The Sufficient (Vol 3) · Hadith 962 (#Ḥadīth #33)

33ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْمِيثَمِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الأعْلَى مَوْلَى آلِ سَامٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) قَوْلُ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِنَّما نَعُدُّ لَهُمْ عَدًّا قَالَ مَا هُوَ عِنْدَكَ قُلْتُ عَدَدُ الأيَّامِ قَالَ إِنَّ الآبَاءَ وَالأمَّهَاتِ يُحْصُونَ ذَلِكَ لاَ وَلَكِنَّهُ عَدَدُ الأنْفَاسِ.

33. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from al-Husayn ibn Ishaq from Ali ibn Mahziyar from Ali ibn Isma’il al-Maythamiy from ‘Abd al-‘A’la Mawla ‘Ala Sam who has said the following: “I asked abu ‘Abd Allah , about the words of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, ‘We count for them a strict account’ (19:78). The Imam asked, ‘What do you know about it?’ I replied, ‘It means counting of days.’ The Imam said, ‘No, because parents do such counting. It means counting of exhaling and inhaling of one’s breath.’”

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