Muhammad ibn Ali As-Saduq writes:
حَـدَّثَـنَـا مُـحَـمَّـدُ بْـنُ مُـحَـمَّـدِ بْـنِ عِـصَـامٍ الْـکُـلَـيْـنِـيُّ رَضِـيَ الـلَّٰـهُ عَـنْـهُ قَـالَ: حَـدَّثَـنَـا مُـحَـمَّـدُ بْـنُ يَـعْـقُـوبَ الْـکُـلَـيْـنـيُّ عَـنْ إِسْـحَـاقَ بْـنِ يَـعْـقُـوبَ قَـالَ: سَـأَلْـتُ مُـحَـمَّـدَ بْـنَ عُـثْـمَـانَ الْـعَـمْـريَّ رَضِـيَ الـلَّٰـهُ عَـنْـهُ أَنْ يُـوصِـلَ لِـي کِـتَـابًـا قَـدْ سَـأَلْـتُ فِـيـهِ عَـنْ مَـسَـائِـلَ أَشْـکَـلَـتْ عَـلَـيَّ
,,We were told by Muhammad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Isam Al-Kulaini (r.), who said: ,,We were told by Muhammad Ibn Ya’qub Al-Kulaini, from Is’haq Ibn Ya’qub, who said: ,,I asked Muhammad Ibn Uthman Al-Amri (r.) to convey a letter for me, wherein I ask about things that are unclear to me.”
فَـوَرَدَ الـتَّـوْقِـيـعُ بِـخَـطِّ مَـوْلاَنَـا صَـاحِـبِ الـزَّمَـانِ عَـلَـيْـهِ الـسَّـلَامُ: أمَّـا مَـا سَـأَلْـتَ عَـنْـهُ أَرْشَـدَکَ الـلَّٰـهُ وَثَـبَّـتَـکَ مِـنْ أَمْـرِ الْـمُـنْـکِـرِيـنَ لِـي مِـنْ أَهْـلِ بَـيْـتِـنَـا وَبَـنِـي عَـمَّـنَـا فَـاعْـلَـمْ أنَّـهُ لَـيْـسَ بَـيْـنَ الـلَّٰـهُ عَـزَّ وَجَـلَّ وَبَـيْـنَ أحَـدٍ قَـرَابَـةٌ مَّـنْ أَنْـکَـرَنِـي فَـلَـيْـسَ مِـنّـي وَسَـبِـيـلُـهُ سَـبِـيـلُ ابْـنِ نُـوحٍ وَأَمَّـا سَـبِـيـلُ عَـمِّـي جَـعْـفَـرٍ وَوُلْـدِهِ فَـسَـبِـيـلُ إِخْـوَةِ يُـوسُـفَ عَـلَـيْـهِ الـسَّـلَامُ
,,Hereupon the signed letter was received by our Lord, the Commander of Time (a.): ﴾As for what you asked, may God guide you and establish you, about the matter of my deniers of the people of our house and the children of our uncle, know that no one has kinship with God. Whoever denied me is not from me and his way is the way of the son of Noah (11:43) and as for the way of my uncle Ja’far and his children, it is the way of the brothers of Joseph (a.).” (12:58)
وَأَمَّـا الْـفُـقَّـاعُ فَـشُـرْبُـهُ حَـرَامٌ وَلَا بَـأْسَ بِـالـشَّـلَـمَـابِ وَأَمَّـا أَمْـوَالُـکُـمْ فَـمَـا نَـقْـبَـلُـهَـا إِلَّا لِـتَـطَـهَّـرُوا فَـمَـنْ شَـاءَ فَـلْـيَـصِـلْ وَمَـنْ شَـاءَ فَـلْـيَـقْـطَـعْ فَـمَـا آتَـانَـا الـلَّٰـهُ خَـيْـرٌ مِّـمَّـا آتَـاکُـمْ وَأَمَّـا ظُـهُـورُ الْـفَـرَجِ فَـإنَّـهُ إِلَـى الـلَّٰـهِ وَکَـذَبَ الْـوَقَّـاتُـونَ وَأَمَّـا قَـوْلُ مَـنْ زَعَـمَ أنَّ الْـحُـسَـيْـنَ عَـلَـيْـهِ الـسَّـلَامُ لَـمْ يُـقْـتَـلْ فَـکُـفْـرٌ وَتَـکْـذِيـبٌ وَضَـلاَلٌ
,,As for the beer, drinking it is forbidden and there is no problem with the rye drink. As for your wealth, we do not accept it, except that you may become louder. Now whoever wants to, let him offer, and whoever wants to, let him denounce. So is that, which God granted to us, better than that, which He granted to you. As for the coming of the salvation, it is left to God and those who mentioned a time, were lying. As for saying that Husain (a.) was not killed, that is disbelief, denial and misguidance.”
وَأَمَّـا الْـحَـوَادِثُ الْـوَاقِـعَـةُ فَـارْجِـعُـوا فِـيـهَـا إِلَـى رُوَاةِ حَـدِيـثِـنَـا فَـإنَّـهُـمْ حُـجَّـتِـي عَـلَـيْـکُـمْ وَأَنَـا حُـجَّـةُ الـلَّٰـهِ عَـلَـيْـهِـمْ وَأَمَّـا مُـحَـمَّـدُ بْـنُ عُـثْـمَـانَ الْـعَـمْـريُّ رَضِـيَ الـلَّٰـهُ عَـنْـهُ وَعَـنْ أَبِـيـهِ مِـنْ قَـبْـلُ فَـإنَّـهُ ثِـقَـتِـي وَکِـتَـابُـهُ کِـتَـابِـي وَأَمَّـا مُـحَـمَّـدُ بْـنُ عَـلِـيَّ بْـن مَـهْـزيَـارَ الْأَهْـوَازِيُّ فَـسَـيُـصْـلِـحُ الـلَّٰـهُ قَـلْـبَـهُ وَيُـزيـلُ عَـنْـهُ شَـکَّـهُ
“As for the occurring events, return therein to the narrators of our saying (Hadith), for they are my proof to you and I am the proof of God to them and as for Muhammad Ibn Uthman Al-Amri, God have His pleasure upon him and his father before him, he is my trustworthy one and his writing is my writing and as for Muhammad Ibn Ali Ibn Mahziyar Al-Ahwazi, may God grant salvation to his heart and remove doubt from him.”
وَأَمَّـا مَـا وَصَـلْـتَـنَـا بِـهِ فَـلاَ قَـبُـولَ عِـنْـدَنَـا إِلَّا لِـمَـا طَـابَ وَطَـهُـرَ وَثَـمَـنُ الْـمُـغَـنّـيَـةِ حَـرَامٌ وَأمَّـا مُـحَـمَّـدُ بْـنُ شَـاذَانَ بْـنِ نُـعَـيْـمٍ فَـإنَّـهُ رَجُـلٌ مِّـنْ شِـيـعَـتِـنَـا أَهْـلَ الْـبَـيْـتِ وَأَمَّـا أَبُـو الْـخَـطَّـابِ مُـحَـمَّـدُ بْـنُ أَبِـي زَيْـنَـبَ الْأَجْـدَعُ فَـإنَّـهُ مَـلْـعُـونٌ وَأَصْـحَـابُـهُ مَـلْـعُـونُـونَ فَـلَا تُـجَـالِـسْ أَهْـلَ مَـقَـالَـتِـهِـمْ فَـإِنِّـي مِـنْـهُـمْ بَـريءٌ وَآبَـائِـي عَـلَـيْـهِـمُ الـسَّـلَامُ مِـنْـهُـمْ بِـرَاءٌ
,,As for what was offered to us, there is no acceptance with us except from what was good and pure and the remuneration of the female singer is forbidden. As for Muhammad ibn Shadhan ibn Nu’aim, he is one of the followers of us people of the house and as for Abu l-Khattab, Muhammad ibn Abi Zainab, the disfigured one, he is cursed and his companions are cursed. So do not sit with the people who are of their opinion, for I take distance (Bara’ah) from them and my fathers (a.) take distance from them.”
وَأَمَّـا الْـمُـتَـلَـبَّـسُـونَ بِـأَمْـوَالِـنَـا فَـمَـنِ اسْـتَـحَـلَّ شَـيْـئًـا مِّـنْـهَـا فَـأَکَـلَـهُ فَـإنَّـمَـا يَـأْکُـلُ الـنِّـيـرَانَ وَأَمَّـا الْـخُـمْـسُ فَـقَـدْ أُبِـيـحَ لِـشـيـعَـتِـنَـا وَجُـعِـلُـوا مِـنْـهُ فِـي حِـلٍّ إِلَـى وَقْـتِ ظُـهُـور أَمْـرنَـا لِـتَـطِـيـبَ وِلاَدَتُـهُـمْ وَلَا تَـخْـبُـثَ وَأَمَّـا نَـدَامَـةُ قَـوْمٍ شَـکُّـوا فِـي دِيـنِ الـلَّٰـهِ عَـلَـى مَـا وَصَـلُونَـا بِـهِ فَـقَـدْ أَقَـلْـنَـا مَـنِ اسْـتَـقَـالَ وَلَا حَـاجَـةَ لَـنَـا إِلَـى صِـلَـةِ الـشَّـاکِّـيـنَ
,,As for those who dress themselves through our wealth, he who deemed some of it permissible, after which he consumed it, is only consuming the fire, and as for the fifth khums (8:41), it is permissible to our followers and they have been released from it until the time of the appearance of our cause (39: 69), so that their descent may be pure and not impure, and as for the repentance of people who doubted the religion of God by what they offered to us, we have exempted the one who asked for exemption and do not depend on the offering of the doubters. “
وَأَمَّـا عِـلَّـةُ مَـا وَقَـعَ مِـنَ الْـغَـيْـبَـةِ فَـإنَّ الـلَّٰـهَ عَـزَّ وَجَـلَّ يَـقُـولُ: يَـا أَيُّـهَـا الَّـذِيـنَ آمَـنُـوا لَا تَـسْـأَلُوا عَـنْ أَشْـيَـاءَ إِنْ تُـبْـدَ لَـکُـمْ تَـسُـؤْکُـمْ إِنَّـهُ لَـمْ يَـکُـنْ أَحَـدٌ مِّـنْ آبَـائِـي إِلَّا وَقَـدْ وَقَـعَـتْ فِـي عُـنُـقِـهِ بَـيْـعَـةٌ لِّـطَـاغِـيَـةِ زَمَـانِـهِ وَإِنِّـي أَخْـرُجُ حِـيـنَ أَخْـرُجُ وَلَا بَـيْـعَـةَ لِأَحَـدٍ مِّـنَ الـطَّـوَاغِـيـتِ فِـي عُـنُـقِـي وَأَمَّـا وَجْـهُ الْاِنْـتِـفَـاعِ بِـي فِـي غَـيْـبَـتِـي فَـکَـالْاِنْـتِـفَـاعِ بِـالشَّـمْـسِ إِذَا غَـيَّـبَـهَـا عَـنِ الْأَبْـصَـارِ الـسَّـحَـابُ وَإِنّـي لَأَمَـانٌ لِّأَهْـلِ الْأَرْضِ کَـمَـا أنَّ الـنُّـجُـومَ أَمَـانٌ لِّأَهْـلِ الـسَّـمَـاءِ
,,As for the reason for the occultation, God says: ,,O you who believe, do not ask about things that grieve you when they are revealed to you.” (5:101) There was none of my fathers except that he had an oath of allegiance to the tyrant of his time by his neck, and I will come forth, while I have no oath of allegiance to any of the transgressors (4:60) by my neck. As for the nature of my benefit in my concealment, it is like the benefit of the sun when the clouds hide it from view, and I certainly provide for the safety of the inhabitants of the earth as the stars provide for the safety of the inhabitants of the heavens.”
فَـأَغْـلِـقُوا أَبْـوَابَ الـسُّـؤَالِ عَـمَّـا لَا يَـعْـنِـيـکُـمْ وَلَا تَـتَـکَـلَّـفُـوا عِـلْـمَ مَـا قَـدْ کُـفِـيـتُـمْ وَأَکْـثِـرُوا الـدُّعَـاءَ بِـتَـعْـجِـيـل الْـفَـرَج فَإنَّ ذَٰلِـکَ فَـرَجُـکُـمْ وَالـسَّـلامُ عَـلَـيْـکَ يَـا إِسْـحَـاقَ بْـنَ يَـعْـقُـوبَ وَعَـلَـى مَـنِ اتَّـبَـعَ الْـهُـدُى
,,So close the doors of asking about that which is not your concern and do not impose on yourselves knowledge of that which has been exempted from you and increase in asking for the hastening of salvation, for therein is your salvation and peace be upon you, O Is’haq Ibn Ya’qub and upon the one who followed the guidance.﴿” [Kamal-ud-Din, page 439 – 441, hadith 4]
وَحَـدَّثَـنَـا أَبُـو جَـعْـفَـرٍ مُـحَـمَّـدُ بْـنُ عَـلِـيٍّ الْأَسْـوَدُ رَضِـيَ الـلَّٰـهُ عَـنْـهُ قَـالَ: سَـأَلَـنِـي عَـلِـيُّ بْـنُ الْـحُـسَـيْـنِ بْـنِ مُـوسَـىٰ بْـنِ بَـابَـوَيْـهِ رَضِـيَ الـلَّٰـهُ عَـنْـهُ بَـعْـدَ مَـوْتِ مُـحَـمَّـدِ بْـنِ عُـثْـمَـانَ الْـعَـمْـرِيِّ رَضِـيَ الـلَّٰـهُ عَـنْـهُ أَنْ أَسْـأَلَ أَبَـا الْـقَـاسِـمِ الـرُّوحِـيَّ أَنْ يَـسْـأَلَ مَـوْلَانَـا صَـاحِـبَ الـزَّمَـانِ عَـلَـيْـهِ الـسَّـلَامُ أَنْ يَـدْعُـو الـلَّٰـهَ عَـزَّ وَجَـلَّ أَنْ يَـرْزُقَـهُ وَلَـدًا ذَکَـرًا
,,We were told by Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Aswad (r.) who said, ﴾Ali Ibnu l-Husain Ibn Musa Ibn Babawaih (r.) asked me after the death of Muhammad ibn Uthman Al-Amri (r. ) to ask Abu l-Qasim Ar-Ruhi to ask our Lord, the Commander of Time (a.), to ask God to give him a male child.﴿”
قَـالَ: فَـسَـأَلْـتُـهُ فَـأَنْـهَـىٰ ذَٰلِـکَ ثُـمَّ أَخْـبَـرَنِـي بَـعْـدَ ذَٰلِـکَ بِـثَـلَاثَـةِ أَيَّـامٍ أَنَّـهُ قَـدْ دَعَـا لِـعَـلِـيِّ بْـنِ الْـحُـسَـيْـنِ وَأَنَّـهُ سَـيُـولَـدُ لَـهُ وَلَـدٌ مُّـبَـارَکٌ يَـنْـفَـعُ [الـلَّٰـهُ] بِـهِ وَبَـعْـدَهُ أَوْلَادٌ قَـالَ أَبُـو جَـعْـفَـرٍ مُـحَـمَّـدُ بْـنُ عَـلِـيٍّ الْأَسْـوَدُ رَضِـيَ الـلَّٰـهُ عَـنْـهُ وَسَـأَلْـتُـهُ فِـي أَمْـرِ نَـفْـسِـي أَنْ يَـدْعُـو الـلَّٰـهَ لِـي أَنْ يَـرْزُقَـنِـي وَلَـدًا ذَکَـرًا فَـلَـمْ يُـجِـبْـنِـي إِلَـيْـهِ وَقَـالَ: لَـيْـسَ إِلَـىٰ هَـٰذَا سَـبِـيـلٌ قَـالَ: فَـوُلِـدَ لِـعَـلِـيِّ بْـنِ الْـحُـسَـيْـنِ رَضِـيَ الـلَّٰـهُ عَـنْـهُ مُـحَـمَّـدُ بْـنُ عَـلِـيٍّ وَبَـعْـدَهُ أَوْلَادٌ وَلَـمْ يُـولَـدْ لِـي شَـيْءٌ
,,He said: ﴾So I prayed for him, whereupon he delivered that. After three days, he informed me of this that he prayed for Ali Ibnu l-Husain and that a blessed son will be born to him through whom (God) will bring about benefit and after him there will be descendants.﴿ Abu Ja’far Muhammad Ibn Ali Al-Aswad (r. ) said: ﴾And I asked him on my own behalf to ask God to give me a male child, but he did not comply with my request and said: ,,It is not possible.”﴿ He said: ﴾Thereupon Ali Ibnu l-Husain (r.) Muhammad Ibn Ali was born and descendants after him, while nothing was born to me.﴿”
قَـالَ مُـصَـنِّـفُ هَـٰذَا الْـکِـتَـابِ رَضِـيَ الـلَّٰـهُ عَـنْـهُ: کَـانَ أَبُـو جَـعْـفَـرٍ مُـحَـمَّـدُ بْـنُ عَـلِـيٍّ الْأَسْـوَدُ رَضِـيَ الـلَّٰـهُ عَـنْـهُ کَـثِـيـرًا مَّـا يَـقُـولُ لِـي إِذَا رَآنِـي أَخْـتَـلِـفُ إِلَـى مَـجْـلِـسِ شَـيْـخِـنَـا مُـحَـمَّـدِ بْـنِ الْـحَـسَـنِ بْـنِ أَحْـمَـدَ ابْـنِ الْـوَلِـيـدِ رَضِـيَ الـلَّٰـهُ عَـنْـهُ وَأَرْغَـبُ فِـي کُـتُـبِ الْـعِـلْـمِ وَحِـفْـظِـهِ: لَـيْـسَ بِـعَـجَـبٍ أَنْ تَـکُـونَ لَـکَ هَـٰذِهِ الـرَّغْـبَـةُ فِـي الْـعِـلْـمِ وَأَنْـتَ وُلِـدتَّ بِـدُعَـاءِ الْإِمَـامِ عَـلَـيْـهِ الـسَّـلَامُ
,,The author (r.) of this book says: ﴾When Abu Ja’far Muhammad Ibn Ali Al-Aswad (r. ) saw that I was attending the session of our teacher frequently and that I was craving for the books of knowledge and memorizing them, he would often say to me: ,,It is no wonder that you have this craving for knowledge, for you were born through the supplication of the Imam (a.).﴿” [Kamal-ud-Din, page 455 – 456, hadith 31]
Muhammad Ibn Hasan At-Tusi writes:
قَـالَ ابْـنُ نُـوحٍ وَحَـدَّثَـنِـي أَبُـو عَـبْـدِ الـلَّٰـهِ الْـحُـسَـيْـنُ بْںُ مَـحَـمَّـدِ بْـنِ سَـوْرَةَ الْـقُـمِـيُّ رَحِـمَـهُ الـلَّٰـهُ حِـيْـنَ قَـدِمَ عَـلَيْـنَـا حَـاجًّـا قَـالَ: حَـدَّثَـنِـي عَـلِـيُّ بْـنُ الْـحَـسَـنِ بْـنِ يُـوسُـفَ الـصَّـائِـغُ الْـقُـمِـيُّ وَمُـحَـمَّـدُ بْـنُ أَحْـمَـدَ بْـنِ مُـحَـمَّـدٍ الـصَّـيْـرَفِـيُّ الْـمَـعْـرُوفُ بِـابْـنِ الـدَّلَّالِ وَغَـيْـرُهُـمَـا مِـنْ مَـشَـايِـخَ أَهْـلِ قُـمَ أَنَّ عَـلِـيَّ بْـنَ الْـحُـسَـيْـنِ بْـنِ مُـوسَـىٰ بْـنِ بَـابَـوَيْـهِ کَـانَـتْ تَـحْـتَـهُ بِـنْـتُ عَـمِّـهِ مُـحَـمَّـدِ بْـنِ مُـوسَـىٰ بْـنِ بَـابَـوَيْـهِ فَـلَـمْ يُـرْزَقْ مِـنْـهَـا وَلَـدًا فَـکَـتَـبَ إِلَـىٰ الـشَّـيْـخِ أَبِـي الْـقَـاسِـمِ الْـحُـسَـيْـنِ بْـنِ رُوحٍ رَضِـيَ الـلَّٰـهُ عَـنْـهُ أَنْ يَـسْـأَلَ الْـحَـضْـرةَ أَنْ يَـدْعُـو الـلَّٰـهَ أَنْ يَـرْزُقَـهُ أَوْلَادًا فُـقَـهَـاءَ
,,Ibn Nuh said: I was told by Abu Abdillah Husain Ibn Muhammad Ibn Sawrah Al-Qumi (r.) when he came to us as a pilgrim. He said: I was told by Ali Ibnu l-Husain Ibn Yusuf As-Sa’igh Al-Qumi and Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Muhammad As-Sairafi known as Ibn-ud-Dallal and others from the people of Qum that Ali Ibnu l-Husain Ibn Musa Ibn Babawaih was married to the daughter of his uncle Muhammad Ibn Musa Ibn Babawaih, but he did not have a child with her. So he wrote to the elder, Abu l-Qasim Husain Ibn Ruh (r.) to ask the Lord (a.) to pray God to give him children who are understanding (Faqih).”
فَـجَـاءَ الْـجَـوَابُ: إِنَّـکَ لَا تُـرْزَقُ مِـنْ هَـٰذِهِ وَسَـتَـمْـلِـکُ جَـارِيَـةً دَيْـلَـمِـيَّـةً وَتُـرْزَقُ مِـنْـهَـا وَلَـدَيْـنِ فَـقِـيـهَـيْـنِ قَـالَ: وَقَـالَ لِـي أَبُـو عَـبْـدِ الـلَّٰـهِ بْـنُ سَـوْرَةَ حَـفِـظَـهُ الـلَّٰـهُ: وَلِأَبِـي الْـحَـسَـنِ بْـنِ بَـابَـوَيْـهِ رَحِـمَـهُ الـلَّٰـهُ ثَـلَاثَـةُ أَوْلَادٍ مُـحَـمَّـدٌ وَالْـحُـسَـيْـنُ فَـقِـيـهَـانِ مَـاهِـرَانِ فِـي الْـحِـفَـظِ وَيَـحْـفَـظَـانِ مَـا لَا يَـحْـفَـظُ غَـيْـرُهُـمَـا مِـنْ أَهْـلِ قُـمَ وَلَـهُـمَـا أَخٌ اسْـمُـهُ الْـحَـسَـنُ وَهُـوَ الْأَوْسَـطُ مُـشْـتَـغِـلٌ بِـالْـعِـبَـادَةِ وَالـزُّهْـدِ لَا يَـخْـتَـلِـطُ بِـالـنَّـاسِ وَلَا فِـقْـهَ لَـهُ قَـالَ ابْـنُ سَـوْرَةَ: کُـلَّـمَـا رَوَى أَبُـو جَـعْـفَـرٍ وَأَبُـو عَـبْـدِ الـلَّٰـهِ ابْـنَـا عَـلِـيِّ بْـنِ الْـحُـسَـيْـنِ شَـيْـئًـا يَـتَـعَـجَّـبُ الـنَّـاسُ مِـنْ حِـفْـظِـهِـمَـا وَيَـقُـولُـونَ لَـهُـمَـا: هَـٰذَا الـشَّـأْنُ خُـصُـوصِـيَّـةٌ لَّـکُـمَـا بِـدَعْـوةَ الْإِمَـامِ لَـکُـمَـا وَهَـٰذَا أَمْـرٌ مُّـسْـتَـفِـيـضٌ فِـي أَهْـلِ قُـمَ
,,So the answer was received: ﴾You will not get anything from this one. In return, you will get into the possession of a maid with whom you will have two children who are understanding (Faqih). ﴿ He said: Abu Abdillah ibn Sawrah, may God protect him, said: ﴾Abu l-Hasan ibn Babawaih has three children: Muhammad and Husain, two understanding ones, both of whom have a good memory and they remember what no other of the people of Qum remembers and a brother of the two whose name is Hasan and he is the middle one. He pursues service and abstinence. He does not associate with people and is not gifted with understanding.﴿ Ibn Sawrah said: ﴾Whenever Abu Ja’far and Abu Abdillah, the sons of Ali Ibnu l-Husain, narrated something, people were amazed at their memory and said to the two of them: ,,This matter is a speciality of yours by the supplication of the Imam (a.) for you.”﴿ And this matter is common among the people of Qum.” [Al-Ghaibah, page 194 – 195]
مُـحَـمَّـدُ بْـنُ سَـعِـيـدٍ الْـکَـشِـيُّ: ابْـنُ مَـزيَـدٍ وَأَبُـو جَـعْـفَـرٍ مُـحَـمَّـدُ بْـنُ أَبِـي عَـوْفٍ الْـبُـخَـارِيُّ قَـالَا: حَـدَّثَـنَـا أَبُـو عَـلِـيٍّ مُّـحَـمَّـدُ بْـنُ أَحْـمَـدَ بْـنِ حَـمَّـادٍ الْـمَـرُوزِيُّ الْـمَـحْـمُـودِيُّ يَـرْفَـعُـهُ قَـالَ: قَـالَ الـصَّـادِقُ عَـلَـيْـهِ الـسَّـلَامُ: اعْـرِفُـوا مَـنَـازِلَ شِـيـعَـتِـنَـا بِـقَـدْرِ مَـا يُـحْـسِـنُـونَ مِـنْ رِوَايَـاتِـهِـمْ عَـنَّـا فَـإِنَّـا لَا نَـعُـدُّ الْـفَـقِـيـهَ مِـنْـهُـمْ فَـقِـيـهًـا حَـتَّـى يَـکُـونَ مُـحَـدِّثًـا فَـقِـيـلَ لَـهُ: أَوْ يَـکُـونُ الْـمُـؤْمِـنُ مُـحَـدِّثًـا قَـالَ: يَـکُـونُ مُـفَـهَّـمًـا وَالْـمُـفَـهَّـمُ مُـحَـدِّثٌ
,,Muhammad Ibn Sa’id Al-Kashi: Ibn Mazyad and Abu Ja’far Muhammad Ibn Abi Awf Al-Bukhari said: We were told by Abu Ali Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Hammad Al-Maruzi Al-Mahmudi who passed it on. He said: As-Sadiq (a.) said: ﴾Know the positions of our followers by the amount they bring forth from their narrations of us in a good manner, for we do not recognize the understanding one of them as understanding (Faqih) until he is a narrator of sayings﴿ It was said to him: ﴾Is the believer one who is a narrator of sayings?﴿ He said: ﴾He is granted understanding (Fahm) and whoever is granted understanding is a narrator of sayings.﴿” [Ikhtiyar-ul-Ma’rifah, Vol. 1, Page 14, Hadith 2]
Muhammad ibn Ya’qub Al-Kulaini writes:
الْـحُـسَـيْـنُ بْـنُ مُـحَـمَّـدٍ عَـنْ أَحْـمَـدَ بْـنِ إِسْـحَـاقَ عَـنْ سَـعْـدَانَ بْـنِ مُـسْـلِـمٍ عَـنْ مُـعَـاوِيَـةَ بْـنِ عَـمَّـارٍ قَـالَ قُـلْـتُ لِأَبِـي عَـبْـدِ الـلَّٰـهِ عَـلَـيْـهِ الـسَّـلَامُ: رَجُـلٌ رَّاوِيَةٌ لِّـحَـدِيـثِـکُـمْ يَـبُـثُّ ذَٰلِـکَ فِـي الـنَّـاسِ وَيُـشَـدِّدُهُ فِـي قُـلُـوبِـهِـمْ وَقُـلُـوبِ شِـيـعَـتِـکُـمْ وَلَـعَـلَّ عَـابِـدًا مِّـنْ شِـيـعَـتِـکُـمْ لَـيْـسَـتْ لَـهُ هَـٰذِهِ الـرِّوَايَـةُ أَيُّـهُـمَـا أَفْـضَـلُ قَـالَ: الـرَّاوِيَـةُ لِـحَـدِيـثِـنَـا يَـشُـدُّ بِـهِ قُـلُـوبَ شِـيـعَـتِـنَـا أَفْـضَـلُ مِـنْ أَلْـفِ عَـابِـدٍ
,,Husain ibn Muhammad, from Ahmad ibn Is’haq, from Sa’dan ibn Muslim, from Mu’awiyah ibn Ammar, who said: I spoke to Abu Abdillah (As-Sadiq): ﴾Someone often narrates your saying. He spreads it among people and solidifies that in their hearts and in the hearts of your followers and perhaps there is a servant from your followers who does not narrate. Which of the two is better?﴿ He said: ﴾He who frequently narrates our saying (hadith) and solidifies with it the hearts of our followers is better than a thousand servants.﴿” [Al-Kafi, Vol. 1, Page 33, Hadith 9]
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