Ceci est la partie 11 sur 12 de « The Garden (ar-Rawda) », livre 33 de Al-Kafi — Hadith 14 144–14 193. Le livre est suffisamment long pour être divisé en 12 pages afin que chacune se charge rapidement ; les parties se suivent dans l'ordre et sont liées au bas de la page.
501. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ali Bin Al-Hakam, from Al-Husayn Abu Al-A’ala Al-Khaffaf, who has narrated the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) has said: ‘When the people were defeated on the Day of Ohad and fled from the Prophet (saww), he (saww) turned towards them with his (saww) face and was saying: ‘I (saww) am Muhammad (saww)! I (saww) am the Rasool Allah (saww)! I (saww) have neither been killed nor have I (saww) died’. So and so, and so and so (Abu Bakr and Umar) turned towards him (saww) saying, ‘Now he (saww) is mocking with us as well and we have been defeated. And there remained with him (saww) Ali (asws) and Samaak Bin Kharsha Abu Dujana (ar), may Allah (azwj) have Mercy on him. So the Prophet (saww) called him (ar) over and said: ‘O Abu Dujana! Leave, for you (ar) are free from your pledge of allegiance. As for Ali (asws), so I (saww) am him (asws) and he (asws) is me (saww)’. So he came over and sat down in front of the Prophet (saww) and wept, and said, ‘No, by Allah (azwj)!’ And he (ar) raised his (ar) head towards the sky and said, ‘No, by Allah (azwj)! I (ar) will not make myself free from my pledge of allegiance. I (ar) gave my (ar) pledge of allegiance to you (saww), so where shall I (ar) go, to a wife who will die, or a son who will die, or a house which will be ruined and wealth which will be destroyed, and a term (death) which comes nearer?’ So the Prophet (saww) left him (ar), and he (ar) did not stop fighting until he was weakened by the wounds and he (ar) was on one side of him (saww) and Ali (asws) was on the other side of him (saww). So when he (ar) dropped, Ali (asws) carried him (ar) to the Prophet (saww) and placed him (ar) in his (saww) presence. So he (ar) said, ‘O Rasool Allah (saww), have I (ar) been loyal to my (ar) pledge of allegiance?’ He (saww) said: ‘Yes’. And the Prophet (saww) said good things for him (ar). And the people were attacking the Prophet (saww) from the right, so Ali (asws) defended him (saww). So when he (asws) defended him (saww), they attacked the Prophet (saww) from the left. That situation did not cease until his (asws) sword broke into three pieces. So he (asws) came to the Prophet (saww). He (asws) displayed it in front him (saww) and said: ‘This is my (asws) sword which has broken. Thus, it was on that day that the Prophet (saww) gave him (asws) Za Al-Fiqar (Zulfiqar). And when the Prophet (saww) saw that (Ali (asws)) was exhausted due to the frequency of the fighting, he (saww) raised his (saww) head towards the sky and he wept and said: ‘O Lord (azwj)! You (azwj) Promised me (saww) that You (azwj) would be Making Your (azwj) Religion to prevail, and if You (azwj) so Desire, it would not Tire You (azwj)’. Ali (asws) turned towards the Prophet (saww) and said: ‘O Rasool Allah (saww)! I (asws) heard a loud rumble and heard the galloping of Hayzoum (Horse of Jibraeel), and I (asws) did not attack to strike anyone except that he would fall dead before I (asws) struck him. So he (saww) said: ‘This was Jibraeel and Mikaeel, and Israfeel among the Angels’. Then Jibraeel (as) went and paused to the side of the Rasool Allah (saww). He said: ‘O Muhammad (saww), this is the comfort’. So he (saww) said: ‘Ali (asws) is from me (asws), and I (saww) am from him (asws)’. So Jibraeel said: ‘And I am from both of you (asws). Then the people (enemy) were defeated. So the Rasool Allah (saww) said to Ali (asws): ‘O Ali (asws)! Go with your (asws) sword until you are opposite to them. If you (asws) see them riding the camels and the horses are by their side, then they are intending to go to Makkah. And if you (asws) see them to be riding the horses and their camels are by their sides, so they are intending to go to Al-Medina. Ali (asws) came up to them, and they were upon their camels, so Abu Sufyan said to Ali (asws), ‘O Ali (asws)! What do you (asws) want. That is where we are going, to Makkah. So leave and go to your (asws) companion (saww)’. Jibraeel followed them, and when they heard the galloping of his horse, they strived to move faster, and he kept following them. So when they moved, they said, ‘It is the army of Muhammad (saww) which is coming’. Abu Sufyan entered Makkah and informed them of the news. The shepherds and the woodcutters came. So they entered Makkah. They said, ‘We saw the army of Muhammad (saww)!’ All of them left. Abu Sufyan descended at Makkah and followed their footsteps horse to the horse. The people of Makkah came and addressed Abu Sufyan and reproached him. And the Prophet (saww) moved and the flag was with Ali (asws) and he (asws) was in front of him (saww). So when he (asws) came up with the flag while moving in front and when they reached ‘Al-Uqba’, and the people saw him (asws), Ali (asws) called out: ‘O you people! This is Muhammad (saww). He (saww) never died and he (saww) was never killed!’ So the one who had said, ‘He (saww) is mocking us and we have been defeated’ (Abu Bakr or Umar)’, said, ‘This is Ali (asws) and flag is in his (asws) hands’, until the Prophet (saww) moved towards them, and the women of the Helpers were in their courtyards and on the doorways of their houses, and the men came out to him (saww) returning from their flight and escape. The women of the Helpers had scratched their faces, and spread their hair, and placed dust upon their foreheads, and had torn the sides of their dresses, and tied their abdomens for (the grief for) Prophet (saww). So when he (saww) saw them, he (saww) said good things for them and told them to cover themselves up and enter their respective houses. And he (saww) said: ‘Allah (azwj) Promised me (saww) that He (azwj) would Make His (azwj) Religion to prevail over all the Religions’. And Allah (azwj) Revealed unto Muhammad (saww): “[3:144] Muhammad is but a messenger, messengers (the like of whom) have passed away before him; if then he dies or is killed will you turn back upon your heels? And whoever turns back upon his heels, he will by no means do harm to Allah in the least”, the Verse.
502. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, and someone else, from Muawiya Bin Ammaar, who has reported the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) has said; ‘When the Messenger (saww) of Allah (azwj) went out in a military expedition of Al-Hudaybiyya, it was the Month of Zil-al-Qadaha. So when he (saww) ended up at the place in which Ihram had to be worn, they did so and wore their weapons as well. So when it (news) reached the ‘الْمُشْرِكِينَ’ (Polytheists), they sent to him (saww) Khalid Bin Waleed to turn him (saww) back. He (saww) said; ‘Bring me a man who can take me (saww) via a different road to this one. So they came with a man from Muzaynat or from Juhaynat. He (saww) asked him, but he did not agree. So he (saww) said; ‘Bring to me (saww) a man other than him’. So they came with another man from Muzaynat, or from Juhaynat. He said, ‘I remember it. So he took them with him until they ended up at Al-Uqba. So he (saww) said: ‘The one who climbs it, Allah (azwj) would Forgive him just as He (azwj) Forgave the Children of Israel, so He (azwj) Said: “[7:161] and enter the gate making obeisance, We will forgive you your wrongs”. The cavalry of the Helpers, Al-Aws, and Al-Khazraj initiated the advance, and they were one thousand eight hundred of them. So when they descended to Al-Hudaybiyya, there was a woman who had her son with her at Al-Quleyb. So her son ran away. So when she established that it was the Rasool Allah (saww), she screamed, ‘These are Al-Sa’ibun, there is no problem to you from them’. The Rasool Allah (saww) came up to her and commanded her to draw a bucket of water. The Rasool Allah (saww) took it. He (saww) drank, and washed his (saww) face. She took its remaining bit and returned it back in the well. That well still has water until this time. And the Rasool Allah (saww) came out, and the Polytheists sent to him (saww) Aban Bin Saeed with some horsemen in front of them. Then they sent Al-Hulays, so he saw the animals being prepared for sacrifice. He returned and did not come to the Rasool Allah (saww), and said to Abu Sufyan: ‘ By Allah (azwj), it was not this that we agreed upon, to return the sacrifices from its place’. He said, ‘Be quiet! For you are only a Bedouin’. He said, ‘But, by Allah (azwj), stay away from Muhammad (saww) and what he (saww) wants, or else I shall revolt among Al-Ahabeysh’. He said, ‘Keep quiet until we take an agreement from Muhammad (saww)’. So they sent to him (saww) Urwat Bin Masoud and he had gone to the Qureysh regarding the people whom Al-Mugheira Bin Soh’ba had killed when they had gone with him from Al-Taef, and they used to be businessmen. So he (al-Mughirah) killed them and had come with their wealth to the Rasool Allah (saww). So the Rasool Allah (saww) had refused to accept it and said; ‘This is treachery, and we (saww) have no need with regards to it’. They sent him so he said, ‘O Rasool Allah (saww), this is Urwat Bin Masoud who has come to you, and he magnifies the sacrifices’. He (saww) said: ‘Make him stand here’. They brought him to stand. He said, ‘O Muhammad (saww), why have you (saww) come?’ He (saww) said: ‘I (saww) have come to circumambulate (Tawaaf) the House, and perform Sa’ee between Al-Safa and Al-Marwa, and sacrifice this camel and leave its meat for you’. He said, ‘No, I swear by al-laat and al-uzza, a person like you (saww) should not be sent back from what he has come for. If your (saww) people bind you (saww) to Allah (azwj) and the mercy, to enter their city without their permission, and cut-off their relationships, and make enemies to go against them’. So the Rasool Allah (saww) said: ‘I (saww) will not do it until I (saww) enter the city’. And when Urwat Bin Masoud was speaking with the Rasool Allah (saww), he was holding his beard, and Al-Mugheira was standing near to his head. So he hit him by his hand and said, ‘Who is this, O Muhammad (saww)! So he (saww) said: ‘This is the son of your brother, Al-Mugheira’. He said, ‘O treachery! By Allah (azwj), I did not come here except for the reconciliation with you (saww)’. So he returned to them and said to Abu Sufyan and his companions, ‘No, by Allah (azwj), a person like Muhammad (saww) should not be turned back from what he has come for’. So they sent to him (saww) Suhail Bin Amro and Huweytab Bin Abdul Uzza. So the Rasool Allah (saww) commanded for the sacrificial animals to be spread out in front of their eyes. He said, ‘Why have you (saww) come here?’ He (saww) said: ‘For circumambulation of the House, and the Sa’ee between Al-Safa and Al-Marwa, and sacrifice the animals and leave their meat between you’. If your (saww) people bind you (saww) to Allah (azwj) and the mercy from entering their city without their permission, and cut-off their relationships, and make their enemies to go against them’. He (asws) said; ‘The Rasool Allah (saww) refused the two of them, except that he (saww) would enter it. And the Rasool Allah (saww) had intended to send Umar to them. So he said, ‘O Rasool Allah (saww), my relatives are few, and I am among them of the status that you (saww) know about (a humiliating one). You (saww) should send Usman Bin Affan’. So the Rasool Allah (saww) sent for him and said, ‘Go to your people from the Believers. Give them the good news of what my (saww) Lord (azwj) has Promised me (saww) of the victory over Makkah’. So when Usman went, he met Aban Bin Saeed. So he delayed the camel and made room for Usman to ride with him. Usman entered (Makkah) and there was a skirmish. So Suhail Bin Amro seated himself in the presence of the Rasool Allah (saww), and Usman sat in the army of the Polytheists. And the Rasool Allah (saww) got the Muslims to pledge their allegiances and tap one by his hand upon the other and Muslims said: ‘How good of Usman that he has circumambulated the House and performed Sa’ee between Al-Safa and Al-Marwa and be lawful (out of Ihraam)’. So the Rasool Allah (saww) said: ‘He did what he had to do’. So when Usman came, the Rasool Allah (saww) said to him; ‘Did you circumambulate the House?’ He said, ‘I could not circumambulate the House whilst the Rasool Allah (saww) had not circumambulated it’. Then he mentioned the story and what had happened’. So he (saww) said to Ali (asws): ‘Write – In the Name of Allah (azwj), the Beneficent, the Merciful’. Suhail said, ‘I don’t know what the Beneficent, the Merciful is except that I think this is the one at Al-Yamama. But, write as we write – ‘By Your (azwj) Name, our Allah (azwj)’. He (saww) said; ‘And write this – What has been agreed upon by the Rasool Allah (saww) and Suhail Bin Amro’. So Suhail said, ‘What are we fighting you (saww) for, O Muhammad (saww)?’ So he (saww) said; ‘I (saww) and the Rasool Allah (saww) and I (saww) am Muhammad bin Abdullah (saww)’. So the people said: ‘You (saww) are the Rasool Allah (saww)’. He said, ‘Write – Write that this is what has been agreed upon by Muhammad Bin Abdullah (saww)’. So the people said: ‘You (saww) are the Rasool Allah (saww)’. And what was in the agreement that – ‘The one who was from us, if he were to come to you, shall be returned back to us and the Rasool Allah (saww) will not keep him unwillingly from his religion, and the one who comes to us from you will not be returned back to you’. So the Rasool Allah (saww) said; ‘There is no need for us regarding them, and they should be allowed to worship Allah (azwj) among you openly, not in secret, and be allowed to exchange gifts between Al-Medina to Makkah’. And there was not agreement more magnificent in Blessings than it for it made Al-Islam to almost take over the people of Makkah. So Suhail Bin Amro struck his hand upon his son Abu Jandal, so he said, ‘The first of what we have agreed with you’. The Rasool Allah (saww) said: ‘Have I (saww) applied the agreement upon anything yet?’ He said, ‘O Muhammad (saww)! You (saww) are not a traitor’. So he went with Abu Jandal’. So he said, ‘O Rasool Allah (saww), you (saww) are handing me over to him?’ He (saww) said: ‘And I (saww) did not set any conditions for you’. And said: ‘Our Allah (azwj)! Make a way out for Abu Jandal!’
503. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from Abaan, from Al-Fazl Abu Al-Abbas, who has narrated the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) regarding the Statement of Allah (azwj): “[4:90] or who come to you, their hearts shrinking from fighting you or fighting their own people”, he (asws) said: ‘Revealed with regards to the Clan of Mudlaj because they had come to the Rasool Allah (saww), so they said, ‘There are restrictions in our chests that we should testify that you (saww) are the Rasool Allah (saww), for we are neither with you (saww) nor are we with our people against you (saww)’. So I said, ‘How did the Rasool Allah (saww) deal with them?’ He (asws) said; ‘He (saww) said that he (saww) would leave them until he (saww) was free from dealing with the Arabs, then he (saww) would call them (to Al-Islam), to see if they answered or else he (saww) would fight against them’.
504. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ibn Fazzaal, from Dawood Bin Abu Yazeed and he is Farqad, from Abu Yazeed Al-Hammaar, who has said the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) having said that: ‘Allah (azwj) Sent four Angels (to Prophet Ibrahim (as)) for the destruction of the people of Lut (as) – Jibraeel (as), and Mikaeel (as), and Israfeel (as), and Karoubeel (as) and they had obscured their faces. They greeted him (as). He (as) did not recognise them and saw them as good persons. So he (as) said (to himself (as)), ‘No one shall attend to them except for myself personally’, and he (as) was a kind host. So he grilled a calf for them until it was well done, then placed it near to them. So when he (as) placed it in front of them, “[11:70] But when he saw that their hands were not extended towards it, he deemed them strange and conceived fear of them”. So when Jibraeel (as) saw that, he (as) removed the turban from his (as) face and from his (as) head. Ibrahim (as) recognised him (as). He (as) said: ‘You (as) are he (as)!’ He (as) said: ‘Yes’, and his (as) wife passed by and he (as) gave her (as) the good news of Is’haq (as), and after Is’haq (as) of Yaqoub (as). So she (as) said what Allah (azwj) has Stated, and they (as) answered her (as) with what is in the Mighty Book. So Ibrahim (as) said to them: ‘What have you (as) come for?’ They (as) said to him (as): ‘For the destruction of the people of Lut (as)’. So he (as) said to them (as): ‘Suppose there were a hundred Believers among them, would you (as) destroy them?’ Jibraeel (as) said: ‘No’. He (as) said: ‘If there were fifty?’ He (as) said: ‘No’. He (as) said, ‘If there were thirty?’ He (as) said; No’. He (as) said: ‘If there were twenty?’ He (as) said: ‘No’. He (as) said: ‘if there were ten?’ He (as) said; ‘No’. He (as) said: ‘If there were five?’ He (as) said: ‘No’. He (as) said: ‘If there was one?’ He (as) said: ‘No’. “[29:32] He said: Surely in it is Lut. They said: We know well who is in it; we shall certainly deliver him and his followers, except his wife; she shall be of those who remain behind”. Then they (as) left. And Al-Hassan Al-Askary Abu Muhammad (asws) said, and I don’t know whether it is the speech except that it has been preserved: ‘And it is the Statement of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic: “[11:74] he began to plead with Us for Lut’s people”. So they (as) came to Lut (as) whilst he (as) was in his (as) farm near the city. So they (as) greeted him (as) whilst they (as) had obscured their (as) faces. So when he (as) saw them to be as good persons clad in white turbans and white robes, he (as) said to them (as): ‘Lodging?’ They (as) said: ‘Yes’. So he (as) led them (as) and they (as) walked behind him (as). He (as) regretted having offered lodging to them (as) and said (to himself (as)): ‘What shall I (as) do when I (as) come to my (as) people and I recognise them?’ So he (as) turned towards them (as) and said: ‘You (as) have come to evil creatures of Allah (azwj)’. And Jibraeel (as) had said: ‘We (as) will not make haste against them until he (as) testifies by three testimonies’. So Jibraeel (as) said (to himself (as)): ‘This is one testimony’. Then they (as) walked for a while, then he (as) turned towards them and said: ‘You (as) have come to evil creatures of Allah (azwj)’. So Jibraeel (as) said (to himself (as)): ‘These are two’. Then they (as) went, so when they reached the gate of the city, he (as) turned towards them (as) and said; ‘You (as) have come to evil creatures of Allah (azwj)’. So Jibraeel (as) said (to himself (as)): ‘These are three’. Then he (as) entered (the city) and they (as) entered with him (as). So when his (as) wife saw them (as) of good built she climbed on top of the roof of the house and whistled to the people. So when they did not hear her, she raised smoke. So when they saw the smoke they came rushing to the door. She came down to them and said, ‘He (as) has such people with him (as) that I have not seen such beauty ever better than theirs. They came to the gate, so when Lut (as) saw them, he (as) said: ‘O people! Fear Allah (azwj) and do not harass regarding my (as) guests. Is there no man with guidance among you? These are my (as) (community’s) daughters. They are cleaner for you, so call them to the Permissible’. They said, ‘You (as) are aware that there is no right for us regarding your daughters, and you (as) well know what we want’. So he (as) said; ‘If I (as) had strength or support I (as) would have resorted to a strong corner’. So Jibraeel (as) said (to himself (as)): ‘If only he (as) knew how much strength he (as) had’. So they spoke a lot until they (as) entered the house’. He (asws) said: ‘Jibraeel (as) shouted: ‘O Lut (as)! Call them to enter the house’. So when they entered, Jibraeel (as) pointed by his (as) finger around them, so their eyesight was lost and it is His (azwj) Words: “[54:37] but We blinded their eyes”. Then Jibraeel (as) called out: ‘We (as) have been Sent to destroy you all’. So he (as) said: ‘O Jibraeel (as), hurry up’. So he (as) said: ‘Their Promised time is the morning. Is not the morning yet?’ He (asws) said; ‘So he (Jibraeel (as)) commanded him to carry with him those who were with him (as) except for his (as) wife. Then Jibraeel (as), by his (as) wings, uprooted from the seventh firmament, then raised it until the inhabitants of the sky heard the barking of the dogs and the crowing of the roosters. Then he (as) overturned it, and rained upon it and upon the surrounding areas of the city, stones of clay’.
505. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Al-Al-Sabbaah Bin Abdul Hameed, from Muhammad Bin Muslim, who has narrated the following: Abu Ja’far (asws) has said: ‘By Allah (azwj), that which Al-Hassan Bin Ali (asws) did was better for this community from all that upon which the sun rises. By Allah (azwj), this Verse had been Revealed: “[4:77] Have you not seen those to whom it was said: Withhold your hands, and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, but rather, it is the obedience to the Imam (asws), and they sought to fight, but when fighting is prescribed for them alongside Al-Husayn (asws) they say: Our Lord! why hast Thou ordained fighting for us? Wherefore didst Thou not grant us a delay to a near end?” we would have responded to Your (azwj) Call and we would have followed the Messengers (as). They intended to delay that to Al-Qaim (asws)’.
506. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Salmat Bin Al-Khataab and a number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad together, from Ali Bin Hassaan, from Ali Bin Atiyya Al-Zayyaat, from Moala Bin Khuneys who said: I asked Abu Abdullah (asws) about the stars (astrology), is it true?’ So he (asws) said; ‘Yes. Allah (azwj) Sent Jupiter to the earth in the image of a man. So he took a man from the non-Arabs and taught him the stars (Astrology) until he thought that he understood it. Then he said to him, ‘Look around. Where is the Jupiter?’ So he said, ‘I cannot see it in the sky and I do not know where it is’. He (asws) said; ‘He left him and grabbed the hand of a man from India. So he taught him until he thought he had understood it, and said, ‘Look at Jupiter, where is it?’ So he said, ‘My calculation evidences to me that you are the Jupiter’. He (asws) said: ‘He gasped a cry and died, and his people inherited his knowledge, so the knowledge is over there (in India)’.
507. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Jameel Bin Salih, from the one who informed him, the following: I asked about the stars (Astrology) from Abu Abdullah (asws). The Imam (asws) replied: ‘No one knows it except for a People of a household from the Arabs, and a people of a household from India’.
508. Humeyd Bin Ziyad, from Abu Al-Abbas Ubeydullah Bin Ahmad Al-Dahqan, from Ali Bin Al-Hassan Al-Tatary, from Muhammad Bin Ziyad Baya’ Al-Sabiry, from Aban, from Sabbah bin Sayabat, from Al-Moalla Bin Khuneys who said: I went with the letters of Abdul Salaam Bin Naeem, and Sudeyr, and a letter of someone else to Abu Abdullah (asws), When Al-Musawwadat makes his appearance, before the appearance of the sons of Al-Abbas, we have estimated that this Command would come to you (asws), so what do you (asws) see?’ ‘He (asws) threw the letters on the ground, and then said: ‘Uff! Uff! I (asws) am not an Imam (asws) for these ones, but they very well know that he (ajfj) would be killing Al-Sufyani’.
509. Aban, from Abu Baseer who said: I asked Abu Abdullah (asws) about the Statement of Allah (azwj): “[24:36] In houses which Allah has permitted to be exalted”, he (asws) said: ‘Houses of the Prophets (as)’.
510. Aban, from Yahya Bin Abu Al-A’la who said: I heard Abu Abdullah (asws) saying: ‘The armour of the Rasool Allah (saww), Zat Al-Fuzoul had two rings of foil in front of it, and two rings of foil at the back of it’. And said; ‘Ali (asws) wore it on the Day of Al-Jamal’.
511. Aban, from Yaqoub Bin Shuayb, who has said: Abu Abdullah (asws) has said: ‘Ali (asws) tightened a glimmering belt around his (asws) abdomen on the Day of Al-Jamal which Jibraeel (as) had descended with from the sky, and the Rasool Allah (saww) used to wear it around his (saww) abdomen whenever he (saww) wore the armour’.
512. Aban, from Al-Fazeyl Bin Yasaar, who has said: Abu Ja’far (asws) has said: ‘Usman said to Al-Miqdad (ar), ‘By Allah (azwj), stop insulting me or I will return you (ar) to your (ar) First Lord (azwj)’. He (asws) said: ‘So when the death presented itself to Al-Miqdad (ar), he (ar) said to Ammar, ‘Make it reach to Usman from me (ar) that I (ar) have returned to my (ar) First Lord (azwj)’.
513. Aban, from Fazeyl and Ubeyd, who has said: Abu Abdullah (asws) has said: ‘When the death presented itself to Muhammad Bin Usama, the Clan of Hashim (as) came up to him. So he said to them, ‘You have recognised my being near in relations to you, and my status among you, and I have a debt upon me so I would love it if you could take the responsibility of it from me’. So Ali (asws) Bin Al-Husayn (asws) said: ‘By Allah (azwj), a third of your debt is upon me (asws)’, then he (asws) was quiet and they remained quiet. So Ali (asws) Bin Al-Husayn (asws) said: ‘Upon me (asws) is all of your debt’. Then Ali (asws) Bin Al-Husayn (asws) said: ‘But what prevented me (asws) from assuming the responsibility of all of his debts at first was the abhorrence that they would say, ‘He (asws) preceded us for it’.
514. Aban, from Abu Baseer, who has narrated the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) having said: ‘Whenever the Rasool Allah (saww) descended from his (saww) she-camel Al-Qaswa, he (saww) would leave its reins upon it. It would go out and come to the Muslims. So this man would give it something, and that man would give it something. So it would not remain without (its hunger) is being satisfied. It entered its head in a tent of Samarat Bin Jundab, so he took hold of a stick and struck it upon its head. So he scratched it. So it went out to the Prophet (saww) and complained to him (saww)’.
515. Aban, from a man, who said: Abu Abdullah (asws) has said that: ‘Maryam (as) carried (in her (as)) Isa (as) for nine hours, each hour for a month’.
516. Aban, from Umar Bin Yazeed who said: I said to Abu Abdullah (asws) that: ‘Al-Mugheira (and his people) are alleging that this day is for the night that approaches it’. So he (asws) said: ‘They lie! This day today is for the night that has passed. The people of Al-Nakhla, when they see the crescent say, ‘The Sacred Month has entered’.
517. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ali Bin Sallar Abu Umrat, from Abu Maryam Al-Saqafy, from Ammar Bin Yasser who said: Whilst I was in the presence of the Rasool Allah (saww), when the Rasool Allah (saww) said that: ‘The Shites,the special ones, the sincere ones are from us (asws) the People (asws) of the Household’. So Umar said, ‘O Rasool Allah (saww), introduce them until we recognise them’. So the Rasool Allah (saww) said: ‘I (saww) am not saying to you except that I (saww) want to inform you’. Then the Rasool Allah (saww) said: ‘I (saww) am the Guide to Allah (azwj) and Ali (asws) is the support of the Religion, and its beacons are the People (asws) of the Household, and they (asws) are the Lights of the Religion by whom (asws) it is illuminated’. So Umar said, ‘O Rasool Allah (saww), so the one whose heart is not compatible with this?’ So the Rasool Allah (saww) said: ‘The heart has not been placed in that place except that it is either compatible with it or it is opposed to it. So the one whose heart is compatible with us (asws) the People (asws) of the Household, would be the saved one, and the one whose heart was opposed to us (asws) the People (asws) of the Household, would be destroyed’.
518. Ahmad, from Ali Bin Al-Hakam, from Quteyba Al-A’ashy who said: I heard Abu Abdullah (asws) saying: ‘You have antagonised your fathers, and your sons, and your wives with regards to us (asws), and your Reward is upon Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic. But rather, it would be most needed when you are in a state when your souls reach to here’ – and he (asws) gestured by his (asws) hand to his (asws) throat’.
519. From him, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali, from Dawood Bin Suleyman Al-Hammaar, from Saeed Bin Yasaar who said: We sought permission to see Abu Abdullah (asws), I, and Al-Haris Bin Al-Mugheira Al-Nasry, and Mansour Al-Sayaqal. So we agreed to meet at the house of Tahir, his (asws) slave. So we Prayed Al-Asr, then we went to him (asws). We found him (asws) leaning against a bed near to the ground. So we seated ourselves around him (asws). Then he (asws) sat upright and stretched his (asws) legs until he (asws) placed his (asws) feet upon the ground, then said: ‘The Praise is due to Allah (azwj) Who Made the people to go to the right and left as a Murjiite sect, and a Khwarijite sect, and a Qadiriyya sect, and you have been named as the Turabiyya’. Then said to the one seated on his (asws) right: ‘And Allah (azwj), there is no god except for Him (azwj), One with no associates to Him (azwj), and His (azwj) Messenger (saww), and the Progeny (asws) of His (azwj) Messenger (saww) and their (asws) Shites, may Allah (azwj) honour their faces, and he who was not upon that was not upon anything. By Allah (azwj), Ali (asws) was higher to the people than their own selves after the Rasool Allah (saww)’. He (asws) said it thrice’.
520. From him, from Ahmad, from Ali Bin Al-Mustawarad Al-Nakha’ie, from the one who reported it: Abu Abdullah (asws) has said; ‘From the Angels who are in the sky of the world, they come to one, and two, and three when they are mentioning the virtues of the Progeny (asws) of Muhammad (saww), so they say: ‘But did you see those in their scarcity (of numbers) and the abundance of their enemies, describing the virtues of the Progeny (asws) of Muhammad (saww)?’ So the other group of Angels say: “[62:4] That is Allah’s grace; He grants it to whom He pleases, and Allah is the Lord of mighty grace”.
521. From him, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al-Hakam, from Umar Bin Hanzala, who has reported the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) has said: ‘O Umar, do not place a burden upon our (asws) Shites, and be kind to them, for the people cannot bear what you can bear’.
522. Muhammad Bin Ahmad Al-Qummy, from his uncle Abdullah Bin Al-Salt, from Yunus Bin Abdul Rahman, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, from Husayn Al-Jamal, who has reported the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) regarding the Statement of Allah (azwj) Blessed and High: “[41:29] Our Lord! show us those who led us astray from among the jinn and the men that we may trample them under our feet so that they may be of the lowest”, he (asws) said: ‘Those two (Abu Bakr and Umar)’. Then said: ‘And that one (Umar) was a Satan (la)’.
523. Yunus, from Sowrat Bin Kuleyb, who has reported the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) regarding the statement of Allah (azwj) Blessed and High: “[41:29] Our Lord! show us those who led us astray from among the jinn and the men that we may trample them under our feet so that they may be of the lowest”, he (asws) said: ‘O Sowrat! Those two (Abu Bakr and Umar), by Allah (azwj) those two (Abu Bakr and Umar) three times over. By Allah (azwj), O Sowrat, we (asws) are the Treasurers of the Knowledge of Allah (azwj) in the sky and we (asws) are the Treasurers of the Knowledge of Allah (azwj) in the earth’.
524. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al-Husayn Bin Saeed, from Suleyman Al-Ja’fary who said: I heard Abu Al-Hassan (asws) saying regarding the Statement of Allah (azwj) Blessed and High: “[4:108] They seek to hide from men and seek not to hide from Allah. He is with them when by night they hold discourse displeasing unto Him”, he (asws) said: ‘It means so and so and so and so (Abu Bakr and Umar), and Abu Ubeyda Bin Al-Jarrah’.
525. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, and Muhammad Bin Ismail, and someone else, from Mansour Bin Yunus, from Ibn Azina, from Abdullah Bin Najjashy who said: I heard Abu Abdullah (asws) saying regarding the Statement of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic: “[4:63] These are they of whom Allah knows what is in their hearts; therefore turn aside from them and admonish them, and speak to them effectual words concerning themselves”, Meaning, by Allah (azwj), so and so and so and so (Abu Bakr and Umar). “[4:64] And We did not send any messenger but that he should be obeyed by Allah’s permission; and had they, when they were unjust to themselves, come to you and asked forgiveness of Allah and the Messenger had (also) asked forgiveness for them, they would have found Allah Oft-returning (to mercy), Merciful”, Meaning, by Allah (azwj), the Prophet (saww) and Ali (asws) due to what they had done to him (asws). Yes, had they come to you (asws) with it, O Ali (asws), and asked forgiveness of Allah and the Messenger had (also) asked forgiveness for them, they would have found Allah Oft-returning (to mercy), Merciful. “[4:65] But no! by your Lord! they do not believe (in reality) until they make you a judge of that which has become a matter of disagreement among them”. So Abu Abdullah (asws) said: ‘By Allah (azwj), it is Ali (asws) who is Meant by it. and then do not find any straightness in their hearts as to what you have decided, upon your (saww) tongue, O Rasool Allah (saww), Meaning by it the Wilayah of Ali (asws) and submit with entire submission to Ali (asws)’.
526. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Muammar Bin Khallaad who said: I heard Abu Al-Hassan (asws) saying: ‘Sometimes I (asws) see the dream, so I (asws) interpret it, and the dream is upon what you interpret’.
527. b – From him, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Fazzaal, from AL-Hassan Bin Jahm who said: I heard Abu Al-Hassan (asws) saying: ‘The dream is upon what interpretation you give it’. So I said to him (asws) that, ‘Some of our companions are reporting that the dream of the king was a confused dream’. So Abu Al-Hassan (asws) said: ‘A woman saw a dream during the era of the Rasool Allah (saww) that a pillar of her house had broken. So she came to the Rasool Allah (saww) and related the dream to him (saww). The Prophet (saww) said to her: ‘Your husband will come to you safely’; and her husband had gone away (in a caravan). So he came just as the Prophet (saww) said that he would. Then he went away from her for another time. She saw in the dream as if a pillar of her house had broken. So she came to the Prophet (saww) and related the dream to him (saww). So he (saww) said to her: ‘Your husband will come to you safely’. So he came as he (saww) had said he would. Then her husband went away for a third time. She saw in her dream that a pillar of her house had broken. She met a left-handed man (a fortune teller), so she related her dream to him. The man said to her, ‘The evil. Your husband is dead’. (As the news of her dead husband) reached the Prophet (saww), so he (saww) said: ‘If only he had interpreted it for her in a good way’.
528. A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father together, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abdullah Bin Ghalib, from Jabir Bin Yazeed, who has narrated the following: Abu Ja’far (asws) said that the Rasool Allah (saww) had said: ‘The dream of the Believer floats in between the sky and the earth over the head of its dreamer until he interprets it for himself, or it is interpreted for him by someone like him. So when it gets interpreted, it comes to the ground. So do not narrate your dreams except to the one who understand’.
529. Muhammad Bin yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Al-Qasim bin Urwat, from Abu Baseer, who has reported the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) has said that the Rasool Allah (saww) said: ‘Do not tell your dream except to a Believer who is free from the envy and the rebellion’.
530. Humeyd Bin Ziyad, from Al-Hassan Bin Muhammad Al-Kindy, from Ahmad Bin Al-Hassan Al-Maysami, from Aban Bin Usman, from a man, who has reported the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) has said: ‘There was a man during the era of the Rasool Allah (saww) called Zu Al-Namrat, and he was from the ugliest of the people and that is why he was named Al-Zu Al-Namrat (Animal face) due to his ugliness. So he came to the Prophet (saww) and said, ‘O Rasool Allah (saww), inform me of what Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic has Made to be obligatory upon me’. So the Rasool Allah (saww) said to him: ‘Allah (azwj) has Made it an obligation upon you to Pray seventeen cycles during the day and the night, and Fasts of the Month of Ramadhan when you are of realisation (adult), and the Pilgrimage when you have the (financial) capability for it, and the Zakat’, and detailed these for him. So he said, ‘By the One Who (azwj) Sent you with the Truth as a Prophet (saww), I shall not increase anything upon what has been Obligated upon me’. So the Rasool Allah (saww) said; ‘And why, O Zu Al-Namrat?’ He said, ‘For He (azwj) has Created me as ugly’. He (asws) said: ‘So Jibraeel (as) descended upon the Prophet (saww) and said: ‘O Rasool Allah (saww)! Your (saww) Lord (azwj) Commands you (saww) that you (saww) should convey Greetings to Zu Al-Namrat and say to him: ‘Your Lord (azwj), Blessed and High has Said to you: “Would it not make you happy to be resurrected upon the beauty of Jibraeel (as) on the Day of Judgement?’ So the Rasool Allah (saww) said to him: ‘O Zu Al-Namrat! This here is Jibraeel (as) Commanding me (as) that I (saww) should convey Greetings to you and that your Lord (azwj) has said: “Would it not make you happy to be resurrected upon the beauty of Jibraeel?’ So Zu Al-Namrat said, ‘I have thus become happy, O Lord (azwj). By Your (azwj) Honour, I shall increase (my worship) for You (azwj) until You (azwj) are Pleased’.
531. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al-Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Abu Jameela, from Aban Bin Taglib, who has reported the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) was asked, ‘Did Isa Ibn Maryam (as) revive anyone after his death to the extent that he ate, received sustenance, and had a term, and children?’ He (asws) said: ‘Yes. He (as) had a friend who he (as) had established brotherhood with for the Sake of Allah (azwj) Blessed and High, and Isa (as) used to pass by him and visit him. And that Isa (as) remained absent from him for a while, then passed by his house to greet him. His mother came out to him (as). So he (as) asked her about him. She said, ‘He died, O Messenger (as) of Allah (azwj)’. He (as) said: ‘Would you love to see him’. She said, ‘Yes’. He (as) said to her: ‘Come to me (as) tomorrow and I (as) shall revive him for you by the Permission of Allah (azwj) Blessed and High’. So when it was the next day, she came over. He (as) said to her: ‘Come with me (as) to his grave’. So they went until they arrived at his grave. Isa (as) paused at it, and then supplicated to Allah (azwj). The grave split apart and her son came out alive. So when his mother saw him, and he saw her, they wept. Isa (as) sympathised with them. Isa (as) said to him: ‘Would you like to remain alive with your mother in the world?’ He said, ‘O Prophet (saww) of Allah (azwj), with eating and sustenance and a term, or without eating and sustenance and a term?’ So Isa (as) said to him: ‘With eating and sustenance and a term. And you will be living for twenty years and get married and have children’. He said, ‘Yes’. When he said that, Isa (as) handed him over to his mother. He thus lived for twenty years, and got married, and had children’.
532. Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Walladin, and someone else from our companions, who have reported the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) regarding the Statement of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic: “[22:25] and whoever shall incline therein to wrong unjustly, We will make him taste of a painful chastisement”, so he (asws) said: ‘The one who worships other than Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic, or befriends other than the Guardians (asws) from Allah (azwj), so he has inclined to injustice and it is upon Allah (azwj) Blessed and High to make him taste of a painful chastisement”.
533. Ibn Mahboub, from Abu Ja’far Al-Howl, from Sallam Bin Al-Mustaneer, who has reported the following: Abu Ja’far (asws) regarding the Statement of Allah (azwj) Blessed and High: “[22:40] Those who have been expelled from their homes without a just cause except that they say: Our Lord is Allah”. He (asws) said: ‘It was Revealed regarding the Rasool Allah (saww), and Ali (asws), and Hamza (ar), and Ja’far (ar), and it flowed regarding Al-Husayn (asws), may Peace be upon all of them’.
534. Ibn Mahboub, from Hisham Bin Salim, from Bureyd Al-Kunasy who said: I asked Abu Ja’far (asws) about the Statement of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic: “[5:109] On the day when Allah will assemble the messengers, then say: What answer were you given? They shall say: We have no knowledge, surely Thou art the great Knower of the unseen things”. So he (asws) said; ‘There is an explanation for this. He (azwj) will say: “What response were you (as) given with regards to your (as) successors (as) whom you (saww) left behind among your (as) communities?’ So they (as) will say: ‘We have no knowledge of what they did from after us (as)’.
535. Ibn Mahboub, from Hisham Bin Salim, from Abu Hamza, from Saeed Bin Al-Musayyab who said: I asked Ali (asws) Bin Al-Husayn (asws), ‘How old was Ali (asws) on the day he (asws) became a Muslim?’ So he (asws) said: ‘What? Was he (asws) an infidel ever? But rather, when Allah (azwj) Sent His (azwj) Messenger (saww), Ali (asws) was ten years old, and he (asws) was never an infidel on that day, and he (asws) had believed in Allah (azwj), and in His (azwj) Messenger (saww), and preceded all of the people to the faith by Allah (azwj) and by His (azwj) Messenger (saww) and to the Prayer by three years’. And the first Prayer that he (asws) Prayed with the Rasool Allah (saww) was Al-Zohr (Midday) of two cycles and that is what Allah (azwj) Blessed and High had Obligated it as upon the one who became a Muslim at Makkah – two cycles, two cycles, and the Rasool Allah (saww) had Prayed two cycles at Makkah, and Ali (asws) had Prayed it with him (saww) as two cycles for a period of ten years until the Rasool Allah (saww) migrated to Al-Medina, and left Ali (asws) behind regarding the matters which no one part from him (asws) could have dealt with. And the going out of the Rasool Allah (saww) from Makkah was during the first of the Rabbi-ul-Awwal, and that was the day of Thursday on the thirteenth year from the Mab’as (Declaration of Prophet-hood), and journeyed to Al-Medina over twelve nights from the Month of Rabbi Ul-Awwal with the setting of the sun. So he (saww) descended at Quba, so he (saww) Prayed Al-Zohr two cycles, and Al-Asr two cycles. Then he (saww) did not cease to stay there, awaiting Ali (asws). He (saww) Prayed five Prayers of two cycles, two cycles. And he (saww) stayed at (the house of) Amro Bin Awf for about ten days. They were saying to him (saww), ‘Stay with us, so we will build for you (saww) house and a Masjid’. So he (saww) said; ‘No. I (saww) am awaiting Ali (asws) Bin Abu Talib (asws), and have ordered him (asws) to meet me (saww), and will not settle in a house until Ali (asws) comes, and he (asws) will not be long, Allah (azwj) Willing. So Ali (asws) came to the Prophet (saww) at the house of Amro Bin Awf and stayed with him (saww). Then the Rasool Allah (saww), when Ali (asws) arrived to him (saww), transferred from Quba to the Clan of Saalim Bin Awf, and Ali (asws) was with him (saww), on the Day of Friday at sunrise. So they drew a boundary for him (saww) for a Masjid, and established its Qiblah (direction of Prayer). He (saww) Prayed with them the Friday Prayer of two cycles, and preached them two sermons. Then he (saww) went to Al-Medina upon the she-camel which he (saww) had come upon, and Ali (asws) was with him (saww), not separating from him (saww), walking with him (saww) step by step. And there was no neighbourhood from the neighbourhoods of the Helpers which Rasool Allah (saww) passed by except that they stood up for him (saww) asking him (saww) to descend to them. He (saww) would say to them; ‘Make way for the she-camel for it is under instructions (of where to go). So it went and the Rasool Allah (saww) had freed its reins until it ended up at the place which you see’, and he (asws) gestured by his (asws) hands to the door of the Masjid of the Rasool Allah (saww) by which the funeral Prayers are performed. He (asws) said: ‘So it paused at it and knelt, and placed itself upon the ground. So the Rasool Allah (saww) descended, and Abu Ayub welcomed him (saww) to the extent that he carried his (saww) saddle bag and made him (saww) to enter his house. And the Rasool Allah (saww) and Ali (asws) stayed with him until they built for him (saww), his (saww) Masjid, and built for him (saww) his (saww) house, and a house for Ali (asws). So they two of them (asws) transferred to their (asws) houses’. So Saeed Bin Al-Musayyab (the narrator) said to Ali (asws) Bin Al-Husayn (asws), ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws), Abu Bakr was with the Rasool Allah (saww) when he (saww) arrived at Al-Medina. So when did he separate from him (saww)?’ So he (asws) said: ‘Abu Bakr was with him (saww) when the Rasool Allah (saww) proceeded to Quba, and he (saww) decided to wait for Ali (asws). So Abu Bakr said to him (saww), ‘Come with us to Al-Medina, for the people would rejoice at your (saww) arrival there and are eager to welcome you (saww). So come with us and do not stay over here waiting for Ali (asws), from what I can see, it would take him (asws) a month to come to you (asws)’. So the Rasool Allah (saww) said to him: ‘Never! He (asws) will not be long, and I (saww) will not move until my (saww) cousin (asws), and my (saww) brother (asws) for the sake of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic, and the most beloved to me (saww) of my (saww) Family comes over, for he (asws) saved me (saww) from the Polytheists by being in my (saww) place’. He (asws) said; ‘So Abu Bakr was angry and was disgusted by it, and envy for Ali (asws) entered into him due to that, and that was the first enmity initiated from him to the Rasool Allah (saww) with regards to Ali (asws), and the first of his opposition to the Rasool Allah (saww). So he went until he entered Al-Medina, and left behind the Rasool Allah (saww) at Quba waiting for Ali (asws)’. (The narrator) said, ‘I said to Ali (asws) Bin Al-Husayn (asws), ‘So when did the Messenger (saww) get Fatima (asws) married to Ali (asws)?’ He (asws) said: ‘At Al-Medina, a year after the Migration, and she was in her (asws) ninth year’. Ali (asws) Bin Al-Husayn (asws) said: ‘And there was no birth to the Rasool Allah (saww) from Khadija (as) upon the nature of Al-Islam except for Fatima (asws), and Khadija (as) had passed away a year before the Migration, and Abu Talib (as) had passed away a year after her (as) passing away. So when the two of them (as) passed away, the Rasool Allah (saww) got tired of staying at Makkah, and was overcome by intense grief and sympathised with himself (saww) from the infidels of Qureysh. He (saww) informed Jibraeel (as) about that, so Allah (azwj) Revealed unto him (saww): “Go out from the town where (its) people are unjust and Migrate to Al-Medina, for today there is no helper for you (saww) at Makkah, and establish a war against the Polytheists”. So the Rasool Allah (saww) heeded that and directed himself (saww) to Al-Medina’. So I (the narrator) said to him (asws), ‘So when was the Salat became Obligatory upon the Muslims in the form that they are Praying today?’ He (asws) said: ‘At Al-Medina when the Call was made apparent, and Al-Islam was strong, and Allah (azwj) Decreed Al-Jihaad upon the Muslims, and the Rasool Allah (saww) increased in the Prayer, seven cycles – two cycles in Al-Zohr, and two cycles in Al-Asr, and one cycle in Al-Maghrib, and two cycles in Al-Isha, and accepted Al-Fajr upon what it had been Obligated in order to expedite the descent of the Angels of the day from the sky and to expedite that rising of the Angels of the night to the sky. And the Angels of the night and the Angels of the day had been testifying with the Rasool Allah (saww) for Al-Fajr Prayer, so that is the Statement of Allah (azwj): “[17:78] (the recital of) the Qur’an at dawn. Lo! (the recital of) the Qur’an at dawn is witnessed”, witnessed by the Muslims and witnessed by the Angels of the day and Angels of the night’.
536. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hisham Bin Salim, who has narrated the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) has said: ‘How easy it is to make the people to be happy with you. Just restrain your tongues from (speaking against) them’.
537. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa and Abu Ali Al-Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, together from Ali Bin hadeed, from Jameel Bin Darraaj, from Zurara who said: Abu Ja’far (asws) was in the Sacred Masjid. So there was a mention of the Clan of Umayya and their government. Some of his (asws) companions said to him (asws), ‘We hope that you (asws) will become their master and that Allah (azwj) will Display this Command upon your (asws) hands’. So he (asws) said: ‘I (asws) am not their master, nor am I (asws) happy to be their master, for their companions are the sons of adultery. Allah (azwj) never Created, since the creation of the Heavens and the earth, years nor days shorter than their years and their days. Allah (azwj) Ordered the Angels in who hands is the orbit, to rotate it like a scroll’.
538. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammaad Bin Usman, who has reported: Abu Abdullah (asws) has said: ‘The sons of Al-Mardaas (Al-Abbas) – the one who associates with them, they turn him to be an unbeliever, and the one who distances himself from them, they impoverish him, and the one antagonises them, they kill him, and the one who fortifies himself from them they lower him, and the one flees from them, they are wary of him, until their government comes to an end’.
539. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, and Ahmad Bin Muhammad Al-Kufy, from Ali Bin Amro Bin Ayman together from Muhassan Bin Ahmad Bin Muaz, from Aban Bin Usman, from Basheer Al-Nabaal, who has reported: Abu Abdullah (asws) has said: ‘Once when the Rasool Allah (saww) was sitting a woman came, and held her hand and helped her to sit down. And then said, ‘ She is a daughter of a Prophet (as) whose people had neglected him (as). Khalid Bin Sinan called them, but they refused to believe. There used to be a fire called the fire of Al-Hadsaan which used to engulf them every year. So it used to devour some of them and it used to emerge during a specific time. So he said to them, ‘If I were to turn it back from you, will you believe?’ They said, ‘Yes’. He (asws) said: ‘So it came, and he met it by his clothes and repulsed it. Then he followed it until it entered its cave, and he entered with it, and the people seated themselves at the entrance of the cave, and they were looking out for him and it looked as if he would never come out of it. He came out and he was saying, ‘This, this, and all this is from that. The son, of Ab’as thought, ‘I will not go out whilst my forehead is perspiring’. Then said, ‘Do you believe in me?’ They said, ‘No’. He said, ‘I will die on such a such a day, so when I am dead, bury me. There will come here donkeys among which will be a donkey with its tail cut off until it stands at my grave. So bring me out of my grave and ask me whatsoever you like’. So when he died, they buried him, and on that day the donkeys came and gathered, and they all came intending to exhume him. They said, ‘You all did not believe in him during his lifetime, so how will you now believe in him after his death? And if you were to exhume him it will be damnation for you, so leave him alone’. So they left him’.
540. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Hammad Bin Isa, from Ibrahim Bin Amro Al-Yamani, from Suleym Bin Qays Al-Hilali who said: I heard Salman Al-Farsy (ar) saying: ‘When the Rasool Allah (saww) passed away, and the people did what they did, and Abu Bakr and Umar, and Abu Ubeyda Bin Al-Jarrah disputed with the Helpers, they disputed with them by the ‘بِحُجَّةِ’ rights of Ali (asws). They said, ‘O group of Helpers! Qureysh are more deserving of the Command than you are because the Rasool Allah (saww) is from Qureysh and the Emigrant are from them. Allah (azwj) the High has Begun by them in His (azwj) Book and has Preferred them, and the Rasool Allah (saww) has said that the Imams (asws) are going to be from Qureysh’. Salman (ar) said. ‘So I (ar) came to Ali (asws) and he (asws) was washing (the body of) the Rasool Allah (saww). I informed him of what the people had done and I said, ‘At this time, Abu Bakr is upon the Pulpit of the Rasool Allah (saww), and by Allah (azwj), they are not happy to pledge their allegiances to him with one hand, they are pledging their allegiances by both, their right hands and their left’. So he (asws) said to me; ‘O Salman (ar)! Do you know the one who pledged his allegiance to him upon the Pulpit of the Rasool Allah (saww)?’ I (ar) said, ‘I (ar) do not know except that I (ar) saw in the shadow of the Clan of Sa’ada where the Helpers were disputing, and the one who was the first to pledged his allegiance to him was Basheer Bin Sa’ad, and Abu Ubeyda Bin Al-Jarrah, then Umar, then Saalim’. He (asws) said; ‘I (asws) did not ask you (ar) about this, but do you (ar) know the first one who pledged his allegiance when he ascended upon the Pulpit of the Rasool Allah (saww)?’ I (ar) said, ‘No, but I (ar) saw an old man leaning upon his walking stick, with a mark of prostration between his eyes due to the intensity of Al-Tashmir (prostrations) climb up to him and he was weeping and saying, ‘Praise be to Allah (azwj) Who did not Cause me to die from the world until I saw you in this place. Extend your hand’. So he extended his hand, and he pledged his allegiance to him. Then he descended and went out from the Masjid’. So Ali (asws) said; ‘Do you know who he was?’ I said, ‘No, but his speech had displeased me, as if he was gloating at the passing away of the Prophet (saww)’. So he (asws) said; ‘That was Iblees (la), may Allah (azwj) Curse him (la). The Rasool Allah (saww) informed me (asws) that Iblees (la) and the chiefs of his (la) companions witnessed the Messenger (saww) establishing me (asws) to the people at Ghadeer Khumm by the Command of Allah (azwj), so he (saww) told them that I (asws) was higher to them than their own selves and commanded them that those who were present should make it reach to the absentees. So the devils and the castaways companions of his (la) turned towards Iblees (la) and said, ‘This community is a Blessed community and is infallible, and there is neither for you (la) nor for us (la) a way against them, for they have come to know their Imam (asws), and their shelter after their Prophet (saww). So Iblees (la) , may Allah (azwj) Curse him (la) went away bleak and in grief. And the Messenger (saww) informed me (asws) that when he (saww) passes away, the people would be pledging their allegiances to Abu Bakr in the shade of the Clan of Sa’ada after their quarrelling, then they would be coming to the Masjid, so the first one who would be pledging his allegiance upon my (saww) Pulpit would be Iblees (la) may Allah (azwj) Curse him (la) in the image of an old man with mark of prostration, saying such and such. Then he (la) will go out and gather his (la) Satans and devils and excitedly say to them, ‘All of you (la) thought that there was no way for me (la) against them, so how do you (la) see what I (la) have done with them, to the extent that they had left the Command of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic, and being obedient to Him (azwj), and what the Rasool Allah (saww) has commanded them for’.
541. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Suleyman, from Abdullah Bin Muhammad All Yamani, from Masma’a Bin All Hajjaj, from Sabbah Al-Haza’a, from Sabbah Al-Muzny, who has narrated from Jabir the following: Abu Ja’far (asws) has said; ‘When the Rasool Allah (saww) grabbed the hand of Ali (asws) on the Day of Al-Ghadeer, Iblees (la) screamed in his (la) army a loud scream. So there did not remain anyone from among them, either in the land or in the sea except that he came to him (la). So they said, ‘O our chief and our master, what was that shriek which we heard which was so frightening that you (la) have never screamed like this before’. So he (la) said to them, ‘It was the action of this Prophet (saww), if acted upon, no one would disobey Allah (azwj) ever’. So they said, ‘O our chief, you (la) dealt with Adam (as)’. So when the hypocrites said, ‘He (saww) speak out of desires’, and one of them two (Abu Bakr and Umar) said to his companion, ‘Did you see his (saww) turn in his (saww) head as if he (saww) is a mad man?’ (By this) meaning the Rasool Allah (saww), Iblees (la) screamed with a scream of pleasure. So his (la) friends gathered. So he (la) said, ‘But, do you know that I (la) dealt with Adam (as) beforehand?’ They said, ‘Yes’. He (la) said, ‘Adam (as) set aside the Covenant and did not blaspheme with the Lord (azwj), and these ones have set aside the Covenant and blasphemed against the Rasool Allah (saww)’. So when the Rasool Allah (saww) passed away and the people established someone other than Ali (asws), Iblees (la) wore a crown of the king and established a pulpit and sat upon the cushion, and gathered his (la) cavalry and his (la) infantry. Then he (la) said to them, ‘Be delighted! Allah (azwj) will not be obeyed until the Imam (asws) makes a stand’. And Abu Ja’far (asws) recited: “[34:20] And certainly the Shaitan found true his conjecture concerning them, so they follow him, except a party of the believers”. Abu Ja’far (asws) said: ‘The explanation of this Verse came to the fore when the Rasool Allah (saww) passed away, and the conjecture from Iblees (la) where they said to the Rasool Allah (saww) that he (saww) speak out of desire, so Iblees (la) conjectured about them with a conjecture and they made his (la) conjecture to come true’.
542. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ali Bin Hadeed, from Jameel Bin Darraj, from Zurara, who has reported the following: One of the two of them (asws) (Fifth of sixth Imam (asws)) having said: ‘One morning the Rasool Allah (saww) was grim and in grief. So Ali (asws) said to him (saww): ‘What is it that I (asws) see you (saww) to be grim and sad, O Rasool Allah (saww)?’ So he (saww) said; ‘So how can I (saww) not be like that and I (saww) have dreamt last night that the Clan of Taym (Abu Bakr’s clan), and clan of Adayy (Umar’s clan) ascending upon this Pulpit of mine (saww), returning the people back from Al-Islam backwards. So I (saww) said: ‘O Lord (azwj)! Will it be during my (saww) lifetime or after my (saww) passing away?’ So He (azwj) Said; “After your (saww) passing away”.
543. Jameel, from Zurara, from one of them (asws) (Fifth or Sixth Imam (asws)) having said: ‘The Rasool Allah (saww) said: ‘Had it not been for my (saww) disliking that they would say, ‘Muhammad (saww) sought support of the people so that he (saww) would be victorious over his (saww) enemies’, I (saww) would have killed a lot of people by striking their necks’.
544. A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ubeydullah Al-Dahqaan, from Abdullah Bin Al-Qasim, from Ibn Abu Najraan, from Aban Bin Taglub, who has narrated: Abu Abdullah (asws) has said; ‘The Messiah (as) used to say: ‘The one who avoids treating the wounded from his wounds is inevitably an associate of the one who wounded him, and that the injurer intended to destroy the wounded one, and the one who avoided treating him did not desire his well being. So if he did not desire his well being so he has desired his destruction unwillingly. Similar to that, do not narrate the wisdom to the one who does not deserve it for it would be ignorant of you, and do not prevent it from its deserving ones, for you would be a sinner, but one of you should become of the status of a doctor who treats when he sees it is appropriate for his medicine, otherwise he withholds’.
545. Sahl, from Ubeydullah, from Ahmad Bin Umar who said: I went to Abu Al-Hassan Al-Ridha (asws) with Husayn Bin Suweyr Bin Abu Fakhta. So I said to him (asws), ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws), we used to be in a time of sustenance and led an affluent lifestyle. Our condition changed as it sometimes does, so supplicate to Allah (azwj) to return that state to us’. So he (asws) said: ‘What is it that you want? To become kings? Would you be satisfied to become like Tahir and Harsama, and they are opposed to what you are upon?’ I said, ‘No, by Allah (azwj), it would not satisfy me that there should be for me the whole world and whatever is in it of the gold and the silver, whilst I am upon the opposite to what I am upon at present (Al-Wilayah). He (asws) said; ‘So the one who is contented among you, should be thankful to Allah (azwj). Allah (azwj) is Saying: “[14:7] If you are grateful, I would certainly give to you more”. And the Glorious and High Said: “[34:13] give thanks, O family of Dawood! and very few of My servants are grateful”. And think good with Allah (azwj), for Abu Abdullah (asws) used to say; ‘The one who thinks about Allah (azwj), Allah (azwj) would also Mention him (Reward him), and the one who is happy with a little from the sustenance, Allah (azwj) would Accept even small amount of deeds. And the one who is happy with a small amount of Permissible, his expenses would be light and his family would enjoy, and Allah (azwj) would Show him the sicknesses of the world and its cure and Bring him out from it safely to the House of Peace’. Then said; ‘What is the action of Ibn Qayama?’ I said, ‘By Allah (azwj), he (does not) meet us in a goodly manner’. So he (asws) said: ‘And which thing prevents him from that?’ Then he (asws) recited this Verse: “[9:110] The building which they have built will ever continue to be a source of disquiet in their hearts, except that their hearts get cut into pieces”. Then he (asws) said: ‘Do you know what was it that confused Ibn Qayama?’ I said, ‘No’. He (asws) said: ‘He chased Abu Al-Hassan (asws), so he came to him (asws) from his (asws) right, and from his (asws) left, and he wanted Masjid of the Prophet (saww). So Abu Al-Hassan (asws) turned towards him and said: ‘What do you want, may Allah (azwj) Confuse you’. Then he (asws) said: ‘Consider if Musa (as) were to return to them, so they said, ‘Had you (as) appointed him (Haroun (as)) for us, so we would have followed him (as) in his (as) footsteps’, were they more desirable in their speech or the ones who said, ‘We will not leave our devotions for him (Haroun (as)) until Musa (as) returns to us’. So I said, ‘No, but the ones who said, ‘He (as) has been appointed for us, so we will follow him (as) in his (as) footsteps’. So he (asws) said; ‘So it is from there that Ibn Qayama and the ones who speak by his speech come from’. Then he (asws) mentioned Ibn Al-Sarraaj, so he (asws) said: ‘He had accepted the death of Abu Al-Hassan (asws) and that is why he bequeathed during his death, so he said, ‘All of what I leave behind from the things, even my shirt which is upon my neck, is for the inheritors of Abu Al-Hassan (asws)’. And he never said that it is for Abu Al-Hassan (asws). And this is his acceptance, but which thing will profit him from that and from what he said?’ Then he (asws) was quiet’.
546. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al-Qasim Bin Muhammad, from Suleyman Bin Dawood Al-Munqary, from Hammaad, who has narrated the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) has said; ‘Luqman (as) said to his (as) son: ‘Whenever you travel with a group, take a lot of advice about them for your affairs and their affairs, and smile frequently in their faces, and be generous with your provisions. And if they call you, respond to them, and if they seek your support, help them. And be overcome them with three things – the length of silence, and the frequency of the Prayer, and generosity of the self with whatever is with you from the animal, or wealth, or provisions. And if they ask you to testify to ‘الْحَقِّ’ the truth, so testify for it, and exhaust your opinion for them if they consult you. Then do not advise them until you are sure about it and reconsider it, and do not answer in your advice until you stand regarding it, and sit, and sleep, and eat, and Pray, and you are utilising your thoughts and your wisdom with regards to your advice. So the one who does not refine his advice for the one who consulted him, Allah (azwj) Crucifies his opinion, and Removes from him the trust. And if you see your companions walking, so you should walk with them, and if you see them doing something, so do it with them, and if they give charity and give a loan, so give with them. And listen to the one who is older than you in age, and if he orders you and asks you, so say, Yes’, and do not say, ‘No’, for the ‘No’ is a fault and blameable. And if you are confused regarding your road, so stop and encamp, and if you are in doubt regarding the intended course, pause and plan. And if you see one person, do not ask him about your direction of road, and do not heed his guidance, for the one person in the wild is suspect for he could be an eye for the thieves, or he could be the Satan (la) who confused you. And be cautious of two persons as well, unless you can see what I (as) don’t, for the intellectual, when he sees something with his own eyes recognises the truth from it, and the witness can see what the absentee does not. O my son! And when the time of Salat comes up, so do not delay it for anything, and offer Salat and seek comfort from it for it is the Religion. And Pray in congregation even if there is pushing upon the head. And do not sleep upon your animal for that is injurious to its back, and that is not from the actions of the wise except if you are in a carriage and it is possible for you to stretch your joints. And when you come close to the destination, so descend from your animal and begin by feeding it before yourself. And when you intend to encamp, so it is upon you to remain in a land, which is good in colour, soft in soil, and abundance of grass. And if you encamp, so Pray two cycles before you sit down. And if you intend to fulfill your need (toilet), go far away. And when you embark (upon your journey) Pray two cycles, and say farewell to the land on which you spent time, and send greetings of peace upon it and upon its people, because for every patch of land has its inhabitants from the Angels. If you are able to, do not eat food until you begin by giving charity from it, so do it. And it is upon you to recite the Book of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic as long as you are riding. And it is upon you for the Glorification for as long as you are working. And it is upon you to supplicate for as long as you are alone. And beware of travelling in the first part of the night. And it is upon you to travel from the middle of the night to its end. And beware of raising your voice during your travel’.
547. A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Al-Husayn Bin Yazeed Al-Nowfaly, from Ali Bin Dawood Al-Yaqouby, from Isa Bin Abdullah Al-Alawy who said: It has been narrated to me by Al-Asaydi and Muhammad Bin Basheer that Abdullah Bin Naf’a Al-Azraq used to say, ‘If only I knew someone between its (earth’s) diameter where my animal (ride) can reach to, who can debate with me that Ali (asws) killed the people of Naharwaan, and he (asws) was not unjust to them, I would ride over to him’ (to refute). So it was said to him, ‘And (what about his (asws) son (asws))?’ He said, ‘Is his (asws) son (asws) a knowledgeable one?’ So it was said to him, ‘This is your first ignorance. And have they (asws) ever been without a knowledgeable one?’ He said, ‘So who is their (asws) knowledgeable one today?’ It was said, ‘Muhammad (asws) Bin Ali (asws) Bin Al-Husayn Bin Ali (asws)’. He (the narrator) said, ‘So he rode over to him (asws) with the brave ones of his companions until he came up to Al-Medina. So he sought permission to see Abu Ja’far (asws). It was said to him (asws), ‘This is Abdullah Bin Naf’a’. He (asws) said; ‘So what has he to do with me (asws), and he ‘يَبْرَأُ’ distances himself (Tabarra) from me (asws) and from my (asws) father (asws) both morning and evening’. Abu Baseer Al-Kufy said to him (asws), ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws), this one alleges that, ‘‘If only I knew someone between its (earth’s) diameter where my animal (ride) can reach to, who can debate with me that Ali (asws) killed the people of Naharwaan, and he (asws) was not unjust to them, I would ride over to him (to refute)’. So Abu Ja’far (asws) said to him: ‘You think he has come to me (asws) for a debate?’ He said, ‘Yes’. He (asws) said: ‘O boy (servant), go out and unload his saddlebag, and tell him to come to us (asws) tomorrow’. He (the narrator) said, ‘So when it was the next day, Abdullah Bin Naf’a came with the brave ones of his companions, and Abu Ja’far (asws) sent a message to all the sons of the Emigrants and the Helpers and gathered them. Then he (asws) came out to the people wearing two alluring robes and faced the people as if he (asws) was the moon in orbit. So he (asws) said: ‘The Praise is due to Allah (azwj), the Awarder of the positions, and the Attribute of the attributes, and the Director of the directions. The Praise is due to Allah (azwj) “[2:255] slumber does not overtake Him nor sleep; whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is His” up to the end of the Verse. ‘And I (asws) testify that there is no god except for Allah (azwj), One, with no associates to Him (azwj). And I (asws) testify that Muhammad (saww) is His (azwj) servant, Chosen by Him (azwj) and Guided by Him (azwj) to be on the Straight Path. The Praise is due to Allah (azwj) Who Honoured us (asws) with the Prophet-hood and Favoured us by Al-Wilayah. O group of the sons of the Emigrants and the Helpers! The ones among you who have merits regarding Ali (asws) Bin Abu Talib (asws), so he should stand and narrate them’. So the people stood up, so they enumerated those merits. Abdullah said, ‘I am a narrator of these merits from them, but, subsequently the disbelief took place after the appointment of the two judges’. Then they ended up with the merits in the Hadeeth of Khyber: ‘I (saww) shall give the flag tomorrow to a man who loves Allah (azwj) and His (azwj) Messenger (saww), and Allah (azwj) and His (azwj) Messenger (saww) love him (asws). An attacking one, not a fleeing one who will not return until Allah (azwj) Grants victory upon his (asws) hands’. So Abu Ja’far (asws) said; ‘What do you say regarding this Hadeeth’. He said, ‘True. There is no doubt with regards to it, but disbelief took place afterwards’. So Abu Ja’far (asws) said to him: ‘May your mother be bereft of you! Inform me (asws) about Allah (azwj) Loving Ali (asws) Bin Abu Talib (asws) on the Day He (azwj) Loved him (asws) and He (azwj) Knew that he (asws) would be killing the people of Nahrwan, or did He (azwj) not Know?’ Ibn Naf’a said, ‘Repeat that for me’. So Abu Ja’far (asws) said to him: ‘Inform me (asws) about Allah (azwj), He (azwj) Loved Ali (asws) on the day that He (azwj) Loved him (asws), and He (azwj) Knew that he (asws) would be killing the people of Nahrwan, or did He (azwj) not Know?’ He said, ‘If I say, ‘No’, I would have blasphemed’. He (the narrator) said, ‘So he said, ‘He (azwj) had Known’. He (asws) said: ‘So did Allah (azwj) Love Ali (asws) to act in obedience to Him (azwj) or in disobedience to Him (azwj)?’ He (asws) said; ‘Upon his (asws) acting in obedience to Him (azwj)’. So Abu Ja’far (asws) said to him: ‘So stand up (and leave) for you have been defeated’. He stood up and he was saying, ‘Until the white thread becomes distinct from the black thread at dawn, Allah (azwj) Knows where He (azwj) should Make His (azwj) Message to be’.
548. Ahmad Bin Muhammad, And Ali Bin Muhammad, together from Ali Bin Al-Hassan Al-Taymi, from Muhammad Bin Al-Khataab Al-Wasity, from Yunus Bin Abdul Rahman, from Ahmad Bin Umar Al-Halby, from hammad Al-Azdy, from Hisham Al-Khaffaf who said: Abu Abdullah (asws) said to me: ‘How is your insight into the stars (astrology)?’ I said, ‘There is no one left in Iraq with more insight into the stars than I’. So he (asws) said; ‘How is the rotation of the ‘الْفَلَكِ’ universe in accordance to you?’ So I took off my cap from my head and rotated it. (Imam (asws) said) ‘If the matter was as you are saying it to be, so what do you make of Al-Na’ash, and Al-Jaday, and Al-Faqadayn? They are not being seen to rotate in a day from the time in the direction?’ I said, ‘By Allah (azwj), this is something that I do not understand, not had I heard anyone from the people of the calculation mention it’. So he (asws) said to me: ‘What is the proportion of light of Al-Sukayna from Al-Zuhra Venus)?’ I said, ‘By Allah (azwj), this is a star which I have not heard of, nor have I heard anyone from the people mentioning it’. So he (asws) said; ‘Glory be to Allah (azwj)! So you have dropped (ignored) a whole star, so what is your calculation based upon?’ Then (Imam (asws)) said: ‘So what is the proportion of illumination of Al-Zuhra (Venus) from the moon is?’ I said, ‘This is a thing which no one knows except Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic’. He (asws) said; ‘So what is the proportion of the moon from the sun in its illumination?’ I said, ‘I do not know this’. He (asws) said; ‘You speak the truth’. Then said: ‘So what about the two armies which meet each other in accordance to this calculation, and in accordance to that calculation, and the calculator of this one calculated victory for this army, and the calculator of that one calculated victory for that army, then the two of them met, so one of them defeats the other, so now where would be the bad luck?’ I said, ‘By Allah (azwj), I do not know that’. He (asws) said: ‘You speak the truth. The origin of the calculation is true, but no one knows that except the one who knows the birth of creatures, all of them’.
549. Ali Bin Al-Hassan Al-Mowdab, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid and Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al-Hassan Al-Taymi together, from Ismail Bin Mahran who said, ‘Narrated to me Abdullah Al-Haris, from Jabir, who has narrated the following: Abu Ja’far (asws) has said: ‘Amir-ul-Momineen (asws) gave a sermon to the people at Siffeen, so he (asws) Praised Allah (azwj) and Extolled Him (azwj), and sent greetings upon the Prophet (saww), then said: ‘Having said that, Allah (azwj) the High has Made my (asws) rights to be obligatory upon you all as the Guardian of your matters (Wali-ul-Amr) and my (asws) status which Allah (azwj) Revealed for you, and similarly you have rights upon me (asws) as I (asws) have upon you. And the right is the most beautiful of the things in description; and most expansive in sharing. There is no other thing which is applied on one’s favour without being applied against him and it is not applied against him unless it is applied in his favour. The only one for whom it flows for and does not flow against is Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic only apart from His (azwj) creatures, for He (azwj) is Powerful over His (azwj) servants, and His (azwj) Justice regarding everything that He (azwj) Judges. But He (azwj) Made His (azwj) Rights upon the servants that they should be obedient to Him (azwj), and Made expiation against them by the good Rewards as Grace from Him (azwj), and the prolonged Generosity, and Expanding by increasing it for the one who is deserving of it. Then He (azwj) Made from His (azwj) ‘حُقُوقِهِ’ Rights, certain rights to be obligated for some people upon some other people. So He (azwj) Made it such that it obligates some of them for the others and does not obligate some except by the others. So the greatest of what Allah (azwj) has Necessitated from these rights is the rights of the governor upon the citizens and the rights of the citizens upon the governor, an obligation which Allah (azwj) has Obligated upon one and all. So He (azwj) has Made it to be a system for them and as strength for their Religion, and the establishment of the true Sunnah among them. The citizens will not be corrected except by the governor being correct, nor will the governor be correct except by the integrity of the citizens. So if the citizens fulfil the rights to the governor and the governor fulfils their rights as well, the truth will be strengthened between them. The manifesto of the Religion would be established, and the landmarks of justice would find fairness, and the Sunnah would flow smoothly. That would make life prosperous, and they would yearn for the survival of the government, and the enemies would despair from their ambitions. And if the citizens overcome the governor and the governor seeks to overcome them that are where the differences of speech emerge. The yearning of tyranny appears, and abundance of the lawlessness in the Religion, and the landmarks of the Sunnah are left. So they act by the desires, effects vanish, and illnesses of the souls abound. There is no fear of the penalties for infringement of the Laws, nor does confronting the falsehood seem great. So that is where the humiliation of the righteous and the honour for the evil ones is, and the ruination of the cities, and the greater the consequences will be for the servants in the presence of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic. So come, o you people, to the co-operation to the obedience to Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic, and the establishment by His (azwj) Justice, and the loyalty to His (azwj) Covenant, and the fairness to Him (azwj) is all of His (azwj) Rights, for there is nothing more needed for the servants than for advising with regards to that, and the beautiful co-operation to Him (azwj), and there is no one who intensifies his passion for striving for the Pleasure of Allah (azwj) to be able to reach its deserving point of fulfilling the Rights to Allah (azwj). But, from the obligatory Rights of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic, upon the servants is the advice to each other with maximum efforts, and the co-operation upon the establishment of the truth among them. Then there is person, no matter how great his status regarding the truth, how magnified his preference regarding the truth is, would not be needless from the co-operation upon what Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic has Burdened him with from His (azwj) Rights. And there is no person, no matter how low he is in the affairs, and the eyes are looking down upon him, can remain without being helped upon or given support. And the people of the merits and the people of the Favours are more frequently in need of that, and everyone is in need of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic equally’. A man from his (asws) army answered him (asws). No one knew who he was and it is said that he had never been seen in his (asws) army before that day, nor was he seen after it. So he stood up and beautifully Extolled Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic by what the afflictions He (azwj) had Placed upon them, and His (azwj) Favours from the Obligation of His (azwj) rights against them, and accepted all what had been mentioned of the changing conditions with him (asws) and with them. Then said, ‘You (asws) are our Commander, and we are your (asws) citizens. It is by you (asws) that Allah (azwj) Brought us out of the humiliation and it is by your (asws) strength that He (azwj) Freed His (azwj) servant from the chains. So choose for us, and we will go by your (asws) choice, and make a plan and we would go by your (asws) plan, for you (asws) are a truthful speaker, and the successful ruler, and the authorised king. It is not permissible for us to disobey you (asws) in anything, nor do we compare our knowledge with your (asws) knowledge. You (asws) are great in regard to that choice, in our eyes, and your (asws) virtues are majestic within us’. So Amir-ul-Momineen (asws) answered him saying: ‘It is from the Rights that the one who Magnifies the Majesty of Allah (azwj) within himself and exalts His (azwj) position in his heart, everything else would seem little to him. And the one most deserving to be like that is the one to whom the Bounties of Allah (azwj) are great as well as His (azwj) Kind Favours to him, for no one would magnify the Bounties of Allah (azwj) except that the Rights of Allah (azwj) Increase upon him. And the lowest of the conditions of the governor in the presence of the righteous people is when he thinks of the love for pride and bases his affairs upon the arrogance, and I (asws) did not like to become lost in your thoughts that I (asws) would love the praise and listening to the praise. And I (asws) am not like that. Thanks be to Allah (azwj). And had I (asws) loved what you said, I (asws) would have abandoned it due to it lowering me (asws) for the Sake of Allah (azwj) that I (asws) should take to magnificence and greatness when He (azwj) is more deserving of it. Maybe the people consider it sweet to be praised after the affliction. So do not praise me (asws) with beautiful praises as it may take my (asws) soul out from being for the Sake of Allah (azwj), and the remainder of the rights which I (asws) have yet to fulfill and the obligations which I (asws) have yet to perform. So, do not speak to me (asws) as you speak to the tyrants, and do not have reservations from me (asws) like you have reservations in the presence of the unresponsive people, and do not flatter me (asws), and do not think that I (asws) consider it heavy regarding the right which is said to me (asws), or that I (asws) seek self-greatness, for it is not correct for me (asws). So the one who considers the rights to be a burden if they are told to him, or the justice if it is presented to him, it would become heavier for him to act in accordance with these two. So do not withhold from me (asws) speaking about the rights, or consultation with justice, for I (asws) not, with regards to myself (asws), above mistakes, nor do I (asws) feel secure from that in my (asws) deeds except if Allah (azwj) Suffices for myself (asws) in matter which He (azwj) has more Control over than what I (asws) have. But rather, I (asws) and you all are servants, belonging to the Lord (azwj). There is no lord apart from Him (azwj). He (azwj) Owns us what we do not own ourselves, and Took us out from what we used to be in to be in a situation which was correct for us. So He (azwj) Protected us after straying, by the Guidance. He (azwj) Gave us the vision after the blindness. So, the man who answered him (asws) before, answered him (asws), ‘By Allah (azwj), you (asws) are deserving of what I said. By Allah (azwj), you (asws) are more deserving than what I said, for His (azwj) Favours are such that we cannot deny, and Allah (azwj) Blessed and High has Burdened you (asws) with our citizens, and the Guardianship of our political affairs. So you (asws) have become (a representative of) our knowledge with which we can be guided by, and our Imam (asws) whom we follow, and every matter of yours (asws) is guidance, and every word of yours (asws) is educational. Our eyes have found delight with you (asws) in our lives, and our hearts are filled with bliss by you (asws), and we are amazed at the qualities, which are within you (asws) and our intellects are at a loss to describe. We are not saying to you (asws), ‘O you (asws) righteous Imam (asws) as a purification for you (asws), nor are we exaggerating in our intentions regarding our praising you (asws). And we are not becoming critical of your (asws) conviction, or the purity of your (asws) Religion, so we have no fear that you (asws) would innovate by the Bounties of Allah (azwj) Blessed and High, or be tyrannical, or that arrogance should enter you (asws), but we are saying to you (asws) what we said in order to be closer to Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic by revering you (asws), and Enhancing your (asws) merits, and appreciate the greatness of your (asws) command. So consider yourself (asws) and use, and give preference to the Command of Allah (azwj) over yourself (asws) and over us, for we are obedient with regards to whatever you (asws) order us for, and we submit to the commands along with that regarding what is beneficial for us’. Amir-ul-Momineen (asws) answered him, so he (asws) said: ‘And I (asws) am binding you in the Presence of Allah (azwj) to myself (asws) for your knowing that I (asws) am the guardian for your matters, for very shortly you will be gathered with me (asws). And I (asws) warn you of the Pausing in front of Him (azwj), and the Questioning about what we were in, then some of us will testify against the others, so do not testify today against what you will be testifying tomorrow, for there is nothing hidden from Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic, nor is it permitted in His (azwj) Presence except for the good advice of the chests in all of the matters’. So the man answered him (asws), and it was said that the man was never seen again after this speech of his to Amir-ul-Momineen (asws), and he was bursting with emotion in his chest, and he spoke, and wailed which cut off his speech, and was anxious and choking, breaking his voice, being at the verge of collapse. So he Praised Allah (azwj) and Extolled Him (azwj), then pleaded before Him (azwj) of the horrors of what he had been cured of, from the great dangers, and the prolonged humiliation regarding the mischief to take place during his (asws) era, and the rebellions against him (asws) and the cutting off of what was from his (asws) government. Then he implored the matter to Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic of the Bestowing of Favours on him (asws), and the Dispelling (dangers) from him (asws), and then Extolled Him (azwj) in a goodly manner. So he said, ‘O Lord (azwj) of the servants, and O Giver of tranquillity to the cities! How can we speak of Your (azwj) Grace, and how can we reach Your (azwj) Attributes from Your (azwj) Actions, and for me to reach the reality of the beauty of Your (azwj) Praise, or count the beauty of Your (azwj) Favours. So how can we, and it is due to you (asws) that the Bounties of Allah (azwj) have flowed towards us, and it is upon your (asws) hands that the causes of the good have arrived to us. Did you (asws) not become a sanctuary for the lowest of the low, and a saviour for the disobedient infidels? So by whom, except for the People (asws) of your (asws) Household, and by you (asws) that Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic Took us out from horrors of those dangers, and by whom did he (azwj) Rescue us from the thrones of distress, and by whom except by you (asws) did Allah (azwj) Make apparent the landmarks of our Religion, and Corrected what was spoilt from our Religion until we came to be mentioned, after the tyranny. And our eyes were delighted with a prosperous life when you (asws) became our Guardian as a favour to us, and you (asws) struggled and fulfilled to us all of your (asws) promises, and stood by all of your (asws) oaths to us. So you (asws) were a witness for the ones who were absent from us, and a successor of the People (asws) of the Household for us. And you (asws) were the strength of our weak ones, and the wealth of our poor ones, and a pillar for our great ones. It was your (asws) justice that brought us together in the matters, and accommodated us regarding the truth by your (asws) patience. You (asws) were, for us a familiarity if we saw you (asws), and a tranquillity whenever we mentioned you (asws). So which is the good deed, which you (asws) did not perform, and which is the righteous deeds which you (asws) did not act upon? And had it not been for the matter which we fear for you (asws) from it reaching you, which our efforts could change, and our strengths could defend you (asws) from it, we would be permitted to sacrifice ourselves for your (asws) defence, and repulse it from you (asws) by ourselves and our sons, we would put ourselves and our sons before you (asws). And we would make this choice, and reduce its danger from you (asws), and we would stand in our efforts in an attempt to defend you (asws) from your (asws) enemies. But He (azwj) is an Authority, which cannot be stopped, and a Strength which cannot decline, and a Lord (azwj) Who cannot be overcome. So if he (azwj) was to Bestow a Favour to us by Bestowing upon you (asws) good health, and be Merciful towards us by Keeping you (asws) alive, and be Compassionate to us by Relieving you (asws) of these difficulties from your (asws) situation to Keep you (asws) safe for us, and remain with us in front of us, we would narrate appreciation to Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic for that, and Magnify Him (azwj), and Mention Him (azwj) constantly, and distribute half of our wealth as charity, and free half of our slaves, and narrate to Him (azwj) with humbleness in our selves, and be submissive in all of our affairs. And when He (azwj) Takes you to the Gardens, and Makes to Flow for you (asws) that which is inevitable, so no one would be able to change that which He (azwj) has Ordained, nor repulse from you (asws) His (azwj) Favours, nor will our hearts be opposed to that for that which He (azwj) has Chosen for you (asws) of what is with Him (azwj) over what you (asws) used to be in. But, we would weep if this authority (government) were to return back to humiliation, and for the Religion and the world to be consumed and we do not see for you (asws) a successor we can take our complaints to, nor a similar government we can have hope in establishing it’.
550. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, and Muhammad Bin Ali, together from ismail Bin Mahran, and Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Ahmad, from Ali Bin Al-hassan Al-Taymi, and Ali Bin Al-Husayn, from Ahmad Bin muhammad Bin Khalid, together from Ismail Bin Mahran, from Al-Munzar Bin Jayfar, from Al-Hakam Bin Zaheer, from Abdullah Bin Jareer Al-Abdy, from Al-Asbagh Bin Nubata who said: ‘There came to Amir-ul-Momineen (asws), Abdullah Bin Umar and a son of Abu Bakr, and Sa’d bin Abu Waqqas, seeking from him (asws) the preferential treatment for themselves. So he (asws) ascended the Pulpit, and the people turned their attention towards him (asws). So he (asws) said: ‘The Praise is due to Allah (azwj) to Whom belongs all Praise, and Who is extremely Generous. The descriptions do not fathom Him (azwj) nor is He (azwj) limited by the languages, nor can He (azwj) be understood by the wildest imaginations. And I (asws) testify that there is no god except Allah (azwj), One with no associates to Him (azwj), and that Muhammad (saww) is the Messenger (saww) of Allah (azwj), a Prophet (saww) of Guidance and a place for the piety, and a Messenger (saww) of the Highest Lord (azwj) who (saww) came with the Truth from the Presence of the Truth, to warn by the Enlightening Quran and the Illuminating Proof. So he (saww) declared by the Manifest Book and passed away upon what the former Messengers (saww) had passed away. Having said that, O you people! Do not speak of the men who were immersed in the world, and acquired properties, and made canals to flow, and rode plenty of animals, and cLuthed themselves with soft cLuthing, for that would became a source of shame and ignominy for them if the Forgiver does not Forgive them. If I (asws) were to prevent them from what they used to be in (affluent lifestyle) and take them to what is necessary for them, they would lose all that and they would be saying that the son (asws) of Abu Talib (asws) has been unjust to us and has prohibited us and prevented us from our rights. So, Allah (azwj) is the Helper against the one who (Prays) in our direction (Qiblah), and eats the animals slaughtered by us, and believes by our Prophet (saww), and testifies to what we testify, and enters our Religion, we (asws) will apply upon him the Judgements of the Quran, and the Limits of Al-Islam. There is no preference for anyone over anyone else except by the piety. Indeed! The pious ones have the highest Rewards in the Presence of Allah (azwj) the High, and the best Recompense and the Return. Allah (azwj) did not Make the world to be for the pious ones as a form of Reward, and what is in the Possession of Allah (azwj) is better for the righteous. People of the religion of Allah (azwj)! Consider what you find in the Book of Allah (azwj) and what you leave in the presence of the Rasool Allah (saww) and what you have been striving by for the Sake of Allah (azwj), either by nobility, or by lineage, or by deeds, or by obedience, or devotion, and regarding what you were interested in. So rush to your destinations, may Allah (azwj) have mercy upon you, which you have been Commanded to construct. Assets, which will not spoil and will remain, and will not diminish. The dwellings to which you have received invitations for, and are being encouraged to acquire, and recommended to be interested in, and the Rewards are Made to be in His (azwj) Presence. So seek the completion of the Bounties of Allah (azwj) by the submission to His (azwj) Judgement, and the appreciation for His (azwj) Favours. The one, who is unhappy with this, is not from us (asws), nor is he to us (asws). The rulers who judge by the Judgement of Allah (azwj), without being anxious from that, those are the successful ones’. (And in another copy: ‘They are not anxious, and those are the ones who have no fear upon them, nor shall they grieve’). And he (asws) said: ‘And I (asws) will discipline you with my (asws) whip which I discipline my (asws) family with, so do not worry, and I (asws) will be striking you by my whip by which I (asws) establish the Limits of my (asws) Lord (azwj). So do not be scared. Do you want that I (asws) should strike you by my (asws) sword? But rather, I (asws) am more knowing of that which you want, and how to straighten your unevenness. But, I (asws) will not buy your correction in exchange for spoiling myself (asws). However, Allah (azwj) will Make a people to overcome you and will exact my (asws) Revenge from you all. So you will have no world that you can enjoy in, and no Hereafter that you can look forward to. Thus, remote and crushed are the companions of the blazing Fire’.
Daif· al-Majlisi
لم يخرجه· al-Behbudi
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