Hadith des Chrétiens de al-Sham avec al-Baqir, 'Alayhim al-Salam

94. From him, from Ismail Bin Abaan, from Umar Bin Abdullah Al-Saqafy who said: ‘Hisham Bin Abdul Malik made Abu Ja’far (asws) to go out from Al-Medina to Al-Shaam. He made him (asws) to stay in his accommodation, and he (asws) used to sit with the people in their gatherings. It so happened that he (asws) was sitting and in his (asws) presence was a group of people asking him, when he (asws) saw Christians entering inside a mountain over there. So he (asws) said: ‘What is with those, is it one of their festivities today?’ They said, ‘No, O son (asws) of the Rasool (saww) Allah (azwj), but they are going to one of their scholars who (stays) inside this mountain all year long, and on this day he has come out. So they are asking him questions what they want and what is to happen in their year’. So Abu Ja’far (asws) said: ‘And he has knowledge?’ They said, ‘He is one of the most knowledgeable of the people. He has met the companions of the disciples of Isa (as)’. He (asws) said: ‘Shall we go to him?’ They said, ‘That is up to you (asws), O son (asws) of the Rasool (saww) Allah (azwj)’. He (the narrator) said: ‘Abu Ja’far (asws) covered his (asws) head by his (asws) cloth, and went with his (asws) companions. He (asws) mingled with the Christians until he (asws) came to the mountain. Abu Ja’far (asws) sat down in the middle of the Christians along with his (asws) companions, and the Christians brought out a carpet and placed the pillows. Then they entered and brought him out with his eyes covered. His eyes stirred as if they were the eyes of a snake. Then he inadvertently turned towards Abu Ja’far (asws) and asked, ‘O Sheykh, where are you (asws) from, or are you (asws) from the Mercied community?’ So Abu Ja’far (asws) said: ‘But, I (asws) am from the Mercied community’. He said, ‘Are you (asws) from their knowledgeable ones or from their ignorant ones?’ He (asws) said: ‘I (asws) am not from the ignorant ones’. The Christian said, ‘Shall I ask you or you will ask me?’ Abu Ja’far said: ‘Ask me (asws)’. So the Christian said, ‘O group of Christians, a man from the community of Muhammad (saww) is saying, ‘Ask me!’. This one is full of answers’. Then he said, ‘O servant of Allah (azwj), inform me about the hour which is neither from the night, nor from the day. Which hour is it?’ Abu Ja’far (asws) said: ‘That which is in between the dawn and sunrise’. So the Christian said, ‘So if it is neither an hour from the hours of the night, nor from the hours of the day, from which is it?’ Abu Ja’far (asws) said: ‘From the hours of the Paradise, and in which our patients are relieved (from pain). So the Christian said, ‘Shall I ask you (asws) or will you ask me?’ Abu Ja’far (asws) said: ‘Ask me (asws)’. The Christian said, ‘O group of Christians, this one here is full of knowledge. Inform me about the inhabitants of the Paradise. How would they be eating but will not be excreting? Give me their example in the world’. So Abu Ja’far (asws) said: ‘The unborn (baby) which is in the womb of its mother eats from what its mother eats but does not excrete’. So the Christian said, ‘Did you not say, ‘I (asws) am not from the knowledgeable ones?’ Abu Ja’far (asws) said: ‘But rather, I (asws) said to you that I (asws) am not from the ignorant ones’. So the Christian said, ‘Shall I ask you (asws) or will you (asws) ask me?’ Abu Ja’far (asws) said: ‘Ask me (asws)’. He said, ‘O group of Christians! By Allah (azwj), I will ask him about a matter which would bog him (asws) down just as the donkey gets bogged down in the mud’. He (asws) said to him: ‘Ask’. He said, ‘Inform me about a man who approached his woman, so she became pregnant with twins in the same one hour, and gave birth to both of them in the same one hour, and they both died in the same one hour, and were buried in the same one grave. One of them lived for one hundred and fifty years whilst the other one lived for fifty years. Who were those two?’ So Abu Ja’far (asws) said: ‘Uzayr and Uzrat. Their mother became pregnant with them both as you have described, and gave birth to both of them as you have described, and both Uzayr and Uzrat lived for such and such a time. Then Allah (azwj) Blessed and High Made Uzayr to die for a hundred years, then Resurrected him, and he lived with Uzrat for fifty years, and both of them died in the same one hour’. So the Christian said, ‘O group of Christians. I have not see with my eyes ever a more knowledgeable one than this man (asws). Do not ask me about a single letter (anything at all) so long as this one is in Al-Shaam. Return me’. He (the narrator) said, ‘So they returned him to his cave, and the Christians returned with Abu Ja’far (asws)’.

De lui, de Ismaïl ibn Aban, de Omar ibn Abdullah ath-Thaqafi, qui a dit : Hicham ibn Abd al-Malik a rapporté que Abou Ja'far (que la paix soit sur lui) sortit de Médine pour se rendre en Syrie, et il le fit descendre de là. Il s'asseyait parmi les gens dans leurs rassemblements. Alors qu'il était assis avec un groupe de gens qui lui posaient des questions, il vit des Chrétiens entrer dans une montagne là-bas. Il dit : "Pourquoi ces gens ont-ils une fête aujourd'hui ?" Ils répondirent : "Non, ô fils du Messager d'Allah, mais ils viennent voir un savant qu'ils ont dans cette montagne, chaque année en ce jour, ils le font sortir et lui posent des questions sur ce qu'ils désirent et sur ce qui se passera dans leur année." Abou Ja'far (que la paix soit sur lui) dit : "Il a de la connaissance." Ils dirent : "Il est parmi les plus savants des gens, il a rencontré les compagnons des disciples de Jésus (que la paix soit sur lui)." Il dit : "Devrions-nous aller le voir ?" Ils répondirent : "C'est à toi de décider, ô fils du Messager d'Allah." Alors Abou Ja'far (que la paix soit sur lui) couvrit sa tête de son vêtement et partit avec ses compagnons. Ils se mêlèrent aux gens jusqu'à ce qu'ils atteignent la montagne. Abou Ja'far (que la paix soit sur lui) s'assit au milieu des Chrétiens, lui et ses compagnons. Les Chrétiens sortirent un tapis, puis mirent des coussins, et ils entrèrent. Ils le firent sortir, puis lui bandèrent les yeux et les retournèrent comme s'ils étaient les yeux d'un serpent. Il se dirigea vers Abou Ja'far (que la paix soit sur lui) et lui dit : "Ô cheikh, es-tu parmi nous ou parmi les gens de la communauté miséricordieuse ?" Abou Ja'far (que la paix soit sur lui) répondit : "Plutôt parmi les gens de la communauté miséricordieuse." Il demanda : "Es-tu parmi leurs savants ou parmi leurs ignorants ?" Il répondit : "Je ne suis pas parmi leurs ignorants." Le Chrétien dit : "Je te demande ou tu me demandes ?" Abou Ja'far (que la paix soit sur lui) dit : "Interroge-moi." Le Chrétien dit : "Ô assemblée des Chrétiens, un homme de la communauté de Muhammad dit : Interrogez-moi, car ceci est rempli de questions." Puis il demanda : "Ô serviteur d'Allah, informe-moi sur une heure qui n'appartient ni à la nuit ni au jour, quelle heure est-ce ?" Abou Ja'far (que la paix soit sur lui) répondit : "C'est entre le lever de l'aube et le lever du soleil." Le Chrétien demanda : "Si ce n'est pas parmi les heures de la nuit ni parmi les heures du jour, alors de quelles heures s'agit-il ?" Abou Ja'far (que la paix soit sur lui) dit : "C'est parmi les heures du Paradis, où nos serviteurs seront satisfaits." Le Chrétien demanda : "Je te demande ou tu me demandes ?" Abou Ja'far (que la paix soit sur lui) dit : "Interroge-moi." Le Chrétien dit : "Ô assemblée des Chrétiens, ceci est rempli de questions. Informe-moi sur les habitants du Paradis, comment mangent-ils sans ressentir le besoin de déféquer ? Donne-moi un exemple d'eux dans ce monde." Abou Ja'far (que la paix soit sur lui) répondit : "C'est le fœtus dans le ventre de sa mère, il mange de ce que sa mère mange et ne défèque pas." Le Chrétien dit : "N'as-tu pas dit