S 3 A 33-34

قوله تعالى:

إِنَّ اللّٰهَ اصْطَفىٰ آدَمَ وَ نُوحاً وَ آلَ إِبْرٰاهِيمَ وَ آلَ عِمْرٰانَ عَلَى الْعٰالَمِينَ* ذُرِّيَّةً بَعْضُهٰا مِنْ بَعْضٍ وَ اللّٰهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ[33-34]

[Quran 3:33-34] Surely Allah chose Adam and Nuh and the descendants of Ibrahim and the descendants of Imran above the nations. Offspring one of the other; and Allah is Hearing, Knowing.

99-/1659 _1- الشَّيْخُ فِي(أَمَالِيهِ):عَنْ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ الْفَحَّامِ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى،عَنْ هَارُونَ،قَالَ:

حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ إِبْرَاهِيمُ،عَنْ أَبِيهِ،عَنْ جَدِّهِ-وَ هُوَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ-قَالَ:

سَمِعْتُ جَعْفَرَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ(عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ)يَقْرَأُ: إِنَّ اللّٰهَ اصْطَفىٰ آدَمَ وَ نُوحاً وَ آلَ إِبْرٰاهِيمَ وَ آلَ عِمْرٰانَ -وَ آلَ مُحَمَّدٍ- عَلَى الْعٰالَمِينَ قَالَ:«هَكَذَا أُنْزِلَتْ».

99-/1659 English: The Shaykh in his Amali: from Abu Muhammad al-Fahham, who said: Muhammad b. ‘Isa narrated to me, from Harun, who said: Abu ‘Abd al-Samad Ibrahim narrated to me, from his father, from his grandfather—Ibrahim b. ‘Abd al-Samad b. Muhammad b. Ibrahim—who said: I heard Ja‘far b. Muhammad (peace be upon them both) recite: “Surely Allah chose Adam and Nuh and the descendants of Ibrahim and the descendants of ‘Imran—and the descendants of Muhammad—above the nations,” and he said: “It was revealed thus.”

99-/1660 _2- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ:قَالَ الْعَالِمُ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): «نَزَلَ آلَ إِبْرٰاهِيمَ وَ آلَ عِمْرٰانَ -وَ آلَ مُحَمَّدٍ- عَلَى الْعٰالَمِينَ فَأَسْقَطُوا(آلَ مُحَمَّدٍ)مِنَ الْكِتَابِ».

99-/1660 English: ‘Ali b. Ibrahim: The Scholar (peace be upon him) said: “It was revealed: ‘the descendants of Ibrahim and the descendants of ‘Imran—and the descendants of Muhammad—above the nations,’ but they removed (the descendants of Muhammad) from the Book.”

99-/1661 _3- وَ قَالَ الطَّبْرِسِيُّ فِي(مَجْمَعِ الْبَيَانِ): وَ فِي قِرَاءَةِ أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ:«وَ آلَ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ».

99-/1661 English: And al-Tabrisi said in Majma‘ al-Bayan: In the recitation of Ahl al-Bayt: “and the descendants of Muhammad above the nations.”

99-/1662 _4- ابْنُ بَابَوَيْهِ:قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ شَاذَوَيْهِ الْمُؤَدِّبُ،وَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَسْرُورٍ(رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا)،قَالاَ:حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْحِمْيَرِيُّ،عَنْ أَبِيهِ،عَنِ الرَّيَّانِ بْنِ الصَّلْتِ،قَالَ: حَضَرَ الرِّضَا(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)مَجْلِسَ الْمَأْمُونِ،وَ قَدِ اجْتَمَعَ إِلَيْهِ فِي مَجْلِسِهِ جَمَاعَةٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ وَ خُرَاسَانَ،وَ ذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ إِلَى أَنْ قَالَ فِيهِ:قَالَ الْمَأْمُونُ:هَلْ فَضَّلَ اللَّهُ الْعِتْرَةَ عَلَى سَائِرِ الْأُمَّةِ؟ فَقَالَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):«إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَبَانَ فَضْلَ الْعِتْرَةِ عَلَى سَائِرِ النَّاسِ فِي مُحْكَمِ كِتَابِهِ».

فَقَالَ الْمَأْمُونُ:وَ أَيْنَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ الرِّضَا(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):«فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: إِنَّ اللّٰهَ اصْطَفىٰ آدَمَ وَ نُوحاً وَ آلَ إِبْرٰاهِيمَ وَ آلَ عِمْرٰانَ عَلَى الْعٰالَمِينَ* ذُرِّيَّةً بَعْضُهٰا مِنْ بَعْضٍ -قَالَ-:يَعْنِي إِنَّ الْعِتْرَةَ دَاخِلُونَ فِي آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ،لِأَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ) مِنْ وُلْدِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)»،وَ هُوَ دَعْوَةُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَى مَا تَقَدَّمَ الْحَدِيثُ فِيهِ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ) [1]،وَ عِتْرَتُهُ مِنْهُ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ).

99-/1662 English: Ibn Babawayh: ‘Ali b. al-Husayn b. Shadhawayh al-Mu’addib and Ja‘far b. Muhammad b. Masrur (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Muhammad b. ‘Abd Allah b. Ja‘far al-Himyari narrated to us, from his father, from al-Rayyan b. al-Salt, who said: Al-Rida (peace be upon him) attended al-Ma’mun’s session, and a group from Iraq and Khurasan had gathered with him. He mentioned the report until he said in it: Al-Ma’mun said: Has Allah preferred the ‘itra over the rest of the Ummah? Abu al-Hasan (peace be upon him) said: “Indeed Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has made clear the excellence of the ‘itra over the rest of mankind in the decisive part of His Book.” Al-Ma’mun said: And where is that in Allah’s Book? Al-Rida (peace be upon him) said: “In His saying, Mighty and Majestic: ‘Surely Allah chose Adam and Nuh and the descendants of Ibrahim and the descendants of ‘Imran above the nations; offspring one of the other; and Allah is Hearing, Knowing’ [Quran 3:33-34, Shakir].” He said: “It means the ‘itra are included among the descendants of Ibrahim, for the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace be upon him and his family) is from the progeny of Ibrahim (peace be upon him),” and he is the fulfillment of Ibrahim’s supplication, as the report has already preceded from the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace be upon him and his family) [1], and his ‘itra are from him (blessings and peace be upon him and his family).”

99-/1663 _5- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْمَعْرُوفُ بِابْنِ زَيْنَبَ النُّعْمَانِيُّ:عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ الْكُلَيْنِيِّ،قَالَ:

99-/1663 English: Muhammad b. Ibrahim, known as Ibn Zaynab al-Nu‘mani: from Abu Ja‘far Muhammad b. Ya‘qub al-Kulayni, who said: …

_1) -الأمالي 1:306.

al-Amali 1:306.

_2) -تفسير القمّيّ 1:100.

Tafsir al-Qummi 1:100.

_3) -مجمع البيان 2:735.

Majma‘ al-Bayan 2:735.

_4) -عيون أخبار الرّضا(عليه السّلام)1:1/230.

‘Uyun Akhbar al-Rida 1:1/230.

_5) -الغيبة:67/281.

al-Ghayba: 67/281.

[1] تقدّم في الحديث(13)من تفسير الآيات(126-129)من سورة البقرة.

Taqaddama fi al-hadith (13) min tafsir al-ayat (126-129) min Surat al-Baqara.

حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ هَاشِمٍ،عنه [عَنْ] أَبِيهِ،وَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى،عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى،وَ حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ غَيْرُهُ،عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ جَمِيعاً،عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ،وَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمَوْصِلِيُّ،عَنْ أَبِي عَلِيٍّ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَاشِرٍ،عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ هِلاَلٍ،عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ،عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِي الْمِقْدَامِ،عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الْجُعْفِيِّ،قَالَ:قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْبَاقِرُ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): «يَا جَابِرُ الْزَمِ الْأَرْضَ وَ لاَ تُحَرِّكْ يَداً وَ لاَ رِجْلاً حَتَّى تَرَى عَلاَمَاتٍ أَذْكُرُهَا لَكَ إِنْ أَدْرَكْتَهَا»وَ ذَكَرَ عَلاَمَاتِ الْقَائِمِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)إِلَى أَنْ قَالَ فِي الْحَدِيثِ:

«فَيُنَادِي-يَعْنِي الْقَائِمَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)-:يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ،إِنَّا نَسْتَنْصِرُ اللَّهَ،فَمَنْ أَجَابَنَا مِنَ النَّاسِ فَإِنَّا أَهْلُ بَيْتِ نَبِيِّكُمْ، وَ نَحْنُ أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِاللَّهِ وَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)،فَمَنْ حَاجَّنِي فِي آدَمَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)فَأَنَا أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِآدَمَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،وَ مَنْ حَاجَّنِي فِي نُوحٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)فَأَنَا أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِنُوحٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،وَ مَنْ حَاجَّنِي فِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)فَأَنَا أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِإِبْرَاهِيمَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،وَ مَنْ حَاجَّنِي فِي مُحَمَّدٍ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)فَأَنَا أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِمُحَمَّدٍ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)،وَ مَنْ حَاجَّنِي فِي النَّبِيِّينَ فَأَنَا أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِالنَّبِيِّينَ،أَ لَيْسَ اللَّهُ يَقُولُ فِي مُحْكَمِ كِتَابِهِ: إِنَّ اللّٰهَ اصْطَفىٰ آدَمَ وَ نُوحاً وَ آلَ إِبْرٰاهِيمَ وَ آلَ عِمْرٰانَ عَلَى الْعٰالَمِينَ* ذُرِّيَّةً بَعْضُهٰا مِنْ بَعْضٍ وَ اللّٰهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ فَأَنَا بَقِيَّةٌ مِنْ آدَمَ،وَ ذَخِيرَةٌ مِنْ نُوحٍ،وَ مُصْطَفًى مِنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ،وَ صَفْوَةٌ مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَجْمَعِينَ)».

99-/1664 English: He (al-Kulayni) narrated to me from ‘Ali b. Ibrahim b. Hashim, from his father; and Muhammad b. Yahya from Ahmad b. Muhammad b. ‘Isa; and ‘Ali b. Muhammad and others from Sahl b. Ziyad, all from al-Hasan b. Mahbub; and ‘Abd al-Wahid b. ‘Abd Allah al-Mawsili from Abu ‘Ali Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Abi Nashr, from Ahmad b. Hilal, from al-Hasan b. Mahbub, from ‘Amr b. Abi al-Miqdam, from Jabir b. Yazid al-Ju‘fi, who said: Abu Ja‘far Muhammad b. ‘Ali al-Baqir (peace be upon him) said: “O Jabir, keep to the ground and do not move hand or foot until you see signs I mention to you, if you live to see them,” and he mentioned the signs of the Qa’im (peace be upon him) until he said in the report: “Then he—the Qa’im (peace be upon him)—will call out: O people, we seek Allah’s help; whoever answers us from among the people, then we are the Household of your Prophet, and we are the most entitled of people to Allah and to Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him and his family). Whoever disputes with me concerning Adam (peace be upon him), I am the most entitled of people to Adam; and whoever disputes with me concerning Nuh (peace be upon him), I am the most entitled of people to Nuh; and whoever disputes with me concerning Ibrahim (peace be upon him), I am the most entitled of people to Ibrahim; and whoever disputes with me concerning Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him and his family), I am the most entitled of people to Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him and his family); and whoever disputes with me concerning the Prophets, I am the most entitled of people to the Prophets. Does Allah not say in the decisive part of His Book: ‘Surely Allah chose Adam and Nuh and the descendants of Ibrahim and the descendants of ‘Imran above the nations; offspring one of the other; and Allah is Hearing, Knowing’ [Quran 3:33-34, Shakir]? So I am a remnant from Adam, a treasure from Nuh, one chosen from Ibrahim, and a pure extract from Muhammad (peace be upon them all).”

99-/1665 _6- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارُ:عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ هَاشِمٍ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَرْقِيِّ،عَنْ خَلَفِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْقِبْطِيِّ،قَالَ:سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)يَقُولُ: «النَّاسُ غَفَلُوا قَوْلَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)فِي عَلِيٍّ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)يَوْمَ غَدِيرِ خُمٍّ،كَمَا غَفَلُوا يَوْمَ مَشْرَبَةِ أُمِّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ.أَتَاهُ النَّاسُ يَعُودُونَهُ فَجَاءَ عَلِيٌّ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)لِيَدْنُوَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)فَلَمْ يَجِدْ مَكَاناً،فَلَمَّا رَأَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)أَنَّهُمْ لاَ يُوَسِّعُونَ لِعَلِيٍّ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)نَادَى:يَا مَعْشَرَ النَّاسِ،أَفْرِجُوا لِعَلِيٍّ.ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ وَ أَقْعَدَهُ مَعَهُ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ؛ثُمَّ قَالَ:يَا مَعْشَرَ النَّاسِ،هَؤُلاَءِ أَهْلُ بَيْتِي تَسْتَخِفُّونَ بِهِمْ وَ أَنَا حَيٌّ بَيْنَ ظَهْرَانَيْكُمْ،أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ لَئِنْ غِبْتُ عَنْكُمْ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يَغِيبُ عَنْكُمْ،إِنَّ الرَّوْحَ وَ الرَّاحَةَ، وَ الرِّضْوَانَ وَ الْبِشْرَ وَ الْبِشَارَةَ،وَ الْحُبَّ وَ الْمَحَبَّةَ لِمَنِ ائْتَمَّ بِعَلِيٍّ وَ وَلاَيَتِهِ،وَ سَلَّمَ لَهُ وَ لِلْأَوْصِيَاءِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ حَقّاً لَأُدْخِلَنَّهُمْ فِي شَفَاعَتِي لِأَنَّهُمْ أَتْبَاعِي،وَ مَنْ تَبِعَنِي فَإِنَّهُ مِنِّي،مَثَلٌ جَرَى فِيمَنِ اتَّبَعَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ،[لِأَنِّي مِنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ]وَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ مِنِّي، وَ دِينُهُ دِينِي وَ دِينِي دِينُهُ،وَ سُنَّتُهُ سُنَّتِي،وَ فَضْلُهُ مِنْ فَضْلِي،وَ أَنَا أَفْضَلُ مِنْهُ،وَ فَضْلِي مِنْ فَضْلِهِ،وَ تَصْدِيقُ قَوْلِي قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: ذُرِّيَّةً بَعْضُهٰا مِنْ بَعْضٍ وَ اللّٰهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ .

وَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)فِي مَشْرَبَةِ أُمِّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حِينَ عَادَهُ النَّاسُ فِي مَرَضِهِ،قَالَ هَذَا».

99-/1665 English: Muhammad b. al-Hasan al-Saffar: from Ibrahim b. Hashim, from Abu ‘Abd Allah al-Barqi, from Khalaf b. Hammad, from Muhammad b. al-Qibti, who said: I heard Abu ‘Abd Allah (peace be upon him) say: “People ignored the statement of the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace be upon him and his family) regarding ‘Ali (peace be upon him) on the Day of Ghadir Khumm, just as they ignored [him] on the day of the upper room of Umm Ibrahim. People came to visit him, and ‘Ali (peace be upon him) came to draw near to the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace be upon him and his family) but found no space. When the Messenger of Allah saw that they were not making room for ‘Ali (peace be upon him), he called out: ‘O people, make way for ‘Ali!’ Then he took his hand and seated him with him on his bed; then he said: ‘O people, these are my Household—you belittle them while I am alive among you. By Allah, if I am absent from you, Allah is not absent from you. Truly, comfort and ease, good pleasure and gladness and good tidings, and love and affection are for whoever takes ‘Ali as imam, is loyal to him, and submits to him and to the trustees after him. By right I will include them in my intercession, for they are my followers, and whoever follows me is of me. A pattern ran in me as in those who followed Ibrahim—for I am from Ibrahim and Ibrahim is from me; his religion is my religion and my religion is his; his practice is my practice; his merit is from my merit, and I am superior to him, and my merit is from his merit—and the confirmation of my statement is His saying, Exalted is He: ‘Offspring one of the other; and Allah is Hearing, Knowing’ [Quran 3:34, Shakir].’ The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace be upon him and his family) was in the upper room of Umm Ibrahim when the people visited him in his illness, and he said this.”

_6) -بصائر الدرجات:1/73.

Basā’ir al-Darajāt 1:73.

[1] المشربة:الغرفة«أقرب الموارد-شرب-1:580».

al-mashraba: al-ghurfa “Aqrab al-Mawārid – Sharb – 1:580”.

[2] زاد في«ط»:و فضله من فضلي.

Zāda fī “T”: wa fadluhu min fadlī.

[3] في المصدر:و فضلي له فضل تصديق.

Fī al-masdar: wa fadlī lahu fadl tasdīq.

99-/1666 _7- أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْبَرْقِيُّ:عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ،عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ خَلَفٍ،عَنْ جَابِرٍ،عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)قَالَ:«قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ): الرَّوْحُ وَ الرَّاحَةُ،وَ الْفَلْجُ وَ الْفَلاَحُ،وَ النَّجَاحُ وَ الْبَرَكَةُ،وَ الْعَفْوُ وَ الْعَافِيَةُ وَ الْمُعَافَاةُ،وَ الْبِشْرُ وَ النَّضْرَةُ وَ الرِّضَا،وَ الْقُرْبُ وَ الْقَرَابَةُ،وَ النَّصْرُ وَ الظَّفَرُ،وَ التَّمْكِينُ وَ السُّرُورُ،وَ الْمَحَبَّةُ مِنَ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى عَلَى مَنْ أَحَبَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَ وَالاَهُ وَ ائْتَمَّ بِهِ وَ أَقَرَّ بِفَضْلِهِ وَ تَوَلَّى الْأَوْصِيَاءَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ،حَقٌّ عَلَيَّ أَنْ أُدْخِلَهُمْ فِي شَفَاعَتِي،وَ حَقٌّ عَلَى رَبِّي أَنْ يَسْتَجِيبَ لِي فِيهِمْ وَ إِنَّهُمْ أَتْبَاعِي،وَ مَنْ تَبِعَنِي فَإِنَّهُ مِنِّي.

جَرَى فِيَّ مَثَلُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)وَ فِي الْأَوْصِيَاءِ مِنْ بَعْدِي،لِأَنِّي مِنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ مِنِّي،وَ دِينُهُ دِينِي، وَ سُنَّتُهُ سُنَّتِي،وَ أَنَا أَفْضَلُ مِنْهُ،وَ فَضْلِي مِنْ فَضْلِهِ،وَ فَضْلُهُ مِنْ فَضْلِي،وَ تَصْدِيقُ قَوْلِي قَوْلُ رَبِّي: ذُرِّيَّةً بَعْضُهٰا مِنْ بَعْضٍ وَ اللّٰهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ ».

99-/1666 English: Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Khalid al-Barqi: from ‘Ali b. al-Hakam, from Sa‘d b. Khalaf, from Jabir, from Abu Ja‘far (peace be upon him), who said: “The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace be upon him and his family) said: ‘Comfort and ease, triumph and success, attainment and blessing, pardon and well-being and wellness, gladness and brightness and contentment, nearness and kinship, victory and conquest, stability and joy, and love from Allah, Blessed and Exalted, are upon whoever loves ‘Ali b. Abi Talib, is loyal to him, takes him as imam, acknowledges his merit, and is devoted to the trustees after him. It is binding upon me to include them in my intercession, and binding upon my Lord to answer me regarding them, for they are my followers, and whoever follows me is of me. The example of Ibrahim (peace be upon him) has run in me and in the trustees after me, for I am from Ibrahim and Ibrahim is from me; his religion is my religion; his practice is my practice; and I am superior to him; my merit is from his merit and his merit is from my merit; and the confirmation of my statement is my Lord’s saying: ‘Offspring one of the other; and Allah is Hearing, Knowing’ [Quran 3:34, Shakir].’”

99-/1667 _8- الْعَيَّاشِيُّ:عَنْ حَنَانِ بْنِ سَدِيرٍ،عَنْ أَبِيهِ،عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)قَالَ: إِنَّ اللّٰهَ اصْطَفىٰ آدَمَ وَ نُوحاً وَ آلَ إِبْرٰاهِيمَ وَ آلَ عِمْرٰانَ عَلَى الْعٰالَمِينَ* ذُرِّيَّةً بَعْضُهٰا مِنْ بَعْضٍ قَالَ:«نَحْنُ مِنْهُمْ،وَ نَحْنُ بَقِيَّةُ تِلْكَ الْعِتْرَةِ».

99-/1667 English: Al-‘Ayyashi: from Hanan b. Sadir, from his father, from Abu Ja‘far (peace be upon him), regarding “Surely Allah chose Adam and Nuh and the descendants of Ibrahim and the descendants of ‘Imran above the nations; offspring one of the other” [Quran 3:33-34, Shakir], he said: “We are among them, and we are the remainder of that ‘itra.”

99-/1668 _9- عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ،قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ: إِنَّ اللّٰهَ اصْطَفىٰ آدَمَ وَ نُوحاً وَ آلَ إِبْرٰاهِيمَ .فَقَالَ:«هُوَ:آلُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَ آلُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ.فَوَضَعُوا اسْماً مَكَانَ اسْمٍ».

99-/1668 English: From Hisham b. Salim, who said: I asked Abu ‘Abd Allah (peace be upon him) about Allah’s saying: “Surely Allah chose Adam and Nuh and the descendants of Ibrahim…” He said: “It is: the descendants of Ibrahim and the descendants of Muhammad above the nations. They put one name in place of a name.”

99-/1669 _10- عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ،عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)قَالَ: «لَمَّا قَضَى مُحَمَّدٌ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)نُبُوَّتَهُ وَ اسْتُكْمِلَتْ أَيَّامُهُ،أَوْحَى اللَّهُ:يَا مُحَمَّدُ،قَدْ قَضَيْتَ نُبُوَّتَكَ،وَ اسْتَكْمَلْتَ أَيَّامَكَ،فَاجْعَلِ الْعِلْمَ الَّذِي عِنْدَكَ مِنَ الْإِيمَانِ،وَ الاِسْمَ الْأَكْبَرَ،وَ مِيرَاثَ الْعِلْمِ،وَ آثَارَ عِلْمِ النُّبُوَّةِ فِي الْعَقِبِ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِكَ،فَإِنِّي لَمْ أَقْطَعِ الْعِلْمَ وَ لاَ الْإِيمَانَ وَ الاِسْمَ الْأَكْبَرَ وَ مِيرَاثَ الْعِلْمِ وَ آثَارَ عِلْمِ النُّبُوَّةِ مِنَ الْعَقِبِ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِكَ،كَمَا لَمْ أَقْطَعْهَا مِنْ بُيُوتَاتِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا بَيْنَكَ وَ بَيْنَ أَبِيكَ آدَمَ.وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ: إِنَّ اللّٰهَ اصْطَفىٰ آدَمَ وَ نُوحاً وَ آلَ إِبْرٰاهِيمَ وَ آلَ عِمْرٰانَ عَلَى الْعٰالَمِينَ* ذُرِّيَّةً بَعْضُهٰا مِنْ بَعْضٍ وَ اللّٰهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ .

وَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ جَلَّ وَ تَعَالَى لَمْ يَجْعَلِ الْعِلْمَ جَهْلاً،وَ لَمْ يَكِلْ أَمْرَهُ إِلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ،لاَ إِلَى مَلَكٍ مُقَرَّبٍ،وَ لاَ إِلَى نَبِيٍّ مُرْسَلٍ،وَ لَكِنَّهُ أَرْسَلَ رُسُلاً مِنْ مَلاَئِكَتِهِ،فَقَالَ لَهُ:كَذَا وَ كَذَا.فَأَمَرَهُمْ بِمَا يُحِبُّ،وَ نَهَاهُمْ عَمَّا يَكْرَهُ،فَقَصَّ عَلَيْهِ أَمْرَ خَلْقِهِ بِعِلْمٍ،فَعَلِمَ ذَلِكَ الْعِلْمَ،وَ عَلَّمَ أَنْبِيَاءَهُ وَ أَصْفِيَاءَهُ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ الْأَعْوَانِ وَ الذُّرِّيَّةِ الَّتِي بَعْضُهَا مِنْ بَعْضٍ،فَذَلِكَ

99-/1669 English: From Abu Hamzah, from Abu Ja‘far (peace be upon him), who said: “When Muhammad (blessings and peace be upon him and his family) had fulfilled his prophethood and his days were completed, Allah revealed: ‘O Muhammad, you have fulfilled your prophethood and completed your days, so place the knowledge you possess of faith, the Greatest Name, the inheritance of knowledge, and the traces of the knowledge of prophethood in the progeny from your descendants; for I have not cut off knowledge, nor faith, nor the Greatest Name, nor the inheritance of knowledge, nor the traces of the knowledge of prophethood from the progeny of your descendants, just as I did not cut them off from the houses of the prophets who were between you and your father Adam. And that is Allah’s saying: “Surely Allah chose Adam and Nuh and the descendants of Ibrahim and the descendants of ‘Imran above the nations; offspring one of the other; and Allah is Hearing, Knowing”’ [Quran 3:33-34, Shakir]. And indeed Allah, Glorious and Exalted, did not make knowledge into ignorance, nor entrust its matter to any of His creation—not to a near angel nor to a sent prophet; rather He sent messengers from among His angels and said to him: such and such. He commanded them with what He loves and forbade them what He dislikes. He related to him the matter of His creation with knowledge, so he came to know that knowledge, and He taught His prophets and His elect ones from among the prophets, the helpers, and the progeny who are offspring one of another. That is…”

فَقَوْلُ اللَّهِ: فَقَدْ آتَيْنٰا آلَ إِبْرٰاهِيمَ الْكِتٰابَ وَ الْحِكْمَةَ وَ آتَيْنٰاهُمْ مُلْكاً عَظِيماً

[Quran 4:54] Or do they envy the people for what Allah has given them of His grace? But indeed We have given to Ibrahim’s descendants the Book and the Wisdom, and We have given them a grand kingdom. (M. H. Shakir)

99-/1670 English (continuation of 99-/1669): “…So His saying: ‘So indeed We gave the descendants of Ibrahim the Book and the Wisdom, and We gave them a grand kingdom’ [Quran 4:54, Shakir]. As for the Book, it is prophethood; as for the Wisdom, they are the sages among the prophets in the elite; and as for the grand kingdom, they are the guiding Imams among the elite. All of these are from the progeny, offspring one of another, in whom He placed the remainder and in whom is the ultimate outcome. He preserved the covenant until the world ends; and for the scholars and the holders of authority is the derivation of knowledge and guidance.”

99-/1669 _11- عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ،عَنِ الرِّضَا(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): «مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ فَرَغَ مِنَ الْأَمْرِ فَقَدْ كَذَبَ،لِأَنَّ الْمَشِيئَةَ لِلَّهِ فِي خَلْقِهِ،يُرِيدُ مَا يَشَاءُ،وَ يَفْعَلُ مَا يُرِيدُ،قَالَ اللَّهُ: ذُرِّيَّةً بَعْضُهٰا مِنْ بَعْضٍ وَ اللّٰهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ آخِرُهَا مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا،وَ أَوَّلُهَا مِنْ آخِرِهَا،فَإِذَا أُخْبِرْتُمْ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْهَا بِعَيْنِهِ أَنَّهُ كَائِنٌ وَ كَانَ فِي غَيْرِهِ مِنْهُ،فَقَدْ وَقَعَ الْخَبَرُ عَلَى مَا أُخْبِرْتُمْ عَنْهُ».

99-/1670 English: From Ahmad b. Muhammad, from al-Rida (peace be upon him), from Abu Ja‘far (peace be upon him): “Whoever claims that the matter is finished has lied, for the will belongs to Allah in His creation—He wills what He wishes and does what He wills. Allah said: ‘Offspring one of the other; and Allah is Hearing, Knowing’ [Quran 3:34, Shakir]—its last is from its first and its first from its last. So if you are informed about something from it specifically that it will occur, and it occurs in another of it, then the report has come to pass as you were informed about it.”

99-/1671 _12- عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ،عَنْ أَبِي كَلَدَةَ،عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)قَالَ:«قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ): الرَّوْحُ وَ الرَّاحَةُ،وَ الرَّحْمَةُ وَ النَّضْرَةُ،وَ الْيُسْرُ وَ الْيَسَارُ،وَ الرِّضَا وَ الرِّضْوَانُ،وَ الْمَخْرَجُ وَ الْفَلْجُ، وَ الْقُرْبُ وَ الْمَحَبَّةُ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ مِنْ رَسُولِهِ لِمَنْ أَحَبَّ عَلِيّاً وَ ائْتَمَّ بِالْأَوْصِيَاءِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ،حَقٌّ عَلَيَّ أَنْ أُدْخِلَهُمْ فِي شَفَاعَتِي، وَ حَقٌّ عَلَى رَبِّي أَنْ يَسْتَجِيبَ لِي فِيهِمْ،لِأَنَّهُمْ أَتْبَاعِي،وَ مَنْ تَبِعَنِي فَإِنَّهُ مِنِّي،مَثَلُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ جَرَى فِيَّ،لِأَنَّهُ مِنِّي، وَ أَنَا مِنْهُ،دِينُهُ دِينِي،وَ دِينِي دِينُهُ،وَ سُنَّتُهُ سُنَّتِي،وَ سُنَّتِي سُنَّتُهُ،وَ فَضْلِي فَضْلُهُ،وَ أَنَا أَفْضَلُ مِنْهُ،وَ فَضْلِي لَهُ فَضْلٌ، وَ ذَلِكَ تَصْدِيقُ قَوْلِ رَبِّي: ذُرِّيَّةً بَعْضُهٰا مِنْ بَعْضٍ وَ اللّٰهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ ».

99-/1671 English: From Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman, from Abu Kaladah, from Abu Ja‘far (peace be upon him), who said: “The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace be upon him and his family) said: ‘Comfort and ease, mercy and brightness, facility and affluence, contentment and good pleasure, relief and triumph, and nearness and love from Allah and from His Messenger are for whoever loves ‘Ali and takes the trustees after him as imams. It is binding upon me to include them in my intercession, and binding upon my Lord to answer me regarding them, for they are my followers, and whoever follows me is of me. The example of Ibrahim has run in me, for he is of me and I am of him; his religion is my religion and my religion is his; his practice is my practice and my practice is his; my merit is his merit; and I am superior to him; and my merit is a merit for him—and that is the confirmation of my Lord’s saying: ‘Offspring one of the other; and Allah is Hearing, Knowing’ [Quran 3:34, Shakir].’”

99-/1672 _13- عَنْ أَيُّوبَ،قَالَ: سَمِعَنِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)وَ أَنَا أَقْرَأُ: إِنَّ اللّٰهَ اصْطَفىٰ آدَمَ وَ نُوحاً وَ آلَ إِبْرٰاهِيمَ وَ آلَ عِمْرٰانَ عَلَى الْعٰالَمِينَ فَقَالَ لِي:«وَ آلَ مُحَمَّدٍ.كَانَتْ فَمَحَوْهَا،وَ تَرَكُوا آلَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَ آلَ عِمْرَانَ».

99-/1672 English: From Ayyub, who said: Abu ‘Abd Allah (peace be upon him) heard me reciting: “Surely Allah chose Adam and Nuh and the descendants of Ibrahim and the descendants of ‘Imran above the nations” [Quran 3:33, Shakir], and he said to me: “And the descendants of Muhammad. It was there, then they erased it, and left the descendants of Ibrahim and the descendants of ‘Imran.”

99-/1673 _14- عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو الزُّبَيْرِيِّ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ:مَا الْحُجَّةُ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ أَنَّ آلَ مُحَمَّدٍ هُمْ أَهْلُ بَيْتِهِ؟ قَالَ:«قَوْلُ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى: إِنَّ اللّٰهَ اصْطَفىٰ آدَمَ وَ نُوحاً وَ آلَ إِبْرٰاهِيمَ وَ آلَ عِمْرَانَ وَ آلَ مُحَمَّدٍ.هَكَذَا نَزَلَتْ عَلَى الْعٰالَمِينَ* ذُرِّيَّةً بَعْضُهٰا مِنْ بَعْضٍ وَ اللّٰهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ وَ لاَ تَكُونُ الذُّرِّيَّةُ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ إِلاَّ نَسْلُهُمْ مِنْ أَصْلاَبِهِمْ».

99-/1673 English: From Abu ‘Amr al-Zubayri, from Abu ‘Abd Allah (peace be upon him), who said: I asked him: What is the proof in the Book of Allah that the family of Muhammad are his Household? He said: “Allah, Blessed and Exalted, says: ‘Surely Allah chose Adam and Nuh and the descendants of Ibrahim and the descendants of ‘Imran and the descendants of Muhammad.’ Thus it was revealed: ‘…above the nations; offspring one of the other; and Allah is Hearing, Knowing’ [Quran 3:33-34, Shakir]. And there is no progeny from a people except their offspring from their loins.”

وَ قَالَ: اِعْمَلُوا آلَ دٰاوُدَ شُكْراً وَ قَلِيلٌ مِنْ عِبٰادِيَ الشَّكُورُ

[Quran 34:13] Work, O family of Dawood, with thanks; and very few of My servants are grateful. (M. H. Shakir)

وَ آلَ عِمْرَانَ وَ آلَ مُحَمَّدٍ. رواية أبي خالد القماط،عنه.

…“and the descendants of ‘Imran and the descendants of Muhammad.” The narration of Abu Khalid al-Qammat, from him.

99-/1674 _15- وَ عَنِ الشَّيْخِ الطُّوسِيِّ قُدِّسَ سِرُّهُ،قَالَ:رَوَى أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الْقَلاَنِسِيُّ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ أَبِي الْمِقْدَامِ،عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ حُبَابٍ،عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْبَاقِرِ،عَنْ أَبِيهِ،عَنْ جَدِّهِ،عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ(عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ)قَالَ:«قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ): مَا بَالُ أَقْوَامٍ إِذَا ذَكَرُوا آلَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَ آلَ عِمْرَانَ اسْتَبْشَرُوا،وَ إِذَا ذَكَرُوا آلَ مُحَمَّدٍ اشْمَأَزَّتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ؟!وَ الَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ،لَوْ أَنَّ أَحَدَهُمْ وَافَى بِعَمَلِ سَبْعِينَ نَبِيّاً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مَا قَبِلَ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ حَتَّى يُوَافِيَ بِوَلاَيَتِي وَ وَلاَيَةِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ».

99-/1674 English: And from Shaykh al-Tusi—may his secret be sanctified—he said: Abu Ja‘far al-Qalānisi narrated: al-Husayn b. al-Hasan narrated to us, who said: ‘Amr b. Abi al-Miqdam narrated to us, from Yunus b. Hubab, from Abu Ja‘far Muhammad b. ‘Ali al-Baqir, from his father, from his grandfather, from ‘Ali b. Abi Talib (peace be upon them), who said: “The Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace be upon him and his family) said: ‘What is the matter with people that when they mention the family of Ibrahim and the family of ‘Imran they rejoice, but when they mention the family of Muhammad their hearts recoil?! By Him in Whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, if one of them were to come on the Day of Resurrection with the deeds of seventy prophets, Allah would not accept it from him until he comes with allegiance to me and allegiance to ‘Ali b. Abi Talib.’”

99-/1675 _16- وَ قَالَ أَيْضاً:رَوَى رُوحُ بْنُ رُوحٍ،عَنْ رِجَالِهِ،عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ النَّخَعِيِّ،عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ(رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ)،قَالَ:

دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،فَقُلْتُ:يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ،أَخْبِرْنَا بِمَا أَوْصَى إِلَيْكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ).

فَقَالَ:«سَأُخْبِرُكُمْ،إِنَّ اللَّهَ اصْطَفَى لَكُمُ الدِّينَ وَ ارْتَضَاهُ لَكُمْ،وَ أَتَمَّ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتَهُ،وَ كُنْتُمْ أَحَقَّ بِهَا وَ أَهْلَهَا،وَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَوْحَى إِلَى نَبِيِّهِ أَنْ يُوصِيَ إِلَيَّ،فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ):يَا عَلِيُّ،احْفَظْ وَصِيَّتِي،وَ ارْفَعْ ذِمَامِي،وَ أَوْفِ بِعَهْدِي، وَ أَنْجِزْ عِدَاتِي،وَ اقْضِ دَيْنِي وَ قَوِّمْهَا،وَ أَحْيِ سُنَّتِي،وَ ادْعُ إِلَى مِلَّتِي،لِأَنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى اصْطَفَانِي وَ اخْتَارَنِي،فَذَكَرْتُ دَعْوَةَ أَخِي مُوسَى(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،فَقُلْتُ:اَللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ لِي وَزِيراً مِنْ أَهْلِي كَمَا جَعَلْتَ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى،فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَيَّ:أَنَّ عَلِيّاً وَزِيرُكَ وَ نَاصِرُكَ وَ الْخَلِيفَةُ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ.

ثُمَّ-يَا عَلِيُّ-أَنْتَ مِنْ أَئِمَّةِ الْهُدَى وَ أَوْلاَدُكَ مِنْكَ،فَأَنْتُمْ قَادَةُ الْهُدَى وَ التُّقَى،وَ الشَّجَرَةُ الَّتِي أَنَا أَصْلُهَا،وَ أَنْتُمْ فَرْعُهَا،فَمَنْ تَمَسَّكَ بِهَا فَقَدْ نَجَا،وَ مَنْ تَخَلَّفَ عَنْهَا فَقَدْ هَلَكَ،الَّذِينَ أَوْجَبَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى مَوَدَّتَهُمْ وَ وَلاَيَتَهُمْ وَ الَّذِينَ ذَكَرَهُمُ اللَّهُ فِي كِتَابِهِ وَ وَصَفَهُمْ لِعِبَادِهِ،فَقَالَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: إِنَّ اللّٰهَ اصْطَفىٰ آدَمَ وَ نُوحاً وَ آلَ إِبْرٰاهِيمَ وَ آلَ عِمْرٰانَ عَلَى الْعٰالَمِينَ* ذُرِّيَّةً بَعْضُهٰا مِنْ بَعْضٍ وَ اللّٰهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ فَأَنْتُمْ صَفْوَةُ اللَّهِ مِنْ آدَمَ وَ نُوحٍ وَ آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَ آلِ عِمْرَانَ، وَ أَنْتُمُ الْأُسْرَةُ مِنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ،وَ الْعِتْرَةُ الْهَادِيَةُ مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ».

99-/1675 English: And he (al-Tusi) also said: Ruh b. Ruh narrated, from his men, from Ibrahim al-Nakha‘i, from Ibn ‘Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I entered upon the Commander of the Faithful, ‘Ali b. Abi Talib (peace be upon him), and said: O Abu al-Hasan, inform us of what the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace be upon him and his family) bequeathed to you. He said: “I will inform you. Indeed, Allah has chosen the religion for you and approved it for you, and completed His favor upon you—and you were the most entitled to it and its people. And Allah revealed to His Prophet to bequeath to me. So the Prophet (blessings and peace be upon him and his family) said: ‘O ‘Ali, preserve my bequest, uphold my covenant, fulfill my pledge, carry out my promises, settle my debts and set them right, revive my Sunnah, and call to my creed; for Allah Most High has chosen and selected me.’ So I remembered the supplication of my brother Musa (peace be upon him), and I said: ‘O Allah, appoint for me a minister from my family, just as You appointed Harun for Musa.’ So Allah, Mighty and Majestic, revealed to me: ‘Indeed ‘Ali is your minister and your helper, and the caliph after you.’ Then—O ‘Ali—you are among the Imams of guidance, and your sons are from you; you are the leaders of guidance and piety; you are the tree of which I am the root and you are its branches. Whoever clings to it has been saved, and whoever lags behind it has perished—those whose affection and allegiance Allah Most High has made obligatory, those whom Allah mentioned in His Book and described to His servants when He said: ‘Surely Allah chose Adam and Nuh and the descendants of Ibrahim and the descendants of ‘Imran above the nations; offspring one of the other; and Allah is Hearing, Knowing’ [Quran 3:33-34, Shakir]. So you are Allah’s chosen ones from Adam and Nuh and the descendants of Ibrahim and the descendants of ‘Imran; you are the clan from Isma‘il and the guiding ‘itra from Muhammad.”

99-/1676 _17- وَ مِنْ طَرِيقِ الْمُخَالِفِينَ،مِنْ(تَفْسِيرِ الثَّعْلَبِيِّ)رَفَعَهُ إِلَى أَبِي وَائِلٍ،قَالَ: قَرَأْتُ فِي مُصْحَفِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ: إِنَّ اللّٰهَ اصْطَفىٰ آدَمَ وَ نُوحاً وَ آلَ إِبْرٰاهِيمَ وَ آلَ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَى الْعٰالَمِينَ .

99-/1676 English: And through the path of the opponents, from Tafsir al-Tha‘labi, raised to Abu Wa’il, who said: I read in the codex of Ibn Mas‘ud: “Surely Allah chose Adam and Nuh and the descendants of Ibrahim and the descendants of Muhammad above the nations.”

_11) -تفسير العيّاشي 1:32/169.

Tafsir al-‘Ayyashi 1:32/169.

_12) -تفسير العيّاشي 1:33/169.

Tafsir al-‘Ayyashi 1:33/169.

_13) -تفسير العيّاشي 1:34/169.

Tafsir al-‘Ayyashi 1:34/169.

_14) -تفسير العيّاشي 1:35/169.

Tafsir al-‘Ayyashi 1:35/169.

_15) -مصباح الأنوار:158.«مخطوط».

Misbah al-Anwar: 158. “Makhtut”.

_16) -مصباح الأنوار:156.«مخطوط».

Misbah al-Anwar: 156. “Makhtut”.

_17) -أخرجه في إحقاق الحقّ 14:384 عن تفسير الثعلبي،شواهد التنزيل 1:165/118.

Akhrajahu fī Ihqaq al-Haqq 14:384 ‘an Tafsir al-Tha‘labi, Shawahid al-Tanzil 1:165/118.

[1] سبأ 34:13.

Saba’ 34:13.

[2] في«ط»:مودتكم و ولايتكم.

Fī “T”: mawaddatakum wa wilayatakum.

قوله تعالى:

إِذْ قٰالَتِ امْرَأَتُ عِمْرٰانَ رَبِّ إِنِّي نَذَرْتُ لَكَ مٰا فِي بَطْنِي مُحَرَّراً فَتَقَبَّلْ مِنِّي إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ -إلى قوله تعالى:- وَ اصْطَفٰاكِ عَلىٰ نِسٰاءِ الْعٰالَمِينَ[35-42]

[Quran 3:35-42] When a woman of Imran said: My Lord! surely I vow to Thee what is in my womb, to be devoted (to Thy service); accept therefore from me, surely Thou art the Hearing, the Knowing. … “and He has chosen you above the women of the world.” (M. H. Shakir)

99-/1677 _1- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ:عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ،عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ،عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ،عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْجُعْفِيِّ،قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):إِنَّ الْمُغِيرَةَ بْنَ سَعِيدٍ رَوَى عَنْكَ أَنَّكَ قُلْتَ لَهُ:إِنَّ الْحَائِضَ تَقْضِي الصَّلاَةَ.

فَقَالَ:«مَا لَهُ.لاَ وَفَّقَهُ اللَّهُ،إِنَّ امْرَأَةَ عِمْرَانَ نَذَرَتْ مَا فِي بَطْنِهَا مُحَرَّراً،وَ الْمُحَرَّرُ لِلْمَسْجِدِ يَدْخُلُهُ ثُمَّ لاَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْهُ أَبَداً فَلَمّٰا وَضَعَتْهٰا قٰالَتْ رَبِّ إِنِّي وَضَعْتُهٰا أُنْثىٰ وَ اللّٰهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمٰا وَضَعَتْ وَ لَيْسَ الذَّكَرُ كَالْأُنْثىٰ فَلَمَّا وَضَعَتْهَا أَدْخَلَتْهَا الْمَسْجِدَ،فَسَاهَمَتْ عَلَيْهَا الْأَنْبِيَاءُ،فَأَصَابَتِ الْقُرْعَةُ زَكَرِيَّا،فَكَفَّلَهَا زَكَرِيَّا،فَلَمْ تَخْرُجْ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ حَتَّى بَلَغَتْ،فَلَمَّا بَلَغَتْ مَا تَبْلُغُ النِّسَاءُ خَرَجَتْ،فَهَلْ كَانَتْ تَقْدِرُ عَلَى أَنْ تَقْضِيَ تِلْكَ الْأَيَّامَ الَّتِي خَرَجَتْ،وَ هِيَ عَلَيْهَا أَنْ تَكُونَ الدَّهْرَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ؟».

99-/1677 English: Muhammad b. Ya‘qub: from al-Husayn b. Muhammad, from Mu‘alla b. Muhammad, from al-Washsha’, from Aban b. ‘Uthman, from Isma‘il al-Ju‘fi, who said: I said to Abu Ja‘far (peace be upon him): Al-Mughirah b. Sa‘id has narrated from you that you told him: the menstruating woman must make up the prayer. He said: “What is wrong with him—may Allah not grant him success! Indeed, the wife of ‘Imran vowed what was in her womb to be devoted, and the devoted one is for the mosque—enters it and then never leaves it. When she delivered her she said: ‘My Lord! Surely I have brought it forth a female—and Allah knew best what she brought forth—and the male is not like the female’ [Quran 3:36, Shakir]. When she delivered her, she brought her into the mosque. The prophets cast lots over her, and the lot fell to Zakariyya, so Zakariyya became her guardian. She did not leave the mosque until she came of age; and when she reached what women reach, she left. Could she have managed to make up those days she left, while it was upon her to be in the mosque for life?”

99-/1678 _2- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي،عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ،عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رِئَابٍ،عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)قَالَ: «إِنْ قُلْنَا لَكُمْ فِي الرَّجُلِ مِنَّا قَوْلاً فَلَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهِ،فَكَانَ فِي وَلَدِهِ أَوْ وَلَدِ وَلَدِهِ فَلاَ تُنْكِرُوا ذَلِكَ،إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَوْحَى إِلَى عِمْرَانَ أَنِّي وَاهِبٌ لَكَ ذَكَراً مُبَارَكاً يُبْرِئُ الْأَكْمَهَ وَ الْأَبْرَصَ،وَ يُحْيِي الْمَوْتَى بِإِذْنِي،وَ جَاعِلُهُ رَسُولاً إِلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ؛فَحَدَّثَ امْرَأَتَهُ حَنَّةَ بِذَلِكَ وَ هِيَ أُمُّ مَرْيَمَ،فَلَمَّا حَمَلَتْ بِهَا كَانَ حَمْلُهَا عِنْدَ نَفْسِهَا غُلاَماً ذَكَراً،فَلَمَّا وَضَعَتْهَا أُنْثَى قٰالَتْ رَبِّ إِنِّي وَضَعْتُهٰا أُنْثىٰ ، وَ لَيْسَ الذَّكَرُ كَالْأُنْثىٰ لِأَنَّ الْبِنْتَ لاَ تَكُونُ رَسُولاً، يَقُولُ اللَّهُ: وَ اللّٰهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمٰا وَضَعَتْ .

فَلَمَّا وَهَبَ اللَّهُ لِمَرْيَمَ عِيسَى(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)كَانَ هُوَ الَّذِي بَشَّرَ اللَّهُ بِهِ عِمْرَانَ وَ وَعَدَهُ إِيَّاهُ،فَإِذَا قُلْنَا لَكُمْ فِي الرَّجُلِ مِنَّا شَيْئاً فَكَانَ فِي وَلَدِهِ أَوْ وَلَدِ وَلَدِهِ فَلاَ تُنْكِرُوا ذَلِكَ.

فَلَمَّا بَلَغَتْ مَرْيَمُ صَارَتْ فِي الْمِحْرَابِ وَ أَرْخَتْ عَلَى نَفْسِهَا سِتْراً وَ كَانَ لاَ يَرَاهَا أَحَدٌ،وَ كَانَ يَدْخُلُ عَلَيْهَا زَكَرِيَّا الْمِحْرَابَ فَيَجِدُ عِنْدَهَا فَاكِهَةَ الصَّيْفِ فِي الشِّتَاءِ،وَ فَاكِهَةَ الشِّتَاءِ فِي الصَّيْفِ،فَكَانَ يَقُولُ: أَنّٰى لَكِ هٰذٰا فَتَقُولُ:

99-/1678 English: ‘Ali b. Ibrahim said: My father narrated to me, from al-Hasan b. Mahbub, from ‘Ali b. Ri’ab, from Abu Basir, from Abu ‘Abd Allah (peace be upon him), who said: “If we say something to you about a man from among us, and it is not in him, but is in his child or his grandchild, do not deny that. Indeed Allah revealed to ‘Imran: ‘I am granting you a blessed male who will cure the blind and the leprous and will raise the dead by My permission, and I will make him a messenger to the Children of Israel.’ He told his wife Hannah of that—she is the mother of Mary. When she conceived her, she counted the pregnancy, in her mind, as a male boy; but when she delivered her as a female she said: ‘My Lord, surely I have brought her forth a female, and the male is not like the female’ [Quran 3:36, Shakir], for a girl is not a messenger. Allah says: ‘And Allah knew best what she brought forth’ [Quran 3:36, Shakir]. When Allah gifted Mary with ‘Isa (peace be upon him), he was the one Allah had given ‘Imran the good news of and promised him. So if we say something to you about a man from among us, and it turns out to be in his child or his grandchild, do not deny that. When Mary came of age, she remained in the mihrab and drew a curtain over herself such that no one saw her. Zakariyya used to enter her mihrab and would find with her the summer fruits in the winter and the winter fruits in the summer, and he would say: ‘O Mary, whence comes this to you?’ and she would say: …”

_1) -الكافي 3:4/105.

al-Kafi 3:4/105.

_2) -تفسير القمّيّ 1:101.

Tafsir al-Qummi 1:101.

[1] في«س و ط»:شعبة،و هو تصحيف صوابه ما في المتن،انظر رجال الكشّيّ:223 و معجم رجال الحديث 18:275،و المغيرة بن شعبة صحابي معروف.

Fī “S wa T”: Shu‘bah, wa huwa tashīf, sawābuhu mā fī al-matn; unzur Rijāl al-Kashshi: 223 wa Mu‘jam Rijāl al-Hadīth 18:275, wa al-Mughīra b. Shu‘ba sahābī ma‘rūf.