Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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To Revive the Believer
3. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Khalid from al- Nadr ibn Suwayd from Yahya ibn ‘Imran al- Halabi from abu Khalid al-Qammat from Humran who has said the following: “Once I said to Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) ‘Can I ask you
Inviting one ’s Own People to Belief
1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Ali ibn al-Nu’man from ‘Abd Allah ibn Muskan from Sulayman ibn Khalid who has said the following: “Once I asked Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) ‘I know a family who listens to me, should I invite th
Not to Invite People to Belief
1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Kulayb ibn Mu’awiyah al-Saydawi who has said the following: “Once Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) said to me, ‘Beware of people. If Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, wills good for a servant,
Not to Invite People to Belief
2. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Muhammad ibn Isma’il from abu Isma’il Al- Sarraj from ibn Muskan from Thabit abu Sa’id who has said the following: “Once Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) said to me, ‘O Thabit, what do you have to do
Not to Invite People to Belief
3. Abu Ali al-Ash’ari has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Safwan ibn Yahya from Muhammad ibn Marwan from al-Fudayl who has said the following: “Once I said to Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) ‘Should we invite people to this cause (belief of Shi’a Muslims)?
Not to Invite People to Belief
4. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from ibn Faddal from Ali ibn ‘Uqbah from his father who has said the following: “Once Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) said, ‘Keep your cause (belief), for the sake of Allah and do not make it for people;
Not to Invite People to Belief
5. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ‘Uthman from ibn ‘Udhaynah from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, has created a people for the truth, when they pass by the door of the truth, their h
Belief Spreads In all Parts of the Body
7. Certain individuals of our people have narrated from Ali ibn ‘Abbas from Ali ibn Maysir from Hammad ibn al-Nusaybi who has said the following: “A man asked the scholar (a.s.) ‘O scholar, tell me which deed is more virtuous before Allah?’ He said, ‘It is the
Not to Invite People to Belief
6. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from ‘Abd al- Hamid ibn abu al-‘Ala’ from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “When Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, wills good for a servant. He places a dot of light in
Not to Invite People to Belief
7. It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Muhammad ibn Humran from Muhammad ibn Muslim from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “When Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, wills good for
Allah Grants Religion only to Whomever He Loves
1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from ibn Faddal from ibn Bukayr from Hamza ibn Humran from ‘Umar ibn Hanzalah who has said the following: “Once Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) said to me, ‘O abu al-Sakhr, Allah indeed grants the world
Allah Grants Religion only to Whomever He Loves
2. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mu’alla ibn Muhammad from al- Hassan ibn Ali al-Washsha’ from ‘Asim ibn Hamidf from Malik ibn ‘Ayun al- Juhni who has said the following: “I heard abu Ja’far (a.s.) saying, ‘O Malik, Allah grants the world to those w
Allah Grants Religion only to Whomever He Loves
3. It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from Mu’alla from al- Washsha’ from ‘Abd al-Karim ibn ‘Amr al-Khath’ami from ‘Umar ibn Hanzalah and Hamza ibn Humran from abu Ja’far (a.s.) who has said the following: “Allah gives this world to both th
Allah Grants Religion only to Whomever He Loves
4. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Nu’man from abu Sulayman from Muyassir who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) has said, ‘Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, gives the world to those He loves as well a
Sound Religion
1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Nu’man from Ayyub ibn al-Hurr from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “About the words of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, ‘Allah protected him against their evil
Sound Religion
2. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa ibn ‘Ubayd from abu Jamilah who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) has said, ‘It was in the will of Amir al-Mu’minin (Ali ibn abu Talib) (a.s.) to his companions, “You must know that this Quran
Sound Religion
3. Ali has narrated from his father from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from Rib’i ibn ‘Abd Allah from Fudayl ibn Yasar from abu Ja’far (a.s.) who has said the following: “Soundness of religion and good health is better than property. Property is a beauty of the worldly beau
Sound Religion
4. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from ibn Faddal from Yunus ibn Ya’qub from certain individuals of his people who has said the following: “A man, of the companions of Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) would very often attend the ga
Belief Spreads In all Parts of the Body
8. Muhammad ibn al-Hassan has narrated from certain individuals of our people from al-Ash’ath ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Hafs ibn Kharija who has said the following: “I heard Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) saying - when a man asked him about the words of al-Murji’a,
Al-Taqiyyah, Guarding and Cautiousness
1. Ali ibn Ibrahim narrated from his father, from Ibn Abu Umair, from Hisham ibn Salim and others, from Abu Abdillah al-Sadiq (as), regarding the saying of Allah, the Exalted: "Those will be given their reward twice for what they patiently endured." (28:54) He