Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · Traditions about Ar-Ridha (a.s.)
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148 - وَبِهذَا الإِسنادِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍعَلَيْهِمَاالسَّلاَمُ قالَ: دَعا أَبي بِدُهنٍ لِيَدَّهِنَّ بِهِ [رَأسَهُ] فَلَمَّا ادَّهَن بِهِ قُلْتُ: مَا الَّذِي ادَّهَنتَ؟ قالَ: إِنَّهُ البَنَفسَجُ، قُلْتُ: وَما فَضْلُ البَنَفسَجِ؟ قالَ حَدَّثَنى أَبي عَنْ جَدِّي الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِىٍّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: فَضْلُ البَنَفسَجِ عَلَى الأَدهانِ كَفَضلِ الإِسْلامِ عَلى سائِرِ الأَديانِ.
31-148 According to the same documentation, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Muhammad (a.s.), “My father asked for some anointment and rubbed it on his face and head. I asked him what it was. He (a.s.) said, “It was viola.” I asked him, “What makes viola the best?” He (a.s.) said, “My father (a.s.) quoted on the authority of my grandfather Al-Husayn ibn Ali (a.s.), on the authority of his father (a.s.) that God’s Prophet (S) said, ‘Viola is the best anointment as Islam is the best religion.’”
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