The features of Imam Sajjad

If we want to say the idea of the Sunni dignitaries about Imam Sajjad (peace be upon him), it may take two or three sessions. As far as I remember, over seventy of well –known Sunni personalities have expressed their ideas.
However, we will mention some examples:
1. Saeid Bn Mosib (died in 93 or 94 A.H.)
It has been said in the book ‘’al-Bedaye Va al-Nehaye ‘’by Ebn Kasir (volume 9/ page one hundred and twenty two) that Saeid Bn Mosib says about Imam Sajjad (peace be upon him)
لم يكن في أهل البيت مثله
‘’Imam Sajjad (peace be upon him) is unique among the prophet’s family’’.
Of course, his intention is the prophet’s family (peace be upon them) in the time of Imam Sajjad (peace be upon him).
Mr. Zehbi that is one of the scientific foundations narrates in the book ‘’ the history of Islam’’ (volume six/ page four hundred and thirty four) from Saeid Bn Mosib
ما رأيت رجلا أورع من علي بن الحسين.
‘’ no one is ورع‌ as much as Ali Ben Hussein’’.
2. Zahri (died in 124 A.H.)
It has been said in the book ‘’ al-Bedaye al-Nehaye’’ by Ebn Kasir (volume nine/ page one hundred and twenty two) that Mr. Zahri has this interpretation about Imam Sajjad (peace be upon him)
ما رأيت قرشيا أورع منه و لا أفضل.

‘’No one is virtuous as much as Imam Sajjad in the Ghoreish tribe’’.
3. Imam Malek (died in 179 A.H)
It has been said in the book ‘’ the history of Medina Dameshgh Ebn Asaker’’ (volume forty one /page three hundred and seventy eight) and in the book ‘’ al-Ebr Fi Khabar Men Ghebr Zehbi’’ (volume one/ page one hundred and eleven) that Mr. Bn Anas, the head of Malekiha, has this interpretation about Imam Sajjad (peace be upon him):
إن علي بن الحسين كان يصلي في اليوم و الليل ألف ركعة و كان يسمي زين العابدين لعبادته
‘’ Ali Ben Abi Taleb prays thousand Rokats (unit of Muslim prayer consisting of three postures: standing, genuflexion and prostration) every day and he has been called ‘’ the best worshiper’’ because he prays a lot’’.
4. Sofyan Bn Eine (died in 198 A.H.)
It has been said in the book ‘’ al-Kokab al-Doriye Monavi’’ (page two hundred and thirty seven) that Mr Sofyan Bn Eine, one of religious and well-known Sunni personalities, says about Imam Sajjad (peace be upon him)
ما رأينا قط قرشيا أفضل منه
‘’No one is virtuous as much as Imam Sajjad in the Ghoreish tribe’’.
5. Imam Shafei (died in 204 A.H.)
It has been said in the book ‘’al-Resal’’ by Ja Hez (page one hundred six) that when Mr. Muhammad Ben Odris Shafei, the head of Shafei nation, met Imam Sajjad (peace be upon him), he said
هو أفقه أهل المدينة
‘’ he was the best in jurisprudence in Medina’’.
6. Muhammad Ben Sad (died in 230 A.H.)
Mr. Zehbi has said in the book ‘’Seir Alam al-Nebla’’ (volume four/ page three hundred and eighty seven) that when Mr. Muhammad Ben Sad Zohri, the author of the book ‘’al-Tabghat al-Kobra’’ met Imam Sajjad (peace be upon him), he said
كان ثقة مأمونا، كثير الحديث عاليا، رفيعا، ورعا.
‘’he was a reliable person, said a lot of Hadiths and he had a high and super rank. He was also با ورع ’’.
7. Imam Ahmad Ben Hanbel (died in A.H.)
Mr. Ebn Hajar Maki has narrated in the book ‘’ al-Savaegh al-Mahreghe’’ (page one hundred and twenty two) that when he found some documents that Imam Reza narrated (peace be upon him) from Imam Kazem and he narrated from Imam Sadegh (peace be upon him) and he narrated from Imam Bagher (peace be upon him) and he narrated from Imam Sajjad (peace be upon him) and he narrated from Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) and he narrated from the leader of the faithful ( peace be upon him), he said
‘’ this Hadith is from the succession of al-Zahab and it has golden documents’’.
لو قرئت هذا الإسناد علي مجنون لبرء من جنته.
‘’ if you read this Hadith for a crazy person, she or he will be healed’’.
8) Ebn Kasir Dameshghi Selfi (died in A.H.)
Although Ebn Kasir he was not interested in the prophet’s family (peace be upon them) so much, when he started writing about Imam Sajjad (peace be upon him), he narrated a lot of remarks from the Sunni dignitaries (such as: Zohri, Yahya Ben Saeid and Muhammad Ben Sad) and said
‘’all of these good features were found within a great personality such as Ali Ben Hussein’’.
9) Kheir al-Din Zar Koli (died in 1396 A.H.)
Mr. Khei al-Din Zar Koli Vahabi supported Vahabiat more than others and restated all of the Vahabi works in the book ‘’ al-Alam’’. He said about Imam Sajjad (peace be upon him)
الملقب بزين العابدين، رابع الأئمة الاثني عشر عند الإمامية و أحد من كان يضرب بهم المثل في الحلم و الورع
‘’his title was Zeinolabedin and he is the fourth Imam among twelve Imams of the Shiite. He was so well- known in حلم و ورع’’.
Then he said
أحصي بعد موته عدد من كان يقوتهم سرا، فكانوا نحو مئة بيت
‘’ After Imam Sajjad passed away, the number of persons that he provided food secretly was forty’’.
قال بعض أهل المدينة: ما فقدنا صدقة السر إلا بعد موت زين العابدين
‘’ Some of the people that lived in Medina said ‘’after Hazrat Zein al-Abedin deceased, we understood how alms were hidden’’.
Mr. Ebn Eshagh said in his biography
كان ناس من أهل المدينة يعيشون و لا يدرون من أين معايشهم و مآكلهم، فلما مات علي بن الحسين، فقدوا ما كانوا يؤتون به ليلا إلي منازلهم
‘’Some of the people in Medina lived comfortably, but they did not know how the means of their life and food were provided. When Ali Ben Hussein passed away, they did not know a person that went and put the means of their life and food behind their doors at night’’.
Of course, in some sources, this has been narrated that when they were burying Imam Sajjad (peace be upon him), they saw the scars of chain in his hands and an injury on his shoulder as well as around his neck. Imam Bagher was asked whether Imam Sajjad’s hands were tied with chain in Karbala and why there is an injury on Imam Sajjad’s shoulder.
Imam Bagher (peace be upon him) bade
‘’ these are the effects of the food supplies that Imam Sajjad himself carried them on his shoulders for needy families and orphanages’’.
The doubts against the Shiite and the culture of the prophet’s family (peace be upon them) are not new, but they started from the time of the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him and his descendants) and we are sure that they will have been continued by the presence of Imam Zaman (may God hasten his glad advent).
We got informed that a blue tooth was distributed in the region of Sistan Va Balujestan and some regions that the Shiite and Sunni people lived together and they have stated thirty or forty points from the Shiite books in order to provoke the feelings of the Sunni people, to make disagreement and to provide a suitable condition for killing the Shiite people.
They have written at the beginning of the blue tooth that friends sent me
‘’These narrations are available in the Shiite books. The Shiite Scientists should have standings and they can have only two standings:
1) They should accept that these narrations have been narrated for blaming the Sunnis and they consider them unbeliever and impure. If they accept it, the claim of unity will be considered disunity and slyness. Our scientists say ‘’ a person that is a hypocrite will be considered unbeliever’’.
In other words, if the Shiites believe in these narrations and claim unity among themselves, the Shiites will be considered unbelievers.
2) Or the Shiites do not believe in these narrations. If they do not believe in these narrations, they should find such narrations in their books instead of claiming unity among themselves and if they cannot do that, at least they should stand against them and reject them.
Then have pointed at some matters and we will refer to some of the matters that are at the beginning of discord statement and the statement in relation to madding discord. It has been written about the discord
Sheikh Tusi , one of the Shiite scientists, has written in the book ‘’ Tahzib al-Ahkam ‘’ ( volume seven/page three hundred and two) ‘’ the Sunni people are unbeliever and marrying them is not allowed. And Sheikh al-Taefe Tusi has said (volume seven/page three hundred and three) ‘’the Sunni people are unbeliever and marrying them is not appropriate and the meat of their killed animals is prohibited’’.
In other words, if a Sunni person kills an animal, that animal is dead and we cannot eat it because the Sunnis are unbeliever and the meat of killed animals is impure.
The third case: it has been written in the book ‘’Mn La Yahzere al-Faghie’’ by Abu Jafar Sheikh Sadugh (volume3/page 258) ‘’ the Sunnis do not believe in the Islam; therefore, it is prohibited to marry them’’.
It has been written
‘’the vomit of a Sunni person is worse than any enemies of the Islam’’.
This narration has been narrated from the book ‘’Men La Yahzere al-Faghie’’ (volume 1/page8). They have collected about thirty or forty cases of these matters.
In my opinion, their purpose is only to make discord and disagreement, to make riot among the Shiites and the Sunnis and provide conditions for killing the Shiites. Because they provoke the Sunnis against the Shiites and they provoke few Shiites against the Sunnis, the enemies do not care about the Shiite or Sunni, but their purpose to eradicate the Islam and the Quran.
First:
As we mentioned, Professor Husseini Ghazvini has narrated from the book ‘’ Tahzib al-Ahkam’’ that is one of the Shiite Arbae and valid books. Of course, our purpose from valid books is not to consider all of narrations valid blindly in books such as Sahih Bokhari and Sahih Mosalam; it is not at all. Our purpose from the valid books is to refer to them, to survey the documents of the narrations, to follow valid narrations and not to obey weak narrations, for example, we do not consider some books valid such as ‘’ Anvar Nemanie ‘’by Seyed Nematollah Jazayeri ( may God’s mercy be upon him). Even some dignitaries, such as deceased Ganji (may God’s mercy be upon him) says in the book ‘’ Anvar Nemanie ‘’ (volume two/page one hundred and eight)
‘’Reading some books of Seyed Nematollah Jazayeri (may God’s mercy be upon him) is prohibited’’.
They are prohibited since they cause pessimism and disagreement and increase riot between the Shiite and Sunni people. When we say that the book ‘’Tahzib al-Ahkam’’ is valid, it means that it does not have such consequences.
They have narrated from the book ‘’Tahzib al-Ahkam’’ (volume one /page three hundred and two) which Sheikh Tusi (may God’s mercy be upon him) bade
‘’the Sunni people are unbeliever and marrying them is prohibited’’.
Or he has written in the book ‘’Tahzib al-Ahkam’’ (volume one /page three hundred and three)
‘’ ’the Sunni people are unbeliever and marrying them is not appropriate and the meat of their killed animals is prohibited’’.
I beg all of the audience to pay attention to the statement that Sheikh Tusi (may God’s mercy be upon him) narrated from the book ‘’Tahzib al-Ahkam’’ and see whether words ‘’ Sunnite’’, ‘’Sunni’’, ‘’pubic ‘’and ‘’disagreement’’ were used in the book? We usually use these words instead of the mentioned words ‘’ Ahl al-Sane’’, ‘’ Ahl al-Sane and al-Jamae’’, ‘’Ahl al-Ame’’ and ‘’al-Mokhalef’’. Seeing this narration, we see that such words have not been used, but the interpretation ‘’Naseby’’ has been used.