8. Whoever Places a Barrier Before a Believer
8. بابُ 61مَنْ حَجَبَ مُؤْمِنًا
8. Whoever Places a Barrier Before a Believer (Chapter 61)
(Ref : Biharul Anwar Vol 72 Chp 61, Page 189 – 193)
1- ثو، ثواب الأعمال أَبِي عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنِ الْكُوفِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَيُّمَا مُؤْمِنٍ كَانَ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ مُؤْمِنٍ حِجَابٌ ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ الْجَنَّةِ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفَ سُورٍ مَا بَيْنَ السُّورِ إِلَى السُّورِ مَسِيرَةُ أَلْفِ عَامٍ[1].
2- ختص، الإختصاص قَالَ الصَّادِقُ ع مَنْ صَارَ إِلَى أَخِيهِ الْمُؤْمِنِ فِي حَاجَةٍ أَوْ مُسَلِّماً فَحَجَبَهُ لَمْ يَزَلْ فِي لَعْنَةِ اللَّهِ إِلَى أَنْ حَضَرَتْهُ الْوَفَاةُ[2].
1- Al-Mufaddal said:
Imam Ja‘far al-Sadiq (a.s.) said: “Whenever there is a barrier between one believer and another believer, Allah will place between him and Paradise seventy thousand walls. The distance from one wall to the next is a journey of one thousand years.”
2- Imam Ja‘far al-Sadiq (a.s.) said: “Whoever goes to his believing brother with a need, or merely to greet him with salām, and he prevents him from entering or puts up a barrier before him, will remain under the curse of Allah until death comes to him.”
4- كا، الكافي عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُمْهُورٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ الرِّضَا ع فَقَالَ لِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّهُ كَانَ فِي زَمَنِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَرْبَعَةُ نَفَرٍ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَأَتَى وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمُ الثَّلَاثَةَ وَ هُمْ مُجْتَمِعُونَ فِي مَنْزِلِ أَحَدِهِمْ فِي مُنَاظَرَةٍ بَيْنَهُمْ فَقَرَعَ الْبَابَ فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِ الْغُلَامُ فَقَالَ أَيْنَ مَوْلَاكَ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ هُوَ فِي الْبَيْتِ فَرَجَعَ الرَّجُلُ وَ دَخَلَ الْغُلَامُ إِلَى مَوْلَاهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَنْ كَانَ الَّذِي قَرَعَ الْبَابَ قَالَ كَانَ فُلَانٌ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ لَسْتَ فِي الْمَنْزِلِ فَسَكَتَ وَ لَمْ يَكْتَرِثْ وَ لَمْ يَلُمْ غُلَامَهُ وَ لَا اغْتَمَّ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ لِرُجُوعِهِ عَنِ الْبَابِ وَ أَقْبَلُوا فِي حَدِيثِهِمْ فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ الْغَدِ بَكَّرَ إِلَيْهِمُ الرَّجُلُ فَأَصَابَهُمْ وَ قَدْ خَرَجُوا يُرِيدُونَ ضَيْعَةً لِبَعْضِهِمْ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ قَالَ أَنَا مَعَكُمْ فَقَالُوا نَعَمْ وَ لَمْ يَعْتَذِرُوا إِلَيْهِ وَ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ مُحْتَاجاً ضَعِيفَ الْحَالِ فَلَمَّا كَانُوا فِي بَعْضِ الطَّرِيقِ إِذَا غَمَامَةٌ قَدْ أَظَلَّتْهُمْ فَظَنُّوا أَنَّهُ مَطَرٌ فَبَادَرُوا فَلَمَّا اسْتَوَتِ الْغَمَامَةُ عَلَى رُءُوسِهِمْ إِذَا مُنَادٍ يُنَادِي مِنْ جَوْفِ الْغَمَامَةِ أَيَّتُهَا النَّارُ خُذِيهِمْ وَ أَنَا جَبْرَئِيلُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَإِذَا نَارٌ مِنْ جَوْفِ الْغَمَامَةِ قَدِ اخْتَطَفَتِ الثَّلَاثَةَ نَفَرٍ وَ بَقِيَ الرَّجُلُ مَرْعُوباً يَعْجَبُ بِمَا نَزَلَ بِالْقَوْمِ- وَ لَا يَدْرِي مَا السَّبَبُ فَرَجَعَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فَلَقِيَ يُوشَعَ بْنَ نُونٍ فَأَخْبَرَهُ الْخَبَرَ وَ مَا رَأَى وَ مَا سَمِعَ-
فَقَالَ يُوشَعُ بْنُ نُونٍ أَ مَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ سَخِطَ عَلَيْهِمْ بَعْدَ أَنْ كَانَ عَنْهُمْ رَاضِياً وَ ذَلِكَ بِفِعْلِهِمْ بِكَ قَالَ وَ مَا فِعْلُهُمْ بِي فَحَدَّثَهُ يُوشَعُ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ فَأَنَا أَجْعَلُهُمْ فِي حِلٍّ وَ أَعْفُو عَنْهُمْ قَالَ لَوْ كَانَ هَذَا قَبْلُ لَنَفَعَهُمْ وَ أَمَّا السَّاعَةَ فَلَا وَ عَسَى أَنْ يَنْفَعَهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدُ[3].
4. Muhammad ibn Sinan said:
“I was with Imam al-Ridha (a.s.), and he said to me:
‘O Muhammad! In the time of Bani Isra’il there were four believing men. One of them came to visit the other three while they were gathered in the house of one of them engaged in discussion. He knocked on the door, and a servant came out to him. He asked, “Where is your master?” The servant replied, “He is not at home.” So the man returned.
The servant then went to his master, who asked, “Who was knocking at the door?” He replied, “It was so-and-so, and I told him that you were not at home.” The master remained silent, paid no attention to it, did not rebuke his servant, and none of the three men felt any concern that their companion had been turned away. They continued their conversation.
The next morning the man came to them early and found them setting out to one of their farms. He greeted them and said, “I will come with you.” They replied, “Yes,” but did not apologize to him. The man was poor and in a weak condition.
As they travelled, a cloud appeared and shaded them. Thinking it would rain, they hastened on. When the cloud settled directly above them, a caller cried out from within it: “O Fire, seize them! I am Jibra’il, the Messenger of Allah.”
Then a fire came forth from the cloud and snatched away the three men, while the other man remained behind, terrified and amazed at what had happened, not knowing the reason.
He returned to the city and met Yusha‘ ibn Nun (a.s.), informing him of what he had seen and heard.
Yusha‘ ibn Nun (a.s.) said, “Do you not know that Allah became angry with them after having been pleased with them because of what they did to you?”
The man asked, “And what did they do to me?”
So Yusha‘ informed him. The man then said, “I release them from any claim and forgive them.”
Yusha‘ said, “Had you done this earlier, it would have benefited them. But now it will not help them, though perhaps it may benefit them afterwards.”’
5- كا، الكافي عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَبَلَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ مَا تَقُولُ فِي مُسْلِمٍ أَتَى مُسْلِماً زَائِراً وَ هُوَ فِي مَنْزِلِهِ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَأْذَنْ لَهُ وَ لَمْ يَخْرُجْ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ يَا أَبَا حَمْزَةَ أَيُّمَا مُسْلِمٍ أَتَى مُسْلِماً زَائِراً أَوْ طَالِبَ حَاجَةٍ وَ هُوَ فِي مَنْزِلِهِ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَأْذَنْ لَهُ وَ لَمْ يَخْرُجْ إِلَيْهِ لَمْ يَزَلْ فِي لَعْنَةِ اللَّهِ
عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ حَتَّى يَلْتَقِيَا فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ فِي لَعْنَةِ اللَّهِ حَتَّى يَلْتَقِيَا قَالَ نَعَمْ يَا أَبَا حَمْزَةَ[4].
5- Abu Hamzah said:
“I said to Imam al-Baqir (a.s.), ‘May I be your ransom, what do you say about a Muslim who comes to visit another Muslim while he is at home, seeks permission to enter, but he does not permit him and does not come out to meet him?’
He (a.s.) replied:
‘O Abu Hamzah! Any Muslim who comes to another Muslim as a visitor or seeking a need while he is at home, asks permission to enter, and he does not permit him and does not come out to meet him, remains under the curse of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, until they meet one another.’
I said, ‘May I be your ransom, under the curse of Allah until they meet one another?’
He (a.s.) said:
‘Yes, O Abu Hamzah.’”
[1] ( 4) ثواب الأعمال: 214.
[2] ( 1) الاختصاص ص 31.
[3] ( 1) الكافي ج 2 ص 364.
[4] ( 1) الكافي ج 2 ص 365.