[45] عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنِ...
[45] عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ع يَقُولُ سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الْغِنَاءِ فَقَالَ هُوَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ مِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَشْتَرِي لَهْوَ الْحَدِيثِ لِيُضِلَّ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from al-Washsha ‘ who has said the following: ‘I once heard Abu Al-Hassan, al-Reza -asws saying that once Abu Abd Allah -asws was asked about ‘al-Ghina’.
The Imam -asws said: ‘It is in the words of Allah -azwj ‘ among people there are those who buy لَهْو useless things in the form of words to mislead others from the path of Allah’ .
[46] سَهْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جَنَاحٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْخَزَّازِ قَالَ نَزَلْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ فَأَتَيْنَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَقَالَ لَنَا أَيْنَ نَزَلْتُمْ فَقُلْنَا عَلَى فُلَانٍ صَاحِبِ الْقِيَانِ فَقَالَ كُونُوا كِرَاماً فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا عَلِمْنَا مَا أَرَادَ بِهِ وَ ظَنَنَّا أَنَّهُ يَقُولُ تَفَضَّلُوا عَلَيْهِ فَعُدْنَا إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْنَا إِنَّا لَا نَدْرِي مَا أَرَدْتَ بِقَوْلِكَ كُونُوا كِرَاماً فَقَالَ أَ مَا سَمِعْتُمْ قَوْلَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي كِتَابِهِ وَ إِذا مَرُّوا بِاللَّغْوِ مَرُّوا كِراماً Sahl ibn Ziyad has narrated from Sa’id ibn Junah from Hammad from abu Ayyub al-Khazzaz who has said the following: ‘Once we arrived in al-Madinah and visited Abu Abd Allah -asws who asked us.
‘Where have you lodged’? We said: ‘It is with so and so, the owner of singing slave-girls’. The Imam -asws said: ‘You must remain honourable’. By Allah -azwj we did not understand what the Imam -asws meant and we thought perhaps he -asws wants us to be kind to him (owner of the lodging). We returned to him -asws and asked: ‘We did not understand your words, ‘Be honourable’.
He -asws said: ‘Have you not heard the words of Allah -azwj , ‘When they pass by useless things they pass honourably.’ (25:72) .
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