Prophethood

‌ أَنَّ ثُمَامَةَ بْنَ أُثَالٍ‌[2] أَسَرَتْهُ خَيْلُ النَّبِيِّ ص وَ قَدْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ أَمْكِنِّي مِنْ ثُمَامَةَ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِنِّي مُخَيِّرُكَ وَاحِدَةً مِنْ ثَلَاثٍ أَقْتُلُكَ قَالَ إِذاً تَقْتُلَ عَظِيماً أَوْ أُفَادِيكَ قَالَ إِذاً تَجِدَنِي غَالِياً أَوْ أَمُنُّ عَلَيْكَ قَالَ إِذاً تَجِدَنِي شَاكِراً قَالَ فَإِنِّي قَدْ مَنَنْتُ عَلَيْكَ قَالَ فَإِنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَن

‘Samama Bin Asaal was captured by the cavalry of the Prophet (saww) and the Rasool Allah (saww) had said; ‘Our Allah (azwj)! Make me (saww) to overcome Samama!’ So the Rasool Allah (saww) said to him: ‘I (saww) give you one of three choices. I (saww) could kill you’. He said, ‘Then you (saww) would have killed a great

لَمَّا وُلِدَ النَّبِيُّ ص جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ إِلَى مَلَإٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فِيهِمْ هِشَامُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ وَ الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ وَ الْعَاصُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ وَ أَبُو وَجْزَةَ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرِو بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ وَ عُتْبَةُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ فَقَالَ‌ ______________________________ «بقية الحاشية من الصفحة الماضية» و سلم أن خل بين قومي و بين ميرتهم. و كان ثمامة حين أسلم قال: يا رسول اللّه و اللّه لقد

كَانَ حَيْثُ طُلِقَتْ آمِنَةُ[1] بِنْتُ وَهْبٍ وَ أَخَذَهَا الْمَخَاضُ بِالنَّبِيِّ ص حَضَرَتْهَا فَاطِمَةُ بِنْتُ أَسَدٍ امْرَأَةُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَلَمْ تَزَلْ مَعَهَا حَتَّى وَضَعَتْ فَقَالَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا لِلْأُخْرَى هَلْ تَرَيْنَ مَا أَرَى فَقَالَتْ وَ مَا تَرَيْنَ قَالَتْ هَذَا النُّورَ الَّذِي قَدْ سَطَعَ مَا بَيْنَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَ الْمَغْرِبِ فَبَيْنَمَا هُمَا كَذَلِكَ إِذْ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِمَا أَبُو طَالِبٍ فَقَا

‘When Amina bint Wahab went behind the curtain, and was taken before the ‘nazool’ of the Prophet (sw), Fatima bint Asad the wife of Abu Talib was present with her. She did not cease to be with her until she was blessed. So one of them said to the other, ‘Did you see what I saw?’ She said, ‘And what did you see?’ She sa

كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع بِمَكَّةَ إِذْ جَاءَهُ رَسُولٌ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَنْ صَحِبْتَ قَالَ مَا صَحِبْتُ أَحَداً فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَمَا لَوْ كُنْتُ تَقَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْكَ‌[6] لَأَحْسَنْتُ أَدَبَكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ وَاحِدٌ شَيْطَانٌ وَ اثْنَانِ شَيْطَانَانِ وَ ثَلَاثٌ صَحْبٌ وَ أَرْبَعَةٌ رُفَقَاءُ.

‘One is a Satan (la), and two are Satans (la), and three are a company, and four are friends’.

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‌ أَحَبُّ الصَّحَابَةِ إِلَى اللَّهِ أَرْبَعَةٌ وَ مَا زَادَ قَوْمٌ عَلَى سَبْعَةٍ إِلَّا كَثُرَ لَغَطُهُمْ‌[1].

The most beloved company to Allah (azwj) is four (in number), and a group does not exceed seven except the frequency of the noise’.

فِي وَصِيَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص لِعَلِيٍّ ع‌ لَا تَخْرُجْ فِي سَفَرٍ وَحْدَكَ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ مَعَ الْوَاحِدِ وَ هُوَ مِنَ الِاثْنَيْنِ أَبْعَدُ يَا عَلِيُّ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ إِذَا سَافَرَ وَحْدَهُ فَهُوَ غَاوٍ[2] وَ الِاثْنَانِ غَاوِيَانِ وَ الثَّلَاثَةُ نَفَرٌ قَالَ وَ رَوَى بَعْضُهُمْ سَفْرٌ.

465. A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from his father, from the one whom he mentioned: Abu Al-Hassan Musa (asws) has narrated from his (asws) father (asws), from his (asws) grandfather (asws) regarding the will of the Rasool Allah (saww) to Ali (asws): ‘Do not go out alone on a journey fo

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‌ مِنْ شَرَفِ الرَّجُلِ أَنْ يُطَيِّبَ زَادَهُ إِذَا خَرَجَ فِي سَفَرِهِ.

The Rasool Allah (saww) said: ‘It is from the nobility of the man that he would have good provisions when he goes out on a journey’.

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‌ يَا عَلِيُّ مَنْ أَحَبَّكَ ثُمَّ مَاتَ فَقَدْ قَضى‌ نَحْبَهُ‌[3] وَ مَنْ أَحَبَّكَ وَ لَمْ يَمُتْ فَهُوَ يَنْتَظِرُ وَ مَا طَلَعَتْ شَمْسٌ وَ لَا غَرَبَتْ إِلَّا طَلَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ بِرِزْقٍ وَ إِيمَانٍ وَ فِي نُسْخَةٍ نُورٍ.

Abu Abdullah (asws) has said that the Rasool Allah (saww) said: ‘O Ali (asws)! The one who loves you (asws), then dies, so he has died. And the one who loves you (asws) and has not died yet, so he is awaiting. And the sun does not rise nor sets except that it comes to him with sustenance and the faith’. And in another

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‌ سَيَأْتِي عَلَى أُمَّتِي زَمَانٌ تَخْبُثُ فِيهِ سَرَائِرُهُمْ وَ تَحْسُنُ فِيهِ عَلَانِيَتُهُمْ طَمَعاً فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ لَا يُرِيدُونَ بِهِ مَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ رَبِّهِمْ يَكُونُ دِينُهُمْ رِيَاءً لَا يُخَالِطُهُمْ خَوْفٌ يَعُمُّهُمُ اللَّهُ‌[1] مِنْهُ بِعِقَابٍ فَيَدْعُونَهُ دُعَاءَ الْغَرِيقِ فَلَا يَسْتَجِيبُ لَهُمْ. حَدِيثُ الْفُقَهَاءِ وَ الْعُلَمَاءِ

Abu Abdullah (asws) has said that the Rasool Allah (saww) said: ‘There will come a time upon my (saww) community when they will be ugly in their inner selves and beautiful in their appearances. They will be greedy for what is in the world and will not be intending what is in the Presence of Allah (azwj), their Lord (az

كَانَ رَجُلٌ بِالْمَدِينَةِ يَدْخُلُ مَسْجِدَ الرَّسُولِ ص فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ آنِسْ وَحْشَتِي وَ صِلْ وَحْدَتِي وَ ارْزُقْنِي جَلِيساً صَالِحاً فَإِذَا هُوَ بِرَجُلٍ فِي أَقْصَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ وَ قَالَ لَهُ مَنْ أَنْتَ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ أَنَا أَبُو ذَرٍّ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ فَقَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ وَ لِمَ تُكَبِّرُ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ إِنِّي دَخَلْتُ الْمَسْ

Abu Abdullah (asws) having said: ‘There was a man in Al-Medina who entered the Masjid of the Messenger (saww) and he said, ‘Grant me comfort in my anxiety, and company for my loneliness, and sustenance of a righteous companion’. There was a man seated in the corner of the Masjid. So he greeted him and said to him, ‘Who

قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‌ سَيَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ زَمَانٌ لَا يَبْقَى مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ إِلَّا رَسْمُهُ وَ مِنَ الْإِسْلَامِ إِلَّا اسْمُهُ يُسَمَّوْنَ بِهِ وَ هُمْ أَبْعَدُ النَّاسِ مِنْهُ مَسَاجِدُهُمْ عَامِرَةٌ وَ هِيَ خَرَابٌ مِنَ الْهُدَى فُقَهَاءُ ذَلِكَ الزَّمَانِ شَرُّ فُقَهَاءَ تَحْتَ ظِلِّ السَّمَاءِ مِنْهُمْ خَرَجَتِ الْفِتْنَةُ وَ إِلَيْهِمْ تَعُودُ.

The Rasool Allah (saww) said: ‘There will come upon the people a time when nothing will remain from the Quran except for its image, and nothing from Al-Islam except for its name. They will be named by it (as Muslims) but they would be far from it. Their Masjid will be well built but would be ruins in matters of guidanc

كَانَتِ الْيَهُودُ تَجِدُ فِي كُتُبِهَا أَنَّ مُهَاجَرَ مُحَمَّدٍ ص مَا بَيْنَ عَيْرٍ وَ أُحُدٍ[1] فَخَرَجُوا يَطْلُبُونَ الْمَوْضِعَ فَمَرُّوا بِجَبَلٍ يُسَمَّى حَدَاداً فَقَالُوا حَدَادٌ[2] وَ أُحُدٌ سَوَاءٌ فَتَفَرَّقُوا عِنْدَهُ فَنَزَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ بِتَيْمَاءَ وَ بَعْضُهُمْ بِفَدَكَ وَ بَعْضُهُمْ بِخَيْبَرَ فَاشْتَاقَ الَّذِينَ بِتَيْمَاءَ إِلَى بَعْضِ إِخْوَانِهِمْ فَمَرَّ بِهِمْ أَعْرَابِيٌّ مِنْ قَيْسٍ فَتَكَا

regarding the Statement of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic: “[2:89] and before that they used to pray for victory against those who disbelieve”. He (asws) said: ‘The Jews had found in their Book that Muhammad (saww) would emigrate between Ayr and Ohad, so they went out look for these places. They passed by a mountain

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى- وَ كانُوا مِنْ قَبْلُ يَسْتَفْتِحُونَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فَلَمَّا جاءَهُمْ ما عَرَفُوا كَفَرُوا بِهِ‌ قَالَ كَانَ قَوْمٌ فِيمَا بَيْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عِيسَى صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمَا وَ كَانُوا يَتَوَعَّدُونَ أَهْلَ الْأَصْنَامِ بِالنَّبِيِّ ص وَ يَقُولُونَ لَيَخْرُجَنَّ نَبِيٌّ فَلَيُكَسِّرَنَّ أَصْنَامَكُمْ وَ لَيَفْعَلَنَّ بِكُمْ [وَ ل

‘I asked Abu Abdullah (asws) about the Statement of Allah (azwj) Blessed and High: “[2:89] and before that they used to pray for victory against those who disbelieve, but when there came to them (Prophet) that which they did not recognize, they disbelieved in him”. He (asws) said: ‘A people who were in between (the era

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص‌ أَخْبَرَنِي الرُّوحُ الْأَمِينُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُهُ إِذَا وَقَفَ الْخَلَائِقَ وَ جَمَعَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَ الْآخِرِينَ أُتِيَ بِجَهَنَّمَ تُقَادُ بِأَلْفِ زِمَامٍ أَخَذَ بِكُلِّ زِمَامٍ مِائَةُ أَلْفِ مَلَكٍ مِنَ الْغِلَاظِ الشِّدَادِ وَ لَهَا هَدَّةٌ وَ تَحَطُّمٌ‌[1] وَ زَفِيرٌ وَ شَهِيقٌ وَ إِنَّهَا لَتَزْفِرُ الزَّفْرَةَ فَلَوْ لَا أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَخَّرَهَا إِلَى الْحِ

The Trustworthy Spirit (Jibraeel) informed me (saww) that Allah (azwj), there is no god apart from Him (azwj), when He (azwj) Pauses the creatures and Gathers the former ones and the later ones, Hell will be brought by a thousand reins, each rein grabbed by a hundred thousand Angels from the strong and harsh ones, maki

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‌ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالسَّفَرِ بِاللَّيْلِ فَإِنَّ الْأَرْضَ تُطْوَى بِاللَّيْلِ‌[1].

The Rasool Allah (saww) said: ‘It is on you to travel at night, for the ground folds up at night’.

أَرَدْنَا أَنْ نَخْرُجَ فَجِئْنَا نُسَلِّمُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَقَالَ كَأَنَّكُمْ طَلَبْتُمْ بَرَكَةَ الْإِثْنَيْنِ فَقُلْنَا نَعَمْ فَقَالَ وَ أَيُّ يَوْمٍ أَعْظَمُ شُؤْماً مِنْ يَوْمِ الْإِثْنَيْنِ يَوْمٍ فَقَدْنَا فِيهِ نَبِيَّنَا وَ ارْتَفَعَ الْوَحْيُ عَنَّا لَا تَخْرُجُوا وَ اخْرُجُوا يَوْمَ الثَّلَاثَاءِ.

‘It is as if you all are seeking blessings on Monday’. So we said, ‘Yes’. So he (AS) said: ‘No other day is of great misfortune than a Monday, the day in which we lost our Prophet (sw), and the revelation was raised (stopped) from us. Do not go out (on a Monday), and go out on a Tuesday’.

لَمْ يَكُنْ مِنْ سِبْطِ النُّبُوَّةِ وَ لَا مِنْ سِبْطِ الْمَمْلَكَةِ- قالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ اصْطَفاهُ عَلَيْكُمْ‌ وَ قَالَ‌ إِنَّ آيَةَ مُلْكِهِ أَنْ يَأْتِيَكُمُ التَّابُوتُ‌ فِيهِ سَكِينَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ‌ وَ بَقِيَّةٌ مِمَّا تَرَكَ آلُ مُوسى‌ وَ آلُ هارُونَ‌ فَجَاءَتْ بِهِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ تَحْمِلُهُ وَ قَالَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ ذِكْرُهُ- إِنَّ اللَّهَ مُبْتَلِيكُمْ بِنَهَرٍ فَمَنْ شَرِبَ مِنْهُ فَلَيْسَ مِنِّي‌ وَ مَنْ لَم

Abu Ja’far (asws) regarding the Statement of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic: “[2:247] And their prophet said to them: Surely Allah has raised Talut to be a king over you. He (asws) said: ‘He (as) was neither from the grandsons of the Prophets (as) nor was he (as) from the grandsons of the kings’. He said: Surely Alla

قَالَ [لِي‌] أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع يَا أَبَا الْجَارُودِ مَا يَقُولُونَ لَكُمْ فِي الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ ع قُلْتُ يُنْكِرُونَ عَلَيْنَا أَنَّهُمَا ابْنَا رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ فَأَيَّ شَيْ‌ءٍ احْتَجَجْتُمْ عَلَيْهِمْ قُلْتُ احْتَجَجْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ بِقَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ ع- وَ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِهِ داوُدَ وَ سُلَيْمانَ وَ أَيُّوبَ وَ يُوسُفَ وَ مُوسى‌ وَ هارُونَ وَ كَذلِكَ نَجْزِي الْمُح

Abu Ja’far (asws) said to me: ‘O Abu Al-Jaroud! What are they saying to you all with regards to Al-Hassan (asws) and Al-Husayn (asws)?’ I said, ‘They are denying us that the two of them (asws) are the sons (asws) of the Rasool Allah (saww)’. He (asws) said: ‘So by which thing do you argue against them?’ I said, ‘We arg

لَمَّا انْهَزَمَ النَّاسُ يَوْمَ أُحُدٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص انْصَرَفَ إِلَيْهِمْ بِوَجْهِهِ وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ أَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ أَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ لَمْ أُقْتَلْ وَ لَمْ أَمُتْ فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِ فُلَانٌ وَ فُلَانٌ فَقَالا الْآنَ يَسْخَرُ بِنَا أَيْضاً وَ قَدْ هُزِمْنَا وَ بَقِيَ مَعَهُ عَلِيٌّ ع وَ سِمَاكُ بْنُ خَرَشَةَ أَبُو دُجَانَةَ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ‌[2] فَدَعَاهُ النَّبِيُّ ص فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا دُجَانَةَ انْصَرِفْ و

لَمَّا خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فِي غَزْوَةِ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ خَرَجَ فِي ذِي الْقَعْدَةِ فَلَمَّا انْتَهَى إِلَى الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي أَحْرَمَ فِيهِ أَحْرَمُوا وَ لَبِسُوا السِّلَاحَ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ الْمُشْرِكِينَ قَدْ أَرْسَلُوا إِلَيْهِ- خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ لِيَرُدَّهُ قَالَ ابْغُونِي‌[3] رَجُلًا يَأْخُذُنِي عَلَى غَيْرِ هَذَا الطَّرِيقِ فَأُتِيَ بِرَجُلٍ مِنْ مُزَيْنَةَ أَوْ مِنْ جُهَيْنَةَ[4] فَسَأَلَهُ

When the Messenger of Allah (saww) set out for the Battle of Hudaybiyyah, he departed in the month of Dhu al-Qa'dah. When he reached the place where he intended to enter the state of ihram, they all entered ihram and donned their weapons. When news reached him that the polytheists had sent Khalid b. al-Walid to turn hi

نَزَلَتْ فِي بَنِي مُدْلِجٍ لِأَنَّهُمْ جَاءُوا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَقَالُوا إِنَّا قَدْ حَصِرَتْ صُدُورُنَا أَنْ نَشْهَدَ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَلَسْنَا مَعَكَ وَ لَا مَعَ قَوْمِنَا عَلَيْكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ كَيْفَ صَنَعَ بِهِمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ وَاعَدَهُمْ إِلَى أَنْ يَفْرُغَ‌[3] مِنَ الْعَرَبِ ثُمَّ يَدْعُوهُمْ فَإِنْ أَجَابُوا وَ إِلَّا قَاتَلَهُمْ.

Abu Abdullah (asws) regarding the Statement of Allah (azwj): “[4:90] or who come to you, their hearts shrinking from fighting you or fighting their own people”, he (asws) said: ‘Revealed with regards to the Clan of Mudlaj because they had come to the Rasool Allah (saww), so they said, ‘There are restrictions in our che

إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى بَعَثَ أَرْبَعَةَ أَمْلَاكٍ فِي إِهْلَاكِ قَوْمِ لُوطٍ جَبْرَئِيلَ وَ مِيكَائِيلَ وَ إِسْرَافِيلَ وَ كَرُوبِيلَ ع فَمَرُّوا بِإِبْرَاهِيمَ ع وَ هُمْ مُعْتَمُّونَ فَسَلَّمُوا عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَعْرِفْهُمْ وَ رَأَى هَيْئَةً حَسَنَةً فَقَالَ لَا يَخْدُمُ هَؤُلَاءِ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا أَنَا بِنَفْسِي وَ كَانَ صَاحِبَ أَضْيَافٍ‌[1] فَشَوَى لَهُمْ عِجْلًا سَمِيناً حَتَّى أَنْضَجَهُ ثُمَّ قَرَّبَهُ إِلَيْهِم

‘Allah (azwj) Sent four Angels (to Prophet Ibrahim (as)) for the destruction of the people of Lut (as) – Jibraeel (as), and Mikaeel (as), and Israfeel (as), and Karoubeel (as) and they had obscured their faces. They greeted him (as). He (as) did not recognise them and saw them as good persons. So he (as) said (to himse

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- فِي بُيُوتٍ أَذِنَ اللَّهُ أَنْ تُرْفَعَ‌[5] قَالَ هِيَ بُيُوتُ النَّبِيِّ ص.

he said: ‘They are the houses of the Prophet (sw)’.

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ دِرْعُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص ذَاتُ الْفُضُولِ لَهَا حَلْقَتَانِ مِنْ وَرِقٍ فِي مُقَدَّمِهَا وَ حَلْقَتَانِ مِنْ وَرِقٍ فِي مُؤَخَّرِهَا وَ قَالَ لَبِسَهَا عَلِيٌّ ع يَوْمَ الْجَمَلِ.

‘The armour of the Rasool Allah (saww), Zat Al-Fuzoul had two rings of foil in front of it, and two rings of foil at the back of it’. And said; ‘Ali (asws) wore it on the Day of Al-Jamal’.

شَدَّ عَلِيٌّ ع عَلَى بَطْنِهِ يَوْمَ الْجَمَلِ بِعِقَالٍ أَبْرَقَ‌[6] نَزَلَ بِهِ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَشُدُّ بِهِ عَلَى بَطْنِهِ إِذَا لَبِسَ الدِّرْعَ.

512. Aban, from Yaqoub Bin Shuayb, who has said: Abu Abdullah (asws) has said: ‘Ali (asws) tightened a glimmering belt around his (asws) abdomen on the Day of Al-Jamal which Jibraeel (as) had descended with from the sky, and the Rasool Allah (saww) used to wear it around his (saww) abdomen whenever he (saww) wore the a

كَانَتْ نَاقَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص الْقَصْوَاءُ إِذَا نَزَلَ عَنْهَا عَلَّقَ عَلَيْهَا زِمَامَهَا قَالَ فَتَخْرُجُ فَتَأْتِي الْمُسْلِمِينَ قَالَ فَيُنَاوِلُهَا الرَّجُلُ الشَّيْ‌ءَ وَ يُنَاوِلُهُ هَذَا الشَّيْ‌ءَ فَلَا تَلْبَثُ أَنْ تَشْبَعَ قَالَ فَأَدْخَلَتْ رَأْسَهَا فِي خِبَاءِ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدَبٍ فَتَنَاوَلَ عَنَزَةً فَضَرَبَ بِهَا عَلَى رَأْسِهَا فَشَجَّهَا فَخَرَجَتْ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ص فَشَكَتْهُ‌[1].

‘Whenever the Rasool Allah (saww) descended from his (saww) she-camel Al-Qaswa, he (saww) would leave its reins upon it. It would go out and come to the Muslims. So this man would give it something, and that man would give it something. So it would not remain without (its hunger) is being satisfied. It entered its head

بَيْنَا أَنَا عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص إِذْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِنَّ الشِّيعَةَ الْخَاصَّةَ الْخَالِصَةَ[1] مِنَّا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَرِّفْنَاهُمْ حَتَّى نَعْرِفَهُمْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مَا قُلْتُ لَكُمْ إِلَّا وَ أَنَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُخْبِرَكُمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَنَا الدَّلِيلُ عَلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ عَلِيٌّ نَصْرُ ال

The Shites,the special ones, the sincere ones are from us (asws) the People (asws) of the Household’. So Umar said, ‘O Rasool Allah (saww), introduce them until we recognise them’. So the Rasool Allah (saww) said: ‘I (saww) am not saying to you except that I (saww) want to inform you’. Then the Rasool Allah (saww) said

اسْتَأْذَنَّا عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَنَا وَ الْحَارِثُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ النَّصْرِيُّ وَ مَنْصُورٌ الصَّيْقَلُ فَوَاعَدْنَا دَارَ طَاهِرٍ مَوْلَاهُ فَصَلَّيْنَا الْعَصْرَ ثُمَّ رُحْنَا إِلَيْهِ فَوَجَدْنَاهُ مُتَّكِئاً عَلَى سَرِيرٍ قَرِيبٍ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ فَجَلَسْنَا حَوْلَهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَوَى جَالِساً ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ رِجْلَيْهِ حَتَّى وَضَعَ قَدَمَيْهِ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي ذَهَبَ

We sought permission to see Abu Abdullah (asws), I, and Al-Haris Bin Al-Mugheira Al-Nasry, and Mansour Al-Sayaqal. So we agreed to meet at the house of Tahir, his (asws) slave. So we Prayed Al-Asr, then we went to him (asws). We found him (asws) leaning against a bed near to the ground. So we seated ourselves around hi

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ- أُولئِكَ الَّذِينَ‌ يَعْلَمُ اللَّهُ ما فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ‌ فَأَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ‌ وَ عِظْهُمْ‌ وَ قُلْ لَهُمْ فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ‌ قَوْلًا بَلِيغاً[1] يَعْنِي وَ اللَّهِ فُلَاناً وَ فُلَاناً- وَ ما أَرْسَلْنا مِنْ رَسُولٍ إِلَّا لِيُطاعَ‌ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ‌ وَ لَوْ أَنَّهُمْ إِذْ ظَلَمُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ‌ جاؤُكَ‌ فَاسْتَغْفَرُوا اللَّهَ‌ وَ اسْتَغْفَرَ

"I heard Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Sadiq (as) saying regarding the statement of Allah, the Almighty and Glorious: «Those are the ones whose hearts Allah knows, so turn away from them, but admonish them and speak to them with a penetrating word» (4:63). By Allah, this refers to such-and-such individuals. And regarding the verse:

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ع يَقُولُ‌ الرُّؤْيَا عَلَى مَا تُعَبَّرُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّ بَعْضَ أَصْحَابِنَا رَوَى أَنَّ رُؤْيَا الْمَلِكِ كَانَتْ أَضْغَاثَ أَحْلَامٍ فَقَالَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ ع إِنَّ امْرَأَةً رَأَتْ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص أَنَّ جِذْعَ بَيْتِهَا قَدِ انْكَسَرَ فَأَتَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص فَقَصَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الرُّؤْيَا فَقَالَ لَهَا النَّبِيُّ ص يَقْدَمُ زَوْجُكِ وَ يَأْتِي وَ هُوَ صَالِحٌ وَ قَدْ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَانَ يَقُولُ‌ إِنَّ رُؤْيَا الْمُؤْمِنِ تُرِفُّ بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَ الْأَرْضِ عَلَى رَأْسِ صَاحِبِهَا حَتَّى يُعَبِّرَهَا لِنَفْسِهِ أَوْ يُعَبِّرَهَا لَهُ مِثْلُهُ فَإِذَا عُبِّرَتْ لَزِمَتِ الْأَرْضَ فَلَا تَقُصُّوا رُؤْيَاكُمْ إِلَّا عَلَى مَنْ يَعْقِلُ

The dream of the Believer floats in between the sky and the earth over the head of its dreamer until he interprets it for himself, or it is interpreted for him by someone like him. So when it gets interpreted, it comes to the ground. So do not narrate your dreams except to the one who understand’.

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‌ الرُّؤْيَا لَا تُقَصُّ إِلَّا عَلَى مُؤْمِنٍ خَلَا مِنَ الْحَسَدِ وَ الْبَغْيِ.

‘Do not tell your dream except to a Believer who is free from the envy and the rebellion’.

كَانَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ ذُو النَّمِرَةِ وَ كَانَ مِنْ أَقْبَحِ النَّاسِ وَ إِنَّمَا سُمِّيَ ذُو النَّمِرَةِ مِنْ قُبْحِهِ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ص فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَخْبِرْنِي مَا فَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً فِي الْيَوْمِ وَ اللَّيْلَةِ وَ صَوْمَ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ إِذَا أَدْرَكْتَهُ وَ الْح

Abu Abdullah (asws) has said: ‘There was a man during the era of the Rasool Allah (saww) called Zu Al-Namrat, and he was from the ugliest of the people and that is why he was named Al-Zu Al-Namrat (Animal face) due to his ugliness. So he came to the Prophet (saww) and said, ‘O Rasool Allah (saww), inform me of what All

نَعَمْ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لَهُ صَدِيقٌ مُوَاخٍ لَهُ فِي اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى وَ كَانَ عِيسَى ع يَمُرُّ بِهِ وَ يَنْزِلُ عَلَيْهِ وَ إِنَّ عِيسَى غَابَ عَنْهُ حِيناً ثُمَّ مَرَّ بِهِ لِيُسَلِّمَ عَلَيْهِ فَخَرَجَتْ إِلَيْهِ أُمُّهُ فَسَأَلَهَا عَنْهُ فَقَالَتْ مَاتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ أَ فَتُحِبِّينَ أَنْ تَرَاهُ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ فَقَالَ لَهَا فَإِذَا كَانَ غَداً فَآتِيكِ حَتَّى أُحْيِيَهُ لَكِ بِإِذْنِ الل

Abu Abdullah (asws) was asked: ‘Did Isa Ibn Maryam (as) revive anyone after his death to the extent that he ate, received sustenance, and had a term, and children?’ He replied: ‘Yes. He had a friend who he had established brotherhood with for the Sake of Allah (azwj) Blessed and High, and Isa (as) used to pass by him a

نَزَلَتْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ عَلِيٍّ وَ حَمْزَةَ وَ جَعْفَرٍ وَ جَرَتْ فِي الْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ أَجْمَعِينَ.

Abu Ja’far (asws) regarding the Statement of Allah (azwj) Blessed and High: “[22:40] Those who have been expelled from their homes without a just cause except that they say: Our Lord is Allah”. He (asws) said: ‘It was Revealed regarding the Rasool Allah (saww), and Ali (asws), and Hamza (ar), and Ja’far (ar), and it fl

بَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص جَالِساً إِذْ جَاءَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ فَرَحَّبَ بِهَا وَ أَخَذَ بِيَدِهَا وَ أَقْعَدَهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ ابْنَةُ نَبِيٍّ ضَيَّعَهُ قَوْمُهُ- خَالِدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ‌[2] دَعَاهُمْ فَأَبَوْا أَنْ يُؤْمِنُوا وَ كَانَتْ نَارٌ يُقَالُ لَهَا نَارُ الْحَدَثَانِ‌[3]- تَأْتِيهِمْ كُلَّ سَنَةٍ فَتَأْكُلُ بَعْضَهُمْ وَ كَانَتْ تَخْرُجُ فِي وَقْتٍ مَعْلُومٍ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ إِنْ رَدَدْتُهَا عَنْكُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ قَال

Abu Abdullah (asws) has said: ‘Once when the Rasool Allah (saww) was sitting a woman came, and held her hand and helped her to sit down. And then said, ‘ She is a daughter of a Prophet (as) whose people had neglected him (as). Khalid Bin Sinan called them, but they refused to believe. There used to be a fire called the

سَمِعْتُ سَلْمَانَ الْفَارِسِيَّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يَقُولُ‌ لَمَّا قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ صَنَعَ النَّاسُ مَا صَنَعُوا وَ خَاصَمَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَ عُمَرُ وَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ الْأَنْصَارَ فَخَصَمُوهُمْ بِحُجَّةِ عَلِيٍّ ع‌[2] قَالُوا يَا مَعْشَرَ الْأَنْصَارِ قُرَيْشٌ أَحَقُّ بِالْأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْ لِأَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ مِنْهُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى بَدَأَ

I heard Salman Al-Farsy (ar) saying: ‘When the Rasool Allah (saww) passed away, and the people did what they did, and Abu Bakr and Umar, and Abu Ubeyda Bin Al-Jarrah disputed with the Helpers, they disputed with them by the ‘بِحُجَّةِ’ rights of Ali (asws). They said, ‘O group of Helpers! Qureysh are more deserving of

لَمَّا أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص بِيَدِ عَلِيٍّ ع- يَوْمَ الْغَدِيرِ صَرَخَ إِبْلِيسُ فِي جُنُودِهِ صَرْخَةً فَلَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ فِي بَرٍّ وَ لَا بَحْرٍ إِلَّا أَتَاهُ فَقَالُوا يَا سَيِّدَهُمْ وَ مَوْلَاهُمْ‌[3] مَا ذَا دَهَاكَ فَمَا سَمِعْنَا لَكَ صَرْخَةً أَوْحَشَ مِنْ صَرْخَتِكَ هَذِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ فَعَلَ هَذَا النَّبِيُّ فِعْلًا إِنْ تَمَّ لَمْ يُعْصَ اللَّهُ أَبَداً فَقَالُوا يَا سَيِّدَهُمْ أَنْتَ ك

Abu Ja’far (asws) has said; ‘When the Rasool Allah (saww) grabbed the hand of Ali (asws) on the Day of Al-Ghadeer, Iblees (la) screamed in his (la) army a loud scream. So there did not remain anyone from among them, either in the land or in the sea except that he came to him (la). So they said, ‘O our chief and our mas

أَصْبَحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَوْماً كَئِيباً حَزِيناً فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ ع مَا لِي أَرَاكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَئِيباً حَزِيناً فَقَالَ وَ كَيْفَ لَا أَكُونُ كَذَلِكَ وَ قَدْ رَأَيْتُ فِي لَيْلَتِي هَذِهِ أَنَّ بَنِي تَيْمٍ وَ بَنِي عَدِيٍّ وَ بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ يَصْعَدُونَ مِنْبَرِي هَذَا يَرُدُّونَ النَّاسَ عَنِ الْإِسْلَامِ الْقَهْقَرَى فَقُلْتُ يَا رَبِّ فِي حَيَاتِي أَوْ بَعْدَ مَوْتِي فَقَالَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِكَ.

One of the two of them (asws) (Fifth of sixth Imam (asws)) having said: ‘One morning the Rasool Allah (saww) was grim and in grief. So Ali (asws) said to him (saww): ‘What is it that I (asws) see you (saww) to be grim and sad, O Rasool Allah (saww)?’ So he (saww) said; ‘So how can I (saww) not be like that and I (saww)

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‌ لَوْ لَا أَنِّي أَكْرَهُ أَنْ يُقَالَ إِنَّ مُحَمَّداً اسْتَعَانَ بِقَوْمٍ حَتَّى إِذَا ظَفِرَ بِعَدُوِّهِ قَتَلَهُمْ لَضَرَبْتُ أَعْنَاقَ قَوْمٍ كَثِيرٍ.

‘The Rasool Allah (saww) said: ‘Had it not been for my (saww) disliking that they would say, ‘Muhammad (saww) sought support of the people so that he (saww) would be victorious over his (saww) enemies’, I (saww) would have killed a lot of people by striking their necks’.

دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ع أَنَا وَ حُسَيْنُ بْنُ ثُوَيْرِ بْنِ أَبِي فَاخِتَةَ[1] فَقُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنَّا كُنَّا فِي سَعَةٍ مِنَ الرِّزْقِ وَ غَضَارَةٍ مِنَ الْعَيْشِ فَتَغَيَّرَتِ الْحَالُ بَعْضَ التَّغْيِيرِ فَادْعُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَنْ يَرُدَّ ذَلِكَ إِلَيْنَا فَقَالَ أَيَّ شَيْ‌ءٍ تُرِيدُونَ تَكُونُونَ مُلُوكاً أَ يَسُرُّكَ أَنْ تَكُونَ مِثْلَ طَاهِرٍ وَ هَرْثَمَةَ[2] وَ إِنَّ

I went to Abu Al-Hassan Al-Ridha (asws) with Husayn Bin Suweyr Bin Abu Fakhta. So I said to him (asws), ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws), we used to be in a time of sustenance and led an affluent lifestyle. Our condition changed as it sometimes does, so supplicate to Allah (azwj) to return that state to us’. So he (

وَ حَدَّثَنِي الْأُسَيْدِيُّ وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُبَشِّرٍ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ نَافِعٍ الْأَزْرَقَ‌[5] كَانَ يَقُولُ لَوْ أَنِّي عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ بَيْنَ قُطْرَيْهَا أَحَداً تُبْلِغُنِي إِلَيْهِ الْمَطَايَا يَخْصِمُنِي أَنَّ عَلِيّاً قَتَلَ أَهْلَ النَّهْرَوَانِ وَ هُوَ لَهُمْ غَيْرُ ظَالِمٍ لَرَحَلْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقِيلَ لَهُ وَ لَا وَلَدَهُ فَقَالَ أَ فِي وُلْدِهِ عَالِمٌ فَقِيلَ لَهُ هَذَا أَوَّلُ جَهْلِكَ‌ وَ هُمْ

It has been narrated to me by Al-Asaydi and Muhammad Bin Basheer that Abdullah Bin Naf’a Al-Azraq used to say, ‘If only I knew someone between its (earth’s) diameter where my animal (ride) can reach to, who can debate with me that Ali (asws) killed the people of Naharwaan, and he (asws) was not unjust to them, I would

خَطَبَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع النَّاسَ بِصِفِّينَ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَ أَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ وَ صَلَّى عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ النَّبِيِّ ص ثُمَّ قَالَ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَقَدْ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى لِي عَلَيْكُمْ حَقّاً بِوَلَايَةِ أَمْرِكُمْ‌[3] وَ مَنْزِلَتِيَ الَّتِي أَنْزَلَنِي اللَّهُ عَزَّ ذِكْرُهُ بِهَا مِنْكُمْ وَ لَكُمْ عَلَيَّ مِنَ الْحَقِّ مِثْلُ الَّذِي لِي عَلَيْكُمْ وَ الْحَقُّ أَجْمَلُ الْأَشْيَاءِ فِي التَّوَاصُفِ

Abu Ja’far (asws) has said: ‘Amir-ul-Momineen (asws) gave a sermon to the people at Siffeen, so he (asws) Praised Allah (azwj) and Extolled Him (azwj), and sent greetings upon the Prophet (saww), then said: ‘Having said that, Allah (azwj) the High has Made my (asws) rights to be obligatory upon you all as the Guardian

أَتَى أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ وَ وَلَدُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَ سَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ يَطْلُبُونَ مِنْهُ التَّفْضِيلَ‌[5] لَهُمْ فَصَعِدَ الْمِنْبَرَ وَ مَالَ النَّاسُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلِيِّ الْحَمْدِ وَ مُنْتَهَى الْكَرَمِ لَا تُدْرِكُهُ الصِّفَاتُ وَ لَا يُحَدُّ بِاللُّغَاتِ وَ لَا يُعْرَفُ بِالْغَايَاتِ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَه

‘There came to Amir-ul-Momineen (asws), Abdullah Bin Umar and a son of Abu Bakr, and Sa’d bin Abu Waqqas, seeking from him (asws) the preferential treatment for themselves. So he (asws) ascended the Pulpit, and the people turned their attention towards him (asws). So he (asws) said: ‘The Praise is due to Allah (azwj) t

فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى- وَ بَشِّرِ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنَّ لَهُمْ‌ قَدَمَ صِدْقٍ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ‌[3] فَقَالَ هُوَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص.

so he (asws) said: ‘He (saww) (Good News) is the Messenger (saww) of Allah (azwj)’.

لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص أَتَاهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ بِالْبُرَاقِ فَرَكِبَهَا فَأَتَى بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ فَلَقِيَ مَنْ لَقِيَ مِنْ إِخْوَانِهِ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ ع ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فَحَدَّثَ أَصْحَابَهُ أَنِّي أَتَيْتُ بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ وَ رَجَعْتُ مِنَ اللَّيْلَةِ وَ قَدْ جَاءَنِي جَبْرَئِيلُ بِالْبُرَاقِ فَرَكِبْتُهَا وَ آيَةُ ذَلِكَ أَنِّي مَرَرْتُ بِعِيرٍ لِأَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَلَى مَاءٍ لِبَنِي فُلَانٍ وَ قَدْ أَض

When ascension took place with the Messenger (saww) of Allah (azwj), Jibraeel came up to him (saww) with Al-Buraaq (the ride). So he (saww) rode on it and came to Bayt Al-Maqdas (Jerusalem). So he (saww) met the ones whom he (saww) met from his (saww) brothers from the Prophets (as). Then he (saww) returned and narrate

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لِجَعْفَرٍ ع‌[6] حِينَ قَدِمَ مِنَ الْحَبَشَةِ أَيُّ شَيْ‌ءٍ أَعْجَبُ مَا رَأَيْتَ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ حَبَشِيَّةً مَرَّتْ وَ عَلَى رَأْسِهَا مِكْتَلٌ فَمَرَّ رَجُلٌ‌[7] فَزَحَمَهَا فَطَرَحَهَا وَ وَقَعَ الْمِكْتَلُ عَنْ رَأْسِهَا فَجَلَسَتْ ثُمَّ قَالَتْ وَيْلٌ لَكَ مِنْ دَيَّانِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ إِذَا جَلَسَ عَلَى الْكُرْسِيِّ وَ أَخَذَ لِلْمَظْلُومِ مِنَ الظَّالِمِ فَتَعَجَّبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص.

The Rasool Allah (saww) said to Ja’far (as) when he (as) came back from Ethiopia; ‘Which was the most astonishing thing from what you (as) saw?’ He (as) said; ‘I saw an Ethiopian woman pass by and upon her head was a load. So a man passed by her and bumped into her, and the load fell from her head. She sat down, then s

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ جَاءَتْ فَاطِمَةُ ع إِلَى سَارِيَةٍ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ[2] وَ هِيَ تَقُولُ وَ تُخَاطِبُ النَّبِيَّ ص‌ قَدْ كَانَ بَعْدَكَ أَنْبَاءٌ وَ هَنْبَثَةٌ لَوْ كُنْتَ شَاهِدَهَا لَمْ يَكْثُرِ الْخَطْبُ‌ إِنَّا فَقَدْنَاكَ فَقْدَ الْأَرْضِ وَابِلَهَا وَ اخْتَلَّ قَوْمُكَ فَاشْهَدْهُمْ وَ لَا تَغِبُ‌

‘Fatima (sa) went to a pillar in the Masjid, and she was addressing the Holy Prophet (sw): ‘Events and differences have occurred after you! Had you witnessed them, they would not have increased so much. We have missed you like the missing of the earth of its downpour of rain. And your people are in disturbance, so witn

بَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فِي الْمَسْجِدِ إِذْ خُفِضَ لَهُ كُلُّ رَفِيعٍ وَ رُفِعَ لَهُ كُلُّ خَفِيضٍ حَتَّى نَظَرَ إِلَى جَعْفَرٍ ع‌[4] يُقَاتِلُ الْكُفَّارَ قَالَ فَقُتِلَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص قُتِلَ جَعْفَرٌ وَ أَخَذَهُ الْمَغْصُ فِي بَطْنِهِ‌[5].

Abu Abdullah (asws) has said: ‘Once the Rasool Allah (saww) was in the Masjid, when every high thing was lowered for him (saww) and every low thing was raised for him (saww), to the extent that he (saww) saw Ja’far (as) fighting the infidels. He (as) got killed. So the Messenger (saww) said: ‘Ja’far has been killed’, a

أَتَى جَبْرَئِيلُ ع رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص بِالْبُرَاقِ أَصْغَرَ مِنَ الْبَغْلِ وَ أَكْبَرَ مِنَ الْحِمَارِ مُضْطَرِبَ الْأُذُنَيْنِ عَيْنَيْهِ فِي حَافِرِهِ وَ خُطَاهُ مَدَّ بَصَرِهِ وَ إِذَا انْتَهَى إِلَى جَبَلٍ قَصُرَتْ يَدَاهُ وَ طَالَتْ رِجْلَاهُ فَإِذَا هَبَطَ طَالَتْ يَدَاهُ وَ قَصُرَتْ رِجْلَاهُ أَهْدَبَ الْعُرْفِ‌[7] الْأَيْمَنِ لَهُ جَنَاحَانِ مِنْ خَلْفِهِ.

‘Jibraeel (as) came to the Rasool Allah (saww) with the Buraaq (ride) which was smaller than a mule, and larger than the donkey. It had two vibrating ears, and its eyes were in its hooves, and its steps were as far as its eyes could extend to. And if it ascends a mountain, its forelegs become shorter and its hind legs