فَمَنْ قَبِلَ مِنْهُمْ فَهُوَ أَفْضَلُهُمْ وَ أَيْنَمَا نَكُونُ فَشِيعَتُنَا مَعَنَا.
so whoever accepts is the most excellent of them, and wherever we are, our Shi'a are with us.
«93»- شی، تفسير العياشي عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الْأَوَّلُ عليه السلام كَيْفَ تَقْرَأُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقاتِهِ وَ لا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَ أَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ مَا ذَا قُلْتُ مُسْلِمُونَ فَقَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ يُوقِعُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْإِيمَانَ فَسَمَّاهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ ثُمَّ يَسْأَلُهُمُ الْإِسْلَامَ وَ الْإِيمَانُ فَوْقَ الْإِسْلَامِ قُلْتُ هَكَذَا يُقْرَأُ فِي قِرَاءَةِ زَيْدٍ قَالَ إِنَّمَا هِيَ فِي قِرَاءَةِ عَلِيٍّ عليه السلام وَ هُوَ التَّنْزِيلُ الَّذِي نَزَلَ بِهِ جَبْرَئِيلُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله إِلَّا وَ أَنْتُمْ مُسَلِّمُونَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله ثُمَّ الْإِمَامِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ.
Tafsir al-'Ayyashi: Al-Husayn b. Khalid says: Imam al-Kazim, peace be upon him, said: How do you recite this verse: "O you who believe, fear God as He should be feared, and do not die except as Muslims" — and what is meant by it? I said: Muslims. He said: Glory be to God! Faith has come upon them and they are called believers; then are they asked about their Islam, while faith is higher than Islam? I said: Thus it comes in the reading of Zayd b. Thabit. He said: But in the reading of 'Ali, peace be upon him, which is the reading that Gabriel brought down upon the Prophet (the Qur'an), it reads: "except while you are submitting (musallimun) to the Messenger of God and then to the Imam after him."
بيان: في قراءته عليه السلام بالتشديد و علی التقديرين المراد أنكم لا تكونوا على حال سوى حال الإسلام أو التسليم إذا أدرككم الموت فالنهي متوجه نحو القيد.
Elucidation: In 'Ali's reading, peace be upon him, it is with the doubled letter. On either reading what is meant is that when death overtakes you, you should be in no state other than the state of Islam or of submission; so the prohibition is directed at the qualifying condition.
«94»- شی، تفسير العياشي عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عليه السلام فَلا وَ رَبِّكَ لا يُؤْمِنُونَ حَتَّى يُحَكِّمُوكَ فِيما شَجَرَ بَيْنَهُمْ ثُمَّ لا يَجِدُوا فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ حَرَجاً مِمَّا قَضَى مُحَمَّدٌ وَ آلُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ يُسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيماً
Tafsir al-'Ayyashi: Jabir relates from Imam al-Baqir, peace be upon him, concerning the verse "But no, by your Lord, they will not believe until they make you judge in what is in dispute among them, and then find within themselves no discomfort", that he said: That is, he finds no hardship in his heart at what Muhammad and the family of Muhammad judge; and "and submit in full submission" — and that he submit completely.
«95»- شی، تفسير العياشي عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ حُرٍّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام يَقُولُ فِي قَوْلِهِ فَلا وَ رَبِّكَ لا يُؤْمِنُونَ حَتَّى يُحَكِّمُوكَ فِيما شَجَرَ بَيْنَهُمْ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ وَ يُسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيماً فَحَلَفَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيْمَانٍ مُتَتَابِعاً لَا يَكُونُ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى يَكُونَ تِلْكَ النُّكْتَةُ السَّوْدَاءُ فِي الْقَلْبِ وَ إِنْ صَامَ وَ صَلَّى.
Tafsir al-'Ayyashi: Ayyub b. Hurr says: I heard Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, concerning the verse "But no, by your Lord, they will not believe until they make you judge in what is in dispute among them" to "and submit in full submission", swear three times in succession: It cannot be, so long as there is a black spot in their hearts, even though he fast and pray.
«96»- سر، السرائر مِنْ كِتَابِ أُنْسِ الْعَالِمِ لِلصَّفْوَانِيِّ رُوِيَ عَنْ مَوْلَانَا الصَّادِقِ عليه السلام أَنَّهُ قَالَ خَبَرٌ تَدْرِيهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَلْفٍ تَرْوِيهِ.
Al-Sara'ir: Al-Safwani relates from Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, that he said: A report that you understand with true discernment is better than a thousand hadiths that you relate.
«97»- وَ قَالَ عليه السلام فِي حَدِيثٍ آخَرَ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالدِّرَايَاتِ لَا بِالرِّوَايَاتِ.
The Imam, peace be upon him, said: You must hold to discernment and reflection, not to mere narration.
«98»- وَ رُوِیَ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام رُوَاةُ الْكِتَابِ كَثِيرٌ وَ رُعَاتُهُ قَلِيلٌ فَكَمْ مِنْ مُسْتَنْسِخٍ لِلْحَدِيثِ مُسْتَغِشٌّ لِلْكِتَابِ وَ الْعُلَمَاءُ تَحْزُنُهُمُ الدِّرَايَةُ وَ الْجُهَّالُ تَحْزُنُهُمُ الرِّوَايَةُ.
Talha b. Zayd says: Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, said: The narrators of the Book are many and those who act upon it are few. How many there are who copy out a hadith while drawing a veil over the Qur'an! Discernment and understanding of hadith grieve the learned, and relating it grieves the ignorant.
بيان: في نسخ الكافي مستنصح للحديث و هو أظهر للمقابلة قوله عليه السلام تحزنهم أي تهمهم و يهتمون به و يحزنون لفقده.
Elucidation: In copies of al-Kafi it reads "mustansih lil-hadith", and that is plainer, because of the contrast with his words "tuhzinuhum" — that is, they devote themselves to it and grieve at its loss.
«99»- شی، تفسير العياشي فِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عليه السلام قَالَ: قِيلَ لَهُ وَ أَنَا عِنْدَهُ
Tafsir al-'Ayyashi: Abu Basir relates from Imam al-Baqir, peace be upon him, that it was said to him: