الْمُخْتَارِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عليه السلام قَالَ: لَوْ أَنَّ لِأَلْسِنَتِكُمْ أَوْكِيَةً ١ لَحُدِّثَ كُلُّ امْرِئٍ بِمَا لَهُ.

al-Mukhtar says: Imam al-Baqir, peace be upon him, said: Had you kept your tongues tied (had you been keepers of secrets), each of you would have been told his own destiny.

«47»- سن، المحاسن أَبِی عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَزْدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام مَا لَنَا لَنْ تُخْبِرَنَا بِمَا يَكُونُ كَمَا كَانَ عَلِيٌّ عليه السلام يُخْبِرُ أَصْحَابَهُ فَقَالَ بَلَى وَ اللَّهِ وَ لَكِنْ هَاتِ حَدِيثاً وَاحِداً حَدَّثْتُكَهُ فَكَتَمْتَهُ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَصِيرٍ فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا وَجَدْتُ حَدِيثاً وَاحِداً كَتَمْتُهُ.

Al-Mahasin: Abu Basir says: I said to Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him: What is wrong with us, that you never tell us of what is to come? Imam 'Ali, peace be upon him, used to tell his companions of what was to come. The Imam said: Yes — then bring me one hadith I told you which you kept hidden. Abu Basir says: By God, I could not find a single hadith that I had kept hidden (I had told them all).

«48»- سن، المحاسن أَبِي عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ حُسَيْنِ بْنِ مُخْتَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام عَنْ حَدِيثٍ كَثِيرٍ فَقَالَ هَلْ كَتَمْتَ عَلَىَّ شَيْئاً قَطُّ فَبَقِيتُ أَتَذَكَّرُ فَلَمَّا رَأَى مَا بِي قَالَ أَمَّا مَا حَدَّثْتَ بِهِ أَصْحَابَكَ فَلَا بَأْسَ إِنَّمَا الْإِذَاعَةُ أَنْ تُحَدِّثَ بِهِ غَيْرَ أَصْحَابِكَ.

Al-Mahasin: Abu Basir says: I asked Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, many a hadith. He said: Have you kept any hadith hidden, or have you told them all? I was trying to recall what to say, and when the Imam saw that state in me he said: There is no objection to your relating hadith to your own companions; the divulging of our secret is that you relate hadith to those who are not your companions (those who are not Shi'a).

«49»- شی، تفسير العياشي عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَجْلَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَيَّرَ قَوْماً بِالْإِذَاعَةِ فَقَالَ وَ إِذا جاءَهُمْ أَمْرٌ مِنَ الْأَمْنِ أَوِ الْخَوْفِ أَذاعُوا بِهِ فَإِيَّاكُمْ وَ الْإِذَاعَةَ.

Tafsir al-'Ayyashi: Muhammad b. 'Ajlan says: I heard him saying: God reproached a people for divulging, saying: "And when a matter concerning safety or fear comes to them, they spread it abroad." Beware of divulging the secret.

«50»- كش، رجال الكشي رُوِيَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَبَلَةَ عَنْ ذَرِيحٍ الْمُحَارِبِيِّ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام بِالْمَدِينَةِ مَا تَقُولُ فِي أَحَادِيثِ جَابِرٍ فَقَالَ تَلْقَانِي بِمَكَّةَ قَالَ فَلَقِيتُهُ بِمِنًى فَقَالَ لِي مَا تَصْنَعُ بِأَحَادِيثِ جَابِرٍ الْهُ عَنْ أَحَادِيثِ جَابِرٍ فَإِنَّهَا إِذَا وَقَعَتْ إِلَى السَّفِلَةِ أَذَاعُوهَا ٢.

Rijal al-Kashshi: Dharih al-Muharibi says: In Medina I said to Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him: What do you say of the hadiths of Jabir? He said: Come to me in Mecca. I visited him at Mina, and he said: What have you to do with the hadiths of Jabir? Beware of them, for if they fall into the hands of base men they will divulge them.

«51»- كش، رجال الكشي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ قَالَ: قَالَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام يَا دَاوُدُ إِذَا حَدَّثْتَ عَنَّا بِالْحَدِيثِ فَاشْتَهَرْتَ بِهِ فَأَنْكِرْهُ.

Rijal al-Kashshi: Dawud b. Kathir says: Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, said to me: If you relate a hadith from us and it becomes widely known, deny that hadith.

«52»- كش، رجال الكشي حَمْدَوَيْهِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ السَّائِيِّ قَالَ: كَتَبَ إِلَىَّ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُوسَى عليه السلام وَ هُوَ فِي الْحَبْسِ لَا تُفْشِ مَا اسْتَكْتَمْتُكَ أُخْبِرُكَ أَنَّ مِنْ أَوْجَبِ حَقِّ أَخِيكَ أَنْ لَا تَكْتُمَهُ شَيْئاً يَنْفَعُهُ لَا مِنْ دُنْيَاهُ وَ لَا مِنْ آخِرَتِهِ.

Rijal al-Kashshi: 'Ali b. Suwayd al-Sa'i says: Imam Musa al-Kazim, peace be upon him, wrote to me from prison: I tell you what I asked of you to keep hidden: among the most binding of your brother's rights over you is that you do not hide from him what will profit his world and his Hereafter.