Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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The case of the Arms of the Messenger of Allah is like the Ark among the Israelites
4. A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn abu Nasr from abu al-Hassan al-Rida (a.s.) who has said the following. “Abu Ja‘far (a.s.) would say, ‘The case of the Armaments with us is as the Ark with the Israelites. Wherever the Ark
Statements about al-Jafr al-Jami‘ and the Book of Fatima (a.s.)
1. A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ‘Abdallah ibn al-Hajjal from Ahmad ibn ‘Umar al-Halabi from Abu Basir who said: “I went to Abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) and said, “May Allah take my soul in service for your cause, I like to ask you
Statements about al-Jafr al-Jami‘ and the Book of Fatima (a.s.)
2. A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz from Hammad Ibn ‘Uthman who has said that he heard Abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) say the following: "The heretics will appear in the year one hundred twenty eight (745/746AD) b
Statements about al-Jafr al-Jami‘ and the Book of Fatima (a.s.)
3. A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from al-Husayn ibn Abu ‘Ala’ who has said that he heard Abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) say: “With me is the white Jafr.” The narrator has said that he asked the Imam (a.s.), “What is i
Statements about al-Jafr al-Jami‘ and the Book of Fatima (a.s.)
4. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Yunus from the person that he mentioned from Sulayman ibn Khalid from abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following. “The Jafr of which they speak certainly disappoints them because they (the Zaydi
Statements about al-Jafr al-Jami‘ and the Book of Fatima (a.s.)
5. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Mahbub from ibn Ri’ab from abu ‘Ubaydah who has said that some of our companions asked Abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) about the Jafr and the Imam (a.s.) said the following: “It is the skin of a bull wh
Statements about al-Jafr al-Jami‘ and the Book of Fatima (a.s.)
6. A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Salih ibn Sa‘id from Ahmad ibn abu Bishr from Bakr ibn Karib al-Sayrafi who has said that he heard abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) say: "Indeed, we possess that which makes us independent of others, whi
Statements about al-Jafr al-Jami‘ and the Book of Fatima (a.s.)
7. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from ‘Umar ibn Udhayna from Fudayl ibn Yasar, Burayd ibn Mu‘wiya and Zurarah who have said that ‘Abdallah ibn ‘Abd al-Malik said the following to abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.), “The Zaydi sect and al-
Statements about al-Jafr al-Jami‘ and the Book of Fatima (a.s.)
8. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad from ‘Abd al-Samad ibn Bashir from Fudayl ibn Sukra who has said that once I went to abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) and he said the following to me. “O Fudayl
Chapter on the reward for the scholars and those who seek knowledge
5. Al-Husayn b. Muhammad narrated from ‘Ali b. Muhammad b. Sa‘d, who raised it to Abu Hamza, from ‘Ali b. al-Husayn (a.s), who said: "If people knew the value of seeking knowledge, they would pursue it even at the cost of shedding their own blood and crossing
Chapter Ninety Seven of the Holy Quran and its interpretation
1. Muhammad ibn abu ‘Abdallah and Muhammad ibn al-Hassan have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad and Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, both of them from al-Hassan ibn al-‘Abbas ibn al-Harish from abu Ja‘far al-Thani (a.s.) who has said the fo
Chapter Ninety Seven of the Holy Quran and its interpretation
2. (Through the same chain of narrators) it has been narrated from Abi ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following. “Once, in a meeting in the presence of my father with a group of people also present my father smiled and (the feeling was quite intense it cau
Chapter Ninety Seven of the Holy Quran and its interpretation
3. Through the same chain of narrators it is narrated from abu Ja‘far (a.s.) who has said the following. “Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, has said about the Night of Determination, “. . every absolute command coming from Us becomes distinguishable.” (44:
Chapter Ninety Seven of the Holy Quran and its interpretation
4. Through the same chain of narrators it is narrated from abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following. “Imam Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.) would say, “We revealed the Quran on the Night of Destiny ((97:1) Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, has certainly sai
Chapter Ninety Seven of the Holy Quran and its interpretation
5. Through the same chain of narrators it is narrated from abu Ja‘far (a.s.) who has said the following. “Ali (a.s.) would say very often, “(What for) al-Taymies and al-‘Adawies have gathered around the Messenger of Allah (s.a.). He, the Messenger of Allah, w
Chapter Ninety Seven of the Holy Quran and its interpretation
6. Through the same chain of narrators it is narrated from Abu Ja‘far (a.s.) who has said the following: “O the community of of our followers, debate the opposition by means of chapter ninety seven of the Holy Quran. We have revealed on the Night of Determina
Chapter Ninety Seven of the Holy Quran and its interpretation
7. Through the same chain of narrators it is narrated from abu Ja‘far (a.s.) who has said the following. “Allah, Majestic is Whose mention, created the Night of Determination when He first created the world and created in it the first prophet that would come
Chapter Ninety Seven of the Holy Quran and its interpretation
8. The narrator has said that a man said to abu Ja‘far (a.s.), “O child of the Messenger of Allah, “Please do not be angry with m.” The Imam (a.s.) said, “Why should I be angry?” The man said, “It is because of the question that like to ask you.” The Imam (a.
Chapter Ninety Seven of the Holy Quran and its interpretation
9. The narrator has said that abu Ja‘far (a.s.) said the following. “You, certainly, find those whom Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, has sent to induce misfortune into the heretics and misleading people of the army (followers) of Satan and their companio
The Imams (a.s.) Receive additional (knowledge) every Friday night
1. Ahmad ibn Idris al-Qummi and Muhammad ibn Yahya have narrated from al-Hassan ibn Ali al-Kufi from Musa ibn Sa‘dan from ‘Abdallah ibn Ayyub from abu Yahya al-San‘ani from abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following. “O abu Yahya, on every Friday night t