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Hadith 958
Hadith #
958
Book
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume
4
Section
175
Part
Content
Chapter
Among the Concise Words of the Messenger of Allah (peace Be Upon him)
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq
۞
Hadith.5914 - Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Sa'id Al-Kufi reported, saying: Ali ibn Al-Hasan ibn Faddal narrated from his father, from Abu Al-Hasan Imam Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha (as), who said
"The Imam has (various divinely appointed) signs: He, (The Imam (as)) will be the most knowledgeable of people, the most wise of people, the most God-fearing of people, the most patient of people, the most courageous of people, the most generous of people, and the most devoted in worship among people. He, (The Imam (as)) will be born circumcised and purified, and he will see from behind him as he sees from in front of him. He, (The Imam (as)) will have no shadow, and when he falls to the ground from his mother's womb, he will land on his palms, raising his voice with the two testimonies. He, (The Imam (as)) will not experience nocturnal emissions (during sleep), his eyes will sleep, but his heart will not sleep. He, (The Imam (as)) will be divinely inspired, and the armor of the Messenger of Allah (swt), peace and blessings be upon him and his family, will fit him perfectly. He, (The Imam (as)) will not be seen urinating or defecating, because Allah (swt), the Almighty, has commanded the earth to absorb whatever comes out of him (regarding defecation). His, (The Imam (as)) fragrance will be sweeter than musk. He, (The Imam (as)) will be more entitled to people than they are to themselves and more compassionate towards them than their own fathers and mothers. He, (The Imam (as)) will be the most humble of people before Allah (swt), the Glorified. He, (The Imam (as)) will adhere most to what he commands and most refrain from what he forbids. His, (The Imam (as)) supplication will be answered, to the extent that if he were to pray against a rock, it would split in two. He, (The Imam (as)) will have the weapon of the Messenger of Allah (swt), peace and blessings be upon him and his family, and his sword, Dhul-Fiqar. He, (The Imam (as)) will have a scroll that contains the names of his followers until the Day of Judgment, and a scroll that contains the names of his enemies until the Day of Judgment. He, (The Imam (as)) will possess "Al-Jami'a," a scroll seventy cubits long containing everything that the children of Adam need. He, (The Imam (as)) will also have "Al-Jafr," the greater and the lesser, which are two containers made of the skin of a goat and a ram, containing all knowledge, even the compensation for a scratch, and matters as specific as a complete skin, half a skin, and a third of a skin. He, (The Imam (as)) will have the Mushaf of (Sayyidah) Fatimah {s.a}, peace be upon her.
5914 - وَ رَوَى أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ اَلْكُوفِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي اَلْحَسَنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى اَلرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ
"لِلْإِمَامِ عَلاَمَاتٌ يَكُونُ أَعْلَمَ اَلنَّاسِ وَ أَحْكَمَ اَلنَّاسِ وَ أَتْقَى اَلنَّاسِ وَ أَحْلَمَ اَلنَّاسِ وَ أَشْجَعَ اَلنَّاسِ وَ أَسْخَى اَلنَّاسِ وَ أَعْبَدَ اَلنَّاسِ وَ يُولَدُ مَخْتُوناً وَ يَكُونُ مُطَهَّراً وَ يَرَى مِنْ خَلْفِهِ كَمَا يَرَى مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَ لاَ يَكُونُ لَهُ ظِلٌّ وَ إِذَا وَقَعَ عَلَى اَلْأَرْضِ مِنْ بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ وَقَعَ عَلَى رَاحَتَيْهِ رَافِعاً صَوْتَهُ بِالشَّهَادَتَيْنِ وَ لاَ يَحْتَلِمُ وَ تَنَامُ عَيْنُهُ وَ لاَ يَنَامُ قَلْبُهُ وَ يَكُونُ مُحَدَّثاً وَ يَسْتَوِي عَلَيْهِ دِرْعُ رَسُولِ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ لاَ يُرَى لَهُ بَوْلٌ وَ لاَ غَائِطٌ لِأَنَّ اَللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ قَدْ وَكَّلَ اَلْأَرْضَ بِابْتِلاَعِ مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُ وَ تَكُونُ رَائِحَتُهُ أَطْيَبَ مِنْ رَائِحَةِ اَلْمِسْكِ وَ يَكُونُ أَوْلَى بِالنَّاسِ مِنْهُمْ بِأَنْفُسِهِمْ وَ أَشْفَقَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ آبَائِهِمْ وَ أُمَّهَاتِهِمْ وَ يَكُونُ أَشَدَّ اَلنَّاسِ تَوَاضُعاً لِلَّهِ جَلَّ ذِكْرُهُ وَ يَكُونُ آخَذَ اَلنَّاسِ بِمَا يَأْمُرُ بِهِ وَ أَكَفَّ اَلنَّاسِ عَمَّا يَنْهَى عَنْهُ وَ يَكُونُ دُعَاؤُهُ مُسْتَجَاباً حَتَّى إِنَّهُ لَوْ دَعَا عَلَى صَخْرَةٍ لاَنْشَقَّتْ بِنِصْفَيْنِ وَ يَكُونُ عِنْدَهُ سِلاَحُ رَسُولِ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَيْفُهُ ذُو اَلْفَقَارِ وَ يَكُونُ عِنْدَهُ صَحِيفَةٌ يَكُونُ فِيهَا أَسْمَاءُ شِيعَتِهِ إِلَى يَوْمِ اَلْقِيَامَةِ وَ صَحِيفَةٌ فِيهَا أَسْمَاءُ أَعْدَائِهِ إِلَى يَوْمِ اَلْقِيَامَةِ وَ تَكُونُ عِنْدَهُ اَلْجَامِعَةُ وَ هِيَ صَحِيفَةٌ طُولُهَا سَبْعُونَ ذِرَاعاً فِيهَا جَمِيعُ مَا يَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ وُلْدُ آدَمَ وَ يَكُونُ عِنْدَهُ اَلْجَفْرُ اَلْأَكْبَرُ وَ اَلْأَصْغَرُ إِهَابُ مَاعِزٍ وَ إِهَابُ كَبْشٍ فِيهِمَا جَمِيعُ اَلْعُلُومِ حَتَّى أَرْشِ اَلْخَدْشِ وَ حَتَّى اَلْجَلْدَةِ وَ نِصْفِ اَلْجَلْدَةِ وَ ثُلُثِ اَلْجَلْدَةِ وَ يَكُونُ عِنْدَهُ مُصْحَفُ فَاطِمَةَ عَلَيْهَا اَلسَّلاَمُ ".
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