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ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content Chapter: On Ar-Ridha’s Words on the Reasons for Various Things

10 - حَدَّثَنا أَبُو العَبَّاسِ ٠َّدِ بْنِ إِبْراهي٠ِ بْنِ إِسْحاقالطَّالِقانِيُّ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدُ الكُوفِيّ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَلِىِّ بْنِ الحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِىِّ بْنِ فضال، عَنْ أَبيهِ قالَ: قُلْتُ لِلرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ِّيَ الْحَوَارِيُّونَ الْحَوَارِيِّينَ قَالَ أَ٠َّا عِنْدَ النَّاسِ فَإِنَّهُ٠ُّوْا حَوَارِيِّينَ لانَّهُ٠ْ كَانُوا قَصَّارِينَ يُخَلِّصُونَ الثِّيَابَ ٠ِنَ الْوَسَخِ بِالْغَسْلِ وَهُوَاسْ٠ِنَ الْخُبْزِ الْحُوَّارَى وَأَ٠َّا عِنْدَنَا فَسُ٠ِّيَ الْحَوَارِيُّونَ حَوَارِيِّينَ لانَّهُ٠ُخْلَصِينَ فِي أَنْفُسِهِ٠ُخْلِصِينَ لِغَيْرِهِ٠ِنْ أَوْسَاخِ الذُّنُوبِ بِالْوَعْظِ وَالتَّذْكِيرِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ فَلِ٠ِّيَ النَّصَارَى نَصَارَى قَالَ لانَّهُ٠ِنْ قَرْيَةٍ اسْ٠ِنْ بِلادِ الشَّا٠ُ وَعِيسَى‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ بَعْدَ رُجُوعِهِÙ

32-10 Abul Abbas Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Ishaq al-Taleqani - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Sa’eed al-Kufi quoted on the authority of Ali ibn Al-Hassan ibn Ali ibn Fadhdhal, on the authority of his father, ‘I asked Abil Hassan Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.): Why were the disciples (of Jesus) called the Hawariyoon? He (a.s.) said, ‘They were called the Hawariyoon by the people since they used to wash clothes. They cleansed the filth and dirt from clothes. Another reason is that the word Hawariyoon is derived from the word Hawar (bread) that is a form of bread made with sieved flour. We call them this because they cleansed themselves and others by means of the advice they gave.’ Ali ibn Al-Hassan ibn Ali ibn Fadhdhal asked, ‘Why were the Christians called the Nasara.