Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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The Birth of The Holy Prophet (s.a) and His Demise
18. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Sa‘d ibn ‘Abdallah from a group of our people from Ahmad ibn Hilal from ’Umayya ibn Ali al-Qaysi who has said that narrated to me Durust ibn Abi Mansur who has said the following: “I once asked Abu al-Hassan (AS), ‘Did
The Birth of The Holy Prophet (s.a) and His Demise
19.Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Asha‘ari has narrated from Mu‘alla ibn Muhammad from Mansur ibn al-‘Abbas from Ali ibn Asbat from Ya’qub ibn Salim from a man from Abu Ja‘far (AS) who has said the following: “When the Messenger of Allah passed away the family of
The Book of Intelligence and Ignorance
11. A number of our people has narrated Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from certain persons of his people in a marfu‘ manner that Rasulullah (sw) said: “Allah has not distributed anything among the servants more excellent than intelligence. The sleeping of a p
Chapter on Those who use their Knowledge to Fill their Stomach and are Boastful for it
4. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from al-Qasim from al-Minqari from Hafs ibn Ghiyath from abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following. “If you would find a learned person who loves the worldly gains you must not trust him in the matters of
The Birth of The Holy Prophet (s.a) and His Demise
20. A number of our people narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from Muhammad ibn Sinan from Ibn Muskan from Isma‘il ibn ‘Ammar from Abu ‘Abdallah (AS) who has said the following: “If one looked at the Messenger of Allah in the dark night
The Birth of The Holy Prophet (s.a) and His Demise
21. Ahmad b. Idris has narrated from al-Husayn b. ‘Ubaydallah from Abu ‘Abdallah al-Husayn al-Saghir from Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Ja‘fari from Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abdallah ibn ‘Umar ibn Ali ibn Abu Talib from Abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) and Muhammad ibn
The Birth of The Holy Prophet (s.a) and His Demise
22. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Ibn Abu ‘Umayr from Jamil ibn Darraj from Zurara ibn ‘A‘yan from Abu ‘Abdallah (AS) who has said the following: “On the Day of Judgment ‘Abd al-Muttalib will be resurrected as a whole n
The Birth of The Holy Prophet (s.a) and His Demise
23. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ‘Abdallah ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Asamm from al-Haytham ibn Waqid from Muqarrin from Abu ‘‘Abdallah (AS) who has said the following: “‘Abd al-Muttalib is the first one who believer in Bada’ (Allah’s revised
The Birth of The Holy Prophet (s.a) and His Demise
24. Certain persons of our people have narrated from Ibn Jumhur from his father from Ibn Mahbub from Ibn al-Ri’ab from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Hajjaj (and) from Muhammad ibn Sinan from al-Mufaddal ibn ‘Umar all from Abu ‘Abdallah (AS) who has said the following
The Birth of The Holy Prophet (s.a) and His Demise
25. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from ibn Abu ‘Umayr from Muhammad ibn Humran from Aban ibn Taghlib who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abdallah (AS) has said, ‘When the fellow from Ethiopia marched with horses and eleph
The Birth of The Holy Prophet (s.a) and His Demise
26. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Nasr from Rifa‘a from Abu ‘Abdallah (AS) who has said the following: “At a certain place around the Ka‘ba, ‘Abd al-Muttalib’s people would spread house furnishings for him only a
The Birth of The Holy Prophet (s.a) and His Demise
27. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Sa‘d ibn ‘Abdillah from Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Thaqafi from Ali ibn al-Mu‘alla from his brother Muhammad from Durusta ibn Abu Mansur from Ali ibn Abu Hamza from Abu Basir from Abu ‘Abdallah (AS) who said: “When the Ho
The Birth of The Holy Prophet (s.a) and His Demise
28. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abu ‘Umayr from Hisham ibn Salim from Abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following: “The case of Abu Talib is like the case of the people of the cave who hid their faith and expressed polytheism. Al
The Birth of The Holy Prophet (s.a) and His Demise
29. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad and Muhammad ibn Yahya have narrated from Ahmad ibn Ishaq from Bakr ibn Muhammad al-Azdi from Ishaq ibn Ja‘far from his father (AS) who said: “It was said to him (the Imam): 'people claim that Abu Talib was an unbeliever.' He (AS) s
Chapter on Those who use their Knowledge to Fill their Stomach and are Boastful for it
5. ‘Ali narrated from his father, from al-Nawfali, from al-Sakuni, from Abu ‘Abdilah (as), who said that the Messenger of Allah (sw) said: 'The jurists are the trustees of the Messengers as long as they do not indulge in worldly matters.' It was asked, 'O Mes
The Birth of The Holy Prophet (s.a) and His Demise
30. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abu ‘Umayr from Hisham ibn al-Hakam from Abu ‘Abdallah (AS) who has said the following: “Once when the Holy Prophet (SAW) was in The Sacred Mosque wearing new clothes, the pagans threw the contents of
The Birth of The Holy Prophet (s.a) and His Demise
31. Ali has narrated from his father from ibn abu Nasr from Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Ash‘ari from ‘Ubayd ibn Zurara from Abu ‘Abdallah (AS) who has said the following: “When Abu Talib (AS) passed away, Jibrail came to the Messenger of Allah (SAW) and said, ‘O
The Birth of The Holy Prophet (s.a) and His Demise
32. Ali ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abdallah and Muhammad ibn Yahya have narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abdallah who in a in a marfu‘ manner has narrated it from Abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Abu Talib acknowledged Islam through the expression of al-Ju
The Birth of The Holy Prophet (s.a) and His Demise
33. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from from Ahmad and ‘Abdallah sons of Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from their father from ‘Abdallah ibn ;a-Mughira from ’Isma‘il ibn abu Ziyad from abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following. “Abu Talib acknowledged Islam through
The Birth of The Holy Prophet (s.a) and His Demise
34. Muhammad ibn al-Husayn has narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from ibn al-Fadhal from Ali ibn al-Nu‘man from Abu Maryam al-Ansari who has said the following: “Once I asked Abu Ja‘far (AS),’How was the prayer for the dead body of the Holy Prophet (SAW)?’ The Im