The Source of Traditions on Imam al-Riḍā (Vol 2) · Hadith 203 (#Ḥadīth #203)

203 - حَدَّثَنا عَلِىِّ بْن أَحْمَد بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِمْرانالدَّقَّاق رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ هارُونَ الصُّوفيّ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَبُو تُراب عُبِيْد اللَّه بْنِ مُوسَى الرُّويانِيُّ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَبْدِ العَظِيم بن عَبْدِ اللَّه الحَسَنِيِّ عَنِ الإِمام مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِىِّ عَنْ أَبيهِ الرِّضا عَلِىِّ بْنِ مُوسَىa.sُ، عَنْ أَبيهِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَر، عَنْ أَبيهِ الصَّادِق جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّد، عَنْ أَبيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ قالَ: دَعا سَلمانَ أَبَا ذَرٍّ - رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ عَليِهما - إِلى مَنْزِلِه فَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ رَغيفَينِ فَأَخَذَ أَبُوذَرٍّ الرَّغيفَينِ فَقَلَبَهُما فَقالَ سَلمانُ: يا أَبَاذَرٍّ لاي شَيءٍ تَقلِبُ هذَيْنِ الرَّغيفَينِ [قالَ خِفْتُ أَن لا يَكُونا نَضيجَينِ] فَغَضَبَ سَلْمان مَن ذلِكَ غَضَباً شَدِيداً، ثُمَّ قالَ: ما أَجْرأكَ حَيْثُ تَقلِبُ هذَيْنِ الرَّغيفَينِ فَوَاللَّهِ لَقَد عَمِلَ فِي هذا الخُبزِ الماءَ الَّذِي تَحْتَ العَرْشِ،وَعَمِلَت فِيهِ المَلائِكَةُ حَتّى أَلقَوهُ إِلى الرِّيح وَعَمِلَت فِيهِ الرِّيحُ حَتّى أَلقَتهُ إِلى السَّحابِ، وَعَمِلَ فِيهِ السَّحاب حَتّى أَمطَرَهُ إِلى الأَرْضِ وَعَمِلَ فِيهِ الرَّعدُ وَالبَرْق وَالمَلائِكَة حَتّى وَضَعوهُ مَواضِعَهُ وَعَمِلَت فِيهِ الأَرْضُ وَالخَشَبُ وَالحَدِيدُ وَالبَهائِم والنَّار وَالحَطَب وَالمِلحُ وَما لا أُحصِيهِ أَكْثَر فَكَيْفَ لَكَ أَن تَقومَ بِهذَا الشُّكر؟ فَقالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ: إِلَى اللَّهِ أتُوبُ وَأستَغفِر إِلَيْهِ مِمَّا أَحْدَثْتُ وَإِلَيكَ أَعْتَذِرُ مِمَّا كَرِهتَ.قالَ: وَدَعا سَلْمانُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ ذاتَ يَوْمَ إِلى ضِيافَةٍ فَقَدَّم إِلَيْهِ مِن جِرابِهِ كَسرَةً يَابِسَةً وَبَلَّها مِن رُكوَتِهِ فَقالَ أَبُوذرٍّ: ما أَطْيَبَ هذا الخُبزُ لَوْ كانَ مَعَهُ مِلحُ فَقامَ سَلْمان وَخَرَجَ وَرَهَنَ رَكوَتُهُ بِمِلح وَحَمَلَه إِلَيْهِ فَجَعَل أَبُوذرٍّ يَأْكُلُ ذلِكَ الخُبزُ وَيَذُرُّ عَلَيْهِ ذلِكَ المِلح وَيَقُولُ: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذي رَزَقنا هذا القَناعَةَ فَقالَ سَلْمان: لَوْ كانَتْ قَناعَةٌ لَمْ تَكُنْ رَكوَتي مَرهُونَةً.

31-203 Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Imran ad-Daqqaq - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Harun al-Sufi quoted on the authority of Ubaydillah ibn Musa Al-Royani, on the authority of Abdul Adheem ibn Abdullah Al-Hassani, on the authority of Imam Muhammad ibn Ali , on the authority of his father Ar-Ridha’ , on the authority of his father Musa ibn Ja’far , on the authority of his father As-Sadiq Ja’far ibn Muhammad , on the authority of his father , on the authority of his grandfather , “Salman invited Abu Tharr to his house - may God have Mercy upon them both. He brought two loafs of bread for him. Abu Tharr picked them up and looked at the back of them. Salman asked him, “Why did you do that?” Salman replied, “I wanted to make sure that they have not been baked incorrectly.” Salman got terribly angry and said, “How dare you pick at the bread to see if it is well-baked or not? I swear by God that the water under the Throne has been used in their baking. The angels have worked to make that water reach the winds. The wind has moved it to the clouds. The clouds have worked to send it to the Earth. Thunder and lightening have also been instrumental in this. Also the angels have worked to spread it over the right places in the Earth. The Earth has also worked on it. Wood, iron, animals, fire, firewood, salt and many other things which I did not mention have been at work to make this bread. How can you be grateful for this bread?” Then Abu Tharr said, “I shall repent to God and ask him to forgive me for what I have said. I also apologize to you for what I did which you disliked.”It has also been narrated that Salman invited Abu Tharr to his house and brought him one loaf of dry bread and wet it with some water from his jar. Abu Tharr said, “How nice it would be if there was some salt to eat with this bread.” Then Salman got up and went out. He pawned his jar to borrow some salt and took it to Abu Thar. Abu Thar took some of the bread, put some salt on it, ate it and said, “Thanks God that made contentment our share of daily bread!” Then Salman told him, “If you were content I would not have had to pawn my jar.”

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).