Merits S Ikhlaas

سورة الإخلاص

فضلها

Surah al-Ikhlas Its Virtue

99-/11990 _1- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ:عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى،عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ،عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ،عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ طَلْحَةَ،عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ،قَالَ:«قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ): مَنْ قَرَأَ(قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ)مِائَةَ [1]مَرَّةٍ حِينَ يَأْخُذُ مَضْجَعَهُ،غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ ذُنُوبَ خَمْسِينَ سَنَةً».

99-/11990 _1- Muḥammad ibn Ya‘qūb, from Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā, from Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn, from ʿAlī ibn al-Nuʿmān, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ṭalḥah, from Jaʿfar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: "Whoever recites (Say: He, Allah, is One) [Surah Al-Ikhlas, 112:1] one hundred times when he lies down to sleep, Allah will forgive him the sins of fifty years."

99-/11991 _2- عَنْ أَبِي عَلِيٍّ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ،عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ،عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ،عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ،عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ حَازِمٍ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،قَالَ: «مَنْ مَضَى بِهِ يَوْمٌ وَاحِدٌ فَصَلَّى فِيهِ بِخَمْسِ صَلَوَاتٍ وَ لَمْ يَقْرَأْ فِيهَا ب‌(قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ)قِيلَ لَهُ:يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ،لَسْتَ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّينَ».

99-/11991 _2- From Abū ʿAlī al-Ashʿarī, from Muḥammad ibn Ḥassān, from Ismāʿīl ibn Mihrān, from al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ḥamzah, from Manṣūr ibn Ḥāzim, from Abū ʿAbd Allāh (peace be upon him), who said: "Whoever passes a single day and performs five prayers in it, but does not recite in them (Say: He, Allah, is One) [Surah Al-Ikhlas, 112:1], it will be said to him: ‘O servant of Allah, you are not among those who pray.’"

99-/11992 _3- وَ عَنْهُ:بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ،عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ،عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،قَالَ: «مَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَ الْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ فَلاَ يَدَعْ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ فِي دُبُرِ الْفَرِيضَةِ بِ‌(قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ)فَإِنَّ مَنْ قَرَأَهَا جَمَعَ اللَّهُ لَهُ خَيْرَ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ،وَ غَفَرَ لَهُ وَ لِوَالِدَيْهِ وَ مَا وَلَدَ [2]».

99-/11992 _3- And from him, with this chain of transmission, from al-Ḥasan ibn Sayf ibn ʿUmayrah, from Abū Bakr al-Ḥaḍramī, from Abū ʿAbd Allāh (peace be upon him), who said: "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should not leave off reciting after the obligatory prayer (Say: He, Allah, is One) [Surah Al-Ikhlas, 112:1], for whoever recites it, Allah will gather for him the good of this world and the Hereafter, and He will forgive him, his parents, and his offspring."

Surah Al-Ikhlas [112:1] — Say: He, Allah, is One. — M. H. Shakir

99-/11993 _4- وَ عَنْهُ:عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ،عَنْ أَبِيهِ،عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ،عَنِ السَّكُونِيِّ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): «أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)صَلَّى عَلَى سَعْدِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ فَقَالَ:لَقَدْ وَافَى مِنَ الْمَلاَئِكَةِ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفاً وَ فِيهِمْ جَبْرَئِيلُ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)

يُصَلُّونَ عَلَيْهِ،فَقُلْتُ لَهُ:يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ،بِمَا يَسْتَحِقُّ صَلاَتَكُمْ عَلَيْهِ؟فَقَالَ:بِقِرَاءَتِهِ(قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ)قَائِماً،وَ قَاعِداً، وَ رَاكِباً [1]،وَ مَاشِياً،وَ ذَاهِباً،وَ جَائِياً».

99-/11993 _4- From him: from ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm, from his father, from al-Nawfalī, from al-Sakūnī, from Abī ʿAbdillāh (peace be upon him): The Prophet (may Allah bless him and his family) prayed over Saʿd ibn Muʿādh, and said: “Indeed, seventy thousand angels came along, among them was Jibrā’īl (peace be upon him), praying over him.” So I said to him, “O Jibrā’īl, for what does he deserve your prayer upon him?” He said, “For his recitation of Qul huwa Allāhu Aḥad (Say: He, Allah, is One) [Surah al-Ikhlāṣ, 112:1], while standing, sitting, riding, walking, going out and coming back.”

_1) -الكافي 2:4/454.

_2) -الكافي 2:10/455.

_3) -الكافي 2:11/455.

_4) -الكافي 2:13/455.

[1] (مائة)ليس في«ي».

[2] في«ط»و المصدر:و ما ولدا.

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99-/11994 _5- وَ عَنْهُ:عَنْ عِدَّةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا،عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ،عَنْ إِدْرِيسَ الْحَارِثِيِّ،عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ،عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ،قَالَ:قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): «يَا مُفَضَّلُ،احْتَجِزْ مِنَ النَّاسِ كُلِّهِمْ ب(بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ)وَ بِ‌ (قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ)اقْرَأْهَا عَنْ يَمِينِكَ،وَ عَنْ شِمَالِكَ،وَ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْكَ،وَ مِنْ خَلْفِكَ،وَ مِنْ [2]فَوْقِكَ،وَ مِنْ تَحْتِكَ،وَ إِذَا دَخَلْتَ عَلَى سُلْطَانٍ جَائِرٍ فَاقْرَأْهَا حِينَ تَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ،وَ اعْقِدْ بِيَدِكَ الْيُسْرَى،ثُمَّ لاَ تُفَارِقْهَا حَتَّى تَخْرُجَ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ».

99-/11994 _5- From him: from a group of our companions, from Sahl ibn Ziyād, from Idrīs al-Ḥārithī, from Muḥammad ibn Sinān, from al-Mufaḍḍal ibn ʿUmar, who said: Abū ʿAbdillāh (peace be upon him) said: “O Mufaḍḍal, protect yourself from all people with (Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm) and with (Qul huwa Allāhu Aḥad) [Surah al-Ikhlāṣ, 112:1]. Recite it to your right, to your left, before you, behind you, above you, and beneath you. And when you enter upon a tyrannical ruler, recite it three times when your eyes fall upon him, and bind it with your left hand, then do not leave off from it until you have exited from his presence.”

99-/11995 _6- وَ عَنْهُ:عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ،عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ،عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عُبْدُوسٍ،عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زَاوِيَةَ،عَنْ أَبِي عَلِيِّ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ،قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي الْحَسَنِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ،إِنَّكَ كَتَبْتَ إِلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفَرَجِ تُعْلِمُهُ أَنَّ أَفْضَلَ مَا يُقْرَأُ فِي الْفَرَائِضِ بِ‌(إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ)وَ(قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ)،وَ إِنَّ صَدْرِي لَيَضِيقُ بِقِرَاءَتِهِمَا فِي الْفَجْرِ.

فَقَالَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):«لاَ يَضِيقَنَّ صَدْرُكَ بِهِمَا،فَإِنَّ الْفَضْلَ وَ اللَّهِ فِيهِمَا».

99-/11995 _6- From him: from ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad, from Sahl ibn Ziyād, from Aḥmad ibn ʿAbdūs, from Muḥammad ibn Zāwiyah, from Abū ʿAlī ibn Rāshid, who said: I said to Abū al-Ḥasan (peace be upon him): “May I be your ransom, you had written to Muḥammad ibn al-Faraj informing him that the best of what is recited in the obligatory prayers is (Innā Anzalnāhu) [Surah al-Qadr, 97:1] and (Qul huwa Allāhu Aḥad) [Surah al-Ikhlāṣ, 112:1], but my chest feels tight from reciting them in Fajr prayer.” So he (peace be upon him) said: “Let not your chest feel constricted from them, for by Allah, virtue is in them both.”

99-/11996 _7- وَ عَنْهُ،عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ،عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ،عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ،عَنْ فَضَالَةَ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ، عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ،عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ،قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):اَلرَّجُلُ يَقُومُ فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَيُرِيدُ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ سُورَةً،فَيَقْرَأُ(قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ)وَ(قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ)؟فَقَالَ:«يَرْجِعُ مِنْ كُلِّ سُورَةٍ إِلاَّ مِنْ(قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ)وَ (قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ)».

99-/11996 _7- From him: from al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿĀmir, from ʿAlī ibn Mahzīyār, from Faḍālah ibn Ayyūb, from al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿUthmān, from ʿAmr ibn Abī Naṣr, who said: I said to Abū ʿAbdillāh (peace be upon him): “A man stands in prayer intending to recite a surah, then recites (Qul huwa Allāhu Aḥad) [Surah al-Ikhlāṣ, 112:1] and (Qul yā ayyuhā al-kāfirūn) [Surah al-Kāfirūn, 109:1] — can he switch from them to another surah?” He said: “He may turn away from any surah except (Qul huwa Allāhu Aḥad) and (Qul yā ayyuhā al-kāfirūn).”

99-/11997 _8- وَ عَنْهُ:عَنْ أَبِي دَاوُدَ،عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ،بِإِسْنَادِهِ،عَنْ صَفْوَانَ الْجَمَّالِ،قَالَ:سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)يَقُولُ: «صَلاَةُ الْأَوَّابِينَ [3]كُلُّهَا ب(قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ)».

99-/11997 _8- From him: from Abī Dāwūd, from ʿAlī ibn Mahzīyār, by his chain of transmission, from Ṣafwān al-Jammāl, who said: I heard Abū ʿAbdillāh (peace be upon him) say: “The prayer of the Awwābīn [those who frequently return to Allah] is entirely with (Qul huwa Allāhu Aḥad) [Surah al-Ikhlāṣ, 112:1].”

99-/11998 _9- وَ عَنْهُ:عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ،عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَسَدِيِّ،عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْمِيثَمِيِّ،عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ،عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ،قَالَ:قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): «يُكْرَهُ أَنْ يُقْرَأَ:قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ،بِنَفَسٍ وَاحِدٍ».

99-/11998 _9- From him: from Ḥumayd ibn Ziyād, from al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad al-Asadī, from Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Mīthamī, from Abān ibn ʿUthmān, from Muḥammad ibn al-Fuḍayl, who said: Abū ʿAbdillāh (peace be upon him) said: “It is disliked to recite Qul huwa Allāhu Aḥad [Surah al-Ikhlāṣ, 112:1] in a single breath.”

99-/11999 _10- وَ عَنْهُ:عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ،عَنْ أَبِيهِ،عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ،عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ،عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ،قَالَ:قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): «مَنْ قَرَأَ(قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ)حِينَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ مَنْزِلِهِ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ،لَمْ يَزَلْ فِي حِفْظِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ كِلاَءَتِهِ [1]حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ».

99-/11999 _10- From him: from ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm, from his father, from Ibn Abī ʿUmayr, from al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAṭiyyah, from ʿUmar ibn Yazīd, who said: Abū ʿAbdillāh (peace be upon him) said: “Whoever recites Qul huwa Allāhu Aḥad [Surah al-Ikhlāṣ, 112:1] ten times when leaving his house will remain in the protection and care of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, until he returns to his home.”

_5) -الكافي 2:20/457.

_6) -الكافي 3:19/315.

_7) -الكافي 3:25/317.

_8) -الكافي 3:13/314.

_9) -الكافي 2:12/451.

_10) -الكافي 2:8/394.

[1] في«ي»:و راكعا.

[2] (خلفك و من)ليس في«ج،ي».

[3] في المصدر زيادة:الخمسون.

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99-/12000 _11- ابْنُ بَابَوَيْهِ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نَصْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الْمَرْوَانِيُّ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ بِفَارِسَ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الرَّقَاشِيُّ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ،عَنْ يَزِيدَ الرِّشْكِ،عَنْ مُطَرِّفِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ،عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)بَعَثَ سَرِيَّةً، وَ اسْتَعْمَلَ عَلَيْهَا عَلِيّاً(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،فَلَمَّا رَجَعُوا سَأَلَهُمْ عَنْهُ؟فَقَالُوا كُلَّ خَيْرٍ فِيهِ،غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ قَرَأَ بِنَا فِي كُلِّ الصَّلَوَاتِ بِ‌(قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ)!فَقَالَ:«يَا عَلِيُّ لِمَ فَعَلْتَ هَذَا؟»فَقَالَ:«لِحُبِّي لِ‌(قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ)»فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ):«مَا أَحْبَبْتَهَا حَتَّى أَحَبَّكَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ».

99-/12000 _11- Ibn Bābawayh said: Abū Naṣr Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Marwānī narrated to us, who said: Abū Aḥmad Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān in Fāris narrated to us, who said: Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā narrated to us, who said: Muḥammad ibn ʿAbdillāh al-Raqāshī narrated to us, who said: Jaʿfar ibn Sulaymān, from Yazīd al-Rishk, from Muṭarrif ibn ʿAbdillāh, from ʿImrān ibn al-Ḥuṣayn:

The Prophet (may Allah bless him and his family) sent out a battalion and appointed ʿAlī (peace be upon him) over it. When they returned, he asked them about him. They said, “All good was in him, except that he recited over us in every prayer (Qul huwa Allāhu Aḥad) [Surah al-Ikhlāṣ, 112:1]!” So he said, “O ʿAlī, why did you do that?” He said, “Because of my love for (Qul huwa Allāhu Aḥad).” The Prophet (may Allah bless him and his family) said, “You did not come to love it until Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, loved you.”

99-/12001 _12- وَ عَنْهُ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ الْمُتَوَكِّلِ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْعَطَّارُ،قَالَ:

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ عِمْرَانَ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ،عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ هِلاَلٍ،عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ،عَنْ أَبِيهِ،عَنْ جَدِّهِ،قَالَ:قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ): «مَنْ قَرَأَ(قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ) [2]حِينَ يَأْخُذُ مَضْجَعَهُ،غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ ذُنُوبَ خَمْسِينَ سَنَةً».

99-/12001 _12- From him: Muḥammad ibn Mūsā ibn al-Mutawakkil narrated to us, who said: Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā al-ʿAṭṭār narrated to me, who said: Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā ibn ʿImrān al-Ashʿarī, from Aḥmad ibn Hilāl, from ʿĪsā ibn ʿAbdillāh, from his father, from his grandfather, who said: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and his family) said: “Whoever recites Qul huwa Allāhu Aḥad [Surah al-Ikhlāṣ, 112:1] when he lies down on his bed, Allah will forgive him the sins of fifty years.”

99-/12002 _13- وَ عَنْهُ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ هَاشِمٍ الْمُكَتِّبُ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْكُوفِيُّ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عِمْرَانَ النَّخَعِيُّ،عَنْ عَمِّهِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ النَّوْفَلِيِّ،عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ سَالِمٍ،عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،قَالَ: «مَنْ قَرَأَ(قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ)مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً فَكَأَنَّمَا قَرَأَ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ،وَ ثُلُثَ التَّوْرَاةِ،وَ ثُلُثَ الْإِنْجِيلِ،وَ ثُلُثَ الزَّبُورِ».

99-/12002 _13- From him: Al-Ḥusayn ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Aḥmad ibn Hāshim al-Mukattib narrated to us, who said: Muḥammad ibn Abī ʿAbdillāh al-Kūfī narrated to us, who said: Mūsā ibn ʿImrān al-Nakhaʿī, from his uncle al-Ḥusayn ibn Yazīd al-Nawfalī, from ʿAlī ibn Sālim, from Abī Baṣīr, from Abū ʿAbdillāh (peace be upon him), who said: “Whoever recites Qul huwa Allāhu Aḥad [Surah al-Ikhlāṣ, 112:1] once, it is as if he has recited one third of the Qur’an, and one third of the Torah, and one third of the Gospel, and one third of the Psalms.”

[Qur’anic reference: Surah al-Ikhlāṣ (112:1)] M. H. Shakir translation: Say: He, Allah, is One.

99-/12003 _14- وَ عَنْهُ:عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ [3]،قَالَ:«حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي،عَنْ آبَائِهِ(عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ) ،أَنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) عَلَّمَ أَصْحَابَهُ فِي مَجْلِسٍ وَاحِدٍ أَرْبَعَمِائَةِ بَابٍ مِمَّا يَصْلَحُ لِلْمُسْلِمِ فِي دِينِهِ وَ دُنْيَاهُ-وَ ذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ،وَ قَالَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)فِي ذَلِكَ-مَنْ قَرَأَ(قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ)مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ وَ مِثْلَهَا(إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ)،وَ مِثْلَهَا آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ،مَنَعَ مَالَهُ مِمَّا يَخَافُ،وَ مَنْ قَرَأَ:(قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ)وَ(إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ)قَبْلَ أَنْ تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ،لَمْ يُصِبْهُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ ذَنْبٌ،وَ إِنْ جَهَدَ إِبْلِيسُ.

وَ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَحَدُكُمْ حَاجَةً فَلْيُبَكِّرْ فِي طَلَبِهَا يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ،فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)قَالَ:اَللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لِأُمَّتِي فِي بُكُورِهَا يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ،وَ لْيَقْرَأْ إِذَا خَرَجَ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ الْآيَاتِ مِنْ آخِرِ آلِ عِمْرَانَ،وَ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ،وَ(إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ)وَ أُمَّ الْكِتَابِ،فَإِنَّ فِيهَا قَضَاءَ الْحَوَائِجِ لِلدُّنْيَا [1]وَ الْآخِرَةِ.

99-/12003 _14- From him: from Abū Jaʿfar, who said: “My father narrated to me, from his forefathers (peace be upon them), that the Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him) taught his companions in a single session four hundred chapters of what benefits a Muslim in his religion and his worldly life — and he mentioned this and said (peace be upon him) therein:

Whoever recites (Qul huwa Allāhu Aḥad) (Say: He, Allah, is One) and (Innā Anzalnāhu) (Surely We revealed it on the grand night) and Āyat al-Kursī (Allah! there is no god but He, the Ever-living, the Self-subsisting by Whom all subsist...) before the sun rises, his wealth will be protected from what he fears. And whoever recites (Qul huwa Allāhu Aḥad) and (Innā Anzalnāhu) before the sun rises, he will not commit a sin that day — even if Iblīs strives hard.

And if one of you desires to fulfill a need, let him go early to seek it on Thursday, for the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and his family) said: O Allah, bless my nation in its early rising on Thursday. And let him recite upon leaving his home the verses from the end of Āl ʿImrān, and Āyat al-Kursī, and (Innā Anzalnāhu), and Umm al-Kitāb (In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds...), for in them is the fulfillment of needs for this world and the Hereafter.”

_11) -التوحيد 11/94.

_12) -التوحيد:12/94.

_13) -التوحيد:15/95.

_14) -الخصال:622،623،624،10/626.

[1] كلأك اللّه كلاءة،أي حفظك و حرسك.«لسان العرب 1:145».

[2] زاد في المصدر:مائة مرّة.

[3] في المصدر:أبي عبد اللّه.

Page 795 in Arabic

إِذَا وَسْوَسَ الشَّيْطَانُ إِلَى أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيَتَعَوَّذْ بِاللَّهِ،وَ لْيَقُلْ:آمَنْتُ بِاللَّهِ وَ بِرَسُولِهِ مُخْلِصاً لَهُ الدِّينَ.

إِذَا كَسَا اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مُؤْمِناً ثَوْباً جَدِيداً فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ وَ لْيُصَلِّ رَكْعَتَيْنِ يَقْرَأُ فِيهِمَا أُمَّ الْكِتَابِ،وَ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ،وَ(قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ)وَ(إِنَّا أَنْزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ)وَ لْيَحْمَدِ اللَّهَ الَّذِي سَتَرَ عَوْرَتَهُ وَ زَيَّنَهُ فِي النَّاسِ،وَ لْيُكْثِرْ مِنْ قَوْلِ:لاَ حَوْلَ وَ لاَ قُوَّةَ إِلاَّ بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ،فَإِنَّهُ لاَ يَعْصِي اللَّهَ فِيهِ،وَ لَهُ بِكُلِّ سِلْكٍ فِيهِ مَلَكٌ يُقَدِّسُ لَهُ،وَ يَسْتَغْفِرُ لَهُ،وَ يَتَرَحَّمُ عَلَيْهِ، وَ إِذَا دَخَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ مَنْزِلَهُ فَلْيُسَلِّمْ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ،يَقُولُ:اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ،فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ أَهْلٌ فَلْيَقُلِ:اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ رَبِّنَا وَ لْيَقْرَأْ:قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ حِينَ يَدْخُلُ مَنْزِلَهُ فَإِنَّهُ يَنْفِي الْفَقْرَ».

If Shayṭān whispers to any one of you, let him seek refuge with Allah, and say: “I believe in Allah and in His Messenger, sincerely devoting the religion to Him.”

If Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, clothes a believer with a new garment, then let him perform wuḍūʼ and pray two rakʿahs, reciting in them: Umm al-Kitāb (In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds...), Āyat al-Kursī (Allah! there is no god but He, the Ever-living, the Self-subsisting by Whom all subsist...), (Qul huwa Allāhu Aḥad) (Say: He, Allah, is One), and (Innā Anzalnāhu fī Laylat al-Qadr) (Surely We revealed it on the grand night).

Then let him praise Allah who has covered his nakedness and beautified him among the people. Let him increase in saying: “Lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh al-ʿAliyy al-ʿAẓīm” (There is no power and no strength except with Allah, the Most High, the Most Great), for he will not disobey Allah while wearing it, and for every thread in it there is an angel who glorifies Allah on his behalf, seeks forgiveness for him, and has mercy on him.

And when one of you enters his house, let him greet his family, saying: “As-salāmu ʿalaykum.” And if he has no family, let him say: “As-salāmu ʿalaynā min rabbinā,” and let him recite (Qul huwa Allāhu Aḥad) upon entering his home, for it repels poverty.

99-/12004 _15- الشَّيْخُ فِي(التَّهْذِيبِ):بِإِسْنَادِهِ،عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ،قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ:وَ قَالَ الْحَارِثُ:

سَمِعْتُهُ وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ: (قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ)ثُلُثُ الْقُرْآنِ،وَ قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ تَعْدِلُ رُبُعَهُ،وَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ يَجْمَعُ قَوْلَ(قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ)فِي الْوَتْرِ لِكَيْ يَجْمَعَ الْقُرْآنَ كُلَّهُ.

99-/12004 _15- Al-Shaykh in al-Tahdhīb, by his chain of transmission, from al-Ḥusayn ibn Saʿīd, ʿAlī ibn al-Nuʿmān said: and al-Ḥārith said: I heard him saying: (Qul huwa Allāhu Aḥad) (Say: He, Allah, is One) is one third of the Qur’an, and (Qul yā ayyuhā al-kāfirūn) (Say: O unbelievers!) equals one fourth of it. And the Messenger of Allah used to combine the recitation of (Qul huwa Allāhu Aḥad) in the Witr prayer so that he may combine the entire Qur’an within it.

99-/12005 _16- وَ رُوِيَ أَنَّهُ مَنْ قَرَأَ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ مِنْ صَلاَةِ اللَّيْلِ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ:اَلْحَمْدَ مَرَّةً،وَ(قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ)ثَلاَثِينَ مَرَّةً،انْفَتَلَ [2]وَ لَيْسَ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ ذَنْبٌ إِلاَّ غُفِرَ لَهُ.

99-/12005 _16- And it has been narrated that whoever recites in the first two rakʿahs of the night prayer (Ṣalāt al-Layl), in each rakʿah: al-Ḥamd once, and (Qul huwa Allāhu Aḥad) (Say: He, Allah, is One) thirty times, then turns in salām — there will remain no sin between him and Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, except that it is forgiven.

99-/12006 _17- وَ عَنْهُ:بِإِسْنَادِهِ،عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ،عَنْ صَفْوَانَ،عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْحَجَّاجِ،قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)عَنِ الْقِرَاءَةِ فِي الْوَتْرِ؟فَقَالَ:«كَانَ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَ أَبِي بَابٌ،فَكَانَ[أَبِي]إِذَا صَلَّى يَقْرَأُ فِي الْوَتْرِ بِ‌(قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ)فِي ثَلاَثَتِهِنَّ،وَ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ(قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ)فَإِذَا فَرَغَ مِنْهَا قَالَ:كَذَلِكَ اللَّهُ رَبِّي،أَوْ كَذَاكَ اللَّهُ رَبِّي».

99-/12006 _17- And from him: by his chain of transmission, from al-Ḥusayn ibn Saʿīd, from Ṣafwān, from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥajjāj, who said: I asked Abū ʿAbdillāh (peace be upon him) about the recitation in the Witr prayer. He said: “There was a door between me and my father. When he would pray, he would recite (Qul huwa Allāhu Aḥad) (Say: He, Allah, is One) in all three [rakʿahs] of the Witr, and when he finished reciting it, he would say: ‘Ka-dhālika Allāhu Rabbī’ (Such is Allah, my Lord) or ‘Ka-dhālika Allāhu Rabbī’ (So is Allah, my Lord).”

99-/12007 _18- وَ عَنْهُ:بِإِسْنَادِهِ،عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ،عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ،عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ،عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،قَالَ:«كَانَ أَبِي(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)يَقُولُ: (قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ)تَعْدِلُ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ،وَ كَانَ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَجْمَعَهَا فِي الْوَتْرِ لِيَكُونَ الْقُرْآنَ كُلَّهُ».

99-/12007 _18- And from him: by his chain of transmission, from al-Ḥusayn ibn Saʿīd, from al-Naḍr ibn Suwayd, from al-Ḥalabī, from al-Ḥārith ibn al-Mughīrah, from Abū ʿAbdillāh (peace be upon him), who said: “My father (peace be upon him) used to say: (Qul huwa Allāhu Aḥad) (Say: He, Allah, is One) equals one third of the Qur’an, and he used to love to gather it in the Witr prayer so that the whole Qur’an would be included in it.”

99-/12008 _19- وَ عَنْهُ:بِإِسْنَادِهِ،عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ،عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى،عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ،عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،قَالَ: «الْوَتْرُ ثَلاَثُ رَكَعَاتٍ يُفْصَلُ بَيْنَهُنَّ،وَ يُقْرَأُ فِيهِنَّ جَمِيعاً ب(قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ)».

99-/12008 _19- And from him: by his chain of transmission, from al-Ḥusayn ibn Saʿīd, from ʿUthmān ibn ʿĪsā, from Ibn Muskān, from Sulaymān ibn Khālid, from Abū ʿAbdillāh (peace be upon him), who said: “Witr is three rakʿahs, separated from one another, and in all of them (Qul huwa Allāhu Aḥad) (Say: He, Allah, is One) is recited.”

_15) -التهذيب 2:469/124.

_16) -التهذيب 2:470/124.

_17) -التهذيب 2:481/126.

_18) -التهذيب 2:482/127.

_19) -التهذيب 2:484/127.

_20) -تأويل الآيات 2:2/860.

[1] في المصدر:لحوائج الدنيا.

[2] انفتل فلان عن صلاته،أي انصرف.«لسان العرب 11:514».

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99-/12009 _20- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ:عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَجَبٍ الْأَنْبَارِيِّ،عَنْ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ،عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُسْهِرٍ،عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ،عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ،قَالَ:قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)لِعَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): «إِنَّمَا مَثَلُكَ مَثَلُ(قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ)فَإِنَّ مَنْ قَرَأَهَا مَرَّةً،فَكَأَنَّمَا قَرَأَ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ،وَ مَنْ قَرَأَهَا مَرَّتَيْنِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَرَأَ ثُلُثَيِ الْقُرْآنِ،وَ مَنْ قَرَأَهَا ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ كُلَّهُ.وَ كَذَلِكَ أَنْتَ،مَنْ أَحَبَّكَ بِقَلْبِهِ كَانَ لَهُ ثُلُثُ ثَوَابِ الْعِبَادِ،وَ مَنْ أَحَبَّكَ بِقَلْبِهِ وَ لِسَانِهِ كَانَ لَهُ ثُلُثَا ثَوَابِ الْعِبَادِ،وَ مَنْ أَحَبَّكَ بِقَلْبِهِ وَ لِسَانِهِ وَ يَدِهِ كَانَ لَهُ ثَوَابُ الْعِبَادِ أَجْمَعَ».

99-/12009 _20- Muḥammad ibn al-ʿAbbās: from Saʿīd ibn ʿAjab al-Anbārī, from Suwayd ibn Saʿīd, from ʿAlī ibn Mus-hir, from Ḥakīm ibn Jubayr, from Ibn ʿAbbās, who said: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and his family) said to ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (peace be upon him): “Your example is like that of (Qul huwa Allāhu Aḥad) (Say: He, Allah, is One) — for whoever recites it once, it is as if he has recited one third of the Qur’an; and whoever recites it twice, it is as if he has recited two-thirds of the Qur’an; and whoever recites it three times, it is as if he has recited the entire Qur’an.

Likewise are you: whoever loves you with his heart has a reward equal to one third of the reward of the worshippers; and whoever loves you with his heart and his tongue has two-thirds of the reward of the worshippers; and whoever loves you with his heart, his tongue, and his hand has the full reward of all the worshippers.”

99-/12010 _21- وَ عَنْهُ:عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ،عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ،عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ بِشْرٍ الْكَاهِلِيِّ،عَنْ عَمْرِو ابْنِ أَبِي الْمِقْدَامِ،عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ،عَنْ نُعْمَانَ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ،قَالَ:قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ): «مَنْ قَرَأَ(قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ)مَرَّةً فَكَأَنَّمَا قَرَأَ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ،وَ مَنْ قَرَأَهَا مَرَّتَيْنِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَرَأَ ثُلُثَيِ الْقُرْآنِ،وَ مَنْ قَرَأَهَا ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ كُلَّهُ،وَ كَذَلِكَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ عَلِيّاً بِقَلْبِهِ أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ ثُلُثَ ثَوَابِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ،وَ مَنْ أَحَبَّهُ بِقَلْبِهِ وَ لِسَانِهِ أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ ثُلُثَيْ ثَوَابِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ كُلِّهَا،وَ مَنْ أَحَبَّهُ بِقَلْبِهِ وَ لِسَانِهِ وَ يَدِهِ أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ ثَوَابَ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ كُلِّهَا».

99-/12010 _21- And from him: from ʿAlī ibn ʿAbdillāh, from Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad, from Isḥāq ibn Bishr al-Kāhilī, from ʿAmr ibn Abī al-Miqdām, from Simāk ibn Ḥarb, from Nuʿmān ibn Bashīr, who said: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and his family) said: “Whoever recites (Qul huwa Allāhu Aḥad) (Say: He, Allah, is One) once, it is as if he has recited one third of the Qur’an; whoever recites it twice, it is as if he has recited two-thirds of the Qur’an; and whoever recites it three times, it is as if he has recited the entire Qur’an.

Likewise, whoever loves ʿAlī with his heart, Allah grants him one third of the reward of this entire Ummah; and whoever loves him with his heart and tongue, Allah grants him two-thirds of the reward of this entire Ummah; and whoever loves him with his heart, tongue, and hand, Allah grants him the reward of this entire Ummah.”

99-/12011 _22- وَ عَنْهُ:عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ،عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ،عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ،عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ،عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،قَالَ:«قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ): يَا عَلِيُّ،إِنَّ فِيكَ مَثَلاً مِنْ(قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ)مَنْ قَرَأَهَا مَرَّةً فَقَدْ قَرَأَ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ،وَ مَنْ قَرَأَهَا مَرَّتَيْنِ فَقَدْ قَرَأَ ثُلُثَيِ الْقُرْآنِ،وَ مَنْ قَرَأَهَا ثَلاَثاً فَقَدْ قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ[كُلَّهُ].يَا عَلِيُّ، مَنْ أَحَبَّكَ بِقَلْبِهِ كَانَ لَهُ[مِثْلُ]أَجْرِ ثُلُثِ[هَذِهِ]الْأُمَّةِ،وَ مَنْ أَحَبَّكَ بِقَلْبِهِ وَ أَعَانَكَ بِلِسَانِهِ كَانَ لَهُ[مِثْلُ]أَجْرِ ثُلُثَيْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ،وَ مَنْ أَحَبَّكَ بِقَلْبِهِ وَ أَعَانَكَ بِلِسَانِهِ وَ نَصَرَكَ بِسَيْفِهِ كَانَ لَهُ مِثْلُ أَجْرِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ».

99-/12011 _22- And from him: from ʿAlī ibn ʿAbdillāh, from Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad, from al-Ḥakam ibn Sulaymān, from Muḥammad ibn Kathīr, from Abū Jaʿfar (peace be upon him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and his family) said: “O ʿAlī, there is an example of you in (Qul huwa Allāhu Aḥad) (Say: He, Allah, is One): whoever recites it once has recited one third of the Qur’an; whoever recites it twice has recited two-thirds of the Qur’an; and whoever recites it three times has recited the entire Qur’an.

O ʿAlī, whoever loves you with his heart will receive a reward equal to one third of this Ummah; and whoever loves you with his heart and supports you with his tongue will receive a reward equal to two-thirds of this Ummah; and whoever loves you with his heart, supports you with his tongue, and aids you with his sword will have a reward equal to the reward of this entire Ummah.”

99-/12012 _23- ابْنُ بَابَوَيْهِ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الْعَطَّارُ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي،عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى،عَنْ نُوحِ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ النَّيْسَابُورِيِّ،عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الدِّهْقَانِ،عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ أَخِي شُعَيْبٍ الْعَقَرْقُوفِيِّ،عَنْ شُعَيْبٍ،عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ،قَالَ:سَمِعْتُ الصَّادِقَ جَعْفَرَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ(عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ)يُحَدِّثُ،عَنْ أَبِيهِ،عَنْ آبَائِهِ(عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ)،قَالَ:«قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)يَوْماً لِأَصْحَابِهِ: أَيُّكُمْ يَصُومُ الدَّهْرَ؟فَقَالَ سَلْمَانُ(رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ):أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ.فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ):فَأَيُّكُمْ يُحْيِي اللَّيْلَ؟قَالَ سَلْمَانُ:أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ.قَالَ:فَأَيُّكُمْ يَخْتِمُ الْقُرْآنَ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ؟فَقَالَ سَلْمَانُ:أَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ.فَغَضِبَ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِهِ،فَقَالَ:يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ،إِنَّ سَلْمَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْفُرْسِ، يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَفْتَخِرَ عَلَيْنَا مَعَاشِرَ قُرَيْشٍ،قُلْتَ:أَيُّكُمْ يَصُومُ الدَّهْرَ؟فَقَالَ:أَنَا.وَ هُوَ أَكْثَرَ أَيَّامِهِ يَأْكُلُ،وَ قُلْتَ:أَيُّكُمْ يُحْيِي اللَّيْلِ؟فَقَالَ:أَنَا،وَ هُوَ أَكْثَرَ لَيْلِهِ نَائِمٌ.وَ قُلْتُ:أَيُّكُمْ يَخْتِمُ الْقُرْآنَ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ؟فَقَالَ:أَنَا،وَ هُوَ أَكْثَرُ أَيَّامِهِ صَامِتٌ.

فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ):[مَهْ]يَا فُلاَنُ،أَنَّى لَكَ بِمِثْلِ لُقْمَانَ الْحَكِيمِ،سَلْهُ فَإِنَّهُ يُنَبِّئُكَ.

99-/12012 _23- Ibn Bābawayh said: Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā al-ʿAṭṭār narrated to us, who said: My father narrated to me, from Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿĪsā, from Nūḥ ibn Shuʿayb al-Naysābūrī, from ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Dihqān, from ʿUrwah ibn Akhī Shuʿayb al-ʿAqarqūfī, from Shuʿayb, from Abī Baṣīr, who said:

I heard al-Ṣādiq Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad (peace be upon them both) narrating from his father, from his forefathers (peace be upon them), who said: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and his family) said one day to his companions: “Which of you fasts all year long?” Salman (may Allah have mercy on him) said, “I do, O Messenger of Allah.” The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and his family) said, “Which of you spends the night in prayer?” Salman said, “I do, O Messenger of Allah.” He said, “And which of you completes the Qur’an every day?” Salman said, “I do, O Messenger of Allah.”

Some of the companions became upset and said, “O Messenger of Allah, Salman is a man from Persia and wants to boast over us — the people of Quraysh. You asked: ‘Who among you fasts all year?’ and he said, ‘I do,’ while he eats on most days. And you asked: ‘Who among you spends the night in prayer?’ and he said, ‘I do,’ though he sleeps most of the night. And you asked: ‘Who among you completes the Qur’an every day?’ and he said, ‘I do,’ though most of the time he is silent.”

The Prophet (may Allah bless him and his family) said: “Stop, O so-and-so. Where are you in comparison to Luqmān the Wise? Ask him, for he will inform you.”

_21) -تأويل الآيات 2:3/861.

_22) -تأويل الآيات 2:4/861.

_23) -أمالي الصدوق:5/37.

[1] الأنعام 6:160.

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فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ لِسَلْمَانَ:

يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ،أَ لَيْسَ زَعَمْتَ أَنَّكَ تَصُومُ الدَّهْرَ؟فَقَالَ:نَعَمْ،فَقَالَ:رَأَيْتُكَ فِي أَكْثَرِ نَهَارِكَ تَأْكُلُ!فَقَالَ:لَيْسَ حَيْثُ تَذْهَبُ،إِنِّي أَصُومُ الثَّلاَثَةَ فِي الشَّهْرِ،وَ كَمَا قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: مَنْ جٰاءَ بِالْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُ عَشْرُ أَمْثٰالِهٰا [1]،وَ أَصِلُ

شَهْرَ شَعْبَانَ بِشَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ،وَ ذَلِكَ صَوْمُ الدَّهْرِ.

فَقَالَ أَ لَيْسَ زَعَمْتَ أَنَّكَ تُحْيِي اللَّيْلَ؟فَقَالَ:نَعَمْ،فَقَالَ:إِنَّكَ أَكْثَرَ لَيْلِكَ نَائِمٌ!فَقَالَ:لَيْسَ حَيْثُ تَذْهَبُ، وَ لَكِنِّي سَمِعْتُ حَبِيبِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)يَقُولُ:مَنْ بَاتَ عَلَى طُهْرٍ فَكَأَنَّمَا أَحْيَا اللَّيْلَ كُلَّهُ.وَ أَنَا أَبِيتُ عَلَى طُهْرٍ.

فَقَالَ:أَ لَيْسَ زَعَمْتَ أَنَّكَ تَخْتِمُ الْقُرْآنَ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ؟قَالَ:نَعَمْ.قَالَ:فَإِنَّكَ أَكْثَرَ أَيَّامِكَ صَامِتٌ!فَقَالَ:لَيْسَ حَيْثُ تَذْهَبُ،وَ لَكِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)يَقُولُ:لِعَلِيٍّ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ،مَثَلُكَ فِي أُمَّتِي مَثَلُ:(قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ)فَمَنْ قَرَأَهَا مَرَّةً فَقَدْ قَرَأَ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ،وَ مَنْ قَرَأَهَا مَرَّتَيْنِ فَقَدْ قَرَأَ ثُلُثَيِ الْقُرْآنِ،وَ مَنْ قَرَأَهَا ثَلاَثاً فَقَدْ خَتَمَ الْقُرْآنَ، فَمَنْ أَحَبَّكَ بِلِسَانِهِ فَقَدْ كَمَلَ لَهُ ثُلُثُ الْإِيمَانِ،وَ مَنْ أَحَبَّكَ بِلِسَانِهِ وَ قَلْبِهِ فَقَدْ كَمَلَ لَهُ ثُلُثَا الْإِيمَانِ،وَ مَنْ أَحَبَّكَ بِلِسَانِهِ وَ قَلْبِهِ وَ نَصَرَكَ بِيَدِهِ فَقَدِ اسْتَكْمَلَ الْإِيمَانَ،وَ الَّذِي بَعَثَنِي بِالْحَقِّ يَا عَلِيُّ،لَوْ أَحَبَّكَ أَهْلُ الْأَرْضِ كَمَحَبَّةِ أَهْلِ السَّمَاءِ [لَكَ]،لَمَا عَذَّبَ اللَّهُ أَحَداً بِالنَّارِ.وَ أَنَا أَقْرَأُ(قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ)فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ.فَقَامَ وَ كَأَنَّهُ قَدْ أُلْقِمَ الْقَوْمُ حَجَراً».

99-/2274 A man said to Salmān: “O Abā ʿAbdillāh, did you not claim that you fast all year round?” He replied, “Yes.” The man said, “But I see you eating most of the day!” He replied, “It is not as you think. I fast three days every month, and—as Allāh, the Mighty and Majestic, said: Whoever brings a good deed, he shall have ten like it (Qur’ān 6:160)—and I join the month of Shaʿbān with the month of Ramaḍān, and that is considered fasting the whole year.”

The man said, “Did you not claim that you spend the night in prayer?” He replied, “Yes.” The man said, “Yet I see you sleeping most of the night!” He replied, “It is not as you think. Rather, I heard my beloved, the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa ālihi), say: Whoever sleeps in a state of purification, it is as if he has spent the entire night in prayer. And I sleep in a state of purification.”

The man said, “Did you not claim that you complete the recitation of the Qur’ān every day?” He said, “Yes.” The man said, “But you are silent most days!” He replied, “It is not as you think. Rather, I heard the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa ālihi) say to ʿAlī (ʿalayhis-salām): O Abā al-Ḥasan, your example in my nation is like that of (Say: He, Allah, is One [Qul huwa Allāhu aḥad]). Whoever recites it once, it is as if he has recited one third of the Qur’ān; whoever recites it twice, it is as if he has recited two-thirds of the Qur’ān; and whoever recites it three times, it is as if he has completed the Qur’ān. Whoever loves you with his tongue has perfected one-third of faith, and whoever loves you with his tongue and heart has perfected two-thirds of faith, and whoever loves you with his tongue, heart, and supports you with his hand has perfected faith completely. And by the One Who sent me with the truth, O ʿAlī, if the people of the earth loved you as the people of the heavens love you, Allāh would not punish anyone with the Fire. And I recite (Say: He, Allah, is One) three times every day.”

Then the man stood up, as if a stone had been thrust into the mouths of the people.

Qur’ān 6:160 — “Whoever brings a good deed, he shall have ten like it; and whoever brings an evil deed, he shall be recompensed only with the like of it; and they shall not be dealt with unjustly.” — M H Shakir

99-/12013 _24- الطَّبْرِسِيُّ:رَوَى الْفُضَيْلُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ،قَالَ: أَمَرَنِي أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)أَنْ أَقْرَأَ:(قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ)، وَ أَقُولَ إِذَا فَرَغْتُ مِنْهَا:كَذَلِكَ اللَّهُ رَبِّي ثَلاَثاً.

و قد تقدم في فضل سورة الكافرون من ذلك [1].

99-/12013 _24 Al-Ṭabrisī: Al-Fuḍayl ibn Yasār narrated: Abū Jaʿfar (ʿalayhis-salām) instructed me to recite: (Say: He, Allah, is One), and when I finished it, to say: "Such is Allāh, my Lord" three times.

And this has already been mentioned earlier in the merits of Sūrat al-Kāfirūn. [1]

99-/12014 _25- وَ مِنْ طَرِيقِ الْمُخَالِفِينَ:مَا رَوَاهُ أَخْطَبُ خُطَبَاءِ خُوَارِزْمَ،بِإِسْنَادِهِ يَرْفَعُهُ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ:قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ): «يَا عَلِيُّ مَا مَثَلُكَ فِي النَّاسِ إِلاَّ كَمَثَلِ(قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ)فِي الْقُرْآنِ،مَنْ قَرَأَهَا مَرَّةً فَكَأَنَّمَا قَرَأَ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ،وَ مَنْ قَرَأَهَا مَرَّتَيْنِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَرَأَ ثُلُثَيِ الْقُرْآنِ،وَ مَنْ قَرَأَهَا ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ كَمَنْ قَدْ قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ.وَ كَذَا أَنْتَ يَا عَلِيُّ،مَنْ أَحَبَّكَ بِقَلْبِهِ فَقَدْ أَحَبَّ ثُلُثَ الْإِيمَانِ،وَ مَنْ أَحَبَّكَ بِقَلْبِهِ وَ لِسَانِهِ فَقَدْ أَحَبَّ ثُلُثَيِ الْإِيمَانِ،وَ مَنْ أَحَبَّكَ بِقَلْبِهِ وَ لِسَانِهِ وَ يَدِهِ فَقَدْ أَحَبَّ الْإِيمَانَ كُلَّهُ،وَ الَّذِي بَعَثَنِي بِالْحَقِّ نَبِيّاً،لَوْ أَحَبَّكَ أَهْلُ الْأَرْضِ كَمَا يُحِبُّكَ أَهْلُ السَّمَاءِ لَمَا عَذَّبَ اللَّهُ أَحَداً مِنْهُمْ بِالنَّارِ».

99-/12014 _25 And from the path of the opponents (i.e., non-Shiʿa sources): What was narrated by the chief preacher of Khwārazm (Akhṭab Khuṭabā’ Khwārazm), through his chain of transmission, raising it to ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbbās, who said:

The Messenger of Allāh (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa ālihi) said: “O ʿAlī! Your example among the people is only like the example of (Say: He, Allah, is One) in the Qur’ān. Whoever recites it once, it is as if he has recited one-third of the Qur’ān; and whoever recites it twice, it is as if he has recited two-thirds of the Qur’ān; and whoever recites it three times is like the one who has recited the entire Qur’ān.

Likewise are you, O ʿAlī: whoever loves you with his heart has loved one-third of faith; and whoever loves you with his heart and tongue has loved two-thirds of faith; and whoever loves you with his heart, tongue, and hand has loved the entirety of faith.

By the One Who sent me as a Prophet with the truth, if the people of the earth were to love you as the people of the heavens love you, Allāh would not punish a single one of them with the Fire.”

99-/12015 _26- وَ مِنْ(خَوَاصِّ الْقُرْآنِ):رُوِيَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «مَنْ قَرَأَ هَذِهِ السُّورَةِ وَ أَصْغَى لَهَا أَحَبَّهُ اللَّهُ،وَ مَنْ أَحَبَّهُ اللَّهُ نَجَا،وَ قِرَاءَتُهَا عَلَى قُبُورِ الْأَمْوَاتِ فِيهَا ثَوَابٌ كَثِيرٌ،وَ هِيَ حِرْزٌ مِنْ كُلِّ آفَةٍ».

99-/12015 _26 And among the special qualities of the Qur’ān (Khawāṣṣ al-Qur’ān): It is narrated from the Prophet (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa ālihi) that he said:

“Whoever recites this sūrah [Qul huwa Allāhu aḥad] and listens attentively to it, Allāh will love him; and whoever Allāh loves, He will save. Reciting it over the graves of the dead carries great reward, and it is a protection from every affliction.”

99-/12016 _27- وَ قَالَ الصَّادِقُ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): «مَنْ قَرَأَهَا وَ أَهْدَاهَا لِلْمَوْتَى كَانَ فِيهَا ثَوَابُ مَا فِي جَمِيعِ الْقُرْآنِ،وَ مَنْ قَرَأَهَا عَلَى الرَّمِدِ سَكَّنَهُ اللَّهُ وَ هَدَّأَهُ بِقُدْرَةِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى».

99-/12016 _27 Al-Ṣādiq (ʿalayhis-salām) said:

“Whoever recites it [Qul huwa Allāhu aḥad] and dedicates its reward to the deceased, it will carry the reward of the entire Qur’ān. And whoever recites it over eye inflammation (ramad), Allāh will soothe and calm it by His power, the Exalted.”

_24) -مجمع البيان 10:863.

_25) -تأويل الآيات 2:1/860.

_26) -......

_27) -خواص القرآن:17«مخطوط».

[1] تقدّم في الحديث(4)من فضل سورة الكافرون.

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99-/12017 _28- الرِّضَا(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)فِي(صَحِيفَتِهِ)،قَالَ:«قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ): مَنْ مَرَّ عَلَى الْمَقَابِرِ وَ قَرَأَ: (قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ)إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ مَرَّةً ثُمَّ وَهَبَ أَجْرَهُ لِلْأَمْوَاتِ أُعْطِيَ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ بِعَدَدِ الْأَمْوَاتِ».

99-/12017 _28 Al-Riḍā (ʿalayhis-salām), in his Ṣaḥīfah, said:

The Messenger of Allāh (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa ālihi) said: “Whoever passes by the graves and recites: (Say: He, Allah, is One) eleven times, then donates its reward to the dead, he will be given a reward equal to the number of the dead.”

99-/12018 _29- وَ عَنْهُ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)فِي(صَحِيفَتِهِ):«عَنْ عَلِيٍّ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)إِذَا صَلَّى بِنَا صَلاَةَ السَّفَرِ قَرَأَ فِي الْأُولَى الْحَمْدَ وَ(قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ)،وَ فِي الْأُخْرَى الْحَمْدَ وَ(قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ)،ثُمَّ قَالَ:

قَرَأْتُ لَكُمْ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ وَ رُبُعَهُ».

99-/12018 _29 And from him (ʿalayhis-salām) in his Ṣaḥīfah:

From ʿAlī (ʿalayhis-salām), who said: Whenever the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallallāhu ʿalayhi wa ālihi) led us in the prayer of travel (ṣalāt al-safar), he would recite in the first unit [rakʿah] al-Ḥamd [Sūrat al-Fātiḥah] and (Say: O disbelievers [Qul yā ayyuhā al-kāfirūn]); and in the second, al-Ḥamd and (Say: He, Allah, is One [Qul huwa Allāhu aḥad]).

Then he would say: “I have recited for you one-third of the Qur’ān and one-fourth of it.”

_28) -صحيفة الإمام الرضا(عليه السّلام):28/94.

_29) -صحيفة الإمام الرضا(عليه السّلام):117/228.

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