١ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى الْخَطِيبِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ وَبِشْرِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالَ قَالَ لِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ أَ لا أَسُرُّكَ يَا ابْنَ مُثَنًّى قَالَ قُلْتُ بَلَى وَقُمْتُ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ دَخَلَ هَذَا الْفَاسِقُ آنِفاً فَجَلَسَ قُبَالَةَ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ مَا تَقُولُ فِي الْمُحْرِمِ أَ يَسْتَظِلُّ عَلَى الْمَحْمِلِ فَقَالَ لَهُ لا قَالَ فَيَسْتَظِلُّ فِي الْخِبَاءِ فَقَالَ لَهُ نَعَمْ فَأَعَادَ عَلَيْهِ الْقَوْلَ شِبْهَ الْمُسْتَهْزِئِ يَضْحَكُ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ فَمَا فَرْقُ بَيْنِ هَذَا وَهَذَا فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا يُوسُفَ إِنَّ الدِّينَ لَيْسَ بِقِيَاسٍ كَقِيَاسِكُمْ أَنْتُمْ تَلْعَبُونَ بِالدِّينِ إِنَّا صَنَعْنَا كَمَا صَنَعَ رَسُولُ الله (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) وَقُلْنَا كَمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ الله (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) كَانَ رَسُولُ الله (صلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) يَرْكَبُ رَاحِلَتَهُ فَلا يَسْتَظِلُّ عَلَيْهَا وَتُؤْذِيهِ الشَّمْسُ فَيَسْتُرُ جَسَدَهُ بَعْضَهُ بِبَعْضٍ وَرُبَّمَا سَتَرَ وَجْهَهُ بِيَدِهِ وَإِذَا نَزَلَ اسْتَظَلَّ بِالْخِبَاءِ وَفَيْ‏ءِ الْبَيْتِ وَفَيْ‏ءِ الْجِدَارِ.
1. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ja’far ibn al-Muthanna’ al-Khatib from Muhammad ibn al- Fudayl and Bishr ibn ‘Isma‘il who has said the following: “Muhammad ibn ‘Isma‘il once said to me, ‘Would you like if I give you happy news, O ibn Muthanna?’ I replied, ‘Yes, please,’ and I stood up before him. He said, ‘This sinful person came to abu al-Hassan ‘Alayhi al-Salam, and he turned to him (the Imam) and asked, “O abu al-Hassan, can a man in the state of Ihram seek shadow in the carriage on the back of camels?” He (the Imam) said, “No, he cannot do so.” He then asked, “Can he seek shadow in the tent?” He (the Imam) said, “Yes, he can do so.” He repeated those words in a scolding manner, laughed and said, “O abu al-Hassan, what is the difference between this and that?” He (the Imam) then said, “O abu Yusuf, religion is not based on analogies like your analogies. You play with religion. We do only what the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, did and we say what the Messenger of Allah said. The Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, rode his stumper and did not prepare a shadow for himself. The sun rays hurt him and he covered only one part of his body with the other part, like covering his face with his hand, and when he disembarked he sought shadow in the tent, next to the House and walls.’” 