Hadis (The Tradition)

The Tradition

1ـ رسولُ اللهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) : مَن أدّى إلى اُمَّتي حَديثا يُقامُ بِه سُنّةٌ أو يُثْلَمُ بهِ بِدْعَةٌ فَلهُ الجَنّةُ.

1– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Whoever transmits to my people one tradition by which a practice is established or a heresy is blocked, will enter Paradise.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 2, p. 152, no. 43]

2ـ الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنَّ حَديثَنا يُحْيي القُلوبَ.

2– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘Truly our tradition enlivens the hearts.’[Bihar al-Anwar, p. 144, no. 5]

3ـ الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : لَحَديثٌ واحِدٌ تأخُذُهُ عن صادِقٍ‏خَيرٌ لَكَ من الدُّنيا وما فِيها.

3- Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘Indeed one true tradition that you receive from a truthful person is better for you than the whole world and all that it contains.’[Amali al-Mufid, p. 42, no. 10]

4ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : اعرِفُوا مَنازِلَ النّاسِ‏مِنّا على قَدْرِ رِواياتِهم عَنّا .

4- Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Know the people’s positions with respect to us through the amount of their narration of our traditions.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 2, p. 150, no. 24] دِرايَةُ الحَديثِ Understanding the Tradition 8ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : علَيكُم بالدِّراياتِ‏ لا بالرِّواياتِ. 8- Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Your aim must be to understand [the traditions] rather than just narrating [them].’[Kanz al-Fawa’id, v. 2, p. 31]   9ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : هِمَّةُ السُّفَهاء الرِّوايَةُ ، وهِمَّةُ العُلَماءِ الدِّرايَةُ. 9– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The ambition of the foolish is to report [traditions] whereas the ambition of the scholars is to understand the traditions.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 2, p. 160, no. 13]   10ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : حَديثٌ تَدْرِيهِ خَيرٌ مِن ألفِ حَديثٍ تَرْوِيهِ. 10- Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘One tradition that you understand is better than a thousand traditions that you merely narrate.’[Ma`ani al-Akhbar, p. 2, no. 3]