Al-Imāma wa’l-Tabṣira min al-Ḥayra

عبداللّه بن جعفر الحميري، قال: حدّثني محمد بن صالح الهمداني، قال: كتبت الى صاحب الزمان عليه السلام: إنّ أهل بيتي يؤذونني ويقرعونني بالحديث الذي رُوي عن آبائك عليهم السلام أنّهم قالوا: ((قوّامنا وخدّامنا شرار خلق الله)). فكتب عليه السلام: ويحكم أما تقرأون ما قال عزّ وجل: ﴿وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمْ وَبَيْنَ ٱلْقُرَى ٱلَّتِى بَـٰرَكْنَا فِيهَا قُرًۭى ظَـٰهِرَةًۭ﴾. ونحن—والله—القرى التي بارك الله فيها، وأنتم القرى الظاهرة، قال عبداللّه بن جعفر: وحدّثنا بهذا الحديث عليّ بن محمد الكليني عن محمد بن صالح، عن صاحب الزمان عليه السلام.

ʿAbd Allāh b. Jaʿfar al-Ḥimyārī, saying that Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ al-Ḥamadānī narrated to him, who said: “I wrote to the Master of the Era (as): “The people of my house are harming and taunting me by means of the tradition which has been transmitted from your forefathers (as-p), that they said: “Our stewards and retainers are the worst of Allāh’s creation.” So, he (as) wrote back: “What is the matter with you? Do you not read what He (azwj) said: ﴾We had placed between them and the towns which We had blessed hamlets prominent﴿? [34:18]—We are, by Allāh, the towns that Allāh has blessed, and you are the hamlets prominent.”[1] ʿAbd Allāh b. Jaʿfar said: “This tradition has also been narrated to us by ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-Kulaynī from Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ, from the Master of the Era (as).”

سعد بن عبداللّه، عن اسحاق بن يعقوب، قال: سمعت الشيخ العمري رضي الله عنه يقول: صحبت رجلاً من أهل السواد ومعه مال للغريم عليه السلام، فأنفذه، فردّ عليه، وقيل له: ((أخرج حقّ ولد عمّك منه، وهو أربعمائة درهم)). فبقى الرجل متحيّراً باهتاً متعجّباً، ونظر في حساب المال، وكانت في يده ضيعة لولد عمّه، قد كان ردّ عليهم بعضها وزوى عنهم بعضها، فاذا الذي نصَّ لهم من ذلك المال: أربعمائة درهم، كما قال عليه السلام، فأخرجه وأنفذ الباقي فقبل.

Saʿd b. ʿAbd Allāh, from Isḥāq b. Yaʿqūb, who narrated: “I heard the scholar al-ʿUmarī (ra) saying: “I accompanied a man from the rural districts of Iraq who had with him money for the Creditor (as),[1] so he sent it forth. However, it was returned to him, and he was told: “Take out of it what rightfully belongs to your paternal cousins, which is four hundred dirhams.” The man remained bewildered, dumbfounded and astonished, and then looked at the accounts of the money, in which he found that he had in his possession an estate belonging to his paternal cousins, some of which he had already returned to them and some of which he had withheld from them when, lo and behold, the amount of that money due them was four hundred dirhams, just as he (as) had said. So, the man took it out and sent the remainder, which was accepted.”

سعد بن عبداللّه، عن علي بن محمد الرازي، قال: حدّثني جماعة من أصحابنا أنّه بعث إلى أبي عبداللّه بن الجنيد—وهو بواسط—غلاماً وأمر ببيعه، فباعه، وقبض ثمنه، فلمّا غيّر الدنانير نقصت من التعيير ثمانية عشر قيراطاً وحبّة، فوزن من عنده ثمانية عشر قيراطاً وحبّة وأنفذها . فردّ عليه ديناراً وزنه ثمانية عشر قيراطاً وحبّة.

Saʿd b. ʿAbd Allāh, from ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-Rāzī, who said: “A group of our companions narrated to me that he (Imam al-Mahdī (aj)) sent forth a slave boy to Abī ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Junayd, who was in Wāsiṭ, and instructed him to sell that boy. So, he sold him and took his payment, whereupon he assayed the dinars and found them falling short in fineness, by a measure of eighteen carats and a grain.[1] He weighed out, from his own property, eighteen carats and a grain, and sent them off. A dinar was returned to him, whose weight was eighteen carats and a grain.”

سعد بن عبداللّه، عن علي بن محمد الرازي، قال: حدّثني نصر بن الصباح قال: أنفذ رجل من أهل بلخ خمسة دنانير الى حاجز، وكتب رقعة، وغيّر فيها اسمه، فخرج اليه الوصول باسمه ونسبه والدعاء له.

Saʿd b. ʿAbd Allāh, from ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-Rāzī, saying that Naṣr b. al-Ṣabāḥ narrated to him, saying: “A man from the people of Balkh sent five dinars to Ḥājiz,[1] writing a note in which he altered his own name. The receipt came out to him with his name, his lineage and a supplication for him.”

سعد بن عبداللّه، عن أبي حامد المراغيّ، عن محمد بن شاذان بن نعيم، قال: بعث رجل من أهل بلخ بمال ورقعة ليس فيها كتابة، قد خطّ فيها باصبعه كما تدور من غير كتابة، وقال للرسول: احمل هذا المال، فمن أخبرك بقصّته، وأجاب عن الرقعة، فأوصل اليه المال. فصار الرجل الى العسكر، وقد قصد جعفراً، وأخبره الخبر، فقال له جعفر: تقرّ بالبداء؟ قال الرجل: نعم. قال له: فانّ صاحبك قد بدا له وأمرك أن تعطيني المال، فقال له الرسول: لا يقنعني هذا الجواب. فخرج من عنده، وجعل يدور على أصحابنا، فخرجت اليه رقعة قال: ((هذا مال قد كان غرّر به)). وكان فوق صندوق فدخل اللصوص البيت وأخذوا ما في الصندوق وسلّم المال وردّت عليه الرقعة، وقد كتب فيها كما تدور، ((وسألت الدعاء فعل الله بك وفعل)).

Saʿd b. ʿAbd Allāh, from Abī Ḥāmid al-Marāghī, from Muḥammad b. Shādhān b. Naʿīm, who narrated: “A man from the people of Balkh sent some money and a note on which there was no writing, but he had traced on it with his finger in a circular manner without writing anything, and said to the emissary: “Take this money, and whoever informs you of its story and answers the note, deliver the money to him.” So, the man went to al-ʿAskar and sought out Jaʿfar,[1] informing him of the matter, whereupon Jaʿfar said to him: “Do you affirm (the doctrine of) badāʾ?” The man said: “Yes.” Jaʿfar continued: “Verily, a badāʾ has occurred to your master, so he has instructed you to give me the money.”[2] So, the emissary said to him: “This answer does not convince me.” He then left him and went around to our companions, whereupon a note came out to him, saying: “This money had been exposed to loss. It was on top of a chest when thieves entered the house and seized whatever was in the chest, while the money remained unharmed.” The note was returned to him (the man from Balkh), and written on it in a circular fashion was: “And you asked for supplication—may Allāh do such-and-such for you, and so He has done.”

سعد بن عبداللّه، عن محمد بن الصالح قال: كتبت أسأله الدعاء لباداشاله وقد حبسه ابن عبدالعزيز، وأستأذن في جارية لي أستولدها، فخرج: ((استولدها، ويفعل الله ما يشاء، والمحبوس يخلّصه الله)). فاستولدت الجارية فولدت فماتت، وخلّي عن المحبوس يوم خرج اليَّ التوقيع.

Saʿd b. ʿAbd Allāh, from Muḥammad b. al-Ṣāliḥ, who narrates: “I wrote to him, requesting supplication for Badāshāla, who had been imprisoned by Ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz,[1] and seeking permission to have a child by a bondswoman of mine, so came out: “Have a child with her, for Allāh does what He wills. As for the prisoner, Allāh will free him.” I had a child with the bondswoman and she gave birth, but then died.[2] The prisoner was let go the same day the written directive came out to me.”