1697 - يَعقوبُ ويوسُفُ عليهما السلام‏

1697. JACOB AND JOSEPH (AS) [YAQuB AND YuSUF]

(وَوَصَّى‏ بِهَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بَنِيهِ وَيَعْقُوبُ يَا بَنِيَّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ اصْطَفَى‏ لَكُمُ الدِّينَ فَلَا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَأَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ * أَمْ كُنْتُمْ شُهَدَاءَ إِذْ حَضَرَ يَعْقُوبَ الْمَوْتُ إِذْ قَالَ لِبَنِيهِ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِنْ بَعْدِي قَالُوا نَعْبُدُ إِلهَكَ وَإِلهَ آبَائِكَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ إِلهاً واحِداً وَنَحْنُ لَهُ مُسْلِمُونَ) .¹

"Abraham enjoined this [creed] upon his children, and [so did] Jacob, [saying], 'My children! Allah has indeed chosen this religion for you; so never die except as muslims.' Were you witnesses when death approached Jacob, when he said to his children, 'What will you worship after me?' They said, 'We will worship your God, and the God of your fathers, Abraham, Ishmael, and Isaac, the One God, and to Him do we submit.'" ²

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5964.الأمالي للطوسي : لَمّا قَدِمَ يَعقوبُ على‏ يُوسفَ عليهما السلام خَرَجَ يُوسفُ عليه السلام فاستَقبَلَهُ في مَوكِبِهِ ، فَمَرَّ بامرأةِ العَزيزِ وهِيَ تَعبُدُ في غُرفَةٍ لَها ، فلَمّا رأتهُ عَرَفَتهُ فنادَتهُ بصَوتٍ حَزينٍ : أيُّها الرّاكِبُ طالَ ما أحزَنتَني ، ما أحسَنَ التَّقوى‏ كيفَ حَرَّرَتِ العَبيدَ ؟! وما أقبَحَ الخَطيئةَ كيفَ عَبَّدَتِ الأحرارَ ؟!³

5964. Amali al-Tusi, from Musa b. Said al-Rasibi, who said, 'When Jacob went to Joseph (AS), Joseph came out with a group of people to receive him. He went past the wife of the governor while she was worshipping in one of her rooms. When she saw him she recognised him and called out to him with a sad voice, 'O rider, how long you have rendered me sorrowful - how good piety is indeed in how it frees slaves! And how bad sinning is indeed in how it enslaves the free!' ⁴

5965.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : اُعطِيَ يُوسُفُ شَطرَ الحُسنِ .⁵

5965.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Joseph was given a good share of beauty.' ⁶

5966.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : الكريمُ ابنُ الكريمِ ابنِ الكريمِ ابنِ الكريمِ : يُوسفُ بنُ يَعقوبَ بنِ إسحاقَ بنِ إبراهيمَ .⁷

5966.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'The honourable, son of the honourable, son of the honou-rable, son of the honourable is Joseph, son of Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham.' ⁸

5967.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : إنّ بني يَعقُوبَ لمّا سَألوا أباهُم يَعقوبَ أن يَأذَنَ ليوسُفَ في الخُروجِ مَعهُم ، قالَ لَهم : (إنّي أخافُ أن يأكُلَه الذئبُ وَأنتم غافِلون)⁹ ... قَرَّبَ يَعقوبُ لَهُم العلّةَ اعتلّوا بها في يوسُفَ .¹⁰

5967.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'When the sons of Jacob asked him to allow Joseph to go outside with them, he said to them, 'I fear the wolf may eat him while you are oblivious of him'. ¹¹ ......, 'Jacob suggested to them an excuse which they later used as a deception for Joseph.' ¹²