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Part 14- On Fourteen-numbered Characteristics
THE FOURTEEN CHARACTERISTICS OF DYE
14-1 Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar - may God be pleased with him - narrated that his father quoted Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Imran al-Ash’ari, on the authority of Ibrahim ibn Ishaq al-Nahavandi, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Ali al-Baghdadi, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Abdullah ibn al-Mobarak, on the authority of Abdullah ibn
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في الخضاب أربع عشرة خصلة
14-1 حدثنا أحمد بن محمد بن يحيى العطار رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا أبي، عن محمد بن أحمد بن يحيى بن عمران الاشعري، عن إبراهيم بن إسحاق النهاوندي، عن محمد بن علي البغدادي عن أبيه، عن عبد الله بن المبارك، عن عبد الله بن زيد
Zayd who linked it up through a chain of narrators to the Prophet (MGB), “It is better to spend a single Dirham for dye than to spend one-thousand Dirhams for the sake of God, since it has fourteen characteristics. It releases the wind from the ears, it improves the sight. It softens the nasals. It makes your breath smell fresh, strengthens the gums, and eliminates weakness. It lessens Satanic inspirations, gladdens the angels, delivers glad tidings to the believers, and enrages the disbelievers. It is both one’s ornament and scent. It would make the questioning angels (Nakir and Munkar**[876]** ) feel shy.”
14-2 Muhammad ibn Ali ibn ash-Shah narrated that Abu Hamid quoted Abu Yazid, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Salih al-Tamimy, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Anas ibn Muhammad Abu Malik, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq (MGB), on the authority of his father (MGB), on the authority of his grandfather (MGB), on the authority of Ali ibn Abi Talib (MGB), that in his will to Ali (MGB), God’s Prophet (MGB) told him, “O Ali! It is better to spend a single Dirham for dye than to spend one-thousand Dirhams for the sake of Allah since it has fourteen characteristics. It releases the wind from the ears, it improves the sight. It softens the nasals. It scents the flavor, strengthens the gums, and eliminates weakness. It lessens Satanic inspirations, gladdens the angels, delivers glad tidings to the believers, and enrages the disbelievers. It is both one’s ornament and scent. It would make the questioning angels (Nakir and Munkar**[877]** ) feel shy. That would constitute one’s innocence in the grave.”
14-3 Abu Ahmad Muhammad ibn Ja’far al-Bandar al-Shafe’ee al-Furqany in Furqan narrated that Abu Bakr Mosadat ibn Asma’ quoted Abu Amr Ahmad ibn Hazim ibn Muhammad ibn Yunus ibn Muhammad ibn Hazim Abi Qarzat al-Qaffari - a companion of the Prophet of God, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Kanasah Abu Yahya Al-Asady, his father, on the authority of Hisham ibn Urwah**[878]** , on the authority of Uthman ibn Urwah, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Az-Zubayr ibn al-Awam that God’s Prophet (MGB) said, “Dye your hair in such a way that you do not look like the Christians or the Jews.”
14-4 Abu Muhammad - Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Shafe’ee in Furqana narrated that Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn Ja’far al-Ash’as quoted Abu Hatam Muhammad ibn Idris, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Ansari, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Al-Qamat, on the authority of Abi Salma, on the authority of Abi Hurayrih that God’s Prophet (MGB) said, “Dye your hair in such a way that you do not look like the Christians or the Jews.”
رفع الحديث إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله أنه قال: درهم في الخضاب أفضل من نفقة ألف درهم في سبيل الله، وفيه أربع عشرة خصلة: يطرد الريح من الاذنين، ويجلو الغشاوة عن البصر، ويلين الخياشيم، ويطيب النكهة، ويشد اللثة، ويذهب بالضنى ويقل وسوسة الشيطان، وتفرح به الملائكة. ويستبشر به المؤمن، ويغبظ به الكافر، وهو زينة وطيب، وبراءة في قبره، ويستحيى منه منكر ونكير. {.t0}
14-2 حدثنا محمد بن علي بن الشاه قال: حدثنا أبوحامد قال: حدثنا أبويزيد قال: حدثنا محمد بن أحمد بن صالح التميمي، عن أبيه قال: حدثنا أنس بن محمد بن أبومالك، عن أبيه، عن جعفر بن محمد، عن أبيه، عن جده، عن علي ابن أبي طالب عليهم السلام عن النبي صلى الله عليه وآله أنه قال في وصيته له: يا علي درهم في الخضاب أفضل من ألف درهم ينفق في سبيل الله، وفيه أربع عشرة خصلة: يطرد الريح من الاذنين، ويجلو البصر، ويلين الخياشيم، ويطيب النكهة، ويشد اللثة، ويذهب بالضنى، ويقل وسوسة الشيطان، وتفرح به الملائكة، ويستبشر به المؤمن، ويغيظ به الكافر، وهو زينة وطيب، ويستحيى منه منكر ونكير، وهو براءة له في قبره.
14-3حدثنا أبوأحمد محمد بن جعفر البندار الشافعي الفرغاني بفرغانة قال: حدثنا أبوبكر مسعدة بن أسمع قال: حدثنا أبوعمرو أحمد بن حازم بن محمد بن يونس ابن محمد بن حازم أبي غرزة الغفاري صاحب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله قال أحمد: أخبرنا محمد ابن كناسة أبويحيى الاسدي قال: حدثنا هشام بن عروة، عن عثمان بن عروة، عن أبيه، عن الزبير بن العوام قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: غيروا الشيب ولا تتشبهوا باليهود والنصارى.
14-4 حدثنا أبومحمد محمد بن عبد الله الشافعي بفرغانة قال: أخبرنا أبوجعفر محمد ابن جعفر الاشعث قال: حدثنا أبوحاتم محمد بن إدريس قال: حدثنا محمد بن عبد الله الانصاري، عن محمد بن عمرو بن علقمة، عن أبي سلمة عن أبي هريرة قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: غيروا الشيب ولا تتشبهوا باليهود والنصارى.
The compiler of the book - may God be pleased with him - said, “I heard these two last traditions regarding the use of dye from Zubayr (ibn al-Awam) and Abi Hurayrih. The Nasabites**[879]** denounce this act of the Shiites in use of dye for the hair. However, they cannot deny these two narrations that are cited from themselves.
PERFORM MAJOR ABLUTIONS IN FOURTEEN CIRCUMSTANCES
14-5 (The compiler of the book narrated) that his father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’ed ibn Abdullah quoted Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Nasr al-Bazanty, on the authority of Abdullah ibn Sin’an, on the authority of Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB), “One should make major ritual ablutions (ghusl) in fourteen circumstances: 1- For the deceased. 2- After becoming impure due to sexual intercourse. 3- Once you perform the major ritual ablutions (ghusl) for the deceased and shroud the corpse, or when you touch the corpse after if gets cold. 4- On Fridays. 5- On the day of Eid ul-Azha. 6- On the day of Eid ul-Fitr. 7- On the day of Arafat.[880] 8- On the day of wearing the Ihram (Taharrum)[881] and entering the House of God. 9- Upon entering the Ka’ba. 10- Upon entering the Shrines in Mecca and Medina. 11- On the pilgrimage day. 12- On the night of the 19th of Ramazan (on which one’s destiny is recorded). 13- On the night of the 21st of Ramazan (on which the Trustees of the Prophets have died, Jesus - the son of Mary (MGB) was raised up to Heaven and Moses (MGB) died). 14- On the night of the 23rd of Ramazan (which is hoped to be the Night of Power). ”[882]
14-6 Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Haysam al-Ajali - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Zakaria al-Qat’tan quoted Bakr ibn Abdullah ibn Habib, on the authority of Tamim ibn Buhlool, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Abdullah ibn al-Fazl al-Hashemi, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Zyad ibn al-Monzar, on the authority of a group of the elders, on the authority of Haziqat ibn al-Yaman, “Those who startled the Prophet’s she-camel upon his return from the Battle of Tabuk**[883]** were the following fourteen:
Abul Sharur, Abul Davahi, Abul Ma’azif and his father, Talha, Sa’ed ibn Abi Vaqas, Abu Ubayda, Abul Oar, Al-Muqayrih, Salim - the servant of Ibn Haziqat, Khalid ibn Valid, Amr ibn As, Abu Musa al-Ash’ari, and Abdul Rahman ibn Oaf. They are the ones about whom the Honorable the Exalted God revealed the following, ‘…and they meditated a plot which they were unable to carry out:’[884]”