالْحِيطَانِ فَثُلِمَتْ‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Abdullah, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah, from Ali Bin Muhammad Al Qasany, from the one who narrated it to him, from Abdullah Bin Al Qasim Al Ja’fary, from his father who said,

‘It was so that the Prophet^-saww, when the fruits reached (maturity), ordered with the walls, so they were grooved (for people to come inside and eat their fill)’’.[141]

109 كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنِ ابْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنِ ابْنِ الْقَدَّاحِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ص يُعْجِبُهُ الدُّبَّاءُ وَ يَلْتَقِطُهُ مِنَ الصَّحْفَةِ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ibn Fazzal, from Abdullah Bin Maymoun Al Qaddah,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘The Prophet^-saww liked the gourd, and he^-asws used to pick it up from the platter’’.[142]

110 محص، التمحيص عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِ‏ أَنَّهُ وَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ عَلَيْهِ حُمَّى فَوَجَدَهَا مِنْ فَوْقِ اللِّحَافِ فَقَالَ مَا أَشَدَّهَا عَلَيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ إِنَّا كَذَلِكَ يَشْتَدُّ عَلَيْنَا الْبَلَاءُ وَ يُضَعَّفُ لَنَا الْأَجْرُ

‘Al Tamhees’ – From Abu Saeed al Khudry – He placed his hand upon Rasool-Allah^-saww and there was fever upon him^-saww. He found it from above the quilt, so he said, ‘How severe it is upon you^-saww, O Rasool-Allah^-saww?’ He^-saww said: ‘We^-saww are like that! The afflictions are intense upon us^-saww and the Recompense is weak upon us^-saww’’.[143]

111 كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ النَّضْرِ عَنْ يَحْيَى الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ وَهْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَاتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ عَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, form Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al-Husayn Bin aeed, from Al Nazar, from Yahya Al Halby, from Muawiya Bin Wahab,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww passed away and there were debts upon him^-saww’’.[144]

112 كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ مِهْرَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَمِيرَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شِمْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَأْكُلُ الْهَدِيَّةَ وَ لَا يَأْكُلُ الصَّدَقَةَ

‘Al-Kafi’ – The number, from Al Barqy, from Ibn Mihran, from Ibn Umeyra, from Amro Bin himr, from Jabir,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww consumed the gift but did not consume the charity’’.[145]

113 كا، الكافي عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنِ السَّكُونِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ لَوْ أُهْدِيَ إِلَيَّ كُرَاعٌ‏ لَقَبِلْتُهُ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Ali, from his father, from Al Nowfaly, from Al Sakuny,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘If I^-saww am gifted an animal limb, I^-saww would accept it’’.[146]

114 كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنْ سَهْلٍ عَنِ النَّهْدِيِّ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ عَنِ الرِّضَا ع قَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص كَانَ إِذَا أَخَذَ فِي طَرِيقٍ رَجَعَ فِي غَيْرِهِ‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – The number, from Sahl, from Al Nahdy, from Musa Bin Umar Bin Bazie,

‘From Al-Reza^-asws having said: ‘When Rasool-Allah^-saww would take to a street, he^-saww would return in another’’.[147]

115 يب، تهذيب الأحكام مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَعْرُوفٍ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ وَهْبٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ وَ ذَكَرَ صَلَاةَ النَّبِيِّ ص قَالَ كَانَ يَأْتِي بِطَهُورٍ فيتحمر [فَيُخَمَّرُ] عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ وَ يُوضَعُ سِوَاكُهُ تَحْتَ فِرَاشِهِ ثُمَّ يَنَامُ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ

‘Tahzeeb Al Ahkaam’ – Muhammad Bin Ali Bin Mahboub, from Ibn Marouf, from Ibn Al Mugheira, from Muawiya, from Muawiya Bin Wahab who said,

‘I heard Abu Abdullah^-asws saying – and mentioned the Salat of the Prophet^-saww – said: ‘He^-saww would be brought a cleanser and he^-saww would cover at his^-saww head, and place his^-saww toothbrush under his^-saww bed, then he^-saww would sleep for as long as Allah^-azwj so Desired.

فَإِذَا اسْتَيْقَظَ جَلَسَ ثُمَّ قَلَّبَ بَصَرَهُ فِي السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ تَلَا الْآيَاتِ مِنْ آلِ عِمْرَانَ‏ إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ‏ الْآيَةَ ثُمَّ يَسْتَنُّ وَ يَتَطَهَّرُ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَيَرْكَعُ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ عَلَى قَدْرِ قِرَاءَتِهِ‏ رُكُوعُهُ وَ سُجُودُهُ عَلَى قَدْرِ رُكُوعِهِ يَرْكَعُ حَتَّى يُقَالَ مَتَى يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ وَ يَسْجُدُ حَتَّى يُقَالَ مَتَى يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ

When he^-saww woke up, sat up, then turned his^-saww sight towards the sky, then recite the Verses from (Surah) Aal-Imran: In the Creation of the skies and the earth [3:190] – the Verse, then he^-saww would brush teeth and clean, the arise to (go to) the Masjid and pray four Cycles upon a measurement of his^-saww recitation of his^-saww Ruku’u, and his^-saww Sajdah upon a measurement of his^-saww Ruku’u, staying in Ruku’u until it was said, ‘When will he^-saww raise his^-saww head?’ And he^-saww would do Sajdah until it was said, ‘When will he^-saww raise his^-saww head?

ثُمَّ يَعُودُ إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ فَيَنَامُ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ يَسْتَيْقِظُ فَيَجْلِسُ فَيَتْلُو الْآيَاتِ مِنْ آلِ عِمْرَانَ وَ يُقَلِّبُ بَصَرَهُ فِي السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ يَسْتَنُّ وَ يَتَطَهَّرُ وَ يَقُومُ‏ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَيُصَلِّي‏ أَرْبَعَ رَكَعَاتٍ كَمَا رَكَعَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ يَعُودُ إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ فَيَنَامُ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ يَسْتَيْقِظُ فَيَجْلِسُ فَيَتْلُو الْآيَاتِ مِنْ آلِ عِمْرَانَ وَ يُقَلِّبُ بَصَرَهُ فِي السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ يَسْتَنُّ وَ يَتَطَهَّرُ وَ يَقُومُ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَيُوتِرُ وَ يُصَلِّي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ

Then he^-saww would return to his^-saww bed and sleep for long as Allah^-azwj o Desired, then wake up and sit up and recite the Verses from (Surah) Aal-e-Imran, and turn his^-saww sight towards the sky, then brush teeth and cleanse and arise to (go to) the Masjid. He^-saww would pray four Cycles just as he^-saww had done before that, then return to his^-saww bed and sleep for a long as Allah^-azwj so Desired, then wake up, and sit and recite the Verses from (Surah) Aal-e-Imraan, and turn his^-saww eyes towards the sky, then brush teeth and cleanse, and arise to (go to) the Masjid, pray (Salat) Witr and pray two Cycles, then go out to the Salat’’.[148]

116 كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنْ سَهْلٍ وَ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ جَمِيعاً عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو الْجُعْفِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ وَ هُوَ يَأْكُلُ مُتَّكِئاً قَالَ وَ قَدْ كَانَ يَبْلُغُنَا أَنَّ ذَلِكَ يُكْرَهُ‏ فَجَعَلْتُ أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ فَدَعَانِي إِلَى طَعَامِهِ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ لَعَلَّكَ تَرَى أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص رَأَتْهُ عَيْنٌ يَأْكُلُ وَ هُوَ مُتَّكٍ مُنْذُ أَنْ بَعَثَهُ اللَّهُ‏ إِلَى أَنْ قَبَضَهُ ثُمَّ رَدَّ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ فَقَالَ لَا وَ اللَّهِ مَا رَأَتْهُ عَيْنٌ يَأْكُلُ وَ هُوَ مُتَّكٍ مُنْذُ أَنْ بَعَثَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَى أَنْ قَبَضَهُ

‘Al-Kafi’ – A number of our companions, from sahl Bin Ziyad and Abu Ali Al-Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar altogether from Ibn Fazzaal, from Ali Bin Uqba, from Saeed Bin Amro and Al-Ju’fy, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said:

‘I came up to Abu Ja’far^-asws one day and (I felt that) he^-asws was resting (upon something) whilst eating, and he^-asws had been telling us that it is undesirable. I looked at him^-asws, so he^-asws called me over to eat with him^-asws. When he^-asws had finished, he^-asws said: ‘O Muhammad, you had been thinking that no eye had seen the Rasool^-saww Allah^-azwj eating whilst leaning (upon something) from the time Allah^-azwj Sent him^-saww up to his^-saww passing away’. He (the narrator) said, ‘Then he^-asws referred to himself^-asws and said: ‘No! By Allah^-azwj, no eye had seen him^-saww eating whilst leaning (upon something) from the time Allah^-azwj Sent him^-saww up to his^-saww passing away.

ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ لَعَلَّكَ تَرَى أَنَّهُ شَبِعَ مِنْ خُبْزِ الْبُرِّ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ مُتَوَالِيَةٍ مُنْذُ أَنْ بَعَثَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَى أَنْ قَبَضَهُ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ رَدَّ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ‏ لَا وَ اللَّهِ مَا شَبِعَ مِنْ خُبْزِ الْبُرِّ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ مُتَوَالِيَةٍ مُنْذُ بَعَثَهُ اللَّهُ‏ تَعَالَى إِلَى أَنْ قَبَضَهُ أَمَا إِنِّي لَا أَقُولُ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لَا يَجِدُ لَقَدْ كَانَ يُجِيزُ الرَّجُلَ الْوَاحِدَ بِالْمِائَةِ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ‏ فَلَوْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ لَأَكَلَ

Then said: ‘O Muhammad! Perhaps you think that he^-saww satiated himself^-saww from good bread for three continuous days from the time Allah^-azwj Sent him^-saww up to his^-saww passing away’. Then he^-asws referred to himself^-asws, then said: ‘No! By Allah^-azwj, he^-saww did not satiate himself^-saww from good bread for three continuous days since Allah^-azwj Sent him^-saww up to his^-saww passing away. But, I^-asws am not saying that he^-saww could not find it, for he^-saww used to gift one man a hundred camels. Had he^-saww intended to eat it he^-saww would have eaten.

وَ لَقَدْ أَتَاهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع بِمَفَاتِيحِ خَزَائِنِ الْأَرْضِ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ يُخَيِّرُهُ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَنْقُصَهُ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى مِمَّا أَعَدَّ اللَّهُ لَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ شَيْئاً

And Jibraeel had come to him^-saww with the Keys of the treasures of the earth three times giving him^-saww the option without any reduction of anything from Allah^-azwj from what Allah^-azwj had Prepared for him^-saww for the Day of Qiyamah.

فَيَخْتَارُ التَّوَاضُعَ لِرَبِّهِ جَلَّ وَ عَزَّ وَ مَا سُئِلَ شَيْئاً قَطُّ فَيَقُولَ لَا إِنْ كَانَ أَعْطَى وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَالَ يَكُونُ وَ مَا أَعْطَى عَلَى اللَّهِ شَيْئاً قَطُّ إِلَّا سَلَّمَ ذَلِكَ إِلَيْهِ حَتَّى إِنْ كَانَ لَيُعْطِي الرَّجُلَ الْجَنَّةَ فَيُسَلِّمُ اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ ثُمَّ تَنَاوَلَنِي بِيَدِهِ‏

He^-saww chose the modesty to his^-saww Lord^-azwj. And when asked for anything he^-saww never said, ‘No’, at all. He^-saww would say: ‘If I^-saww had it I^-saww would give it’. And if was not available, he^-saww would say: ‘It would come’, and whenever Allah^-azwj Gave anything at all he^-saww would hand it over to him, to the extent that if the man has been Given the Paradise, which Allah^-azwj would submit to him^-saww, then he^-saww would give it to him by his^-saww own hands’.

وَ قَالَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ صَاحِبُكُمْ‏ لَيَجْلِسُ جِلْسَةَ الْعَبْدِ وَ يَأْكُلُ إِكْلَةَ الْعَبْدِ وَ يُطْعِمُ النَّاسَ خُبْزَ الْبُرِّ وَ اللَّحْمَ وَ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى‏ أَهْلِهِ فَيَأْكُلُ الْخُبْزَ وَ الزَّيْتَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ لَيَشْتَرِي الْقَمِيصَ السُّنْبُلَانِيَ‏ ثُمَّ يُخَيِّرُ غُلَامَهُ خَيْرَهُمَا ثُمَّ يَلْبَسُ الْبَاقِيَ

And said: ‘Your Master (Amir-Al-Momineen^-asws) used to sit like the sitting of the slave, and eat like the eating of the slave, and would feed the people good bread and the meat and would return to his^-asws family to eat bread with oil. And if he^-asws were to buy Al-Sunbulany shirt, then he^-asws would give his^-asws slave the choice of the better one, then would wear the remaining one.

فَإِذَا جَازَ أَصَابِعَهُ قَطَعَهُ وَ إِذَا جَازَ كَعْبَهُ حَذَفَهُ وَ مَا وَرَدَ عَلَيْهِ أَمْرَانِ قَطُّ كِلَاهُمَا لِلَّهِ رِضًا إِلَّا أَخَذَ بِأَشَدِّهِمَا عَلَى بَدَنِهِ وَ لَقَدْ وُلِّيَ النَّاسَ خَمْسَ سِنِينَ فَمَا وَضَعَ آجُرَّةً عَلَى آجُرَّةٍ وَ لَا لَبِنَةً عَلَى لَبِنَةٍ وَ لَا أَقْطَعَ قَطِيعَةً وَ لَا أَوْرَثَ بَيْضَاءَ وَ لَا حَمْرَاءَ إِلَّا سَبْعَمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ فَضَلَتْ مِنْ عَطَايَاهُ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَبْتَاعَ لِأَهْلِهِ بِهَا خَادِماً

If he^-asws would find a little excess he^-asws would withdraw it, and if his^-asws would feel that his heel^-asws had exceeded he^-asws would have removed it. No two matters would be referred to him^-asws at all for the sake of Allah^-azwj except that he^-asws would opt for the more difficult one upon his^-asws body, and he^-asws was the ruler of the people for five years but did not place a brick upon a brick, and did not build a construction upon a construction, and did not acquire a piece of land, and did not leave a legacy behind him, white or red except for seven hundred Dirhams as a gifts, intending that he^-asws would buy a servant for his^-asws Family.

وَ مَا أَطَاقَ أَحَدٌ عَمَلَهُ لَقَدْ كَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ع لَيَنْظُرُ فِي الْكِتَابِ مِنْ كُتُبِ عَلِيٍّ ع فَيَضْرِبُ بِهِ الْأَرْضَ وَ يَقُولُ مَنْ يُطِيقُ هَذَا

No one could bear any of his works, and Ali^-asws Bin Al-Husayn^-asws used to look into a Book from the Books of Ali^-asws, so he^-asws would strike the ground with it and would say: ‘Who can endure this?’’[149]

117 كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنْ سَهْلٍ عَنِ الْبَزَنْطِيِّ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‏ إِنَّ جَبْرَئِيلَ ع أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص فَخَيَّرَهُ وَ أَشَارَ عَلَيْهِ‏ بِالتَّوَاضُعِ وَ كَانَ لَهُ نَاصِحاً فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَأْكُلُ إِكْلَةَ الْعَبْدِ وَ يَجْلِسُ جِلْسَةَ الْعَبْدِ تَوَاضُعاً لِلَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى

‘Al-Kafi’ – A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from Hammaad Bin Usman from Ali Bin Mugheira who said:

I heard Abu Abdullah^-asws saying that: ‘Jibraeel^-as came to the Rasool^-saww Allah^-azwj giving the option and indicating to him^-saww for the humbleness and was advising him^-saww. The Rasool^-saww Allah^-azwj used to eat like the eating of the slave and sit like the sitting of the slave being humble to Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted.

ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ عِنْدَ الْمَوْتِ بِمَفَاتِيحِ خَزَائِنِ الدُّنْيَا فَقَالَ هَذِهِ مَفَاتِيحُ خَزَائِنِ الدُّنْيَا بَعَثَ بِهَا إِلَيْكَ رَبُّكَ لِيَكُونَ لَكَ مَا أَقَلَّتِ‏ الْأَرْضُ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَنْقُصَكَ شَيْئاً فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فِي الرَّفِيقِ الْأَعْلَى

Then he^-saww was given (by Jibraeel) at the time of his^-saww death, the Keys of the treasures of the world. He (Jibraeel) said: ‘These are the Keys of the treasures of the world which your^-saww Lord^-azwj has Sent to you^-saww so that there will be for you all that is carried by the earth without any reduction of anything’. The Rasool^-saww Allah^-azwj said: ‘I^-saww (want to be) among the exalted friends’’.[150]

118 كا، الكافي سَهْلٌ‏ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمُؤْمِنِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ عُرِضَتْ عَلَىَّ بَطْحَاءُ مَكَّةَ ذَهَباً فَقُلْتُ يَا رَبِّ لَا وَ لَكِنْ أَشْبَعُ يَوْماً وَ أَجُوعُ يَوْماً فَإِذَا شَبِعْتُ حَمِدْتُكَ وَ شَكَرْتُكَ وَ إِذَا جُعْتُ دَعَوْتُكَ وَ ذَكَرْتُكَ‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – Sahl, from Ibn Fazal, from Ali Bin Aqaba, from Abdul Momin Al Ansary,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘Bat’ha of Makkah was presented to me^-saww as gold, but I^-saww said: ‘O Lord^-azwj! No, but I^-saww (would like to be) satiated one day, and hungry one day. When I^-saww am satiated I^-saww shall praise You^-azwj and thank You^-azwj, and when hungry, I^-saww shall supplicate to You^-azwj and mention You^-azwj’’.[151]

119 كا، الكافي عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ هِشَامٍ وَ غَيْرِهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَا كَانَ شَيْ‏ءٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص مِنْ أَنْ يَظَلَ‏ خَائِفاً جَائِعاً فِي اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hisham and someone else, who has narrated the following:

Abu Abdullah^-asws said: ‘There was nothing more beloved to the Rasool Allah^-saww than to remain fearful and hungry for the Sake of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic’’.[152]

120 كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنِ ابْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ أَبِي الْمَغْرَاءِ عَنْ‏ زَيْدٍ الشَّحَّامِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: إِيَّاكَ أَنْ تُطْمِحَ نَفْسَكَ‏ إِلَى مَنْ فَوْقَكَ وَ كَفَى بِمَا قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص‏ فَلا تُعْجِبْكَ أَمْوالُهُمْ وَ لا أَوْلادُهُمْ‏ وَ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لِرَسُولِهِ‏ وَ لا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ إِلى‏ ما مَتَّعْنا بِهِ أَزْواجاً مِنْهُمْ زَهْرَةَ الْحَياةِ الدُّنْيا

‘Al-Kafi’ – The number, from Ibn Isa, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Abu Al Magra, from Zayd Al Haham, from Amro Bin Saeed Bin Hilal,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Beware of craving the desires of yourself to the ones above you and suffice with what Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said to Rasool-Allah^-saww: So do not let their wealth or their children fascinate you [9:55]. And He^-azwj Said: And do not extend your eyes towards what We have Provided with spouses from them, being a blossom of the life of the world [20:131].

فَإِنْ خِفْتَ شَيْئاً مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَاذْكُرْ عَيْشَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَإِنَّمَا كَانَ قُوتُهُ الشَّعِيرَ وَ حَلْوَاهُ التَّمْرَ وَ وَقُودُهُ‏ السَّعَفَ إِذَا وَجَدَهُ‏

If you fear anything from that, then remember the life of Rasool-Allah^-saww, and it was so that his^-asws staple diet was from the barley, and his^-saww sweet was from the dates, and his^-saww fuel was from foliage leaves when he^-saww could find it’’.[153]

121 كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ جَمِيلٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَقْسِمُ لَحَظَاتِهِ بَيْنَ أَصْحَابِهِ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى ذَا وَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى ذَا بِالسَّوِيَّةِ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Umar Bin Abdul Aziz, from Jameel,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww used to apportion his^-saww glances between his^-saww companions. He^-saww would look at that one and look at that one with the equality’’.[154]

122 كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدٌ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏ مَا كَلَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص الْعِبَادَ بِكُنْهِ عَقْلِهِ قَطُّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِنَّا مَعْشَرَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ أُمِرْنَا أَنْ نُكَلِّمَ النَّاسَ عَلَى قَدْرِ عُقُولِهِمْ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad, from Ahmad, from Ibn Fazal, from one of our companions who said,

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww did not speak to the servants in accordance with his^-saww own level of intellect at all. Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘We^-as, the community of the Prophets^-as, we^-as are Commanded to peak to the people in accordance to their intellects’’.[155]

123 ين، كتاب حسين بن سعيد و النوادر حَمَّادٌ عَنِ الْعَقَرْقُوفِيِ‏ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ‏ بَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ عِنْدَهُ عَائِشَةُ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص بِئْسَ أَخُو الْعَشِيرَةِ وَ قَامَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَدَخَلَتِ الْبَيْتَ وَ أَذِنَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَدَخَلَ

The book of Huseyn Bin Naeem and ‘Al Nawadir’ – Hamad, from Aqarquqy, from Abu Baseer,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘While Rasool-Allah^-saww had Ayesha in his^-saww presence one day, a man sought permission (to see him^-saww). Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘The worst brother of the clan’, and Ayesha stood up and entered the house, and Rasool-Allah^-saww gave permission to him, and he entered.

فَأَقْبَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى إِذَا فَرَغَ مِنْ حَدِيثِهِ خَرَجَ فَقَالَتْ لَهُ عَائِشَةُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بَيْنَا أَنْتَ تَذْكُرُهُ إِذْ أَقْبَلْتَ عَلَيْهِ بِوَجْهِكَ وَ بِشْرِكَ‏ فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِنَّ مِنْ أَشَرِّ عِبَادِ اللَّهِ مَنْ يُكْرَهُ مُجَالَسَتُهُ لِفُحْشِهِ‏

Rasool-Allah^-saww faced towards him until when he was free from discussing and went out. Ayesha said to him^-saww, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! While you^-saww were mentioning him, then you^-saww faced towards him with your^-saww face and you^-saww smile?’ Rasool-Allah^-saww said to her: ‘From the evilest of the servants of Allah^-azwj is one whose sitting is disliked due to his obscenities’’.[156]

124 ين، كتاب حسين بن سعيد و النوادر مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنِ الصَّيْقَلِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ‏ مَرَّتْ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص امْرَأَةٌ بَذِيَّةٌ وَ هُوَ يَأْكُلُ فَقَالَتْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّكَ لَتَأْكُلُ أَكْلَ الْعَبْدِ وَ تَجْلِسُ جُلُوسَهُ فَقَالَ لَهَا وَيْحَكِ وَ أَيُّ عَبْدٍ أَعْبَدُ مِنِّي

The book of Huseyn Bin Naeem and ‘Al Nawadir’ – Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Ibn Muskan, from Al Sayqal,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘An offensive woman passed by Rasool-Allah^-saww while he^-saww was eating and she said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! You^-saww are eating the eating of the slave and sitting his sitting’. He^-saww said to her: ‘Woe be unto you! And which slave is more of a slave than I^-saww am (to Allah^-azwj)?’

قَالَتْ إمَّا لَا فَنَاوِلْنِي لُقْمَةً مِنْ طَعَامِكَ فَنَاوَلَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لُقْمَةً مِنْ طَعَامِهِ فَقَالَتْ لَا وَ اللَّهِ إِلَّا إِلَى فِيَّ مِنْ فِيكَ

She said, ‘But will you^-saww not give me a morsel from your^-saww meal?’ Rasool-Allah^-saww gave her a morsel from his^-saww meal. She said, ‘No, by Allah^-azwj, only to my mouth from your^-saww mouth’.

قَالَ فَأَخْرَجَ اللُّقْمَةَ مِنْ فِيهِ فَنَاوَلَهَا إِيَّاهَا فَأَكَلَتْهَا

He^-asws said: ‘He^-saww extracted the morsel from his^-saww mouth and gave it to her, and she ate it’.

قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَمَا أَصَابَتْ بداء [بَذَاءً] حَتَّى فَارَقَتِ الدُّنْيَا

Abu Abdullah^-asws said: ‘She was not hit by any illness until she separated from the world’’.[157]

125 ين، كتاب حسين بن سعيد و النوادر ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص كَانَ قُوتُهُ الشَّعِيرَ مِنْ غَيْرِ أُدْمٍ

The book of Huseyn Bin Naeem and ‘Al Nawadir’ – Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Ibn Sinan,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘The Prophet^-saww, his^-saww daily subsistence was the barley from without any sauce’’.[158]

126 ين، كتاب حسين بن سعيد و النوادر فَضَالَةُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَمِيرَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ حَيَّانَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص أَتَتْهُ أُخْتٌ لَهُ مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ فَلَمَّا أَنْ نَظَرَ إِلَيْهَا سُرَّ بِهَا وَ بَسَطَ رِدَاءَهُ لَهَا فَأَجْلَسَهَا عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ يُحَدِّثُهَا وَ يَضْحَكُ فِي وَجْهِهَا ثُمَّ قَامَتْ فَذَهَبَتْ

The book of Huseyn Bin Naeem and ‘Al Nawadir’ – The book of Husyn Bin Naeem and ‘Al Nawadir’ – Fazalat, from Ibn Umeyra, from Ibn Muskan, from Amar Bin Hayan who said,

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww, a sister of his^-saww from breastfeeding came to him^-saww. When he^-saww looked at her he^-saww was cheered by her and spread out his^-saww cloak for her, for her to sit upon it. Then he^-saww faced discussing with her and smiled in her face. Then she arose and went.

ثُمَّ جَاءَ أَخُوهَا فَلَمْ يَصْنَعْ بِهِ مَا صَنَعَ بِهَا فَقِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَنَعْتَ بِأُخْتِهِ مَا لَمْ تَصْنَعْ‏ بِهِ وَ هُوَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ لِأَنَّهَا كَانَتْ أَبَرَّ بِأَبِيهَا مِنْهُ

Then her brother came, but he^-saww did not deal with him what he^-saww had dealt with her. It was said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! You^-saww dealt with your^-saww sister what you^-saww did not do with him, and he is a man?’ He^-saww said: ‘Because she was more righteous with her father than him’’.[159]

127 ين، كتاب حسين بن سعيد و النوادر فَضَالَةُ عَنْ أَبَانٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ طَلْحَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: اسْتَقْبَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي فَهْدٍ وَ هُوَ يَضْرِبُ عَبْداً لَهُ وَ الْعَبْدُ يَقُولُ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ فَلَمْ يُقْلِعِ الرَّجُلُ عَنْهُ فَلَمَّا أَبْصَرَ الْعَبْدُ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ أَعُوذُ بِمُحَمَّدٍ فَأَقْلَعَ عَنْهُ الضَّرْبَ

The book of Husyen Bin Naeem and ‘Al Nawadir’ – Fazalat, from Aban, from Abdullah Bin Talha,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww welcomed a man from the clan of Fahd and he hit a slave of his, and the slave said, ‘I seek Refuge with Allah^-azwj’. But the man did not stop from him. When the slave saw Rasool-Allah^-saww, said, ‘I seek Refuge with Muhammad^-saww’. He stopped the hitting from him.

فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَتَعَوَّذُ بِاللَّهِ فَلَا تُعِيذُهُ وَ يَتَعَوَّذُ بِمُحَمَّدٍ فَتُعِيذُهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يُجَارَ عَائِذُهُ مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ هُوَ حُرٌّ لِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ الَّذِي بَعَثَنِي بِالْحَقِّ نَبِيّاً لَوْ لَمْ تَفْعَلْ لَوَاقَعَ وَجْهُكَ حَرَّ النَّارِ

Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘He sought Refuge with Allah^-azwj you did not help him? And he sought refuge with Muhammad^-saww, so you help him? And Allah^-azwj is more rightful that He^-azwj Protects from than Muhammad^-saww does’. The man said, ‘He is free for the Sake of Allah^-azwj’. Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘By the One^-azwj Who Sent me^-saww with the Truth as a Prophet^-saww, if you had not done so, your face would have fallen in the heat of the Fire’’.[160]

128 ين، كتاب حسين بن سعيد و النوادر فَضَالَةُ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ أَبِي حَفْصٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ع عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص بِالسُّوقِ وَ أَقْبَلَ يُرِيدُ الْعَالِيَةَ وَ النَّاسُ يَكْتَنِفُهُ فَمَرَّ بِجَدْيٍ أَسَكَّ عَلَى مَزْبَلَةٍ مُلْقًى وَ هُوَ مَيِّتٌ فَأَخَذَ بِأُذُنِهِ فَقَالَ أَيُّكُمْ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَكُونَ هَذَا لَهُ بِدِرْهَمٍ قَالُوا مَا نُحِبُّ أَنَّهُ لَنَا بِشَيْ‏ءٍ وَ مَا نَصْنَعُ بِهِ

The book of Husyen Bin Naeem and ‘Al Nawadir’ – Fazalat, from Aban Bin Usman, from Salma Bin Abu Hafs,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws, from his^-asws father^-asws, from Jabir who aid, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww passed by the market intending the uphill slope and the people surrounded him^-saww. He^-saww passed by a young goat with an ear cut off thrown upon a rubbish dump and it was dead. He^-saww grabbed it by its ear and said: ‘Which of you would like this to happen to be for him for a Dirham?’

قَالَ أَ فَتُحِبُّونَ أَنَّهُ لَكُمْ قَالُوا لَا حَتَّى قَالَ ذَلِكَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَقَالُوا وَ اللَّهِ لَوْ كَانَ حَيّاً كَانَ عَيْباً فَكَيْفَ وَ هُوَ مَيِّتٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِنَّ الدُّنْيَا عَلَى اللَّهِ أَهْوَنُ مِنْ هَذَا عَلَيْكُمْ‏

He^-saww said: ‘Would you like for it to be for you?’ They said, ‘No’, to the extent that he^-saww said it three times. They said, ‘By Allah^-azwj! If it was alive, it would be faulted, so how can it be while dead?’ Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘The world is lesser unto Allah^-azwj that this (dead goat) is unto you all’’.[161]

129 ين، كتاب حسين بن سعيد و النوادر النَّضْرُ عَنِ ابْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‏ دَخَلَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ص رَجُلٌ وَ هُوَ عَلَى حَصِيرٍ قَدْ أَثَّرَ فِي جِسْمِهِ وَ وِسَادَةِ لِيفٍ قَدْ أَثَّرَتْ فِي خَدِّهِ فَجَعَلَ يَمْسَحُ وَ يَقُولُ مَا رَضِيَ بِهَذَا كِسْرَى وَ لَا قَيْصَرُ إِنَّهُمْ يَنَامُونَ عَلَى الْحَرِيرِ وَ الدِّيبَاجِ وَ أَنْتَ عَلَى هَذَا الْحَصِيرِ

The book of Husyen Bin Naeem and ‘Al Nawadir’ – Al Nazar, from Ibn Sinan who said,

‘I heard Abu Abdullah^-asws saying: ‘A man came to the Prophet^-saww and he^-saww was upon a straw mat which had left marks in his^-saww side, and a pillow of fibre had left marks upon his^-saww cheek. He went on to wipe it and said, ‘Neither Chorsroe nor Caesar would be pleased with this. They are sleeping upon the silk and the brocade (and) you^-saww are upon this straw mat?’

قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لَأَنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْهُمَا وَ اللَّهِ لَأَنَا أَكْرَمُ مِنْهُمَا وَ اللَّهِ مَا أَنَا وَ الدُّنْيَا إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ الدُّنْيَا كَمَثَلِ رَاكِبٍ مَرَّ عَلَى شَجَرَةٍ وَ لَهَا فَيْ‏ءٌ فَاسْتَظَلَّ تَحْتَهَا فَلَمَّا أَنْ مَالَ الظِّلُّ عَنْهَا ارْتَحَلَ فَذَهَبَ وَ تَرَكَهَا

He^-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘Because I^-saww am better than both of them, by Allah^-azwj! Because I^-saww am more prestigious than both of them by Allah^-azwj! What have I^-saww got to do with the world? But rather an example of the world is like an example of a rider passing by a tree and had leaves for it, so he shades under it. When the shade declines, he departs and goes away and leaves it (behind)’’.[162]

130 ين، كتاب حسين بن سعيد و النوادر النَّضْرُ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ جَاءَنِي مَلَكٌ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ رَبُّكَ يُقْرِئُكَ السَّلَامَ وَ يَقُولُ لَكَ إِنْ شِئْتَ جَعَلْتُ لَكَ بَطْحَاءَ مَكَّةَ رَضْرَاضَ‏ ذَهَبٍ

The book of Husyen Bin Naeem and ‘Al Nawadir’ – Al Nazar, from Aasim, from Abu Baseer,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘An Angel came to me^-saww and said: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! Your^-saww Lord^-azwj Conveys the Greetings to you^-saww: “If you^-saww desire, I^-azwj can Make the pebbles of the plains of Makkah a gold’.

قَالَ فَرَفَعَ النَّبِيُّ ص رَأْسَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَقَالَ يَا رَبِّ أَشْبَعُ يَوْماً فَأَحْمَدُكَ وَ أَجُوعُ يَوْماً فَأَسْأَلُكَ‏

He^-asws said: ‘The Prophet^-saww raised his^-saww head towards the sky and said: ‘O Lord^-azwj! I^-saww (would like to be) satiated one day and praise You^-azwj, and be hungry one day and ask You^-azwj’’.[163]

131 ين، كتاب حسين بن سعيد و النوادر بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ شَجَرَةَ عَنْ عَمِّهِ بَشِيرٍ النَّبَّالِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ قَالَ: قَدِمَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ النَّبِيَّ ص فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ تُسَابِقُنِي بِنَاقَتِكَ هَذِهِ فَسَابَقَهُ فَسَبَقَهُ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِنَّكُمْ رَفَعْتُمُوهَا فَأَحَبَّ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَضَعَهَا إِنَّ الْجِبَالَ تَطَاوَلَتْ لِسَفِينَةِ نُوحٍ ع وَ كَانَ الْجُودِيُّ أَشَدَّ تَوَاضُعاً فحب الله‏ بها الجودي‏ [فَحَطَّ اللَّهُ بِهَا عَلَى الْجُودِيِ‏]

The book of Husyen Bin Naeem and ‘Al Nawadir’ – One of our companions, from Ali Bin Shajrah, from his uncle Bashir Al Nabal,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘A Bedouin came to the Prophet^-saww and said: ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! Race me with this she-camel of yours^-saww’. He^-saww raced him and he^-saww preceded the Bedouin. Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘You raise it and Allah^-azwj Loved to Drop it. The mountains were tall for the ship of Noah^-as, and Al-Judy was intensely humble, so Allah^-azwj Loved Al Judy with it’’.[164]

132 ين، كتاب حسين بن سعيد و النوادر صَفْوَانُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنِ النَّضْرِيِ‏ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَتُوبُ إِلَى اللَّهِ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً مِنْ غَيْرِ ذَنْبٍ كَانَ يَقُولُ أَتُوبُ إِلَى اللَّهِ‏

The book of Husyen Bin Naeem and ‘Al Nawadir’ – Safwan Bin Yahya, from Al Nazary,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww repented to Allah^-azwj seventy timed during every day from without having sinned. He^-saww was saying: ‘I^-saww am repenting to Allah^-azwj’’.[165]

133 محص، التمحيص عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‏ إِنَّ رَجُلًا مِنَ‏ الْأَنْصَارِ أَهْدَى إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص صَاعاً مِنْ رُطَبٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لِلْخَادِمِ‏ الَّتِي جَاءَتْ بِهِ ادْخُلِي فَانْظُرِي هَلْ تَجِدِينَ فِي الْبَيْتِ قَصْعَةً أَوْ طَبَقاً فَتَأْتِيَنِي بِهِ

‘Al Tamhees’ – From Ibn Abu Yafour who said,

‘I heard Abu Abdullah^-asws saying: ‘A man from the Helpers gifted a Sa’a (unit of measurement) of dates to Rasool-Allah^-saww, so Rasool-Allah^-saww said to the maid who had come with it: ‘Enter and look, can you find a bowl or a saucepan, so come with it’.

فَدَخَلَتْ ثُمَّ خَرَجَتْ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَتْ مَا أَصَبْتُ قَصْعَةً وَ لَا طَبَقاً فَكَنَسَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص بِثَوْبِهِ مَكَاناً مِنَ الْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهَا ضَعِيهِ هَاهُنَا عَلَى الْحَضِيضِ ثُمَّ قَالَ وَ الَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوْ كَانَتِ الدُّنْيَا تَعْدِلُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِثْقَالَ جَنَاحِ بَعُوضَةٍ مَا أَعْطَى كَافِراً وَ لَا مُنَافِقاً مِنْهَا شَيْئاً

She entered then came out to him^-saww and said, ‘I neither found a bowl nor a saucepan’. Rasool-Allah^-saww swept a place from the ground with his^-saww cloth, then said to her: ‘Place it over here upon the pebbles’, then said: ‘By the One^-azwj is Whose Hand is my^-saww soul! If the world had equated to the weight of a wing of a fly in the Presence of Allah^-azwj, He^-azwj would have neither Given it to a Kafir nor a hypocrite anything from it’’.[166]

134 نهج، نهج البلاغة إِلَى أَنْ بَعَثَ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ مُحَمَّداً ص‏ لِإِنْجَازِ عِدَتِهِ وَ تَمَامِ نُبُوَّتِهِ مَأْخُوذاً عَلَى النَّبِيِّينَ مِيثَاقُهُ مَشْهُورَةً سِمَاتُهُ‏ كَرِيماً مِيلَادُهُ

Nahj (Al-Balagah) – ‘Allah^-azwj the Glorious Sent Muhammad^-saww to Accomplish His^-azwj number, and Complete his^-azwj Prophet-hood, Took His^-azwj Covenant upon the Prophets^-as, Made his^-saww signs to be well-known, and his^-saww birth honourable’’.[167]

135 نهج، نهج البلاغة حَتَّى بَعَثَ اللَّهُ مُحَمَّداً ص شَهِيداً وَ بَشِيراً وَ نَذِيراً خَيْرَ الْبَرِيَّةِ طِفْلًا وَ أَنْجَبَهَا كَهْلًا أَطْهَرَ الْمُطَهَّرِينَ شِيمَةً وَ أَجْوَدَ الْمُسْتَمْطِرِينَ دِيمَةً

Nahj (Al-Balagah) – ‘Until Allah^-azwj Sent Muhammad^-saww as a witness, and a giver of glad tidings, and a warner, best of the created beings as a child, and most chaste as grown-up, cleanest of the clean in conduct, and the most generous of the givers when approached’’.[168]

136 نهج، نهج البلاغة وَ لَقَدْ كَانَ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص كَافٍ لَكَ فِي الْأُسْوَةِ وَ دَلِيلٌ لَكَ‏ عَلَى ذَمِّ الدُّنْيَا وَ عَيْبِهَا وَ كَثْرَةِ مَخَازِيهَا وَ مَسَاوِيهَا إِذْ قُبِضَتْ عَنْهُ أَطْرَافُهَا وَ وُطِّئَتْ لِغَيْرِهِ أَكْنَافُهَا وَ فُطِمَ مِنْ رَضَاعِهَا وَ زُوِيَ عَنْ زَخَارِفِهَا وَ سَاقَهَا إِلَى قَوْلِهِ ع فَتَأَسَّ بِنَبِيِّكَ‏

Nahj (Al-Balagah) – ‘Certainly, in Rasool-Allah^-saww was sufficient example for you and evidence for you upon the condemnation of the word and its faults, and a lot of its disgraces and its evils. When its ends are straitened from it and it is folded out for others, and deprived from its milk and turned away from its adornments’ – and continued it up to he^-asws said:

الْأَطْهَرِ الْأَطْيَبِ ص فَإِنَّ فِيهِ أُسْوَةً لِمَنْ تَأَسَّى وَ عَزَاءً لِمَنْ تَعَزَّى وَ أَحَبُّ الْعِبَادِ إِلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى الْمُتَأَسِّي بِنَبِيِّهِ ص وَ الْمُقْتَصُّ لِأَثَرِهِ قَضِمَ الدُّنْيَا قَضْماً وَ لَمْ يُعِرْهَا طَرْفاً أَهْضَمُ أَهْلِ الدُّنْيَا كَشْحاً وَ أَخْمَصُهُمْ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا بَطْناً

‘You should follow your Prophet^-saww, the pure, the chaste. In him^-saww is the example for the follower, and the consolation for the seeker of consolation. The most beloved person before Allah^-azwj is he who follows His^-azwj Prophet^-saww and who treads in his footsteps. He took the least (share) from this world and did not take a full glance at it. Of all the people of the world he was the least satiated and the emptiest of stomach.

عُرِضَتْ عَلَيْهِ الدُّنْيَا فَأَبَى أَنْ يَقْبَلَهَا وَ عَلِمَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ سُبْحَانَهُ أَبْغَضَ شَيْئاً فَأَبْغَضَهُ وَ حَقَّرَ شَيْئاً فَحَقَّرَهُ وَ صَغَّرَ شَيْئاً فَصَغَّرَهُ وَ لَوْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِينَا إِلَّا حُبُّنَا مَا أَبْغَضَ اللَّهُ‏ وَ تَعْظِيمُنَا مَا صَغَّرَ اللَّهُ لَكَفَى بِهِ شِقَاقاً لِلَّهِ وَ مُحَادَّةً عَنْ أَمْرِ اللَّهِ

The world was offered to him but he refused to accept it. When he knew that Allah^-azwj, the Glorified, Hated a thing, he^-saww too hated it; when Allah^-azwjHheld a thing low, he too held it low; when Allah^-azwj Held a thing small, he^-saww too held it small. If there does not happen to be in us except we love what Allah^-azwj Hate, and reverence of what Allah^-azwj Belittles, it would suffice by it as discord with Allah^-azwj and a transgression from the Commands of Allah^-azwj.

وَ لَقَدْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَأْكُلُ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ وَ يَجْلِسُ جِلْسَةَ الْعَبْدِ وَ يَخْصِفُ بِيَدِهِ نَعْلَهُ وَ يَرْقَعُ بِيَدِهِ ثَوْبَهُ وَ يَرْكَبُ الْحِمَارَ الْعَارِيَ وَ يُرْدِفُ خَلْفَهُ وَ يَكُونُ السِّتْرُ عَلَى بَابِ بَيْتِهِ فَتَكُونُ فِيهِ التَّصَاوِيرُ فَيَقُولُ يَا فُلَانَةُ لِإِحْدَى أَزْوَاجِهِ غَيِّبِيهِ عَنِّي فَإِنِّي إِذَا نَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ ذَكَرْتُ الدُّنْيَا وَ زَخَارِفَهَا

The Prophet^-saww used to (sit and) eat on the ground, and sit like a slave. He^-saww repaired his^-saww shoe with his^-saww own hands, and patched his^-saww clothes with his^-saww own hands. He^-saww would ride an unsaddled ass and would seat someone behind him^-saww. If there was a curtain on his door with pictures on it, he^-saww would say to one of his^-saww wives. ‘O so and so! Take it away out of my^-saww sight because if I^-saww look at it I^-saww recall the world and its allurements’.

فَأَعْرَضَ عَنِ الدُّنْيَا بِقَلْبِهِ وَ أَمَاتَ ذِكْرَهَا مِنْ نَفْسِهِ وَ أَحَبَّ أَنْ تَغِيبَ زِينَتُهَا عَنْ عَيْنِهِ لِكَيْلَا يَتَّخِذَ مِنْهَا رِيَاشاً وَ لَا يَعْتَقِدَهَا قَرَاراً وَ لَا يَرْجُوَ فِيهَا مُقَاماً فَأَخْرَجَهَا مِنَ النَّفْسِ وَ أَشْخَصَهَا عَنِ الْقَلْبِ‏ وَ غَيَّبَهَا عَنِ الْبَصَرِ وَ كَذَلِكَ مَنْ أَبْغَضَ شَيْئاً أَبْغَضَ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهِ وَ أَنْ يُذْكَرَ عِنْدَهُ

Thus, he^-saww removed his heart from this world and destroyed its remembrance from his^-saww mind. He^-saww loved that its allurements should remain hidden from his^-saww eye so that he should not secure good dress from it, should not regard it a place of stay and should not hope to live in it. Consequently, he^-saww removed it from his mind, let it go away from his^-saww heart and kept it hidden from his^-saww eyes, just as a person who hates a thing hates to look at it or to hear about it.

وَ لَقَدْ كَانَ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص مَا يَدُلُّكَ عَلَى مَسَاوِي الدُّنْيَا وَ عُيُوبِهَا إِذْ جَاعَ فِيهَا مَعَ خَاصَّتِهِ وَ زُوِيَتْ عَنْهُ زَخَارِفُهَا مَعَ عَظِيمِ زُلْفَتِهِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ نَاظِرٌ بِعَقْلِهِ أَكْرَمَ اللَّهُ مُحَمَّداً ص بِذَلِكَ أَمْ أَهَانَهُ فَإِنْ قَالَ أَهَانَهُ فَقَدْ كَذَبَ وَ الْعَظِيمِ‏ وَ إِنْ قَالَ أَكْرَمَهُ فَلْيَعْلَمْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَهَانَ غَيْرَهُ حَيْثُ بَسَطَ الدُّنْيَا لَهُ وَ زَوَاهَا عَنْ أَقْرَبِ النَّاسِ مِنْهُ ‏

Certainly, there was in Rasool-Allah^-saww all that would apprise you of the evils of this world and its defects, namely that he^-saww remained hungry along with his^-saww special companions, and despite his tremendous station and nearness (to Allah), the allurements of the world remained remote from him. Now, one should see with one’s intelligence whether Allah^-azwj Honoured Muhammad^-saww as a result of this or disgraced him^-saww. If he says that Allah Disgraced him^-saww, he certainly lies and perpetrates a great untruth. If he says Allah^-azwj honoured him^-saww, he should know that Allah^-azwj Dishonoured the others when He^-azwj Extended the (benefits of the) world for him but Held them away from him^-saww who was the nearest to Him^-azwj of all people.

فَتَأَسَّى مُتَأَسٍّ بِنَبِيِّهِ وَ اقْتَصَّ أَثَرَهُ وَ وَلَجَ مَوْلِجَهُ وَ إِلَّا فَلَا يَأْمَنِ الْهَلَكَةَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ جَعَلَ مُحَمَّداً ص عَلَماً لِلسَّاعَةِ وَ مُبَشِّراً بِالْجَنَّةِ وَ مُنْذِراً بِالْعُقُوبَةِ خَرَجَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا خَمِيصاً وَ وَرَدَ الْآخِرَةَ سَلِيماً لَمْ يَضَعْ حَجَراً عَلَى حَجَرٍ حَتَّى مَضَى لِسَبِيلِهِ وَ أَجَابَ دَاعِيَ رَبِّهِ فَمَا أَعْظَمَ مِنَّةَ اللَّهِ عِنْدَنَا حِينَ أَنْعَمَ عَلَيْنَا بِهِ سَلَفاً نَتَّبِعُهُ وَ قَائِداً نَطَأُ عَقِبَهُ‏

Therefore, one should follow His^-azwj Prophet^-saww, tread in his^-saww footsteps and enter through his^-saww entrance. Otherwise, he will not be safe from ruin. Certainly, Allah^-azwj made Muhammad^-saww a sign for the Day of Qiyamah, a conveyor of tidings for Paradise and a warner of His^-azwj Retribution.[169]

137 ع، علل الشرائع ابْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَطَّارِ عَنِ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الرَّيَّانِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْوَاسِطِيِّ عَنْ وَاصِلِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ أَوْ عَنْ دُرُسْتَ يَرْفَعُهُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ لِمَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يُحِبُّ الذِّرَاعَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ حُبِّهِ لِسَائِرِ أَعْضَاءِ الشَّاةِ

‘Ilal Al-Sharaie’ – Ibn Al Waleed, from Muhammad al Attar, from Al Ashari, from Ali Bin Al Rayan, from Ubeydullah Bin Abdullah Al Wasity, from Wasil Bin Suelyman, or from Dorost,

‘Raising it to Abu Abdullah^-asws, the (the narrator) said, ‘I said to him^-asws, ‘Why did Rasool-Allah^-saww love the forearm more than he^-saww loved the rest of the body parts of the sheep?’

قَالَ فَقَالَ لِأَنَّ آدَمَ قَرَّبَ قُرْبَاناً عَنِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِهِ فَسَمَّى لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ عُضْواً وَ سَمَّى لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص الذِّرَاعَ فَمِنْ ثَمَّ كَانَ يُحِبُّ الذِّرَاعَ وَ يَشْتَهِيهَا وَ يُحِبُّهَا وَ يُفَضِّلُهَا

He (the narrator) said, ‘He^-asws said: ‘Because Adam^-as offered an offering on behalf of the Prophets^-as from his^-as offspring, and he^-as named each part of a Prophet^-saww, and named the forearm for Rasool-Allah^-saww. Thus, from them on, he^-saww loved the forearm and desired it and loved it and preferred it’’.[170]

138 وَ فِي حَدِيثٍ آخَرَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص كَانَ يُحِبُّ الذِّرَاعَ لِقُرْبِهَا مِنَ الْمَرْعَى وَ بُعْدِهَا مِنَ الْمَبَالِ

And in another Hadeeth – ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww loved the forearm due to its nearness to the pasture and its remoteness from the urinary tract’.[171]

139 ير، بصائر الدرجات إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْقَدَّاحِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ‏ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يُحِبُّ الذِّرَاعَ وَ الْكَتِفَ وَ يَكْرَهُ الْوَرِكَ لِقُرْبِهَا مِنَ الْمَبَالِ

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Ibrahim Bin Hashim, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad, from Al Qadah,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww loved the forearm and the shoulder, and disliked the hip due to its nearness from the urinary tract’’.[172]

140 كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنِ ابْنِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يُعْجِبُهُ الذِّرَاعُ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Fazal, from Ibn Bakeyr, from Zurara,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww used to be fascinated by the forearm (of the sheep)’’.[173]

141 ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي جَمَاعَةٌ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ حَفْصِ بْنِ عُمَرَ الْعَسْكَرِيِّ بِالْمَصِّيصَةِ مِنْ أَصْلِ كِتَابِهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْهَيْثَمِ الْأَنْمَاطِيِّ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عُلْوَانَ الْكَلْبِيِّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْوَاسِطِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ زَيْدٍ ابْنَيْ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِمَا ع عَنْ أَبِيهِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ إِذَا ابْتَهَلَ وَ دَعَا كَمَا يَسْتَطْعِمُ الْمِسْكِينُ‏

‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – A group, from Abu Al Mufazzal, from Ibrahim Bin Hafs Bin Umar Al Askari with the margin from the original of his book, from Abdullah Bin Al Haysam Al Anmaty, from Al-Husayn Bin Ulwan Al Kalby, from Amro Bin Khalid al Wasity, from Muhammad,

‘From Zayd son of Ali (Bin Al-Husayn^-asws), from their father^-asws from his^-asws father^-asws Al-Husayn^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww raised his^-saww hands when he^-saww beseeched and supplicated, just as the beggars tend to spread them’.[174]

142 ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي جَمَاعَةٌ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَلَوِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ مُوسَى عَنْ آبَائِهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ع قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ص يَقُولُ‏ بُعِثْتُ بِمَكَارِمِ الْأَخْلَاقِ وَ مَحَاسِنِهَا

‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – A group, from Abu Al Mufazzal, from Ahmad Bin Abdul Raheem Bin Sa’ad, from ismail Ibn Muhammad al Alawy, from his father, from his grandfather Is’haq Bin Ja’far, from his brother, from their forefathers,

‘From Ali^-asws having said: ‘I^-asws heard the Prophet^-saww saying: ‘I^-saww have been Sent with the most honourable of the manners and its beauties’’.[175]

143 ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي جَمَاعَةٌ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْعَلَوِيِّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُنْعِمِ الصَّيْدَاوِيِ‏ عَنْ حُسَيْنِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ الْجُعْفِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ شَدَّادِ بْنِ رُشَيْدٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ هِنْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ع‏ إِنَّ جَدِّي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص قَدْ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ وَ مَا تَأَخَّرَ فَلَمْ يَدَعِ الِاجْتِهَادَ لَهُ وَ تَعَبَّدَ بِأَبِي هُوَ وَ أُمِّي حَتَّى انْتَفَخَ السَّاقُ وَ وَرِمَ الْقَدَمُ وَ قِيلَ لَهُ أَ تَفْعَلُ هَذَا وَ قَدْ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَكَ‏ ما تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِكَ وَ ما تَأَخَّرَ قَالَ أَ فَلَا أَكُونُ عَبْداً شَكُوراً الْخَبَرَ

‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – A group, from Abu Al Mufazzal, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad Bin Ja’far Al Al Alawy, from Ahmad Ibn Abdul Man’an Al Saydawi, from Husayn Bin Shadad Al Jufy, from his father Shadad Bin Rasheyd, from Amro Bin Abdullah Bin Hind,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘Ali^-asws Bin Al-Husayn^-asws said: ‘My^-asws grandfather^-saww Rasool-Allah^-saww had been Forgiven for him^-saww whatever preceded from his^-saww sins and what were delayed, but he^-saww did not leave the struggling for it and worshipped such, by my^-asws father^-asws and my^-asws mother^-as, to the extent that the leg bulged (swelled) and the foot was swollen, and it was said to him^-saww, ‘You^-saww are doing this and Allah^-azwj has already Forgiven for you^-saww whatever preceded from your^-saww sins and what are delayed?’ He^-saww said: ‘Should I^-saww not become a grateful slave?’ – the Hadeeth’.[176]

144 ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي جَمَاعَةٌ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ غِيَاثِ بْنِ مُصْعَبٍ الْخُجَنْدِيِ‏ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ الشَّاشِيِّ عَنْ حَاتِمٍ الْأَصَمِّ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ‏ الْبَلْخِيِّ عَمَّنْ أَخْبَرَهُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ قَالَ: قِيلَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ص كَيْفَ أَصْبَحْتَ قَالَ بِخَيْرٍ مِنْ رَجُلٍ لَمْ يُصْبِحْ صَائِماً وَ لَمْ يَعُدْ مَرِيضاً وَ لَمْ يَشْهَدْ جِنَازَةً

‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – A group, from Abu Al Mufazzal, from Gayas Bin Mas’ab Al Khajandy, from Muhammad Ibn Hamad Al Shashy, from Hatim Al Asam, from Shaqeeq Al Balkhy, from the one who informed him from the people of knowledge who said,

‘It was said to the Prophet^-saww, ‘How is your morning?’ He^-saww said: ‘With better than a man who did not Fast in the morning, and did not console a sick one, and did not attend a funeral’.[177]

145 ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي جَمَاعَةٌ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مُوسَى الْبَجَلِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبَانٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ هِشَامٍ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيِّ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ عَنْ عطا [عَطَاءٍ] عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: قِيلَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ص كَيْفَ أَصْبَحْتَ قَالَ بِخَيْرٍ مِنْ قَوْمٍ لَمْ يَشْهَدُوا جِنَازَةً وَ لَمْ يَعُودُوا مَرِيضاً

‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – A group, from Abu Al Mufazzal, from ismail Bin Musa Al Bajali, from Abdullah Ibn Umar Bin Aban, from Muawiya Bin Hisham, from Sufyan Al Sowry, from Habeeb Bin Abu Sabit, from Ata’a, from Ibn Abbas who said,

‘It was said to the Prophet^-saww, ‘How is your^-saww morning?’ He^-saww said: ‘Better than a people who do not attend a funeral and do not console a sick one’’.[178]

146 ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْقَزْوِينِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ وَهْبَانَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الزَّعْفَرَانِيِّ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُسَامَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ بَلَغَنَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ‏ ص لَمْ يَشْبَعْ مِنْ خُبْزِ بُرٍّ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ قَطُّ

‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – Al-Husayn Bin Ibrahim al Qazwiny, from Muhammad Bin Wahban, from Ahmad Bin Ibrahim Ibn Ahmad, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali Al Zafrany, from Al barqy, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hisham Bin Salim, from Abu asama,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I said to him^-asws, ‘It has reached us that Rasool-Allah^-saww did not satiate from wheat bread for three days at all’.

قَالَ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع مَا أَكَلَهُ قَطُّ قُلْتُ فَأَيَّ شَيْ‏ءٍ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ قَالَ كَانَ طَعَامُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص الشَّعِيرَ إِذَا وَجَدَهُ وَ حَلْوَاهُ التَّمْرَ وَ وَقُودُهُ السَّعَفَ‏

He (the narrator) said, ‘Abu Abdullah^-asws said: ‘He^-saww did not eat it at all’. I said, ‘Which thing did he^-saww eat?’ He^-asws said: ‘The meal of Rasool-Allah^-saww was the barley when he^-saww found it, and his^-saww sweet was the dates, and his^-saww firewood was the foliage leaves’’.[179]

147 ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبْدُونٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ‏ عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ رِزْقٍ عَنِ الْفُضَيْلِ‏ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع يَقُولُ‏ خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يُرِيدُ حَاجَةً فَإِذَا بِالْفَضْلِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ قَالَ فَقَالَ احْمِلُوا هَذَا الْغُلَامَ خَلْفِي قَالَ فَاعْتَنَقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص بِيَدِهِ مِنْ خَلْفِهِ عَلَى الْغُلَامِ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا غُلَامُ خَفِ اللَّهَ تَجِدْهُ أَمَامَكَ يَا غُلَامُ خَفِ اللَّهَ يَكْفِكَ مَا سِوَاهُ‏ إِلَى آخِرِ مَا سَيَأْتِي فِي بَابِ مَوَاعِظِهِ ص

‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – Ahmad Bin Abdoun, from Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Al Zubeyr, from Ali Bin Fazal, from Al-Abbas Bin Aamir, from Ahmad Bin Rizq, from Al Fazeyl who said,

‘I heard Abu Ja’far^-asws saying: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww went out intended a need, and he was with Al-Fazl Bin Al-Abbas. He^-saww said: ‘Load this boy upon my^-saww back’. Then, Rasool-Allah^-saww hugged the boy with his^-saww hands, then said: ‘O boy! Fear Allah^-azwj, you will find Him^-azwj in front of you! O boy! Fear Allah^-azwj, He^-azwj will Suffice you of whatever is besides Him^-azwj’ – up to the end of what I (Majlisi) will be coming with, in the chapter of his^-saww advice’’.[180]

148 كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ أَبِي جَمِيلَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَلَبِيِّ وَ زُرَارَةَ وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ وَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏ فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ وَ اذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ إِذا نَسِيتَ‏ قَالَ إِذَا حَلَفَ الرَّجُلُ فَنَسِيَ أَنْ يَسْتَثْنِيَ فَلْيَسْتَثْنِ إِذَا ذَكَرَ

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Abu Jameela Al Mufazzal Bin Salih, from Muhammad Al Halby, and Zurara, and Muhammad Bin Muslim,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws and Abu Abdullah^-asws regarding the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: and mention your Lord when you forget [18:24]. When the man swears, so he forgets the exclusion (to say ‘If Allah^-azwj so Desires’), so let him (say) the exclusion when he remembers’’.[181]

149 كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ جَمِيعاً عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الْأَحْوَلِ عَنْ سَلَّامِ بْنِ الْمُسْتَنِيرِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع‏ فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ وَ لَقَدْ عَهِدْنا إِلى‏ آدَمَ مِنْ قَبْلُ فَنَسِيَ وَ لَمْ نَجِدْ لَهُ عَزْماً قَالَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَمَّا قَالَ لآِدَمَ ادْخُلِ الْجَنَّةَ قَالَ لَهُ يَا آدَمُ لَا تَقْرَبْ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةَ قَالَ وَ أَرَاهُ‏ إِيَّاهَا فَقَالَ آدَمُ لِرَبِّهِ كَيْفَ أَقْرَبُهَا وَ لَقَدْ نَهَيْتَنِي عَنْهَا أَنَا وَ زَوْجَتِي

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, both together from Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Ja’far Al Ahowl from Sallam Bin Al Mustaneer,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws regarding the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: And We had Covenanted to Adam before, but he forgot, and We did not find for him having determination [20:115]. He^-asws said: ‘When Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said to Adam^-as: “Enter the Paradise!”, Said to him^-as: “O Adam^-as! and do not go near this tree [7:19], and He^-azwj Meant him^-as. Adam^-as said to his^-as Lord^-azwj, ‘How can I^-as go near it and You^-azwj have Forbidden me^-as from it, I^-as and my^-as wife’.  

قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُمَا لَا تَقْرَبَاهَا يَعْنِي لَا تَأْكُلَا مِنْهَا فَقَالَ آدَمُ وَ زَوْجَتُهُ نَعَمْ يَا رَبَّنَا لَا نَقْرَبُهَا وَ لَا نَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا وَ لَمْ يَسْتَثْنِيَا فِي قَوْلِهِمَا نَعَمْ فَوَكَلَهُمَا اللَّهُ فِي ذَلِكَ إِلَى أَنْفُسِهِمَا وَ إِلَى ذِكْرِهِمَا

He^-asws said: ‘He^-azwj said to both of them^-as: “Do not to go near it, Meaning do not eat from it’. Adam^-as and his^-as wife said: ‘Yes, O our^-as Lord^-azwj, we^-as will not go near it, nor eat from it’, and they^-as did not say: ‘Allah^-azwj Willing’ in both their^-as speeches of ‘Yes’. Thus, Allah^-azwj Left them both to themselves, and to their memories’.

قَالَ وَ قَدْ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لِنَبِيِّهِ ص فِي الْكِتَابِ‏ وَ لا تَقُولَنَّ لِشَيْ‏ءٍ إِنِّي فاعِلٌ ذلِكَ غَداً إِلَّا أَنْ يَشاءَ اللَّهُ‏ أَنْ لَا أَفْعَلَهُ فَتَسْبِقَ مَشِيَّةُ اللَّهِ فِي أَنْ لَا أَفْعَلَهُ فَلَا أَقْدِرَ عَلَى أَنْ أَفْعَلَهُ قَالَ فَلِذَلِكَ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ وَ اذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ إِذا نَسِيتَ‏ أَيْ اسْتَثْنِ مَشِيَّةَ اللَّهِ فِي فِعْلِكَ‏

He^-asws said: ‘And Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic had Said to His^-azwj Prophet^-saww in the Book: And you should not be saying for a thing, ‘I will do that tomorrow’ [18:23] Except, (with) ‘If Allah so Desires’; [18:24]. If you^-saww do not do it, then the Desire of Allah^-azwj would Precede with regards to it if you^-saww do not do it, not being able upon doing it. Thus, it was due to that, Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: and remember your Lord when you forget [18:24], i.e., exclude the Desire of Allah^-azwj in your deed’’.[182]

150 كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي الْبَخْتَرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَانَ يَتَطَيَّبُ بِالْمِسْكِ حَتَّى يُرَى وَبِيصُهُ فِي مَفَارِقِهِ‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – The number, from Al Barqy, from his father, from Abu Al Bakhtary,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww used to perfume with the musk to the extent its sparkle could be seen in his^-saww parting’’.[183]

151 كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَتْ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص مُمَسَّكَةٌ إِذَا هُوَ تَوَضَّأَ أَخَذَهَا بِيَدِهِ وَ هِيَ رَطْبَةٌ فَكَانَ إِذَا خَرَجَ عَرَفُوا أَنَّهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص بِرَائِحَتِهِ‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abdullah Bin Sinan,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘There used to be for Rasool-Allah^-saww a musk holder. Whenever he^-saww performed ablution, he^-saww would grab it with his^-saww hands while wet. When he^-saww went out, it would be recognised that he^-saww is Rasool-Allah^-saww by its fragrance’’.[184]

152 كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ نُوحِ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ يُرَى وَبِيصُ الْمِسْكِ فِي مَفْرِقِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – Then number, from Al Barqy, from Nuh Bin Shuayb, from one of our companions,

‘From Abu Al-Hassan^-asws having said: ‘The sparkle of the musk could be seen in the parting of Rasool-Allah^-saww’’.[185]

153 كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ غَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ عَنِ الْخَشَّابِ عَنْ غِيَاثِ بْنِ كَلُّوبٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص كَانَ إِذَا اشْتَكَى رَأْسَهُ اسْتَعَطَ بِدُهْنِ الْجُلْجُلَانِ‏ وَ هُوَ السِّمْسِمُ‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from someone else, from Al Khashaab, from Giyas Bin Kulyeb, from Is’haq Bin Ammar,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws that whenever Rasool-Allah^-saww complained of his head (ache), would sniff the Al-Juljulaan oil, and it is the sesame’’.[186]

154 كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أُخْتِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنْ‏ مَسْعَدَةَ بْنِ الْيَسَعِ عَنْ قَيْسٍ الْبَاهِلِيِ‏أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص كَانَ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَسْتَعِطَ بِدُهْنِ السِّمْسِمِ‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah, from one of his companions, from a cousin of Al Wazaie, from Mas’ada Bin Al Yas’a, from Qays Al Bahily,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws that the Prophet^-saww used to love smelling the sesame oil’’.[187]

155 كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنْ سَهْلٍ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنْ عِيسَى‏ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ: كَانَتْ مِنْ أَيْمَانِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص لَا وَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – The number, from Sahl, from Al Nowfaly, from Isa Bin Abdullah Bin Muhammad Bin Umar Bin Ali, from his father, from his grandfather who said,

‘It was from the oaths of Rasool-Allah^-saww: ‘No, and seeking Forgiveness of Allah^-saww’’.[188]

156 كا، الكافي عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْخَزَّازِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ: إِنَّ الْعَقْرَبَ لَدَغَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص فَقَالَ لَعَنَكِ اللَّهُ فَمَا تُبَالِينَ مُؤْمِناً أَذَّيْتِ أَمْ كَافِراً ثُمَّ دَعَا بِالْمِلْحِ فَدَلَكَهُ فَهَدَأَتْ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع لَوْ يَعْلَمُ النَّاسُ مَا فِي الْمِلْحِ مَا بَغَوْا مَعَهُ دِرْيَاقاً

‘Al-Kafi’ – A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah, from his father, and Amro Bin Ibrahim, altogether from Khalaf Bin Hammad, from yaqoub Bin Shuayb,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘A scorpion stung Rasool-Allah^-saww, so he^-saww shook it off and said: ‘May Allah^-azwj Curse you, for neither a Momin nor a Kafir is safe from you’. Then he^-saww called for the salt, so he^-saww placed it upon the place of the bite and pressed it by his^-saww thumb until it melted. Then he^-saww said: ‘If the people knew what was in the salt, they would not be needy along with it, for any (other) antidote’’.[189]

157 كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَ عَمْرِو بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ جَمِيعاً عَنْ خَلَفِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: لَدَغَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص عَقْرَبٌ فَنَفَضَهَا وَ قَالَ لَعَنَكِ اللَّهُ فَمَا يَسْلَمُ مِنْكِ مُؤْمِنٌ وَ لَا كَافِرٌ ثُمَّ دَعَا بِمِلْحٍ فَوَضَعَهُ عَلَى مَوْضِعِ اللَّدْغَةِ ثُمَّ عَصَرَهُ بِإِبْهَامِهِ حَتَّى ذَابَ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَوْ يَعْلَمُ النَّاسُ مَا فِي الْمِلْحِ مَا احْتَاجُوا مَعَهُ إِلَى تِرْيَاقٍ‏

‘Al-Kafi’ – The number, from Al Baqy, from his father, and Amro Bin Ibrahim both together, from Khalaf Bin Hamad, from Yaqoub Bin Shuayb,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘A scorpion stung Rasool-Allah^-saww, so he^-saww shook it off and said: ‘May Allah^-azwj Curse you, for neither a Momin nor a Kafir is safe from you’. Then he^-saww called for the salt, so he^-saww placed it upon the place of the bite and pressed it by his^saw thumb until it melted. Then he^-saww said: ‘If the people knew what was in the salt, they would not be needy along with it, for any (other) antidote’’.[190]

158 كا، الكافي عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: وَطِئَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص الرَّمْضَاءَ فَأَحْرَقَتْهُ فَوَطِئَ عَلَى الرِّجْلَةِ وَ هِيَ الْبَقْلَةُ الْحَمْقَاءُ فَسَكَنَ عَنْهُ حَرُّ الرَّمْضَاءِ فَدَعَا لَهَا وَ كَانَ يُحِبُّهَا وَ يَقُولُ مِنْ بَقْلَةٍ مَا أَبْرَكَهَا

‘Al-Kafi’ – Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from one of our companions,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww trod upon the scorching ground, so it burned him^-saww. He^-saww trod upon the purslane, and it is referred to as the ‘vegetable of the idiots’, so it settled from him^-saww the heat of the scorching ground. He^-saww supplicated for it, and he^-saww used to love it, and he^-saww was saying: ‘From the vegetables, there is none more Blessed’’.[191]

159 كا، الكافي عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ جَمِيعاً عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ وَ صَفْوَانَ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص مَدَّ يَدَهُ إِلَى الْحَجَرِ فَلَسَعَتْهُ عَقْرَبٌ فَقَالَ لَعَنَكِ اللَّهُ لَا بَرّاً تَدَعِينَ وَ لَا فَاجِراً

‘Al-Kafi’ – Ali, from his father, and Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Al Fazl altogether, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, and Safwan, from Muawiya Bin Amar,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘The Prophet^-saww extended his^-saww hand to the rock and a scorpion stung him^-saww, so he^-saww said: ‘May Allah^-azwj Curse you! You neither leave a righteous nor an immoral one’’.[192]

160 فس، تفسير القمي أَبِي عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ النَّضْرِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شِمْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: كَانَ بَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص جَالِساً وَ عِنْدَهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ إِذْ حَانَتْ‏ مِنْ جَبْرَئِيلَ نَظِرَةٌ قِبَلَ السَّمَاءِ فَانْتُقِعَ لَوْنُهُ حَتَّى صَارَ كَأَنَّهُ كُرْكُمٌ ثُمَّ لَاذَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَنَظَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِلَى حَيْثُ نَظَرَ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع فَإِذَا شَيْ‏ءٌ قَدْ مَلَأَ بَيْنَ الْخَافِقَيْنِ مُقْبِلًا حَتَّى كَانَ كَقَابِ الْأَرْضِ‏

‘Tafseer Al-Qummi’ – My father, from Ahmad Bin Al Nazar, from Amro Bin Shimr, from Jabir,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘While Rasool-Allah^-saww was seated and Jibraeel^-as was in his^-saww presence when Jibraeel^-saww looked towards the sky and it changed his^-as colour until it became as if it was turmeric, then sheltered to Rasool-Allah^-saww. Rasool-Allah^-saww looked at where Jibraeel^-as had looked, and there was something which had filled up between the oncoming banners, until it came near to the earth.

فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِلَيْكَ أُخَيِّرُكَ أَنْ تَكُونَ مَلِكاً رَسُولًا أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ أَوْ تَكُونَ عَبْداً رَسُولًا فَالْتَفَتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِلَى جَبْرَئِيلَ وَ قَدْ رَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ لَوْنُهُ فَقَالَ جَبْرَئِيلُ بَلْ كُنْ عَبْداً رَسُولًا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص بَلْ أَكُونُ عَبْداً رَسُولًا

He said: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! I am a messenger of Allah^-azwj to you^-saww. I give you a choice whether becoming an Angel Rasool^-saww would be more beloved to you^-saww or becoming a slave Rasool^-as?’

فَرَفَعَ الْمَلَكُ رِجْلَهُ الْيُمْنَى فَوَضَعَهَا فِي كَبِدِ السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ رَفَعَ الْأُخْرَى فَوَضَعَهَا فِي الثَّانِيَةِ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ الْيُمْنَى فَوَضَعَهَا فِي الثَّالِثَةِ ثُمَّ هَكَذَا حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى السَّمَاءِ السَّابِعَةِ كُلُّ سَمَاءٍ خُطْوَةٌ وَ كُلَّمَا ارْتَفَعَ صَغُرَ حَتَّى صَارَ آخِرَ ذَلِكَ مِثْلَ الصِّرِّ

Rasool-Allah^-saww turned towards Jibraeel^-saww, and his^-as colour had returned, and he^-saww said: ‘Jibraeel^-as said: ‘But, become a slave Rasool^-saww’. Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘But, I^-saww would rather become a slave Rasool^-saww’. The Angel raised his right leg and placed it in the middle of the sky of the world, then raised the other and placed it in the second, then raised the right and placed it in the third, then like that until he ended up to the seventh sky, each sky being a step, and every time he arose, he became smaller until he became like the small bird at the end of that.

فَالْتَفَتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِلَى جَبْرَئِيلَ فَقَالَ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ مِنْكَ ذُعْراً وَ مَا رَأَيْتُ شَيْئاً كَانَ أَذْعَرَ لِي مِنْ تَغَيُّرِ لَوْنِكَ فَقَالَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ لَا تَلُمْنِي أَ تَدْرِي مَنْ هَذَا قَالَ لَا قَالَ هَذَا إِسْرَافِيلُ حَاجِبُ الرَّبِّ وَ لَمْ يَنْزِلْ مِنْ مَكَانِهِ مُنْذُ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضَ

Rasool-Allah^-saww turned towards Jibraeel^-as and said: ‘I^-saww had seen alarm from you^-as, and I^-saww have not seen anything more alarming to me^-saww than the changing of your colour’. He^-as said: ‘O Prophet^-as of Allah^-azwj! Do not blame me^-as. Do you^-saww know who this is?’ He^-saww said: ‘No’. He^-as said: ‘This is Israfeel^-as, gatekeeper of the Lord^-azwj, and he^-as has not descended from his^-as place since Allah^-azwj Created the skies and the earth.

فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُهُ مُنْحَطّاً ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ جَاءَ بِقِيَامِ السَّاعَةِ فَكَانَ الَّذِي رَأَيْتَ مِنْ تَغَيُّرِ لَوْنِي لِذَلِكَ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ مَا اصْطَفَاكَ اللَّهُ بِهِ رَجَعَ إِلَيَّ لَوْنِي وَ نَفْسِي أَ مَا رَأَيْتَهُ كُلَّمَا ارْتَفَعَ صَغُرَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ شَيْ‏ءٌ يَدْنُو مِنَ الرَّبِّ إِلَّا صَغُرَ لِعَظَمَتِهِ ‏

When I^-as saw him^-as come down, I^-as thought that he^-as had come to establish the Hour and that which you^-saww saw from the change of my^-as colour, was due to that. When I^-saww saw what Allah^-azwj had Given you^-saww a choice with, my^-as colour returned to me^-saww, and my^-as self. As for your^-saww seeing him^-as becoming smaller every time he went higher, it is because there isn’t anything who goes near to the Lord^-azwj except becomes smaller to His^-azwj Greatness.

إِنَّ هَذَا حَاجِبُ الرَّبِّ وَ أَقْرَبُ خَلْقِ اللَّهِ مِنْهُ وَ اللَّوْحُ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ مِنْ يَاقُوتَةٍ حَمْرَاءَ فَإِذَا تَكَلَّمَ الرَّبُّ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى بِالْوَحْيِ ضَرَبَ اللَّوْحَ جَبِينَهُ فَنَظَرَ فِيهِ ثُمَّ أَلْقَى إِلَيْنَا نَسْعَى‏ بِهِ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُ لَأَدْنَى خَلْقِ الرَّحْمَنِ مِنْهُ وَ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَهُ تِسْعُونَ‏ حِجَاباً مِنْ نُورٍ يُقْطَعُ دُونَهَا الْأَبْصَارُ مَا يُعَدُّ وَ لَا يُوصَفُ وَ إِنِّي لَأَقْرَبُ الْخَلْقِ مِنْهُ وَ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَهُ مَسِيرَةَ أَلْفِ عَامٍ‏

He^-as is a gatekeeper of the Lord^-azwj and the closest of the creatures of Allah^-azwj from Him^-azwj, and the tablet in between his^-as eyes is of red ruby. When the Lord^-azwj Blessed and Exalted Speaks with the Revelation, the Tablet strikes his^-as forehead and he^-as look into it, then he^-saww casts it towards us^-as and we^-as strive with it in the skies and the earth. He^-as is the closest of the creatures of the Beneficent from Him^-azwj, and there are ninety veils of light between Him^-azwj and him^-as, cutting off the sights below it, what can neither be counted nor described, and I^-as am the closest of the creatures from him^-as, and between me^-as and him there is a travel distance of a thousand years’’.[193]

161 نَوَادِرُ الرَّاوَنْدِيِّ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ‏ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ ع‏ بَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَتَوَضَّأُ إِذْ لَاذَ بِهِ هِرُّ الْبَيْتِ وَ عَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَنَّهُ عَطْشَانُ فَأَصْغَى‏ إِلَيْهِ الْإِنَاءَ حَتَّى شَرِبَ مِنْهُ الْهِرُّ وَ تَوَضَّأَ بِفَضْلِهِ‏

(The book) ‘Nawadir’ of Al Rawandy, by his chain,

‘From Musa^-asws Bin Ja’far^-asws, from his^-asws forefathers^-asws having said: ‘Ali^-asws said: ‘While Rasool-Allah^-saww was performing Wudu’u when he^-saww was affected by the heat of the house, and Rasool-Allah^-saww recognised that he^-saww was thirsty, so a container was brought to him^-saww until he^-saww drank from it and performed Wudu’u with its remnant’’.[194]

162 وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِذَا أَكَلَ عِنْدَ الْقَوْمِ قَالَ أَفْطَرَ عِنْدَكُمُ الصَّائِمُونَ وَ أَكَلَ طَعَامَكُمُ الْأَبْرَارُ وَ صَلَّتْ عَلَيْكُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ الْأَخْيَارُ

And by this chain, said,

‘When Rasool-Allah^-saww ate in the presence of the people, said: ‘I^-saww am breaking Fast with you Fasting ones, and eating your meal of the righteous, and the choicest Angels are sending Salawat upon you all’’.[195]

163 أَسْرَارُ الصَّلَاةِ، قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ‏ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لَيْلَةً يُرَدِّدُ قَوْلَهُ تَعَالَى‏ إِنْ تُعَذِّبْهُمْ‏ فَإِنَّهُمْ عِبادُكَ وَ إِنْ تَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ فَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ‏ وَ لَمَّا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لِابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ اقْرَأْ عَلَيَّ قَالَ فَفَتَحْتُ سُورَةَ النِّسَاءِ فَلَمَّا بَلَغْتُ‏ فَكَيْفَ إِذا جِئْنا مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ بِشَهِيدٍ وَ جِئْنا بِكَ عَلى‏ هؤُلاءِ شَهِيداً رَأَيْتُ عَيْنَاهُ تَذْرِفَانِ مِنَ الدَّمْعِ فَقَالَ لِي حَسْبُكَ الْآنَ‏

(The book) ‘Asrar Al-Salat’ – Abu Zarr^ar said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww stood up hesitantly on the night the Words of the Exalted: ‘If You were to Punish them, so they are Your servants, and if You Forgive (their sins) for them, then surely You are the Mighty, the Wise’ [5:118]. When Rasool-Allah^-saww said to Ibn Masoud: ‘Read it to me^-saww’, he said, ‘I opened Surah Al Nisaa and when I reached: So how will it be, when We Come with a witness from every community, and We Come with you as a witness upon them? [4:41], I saw his^-saww eyes filled up from the tears and he^-saww said to me: ‘It suffices you now’’.[196]

[1] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 16, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 8 H 1

[2] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 16, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 8 H 2

[3] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 16, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 8 H 3

[4] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 16, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 8 H 4

[5] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 16, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 8 H 5

[6] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 16, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 8 H 6

[7] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 16, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 8 H 7

[8] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 16, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 8 H 8

[9] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 16, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 8 H 9

[10] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 16, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 8 H 10

[11] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 16, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 8 H 11

[12] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 16, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 8 H 12

[13] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 16, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 8 H 13

[14] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 16, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 8 H 14

[15] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 16, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 8 H 15

[16] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 16, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 8 H 16

[17] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 16, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 8 H 17

[18] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 16, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 8 H 18

[19] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 16, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 8 H 19

[20] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 16, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 8 H 20

[21] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 16, The book of our Prophet^-saww, Ch 8 H 21

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