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As for the claim that he performed one thousand units of prayer, it has already been explained that this could only have been done in a manner disapproved of (1) by the Sharia—or that it was altogether impossible. It is therefore inappropriate to mention anything (2) of this kind among his merits. Likewise, the claim that the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—named [him] (3) “Master of the Worshippers” (4) has no basis, and no one among the people of knowledge [and religion] (5) has transmitted it.
Likewise, Abū Jafar Muhammad ibn Alī was among the finest people of knowledge and religion. It has been said that he was called al-Bāqir because he laid knowledge open, not because prostration had split open his forehead. As for his being
(1) A and B read: “disapproved of.”
(2) A and B read: “to mention him for something like . . .”
(3) “Him” is omitted from N and S.
(4) N, M, H, R, S, and W read: “Master of the Muslims.”
(5) “And religion” is omitted from N, M, W, H, R, and S. Ibn al-Jawzī also related in *al-Mawduāt*, 2/44–45, from Abū al-Zubayr, who said:
“We were with Jābir ibn Abd Allāh, who had lost his sight and was advanced in years. Alī ibn al-Husayn entered, accompanied by his young son Muhammad. He greeted Jābir and sat down, then said to his son Muhammad, ‘Go to your uncle, greet him, and kiss his head.’ The boy did so. Jābir asked, ‘Who is this?’ He replied, ‘My son Muhammad.’ Jābir embraced him, wept, and said, ‘O Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—sends you his greetings.’ Those present asked him, ‘How so?’ He replied, ‘I was with the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—when al-Husayn ibn Alī entered. He embraced him, kissed him, seated him beside him, and then said: “This son of mine will have a son named Alī. On the Day of Resurrection, a caller will proclaim from within the Throne, ‘Master of the Worshippers!’ and he will rise. He will have a son named Muhammad. O Jābir, when you see him, convey my greetings to him, and know that you will have little time left after that day.”’ Jābir lived only a little over ten days thereafter before he died.”
Ibn al-Jawzī said: “This hadith is undoubtedly fabricated, and al-Ghallābī is suspected of having fabricated it. Al-Dāraqutnī said, ‘He used to fabricate hadith.’” See also, concerning this fabricated hadith: *al-Laālī al-Masnūa*, 1/451–453; *al-Fawāid al-Majmūa*, p. 418; and *Tanzīh al-Sharīa*, 1/415.
وَأَمَّا مَا ذَكَرَهُ مِنْ قِيَامِ أَلْفِ رَكْعَةٍ، فَقَدْ تَقَدَّمَ أَنَّ هَذَا لَا يُمْكِنُ إِلَّا عَلَى وَجْهٍ يُكْرَهُ
(١)
فِي الشَّرِيعَةِ، أَوْ لَا يُمْكِنُ بِحَالٍ، فَلَا يَصْلُحُ ذِكْرُ مِثْلِ
(٢)
هَذَا فِي الْمَنَاقِبِ. وَكَذَلِكَ مَا ذُكِرَ مِنْ تَسْمِيَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -
[لَهُ]
(٣)
سَيِّدَ الْعَابِدِينَ
(٤)
هُوَ شَيْءٌ لَا أَصْلَ لَهُ، وَلَمْ يَرْوِهِ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ
[وَالدِّينِ]
(٥)
.
وَكَذَلِكَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ مِنْ خِيَارِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ وَالدِّينِ.
وَقِيلَ:
إِنَّمَا سُمِّيَ الْبَاقِرَ لِأَنَّهُ بَقَرَ الْعِلْمَ، لَا لِأَجْلِ بَقْرِ السُّجُودِ جَبْهَتَهُ. وَأَمَّا كَوْنُهُ
(١) أ، ب: مَكْرُوهٍ.
(٢) أ، ب: ذِكْرُهُ لِمِثْلِ. . .
(٣) لَهُ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (ص) .
(٤) ن، م، هـ، ر، ص، و: بِسَيِّدِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ.
(٥) وَالدِّينِ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) ، (و) ، (هـ) ، (ر) ، (ص) . وَأَوْرَدَ ابْنُ الْجَوْزِيِّ فِي كِتَابِهِ " الْمَوْضُوعَاتِ " ٢/٤٤ ٤٥. . عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ قَالَ: " كُنَّا عِنْدَ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَقَدْ كُفَّ بَصَرُهُ، وَعَلَتْ سِنُّهُ، فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ وَمَعَهُ ابْنُهُ مُحَمَّدٌ وَهُوَ صَبِيٌّ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَى جَابِرٍ وَجَلَسَ، وَقَالَ لِابْنِهِ مُحَمَّدٍ: قُمْ إِلَى عَمِّكَ فَسَلِّمَ عَلَيْهِ وَقَبِّلْ رَأْسَهُ، فَفَعَلَ الصَّبِيُّ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ جَابِرٌ: مَنْ هَذَا؟ فَقَالَ: ابْنِي مُحَمَّدٌ. فَضَمَّهُ إِلَيْهِ وَبَكَى، وَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ السَّلَامَ. فَقَالَ لَهُ صَحْبُهُ: وَمَا ذَاكَ؟ قَالَ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، فَضَمَّهُ إِلَيْهِ وَقَبَّلَهُ وَأَقْعَدَهُ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: يُولَدُ لِابْنِي هَذَا ابْنٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ: عَلِيٌّ، إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ نَادَى مُنَادٍ مَنْ بُطْنَانِ الْعَرْشِ: سَيِّدَ الْعَابِدِينَ، فَيَقُومُ هُوَ، وَيُولَدُ لَهُ ابْنٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ: مُحَمَّدٌ، إِذَا رَأَيْتَهُ يَا جَابِرُ، فَاقْرَأْ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامَ مِنِّي، وَاعْلَمْ أَنَّ بَقَاءَكَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ قَلِيلٌ، فَمَا لَبِثَ جَابِرٌ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ إِلَّا بِضْعَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا حَتَّى تُوُفِّيَ ". قَالَ ابْنُ الْجَوْزِيِّ: " هَذَا حَدِيثٌ مَوْضُوعٌ بِلَا شَكٍّ، وَالْمُتَّهَمُ بِهِ الْغَلَّابِيُّ. قَالَ الدَّارَقُطْنِيُّ: كَانَ يَضَعُ الْحَدِيثَ " وَانْظُرْ عَنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ الْمَوْضُوعِ: اللَّآلِئَ الْمَصْنُوعَةَ ١/٤٥١ ٤٥٣، الْفَوَائِدَ الْمَجْمُوعَةَ، ص ٤١٨، تَنْزِيهَ الشَّرِيعَةِ ١/٤١٥.