Dienstag, 27. Juli 2021

The Last Obligatory Duty

 

بسم الله الواحد القهار

Allamah Al-Majlisi:

[Tafsir of Ali ibn Ibrahim] narrated from his father from Safwan ibn Yahya from Al-Alaa from Muhammad ibn Muslim from Abi Ja'far (عليه السلام) who said: "the last obligatory duty which Allah Almighty revealed down was Al-Wilaya, then after that He did not reveal any other obligatory duty and after that He revealed in the valley of Kira' Al-Ghamim : 'Today, I have perfected for you the Religion'[5:3], then the Messenger of Allah(صلى الله وعليه وآله) established it in Al-Juhfa (i.e. Ghadir Khumm)."

Grading: Sahih(Authentic).

Check the narrators in the Rijaal section:

53: Ibrahim Ibn Hashim Al-Qummi
926: Safwan Ibn Yahya
1183: Al-Alaa Ibn Razin
1782: Muhammad ibn Muslim
 
Source: Bihaar Al-Anwaar, Vol. 37, Pg. 112, H.No. 5





Eid Al-Ghadir In The Heavens

 

بسم الله الواحد القهار

Al-Majlisi I:

narrated through a strong, equivalent to authentic, chain from Al-Bazanti who said: we were in the presence of Al-Ridha(عليه السلام) with a large group of people, until they started talking about the Day of Al-Ghadir, until some people denied it, then Al-Ridha(عليه السلام) said: "narrated to me my father from his father (عليه السلام) who said: 'verily, the Day of Al-Ghadir is more famous in the Heavens than on Earth, verily Allah has created a palace in High Paradise, one block of it is built of silver and one block of it is built of gold, in it there are one hundred thousand domes made of red sapphire, and one hundred thousand tents made of green sapphire, its surface is musk and perfume, in it there are four rivers, one river of wine, one river of water, one river of milk and one river of honey, surrounded with all sorts of fruits, on them there are birds with bodies made of pearls and wings made of sapphire, singing colourful songs, when the Day of Al-Ghadir comes, people of the heavens enter into that palace, they praise Allah and glorify Him, they bear witness to His Oneness, then those birds fly and dive into that water, whereupon that musk and perfume wallow, then once the angels are gathered they fly away and that fragrance sprinkles over them and in that day they take away gifts from the gifts of Fatimah's marriage (عليها السلام), and at the end of that day, it is announced: "return to your positions for you are protected of error and fault until the next year on this day, as an honor for Muhammad  (صلى الله عليه وآله) and Ali (عليه السلام)."'"
He (عليه السلام) then said: "O Ibn Abi Nasr, wherever you are on the Day of Al-Ghadir make sure to go there at the presence of Amirul-Mu'minin (عليه السلام), because Allah Almighty forgives the sins of seventy years of every believing man and believing woman and of every Muslim man and Muslim woman, and releases from Hellfire twice as many as in the month of Ramadhan and in the Laylatul Qadr and the Night of Fitr, and one Dirham charity to your brothers in faith in this day equals one thousand, so be generous to your brothers on this day and make every believing man and believing woman happy in this day."
He (عليه السلام) then said: "O people of Kufa, you have indeed been given abundant blessing and you are verily of those whose hearts have been tested by Allah upon faith, you are indeed left alone, subjugated, afflicted, tribulations are poured unto you incessantly, until the Resolver of the great suffering resolves it, by Allah if people really recognised the greatness of this day, the angels would have embraced them every day ten times, and if it was not that I dislike verbosity I would have mentioned about the superiority of this day details of what Allah bestows upon those who recognise the greatness of this day that could not be measured in numbers."
Ali ibn Al-Hasan ibn Fadh'dhaal said: Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Zurarah told me: "I indeed visited Al-Bazanti along with your father and Al-Hasan ibn Al-Jaham more than fifty times and each time we heard this narration from him."

Source: Rawdhatul Muttaqeen,Vol. 9 Pg. 301-302




Samstag, 5. Juni 2021

The Imams ( عليهم السلام ) are protected from error

 

بسم الله الواحد القهار

Sheikh Hadi Al-Najafi:

Al-Kulayni: From Muhammad ibn Yahya from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa from Al-Hasan ibn Mahboub from Is'haq ibn Ghalib from Abi Abdillah(عليه السلام) said in a sermon of his mentioning the state of the Imams and their attributes: "He (i.e. the Imam) is well defended against the approaching dark nights and the false accusations of the evildoers. All wickedness is kept away from him and he is kept safe against all forms of defects and flaws. He is veiled against all scourges. He is protected from errors. He is kept safe and sound against all indecencies."

The chain of the narration is Sahih (Authentic).
 
Source: Mawsu'atu Ahadith Ahlalbayt(علیهم السلام), Vol. 4 Pg. 366,H. 4894



Montag, 24. Dezember 2018

Criteria For Accepting Narrations

بسم الله الواحد القهار

Sheikh Hadi Al-Najafi:

Al-Kulayni: from several of his companions from Ahmad Ibn Mohammad Ibn Khalid from his father from Al-Nadhr Ibn Suwayd from Yahya Al-Halabi from Ayyub Ibn Al-Hurr who said: I heard Aba Abdillah (عليه السلام) saying: "Everything should be compared with the Book (i.e. Qur'an) and the Sunnah, and whatever Hadith which is not in accordance with the Book of Allah then it is false."

The chain of the narration is Sahih (Authentic).

Source: Mawsu'atu Ahadith Ahlalbayt(علیهم السلام), Vol. 5 Pg. 199

Mittwoch, 25. April 2018

Going to Allah through other than the doors He has specified

بسم الله الواحد القهار


Sheikh As-Saduq:

Punishment of going to Allah through other than His doors:

Narrated to me my father, may Allah bless have mercy on him, saying: narrated to me Sa'd Ibn Abdullah from Mohammad Ibn Al-Husain Ibn Abil Khattab from Safwan Ibn Yahya from Is'haq Ibn Ghalib from Abi Abdillah As-Sadiq (عليه السلام) who said: "A monk from Bani Israel worshipped Allah so much that he became like a dry stick. Allah, the Mighty and Sublime revealed to His prophet of that time to go and say to him that (Allah says), “By My Greatness, Might and Power, even if you worship Me till you melt like something in the cooking pot, also, I will not accept it from you until you come to Me from the door that I have ordered you to come to me.”

Footnote: and its chain is of the most authentic chains, its narrators are trustworthy and prominent and significant scholars and of the pillars in transmitting narrations.

Source: Iqaab Al-A'maal, Ch.1, Pg.5, H. 1




Samstag, 29. April 2017

The Grand Kingdom

بسم الله الواحد القهار

Al-Saffaar:

Narrated to us Ya'qub Ibn Yazeed and Mohammad Ibn Al-Husain from Mohammad Ibn Abi Umayr from Ibn Uzayna from Barid Ibn Muawiya from Abi Ja'far(عليه السلام) who said about the statement of Allah, the Exalted, the Supreme: "'Or do they envy the people for what Allah has given them of His grace? [4:54]', we are those who are envied for what Allah has given us of the Imamate from among all the creation of Allah." 

Narrated to us Mohammad Ibn Al-Husain and Ya'qub Ibn Yazeed from Ibn Abi Umayr from Umar Ibn Uzayna from Barid Al-Ijli from Abi Ja'far(عليه السلام) who said about the statement of Allah, the Exaltet, the Supreme: "'But indeed We have given to Ibrahim's children the Book and the wisdom, and We have given them a grand kingdom.[4:54]' and He made us of them, the Messengers, Prophets and the Imams, so how do people accept this about the family of Ibrahim, but they deny it for the family of Mohammad(صلی الله و عليه و آله)?", I said: "so what is the meaning of: 'and We have given them a grand kingdom'?", he said: "the grand kingdom is putting among them Imams  that whoever obeys them, he obeys Allah and whoever disobeys them, he disobeys Allah, so this is the grand kingdom."

Source: Basahir Ad-Darajaat, Pg. 83

Grading: the chains is Sahih(authentic).

Check the narrators in Rijaal section:

2107: Ya'qub Ibn Yazeed Al-Katib Al-Anbari
and 
1624: Mohammad Ibn Al-Husain Ibn Abil Khattab
both from
1538: Mohammad Ibn Abi Umayr Al-Azdi
1316: Umar Ibn Uzayna
270: Barid Ibn Muawiya Al-Ijli



Freitag, 17. März 2017

Those Who Follow Fallibles Have No Religion


بسم الله الواحد القهار

Sheikh At-Tusi:

[My father dictated to us saying] narrated to us Mohammad Ibn Mohammad who said: narrated to us Abu Ghalib Ahmad Ibn Mohammad Az-Zurari who said: narrated to us my uncle Ali Ibn Sulayman who said: narrated to us Mohammad Ibn Khalid At-Tiyalesi who said: narrated to me Al-Alaa Ibn Razin from Mohammad Ibn Muslim Ath-Thaqafi who said:"I heard Aba Ja'far Mohammad Ibn Ali(عليهما السلام) saying: ‘Whoever obeys, considering it a matter of his religion, someone who disobeys Allah, has no religion, and so also is a person who follows what is forged against Allah as well as someone who accepts as a matter of his religion, to reject any of the signs of Allah.’"

Footnote: this narration has also been narrated in Al-Kafi (Vol. 2 Pg. 373) through a Sahih(authentic) chain and Al-Allamah Al-Majlisi says: "'has no religion' means that he has no belief or his worship is not accepted and 'Whoever obeys' means that whoever worships Allah through 'obeying one who disobeys Allah' which refers to obeying fallible human beings, so it is not allowed to obey other than the infallibles in all matters, it has also been said that he who disobeys Allah could be also someone whose verdict is disobedience (to Allah) and is not worthy of issuing Fatwa, the second 'Whoever obeys' means also believing and worshipping Allah through 'what is forged against Allah' means that he makes this forged act as an act of worship or bases his worship upon that fabricated act. 'to reject any of the signs of Allah' means that he rejects any of the decisive verses of Qur'an, and it is also possible that 'the signs' here refer to the Imams(عليهم السلام)."

Source: Amali of At-Tusi, Pg. 130-131