Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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The Birth of abu al-Hassan Ali ibn Muhammad (a.s.)
4. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Tahiri who has said the following. “ Al-Mutawakkil became ill because of a boil so seriously that he was about to die and no one would have the courage to touch to operate him. His mother vowed to
The Birth of abu al-Hassan Ali ibn Muhammad (a.s.)
5. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mu‘alla ibn Muhammad from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abdallah from Ali ibn Muhammad al-Nawfali who has said the following. “Muhammad ibn al-Faraj told me that abu al-Hassan (a.s.) has written to him this. “O Muhammad,
The Birth of abu al-Hassan Ali ibn Muhammad (a.s.)
6. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from a man from Ahmad ibn Muhammad who has said the following. “Abu ya‘qub informed me saying, ‘ I saw him (Muhammad) before his death in the army camp in an evening. Abu al-Hassan received him and looked at him and he b
The Birth of abu al-Hassan Ali ibn Muhammad (a.s.)
7. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from a number of our people the following. “I took a copy of the letter of Al-Mutawakkil to abu al-Hassan (a.s.), the third from Yahya ibn Harthama in the year two hundred forty three that read as follows. “In the name of Al
The Birth of abu al-Hassan Ali ibn Muhammad (a.s.)
8. al-Husayn ibn al-Hassan al-Hassani has said that narrated to me abu al-Tayb al-Muthanna ya‘qub ibn Yasir the following. “Al-Mutawakkil would say, “Woe is you, the ibn (the son of) al-Rida, (Ali al-Hadi (a.s.)) has frustrated me. He refuses to share a drink
The Birth of abu al-Hassan Ali ibn Muhammad (a.s.)
9. Certain persons of our people have narrated from Muhammad ibn Ali who has said the following. “Zayd ibn Ali ibn al-Husayn ibn Zayd narrated to me as follows. “I became ill and a doctor came to see me at night. He prescribed a medicine for me to be taken at
The Birth of abu Muhammad al-Hassan ibn Ali (a.s.)
Abu Muhammad al-Hassan ibn Ali (a.s.) was born in the month of Ramadan (in an other copy it is in ‘the month of Rabi‘ al-Awwal) in the year two hundred thirty two. He died on a Friday on the eighth of the month of Rabi‘ al-Awwal in the year two hundred sixty
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7. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Ash‘ari from Mu‘alla ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Jumhur from ’Abd al-Rahman ibn abu Najran from one he mentioned from abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following. “Whoever would preserve and memorize forty of our Hadith on
The Birth of abu Muhammad al-Hassan ibn Ali (a.s.)
1. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Asha‘ari and Muhammad ibn Yahya and others have narrated the following. “Ahmad ibn ‘Ubayd Allah ibn Khaqan was in charge of collecting property and other taxes in the city of Qumm. One day in his presence the ‘Alawids and their bel
The Birth of abu Muhammad al-Hassan ibn Ali (a.s.)
2. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Muhammad ibn ’Isma‘il ibn Ibrahim ibn Musa ibn Ja‘far (a.s.) who has said the following. “Once abu Muhammad (a.s.) wrote to abu al-Qasim Ishaq ibn Ja‘far al-Zubayri before the death of al-Mu‘tazz by about twenty days as h
The Birth of abu Muhammad al-Hassan ibn Ali (a.s.)
3. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Muhammad ibn Ibrahim, known as ibn al-Kurdi, from Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Musa ibn Ja'far (a.s.) who has said the following: “We were under pressure and constraint. My father said, “Let us go to Abu Muhammad (a.s
The Birth of abu Muhammad al-Hassan ibn Ali (a.s.)
4. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from abu Ali Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Ibrahim who has said that narrated to me Ahmad ibn al-Harith al-Qazwini who has said the following. “I was with my father in the city of Surra man Ra‘a. My father was a veterinarian at the ani
The Birth of abu Muhammad al-Hassan ibn Ali (a.s.)
5. Ali has narrated from abu Ahmad ibn Rashid from abu Hashim al-Ja‘fari who has said the following. “I requested abu Muhammad for something that I needed. He scratched the earth with his whip. The narrator has said that I think he then covered it with a hand
The Birth of abu Muhammad al-Hassan ibn Ali (a.s.)
6. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from abu ‘Abdallah ibn Salih from his father from abu Ali al-Mutahhar the following. “He wrote to him (abu Muhammad (a.s.) in the year of Qadisiyya, the year of draught that forced people to returned home without performing Ha
The Birth of abu Muhammad al-Hassan ibn Ali (a.s.)
7. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Ali ibn al-Hassan ibn al-Fadl al-Yamani who has said the following. “ Al-Ja‘fari from the family of Ja‘far was attacked by such a large number of people that seemed impossible for them to defend themselves. He wrote to ab
The Birth of abu Muhammad al-Hassan ibn Ali (a.s.)
8. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Muhammad ibn ’Isma‘il al-‘Alawi who has said the following. “Abu Muhammad (a.s.) was imprisoned under the supervision of Ali ibn Narmasha who was extremely hostile towards the descendants of abu Talib. He was told to trea
The Birth of abu Muhammad al-Hassan ibn Ali (a.s.)
9. Ali ibn Muhammad and Muhammad ibn abu ‘Abdallah have narrated from Ishaq ibn Muhammad al-Nakha‘i who has said that narrated to me Sufyan ibn Muhammad al-Duba‘i who has said the following. “I wrote to abu Muhammad and asked him about the meaning of the word
The Birth of abu Muhammad al-Hassan ibn Ali (a.s.)
10. Ishaq has said that abu Hashim al-Ja‘fari has said the following. “I complained to abu Muhammad (a.s.) about the constraining cell of the prison and the weight of the shackles on me. He wrote back in reply to me. “Today you will pray your noontime prayer
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8. A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from his father from one he mentioned from Zayd al-Shahham from abu Ja’far (a.s.) who has said the following. “It is his knowledge that he acquires from whoever he acquires.” This he sa
The Birth of abu Muhammad al-Hassan ibn Ali (a.s.)
11. Ishaq has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Aqra‘ who has said that narrated to me abuhz Nasir al-Khadim the following. “I had heard many times that abu Muhammad (a.s.) to each of his Roman, Turkish and Saqaliba slaves in their own languages. It was ast