Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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The Birth of The Holy Prophet (s.a) and His Demise
35. Muhammad ibn al-Husayn has narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from ibn al-Fadhal from Ali ibn al-Nu‘man from Abu Maryam al-Ansari who has said the following: “Once I asked Abu Ja‘far (AS),’How was the prayer for the dead body of the Holy Prophet (SAW)?’ The Im
The Birth of The Holy Prophet (s.a) and His Demise
36. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from from Salama ibn al-Khattab from Ali ibn Sayf from Abu al-Maghra’ from ‘Uqba ibn Bashir from Abu Ja‘far (AS) who has said the following: “The Holy Prophet (SAW) said to Ali (AS), O Ali, bury me in this place, raise the
The Birth of The Holy Prophet (s.a) and His Demise
37. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from from Salma ibn al-Khattab from Ali ibn Sayf from ‘Amr ibn Shimr from Jabir from abu Ja‘far (a.s.) who has said the following. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abu ‘Umayr from Hammad from al-Halabi
The Birth of The Holy Prophet (s.a) and His Demise
38. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from from Salama ibn al-Khattab from Ali Ibn Sayf from ‘Amr Ibn Shimr from Jabir from Abu Ja‘far (AS) who has said the following: “When the Holy Prophet (SAW) passed away, the angels, Al Muhajirun and Al Ansar prayed over h
The Birth of The Holy Prophet (s.a) and His Demise
39. Certain persons of our people have narrated from in a in a marfu‘ manner have narrated from Muhammad b. Sinan from Dawud b. Kathir al-Raqqi who has said that he asked Abu ‘Abdallah (AS) the following: “What is the meaning of ‘peace be with the Messenger o
Chapter on Those who use their Knowledge to Fill their Stomach and are Boastful for it
6. Muhammad ibn ’Isma‘il has narrated from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan from Hammed ibn ‘Isa from Ri’ab‘i ibn ‘Abdallah that Abu Ja’far (al-Baqir) (as) said, "He who seeks knowledge to boast among scholars, engage in disputes with the foolish, or attract people's atte
The Birth of The Holy Prophet (s.a) and His Demise
50. Yahya has narrated from Ahmad b. Muhammad from Ibn al-Fadhal from al-Husayn ibn ‘Ulwan al-Kalbi from Ali b. al-Hazwar al-Ghanawi from Asbagh ibn Nubata al-Hanzali who has said the following: “Once I saw Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (AS) on the day of victory in Ba
Climbing over the grave of the Holy Prophet (s.a) prohibited
1. A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Barqi from Ja‘far ibn al-Muthanna al-Khatib who has said the following. “I was in Madina when the roof over the grave of the Holy Prophet (s.a) had crumbled down and the workers were climbing u
The birth of Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.)
Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.) was born thirty years after the year of elephant. He was martyred in month of Ramadan twenty first Sunday night in the year fortieth after Hijra (migration). He was sixty three years at that time. He lived for thirty years after th
The birth of Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.)
1. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Farisiy from abu Hanifa Muhammad ibn Yahya from al-Walid ibn Aban from Muhammad ibn ‘Abdallah ibn Muskan from who said: “Abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) has said, ‘Once, Fatima bint Asad came to Abu Talib
The birth of Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.)
Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Abd Allah, from al-Sayyari, from Muhammad ibn Jumhur, from some of our companions, from Abu Abd Allah (a), who said: Indeed, Fatimah daughter of Asad, the mother of the Commander of the Faithful, was the first woman to migrate on foot to
The birth of Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.)
3. Certain persons of our people have narrated from those he mentioned from ibn Mahbub from ‘Umar ibn Aban al-Kalbi from al-Mufaddal ibn ‘Umar who has said the following. “I heard abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) say, ‘When the Messenger of Allah was born the whiteness (
The birth of Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.)
4. A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from al-Barqi from Ahmad ibn Zayd al-Naysaburi who has said that narrated to me ‘Umar ibn Ibrahim al-Hashimi from ‘Abd al-Malik ibn ‘Umar from ’Asid ibn Safwan the companion of the Messen
The birth of Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.)
5. A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Safwan al-Jammal who has said the following. “Once I, ‘Amir and ‘Abdallah ibn Judha'a al-’Azdi were in the presence of abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.). The narrator has said that ‘
The birth of Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.)
6. Ahmad ibn Muhammad has narrated from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad from ‘Abdallah ibn Sinan who has said the following. “Once ‘Umar ibn yazid came to me and said, “Ride with us and rode with them and went until we came to the house of Hafs al-K
The birth of Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.)
7. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Salma ibn al-Khattab from ‘Abdallah ibn Muhammad from ‘Abdallah ibn al-Qasim from ‘Isa Shalqan who has said the following: “I heard Abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) say, ‘Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.) had maternal nephews in tribe o
Chapter on the Need for the Existence of a Divine Authority in the World and the Seriousness of this Matter
1. Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim has narrated from his father from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad from al-Minqari from Hafs ibn Ghiyath from abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following. “O Hafs, seventy sins of an ignorant person may be forgiven before only one sin o
The birth of Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.)
8. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad and Ali ibn Muhammad from Sahl ibn Ziyad all from Ibn Mahbub from Abu Hamza from Abu Ja‘far (a.s.) who has said the following. “When Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.) passed away, al-Hasan ibn Ali stoop up
The birth of Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.)
9. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from in a marfu‘ manner from abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following. “When Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.) was washed for burial they called from the side of the house, “If you would lift up the front of the coffin you wo
The birth of Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.)
10. ‘Abdallah ibn Ja‘far and Sa‘d ibn ‘Abdallah together have narrated from Ibrahim ibn Mahziyar from his brother, Ali ibn Mahziyar from al-Hassan ibn Mahbub from Hisham ibn Salim from Habib al-Sajistani who has said the following. “I heard abu Ja‘far (a.s.)