Hadith 28-66

حَدَّثَنا أَبي وَمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الحَسَن بْنِ أَحْمَدِبن الوَلِيد رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ ما قالا حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى العطار وَأَحْمَدِ بْنِ إِدْرِيس جَمِيعاً، عَن مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ عِمْران الأَشْعَرِيِّ، عَن هاشِم، عَن داوُدِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدالنَّهْدِيِّ، عَن بَعْض أَصْحابُنا قالَ دَخَلَ ابْنُ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْمُكَارِي عَلَى الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبْلَغَ اللَّهُ مِنْ قَدْرِكَ أَنْ تَدَّعِيَ مَا ادَّعَى أَبُوكَ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَا لَكَ أَطْفَأَ اللَّهُ نُورَكَ وَأَدْخَلَ الْفَقْرَ بَيْتَكَ أَمَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَوْحَى إِلَى عِمْرَانَ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ أَنِّي وَاهِبٌ لَكَ ذَكَراً فَوَهَبَ لَهُ مَرْيَمَ وَوَهَبَ لِمَرْيَمَ عِيسَى‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ فَعِيسَى مِنْ مَرْيَمَ وَمَرْيَمُ مِنْ عِيسَى وَعِيسَى وَمَرْيَمُ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ شَيْ‏ءٌ وَاحِدٌ وَأَنَا مِنْ أَبِي وَأَبِي مِنِّي وَأَنَا وَأَبِي شَيْ‏ءٌ وَاحِدٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ فَأَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ مَسْأَلَةٍ فَقَالَ لا إِخَالُكَ تَقْبَلُ مِنِّي وَلَسْتَ مِنْ غَنَمِي وَلَكِنْ هَلُمَّهَا فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ قَالَ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ كُلُّ مَمْلُوكٍ لِي قَدِيمٍ فَهُوَحُرٌّ لِوَجْهِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى يَقُولُ فِي كِتَابِهِ حَتَّى عادَ كَالْعُرْجُونِ الْقَدِيمِ فَمَا كَانَ مِنْ مَمَالِيكِهِ أَتَى لَهُ سِتَّةُ أَشْهُرٍ فَهُوَقَدِيمٌ حُرٌّ قَالَ فَخَرَجَ الرَّجُلُ فَافْتَقَرَ حَتَّى مَاتَ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدَهُ مَبِيتُ لَيْلَةٍ لَعَنَهُ اللَّهُ.

My father and Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Waleed - may God be pleased with them - narrated that Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar and Ahmad ibn Idris quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Imran al-Ash’ari, on the authority of Ibrahim ibn Hashem, on the authority of Dawood ibn Muhammad al-Hindi, on the authority of a companion that a man named Abi Sa’eed al-Mukari went to see Al-Ridha’ (a.s.) and rudely asked, “Have you reached the point at which you claim to be what your father also claimed to be?” The Imam (a.s.) told him, “None of your business! May God darken your life and make you poor. Don’t you know that the Honorable the Exalted God revealed to Imran (a.s.) that He would grant him a son, but first gave him (the Blessed Baby) Mary (a.s.) and then gave Jesus (a.s.) to (the Blessed Lady) Mary (a.s.)? Thus Jesus (a.s.) and Mary (a.s.) are two different people, but they are one and the same thing [61] . I am from my father (a.s.), and my father (a.s.) is from me. My father (a.s.) and I are also one and the same thing.” Abi Sa’eed said, “Then let me ask you a question.” The Imam (a.s.) said, “I do not think that you will accept my answer. You are not one of my friends or followers. However, ask anyways.” Abi Sa’eed said, “Consider someone makes a will at the time of his death and says that all his old slaves should be freed. Which of his slaves should be freed?” The Imam (a.s.) said, “Yes. The Blessed the Sublime God says the following in His Book, ‘…till she returns like the old (and withered) lower part of a date-stalk.’ [62] Therefore, whoever has been a slave for more than six months is considered an old slave and should be freed.” The narrator added, “The man left there and became poor. He was poor until he died. He did not even have enough bread to eat at night. May God damn him!”