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وُلْدُهُ وَ تَنَاسَلُوا،ثُمَّ بَعَثَ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ فَأَحْيَاهُ فِي الْمَوْلِدِ الَّذِي أَمَاتَهُ فِيهِ،فَأُولَئِكَ وُلْدُهُ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ أَبِيهِمْ».

His children were born and multiplied, then Allah sent him back (to life) and revived him in the very birthplace where He had caused him to die; so his children were older than their father.

99-/1440 _5- الطَّبْرِسِيُّ فِي(الْإِحْتِجَاجِ):فِي حَدِيثٍ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) وَ قَدْ سَأَلَهُ زِنْدِيقٌ،فَقَالَ:فَلَوْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ رَدَّ إِلَيْنَا مِنَ الْأَمْوَاتِ فِي كُلِّ مِائَةِ عَامٍ[وَاحِداً]،لِنَسْأَلَهُ عَمَّنْ مَضَى مِنَّا إِلَى مَا صَارُوا وَ كَيْفَ حَالُهُمْ،وَ مَاذَا لَقُوا بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ،أَيَّ شَيْءٍ صُنِعَ بِهِمْ،لَعَمِلَ النَّاسُ عَلَى الْيَقِينِ،وَ اضْمَحَلَّ الشَّكُّ،وَ ذَهَبَ الْغِلُّ عَنِ الْقُلُوبِ.

قَالَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):«إِنَّ هَذِهِ مَقَالَةُ مَنْ أَنْكَرَ الرُّسُلَ وَ كَذَّبَهُمْ[وَ لَمْ يُصَدِّقْ]بِمَا جَاءُوا بِهِ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ،[إِذْ]أَخْبَرُوا وَ قَالُوا:إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَخْبَرَ فِي كِتَابِهِ عَلَى لِسَانِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ(عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ)حَالَ مَنْ مَاتَ مِنَّا،أَ فَيَكُونُ أَحَدٌ أَصْدَقَ مِنَ اللَّهِ قَوْلاً وَ مِنْ رُسُلِهِ،وَ قَدْ رَجَعَ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا مِمَّنْ مَاتَ خَلْقٌ كَثِيرٌ،مِنْهُمْ:أَصْحَابُ الْكَهْفِ،أَمَاتَهُمُ اللَّهُ ثَلاَثَ مِائَةِ عَامٍ وَ تِسْعَةٍ،ثُمَّ بَعَثَهُمْ فِي زَمَانِ قَوْمٍ أَنْكَرُوا الْبَعْثَ،لِيَقْطَعَ حُجَّتَهُمْ،وَ لِيُرِيَهُمْ قُدْرَتَهُ،وَ لِيَعْلَمُوا أَنَّ الْبَعْثَ حَقٌّ.

وَ أَمَاتَ اللَّهُ إِرْمِيَا النَّبِيَّ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)الَّذِي نَظَرَ إِلَى خَرَابِ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ وَ مَا حَوْلَهُ حِينَ غَزَاهُمْ بُخْتُ‌نَصَّرَ،فَقَالَ:

أَنّٰى يُحْيِي هٰذِهِ اللّٰهُ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهٰا فَأَمٰاتَهُ اللّٰهُ مِائَةَ عٰامٍ ثُمَّ أَحْيَاهُ وَ نَظَرَ إِلَى أَعْضَائِهِ كَيْفَ تَلْتَئِمُ،وَ كَيْفَ تُلْبَسُ اللَّحْمَ،وَ إِلَى مَفَاصِلِهِ وَ عُرُوقِهِ كَيْفَ تُوصَلُ،فَلَمَّا اسْتَوَى قَائِماً ،قَالَ: أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ اللّٰهَ عَلىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ».

99-/1440 -5- Al-Tabrisi in Al-Ihtijaj: In a narration from al-Sadiq (peace be upon him), a heretic asked him: If Allah were to return to us one of the dead every hundred years so that we could ask him about those from among us who have passed—what they became, how their condition is, and what they encountered after death, and what was done with them—people would act upon certainty, doubt would vanish, and rancor would leave the hearts.

He (peace be upon him) said: This is the statement of one who denies the messengers and belies them, and who does not believe in what they brought from Allah, for they informed and said that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has informed in His Book upon the tongues of the prophets (peace be upon them) about the state of those from us who have died. Can anyone be truer in speech than Allah and His messengers? And many who had died have returned to this world: among them are the Companions of the Cave—Allah caused them to die for three hundred and nine years, then raised them in the time of a people who denied resurrection, to invalidate their argument, to show them His power, and so they might know that resurrection is true.

And Allah caused the prophet Irmiya (Jeremiah), peace be upon him—who looked upon the desolation of Bayt al-Maqdis and what was around it when Bukhtunassar (Nebuchadnezzar) invaded them—to die. He said: How will Allah give life to this after its death? So Allah caused him to die for a hundred years, then revived him, and he looked at his limbs, how they knit together and were clothed with flesh, and at his joints and veins, how they were connected. When he stood upright, he said: I know that Allah has power over all things.

99-/1441 _6- أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الطَّبْرِسِيُّ،قَالَ: الَّذِي مَرَّ عَلَى قَرْيَةٍ هُوَ عُزَيْرٌ.قَالَ: وَ هُوَ الْمَرْوِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ).

قَالَ:وَ قِيلَ:

هُوَ إِرْمِيَا. وَ هُوَ الْمَرْوِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ).

99-/1441 -6- Abu ‘Ali al-Tabrisi said: The one who passed by the town was ‘Uzayr. He said: And this is narrated from Abu ‘Abd Allah (peace be upon him).

And it is said: it was Irmiya (Jeremiah). And this is narrated from Abu Ja‘far (peace be upon him).

99-/1442 _7- عَنْهُ،قَالَ:وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): «أَنَّ عُزَيْراً خَرَجَ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ،وَ امْرَأَتُهُ حَامِلٌ،وَ لَهُ خَمْسُونَ سَنَةً، فَأَمَاتَهُ اللَّهُ مِائَةَ سَنَةٍ،ثُمَّ بَعَثَهُ فَرَجَعَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ ابْنُ خَمْسِينَ سَنَةً،وَ لَهُ ابْنٌ لَهُ مِائَةُ سَنَةٍ،فَكَانَ ابْنُهُ أَكْبَرُ مِنْهُ،فَذَلِكَ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ».

99-/1442 -7- From him: And it is narrated from ‘Ali (peace be upon him): ‘Uzayr left his family while his wife was pregnant, and he was fifty years old. Allah then caused him to die for a hundred years, then raised him, and he returned to his family as a fifty-year-old man while he had a son who was a hundred years old; thus his son was older than him. That is among the signs of Allah.

99-/1443 _8- قُلْتُ:وَ رَوَى سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْقُمِّيُّ فِي(بَصَائِرِ الدَّرَجَاتِ)عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): «أَنَّ الْآيَةَ فِي عُزَيْرٍ وَ عَزْرَةَ ».

99-/1443 -8- I say: Sa‘d b. ‘Abd Allah al-Qummi narrated in Basā’ir al-Darajāt from the Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him): The verse concerns ‘Uzayr and ‘Azrah.

قوله تعالى:

وَ إِذْ قٰالَ إِبْرٰاهِيمُ رَبِّ أَرِنِي كَيْفَ تُحْيِ الْمَوْتىٰ قٰالَ أَ وَ لَمْ تُؤْمِنْ قٰالَ بَلىٰ وَ لٰكِنْ لِيَطْمَئِنَّ قَلْبِي قٰالَ فَخُذْ أَرْبَعَةً مِنَ الطَّيْرِ فَصُرْهُنَّ إِلَيْكَ ثُمَّ اجْعَلْ عَلىٰ كُلِّ جَبَلٍ مِنْهُنَّ جُزْءاً ثُمَّ ادْعُهُنَّ يَأْتِينَكَ سَعْياً وَ اعْلَمْ أَنَّ اللّٰهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ[260]

Quran 2:260 (M. H. Shakir): And when Ibrahim said: My Lord! show me how Thou givest life to the dead. He said: What! and do you not believe? He said: Yes, but that my heart may be at ease. He said: Then take four of the birds, then cut them into pieces, then place on every mountain a part of them, then call them; they will come to you flying; and know that Allah is Mighty, Wise.

_5) -الإحتجاج:343.

_al-ihtijāj: 343.

_6) -مجمع البيان 2:639.

_majmā‘ al-bayān 2:639.

_7) -مجمع البيان 2:641.

_majmā‘ al-bayān 2:641.

_8) -مختصر بصائر الدرجات:23.

_mukhtaṣar baṣā’ir al-darajāt: 23.

[1] في المصدر:قاعدا.

[1] fi al-masdar: qā‘idan.

[2] (و عزرة)ليس في المصدر.

[2] (wa ‘azrah) laysa fī al-masdar.

99-/1444 _1- ابْنُ بَابَوَيْهِ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِمْرَانَ الدَّقَّاقُ (رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ)،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا حَمْزَةُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ الْعَلَوِيُّ الْعَبَّاسِيُّ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ الْكُوفِيُّ الْفَزَارِيُّ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ الزَّيَّاتُ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ،عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ،عَنِ الصَّادِقِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،قَالَ: «اسْتَجَابَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ دَعْوَةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)حِينَ قَالَ: رَبِّ أَرِنِي كَيْفَ تُحْيِ الْمَوْتىٰ وَ هَذِهِ آيَةٌ مُتَشَابِهَةٌ،وَ مَعْنَاهَا:أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عَنِ الْكَيْفِيَّةِ،وَ الْكَيْفِيَّةُ مِنْ فِعْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ،مَتَى لَمْ يَعْلَمْهَا الْعَالِمُ لَمْ يَلْحَقْهُ عَيْبٌ،وَ لاَ عَرَضَ فِي تَوْحِيدِهِ نَقْصٌ.فَقَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: أَ وَ لَمْ تُؤْمِنْ قٰالَ بَلىٰ هَذَا شَرْطٌ عَامٌّ،مَنْ آمَنَ بِهِ مَتَى سُئِلَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمْ:أَ وَ لَمْ تُؤْمِنْ.وَجَبَ أَنْ يَقُولَ:بَلَى؛كَمَا قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ،وَ لَمَّا قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لِجَمِيعِ أَرْوَاحِ بَنِي آدَمَ: أَ لَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ قٰالُوا بَلىٰ كَانَ أَوَّلُ مَنْ قَالَ:بَلَى مُحَمَّدٌ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)،فَصَارَ بِسَبْقِهِ إِلَى(بَلَى)سَيِّدَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَ الْآخِرِينَ،وَ أَفْضَلَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ.فَمَنْ لَمْ يُجِبْ عَنْ هَذِهِ الْمَسْأَلَةِ بِجَوَابِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فَقَدْ رَغِبَ عَنْ مِلَّتِهِ؛ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: وَ مَنْ يَرْغَبُ عَنْ مِلَّةِ إِبْرٰاهِيمَ إِلاّٰ مَنْ سَفِهَ نَفْسَهُ ثُمَّ اصْطَفَاهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي الدُّنْيَا».

99-/1444 -1- Ibn Babawayh said: ‘Ali b. Ahmad b. Muhammad b. ‘Imran al-Daqqaq (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated to us, who said: Hamza b. al-Qasim al-‘Alawi al-‘Abbasi narrated to us, who said: Ja‘far b. Muhammad b. Malik al-Kufi al-Fazari narrated to us, who said: Muhammad b. al-Husayn b. Zayd al-Zayyat narrated to us, who said: Muhammad b. Ziyad al-Azdi, from al-Mufaddal b. ‘Umar, from al-Sadiq Ja‘far b. Muhammad (peace be upon him), said: Allah, Mighty and Majestic, answered the prayer of Ibrahim (peace be upon him) when he said: My Lord, show me how You give life to the dead. This is an ambiguous verse, and its meaning is that he asked about the manner (kayfiyya); and the manner is among the acts of Allah, Mighty and Majestic—when a knower does not know it, no defect befalls him, nor does any deficiency arise in his monotheism. So Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said: What! and do you not believe? He said: Yes—this is a general condition: whoever believes, when any one of them is asked, “Do you not believe?” it is necessary for him to say, “Yes,” just as Ibrahim said. And when Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said to all the souls of the children of Adam: Am I not your Lord? They said: Yes (Quran 7:172), the first who said “Yes” was Muhammad (may Allah bless him and his family); by preceding to “Yes” he became the master of the first and the last, and the most excellent of the prophets and messengers. Whoever does not answer this question with the answer of Ibrahim has turned away from his creed; Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said: And who forsakes the religion of Ibrahim but he who debases himself (Quran 2:130). Then Allah, Mighty and Majestic, chose him in this world.

99-/1445 _2- عَنْهُ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا تَمِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ تَمِيمٍ الْقُرَشِيُّ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي،عَنْ حَمْدَانَ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ النَّيْسَابُورِيِّ،عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْجَهْمِ،قَالَ: حَضَرْتُ مَجْلِسَ الْمَأْمُونِ وَ عِنْدَهُ الرِّضَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُوسَى(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)، فَقَالَ لَهُ الْمَأْمُونُ:يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ،أَ لَيْسَ مِنْ قَوْلِكَ إِنَّ الْأَنْبِيَاءَ مَعْصُومُونَ؟قَالَ:«بَلَى».

فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ آيَاتٍ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ،فَكَانَ فِيمَا سَأَلَهُ أَنْ قَالَ لَهُ:فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ: رَبِّ أَرِنِي كَيْفَ تُحْيِ الْمَوْتىٰ قٰالَ أَ وَ لَمْ تُؤْمِنْ قٰالَ بَلىٰ وَ لٰكِنْ لِيَطْمَئِنَّ قَلْبِي .

قَالَ الرِّضَا(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):«إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى كَانَ أَوْحَى إِلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):إِنِّي مُتَّخِذٌ مِنْ عِبَادِي خَلِيلاً،إِنْ سَأَلَنِي إِحْيَاءَ الْمَوْتَى أَجَبْتُهُ،فَوَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)أَنَّهُ ذَلِكَ الْخَلِيلُ،فَقَالَ: رَبِّ أَرِنِي كَيْفَ تُحْيِ الْمَوْتىٰ قٰالَ أَ وَ لَمْ تُؤْمِنْ قٰالَ بَلىٰ وَ لٰكِنْ لِيَطْمَئِنَّ قَلْبِي عَلَى الْخُلَّةِ قٰالَ فَخُذْ أَرْبَعَةً مِنَ الطَّيْرِ فَصُرْهُنَّ إِلَيْكَ ثُمَّ اجْعَلْ عَلىٰ كُلِّ جَبَلٍ مِنْهُنَّ جُزْءاً ثُمَّ ادْعُهُنَّ يَأْتِينَكَ سَعْياً وَ اعْلَمْ أَنَّ اللّٰهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ .فَأَخَذَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) نَسْراً وَ بَطّاً وَ طَاوُساً وَ دِيكاً فَقَطَّعَهُنَّ وَ خَلَطَهُنَّ،ثُمَّ جَعَلَ عَلَى كُلِّ جَبَلٍ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ حَوْلَهُ-وَ كَانَتْ عَشَرَةً- مِنْهُنَّ جُزْءاً،وَ جَعَلَ مَنَاقِيرَهُنَّ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ،ثُمَّ دَعَاهُنَّ بِأَسْمَائِهِنَّ،وَ وَضَعَ عِنْدَهُ حَبّاً وَ مَاءً،فَتَطَايَرَتْ تِلْكَ الْأَجْزَاءُ بَعْضُهَا إِلَى بَعْضٍ حَتَّى اسْتَوَتِ الْأَبْدَانُ،وَ جَاءَ كُلُّ بَدَنٍ حَتَّى انْضَمَّ إِلَى رَقَبَتِهِ وَ رَأْسِهِ،فَخَلَّى إِبْرَاهِيمُ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)عَنْ مَنَاقِيرِهِنَّ فَطِرْنَ،ثُمَّ وَقَعْنَ وَ شَرِبْنَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْمَاءِ،وَ الْتَقَطْنَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْحَبِّ،وَ قُلْنَ:يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ،أَحْيَيْتَنَا أَحْيَاكَ اللَّهُ.

فَقَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):بَلِ اللَّهُ يُحْيِي وَ يُمِيتُ،وَ هُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ».

قَالَ الْمَأْمُونُ:بَارَكَ اللَّهُ فِيكَ يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ.

99-/1445 -2- From him: Tamim b. ‘Abd Allah b. Tamim al-Qurashi said: My father narrated to me, from Hamdan b. Sulayman al-Naysaburi, from ‘Ali b. Muhammad b. al-Jahm, who said: I attended the session of al-Ma’mun while al-Rida ‘Ali b. Musa (peace be upon him) was with him. Al-Ma’mun said to him: O son of the Messenger of Allah, is it not your position that the prophets are infallible? He said: Yes. He then asked him about verses of the Quran, and among what he asked him was: Inform me about the saying of Allah: My Lord, show me how You give life to the dead. He said: What! and do you not believe? He said: Yes, but that my heart may be at ease. Al-Rida (peace be upon him) said: Allah, Blessed and Exalted, had revealed to Ibrahim (peace be upon him): I am taking from among My servants a friend (khalil); if he asks Me to give life to the dead, I will answer him. It occurred to the soul of Ibrahim (peace be upon him) that he was that khalil, so he said: My Lord, show me how You give life to the dead. He said: What! and do you not believe? He said: Yes, but that my heart may be at ease regarding the friendship. He said: Then take four of the birds, then cut them into pieces, then place on every mountain a part of them, then call them; they will come to you flying; and know that Allah is Mighty, Wise. So Ibrahim (peace be upon him) took an eagle, a duck, a peacock, and a rooster. He cut them up and mixed them, then placed on each of the mountains around him—and they were ten—a portion of them, and he held their beaks between his fingers. Then he called them by their names and placed grain and water near him. Those pieces flew together, some to others, until the bodies were complete, and each body came until it joined to its neck and head. Ibrahim (peace be upon him) then released their beaks, and they flew, then alighted and drank from that water and picked from that grain, and said: O Prophet of Allah, you have given us life—may Allah give you life. Ibrahim (peace be upon him) said: Rather, Allah gives life and causes death, and He has power over all things. Al-Ma’mun said: May Allah bless you, O Abu al-Hasan.

99-/1446 _3- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي،عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ،عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ،عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،قَالَ: «إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)نَظَرَ إِلَى جِيفَةٍ عَلَى سَاحِلِ الْبَحْرِ تَأْكُلُهَا سِبَاعُ الْبَرِّ وَ سِبَاعُ الْبَحْرِ،ثُمَّ تَثِبُ السِّبَاعُ بَعْضُهَا عَلَى بَعْضٍ،فَيَأْكُلُ بَعْضُهَا بَعْضاً،فَتَعَجَّبَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،فَقَالَ:يَا رَبِّ،أَرِنِي كَيْفَ تُحْيِي الْمَوْتَى؟فَقَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: أَ وَ لَمْ تُؤْمِنْ ؟قَالَ: بَلىٰ وَ لٰكِنْ لِيَطْمَئِنَّ قَلْبِي .قَالَ: فَخُذْ أَرْبَعَةً مِنَ الطَّيْرِ فَصُرْهُنَّ إِلَيْكَ ثُمَّ اجْعَلْ عَلىٰ كُلِّ جَبَلٍ مِنْهُنَّ جُزْءاً ثُمَّ ادْعُهُنَّ يَأْتِينَكَ سَعْياً وَ اعْلَمْ أَنَّ اللّٰهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ .فَأَخَذَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)الطَّاوُسَ وَ الدِّيكَ وَ الْحَمَامَ وَ الْغُرَابَ،فَقَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: فَصُرْهُنَّ إِلَيْكَ أَيْ قَطِّعْهُنَّ،ثُمَّ اخْلِطْ لَحْمَهُنَّ وَ فَرِّقْهُنَّ عَلَى عَشَرَةِ جِبَالٍ،ثُمَّ خُذْ مَنَاقِيرَهُنَّ وَ ادْعُهُنَّ يَأْتِينَكَ سَعْياً.فَفَعَلَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)ذَلِكَ،وَ فَرَّقَهُنَّ عَلَى عَشَرَةِ جِبَالٍ،ثُمَّ دَعَاهُنَّ،فَقَالَ:أَجِيبِينِي بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى.فَكَانَتْ تَجْتَمِعُ وَ تَتَأَلَّفُ لَحْمُ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ وَ عَظْمُهُ إِلَى رَأْسِهِ،فَطَارَتْ إِلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،فَعِنْدَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ».

99-/1446 -3- ‘Ali b. Ibrahim said: My father narrated to me, from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr, from Abu Ayyub, from Abu Basir, from Abu ‘Abd Allah (peace be upon him), who said: Ibrahim (peace be upon him) looked at a carcass on the seashore being eaten by the beasts of the land and the beasts of the sea; then the beasts pounced upon one another and ate each other. Ibrahim (peace be upon him) marveled and said: My Lord, show me how You give life to the dead. Allah, Exalted, said: What! and do you not believe? He said: Yes, but that my heart may be at ease. He said: Then take four of the birds, then cut them into pieces, then place on every mountain a part of them, then call them; they will come to you flying; and know that Allah is Mighty, Wise. So Ibrahim (peace be upon him) took the peacock, the rooster, the pigeon, and the crow. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said: Then cut them into pieces; then mix their flesh and distribute them over ten mountains; then take their beaks and call them—they will come to you flying. Ibrahim (peace be upon him) did that and distributed them over ten mountains, then called them, saying: Answer me by Allah’s permission. The flesh of each and its bones gathered and joined to its head, and they flew to Ibrahim (peace be upon him). At that, Ibrahim (peace be upon him) said: Indeed, Allah is Mighty, Wise.

99-/1447 _4- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ:عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ،عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى،عَنْ يُونُسَ،عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ،قَالَ: كَتَبْتُ إِلَى الْعَبْدِ الصَّالِحِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)أُخْبِرُهُ أَنِّي شَاكٌّ،وَ قَدْ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): رَبِّ أَرِنِي كَيْفَ تُحْيِ الْمَوْتىٰ فَإِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ تُرِيَنِي شَيْئاً مِنْ ذَلِكَ.

فَكَتَبَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)إِلَيْهِ:«إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ كَانَ مُؤْمِناً وَ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَزْدَادَ إِيمَاناً،وَ أَنْتَ شَاكٌّ وَ الشَّاكُّ لاَ خَيْرَ فِيهِ».

وَ كَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ:«إِنَّمَا الشَّكُّ مَا لَمْ يَأْتِ الْيَقِينُ،فَإِذَا جَاءَ الْيَقِينُ لَمْ يَجُزِ الشَّكُّ».

وَ كَتَبَ:«إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقُولُ: مٰا وَجَدْنٰا لِأَكْثَرِهِمْ مِنْ عَهْدٍ وَ إِنْ وَجَدْنٰا أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَفٰاسِقِينَ -قَالَ- نَزَلَتْ فِي الشَّاكِّ».

99-/1447 -4- Muhammad b. Ya‘qub: from ‘Ali b. Ibrahim, from Muhammad b. ‘Isa, from Yunus, from al-Husayn b. al-Hakam, who said: I wrote to the Righteous Servant (peace be upon him), informing him that I am in doubt, and that Ibrahim (peace be upon him) said: My Lord, show me how You give life to the dead; so I would like you to show me something of that. He (peace be upon him) wrote to him: Ibrahim was a believer and wished to increase in faith; but you are a doubter, and the doubter—there is no good in him. And he wrote to him: Doubt is only until certainty comes; when certainty comes, doubt is no longer permissible. And he wrote: Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says: We did not find in most of them any (keeping of) covenant, and indeed We found most of them to be transgressors (Quran 7:102)—he said: it was revealed about the doubter.

99-/1448 _5- عَنْهُ:عَنْ عِدَّةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا،عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ،عَنْ أَبِيهِ،عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ،عَنِ ابْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ،عَنْ نَصْرِ بْنِ قَابُوسَ،قَالَ:قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): «إِذَا أَحْبَبْتَ أَحَداً مِنْ إِخْوَانِكَ فَأَعْلِمْهُ ذَلِكَ،فَإِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)قَالَ: رَبِّ أَرِنِي كَيْفَ تُحْيِ الْمَوْتىٰ قٰالَ أَ وَ لَمْ تُؤْمِنْ قٰالَ بَلىٰ وَ لٰكِنْ لِيَطْمَئِنَّ قَلْبِي ».

99-/1448 -5- From him: from a number of our companions, from Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Khalid, from his father, from Muhammad b. Abi ‘Umayr, from Ibn Udhayna, from Nasr b. Qabus, who said: Abu ‘Abd Allah (peace be upon him) said: When you love one of your brothers, inform him of that; for Ibrahim (peace be upon him) said: My Lord, show me how You give life to the dead. He said: What! and do you not believe? He said: Yes, but that my heart may be at ease.

99-/1449 _6- أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْبَرْقِيُّ:عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ،عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى،قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ: أَ وَ لَمْ تُؤْمِنْ قٰالَ بَلىٰ وَ لٰكِنْ لِيَطْمَئِنَّ قَلْبِي أَ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ شَكٌّ؟ قَالَ:«لاَ،كَانَ عَلَى يَقِينٍ،وَ لَكِنَّهُ أَرَادَ مِنَ اللَّهِ الزِّيَادَةَ فِي يَقِينِهِ».

99-/1449 -6- Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Khalid al-Barqi: from Muhammad b. ‘Abd al-Hamid, from Safwan b. Yahya, who said: I asked Abu al-Hasan al-Rida (peace be upon him) about Allah’s saying to Ibrahim: What! and do you not believe? He said: Yes, but that my heart may be at ease—was there doubt in his heart? He said: No. He was upon certainty, but he sought from Allah an increase in his certainty.

99-/1450 _7- الْعَيَّاشِيُّ:عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) ،فِي قَوْلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): رَبِّ أَرِنِي كَيْفَ تُحْيِ الْمَوْتىٰ .

قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):«لَمَّا رَأَى إِبْرَاهِيمُ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)مَلَكُوتَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ،رَأَى رَجُلاً يَزْنِي،فَدَعَا عَلَيْهِ فَمَاتَ،ثُمَّ رَأَى آخَرَ،فَدَعَا عَلَيْهِ فَمَاتَ،حَتَّى رَأَى ثَلاَثَةً،فَدَعَا عَلَيْهِمْ فَمَاتُوا.فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ:أَنْ-يَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ- إِنَّ دَعْوَتَكَ مُجَابَةٌ،فَلاَ تَدْعُ عَلَى عِبَادِي،فَإِنِّي لَوْ شِئْتُ لَمْ أَخْلُقْهُمْ،إِنِّي خَلَقْتُ خَلْقِي عَلَى ثَلاَثَةِ أَصْنَافٍ:عَبْداً يَعْبُدُنِي وَ لاَ يُشْرِكُ بِي شَيْئاً فَأُثِيبُهُ،وَ عَبْداً يَعْبُدُ غَيْرِي فَلَنْ يَفُوتَنِي،وَ عَبْداً يَعْبُدُ غَيْرِي فَأُخْرِجُ مِنْ صُلْبِهِ مَنْ يَعْبُدُنِي.

ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ فَرَأَى جِيفَةً عَلَى سَاحِلٍ،بَعْضُهَا فِي الْمَاءِ،وَ بَعْضُهَا فِي الْبَرِّ ،تَجِيءُ سِبَاعُ الْبَحْرِ فَتَأْكُلُ مَا فِي الْمَاءِ،ثُمَّ تَرْجِعُ فَيَشُدُّ بَعْضُهَا عَلَى بَعْضٍ،وَ يَأْكُلُ بَعْضُهَا بَعْضاً،وَ تَجِيءُ سِبَاعُ الْبَرِّ فَتَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا،فَيَشُدُّ بَعْضُهَا عَلَى بَعْضٍ وَ يَأْكُلُ بَعْضُهَا بَعْضاً.فَعِنْدَ ذَلِكَ تَعَجَّبَ مِمَّا رَأَى،وَ قَالَ: رَبِّ أَرِنِي كَيْفَ تُحْيِ الْمَوْتىٰ قَالَ:كَيْفَ تُخْرِجُ مَا تَنَاسَخَ!هَذِهِ أُمَمٌ أَكَلَ بَعْضُهَا بَعْضاً.قَالَ:أَ وَ لَمْ تُؤْمِنْ؟قَالَ: بَلىٰ وَ لٰكِنْ لِيَطْمَئِنَّ قَلْبِي يَعْنِي حَتَّى أَرَى هَذَا كَمَا أَرَانِي اللَّهُ الْأَشْيَاءَ كُلَّهَا.قَالَ: فَخُذْ أَرْبَعَةً مِنَ الطَّيْرِ فَصُرْهُنَّ إِلَيْكَ تُقَطِّعُهُنَّ وَ تَخْلُطُهُنَّ،كَمَا أَخْلَطْتُ هَذِهِ الْجِيفَةَ فِي هَذِهِ السِّبَاعِ الَّتِي أَكَلَتْ بَعْضُهَا بَعْضاً ثُمَّ اجْعَلْ عَلىٰ كُلِّ جَبَلٍ مِنْهُنَّ جُزْءاً ثُمَّ ادْعُهُنَّ يَأْتِينَكَ سَعْياً ، فَلَمَّا دَعَاهُنَّ أَجَبْنَهُ،وَ كَانَتِ الْجِبَالُ عَشَرَةً».

99-/1450 -7- Al-‘Ayyashi: from Abu Basir, from Abu ‘Abd Allah (peace be upon him), regarding the saying of Ibrahim (peace be upon him): My Lord, show me how You give life to the dead. Abu ‘Abd Allah (peace be upon him) said: When Ibrahim (peace be upon him) was shown the dominion of the heavens and the earth, he saw a man committing fornication and invoked against him, and he died. Then he saw another and invoked against him, and he died, until he saw three and invoked against them, and they died. Allah revealed to him: O Ibrahim, your supplication is answered; so do not supplicate against My servants. If I had willed, I would not have created them. I created My creation in three kinds: a servant who worships Me and does not associate anything with Me, and I reward him; a servant who worships other than Me—he will not escape Me; and a servant who worships other than Me, but I will bring forth from his loins one who will worship Me. Then he turned and saw a carcass on a shore, part of it in the water and part on land. The beasts of the sea would come and eat what was in the water and then return and set upon one another and eat each other; and the beasts of the land would come and eat from it, then set upon one another and eat each other. He marveled at what he saw and said: My Lord, show me how You give life to the dead. He said: How do You bring forth what has been inter-transferred!—these are nations that have eaten one another. He said: What! and do you not believe? He said: Yes, but that my heart may be at ease—meaning, until I see this just as Allah has shown me all things. He said: Then take four of the birds and cut them and mix them, just as I have mixed this carcass among these beasts that have eaten one another; then place on every mountain a part of them, then call them; they will come to you flying. When he called them, they answered him, and the mountains were ten.

99-/1451 _8- وَ رَوَى أَبُو بَصِيرٍ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،قَالَ: «كَانَتِ الْجِبَالُ عَشَرَةً،وَ كَانَتِ الطُّيُورُ:اَلدِّيكَ، وَ الْحَمَامَةَ،وَ الطَّاوُسَ،وَ الْغُرَابَ.وَ قَالَ:فَخُذْ أَرْبَعَةً مِنَ الطَّيْرِ فَصُرْهُنَّ وَ قَطِّعْهُنَّ بِلَحْمِهِنَّ وَ عِظَامِهِنَّ وَ رِيشِهِنَّ ثُمَّ أَمْسِكْ رُءُوسَهُنَّ،ثُمَّ فَرِّقْهُنَّ عَلَى عَشَرَةِ جِبَالٍ،عَلَى كُلِّ جَبَلٍ مِنْهُنَّ جُزْءً.فَجَعَلَ مَا كَانَ فِي هَذَا الْجَبَلِ يَذْهَبُ إِلَى هَذَا الْجَبَلِ بِرِيشِهِ وَ لَحْمِهِ وَ دَمِهِ،ثُمَّ يَأْتِيهِ حَتَّى يَضَعَ رَأْسَهُ فِي عُنُقِهِ حَتَّى فَرَغَ مِنْ أَرْبَعَتِهِنَّ».

99-/1451 -8- And Abu Basir narrated from Abu ‘Abd Allah (peace be upon him), who said: The mountains were ten, and the birds were the rooster, the pigeon, the peacock, and the crow. He said: Then take four of the birds and cut them into pieces—their flesh, bones, and feathers—then hold their heads, then distribute them over ten mountains, a part of them on every mountain. What was on this mountain would go to that mountain with its feathers, flesh, and blood, then come until it placed its head in its neck, until he finished with all four of them.

99-/1452 _9- عَنْ مَعْرُوفِ بْنِ خَرَّبُوذَ،قَالَ:سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)يَقُولُ: «إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَمَّا أَوْحَى إِلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):أَنْ خُذْ أَرْبَعَةً مِنَ الطَّيْرِ،عَمَدَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ فَأَخَذَ النَّعَامَةَ وَ الطَّاوُسَ وَ الْوَزَّةَ وَ الدِّيكَ،فَنَتَفَ رِيشَهُنَّ بَعْدَ الذَّبْحِ،ثُمَّ جَمَعَهُنَّ فِي مِهْرَاسَةٍ فَهَرَسَهُنَّ،ثُمَّ فَرَّقَهُنَّ عَلَى جِبَالِ الْأُرْدُنِّ،وَ كَانَتْ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَشَرَةَ جِبَالٍ،فَوَضَعَ عَلَى كُلِّ جَبَلٍ مِنْهُنَّ جُزْءاً،ثُمَّ دَعَاهُنَّ بِأَسْمَائِهِنَّ،فَأَقْبَلْنَ إِلَيْهِ سَعْياً-يَعْنِي مُسْرِعَاتٍ-فَقَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ:أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ».

99-/1452 -9- From Ma‘ruf b. Kharrabudh, who said: I heard Abu Ja‘far (peace be upon him) say: When Allah revealed to Ibrahim (peace be upon him): Take four of the birds, Ibrahim took the ostrich, the peacock, the goose, and the rooster. He plucked their feathers after slaughtering them, then gathered them in a mortar and crushed them, then distributed them over the mountains of the Jordan, which were then ten mountains. He placed on each mountain a part of them, then called them by their names, and they came to him swiftly. At that Ibrahim said: I know that Allah has power over all things.

99-/1453 _10- عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ: أَنَّ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)سُئِلَ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ: قٰالَ بَلىٰ وَ لٰكِنْ لِيَطْمَئِنَّ قَلْبِي أَ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ شَكٌّ؟قَالَ:«لاَ،وَ لَكِنْ أَرَادَ مِنَ اللَّهِ الزِّيَادَةَ فِي يَقِينِهِ».قَالَ:وَ الْجُزْءُ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ عَشَرَةٍ.

99-/1453 -10- From ‘Ali b. Asbat: Abu al-Hasan al-Rida (peace be upon him) was asked about Allah’s saying: He said: Yes, but that my heart may be at ease—was there doubt in his heart? He said: No; rather, he sought from Allah an increase in his certainty. He said: And a “portion” (al-juz’) is one out of ten.

99-/1454 _11- عَنْ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ،قَالَ: جُمِعَ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الْمَنْصُورِ الْقُضَاةُ،فَقَالَ لَهُمْ:رَجُلٌ أَوْصَى بِجُزْءٍ مِنْ مَالِهِ،فَكَمِ الْجُزْءُ؟فَلَمْ يَعْلَمُوا كَمِ الْجُزْءُ وَ اشْتَكَوْا إِلَيْهِ فِيهِ،فَأَبْرَدَ بَرِيداً إِلَى صَاحِبِ الْمَدِينَةِ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ جَعْفَرَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):رَجُلٌ أَوْصَى بِجُزْءٍ مِنْ مَالِهِ فَكَمِ الْجُزْءُ؟وَ قَدْ أَشْكَلَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى الْقُضَاةِ،فَلَمْ يَعْلَمُوا كَمِ الْجُزْءُ.فَإِنْ هُوَ أَخْبَرَكَ بِهِ وَ إِلاَّ فَاحْمِلْهُ عَلَى الْبَرِيدِ وَ وَجِّهْهُ إِلَيَّ.

فَأَتَى صَاحِبُ الْمَدِينَةِ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)فَقَالَ لَهُ:إِنَّ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ بَعَثَ إِلَيَّ أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَوْصَى بِجُزْءٍ مِنْ مَالِهِ،وَ سَأَلَ مَنْ قِبَلَهُ مِنَ الْقُضَاةِ فَلَمْ يُخْبِرُوهُ مَا هُوَ،وَ قَدْ كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ إِنْ فَسَّرْتَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ وَ إِلاَّ حَمَلْتُكَ عَلَى الْبَرِيدِ إِلَيْهِ.

فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):«هَذَا فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ بَيِّنٌ،إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ لَمَّا قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ: رَبِّ أَرِنِي كَيْفَ تُحْيِ الْمَوْتىٰ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: ثُمَّ اجْعَلْ عَلىٰ كُلِّ جَبَلٍ مِنْهُنَّ جُزْءاً فَكَانَتِ الطَّيْرُ أَرْبَعَةً وَ الْجِبَالُ عَشَرَةً،يُخْرِجُ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ كُلِّ عَشَرَةِ أَجْزَاءٍ جُزْءاً وَاحِداً.

وَ إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)دَعَا بِمِهْرَاسٍ فَدَقَّ فِيهِ الطُّيُورَ جَمِيعاً،وَ حَبَسَ الرُّءُوسَ عِنْدَهُ،ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ دَعَا بِالَّذِي أُمِرَ بِهِ، فَجَعَلَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى الرِّيشِ كَيْفَ يَخْرُجُ،وَ إِلَى الْعُرُوقِ عِرْقاً عِرْقاً حَتَّى تَمَّ جَنَاحُهُ مُسْتَوِياً،فَأَهْوَى نَحْوَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) فَأَخَذَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بِبَعْضِ الرُّءُوسِ فَاسْتَقْبَلَهُ بِهِ،فَلَمْ يَكُنِ الرَّأْسُ الَّذِي اسْتَقْبَلَهُ بِهِ لِذَلِكَ الْبَدَنِ حَتَّى انْتَقَلَ إِلَيْهِ غَيْرُهُ، فَكَانَ مُوَافِقاً لِلرَّأْسِ،فَتَمَّتِ الْعِدَّةُ،وَ تَمَّتِ الْأَبْدَانُ».

99-/1454 -11- From ‘Abd al-Samad b. Bashir, who said: Abu Ja‘far al-Mansur assembled the judges and said to them: A man bequeathed a “portion” (juz’) of his wealth—how much is the portion? They did not know how much the portion was and complained to him about it. So he dispatched a courier to the governor of al-Madina to ask Ja‘far b. Muhammad (peace be upon him): A man bequeathed a portion of his wealth—how much is the portion? This has been problematic for the judges, and they do not know how much it is. If he informs you, then fine; otherwise, put him on the courier and send him to me. The governor came to Abu ‘Abd Allah (peace be upon him) and said to him: Abu Ja‘far sent to me that I should ask you about a man who bequeathed a portion of his wealth. He asked the judges under him and they did not inform him what it was, and he has written to me that if you explain it for him, then fine, otherwise I will place you on the courier to him. Abu ‘Abd Allah (peace be upon him) said: This is clear in the Book of Allah. When Ibrahim said: My Lord, show me how You give life to the dead … to His saying: Then place on every mountain a part of them—the birds were four and the mountains were ten. So a man gives out one portion from every ten portions. Ibrahim (peace be upon him) called for a mortar and pounded all the birds in it and kept the heads with him. Then he called as he had been commanded, and he watched the feathers as they emerged, and the veins—vein by vein—until its wing was complete and even. It headed toward Ibrahim (peace be upon him), and Ibrahim took one of the heads and faced it with that body, but the head he faced it with was not for that body until another head moved to it and matched the body. Then the number was complete and the bodies complete.

99-/1455 _12- عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَيَابَةَ،قَالَ: إِنَّ امْرَأَةً أَوْصَتْ إِلَيَّ،وَ قَالَتْ لِي:ثُلُثِي تَقْضِي بِهِ دَيْنَ ابْنِ أَخِي،وَ جُزْءٌ مِنْهُ لِفُلاَنَةَ .فَسَأَلْتُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ ابْنَ أَبِي لَيْلَى،فَقَالَ:مَا أَرَى لَهَا شَيْئاً،وَ مَا أَدْرِي مَا الْجُزْءُ.

فَسَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمَ)وَ أَخْبَرْتُهُ كَيْفَ قَالَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ،وَ مَا قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي لَيْلَى.فَقَالَ:«كَذَبَ ابْننِ لَيْلَى،لَهَا عُشْرُ الثُّلُثِ،إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَمَرَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمَ)،فَقَالَ: اِجْعَلْ عَلىٰ كُلِّ جَبَلٍ مِنْهُنَّ جُزْءاً وَ كَانَتِ الْجِبَالُ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَشَرَةً، وَ هُوَ الْعُشْرُ مِنَ الشَّيْءِ».

99-/1455 -12- From ‘Abd al-Rahman b. Sayabah, who said: A woman made a bequest to me, saying: Use my third to pay my nephew’s debt, and a portion of it is for so-and-so. I asked Ibn Abi Layla about that, and he said: I do not see that she has anything, and I do not know what the portion is. I asked Abu ‘Abd Allah (peace be upon him) and informed him how the woman had said it and what Ibn Abi Layla had said. He said: Ibn Abi Layla has lied; she has a tenth of the third. Allah commanded Ibrahim (peace be upon him), saying: Place on every mountain a part of them; and the mountains then were ten—and that is a tenth of the thing.

99-/1456 _13- عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) فِي رَجُلٍ أَوْصَى بِجُزْءٍ مِنْ مَالِهِ.فَقَالَ:«جُزْءٌ مِنْ عَشَرَةٍ، كَانَتِ الْجِبَالُ عَشَرَةً،وَ كَانَتِ الطَّيْرُ:اَلطَّاوُسَ،وَ الْحَمَامَةَ،وَ الدِّيكَ،وَ الْهُدْهُدَ،فَأَمَرَهُ اللَّهُ أَنْ يُقَطِّعَهُنَّ،وَ أَنْ يَضَعَ عَلَى كُلِّ جَبَلٍ مِنْهُنَّ جُزْءاً،وَ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ رَأْسَ كُلِّ طَيْرٍ مِنْهَا بِيَدِهِ-قَالَ-:فَكَانَ إِذَا أَخَذَ رَأْسَ الطَّيْرِ مِنْهَا بِيَدِهِ،تَطَايَرَ إِلَيْهِ مَا كَانَ مِنْهُ حَتَّى يَعُودَ كَمَا كَانَ».

99-/1456 -13- From Abu Basir, from Abu ‘Abd Allah (peace be upon him), regarding a man who bequeathed a portion of his wealth. He said: A portion is one out of ten—the mountains were ten, and the birds were the peacock, the pigeon, the rooster, and the hoopoe. Allah commanded him to cut them into pieces and to place on every mountain a part of them, and to take the head of each bird in his hand. He said: When he took the head of a bird in his hand, what belonged to it would fly to him until it returned as it had been.

99-/1457 _14- عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ،عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ،قَالَ: جَاءَنِي أَبُو جَعْفَرِ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْخُرَاسَانِيُّ، وَ قَالَ:نَزَلَ بِي رَجُلٌ مِنْ خُرَاسَانَ مِنَ الْحُجَّاجِ فَتَذَاكَرْنَا الْحَدِيثَ،فَقَالَ:مَاتَ لَنَا أَخٌ بِمَرْوَ،وَ أَوْصَى إِلَيَّ بِمِائَةِ أَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ،وَ أَمَرَنِي أَنْ أُعْطِيَ أَبَا حَنِيفَةَ مِنْهَا جُزْءاً،وَ لَمْ أَعْرِفِ الْجُزْءَ كَمْ هُوَ مِمَّا تَرَكَ؟فَلَمَّا قَدِمْتُ الْكُوفَةَ أَتَيْتُ أَبَا حَنِيفَةَ،فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْجُزْءِ،فَقَالَ لِي:اَلرُّبُعُ.فَأَبَى قَلْبِي ذَلِكَ،فَقُلْتُ:لاَ أَفْعَلُ حَتَّى أَحُجَّ وَ أَسْتَقْصِيَ الْمَسْأَلَةَ.فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ أَهْلَ الْكُوفَةِ قَدْ أَجْمَعُوا عَلَى الرُّبُعِ،قُلْتُ لِأَبِي حَنِيفَةَ:لاَ سَوْءَةَ بِذَلِكَ،لَكَ أَوْصَى بِهَا يَا أَبَا حَنِيفَةَ،وَ لَكِنْ أَحُجُّ وَ أَسْتَقْصِي الْمَسْأَلَةَ.فَقَالَ أَبُو حَنِيفَةَ:وَ أَنَا أُرِيدُ الْحَجَّ.

فَلَمَّا أَتَيْنَا مَكَّةَ،وَ كُنَّا فِي الطَّوَافِ فَإِذَا نَحْنُ بِرَجُلٍ شَيْخٍ قَاعِدٍ،قَدْ فَرَغَ مِنْ طَوَافِهِ،وَ هُوَ يَدْعُو وَ يُسَبِّحُ،إِذِ الْتَفَتَ أَبُو حَنِيفَةَ،فَلَمَّا رَآهُ قَالَ:إِنْ أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَسْأَلَ غَايَةَ النَّاسِ فَسَلْ هَذَا،فَلاَ أَحَدٌ بَعْدَهُ.قُلْتُ:وَ مَنْ هَذَا؟قَالَ:جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ.

فَلَمَّا قَعَدْتُ وَ اسْتَمْكَنْتُ،إِذِ اسْتَدَارَ أَبُو حَنِيفَةَ خَلْفَ ظَهْرِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،فَقَعَدَ قَرِيباً مِنِّي فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ وَ عَظَّمَهُ،وَ جَاءَ غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ مُزْدَلِفِينَ مُسَلِّمِينَ عَلَيْهِ وَ قَعَدُوا.فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ ذَلِكَ مِنْ تَعْظِيمِهِمْ لَهُ اشْتَدَّ ظَهْرِي، فَغَمَزَنِي أَبُو حَنِيفَةَ أَنْ تَكَلَّمْ.فَقُلْتُ:جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ،إِنِّي رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ خُرَاسَانَ،وَ إِنَّ رَجُلاً مَاتَ وَ أَوْصَى إِلَيَّ بِمِائَةِ أَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ،وَ أَمَرَنِي أَنْ أُعْطِيَ مِنْهَا جُزْءاً،وَ سَمَّى لِيَ الرَّجُلَ،فَكَمِ الْجُزْءُ،جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ؟ فَقَالَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ(عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ):«يَا أَبَا حَنِيفَةَ،لَكَ أَوْصَى،قُلْ فِيهَا»فَقَالَ:اَلرُّبُعُ،فَقَالَ لاِبْنِ أَبِي لَيْلِي:«قُلْ فِيهَا»فَقَالَ:اَلرُّبُعُ.

فَقَالَ جَعْفَرٌ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):«مِنْ أَيْنَ قُلْتُمُ الرُّبُعَ؟».

قَالَ:لِقَوْلِ اللَّهِ: فَخُذْ أَرْبَعَةً مِنَ الطَّيْرِ فَصُرْهُنَّ إِلَيْكَ ثُمَّ اجْعَلْ عَلىٰ كُلِّ جَبَلٍ مِنْهُنَّ جُزْءاً .

فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)لَهُمْ،وَ أَنَا أَسْمَعُ هَذَا:«قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ الطَّيْرَ أَرْبَعَةً،فَكَمْ كَانَتِ الْجِبَالُ،إِنَّمَا الْأَجْزَاءُ لِلْجِبَالِ لَيْسَ لِلطَّيْرِ؟»فَقَالُوا:ظَنَنَّا أَنَّهَا أَرْبَعَةٌ.فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):«وَ لَكِنَّ الْجِبَالَ عَشَرَةٌ».

99-/1457 -14- From Muhammad b. Isma‘il, from ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Abd Allah, who said: Abu Ja‘far b. Sulayman al-Khurasani came to me and said: A man from Khurasan among the pilgrims stayed with me, and we discussed hadith. He said: A brother of ours died in Marw and bequeathed to me one hundred thousand dirhams, and he ordered me to give Abu Hanifa a portion of it. I did not know how much the portion was of what he left. When I arrived in Kufa, I went to Abu Hanifa and asked him about the portion, and he said to me: A quarter. My heart refused that, and I said: I will not do it until I perform Hajj and thoroughly investigate the matter. When I saw the people of Kufa unanimous on the quarter, I said to Abu Hanifa: There is no harm in that—it was to you that he bequeathed it, O Abu Hanifa; but I will perform Hajj and investigate the matter. Abu Hanifa said: And I intend Hajj as well. When we came to Mecca and were in tawaf, we saw an elderly man sitting who had finished his tawaf, supplicating and glorifying. Abu Hanifa turned, and when he saw him he said: If you want to ask the furthest (most knowledgeable) of the people, ask this one; there is none after him. I said: Who is this? He said: Ja‘far b. Muhammad. When I sat and was in position, Abu Hanifa circled to sit behind Ja‘far b. Muhammad (peace be upon him) near me, greeted him, and magnified him. Others came also, approaching and greeting him, and they sat. When I saw their reverence for him, my back was strengthened. Abu Hanifa nudged me to speak. I said: May I be your ransom, I am a man from Khurasan. A man died and bequeathed to me one hundred thousand dirhams and ordered me to give from it a portion, and he named the man for me. How much is the portion, may I be your ransom? Ja‘far b. Muhammad (peace be upon them) said: O Abu Hanifa, it was to you he bequeathed it—speak regarding it. He said: A quarter. He said to Ibn Abi Layla: Speak regarding it. He said: A quarter. Ja‘far (peace be upon him) said: From where did you say a quarter? He said: Because of Allah’s saying: Then take four of the birds … then place on every mountain a part of them. Abu ‘Abd Allah (peace be upon him) said to them—and I was listening: I know that the birds were four; but how many were the mountains? The portions are for the mountains, not for the birds. They said: We assumed they were four. Abu ‘Abd Allah (peace be upon him) said: Rather, the mountains were ten.

99-/1458 _15- عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) فِي قَوْلِهِ: فَخُذْ أَرْبَعَةً مِنَ الطَّيْرِ فَصُرْهُنَّ إِلَيْكَ ثُمَّ اجْعَلْ عَلىٰ كُلِّ جَبَلٍ مِنْهُنَّ جُزْءاً .

فَقَالَ:«أَخَذَ الْهُدْهُدَ وَ الصُّرَدَ وَ الطَّاوُسَ،وَ الْغُرَابَ،فَذَبَحَهُنَّ وَ عَزَلَ رُءُوسَهُنَّ،ثُمَّ نَحَزَ أَبْدَانَهُمْ بِالْمِنْحَازِ بِرِيشِهِنَّ،وَ لُحُومِهِنَّ،وَ عِظَامِهِنَّ حَتَّى اخْتَلَطَتْ،ثُمَّ جَزَّأَهُنَّ عَشَرَةَ أَجْزَاءٍ عَلَى عَشَرَةِ جِبَالٍ،ثُمَّ وَضَعَ عِنْدَهُ حَبّاً وَ مَاءً،ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مَنَاقِيرَهُنَّ بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِهِ،ثُمَّ قَالَ:اِئْتِينِي سَعْياً بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ،فَتَطَايَرَتْ بَعْضٌ إِلَى بَعْضٍ، اللُّحُومُ وَ الرِّيشُ وَ الْعِظَامُ حَتَّى اسْتَوَتِ الْأَبْدَانُ كَمَا كَانَتْ،وَ جَاءَ كُلُّ بَدَنٍ حَتَّى الْتَزَقَ بِرَقَبَتِهِ الَّتِي فِيهَا الْمِنْقَارُ، فَخَلَّى إِبْرَاهِيمُ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)عَنْ مَنَاقِيرِهَا،فَرُفِعْنَ وَ شَرِبْنَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْمَاءِ،وَ الْتَقَطْنَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْحَبِّ،ثُمَّ قُلْنَ:يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ، أَحْيَيْتَنَا أَحْيَاكَ اللَّهُ.فَقَالَ:بَلِ اللَّهُ يُحْيِي وَ يُمِيتُ.

فَهَذَا تَفْسِيرُهُ فِي الظَّاهِرِ،وَ أَمَّا تَفْسِيرُهُ فِي بَاطِنِ الْقُرْآنِ،قَالَ:خُذْ أَرْبَعَةً مِمَّنْ يَحْتَمِلُ الْكَلاَمَ فَاسْتَوْدِعْهُمْ عِلْمَكَ،ثُمَّ ابْعَثْهُمْ فِي أَطْرَافِ الْأَرْضِ حُجَجاً لَكَ عَلَى النَّاسِ،فَإِذَا أَرَدْتَ أَنْ يَأْتُوكَ دَعَوْتَهُمْ بِالاِسْمِ الْأَكْبَرِ يَأْتُونَكَ سَعْياً،بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى».

99-/1458 -15- From Salih b. Sahl al-Hamdani, from Abu ‘Abd Allah (peace be upon him) regarding His saying: Then take four of the birds … then place on every mountain a part of them. He said: He took the hoopoe, the shrike, the peacock, and the crow; he slaughtered them and set aside their heads, then pounded their bodies in a mortar with their feathers, flesh, and bones until they were mixed. Then he divided them into ten parts over ten mountains, then placed grain and water near him, then held their beaks between his fingers and said: Come to me swiftly by Allah’s permission. The flesh, feathers, and bones flew to one another until the bodies were restored as they had been. Each body came until it clung to its neck in which was the beak. Ibrahim (peace be upon him) then let go of their beaks, and they rose and drank from that water and picked from that grain. Then they said: O Prophet of Allah, you have given us life—may Allah give you life. He said: Rather, Allah gives life and causes death. This is its exoteric interpretation; as for its esoteric interpretation in the Quran, he said: Take four of those who can bear speech, entrust them with your knowledge, then send them to the ends of the earth as proofs for you over the people. When you want them to come to you, call them by the Greatest Name; they will come to you swiftly by Allah’s permission.

قوله تعالى:

مَثَلُ الَّذِينَ يُنْفِقُونَ أَمْوٰالَهُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللّٰهِ كَمَثَلِ حَبَّةٍ أَنْبَتَتْ سَبْعَ سَنٰابِلَ فِي كُلِّ سُنْبُلَةٍ مِائَةُ حَبَّةٍ وَ اللّٰهُ يُضٰاعِفُ لِمَنْ يَشٰاءُ وَ اللّٰهُ وٰاسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ[261]

Quran 2:261 (M. H. Shakir): The parable of those who spend their goods in the way of Allah is as the parable of a grain growing seven ears (with) a hundred grains in every ear; and Allah multiplies for whom He pleases; and Allah is Ample-giving, Knowing.

99-/1459 _1- أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْبَرْقِيُّ:عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ،عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ،قَالَ:سَمِعْتُ أَبَا

99-/1459 -1- Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Khalid al-Barqi: from Ibn Mahbub, from ‘Umar b. Yazid, who said: I heard Abu … [text continues].

_3) -تفسير القمّيّ 1:91.

_tafsīr al-qummī 1:91.

_4) -الكافي 2:1/293.

_al-kāfī 2:1/293.

_5) -الكافي 2:1/470.

_al-kāfī 2:1/470.

[1] في المصدر:تحمل.

[1] fī al-masdar: taḥmal.

[2] الأعراف 7:102.

[2] al-a‘rāf 7:102.

_6) -المحاسن:249/247.

_al-maḥāsin: 249/247.

_7) -تفسير العيّاشي 1:469/142.

_tafsīr al-‘ayyāshī 1:469/142.

_8) -تفسير العيّاشي 1:470/142.

_tafsīr al-‘ayyāshī 1:470/142.

[1] في المصدر:أري.

[1] fī al-masdar: urī.

[2] في«ط»:عبد.

[2] fī “Ṭ”: ‘abd.

[3] في«ط»:نسخة بدل:نصفها في الماء، نصفها في البرّ.

[3] fī “Ṭ”: nuskha badal: niṣfuhā fī al-mā’, niṣfuhā fī al-barr.

[4] في المصدر:رأى.

[4] fī al-masdar: ra’ā.

_9) -تفسير العيّاشي 1:471/143.

_tafsīr al-‘ayyāshī 1:471/143.

_10) -تفسير العيّاشي 1:472/143.

_tafsīr al-‘ayyāshī 1:472/143.

_11) -تفسير العيّاشي 1:473/143.

_tafsīr al-‘ayyāshī 1:473/143.

_12) -تفسير العيّاشي 1:474/144.

_tafsīr al-‘ayyāshī 1:474/144.

[1] المهراسة:الآلة المهروس بها.«لسان العرب-هرس-6:247».

[1] al-mihrāsa: al-ālatu al-mahrūs bihā. “Lisān al-‘Arab – hars – 6:247”.

[2] هذه الجملة توضيح لقوله في الحديث السّابق «فوضع على كلّ جبل منهنّ جزءا» أو للأحاديث الآتية.

[2] hādhihi al-jumla tawḍīḥ li-qawlihi fī al-ḥadīth al-sābiq «fa-waḍa‘a ‘alā kulli jabalin minhunn(a) juz’an» aw li-l-aḥādīthi al-ātiya.

[3] في«س»:فقال،و المراد فأشار،و في المصدر:فمال.

[3] fī “S”: fa-qāl, wa-l-murād fa-ashāra, wa fī al-masdar: fa-māla.

_13) -تفسير العيّاشي 1:475/144.

_tafsīr al-‘ayyāshī 1:475/144.

_14) -تفسير العيّاشي 1:476/144.

_tafsīr al-‘ayyāshī 1:476/144.

[1] في«ط»:لفلان.

[1] fī “Ṭ”: li-fulān.

_15) -تفسير العيّاشي 1:477/145.

_tafsīr al-‘ayyāshī 1:477/145.

_1) -المحاسن:283/254.

_al-maḥāsin: 283/254.

[1] الصّرد:طائر أكبر من العصفور،ضخم الرأس و المنقار يصيد صغار الحشرات،و ربما صاد العصفور،و كانوا يتشاءمون به.«المعجم الوسيط- صرد-1:512».

[1] al-ṣurad: ṭā’ir akbaru min al-‘uṣfūr, dhaḵīm al-ra’s wa al-minqār, yaṣīdu ṣiġāra al-ḥasharāt, wa rubbamā ṣāda al-‘uṣfūr, wa kānū yatashā’umūna bih. “al-Mu‘jam al-Wasīṭ – ṣ-r-d – 1:512”.

[2] نحز الشيء:دقّه و سحقه بالمنحاز.و في المصدر:نخر.

[2] naḥaza al-shay’: daqqahu wa saḥqahu bi-l-minḥāz. Wa fī al-masdar: nakhara.

[3] المنحاز:الهاون.«لسان العرب-نحز-5:414»،و في المصدر:بالمنخار.

[3] al-minḥāz: al-hāwan. “Lisān al-‘Arab – naḥz – 5:414”, wa fī al-masdar: bi-l-minkhār.

[4] في«س و ط»:عنده أكبادها.

[4] fī “S wa Ṭ”: ‘indahu akbādahā.

[5] في المصدر:بعضهن.

[5] fī al-masdar: ba‘ḍuhunna.

[6] في المصدر:بالأبدان.

[6] fī al-masdar: bi-l-abdān.

[7] في المصدر زيادة:من الطير.

[7] fī al-masdar ziyāda: min al-ṭayr.