2. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, altogether from Al-Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Malik Bin Atiyya, from Abu Hamza who said, ‘I have not heard of anyone who was more ascetic (pious) than Ali (asws) Bin Al-Husayn (asws) except for what has reached to me from Ali (asws) Bin Abu Talib (asws)’. Abu Hamza said, ‘Whenever Ali (asws) Bin Al-Husayn (asws) spoke regarding the ascetism (self restrain), those who were present with him (asws) , (their eyes) would be filled with tears’. Abu Hamza said, ‘And I read a Parchment in which was the speech on ascetism from the speeches of Ali (asws) Bin Al-Husayn (asws), and I wrote down what was in it. Then I came to Ali (asws) Bin Al-Husayn (asws), so I presented what was in it to him (asws). He (asws) recognised it, and corrected (my mistakes) from what I had (in my notes)’. In the Name of Allah (azwj), the Beneficent, the Merciful. Allah (azwj) is sufficient for us (asws). And beware of the plots of the unjust ones, and the rebellion of the envious ones, and the threats of the aggressors. O you Believers! Do not be deceived by the tyrants and those who follow them, from the people who covet this world, those that are inclined towards it, those who have been deceived by it, those who go towards it, and to its lifeless ruins, and its chaff which will be defunct tomorrow. And be cautious of what Allah (azwj) has Cautioned you from it, and abstain with regards to what Allah (azwj) has Told you to abstain from it, and do not incline towards what is in this world, inclining like the ones who has taken it to be as a house for permanent dwelling. By Allah (azwj), that which is in it is evidence for you and a warning from the changing of its days, and its conditions, and its examples, and it’s playing with its people. It raises the fallen one and degrades the honourable one, and it will return its people to the Fire tomorrow. In it, there is a significant learning and warning, that the affairs which you come across every day and night from the darkness of the strife, and the new innovations, and the unjust traditions, and the commotions of the era, and the dignity of the Sultan, and the whisperings of the Satan (la), all discourage the hearts from taking lessons from it, and boggle it from finding guidance, and the recognition of the people of the truth, except for a few whom Allah (azwj) has Protected. There is no one who will understand the changing of its days, and the alteration of its conditions, and hurtful consequences of its strife except for the one who is Protected by Allah (azwj), and Makes him to approach the way of guidance, and travels on the road purposefully. Then (he obtains) help against that by the ascetism, frequent thinking, paying attention to patience in order to notice the warning, and abstain from the immediate delights of the world, and defy its pleasures, and desire the Eternal Bliss of the Hereafter, and strive for it a striving. And he monitors the (approach of) death and passing away of the life with the unjust people. He looks at what is in the world with an illuminated vision, and the strife-taking place, and the misguidance of the innovations, and the injustices of the unjust kings. By my (asws) life, you have matters from the past which were from days in which were free from strife, pre-occupations and engagements which have evidenced for you on avoiding the misguided and the people of innovation (Heretics) who rebel and create mischief in the earth without any right to do so. So seek Help from Allah (azwj) and return to the obedience of Allah (azwj) and the obedience of the one (asws) who is the foremost for the obedience and to be followed and obeyed. So beware of the danger before the remorse and the regret before proceeding to Allah (azwj) and the pausing in front of Him (azwj), and no people ever went to Allah (azwj) after having disobeyed Him (azwj) except to His (azwj) Punishment, and no people preferred the world over the Hereafter at all except that evil was their return, and evil was their journey. The Knowledge, by Allah (azwj) and the deeds are nothing but two harmonious matters. So the one who recognises Allah (azwj) fears Him (azwj), and the fear urges him to the deeds in obedience to Allah (azwj) and that the heads of the knowledge and those that follow them recognise Allah (azwj) so they work (do deeds) for Him (azwj) and desire towards Him (azwj), and Allah (azwj) has Said: “[35:28] Those truly fear Allah, among His Servants, who have knowledge”. So do not seek anything from this world by being disobedient to Allah (azwj), and preoccupy yourselves in this world by obedience to Allah (azwj), and seize its days, in a way to ensure your salvation ‘Tomorrow’ from the Punishment of Allah (azwj). That is the smallest consequence and the lowest form of excuse and the hope for the salvation. So give priority to the Commands of Allah (azwj) and the obedience to the one (asws) whose obedience Allah (azwj) has Made it to be more than obligatory in all the matters in front of you. Do not give priority to the commands, which come to you from being obedient to the tyrants about the attractions of this world as oppose to that of Allah (azwj) but rather submit to Him (azwj), and to the Masters of the Command (asws) (Ul Al-Amr) from among you. And know that you are all servants of Allah (azwj) and we (asws) are with you. There is a Ruler (azwj) Who will Rule over us (asws) and you tomorrow, who is the Chief of the rulers. And He (azwj) will Make you to pause and Question you, so prepare the answer before the pausing and the Questioning and presentation to the Lord (azwj) of the Worlds on the Day in which no soul shall speak except by His (azwj) Permission. And know that Allah (azwj), on that Day, will neither Ratify a liar nor will He (azwj) Belie a truthful one, nor will He (azwj) Reject the excuse of a deserving one, nor Excuse the one who has no justification, as He (azwj) has the Proof over His (azwj) creatures by the Messengers (as) and the successors (as) of the Messengers (sa). So fear Allah (azwj), servants of Allah (azwj), and welcome the correctors to yourselves, and the obedience to Allah (azwj) and the obedience to the ones (asws) whom Allah (azwj) has Made to be Guardians regarding it. Perhaps the remorseful ones may regret for having wasted their yesterday regarding the Side of Allah (azwj) (Junb Allah (azwj) i.e. Ali (asws)), and wasted the Rights of Allah (azwj). And seek Forgiveness from Allah (azwj) and repent to Him (azwj) for He (azwj) Accepts the repentance, and Forgives the sins and Knows what you are doing. And beware of the company of the disobedience ones, and the help of the unjust ones, and the compulsions of the mischievous ones. Be cautious of their strife and distance yourselves from their places. And know that the one who opposes the Guardians (asws) of Allah (azwj), and makes it to be a Religion without the Religion of Allah (azwj), and issues commands other than the commands of the Guardians (asws) of Allah (azwj) will be in the Inflamed Fire, which consumes the bodies from which its spirit is absent, and which have been overcome by its misfortune. (At preent) they are dead, not feeling the heat of the Fire, and had they been alive they would have found their suffering in the heat of the Fire. And take a lesson, O people of vision, and Praise Allah (azwj) for what He (azwj) has Guided you with, and know that you cannot escape from the Power of Allah (azwj) to another power. Allah (azwj) Sees your deeds, as well as His (azwj) Messenger, then to them will be your resurrection. So benefit from the advice, and educate yourselves with the discipline of the righteous.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

3. Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Ahmad All Kufy, and he is Al-A’asmiy, from Abdul Wahid Bin Al-Sawwaf, from Muhammad Bin Ismail Al-Hamdany who has narrated the following: Abu Al-Hassan Musa (asws) having said: ‘Amir-ul-Momineen (asws) used to bequeath to his (asws) companions saying: ‘I (asws) bequeath you to fear Allah (azwj) for it is happiness for the truthful seeker, and a heavy shackle for the runaway fugitive. And be aware of the piety realising it within yourselves, and remember Allah (azwj) with a sincere Remembrance, being revived by it, and journey upon the path of salvation. Look at this world with the vision of the ascetics, the ones who have parted from it, for it dislodges its residents and causes distress to the affluent ones who (superficially) feel safe. Do not hope for those that are turned away from it, not knowing what it is that will come from it. So await patiently for the prosperity upon the arrival of the afflictions from it, and the survival from it up to the end. So its happiness is tainted with the grief, and the survival in it is up to the weakness and the fragility. So it is like a garden, the pasture of which is dense causing those who look at it, to wonder at it. Its drinks are sweet, its covering (soil) is good, its roots are excited in the ground, and its branches drip moisture until the grass reaches its due level. The scent gets triggered under the blades and gets separated from it in the morning, just as Allah (azwj) has Said: “[18:45] then it becomes dry broken into pieces which the winds scatter; and Allah is the holder of power over all things.” Look at this world and the numerous things which cause you to wonder, and the scarcity of the things which benefit you’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

5. Muhammad Bin Ali Bin Ma’mar, from Muhammad Bin Ali, from Abdullah Bin Ayyub Al-Ash’ary, from Amro Al-Awza’iy, from Amro Bin Shimr, from Salma Biin Kuheyl, from Abu Al-Haysam Bin Al-Tayhaan who has narrated: Amir-ul-Momineen (asws) gave a sermon to the people at Al-Medina. Amir-ul-Momineen (asws) said: ‘All Praise is due to Allah (azwj) besides Whom (azwj) there is no god but Him (azwj). He (azwj) was Alive without (dependence on) any quality and without reliance on anything but on Himself (azwj) to exist nor can there be ‘where’ for Him (azwj), nor He (azwj) is within anything, nor He (azwj) is upon anything, nor there is a beginning place for Him (azwj), and He (azwj) is not strong after having Created a thing, nor was He (azwj) weak before anything came into being, nor was He (azwj) lonely before He (azwj) Began anything, nor is there anything which Resembles Him (azwj), nor was He (azwj) without a Kingdom before He (azwj) Created it, nor will He (azwj) be without it after it goes away. He (azwj) is a Living God without having a lifespan, and He (azwj) was the Owner before He (azwj) Created anything, and will be the Owner after having Creating the Universe. And there cannot be for Allah (azwj), ‘How’ nor ‘Where’, and no Limit to be Recognised by, and nothing resembles Him (azwj), and He (azwj) does not age due to the Duration of His (azwj) Remaining, nor does He (azwj) weaken due to being Alone, nor does He (azwj) get scared like His (azwj) creatures do due to something. But, He (azwj) is All Hearing without having ears, He (azwj) is All Seeing without having eyes, and He (azwj) is Almighty without deriving strength from His (azwj) creatures. The gaze of the lookers cannot perceive Him (azwj), and the ears of the listeners cannot sense (hear) Him (azwj). If He (azwj) Intends something, it would be without any consultation, or demonstration, or informing, or asking anyone about anything from His (azwj) creatures, of His (azwj) Intention. The vision cannot perceive Him (azwj), but He (azwj) Sees all visions. And He (azwj) is the Kind, the Aware, and I (asws) testify that there is no god except Allah (azwj), One, having no associates for Him (azwj), and I (asws) testify that Muhammad (saww) is His (azwj) servant. He (azwj) Sent him (asws) with the Guidance, and the true Religion, to overcome all the religions even though the Polytheists may not like it. So he (saww) preached the Message, and I (asws) follow the evidence. O you community which has been deceived, and understood the deception of the deceiver who deceived it, but still persisted upon what it recognised, and wandered randomly in its seduction. And the truth had been clarified but they still turned away from it, and the path was made clear but they still deviated from it. But, by the One (azwj) Who Split the seed and stemmed life from it, had you sought the knowledge from its Mine, and drank the water with its sweetness, and kept the good in its place, and take the path which was clear, and approached the truth by its programme the way would have been set out for you, and the signs would have appeared to you, and Al-Islam would have been illuminated for you. So you would have eaten plentiful, and there would have been no breadwinner among you who would have failed (to earn), nor any injustice would have been done to any Muslim or allies. But, you walked upon the path of the darkness, so your world became dark for you by its vastness. And the doors of knowledge were closed to you so you spoke from your own desires, and differed in your Religion, and started issuing verdicts (Fatwas) in the Religion of Allah (azwj) without (being Blessed with the) Knowledge. And you followed the misguided people so they misguided you, and you abandoned the Imams (asws) so they (asws) abandoned you. So you took control (of your own affairs) through judging by your own desires. When a matter was mentioned, you asked the People (asws) of the Remembrance (Ahl Al-Zikr), so when they (asws) issued a verdict (Fatwa) to you, you said, ‘This is exactly the knowledge’. So how come you have abandoned him (asws), and neglected him (asws), and opposed him (asws)? Slowly (but surely), just wait a little while, and you will harvest all of what you have cultivated, and you will find the evil of what you have done and sought. By the One (azwj) Who Split the seed and stemmed life from it, you knew that I (asws) was your Master and the one (asws) whom you had been Commanded (for being obedient to), and I (asws) am more knowledgeable than you all and the one (asws) by whose knowledge was your salvation, and the successor (asws) of your Prophet (saww), and the best of your Lord (azwj), and the tongue (speaker) for your light (guidance), and the knowledge by which you can correct yourselves. So slowly (but surely) what has been narrated will descend upon you all, what has been promised, that which descended upon the communities before you. And Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic will Question you all about your Imams (asws) with whom (asws) you will be raised, and to Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic you will be going to tomorrow. But, by Allah (azwj), if I (asws) had for me (asws), the number of companions which Talut had, or the number of the people at Badr who oppose your enemies, I (asws) would have struck by the sword until you would have come to the truth, and you would have repented sincerely. So that would have been more suitable than mending the rifts and taking to friendliness. Our Allah (azwj), Judge between us with the truth, and You (azwj) are the Best of the Judges’. He (the narrator) said, ‘Then he (asws) went out from the Masjid. He (asws) passed by a herd in which were around thirty sheep, so he (asws) said: ‘By Allah (azwj), if I (asws) had for me (asws) for the sake of Allah (azwj) and His (azwj) Messenger (saww), the number of these sheep, I (asws) would have removed the son of the woman who ate unhealthy things, from his kingdom’. He (the narrator) said, ‘When it was evening, three hundred and sixty men had pledged allegiance to him (asws), to the death. So Amir-ul-Momineen (asws) said to them: ‘Come to us (in the morning) to the Ahjaar Al-Zayt having shaved (your heads)’. And Amir-ul-Momineen (asws) shaved (his (asws) head). No one from the people remained loyal, except for Abu Dharr (ar), and Al-Miqdad (ar), and Huzayfa Al-Yamani (ar), and Ammar Bin Yasser (ar), and Salman (ar). So he (asws) raised his (asws) hands towards the sky and said: ‘Our Allah (azwj)! The people have weakened me (asws) just as the Children of Israel had weakened Haroun (as). Our Allah (azwj)! You (azwj) Know what we hide and what we proclaim, and there is nothing which is hidden from You (azwj) in the earth, nor in the sky. Make me to pass away as a Muslim, and Associate me (asws) with the righteous ones’. But, by the House (Kaaba), and the Leading up to the House (and in another copy, ‘Al-Muzdalifa’), and the walking to the throwing of the pebbles, had it not been for the oath which the Ummy Prophet (saww) had taken from me (asws), I (asws) would have returned the opposition to the gulf of the death, and I (asws) would have sent upon them thunderbolts of the death, and after a little while they will come to know’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

6. A number from our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Suleyman, from his father who said: ‘I was in the presence of Abu Abdullah (asws), when Abu Baseer came up to him (asws), and he was panting. So when he took his seat, Abu Abdullah (asws) said to him: ‘O Abu Muhammad, what is this heavy breathing for?’ He said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws), O son (asws) of the Messenger (saww) of Allah (azwj), great is my age, and my bones are creaking, and my term (death) is approaching, besides that I do not know what will happen to me from the matters of the Hereafter’. Abu Abdullah (asws) said: ‘O Abu Muhammad, and you are saying this?’ He said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws), and how can I not say this?’ He (saww) said: ‘O Abu Muhammad, but do you know that Allah (azwj) the High has Honoured the young ones among you, and is Bashful towards the elderly?’ He said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you, so how has He (azwj) Honoured the young, and been Bashful towards the elderly?’ He (asws) said: ‘Allah (azwj) has Honoured the young ones (too much) to Punish them, and is too Bashful towards the elderly to bring them to the Reckoning’. He said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws), is this especially for us, or for (all) the people of Tawheed (Believe in the Unity of Allah (azwj))?’ He (asws) said: ‘No, by Allah (azwj), it is only for you (Shiites) especially, apart from the whole world’. He said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws), we are being named by a name which is breaking our backs, and killing our hearts, and our blood has been declared lawful to be shed in the Hadeeth which are being narrated to them from their scholars’. Abu Abdullah (asws) said: ‘Is it ‘Al-Rafiza’ (the rejectors)?’ He said, ‘Yes’. He (asws) said: ‘No, by Allah (azwj), they are not the ones who have named you as such, but it is Allah (azwj) Who has Named you all with it’. But, do you know, O Abu Muhammad that seventy men from the Children of Israel rejected the Pharaoh (la) and his people, when they detected his misguidance. So they attached themselves with Musa (as) when they detected his (as) guidance. So they were named (referred to) in the army of Musa (as) as Al-Rafiza (The Rejectors) because they had rejected the Pharaoh (la), and they were the most intense worshippers in that army, and very intense in their love for Musa (as) and Haroun (as) and their (as) offspring. So Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic Revealed unto Musa (as) that: “Establish this name for them in the Torah, for I (azwj) has Named them with it, and have Gifted it to them”. So Musa (as) established the name for them, then Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic Reserved this name for you all to the extent that we (asws) have gifted it to you. O Abu Muhammad, they rejected the good, and you have rejected the evil. All the people have separated into sects, and they all divided into branches. You have branched out with the People (asws) of the Household of your Prophet (saww), and you did what they did, and you chose what Allah (azwj) had Chosen for you, and you wanted what Allah (azwj) wanted. So received glad tidings upon glad tidings, for By Allah (azwj), you (Shiites) are ones with whom Allah (azwj) has been Merciful, the ones whose good deeds will be Accepted, and the sins being Overlooked. The one who does not come to Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic, with what you are upon, on the Day of Judgement, the good deeds will not be Accepted from him, nor will his sins be Overlooked. O Abu Muhammad, have I (asws) made you happy?’ He said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws), increase it for me’. He (asws) said: ‘O Abu Muhammad, Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic has Assigned Angels to cut-off the sins from the backs of our (asws) Shiites just like the leaves get cut-off in the autumn by the wind, and that is His (azwj) Statement, the Mighty and Majestic: “[40:7] Those who bear the Throne and those around Him celebrate the praise of their Lord and believe in Him and ask protection for those who believe”. By Allah (azwj), their Seeking of Forgiveness is for you (Shiites) apart from the other creatures. O Abu Muhammad, have I (asws) made you happy?’ He said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws), increase it for me’. He (asws) said: ‘O Abu Muhammad, Allah (azwj) has Mentioned you (Shiites) in His (azwj) Book. He (azwj) said: “[33:23] Of the believers are men who are true to the covenant which they made with Allah: so of them is he who accomplished his vow, and of them is he who yet waits, and they have not changed in the least” You all have been loyal to the Covenant which Allah (azwj) has Taken from you, of our (asws) Wilayah, and you never exchanged us (asws) for others. Had you not done that, Allah (azwj) would have Reproached you just as He (azwj) Reproached them where He (azwj), Majestic is His (azwj) Remembrance, Said: “[7:102] And We did not find in most of them any (faithfulness to) covenant, and We found most of them to be certainly transgressors”. O Abu Muhammad, have I (asws) made you happy?’ He said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws), increase it for me’. He (asws) said: ‘O Abu Muhammad, Allah (azwj) has Mentioned you in His (azwj) Book: “[15:47] (they shall be) as brethren, on raised couches, face to face”. And Allah (azwj) has not Intended by this other than you (Shiites), O Abu Muhammad. So, have I (asws) made you happy?’ He said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws), increase it for me’. He (asws): ‘O Abu Muhammad, “[43:67] The friends shall on that day be enemies one to another, except those who guard (against evil)”, and Allah (azwj) has not Intended by this other than you (Shiites). O Abu Muhammad, have I (asws) made you happy?’ He said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws), increase it for me’. He (asws) said: ‘O Abu Muhammad, Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic has Mentioned us (asws) and our (asws) Shiites, and our (asws) enemies in a Verse from His (azwj) Book. The Mighty and Majestic Said: “[39:9] Are those who know equal with those who know not? But only men of understanding will pay heed”. So we (asws) are the ones who know, and our (asws) enemies are the ones who do not know, and our (asws) Shiites are the men of understanding. O Abu Muhammad, so have I (asws) made you happy?’ He said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you, increase it for me’. So he (asws) said: ‘O Abu Muhammad, By Allah (azwj), Allah (azwj) has not Made an Exception for anyone from the successors (as) of the Prophets (as) and their (as) followers except for Amir-ul-Momineen (asws) and his (asws) Shiites. So He (azwj) Said in His (azwj) Book, and His (azwj) Words are True: “[44:41] The day on which a friend shall not avail (his) friend aught, nor shall they be helped, [44:42] Save those on whom Allah shall have mercy; surely He is the Mighty the Merciful” Meaning by that Ali (asws) and his (asws) Shiites. O Abu Muhammad, have I (asws) made you happy?’ He said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws), increase it for me’. He (asws) said: ‘O Abu Muhammad, Allah (azwj) the High has Mentioned you all when He (azwj) Said: “[39:53] Say: O my servants! who have acted extravagantly against their own souls, do not despair of the mercy of Allah; surely Allah forgives the faults altogether; surely He is the Forgiving the Merciful”. And Allah (azwj) has not Intended by this other than you (Shiites). So, have I (asws) made you happy, O Abu Muhammad’ He said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws), increase it for me’. So he (asws) said: ‘O Abu Muhammad, Allah (azwj) has Mentioned you all in His (azwj) Book: “[17:65] Surely (as for) My servants, you have no authority over them; and your Lord is sufficient as a Protector”. And Allah (azwj) has not Intended by this but the Imams (asws) and their (asws) Shiites. So, have I (asws) made you happy, O Abu Muhammad?’ He said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws), increase it for me’. So he (asws) said: ‘O Abu Muhammad, Allah (azwj) has Mentioned you all in His (azwj) Book. He (azwj) Said: “[4:69] these are with those upon whom Allah has bestowed favours from among the prophets and the truthful and the martyrs and the righteous, and a goodly company are they!” So the Messenger (saww) of Allah (azwj) in the Verse is ‘from among the Prophets (as)’, and we (asws), in this subject are the ‘truthful and the martyrs’, and you all are the ‘righteous’, therefore adopt this name by the righteousness as Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic has Named you. O Abu Muhammad, so, have I made you happy?’ He said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws), increase it for me’. He (asws) said: ‘O Abu Muhammad, Allah (azwj) has Mentioned you all when He (azwj) Narrated about your enemies in the Fire by His (azwj) Statement: “[38:62] And they shall say: What is the matter with us that we do not see men whom we used to count among the vicious? [38:63] Was it that we (only) took them in scorn, or have our eyes (now) turned aside from them?” And Allah (azwj) has not Meant, and not Intended by this other than you (Shiites). You have become as the evil people in the eyes of this world, and by Allah (azwj), you will be in the Paradise you will be in delight whereas in the Fire you will be sought. O Abu Muhammad, so have I (asws) made you happy?’ He said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws), increase it for me’. He (asws) said: ‘O Abu Muhammad, there is none from the Verses Revealed Which Guides to the Paradise, nor Mentions it addressees with goodness except that it is regarding us (asws) and regarding our (asws) Shiites. And there is none from the Verses Revealed Which Mentions its addressees with evil, or Points to the Fire except that it is regarding our (asws) enemies and the ones who are opposed to us (asws). So, have I (asws) made you happy, O Abu Muhammad?’ He said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws), increase it for me’. So he (asws) said: ‘O Abu Muhammad, There is no one upon the Nation of Ibrahim (as) except for us (asws), and our (asws) Shiites, whereas the rest of the people are remote from that. O Abu Muhammad, have I (asws) made you happy?’ And in another report, he (asws) said: ‘This is enough’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

7. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from one of his companions, and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr altogether, from Muhammad Bin Abu Hamza, from Humran who said: ‘Abu Abdullah (asws) said, and those in his (asws) presence mention the bad condition of the Shiites in his (asws) presence – So he (asws) said: ‘I (asws) was walking with Abu Ja’far Al-Mansour, and he was in his procession, and he was upon a horse and in front him were horsemen and behind him were horsemen, and I (asws) was upon a mule by his side. He said to me, ‘O Abu Abdullah (asws), it is befitting for you (asws) to be happy with what Allah (azwj) has Given us from the strength and the victory for us, and the honour, and do not tell your people that you (asws) and the People (asws) of your (asws) Household are more deserving of this Command (Caliphate) than we are, lest you (asws) provoke us against you (asws) and them. He (asws) said, ‘I (asws) replied: ‘And the one who has related this to you from me (asws) has lied’. He said to me (asws), ‘Will you (asws) swear an oath on what you (asws) are saying?’ I (asws) said: ‘The people are magicians, meaning they would love to spoil me (asws) (my (asws) position) in front of you. So do not listen to them, for people are more in need of you than you are of us’. He said to me (asws), ‘Do you (asws) remember the day when I asked you (asws), ‘Is there a kingdom for us?’, and you (asws) said, ‘Yes, very lengthy and vast’, you will not cease to be in the time in your command and the space in your world until you will harm us (asws) by shedding sacred blood in a sacred Month, in a sacred city?’ So I (asws) understood that he has memorized the Hadeeth. So I (asws) said: ‘Perhaps Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic will Suffice for you, for I (asws) did not apply this especially for you, but rather this is a Hadeeth which I (asws) reported to you. Maybe it is for someone else from the people of your household who will govern that’. He was silent from me (asws). When I (asws) returned to my (asws) home, one of our (asws) friends came up. He said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws). By Allah (azwj), I saw you (asws) in the procession of Abu Ja’far (Al-Mansour) and you (asws) were upon a mule and he was upon a horse, and he was speaking to you like an overseer speaks to an underling. So I said to myself, ‘This is the Proof (asws) of Allah (azwj) upon the creatures and the Master (asws) of this command (Caliphate) who should be followed, and this other one is acting by compulsion, and he kills the children of the Prophets (as), and sheds the blood in the earth by what Allah (azwj) does not Like, and he is in his procession, and you (asws) are upon a mule’, so that entered a doubt in me to the extent that I feared for my Religion and myself’. He (asws) said: ‘I (asws) said: ‘Had you seen those who were around me (asws), and in front of me (asws), and behind me (asws), and on my (asws) right, and on my (asws) left from the Angels, you would have despised him and despised what he was indulging in’. He said, ‘Now my heart is tranquil’. Then he said, ‘Until when will these be ruling (us), or until when will we get rest from them (their injustices)?’ I (asws) said: ‘Do you not know that there is a time allocated for everything?’ He said, ‘Yes’. So I (asws) said: ‘Would it benefit you if you come to know that this command (Caliphate), when it goes, it would be quicker than the blink of an eye? If you come to know their condition in the Presence of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic and how it would be, you would have been intense in your hatred of them. And if you were to struggle, and the people of the earth were to struggle to include them in more severity than what they are already in from the sins, you would not be able to. So do not let Satan (la) excite you. The Honour is for Allah (azwj) and for His (azwj) Messenger (saww), and for the Believers, but the hypocrites do not know. Nay! The one who waits for our (asws) Command, and observes patient upon what he see from the sufferings and the fear, tomorrow he would be in our (asws) group. So if you were to see that the truth has died and its people have gone away, and you will see, that the injustice has encompassed the country, and you will see that for the Quran they are inventing new things which are not in it and giving it a perspective in accordance to their own whims, and you will see that the Religion has receded like the receding of the water, and you will see the people of the falsehood to have achieved high positions above the people of the truth, and you will see the evil having been manifested with no one preventing it and actually finding excuses for its committers, and you will see the mischief having appeared, and the males satisfying themselves with the males, and the women satisfying themselves with the females, and you will see the Believer maintaining silence with no one accepting his words, and you will see the mischievous lying and no one refuting his lies and his falsity, and you will see the young ones belittling the grownups, and you will see the relatives with their relationships being cut-off, and you will see the one who is praised for his mischief and he laughs at it and his words are not being refuted, and you will see the young boy being obedient as the women are, and will see the women getting married to women, and you will see the praises being increased, and you will see the man spending the wealth in ways other than in obedience to Allah (azwj) with no one preventing him or holding back his hand, and you will see the onlookers seeking Refuge with Allah (azwj) from what they see the (situation of the) Believers are in from the struggling, and you will see the neighbour hurt his neighbour and there is no one to prevent him, and you will see the infidel rejoicing at what they see in the Believer to be in, becoming happier at what he sees in the earth from the mischief, and you will see the intoxicants being drunk openly and the ones who do not fear Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic gathering for it, and you will see the enjoining of the good being disgraced, and you will see the mischievous one indulging in what Allah (azwj) does not Like and being magnified and praised for it, and you will see the Masters (asws) of the Signs being belittled along with those who love them (asws), and you will see the way of the good being cut-off and the way of the evil being travelled upon, and you will see the House of Allah (azwj) being blocked and orders issued for abandoning it, and you will see the man saying what he does not do, and you will see the men lustfule to the men and the women to the women, and you will see the man earning a living from his behind and the woman from her genitals, and you will see the women taking to the gatherings like the gatherings of the men, and you will see the femininity appearing in the children of Al-Abbas and their usage of dyes and combs like the usage of these by the woman for her husband, and the men giving wealth for their genitals, and the man competing for the man and envying him, and the wealthy would be considered more honourable than the Believer, and the usury becoming publicised and he does not care, and the women being praise for their adultery, and you will see the woman preparing her husband to be married to the men, and you will see most of the people and the best of the households helping the women on their mischief, and you will see the Believer in grief, belittled, humiliated, and you will see the innovations and the adultery becoming apparent, and you will see the people arguing by false testimonies, and you will see the Prohibited being made to be permissible and the Permissible being made to be prohibited, and you will see the Religion being taken by the opinion and the Book and its Regulations being neglected, and you will see the night not being taken as a cover for one to be audacious against Allah (azwj), and you will see the Believer not being able to deny except by his heart, and you will see a great amount of wealth being spent in ways which arouse the Anger of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic, and you will see the rulers going closer to the people of disbelief and distancing themselves from the people of the good, and you will see the rulers accepting bribes for the Judgements, and you will see the rulers welcoming the one who gives more, and you will see the (forbidden) near relatives being married (incest) and being satisfied by it, and you will see the man killing another one based upon false accusation and upon conjecture, and differing with the man who sacrifices his self and his wealth, and you will see the man living upon the gifts of the women, and you will see the man knowingly eating from the immoral earnings of his woman and lives by it, and you will see the woman overpowering her husband and doing what he does not like and spend on her husband, and you will see the man hiring out his woman and his slave girl and is pleased with the lowest of the food and the drink, and you will see a lot of the faith in Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic by the false pretence, and you will see the gambling becoming apparent, and you will see the intoxicating drinks being sold openly and there is no one to prevent it, and you will see the women giving themselves to the people of disbelief, and you will see the amusement clubs having appeared and the passer by does not prevent anyone nor does anyone having the guts to prevent it, and you will see the honourable one being humbled before the one whose authority they fear, and you will see the one who loves us (asws) being falsified and his testimony not being accepted, and you will see the false words being competed for, and you will see the Quran has become heavy upon the people to listen to it and the people find it easier to listen to the falsehood, and you will see the neighbour respecting the neighbour out of fear from his tongue, and you will see the Limits (Penalties of the Law) being neglected and being used in accordance with whims, and you will see the Masjids having been decorated, and you will see the most truthful one among the people to be the one who is a fabricator of the lies, and you will see the evil to have appeared and the pursuit of gossip, and you will see the transgression to be widespread, and you will see backbiting to be liked and some people giving glad tidings by it to the others, and you will see the seeking of the Pilgrimage and the Jihaad for other than Allah (azwj), and you will see the Sultan humiliating the Believer for the sake of the infidel, you will see the demolition to be more than the construction, and you will see the man making a living out of under-estimation of the weights and measures (cheating by measuring less), and you will see the shedding of the blood being taken lightly, and you will see the man seeking the leadership for coveting the world and to make himself famous by bad mouthing so that he would be feared and the matters would depend upon him, and you will see the Prayer being taken lightly, and you will see the man who has a lot of wealth then not purifying it (Zakaat) since he acquired it, and you will see the dead being exhumed from his grave, hurt and his shroud being sold, and you will see that the anarchy to have increased, and you will see the man jubilant and in the morning intoxicated not caring about what the people think of him, and you will see the animals being married to him, and you will see the animals ride upon each other, and you will see the man come out to his Prayer place and return and there would be no signs of any gains upon him, and you will see the hearts of the people to have become hard and their eyes frozen, and the Remembrance to have become heavy upon them, and you will see the illegal money to be apparent and contested for, and you will see the Praying one who is Praying just to be seen by the people, and you will see the Faqih gaining understanding for other than Religion, to covet the world and the leadership, and you will see the people to be with the one who overcomes, you will see the seeking of the lawful to be condemned and reproached and the seeking of the unlawful to be praised and magnified, and you will see in two Sacred Places (Al-Haramain) acts being committed which Allah (azwj) does not Like with no hindrance preventing these and no one coming in between these and the ugly acts, and you will see the musical instruments appear in the two Sacred Places (Al-Haramain), And you will see the man speak about something from the truth and enjoin the doing of the good and prohibit from the evil, so the one being advised would stand up to him and say, ‘this is not your subject (responsibility), and you will see the people looking towards each other and follow the people of the evil, and you will see the path of the good and its way to be empty, no one travelling over it, and you will see the dead being mocked at and no one scared of it, and you will see every year new evil things and the innovations more than before, and you will see the people and the gatherings not following anyone except the rich, and you will see the needy been given so that they would be laughed at due to it, and being sympathised for other than the sake of Allah (azwj), you will see signs appearing in the sky and no one fearing it, and you will see the people copulating like the copulation of the animals, with no one expressing abhorrence out of fear from the people, and you will see the man spending a great deal in ways other than the obedience to Allah (azwj) and being prevented easily (to spend) in the obedience to Allah (azwj), and you will see the impiousness to have appeared and the belittling of the parents, and be in the most evil of the condition of the people with the children who will be happy with the one who throws accusations at them, and you will see the people, and you will see the women to have overcome upon the kingdom and to have overcome over all the commands brought about only due to the desire for them, and you will see the son of the man accusing against his father and making claims against his parent and being happy at their death, and you will see the man who passes a day in which he did not commit any great sins from the immoralities, or the understating of the weights or the measures, or unlawful acts, or drinking intoxicating drinks, he would become depressed and sad to have wasted that day from his life, and you will see the Sultan hoarding foodstuffs, and you will see the wealth of the near relatives being distributed in the false ways, and to be gambled with, and to be drunk by it the intoxicating drinks, and you will see the intoxication being utilised as medication and being prescribed to the sick to be cured by it. and you will see the people to have equalized regarding the avoidance of the enjoining of the good and the forbidding of the evil and the avoidance of the making of the Religion by it, and you will see the words of the hypocrites and the people of the hypocrisy being maintained and the words of the people of the truth wasted unnoticed, and you will see the Call to Prayer (Azaan) being given for the payment and the Prayer for the payment, and you will see the Masjids being filled from those who do not fear Allah (azwj), gathering therein for the backbiting and eating of the flesh of the people of the truth and the intoxicating drinks would be described therein, and you will see the intoxicated ones Praying with (leading) the people having no understanding and will not be stained due to his intoxication, and when he is intoxicated he is respected and feared, and feared to be ignored, not being punished and being excused for his intoxicated state, and you will see the one who eats the wealth of the orphans being praised for his righteousness, and you will see the judges issuing Judgements in opposition to what Allah (azwj) has Ordered, and you will see the rulers entrusting to the treacherous for the greed, and you will see the rulers to have placed the inheritance to the people of the mischief and those audacious against Allah (azwj), taking from them and leaving with them what they desire, and you will see upon the Pulpits preachers preaching the piety but the speaker does not practice what he has preached, and you will see the Prayer to have been taken lightly at its prescribed times, and you will see the charity given by intercession not intending by it the Perspective of Allah (azwj) and being given for seeking the (good will of) people, and you will see the people to be mainly concerned with their stomachs and their genitals, not caring what they eat and who they have relationship with, and you will see the world welcoming them, and you will see the banners of the truth to be a lesson for the one who is cautious and seeks salvation with Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic, and know that the people are subject to the Wrath of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic, but rather He (azwj) has Given them respite of life which He (azwj) Wants to Give them. So become expectant and spare no effort for Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic to See you to be against what they are indulging in. If the Punishment descends upon them and you were to be among them, you can hasten to the Mercy of Allah (azwj). If you were to hesitate you will be involved in it, and you should have come out from what they are indulged in from the audacities against Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic. And know, that Allah (azwj) does not Waste the Recompense of the good doers, and that the Mercy of Allah (azwj) is very Near to those who do good’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

8. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Amro Bin Usman, from Ali Bin Isa, from an unbroken chain. He (asws) said: ‘ (Prophet) Musa (as) was whispering (Munajaat) to Allah (azwj) Blessed and High. He (azwj) Said in His (azwj) Whispering: ‘O Musa (as)! Do not have long hopes regarding the world. That would harden your (as) heart, and the hard-hearted one is remote from Me (azwj). O Musa (as)! Turn yourself (as) (to obedience) for the sake of My (azwj) Pleasure, for if My (azwj) Pleasure is obeyed, so I (azwj) am not disobeyed. Kill your heart with the fear and create new clothes for the heart. You (as) will be hidden from the people of the earth and be recognised by the people of the sky. Spread out the lamps in your house at night and plead before Me (azwj) with the pleading of the patient ones and wail to Me (azwj) from the great number of the sins like the wailing of the sinner who has fled from his enemies. And seek help for that from Me (azwj) for I (azwj) am the Best of the Helpers, and the best of the Supporters. O Musa (as)! I (azwj) am Allah (azwj) high above the servants, and the servants are below Me (azwj), and everyone is helpless before Me (azwj). Accuse yourself for having wronged yourself, and do not trust your (as) son upon your (as) Religion unless he becomes like you (as), loving the righteous ones. O Musa (as)! Wash and bathe and be near to My (azwj) righteous servants. O Musa (as)! Be their Imam in their Prayers, and their Imam in what they squabble about, and judge between them by what I (azwj) have Revealed unto you (as). I (azwj) have Sent it down as a clear and luminous Proof, and a Light Speaking by what had transpired regarding the former ones and what will be regarding the later ones. I (azwj) Bequeath to you (as), O Musa (as), a bequest of the compassionate, the kind-hearted son of the Pious Lady, Isa (as) son of Maryam (as), owner of the mule, and the hooded gown, and the oil and the olive, and the Prayer Niche. And from after him (saww), about the owner of the red camel, the food, and pure, the purified. His (saww) example in your (as) Book is that he (saww) is a Believer, dominant over all the Books, and that he (saww) is the bowing one, the prostrating one, a seeker, a Monk, his (saww) brothers will be the poor, and his (saww) helpers will be another people, and there will occur in his (saww) era hardships and earthquakes, killings, and shortages of the wealth. His (saww) name would be Ahmad (saww), Muhammad (saww), the trusted one from the remaining ones of the previous generations. He (saww) will believe in all the Books and ratify all the Messengers (as) and testify sincerely for all the Prophets (as). His (saww) community will be the ones under the Mercy, Blessed with what will remain in the Religion upon its reality. They will fulfill their Prayers at its prescribed times, as servants optionally do for their chiefs, acknowledge him (saww) and follow his (saww) path. So he (saww) is your (as) brother. O Musa (as)! He (saww) is the ‘Ummy’, and he (saww) is a truthful servant. Whatever he (saww) places his (saww) hand upon, it becomes a Blessing for him (saww) and a Blessing for it. That is how it was in My (saww) Knowledge and that is how I (azwj) Created him (saww) as. It is by him (saww) that I (azwj) will Open the Hour (Day of Judgement) and it is by his (saww) community I (azwj) shall Seal (Bring an end to) the keys of the world. So, order the unjust ones of the Children of Israel that they should learn his (saww) name, and not to abandon it, but they (surely) will do it. And to love him (saww) is a good deed to Me (azwj), for I (azwj) am with him (saww) and I (azwj) am from his (saww) group, and he (saww) is from My (azwj) Group, and their group shall overcome. So, I (azwj) have Completed My (azwj) Words and will Make his (saww) Religion to prevail over all the Religions, and I (azwj) will be worshipped in all places, and I (azwj) shall Reveal unto him (saww) the Quran as a Criterion, a healing for what is in the chests from the whisperings of Satan (la). So send greetings to him (saww), O son (as) of Imran (as), for I (azwj) Send Greetings to him (saww) and so do My (azwj) Angels. O Musa (as)! You (as) are My (azwj) servant and I (azwj) am your (azwj) God. Do not belittle the despicable, the poor, and do not envy the rich for a little thing. And become humble in My (azwj) Remembrance and in it’s (the Torah) Recitation ravenously by My (azwj) Mercy, and make Me (azwj) Hear the pleasance of the Torah in a humble voice, full of grief. Be at rest during My (azwj) Remembrance, and mention Me (azwj) to the ‘one’ who is assured to Me (azwj), and worship Me (azwj) and do not associate with Me (azwj) anything. And make haste to My (azwj) Pleasure, ‘إِنِّي أَنَا السَّيِّدُ الْكَبِيرُ’ for I (azwj) and the Great Master (azwj). I (azwj) Created you (as) from a seed of menial water from clay which I (azwj) Took out from a disgraceful mixture of dust. So it was a human being and I (azwj) carved it into a creature. So Blessed is My (azwj) ‘وَجْهِي’ (My Wali (as)), and Holy is My (azwj) Craft. There is nothing like Me (azwj) and I (azwj) am the Eternal Living One who will not Decline. O Musa (as)! When you supplicate to Me (azwj), be fearful, anxious and rub your (as) face in the dust to Me (azwj) and prostrate to Me (azwj) by the noble parts of your (as) body, and plead in front of Me (azwj) when standing, and whisper to Me (azwj) when you whisper with a humble heart anxiously, and revive My (azwj) Torah in the days of the life, and teach My (azwj) Praise to the ignorant ones, and remind them of My (azwj) Favours, and My (azwj) Bounties, and tell them not to persist in the transgression in which they are engulfed, for My (azwj) Hold is Painful and Intense. O Musa (as)! If I (azwj) Cut off your Rope from Me (azwj) you (as) will not (be able to) connect with the rope of others. So, worship Me (azwj), and stand in front of Me (azwj) like the standing of the lowly poor servant. Condemn yourself for it is the highest (most deserving) for condemnation, and do not empower the Children of Israel by My (azwj) Book, for it is sufficient advice for your (as) heart and an enlightenment, and it is the Speech of the Lord (azwj) of the Worlds, Majestic and High. O Musa (as)! Whenever you supplicate to Me (azwj) and refer to Me (azwj), I (azwj) shall Forgive you (as) what was from you (as). The sky Glorifies to Me (azwj) My (azwj) Majesty, and the Angels are fearful of Me (azwj) and anxious, and the earth Glorifies to Me (azwj) ravenously, and all of the creation Glorifies Me (azwj) in humbleness. Then it is on you to Pray. The Prayer has a place with Me (azwj) and for it has in My (azwj) Presence a firm Covenant and I (azwj) Attach to it what was from it. Zakat is a sacrifice in order to cleanse the wealth, and the food, for I (azwj) do not Accept except for the ‘الطَّيِّبَ’ pure, (unless the instructions of) My (azwj) ‘وَجْهِي’ (My Wali (as)) are sought. And I (azwj) Joined with that the maintenance of relations, for I (azwj) am Allah (azwj), the Beneficent, the Merciful, and as for the relationships, I (azwj) Created it Preferentially from My (azwj) Mercy for the servants to sympathise (with each other) by it, and for it, in My (azwj) Presence is an authorization in the return of the Hereafter, and I (azwj) will Cut-off the one who cuts it off (from My (azwj) Wali (asws)), and Connect with the one who keeps the connection (with My (azwj) Wali (asws)). And that is how I (azwj) will Deal in My (azwj) Command. O Musa (as)! Be generous to the beggar when he comes to you (as) by beautiful words, or giving easily because he may have come to you from neither from the humans nor from the Jinn. The Angels of the Beneficent come to test you (as) to see how you (as) are in your (as) dealings in regard to what I (azwj) have Given to you (as), and how consoling you (as) are regarding what I (azwj) have Authorised you (as) with. And be humble to Me (azwj) with the beseeching, and wail to Me (azwj) by lamentations from the Book. And know that I (azwj) Call you with the Calling of the master to his slave to Make him reach to the honourable position, and that is from My (azwj) Grace to you (as) and to your (as) forefathers of the former ones. O Musa (as)! Do not forget Me (azwj) in every situation, and do not be happy due to the abundance of the wealth, because forgetting Me (azwj) hardens the hearts, and the abundance of the wealth brings the abundance of the sins. The earth is obedient, and the sky is obedient, and the oceans are obedient, whereas disobedient to Me (azwj) are the unfortunate ones of Humans and the Jinns (Al-Saqalayn). And I (azwj) am the Beneficent, the Merciful. I (azwj) am Beneficent in every era. I (azwj) Give hardship after ease, and ease after hardship, and kings after kings, whereas My (azwj) Kingdom is permanently based and will never cease. And there is not hidden from Me (azwj) anything in the earth, nor in the sky, and how can it be hidden from Me (azwj) and from Me (azwj) is its beginning, and how come you are not fearful regarding what is in My (azwj) possession, and to Me (azwj) you (as) will inevitably return. O Musa (as)! Make Me (azwj) to be your (as) Protector, and place in My (azwj) possession your treasure for the good deeds, and fear Me (azwj) and do not fear others. To Me (azwj) is the destination. O Musa (as)! Be merciful to the one who is lower than you among the creatures, and do not become jealous of the one who is above you (as), for the jealousy consumes the good deeds just like the fire consumes the firewood. O Musa (as)! The two sons of Adam (as) wanted to express humbleness at a stage so that they could win My (azwj) Grace and My (azwj) Mercy. So they offered offerings, and I (azwj) do not Accept except from the pious ones. So their affair was what you (as) know, so, after this, how can you (as) (select) a trustworthy companion, the brother and the vizier (but by Me (azwj))? O Musa (as)! Put aside the arrogance and leave the pride, and remember that you (as) will be dwelling in the grave, and that should prevent you (as) from the lustful desires. O Musa (as)! Hasten to the repentance, and delay the sins, and deliberate in your (as) staying in front of Me (azwj) during the Prayer, and do not place hope in others. Take Me (azwj) to be your (as) shield in the difficulties, and as a fortress in disastrous circumstances. O Musa (as)! How can a creature humble itself to Me (azwj) without being aware of My (azwj) Mercy, and how can one recognise My (azwj) Mercy without having observed it; and how can one (ever) observe it without having faith in it, and how can one believe in it without having any hope of being blessed from it; and how can one hope for being Blessed while being satisfied with the world, having taken refuge in it and relying on the support of the unjust ones. O Musa (as)! Compete for the good with the people of goodness because the good is like its name, and leave the evil for those who are fascinated by it. O Musa (as)! Keep your (as) tongue behind your (as) heart and you (as) will be safe, and Remember Me (azwj) abundantly during the night and the day and you will gain, and do not follow the sins (errors) but you (as) will regret, for the sins are scheduled for the Fire. O Musa (as)! Speak good to the people who have left the sins and be in their company, and take them as your (as) brother in your (as) absence, and strive along with them and let them strive with you (as). O Musa (as)! The death will inevitably come to you (as). So make provision of such provisions like the one who is certain that it would last him till (he reaches) his destination. O Musa (as)! What you (as) intend with by for My (azwj) Face ‘وَجْهِي’ (My Wali (as)), even a little (submission) is a lot, and what you (as) intend with by for other than Me (azwj), even a lot (of effort to please him) is little (worthless). And reform your (as) days which are in front of you (as), and to realize the day in front of you and prepare to benefit from it, as for you (as) will be Paused and Questioned. Take your (as) lesson from the (past) era and its people, for the span of the era is short, but its shortness can be availed (to earn rewards), since everything is destined for destruction. So act as if you (as) can see the Reward for your (as) deeds in order for it to be an inevitable greed for you (as) regarding the Hereafter, for whatever is remaining from the world is like what has passed from it, and every worker strives upon visions and examples. So return to yourself (as), O son (as) of Imran (as), perhaps you (as) will succeed tomorrow on the Day of Questioning, for that is where the wrong doers will lose out. O Musa (as)! Throw out your (as) hand in front of Me (azwj) like the act of the slave calling out to his master, for if you (as) were to do that, you (as) will be the recipient of Mercy for I (azwj) am the Most Generous of the Powerful ones. O Musa (as)! Ask Me (azwj) from My (azwj) Grace, and My (azwj) Mercy, for these two are in My (azwj) Hands, none other is their owner, and look when you (as) ask Me (azwj) how your (as) wish is with what is in My (azwj) Possession. For every worker is a Recompense, and the disbeliever will be Recompensed with what he strives for. O Musa (as)! Do not concern yourself (as) with the world and seclude from it, for it is not for you (as), and you (as) are not its owner, and it is a house for the unjust ones. However, the one who does good deeds in it, it is a good house for him. O Musa (as)! What I (azwj) have Commanded you (as) to, so listen and keep quiet at whatever you (as) see. Take the realities of the Torah to your (as) chest, and keep vigil by it in the hours of the night and the day, and do not let the sons of the world to make your (as) chest to be a nest like the nest of the birds. O Musa (as)! The sons of the world and its people are a trial for some of them to the others. So each one of them decorates what is regarding him, whereas the Believer is the one for whom the Hereafter is decorated. So he looks at it unabated, and its pleasures become a barrier for him in between him and the pleasures of life. So he idealises by the dawn like the act of the passenger driven by it to its destination, remaining bleak and sad in the evening. So good news would be for him, and the curtain is Lifted, what he will see would delight his eyes. O Musa (as)! The world is a seed. It is not of any benefit for the Believer, nor is it a penalty for the one who is sinful. So, a lengthy woe is for the one who sells the Reward of his return for a morsel, which does not remain and a sip, which does not continue. So be as I (azwj) have Commanded you (as) to be, and every Command of Mine (azwj) is Guidance. O Musa (as)! When you (as) see the richness coming to you (as), so say: ‘It is a sin which is hastening the punishment for me (as)’. And when you (as) see the poverty coming to you (as), so say: ‘Welcome to the sign of the righteous ones’. And do not become an unjust tyrant, and do not join up with the unjust ones. O Musa (as)! What is a lifetime and it is lengthy and its end is condemnable. And what goes away from you (as) does not adversely affect you (as) if you (as) were to praise its result. O Musa (as)! The Book has Screamed out to you (as) a loud Scream with what you (as) are headed for. So how can the eyes fall asleep upon this, or how can the people find pleasure in the life. Had it not been for the deliberately being oblivious, and the following of the misfortune and the following of the lustful desires, and from other than this, that the righteous are in grief. O Musa (as)! Order My (azwj) servants to supplicate to Me (azwj) in whatever situation they may be in after having accepted that I (azwj) am indeed the Most Merciful of the merciful ones, the Answerer to the restless, and Remover of the evil, and the Changer of the eras, and the Giver of comfort, Thankful for a little, and Rewarding a great deal, and Enricher of the poor, and I (azwj) am the Eternally Mighty and Powerful. So the one who comes to you (as) and joined up with you (as) from the sinful ones, so say: ‘Welcome to the courtyard of the Lord (azwj) of the Worlds’, and seek Forgiven for them, and be kind to them like one of other, and do not dominate them by what I (azwj) have Given to you (as) of the preference over them, and tell them to ask from Me (azwj) from (and) My (azwj) Grace, and My (azwj) Mercy, for no one else is the owner of these, and I (azwj) am of the Great Grace , Good to you. O Musa (as)! Be a cave for the erroneous, and sit with the restless, and a seeker of Forgiveness among the sinful ones. You (as) are from Me (azwj) at the status of the Pleasure, so supplicate to Me (azwj) with the pure heart, and the truthful tongue, and be as I (azwj) have Commanded you (as) to be. Be obedient to My (azwj) Command and do not dominate over My (azwj) servants by what is not begun from you (as). And come nearer to Me (azwj), for I (azwj) am very near to you (as), for I (azwj) will never Ask you (as) what injures you (as) by its weight nor to carry it (burden). But rather, I (azwj) Ask you (as) that you (as) should supplicate to Me (azwj) so I (azwj) will Answer you (as), and that Ask from Me (azwj) so I (azwj) shall Give it to you (as), and that to come near to Me (azwj) by what you (as) have taken from Me (azwj) of its interpretation, and to Me (azwj) is the completion of its Revelation. O Musa (as)! Look towards the earth, for very soon it shall be your (as) grave, and raise your (as) eyes towards the sky for it is above you (as) and in it are great Angels, and weep upon yourself (as) for as long as you (as) are in the world, and fear the perishable and the destruction, and do not be deceived by the adornments of the world and its flowers, and do not be pleased with the injustice, and do not become an unjust one for I (azwj) Hold the oppressor to Account until I (azwj) Get justice from him for the oppressed one. O Musa (as)! The good deeds are Rewarded tenfold but there is single punishment for a sin even one is so severe. Do not Associate (anyone) with Me (azwj), it is not Permissible for you that you (as) should Associate with Me (azwj). Come nearer and be steadfast, and supplicate like the supplication of the greedy one greedy for what is in My (azwj) Possession, and regretful over what he has sent by what his hands (had earned) before. Just as the blackness of the night obliterates the day, and similarly the sins obliterate the good deeds, and the darkness of the night comes over the whiteness of the day, and similarly the sins come over the outstanding sins and blacken them (further)’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

9. Ali Bin Muhammad, from someone he has mentioned, from Muhammad Bin Al-Husayn, and Humeyd Bin Zyad, from Al-Hassan Bin Muhammad Al-Kindy altogether, from Ahmad Bin Al-Hassan Al-Maysami, from a man from his companions who said: ‘I read the answer from Abu Abdullah (asws) to a man from his (asws) companions. After this (having Praised Allah (azwj),), I (asws) hereby advise you all to fear Allah (azwj), for He (azwj) has Taken the responsibility for the one who is pious to turn them around from what He (azwj) Abhors towards what He (azwj) Loves, and Sustain him from where he does not expect. So beware of becoming from those who are feared by the servants due to their sins whereas they themselves feel secure from the consequences of their own sins. Allah (azwj) cannot be deceived about His (azwj) Paradise, nor can that be achieved which is with Him (azwj) except by being obedient to Him (azwj), Allah (azwj) Willing’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

10. A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Suleyman, from Aysam Bin Asheym, from Muawiya Bin Ammar have said the following: Abu Abdullah (AS) said: ‘One day the Prophet (sw) came out having received good news, smiling joyfully. So the people said to him, ‘May Allah keep you smiling for the whole life, O Messenger of Allah, and increase your joy’. The Messenger of Allah (sw) said: ‘There is no day or night except that I receive a gift from Allah. Indeed! Allah has gifted to me in this day of mine with a Gift which He has never Gifted to me the like of it in the past. Gabriel (as) came to me and conveyed greetings to me from my Lord and said: ‘O Muhammad! Allah Mighty and Majestic has chosen seven from the Clan of Hashim that He has never created anyone similar to them from the past nor will He be creating anyone like them in the future. You, O Messenger of Allah are the Chief of the Prophets, and Ali Bin Abu Talib is your Successor and the Chief of the successors, and Al-Hassan and Al-Husayn your grandsons are the Chiefs of the grandsons, and Hamza your uncle is the Chief of the martyrs, and Ja’far the son of your uncle is the flyer in the Paradise flying along with the angels wherever he desires to, and among you all is Al-Qaim behind whom Isa bin Maryam will be praying when Allah sends him down to the earth. He will be from the descendants of Ali and Fatima from the sons of Al-Husayn (AS)’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

11. Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Suleyman Al-Saylami Al-Misry, from his father, from Abu Baseer, who has narrated: Abu Abdullah (asws) said when the Statement of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic was recited to him (asws); “[45:29] This is Our book that speaks against you with the truth”, he (asws) said: ‘Surely, the Book has never Spoken and will never Speak, but the Messenger (saww) of Allah (azwj), he (saww) is the speaker of the Book. Allah (azwj) has Said: “[45:29] This (the Messenger (saww) of Allah (azwj) )is Our book that speaks against you with the truth”. The narrator said, ‘I asked, ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws), we do not read it as such’. He (asws) said: ‘By Allah (azwj), this is how Gabriel came down with it upon Muhammad (saww), but this is what was altered from the Book of Allah (azwj)’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

12. A group, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad, from his father, from Abu Muhammad has narrated: Abu Abdullah (asws) having said when asked about the Statement of Allah (azwj): “[91:1] I swear by the sun and its brilliance,”, said: ‘The sun (is a reference to) the Messenger (saww) of Allah (azwj) by whom (saww) Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic Clarified for the people their Religion’. ‘I then asked, ‘(What about) “[91:2] And the moon when it follows the sun”? He (asws) said: ‘That is Amir-ul-Momineen (asws) following the Messenger (saww) of Allah (azwj), and emitted the knowledge by reradiating (like moon reflects the rays to the earth which fall on its surface from the sun)’. ‘I then asked, ‘(What about) “[91:4] And the night when it draws a veil over it”?’ Imam (asws) said: ‘That (is a reference to) the imams of the injustice who tyrannised by the command the Progeny (asws) of the Messenger (saww) and seated themselves upon a set which was for the Progeny (asws) of the Messenger (saww) who (asws) were higher (more deserving) for it than them. They veiled the Religion of Allah (azwj) by the injustices and the tyranny. So Allah (azwj) has Referred to their deeds by Saying “[91:4] And the night when it draws a veil over it”. ‘I then asked, (What about) “[91:3] By the Day as it shows up (the Sun’s) clarity”?’ He (asws) said: ‘That (is a reference to) the Imams (asws) from the descendants of Fatima (sa), when asked about the Religion of the Messenger (saww) of Allah (azwj) so they clarify it for the one who has asked (from them (asws)). So Allah (azwj) has referred it in His (azwj) Statement by Saying “[91:3] By the Day as it shows up (the Sun’s) clarity”.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

13. Sahl, from Muhammad, from his father has narrated: Abu Abdullah (asws) having said when it was said to him (asws) “[88:1] Has not there come to you the news of the overwhelming calamity?”, he (asws) said: ‘They will be overwhelmed by the sword of the Rising One (Al-Qaim (asws))’. He said, ‘I said, (What about) “[88:2] Some faces, that Day, will be humiliated”?’ He (asws) said: ‘They will be so humiliated that they will not be able to bear the exclusion’. He said, ‘I asked. ‘(What about) “[88:3] Labouring”?’ He (asws) said: ‘Labouring for other than what Allah (azwj) Revealed’. I then asked, (What about) “[88:3] Appointing”?’ He (asws) replied: ‘Having appointed other than the Master (asws) of the Command (Wali Al-Amr)’. He says then I asked, (What about) “[88:4] Entering into burning fire”?’ He (asws) replied: ‘Entering into the fire of the war in the world during the era of the Rising One (Al-Qaim (asws)), and in the Hereafter the Fire of Hell’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

14. Sahl, from Muhammad, from his father, from Abu Baseer who said: ‘I said to Abu Abdullah (asws) the Statement of the Blessed and the High (azwj): “[16:38] And they swear by Allah with the most energetic of their oaths: Allah will not raise up him who dies. Yea! it is a promise binding on Him, quite true, but most people do not know”, he (asws) said: ‘O Abu Baseer! What do you (people) say about this Verse?’ I replied, ‘The ‘Mushrikeen’ (polytheists) are alleging and swearing upon oath to the Messenger (saww) of Allah (azwj) that Allah (azwj) does not Resurrect the dead’. Imam (asws) said: ‘Woe be unto the ones who say this. Ask them, ‘Do the ‘Mushrikeen’ swear by Allah (azwj) or by Al-Laat, and Al-Uzza (names of worshipped idols)?’ I replied, ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws), enlighten me’. Imam (asws) replied to me: ‘O Abu Baseer! When our (asws) Rising One (Al-Qaim (asws)) makes the stand, Allah (azwj) will Send to him (asws) a group from our (asws) Shiites with the sheaths of their swords upon their shoulders. So that (news) will reach a group from our (asws) Shiites who did not die. So they will say, so and so and so and so have been resurrected from their graves and they are with Al-Qaim (asws). So that (news) will reach a group from our (asws) enemies, so they will say, ‘O group of Shiites, what lies you speak. This is your government and you are speaking lies about it? No, by Allah (azwj), those have never lived nor will they ever be living up to the Day of Judgement’. He (asws) said: ‘So Allah (azwj) Quoted their words, so He (azwj) Said: “[16:38] And they swear by Allah with the most energetic of their oaths: Allah will not raise up him who dies”.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

15. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Fazaal, from Sa’albat Bin Maymoun, from Badr Bin Al-Khaleel Al-Asady who said: ‘I heard Abu Ja’far (asws) saying regarding the Statement of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic: “[21:12] Yet, when they felt Our Punishment (coming), behold, they (tried to) flee from it. [21:13] Flee not, but return to the good things of this life which were given you, and to your homes in order that ye may be called to account.” He (asws) said: ‘When Al-Qaim (asws) makes the stand, and sends (an army) to the Clan of Umayya in Syria, so they will run away to ‘al-Rome’. So the Romans will say to them, ‘We will not let you enter until you become Christians’. So they will hang crosses upon their necks and allow them to enter. So when the companions of Al-Qaim (asws) descend upon them, they (Romans) will seek security and reconciliation. So the companions of Al-Qaim (asws) will say, ‘We will not do that until you hand over to us the ones who came to you beforehand from us’. So they will hand them over. So that is His (azwj) Statement: “[21:13] Flee not, but return to the good things of this life which were given you, and to your homes in order that ye may be called to account”. He (asws) said: ‘So he (asws) will question them about the treasure although he (asws) knows more than them about it. So they will say, ‘O woe be upon us! Surely we have been unjust’. They will not cease invoking that invocation of theirs until they will be cut down to extinction by the sword’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

16. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al-Husayn, from Muhammad Bin Ismail Bin Yazi’e, from his uncle Hamza Bin Yazi’e and Al-Husayn Bin Muhammad Bin Al-Ashary, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abdullah, from Yazeed Bin Abdullah, from the one who narrated to him said: ‘Abu Ja’far (asws) wrote to Sa’ad Al-Khayr: - In the Name of Allah (azwj), the Beneficent, the Merciful. Having said that, I (asws) hereby bequeath to you to fear Allah (azwj) for therein is safety from destruction and a gain during the returning (to Allah (azwj)). Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic Protects the servant by means of his piety from whatever his intellect was remote from; and by means of piety he gets clarity from his blindness and his ignorance. And it was by piety that Noah (as) got salvation and those who were with him (as) in the ark got safety from the storm. And it was by piety that the patient ones succeeded and survived from the calamities, and they have brethren upon that path seeking those preferences, having renounced their insolence and their intentions by the desires when the examples from the Book reached them. They praised their Lord (azwj) on what He (azwj) has Sustained them with and that He (azwj) was the One (azwj) Deserving of the Praise, and they blamed their own selves upon what they had wasted and that they themselves were deserving of the condemnation. And they knew that Allah (azwj) Blessed and High, is the Forbearing, the Knowledgeable, however, He (azwj) is Angry on the one who does not care about His (azwj) Pleasure and (as a result) He (azwj) Withholds from the one who does not accept His (azwj) Favours, and but rather the one does not accept guidance from Him (azwj) goes astray. Then it is possible for the sinful people to turn to the repentance and change to the doing of good deeds. He (azwj) has Called His (azwj) servants in the Book to that with a Loud Voice. He (azwj) Never Cut-off nor Prevented the calling of His (azwj) servants. So Allah (azwj) has Cursed the ones who conceal what Allah (azwj) has Revealed, and Obligated upon Himself (azwj), the Mercy to be before the Wrath. So He (azwj) Completed the Truth and the Mercy, so there is no beginning for the servant with the Wrath before he arouses His (azwj) Anger, and that is from the knowledge of certainty and the knowledge of piety. And every community from whom Allah (azwj) has Raised the Knowledge from them (Taken away), the Knowledge of the Book is when they rejected it, and befriended His (azwj) enemies when they made them to be the rulers. And from their rejection of the Book was that they established its letters and distorted its Limits. So they were narrating it but were not acting upon it. And the ignorant ones were pleased with the preservation of the narrations, whereas the scholars became aggrieved at their abandonment of the correct aspects of the narrations. And from their rejection of the Book was that they made such people as rulers who did not know, so they took them (in a direction) of wherever their own desires led them, and released them to the death (ruination). They amended the ties of the Religion, and then they left it as a legacy among the foolish and the childish (people). So the community was issued with the commands devised by the people instead of the Commands of Allah (azwj) Blessed and High, and it is to them that they referred to. So evil it was what the unjust took in exchange, the governance of the people instead of the Governance of Allah (azwj), and took the reward of the people instead of the Reward of Allah (azwj), and the pleasure of the people instead of the Pleasure of Allah (azwj). So this is how the community has become, and among them were those who strived (The Mujtahids) in the worship upon that misguidance. They (the people) were fascinated by them, and admired them, and their worship became a strife (Fitna) for them as well as those who followed them, whereas in the Messengers (as) there was a Reminder for the worshippers. Of these Prophets (as) was a Prophet (as) who was complete in his (as) worship, but then he (as) disobeyed Allah (azwj) Blessed and High in one aspect, so he (as) was exited from the Paradise, and he (as) was thrown into the belly of the whale. Then he (as) was not rescued until he (as) recognised (Al-Wilayah) and repented. So understand that there are similar ones to ‘Al-Ahbaar and Al-Rahbaan’ who go around concealing the Book, and alter it. So their business did not give them any gain and they were not of the guided ones. Then understand those that are similar to them in this community who establish the letters of the Book and alter its Limits. So they are with the chiefs and the notables, and when they disperse there are guided by the desires and they are with those who have a lot of the world (wealth), and that is what has reached to them from the knowledge. They do not cease to be like that in the copying (emulating) and the greed. The voice of Iblees (la) does not cease to be heard from their tongues with the falsehood, a great deal. The scholars observe patience from them from the harm that they (asws) suffer and their bullying, whereas they themselves blame the scholars for having burdened them. And the scholars in themselves are disloyal for having concealed the advice when they see a lost and strayed one with no guidance to him, or for not having revived a dead one. So evil it is what they do because Allah (azwj) Blessed and High has Taken a Covenant to them in the Book that they would enjoin the doing of good and by what He (azwj) has Ordered for, and forbid them from what He (azwj) has Forbidden them from, and that they would help each other upon the goodness, and the piety, and will not co-operate upon the sins and the animosity. So the scholars are in a struggle in their efforts from the ignorant ones, that if they give good advice, the people would say that they have transgressed. And if they come to know the truth which they had avoided, they would say that they have opposed. And if they quit they would say that they have separated, and they say, ‘Give us your proof on what you are narrating’, they would say that they have become hypocrites, and if they obey them, they would say that Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic has been disobeyed. So the ignorant ones are destroyed in what they do not know, unlettered in what they recite. They ratify the Book when it is defined and deny it in its altered state (Meaning they accept the present altered one and reject the original one which they consider to be the altered one), and so they are not deniers as such. They are similar to Al-Ahbaar and Al-Rahbaan, leaders in matters of desires and chiefs in matters of ruination, and others from among them are seated in between the misguidance and the guidance, not understanding one community from the other. They are saying that the people do not know this, not will they return to what it used to be. And they are right. The Messenger (saww) of Allah (azwj) left them upon the clarity, its night from its day. No innovations appeared among them, nor was the Sunnah changed among them. There was no opposition from them or differences among them. So what made the people to be covered in darkness of their errors (sins) is when two imams appeared, one (asws) calling to Allah (azwj) Blessed and High, and one calling to the Fire. At that time Satan (la) spoke in a loud voice by the tongues of his (la) friends and numerous were his horsemen, and infantry, and he included them in the wealth and the sons, the ones who associated with him (la). So they acted by the innovations, and avoided the Book and the Sunnah, whereas the Guardians (asws) of Allah (azwj) spoke by the Proof and took to the Book and the Wisdom. So from that day on, the people of the truth separated from the people of the falsehood. The people of guidance were abandoned and insulted, whilst the people of the misguidance helped each other until they became a group with so and so, and the like of him. So, understand this type, and the other type and look at them by the eyes of the excellent ones, and be firm with them until you come to your family, for the losers are the one who have lost themselves and their families on the Day of Judgement. Indeed! That is the clear loss’. (Up to here is the report of Al-Husayn, and in the report of Muhammad Bin Yahya this is the extra bit). ‘They (people of the truth) know the path, if without them (asws) there are afflictions do not hold it against them (asws). If without them (asws) there is tyranny from the tyrannous people, and sinking of the earth and other afflictions, it will soon pass, then you will travel to the prosperity (through them (asws)). Then know that the reliable brothers are an ammunition, some of them for the other. Had it not been that you would leave from me (asws) due to your conjectures, I (asws) would have clarified for you certain things from the truth which I (asws) have kept covered, and would make public certain things from the truth which I (asws) have kept concealed, but I (asws) fear for you, and want you to remain (alive), and it is not for the forbearing person that he would not fear for anyone in the place of the piety, and the forbearance is the robe of the scholar, so do not be without it. ‘Salam’ (peace be with you)’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

17. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al-Husayn, from Muhammad Bin Ismail Bin Yazi’e, from his uncle Hamza Bin Yazi’e who said: ‘Abu Ja’far (asws) wrote to Sa’d Al-Khayr: - ‘In the Name of Allah (azwj), the Beneficent, the Merciful. Having said that, your letter came to me (asws) in which you have asked how much it is necessary to learn and the obedience to the one (asws) whose pleasure is the Pleasure of Allah (azwj). So then you had said to yourself, then you will not be blamed if you then avoid some other. You are (also) amazed (by the fact) that the Pleasure of Allah (azwj), and obedience to Him (azwj), and His (azwj) Advice is neither accepted, nor found, nor recognised except within the servants who are unrecognised (unknown to public), who are alone (away) from the people. The people have taken them in ridicule and they ascribe to them evil matters to the extent that it was said that one cannot be a Believer and is not a Believer until he becomes more hated by the people than the carcass of a donkey. And if you suffer from the affliction similar to what we (asws) have suffered, so do not consider the strife of the people (against you) like a Punishment of Allah (azwj), and I (asws) seek Refuge with Allah (azwj) as well as for you all from that, to Bring near your destination which though is a far distance. And know, may Allah (azwj) have Mercy upon you, that one cannot achieve the Love of Allah (azwj) except by hatred from a lot of the people, nor His (azwj) Wilayah except by being their enemy, and losing (their friendship) is very little in comparison to that which is Gained from Allah (azwj), for a people who know. O my (asws) brother, verily Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic has Made regarding everyone from the Messengers (as) a successor (as) who remains, from the people of the knowledge, calling the one who has strayed towards the guidance, and observes patience along with them upon the suffering, answering to the Call of Allah (azwj) and calling towards Allah (azwj). So look at them (asws), may Allah (azwj) have Mercy upon you, for they (asws) are in a high position even though they would be in affliction in the world and considered to be menial. They (asws) revive the dead by the Book of Allah (azwj), and they (asws) visualise by the Light of Allah (azwj) from the blindness. How many who had been killed by the Iblees (la) were revived by them (asws), and how many lost and strayed ones were guided by them (asws), sacrificing their (asws) blood to save the servants from destruction, and how good are their (asws) effects upon the servants, and how ugly are the effects of the people against them (asws)’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

18. A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Suleyman, from his father, from Abu Baseer who said: ‘One day the Messenger (saww) of Allah (azwj) was explaining (matters) in a session when Amir-ul-Momineen (asws) came over. The Messenger (saww) of Allah (azwj) said to him (asws) that: ‘In you (asws) there is a similarity with Isa (as) Bin Maryam (as), and had it not been for a sect from my (saww) community saying regarding you (asws) what the Christians are saying regarding Isa (as) Bin Maryam (asws), I (saww) would have said regarding you (asws) such words that none from the people would pass by you (asws) except that he would take the dust from under your (asws) feet seeking Blessings by that’. He (asws) said: ‘Two Arabs became angered along with Al-Mugheira Bin Sho’bat as well a number from the Qureish among them. So they said, ‘He (saww) was not happy until he (saww) struck an example for the son (asws) of his (saww) uncle (as) with Isa (as) Bin Maryam (as)’. So Allah (azwj) Revealed unto His (azwj) Prophet (saww) Saying: “[43:57] When (Jesus) the son of Mary is held up as an example, behold, thy people raise a clamour thereat (in ridicule)! [43:58] And they say: Are our gods better, or is he? They do not set it forth to you save by way of disputation; Indeed, they are a contentious people. [43:59] He was naught but a servant on whom We bestowed favour, and We made him an example for the children of Israel [43:60] And if it were Our Will, We could make angels from amongst you” meaning the Clan of Hashim (as), “succeeding each other on the earth” He (asws) said: ‘Al-Haaris Bin Amro Al-Fahry became angry and said, ‘Our Allah (azwj)! If this was the truth from You (azwj) that the Clan of Hashim (as) will be inheriting from Heraclius and after Heraclius, so Rain upon us stones from the sky or Bring down upon us a Grievous Punishment’. So Allah (azwj) Revealed against the words of Al-Haaris and this Verse Came down: “[8:33] But Allah was not going to chastise them while you were among them, nor is Allah going to chastise them while yet they ask for forgiveness”. Then he (saww) said to him: ‘O Ibn Amro, either you repent or you leave’. He said, ‘O Muhammad (saww), but you (saww) have made for all of the Qureish something from what is in your (saww) hands, for the Clan of Hashim (as) have taken away the prestige of the Arabs and the non-Arabs’. The Prophet (saww) said to him: ‘That is not up to me (saww), but that is up to Allah (azwj) Blessed and High’. He said, ‘O Muhammad (saww), my heart does not incline me for the repentance, but I shall leave from you’. So he called for his ride and rode away. When he came to the back of Al-Medina, a stone fell upon him and crushed his skull. Then Revelation Came to the Prophet (saww) Saying: “[70:1] One demanding, demanded the chastisement which must befall [70:2] Upon the disbelievers, of the Wilayah of Ali (asws) which none can repel [70:3] From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways”. He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws), we do not read it like this’. He (asws) said: ‘By Allah (azwj)! Jibraeel Descended with it upon Muhammad (saww), and by Allah (azwj), this is how it is recorded in the Parchment (Mus’haf) of Fatima (sa)’. So the Messenger (saww) of Allah (azwj) said to those who were around him (saww) from the hypocrites: ‘Go to your companion, for he has got what he was seeking for’. Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic Said: “[14:15] And they asked for Judgement and every insolent opposer was disappointed”.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

19. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al-Husyan, fom Ali Bin Al-No’man, from Ibn Muskaan, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who has said: Abu Ja’far (asws) regarding the Statement of the Mighty and Majestic: “[30:41] Corruption has appeared in the land and the sea on account of what the hands of men have wrought”, he (asws) said: ‘By Allah (azwj), that was when the ‘Al-Ansar’ (Helpers) said, ‘from us should be an Emir (commander), and from you should be an Emir’ (referring to Saqifa).

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

20. And from him, from Muhammad Bin Ali, from Ibn Muskan, from Muyassar has narrated: It was said to Abu Ja’far (asws) about the Statement of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic: “[7:56] Do no mischief on the earth, after it hath been set in order”, so he (asws) said: ‘O Muyassar, verily the earth used to be in a state of disorder, so Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic Corrected it by His (azwj) Prophet (saww), therefore He (azwj) Said:“[7:56] Do no mischief on the earth, after it hath been set in order”.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

22. Ahmad Bin Muhammad Al-Kufy, from Ja’far Bin Abdullah Al-Muhammady, from Abu Rawh Faraj Bin Qurrat, from Ja’far Bin Abdullah, from Mas’adat Bin Sadaqa who has narrated: Abu Abdullah (asws) having said: ‘Amir-ul-Momineen (asws) gave a sermon at Al-Medina. So he (asws) Praised Allah (azwj) and Extolled Him (azwj) and sent greetings of peace (Salam) upon the Prophet (saww). Then he (asws) said: ‘Having said that, Allah (azwj) Blessed and High does not Break the backs of the tyrants except after giving them respite and (Giving them) Ease, and does not mend the broken bones of the nations except after Removing the affliction from them. O you people! With every corruption that you come across, and setback endured from every mishap is a lesson for you, and not every heart is intelligence nor is every with an ear a listener, nor is every one with a looking eye has vision. Servants of Allah (azwj)! Do good deeds in what your eyes can see, then look at the Plains (Day of Judgement) to which Allah (azwj) will Drive those who in His (azwj) Knowledge were upon the Sunnah of the Children of the Pharaoh (la), the ones who possessed the gardens, and fountains, and plantations, and spacious places. Then look at what was the end Allah (azwj) had for them after the pleasure and enjoyment, and what they used to order for and prevent from. And for the one who is patient from among you will end up in the Gardens (of the Paradise), and Allah (azwj) will Make them live for all eternity, and to Allah (azwj) is the end of all affairs. Oh how astonishing! And why should I (asws) not be astonished at the mistakes of these sects over the different arguments in their Religion whilst not maintaining the effects of the Prophet (saww) and not following the successors (asws) in their actions, and not believing in the unseen, and not excusing the faults. Goodness among them is what they understand it to be and the evil within them is what they dislike. And each one of them is an imam to himself, taking from it what he sees with a firm and strong grip and decisive reasons. So they do not cease in these inequities and it does not increase them in anything except for errors (sins), not achieving nearness (to Allah (azwj)) and it does not increase them in anything except for the distance from Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic. They are well pleased with each other and ratify each other (to be correct). All that is the fear of the legacy of the ‘Ummy’ Prophet (saww) and their aversion from what came to them from the News of the Originator of the Heavens and the earth. Thus they are the people of regret, and the caves of suspicion, and the people of desires and misguidance and doubts, the ones whom Allah (azwj) has Left them to their own selves and their opinions. So he is a trustworthy one with those who is ignorant of him, not being accused by the one who does not know him. So how similar they are with the animals from whom their shepherd is absent, and how regrettable are the deeds of my (asws) Shiites after the nearness of their cordiality today. How they will humiliate each other after me (asws), and how they will kill each other and be all scattered tomorrow despite having originated from one branch, trying to find victory from a direction which is not for it. Each party from among them would grab hold of one branch from it. Whichever way the branch leans to, they will lean along with it. Allah (azwj) for Whom (azwj) is the Praise, will gather those for the evil of the day of the Clan of Umayya just like He (azwj) Gathers the clouds in the autumn. Allah (azwj) will Bring them together, then He (azwj) will Make them as debris like the debris of the clouds. Then He (azwj) will Open for them the doors and they will spill out from their source like the torrent of the two gardens, the flood of Al-Aram, when He (azwj) sent to them a يَجْعَلُهُمْ رُكَاماً كَرُكَامِ السَّحَابِ ثُمَّ يَفْتَحُ لَهُمْ أَبْوَاباً يَسِيلُونَ مِنْ مُسْتَثَارِهِمْ كَسَيْلِ الْجَنَّتَيْنِ سَيْلَ الْعَرِمِ حَيْثُ بَعَثَ عَلَيْهِ قَارَةً فَلَمْ mouse and the hill could not withstand against it (the flood) and its rocks came tumbling down when Allah (azwj) Shook the womb of the valleys with a severe Shaking. Then He (azwj) Transformed them into fountains in the earth restoring thereby the rights of the people and Making them to dwell in the houses of the people being a displacement of the Clan of Umayya so that they would not usurp what they usurped. Allah (azwj) will Undermine them and displace them by the boulders of Al-Aram and fill the valley of the olives by them. By the One (azwj) Who Split the seed and Brings life from it, that is going to happen. It is as if I (asws) can hear the whinnying of their horses and the humming of their men. I (asws) swear by Allah (azwj), that which is in their hands will melt, after the rise and domination in the country, like the melting of the fat over the fire. The one who dies among them would have died as a misguided one, and to Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic would lead the one among them and Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic would Accept the repentance of the one who repents. And it is to Allah (azwj) that my (asws) Shiites will gather after the fragmentation of the evil day of theirs, and there is no good for anyone to Allah (azwj) Mighty is His (azwj) Remembrance, but to Allah (azwj) is the good and all of the affairs. O you people! There are many who are falsifiers for the Imamate whilst not being deserving of it. And had you not procrastinated about the bitter truth, and had not weakened from the weakening of the falsehood, the ones who are not like you would have become daring against you, nor would he have become stronger the one who became stronger against you in digesting the obedience and the removal from it of its deserving ones (asws). But you are all lost just as the Children of Israel were lost in the era of Musa ibn Imran (as). By my (asws) life, your being lost will increase from after me (asws) more than Children of Israel being lost. And by my (asws) life, you will be completing, from after me (asws), the allocated time of the Sultanate of the Clan of Umayya, having gathered to the Sultan who called to the misguidance, and you will be reviving the falsehood and will be placing the truth behind your backs, and will be cutting off the relations with the people of Badr and be very remote from the sons of those who fought for the Messenger (saww) of Allah (azwj). And by my (asws) life, that which in their hands will melt away upon the approach of the test for the Reward and the Promise, and the allocated times passes by. And the two-tailed star will make its appearance for you from the East, and the luminous moon will make its appearance for you. So if that were to happen, return to the repentance, and know that you all follow what you see from the East on the Path of the Messenger (saww) of Allah (azwj). So it will cure you from the blindness, and the deafness, and the dumbness, and suffice you for the justice and you would be able to discard the gross weight which is upon the necks. And Allah (azwj) is not remote except from the one who refuses, and is unjust and unfair, and take that which is not for him. “[26:227] Those who do wrong will come to know by what a (great) reverse they will be overturned!”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

23. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Ali Bin Ra’ab abd Yaqoub Al-Sarraaj who has said: Abu Abdullah (asws) has narrated that: ‘Amir-ul-Momineen (asws), when they had pledged allegiance to him (asws) after the killing of Usman, ascended the Pulpit, so he (asws) said: ‘Praise be to Allah (azwj) Who is High and thus all is in His (azwj) possession and He (azwj) is Closer than any in the view. And I (asws) hereby testify that there is no god but Allah (azwj), One with no associates to Him (azwj), and I (asws) testify that Muhammad (saww) is His (azwj) servant and His (azwj) Messenger (saww), the last of the Prophets (as) and a Proof over the worlds, a ratification for the former Prophets (as) and was kind and merciful to the Believers. The Angels sent ‘salam’ greetings of peace upon him (saww) and upon his (saww) Progeny (asws). Having said that, O you people! The transgression (indecency) places its owner into the Fire, and the first one to transgression (commit indecency) against Allah (azwj) Majestic is His (azwj) Remembrance was Onaq the daughter of Adam (as), and the first one who was killed, whom Allah (azwj) Killed was Onaq. And the area that she occupied when seated upon the ground measured one square acre (Jarib) of the land, and she had twenty fingers and on each of her fingers were two nails like two sickles. So Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic Made her to be overcome by a lion which was like an elephant (in size), and a wolf which was like a camel (in size), and an eagle like a mule (in size). So they killed her. And Allah (azwj) had Killed the tyrants in their best conditions, and gave Safety to those who used to be (oppressed). And He (azwj) Made Hannaan to die, and destroyed the Pharaoh (la), and He (azwj) has Killed Usman. Indeed! Your misfortunes have returned to what they were on the day Allah (azwj) Sent His (azwj) Prophet (saww). By the One (azwj) Who Sent him (saww) by the truth, you will be confused with a (severe) confusion and be sifted with a (severe) sifting, and stirred and turned like the contents of a frying pan until your underside becomes your upper side and your upper side becomes your underside. The ones who used to be with the shortcomings will become the foremost ones, and those who used to be the foremost ones would become the people with shortcomings. By Allah (azwj)! I (asws) have neither concealed, nor blocked, nor lied a lie, and I (asws) have been foretold about this place and this day. Indeed! And the sins are like uncontrollable horses which carry its riders, with its harnesses removed, plunging into the Fire. Indeed! And the piety is like a humble ride which takes its rider, along with its rein, to the Paradise, and its Doors will be opened up for them, and they will find its aroma and goodness. And it will be said to them: ‘Enter it in peace and security’. Indeed! The ones who had no association with it has preceded me (asws) to this command (Caliphate), and the ones to whom it had not been Granted to, and the ones for whom there was no chance from it except if they were to be Prophets (as) who had been Sent. And indeed! There is no Prophet (as) to be after Muhammad (saww) who is more noble than him (as) over the intercession on the brink of the Fire. So they will fall with by it (their lies) in the Fire of Hell. Truth as well as falsehood, for each of them are its people. The matter of falsehood is a very old one and has been active. And if the truth is less (in practice) it is because of ‘if’ and ‘maybe’. And it is rare that if a thing gone away comes back, and if your command (Caliphate) returns to you, you would be pleased, and it is not on me (asws) except for the striving, and I (asws) am afraid that you all will end up being on the nature of your nation (away) from me (asws), the nation that you were in beforehand and would not have a praiseworthy opinion in my (asws) sight, and if I (asws) so desire to I (asws) would say: ‘May Allah (azwj) Forgive what was in the past’. Two men preceded me (asws) with regards to it (Caliphate), and the third one stood up like the Raven. His main concern was his stomach. Woe be unto him! Had his wings been clipped and his head cut-off, it would have been better for him. He was distracted from the Paradise and the Hell was in front of him. Three and two make five, there is no sixth of them – An Angel who files by his wings, and a Prophet (as) whom Allah (azwj) has Grabbed by his (as) shoulders (Given him Divine Status), and a diligent seeker (momin), and a hopeful student, and a reducer (Muqassir) are in the Fire. The right and the left are misleading, whereas the middle path is the street on which you will come across the Book and the effects of the Prophet-hood. Destroyed is the one who makes a claim, and disillusioned is the one who fabricates that Allah (azwj) Disciplined this community by the sword and the whip, and there is no leniency for either of them with the Imam (asws). So, hide in your homes and mend your relationships in between yourselves and the repentance is behind you all. The one who turned his cheek (opposed the Imam (asws)) to the truth is destroyed.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

24. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al-Hasan Mahboub, from Hilal Bin Atiyya, from Abu Hamza who said: Ali (asws) Bin Al-Husayn (asws), said, ‘He (asws) used to said that: ‘The most Beloved of you all to Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic is the one with the best deeds, and the greatest one of you in (the Sight of) Allah (azwj) is the one who has the greatest interest in what is with Allah (azwj), and that the safest one of you from the Punishment of Allah (azwj) is the one who is the most intense is his fear of Allah (azwj), and the nearest one of you to Allah (azwj) is the one who is the most moral one, and the one of you with whom Allah (azwj) is most Pleased with is the one who bestows the most upon his family, and the most prestigious one of you to Allah (azwj) is the one who is the most pious one to Allah (azwj)’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

25. A number from our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Musa Bin Umar Al-Sayqal, from Abu Shuayb Al-Mahaamily, from Abdullah Bin Suleyman who said: Abu Abdullah (asws) having said that ‘Amir-ul-Momineen (asws) said: ‘An era will come upon the people in which, the debaucher (pervert) would be considered respectable, and nearness would be sought for the immoral, and fair play would be weak’. He (the narrator) said, ‘I said to him (asws), ‘When would that be, O Amir-ul-Momineen (asws)?’ He (asws) said: ‘When an entrustment would be regarded as a gain and the Zakat as a loss, and the worship as a protracted (engagement), and the maintenance of good relations as a favour’. He (the narrator) said, ‘I said to him (asws), ‘When would that be, O Amir-ul-Momineen (asws)?’ So he (asws) said: ‘When the women become dominant, and the bondmaids would be empowered, and the young boys would assume command’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

26. A number from our companions, from Sahl Bin Zyad, from Yaqoub Bin Yazeed, from Muhammad Bin Ja’far Al-Aqabayy with an unbroken chain said: ‘Amir-ul-Momineen (asws) gave a sermon, so he (asws) Praised Allah (azwj) and Extolled Him (azwj), then said: ‘O you people! Surely, Adam (as) did not give birth to a slave or a bondmaid, and that all of the people are free, but Allah (azwj) Made some to be in authority over the others. So the one who had an affliction and he bore it patiently in goodness so he should not consider by it as a favour to Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic. Indeed! There are things present and we have equality regarding it between the black and the red’. So Marwaan said to Talha and Al-Zubeyr, ‘He (asws) has not intended any by this other than the two of you’. He (the narrator) said, ‘So he (asws) gave each one of them three Dinars, and gave a man from the Helpers three Dinars, and afterwards a black boy came over so he (asws) gave him three Dinars’. So the Helper said, ‘O Amir-ul-Momineen (asws), this is a slave whom I freed yesterday. You (asws) have made me and him as equals’. So he (asws) said: ‘I (asws) looked in the Book of Allah (azwj), I (asws) could not find any preference for the sons of Ismail (as) over the sons of Is’haaq (as)’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

28. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from one of his companions, who has said: Abu Abdullah (asws) has reported that ‘A slave of Amir-ul-Momineen (asws) asked him (asws) for some wealth, so he (asws) said: ‘When my (asws) share comes to me (asws) I (asws) will distribute it to you’. He said, ‘I am not content’, and he went to Muawiya who gave it to him. So he wrote to Amir-ul-Momineen (asws) informing him (asws) of what he had received from the wealth. So Amir-ul-Momineen (asws) wrote to him: ‘Thereafter, that which is in your hand from the wealth, there used to be an owner for it before you, and it will get transferred to its (next) owner after you, but what is for you from it is what you pave the way for yourself (for the Hereafter). So prefer yourself over the correction of your children, for what you have gathered is for one of the two men - for a man who works in it by the obedience to Allah (azwj) so he is fortunate with what he receives from you, and as for a man who works in it by the disobedience to Allah (azwj) so he is unfortunate by what you have gathered for him, and there is none from these two who is deserving of being preferred over yourself, and do not place a burden upon your back. So be hopeful of the Mercy of Allah (azwj) for what has past, and place your trust in the sustenance from Allah (azwj) for what remains (of your life)’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

29. Narrated to me Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father altogether from Al-Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Abdullah Bin Ghalib Al-Asady from his father, from Saeed Bin Al-Musayyab who said: ‘Ali Bin Al-Husayn (asws) used to advise the people and to make them to be ascetic in this world and incline them towards the deeds for the Hereafter by this speech in every Friday in the Masjid of the Messenger (saww) of Allah (azwj) which was preserved and written down. He (asws) would say: ‘O you people! Fear Allah (azwj) and know that you will be returning to Him (azwj). So each soul would find what it had done in this world from the good in recorded form, and what it had done from the evil even though there would have been between it and itself a long time. And Allah (azwj) Himself (azwj) has Cautioned you, and woe be unto you O oblivious son of Adam (as) for He (azwj) is not Oblivious of you. O son of Adam (as), your death is the quickest thing coming towards you seeking you in an aggressive manner. It would be around you when your time elapses and the Angel would capture your soul and take you to your grave alone. It would then return your soul back to you in it, and two Angels would storm into it, Naakir and Nakeer to question you and test you severely. And indeed! the first thing what they will ask you would be about your Lord (azwj) which you had worshipped, and about your Prophet (saww) who (saww) was sent to you, and about your Religion which you had made it to be, and about your Book which you recited, and about your Imam (asws) whom you had befriended. Then about your life what you had spent it on, and your wealth from where you had acquired it and in what you had spent it on. So take caution and look at yourself, and prepare the answers before the examination, and the questioning, and the test. So if you are a Believer having understood your Religion, followed the truthful ones (asws), befriended the friends of Allah (azwj), Allah (azwj) will Provide your argument for you, and make your tongue to speak correctly and give good answers, and you will receive the news of the happiness and the Paradise from Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic. And the Angels will welcome you with joyful spirits and aromatic fragrance. If you do not become like that, your tongue will waver, and your argument will fail, and you will be unable to answer, and you will receive news of the Fire, and the Angels of Punishment will drag you into the Hell and its intense heat. And know, O son of Adam (as) that what is coming behind you on the Day of Judgement is greater and more shocking and painful for the heart. That is the Day in which all people would be Gathered and that is the Day of Witnessing. Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic will Gather in it the former ones and the later ones. That is the Day in which the Trumpet would be Blown and the graves would be scattered. And that is the Day of tremors and the hearts would come up to the throat and the stumbling would not be reduced, and no ransom would be taken from anyone, and no excuses would be acceptable from anyone, and no repentance would be Accepted from anyone. There is nothing except for the Recompense for the good deeds and the Recompense for the evil deeds. So the one who was from the Believers having done a good deed in this world the weight of an atom would find it, and the one was from the Believers having done an evil deed in this world the weight of an atom would find it too. So be cautious, O you people from the sins and the disobedience to what Allah (azwj) has Forbidden you from and Cautioned you in His (azwj) Truthful Book, and the Speaking Proofs (asws). And do not feel secure from the Abhorrence of Allah (azwj) and His (azwj) Cautions and His (azwj) Threats from what the accursed Satan (la) calls you to himself (la) from the desires of short duration and the pleasures in this world, for Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic Said: “[7:201] Surely those who guard (against evil), when a visitation from the Shaitan afflicts them they become mindful, then lo! they see”. You must get your hearts to feel the fear of Allah (azwj) and remember what He (azwj) has Promised you regarding your returning to Him (azwj) from the good Rewards from Him (azwj), just as you fear the harsh Punishment, for the one who fears something would be cautious of it, and the one who is cautious of something would avoid it. And do not become of the oblivious ones, the ones inclined towards the flowers of the world of those who devise evil, for Allah (azwj) Said in His (azwj) Decisive Book: “[16:45] Do they then who plan evil (deeds) feel secure (of this) that Allah will not cause the earth to swallow them or that punishment may not overtake them from whence they do not perceive? [16:46] Or that He may not seize them in the course of their journeys, then shall they not escape; [16:47] Or that He may not seize them by causing them to suffer gradual loss” So be cautious of what Allah (azwj) has Cautioned you with what He (azwj) has Done with the unjust ones in His (azwj) Book, and do not feel secure from what has been Promised for the unjust people in the Book. By Allah (azwj), Allah (azwj) has Advised you all in His (azwj) Book by way of other people. So, happy is the one who takes a lesson from the advice given to others. Allah (azwj) has Made you hear in His (azwj) Book what He (azwj) has Done with the unjust people of the town before you where He (azwj) said: “[21:11] And how many a town which was iniquitous did We demolish”, but rather what is Meant by the ‘town’ is its inhabitants, where He (azwj) Said: “[21:11] and We raised up after it another people!”. Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic Said: “[21:12] Yet, when they felt Our Punishment (coming), behold, they (tried to) flee from it. [21:13] Flee not, but return to the good things of this life which were given you, and to your homes in order that ye may be called to account.” So when the Punishment Came upon them, they said “[21:14] They said: O woe to us! surely we were unjust [21:15] And that cry of theirs ceased not, till We made them as a field that is mown, as ashes silent and quenched”. By Allah (azwj), let this be an Advice for you and a Warning that you should heed and fear. Then refer to the Words from Allah (azwj) in His (azwj) Book against the people of disobedience and the sins. Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic Said: “[21:46] And if a blast of the chastisement of your Lord were to touch them, they will certainly say: O woe to us! surely we were unjust”. O you people! If you were to say that Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic has Meant by this the people of the ‘Mushriqeen’ (Polytheism), so how can that be and He (azwj) Says: “[21:47] And We will set up a just balance on the day of resurrection, so no soul shall be dealt with unjustly in the least; and though there be the weight of a grain of mustard seed, (yet) will We bring it, and sufficient are We to take account.” Know, O servants of Allah (azwj), that the people of the Polytheism will not have a Balance set up for them nor will their Register (of deeds) be published and they will be herded to Hell in groups, but rather the Balance and the publishing of the Register (of deeds) will be for the people of Al-Islam. So fear Allah (azwj), O servants of Allah (azwj) and know that Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic does not Love the blossoms of the world and its temporal matters for anyone of His (azwj) friends and does not Encourage them with regards to it and regarding its temporary blossoms and apparent delights. But rather, He (azwj) Created the world and Created its people so that they may be Tested therein as to which one of them is good in deeds for his Hereafter. And by Allah (azwj), He (azwj) has Struck examples for you with regards to it and Presented Signs for the people of intellect, and there is no Strength except by Allah (azwj). So abstain yourselves from what Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic has Told you to abstain from regarding the temporary life of the world, for Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic has Said, and His (azwj) Words are the Truth: “[10:24] The likeness of the life of the present is as the rain which We send down from the skies: by its mingling arises the produce of the earth- which provides food for men and animals: (It grows) till the earth is clad with its golden ornaments and is decked out (in beauty): the people to whom it belongs think they have all powers of disposal over it: There reaches it Our command by night or by day, and We make it like a harvest clean-mown, as if it had not flourished only the day before! thus do We explain the Signs in detail for those who reflect.” Servants of Allah (azwj)! become of the people who reflect and do not incline towards the world, for Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic Said to Muhammad (saww): “[11:113] And do not incline to those who are unjust, lest the fire touch you,”, and do not incline towards the blossoms of the world and what is in it, like those who have taken it to be a house of permanent settlement for it is a lowly house, a shabby home, and a place of deeds. So make provisions in it of the good deeds before its days disperse and before the Call from Allah (azwj) for its destruction, for the One (azwj) Who Destroys it is the One (azwj) Who Built it in the first place and initiated it and He (azwj) is the Guardian of its inheritance. So I hereby ask Allah (azwj) for the Support for us (asws) and for you all for the provisions of the piety and the restraint and may Allah (azwj) Make us (asws) and you to be of the ascetics with regards to the blossoms of the life of the world and of those who are hopeful for the Rewards of the Hereafter, for we are with Him (azwj) and for Him (azwj). And Greetings of peace be upon Muhammad (saww) the Prophet and his (saww) Progeny (asws) and peace, and peace be upon you all and the Mercy of Allah (azwj) and His (azwj) Blessings’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

30. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Is’haq Bin Ammar who said, ‘Narrated to me a man from our companions’, from Al-Hakam Bin Uteyba who said: ‘I was with Abu Ja’far (asws) and the house was full of its people when an old man (Sheykh) came up leaning upon his goat (for support) until he paused at the door of the house. He said, ‘Salam un Allaika’ ‘Peace be upon you O son (asws) of the Messenger (saww) of Allah (azwj) and Mercy of Allah (azwj) and His (azwj) Blessings’. Then he was quiet. Abu Ja’far (asws) said: ‘And peace be upon you and Mercy of Allah (azwj) and His (azwj) Blessings’. Then the old man turned his face toward the people of the house and said, ‘Peace be upon you’. Then he was quiet until all the people had answered him and returned his greetings. Then he turned his face towards Abu Ja’far (asws), then said, ‘O son (asws) of the Messenger (saww) of Allah (azwj), allow me (to come near you (asws)), may Allah (azwj) Make me to be sacrificed for you (asws), for by Allah (azwj), I love you (asws) and love those who love you (asws), and by Allah (azwj) I don’t love you (asws) and those who love you (asws) for the greed of the world. By Allah (azwj) I hate your (asws) enemies and keep away from them, and by Allah (azwj) I do not hate them and keep away from them due to the dispute between me and them. By Allah (azwj), I permit for myself that which you (asws) have made it to be permissible, and prohibit to myself that which you (asws) have made it to be prohibited, and I await your (asws) command. So is there hope for me, may Allah (azwj) Make me to be sacrificed for you?’ Abu Ja’far (asws) said: ‘Come near, come near’, until he (asws) seated him by his (asws) side, then said: ‘O you old man, a man came to my (asws) father (asws) Ali (asws) Bin Al-Husayn (asws) and asked him similar to what you has asked me (asws). So my (asws) father (asws) said to him: ‘If you were to die you would return to the Messenger (saww) of Allah (azwj), and to Ali (asws), and Al-Hassan (asws), and Al-Husayn (asws), and Ali Bin Al-Husayn (asws). Your heart would be in delight and it would be cooled at what your eyes would recognise, and you would be welcomed by the Spirit and the fragrance along with the Honourable Scribes. If your soul reaches here’ – and he (asws) indicated by his (asws) hand to his (asws) throat – ‘and when you live you will see what delights Allah (azwj) has Kept for your eyes, and you will be with us (asws) in the highest peak’. The old man said, ‘What did you (asws) say, O Abu Ja’far (asws)’. So he (asws) repeated the words for him. The old man said, ‘Allah (azwj) is Great! O Abu Ja’far (asws), if I were to die I would return to the Messenger (saww) of Allah (azwj), and to Ali (asws), and Al-Hassan (asws), and Al-Husayn (asws), and Ali Bin Al-Husayn (asws), and my eyes would be delighted, and my heart would be cooled, and I would be welcome by the Spirit and the fragrance along with the Honourable Scribes. If my soul reached up to here, and I will live and see what delights Allah (azwj) has Kept for my eyes, so I would be with you (asws) in the highest peak’. Then the old man sobbed and wailed saying ‘Haaa, haaa, haaa’, until he rolled upon the ground, and all the people in the house sobbed and wailed upon seeing the condition of the old man, and Abu Ja’far (asws) came and wiped his tears from his eyes with his (asws) finger then flicked them away. Then the old man raised his head so he said to Abu Ja’far (asws), ‘O son (asws) of the Messenger (saww) of Allah (azwj), give me your (asws) hand, may Allah (azwj) Make me to be sacrificed for you (asws)’. So he (asws) gave him his (asws) hand. So he kissed it and place it upon his eyes and his cheek, then placed it upon his abdomen and his chest. Then he stood up to leave and said, ‘Peace be upon you (asws)’. And Abu Ja’far (asws) kissed the scruff of his neck and looked at him when he was leaving. He (asws) then turned his (asws) face towards the people, so he (asws) said: ‘The one who would love to look at a man from the inhabitants of the Paradise, so they should look at this one’. Al-Hakam Al-Uteyba said, ‘I had never seen such mourners at all resembling like that gathering’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

31. From him, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ali Bin Al-Hakam, from one of our companions who said: Abu Abdullah (asws) having said: ‘There was a man who used to sell oil, and he used to love the Messenger of Allah with intense love. Whenever he intended to go for his business needs, he would never do it unless he looked at the Messenger of Allah first. He became well known for that for he would stretch himself above others so that he could look at him. It so happened that one day he came over to him and stretched out to look at the Messenger (saww) of Allah until he saw him, then he went away for his business needs. It was not long before he returned. So when the Messenger of Allah saw him do that he gestured by his (hand) to beckon him to be seated. So he sat down in front of him. He said: ‘What is the matter that you have done something which you had not done before that?’ He said, ‘O Messenger of Allah (azwj), by the One Who Sent you with the Truth as a Prophet, my remembrance of you overwhelmed my heart to the extent that I did not have the ability to go about my business until I returned to you’. So he supplicated for him and wished him well. Then the Messenger of Allah waited a few days but did not see him, so he asked about him. It was said to him, ‘O Messenger of Allah, we have not seen him for days’. So the Messenger of Allah put on his shoes, and his companions did the same and walked until he came to the oil market. At the shop of the man there was no one in it. So he (saww) asked the neighbours about him. They said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, he died, and he used to be a trustworthy one among us and truthful, but he had one (peculiar) habit’. He said: ‘And what was that?’ They said, ‘He used to exhaust himself following the women’. So the Messenger of Allah (azwj) said: ‘May Allah have Mercy upon him. By Allah, he used to love me with (intense) love. Even if he had been a slave trader, Allah would Forgive him’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

32. Ali Bin Muhammad, from Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah, from Usman Bin Isa, from Muyassar who said: ‘I came up to Abu Abdullah (asws). He (asws) said: ‘How are your companions?’ So I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws), we (Shiites) are more evil in the people’s eyes than the Jews, and the Christians, and the Magians, and those who associate (Mushriqeen)’. He (the narrator) said, ‘He (asws) had been leaning upon a pillow, so he (asws) sat up straight, then said: ‘How did you say that which you said?’ I said, ‘By Allah (azwj), we (Shiites) are (considered to be) the most evil ones among them, more so than the Jews and the Christians, and the Magians, and those that associate (Mushriqeen)’. He (asws) said: ‘But, by Allah (azwj), no two of you will enter the Fire. No, by Allah (azwj), not even one. By Allah (azwj), you (Shiites) are the ones about whom Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic has Said: “[38:62] And they shall say: What is the matter with us that we do not see men whom we used to count among the evil? [38:63] Was it that we (only) took them in scorn, or have our eyes (now) turned aside from them? [38:64] That most surely is the truth: the contending one with another of the inmates of the fire”. Then he (asws) said: ‘By Allah (azwj), they will be seeking you in the Fire, so they will not find even one of you therein’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

33. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ali Bin Al-No’man, from Muawiya Bin Ammar who said: ‘I heard Abu Abdullah say: ‘There was in the bequest of the Prophet (saww) to Ali (asws) that he (saww) said: ‘O Ali (asws), I (saww) hereby bequeath you (asws) with regards to yourself (asws) of qualities, so preserve them from me (saww)’. Then he (saww) said: ‘Our Allah (azwj), Support him (asws). As for the first one is to be truthful, and do not let lies to come out from you (asws) ever. And the second is the piety and do not let yourself (asws) be treacherous ever. And the third is the fear of Allah (azwj), Mighty is His (azwj) Mention, as if you (asws) can actually see Him (azwj). And the fourth is the excessive weeping for the fear of Allah (azwj). There will be built for you (asws), for every tear drop, a thousand houses in the Paradise. And the fifth is that your (asws) wealth and your (asws) blood is not for other than your (asws) Religion. And the sixth is to take to my (saww) Sunnah with regards to my (saww) Prayer, and my (saww) Fast, and my (saww) charity. As for the Prayer, so it is of fifty Rakaat, and as for the Fasts, so that is for three days in the month, the Thursday in the first part of it, and the Wednesday in the middle of it, and the Thursday in the last part of it. And as for the charity, so you (asws) strive in it to the extent that you (asws) would say: ‘I (asws) have been excessive’, but you (asws) would not have been excessive. And it is on you (asws) to perform the Night Prayer, and it is on you (asws) to perform the Noon Prayer, and it is on you (asws) to perform the Noon Prayer, and it is on you (asws) to perform the Noon Prayer. And it is on you (asws) to recite the Quran in every condition. And it is on you (asws) to raise your (asws) hands in your (asws) Prayer and turn them both. And it is on you (asws) to brush (your (asws) teeth) during every ablution. And it is on you (asws) to observe the most excellent morals and to abstain from evil manners, for it you (asws) do not do it, so you (asws) should not blame anyone except for yourself (asws)’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

34. A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Bakr Bin Saaleh, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali, from Abdullah Bin Al-Mugheira who said: ‘It has been narrated to me by Ja’far Bin Ibrahim Bin Muhammad Bin Ali Bin Abdullah Bin Ja’far Al-Tayyaar (as), from Abu Abdullah (asws), from his (asws) father (asws) having said: ‘The Messenger (saww) of Allah (azwj) said: ‘The status of the man is (in accordance to) his Religion, and his chivalry, and his intellect, and his nobility, and his beauty, and his generosity, and his piety.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

35. From him, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Fazzal, from Ali Bin Uqba and Tha’alba Bin Maymoun and Ghalib Bin Usman and Haroun Bin Muslim, from Bureyd Bin Muawiya who said: ‘I was in the presence of Abu Ja’far (asws) in his (asws) tent at Mina. He (asws) looked at the feet of Ziyad which had turned black, so he felt pity for him and said: ‘What is the matter with your feet that they are like this?’ He said, ‘I came upon a week's ride and I had to walk most of the way’. He (asws) lamented to him and Ziyad said to him (asws) during that, ‘I was in (so much) pain due to my sins to the extent that I thought that I would be destroyed. I remembered my love for you (asws) which gave me hope for salvation and it brightened my situation’. So Abu Ja’far (asws) said: ‘And is the Religion anything except for the love? Allah (azwj) the High has Said: “[49:7] But Allah has endeared the Faith to you, and has made it beautiful in your hearts”, and Said: “[3:31] Say: If you love Allah, then follow me, Allah will love you”, and Said: “[59:9] love those who have fled to them”. A man came up to the Prophet (saww) so he said, ‘O Messenger (saww) of Allah (azwj), I love the Praying ones but I do not Pray myself, and I love the Fasting ones but I do not Fast myself’. The Messenger (saww) of Allah (azwj) said: ‘You are with the one whom you love, but to you belongs what you have acquired’. And he (asws) said: ‘What you are seeking and what you want, but it is if there is a scare from the sky, every people would seek protection in its safe place, and we (asws) will seek safety with our Prophet (saww), and you will be seeking safety with us (asws)’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

36. Sahl, from Ibn Fazzaal, from Ali Bin Uqba and Abdullah Bin Bukeyr, from Saeed Bin Yasaar who said: ‘I heard Abu Abdullah (asws) saying: ‘The Praise is to Allah (azwj). They have become the Murjiyya sect, and the Haruriyya sect, and the Qadiriyya sect, and you have been named as the Tarabiyya and the Shiites of Ali (asws). But, by Allah (azwj) and what is that except for that there is no god except Allah (azwj), One with no associates to Him (azwj), and His (azwj) Messenger (saww), and the Progeny (asws) of the Messenger, and the Shiites of the progeny (asws) of the Messenger (saww) of Allah (azwj). And what are the people except that it was Ali (asws) the best of the people after the Messenger (saww) of Allah (azwj), and the highest of the people than the people themselves’. He (asws) said it three times.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

37. From him, from Ibn Fazzaal, from Ali Bin Uqba, from Umar Bin Abaan Al-kalby, from Abdul Hameed Al-Waasty who has said: I said Abu Ja’far (asws), ‘May Allah (azwj) Keep you (asws) well. We have left our markets (businesses) so as to wait for this matter (Al-Qaim (asws)), to the extent that one of us is about to ask by his hand (beg)’. He (asws) said: ‘O Abu Abdul Hameed, Have you see that the one who confines himself to Allah (azwj) that Allah (azwj) will not Find a way out for him? Yes, He (azwj) does Find a way out for him. May Allah (azwj) have Mercy upon the one who revives our (asws) matter’. I said, ‘May Allah (azwj) Keep you (asws) well. These Murjiites are saying that it is not for us to become as we are until there comes what you (asws) are saying. What we were and what you are is the same’. So he (asws) said: ‘O Abdul Hameed. They have spoken the truth. The one who repents, Allah (azwj) Accepts his repentance, and the one who keeps his hypocrisy a secret, Allah (azwj) does not Force him except by Rubbing his nose (gets humiliated). And the one who makes apparent our (asws) matter, Allah (azwj) Sheds his blood. Allah (azwj) Gets him to be slaughtered upon Al-Islam just as the butcher slaughters his sheep’. He (the narrator) said, ‘I asked, ‘So, on that day we and the people would be the same?’ He (asws) said: ‘No. On that day you will be at the pinnacle of the earth, and its rulers. There is no leeway in our (asws) Religion except for that’. I said, ‘If I were to die before having seen Al-Qaim (asws)?’ He (asws) said: ‘If one of you says that, ‘If I were to see Al-Qaim (asws) I would help him (asws), is like the having struck with his sword alongside him (asws), and the martyrdom with him (asws) are two martyrdoms’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

38. From him, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali, from Abdullah Bin Al-Waleed Al-Kindy who said: ‘We came up to Abu Abdullah (asws) during the era of Marwaan. He (asws) said: ‘Who are you all?’ So we said, ‘We are from the inhabitants of Al-Kufa’. He (asws) said: ‘There is no city from the cities with more people who love us (asws) than the inhabitants of Al-Kufa, and in particular this group. Allah (azwj), Majestic is His (azwj) Mention, has Guided you to a matter which the people are ignorant of, and you love us (asws) whilst the people hate us (asws), and you have followed us whilst the people oppose us (asws), and you have ratified us (asws) and the people have belied us (asws). So Allah (azwj) has Made you to live our (asws) life and Made you to die our (asws) deaths. I (asws) hereby testify for my (asws) father who (asws) used to say: ‘There is nothing between you all and your seeing of what delights Allah (azwj) has Kept for your eyes and your rejoicing, except for the reaching of your soul to over here’ – and he (asws) gestured by his (asws) hand to his (asws) throat – ‘and Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic has Said in His (azwj) Book: “[13:38] And certainly We sent messengers before you and gave them wives and children”. So we (asws) are the children of the Messenger (saww) of Allah (azwj)’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

39. Humeyd Bin Ziyad, from Al-Hassan Bin Muhammad Al-Kindy, from Ahmad Bin Udeys, from Abaan Bin Usmaan, from Abu Al-Sabbaah who said: ‘I heard a speech reported from the Prophet (saww) and from Ali (asws), and from Ibn Mas’oud. So I presented it to Abu Abdullah (asws). He (asws) said: ‘These are the words of the Messenger (saww) of Allah (azwj). I (asws) recognise them’. The Messenger (saww) of Allah (azwj) said: ‘The wretched one is the one who is wretched in the womb of his mother, and a happy one is the one who heeds the advice given to the others. And the most intelligent one of the intelligent ones is the one who is pious, and the most stupid of the stupid ones is the immoral. The most evil of the report is the report of the lies (false report), and the most evil of the matters is the innovations. And the blindness of all blindness is the blindness of the heart, and the worst regret is the regret on the Day of Judgement. And the greatest of the sins in the Presence of Allah (azwj) is the lying tongue, and the most evil of the gains is the gain of the interest. And the most evil of the consumption is the consumption of the wealth of the orphans. The best of the decors of the decors of the man is good guidance along with faith, and the controlling of his affairs by it and strengthening them. The one who seeks fame (show-off), Allah (azwj) makes him to be named as a liar, and the one who loves the world will be frustrated from it. And the one who recognises the affliction would be patient against it, and the one who does not recognised it will be tortured (during it). And the doubt is disbelief, and the one who is arrogant, Allah (azwj) Puts him in his place. And the one who obeys Satan (la) disobeys Allah (azwj), and the one who disobeys Allah (azwj) is Punished by Allah (azwj). The one who is thankful, Allah (azwj) Increases for him, the one who is patient upon a loss is Helped by Allah (azwj). The one who places reliance upon Allah (azwj), Allah (azwj) suffices for him. Do not Enrage Allah (azwj) by pleasing anyone from His (azwj) creatures, and do not seek nearness to anyone from the creatures who takes you far away from Allah (azwj), for Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic, there is nothing between Him (azwj) and anyone from His (azwj) creatures anything by which good can be acquired nor evil be repelled except by being obedient to Him (azwj), and the following of His (azwj) Pleasure. And in the obedience to Allah (azwj) is success in every good that you want, and salvation from every evil which is feared. And that Allah (azwj), Mighty is His (azwj) Mention, Defends the one who is obedient to Him (azwj) and the one who is disobedient to Him (azwj) does not seek protection from Him (azwj). And the fugitive from Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic will not find an escape, and that the Command of Allah (azwj) will Descend even though the creatures may be averse to it. And everything which is to come is near, and Whatsoever Allah (azwj) so Desires has happened and whatsoever He (azwj) does not Desire will not happen. So help each other towards the righteousness and the piety and do not help each other towards the sins and the animosity. And fear Allah (azwj) for He (azwj) is Severe is the Punishment’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

40. and by this chain, from Abaan, from Yaqoub Bin Shuayb, who has said: I asked Abu Abdullah (asws) about the Statement of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic: “[2:213] Mankind were one community”, so he (asws) said: ‘Before the era of Noah (as) the people were a misguided nation. So Allah (azwj) Initiated by sending the Messengers (as) and it is not as they are saying it to be that it never ceased, and they are lying for Allah (azwj) Differentiated in the Night of Power (Laylat Al-Qadr) what was from the hardships, or ease, or rain in accordance with what Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic so Desired until the similar like it to come (Next Laylat Al-Qadr)’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

41. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, from Ma’rouf Bin Kharabouz, from Al-Hakam Bin Mustawrid, who has said: Ali Bin Al-Husayn (asws) said: ‘From among the sustenance are those which Allah (azwj) has Measured out for the people from what their needs are to Him (azwj). The sea (atmosphere) is the one which Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic has Created to be between the sky and the earth’. He (asws) said: ‘And Allah (azwj) has Determined in these the flow of the sun and the moon, and the stars, and the planets, and has Determined all of that upon the orbit. Then for every orbit is an Angel with whom there are seventy thousand Angels. So they turn the circle of the orbit. So it is upon their turning that the sun, and the moon, and the stars, and the planets turn along with them. So they descend in their station which Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic has Determined for them. Therein are their days and their nights. So when the sins of the servants become numerous and Allah (azwj) Blessed and High Intends to Reproach them with a Sign from His (azwj) Signs, He (azwj) Orders the Angel in charge of the orbit to remove the orbit upon which the sun and the moon, and the stars, and the planets flow upon. So that Angel orders the seventy thousand Angels (which are under him) to remove these from their flows’. He (asws) said: ‘So they remove it and the sun becomes in that sea (atmosphere) in which flows in the orbit’. He (asws) said: ‘So its light gets obliterated and its colour changes. So if Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic Intends to maximise the Sign, He (azwj) Obliterates the sun in the sea (atmosphere) upon what Allah (azwj) Loves that His (azwj) creatures should fear His (azwj) Signs’. He (asws) said: ‘And that is during the eclipse of the sun’. He (asws) said: ‘And that is similar to what He (azwj) Does with the moon’. He (asws) said: ‘So if Allah (azwj) Intends to End it or Return it back to normal, He (azwj) Orders the Angel in charge of the orbit that he should return the orbit back to its normality. So he returns the orbit and the sun goes back to its normality’. He (asws) said: ‘So he takes it out from the water (fluid) and it is brownish (dim)’. He (asws) said: ‘And the (matter of) the moon is similar to that’. He (the narrator) said, ‘Then Ali (asws) Bin Al-Husayn (asws) said: ‘But rather, no one is scared of these two nor is anyone intimidated by these two Signs except the one who was from our (asws) Shiites. So if (these Signs) have happened, so be scared to Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic, then return (Repent) to Him (azwj)’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

42. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Suleyman, from Al-Fazl Bin Ismail Al-Hashimy, from his father who said: ‘I complained to Abu Abdullah (asws) of what I had faced from my family from their taking of their Religion lightly’. So he (asws) said: ‘O Ismail, do not abhor that from your family, for Allah (azwj) Blessed and High has Made for every family a proof by which He (azwj) will Argue by against his (faithless) family on the Day of Judgement. So He (azwj) will Say to them: “Did you not see so and so among you? Did you not see his guidance among you? Did you not see his Prayers among you? Did you not see his Religion? Did you not follow it? So he will become a proof against them on the Day of Judgement’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

43. From him, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Usaym Al-Nakhaas, from Muawiya Bin Ammaar who said: ‘I heard Abu Abdullah (asws) saying that: ‘The man from among you lives in the neighbourhood. So Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic will Argue by him against his neighbours on the Day of Judgement. So He (azwj) will Say: “Was not so and so among you? Did you not hear his speech? Did you not hear his wailing during the night? So he will be the Argument of Allah (azwj) against them’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

44. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al-Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Jameel Bin Saaleh, from Abu Maryam who has said: Abu Ja’far (asws), said, ‘I asked him (asws) about the Statement of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic: “[105:3] And send against them swarms of flying creatures [105:4] Striking them with stones of baked clay”, he (asws) said: ‘These were low flying birds which came upon them from the sea front. Their heads were like the heads of predatory birds, and their claws were like the claws of predatory birds. Along with each of the birds were three stones. In their legs were two stones and in their beaks was one stone each. So they went on to pelt them by these until their bodies became blistered with smallpox. So they killed them by it and there was not seen before that anything from the smallpox, nor were such birds seen before that day, nor after it’. He (asws) said: ‘And the ones from among them who escaped on that day went until they reached Hazramaut, and it is a valley in a part of Yemen. Allah (azwj) Sent against them a flood. So, all of them were drowned in it’. He (asws) said: ‘And no water had been seen in that valley at all for fifteen years before that’. He (asws) said: ‘So that is why it has been named as Hazramaut (death arrived), for that is wherein they died’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

45. Muhammad Bin Yahya, form Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ibn Fazzaal, from Abdullah Bin Bukeyr and Sa’alba Bin Maymoun and Ali Bin Uqba, from Zarara, from Abdul Malik who said: ‘A discussion took place between Abu Ja’far (asws) and the children of Al-Hassan (asws). That reached me, so I came up to Abu Ja’far (asws) to speak to him (asws) about it. He (asws) said to me: ‘Shhh! Do not interfere in what is in between us (asws), for our (asws) example and the example of the sons of our (asws) uncle is like the man who was in the Children of Israel who had two daughters. So he married one of them to a farmer and married the other one to a potter. Then he went to visit them both. So he first went to the wife of the farmer and said to her, ‘What is your condition?’ She said, ‘The farm of my husband is a large farm, so if Allah (azwj) were to send (rain from) the sky, we would be in the best condition of the Children of Israel’. Then he went to the wife of the potter, so he said to her, ‘What is your condition?’ She said, ‘My husband has worked to produce a lot of pottery, so if Allah (azwj) were to Withhold (the rain from) the sky, we would be in the best condition of the Children of Israel’. So he left and he was saying, ‘Our Allah (azwj) You are for them both’, and that is how it is with us’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

46. Muhammad, from Ahmad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Jameel Bin Saaleh, from Zareeh who said: ‘I heard Abu Abdullah (asws) seeking refuge for one of his (asws) sons and he (asws) was saying: ‘I (asws) am resolved against you, O wind, and O pain, whatever creature you are, with the determination which Ali (asws) Bin Abu Talib (asws) and the Messenger (saww) of Allah (azwj) held against the Jinn in the valley of Al-Sabrah. So they answered, and they obeyed. You answer and obey, and go away from my (asws) son so and so, so of my (asws) daughter so and so, at this very moment, at this very moment’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

47. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Fazzaal, from Ibn Sinan, from Abu Al-Jaroud: Abu Ja’far (asws) said: ‘The Messenger (saww) of Allah (azwj) said: ‘The one who misses (someone in his absence) is himself missed (by others), and the one who does not prepare (himself to observe) patience against the ravages of the time would be frustrated, and the one who problems the people would be troubled by them, and the one who leaves them (under troubles) alone would not be left alone by them (but troubles will be returned to him)’. It was said, ‘So what shall I do, O Messenger (saww) of Allah (azwj)?’ He (saww) said: ‘Lend them from you dignity, from the little you have and from what you need (for yourself) to (them)’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

48. From him, from Ahmad, from Al-Barqy, from Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Hammaad Bin usmaan who said: ‘Musa Bin Isa was in his house which was in the place of Sa’ee (nearby the Kaaba), overlooking it when he saw Abu Al-Hassan Musa (asws) coming from Al-Marwa upon his (asws) mule. So he ordered Ibn Hayyaaj, a man from Hamdaan who was very close to him (asws) to go and hold on to the reins and make a claim for the mule. So he came up to him (asws), held on to the reins, and staked a claim for the mule. Abu Al-Hassan (asws) took his (asws) feet off and dismounted from it and said to his (asws) servant: ‘Take the saddle and hand (the mule) over to him’. He said, ‘And the saddle is mine as well’. So Abu Al-Hassan (asws) said: ‘You are lying, for we (asws) have clear proof that it is the saddle of Muhammad (asws) Bin Ali (asws), and as for the mule, so we (asws) have bought it not so long ago and you know it, and what you are saying’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

49. From him, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Murazim, from his father who said: ‘We went out with Abu Abdullah (as) when he left from the presence of Abu Ja’far Al-Mansour from Al-Hira. So he left at the time permitted for him and ended up at Al-Saliheen in the beginning of the night. A tax collector presented himself to him who was in Al-Saliheen in the beginning of the night. He said to him, ‘I will not permit you to leave’. So he urged him and requested him, but he refused, rejecting it. And I and Musaddaf were with him. So Musaddaf said to him, ‘May I be sacrificed for you, but this one is a dog. He has troubled you, and I fear that he would make you return, and I do not know what would be the order of Abu Ja’far (Al-Mansour). If you permit us, I and Murazim can strike his neck, then throw him (his body) in the river’. He said: ‘Restrain yourself, O Musaddaf’. So he did not stop requesting him until most of the night had passed, and he permitted him to pass. He said: ‘O Murazim, is this better or that which you had said?’ I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you, this (is better)’. So he said: ‘The man comes out of the smaller humiliation, but that pushes him enter into the greater humiliation’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

50. From him, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al-Hajjaal, from Hafs Bin Abu A’isha who said: ‘Abu Abdullah (asws) sent one of his (asws) servants on an errand. He was delayed. So Abu Abdullah (asws) went out to see why he had been delayed. He (asws) found him sleeping. So he (asws) sat near to his head and caressed it (and waited) until he woke up. So when he was awake, Abu Abdullah (asws) said to him: ‘O so and so, by Allah (azwj), that is not for you. The night is for you to sleep in and the day from you is for us (asws)’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

51. From him, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al-Hakam, from Hassaan, from Abu Ali who said: ‘I heard Abu Abdullah (asws) saying: ‘Do not mention our (asws) secrets opposite to what we (asws) say publicly, and do not publicise us (asws) opposite to our (asws) secrets. It suffices for you all that you should say what we (asws) say, and remain silent about what we have observed silence on. You have seen that Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic have never Kept any good for anyone from the people in opposition to us (asws). Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic Says: “[24:63] therefore let those beware who go against his order lest a trial afflict them or there befalls upon them a painful chastisement.”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

52. Muhammad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al-Hakam, from Ziyad Bin Al-Hallaah, the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) having said: ‘(Prophet) Musa (as) said: ‘O Lord (azwj)! Where does illness come from?’ He (azwj) Said: “From Me (azwj)”. He said: ‘And the cure?’ He (azwj) Said: “From Me (azwj)”. He said: ‘So what do Your servants do with the healer?’ He (azwj) Said: “They soothe themselves by him”. These days the healer is called the Doctor’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

53. From him, from Ahmad, from Ibn Fazzaal, from Ibn Bukeyr, from Abu Ayyub, who has said: Abu Abdullah (asws) said: ‘There is none from the illnesses, but it waits, prior to rushing to the body (infecting), until after getting orders to act upon it’. And in another report: ‘Except for the fever, for it starts working as it comes’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

54. From him, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Abdul Aziz Bin Al-Muhtady, from Yunus Bin Abdul Rahmaan, from Dawood Bin Zurby who said: ‘I fell ill in Al-Medina with intense illness, and that (news) reached Abu Abdullah (asws). So he (asws) wrote to me: ‘It has reached me (asws) (news of) your illness. Buy one Sa’a of wheat, then lie down on your back and scatter it upon your chest a scattering and say, ‘Our Allah (azwj)! I hereby ask You (azwj) by Your (azwj) Name which the restless (Al-Muztar i.e. Al-Qaim (asws)) asks You (azwj) to Remove the adversities, and Enable him (asws) in the earth and Make him (asws) as Your (azwj) Caliph upon Your (azwj) creatures, and send greetings upon Muhammad (saww) and upon the People (asws) of his (saww) Household, and Cure me from my illness’. Then sit straight and gather the wheat which is around you and say the like of that (again) and distribute one Mudd by one Mudd to each of the poor and say the like of that (again)’. Dawood said, ‘I did the like of that and I was as if I had been disentangled from a knot, and more than one person did that, so they all benefitted by it’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

55. Muhammad, from Ahmad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Jameel Bin Saleh, from Aban Bin Tabligh has narrated the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) said, ‘I asked him (asws) about the earth, which thing does it rest upon? He (asws) said: ‘It is upon the whale’. I said, ‘So the whale, which thing does it rest upon?’ He (asws) said: ‘Upon the water’. I said, ‘So the water, upon which thing does is rest upon?’ He (asws) said: ‘Upon a rock’. I said, ‘So upon which thing does the rock rest upon?’ He (asws) said: ‘Upon the horns of a bull’ I said, ‘So upon which thing does the bull rest upon?’ He (asws) said: ‘Upon the mist’. I said, ‘So upon which thing does the mist rest upon?’ He (asws) said: ‘This is how far knowledge of scholars is permitted (to reveal) and beyond this is straying’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

56. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr, from Jameel Bin Darraaj, from Zarara has narrated the following: One of them (Fifth or Sixth Imam (asws)) having said: ‘Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic Created the earth, then Sent to it the salty water for forty mornings, and the sweet water for forty mornings until they met and got mixed. Then He (azwj) Took by His (azwj) Hand a handful and Stirred it intensely together, then Separated it into two separations. So from each one of these two came out particles like the particles of powder. So He (azwj) Took a (group of) particles to the Paradise, and a (group of) particles to the Fire’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

57. One of our companions, from Ali Bin Al-Abbas, from Al-Hassan Bin Abdul Rahman, who has narrated: Abu Al-Hassan (asws) said: ‘The dreams did not exist in the past in the beginning of the creation, but rather they occurred later on’. I said, ‘And what is the reason with regards to that?’ He (asws) said: ‘Allah (azwj) Sent a Rasool (as) to the people of his (as) era. So he (as) called them to the worship of Allah (azwj) and to His (azwj) obedience’. They said, ‘If we were to do that, so what is in it for us, for by Allah (azwj), you (as) are no more wealthier than we are, nor is your (as) family stronger than ours’. He (as) said: ‘If you were all to obey me (as), Allah (azwj) will Make you to enter the Paradise, and if you were to disobey me (as), Allah (azwj) will Make you to enter the Fire’. So they said, ‘And what is the Paradise and the Fire?’ So he (as) described that for them. So they said, ‘When do we go to that?’ So he (as) said: ‘When you die’. So they said, ‘But we have seen our dead becoming bones and dust’. So they increased in their denial and contempt of it’. So Allah (azwj) Enabled them to experience dreams. So these came to them, and they got informed by what they saw, and what they had denied from that. So he (as) said: ‘Allah (azwj) Intended to Argue against you by this. This is how your spirits are. When you all die, and your bodies decay, your spirits will go toward Punishment until such time that the bodies are resurrected’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

58.Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr, from Hashaam Bin Saalim, who has narrated: ‘I heard Abu Abdullah (asws) saying: ‘The opinion and the dream of a ‘Momin’ (Believer), and what he sees in the later portion of the time is a seventieth part of the parts of the Prophet-hood’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

59. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muammar Bin Khallaad, who has narrated the following: Al-Ridha (asws) has said that the Rasool (saww) of Allah (azwj) used to say to his (saww) companions in the morning: ‘Is there anything from the good news?’, meaning by it, the dreams’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

60. From him, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Fazzaal, from Abu Jameela, from Jabir, who has narrated the following: Abu Ja’far (asws) has reported that a man asked the Rasool (saww) Allah (azwj) about the Statement of Allah (azwj): “[10:64] They shall have good news in this world’s life”, he (saww) said: ‘This is the good dream which the Believer sees, so he receives good news by it in this world’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

61. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr, from Sa’d Bin Abu Khalaf, from Abu Abdillah (as) who said: "Dreams are of three aspects: Good news from Allah for the believer, a warning from Satan, and confused dreams."

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

62. A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from his father, from Al-Nazar Bin Suweyd, from Dorost Bin Abu Mansour, from Abu Baseer who said: ‘I said to Abu Abdullah (asws), ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws), the true and the false dreams both come from one place’ He (asws) said: ‘You have spoken the truth, but the false dreams are different for the man sees is in the first (part) of the night during the domination of the sinful rebels, and it is an imaginary thing to the man, and it is false and contradictory. There is nothing good in it. And as for the true (dream) it is if he saw it after the (passing) of the two thirds of the night with the advent of the Angels, and that is before the dawn. So this is the true (dream), it will not be contradicted, Allah (azwj) Willing, except if he was in a state of being in requirement of Major ablution (Junuub), or he has slept without being clean, and he did not Mention Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic with true Remembrance, for then it would vary and be delayed to its dreamer’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

63. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al-Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Ali Bin Ra’ab and Hashaam Bin Saalim, from Abu Baseer who said: ‘I asked Abu Ja’far (asws) about the four types of winds – the North, the South, Al-Saba and Al-Dabour, and I said that the people are mentioning that the North (wind) is from the Paradise, and the South (wind) is from the Fire’. So he (asws) said: ‘Allah (azwj) has armies of winds by which He (azwj) Punishes whomsoever that He (azwj) so Wishes to from the ones who disobey Him (azwj), and from every wind from these is an Angel allocated to it. So if Allah (azwj) Intends to Punish a people by some kind of torment, He (azwj) Reveals to the Angel in charge of that particular type of the winds by which He (azwj) Intends to Punish them by. So the Angel orders it and it get excited like a lion gets excited when bothered’. He (asws) said: ‘And for every wind from these is a name. Have you not heard the Words of the High (azwj): “[54:19] For We sent against them a furious wind (Sarsara), on a Day of violent Disaster”, and Said: “[51:41] When We sent upon them the destructive wind (Al-Aqeem)”, and Said: “[46:24] a blast of wind in which is a painful punishment,”, and Said: “[2:266] that it should be caught in a whirlwind, with fire therein, and be burnt up”. And (others) from winds which have not been Mentioned by which Allah (azwj) Punishes the ones who disobey Him (azwj)’. He (asws) said: ‘And Allah (azwj) Mighty is His (azwj) mention has winds of Mercy which occur, and others besides that which He (azwj) Displays His (azwj) Mercy. From these is that which incites clouds for the rain, and from these is a wind which holds up the clouds in between the sky and the earth, and the winds which squeeze the clouds so they make rain by the Permission of Allah (azwj), and from these are winds which Allah (azwj) has Counted in His (azwj) Book. As for the four winds – the North, and the South, and Al-Saba, and Al-Dabour, so these are the names of the Angels who have been allocated to these. So if Allah (azwj) Intends the North wind to blow, He (azwj) Commands the Angel whose name is the North (Al-Shimaal), so he descends upon the Sacred House (Al-Bayt Al-Haram), stands upon the Al-Shamy corner of it and flaps his wings. So the North wind disperses in the land and the sea wherever Allah (azwj) Desires it to. And if Allah (azwj) Intends to Send the South winds, He (azwj) Commands the Angel whose name is the South (Al-Junoub), so he descends upon the Sacred House (Al-Bayt Al-Haram), stands upon the Al-Shamy corner of it and flaps his wings. So the South wind disperses in the land and the sea wherever Allah (azwj) Desires it to. And if Allah (azwj) Intends to Send Al-Saba wind, He (azwj) Commands the Angel whose name is Al-Saba, so he descends upon the Sacred House, stands upon the Al-Shamy corner of it and flaps his wings. So the Al-Saba wind disperses in the land and the sea wherever Allah (azwj) Desires it to. And if Allah (azwj) Intends to Send Daboura, He (azwj) Commands the Angel whose name is Al-Dabour, so he descends upon the Sacred House, stands upon the Al-Shamy corner of it and flaps his wings. So Al-Dabour wind disperses in the land and the sea wherever Allah (azwj) Desires it to’. Then Abu Ja’far (asws) said: ‘As for your hearing their words – the North wind, and the South wind, and Al-Dabour wind, and Al-Saba wind, but rather these are the Angels who have been entrusted with these.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

64. From him, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, from Ma’rouf Bin Kharbouz, who said: Abu Ja’far (asws) said that ‘Allah (azwj) has winds of Mercy as well as winds of Punishment. So if Allah (azwj) Desires that He (azwj) Turns the winds of Punishment into the winds of Mercy, He (azwj) Does it, but He (azwj) never Makes (winds of ) Mercy to be turned into the wind of Punishment’. He (asws) said: ‘And it is never the case that He (azwj) is Merciful to all people who obey Him (azwj) and that their obedience should become an affliction for them, except after theirs having turned from their obedience. He (asws) said: ‘That is how He (azwj) Acted with the people of Yunus (as). When they believed, Allah (azwj) Bestowed mercy upon them after having had Ordained for them the Punishment. He (azwj) had Decided, then Enclosed them with His (azwj) Mercy. So He (azwj) Made the Punishment that was pre-destined for them as a Mercy. He (azwj) Turned it away from them and it had already descended upon them and overwhelmed them, but they pleaded before Him (azwj)’. He (asws) said: ‘And as for the wind of the destruction (Al-Aqeem), so it is a wind of Punishment. Neither, does it inseminate anything from the wombs or anything from the seeds, and it is a wind which comes out from the underneath the seven earths, and not a (single) wind came out from it at all except upon the people of Aad when Allah (azwj) was Wrathful against them. So He (azwj) Commanded the Keepers to take from it a measure of the size of a ring’. He (asws) said: ‘It rebelled against the Keepers, so there came out from it a measure of the nostril of a bull being wrathful against the people of Aad’. He (asws) said: ‘So the Keepers grumbled to Allah (azwj) from that. They said, ‘Our Lord (azwj)! It has rebelled against our orders. We are afraid that it would destroy the ones who have not been disobedient to You (azwj) from Your (azwj) creatures who built Your (azwj) City’. He (asws) said: ‘So Allah (azwj) Sent Jibraeel towards it who faced it with both his wings and returned it back to its place and said to it: ‘Come out of the ones whom you have not been Commanded for’. He (asws) said: ‘So it came out from the ones against whom it had not been Commanded for, and destroyed the people of Aad and those who were present with them (their supporters)’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

65. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al-Nawfaly, from Al-Sakuny, who has narrated the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) has said that the Rasool (saww) Allah (azwj) said; ‘For whom the Blessings appear should frequently mention ‘الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ’ ‘Praise be to Allah (azwj)’, and the one who has numerous worries so for him is ‘بِالِاسْتِغْفَارِ’ to seek Forgiveness, and the one who is pressed by the poverty should frequently say ‘لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ’ ‘There is no Power and no Might except by Allah (azwj) the High the Magnificent, the poverty would be negated from him’. And he (asws) said: ‘The Prophet (saww) missed a man from the Helpers so he (saww) said to him: ‘What is the reason for your absence?’ He said, ‘The poverty, O Rasool (saww) Allah (azwj), and the lengthy illness’. So he (saww) said to him: ‘Shall I (saww) teach you certain words, if you were to recite these, the poverty would go away from you, as well as the illness?’ He said, ‘Yes, O Rasool (saww) Allah (azwj)’. So he (saww) said: ‘When it is the morning and evening, say: ‘There is no Power and no Might except by Allah (azwj), the High, the Magnificent. I hereby rely upon the Alive Who does not die, and Praise be to Allah (azwj) Who never Took for Himself (azwj) a son, and there never was for Him (azwj) an associate in the Kingdom, and will not be for Him (azwj) a guardian from the humiliation, and Great is His (azwj) Greatness’. So the man said, ‘By Allah (azwj), I had not recited it except for three days, and the poverty and the illness went away from me’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

66. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ali Bin Al-Hakam, from Ismail Bin Abd Al-Khaliq who said: ‘I heard Abu Abdullah (asws) saying to Abu Ja’far Al-Ahwal, and I was listening: ‘Did you go to Al-Basra?’ He said, ‘Yes’. He (asws) said: ‘How did you see the hastening of the people to this matter and their entering in it to be?’ He said, ‘By Allah (azwj), they are few, and they have done it but that is little’. He (asws) said: ‘It is on you to (approach) the juveniles for they are quick to every good’. Then he (asws) said: ‘What are the people of Al-Basra saying regarding this Verse: ‘[42:23] Say: I do not ask of you any reward for it but love for my near relatives”. I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws), they are saying that it is for the near relatives of the Rasool (saww) of Allah (azwj)’. He (asws) said: ‘They lie. But rather it Descended with regards to us (asws) especially, regarding the People (asws) of the Household, regarding Ali (asws), and Fatima (sa), and Al-Hassan (asws), and Al-Husayn (as) the ones of the Cloak (As’haab Al-Kisaa)’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

67. From him, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al-Husayn Bin Saeed, from Muhammad Bin Dawood from Muhammad Bin Atiyya who said: ‘A man from the scholars of the people of Syria (Al-Shaam) came up to Abu Ja’far (asws). He said, ‘O Abu Ja’far (asws), I have come to ask you (asws) a question which has exhausted me in finding one who could explain it to me, and I have asked three kinds of the people about it, so each type from them said something other than what the other one said’. So Abu Ja’far (asws) said to him: ‘What would that be?’ He said, ‘I ask you (asws) about the first thing what Allah (azwj) Created from His (azwj) creatures, for some of the ones I asked said it was the Destiny, and some of them said it was the Pen, and some of them said it was the Spirit’. So Abu Ja’far (asws) said: ‘They have not said anything. I (asws) hereby inform you that Allah (azwj) Blessed and High Existed and there was nothing other than Him (azwj), and He (azwj) was Mighty and there was no one who was mighty before Him (azwj), and that is His (azwj) Statement: “[37:180] Glory be to your Lord, the Lord of Honour, above what they describe”, and He (azwj) was the Creator before the creation, and had He (azwj) Created, and Had He (azwj) Created something from His (azwj) Creation, something from something, then there would be no cut-off from it (the chain) ever, and it would never cease if Allah (azwj) had something with Him (azwj) and He (azwj) did not precede it, but He (azwj) Existed when there was nothing other than Him (azwj). And He (azwj) Created the thing from which are all things, and it is the water from which He (azwj) Created the things. So He (azwj) Lineage everything to the water and did not Make a lineage for the water to which it can be ascribed. And He (azwj) Created the wind from the water, then Made the wind to overcome the water. So the wind sent down into the body of the water until foam swirled from the water in accordance with what He (azwj) so Desired it to swirl. So He (azwj) Created from that foam, pure white land with no crack in it, nor any holes, neither ascending nor descending, and no tree. Then He (azwj) Folded it, so He (azwj) Placed it on top of the water. Then Allah (azwj) Created the fire from the water, so the fire bust out of the body of the water until smoke arose from the water in accordance with Allah (azwj) so Desired it to rise. So He (azwj) Created from that smoke, clear and pure sky in which there were no cracks nor any holes, and that is His (azwj) Statement: “[79:27] Are you the harder to create or the heaven? He made it. [79:28] He raised high its height, then put it into a right good state. [79:29] And He made dark its night and brought out its light”. He (asws) said: ‘And there was no sun, and no moon, and no stars and no clouds. Then He (azwj) Folded it and Placed it upon the earth, then Established two creations. Then He (azwj) Raised the sky before the earth, so that is His (azwj) Statement, Mighty is His (azwj) Mention: “[79:30] And the earth, He expanded it after that”. He (azwj) Said that He (azwj) Spread it out’. So the Syrian said to him (asws), ‘O Abu Ja’far (asws), the Statement of Allah (azwj) the High: “[21:30] Do not those who disbelieve see that the heavens and the earth were closed up, but We have opened them”. So Abu Ja’far (asws) said: ‘Perhaps you think that these two used to be stuck together and there were separated from each other?’ He said, ‘Yes’. Abu Ja’far (asws) said: ‘Seek Forgiveness from your Lord (azwj), for it is the Statement of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic that they were closed up, meaning that the sky used to be closed up and no rain descended from it, and the earth was closed up and did not grow any seed (vegetation). So when Allah (azwj) Blessed and High Created the creatures, He (azwj) Spread therein all kinds of animals. He (azwj) Opened up the sky by the rain and the earth by the seed’. The Syrian said, ‘I testify that you (asws) are from the children of the Prophets (as) and that your (asws) knowledge is their (as) knowledge’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

68. Muhammad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Al-A’ala Bin Razeyn, from Muhammad Bin Muslim and Al-Hajjaal, from Al-A’ala, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said: Abu Ja’far (asws) said to me: ‘Everything used to be water, and His (azwj) Throne used to be on the water. So Allah (azwj) Mighty is His (azwj) Mention Commanded the water, so a fire was ignited. Then He (azwj) Commanded the fire, so it was extinguished and smoke arose from its subsidence. So Allah (azwj) Created the Heavens from that smoke, and Created the earth from the ash. Then the water, and the fire, and the wind quarrelled. So the water said, ‘I am the greatest army of Allah (azwj)’, and the wind said, ‘I am the greatest army of Allah (azwj), and the fire said, ‘I am the greatest army of Allah (azwj). So Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic Revealed unto the wind: “You are My (azwj) greatest army’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

69. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Muhammad Bin Is’haq Al-Madany, who has narrated the following: Abu Ja’far (asws) having said that: ‘The Rasool (saww) of Allah (azwj) was asked about the Statement of Allah (azwj): “[19:85] The day We shall gather the righteous to (Allah) Most Gracious, like a band presented before a king for honours”, so he (saww) said: ‘O Ali (asws)! Surely the delegation will not come up except on rides. These will be the men who feared Allah (azwj), so Allah (azwj) Loved them and Specialised them and being Pleased with their deeds and therefore they have been named as the pious ones’. Then he (saww) said to him (asws): ‘O Ali (asws)! By the One (azwj) Who Split the seed and Brought life out of it, they will be coming out from their graves and the Angels will be welcoming them by a she-camel from the she-camels of honour on which will be saddles of gold crowned with pearls and sapphire, and it will be covered in brocade and silk, and its braid will be purple, and it will fly with them to the place of Resurrection. Along with every man from them will be a thousand Angels in front of them, and on his right, and on his left escorting them with an (honourable) escort until they will end up with them to the Great Door of the Paradise. And at the Door (Entrance) of the Paradise is a tree, a leaf from it can give shade to a thousand men from the people under it. And on the right of the tree is a fountain pure and clear’. He (saww) said: ‘They will quench themselves with a drink from it, so Allah (azwj) will Purify their hearts by it from the ‘الْحَسَدِ’ (jealousy/envy), and their bodily hair will drop off, and that is the Statement of Allah (azwj): “[76:21] and their Lord shall make them drink a pure drink”. It will be from that pure fountain’. He (saww) said: ‘Then they will leave to go to another Fountain on the right of the Tree. So they will bathe in it, and it is the Fountain of (everlasting) Life, and so they will not be dying ever’. He (saww) said: ‘Then they (the she-camels) will pause by them in front of the Throne, and they would have been made safe from the diseases and the illnesses and the heat and the cold for all eternity’. Rasool Allah (saww) said: ‘Then the ‘الْجَبَّارُ’ (Compeller (azwj)) Majestic, Who cannot be Described (by any means), will Say to the Angels who will be with them: “Usher My (azwj) friends to the Paradise and do not pause them with the creatures from I (azwj) am already Pleased with them and My (azwj) Mercy has been Obligated for them, and how can I (azwj) Want them to be paused, the companions of the good with that of the evil?’ He (saww) said: ‘The Angels will lead them to the Paradise. So when they end up with them at the Great Entrance of the Paradise the Angels will knock hard on the door. Its pleasant sound will reach every Hourie whom Allah (azwj) has Prepared for His (azwj) friends in the Gardens. They (Houries) will give them the good news of it when they hear the pleasant sound of the ring (door bell), so some of them will say to the others, ‘The friends of Allah (azwj) have come to us, so open the Door for them’. They will enter the Paradise and their respective wives from the beautiful Houries and the humans will welcome them by saying, ‘Congratulations to you for we have been intensely eager in our desire to be with you’, and the friends of Allah (azwj) will say to them similarly’. Ali (asws) said: ‘O Rasool (saww) Allah (azwj)! Inform us about the Statement of Allah (azwj); “[39:20] But it is for those who fear their Lord. That lofty mansions, one above another, have been built”, O Rasool (saww) Allah (azwj)’. So he (saww) said: ‘O Ali (asws)! Those are mansions which Allah (azwj) has Built for His (azwj) friends from the pearls, and the sapphire, and the emeralds, and their ceilings are of gold interwoven with silver. For each of the mansions are a thousand doors of gold upon each of which is an Angel allocated to it. In them are raised couches, one on top of the other from the silk, and the brocades of different colours, and their filling is of musk, and the camphor and ambergris, and that is the Statement of Allah (azwj): “[56:34] And raised couches”. When the Believer enters his house in the Paradise, a crown of kingship and prestige would be placed upon his head, and he will be dressed in the clothes of gold, and silver, and the rubies, and the crystals arranged in designs as a wreath under the crown’. Rasool Allah (saww) said: ‘And he will be dressed in seventy garments of silk of different colours, struck with different designs with gold, and the silver, and the pearls, and the red sapphire. So that is the Statement of Allah (azwj): “[22:23] they shall be adorned therein with bracelets of gold and pearls; and their garments there will be of silk”. So when the Believer sits upon his bed, it will vibrate with joy. When the friend of Allah (azwj) settles down in his house in the Paradise, the Angels allocated to his Garden will seek permission from him so as to congratulate him for the honour Bestowed upon him by Allah (azwj), and they will come to him. So the servants of the Believer from the butlers and the maids will say to them, ‘Stay in your place, for the friend of Allah (azwj) is leaning upon his couch, and his Hourie wife is grooming herself for him, therefore wait for the friend of Allah (azwj)’. Rasool Allah (saww) said: ‘So his Hourie wife will come out to him from her tent, walking to welcome him, and around her will be her maids, and upon her would be seventy garments interwoven with the sapphire, and the pearls, and the emeralds, and scented with musk, and ambergris. And upon her head would be a crown of prestige, and she would be wearing shoes of gold laced with sapphire and pearls, and their laces will be of red sapphire. So when she approaches the friend of Allah (azwj), he would understand it and he would get up for her in desire, so she will say to him, ‘O friend of Allah (azwj), this is not a day of tiredness and suffering, so do not get up. I am for you and you are for me’. Rasool Allah (saww) said: ‘So they will hug each other for a duration of five hundred years from the years of the world. Neither will he get weary of her nor will she get weary of him. Rasool Allah (saww) said: ‘So when he calms down without being disheartened from her, he will look at her neck, so he will see on her a necklace embedded with red sapphire. In the midst of it would be a panel of pears on which would be written, “You, O friend of Allah (azwj) is my beloved, and I am the Hourie, beloved to you. My self is devoted to you and your self is devoted to me”. Then Allah (azwj) will Send to him a thousand Angels to congratulate him for being in the Paradise and having been married to the Hourie’. Rasool Allah (saww) said: ‘So they will end up to the first of the doors of his Gardens. They will say to the Angel allocated for that door of his garden, ‘Grant us permission to the friend of Allah (azwj), for Allah (azwj) has Sent us to him to congratulate him’. The Angel will say to them, ‘Wait until I inform the guard to inform him of your places’. Rasool Allah (saww) said: ‘So the Angel would come up to the guard, and in between the guard and him would be three Gardens until he will end up at the first door. So he will say to the guard that, ‘A thousand Angels are awaiting at the door, having been Sent by the Lord (azwj) of the world, Blessed and High, to congratulate the friend of Allah (azwj) and have asked me to grant them permission to see him’. The guard will say to the Angel, ‘This is difficult for me that I should permit anyone to the friend of Allah (azwj) as he is with his Hourie wife’. Rasool Allah (saww) said: ‘And in between the guard and the friend of Allah (azwj) are two Gardens’. He (saww) said: ‘So the guard will come up to the supervisor and say to him that, ‘At the door are a thousand Angels whom the Lord (azwj) of Honour has Sent to congratulate the friend of Allah (azwj), so grant them permission’. The supervisor will proceed to the servants and say to them that, ‘A thousand Angels are at the door whom Allah (azwj) has Sent to congratulate the friend of Allah (azwj), so make their places known to him’. Rasool Allah (saww) said: ‘So they will make it known to him, and he will tell him to grant permission to the Angels. So they will come up to the friend of Allah (azwj), and he would be in a mansion of his, and there will be a thousand doors in it, and at each door of its doors would be an Angel allocated to it. So he will allow the Angels to enter to be with the friend of Allah (azwj) by opening one door for each of the Angels to enter by. The supervisor would then allow each of the Angels from the door of the doors of the Mansion’. He (saww) said: ‘So they would then convey the Message of the Compeller (azwj) Majestic and Mighty to him and that is the Statement of Allah (azwj): “[13:23] and the angels will enter in upon them from every gate”, from the doors of the Mansion, “[13:24] Peace be on you” - up to the end of the Verse’. Rasool Allah (saww) said: ‘And that is the Statement of the Majestic and Mighty: “[76:20] And when you see there, you shall see blessings and a great kingdom”, meaning by that the friend of Allah (azwj) and what he would be in from the Prestige and the Bounties, and the Magnificent and Great Kingdom. The Angels Sent by the Message from Allah (azwj) Mighty is His (azwj) Mention, would seek permission for their entrance to him. So they do not come up to him except by his permission. So that is the Magnificent and Great Kingdom’. Rasool Allah (saww) said: ‘And the rivers would flow from underneath his dwelling and that is the Statement of Allah (azwj): “[18:31] These it is for whom are gardens of perpetuity beneath which rivers flow”. And the fruits would come near to them and it is the Statement of Mighty and Majestic: “[76:14] And close down upon them (shall be) its shadows, and its fruits shall be made near (to them) (as in humility), being easy to reach”. The Believer would eat from the varieties of fruits by its category whilst leaning (relaxed upon the couch), and the varieties of the fruits will say to the friend of Allah (azwj), ‘Eat me before you eat this one’. Rasool Allah (saww) said: ‘And there is none from the Believer in the Paradise except that for him would be numerous Gardens, with a gazebo or without a gazebo, and rivers of pure drinks, and rivers of water, and rivers of milk, and rivers of honey. So if the friend of Allah (azwj) calls to partake a meal, he would be given whatsoever he desires for from the foods without even having named his desire’. Rasool Allah (saww) said: ‘Then he would seclude himself with his wife, and some of them would visit each other, and they would enjoy in their Gardens in extended shade, similar to what is between the break of dawn to the rise of the sun, and better than that. Each of the Believer would have seventy wives from the Houries, and four women from the humans, and the Believer would spend an hour with the Hourie, and an hour with the human (wife), and an hour alone with himself, being relaxed leaning on his couch, some looking at some others’. The Believer would be covered by a shining beam of light and he would be upon his couch, and he would say to his servants, ‘What is this beam of light? Perhaps it is the Brilliance of the Compeller (azwj) Who has Observed me’. His servants would say to him, ‘Holy is He (azwj)! Holy is He (azwj)! Majestic is His (azwj) Majesty! But, this is a Hourie from your women (wives) whom you have never entered into. She just looked out of her tent towards you in her desire for you, and wants to present herself to you, and would love to meet with you. So when she saw you relaxed upon your couch, she smiled in her desire for you. So that was the brilliant beam that you saw and the light which you were covered in, it was from the whiteness of her mouth (teeth), and her cleanliness, and her purity, and her tenderness’. He (saww) said: ‘So the friend of Allah (azwj) would say, ‘Grant her permission’. So a thousand servants and a thousand maids would descend to her to give her the good news of that. So she would then come to him from her tent, and she would have upon her seventy garments interwoven with the gold, and silver, laced with gems and the sapphire, and the emeralds cover with musk and ambergris, of different colours. The marrow of her leg would be seen from underneath the seventy garments of seventy cubits of length, and the (distance) between her shoulders would be of ten cubits. So when she approaches the friend of Allah (azwj), the servants would welcome her by a tray of gold and the silver in which would be gems, and the sapphire, and the emeralds, so they would display these to her. Then he would embrace her and she would embrace him. So neither would he be weary nor would she be weary’. He the (narrator) said, ‘Then Abu Ja’far (asws) said: ‘But rather the Gardens Mentioned in the Book are the Garden of Eden, and the Garden of Al-Firdows, and Garden of Naeem, and Garden of Al-Ma’wa’. He (asws) said: ‘And Allah (azwj) has Surrounded these Gardens with other Gardens, and that the Believer would be able to have for him from the Gardens whichever one what he loves, and wants and enjoy wherever he so likes to. And if the Believer intends a thing, or covets it, he would call for it by saying, ‘Glory be to You (azwj), our Allah (azwj)!’ So if he says it, the servants would keep coming to him with what he had coveted for even without him having asked them for it or commanded them for it, and that is the Statement of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic: “[10:10] Their cry in it shall be: Glory to Thee, O Allah! and their greeting in it shall be: ‘سَلامٌ’ Peace”, meaning the servants’. He (asws) said: “[10:10] and the last of their cry shall be: Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.”, meaning by that after their having had their enjoyment from the copulation, and the food, and the drinks, they will be Praising Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic during their being free from that’. And as for His (azwj) Statement: “[37:41] For them is a Sustenance determined”, he (asws) said: ‘The servants know of it, so they bring it to the friend of Allah (azwj) before he even asks them for it’. And as for the Statement of the Mighty and Majestic: “[37:42] Fruits, and they shall be highly honoured”, he (asws) said: ‘They will not desire anything in the Paradise, except that they will be honoured with it’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

70. Al-Husayn Bin Muhammad Al-Ashary, from Moalla Bin Muhammad, from Al-Wahsa’a, from Abaan Bin Usmaan, from Abu Baseer who said: ‘It was said to Abu Ja’far (asws) and I was in his (asws) presence that, ‘Saalim Bin Abu Hafsa and his companions are narrating from you (asws) that you (asws) speak upon seventy perspectives, for you (asws) there is a way out from (each one) of these?’ He (asws) said: ‘What does Saalim want from me (asws)? Does he want that I (asws) should come with the Angels. By Allah (azwj), (even) the Prophets (as) did not come with this. And Ibrahim (as) said: “[37:89] Then said: Lo! I feel sick!”, and he (as) was not sick and he (as) did not lie. And Ibrahim (as) has said: “[21:63] He said: "Nay, this was done by this their biggest one! Ask them, if they can speak!”, and he (their biggest idol) had not done it, and he (as) did not lie’. And Yusuf (as) has said: “[12:70] O camel-riders! Lo! Ye are surely thieves!” by Allah (azwj) they had not stolen, and he (as) had not lied’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

71. Abaan, from Abu Baseer who said: ‘I was seated in the presence of Abu Abdullah (asws) when mother of Khalid who had been cut off by Yusuf Bin Umar came up, seeking permission to see him (asws). Abu Abdullah (asws) said: ‘Would you like to listen to her speech?’ I said, ‘Yes’. He (asws) said: ‘Grant her permission’, and he (asws) made me sit alongside him (asws) upon the seat. Then she came in. She spoke eloquently. So she asked about the two of them. He (asws) said to her: ‘Befriend the two of them’ She said, ‘Shall I say to my Lord (azwj) when I meet Him (azwj) that you (asws) ordered me to befriend them?’ He (asws) said: ‘Yes’. She said, ‘But the one who is seated with you (asws) upon the seat (Abu Baseer) has ordered me to keep away (Tabarra) from those two whilst Kaseer Al-Nawa has ordered me to befriend those two. So, which one is better and more beloved to you (asws)?’ He (asws) said: ‘By Allah (azwj)! This one here is more beloved to me (asws) than Kaseer Al-Nawa and his companions. This one here argues by saying: “[5:44] and whoever did not judge by what Allah revealed, those are they that are the unbelievers”; “[5:45] and whoever did not judge by what Allah revealed, those are they that are the unjust”; “[5:47] And the followers of the Injeel should have judged by what Allah revealed in it; and whoever did not judge by what Allah revealed, those are they that are the transgressors”.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

72. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Fazzaal, from Ali Bin Uqba, form Umar Bin Abaan, from Abdul Hameed Al-Wabishy, who has narrated the following: Abu Ja’far (asws) said, when I said from him (asws), ‘We have a neighbour who violates all the Prohibitions to the extent that he leaves the Prayer as well among other matters’. He (asws) said: ‘Glory be to Allah (azwj)! And that is a great matter. However, shall I (asws) inform you of the one who is more evil than him?’ I said, ‘Yes’. He (asws) said: ‘The one who is hostile to us (asws) (Nasibi) is more evil than him. But rather, there is none from the servant in whose presence the People (asws) of the Household are mentioned and he sympathises with our (asws) remembrance, except that the Angels wipe his back, and all of his sins are Forgiven unless he commits a sin which takes him out of the ‘Eman’ (faith), and his intercession is Accepted whilst it is not acceptable for the Nasibi (hostile one). And that the Believer will intercede for his neighbour even if there is no good deed to his credit. He will say, ‘O Lord (azwj)! My neighbour used to restrain himself from hurting me’, so he will intercede for him’. So Allah (azwj) Blessed and High will say: “I (azwj) am your Lord (azwj) and more Right to Suffice for you. So He (azwj) will Enter him in the Paradise although there will be no good deeds to his credit. And that the lowest of the ‘Momineen’ (Believers) would intercede for thirty people. When that happens, the inhabitants of the Fire will say, “[26:100] So we have no intercessors, [26:101] Nor a true friend”.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

73. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al-Husayn, from Muhammad Bin Ismail Bin Yazi’e, from Saleh Bin Uqba, from Abu Haroun, who has said: Abu Abdullah (asws) having said to a number (of people) who were in his (asws) presence and I was present: ‘What is the matter with you all that you take us (asws) lightly?’ A man from Khurasan stood up and said, ‘Allah (azwj) Forbid that we should take you (asws) or any of your (asws) commands lightly’. He (asws) said: ‘Yes, you are one of those who take me (asws) lightly’. He said, ‘Allah (azwj) Forbid that I should take you (asws) lightly’. He (asws) said to him: ‘Woe be unto you, or did you not hear so and so, and we were near Al-Juhfa, and he was saying to you, ‘Give me a ride for about a mile, for By Allah (azwj), I have become (very) tired’? By Allah (azwj), you did not even raise your head and took him lightly by it, and the one who takes one who Believes in us (asws) lightly, has taken lightly and wasted the Sanctity of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

74. Al-Husayn Bin Muhammad Al-Ashary, from Moala Bin Muhammad, from Al-Washa, from Abaan Bin Usmaan, from Abdul Rahmaan Bin Abu Abdullah who said: ‘I said to Abu Abdullah (asws) that, ‘Allah (azwj) Bestowed (Favour) upon us that we recognised His (azwj) Oneness, then Bestowed (Favour) upon us that we accepted the Prophet-hood of Muhammad (saww), then Specialised us with your (asws) love, the People (asws) of the Household that we befriended you, and keep away from your (asws) enemies, and we intend by that to save ourselves from the Fire’. He (the narrator) said, ‘And I sympathised with him and cried’. So Abu Abdullah (asws) said: ‘Ask me (asws), for by Allah (azwj), you will not ask me (asws) about a thing except that I (asws) will inform you of it’. He (the narrator) said, ‘Abdul Malik Bin Ayn, ‘I have not heard him (asws) say that to any creature before you’. I said, ‘Inform me about the two men (Abu Bakr and Umar)’. He (asws) said: ‘They were unjust to us (asws) of our (asws) rights in the Book of Allah (azwj), and with us (asws) Fatima (sa), the inheritance from her (asws) father (saww), and the injustices of these two still flow up to this day’. He (the narrator) said, ‘And he gestured to his (asws) back’, (and said): ‘They threw the Book of Allah (azwj) behind their two backs’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

75. And by this chain, from Abaan, from Uqba Bin Basheer Al-Asady, from Al-Kumeyt Bin Zayd Al-asady who said: ‘I came up to Abu Ja’far (asws), so he (asws) said: ‘By Allah (azwj), O Kumeyt, if we (asws) had in our (asws) possession some wealth, we (asws) would have given you from it, but for you is what the Rasool (saww) Allah (azwj) said to Hassan Bin Sabit: ‘The Holy Spirit will not cease to be with you so long as you defend us (saww)’. I said, ‘Inform me about the two men (Abu Bakr and Umar)’. He (the narrator) said: ‘He (asws) took the pillow and folded it unto his (asws) chest’ and said: ‘By Allah (azwj), O Kumeyt, there is no blood spilled unlawfully, nor any wealth taken without right, and not stone turned from another stone except that it would be upon their necks’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

76. And by this chain, from Abaan, from Abdul Rahmaan Bin Abu Abdullah, from Abu Al-Abbas Al-Makky who said: ‘I heard Abu Ja’far (asws) saying that: ‘Umar met Ali (asws), so he said to him (asws), ‘You (asws) are the one who is reciting this Verse: “[68:6] Which of you is afflicted with madness” and applying it to me and to my companion’. He (asws) said to him: ‘Shall I not inform you of a Verse which has Descended about the Clan of Umayya: “[47:22] But if you held command, you were sure to make mischief in the land and cut off the ties of kinship”?’ So he said, ‘You (asws) are lying. The Clan of Umayya are better at maintaining relations than you (asws) are, but you (asws) refuse to do anything except be inimical to the Clan of Taym (Abu Bakr’s tribe), and the Clan of Ady (Umar’s tribe), and the Clan of Umayya (Muawiya’s tribe)’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

77. And by this chain, from Abaan Bin Usmaan, from Al-Haris Al-Nasry who said: ‘I asked Abu Ja’far (asws) about the Statement of Allah (azwj): “[14:28] Have you not seen those who have changed Allah’s favour for ungratefulness”, (Imam (asws)) asked: ‘What are you all saying about that?’ I said, ‘We are saying that these are the tyrants from the Qureish, the Clan of Umayya and the Clan of Al-Mugheira’. He (asws) said: ‘By Allah (azwj), this is about the Qureish in its entirety. Allah (azwj) Blessed and High Addressed His (azwj) Prophet (saww), so He (azwj) Said: “I (azwj) Gave preference to the Qureish over the Arabs, and Completed upon them My (azwj) Favours, and Sent to the My (azwj) Rasool (saww), so they changed My (azwj) Favour by denial “[14:28] and made their people to alight into the abode of perdition”.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

78. And by this chain, from Abaan, from Abu Baseer, who has said: Abu Ja’far (asws) and Abu Abdullah (asws), that the two of them (asws) said: ‘When the people belied the Rasool (saww) Allah (azwj), Allah (azwj) Blessed and High Decided to Destroy the people of the earth except for Ali (asws) and no one else by His (azwj) Statement: “[51:54] Then turn your back upon them for you are not to blame”. Then Changed it for them so He (azwj) was Merciful to the Believers. Then He (azwj) Said to His (azwj) Prophet (saww): “[51:55] And continue to remind, for surely the reminder profits the believers”.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

79. A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Al-Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Ali Bin Ra’ib, from Abu Ubeyda Al-Haza’a, from Suweyr Bin Abu Fakhta who said: I heard Ali (asws) Bin Al-Husayn (asws) narrating in the Masjid of the Rasool (saww) Allah (azwj) saying: ‘Narrated to me (asws) by my (asws) father (asws), and he (asws) heard it from his (asws) father (asws) Ali (asws) Bin Abu Talib (asws) narrating to the people saying: ‘When it will be the Day of Judgement, Allah (azwj) will Resurrect the people from their graves in their isolation, without beards, in one plane, being driven by the light, and Gather them in the darkness until they are paused upon the hurdle on the Place of Resurrection. So, some of them will climb upon the others, becoming over crowded. They will be prevented from passing. Their breathing will be heavy and they will sweat profusely, and their affairs would be constricted, their noises would intensify, and their voices would be raised. He (asws) said: ‘This will be the first sensation from the sensations of the Day of Judgement’. He (asws) said: ‘The Compeller (azwj) Blessed and High will Attend to them from above His (azwj) Throne in the shadow of the Angels, so He (azwj) Command an Angel from the Angels who would call out among them: ‘O group of creatures! Listen, and listen intently to the Caller of the Compeller (azwj)’. He (asws) said: ‘So the last of them would hear it just as the first of them’. He (asws) said: ‘Their voices would break up due to that, and they will anxiously look around and their body parts would become restless, and their hearts would be in a panic, and they will be raising their heads towards the direction of the voice hastening to the Caller’. He (asws) said: ‘So when that happens, the Infidel would say, ‘This is a difficult day’. He (asws) said: ‘So the Compeller (azwj) Mighty and Majestic would Attend to be the Judge over them, so He (azwj) will Say to them: “I (azwj) am Allah (azwj). There is no god except for Me (azwj). I (azwj) am the Equitable Judge Whom will not Let any injustice be done today. I (azwj) Shall Judge between you all with Justice and Equity. No one will be done injustice in My (azwj) Presence today. I (azwj) shall Take the rights for weak ones from the strong ones and for those who have suffered injustices will be retaliation from the good deeds and the sins as compensation and be Rewarded for the gifts. And no one will be Permitted today in My (azwj) Presence, as an unjust one or one to whom injustice has been done except if he waives his right against the other one, and I (azwj) shall Take from him (the unjust one) during the Accounting correlated. O you creatures! And seek what is due to you from the one who was unjust to you for it in the world, and I (azwj) am a Witness for you against them, and I (azwj) am sufficient as a Witness’. He (asws) said: ‘So they will recognise each other and seize the opportunity. So not one would remain for whom there would be anything from the unjust one any right except that he would claim for it’. He (asws) said: ‘So they would do that for as long as Allah (azwj) so Desires. Their condition would become difficult, and they will sweat profusely, and their grief would intensify, and they would be raising their voices by intense noise. So they would wish to be finished from it by letting go of their rights and not bother to claim for it from the unjust ones’. He (asws) said: ‘And Allah (azwj) would Know of their struggles, so a Caller would Call out from the Presence of Allah (azwj) Blessed and High which the last of them would hear as well as the first of them: ‘O group of creatures, listen intently to the Caller of Allah (azwj) Blessed and High, and listen to what Allah (azwj) Blessed and High is Saying to you all: ‘I (azwj) Am the Bestower and would Love it if you would gift (forego) each other and if you do not then I (azwj) will Take it for you from the one who was unjust to you’. He (asws) said: ‘So they would become happy with that due to their difficult struggles, and constriction, and their behaviour and contention’. He (asws) said: ‘So some of them would forego their rights in the hope that it would finish them from the situation that they would be in, and there would remain some of them who would say, ‘O Lord (azwj), our rights are greater than us being able to forego them’. He (asws) said: ‘So a Caller would Call out from beside the Throne: ‘Where is Rizwaan, the keeper of the Gardens of Al-Firdows?’ He (asws) said: ‘So Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic will Command him to display from Al-Firdows a castle of silver with whatever is inside it from the construction and the servants’. He (asws) said: ‘The butlers and the servants would be seen on the grounds of the castle’. He (asws) said: ‘So a Caller would Call out from the Presence of Allah (azwj) Blessed and High: “O group of creatures! Raise your heads and look at this castle’. He (asws) said: ‘So they will be raising their heads, and each one of them would wish for it’. He (asws) said: ‘So a Caller will Call out from the Presence of Allah (azwj): “O group of creatures! This is for every one forgives a Believer’. He (asws) said: ‘So all of them would be forgiving except for a few’. He (asws) said: ‘So Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic will Say: “There is no Permission to My (azwj) Paradise today for the unjust one, and there is no Permission today to the Fire today for the one who was oppressed, or anyone from the Muslims who has in his possession somebody’s rights until it will be Taken from him during the Accounting. O you creatures! Be prepared for the Accounting’. He (asws) said: ‘Then their way would be cleared for them, so they will be moving to the next stage preparing one another until they end up at the Plains, and the Compeller (azwj) Blessed and High would be upon the Throne. The registers (of deeds) would have been published, the scales set, and the Prophets (as), and the witnesses (asws), and these would be the Imams (asws) would be present. Each Imam (asws) testifying over the people of his (asws) era, having stood among them by the Command of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic, and called them to the Way of Allah (azwj)’. He (asws) said: ‘So a man from Qureish said to him (asws), ‘O son (asws) of the Rasool (saww) Allah (azwj), if there is a Believing man who has a claim against an infidel man, which thing would be taken from the infidel, and he is from the inhabitants of the Fire?’ He (asws) said: ‘Ali (asws) Bin Al-Husayn (asws) said to him: ‘The sins of the Muslim would be taken from him in accordance with what is due to him from the infidel, so the infidel would be Punished by it along with his Punishment for his infidelity in accordance with what was for the Muslim before that right’. He (asws) said: ‘So the Qureishi said to him (asws), ‘So if there was a right for a Muslim against a Muslim, how would it be taken from a Muslim?’ He (asws) said: ‘The good deeds would be taken for the oppressed against the oppressor in accordance with the right of the oppressed and it would increase the good deeds of the oppressed one’. He (asws) said: ‘The Qureishi said to him (asws): ‘If the oppressor does not have any good deeds to his credit?’ He (asws) said: ‘If the oppressor does not have any good deeds to his credit, the sins of the oppressed would be taken from him so it would increase the sins of the oppressor’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

80. Abu Ali Al-Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbaar, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Fazzaal, from Tha’albat Bin Maymoun, from Aby Amiyya Yusuf Bin Sabit Bin Abu Saeeda, who has narrated the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) having said when they came up to him and said, ‘But rather, we love you (asws) due to your (asws) nearness to the Rasool (saww) Allah (azwj), and for what Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic has Obligated from your (asws) rights. We do not love you (asws) for the sake of the world for getting a share of it from you (asws). But (we love you (asws)) only for the Sake of Allah (azwj) and the House of the Hereafter and that the man from among us would be able to correct his Religion’. So Abu Abdullah (asws) said: ‘You have spoken the truth, you have spoken the truth’. Then he (asws) said: ‘The one who loves us (asws) is as if he is with us (asws), or will come with us (asws) on the Day of Judgement like this’ – then he (asws) joined the two forefingers, then said – ‘By Allah (azwj)! If the man were to Fast during the day, and stand up (for Prayer) during the night, then meets Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic without our (asws) Wilayah, (the People (asws) of the Household) he then would be facing Him (azwj) (in such that) Allah (azwj) would either be Unhappy with him or Angry against him’. Then he (asws) said: ‘And that is the Statement of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic: “[9:54] The only reasons why their contributions are not accepted are: that they reject Allah and His Rasool; that they come to prayer without earnestness; and that they offer contributions unwillingly [9:55] Let not then their property and their children excite your admiration; Allah only wishes to chastise them with these in this world’s life and (that) their souls may depart while they are unbelievers” Then he (asws) said: ‘And such is that belief that the (bad) deed neither had affected it adversely nor is that disbelief that the (good) deed had provided any profit to it’. Then he (asws) said; ‘You should become (believers in) Oneness (of Allah (azwj)) for the Rasool (saww) Allah (azwj) had called the people to the Oneness (of Allah (azwj)) but they did not answer him (saww), and the first one who had came forward to him (saww) was Ali (asws) Bin Abu Talib (asws), and the Rasool (saww) Allah (azwj) said: ‘You (asws) are from me (saww) of the status which Haroun (as) had from Musa (as) except that there is no Prophet (as) after me (saww)’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

81. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa Bin Ubeyd, from Yunus who said: Abu Abdullah (asws) said to Abbaad Bin Kaseer Al-Basry Al-Soufy: ‘Woe be unto you, O Abbaad! You have been deceived yourself by (merely) abstaining from your stomach and your genitals. Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic has Said: “[33:70] O you who believe! be careful of (your duty to) Allah and speak the right word [33:71] He will put your deeds into a right state for you”. You must realise that Allah (azwj) will not Accept from you anything until you speak the truth and just word (do not only rely on the meditation but accept the truth, the Wilayah of Amimah (asws))’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

82. Yunus, from Ali Bin Shajarat, who has said: Abu Abdullah (asws) said: ‘Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic has five sanctimonious (matters) in His (azwj) earth – sanctity of the Rasool (saww) Allah (azwj), and the sanctity of the Progeny (asws) of the Rasool (saww) Allah (azwj), and the sanctity of the Book of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic, and the sanctity of the Kaaba of Allah (azwj), and sanctity of the Believer’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

83. A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Abu Najran, from Muhammad Bin Al-Qasim, from Ali Bin Al-Mugheira, who has said the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) said, ‘I heard him (asws) saying: ‘When the ‘Momin’ (believer) reaches forty years, Allah (azwj) Secures him from three illnesses – the leprosy, and the albinism and the madness. So when he reaches fifty, Allah (azwj) Makes his Accounting to be light. When he reaches sixty years, Allah (azwj) Grants him the repentance. So when he reaches seventy, the inhabitants of the sky love him. So when he reaches eighty, Allah (azwj) Commands to Write down his good deeds and Deletes his bad deeds. So when he reaches ninety, Allah (azwj) Forgives him what has preceded from his Religion and what has been delayed and Writes him down as a prisoner of Allah (azwj) in His (azwj) earth’. And in another report – ‘So when he reaches a hundred, so that is the very (feeble) end of life’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

84. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ali Bin Al-Hakam, from Dawood, from Sayf, from Abu Baseer who said: Abu Abdullah (asws) said that: ‘The servant has the opportunity (to seek forgiveness) until he reaches at the age of forty years. So when he reaches at the age of forty years, Allah (azwj) Reveals to His (azwj) two Angels: “I (azwj) have Let My (azwj) servant to get to this age, so stringent and be more strict with him and write down all from little, big, less, more from his deeds.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

85. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr, from Hammaad Bin Usmaan, from Al-Halby, who has narrated the following: He said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah (asws) about the epidemic which was spreading in the area around Egypt. Shall the man turn to another area or if he is in Egypt so he should exit from it to somewhere else’. He (asws) said: ‘There is no problem with it. However, the Rasool (saww) Allah (azwj) Prohibited the residence of the a hill who were facing the enemies, when there was a plague among them, (they started) to flee from it. So the Rasool (saww) Allah (azwj) said: ‘To flee from it is like fleeing from the march (of the enemy army). He (saww) abhorred that they should empty their positions’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

86. Ali, from his father, from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr, from Abu Maalik Al-Hazramy, from Hamza Bin Humran, who has said: Abu Abdullah (asws) having said: ‘There are three things from which except for a Nabi (as) no one else is safe from – The ‘الْوَسْوَسَةِ’ untrue perception about the creation, and the ‘الطِّيَرَةُ’ pessimism/depression and the ‘الْحَسَدُ’ jealousy , except that believer does not make use of his jealousy’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

87. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al-Husayn Bin Saeed, from Al-Qasim Bin Muhammad Al-Jowhary, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, who has said: Abu Ibrahim (asws) having said to me: ‘I (asws) have had fever for seven months and my (asws) son has had fever for twelve months and it has been increasing for us. I (asws) feel that it does not affect the whole body. Sometimes it affects in the upper part of the body and does not affect in the lower of it, and sometimes it affects in the lower part of it and does not affect in all of the upper body’. I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you. If you (asws) allow me, I would narrate to you (asws) a Hadeeth from Abu Baseer from your (asws) grandfather (asws) when he (asws) had fever, he (asws) sought help by the cold water. So he (asws) would take two pieces of cloth, one immerse it in the cold water and one on the body and rotate between them. Then he (asws) would call out until his (asws) voice would be heard at the door of the house; ‘يَا فَاطِمَةُ بِنْتَ مُحَمَّدٍ’ ‘O Fatima (sa) daughter (asws) of the Muhammad (saww)’. He (asws) said: ‘You have spoken the truth’. I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws). Have you (asws) not found a cure for the fever?’ So he (asws) said: ‘We (asws) have not found a cure for it except for the supplication and the cold water. I (asws) complained of it, so Muhammad Bin Ibrahim sent a doctor to me for it. So he came to me (asws) with a medicine which made me (asws) vomit, so I refused to drink it, because if I vomit, all of my (asws) joints hurt’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

88. Al-Husayn Bin Muhammad Al-Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Is’haq Al-Ashary, from Bakr Bin Muhammad Al-Azady who said: Abu Abdullah (asws) said: ‘The Rasool (saww) Allah (azwj) had fever so Jibraeel (as) gave to him (saww) a charm. So he said: ‘In the Name of Allah (azwj) I perform incantation on you (saww), O Muhammad (saww), and in the Name of Allah (azwj) I heal you (saww), and in the Name of Allah (azwj) from every disease which has exhausted you (saww), and in the Name of Allah (azwj), and Allah (azwj) is your (saww) Healer. So take it and congratulations to you (saww). [56:75] Nay, I swear by the places of the stars for it would free you (saww) from it by the Permission of Allah (azwj)’. Bakr (the narrator) said, ‘And I asked him (asws) about an incantation for the fever, so he (asws) narrated to me with this’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

89. Abu Ali Al-Ashary, from Muhammad Bin saalim, from Ahmad Bin Al-Nazar, from Amro Bin Shimr, from Jabir, who has said: Abu Ja’far (asws) has narrated that Rasool Allah (saww) said: ‘The one who says: ‘بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ’ ‘There is no Power and no Mighty except by Allah (azwj) the High, the Magnificent’, three times, Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic would Suffice for him for ninety nine types of affliction, the least of which is choking (suffocation)’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

90. Humayd Ibn Ziyad, from Al-Hassan Bin Muhammad Al-Kindy, from Ahmad Bin Al-Hassan Al-Maythami, from Aban Ibn Uthman, from Nu’man Al-Razi, who has narrated the following: Abu Abdullah (a.s.) has said: ‘The people routed on the Day of Uhad, from Rasulallah (s.w), so he became very angry. He said: ‘Whenever he became angry, sweat would descend from his forehead like pearls.' He said: ‘So he looked around so there was Ali (a.s.) by his side. So the Prophet said to him: 'Join with the sons of your father (and go after), the ones who have fled from Rasulallah.' So Ali (a.s) said: 'O Rasulallah, you are an example for me.' He said: 'So suffice for me against these (enemies).' So Ali rode and struck the first one he met from them. So Jibra'il (a.s.) said: ‘This is the consolation, O Muhammad!’ Muhammad replied: ‘He is from me and I am from him.' So Jibra'il (a.s.) said: ‘And I am from you both, O Muhammad.' Abu Abdullah (a.s.) said: ‘So the Rasulallah (s.w) looked towards Jibra'il (a.s) who was on a seat of gold in between the sky and the earth and he was saying: ‘There is no sword except for Dhu al-Faqar and no warrior like Ali (a.s).'"

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

92. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al-Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Muhammad Bin Al-Fuzeyl, from Abu Hamza, who has said: Abu Ja’far (asws) having said that: ‘Allah (azwj) Blessed and High Covenanted to Adam (as) that he (as) would not go near the tree. When the time came which was in the Knowledge of Allah (azwj), he (as) ate from it. He (as) ate from it in forgetfulness and it is the Statement of Allah (azwj): “[20:115] And certainly We gave a commandment to Adam before, but he forgot; and We did not find in him any determination”. So when Adam (as) ate from the tree, he (as) came to the earth. There were born to him (as) Habeel (as) and his (as) sister as twins, and there were born to him (as) Qabeel (la) and his (la) sister as twins’. Adam (as) ordered Habeel (as) and Qabeel (la) that they should make an offering. And Habeel (as) was a shepherd and Qabeel (la) was a farmer. Habeel (as) presented a ram from the best of his (as) sheep, and Qabeel presented from his farm what had not ripened yet. So the offering of Habeel (as) was Accepted and the offering of Qabeel (lar) was not Accepted, and it is the Statement of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic: “[5:27] And relate to them the story of the two sons of Adam with truth when they both offered an offering, but it was accepted from one of them and was not accepted from the other” up to the end of the Verse. And it was that the offering was consumed by the Fire. So Qabeel (la) resorted to the Fire and built for it a house and it was the first of the houses to be built for the fire. He (la) said, ‘I (la) will worship this fire until my (la) offering is Accepted from me (la)’. Then Iblees (la) came to him (la) and he (la) used to flow in the son of Adam (la) like the flowing of blood in the veins. So he (la) said to him (la), ‘O Qabeel (la)! The offering of Habeel (as) has been Accepted whilst your (la) offering has not been Accepted, and if you (la) were to leave him (as), his (as) descendants would pride themselves over your (la) descendants and they will be saying to them, ‘We are the descendants of the one (as) whose offering was Accepted’. So kill him (as) so that he (as) would not have descendants to be able to gloat over your (la) descendants’. So he (la) killed him (as). When Qabeel (la) returned to Adam (as), he (as) said to him (la): ‘O Qabeel (la), where is Habeel (as)?’ He (la) said, ‘Seek him (as) where we offered the offerings’. So Adam (as) went and found Habeel (as) murdered. Adam (as) said: ‘Curse be upon the land which accepted the blood of Habeel (as). And Adam (as) wept upon Habeel (as) for forty nights. Then Adam (as) asked his (as) Lord (azwj) for a son. So a boy was born to him (as) and he (as) named him (as) as Hibbat Allah (Gift of Allah (azwj)) because Allah (azwj) Gifted him (as) to him (as), and his (as) sister as twins. So when the Prophet-hood of Adam (as) came to an end, and his (as) days were complete, Allah (azwj) Revealed unto him (as): “O Adam (as)! Your (as) Prophet-hood has ended and your (as) days are completed, so make the Knowledge which is in your (as) possession, and the Belief, and the Great Name, and the inheritance of the Knowledge, and the effects of Knowledge of the Prophet-hood to be in your (as) descendants to be in the possession of Hibbat Allah (as), for I (azwj) will never Cut off the Knowledge, and the Belief, and the Great Name, and the effects of the Prophet-hood from your (as) progeny up to the Day of Judgement, and will never Leave the earth except that there will be in it a knowledgeable one by whom My (azwj) Religion would be recognised, and obedience to Me (azwj) would be recognised, and salvation would lie in the ones born between you (as) and between Noah (as)”. And Adam (as) gave him (as) the good news of Noah (as) so he (as) said: ‘Allah (azwj) will be Sending a Prophet (as) whose name is Noah (as) and he (as) would call to Allah (azwj) is His (azwj) Mention, but his (as) people would belie him (as). So Allah (azwj) would Destroy them by the storm’. And in between Adam (as) and Noah (as) were altogether ten generations of Prophets (as) and successors (as). And Adam (as) bequeathed to Hibbat Allah (as) that: ‘The ones among you (as) who would meet him (as) should believe in him (as), and follow him (as), and ratify him (as) for he (as) would save you from drowning (loosing faith)’. Then Adam (as) became ill with an illness in which he (as) passed away, so he (as) sent for Hibbat Allah (as) and said to him (as): ‘If you meet Jibraeel or meet any of the Angels, so covey greetings from me (as) and say to him: ‘O Jibraeel, my (as) father (as) will be guiding you from the fruits of the Paradise’. Jibraeel said to him (as): ‘O Hibbat Allah (as), your (as) father (as) has been Captured (passed away) and we are descending to Pray on him (as), so return’. He (as) returned and found Adam (as) to have passed away. Jibraeel showed him (as) how to wash him (as). So he (as) washed him (as) until when he (as) came to Pray over him (as). Hibbat Allah (as) said: ‘O Jibraeel, go forward and Pray over Adam (as)’. Jibraeel said to him (as): ‘Verily Allah (azwj) has Commanded us that we should prostrate to your (as) father (as) whilst he (as) was in the Paradise, so it is not for us to lead anyone from his (as) sons’. So Hibbat Allah (as) led the Prayed over his (as) father and Jibraeel and the army of the Angels were behind him (as) and Exclaimed Takbeer over him (as) thirty times. So Jibraeel was ordered (to announce) for twenty-five exclamations of Takbeer to be lifted from it and the Sunnah of today is of five Takbeers, whilst the exclamations (Takbeers) over the people of Badr were nine and seven’. Thereafter, when Hibbat Allah (as) had buried his (as) father (as), Qabeel (la) came up to him (as) and said, ‘O Hibbat Allah (as)! I have seen my (la) father (as) that he (as) had specialised you (as) with the Knowledge by what he (as) had not specialised me (la) with, and it was the Knowledge by which your (as) brother (as) Habeel (as) had supplicated by. So his (as) offering was Accepted, therefore I (la) killed him (as) so that his (as) descendants would not be able to gloat over my (la) descendants by saying, ‘We are the sons of the one (as) whose offering was Accepted whilst you are the sons of the one (lar) whose offering was unsuccessful’. So if you (as) were to display anything from the Knowledge which your (as) father (as) has specialised you (as) with, I (la) will kill you (as) just like I (la) killed your (as) brother Habeel (as)’. So Hibbat Allah (as) and the descendants from him (as) continued with what was in their possession, in a fearful (observing Taqeeya) manner, the Knowledge, and the Belief, and the Great Name, and the inheritance of the Prophet-hood, and the effect of Knowledge of the Prophet-hood until Allah (azwj) Sent Noah (as) and the will of Hibbat Allah (as) was displayed. When they (the descendants) look in the bequest of Adam (as) they found Noah (as) as a Prophet (as) the good news which Adam (as) had given them of. So they believed in him (as), and followed him (as) and ratified him (as). And Adam (as) had bequeathed to Hibbat Allah (as) that he (as) should frequently refer to the will during the start of every year and make it to be a day of Eid for them. They did that during the era of Noah (as) and the time of his (as) coming out and that is what has come in the will of every Prophet (as) until Allah (azwj) Sent Muhammad (saww), and they recognised Noah (as) by the Knowledge which was in their possession, and it is the Statement of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic: “[11:25] And certainly We sent Nuh to his people” up to the end of the Verse. And there were in between Adam (as) and Noah (as), Prophets (as) who were in hiding and it is for that reason their (as) mention is hidden in the Quran. So they (as) have not been named as have been named the proclaimed Prophets (as), greetings be upon all of them (as), and it is the Statement of Allah (azwj); “[4:164] And (We sent) Rasools We have mentioned to you before and Rasools we have not mentioned to you”, meaning the hidden ones from the Prophets (as) have not been named as the proclaimed ones have been named. Noah (as) lived among his (as) people for a thousand years less fifty (950) years. He (as) did not associate anyone in his (as) Prophet-hood for he (as) had come to a people who had rejected the Prophets (as) who were between him (as) and Adam (as) and that is the Statement of Allah (azwj): “[26:105] The people of Nuh rejected the Rasools”, meaning the ones (as) who were in between him (as) and Adam (as) to end in His (azwj) Statement, the Mighty and Majestic: “[26:191] And most surely your Lord is Mighty, the Merciful”. So when the Prophet-hood of Noah (as) came to an end and his (as) days were completed, Allah (azwj) Revealed unto him (as) that: “O Noah (as)! Your (as) Prophet-hood has come to an end and your (as) days are completed, so make the Knowledge which is in your (as) possession, and the Belief, and the Great Name, and the inheritance of the Knowledge, and effects of Knowledge of the Prophet-hood, to be in the descendants from your (as) progeny, for I (azwj) will never Cut it off from the houses of the Prophets (as) which is your (as) house and between Adam (as), and I (azwj) will never Leave the earth except that there will be in it a knowledgeable one by whom My (azwj) Religion would be recognised by, and obedience to Me (azwj) would be recognised by, and salvation would lie in the ones who are born during what is in between the Capture (passing away) of a Prophet (as) up to the coming out of another Prophet (as). And Noah (as) gave the good news of Hud (as) to Saam (as) and there were Prophets (as) in between Noah (as) and Hud (as). And Noah (as) said that Allah (azwj) will Send a Prophet (as) called Hud (as), and he (as) would call his (as) people to Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic. They would belie him (as) and Allah (azwj) will Destroy them by the wind. So the ones among you who meet him (as) should believe in him (as), and follow him (as) for Allah (azwj) would Rescue him from the Punishment of the wind. And Noah (as) ordered his (as) son (as) Sam (as) that he (as) should look at this bequest at the start of every year and make it to be a day of Eid for them. So they observed that which was in their possession from the Knowledge, and the belief, and the Great Name, and the inheritance of the knowledge, and effects of Knowledge of the Prophet-hood. They found Hud (as) as a Prophet (as) and their father Noah (as) had given them the good news of him (as) beforehand. So they believed in him (as), and followed him (as), and ratified him (as), and were therefore Rescued from the Punishment of the wind, and it is the Statement of Allah (azwj): “[7:65] And to Ad (We sent) their brother Hud”, and the Statement of the Mighty and Majestic: “[26:123] (The people of) A’ad denied the Rasools (of Allah). [26:124] When their brother Hud said to them: Will you not guard (against evil)?”, and the Blessed and High Said: “[2:132] And the same did Ibrahim enjoin on his sons and (so did) Yaqoub”, and His (azwj) Statement: “[6:84] And We gave to him Ishaq and Yaqoub and Made it to be in his (as) Household ; each did We guide, and Nuh did We guide before,” and Made it to be in his (as) Household, so the descendants of the Prophets (as) believed in them (as), and those that lived before Ibrahim (as) believed in Ibrahim (as). And there were Prophets (as) in between Ibrahim (as) and Hud (as) and it is the Statement of Allah (azwj); “[11:89], nor are the people of Lut far off from you”, and His (azwj) Statement, Mighty is His (azwj) Mention: “[29:26] And Lut believed in Him, and he said: I am fleeing to my Lord”, and the Statement of the Mighty and Majestic: “[29:16] And (We sent) Ibrahim, when he said to his people: Serve Allah and be careful of (your duty to) Him; this is best for you, if you did but know”. So there came in between every two Prophets (as), ten, or nine, or eight Prophets (as), and all of them were Prophets (as), and there happened for every Prophet (as) what happened for Noah (as), as is what had happened to Adam (as), and Hud (as), and Salih (as), and Shuayb (as), and Ibrahim (as) until it ended up to Yusuf Bin Yaqoub (as). Then, from after Yusuf (as) it went to the grandsons until it ended up to Musa (as). And there were Prophets (as) in between Yusuf (as) and Musa (as). So Allah (azwj) Sent Musa (as) and Haroun (as) to Pharaoh (la), and Hamaan (la), and Qaroun (la). “[23:44] Then We sent Our Rasools one after another; whenever there came to a people their Rasool, they called him a liar, so We made some of them follow others and We made them stories”. And the Children of Israel killed a Prophet (as), and if two were established they killed two, and four would be established, to the extent that sometimes they killed seventy Prophets (as) in one day, and they set up the market and killed them (as) at the end of the day. So when the Torah was Revealed unto Musa (as), it gave the good News of Muhammad (saww), and in between Yusuf (as) and Musa (as) were Prophets (as). And Musa (as) had bequeathed to Yoshua bin Noon (as) and he (as) was the young man whom Allah (azwj) Mentioned in His (azwj) Book. The Prophets (as) never ceased to give the good News of Muhammad (saww) until Allah (azwj) Blessed and High Sent the Messiah Isa Bin Maryam (as). So he (as) gave the good News of Muhammad (saww) and that is the Statement of the High: “[7:157] they find meaning the Jews and the Christians written down with them meaning the description of Muhammad (saww) in the Taurat and the Injeel (who) enjoins them good and forbids them evil,” and it is the Statement of Allah (azwj): “[61:6] And when Isa son of Marium said giving the good news of an Rasool who will come after me, his name being Ahmad,”, and Musa (as) and Isa (as) gave the good news of Muhammad (saww) just as the Prophets (as) had given to one another until it reached Muhammad (saww). So when the Prophet-hood of Muhammad (saww) came to an end, and his (saww) days were completed, Allah (azwj) Blessed and High Revealed unto him (saww): “O Muhammad (saww)! Your (saww) Prophet-hood has come to an end and your (saww) days are completed, so make the Knowledge which is in your (saww) possession, and the Belief, and the Great Name, and inheritance of the Knowledge, and effects of Knowledge of the Prophet-hood to be in the People (asws) of your (saww) Household in the possession of Ali (asws) Bin Abu Talib (asws), for I (azwj) will never Cut off the Knowledge, and the belief, and the Great Name, and inheritance of the Knowledge, and effects of Knowledge of the Prophet-hood from the descendants of your (saww) Progeny (asws) just as I (azwj) never Cut it off from the Houses of the Prophets (as) which were in between you (saww) and your (saww) father Adam (as), and that is the Statement of Allah (azwj) Blessed and High: “[3:33] Surely Allah chose Adam and Nuh and the descendants of Ibrahim and the descendants of Imran above the nations [3:34] Offspring one of the other; and Allah is Hearing, Knowing”. And Allah (azwj) Blessed and High never Makes the Knowledge to be among the ignorant ones, and never Allocates His (azwj) Command to anyone from His (azwj) creatures, not even to an Angel of Proximity, and not to a ‘نَبِيٍّ مُرْسَلٍ’ Mursal Nabi (as), but He (azwj) Sends Rasools from His (azwj) Angels and Said to him: “Say such and such”. So He (azwj) Commanded them with what He (azwj) Loves and Prohibited them from what He (azwj) Abhors. So He (azwj) Related to them the affairs of His (azwj) creatures by the Knowledge. So He (azwj) Taught that Knowledge, and Taught His (azwj) Prophets (as), and His (azwj) and the specials ones from the Prophets (as), and the brothers, and the descendants who were one from another, so that is the Statement of the Majestic and Mighty: “[4:54] But indeed We have given to Ibrahim’s children the Book and the wisdom, and We have given them a grand kingdom”. So, as for the Book, it is the Prophet-hood, and as for the Wisdom, so they (as) are the wise ones from the Prophets (as) from the elite, and as for the Great Kingdom, so they (asws) are the Imams (asws) of the guidance from the elite, and all of these are from the descendants who were one from the other. And the knowledgeable ones are the one whom Allah (azwj) has Made to be among them the remainders, and in them (asws) is the eventual end, and the preservation of the Covenant until the world comes to an end. And the knowledgeable ones and the Guardians of the Command (Wali Ul Amr) are the interpreters of the Knowledge and the guidance. So this is the Glory of the elite and the Rasools (as), and the Prophets (as), and the Wise ones, and the Imams (asws) of guidance, and the Caliphs who are the Guardians of the Command of Allah (azwj), and the interpreters of the Knowledge of Allah (azwj), and the people of the effects of the Knowledge of Allah (azwj) from the descendants who are one from another from the elite after the Prophets (as) from the fathers, and the brothers, and the descendants from the Prophets (as). So the ones who sought protection by the merit ended up with their (as) Knowledge and were rescued by their (as) help, and the ones who placed the Guardians of the Command of Allah (azwj) and the people of the interpretation (Istanbaat) in others than the elites from the Houses of the Prophets (as) have opposed the Command of Allah (azwj), and made the ignorant ones to be as the guardians of the command of Allah (azwj) (wali al-amr), and the pretenders without guidance from Allah (azwj) and they claim that they are the ones who are the people of interpretation (Istanbaat) of the Knowledge of Allah (azwj), so they have belied against Allah (azwj) and His (azwj) Rasool (saww), and disregarded his (saww) successor (asws) and being obedient to him (asws), and did not place the Preference of Allah (azwj) where Allah (azwj) Blessed and High had Placed it. So they went astray and led astray those who followed them, and there will be no argument for them on the Day of Judgement. But rather, the Proof is among the Progeny of Ibrahim (as) as is in the Statement of Allah (azwj): “[4:54] But indeed We have given to Ibrahim’s children the Book and the wisdom, and We have given them a grand kingdom”. So the Proofs are the Prophets (as) and the People of the Household of the Prophets (as) until the Establishment of the Hour (Day of Judgement), because the Book of Allah (azwj) Speaks of that, the Will of Allah (azwj) some of them from the other which has been Placed upon the people, so the Mighty and Majestic Said: “[24:36] In houses which Allah has permitted to be exalted”, and these are the Houses of the Prophets (as), and the Rasools (as), and the Wise ones, and the Imams (asws) of Guidance. So these is the explanation of the firm belief by which gained salvation the ones who were before you, and by it was the Rescued the ones who followed the Imams (asws). And Allah (azwj) Said in His (azwj) Book: “[6:84] And We gave to him Ishaq and Yaqoub; each did We guide, and Nuh did We guide before, and of his descendants, Dawood and Sulaiman and Ayub and Yusuf and Haroun; and thus do We reward those who do good (to others). [6:85] And Zakariya and Yahya and Isa and Ilyas; every one was of the good [6:86] And Ismail and Al-Yasha and Yunus and Lut; and every one We made to excel (in) the worlds [6:87] And from among their fathers and their descendants and their brethren, and We chose them and guided them into the right way”. “[6:89] These are they to whom We gave the book and the wisdom and the prophecy; therefore if these disbelieve in it We have already entrusted with it a people who are not disbelievers in it”, for it has been Entrusted to the People from their (as) Household, and the brothers, and the descendants, and it is the Statement of Allah (azwj) Blessed and High that if your people were to deny it so He (azwj) has Entrusted it to the People (asws) of your (saww) Household with the Belief which He (azwj) Sent you (saww) with. So they will never deny it ever, and will not waste the Belief which you (saww) have been Sent with, the People (asws) of your (saww) Household from after you (saww), the knowledgeable ones (Ulamaa) of your (saww) community, and the Guardians of My (azwj) Command (Wali Al-Amr) after you (saww), and the people of the interpretation (Istinbaat) of the Knowledge in which there is lie, and no sin, and no forgery, and no arrogance, and no showing off. So this is the explanation of what ended up to him (saww) of the matters of the community. Allah (azwj) Purified the People (asws) of the Household of His (azwj) Prophet (saww), and asked them (the people) for the recompense of the cordiality (Muwaddat), and Made the ‘Wilayah’ to flow for them (asws), and Made them (asws) to be the successors (asws), and His (azwj) Beloved ones. He (saww) Established it after him (saww) in his (saww) community: ‘O you people! Learn a lesson from what I (saww) am saying to you. The place where Allah (azwj) has Placed His (azwj) Wilayah, and obedience to Him (azwj), and His (azwj) cordiality, and the interpretation of His (azwj) Knowledge, and His (azwj) Proofs, so these (asws) are the ones. So accept them (asws), and attach yourselves to them (asws) in order to be Rescued by it, and it will become an argument for you on the Day of Judgement, and the Path of your Lord (azwj) Majestic and Mighty. And you cannot arrive to the Wilayah of Allah (azwj) except through them (asws). So the one who does that would have the right for Allah (azwj) to Honour him and not Punish him. And the one who comes to Allah (azwj) without what He (azwj) has Commanded for, would have become deserving for Allah (azwj) to Humiliate him and Punish him’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

93. A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Al-Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Abu Hamza Sabit Bin Dinar Al-Thamaly and Abu Mansour, from Abu Al-Tabi’e who said: ‘We went on Pilgrimage with Abu Ja’far (asws) in the year in which Hisham Abdul Malik was performing the Pilgrimage as well, and along with him was Nafa’u, the retainer of Umar Bin Al-Khattaab. So Nafa’u looked towards Abu Ja’far (asws) in the corner of the House and the people had gathered around him’. Nafa’u said, ‘O Commander of the Faithful, who is this one around whom the people have gathered?’ He said, ‘This is a Prophet of the people of Al-Kufa. This is Muhammad (asws) Bin Ali (asws)’. He said, ‘Be a witness for I shall ask him (asws) about certain matters that nobody can answer with regards to it except for a Prophet (as) or a son (asws) of a Prophet (as), or a successor (asws) of a Prophet (as)’. He said, ‘So go ahead and ask him (asws), perhaps you can embarrass him (asws)’. So Nafa’u came until he leaned upon the people, until he was higher than Abu Ja’far (asws). He said, ‘O Muhammad (asws) Bin Ali (asws)! I have read the Torah, and the Evangel, and the Psalms, and the Furqaan (Quran), and have understood their Permissibles, and their Prohibitions, and I have come to ask you (asws) about certain matters that none can answer with regards to it except for a Prophet (as), or a successor (asws) of a Prophet (as), or son (asws) of a Prophet (as)’. He (the narrator) said, ‘Abu Ja’far (asws) raised his (asws) head and said; ‘Ask, or shall I (asws) begin for you?’ He said, ‘Inform me, how many years were there in between Isa (as) and Muhammad (saww)?’ He (asws) said: ‘Shall I (asws) inform you in accordance to your words or to mine (asws)?’ He said, ‘Inform me in accordance to both together’. He (asws) said: ‘In accordance to my (asws) words, so there were five hundred years, and in accordance to your words there were six hundred years’. He said, ‘So inform me about the Statement of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic to His (azwj) Prophet (saww): “[43:45] And ask those of Our Rasools whom We sent before you: Did We ever appoint gods to be worshipped besides the Beneficent Allah?” who was the one that Muhammad (saww) asked since there were five hundred years in between him (saww) and Isa (as)?’ Abu Ja’far (asws) said: ‘This is the Verse: “[17:1] Glory be to Him Who made His servant to go on a night from the Sacred Mosque to the remote mosque of which We have blessed the precincts, so that We may show to him some of Our signs; surely He is the Hearing, the Seeing”, so Allah (azwj) Blessed and High Showed to Muhammad (saww) certain Signs when He (azwj) Made him (saww) to travel to the Bayt Al-Maqdas, was that Allah (azwj) Mighty is His (azwj) Mention, Resurrected from the former ones and the later ones, Prophets (as) and Rasools (as), then Commanded Jibraeel (as) to Call out the Adhaan and the Iqamah. And he said in his Adhaan “Hurry to the Best of the deeds” (Hayya Ala Khayr Al-Amal). Then Muhammad (saww) proceeded and Prayed with the people. When he (saww) had finished, he (saww) asked them: ‘What did you testify to and what did you worship?’ They replied, ‘We testified that there is no god except Allah (azwj), One with no associates to Him (azwj), and that you (saww) are the Rasool (saww) of Allah (azwj), and it is upon that, that He (azwj) Took a Covenant from us and the Confirmation’. So Nafa’u said, ‘You (asws) have spoken the truth, O Abu Ja’far (asws)! So Inform me about the Statement of Allah (azwj): “[21:30] Do not those who disbelieve see that the heavens and the earth were closed up, but We have opened them”. He (asws) said: ‘When Allah (azwj) Blessed and High Sent Adam (as) to the earth, and the skies were closed up and did not rain at all, and the earth was closed up and did not grow any vegetation. So when Allah (azwj) Accepted the repentance of Adam (as), He (azwj) Commanded the sky, so it collected rain in the clouds. Then He (azwj) Commanded it, so it allowed it to fall. Then He (azwj) Commanded the earth, so it produced the trees, and the fruits, and the rivers flowed. So that is (what is meant by) ‘closed up’, and this is (what is meant by) ‘it opened up’’. Nafa’u said, ‘You (asws) had spoken the truth, O son (asws) of the Rasool (saww) of Allah (azwj). So inform me about the Statement of Allah (azwj): “[14:48] On the day when the earth shall be changed into a different earth, and the heavens (as well)”. Which earth would it be replaced by on the Day?’ So Abu Ja’far (asws) said: ‘It will be the ground which would become edible, from which they will be eating until such time as Allah (azwj) has Completed the Accounting’. Nafa’u said, ‘They would be busy (with the accounting) instead to eating’. So Abu Ja’far (asws) said: ‘Would they be busy on that Day or would they be in the Fire?’ Nafa’u said, ‘But they would be in the Fire’. He (asws) said: ‘By Allah (azwj), they would not be busy, it’s just that when they call for the food, so they will be fed the Zaqoom (a tree in Hell), and they will call for drink and they will be quenched with Al-Hameem (a river of Hell)’. He said, ‘You (asws) has spoken the truth, O son (asws) of the Rasool (saww) of Allah (azwj), and there remains one question’. He (asws) said: ‘And what is that?’ He said, ‘Inform me about Allah (azwj) Blessed and High, when (did He (azwj) Exist) from?’ He (asws) said: ‘Woe be unto you. When was he (azwj) not from that I (asws) inform you when He (azwj) was from? Glory be to the One Who (azwj) always Was and will never cease to Be, Alone, Eternal, He (azwj) has not Taken any associate nor a son’. Then he (asws) said: ‘O Nafa’u, inform me of what I (asws) ask you about’. He said, ‘And what is it?’ He (asws) said: ‘What do you say about the companions of Nahrwaan (a battle), for if you say that Amir-ul-Momineen (asws) killed them rightfully, therefore they were apostates, and if you were to say then he (asws) killed them wrongly, so you would have blasphemed’. He (the narrator) said, ‘He turned around from those that were with him, and he was saying, ‘By Allah (azwj), you (asws) are truly the most knowledgeable of the people’. So he came to Hisham who asked, ‘What did you do?’ He said, ‘Leave me from your speech. By Allah (azwj), this one (asws) is truly the most knowledgeable of the people, and he (asws) is truly the son (asws) of the Rasool (saww) of Allah (azwj), and his (asws) companions are quite right in taking him (asws) as a Prophet (as)’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

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

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

95. A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ismail Bin Mahraan, from Muhammad Bin Mansour Al-Khuzai’e, from Ali Bin Suweyd and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al-Husayn, from Muhammad Bin Ismail Bin Yazi’e, from his uncle Hamza bin Yazi’e, from Ali Bin Suweyd and Al-Hassan Biin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad Al-Nahdy, from Ismail Bin Mahraan, from Muhammad bin Mansour, from Ali Bin Suweyd who said: ‘I wrote to Abu Al-Hassan Musa (asws) whilst he (asws) was in the solitary confinement. I wrote asking him (asws) about his (asws) condition and about numerous matters. The answer did not come for months, then he (asws) answered me by an answer and this is its copy: - In the Name of Allah (azwj) the Beneficent, the Merciful. Praise be to the High, the Magnificent. It is by His (azwj) Greatness and His (azwj) Light the hearts of the ‘الْمُؤْمِنِينَ’ (believers) achieve vision, and by His (azwj) Greatness and His (azwj) Light, (whereas) the ignorant ones are inimical to Him (azwj), and by His (azwj) Greatness and His (azwj) Light crave the ones in the heavens and in the earth and to Him (azwj) is the Means by the different deeds and the contradictory Religions. So the rightful, and the mistaken, and the stray, and the guided, and the hearing, and the deaf, and the seeing, and the blind ones are perplexed. So the Praise Belongs to Allah (azwj) Whose Religion was recognised and described by Muhammad (saww). Having said that, you are of the people whom Allah (azwj) has Blessed by Sending the Progeny (asws) of Muhammad (saww) (towards you and) and by special status, and Preserved the cordiality which attracted you to His (azwj) Religion, and what He (azwj) has Inspired from your guidance and your vision from the matters of your Religion that you give preference to them (asws) and are referring your matters to them (asws). You wrote to me (asws) asking me (asws) about matters which I (asws) was observing dissimulation in and concealed them for a while. So when the authority of the tyrant passed by, and there came the authority of the One (azwj) with Great Authority, by my (asws) departing from the world which has been condemned by its inhabitants who have hardened themselves against their Creator, I (asws) saw that I (asws) could explain to you what you had asked me (asws) about, fearing that our (asws) weak Shiites may enter into confusion because of the ignorance which is in front of them. So fear Allah (azwj), Mighty is His (azwj) Mention, and single out for these matters, its deserving ones, and be cautious that you should become a reason for the calamities against the successors (asws) or provoking (people) against them (asws) by publicising what I (asws) am entrusting you with and exposing what I (asws) have told you to conceal, and Allah (azwj) Willing, you will not do this. Firstly what I (asws) would like to inform you is that you should mourn for myself (asws) in this very night without remorse and no complaints, for what is to transpire is from what Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic has Ordained and is inevitable. So attach yourself to the Handle of the Progeny (asws) of Muhammad (saww), and the Firmest Handle of the successor (asws) after the successor (asws), and the submission to them (asws) and be pleased with what they (asws) say, and do not seek Religion from the ones who are not from your Shiites, and do not love their Religion, for they are traitors who have betrayed Allah (azwj) and His (azwj) Rasool (saww), and betrayed their trusts. And do you know how they betrayed their trusts? They were entrusted with the Book of Allah (azwj) so they distorted it and changed it, and evidenced it upon the rulers among them. So stay away from them. Allah (azwj) has Made them to Taste the clothing of the hunger, and the fear due to what they had done. And you asked about two men (Abu Bakr and Umar) who usurped the wealth of a man which he used to spend upon the poor and the needy and the traveller in need, and in the Way of Allah (azwj). So when they usurped that, they were not happy until they made him carry it unwillingly upon his ride to their own homes. When they undertook to be in charge of its spending, and so reached infidelity by doing that. By my (asws) life, they had become hypocrites before that and rejected against Allah (azwj) His (azwj) Words, and mocked at His (azwj) Rasool (saww), and they were both infidels. May Allah (azwj) Curse them, and the Angels, and the people altogether. By Allah (azwj), the ‘Eman’ (belief) did not enter into the heart of any one of them since their coming out from their condition (Kufr), and it did not increase them in anything except for doubts. They were deceivers, sceptical, hypocrites until they both died and the Angels of Punishment took them to the place of disgrace in the eternal abode. And you asked about those who were in the presence of that man whilst he was usurping his wealth and placed it upon his ride, and there were among them who knew about it and denied it. So those (Abu Bakr and Umar) are the first apostates from this community, and so may the Curse of Allah (azwj) and the Angels and all the people be upon them. And you asked about extent of our (asws) Knowledge, and it is upon three aspects. The past, and the future, and the newly recurring. So as for the past, it has been explained, and as for the future, it has been written down, and as for that which is newly occurring, so it gets imprinted upon the hearts, and resonated in the ears, and it is the highest of our (asws) Knowledge, and there is no Prophet (as) after our (asws) Prophet (saww). And you asked about the mothers of their children (the followers of those two), and about their marriages, and about their divorces. So, as for the mothers of their children, they are prostitutes up to the Day of Judgement, having married without a guardian (Wali’s consent), and going through divorces without (completing the) waiting periods. And as for the one who enters into our (asws) Invitation (call to Wilayah), so his ‘Eman’ demolishes his misguidance, and so does his ‘Yaqeen’ conviction (demolish) his doubts. And you asked about the Zakaat among them. So, there was nothing from the Zakaat (for them), as you are more deserving of it, because we (asws) have made that to be lawful for you, and those who are from you wherever they may be. And you asked about the weak. So the weak is the one who cannot argue against (the batil) and he does not understand the differences, for if he understands the difference, then he is not with the weakness. You asked about the ‘الشَّهَادَاتِ’ testimonies for them. So establish the testimony for the sake of Allah (azwj), even if it is against your own-self, and the parents and the relatives in what is between you and them. So if you fear injustice against your brother, don’t (be part of it). And call to the Law of Allah (azwj), as He (azwj) has (placed those) in our (asws) recognition (Ma’rifat). The one who hopes would be Answered and do not barricade yourself by the fort of hypocrisy. And befriend the Progeny (asws) of Muhammad (saww) and do not speak of what reaches you from us (asws), and ascribe to us that ‘this is false’, and you may know something from us (asws) which is against it, for you do not know why we (asws) may have said it, and upon which perspective we may have described it. Believe in what I (asws) inform you (asws) and do not publicise what I (asws) have told you to conceal from what I (asws) inform you. It is from the obligatory right of your brother that you do not conceal anything from him which might benefit him in the affairs of the world and the Hereafter. And do not hold a grudge against him and not to hurt him, and answer his call when he calls you and do not leave him alone between him and his enemies from the people even though they may be closer to you than him, and support him in his illness. It is not from etiquettes of the ‘الْمُؤْمِنِينَ’ Believers, the defrauding, and the injuring, and the treachery, and the arrogance, and the vulgarities, and the immoralities, and the commanding for such things. So if you were to see the deformed Bedouin in legions (large armies), so wait for your relief (Al-Qaim (asws)), and for your Shiites, the believers, and when the sun rises, raise your vision to the sky and look at what Allah (azwj) has Done with the criminals. So I (asws) have explained to you all of this in summary. And send greetings upon Muhammad (saww) and his (saww) Progeny (asws), the righteous’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

96. Humeyd Bin Ziyad, from Al-Hassan Bin Muhammad Bin Sama’at, from Muhammad Bin Ayyub and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father altogether from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from Abaan Bin Usmaan, from Abu Baseer, who has narrated the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) having said: ‘Abu Dharr (ar) came to the Rasool (saww) Allah (azwj) and said, ‘O Rasool (saww) Allah (azwj), I (asws) have begun disliking Al-Medina. Will you (saww) permit me (asws), and that I (ar) and the son of my (ar) brother go out to Muzeyna, for we are from it?’ He (saww) said: ‘I (saww) fear that you (ar) might be attacked by Arab horsemen, so they would kill the son of your (ar) brother and you will come to me (saww) beaten up, and stand in front of me (saww) leaning upon your stick and you will say, ‘The son of my (ar) brother has been killed, and the cattle taken away’. He (ar) said, ‘O Rasool (saww) Allah (azwj), but nothing will happen except for the good, Allah (azwj) Willing’. So the Rasool (saww) Allah (azwj) gave him (ar) permission. So he (ar) and the son of his (ar) brother, and his (ar) wife went out. But, very soon the horsemen of the Clan of Fazaarat, among whom was Uyaynah Bin Hasan attacked them, took away the cattle, and killed the son of his (ar) brother, and took his (ar) wife who as from the Clan of Ghaffaar. And Abu Dharr (ar) came up in an intensely difficult condition and paused in front of the Rasool (saww) Allah (azwj), badly wounded and leaning upon his stick and said, ‘Allah (azwj) and His (azwj) Rasool (saww) were right. The cattle were taken, and the son of my (ar) brother being killed, and I (ar) am leaning upon my stick’. So the Rasool (saww) Allah (azwj) cried out among the Muslims. So they went out in the search, and returned the cattle, and killed a number from the Polytheists’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

97. Abaan, from Abu Basir has narrated the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) has said that Rasulallah (saww) encamped under a tree on the edge of the valley during the (military) expedition of Dhaat Al-Raqa’a. A flooding came in between him and his companions. A man from the polytheists saw it, and the Muslims were standing upon the edge of the valley waiting for the flood to be cut-off (subside). So a man from the polytheists said to his people, ‘I will kill Muhammad.' So he came and pulled out his sword against the Rasulallah (saww) then said, ‘Who is going to save you from me, O Muhammad?’ He said: ‘My Lord, and your Lord.' So Jibra'il (a.s.) blew him off his horse and he fell upon his back. Then Rasulallah (saww) stood up and took the sword, and sat upon his chest and said: ‘Who is the one who will rescue you from me, O Ghowrath?’ He said, ‘Your benevolence and your generosity, O Muhammad.' So he left him. He stood up and he was saying, ‘By Allah, you are better than me and more generous.'"

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

98. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al-Qasim Bin Muhammad, and Ali Bin Muhammad, from Al-Qasim Bin Muhammad, from Suleyman Bin Dawood Al-Munkary, from Hafs Bin Gayaas, who has said: Abu Abdullah (asws) having said: ‘If you have the ability to make yourselves unknown, you better do it. And it should not matter to you if the people do not praise you, and it should not matter to you either that you are condemned by the people whilst you are being Praised in the Presence of Allah (azwj). Amir-ul-Momineen (asws) used to say: ‘There is no good in the world except for one of the two men – a man who increases in it the good deeds every day and a man who corrects himself, ready to face death by the repentance. But, what is meant by the repentance? By Allah (azwj)! If he were to perform prostrations to the extent that his neck breaks off, Allah (azwj) will not Accept deeds from him except by our (asws) Wilayah, the People (asws) of the Household. Indeed, (Acceptance) is for the ones who recognise our (asws) rights and hope for Reward by us (asws), (they) are pleased with their strength of half a ‘Mudd’ (Unit of measurement) of food every day, not being able to cover their private parts (insufficient clothing), and no covering over their head (roof), but still they are very much fearful of Allah (azwj) and are pleased with the (little) share from the world. And that is how Allah (azwj) has Described them where He (azwj) has Said: “[23:60] And those who dispense their charity with their hearts full of fear”. That’s what they come with? By Allah (azwj)! They come with obedience along with the love, and the Wilayah, and they are with regards to that, (but they are still) fearful that it may not be Accepted from them. By Allah (azwj), they are not fearful with the fear of doubt with regards to what they are in from the difficulties of Religion, but they are fearful that they might have been deficient (Muqassir) in our (asws) love and being (less) obedient to us (asws)’. Then said: ‘If you could afford not to go out of your houses, then do so, as when you go out then it becomes obligatory on you that you would not backbite, and not lie, and not be envious, and not show-off, and not pretend, and not flatter’. Then said: ‘Yes, a silo for the Muslim is his house in which he restrains his vision, and his tongue, and his self, and his genitals. The one, who recognises the Favours of Allah (azwj) by his heart, obligates more for himself from Allah (azwj), before he even expresses his appreciation for it upon his tongue, and the one who goes around considering himself to be better than others, so he is from the arrogant ones’. So I said to him (asws), ‘But what if he sees himself as better due to the (spiritual) health when he sees the one who is indulging in the sins?’ He (asws) said: ‘Far be it! Far be it! It may be that he has been Forgiven for his sins whilst you have been Paused for the Accounting. Have you not recited the story of the magicians (at the time) of Musa (as)?’ Then said: ‘How many are proud with what Allah (azwj) has Favoured them with, and how many have been enticed by the Veil of Allah (azwj) upon them, and how many have been infatuated by the praises of the people upon him’. Then said: ‘I (asws) hope for the salvation for the ones who recognise our (asws) rights, from this community except for one of the three – an unjust ruler, a follower of desires, an openly immoral one’. Then he (asws) recited: “[3:31] Say: If you love Allah, then follow me, Allah will love you”, then said: ‘O Hafs, the love is higher than the fear’. Then said: ‘By Allah (azwj), Allah (azwj) does not Love the one who loves the world, and takes as a friend other than us (asws), whilst the one who recognises our (asws) rights and loves us (asws), so he has loved Allah (azwj)’. A man wept, so he (asws) said: ‘Are you crying? Even if the inhabitants of the heavens and the earth, all of them get together crying to Allah (azwj) to be Rescued from the Fire and to be entered into the Paradise, they would not be able to intercede for you. Then if you had for yourself a living heart you would be the most fearful of the people to Allah (azwj) in that condition’. Then said to him: ‘O Hafs, be a follower and not a leader. O Hafs, the Rasool (saww) Allah (azwj) said: ‘The one who fears Allah (azwj), would be of little speech’. Then said: ‘Once Musa Bin Imran (as) was advising his (as) companions, when a man stood up, and tore his shirt. So Allah (azwj) Revealed unto him (as): “O Musa (as)! Say to him, ‘Do not tear your shirt, but open for Me (azwj) your heart’”. Then said: ‘Musa (as) Bin Imran (as) passed by a man from his (as) companion, and he was prostrating. So after return back from what he (as) had to do, (Musa (as)) saw him still in prostration. So Musa (as) said to him: ‘If (the fulfilment) of your need was in my (as) hands, I (asws) would have fulfilled it for you’. So Allah (azwj) Revealed unto him (as); “O Musa (as)! Even if he were to prostrate until his neck breaks, I (azwj) will not Accept it until he turns away from what I (azwj) Abhor and towards what I (azwj) Love”.’

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

99. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr, from Hisham Bin Saalim, and others, the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) having said: ‘There was nothing more beloved to the Rasool (saww) Allah (azwj) than remaining hungry and fearful for the sake of Allah (azwj)’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

100. A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad and Abu Ali Al-Ashari, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar altogether from Ibn Fadhal, from Ali Bin Uqba, from Sa'id Bin Amro and Al-Ju’fi, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said: ‘I came up to Abu Ja’far (asws) one day and (I felt that) he was resting (upon something) whilst eating, and he had been telling us that it is undesirable. So I looked at him, so he called me over to eat with him. When he had finished, he said: ‘O Muhammad, you had been thinking that no eye had seen the Rasulallah (saww) eating whilst leaning (upon something) from the time Allah (azwj) Sent him up to his passing away’. He (the narrator) said, ‘Then he referred to himself and said: ‘No! By Allah (azwj), no eye had seen his eating whilst leaning (upon something) from the time Allah (azwj) Sent him up to his passing away. Then said: ‘O Muhammad! Perhaps you think that he satiated himself from good bread for three continuous days from the time Allah (azwj) Sent him up to his passing away’. Then he referred to himself, then said: ‘No! By Allah, he did not satiate himself from good bread for three continuous days since Allah sent him up to his passing away. But, I am not saying that he could not find it, for he used to gift one man a hundred camels. Had he intended to eat it he would have eaten. And Jibra'il had come to him with the Keys of the treasures of the earth three times giving him the option without any reduction of anything from Allah from what Allah (azwj) had Prepared for him for the Day of Judgement. He chose the modesty to his Lord (azwj). And when asked for anything he never said, ‘No’, at all. He would say: ‘If I had it I would give it’. And if was not available, he would say: ‘It would come’, and whenever Allah (azwj) Gave anything at all he would hand it over to him, to the extent that if the man has been Given the Paradise, which Allah (azwj) would submit to him, then he would give it to him by his own hands’. And said: ‘Your Master (Amir-ul-Muminin) used to sit like the sitting of the slave, and eat like the eating of the slave, and would feed the people good bread and the meat, and would return to his family to eat bread with oil. And if he were to buy Al-Sunbulani shirt, then he would give his slave the choice of the better one, then would wear the remaining one. So if he would find a little excess he would withdraw it, and if his would feel that his heel had exceeded he would have removed it. No two matters would be referred to him at all for the sake of Allah except that he would opt for the more difficult one upon his body, and he was the ruler of the people for five years but did not place a brick upon a brick, and did not build a construction upon a construction, and did not acquire a piece of land, and did not leave a legacy behind him, white or red except for seven hundred Dirhams as a gifts, intending that he would buy a servant for his Family. No one could bear any of his works, and Ali Bin Al-Husayn (a.s.) used to look into a Book from the Books of Ali, so he would strike the ground with it and would say: ‘Who can endure this?’

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

101. A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from Hammaad Bin Usman from Ali Bin Mugheira who said: I heard Abu Abdullah (asws) saying that: ‘Jibraeel (as) came to the Rasool (saww) Allah (azwj) giving the option and indicating to him (saww) for the humbleness and was advising him (saww). The Rasool (saww) Allah (azwj) used to eat like the eating of the slave, and sit like the sitting of the slave being humble to Allah (azwj). Then he (saww) was given (by Jibraeel) at the time of his (saww) death, the Keys of the treasures of the world. So he (Jibraeel) said: ‘These are the Keys of the treasures of the world which your (saww) Lord (azwj) has Sent to you (saww) so that there will be for you all that is carried by the earth without any reduction of anything’. The Rasool (saww) Allah (azwj) said: ‘I (saww) (want to be) among the friends of the Most High (azwj)’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

102. Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ibn fazzaal, from Ali Bin Uqba, from Abdul Mo’min Al-Ansary, who has said: Abu Abdullah (asws) having said: ‘The Rasool (saww) Allah (azwj) said: ‘There were presented to me (saww) Bat’ha and Makka of gold. So I (saww) said: ‘O Lord (azwj)! No, but I (saww) would like to satiate one day and remain hungry one day, for if I (saww) am satiated I (saww) would thank You (azwj), and if I (saww) am hungry, I (saww) would supplicate to You (azwj) and Remember You (azwj)’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

103. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ali Bin Asbaat, who has narrated the following: The Imam (asws) having said: ‘Among the Advice which Allah (azwj) Gave to Isa (as) was: “O Isa (as)! I (azwj) am your (as) Lord (azwj), and the Lord (azwj) of your (as) forefathers. My (azwj) Name is ‘وَاحِدٌ’ the One, and I (azwj) am the ‘الْأَحَدُ’ the One, which cannot be divided, the Lone One Who (azwj) Created everything, and everything is Made by My (azwj) and everything Returns to Me (azwj). O Isa (as)! You (as) are the Messiah by My (azwj) Command, and you (as) create from the clay something like the bird (but) by My (azwj) Permission, and you (as) revive the dead by My (azwj) Speech, so become attentive towards Me (azwj) and be a ‘رَاهِباً’ fully devote yourself to Me (azwj), and you (as) will never find a refuge except with Me (azwj). O Isa (as)! I (azwj) Bequeath to you (as) a Compassionate Command with the Mercy until the Wilayah is Ordained from Me (azwj) and there comes Pleasure from Me (azwj). You (as) are blessed as a grown up and blessed as a child whereby you (as) testified that you (as) are My (azwj) servant, the son (as) of My (azwj) maidservant (Maryam (as)). Make room for Me (azwj) in yourself (as) like your (as) concerns, and make My (azwj) Remembrance to be for your (as) return, and come near to Me (azwj) by the optional (Prayers), and place reliance upon Me (azwj) for I (azwj) will Suffice for you (as), and do not rely upon the others for I (azwj) shall Abandon you (as). O Isa (as)! Observe patience upon the afflictions and be pleased with the Destiny, and become like My (azwj) Happiness in you (as), for if My (azwj) Happiness is what makes you (as) happy, you (as) will be obedient and will not disobey. O Isa (as)! Revive My (azwj) Remembrance by your (as) tongue, and make My (azwj) cordiality to be in your (as) heart. O Isa (as)! Be vigilant in the hours of neglect and consider Me (azwj) of Kind Wisdom. O Isa (as)! Be attentive, a Devotee, and prepare your (as) heart to fear (Me (azwj)). O Isa (as)! Be a shepherd of the night to search for My (azwj) Happiness, and Magnify Me (azwj) in your (as) daytime for asking for your (as) need from Me (saww). O Isa (as)! Compete with regards to the good with your (as) striving; you (as) will be known by the good wherever you (as) may turn to. O Isa (as)! Judge among My (azwj) servants by My (azwj) Advice, and stand among them with My (azwj) Justice, for I (azwj) have Made to Descend upon you (as) a healing for what is in the chests from the diseases of the Satan (la). O Isa (as)! Do not be seated with the intrigued (hypocrites). O Isa (as)! Truly I (azwj) Say that no creature believed in Me (azwj) except that he was humble to Me (azwj), and did not humble himself to Me (azwj) except that he hoped for My (azwj) Reward. Be a witness that he is safe from My (azwj) Punishment, (that will be) the one who did not change or replace My (azwj) Sunnah. O Isa (as), the first son (as) of the chaste virgin, weep for your (as) self with a weeping like the one who says farewell to his family, and hate the world and leave it to its people, and become interested in what is in the Presence of your (as) God. O Isa (as)! Be along with that as a soft-spoken person, and offers greetings and be vigilant when the eyes of the righteous go to sleep. Be cautious of the Return and the severe earthquakes and the sensations of the Day of Judgement when neither the family, not the sons, nor the wealth would be of any benefit. O Isa (as)! Apply the Kohl of grief in your (as) eyes whilst the people of falsehood laugh. O Isa (as)! Become humble and patient, for Tooba is for you (as) if you (as) achieve what has been Prepared for the patient ones. O Isa (as)! Go from the world day by day, and taste the food from which its taste is less indulging. So I (azwj) Truly Say, you (as) are not with anything except for your (as) hour and your (as) day, so go from the world with provision, and let the rough (clothes) and less tempting (food) suffice for you (as) for you (as) have seen what becomes of it, and whatever you (as) take is written down, and how you (as) have consumed it. O Isa (as)! You (as) will be questioned, so be merciful to the weak just like My (azwj) Mercy towards you (as), and do not subdue the orphan. O Isa (as)! You (as) weep over yourself (as) in private, move your (as) feet to the timings of the Prayer, and let Me (azwj) Hear your (as) sweet speech of My (azwj) remembrance, for My (azwj) Favour to you (as) is good. O Isa (as)! How many from the community I (azwj) have Destroyed for their previous sins which I (azwj) have Protected you (as) from it. O Isa (as)! Be kind to the weak ones and raise your tired eye towards the sky and call upon Me (azwj) for I (azwj) am Near to you (as) and do not Pray to Me (azwj) except by Supplicating to Me (azwj) for your (as) concern is one concern, for when you (as) call upon Me (azwj) in such a manner, I (azwj) will Answer you (as). O Isa (as), I (azwj) was not Pleased with Presenting the world as a Reward for the ones who were before you (as), nor as a Punishment for the ones I (azwj) Want to Retaliate against. O Isa (as)! You (as) are to die and I (azwj) shall Remain, and from Me (azwj) is your (as) sustenance, and with Me (azwj) is your (as) fixed term and to Me (azwj) is your (as) eventual return, and to Me (azwj) is your (as) Accounting, so ask Me (azwj) and do not ask someone else, for the best from you (as) is the supplication, and from Me (azwj) is the Answering of it. O Isa (as)! How numerous are the human beings and how little are, in numbers, the patient ones. The trees are many but the good ones of it are few. So do not be deceived by the beauty of the tree until you have tasted its fruit. O Isa (as)! Do not be deceived by the rebellious one by disobeying My (Commands), I (azwj) Provide sustenance so (don’t) worship someone else, then he calls upon Me (azwj) during hardships, so I (azwj) Answer him. Then he returns to what he used to be in, rebelling against Me (azwj) exposing himself to My (azwj) Anger. I (azwj) Swear by Myself (azwj) that I (azwj) shall Grab him with such a Grip that there will be no salvation for him from it, and no refuge apart from Me (azwj). Where will he run from My (azwj) skies and from My (azwj) earth? O Isa (as)! Say to the unjust ones from the Children of Israel not to supplicate to Me (azwj) whilst the illegal earnings is under their hearts (into their stomach), and the idols are in their houses, for I (azwj) have Undertaken that I (azwj) shall Answer to the one who supplicates to Me (azwj), and Make My (azwj) Answer to be a Curse upon them (who disobey) until they disperse. O Isa (as)! How many times have I (azwj) Given them lengthy Consideration, and goodness of the seeking, but the people are in neglect and they will not return. The words come out from their mouths but their hearts are not with it. They expose themselves to My (azwj) Abhorrence and seek nearness to the Believers by display their love for Me (azwj) (showing hypocrisy) O Isa (as)! Make your (as) tongue to be one, be it in secret or in the open, and do that similarly with your (as) heart and your (as) vision. And turn your (as) heart and your (as) vision away from the Prohibited and restrain your (as) vision from that which has no benefit. So how many glances of the looker have planted lust in his heart, and returned him by it to the fountains of destruction. O Isa (as)! Be merciful and compassionate, and be as you (as) would like the people to be towards you (as). And frequently remember the death, and the separation of the families. And do not play for its amusements (as it) spoils the player. And do not be neglectful one for the neglectful is far from Me (azwj). And Remember Me (azwj) by the righteous deeds so that I (azwj) speak of you (as). O Isa (as)! Repent and return to Me (azwj) after the sins, and Mention Me (azwj) by the penitence, and believe in Me (azwj), and come closer to the Believers by Me (azwj), and urge them to supplicate to me (azwj) along with you (as). And beware of the supplication of the oppressed for I (azwj) have Undertaken upon Myself (azwj) that I (azwj) shall Open for it the Doors of the sky by the Acceptance, and Answer him even though it may be after a while. O Isa (as)! Know that the evil one infects, and the evil friend destroys. And know the one whom you (as) befriend and chose as a brother for yourself (as) from the Believers. O Isa (as)! Repent to Me (azwj) as there is no grand sin that I (azwj) do not Forgive it, and I (azwj) am the Most Merciful of the merciful ones. Work for yourself (as) in the time allocated from your (as) term before someone else works for it, and worship Me (azwj) for a day which will be like a thousand years of your counting, during which I (azwj) will Reward the good deeds by increasing them, and that the sins would remain with their doers. Prepare for yourself (as) in the allocated time, and compete in the good deeds, for how many a gathering has dispersed and its people being each other’s neighbours in the Fire. O Isa (as)! Abstain with regards to the mortal, that which will be cut-off, of the houses of the ones who were before you (as), so call them and whisper to them. Do you (as) feel that any one of them would take your (as) advice? And know, that you (as) will be joining them among the joining ones’. O Isa (as)! Say to the one who has rebelled against Me (azwj) by disobedience and works in opposition, to expect My (azwj) Punishment and await My (azwj) Destruction upon him, so he will be joined with the Destroyed ones. Tooba is for you (as), O son (as) of Maryam (as). Then Tooba is for you (as) if you (as) were to take to the discipline of your (as) God Who is Compassionate towards you (as) and Merciful, and Begin with the Favours to you (as) from Him (azwj) for Honour, as He (azwj) was for you (as) in the difficulties, and you (as) did not disobey Him (azwj). O Isa (as)! It is not Permissible for you (as) to disobey Him (azwj) Who has Advised you (asws) just as He (azwj) had Advised the ones who were before you (as), and I (azwj) am a Witness over that. O Isa (as)! I (azwj) have not Honoured any creature with the like of My (azwj) Religion, nor a Favour to him like My (azwj) Mercy. O Isa (as)! Wash with the water from you, what is apparent and heal with the goodness from you (as) what is hidden, for you (as) will be returning to Me (azwj). O Isa (as)! I (azwj) Gave to you (as) what I (azwj) had Favoured you (as) with an uninterrupted flow, and Sought from you (as) a loan for yourself (as), so if you (as) were to be niggardly with regards to it you (as) would become of the Destroyed ones. O Isa (as)! Adorn yourself (as) with the Religion and love the poor, and walk upon the earth in humility, and Pray upon the remainder, for all of it is clean. O Isa (as)! Roll up (your (as) affairs) for all that comes, is close by, and read My (azwj) Book whilst you (as) are clean, make Me (azwj) Listen to a voice from you (as) full of grief. O Isa (as)! There is no good in enjoyment which does not last and the life of the enjoyer is in decline. O son (as) of Maryam (as)! If you (as) were to see what I (azwj) have Prepared for My (azwj) righteous friends, your (as) heart would melt, and your (as) soul would come out (of your (as) body) in desire for it. So there is no house like the House of the Hereafter in which the neighbours are good people, and the Angels of Proximity come up to them, and they would be from the ones who would come on the Day of Judgement being safe from its horrors. A House in which, there is no change in the Bliss, nor are its inhabitants in decline. O son (as) of Maryam (as)! Compete with regards to it (the House in the Hereafter) along with the competitors, for it is the desire of the desirous ones, of good scenery. Tooba is for you, O son (as) of Maryam (as) , if you (as) are from the workers for it, along with your (as) forefathers Adam (as), and Ibrahim (as), being in the Gardens and Bliss, not seeking a substitution for it nor a transfer from it. That is how I (azwj) Deal with the pious ones. O Isa (as)! Flee to Me (azwj) like those who flee from the flaming Fire, and the Fire with chains and fetters. No soul would enter it and its grief would leave from him ever. It is a part like the part of the dark night. Those who are rescued from it would be successful, and those who do not get Rescued from it would be of the Destroyed ones. This is the House of the tyrants, and hardened oppressors, and every harsh, rude one, and every arrogant boaster. O Isa (as)! It is the evil house for the ones in its corner, and the evil dwelling for the unjust ones. I (azwj) Caution you (as), so that you (as) would be informed about it. O Isa (as)! Beware you (as) can be an observer for Me (azwj), and testify that I (azwj) have Created you (as), and you (as) are My (azwj) servant, and I (azwj) Shaped you (as), and sent you (as) down to the earth. O Isa (as)! It is not correct for two tongues to be in one mouth, not for two hearts to be in one chest, similarly for the minds. O Isa (as)! Do not wake up as a disobedient one, nor indulge in vanities whilst awake, and turn yourself (as) away from the lusts and the sins, and every desire which distances you (as) from Me (azwj). So migrate from it, and know that you (as) are from Me (azwj) at the status of the trustworthy Rasool (as), so be cautious with regards to Me (azwj), and know that your (as) world will deliver you (as) to Me (azwj), and I (azwj) will Grab you (as) with My (azwj) Knowledge. So become a humble soul during My (azwj) Remembrance, with a revering heart when you (as) Mention Me (azwj), being fully aware whilst the neglectful ones sleep. O Isa (as)! This is My (azwj) Advice to you (as) and My (azwj) Preaching to you (as), so take it from Me (azwj), and I (azwj) am the Lord (azwj) of the worlds. O Isa (as)! If My (azwj) servant is patient with Me (azwj), his Rewards for his deeds are upon Me (azwj), and it was upon him to supplicate to Me (azwj), and I (azwj) am Sufficient to Take Revenge from the ones who are disobedient to Me (azwj). Where will the unjust runaway to, from Me (azwj)? O Isa (as)! Speak good words wherever you (as) may be, for I (azwj) am a Knowledgeable Teacher. O Isa (as)! Bestow the good deeds towards Me (azwj) until it is Mentioned in My (azwj) Presence, and take to My (azwj) Advice, for there is a healing for the hearts therein. O Isa (as)! Do not hesitate when you (as) plan from My (azwj) Plan, and do not forget My (azwj) Remembrance in the privacy of the world. O Isa (as)! Take account of yourself (as) by referring to Me (azwj) until I (azwj) Accomplish the Rewards for what the workers have worked for. Those are the ones who will be getting their Recompense, and I (azwj) am the Best of the Givers. O Isa (as)! You (as) were Created by My (azwj) Word, and Maryam (as) gave birth to you (as) by My (azwj) Command, the Message sent to her (as) by My (azwj) Spirit Jibraeel the Trustworthy one from My (azwj) Angels, until you (as) stood upon the earth alive and walking. All that had been encompassed by My (azwj) Knowledge. O Isa (as)! Zakariyya (as) is at the status of your (as) father, and is the guardian of your (as) mother (as). When he (as) came up to her (as) in the Niche (Al-Mihraab) he (as) found sustenance in her (as) presence. And your (as) counterpart Yahya (as) (John) is from My (azwj) creatures, and I (azwj) Gifted him (as) to his (as) mother after the old age had set in, and she had no strength to her. I (azwj) Intended by that to Display to her My (azwj) Authority, and Display with regards to you (as), My (azwj) Power. The most Beloved of you all, to Me (azwj) is the one who is most obedient to Me (azwj), and the most intense in his fear from Me (azwj). O Isa (as)! Be vigilant and do not despair from My (azwj) Spirit, and Glorify Me (azwj) along with the ones who Glorify Me (azwj), and with the good speech Extol My (azwj) Holiness. O Isa (as)! How can the servants disbelieve in Me (azwj) whilst their forelocks are in My (azwj) Grip, and their going about in My (azwj) land while being ignorant of My (azwj) Favours, and their befriending of My (azwj) enemies, and that is how the infidels are (destined for) Destruction. O Isa (as)! The world is a prison with the rotten smell, and there is beauty in it from what has been seen by the tyrants who slaughter each other for it. And beware of the world, for every bounty of it is subject to decline, and there is no bounty in it except for a little. O Isa (as)! Reach for Me (azwj) near your (as) pillow and you (as) will find Me (azwj), and call upon Me (azwj) and you (as) are Beloved unto Me (azwj), for I (azwj) am the most Hearing of the listening. I (azwj) shall Answer the supplicant when one supplicates to Me (azwj). O Isa (as)! Fear Me (azwj) and get My (azwj) servants to fear Me (azwj) perhaps the sinners would abstain from what they are working in, so no one would be destroyed except that they would be aware (of it). O Isa (as)! Be in awe of Me (azwj) as you (as) are awed by the (fearful) beasts, and the death which you (as) are going to meet up with, for all these things, I (azwj) Created them, so it is Me (azwj) they should be Awed of. O Isa (as)! The Kingdom is Mine (azwj) and in My (azwj) Hands, and I (azwj) am the King, so if you (as) were to obey Me (azwj), I (azwj) shall Make you (as) to Enter My (azwj) Paradise among the neighbourhood of the righteous ones. O Isa (as)! If I (azwj) am Angry with you (as), the happiness of those who are happy with you (as) would be of no benefit to you (as), and if I (azwj) am Pleased with you (as), the anger of the angry ones would not adversely affect you (as). O Isa (as)! Remember me (azwj) in your (as) soul, I (azwj) will Remember you (as) Myself (azwj), and Mention Me (azwj) among your (as) people and I (azwj) will Mention you (as) among My (azwj) Gathering which is better than the gathering of the human beings. O Isa (as)! Supplicate to Me (azwj) by the supplication of the drowning one (Al-Ghareek), the grieving one for whom there is no helper (except Me (azwj)). O Isa (as)! Do not swear falsely by Me (azwj), for (that) My (azwj) Throne Trembles in Anger. The world has a short life span, but there are long yearnings therein, whilst in My (azwj) Possession is a better House from what you (as) accumulate. O Isa (as)! How will you (as) react when I (azwj) Bring out a Book for you (as) which Speaks with the Truth, and you will all testify to the secrets that you have been concealing, and the deeds which you had been performing. O Isa (as)! Say to the unjust ones of the Children of Israel: ‘You have washed your faces, and left your hearts as filthy. Are you trying to deceive Me (azwj) with a deception, or are you being audacious against Me (azwj)? You are applying fragrance for the people of the world whilst your inner selves are in My (azwj) Presence at the status of the rotten carcass, as if you are a dead people’. O Isa (as)! Say to them: ‘Trim your fingernails (cut yourselves off) from unlawful gains, and deafen your ears from the indecent speech, and turn towards Me (azwj) by your hearts, for I (azwj) do not Want (Fond of) your appearances. O Isa (as)! Be happy with the good deeds for therein lies My (azwj) Pleasure, and weep over the sins for it is a disgrace. And do not carry forward to others what you (as) do not like them to do unto you (as), and if your (as) right cheek is slapped then give him the left one. And come closer to Me (azwj) by the cordiality and your (as) striving, and keep away from the ignorant ones. O Isa (as)! Be humble to the people of good deeds and participate with them in it, and be a witness upon them and say to the unjust ones of the Children of Israel: ‘O evil companions who are seated upon it, if you do not desist, I (azwj) will metamorphose you into monkeys and pigs. O Isa (as)! Say to the unjust ones of the Children of Israel: ‘The Wisdom weeps after being made to separate from Me (azwj), and you are laughing by fleeing away from me. Has there come to you My (azwj) Disavowing, or have you found security from My (azwj) Punishment, or are you exposing yourselves to My (azwj) Punishment? I (azwj) Swear by Myself (azwj) that I (azwj) will Abandon you to be an example for the coming generations to learn a lesson from. Then I (azwj) Advise you (as), O son (as) of Maryam (as) the chaste virgin, of the (coming of) the Chief of the Rasools (as), and My (azwj) Beloved, so he (saww) is Ahmad (saww), the owner of the red camel, with a face illuminated with the light as bright as the full moon, and the one pure of the heart, and intensely valiant, the prestigious, for he (saww) is the Mercy to the Worlds, and the Chief of the children of Adam (as) on the Day that he (saww) will meet Me (azwj). The most honourable of the former ones to Me (azwj), and the nearest one to Me (azwj) from the Rasools (as), the Arab, the trustworthy, the embodiment of My (azwj) Religion, the patient one in struggling against the Polytheists by his (saww) own self and hands for the sake of My (azwj) Religion. And inform the Children of Israel about him (saww), and command them that they should ratify him (saww), and believe in him (saww), and follow him (saww), and help him (saww)”. Isa (as) said: ‘My (as) God! Who is he (saww) that if I (as) were to please him (saww) it would Please You (azwj)?’ He (azwj) Said: “He (saww) is Muhammad (saww), the Rasool Allah (saww) to all of the people. He (saww) is the closest to Me (azwj) in status, and the presenter for the intercession. Tooba is for him (saww) from the Prophets (as) and Tooba for his (saww) community who will meet Me (azwj) whilst being upon his (saww) way. The inhabitants of the earth praise him (saww), and the inhabitants of the sky seek Forgiveness through him (saww). The trustworthy, the Entrusted one, the good, the blessed, the best of the remaining ones in My (azwj) Presence who will be in the end of times. When he (saww) comes out, the sky will loosen its rainfall and the earth will bring out its blossoms until they will see the Blessings, and I (azwj) will Bless for him (saww) whatever that he (saww) places his (saww) hand upon, one with many wives and few children. He (saww) will live at Bekka (Makkah), the place of foundation of Ibrahim (as). O Isa (as)! his (saww) Religion is the upright one (Al-Haneefa), and his (saww) direction (Qiblah) is the Right one, and he (saww) is from My (azwj) Party, and I (azwj) am with him (saww). So Tooba is for him (saww). Then again Tooba is for him (saww), for him (saww) is Al-Kawsar, and the great status in Gardens of Eden, living honourably, the ones that live in it, and he (saww) will pass away as a martyr. For him (saww) is the Fountain greater than from Bakka (Makkah) up to the rising of the sun. In this are springs of a sealed drink (Al-Raheeq Al-Makhtoum) similar (in number) to the stars in the sky, and cups similar (in number) to the grains of the sands of the earth, sweetened in it from every drink and food of every fruit in the Paradise. The one, who drinks from it a drink, will never be thirsty ever again, and that is what I (azwj) have Apportioned for him (saww), and as a merit for him (saww) over the period in between you (as) and him (saww). His (saww) secret would be in accordance with his publicising, and his (saww) words would be his (saww) deeds. He (saww) will not command the people except by himself (saww) doing it first. His (saww) Religion is the Holy War in hardship as well as in ease. The cities would surrender to him (saww) and the ruler of Rome would yield to him (saww). He (saww) would be upon the Religion of Ibrahim (as). He (saww) will mention My (saww) name during partaking of the food, and would express the greetings, and he (saww) will Pray whilst the people are sleeping. Every day he (saww) would Pray five Prayers calling out in sequence to the Prayer like the calling of the army by the slogan. And he (saww) would open by the exclamation of the Takbeer, and he (saww) would end by the greetings. He (saww) would keep his (saww) feet in a row during the Prayer just as the Angels keep their feet in a row. And he (saww) would humble his (saww) heart before Me (azwj), as well as his (saww) head. The ‘النُّورُ ’( the Divine Light) would be in his (saww) chest, and the truth would be upon his (saww) tongue, and he (saww) would be on the truth wherever he (saww) may be. His (saww) origin would be as an orphan wandering for a while during his (saww) time for that which is required from him (saww). His (saww) eyes would sleep but his (saww) heart would never sleep. For him (saww) is the intercession, and upon his (saww) community the Hour would be Established (Day of Judgement be made easy). And My (azwj) Hand is Above their hands, so the one who breaks (the Covenant) so he would have broken it against himself. And the one who is loyal to what has been Covenanted with him, I (azwj) would be Loyal to him with the Paradise. So command the unjust ones of the Children of Israel to study his (saww) Books and not to alter his (saww) Sunnah, and that they should send the greetings upon him (saww) for he (saww) is upon the status more glorious than the glorious. O Isa (as)! All that which brings you (as) closer to Me (azwj), I (azwj) have Evidenced it for you (as), and everything which distances you (as) from Me (azwj), so I (azwj) have Prohibited you (as) from it, so refer to it for yourself (as). O Isa (as)! The world is sweet, and I have Utilised you (as) in it, so stay aside from what I (azwj) have Cautioned you (as) from, and take from it what I (azwj) Give to you (as) as a Gift. O Isa (as)! Look into your (as) affairs with a consideration of the sinful servant, the erroneous one, and do not look into the affairs of the other with the position of the Lord (azwj). Become an ascetic therein and do not be allured with regards to it, for you (as) would be corrupted. O Isa (as)! Think, and ponder, and look around in the earth and see how the unjust ones had vanished from its (face). O Isa (as)! All that I (azwj) have Described to you (as) is Advice, and every Word of Mine (azwj) to you (as) is ‘حَقٌّ’ Just, and I (azwj) am the ‘الْحَقُّ الْمُبِينُ’ Clear Just. So Truth is what I (azwj) Speak and if you (as) were to disobey Me (azwj) after I (azwj) have Informed you (as), there will be no Guardian for you (as) other than Myself (azwj), nor a Helper. O Isa (as)! Humble your (as) heart by the reverence, and look to the one who is below you (as), and do not look to the one who is above you (as), and know that the head of every error and sin is the love of the world, so do not love it for I (azwj) do not Love it. O Isa (as)! Perfume your (as) heart for Me (azwj) and frequent My (azwj) Remembrance in the privacy, and know that My (azwj) Happiness is in your (as) pleading to Me (azwj), so be alive during that and not become as dead (heart). O Isa (as)! Do not associate anything with Me (azwj) and be cautious from Me (azwj), and do not be deceived by the (good) health and do not be envious for the world is like a fleeting shadow, and what approaches it is like what has been left behind from it. So compete in the righteous deeds with your (as) striving, and be with the truth wherever it may be even though you (as) may be cut and burnt by the fire. So do not disbelieve in Me (azwj) after the understanding, and do not become of the ignorant ones, for one ends up with that to which one associates. O Isa (as)! Pour out your (as) tears for Me (azwj) from your (as) eyes, and humble your (as) heart to Me (azwj). O Isa (as)! Cry out to Me (azwj) for help during difficult conditions, for I (azwj) Help the afflicted ones and I (azwj) Answer the restless, and I (azwj) the most Merciful of the merciful ones”.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

104. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al-Hakam, from Mansour Bin Yunus, from Anbasat, who has narrated the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) said: ‘When the inhabitants of the Fire settle down in the Fire, they will miss you (Shiites). So they will not see any one from you (therein). So some of them will say to the others, “[38:62] And they will say: "What has happened to us that we see not men whom we used to number among the bad ones? [38:63] Was it that we (only) took them in scorn, or have our eyes (now) turned aside from them? [38:64]. Imam (asws) said: ‘And that is the Statement of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic: “That most surely is the truth: the contending one with another of the inmates of the fire”. They will be disputing with each other regarding you (Shiites) with regards to what they had been saying about you (Shiites) in the world’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

105. Abu Ali Al-Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbaar, from Safwaan, from Yaqoub Bin Shuayb who said: Abu Abdullah (asws) said to me: ‘Who is the harshest of the people against you?’ I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws), all of them are’. He (asws) said: ‘Do you know why that is so, O Yaqoub?’ I said, ‘I do not know, may I be sacrificed for you (asws)’. He (asws) said: ‘It is Iblees (la) who called them, so they answered him (la), and ordered them, so they obeyed him (la), and he (la) called you, so you did not answer him (la), and he (la) ordered you, so you did not obey him (la), so he (la) beckons (instigates) the people against you’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

106. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr, from Muawiya Bin Ammaar, who has said: Abu Abdullah (asws) said: ‘If the man sees what he does not like in his dream, so he should change his sleeping position which he was in and should say, ‘The whispering is from the Satan (la) to aggrieve those who Believe’, and nothing would harm him except by the Permission of Allah (azwj). Then he should say, ‘I seek Refuge with what the Angels of Proximity of Allah (azwj) and His (azwj) Prophets (as), and the righteous servants sought Refuge with, from the evil what I saw, and from the evil of the castaway Satan (la)’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

107. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, and Ali Bin Ibrahiim, from his father, altogether from Ibn Mahboub, from Haroun Bin Mansour Al-Abady, from Abu Al-Ward, who has narrated the following: Abu Ja’far (asws) said: ‘The Rasool Allah (saww) said Fatima (sa) regarding her (asws) dream which she (asws) saw, to say: ‘I (asws) seek Refuge by what the Angels of Proximity of Allah (azwj), and His (azwj) Rasool Prophets (as), and His (azwj) righteous servants seek Refuge with, from the evil of what I (asws) have seen during my (asws) night, this one, from affecting me (asws) of its evil or anything that I (asws) dislike’. Then turn towards your (asws) left three times’.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

108. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father and Ali Bin Muhammad altogether from Al-Qasim Bin Muhammad, from Suleyman Bin Dawood Al-Munkary, from Hafs Bin Gayaas who said: Abu Abdullah (asws) said: ‘When one of you intends that whenever he asks his Lord (azwj) for something He (azwj) would Give it to him, so he should despair from all the people, and do not have any hope for himself except from Allah (azwj) Mighty is His (azwj) Remembrance. So when Allah (azwj) Knows that to be in his heart, never would he ask for anything but it would be Given to him. So take account of your selves before Accounting is taken against you, for on the Day of Judgement there will be fifty pausing stations, with each stop being of the measurement of a thousand years’. Then he (asws) recited: “[32:5] in a day the measure of which is a thousand years of what you count”.

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.