The chapter of rare meanings

Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, said: Indeed, polytheism is more concealed than the creeping of ants. He also said: Among (the applications of) it is to turn a ring in order for one to remember a need, and the like of…

I said to Abu Ja’far, peace be upon him. The saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «Due to that, We prescribed upon the sons of Isra’eel that whoever kills a life without (retaliation for) another life, or due to…

Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, said: It was found on the top of the sword of Allah’s Messenger, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, a journal, and in it was written: «In the Name of Allah, the Merciful to…

I asked him about the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «And the one who kills a believer intentionally, his reward is Hell» (4:93) He said: The one who kills a believer due to his religion, that is the…

His reward is Hell when He is to reward him.

I heard al-Rida, peace be upon him, say: The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: May Allah curse the one who performs a sin or gives refuge to a sinner. I said: And what is the sin? He…

Hasan bin Ali, peace be upon them both, was asked about the intellect. He said: To gulp a lump, and to flatter with the enemies.

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Indeed, it is among humbleness that a man is pleased with one sitting place before more sitting places, that he sends peace upon the one he meets, that he abandons quarreling, even if he is rightful, and that he does not…

I was at the place of Abu Ja’far, peace be upon him, and a man said to him: May Allah rectify you, indeed, in Kufa there are people who say a saying which they ascribe to you. He said: And what is it? He said: They say…

I said to Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him: Indeed, those before us say: Indeed, if Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, loves a servant, a caller from Heaven will call his name: «Indeed, Allah loves such-a-person, so love…

I said to Abu Ja’far, peace be upon him: Indeed, people are saying: Indeed, Ali bin Abi Talib, Allah’s blessings be upon him, said: «Indeed, the best ihram is that you perform ihram from the circle of your people.» He…

We were with him during a funeral attendance, during which some of the people said: «May Allah give blessings to me in death and in what is after death». Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, then said to him: What is after…

I said to him: Indeed, people are narrating that the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, did not fast the Month of Ramadan for twenty-nine (days) more than he fasted thirty (days). He said:…

I asked Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, about the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «And whatever afflicts you of a calamity, it is due to what your hands have acquired, and He pardons much.» (42:30) Have you…

I was with Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, in the home (of his), sitting under the drain, while one man was quarreling with another man, and one of them was saying to his companion: By Allah, do you not know where the…

I heard Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, say: Indeed, a man is surely to drink (by the amount of) a sip, and Allah will make him enter Paradise. I said: And how is that? He said: Indeed, a man is surely to drink water,…

It is disbelief in graces that a man says: «I ate such-and-such food, and it harmed me.»

Have you seen a poet being followed by anyone? They are only a people who gained (religious) knowledge for other than (the sake of) religion, and hence, they aberred and have caused aberration.

I heard Abu Abdillah, Ja’far bin Muhammed al-Sadiq, peace be upon them both, and he was, by Allah, Truthful , like how he was named, saying: O Sufyan, it is upon you to perform Taqiya, for indeed, it is the tradition of…

When the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, was ascended and the (time for) prayer arrived, Jibra’eel, peace be upon him, performed the Adhan. When he said: «Allah is Greater» the Angels…

The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Indeed, Abu Bakr is to me by the position of the hearing, and indeed, Umar is to me by the position of the vision, and indeed, Uthman is to me…

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I said to Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him: Indeed, the people are saying that the Throne shook due to the death of Sa’d bin Mu’adh. He said: It is only (referring to) the bed on which he was.

It was said to him: Indeed, Abu’l-Khattab is mentioning of you that you said to him: «If you know the truth, then do what you wish». He then said: May Allah curse Abu’l-Khattab. By Allah, I did not say it to him like…

I said to al-Rida, peace be upon him: O son of Allah’s Messenger, it has been narrated from your fathers, peace be upon them, that with regards to the one who has intercourse during the Month of Ramadan or breaks the…

Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, said: There is no right hand (valid in promise) in the case of anger, nor in coercion, nor in compulsion. He said: I said: May Allah rectify you, then what is the difference between…

There was to Hasan bin Ali, peace be upon them both, a friend, and he was an impudent, so he slackened to him for days. He then came to him one day, and Hasan, peace be upon him, said to him: How have you become? He…

The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Alas, has it come to a man to deny me while he is leaning on his mattress? They said: O Messenger of Allah, and who would deny you? He said: The…

The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Fear (by bewaring) the denial of Allah. It was said: O Messenger of Allah, and how is that? He said: That one of you says: «Allah said» to which…

Beware from wrapping in the manner of ssammaa’. He said: I said: And what is ssammaa’? That you make the cloth enter beneath your side, and so you place it on one shoulder.

I heard Abu’l-Hasan or Abu Ja’far, peace be upon them both, say with regards to this verse: «nor do they disobey you with regards to a good thing» (60:12). He said: Indeed, the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be…

I said to Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him: Which of the two of them was older, Isma’eel or Ishaq? And which of the two of them was the one to be slaughtered? He said: Isma’eel was older than Ishaq by five years, and the…

I said to him: May I be sacrificed for you, why did the Arabs name their sons dog , tiger , leopard and the likes of that? He said: The Arabs were people of war, and they used to frighten the enemy with the names of…

Indeed, Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, will commence by looking at the visitors of the grave of Hussain bin Ali, peace be upon them both, at the late evening of (the Day of) Arafah. He said: I said: Before He looks…

I said to Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him: Indeed, Abu’l-Khattab used to say: Indeed, for the Messenger of Allah, the deeds of his nation are presented to him every Thursday. Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, said: It is…

A gift is permissible, regardless if it is taken or not taken, divided or not divided. People, however, only wanted grants, and so, they were mistaken. A grant is not permissible until it is taken.

At ease! It is not (permissible) for you to enter into what is between us, except through a path of goodness. Indeed, no soul from us dies, except that happiness catches up to him before his soul goes out, even if by…

Indeed, a man is surely to love you while he does not know what you say, and Allah will make him enter Paradise, and indeed, a man is surely to hate you while he does not know what you say, and Allah will make him enter…

I said to Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him: What is the least by which a servant is (considered to be a) believer? He said: That he testifies that there is no god but Allah, and that Muhammed is His Servant and Messenger,…

I said: What is the least by which a man leaves faith? He said: An opinion, by which he sees it as being in opposition to the truth, and yet he remains on it.

I said to Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him: What is the least by which a servant is a disbeliever? He said: That he innovates a thing, and then befriends on the basis of it and dissociates from those who oppose it.

I asked him: 'What is the least that makes a man misguided?' He said: 'That he does not recognize the one whom Allah has commanded to obey, whose allegiance He has made obligatory, and whom He has made His proof on His…

I said to him: What is the least by which a man is aberrant? He said: That he does not know whom Allah has ordered to obey, obliged his Divine Authority and made His Proof on His earth and His Observer upon His creation.…

We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, that he said: We were told by Ahmad bin Muhammed bin Isa, with a connected chain (reaching) to al-Sadiq, Ja’far bin Muhammed, peace be upon them both, that he said: The least that…

I asked Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, about the least (degree of) faithlessness, and he said: Arrogance is from it.

The least by which a man leaves faith is that he declares a man as his brother in religion, and then counts his unintentional mistakes and slips in order to disgrace him with them one day.

I heard Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, say: I have the knowledge of people, all of them, in four: the first is that you know your Lord; the second is that you know what He has done to you; the third is that you know…

Hearts are (of) three (types): a capsized heart that does not comprehend anything of goodness, and that is the heart of a disbeliever; a heart in which there is a black mark, and so, good and evil are wrestling in it,…

Hearts are (of) four (types): a heart in which there is hypocrisy and faith; an overturned heart; a heart that is dispositioned; and a heart that is radiant and lightening. I said: What is the radiant? He said: Within it…

"The light of Fatimah (as) was created before the creation of the heavens and the earth." Some people said, "O Prophet of Allah, isn't she a human being?" He (sw) said, "Fatimah is a heavenly, human being." They asked,…

The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: The light of Fatima, peace be upon her, was created before the earth and Heaven were created. Some of the people then said: O Prophet of Allah,…

I heard Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, say: When this verse was sent down unto the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family: «The one who brings a good deed, will have better than it» (27:89) the Messenger…

The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Which of the ropes of faith is the most solid? They said: Allah and His Messenger are more knowledgeable. Some of them said (it is) prayer, some…

Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: The one who obeys Allah has certainly remembered Allah, even if his prayers, fasting and recitation (of the Qur’an) are little. The one who disobeys Allah has…

The Messenger of Allah (sw) said to some of his companions one day: O servant of Allah, love for the sake of Allah, hate for the sake of Allah, befriend for the sake of Allah and antagonize for the sake of Allah, for…

I heard the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, say: Indeed, on Friday there is an hour that is not observed by a Muslim man in which he asks Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, for goodness, except…

Al-Sadiq, Ja’far bin Muhammed, peace be upon them both, said: The one who does not care about what he says and what is said about him, is an associate of Shaytan. The one who does not care that people consider him to be…

I asked Abu Ja’far, Muhammed bin Ali al-Baqir, peace be upon them both, about the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «like a good Tree whose root is firmly established and whose Branch is in Heaven? It brings…

The Commander of the Believers, peace be upon him, asked his son, Hasan bin Ali, and said: O my son, what is the intellect? He said: That your heart preserves what you have stored. He said: And what is firmness? He said:…

“The best among your youths is the one who resembles your old ones, and the worst among your old ones is the one who resembles your youths.”

There will be a tribulation. Hence, if one of you observes it, it is upon him (to adhere to) two virtues: The Book of Allah, and Ali bin Abi Talib (as), for indeed, I heard the Prophet of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon…

I heard Abu Abdillah (as) say: “When Musa (as) climbed the mountain and silently called to his Lord, Exalted and Glorious is He, he said: O my Lord, show me Your treasures. He said: O Musa, My treasures is only that when…

I heard Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, say: When Musa, peace be upon him, climbed the mountain and silently called to his Lord, Exalted and Glorious is He, he said: O my Lord, show me Your treasures. He said: O Musa,…

That which is between sixty and seventy is the battlefield of deaths. He, peace be upon him, then said: The poor are the tribulations of Islam.

The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Cursed, cursed, is the one who causes permanent blindness to a blinded! Cursed, cursed, is the one who worships the dinar and the dirham!…

Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, said: Indeed, Fatima bint Asad, may Allah grant her mercy, came to Abu Talib, giving him glad tidings about the birth of the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, and so…

Jabir bin Abdullah said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, say to Ali bin Abi Talib (a.s) before his death with three (days), 'The peace of Allah be upon you, O father of the…

People are (of) three (types): An Arab, a convert [1] and a disbeliever [2]. As for the Arabs, they are us. As for the convert, it is the one who befriends us. As for the disbeliever, it is the one who dissociates from…

I heard Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, say: We are Quraish, our party are the Arabs and our enemies are the non-Arabs.

I said: And what is hamaj? He said: Flies. I said: And what is habaj? He said: Bugs.

I said to him: A man who remains among those who claim our cause will keep saying to the one whom Allah has favoured with Islam: «O Nabataean». He said: Then he, peace be upon him, said: We, the Household, and the…

I heard Abu Ja’far, peace be upon him, say: The one who is born in (the fold of) Islam is an Arab, and the one who enters it willingly is better than the one who enters it out of compulsion. A mawla is the one who is…

I heard Abu Abdillah (a.s) say: “Nobility is good act. Honor is (possession of) property. Dignity is godfearness.”

“The one who is born in (the fold of) Islam is an Arab, and the one who has an oath and fulfills his oath, is a servant of Allah’s Messenger (sw) and the one who enters into Islam willingly is a migrant.”

“A man said to Abu Abdillah (a.s) : People are saying: «The one who is not of Arab origin, nor a clearly declared mawla, is an inferior. He said: And what thing is a clearly declared mawla? The man said to him: The one…

A man said to Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him: People are saying: «The one who is not of Arab origin, nor a clearly declared mawla, is an inferior. He said: And what thing is a clearly declared mawla? The man said to…

I went with Bukayr and a man from the descendants of Ali to the sacred sites until we reached Uhud. He showed us the graves of the martyrs, then led us into the valley. We walked with him for a while until we arrived at…

The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, prayed in it. Hence, we prayed in it, and then he showed us a place at the top of the mountain, and he said: The Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon…

I heard the Commander of the Believers, peace be upon him, while he was sitting and I was standing: I will surely come to Egypt to bring death, and I will surely come to demolish Damascus, stone by stone, and I will…

I heard the Commander of the Believers, peace be upon him, while he was sitting and I was standing: I will surely come to Egypt to bring death, and I will surely come to demolish Damascus, stone by stone, and I will…

I asked Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, about the saying of the Commander of the Believers, peace be upon him: «Indeed, our matter is difficult and complicated; it is not acknowledged except by an Angel who is brought…

I heard Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, say: The one who complains to a believer has certainly complained to Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, and the one who complains to an opponent (of us) has certainly complained…

I said to Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him: Your party is saying: For the performer of pilgrimage, his family and property are in the assurance of Allah. However, it might me that he bequeaths with regards to his family,…

I asked Abu Ja’far, peace be upon him: Was the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, asked about children? He said: He was certainly asked, and he said: Allah is more knowledgeable of what…

The bliss in this world is safety and a healthy body. The completion of the grace in the Hereafter is to enter Paradise. The grace has never been completed for a servant who does not enter Paradise.

I heard the big judge, Abu’l-Hasan, Ali bin Ahmad al-Tabari, say: I was told by Abu Sa’eed, Hasan bin Ali bin Zakariya ibn Zafr al-‘Adawi al-Basri, that he said: I passed in Basra by the area of Tahhan, and it was a…

Fasting is a Garden – meaning a veil – from the Fire. He only said that because fasting is an internal devoutness in whom there is no incitement to evil by Shaytan, nor any means of ostentation before another human…

The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: There are two joys for the one who fasts: a joy during his breaking of the fast; and a joy on the Day he will meet his Lord. With his joy during…

Indeed, for Paradise is a Gate called the Irrigating , from which none but the fasting will enter. This Gate was only named the Irrigating because the fasting is fatigued by thirst more than he is fatigued by hunger, and…

The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: The one who fasts a day voluntarily, if he is given the amount of what fills the earth with gold, his reward will not be fulfilled as compared…

Modesty is good, all of it. It means that modesty repels the one with religion, as well as the one with no religion, from the horrid. Hence, it is the gatherer of every beauty.

The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Modesty and faith, all of it, is in one horn; if one of them is pulled off, the other follows it. It means that the one whom modesty does not…

performance of a horrid act after another horrid act ends with devilry, and the one who becomes a devil (in challenge) against Allah, is cursed by Allah.

The one who gazes behind a woman until it becomes clear to him the size of her bones from behind her clothes, while he is fasting, has broken the fast. It means that he has conditioned upon himself to break the fast due…

The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: The one who recites a hundred verses (of the Qur’an) will not be written to be among among the unaware. The one who recites two hundred verses,…

The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: My life is good for you, and my death is good for you. As for my life, it is that you speak to me and I speak to you. As for my death, it is…

The one who says: «Glory be to Allah, and in the praise of Him» Allah will prescribe to him a thousand by a thousand good deed, erase from (the record of) him a thousand by a thousand misdeed and raise him by a thousand…

The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, went out to his companions and said: The one who assures two things for me, I will assure to him Paradise. Abu Huraira then said: May my father and…

The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Surely, to mention Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, at the mornings and the evenings is better than to demolish with swords for the sake of…

The companions of Allah’s Messenger, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, used to treat on the ocean. It means that trade and sailing on the ocean while it is not agitated is not among what is disliked (of…

I asked Abu Abdillah (a.s.) about the meaning of the saying of the Commander of the Believers (AS) when he looked at the Second (Umar) while he was covered in his cloth: "Nothing is more beloved to me that I meet Allah…

I asked him about what was narrated from the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, that he said: «Indeed, the begotten from fornication was the worst of the three» What is the meaning of it? He said: By…

What is your trade? He said: I sell riding animals. Then, they conducted in marriage with him, and suddenly, it was observed that he sells fishing tackles. So, they brought the case to dispute before Ali bin Abi Talib,…