203 - السُّنَّة

203. Sunnah [Tradition]

983 - الحَثُّ عَلى‏ لُزومِ سُنَّةِ النَّبِيِ‏

983. Enjoinment of Adhering TO THE PROPHET'S PRACTICES

3131.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : صاحِبُ السُّنَّةِ إن عَمِلَ خَيراً قُبِلَ مِنهُ ، وإن خَلَطَ غُفِرَ لَهُ .¹

3131.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'When someone adherent to [the Prophet's] practises does something good it is accepted from him, and even if he makes a mistake, he is forgiven for it.' ²

3132.الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ عليه السلام: إنَّ أفضَلَ الأعمالِ عندَ اللَّهِ ما عُمِلَ بِالسُّنَّةِ وإن قَلَّ .³

3132. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, 'The best of deeds in the sight of Allah are those that are performed according to the Sunnah, even if they be few in number.' ⁴

982 - اسمُ اللَّهِ الأعظَمُ‏

982. ALLAH'S GREATEST NAME

3130.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام: إنَّ اسمَ اللَّهِ الأعظَمَ على‏ ثلاثةٍ وسَبعينَ حَرفاً ، وإنّما كانَ عندَ آصَفَ مِنها حَرفٌ واحِدٌ فَتَكَلَّمَ بهِ فَخَسَفَ بِالأرضِ ما بَينَهُ وبينَ سَرِيرِ بِلقِيسَ حتّى‏ تَناوَلَ السَّرِيرَ بِيَدِهِ ، ثُمّ عادَتِ الأرضُ كما كانَت أسرَعَ مِن طَرفَةِ العَينِ ، ونحنُ عِندَنا مِنَ الاسمِ الأعظَمِ اثنانِ وسَبعونَ حَرفاً ، وحَرفٌ عِندَ اللَّهِ تَبارَكَ وتعالى‏ استَأثَرَ بهِ في عِلمِ الغَيبِ عِندَهُ ، ولا حَولَ ولا قُوَّةَ إلّا بِاللَّهِ العَلِيِّ العظيمِ .¹

3130.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'Verily Allah's greatest Name is composed of seventy-three letters, of which Asaf [b. Barkhiyya] had but one, with the utterance of which he caused the earth between himself and Bilqis's throne to sink until he got hold of the throne, and after which [he caused] the earth to return to its former state faster than the blink of an eye. And we [the Ahl al-bayt] have seventy-two letters from the greatest Name, and Allah, Blessed and most High, has exclusive possession of one letter of it with Him in His knowledge of the Unseen.' ²