The Book of Characteristics · Hadith 649 (#Ḥadīth #5)

4-135 حدثنا أبي رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن محمد ابن عيسى، عن الحسن بن محبوب، عن أبي أيوب الخزاز، عن أبي الورد، عن أبي جعفر محمد بن علي عليهما السلام قال: خطب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله الناس في آخر جمعة من شعبان فحمد الله وأثنى عليه، ثم قال: أيها الناس إنه قد أظلكم شهر فيه ليلة خير من ألف شهر، وهو شهر رمضان، فرض الله صيامه، وجعل قيام ليلة فيه بتطوع صلاة كمن تطوع بصلاة سبعين ليلة فيما سواه من الشهور، وجعل لمن تطوع فيه بخصلة من خصال الخير والبر كأجر من أدى فريضة من فرائض الله، ومن أدى فيه فريضة من فرائض الله كان كمن أدى فيه سبعين فريضة فيما سواه، وهو شهر الصبر، وإن الصبر ثوابه الجنة، وهو شهر المواساة، وهو شهر يزيد الله فيه في رزق المؤمن، ومن فطر فيه مؤمنا صائما كان له بـذلكعند الله عز وجل عتق رقبة، ومغفرة لذنوبه فيما مضى. فقيل له: يا رسول الله: ليس كلنا يقدر على أن يفطر صائما، فقال: إن الله تبارك وتعالى كريم يعطي هذا الثواب منكم لمن لا يقدر إلا على مذقة من لبن يفطر بها صائما، أو شربة من ماء عذب، أو تميرات لا يقدر على أكثر من ذلك، ومن خفف فيه عن مملوكه خفف عنه حسابه، وهو شهر أوله رحمة، ووسطه مغفرة، وآخره إجابة والعتق من النار، ولا غنى بكم فيه عن أربع خصال، خصلتين ترضون الله بهما، وخصلتين لا غنى بكم عنهما، وأما اللتان ترضون الله بهما فشهادة أن لا إله إلا الله وأني رسول الله، وأما اللتان لا غنى بكم عنهما فتسألون الله فيه حوائجكم والجنة، وتسألون الله فيه العافية، وتتعوذون به من النار

4-135 (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 Al-Hassan ibn Mahboob, on the authority of Abi Ayoob al-Khizaz, on the authority of Abil Vard, on the authority of Abi Ja’far Muhammad ibn Ali al-Baqir (MGB), “God’s Prophet (MGB) addressed the people on the last Friday of the Arabic month of Sha’ban. He glorified God, praised Him, and then said, ‘O People! Indeed, a month has come in which each night is better than a thousand months. It is the month of Ramazan. God has prescribed fasting during it for you. Whoever stays up one night during that month and prays will receive the reward of one who has stayed up for seventy nights in other months and prayed. If you do any good deeds during that month, you will receive the reward of one who has done seventy good deeds in other months. If you perform any obligatory deeds in that month, your reward will be that of seventy similar cases in other months. It is the month of patience. The reward of patience is Paradise. Ramazan is the month of sympathy. It is the month in which God increases the share of a believer’s daily bread. Whoever feeds another believer (to break his fast) shall be given the rewardof freeing a slave. His past sins will also be forgiven.’ It was said to him (MGB), ‘O Prophet of God! Not all of us are able to feed another believer to break his fast!’ The Prophet (MGB) said, ‘Indeed the Honorable the Exalted God is generous. He would even give this reward to those of you who have nothing but a cup of milk, some juice, water or a date to feed another believer to break his fast. Whoever helps his slave with his duties during this month will be rewarded by God with an easier Reckoning. It is the month whose beginning is mercy, whose middle is forgiveness, and whose end is answering and releasing from the Fire. In it you are in need of four qualities: two qualities with which to please God, and two qualities with which you ask for the fulfillment of your own needs. The two qualities with which to please God are: testify that there is no god but God, and that I (Muhammad) am God’s Prophet. And the two qualities with which you may ask for the fulfillment of your needs are: Ask God for your needs and Paradise during that month. Also ask God to protect you from the Fire of Hell.’”

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