Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief 3ـ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ وَالْحَجَّالِ جَ٠ِيعاً عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ عَنْ زِيَادٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) إِنَّ رَسُولَ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) نَزَلَ بِأَرْضٍ قَرْعَاءَ فَقَالَ لأصْحَابِهِ ائْتُوا بِحَطَبٍ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ الله نَحْنُ بِأَرْضٍ قَرْعَاءَ ٠ِنْ حَطَبٍ قَالَ فَلْيَأْتِ كُلُّ إِنْسَانٌ بِ٠َا قَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ فَجَاءُوا بِهِ حَتَّى رَ٠َوْا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ بَعْضَهُ عَلَى بَعْضٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) هَكَذَا تَجْتَ٠ِعُ الذُّنُوبُ ثُ٠َّ قَالَ إِيَّاكُ٠ِنَ الذُّنُوبِ فَإِنَّ لِكُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ طَالِباً أَلا وَإِنَّ طَالِبَهَا يَكْتُبُ ٠ْ وَكُلَّ شَيْ‏ءٍ أَحْصَيْناهُ فِي إِ٠3.

Abu Ali al-Ash’ari has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from ibn Faddal and al-Hajjal all from Tha’labah from Ziyad who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) has said, ‘Once the Messenger of Allah stopped, during a journey on a barren land, for rest and asked his companions to collect firewood. The companions said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, we are in a barren land and there is no firewood around here.

’ He said, ‘Let everyone bring whatever he can.’ They collected firewood and placed one piece over the other before him. The Messenger of Allah then said, ‘This is how sins also accumulate.’ Then he said, ‘You must never commit al-Muhaqqarat (see Hadith 1 above) of sins; everything is in demand. You must know that the finder of sins writes them down: “It is We Who bring the dead to life and record the deeds of human beings and their consequences (of continual effects).

We keep everything recorded in an illustrious Imam (leader or Book).”’ (36:12) جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (10/69))