Hadith 76

(The book) ‘Al Manaqib’ of Ibn Shehr Ashub –
‘Such knowledge has been transmitted from Al-Sadiq-asws what has not been transmitted from anyone, and the companions of Ahadeeth have collected names of the reporters from the trusted ones, based upon their differing in the views and the words, and they were four thousand men’’. Explanation: That is Ibn Uqdah, author of the book ‘Rijal Al Abu Abdullah-asws’. He has numbered them in it. And Hafs Bin Giyas, whenever he narrated from him-asws, said, ‘It is narrated to me by the best Ja’far, Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws’, and Ali Bin Garab said, ‘It is narrated to me by Al-Sadiq Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws’’. [91]
(The book) ‘Hilyah’ of Abu Nueym –
‘Ja’far Al-Sadiq-asws, there narrated from him-asws, from the general Muslims and the world – Malik Bin Anas, and Shu’ba Bin Al-Hajjaj, and Sufyan Al-Sowry, and Ibn Al-jareeh, and Abdullah Bin Amro, and Rawh Bin Al-Qasim, and Sufyan Bin Uyayna, and Suleyman Bin Bilal, and Ismail Bin Ja’far, and Hatim Bin Ismail, and Abdul Aziz Bin Al-Mukhtar, and Wuheyb Bin Khalid, and Ibrahim Bin Tahman among the last ones. He said, ‘And Muslim brought out from him-asws in his (book) ‘Saheeh’, being needy with his-asws Hadeeth’. And others said, ‘There reported from him-asws – Malik, and Al-Shafie, and Al-Hassan Bin Salih, and Abu Ayoub Al-Sakhtayani (Al-Sijistany), and Umar Bin Dinar, and Ahmad Bin Hanbal. And Malik Bin Anas said, ‘Neither has an eye seen, nor has an ear heard, nor has it occurred upon the heart of any mortal, anyone superior to Ja’far Al-Sadiq-asws in merits, and knowledge, and worship, and devoutness’. And Malik has claimed a lot of what he had heard from him-asws, and sometimes he said, ‘It is narrated to me by the trusted one’ – meaning him-asws. And Abu Haneefa came to hear from him-asws, and Abu Abdullah-asws came out leaning upon a stick. Abu Haneefa said to him-asws, ‘O son-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww! It has not reached from the years what would make you-asws needy to the stick! ’
He-asws said: ‘It is like that but is it a stick of Rasool-Allah-azwj, I-asws wanted to be blessed by it’. Abu Haneefa leapt to it and said to him-asws, ‘Can I kiss it, O son-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww? ’ Abu Abdullah-asws rolled up (sleeve) from his-asws arm and said to him: ‘By Allah-azwj! You know that this is a skin of Rasool-Allah-saww, and this is from his-saww hair, but you are not kissing it and are kissing a stick! ’’[92]
Abu Abdullah the narrator of Ahadeeth in (the book) ‘Ramish Afzaie’ –
‘Abu Haneefa was from his-asws students, and his mother was in a circle of Al-Sadiq-asws’. He said, ‘And Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan was well was from his students, and for that reason the clan of Abbas (Abbasids) were not respecting them both. And Abu Yazeed Al-Bastamy Tayfour Al-Saqqa had served him-asws and had provided water for him-asws for thirteen years’. And Abu Ja’far Al-Tusi said, ‘Ibrahim Bin Ad’ham and Malik Bin Dinar were from his-asws servants. And Sufyan Al-Sowry entered to see him-asws one day and heard a strange talk from him-asws. He said, ‘By Allah-azwj, O son-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww! This is the jewel! ’ He-asws said to him: ‘But this is better than the jewel, and isn’t the jewel only a stone? ’[93]
Explanation: ‘Know that our scholars have not mentioned that some of the adversaries were from students of the Imams-asws and served them-asws and followed them-asws. Their purpose isn’t to praise these opponents or prove their existence of being from the Momineen. But the purpose is that the adversaries as well are acknowledging merits of the Imams-asws, and they are attributing their own imams and themselves to them-asws due to their-asws apparent merits, and their-asws knowledge, or else these innovators are more famous in the Kufr and the obstinacy than Iblees-la, and Pharaoh-la with the pegs’.