Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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The Excellence of the Poor Muslims
23. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from ibn Mahbub from ‘Abd Allah ibn Ghalib from his father from Sa’id ibn al-Musayyib who has said the following: “Once I asked Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.) about the words of Allah, the Most Majestic, t
No name
1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Sinan from Aban ibn ‘Abd al-Malik who has said that narrated to him Bakr ibn Arqat from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) or from Shu’ayb from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Onc
No name
2. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ali ibn Asbat from those he has mentioned (in his book) from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) has said, ‘Poverty is a painful death.’ I (the narrator) then
The Heart has Two Ears in which Angel and Satan Blow
1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hammad from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “There is no heart without two ears. On one of them there is an angel who provides guidance and on the other there is a Satan
The Heart has Two Ears in which Angel and Satan Blow
2. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Ahmad ibn Ishaq from Sa’dan from abu Basir from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “The heart has two ears. When a servant (of Allah) thinks to commit a sin the spirit of belief says to him, ‘Do not do
The Heart has Two Ears in which Angel and Satan Blow
3. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Sayf ibn ‘ Amirah from Aban ibn Taghlib from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “There is no believer but that his heart inside him has two ears. Into
The Spirit through Whom a Believer Is Supported
1. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad and Muhammad ibn Yahya have all narrated from Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Sa’d from Muhammad ibn Muslim from abu Salmah from Muhammad ibn Sa’id ibn Ghazwan from ibn abu Najran from Muhammad ibn Sinan from abu Khadijah who has said the follow
Superiority of Belief over Islam and Certainty over Belief
1. Abu Ali al-Ash’ari has narrated from Muhammad ibn Salim from Ahmad ibn al- Nadr from ‘Amr ibn Shamir from Jabir from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) once said, ‘O brother from Ju’f (name of his tribe) belief is superi
The Sins
1. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Muhammad ibn Sinan from Talhah ibn Zayd from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “My father would say, ‘There is nothing more destructive to the heart than sins. The heart fa
The Sins
2. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa from ‘Abd Allah ibn Muskan from those he has mentioned (in his book) from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “About the words of Allah, the Most Maje
The Sins
3. It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from his father from al- Nadr ibn Suwayd from Hisham ibn Salim from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “No vein is injured, no failure takes place, no headache or illness occurs but becaus
The Sins
4. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad from Hariz from Fudayl ibn Yasar from abu Ja’far (a.s.) who has said the following: “No failure ever takes place in the life of a servant (of Allah) except because of sin and that which Allah forgives
The Sins
5. Ali has narrated from his father from al-Nawfali from al-Sakuni from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Amir al-Mu’minin, Ali ibn abu Talib (a.s.) has said, ‘You must never show your teeth (smile) when you have committed disgraceful deeds and
The Sins
6. It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Ibrahim ibn ‘Abd al-Hamid from ibn ‘Usamah who has said the following: “I heard Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) saying, ‘Seek refuge with Allah from His striking you at nig
The Sins
7. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn abu ‘Abd Allah from his father from Sulayman al-Ja’fari from ‘Abd Allah ibn Bukayr from Zurara from abu Ja’far (a.s.) who has said the following: “All sins are intense and severe. The most severe is that w
The Sins
8. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mu’alla ibn Muhammad from al- Washsha’ from Aban from al-Fudayl ibn Yasar from abu Ja’far (a.s.) who has said the following: “A servant (of Allah) commits a sin it causes a serious reduction in his means of living.”
The Sins
9. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Salih ibn abu Hammad from Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Nawfali from al-Husayn ibn Mukhtar from a man from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “The Messenger of Allah has said, ‘Condemned and condemned is one who wo
The Sins
10. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mu’alla ibn Muhammad from al- Washsha’ from Ali ibn abu Hamza from abu Basir who has said the following: “I heard abu la’ far (a.s.) saying, ‘Stay away from insignificant sins because there is demand for them. One o
Superiority of Belief over Islam and Certainty over Belief
2. A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad and al-Husayn ibn Muhammad from Mu’alla ibn Muhammad all from al-Washsha’ who has said the following: “I heard abu Al-Hassan (a.s.) saying, ‘Belief is above Islam by one degree. Piety is above belief
The Sins
11. Abu Ali al-Ash’ari has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from ibn Faddal from Tha’labah from Sulayman ibn Turayf from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said the following: “I heard Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) saying, ‘The sin deprives the servant (of Allah) of