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I. THE BOOK OF INTELLECT AND IGNORANCE (Kitab al-`Aql wa al-Jahl)

1/1 (Al-Kulayni's disciples say): Abu Ja`far Muhammad ibn Ya`qub (al-Kulayni, the compiler of al-Kafi informed us, saying: A group of our companions (i.e. al-Kulayni's teachers), among them Muhammad ibn Yahya al-`Altar [1], narrated to us from Ahmad ibn Muhammad [2], he from al-Hasan ibn Mahbub [3], from al 'Ata' ibn Razin [4], from Muhammad ibn Muslims from Abu Ja'far (al-'Imam al-Baqir) (A) that he said:

When God created the Intellect (al-`Aql), He examined it. Thereupon He said to it: `Come forward!' It came forward. Then He said: `Go back!' It went back. Thereupon He said: `By My power and majesty, I didn't create any creature dearer to me than thee! I will not make thee perfect except in one whom I love. Indeed, to thee are My orders and-prohibitions addressed. And for you are My rewards and retributions reserved.'

2/10: (Al-Kulayni from) Muhammad ibn Yahya, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from (al-Hasan) ibn Mahbub, from `Abd Allah ibn Sinan [6], who said:

I mentioned to Abu `Abd Allah (al-'Imam al-Sadiq) (A) about a man afflicted with (doubts about) wudu' (ritual ablutions) and salat; remarking that he was a man of intellect (`aqil)- Abu `Abd Allah (A) said: `What kind of intellect has he 'when he obeys Satan! ' I said: `How does he obey Satan?' He said: `Ask him about its cause and he will tell you that it is the work of Satan.'

3/27: A group of our companions, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from al-Haytham ibn Abi Masruq al-Nahdi [7]; from al-Husayn ibn Khalid [8], from Ishaq ibn `Ammar [9], who said:

I asked Abu `Abd Allah (A): `How is it that certain people understand everything on being told a little (about some matter) and some people are such that they hear the whole thing and respond to it; but there are some others who on being told (about a matter) ask one to repeat it again?' The Imam (A) said: `O Ishaq, do you know why that is so? The man who understands the whole (matter) on hearing a little is one whose intellect was kneaded with his (substance) at the spermatic stage. The one who hears the whole thing and responds in accordance with what you had told him, is one whose intellect developed in his mother's womb. And the man who requests you to repeat is one whose intellect developed after he grew up.'

II. THE BOOK OF THE MERIT OF KNOWLEDGE (Kitab Fadl al-'Ilm):

The Duty to Seek Knowledge:

4/38: Muhammad ibn Yahya, from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn, [10] from Muhammad ibn `Abd Allah, [11] from `Isa ibn `Abd Allah al-Umari: [12]

Abu `Abd Allah (A) said: `It is a duty to acquire knowledge'.

5/44: Muhammad ibn Isma`il [13], from al-Fad] ibn Shadhan [14], from Ibn Abi `Umayr [15], from Jamil ibn Darraj [16], from Aban ibn Taghlib [17]:

Abu `Abd Allah said: `It will be to my liking if the heads of my companions (followers) are struck with lashes until they become learned (in religion)'.

The Merits of Scholars:

6/54: Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad [18], from Ahmad ibn Ishaq [19], from Sa'dan ibn Muslim [20], from Mu`awiyah ibn `Ammar [21] , who said:

I said to Abu `Abd Allah (A): `Between a man who narrates your traditions and establishes them among the people, (as if) inscribing them in the hearts of your followers, and a devout person from among your followers who does not narrate these traditions-which of them is better?' The Imam (A) replied: `He who narrates our traditions and thereby makes firm the hearts of our followers is better than a thousand devotees'.

The Reward of the Teacher and the Student:

7/60: Muhammad ibn Yahya, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from al-Hasan ibn Matibub, from Jamil ibn Salih [22], from Muhammad ibn Muslim:

Abu Ja'far (al-'Imam al-Baqir) (A) said: `The teacher of Knowledge among you receives the reward of the student and has a merit over the latter. So seek Knowledge from its possessors and teach it to your brothers in the same way as the learned taught you.'

Attributes of The Learned:

8/65 Muhammad ibn Yahya al `Attar, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Isa, from al-Hasan ibn Mahbub; from Mu`awiyah ibn Wahb [23] who said:

I heard Abu `Abd Allah (al-'Imam al-Sadiq) (A) say: `Seek Knowledge and adorn it with forbearance and dignity. Be humble to those whom you teach and to those from whom you learn. Don't be tyrannical in your teaching conduct, for you will forfeit that to which you are entitled on account of it.'

9/68 Muhammad ibn Yahya, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Isa and Muhammad ibn Isma'il, both of them from al-Fadl ibnn Shidhan al-Nishaburi, from Safwan ibn Yahya: [24]

Abu al-Hasan al-Rida (A) said: `Forbearance and silence are among the signs of learnedness.'

On the Death of an `Alim:

10/73 A group of our companions from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid, from `Uthman ibn `Isa, [25] from Abu Ayyub al-Khazzaz, [26] from Sulayman ibn Khalid: [27]

Abu `Abd Allah (A) said: `Of the believers that die, the death of none of them is so much lovable to Iblis as the death of a scholar (learned in the Din).'

On Questioning Scholars:

11/85 Muhammad ibn Yahya, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn 'Isa from Hammad ibn `Isa, [28] from Hariz, [29] from Zurarah, [30] Muhammad ibn Muslim and Burayd (ibn Mu`awiyah) al `Ijli, [31] who (all the three) said:

Abu `Abd Allah (A), in reply to Humran ibn A`yan, who had asked him about something, said: `Indeed (many) people perish for not having asked questions.'

On Not Speaking Without Knowledge:

12/97 Muhammad ibn Yahya, from Ahmad and `Abd Allah, the sons of Muhammad ibn `Isa, from `Ali ibn al-Hakam, [32] from Sayf ibn `Umayrah, [33] from Mufaddal ibn Mazyad. [34]

Abu `Abd Allah (A) said: `I forbid you from two qualities which de­stroy men: don't worship God with false (doctrines) and don't give fatwas (legal verdicts) to people about something you know not.'

13/99 Muhammad ibn Yahya, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Isa, from al­ Hasan ibn Mahbub, from `Ali ibn Ri'ab, [35] from Abu `Ubaydah al ­Hadhdha': [36]

Abu Ja'far (A) said: `One who gives fatwas to people without knowl­edge and guidance is cursed by the angels of (Divine) mercy and (Divine) chastisement, and on him rests the burden (of the sins) of those who act upon his verdicts.'

14/100 A group of our companions, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid, from al-Hasan ibn `Ali al-Washsha', [37] from Aban al-'Ahmar, [38] from Ziyad ibn Abi Raja': [39]

Abu Jafar (A) said: "Tell (the people) what you know, and when you don't know say; `God knows best.' (It happens that) someone singles out a verse from the Quran (interpreting it in isolation from the rest of the Book) deviating in it (from the truth) to an extent greater than the distance between the heaven and the earth."

15/101 Muhammad ibn Isma'il, from al-Fadl ibn Shadhan, from Hammad ibn `Isa, from Rib'i ibn `Abd Allah, [40] from Muhammad ibn Muslim:

Abu `Abd Allah (A) said: "When a learned man is asked about some­thing he doesn't know, he should say, `God knows best.' But it is not for someone who is not learned to say that."

16/104 `Ali ibn Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abi `Umayr, from Yunus, [41] from Abu Ya'qub Ishaq ibn `Abd Allah: [42]

Abu `Abd Allah (A) said: "God has specified (the limits of the duty of) His creatures by two verses from His Book: That they speak not until they know and that they reject not what they don't know. The Almighty has said: `Has not the compact of the Book been taken touch­ing them, that they should say concerning God nothing but the truth?' (7:169) And He has said: `No; but they belied that which they encom­passed not in knowledge, and whose interpretation has not yet come to them."' (10:39)

17/125 Muhammad ibn Yahya, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Isa, from al­Husayn ibn Sa'id [,43] from al Nadr ibn Suwayd, [44] from Yahya al-Halabi, [45] from Abu Said al-Mukari, [46] from Abu Basir: [47]

Explaining the words of the Almighty, `So they shall be pitched into it (hell), they and the perverse' (26:94), Abu Ja'far (A) said, `They are a people who praised justice with their tongues and violated it (with their deeds)'.

18/134: Muhammad ibn Yahya, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Isa, from `Ali ibn al-Nu'man, [48] from `Abd Allah ibn Muskan, [49] from Dawud ibn Farqad, [50] from Abu Sa'id al-Zuhri: [51]

Abu Ja'far (A) said: To halt when in doubt is better than dashing into ruin. To abstain from (narrating) a tradition which is obscure to you is better than narrating something of which you are not sure.'

19/135 Muhammad, from Ahmad, from Ibn Fadda1, [52] from- Ibn Bukayr, [53] from Hamzah ibn al-Tayyar: [54]

Hamzah ibn al Tayyar was reproducing some of the speeches of the father of Abu `Abd Allah (i.e. al-'Imam al-Baqir [A]) in his presence. When he reached a point the Imam (A) said: "Stop and be silent." Then he added, "When something comes to you that you don't know, your duty in such a case is nothing but to halt, to verify it and refer it to the Imam of guidance (a'immat al-huda), who will lead you to what is right, clarify that which was obscure for you and acquaint you with the truth therein. God Almighty has said: `Question the Ahl al-Dhikr, if you know not."' (16:43)

On Narration of Hadith:

20/142: Muhammad ibn Yahya from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn, from Ibn Abi `Umayr, Prom Ibn Udhaynah, [55] from Muhammad ibn Muslim:

Muhammad ibn Muslim says, "I said to Abu `Abd Allah (A), "Can I add to or omit some (words) from a hadith that I hear from you (while nar­rating it)?' He replied, `It does not matter if your purpose is to convey its meaning."'

21/150: Muhammad ibn Yahya, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Isa, from al­Hasan ibn 'Ali ibn Faddal, from Ibn Bukayr, from `Ubayd ibn Zurarah: [56]

Abu `Abd Allah (A) said: Take good care of your books (written re­cords of traditions), for you will stand in need of them in the future.'

22/153: Muhammad ibn Yahya, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Isa, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Nasr, [57] from Jamil ibn Darraj:

Abu `Abd Allah (A) said: `Arabicize our traditions (i.e. narrate them in accordance with the grammatical, literary and phonetic criteria), for we

(Ahl al-Bayt) are an eloquent people.'

[1]. Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Yahya al--`Attar al-Qummi, 8/0, N353/A157: thiqah, `ayn, kathiral-hadith, shaykh ashabina fi zamanihi.

[2]. By "Ahmad ibn Muhammad" here is meant one of the following two: Ahmad ibn Abi `Abd Allah Muhammad ibn al-Khalid al-Barqi, 7/0, N76/kana thiqah fi nafsih, yarwi `an al-du'afa', wa i'tamada al-marasil; Tf20/A14: thiqah, qhayr annahu akthara al-riwayah `an al-du'afa' wa i'tamada al-marasil.

Abu Jafar Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Isa ibn `Abd Allah ibn Sa'd al-'Ash'ari al-Qummi, 7/0, N82:met (IX) and (X), shaykh al-Qummiyyin, wa wajhuhum wa faqihuhum, ghayr mudafi`. Tr366 mentions him among companions of (VIII) and (IX), and says: thiqah, A13:met (VIII) (IX) & (X), kana thiqah.

[3]. Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub al-Sarrad (or al-Zarrad) al-Kufi (d.224/839), 6/VIII, Tr 347 Tf 46: thiqah; K556: he is one of the Shi'i narrators about whose authen­ticity there is consensus among Shi'i scholars.

[4]. `Ala ibn Razin al-Qalla', 5/VI, N298: thiqah; Tf483: thiqah jalil al-qadr; Sh84: thiqah; A123: thiqah.

[5]. Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Muslim ibn Riyah al-'Awqas al-Tahhan al-Kufi (d.150/767), 4/V, VI; N324, A149: wajh ashabina bi al-Kufah, wari' faqih, ......kana min awthaq al-nas; K238: he is one of the Shi'i narrators about whose veracity (tasdiq) there is consensus among Shi'i scholars. He, was one of the six most learned companions of V and VI, the others being Zurarah, Ma'raf ibn Kharbudh, Burayd, Abu Baqir and al-Fudayl ibn Yasar.

[6]. `Abd Allah ibn Sinan al-Kufi, 5/VI,VII,N214,A105: thiqah, min ashabina, jalil, la yut`an alayhi fi shay'in; Tf101: thiqah; Sh72; thiqah; K410: kana rahimahu Allah min thiqat rijal Abi `Abd Allah (A).

[7]. Al-Haytham ibn Abi Masruq al-Nahdi, he is one of those from whom Ibn Abi `Umayr, who-like al-Bazanti and Safwan ibn Yahya-does not narrate except from thiqah narrators, has narrated traditions. See al-Wafi, vol. 10, p.109.

[8]. Al-Husayn ibn Khalid al-Sayrafi, one of the narrators of Ibn Abi `Umayr (al-Wafi, vo1.13,p.18) and al-Bizanti (al-Wafi, vol. 11, pp.42,81: vo1.12, p.69; vo1.13, p.21).

[9]. Ishaq ibn `Amman, there are two narrators of this name, both of them thiqah: Abu Ya'qub Ishaq ibn `Amman ibn Hayyan al-Sayrafi, 5/VI,VII;N71: thiqah, shaykh min ashabina

Ishaq ibn `Amman al-Sabati, 5/VI,VII;Tf15: kana Fathiyyanilla annahu thiqah.

[10]. Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn al-Husayn ibn Abi al-Khattab al-Zayyat al­ Hamdani al-Kufi (d.262/875), 7/0,N334: jalil min ashabina, `azim al-qadr, kathir al-riwayah, thiqah,`ayn, hasanal-tasanif, maskun ila riwayatih; Tr407,Tfl40: thiqah.

[11]. Muhammad ibn `Abd Allah ibn Hilal; 6/0; he is one of the thiqah narrators of Ja`far ibn Muhammad ibn Qulawayh; see his Kamil al-ziyarat, p.23.

[12]. `Isa ibn `Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn `Umar ibn `Ali ibn Abi Talib (A), 51VI; among the thiqat of Ibn Qulawayh; see Kamil al-ziyarat; p.47.

[13] Ibn al-Hasan Muhammad ibn Isma'i1 al-Nishaburi al-Bunduqi, 8/0; he has been considered reliable by al-Hurr al Amili in Wasa'il al-Shi`ah, vo1.3, p.555, .al­ `Allamah al-Hilli in al Muntaha, p.275 and al-Mukhtalif, p.92.

[14]. Abu Muhammad al-Fadl ibn Shadhan ibn al-Khalil al-'Azdi al-Nishaburi (d.260/873), 7/VHI,IX;N307; kana thiqah, ahad ashabina al-fuqaha' wa al-mutakal­limin wa lahu jalalatun fi hadhihi al-ta'ifah.

[15]. Abu Ahmad Muhammad ibn Abi `Umayr Ziyad ibn `Isa al-'Azdi al-Baghd­adi (d.217/832), 6/VII,VHI;N326: jalil al-qadr `azim al-manzilah fina wa `ina al­ mukhalifin ... ashabuna yaskunana ila marasilihi; Tf142: kana min awthaq al-nas ina al-khassah wa al-`ammah, wa ansakahum nusukan, wa awra`ahum wa a`bada­hum; K556: he is among the narrators considered trustworthy by consensus of Shi'i scholars.

[16]. Abu 'Ali Jamil ibn Darraj ibn `Abd Allah al-Nakh`i, 5/VI,VII;N126: shayknuna wa wajh al-ta'ifah, thiqah; Tf44: thiqah.

[17]. 'Abu Said Aban ibn Taghlib ibn Rabah (d.141/758); 4/V,VI; N10: `azim al-manzilah fi ashabina; Tf17: thiqah jalil al-qadr azim al-manzilah fi ashabina.

[18]. Abu `Abd Allah al-Husayn ibn Muhammad ibn `Imran al--'Ash'ari al ­Qummi; 8/0; N66/A52: thiqah.

[19]. Abu `Ali Ahmad ibn Ishaq ibn `Abd Allah al-'Ash'ari al-Qummi; 7/IX,X, XI; Tr427: thiqah; A 15: thiqah, shaykh al-Qummiyyin, ra'a Sahib al-Zaman `alayhi al-salam.

[20]. Sa'dan ibn Muslim al `Amiri; 5-6/VI,VII; one of the narrators of Safwan ibn Yahya; see Tf79 & N193: lived a long life.

[21]. Mu'awiyah ibn `Amman ibn Abi Mu`awiyah Khabbab al-Duhni al-Kufi (d.175/791) 5/VI,VII; N411: Kana wajhan fi ashabina, wa muqaddaman, kabir al-sha'n,`azim al-mahall, thiqah.

[22]. Jamil ibn Salih al-'Asadi; 5/VI,VII; N127/A34: thiqah, wajh.

[23]. Mu`awiyah ibn Wahb al-Bajali; 5/VI,VII; thiqah, hasan al-tariqah; A167: thiqah, sahih, hasan al-tariqah.

[24]. Safwan ibn Yahya. Abu Muhammad al-Bajali al-Kufi (d. 210/825); 6/VHI; N197: thiqah thiqah, `ayn: Tf83: awthaq al zamanihi ina ashab al-hadith wa a'baduhum; K556: he is one of the ruwat whose authenticity is accepted by con­sensus by Shi`i scholars.

[25]. `Uthman ibn `Isa, Abu `Amr al Amiri-Kilabi; 6/VII; K556: There is con­sensus among Shi'i scholars about his reliability.

[26]. Ibrahim ibn `isa (or `Uthman), Abu Ayyub al-Khazzaz al-Kufi; 5/VI, VII; N 20/A5: thiqah, kabir al-manzilah; Tf8: thiqah.

[27]. Sulayman ibn Khalid ibn Dahqan al-Hilali al-Kufi; 4/V,VI; N183: kana qari an faqihan wajihan; A77: thiqah.

[28]. Hammad ibn 'Isa, Abu Muhammad al-Juhani (d.208 or 209/823 or 824); 5/VI,VII,VIII; N142: kana thiqah, fi hadithihi saduq; Tr 346/Tf61/A56: thiqah.

[29]. Hariz ibn `Abd Allah al-Sijistani; 5/VI; Tf62/A63: thiqah.

[30]. Zurarah ibn A'yan (d.150/767); 4/V,VI; Tr350/A76: thiqah;N175: qad ijtama`at fihi khisal al-fadl wa al-din, sadiqan fi ana yarwih; K238: the most learned of early Shi'i fuqaha' and one of those considered reliable by consensus.

[31]. Burayd ibn Mu'awiyah al Ijli (d.150/767); 4/V,VI; N12: wajh min wujuh ashabina; A27: thiqah; K238: he is one of the early Shi`i fuqaha' and one of those considered reliable by consensus.

[32]. `Ali ibn al-Hakam al-Kufi; 6/IX,X; Tf87/A93: thiqah jalil al-qadr.

[33]. Sayf ibn `Umayrah al-Nakh'i al-Kufi; 5/VI, VII; N189/Tf78: thiqah.

[34]. Mufaddal ibn Mazyad; 5/VI; of the rijal of Ibn Abi `Umayr, see al-Kulayni Rawdatal-Kafi, hadith 257.

[35]. `Ali ibn Ri'ab al-Kufi; 5/VI,VII; Tf87/A93: thiqah jalil al-qadr.

[36]. Ziyad ibn `isa, Abu `Ubaydah al-Hadhdha' al-Kufi (d. before 148/765); 4/V,VI; N170/A74: thiqah.

[37]. Al-Hasan ibn `Ali ibn Ziyad al-Washsha', Abu Muhammad al-Sayrafi al ­Bajali al-Kufi; 6/VIII; N39: kana min wujuh hadhihi al-ta'ifah, `aynan min `uyun hadhihi al-ta'ifah; al-Majlisi, al-Wajizah, Tehran, 149: thiqah.

[38]. Aban ibn `Uthman al-'Ahmar al-Bajali al-Knfi; 5/VI,VII; K375:consid­ered reliable by consensus of Shi'i scholars.

[39]. Ziyad ibn Abi Raja', Abu `Ubaydah al-Kufi; 4/V; N171: thiqah; A74/ K347: thiqah.

[40]. Rib`i ibn `Abd Allah ibn al-Jarud al-Basri; 5/VI,VII; N167/A71: thiqah.

[41]. Yunus ibn `Abd al-Rahman (d. 208/823); - 6/VH, VIII; Tr364,394: thiqah; N446/A184: kana wajhan fi ashabina mutaqaddiman `azim al-manzilah.

[42]. Abu Ya'qub, Ishaq ibn `Abd Allah ibn `Ali ibn al-Husayn al-Madani, 5/VI; Ibn Abi `Umayr has narrated from him in this tradition; he is considered relia­ble.

[43]. Al-Husayn ibn Said ibn Hammad ibn Mihran al-'Ahwazi; 7fVII,IX,X; Tr372/Tf58/A49: thiqah.

[44]. Al-Nadr (Nasr) ibn Suwayd al-Sayraft al-Kufi; 6/VII; N42/A174: thiqah, sahih al-hadith; Tr362: thiqah.

[45]. Yahya ibn `Imran al-Halabi; 5/VI,VII; N444/A182: thiqah thiqah, sahih al-hadith.

[46]. Abu Said al-Mukari, Hashim ibn Hayyan al-Kufi; 5/VI; among the rijal of Ibn Abi `Umayr (al-Wafi, V,242, VIII, 112) and Safwan ibn Yahya (al-Wafi, VIII, 82, X, 66; al-Mahasin,I, 199; al-Tawhid, 149; al-Nu`mani's al-Ghaybah, 128).

[47]. Abu Basir is the kunyah of five narrators from among the pupils of the Imams (A). As argued by al-Tabrizi (Mu'jam al-thiqat, Qumm, 1404, pp. 136-138), in chains of transmission of traditions narrated from V,VI and VII by Abu Basir is meant either of the following two:

(a) Abu Muhammad Layth ibn al-Bakhtari; 4/V,VI; K238: considered reliable by consensus of Shi'i scholars according to some.

(b) Yahya ibn al-Qasim al-'Asadi (d. 150/767); 4/V,VI,V]I;N441: thiqah wajih; K238: considered reliable by consensus.

[48]. `Ali ibn al Nu'man al-Nakh'i al-Kufi, Abu al-Hasan; 6/Vll; N274/A95: kana thiqatan, wajhan, thabitan, sahthan, wadih al-tariqah.

[49]. `Abd Allah ibn Muskin; 5/VI,VII: N214/A106: thiqah, ayn.

[50]. Dawud ibn Farqad al-'Asadi al-Kufi; 5/VI,VH; N158: thiqah thiqah; Tr 349/A68: thiqah.

[51]. Abu Said al-Zuhri; 4/V,VI sources of tawthiq untraced.

[52]. `Ali ibn al-Hasan ibn `Ali ibn Faddal al-Kufi; 7/X,XI; N257/Tf92/A,93: thiqah.

[53]. `Abd Allah ibn Bukayr ibn A'yan al-Shaybini; 5/VI; Tfl06/Sh77: thiqah; K375 he is one of the six pupils of VI considered reliable by consensus.

[54]. Hamzah ibn al-Tayyir; 5/VI; Safwan ibn Yahyi narrates from him in K348, hadith 649, which is, however, weak from the viewpoint of sanad.

[55]. `Umar ibn Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Rahman ibn Udhaynah al-Basri; 5/VI; among the rijal of Ibn Abi `Umayr; N283: shaykh ashabina al Basriyyin wa wajhuhum.

[56]. `Ubayd ibn Zurarah ibn A'yan al-Shaybini; 5/VI; N233/A127: thiqah thiqah, ayn la labs fihi wa la shakk.

[57]. Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Nasr al-Bizanti al-Kufi (d.221/836); 6/ VII, VIII; Tr344,366/Tf19: thiqah, `azim al-manzilah ina al-Rida (A); A13: thiqah jalil al-qadr.

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