Chapter on the need to refer to the book and Sunnah
That there is nothing about lawful and unlawful matters that may have been left without a rule in the book and the Sunnah.
H 178, Ch. 20, h 1
Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa
from Ali ibn Hadid from Murazim from abu Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following.
"Allah, the Most holy, the Most High has certainly revealed an explanation for all
things even, by Allah, He has not left untold anything that His servants would need up to
the Day of Judgment. He has done so, so that people would not be able to say if only so
and so would have been said in the Quran. The fact is that He has already said it in the
holy Quran."
H 179, Ch. 20, h 2
Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from Muhammad ibn Isa from Yunus
from Husayn ibn al-Mundhir from Umar ibn Qays from abu Jafar (a.s.) who has
said the following.
"I heard Imam abu Jafar (a.s.) saying, Allah, the Most holy, the Most
high, has not left untold anything that the ummah would need except that He has
revealed in His book and has explained them to His messenger. He has made a limit for
everything and an indication for it to point forwards to it and He has made a limit for
those who would trespass those limits."
H 180, Ch. 20, h 3
Ali has narrated from Muhammad from Yunus from aban from Sulayman ibn
Harun who has said the following.
"Abu Abdallah (a.s.) has said, All that Allah has created has a limit
like the limits of a house, in which case what is of house is of the house and what is of
the road and the walkway is of the walkway. Even the law for the compensation for a
scratch, and a penalty in form of a lash or half a lashing."
H 181, Ch. 20, h 4
Ali has narrated from Muhammad ibn "isa from Yunus from Hammad
from abu Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following.
"There is no case for which there is not a law in the book or the Sunnah, the noble
tradition of the holy Prophet (s.a.)"
H 182, Ch. 20, h 5
Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Muhammad ibn
Isa from Yunus from Hammad from 'Abdallah ibn Sinan from abu al-Jarud who has said
the following.
"Abu Jafar (a.s.) has said, When you speak of anything ask me for its law
in the book of Allah. He also has said in his Hadith, The holy Prophet
prohibited much squabbling and brawling, spoiling of property and much
questionings." A person then asked, "O descendent of the holy Prophet,
where is this in the holy Quran?" The Imam (a.s.) replied, "Allah, the Most
Glorious, the Most Majestic, says, There is nothing good in much of their secret
talks except for that which is for charity, justice, or for reconciliation among people to
. . . (4:114)
Do not give to people weak of understanding your property for which God has made you to supervise . . .. (4:5)
Believers, do not ask about things which, if revealed to you, would disappoint you . . .. (5:101)"
H 183, Ch. 20, h 6
Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Faddal
from Al-Thaqafilaba ibn Maymun from one he narrated from al-Mualla ibn Khunays
who has said the following.
"Abu Abdallah (a.s.) has said, There is no issue which would be disputed
between two people but that there is a principle for it the book of Allah, the Most
Majestic, the Most Glorious, only the mans power of Intelligence is not able to
reach it."
H 184, Ch. 20, h 7
Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from certain persons of his people from
Harun ibn Muslim from Masada ibn Sadaqa from abu Abdallah (a.s.) who has said
the following.
"Imam Ali (a.s.) said, O people, Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, has sent
to you the holy Prophet (s.a.) and gave him the book with truth while you all were
illiterate (ignorant) about the book and the One Who revealed it and about the messenger
and the One Who sent him in a period of time wherein no messenger had been sent, during a
prolonged delinquency of the nations with wide spread ignorance, over-looming afflictions,
the crumbling of the established social order, blindness towards the truth, the practice
of injustice, the destruction of religion, the raging of wars, at the time of paling away
of the gardens of the worldly life, the withering away of the branches therein, the
scattering away of its protectors, the loss of hope of its fruits, the drying out of its
waters and the decadence of its lighthouses. At such a period of time the elements of
wickedness had been manifest everywhere. The world seemed aggressive, rough and frowning
at the face of its inhabitants, regressing instead of helping to progress and with wicked
fruits. Its food was but carrion, its slogan fear and the swords as overall garments. You
were totally crushed and the eyes of the inhabitants of the world had turned blind, their
days dark. They had boycotted their relatives, caused much bloodshed and buried their
baby-girls alive, expecting thereby goodness of life and worldly tranquility. They would
not cherish any hope in the rewards of Allah or preserve any fear of the punishment of
Allah. Their living were blind and filthy and their dead in the fire in total despair.
"At such time came to them a copy of what was in the ancient pages (of guidance) and a confirmation of what existed with them, containing a complete account of the lawful and unlawful matters. That is the holy Quran ask it for the answers but it will not speak to you. I can tell you about it. In it there is the knowledge of the past and the knowledge of what comes in the future up to the Day of Judgement. Therein is the rule (needed) among you and to settle your disputes that may arise therein."
H 185, Ch. 20, h 8
Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Jabbar from
ibn Faddal from Hammad ibn Uthman from 'Abd al-Ala ibn Ayan who
has said the following.
"Abu Abdallah (a.s.) would say, I was born of the descendents of the holy
Prophet (s.a.) while I knew the book of Allah wherein is the knowledge of how the world
was first created and the knowledge of all that may come up to the Day of Judgement.
Therein is the news of the heavens and the earth, the news of the Paradise and the Fire
hell, the news of things of the past, those that will come into existence. I know all of
these just as I can see in the palm of my hands. Allah says, "In it there is an
explanation of everything."
H 186, Ch. 20, h 9
A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn
Isa from Ali ibn Niman from Ismail ibn Jabir from abu
Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following.
"In the book of Allah there is the news of things before you, the reports of the
matters after you and the laws to settle your disputes and we know it all."
H 187, Ch. 20, h 10
A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid
from Ismail ibn Mihran from Sayf ibn Umayra from abu al-Maghra from
Samaa from abu al-Hassan Musa (a.s.) who has said the following.
"I asked the Imam, Is everything in the book of Allah and the Sunnah of His
messenger or you have a say in it? The Imam replied, "As a matter of fact,
everything is in the book of Allah and the Sunnah of His messenger (s.a.)"