Al-Kahf Ayah 23-24

الكهف آيه 24-23

مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِمْرَانَ الدَّقَّاقُ(رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ)،قَالُوا:حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا الْقَطَّانُ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا تَمِيمُ بْنُ بُهْلُولٍ،عَنْ أَبِيهِ،عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ الْبَصْرِيِّ،عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ الْهَاشِمِيِّ،قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: مَنْ يَهْدِ اللّٰهُ فَهُوَ الْمُهْتَدِ وَ مَنْ يُضْلِلْ فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لَهُ وَلِيًّا مُرْشِداً .

فَقَالَ:«إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى يُضِلُّ الظَّالِمِينَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عَنْ دَارِ كَرَامَتِهِ،وَ يَهْدِي أَهْلَ الْإِيمَانِ وَ الْعَمَلِ الصَّالِحِ إِلَى جَنَّتِهِ،كَمَا قَالَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ يُضِلُّ اللّٰهُ الظّٰالِمِينَ وَ يَفْعَلُ اللّٰهُ مٰا يَشٰاءُ [1]،وَ قَالَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَ عَمِلُوا الصّٰالِحٰاتِ يَهْدِيهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ بِإِيمٰانِهِمْ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهِمُ الْأَنْهٰارُ فِي جَنّٰاتِ النَّعِيمِ [2]».

English: I asked Abu Abdillah Ja‘far ibn Muhammad (peace be upon him) about the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic: Whoever Allah guides, he is the rightly guided, and whom He causes to err, you shall not find for him a guiding guardian (Quran 18:17, M. H. Shakir). He said: Indeed Allah, Blessed and Exalted, will cause the wrongdoers on the Day of Resurrection to stray from His abode of honor, and He will guide the people of faith and righteous deeds to His Garden, as He, Mighty and Majestic, said: and Allah leaves the unjust to stray; and Allah does what He pleases (Quran 14:27, M. H. Shakir); and He, Mighty and Majestic, said: Surely (as for) those who believe and do good, their Lord will guide them by their faith; there shall flow from beneath them rivers in gardens of bliss (Quran 10:9, M. H. Shakir).

99-/6638 _23- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ:عَنْ عِدَّةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ،عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ، عَنْ مُيَسِّرٍ،عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ،عَنْ أَبِيهِ،عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) ،فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: فَلْيَنْظُرْ أَيُّهٰا أَزْكىٰ طَعٰاماً فَلْيَأْتِكُمْ بِرِزْقٍ مِنْهُ ،قَالَ:«أَزْكَى طَعَاماً:اَلتَّمْرُ».

English 99-/6638: Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub—from several of our companions—from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid—from Ibrahim ibn ‘Uqbah—from Mayyasar—from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz—from his father—from Abu Ja‘far (peace be upon him), regarding His, the Exalted’s, saying: So send one of you with this money of yours to the city, then let him see which of them has purest food and bring you provision from it (Quran 18:19, part), he said: “The purest food (azkā ṭa‘āman) is dates.”

قوله تعالى:

وَ لاٰ تَقُولَنَّ لِشَيْءٍ إِنِّي فٰاعِلٌ ذٰلِكَ غَداً* إِلاّٰ أَنْ يَشٰاءَ اللّٰهُ وَ اذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ إِذٰا نَسِيتَ وَ قُلْ عَسىٰ أَنْ يَهْدِيَنِ رَبِّي لِأَقْرَبَ مِنْ هٰذٰا رَشَداً [23-24]

English (Quran 18:23-24, M. H. Shakir): And do not say of anything: Surely I will do it tomorrow, Unless Allah pleases; and remember your Lord when you forget and say: Maybe my Lord will guide me to a nearer course to the right than this.

99-/6639 _1- وَ عَنْهُ،عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى،عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ،عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ،عَنْ أَبِي جَمِيلَةَ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ،عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَلَبِيِّ وَ زُرَارَةَ وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ،عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ وَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ) فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: وَ اذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ إِذٰا نَسِيتَ ،قَالَ:«إِذَا حَلَفَ الرَّجُلُ فَنَسِيَ أَنْ يَسْتَثْنِيَ،فَلْيَسْتَثْنِ إِذَا ذَكَرَ».

English 99-/6639: And from him—from Muhammad ibn Yahya—from Ahmad ibn Muhammad—from ‘Ali ibn al-Hakam—from Abu Jamīlah al-Mufaḍḍal ibn Ṣāliḥ—from Muhammad al-Halabi and Zurara and Muhammad ibn Muslim—from Abu Ja‘far and Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon them) regarding the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic: And remember your Lord when you forget (Quran 18:24, M. H. Shakir), he said: “If a man swears and forgets to make an exception, then let him make the exception when he remembers.”

99-/6640 _2- وَ عَنْهُ:عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى،عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ،عَنْ أَبِيهِ،جَمِيعاً،عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ،عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الْأَحْوَلِ،عَنْ سَلاَّمِ بْنِ الْمُسْتَنِيرِ،عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: وَ لَقَدْ عَهِدْنٰا إِلىٰ آدَمَ مِنْ قَبْلُ فَنَسِيَ وَ لَمْ نَجِدْ لَهُ عَزْماً [3].

English 99-/6640: And from him—from Muhammad ibn Yahya—from Ahmad ibn Muhammad and ‘Ali ibn Ibrahim—from his father, all together—from Ibn Mahbub—from Abu Ja‘far al-Ahwal—from Salam ibn al-Mustaneer—from Abu Ja‘far (peace be upon him) regarding the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic: And certainly We gave a commandment to Adam before, but he forgot; and We did not find in him any determination (Quran 20:115, M. H. Shakir).

قَالَ:فَقَالَ:«إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَمَّا قَالَ لِآدَمَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):اُدْخُلِ الْجَنَّةَ،قَالَ لَهُ:يَا آدَمُ لاَ تَقْرَبْ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةَ-قَالَ- وَ أَرَاهُ إِيَّاهَا.فَقَالَ آدَمُ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)لِرَبِّهِ:كَيْفَ أَقْرَبُهَا وَ قَدْ نَهَيْتَنِي عَنْهَا أَنَا وَ زَوْجِي-قَالَ-فَقَالَ لَهُمَا:لاَ تَقْرَبَاهَا،يَعْنِي:لاَ تَأْكُلاَ مِنْهَا.فَقَالَ آدَمُ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)وَ زَوْجَتُهُ:نَعَمْ يَا رَبَّنَا،لاَ نَقْرَبُهَا وَ لاَ نَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا،وَ لَمْ يَسْتَثْنِيَا فِي قَوْلِهِمَا:نَعَمْ؛فَوَكَلَهُمَا اللَّهُ فِي ذَلِكَ إِلَى أَنْفُسِهِمَا وَ إِلَى ذِكْرِهِمَا».

قَالَ:«وَ قَدْ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لِنَبِيِّهِ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)فِي الْكِتَابِ: وَ لاٰ تَقُولَنَّ لِشَيْءٍ إِنِّي فٰاعِلٌ ذٰلِكَ غَداً إِلاّٰ أَنْ يَشٰاءَ اللّٰهُ أَنْ لاَ أَفْعَلَهُ،فَتَسْبِقَ مَشِيئَةُ اللَّهِ فِي أَنْ لاَ أَفْعَلَهُ،فَلاَ أَقْدِرُ عَلَى أَنْ أَفْعَلَهُ-قَالَ-وَ لِذَلِكَ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ:

وَ اذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ إِذٰا نَسِيتَ أَيْ اسْتَثْنِ مَشِيئَةَ اللَّهِ فِي فِعْلِكَ».

English: He said: “When Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said to Adam (peace be upon him): Enter the Garden, He said to him: O Adam, do not approach this tree—and He showed it to him. Adam (peace be upon him) said to his Lord: How can I approach it when You have forbidden it to me and my wife? He said to them both: Do not approach it, meaning: do not eat from it. Adam (peace be upon him) and his wife said: Yes, our Lord, we will not approach it and we will not eat from it. But they did not make an exception in their saying ‘Yes’; so Allah entrusted them in that matter to themselves and to their own remembering.” He said: “And Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said to His Prophet (blessings of Allah upon him and his family) in the Book: And do not say of anything: Surely I will do it tomorrow, Unless Allah pleases (Quran 18:23-24, M. H. Shakir), that is, unless Allah wills that I not do it, so Allah’s will that I not do it will precede, and I will not be able to do it. And for that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said: And remember your Lord when you forget—meaning: except (by) Allah’s will in your action.”

99-/6641 _3- وَ عَنْهُ:عَنْ عِدَّةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا،عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى،عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ جَمِيعاً، عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ،عَنِ ابْنِ رِئَابٍ،عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ حُمْرَانَ،قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ:

وَ اذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ إِذٰا نَسِيتَ .

قَالَ:«ذَلِكَ فِي الْيَمِينِ،إِذَا قُلْتَ:وَ اللَّهِ لاَ أَفْعَلُ كَذَا وَ كَذَا،فَإِذَا ذَكَرْتَ أَنَّكَ لَمْ تَسْتَثْنِ فَقُلْ:إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ».

English 99-/6641: And from him—from several of our companions—from Sahl ibn Ziyad and Muhammad ibn Yahya—from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, all together—from Ibn Mahbub—from Ibn Ri’ab—from Hamzah ibn Humran, who said: I asked Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon him) about the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic: And remember your Lord when you forget (Quran 18:24, M. H. Shakir). He said: “That is in oaths. If you say, ‘By Allah, I will not do such-and-such,’ then when you remember that you did not make an exception, say: ‘If Allah wills.’”

99-/6642 _4- وَ عَنْهُ:عَنْ عِدَّةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا،عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ،عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ،عَنِ ابْنِ الْقَدَّاحِ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)،قَالَ:«قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): الاِسْتِثْنَاءُ فِي الْيَمِينِ مَتَى مَا ذَكَرَ،وَ إِنْ كَانَ بَعْدَ أَرْبَعِينَ صَبَاحاً،ثُمَّ تَلاَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ: وَ اذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ إِذٰا نَسِيتَ ».

English 99-/6642: And from him—from several of our companions—from Sahl ibn Ziyad—from Ja‘far ibn Muhammad al-Ash‘ari—from Ibn al-Qaddah—from Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon him), who said: “The Commander of the Faithful (peace be upon him) said: The exception in an oath is valid whenever one remembers, even if after forty mornings.” Then he recited this verse: And remember your Lord when you forget (Quran 18:24, M. H. Shakir).

99-/6643 _5- وَ عَنْهُ:عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ،عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ،عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ،عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ،قَالَ:

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: وَ اذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ إِذٰا نَسِيتَ ».

فَقَالَ:«إِذَا حَلَفْتَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ وَ نَسِيتَ أَنْ تَسْتَثْنِيَ،فَاسْتَثْنِ إِذَا ذَكَرْتَ».

English 99-/6643: And from him—from Ahmad ibn Muhammad—from ‘Ali ibn al-Hasan—from ‘Ali ibn Asbat—from al-Husayn ibn Zurara, who said: I asked Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon him) about the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic: And remember your Lord when you forget (Quran 18:24, M. H. Shakir). He said: “If you swear an oath and forget to make an exception, then make the exception when you remember.”

99-/6644 _6- وَ عَنْهُ:عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ،عَنْ أَبِيهِ،عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ،عَنْ مُرَازِمِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ،قَالَ: أَمَرَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)بِكِتَابٍ فِي حَاجَةٍ فَكُتِبَ،ثُمَّ عُرِضَ عَلَيْهِ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهِ اسْتِثْنَاءٌ،فَقَالَ:«كَيْفَ رَجَوْتُمْ أَنْ يَتِمَّ هَذَا وَ لَيْسَ فِيهِ اسْتِثْنَاءٌ؟[انْظُرُوا كُلَّ مَوْضِعٍ لاَ يَكُونُ فِيهِ اسْتِثْنَاءٌ]فَاسْتَثْنُوا فِيهِ».

English 99-/6644: And from him—from ‘Ali ibn Ibrahim—from his father—from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr—from Murazim ibn Hakim, who said: Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon him) ordered a document to be written for a need, and it was written, then presented to him, and there was no exception in it. He said: “How did you hope this would be completed when there is no exception in it? [Look into every place where there is no exception and] include an exception in it.”

99-/6645 _7- الشَّيْخُ فِي(التَّهْذِيبِ)بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ،عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَدِيدٍ،عَنْ مُرَازِمٍ،قَالَ: دَخَلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)يَوْماً إِلَى مَنْزِلِ مُعَتِّبٍ،وَ هُوَ يُرِيدُ الْعُمْرَةَ،فَتَنَاوَلَ لَوْحاً فِيهِ كِتَابٌ فِيهِ تَسْمِيَةُ أَرْزَاقِ الْعِيَالِ وَ مَا يَخْرُجُ لَهُمْ فَإِذَا فِيهِ:لِفُلاَنٍ وَ فُلاَنٍ وَ فُلاَنٍ؛وَ لَيْسَ فِيهِ اسْتِثْنَاءٌ،فَقَالَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):«مَنْ كَتَبَ هَذَا الْكِتَابَ وَ لَمْ يَسْتَثْنِ فِيهِ،كَيْفَ ظَنَّ أَنَّهُ يَتِمُّ»:ثُمَّ دَعَا بِالدَّوَاةِ فَقَالَ:«أَلْحِقْ فِيهِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ»فَأَلْحَقَ فِيهِ فِي كُلِّ اسْمٍ:إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ.

English 99-/6645: The Shaykh in al-Tahdhib, by his chain, from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id—from ‘Ali ibn Hadid—from Murazim, who said: Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon him) once entered the house of Mu‘attib while he intended ‘umrah. He picked up a tablet containing a writing that listed the allowances for the dependents and what would be disbursed for them. In it was: “for so-and-so, and so-and-so, and so-and-so,” but there was no exception in it. He (peace be upon him) said: “Whoever wrote this document without making an exception—how did he think it would be completed?” Then he called for the inkwell and said: “Add in it: ‘If Allah wills.’” So “If Allah wills” was added after every name.

99-/6646 _8- الْعَيَّاشِيُّ:عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)عَنْ أَبِيهِ،عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)قَالَ: «إِذَا حَلَفَ الرَّجُلُ بِاللَّهِ فَلَهُ ثُنْيَاهَا إِلَى أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْماً،وَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ قَوْماً مِنَ الْيَهُودِ سَأَلُوا النَّبِيَّ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)،عَنْ شَيْءٍ فَقَالَ:اِلْقَوْنِي غَداً-وَ لَمْ يَسْتَثْنِ-حَتَّى أُخْبِرَكُمْ؛فَاحْتُبِسَ عَنْهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْماً،ثُمَّ أَتَاهُ،وَ قَالَ: وَ لاٰ تَقُولَنَّ لِشَيْءٍ إِنِّي فٰاعِلٌ ذٰلِكَ غَداً* إِلاّٰ أَنْ يَشٰاءَ اللّٰهُ وَ اذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ إِذٰا نَسِيتَ ».

English 99-/6646: Al-‘Ayyashi—from ‘Abdullah ibn Maymun—from Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon him)—from his father—from ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib (peace be upon him), who said: “If a man swears by Allah, he has the right to make the exception up to forty days. That is because a group of Jews asked the Prophet (blessings of Allah be upon him and his family) about something, and he said: ‘Meet me tomorrow’—and he did not make an exception—‘so that I may inform you.’ Gabriel (peace be upon him) was withheld from him for forty days, then came to him and said: And do not say of anything: Surely I will do it tomorrow, Unless Allah pleases; and remember your Lord when you forget (Quran 18:23-24, M. H. Shakir).”

99-/6647 _9- عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ،عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ): «ذَكَرَ أَنَّ آدَمَ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)لَمَّا أَسْكَنَهُ اللَّهُ الْجَنَّةَ فَقَالَ لَهُ:يَا آدَمُ لاَ تَقْرَبْ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةَ؛فَقَالَ:نَعَمْ،يَا رَبِّ؛وَ لَمْ يَسْتَثْنِ،فَأَمَرَ اللَّهُ نَبِيَّهُ(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ)فَقَالَ: وَ لاٰ تَقُولَنَّ لِشَيْءٍ إِنِّي فٰاعِلٌ ذٰلِكَ غَداً* إِلاّٰ أَنْ يَشٰاءَ اللّٰهُ وَ اذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ إِذٰا نَسِيتَ وَ لَوْ بَعْدَ سَنَةٍ».

English 99-/6647: From Abu Hamzah—from Abu Ja‘far (peace be upon him): “He mentioned that when Allah settled Adam (peace be upon him) in the Garden, He said to him: ‘O Adam, do not approach this tree.’ He said: ‘Yes, my Lord,’ and did not make an exception. So Allah commanded His Prophet (blessings of Allah be upon him and his family), saying: And do not say of anything: Surely I will do it tomorrow, Unless Allah pleases; and remember your Lord when you forget—even after a year (Quran 18:23-24, M. H. Shakir).”

99-/6648 _10- وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) فِي قَوْلِهِ:« وَ لاٰ تَقُولَنَّ لِشَيْءٍ إِنِّي فٰاعِلٌ ذٰلِكَ غَداً* إِلاّٰ أَنْ يَشٰاءَ اللّٰهُ وَ اذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ إِذٰا نَسِيتَ أَنْ تَقُولَ إِلاَّ مِنْ بَعْدِ الْأَرْبَعِينَ،فَلِلْعَبْدِ الاِسْتِثْنَاءُ فِي الْيَمِينِ مَا بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْماً إِذَا نَسِيَ».

English 99-/6648: And in the narration of ‘Abdullah ibn Maymun—from Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon him), regarding His saying: And do not say of anything: Surely I will do it tomorrow, Unless Allah pleases; and remember your Lord when you forget—“that you may say it even after forty days. A servant may make the exception in an oath within what is between him and forty days, if he forgot” (Quran 18:23-24, M. H. Shakir).

99-/6649 _11- عَنْ سَلاَّمِ بْنِ الْمُسْتَنِيرِ،عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)قَالَ: «قَالَ اللَّهُ: وَ لاٰ تَقُولَنَّ لِشَيْءٍ إِنِّي فٰاعِلٌ ذٰلِكَ غَداً* إِلاّٰ أَنْ يَشٰاءَ اللّٰهُ أَنْ لاَ أَفْعَلَهُ،فَتَسْبِقَ مَشِيئَةُ اللَّهِ فِي أَنْ لاَ أَفْعَلَهُ،فَلاَ أَقْدِرُ عَلَى أَنْ أَفْعَلَهُ-قَالَ-فَلِذَلِكَ قَالَ اللَّهُ: وَ اذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ إِذٰا نَسِيتَ أَيِ اسْتَثْنِ مَشِيئَةَ اللَّهِ فِي فِعْلِكَ».

English 99-/6649: From Salam ibn al-Mustaneer—from Abu Ja‘far (peace be upon him), who said: “Allah said: And do not say of anything: Surely I will do it tomorrow, Unless Allah pleases—that I not do it; so Allah’s will that I not do it precedes, and I am not able to do it. For that, Allah said: And remember your Lord when you forget—meaning: except (by) Allah’s will in your action” (Quran 18:23-24, M. H. Shakir).

99-/6650 _12- عَنْ زُرَارَةَ وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ،عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ وَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ) فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ:

وَ اذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ إِذٰا نَسِيتَ ،قَالَ:«إِذَا حَلَفَ الرَّجُلُ فَنَسِيَ أَنْ يَسْتَثْنِيَ،فَلْيَسْتَثْنِ إِذَا ذَكَرَ».

English 99-/6650: From Zurara and Muhammad ibn Muslim—from Abu Ja‘far and Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon them) regarding the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic: And remember your Lord when you forget (Quran 18:24, M. H. Shakir), he said: “If a man swears and forgets to make an exception, then let him make the exception when he remembers.”

99-/6651 _13- عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ حُمْرَانَ،قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: وَ اذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ إِذٰا نَسِيتَ ،فَقَالَ:«أَنْ تَسْتَثْنِيَ،ثُمَّ ذَكَرْتَ بَعْدُ،فَاسْتَثْنِ حِينَ تَذْكُرُ».

English 99-/6651: From Hamzah ibn Humran, who said: I asked Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon him) about the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic: And remember your Lord when you forget (Quran 18:24, M. H. Shakir). He said: “That you make an exception; then if you remember afterwards, make the exception when you remember.”

99-/6652 _14- عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ) فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: وَ اذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ إِذٰا نَسِيتَ ،قَالَ:«هُوَ الرَّجُلُ يَحْلِفُ فَيَنْسَى أَنْ يَقُولَ:إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ؛فَلْيَقُلْهَا إِذَا ذَكَرَ».

English 99-/6652: From ‘Abdullah ibn Sulayman—from Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon him) regarding the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic: And remember your Lord when you forget (Quran 18:24, M. H. Shakir), he said: “It is the man who swears and forgets to say, ‘If Allah wills’; so let him say it when he remembers.”

99-/6653 _15- عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ،عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ:

وَ لاٰ تَقُولَنَّ لِشَيْءٍ إِنِّي فٰاعِلٌ ذٰلِكَ غَداً* إِلاّٰ أَنْ يَشٰاءَ اللّٰهُ ،قَالَ:«هُوَ الرَّجُلُ يَحْلِفُ عَلَى الشَّيْءِ وَ يَنْسَى أَنْ يَسْتَثْنِيَ،فَيَقُولُ:لَأَفْعَلَنَّ كَذَا وَ كَذَا غَداً أَوْ بَعْدَ غَدٍ؛عَنْ قَوْلِهِ: وَ اذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ إِذٰا نَسِيتَ ».

English 99-/6653: From Abu Basir—from Abu ‘Abdillah (peace be upon him), who said: I asked him about the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic: And do not say of anything: Surely I will do it tomorrow, Unless Allah pleases (Quran 18:23-24, M. H. Shakir). He said: “It concerns a man who swears about something and forgets to make an exception, saying, ‘I will surely do such-and-such tomorrow or the day after tomorrow’; thus His saying: And remember your Lord when you forget (Quran 18:24, M. H. Shakir).”

99-/6654 _16- عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ حُمْرَانَ،قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ: وَ اذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ إِذٰا نَسِيتَ ،قَالَ:«إِذَا حَلَفْتَ نَاسِياً ثُمَّ ذَكَرْتَ بَعْدُ،فَاسْتَثْنِ حِينَ تَذْكُرُ».

English 99-/6654: From Hamzah ibn Humran, who said: I asked him about the saying of Allah: And remember your Lord when you forget (Quran 18:24, M. H. Shakir). He said: “If you swore while forgetful, then remembered afterwards, make the exception when you remember.”

99-/6655 _17- عَنِ الْقَدَّاحِ،عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ،عَنْ أَبِيهِ،عَنْ عَلِيٍّ(عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ)قَالَ: «الاِسْتِثْنَاءُ فِي الْيَمِينِ مَتَى مَا ذَكَرَ،وَ إِنْ كَانَ بَعْدَ أَرْبَعِينَ صَبَاحاً».ثُمَّ تَلاَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ: وَ اذْكُرْ رَبَّكَ إِذٰا نَسِيتَ .

English 99-/6655: From al-Qaddah—from Ja‘far ibn Muhammad—from his father—from ‘Ali (peace be upon them), who said: “The exception in an oath is valid whenever one remembers, even if after forty mornings.” Then he recited this verse: And remember your Lord when you forget (Quran 18:24, M. H. Shakir).

قوله تعالى:

وَ لَبِثُوا فِي كَهْفِهِمْ ثَلاٰثَ مِائَةٍ سِنِينَ وَ ازْدَادُوا تِسْعاً [25]

English (Quran 18:25, M. H. Shakir): And they remained in their cave three hundred years and (some) add (another) nine.

99-/6656 _1- الْعَيَّاشِيُّ:عَنْ جَابِرٍ،قَالَ:سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ)يَقُولُ: «وَ اللَّهِ،لَيَمْلِكَنَّ رَجُلٌ مِنَّا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِ ثَلاَثَمِائَةِ سَنَةٍ وَ يَزْدَادُ تِسْعاً».قَالَ:قُلْتُ:وَ مَتَى ذَلِكَ؟قَالَ:«بَعْدَ مَوْتِ الْقَائِمِ».

قَالَ:قُلْتُ:وَ كَمْ يَقُومُ الْقَائِمُ فِي عَالَمِهِ حَتَّى يَمُوتَ؟قَالَ:«تِسْعَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً،مِنْ يَوْمِ قِيَامِهِ إِلَى يَوْمِ مَوْتِهِ».

قَالَ:قُلْتُ:فَيَكُونُ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهِ هَرْجٌ؟قَالَ:«نَعَمْ،خَمْسِينَ سَنَةً-قَالَ-ثُمَّ يَخْرُجُ الْمُنْتَصِرُ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا فَيَطْلُبُ بِدَمِهِ وَ دَمِ أَصْحَابِهِ،فَيَقْتُلُ وَ يَسْبِي حَتَّى يُقَالَ:لَوْ كَانَ هَذَا مِنْ ذُرِّيَّةِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ مَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ كُلَّ هَذَا الْقَتْلِ؛فَيَجْتَمِعُ النَّاسُ عَلَيْهِ أَبْيَضُهُمْ وَ أَسْوَدُهُمْ فَيَكْثُرُونَ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى يُلْجِئُوهُ إِلَى حَرَمِ اللَّهِ،فَإِذَا اشْتَدَّ الْبَلاَءُ عَلَيْهِ مَاتَ الْمُنْتَصِرُ وَ خَرَجَ السَّفَّاحُ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا غَضَباً لِلْمُنْتَصِرِ،فَيَقْتُلُ كُلَّ عَدُوِّنَا جَائِرٍ وَ يَمْلِكُ الْأَرْضَ كُلَّهَا،فَيَصْلُحُ اللَّهُ لَهُ أَمْرَهُ،وَ يَعِيشُ ثَلاَثَمِائَةِ سَنَةٍ وَ يَزْدَادُ تِسْعاً».

ثُمَّ قَالَ:أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ(عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ):«يَا جَابِرُ،وَ هَلْ تَدْرِي مَنِ الْمُنْتَصِرُ وَ السَّفَّاحُ؟يَا جَابِرُ،الْمُنْتَصِرُ الْحُسَيْنُ،وَ السَّفَّاحُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ(صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمَا)».

English 99-/6656: Al-‘Ayyashi—from Jabir, who said: I heard Abu Ja‘far (peace be upon him) say: “By Allah, a man from us, the People of the House, will surely possess the earth after his death for three hundred years and will add nine.” I said: When will that be? He said: “After the death of the Qa’im.” I said: How long will the Qa’im remain in his world until he dies? He said: “Nineteen years from the day of his rise to the day of his death.” I said: Will there be turmoil after his death? He said: “Yes, for fifty years.” Then he said: “Then the Victorious (al-Muntaṣir) will come out into the world and will seek vengeance for his blood and the blood of his companions. He will kill and take captives until it is said: ‘If this man were from the progeny of the prophets, he would not have killed people to this extent.’ Then people, white and black, will gather against him and will be many against him until they drive him to the Sanctuary of Allah. When the affliction intensifies upon him, the Victorious will die, and the Blood-Shedder (al-Saffāḥ) will come out into the world in anger for the Victorious. He will kill every unjust enemy of ours and will rule the whole earth. Allah will set his affair aright for him, and he will live three hundred years and add nine.” Then Abu Ja‘far (peace be upon him) said: “O Jabir, do you know who the Victorious and the Blood-Shedder are? O Jabir, the Victorious is al-Husayn, and the Blood-Shedder is the Commander of the Faithful (blessings of Allah upon them both).”

99-/6657 _2- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ النُعْمَانِيُّ،قَالَ:أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عُقْدَةَ،قَالَ:حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ قَيْسِ بْنِ رُمَّانَةَ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ،وَ سَعْدَانُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ،وَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ

English 99-/6657: Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Nu‘mani said: Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Sa‘id ibn ‘Uqdah informed us, saying: Muhammad ibn al-Mufaddal ibn Ibrahim ibn Qays ibn Rummānah al-Ash‘ari, and Sa‘dan ibn Ishaq ibn Sa‘id, and Ahmad ibn al-Husayn ibn … [narration continues].

_23) -الكافي 6:1/345.

Transliteration: al-Kāfī 6:1/345.

_1) -الكافي 7:1/447.

Transliteration: al-Kāfī 7:1/447.

_2) -الكافي 7:2/447.

Transliteration: al-Kāfī 7:2/447.

[1] إبراهيم:14:27.

Transliteration: Ibrāhīm 14:27.

[2] يونس 10:9.

Transliteration: Yūnus 10:9.

[3] طه:20:115.

Transliteration: Ṭāhā 20:115.

_3) -الكافي 7:3/448.

Transliteration: al-Kāfī 7:3/448.

_4) -الكافي 7:6/448.

Transliteration: al-Kāfī 7:6/448.

_5) -الكافي 7:8/449.

Transliteration: al-Kāfī 7:8/449.

_6) -الكافي 2:7/494.

Transliteration: al-Kāfī 2:7/494.

_7) -التهذيب 8:1030/281.

Transliteration: al-Tahdhīb 8:1030/281.

_8) -تفسير العيّاشيّ 2:14/324.

Transliteration: Tafsīr al-‘Ayyāshī 2:14/324.

_9) -تفسير العيّاشيّ 2:15/324.

Transliteration: Tafsīr al-‘Ayyāshī 2:15/324.

_10) -تفسير العيّاشيّ 2:16/324.

Transliteration: Tafsīr al-‘Ayyāshī 2:16/324.

_11) -تفسير العيّاشيّ 2:17/325.

Transliteration: Tafsīr al-‘Ayyāshī 2:17/325.

_12) -تفسير العيّاشيّ 2:18/325.

Transliteration: Tafsīr al-‘Ayyāshī 2:18/325.

_13) -تفسير العيّاشيّ 2:19/325.

Transliteration: Tafsīr al-‘Ayyāshī 2:19/325.

_14) -تفسير العيّاشيّ 2:20/325.

Transliteration: Tafsīr al-‘Ayyāshī 2:20/325.

_15) -تفسير العيّاشيّ 2:21/325.

Transliteration: Tafsīr al-‘Ayyāshī 2:21/325.

[1] الثنيا:الاستثناء.«مجمع البحرين-ثنا-1:76».

Transliteration: al-thuniyā: al-istithnā’. “Majma‘ al-Baḥrayn – th-nā – 1:76.”

[2] في«ط»:ائتوني.

Transliteration: fī “Ṭ”: i’tūnī.

_16) -تفسير العيّاشي 2:22/325.

Transliteration: Tafsīr al-‘Ayyāshī 2:22/325.

_17) -تفسير العيّاشي 2:23/325.

Transliteration: Tafsīr al-‘Ayyāshī 2:23/325.

_1) -تفسير العيّاشي 2:24/326.

Transliteration: Tafsīr al-‘Ayyāshī 2:24/326.

_2) -الغيبة:3/331.

Transliteration: al-Ghaybah 3:331.

[1] في«ط»و المصدر:المنصور.

Transliteration: fī “Ṭ” wa-l-maṣdar: al-Manṣūr.

[2] في«ق»:المنصور.

Transliteration: fī “Q”: al-Manṣūr.