بحار الأنوار

BIHAR AL-ANWAAR

ج 30

Volume 30

بحار الانوار الجامعة لدرر أخبار الائمة الاطهار

Bihar Al-Anwaar – The summary of the pearls of the Ahadeeth of the Pure Imamsasws

تأليف العلامة فخر الامة المولى الشيخ محمد باقر المجلسيى

Author – The Allama, the pride of the community, the Mullah, the Sheikh Muhammad Baqir Al Majlisi

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preliminary Ahadeeth

CHAPTER 16 – ANOTHER CHAPTER REGARDING WHAT HEasws WROTE TO HISasws COMPANIONS REGARDING THAT – DECLARING AND SUMMONING

CHAPTER 17 – ARGUMENTATION OF AL-HUSAYNasws AGAINST UMAR WHILE HE WAS UPON THE PULPIT

CHAPTER 18 – REGARDING MENTION OF WHAT HAD HAPPENNED FROM THE CONFUSION OF THE PEOPLE AFTER THE EXPIRY OF RASOOL-ALLAHsaww, AND THEIR REFERRING TO AMIR AL-MOMINEENasws

CHAPTER 19 – WHAT REGRET WAS MANIFESTED BY ABU BAKR AND UMAR

CHAPTER 20 – (SO AND SO, AND SO AND SO)

Notes: -

CHAPTER 21 – ANOTHER

CHAPTER 22 – THE ARGUMENTATION AGAINST THE ADVERSARIES BY REFERRING TO THE AHADEETH FROM THEIR BOOKS

The First – The Prophetsaww did not place Abu Bakr in-charge

The second – The staying behind from the army of Usama

The third – what flowed from him regarding the matter of Fadak

The fourth – (What) Umar Bin Al-Khattab said, along with his becoming a friend and a helper to Abu Bakr.

The fifth – He neglected establishing the legal punishment and the retaliation regarding Khalid Bin Al-Waleed, and (although) he had killed Malik Bin Nuweyra and copulated with his wife from its night

The sixth – Abu Bakr said, informing about himself, ‘There is a satanla for me, showing to me, so if I am straight, then assist me, and if I am crooked, then straighten me

The seventh – He was ignorant of a lot of rulings of the Religion. He had said regarding the person neither having parents nor offspring, ‘I speak regarding it by my opinion, so if I was correct, it is from Allahazwj, and if I am mistaken, it is from me’, and he did not understand inheritance of the grandmother

Its conclusion regarding mention of the birth of Abu Bakr and his death and part of his situation

CHAPTER 23 – THE ARGUMENTATION AGAINST THE ADVERSARIES BY REFERRING TO THE AHADEETH FROM THEIR ‘SAHEEH’ BOOKS

The first –

The second – Staying behind from the army of Usama

The third – He reached to the ignorance to where he did not know that every soul would taste death, and the death is allowed upon Rasool-Allahsaww, and it is an exemplar of the Prophetas regarding that

The fourth – He (Umar) prohibited the two Mutahs – Mutah of Hajj and Mutah of the women

The fifth – He (Umar) suspended the legal punishment of Allahazwj regarding Al-Mugheira Bin Shuba when they had witnessed against him with the adultery

The sixth – He forbade from the expensiveness regarding dowries of the women

The seventh – Umar used to tour at night guarding the people and uncovering the people of suspicion

The eighth – He neglected the Salat due to not having water, and instructed the one with sexual impurity and he could not find the water, then he should not pray Salat, based on suspicion

The ninth – He (Umar) ordered with stoning to death a pregnant woman

The tenth – He (Umar) ordered with the insane to be stoned to death

The eleventh –

The twelveth –

The thirteenth – Many things and strange rulings

Preliminary Ahadeeth

قَالَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ ..... فِي حَدِيثٍ: فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ: يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ! إِنِّي عَاجِزٌ بِبَدَنِي عَنْ نُصْرَتِكُمْ وَ لَسْتُ أَمْلِكُ إِلَّا الْبَرَاءَةَ مِنْ أَعْدَائِكُمْ وَ اللَّعْنَ [عَلَيْهِمْ‏]، فَكَيْفَ حَالِي؟

Ja’farasws Bin Muhammad Al-Sadiqasws said in a Hadeeth (when) a man said to himasws, ‘O sonasws of Rasool-Allahsaww! I am physically unable to help youasws, and Iasws am not able except for the disavowment from yourasws enemies, and cursing upon them, so how is my situation?’

فَقَالَ الصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: مَنْ ضَعُفَ عَنْ نُصْرَتِنَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ فَلَعَنَ فِي خَلَوَاتِهِ أَعْدَاءَنَا بَلَّغَ اللَّهُ صَوْتَهُ جَمِيعَ الْأَمْلَاكِ مِنَ الثَّرَى إِلَى الْعَرْشِ،

Al-Sadiqasws said: ‘Myasws fatherasws narrated to measws, from hisasws fatherasws, from hisasws grandfather, from Rasool-Allahsaww having said: ‘One who is too weak from helping usasws – the Peopleasws of the Household, so he should curse ourasws enemies in his privacy. Allahazwj would Make his voice to reach the entirety of the kingdoms, from the soil to the Throne.

فَكُلَّمَا لَعَنَ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ أَعْدَاءَنَا لَعْناً سَاعَدُوهُ وَ لَعَنُوا مَنْ يَلْعَنُهُ ثُمَّ ثَنَّوْا، فَقَالُوا: اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى عَبْدِكَ هَذَا الَّذِي قَدْ بَذَلَ مَا فِي وُسْعِهِ وَ لَوْ قَدَرَ عَلَى أَكْثَرَ مِنْهُ لَفَعَلَ،

Every time this man curses ourasws enemies with a curse, the (other) ones who curse them assist him and they also curse, then they praise and they said, ‘O Allahazwj! Send Salawat upon this servant of Yoursazwj who has exerted whatever was in his capacity, and had he been able upon more from him, he would have done so’.

فَإِذَا النِّدَاءُ مِنْ قِبَلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: قَدْ أَجَبْتُ دُعَاءَكُمْ وَ سَمِعْتُ نِدَاءَكُمْ، وَ صَلَّيْتُ عَلَى رُوحِهِ فِي الْأَرْوَاحِ، وَ جَعَلْتُهُ عِنْدِي مِنَ الْمُصْطَفَيْنَ الْأَخْيارِ.

So there comes a call from the direction of Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic: “Your supplication has been Answered, and your call has been Heard, and Iazwj have Sent Salawat upon his soul among the souls, and Made him to be from the Chosen ones, the choicest ones in Myazwj Presence!”’1

عَنِ الصَّادِقِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: مَنْ خَالَفَكُمْ وَ إِنْ عَبَدَ وَ اجْتَهَدَ مَنْسُوبٌ إِلَى هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ: وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خاشِعَةٌ عامِلَةٌ ناصِبَةٌ تَصْلى‏ ناراً حامِيَةً.

From Al-Sadiqasws: ‘One who oppose you (Shias), and even if he were to worship, and strive, would be attributed to this Verse: Faces on that day will be humiliated [88:2] (Of the) toiling Nasibis (Hostile ones) [88:3] Arriving to a scorching Fire [88:4]’’.2

[16] باب آخر فيما كتب عليه السلام إلى أصحابه في ذلك تصريحا و تلويحا

CHAPTER 16 – ANOTHER CHAPTER REGARDING WHAT HEasws WROTE TO HISasws COMPANIONS REGARDING THAT – DECLARING AND SUMMONING

1- قَالَ السَّيِّدُ ابْنُ طَاوُسٍ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ فِي كِتَابِ كَشْفِ الْمَحَجَّةِ لِثَمَرَةِ الْمُهْجَةِ: قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ فِي كِتَابِ الرَّسَائِلِ: عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ، قَالَ: كَتَبَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ كِتَاباً بَعْدَ مُنْصَرَفِهِ مِنَ النَّهْرَوَانِ وَ أَمَرَ أَنْ يُقْرَأَ عَلَى النَّاسِ، وَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ النَّاسَ سَأَلُوهُ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَ عُمَرَ وَ عُثْمَانَ،

The Sayyad Ibn Tawoos said in the book ‘Kashf Al Mahajja Li Samarat Al Muhja’ – Muhammad Bin Yaqoub said in the book ‘Al Rasail’, ‘Ali Bin Ibrahim by his chain said,

‘Amir Al-Momineenasws wrote a letter after hisasws leaving from Al-Naharwan, and ordered that it be read out to the people, and that is because the people had asked himasws about Abu Bakr and Umar and Usman.

فَغَضِبَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَ قَالَ: قَدْ تَفَرَّغْتُمْ لِلسُّؤَالِ عَمَّا لَا يَعْنِيكُمْ، وَ هَذِهِ مِصْرُ قَدِ انْفَتَحَتْ، وَ قَتَلَ مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ خَدِيجٍ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، فَيَا لَهَا مِنْ مُصِيبَةٍ مَا أَعْظَمَهَا مُصِيبَتِي بِمُحَمَّدٍ!

Amir Al-Momineenasws got angry and said: ‘You have freed yourselves for the questioning about what does not concern you, and this is Egypt, Iasws have opened (conquered) it, and Muawiya Bin Khadeej has killed Muhammad Bin Abu Bakr. So, what a difficulty it is. How mighty was myasws calamity with (passing away of) Muhammadsaww!

فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا كَانَ إِلَّا كَبَعْضِ بَنِيَّ، سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ! بَيْنَا نَحْنُ نَرْجُو أَنْ نَغْلِبَ الْقَوْمَ عَلَى مَا فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ إِذْ غَلَبُونَا عَلَى مَا فِي أَيْدِينَا، وَ أَنَا كَاتِبٌ لَكُمْ كِتَاباً فِيهِ تَصْرِيحُ مَا سَأَلْتُمْ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى.

By Allahazwj! It wasn’t except like one of myasws structures. Glory be to Allahazwj! While weasws were hoping to overcome the people upon what was in their hands, when they overcame upon usasws of what was in ourasws hands, and Iasws shall write a letter for you wherein would be a declaration of what you have asked, if Allahazwj the Exalted so Desires’.

فَدَعَا كَاتِبَهُ عُبَيْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ أَبِي رَافِعٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ: أَدْخِلْ عَلَيَّ عَشَرَةً مِنْ ثِقَاتِي، فَقَالَ: سَمِّهِمْ لِي يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ،

Heasws called hisasws scribe, Ubeydullah Bin Abi Rafie and said to him: ‘Get ten form myasws trustworthy ones to enter to see measws’. He said, ‘Name them for me, O Amir Al-Momineenasws’.

فَقَالَ: أَدْخِلْ أَصْبَغَ بْنَ نُبَاتَةَ وَ أَبَا الطُّفَيْلِ عَامِرَ بْنَ وَاثِلَةَ الْكِنَانِيَّ، وَ زِرَّ بْنَ حُبَيْشٍ الْأَسَدِيَّ، وَ جُوَيْرِيَةَ بْنَ مُسْهِرٍ الْعَبْدِيَّ، وَ خَنْدَقَ‏ بْنَ زُهَيْرٍ الْأَسَدِيَّ، وَ حَارِثَةَ بْنَ مُضَرِّبٍ‏ الْهَمْدَانِيَّ، وَ الْحَارِثَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَعْوَرَ الْهَمْدَانِيَّ، وَ مَصَابِيحَ‏ النَّخَعِيَّ، وَ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنَ قَيْسٍ، وَ كُمَيْلَ بْنَ زِيَادٍ، وَ عُمَيْرَ بْنَ زُرَارَةَ،

Heasws said: ‘Let enter Asbagh Bin Nubata, and Abu Al-Tufeyl Aamir Bin Wasila Al-Kitani, and Zirr Bin Hubeysh Al-Asady, and Juweyria Bini Mus’har Al-Abdy, and Khandaq Bin Zuheyr Al-Asadi, and Haris Bin Muzarrib Al-Hamdani, and Al-Haris Bin Abdullah Al-Awr Al-Hamdani, and Masabeeh Al-Nakhaie, and Alqamah Bin Qays, and Kumeyl Bin Ziyad, and Umeyr Bin Zurara’. (p.s. – these are eleven)

فَدَخَلُوا إِلَيْهِ‏، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: خُذُوا هَذَا الْكِتَابَ وَ لْيَقْرَأْهُ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي رَافِعٍ وَ أَنْتُمْ شُهُودٌ كُلَّ يَوْمِ جُمُعَةٍ، فَإِنْ شَغَبَ شَاغِبٌ عَلَيْكُمْ فَأَنْصِفُوهُ بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ بَيْنَكُمْ وَ بَيْنَهُ:

They entered to see himasws. Heasws said to them: ‘Take this letter, and let Ubeydullah Bin Abi Rafie read it out, and you bear witness every day of Friday. So, if a trouble-maker were to make trouble upon you, then be fair to him with the Book of Allahazwj to be between you and him: -

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ‏: مِنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلِيٍّ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِلَى شِيعَتِهِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ: وَ إِنَّ مِنْ شِيعَتِهِ لَإِبْراهِيمَ‏ وَ هُوَ اسْمٌ شَرَّفَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى فِي الْكِتَابِ وَ أَنْتُمْ شِيعَةُ النَّبِيِّ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ كَمَا أَنَّ مِنْ شِيعَتِهِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ‏ اسْمٌ غَيْرُ مُخْتَصٍّ، وَ أَمْرٌ غَيْرُ مُبْتَدَعٍ،

In the Name of Allahazwj the Beneficent, the Merciful. From a servant of Allahazwj Aliasws, Amir Al-Momineenasws, to hisasws Shias from the Momineen and the Muslims. Allahazwj Says: ‘And indeed from his Shias, was Ibrahim [37:83], and it is a name Allahazwj the Exalted has Ennobled in the Book, and you are Shias of the Prophetsaww Muhammadsaww, just as hesaww is from the Shiasas of Ibrahimas – a name without specialisation, and a matter without invention.

وَ سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ، وَ اللَّهُ هُوَ السَّلامُ الْمُؤْمِنُ‏ أَوْلِيَاءَهُ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ الْمُهِينِ، الْحَاكِمُ عَلَيْهِمْ بِعَدْلِهِ، بَعَثَ مُحَمَّداً صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ أَنْتُمْ مَعَاشِرَ الْعَرَبِ عَلَى شَرِّ حَالٍ، يغذوا [يَغْذُو] أَحَدُكُمْ كَلْبَهُ‏، وَ يَقْتُلُ وَلَدَهُ، وَ يُغِيرُ عَلَى غَيْرِهِ، فَيَرْجِعُ وَ قَدْ أُغِيرَ عَلَيْهِ،

And the peace be upon you all, and Allahazwj, Heazwj is the Grantor of peace, the Securer of Hisazwj friends from the humiliating Punishment, the Judge upon them with Hisazwj justice. Heazwj Sent Muhammadsaww, and you, community of the Arabs, were upon an evil state. One of you is feeding his dog and killing his son, and others are upon something else. He returns and it has been changed upon him.

تَأْكُلُونَ الْعِلْهِزَ وَ الْهَبِيدَ وَ الْمَيْتَةَ وَ الدَّمَ، مُنِيخُونَ‏ عَلَى أَحْجَارٍ خَشِنٍ وَ أَوْثَانٍ مُضِلَّةٍ، تَأْكُلُونَ الطَّعَامَ الْجَشِبَ، وَ تَشْرَبُونَ ‏الْمَاءَ الْآجِنَ، تُسَافِكُونَ دِمَاءَكُمْ، وَ يَسْبِي بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضاً، وَ قَدْ خَصَّ اللَّهُ قُرَيْشاً بِثَلَاثِ آيَاتٍ وَ عَمَّ الْعَرَبَ بِآيَةٍ،

You are eating the blood mixed with camel’s hair, and the bitter melons, and the dead, and the blood, devoting upon the rough stones and misleading images. You are eating the rough food and drinking the putrid water. You are shedding your blood and captivating each other, and Allahazwj has Particularised Quraysh with three Verse, and the general Arabs with one Verse.

فَأَمَّا الْآيَاتُ اللَّوَاتِي فِي قُرَيْشٍ فَهُوَ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: وَ اذْكُرُوا إِذْ أَنْتُمْ قَلِيلٌ مُسْتَضْعَفُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ تَخافُونَ أَنْ يَتَخَطَّفَكُمُ النَّاسُ فَآواكُمْ وَ أَيَّدَكُمْ بِنَصْرِهِ وَ رَزَقَكُمْ مِنَ الطَّيِّباتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ‏،

And as for those Verses regarding Quraysh, it is the Word of the Exalted: And remember when you were few, weakened in the land, fearing that the people would force you away, so He Sheltered you and Supported you with His Help and Graced you from the good things, perhaps you would be grateful [8:26].

وَ الثَّانِيَةُ: وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنْكُمْ وَ عَمِلُوا الصَّالِحاتِ لَيَسْتَخْلِفَنَّهُمْ فِي الْأَرْضِ كَمَا اسْتَخْلَفَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ وَ لَيُمَكِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ دِينَهُمُ الَّذِي ارْتَضى‏ لَهُمْ وَ لَيُبَدِّلَنَّهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ خَوْفِهِمْ أَمْناً يَعْبُدُونَنِي لا يُشْرِكُونَ بِي شَيْئاً وَ مَنْ كَفَرَ بَعْدَ ذلِكَ فَأُولئِكَ هُمُ الْفاسِقُونَ‏،

And the second: Allah Promises those of you who believe and do righteous deeds that He will Make them Caliphs in the earth just as He Made Caliphs, those from before them, and He will Establish their Religion for them which He Approves for them, and He will Exchange for them from afterwards, their fear into security. Worship Me and do not associate anything with Me! And one who commits Kufr after that, so these ones, they are the transgressors [24:55].

وَ الثَّالِثَةُ: قَوْلُ قُرَيْشٍ لِنَبِيِّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ حِينَ دَعَاهُمْ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ وَ الْهِجْرَةِ: وَ قالُوا إِنْ نَتَّبِعِ الْهُدى‏ مَعَكَ نُتَخَطَّفْ مِنْ أَرْضِنا، فَقَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: أَ وَ لَمْ نُمَكِّنْ لَهُمْ حَرَماً آمِناً يُجْبى‏ إِلَيْهِ ثَمَراتُ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ رِزْقاً مِنْ لَدُنَّا وَ لكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لا يَعْلَمُونَ‏،

And the third are the words of Quraysh to the Prophetsaww of Allahazwj when hesaww called them to Al-Islam and the Emigration: And they are saying, ‘If we follow the Guidance with you, we would be forced out from our land’. So, Allahazwj Said: Or, did We not Establish a safe, sacred (territory) for them, the fruits of all things being brought to it as a sustenance from Us? But, most of them do not know [28:57].

وَ أَمَّا الْآيَةُ الَّتِي عَمَّ بِهَا الْعَرَبَ فَهُوَ قَوْلُهُ‏: وَ اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَتَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ كُنْتُمْ أَعْداءً فَأَلَّفَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِكُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُمْ بِنِعْمَتِهِ إِخْواناً وَ كُنْتُمْ عَلى‏ شَفا حُفْرَةٍ مِنَ النَّارِ فَأَنْقَذَكُمْ مِنْها كَذلِكَ يُبَيِّنُ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ آياتِهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ،

And as for the Verse which the Arabs have been generalised with, it is Hisazwj Word: and remember the Favour of Allah upon you when you were enemies, so He United between your hearts and (it was) by His Favour you became brethren and you were on the brink of a pit of the fire, so He Saved you from it. Like that Allah Clarifies His Signs for you all perhaps you may be rightly Guided [3:103].

فَيَا لَهَا نِعْمَةً مَا أَعْظَمَهَا إِنْ لَمْ تَخْرُجُوا مِنْهَا إِلَى غَيْرِهَا، وَ يَا لَهَا مُصِيبَةً مَا أَعْظَمَهَا إِنْ لَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا بِهَا وَ تَرْغَبُوا عَنْهَا، فَمَضَى نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ قَدْ بَلَّغَ مَا أُرْسِلَ بِهِ، فَيَا لَهَا مُصِيبَةً خَصَّتِ الْأَقْرَبِينَ وَ عَمَّتِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لَمْ تُصَابُوا بِمِثْلِهَا وَ لَنْ تُعَايِنُوا بَعْدَهَا مِثْلَهَا،

O how great is a bounty if you do not exit from it to something else! And how great is a calamity if you do not believe in it and desire for it! The Prophetsaww of Allahazwj had delivered what hesaww had been Sent with, so how great is a disaster the near of kin and the generality of the Momineen were afflicted with (hissaww passing away). They had not been afflicted with the like of it, and will never witness the like of it, after it.

فَمَضَى لِسَبِيلِهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ تَرَكَ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ وَ أَهْلَ‏ بَيْتِهِ إِمَامَيْنِ لَا يَخْتَلِفَانِ، وَ أَخَوَيْنِ لَا يَتَخَاذَلَانِ، وَ مُجْتَمِعَيْنِ لَا يَفْتَرِقَانِ، وَ لَقَدْ قَبَضَ اللَّهُ نَبِيَّهُ‏ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ لَأَنَا أَوْلَى بِالنَّاسِ مِنِّي بِقَمِيصِي هَذَا، وَ مَا أَلْقَى فِي رُوعِي، وَ لَا عَرَضَ فِي رَأْيِي أَنْ وَجِّهِ النَّاسَ إِلَى غَيْرِهِ،

Hesaww went on hissaww way and left behind the Book of Allahazwj and Peopleasws of hissaww Household, two Imams not differing with each other, and two brothers not arguing with each other, and two united nor separating from each other; and Allahazwj Caused Hisazwj to pass away and Iasws am (now) foremost with this shirt (caliphate) of mine, and it neither occurred in myasws mind nor did it present in myasws view that the faces of people would turn to someone else.

فَلَمَّا أَبْطَئُوا عَنِّي بِالْوَلَايَةِ لِهِمَمِهِمْ، وَ تَثَبَّطَ الْأَنْصَارُ- وَ هُمْ أَنْصَارُ اللَّهِ وَ كَتِيبَةُ الْإِسْلَامِ- قَالُوا: أَمَّا إِذَا لَمْ تُسَلِّمُوهَا لِعَلِيٍّ فَصَاحِبُنَا أَحَقُّ بِهَا مِنْ غَيْرِي‏، فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا أَدْرِي إِلَى مَنْ أَشْكُو؟

When they delayed from measws with the governance due to their (personal) concern, and the Helpers affirmed – and they are helpers of Allahazwj and the battalion of Al-Islam – they said, ‘But, when you (Emigrants) are not submitting it (caliphate) to Aliasws, then our companion (Sa’ad) is more rightful with it than others’. By Allahazwj! Iasws did not know to whom Iasws should be complaining?

فَإِمَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ الْأَنْصَارُ ظَلَمَتْ حَقَّهَا، وَ إِمَّا أَنْ يَكُونُوا ظَلَمُونِي حَقِّي، بَلْ حَقِّيَ الْمَأْخُوذُ وَ أَنَا الْمَظْلُومُ.

So, either the Helpers happened to be unjust of its right, or else they happened to be unjust of myasws rights. But, myasws right is the one taken away, and Iasws am the oppressed.

فَقَالَ قَائِلُ قُرَيْشٍ: إِنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَالَ: الْأَئِمَّةُ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، فَدَفَعُوا الْأَنْصَارَ عَنْ دَعْوَتِهَا وَ مَنَعُونِي حَقِّي مِنْهَا، فَأَتَانِي رَهْطٌ يَعْرِضُونَ عَلَيَّ النَّصْرَ، مِنْهُمُ ابْنَا سَعِيدٍ، وَ الْمِقْدَادُ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ، وَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ الْغِفَارِيُّ، وَ عَمَّارُ بْنُ يَاسِرٍ، وَ سَلْمَانُ الْفَارِسِيُّ، وَ الزُّبَيْرُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ، وَ الْبَرَاءُ بْنُ الْعَازِبُ.

A speaker of Quraysh said, ‘The Prophetsaww of Allahazwj said: ‘The Imamsasws would be from Quraysh’. Thus, they repelled the Helpers away from their claim and they (Emigrants) prevented measws of myasws right from it. A group came to be presenting the help to measws, from them were the two sons of Saeed, and Al-Miqdad Bin Al-Aswadra, and Abu Zarr Al-Ghifarira, and Ammar Bin Yasserra, and Salman Al-Farsira, and Al-Zubeyr Bin Al-Awwam, and Al-Bara’a Bin Al-Aazib.

فَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ: إِنَّ عِنْدِي مِنْ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ عَهْداً وَ لَهُ‏ إِلَيَ‏ وَصِيَّةً لَسْتُ أُخَالِفُ عَمَّا أَمَرَنِي بِهِ، فَوَ اللَّهِ لَوْ خَزَمُونِي‏ بِأَنْفِي لَأَقْرَرْتُ لِلَّهِ تَعَالَى سَمْعاً وَ طَاعَةً،

Iasws said to them: ‘There is a pact with measws from the Prophetsaww of Allahazwj, and there is a bequest for himsaww to measws. Iasws am not going to oppose what Iasws have been instructed with. By Allahazwj! Even if you were to pull measws by myasws nose, Iasws would (still) acknowledge to Allahazwj the Exalted, hearing and obeying’.

فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ النَّاسَ قَدِ انْثَالُوا عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ لِلْبَيْعَةِ أَمْسَكْتُ يَدِي وَ ظَنَنْتُ أَنِّي أَوْلَى وَ أَحَقُّ بِمَقَامِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مِنْهُ وَ مِنْ غَيْرِهِ، وَ قَدْ كَانَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ أَمَرَ أُسَامَةَ بْنَ زَيْدٍ عَلَى جَيْشٍ وَ جَعَلَهُمَا فِي جَيْشِهِ، وَ مَا زَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ‏ وَ آلِهِ إِلَى أَنْ فَاضَتْ نَفْسُهُ يَقُولُ: أَنْفِذُوا جَيْشَ أُسَامَةَ،

When Iasws saw the people to have fallen in a heap upon Abu Bakr for the allegiance, Iasws withheld myasws hand, and Iasws had thought Iasws was foremost and more rightful with the position of Rasool-Allahsaww than he is, and from others, and the Prophetsaww of Allahazwj had ordered Usama Bin Zayd to be in-charge upon the army and made both of them (Abu Bakr and Umar) to be in his army, and the Prophetsaww had not ceased to emphasise himselfsaww saying: ‘Enforce the army of Usama!’

فَمَضَى جَيْشُهُ إِلَى الشَّامِ حَتَّى انْتَهَوْا إِلَى أَذْرِعَاتٍ‏ فَلَقِيَ جَمْعاً مِنَ الرُّومِ فَهَزَمُوهُمْ‏ وَ غَنَّمَهُمُ اللَّهُ أَمْوَالَهُمْ، فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ رَاجِعَةً مِنَ النَّاسِ قَدْ رَجَعَتْ عَنِ‏ الْإِسْلَامِ تَدْعُو إِلَى مَحْوِ دِينِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ مِلَّةِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ خَشِيتُ إِنْ أَنَا لَمْ أَنْصُرِ الْإِسْلَامَ وَ أَهْلَهُ أَرَى فِيهِ ثَلْماً وَ هَدْماً

His army went to Syria until they ended up to (the city of) Azri’at, and they met a group from Rome. They attacked them and Allahazwj Granted them their wealth. When Iasws saw returners from the people to have returned from Al-Islam and calling to obliterate the Religion of Muhammadsaww and the Nation of Ibrahimas, Iasws feared that if Iasws do not help Islam and its people, Iasws would see break-ups and demolition in it.

تَكُ الْمُصِيبَةُ عَلَيَّ فِيهِ أَعْظَمَ مِنْ فَوْتِ وِلَايَةِ أُمُورِكُمُ الَّتِي إِنَّمَا هِيَ مَتَاعُ أَيَّامٍ قَلَائِلَ ثُمَّ تَزُولُ وَ تَنْقَشِعُ كَمَا يَزُولُ وَ يَنْقَشِعُ‏ السَّحَابُ، فَنَهَضْتُ مَعَ الْقَوْمِ فِي تِلْكَ الْأَحْدَاثِ حَتَّى زَهَقَ الْبَاطِلُ وَ كَانَتْ كَلِمَةُ اللَّهِ هِيَ الْعُلْيَا وَ إِنْ زَعَمَ‏ الْكَافِرُونَ.

The disaster came unto measws during it, which was greater than the loss of the governance of their affairs which rather, it is a pleasure of a few days, then it declines and dissipate just as the clouds tend to decline and dissipate, then Iasws would get up with the people during those new occurrences until the falsehood vanishes, and the Word of Allahazwj would be the highest, and even if the Kafir’s noses are rubbed.

وَ لَقَدْ كَانَ سَعْدٌ لَمَّا رَأَى النَّاسَ يُبَايِعُونَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ نَادَى: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ! إِنِّي وَ اللَّهِ مَا أَرَدْتُهَا حَتَّى رَأَيْتُكُمْ تَصْرِفُونَهَا عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، وَ لَا أُبَايِعُكُمْ حَتَّى يُبَايِعَ عَلِيٌّ، وَ لَعَلِّي لَا أَفْعَلُ وَ إِنْ بَايَعَ، ثُمَّ رَكِبَ دَابَّتَهُ وَ أَتَى حَوْرَانَ‏ وَ أَقَامَ فِي خَانٍ‏ حَتَّى هَلَكَ وَ لَمْ يُبَايِعْ.

And Sa’ad, when he saw the people pledging allegiances to Abu Bakr, called out, ‘O you people! By Allahazwj! I did not want it (caliphate) until I saw you all turning away from Aliasws, and I will not pledge allegiance to you until Aliasws pledges, and maybe I will still not do it and even if heasws does pledge allegiance!’ Then he rode his animal and went to (the town of) Hawran, and stayed in a house until he died and did not pledge allegiance.

وَ قَامَ فَرْوَةُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ- وَ كَانَ يَقُودُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ‏ فَرَسَيْنِ وَ يَصْرِمُ أَلْفَ وَسْقٍ مِنْ تَمْرٍ فَيَتَصَدَّقُ بِهِ عَلَى الْمَسَاكِينِ- فَنَادَى: يَا مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ! أَخْبِرُونِي هَلْ‏ فِيكُمْ رَجُلٌ تَحِلُّ لَهُ الْخِلَافَةُ وَ فِيهِ مَا فِي عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ؟!.

And Farwa Bin Umar Al-Ansari stood up – and he used to guide two horses with Rasool-Allahsaww, and leave aside a thousand bunches of dates to give in charity with it upon the poor – he called out, ‘O community of Qureys! Inform me! Is there any man among you the caliphate is permissible for him, and in him is what is in Aliasws?!’

فَقَالَ قَيْسُ بْنُ مَخْزَمَةَ الزهوي‏: لَيْسَ فِينَا مَنْ فِيهِ مَا فِي عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ. فَقَالَ لَهُ: صَدَقْتَ، فَهَلْ فِي عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ مَا لَيْسَ فِي أَحَدٍ مِنْكُمْ؟. قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: فَمَا يَصُدُّكُمْ عَنْهُ؟.

Fays Bin Mahzama Al-Zahwy said, ‘There isn’t anyone among us, one in whom is what is in Aliasws’. He said to him, ‘You speak the truth. Is there in Aliasws what isn’t in any one of you?’ He said, ‘Yes’. He said, ‘So, what made you block it from himasws?’

قَالَ: إِجْمَاعُ‏ النَّاسِ عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ. قَالَ: أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ لَئِنْ أَحْيَيْتُمْ‏ سُنَّتَكُمْ لَقَدْ أَخْطَأْتُمْ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّكُمْ، وَ لَوْ جَعَلْتُمُوهَا فِي أَهْلِ بَيْتِ نَبِيِّكُمْ لَأَكَلْتُمْ مِنْ فَوْقِكُمْ وَ مِنْ تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِكُمْ.

He said, ‘Consensus of the people upon Abu Bakr’. He said, ‘But, by Allahazwj! If you were to revives your sunnah (ways), then you have erred from the Sunnah of your Prophetsaww, and if you were to make it (caliphate) to be in the Peopleasws of the Household of your Prophetsaww, you will eat from above, and from beneath your feet’.

فَوُلِّيَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَقَارَبَ وَ اقْتَصَدَ فَصَحِبْتُهُ مُنَاصِحاً، وَ أَطَعْتُهُ فِيمَا أَطَاعَ اللَّهَ فِيهِ جَاهِداً، حَتَّى إِذَا احْتُضِرَ، قُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي: لَيْسَ يَعْدِلُ بِهَذَا الْأَمْرِ عَنِّي، وَ لَوْ لَا خَاصَّةٌ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ عُمَرَ وَ أَمْرٌ كَانَا رَضِيَاهُ بَيْنَهُمَا،

Abu Bakr became the rule, and Iasws went near and was moderate, and accompanied him as an adviser, and obeyed him in (only) that (which was in) obedience to Allahazwj, struggling, until when he was about to die. Iasws said within myself: ‘He wouldn’t turn this command away from measws had there been no special relationship between him and Umar’, and the matter was as they had agreed with between them.

لَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ لَا يَعْدِلُهُ عَنِّي وَ قَدْ سَمِعَ قَوْلَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ لِبُرَيْدَةَ الْأَسْلَمِيِّ حِينَ بَعَثَنِي وَ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ وَ قَالَ: إِذَا افْتَرَقْتُمَا فَكُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمَا عَلَى حِيَالِهِ، وَ إِذَا اجْتَمَعْتُمَا فَعَلِيٌّ عَلَيْكُمْ جَمِيعاً،

Iasws thought he would not turn it away from measws, and Iasws had heard the Prophetsaww to Bureyda Al-Aslami when hesaww had sent measws and Khalid Bin Al-Waleed to Al-Yemen, and said: ‘When you two separate, so each one of you is upon his state, and when you are together, then Aliasws is upon you all!’

فأغزنا وَ أَصَبْنَا سَبْياً فِيهِمْ خُوَيْلَةُ بِنْتُ جَعْفَرٍ جَارِ الصَّفَا- وَ إِنَّمَا سُمِّيَ جَارَ الصَّفَا مِنْ حُسْنِهِ- فَأَخَذْتُ الْحَنَفِيَّةَ خَوْلَةَ وَ اغْتَنَمَهَا خَالِدٌ مِنِّي، وَ بَعَثَ بُرَيْدَةَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مُحَرِّشاً عَلَيَّ، فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِمَا كَانَ مِنْ أَخْذِي خَوْلَةَ، فَقَالَ: يَا بُرَيْدَةُ! حَظُّهُ فِي الْخُمُسِ أَكْثَرُ مِمَّا أَخَذَ، إِنَّهُ وَلِيُّكُمْ بَعْدِي،

We battled and attained captives, among them was Khuweyla Bint Ja’far, ‘the clear faced’, and rather she was named as ‘the clear faced’ due to her beauty. Iasws took Khuweyla and Khalid was gloomy from measws and sent Bureyda to Rasool-Allahsaww, as a provocation against measws. He informed himsaww with what had happened from myasws taking Khuweyla. Hesaww said: ‘O Bureyda! Hisasws share from the Khums (fifth) is more than what heasws has taken. Heasws is your ruler from after mesaww’.

سَمِعَهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَ عُمَرُ، وَ هَذَا بُرَيْدَةُ حَيٌّ لَمْ يَمُتْ، فَهَلْ‏ بَعْدَ هَذَا مَقَالٌ لِقَائِلٍ؟!.

Abu Bakr and Umar both heard it, and this here is Bureyda alive, not died yet. So, if there after this any thing to say for any speaker?!

فَبَايَعَ عُمَرَ دُونَ الْمَشُورَةِ فَكَانَ مَرَضِيَّ السِّيرَةِ مِنَ النَّاسِ عِنْدَهُمْ، حَتَّى إِذَا احْتُضِرَ قُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي: لَيْسَ يَعْدِلُ بِهَذَا الْأَمْرِ عَنِّي، لِلَّذِي قَدْ رَأَى مِنِّي فِي الْمَوَاطِنِ، وَ سَمِعَ مِنَ الرَّسُولِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ،

Umar’s allegiance was pledged without there being any consultation, as if it was an agreement of the people of their ways in their presence, until when he was about to die, Iasws said to myselfasws: ‘He won’t turn this command away from measws due to that which had seen from measws in (all) the places, and had heard from Rasool-Allahsaww.

فَجَعَلَنِي سَادِسَ سِتَّةٍ وَ أَمَرَ صُهَيْباً أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ بِالنَّاسِ، وَ دَعَا أَبَا طَلْحَةَ زَيْدَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ فَقَالَ لَهُ: كُنْ فِي خَمْسِينَ رَجُلًا مِنْ قَوْمِكَ فَاقْتُلْ مَنْ أَبَى أَنْ يَرْضَى مِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ السِّتَّةِ،

But, he made measws the sixth of the six and ordered Suheyb to pray (leading) Salat with the people, and called Abu Talha Zayd Bin Sa’ad Al-Ansari and said to him, ‘Be among fifty men from your people and kill the one from these six who disagrees’.

فَالْعَجَبُ مِنِ اخْتِلَافِ‏ الْقَوْمِ إِذْ زَعَمُوا أَنَّ أَبِي بَكْرٍ اسْتَخْلَفَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، فَلَوْ كَانَ هَذَا حَقّاً لَمْ يَخْفَ عَلَى الْأَنْصَارِ فَبَايَعَهُ النَّاسُ عَلَى الشُّورَى،

The wonder is at the differing of the people when they claimed that Abu Bakr was nominated as caliph by the Prophetsaww. If this was true, he would not have feared upon the Helpers, and the people had pledged allegiance to him upon the consultation.

ثُمَّ جَعَلَهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ لِعُمَرَ بِرَأْيِهِ خَاصَّةً، ثُمَّ جَعَلَهَا عُمَرُ بِرَأْيِهِ شُورَى بَيْنَ سِتَّةٍ، فَهَذَا الْعَجَبُ مِنِ اخْتِلَافِهِمْ، وَ الدَّلِيلُ عَلَى مَا لَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَذْكُرَ قَوْلُ‏ هَؤُلَاءِ الرَّهْطِ الَّذِينَ قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ هُوَ عَنْهُمْ رَاضٍ، فَكَيْفَ يَأْمُرُ بِقَتْلِ قَوْمٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ وَ رَسُولُهُ؟!. إِنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ عَجِيبٌ،

Then Abu Bakr made it to be for Umar by his opinion in particular. Then Umar, by his opinion, made it to be a consultation between six. So, this is the wonderment from their differing, and the evidence upon what Iasws would not like to mention the words of that group which Rasool-Allahsaww was pleased with it when hesaww passed away. So, how did he order with killing a people Allahazwj and Hisazwj Rasoolsaww had been pleased from them?! This is the strange matter.

وَ لَمْ يَكُونُوا لِوِلَايَةِ أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ أَكْرَهَ مِنْهُمْ لِوِلَايَتِي! كَانُوا يَسْمَعُونَ وَ أَنَا أُحَاجُّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَ أَنَا أَقُولُ: يَا مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ! أَنَا أَحَقُّ بِهَذَا الْأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْ، مَا كَانَ مِنْكُمْ مَنْ يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ، وَ يَعْرِفُ السُّنَّةَ، وَ يَدِينُ دِينَ الْحَقِ‏، وَ إِنَّمَا حُجَّتِي أَنِّي وَلِيُّ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ مِنْ دُونِ قُرَيْشٍ، أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَالَ: الْوَلَاءُ لِمَنْ أَعْتَقَ، فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ بِعِتْقِ‏ الرِّقَابِ مِنَ النَّارِ، وَ أَعْتَقَهَا مِنَ الرِّقِّ،

There did not happen to be any governance for anyone of them more detestable to them than myasws governance! They were (all) listening and Iasws was arguing against Abu Bakr and Iasws said: ‘O community of Quraysh! Iasws am more rightful with this command than you are. Is there no one among you who reads the Quran, and recognises the Sunnah, and making a religion with the Religion of truth? And rather, myasws argument is that Iasws am in-charge of this command from besides Quraysh. The Prophetsaww of Allahazwj said: ‘The governance is the one who liberates’. Rasool-Allahsaww came with liberating the necks from the Fire, and Iasws liberated them from the slavery.

فَكَانَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَلَاءُ هَذِهِ‏ الْأُمَّةِ، وَ كَانَ لِي بَعْدَهُ مَا كَانَ لَهُ، فَمَا جَازَ لِقُرَيْشٍ مِنْ فَضْلِهَا عَلَيْهَا بِالنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ جَازَ لِبَنِي هَاشِمٍ عَلَى قُرَيْشٍ، وَ جَازَ لِي عَلَى بَنِي هَاشِمٍ، بِقَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ يَوْمَ غَدِيرِ خُمٍّ: مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلَاهُ فَهَذَا عَلِيٌّ مَوْلَاهُ‏، إِلَّا أَنْ تَدَّعِيَ قُرَيْشٌ فَضْلَهَا عَلَى الْعَرَبِ بِغَيْرِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، فَإِنْ شَاءُوا فَلْيَقُولُوا ذَلِكَ،

So, the governance of this community was for the Prophetsaww, and for measws was whatever was for himsaww. Whatever was allowed for Quraysh of its merits upon it with the Prophetsaww, it is allowed for the Clan of Hashimas upon Quraysh, and it is allowed for measws upon the Clan of Hashimas, due to the words of the Prophetsaww on the day of Ghadeer Khum: ‘One whose Mastersaww Isaww was, so Aliasws is his Masterasws’, except that Quraysh claimed its merit over the Arabs without the Prophetsaww. So, if they like, they can be saying that.

فَخَشِيَ الْقَوْمُ إِنْ أَنَا وُلِّيتُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنْ آخُذَ بِأَنْفَاسِهِمْ، وَ أَعْتَرِضَ فِي حُلُوقِهِمْ، وَ لَا يَكُونَ لَهُمْ فِي الْأَمْرِ نَصِيبٌ، فَأَجْمَعُوا عَلَى إِجْمَاعِ رَجُلٍ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ حَتَّى صَرَفُوا الْوِلَايَةَ عَنِّي إِلَى عُثْمَانَ رَجَاءَ أَنْ يَنَالُوهَا وَ يَتَدَاوَلُوهَا فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ، فَبَيْنَا هُمْ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ نَادَى مُنَادٍ لَا يُدْرَى مَنْ هُوَ- وَ أَظُنُّهُ جِنِّيّاً- فَأَسْمَعَ أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ لَيْلَةَ بَايَعُوا عُثْمَانَ

The people feared that Iasws would be the ruler over them that Iasws would seize their souls and object regarding their circles, and there would not happen to be any share for them in the command. So, they gathered upon one man from them, until they turned the governance away from me to Usman, hoping that he would give it and passing it around between them. While they were like that when a caller called out, it is not known who he was, and Iasws say it was a Jinn, and the people of Al-Medina heard it on the night they pledged allegiance to Usman.

فَقَالَ: يَا نَاعِيَ الْإِسْلَامِ قُمْ فَانْعَهُ‏

قَدْ مَاتَ عُرْفٌ وَ بَدَا مُنْكَرٌ

مَا لِقُرَيْشٍ لَا عَلَا كَعْبُهَا

مَنْ قَدَّمُوا الْيَوْمَ وَ مَنْ أَخَّرُوا

إِنَّ عَلِيّاً هُوَ أَوْلَى بِهِ‏

مِنْهُ فَوَلُّوهُ وَ لَا تُنْكِرُوا

He said, (in prose), ‘O herald of Islam, stand and give the news, the custom has died and evil has begun, what is for Quraysh is not upon its posterity, ones who are advancing today and ones delaying. Surely, Aliasws, heasws is foremost with it than him, so make himasws the ruler and do not deny!’

فَكَانَ لَهُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ عِبْرَةٌ، وَ لَوْ لَا أَنَّ الْعَامَّةَ قَدْ عَلِمَتْ بِذَلِكَ لَمْ أَذْكُرْهُ، فَدَعَوْنِي إِلَى بِيعَةِ عُثْمَانَ فَبَايَعْتُ مُسْتَكْرِهاً، وَ صَبَرْتُ مُحْتَسِباً، وَ عَلَّمْتُ أَهْلَ الْقُنُوتِ أَنْ يَقُولُوا: اللَّهُمَّ لَكَ أَخْلَصَتِ الْقُلُوبُ، وَ إِلَيْكَ شَخَصَتِ الْأَبْصَارُ، وَ أَنْتَ دُعِيتَ بِالْأَلْسُنِ، وَ إِلَيْكَ تُحُوكِمَ فِي الْأَعْمَالِ، فَ افْتَحْ بَيْنَنا وَ بَيْنَ قَوْمِنا بِالْحَقِ‏،

So, there was a lesson in that for them, and if the generality had not known that, Iasws would not have mentioned it. They called measws to pledge allegiance to Usman, and Iasws pledged allegiance unwillingly, and Iasws was patient, anticipating, and the people of contentment knew and were saying, ‘O Allahazwj! For Youazwj the hearts are sincere, and to Youazwj the eyes are staring, and Youazwj supplicated to by the tongues, and to Youazwj is the judgment regarding the deeds, Decide between us and our people with the Truth [7:89].

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَشْكُو إِلَيْكَ غَيْبَةَ نَبِيِّنَا، وَ كَثْرَةَ عَدُوِّنَا، وَ قِلَّةَ عَدَدِنَا، وَ هَوَانَنَا عَلَى النَّاسِ، وَ شِدَّةَ الزَّمَانِ، وَ وُقُوعَ الْفِتَنِ بِنَا،

O Allahazwj! We complain to Youazwj of the absence of our Prophetsaww, and the abundance of our enemies, and scarcity of our numbers, and our humiliation form the people, and the difficulties of the times, and occurrence of the Fitna through us.

اللَّهُمَّ فَفَرِّجْ ذَلِكَ بِعَدْلٍ تُظْهِرُهُ، وَ سُلْطَانِ حَقٍّ تَعْرِفُهُ.

O Allahazwj! Relieve that with the justice by its appearance, and a ruling authority of truth Youazwj recognise’’.

فَقَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ: يَا ابْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ! إِنَّكَ عَلَى هَذَا الْأَمْرِ لَحَرِيصٌ؟!.

Abdul Rahman Bin Awf said, ‘O sonasws of Abu Talibasws! Surely, youasws are very greedy upon this command?’

فَقُلْتُ: لَسْتُ عَلَيْهِ حَرِيصاً، وَ إِنَّمَا أَطْلُبُ مِيرَاثَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ‏ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ حَقَّهُ، وَ إِنَّ وَلَاءَ أُمَّتِهِ لِي مِنْ بَعْدِهِ، وَ أَنْتُمْ أَحْرَصُ عَلَيْهِ مِنِّي إِذْ تَحُولُونَ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَهُ، وَ تَصْرِفُونَ وَجْهِي دُونَهُ بِالسَّيْفِ،

Iasws said: ‘Iasws am not greedy upon it, and rather Iasws am seeking an inheritance of Rasool-Allahsaww and hissaww right, and that the governance of hissaww community is for mesaww from after himsaww, and you all are more greedy upon it than Iasws am when you are forming a barrier between measws and it, and you are turning myasws face away from it by the sword.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْتَعْدِيكَ عَلَى قُرَيْشٍ فَإِنَّهُمْ قَطَعُوا رَحِمِي وَ أَضَاعُوا أَيَّامِي، وَ دَفَعُوا حَقِّي، وَ صَغَّرُوا قَدْرِي وَ عَظِيمَ مَنْزِلَتِيَ، وَ أَجْمَعُوا عَلَى مُنَازَعَتِي حَقّاً كُنْتُ أَوْلَى بِهِ مِنْهُمْ، فَاسْتَلَبُونِيهِ.

O Allahazwj! Iasws seek Yourazwj Assistance upon Quraysh, for they have cut off myasws relationship, and they have wasted myasws days, and repelled myasws rights, and belittled myasws worth and the greatness of myasws status, and they united upon snatching away a right which Iasws was foremost with it than them, and took it away!’

ثُمَّ قَالَ: اصْبِرْ مَغْمُوماً أَوْ مُتْ مُتَأَسِّفاً، وَ ايْمُ اللَّهِ لَوِ اسْتَطَاعُوا أَنْ يَدْفَعُوا قَرَابَتِي كَمَا قَطَعُوا سَبَبِي فَعَلُوا، وَ لَكِنَّهُمْ لَا يَجِدُونَ إِلَى ذَلِكَ سَبِيلًا، إِنَّمَا حَقِّي عَلَى هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ كَرَجُلٍ لَهُ حَقٌّ عَلَى قَوْمٍ إِلَى أَجَلٍ مَعْلُومٍ، فَإِنْ أَحْسَنُوا وَ عَجَّلُوا لَهُ حَقَّهُ قَبِلَهُ حَامِداً، وَ إِنْ أَخَّرُوهُ إِلَى أَجَلِهِ أَخَذَهُ غَيْرَ حَامِدٍ، وَ لَيْسَ يُعَابُ الْمَرْءُ بِتَأْخِيرِ حَقِّهِ، إِنَّمَا يُعَابُ مَنْ أَخَذَ مَا لَيْسَ لَهُ،

Then he said, ‘Either be patient being gloomy or die of regret!’ And Iasws swear by Allahazwj! If they had been able upon repelling myasws near of kin just as they had cut off myasws means, they would have done so, but they could not find a way to that. But rather, myasws right upon this community is like a man having a right for you upon a people to a known term. So, if they were good and hasten his right to him, he would accept it praising (them), but if they were to delay it, he would take it without praising (them). And the man cannot be faulted for the delay of his rights, but rather he would be faulted, the one who took what wasn’t for him (to take).

وَ قَدْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ عَهْداً فَقَالَ: يَا ابْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ! لَكَ وِلَايَتِي‏ فَإِنْ وَلَّوْكَ فِي عَافِيَةٍ وَ رَجَعُوا عَلَيْكَ‏ بِالرِّضَا فَقُمْ بِأَمْرِهِمْ، وَ إِنِ اخْتَلَفُوا عَلَيْكَ فَدَعْهُمْ وَ مَا هُمْ فِيهِ، فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ سَيَجْعَلُ لَكَ‏ مَخْرَجاً،

And Rasool-Allahsaww had taken an Oath to measws saying: ‘O sonasws of Abu Talibasws! For yousaww is mysaww governance, so if they were to make youasws the rule, well and good, and they return to youasws with the pleasure, then stand with their affairs; but if they were oppose upon youasws, then leave them and whatever they are in, for Allahazwj will be Making it to be for youasws (in the future)’.

فَنَظَرْتُ فَإِذَا لَيْسَ لِي رَافِدٌ وَ لَا مَعِي مُسَاعِدٌ إِلَّا أَهْلُ بَيْتِي، فَضَنِنْتُ بِهِمْ عَنِ الْهَلَاكِ، وَ لَوْ كَانَ‏ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ عَمِّي حَمْزَةُ وَ أَخِي جَعْفَرٌ لَمْ أُبَايِعْ كَرْهاً، وَ لَكِنَّنِي مُنِيتُ بِرَجُلَيْنِ حَدِيثَيْ عَهْدٍ بِالْإِسْلَامِ، الْعَبَّاسِ‏ وَ عَقِيلٍ،

Iasws looked around there wasn’t any backer for measws nor was there any supporter with measws except myasws family members. Iasws thought (upon acting there would be nothing but) the destruction, and had there been, after Rasool-Allahsaww, myasws uncleasws Hamzaasws, and myasws brotherasws Ja’farasws, Iasws would not have pledged allegiance (even) unwillingly, but theyasws had passed away, and Iasws was left with two men newly to the pact with Al-Islam – Al-Abbas and Al-Aqeel.

فَضَنِنْتُ بِأَهْلِ بَيْتِي عَنِ الْهَلَاكِ، فَأَغْضَيْتُ عَيْنِي عَلَى الْقَذَى، وَ تَجَرَّعْتُ‏ رِيقِي عَلَى الشَّجَا، وَ صَبَرْتُ عَلَى أَمَرَّ مِنَ الْعَلْقَمِ، وَ آلَمَ لِلْقَلْبِ مِنْ حَزِّ الشِّفَارِ.

So, Iasws thought of saving myasws family members from the destruction, and Iasws closed myasws eyes upon the (arising) dust, and Iasws swallowed by saliva upon the choking, and Iasws was patient upon the bitterest of the morsels, and the most painful to the heart than the mowed eyelashes.

وَ أَمَّا أَمْرُ عُثْمَانَ فَكَأَنَّهُ عُلِمَ مِنَ الْقُرُونِ الْأُولَى‏ عِلْمُها عِنْدَ رَبِّي فِي كِتابٍ لا يَضِلُّ رَبِّي وَ لا يَنْسى خَذَلَهُ أَهْلُ بَدْرٍ وَ قَتَلَهُ أَهْلُ مِصْرَ، وَ اللَّهِ مَا أَمَرْتُ وَ لَا نَهَيْتُ وَ لَوْ أَنَّنِي أَمَرْتُ كُنْتُ قَاتِلًا، وَ لَوْ أَنِّي‏ نَهَيْتُ كُنْتُ نَاصِراً،

And as for the matter of Usman (being killed), it is as if it has been learnt from the former generations, ‘Its knowledge is with My Lord in a Book. Neither does my Lord Err nor does He Forget [20:52]. The people of Badr abandoned him, and the people Egypt killed him. By Allahazwj! Iasws neither instructed nor did Iasws forbid, and had Iasws instructed, Iasws would have been a killer, and had Iasws forbidden, I would have been a helper (of Usman).

وَ كَانَ الْأَمْرُ لَا يَنْفَعُ فِيهِ الْعِيَانُ وَ لَا يَشْفِي فِيهِ‏ الْخَبَرُ، غَيْرَ أَنَّ مَنْ نَصَرَهُ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَقُولَ خَذَلَهُ مَنْ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْهُ، وَ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ مَنْ خَذَلَهُ أَنْ يَقُولَ نَصَرَهُ مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنِّي،

And the matter did not benefit the supporters during it, nor did the news have any healing, apart from that the one who helped him was not able upon saying, ‘I am better than the one who has abandoned’; nor was the one who abandoned him able upon saying, ‘He was helped by the one who is better than me’.

وَ أَنَا جَامِعٌ أَمْرَهُ: اسْتَأْثَرَ فَأَسَاءَ الْأَثَرَةَ، وَ جَزِعْتُمْ فَأَسَأْتُمُ الْجَزَعَ، وَ اللَّهُ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَكُمْ وَ بَيْنَهُ‏، وَ اللَّهِ مَا يَلْزَمُنِي فِي دَمِ عُثْمَانَ ثُلْمَةٌ مَا كُنْتُ إِلَّا رَجُلًا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ فِي بَيْتِي

And Iasws shall summarise his matter – He favoured (people), and evil was the favouring, and you all were alarmed, and evil was your being alarmed, and Allahazwj will Judge between you all and him. By Allahazwj! No blame necessitates measws regarding the blood of Usman. Iasws wasn’t except a man from the Muslims, (like) the emigrants, being in myasws house.

فَلَمَّا قَتَلْتُمُوهُ أَتَيْتُمُونِي تُبَايِعُونِّي، فَأَبَيْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَ أَبَيْتُمْ عَلَيَّ، فَقَبَضْتُ يَدِي فَبَسَطْتُمُوهَا، وَ بَسَطْتُهَا فَمَدَدْتُمُوهَا، ثُمَّ تَدَاكَكْتُمْ عَلَيَّ تَدَاكَّ الْإِبِلِ الْهِيمِ‏ عَلَى حِيَاضِهَا يَوْمَ وُرُودِهَا، حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّكُمْ قَاتِلِي،

When they had killed him, they came to me to pledge allegiance to measws. But Iasws refused upon you all, and you refused upon measws. so, myasws hand was grabbed and it was extended, and they spread and extended theirs, then you thronged upon me like the crowding of the camels gathering to their watering place on the day of their return, to the extent that Iasws thought that you would (end up) killing measws.

وَ أَنَّ بَعْضَكُمْ قَاتِلٌ لِبَعْضٍ، حَتَّى‏ انْقَطَعَتِ النَّعْلُ، وَ سَقَطَ الرِّدَاءُ، وَ وُطِئَ الضَّعِيفُ، وَ بَلَغَ مِنْ سُرُورِ النَّاسِ بِبَيْعَتِهِمْ إِيَّايَ أَنْ حُمِلَ إِلَيْهَا الصَّغِيرُ وَ هَدَجَ‏ إِلَيْهَا الْكَبِيرُ، وَ تَحَامَلَ إِلَيْهَا الْعَلِيلُ، وَ حَسَرَتْ لَهَا الْكِعَابُ.

And some of you fought against the others to the extent that myasws slippers got cut (broken), and the cloak dropped off, and the weak ones were trampled, and it reached from the happiness of the people of their pledging allegiances to measws, that the young ones were carried to it and the elders hobbled to it, and the sick ones were carried to it, and the posterity regretted to it.

فَقَالُوا: بَايِعْنَا عَلَى مَا بُويِعَ عَلَيْهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَ عُمَرُ، فَإِنَّا لَا نَجِدُ غَيْرَكَ وَ لَا نَرْضَى إِلَّا بِكَ، فَبَايِعْنَا لَا نَفْتَرِقُ وَ لَا نَخْتَلِفُ، فَبَايَعْتُكُمْ عَلَى كِتَابِ اللَّهِ وَ سُنَّةِ نَبِيِّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، وَ دَعَوْتُ النَّاسَ إِلَى بَيْعَتِي، فَمَنْ بَايَعَنِي طَائِعاً قَبِلْتُ مِنْهُ، وَ مَنْ أَبَى تَرَكْتُهُ،

They said, ‘Take our allegiances upon what Abu Bakr and Umar had been pledged upon, for we cannot find anyone else apart from youasws, nor are we pleased except with youasws! Take our allegiances, and we will neither separate nor oppose’. So, Iasws took your allegiance upon the Book of Allahazwj and the Sunnah of Hisazwj Prophetsaww, and called you - the people to myasws allegiance. The one who pledged allegiance willingly, Iasws accepted from him, and who refused, Iasws left him.

فَكَانَ أَوَّلُ مَنْ بَايَعَنِي طَلْحَةَ وَ الزُّبَيْرَ، فَقَالا: نُبَايِعُكَ عَلَى أَنَّا شُرَكَاؤُكَ فِي الْأَمْرِ. فَقُلْتُ: لَا، وَ لَكِنَّكُمَا شُرَكَائِي فِي الْقُوَّةِ، وَ عَوْنَايَ فِي الْعَجْزِ. فَبَايَعَانِي عَلَى هَذَا الْأَمْرِ وَ لَوْ أَبَيَا لَمْ أُكْرِهْهُمَا كَمَا لَمْ أُكْرِهْ غَيْرَهُمَا، وَ كَانَ طَلْحَةُ يَرْجُو الْيَمَنَ وَ الزُّبَيْرُ يَرْجُو الْعِرَاقَ،

The first ones to pledge allegiance to me were Talha and Al-Zubeyr. They said, ‘We pledge allegiance to youasws upon that we shall participate with youasws in the command’. Iasws said: ‘No, but you two are myasws participants in the strength and myasws supporters during the frustration’. They pledge allegiance to me upon this command, and had they refuse, Iasws would not have forced them, just as Iasws had not forced the others; and Talha wished for (governorship of) Al-Yemen, and Al-Zubeyr wished for (governorship of) Al-Iraq.

فَلَمَّا عَلِمَا أَنِّي غَيْرُ مُوَلِّيهِمَا اسْتَأْذَنَانِي لِلْعُمْرَةِ يُرِيدَانِ الْغَدْرَ، فَأَتَيَا عَائِشَةَ وَ اسْتَخَفَّاهَا مَعَ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ فِي نَفْسِهَا عَلَيَّ، وَ النِّسَاءُ نَوَاقِصُ الْإِيمَانِ، نَوَاقِصُ الْعُقُولِ، نَوَاقِصُ الْحُظُوظِ،

When they came to know that Iasws will not be making them rulers, they sought permission for the Umrah, intending the treachery. They went to Ayesha and scared her with everything within herself against measws, and the women tend to be of deficient Eman, deficient of the intellect, deficient of the shares.

فَأَمَّا نُقْصَانُ إِيمَانِهِنَّ فَقُعُودُهُنَّ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ وَ الصِّيَامِ فِي أَيَّامِ حَيْضِهِنَّ، وَ أَمَّا نُقْصَانُ عُقُولِهِنَّ فَلَا شَهَادَةَ لَهُنَّ إِلَّا فِي الدَّيْنِ وَ شَهَادَةُ امْرَأَتَيْنِ بِرَجُلٍ، وَ أَمَّا نُقْصَانُ حُظُوظِهِنَّ فَمَوَارِيثُهُنَّ عَلَى الْأَنْصَافِ مِنْ مَوَارِيثِ الرِّجَالِ،

As for the deficiency of their Eman, so it is their staying back from the Salat and the Fasts during the days of their menstruation; and as for the deficiency of their intellects, so there is no testimony for them except in the debts, and testimony of two women (equates) with (one testimony of) a man; and as for the deficiency of their shares, it is their inheritances upon the half of the inheritances of the men.

وَ قَادَهُمَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَامِرٍ إِلَى الْبَصْرَةِ، وَ ضَمِنَ لَهُمَا الْأَمْوَالَ وَ الرِّجَالَ، فَبَيْنَمَا هُمَا يَقُودَانِهَا إِذْ هِيَ تَقُودُهُمَا، فَاتَّخَذَاهَا فِئَةً يُقَاتِلَانِ دُونَهَا،

And they guided Ubeydullah Bin Aamir to Al-Basra, and he guaranteed for them the wealth (funds for battle) and the men (soldiers). While they two were urging her (Ayesha), when she (started) urging them, so they took to a group to be fighting other than with her, and they took a group to be fighting under her.

فَأَيُّ خَطِيئَةٍ أَعْظَمُ مِمَّا أَتَيَا إِخْرَاجِهِمَا زَوْجَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مِنْ بَيْتِهَا، فَكَشَفَا عَنْهَا حِجَاباً سَتَرَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهَا، وَ صَانَا حَلَائِلَهُمَا فِي بُيُوتِهِمَا وَ لَا أَنْصَفَا اللَّهَ وَ لَا رَسُولَهُ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمَا،

So which mistake is greater from what they committed? They brought out a wife of Rasool-Allahsaww in between them, and they removed her veil from her which Allahazwj had Covered upon her, and they fortified their own wives in their own houses. They were neither fair to Allahazwj nor to Hisazwj Rasoolsaww from themselves.

ثَلَاثُ خِصَالٍ مَرْجِعُهَا عَلَى النَّاسِ، قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: يا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّما بَغْيُكُمْ عَلى‏ أَنْفُسِكُمْ‏، وَ قَالَ: فَمَنْ نَكَثَ فَإِنَّما يَنْكُثُ عَلى‏ نَفْسِهِ، وَ قَالَ: لا يَحِيقُ الْمَكْرُ السَّيِّئُ إِلَّا بِأَهْلِهِ‏ فَقَدْ بَغَيَا عَلَيَّ، وَ نَكَثَا بَيْعَتِي، وَ مَكَرَا بِي‏،

Three characteristics have comebacks upon the people. Allahazwj the Exalted Says: O you people! But rather, your rebellion is against your own selves. [10:23]; and Said: So the one who breaks, is rather breaking against himself [48:10], and Said: and the evil plot does not affect except its perpetrators [35:43]. So, they have rebelled against measws, and have broken myasws allegiance, and have plotted against measws.

فَمُنِيتُ بِأَطْوَعِ النَّاسِ فِي النَّاسِ عَائِشَةَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، وَ بِأَشْجَعِ‏ النَّاسِ الزُّبَيْرِ، وَ بِأَخْصَمِ النَّاسِ طَلْحَةَ، وَ أَعَانَهُمْ عَلَيَّ يَعْلَى بْنُ مُنَبِّهٍ بِأَصْوُعِ‏ الدَّنَانِيرِ، وَ اللَّهِ لَئِنِ اسْتَقَامَ أَمْرِي لَأَجْعَلَنَّ مَالَهُ فَيْئاً لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ،

Iasws was smitten by the tamest of the people among the people, Ayesha daughter of Abu bakr, and by the braves of the people, Al-Zubeyr, and the most antagonistic of the people, Talha, and they were supported against measws by Ya’la Bin Munabba a vast amount of Dinars. By Allahazwj! If Iasws were to stabilise myasws command, Iasws would make his wealth to be a war booty for the Muslims!

ثُمَّ أَتَوُا الْبَصْرَةَ وَ أَهْلُهَا مُجْتَمِعُونَ عَلَى بَيْعَتِي وَ طَاعَتِي، وَ بِهَا شِيعَتِي خُزَّانُ بَيْتِ مَالِ اللَّهِ وَ مَالِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، فَدَعَوُا النَّاسَ إِلَى مَعْصِيَتِي وَ إِلَى نَقْضِ بَيْعَتِي‏، فَمَنْ أَطَاعَهُمْ أَكْفَرُوهُ، وَ مَنْ عَصَاهُمْ قَتَلُوهُ،

Then they came to Al-Basra, and its people were gathering upon pledging allegiance to measws and obey measws, and at it were myasws Shias, treasurers of the public treasury of the wealth of Allahazwj and wealth of the Muslims. They called the people to disobey measws and to break myasws allegiance. The one who obeyed them, they let him go, and one who disobeyed them, they killed him.

فَنَاجَزَهُمْ حَكِيمُ بْنُ جَبَلَةَ فَقَتَلُوهَا فِي سَبْعِينَ رَجُلًا مِنْ عُبَّادِ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ وَ مُخْبِتِيهِمْ يُسَمَّوْنَ: الْمُثْفَنِينَ، كَأَنَّ رَاحَ أَكُفِّهِمْ ثَفِنَاتُ الْإِبِلِ،

Hakeem Bin Habala battled them, and they killed him among seventy men from the worshippers of the people of Al-Basra, and their humble ones, named as the ‘dried up ones’, it is as if they were like the dried palms of the camels.

وَ أَبَى أَنْ يُبَايِعَهُمْ يَزِيدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ الْيَشْكُرِيُّ، فَقَالَ: اتَّقِيَا اللَّهَ! إِنَّ أَوَّلَكُمْ قَادَنَا إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ فَلَا يَقُودُنَا آخِرُكُمْ إِلَى النَّارِ، فَلَا تُكَلِّفُونَا أَنْ نُصَدِّقَ الْمُدَّعِيَ وَ نَقْضِيَ عَلَى الْغَائِبِ، أَمَّا يَمِينِي فَشَغَلَهَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ بِبَيْعَتِي إِيَّاهُ، وَ هَذِهِ شِمَالِي فَارِغَةٌ فَخُذَاهَا إِنْ شِئْتُمَا، فَخُنِقَ حَتَّى مَاتَ،

And Yazeed Bin Al-Haris Al-Tashkury refused to pledge allegiance to them. He said, ‘Fear Allahazwj! If the first of you is guiding us to the Paradise, so we will not guide the last of you to the Fire. You cannot encumber us to ratify the claimant and break upon the absentee. As for my right hand, so it is pre-occupied with my allegiance to Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws, and this here is my left hand is free. Take it if you (both) like’. He was suffocated until he died.

وَ قَامَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ التَّمِيمِيُّ فَقَالَ: يَا طَلْحَةُ! هَلْ تَعْرِفُ هَذَا الْكِتَابَ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، هَذَا كِتَابِي إِلَيْكَ. قَالَ: هَلْ تَدْرِي مَا فِيهِ؟ قَالَ: اقْرَأْهُ عَلَيَّ، فَإِذَا فِيهِ عَيْبُ عُثْمَانَ وَ دُعَاؤُهُ إِلَى قَتْلِهِ، فَسَيَّرَهُ مِنَ الْبَصْرَةِ، وَ أَخَذُوا عَلَى عَامِلِي عُثْمَانَ‏ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ غَدْراً فَمَثَّلُوا بِهِ كُلَّ الْمُثْلَةِ، وَ نَتَفُوا كُلَّ شَعْرَةٍ فِي رَأْسِهِ وَ وَجْهِهِ، وَ قَتَلُوا شِيعَتِي، طَائِفَةً صَبْراً، وَ طَائِفَةً غَدْراً، وَ طَائِفَةٌ عَضُّوا بِأَسْيَافِهِمْ حَتَّى لَقُوا اللَّهَ،

And Abdullah Bin Hakeem Al-Tameemi stood up and said, ‘O Talha! Do you recognise this letter?’ He said, ‘Yes’. He said, ‘This is my letter to you’. He said, ‘Do you know what is in it?’ He said, ‘Read it out to me, for therein are the faults of Usman and his call to his killing’. They expelled him from Al-Basra and they seized the office bearers of Usman Bin Huneyf Al-Ansari treacherously, and they tortured him with every torture, and they plucked out every hair from his head and face, and they killed myasws Shias – a group by execution, and a group by treachery, and a group they attacked by their swords until they met Allahazwj.

فَوَ اللَّهِ لَوْ لَمْ يَقْتُلُوا مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا رَجُلًا وَاحِداً لَحَلَّ لِي بِهِ دِمَاؤُهُمْ وَ دِمَاءُ ذَلِكَ الْجَيْشِ لِرِضَاهُمْ بِقَتْلِ مَنْ قُتِلَ، دَعْ مَعَ أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ قَتَلُوا أَكْثَرَ مِنَ الْعِدَّةِ الَّتِي قَدْ دَخَلُوا بِهَا عَلَيْهِمْ، وَ قَدْ أَدَالَ اللَّهُ مِنْهُمْ‏ فَبُعْداً لِلْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ‏،

By Allahazwj! Even if they had not killed from them except one man, (shedding) their blood would have been Permissible for measws, and the blood of the army due to their agreeing with the killing of the ones killed. Leave it, along with that they had killed more from the worshippers, those they had entered upon them, and Allahazwj has Pointed about them: Therefore, remoteness is for the unjust people [23:41].

فَأَمَّا طَلْحَةُ فَرَمَاهُ مَرْوَانُ بِسَهْمٍ فَقَتَلَهُ، وَ أَمَّا الزُّبَيْرُ فَذَكَّرْتُهُ قَوْلَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: إِنَّكَ تُقَاتِلُ عَلِيّاً (ع) وَ أَنْتَ ظَالِمٌ لَهُ‏، وَ أَمَّا عَائِشَةُ فَإِنَّهَا كَانَ نَهَاهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ عَنْ مَسِيرِهَا فَعَضَّتْ‏ يَدَيْهَا نَادِمَةً عَلَى مَا كَانَ مِنْهَا.

As for Talha, Marwan shot at him with an arrow and killed him; and as for Al-Zubeyr, Iasws reminded him of the words of Rasool-Allahsaww: ‘You (Al-Zubeyr) would be fighting against Aliasws and you will be an oppressor to himasws’. And as for Ayesha, she had been forbidden by Rasool-Allahsaww from her travelling, she bit her hands in regret upon what had happened from her.

وَ قَدْ كَانَ طَلْحَةُ لَمَّا نَزَلَ ذَا قَارٍ قَامَ خَطِيباً فَقَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ! إِنَّا أَخْطَأْنَا فِي عُثْمَانَ خَطِيئَةً مَا يُخْرِجُنَا مِنْهَا إِلَّا الطَّلَبُ بِدَمِهِ، وَ عَلِيٌّ قَاتِلُهُ، وَ عَلَيْهِ دَمُهُ. وَ قَدْ نَزَلَ دارن مَعَ شُكَّاكِ الْيَمَنِ وَ نَصَارَى رَبِيعَةَ وَ مُنَافِقِي مُضَرَ،

And when Talha had descended at Za Qaar, he addressed saying, ‘O you people! We have made a mistake regarding Usman with such a mistake, we cannot come out from it except by seeking his blood, and Aliasws is his killer, and upon himasws is his blood’. And he had descended in houses with the doubters of Al-Yemen, and Christians of Rabie, and hypocrites of (tribe of) Muzar.

فَلَمَّا بَلَغَنِي قَوْلُهُ وَ قَوْلٌ كَانَ عَنِ الزُّبَيْرِ فِيهِ‏، بَعَثْتُ إِلَيْهِمَا أُنَاشِدُهُمَا بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ‏ مَا أَتَيْتُمَانِي وَ أَهْلُ مِصْرَ مُحَاصِرُو عُثْمَانَ،

When his words reached me, and the words which were from Al-Zubeyr regarding it, Iasws sent a message to them both, adjuring them with the right of Muhammadsaww: ‘Do not come to measws (for battle) and the people of Egypt have besieged Usman’.

فَقُلْتُمَا: اذْهَبْ بِنَا إِلَى هَذَا الرَّجُلِ فَإِنَّا لَا نَسْتَطِيعُ قَتْلَهُ إِلَّا بِكَ، لِمَا تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ سَيَّرَ أَبَا ذَرٍّ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ، وَ فَتَقَ عَمَّاراً، وَ آوَى الْحَكَمَ بْنَ أَبِي الْعَاصِ- وَ قَدْ طَرَدَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ‏ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَ عُمَرُ- وَ اسْتَعْمَلَ الْفَاسِقَ عَلَى كِتَابِ اللَّهِ الْوَلِيدَ بْنَ عُقْبَةَ، وَ سَلَّطَ خَالِدَ بْنَ عُرْفُطَةَ الْعُذْرِيَ‏ عَلَى كِتَابِ اللَّهِ يُمَزِّقُ وَ يَخْرِقُ،

You two said, ‘Come with us to this man (Usman), for we are not able upon killing him except by youasws, due to what youasws know that he had expelled Abu Zarrra, and injured Ammar, and sheltered Al-Hakan Bin Abu Al-Aas, and although Rasool-Allahsaww, and Abu Bakr, and Umar had expelled him, and he utilised the transgressor Al-Waleed Bin Uqba upon (compiling) the Book of Allahazwj, and had authorise Khalid Bin Urfutah Al-Uzry upon the Book of Allahazwj with tearing it and burning it’.

فَقُلْتُ: كُلَّ هَذَا قَدْ عَلِمْتُ وَ لَا أَرَى قَتْلَهُ يَوْمِي هَذَا، وَ أَوْشَكَ سِقَاؤُهُ أَنْ يُخْرِجَ الْمَخْضُ زُبْدَتَهُ، فَأَقَرَّا بِمَا قُلْتُ.

Iasws said: ‘All this you have known, and Iasws do not see his killing in this day of mineasws, and no doubt it can be quenched if the butter were to bring out its foam. Accept what Iasws am saying to you both’.

وَ أَمَّا قَوْلُكُمَا: إِنَّكُمَا تَطْلُبَانِ بِدَمِ عُثْمَانَ فَهَذَانِ ابْنَاهُ عَمْرٌو وَ سَعِيدٌ فَخَلُّوا عَنْهُمَا يَطْلُبَانِ دَمَ أَبِيهِمَا، مَتَى كَانَتْ أَسَدٌ وَ تَيْمٌ أَوْلِيَاءُ بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ؟! فَانْقَطَعَا عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ.

And as for your words that you are both seeking the blood of Usman, so here are his two sons, Amro and Saeed. Free their way to seek the blood of their father. When did the (clans of) Asad and Taym become the guardians of the clan of Umayya?!’ They were cut-off at that.

فَقَامَ عِمْرَانُ بْنُ حُصَيْنٍ الْخُزَاعِيُّ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ هُوَ الَّذِي جَاءَتْ عَنْهُ‏ الْأَحَادِيثُ- وَ قَالَ: يَا هَذَانِ لَا تَخْرُجَانِ بِبَيْعَتِكُمَا مِنْ طَاعَةِ عَلِيٍّ، وَ لَا تَحْمِلَانَا عَلَى نَقْضِ بَيْعَتِهِ، فَإِنَّهَا لِلَّهِ رِضًا، أَ مَا وَسِعَتْكُمَا بُيُوتُكُمَا حَتَّى أَتَيْتُمَا بِأُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ؟! فَالْعَجَبُ لِاخْتِلَافِهَا إِيَّاكُمَا، وَ مَسِيرِهَا مَعَكُمَا، فَكُفَّا عَنَّا أَنْفُسَكُمَا، وَ ارْجِعَا مِنْ حَيْثُ جِئْتُمَا، فَلَسْنَا عَبِيدَ مَنْ غَلَبَ، وَ لَا أَوَّلَ مَنْ سَبَقَ،

Imran Bin Husayn Al-Khuzaie, companion of Rasool-Allahsaww stood up, and he is the one from whom the Ahdeeth have come, and he said, ‘O you two! Do not come out from your allegiances which you pledged of the obedience to Aliasws, and do not get carried upon breaking hisasws allegiance, for it had the Pleasure of Allahazwj. Weren’t your houses capacious enough until you came with the mother of the believers (Ayesha)?! Strange of her differing with you two and (now) her travelling with you. Refrain yourselves from us and return to when you have come from, for we are no slaves of the ones who overcome, nor the first one to precede’.

فَهَمَّا بِهِ ثُمَّ كَفَّا عَنْهُ، وَ كَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ قَدْ شَكَّتْ فِي مَسِيرِهَا وَ تَعَاظَمَتِ‏ الْقِتَالَ، فَدَعَتْ كَاتِبَهَا عُبَيْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ كَعْبٍ النُّمَيْرِيَّ فَقَالَتْ: اكْتُبْ، مِنْ عَائِشَةَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَقَالَ: هَذَا أَمْرٌ لَا يَجْرِي بِهِ الْقَلَمُ، قَالَتْ: وَ لِمَ؟! قَالَ: لِأَنَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ أَوَّلٌ، وَ لَهُ بِذَلِكَ الْبَدَاءُ فِي الْكِتَابِ.

They thought of killing him, then refrained from him, and Ayesha had doubted during her journey and considered the fighting to be a mighty thing. So, she called her scribe Ubeydullah Bin Ka’ab Al-Numeyri. She said, ‘Write, ‘From Ayesha daughter of Abu Bakr to Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws’. He said, ‘This is a matter then pen cannot flow with it’. She said, ‘And why not?!’ He said, ‘Because Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws is the first in Al-Islam, and for himasws with that is the beginning in the Book’.

فَقَالَتِ: اكْتُبْ، إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ مِنْ عَائِشَةَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، أَمَّا بَعْدُ: فَإِنِّي لَسْتُ أَجْهَلُ قَرَابَتَكَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، وَ لَا قَدَمَكَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ، وَ لَا غِنَاكَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، وَ إِنَّمَا خَرَجْتُ مُصْلِحَةً بَيْنَ بَنِيَّ لَا أُرِيدُ حَرْبَكَ إِنْ كَفَفْتَ عَنْ هَذَيْنِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ .. فِي كَلَامٍ لَهَا كَثِيرٍ، فَلَمْ أُجِبْهَا بِحَرْفٍ، وَ أَخَّرْتُ جَوَابَهَا لِقِتَالِهَا،

She said, ‘Write, ‘To Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws, from Ayesha daughter of Abu Bakr. As for after, I am not unaware of your relationship from Rasool-Allahsaww, nor of yourasws being first in Al-Islam, nor of yourasws state from Rasool-Allahsaww, and rather I have come out to reconcile between my sons, nor do I want to battle youasws, if youasws were to refrain from these two men’ – among a lot of speech of her. But, Iasws did not answer her with a single word, and I delayed her answer (until she initiated the war).

فَلَمَّا قَضَى اللَّهُ لِيَ الْحُسْنَى سِرْتُ إِلَى الْكُوفَةِ وَ اسْتَخْلَفْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ عَلَى‏ الْبَصْرَةِ، فَقَدِمْتُ الْكُوفَةَ وَ قَدِ اتَّسَقَتْ‏ لِيَ الْوُجُوهُ كُلُّهَا إِلَّا الشَّامُ، فَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أَتَّخِذَ الْحُجَّةَ، وَ أَقْضِيَ الْعُذْرَ، وَ أَخَذْتُ بِقَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: وَ إِمَّا تَخافَنَّ مِنْ قَوْمٍ خِيانَةً فَانْبِذْ إِلَيْهِمْ عَلى‏ سَواءٍ،

When Allahazwj Judged the goodness for measws, Iasws travelled to Al-Kufa and made Abdullah Bin Abbas to be in charge upon Al-Basra. I arrived at Al-Kufa, and the faces, all of them had turned to measws except for Syria (Muawiya). Iasws loved to that the argument and fulfil the excuse, and Iasws with the Words of Allahazwj Exalted: And if you fear treachery from a people, then discard (the agreement) to them upon equality, [8:58].

فَبَعَثْتُ جَرِيرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ إِلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ مُعْذِراً إِلَيْهِ، مُتَّخِذاً لِلْحُجَّةِ عَلَيْهِ، فَرَدَّ كِتَابِي، وَ جَحَدَ حَقِّي، وَ دَفَعَ بَيْعَتِي، وَ بَعَثَ إِلَيَّ أَنِ ابْعَثْ إِلَيَّ قَتَلَةَ عُثْمَانَ، فَبَعَثْتُ إِلَيْهِ: مَا أَنْتَ وَ قَتَلَةَ عُثْمَانَ؟! أَوْلَادُهُ أَوْلَى بِهِ، فَادْخُلْ أَنْتَ وَ هُمْ فِي طَاعَتِي

Iasws sent Jareer Bin Abdullah to Muawiya offering an excuse to him, having taken the argument upon him. He returned myasws letter and rejected myasws right, and repelled myasws allegiance, and he sent a message to measws, ‘Send the killer of Usman to me’. Iasws sent a message to him, ‘What have Iasws to do with the killer of Usman?! His children are foremost with it, so you and them should enter into myasws obedience’.

ثُمَّ خَاصِمُوا إِلَيَ‏ الْقَوْمَ لِأَحْمِلَكُمْ وَ إِيَّاهُمْ عَلَى كِتَابِ اللَّهِ، وَ إِلَّا فَهَذِهِ خُدْعَةُ الصَّبِيِّ عَنْ رَضَاعِ الْمَلِيِّ، فَلَمَّا يَئِسَ مِنْ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ بَعَثَ إِلَيَّ أَنِ اجْعَلِ الشَّامَ لِي حَيَاتَكَ، فَإِنْ حَدَثَ بِكَ حَادِثَةٌ عَنِ الْمَوْتِ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِأَحَدٍ عَلَيَّ طَاعَةٌ، وَ إِنَّمَا أَرَادَ بِذَلِكَ أَنْ يَخْلَعَ طَاعَتِي مِنْ عُنُقِه فَأَبَيْتُ عَلَيْهِ.

Then the people disputed that Iasws should carry you and them upon the Book of Allahazwj or else so this is (like) deceiving a child from breast-feeding for a while. When he despaired from this command, he sent a message to me, ‘Make Syria to be for me during yourasws lifetime, so that if the event of death occurs upon you, there would not be any obedience for me upon anyone’, and rather he intended with that to be free myasws obedience from his neck, so Iasws refused unto him.

فَبَعَثَ إِلَيَّ: أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْحِجَازِ كَانُوا الْحُكَّامَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الشَّامِ فَلَمَّا قَتَلُوا عُثْمَانَ صَارَ أَهْلُ الشَّامِ الْحُكَّامَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْحِجَازِ،

He sent a message to measws, ‘The people of Al-Hijaz were rulers upon the people of Syrian. When they killed Usman, the people of Syria became the rulers over the people of Al-Hijaz’.

فَبَعَثْتُ إِلَيْهِ: إِنْ كُنْتَ صَادِقاً فَسَمِّ لِي رَجُلًا مِنْ قُرَيْشِ الشَّامِ تَحِلُّ لَهُ الْخِلَافَةُ، وَ يُقْبَلُ فِي الشُّورَى فَإِنْ لَمْ تَجِدْهُ سَمَّيْتُ لَكَ مِنْ قُرَيْشِ الْحِجَازِ مَنْ تَحِلُّ لَهُ الْخِلَافَةُ، وَ يُقْبَلُ فِي الشُّورَى،

Iasws sent a message to him: ‘If you were truthful, then name a man from Quraysh of Syria for whom the caliphate would be permissible for and he would accept to be in consultation. If you cannot find him, Iasws will name for you from Quraysh of Al-Hijaz, someone the caliphate is permissible for, and he would accept to be in the consultation.

وَ نَظَرْتُ إِلَى أَهْلِ الشَّامِ فَإِذَا هُمْ بَقِيَّةُ الْأَحْزَابِ فَرَاشُ نَارٍ وَ ذُبَابُ‏ طَمَعٍ تَجْمَعُ مِنْ كُلِّ أَوْبٍ مِمَّنْ يَنْبَغِي لَهُ أَنْ يُؤَدَّبَ وَ يُحْمَلُ عَلَى السُّنَّةِ، لَيْسُوا مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَ لَا الْأَنْصَارِ وَ لَا التَّابِعِينَ بِإِحْسَانٍ،

And Iasws looked at the people of Syria, and there they were, remainder of the confederates (Battle of Al-Ahzaab), a bed of fire and covetous flies gathered from every epidemic, from the ones it is befitting to be educated and carried upon the Sunnah, neither being from the Emigrants nor from the Helpers, nor the followers of goodness.

فَدَعَوْتُهُمْ إِلَى الطَّاعَةِ وَ الْجَمَاعَةِ فَأَبَوْا إِلَّا فِرَاقِي وَ شِقَاقِي، ثُمَّ نَهَضُوا فِي وَجْهِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، يَنْضَحُونَهُمْ بِالنَّبْلِ، وَ يَشْجُرُونَهُمْ بِالرِّمَاحِ، فَعِنْدَ ذَلِكَ نَهَضْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ، فَلَمَّا عَضَّتْهُمُ السِّلَاحُ، وَ وَجَدُوا أَلَمَ الْجِرَاحِ رَفَعُوا الْمَصَاحِفَ

Iasws called them to the obedience and the unity, but they refused except for separation and wretchedness. Then they rose up in the face of the Muslims, shooting at them with the arrows and the stabbing them with the spears. During that, Iasws rose up to them. When they were bitten by the weapons and found the pain of injuries, they raised the Parchments (Qurans).

فَدَعَوْكُمْ‏ إِلَى مَا فِيهَا، فَأَنْبَأْتُكُمْ أَنَّهُمْ لَيْسُوا بِأَهْلِ دِينٍ وَ لَا قُرْآنٍ وَ إِنَّمَا رَفَعُوهَا مَكِيدَةً وَ خَدِيعَةً، فَامْضُوا لِقِتَالِهِمْ، فَقُلْتُمُ: اقْبَلْ مِنْهُمْ وَ اكففت [اكْفُفْ‏] عَنْهُمْ، فَإِنَّهُمْ إِنْ أَجَابُوا إِلَى مَا فِي الْقُرْآنِ جَامَعُونَا عَلَى مَا نَحْنُ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ،

So, you all called to what is in it, and Iasws informed you that they were neither people of Religion nor Quran, and rather they were raising it as a plot and a deception. Iasws went on to fight them. You said, ‘Accept from them and restrain from them, for if them were to answer to what is in the Quran, we would (all) be united upon what we are (already) upon, of the truth’.

فَقَبِلْتُ مِنْهُمْ وَ كَفَفْتُ عَنْهُمْ، فَكَانَ الصُّلْحُ بَيْنَكُمْ وَ بَيْنَهُمْ عَلَى رَجُلَيْنِ حَكَمَيْنِ لِيُحْيِيَا مَا أَحْيَاهُ الْقُرْآنُ وَ يُمِيتَا مَا أَمَاتَهُ الْقُرْآنُ، فَاخْتَلَفَ رَأْيُهُمَا وَ اخْتَلَفَ حُكْمُهُمَا، فَنَبَذَا مَا فِي الْكِتَابِ وَ خَالَفَا مَا فِي الْقُرْآنِ وَ كَانَا أَهْلَهُ،

Iasws accepted from them and restrained from them. The reconciliation between you and them was upon two men as judges, for them to revive what the Quran revived and kill whatever the Quran kills. Their views differed and their decisions differed. So, they discarded what was in the Book and opposed what was in the Quran, and they were its people.

ثُمَّ إِنَّ طَائِفَةً اعْتَزَلَتْ فَتَرَكْنَاهُمْ مَا تَرَكُونَا حَتَّى إِذَا عَاثُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ يُفْسِدُونَ وَ يَقْتُلُونَ، وَ كَانَ فِيمَنْ قَتَلُوهُ أَهْلُ مِيرَةٍ مِنْ بَنِي أَسَدٍ، وَ قَتَلُوا خَبَّابَ‏ بْنَ الْأَرَتِ‏ وَ ابْنَهُ وَ أُمَّ وَلَدِهِ، وَ الْحَارِثَ بْنَ مُرَّةَ الْعَبْدِيَّ،

Then a group isolated, so we left them for as long as they left us alone, until when they wreaked havoc in the earth, corrupting and killing, and among the ones they killed were the people of Meyra from the clan of Asad, and they kill Khabbab Bin Al-Art, and his son, and mother of his children, and Al-Haris Bin Murrah Al-Abady.

فَبَعَثْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ دَاعِياً، فَقُلْتُ: ادْفَعُوا إِلَيْنَا قَتَلَةَ إِخْوَانِنَا، فَقَالُوا: كُلُّنَا قَتَلَتُهُمْ، ثُمَّ شَدَّتْ عَلَيْنَا خَيْلُهُمْ وَ رِجَالُهُمْ فَصَرَعَهُمُ اللَّهُ مَصَارِعَ الظَّالِمِينَ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ شَأْنِهِمْ أَمَرْتُكُمْ أَنْ تَمْضُوا مِنْ فَوْرِكُمْ ذَلِكَ إِلَى عَدُوِّكُمْ، فَقُلْتُمْ: كَلَّتْ سُيُوفُنَا، وَ نَصَلَتْ أَسِنَّةُ رِمَاحِنَا، وَ عَادَ أَكْثَرُهَا قَصِيداً فَأْذَنْ لَنَا فَلْنَرْجِعْ وَ لْنَقْصِدْ بِأَحْسَنِ عُدَّتِنَا، وَ إِذَا نَحْنُ رَجَعْنَا زِدْنَا فِي مُقَاتَلَتِنَا عِدَّةَ مَنْ قُتِلَ مِنَّا

Iasws sent a message to them, calling. Iasws said, ‘Hand over to us the killers of our brethren’. They said, ‘All of us are their killers’. Then they strengthened their cavalry and their infantry, but Allahazwj Fought them the fight of the unjust. When that happened from their actions, Iasws ordered you to go immediately right to your enemies’. You said, ‘Our swords are few, and our spear are old, and for most of us these are in short supply, so permit for us to return and prepare an excellent preparation. And when we do return, our fighters would have increased, a number of the ones from us who fight.

حَتَّى إِذَا أَظْلَلْتُمْ‏ عَلَى النُّخَيْلَةِ أَمَرْتُكُمْ أَنْ تَلْزَمُوا مُعَسْكَرَكُمْ، وَ أَنْ‏ تَضُمُّوا إِلَيْهِ نَوَاصِيَكُمْ، وَ أَنْ تُوَطِّنُوا عَلَى الْجِهَادِ نُفُوسَكُمْ، وَ لَا تُكْثِرُوا زِيَارَةَ أَبْنَائِكُمْ‏ وَ لَا نِسَائِكُمْ، فَإِنَّ أَصْحَابَ الْحَرْبِ مُصَابِرُوهَا وَ أَهْلَ التَّشْهِيرِ فِيهَا، وَ الَّذِينَ لَا يَتَوَجَّدُونَ مِنْ سَهَرِ لَيْلِهِمْ، وَ لَا ظَمَإِ نَهَارِهِمْ، وَ لَا فِقْدَانِ أَوْلَادِهِمْ وَ لَا نِسَائِهِمْ،

(It went on) to the extent that when you were shaded at the palm trees, Iasws instructed you that you should be with your soldiers and to necessitate your corners, and settle yourselves upon the Jihad, and do not frequent the visitations of your sons nor your wives, for the companions of war are their patrons and the propagandists are in it, and the ones who are not holding vigils in their nights, nor being thirsty in their days, nor do they miss their children or their wives.

وَ أَقَامَتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْكُمْ مُعَدَّةٌ وَ طَائِفَةٌ دَخَلَتِ الْمِصْرَ عَاصِيَةً، فَلَا مَنْ دَخَلَ الْمِصْرَ عَادَ إِلَيَّ، وَ لَا مَنْ أَقَامَ مِنْكُمْ ثَبَتَ مَعِي وَ لَا صَبَرَ، فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي‏ وَ مَا فِي عَسْكَرِي مِنْكُمْ خَمْسُونَ رَجُلًا، فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ مَا أَنْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ دَخَلْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَمَا قُدِّرَ لَكُمْ أَنْ تَخْرُجُوا مَعِي إِلَى يَوْمِكُمْ هَذَا، لِلَّهِ أَبُوكُمْ‏

And a group from you prepared and a group entered the city disobeying, and the ones who entered the city did not return to measws, and the ones who stayed were not steadfast with measws nor were they patient. Iasws only saw fifty men from you in myasws army. When Iasws saw what you were upon, Iasws entered among you and estimated that you will not be going out with measws, up to this day of yours, for the Sake of Allahazwj.

أَ لَا تَرَوْنَ أَيُّ مِصْرٍ قَدِ افْتُتِحَتْ؟ وَ أَيُ‏ أَطْرَافِكُمْ قَدِ انْتَقَصَتْ؟ وَ أَيُ‏ مَسَالِحِكُمْ‏ تُرْقَى؟ وَ أَيُ‏ بِلَادِكُمْ تُغْزَى؟ وَ أَنْتُمْ ذَوُو عَدَدٍ جَمٍّ وَ شَوْكَةٍ شَدِيدَةٍ، وَ أُولُو بَأْسٍ قَدْ كَانَ مَخُوفاً، لِلَّهِ أَنْتُمْ! أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ؟ وَ أَنَّى تُؤْفَكُونَ؟.

Can’t you see? Which of the cities have you conquered? And which of your outskirts have you (even) reproached? And which of your weapons have you updated? And which of your cities have been invaded? And you are with large numbers and stronger backbones, and ones with strength they used to fear? For the Sake of Allahazwj! You, where are you going? And why are you being deluded?

أَلَا إِنَّ الْقَوْمَ جَدُّوا وَ تَآسَوْا وَ تَنَاصَرُوا، وَ إِنَّكُمْ أَبَيْتُمْ وَ وَنَيْتُمْ وَ تَخَاذَلْتُمْ‏ وَ تَغَاشَشْتُمْ، مَا أَنْتُمْ إِنْ بَقِيتُمْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ سُعَدَاءَ، فَأَنْبِهُوا- رَحِمَكُمُ اللَّهُ- نَائِمَكُمْ، وَ تَحَرَّوْا لِحَرْبِ عَدُوِّكُمْ، فَقَدْ أَبْدَتِ الرَّغْوَةُ عَنِ الصَّرِيحِ، وَ أَضَاءَ الصُّبْحُ لِذِي عَيْنَيْنِ، فَانْتَبِهُوا

Indeed! The people (enemies) exerted, and they conspired, and supported each other, while you refused, and slept, and abandoned, and cheated. You would not have been happy if you were had remained upon that. Be careful of your sleep, may Allahazwj have Mercy on you, and heat up for battling your enemies, for the lather has appeared from the cream, and the morning has illuminated for the one with eyes, so watch out!

إِنَّمَا تُقَاتِلُونَ الطُّلَقَاءَ وَ أَبْنَاءَ الطُّلَقَاءِ وَ أَهْلَ الْجَفَاءِ، وَ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ كَرْهاً، وَ كَانَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ أَنِفاً، وَ لِلْإِسْلَامِ كُلِّهِ حَرْباً، أَعْدَاءَ السُّنَّةِ وَ الْقُرْآنِ، وَ أَهْلَ الْبِدَعِ وَ الْأَحْدَاثِ، وَ مَنْ كَانَتْ نِكَايَتُهُ تُتَّقَى‏ وَ كَانَ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ وَ أَهْلِهِ مَخُوفاً، وَ أَكَلَةَ الرِّشَا، وَ عَبِيدَ الدُّنْيَا،

But rather, you are going to be fighting the freed ones (of Makkah) and the sons of the freed ones, and the people of disloyalty, and ones who became Muslims unwillingly, and to Rasool-Allahsaww they had snubbed, and they had all fled from Al-Islam, enemies of the Sunnah and the Quran, and (they are) people of innovations and juveniles, and ones who were called but they stayed back, and they were fearful upon Al-Islam and its people, and they ate from the bribery, and are slaves of the world!

وَ لَقَدْ أُنْهِيَ إِلَيَّ أَنَّ ابْنَ النَّابِغَةِ لَمْ يُبَايِعْ مُعَاوِيَةَ حَتَّى شَرَطَ لَهُ أَنْ يُؤْتِيَهُ أَتِيَّةً هِيَ أَعْظَمُ مِمَّا فِي يَدَيْهِ مِنْ سُلْطَانِهِ، فَصَغُرَتْ يَدُ هَذَا الْبَائِعِ دِينَهُ بِالدُّنْيَا، وَ خَزِيَتْ أَمَانَةُ هَذَا الْمُشْتَرِي بِنُصْرَةِ فَاسِقٍ غَادِرٍ بِأَمْوَالِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ،

And it has been informed to me that Ibn Al-Nabigah did not pledge allegiance to Muawiya until he stipulated to him that he would give him an award which was greater than what was in his hands from his authority. So, the hand of this seller of his religion for the world was belittled, and the entrustment of this buyer was humiliated by his helping a transgressor, one treacherous with the wealth of the Muslims.

وَ أَيُّ سَهْمٍ لِهَذَا الْمُشْتَرِي وَ قَدْ شَرِبَ الْخَمْرَ، وَ ضُرِبَ حَدّاً فِي الْإِسْلَامِ، وَ كُلُّكُمْ يَعْرِفُهُ بِالْفَسَادِ فِي الدُّنْيَا، وَ إِنَّ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ لَمْ يَدْخُلْ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ وَ أَهْلِهِ حَتَّى رُضِخَ لَهُ‏ عَلَيْهِ رَضِيخَةٌ،

And which share is for this buyer, and he had drunk the wine, and was whipped the legal punishment in Al-Islam, and all of you recognise him with the corruption in the world, and that from them is one who did not enter into Al-Islam and its people until he was awarded upon with an award.

فَهَؤُلَاءِ قَادَةُ الْقَوْمِ، وَ مَنْ تَرَكْتُ لَكُمْ ذِكْرَ مَسَاوِيهِ أَكْثَرُ وَ أَبْوَرُ، وَ أَنْتُمْ تَعْرِفُونَهُمْ بِأَعْيَانِهِمْ وَ أَسْمَائِهِمْ كَانُوا عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ ضِدّاً، وَ لِنَبِيِّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ حَرْباً، وَ لِلشَّيْطَانِ حِزْباً، لَمْ يَتَقَدَّمْ إِيمَانُهُمْ، وَ لَمْ يَحْدُثْ نِفَاقُهُمْ، وَ هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ لَوْ وُلُّوا عَلَيْكُمْ لَأَظْهَرُوا فِيكُمُ الْفَخْرَ وَ التَّكَبُّرَ وَ التَّسَلُّطَ بِالْجَبَرِيَّةِ وَ الْفَسَادِ فِي الْأَرْضِ،

So, these are (now) leaders of the people, one whose mention Iasws leave out for you, his evil is more, and more destructive, and you recognise them by seeing them and hearing them. They were adversaries against Al-Islam, and at war to the Prophetsaww, and a party of the Satanla. Their Eman did not advance, and their hypocrisy wasn’t new, and they are those, if they were to rule upon you, they will manifest upon you all - the immoralities, and the arrogance, and the tyrannous overcoming, and the corruption in the earth.

وَ أَنْتُمْ عَلَى مَا كَانَ مِنْكُمْ مِنْ تَوَاكُلٍ وَ تَخَاذُلٍ خَيْرٌ مِنْهُمْ وَ أَهْدَى سَبِيلًا، مِنْكُمُ الْفُقَهَاءُ وَ الْعُلَمَاءُ وَ الْفُهَمَاءُ وَ حَمَلَةُ الْكِتَابِ وَ الْمُتَهَجِّدُونَ بِالْأَسْحَارِ، أَ لَا تَسْخَطُونَ وَ تَنْقِمُونَ أَنْ يُنَازِعَكُمُ الْوَلَايَةَ السُّفَهَاءُ الْبُطَاةُ عَنِ الْإِسْلَامِ‏ الْجُفَاةُ فِيهِ؟!

And you are upon what was from you, from interdependence and being laid back, and (you are) better than them and more guided of the way. From you are the jurists, and the scholars, and the understanding ones, and memorisers of the Book, and the strivers with the vigils. Are you not getting angry and taking revenge that the foolish ones are snatching away the governance away from Islam and leaving the carcasses in it?!

اسْمَعُوا قَوْلِي- يَهْدِكُمُ اللَّهُ- إِذَا قُلْتُ، وَ أَطِيعُوا أَمْرِي إِذَا أَمَرْتُ، فَوَ اللَّهِ لَئِنْ أَطَعْتُمُونِي لَا تَغْوُوا، وَ إِنْ عَصَيْتُمُونِي لَا تَرْشُدُوا، قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: أَ فَمَنْ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْحَقِّ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يُتَّبَعَ أَمَّنْ لا يَهِدِّي إِلَّا أَنْ يُهْدى‏ فَما لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ‏،

Listen to myasws words, may Allahazwj Guide you, when Iasws say it, and obey myasws orders when Iasws issue them, for by Allahazwj, if you were to obey measws you will not stray, and if you were to disobey measws you will not be rightly guided! Allahazwj Exalted Says: Is the one who guides to the Truth more rightful to be followed or the one who does not guide unless if he is Guided? So, what is the matter with you all? How are you judging?’ [10:35].

وَ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى لِنَبِيِّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: إِنَّما أَنْتَ مُنْذِرٌ وَ لِكُلِّ قَوْمٍ هادٍ، فَالْهَادِي‏ مِنْ بَعْدِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ هَادٍ لِأُمَّتِهِ عَلَى مَا كَانَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، فَمَنْ عَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ الْهَادِيَ إِلَّا الَّذِي دَعَاكُمْ إِلَى الْحَقِّ وَ قَادَكُمْ إِلَى الْهُدَى،

And Allahazwj the Exalted Said to Hisazwj Prophetsaww: But rather, you are a Warner, and for every people there is a Guide [13:7]. So, the guide from after the Prophetsaww is a guide of hissaww community upon whatever had happened from Rasool-Allahazwj. Who else had happened to be the guide except the one who calls you to the truth, and guides you to the guidance?

خُذُوا لِلْحَرْبِ أُهْبَتَهَا، وَ أَعِدُّوا لَهَا عُدَّتَهَا، فَقَدْ شُبَّتْ وَ أُوْقِدَتْ نَارُهَا، وَ تَجَرَّدَ لَكُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ لِكَيْلَا يُطْفِؤُا نُورَ اللَّهِ بِأَفْواهِهِمْ* وَ يَغْزُوا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ، أَلَا إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ أَوْلِيَاءُ الشَّيْطَانِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الطَّمَعِ وَ الْجَفَاءِ أَوْلَى بِالْحَقِّ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبِرِّ وَ الإخباث‏ فِي طَاعَةِ رَبِّهِمْ وَ مُنَاصَحَةِ إِمَامِهِمْ،

Take the preparations for the war, and prepare for it its armaments, for it has arisen and its fire has been ignited, and the mischief-makers have been bared to you all, lest they extinguish the Noor of Allahazwj with their mouths and battle the servants of Allahazwj. Indeed! Surely, the party of Satanla, from the people of greed and disloyalty aren’t foremost with the truth than the people of righteousness, and they are the most wicked in the obedience of their Lordazwj and advice of their Imamasws.

إِنِّي وَ اللَّهِ لَوْ لَقِيتُهُمْ وَحْدِي وَ هُمْ‏ أَهْلُ الْأَرْضِ مَا اسْتَوْحَشْتُ مِنْهُمْ وَ لَا بَالَيْتُ، وَ لَكِنْ أَسَفٌ يَرِينِي‏، وَ جَزَعٌ يَعْتَرِينِي مِنْ أَنْ يَلِيَ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ فُجَّارُهَا وَ سُفَهَاؤُهَا فَيَتَّخِذُونَ مَالَ اللَّهِ دُوَلًا، وَ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ‏ دَغَلًا، وَ الْفَاسِقِينَ حِزْباً، وَ الصَّالِحِينَ حَرْباً،

By Allahazwj! If Iasws were to meet them (in battle) alone, and they are the people of the earth, Iasws would not be fearful of them, nor give up, but regret made measws see, and my heart was alarmed from that this community would be ruled by its immoral ones, and it’s foolish ones, so they would be taking the wealth of Allahazwj as (main reason for) government, and the Book of Allahazwj for corruption, and the mischief-makers as a party, and the righteous to be at war with.

وَ ايْمُ اللَّهِ لَوْ لَا ذَلِكَ مَا أَكْثَرْتُ تَأْنِيبَكُمْ وَ تَحْرِيصَهُمْ‏، وَ تَرَكْتُكُمْ إِذَا أَبَيْتُمْ حَتَّى أَلْقَاهُمْ مَتَى حُمَّ لِي لِقَاؤُهُمْ، فَوَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لَعَلَى الْحَقِّ، وَ إِنَّنِي لِلشَّهَادَةِ لَمُحِبٌّ، وَ إِنِّي إِلَى لِقَاءِ اللَّهِ رَبِّي لَمُشْتَاقٌ، وَ لِحُسْنِ ثَوَابِهِ مُنْتَظِرٌ،

And Iasws swear by Allahazwj! Had it not been that, Iasws would not have frequented reprimanding you, and urging you, and would have left you when you refused, until when Iasws meet them (in battle) when they think of measws to meet them. By Allahazwj! Iasws am upon the truth, and Iasws love to be martyred, and are desirous to meet myasws Lordazwj Allahazwj, and waiting for Hisazwj excellent Rewards.

إِنِّي نَافَرْتُكُمْ فَ انْفِرُوا خِفافاً وَ ثِقالًا وَ جاهِدُوا بِأَمْوالِكُمْ وَ أَنْفُسِكُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَ لَا تَثَّاقَلُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَتَعْمَوْا بِالذُّلِّ، وَ تُقِرُّوا بِالْخَسْفِ، وَ يَكُونَ نَصِيبُكُمُ الْأَخْسَرَ،

Iasws am advancing you all, so Advance lightly and heavily, and fight with your wealth and your selves in the Way of Allah; that would be better for you if you were knowing [9:41], and do not be weighed down in the earth for you will be generalised with the humiliated, and you will be acknowledging with the regret, and your portion would be with the most loss.

إِنَّ أَخَا الْحَرْبِ الْيَقْظَانُ الْأَرِقُ إِنْ نَامَ لَمْ تَنَمْ عَيْنُهُ، وَ مَنْ ضَعُفَ أُوذِيَ، وَ مَنْ كَرِهَ الْجِهَادَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ كَانَ الْمَغْبُونَ الْمَهِينَ، إِنِّي لَكُمُ الْيَوْمَ عَلَى مَا كُنْتُ عَلَيْهِ أَمْسِ وَ لَسْتُمْ لِي عَلَى مَا كُنْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ،

The brother of war is the awake one, the restless. If he sleeps, his eyes do not sleep, and one harmed by weakness, and the one who abhors the Jihad in the Way of Allahazwj - would be the defrauded, the degraded. Iasws am to you all today upon what you were upon yesterday, and to measws you aren’t upon what you were upon.

مَنْ تَكُونُوا نَاصِرِيهِ أَخَذَ بِالسَّهْمِ الْأَخْيَبِ، وَ اللَّهِ لَوْ نَصَرْتُمُ اللَّهَ لَنَصَرَكُمْ‏ وَ ثَبَّتَ‏ أَقْدَامَكُمْ، إِنَّهُ حَقٌّ عَلَى اللَّهِ أَنْ يَنْصُرَ مَنْ نَصَرَهُ وَ يَخْذُلَ مَنْ خَذَلَهُ، أَ تَرَوْنَ الْغَلَبَةَ لِمَنْ صَبَرَ بِغَيْرِ نَصْرٍ وَ قَدْ يَكُونُ الصَّبْرُ جُبْناً وَ يَكُونُ حَمِيَّةً، وَ إِنَّمَا الصَّبْرُ بِالنَّصْرِ وَ الْوُرُودُ بِالصَّدْرِ، وَ الْبَرْقُ بِالْمَطَرِ.

One who wants to his helper would take the good arrow. By Allahazwj! If Allahazwj were to Help you, Heazwj would Help you and Affirm your feet. It is a right upon Allahazwj that Heazwj Helps the one who helps Himazwj, and Forsakes the one who forsakes Himazwj. Are you viewing the victory would be for the one who is patient without victory, and the patience had become a cowardice, and he happens to be zealous? But rather, the patience with the victory, and the advent is with the bravery, and the lightning is with the rain.

اللَّهُمَّ اجْمَعْنَا وَ إِيَّاهُمْ عَلَى الْهُدَى، وَ زَهِّدْنَا وَ إِيَّاهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا، وَ اجْعَلِ الْآخِرَةَ خَيْراً لَنَا مِنَ الْأُولَى..

O Allahazwj! Gather us and them upon the guidance, and Make us and them to be ascetics in the word, and Make the Hereafter to be better for us than the former (world)’’.³

2- وَ رَوَى السَّيِّدُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فِي الْكِتَابِ الْمَذْكُورِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ الْكُلَيْنِيِّ مِمَّا رَوَاهُ فِي كِتَابِ الرَّسَائِلِ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ وَ غَيْرِهِمَا، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ، عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عِمْرَانَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ الصَّيْرَفِيِّ، عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ، عَنْ سِنَانِ بْنِ ظَرِيفٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ قَالَ: كَانَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يَكْتُبُ بِهَذِهِ الْخُطْبَةِ إِلَى‏ أَكَابِرِ أَصْحَابِهِ، وَ فِيهَا كَلَامٌ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ.

And it is reported by the Sayyad in the mentioned book (Kashf Al Mahjah), from Muhammad Bin Yaqoub Al Kulayni, from what is reported in the book ‘Al Rasaail’, from Ali Bin Muhammad, and Muhammad Bin Al Hassan and someone else, from Sahl Bin Zaiyd, from Al Abbas Bin Imran, from Muhammad Bin Al Qasim Bin Al Waleed Al Sayrafi, from Al Mufazzal, from Sinan Bin Tareyf,

‘From Abu Abdullahasws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineenasws had written this sermon to the elders of hisasws companions, and therein is speech from Rasool-Allahsaww.

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ‏، إِلَى الْمُقَرَّبِينَ فِي الْأَظِلَّةِ، الْمُمْتَحَنِينَ بِالْبَلِيَّةِ، الْمُسَارِعِينَ فِي الطَّاعَةِ، الْمُنْشَئِينَ‏ فِي الْكَرَّةِ، تَحِيَّةٌ مِنَّا إِلَيْكُمْ، سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ، أَمَّا بَعْدُ:

In the Name of Allahazwj the Beneficent, the Merciful. To the ones of proximity in the (realm of) the shadows, the ones Tested with the afflictions, the ones quick in the obedience, the ones to be Resurrected during the Raj’at (return). Salutations from usasws to you all! Greetings be upon you all! As for after: -

فَإِنَّ نُورَ الْبَصِيرَةِ رُوحُ الْحَيَاةِ الَّذِي لَا يَنْفَعُ إِيمَانٌ إِلَّا بِهِ مَعَ اتِّبَاعِ‏ كَلِمَةِ اللَّهِ وَ التَّصْدِيقِ بِهَا، فَالْكَلِمَةُ مِنَ الرُّوحِ، وَ الرُّوحُ مِنَ النُّورِ، وَ النُّورُ نُورُ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ‏،

The Noor (light) of the insight is the soul of life which the Eman cannot benefit except by it, along with following the Words of Allahazwj and the ratification of these. The Word is from the Spirit, and the Spirit is from the Noor, and the Noor is, (Allah is the) Noor of the skies and the earth [24:35].⁴

فَبِأَيْدِيكُمْ سَبَبٌ وَصَلَ إِلَيْكُمْ مِنَّا نِعْمَةٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ لَا تَعْقِلُونَ‏ شُكْرَهَا، خَصَّكُمْ بِهَا وَ اسْتَخْلَصَكُمْ لَهَا وَ تِلْكَ الْأَمْثالُ نَضْرِبُها لِلنَّاسِ وَ ما يَعْقِلُها إِلَّا الْعالِمُونَ‏

In your hands are the means for there to arrive to you, bounties from Allahazwj. You cannot understand its thanks. Heazwj has Specialised you with it and Purified you for it, And these examples, We Strike these for the people, and none understand these except for the learned ones [29:43].

إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَهِدَ أَنْ لَنْ يَحُلَّ عَقْدَهُ أَحَدٌ سِوَاهُ، فَتَسَارَعُوا إِلَى وَفَاءِ الْعَهْدِ، وَ امْكُثُوا فِي طَلَبِ الْفَضْلِ، فَإِنَّ الدُّنْيَا عَرَضٌ حَاضِرٌ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا الْبَرُّ وَ الْفَاجِرُ، وَ إِنَّ الْآخِرَةَ وَعْدٌ صَادِقٌ‏ يَقْضِي فِيهَا مَلِكٌ قَادِرٌ،

Allahazwj Covenanted that none should abandon the pact he had agreed with Himazwj, therefore hasten to fulfil the pact, and remain in seeking the Grace, for the world is present display.

The righteous and the immoral consume from it, and the Hereafter is a truthful Promise, the Able King will Fulfil in it (the Promised Rewards).

أَلَا وَ إِنَّ الْأَمْرَ كَمَا قَدْ وَقَعَ لِسَبْعٍ بَقِينَ مِنْ صَفَرٍ، تَسِيرُ فِيهَا الْجُنُودُ، يَهْلِكُ‏ فِيهَا الْبَطَلُ الْجَحُودُ، خُيُولُهَا عِرَابٌ، وَ فُرْسَانُهَا حِرَابٌ‏، وَ نَحْنُ بِذَلِكَ وَاقِفُونَ،

Indeed! And the matter is just as it has occurred on the seven days remaining of Safar (Naharwan), the armies travelled during it. The false rejections were destroyed during it. Its cavalry was Arabian, and its horses were for warfare, and by that we were pausing.

وَ لِمَا ذَكَرْنَا مُنْتَظِرُونَ انْتِظَارَ الْمُجْدِبِ الْمَطَرَ لِيَنْبُتَ الْعُشْبُ، وَ يَجْنِي الثَّمَرَ، دَعَانِي إِلَى الْكِتَابِ إِلَيْكُمُ اسْتِنْقَاذُكُمْ مِنَ الْعَمَى، وَ إِرْشَادُكُمْ بَابَ الْهُدَى، فَاسْلُكُوا سَبِيلَ السَّلَامَةِ، فَإِنَّهَا جِمَاعُ الْكَرَامَةِ،

And when we remember the hopeful who were waiting the downpour of rain in order to grow the vegetation, and revive the fruits, it called measws to write the letter to you to save you from the blindness, and guide you to the door of guidance, therefore travel the way of safety, for it is a collection of prestige.

اصْطَفَى اللَّهُ مَنْهَجَهُ، وَ بَيَّنَ حُجَجَهُ‏، وَ أَرَّفَ أُرَفَهُ‏، وَ وَصَفَهُ وَ حَدَّهُ وَ جَعَلَهُ نَصّاً كَمَا وَصَفَهُ‏،

Allahazwj Chose its Manifesto and Explained its arguments, and Presented Hisazwj Divine Authorities, and Marked its boundaries, and Described its limits, and Manifested it just as described.

إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا أُدْخِلَ حُفْرَتَهُ يَأْتِيهِ مَلَكَانِ أَحَدُهُمَا مُنْكَرٌ وَ الْآخَرُ نَكِيرٌ، فَأَوَّلُ مَا يَسْأَلَانِهِ عَنْ رَبِّهِ، وَ عَنْ نَبِيِّهِ، وَ عَنْ وَلِيِّهِ، فَإِنْ أَجَابَ نَجَا وَ إِنْ تَحَيَّرَ عَذَّبَاهُ.

When the servant enters his grave, two Angels come to him, one of them Munkar and the onther one Nakeer. The first of what they question him is about his Lordazwj, and about his Prophetsaww, and about his Guardianasws (Imamasws). So, if he were to answer (correctly), he would attain salvation, and if he is confused, they would punish him’.

فَقَالَ قَائِلٌ: فَمَا حَالُ مَنْ عَرَفَ رَبَّهُ، وَ عَرَفَ نَبِيَّهُ، وَ لَمْ يَعْرِفْ وَلِيَّهُ؟. فَقَالَ: ذَلِكَ مُذَبْذَبٌ‏ لا إِلى‏ هؤُلاءِ وَ لا إِلى‏ هؤُلاءِ

A speaker said, ‘What is the state of the one who recognises his Lordazwj, and recognises his Prophetsaww, but does not recognise his Guardian (Imamasws)?’ Hesaww said: ‘That is the wavering one, neither towards these ones nor towards those; [4:143].

قِيلَ: فَمَنِ الْوَلِيُّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ (ص)؟.

It was said, ‘And who is the Guardianasws, O Rasool-Allahsaww?’

فَقَالَ: وَلِيُّكُمْ فِي هَذَا الزَّمَانِ أَنَا، وَ مِنْ بَعْدِي وَصِيِّي، وَ مِنْ بَعْدِ وَصِيِّي لِكُلِّ زَمَانٍ حُجَجُ اللَّهِ كَيْمَا تَقُولُوا كَمَا قَالَ الضُّلَّالُ قَبْلَكُمْ حَيْثُ‏ فَارَقَهُمْ نَبِيُّهُمْ: رَبَّنا لَوْ لا أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيْنا رَسُولًا فَنَتَّبِعَ آياتِكَ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ نَذِلَّ وَ نَخْزى‏،

Hesaww said: ‘Your Guardian in this time period is mesaww, and from after mesaww it would be mysaww successorasws, and from after mysaww successorasws, there would be a Divine Authority of Allahazwj for every era, lest you would be saying just as the strayers before you had said when their Prophetsaww separated from them: ‘Our Lord! If only You had Sent a Rasool to us, then we would have followed your Signs from before we were disgraced and shamed’ [20:134].

وَ إِنَّمَا كَانَ تَمَامُ ضَلَالَتِهِمْ جَهَالَتَهُمْ بِالْآيَاتِ وَ هُمُ الْأَوْصِيَاءُ فَأَجَابَهُمُ اللَّهُ: قُلْ كُلٌّ مُتَرَبِّصٌ فَتَرَبَّصُوا فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ أَصْحابُ الصِّراطِ السَّوِيِّ وَ مَنِ اهْتَدى

And rather the complete ignorance of theirs was with the Signs, and they are the successorsas. So, Allahazwj Answered them: Say: ‘Every one is awaiting, therefore wait, for soon you will come to known who is the companion of the Even Path and who is Guided’ [20:135].

وَ إِنَّمَا كَانَ تَرَبُّصَهُمْ أَنْ قَالُوا: نَحْنُ فِي سَعَةٍ عَنْ مَعْرِفَةِ الْأَوْصِيَاءِ حَتَّى يُعْلِنَ إِمَامٌ‏ عِلْمَهُ، فَالْأَوْصِيَاءُ قُوَّامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ‏ بَيْنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَ النَّارِ، لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ إِلَّا مَنْ عَرَفَهُمْ وَ عَرَفُوهُ، وَ لَا يَدْخُلُ النَّارَ إِلَّا مَنْ أَنْكَرَهُمْ وَ أَنْكَرُوهُ،

And rather their waiting was that they said, ‘We are in a leeway from recognising the successorsas until an Imamas announces hisas knowledge. Thus, the successorsasws are the custodians upon you all between the Paradise and the Fire. No one will enter the Paradise except one who recognises themasws and theyasws recognise him, nor will anyone enter the Fire except one who denies themasws and theyasws deny him.

لِأَنَّهُمْ عُرَفَاءُ الْعِبَادِ عَرَّفَهُمُ اللَّهُ إِيَّاهُمْ عِنْدَ أَخْذِ الْمَوَاثِيقِ عَلَيْهِمْ بِالطَّاعَةِ لَهُمْ، فَوَصَفَهُمْ فِي كِتَابِهِ فَقَالَ جَلَّ وَ عَزَّ: وَ عَلَى الْأَعْرافِ رِجالٌ يَعْرِفُونَ كُلًّا بِسِيماهُمْ‏

(This is) because theyasws recognise the servants. Allahazwj Introduced themasws during the pact of the Covenant with the obedience being for themasws. Heazwj Described themasws in Hisazwj Book. The Mighty and Majestic Said: And upon the heights would be men recognising all by their marks, [7:46].

وَ هُمُ الشُّهَدَاءُ عَلَى النَّاسِ، وَ النَّبِيُّونَ شُهَدَاءُ لَهُمْ بِأَخْذِهِ‏ لَهُمْ مَوَاثِيقَ الْعِبَادِ بِالطَّاعَةِ، وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ: فَكَيْفَ إِذا جِئْنا مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ بِشَهِيدٍ وَ جِئْنا بِكَ عَلى‏ هؤُلاءِ شَهِيداً يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ‏ كَفَرُوا وَ عَصَوُا الرَّسُولَ لَوْ تُسَوَّى بِهِمُ الْأَرْضُ وَ لا يَكْتُمُونَ اللَّهَ حَدِيثاً.

And theyasws are the witnesses upon the people, and the Prophetsas are witnesses for themasws by the Taking of the Covenants of the servants having been Taken for themasws, and that is Hisazwj Word: How will it be, when We Come with a witness from every community, and We Come with you as a witness upon them? [4:41] On that Day will those who committed Kufr and disobeyed the Rasool would desire if only the earth could be levelled with them, and they shall not be (able to) conceal any facts from Allah [4:42].

وَ كَذَلِكَ‏ أَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَى آدَمَ: أَنْ يَا آدَمُ! قَدِ انْقَضَتْ مُدَّتُكَ، وَ قُضِيَتْ نُبُوَّتُكَ، وَ اسْتَكْمَلَتْ أَيَّامُكَ، وَ حَضَرَ أَجَلُكَ، فَخُذِ النُّبُوَّةَ وَ مِيرَاثَ النُّبُوَّةِ وَ اسْمَ اللَّهِ الْأَكْبَرَ فَادْفَعْهُ إِلَى ابْنِكَ: هِبَةِ اللَّهِ، فَإِنِّي لَمْ أَدَعِ الْأَرْضَ بِغَيْرِ عَلَمٍ يُعْرَفُ،

And like that Allahazwj revealed to Adamas: “O Adamas! Youras term has expired, and youras Prophet-hood has expired, and youras days are completed, and youras death has presented, so take the Prophet-hood, and inheritance of the Prophet-hood, and the Greatest Name of Allahazwj, and hand it over to youras sonas Hibatullahas, for Iazwj do not leave the earth without an understanding scholar!”

فَلَمْ تَزَلِ‏ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ وَ الْأَوْصِيَاءُ يَتَوَارَثُونَ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى انْتَهَى الْأَمْرُ إِلَيَّ، وَ أَنَا أَدْفَعُ ذَلِكَ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ وَصِيِّي، وَ هُوَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى، وَ إِنَّ عَلِيّاً يُورَثُ وُلْدُهُ حَيُّهُمْ عَنْ مَيِّتِهِمْ،

The Prophetsas and the successorsas did not cease to be inheriting that until the matter ended to mesaww, and Isaww hand that over to mysaww successorasws Aliasws, and heasws is from mesaww at the status of Harounas from Musaas, and that Aliasws would make hisasws living sonsasws from their sonsasws passing away.

فَمَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ جَنَّةَ رَبِّهِ فَلْيَتَوَلَّ عَلِيّاً وَ الْأَوْصِيَاءَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ، وَ لْيُسْلِمْ لِفَضْلِهِمْ، فَإِنَّهُمُ الْهُدَاةُ بَعْدِي، أَعْطَاهُمُ اللَّهُ فَهْمِي وَ عِلْمِي،

The one whom it cheers that he would enter a Garden of his Lordazwj, then let him have the Wilayah of Aliasws and of the successorsasws from after himasws, and let him submit to theirasws merits, for theyasws are the guides after meas. Allahazwj has Given themasws mysaww understanding, and mysaww knowledge.

فَهُمْ عِتْرَتِي مِنْ لَحْمِي وَ دَمِي، أَشْكُو إِلَى اللَّهِ عَدُوَّهُمْ وَ الْمُنْكِرَ لَهُمْ فَضْلَهُمْ، وَ الْقَاطِعَ عَنْهُمْ صِلَتِي، فَنَحْنُ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ‏ شَجَرَةُ النُّبُوَّةِ وَ مَعْدِنُ الرَّحْمَةِ وَ مُخْتَلَفُ الْمَلَائِكَةِ، وَ مَوْضِعُ الرِّسَالَةِ،

Theyasws are mysaww family from mysaww flesh and mysaww blood. Isaww complain to Allahazwj of theirasws enemies and the deniers to themasws of theirasws merits, and the cutters from themasws of mysaww connection. Weasws are Peopleasws of the Household of the tree of Prophet-hood, and the mine of mercy, and the interchange of the Angels, and place of the Message.

فَمَثَلُ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي فِي هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ كَمَثَلِ سَفِينَةِ نُوحٍ (ع) مَنْ رَكِبَهَا نَجَا وَ مَنْ تَخَلَّفَ عَنْهَا هَلَكَ‏، وَ مَثَلِ بَابِ حِطَّةٍ فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مَنْ دَخَلَهُ غُفِرَ لَهُ، فَأَيُّمَا رَايَةٍ خَرَجَتْ لَيْسَتْ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي فَهِيَ الدَّجَّالِيَّةُ،

And an example of the Peopleasws of mysaww Household in this community is like an example of the ship of Noahas. One who sails it would attain salvation, and one who stays behind from it would be destroyed; and an example of the door of Hitta among the children of Israel. One who entered it (his sins) were Forgiven for him. Any flag which emerged, not being from Peopleasws of mysaww Household, so it is the Dajjalite (flag).

إِنَّ اللَّهَ اخْتَارَ لِدِينِهِ أَقْوَاماً انْتَجَبَهُمْ لِلْقِيَامِ عَلَيْهِ وَ النَّصْرِ لَهُ، طَهَّرَهُمْ بِكَلِمَةِ الْإِسْلَامِ، وَ أَوْحَى إِلَيْهِمْ‏ مُفْتَرَضَ الْقُرْآنِ، وَ الْعَمَلَ بِطَاعَتِهِ فِي مَشَارِقِ الْأَرْضِ وَ مَغَارِبِهَا،

Allahazwj Chose a people for Hisazwj Religion, Selecting them for standing upon it, and the helping for it. Heazwj Purified themasws with the Word of Al-Islam, and Revealed to themasws Obligations of the Quran, and the working with being obedient to Himazwj in the east of the earth and its west.

إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَصَّكُمْ بِالْإِسْلَامِ، وَ اسْتَخْلَصَكُمْ لَهُ، وَ ذَلِكَ لِأَنَّهُ أَمْتَعُ سَلَامَةٍ، وَ أَجْمَعُ كَرَامَةٍ، اصْطَفَى اللَّهُ مَنْهَجَهُ، وَ وَصَفَهُ وَ وَصَفَ أَخْلَاقَهُ، وَ وَصَلَ أَطْنَابَهُ مِنْ ظَاهِرِ عِلْمٍ وَ بَاطِنِ حُكْمٍ‏، ذِي حَلَاوَةٍ وَ مَرَارَةٍ،

Allahazwj Specialised them with Al-Islam, and Distinguished you for it, and that is because it is a safety and collection of prestige. Allahazwj Chose its Manifesto, and Describe it and Described its mannerisms, and Connected its date of the apparent knowledge and esoteric wisdom, with sweetness and bitterness.

فَمَنْ طَهَّرَ بَاطِنَهُ رَأَى عَجَائِبَ مَنَاظِرِهِ فِي مَوَارِدِهِ وَ مَصَادِرِهِ، وَ مَنْ فَطَنَ لِمَا بَطَنَ‏ رَأَى مَكْنُونَ الْفِطَنِ‏ وَ عَجَائِبَ الْأَمْثَالِ وَ السُّنَنِ، فَظَاهِرُهُ أَنِيقٌ‏، وَ بَاطِنُهُ عَمِيقٌ، وَ لَا تَفْنَى‏ غَرَائِبُهُ، وَ لَا تَنْقَضِي عَجَائِبُهُ، فِيهِ مَفَاتِيحُ الْكَلَامِ، وَ مَصَابِيحُ الظَّلَامِ،

One who cleans his interior would see wondrous scenery in its (Quran’s) resources and its sources; and the one who discerns of what is hidden would see the hidden substance of discernment, and wondrous parables and Sunnahs. Its apparent is elegant and its hidden is deep. Neither do its strangeness perish nor will its wonders terminate. In it are keys of the speech, and lamps for the darkness.

لَا يُفْتَحُ الْخَيْرَاتُ إِلَّا بِمَفَاتِحِهِ، وَ لَا تُكْشَفُ الظُّلُمَاتُ إِلَّا بِمَصَابِيحِهِ، فِيهِ تَفْصِيلٌ وَ تَوْصِيلٌ، وَ بَيَانُ الِاسْمَيْنِ الْأَعْلَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ جُمِعَا فَاجْتَمَعَا، لَا يَصْلُحَانِ إِلَّا مَعاً، يُسَمَّيَانِ فَيَفْتَرِقَانِ، وَ يُوصَلَانِ فَيَجْتَمِعَانِ، تَمَامُهُمَا فِي تَمَامِ أَحَدِهِمَا، حَوَالَيْهَا نُجُومٌ، وَ عَلَى نُجُومِهَا نُجُومٌ، لِيَحْمِيَ حَمَاهُ، وَ يَرْعَى مَرْعَاهُ،

The goodness cannot be opened except by its keys, nor can the darkness be removed except by its lanterns. In it is detail and elaboration, and explanation of the two lofty names, those are gathered together, not being correct except together. They are named, so they are separated, and they are connected, so they are gathered. Its completeness in the completion of one of them. Around it are stars, and upon its stars are stars, in order to protect its protectors, and take care of its caretakers.

وَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ تِبْيَانُهُ وَ بَيَانُهُ‏ وَ حُدُودُهُ وَ أَرْكَانُهُ، وَ مَوَاضِعُ مَقَادِيرِهِ، وَ وَزْنُ مِيزَانِهِ، مِيزَانِ الْعَدْلِ، وَ حُكْمِ الْفَصْلِ، إِنَّ دُعَاةَ الدِّينِ فَرَّقُوا بَيْنَ الشَّكِّ وَ الْيَقِينِ، وَ جَاءُوا بِالْحَقِّ، بَنَوْا لِلْإِسْلَامِ‏ بُنْيَاناً فَأَسَّسُوا لَهُ أَسَاساً وَ أَرْكَاناً، وَ جَاءُوا عَلَى ذَلِكَ شُهُوداً بِعَلَامَاتٍ وَ أَمَارَاتٍ،

And in the Quran is its explanation and its statements, and its limits, and its elements, and places of its determinations, and weight of its scales, and the scale of justice, and the decisive judgment. The claimants of the religion separated between the doubt and the certainty, and they came with the truth. Theyasws built for Al-Islam its foundations, and they established its foundations for it and its cornerstones, and theyasws came upon that as witnessed with markings and constructions.

فِيهَا كَفْيُ الْمُكَتَفِي، وَ شِفَاءُ الْمُشْتَفِي‏، يَحْمَوْنَ حَمَاهُ، وَ يَرْعَوْنَ مَرْعَاهُ، وَ يَصُونُونَ مَصُونَهُ، وَ يُفَجِّرُونَ عُيُونَهُ، بِحُبِّ اللَّهِ وَ بِرِّهِ وَ تَعْظِيمِ أَمْرِهِ وَ ذِكْرِهِ بِمَا يُحِبُّ أَنْ يُذْكَرَ بِهِ، يَتَوَاصَلُونَ بِالْوِلَايَةِ، وَ يَتَنَازَعُونَ بِحُسْنِ الرِّعَايَةِ،

In it is sufficient for the ones seeking sufficiency, and healing for the seekers of treatment, and protection for ones seeking protection, and care for ones seeking its care, and its protection safeguarding it, and its springs are bursting forth by the Love of Allahazwj and Hisazwj Kindness, and Reverence of Hisazwj Commands and Hisazwj Mention with what Heazwj Loves to be Mentioned with, connected with the Wilayah, and disputes with goodly care.

وَ يَتَسَاقَوْنَ‏ بِكَأْسٍ رَوِيَّةٍ، وَ يَتَلَاقَوْنَ بِحُسْنِ التَّحِيَّةِ، وَ أَخْلَاقٍ سَنِيَّةٍ، قُوَّامٌ عُلَمَاءُ أُمَنَاءُ، لَا يَسُوقُ‏ فِيهِمُ الرِّيبَةُ، وَ لَا تَشْرَعُ‏ فِيهِمُ الْغِيبَةُ، فَمَنِ اسْتَبْطَنَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئاً اسْتَبْطَنَ خُلْقاً سَنِيّاً،

And they are getting together with a saturating cup, and meeting with beautiful welcome, and high morals, stewardship of trustworthy scholars, there being no mistrust among them, nor does the backbiting start among them. The one who hides something from that would be hiding morals.

فَطُوبَى لِذِي قَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ أَطَاعَ مَنْ يَهْدِيهِ، وَ اجْتَنَبَ مَنْ يُرْدِيهِ، وَ يَدْخُلُ مَدْخَلَ كَرَامَةٍ، وَ يَنَالُ سَبِيلَ سَلَامَةٍ، تَبْصِرَةً لِمَنْ بَصَّرَهُ، وَ طَاعَةً لِمَنْ يَهْدِيهِ‏ إِلَى أَفْضَلِ الدَّلَالَةِ، وَ كَشْفَاً لِغَطَاءِ الْجَهَالَةِ الْمُضِلَّةِ الْمُهْلِكَةِ،

Beatitude is for the one with a tranquil heart, obeying the oneasws guiding him, and shunning the one who deviates him, and entering a prestigious entrance, and attaining the way of safety, being an insight for the one with insight, and obedience for the one guided to the superior evidence, and removal of the covering of ignorance, the straying, the destructive spree.

وَ مَنْ أَرَادَ بَعْدَ هَذَا فَلْيُظْهِرْ بِالْهُدَى‏ دِينَهُ، فَإِنَّ الْهُدَى لَا تُغْلَقُ أَبْوَابُهُ‏، وَ قَدْ فُتِحَتْ أَسْبَابُهُ بِبُرْهَانٍ وَ بَيَانٍ، لِامْرِئٍ اسْتَنْصَحَ وَ قَبِلَ نَصِيحَةَ مَنْ نَصَحَ بِخُضُوعٍ وَ حُسْنِ خُشُوعٍ، فَلْيَقْبَلِ امْرُؤٌ بِقَبُولِهَا، وَ لْيَحْذَرْ قَارِعَةً قَبْلَ حُلُولِهَا، وَ السَّلَامُ..

And the one who wants after this, then let him manifest his religion with the guidance, for the guidance, its doors are not locked, and its means are opened with proofs. By myasws life! Iasws have advised, and he should accept the advice, one with humbleness and goodly reverence. Thus, let the persons accept with its acceptance, and let him be cautious of a disaster before its solutions. Greetings!’’⁵

[17] باب احتجاج الحسين عليه السلام على عمر و هو على المنبر

CHAPTER 17 – ARGUMENTATION OF AL-HUSAYNasws AGAINST UMAR WHILE HE WAS UPON THE PULPIT

1- ج‏: رُوِيَ‏ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ كَانَ يَخْطُبُ النَّاسَ عَلَى مِنْبَرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَذَكَرَ فِي خُطْبَتِهِ أَنَّهُ‏ أَوْلى‏ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ‏ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْحُسَيْنُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ مِنْ نَاحِيَةِ الْمَسْجِدِ: انْزِلْ أَيُّهَا الْكَذَّابُ عَنْ مِنْبَرِ أَبِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، لَا مِنْبَرِ أَبِيكَ.

(The book) ‘Al-Ihtijaj’ - It is reported that Umar Bin Al-Khattab was addressing the people upon the pulpit of Rasool-Allahsaww, and he mentioned in his sermon that he (Umar) foremost with the Momineen than their own selves [33:6]. Al-Husaynasws said to him from a corner of the Masjid: ‘Get down, O liar, from the pulpit of myasws (grand) fathersaww Rasool-Allahsaww! It is not a pulpit of your father’.

فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ: فَمِنْبَرُ أَبِيكَ لَعَمْرِي يَا حُسَيْنُ! لَا مِنْبَرُ أَبِي، مَنْ عَلَّمَكَ هَذَا؟ أَبُوكَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ؟.

Umar said to him, ‘The pulpit is for yourasws (grand) fathersaww, by my life, O Husaynasws! It is not the pulpit of my father. Who taught youasws this? Yourasws father Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws?’

فَقَالَ لَهُ الْحُسَيْنُ: إِنْ أُطِعْ أَبِي فِيمَا أَمَرَنِي فَلَعَمْرِي إِنَّهُ لَهَادٍ وَ أَنَا مُهْتَدٍ بِهِ، وَ لَهُ فِي رِقَابِ النَّاسِ الْبَيْعَةُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ (ص) نَزَلَ بِهَا جَبْرَئِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى لَا يُنْكِرُهَا أَحَدٌ إِلَّا جَاحِدٌ بِالْكِتَابِ،

Al-Husaynasws said to him: ‘Iasws am obedient to myasws fatherasws in whatever heasws instructs measws. By myasws life! Heasws is a guide and Iasws am guided by himasws, and for himasws, in the necks of the people is the allegiance in the era of Rasool-Allahsaww. Jibraeelas had descended with it from the Presence of Allahazwj the Exalted. No one will deny it except a rejecter of the Book.

قَدْ عَرَفَهَا النَّاسُ بِقُلُوبِهِمْ وَ أَنْكَرُوهَا بِأَلْسِنَتِهِمْ، وَ وَيْلٌ لِلْمُنْكِرِينَ حَقَّنَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ (ع)، مَا ذَا يَلْقَاهُمْ بِهِ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مِنْ إِدَامَةِ الْغَضَبِ وَ شِدَّةِ الْعَذَابِ؟!.

The people have recognised it with their hearts and they rejected it with their tongues. Woe be unto the deniers of ourasws rights, Peopleasws of the Household! What is that which Muhammadsaww Rasool-Allahsaww would receive them with, from the permanent anger and severity of the punishment?’

فَقَالَ‏ عُمَرُ: يَا حُسَيْنُ! مَنْ أَنْكَرَ حَقَّ أَبِيكَ فَعَلَيْهِ لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ! أَمَّرَنَا النَّاسُ فَتَأَمَّرْنَا، وَ لَوْ أَمَّرُوا أَبَاكَ لَأَطَعْنَا.

Umar said, ‘O Husaynasws! One who denies a right of yourasws fatherasws, upon him be the Curse of Allahazwj! The people made us the commanders, and had they made yourasws fatherasws the commander, we would have obeyed’.

فَقَالَ لَهُ الْحُسَيْنُ (ع): يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ! فَأَيُّ النَّاسِ أَمَّرَكَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ تُؤَمِّرَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ لِيُؤَمِّرَكَ عَلَى النَّاسِ بِلَا حُجَّةٍ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ وَ لَا رِضًى مِنْ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ؟!

Al-Husaynasws said to him: ‘O Ibn Al-Khattab! Which of the people made you a commander upon himself, before you had made Abu Bakr the commander upon yourself. He made you the commander upon the people with neither any proof from the Prophetsaww nor agreement from Progenyasws of Muhammadsaww?

فَرِضَاكُمْ كَانَ لِمُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ السَّلَامُ رِضًى، أَوْ رِضَى أَهْلِهِ كَانَ لَهُ سَخَطاً؟! أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ لَوْ أَنْ لِلِّسَانِ مَقَالًا يَطُولُ تَصْدِيقُهُ، وَ فِعْلًا يُعِينُهُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ لَمَا تَخَطَّيْتَ رِقَابَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ (ص)،

Was your pleasure a pleasure for Muhammadsaww, or was the pleasure of hissaww family an anger for himsaww? But, by Allahazwj! If the tongues had exchanges, its ratification would be lengthy, and a deed the Momineen would have witnessed, due to what was skipped over the necks of Progenyasws of Muhammad.

تَرْقَى مِنْبَرَهُمْ وَ صِرْتَ الْحَاكِمَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِكِتَابٍ نَزَلَ فِيهِمْ، لَا تَعْرِفُ مُعْجَمَهُ، وَ لَا تَدْرِي تَأْوِيلَهُ إِلَّا سَمَاعَ الْآذَانِ، الْمُخْطِئُ وَ الْمُصِيبُ‏ عِنْدَكَ سَوَاءٌ، فَجَزَاكَ اللَّهُ جَزَاكَ، وَ سَأَلَكَ عَمَّا أَحْدَثْتَ سُؤَالًا حَفِيّاً.

You ascended theirasws pulpit and then became the judge against themasws with the Book having been Revealed among themasws. Neither do you recognise its vocabulary, nor do you know its interpretation, except listening to the Azaan. The erring ones and the correct one is the same in your presence. So, Allahazwj will Recompense you with your Recompense, and Question you about what you innovated, Question while being bare-footed.

قَالَ: فَنَزَلَ عُمَرُ مُغْضَباً وَ مَشَى مَعَهُ أُنَاسٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ حَتَّى أَتَى بَابَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ، فَاسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَيْهِ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ، فَدَخَلَ فَقَالَ‏: يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ! مَا لَقِيتُ مِنِ‏ ابْنِكَ الْحُسَيْنِ؟! يُجْهِرُنَا بِصَوْتٍ فِي مَسْجِدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ (ص) وَ يُحَرِّضُ عَلَيَّ الطَّغَامَ وَ أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ؟!.

He (the narrator) said, ‘Umar descended angrily and some people from his companions walked with him until he came to the door of Amir Al-Momineenasws. He sought permission to see himasws, and heasws permitted for him. He entered and said, ‘O Abu Al-Hassanasws! What am I facing from yourasws sonasws Al-Husaynasws?! Heasws spoke to us in a loud voice in the Masjid of Rasool-Allahsaww, and incited against me the young ones and people of Al-Medina!’

فَقَالَ لَهُ الْحَسَنُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: مِثْلُ‏ الْحُسَيْنِ ابْنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ يَسْتَحِثُ‏ بِمَنْ لَا حُكْمَ لَهُ، أَوْ يَقُولُ بِالطَّغَامِ عَلَى أَهْلِ دِينِهِ، أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ مَا نِلْتَ مَا نِلْتَ‏ إِلَّا بِالطَّغَامِ، فَلَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ حَرَّضَ الطَّغَامَ!.

Al-Hassanasws said to him: ‘An example of Al-Husaynasws, (grand) sonasws of the Prophetsaww arousing the one there is no judgment for him, or is heasws speaking with the youths against the people of hisasws Religion? But, by Allahazwj! You did not attain what you have attained except by the youths, so may Allahazwj Curse the one who incited the youths!’

فَقَالَ لَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: مَهْلًا يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ! فَإِنَّكَ لَنْ تَكُونَ قَرِيبَ الْغَضَبِ، وَ لَا لَئِيمَ الْحَسَبِ، وَ لَا فِيكَ عُرُوقٌ مِنَ السُّودَانِ، اسْمَعْ كَلَامِي، وَ لَا تَعْجَلْ بِالْكَلَامِ.

Amir Al-Momineenasws said to him: ‘Shh! No, O Abu Muhammadasws! Youasws should never go near the anger, nor (near) one of evil ancestry, nor are there any veins in you from the multitude. Listen to myasws speech and do not be hasty with the speech’.

فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ: يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ! إِنَّهُمَا لَيَهُمَّانِ فِي أَنْفُسِهِمَا بِمَا لَا يُرَى بِغَيْرِ الْخِلَافَةِ.

Umar said to himasws, ‘O Abu Al-Hassanasws! Theyasws are both caring regarding theirasws own selves with what theyasws see being without the caliphate’.

فَقَالَ لَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: هُمَا أَقْرَبُ نَسَباً بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مِنْ أَبِيهِمَا أَمَا فَأَرْضِهِمَا- يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ- بِحَقِّهِمَا يَرْضَ عَنْكَ مَنْ بَعْدَهُمَا.

Amir Al-Momineenasws said to him: ‘Theyasws are both closer in attribution with Rasool-Allahsaww that theirasws own fatherasws is. But, O Ibn Al-Khattab, please themasws with theirasws rights, (so that) the ones after themasws would be pleased with you’.

قَالَ: وَ مَا رِضَاهُمَا يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ؟ قَالَ: رِضَاهُمَا الرَّجْعَةُ عَنِ الْخَطِيئَةِ، وَ التَّقِيَّةُ عَنِ الْمَعْصِيَةِ بِالتَّوْبَةِ.

He said, ‘And what would please themasws, O Abu Al-Hassanasws?’ Heasws said: ‘Theirasws pleasure is the retraction from the mistake fearing from the disobedience, along with the repentance’.

فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ: أَدِّبْ- يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ- ابْنَكَ أَنْ لَا يَتَعَاطَى السَّلَاطِينَ الَّذِينَ هُمُ الْحُكَمَاءُ فِي الْأَرْضِ.

Umar said to himasws, ‘O Abu Al-Hassanasws! Educate yourasws sonasws that heasws should not interject the ruling authority, those who are the rulers in the earth’.

فَقَالَ لَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: أَنَا أُؤَدِّبُ أَهْلَ الْمَعَاصِي عَلَى مَعَاصِيهِمْ، وَ مَنْ أَخَافُ عَلَيْهِ الزَّلَّةَ وَ الْهَلَكَةَ، فَأَمَّا مَنْ وَلَدَهُ‏ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (ص) لَا يَحُلُ‏ أَدَبُهُ، فَإِنَّهُ يَنْتَقِلُ‏ إِلَى أَدَبٍ خَيْرٍ لَهُ مِنْهُ، أَمَا فَأَرْضِهِمَا يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ!.

Amir Al-Momineenasws said: ‘Iasws educate the disobedience people upon their disobedience, and one Iasws fear the slips and the destruction upon him. As for the oneasws Rasool-Allahsaww has begotten, it is not Permissible for measws to educate himasws, for heasws would be transferred to an education better for himasws than it. But, please themasws, O Ibn Al-Khattab!’

قَالَ: فَخَرَجَ عُمَرُ فَاسْتَقْبَلَهُ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ وَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ‏: يَا أَبَا حَفْصٍ! مَا صَنَعْتَ وَ قَدْ طَالَتْ بِكُمَا الْحُجَّةُ؟. فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ: وَ هَلْ حُجَّةٌ مَعَ ابْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَ شِبْلَيْهِ؟!.

He (the narrator) said, ‘Umar went out and was met by Usman Bin Affan and Abdul Rahman Bin Awf. Abdul Rahman said to him, ‘O Abu Hafs! What happened, and the arguments were prolonged with you? Umar said, ‘And can anyone argue with the sonasws of Abu Talibasws and hisasws cubs?!’

فَقَالَ لَهُ عُثْمَانُ: يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ! هُمْ بَنُو عَبْدِ مَنَافٍ الْأَسْمَنُونَ وَ النَّاسُ عِجَافٌ. فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ: مَا أَعُدُّ مَا صِرْتَ إِلَيْهِ فَخْراً فَخَرْتَ بِهِ، أَ بِحُمْقِكَ‏؟. فَقَبَضَ عُثْمَانُ عَلَى مَجَامِعِ ثِيَابِهِ ثُمَّ جَذَبَهُ وَ رَدَّهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ‏: يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ! كَأَنَّكَ تُنْكِرُ مَا أَقُولُ.

Usman said to him, ‘O Ibn Al-Khattab! Theyasws are the sonsasws of Abd Manafas, the fat ones and the people are thin (metaphorically)’. Umar said to him, ‘How repeatedly proud you have become, so you are priding with it. Are you an idiot?’ Usman grabbed the generality of his clothes, then pulled him and pushed him, then said, ‘O Ibn Al-Khattab! It is as if you dislike what I am saying’.

فَدَخَلَ بَيْنَهُمَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ‏ وَ فَرَّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا، وَ افْتَرَقَ الْقَوْمُ‏.

Abdul Rahman came between them and separated between them, and the people dispersed’’.⁶

2- كشف‏: عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ‏، أَنَّ الْحُسَيْنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ أَتَى عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ- وَ هُوَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ- فَقَالَ لَهُ: انْزِلْ عَنْ مِنْبَرِ أَبِي.

(The book) ‘Kashf Al-Ghumma’ – From Zayd son of Ali (Bin Al-Husaynasws), from his fatherasws: ‘Al-Husaynasws Bin Aliasws came to Umar Bin Al-Khattab while he was upon the pulpit, and said to him: ‘Get down from the pulpit of myasws fatherasws!’

فَبَكَى عُمَرُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: صَدَقْتَ يَا بُنَيَّ، مِنْبَرُ أَبِيكَ لَا مِنْبَرُ أَبِي! فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: مَا هُوَ وَ اللَّهِ عَنْ رَأْيِي. فَقَالَ: صَدَقْتَ! وَ اللَّهِ مَا اتَّهَمْتُكَ‏ يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ،

Umar wept, then said, ‘Youasws speak the truth, O my sonasws! It is the pulpit of yourasws fatherasws and not the pulpit of my father!’ Aliasws said: ‘By Allahazwj! Is it not from myasws opinion’. He said, ‘Youasws speak the truth! By Allahazwj, I am not accusing youasws, O Abu Al-Hassanasws!’

ثُمَّ نَزَلَ عَنِ الْمِنْبَرِ فَأَخَذَهُ فَأَجْلَسَهُ إِلَى جَانِبِهِ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَخَطَبَ النَّاسَ- وَ هُوَ جَالِسٌ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ مَعَهُ‏-،

Then he descended from the pulpit angrily, grabbed himasws and made himasws to be seated by his side upon the pulpit. Then he addressed the people while heasws was seated with him upon the pulpit.

ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ! سَمِعْتُ نَبِيَّكُمْ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ يَقُولُ: احْفَظُونِي فِي عِتْرَتِي وَ ذُرِّيَّتِي، فَمَنْ حَفِظَنِي فِيهِمْ حَفِظَهُ اللَّهُ، أَلَا لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَى مَنْ آذَانِي فِيهِمْ. ثَلَاثاً.

Then he said, ‘O you people! I heard your Prophetsaww saying: ‘Protect mesaww regarding mysaww family and mysaww offspring! The one who protects mesaww regarding them, Allahazwj would Protect him. Indeed! The Curse of Allahazwj is upon the one who hurts mesaww regarding them’ – thrice’’.⁷

3- ما:- ابْنُ الصَّلْتِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُقْدَةَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى الضَّرِيرِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا الْمَكِّيِّ، عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ طَارِقٍ، عَنْ زَيْدٍ .. مِثْلَهُ.

(The book) ‘Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – Ibn Al Salt, from Ibn Uqdah, from Muhammad Bin Isa Al Zareer, from Muhammad Bin Zakariyya Al Makky, from Kaseer Bin Tariq, from Zayd – similar to it.⁸

[18] باب في ذكر ما كان من حيرة الناس بعد وفاة الرسول صلّى اللّه عليه و آله و رجوعهم إلى أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام‏

CHAPTER 18 – REGARDING MENTION OF WHAT HAD HAPPENNED FROM THE CONFUSION OF THE PEOPLE AFTER THE EXPIRY OF RASOOL-ALLAHsaww, AND THEIR REFERRING TO AMIR AL-MOMINEENasws

1- إِرْشَادُ الْقُلُوبِ‏: بِحَذْفِ الْإِسْنَادِ مَرْفُوعاً إِلَى سَلْمَانَ الْفَارِسِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: كَانَ مِنَ الْبَلَاءِ الْعَظِيمِ الَّذِي ابْتَلَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِهِ قُرَيْشاً بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ لِيُعَرِّفَهَا أَنْفُسَهَا وَ يَجْرَحَ شَهَادَتَهَا عَلَى مَا ادَّعَتْهُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ بَعْدَ وَفَاتِهِ، وَ دَحَضَ حُجَّتَهَا، وَ كَشَفَ غِطَاءَ مَا أَسَرَّتْ فِي قُلُوبِهَا، وَ أَخْرَجَتْ ضَغَائِنَهَا لِآلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ أَجْمَعِينَ وَ أَزَالَتْهُمْ عَنْ إِمَامَتِهِمْ، وَ مِيرَاثِ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ فِيهِمْ،

(The book) ‘Irshad al Quloob’ – By the deleted chain, raising it to,

‘Salman Al-Farsira having said, ‘It was from the mighty afflictions which Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic Tried Quraysh with after their prophetsaww in order to Know their selves, and Bring out their testimonies what they used to claim upon Rasool-Allahsaww after hissaww passing away, and Refuted their arguments, and Removed the covering what had kept the secrets in their hearts, and their grudges towards the Progenyasws of Muhammadsaww came out, and their removing themasws from theirasws Imamate, and inheritance of the Book of Allahazwj among themasws.

مَا عَظُمَتْ خَطِيئَتُهُ، وَ شَمَلَتْ فَضِيحَتُهُ، وَ وَضَحَتْ هِدَايَةُ اللَّهِ فِيهِ لِأَهْلِ‏ دَعْوَتِهِ وَ وَرَثَةِ نَبِيِّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، وَ أَنَارَتْ‏ بِهِ قُلُوبُ أَوْلِيَائِهِمْ، وَ غَمَرَهُمْ نَفْعُهُ وَ أَصَابَهُمْ بَرَكَاتُهُ:

How large were their sins, and the inclusion of their scandals, and Guidance of Allahazwj was placed in it for the people of Hisazwj Call and inheritors of Hisazwj Prophetsaww, and the hearts of theirasws friends were radiated by it, and they were inundated by its benefits, and its Blessings came to them.

أَنَ‏ مَلِكَ الرُّومِ لَمَّا بَلَغَهُ وَفَاةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ خَبَرُ أُمَّتِهِ وَ اخْتِلَافِهِمْ فِي الِاخْتِيَارِ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَ تَرْكِهِمْ سَبِيلَ هِدَايَتِهِمْ، وَ ادِّعَائِهِمْ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يُوصِ إِلَى أَحَدٍ بَعْدَ وَفَاتِهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، وَ إِهْمَالَهُ إِيَّاهُمْ يَخْتَارُوا لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ، وَ تَوْلِيَتِهِمُ الْأَمْرَ بَعْدَهُ الْأَبَاعِدَ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ، وَ صَرْفِ ذَلِكَ عَنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ وَ وَرَثَتِهِ وَ قَرَابَتِهِ‏، دَعَا عُلَمَاءَ بَلَدِهِ وَ اسْتَفْتَاهُمْ‏

When the News of the expiry of Rasool-Allahsaww reached to the king of Rome, and news of hissaww community and their differing regarding the choosing upon them, and their leaving the way of their guidance, and their allegation upon Rasool-Allahsaww that hesaww did not bequeath to anyone after hissaww expiry, and hissaww carrying them with choosing for themselves, and their making in-charge of the command after himsaww to the remotest from hissaww people, and turning that away from the Peopleasws of hissaww Household, and hissaww inheritor, and hissaww near of kin, he called the scholars of his city and sought their verdicts.

فَنَاظَرَهُمْ فِي الْأَمْرِ الَّذِي ادَّعَتْهُ قُرَيْشٌ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ فِيمَا جَاءَ بِهِ مُحَمَّدٌ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَأَجَابُوهُ بِجَوَابَاتٍ مِنْ حُجَجِهِمْ عَلَى أَنَّهُ‏ مُحَمَّدٌ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ،

He made them debate regarding the command which Quraysh had claimed after their Prophetsaww and regarding what Muhammadsaww had come with. They answered him with answers from their arguments upon that (it is upon the community) of Muhammadsaww.

فَسَأَلَ أَهْلُ مَدِينَتِهِ أَنْ يُوَجِّهَهُمْ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ لِمُنَاظَرَتِهِمْ وَ الِاحْتِجَاجِ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَأَمَرَ الْجَاثَلِيقَ أَنْ يَخْتَارَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ وَ أَسَاقِفَتِهِ، فَاخْتَارَ مِنْهُمْ مِائَةَ رَجُلٍ، فَخَرَجُوا يَقْدُمُهُمْ جَاثَلِيقٌ لَهُمْ قَدْ أَقَرَّتِ الْعُلَمَاءُ لَهُ جَمِيعاً بِالْفَضْلِ وَ الْعِلْمِ،

He asked the people of his city that they should head to Al-Medina in order to debate them and for the argumentation against them. He ordered the Archbishop to choose from his companions and his bishops. He chose one hundred men from them, and they went out, a bishop of theirs leading them, the entirety of the scholar had acknowledged the merit and the knowledge being for him.

مُتَبَحِّراً فِي عِلْمِهِ يُخْرِجُ الْكَلَامَ مِنْ تَأْوِيلِهِ، وَ يَرُدُّ كُلَّ فَرْعٍ‏ إِلَى أَصْلِهِ، لَيْسَ بِالْخُرْقِ‏ وَ لَا بِالنَّزِقِ‏ وَ لَا بِالْبَلِيدِ وَ الرِّعْدِيدِ، وَ لَا النَّكِلِ‏ وَ لَا الْفَشِلِ يَنْصِتُ لِمَنْ يَتَكَلَّمُ، وَ يُجِيبُ إِذَا سُئِلَ، وَ يَصْبِرُ إِذَا مُنِعَ،

He was dazzling in his knowledge and extracting the speech from its interpretation, and his returning every branch to its root. Neither being with the weak intellect, nor with the anger, nor with the dullness, nor cowardice, nor with failure being silent to the one he speaks to, and answers when asked, and patient when blocked.

فَقَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ بِمَنْ مَعَهُ مِنْ خِيَارِ أَصْحَابِهِ حَتَّى نَزَلَ الْقَوْمُ عَنْ رَوَاحِلِهِمْ، فَسَأَلَ أَهْلَ الْمَدِينَةِ عَمَّنْ أَوْصَى إِلَيْهِ مُحَمَّدٌ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ مَنْ قَامَ مَقَامَهُ فَدَلُّوهُ عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ، فَأَتَوْا مَسْجِدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ، فَدَخَلُوا، عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَ هُوَ فِي حَشَدَةٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فِيهِمْ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ وَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ وَ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ وَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ وَ أَنَا فِي الْقَوْمِ‏،

He arrived in Al-Medina with the ones with him, from the chosen ones of his companions, until the group descended from their rides. He asked the people of Al-Medina about the one Muhammadsaww had bequeathed to, and the ones standing in hissaww place. They pointed him to Abu Bakr. They came to the Masjid of Rasool-Allahsaww, and they entered to see Abu Bakr, and he was in a group of Quraysh, among them being Umar Bin Al-Khattab and Abu Ubeyda Bin Al-Jarrah, and Khalid Bin Al-Waleed, and Usman Bin Affan, and I was in the group.

فَوَقَفُوا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ زَعِيمُ الْقَوْمِ: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ .. فَرَدُّوا عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامَ، فَقَالَ: أَرْشِدُونَا إِلَى الْقَائِمِ مَقَامَ نَبِيِّكُمْ فَإِنَّا قَوْمٌ مِنَ الرُّومِ، وَ إِنَّا عَلَى دِينِ الْمَسِيحِ عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ، فَقَدِمْنَا لَمَّا بَلَغَنَا وَفَاةُ نَبِيِّكُمْ وَ اخْتِلَافُكُمْ

They paused at him, and the leader of the group said, ‘The greetings be upon you’. They returned the greeting unto him. He said, ‘Guide us to the one standing in the place of your Prophetsaww, for we are a people from Rome, and I am upon the Religion of the Messiah Isaas Bin Maryamas. We came when the expiry of your Prophetsaww and your differing(s) reached us.

نَسْأَلُ‏ عَنْ صِحَّةِ نُبُوَّتِهِ وَ نَسْتَرْشِدُ لِدِينِنَا، وَ نَتَعَرَّفُ‏ دِينَكُمْ، فَإِنْ كَانَ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ دِينِنَا دَخَلْنَا فِيهِ وَ سَلَّمْنَا وَ قَبِلْنَا الرُّشْدَ مِنْكُمْ طَوْعاً وَ أَجَبْنَاكُمْ إِلَى دَعْوَةِ نَبِيِّكُمْ (ص)،

We (have come to) ask the correctness of hissaww Prophet-hood and to be rightly guided to our religion, and to understand your Religion. So, if it is superior to our religion, we would enter into it, and become Muslims, and accept the guidance form you willingly, and answer you to the call of your Prophetsaww.

وَ إِنْ يَكُنْ عَلَى‏خِلَافِ مَا جَاءَتْ بِهِ الرُّسُلُ وَ جَاءَ بِهِ عِيسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ رَجَعْنَا إِلَى دَيْنِ الْمَسِيحِ فَإِنَّ عِنْدَهُ مِنْ عَهْدٍ رَأَيْنَا فِيهِ أَنْبِيَاءَهُ‏ وَ رُسُلَهُ دَلَالَةً وَ نُوراً وَاضِحاً، فَأَيُّكُمْ صَاحِبُ الْأَمْرِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّكُمْ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ؟

And if the opposite were to happen to what the Rasoolsas had come with, and Isaas had come with, we shall return to the religion of the Messiah, for with it is a pact we have seen the evidence of Hisazwj Prophetsas and Hisazwj Rasoolsas, and clear light. So, which one of you is the master of the command after your Prophetsaww?’

فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ: هَذَا صَاحِبُنَا وَ وَلِيُّ الْأَمْرِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّنَا. قَالَ الْجَاثَلِيقُ: هُوَ هَذَا الشَّيْخُ؟!. فَقَالَ‏: نَعَمْ.

Umar Bin Al-Khattab said, ‘This one is our master and in-charge of the command after our Prophetsaww’. The bishop said, ‘Is it this old man?! He said, ‘Yes’.

فَقَالَ: يَا شَيْخُ‏! أَنْتَ الْقَائِمُ الْوَصِيُّ لِمُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فِي أُمَّتِهِ؟ وَ أَنْتَ الْعَالِمُ الْمُسْتَغْنِي بِعِلْمِكَ مِمَّا عَلَّمَكَ نَبِيُّكَ مِنْ أَمْرِ الْأُمَّةِ وَ مَا تَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ؟.

He said, ‘O sheykh! Are you the custodian, the successor of Muhammadsaww in hissaww community? And are you the scholar, being needless by your knowledge from what your Prophetsaww taught, from the affairs of the community and what you would be needy to?’

قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: لَا، مَا أَنَا بِوَصِيٍّ. قَالَ لَهُ: فَمَا أَنْتَ؟! قَالَ عُمَرُ: هَذَا خَلِيفَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ. قَالَ النَّصْرَانِيُّ: أَنْتَ خَلِيفَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ اسْتَخْلَفَكَ فِي أُمَّتِهِ؟. قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: لَا.

Abu Bakr said, ‘No, I am not a successor’. He said to him, ‘So, what are you?’ Umar said, ‘This is the caliph of Rasool-Allahsaww’. The Christian said, ‘You are the caliph of Rasool-Allahsaww, hesaww had chosen as caliph regarding hissaww community? Abu Bakr said, ‘No’.

قَالَ: فَمَا هَذَا الِاسْمُ الَّذِي ابْتَدَعْتُمُوهُ وَ ادَّعَيْتُمُوهُ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّكُمْ؟!. فَإِنَّا قَدْ قَرَأْنَا كُتُبَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ فَوَجَدْنَا الْخِلَافَةَ لَا تَصْلُحُ إِلَّا لِنَبِيٍّ مِنْ أَنْبِيَاءِ اللَّهِ، لِأَنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى جَعَلَ آدَمَ خَلِيفَةً فِي الْأَرْضِ

He said, ‘So, what is this name (caliph) which you have invented it and claimed it after your Prophetsaww?! We have read Books of the Prophetsas and we found that the caliphate is not correct except for a Prophetas from the Prophetsas of Allahazwj, because Allahazwj the Exalted Made Adamas to be a caliph in the earth.

فَرَضَ طَاعَتَهُ عَلَى أَهْلِ السَّمَاءِ وَ الْأَرْضِ، وَ نَوَّهَ‏ بِاسْمِ دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَقَالَ: يا داوُدُ إِنَّا جَعَلْناكَ خَلِيفَةً فِي الْأَرْضِ كَيْفَ تَسَمَّيْتُمْ‏ بِهَذَا الِاسْمِ؟ وَ مَنْ سَمَّاكَ بِهِ؟ أَ نَبِيُّكَ سَمَّاكَ بِهِ؟.

Heazwj Obligated obedience to himas upon the inhabitants of the sky and the earth, and Praised himas with a name of Dawoodas. Heazwj Said: ‘“O Dawood! Surely, We Made you a Caliph in the earth, [38:26]. How can you name yourself with this name? And who named you with it? Did your Prophetsaww name you with it?’

قَالَ: لَا، وَ لَكِنْ تَرَاضَوُا النَّاسُ فَوَلَّوْنِي وَ اسْتَخْلَفُونِي.

He said, ‘No, but the people agreed and they made me the ruler and chose me as caliph’.

فَقَالَ: أَنْتَ خَلِيفَةُ قَوْمِكَ لَا نَبِيِّكَ‏، وَ قَدْ قُلْتَ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ لَمْ يُوصِ إِلَيْكَ، وَ قَدْ وَجَدْنَا فِي كُتُبٍ مِنْ سُنَنِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ، أَنَّ اللَّهَ لَمْ يَبْعَثْ نَبِيّاً إِلَّا وَ لَهُ وَصِيٌّ يُوصِي إِلَيْهِ‏، وَ يَحْتَاجُ النَّاسُ كُلُّهُمْ إِلَى عِلْمِهِ وَ هُوَ مُسْتَغْنٍ عَنْهُمْ،

He said, ‘(Then) you are a caliph of your people, not of your Prophetsaww, and you have said that the Prophetsaww did not bequeath to yousaww, and we have found in the Book from the Sunnahs of the Prophetsas that Allahazwj did not Send any Prophetsaww except and there was a successoras for himas heas had bequeathed to, and the whole of the people would be needy to hisas knowledge, and heas would be needless from them.

وَ قَدْ زَعَمْتَ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يُوصِ كَمَا أَوْصَتِ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ، وَ ادَّعَيْتَ أَشْيَاءَ لَسْتَ بِأَهْلِهَا، وَ مَا أَرَاكُمْ إِلَّا وَ قَدْ دَفَعْتُمْ نُبُوَّةَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ قَدْ أَبْطَلْتُمْ سُنَنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ فِي قَوْمِهِمْ.

And you have claimed that hesaww did not bequeath just as the (other) Prophetsas had bequeathed, and claimed things which aren’t for you but for its rightful ones, and I do not see you all except and you have repelled the Prophet-hood of Muhammadsaww, and you have invalidated the Sunnahs of the Prophetsas in theiras people.

قَالَ: فَالْتَفَتَ‏ الْجَاثَلِيقُ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ وَ قَالَ: إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ مُحَمَّداً لَمْ يَأْتِهِمْ بِالنُّبُوَّةِ وَ إِنَّمَا كَانَ أَمْرُهُ بِالْغَلَبَةِ، وَ لَوْ كَانَ نَبِيّاً لَأَوْصَى كَمَا أَوْصَتِ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ، وَ خَلَّفَ فِيهِمْ كَمَا خَلَّفَتِ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ مِنَ الْمِيرَاثِ وَ الْعِلْمِ، وَ لَسْنَا نَجِدُ عِنْدَ الْقَوْمِ أَثَرَ ذَلِكَ،

He (the narrator) said, ‘The bishop turned to his companions and said, ‘They are saying that Muhammadsaww did not come with the Prophet-hood, and rather hissaww matter was by overcoming, and had hesaww been a Prophetsaww, hesaww would have bequeathed just as the Prophetsas (before) had bequeathed, and left a replacement among them just as the Prophetsas had done, from the inheritance and the knowledge, and we cannot find with the (these) people, any trace of that’.

ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ كَالْأَسَدِ، فَقَالَ: يَا شَيْخُ! أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَقَدْ أَقْرَرْتَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً لَمْ يُوصِ إِلَيْكَ وَ لَا اسْتَخْلَفَكَ وَ إِنَّمَا تَرَاضَوُا النَّاسُ بِكَ، وَ لَوْ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِرِضَى الْخَلْقِ وَ اتِّبَاعِهِمْ لِهَوَاهُمْ وَ اخْتِيَارِهِمْ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ مَا بَعَثَ اللَّهُ النَّبِيِّينَ مُبَشِّرِينَ وَ مُنْذِرِينَ، وَ آتَاهُمُ الْكِتَابَ وَ الْحِكْمَةَ لِيُبَيِّنُوا لِلنَّاسِ مَا يَأْتُونَ وَ يَذَرُونَ وَ مَا فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ: لِئَلَّا يَكُونَ لِلنَّاسِ عَلَى اللَّهِ حُجَّةٌ بَعْدَ الرُّسُلِ‏

Then the bishop turned around and said, ‘O sheykh! As for you, so you have acknowledged that Muhammadsaww did not bequeath to you, nor did hesaww make you the caliph, and rather the people had agreed with you, and had Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic been Pleased with the pleasure of the people and their following their whims, and their choosing for themselves, Allahazwj would not have Sent the Prophetsas, givers of glad tidings and warners, and Given themas the Book and the Wisdom, in order for themas to explain to the people, what they should be doing and being cautious of, and what they are differing in, lest there would happen to be an argument for the people against Allah after the (coming of) Rasools; [4:165].

فَقَدْ دَفَعْتُمُ النَّبِيِّينَ عَنْ رِسَالاتِهِمْ، وَ اسْتَغْنَيْتُمْ بِالْجَهْلِ مِنِ اخْتِيَارِ النَّاسِ عَنِ اخْتِيَارِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ الرُّسُلَ لِلْعِبَادِ، وَ اخْتِيَارِ الرُّسُلِ لِأُمَّتِهِمْ، وَ نَرَاكُمْ تُعَظِّمُونَ بِذَلِكَ الْفِرْيَةَ عَلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ عَلَى نَبِيِّكُمْ، وَ لَا تَرْضَوْنَ إِلَّا أَنْ تَتَسَمَّوْا بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ بِالْخِلَافَةِ، وَ هَذَا لَا يَحِلُّ إِلَّا لِنَبِيٍّ أَوْ وَصِيِّ نَبِيٍّ،

You have pushed away the Prophetsas from theiras Message, and have availed yourselves with the ignorance, from choosing the people away from the Choice of Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic, the Rasoolsas for the servants, and the choosing of the Rasoolsas for their communities, and we are seeing you to be revering with that calumny (lie) upon Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic and upon your Prophetsaww, and you will not be pleased except if you are named with the caliphate after that; and this is not permissible except for a Prophetas or a successoras of a Prophetas.

وَ إِنَّمَا تَصِحُّ الْحُجَّةُ لَكُمْ بِتَأْكِيدِكُمُ النُّبُوَّةَ لِنَبِيِّكُمْ وَ أَخْذِكُمْ بِسُنَنِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ فِي هُدَاهُمْ، وَ قَدْ تَغَلَّبْتُمْ فَلَا بُدَّ لَنَا أَنْ نَحْتَجَّ عَلَيْكُمْ فِيمَا ادَّعَيْتُمْ حَتَّى نَعْرِفَ سَبِيلَ مَا تَدْعُونَ إِلَيْهِ، وَ نَعْرِفَ الْحَقَّ فِيكُمْ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّكُمْ، أَ صَوَابٌ مَا فَعَلْتُمْ بِإِيمَانٍ أَمْ كَفَرْتُمْ بِجَهْلٍ‏؟.

And rather the argument is correct for you with your emphasising the Prophet-hood as being for your Prophetsaww, your taking with the Sunnahs of the Prophetsas regarding theiras guidance, and you have overcome. So, there is no escape for us that we argue upon you regarding what you are claiming, until we understand the way of what you are calling to, and we understand the truth among you after your Prophetsaww, is it correct what you are doing with the faith or are you disbelieving with ignorance?’

ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا شَيْخُ! أَجِبْ.

Then he said, ‘O sheykh! Answer’.

قَالَ:: فَالْتَفَتَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ إِلَى أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ لِيُجِيبَ عَنْهُ، فَلَمْ يُحِرْ جَوَاباً، ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ الْجَاثَلِيقُ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ: بِنَاءُ الْقَوْمِ عَلَى غَيْرِ أَسَاسٍ وَ لَا أَرَى لَهُمْ حُجَّةً، أَ فَهِمْتُمْ؟. قَالُوا: بَلَى.

He (the narrator) said, ‘Abu Bakr turned towards Abu Ubeyda to answer on his behalf, but he could not come up with an answer. Then the bishop turned towards his companions and said, ‘The building of the people is not without any foundation, nor can I see any argument being for them. Do you understand?’ They said, ‘Yes’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ: يَا شَيْخُ! أَسْأَلُكَ؟. قَالَ: سَلْ.

Then he said to Abu Bakr, ‘O sheykh! Can I ask you?’ He said, ‘Ask’.

قَالَ: أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِّي وَ عَنْكَ مَا أَنْتَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ، وَ مَا أَنَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ‏؟.

He said, ‘Inform me about me and you. What are you in the Presence of Allahazwj, and what am I in the Presence of Allahazwj?’

قَالَ: أَمَّا أَنَا فَعِنْدَ نَفْسِي مُؤْمِنٌ، وَ مَا أَدْرِي مَا أَنَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ فِيمَا بَعْدُ، وَ أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَعِنْدِي كَافِرٌ، وَ مَا أَدْرِي مَا أَنْتَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ؟.

He said, ‘As for I, so I am a believer in the presence of myself, and I do not know what I am in the Presence of Allahazwj regarding what is afterwards; and as for you, so in my presence you are a Kafir, and I do not know what you are in the Presence of Allahazwj?’

قَالَ الْجَاثَلِيقُ: أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَقَدْ مَنَّيْتَ نَفْسَكَ الْكُفْرَ بَعْدَ الْإِيمَانِ، وَ جَهِلْتَ مَقَامَكَ فِي إِيمَانِكَ، أَ مُحِقٌّ أَنْتَ فِيهِ أَمْ مُبْطِلٌ، وَ أَمَّا أَنَا فَقَدْ مَنَّيْتَنِي الْإِيمَانَ بَعْدَ الْكُفْرِ، فَمَا أَحْسَنَ حَالِي وَ أَسْوَأَ حَالَكَ عِنْدَ نَفْسِكَ، إِذْ كُنْتَ لَا تُوقِنُ بِمَا لَكَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ، فَقَدْ شَهِدْتَ لِي بِالْفَوْزِ وَ النَّجَاةِ، وَ شَهِدْتَ لِنَفْسِكَ بِالْهَلَاكِ وَ الْكُفْرِ.

The bishop said, ‘As for you, so you have conferred yourself with the Kufr after the Eman, and you are ignorant of your staying in your Eman. Are you right in it or wrong? And as for I, so the Eman has been conferred to me after the Kufr. How excellent is my state and how evil is your state with yourself, when you don’t even know what is there for you in the Presence of Allahazwj. You have testified for me with the success and the salvation, and testified for yourself with the destruction and the Kufr’.

ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ: طِيبُوا نَفْساً فَقَدْ شَهِدَ لَكُمْ بِالنَّجَاةِ بَعْدَ الْكُفْرِ،

Then he turned to his companions and said, ‘Feel good for yourselves, for he has testified with the salvation being for you after the Kufr’.

ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ: يَا شَيْخُ! أَيْنَ مَكَانُكَ السَّاعَةَ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ إِذَا ادَّعَيْتَ الْإِيمَانَ، وَ أَيْنَ مَكَانِي مِنَ النَّارِ؟!.

Then he turned towards Abu Bakr and said, ‘O sheykh! Where is your place from the Paradise at the moment, when you claim the Eman, and where is my place from the Fire?’

قَالَ: فَالْتَفَتَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ إِلَى عُمَرَ وَ أبو [أَبِي‏] عُبَيْدَةَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى لِيُجِيبَا عَنْهُ، فَلَمْ يَنْطِقْ أَحَدُهُمَا.

He (the narrator) said, ‘Abu Bakr turned towards Umar and Abu Ubeyda once again for them to answer on his behalf, but not one of them spoke.

قَالَ: ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَا أَدْرِي أَيْنَ مَكَانِي وَ مَا حَالِي عِنْدَ اللَّهِ؟.

He (the narrator) said, ‘Then he said, ‘I don’t know where my place is and what my state is in the Presence of Allahazwj’.

قَالَ الْجَاثَلِيقُ: يَا هَذَا! أَخْبِرْنِي كَيْفَ اسْتَجَزْتَ لِنَفْسِكَ أَنْ تَجْلِسَ فِي هَذَا الْمَجْلِسِ وَ أَنْتَ مُحْتَاجٌ إِلَى عِلْمِ غَيْرِكَ؟ فَهَلْ فِي أُمَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ مَنْ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ مِنْكَ؟. قَالَ: نَعَمْ.

The bishop said, ‘O you! Inform me how you have allowed yourself to be seated in this seat but you are in need to the knowledge of someone else? Is there anyone in the community of Muhammadsaww, one who is more knowledgeable than you are?’ He said, ‘Yes’.

قَالَ: مَا أَعْلَمُكَ وَ إِيَّاهُمْ إِلَّا وَ قَدْ حَمَّلُوكَ أَمْراً عَظِيماً، وَ سَفِهُوا بِتَقْدِيمِهِمْ إِيَّاكَ عَلَى مَنْ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ مِنْكَ، فَإِنْ كَانَ الَّذِي هُوَ أَعْلَمُ مِنْكَ يَعْجِزُ عَمَّا سَأَلْتُكَ كَعَجْزِكَ فَأَنْتَ وَ هُوَ وَاحِدٌ فِي دَعْوَاكُمْ،

He said, ‘And what would make you and them know except and a mighty matter has carried you, and their foolishness in placing you forwards over the one who is more knowledgeable than you are. So, if the one who was more knowledgeable than you gets frustrated from what I have asked you, like your frustration, then you and he are one (and the same) in your claim.

فَأَرَى نَبِيَّكُمْ إِنْ كَانَ نَبِيّاً فَقَدْ ضَيَّعَ عِلْمَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ عَهْدَهُ وَ مِيثَاقَهُ الَّذِي أَخَذَهُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ فِي إِقَامَةِ الْأَوْصِيَاءِ لِأُمَّتِهِمْ حَيْثُ لَمْ يُقِمْ وَصِيّاً لِيَتَفَرَّغُوا إِلَيْهِ فِيمَا تَتَنَازَعُونَ‏ فِي أَمْرِ دِينِكُمْ،

I see your Prophetsaww, if hesaww was a Prophetsaww, as having wasted the Knowledge of Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic, and Hisazwj Pact and Hisazwj Covenant which Heazwj Had Taken upon the Prophetsas from before himsaww regarding the nomination of the successorsas of theiras communities, when hesaww did not nominate a successorasws they (people) could be panicking to himasws regarding what they dispute in the matters of their Religion.

فَدُلُّونِي عَلَى هَذَا الَّذِي هُوَ أَعْلَمُ مِنْكُمْ، فَعَسَاهُ فِي الْعِلْمِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْكَ فِي‏ مُحَاوَرَةٍ وَ جَوَابٍ وَ بَيَانٍ وَ مَا يُحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ أَثَرِ النُّبُوَّةِ وَ سُنَنِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ، وَ لَقَدْ ظَلَمَكَ الْقَوْمُ وَ ظَلَمُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ فِيكَ.

Point me upon this one who is more knowledgeable than you are, perhaps heasws has more knowledge than you do regarding the dialogue, and answer, and explanation, and what one could be needy to from the Ahadeeth of the Prophet-hood and Sunnahs of the Prophetsas, and the people have been unjust to you and they have been unjust to themselves regarding you’.

قَالَ سَلْمَانُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ مَا نَزَلَ بِالْقَوْمِ مِنَ الْبَهْتِ وَ الْحَيْرَةِ وَ الذُّلِ‏ وَ الصَّغَارِ، وَ مَا حَلَّ بِدِينِ مُحَمَّدٍ (ص)، وَ مَا نَزَلَ بِالْقَوْمِ مِنَ الْحُزْنِ، نَهَضْتُ- لَا أَعْقِلُ أَيْنَ أَضَعَ قَدَمِي- إِلَى بَابِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَدَقَقْتُ عَلَيْهِ الْبَابَ،

Salmanra said, ‘When Ira saw what had befallen with the people, from the dullness, and the confusion, and the disgrace, and the belittling, and what had been released with the Religion of Muhammadsaww, and what had befallen with the people, from the grief, Ira got up, and Ira did not know where Ira was placing myra feed, to the door of Amir Al-Momineenasws and knocked the door to himasws.

فَخَرَجَ وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ: مَا دَهَاكَ يَا سَلْمَانُ؟!. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: هَلَكَ دِينُ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ‏، وَ هَلَكَ الْإِسْلَامُ بَعْدَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، وَ ظَهَرَ أَهْلُ الْكُفْرِ عَلَى دِينِهِ وَ أَصْحَابِهِ بِالْحُجَّةِ، فَأَدْرِكْ- يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ!- دِينَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ الْقَوْمُ قَدْ وَرَدَ عَلَيْهِمْ مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَهُمْ بِهِ وَ لَا بُدَّ وَ لَا حِيلَةَ، وَ أَنْتَ الْيَوْمَ مُفَرِّجُ كَرْبِهَا، وَ كَاشِفُ بَلْوَاهَا، وَ صَاحِبُ مِيسَمِهَا وَ تَاجُهَا، وَ مِصْبَاحُ ظُلَمِهَا، وَ مِفْتَاحُ مُبْهَمِهَا.

Heasws came out and heasws was saying: ‘What has alarmed youra, O Salmanra?’ Ira said, ‘The Religion of Muhammadsaww is destroyed, and Al-Islam is destroyed after Muhammadsaww, and the people of Kufr have prevailed over hissaww Religion and its companions with the arguments. So, come, O Amir Al-Momineenasws (to rescue the Religion of Muhammadsaww), and there has been referred to the people what there is no strength for them with it, nor any escape, nor any means, and today youasws are the reliever of its distress, and remover of its nervousness, and owner of its good effects, and its crown, and its lamp for the darkness, and the key of (removing) its vagueness’.

قَالَ: فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَ مَا ذَاكَ؟.

He (the narrator) said, ‘Aliasws said: ‘And what is that?’

قَالَ: قُلْتُ: قَدْ قَدِمَ قَوْمٌ مِنْ مَلِكِ الرُّومِ فِي مِائَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَشْرَافِ النَّاسِ مِنْ قَوْمِهِمْ‏ يَقْدُمُهُمْ جَاثَلِيقٌ لَهُمْ‏ لَمْ أَرَ مِثْلَهُ، يُورِدُ الْكَلَامَ عَلَى مَعَانِيهِ، وَ يَصْرِفُهُ عَلَى تَأْوِيلِهِ‏، وَ يُؤَكِّدُ حُجَّتَهُ وَ يُحْكِمُ ابْتِدَاءَهُ، لَمْ أَسْمَعْ مِثْلَ حُجَّتِهِ وَ لَا سُرْعَةِ جَوَابِهِ مِنْ كُنُوزِ عِلْمِهِ،

Hera said, ‘Ira said, ‘A group from the king of Rome has arrived among one hundred men from the noble people of their community, being led by a bishop of theirs. Ira have not seen the like of it. He turns the speech upon its meanings, and he turns it upon its interpretation, and confirms it upon its argument initiating it. Ira have not heard similar to his arguments nor quickness in answering from the treasure hoard of his knowledge.

فَأَتَى أَبَا بَكْرٍ- وَ هُوَ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ- فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ مَقَامِهِ وَ وَصِيَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، فَأَبْطَلَ دَعْوَاهُ‏ بِالْخِلَافَةِ، وَ غَلَبَهُمْ بِادِّعَائِهِمْ تَخْلِيفَهُمْ مَقَامَهُ، فَأَوْرَدَ عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ مَسْأَلَةً أَخْرَجَهُ بِهَا عَنْ إِيمَانِهِ، وَ أَلْزَمَهُ الْكُفْرَ وَ الشَّكَّ فِي دِينِهِ،

He came to Abu Bakr, and he was in a group, and asked him about his position and bequest of Rasool-Allahsaww. He invalidated his claim for the caliphate and overcame them of their claims of their making a caliph of his position. He referred issues to Abu Bakr, taking him out from his Eman and necessitating him the Kufr, and the doubt in his religion.

فَعَلَتْهُمْ لِذَلِكَ‏ ذِلَّةٌ وَ خُضُوعٌ وَ حَيْرَةٌ، فَأَدْرِكْ- يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ- دِينَ مُحَمَّدٍ، فَقَدْ وَرَدَ عَلَيْهِمْ مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَهُمْ بِهِ‏.

He dealt out to them the disgrace, and humbleness, and confusion, so go (and rescue) the Religion of Muhammadsaww, O Amir Al-Momineenasws, for there has been referred to them what there is no strength for them with it’.

فَنَهَضَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ مَعِي حَتَّى أَتَيْنَا الْقَوْمَ وَ قَدْ أُلْبِسُوا الذِّلَّةَ وَ الْمَهَانَةَ وَ الصَّغَارَ وَ الْحَيْرَةَ،

Amir Al-Momineenasws went with mera until we came to the group, and they had been clothed with the disgrace, and the humiliation, and the belittling, and the confusion.

فَسَلَّمَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ، فَقَالَ: يَا نَصْرَانِيٌّ! أَقْبِلْ عَلَيَّ بِوَجْهِكَ وَ اقْصِدْنِي بِمَسَائِلِكَ فَعِنْدِي جَوَابُ مَا يَحْتَاجُ النَّاسُ إِلَيْهِ فِيمَا يَأْتُونَ وَ يَذَرُونَ، وَ بِاللَّهِ التَّوْفِيقُ.

Aliasws greeted, then sat down. Heasws said: ‘O Christian! Turn your face towards me and aim your questioned at measws, for with measws are the answers to whatever the people could be needy to regarding what they should be doing and leaving, and by Allahazwj (towards measws) is the inclination’.

قَالَ: فَتَحَوَّلَ النَّصْرَانِيُّ إِلَيْهِ، وَ قَالَ: يَا شَابُّ! إِنَّا وَجَدْنَا فِي كِتَابِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ أَنَّ اللَّهَ لَمْ يَبْعَثْ نَبِيّاً قَطُّ إِلَّا وَ كَانَ لَهُ وصيا [كَذَا] [وَصِيٌ‏] يَقُومُ مَقَامَهُ، وَ قَدْ بَلَغَنَا اخْتِلَافٌ عَنْ أُمَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ فِي مَقَامِ نُبُوَّتِهِ، وَ ادِّعَاءُ قُرَيْشٍ عَلَى الْأَنْصَارِ وَ ادِّعَاءُ الْأَنْصَارِ عَلَى قُرَيْشٍ، وَ اخْتِيَارُهُمْ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ،

Hera said, ‘The Christian turned towards himasws and said: ‘O youth! We have found in the Books of the Prophetsas that Allahazwj did not Send any Prophetas at all except and there was a successorasws for himas to stand in hisas place. It has reached us the differing(s) of the community of Muhammadsaww regarding the position of hissaww Prophet-hood, and the claims of Quraysh upon the Helpers, and the claims of the Helpers upon Quraysh, and their choosing for themselves.

فَأَقْدَمَنَا مَلِكُنَا وَفْداً، وَ قَدِ اخْتَارَنَا لِنَبْحَثَ عَنْ دِينِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ نَعْرِفَ سُنَنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ فِيهِ‏ وَ الِاسْتِمَاعَ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ الَّذِينَ ادَّعَوْا مَقَامَهُ، أَ حَقٌّ ذَلِكَ أَمْ بَاطِلٌ؟ قَدْ كَذَبُوا عَلَيْهِ كَمَا كَذَبَتِ الْأُمَمُ بَعْدَ أَنْبِيَائِهَا عَلَى نَبِيِّهَا، وَ دَفَعَتِ الْأَوْصِيَاءَ عَنْ حَقِّهَا،

So, our king sent us forward as a delegation, and we have chosen to discuss about the Religion of Muhammadsaww, we do recognise the ways of the Prophetssaww regarding it, and then listening from hissaww people, those claiming hissaww position. Is that right or wrong? They have belied upon himsaww just as the (previous) communities had belied upon their Prophetsas, and repelled the successorsas from theiras rights.

فَإِنَّا وَجَدْنَا قَوْمَ مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ بَعْدَهُ عَكَفُوا عَلَى الْعِجْلِ وَ دَفَعُوا هَارُونَ عَنْ وَصِيَّتِهِ، وَ اخْتَارُوا مَا أَنْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ، وَ كَذَلِكَ: سُنَّةَ اللَّهِ فِي الَّذِينَ خَلَوْا مِنْ قَبْلُ وَ لَنْ تَجِدَ لِسُنَّةِ اللَّهِ تَبْدِيلًا،

We found that the people of Musaas had stooped to the calf after himas, and they repelled Harounas from hisas successorship, and they chose what you are upon; and similar to that, Being a Sunnah of Allah regarding those who have gone before, and you will never find any alteration in the Sunnah of Allah [33:62].

فَقَدِمْنَا فَأَرْشَدَنَا الْقَوْمُ إِلَى هَذَا الشَّيْخِ، فَادَّعَى مَقَامَهُ وَ الْأَمْرَ لَهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ، فَسَأَلْنَا عَنِ الْوَصِيَّةِ إِلَيْهِ عَنْ نَبِيِّهِ (ص) ؟ فَلَمْ يَعْرِفْهَا،

We arrived and the people guided us to this sheykh. He claims hissaww position and the command being for him from after himsaww. We asked, ‘Was the bequeathing to him from his Prophetsaww?’ He did not understand it.

وَ سَأَلْنَاهُ عَنْ قَرَابَتِهِ مِنْهُ إِذْ كَانَتِ الدَّعْوَةُ فِي إِبْرَاهِيم عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فِيمَا سَبَقَتْ فِي الذُّرِّيَّةِ فِي إِمَامَتِهِ أَنَّهُ لَا يَنَالُهَا إِلَّا ذُرِّيَّةٌ بَعْضُها مِنْ بَعْضٍ‏، وَ لَا يَنَالُهَا إِلَّا مُصْطَفًى مُطَهَّرٌ،

And we asked about his kinship from himsaww, when the supplication regarding Ibrahimas in what has preceded in the offspring, regarding hisas Imamate, that no one would from the offspring would attain it except from each other – none would attain it except the Chosen, the Purified.

فَأَرَدْنَا أَنْ نَتَبَيَّنَ السُّنَّةَ مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ مَا جَاءَ بِهِ النَّبِيُّونَ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ، وَ اخْتِلَافَ الْأُمَّةِ عَلَى الْوَصِيِّ كَمَا اخْتَلَفَتْ عَلَى مَنْ مَضَى مِنَ الْأَوْصِيَاءِ، وَ مَعْرِفَةَ الْعِتْرَةِ فِيهِمْ؟،

We wanted to ascertain the Sunnah from Muhammadsaww, and what the (previous) Prophetsas had come with, and differing of the community upon the successorasws just as the ones from the past had differed regarding the successorsas, and recognition of the family among them?

فَإِنْ وَجَدْنَا لِهَذَا الرَّسُولِ وَصِيّاً وَ قَائِماً بَعْدَهُ وَ عِنْدَهُ عِلْمُ مَا يَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ النَّاسُ، وَ يُجِيبُ بِجَوَابَاتٍ بَيِّنَةٍ، وَ يُخْبِرُ عَنْ أَسْبَابِ الْبَلَايَا وَ الْمَنَايَا وَ فَصْلِ الْخِطَابِ وَ الْأَنْسَابِ، وَ مَا يَهْبِطُ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ، وَ مَا يَنْزِلُ‏ بِهِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَ الرُّوحُ إِلَى الْأَوْصِيَاءِ صَدَّقْنَا بِنُبُوَّتِهِ، وَ أَجَبْنَا دَعْوَتَهُ، وَ اقْتَدَيْنَا بِوَصِيَّتِهِ، وَ آمَنَّا بِهِ وَ بِكِتَابِهِ‏، وَ بِمَا جَاءَتْ بِهِ الرُّسُلُ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ،

So, if we were to find for this Rasoolsaww having a successorasws and a custodian after himsaww, and with himasws is knowledge of what the people could be needy to, and heasws answers with the answers of hisasws Prophetsaww, and informs about the causes of the afflictions and the deaths, and the decisive address, and the lineages, and what knowledge descends during the Night of Pre-determination during every year, and what the Angels and the Spirit descend with to the successorsas, we would ratify hissaww Prophet-hood, and answer hissaww call, and believe in hissaww successorasws and believe in himsaww and in hissaww book, and whatever the Rasoolsas before himsaww had come with.

وَ إِنْ يَكُنْ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ رَجَعْنَا إِلَى دِينِنَا وَ عَلِمْنَا أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً لَمْ يُبْعَثْ، وَ قَدْ سَأَلْنَا هَذَا الشَّيْخَ فَلَمْ نَجِدْ عِنْدَهُ تَصْحِيحَ نُبُوَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، وَ إِنَّمَا ادَّعَوْا لَهُ وَ كَانَ جَبَّاراً غَلَبَ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ بِالْقَهْرِ، وَ مَلَكَهُمْ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدَهُ أَثَرُ النُّبُوَّةِ، وَ لَا مَا جَاءَتْ بِهِ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ قَبْلَهُ،

And if other than that were to happen, we shall return to our religion, and we would know that Muhammadsaww had not been Sent; and we have asked this sheykh, but we did not find with him anything correct of the Prophet-hood of Muhammadsaww. But he is claiming for it and he would be a tyrant having overcome upon his people with the force, and became their king, and does not happen to have any traces of the Prophet-hood, nor what the Prophetsas before himsaww had come with.

وَ أَنَّهُ مَضَى وَ تَرَكَهُمْ بُهْماً يَغْلِبُ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضاً، وَ رَدَّهُمْ جَاهِلِيَّةً جَهْلَاءَ مِثْلَ مَا كَانُوا يَخْتَارُونَ بِآرَائِهِمْ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ .. أَيَّ دِينٍ أَحَبُّوا، وَ أَيَّ مَلِكٍ أَرَادُوا، وَ أَخْرَجُوا مُحَمَّداً صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مِنْ سَبِيلِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ، وَ جَهَّلُوهُ فِي رِسَالَتِهِ، وَ دَفَعُوا وَصِيَّتَهُ، وَ زَعَمُوا أَنَّ الْجَاهِلَ يَقُومُ مَقَامَ الْعَالِمِ، وَ فِي ذَلِكَ هَلَاكُ الْحَرْثِ وَ النَّسْلِ وَ ظُهُورُ الْفَسَادِ فِي الْأَرْضِ فِي الْبَرِّ وَ الْبَحْرِ،

And hesaww has passed away and left them as beasts overcoming each other, and returned them to ignorance of the ignoramuses like what they had been, choosing with their opinions for themselves, whichever religion they like, and whichever king they want, and they have expelled Muhammadsaww from the way of the Prophetsas, and ignored himsaww regarding hissaww Message, and they claimed that the ignorant one can stand in the place of the knowledgeable one, and in that is destruction of the farms and the lineages, and appearance of the corruption in the earth in the land and the sea.

وَ حَاشَا اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَنْ يَبْعَثَ نَبِيّاً إِلَّا مُطَهَّراً مُسَدَّداً مُصْطَفًى عَلَى الْعَالَمِينَ، وَ إِنَّ الْعَالِمَ أَمِيرٌ عَلَى الْجَاهِلِ أَبَداً إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ، فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ اسْمِهِ فَقَالَ الَّذِي إِلَى جَنْبِهِ: هَذَا خَلِيفَةُ رَسُولِ‏ اللَّهِ. فَقُلْتُ: إِنَ‏ هَذَا الِاسْمَ لَا نَعْرِفُهُ لِأَحَدٍ بَعْدَ النَّبِيِّ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ لُغَةً مِنَ اللُّغَاتِ‏،

Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic has Refused except to Send any Prophetsaww except as Purified, Directed, Chosen over the worlds, and that the rule of the knowledgeable ones upon the ignorant one would be forever, up to the Day of Qiyamah. I asked him about his name, and the one by his side said, ‘This is the caliph of Rasool-Allahsaww’. I said, ‘We do not recognise this name for anyone after the Prophetsaww except if it happens to be a (use of) language from the languages.

فَأَمَّا الْخِلَافَةُ فَلَا تَصْلُحُ إِلَّا لِآدَمَ وَ دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ، وَ السُّنَّةُ فِيهَا لِلْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ الْأَوْصِيَاءِ، وَ إِنَّكُمْ لَتُعَظِّمُونَ الْفِرْيَةَ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ، فَانْتَفَى مِنَ الْعِلْمِ، وَ اعْتَذَرَ مِنَ الِاسْمِ،

As for the caliphate, so it is not correct except for Adamas, and Dawoodas, and the Sunnah therein is for the Prophetsas and the successorsas, and you all are revering the calumny (lies) upon Allahazwj and Hisazwj Rasoolsaww and you have exiled from the knowledge, and you should apologise from the name (caliph)’.

وَ قَالَ: إِنَّمَا تَرَاضَوُا النَّاسُ بِي فَسَمَّوْنِي خَلِيفَةً، وَ فِي الْأُمَّةِ مَنْ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ مِنِّي،

And he said, ‘But rather, the people were in agreement with me, and they named me as ‘caliph’, and in the community there is someone who is more knowledgeable than me’.

فَاكْتَفَيْنَا بِمَا حَكَمَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ وَ عَلَى مَنِ اخْتَارَهُ، فَقَدِمْتُ مُسْتَرْشِداً وَ بَاحِثاً عَنِ الْحَقِّ، فَإِنْ وَضَحَ لِي اتَّبَعْتُهُ‏ وَ لَمْ تَأْخُذْنِي فِي اللَّهِ لَوْمَةُ لَائِمٍ، فَهَلْ عِنْدَكَ أَيُّهَا الشَّابُّ شِفَاءٌ لِمَا فِي صُدُورِنَا؟.

We sufficed we what he had judged upon himself and upon the ones who had chosen him. We had arrived to be rightly guided and discuss about the truth. So, if it were to be placed for me, I would follow it, and no accusation by an accuser would seize me regarding Allahazwj. O youasws youth! Is there healing with youasws for what is in our chests?’

قَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: بَلَى! عِنْدِي شِفَاءٌ لِصُدُورِكُمْ، وَ ضِيَاءٌ لِقُلُوبِكُمْ، وَ شَرْحٌ لِمَا أَنْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ، وَ بَيَانٌ لَا يَخْتَلِجُكُمُ الشَّكٌّ مَعَهُ، وَ إِخْبَارٌ عَنْ أُمُورِكُمْ، وَ بُرْهَانٌ لِدَلَالَتِكُمْ، فَأَقْبِلْ عَلَيَ‏ بِوَجْهِكَ، وَ فَرِّغْ لِي مَسَامِعَ قَلْبِكَ، وَ أَحْضِرْنِي ذِهْنَكَ، وَ عِ مَا أَقُولُ لَكَ:

Aliasws said: ‘Yes! With measws there is healing for your chests, and illumination for your hearts, and expounding for what you are upon, and such explanation you would not be needy of doubt being with it, and news about your affairs, and proof of your evidence, so turn towards me with your face, and free the ears of your heart for measws, and present your mind retaining what Iasws am saying to you: -

إِنَّ اللَّهَ بِمَنِّهِ وَ طَوْلِهِ وَ فَضْلِهِ- لَهُ الْحَمْدُ كَثِيراً دَائِماً- قَدْ صَدَّقَ وَعْدَهُ، وَ أَعَزَّ دِينَهُ، وَ نَصَرَ مُحَمَّداً عَبْدَهُ وَ رَسُولَهُ، وَ هَزَمَ الْأَحْزَابَ وَحْدَهُ، فَ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَ لَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَ هُوَ عَلى‏ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ قَدِيرٌ،

Allahazwj, by Hisazwj Conferment, and Hisazwj Forbearance, and Hisazwj Grace, for Himazwj is a lot of Praise, constant, has been Truthful of Hisazwj Promise, and Helped Muhammadsaww, Hisazwj servant and Hisazwj Rasoolsaww, and Defeated the allies Alone, For Him is the Kingdom and for Him is the Praise, and He is Able upon all things [64:1].

إِنَّهُ‏ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى اخْتَصَّ مُحَمَّداً صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ اصْطَفَاهُ وَ هَدَاهُ، وَ انْتَجَبَهُ لِرِسَالَتِهِ إِلَى النَّاسِ كَافَّةً بِرَحْمَتِهِ، وَ إِلَى الثَّقَلَيْنِ بِرَأْفَتِهِ، وَ فَرَضَ طَاعَتَهُ عَلَى أَهْلِ السَّمَاءِ وَ الْأَرْضِ‏، وَ جَعَلَهُ إِمَاماً لِمَنْ قَبْلَهُ مِنَ الرُّسُلِ، وَ خَاتَماً لِمَنْ بَعْدَهُ مِنَ الْخَلْقِ،

Surely, the Blessed and Exalted Particularised Muhammadsaww, and Chose himsaww, and Guided himsaww, and Selected himsaww for Hisazwj Message to the people, all of them with Hisazwj Mercy, and to the human beings and the Jinn with Hisazwj Kindness, and Obligated obedience to himsaww upon the inhabitants of the sky and the earth, and Made himsaww an Imamasws for the ones from the Rasoolsas before himsaww, and as the last for the ones from the creatures after himsaww;

وَ وَرَّثَهُ مَوَارِيثَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ، وَ أَعْطَاهُ مَقَالِيدَ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ، وَ اتَّخَذَهُ نَبِيّاً وَ رَسُولًا وَ حَبِيباً وَ إِمَاماً، وَ دَفَعَهُ‏ إِلَيْهِ، وَ قَرَّبَهُ يَمِينَ‏ عَرْشِهِ بِحَيْثُ لَا يَبْلُغُهُ مَلَكٌ مُقَرَّبٌ وَ لَا نَبِيٌّ مُرْسَلٌ،

And hesaww inherited the Prophetsas, and (Allahazwj) Gave himsaww the reins of the world and the hereafter, and Took himsaww as a Prophetsaww, and a Rasoolsaww, and a Beloved, and an Imamsaww, and Handed it over to himsaww, and Drew himsaww closer to Hisazwj Throne where neither an Angel of Proximity, nor a Messenger Prophetas had reached.

فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ فِي وَحْيِهِ مَا أَوْحَى ما كَذَبَ الْفُؤادُ ما رَأى‏، وَ أَنْزَلَ عَلَامَاتِهِ عَلَى الْأَنْبِيَاءِ، وَ أَخَذَ مِيثَاقَهُمْ: لَتُؤْمِنُنَّ بِهِ وَ لَتَنْصُرُنَّهُ‏.

Allahazwj Revealed to himsaww among Hisazwj Revelations Heazwj had Revealed: The heart did not belie what it saw [53:11], and Sent down Hisazwj Signs unto the Prophetssaww and Took theiras Covenants: you must believe in him, and you must help him”. [3:81].

قَالَ: ثُمَ‏ قالَ أَ أَقْرَرْتُمْ وَ أَخَذْتُمْ عَلى‏ ذلِكُمْ إِصْرِي قالُوا أَقْرَرْنا قالَ فَاشْهَدُوا وَ أَنَا مَعَكُمْ مِنَ الشَّاهِدِينَ‏

Heasws said: ‘Then Heazwj Said: He said: “Do you affirm and accept My Pact upon that?” They said: ‘We do accept’. He said: “Then bear witness, and I (too) am of the Bearers of Witness with you [3:81].

وَ قَالَ: يَجِدُونَهُ مَكْتُوباً عِنْدَهُمْ فِي التَّوْراةِ وَ الْإِنْجِيلِ يَأْمُرُهُمْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَ يَنْهاهُمْ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَ يُحِلُّ لَهُمُ الطَّيِّباتِ وَ يُحَرِّمُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْخَبائِثَ وَ يَضَعُ عَنْهُمْ إِصْرَهُمْ وَ الْأَغْلالَ الَّتِي كانَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ فَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِهِ وَ عَزَّرُوهُ وَ نَصَرُوهُ وَ اتَّبَعُوا النُّورَ الَّذِي أُنْزِلَ مَعَهُ أُولئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ‏

And Said: whom they are finding written with them in the Torah and the Evangel (that) he would be instructing them with the good things and forbidding them from the evil, and permitting for them the good things and prohibiting upon them the bad, and removing from them their burdens and their shackles which would be upon them. So those who believe in him, and assist him, and help him, and follow the Light which descends with him, they would be the successful ones [7:157].

فَمَا مَضَى صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ حَتَّى أَتَمَّ اللَّهُ مَقَامَهُ، وَ أَعْطَاهُ وَسِيلَتَهُ، وَ رَفَعَ لَهُ دَرَجَتَهُ، فَلَنْ يُذْكَرَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى‏ إِلَّا كَانَ مَعَهُ مَقْرُوناً، وَ فَرَضَ دِينَهُ، وَ وَصَلَ طَاعَتَهُ بِطَاعَتِهِ،

Thus, hesaww did not pass away until Allahazwj Completed hissaww position, and Gave himsaww hissaww means, and Raised hissaww rank for himsaww. So, Allahazwj the Exalted will never be mentioned except and hesaww would be brought in close proximity to Himazwj; and Heazwj Obligated hissaww Religion and Connected obedience to Himazwj with obedience to himsaww.

فَقَالَ: مَنْ يُطِعِ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدْ أَطاعَ اللَّهَ‏ وَ قَالَ: ما آتاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَ ما نَهاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا

Heazwj Said: There is one who obeys the Rasool, so he has obeyed Allah, [4:80]; and Said: And whatever the Rasool gives you, so take it, and whatever he forbids you from, then refrain; [59:7].

فَأَبْلَغَ عَنِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ رِسَالَتَهُ، وَ أَوْضَحَ بُرْهَانَ وَلَايَتِهِ، وَ أَحْكَمَ آيَاتِهِ، وَ شَرَّعَ شَرَائِعَهُ وَ أَحْكَامَهُ، وَ دَلَّهُمْ عَلَى سَبِيلِ نَجَاتِهِمْ، وَ بَابِ هِدَايَتِهِ‏ وَ حِكْمَتِهِ،

Hesaww delivered on behalf of Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic, Hisazwj Message, and clarified the proof of Hisazwj Wilayah, and the Decisive of Hisazwj Verse, and legislated Hisazwj Laws and Hisazwj Judgments, and pointed them upon the way of their salvation, and hesaww was the door of Hisazwj Guidance and Hisazwj Wisdom.

وَ كَذَلِكَ بَشَّرَ بِهِ النَّبِيُّونَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ قَبْلَهُ، وَ بَشَّرَ بِهِ عِيسَى رُوحُ اللَّهِ وَ كَلِمَتُهُ إِذْ يَقُولُ فِي الْإِنْجِيلِ: أَحْمَدُ الْعَرَبِيُّ النَّبِيُّ الْأُمِّيُّ صَاحِبُ الْجَمَلِ الْأَحْمَرِ وَ الْقَضِيبِ،

And like that the Prophetsas before himsaww had given the glad tidings of himsaww, and Isaas, Spirit of Allahazwj and Hisazwj Word gave glad tidings of himsaww where heas is saying in the Evangel: ‘Ahmad the Ummy, owner of the red camel and the staff’.

وَ أَقَامَ لِأُمَّتِهِ وَصِيَّهُ فِيهِمْ، وَ عَيْبَةَ عِلْمِهِ، وَ مَوْضِعَ سِرِّهِ، وَ مُحْكَمَ آيَاتِ كِتَابِهِ، وَ تَالِيَهُ حَقَّ تِلَاوَتِهِ، وَ بَابَ حِطَّتِهِ، وَ وَارِثَ كِتَابِهِ، وَ خَلَّفَهُ مَعَ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ فِيهِمْ، وَ أَخَذَ فِيهِمُ الْحُجَّةَ،

And hesaww nominated hissaww successorasws for hissaww community among them, and a receptacle of hissaww knowledge, and place of hissaww secrets, and the Decisive Verses of Hisazwj Book, and recited it as was the right of its recitation, and its door of Hitta, and an inheritor of Hisazwj Book, and left behind along with the Book of Allahazwj among them, and took the argument among them.

فَقَالَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: قَدْ خَلَّفْتُ فِيكُمْ مَا إِنْ تَمَسَّكْتُمْ بِهِ لَنْ تَضِلُّوا، كِتَابَ اللَّهِ وَ عِتْرَتِي أَهْلَ بَيْتِي، وَ هُمَا الثَّقَلَانِ: كِتَابُ اللَّهِ الثَّقَلُ الْأَكْبَرُ حَبْلٌ مَمْدُودٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ سَبَبُ بِأَيْدِيكُمْ وَ سَبَبٌ بِيَدِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ،

Hesaww said: ‘Isaww am leaving behind among you all what if you were to adhere with it, you will never stray – Book of Allahazwj and mysaww family, Peopleasws of mysaww Household. And these are the two weighty things. The greater weighty thing is the rope extending from the sky to the earth. Its end is in your hands and an end in the Hand of Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic.

وَ إِنَّهُمَا لَنْ يَفْتَرِقَا حَتَّى يَرِدَا عَلَيَّ الْحَوْضَ، فَلَا تَقَدَّمُوهُمْ فَتَمْرُقُوا وَ لَا تَأْخُذُوا عَنْ غَيْرِهِمْ فَتَعْطَبُوا، وَ لَا تُعَلِّمُوهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ أَعْلَمُ مِنْكُمْ،

And these two will never separate until they return to mesaww at the Fountain, so do not precede them, nor take from others for you will be destroyed, and do not (try to) teach themasws, for theyasws are more knowledgeable than you are’.

وَ أَنَا وَصِيُّهُ وَ الْقَائِمُ بِتَأْوِيلِ كِتَابِهِ، وَ الْعَارِفُ بِحَلَالِهِ وَ حَرَامِهِ، وَ بِمُحْكَمِهِ وَ مُتَشَابِهِهِ، وَ نَاسِخِهِ وَ مَنْسُوخِهِ، وَ أَمْثَالِهِ وَ عِبَرِهِ وَ تَصَارِيفِهِ، وَ عِنْدِي عِلْمُ مَا يَحْتَاجُ‏ إِلَيْهِ أُمَّتُهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ، وَ كُلُّ قَائِمٍ وَ مُلْتَوٍ،

And Iasws am hissaww successorasws, and the one standing with the interpretation of Hisazwj Book, and the recogniser of its Permissible(s) and its Prohibitions, and its Decisive, and its Allegorical, and its Abrogating, and its Abrogated, and its examples, and its lessons, and its utilisations, and with measws is knowledge of what hissaww community would be needy to from after himsaww, and every custodianasws is replaced.

وَ عِنْدِي عِلْمُ الْبَلَايَا وَ الْمَنَايَا وَ الْوَصَايَا وَ الْأَنْسَابِ وَ فَصْلِ الْخِطَابِ، وَ مَوْلِدِ الْإِسْلَامِ، وَ مَوْلِدِ الْكُفْرِ، وَ صَاحِبِ الْكَرَّاتِ، وَ دُولَةِ الدُّوَلِ، فَاسْأَلْنِي عَمَّا يَكُونُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ وَ عَمَّا كَانَ عَلَى عَهْدِ عِيسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ مُنْذُ بَعَثَهُ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى، وَ عَنْ كُلِّ وَصِيٍّ، وَ كُلِّ فِئَةٍ تَضِلُّ مِائَةً وَ تَهْدِي مِائَةً، وَ عَنْ سَائِقِهَا وَ قَائِدِهَا وَ نَاعِقِهَا إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ، وَ كُلِّ آيَةٍ نَزَلَتْ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ فِي لَيْلٍ نَزَلَتْ أَمْ نَهَارٍ، وَ عَنِ التَّوْرَاةِ وَ الْإِنْجِيلِ وَ الْقُرْآنِ‏ الْعَظِيمِ،

And with measws is knowledge of the afflictions and the deaths, and the bequests, and the lineages, and the decisive address, and births of Al-Islam, and births of Al-Kufr, and Iasws am in-charge of the Return (Raj’at), and government of the governments. So, ask measws about what is to happen up to the Day of Qiyamah, and about what has happened in the era of Isaas since Allahazwj Blessed and Exalted had Sent himas, and about every successoras, and every group straying a hundred, and guiding a hundred, and its usher, and its guide, and its caller up to the Day of Qiyamah, and (about) every Verse Revealed in the Book of Allahazwj, whether it was Revealed during night or day, and about the Torah, and the Evangel, and the Magnificent Quran.

فَإِنَّهُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ لَمْ يَكْتُمْنِي مِنْ عِلْمِهِ شَيْئاً وَ لَا مَا تَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ الْأُمَمُ مِنْ أَهْلِ التَّوْرَاةِ وَ الْإِنْجِيلِ، وَ أَصْنَافَ الْمُلْحِدِينَ وَ أَحْوَالَ‏ الْمُخَالِفِينَ، وَ أَدْيَانَ الْمُخْتَلِفِينَ،

And hesaww did not conceal anything from mesaww of hissaww knowledge, nor what the communities could be needy to, from the people of the Torah, and the Evangel, and the variety of the atheists, and situations of the adversaries, and different religions.

وَ كَانَ‏ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ خَاتَمَ النَّبِيِّينَ بَعْدَهُمْ، وَ عَلَيْهِمْ فُرِضَتْ طَاعَتُهُ وَ الْإِيمَانُ بِهِ وَ النُّصْرَةُ لَهُ، تَجِدُونَ ذَلِكَ مَكْتُوباً فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَ الْإِنْجِيلِ وَ الزَّبُورِ، وَ فِي‏ الصُّحُفِ الْأُولى‏ صُحُفِ إِبْراهِيمَ وَ مُوسى‏،

And hesaww was the last of the Prophetsas after themas, and obedience to himsaww was Obligated upon themas, and the belief in himsaww, and the helping to himsaww. You are finding that written in the Torah, and the Evangel, and Psalms, and in the former Parchments [87:18] The Parchments of Ibrahim and Musa [87:19].

وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِيُضَيِّعَ عَهْدَ اللَّهِ‏ فِي خَلْقِهِ وَ يَتْرُكَ الْأُمَّةَ قَائِهِينَ بَعْدَهُ، وَ كَيْفَ يَكُونُ ذَلِكَ وَ قَدْ وَصَفَهُ اللَّهُ بِالرَّأْفَةِ وَ الرَّحْمَةِ وَ الْعَفْوِ وَ الْأَمْرِ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَ النَّهْيِ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَ إِقَامَةِ الْقِسْطَاسِ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ؟!.

And hesaww did not happen to waste the Pact of Allahazwj regarding Hisazwj creatures and leave them bewildered after himsaww; and how can that happen and Allahazwj has Described himsaww with the kindness, and the mercy, and the pardon, and the enjoining with the good, and forbidding from the evil, and establish the fairness, the straightness?!

وَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَوْحَى إِلَيْهِ كَمَا أَوْحَى‏ إِلى‏ نُوحٍ وَ النَّبِيِّينَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ‏، وَ كَمَا أَوْحَى إِلَى مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَ عِيسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَصَدَّقَ اللَّهَ وَ بَلَّغَ رِسَالَتَهُ وَ أَنَا عَلَى ذَلِكَ مِنَ الشَّاهِدِينَ،

And Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed to himsaww just as Heazwj had Revealed to Noahas and the Prophetsas from after himas, and just as Heazwj had Revealed to Musaas, and Isaas. So, hesaww ratified Allahazwj and delivered Hisazwj Message, and Iasws am from the witnesses upon that.

وَ قَدْ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى: فَكَيْفَ إِذا جِئْنا مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ بِشَهِيدٍ وَ جِئْنا بِكَ عَلى‏ هؤُلاءِ شَهِيداً وَ قَالَ: وَ كَفى‏ بِاللَّهِ شَهِيداً بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَكُمْ وَ مَنْ عِنْدَهُ عِلْمُ الْكِتابِ‏

And Allahazwj Blessed and Exalted has Said: How will it be, when We Come with a witness from every community, and We Come with you as a witness upon them? [4:41]. And Said: ‘I suffice with Allah as a Witness between me and you, and one with whom is Knowledge of the Book [13:43].

وَ قَدْ صَدَّقَهُ اللَّهُ وَ أَعْطَاهُ الْوَسِيلَةَ إِلَيْهِ وَ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ، فَقَالَ: يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَ كُونُوا مَعَ الصَّادِقِينَ‏، فَنَحْنُ الصَّادِقُونَ‏، وَ أَنَا أَخُوهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ، وَ الشَّاهِدُ مِنْهُ عَلَيْهِمْ بَعْدَهُ، وَ أَنَا وَسِيلَتُهُ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ أُمَّتِهِ‏،

And Allahazwj Ratified himasws Gave himasws the means to Himsaww and to Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic, so Heazwj Said: O you who believe! Fear Allah and be with the truthful ones [9:119]. Weasws are the ratifiers, and Iasws am hissaww brotherasws in the world and the Hereafter, and the witness from himsaww upon them after himsaww, and Iasws am hissaww intermediary between himsaww and hissaww community.

وَ أَنَا وَ وُلْدِي وَرَثَتُهُ، وَ أَنَا وَ هُمْ كَسَفِينَةِ نُوحٍ فِي قَوْمِهِ مَنْ رَكِبَهَا نَجَا وَ مَنْ تَخَلَّفَ عَنْهَا غَرِقَ، وَ أَنَا وَ هُمْ كَبَابِ حِطَّةٍ فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَ أَنَا بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَا نَبِيَّ بَعْدَهُ، وَ أَنَا الشَّاهِدُ مِنْهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ،

And Iasws and myasws sonsasws inherited himsaww, and Iasws and themasws are like the ship of Noahas in hissaww people, one who sails it would be saved and one who stays behind from it would drown; and Iasws and themasws are like the door of Hitta among the children of Israel, and Iasws am (from himsaww) at the status of Harounas from Musaas except there would be no Prophetas after himsaww, and Iasws am the witness from himsaww in the world and the Hereafter.

وَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ عَلَى بَيِّنَةٍ مِنْ رَبِّهِ وَ يُعْرَضُ‏ طَاعَتِي وَ مَحَبَّتِي بَيْنَ‏ أَهْلِ الْإِيمَانِ وَ أَهْلِ الْكُفْرِ وَ أَهْلِ النِّفَاقِ، فَمَنْ أَحَبَّنِي كَانَ مُؤْمِناً، وَ مَنْ أَبْغَضَنِي كَانَ كَافِراً،

And Rasool-Allahsaww, being upon a proof from hissaww Lordazwj, displayed (Obligated) obedience to measws and love for measws between the people of Eman, and people of Kufr, and people of hypocrisy. So, the one who loves measws would be a Momin, and one who hates measws would be a Kafir.

وَ اللَّهِ مَا كَذَبْتُ وَ لَا كُذِبْتُ وَ لَا كُذِّبَ بِي‏، وَ لَا ضَلَلْتُ وَ لَا ضُلَّ بِي، وَ إِنِّي لَعَلَى‏ بَيِّنَةٍ بَيَّنَهَا رَبِّي عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لِنَبِيِّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَبَيَّنَهَا لِي، فَاسْأَلُونِي عَمَّا كَانَ وَ عَمَّا يَكُونُ‏ وَ عَمَّا هُوَ كَائِنٌ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ.

By Allahazwj! Iasws have neither lied, nor been lied to, nor did hesaww lie to measws, nor did am Iasws straying, nor did hesaww stray me, and Iasws am upon a proof myasws Lordazwj Mighty and Majestic Explained it to Hisazwj Prophetsaww, and hesaww explained to measws. So, ask measws about what has happened, and about what is happening, and about what will be happening to the Day of Qiyamah’.

قَالَ: فَالْتَفَتَ الْجَاثَلِيقُ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ وَ قَالَ: هَذَا هُوَ وَ اللَّهِ النَّاطِقُ بِالْعِلْمِ وَ الْقُدْرَةِ، الْفَاتِقُ‏ الرَّاتِقُ، وَ نَرْجُو مِنَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى أَنْ نَكُونَ صَادَفْنَا حَظَّنَا، وَ نُورَ هِدَايَتِنَا، وَ هَذِهِ وَ اللَّهِ حُجَجُ الْأَوْصِيَاءِ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ عَلَى قَوْمِهِمْ.

He (the narrator) said, ‘The bishop turned to his companions and said, ‘This one, by Allahazwj, heasws speaks with the knowledge and the ability, and the splitting (the issue), and the reformer, and we hope from Allahazwj the Exalted that we happen to have found our fortune, and the Noor of our guidance, and by Allahazwj, these are arguments of the successorsas of the Prophetsas upon theiras people’.

قَالَ: فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: فَقَالَ: كَيْفَ عَدَلَ بِكَ الْقَوْمُ عَنْ قَصْدِهِمْ إِيَّاكَ، وَ ادَّعَوْا مَا أَنْتَ أَوْلَى بِهِ مِنْهُمْ؟! أَلَا وَ قَدْ وَقَعَ الْقَوْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ، قَصَّرُوا فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ‏ وَ مَا ضَرَّ ذَلِكَ الْأَوْصِيَاءَ مَعَ مَا أَغْنَاهُمُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِهِ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ وَ اسْتِحْقَاقِ مَقَامَاتِ رُسُلِهِ،

He (the narrator) said, ‘He turned towards Aliasws and said, ‘How come the people turned away from aiming for youasws and claimed what youasws are foremost with it than they are? Indeed, and the Word has occurred upon them. They have fallen short (and destroyed) themselves and that will not harm the successorsasws along with what Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic has Made themasws to be needless with from the knowledge and the rightfulness of the positions of Hisazwj Rasoolsaww.

فَأَخْبِرْنِي- أَيُّهَا الْعَالِمُ الْحَكِيمُ- عَنِّي وَ عَنْكَ مَا أَنْتَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ؟ وَ مَا أَنَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ؟.

Inform me, O you knowledgeable, wise one, about measws and about youasws. What are youasws in the Presence of Allahazwj? And what am I in the presence of Allahazwj?’

قَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: أَمَّا أَنَا فَعِنْدَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مُؤْمِنٌ وَ عِنْدَ نَفْسِي مُؤْمِنٌ مُتَيَقِّنٌ‏ بِفَضْلِهِ وَ رَحْمَتِهِ وَ هِدَايَتِهِ وَ نِعَمِهِ عَلَيَّ، وَ كَذَلِكَ أَخَذَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ‏ مِيثَاقِي عَلَى الْإِيمَانِ وَ هَدَانِي لِمَعْرِفَتِهِ‏ لَا أَشُكُّ فِي ذَلِكَ وَ لَا أَرْتَابُ،

Aliasws said: ‘As for Iasws, in the Presence of Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic, Iasws am a Momin, and in the presence of myselfasws Iasws am a Momin, certain of Hisazwj Grace, and Hisazwj Mercy, and Hisazwj Guidance, and Hisazwj Favours upon measws; and like that, Allahazwj, Majestic is Hisazwj Majesty, Took myasws Covenant upon the Eman, and Guided measws to recognise Himazwj. Iasws have not doubts regarding that, nor any suspicions.

وَ لَمْ أَزَلْ عَلَى مَا أَخَذَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى‏ عَلَيَّ مِنَ الْمِيثَاقِ، وَ لَمْ أُبَدِّلْ وَ لَمْ أُغَيِّرْ وَ ذَلِكَ بِمَنِّ اللَّهِ وَ رَحْمَتِهِ وَ صُنْعِهِ، أَنَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ لَا أَشُكُّ فِي ذَلِكَ وَ لَا أَرْتَابُ‏، لَمْ أَزَلْ عَلَى مَا أَخَذَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى‏ عَلَيَّ مِنَ الْمِيثَاقِ، فَإِنَّ الشَّكَّ شِرْكٌ لِمَا أَعْطَانِيَ اللَّهُ مِنَ الْيَقِينِ وَ الْبَيِّنَةِ،

And Iasws have not ceased to be upon what Allahazwj the Exalted has Taken upon measws of the Covenant, and did not replace, and did not change, and that is by a Conferment of Allahazwj and Hisazwj Mercy and Hisazwj Making. Iasws would be in the Paradise. Iasws have no doubts regarding that nor any suspicions, and Iasws have not ceased to be upon what Allahazwj the Exalted has Taken upon measws of the Covenant, for the doubt is association (Shirk), due to what Allahazwj has Given measws, from the Certainty and the Proof.

وَ أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَعِنْدَ اللَّهِ كَافِرٌ بِجُحُودِكَ الْمِيثَاقَ وَ الْإِقْرَارَ الَّذِي أَخَذَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ بَعْدَ خُرُوجِكَ مِنْ بَطْنِ أُمِّكَ وَ بُلُوغِكَ الْعَقْلَ وَ مَعْرِفَةَ التَّمْيِيزِ لِلْجَيِّدِ وَ الرَّدِي‏ءِ وَ الْخَيْرِ وَ الشَّرِّ، وَ إِقْرَارَكَ بِالرُّسُلِ، وَ جُحُودِكَ لِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ فِي الْإِنْجِيلِ مِنْ أَخْبَارِ النَّبِيِّينَ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ مَا دُمْتَ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْحَالَةِ، كُنْتَ فِي النَّارِ لَا مَحَالَةَ.

And as for you, in the Presence of Allahazwj, you are a Kafir due to your rejection of the Covenant and the acknowledgment which Allahazwj Took upon you after your exit from the belly of your mother, and your reaching the intellect, and recognition of the distinguishing of the new and the old, and the good and the evil, and your acknowledging with the Raoolsas, and your rejection of what Allahazwj Revealed in the Evangel, from the news of the Prophetsas, for as long as you are upon this state, you would be in the Fire, inevitable’.

قَالَ: فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ مَكَانِي مِنَ النَّارِ وَ مَكَانِكَ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ؟.

He said, ‘Inform me about my place from the Fire and yourasws place from the Paradise’.

فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: لَمْ أَدْخُلْهَا فَأَعْرِفَ مَكَانِي مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَ مَكَانَكَ مِنَ النَّارِ، وَ لَكِنْ أُعَرِّفُكَ ذَلِكَ‏ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ بَعَثَ مُحَمَّداً صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ بِالْحَقِّ، وَ أَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ كِتَاباً: لا يَأْتِيهِ الْباطِلُ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ‏ وَ لا مِنْ خَلْفِهِ تَنْزِيلٌ مِنْ حَكِيمٍ حَمِيدٍ أَحْكَمَ فِيهِ جَمِيعَ عِلْمِهِ،

Aliasws said: ‘Iasws won’t be entering it (Fire), for Iasws recognise myasws place from the Paradise, and your place from the Fire, but Iasws shall introduce you to that from the Book of Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic: Allahazwj, Majestic is Hisazwj Majestic, Sent Muhammadsaww with the truth, and Revealed a Book upon himsaww: Neither did the falsehood come from before it, nor (would it come) from after it. (It is) a Revelation from the Wisest, the most Praised [41:42], Judging in it the entirety of Hisazwj Knowledge.

وَ أَخْبَرَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ عَنِ الْجَنَّةِ بِدَرَجَاتِهَا وَ مَنَازِلِهَا، وَ قَسَّمَ اللَّهُ‏ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ الْجِنَانَ بَيْنَ خَلْقِهِ لِكُلِّ عَامِلٍ مِنْهُمْ ثَوَاباً مِنْهَا، وَ أَحَلَّهُمْ عَلَى قَدْرِ فَضَائِلِهِمْ فِي الْأَعْمَالِ وَ الْإِيمَانِ،

And Rasool-Allahsaww informed about the Paradise with its ranks and its levels, and Allahazwj, Majestic is Hisazwj Majesty Apportioned the Gardens between Hisazwj creatures as a Reward for every worker from them (a portion) from these, and Appropriated for them upon a measurement of their merits in their deeds and the Eman.

فَصَدَّقَنَا اللَّهُ وَ عَرَّفَنَا مَنَازِلَ الْأَبْرَارِ، وَ كَذَلِكَ‏ مَنَازِلَ الْفُجَّارِ، وَ مَا أَعَدَّ لَهُمْ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ فِي النَّارِ، وَ قَالَ: لَها سَبْعَةُ أَبْوابٍ لِكُلِّ بابٍ مِنْهُمْ جُزْءٌ مَقْسُومٌ‏ فَمَنْ مَاتَ عَلَى كُفْرِهِ وَ فُسُوقِهِ وَ شِرْكِهِ وَ نِفَاقِهِ وَ ظُلْمِهِ فَ لِكُلِّ بابٍ مِنْهُمْ جُزْءٌ مَقْسُومٌ‏،

Allahazwj Ratified us and Introduced to us the status of the righteous ones, and like that is the status of the immoral ones, and what Allahazwj has Prepared for them, from the Punishment in the Fire, and Said: For it there are seven gates, each door being for an Assigned segment of them [15:44]. The one who dies upon his Kufr and his mischief, and his Shirk, and his hypocrisy, and his injustice, then for each door being for an Assigned segment of them [15:44].

وَ قَدْ قَالَ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ: إِنَّ فِي ذلِكَ لَآياتٍ لِلْمُتَوَسِّمِينَ وَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ هُوَ الْمُتَوَسِّمَ، وَ أَنَا وَ الْأَئِمَّةُ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِيَ الْمُتَوَسِّمُونَ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ.

And Allahazwj, Majestic is Hisazwj Majesty Said: Surely, in that are Signs for the distinguishers [15:75], and Rasool-Allahsaww, hesaww is the distinguisher, and Iasws and the Imamsasws from myasws offspring are the distinguishers up to the Day of Qiyamah’.

قَالَ: فَالْتَفَتَ الْجَاثَلِيقُ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ وَ قَالَ: قَدْ أَصَبْتُمْ إِرَادَتَكُمْ وَ أَرْجُو أَنْ تَظْفَرُوا بِالْحَقِّ الَّذِي طَلَبْنَا، إِلَّا أَنَّهُ‏ قَدْ نَصَبْتُ لَهُ مَسَائِلَ فَإِنْ أَجَابَنِي عَنْهَا نَظَرْنَا فِي أَمْرِنَا وَ قَبِلْتُ مِنْهُ.

He (the narrator) said, ‘The bishop turned to his companions and said, ‘You have attained your intentions, and I hope that you will be successful with the truth which we are seeking, except I shall install (certain) issues to himasws, so if heasws were to answer me about these, we shall consider regarding our affair and accept from himasws’.

قَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: فَإِنْ أَجَبْتُكَ عَمَّا تَسْأَلُنِي عَنْهُ- وَ فِيهِ تِبْيَانٌ وَ بُرْهَانٌ وَاضِحٌ لَا تَجِدُ لَهُ مَدْفَعاً وَ لَا مِنْ قَبُولِهِ بُدّاً أَنْ‏- تَدْخُلَ فِي دِينِنَا؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ.

Aliasws said: ‘Supposing Iasws answer you what you would be asking about, and in it is explanation, and clear proof, (and) you cannot find any defence nor any escape from accepting it, will you enter into our Religion?’ He said, ‘Yes’.

فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ رَاعٍ وَ كَفِيلٌ، إِذَا وَضَحَ لَكَ الْحَقُّ وَ عَرَفْتَ الْهُدَى أَنْ تَدْخُلَ فِي دِينِنَا أَنْتَ وَ أَصْحَابُكَ؟. قَالَ الْجَاثَلِيقُ: نَعَمْ، لَكَ اللَّهُ عَلَيَّ رَاعٍ وَ كَفِيلٌ أَنِّي أَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ.

Aliasws said: ‘Allahazwj is a Carer upon you and a Guarantor, when the truth is clarified to you, and you recognise the guidance, that you would enter into our Religion, you and your companions?’ The bishop said, ‘Yes, for youasws, Allahazwj is a Carer upon me and a Guarantor, I shall do that’.

فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: فَخُذْ عَلَى أَصْحَابِكَ الْوَفَاءَ. قَالَ: فَأَخَذَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعَهْدَ. ثُمَّ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: سَلْ عَمَّا أَحْبَبْتَ.

Aliasws said: ‘Take the loyalty (pledge) upon your companions’. He said, ‘I hereby take the pact upon them’. Then Aliasws said: ‘Ask about whatever you like’.

قَالَ: خَبِّرْنِي عَنِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ أَ حَمَلَ الْعَرْشَ أَمِ الْعَرْشُ يَحْمِلُهُ؟.

He said, ‘Inform me about Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic. Does Heazwj Carry the Throne or does the Throne carry Himazwj?’

قَالَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: اللَّهُ حَامِلُ الْعَرْشِ وَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ مَا فِيهِمَا وَ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا، وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُمْسِكُ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضَ أَنْ تَزُولا وَ لَئِنْ زالَتا إِنْ أَمْسَكَهُما مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ إِنَّهُ كانَ حَلِيماً غَفُوراً.

Heasws said: ‘Allahazwj is a Carrier of the Thrones, and the skies, and the earth, and whatever is in these, and whatever is in between these two, and that is the Word of Allahazwj the Exalted: Surely Allah Withholds the skies and the earth lest they cease. And if they were to cease, no one can withhold these from after Him. He was always Lenient, Forgiving [35:41]’.

قَالَ: أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ: وَ يَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمانِيَةٌ فَكَيْفَ ذَلِكَ؟ وَ قُلْتَ إِنَّهُ يَحْمِلُ الْعَرْشَ وَ السَّمَاوَاتِ‏ وَ الْأَرْضَ؟.

Inform me about Words of Allahazwj: and eight shall hold above them the Throne of your Lord on that Day [69:17]. So, how is that? And youasws said, Heazwj Carries the Throne and the skies and the earth?’

قَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: إِنَّ الْعَرْشَ خَلَقَهُ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى مِنْ أَنْوَارٍ أَرْبَعَةٍ: نُورٍ أَحْمَرَ- احْمَرَّتْ مِنْهُ الْحُمْرَةُ-، وَ نُورٍ أَخْضَرَ- اخْضَرَّتْ مِنْهُ الْخُضْرَةُ-، وَ نُورٍ أَصْفَرَ- اصْفَرَّتْ مِنْهُ الصُّفْرَةُ-، وَ نُورٍ أَبْيَضَ- ابْيَضَ‏ مِنْهُ الْبَيَاضُ-

Aliasws said: ‘The Throne, Allahazwj Blessed and Exalted Created it from four lights (Noors): -A red Noor, from it is the redness of the red; and a green Noor, from it is the greenness of the green; and a yellow Noor, from it is the yellowness of the yellow; and a white Noor, from is the whiteness of the white.

وَ هُوَ الْعِلْمُ الَّذِي حَمَّلَهُ اللَّهُ الْحَمَلَةَ، وَ ذَلِكَ نُورٌ مِنْ عَظَمَتِهِ، فَبِعَظَمَتِهِ وَ نُورِهِ ابْيَضَّتْ قُلُوبُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، وَ بِعَظَمَتِهِ وَ نُورِهِ عَادَاهُ الْجَاهِلُونَ، وَ بِعَظَمَتِهِ وَ نُورِهِ ابْتَغَى مَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ- مِنْ جَمِيعِ خَلَائِقِهِ- إِلَيْهِ الْوَسِيلَةَ بِالْأَعْمَالِ الْمُخْتَلِفَةِ وَ الْأَدْيَانِ الْمُتَشَتِّتَةِ،

And it is the Knowledge of Allahazwj which the bearers are carrying, and that is a Noor from Hisazwj Magnificence, and by Hisazwj Magnificence and Hisazwj Noor, the hearts of the Momineen are whitened; and by Hisazwj Magnificent and Hisazwj Noor the ignorant ones are returned; and by Hisazwj Magnificence and Hisazwj Noor, the ones in the skies and the earth, from the entirety of Hisazwj creatures, seek the intermediary to Himazwj by the variety of deeds, and various religions.

وَ كُلُّ مَحْمُولٍ يَحْمِلُهُ اللَّهُ بِنُورِهِ وَ عَظَمَتِهِ‏ وَ قُدْرَتِهِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُ لِنَفْسِهِ‏ نَفْعاً وَ لا ضَرًّا* وَ لَا مَوْتاً وَ لا حَياةً وَ لا نُشُوراً، وَ كُلُّ شَيْ‏ءٍ مَحْمُولٌ‏ وَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ الْمُمْسِكُ لَهُمَا أَنْ تَزُولا، وَ الْمُحِيطُ بِهِمَا وَ بِمَا فِيهِمَا مِنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ، وَ هُوَ حَيَاةُ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ وَ نُورُ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ سُبْحانَهُ وَ تَعالى‏ عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ عُلُوًّا كَبِيراً.

And everything carried, Allahazwj Carries it by Hisazwj Noor, and Hisazwj Magnificence, and Hisazwj Power. It is unable (to sustain) itself, neither benefit nor harm, nor death, nor life, nor Resurrection, and everything is carried, and Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic Grasps these from slipping, and is Encompassing with these two (skies and the earth), and with what is between these, of anything, and Heazwj is the Life of all things, and Noor of all things. Glorified is He, and Exalted from what they are saying, Exalted, Great! [17:43].

قَالَ: فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَيْنَ هُوَ؟.

He said, ‘Inform me about Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic, where is Heazwj?’

قَالَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: هُوَ هَاهُنَا .. وَ هَاهُنَا .. وَ هَاهُنَا .. وَ هَاهُنَا ..، وَ هُوَ فَوْقُ‏ وَ تَحْتُ وَ مُحِيطٌ بِنَا وَ مَعَنَا، وَ هُوَ قَوْلُهُ‏: ما يَكُونُ مِنْ نَجْوى‏ ثَلاثَةٍ إِلَّا هُوَ رابِعُهُمْ وَ لا خَمْسَةٍ إِلَّا هُوَ سادِسُهُمْ وَ لا أَدْنى‏ مِنْ ذلِكَ وَ لا أَكْثَرَ إِلَّا هُوَ مَعَهُمْ أَيْنَ ما كانُوا ثُمَّ يُنَبِّئُهُمْ بِما عَمِلُوا يَوْمَ الْقِيامَةِ،

Heasws said: ‘Heazwj is over here, and over there, and over there, and over there, and Heazwj is above, and below, and Encompassing us, and with us, and it is Hisazwj Word: There does not happen to be a secret counsel of three, except He is their fourth one, nor of five except He is their sixth one, nor less than that nor more except He is with them, wherever they may happen to be. Then He would Inform them on the Day of Judgment of what they had been doing. [58:7].

وَ الْكُرْسِيُّ مُحِيطٌ بِالسَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ: وَ لا يَؤُدُهُ حِفْظُهُما وَ هُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْعَظِيمُ‏ فَ الَّذِينَ يَحْمِلُونَ الْعَرْشَ‏ هُمُ الْعُلَمَاءُ، وَ هُمُ الَّذِينَ حَمَّلَهُمُ اللَّهُ عِلْمَهُ، وَ لَيْسَ يَخْرُجُ عَنْ‏ هَذِهِ الْأَرْبَعَةِ شَيْ‏ءٌ خَلَقَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى فِي مَلَكُوتِهِ، وَ هُوَ الْمَلَكُوتُ الَّذِي أَرَاهُ اللَّهُ أَصْفِيَاءَهُ،

And the Chair (Kursy) encompasses the skies and the earth: and their preservation does not tire Him; and He is the Exalted, the Magnificent [2:255]. Those carrying the Throne (Knowledge of Allahazwj), theyasws are the scholarsasws, and theyasws are those Allahazwj has Loaded themasws with Hisazwj Knowledge, and nothing is coming out from these four, anything which Allahazwj the Exalted Created in Hisazwj Domain, and it is the Domain which Allahazwj Showed Hisazwj elites.

وَ أَرَاهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ خَلِيلَهُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَقَالَ: وَ كَذلِكَ نُرِي إِبْراهِيمَ مَلَكُوتَ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ لِيَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُوقِنِينَ‏ فَكَيْفَ يَحْمِلُهُ حَمَلَةُ الْعَرْشِ‏ وَ بِحَيَاتِهِ حَيِيَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ، وَ بِنُورِهِ اهْتَدَوْا إِلَى مَعْرِفَتِهِ وَ انْقَادُوا؟!.

And Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic Showed Hisazwj Friend. Heazwj Said: And like that We Showed Ibrahim the Kingdoms of the skies and the earth and for he to become from the convinced ones [6:75].

So, how can the bearers of the Throne carry Himazwj, and by Hisazwj (Given) Life their hearts are living, and by Hisazwj Noor they are being guided to recognising Himazwj and are submitting?!’

قَالَ: فَالْتَفَتَ الْجَاثَلِيقُ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ، فَقَالَ: هَذَا هُوَ- وَ اللَّهِ- الْحَقُّ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَلَى لِسَانِ الْمَسِيحِ وَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ الْأَوْصِيَاءِ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ.

He (the narrator) said, ‘The bishop turned to his companions and said, ‘By Allahazwj! This is the truth from the Presence of Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic, upon the tongue of the Messiahas, and the Prophetsas, and the successorsas’.

قَالَ: أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الْجَنَّةِ فِي الدُّنْيَا هِيَ أَمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ؟ وَ أَيْنَ الْآخِرَةُ وَ الدُّنْيَا؟.

He said, ‘Inform me about the Paradise. Is it in the world or in the Hereafter? And where are the Hereafter and the world?’

قَالَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: الدُّنْيَا فِي الْآخِرَةِ، وَ الْآخِرَةُ مُحِيطَةٌ بِالدُّنْيَا، إِذَا [إِذْ] كَانَتِ النُّقْلَةُ مِنَ الْحَيَاةِ إِلَى الْمَوْتِ ظَاهِرَةً، كَانَتِ‏ الْآخِرَةُ هِيَ دَارَ الْحَيَوَانِ لَوْ كانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ، وَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ الدُّنْيَا نُقْلَةٌ وَ الْآخِرَةَ حَيَاةٌ وَ مُقَامٌ مَثَلُ ذَلِكَ النَّائِمُ، وَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ الْجِسْمَ يَنَامُ وَ الرُّوحَ لَا تَنَامُ، وَ الْبَدَنَ يَمُوتُ وَ الرُّوحَ لَا تَمُوتُ،

Heasws said: ‘The world is in the Hereafter, and the Hereafter is encompassing the world. When there would be the transfer from the life to the apparent death, the Hereafter would exist. It is a house of the (eternal) life, if they only knew, and that is because the world is a step (stepping stone), and the Hereafter is the (eternal) life, and a position like the sleep, and that is that the body sleeps while the soul does not sleep, and the body dies while the soul does not die.

قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: وَ إِنَّ الدَّارَ الْآخِرَةَ لَهِيَ الْحَيَوانُ لَوْ كانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ‏ وَ الدُّنْيَا رَسْمُ الْآخِرَةِ، وَ الْآخِرَةُ رَسْمُ الدُّنْيَا، وَ لَيْسَ الدُّنْيَا الْآخِرَةَ وَ لَا الْآخِرَةُ الدُّنْيَا، إِذَا فَارَقَ الرُّوحُ الْجِسْمَ يَرْجِعُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا إِلَى مَا مِنْهُ بَدَأَ، وَ مَا مِنْهُ خُلِقَ،

Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic Says: And what is this life of the world except sport and play? And the House of the Hereafter, it is the (eternal) life, if only they knew [29:64]. The world is an illustration of the Hereafter and the Hereafter is an illustration of the world, and the world isn’t the Hereafter, nor is the Hereafter, the world. When the soul separates from the body, each of them will return to what it had begun from, and what it had been Created from.

وَ كَذَلِكَ الْجَنَّةُ وَ النَّارُ فِي الدُّنْيَا مَوْجُودَةٌ وَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مَوْجُودَةٌ، لِأَنَّ الْعَبْدَ إِذَا مَاتَ صَارَ فِي دَارٍ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ، إِمَّا رَوْضَةٍ مِنْ رِيَاضِ الْجَنَّةِ، وَ إِمَّا بُقْعَةٍ مِنْ بِقَاعِ النَّارِ، وَ رُوحُهُ إِلَى إِحْدَى دَارَيْنِ: إِمَّا فِي دَارِ نَعِيمٍ مُقِيمٍ لَا مَوْتَ فِيهَا، وَ إِمَّا فِي دَارِ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ لَا يَمُوتُ فِيهَا،

And similar to that are the Paradise and the Fire, existing in the world and existing in the Hereafter, because when the servant dies, he comes to be in a house from the world, either a Garden from the Gardens of the Paradise, or a spot from the spots of the Fire, and his soul goes to one of the two houses, either in a house of bliss, staying, not dying in it, or in a house of painful punishment, not dying in it.

وَ الرَّسْمُ لِمَنْ عَقَلَ مَوْجُودٌ وَاضِحٌ، وَ قَدْ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: كَلَّا لَوْ تَعْلَمُونَ عِلْمَ الْيَقِينِ لَتَرَوُنَّ الْجَحِيمَ ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّها عَيْنَ الْيَقِينِ ثُمَّ لَتُسْئَلُنَّ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَنِ النَّعِيمِ،

And the illustration is present, clear, for the one using his intellect, and Allahazwj the Exalted has Said: No way! If you had the knowledge of certainty [102:5] You would be seeing the Blazing Fire [102:6] Then, you would be seeing it with the eye of certainty [102:7] Then you will be Questioned on that Day about the boons [102:8].

وَ عَنِ‏ الْكُفَّارِ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُمْ: كانَتْ أَعْيُنُهُمْ فِي غِطاءٍ عَنْ ذِكْرِي‏ وَ كانُوا لا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَمْعاً، وَ لَوْ عَلِمَ الْإِنْسَانُ عِلْمَ‏ مَا هُوَ فِيهِ مَاتَ حُبّاً مِنَ الْمَوْتِ، وَ مَنْ نَجَا فَبِفَضْلِ الْيَقِينِ.

And about the Kafirs, Heazwj Said they are Those whose eyes were under a cover from My Zikr (Mention) and they were unable to hear [18:101]; and if only the human being knew what is in it, he would die in love of the death, and the one who attains salvation, it is by the Grace of certainty’.

قَالَ: فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: وَ ما قَدَرُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ وَ الْأَرْضُ جَمِيعاً قَبْضَتُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيامَةِ وَ السَّماواتُ مَطْوِيَّاتٌ بِيَمِينِهِ سُبْحانَهُ وَ تَعالى‏ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ، فَإِذَا طُوِيَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَ قُبِضَتِ الْأَرْضُ، فَأَيْنَ تَكُونُ الْجَنَّةُ وَ النَّارُ وَ هُمَا فِيهِمَا؟.

He (Bishop) said, ‘Inform me about Words of Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic: And they are not appreciating Allah with the appreciation that is due to Him; and the whole of the earth would be in His Grip on the Day of Judgement, and the skies having been rolled up in His Right Hand. Glorious is He and Exalted from what they are associating [39:67], when the skies are Folded and the earth is Gripped, so where would be the Paradise and the Fire, and they are both within these two?’

قَالَ: فَدَعَا بِدَوَاةٍ وَ قِرْطَاسٍ ثُمَّ كَتَبَ فِيهِ: الْجَنَّةَ وَ النَّارَ، ثُمَّ دَرَجَ الْقِرْطَاسَ وَ دَفَعَهُ إِلَى النَّصْرَانِيِّ، وَ قَالَ لَهُ: أَ لَيْسَ قَدْ طَوَيْتُ هَذَا الْقِرْطَاسَ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: فَافْتَحْهُ‏ .. فَفَتَحْتُهُ

He (the narrator) said, ‘Heasws called for a paper, then wrote in it: ‘The Paradise’, and ‘The Fire’, then heasws rolled up the paper and handed it to the Christian and said to him: ‘Hasn’t this paper been folded?’ He said, ‘Yes’. Heasws said: ‘Then open it’. He opened it.

قَالَ: هَلْ تَرَى آيَةَ النَّارِ وَ آيَةَ الْجَنَّةِ أَ مَحَاهُمَا الْقِرْطَاسُ‏؟. قَالَ: لَا. قَالَ: فَهَكَذَا فِي‏ قُدْرَةِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى إِذَا طُوِيَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَ قُبِضَتِ الْأَرْضُ لَمْ تَبْطُلِ الْجَنَّةُ وَ النَّارُ كَمَا لَمْ تُبْطِلْ طَيُّ هَذَا الْكِتَابِ آيَةَ الْجَنَّةِ وَ آيَةَ النَّارِ.

Heasws said: ‘Do you see the sentence ‘The Fire’, and the sentence ‘The Paradise’, have these two been erased from the paper?’ He said, ‘No’. Heasws said: ‘This is how the Power of Allahazwj the Exalted is. When Heazwj Folds the skies and Grips the earth, it would not negate the Paradise and the Fire, just as the folding of this letter did not negate the sentence ‘The Paradise’, and the sentence ‘The Fire’’.

قَالَ: فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: كُلُّ شَيْ‏ءٍ هالِكٌ إِلَّا وَجْهَهُ‏ مَا هَذَا الْوَجْهُ؟، وَ كَيْفَ هُوَ؟، وَ أَيْنَ يُؤْتَى؟، وَ مَا دَلِيلُنَا عَلَيْهِ؟.

He (Bishop) said, ‘Inform me about Words of Allahazwj the Exalted: All things will perish except for His Face [28:88]. What is this Face? And where can Heazwj be accessed? And what is our evidence upon it?’

قَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: يَا غُلَامُ! عَلَيَّ بِحَطَبٍ وَ نَارٍ، فَأَتَى بِحَطَبٍ وَ نَارٍ وَ أَمَرَ أَنْ تُضْرَمَ، فَلَمَّا اسْتَوْقَدَتْ وَ اشْتَعَلَتْ، قَالَ لَهُ: يَا نَصْرَانِيُّ هَلْ تَجِدُ لِهَذِهِ النَّارِ وَجْهاً دُونَ وَجْهٍ؟. قَالَ: لَا، حَيْثُمَا أَتَيْتُهَا فَهُوَ وَجْهٌ.

Aliasws said: ‘O boy! Bring me some firewood and fire!’ He brought firewood and fire, and heasws instructed for it to be ignited. When it had been ignited and was inflamed, heasws said to him: ‘O Christian! Do you find faces for this fire besides a face?’ He said, ‘No, wherever I come to it, so it is its face’.

قَالَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: فَإِذَا كَانَتْ هَذِهِ النَّارُ الْمَخْلُوقَةُ الْمُدَبَّرَةُ فِي ضَعْفِهَا وَ سُرْعَةِ زَوَالِهَا لَا تَجِدُ لَهَا وَجْهاً فَكَيْفَ مَنْ خَلَقَ هَذِهِ النَّارَ وَ جَمِيعُ مَا فِي مَلَكُوتِهِ مِنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ أَجَابَهُ؟ كَيْفَ‏ يُوصَفُ بِوَجْهٍ أَوْ يُحَدُّ بِحَدٍّ، أَوْ يُدْرَكُ بِبَصَرٍ، أَوْ يُحِيطُ بِهِ عَقْلٌ، أَوْ يَضْبِطُهُ وَهْمٌ، وَ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْ‏ءٌ وَ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ.

Heasws said: ‘So when this fire, the Created, the Managed, in its weakness and quickness of its decline, faces cannot be found for it, then how can the Oneazwj Who Created this fire and the entirety of the things what are in Hisazwj Kingdom answer Himazwj? How can Heazwj be described by Hisazwj Face, or limited by a limitation, or realised by the sight, or encompassed by intellect, or grasped by imagination, and Allahazwj the Exalted Says: There isn’t anything like Him, and He is the Hearing, the Seeing [42:11]’.

قَالَ الْجَاثَلِيقُ: صَدَقْتَ أَيُّهَا الْوَصِيُّ الْعَلِيمُ‏ الْحَكِيمُ الرَّفِيقُ الْهَادِي، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً عَبْدُهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ، أَرْسَلَهُ‏ بِالْحَقِّ بَشِيراً وَ نَذِيراً*، وَ أَنَّكَ وَصِيُّهُ وَ صَدِيقُهُ وَ دَلِيلُهُ وَ مَوْضِعُ سِرِّهِ وَ أَمِينُهُ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ وَ وَلِيُّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ،

The bishop said, ‘Youasws speak the truth, O successorasws, the scholar, the wise, friend, the guide. I testify that there is no god except Allahazwj Alone, there being no associate for Himazwj, and I testify that Muhammadsaww is Hisazwj servant and Hisazwj Rasoolsaww. Heazwj Sent himsaww with the truth as a giver of glad tidings and a warner, and youasws are hissaww successorasws, and hissaww ratifier, and hissaww evidence, and place of hissaww secrets, and hissaww trustee upon the Peopleasws of hissaww Household, and Guardianasws of the Momineen from after himsaww.

مَنْ أَحَبَّكَ وَ تَوَلَّاكَ هَدَيْتَهُ وَ نَوَّرْتَ قَلْبَهُ وَ أَغْنَيْتَهُ‏ وَ كَفَيْتَهُ وَ شَفَيْتَهُ، وَ مَنْ تَوَلَّى عَنْكَ وَ عَدَلَ عَنْ سَبِيلِكَ ضَلَ‏ وَ غُبِنَ عَنْ حَظِّهِ وَ اتَّبَعَ هَوَاهُ بِغَيْرِ هُدًى مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ، وَ كَفَى هُدَاكَ وَ نُورُكَ هَادِياً وَ كَافِياً وَ شَافِياً.

One who loves youasws and befriends youasws, youasws will guide him and radiate his heart, and make him needless, and suffice him, and heal him; and one who turns away from youasws and deviates away from yourasws way would stray and is lost from his fortune, and follows his whims without any Guidance from Allahazwj and Hisazwj Rasoolsaww, and yourasws guidance suffices, and yourasws Noor is a guidance, and suffices, and heals’.

قَالَ: ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ الْجَاثَلِيقُ إِلَى الْقَوْمِ فَقَالَ: يَا هَؤُلَاءِ! قَدْ أَصَبْتُمْ أُمْنِيَّتَكُمْ وَ أَخْطَأْتُمْ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّكُمْ، فَاتَّبِعُوهُ تَهْتَدُوا وَ تَرْشُدُوا، فَمَا دَعَاكُمْ إِلَى مَا فَعَلْتُمْ؟! مَا أَعْرِفُ لَكُمْ عُذْراً بَعْدَ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ وَ الْحُجَّةِ عَلَيْكُمْ، أَشْهَدُ أَنَّهَا سُنَّةُ اللَّهِ فِي‏ الَّذِينَ خَلَوْا مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ‏ وَ لا تَبْدِيلَ لِكَلِماتِ اللَّهِ‏،

He (the narrator) said, ‘Then the bishop turned towards the people and said, ‘O you all! You have achieved your wishes, and you have erred from the Sunnah of your Prophetsaww, so follow himasws, you will be guided and be corrected. What called you all to what you did?! I do not recognise for you any excuse after the Verses of Allahazwj, and the argument upon you. I testify that it is a Sunnah of Allahazwj regarding those who were Created from before you: There is no replacement for the Words of Allah. That is the Mighty achievement [10:64].

وَ قَدْ قَضَى عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ الِاخْتِلَافَ عَلَى الْأُمَمِ، الِاسْتِبْدَالَ بِأَوْصِيَائِهِمْ بَعْدَ أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ، وَ مَا الْعَجَبُ إِلَّا مِنْكُمْ بَعْدَ مَا شَاهَدْتُمْ؟! فَمَا هَذِهِ الْقُلُوبُ الْقَاسِيَةُ، وَ الْحَسَدُ الظَّاهِرُ، وَ الضِّغْنُ وَ الْإِفْكُ الْمُبِينُ؟!.

And the Mighty and Majestic has Decreed the differing upon the communities, the replacement of the successorsas after their Prophetsas; and it is not surprising from you all after what you have already witnessed?! So, what are these, the hardness of the hearts, and the apparent envy, and grudges, and the open blatant lies?!’

قَالَ: وَ أَسْلَمَ النَّصْرَانِيُّ وَ مَنْ مَعَهُ‏ وَ شَهِدُوا لِعَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ بِالْوَصِيَّةِ وَ لِمُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ بِالْحَقِّ وَ النُّبُوَّةِ، وَ أَنَّهُ الْمَوْصُوفُ الْمَنْعُوتُ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَ الْإِنْجِيلِ، ثُمَّ خَرَجُوا مُنْصَرِفِينَ إِلَى مَلِكِهِمْ لِيَرُدُّوا عَلَيْهِ‏ مَا عَايَنُوا وَ مَا سَمِعُوا.

He (the narrator) said, ‘And the Christian and the ones with him became Muslims, and they testified for Aliasws with the successor-ship, and for Muhammadsaww with the truth and the Prophet-hood, it was described, the Revealed in the Torah and the Evangel. Then they went out dispersing to their king, in order to refer to him what they had witnessed and what they had heard.

فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَوْضَحَ بُرْهَانَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ أَعَزَّ دِينَهُ وَ نَصَرَهُ، وَ صَدَّقَ رَسُولَهُ وَ أَظْهَرَهُ‏ عَلَى الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ وَ لَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ‏، وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ‏ وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ.

Aliasws said: ‘The Praise is for Allahazwj Who Clarified the proof of Muhammadsaww and Strengthened hissaww Religion and Helped it, and Ratified Hisazwj Rasoolsaww and Prevailed it over the Religions, all of them, and even though the Polytheists abhor it, and the Praise is for Allahazwj, Lordazwj of the worlds, and may Allahazwj Send Salawat upon Muhammadsaww and hissaww Progenyasws’.

قَالَ: فَتَبَاشَرَ الْقَوْمُ بِحُجَجِ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَ بَيَانِ مَا أَخْرَجَهُ إِلَيْهِمْ، فَانْكَشَفَتْ‏ عَنْهُمُ الذِّلَّةُ، وَ قَالُوا: جَزَاكَ اللَّهُ يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ‏ فِي مَقَامِكَ بِحَقِّ نَبِيِّكَ، ثُمَّ تَفَرَّقُوا

The people rejoiced by the argumentation of Aliasws and explanation what heasws had brought out to them, and the disgrace was removed from them, and they said, ‘May Allahazwj Recompense youasws, O Abu Al-Hassanasws, regarding yourasws staying with the right of yourasws Prophetsaww’.

وَ كَأَنَّ الْحَاضِرِينَ لَمْ يَسْمَعُوا شَيْئاً مِمَّا فَهِمَهُ الْقَوْمُ وَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ عِنْدَهُمْ أَبَداً، وَ قَدْ نَسُوا ما ذُكِّرُوا بِهِ‏، وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ‏

And it was as if the ones present had not heard anything from what the people had understood, and the ones who were with them all the time, and they had forgotten what they had been reminded with, and the Praise is for Allahazwj, Lordazwj of the worlds’.

قَالَ سَلْمَانُ الْخَيْرِ: فَلَمَّا خَرَجُوا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ وَ تَفَرَّقَ النَّاسُ وَ أَرَادُوا الرَّحِيلَ أَتَوْا عَلِيّاً عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ مُسَلِّمِينَ عَلَيْهِ وَ يَدْعُونَ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى لَهُ وَ اسْتَأْذَنُوا،

Salmanra, with the good, said, ‘When they went out from the Masjid, and the people dispersed and intended the departure, they came to Aliasws being submissive to himasws, and supplicating to Allahazwj for himasws and sought permission (to sit with himasws).

فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِمْ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَجَلَسُوا، فَقَالَ الْجَاثَلِيقُ: يَا وَصِيَّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَبَا ذُرِّيَّتِهِ! مَا نَرَى الْأُمَّةَ إِلَّا هَالِكَةً كَهَلَاكِ مَنْ مَضَى مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ قَوْمِ مُوسَى وَ تَرْكِهِمْ مُوسَى‏ وَ عُكُوفِهِمْ عَلَى أَمْرِ السَّامِرِيِّ،

Aliasws came out to them and they sat down. The bishop said, ‘O successorasws of Muhammadsaww, and fatherasws of hissaww offspring! We do not see the community except as destroyed like the destruction of the past ones, from the children of Israel, from the people of Musaas, and Musaas left them and their engagement upon the matter of Al-Samirila.

وَ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ بَعَثَهُ اللَّهُ‏ عَدُوًّا شَياطِينَ الْإِنْسِ وَ الْجِنِ‏ يُفْسِدَانِ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ دِينَهُ، وَ يُهْلِكَانِ أُمَّتَهُ، وَ يَدْفَعَانِ وَصِيَّهُ، وَ يَدَّعِيَانِ الْأَمْرَ بَعْدَهُ،

And we have (observed) for every Prophetas Allahazwj had Sent, an enemy for every Prophet, satans of the humans and the Jinn, [6:112], both spoiling upon the Prophetas, hisas Religion, and destroying hisas community, and repelling hisas successoras, and claiming the command after himas.

وَ قَدْ أَرَانَا اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مَا وَعَدَ الصَّادِقِينَ مِنَ الْمَعْرِفَةِ بِهَلَاكِ هَؤُلَاءِ الْقَوْمِ، وَ بَيَّنَ لَنَا سَبِيلَكَ وَ سَبِيلَهُمْ، وَ بَصَّرَنَا مَا أَعْمَاهُمْ عَنْهُ، وَ نَحْنُ أَوْلِيَاؤُكَ وَ عَلَى دِينِكَ وَ عَلَى طَاعَتِكَ،

And Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic has Shown us what Heazwj has Promised the truthful, from the recognition with the destruction of those people, and Manifested yourasws way and their way to us, and we can see what they are blind from, and we are yourasws friends, and upon yourasws Religion, and are upon yourasws obedience.

فَمُرْنَا بِأَمْرِكَ، إِنْ أَحْبَبْتَ أَقَمْنَا مَعَكَ وَ نَصَرْنَاكَ عَلَى عَدُوِّكَ، وَ إِنْ أَمَرْتَنَا بِالْمَسِيرِ سِرْنَا وَ إِلَى مَا صَرَفْتَنَا إِلَيْهِ صِرْنَا، وَ قَدْ نوى‏ صَبْرَكَ عَلَى مَا ارْتُكِبَ مِنْكَ، وَ كَذَلِكَ شِيَمُ الْأَوْصِيَاءِ وَ سُنَّتُهُمْ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهِمْ، فَهَلْ عِنْدَكَ مِنْ نَبِيِّكَ عَهْدٌ فِيمَا أَنْتَ فِيهِ وَ هُمْ؟.

Instruct us with yourasws instruction. If youasws like, we shall stay with youasws against yourasws enemies, and if youasws instruct us with the travelling, we shall travel and to whatever direction youasws divert us to, we shall go there, and youasws have gone far upon the patience from youasws, and like that is the mannerism of the successorsasws and theiras way after theiras Prophetas. Is there a pact with youasws from yourasws Prophetsaww regarding what (situation) youasws and there are in?’

قَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: نَعَمْ، وَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ عِنْدِي لَعَهْداً مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مِمَّا هُمْ صَائِرُونَ إِلَيْهِ، وَ مَا هُمْ عَامِلُونَ، وَ كَيْفَ يَخْفَى عَلَيَّ أَمْرُ أُمَّتِهِ وَ أَنَا مِنْهُ بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى، وَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ شَمْعُونَ مِنْ عِيسَى؟!

Aliasws said: ‘Yes, by Allahazwj! There is a pact with measws from Rasool-Allahsaww from what they are going to and what they are doing, and how can the matter of hissaww community be hidden from measws, and Iasws am from himsaww at the status of Harounas from Musaas, and status of Shamounas from Isaas?!

أَ وَ مَا تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ وَصِيَّ عِيسَى شَمْعُونَ بْنَ حَمُّونَ الصَّفَا- ابْنَ خَالِهِ- اخْتَلَفَتْ عَلَيْهِ أُمَّةُ عِيسَى (ع) وَ افْتَرَقُوا أَرْبَعَ فِرَقٍ، وَ افْتَرَقَتِ الْأَرْبَعُ فِرَقٍ‏ عَلَى اثنين [اثْنَتَيْنِ‏] وَ سَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً، كُلُّهَا هَالِكَةٌ إِلَّا فِرْقَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ؟ وَ كَذَلِكَ أُمَّةُ مُوسَى (ع) افْتَرَقَتْ عَلَى اثنين [اثْنَتَيْنِ‏] وَ سَبْعِينَ‏ فِرْقَةً، كُلُّهَا هَالِكَةٌ إِلَّا فِرْقَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ،

Or are you not knowing that the successoras of Isaas is Shamoun Bin Hamoun Al-Saffaas, sonas of hisas maternal aunt? The community of Isaas had differed upon himas, and they separated into four sects, and the four sects separated upon seventy-two sects, all of these being the destroyed ones except one sect? And similar to that is the community of Musaas. They separated upon seventy-two (72) sects, all of these being destroyed ones except one sect.

وَ قَدْ عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ مُحَمَّدٌ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ أَنَّ أُمَّتَهُ يَفْتَرِقُونَ عَلَى ثَلَاثٍ وَ سَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً، ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ فِرْقَةً تَدَّعِي مَحَبَّتَنَا وَ مَوَدَّتَنَا كُلُّهُمْ هَالِكَةٌ إِلَّا فِرْقَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ، وَ إِنِّي لَعَلَى بَيِّنَةٍ مِنْ رَبِّي، وَ إِنِّي عَالِمٌ بِمَا يَصِيرُ الْقَوْمُ إِلَيْهِ، وَ لَهُمْ مُدَّةٌ وَ أَجَلٌ مَعْدُودٌ، لِأَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقُولُ: وَ إِنْ أَدْرِي لَعَلَّهُ فِتْنَةٌ لَكُمْ وَ مَتاعٌ إِلى‏ حِينٍ‏

And Muhammadsaww had made pledged to measws that hissaww community would be separating upon seventy-three (73) sects. Thirteen would be claiming ourasws love and ourasws cordiality, all of them would be destroyed except one sect, and Iasws am upon a proof from myasws Lordazwj, and Iasws am a knower of what the people are coming to, and for them is a numbered period and term, because Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic is Saying: And I know, perhaps it is a Fitna for you and a provision up to a time’ [21:111].

وَ قَدْ صَبَرَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقَلِيلَ لِمَا هُوَ بَالِغُ أَمْرِهِ وَ قَدَرُهُ الْمَحْتُومُ فِيهِمْ‏، وَ ذَكَرَ نِفَاقَهُمْ وَ حَسَدَهُمْ وَ أَنَّهُ سَيُخْرِجُ أَضْغَانَهُمْ وَ يُبَيِّنُ مَرَضَ قُلُوبِهِمْ بَعْدَ فِرَاقِ نَبِيِّهِمْ‏

And Iasws have observed a little patience upon them due to what Hisazwj Command has to reach, and Hisazwj Pre-determination of the Decree regarding them, and mention of their hypocrisy and their envy, and their grudges would be coming out and the disease of their hearts would appear after the separation of their Prophetsaww.

قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: يَحْذَرُ الْمُنافِقُونَ أَنْ تُنَزَّلَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُورَةٌ تُنَبِّئُهُمْ بِما فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ قُلِ اسْتَهْزِؤُا إِنَّ اللَّهَ مُخْرِجٌ ما تَحْذَرُونَ‏ أَيْ تَعْلَمُونَ‏ وَ لَئِنْ سَأَلْتَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ إِنَّما كُنَّا نَخُوضُ وَ نَلْعَبُ قُلْ أَ بِاللَّهِ وَ آياتِهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ كُنْتُمْ تَسْتَهْزِؤُنَ لا تَعْتَذِرُوا قَدْ كَفَرْتُمْ بَعْدَ إِيمانِكُمْ إِنْ نَعْفُ عَنْ طائِفَةٍ مِنْكُمْ نُعَذِّبْ طائِفَةً بِأَنَّهُمْ كانُوا مُجْرِمِينَ‏

Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic Said: The hypocrites are cautious that a Chapter might be Revealed against them manifesting what is in their hearts. Say: ‘Keep mocking! Surely Allah will Bring forth what you are being cautious of’ [9:64] – i.e., they know. And if you question them, they would say, ‘But rather, we were just talking and playing’. Say: ‘Was it Allah and His Signs and His Rasool you were mocking at?’ [9:65] Do not make excuses. You have committed Kufr after your Eman. If We Pardon a group from you, We will Punish a group because they were criminals [9:66].

فَقَدْ عَفَا اللَّهُ عَنِ الْقَلِيلِ مِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ وَ وَعَدَنِي أَنْ يُظْهِرَنِي عَلَى أَهْلِ الْفِتْنَةِ وَ يردوا [يَرُدَّ] الْأَمْرَ إِلَيَّ وَ لَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُبْطِلُونَ، وَ عِنْدَكُمْ كِتَابٌ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فِي الْمُصَالَحَةِ وَ الْمُهَادَنَةِ عَلَى أَنْ لَا تُحْدِثُوا وَ لَا تَأْوُوا مُحْدِثاً،

Allahazwj has Pardoned from a few of them, and Promised measws that Heazwj would Make measws prevail over the people of Fitna, and the command would return to measws, and even if the falsifies dislike it; and with you there is a letter from Rasool-Allahsaww regarding the reconciliation and the truce upon (a condition) that you will neither innovate, nor shelter an innovator.

فَلَكُمُ الْوَفَاءُ عَلَى‏ مَا وَفَيْتُمْ، وَ لَكُمُ الْعَهْدُ وَ الذِّمَّةُ عَلَى‏ مَا أَقَمْتُمْ عَلَى الْوَفَاءِ بِعَهْدِكُمْ عَلَيْنَا مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ لَكُمْ، وَ لَيْسَ هَذَا أَوَانُ نَصْرِنَا وَ لَا يُسَلُّ سَيْفٌ‏ وَ لَا يُقَامُ عَلَيْهِمْ بِحَقٍّ مَا لَمْ يَقْبَلُوا وَ يُعْطُوا طَاعَتَهُمْ، إِذْ كُنْتُ فَرِيضَةً مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ مِنْ رَسُولِهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مِثْلَ الْحَجِّ وَ الزَّكَاةِ وَ الصَّوْمِ وَ الصَّلَاةِ،

For you is the loyalty upon what you have honoured, and for you is the pact and the responsibility of what your standing upon the loyalty with your pact with us, the like of that is with you; and this isn’t for support to help us, not asking for a sword, nor standing against them with a right what they will not accept and give their obedience, when you are upon an Obligation from Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic and from Hisazwj Rasoolsaww, like the Hajj, and the Zakat, and the Fasting, and the Salat.

فَهَلْ يُقَامُ بِهَذِهِ الْحُدُودِ إِلَّا بِعَالِمٍ قَائِمٍ‏ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْحَقِ‏ وَ هُوَ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يُتَّبَعَ‏؟! وَ لَقَدْ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ: قُلْ هَلْ مِنْ شُرَكائِكُمْ مَنْ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْحَقِّ قُلِ اللَّهُ يَهْدِي لِلْحَقِّ أَ فَمَنْ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْحَقِّ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يُتَّبَعَ أَمَّنْ لا يَهِدِّي إِلَّا أَنْ يُهْدى‏ فَما لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ‏

And can anyone stand with these limits except a scholarasws standing guiding to the truth and heasws is more rightful to be followed?! And Allahazwj the Glorious has Revealed: Say: ‘Is there from your associates any one who can guide to the Truth?’ Say: ‘Allah Guides to the Truth. Is the one who guides to the Truth more rightful to be followed or the one who does not guide unless if he is Guided? So, what is the matter with you all? How are you judging?’ [10:35].

فَأَنَا- رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ‏ فَرِيضَةٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ عَلَيْكُمْ، بَلْ أَفْضَلُ الْفَرَائِضِ وَ أَعْلَاهَا، وَ أَجْمَعُهَا لِلْحَقِّ، وَ أَحْكَمُهَا لِدَعَائِمِ الْإِيمَانِ، وَ شَرَائِعِ الْإِسْلَامِ، وَ مَا يَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ الْخَلْقُ لِصَلَاحِهِمْ وَ لِفَسَادِهِمْ وَ لِأَمْرِ دُنْيَاهُمْ وَ آخِرَتِهِمْ،

May Allahazwj have Mercy on you! Iasws am an Obligation from Allahazwj and Hisazwj Rasoolsaww upon you all, but the most superior of the Obligations, and its highest, and its summary of the truth, and its most decisive for the foundations of Eman, and Laws of Al-Islam, and what the people would be needy to for their correctness and (rectification) for their corruption, and for the affairs of their world and their Hereafter.

فَقَدْ تَوَلَّوْا عَنِّي، وَ دَفَعُوا فَضْلِي، وَ فَرَضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ إِمَامَتِي وَ سُلُوكَ سَبِيلِي، فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُمْ مَا شَمِلَهُمْ مِنَ الذُّلِّ وَ الصَّغَارِ مِنْ بَعْدِ الْحُجَّةِ. وَ كَيْفَ أَثْبَتَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْحُجَّةَ وَ قَدْ نَسُوا مَا ذُكِّرُوا بِهِ مِنْ عَهْدِ نَبِيِّهُمْ، وَ مَا أَكَّدَ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ طَاعَتِي

They have turned away from measws, and repelled myasws merits, and Rasool-Allahsaww had Obligated myasws Imamate and travelling myasws way. You have seen what had included them of the disgrace and the belittling, from after the proof, and how Allahazwj had Proved the Argument upon them, and they had forgotten when they had been reminded with, of the pact of their Prophetsaww, and what hesaww had emphasised upon them of myasws obedience.

وَ أَخْبَرَهُمْ مِنْ مَقَامِي، وَ بَلَّغَهُمْ مِنْ رِسَالَةِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي فَقْرِهِمْ إِلَى عِلْمِي وَ غِنَايَ عَنْهُمْ وَ عَنْ جَمِيعِ الْأُمَّةِ مِمَّا أَعْطَانِيَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ،

And hesaww had informed them of myasws position, and delivered to them the Message of Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic regarding their neediness to myasws knowledge, and myasws needlessness from them and from the entirety of the community, from what Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic has Given measws.

فَكَيْفَ آسَى عَلَى مَنْ ضَلَّ عَنِ الْحَقِّ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّنَ لَهُ وَ اتَّخَذَ إِلهَهُ هَواهُ وَ أَضَلَّهُ اللَّهُ‏ عَلى‏ عِلْمٍ وَ خَتَمَ عَلى‏ سَمْعِهِ وَ قَلْبِهِ وَ جَعَلَ عَلى‏ بَصَرِهِ غِشاوَةً فَمَنْ يَهْدِيهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ اللَّهِ أَ فَلا تَذَكَّرُونَ‏

How can Iasws console upon the one straying from the truth from after what has been clarified for him, one who takes his desires as a god, and Allah Lets him stray upon knowledge and Seals upon his hearing and his heart, and Makes a covering to be upon his sight? Then who can guide him after Allah (has Denied him)? So will you not be mindful? [45:23].

إِنَّ هُدَاهُ لَلْهُدَى، وَ هُمَا السَّبِيلَانِ: سَبِيلُ الْجَنَّةِ وَ سَبِيلُ النَّارِ وَ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةُ، فَقَدْ تَرَى مَا نَزَلَ بِالْقَوْمِ مِنِ اسْتِحْقَاقِ الْعَذَابِ الَّذِي عَذَّبَ بِهِ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَهُمْ مِنَ الْأُمَمِ، وَ كَيْفَ بَدَّلُوا كَلَامَ اللَّهِ، وَ كَيْفَ جَرَتِ السُّنَّةُ فِيهِمْ‏ مِنَ الَّذِينَ خَلَوْا مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ،

Heazwj Guides him to the Guidance, and these are two ways – a way to the Paradise and a way to the Fire, and the world and the Hereafter. You have seen what had befallen with the people, from their being deserving the Punishment which the ones from the communities before them had been Punished with, and how they have changed the Speech of Allahazwj, and how the ways have flowed among them of those who have passed from before them.

فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالتَّمَسُّكِ بِحَبْلِ اللَّهِ وَ عُرْوَتِهِ، وَ كُونُوا مِنْ حِزْبِ اللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ، وَ الْزَمُوا عَهْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ مِيثَاقَهُ عَلَيْكُمْ، فَإِنَّ الْإِسْلَامَ بَدَأَ غَرِيباً وَ سَيَعُودُ غَرِيباً،

Upon you is to hold tightly to the rope of Allahazwj and Hisazwj Handhold, and become from the party of Allahazwj and Hisazwj Rasoolsaww, and necessitate the pact of Rasool-Allahsaww and hissaww covenant upon you. Al-Islam began as a (lonely) stranger and will be returning to be as a (lonely) stranger.

وَ كُونُوا فِي أَهْلِ مِلَّتِكُمْ كَأَصْحَابِ الْكَهْفِ، وَ إِيَّاكُمْ أَنْ تَغُشُّوا أَمْرَكُمْ إِلَى أَهْلٍ أَوْ وَلَدٍ أَوْ حَمِيمٍ أَوْ قَرِيبٍ، فَإِنَّهُ دِينُ اللَّهِ الَّذِي أَوْجَبَ لَهُ التَّقِيَّةَ لِأَوْلِيَائِهِ‏ فَيَقْتُلُكُمْ قَوْمُكُمْ وَ إِنْ أَصَبْتُمْ مِنَ الْمَلِكِ فُرْصَةً أَلْقَيْتُمْ عَلَى قَدْرِ مَا تَرَوْنَ مِنْ قَبُولِهِ،

And become among the people of your nation like the companions of the cave, and beware of spreading your matter to a wife, or a son, or an intimate one, or a near one, for the Religion of Allahazwj is that which Obligates for it the Taqiyyah (dissimulation) for its friends, for you will (end up) killing your people. And if you find an opportunity from the king, then cast it in accordance to what you see from his acceptance.

وَ إِنَّهُ بَابُ اللَّهِ وَ حِصْنُ الْإِيمَانِ لَا يَدْخُلُهُ إِلَّا مَنْ أَخَذَ اللَّهُ مِيثَاقَهُ، وَ نَوَّرَ لَهُ فِي قَلْبِهِ‏ وَ أَعَانَهُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ، انْصَرِفُوا إِلَى بِلَادِكُمْ عَلَى عَهْدِكُمُ الَّذِي عَاهَدْتُمُونِي عَلَيْهِ، فَإِنَّهُ سَيَأْتِي عَلَى النَّاسِ بَعْدَ بُرْهَةٍ مِنْ دَهْرِهِمْ‏ مُلُوكٌ بَعْدِي وَ بَعْدَ هَؤُلَاءِ يُغَيِّرُونَ دِينَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ، وَ يُحَرِّفُونَ كَلَامَهُ، وَ يَقْتُلُونَ أَوْلِيَاءَ اللَّهِ، وَ يُعِزُّونَ أَعْدَاءَ اللَّهِ،

And it is a door of Allahazwj and fortress of the Eman. No one will enter it except one Allahazwj has Taken his Covenant, and Radiated his heart for him, and Supported him against himself. Leave to go to your cities upon your pact which, you have agreed with measws upon for there will be coming upon the people after a moment of their time, certain kings after measws, and afterwards they would be chaining the Religion of Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic, and altering Hisazwj Speech (Quran), and killing the friends of Allahazwj and honouring the enemies of Allahazwj.

وَ بِهِمْ‏ تَكْثُرُ الْبِدَعُ، وَ تَدْرُسُ السُّنَنُ، حَتَّى تُمْلَأَ الْأَرْضُ جَوْراً وَ عُدْوَاناً وَ بِدَعاً، ثُمَّ يَكْشِفُ اللَّهُ بِنَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ جَمِيعَ الْبَلَايَا عَنْ أَهْلِ دَعْوَةِ اللَّهِ بَعْدَ شِدَّةٍ مِنَ الْبَلَاءِ الْعَظِيمِ حَتَّى تُمْلَأَ الْأَرْضُ قِسْطاً وَ عَدْلًا بَعْدَ مَا مُلِئَتْ ظُلْماً وَ جَوْراً،

And by them the innovations would be numerous, and (other) ways would be studied, until the earth would be filled with tyranny and aggression, and innovations. Then Allahazwj will Remove by usasws, Peopleasws of the Household, the entirety of the afflictions of the people, (as a result of a) call of Allahazwj after difficulties of the mighty afflictions, until the earth is filled up with equity and justice after it have had been filled with injustice and tyranny.

أَلَا وَ قَدْ عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ أَنَّ الْأَمْرَ صَائِرٌ إِلَيَّ بَعْدَ الثَّلَاثِينَ مِنْ وَفَاتِهِ وَ ظُهُورِ الْفِتَنِ، وَ اخْتِلَافِ الْأُمَّةِ عَلَيَّ، وَ مُرُوقِهِمْ مِنْ دِينِ اللَّهِ، وَ أَمَرَنِي بِقِتَالِ النَّاكِثِينَ وَ الْمَارِقِينَ وَ الْقَاسِطِينَ،

Indeed! And Rasool-Allahsaww had pledged to measws that the command will come to measws after thirty (years) from hissaww expiry and the appearance of the Fitna, and differing of the community upon measws, and their reneging from the Religion of Allahazwj, and instructed measws to fight them – the breakers (of the covenant), and the renegades and the deviants.

فَمَنْ أَدْرَكَ مِنْكُمْ ذَلِكَ الزَّمَانَ وَ تِلْكَ الْأُمُورَ وَ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ بِحَظِّهِ مِنَ الْجِهَادِ مَعِي فَلْيَفْعَلْ، فَإِنَّهُ وَ اللَّهِ الْجِهَادُ الصَّافِي، صَفَاهُ لَنَا كِتَابُ اللَّهِ وَ سُنَّةُ نَبِيِّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ،

The one from you who comes across that time period, and those affairs, and wants to take his share from the Jihad with measws, then let him do so, for by Allahazwj, the Jihad is pure, the Book of Allahazwj has Purified it for usasws, and (so had) the Sunnah of Hisazwj Prophetsaww.

فَكُونُوا- رَحِمَكُمُ اللَّهُ- مِنْ أَحْلَاسِ بُيُوتِكُمْ إِلَى أَوَانِ ظُهُورِ أَمْرِنَا، فَمَنْ مَاتَ مِنْكُمْ كَانَ مِنَ الْمَظْلُومِينَ، وَ مَنْ عَاشَ مِنْكُمْ أَدْرَكَ مَا تَقَرُّ بِهِ عَيْنُهُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى.

May Allahazwj have Mercy on you all! Become from the ones sitting in your houses to support the appearance of our command. The one from you who dies would be from the oppressed ones, and one from you who lives would come across what his eyes would be delighted with, if Allahazwj the Exalted so Desires.

أَلَا وَ إِنِّي أُخْبِرُكُمْ أَنَّهُ سَيَحْمِلُونَ عَلَيَّ خُطَّةَ جَهْلِهِمْ‏، وَ يَنْقُضُونَ عَلَيْنَا عَهْدَ نَبِيِّنَا صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ لِقِلَّةِ عِلْمِهِمْ بِمَا يَأْتُونَ وَ يَذَرُونَ‏، وَ سَيَكُونُ مِنْكُمْ‏ مُلُوكٌ يَدْرُسُ عِنْدَهُمُ الْعَهْدُ، وَ يَنْسَوْنَ مَا ذُكِّرُوا بِهِ، وَ يَحُلُّ بِهِمْ مَا يَحُلُّ بِالْأُمَمِ حَتَّى يَصِيرُوا إِلَى الْهَرْجِ وَ الِاعْتِدَاءِ وَ فَسَادِ الْعَهْدِ،

Indeed! And Iasws am informing you all that they will be loading upon measws the mistakes of their ignorance, and they will be breaking the pact of our Prophetsaww upon usasws due to the scarcity of their knowledge with what they are committing and leaving, and there will be happening to be kings from them, obscuring the pact with them, and forgetting what they had been reminded of, and it would be released with them what was released with the communities (of the past) until they come to the troubles and the transgression and corrupting the pact.

وَ ذَلِكَ لِطُولِ الْمُدَّةِ وَ شِدَّةِ الْمِحْنَةِ الَّتِي أُمِرْتُ بِالصَّبْرِ عَلَيْهَا، وَ سَلَّمْتُ لِأَمْرِ اللَّهِ فِي مِحْنَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ يَكْدَحُ فِيهَا الْمُؤْمِنُ حَتَّى يَلْقَى اللَّهَ‏ رَبَّهُ، وَ وَاهاً لِلْمُتَمَسِّكِينَ بِالثَّقَلَيْنِ وَ مَا يُعْمَلُ بِهِمْ!

And that would be due to the prolonged period and severe test which Iasws have been Commanded to be patient upon, and Iasws have submitted to the Command of Allahazwj regarding the mighty test, the Momin would toil during it until he meets Allahazwj his Lordazwj, and grief would be for the ones adhering with the two weighty things, and what would be done with them!

وَ وَاهاً لِفَرَجِ‏ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مِنْ خَلِيفَةٍ مُتَخَلِّفٍ عِتْرِيفٍ مُتْرَفٍ‏، يَقْتُلُ خَلَفِي وَ خَلَفَ‏ الْخَلَفِ، بَلَى‏ اللَّهُمَّ لَا تَخْلُو الْأَرْضُ مِنْ قَائِمٍ بِحُجَّةٍ إِمَّا ظَاهِراً مَشْهُوراً أَوْ بَاطِناً مَسْتُوراً لِئَلَّا تَبْطُلَ حُجَجُ اللَّهِ وَ بَيِّنَاتُهُ‏،

And grief would be for Progenyasws of Muhammadsaww from a caliph made to be a caliph by an affluent officer, and he will kill myasws caliph and replace with the caliph. Yes, by Allahazwj. The earth cannot be vacant from oneasws standing with the argument, either apparent, well-known, or hidden, concealed, lest the Arguments of Allahazwj and Hisazwj Proofs get invalidated.

وَ يَكُونَ مِحْنَةً لِمَنِ اتَّبَعَهُ وَ اقْتَدَى بِهِ، وَ أَيْنَ أُولَئِكَ؟ وَ كَمْ أُولَئِكَ؟ أُولَئِكَ‏ الْأَقَلُّونَ عَدَداً، الْأَعْظَمُونَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ خَطَراً، بِهِمْ يَحْفَظُ اللَّهُ دِينَهُ وَ عِلْمَهُ حَتَّى يَزْرَعَهَا فِي صُدُورِ أَشْبَاهِهِمْ، وَ يُودِعَهَا أَمْثَالَهُمْ،

And tribulations would take place for the one who follows himasws and believes in himasws; and where are they? And how many are they? They are a small number, the greatest of minds in the Presence of Allahazwj. By them, Allahazwj will Protect Hisazwj Religion, and Hisazwj Knowledge until they cultivate it in the chests of their like, and entrust it to their like.

هَجَمَ بِهِمُ الْعِلْمُ عَلَى حَقِيقَةِ الْإِيمَانِ، وَ اسْتَرْوَحُوا رُوحَ الْيَقِينِ، وَ أَنِسُوا بِمَا اسْتَوْحَشَ مِنْهُ الْجَاهِلُونَ، وَ اسْتَلَانُوا مَا اسْتَوْعَرَ مِنْهُ الْمُتْرَفُونَ، وَ صَحِبُوا الدُّنْيَا بِأَبْدَانٍ أَرْوَاحُهَا مُعَلَّقَةٌ بِالْمَلَإِ الْأَعْلَى،

The knowledge would be immense with them upon the reality of the Eman, and will find rest with the spirit of certainty, and they would be comforted with what the ignorant ones would be lonely with, and they would settle what the disgraced ones would be in debt with, and they would accompany the world with their bodies and their souls would be attached with the high assembly.

أُولَئِكَ حُجَجُ اللَّهِ فِي أَرْضِهِ، وَ أُمَنَاؤُهُ عَلَى خَلْقِهِ، آهِ .. آهِ شَوْقاً إِلَيْهِمْ‏ وَ إِلَى رُؤْيَتِهِمْ، وَ وَاهاً لَهُمْ عَلَى صَبْرِهِمْ عَلَى عَدُوِّهِمْ، وَ سَيَجْمَعُنَا اللَّهُ وَ إِيَّاهُمْ فِي جَنَّاتِ عَدْنٍ‏ وَ مَنْ صَلَحَ مِنْ آبائِهِمْ وَ أَزْواجِهِمْ وَ ذُرِّيَّاتِهِمْ

Theyasws are the Divine Authorities of Allahazwj in Hisazwj earth, and Hisazwj trustees upon Hisazwj creatures. Aah! Aah! Myasws desire to them, and to seeing them, and grief would be for themasws upon theirasws being patient upon theirasws enemies, and Allahazwj will Gather us and themasws in the Gardens of Eden, ones from their forefathers and their wives and their offspring. [13:23]’.

قَالَ: .. ثُمَّ بَكَى .. وَ بَكَى الْقَوْمُ مَعَهُ وَ وَدَّعُوهُ‏ وَ قَالُوا: نَشْهَدُ لَكَ بِالْوَصِيَّةِ وَ الْإِمَامَةِ وَ الْأُخُوَّةِ، وَ إِنَّ عِنْدَنَا لَصِفَتَكَ وَ صُورَتَكَ، وَ سَيَقْدَمُ وَفْدٌ بَعْدَ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ عَلَى الْمَلِكِ، وَ لَنُخْرِجَنَّ إِلَيْهِمْ صُورَةَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ صُورَةَ نَبِيِّكَ وَ صُورَتَكَ وَ صُورَةَ ابْنَيْكَ الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ‏ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ وَ صُورَةَ فَاطِمَةَ عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ زَوْجَتَكَ سَيِّدَةَ نِسَاءِ الْعَالَمِينَ بَعْدَ مَرْيَمَ الْكُبْرَى الْبَتُولِ،

He (the narrator) said, ‘Then heasws cried, and the people cried along with himasws and bade himasws farewell, and they said, ‘We testify for youasws with the successor-ship, and the Imamate, and the brother-hood, and with us is yourasws description, and yourasws image, and a delegation would be coming afterwards of this man from Quraysh to the king, and we shall bring out to them the images of the Prophetsas, and image of yourasws Prophetsaww, and images of yourasws two sonsasws, Al-Hassanasws and Al-Husaynasws, upon themasws be the greetings, and image of (Syeda) Fatimaasws, upon herasws be the greetings, yourasws wifeasws, chieftess of the women of the worlds after Maryamas the great, the chaste.

وَ إِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَمَأْثُورٌ عِنْدَنَا وَ مَحْفُوظٌ، وَ نَحْنُ رَاجِعُونَ إِلَى الْمَلِكِ وَ مُخْبِرُوهُ بِمَا أَوْدَعْتَنَا مِنْ نُورِ هِدَايَتِكَ وَ بُرْهَانِكَ وَ كَرَامَتِكَ وَ صَبْرِكَ عَلَى مَا أَنْتَ فِيهِ، وَ نَحْنُ الْمُرَابِطُونَ لِدَوْلَتِكَ، الدَّاعُونَ‏ لَكَ وَ لِأَمْرِكَ، فَمَا أَعْظَمَ هَذَا الْبَلَاءَ، وَ مَا أَطْوَلَ هَذِهِ الْمُدَّةَ، وَ نَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ التَّوْفِيقَ بِالثَّبَاتِ، وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ.

And that (those images) are imprinted with us and preserved, and we shall be returning to the king and informing him with what we have been entrusted from the Noor of yourasws guidance, and yourasws proof, and yourasws benevolence, and yourasws patience upon what (situation) youasws are in, and we shall be the assemblers to yourasws government, and the callers to youasws and to yourasws matter. How mighty is this affliction, and how prolonged is this duration; and we shall ask Allahazwj for the inclination with the proofs, and the greetings be upon youasws, and Mercy of Allahazwj and Hisazwj Blessings’’.⁹

2- إِرْشَادُ الْقُلُوبِ‏: بِحَذْفِ الْأَسَانِيدِ، قِيلَ: لَمَّا كَانَ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ دَخَلَ يَهُودِيٌّ الْمَسْجِدَ فَقَالَ: أَيْنَ وَصِيُّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ؟ فَأَشَارُوا إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ، فَوَقَفَ عَلَيْهِ وَ قَالَ: إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ لَا يَعْلَمُهَا إِلَّا نَبِيٌّ أَوْ وَصِيُّ نَبِيٍّ.

(The book) ‘Irshad Al Quloob’ – By deleted chains, it is said,

‘When it was after the expiry of Rasool-Allahsaww, a Jew entered the Masjid and said, ‘Where is the successorasws of Rasool-Allahsaww?’ They indicated to Abu Bakr. He paused to him and said, ‘I want to ask you about things, none would know these except a Prophetas or a successoras of a Prophetsaww’.

فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: سَلْ عَمَّا بَدَا لَكَ؟ فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ: أَخْبِرْنِي عَمَّا لَيْسَ لِلَّهِ؟ وَ عَمَّا لَيْسَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ؟ وَ عَمَّا لَا يَعْلَمُهُ اللَّهُ؟.

Abu Bakr said, ‘Ask about whatever comes to you’. The Jew said, ‘Inform me about what isn’t for Allahazwj? And about what isn’t with Allahazwj? And about what Allahazwj does not know?’

فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: هَذِهِ مَسَائِلُ الزَّنَادِقَةِ، يَا يَهُودِيُّ! أَ وَ فِي السَّمَاءِ شَيْ‏ءٌ لَا يَعْلَمُهُ اللَّهُ‏؟ وَ هَمَّ بِهِ الْمُسْلِمُونَ- وَ كَانَ فِي الْقَوْمِ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ- فَقَالَ: مَا أَنْصَفْتُمُ الرَّجُلَ؟!. قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: أَ وَ مَا سَمِعْتَ مَا تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ؟.

Abu Bakr said, ‘These are questions of the atheists, O Jew! Or is there anything in the sky Allahazwj does not know?’ And the Muslims thought of killing him, and among the people was Ibn Abbas. He said, ‘Will you not be fair with the man?!’ Abu Bakr said, ‘Or did you not hear what he spoke with?’

فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: إِنْ كَانَ عِنْدَكُمْ جَوَابٌ‏ وَ إِلَّا فَاذْهَبُوا بِهِ إِلَى مَنْ يُجِيبُهُ، فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ يَقُولُ لِعَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِ قَلْبَهُ وَ ثَبِّتْ لِسَانَهُ.

Ibn Abbas said, ‘If there would be answers with you, or else go with him to oneasws who will answer him, for I heard Rasool-Allahsaww saying to Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws: ‘O Allahazwj! Guide hisasws heart and Affirm hisasws tongue’’.

قَالَ: فَقَامَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَ مَنْ حَضَرَ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَأَتَوْا عَلِيّاً عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَاسْتَأْذَنُوا عَلَيْهِ، فَدَخَلُوا، فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ! إِنَّ هَذَا الْيَهُودِيَّ سَأَلَنِي عَنْ مَسَائِلِ الزَّنَادِقَةِ.

He (the narrator) said, ‘Abu Bakr and the ones from the Emigrants and the Helpers stood up and came to Aliasws. They sought permission to see himasws. They entered, and Abu Bakr said, ‘O Abu Al-Hassanasws! This Jew asked me the questions of the atheists’.

قَالَ: فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ لِلْيَهُودِيِّ: مَا تَقُولُ يَا يَهُودِيُّ؟ قَالَ: إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ لَا يَعْلَمُهَا إِلَّا نَبِيٌّ أَوْ وَصِيُّ نَبِيٍّ.

He (the narrator) said, ‘Aliasws said: ‘What are you saying, O Jew?’ He said, ‘I ask youasws about the things, none would know these except a Prophetas or a successoras of a Prophetas’.

فَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: سَلْ، يَا يَهُودِيُّ! فَأُنَبِّئَكَ بِهِ.

Heasws said: ‘Ask, O Jew! Iasws shall answer you with it’.

قَالَ: أَخْبِرْنِي عَمَّا لَيْسَ لِلَّهِ؟ وَ عَمَّا لَيْسَ‏ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ؟ وَ عَمَّا لَا يَعْلَمُهُ اللَّهُ؟.

He said, ‘Inform me about what isn’t for Allahazwj? And about what isn’t with Allahazwj? And about what Allahazwj does not know?’

قَالَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: أَمَّا قَوْلُكَ عَمَّا لَيْسَ لِلَّهِ، فَلَيْسَ لِلَّهِ شَرِيكٌ، وَ أَمَّا قَوْلُكَ عَمَّا لَيْسَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ، فَلَيْسَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ ظُلْمٌ لِلْعِبَادِ، وَ أَمَّا قَوْلُكَ عَمَّا لَا يَعْلَمُهُ اللَّهُ، فَذَلِكَ قَوْلُكُمْ إِنَّ عُزَيْراً ابْنُ اللَّهِ، وَ اللَّهُ لَا يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ لَهُ وَلَداً.

Heasws said: ‘As for your words about what isn’t for Allahazwj, so there isn’t any associate for Allahazwj; and as for your words about what isn’t with Allahazwj, so there isn’t any injustice to the servants with Allahazwj; and as for your words about what Allahazwj does not know, so these are your word that Uzairas is a sonas of Allahazwj. By Allahazwj! Heazwj does not know of a son being for Himazwj’.

فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ: أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ‏ وَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اللَّهِ، وَ أَنَّكَ وَصِيُّهُ.

The Jew said, ‘I testify that there is no god except Allahazwj and that Muhammadsaww is Rasoolsaww of Allahazwj, and youasws are hissaww successorasws’.

فَقَامَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَ مَنْ مَعَهُ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ فَقَبَّلُوا رَأْسَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَ قَالَ: يَا مُفَرِّجَ الْكُرُوبِ‏.

Abu Bakr and the ones with him from the Emigrants stood up and kissed the head of Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws and said: ‘O reliever of the worries!’’¹⁰

3- إِرْشَادُ الْقُلُوبِ‏:- بِحَذْفِ الْأَسَانِيدِ أَيْضاً- مَرْفُوعاً إِلَى ابْنِ‏ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: قَدِمَ يَهُودِيَّانِ أَخَوَانِ مِنْ رُءُوسِ‏ الْيَهُودِ، فَقَالا: يَا قَوْمُ! إِنَّ نَبِيَّنَا حَدَّثَنَا أَنَّهُ يَظْهَرُ بِتِهَامَةَ رَجُلٌ يُسَفِّهُ أَحْلَامَ الْيَهُودِ، وَ يَطْعُنُ فِي دِينِهِمْ، وَ نَحْنُ نَخَافُ أَنْ يُزِيلَنَا عَمَّا كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ آبَاؤُنَا، فَأَيُّكُمْ هَذَا النَّبِيُّ؟.

(The book) ‘Irshad Al Quloob’ – by deleted chain as well, raising it to Ibn Abbas who said,

‘Two brothers from the chiefs of the Jews arrived and said, ‘O people! Our Prophetas had narrated to us that a mansaww would appear at Tahama discrediting the dreams of the Jews, and call the Religion into question, and we fear that hesaww would move us away from what our fathers have been upon. So, which one of you is this Prophetsaww?

فَإِنْ كَانَ الْمُبَشِّرَ بِهِ دَاوُدُ آمَنَّا بِهِ وَ اتَّبَعْنَاهُ، وَ إِنْ كَانَ يُورِدُ الْكَلَامَ عَلَى إِبْلَاغِهِ وَ يُورِدُ الشِّعْرَ وَ يَقْهَرُنَا جَاهَدْنَاهُ‏ بِأَنْفُسِنَا وَ أَمْوَالِنَا، فَأَيُّكُمْ هَذَا النَّبِيُّ؟.

If hesaww would be the onesaww Dawoodas had given glad tidings with, we would believe in himsaww and follow himsaww, and if the speech turns upon hissaww eloquence and the poetry, and hesaww forces us, we will fight himsaww with ourselves and our wealth. So, which one of you is this Prophetsaww?’

فَقَالَ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ وَ الْأَنْصَارُ: إِنَّ نَبِيَّنَا قُبِضَ.

The Emigrants and the Helpers said, ‘Our Prophetsaww has passed away’.

فَقَالا: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، فَأَيُّكُمْ وَصِيُّهُ؟ فَمَا بَعَثَ اللَّهُ نَبِيّاً إِلَى قَوْمٍ إِلَّا وَ لَهُ وَصِيٌّ يُؤَدِّي مِنْ بَعْدِهِ وَ يَحْكُمُ مَا أَمَرَهُ بِهِ رَبُّهُ،

They said, ‘The Praise be to Allahazwj! So, which one of you is hissaww successor? Allahazwj has not Sent any Prophetas to a people except and for himsaww is a successoras, delivering from after himas whatever hisas Lordazwj had Commanded himas with’.

فَأَوْمَأَ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ وَ الْأَنْصَارُ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ. فَقَالُوا: هَذَا وَصِيُّهُ.

The Emigrants and the Helpers gestured towards Abu Bakr, and they said, ‘This is hissaww successor’.

فَقَالا لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ: إِنَّا نُلْقِي عَلَيْكَ مِنَ الْمَسَائِلِ مَا يُلْقَى عَلَى الْأَوْصِيَاءِ، وَ نَسْأَلُكَ عَمَّا يُسْأَلُ الْأَوْصِيَاءُ عَنْهُ؟. فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: أَلْقِيَا، سَأُخْبِرُكُمَا عَنْهُ‏ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى.

They said to Abu Bakr, ‘We shall cast questions unto you what had been cast unto the successorsas, and we shall ask you about what the successorsas had been asked about?’ Abu Bakr said, ‘Cast, I shall inform you about it, if Allahazwj the Exalted so Desires’.

فَقَالَ لَهُ أَحَدُهُمَا: مَا أَنَا وَ أَنْتَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ؟ وَ مَا نَفْسٌ فِي نَفْسٍ لَيْسَ بَيْنَهُمَا رَحِمٌ وَ لَا قَرَابَةٌ؟ وَ مَا قَبْرٌ سَارَ بِصَاحِبِهِ؟ وَ مِنْ أَيْنَ تَطْلُعُ الشَّمْسُ وَ أَيْنَ تَغْرُبُ؟ وَ أَيْنَ سَقَطَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَ لَمْ تَسْقُطْ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى فِي ذَلِكَ الْمَوْضِعِ‏؟

One of them said, ‘What am I and (what are) you in the Presence of Allahazwj? What soul is within a soul, there isn’t any womb relationship between them nor any kinship? And what is a grave which travelled with its occupant? And from where does the sun emerge and where does it set? And where did the sun (shine) fall upon and did not fall another time in that place?

وَ أَيْنَ تَكُونُ الْجَنَّةُ؟ وَ أَيْنَ تَكُونُ النَّارُ؟ وَ رَبُّكَ يَحْمِلُ أَوْ يُحْمَلُ؟ وَ أَيْنَ يَكُونُ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ؟ وَ مَا اثْنَانِ شَاهِدَانِ؟ وَ مَا اثْنَانِ غَائِبَانِ؟ وَ مَا اثْنَانِ مُتَبَاغِضَانِ؟

And where does the Paradise happen to be? And where does the Fire happen to be? And does your Lordazwj Carry or is Heazwj Carried? And where does the Face of your Lordazwj happen to be? And what are two presentees? And what are two absentees? And what are two haters?

وَ مَا الْوَاحِدُ؟ وَ مَا الِاثْنَانِ؟ وَ مَا الثَّلَاثَةُ؟ وَ مَا الْأَرْبَعَةُ؟ وَ مَا الْخَمْسَةُ؟ وَ مَا السِّتَّةُ؟ وَ مَا السَّبْعَةُ؟ وَ مَا الثَّمَانِيَةُ؟ وَ مَا التِّسْعَةُ؟ وَ مَا الْعَشَرَةُ؟ وَ مَا الْأَحَدَ عَشَرَ؟ وَ مَا الِاثْنَا عَشَرَ؟ وَ مَا الْعِشْرُونَ؟ وَ مَا الثَّلَاثُونَ؟ وَ مَا الْأَرْبَعُونَ؟ وَ مَا الْخَمْسُونَ؟ وَ مَا السِّتُّونَ؟ وَ مَا السَّبْعُونَ؟ وَ مَا الثَّمَانُونَ؟ وَ مَا التِّسْعُونَ؟ وَ مَا الْمِائَةُ؟!.

And what is the one? And what is the two? And what is the three? And what is the four? And what is the five? And what is the six? And what is the seven? And what is the eight? And what is the nine? And what is the ten? And what is the eleven? And what is the twelve? And what is the twenty? And what is the thirty? And what is the forty? And what is the fifty? And what is the sixty? And what is the seventy? And what is the eighty? And what is the ninety? And what is the hundred?!’

قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: فَبَقِيَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ لَا يَرُدُّ جَوَاباً، وَ تَخَوَّفْنَا أَنْ يَرْتَدَّ الْقَوْمُ عَنِ الْإِسْلَامِ، فَأَتَيْتُ مَنْزِلَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: يَا عَلِيُّ! إِنَّ رُءُوساً مِنْ رُؤَسَاءِ الْيَهُودِ قَدْ قَدِمُوا الْمَدِينَةَ، وَ أَلْقَوْا عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ مَسَائِلَ، وَ قَدْ بَقِيَ لَا يَرُدُّ جَوَاباً.

Ibn Abbas said, ‘Abu Bakr remain not returning an answer, and we feared that the people would renege from Al-Islam. I went to the house of Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws and said, ‘O Aliasws! Two chiefs from the chiefs of the Jews have arrived, and they cast questions unto Abu bakr, and he has remained not returning any answer’.

فَتَبَسَّمَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ ضَاحِكاً، ثُمَّ قَالَ: هُوَ الَّذِي وَعَدَنِي بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ. وَ أَخَذَ يَمْشِي أَمَامِي فَمَا أَخْطَأَتْ مِشْيَتُهُ مِشْيَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ حَتَّى قَعَدَ فِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي كَانَ يَقْعُدُ فِيهِ‏ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ إِلَى الْيَهُودِيَّيْنِ.

Aliasws smiled chuckling, then said: ‘It is which Rasool-Allahsaww had promised measws with’, and heasws took to waling in front of me. Heasws did not err in hisasws walking from the walk of Rasool-Allahsaww until heasws sat in the place which Rasool-Allahsaww had been sitting in. Then heasws turned towards the two Jews.

فَقَالَ: يَا يَهُودِيَّانِ! ادْنُوَا مِنِّي وَ أَلْقِيَا عَلَيَّ مَا أَلْقَيْتُمَا عَلَى الشَّيْخِ. فَقَالا: مَنْ أَنْتَ؟.

Heasws said: ‘O Jews! Come nearer to measws, and cast unto measws who you have cast unto the sheykh’. They said, ‘Who are youasws?’

فَقَالَ: أَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، أَخُو النَّبِيِّ، وَ زَوْجُ فَاطِمَةَ، وَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ، وَ وَصِيُّهُ فِي خِلَافَتِهِ كُلِّهَا، وَ صَاحِبُ كُلِّ نَفِيسَةٍ وَ غَزَاةٍ، وَ مَوْضِعُ سِرِّ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ.

Heasws said: ‘Iasws am Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws, brotherasws of the Prophetsaww, and husband of (Syeda) Fatimaasws, and fatherasws of Al-Hassanasws and Al-Husaynasws, and hissaww successorasws regarding hissaww caliphate, all of it, and owner of all preciousness, and battles, and place of secrets of the Prophetsaww’.

فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُ: مَا أَنَا وَ أَنْتَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ؟. قَالَ: أَنَا مُؤْمِنٌ‏ مُنْذُ عَرَفْتُ نَفْسِي، وَ أَنْتَ كَافِرٌ مُنْذُ عَرَفْتَ نَفْسَكَ، وَ مَا أَدْرِي مَا يُحْدِثُ اللَّهِ بِكَ‏ يَا يَهُودِيُّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ؟.

The Jew said, ‘What am I and (what are) you in the Presence of Allahazwj?’ Heasws said: ‘Iasws am a Momin since Iasws recognised myselfasws, and you are a Kafir since your recognised yourself, and Iasws do not know what Allahazwj would be Doing with you, O Jew, after that?’

قَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ: فَمَا نَفْسٌ فِي نَفْسٍ لَيْسَ بَيْنَهُمَا رَحِمٌ وَ لَا قَرَابَةٌ؟. قَالَ: يُونُسُ بْنُ مَتَّى فِي‏ بَطْنِ الْحُوتِ.

The Jew said, ‘So what is a soul within a soul, there isn’t any womb relationship nor kinship between the two?’ Heasws said: ‘Yunus Bin Mattaas in the belly of the whale’.

قَالَ: فَمَا قَبْرٌ سَارَ بِصَاحِبِهِ؟. قَالَ: يُونُسُ، حِينَ طَافَ بِهِ الْحُوتُ فِي سَبْعَةِ أَبْحُرٍ.

He said, ‘Which grave travelled with its occupant?’ Heasws said: ‘Yunusas, when the whale travelled with himas in seven seas’.

قَالَ لَهُ: فَالشَّمْسُ‏ مِنْ أَيْنَ تَطْلُعُ؟. قَالَ: مِنْ قَرْنِ‏ الشَّيْطَانِ!.

He said to himasws, ‘The sun, where does it emerge from?’ Heasws said: ‘From a horn of satanla!’

قَالَ: فَأَيْنَ تَغْرُبُ؟. قَالَ: فِي عَيْنٍ حَمِئَةٍ، وَ قَالَ لِي حَبِيبِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: لَا تُصَلِّ فِي إِقْبَالِهَا وَ لَا فِي إِدْبَارِهَا حَتَّى تَصِيرَ فِي مِقْدَارِ رُمْحٍ أَوْ رُمْحَيْنِ.

He said, ‘Where does it set?’ Heasws: ‘in a muddy spring, [18:86], and myasws beloved Rasool-Allahsaww said to measws: ‘Do not pray Salat during its coming nor during its going until it becomes to be in a measurement of a spear or two spears’’.

قَالَ: فَأَيْنَ سَقَطَتِ الشَّمْسُ وَ لَمْ تَسْقُطْ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى فِي ذَلِكَ الْمَوْضِعِ‏؟. قَالَ: الْبَحْرَ، حِينَ فَرَّقَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى لِقَوْمِ مُوسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ.

He said, ‘So where did the sun (shine) fall and did not fall once again in that place?’ Heasws said: ‘The sea, when Allahazwj the Exalted split it for the people of Musaas’’.

قَالَ لَهُ: رَبُّكَ يَحْمِلُ أَوْ يُحْمَلُ؟. قَالَ: رَبِّي يَحْمِلُ كُلَّ شَيْ‏ءٍ وَ لَا يَحْمِلُهُ شَيْ‏ءٌ.

He said to himasws, ‘Yourasws Lordazwj Carries, or is Heazwj carried?’ Heasws said: ‘Myasws Lordazwj Carries all things and nothing carries Himazwj’.

قَالَ: فَكَيْفَ قَوْلُهُ: وَ يَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمانِيَةٌ.

He said, ‘So how come Hisazwj Words are: and eight shall hold above them the Throne of your Lord on that Day [69:17].

قَالَ: يَا يَهُودِيُّ! أَ لَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ‏ لَهُ ما فِي السَّماواتِ وَ ما فِي الْأَرْضِ وَ ما بَيْنَهُما وَ ما تَحْتَ الثَّرى‏، وَ كُلَّ شَيْ‏ءٍ عَلَى الثَّرَى، وَ الثَّرَى‏ عَلَى الْقُدْرَةِ، وَ الْقُدْرَةَ عِنْدَ رَبِّي.

Heasws said: ‘O Jew! Don’t you know that Allahazwj For Him is whatever is in the skies and whatever is in the earth and whatever is between the two and whatever is beneath the soil [20:6], and all things are upon the soil, and the soil is upon the Power, and the Power is with myasws Lordazwj’.

قَالَ: فَأَيْنَ تَكُونُ الْجَنَّةُ؟ وَ أَيْنَ تَكُونُ‏ النَّارُ؟. قَالَ: الْجَنَّةُ فِي السَّمَاءِ، وَ النَّارُ فِي الْأَرْضِ.

He said, ‘So, where does the Paradise happen to be, and where does the Fire happen to be?’ Heasws said: ‘The Paradise is in the sky and the Fire is in the earth’.

قَالَ: فَأَيْنَ يَكُونُ‏ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ؟. فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ لِابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ: ائْتِنِي بِنَارٍ وَ حَطَبٍ فَأَضْرَمَهَا، وَ قَالَ: يَا يَهُودِيُّ! فَأَيْنَ‏ وَجْهُ هَذِهِ النَّارِ؟. فَقَالَ: لَا أَقِفُ لَهَا عَلَى وَجْهٍ. قَالَ: كَذَلِكَ رَبِّي‏ فَأَيْنَما تُوَلُّوا فَثَمَّ وَجْهُ اللَّهِ‏.

He said, ‘So where does the Face of yourasws Lordazwj happen to be?’ Aliasws said to Ibn Abbas, ‘Bring some fire and firewood for measws’, and said: ‘O Jew! Where is the face of this fire?’ He said, ‘I cannot stand upon there being a face for it’. Heasws said: ‘Heasws said: ‘Like that is myasws Lordazwj therefore wherever you turn to, so there would be the Face of Allah; [2:115]’.

قَالَ: فَمَا اثْنَانِ شَاهِدَانِ؟. قَالَ: السَّمَاءُ وَ الْأَرْضُ لَا يَغِيبَانِ‏.

He said, ‘So what are the two presentees?’ Heasws said: ‘The sky and the earth, both are not absent’.

قَالَ: فَمَا اثْنَانِ غَائِبَانِ؟. قَالَ: الْمَوْتُ وَ الْحَيَاةُ لَا نَقِفُ عَلَيْهِمَا.

He said, ‘So what are the two absentees?’ Heasws said: ‘The death and the life, we cannot pause upon these two’.

قَالَ: فَمَا اثْنَانِ مُتَبَاغِضَانِ؟. قَالَ: اللَّيْلُ وَ النَّهَارُ.

He said, ‘So, what are the two hateful ones?’ Heasws said: ‘The night and the day’.

قَالَ: فَمَا نِصْفُ‏ الشَّيْ‏ءِ؟. قَالَ: الْمُؤْمِنُ.

He said, ‘What is half the thing?’ Heasws said: ‘The Momin’.

قَالَ: فَمَا لَا شَيْ‏ءَ؟. قَالَ: يَهُودِيٌّ مِثْلُكَ كَافِرٌ لَا يَعْرِفُ رَبَّهُ‏.

Heasws said, ‘What is nothing?’ Heasws said: ‘A Jew like you, a Kafir not recognising his Lordazwj’.

قَالَ: فَمَا الْوَاحِدُ؟. قَالَ: اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ.

He said, ‘What is the one?’ Heasws said: ‘Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic’.

قَالَ: فَمَا الِاثْنَانِ؟. قَالَ: آدَمُ وَ حَوَّاءُ.

He said, ‘What are the two?’ Heasws said: ‘Adamas and Hawwaas’.

قَالَ: فَمَا الثَّلَاثَةُ؟. قَالَ: كَذَبَتِ النَّصَارَى عَلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ، قَالُوا عِيسَى‏ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ ابْنُ اللَّهِ، وَ اللَّهِ‏ لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ صاحِبَةً وَ لا وَلَداً

He said, ‘So, what are the three?’ Heasws said: ‘The Christians lied upon Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic. They said Isaas Ibn Maryamas is a son of Allahazwj, and Allahazwj did not Take a female companion nor a son’.

قَالَ: فَمَا الْأَرْبَعَةُ؟. قَالَ: التَّوْرَاةُ وَ الْإِنْجِيلُ وَ الزَّبُورُ وَ الْفُرْقَانُ‏ الْعَظِيمُ.

He said, ‘What are the four?’ Heasws said: ‘The Torah, and the Evangel, and the Psalms, and the Magnificent Furqan (Quran)’.

قَالَ: فَمَا الْخَمْسَةُ؟. قَالَ: خَمْسُ صَلَوَاتٍ مُفْتَرَضَاتٍ.

He said, ‘What are the five?’ Heasws said: ‘Five (daily) prescribed Salats’.

قَالَ: فَمَا السِّتَّةُ؟. قَالَ: خَلَقَ‏ اللَّهُ‏ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضَ فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَوى‏ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ‏

He said, ‘What are the six?’ Heasws said: ‘Surely, your Lord is Allah Who Created the skies and the earth in six days, then Established upon the Throne [7:54]’.

قَالَ: فَمَا السَّبْعَةُ؟. قَالَ: سَبْعَةُ أَبْوَابِ النَّارِ مُتَطَابِقَاتٍ.

He said, ‘What are the seven?’ Heasws said: ‘Seven door of the Fire, layered’.

قَالَ: فَمَا الثَّمَانِيَةُ؟. قَالَ: ثَمَانِيَةُ أَبْوَابِ الْجَنَّةِ.

He said, ‘So what are the eight?’ Heasws said: ‘Eight doors of the Paradise’.

قَالَ: فَمَا التِّسْعَةُ؟. قَالَ: تِسْعَةُ رَهْطٍ يُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَ لا يُصْلِحُونَ‏.

He said, ‘What are the nine?’ Heasws said: ‘a group of nine, making mischief in the land and they were not amending [27:48].

قَالَ: فَمَا الْعَشَرَةُ؟. قَالَ: عَشَرَةُ أَيَّامٍ مِنَ الْعَشَرَةِ.

He said, ‘What are the ten?’ Heasws said: ‘Ten days from the ten (month)’.

قَالَ: فَمَا الْأَحَدَ عَشَرَ؟. قَالَ: قَوْلُ يُوسُفَ لِأَبِيهِ: إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ كَوْكَباً وَ الشَّمْسَ وَ الْقَمَرَ رَأَيْتُهُمْ لِي ساجِدِينَ‏.

He said, ‘What are the eleven?’ Heasws said: ‘Words of Yusufas to hisas fatheras: ‘O my father! I saw eleven stars and the sun and the moon. I saw them performing Sajdah to me’ [12:4].

قَالَ: فَمَا الِاثْنَا عَشَرَ؟. قَالَ: شُهُورُ السَّنَةِ.

He said, ‘What are the twelve?’ Heasws said: ‘Months of the year’.

قَالَ: فَمَا الْعِشْرُونَ؟. قَالَ: بَيْعُ يُوسُفَ بِعِشْرِينَ دِرْهَماً.

He said, ‘What are the twenty?’ Heasws said: ‘Yusufas was sold for twenty Dirhams’.

قَالَ: فَمَا الثَّلَاثُونَ؟. قَالَ: ثَلَاثُونَ لَيْلَةً مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ صِيَامُهُ فَرْضٌ وَاجِبٌ عَلَى كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ إِلَّا مَنْ كانَ مَرِيضاً أَوْ عَلى‏ سَفَرٍ

He said, ‘What are the thirty?’ Heasws said: ‘Thirty nights from a Month of Ramazan. Its Fasts are a Prescribed Obligation upon every Momin except one who was sick or upon a journey’.

قَالَ: فَمَا الْأَرْبَعُونَ؟. قَالَ: كَانَ‏ مِيقَاتُ مُوسَى ثَلَاثِينَ لَيْلَةً قَضَاهَا، وَ الْعَشْرُ كَانَتْ تَمَامَهَا.

He said, ‘What are the forty?’ Heasws said: ‘The appointment of Musa was of thirty nights, (Judged), and the ten completed it’.

قَالَ: فَمَا الْخَمْسُونَ؟. قَالَ: دَعَا نُوحٌ قَوْمَهُ‏ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ إِلَّا خَمْسِينَ عاماً

He said, ‘What are the fifty?’ Heasws said: ‘Noahas called hisas people a thousand years less fifty years, [29:14].

قَالَ: فَمَا السِّتُّونَ؟. قَالَ: قَالَ اللَّهُ: فَإِطْعامُ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِيناً أَوْ فَصِيامُ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتابِعَيْنِ‏.

He said, ‘What are the sixty?’ Heasws said: ‘Allahazwj Said: so he should feed sixty needy ones. Or two months consecutively [58:4].

قَالَ: فَمَا السَّبْعُونَ؟. قَالَ: اخْتارَ مُوسى‏ قَوْمَهُ سَبْعِينَ رَجُلًا لِمِيقَاتِ رَبِّهِ.

He said, ‘What are the seventy?’ Heasws said: ‘And Musa chose seventy men [7:155], for the appointment of hisas Lordazwj’.

قَالَ: فَمَا الثَّمَانُونَ؟. قَالَ: قَرْيَةٌ بِالْجَزِيرَةِ يُقَالُ لَهَا: ثَمَانُونَ‏، مِنْهَا قَعَدَ نُوحٌ فِي السَّفِينَةِ وَ اسْتَوَتْ عَلَى الْجُودِيِ‏ وَ غَرَّقَ‏ اللَّهُ الْقَوْمَ.

He said, ‘What are the eighty?’ Heasws said: ‘There is a town by the island called ‘eighty’, from it, Noahas sat in the ship, and it (ship) rested upon the (Mount) Judi, [11:44], and Allahazwj Drowned the people’.

قَالَ: فَمَا التِّسْعُونَ؟. قَالَ: الْفُلْكُ الْمَشْحُونُ اتَّخَذَ يَوْماً فِيهَا بَيْتاً لِلْبَهَائِمِ.

He said, ‘What are the ninety?’ Heasws said: ‘the laden ship [26:119], He (Noahas) took (ninety) rooms for the animals’.

قَالَ: فَمَا الْمِائَةُ؟. قَالَ: كَانَتْ لِدَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ سِتُّونَ سَنَةً فَوَهَبَ لَهُ آدَمُ أَرْبَعِينَ‏، فَلَمَّا حَضَرَ آدَمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ الْوَفَاةُ جَحَدَهُ، فَجَحَدَ ذُرِّيَّتُهُ.

He said, ‘What is the hundred?’ Heasws said: ‘There were sixty years for Dawoodas, and Adamas gifted forty to himas. When the expiry presented to Adamas, heas fought it. Thus, hisas offspring fight (death) as well’.

فَقَالَ: يَا شَابُّ! صِفْ لِي مُحَمَّداً صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ حَتَّى أُؤْمِنَ بِهِ السَّاعَةَ؟.

He said, ‘O youth! Describe Muhammadsaww to me (such) as if I am looking at himsaww until I believe in himsaww at the moment?’

فَبَكَى عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا يَهُودِيُّ! هَيَّجْتَ أَحْزَانِي، كَانَ حَبِيبِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ صَلْتَ‏ الْجَبِينِ، مَقْرُونَ الْحَاجِبَيْنِ، أَدْعَجَ‏ الْعَيْنَيْنِ، سَهْلَ الْخَدَّيْنِ، أَقْنَى‏ الْأَنْفِ، دَقِيقَ‏ الْمَسْرُبَةِ، كَثَ‏ اللِّحْيَةِ، بَرَّاقَ الثَّنَايَا، كَأَنَّ عُنُقَهُ إِبْرِيقُ فِضَّةٍ، كَانَ لَهُ شَعَرَاتٌ مِنْ لَبَّتِهِ‏ إِلَى سُرَّتِهِ مُتَفَرِّقَةً كَأَنَّهَا قَضِيبُ كَافُورٍ،

Aliasws wept, then said: ‘O Jew! My sorrows are raging. Myasws beloved Rasool-Allahsaww was of a broad forehead, paired (connected) eyebrows, black eyes, soft cheeks, thin nose, thin line of hair in the chest, dense beard, shiny front teeth, hissaww neck was as if it was a silver pitcher, there was scattered hair for himsaww sloping from hisas chest to the navel as if it was a stick of camphor;

لَمْ يَكُنْ بِالطَّوِيلِ الذَّاهِبِ وَ لَا بِالْقَصِيرِ النَّزْرِ، كَانَ إِذَا مَشَى مَعَ النَّاسِ غَمَرَهُمْ‏، كَانَ إِذَا مَشَى كَأَنَّهُ يَنْقَلِعُ مِنْ صَخْرَةٍ أَوْ يَنْحَدِرُ مِنْ صَبَبٍ‏، كَانَ مَبْدُولَ‏ الْكَعْبَيْنِ، لَطِيفَ الْقَدَمَيْنِ، دَقِيقَ الْخَصْرِ،

Hesaww neither happened to be (very) tall (stature) when going, nor short (crouching) when coming, whenever hesaww walked with the people hesaww would tower over them, when hesaww walked it as if hesaww is uprooting from a rock or rolling down from a slope, being of rounded heels, subtle of the feet, thin waist;

عِمَامَتُهُ السَّحَابُ، سَيْفُهُ ذُو الْفَقَارِ، بَغْلَتُهُ الدُّلْدُلُ، حِمَارُهُ الْيَعْفُورُ، نَاقَتُهُ الْعَضْبَاءُ، فَرَسُهُ الْمَبْدُولُ‏، قَضِيبُهُ الْمَمْشُوقُ،

Hissaww turban was (called) ‘Al-Sahaab’, hissaww sword was (called) ‘Zulfiqar’, hissaww mule was (called) ‘Duldul’, hissaww donkey was (called) ‘Al-Yafour’, hissaww she-camel was (called) ‘Al-Azba’a’, hissaww horse was (called) ‘Al-Maydoul’, hissaww staff was (called) ‘Al-Mamshouq’.

كَانَ أَشْفَقَ النَّاسِ عَلَى النَّاسِ، وَ أَرْأَفَ النَّاسِ بِالنَّاسِ، كَانَ بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ خَاتَمُ النُّبُوَّةِ مَكْتُوبٌ عَلَى الْخَاتَمِ سَطْرَانِ، أَوَّلُ سَطْرٍ: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ. وَ الثَّانِي: مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ، هَذِهِ صِفَتُهُ يَا يَهُودِيُّ!.

Hesaww was the most compassionate of the people to the people, and the kindest of the people with the people, there was a seal of Prophet-hood between hissaww shoulders, written upon the seal were two lines. The first line was, ‘There is no god except Allahazwj’, and the second was, ‘Muhammadsaww is Rasoolsaww of Allahazwj’. This is hissaww description, O Jew!’

فَقَالَ الْيَهُوِديَّانِ: نَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، وَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اللَّهِ، وَ أَنَّكَ وَصِيُّ مُحَمَّدٍ حَقّاً.

The two Jews said, ‘We testify that there is no god except Allahazwj, and that Muhammadsaww is Rasoolsaww of Allahazwj, and youasws are a successorasws of Muhammadsaww, truly’.

وَ أَسْلَمَا وَ حَسُنَ إِسْلَامُهُمَا، وَ لَزِمَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَكَانَا مَعَهُ حَتَّى كَانَ مِنْ أَمْرِ الْجَمَلِ مَا كَانَ، فَخَرَجَا مَعَهُ إِلَى الْبَصْرَةِ، فَقُتِلَ أَحَدُهُمَا فِي وَقْعَةِ الْجَمَلِ، وَ بَقِيَ الْآخَرُ حَتَّى خَرَجَ مَعَهُ إِلَى صِفِّينَ فَقُتِلَ.

And they became Muslims and their Islam was good, and they adhered with Amir Al-Momineenasws, and they were with himasws until it was from the matter of (battle of) the camel what happened. They went out with himasws to Al-Basra. One of them was killed during the event of the (battle of) the camel, and the other one remained until he went out with himasws to Siffeen, and was killed’’.¹¹

4- إِرْشَادُ الْقُلُوبِ‏:- بِحَذْفِ الْإِسْنَادِ- مَرْفُوعاً إِلَى الصَّادِقِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ قَالَ: لَمَّا بَايَعَ النَّاسُ عُمَرَ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ أَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ شُبَّانِ الْيَهُودِ- وَ هُوَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ- فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ وَ النَّاسُ حَوْلَهُ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ‏! دُلَّنِي عَلَى أَعْلَمِكُمْ بِاللَّهِ وَ بِرَسُولِهِ وَ بِكِتَابِهِ وَ سُنَّتِهِ؟.

(The book) ‘Irshad Al Quloob’ – by a deleted chain, raising it to,

‘Al-Sadiqasws having said: ‘When the people pledged allegiance to Umar after the expiry of Abu bakr, a man from the youths of the Jews came to him, and he was in the Masjid. He greeted unto him and the people were around him. He said, ‘O commander of the faithful! Point me to your scholar with Allahazwj, and Hisazwj Rasoolsaww, and Hisazwj Book, and hissaww Sunnah?’

فَأَوْمَأَ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَقَالَ: هَذَا. فَتَحَوَّلَ الرَّجُلُ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَسَأَلَهُ: أَنْتَ كَذَلِكَ؟. قَالَ‏: نَعَمْ‏.

He gestured towards Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws. He said, ‘This one!’ The man went to Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws. He asked himasws, ‘Are youasws like that?’ Heasws said: ‘Yes’.

فَقَالَ: إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ ثَلَاثٍ وَ ثَلَاثٍ وَ وَاحِدَةٍ. قَالَ: أَ فَلَا قُلْتَ عَنْ سَبْعٍ؟. قَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ: لَا، إِنَّمَا أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ ثَلَاثٍ، فَإِنْ أَجَبْتَ فِيهِمْ فَسَأَلْتُكَ‏ عَنْ ثَلَاثٍ بَعْدَهَا، وَ إِنْ لَمْ تُصِبْ لَمْ أَسْأَلْكَ.

He said, ‘I ask youasws about three, and three and one (issues)’. Heasws said: ‘Why aren’t you saying, seven?’ The Jew said, ‘No, but rather I shall ask you about three. If youasws answer regarding them, I will ask you about three after it, and if youasws are not correct, I will not ask youasws’.

فَقَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: أَخْبِرْنِي إِذَا أَجَبْتُكَ بِالصَّوَابِ وَ الْحَقِّ تَعْرِفُ ذَلِكَ؟- وَ كَانَ الْفَتَى مِنْ عُلَمَاءِ الْيَهُودِ وَ أَحْبَارِهِمْ، يَرْوُونَ‏ أَنَّهُ مِنْ وُلْدِ هَارُونَ أَخِي مُوسَى بْنِ عِمْرَانَ-. فَقَالَ: نَعَمْ.

Amir Al-Momineenasws said: ‘Inform me, what Iasws do answer you with the correctness and the truth, will you recognise that?’ – and the youth was from the Jewish scholars and their Rabbis. They are reporting he was from the children of Harounas, brother of Musaas Bin Imranas. He said, ‘Yes’.

قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: بِاللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ لَئِنْ أَجَبْتُكَ بِالصَّوَابِ وَ الْحَقِّ لَتُسْلِمَنَّ وَ تَدَعُ الْيَهُودِيَّةَ، فَحَلَفَ لَهُ وَ قَالَ: مَا جِئْتُكَ إِلَّا مُرْتَاداً أُرِيدُ الْإِسْلَامَ.

Amir Al-Momineenasws said: ‘By Allahazwj, the Oneazwj Who, there is no god except Heazwj! If Iasws were to answer you with the correctness and the truth, you will become a Muslim and leave Judaism’. He swore an oath to himasws and said, ‘And I did not come except intending Al-Islam’.

فَقَالَ: يَا هَارُونِيُّ! سَلْ عَمَّا بَدَا لَكَ تُخْبَرْ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ.

Heasws said: ‘O Harouny (son of Harounas)! Ask about whatever comes to you, you will be informed, if Allahazwj so Desires’.

فَقَالَ: أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ أَوَّلِ شَجَرَةٍ نَبَتَتْ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْأَرْضِ؟ وَ عَنْ أَوَّلِ عَيْنٍ نَبَعَتْ فِي الْأَرْضِ؟ وَ عَنْ أَوَّلِ حَجَرٍ وُضِعَ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْأَرْضِ؟.

He said, ‘Inform me about the first tree grown upon the surface of the earth? And about the first spring bursting forth in the earth? And about the first rock placed upon the surface of the earth?’

فَقَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: أَمَّا أَوَّلُ شَجَرَةٍ نَبَتَتْ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْأَرْضِ، فَإِنَّ أَهْلَ الْأَرْضِ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهَا الزَّيْتُونَةُ وَ كَذَبُوا، وَ إِنَّمَا هِيَ النَّخْلَةُ، وَ هِيَ الْعَجْوَةُ، هَبَطَ بِهَا آدَمُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ فَغَرَسَهَا، وَ أَصْلُ النَّخْلِ كُلِّهِ مِنْهَا،

Amir Al-Momineenasws said: ‘As for the first tree grown upon the surface of the earth, the people of the earth are alleging that it was the olive, and they are lying, and rather it is the date tree, and it is ‘Al-Ajwa’. Adamas descended with it from the Paradise and planted it, and the origin of the date trees, all of them are from it.

وَ أَمَّا أَوَّلُ عَيْنٍ نَبَعَتْ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْأَرْضِ، فَإِنَّ الْيَهُودَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهَا الْعَيْنُ الَّتِي فِي بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ تَحْتَ الْحَجَرِ وَ كَذَبُوا، بَلْ هِيَ‏ عَيْنُ الْحَيَاةِ الَّتِي انْتَهَى مُوسَى وَ فَتَاهُ إِلَيْهَا فَغَسَلا فِيهَا السَّمَكَةَ فَحَيِيَتْ‏، وَ لَيْسَ مِنْ مَيِّتٍ يُصِيبُهُ ذَلِكَ الْمَاءُ إِلَّا حَيِيَ، وَ كَانَ الْخَضِرُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ شَرِبَ مِنْهَا وَ لَمْ يَجِدْهَا ذُو الْقَرْنَيْنِ،

And as for the first spring to burst forth upon the surface of the earth, the Jews are alleging that it is the spring which is in Bayt Al-Maqdis beneath the rock, and they are lying. But it is a spring of life which Musaas and hisas youth ended up to. They washed the fish in it, and it was revived; and there isn’t any dead attaining from that water, except it lives; and Al-Khizras had drunk from it, and Zulqarnayn could not find it.

وَ أَمَّا أَوَّلُ حَجَرٍ وُضِعَ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْأَرْضِ فَإِنَّ الْيَهُودَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهُ الْحَجَرُ الَّذِي فِي بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ وَ كَذَبُوا، وَ إِنَّمَا هُوَ الْحَجَرُ الْأَسْوَدُ هَبَطَ بِهِ آدَمُ (ع) مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ فَوَضَعَهُ عَلَى الرُّكْنِ، وَ النَّاسُ يَسْتَلِمُونَهُ، وَ كَانَ أَشَدَّ بَيَاضاً مِنَ الثَّلْجِ فَاسْوَدَّ مِنْ خَطَايَا بَنِي آدَمَ.

And as for the first rock placed upon the surface of the earth, the Jews are alleging that it is the rock which is in Bayt Al-Maqdis, and they are lying. And rather, it is the Black Stone. Adamas descended with it from the Paradise and placed it upon the corner, and the people are kissing it, and it used to be intensely whiter than the snow, and it turned black from the sins of the children of Adamas’.

قَالَ: فَأَخْبِرْنِي كَمْ لِهَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ مِنْ إِمَامٍ هُدًى هَادِينَ مَهْدِيِّينَ، لَا يَضُرُّهُمْ خِذْلَانُ مَنْ خَذَلَهُمْ؟ وَ أَيْنَ مَنْزِلُ مُحَمَّدٍ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ؟، وَ مَنْ مَعَهُ مِنْ أُمَّتِهِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ؟.

He said, ‘Inform me, how many guiding Imamsasws would there be for this community, guiding, being Guided, the abandonment of the ones who abandon themasws would not harm themasws? And where is the house of Muhammadsaww from the Paradise? And the ones from hissaww community who would be with himsaww, in the Paradise?’

قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: أَمَّا قَوْلُكَ: كَمْ لِهَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ مِنْ‏ إِمَامٍ هُدًى؟ وَ أَيْنَ مَنْزِلُ مُحَمَّدٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ؟ وَ مَنْ مَعَهُ مِنْ أُمَّتِهِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ؟ فَإِنَّ الْأَئِمَّةَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ، وَ أَمَّا مَنْزِلُ مُحَمَّدٍ فَفِي أَشْرَفِ الْجِنَانِ وَ أَفْضَلِهَا: جَنَّةِ عَدْنٍ، وَ أَمَّا الَّذِينَ مَعَهُ فَهُمُ الْأَئِمَّةُ الِاثْنَا عَشَرَ أَئِمَّةُ الْهُدَى.

Amir Al-Momineenasws said: ‘As for your words, ‘How many guiding Imamsasws would there be for this community? And where is the house of Muhammadsaww in the Paradise? And the ones from hissaww community who would be with himsaww in the Paradise?’, the Imamsasws are twelve, and as for the house of Muhammadsaww, it is in the noblest of the Gardens and its superior, Garden of Eden; and as for those with himsaww, theyasws are the twelve Imamsasws, the Imamsasws of guidance’.

قَالَ الْفَتَى: صَدَقْتَ، فَوَ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ إِنَّهُ لَمَكْتُوبٌ عِنْدِي بِإِمْلَاءِ مُوسَى وَ خَطِّ هَارُونَ بِيَدِهِ.

The youth said, ‘Youasws speak the truth. By Allahazwj Who there is no god except Heazwj! It is written with me by the dictation of Musaas and handwritten by Harounas by hisasws own hand’.

ثُمَ‏ قَالَ: أَخْبِرْنِي كَمْ يَعِيشُ وَصِيُّ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ بَعْدَهُ؟ وَ هَلْ‏ يَمُوتُ مَوْتاً أَوْ يُقْتَلُ قَتْلًا؟.

Then he said, ‘Inform me, how long would the successorasws of Muhammadsaww live after himsaww? And would heasws be dying a (natural) death or killed by a killing?’

قَالَ لَهُ: وَيْحَكَ! أَنَا وَصِيُّ مُحَمَّدٍ، أَعِيشُ بَعْدَهُ ثَلَاثِينَ‏ لَا تَزِيدُ يَوْماً وَ لَا تَنْقُصُ يَوْماً، ثُمَّ يُبْعَثُ أَشْقَاهَا شَقِيقُ عَاقِرِ نَاقَةِ صَالِحٍ، فَيَضْرِبُنِي ضَرْبَةً فِي مَفْرَقِي فَتُخْضَبُ مِنْهُ لِحْيَتِي، ثُمَّ بَكَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ بُكَاءً شَدِيداً.

Heasws said to him: ‘Woe be unto you! Iasws am the successorasws of Muhammadsaww! Iasws shall be living after himsaww for thirty (years), neither increasing by a day nor reducing by a day. Then they would send their most wretched one, more wretched than the slayer of the she-camel of Salihas, and he will strike measws a strike in myasws head, and myasws beard would be dyed from it’. Then heasws wept intensely.

قَالَ‏: فَصَرَخَ الْفَتَى وَ قَطَعَ كُسْتِيجَهُ‏ وَ قَالَ: أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ‏، وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ‏.

He (Al Sadiqasws) said: ‘The youth wailed and tore his cloak, and said, ‘I testify that there is no god except Allahazwj, and I testify that Muhammadsaww is Rasoolsaww of Allahazwj, and the Praise is for Allahazwj, Lordazwj of the worlds’’.¹²

5- كِتَابُ صَفْوَةِ الْأَخْبَارِ: عَنْ أَبِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ، عَنْ أَبِي نُونٍ، قَالَ: لَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ دَخَلَ الْمَدِينَةَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَوْلَادِ دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَى دِينِ الْيَهُودِ، فَوَجَدَ النَّاسَ مُتَفَزِّعِينَ مَغْمُومِينَ، فَقَالَ: مَا شَأْنُكُمْ؟. قَالُوا: تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ. فَقَالَ: أَمَا إِنَّهُ تُوُفِّيَ فِي الْيَوْمِ الَّذِي هُوَ مَذْكُورٌ فِي كِتَابِنَا،

The book ‘Sifwat Al Akhbar’ – From Abu Ismail, from Abu Noun who said,

‘When Rasool-Allahsaww passed away, a man from the children of Dawoodas entered Al-Medina, being upon the religion of the Jews. He found the people alarmed, gloomy. He said, ‘What is your concern?’ They said, ‘Rasool-Allahsaww passed away’. He said, ‘But hesaww passed away during the day which it is mentioned in our Book’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَرْشِدُونِي إِلَى خَلِيفَةِ نَبِيِّكُمْ. قَالُوا: تَنْتَظِرُ قَلِيلًا حَتَّى نُرْشِدَكَ إِلَى مَنْ يُخْبِرُكَ بِمَا تَسْأَلُ،

Then he said, ‘Guide me to the caliph of your Prophetsaww’. They said, ‘Wait a while until we guide you to the one who will inform you with what you ask’.

فَأَقْبَلَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ مِنْ بَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ، فَقَالُوا: عَلَيْكَ بِهَذَا الْغُلَامِ فَإِنَّهُ يُخْبِرُكَ عَمَّا تَسْأَلُ. فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ وَ قَالَ لَهُ: أَ أَنْتَ‏ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ؟. فَقَالَ: نَعَمْ، يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ، وَ أَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ وَ أَجْلَسَهُ. وَ قَالَ: أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَ هَؤُلَاءِ عَنْ أَرْبَعَةِ حُرُوفٍ فَأَرْشَدُونِي إِلَيْكَ، فَعَنْ إِذْنِكَ أَسْأَلُكَ؟.

Amir Al-Momineenasws came from a door of the Masjid. They said, ‘Upon you is to be with this youth for heasws will inform you about what you ask’. He stood to himasws and said to himasws, ‘Are youasws Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws?’ Heasws said: ‘Yes, may Allahazwj have Mercy on youasws’, and he grabbed hisasws hand and seated himasws and said, ‘I wanted to ask them about four phrases, and they guided me to youasws, so will youasws permit me to ask youasws?

فَقَالَ لَهُ: سَلْ عَمَّا بَدَا لَكَ، فَإِنِّي أُخْبِرُكَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى.

Heasws said to him: ‘Ask about whatever comes to you, for Iasws shall inform you, if Allahazwj the Exalted so Desires’.

فَقَالَ: أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ أَوَّلِ حَرْفٍ كَلَّمَ اللَّهُ بِهِ نَبِيَّكَ لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِهِ وَ رَجَعَ عَنْ‏مَحَلِّ الشَّرَفِ؟ وَ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الْأَرْبَعَةِ الَّذِينَ كَشَفَ مَالِكٌ عَنْهُمْ طَبَقاً مِنْ أَطْبَاقِ النَّارِ فَكَلَّمُوا نَبِيَّكَ؟ وَ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الْمَلَكِ الَّذِي زَاحَمَ نَبِيَّكَ؟ وَ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ مَنْزِلِ نَبِيِّكَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ؟.

He said, ‘Inform me about the first phrase Allahazwj Spoke with when Heazwj Ascended himsaww and returned from the place of nobility? And inform me about the four, those Maalik (keeper of Hell) removed a layer from the layers of the Fires, and they spoke to yourasws Prophetsaww? And inform me about the Angel who contended yourasws Prophetsaww? And inform me about the house of yourasws Prophetsaww in the Paradise’.

فَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: أَمَّا أَوَّلُ حَرْفٍ كَلَّمَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ نَبِيَّنَا صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ بِهِ فَهُوَ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِما أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ رَبِّهِ‏.

Heasws said: ‘As for the first phrase which Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic Spoke to our Prophetsaww with, are the Words of the Exalted: “The Rasool believes in what is Revealed unto him from his Lord”. [2:285].

فَقَالَ: لَيْسَ هَذَا أَرَدْتُ، وَ لَا عَنْهُ سَأَلْتُ. فَقَالَ: إِنَّ الْأَمْرَ الَّذِي تُرِيدُ مَسْتُورٌ.

He said, ‘I didn’t intend this, nor did I ask about it’. Heasws said: ‘The matter which you intend, is veiled’.

فَقَالَ: أَخْبِرْنِي بِالَّذِي هُوَ، وَ إِلَّا فَمَا أَنْتَ هُوَ؟. فَقَالَ لَهُ: إِذَا أَنْبَأْتُكَ تُسْلِمُ؟. قَالَ: نَعَمْ.

He said, ‘Inform me with the Oneazwj Heazwj is, of else, is Heazwj not youasws?’ Heasws said: ‘If Iasws were to inform you, will you submit?’ He said, ‘Yes’.

فَقَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ لَمَّا رَجَعَ عَنْ‏ مَحَلِّ الشَّرَفِ وَ الْكَرَامَةِ لَيْلَةَ الْإِسْرَاءِ رُفِعَ لَهُ الْحِجَابُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَصِيرَ إِلَى مَقَامِ جَبْرَئِيلَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَ نَادَى مَلَكٌ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ [صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ‏]! إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُقْرِئُكَ السَّلَامَ وَ يَقُولُ لَكَ: اقْرَأْ عَلَى السَّيِّدِ الْمَوْلَى مِنِّي السَّلَامَ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: مَنِ السَّيِّدُ الْمَوْلَى؟. فَقَالَ: عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ [ع‏].

Heasws said: ‘When Rasool-Allahsaww returned from the place of nobility and prestige on the night of the Ascension, a veil was Raised for himasws before hesaww came to the place of Jibraeelas, and an Angel called out, ‘O Muhammadsaww! Allahazwj Conveys the greetings to youasws and Says to yousaww: “Convey the Greetings from Meazwj to chief Guardianasws!” Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘Who is the chief Guardianasws?’ Heazwj Said: “Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws!”

فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ: صَدَقْتَ إِنِّي لَأَجِدُهُ مَكْتُوباً فِي كِتَابِ دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ.

The Jew said, ‘Youasws speak the truth. I do find it written in the Book of Dawoodas’.

فَقَالَ: وَ أَمَّا الْأَرْبَعَةُ الَّذِينَ كَشَفَ عَنْهُمْ مَالِكٌ طَبَقَ النَّارِ فَهُمْ: قَابِيلُ، وَ نُمْرُودُ، وَ هَامَانُ، وَ فِرْعَوْنُ. فَقَالُوا: يَا مُحَمَّدُ [صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ‏]! اسْأَلْ رَبَّكَ يَرُدَّنَا إِلَى الدُّنْيَا حَتَّى نَعْمَلَ صَالِحاً، فَغَضِبَ جَبْرَئِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَ أَخَذَ الطَّبَقَ بِرِيشَةٍ مِنْ جَنَاحِهِ وَ رَدَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ.

Heasws said: ‘And as for the four, those Maalik uncovered from them a layer of the fire, they are Qabeella, and Nimrodla, and Hammanla, and Pharaohla’. Theyla said, ‘O Muhammadsaww! Ask yoursaww Lordazwj to return usla to the world until wela do righteous deeds’. Jibraeelas was angered, and heas grabbed the layer by a feather from hisas wing and returned it upon themla.

وَ أَمَّا الْمَلَكُ الَّذِي زَاحَمَ نَبِيَّنَا صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَإِنَّهُ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ، جَاءَ مِنْ‏ عِنْدِ جَبَّارٍ مِنْ مُلُوكِ الدُّنْيَا قَدْ تَكَلَّمَ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ بِكَلَامٍ عَظِيمٍ فَغَضِبَ لِلَّهِ‏ فَزَاحَمَ نَبِيَّنَا وَ لَمْ يَعْرِفْهُ لِغَيْظِهِ.

And as for the Angel who contended our Prophetsaww, it is the Angel of death. He came in the presence of a tyrant from the kings of the world who had spoken during his death with grievous speech, so he got angered for the Sake of Allahazwj and contended our Prophetsaww, and he did not recognise himsaww due to his (nature on) anger.

فَقَالَ جَبْرَئِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: يَا مَلَكَ الْمَوْتِ! هَذَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَ حَبِيبُهُ. فَقَالَ: إِنِّي أَتَيْتُ مِنْ عِنْدِ مَلِكٍ جَبَّارٍ قَدْ تَكَلَّمَ بِكَلَامٍ عَظِيمٍ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ فَغَضِبْتُ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ لَمْ أَعْرِفْكَ، فَعَذَّرَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ.

Jibraeelas said, ‘O Angel of death! This is Muhammadsaww Bin Abdullahasws, Rasoolsaww of Allahazwj and Hisazwj Beloved!’ He said, ‘I have come from the presence of a tyrannical king who had spoken with grievous speech during his death, so I got angry for the Sake of Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic and did not recognise yousaww’. Rasool-Allahsaww excused him.

وَ أَمَّا مَنْزِلُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ، فَإِنَّ مَسْكَنَهُ جَنَّةُ عَدْنٍ وَ مَعَهُ فِيهَا أَوْصِيَاؤُهُ الِاثْنَا عَشَرَ، وَ فَوْقَهَا مَنْزِلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ: الْوَسِيلَةُ، وَ لَيْسَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ شِبْهُهُ وَ لَا أَرْفَعُ مِنْهُ، وَ هُوَ مَنْزِلُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ.

And as for the house of Rasool-Allahsaww, hissaww dwelling is the Garden of Eden, and with himsaww therein would be the twelve successorsasws, and above it is a house called ‘Al-Waseela’, and there isn’t any such like it in the Paradise, nor any higher than it, and it is the house Rasool-Allahsaww’.

فَقَالَ الدَّاوُدِيُّ: وَ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُهُ فِي كِتَابِ دَاوُدَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، وَ لَقَدْ صَدَقْتَ، وَ إِنَّا مُتَوَارِثُوهُ وَاحِدٌ عَنْ وَاحِدٍ حَتَّى وَصَلَ إِلَيَّ، فَأَخْرَجَ كِتَاباً فِيهِ مَسْطُورٌ مَا ذُكِرَ.

The Dawoodi (From the children of Dawoodas) said, ‘By Allahazwj! I have seen it in the Book of Dawoodas, and youasws have spoken the truth, and I have inherited it, one from one, until it has arrived to me’, and he brought out a book wherein was written what was mentioned.

ثُمَ‏ قَالَ: مُدَّ يَدَكَ أُجَدِّدْ إِسْلَامِي، ثُمَّ قَالَ: وَ اللَّهِ إِنَّكَ خَيْرُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا وَ أَكْرَمُهَا عَلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى. وَ عَلَّمَهُ دِينَهُ وَ شَرَائِعَ الْإِسْلَامِ، وَ قَدْ أَسْلَمَ وَ حَسُنَ إِسْلَامُهُ.

Then he said, ‘Extend yourasws hand, I want to renew my Islam’. Then he said, ‘By Allahazwj! Youasws are the best of this community after its Prophetsaww, and its most prestigious to Allahazwj the Exalted’. And heasws taught him hisasws Religion, and Laws of Al-Islam, and he had become a Muslim, and his Islam was good’’.¹³

6- نبه: رُوِيَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ‏ أَنَّهُ حَضَرَ مَجْلِسَ‏ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ يَوْماً- وَ عِنْدَهُ كَعْبُ الْأَحْبَارِ- إِذْ قَالَ عُمَرُ: يَا كَعْبُ! أَ حَافِظٌ أَنْتَ لِلتَّوْرَاةِ؟. قَالَ كَعْبٌ: إِنِّي لَأَحْفَظُ مِنْهَا كَثِيراً.

(The book) ‘Tanbeeh Al Khawatir’ – It is reported from Ibn Abbas,

‘I was present in a gathering of Umar Bin Al-Khattab one day, and in his presence of Ka’ab the Rabbi, when Umar said, ‘O Ka’ab! Are you a memoriser of the Torah?’ Ka’ab said, ‘I have memorised a lot from it’.

فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ جَنْبِهِ‏: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ! سَلْهُ أَيْنَ‏ كَانَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ‏ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ عَرْشَهُ؟ وَ مِمَّ خَلَقَ الْمَاءَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ عَلَيْهِ عَرْشَهُ‏؟

A man by his side said, ‘O commander of the faithful! Ask him, where was Allahazwj, Majestic is Hisazwj Majesty, before Heazwj Created Hisazwj Throne? And from what did Heazwj Created the water upon which Heazwj Hisazwj Throne to be?’

فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: يَا كَعْبُ! هَلْ عِنْدَكَ مِنْ هَذَا عِلْمٌ؟. فَقَالَ كَعْبٌ: نَعَمْ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ! نَجِدُ فِي الْأَصْلِ الْحَكِيمِ أَنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى كَانَ قَدِيماً قَبْلَ خَلْقِ الْعَرْشِ، وَ كَانَ عَلَى صَخْرَةِ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ فِي الْهَوَاءِ، فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ عَرْشَهُ تَفَلَ تَفْلَةً كَانَتْ مِنْهَا الْبِحَارُ الْغَامِرَةُ وَ اللُّجَجُ الدَّائِرَةُ، فَهُنَاكَ خَلَقَ عَرْشَهُ مِنْ بَعْضِ الصَّخْرَةِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ تَحْتَهُ، وَ آخِرُ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْهَا لَمَسْجِدٌ قَدَّسَهُ.

Umar said, ‘O Ka’ab! Is there any knowledge with you of this?’ Ka’ab said, ‘Yes, O commander of the faithful! We find in the original wisdom that Allahazwj Blessed and Exalted was seated before Heazwj Created the Throne, and Heazwj was upon the rock of Bayt Al-Maqdis in the air. When Heazwj Wanted to Created Hisazwj Throne, Heazwj Spat the spittle and the oceans came to be from it, and the revolving creeks. So, there Heazwj Created Hisazwj Throne from one of the rocks which were beneath Himazwj, and the last of what remain from these, is for the Holy Masjid’.

قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: وَ كَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ حَاضِراً .. فَعَظَّمَ رَبَّهُ‏ وَ قَامَ عَلَى قَدَمَيْهِ، وَ نَفَضَ ثِيَابَهُ، فَأَقْسَمَ عَلَيْهِ عُمَرُ لَمَّا عَادَ إِلَى مَجْلِسِهِ، فَفَعَلَ، قَالَ عُمَرُ: غُصْ عَلَيْهَا يَا غَوَّاصُ، مَا يَقُولُ‏ أَبُو حَسَنٍ فَمَا عَلِمْتُكَ إِلَّا مُفَرِّجاً لِلْغَمِّ؟.

Ibn Abbas said, ‘And Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws was present. Heasws (mentioned) Exaltedness of hisasws Lordazwj and stood upon hisasws feet and shook hisasws clothes. Umar swore unto himasws to return to hisasws seat. Heasws did so. Umar said, ‘Plunge into it, O diver! What is Abu Al-Hassanasws saying? Don’t you know except heasws is a reliever of the distress?’

فَالْتَفَتَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ إِلَى كَعْبٍ فَقَالَ: غَلِطَ أَصْحَابُكَ وَ حَرَّفُوا كُتُبَ اللَّهِ، وَ قَبَّحُوا الْفِرْيَةَ عَلَيْهِ، يَا كَعْبُ! وَيْحَكَ! إِنَّ الصَّخْرَةَ الَّتِي زَعَمْتَ لَا تَحْوِي جَلَالَهُ، وَ لَا تَسَعُ عَظَمَتَهُ، وَ الْهَوَاءُ الَّذِي ذَكَرْتَ لَا يَجُوزُ أَقْطَارَهُ، وَ لَوْ كَانَتِ الصَّخْرَةُ وَ الْهَوَاءُ قَدِيمَيْنِ مَعَهُ لَكَانَتْ لَهُمَا قِدْمَتُهُ، وَ عَزَّ اللَّهُ وَ جَلَّ أَنْ يُقَالَ لَهُ مَكَانٌ يُومَى إِلَيْهِ،

Aliasws turned toward Ka’ab and said: ‘Your companions are wrong, and they have altered the Books of Allahazwj, and ugly is what they have slandered upon Himazwj, O Ka’ab! Woe be unto you! The rock which you are claiming, does not contain Hisazwj Majesty, nor the vastness of Hisazwj Magnificence, and the air which you mentioned, its surroundings are not allowed. If the rock and the air were both ancient along with Himazwj, there would be Hisazwj Ancientness with them, and Allahazwj is Mightier and more Majestic that a place could be said to be for Himazwj indicating to Himazwj.

وَ اللَّهُ لَيْسَ كَمَا يَقُولُ‏ الْمُلْحِدُونَ، وَ لَا كَمَا يَظُنُّ الْجَاهِلُونَ، وَ لَكِنْ كَانَ وَ لَا مَكَانَ بِحَيْثُ لَا تَبْلُغُهُ الْأَذْهَانُ، وَ قَوْلِي: (كَانَ) لِتَعْرِيفِ كَوْنِهِ، وَ هُوَ مِمَّا عَلَّمَ مِنَ الْبَيَانِ، يَقُولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏: خَلَقَ الْإِنْسانَ عَلَّمَهُ الْبَيانَ‏،

And Allahazwj isn’t as the atheists are saying, nor like what the ignoramuses are thinking, but Heazwj existed and there was not place, by where the minds could reach (grasp), and myasws words are to introduce Hisazwj Existence, and it is from what Heazwj Taught from the clarification. Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic Says: Created the human being [55:3] Taught him the clarification [55:4].

فَقَوْلِي لَهُ‏ كَانَ مِمَّا عَلَّمَنِي الْبَيَانَ‏ لِأَنْطِقَ بِحُجَّةِ عَظَمَةِ الْمَنَّانِ، وَ لَمْ يَزَلْ رَبُّنَا مُقْتَدِراً عَلَى مَا يَشَاءُ، مُحِيطاً بِكُلِّ الْأَشْيَاءِ، ثُمَّ كَوَّنَ مَا أَرَادَ بِلَا فِكْرَةٍ حَادِثَةٍ لَهُ‏ أَصَابَ، وَ لَا بِشُبْهَةٍ دَخَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ فِيمَا أَرَادَ،

Myasws words for Himazwj are from what Heazwj Taught measws the clarification so Iasws can speak with the argument of the Magnificence of the Bestower; and our Lordazwj has not ceased to be Able upon whatever Heazwj so Desires to, Encompassing all things. Then Heazwj Brought into being whatever Heazwj Wanted without a thought occurring for Himazwj to be correct, nor with any suspicion entering into Himazwj regarding what Heazwj Wanted.

وَ إِنَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ خَلَقَ نُوراً ابْتَدَعَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِ شَيْ‏ءٍ، ثُمَّ خَلَقَ مِنْهُ ظُلْمَةً وَ كَانَ قَدِيراً أَنْ يَخْلُقَ الظُّلْمَةَ لَا مِنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ، كَمَا خَلَقَ النُّورَ مِنْ غَيْرِ شَيْ‏ءٍ، ثُمَّ خَلَقَ مِنَ الظُّلْمَةِ نُوراً وَ خَلَقَ مِنَ النُّورِ يَاقُوتَةً غِلَظُهَا كَغِلَظِ سَبْعِ سَمَاوَاتٍ وَ سَبْعِ أَرَضِينَ،

And surely the Mighty and Majestic Created a light, initiating it from without a thing, then Created darkness from it, and although Heazwj was Able to Create the darkness from without a thing, just as Heazwj had Created the light from without a thing. Then Heazwj Created a light from the darkness, and Created from that light, a thick ruby, like the thickness of the seven skies and seven earths.

ثُمَّ زَجَرَ الْيَاقُوتَةَ فَمَاعَتْ‏ لِهَيْبَتِهِ فَصَارَتْ مَاءً مُرْتَعِداً، وَ لَا يَزَالُ مُرْتَعِداً إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ، ثُمَّ خَلَقَ عَرْشَهُ مِنْ نُورِهِ، وَ جَعَلَهُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ، وَ لِلْعَرْشِ عَشَرَةُ آلَافِ لِسَانٍ يُسَبِّحُ اللَّهَ كُلُّ لِسَانٍ مِنْهَا بِعَشَرَةِ آلَافٍ‏، لَيْسَ فِيهَا لُغَةٌ تُشْبِهُ الْأُخْرَى،

Then Heazwj Squashed the ruby, and it melted and became like thundering water, and it will not cease to be thundering until the Day of Qiyamah. Then Heazwj Created Hisazwj Throne from Hisazwj Noor and Made it to be upon the water; and for the Throne there are ten thousand tongues Glorifying Allahazwj by each tongue from it with ten thousand (languages). There isn’t any language among these resembling the other.

وَ كَانَ الْعَرْشُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ مِنْ دُونِهِ حُجُبُ الضَّبَابِ‏، وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ: وَ كانَ عَرْشُهُ عَلَى الْماءِ لِيَبْلُوَكُمْ .. ، يَا كَعْبُ! وَيْحَكَ! إِنَّ مَنْ كَانَتِ الْبِحَارُ تَفْلَتَهُ عَلَى قَوْلِكَ- كَانَ أَعْظَمَ مِنْ أَنْ تَحْوِيَهُ صَخْرَةُ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ، أَوْ يَحْوِيَهُ‏ الْهَوَاءُ الَّذِي أَشَرْتَ إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ حَلَّ فِيهِ ..

And the Throne was upon the water from besides Himazwj the veils of clouds, and that is Hisazwj Word: and His Throne was upon the water, in order to Try you, [11:7]. O Ka’ab! Woe be unto you! The Oneazwj whose Spit brought the oceans into being – according to your words – would be Greater than to be carried by the rock of Bayt Al-Maqdis, or be carried by the air, which your indicated to that Heazwj had Permeated into’.

فَضَحِكَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ، وَ قَالَ: هَذَا هُوَ الْأَمْرُ، وَ هَكَذَا يَكُونُ الْعِلْمُ لَا كَعِلْمِكَ يَا كَعْبُ، لَا عِشْتُ إِلَى زَمَانٍ لَا أَرَى فِيهِ أَبَا حَسَنٍ.

Umar Bin Al-Khattab laughed, and said, ‘This, it is the matter, and this is how the knowledge happens to be, not like your knowledge, O Ka’ab! May I not like to a time I cannot see Abu Hassanasws in it’’.¹⁴

7- كا: الْعِدَّةُ، عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ، عَنْ‏ حَنَانِ بْنِ السَّرَّاجِ‏، عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ الْكِسَائِيِ‏، عَنْ أَبِي الطُّفَيْلِ، قَالَ: شَهِدْتُ جِنَازَةَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ يَوْمَ مَاتَ، وَ شَهِدْتُ عُمَرَ حِينَ بُويِعَ وَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ جَالِسٌ نَاحِيَةً، فَأَقْبَلَ غُلَامٌ يَهُودِيٌّ جَمِيلُ الْوَجْهِ، بَهِيٌّ، عَلَيْهِ ثِيَابٌ حِسَانٌ- وَ هُوَ مِنْ وُلْدِ هَارُونَ- حَتَّى قَامَ عَلَى رَأْسِ عُمَرَ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ! أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بِكِتَابِهِمْ وَ أَمْرِ نَبِيِّهِمْ؟.

Al Kafi – The number, from Al Barqy, from his father, from Abdullah Bin Al Qasim from Hanan Bin Al Sarraj, from Dawood Bin Suleyman Al Kisai, from Abu al Tufayl who said,

‘I attended the funeral of Abu Bakr on the day he died, and I attended when Umar was pledged allegiance to, and Aliasws was seated in a corner. There came a young Jewish boy of beautiful face, gorgeous, having beautiful clothes upon him, and he was from the children of Harounas, until he stood by the head of Umar. He said, ‘O commander of the faithful! Are you the most knowledgeable of this community with their Book and the matter of their Prophetsaww?

قَالَ: فَطَأْطَأَ عُمَرُ رَأْسَهُ، فَقَالَ: إِيَّاكَ أَعْنِي .. وَ أَعَادَ عَلَيْهِ الْقَوْلَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ: لِمَ ذَاكَ؟. قَالَ: إِنِّي جِئْتُكَ مُرْتَاداً لِنَفْسِي، شَاكّاً فِي دِينِي.

He (the narrator) said, ‘Umar lowered his head. He said, ‘Beware of me’ – and repeated the words to him. Umar said to me, ‘Why is that so?’ He said, ‘I have come to you reneging for myself, doubting in my religion’.

فَقَالَ: دُونَكَ هَذَا الشَّابَّ. قَالَ: وَ مَنْ هَذَا الشَّابُّ؟. قَالَ: هَذَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ابْنُ عَمِّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، وَ هَذَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ ابْنَيْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، وَ هَذَا زَوْجُ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ،

He said, ‘Besides you is this youth’. He said, ‘And who is that youth?’ He said, ‘This is Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws, sonasws of an uncleasws of Rasool-Allahazwj, and this is fatherasws of Al-Hassanasws and Al-Husaynasws, two (grand) sonsasws of Rasool-Allahsaww, and this is the husband of (Syeda) Fatimaasws, daughterasws of Rasool-Allahsaww’.

فَأَقْبَلَ الْيَهُودِيُّ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَقَالَ: أَ كَذَلِكَ‏ أَنْتَ؟!. فَقَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ عَنْ ثَلَاثٍ وَ ثَلَاثٍ وَ وَاحِدَةٍ.

The Jew came to Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws and said, ‘Are youasws like that?’ Heasws said: ‘Yes’. He said, ‘I want to ask youasws about three, and three and one (questions).

قَالَ: فَتَبَسَّمَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ مِنْ غَيْرِ تَبَسُّمٍ، فَقَالَ‏ يَا هَارُونِيُّ! مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تَقُولَ سَبْعاً؟. قَالَ: أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ ثَلَاثٍ، فَإِنْ أَجَبْتَنِي سَأَلْتُ عَمَّا بَعْدَهُنَّ، وَ إِنْ لَمْ تَعْلَمْهُنَّ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ فِيكُمْ عَالِمٌ.

He (the narrator) said, ‘Amir Al-Momineenasws smiled from without a smile (wry smile). Heasws said: ‘O Harouny (from the children of Harounas)! What prevented you from saying ‘seven’?’ He said, ‘I shall ask you about three (issues). If youasws were to answer measws, I will ask you after these, and if youasws do not know, I will know that there isn’t knowledge with youasws’.

قَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: فَإِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِالْإِلَهِ الَّذِي تَعْبُدُهُ لَئِنْ أَنَا أَجَبْتُكَ فِي كُلِّ مَا تُرِيدُ لَتَدَعَنَّ دِينَكَ وَ لَتَدْخُلَنَّ فِي دِينِي؟. قَالَ: مَا جِئْتُ إِلَّا لِذَاكَ. قَالَ: فَسَلْ؟.

Aliasws said: ‘Iasws ask you by the God whom you worship, if Iasws were to answer you regarding all what you want, you will leave your religion and enter into myasws Religion?’ He said, ‘I did not come except for that’. Heasws said: ‘Then, ask’.

قَالَ: أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ أَوَّلِ قَطْرَةِ دَمٍ قَطَرَتْ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْأَرْضِ، أَيُّ قَطْرَةٍ هِيَ؟ وَ أَوَّلِ عَيْنٍ فَاضَتْ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْأَرْضِ، أَيُّ عَيْنٍ هِيَ؟ وَ أَوَّلِ شَيْ‏ءٍ اهْتَزَّ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْأَرْضِ، أَيُّ شَيْ‏ءٍ هُوَ؟. فَأَجَابَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ

He said, ‘Inform me about the first drop of blood to fall upon the surface of the earth, which drop was it? And the first spring to flow upon the surface of the earth, which spring was it? And the first thing to shake upon the surface of the earth, which thing was it?’ Amir Al-Momineenasws answered him.

فَقَالَ‏: أَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الثَّلَاثِ الْأُخَرِ، أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمْ لَهُ مِنْ إِمَامٍ عَادِلٍ؟. وَ فِي أَيِّ جَنَّةٍ يَكُونُ؟ وَ مَنْ يُسَاكِنُهُ‏ مَعَهُ فِي جَنَّتِهِ‏؟.

He said, ‘Inform me about the other three. Inform me about Muhammadsaww, how many just Imamsasws are there for himsaww? And in which Garden will heasws happen to be? And who would be dwelling with himsaww in hissaww Garden?’

قَالَ: يَا هَارُونِيُّ! إِنَّ لِمُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ إِمَامَ عَدْلٍ لَا يَضُرُّهُمْ خِذْلَانُ مَنْ خَذَلَهُمْ، وَ لَا يَسْتَوْحِشُونَ بِخِلَافِ مَنْ خَالَفَهُمْ، وَ إِنَّهُمْ فِي الدِّينِ أَرْسَبُ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ الرَّوَاسِي فِي الْأَرْضِ، وَ مَسْكَنُ مُحَمَّدٍ فِي جَنَّتِهِ، مَعَهُ أُولَئِكَ الِاثْنَا عَشَرَ الْإِمَامَ الْعَدْلَ.

Heasws said: ‘O Harouny! For Muhammadsaww there are twelve just Imamsasws. The abandonment of the ones who abandon themasws does not harm them, nor does the fear of the ones who oppose themasws, and theyasws are in the Religion are the stabilising tall mountains in the earth, and the ones to dwell with Muhammadsaww in hissaww dwelling, theyasws are the twelve just Imamsasws’.

فَقَالَ: صَدَقْتَ وَ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ، إِنِّي لَأَجِدُهَا فِي كُتُبِ أَبِي هَارُونَ، كَتَبَهُ بِيَدِهِ وَ أَمْلَاهُ مُوسَى عَمِّي عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ.

He said, ‘Youasws speak the truth, by Allahazwj the Oneazwj Who, there is no god except Heazwj. I do find it to be so in the Book of my (fore) fatheras Harounas in hisas handwriting, dictated by Musaas, my (fore) uncleas’’.

قَالَ: فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنِ الْوَاحِدَةِ؟ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ وَصِيِّ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمْ يَعِيشُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ؟ وَ هَلْ يَمُوتُ أَوْ يُقْتَلُ؟.

He said, ‘Inform me about the one? Inform me about the successorasws of Muhammadsaww, how much would heasws live after himsaww? And will heasws be dying (a natural death) of be killed?’

قَالَ: يَا هَارُونِيُّ! يَعِيشُ بَعْدَهُ ثَلَاثِينَ سَنَةً لَا يَزِيدُ يَوْماً وَ لَا يَنْقُصُ يَوْماً، ثُمَّ يُضْرَبُ ضَرْبَةً هَاهُنَا- يَعْنِي عَلَى قَرْنِهِ- فَيُخْضَبُ‏ هَذِهِ مِنْ‏ هَذَا.

Heasws said: ‘O Harouny! Heasws shall live after himsaww for thirty years, neither increasing a day nor reducing a day, then heasws will be struck by a strike over here’ – meaning upon hisasws forehead, ‘So this (beard) would be dyed from this (blood of the head)’.

قَالَ: فَصَاحَ الْهَارُونِيُّ وَ قَطَعَ كُسْتِيجَهُ، وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ: أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً عَبْدُهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، وَ أَنَّكَ‏ وَصِيُّهُ، يَنْبَغِي أَنْ تَفُوقَ وَ لَا تُفَاقَ، وَ أَنْ تُعَظَّمَ وَ لَا تُسْتَضْعَفَ.

He (the narrator) said, ‘The Harouny wailed and cut tore his cloak, and he was saying, ‘I testify that there is no god except Allahazwj Alone, there is no associate for Himazwj, and I testify that Muhammadsaww is Hisazwj servant and Hisazwj Rasoolsaww, and youasws are hissaww successorasws. It is appropriate that youasws should surpass and not be surpassed, and that youasws should be revered and not weakened’.

قَالَ: ثُمَ‏ مَضَى بِهِ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ فَعَلَّمَهُ مَعَالِمَ الدِّينِ.

He (the narrator) said, ‘Then Aliasws went with him to hisasws house and taught him the features of hisasws Religion’’.¹⁵

8- كا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ، عَنْ مَسْعَدَةَ بْنِ زِيَادٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ. وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنِ‏ ابْنِ أَبِي يَحْيَى الْمَدِينِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هَارُونَ الْعَبْدِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ حَاضِراً لَمَّا هَلَكَ‏ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَ اسْتَخْلَفَ عُمَرَ، أَقْبَلَ يَهُودِيٌّ مِنْ عُظَمَاءِ يَهُودِ يَثْرِبَ، وَ يَزْعُمُ‏ يَهُودُ الْمَدِينَةِ أَنَّهُ أَعْلَمُ أَهْلِ زَمَانِهِ حَتَّى رُفِعَ إِلَى عُمَرَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: يَا عُمَرُ! إِنِّي جِئْتُكَ أُرِيدُ الْإِسْلَامَ فَإِنْ أَخْبَرْتَنِي عَمَّا أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْهُ فَأَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ بِالْكِتَابِ وَ السُّنَّةِ وَ جَمِيعِ مَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَ عَنْهُ.

(The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Mus’adah Bin Ziyad,

‘From Abu Abdullahasws,

And Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Ibrahim, from Ibn Abu Yahya Al Madainy, from Abu Haroun Al Abdy, from Abu Saeed Al Khudri who said,

‘I was present when Abu Bakr died and Umar became caliph. A Jew from great Jews of Yasrib came and the Jews of Al-Medina claimed that he was the most learned of the people of his time, until he was raised to Umar. He said to him, ‘O Umar! I have come to you intending Al-Islam, so if you were to inform me what I ask about, then you are the most learned of the companions of Muhammadsaww, with the Book and the Sunnah, and the entirety of what I want to ask about’.

قَالَ: فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ: إِنِّي لَسْتُ هُنَاكَ، لَكِنِّي أُرْشِدُكَ إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ أُمَّتِنَا بِالْكِتَابِ وَ السُّنَّةِ وَ جَمِيعِ مَا قَدْ تَسْأَلُ عَنْهُ، وَ هُوَ ذَاكَ، فَأَوْمَى إِلَى عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ. فَقَالَ لَهُ الْيَهُودِيُّ: يَا عُمَرُ! إِنْ كَانَ هَذَا كَمَا تَقُولُ فَمَا لَكَ وَ لِبَيْعَةِ النَّاسِ، وَ إِنَّمَا ذَاكَ أَعْلَمُكُمْ، فَزَبَرَهُ عُمَرُ.

He (the narrator) said, ‘Umar said to him, ‘I am not like that, but I shall point you to the one who is the most learned or our community with the Book and the Sunnah, and the entirety of what you want to ask about, and heasws is like that’ – and he gestured towards Aliasws. The Jew said to him, ‘O Umar! If this one is as you are saying, so what is the matter with you taking allegiance of the people, and rather that one is your most learned?’ Umar rebuked him.

ثُمَّ إِنَّ الْيَهُودِيَّ قَامَ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَقَالَ: أَنْتَ كَمَا ذَكَرَ عُمَرُ؟. فَقَالَ‏: وَ مَا قَالَ عُمَرُ؟. فَأَخْبَرَهُ. قَالَ: فَإِنْ كُنْتَ كَمَا قَالَ، سَأَلْتُكَ عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَعْلَمَ هَلْ يَعْلَمُهُ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ فَأَعْلَمَ أَنَّكُمْ فِي دَعْوَاكُمْ خَيْرُ الْأُمَمِ وَ أَعْلَمُهَا صَادِقِينَ، وَ مَعَ ذَلِكَ أَدْخُلُ فِي دِينِكُمُ الْإِسْلَامِ.

Then the Jew stood to Aliasws and said, ‘Are you as what Umar mentioned?’ Heasws said: ‘And what has Umar said?’ He informed himasws. Heasws said: ‘Supposing Iasws am just as he has said?’ He said, ‘I shall ask youasws about things. I want to know if anyone from you knows, then I would know that you are best of the communities in your call and most knowledgeable of them, truthful, and along with that, I shall enter into your Religion Al-Islam’.

فَقَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: نَعَمْ، أَنَا كَمَا ذَكَرَ لَكَ عُمَرُ، سَلْ عَمَّا بَدَا لَكَ أُخْبِرْكَ بِهِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى‏.

Amir Al-Momineenasws said: ‘Yes, Iasws am just as Umar mentioned to you. Ask about whatever comes to you, Ias shall inform you with it, if Allahazwj so Desires’.

قَالَ: أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ ثَلَاثٍ وَ ثَلَاثٍ وَ وَاحِدَةٍ. فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: يَا يَهُودِيُّ! وَ لِمَ لَمْ تَقُلْ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ سَبْعٍ؟. فَقَالَ لَهُ الْيَهُودِيُّ: إِنَّكَ إِنْ أَخْبَرْتَنِي بِالثَّلَاثِ، سَأَلْتُكَ عَنِ الْبَقِيَّةِ وَ إِلَّا كَفَفْتُ، فَإِنْ أَنْتَ أَجَبْتَنِي فِي هَذِهِ السَّبْعِ فَأَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ وَ أَفْضَلُهُمْ وَ أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِالنَّاسِ.

He said, ‘Inform me about three, and three and one’. Aliasws said to him: ‘O Jew! Why did you not say, ‘Inform me about seven?’ The Jew said to him, ‘Youasws, if youasws were to inform me with the three, I will ask you about the rest, or else I shall refrain. If youasws inform me about these seven, then youasws are the most knowledgeable of the people of the earth, and their superior, and foremost of the people with the people’.

فَقَالَ لَهُ: سَلْ عَمَّا بَدَا لَكَ أُخْبِرْكَ بِهِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى‏.

Heasws said to him: ‘Ask about whatever comes to you, Iasws shall inform you with it, if Allahazwj so Desires’.

قَالَ: أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ أَوَّلِ حَجَرٍ وُضِعَ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْأَرْضِ؟ وَ أَوَّلِ شَجَرَةٍ غُرِسَتْ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْأَرْضِ؟ وَ أَوَّلِ عَيْنٍ نَبَعَتْ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْأَرْضِ؟. فَأَخْبَرَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ.

He said, ‘Inform me about the first stone placed upon the surface of the earth? And the first tree planted upon the surface of the earth? And the first spring to burst forth upon the surface of the earth?’ Amir Al-Momineenasws informed him.

ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ الْيَهُودِيُّ: أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ كَمْ لَهَا مِنْ إِمَامٍ هُدًى؟ وَ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ نَبِيِّكُمْ مُحَمَّدٍ أَيْنَ مَنْزِلُهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ؟ وَ أَخْبِرْنِي مَنْ مَعَهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ؟.

Then the Jew said to him, ‘Inform me about this community, how many Imamsasws of guidance are there for it? And inform me about your Prophetsaww Muhammadsaww, where is hissaww house in the Paradise? And inform me for the ones who would be with himsaww in the Paradise?’

فَقَالَ لَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: إِنَّ لِهَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ إِمَامَ هُدًى مِنْ‏ ذُرِّيَّةِ نَبِيِّهَا وَ هُمْ مِنِّي. وَ أَمَّا مَنْزِلُ نَبِيِّنَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَفِي أَفْضَلِهَا وَ أَشْرَفِهَا: جَنَّةِ عَدْنٍ، وَ أَمَّا مَنْ مَعَهُ فِي مَنْزِلِهِ فِيهَا فَهَؤُلَاءِ الِاثْنَا عَشَرَ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِهِ، وَ أُمُّهُمْ وَ جَدَّتُهُمْ أُمُ‏ أُمِّهِمْ وَ ذَرَارِيُّهُمْ لَا يَشْرَكُهُمْ فِيهَا أَحَدٌ.

Amir Al-Momineenasws said to him: ‘For this community there are twelve Imamsasws of guidance from the offspring of its Prophetsaww, and theyasws would be from measws. And as for the house of our Prophetsaww in the Paradise, it is in its superior and noblest, Garden of Eden; and as for the ones who would be with himsaww in hissaww house, so these are the twelve (Imamsasws) from hissaww offspring, and theirasws motherasws, and theirasws grandmotheras, motheras of theirasws motherasws, and theirasws offspring. No one (else) would participate in it with themasws’’.¹⁶

9- كا: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ، عَنْ زَكَرِيَّا الْمُؤْمِنِ، عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ، عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: إِنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى بِامْرَأَتِهِ إِلَى عُمَرَ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ امْرَأَتِي هَذِهِ سَوْدَاءُ وَ أَنَا أَسْوَدُ وَ إِنَّهَا وَلَدَتْ غُلَاماً أَبْيَضَ.

(The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Al Hassan Bin Ali, from Zakariya Al Momin, from Ibn Muskan, from one of our companion,

‘From Abu Abdullahasws having said: ‘A man came with his wife to Umar and said, ‘This wife of mine is black, and I am black, and she has given birth to a white boy’.

فَقَالَ لِمَنْ بِحَضْرَتِهِ: مَا تَرَوْنَ؟. قَالُوا: نَرَى أَنْ تَرْجُمَهَا فَإِنَّهَا سَوْدَاءُ وَ زَوْجُهَا أَسْوَدُ وَ وَلَدُهَا أَبْيَضُ.

He said to the ones present, ‘What are your views?’ They said, ‘We view that she should be stoned to death, for she is black, and her husband is black, and her child is white’.

قَالَ: فَجَاءَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَ قَدْ وُجِّهَ بِهَا لِتُرْجَمَ، فَقَالَ: مَا حَالُكُمَا؟. فَحَدَّثَاهُ. فَقَالَ لِلْأَسْوَدِ: أَ تَتَّهِمُ امْرَأَتَكَ؟!. فَقَالَ: لَا.

He (the narrator) said, ‘Amir Al-Momineenasws came, and they had already taken her for the stoning to death. Heasws said: ‘What is your situation?’ They narrated to himasws. Heasws said to the black man: ‘Are you accusing your wife (of adultery)?!’ He said, ‘No’.

قَالَ: فَأَتَيْتَهَا وَ هِيَ طَامِثٌ؟. قَالَتْ: نَعَمْ، سَلْهُ، قَدْ حَرَّجْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَ أَبَيْتُ. قَالَ: فَانْطَلِقَا فَإِنَّهُ ابْنُكُمَا، وَ إِنَّمَا غَلَبَ الدَّمَ النُّطْفَةُ فَابْيَضَّ، وَ لَوْ قَدْ تَحَرَّكَ اسْوَدَّ. فَلَمَّا أَيْفَعَ اسْوَدَّ.

Heasws said: ‘And you went to her while she was menstruating?’ She said, ‘Yes, ask him. It had been prohibited until him and I had refused’. Heasws said: ‘Free her for it is your child, and rather the sperm had overcome the blood, so he is white, and it had moved, (he would have been black)’. When he grew up, he was black’’.¹⁷

10- مَشَارِقُ الْأَنْوَارِ: قَالَ: إِنَّ رَجُلًا حَضَرَ مَجْلِسَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَادَّعَى أَنَّهُ لَا يَخَافُ اللَّهَ، وَ لَا يَرْجُو الْجَنَّةَ، وَ لَا يَخْشَى النَّارَ، وَ لَا يَرْكَعُ وَ لَا يَسْجُدُ، وَ يَأْكُلُ الْمَيْتَةَ وَ الدَّمَ، وَ يَشْهَدُ بِمَا لَا يَرَى‏، وَ يُحِبُّ الْفِتْنَةَ، وَ يَكْرَهُ الْحَقَّ، وَ يُصَدِّقُ الْيَهُودَ وَ النَّصَارَى، وَ أَنَّ عِنْدَهُ مَا لَيْسَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ، وَ لَهُ مَا لَيْسَ لِلَّهِ، وَ أَنِّي‏ أَحْمَدُ النَّبِيّ، وَ أَنِّي‏ عَلِيٌّ وَ أَنَا رَبُّكُم،

(The book) ‘Mashariq Al-Anwaar’ – He said, ‘A man presented in a gathering of Abu bakr and claimed that he neither feared Allahazwj, nor hoped for the Paradise, nor feared the Fire, nor performed Ruku’u nor Sajdah’, and eats the death, and the blood, and testified with what he had not seen, and loved the Fitna (strife), and disliked the truth, and ratified the Jews and the Christians, and that with him is what isn’t with Allahazwj, and for him is what isn’t for Allahazwj, and (said), ‘I am Ahmad the Prophetsaww, and I am Ali, and I am your Lord’.

فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ: ازْدَدْتَ كُفْراً عَلَى كُفْرِكَ؟!.

Umar said to him, ‘You are increasing Kufr upon your Kufr?!’

فَقَالَ لَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: هَوِّنْ عَلَيْكَ يَا عُمَرُ! فَإِنَّ هَذَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَوْلِيَاءِ اللَّهِ لَا يَرْجُو الْجَنَّةَ وَ لَكِنْ يَرْجُو اللَّهَ، وَ لَا يَخَافُ النَّارَ وَ لَكِنْ يَخَافُ رَبَّهُ، وَ لَا يَخَافُ اللَّهَ مِنْ ظُلْمٍ وَ لَكِنْ يَخَافُ عَدْلَهُ، لِأَنَّهُ حَكَمٌ عَدْلٌ،

Amir Al-Momineenasws said to him: ‘Be easy upon yourself, O Umar! This man is from the friends of Allahazwj. He does not hope for the Paradise, but hopes for Allahazwj, and he does not fear the Fire, but he fears his Lordazwj, and he does not fear Allahazwj from an injustice but he fears Hisazwj Justice, because Heazwj is a Just Judge;

وَ لَا يَرْكَعُ وَ لَا يَسْجُدُ فِي صَلَاةِ الْجِنَازَةِ، وَ يَأْكُلُ الْجَرَادَ وَ السَّمَكَ، وَ يُحِبُّ الْأَهْلَ وَ الْوَلَدَ، وَ يَشْهَدُ بِالْجَنَّةِ وَ النَّارِ وَ لَمْ يَرَهُمَا، وَ يَكْرَهُ الْمَوْتَ وَ هُوَ الْحَقُّ، وَ يُصَدِّقُ الْيَهُودَ وَ النَّصَارَى فِي تَكْذِيبِ بَعْضِهِمَا بَعْضاً،

And he neither performs Ruku’u nor Sajdah in the funeral Salat, and he eats the locust and the fish, and loves the wife and the children, and testified with the Paradise and the Fire although he has not seen these, and he dislikes the death and it is the truth, and he ratifies the Jews and the Christians in their belying each other;

وَ لَهُ مَا لَيْسَ لِلَّهِ، لِأَنَّ لَهُ وَلَداً وَ لَيْسَ لِلَّهِ وَلَدٌ، وَ عِنْدَهُ مَا لَيْسَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ‏، فَإِنَّهُ يَظْلِمُ نَفْسَهُ وَ لَيْسَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ ظُلْمٌ، وَ قَوْلُهُ أَنَا أَحْمَدُ النَّبِيّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ .. أَيْ أَنَا أَحْمَدُهُ عَلَى تَبْلِيغِ‏ الرِّسَالَةِ عَنْ رَبِّهِ،

And for him is what isn’t for Allahazwj because there is a son for him and there isn’t any son for Allahazwj, and with him is what isn’t with Allahazwj, so he is being unjust to himself and there isn’t any injustice with Allahazwj; and his words, ‘I Ahmad the Prophetsaww’, i.e., ‘I am praising himsaww upon hissaww delivering the Message on behalf of hissaww Lordazwj.

وَ قَوْلُهُ: أَنَا عَلِيٌّ .. يَعْنِي عَلِيٌّ فِي قَوْلِي، وَ قَوْلُهُ: أَنَا رَبُّكُمْ .. أَيْ رَبُّ كُمٍّ بِمَعْنَى‏ لِي كُمٌّ أَرْفَعُهَا وَ أَضَعُهَا،

And his words, ‘I am Ali’, meaning ‘Exalted in my words’, and his words, ‘I am your Lord’, i.e., ‘lord of ‘Kum’, in the meaning that ‘I am the lord (owner) of ‘Kum’ (a sleeve), I raise it and drop it’.

فَفَرِحَ عُمَرُ، وَ قَامَ وَ قَبَّلَ رَأْسَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، وَ قَالَ: لَا بَقِيتُ بَعْدَكَ يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ.

Umar was happy and stood up and kissed the head of Amir Al-Momineenasws, and said, ‘May I not remain (alive) after youasws, O Abu Al-Hassanasws’’.¹⁸

11- كنز: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ، عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ هُوزَةَ، عَنِ النَّهَاوَنْدِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ، عَنْ نَصْرِ بْنِ يَحْيَى، عَنِ الْمُقْتَبِسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، قَالَ: كَانَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مَعَ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ فَأَرْسَلَهُ فِي جَيْشٍ فَغَابَ سِتَّةَ أَشْهُرٍ ثُمَّ قَدِمَ، وَ كَانَ مَعَ أَهْلِهِ سِتَّةَ أَشْهُرٍ فَعَلِقَتْ مِنْهُ فَجَاءَتْ بِوَلَدٍ لِسِتَّةِ أَشْهُرٍ فَأَنْكَرَهُ،

(The book) ‘Taweel al Ayaat Al Zaahira’ – Muhammad Bin Al Abbas, from Ahmad Bin Howzat, from Al Nahawandi, from Abdullah Bin Hammad, from Nasr Bin Yahya, from Al Muqtabisi Bin Abdul Rahman, from his father, from his grandfather who said,

‘There was a man from the companions of Rasool-Allahsaww with Umar Bin Al-Khattab. He sent him in an army, and he was absent for six months, then arrived, and he had been with his wife for six months. She conceived from him and came with a child of six months. He denied it (the child being his).

فَجَاءَ بِهَا إِلَى عُمَرَ فَقَالَ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ! كُنْتُ فِي الْبَعْثِ الَّذِي وَجَّهْتَنِي فِيهِ، وَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي قَدِمْتُ‏ سِتَّةَ أَشْهُرٍ، وَ كُنْتُ مَعَ أَهْلِي وَ قَدْ جَاءَتْ بِغُلَامٍ وَ هُوَ ذَا، وَ تَزْعُمُ أَنَّهُ مِنِّي؟.

He came with her to Umar and said, ‘O commander of the faithful! I was in the regiment you had sent me in, and you know I have arrived after six months, and I was with my wife and she has come with a boy, and here he is, and she claims he is from me?’

فَقَالَ لَهَا عُمَرُ: مَا ذَا تَقُولِينَ أَيَّتُهَا المَرْأَةُ؟. فَقَالَتْ: وَ اللَّهِ مَا غَشِيَنِي رَجُلٌ غَيْرُهُ، وَ مَا فَجَرْتُ، وَ إِنَّهُ لَابْنُهُ، وَ كَانَ اسْمُ الرَّجُلِ: الْهَيْثَمَ. فَقَالَ لَهَا عُمَرُ: أَ حَقٌّ مَا يَقُولُ زَوْجُكِ؟. قَالَتْ: قَدْ صَدَقَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ!

Umar said to him, ‘What is that you are saying, O woman?’ She said, ‘By Allahazwj! No man has overcome me apart from him, and I have not been immoral, and he is his son’ – and the name of the man was Al-Haysam. Umar said to her, ‘Is it true what your husband is saying?’ She said, ‘He speaks the truth, O commander of the faithful!’

فَأَمَرَ بِهَا عُمَرُ أَنْ تُرْجَمَ، فَحَفَرَ لَهَا حَفِيرَةً ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَهَا فِيهِ، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ عَلِيّاً عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَجَاءَ مُسْرِعاً حَتَّى أَدْرَكَهَا وَ أَخَذَ بِيَدَيْهَا فَسَلَّهَا مِنَ الْحَفِيرَةِ.

Umar ordered with her to be stoned to death, and a pit was dug up for her, then she was entered into it. (News of) that reached Aliasws, and heasws came over hurriedly until he joined up with her and grabbed her by her hand and extracted her from the pit.

ثُمَّ قَالَ لِعُمَرَ: ارْبَعْ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ‏ إِنَّهَا قَدْ صَدَقَتْ، إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقُولُ فِي كِتَابِهِ: حَمْلُهُ وَ فِصالُهُ ثَلاثُونَ شَهْراً، وَ قَالَ فِي الرَّضَاعِ: وَ الْوالِداتُ يُرْضِعْنَ أَوْلادَهُنَّ حَوْلَيْنِ كامِلَيْنِ‏، فَالْحَمْلُ وَ الرَّضَاعُ ثَلَاثُونَ شَهْراً، وَ هَذَا الْحُسَيْنُ وُلِدَ لِسِتَّةِ أَشْهُرٍ.

Then heasws said to Umar, ‘Be kind upon yourself, she had spoken the truth. Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic is Saying in Hisazwj Book: and his bearing and his weaning is of thirty months; [46:15]; and Said regarding the breast-feeding: And the mothers should breastfeed their children for two years complete, [2:233]. Thus, the bearing and the breast-feeding is for thirty months, and this is Al-Husaynasws, a sonasws of six months (bearing)’.

فَعِنْدَهَا قَالَ عُمَرُ: لَوْ لَا عَلِيٌّ لَهَلَكَ عُمَرُ.

At that, Umar said, ‘Had it not been for Aliasws, Umar would have been destroyed!’’¹⁹

12- ما الْمُفِيدُ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ تَسْنِيمٍ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْخَثْعَمِيِّ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ، عَنْ رُقَيَّةَ بْنِ مَصْقَلَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جُؤَيَّةَ الْعَبْدِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ‏، قَالَ: أَتَى عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ رَجُلَانِ يَسْأَلَانِ عَنْ طَلَاقِ الْأَمَةِ، فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَى خَلْفِهِ فَنَظَرَ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَصْلَعُ! مَا تَرَى فِي طَلَاقِ الْأَمَةِ؟.

(The book) ‘Amaali’ of sheykh Al Tusi – From Ali Bin Khalid, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn Bin Salih, from Muhammad Bin Ali Bin Zayd, from Muhammad Bin Tasneem, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad Al Khas’amy, from Ibrahim Bin Abdul Hameed, from Ruqaiyya Bin Masqala Bin Abdullah Bin Juweyya Al Abdy, from his grandfather who said,

‘Two men came to Umar Bin Al-Khattab asking about divorce of the community. He turned to behind him and looked at Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws and said, ‘O short-haired one! What do youasws view regarding divorce of the community?’

فَقَالَ بِإِصْبَعَيْهِ .. هَكَذَا، وَ أَشَارَ بِالسَّبَّابَةِ وَ الَّتِي تَلِيهَا، فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِمَا عُمَرُ وَ قَالَ‏: ثِنْتَانِ.

Heasws said by hisasws fingers, like this, and gestured with the index finger and that which follows it. Umar turned towards them both and said, ‘Two’.

فَقَالَ: سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ! جِئْنَاكَ وَ أَنْتَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَسَأَلْنَاكَ فَجِئْتَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ سَأَلْتَهُ، وَ اللَّهِ مَا كَلَّمَكَ. فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: تَدْرِيَانِ مَنْ هَذَا؟. قَالا: لَا.

He said, ‘Glory be to Allahazwj! We came to you and you are commander of the faithful, and we asked you, and you go to a (another) man to ask himasws. By Allahazwj! I will not speak to you’. Umar said, ‘Do you two know who this is?’ They said, ‘No’.

قَالَ: هَذَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ يَقُولُ: لَوْ أَنَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعَ وَ الْأَرَضِينَ السَّبْعَ وُضِعَتَا فِي كِفَّةٍ وَ وُضِعَ إِيمَانُ عَلِيٍّ فِي كِفَّةٍ لَرَجَحَ إِيمَانُ عَلِيٍّ (ع).

He said, ‘This is Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws. I heard Rasool-Allahsaww saying: ‘If the seven skies and the seven earths were to be placed in a hand (of a scale), and the Eman of Aliasws is placed in the other hand (of the scale), the Eman of Aliasws would outweigh’’.²⁰

13- عدة: رَوَى الْحَكَمُ بْنُ مَرْوَانَ، عَنْ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ، قَالَ: نَزَلَ بِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ نَازِلَةٌ قَامَ لَهَا وَ قَعَدَ، وَ تَرَنَّحَ لَهَا وَ تَقَطَّرَ. ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا مَعْشَرَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ! مَا عِنْدَكُمْ فِيهَا؟.

(The book) ‘Iddat Al Dai’e – It is reported by Al Hakam Bin Marwan, from Jubeur Bin Habeeb who said,

‘A disaster (illness) befell with Umar Bin Al-Khattab. He was standing for it and sitting down, and wavering to it and (his seminal fluid was) dribbling. Then he said, ‘O community of the Emigrants! What (cure) is there with you regarding it?’

قَالُوا: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ! أَنْتَ الْمَفْزَعُ وَ الْمَنْزَعُ، فَغَضِبَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ‏: يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَ قُولُوا قَوْلًا سَدِيداً أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ أَنَا وَ إِيَّاكُمْ لَنَعْرِفُ ابْنَ بَجْدَتِهَا، وَ الْخَبِيرَ بِهَا.

They said, ‘O commander of the faithful! You are the one panicked to and the one aimed to’. He got angry, then said, O you those who believe! Fear Allah and speak the correct speech [33:70]. But, by Allahazwj! I and you recognise, we recognise the one recognising its cause and the one learned with it’.

قَالُوا: كَأَنَّكَ أَرَدْتَ ابْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ؟. قَالَ: وَ أَنَّى يُعْدَلُ بِي عَنْهُ، وَ هَلْ طَفَحَتْ حُرَّةٌ بِمِثْلِهِ. قَالُوا: فَلَوْ بَعَثْتَ إِلَيْهِ.

They said, ‘It is as if you mean the sonasws of Abu Talibasws?’ He said, ‘I have abstained myself being away from himasws, and have you seen a jar more overflowing (knowledgeable) like himasws?’ They said, ‘If you could send a message to himasws’.

قَالَ: هَيْهَاتَ! هُنَاكَ شِمْخٌ مِنْ هَاشِمٍ وَ لُحْمَةٌ مِنَ الرَّسُولِ (ص)، وَ أُثْرَةٌ مِنْ‏ عِلْمٍ يُؤْتَى لَهَا وَ لَا يَأْتِي، امْضُوا إِلَيْهِ

He said, ‘Far be it! Over there is a lofty tower from (clan of) Hashimas, and flesh from the Rasoolsaww, and the choice of knowledge being come to it, and heasws does not come. (Let us all) go to himasws’.

فَاقْصِفُوا نَحْوَهُ، وَ أَفْضُوا إِلَيْهِ، وَ هُوَ فِي حَائِطٍ لَهُ وَ عَلَيْهِ تُبَّانٌ يَتَرَكَّلُ عَلَى مِسْحَاتِهِ وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ: أَ يَحْسَبُ الْإِنْسانُ أَنْ يُتْرَكَ سُدىً أَ لَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِنْ مَنِيٍّ يُمْنى‏ ثُمَّ كانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّى‏ وَ دُمُوعُهُ تَهْمِي‏ عَلَى خَدَّيْهِ،

They crowded around himasws and flooded to himasws, and heasws was in a garden of hisasws and upon himasws was some straw threshing upon it by kicking it, and heasws was saying: ‘Does the human being reckon that he would be left in vain? [75:36] Was he not a sperm seminal fluid gushing out? [75:37] Then he was a clot, so he was Created and Completed [75:38], and hisasws tears were flowing upon hisasws cheeks.

فَأَجْهَشَ‏ الْقَوْمُ لِبُكَائِهِ، ثُمَّ سَكَنَ وَ سَكَنُوا، وَ سَأَلَهُ عُمَرُ عَنْ مَسْأَلَتِهِ فَأَصْدَرَ إِلَيْهِ جَوَابَهَا، فَلَوَى عُمَرُ يَدَيْهِ. ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ أَرَادَكَ الْحَقُّ وَ لَكِنْ أَبَى قَوْمُكَ!.

The group thronged to cry to himasws, then he (Umar) calmed down, and they calmed down, and Umar asked himasws about his issue, and heasws issued hisasws answer to him. Umar wringed his hands, then said, ‘But, by Allahazwj! Youasws wanted the truth but yourasws people had refused!’

فَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ لَهُ: يَا أَبَا حَفْصٍ! خَفِّضْ‏ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ هُنَا وَ مِنْ هُنَا إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْفَصْلِ كانَ مِيقاتاً.

Heasws said to him: ‘O Abu Hafs! You are being lowered over here and will be lowered over there. Surely, the Day of Decision is (a Day) of appointment [78:17].

فَانْصَرَفَ وَ قَدْ أَظْلَمَ وَجْهُهُ وَ كَأَنَّمَا يَنْظُرُ مِنْ‏ لَيْلٍ.

He left and his face had darkened, and it was as if one was looking at night’’.²¹

[19] باب ما أظهر أبو بكر و عمر من الندامة

CHAPTER 19 – WHAT REGRET WAS MANIFESTED BY ABU BAKR AND UMAR

1- قَالَ أَبُو الصَّلَاحِ قَدَّسَ اللَّهُ رُوحَهُ فِي تَقْرِيبِ الْمَعَارِفِ‏: لَمَّا طُعِنَ عُمَرُ جَمَعَ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ وَ قَالَ: يَا بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ! أَ رَاضُونَ أَنْتُمْ عَنِّي؟. فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ: وَ مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يَسْخَطُ عَلَيْكَ؟ .. فَأَعَادَ الْكَلَامَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ، فَأَجَابَهُ رَجُلٌ بِمِثْلِ جَوَابِهِ،

Abu Salih said in (the book) ‘Taqreeb Al-Ma’arif’ – ‘When Umar was stabbed, he gathered the Clan of Abdul Muttalibasws and said, ‘O Clan of Abdul Muttalibasws! Are you all pleased from me?’ A man from his companions said, ‘And who is that who would be angered upon you?’ He repeated the speech three times, and the man answered him with similar to his answer.

فَانْتَهَرَهُ عُمَرُ وَ قَالَ: نَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا أَشْعَرْنَا قُلُوبَنَا، إِنَّا وَ اللَّهِ أَشْعَرْنَا قُلُوبَنَا مَا .. نَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَكْفِيَنَا شَرَّهُ، وَ إِنَّ بِيعَةَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ كَانَتْ فَلْتَةً نَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَكْفِيَنَا شَرَّهَا.

Umar scolded him and said, ‘We are more knowing with what our hearts are aware of. We, by Allahazwj are aware of our hearts. We ask Allahazwj to Suffice us from its evil, and that the allegiance to Abu Bakr was an error, we ask Allahazwj to Suffice us from its evil’.

وَ قَالَ لِابْنِهِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ- وَ هُوَ مُسْنِدُهُ إِلَى صَدْرِهِ-: وَيْحَكَ! ضَعْ رَأْسِي بِالْأَرْضِ، فَأَخَذَتْهُ الْغَشْيَةُ، قَالَ: فَوَجَدْتُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: وَيْحَكَ! ضَعْ رَأْسِي بِالْأَرْضِ، فَأَخَذَتْهُ الْغَشْيَةُ، قَالَ: فَوَجَدْتُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: وَيْحَكَ! ضَعْ رَأْسِي بِالْأَرْضِ،

And he said to his son Abdullah – and he reclining upon his chest, ‘Woe be unto you! Place my head on the ground’. The fainting seized him. He woke up from that and said, ‘Woe be unto you! Place my head on the ground!’ The fainting seized him. He woke up from that and said, ‘Woe be unto you! Place my head on the ground’.

فَوَضَعْتُ رَأْسَهُ بِالْأَرْضِ فَعَفَّرَ بِالتُّرَابِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: وَيْلٌ لِعُمَرَ! وَ وَيْلٌ لِأُمِّهِ! إِنْ لَمْ يَغْفِرِ اللَّهُ لَهُ.

He placed his head on the ground. He covered himself with the dust, then said, ‘Doom is for Umar! And doom is for his mother! If Allahazwj does not Forgive (his sins) for him’.

وَ قَالَ- أَيْضاً- حِينَ حَضَرَهُ الْمَوْتُ: أَتُوبُ إِلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ ثَلَاثٍ: مِنِ اغْتِصَابِي هَذَا الْأَمْرَ أَنَا وَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مِنْ دُونِ النَّاسِ، وَ مِنِ اسْتِخْلَافِي عَلَيْهِمْ، وَ مِنْ تَفْضِيلِيَ‏ الْمُسْلِمِينَ بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ.

And he said as well when the death presented, ‘I repent to Allahazwj from three (things) – From my usurping this command, I and Abu Bakr from besides the people, and from my being a caliph upon them, and from my preferring the Muslims, some above the others’.

وَ قَالَ- أَيْضاً-: أَتُوبُ إِلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ ثَلَاثٍ: مِنْ رَدِّي رَقِيقَ الْيَمَنِ، وَ مِنْ رُجُوعِي عَنْ جَيْشِ أُسَامَةَ بَعْدَ أَنْ‏ أَمَّرَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] عَلَيْنَا، وَ مِنْ تَعَاقُدِنَا عَلَى أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ إِنْ قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ أَنْ لَا نُوَلِّيَ مِنْهُمْ أَحَداً.

And he said as well, ‘I repent to Allahazwj from three – from my repelling the slaves of Al-Yemen, and from my returning from the army of Usama after Rasool-Allahsaww had ordered it upon us, and from our pact against Peopleasws of the Household, ‘If Rasool-Allahsaww passes away, we will not let anyone from themasws rule’.

وَ رَوَوْا عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ شَدَّادِ بْنِ الْهَادِ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ عُمَرَ- وَ هُوَ يَمُوتُ فَجَعَلَ يَجْزَعُ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ! أَبْشِرْ بِرَوْحِ اللَّهِ وَ كَرَامَتِهِ،

And it is reported from Abdullah Bin Shaddad Bin Al-Haad who said, ‘I was in the presence of Umar, and he was dying. He kept panicking, so I said, ‘O commander of the faithful! Receive glad tidings of the rest from Allahazwj and Hisazwj prestige’.

فَجَعَلْتُ كُلَّمَا رَأَيْتُ جَزَعَهُ قُلْتُ هَذَا، فَنَظَرَ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ: وَيْحَكَ! فَكَيْفَ بِالْمُمَالَأَةِ عَلَى‏ أَهْلِ بَيْتِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]. انْتَهَى مَا أَخْرَجْنَاهُ مِنَ التَّقْرِيبِ‏.

Every time he went on to panic, I said this. He looked at me and said, ‘Woe be unto you! How would it be with the prejudice against Peopleasws of the Household of the Prophetsaww. What we brought out has approximately ended’.

وَ قَالَ الزَّمَخْشَرِيُّ فِي رَبِيعِ الْأَبْرَارِ: لَمَّا حَضَرَتْ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ الْوَفَاةُ قَالَ لِبَنِيهِ وَ مَنْ حَوْلَهُ: لَوْ أَنَّ لِي مِلْ‏ءَ الْأَرْضِ مِنْ صَفْرَاءَ أَوْ بَيْضَاءَ لَافْتَدَيْتُ بِهِ مِنْ أَهْوَالِ مَا أَرَى.

And Al-Zamakhshari said in (the book) ‘Rabie Al-Abraar’ – When the death presented to Umar Bin Al-Khattab, he said to his son and the ones around him, ‘If only there was the earth for me being full of yellow (gold) or white (silver), I would ransom myself with it from the horrors what I see’’.²²

2- ل‏: الْمُظَفَّرُ الْعَلَوِيُّ، عَنِ ابْنِ الْعَيَّاشِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ‏ حَاتِمٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ وَ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مَعْبَدٍ، هُمَا عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ، عَنِ اللَّيْثِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ عُلْوَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ، عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فِي مَرَضِهِ الَّذِي قُبِضَ فِيهِ: أَمَا إِنِّي لَا آسَى مِنَ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا عَلَى ثَلَاثٍ فَعَلْتُهَا، وَ وَدِدْتُ‏ أَنِّي تَرَكْتُهَا، وَ ثَلَاثٍ تَرَكْتُهَا وَدِدْتُ‏ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُهَا، وَ ثَلَاثٍ وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي كُنْتُ سَأَلْتُ عَنْهُنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ،

(The book) ‘Al Khisaal’ of sheykh Al Sadouq – Al Muzaffar Al Alawy, from Ibn Al Ayyashi, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Hatim, from Abdullah Bin Hammad, and Suleyman Bin Ma’bad, both of them from Abdullah Bin Salih, from Al Lays Bin Sa’ad, from Ulwan Bin Dawood Bin Salih, from Salih Bin Kaysan, from Abdul Rahman Bin Humeyd Bin Abdul Rahman Bin Awf, from his father who said,

‘Abu Bakr said during his illness in which he dies, ‘But I am not remorseful from the world except upon three (thing) I have done, and I would have loved to have left it, and there are three (things) which I left, I would have loved to have done these, and three (things) I would have loved to have asked Rasool-Allahsaww about these.

أَمَّا الَّتِي وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي تَرَكْتُهَا، فَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي لَمْ أَكُنْ كَشَفْتُ بَيْتَ فَاطِمَةَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ عُلِّقَ‏ عَلَى الْحَرْبِ، وَ وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي لَمْ أَكُنْ حَرَّقْتُ‏ الْفُجَاءَةَ وَ أَنِّي قَتَلْتُهُ سَرِيحاً أَوْ أَطْلَقْتُهُ نَجِيحاً، وَ وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي يَوْمَ سَقِيفَةِ بَنِي سَاعِدَةَ كُنْتُ قَذَفْتُ الْأَمْرَ فِي عُنُقِ أَحَدِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ- عُمَرَ أَوْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ- فَكَانَ أَمِيراً وَ كُنْتُ وَزِيراً.

As for those which I would have to have left these, I would have loved not to have exposed the house of (Syeda) Fatimaasws and if I would have been cast upon the war; and I would have loved not to have burnt it suddenly, and I killed him (Mohsinasws) on the spot, or sheasws lost himasws; and I would have loved it if on the day of Saqeefa of the clan of Saaida I would have thrown the command to be in the necks of one of the two men – Umar or Ubeyda, and they would have been rulers and I would have been a minister.

وَ أَمَّا الَّتِي تَرَكْتُهَا: فَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي يَوْمَ أُتِيتُ بِالْأَشْعَثِ أَسِيراً كُنْتُ ضَرَبْتُ عُنُقَهُ، فَإِنَّهُ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيَّ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَرَ صَاحِبَ شَرٍّ إِلَّا أَعَانَهُ، وَ وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي حِينَ سَيَّرْتُ خَالِداً إِلَى أَهْلِ الرِّدَّةِ كُنْتُ قَدِمْتُ إِلَى قُرْبِهِ‏ فَإِنْ ظَفِرَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ ظَفِرُوا وَ إِنْ هُزِمُوا كُنْتُ بِصَدَدِ لِقَاءٍ أَوْ مَدَدٍ، وَ وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي كُنْتُ إِذْ وَجَّهْتُ خَالِداً إِلَى الشَّامِ قَذَفْتُ الْمَشْرِقَ‏ بِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ، فَكُنْتُ بَسَطْتُ يَدِي- يَمِينِي وَ شِمَالِي- فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ.

And for those which I left – I was brought Al-Ash’as as a captive, I should have struck off his neck, for a thought had come to me that he would not see any evil person except he would support him; and I would have loved it, when I sent Khalid to the apostate people to have arrived to his nearness, so if the Muslims had won, they would have won, and if they were defeated, I could have met or helped; and I would have loved it, when I sent Khalid to Syria, to have thrown Umar Bin Al-Khattab to the east, and I would have extended my hands, left and right, in the Way of Allahazwj.

وَ أَمَّا الَّتِي وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي كُنْتُ سَأَلْتُ عَنْهُنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: فَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي كُنْتُ سَأَلْتُهُ فِيمَنْ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ فَلَمْ نُنَازِعْهُ أَهْلَهُ، وَ وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي كُنْتُ سَأَلْتُهُ هَلْ لِلْأَنْصَارِ فِي هَذَا الْأَمْرِ نَصِيبٌ، وَ وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي كُنْتُ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ مِيرَاثِ الْأَخِ وَ الْعَمِّ، فَإِنَّ فِي نَفْسِي مِنْهَا حَاجَةً.

And as for those which I would have loved to have asked Rasool-Allahsaww about these – I would have loved to has asked himasws, ‘Regarding who is this command?’, so I would not have disputed its rightful one; and I would have loved to have asked himsaww, ‘Is there any share for the Helpers in this command?’; and I would have loved to have asked himasws about the inheritance of the brotherasws (Aliasws) and the uncle (Al-Abbas), for there is a need within myself from it’’.

قَالَ الصَّدُوقُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ‏: إِنَّ يَوْمَ غَدِيرِ خُمٍّ لَمْ يَدَعْ لِأَحَدٍ عُذْراً، هَكَذَا قَالَتْ سَيِّدَةُ النِّسْوَانِ فَاطِمَةُ عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ لَمَّا مُنِعَتْ مِنْ فَدَكَ وَ خَاطَبَتِ الْأَنْصَارَ فَقَالُوا: يَا بِنْتَ مُحَمَّدٍ! لَوْ سَمِعْنَا هَذَا الْكَلَامَ مِنْكِ قَبْلَ بَيْعَتِنَا لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ مَا عَدَلْنَا بِعَلِيٍّ أَحَداً. فَقَالَتْ: وَ هَلْ تَرَكَ أَبِي يَوْمَ غَدِيرِ خُمٍّ لِأَحَدٍ عُذْراً؟!.

Al-Sadouq said, ‘The day of Ghadeer Khum did not leave any excuse for anyone, that is how the chieftess of the women (Syeda) Fatimaasws said it when sheasws was prevented from Fadak, and sheasws addressed the Helpers. They said, ‘O daughterasws of Muhammadsaww! Had we heard this speech from youasws before our allegiances to Abu Bakr, we would not have equated anyone with Aliasws’. Sheasws said: ‘And did mysaww fathersaww, on the day of Ghadeer Khum leave any excuse?!’’²³

3- ل‏: أَبِي، عَنِ الْمُؤَدِّبِ، عَنْ أَحْمَدَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيِّ، عَنِ الثَّقَفِيِّ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْفُرَاتِ، عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ‏ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ قَالَ: قَالَ عُمَرُ حِينَ حَضَرَهُ الْمَوْتُ: أَتُوبُ إِلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ ثَلَاثٍ: اغْتِصَابِي هَذَا الْأَمْرَ أَنَا وَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مِنْ دُونِ النَّاسِ، وَ اسْتِخْلَافِي عَلَيْهِمْ، وَ تَفْضِيلِيَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ.

(The book) ‘Al Khisaal’ – My father, from Al Muaddab, from Ahmad al Asbahani, from Al Saqafi, from Yahya Bin Al Hassan Bin Al Furaat, from Haroun Bin Ubeyda, from Yahya Bin Abdullah,

‘Son of Al-Hassan Bin Al-Hassanasws Bin Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws having said: ‘Umar said when the death presented to him, ‘I repent to Allahazwj from three – my usurping this command, I and Abu Bakr from besides the people, and my being a caliph upon them, and my preferring the Muslims, some of them over the others’’.²⁴

4- ل‏: بِالْإِسْنَادِ إِلَى الثَّقَفِيِّ، عَنِ الْمَسْعُودِيِّ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ الطَّائِيِّ، عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ الْمُنْذِرِ، عَنْ عَطِيَّةَ- فِيمَا يَظُنُّ-، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: شَهِدْتُ عُمَرَ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ يَقُولُ: أَتُوبُ إِلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ ثَلَاثٍ: مِنْ رَدِّي رَقِيقَ الْيَمَنِ، وَ مِنْ رُجُوعِي عَنْ جَيْشِ أُسَامَةَ بَعْدَ أَنْ أَمَّرَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ عَلَيْنَا، وَ مِنْ تَعَاقُدِنَا عَلَى أَهْلِ هَذَا الْبَيْتِ إِنْ قَبَضَ اللَّهُ رَسُولَهُ لَا نُوَلِّي مِنْهُمْ أَحَداً.

(The book) ‘Al Khisaal’ – By the chain to Al Saqafi, from Al Masoudi, from Al Hassan Bin Hammad Al Taie, from Ziyad Bin Al Munzir, from Atiyya, in what I guess, from Jabir Bin Abdullah who said,

‘I witnessed Umar say during his death, ‘I repent to Allahazwj from three – From my repelling the slaves of Al-Yemen, and from my returning from the army of Usama after Rasool-Allahsaww had ordered it upon us, and from our pact against Peopleasws of this Household, ‘If Rasool-Allahsaww passes away, we will not let anyone from them rule’’.²⁵

5- ل‏: بِالْإِسْنَادِ إِلَى الثَّقَفِيِّ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ، عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ فَضْلِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ الْحَذَّاءِ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يَقُولُ: لَمَّا حَضَرَ عُمَرَ الْمَوْتُ قَالَ: أَتُوبُ إِلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ رُجُوعِي مِنْ جَيْشِ أُسَامَةَ، وَ أَتُوبُ إِلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ عِتْقِي سَبْيَ الْيَمَنِ، وَ أَتُوبُ إِلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ كُنَّا أَشْعَرْنَاهُ قُلُوبَنَا نَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَكْفِيَنَا ضَرَّهُ، وَ أَنَّ بَيْعَةَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ كَانَتْ فَلْتَةً.

(The book) ‘Al Khisaal’ – By the chain to Al Saqafi, from Muhammad Bin Ali, from Al Husayn Bin Sufyan, from his father, from Fazl Bin Al Zubeyr, from Abu Ubeyda Al Haza’a who said,

‘I heard Abu Ja’farasws saying: ‘When the death presented to Umar, he said, ‘I repent to Allahazwj from my returning from the army of Usama, and I repent to Allahazwj from my freeing the captives of Al-Yemen, and I repent to Allahazwj from something our hearts were aware of. We ask Allahazwj to Suffice us from its evil, and that the allegiance to Abu Bakr was an error’’.

قال في النهاية في حديث عمر: «إِنَّ بَيْعَةَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ كَانَتْ فَلْتَةً وَقَى اللَّهُ شَرَّهَا».

He said in (the book) ‘Al-Nihaya’ in a hadeeth of Umar, ‘The allegiance to Abu Bakr was an error. May Allahazwj Save us from its evil’’. ²⁶

6- جا: الْجِعَابِيِّ، عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ، عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ حَرْبٍ، عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ بُرَيْدٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ‏ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ‏ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ آخِرَ النَّاسِ عَهْداً بِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ، دَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَ رَأْسُهُ فِي حَجْرِ ابْنِهِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَ هُوَ يُوَلْوِلُ‏، فَقَالَ لَهُ: ضَعْ خَدِّي بِالْأَرْضِ، فَأَبَى عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: ضَعْ خَدِّي بِالْأَرْضِ لَا أُمَّ لَكَ، فَوَضَعَ خَدَّهُ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ،

(The book) ‘Majaalis’ of sheykh Al Mufeed – From Al Abbas Bin Al Mugheira, from Ahmad Bin Mansour, from Suleyman Bin Harb, from Hammad Bin Bureyd, from Yahya Bin Saeed, from Aasim, from Ubeydullah Bin Abdul Rahman Bin Aban Bin Usman, from his father, from Usman Bin Affan who said,

‘I was the last of the people with Umar Bin Al-Khattab. I entered to see him and his head was in a lap of his son Abdullah, and he was whining. He said to him, ‘Place my cheek on the ground’. Abdullah refused. He said to him, ‘Place by cheek on the ground, may there be no mother for you!’ He placed his cheek on the ground.

فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ: وَيْلُ أُمِّي! وَيْلُ أُمِّي! إِنْ لَمْ تَغْفِرْ لِي .. فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يَقُولُهَا حَتَّى خَرَجَتْ نَفْسُهُ.

He went on to say, ‘Woe be on my mother! Woe be on my mother, if there is no Forgiveness for me!’ He did not cease saying it until his soul came out’’.²⁷

7- إِرْشَادُ الْقُلُوبِ‏:- بِحَذْفِ الْإِسْنَادِ- مَرْفُوعاً إِلَى عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ غَنْمٍ الْأَزْدِيِّ- خَتَنِ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ‏- وَ حِينَ مَاتَ‏ كَانَتْ ابْنَتُهُ‏ تَحْتَ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ، وَ كَانَ أَفْقَهَ‏ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ وَ أَشَدَّهُمُ اجْتِهَاداً، قَالَ: مَاتَ مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ بِالطَّاعُونِ، فَشَهِدْتُ يَوْمَ مَاتَ- وَ النَّاسُ مُتَشَاغِلُونَ بِالطَّاعُونِ-، قَالَ: وَ سَمِعْتُهُ حِينَ احْتُضِرَ وَ لَيْسَ‏ فِي الْبَيْتِ غَيْرِي- وَ ذَلِكَ فِي خِلَافَةِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ-، فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: وَيْلٌ لِي! وَيْلٌ لِي‏!.

(The book) ‘Irshad Al Quloob’ – by a deleted chain, raising it to Abdul Rahman Bin Ghanam Al Azdy, an in law of Muaz Bin jabal, and when he die, his daughter was married to Muaz Bin Jabal, and he was a jurist of the people of Syria and their most intense of them of struggle. He said,

‘Muaz Bin Jabal died of plague, and I witnessed on the day he died, and the people were pre-occupied with the plague, he said, and I heard him when I presented, and there wasn’t anyone in the house apart from me, and that was during the caliphate of Umar Bin Al-Khattab. I heard him saying, ‘Woe be unto me! Woe be unto me!’

فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي: أَصْحَابُ الطَّاعُونِ يَهْذُونَ وَ يَقُولُونَ الْأَعَاجِيبَ. فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: أَ تَهْذِي؟. قَالَ: لَا، رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ‏. قُلْتُ: فَلِمَ تَدْعُو بِالْوَيْلِ وَ الثُّبُورِ؟. قَالَ: لِمُوَالاتِي عَدُوَّ اللَّهِ عَلَى وَلِيِّ اللَّهِ. فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: مَنْ هُمْ‏؟.

I said within myself, ‘The people afflicted by plague tend to be delirious and say the strange things’. I said to him, ‘Are you being delirious?’ He said, ‘No, may Allahazwj have Mercy on you’. I said, ‘Then why are you calling for the doom and the destruction?’ He said, ‘Due to my befriending the enemies of Allahsaww against the friends of Allahazwj’. I said to him, ‘Who are they?’

قَالَ: مُوَالاتِي عَتِيقاً وَ [رُمَعُ‏] عَلَى خَلِيفَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ وَصِيِّهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ. فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّكَ لَتَهْجُرُ!. فَقَالَ: يَا ابْنَ غَنْمٍ!

He said, ‘My befriending Ateeq (Abu Bakr) and Ruma’u (Umar) being against the caliph of Rasool-Allahsaww Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws’. I said, ‘You have lost your mind!’

وَ اللَّهِ مَا أَهْجُرُ، هَذَانِ، رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يَقُولَانِ لِي: يَا مُعَاذُ! أَبْشِرْ بِالنَّارِ أَنْتَ‏ وَ أَصْحَابُكَ. أَ فَلَيْسَ قُلْتُمْ إِنْ مَاتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ أَوْ قُتِلَ‏ زَوَيْنَا الْخِلَافَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ (ع) فَلَنْ تَصِلَ إِلَيْهِ، فَاجْتَمَعْتُ أَنَا وَ [عَتِيقٌ وَ رُمَعُ‏] وَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ وَ سَالِمٌ‏،

He said, ‘O Ibn Ghanam! By Allahazwj, I have not lost my mind. Here are the two, Rasool-Allahsaww and Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws saying to me: ‘O Muaz! Receive news of the Fire for you and your companions. Didn’t you all say, ‘When Rasool-Allahsaww dies or is killed, we will impede the caliphate from Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws, so it will never arrive to himasws’?’ I, and Ateeq and Ruma’u, and Abu Ubeyda, and Salim had gathered’.

قَالَ: قُلْتُ: مَتَى يَا مُعَاذُ؟. قَالَ: فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ، قُلْنَا: نَتَظَاهَرُ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ (ع) فَلَا يَنَالُ الْخِلَافَةَ مَا حَيِينَا، فَلَمَّا قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قُلْتُ لَهُمْ: أَنَا أَكْفِيكُمْ قَوْمِيَ الْأَنْصَارَ فَاكْفُونِي قُرَيْشاً، ثُمَّ دَعَوْتُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ إِلَى‏ هَذَا الَّذِي تَعَاهَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ بِشْرَ بْنَ سَعِيدٍ وَ أُسَيْدَ بْنَ حُصَيْنٍ فَبَايَعَانِي عَلَى ذَلِكَ،

He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘When, O Muaz?’ He said, ‘During the farewell Hajj. We said, ‘We shall back each other against Aliasws, so heasws cannot attain the caliphate for as long as we are alive’. When Rasool-Allahsaww passed away, I said to them, ‘I shall suffice for my people, the Helpers, so suffice me with Quraysh’. Then Bishr Bin Saeed and Useyd Bin Husayn, called upon a pact against Rasool-Allahazwj to this which we had agreed upon, and took my pledge upon that’.

فَقُلْتُ: يَا مُعَاذُ! إِنَّكَ لَتَهْجُرُ، فَأَلْصَقَ خَدَّهُ بِالْأَرْضِ فلما زَالَ يَدْعُو بِالْوَيْلِ وَ الثُّبُورِ حَتَّى مَاتَ.

I said, ‘O Muaz! You have lost your mind’. He adhered his cheek with the ground, and did not cease to call for the doom and the destruction until he died.

فَقَالَ ابْنُ غَنْمٍ: مَا حَدَّثْتُ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ يَا ابْنَ قَيْسِ بْنِ‏ هِلَالٍ أَحَداً إِلَّا ابْنَتِي امْرَأَةَ مُعَاذٍ وَ رَجُلًا آخَرَ، فَإِنِّي فَزِعْتُ مِمَّا رَأَيْتُ وَ سَمِعْتُ مِنْ مُعَاذٍ.

Ibn Ghanam said, ‘I did not narrate this narration to anyone, O Ibn Qays Bin Hilali, except my daughter and another man, for I was alarmed from what I had seen and heard from Muaz’.

قَالَ: فَحَجَجْتُ وَ لَقِيتُ الَّذِي غَمَّضَ أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ وَ سَالِماً فَأَخْبَرَانِي أَنَّهُ حَصَلَ لَهُمَا ذَلِكَ‏ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِمَا، لَمْ يَزِدْ فِيهِ حَرْفاً وَ لَمْ يَنْقُصْ حَرْفاً، كَأَنَّهُمَا قَالا مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ، فَقُلْتُ: أَ وَ لَمْ يُقْتَلْ سَالِمٌ يَوْمَ التِّهَامَةِ؟. قَالَ: بَلَى، وَ لَكِنَّا احْتَمَلْنَاهُ وَ بِهِ رَمَقٌ‏.

He said, ‘I went to Hajj and met the ones who were obscured, Abu Ubeyda and Saalim, and they informed me that it had arrived to them both at their death, not increasing a phrase, nor reducing a phrase, as if they had both said similar to what Muaz Bin jabal had said. I said, ‘Wasn’t Saalim killed on the day of Al-Tahama?’ He said, ‘Yes, but they had carried him and there was still breath left in him’.

قَالَ سُلَيْمٌ: فَحَدَّثْتُ بِحَدِيثِ ابْنِ غَنْمٍ هَذَا كُلِّهِ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، فَقَالَ‏ لِي: اكْتُمْ عَلَيَّ وَ اشْهَدْ أَنَّ أَبِي قَدْ قَالَ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ مِثْلَ مَقَالَتِهِمْ، فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: إِنَّ أَبِي يَهْجُرُ.

Suleym said, ‘I narrated the narration of Ibn Ghanam, all of it to Muhammad Bin Abu Bakr. He said to me, ‘Conceal upon measws, and I testify that my father had said during his death, similar to their words’. Ayesha said, ‘My father had lost his mind’.

قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ: فَلَقِيتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ فِي خِلَافَةِ عُثْمَانَ وَ حَدَّثْتُهُ بِمَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْ أَبِي عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ فَأَخَذْتُ عَلَيْهِ الْعَهْدَ وَ الْمِيثَاقَ أَلَّا يَكْتُمَ‏ عَلَيَّ.

Muhammad said, ‘I met Abdullah Bin Umar during the caliphate of Usman and narrated to him with what I had heard from my father during his death, and took an oath upon him and the covenant that he should conceal upon me’.

فَقَالَ لِي ابْنُ عُمَرَ: اكْتُمْ عَلَيَّ، فَوَ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ قَالَ أَبِي مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ أَبُوكَ وَ مَا زَادَ وَ لَا نَقَصَ، ثُمَّ تَدَارَكَهَا ابْنُ عُمَرَ بَعْدُ وَ تَخَوَّفَ أَنْ أُخْبِرَ بِذَلِكَ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ لِمَا عَلِمَ مِنْ حُبِّي لَهُ وَ انْقِطَاعِي إِلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّمَا كَانَ يَهْجُرُ.

Ibn Umar said to me, ‘Conceal upon me, for by Allahazwj, my father had said similar to that your father had said, and he neither added nor reduced’. Then they both met ibn Umar afterwards and feared to inform Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws with that when they knew of my love for himasws and my cutting off (from others) to himasws. He said, ‘But rather, he had lost his mind’.

فَأَتَيْتُ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِمَا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ أَبِي وَ مَا حَدَّثَنِي بِهِ ابْنُ عُمَرَ. فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ (ع): قَدْ حَدَّثَنِي بِذَلِكَ عَنْ أَبِيكَ وَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ وَ سَالِمٍ وَ عَنْ مُعَاذٍ مَنْ هُوَ أَصْدَقُ مِنْكَ وَ مِنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ.

I went to Amir Al-Momineenasws and informed himasws with what I had heard from my father and what Ibn Umar had narrated to me with. Aliasws said: ‘It has already been narrated to measws with that from your father, and from his father, and from Abu Ubeyda, and Saalim, and from Muaz, by one who is more truthful than you and Ibn Umar’.

فَقُلْتُ: وَ مَنْ ذَاكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ؟. فَقَالَ: بَعْضُ‏ مَنْ حَدَّثَنِي. فَعَرَفْتُ مَا عَنَى، فَقُلْتُ: صَدَقْتَ، إِنَّمَا ظَنَنْتُ إِنْسَاناً حَدَّثَكَ، وَ مَا شَهِدَ أَبِي- وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ ذَلِكَ- غَيْرِي.

I said, ‘And who is that, O Amir Al-Momineenasws?’ Heasws said: ‘Someone who narrated to measws’. I realised what heasws meant. I said, ‘Youasws speak the truth, but rather I thought a human being had narrated to youasws, and no one had witnessed my father saying that apart from me’.

قَالَ سُلَيْمٌ: قُلْتُ لِابْنِ غَنْمٍ: مَاتَ مُعَاذٌ بِالطَّاعُونِ فَبِمَا مَاتَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ؟. قَالَ: مَاتَ بِالدُّبَيْلَةِ،

Suleym said, ‘I said to Ibn Ghanam, ‘Muaz died of plague, so what did Abu Ubeyda die of?’ He said, ‘He died of emphysema (collection of pus in the internal organs)’.

فَلَقِيتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَقُلْتُ: هَلْ شَهِدَ مَوْتَ أَبِيكَ غَيْرُكَ وَ أَخِيكَ‏ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَ عَائِشَةَ وَ عُمَرَ؟. قَالَ: لَا. قُلْتُ: وَ هَلْ‏ سَمِعُوا مِنْهُ مَا سَمِعْتَ؟. قَالَ: سَمِعُوا مِنْهُ طَرَفاً فَبَكَوْا. وَ قال [قَالُوا]: هُوَ يَهْجُرُ، فَأَمَّا كُلَّ مَا سَمِعْتُ أَنَا فَلَا، قُلْتُ: فَالَّذِي سَمِعُوا مَا هُوَ؟.

I met Muhammad Bin Abu Bakr and said, ‘Did anyone witness the death of your father apart from you and your brother Abdul Rahman, and Ayesha and Umar?’ He said, ‘No’. I said, ‘And did they hear from him what you heard?’ He said, ‘They did hear partly and they cried, and they said, ‘He has lost his mind’. As for all what I heard, so no’. I said, ‘That which they heard, what was it?’

قَالَ: دَعَا بِالْوَيْلِ وَ الثُّبُورِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ: يَا خَلِيفَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ! لِمَ تَدْعُو بِالْوَيْلِ وَ الثُّبُورِ؟!. قَالَ: هَذَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ مَعَهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ يُبَشِّرَانِّي بِالنَّارِ، وَ مَعَهُ الصَّحِيفَةُ الَّتِي تَعَاهَدْنَا عَلَيْهَا فِي الْكَعْبَةِ، وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ: قَدْ وَفَيْتَ بِهَا وَ ظَاهَرْتَ عَلَى وَلِيِّ اللَّهِ‏ فَأَبْشِرْ أَنْتَ وَ صَاحِبُكَ بِالنَّارِ فِي أَسْفَلِ السَّافِلِينَ،

He said, ‘He called for the doom and destruction. Umar said to him, ‘O caliph of Rasool-Allahsaww! Why are you calling for the doom and destruction?!’ He said, ‘Here is Rasool-Allahsaww and with himsaww is Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws, giving me news of the Fire, and with himsaww is the agreement which we had agreed upon in the Kabah, and hesaww is saying: ‘You have been loyal with it and prevailed over a Guardianasws of Allahazwj. So, receive the (bad) news, you and your companions, of the Fire to in the lowest of the levels’.

فَلَمَّا سَمِعَهَا عُمَرُ خَرَجَ وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ: إِنَّهُ لَيَهْجُرُ! قَالَ: لَا وَ اللَّهِ لَا أَهْجُرُ أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ؟. قَالَ عُمَرُ: كَيْفَ لَا تَهْجُرُ وَ أَنْتَ‏ ثانِيَ اثْنَيْنِ إِذْ هُما فِي الْغارِ؟!

When Umar heard it, he went out and he was saying, ‘He has lost his mind!’ He said, ‘No, by Allahazwj! I haven’t lost my mind, where are you going?’ Umar said, ‘How could you not have lost your mind and you were second of the two when you were both in the cave?!’

قَالَ: الْآنَ أَيْضاً! أَ وَ لَمْ أُحَدِّثْكَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً- وَ لَمْ يَقُلْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ- قَالَ لِي وَ أَنَا مَعَهُ فِي الْغَارِ: إِنِّي أَرَى سَفِينَةَ جَعْفَرٍ وَ أَصْحَابِهِ تَعُومُ‏ فِي الْبَحْرِ، فَقُلْتُ: أَرِنِيهَا، فَمَسَحَ يَدَهُ عَلَى وجهه‏ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهَا، وَ أَضْمَرْتُ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ سَاحِرٌ، وَ ذَكَرْتُ لَكَ ذَلِكَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ، فَأَجْمَعَ‏ رَأْيِي وَ رَأْيُكَ أَنَّهُ سَاحِرٌ،

He said, ‘Now as well! Or did I not narrate to you that Muhammadsaww’ – and he did not say ‘Rasool-Allahsaww’ – ‘Had said to me, and I was with himsaww in the cave: ‘Isaww see the ship of Ja’faras and hisas companions, tossing in the sea’. I said, ‘Show me’. Hesaww wiped hissaww hand and I looked at it, and I made up my mind during that, that hesaww is a sorcerer, and I mentioned that to you at Al-Medina, and my view and your view was untitled upon that hesaww is a sorcerer’.

فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: يَا هَؤُلَاءِ! إِنَّ أَبَاكُمْ‏ يَهْجُرُ فَاكْتُمُوا مَا تَسْمَعُونَ عَنْهُ‏ لِئَلَّا يَشْمَتَ بِكُمْ أَهْلُ هَذَا الْبَيْتِ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ وَ خَرَجَ أَخِي وَ خَرَجَتْ عَائِشَةُ لِيَتَوَضَّئُوا لِلصَّلَاةِ، فَأَسْمَعَنِي مِنْ قَوْلِهِ مَا لَمْ يَسْمَعُوا، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ- لَمَّا خَلَوْتُ بِهِ: يَا أَبَتِ! قُلْ: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، قَالَ: لَا أَقُولُهَا وَ لَا أَقْدِرُ عَلَيْهَا أَبَداً حَتَّى أَرِدَ النَّارَ فَأَدْخُلَ التَّابُوتَ،

Umar said, ‘O you all! Your father has lost his mind, therefore conceal what you are hearing from him, lest the people of this Household gloat with you’. Then my brother and Ayesha went out to perform Wudu’u for the Salat, and I heard from his words what they did not hear. I said to him when I was alone with him, ‘O father! Say, ‘There is no god except Allahazwj’. He said, ‘I will not say it, nor will I be able upon it, ever, until I enter the Fire and enter the coffin’.

فَلَمَّا ذَكَرَ التَّابُوتَ ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ يَهْجُرُ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: أَيُّ تَابُوتٍ؟. فَقَالَ: تَابُوتٌ مِنْ نَارٍ مُقَفَّلٌ بِقُفْلٍ مِنْ نَارٍ فِيهِ اثْنَا عَشَرَ رَجُلًا، أَنَا وَ صَاحِبِي هَذَا، قُلْتُ: عُمَرُ؟. قَالَ: نَعَمْ، وَ عَشَرَةٌ فِي جُبٍّ مِنْ جَهَنَّمَ عَلَيْهِ صَخْرَةٌ إِذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يُسَعِّرَ جَهَنَّمَ رَفَعَ الصَّخْرَةَ.

When he mentioned the coffin, I thought that he had lost his mind, so I said to him, ‘Which coffin?’ He said, ‘A coffin of fire locked by locks of fire, wherein would be twelve (of us), I and this companion of mine’. I said, ‘Umar?’ He said, ‘Yes, and ten from a pit of Hell, having a rock upon it. Whenever Allahazwj Wants to Inflame Hell, the rock would be raised’.

قُلْتُ: أَ تَهْذِي؟. قَالَ: لَا وَ اللَّهِ‏ مَا أَهْذِي، وَ لَعَنَ اللَّهُ ابْنَ صُهَاكَ هُوَ الَّذِي‏ أَضَلَّنِي عَنِ الذِّكْرِ بَعْدَ إِذْ جاءَنِي‏ فَبِئْسَ الْقَرِينُ‏، أَلْصِقْ خَدِّي بِالْأَرْضِ، فَأَلْصَقْتُ خَدَّهُ بِالْأَرْضِ‏، فَمَا زَالَ يَدْعُو بِالْوَيْلِ وَ الثُّبُورِ حَتَّى غَمَّضْتُهُ،

I said, ‘Are you being delirious?’ He said, ‘No, by Allahazwj, I am not being delirious, and may Allahazwj Curse Ibn Suhaak (Umar), he is the one, he is the one who strayed me away from Al-Zikr after it had come to me, so evil is he as the pair. Place my cheek on the ground’. I placed his cheek on the ground, and he did not cease to call for the doom and the destruction until I closed his eyes.

ثُمَّ دَخَلَ عُمَرُ عَلَيَّ، فَقَالَ: هَلْ قَالَ‏ بَعْدَنَا شَيْئاً؟ فَحَدَّثْتُهُ‏. فَقَالَ: يَرْحَمُ اللَّهُ خَلِيفَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، اكْتُمْ! هَذَا كُلُّهُ هَذَيَانٌ، وَ أَنْتُمْ أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ يُعْرَفُ لَكُمُ الْهَذَيَانُ فِي مَوْتِكُمْ؟. قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: صَدَقْتَ،

Then Umar entered to see me, and he said, ‘Did he say anything after us?’ I narrated it to him. He said, ‘May Allahazwj have Mercy on the Caliph of Rasool-Allahsaww! Conceal this, all of it is delirium, and you are members of a household well known for the delirium during your death’. Ayesha said, ‘You speak the truth’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي عُمَرُ: إِيَّاكَ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ مِنْكَ شَيْ‏ءٌ مِمَّا سَمِعْتَ بِهِ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ (ع) وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ.

Then Umar said to me, ‘Beware of anything from what you have heard with going out to Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws and Peopleasws of his Household’.

قَالَ: قَالَ سُلَيْمٌ‏: قُلْتُ لِمُحَمَّدٍ: مَنْ تَرَاهُ حَدَّثَ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ عَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ الْخَمْسَةِ بِمَا قَالُوا، فَقَالَ: رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، إِنَّهُ يَرَاهُ فِي‏ كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ فِي الْمَنَامِ وَ حَدِيثُهُ إِيَّاهُ‏ فِي الْمَنَامِ مِثْلُ حَدِيثِهِ‏ إِيَّاهُ فِي الْيَقَظَةِ وَ الْحَيَاةِ،

He (the narrator) said, ‘Suleym said, ‘I said to Muhammad, ‘Who do you see to have narrated to Amir Al-Momineenasws about these five, with what they had said?’ He said, ‘Rasool-Allahsaww. Heasws sees himsaww in the dream during every night and hesaww narrated to himasws similar to his narration to himasws during the wakefulness and the life.

وَ قَدْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: مَنْ رَآنِي فِي الْمَنَامِ فَقَدْ رَآنِي فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لَا يَتَمَثَّلُ بِي فِي نَوْمٍ وَ لَا يَقَظَةٍ وَ لَا بِأَحَدٍ مِنْ أَوْصِيَائِي إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ.

And Rasool-Allahsaww had said: ‘One who sees mesaww during the sleep, so he has indeed seen mesaww, for the Satanla cannot resemble mesaww, neither during sleep nor wakefulness, nor with anyone from mysaww successorsasws up to the Day of Qiyamah’.

قَالَ سُلَيْمٌ‏: فَقُلْتُ لِمُحَمَّدٍ: فَمَنْ حَدَّثَكَ بِهَذَا؟. قَالَ: عَلِيٌ‏. فَقُلْتُ: قَدْ سَمِعْتُ أَنَا أَيْضاً مِنْهُ كَمَا سَمِعْتَ أَنْتَ، قُلْتُ لِمُحَمَّدٍ: فَلَعَلَّ مَلَكاً مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ حَدَّثَهُ. قَالَ: أَوْ ذَاكَ؟ قُلْتُ: فَهَلْ تُحَدِّثُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ إِلَّا الْأَنْبِيَاءَ؟!. قَالَ: أَ مَا تَقْرَأُ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ: وَ مَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْ رَسُولٍ وَ لَا نَبِيٍ‏ وَ لَا مُحَدَّثٍ.

Suleym said, ‘I said to Muhammad, ‘Who narrated to you with this?’ He said, ‘Aliasws’. I said, ‘I have heard it from himasws as well just as you have heard’. I said to Muhammad, ‘Perhaps an Angel from the Angels narrated to himasws’. He said, ‘Or that?’ I said, ‘But, do the Angels narrated except to the Prophetsas?’ He said, ‘Do you not read the Book of Allahazwj And We did not Send a Rasool or a Prophet, or a Muhaddith before you [22:52]’.

قُلْتُ أَنَا: أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ‏ مُحَدَّثٌ. قَالَ: نَعَمْ، وَ فَاطِمَةُ مُحَدَّثَةٌ، وَ لَمْ تَكُنْ نَبِيَّةً، وَ مَرْيَمُ مُحَدَّثَةٌ وَ لَمْ تَكُنْ نَبِيَّةً، وَ أُمُّ مُوسَى مُحَدَّثَةٌ وَ لَمْ تَكُنْ نَبِيَّةً، وَ سَارَةُ امْرَأَةُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَدْ عَايَنَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةَ وَ لَمْ تَكُنْ نَبِيَّةً، فَبَشَّرُوهَا بِإِسْحاقَ وَ مِنْ وَراءِ إِسْحاقَ يَعْقُوبَ‏

I said, ‘Amir Al-Momineenasws is a Muhaddith (one being narrated to/updated)?’ He said, ‘Yes, and (Syeda) Fatimaasws was a Muhaddith and sheasws did not happen to be a Prophetas, and Maryamas was a Muhaddith, and motheras of Musaas was a Muhaddith and sheas did not happen to be a Prophetas, and Sarahas, wifeas of Ibrahimas had seen the Angels and did not happen to be a Prophetas, so they gave heras the glad tidings: so We Gave her the glad tidings of Is’haq and after Is’haq of Yaqoub [11:71].

قَالَ سُلَيْمٌ: فَلَمَّا قُتِلَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ بِمِصْرَ وَ عَزَّيْنَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، جِئْتُ إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏ وَ خَلَوْتُ بِهِ فَحَدَّثْتُهُ بِمَا أَخْبَرَنِي بِهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَ بِمَا حَدَّثَنِي بِهِ ابْنُ غَنْمٍ.

Suleym said, ‘When Muhammad Bin Abu Bakr was killed in Egypt and we consoled Amir Al-Momineenasws, I came to Amir Al-Momineenasws and was along with himasws and narrated to him with what Muhammad Bin Abu Bakr had informed me, and with what Ibn Ghanam had narrated to me.

قَالَ: صَدَقَ مُحَمَّدٌ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ، أَمَا إِنَّهُ شَهِيدٌ حَيٌّ مَرْزُوقٌ، يَا سُلَيْمُ! إِنِّي وَ أَوْصِيَائِي أَحَدَ عَشَرَ رَجُلًا مِنْ وُلْدِي أَئِمَّةُ هُدًى مَهْدِيُّونَ مُحَدَّثُونَ. قُلْتُ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ! وَ مَنْ هُمْ؟.

Heasws said: ‘Muhammad spoke the truth, may Allahazwj have Mercy on him. But, he is a martyr, alive, being sustained. O Suleym! Iasws and myasws successorsasws, eleven men from myasws sonsasws, are Imamsasws of guidance, guided, Muhaddith (being narrated to)’. I said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineenasws! And who are theyasws?’

قَالَ: ابني [ابْنَايَ‏] الْحَسَنُ وَ الْحُسَيْنُ، ثُمَّ ابْنِي هَذَا- وَ أَخَذَ بِيَدِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ وَ هُوَ رَضِيعٌ- ثُمَ‏ ثَمَانِيَةٌ مِنْ وُلْدِهِ وَاحِداً بَعْدَ وَاحِدٍ، وَ هُمُ الَّذِينَ أَقْسَمَ اللَّهُ‏ بِهِمْ فَقَالَ: وَ والِدٍ وَ ما وَلَدَ، فَالْوَالِدُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ أَنَا، وَ مَا وَلَدَ يَعْنِي هَؤُلَاءِ الْأَحَدَ عَشَرَ وَصِيّاً صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ‏.

Heasws said: ‘Myasws two sonsasws Al-Hassanasws and Al-Husaynasws, then this sonasws of mineasws’ – and heasws grabbed a hand of Aliasws Bin Al-Husaynasws, and heasws was a baby – ‘Then eight from hisasws sonsasws, oneasws after oneasws, and theyasws are those Allahazwj Swore by themasws, And (I Swear by) a father and what he begot [90:3]. The father is Rasool-Allahsaww and Iasws, and what hesaww begot, meaning those eleven successorsasws’.

قُلْتُ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ! يَجْتَمِعُ إِمَامَانِ؟. قَالَ: لَا، إِلَّا وَ أَحَدُهُمَا صَامِتٌ لَا يَنْطِقُ حَتَّى يَهْلِكَ الْأَوَّلُ.

I said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineenasws! Can to Imamsasws be together?’ Heasws said: ‘No, except and oneasws of the two would be silent, not speaking until the first oneasws passes away’’.²⁸

8 أَقُولُ:- وَجَدْتُ الْخَبَرَ فِي كِتَابِ سُلَيْمٍ‏ عَنْ أَبَانٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ غَنْمٍ .. وَ ذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ مِثْلَهُ سَوَاءً.

I (Majlisi) am saying, ‘I found the Hadeeth in the book of Suleym from Aban, from Suleym, from Abdul Rahman Bin Ghanam, - and he mentioned the Hadeeth similar to it, same’.²⁹

9- وَ قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي الْحَدِيدِ فِي شَرْحِ نَهْجِ الْبَلَاغَةِ: الْمُبَرَّدُ فِي الْكَامِلِ‏، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ، قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ أَعُودُهُ فِي مَرَضِهِ الَّذِي مَاتَ فِيهِ، فَسَلَّمْتُ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ‏ فَاسْتَوَى جَالِساً، فَقُلْتُ: لَقَدْ أَصْبَحْتَ بِحَمْدِ اللَّهِ بَارِئاً.

And Ibn Abi Al Hadeed said in commentary of (the book) Nahj Al Balagah, from Abdul Rahman Bin Al Awf who said,

‘I entered to see Abu Bakr to console him during his illness in which he died. I greeted and asked him, and he sat up straight. I said, ‘You had accompanied Muhammadsaww devotedly’.

فَقَالَ: أَمَا إِنِّي عَلَى مَا تَرَى لَوَجِعٌ، وَ جَعَلْتُمْ لِي- مَعْشَرَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ- شُغُلًا مَعَ وَجَعِي، جَعَلْتُ لَكُمْ عَهْداً مِنْ بَعْدِي، وَ اخْتَرْتُ لَكُمْ خَيْرَكُمْ فِي نَفْسِي، فَكُلُّكُمْ وَرِمَ لِذَلِكَ أَنْفُهُ رَجَاءَ أَنْ يَكُونَ الْأَمْرُ لَهُ، وَ رَأَيْتُمُ الدُّنْيَا قَدْ أَقْبَلَتْ،

He said, ‘But I am upon a pain what you can see, and you, community of Emigrants, have made a pre-occupation to be for me along with my pain. I shall make a pact for you all from after me, and choose for you the best of you within myself, and all of you have a sore more for him hoping that the command would be for him, and you are viewing the world to have come.

وَ اللَّهِ لَتَتَّخِذُنَّ سُتُورَ الْحَرِيرِ وَ نَضَائِدَ الدِّيبَاجِ، وَ تَأْلَمُونَ ضَجَائِعَ الصُّوفِ الْأَزْدَرِيِ‏، كَأَنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ عَلَى حَسَكِ السَّعْدَانِ، وَ اللَّهِ لَأَنْ يُقَدَّمَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَيُضْرَبَ عُنُقُهُ فِي غَيْرِ حَدٍّ لَخَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَسْبَحَ فِي غَمْرَةِ الدُّنْيَا، وَ إِنَّكُمْ غَداً لَأَوَّلُ صَالٍ بِالنَّارِ، تَجُودُونَ‏ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ يَمِيناً وَ شِمَالًا، يَا هَادِيَ الطَّرِيقِ جُرْتَ، إِنَّمَا هُوَ الْبَحْرُ أَوِ الْفَجْرُ.

By Allahazwj! You have taken to silk curtains and pillows of brocade, and you are spinning the wool of Al-Azary, it is as if one of you is upon chicken spines. By Allahazwj! If I were to bring one of you forward for his neck to be struck off, it would be better for him than for him to swim in the waters of the world, and tomorrow you all will be the first ones to fall into the Fire, running away from the path, right and left. Oh the way of guidance has flowed, but rather shrewd or the mighty matter’.

فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ: لَا تُكْثِرْ عَلَى مَا بِكَ فَيَهِيضَكَ، وَ اللَّهِ مَا أَرَدْتَ إِلَّا الْخَيْرَ، وَ أَنَا صَاحِبُكَ لَذُو خَيْرٍ، وَ مَا النَّاسُ إِلَّا رَجُلَانِ، رَجُلٌ رَأَى مَا رَأَيْتَ فَلَا خِلَافَ عَلَيْكَ مِنْهُ‏، وَ رَجُلٌ رَأَى غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ، وَ إِنَّمَا يُشِيرُ عَلَيْكَ بِرَأْيِهِ، فَسَكَنَ وَ سَكَتَ هُنَيْئَةً،

Abdul Rahman said to him, ‘Do not frequent upon what is with you, for it will break you. By Allahazwj, I do not want except the good, and I am your companions to be with good, and what are the people except two (types of) men – a man viewing what you view, so there will be no opposition against you from him, and a man viewing other than that; and rather he will consult upon you with his view. So, calm down and be quiet for a while’.

فَقَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ: مَا أَرَى بِكَ بَأْساً، وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، فَلَا تَأْسَ‏ عَلَى الدُّنْيَا، فَوَ اللَّهِ إِنْ عَلِمْنَاكَ إِلَّا صَالِحاً مُصْلِحاً.

Abdul Rahman said, ‘I do not see any problems with you, and the Praise is for Allahazwj, so do not give up on the world, for by Allahazwj, we do not know you except as righteous, reconciler’.

فَقَالَ: أَمَا إِنِّي لَا آسَى إِلَّا عَلَى ثَلَاثٍ فَعَلْتُهُنَّ وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي لَمْ أَفْعَلْهُنَّ، وَ ثَلَاثٍ لَمْ أَفْعَلْهُنَّ وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُهُنَّ، وَ ثَلَاثٍ وَدِدْتُ‏ أَنِّي سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ عَنْهُنَّ.

He said, ‘But I am not despairing except upon three (things) I had done, and I would love it if I had not done these, and three (things) I did not do, and I would have loved to have done these, and three (things) I would have loved to have asked Rasool-Allahsaww about these.

فَأَمَّا الثَّلَاثُ الَّتِي فَعَلْتُهَا وَ وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي لَمْ أَكُنْ فَعَلْتُهَا، فَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي لَمْ أَكُنْ كَشَفْتُ عَنْ بَيْتِ فَاطِمَةَ (ع) وَ تَرَكْتُهُ وَ لَوْ أُغْلِقَ عَلَى حَرْبٍ، وَ وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي يَوْمَ سَقِيفَةِ بَنِي سَاعِدَةَ كُنْتُ قَذَفْتُ الْأَمْرَ فِي عُنُقِ أَحَدِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ، عُمَرَ أَوْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ، فَكَانَ أَمِيراً وَ كُنْتُ وَزِيراً، وَ وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي إِذْ أُتِيتُ بِالْفُجَاءَةِ لَمْ أَكُنْ أَحْرَقْتُهُ‏.

As for the three which I did and loved not to have done these – I would have loved it if I had not exposed from the house of (Syeda) Fatimaasws and had left it alone and even if I had been cast upon war; and I would have loved it if on the day of Saqeefa of the clan of Saaida, I would have thrown the command into the necks of one of the two men, Umar or Abu Ubeyda, and they would have been the rulers, and I would have been a minister; and I would have loved it, when I came with suddenness, I would not have burnt it (the door).

وَ أَمَّا الثَّلَاثُ الَّتِي لَمْ أَفْعَلْهَا وَ وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي فَعَلْتُهَا، فَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي يَوْمَ أُتِيتُ بِالْأَشْعَثِ أَسِيراً كُنْتُ ضَرَبْتُ عُنُقَهُ، فَإِنَّهُ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيَّ أَنَّهُ لَا يَرَى شَرّاً إِلَّا أَعَانَ عَلَيْهِ، وَ وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي حَيْثُ وَجَّهْتُ خَالِداً إِلَى أَهْلِ الرِّدَّةِ أَقَمْتُ بِذِي الْقِصَّةِ، فَإِنْ ظَفِرَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ‏ وَ إِلَّا كُنْتُ رِدْءاً لَهُمْ‏، وَ وَدِدْتُ حَيْثُ وَجَّهْتُ خَالِداً إِلَى الشَّامِ كُنْتُ وَجَّهْتُ عُمَرَ إِلَى الْعِرَاقِ، فَأَكُونُ قَدْ بَسَطْتُ كِلْتَا يَدَيَّ- الْيَمِينَ وَ الشِّمَالَ- فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ.

And for the three which I did not do these and loved to have done these – I would have loved that I, when they came with Al-Ash’as as a captive, I should have struck off his neck, for the thought had come to me that he will not see any evil except he would support it; and I would have loved it if I, when I sent Khalid to the apostate people, and stood at Zi Al-Qissah, so if the Muslims had won (fine), or else I would have been a cloak for them; and I would have loved it, when I sent Khalid to Syria, I should have sent Umar to Al-Iraq, and I would have become to have spread out both my hands – the right and the left- in the Way of Allahazwj.

وَ أَمَّا الثَّلَاثُ اللَّوَاتِي وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي كُنْتُ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] عَنْهُنَّ، فَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي سَأَلْتُهُ فِيمَنْ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ، فَكُنَّا لَا نُنَازِعُهُ أَهْلَهُ؟ وَ وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي سَأَلْتُهُ هَلْ لِلْأَنْصَارِ فِي هَذَا الْأَمْرِ نَصِيبٌ؟ وَ وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ مِيرَاثِ الْعَمَّةِ وَ ابْنَةِ الْأَخِ‏ فَإِنَّ فِي نَفْسِي مِنْهُمَا حَاجَةً.

And as for the three, those I would have loved to has asked Rasool-Allahsaww about these – I would have loved to has asked, ‘Regarding whom is the command (caliphate), so we do not become disputing its rightful one?’ And I would have loved to ask himsaww, ‘Is there any share for the Helpers regarding this command?’ And I would have loved to as himsaww about the inheritance of the general public, and daughter of the brother, for there was a need for me within myself’’.³⁰

10- كِتَابُ الِاسْتِدْرَاكِ‏: قَالَ: ذَكَرَ عِيسَى بْنُ مِهْرَانَ فِي كِتَابِ الْوَفَاةِ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ الْعُرَنِيِّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُصَبِّحٌ الْعِجْلِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي عَوَانَةَ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: لَمَّا ثَقُلَ أَبِي أَرْسَلَنِي إِلَى عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَدَعَوْتُهُ، فَأَتَاهُ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ! إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِمَّنْ شَغَبَ عَلَيْكَ، وَ أَنَا كُنْتُ أَوَّلَهُمْ، وَ أَنَا صَاحِبُكَ، فَأُحِبُّ أَنْ تَجْعَلَنِي فِي حِلٍّ.

The book ‘Al Istidrak’- he said, ‘It is mentioned by Isa Bin Mihran in the book ‘A; Wafa’, by his chain from Al Hassan Bin Al Husay Al Urny who said, ‘It is narrated to us by Musabbih Al Ijaly, from Abu Awana, from Al Amsh, from Mujahid, from Ibn Umar who said,

‘When my father (Umar) was became heavy (with illness), he sent me to Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws to call himasws. Heasws came to him. He said, ‘O Abu Al-Hassanasws! I was from the ones who made trouble upon youasws, and I was the first of them, and I am yourasws companions, so I would love if it you could make me to be in a release (forgive)’.

فَقَالَ: نَعَمْ، عَلَى أَنْ تُدْخِلَ عَلَيْكَ رَجُلَيْنِ فَتُشْهِدَهُمَا عَلَى ذَلِكَ.

Heasws said: ‘Yes, upon (a condition) that you will enter two men to witness (testify) upon that’.

قَالَ: فَحَوَّلَ وَجْهَهُ إِلَى‏ الْحَائِطِ، فَمَكَثَ طَوِيلًا ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ! مَا تَقُولُ؟. قَالَ: هُوَ مَا أَقُولُ لَكَ. قَالَ: فَحَوَّلَ وَجْهَهُ .. فَمَكَثَ طَوِيلًا ثُمَّ قَامَ فَخَرَجَ.

He (the narrator) said, ‘He (Umar) turned his face towards the wall and remained (like that) for a long time, then said, ‘O Abu Al-Hassanasws! What are youasws saying?’ Heasws said: ‘It is what Iasws have (already) said to you’. He turned his face, and remained for a long time. Then heasws stood up and went out.

قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا أَبَتِ! قَدْ أَنْصَفَكَ، مَا عَلَيْكَ لَوْ أَشْهَدْتَ لَهُ رَجُلَيْنِ!. قَالَ: يَا بُنَيَّ إِنَّمَا أَرَادَ أَنْ لَا يَسْتَغْفِرَ لِي رَجُلَانِ مِنْ بَعْدِي.

He (the narrator) said, ‘O father! Heasws had been just to you. What was against you, if only two men could have been witnesses to it?’ He said, ‘O my son! But rather heasws wanted two men not to forgive me from after me’’.³¹

11- الْكَافِيَةُ فِي إِبْطَالِ تَوْبَةِ الْخَاطِئَةِ: عَنْ سُلَيْمٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، قَالَ: لَمَّا حَضَرَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ أَمْرُهُ جَعَلَ يَدْعُو بِالْوَيْلِ وَ الثُّبُورِ، وَ كَانَ عُمَرُ عِنْدَهُ، فَقَالَ لَنَا: اكْتُمُوا هَذَا الْأَمْرَ عَلَى أَبِيكُمْ، فَإِنَّهُ يَهْذِي، وَ أَنْتُمْ قَوْمٌ مَعْرُوفُونَ لَكُمْ عِنْدَ الْوَجَعِ الْهَذَيَانُ.

(The book) ‘Al Kafiya Fi Ibtaal Tawbah Al Khatiya’ – From Suleym, from Muhammad Bin Abu Bakr who said,

‘When there presented to Abu Bakr his matter (death), he went on to call for the doom and destruction, and Umar was in his presence. He said to us, ‘Conceal this matter upon your father, for he is delirious, and you are a people well-known for the delirium for you during the pain’.

فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: صَدَقْتَ، فَخَرَجَ عُمَرُ فَقُبِضَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ.

Ayesha said, ‘You speak the truth’. Umar went out and Abu Bakr died’’.³²

12- وَ عَنْ‏ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: قِيلَ لِعُمَرَ: أَ لَا تَسْتَخْلِفُ؟. فَقَالَ: إِنْ أَسْتَخْلِفْ فَقَدِ اسْتَخْلَفَ مَنْ‏ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنِّي، أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَ إِنْ أَتْرُكْ فَقَدْ تَرَكَ مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، فَأَثْنَوْا عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ- رَاغِباً رَاهِباً-: وَدِدْتُ‏ أَنِّي كَفَافاً لَا عَلَيَّ وَ لَا لِي.

And from Hisham Bin Urwah, from Abdullah Bin Umar who said,

‘It was said to Umar, ‘Will you not choose a caliph?’ He said, ‘If I were to choose a caliph, so the one who is better than me, Abu Bakr, had chosen a caliph (me); and if I neglect it, so the one who is better than me, Rasool-Allahsaww had neglected it’. He praised upon himsaww and he said, desiring, hoping, ‘I would love to be on the edge, neither against me nor for me’’.³³

13- وَ عَنْ‏ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ، قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ أَخَذَ تِبْنَةً مِنَ الْأَرْضِ، فَقَالَ: لَيْتَنِي‏ كُنْتُ نَسْياً مَنْسِيًّا، لَيْتَ أُمِّي لَمْ تَلِدْنِي.

And from Sho’ba, from Aasim Bin Abdullah Bin Abbas Bin Rabie who said,

‘I saw Umar Bin Al-Khattab take some straw from the ground and he said, ‘I wish I had died before this, and was completely forgotten!’ [19:23]. I wish my mother had not given birth to me’’.³⁴

14- وَ عَنْ‏ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبَانُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ، قَالَ: آخِرُ كَلِمَةٍ قَالَهَا عُمَرُ حَتَّى قَضَى: وَيْلُ أُمِّي إِنْ لَمْ يَغْفِرْ لِي رَبِّي! وَيْلُ أُمِّي إِنْ لَمْ يَغْفِرْ لِي رَبِّي!.

And from Sufyan, from Aasim who said, ‘It is narrated to me by Aban Bin Usman who said,

‘The last sentence which Umar spoke before he dies, ‘Woe be upon my mother, if my Lordazwj does not Forgive me! Woe be unto my mother if my Lordazwj does not Forgive for me!’’³⁵

5- وَ عَنْ‏ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ جَعْدَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ عُمَرُ حِينَ حَضَرَهُ الْمَوْتُ-: لَوْ أَنَّ لِيَ الدُّنْيَا وَ مَا فِيهَا لَافْتَدَيْتُ بِهَا مِنَ النَّارِ.

And from Amro Bin Dinar, from Yahya Bin Ja’dah who said,

‘Umar said when the death presented, ‘If only there was for me the (whole) world and whatever is in it, so I could have ransomed myself with it from the Fire’’.³⁶

16- وَ عَنْ‏ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ سَمَّاكٍ الْيَمَانِيِّ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: أَتَيْتُ عَلَى عُمَرَ فَقَالَ: وَدِدْتُ‏ أَنِّي أَنْجُو مِنْهَا كَفَافاً لَا أَجْرَ وَ لَا وِزْرَ.

And from Sho’ba, from Sammak Al Yamani, from Ibn Abbas who said,

‘I came to Umar and he said, ‘I would have loved it if I could rescue myself from it as neutral, neither any recompense nor burden (of sin)’’.³⁷

17- وَ عَنْ‏ حُصَيْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ، قَالَ: جَاءَ شَابٌّ إِلَى عُمَرَ فَقَالَ: أَبْشِرْ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِبُشْرَى اللَّهِ لَكَ مِنَ الْقَدَمِ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ وَ صُحْبَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مَا قَدْ عَلِمْتَ، ثُمَّ وُلِّيتَ فَعَدَلْتَ، ثُمَّ شَهَادَةٍ.

And from Huseyn Bin Abdul Rahman, from Umar Bin Maymoun who said,

‘A youth came to Umar who said, ‘Receive glad tidings, O commander of the faithful! Allahazwj Gives you glad tidings to you due to your preceding in Al-Islam, and accompaniment of Rasool-Allahsaww what you have known, then you became ruler and were just, then (now) are a martyr’.

فَقَالَ: يَا ابْنَ أَخِي! وَدِدْتُ‏ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ كَفَافاً لَا عَلَيَّ وَ لَا لِي.

He said, ‘O son of my brother! I would have loved it that as being neutral, neither (any sins) against me nor any (rewards) for me’’.³⁸

18- وَ عَنِ‏ ابْنِ أَبِي إِيَاسٍ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ حَنَانٍ‏، عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى عُمَرَ- حِينَ طُعِنَ-، فَقُلْتُ: أَبْشِرْ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ! أَسْلَمْتَ حِينَ كَفَرَ النَّاسُ، وَ قُبِضَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ هُوَ عَنْكَ رَاضٍ، وَ لَمْ يُخْتَلَفْ فِي خِلَافَتِكَ، وَ قُتِلْتَ شَهِيداً.

And from Ibn Abu Iyas, from Suleyman Bin Haman, from Dawood Bin Abu Hind, from Al Shaby, from Ibn Abbas who said,

‘I entered to see Umar, when he had been stabbed, and I said, ‘Receive glad tidings, O commander of the faithful! You became a Muslim when the people disbelieved, and hesaww passed away and hesaww was pleased from you, and you did not choose a caliph regarding your caliphate, and have been killed a martyr’.

فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: أَعِدْ عَلَيَّ قَوْلَكَ .. فَأَعَدْتُهُ عَلَيْهِ.

Umar said, ‘Repeat your words to me’. So, he repeated it to him.

فَقَالَ: إِنَّ الْمَغْرُورَ مَنْ غَرَرْتُمُوهُ، وَ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُهُ لَوْ كَانَ لِي مَا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مِنْ صَفْرَاءَ وَ بَيْضَاءَ لَافْتَدَيْتُ بِهِ مِنْ هَوْلِ الْمُطَّلَعِ‏.

He said, ‘The deceived is the one you are deceiving him. By the Oneazwj Who, there is no god apart from Himazwj! If there was for me whatever is upon the earth, from yellow (gold) and white (silver), I would ransom myself with it from the emerging horror’’.³⁹

[20] باب‏

CHAPTER 20 – (SO AND SO, AND SO AND SO)

1- ير: أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ، عَنِ الثُّمَالِيِّ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ: أَسْأَلُكَ‏ عَنْ فُلَانٍ وَ فُلَانٍ؟. قَالَ: فَعَلَيْهِمَا لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ بِلَعَنَاتِهِ كُلِّهَا، مَاتَا- وَ اللَّهِ كَافِرَيْنِ مُشْرِكَيْنِ‏ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ.

(The book) ‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Umar Bin Abdul Aziz, from Muhammad Al Fuzeyl, from Al-Sumali,

From Aliasws Bin Al-Husaynasws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I said to himasws, ‘I asked about so and so and so and so (Abu Bakr and Umar)?’ Heasws said: ‘Upon them both be the Curse of Allahazwj, with all the Curses. By Allahazwj! They both died as Kafirs, associating with Allahazwj the Magnificent’’.⁴⁰

2- فس‏: أَبِي، عَنْ حَنَانِ بْنِ سَدِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: إِنَّ صَفِيَّةَ بِنْتَ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ مَاتَ ابْنٌ لَهَا فَأَقْبَلَتْ، فَقَالَ لَهَا عُمَرُ: غَطِّي‏ قُرْطَكِ، فَإِنَّ قَرَابَتَكِ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ لَا تَنْفَعُكِ شَيْئاً، فَقَالَتْ لَهُ: هَلْ رَأَيْتَ لِي قُرْطاً يَا ابْنَ اللَّخْنَاءِ؟!.

Tafseer Al Qummi – My father, from Hannan Bin Sadeyr, from his father,

‘From Abu Ja’farasws: ‘Safiyya daughter of Abdul Muttalibasws, a son of hers died, and she came. Umar said to her, ‘Cover your ear rings, for your kinship from Rasool-Allahsaww will not benefit you of anything’. She said to him, ‘Have you seen any ear rings being for me, O son of the uncircumcised one?!’

ثُمَّ دَخَلَتْ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَأَخْبَرَتْهُ بِذَلِكَ فَبَكَتْ، فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَنَادَى الصَّلَاةَ جَامِعَةً، فَاجْتَمَعَ النَّاسُ. فَقَالَ: مَا بَالُ أَقْوَامٍ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ قَرَابَتِي لَا تَنْفَعُ؟! لَوْ قَدْ قُمْتُ الْمَقَامَ الْمَحْمُودَ لَشَفَعْتُ فِي عُلُوجِكُمْ‏، لَا يَسْأَلُنِي الْيَوْمَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَبَوَاهُ .. إِلَّا أَخْبَرْتُهُ،

Then she entered to see Rasool-Allahsaww and informed himsaww with that, and she cried. Rasool-Allahsaww came out and called for the congregational Salat. The people gathered. Hesaww said: ‘What is the people’s (problem) - as some people claiming that mysaww kinship will not benefit? If Isaww stand upon the Praiseworthy position (Maqam Al-Mahmoud), Isaww shall intercede regarding your neediest ones. No one will ask me about his parents except Isaww shall inform him’.

فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ: مَنْ أَبِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ‏؟. فَقَالَ: أَبُوكَ غَيْرُ الَّذِي تُدْعَى لَهُ، أَبُوكَ فُلَانُ بْنُ فُلَانٍ،

A man stood up to him and said, ‘Who is my father, O Rasool-Allahsaww?’ Hesaww said: ‘Your father is other than the one you are claiming to. Your (actual) father is so and so, son of so and so’.

فَقَامَ آخَرُ فَقَالَ: مَنْ أَبِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟. قَالَ‏: أَبُوكَ الَّذِي تُدْعَى لَهُ.

Another one stood up and said, ‘Who is my father, O Rasool-Allahsaww?’ Hesaww said: ‘Your father is the one you are claiming to him’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: مَا بَالُ الَّذِي يَزْعُمُ أَنَّ قَرَابَتِي لَا تَنْفَعُ، لَا يَسْأَلُنِي عَنْ أَبِيهِ؟!. فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ‏: أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ‏ مِنْ غَضَبِ اللَّهِ وَ غَضَبِ رَسُولِهِ، اعْفُ عَنِّي عَفَا اللَّهُ عَنْكَ،

Then Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘What is the matter with the one who claims that mysaww kinship will not benefit, he is not asking mesaww about his father?!’ Umar stood up to himsaww and said, ‘I seek Refuge with Allahazwj, O Rasool-Allahsaww, from the Wrath of Allahazwj and anger of Hisazwj Rasoolsaww. Pardon me, may Allahazwj Pardon yousaww’.

فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ‏: يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لا تَسْئَلُوا عَنْ أَشْياءَ إِنْ تُبْدَ لَكُمْ تَسُؤْكُمْ‏ ...- إِلَى قَوْلِهِ- ثُمَّ أَصْبَحُوا بِها كافِرِينَ‏.

Thus, Allahazwj Revealed O you who believe! Do not ask about things, if it is declared to you it would offend you [5:101] - up to Hisazwj Words then they became Kafirs due to it [5:102]’’.⁴¹

3- فس‏: اسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ أَوْ لا تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ إِنْ تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً فَلَنْ يَغْفِرَ اللَّهُ لَهُمْ‏. قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ: إِنَّهَا نَزَلَتْ لَمَّا رَجَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَ مَرِضَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أُبَيٍّ- وَ كَانَ ابْنُهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُؤْمِناً فَجَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِ‏ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ- وَ أَبُوهُ يَجُودُ بِنَفْسِهِ-

(The book) ‘Tafseer Al-Qummi’ - Whether you seek Forgiveness for them or do not seek Forgiveness for them; even if you seek Forgiveness for them seventy times, Allah will never Forgive them; [9:80]. Ali Bin Ibrahim said, ‘It was Revealed when Rasool-Allahsaww returned to Al-Medina and Abdullah Bin Ubayy fell ill, and his son Abdullah Bin Abdullah was a Momin, he came to the Prophetsaww, and his father was feeling good with himself.

فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَ أُمِّي إِنَّكَ إِنْ لَمْ تَأْتِ أَبِي‏ كَانَ ذَلِكَ عَاراً عَلَيْنَا، فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ- وَ الْمُنَافِقُونَ عِنْدَهُ- فَقَالَ ابْنُهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! اسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُ‏، فَاسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُ،

He said, ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! By my father and my mother be (sacrificed) for you! I did not bring my father, and that would have been a shame upon us’. Rasool-Allahsaww entered to see him, and the hypocrites were in his presence. His son Abdullah Bin Abdullah said, ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! Seek Forgiveness for him’. So, hesaww sought Forgiveness for him.

فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: أَ لَمْ يَنْهَكَ اللَّهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِمْ أَوْ تَسْتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ؟! فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، وَ أَعَادَ عَلَيْهِ.

Umar said, ‘Hasn’t Allahazwj Forbidden yousaww, O Rasool-Allahazwj, to pray Salat upon them or seeking Forgiveness for them?!’ Rasool-Allahsaww turned hissaww face away from them, and he repeated unto himsaww.

فَقَالَ لَهُ: وَيْلَكَ! إِنِّي خُيِّرْتُ‏ فَاخْتَرْتُ، إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ: اسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ أَوْ لا تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ إِنْ تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً فَلَنْ يَغْفِرَ اللَّهُ لَهُمْ‏

Hesaww said to him: ‘Woe be unto you! Isaww was Given a choice, so Isaww chose. Allahazwj Said: Whether you seek Forgiveness for them or do not seek Forgiveness for them; even if you seek Forgiveness for them seventy times, Allah will never Forgive them; [9:80]’.

فَلَمَّا مَاتَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ جَاءَ ابْنُهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، فَقَالَ: بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَ أُمِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! إِنْ رَأَيْتَ أَنْ تَحْضُرَ جَنَازَتَهُ،

When Abdullah died, his son came to Rasool-Allahsaww and said, ‘By my father and my mother (be sacrificed) for yousaww, O Rasool-Allahsaww! If yousaww deem appropriate if yousaww could attend his funeral’.

فَحَضَرَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ قَامَ عَلَى قَبْرِهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! أَ لَمْ يَنْهَكَ اللَّهُ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ‏ عَلى‏ أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ ماتَ أَبَداً؟! وَ أَنْ تَقُومَ عَلَى قَبْرِهِ؟.

Rasool-Allahsaww attended it and stood at his grave. Umar said to himsaww, ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! Hasn’t Allahazwj Forbidden yousaww from praying Salat upon anyone of them when he dies, ever?! And from standing at his grave?’

فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: وَيْلَكَ! وَ هَلْ تَدْرِي مَا قُلْتُ! إِنَّمَا قُلْتُ: اللَّهُمَّ احْشُ قَبْرَهُ نَاراً، وَ جَوْفَهُ نَاراً، وَ أَصْلِهِ النَّارَ، فَبَدَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ يُحِبُّ.

Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘Woe be unto you! And do you know what Isaww said: ‘But rather, Isaww said: ‘O Allahazwj! Fill his grave with fire, and his interior with fire, and his root with Fire’. It appeared from Rasool-Allahsaww what hesaww did not happen to like’’.⁴²

4- فس‏: قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فِي قَوْلِهِ: لِيَحْمِلُوا أَوْزارَهُمْ كامِلَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيامَةِ وَ مِنْ أَوْزارِ الَّذِينَ يُضِلُّونَهُمْ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ قَالَ:- يَعْنِي‏ يَحْمِلُونَ آثَامَهُمْ يَعْنِي الَّذِينَ غَصَبُوا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَ آثَامَ كُلِّ مَنِ اقْتَدَى بِهِمْ،

Tafseer Al-Qummi – Ali Bin Ibrahim said regarding Hisazwj Words: They would be bearing their burdens entirely on the Day of Judgment, and from the burdens of those whom they are straying without knowledge. Indeed! Evil is what they are bearing [16:25]. They would be carrying their sins, meaning those who usurped Amir Al-Momineenasws, and sins of everyone who had followed them.

وَ هُوَ قَوْلُ الصَّادِقِ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ: وَ اللَّهِ مَا أُهْرِيقَتْ مِحْجَمَةٌ مِنْ دَمٍ، وَ لَا قُرِعَتْ عَصًا بِعَصاً، وَ لَا غُصِبَ فَرْجٌ حَرَامٌ، وَ لَا أُخِذَ مَالٌ مِنْ غَيْرِ حِلِّهِ، إِلَّا وَ وِزْرُ ذَلِكَ فِي أَعْنَاقِهِمَا مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَنْقُصَ مِنْ أَوْزَارِ الْعَالَمِينَ شَيْ‏ءٌ.

And it is the word of Al-Sadiqasws: ‘By Allahazwj! There is neither spilt a scoop of blood, nor a hitting by a stick, nor usurpation of a Prohibited private part, nor any wealth found from other than its (lawful) means, except and the burden of that is in the necks of both of them (Abu Bakr and Umar), from without there being a reduction from the burdens of the worlds by a thing’’.⁴³

5- فس‏: وَ يَوْمَ يَعَضُّ الظَّالِمُ عَلى‏ يَدَيْهِ‏. قَالَ: الْأَوَّلُ‏ يَقُولُ يا لَيْتَنِي اتَّخَذْتُ مَعَ الرَّسُولِ سَبِيلًا. قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يَقُولُ: يَا لَيْتَنِي اتَّخَذْتُ مَعَ الرَّسُولِ عَلِيّاً:

Tafseer Al Qummi - And on the Day, the unjust one would bite upon his hand – he said, ‘The first (Abu Bakr), saying, ‘O I wish I had taken Sabeel along with the Rasool!’ [25:27]. Abu Ja’farasws said: ‘O I wish I had taken Aliasws with the Rasoolsaww’.

يا وَيْلَتى‏ لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أَتَّخِذْ فُلاناً خَلِيلًا يَعْنِي الثَّانِيَ: لَقَدْ أَضَلَّنِي عَنِ الذِّكْرِ بَعْدَ إِذْ جاءَنِي‏ يَعْنِي الْوَلَايَةَ وَ كانَ الشَّيْطانُ‏ وَ هُوَ الثَّانِي لِلْإِنْسانِ خَذُولًا.

Oh! I wish I had not taken so and so as a friend! [25:28] – meaning the second (Umar). He strayed me away from the Zikr after when it had come to me; - the Wilayah, and the Satan and it is the second one (Umar), has always abandoned the human being! [25:29]’’.⁴⁴

6- فس: الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنِ الْمُعَلَّى، عَنْ بِسْطَامَ بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ حَسَّانَ، عَنِ الْهَيْثَمِ بْنِ وَاقِدٍ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ الْعَبْدِيِّ، عَنْ سَعْدٍ الْإِسْكَافِ، عَنِ الْأَصْبَغِ بْنِ نُبَاتَةَ، أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ: أَنِ اشْكُرْ لِي وَ لِوالِدَيْكَ إِلَيَّ الْمَصِيرُ، فَقَالَ: الْوَالِدَانِ اللَّذَانِ أَوْجَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُمَا الشُّكْرَ هُمَا اللَّذَانِ وَلَدَا الْعِلْمَ، وَ وَرَّثَا الْحُكْمَ، وَ أمرا [أَمَرَ] النَّاسَ بِطَاعَتِهِمَا.

Tafseer Al Qummi – Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Al Moalla, from Bistam Bin Murrah, from Is’haq Bin Hassan, from Al Haysam Bin Waqid, from Ali Bin Al Husayn Al Abday, from Da’ad Al Iskaf, from Al Asbagh Bin Nubata,

‘He asked Amir Al-Momineenasws about Words of Allahazwj: “Be thankful to Me and to your parents! To Me is the destination” [31:14]. Heasws said: ‘The parents are those Allahazwj has Obligated the thanks for them. They are those who have given birth to the knowledge, and inherited the wisdom, and the people have been Commanded with obeying them.

ثُمَّ قَالَ: «إِلَيَّ الْمَصِيرُ»، فَمَصِيرُ الْعِبَادِ إِلَى اللَّهِ، وَ الدَّلِيلُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ الْوَالِدَانِ،

Then Said: To Me is the destination” [31:14]. So, the destination of the servants is to Allahazwj, and the pointers upon that are the parents.

ثُمَّ عَطَفَ الْقَوْلَ‏ عَلَى ابْنِ حَنْتَمَةَ وَ صَاحِبِهِ، فَقَالَ فِي الْخَاصِّ: وَ إِنْ جاهَداكَ عَلى‏ أَنْ تُشْرِكَ بِي‏. يَقُولُ فِي الْوَصِيَّةِ وَ تَعْدِلَ عَمَّنْ أَمَرْتُ بِطَاعَتِهِ‏ فَلا تُطِعْهُما وَ لَا تَسْمَعْ قَوْلَهُمَا،

Then Heazwj Turned the Words upon Ibn Hantama and his companions, so Heazwj Said regarding the specials ones (Shias) and the general ones (Non-Shias): And if they both strive against you upon that you should associate with Me, [31:15], regarding the successor-ship (of the Imamsasws) and equate (others) with the ones whom you have been Commanded with hisasws obedience, then do not obey them, and do not listen to their words’.

ثُمَّ عَطَفَ الْقَوْلَ عَلَى الْوَالِدَيْنِ وَ قَالَ‏: وَ صاحِبْهُما فِي الدُّنْيا مَعْرُوفاً يَقُولُ: عَرِّفِ النَّاسَ فَضْلَهُمَا وَ ادْعُ إِلَى سَبِيلِهِمَا، وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ: وَ اتَّبِعْ سَبِيلَ مَنْ أَنابَ إِلَيَّ ثُمَّ إِلَيَّ مَرْجِعُكُمْ‏

Then Heazwj Turned the Words upon the two parents, so Heazwj Said: and accompany kindly in the world. Heazwj is Saying to introduce the people to theirasws merits and call to theirasws ways, and that is in Hisazwj Words: and follow the way of one who is penitent to Me, then to Me would be your Return.

فَقَالَ: إِلَى اللَّهِ ثُمَّ إِلَيْنَا، فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَ لَا تَعْصُوا الْوَالِدَيْنِ، فَإِنَّ رِضَاهُمَا رِضَا اللَّهِ، وَ سَخَطَهُمَا سَخَطُ اللَّهِ.

Heasws said: ‘To Allahazwj, then to usasws, therefore fear Allahazwj and do not disobey the two (spiritual) parents (Muhammadsaww and Aliasws), for theirasws pleasure is the Pleasure of Allahazwj, and theirasws anger is the Anger of Allahazwj’’.⁴⁵

7- فس‏: قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فِي قَوْلِهِ: يَوْمَ تُقَلَّبُ وُجُوهُهُمْ فِي النَّارِ فَإِنَّهَا كِنَايَةٌ عَنِ الَّذِينَ غَصَبُوا آلَ مُحَمَّدٍ حَقَّهُمْ: يَقُولُونَ يا لَيْتَنا أَطَعْنَا اللَّهَ وَ أَطَعْنَا الرَّسُولَا يَعْنِي فِي أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ:

Tafseer Al-Qummi – Ali lbn Ibrahim said regarding Hisazwj Words: On the Day their faces would be turned back towards the Fire, - it is a metaphor about those who usurped Progenyasws of Muhammadsaww of theirasws rights, they would be saying, ‘Oh, if only we have obeyed Allah and obeyed the Rasool!’ [33:66] – meaning regarding Amir Al-Momineenasws.

وَ قالُوا رَبَّنا إِنَّا أَطَعْنا سادَتَنا وَ كُبَراءَنا فَأَضَلُّونَا السَّبِيلَا. وَ هُمَا رَجُلَانِ، وَ السَّادَةُ وَ الْكُبَرَاءُ هُمَا أَوَّلُ مَنْ بَدَأَ بِظُلْمِهِمْ وَ غَصْبِهِمْ. قَوْلُهُ: فَأَضَلُّونَا السَّبِيلَا. أَيْ طَرِيقَ الْجَنَّةِ، وَ السَّبِيلُ: أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ.

And they shall say: ‘Our Lord! We obeyed our chiefs and our great ones, so they strayed us from the Way’ [33:67], and they are two men, and the chiefs and the great ones, these two are the first one who began with oppressing themasws and usurping themasws. Hisazwj Words: so they strayed us from the Way’ [33:67] – i.e., path of the Paradise, and the way is Amir Al-Momineenasws.

ثُمَّ يَقُولُونَ: رَبَّنا آتِهِمْ ضِعْفَيْنِ مِنَ الْعَذابِ وَ الْعَنْهُمْ لَعْناً كَبِيراً.

Then they would be saying, Our Lord! Give them double of the Punishment and Curse them with a great Curse [33:68]’’.⁴⁶ (Not a Hadeeth)

8- فس‏: أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ، عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ، عَنْ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ، عَنْ حَسَّانَ، عَنْ هَاشِمِ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ يَرْفَعُهُ‏ فِي قَوْلِهِ: أَ فَمَنْ زُيِّنَ لَهُ سُوءُ عَمَلِهِ فَرَآهُ حَسَناً فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يُضِلُّ مَنْ يَشاءُ وَ يَهْدِي مَنْ يَشاءُ فَلا تَذْهَبْ نَفْسُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَسَراتٍ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ بِما يَصْنَعُونَ‏ قَالَ: نَزَلَتْ فِي زُرَيْقٍ‏ وَ حَبْتَرٍ.

Tafseer Al Qummi – Ahmad Bin Idrees, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Sayf Bin Ameyra, from Hassan, from Hashim Bin Ammar raising it,

‘What! So the one, the evil of his deed is adorned for him is so much, that he sees it as good? Allah Lets to stray the one He so Desires to, and Guides the one He so Desires to, therefore your soul should not go to regret upon them. Surely, Allah is a Knower of what they are doing [35:8]. He said, ‘It was Revealed regarding Zareeq (Abu Bakr) and Hibter (Umar)’’.⁴⁷ (Not a Hadeeth)

9- فس‏: وَ أَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلى‏ بَعْضٍ يَتَساءَلُونَ قالُوا إِنَّكُمْ كُنْتُمْ تَأْتُونَنا عَنِ الْيَمِينِ‏ يَعْنِي فُلَاناً وَ فُلَاناً، قالُوا بَلْ لَمْ تَكُونُوا مُؤْمِنِينَ‏.

Tafseer Al Qummi - And some of them would advance towards others, questioning [37:27] They would say, ‘You used to come to us from the right’ [37:28] – meaning so and so, and so and so (Abu Bakr and Umar), They would say, ‘But you did not become Momineen [37:29]’’.⁴⁸ (Not a Hadeeth)

10- فس‏: وَ إِنَّ لِلطَّاغِينَ لَشَرَّ مَآبٍ‏ وَ هُمُ الْأَوَّلَانِ‏ وَ بَنُو أُمَيَّةَ .. ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ مَنْ كَانَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ مِمَّنْ غَصَبَ آلَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ حَقَّهُمْ،

Tafseer Al-Qummi - This (shall be so). And surely for the tyrants is an evil resort [38:55] – and they are the first two (Abu Bakr and Umar), and clan of Umayya. Then Heazwj Mentioned the ones who were from after them, from the ones who usurped Progenyasws of Muhammadsaww of theirasws rights.

فَقَالَ: وَ آخَرُ مِنْ شَكْلِهِ أَزْواجٌ هذا فَوْجٌ مُقْتَحِمٌ مَعَكُمْ‏ وَ هُمْ بَنُو السِّبَاعِ فَيَقُولُونَ‏ بَنُو أُمَيَّةَ: لا مَرْحَباً بِهِمْ إِنَّهُمْ صالُوا النَّارِ

Hesaww Said: And other (Punishments) of its type, paired [38:58] This is a multitude rushing blindly with you. – and they are the clan of predators (Al Abbas). They would be saying for clan of Umayya, There would be no welcome for them. They would be arriving to the Fire [38:59].

فَيَقُولُونَ بَنُو فُلَانٍ: بَلْ أَنْتُمْ لا مَرْحَباً بِكُمْ أَنْتُمْ قَدَّمْتُمُوهُ لَنا وَ بَدَأْتُمْ بِظُلْمِ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ فَبِئْسَ الْقَرارُ

The clan of Umayya would say, They (the misled) will say, ‘But there is no welcome for you. You brought it upon us, and they had begun the injustices on Progenyasws of Muhammadsaww, so evil is the settlement’ [38:60].

ثُمَّ يَقُولُ بَنُو أُمَيَّةَ: رَبَّنا مَنْ قَدَّمَ لَنا هذا فَزِدْهُ عَذاباً ضِعْفاً فِي النَّارِ يَعْنُونَ الْأَوَّلَيْنِ،

Then the clan of Umayya would say, They (misled) will say, ‘Our Lord! The ones who brought this upon us, increase for him additional punishment in the Fire [38:61] – meaning the first two (Abu Bakr and Umar).

ثُمَّ يَقُولُ أَعْدَاءُ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ فِي النَّارِ: ما لَنا لا نَرى‏ رِجالًا كُنَّا نَعُدُّهُمْ مِنَ الْأَشْرارِ فِي الدُّنْيَا، وَ هُمْ شِيعَةُ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏ أَتَّخَذْناهُمْ سِخْرِيًّا أَمْ زاغَتْ عَنْهُمُ الْأَبْصارُ

Then the enemies of Progenyasws of Muhammadsaww would say in the Fire, And they will say, ‘What is the matter with us, we do not see men whom we used to count as being from the evil ones?’ [38:62], in the world, and they are Shias of Amir Al-Momineenasws. Did we take them in scorn or are the visions turned away from them? [38:63].

ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنَّ ذلِكَ لَحَقٌّ تَخاصُمُ أَهْلِ النَّارِ فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ، وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُ الصَّادِقِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: وَ اللَّهِ إِنَّكُمْ لَفِي الْجَنَّةِ تُحْبَرُونَ، وَ فِي النَّارِ تُطْلَبُونَ.

Then Heazwj Said: Indeed, that is the Truth – wrangling of the inhabitants of the Fire [38:64] – regarding what is between them, and that is the word of Al-Sadiqasws: ‘By Allahazwj! You (Shias) would be in the Paradise being joyful, and in the Fire you will be sought’’.⁴⁹ (Not a Hadeeth)

11- فس‏: قُلْ تَمَتَّعْ بِكُفْرِكَ قَلِيلًا إِنَّكَ مِنْ أَصْحابِ النَّارِ نَزَلَتْ فِي أَبِي فُلَانٍ.

Tafseer Al-Qummi - Say: ‘Enjoy with your Kufr for a little while! You will be from the inmates of the Fire’ [39:8] – it was Revealed regarding Abu so and so (Bakr)’’.⁵⁰ (Not a Hadeeth)

12- فس‏: إِذا ذُكِرَ اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ اشْمَأَزَّتْ قُلُوبُ الَّذِينَ لا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ نَزَلَتْ فِي فُلَانٍ وَ فُلَانٍ.

Tafseer Al-Qummi - And when Allah Alone is mentioned, the hearts of those who do not believe in the Hereafter shrink, [39:45] – it was Revealed regarding so and so, and so and so (Abu Bakr and Umar)’’.⁵¹ (Not a Hadeeth)

13- فس‏: وَ قالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا رَبَّنا أَرِنَا الَّذَيْنِ أَضَلَّانا مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَ الْإِنْسِ‏ قَالَ الْعَالِمُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: مِنَ الْجِنِّ، إِبْلِيسُ الَّذِي أَشَارَ عَلَى قَتْلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فِي دَارِ النَّدْوَةِ، وَ أَضَلَّ النَّاسَ بِالْمَعَاصِي، وَ جَاءَ بَعْدَ وَفَاةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَبَايَعَهُ،

Tafseer Al-Qummi - And those who committed Kufr would be saying, ‘Our Lord! Show us those who strayed us, from the Jinn and the humans, [41:29]. The scholarasws said: ‘From the Jinn is Ibleesla, the onela who indicated upon killing Rasool-Allahsaww in the house of consultation, and strayed the people with the acts of disobedience, and came to Abu Bakr after the passing away of Rasool-Allahsaww and pledged allegiance to him.

وَ مِنَ الْإِنْسِ، فُلَانٌ‏ نَجْعَلْهُما تَحْتَ أَقْدامِنا لِيَكُونا مِنَ الْأَسْفَلِينَ‏.

And from the humans it was so and so (Umar), so we can make them to be under our feet for them to be from the lowest ones’ [41:29]’’.⁵²

14- فس‏: جَعْفَرُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ، عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ الثُّمَالِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: نَزَلَتْ هَاتَانِ الْآيَتَانِ هَكَذَا، قَوْلُ اللَّهِ: حَتَّى إِذا جاءَانا- يَعْنِي فُلَاناً وَ فُلَاناً- يَقُولُ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ حِينَ يَرَاهُ: يا لَيْتَ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَكَ بُعْدَ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ فَبِئْسَ الْقَرِينُ‏

Tafseer Al Qummi – Ja’far Bin Ahmad, from Abdul Kareem Bin Abdul Raheem, from Muhammad Bin Ali, from Muhammad Bin Al Fuzeyl, from Abu Hamza Al Sumali,

‘From Abu Ja’farasws having said: ‘These two Verses were Revealed like this. The Words of Allahazwj: Until when he comes to Us [43:38] - Meaning so and so, and so and so (Abu Bakr and Umar), he will say, one of them to his companion when he sees him, ‘Oh! If only between me and you was the distance of the east and the west!’ So evil is the associate [43:38].

فَقَالَ اللَّهُ لِنَبِيِّهِ: قُلْ لِفُلَانٍ وَ فُلَانٍ وَ أَتْبَاعِهِمَا: لَنْ يَنْفَعَكُمُ الْيَوْمَ إِذْ ظَلَمْتُمْ‏ آلَ مُحَمَّدٍ حَقَّهُمْ‏ أَنَّكُمْ فِي الْعَذابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ‏،

Allahazwj Said to Hisazwj Prophetsaww: Say to so and so, and so and so (Abu Bakr and Umar) and the followers of these two: And it will never profit you today, since you were unjust - to the Progenyasws of Muhammadsaww of theirasws rights, You are (now) sharers in the Punishment [43:39].

ثُمَّ قَالَ اللَّهُ‏ لِنَبِيِّهِ: أَ فَأَنْتَ تُسْمِعُ الصُّمَّ أَوْ تَهْدِي الْعُمْيَ وَ مَنْ كانَ فِي ضَلالٍ مُبِينٍ فَإِمَّا نَذْهَبَنَّ بِكَ‏ فَإِنَّا مِنْهُمْ مُنْتَقِمُونَ‏ يَعْنِي مِنْ فُلَانٍ وَ فُلَانٍ‏،

Then Heazwj Said to Hisazwj Prophetsaww: So, can you make the deaf to hear, or guide the blind and the one who was in clear straying? [43:40] So, if We were to Take you away, We would still Take Revenge from them [43:41], Meaning from so and so, and so and so (Abu Bakr and Umar).

ثُمَّ أَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَى نَبِيِّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: فَاسْتَمْسِكْ بِالَّذِي أُوحِيَ إِلَيْكَ‏ فِي عَلِيٍ‏ إِنَّكَ عَلى‏ صِراطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ‏ يَعْنِي إِنَّكَ عَلَى وَلَايَةِ عَلِيٍّ، وَ عَلِيٌّ هُوَ الصِّرَاطُ الْمُسْتَقِيمُ.

Then Allahazwj Revealed to Hisazwj Prophetsaww: Therefore adhere with that which is Revealed unto you [43:43] - regarding Aliasws, surely you are upon a Straight Path [43:43] - Meaning, yousaww are upon the Wilayah of Aliasws, and Aliasws, heasws is the Straight Path’’.⁵³

15- فس‏: وَ لا يَصُدَّنَّكُمُ الشَّيْطانُ‏ يَعْنِي الثَّانِيَ عَنْ‏ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏ إِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُبِينٌ‏.

Tafseer Al-Qummi - And do not let the Satan hinder you. – meaning the second (Umar), (hindering) from Amir Al Momineenasws, He is an open enemy to you all [43:62]’’.⁵⁴ (Not a Hadeeth)

16- فس‏: الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَ صَدُّوا عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَضَلَّ أَعْمالَهُمْ‏ نَزَلَتْ فِي أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ‏ الَّذِينَ ارْتَدُّوا بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ غَصَبُوا أَهْلَ بَيْتِهِ حَقَّهُمْ وَ صَدُّوا عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَلَايَةَ الْأَئِمَّةِ أَضَلَّ أَعْمالَهُمْ‏ .. أَيْ أَبْطَلَ‏ مَا كَانَ تَقَدَّمَ مِنْهُمْ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مِنَ الْجِهَادِ وَ النُّصْرَةِ.

Tafseer Al-Qummi - Those who commit Kufr and hinder from the Way of Allah, their deeds would be lost [47:1]. It was Revealed regarding companions of Rasool-Allahsaww, those who became apostates after Rasool-Allahsaww and usurped Peopleasws of the Household of theirasws rights, and hindered from Amir Al-Momineenasws, Wilayah of the Imamsasws, their deeds would be lost [47:1] – i.e. nullified, whatever had preceded from them being with Rasool-Allahsaww, of the Jihad and the help’’.⁵⁵ (Not a Hadeeth)

17- فس‏: وَ قالَ قَرِينُهُ‏ أَيْ شَيْطَانُهُ وَ هُوَ الثَّانِي‏ هذا ما لَدَيَّ عَتِيدٌ.

Tafseer Al-Qummi - And his paired one shall say, – i.e. his satanla, and hela is the second (Umar), ‘This is (a record) what is ready with me!’ [50:23]’’.⁵⁶ (Not a Hadeeth)

18- فس‏: مَنَّاعٍ لِلْخَيْرِ: قَالَ: الْمَنَّاعُ: الثَّانِي، وَ الْخَيْرُ: وَلَايَةُ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَ حُقُوقُ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ، وَ لَمَّا كَتَبَ الْأَوَّلُ كِتَابَ فَدَكَ يَرُدُّهَا عَلَى فَاطِمَةَ عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ مَنَعَهُ‏ الثَّانِي، فَهُوَ مُعْتَدٍ مُرِيبٍ‏، الَّذِي جَعَلَ مَعَ اللَّهِ إِلهاً آخَرَ قَالَ: هُوَ مَا قَالُوا نَحْنُ كَافِرُونَ بِمَنْ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْإِمَامَةَ وَ الْخُمُسَ.

Tafseer Al-Qummi - A Preventer of the good, [50:25], ‘The second (Umar) and ‘the good’ is the Wilayah of Amir Al-Momineenasws and rights of Progenyasws of Muhammadasws. And when the first one (Abu Bakr) write Fadak to be returned unto Fatimaasws, the second (Umar) prevented it, so he is, a transgressor, a doubter [50:25] The one who Makes another god to be with Allah, [50:26]. It is what they said, ‘We are disbelievers with the one who made the Imamate and the Khums to be for youasws’’.

قَوْلُهُ‏: قالَ قَرِينُهُ‏ .. أَيْ شَيْطَانُهُ وَ هُوَ الثَّانِي‏: رَبَّنا ما أَطْغَيْتُهُ‏ يَعْنِي الْأَوَّلَ‏ وَ لكِنْ كانَ فِي ضَلالٍ بَعِيدٍ فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُ لَهُمَا: لا تَخْتَصِمُوا لَدَيَّ وَ قَدْ قَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْكُمْ بِالْوَعِيدِ ما يُبَدَّلُ الْقَوْلُ لَدَيَ‏ .. أَيْ مَا فَعَلْتُمْ لَا تُبَدَّلُ‏ حَسَنَاتٍ، مَا وَعَدْتُهُ لَا أُخْلِفُهُ.

Hisazwj Words: And his paired one will say, [50:27] – i.e. his satanla, and hela is the second (Umar), ‘Our Lord! I did not make him transgress, - meaning the first one (Abu Bakr) , but he was in a far straying’ [50:27]. Allahazwj would Say to them: He will Say: “Do not quarrel in My Presence, and I had Sent the Threat forward to you [50:28] My Word will not change in My Presence, [50:29] – i.e. What you did cannot be replaced by good deeds. Whatever Iazwj have Promised will not be broken’’.⁵⁷ (Not a Hadeeth)

19- فس‏: قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى‏: أَ لَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ‏ تَوَلَّوْا قَوْماً غَضِبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ‏ قَالَ: نَزَلَتْ فِي الثَّانِي، لِأَنَّهُ‏ مَرَّ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ هُوَ جَالِسٌ عِنْدَ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ يَكْتُبُ خَبَرَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ،

Tafseer Al-Qummi – Ali Bin Ibrahim said regarding Words of the Exalted: Have you not seen those who befriend a people whom Allah is Wrathful upon? [58:14]. He said, ‘It was Revealed regarding the second (Umar), because Rasool-Allahsaww passed by him and he was seated in the presence of a man from the Jews, writing the Hadeeth of Rasool-Allahsaww.

فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ: أَ لَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ تَوَلَّوْا قَوْماً غَضِبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ ما هُمْ مِنْكُمْ وَ لا مِنْهُمْ‏ فَجَاءَ الثَّانِي‏ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: رَأَيْتُكَ تَكْتُبُ عَنِ الْيَهُودِ، وَ قَدْ نَهَى اللَّهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ؟.

Allahazwj, Majestic is Hisazwj Praise, Revealed: Have you not seen those who befriend a people whom Allah is Wrathful upon? They are neither from you nor from them, [58:14]. The second (Umar) came to the Prophetsaww and Rasool-Allahsaww said to him: ‘Isaww saw you writing from the Jews, and Allahazwj has Forbidden from that?’

فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! كَتَبْتُ عَنْهُ مَا فِي التَّوْرَاةِ مِنْ صِفَتِكَ، وَ أَقْبَلَ يَقْرَأُ ذَلِكَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ هُوَ غَضْبَانُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ: وَيْلَكَ! أَمَا تَرَى غَضَبَ النَّبِيِّ عَلَيْكَ.

He said, ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! I wrote from him what is in the Torah of yoursaww description’, and he went on to read that out to Rasool-Allahsaww, and hesaww was angry. A man from the Helpers said, ‘Woe be unto you! Can’t you see the anger of the Prophetsaww upon you?’

فَقَالَ: أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ غَضَبِ اللَّهِ وَ غَضَبِ رَسُولِهِ، إِنِّي إِنَّمَا كَتَبْتُ ذَلِكَ لِمَا وَجَدْتُ فِيهِ مِنْ خَبَرِكَ!.

He said, ‘I seek Refuge with Allahazwj from the Wrath of Allahazwj and anger of Hisazwj Rasoolsaww. But rather, I wrote that due to what I found in it of yoursaww news!’

فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: يَا فُلَانُ! لَوْ أَنَّ مُوسَى بْنَ عِمْرَانَ فِيهِمْ قَائِماً ثُمَّ أَتَيْتَهُ رَغْبَةً عَمَّا جِئْتُ بِهِ لَكُنْتَ كَافِراً بِمَا جِئْتُ بِهِ، وَ هُوَ قَوْلُهُ: اتَّخَذُوا أَيْمانَهُمْ جُنَّةً .. أَيْ حِجَاباً بَيْنَهُمْ وَ بَيْنَ الْكُفَّارِ، وَ أَيْمَانَهُمْ إِقْرَاراً بِاللِّسَانِ فَزَعاً مِنَ السَّيْفِ وَ دَفْعِ‏ الْجِزْيَةِ.

Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘O so and so! Even if Musaas Bin Imranas had been standing among them, then you went to himas describing about what heas had come with, you would be a Kafir with what Isaww have come with, and it is Hisazwj Word: They are taking their oaths as a shield [58:16] – i.e., a barrier between them and the Kafirs, and their oaths of the acceptance with the tongues, panicking from the sword and to repel the taxation’’.⁵⁸

20- فس‏: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْخَزَّازِ، عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ الْمَكِّيِّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ عُمَرَ لَقِيَ عَلِيّاً عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَقَالَ: أَنْتَ الَّذِي تَقْرَأُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ: بِأَيِّكُمُ الْمَفْتُونُ‏ تُعَرِّضُ بِي وَ بِصَاحِبِي،

Tafseer al Qummi – Muhammad Bin Ja’far, from Abdullah Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Al Hassan Bin Al Al Khazzaz, from Aban Bin Usman, from Abdul Rahman Bin Abu Abdullah, from Abu Al Abbas Al Makky who said,

‘I heard Abu Ja’farasws saying: ‘Umar met Aliasws and said, ‘Are youasws the oneasws who is reciting this Verse: Which one of you is bewitched [68:6], applying it to me and my companion (Abu Bakr)?’

قَالَ: أَ فَلَا أُخْبِرُكَ بِآيَةٍ نَزَلَتْ فِي بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ فَهَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ إِنْ تَوَلَّيْتُمْ أَنْ تُفْسِدُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَ تُقَطِّعُوا أَرْحامَكُمْ‏

Heasws said: ‘Shall Iasws inform you with a Verse Revealed regarding clan of Umayya? So if perhaps you were to be rulers, you would make mischief in the land and cut off your relationships [47:22]’.

فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: بَنُو أُمَيَّةَ أَوْصَلُ لِلرَّحِمِ مِنْكَ!، وَ لَكِنَّكَ أَبَيْتَ إِلَّا عَدَاوَةً لِبَنِي أُمَيَّةَ وَ بَنِي عَدِيٍّ وَ بَنِي تَيْمٍ!.

Umar said, ‘Clan of Umayya are more maintainers of the relationships than youasws are! But youasws refused, except for the enmity to the clan of Adayy (Umar’s clan) and the clan of Taym (Abu Bakr’s clan)!’’⁵⁹

21- كا: الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنِ الْمُعَلَّى، عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ، عَنْ أَبَانٍ .. مِثْلَهُ.

(The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from al Moalla, from al Washa, from Aban – similar to it’’.⁶⁰

22- فس‏: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ الْكِنْدِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْفَارِسِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏ فِي قَوْلِهِ: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ ارْتَدُّوا عَلى‏ أَدْبارِهِمْ‏ عَنِ الْإِيمَانِ بِتَرْكِهِمْ وَلَايَةَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: الشَّيْطانُ سَوَّلَ لَهُمْ‏ يَعْنِي الثَّانِيَ.

Tafseer Al Qummi – Muhammad Bin Al Qasim Bin Ubeydu Al Kindy, from Abdullah Bin Abdul Farsi, from Muhammad Bin Ali,

‘From Abu Abdullahasws regarding Hisazwj Words: ‘Surely, those who turned back upon their back [47:25], away from the Eman by their neglecting the Wilayah of Amir Al-Momineenasws, the Satan had enticed for them and dictated to them [47:25] – meaning the second (Umar had enticed)’.

وَ قَوْلُهُ‏: ذلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قالُوا لِلَّذِينَ كَرِهُوا ما نَزَّلَ اللَّهُ‏ هُوَ مَا افْتَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَلَى خَلْقِهِ مِنْ وَلَايَةِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: سَنُطِيعُكُمْ فِي بَعْضِ الْأَمْرِ

And Hisazwj Words: That is because they said to those who abhorred what Allah Revealed, heasws said: ‘It is what Allahazwj had Necessitated Hisazwj creatures the Wilayah of Amir Al-Momineenasws, ‘We shall obey you in some of the matters’, [47:26]’.

قَالَ: دَعُوا بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ إِلَى مِيثَاقِهِمْ أَنْ لَا يُصَيِّرُوا لَنَا الْأَمْرَ بَعْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ لَا يُعْطُونَا مِنَ الْخُمُسِ شَيْئاً، وَ قَالُوا: إِنْ أَعْطَيْنَاهُمُ الْخُمُسَ اسْتَغْنَوْا بِهِ، فَقَالُوا: سَنُطِيعُكُمْ فِي بَعْضِ الْأَمْرِ لَا تُعْطُوهُمْ‏ مِنَ الْخُمُسِ شَيْئاً،

Heasws said: ‘The clan of Umayya called to their covenant that they would not let the command come to usasws after the Prophetsaww, nor would they give usasws anything from the Khums, and they said, ‘If we were to give themasws the Khums, theyasws would become needless by it, so they said, ‘‘We shall obey you in some of the matters’, [47:26], we will not give themasws anything from the Khums.

فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَى نَبِيِّهِ: أَمْ أَبْرَمُوا أَمْراً فَإِنَّا مُبْرِمُونَ أَمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّا لا نَسْمَعُ سِرَّهُمْ وَ نَجْواهُمْ بَلى‏ وَ رُسُلُنا لَدَيْهِمْ يَكْتُبُونَ‏.

Allahazwj Revealed unto Hisazwj Prophetsaww: Or are they (trying to) conclude a matter? But We are the Concluders [43:79] Or are they reckoning that We cannot Hear their secrets and their whisperings? Yes! And our Messengers (who are) with them, are recording [43:80]’. (p.s – Hadeeth ends here)

وَ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فِي قَوْلِهِ: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ ارْتَدُّوا عَلى‏ أَدْبارِهِمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ ما تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الْهُدَى‏ نَزَلَتْ فِي الَّذِينَ نَقَضُوا عَهْدَ اللَّهِ فِي أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏ الشَّيْطانُ سَوَّلَ لَهُمْ‏ .. أَيْ هَيَّنَ لَهُمْ، وَ هُوَ فُلَانٌ، وَ أَمْلى‏ لَهُمْ‏ .. أَيْ بَسَطَ لَهُمْ أَنْ لَا يَكُونَ مِمَّا قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ شَيْئاً

And Ali Bin Ibrahim said regarding Hisazwj Words: ‘Surely, those who turned back upon their back from after the Guidance having become clarified to them, - it was Revealed regarding those who broke the Pact of Allahazwj regarding Amir Al-Momineenasws, the Satan had enticed for them – i.e., eased it for them, and he is so and so (Umar), and dictated to them [47:25] – i.e. extended it for them that nothing should take place, from what Muhammadsaww had said.

ذلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قالُوا لِلَّذِينَ كَرِهُوا ما نَزَّلَ اللَّهُ‏ يَعْنِي‏ فِي أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: سَنُطِيعُكُمْ فِي بَعْضِ الْأَمْرِ يَعْنِي فِي الْخُمُسِ أَنْ لَا يَرُدُّوهُ فِي بَنِي هَاشِمٍ: وَ اللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ إِسْرارَهُمْ‏

That is because they said to those who abhorred what Allah Revealed, - meaning regarding Amir Al-Momineenasws, ‘We shall obey you in some of the matters’, - meaning regarding the Khums that they will not return it to be among the Clan of Hashimas, and Allah Knows their secrets [47:26].

قَالَ اللَّهُ: فَكَيْفَ إِذا تَوَفَّتْهُمُ الْمَلائِكَةُ يَضْرِبُونَ وُجُوهَهُمْ وَ أَدْبارَهُمْ‏ بِنَكْثِهِمْ وَ بَغْيِهِمْ وَ إِمْسَاكِهِمُ الْأَمْرَ بَعْدَ أَنْ أُبْرِمَ عَلَيْهِمْ إِبْرَاماً، يَقُولُ: إِذَا مَاتُوا سَاقَتْهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ إِلَى النَّارِ فَيَضْرِبُونَهُمْ مِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ وَ مِنْ قُدَّامِهِمْ‏

Allahazwj Said: ‘But how would it be when the Angels cause them to die, striking their faces and their backs? [47:27], due to their breaking (the covenant), and their rebelling and withholding the command after it had been concluded upon them with a conclusion. Heazwj Said, ‘When they died, the Angels would usher them to the Fire and strike them from behind them and from their front.

ذلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمُ اتَّبَعُوا ما أَسْخَطَ اللَّهَ‏ يَعْنِي مُوَالاةَ فُلَانٍ وَ فُلَانٍ وَ ظَالِمِي أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏ فَأَحْبَطَ أَعْمالَهُمْ‏ يَعْنِي الَّذِي عَمِلُوهَا مِنَ الْخَيْرِ: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَ صَدُّوا عَنْ‏ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ‏، قَالَ: عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: وَ شَاقُّوا الرَّسُولَ‏ .. أَيْ قَطَعُوهُ‏ فِي أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ بَعْدَ أَخْذِهِ الْمِيثَاقَ عَلَيْهِمْ لَهُ.

That is because they follow what Angers Allah [47:28] – meaning governance of so and so, and so and so (Abu Bakr and Umar) and oppressors of Amir Al Momineenasws, therefore He Nullified their deeds [47:28] - i.e. they cut it, regarding Peopleasws of the Household after the Covenant had been Taken upon them for it’’.⁶¹ (P.s. – This portion is not a Hadeeth)

23- فس‏: فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَ يُبْصِرُونَ بِأَيِّكُمُ الْمَفْتُونُ‏ بِأَيِّكُمْ تُفْتَنُونَ ..هَكَذَا نَزَلَتْ فِي بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ بِأَيِّكُمْ بِأَبِي حَفْرٍ وَ زُفَرَ وَ غُفَلَ‏.

Tafseer Al-Qummi - So you shall be seeing, and they (too) shall be seeing [68:5] Which one of you is bewitched [68:6] – By which one of you, you are being bewitched, that is how it was Revealed regarding clan of Umayya, by which one of you, by Abu Hafr, and Zufer, and Ghufal.

وَ قَالَ الصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: لَقِيَ عُمَرُ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَقَالَ: يَا عَلِيُّ! بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ تَتَأَوَّلُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ فِيَّ وَ فِي صَاحِبِي‏ فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَ يُبْصِرُونَ بِأَيِّكُمُ الْمَفْتُونُ‏.

And Al-Sadiqasws said: ‘Umar met Amir Al-Momineenasws and said, ‘O Aliasws! It has reached me that youasws are interpreting this Verse regarding me and my companion (Abu Bakr), Which one of you is bewitched [68:6]’.

قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ: أَ فَلَا أُخْبِرُكَ يَا أَبَا حَفْصٍ! مَا نَزَلَ فِي بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ وَ الشَّجَرَةَ الْمَلْعُونَةَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ‏؟. قَالَ عُمَرُ: كَذَبْتَ يَا عَلِيُّ! بَنُو أُمَيَّةَ خَيْرٌ مِنْكَ وَ أَوْصَلُ لِلرَّحِمِ.

Amir Al-Momineenasws said, ‘Shall Iasws inform you, O Abu Hafs, what is Revealed regarding clan of Umayya? and the Accursed tree in the Quran; [17:60]?’ Umar said, ‘Youasws are lying, O Aliasws! Clan of Umayya are better than youasws are in maintaining relationship’’.

قَوْلُهُ‏: فَلا تُطِعِ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ‏ قال: فِي عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: وَدُّوا لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ‏ .. أَيْ أَحَبُّوا أَنْ تَغُشَّ فِي عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَيَغُشُّونَ مَعَكَ‏

Hisazwj Words: So do not heed the beliers [68:8], heasws said: ‘Regarding Aliasws, They wish that you should be pliant so they (too) would be pliant [68:9] – i.e., they would love it if yousaww were to be pliant (impressionable) regarding Aliasws, so they would be pliant with yousaww.

وَ لا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَهِينٍ‏. قَالَ: الحَلَّافُ الثَّانِي، حَلَفَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ أَنَّهُ لَا يَنْكُثُ‏ عَهْداً.

And do not heed a despicable oath-monger [68:10], heasws said: ‘Oath-monger is the second (Umar). He swore an oath to Rasool-Allahsaww that he will not break the pact’.

هَمَّازٍ مَشَّاءٍ بِنَمِيمٍ‏ قَالَ: كَانَ يَنُمُّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ يَهْمِزُ بَيْنَ أَصْحَابِهِ.

A defamer, malicious slanderer [68:11], heasws said: ‘He used to slander Rasool-Allahsaww and backbite between his companions’.

قَوْلُهُ: مَنَّاعٍ لِلْخَيْرِ قَالَ: الْخَيْرُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ.

Hisazwj Words: Preventer of the good [68:12], heasws said: ‘The ‘good’ is Amir Al-Momineenasws’.

مُعْتَدٍ .. أَيْ قَالَ‏، اعْتَدَى عَلَيْهِ.

An excessive sinner [68:12], heasws said: ‘Yes, exceedingly upon it’.

قَوْلُهُ: عُتُلٍّ بَعْدَ ذلِكَ زَنِيمٍ‏ قَالَ: الْعُتُلُّ: عَظِيمُ الْكُفْرِ، وَ الزَّنِيمُ: الدَّعِيُّ.

Hisazwj Words: Callous, after (all) that, ignoble [68:13], heasws said: ‘The ‘callous’, mighty of Kufr and the ‘ignoble’, a bastard’.

وَ قَالَ الشَّاعِرُ: زَنِيمٌ تَدَاعَاهُ الرِّجَالُ تَدَاعِياً

كَمَا زِيدَ فِي عَرْضِ الْأَدِيمِ الْأَكَارِعُ‏

And the poet said, ‘Ignoble, is the calling of the bastard men, just as it has been an addition in display of the wickedness’.

قَوْلُهُ: إِذا تُتْلى‏ عَلَيْهِ آياتُنا قَالَ: كَنَّى عَنِ الثَّانِي، آيَاتُنَا قالَ أَساطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ‏ .. أَيْ: أَكَاذِيبُ الْأَوَّلِينَ:

Hisazwj Words: When Our Verses are recited to him, he says, ‘Stories of the former ones’ [68:15], heasws said: ‘A metaphor of the second one (Umar). Ourasws Signs (are shown), he says, ‘Stories of the former ones’ [68:15], i.e., they are lies of the former ones.

سَنَسِمُهُ عَلَى الْخُرْطُومِ‏ قَالَ: فِي الرَّجْعَةِ إِذَا رَجَعَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامَ وَ يَرْجِعُ‏ أَعْدَاؤُهُ فَيَسِمُهُمْ بِمِيسَمٍ مَعَهُ كَمَا تُوسَمُ الْبَهَائِمُ عَلَى الْخَرَاطِيمِ الْأَنْفُ وَ الشَّفَتَانِ‏.

We will soon mark him on the nose [68:16], heasws said: ‘During the Return (Raj’at), when Amir Al-Momineenasws returned, and hisasws enemies return, and heasws would be branding them with a branding iron being with himasws, just as the animals tend to get branded upon their noses, the nose and the lips’’.⁶²

24- فس‏: أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَسَّانَ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏ فِي قَوْلِهِ: ذَرْنِي وَ مَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيداً، قَالَ: الْوَحِيدُ: وَلَدُ الزِّنَا، وَ هُوَ زُفَرُ،

Tafseer Al Qummi – Abu Al Abbas, from Yahya Bin Zakariyya, from Ali Bin Hassan, from his uncle Abdul Rahman Bin Kaseer,

‘From Abu Abdullahasws regarding Hisazwj Words: Leave Me and the one I Created as Al-Waheed [74:11], said: ‘Al-Waheed is one of adulterous birth, and he is Zufer (Umar).

وَ جَعَلْتُ لَهُ مالًا مَمْدُوداً قَالَ: أَجَلًا إِلَى مُدَّةٍ

And Made extensive wealth to be for him [74:12] - said: ‘(For) an extended term up to a certain time’.

وَ بَنِينَ شُهُوداً قَالَ: أَصْحَابُهُ الَّذِينَ شَهِدُوا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ لَا يُورَثُ‏

And boys as witnesses [74:13] - His companions who bore witness that Rasool-Allahsaww did not bequeath (left behind the estate of Fadak as an inheritance).

وَ مَهَّدْتُ لَهُ تَمْهِيداً مُلْكَهُ الَّذِي مَلَكَ مَهَّدْتُ لَهُ‏

And the way was paved for him [74:14] - His reign that he possessed – was paved for him.

ثُمَّ يَطْمَعُ أَنْ أَزِيدَ كَلَّا إِنَّهُ كانَ لِآياتِنا عَنِيداً قَالَ: لِوَلَايَةِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ جَاحِداً، عَانِداً لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فِيهَا

Then he covets that I should Increase? [74:15] Never! Surely he was stubborn to Our Signs [74:16]. Heasws said: ‘Opposed to the Wilayah of Amir Al-Momineenasws, and he was insolent to Rasool-Allahsaww.

سَأُرْهِقُهُ صَعُوداً إِنَّهُ فَكَّرَ وَ قَدَّرَ فَكَّرَ فِيمَا أُمِرَ بِهِ مِنَ الْوَلَايَةِ، وَ قَدَّرَ إِنْ مَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ أَنْ لَا يُسَلِّمَ لِأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (ع) الْبَيْعَةَ الَّتِي بَايَعَهُ بِهَا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ‏

Soon I will Overtake him with an ever-increasing Punishment [74:17] He pondered and plotted [74:18]. He pondered regarding what he had been ordered with, from (accepting) the Wilayah, and he plotted that when Rasool-Allahsaww passes away, that he will not be submitting the allegiance to Amir Al-Momineenasws which he had pledged with during the era of the Rasool-Allahsaww.

فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ قَالَ: عَذَابٌ بَعْدَ عَذَابٍ يُعَذِّبُهُ الْقَائِمُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ،

So he would be killed, how (much) he plotted! [74:19] Then, he would be killed, how (much) he plotted! [74:20]. Punishment after punishment. Al-Qaimasws would punish him.

ثُمَّ نَظَرَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ فَ عَبَسَ وَ بَسَرَ مِمَّا أُمِرَ بِهِ‏ ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ وَ اسْتَكْبَرَ فَقالَ إِنْ هذا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ قَالَ زُفَرُ: إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ سَحَرَ النَّاسَ لِعَلِيٍ‏، إِنْ هذا إِلَّا قَوْلُ الْبَشَرِ .. أَيْ لَيْسَ هُوَ وَحْيٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏

Then he looked [74:21] - at Rasool-Allahsaww and Amir Al-Momineenasws, Then he frowned and scowled [74:22] Then he turned back and was arrogant [74:23] Then he said, ‘This is only an effect of sorcery [74:24]. Heasws said: ‘Zafar (Umar) said, ‘The Prophetsaww has cast a spell on the people with Aliasws, Surely these are only words of the human’ [74:25] - i.e., not a Revelation from Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic.

سَأُصْلِيهِ سَقَرَ .... إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ نَزَلَتْ فِيهِ.

I will Make him arrive to Saqar (Inferno) [74:26] -– up to the last Verse, was Revealed regarding him (Umar)’’.

عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ وَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ‏ أَنَّ الْوَحِيدَ وَلَدُ الزِّنَا،.

From Abu Ja’farasws and Abu Abdullahasws: ‘The ‘Waheed’ is a child of adultery (bastard)’’.

قَالَ زُرَارَةُ ذُكِرَ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ عَنْ أَحَدِ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ‏ أَنَّهُ قَالَ فِي خُطْبَتِهِ: أَنَا ابْنُ الْوَحِيدِ. فَقَالَ: وَيْلَهُ! لَوْ عَلِمَ مَا الْوَحِيدُ مَا فَخَرَ بِهَا. فَقُلْنَا لَهُ: وَ مَا هُوَ؟ قَالَ: مَنْ لَا يُعْرَفُ لَهُ أَبٌ.

Zurara said, ‘It was mentioned to Abu Ja’farasws about one of the Clan of Hashimas having said in his sermon, ‘I am a son of Al-Waheed’. Heasws said: ‘Woe be unto him! If he knew what Al-Waheed is, he would not pride with it’. We said to himasws, ‘And what is it?’ Heasws said: ‘One for whom is father is not known’’. ⁶³

25- فس‏: فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لا يُعَذِّبُ عَذابَهُ أَحَدٌ وَ لا يُوثِقُ وَثاقَهُ أَحَدٌ قَالَ: هُوَ الثَّانِي‏.

Tafseer Al Qummi - So, on that Day, no one will Punish (like) His Punishment [89:25] And no one will bind (like) His Binding [89:26]. He said, ‘It is the second (Umar)’’.⁶⁴ (Not a Hadeeth)

26- فس: إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ وَ الْإِحْسانِ وَ إِيتاءِ ذِي الْقُرْبى‏ وَ يَنْهى‏ عَنِ الْفَحْشاءِ وَ الْمُنْكَرِ وَ الْبَغْيِ‏: قَالَ: الْعَدْلُ: شَهَادَةُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، وَ الْإِحْسَانُ، أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، وَ الْفَحْشَاءُ وَ الْمُنْكَرُ وَ الْبَغْيُ‏، فُلَانٌ وَ فُلَانٌ وَ فُلَانٌ.

Tafseer Al-Qummi - Surely Allah Commands with the justice, and the kindness, and giving to the near of kin, and Forbids from the immoralities, and the evil, and the tyranny. [16:90]. He said, ‘The justice is the testimony that there is no god except Allahazwj and that Muhammadsaww is Rasool-Allahsaww, and the kindness is Amir Al-Momineenasws, and the immoralities and the evil and the tyranny, are so and so, and so and so, and so and so (Abu Bakr and Umar and Usman)’’.⁶⁵ (Not a Hadeeth)

27- فس‏: فَتِلْكَ بُيُوتُهُمْ خاوِيَةً بِما ظَلَمُوا قَالَ: لَا تَكُونُ الْخِلَافَةُ فِي آلِ فُلَانٍ وَ لَا آلِ فُلَانٍ وَ لَا آلِ فُلَانٍ وَ لَا آلِ طَلْحَةَ وَ لَا آلِ الزُّبَيْرِ.

Tafseer Al-Qummi - So, those were their houses, having fallen down due to their injustices. [27:52]. He said, ‘The caliphate will not happen to be in the progeny of so and so (Abu Bakr), nor progeny of so and so (Umar), nor progeny of so and so (Usman), not progeny of Talha, nor progeny of Al-Zubeyr’’.⁶⁶ (Not a Hadeeth)

28- فس‏: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَسَّانَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏ فِي قَوْلِهِ: حَبَّبَ إِلَيْكُمُ الْإِيمانَ وَ زَيَّنَهُ فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ‏ يَعْنِي أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏ وَ كَرَّهَ إِلَيْكُمُ الْكُفْرَ وَ الْفُسُوقَ وَ الْعِصْيانَ‏ الْأَوَّلُ وَ الثَّانِيُ وَ الثَّالِثُ‏.

Tafseer Al Qummi – Muhammad Bin Ja’far, from Yahya Bin Zakariya, from Ali Bin Hassan, from Abdul Rahman Bin Kaseer,

‘From Abu Abdullahasws regarding Hisazwj Words: Endeared the Eman to you and Adorned it in your hearts [49:7]: ‘It means Amir Al-Momineenasws’; and Caused you to dislike the Kufr, and the transgression, and the disobedience [49:7] – the first (Abu Bakr), and the second (Umar) and the third (Usman)’’.⁶⁷

29- فس‏: أَبِي‏، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ سِنَانٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏- فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: إِذا دُعُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ‏- قَالَ: نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ فِي أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَ عُثْمَانَ‏، وَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ بَيْنَهُمَا مُنَازَعَةٌ فِي حَدِيقَةٍ،

Tafseer Al Qummi – My father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Ibn Sinan,

‘From Abu Abdullahasws, regarding Words of the Exalted: And when they are called to Allah and His Rasool for him to judge between them, [24:48], heasws said: ‘This Verse was Revealed regarding Amir Al-Momineenasws, and Usman, and that was when there was a dispute between them regarding a garden.

فَقَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ: تَرْضَى‏ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ؟. فَقَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ لِعُثْمَانَ‏: لَا تُحَاكِمْهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ فَإِنَّهُ يَحْكُمُ لَهُ عَلَيْكَ!! وَ لَكِنْ حَاكِمْهُ إِلَى ابْنِ شَيْبَةَ الْيَهُودِيِّ.

Amir Al-Momineenasws said: ‘Are you happy with Rasool-Allahsaww (as a judge)?’ Abdul Rahman Bin Awf said to him, ‘I do not (accept) Rasool-Allahsaww as a judge for hesaww would judge against me, but I (accept) as a judge Ibn Shayba, the Jew.

فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ‏ لِأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: لَا أَرْضَى إِلَّا بِابْنِ شَيْبَةَ الْيَهُودِيِّ. فَقَالَ ابْنُ شَيْبَةَ لِعُثْمَانَ‏: تَأْتَمِنُونَ مُحَمَّداً عَلَى وَحْيِ السَّمَاءِ وَ تَتَّهِمُونَهُ فِي الْأَحْكَامِ؟!.

But Usman (then) said to Amir Al-Momineenasws: ‘Iasws am not happy with Ibn Shayba. So Ibn Shayba said, ‘You are trusting that Revelation descends upon Rasool-Allahsaww from the sky, but you are not trusting himsaww in matters of judgement?’

فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ: وَ إِذا دُعُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ لِيَحْكُمَ‏ بَيْنَهُمْ‏ ... إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: بَلْ أُولئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ‏.

Thus, Allahazwj Revealed upon Hisazwj Rasoolsaww: And when they are called to Allah and His Rasool for him to judge between them [24:48] But these, they are the unjust ones [24:50]’’.⁶⁸

30- فس‏: يَمُنُّونَ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ أَسْلَمُوا نَزَلَتْ فِي عُثْمَانَ‏ يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ، وَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ مَرَّ بِعَمَّارِ بْنِ يَاسِرٍ يَحْفِرُ الْخَنْدَقَ- وَ قَدِ ارْتَفَعَ الْغُبَارُ مِنَ الْحَفْرِ فَوَضَعَ عُثْمَانُ‏ كُمَّهُ عَلَى أَنْفِهِ وَ مَرَّ،

Tafseer Al-Qummi - They think they are conferring a favour upon you if they become Muslims. [49:17]. It was Revealed regarding Usman on the day of (battle of) Khandaq, and that I passed by Ammar Bin Yasser digging the ditch, and the dust had raised from the pit, so Usman place his cuff upon his nose and passed by.

فَقَالَ عَمَّارٌ: لَا يَسْتَوِي مَنْ يَعْمُرُ الْمَسَاجِدَا

يَظَلُ‏ فِيهَا رَاكِعاً وَ سَاجِداً

كَمَنْ يَمُرُّ بِالْغُبَارِ حَائِداً

يُعْرِضُ عَنْهُ جَاحِداً مُعَانِداً

Amaar said (in prose), ‘Not equal is the one who settles in the Masjid performing Rukus and Sajdahs, to the one who passes by the dust deviating, turning away from it, struggling obstinately’.

فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِ عُثْمَانُ‏ فَقَالَ: يَا ابْنَ السَّوْدَاءِ! إِيَّايَ تَعْنِي، ثُمَّ أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ: لَمْ نَدْخُلْ مَعَكَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ‏ لِتُسَبَّ أَعْرَاضُنَا، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: قَدْ أَقَلْتُكَ إِسْلَامَكَ فَاذْهَبْ،

Usman turned towards him and said, ‘O son of the black (slave), is it me that you mean?’ Then he came up to Rasool-Allahsaww and said to himsaww, ‘We did not enter (the fold of Al-Islam) to yousaww in order to be reviled (insulted)’. So Rasool-Allahsaww said to him: ‘You have removed your Islam, so go away’.

فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: يَمُنُّونَ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ أَسْلَمُوا قُلْ لا تَمُنُّوا عَلَيَّ إِسْلامَكُمْ بَلِ اللَّهُ يَمُنُّ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ هَداكُمْ لِلْإِيمانِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صادِقِينَ‏ .. أَيْ لَيْسَ هُمْ صَادِقِينَ‏ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ غَيْبَ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ اللَّهُ بَصِيرٌ بِما تَعْمَلُونَ‏.

Therefore, Allahazwj the Exalted Revealed: They think they are conferring a favour upon you if they become Muslims. Say, ‘You professing Islam does not confer a favour upon me, but Allah Confers a Favour upon you if He Guides you to the Eman, if you were truthful [49:17] Surely Allah knows the unseen matters of the skies and the earth; and Allah Sees what you do [49:18]’’.⁶⁹

31- فس‏: عَبَسَ وَ تَوَلَّى أَنْ جاءَهُ الْأَعْمى‏ قَالَ: نَزَلَتْ فِي عُثْمَانَ‏ وَ ابْنِ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ، وَ كَانَ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ مُؤَذِّنَ رَسُولِ‏ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ كَانَ أَعْمَى، وَ جَاءَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ عِنْدَهُ أَصْحَابُهُ وَ عُثْمَانُ‏ عِنْدَهُ، فَقَدَّمَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ، فَعَبَسَ عُثْمَانُ وَجْهَهُ‏ وَ تَوَلَّى عَنْهُ،

Tafseer Al-Qummi - He frowned and turned around [80:1] When the blind man came to him [80:2], he said, ‘It was Revealed regarding Usman and Ibn Umm Maktoum, and a son of Umm Maktoum was a Muezzin of Rasool-Allahsaww, and he was blind, and he came to Rasool-Allahsaww and in hissaww presence were hissaww companions, and Usman was (also) in hissaww presence. Rasool-Allahsaww led him (to sit) higher than Usman. Usman frowned his face and turned away from him.

فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ: عَبَسَ وَ تَوَلَّى‏ يَعْنِي عُثْمَانَ‏ أَنْ جاءَهُ الْأَعْمى‏ وَ ما يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُ يَزَّكَّى‏ .. أَيْ يَكُونُ طَاهِراً أَزْكَى‏ أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ، قَالَ: يُذَكِّرُهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ‏ فَتَنْفَعَهُ الذِّكْرى‏

Allahazwj Revealed: He frowned and turned around [80:1] - Meaning Usman. When the blind man came to him [80:2] And what would make you realise, perhaps he would purify himself? [80:3] – i.e. become clean, pure, Or pay heed [80:4]. Heasws said: ‘Rasool-Allahsaww would remind him, so the Zikr would benefit him? [80:4].

ثُمَّ خَاطَبَ عُثْمَانَ‏ فَقَالَ: أَمَّا مَنِ اسْتَغْنى‏ فَأَنْتَ لَهُ تَصَدَّى‏ قَالَ: أَنْتَ إِذَا جَاءَكَ غَنِيٌّ تَصَدَّى لَهُ‏ وَ تَرْفَعُهُ: وَ ما عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّى .. أَيْ لَا تُبَالِي زَكِيّاً كَانَ أَوْ غَيْرَ زَكِيٍّ إِذَا كَانَ غَنِيّاً

Then Heazwj Addressed Usman, so Heazwj Said: As for one who (thinks he) is needless [80:5] So you face up to him [80:6]. Heasws said: ‘You (Usman), if a rich man comes to you, you address him and appreciate him. And what is upon you if he does not purify? [80:7] - i.e., you (Usman) would not have cared whether he was purified or without purification, if he was rich.

وَ أَمَّا مَنْ جاءَكَ يَسْعى‏ يَعْنِي‏ ابْنَ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ‏ وَ هُوَ يَخْشى‏ فَأَنْتَ عَنْهُ‏ تَلَهَّى‏ .. أَيْ تَلْهُو وَ لَا تَلْتَفِتُ إِلَيْهِ.

And as to one who comes to you striving [80:8] - Meaning Ibn Ami Maktoum. And he is fearing [80:9] So you are distracting yourself away from him [80:10], i.e., you play around, and are not turning towards him’’.

وَ قَدْ رُوِيَ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏ أَنَّهَا نَزَلَتْ فِي رَجُلٍ مِنْ بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ كَانَ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، فَجَاءَ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ، فَلَمَّا رَآهُ تَقَذَّرَ مِنْهُ وَ جَمَعَ نَفْسَهُ وَ عَبَسَ وَ أَعْرَضَ بِوَجْهِهِ عَنْهُ، فَحَكَى اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ ذَلِكَ وَ أَنْكَرَهُ عَلَيْهِ.

It has been reported from Al-Sadiqasws: ‘It was Revealed regarding a man from the clan of Umayya (Usman) who was in the presence of the Prophetsaww. Ibn Ami Maktoum came up. But when he (Usman) saw him as filthy, he frowned his face, and gathered (his clothing around) himself, and turned his face away from him. Allahazwj the Glorious Spoke that about him, and Criticised him upon it’’. ⁷⁰

32- بَ‏: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ ... قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَأَخْرَجَ إِلَيَّ مُصْحَفاً، قَالَ: فَتَصَحَّفْتُهُ‏ فَوَقَعَ‏ بَصَرِي عَلَى مَوْضِعٍ مِنْهُ فَإِذَا فِيهِ مَكْتُوبٌ: هَذِهِ جَهَنَّمُ الَّتِي كُنْتُمَا بِهَا تُكَذِّبَانِ فَاصْلَيَا فِيهَا لَا تَمُوتَانِ فِيهَا وَ لَا تَحْيَيَانِ .. يَعْنِي الْأَوَّلَيْنِ.

(The book) ‘Qurb Al Asnaad’ – Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ibrahim in Abdul Hameed who said,

‘I entered to see Abu Abdullahasws, and heasws brought out a parchment to me. Heasws said: ‘Read it’. My sight fell upon a subject matter from it, and therein was written: ‘This here is hell which you two had been belying, so arrive to it. You two will neither be dying in it nor living’ – meaning the first two (Abu Bakr and Umar)’’.⁷¹ (P.s. – this is in reference to the Verse: This here is Hell which the criminals belied upon [55:43])

33- فس‏: وَ قَرَأَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: هَذِهِ جَهَنَّمُ الَّتِي كُنْتُمَا بِهَا تُكَذِّبَانِ، تَصْلَيَانِهَا لَا تَمُوتَانِ‏ فِيهَا وَ لَا تَحْيَيَانِ، يَعْنِي الْأَوَّلَيْنِ‏.

Tafseer Al-Qummi – And Abu Abdullahasws recited: ‘This here is Hell which you two had been belying. You will arrive to it, neither dying in it nor living’ – meaning the two first ones (Abu Bakr and Umar’’.⁷² (P.s. – this is in reference to the Verse: This here is Hell which the criminals belied upon [55:43])

34- ل‏: ابْنُ الْوَلِيدِ، عَنِ الصَّفَّارِ، عَنِ ابْنِ مَعْرُوفٍ، عَنِ‏ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ، عَنْ حَنَانِ بْنِ سَدِيرٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ أَشَدَّ النَّاسِ عَذَاباً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ لَسَبْعَةُ نَفَرٍ، أَوَّلُهُمُ ابْنُ آدَمَ الَّذِي قَتَلَ أَخَاهُ، وَ نُمْرُودُ الَّذِي حَاجَّ إِبْراهِيمَ فِي رَبِّهِ‏، وَ اثْنَانِ فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ‏ هَوَّدَا قَوْمَهُمْ وَ نَصَّرَاهُمْ، وَ فِرْعَوْنُ الَّذِي قَالَ: أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلى‏، وَ اثْنَانِ فِي‏ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ.

(The book) ‘Al Khisaal’ – Ibn Al Waleed, from Al Saffar, from Ibn Marouf, from Ibn Mahboub, from Hanan Bin Sadeyr who said,

‘It is narrated to me by a man from the companions of Abu Abdullahasws who said, ‘I heard himasws saying: ‘The people of the most severe punishment on the Day of Qiyamah would be seven persons. The first of them is the sonla of Adamas who killed hisla brother; and Nimrodla, who disputed with Ibrahim regarding his Lord [2:258]; and two among the children of Israel having judaised them and christianised them; and Pharaohla who said, ‘I am your lord, the most exalted!’ [79:24]; and the two in this community (Abu Bakr and Umar)’’.⁷³

35- فس‏: وَ لَيْسَتِ التَّوْبَةُ لِلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ السَّيِّئاتِ حَتَّى إِذا حَضَرَ أَحَدَهُمُ الْمَوْتُ قالَ إِنِّي تُبْتُ الْآنَ‏ فَإِنَّهُ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ قَالَ: نَزَلَتْ فِي القرآن زُعْلَانَ‏ تَابَ حَيْثُ لَمْ تَنْفَعْهُ التَّوْبَةُ وَ لَمْ تُقْبَلْ مِنْهُ.

Tafseer Al-Qummi - And there isn’t repentance for those who are committing the evil deeds, until when the death presents itself to one of them, he says, ‘I repent now’, [4:18] – It is narrated to me by my father, from Ibn Fazzal, from Ali Bin Uqba, from Abu Abdullahasws having said: ‘It is Revealed regarding Zo’lan (Abu Bakr and Umar) repenting when the repentance did not benefit him, and not Acceptable from him’’.⁷⁴

36- بَ‏ السِّنْدِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ صَفْوَانَ الْجَمَّالِ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: كَانَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ تُدْعَى: حَسْرَةَ تَغْشَى آلَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ تَحِنُّ، وَ إِنَّ زُفَرَ وَ حَبْتَرَ لَقِيَاهَا ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَقَالا: أَيْنَ تَذْهَبِينَ يَا حَسْرَةُ؟. فَقَالَتْ: أَذْهَبُ إِلَى آلِ‏ مُحَمَّدٍ فَأَقْضِي مِنْ حَقِّهِمْ وَ أُحْدِثُ بِهِمْ عَهْداً،

(The book) ‘Qurb Al Asnaad’ – Al Sindy Bin Muhammad, from Safwan Al Jammal,

‘From Abu Abdullahasws having said: ‘There was a woman called Hasrah who used to hurry to Progeny of Muhammadsaww with affection. One day Zufer (Umar) and Hibter (Abu Bakr) met her and they said, ‘Where are you going, O Hasrah?’ She said, ‘I am going to Progenyasws of Muhammadsaww, so I can fulfil from theirasws rights, and renew a pact with themasws’.

فَقَالا: وَيْلَكِ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ حَقٌّ، إِنَّمَا كَانَ هَذَا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، فَانْصَرَفَتْ حَسْرَةُ وَ لَبِثَتْ‏ أَيَّاماً، ثُمَّ جَاءَتْ، فَقَالَتْ لَهَا أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ- زَوْجَةُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ-: مَا أَبْطَأَ بِكِ عَنَّا يَا حَسْرَةُ؟!.

They said, ‘Woe be unto you! There is no right for themasws. But rather, that was in the era of Rasool-Allahsaww’. Hasrah left and waited for days, then she came. Umm Salamara, wifera of the Prophetsaww, said to her, ‘What delayed you from us, O Hasrah?’

فَقَالَتِ: اسْتَقْبَلَنِي زُفَرُ وَ حَبْتَرٌ فَقَالا: أَيْنَ تَذْهَبِينَ يَا حَسْرَةُ؟! فَقُلْتُ: أَذْهَبُ إِلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ فَأَقْضِي مِنْ حَقِّهِمُ الْوَاجِبَ. فَقَالا: إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ حَقٌّ، إِنَّمَا كَانَ هَذَا عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِ‏ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ.

She said, ‘Zufer (Umar) and Hibter (Abu Bakr) faced me and said, ‘Where are you going O Hasrah?’ I said, ‘I am going to Progenyasws of Muhammadsaww to fulfil from theirasws Obligatory rights’. They said, ‘There aren’t any rights for themasws, but rather this was in the era of Rasool-Allahsaww’.

فَقَالَتْ: أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ: كَذِبَا، لَعَنَهُمَا اللَّهُ‏، لَا يَزَالُ حَقُّهُمْ واجب [وَاجِباً] عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ.

Umm Salamara said, ‘They lied, may Allahazwj Curse them both! Theirasws rights are Obligatory upon the Muslims up to the Day of Qiyamah’’.⁷⁵

37- مَا: الْفَحَّامُ، عَنِ الْمَنْصُورِيِّ، عَنْ عَمِّ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الثَّالِثِ، عَنْ آبَائِهِ، عَنِ الْبَاقِرِ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ. وَ أَيْضاً: الْفَحَّامُ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ عُمَيْرِ بْنِ يَحْيَى‏، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَلْخِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي عَاصِمٍ الضَّحَّاكِ بْنِ مَخْلَدٍ، عَنِ الصَّادِقِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ- أَنَا مِنْ جَانِبٍ وَ عَلِيٌّ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ جَانِبٍ- إِذْ أَقْبَلَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ وَ مَعَهُ رَجُلٌ قَدْ تَلَبَّبَ بِهِ،

(The book) ‘Amaali’ of Sheikh Al Tusi – Al Fahham, from Al Mansuri, from an uncle of his father,

‘From Abu Al-Hassanasws the 3rd, from hisasws forefathersasws, from Al-Baqirasws, from Jabir,

And as well, Al Fahham, from his uncle Umeyr Bin Yahya, from Ibrahim Bin Abdullah Al Balkhi, from Abu Aasim Al Zahaak Bin Makhlad,

‘From Al-Sadiqasws, from hisasws fatherasws, from Jabir Bin Abdullah having said, ‘I was in the presence of the Prophetsaww, I was on one side and Ali Amir Al-Momineenasws on one side, when Umar Bin Al-Khattab came, and with him was a man being confused with him.

فَقَالَ: مَا بَالُهُ؟. قَالَ: حَكَى عَنْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ (ص) أَنَّكَ قُلْتَ: مَنْ قَالَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ، وَ هَذَا إِذَا سَمِعَتْهُ‏ النَّاسُ فَرَّطُوا فِي الْأَعْمَالِ، أَ فَأَنْتَ قُلْتَ ذَلِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ (ص)؟. قَالَ: نَعَمْ، إِذَا تَمَسَّكَ بِمَحَبَّةِ هَذَا وَ وَلَايَتِهِ.

Hesaww said: ‘What is the matter with him?’ He said, ‘He is narrating from yousaww, O Rasool-Allahsaww, that yousaww said: ‘One who says, ‘There is no god except Allahazwj, Muhammadsaww is Rasool-Allahsaww would enter the Paradise’, and this, when the people hear it, they would be lax in the deeds. So, did yousaww say that, O Rasool-Allahsaww?’ Hesaww said: ‘Yes, when you adhere with the love of this one (Aliasws) and hisasws Wilayah’’.⁷⁶

38- شي، تفسير العياشي‏: عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ‏ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ: خَرَجَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ مِنْ عِنْدِ عُثْمَانَ فَلَقِيَ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: يَا عَلِيُّ! بِتْنَا اللَّيْلَةَ فِي أَمْرٍ نَرْجُو أَنْ يُثَبِّتَ اللَّهُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ،

(The books) ‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ (and) ‘Tafseer Al Qummi’ – From Muhammad Bin Salim, from Abu baser who said,

‘Ja’farasws Bin Muhammadasws said: ‘Abdullah Ibn Amro Bin Al-Aas came out from the presence of Usman, so he met Amir Al-Momineenasws, and he said to himasws, ‘O Aliasws! We were in our house tonight regarding a matter (Collection of the Quran). We hope that Allahazwj would Affirm this community’.

فَقَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: لَنْ يَخْفَى عَلَيَّ مَا بَيَّتُّمْ فِيهِ، حَرَّفْتُمْ وَ غَيَّرْتُمْ وَ بَدَّلْتُمْ تِسْعَمِائَةِ حَرْفٍ، ثَلَاثَمِائَةٍ حَرَّفْتُمْ، وَ ثَلَاثَمِائَةٍ غَيَّرْتُمْ، وَ ثَلَاثَمِائَةٍ بَدَّلْتُمْ: فَوَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ يَكْتُبُونَ الْكِتابَ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ ثُمَّ يَقُولُونَ هذا مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ‏ .. إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ.

Amir Al-Momineenasws said: ‘It will never be hidden upon measws regarding what you spent the night. You altered, and changed, and replaced nine hundred sentences – three hundred you altered, and three hundred you changed, and three hundred you replaced So woe be unto those who are writing the Book with their own hands, then they are saying, ‘This is from the Presence of Allahazwj’ [2:79]’ – up to the end of the Verse’’.⁷⁷

39- مَعَ‏: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ الزَّنْجَانِيُّ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدٍ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ سَلَّامٍ رَفَعَهُ‏ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَالَ: أَتَى عُمَرُ رَسُولَ‏ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَقَالَ: إِنَّا نَسْمَعُ أَحَادِيثَ مِنْ يَهُودَ تُعْجِبُنَا، فَتَرَى أَنْ نَكْتُبَ بَعْضَهَا؟.

(The book) ‘Ma’ani Al Akhbar’ – Muhammad Bin Haroun Al Zanjani, from Ali Bin Abdul Aziz, from Abu Ubeyd Al Qasim Bin Sallam,

‘Raising it to the Prophetsaww having said: ‘Umar came to Rasool-Allahsaww and said, ‘We hear Ahadeeth from Jews which fascinate us. Do yousaww view that we should write some of these?’

فَقَالَ: أَ مُتَهَوِّكُونَ أَنْتُمْ‏ كَمَا تَهَوَّكَتِ الْيَهُودُ وَ النَّصَارَى؟! لَقَدْ جِئْتُكُمْ بِهَا بَيْضَاءَ نَقِيَّةً، وَ لَوْ كَانَ مُوسَى حَيّاً مَا وَسِعَهُ إِلَّا اتِّبَاعِي.

Hesaww said: ‘Do you want to be confused just as the Jews and Christians are confused?! Isaww have come to you with what is white (clear), pure, and even if Musaas was alive, there would been no leeway for himas except to follow mesaww’’.

وَ فِي حَدِيثٍ آخَرَ: إِنَّ عُمَرَ أَتَاهُ بِصَحِيفَةٍ أَخَذَهَا مِنْ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ، فَغَضِبَ، فَقَالَ: أَ مُتَهَوِّكُونَ فِيهَا يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ؟!.

And in another Hadeeth, ‘Umar came to himsaww with a parchment he had taken from one of the people of the Book. Hesaww got angry and said: ‘Are you confused in it (Religion), O Ibn Al-Khattab?!’’ ⁷⁸

40- مَعَ‏: الْمُكَتِّبُ، عَنِ الْأَسَدِيِّ، عَنِ الْبَرْمَكِيِّ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمَرْوَزِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: إِذَا ظَلَمَتِ الْعُيُونُ الْعَيْنَ كَانَ قَتْلُ الْعَيْنِ عَلَى يَدِ الرَّابِعِ مِنَ الْعُيُونِ، فَإِذَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ اسْتَحَقَّ الْخَاذِلُ لَهُ‏ لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ‏ وَ الْمَلائِكَةِ وَ النَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ‏

(The book) ‘Ma’ani Al Akhbar’ – Al Mukattib, from Al Asady, from Al Barmakky, from Ja’far Bin Abdullah Al Marouzy, from his father, from ismail Bin Al Fazl, from his father, from Ibn Jubeyr, from Ibn Abbas who said,

‘When the (letter) ‘Ayns’ oppress an ‘Ayn’, the killing of the ‘Ayn’ would occur upon the hands of the fourth from the ‘Ayns’. So, when that happens, the forsaker would be deserving of the Curse of Allahazwj and the Angels and the people altogether’.

فَقِيلَ لَهُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! مَا الْعَيْنُ وَ الْعُيُونُ؟. فَقَالَ: أَمَّا الْعَيْنُ، فَأَخِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، وَ أَمَّا الْعُيُونُ فَأَعْدَاؤُهُ، رَابِعُهُمْ قَاتِلُهُ ظُلْماً وَ عُدْوَاناً.

It was said to himsaww, ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! What is the ‘Ayn’ and the ‘Ayns’?’ Hesaww said: ‘As for the ‘Ayn’, it is mysaww brother Ali Bin Abu Talibasws, and as for the ‘Ayns’, they are hisasws enemies. Their fourth would kill himasws unjustly and aggressively’’.⁷⁹

41- مَعَ‏: ابْنُ مُوسَى، عَنِ الْأَسَدِيِّ، عَنْ سَهْلٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَظِيمِ الْحَسَنِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الثَّانِي، عَنْ آبَائِهِ، عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: إِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ السَّمْعِ، وَ إِنَّ عُمَرَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْبَصَرِ، وَ إِنَّ عُثْمَانَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْفُؤَادِ.

(The book) ‘Ma’ani Al Akhbar’ – Ibn Musa, from Al Asadi, from Sahl, from Abdul Azeem Al Hasany,

‘From Abu Ja’farasws the 2nd, for hisasws forefathersasws, from Al-Husaynasws Bin Aliasws having said: ‘Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘Abu Bakr is from mesaww at the status of the hearing, and Umar is from mesaww at the status of the sight, and that Usman is from mesaww at the status of the heart’.

قَالَ‏: فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ الْغَدِ دَخَلْتُ إِلَيْهِ وَ عِنْدَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَ عُمَرُ وَ عُثْمَانُ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: يَا أَبَتِ‏! سَمِعْتُكَ تَقُولُ فِي أَصْحَابِكَ هَؤُلَاءِ قَوْلًا، فَمَا هُوَ؟.

Heasws said: ‘When it was the next morning, Iasws entered to see himsaww, and in hissaww presence were Amir Al-Momineenasws, and Abu Bakr, and Umar, and Usman. Iasws said to himsaww: ‘O (grand) fathersaww! Iasws heard yousaww saying words regarding these companions of yourssaww, so what is it?’

فَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ السَّلَامُ: نَعَمْ، ثُمَّ أَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ إِلَيْهِمْ، فَقَالَ: هُمُ السَّمْعُ وَ الْبَصَرُ وَ الْفُؤَادُ، وَ سَيُسْأَلُوَن عَنْ وَلَايَةِ وَصِيِّي هَذَا- وَ أَشَارَ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ-، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى‏ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ السَّمْعَ وَ الْبَصَرَ وَ الْفُؤادَ كُلُّ أُولئِكَ كانَ عَنْهُ مَسْؤُلًا،

Hesaww said: ‘Yes, then gestured by hissaww hand towards them: ‘They are the hearing, and the sight, and the heart, and they are asking about the Wilayah of this successorasws of minesaww’ – and gestured towards Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws, then said: ‘Allahazwj Blessed and Exalted Says: Surely the ears, and the eyes, and the heart, each of these would be Questioned about it [17:36].

ثُمَّ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ السَّلَامُ: وَ عَزَّةِ رَبِّي إِنَّ جَمِيعَ أُمَّتِي لَمَوْقُوفُونَ يَوْمَ‏ الْقِيَامَةِ وَ مَسْئُولُونَ عَنْ وَلَايَتِهِ، وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: وَ قِفُوهُمْ إِنَّهُمْ مَسْؤُلُونَ‏.

Then hesaww said: ‘By the Might of mysaww Lordazwj! The entirety of mysaww community will be paused on the Day of Qiyamah and be Questioned about hisasws Wilayah, and that is the Word of Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic: And stop them! They have to be Questioned [37:24]’’.⁸⁰

42- مَعَ‏: ابْنُ مُوسَى، عَنِ الْأَسَدِيِّ، عَنِ النَّخَعِيِّ، عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَمَّا رُوِيَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: إِنَّ وَلَدَ الزِّنَا شَرُّ الثَّلَاثَةِ، مَا مَعْنَاهُ؟. قَالَ: عَنَى بِهِ الْأَوْسَطَ، أَنَّهُ شَرٌّ مِمَّنْ تَقَدَّمَهُ وَ مِمَّنْ تَلَاهُ.

(The book) ‘Ma’ani Al Akhbaar’ – Ibn Musa, from Al Asadi, from Al Nakhaie, from Al Nowfaly, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Abu Baseer who said,

‘I asked himasws about what is being reported from the Prophetsaww that hesaww said: ‘The son of adultery (bastard) is the evilest of the three’, what is its meaning?’ Heasws said: ‘Hesaww meant by it the middle one (Umar). He was eviler than the one who preceded him (Abu Bakr), and the one who followed him (Usman)’’.⁸¹

43- يَرَ: أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ، عَنْ رَبِيعِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ‏، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ: نَسِيتَ تَسْلِيمَكَ لِعَلِيٍ‏ بِإِمْرَةِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِأَمْرٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ؟. فَقَالَ لَهُ‏: قَدْ كَانَ ذَاكَ.

(The book) ‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin al Hakam, from Rabie Bin Muhammad, from Abdullah Bin Suleyman,

‘From Abu Ja’farasws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineenasws said to Abu Bakr: ‘You have forgotten your greeting to measws as ‘Amir Al-Momineen’ by a Command from Allahazwj and Hisazwj Rasoolsaww?’ He said, ‘That has happened’.

فَقَالَ لَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: أَ تَرْضَى بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ‏ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَكَ؟. قَالَ: وَ أَيْنَ هُوَ؟. قَالَ: فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ إِلَى مَسْجِدِ قُبَا، فَدَخَلَا، فَوَجَدَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ يُصَلِّي، فَجَلَسَا حَتَّى فَرَغَ. فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ سَلِّمْ لِعَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ مَا تَوَكَّدْتَهُ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ مِنْ رَسُولِهِ.

Amir Al-Momineenasws said to him: ‘Will you agree with Rasool-Allahsaww (to be a judge) between measws and you?’ He said, ‘And where is hesaww?’ Heasws grabbed his hand, then went to Masjid Quba, and they entered and found Rasool-Allahazwj seated. When hesaww was free, hesaww said: ‘O Abu Bakr! Greet to Aliasws what you had been emphasised with, from Allahazwj and from Hisazwj Rasoolsaww’.

قَالَ: فَرَجَعَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَصَعِدَ الْمِنْبَرَ فَقَالَ: مَنْ يَأْخُذُهَا بِمَا فِيهَا. فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: مَنْ جُدِعَ‏ أَنْفُهُ. قَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ- وَ خَلَا بِهِ-: وَ مَا دَعَاكَ‏ إِلَى هَذَا؟. قَالَ: إِنَّ عَلِيّاً ذَهَبَ إِلَى مَسْجِدِ قُبَا فَإِذَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّي فَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أُسَلِّمَ الْأَمْرَ إِلَيْهِ. فَقَالَ: سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ! أَ مَا تَعْرِفُ سِحْرَ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ!.

Heasws said: ‘Abu Bakr returned and ascended the pulpit. He said, ‘Who will take it with whatever is in it?’ Aliasws said: ‘One whose nose is cut’. Umar said to him, ‘You are vacating it, and what called you to this?’ He said, ‘Aliasws went to Masjid Quba and there was Rasool-Allahsaww was standing, praying Salat. Hesaww ordered me to submit the command to himasws’. He said, ‘Glory be to Allahazwj, O Abu Bakr! Don’t you recognise the sorcery of the Clan of Hashimas?’’⁸²

44- ج‏: سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْقُمِّيُّ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ، قَالَ: بُلِيتُ بِأَشَدِّ النَّوَاصِبِ مُنَازَعَةً، فَقَالَ لِي يَوْماً- بَعْدَ مَا نَاظَرْتُهُ-: تَبّاً لَكَ وَ لِأَصْحَابِكَ، أَنْتُمْ مَعَاشِرَ الرَّوَافِضِ تَقْصِدُونَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَ الْأَنْصَارَ بِالطَّعْنِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ الْجُحُودِ لِمَحَبَّةِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ لَهُمْ، فَالصِّدِّيقُ هُوَ فَوْقَ الصَّحَابَةِ بِسَبَبِ سَبْقِ الْإِسْلَامِ،

(The book) ‘Al Ihtijaj’ – Sa’d Bin Abdullah Al Qummi Al Ash’ary who said.

‘I was tried with the severest of the disputed of the Nasibis (Hostile one). One day he said to me, after having debated me, ‘May you and your companions perish! You are a community of rejecters aiming at the Emigrants and the Helpers by accusations upon them, and the rejection of Muhammadsaww the Prophetsaww to them. The truthful (Abu Bakr), he was above the companions by a reason of precedence in Al-Islam.

أَ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ إِنَّمَا ذَهَبَ بِهِ لَيْلَةَ الْغَارِ لِأَنَّهُ خَافَ عَلَيْهِ كَمَا خَافَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ، وَ لِمَا عَلِمَ أَنَّهُ يَكُونُ الْخَلِيفَةَ فِي أُمَّتِهِ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَصُونَ نَفْسَهُ كَمَا يَصُونُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ خَاصَّةَ نَفْسِهِ، كَيْلَا يَخْتَلَّ حَالُ الدِّينِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ، وَ يَكُونَ الْإِسْلَامُ مُنْتَظِماً،

Don’t you know that Rasool-Allahsaww rather went with him on the night of the cave (Emigration) because hesaww feared upon him just as hesaww feared upon himself? And when hesaww knew he would become the caliph in his community, hesaww wanted that him to protect himself just as hesaww protected himselfsaww, lest the state of Religion be disrupted from after himsaww, there should happen to be a system for Al-Islam.

وَ قَدْ أَقَامَ عَلِيّاً عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ لِمَا كَانَ فِي عِلْمِهِ أَنَّهُ لَوْ قُتِلَ لَا يَخْتَلُّ الْإِسْلَامُ بِقَتْلِهِ، لِأَنَّهُ يَكُونُ مِنَ الصَّحَابَةِ مَنْ يَقُومُ مَقَامَهُ، لَا جَرَمَ لَمْ يُبَالِ مِنْ قَتْلِهِ.

And hesaww told Aliasws to stay upon hissaww bed due to what was in hissaww knowledge (that if) heasws was killed, Al-Islam would not be disrupted by hisasws being killed, because the one to stand in hissaww place would happen to be from hissaww companions. There is no doubt hesaww did not care of himasws being murdered’.

قَالَ سَعْدٌ: إِنِّي قَدْ قُلْتُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ أَجْوِبَةً لَكِنَّهَا غَيْرُ مُسْكِتَةٍ.

Sa’ad said, ‘I have already said answers upon that, but these are without silence’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَعَاشِرَ الرَّوَافِضِ تَقُولُونَ: إِنَّ الْأَوَّلَ وَ الثَّانِيَ كَانَا يُنَافِقَانِ، وَ تَسْتَدِلُّونَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ بِلَيْلَةِ الْعَقَبَةِ؟

Then he said, ‘O community of the rejecters! You are saying that the first (Abu Bakr) and the second (Umar) were both hypocrites, and you are providing evidence upon that with (events) on the night of Aqaba?’

ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي‏: أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ إِسْلَامِهِمَا كَانَ عَنْ طَوْعٍ‏ وَ رَغْبَةٍ أَوْ كَانَ عَنْ إِكْرَاهٍ وَ إِجْبَارٍ؟.

Then he said to me, ‘Inform me about their Islam, was it willingly and desiring, or was it from coercion and compulsion?

فَاحْتَرَزْتُ عَنْ جَوَابِ ذَلِكَ وَ قُلْتُ مَعَ نَفْسِي إِنْ كُنْتُ أُجِيبُهُ‏ بِأَنَّهُ كَانَ عَنْ طَوْعٍ فَيَقُولُ: لَا يَكُونُ عَلَى هَذَا الْوَجْهِ إِيمَانُهُمَا عَنْ نِفَاقٍ، وَ إِنْ قُلْتُ كَانَ عَلَى إِكْرَاهٍ وَ إِجْبَارٍ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ لِلْإِسْلَامِ قُوَّةٌ حَتَّى يَكُونَ إِسْلَامُهُمَا بِإِكْرَاهٍ وَ قَهْرٍ،

I was cautious from answering that, and I said within myself, ‘If I were to answer him that it was willingly, this would not happen to be a face of hypocrisy of the belief, and if I were to say it was upon coercion and compulsion, there did not happen to be any strength for Al-Islam during that time until their Islam would happen by coercion and compulsion’.

فَرَجَعْتُ عَنْ هَذَا الْخَصْمِ عَلَى حَالٍ يُقْطَعُ‏ كَبِدِي، فَأَخَذْتُ طُومَاراً وَ كَتَبْتُ بِضْعاً وَ أَرْبَعِينَ مَسْأَلَةً مِنَ الْمَسَائِلِ‏ الْغَامِضَةِ الَّتِي لَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدِي جَوَابُهَا، وَ قُلْتُ‏: أَدْفَعُهَا إِلَى صَاحِبِ مَوْلَايَ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَسَنِ‏ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ الَّذِي كَانَ فِي قُمَّ، أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ،

I withdrew from this debate upon a state of my liver having been cut (metaphorically), and I took a scroll and wrote some forty questions, from the mysterious question which there did not happen to be their answers with me, and I said, ‘I shall hand it over to a companions of my Masterasws Abu Muhammad Al-Hassanasws Bin Aliasws, the one who was in Qum, Ahmad Bin Is’haq.

فَلَمَّا طَلَبْتُهُ كَانَ هُوَ قَدْ ذَهَبَ، فَمَشَيْتُ عَلَى أَثَرِهِ فَأَدْرَكْتُهُ، وَ قُلْتُ الْحَالَ مَعَهُ، فَقَالَ لِي: تَجِي‏ءُ مَعِي إِلَى سُرَّ مَنْ رَأَى حَتَّى تَسْأَلَ‏ عَنْ هَذِهِ الْمَسَائِلِ مَوْلَانَا الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ، فَذَهَبْتُ مَعَهُ إِلَى سُرَّ مَنْ رَأَى،

When I sought him, it so happened that he had gone, so I walked upon his footsteps and caught up with him, and I told him the situation. He said to me, ‘Come with me to Sur Man Rayy until you ask our Masterasws Al-Hassanasws Bin Aliasws about these issues’. So, I went with him to Sur Man Rayy.

ثُمَّ جِئْنَا إِلَى بَابِ دَارِ مَوْلَانَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَاسْتَأْذَنَّا بِالدُّخُولِ‏ عَلَيْهِ فَأَذِنَ لَنَا، فَدَخَلْنَا الدَّارَ وَ كَانَ مَعَ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ جِرَابٌ قَدْ سَتَرَهُ بِكِسَاءٍ طَبَرِيٍّ، وَ كَانَ فِيهِ مِائَةٌ وَ سِتُّونَ صُرَّةً مِنَ الذَّهَبِ وَ الْوَرِقِ، عَلَى كُلِّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْهَا خَاتَمُ صَاحِبِهِا الَّذِي دَفَعَهَا إِلَيْهِ،

Then we came to the door of our Masterasws. We sought permission for the entry to see himasws. Heasws permitted for us. We entered the house and there was a pouch with Ahmad Bin Is’haq he had concealed with his robe, and in it were one hundred and sixty bundles of gold and silver, upon each one of them was a seal of its owner which he handed it over to himasws.

وَ لَمَّا دَخَلْنَا وَ وَقَعَ أَعْيُنُنَا عَلَى وَجْهِ‏ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ كَانَ وَجْهُهُ كَالْقَمَرِ لَيْلَةَ الْبَدْرِ، وَ قَدْ رَأَيْنَا عَلَى فَخِذِهِ غُلَاماً يُشْبِهُ الْمُشْتَرِيَ فِي الْحُسْنِ وَ الْجَمَالِ. ..

And when we entered and our eyes fell of Abu Muhammad Al-Hassanasws Bin Aliasws, hisasws face was like the moon on the night of the full moon, and we saw a boy (sitting) upon hisasws thigh resembling the Saturn in beauty and majesty.

فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ عَنْ مَسَائِلَ فَقَالَ: سَلْ‏ قُرَّةَ عَيْنِي- وَ أَوْمَأَ إِلَى الْغُلَامِ- عَمَّا بَدَا لَكَ، فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ مَسَائِلَ فَأَجَابَنِي‏.

I wanted to ask himasws about the issues. Heasws said: ‘Ask the delight of myasws eyes’ – and heasws gestured towards the boy. ‘About whatever comes to you’. I asked himasws about the issues and heasws answered me.

ثُمَّ قَالَ مُبْتَدِئاً: يَا سَعْدُ! إِنَّ مَنِ ادَّعَى أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ- وَ هُوَ خَصْمُكَ- ذَهَبَ بِمُخْتَارِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ مَعَ نَفْسِهِ إِلَى الْغَارِ، فَإِنَّهُ خَافَ عَلَيْهِ كَمَا خَافَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ، لِمَا عَلِمَ أَنَّهُ الْخَلِيفَةُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ عَلَى أُمَّتِهِ، لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ مِنْ حُكْمِ الِاخْتِفَاءِ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ بِغَيْرِهِ مَعَهُ،

Then heasws said initiating: ‘O Sa’ad! One who claims that the Prophetsaww – and he is debating you – went with the choice of this community with himselfsaww to the cave, and hesaww feared upon him just as hesaww had feared upon himselfsaww, when hesaww knew that he would be caliph from after himsaww upon hissaww community, because it did not happen to be from the decision of concealment that hesaww should go with someone else with himsaww.

وَ إِنَّمَا أَنَامَ‏ عَلِيّاً عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَى مَبِيتِهِ لِأَنَّهُ عَلِمَ أَنَّهُ إِنْ قُتِلَ لَا يَكُونَ مِنَ الْخَلَلِ بِقَتْلِهِ مَا يَكُونُ بِقَتْلِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، لِأَنَّهُ يَكُونُ لِعَلِيٍّ مَنْ يَقُومُ مَقَامَهُ فِي الْأُمُورِ،

And rather, hesaww made Aliasws sleep upon hissaww sleeping place because hesaww knew that if heasws were to be killed, there would not happen to be any interference due to himasws being killed what would happen by the killing of Abu Bakr, because there would happen to be for Aliasws, one who would be standing in hissaww place regarding the affairs.

أَ لَمْ تَنْقُضْ عَلَيْهِ بِقَوْلِكَ: أَ وَ لَسْتُمْ تَقُولُونَ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ قَالَ: إِنَّ الْخِلَافَةَ مِنْ بَعْدِي ثَلَاثُونَ سَنَةً؟! وَ صَيَّرَهَا مَوْقُوفَةً عَلَى أَعْمَارِ هَذِهِ‏ الْأَرْبَعَةِ، أَبِي بَكْرٍ، وَ عُمَرَ، وَ عُثْمَانَ، وَ عَلِيٍّ .. فَإِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا عَلَى مَذْهَبِكُمْ خُلَفَاءَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ؟

Did you not break upon him with your words, ‘Or aren’t you saying that the Prophetsaww said: ‘The caliphate from after mesaww would be for thirty years?! And it will come to a stop upon the rule of these four – Abu Bakr, and Umar, and Usman, and Aliasws, so they are upon your doctrine, caliphs of Rasool-Allahsaww?’

فَإِنَّ خَصْمَكَ لَمْ يَجِدْ بُدّاً مِنْ قَوْلِهِ: بَلَى. ثُمَّ قُلْتَ:: فَإِذَا كَانَ الْأَمْرُ كَذَلِكَ فَلَمَّا كَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْخَلِيفَةَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ كَانَ هَذِهِ الثَّلَاثَةُ خُلَفَاءَ أُمَّتِهِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ؟ فَلِمَ ذَهَبَ بِخَلِيفَةٍ وَحْدَهُ‏- وَ هُوَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ- إِلَى الْغَارِ وَ لَمْ يَذْهَبْ بِهَذِهِ الثَّلَاثَةِ،

So, if he were to debate you, not finding an escape from his word, ‘Yes’. Then said, ‘So, when the matter was like that, when Abu Bakr was going to be the caliph from after himsaww, and these three would be the caliphs of hissaww community from after him, why did hesaww go with one caliph – and he was Abu Bakr – to the cave, and did not go with these three?

فَعَلَى هَذَا الْأَسَاسِ يَكُونُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مُسْتَخِفّاً بِهِمْ دُونَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، فَإِنَّهُ يَجِبُ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَفْعَلَ‏ مَا فَعَلَ بِأَبِي بَكْرٍ، فَلَمَّا لَمْ يَفْعَلْ ذَلِكَ بِهِمْ يَكُونُ مُتَهَاوِناً بِحُقُوقِهِمْ، وَ تَارِكاً لِلشَّفَقَةِ عَلَيْهِمْ بَعْدَ أَنْ كَانَ يَجِبُ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَفْعَلَ بِهِمْ‏ جَمِيعاً عَلَى تَرْتِيبِ خِلَافَتِهِمْ مَا فَعَلَ بِأَبِي بَكْرٍ.

So, upon this is the foundation that the Prophetsaww happened to be fearful with them besides Abu Bakr, so it obligated upon himsaww hesaww does (with them) what he had done with Abu Bakr. When hesaww did not do that with them, hesaww became complacent with their rights, and a neglecter of the compassionate upon them after that it was obligated upon himsaww and hesaww does with them all upon the sequence of their caliphate, what hesaww had done with Abu Bakr.

وَ أَمَّا مَا قَالَ لَكَ الْخَصْمُ: بِأَنَّهُمَا أَسْلَمَا طَوْعاً أَوْ كَرْهاً لِمَ‏ لَمْ تَقُلْ بَلْ إِنَّهُمَا أَسْلَمَا طَمَعاً، وَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّهُمَا يُخَالِطَانِ مَعَ الْيَهُودِ وَ يُخْبَرَانِ‏ بِخُرُوجِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ اسْتِيلَائِهِ عَلَى الْعَرَبِ مِنَ التَّوْرَاةِ وَ الْكُتُبِ الْمُتَقَدِّمَةِ وَ مَلَاحِمِ قِصَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ‏ السَّلَامُ،

And as for what the debater had said to you, whether they (Abu Bakr and Umar) had become Muslims willingly or unwillingly, why did you not say, ‘But they became Muslims out of greed, and they were both mingling with the Jews and informing with the appearance of Muhammadsaww and hissaww takeover upon the Arabs from the Torah and the preceding Books and epic stories of Muhammadsaww.

وَ يَقُولُونَ لَهُمَا: يَكُونُ اسْتِيلَاؤُهُ عَلَى الْعَرَبِ كَاسْتِيلَاءِ بُخْتَنَصَّرَ عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ يَدَّعِي النُّبُوَّةَ وَ لَا يَكُونُ مِنَ النُّبُوَّةِ فِي شَيْ‏ءٍ،

And they (Jews) were saying to them both, ‘Hissaww takeover upon the Arabs would happen like the takeover of Bakht Nasr over the children of Israel, except that he claimed the Prophet-hood and did not happen to have anything from the Prophet-hood.

فَلَمَّا ظَهَرَ أَمْرُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ تَسَاعَدَا مَعَهُ عَلَى شَهَادَةِ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ طَمَعاً أَنْ يَجِدَا مِنْ جِهَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَلَايَةَ بَلَدٍ إِذَا انْتَظَمَ أَمْرُهُ وَ حَسُنَ حَالُهُ‏، وَ اسْتَقَامَتْ وَلَايَتُهُ،

When the matter of Rasool-Allahsaww appeared, they both assisted upon the testimony that there is no god except Allahazwj and that Muhammadsaww is Rasool-Allahsaww out of greed that they would find from the aspect of Rasool-Allahsaww, governance of a city, when hissaww command would be organised and hissaww situation would be good, and hissaww governance is established.

فَلَمَّا أَيِسَا مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَافَقَا مَعَ أَمْثَالِهِمَا لَيْلَةَ الْعَقَبَةِ، وَ تَلَثَّمَا مِثْلَ مَنْ تَلَثَّمَ مِنْهُمْ، وَ نَفَرُوا بِدَابَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ لِتُسْقِطَهُ وَ يَسِيرَ هَالِكاً بِسُقُوطِهِ بَعْدَ أَنْ صَعِدَا الْعَقَبَةَ فِيمَنْ صَعِدَ،

When they despaired from that, they stood along with their likes on the night of Al-Aqaba, and they both disguised themselves along the ones from them had disguised, and they frightened the animal of Rasool-Allahsaww in order to make it fall down and hesaww would be perished by hissaww falling after hesaww had ascended Al-Aqaba, among the ones who had ascended.

فَحَفِظَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى نَبِيَّهُ مِنْ كَيْدِهِمْ وَ لَمْ يَقْدِرُوا أَنْ يَفْعَلُوا شَيْئاً، وَ كَانَ حَالُهُمَا كَحَالِ طَلْحَةَ وَ الزُّبَيْرِ إِذْ جَاءَا عَلِيّاً عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَ بَايَعَا طَمَعاً أَنْ يَكُونَ‏ لِكُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا وَلَايَةٌ، فَلَمَّا لَمْ يَكُنْ‏ وَ أَيِسَا مِنَ الْوَلَايَةِ نَكَثَا بَيْعَتَهُ وَ خَرَجَا عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى آلَ أَمْرُ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا إِلَى مَا يَئُولُ أَمْرُ مَنْ يَنْكُثُ الْعُهُودَ وَ الْمَوَاثِيقَ.

But, Allahazwj the Exalted Protected Hisazwj Prophetsaww from their plot and they were not able upon doing anything, and their (Abu Bakr and Umar) state was like the state of Talha and Al-Zubeyr, when they both came to Aliasws and pledged allegiance willingly that there would be governance for each one of them. When it did not happen, and they both despaired from the governance, they broke hisasws allegiance and came out against himasws until the matter of each one of them turned to what turn the matter of the one who breaks the pacts and the covenants’’.⁸³

45- فس‏: أَبِي، عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ، عَنْ‏ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: مَا بَعَثَ اللَّهُ رَسُولًا إِلَّا وَ فِي وَقْتِهِ شَيْطَانَانِ يُؤْذِيَانِهِ وَ يَفْتِنَانِهِ وَ يُضِلَّانِ النَّاسَ بَعْدَهُ‏،

Tafseer Al Qummi – My father, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza,

‘From Abu Abdullahasws having said: ‘Allahazwj did not Send any Prophetsaww except and in hisas time period were two satansla hurting himsaww and afflicting himas and straying the people after himas.

فَأَمَّا الْخَمْسَةُ أُولُوا الْعَزْمِ مِنَ الرُّسُلِ‏، نُوحٌ، وَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ، وَ مُوسَى، وَ عِيسَى، وَ مُحَمَّدٌ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ‏، وَ أَمَّا صَاحِبَا نُوحٍ، فقيطيفوس‏ وَ خرام، وَ أَمَّا صَاحِبَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ، فمكيل‏ وَ رذام‏، وَ أَمَّا صَاحِبَا مُوسَى، فَالسَّامِرِيُّ وَ مرعقيبا،

As for the five determined ones (Ul Al-Azam) from the Rasoolsas – Noahas, and Ibrahimas, and Musaas, and Isaas and Muhammadsaww – as for the two companions (satansla) of Noahas, they were Qyteyfus and Kharam; and as for the two companions (satansla) of Ibrahimas, they were Makeel and Razaam; and as for the two companions (satansla) of Musaas, it is the Samirila and Mar’aqiya;

وَ أَمَّا صَاحِبَا عِيسَى، فمولس‏ وَ مريسان‏، وَ أَمَّا صَاحِبَا مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، فَحَبْتَرٌ وَ زُرَيْقٌ.

And as for the two companions (satansla) of Isaas, Mowlis (Paul) and Mareysa, and as for the two companions (satansla) of Muhammadsaww, it is Hibter (Abu Bakr) and Zurayq (Umar)’’.

وَ رَوَاهُ فِي مَوْضِعٍ آخَرَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ، عَنْ بَعْضِ رِجَالِهِ، عَنْهُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏ مِثْلَهُ.

And it is reported in another place from his father, from Al Husayn, from one of his men, from himasws – similar to it.⁸⁴

46- يَرَ: ابْنُ يَزِيدَ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ، عَنْ بُرَيْدٍ الْعِجْلِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏ فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى: أَ لَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا نَصِيباً مِنَ الْكِتابِ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْجِبْتِ وَ الطَّاغُوتِ‏ فُلَانٍ وَ فُلَانٍ،

(The book) ‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Ibn Yazeed, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Ibn Uzina, from Bureyd Al Ijaly,

‘From Abu Ja’farasws regarding Words of Allahazwj Blessed and Exalted: Have you not seen those Given a portion of the Book? They are believing in the false god and the tyrant [4:51]: ‘So and so, and so and so (Abu Bakr and Umar).

وَ يَقُولُونَ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا هؤُلاءِ أَهْدى‏ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا سَبِيلًا لِأَئِمَّةِ الضَّلَالِ وَ الدُّعَاةِ إِلَى النَّارِ، هَؤُلَاءِ أَهْدَى مِنْ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَوْلِيَائِهِمْ سَبِيلًا،

and they are saying to those who are committing Kufr, ‘They are more guided of the way than those who are believing’. [4:51]. They are saying for the leaders of misguidance and the callers to the Fire, ‘They are better guides than the Progenyasws of Muhammadsaww and theirasws friends, of the way.

أُولئِكَ الَّذِينَ لَعَنَهُمُ اللَّهُ وَ مَنْ يَلْعَنِ اللَّهُ فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لَهُ نَصِيراً أَمْ لَهُمْ نَصِيبٌ مِنَ الْمُلْكِ‏- يَعْنِي الْإِمَامَةَ وَ الْخِلَافَةَ- فَإِذاً لا يُؤْتُونَ النَّاسَ نَقِيراً نَحْنُ النَّاسُ الَّذِي عَنَى اللَّهُ‏.

They are those whom Allah has Cursed; and the one whom Allah Curses, so you will never find there being a helper for him [4:52]. Or is there for them a share in the Kingdom? – meaning the Imamasws (Imamate) and the Caliphate. (If) So, they would not be giving the people (even) the speck of the date stone [4:53] – about the people, those whom Allahazwj Meant (Imamsasws)’’.⁸⁵

47- ثو: أَبِي، عَنْ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عِيسَى، عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ، عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَائِذٍ، عَنْ أَبِي خَدِيجَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: يُؤْتَى يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بِإِبْلِيسَ لَعَنَهُ‏ اللَّهُ مَعَ مُضِلِ‏ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ فِي زِمَامَيْنِ غِلَظُهُمَا مِثْلُ جَبَلِ أُحُدٍ فَيُسْحَبَانِ عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمَا فَيُسَدُّ بِهِمَا بَابٌ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ النَّارِ.

(The book) ‘Sawaab Al Amaal’ – My father, from Sa’ad, from Abu Isa, from al Washa, from Ahmad Bin Aaiz, from Abu Khadeeha,

‘From Abu Abdullahasws having said: ‘They will come with Ibleesla, may Allahazwj Curse himla along with the (two) strayed ones (Abu Bakr and Umar) of this community in two thick chains like the mountain of Ohad, and they would be dragged upon their faces and a door from the door of the Fire would be filled with both of them’’.⁸⁶

48- ثو: أَبِي، عَنْ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الْجَارُودِ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: أَخْبِرْنِي بِأَوَّلِ مَنْ يَدْخُلُ النَّارَ؟. قَالَ: إِبْلِيسُ وَ رَجُلٌ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَ رَجُلٌ‏ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ.

(The book) ‘Sawaab Al Amaal’ – From Sa’ad, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Rahman, and Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Abu Al Jaroud who said,

‘I said to Abu Ja’farasws, ‘Inform me of the first one to enter the Fire?’ Heasws said: ‘Ibleesla and there will made to be with himla, a man (Abu Bakr) on his right and a man on hisla left (Umar)’’.⁸⁷

49- ثو: ابْنُ الْمُتَوَكِّلِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَطَّارِ، عَنِ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ، عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بَكْرٍ الْأَرَّجَانِيِّ، قَالَ: صَحِبْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فِي طَرِيقِ مَكَّةَ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ، فَنَزَلَ مَنْزِلًا يُقَالُ لَهُ: عُسْفَانَ‏ ثُمَّ مَرَرْنَا بِجَبَلٍ أَسْوَدَ- عَلَى يَسَارِ الطَّرِيقِ- وَحْشٍ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ (ص)! مَا أَوْحَشَ هَذَا الْجَبَلَ؟! مَا رَأَيْتُ فِي الطَّرِيقِ جَبَلًا مِثْلَهُ؟!.

(The book) ‘Sawaab al Amaal’ – From Muhammad Al Attar, from Al Ashary, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from his father, from Abdullah Bin al Mugheira, from Abdullah Bin Abdul Rahman, from Abdullah Bin Bakr Al Arjany who said,

‘I accompanied Abu Abdullahasws in a road of Makkah from Al-Medina. Heasws descended at a station called Usfan. Then we passed by a black and deserted mountain, on the right of the road. I said, ‘O son of Rasool-Allahsaww! How deserted is this mountain! I have not seen any mountain like this in the road’.

فَقَالَ: يَا ابْنَ بَكْرٍ! أَ تَدْرِي أَيُّ جَبَلٍ هَذَا؟ هَذَا جَبَلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ: الْكَمَدُ، وَ هُوَ عَلَى وَادٍ مِنْ أَوْدِيَةِ جَهَنَّمَ، فِيهِ قَتَلَةُ أَبِي الْحُسَيْنِ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ، اسْتَوْدَعَهُمُ اللَّهُ فِيهِ،

Heasws said: ‘O Ibn Bakr! Do you know which mountain this is? This is a mountain called Al-Kamad, and it is upon a valley from the valleys of Hell. In it are the killers of myasws fatherasws Al-Husaynasws. Allahazwj has Deposited them in it.

تَجْرِي‏ مِنْ تَحْتِهِ مِيَاهُ جَهَنَّمَ مِنَ الْغِسْلِينِ وَ الصَّدِيدِ وَ الْحَمِيمِ الْآنِ‏، وَ مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْ جَهَنَّمَ، وَ مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْ طِينَةِ خَبَالٍ، وَ مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْ لَظَى، وَ مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنَ الْحُطَمَةِ، وَ مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْ سَقَرَ، وَ مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنَ الْجَحِيمِ، وَ مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنَ الْهَاوِيَةِ، وَ مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنَ السَّعِيرِ،

There flows beneath them the waters of Hell, from the refuse, and the pus, and the scalding water, and what comes out from the bodily fluids, and what comes out from the cleavages of sinners, and what comes out from the essence of the prostitutes, and what comes out from Hell, and what comes out from Lazy (a valley of Hell), and from Al-Hutama (a valley of Hell), and what comes out from Saqar (a valley of Hell), and what comes out from Al-Hameem (a valley of Hell), and what comes out from Al-Hawiya (a valley of Hell), and what comes out from Al-Saeer (a valley of Hell).

وَ مَا مَرَرْتُ بِهَذَا الْجَبَلِ فِي مَسِيرِي فَوَقَفْتُ إِلَّا رَأَيْتُهُمَا يَسْتَغِيثَانِ وَ يَتَضَرَّعَانِ، وَ إِنِّي لَأَنْظُرُ إِلَى قَتَلَةِ أَبِي فَأَقُولُ لَهُمَا: إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ إِنَّمَا فَعَلُوا لِمَا أَسَّسْتُمَا لَمْ تَرْحَمُونَا إِذْ وُلِّيتُمْ وَ قَتَلْتُمُونَا وَ حَرَمْتُمُونَا وَ وَثَبْتُمْ عَلَى حَقِّنَا وَ اسْتَبْدَدْتُمْ بِالْأَمْرِ دُونَنَا، فَلَا رَحِمَ اللَّهُ مَنْ رَحِمَكُمَا، ذُوقَا وَبَالَ مَا صَنَعْتُمَا وَ مَا اللَّهُ‏ بِظَلَّامٍ لِلْعَبِيدِ.

And Iasws do not pass by this mountain in myasws journey and pause by it, except I see the two of them (Abu Bakr & Umar) crying out for help to measws, and Iasws looked at the killing of myasws fatherasws and Iasws am saying to them both: ‘But rather, these two did it what they are feeling. They were not merciful to usasws when they ruled, and they killed usasws, and deprived usasws, and were steadfast upon destroying ourasws rights, and exterminated usasws by the commands of others. So, may Allahazwj not have Mercy on the one who was merciful to you both (Abu Bakr & Umar). Taste the scourge what you sent ahead, and Allahazwj is not the least unjust to the servants’’.⁸⁸

50- مل‏: مُحَمَّدٌ الْحِمْيَرِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَصَمِّ، عَنِ الْأَرَّجَانِيِ‏ مِثْلَهُ .. وَ زَادَ فِي آخِرِهِ: وَ أَشَدُّهُمَا تَضَرُّعاً وَ اسْتِكَانَةً الثَّانِي، فَرُبَّمَا وَقَفْتُ عَلَيْهِمَا لِيَسْأَلَا عَنْ‏ بَعْضِ مَا فِي قَلْبِي، وَ رُبَّمَا طَوَيْتُ الْجَبَلَ الَّذِي هُمَا فِيهِ- وَ هُوَ جَبَلُ الْكَمَدِ-.

(The book) ‘Kamil Al Ziyaraat’ – Muhammad Al Himeyri, from his father, from Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Suleyman, from Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Abdullah Bin Hammad, from Abdullah Al Asamm, from Al Arjany,

‘Similar to it, and there is an increase in its end: ‘And the most intense of beseeching and requesting is the second (Umar). Sometimes Iasws pause at them and they ask about part of what is in myasws heart, and sometimes the mountain which they are in, gets folded, and it is the mount Al-Kamad’.

قَالَ: قُلْتُ‏: جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ، فَإِذَا طَوَيْتَ الْجَبَلَ فَمَا تَسْمَعُ؟. قَالَ: أَسْمَعُ أَصْوَاتَهُمَا يُنَادِيَانِ: عَرِّجْ عَلَيْنَا نُكَلِّمْكَ فَإِنَّا نَتُوبُ، وَ أَسْمَعُ مِنَ الْجَبَلِ صَارِخاً يَصْرَخُ بِي أَجِبْهُمَا وَ قُلْ لَهُمَا: اخْسَؤُا فِيها وَ لا تُكَلِّمُونِ‏.

He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for youasws! When the mountain is folded, what do youasws hear?’ Heasws said: ‘I heard their voices calling out. ‘Ascend to us, we want to speak to you, for we are repentant!’ And Iasws hear a shouter shouting at measws to answer them and say to them: “Go away into it and do not speak to Me!” [23:108].

قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ: جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ، وَ مَنْ مَعَهُمْ؟. قَالَ: كُلُّ فِرْعَوْنٍ عَتَا عَلَى اللَّهِ وَ حَكَى اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فِعَالَهُ، وَ كُلُّ مَنْ عَلَّمَ الْعِبَادَ الْكُفْرَ. قُلْتُ‏: مَنْ هُمْ؟.

He (the narrator) said, ‘I said to himasws, ‘May I be sacrificed for youasws! And who is with them?’ Heasws said: ‘Every Pharaoh (tyrant) having rebelled against Allahazwj and Allahazwj has Told about his deed, and every one of the servants Heazwj knows of his Kufr’. I said, ‘Who are they?’

قَالَ: نَحْوُ بُولَسَ‏ الَّذِي عَلَّمَ الْيَهُودَ أَنَّ يَدَ اللَّهِ مَغْلُولَةٌ، وَ نَحْوُ نَسْطُورَ الَّذِي عَلَّمَ النَّصَارَى أَنَّ الْمَسِيحَ‏ ابْنُ اللَّهِ‏، وَ قَالَ لَهُمْ: هُمْ ثَلَاثَةٌ، وَ نَحْوُ فِرْعَوْنِ مُوسَى الَّذِي قَالَ: أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلى‏، وَ نَحْوُ نُمْرُودَ الَّذِي قَالَ: قَهَرْتُ أَهْلَ الْأَرْضِ وَ قَتَلْتُ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاءِ، وَ قَاتِلِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، وَ قَاتِلِ فَاطِمَةَ وَ مُحَسِّنٍ‏، وَ قَاتِلِ الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ،

Heasws said: ‘Like Paul who taught the Jews that the hand of Allahazwj is shackled, and like Nastour (Nestorius) who taught the Christians that the Messiahas is a son of Allahazwj, and said to them, ‘They are three (trinity)’, and like Pharaohla of Musaas who said, ‘I am your lord, the most exalted!’ [79:24], and like Nimrodla who said, ‘I will subdue the people of the earth and kill the ones in the sky’, and murderer of Amir Al-Momineenasws, and murderer of (Syeda) Fatimaasws and Mohsinasws, and murderer of Al-Hassanasws and Al-Husaynasws.

وَ أَمَّا مُعَاوِيَةُ وَ رُمَعُ‏ فَمَا يَطْمَعَانِ فِي الْخَلَاصِ، مَعَهُمَا مَنْ‏ نَصَبَ لَنَا الْعَدَاوَةَ وَ أَعَانَ عَلَيْنَا بِلِسَانِهِ وَ يَدِهِ وَ مَالِهِ.

And as for Muawiya and Rum’a (Amro Bin Al-Aas), and what they coveted regarding the finishing, and with them would be one who established the enmity towards usasws and assisted against usasws with his tongue, and his hand, and his wealth’.

قُلْتُ لَهُ: جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ، فَأَنْتَ تَسْمَعُ ذَا كُلَّهُ وَ لَا تَفْزَعُ؟.

I said to himasws, ‘May I be sacrificed for youasws! Youasws tend to hear all that and don’t get alarmed?’

قَالَ: يَا ابْنَ بَكْرٍ! إِنَّ قُلُوبَنَا غَيْرُ قُلُوبِ النَّاسِ، إِنَّا مُصَفَّوْنَ‏ مُصْطَفَوْنَ نَرَى مَا لَا يَرَى النَّاسُ وَ نَسْمَعُ مَا لَا يَسْمَعُونَ‏.

Heasws said: ‘O Ibn Bakr! Ourasws hearts are other (different to) hearts of the people. Weasws are Purified, Chosen. Weasws see what the people cannot see, and weasws hear what they cannot hear’’.⁸⁹

51- ثو: أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الصَّقْرِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ، عَنْ بَسَّامٍ‏، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَزْدَادَ، عَنْ نَصْرِ بْنِ سَيَّارٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ رَبِّهِ وَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ السَّلُولِيِّ، عَنْ نَجِيحٍ الْمُزَنِيِ‏، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ الْقُرْطِيِ‏ وَ عُمَارَةَ بْنِ غَزِيَّةَ وَ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي مَعَدٍّ الْمُقْرِي‏ وَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ وَ غَيْرِهِمْ مِنْ مَشِيخَةِ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ، قَالُوا: لَمَّا قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ أَقْبَلَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ يَقُولُ: وَ اللَّهِ مَا مَاتَ مُحَمَّدٌ وَ إِنَّمَا غَابَ كَغَيْبَةِ مُوسَى عَنْ قَوْمِهِ، وَ إِنَّهُ سَيَظْهَرُ بَعْدَ غَيْبَتِهِ، فَمَا زَالَ يُرَدِّدُ هَذَا الْقَوْلَ وَ يُكَرِّرُهُ حَتَّى ظَنَّ النَّاسُ أَنَّ عَقْلَهُ قَدْ ذَهَبَ،

(The book) ‘Ikmal Al Deen Wa Tamam Al Ni’ma’ – Ahmad Bin Al Saqr, from Muhammad Bin Al Abbas, from Bassam, from Muhammad Bin Yazdan, from Nasr Bin Sayyar, from Muhammad Bin Abd Rabbih, and Abdullah Bin Khalid A; Salouly, from Najeeh, from Muhammad Bin Qays, and Muhammad Bin Ka’ab Al Qurty, and Amarah Bin GAziyya, and Saeed Bin Abu Ma’ad Al Muqry, and Abdullah Bin Abu Muleykah, and other from the elders of thepeople of Al Medina, they said,

‘When Rasool-Allahsaww passed away, Umar Bin Al-Khattab came saying, ‘By Allahazwj! Muhammadsaww has not died, but rather hesaww is in occultation like the absence of Musaas from hisas people, and hesaww will be appearing after hissaww absence’. He did not cease to repeat these words until the people thought that his mind had gone.

فَأَتَاهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ- وَ قَدِ اجْتَمَعَ النَّاسُ عَلَيْهِ يَتَعَجَّبُونَ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ- فَقَالَ: ارْبَعْ عَلَى نَفْسِكَ- يَا عُمَرُ!- مِنْ يَمِينِكَ الَّتِي تَحْلِفَ بِهَا، فَقَدْ أَخْبَرَنَا اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي كِتَابِهِ، فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ! إِنَّكَ مَيِّتٌ وَ إِنَّهُمْ مَيِّتُونَ‏.

Abu Bakr came to him, and the people had gathered to him being astounded from his words. He said, ‘Take care upon yourself, O Umar! From your oath is that which are swearing with, for Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic has Informed us in Hisazwj Book. Heazwj Said: ‘O Muhammadsaww! You shall pass away and they shall be dying [39:30].

فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: وَ إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ‏ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ؟! فَقَالَ: نَعَمْ. فَقَالَ: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ‏، أَشْهَدُ بِاللَّهِ‏ لَقَدْ ذَاقَ مُحَمَّدٌ الْمَوْتَ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ عُمَرُ جَمَعَ الْقُرْآنَ.

Umar said, ‘And this Verse is in the Book of Allahazwj, O Abu Bakr?!’ He said, ‘Yes’. He said, ‘The Praise is for Allahazwj. I testify with Allahazwj, Muhammadsaww has tasted the death, and Umar did not happen to have collected the Quran’’.⁹⁰

52- ي: أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ، عَنْ أَبِي الصَّخْرِ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِي‏ عَلَى ابْنِ عِيسَى‏ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَاهِرٍ الْعَلَوِيِّ، قَالَ أَبُو الصَّخْرِ: فَأَظُنُّهُ مِنْ وُلْدِ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ: وَ كَانَ أَبُو طَاهِرٍ فِي دَارِ الصَّيْدِيِّينَ نَازِلًا، قَالَ: فَدَخَلْنَا عَلَيْهِ عِنْدَ الْعَصْرِ وَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ رَكْوَةٌ مِنْ مَاءٍ وَ هُوَ يَتَمَسَّحُ، فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَرَدَّ عَلَيْنَا السَّلَامَ، ثُمَّ ابْتَدَأَنَا فَقَالَ: مَعَكُمْ أَحَدٌ؟. فَقُلْنَا: لَا.

(The book) ‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ - Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Hassan Bin Ali, from Abu Al Sakhr, from Al Hassan Bin Ali who said,

‘I and a man from my companions entered to see Ali Bin Isa Bin Abdullah Abu Tahir Al-Alawy. Abu Al-Sakhr, I think he was from the sons of Umar son of Aliasws, and Abu Tahir was in the hunting house as a guest. We entered to see him in the afternoon, and in front of him was a pot of water, and he was wiping. We greeted unto him and he returned the greeting to us, then he initiated us saying, ‘Is there anyone (else) with you?’ We said, ‘No’.

ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ يَمِيناً وَ شِمَالًا هَلْ يَرَى‏ أَحَداً، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي عَنْ جَدِّي‏ أَنَّهُ كَانَ مَعَ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بِمِنًى- وَ هُوَ يَرْمِي الْجَمَرَاتِ- وَ إِنَّ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ رَمَى الْجَمَرَاتِ قَالَ: فَاسْتَتَمَّهَا ثُمَّ بَقِيَ فِي يَدِهِ بَعْدُ خَمْسُ حَصَيَاتٍ، فَرَمَى اثْنَتَيْنِ فِي نَاحِيَةٍ وَ ثَلَاثَةً فِي نَاحِيَةٍ،

Then he turned towards right and left whether anyone was looking, then said, ‘My father informed me from my grandfather that he was with Abu Ja’far Muhammadasws Bin Aliasws at Mina, and he was pelting the rocks (a ritual), and Abu Ja’farasws pelted the rocks. Heasws completed, then there remain in hisasws hand afterwards, five pebbles, so heasws threw two in a corner and three in a corner.

فَقَالَ لَهُ جَدِّي: جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ، لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُكَ صَنَعْتَ شَيْئاً مَا صَنَعَهُ أَحَدٌ قَطُّ، رَأَيْتُكَ رَمَيْتَ الْجَمَرَاتِ ثُمَّ رَمَيْتَ بِخَمْسَةٍ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، ثَلَاثَةٍ فِي نَاحِيَةٍ، وَ اثْنَتَيْنِ فِي نَاحِيَةٍ.

My grandfather said to himasws, ‘May I be sacrificed for youasws! I saw youasws do something what no one (else) has done at all! I saw youasws pelt the rocks, then youasws threw five after that, three in a corner and two in a corner’.

قَالَ: نَعَمْ إِذَا كَانَ كُلَّ مَوْسِمٍ‏ أُخْرِجَ الْفَاسِقَانِ الْغَاصِبَانِ ثُمَّ يُفَرَّقُ بَيْنَهُمَا هَاهُنَا لَا يَرَاهُمَا إِلَّا إِمَامٌ عَدْلٌ، فَرَمَيْتُ الْأَوَّلَ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَ الْآخَرَ ثَلَاثَةً، لِأَنَّ الْآخَرَ أَخْبَثُ‏ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِ‏.

Heasws said: ‘Yes, whenever it was every season (of Hajj), the mischief-makers, the usurpers are brought out, then there is a separation between the two over here. None can see the two except a just Imamasws. So, Iasws pelted the first (Abu Bakr) two (pebbles), and the other (Umar) three (pebbles), because the other one is wickeder than the first one’’.⁹¹

53- ختص‏: أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى، عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ، عَنْ أَبِي الصَّخْرِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ رَجُلٍ كَانَ يَكُونُ‏ فِي جِبَايَةِ مَأْمُونٍ قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ ... وَ ذَكَرَ مِثْلَهُ، وَ فِيهِ: أُخْرِجَا الْفَاسِقَانِ‏ غَضَّيْنِ طَرِيَّيْنِ فَصُلِبَا هَاهُنَا لَا يَرَاهُمَا إِلَّا إِمَامٌ عَدْلٌ..

(The book) ‘Al Ikhtisas’ – Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from al Washa, from Abu Al Sakhr Ahmad Bin Abdul Raheem, from Al Hassan Bin Ali,

‘There was a man who happened to be in among his trustworthy collectors who said, ‘I entered’ – and mentioned similar to it, and in it, ‘Two mischief-makers are brought out, debased, dragged, and they arrive over here. None can see them except a just Imamasws’’.⁹²

54- يَرَ: ابْنُ عِيسَى وَ ابْنُ أَبِي الْخَطَّابِ مَعاً، عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ رِئَابٍ، عَنِ الْكُنَاسِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: لَمَّا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فِي الْغَارِ وَ مَعَهُ أَبُو الْفَصِيلِ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: إِنِّي لَأَنْظُرُ الْآنَ إِلَى جَعْفَرٍ وَ أَصْحَابِهِ السَّاعَةَ تَعُومُ‏ بينهم [بِهِمْ‏] سَفِينَتُهُمْ فِي الْبَحْرِ، وَ إِنِّي لَأَنْظُرُ إِلَى رَهْطٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فِي مَجَالِسِهِمْ مُحْتَبِينَ‏ بِأَفْنِيَتِهِمْ،

(The book) ‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ - Ibn Isa and Ibn Abu Al Khatab both together, from Ibn Mahboub, from Ibn Raib, from Al Kunasy,

‘From Abu Ja’farasws having said: ‘When Rasool-Allahsaww was in the cave and Abu Al-Faseyl was with himsaww, Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘At the moment Isaww am looking at Ja’farasws and hisasws companions, the ship is swaying with them in the sea. Isaww am looking at a group of the Helpers in their gathering trapped by their anonymity’.

فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو الْفَصِيلِ: أَ تَرَاهُمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ السَّاعَةَ؟!. قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ‏: فَأَرِنِيهِمْ. قَالَ: فَمَسَحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ عَلَى عَيْنَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ: انْظُرْ. فَنَظَرَ فَرَآهُمْ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: أَ رَأَيْتَهُمْ؟. قَالَ: نَعَمْ. وَ أَسَرَّ فِي نَفْسِهِ أَنَّهُ سَاحِرٌ.

Abu Al-Faseyl said to himsaww, ‘And yousaww can see them now, O Rasool-Allahsaww?’ Hesaww said: ‘Yes’. So, Rasool-Allahsaww wiped upon his eyes then said: ‘Look!’ He looked and saw them. Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘Do you see them?’ He said, ‘Yes’, and kept a secret within himself that hesaww is a sorcerer’’.⁹³ (P.s. – Abu Al-Faseyl is Abu Bakr)

55- ير: مُوسَى بْنُ عُمَرَ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى، عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ نَجِيحٍ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ، سَمَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ أَبَا بَكْرٍ: الصِّدِّيقَ؟. قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قُلْتُ: فَكَيْفَ؟.

(The book) ‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ - Musa Bin Umar, from Usman Bin Isa, from Khalid Bin Najeeh who said,

‘I said to Abu Abdullahasws, ‘May I be sacrificed for youasws! Rasool-Allahsaww named Abu Bakr as ‘Al-Siddique’?’ Heasws said: ‘Yes’. He said, ‘How come?’

قَالَ: حِينَ‏ كَانَ مَعَهُ فِي الْغَارِ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: إِنِّي لَأَرَى سَفِينَةَ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ) تَضْطَرِبُ فِي الْبَحْرِ ضَالَّةً. قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ (ص)! وَ إِنَّكَ لَتَرَاهَا؟! قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: فَتَقْدِرُ أَنْ تُرِيَنِيهَا؟. قَالَ: ادْنُ مِنِّي.

Heasws said: ‘When he was with himsaww in the cave Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘Isaww can see the ship of Ja’farasws Bin Abu Talibasws swaying in the sea, lost’. He said, ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! And you can see it?’ Hesaww said: ‘Yes’. He said, ‘Are yousaww able to show it to me?’ Hesaww said: ‘Come near mesaww’.

قَالَ‏: فَدَنَا مِنْهُ، فَمَسَحَ عَلَى عَيْنَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: انْظُرْ، فَنَظَرَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَرَأَى السَّفِينَةَ وَ هِيَ تَضْطَرِبُ فِي الْبَحْرِ، ثُمَّ نَظَرَ إِلَى قُصُورِ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ فَقَالَ فِي نَفْسِهِ: الْآنَ صَدَّقْتُ أَنَّكَ سَاحِرٌ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: الصِّدِّيقُ أَنْتَ.

Heasws said: ‘He went near himsaww, and hesaww wiped hissaww hand upon his eyes, then said: ‘Look!’ Abu Bakr looked and saw the ship and it was swaying in the sea, then he looked at castles of the people of Medina. He said within himself, ‘Now I can confirm yousaww are a sorcerer’. So, Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘You are being truthful ‘Al-Siddique’’.⁹⁴

56- خص‏: سَعْدٌ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُمَرَ مِثْلَهُ، وَ زَادَ فِي آخِرِهِ: فَقُلْتُ‏ لِمَ سَمَّى عُمَرَ: الْفَارُوقَ؟. قَالَ: نَعَمْ، أَ لَا تَرَى أَنَّهُ قَدْ فَرَّقَ بَيْنَ الْحَقِّ وَ الْبَاطِلِ وَ أَخَذَ النَّاسُ بِالْبَاطِلِ.

(The book) ‘Mukhtasar Al Basaair’ – Sa’ad, from Musa Bin Umar,

‘Similar to it and there is an increase in its end, ‘I said, ‘Why was Umar named as ‘Al Farouq’ (differentiator)?’ Heasws said: ‘Do you not see that he had differentiated between the truth and the falsehood and took the people with the falsehood?’

فَقُلْتُ: فَلِمَ سَمَّى سَالِماً: الْأَمِينَ؟. قَالَ: لَمَّا كَتَبُوا الْكُتُبَ وَضَعُوهَا عَلَى يَدِ سَالِمٍ فَصَارَ الْأَمِينَ.

I said, ‘Why was he named as the peaceful, the trustworthy?’ Heasws said: ‘When they wrote the letter and placed these upon the safe hand, so he became the trustworthy’.

قُلْتُ: فَقَالَ: اتَّقُوا دَعْوَةَ سَعْدٍ. قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قُلْتُ: وَ كَيْفَ ذَلِكَ؟. قَالَ: إِنَّ سَعْداً يَكُرُّ فَيُقَاتِلُ عَلِيّاً عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ.

I said, ‘He had said, ‘Fear the call of Sa’ad’. Heasws said: ‘Yes’. I said, ‘And how was that?’ Heasws said: ‘Sa’ad had withdrawn from fighting Aliasws’’.⁹⁵

57- ير: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَجَّالِ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمَكِّيِّ الْحَذَّاءِ، عَنْ سَوَادَةَ أَبِي عَلِيٍ‏، عَنْ بَعْضِ رِجَالِهِ، قَالَ: قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ لِلْحَارِثِ الْأَعْوَرِ- وَ هُوَ عِنْدَهُ-: هَلْ تَرَى مَا أَرَى؟. فَقَالَ: كَيْفَ أَرَى مَا تَرَى وَ قَدْ نَوَّرَ اللَّهُ لَكَ وَ أَعْطَاكَ مَا لَمْ يُعْطِ أَحَداً؟.

(The book) ‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ - It is narrated to us by Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Abdullah Bin Al Hajjal, from Abu Abdullah Al Makky Al Haza’a, from Sawadah Abu Ya’la, from one of his men who said,

‘Amir Al-Momineenasws said: ‘Amir Al-Momineenasws said to Al-Haris Al-Awr, and he was in hisasws presence: ‘Can you see what Iasws can see?’ He said, ‘How can I see what youasws see?’ And said, ‘The Noor of Allahazwj is for youasws and has Given you what Heazwj did not Give anyone’.

قَالَ: هَذَا فُلَانٌ- الْأَوَّلُ- عَلَى تُرْعَةٍ مِنْ تُرَعِ النَّارِ يَقُولُ: يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ! اسْتَغْفِرْ لِي، لَا غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ.

Heasws said: ‘So and so the first (Abu Bakr) is upon an edge from the edges of the Fire saying, ‘O Abu Al-Hassanasws! Seek Forgiveness of Allahazwj for me!’ May Allahazwj not Forgive him’.

قَالَ‏: فَمَكَثَ هُنَيْئَةً ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا حَارِثُ! هَلْ تَرَى مَا أَرَى؟. فَقَالَ: وَ كَيْفَ أَرَى مَا تَرَى وَ قَدْ نَوَّرَ اللَّهُ لَكَ وَ أَعْطَاكَ مَا لَمْ يُعْطِ أَحَداً.

He (the narrator) said, ‘Heasws waited for a while, then said: ‘O Haris! Can you see what Iasws see?’ He said, ‘And how can I see what youasws see and Noor of Allahazwj is for youasws, and Heazwj has Given youasws what Heazwj did not Give to anyone’.

قَالَ: هَذَا فُلَانٌ- الثَّانِي- عَلَى تُرْعَةٍ مِنْ تُرَعِ النَّارِ يَقُولُ: يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ! اسْتَغْفِرْ لِي، لَا غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ.

Heasws said: ‘This is so and so, the second (Umar) upon an edge from the edges of the Fire saying, ‘O Abu Al-Hassanasws! Seek Forgiveness for me!’ May Allahazwj not Forgive him’’.⁹⁶

58- ير: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ، عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى، عَنْ بَعْضِ رِجَالِهِ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ‏ الْحُسَيْنِ، عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَ: إِنَّ لِلَّهِ بَلْدَةً خَلْفَ الْمَغْرِبِ يُقَالُ لَهَا: جَابَلْقَا، وَ فِي جَابَلْقَا سَبْعُونَ‏ أَلْفَ أُمَّةٍ لَيْسَ مِنْهَا أُمَّةٌ إِلَّا مِثْلَ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ، فَمَا عَصَوُا اللَّهَ طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ، فَمَا يَعْمَلُونَ عَمَلًا وَ لَا يَقُولُونَ قَوْلًا إِلَّا الدُّعَاءَ عَلَى الْأَوَّلَيْنِ وَ الْبَرَاءَةَ مِنْهُمَا، وَ الْوَلَايَةَ لِأَهْلِ بَيْتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ.

(The book) ‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ - Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from one of his men,

‘From Abu Abdullahasws, from hisasws fatherasws, from Aliasws Bin Al-Husaynasws, from Amir Al-Momineenasws having said: ‘For Allahazwj there is a city behind the west called Jabalqa, and in Jabalqa there are seventy thousand communities. There isn’t any community from it except it is similar to this community. They do not disobey Allahazwj for the blink of an eye. They do not do any deed nor say any word except the supplication against the two former ones (Abu Bakr and Umar), and the disavowment from both of them, and the (submission to) Wilayah for Peopleasws of the Household of Rasool-Allahsaww’’.⁹⁷

59- ير: يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْحِمْيَرِيُ‏، عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ الْأَرْمَنِيِ‏ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ الْجَارُودِ، عَمَّنْ حَدَّثَهُ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: إِنَّ مِنْ وَرَاءِ أَرْضِكُمْ هَذِهِ أَرْضاً بَيْضَاءَ ضَوْؤُهَا مِنْهَا، فِيهَا خَلْقُ اللَّهِ يَعْبُدُونَ اللَّهَ وَ لَا يُشْرِكُونَ بِهِ شَيْئاً، يَتَبَرَّءُونَ‏ مِنْ فُلَانٍ وَ فُلَانٍ.

(The book) ‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ - Yaqoub Bin Is’haq Bin Ibrahim Al Jareeeri, from Abu Imran Al Armani, from Al Husayn Bin Al Jaroud, from the one who narrated it,

‘From Abu Abdullahasws having said: ‘Behind this land of yours is a land having white illumination from it. Therein are people worshipping Allahazwj, not associating anything with Himazwj, disavowing from so and so, and so and so (Abu Bakr and Umar)’’.⁹⁸

60- ير: أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُوسَى، عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ مُوسَى الْخَشَّابِ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَسَّانَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: إِنَّ مِنْ وَرَاءِ عَيْنِ شَمْسِكُمْ هَذِهِ أَرْبَعِينَ عَيْنَ شَمْسٍ فِيهَا خَلْقٌ كَثِيرٌ، وَ إِنَّ مِنْ وَرَاءِ قَمَرِكُمْ أَرْبَعِينَ قَمَراً فِيهَا خَلْقٌ كَثِيرٌ، لَا يَدْرُونَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ آدَمَ أَمْ لَمْ يَخْلُقْهُ، أُلْهِمُوا إِلْهَاماً لَعْنَةَ .. فُلَانٍ وَ فُلَانٍ.

(The book) ‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ - Ahmad Bin Musa, from Al Husayn Bin Musa Al Khashab, from Ali Bin Hassan, from Abdul Rahman Bin Kaseer,

‘From Abu Abdullahasws having said: ‘Behind the eye of this sun of yours there are forty eyes of the sun wherein are a lot of creatures, and from behind your moon that are forty moons wherein are a lot of creatures, not knowing whether Allahazwj Created Adamas or did not Created himas. They are Inspired with Inspiration to curse so and so, and so and so (Abu Bakr and Umar)’’.⁹⁹

61- ير: سَلَمَةُ، عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ يَقْطِينٍ الْجَوَالِيقِيِّ، عَنْ قَلْقَلَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ جَبَلًا مُحِيطاً بِالدُّنْيَا مِنْ زَبَرْجَدٍ أَخْضَرَ، وَ إِنَّمَا خُضْرَةُ السَّمَاءِ مِنْ خُضْرَةِ ذَلِكَ‏ الْجَبَلِ، وَ خَلَقَ خَلْفَهُ‏ خَلْقاً لَمْ يَفْرِضْ‏ عَلَيْهِمْ شَيْئاً مِمَّا افْتَرَضَ عَلَى خَلْقِهِ مِنْ صَلَاةٍ وَ زَكَاةٍ، وَ كُلُّهُمْ يَلْعَنُ رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ .. وَ سَمَّاهُمَا.

(The book) ‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – from Salama, from Ahmad Bin Abdul Rahman Al Sayrafi, from Muhammad Bin Suleyman, from Yaqteen Al Jawaliqy, from Falfalah,

‘From Abu Ja’farasws having said: ‘Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic Created a mountain of green aquamarine surrounding the world, and rather the greenery of the sky is from the greenery of that mountain, and Heazwj Created creatures for it, creatures Heazwj did not Obligate anything upon them from what Heazwj has Obligated upon Hisazwj (other) creatures, from Salat, and Zakat, and they all curse two men from this community’, and heasws named them both (Abu Bakr & Umar)’’.¹⁰⁰

62- ير: أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رِئَابٍ‏ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ الدِّهْقَانِ، عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ .. مِثْلَهُ.

(The book) ‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Ahmad Bin Al Husayn, from Ali Bin Ra’ib, from Ubeydullah Al Dihqan, from Abu Al-Hassanasws – similar to it.

أقول: - رَوَى الْحَسَنُ‏ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ فِي كِتَابِ الْمُخْتَصَرِ مِنْ بَصَائِرِ سَعْدٍ .. مِثْلَهُ‏.

I (Majlisi) am saying – It is reported by Al Hassan Bin Suleyman in the book ‘Al Mukhtasar Min Basaair’ – Sa’ad – similar to it.

وَ رَوَى أَيْضاً عَنْهُ، عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الرَّيَّانِ‏ ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ الدِّهْقَانِ، عَنِ الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ لِلَّهِ خَلْفَ‏ هَذَا النِّطَاقِ زَبَرْجَدَةً خَضْرَاءَ، فَبِالْخُضْرَةِ مِنْهَا خَضِرَتِ السَّمَاءُ،

(The book) ‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – And it is reported as well from him, from Ahmad Bin Al Husayn, from Ali Bin Al Rayyan, from Ubeydullah Al Dihqaq,

‘From Al-Rezaasws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I heard himasws saying: ‘For Allahazwj behind this domain of green emeralds. So, it is from this greenery is the greenery of the sky’.

قُلْتُ: وَ مَا النِّطَاقُ؟. قَالَ: الْحِجَابُ، وَ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَرَاءَ ذَلِكَ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ عَالَمٍ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ عَدَدِ الْجِنِّ وَ الْإِنْسِ، وَ كُلٌ‏ يَلْعَنُ .. فُلَاناً وَ فُلَاناً.

He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘And what is the domain?’ Heasws said: ‘The veil, by Allahazwj! Behind that are seventy thousand worlds, more than the number of the humans and the Jinn, and all of them are cursing so and so, and so and so (Abu Bakr and Umar)’’.¹⁰¹

63- ير: أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي يَحْيَى الْوَاسِطِيِّ، عَنْ دُرُسْتَ، عَنْ عَجْلَانَ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، قَالَ: دَخَلَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ هَذِهِ قُبَّةُ آدَمَ؟. قَالَ: نَعَمْ، وَ فِيهِ قِبَابٌ كَثِيرَةٌ، إِنَّ خَلْفَ مَغْرِبِكُمْ هَذِهِ‏ تِسْعَةً وَ ثَلَاثِينَ مَغْرِباً أَرْضاً بَيْضَاءَ مَمْلُوءَةً خَلْقاً يَسْتَضِيئُونَ بِنُورِهَا لَمْ يَعْصُوا اللَّهَ طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ، مَا يَدْرُونَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ آدَمَ أَمْ لَمْ يَخْلُقْهُ، يَتَبَرَّءُونَ مِنْ .. فُلَانٍ وَ فُلَانٍ لَعَنَهُمَا اللَّهُ.

(The book) ‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – It is narrated to us by Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Abu Yahya Al Wasity, from Dorost, from Ajlan Abu Salih who said,

‘A man entered to see Abu Abdullahasws and said to himasws, ‘May I be sacrificed for youasws! This is the dome of Adamas?’ Heasws said: ‘Yes, and in it are many domes. Behind this west of yours are thirty-nine wests, white lands filled with creatures being illuminated by its light. They do not disobey Allahazwj for the blink of an eye. They don’t know whether Allahazwj Created Adamas of not. They are Created to disavow from so and so, and so and so (Abu Bakr and Umar), may Allahazwj Curse them both’’.¹⁰²

64- ير: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، عَنْ أَبِي يَحْيَى الْوَاسِطِيِّ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ، عَنْ عَجْلَانَ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ عَنْ قُبَّةِ آدَمَ، فَقُلْتُ‏: هَذِهِ قُبَّةُ آدَمَ‏؟. فَقَالَ: نَعَمْ، وَ لِلَّهِ قِبَابٌ كَثِيرَةٌ، أَمَا إِنَّ خَلْفَ مَغْرِبِكُمْ هَذِهِ‏ تِسْعَةً وَ ثَلَاثِينَ مَغْرِباً أَرْضاً بَيْضَاءَ وَ مَمْلُوَّةً خَلْقاً يَسْتَضِيئُونَ بِنُورِهَا لَمْ‏ يَعْصُوا اللَّهَ طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ، لَا يَدْرُونَ أَ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ آدَمَ أَمْ لَمْ يَخْلُقْهُ، يَتَبَرَّءُونَ‏ مِنْ .. فُلَانٍ وَ فُلَانٍ،

(The book) ‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Muhammad Bin Haroun, from Abu Yahya Al Wasity, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ijlan Abu Salih who said,

‘I asked Abu Abdullahasws about the dome of Adamas. I said to himasws, ‘This is the dome of Adamas?’ Heasws said: ‘Yes, and for Allahazwj there are a lot of domes. As for behind this west of yours, there are thirty-nine wests, white earths filled with creatures being enlightened by ourasws Noor (lights). They do not disobey Allahazwj even for the blink of an eye. They don’t know whether Allahazwj Created Adamas or did not Create himas. They are disavowing from so and so, and so and so (Abu Bakr & Umar)’.

قِيلَ لَهُ: كَيْفَ هَذَا يَتَبَرَّءُونَ مِنْ .. فُلَانٍ وَ فُلَانٍ وَ هُمْ لَا يَدْرُونَ أَ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ آدَمَ أَمْ لَمْ يَخْلُقْهُ؟.

It was said to himasws, ‘How can this be that they are disavowing from so and so, and so and so, and they don’t know whether Allahazwj Created Adamas or did not Create himas?’

فَقَالَ- لِلسَّائِلِ عَنْهُ-: أَ تَعْرِفُ إِبْلِيسَ؟. قَالَ: لَا، إِلَّا بِالْخَبَرِ. قَالَ: فَأُمِرْتَ بِاللَّعْنَةِ وَ الْبَرَاءَةِ مِنْهُ؟. قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ‏: فَكَذَلِكَ أُمِرَ هَؤُلَاءِ.

Heasws said to the questioner: ‘Do you recognise Ibleesla?’ He said, ‘No, except by the news’. Heasws said: ‘And you have been Commanded with the cursing and disavowment from himla?’ He said, ‘Yes’. Heasws said: ‘So, that is how they have been Commanded’’.

أقول:: - رَوَاهُ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ مِنْ بَصَائِرِ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ‏ مِثْلَهُ‏.

I (Majlisi) am saying, ‘It is reported by Al-Hassan Bin Suleyman, from Basaair, Sa’ad Bin Abdullah – similar to it’’. ¹⁰³

65- ير: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ‏ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ مِنْ وَرَاءِ هَذِهِ أَرْبَعِينَ عَيْنَ شَمْسٍ مَا بَيْنَ شَمْسٍ إِلَى شَمْسٍ أَرْبَعُونَ عَاماً فِيهَا خَلْقٌ كَثِيرٌ مَا يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ آدَمَ أَوْ لَمْ يَخْلُقْهُ،

(The book) ‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Abdul Samad, from Jabir,

‘From Abu Ja’farasws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I heard himasws saying: ‘Behind this sun of yours there are forty eyes of the sun, what is between a sun to a sun there are forty millennia (travel distance). Therein are numerous creatures not knowing whether Allahazwj Created Adamas or did not Create himas.

وَ إِنَّ مِنْ وَرَاءِ قَمَرِكُمْ هَذَا أَرْبَعِينَ قَمَراً مَا بَيْنَ قَمَرٍ إِلَى قَمَرٍ مَسِيرَةُ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْماً فِيهَا خَلْقٌ كَثِيرٌ مَا يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ آدَمَ أَوْ لَمْ يَخْلُقْهُ،

And from behind this moon of yours there are forty moons, in what is between a moon to a moon there is a travel distance of forty days. Therein are numerous creatures not knowing whether Allahazwj Created Adamas or did not Create himas.

قَدْ أُلْهِمُوا كَمَا أُلْهِمَتِ النَّحْلُ لَعْنةَ الْأَوَّلِ وَ الثَّانِي فِي كُلِّ وَقْتٍ مِنَ الْأَوْقَاتِ، وَ قَدْ وُكِّلَ بِهِمْ مَلَائِكَةٌ مَتَى مَا لَمْ يَلْعَنُوهُمَا عُذِّبُوا.

They have (all) been Inspired just as the bees are Inspired, to curse the first (Abu Bakr) and the second (Umar) during all times from the timings, and Angels has been allocated with punishing them when they do not curse them’’.¹⁰⁴

66- يج‏: رَوَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ خَلِيفَةَ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ قَاعِداً فَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقُمِّيِّينَ‏: أَ تُصَلِّي النِّسَاءُ عَلَى الْجَنَائِزِ؟.

(The book) ‘Al Kharaij Wa Al Jaraih’ – It is reported from Muhammad Bin Abdul Hameed, from Aasim Bin Humeyd, from Yazeed Bin Khalifa who said,

‘I was seated in the presence of Abu Abdullahasws, and a man from people of Qum asked himasws, ‘Can the women pray funeral Salat upon the deceased?’

فَقَالَ: إِنَّ الْمُغِيرَةَ بْنَ أَبِي الْعَاصِ ادَّعَى‏ أَنَّهُ رَمَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَكُسِرَتْ‏ رَبَاعِيَتُهُ وَ شَقَّ شَفَتَيْهِ وَ كَذَبَ، وَ ادَّعَى أَنَّهُ قَتَلَ حَمْزَةَ وَ كَذَبَ،

Heasws said: ‘Al-Mugheira Bin Abu Al-Aas claimed that he hit Rasool-Allahsaww and broke hissaww front teeth, and split hissaww lips, and he lied, and he (also) claimed that he had killed Hamzaasws, and he lied.

فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْخَنْدَقِ ضُرِبَ عَلَى أُذُنَيْهِ فَنَامَ فَلَمْ يَسْتَيْقِظْ حَتَّى أَصْبَحَ فَخَشِيَ أَنْ يُؤْخَذَ، فَتَنَكَّرَ وَ تَقَنَّعَ بِثَوْبِهِ وَ جَاءَ إِلَى مَنْزِلِ عُثْمَانَ يَطْلُبُهُ، وَ تَسَمَّى بِاسْمِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ بَنِي سُلَيْمٍ كَانَ يَجْلِبُ إِلَى عُثْمَانَ الْخَيْلَ وَ الْغَنَمَ وَ السَّمْنَ،

When it was the day of (battle of) Al-Hunayn, he was struck (by deafness) upon his ears, so he slept and did not wake up until morning. He feared to be seized, so he disguised and covered with his cloth and came to the house of Usman, seeking him, and named (himself) with a name of a man from the clan of Suleym who used to bring horses to Usman, and the sheep and the butter.

فَجَاءَ عُثْمَانُ فَأَدْخَلَهُ، مَنْزِلَهُ وَ قَالَ: وَيْحَكَ! مَا صَنَعْتَ؟ ادَّعَيْتَ أَنَّكَ رَمَيْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ (ص)، وَ ادَّعَيْتَ أَنَّكَ شَقَقْتَ شَفَتَيْهِ وَ كَسَرْتَ رَبَاعِيَتَهُ، وَ ادَّعَيْتَ أَنَّكَ قَتَلْتَ حَمْزَةَ.

Usman came and let him enter his house and said, ‘Woe be unto you! What have you done? You claimed that you hit Rasool-Allahsaww, and claimed that you split hisasws lips, and broke hissaww front teeth, and claimed that you killed Hamzaasws!’

فَأَخْبَرَهُ‏ بِمَا لَقِيَ وَ أَنَّهُ ضُرِبَ عَلَى أُذُنِهِ، فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتْ ابْنَةُ النَّبِيِّ (ص) بِمَا صُنِعَ بِأَبِيهَا وَ عَمِّهَا صَاحَتْ، فَأَسْكَتَهَا عُثْمَانُ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ عُثْمَانُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ- وَ هُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ- فَاسْتَقْبَلَهُ بِوَجْهِهِ وَ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! إِنَّكَ آمَنْتَ عَمِّيَ الْمُغِيرَةَ فَكَذَبَ‏،

He informed him with what he had faced and he had been struck upon his ears. When the daughterasws of the Prophetsaww heard with what he had done with herasws fathersaww, and herasws uncleasws, sheasws shrieked. Usman quietened her. Then Usman went out to Rasool-Allahsaww, and hesaww was seated in the Masjid. He faced himsaww with his face and said, ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! You should grant amnesty to my uncle Al-Mugheira, for he has lied’.

فَصَرَفَ عَنْهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَجْهَهُ‏، ثُمَّ اسْتَقْبَلَهُ مِنَ الْجَانِبِ الْآخَرِ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! إِنَّكَ آمَنْتَ عَمِّيَ الْمُغِيرَةَ، فَكَذَبَ‏، فَصَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَجْهَهُ عَنْهُ،

Rasool-Allahsaww turned hissaww face away from him. Then he faced himsaww from another side. He said, ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! You should give amnesty to my uncle Al-Mugheira, and he lied’. Rasool-Allahsaww turned hissaww face away from him.

ثُمَّ قَالَ: آمَنَّاهُ‏ وَ أَجَّلْنَاهُ ثَلَاثاً، فَلَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ أَعْطَاهُ رَاحِلَةً أَوْ رَحْلًا أَوْ قَتَباً أَوْ سِقَاءً أَوْ قِرْبَةً أَوْ دَلْواً أَوْ خُفّاً أَوْ نَعْلًا أَوْ زَاداً أَوْ مَاءً.

Then hesaww said: ‘Isaww grant him amnesty and respite him’ – thrice. May Allahazwj Curse the one who gives him a riding animal, or a ride, or quenches him, or a canteen, or a bucket, or shoes, or slippers, or provisions, or water’’.

قَالَ عَاصِمٌ: هَذِهِ عَشَرَةُ أَشْيَاءَ فَأَعْطَاهَا كُلَّهَا عُثْمَانُ‏ فَخَرَجَ فَسَارَ عَلَى نَاقَتِهِ‏ فَنَقِبَتْ، ثُمَّ مَشَى فِي خُفَّيْهِ فَنَقِبَا، ثُمَّ مَشَى فِي نَعْلَيْهِ فَنَقِبَتَا، ثُمَّ حَبَا عَلَى رِجْلَيْهِ فَنَقِبَتَا، ثُمَّ مَشَى عَلَى‏ رُكْبَتَيْهِ فَنَقِبَتَا، فَأَتَى شَجَرَةً فَجَلَسَ تَحْتَهَا،

Aasim said, ‘These ten things, Usman gave all of these, and he went out and travelled upon his camel, but it was fatigued. Then he walked in his shoes, and they wore out. Then he walked in his slippers, and these were torn. Then he went on his feet, and they were bruised, then he walked upon his knees and they were injured. He came to a tree and sat beneath it.

فَجَاءَ الْمَلَكُ فَأَخْبَرَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ بِمَكَانِهِ، فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ زَيْداً وَ الزُّبَيْرَ فَقَالَ لَهُمَا: ايتِيَاهُ فَهُوَ بِمَكَانِ .. كَذَا وَ كَذَا فَاقْتُلَاهُ، فَلَمَّا أَتَيَاهُ‏ قَالَ زَيْدٌ لِلزُّبَيْرِ: إِنَّهُ ادَّعَى أَنَّهُ قَتَلَ أَخِي- وَ قَدْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ آخَى بَيْنَ حَمْزَةَ وَ زيدا [زَيْدٍ]- فَاتْرُكْنِي أَقْتُلْهُ، فَتَرَكَهُ الزُّبَيْرُ فَقَتَلَهُ،

An Angel came and informed Rasool-Allahsaww of his place. Rasool-Allahsaww sent Zayd and Al-Zubeyr to him. Hesaww said to them: ‘Go to him, he is in such and such place, and kill him’. When they came to him, Zayd said to Al-Zubeyr, ‘He claims that he killed my brother’ – and Rasool-Allahsaww had established brother-hood between Hamzaasws and Zayd – ‘So leave me to kill him. Al-Zubeyr left him, he killed him.

فَرَجَعَ عُثْمَانُ مِنْ عِنْدِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَقَالَ لِمَرْأَتِهِ، إِنَّكِ أَرْسَلْتِي إِلَى أَبِيكِ فَأَعْلَمْتِيهِ بِمَكَانِ عَمِّي، فَحَلَفَتْ لَهُ بِاللَّهِ مَا فَعَلَتْ، فَلَمْ يُصَدِّقْهَا، فَأَخَذَ خَشَبَةَ الْقَتَبِ‏ فَضَرَبَهَا ضَرْباً مُبَرِّحاً، فَأَرْسَلَتْ إِلَى أَبِيهَا تَشْكُوا ذَلِكَ وَ تُخْبِرُهُ بِمَا صَنَعَ،

Usman returned from the presence of the Prophetsaww and said to his wife, ‘Youas sent me to youras fathersaww and taught himsaww the place of my uncle’. Sheas oathed to him, ‘By Allahazwj! I did not do it’. But he did not ratify heras. He grabbed a stick and hit heras a sharp hit. Sheas sent a message to heras fathersaww complaining of that and informed himsaww of what had happened.

فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهَا: إِنِّي لَأَسْتَحِي لِلْمَرْأَةِ أَنْ لَا تَزَالَ تَجُرُّ ذُيُولَهَا تَشْكُو زَوْجَهَا، فَأَرْسَلَتْ إِلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ: قَدْ قَتَلَنِي، فَقَالَ لِعَلِيٍ‏: خُذِ السَّيْفَ ثُمَّ ائْتِ بِنْتَ عَمِّكَ فَخُذْ بِيَدِهَا، فَمَنْ حَالَ بَيْنَكَ وَ بَيْنَهَا فَاضْرِبْهُ بِالسَّيْفِ،

Hesaww sent a message to heras: ‘Isaww am embarrassed for the woman if she does not drag her tail complaining of her husband’. Sheas sent a message to himsaww, ‘He has killed me’. Hesaww said to Aliasws: ‘Take the sword, then go to the daughteras of yourasws unclesaww and hold heras hand. Whoever comes between youasws and heras, strike him with the sword.

فَدَخَلَ عَلِيٌّ، فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِهَا فَجَاءَ بِهَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَأَرَتْهُ ظَهْرَهَا، فَقَالَ أَبُوهَا: قَتَلَهَا قَتَلَهُ اللَّهُ، فَمَكَثَتْ يَوْماً وَ مَاتَتْ فِي الثَّانِي، وَ اجْتَمَعَ النَّاسُ لِلصَّلَاةِ عَلَيْهَا،

Aliasws entered, and grabbed heras hand and came with her to the Prophetsaww. Sheas uncovered heras back. Heras fathersaww said: ‘He has killed her, may Allahazwj Kill him!’ She remained for a day and died during the second day, and the people gather for the Salat upon heras.

فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مِنْ بَيْتِهِ- وَ عُثْمَانُ جَالِسٌ مَعَ الْقَوْمِ-، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: مَنْ أَلَّمَ جَارِيَتَهُ اللَّيْلَةَ فَلَا تَشْهَدْ جَنَازَتَهَا؟ قَالَهَا مَرَّتَيْنِ، وَ هُوَ سَاكِتٌ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ‏ وَ آلِهِ‏ لَيَقُومَنَّ أَوْ لَأُسَمِّيَنَّهُ بِاسْمِهِ وَ اسْمِ أَبِيهِ، فَقَامَ يَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَى مَوْلًى‏ لَهُ.

Rasool-Allahsaww came up from hissaww house, and Usman was seated with the people. Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘Who inflicted pain on his maid at night? He should not attend her funeral’ – saying it twice, and he (Usman) was silent. Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘Let him arise or else Isaww shall name him with his name, and name of his father’. He stood up, leaning upon a slave of his.

قَالَ: فَخَرَجَتْ فَاطِمَةُ عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ فِي نِسَائِهَا فَصَلَّتْ عَلَى أُخْتِهَا.

He (the narrator) said, ‘ (Syeda) Fatimaasws came out among herasws womenfolk and prayed Salat upon herasws sisteras’’.¹⁰⁵

67- شف‏: أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ‏ الطَّبَرِيِّ مِنْ كِتَابِهِ ...، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ حَفْصٍ وَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَاتِمٍ وَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ وَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ الْعِجْلِيِّ وَ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ وَ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ السَّكَنِ‏ جَمِيعاً، عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ هَاشِمِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الْجَارُودِ زِيَادِ بْنِ الْمُنْذِرِ، عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ مِيثَمٍ الْكَيَّالِ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ زُمُرُّدٍ الرَّوَّاسِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ الْغِفَارِيِّ، قَالَ: لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: يَوْمَ تَبْيَضُّ وُجُوهٌ وَ تَسْوَدُّ وُجُوهٌ‏ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: تَرِدُ أُمَّتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عَلَيَّ خَمْسَ رَايَاتٍ، فَأَوَّلُهَا مَعَ عِجْلِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ فَآخُذُ بِيَدِهِ فَتَرْجُفُ قَدَمَاهُ وَ يَسْوَدُّ وَجْهُهُ وَ وُجُوهُ أَصْحَابِهِ، فَأَقُولُ: مَا فَعَلْتُمْ بِالثَّقَلَيْنِ؟.

(The book) ‘Kashf Al Yaqeen’ – Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Al Tabari, from his book, from Muhammad Bin al Husayn Bin Hafs and Ali Bin Ahmad Bin Hatim, and Ali Bin Al Abbas, and Ali Bin Al Husayn Al Ijali, and Ja’far Bin Muhammad Bin Malik and Al Hassan Bin Al Sakan, altogether from Abbad Bin Yaqoub, from Ali Bin Hashim Bin Zayd, from Abu Al Jaroud Ziyad Bin Al Munzir, from Imran Bin Maysam Al Kayal, from Malik Bin Zumarrud Al Rawasy,

‘From Abu Zarr Al-Ghufaryra having said, ‘When this Verse was Revealed On the Day faces would be whitened and faces would be darkened [3:106], Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘Mysaww community will return to mesaww on the Day of Judgement under five banners. The first of it would be with a calf of this community. Iasws would grab his hand, and his feet would tremble, and his face and faces of his companions would be darkened. Isaww shall ask them: ‘What did you do with the two weighty things?’

فَيَقُولُونَ: أَمَّا الْأَكْبَرَ فَخَرَّقْنَا وَ مَزَّقْنَا، وَ أَمَّا الْأَصْغَرَ فَعَادَيْنَا وَ أَبْغَضْنَا، فَأَقُولُ: رِدُوا ظِمَاءً مُظْمَئِينَ مُسْوَدَّةً وُجُوهُكُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِهِمْ ذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ لَا يُسْقَوْنَ قَطْرَةً.

They would be saying, ‘As for the greater, we broke it up and tore it, and as for the smaller, we were inimical to it and hated it’. Isaww shall say: ‘Return thirsty, remaining thirsty, darkened of faces!’ They will be taken to the left, not having been quenched a drop.

ثُمَّ يَرِدُ عَلَيَّ رَايَةُ فِرْعَوْنِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ فَأَقُومُ فَآخُذُ بِيَدِهِ ثُمَّ تَرْجُفُ قَدَمَاهُ‏ وَ يَسْوَدُّ وَجْهُهُ وَ وُجُوهُ أَصْحَابِهِ، فَأَقُولُ: مَا فَعَلْتُمْ بِالثَّقَلَيْنِ؟.

Then there will return to mesaww a flag of the Pharaohla of this community. Isaww shall stand and grab his hand, and his feet would tremble, and his face and faces of his companions would darken. Isaww shall say: ‘What did you do with the two weighty things?’

فَيَقُولُونَ: أَمَّا الْأَكْبَرُ فَمَزَّقْنَا مِنْهُ، وَ أَمَّا الْأَصْغَرُ فَبَرِئْنَا مِنْهُ وَ لَعَنَّاهُ، فَأَقُولُ: رِدُوا ظِمَاءً مُظْمَئِينَ مُسْوَدَّةً وُجُوهُكُمْ، فَيُؤْخَذُ بِهِمْ ذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ لَا يُسْقَوْنَ قَطْرَةً.

They would be saying, ‘As for the greater, we tore from it, and as for the smaller, we disavowed from himasws and cursed himasws’. Isaww shall say: ‘Return thirsty, remaining thirsty, darkened of faces!’ They would be taken to the left, not having been quenched a drop.

ثُمَّ يَرِدُ عَلَيَّ رَايَةُ ذِي الثُّدَيَّةِ مَعَهَا أَوَّلُ خَارِجَةٍ وَ آخِرُهَا، فَأَقُومُ فَآخُذُ بِيَدِهِ فَتَرْجُفُ قَدَمَاهُ وَ تَسْوَدُّ وَجْهُهُ وَ وُجُوهُ أَصْحَابِهِ، فَأَقُولُ: مَا فَعَلْتُمْ بِالثَّقَلَيْنِ بَعْدِي؟.

Then there would return to me a flag of the one with breasts, with it would be the first of the Kharijites and the last of them. Isaww shall stand and grab his hand. His feet would tremble and his face and faces of his companions would be darkened. Isaww shall say: ‘What did you do with the two weighty things after mesaww?’

فَيَقُولُونَ: أَمَّا الْأَكْبَرُ فَمَزَّقْنَا مِنْهُ، وَ أَمَّا الْأَصْغَرُ فَبَرِئْنَا مِنْهُ وَ لَعَنَّاهُ. فَأَقُولُ: رِدُوا ظِمَاءً مُظْمَئِينَ مُسْوَدَّةً وُجُوهُكُمْ، فَيُؤْخَذُ بِهِمْ ذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ لَا يُسْقَوْنَ قَطْرَةً.

They would say, ‘As for the greater, we tore from it, and as for the smaller, we disavowed from himasws and cursed himasws’. Isaww shall say: ‘Return thirsty, remaining thirsty, darkened of faces. They would be taken to the left, not having been quenched a drop.

ثُمَّ تَرِدُ عَلَيَّ رَايَةُ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ سَيِّدِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَ إِمَامِ الْمُتَّقِينَ وَ قَائِدِ الْغُرِّ الْمُحَجَّلِينَ، فَأَقُومُ فَآخُذُ بِيَدِهِ فَتَبْيَضُ‏ وَجْهُهُ وَ وُجُوهُ أَصْحَابِهِ، فَأَقُولُ: مَا فَعَلْتُمْ بِالثَّقَلَيْنِ بَعْدِي؟.

Then there shall return to mesaww the flag of Amir Al-Momineenasws and chief of the Muslims, and Imamasws of pious, and guide of the resplendent (faces). Isaww stand and grab hisasws hand. Hisasws face and faces of hisasws companions would whiten. Isaww shall say: ‘What did youasws do with the two weighty things after mesaww?’

فَيَقُولُونَ: أَمَّا الْأَكْبَرُ فَاتَّبَعْنَاهُ وَ أَطَعْنَاهُ، وَ أَمَّا الْأَصْغَرُ فَقَاتَلْنَا مَعَهُ حَتَّى قُتِلْنَا.

They would be saying, ‘As for the greater, we followed it and obeyed it, and as for the smaller, we fought alongside himasws until we were killed’.

فَأَقُولُ: رِدُوا رِوَاءً مَرْوِيِّينَ مُبْيَضَّةً وُجُوهُكُمْ، فَيُؤْخَذُ بِهِمْ ذَاتَ الْيَمِينِ، وَ هُوَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: يَوْمَ تَبْيَضُّ وُجُوهٌ وَ تَسْوَدُّ وُجُوهٌ فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ اسْوَدَّتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ أَ كَفَرْتُمْ بَعْدَ إِيمانِكُمْ فَذُوقُوا الْعَذابَ بِما كُنْتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ وَ أَمَّا الَّذِينَ ابْيَضَّتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ فَفِي رَحْمَتِ اللَّهِ هُمْ فِيها خالِدُونَ‏.

Isaww shall say: ‘Return saturated, remaining saturated, whitened of faces!’ They would be taken to the right, and it is the Word of Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic: On the Day faces would be whitened and faces would be darkened. So as for those whose faces would be darkened: “Did you commit Kufr after your Eman? Then taste the Punishment due to what you were disbelieving in” [3:106] And as for those whose faces would be whitened, so in the Mercy of Allah, they would be in it eternally [3:107]’’.¹⁰⁶

68- شف‏: مِنْ كِتَابِ الْمَنَاقِبِ لِأَحْمَدَ بْنِ مَرْدَوَيْهِ ...، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْوَاسِطِيِّ، عَنِ الْهَيْثَمِ بْنِ عَدِيٍّ الطَّائِيِّ، عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ هَاشِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَ ابْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ، عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ تَغْلِبَ، عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ وَ الْمِقْدَادَ بْنَ الْأَسْوَدِ وَ سَلْمَانَ الْفَارِسِيَ‏ رِضْوَانُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ، قَالُوا: كُنَّا قُعُوداً عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مَا مَعَنَا غَيْرُنَا، إِذْ أَقْبَلَ ثَلَاثَةُ رَهْطٍ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ الْبَدْرِيِّينَ،

(The book) ‘Yaqeen Fi Imarate Amir Al Momineenasws’, from the book ‘Al Manaqib’ of Ahmad Bin Mardawayh, from Ismail Bin Ali Al Wasity, from Al Haysam Bin Adayy Al Taie, from Hammad Bin Isa, from Ali Bin Hashim, from his father and Ibn Uzina, from Aban Bin Taghlib, from Muslim who said,

‘I heard Abu Zarrra and Al-Miqdad Bin Al-Aswadra and Salman Al-Farsira saying, ‘Wera were seated in the presence of Rasool-Allahsaww, there was no one else with himsaww apart from usra, when a group of three from the Emigrants of the participants of Badr, came.

فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: تَفْتَرِقُ أُمَّتِي بَعْدِي‏ ثَلَاثَ فِرَقٍ، فِرْقَةٌ أَهْلُ حَقٍّ لَا يَشُوبُونَهُ بِبَاطِلٍ، مَثَلُهُمْ كَمَثَلِ الذَّهَبِ كُلَّمَا فَتَنَتْهُ‏ النَّارُ ازْدَادَ طِيباً، وَ إِمَامُهُمْ‏ هَذَا- لَأَحَدُ الثَّلَاثَةِ-، وَ هُوَ الَّذِي أَمَرَ اللَّهُ‏ بِهِ فِي كِتَابِهِ إِمَاماً وَ رَحْمَةً،

Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘Mysaww community will separate after mesaww into three sects – a sect of the people of truth, not resembling with the falsehood. Their example is like an example of the gold. Every time it is burnt in the fire, it increases in goodness, and their Imamasws is this, one of the three, and heasws is the oneasws Allahazwj has Commanded with in Hisazwj Book, and a Mercy.

وَ فِرْقَةٌ أَهْلُ الْبَاطِلِ لَا يَشُوبُونَهُ بِحَقٍّ، مَثَلُهُمْ كَمَثَلِ خَبَثِ‏ الْحَدِيدِ، كُلَّمَا فَتَنْتَهُ بِالنَّارِ ازْدَادَ خَبَثاً وَ نَتْناً، إِمَامُهُمْ هَذَا- لَأَحَدُ الثَّلَاثَةِ-، وَ فِرْقَةٌ أَهْلُ‏ الضَّلَالَةِ مُذَبْذَبِينَ‏ لا إِلى‏ هؤُلاءِ وَ لا إِلى‏ هؤُلاءِ، إِمَامُهُمْ أَحَدُ الثَّلَاثَةِ.

And a sect of the people of falsehood, not resembling with truth. An example of them is like an example of the iron. Every time it is burnt in the fire it increases in wickedness and stench. Their imam is one of the three; and a sect of the people of straying, wavering, neither towards these ones nor towards those; [4:143]. Their imam is one of the three’.

قَالَ: فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ أَهْلِ الْحَقِّ وَ إِمَامِهِمْ. فَقَالَ: عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ (ع) إِمَامُ الْمُتَّقِينَ، وَ أَمْسَكَ عَنِ الِاثْنَيْنِ، فَجَهَدْتُ أَنْ يَفْعَلَ فَلَمْ يَفْعَلْ.

Hera said, ‘Ira asked himsaww about the people of the truth and their Imamasws. Hesaww said: ‘Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws is Imamasws of the pious’, and hesaww withheld from the (other) two. Ira struggled that hesaww does so (name them), but hesaww did not do so’’.¹⁰⁷

69- شف‏: مِنْ كِتَابٍ عَتِيقٍ مِنْ أُصُولِ الْمُخَالِفِينَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ الْجُعْفِيِّ، عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفَرَزْدَقِ الْقَطِيعِيِ‏، عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَسَنِ بْنِ فُرَاتٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمَسْعُودِيِّ، عَنْ‏ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَالِكِ، عَنِ الْحَرْثِ بْنِ حَصِيرَةَ، عَنْ صَخْرِ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ الْفَزَازِيِ‏، عَنْ حَيَّانَ بْنِ الْحَرْثِ الْأَزْدِيِّ- يُكَنَّى أَبَا عَقِيلٍ-، عَنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ جَمِيلٍ الضَّبِّيِّ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ ضَمْرَةَ الرَّوَّاسِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ الْغِفَارِيِّ: اجْتَمَعَ هُوَ وَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ وَ الْمِقْدَادُ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ وَ عَمَّارُ بْنُ يَاسِرٍ وَ حُذَيْفَةُ بْنُ الْيَمَانِ،

(The book) ‘Yaqeen Fi Imarate Amir Al Momineenasws’ – from the book ‘Ateeq from Usool Al Mukhalifeen’, from Muhammad Bin Abdullah Bin al Husayn Al Jufy, from Al Husayn Bin Muhammad Bin Al Farazdaq Al Qatie, from Al Husayn Bin Ali Bin Bazie, from Yahya Bin Hassan Bin Furat, from Abu Abdul Rahman Al Masoudy, from Abdullah Bin Abdul Malik, from Al Hars Bin Haseyra, from Sakhr Bin Al Hakam Al Fazari, from Hayyan Bin Al Hars al Azdy, teknonymed as Abu Aqeel, from Al Rabie Bin Jameel A lZaby, from Malik Bin Zamrah Al Rawasy,

‘From Abu Zarr Al-Ghifarira, hera and Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws and Abdullah Bin Masoud, and Al-Miqdad Bin Al-Aswadra, and Ammar Bin Yasser, and Huzeyfa Bin al Yaman gathered.

قَالَ: فَقَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ: حَدِّثُونَا حَدِيثاً نَذْكُرُ بِهِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَنَشْهَدُ لَهُ وَ نَدْعُو لَهُ وَ نُصَدِّقُهُ، فَقَالُوا: حَدِّثْنَا .. يَا عَلِيُّ!.

He (the narrator) said, ‘Abu Zarrra said, ‘We were discussing a Hadeeth we remembered Rasool-Allahsaww with it. We testified for himsaww and supplicated for himsaww and ratified himsaww. They said, ‘Narrate to us, O Aliasws!’

قَالَ‏: فَقَالَ عَلِيٌ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمْ مَا هَذَا زَمَانَ حَدِيثِي، قَالُوا: صَدَقْتَ. قَالَ: فَقَالُوا: حَدِّثْنَا .. يَا حُذَيْفَةُ!. قَالَ: لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمْ أَنِّي سُئِلْتُ عَنِ الْمُعْضِلَاتِ فَحَذَرْتُهُنَّ. قَالُوا: صَدَقْتَ.

He (the narrator) said, ‘Aliasws said: ‘You have known these are not the times for measws to talk’. They said, ‘Youasws speak the truth’. They said, ‘Narrated to us, O Huzeyfa!’ He said, ‘You have known that if I am asked about the dilemmas, so I am cautious of them’. They said, ‘You speak the truth’.

قَالَ: فَقَالُوا: حَدِّثْنَا .. يَا ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ! قَالَ: لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمْ أَنِّي قَرَأْتُ الْقُرْآنَ لَمْ أُسْأَلْ عَنْ غَيْرِهِ. قَالُوا: صَدَقْتَ.

He (the narrator) said, ‘They said, ‘Narrated to us, O Ibn Masoud!’ He said, ‘You have known I read the Quran. I should not be asked about anything else’. They said, ‘You speak the truth’.

قَالَ: فَقَالُوا: حَدِّثْنَا .. يَا مِقْدَادُ!. قَالَ: لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمْ إِنَّمَا كُنْتُ فَارِساً بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ أُقَاتِلُ، وَ لَكِنْ أَنْتُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْحَدِيثِ. فَقَالُوا: صَدَقْتَ.

He (the narrator) said, ‘They said, ‘Narrated to us, O Miqdadra!’ Hear said, ‘You have known rather I used to be a horseman in front of Rasool-Allahsaww, fighting, but you are the companions of Hadeeth’. They said, ‘Youra speak the truth’.

قَالَ: فَقَالُوا: حَدِّثْنَا .. يَا عَمَّارُ!. قَالَ: فَقَالَ: لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمْ أَنِّي إِنْسَانٌ نَسَّاءٌ إِلَّا أَنْ أُذَكَّرَ فَأَذْكُرَ. قَالُوا: صَدَقْتَ.

He (the narrator) said, ‘They said, ‘Narrate to us, O Ammar! He said, ‘You have known I am a forgetful person, except if I remember, then I mention’. They said, ‘You speak the truth’.

قَالَ: فَقَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ: إِنَّمَا أُحَدِّثُكُمْ بِحَدِيثٍ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ أَوْ مَنْ سَمِعَهُ مِنْكُمْ بَلَّغَ‏، أَ لَسْتُمْ تَشْهَدُونَ أَنْ‏ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً عَبْدُهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ، وَ أَنَّ السَّاعَةَ آتِيَةٌ لا رَيْبَ فِيها، وَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَبْعَثُ مَنْ فِي الْقُبُورِ، وَ أَنَّ الْبَعْثَ حَقٌّ، وَ أَنَّ الْجَنَّةَ حَقٌّ، وَ أَنَّ النَّارَ حَقٌّ؟.

He (the narrator) said, ‘Abu Zarrra said, ‘But rather, Ira shall narrate to you with a Hadeeth Ira heard, or heard it from one of you delivering: ‘(Rasool-Allahsaww said): ‘Aren’t you testifying that there is no god except Allahazwj and that Muhammadsaww is Hisazwj servant and Hisazwj Rasoolsaww, And the Hour is coming, there is no doubt in it, and that Allah will Resurrect the ones in the graves [22:7], and that the Resurrection is true, and the Paradise is true, and the Fire is true?’

قَالُوا: نَشْهَدُ. قَالَ: وَ أَنَا مِنَ‏ الشَّاهِدِينَ.

They said, ‘We testify’. He said: ‘And I am also from the testifiers’.

قَالَ: أَ لَسْتُمْ تَشْهَدُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَ‏ شَرَّ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَ الْآخِرِينَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ: سِتَّةٌ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَ سِتَّةٌ مِنَ الْآخِرِينَ، ثُمَّ سَمَّى مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ ابْنَ آدَمَ‏ الَّذِي قَتَلَ أَخَاهُ، وَ فِرْعَوْنَ، وَ هَامَانَ، وَ قَارُونَ، وَ السَّامِرِيَّ، وَ الدَّجَّالَ اسْمُهُ فِي الْأَوَّلِينَ وَ يَخْرُجُ فِي الْآخِرِينَ،

Hesaww said: ‘Aren’t you testifying that Rasool-Allahsaww narrated to us that the evilest of the former ones and the latter ones are twelve – six from the former ones and six from the latter ones’. Then hesaww named from the former ones – Sonla of Adamas who killed hisla brotheras, and Pharaohla, and Hammanla, and Qarounla, and Al-Samirila, and the Dajjaalla. Hisla name is among the former ones and hela emerge among the latter ones.

وَ سَمَّى مِنَ الْآخِرِينَ سِتَّةً: الْعِجْلَ‏ - وَ هُوَ ... وَ فِرْعَوْنَ- وَ هُوَ ...-، وَ هَامَانَ- وَ هُوَ زِيَادُ بْنُ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ-، وَ قَارُونَ- وَ هُوَ سَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ-، وَ السَّامِرِيَّ- وَ هُوَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ قَيْسٍ أَبُو مُوسَى-،

And hesaww named six from the latter ones – The calf, and he is (Bakr), and Pharaohla, and he is (Umar), and Hammanla, and he is Zaiyad Bin Abu Sufyan, and Qarounla, and he is Sa’ad Bin Abu Waqas, and Al-Samirila, and he is Abdullah Bin Qays Abu Musa’.

قِيلَ: وَ مَا السَّامِرِيُّ؟. قَالَ: قَالَ السَّامِرِيُ‏: لا مِساسَ‏، وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ: لَا قِتَالَ‏، وَ الْأَبْتَرَ- وَ هُوَ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ-، قَالُوا: وَ مَا أَبْتَرُهَا؟. قَالَ: لَا دِينَ لَهُ‏ وَ لَا نَسَبَ.

It was said, ‘And what is Al-Samirila?’ Hesaww said, ‘Al-Samiri said, ‘Do not touch me’ [20:97], and he is saying, ‘No fighting’; and the one without posterity [108:3], and he is Amro Bin Al-Aas’. They said, ‘And what is its being without posterity?’ Hesaww said, ‘There being no Religion for him nor any lineage’.

قَالَ: فَقَالُوا: نَشْهَدُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ. قَالَ: وَ أَنَا عَلَى ذَلِكَ مِنَ الشَّاهِدِينَ.

He (the narrator) said, ‘They said, ‘We testify upon that’. He (the narrator) said, ‘And I, upon that, am from the testifiers’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَ لَسْتُمْ تَشْهَدُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَالَ: إِنَّ مِنْ أُمَّتِي مَنْ يَرِدُ عَلَيَّ الْحَوْضَ عَلَى خَمْسِ رَايَاتٍ: أَوَّلُهُنَّ رَايَةُ الْعِجْلِ فَأَقُومُ‏ فَإِذَا أَخَذْتُ بِيَدِهِ اسْوَدَّ وَجْهُهُ، وَ رَجَفَتْ قَدَمَاهُ، وَ خَفَقَتْ أَحْشَاؤُهُ، وَ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ تَبَعُهُ‏،

Then he said: ‘Aren’t you testifying that Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘From mysaww community there are ones who would return to mesaww being upon five flags – the first of these is flag of the calf (Abu Bakr). Isaww shall stand, and when Isaww grab his hand, his face would darken and his feet would tremble, and his heart would throb, and that would be done by his followers (as well).

فَأَقُولُ: مَا خَلَفْتُمُونِي فِي الثَّقَلَيْنِ بَعْدِي؟ فَيَقُولُونَ: كَذَّبْنَا الْأَكْبَرَ وَ مَزَّقْنَاهُ وَ اضْطَهَدْنَاهُ، وَ الْأَصْغَرَ أَبْتَرْنَاهُ حَقَّهُ‏، فَأَقُولُ: اسْلُكُوا ذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ، فَيَنْصَرِفُونَ ظِمَاءً مُظْمَئِينَ مُسْوَدَّةً وُجُوهُهُمْ لَا يَطْعَمُونَ‏ مِنْهُ قَطْرَةً.

I shall say: ‘What did you replace mesaww regarding the two weight things after mesaww?’ They would say, ‘We belied the greater and tore it and resented it, and the smaller one we terminated hisasws rights’. Isaww shall say: ‘Travel to the left!’ They will disperse thirsty, remaining thirsty, darkened of faces, not being fed a drop from it.

ثُمَّ يَرِدُ عَلَيَّ رَايَةُ فِرْعَوْنِ أُمَّتِي- وَ هُمْ أَكْثَرُ النَّاسِ الْبَهْرَجِيُّونَ-، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ (ص)! وَ مَا الْبَهْرَجِيُّونَ؟ أَ بَهْرَجُوا الطَّرِيقَ؟. قَالَ: لَا، وَ لَكِنْ بَهْرَجُوا دِينَهُمْ، وَ هُمُ الَّذِينَ يَغْضَبُونَ لِلدُّنْيَا وَ لَهَا يَرْضَوْنَ، وَ لَهَا يَسْخَطُونَ، وَ لَهَا يَنْصَبُونَ،

Then the flag of Pharaohla of mysaww community (Umar) would return to mesaww, and they would be most fake of the people’. I said, ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! And what are the fake people?’ Are they of the fake path?’ Hesaww said: ‘No, but they faked their Religion, and they are those who were angered for the world, and they were pleased for it, and were being wrathful for it, and establishing hostility for it.

فَأَقُومُ فَآخُذُ بِيَدِ صَاحِبِهِمْ فَإِذَا أَخَذْتُ بِيَدِهِ اسْوَدَّ وَجْهُهُ وَ رَجَفَتْ قَدَمَاهُ وَ خَفَقَتْ‏ أَحْشَاؤُهُ، وَ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ تَبَعُهُ‏، فَأَقُولُ: مَا خَلَفْتُمُونِي فِي الثَّقَلَيْنِ بَعْدِي؟

Isaww shall stand and grab a hand of their master. When Isaww grab his hand, his face would darken, and his feet would tremble, and his heart would throb, and that would be done by his followers (as well). Isaww shall say: ‘How did you replace mesaww regarding the two weighty things after mesaww?’

فَيَقُولُونَ: كَذَّبْنَا الْأَكْبَرَ وَ مَزَّقْنَاهُ، وَ قَاتَلْنَا الْأَصْغَرَ وَ قَتَلْنَاهُ، فَأَقُولُ: اسْلُكُوا طَرِيقَ أَصْحَابِكُمْ، فَيَنْصَرِفُونَ ظِمَاءً مُظْمَئِينَ مُسْوَدَّةً وُجُوهُهُمْ لَا يَطْعَمُونَ‏ مِنْهُ قَطْرَةً.

They would be saying, ‘We belied the greater and tore it, and we fought the smaller and killed himasws’. Isaww shall say: ‘Travel the path of your companions!’ They would disperse thirsty, remaining thirsty, darkened of faces, not being fed a drop from it.

ثُمَّ تَرِدُ عَلَيَّ رَايَةُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ- وَ هُوَ إِمَامُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفاً مِنْ أُمَّتِي-، فَأَقُومُ فَآخُذُ بِيَدِهِ، فَإِذَا أَخَذْتُ بِيَدِهِ اسْوَدَّ وَجْهُهُ وَ رَجَفَتْ قَدَمَاهُ وَ خَفَقَتْ أَحْشَاؤُهُ، وَ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ تَبَعُهُ‏، فَأَقُولُ: مَا خَلَفْتُمُونِي فِي الثَّقَلَيْنِ بَعْدِي؟

Then the flag of Abdullah Bin Qays would return to me, and he is the leader of a thousand from mysaww community. Isaww shall stand and grab his hand. When Isaww grab his hand, his face would darken, and his feet would tremble, and his heart would throb, and that would be done by his followers (as well). Isaww shall say: ‘How did you replace mesaww regarding the two weight things after mesaww?’

فَيَقُولُونَ: كَذَّبْنَا الْأَكْبَرَ وَ عَصَيْنَاهُ وَ خَذَلْنَا الْأَصْغَرَ وَ خَذَلْنَا مِنْهُ‏، فَأَقُولُ: اسْلُكُوا طَرِيقَ‏ أَصْحَابِكُمْ، فَيَنْصَرِفُونَ ظِمَاءً مُظْمَئِينَ مُسْوَدَّةً وُجُوهُهُمْ لَا يَطْعَمُونَ‏ مِنْهُ قَطْرَةً.

They would say, ‘We belied the greater and disobeyed it, and we abandoned the smaller and forsook away from himasws’. Isaww shall say: ‘Travel the path of your companions!’ They would disperse thirsty, remaining thirsty, darkened of faces, not being fed a drop from it.

ثُمَّ تَرِدُ عَلَيَّ رَايَةُ الْمُخْدَجِ- وَ هُوَ إِمَامُ سَبْعِينَ‏ أَلْفاً مِنَ النَّاسِ- فَأَقُومُ فَآخُذُ بِيَدِهِ، فَإِذَا أَخَذْتُ بِيَدِهِ اسْوَدَّ وَجْهُهُ وَ رَجَفَتْ قَدَمَاهُ وَ خَفَقَتْ أَحْشَاؤُهُ، وَ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ تَبَعُهُ‏، فَأَقُولُ: مَا خَلَفْتُمُونِي فِي الثَّقَلَيْنِ بَعْدِي؟،

Then the flag of Al-Mukhdaj will return to mesaww, and he is a leader of seventy thousand from the people. Isaww shall stand and grab his hand. When Isaww grab his hand, his face would darken, and his feet would tremble, and his heart would throb, and that would be done by his followers (as well). Isaww shall say: ‘How did you replace mesaww regarding the two weighty things after mesaww?’

فَيَقُولُونَ: كَذَّبْنَا الْأَكْبَرَ وَ عَصَيْنَاهُ، وَ قَاتَلْنَا الْأَصْغَرَ وَ قَتَلْنَاهُ‏. فَأَقُولُ: اسْلُكُوا سَبِيلَ أَصْحَابِكُمْ، فَيَنْصَرِفُونَ ظِمَاءً مُظْمَئِينَ مُسْوَدَّةً وُجُوهُهُمْ لَا يَطْعَمُونَ مِنْهُ قَطْرَةً.

They would say, ‘We belied the greater and disobeyed, it, and we fought against the smaller and killed himasws’. Isaww shall say: ‘Travel the way of your companions!’ They would disperse thirsty, remaining thirsty, darkened of faces, not having been fed a drop from it.

ثُمَّ تَرِدُ عَلَيَّ رَايَةُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ (ع) أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ إِمَامِ الْغُرِّ الْمُحَجَّلِينَ، فَأَقُومُ فَآخُذُ بِيَدِهِ فَيَبْيَضُّ وَجْهُهُ وَ وُجُوهُ أَصْحَابِهِ، فَأَقُولُ: مَا خَلَفْتُمُونِي فِي الثَّقَلَيْنِ‏ بَعْدِي؟.

Then there would come to me the flag of Amir Al-Momineen Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws, and Imamasws of the resplendent. Isaww shall stand and grab hisasws hand, and hisasws face and faces of hisasws companions would whiten. Isaww shall say: ‘How did youasws replace mesaww regarding the two weighty things after mesaww?’

فَيَقُولُونَ تَبِعْنَا الْأَكْبَرَ وَ صَدَّقْنَاهُ، وَ وَازَرْنَا الْأَصْغَرَ وَ نَصَرْنَاهُ وَ قَاتَلْنَا مَعَهُ، فَأَقُولُ: رِدُوا رِوَاءً مَرْوِيِّينَ، فَيَشْرَبُونَ شَرْبَةً لَا يَظْمَئُونَ بَعْدَهَا أَبَداً، وَجْهُ إِمَامِهِمْ كَالشَّمْسِ الطَّالِعَةِ وَ وُجُوهُهُمْ كَالْقَمَرِ لَيْلَةَ الْبَدْرِ، أَوْ كَأَضْوَإِ نَجْمٍ فِي السَّمَاءِ.

They would say, ‘We followed the greater and ratified it, and we supported the smaller and helped himasws and fought alongside himasws’. Isaww shall say: ‘Return saturated, remaining saturated!’ So, they would drink such a drink, they will not be thirsty after it, ever! The face of their Imamasws would be like the emerging sun, and their faces would be like the moon on the night of the full moon, or like the illumination of the stars in the sky’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَ لَسْتُمْ تَشْهَدُونَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ؟. قَالُوا: بَلَى‏، وَ إِنَّا عَلَى ذَلِكَ مِنَ الشَّاهِدِينَ.

Then he (the narrator) said, ‘Aren’t you testifying upon that?’ They said, ‘Yes’. He said, ‘And I, upon that am from the testifiers’’.¹⁰⁸

70- شف‏: مِنْ كِتَابِ الْمَنَاقِبِ لِأَحْمَدَ بْنِ مَرْدَوَيْهِ، عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ يُوسُفَ‏، عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ، عَنْ يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيِّ، عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ ظُهَيْرٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ أَسِيرُ مَعَ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ- وَ عُمَرُ عَلَى بَغْلٍ وَ أَنَا عَلَى فَرَسٍ- فَقَرَأَ آيَةً فِيهَا ذِكْرُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَقَالَ: أَمَ وَ اللَّهِ- يَا بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ لَقَدْ كَانَ صَاحِبُكُمْ أَوْلَى بِهَذَا الْأَمْرِ مِنِّي وَ مِنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ،

(The book) ‘Yaqeen Fi Imarate Amir Al Momineenasws’ – from the book ‘Al Manaqib’ of Ahmad Bin Mardawayh, from Ahmad Bin Ibrahim Bin Yusuf, from Imran Bin Abdul Rahman, from Yhaya Al Hammani, from Al Hakam Bin Zaheer, from Abdullah Bin Muhammad Bin Ali, from his father, from Ibn Abbas who said,

‘I was travelling with Umar Bin Al-Khattab during a night, and Umar was upon a mule and I was upon a horse, he recited a Verse wherein was a mention of Aliasws Bin Au Talibasws. He said, ‘But by Allahazwj O sons of Abdul Muttalibasws! Your companion (Aliasws) was foremost with this command than me and (more) than Abu Bakr’.

فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي: لَا أَقَالَنِيَ اللَّهُ إِنْ أَقَلْتُكَ، فَقُلْتُ: أَنْتَ تَقُولُ ذَلِكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ؟!، وَ أَنْتَ وَ صَاحِبُكَ اللَّذَانِ وَثَبْتُمَا وَ انْتَزَعْتُمْ‏ مِنَّا الْأَمْرَ دُونَ النَّاسِ؟.

I said within myself, ‘And Allahazwj did not Make me say it, and Made you say it’. I said, ‘You are saying that, O commander of the faithful?’ And you and your companion (Abu Bakr) are the two who pounced and snatched the command away from us besides the people?’

فَقَالَ: إِلَيْكُمْ‏ يَا بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، أَمَا إِنَّكُمْ أَصْحَابُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ، فَتَأَخَّرْتُ وَ تَقَدَّمَ هُنَيْئَةً، فَقَالَ: سِرْ .. لَا سِرْتَ، فَقَالَ: أَعِدْ عَلَيَّ كَلَامَكَ. فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّمَا ذَكَرْتَ شَيْئاً فَرَدَدْتُ جَوَابَهُ، وَ لَوْ سَكَتَّ سَكَتْنَا.

He said, ‘(Remoteness) to you all, O sons of Abdul Muttalibasws! But you are companions of Umar Bin Al-Khattab. You delayed and I preceded wholesomely’. He said, ‘A secret. There is no secret’. He said, ‘Repeat your speech unto me’. I said, ‘But rather, you mentioned something, so I returned its answer, and had you been silent, I would have been silent’.

فَقَالَ: وَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا مَا فَعَلْنَا مَا فَعَلْنَا عَدَاوَةً، وَ لَكِنْ اسْتَصْغَرْنَاهُ وَ خَشِينَا أَنْ لَا تَجْتَمِعَ عَلَيْهِ الْعَرَبُ وَ قُرَيْشٌ لِمَا قَدْ وَتَرَهَا، فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَقُولَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى‏ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ يَبْعَثُهُ‏ فِي الْكَتِيبَةِ فَيَنْطِحُ كَبْشَهَا فَلَمْ يَسْتَصْغِرْهُ‏ فَتَسْتَصْغِرُهُ أَنْتَ وَ صَاحِبُكَ؟،

He said, ‘By Allahazwj! We did not do what we did out of enmity, but we belittled himasws and feared that the Arabs and Quraysh should not gather to himasws due himasws having wronged them’. I wanted to say, ‘Rasool-Allahsaww used to send himasws in a battalion, and heasws used to flatten their knights. Hesaww did not belittle himasws while you and your companion are belittling himasws?’

فَقَامَ‏ لَا جَرَمَ، فَكَيْفَ تَرَى وَ اللَّهِ مَا نَقْطَعُ أَمْراً دُونَهُ، وَ لَا نَعْمَلُ شَيْئاً حَتَّى نَسْتَأْذِنَهُ.

He said, ‘No offence, so how do you see, by Allahazwj, we do not cut off any matter besides himasws and do not do anything until we seek hisasws permission?’’¹⁰⁹

71- شف‏: أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَرْدَوَيْهِ فِي كِتَابِ الْمَنَاقِبِ، عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ يُوسُفَ، عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عُمَارَةَ، عَنِ الْحَكِيمِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ، عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: خَرَجَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ إِلَى الشَّامِ وَ أَخْرَجَ مَعَهُ الْعَبَّاسَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، قَالَ: فَجَعَلَ النَّاسُ يَتَلَقَّوْنَ‏ وَ يَقُولُونَ: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ!، وَ كَانَ الْعَبَّاسُ رَجُلًا جَمِيلًا فَيَقُولُ: هَذَا صَاحِبُكُمْ،

(The book) ‘Yaqeen Fi Imarate Amir Al Momineenasws’ – Ahmad Bin Mardawayh in the book ‘Al Manaqib’, from Ahmad Bin Ibrahim Bin Yusuf, from Imran Bin Abdul Raheem, from Muhammad Bin Ali Bin Hakeem, from Muhammad Bin Sa’ad, from Al Hassan Bin Amarah, from Al Hakeem Bin Utbah, from Isa Bin Talha Bin Ubeydullah who said,

‘Umar Bin Al-Khattab went to Syrua and took Al-Abbas Bin Abdul Muttalib with him. The people kept on receiving him and saying, ‘Greetings be unto you, O commander of the faithful!’, and Al-Abbas was a handsome man. He said, ‘This is your master’.

فَلَمَّا كَثُرَ عَلَيْهِ الْتَفَتَ إِلَى عُمَرَ، فَقَالَ: تَرَى أَنَا وَ اللَّهِ أَحَقُّ بِهَذَا الْأَمْرِ مِنْكَ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: اسْكُتْ، أَوْلَى‏- وَ اللَّهِ- بِهَذَا الْأَمْرِ مِنِّي وَ مِنْكَ رَجُلٌ خَلَّفْتُهُ أَنَا وَ أَنْتَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ، عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ (ع)!!!.

When the people were a lot to him, he turned towards Umar and said, ‘Do you see, by Allahazwj, I am more rightful with this command than you are?’ Umar said, ‘Silence! By Allahazwj, the foremost with this command than me and you, is a man you and I have left behind in Al-Medina, Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws!!!’’¹¹⁰

72- سر: مُوسَى بْنُ بَكْرٍ، عَنْ زُرَارَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: مَا حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ شَيْئاً إِلَّا وَ قَدْ عُصِيَ فِيهِ، لِأَنَّهُمْ تَزَوَّجُوا أَزْوَاجَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ‏ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ فَخَيَّرَهُنَّ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بَيْنَ الْحِجَابِ وَ لَا يَتَزَوَّجْنَ أَوْ يَتَزَوَّجْنَ، فَاخْتَرْنَ التَّزْوِيجَ فَتَزَوَّجْنَ.

(The book) ‘Al Saraair’ – Musa Bin Bakr, from Zurara,

‘From Abu Ja’farasws having said: ‘Allahazwj has not Prohibited anything except and Heazwj had been disobeyed in it, because they got the wives of Rasool-Allahsaww married from after himasws, and Abu Bakr gave them a choice between the veil and not getting married, or getting married. They chose marriage, and he got them married’.

قَالَ زُرَارَةُ: وَ لَوْ سَأَلْتَ بَعْضَهُمْ أَ رَأَيْتَ لَوْ أَنَّ أَبَاكَ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً وَ لَمْ يَدْخُلْ بِهَا حَتَّى مَاتَ، أَ تَحِلُّ لَكَ إِذَنْ؟. لَقَالَ: لَا، وَ هُمْ قَدِ اسْتَحَلُّوا أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجُوا أُمَّهَاتِهِمْ إِنْ كَانُوا مُؤْمِنِينَ، فَإِنَّ أَزْوَاجَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مِثْلُ أُمَّهَاتِهِمْ.

Zurara said, ‘And if one of them had been asked, ‘What is your view if your father were to marry a woman and does not enter her until he dies, would she be Permissible for you then?’ He would say, ‘No’. And they have already permitted that their mothers get married if they were Momineen, for the wives of Rasool-Allahsaww are like their mothers’’.¹¹¹

73- شي، تفسير العياشي‏: الْمُفَضَّلُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ‏ فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ: يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لا تُبْطِلُوا صَدَقاتِكُمْ بِالْمَنِّ وَ الْأَذى‏. إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ، قَالَ: نَزَلَتْ فِي عُثْمَانَ، وَ جَرَتْ فِي مُعَاوِيَةَ وَ أَتْبَاعِهِمَا.

(The book) ‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi – Al Mufazzal Bin Salih, from one of his companions,

‘From Ja’farasws Bin Muhammadasws and Abu Ja’farasws regarding Words of Allahazwj: O you those who are believing! Do not invalidate your charities by reminders of generosity and (causing) distress [2:264] – up to the end of the Verse. Heasws said: ‘It was Revealed regarding Usman, and it flows regarding Muawiya and the followers of these two’’.¹¹²

74- شي، تفسير العياشي‏: عَنْ سَلَّامِ بْنِ الْمُسْتَنِيرِ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏ فِي قَوْلِهِ: يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لا تُبْطِلُوا صَدَقاتِكُمْ بِالْمَنِّ وَ الْأَذى‏. لِمُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِمُ الصَّلَاةُ وَ السَّلَامُ، هَذَا تَأْوِيلٌ، قَالَ‏: أُنْزِلَتْ فِي عُثْمَانَ‏.

(The book) ‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi – From Sallam Bin Mustaneer,

‘From Abu Ja’farasws regarding Hisazwj Words: O you those who are believing! Do not invalidate your charities by reminders of generosity and (causing) distress [2:264], to Muhammadsaww and Progenyasws of Muhammadsaww. This is interpretation’. Heasws said: ‘It was revealed regarding Usman’’.¹¹³

75- شي، تفسير العياشي‏: عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ‏ فِي قَوْلِهِ: يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لا تُبْطِلُوا صَدَقاتِكُمْ بِالْمَنِّ وَ الْأَذى‏ ... إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: لا يَقْدِرُونَ عَلى‏ شَيْ‏ءٍ مِمَّا كَسَبُوا قَالَ‏ صَفْوَانُ: أَيْ حَجَرٍ وَ الَّذِينَ يُنْفِقُونَ أَمْوالَهُمْ رِئاءَ النَّاسِ‏؟. قَالَ: فُلَانٌ وَ فُلَانٌ وَ فُلَانٌ وَ مُعَاوِيَةُ وَ أَشْيَاعُهُمْ‏.

(The book) ‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Abu Baseer,

‘From Abu Abdullahasws regarding Hisazwj Words: O you those who are believing! Do not invalidate your charities by reminders of generosity and the injury – up to Hisazwj Words: They would not able upon anything from what they earned [2:264]. Heasws said: Safwan said, ‘I.e., a rock, and the ones who were spending their wealth to show off to the people were so and so (Abu Bakr), and so and so (Umar), and so and so (Usman), and Muawiya, and their adherents’’.¹¹⁴

76- شي، تفسير العياشي‏: عَنْ سَعْدَانَ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏ فِي قَوْلِهِ: وَ إِنْ تُبْدُوا ما فِي أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَوْ تُخْفُوهُ يُحاسِبْكُمْ بِهِ اللَّهُ فَيَغْفِرُ لِمَنْ يَشاءُ وَ يُعَذِّبُ مَنْ يَشاءُ قَالَ: حَقِيقٌ عَلَى اللَّهِ أَنْ لَا يُدْخِلَ الْجَنَّةَ مَنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ حَبَّةٍ مِنْ خَرْدَلٍ مِنْ حُبِّهِمَا.

(The book) ‘Tafseer al Ayyashi’ – From Sa’dan, from a man,

‘From Abu Abdullahasws regarding Hisazwj Words: and whether you are revealing what is within yourselves or you are hiding it, Allah will Reckon you with it. Then He will Forgive the one He so Desires to and He will Punish the one He so Desires to [2:284]. Heasws said: ‘It is Worthy of Allahazwj that Heazwj would not Let anyone enter the Paradise who had in his heart, the weight of a mustard seed of love for those two (Abu Bakr and Umar)’’.¹¹⁵

77- سر: أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ السَّيَّارِيُّ، عَنِ الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: كَانَ عُثْمَانُ إِذَا أُتِيَ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ مِنَ الْفَيْ‏ءِ فِيهِ ذَهَبٌ عَزَلَهُ، وَ قَالَ: هَذَا لِطَوْقِ عَمْرٍو، فَلَمَّا كَثُرَ ذَلِكَ قِيلَ لَهُ: كَبِرَ عَمْرٌو عَنِ الطَّوْقِ، فَجَرَى بِهِ الْمَثَلُ‏.

(The book) ‘Al Mustarfat Al Saraair’ – Abu Abdullah Al Sayyari,

‘From Al-Rezaasws having said: ‘It was so that whenever Usman was given something from the war booty, he would go and isolate it and said, ‘This is for the collar of Amro (Umar)’. When that was frequent, it was said to him, ‘Amro (Umar) is too bid from the collar’. The example flowed with it’’.¹¹⁶

78- شي، تفسير العياشي‏: عَلِيُّ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ الصَّائِغُ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يَقُولُ‏: ثَلَاثَةٌ لا يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيامَةِ وَ لا يُزَكِّيهِمْ وَ لَهُمْ عَذابٌ أَلِيمٌ‏: مَنِ ادَّعَى إِمَامَةً مِنَ اللَّهِ لَيْسَتْ لَهُ، وَ مَنْ جَحَدَ إِمَاماً مِنَ اللَّهِ، وَ مَنْ قَالَ إِنَّ لِفُلَانٍ وَ فُلَانٍ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ نَصِيباً.

(The book) ‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – Ali Bin Maymoun Al Saig, from Ibn Abu Yafour who said,

‘I heard Abu Abdullahasws saying: ‘Three, Heazwj will neither Look at them on the Day of Qiyamah, nor will He Purify them, and for them would be a painful Punishment [3:77] – One who claims Imamate from Allahazwj which isn’t for him, and one who rejects an Imamasws from Allahazwj, or says that for so and so (Abu Bakr) and so and so (Umar) there is a share in Al-Islam’’.¹¹⁷

79- شي، تفسير العياشي‏: عَنْ الثُّمَالِيِّ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ .. مِثْلَهُ‏.

(The book) ‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Al Sumali, from Aliasws Bin Al-Husaynasws – similar to it.¹¹⁸

80 - شي، تفسير العياشي‏: عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ السَّرَّاجِ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏ فِي قَوْلِهِ: إِذْ يُبَيِّتُونَ ما لا يَرْضى‏ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ‏ قَالَ: فُلَانٌ وَ فُلَانٌ وَ فُلَانٌ وَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ.

(The book) ‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Aamir Bin Kaseer Al Sarraj, from Ata’a,

‘From Abu Ja’farasws regarding Hisazwj Words: when they are spending the nights in what does not Please Him from the words [4:108]. Heasws said: ‘So and so (Abu Bakr), and so and so (Umar), and so and so (Usman), and Abu Ubeyda Bin Al-Jarrah’’.

وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: هُمَا وَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ.

In a report of Amro Bin Saeed, from Abu Al-Hassanasws having said: ‘The two (Abu Bakr and Umar) and Abu Ubeyda Bin Al-Jarrah’’.

وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ عُمَرَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ، قَالَ: الْأَوَّلُ وَ الثَّانِي وَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ‏.

And in a report of Umar Bin Salih who said, ‘The first one (Abu Bakr), and the second (Umar), and Abu Ubeyda Bin Al-Jarrah’’. ¹¹⁹

81- شي، تفسير العياشي‏: عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى‏ فِي كِتَابِهِ: الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا ثُمَّ كَفَرُوا، قَالَ: هُمَا وَ الثَّالِثُ وَ الرَّابِعُ وَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ وَ طَلْحَةُ وَ كَانُوا سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ رَجُلًا.

(The book) ‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Jabir who said,

‘I said to Muhammadasws Bin Aliasws, ‘(What about) the Words of Allahazwj in Hisazwj Book: Those who believe then commit Kufr [4:137], heasws said: ‘Those two (Abu Bakr and Umar), and the third (Usman), and the fourth (Muawiya), and Abdul Rahman (Ibn Awf), and Talha, and they were seventeen men’.

قَالَ: لَمَّا وَجَّهَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَ عَمَّارَ بْنَ يَاسِرٍ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَى أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ، قَالُوا: بَعَثَ هَذَا الصَّبِيَّ وَ لَوْ بَعَثَ غَيْرَهُ- يَا حُذَيْفَةُ إِلَى أَهْلِ‏ مَكَّةَ، وَ فِي مَكَّةَ صَنَادِيدُهَا،

Heasws said: ‘When the Prophetsaww directed Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws and Ammar Yaasir to the people of Makkah, they said, ‘Hesaww has sent this boy, and if only hesaww had sent someone else – O Huzeyfa – to the people of Makkah, and in Makkah are its braves?’

وَ كَانُوا يُسَمُّونَ عَلِيّاً: الصَّبِيَّ، لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ اسْمُهُ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ الصَّبِيَّ، لِقَوْلِ‏ اللَّهِ: وَ مَنْ أَحْسَنُ قَوْلًا مِمَّنْ دَعا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَ عَمِلَ صالِحاً وَ هُوَ صَبِيٌّ وَ قالَ إِنَّنِي مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ‏،

And they used to call Aliasws ‘the boy’, because hisasws name in the Book of Allahazwj is ‘the boy’ in the Words of Allahazwj And who is better in words than the one who calls to Allah and does righteous deeds, and he is a boy and says: ‘I am from the submitters’? [41:33].

وَ اللَّهِ‏ الْكُفْرُ بِنَا أَوْلَى مِمَّا نَحْنُ فِيهِ، فَسَارُوا فَقَالُوا لَهُمَا وَ خَوَّفُوهُمَا بِأَهْلِ مَكَّةَ فَعَرَضُوا لَهُمَا وَ غَلَّظُوا عَلَيْهِمَا الْأَمْرَ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ: حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَ نِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ‏، وَ مَضَى،

(And they said), ‘By Allahazwj! The Kufr with us is the first of what we are in, so they travelled and said to them both and frightened them with the people of Makkah and objected to them and magnified the matter upon them. Aliasws said: ‘‘Allah is Sufficient for us and is most excellent is Protector’ [3:173], and went on.

فَلَمَّا دَخَلَا مَكَّةَ أَخْبَرَ اللَّهُ نَبِيَّهُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ بِقَوْلِهِمْ لِعَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَ بِقَوْلِ عَلِيٍّ لَهُمْ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ فِي كِتَابِهِ، وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ أَ لَمْ تَرَ إِلَى‏ الَّذِينَ قالَ لَهُمُ النَّاسُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ جَمَعُوا لَكُمْ فَاخْشَوْهُمْ فَزادَهُمْ إِيماناً وَ قالُوا حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَ نِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ .. إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: وَ اللَّهُ ذُو فَضْلٍ عَظِيمٍ‏،

When they entered Makkah, Allahazwj Informed Hisazwj Prophetsaww of their words to Aliasws and the words of Aliasws to them. Allahazwj Revealed their names in Hisazwj Book, and that is the Word of Allahazwj: Are you not seeing those to whom the people said: ‘Surely the people have gathered against you, therefore fear them’; but this increased them in Eman, and they said: ‘Allah is Sufficient for us and the most excellent Protector’ [3:173] – up to Hisazwj Words: and Allah is the Lord of Mighty Grace [3:174].

وَ إِنَّمَا نَزَلَتْ «أَ لَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ..» فُلَانٍ وَ فُلَانٍ لَقُوا عَلِيّاً وَ عَمَّاراً فَقَالا: إِنَّ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ وَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَامِرٍ وَ أَهْلَ مَكَّةَ قَدْ جَمَعُوا لَكُمْ فَاخْشَوْهُمْ، فَقَالُوا: حَسْبُنَا اللَّهُ وَ نِعْمَ الْوَكِيلُ، وَ هُمَا اللَّذَانِ قَالَ اللَّهُ: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا ثُمَّ كَفَرُوا ... إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ فَهَذَا أَوَّلُ كُفْرِهِمْ.

But rather it was Revealed as: Have you not seen … so and so who met Aliasws and Ammar. They both said, ‘Abu Sufyan and Abdullah Bin Aamir and people of Makkah have gathered the people of Makkah for you to scare them’. They said, ‘They said, ‘Allah is Sufficient for us and the most excellent Protector’ [3:173], and they are the two, the ones for whom Allahazwj Said: Those who believe then commit Kufr, [4:137] – up to the end of the Verse. So, this is the first of their Kufr.

وَ الْكُفْرُ الثَّانِي قَوْلُ النَّبِيِّ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ السَّلَامُ: يَطْلُعُ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ هَذَا الشِّعْبِ رَجُلٌ فَيَطْلُعُ عَلَيْكُمْ بِوَجْهِهِ، فَمَثَلُهُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ عِيسَى لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا تَمَنَّى أَنْ يَكُونَ بَعْضَ أَهْلِهِ، فَإِذَا بِعَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ قَدْ خَرَجَ وَ طَلَعَ بِوَجْهِهِ، قَالَ‏: هُوَ هَذَا،

And the second Kufr – (during) the words of the Prophetsaww: ‘A man would be emerging to you all from this mountain pass, so look into hisasws face. Hisasws example in the Presence of Allahazwj is like an example of Isaas’. There did not remain anyone from them except he wished that it would be one of his family members. Then Aliasws came out and they looked into hisasws face. Hesaww said: ‘Heasws is this one!’

فَخَرَجُوا غِضَاباً وَ قَالُوا: مَا بَقِيَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَجْعَلَهُ نَبِيّاً، وَ اللَّهِ الرُّجُوعُ إِلَى آلِهَتِنَا خَيْرٌ مِمَّا نَسْمَعُ مِنْهُ فِي ابْنِ عَمِّهِ! وَ لَيَصُدُّنَا عَلِيٌّ إِنْ دَامَ هَذَا،

They went out angrily and said, ‘There does not remain anything except that hesaww would make himasws a Prophetas. By Allahazwj! The returning to our gods (idols) is better than what we are hearing from himsaww regarding the sonasws of hissaww uncleas! And let us block Aliasws, if this persists’.

فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ: وَ لَمَّا ضُرِبَ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ مَثَلًا إِذا قَوْمُكَ مِنْهُ يَصِدُّونَ‏ ... إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ، فَهَذَا الْكُفْرُ الثَّانِي.

Allahazwj Revealed: And when an example is struck for the son of Maryam, then your people are laughing loudly [43:57] – up to the end of the Verse (60). So, this is the second Kufr.

وَ زِيَادَةُ الْكُفْرِ حِينَ قَالَ اللَّهُ: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَ عَمِلُوا الصَّالِحاتِ أُولئِكَ هُمْ خَيْرُ الْبَرِيَّةِ، وَ قَالَ‏ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: يَا عَلِيُّ! أَصْبَحْتَ وَ أَمْسَيْتَ خَيْرَ الْبَرِيَّةِ،

And the increase of the Kufr was when Allahazwj Said: Surely those who believe and are doing righteous deeds, those, they are the best of the Created beings [98:7]. And the Prophetsaww said: ‘O Aliasws! Morning and evening, youasws are the best of the Created beings’.

فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّاسُ: هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ آدَمَ وَ نُوحٍ وَ مِنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ .. فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ اصْطَفى‏ آدَمَ وَ نُوحاً وَ آلَ إِبْراهِيمَ‏ ... إِلَى‏ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ‏

Then people said to himsaww, ‘Heasws is better than Adamas, and Noahas, and Ibrahimas and the Prophetsas?’ Allahazwj Revealed: Surely Allah chose Adam and Noah and the progeny of Ibrahim [3:33] – up to: Hearing, Knowing [3:34].

قَالُوا: فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنْكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ .. قَالَ اللَّهُ‏: قُلْ‏ ... إِنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِلَيْكُمْ جَمِيعاً وَ لَكِنَّهُ خَيْرٌ مِنْكُمْ وَ ذُرِّيَّتُهُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِكُمْ، وَ مَنِ اتَّبَعَهُ خَيْرٌ مِمَّنِ اتَّبَعَكُمْ،

They said, ‘So heasws is better than yousaww are, O Muhammadsaww!’ Allahazwj Said: Say: ‘O you people! I am a Rasool of Allah to you all, [7:158], but heasws is better than you all, and hisasws offspring is better than your offspring, and one who follows him is better than one who follows you all’.

فَقَامُوا غِضَاباً، وَ قَالُوا زِيَادَةُ: الرُّجُوعِ إِلَى الْكُفْرِ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيْنَا مِمَّا يَقُولُ فِي ابْنِ عَمِّهِ! وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ: ثُمَّ ازْدادُوا كُفْراً.

They arose angrily and said in addition, ‘The return to the Kufr is easier upon us than what hesaww is saying regarding the sonasws of hissaww uncleas!’ And that is the Word of Allahazwj then increase in Kufr, [4:137]’’.¹²⁰

82- شي، تفسير العياشي‏: عَنْ زُرَارَةَ وَ حُمْرَانَ وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ وَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ‏ عَنْ قَوْلِهِ‏: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا ثُمَّ كَفَرُوا.. ثُمَّ ازْدادُوا كُفْراً قَالَ: نَزَلَتْ فِي أَبِي‏ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي سَرْحٍ الَّذِي بَعَثَهُ عُثْمَانُ إِلَى مِصْرَ، قَالَ: وَ ازْدادُوا كُفْراً حِينَ لَمْ يَبْقَ فِيهِ مِنَ الْإِيمَانِ شَيْ‏ءٌ.

(The book) ‘Tafseer al Ayyashi’ – From Zurara and Humran and Muhammad Bin Muslim,

‘From Abu Ja’farasws and Abu Abdullahasws about Hisazwj Words: Those who believe then commit Kufr . . then increase in Kufr, [4:137]. Heasws said: ‘It was Regarding Abu Abdullah Bin Abu Sar’h, the one whom Usman had sent to Egypt’. Heasws said: ‘And then increase in Kufr, [4:137] – when there did not remain anything from the Eman’’.¹²¹

83- شي، تفسير العياشي‏: عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ‏ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ الْهَاشِمِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏ فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا ثُمَّ كَفَرُوا ثُمَّ آمَنُوا ثُمَّ كَفَرُوا ثُمَّ ازْدادُوا كُفْراً قَالَ: نَزَلَتْ فِي فُلَانٍ وَ فُلَانٍ‏ آمَنُوا بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فِي أَوَّلِ‏ الْأَمْرِ ثُمَّ كَفَرُوا حِينَ عَرَضَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الْوَلَايَةُ، حَيْثُ قَالَ: مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلَاهُ فَعَلِيٌّ مَوْلَاهُ،

(The book) ‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Abdullah Bin Kaseer Al Hashimy,

‘From Abu Abdullahasws regarding Words of Allahazwj: Those who believe then commit Kufr, then believe, then commit Kufr, then increase in Kufr, it would not be for Allah to Forgive them nor Guide them to a way [4:137]. Heasws said: ‘It was Revealed regarding so and so (Abu Bakr), and so and so (Umar), and so and so (Usman). They believed in the Prophetsaww during the first (period) of the matter, and committed Kufr when hesaww presented to them the Wilayah where the Prophetsaww said: ‘The one whom Isaww was a Master of, so Aliasws is his Master’.

ثُمَّ آمَنُوا بِالْبَيْعَةِ لِأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ حَيْثُ قَالُوا لَهُ: بِأَمْرِ اللَّهِ وَ أَمْرِ رَسُولِهِ .. فَبَايَعُوهُ، ثُمَّ كَفَرُوا حَيْثُ مَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَلَمْ يُقِرُّوا بِالْبَيْعَةِ، ثُمَّ ازْدادُوا كُفْراً بِأَخْذِهِمْ مَنْ بَايَعُوهُ بِالْبَيْعَةِ لَهُمْ، فَهَؤُلَاءِ لَمْ يَبْقَ فِيهِمْ مِنَ الْإِيمَانِ شَيْ‏ءٌ.

Then they believed (by accepting to) pledge their allegiances to Amir Al-Momineenasws. Then they committed Kufr when Rasool-Allahsaww passed away and did not pledge their allegiances. Then they increased in Kufr by taking to the one they pledged their allegiances to. These are the ones, there did not remain among them anything from the Eman’’.¹²²

84- كا: الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنِ الْمُعَلَّى، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أُورَمَةَ وَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَسَّانَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ .. مِثْلَهُ.

(The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Al Moalla, from Muhammad Bin Awramah and Ali Bin Abdullah, from Ali Bin Hassan, from Abdul Rahman Bin Kaseer – Similar to it.¹²³

85- شي، تفسير العياشي‏: عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ: وَ مِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَتَّخِذُ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ أَنْداداً يُحِبُّونَهُمْ كَحُبِّ اللَّهِ‏، قَالَ: فَقَالَ: هُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ فُلَانٍ وَ فُلَانٍ وَ فُلَانٍ اتَّخَذُوهُمْ أَئِمَّةً دُونَ‏ الْإِمَامِ الَّذِي جَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ إِمَاماً،

(The book) ‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Jabir who said,

‘I asked Abu Abdullahasws about Words of Allahazwj: And from the people there are ones who take rivals besides Allah. They are loving them like the love for Allah; [2:165]. Heasws said: ‘They are the friends of so and so (Abu Bakr), and so and so (Umar), and so and so (Usman). They took them as imams besides the Imamasws whom Allahazwj had Made to be for the people.

فَلِذَلِكَ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى: وَ لَوْ يَرَى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا إِذْ يَرَوْنَ الْعَذابَ أَنَّ الْقُوَّةَ لِلَّهِ جَمِيعاً وَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ شَدِيدُ الْعَذابِ إِذْ تَبَرَّأَ الَّذِينَ اتُّبِعُوا مِنَ الَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوا. إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: مِنَ النَّارِ،

Therefore, due to that, Allahazwj Blessed and Exalted Said: and if they could see, those who are being unjust, when they would be seeing the Punishment, that the Strength is for Allah in its entirety, and that Allah is Severe of the Punishment [2:165] When those who were followed shall disavow from those who followed (them), - up to Hisazwj Words from the Fire [2:167]’.

قَالَ: ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: هُمْ وَ اللَّهِ- يَا جَابِرُ- أَئِمَّةُ الظُّلْمِ وَ أَشْيَاعُهُمْ‏.

He (the narrator) said, ‘Then Abu Ja’farasws said: ‘By Allahazwj – O Jabir – They are the imams of injustice and their adherents’’.¹²⁴

86- شي، تفسير العياشي‏: عَنْ زُرَارَةَ وَ حُمْرَانَ وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ وَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ‏ قَوْلُهُ‏: وَ مِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَتَّخِذُ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ أَنْداداً يُحِبُّونَهُمْ كَحُبِّ اللَّهِ وَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَشَدُّ حُبًّا لِلَّهِ‏ قَالَ: هُمْ آلُ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ‏.

(The book) ‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Zurara and Humran and Muhammad Bin Muslim,

‘From Abu Ja’farasws and Abu Abdullahasws: ‘Hisazwj Words: And from the people there are ones who take rivals besides Allah. They love them like the love for Allah; and those who believe are more intense in love for Allah [2:165], both said: ‘They (those who believe) are the Progenyasws of Muhammadsaww’’.¹²⁵

87- شي، تفسير العياشي‏: عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ حَازِمٍ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: وَ ما هُمْ بِخارِجِينَ مِنَ النَّارِ؟. قَالَ: أَعْدَاءُ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ هُمُ الْمُخَلَّدُونَ فِي النَّارِ أَبَدَ الْآبِدِينَ وَ دَهْرَ الدَّاهِرِينَ‏.

(The book) ‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Mansour Bin Hazim who said,

‘I said to Abu Abdullahasws, ‘and they will not be exiting from the Fire [2:167]?’ Heasws said: ‘Enemies of Aliasws, they would be eternally in the Fire, forever and ever, and for eons and eons’’.¹²⁶

88- شي، تفسير العياشي‏: عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ: وَ مِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يُعْجِبُكَ قَوْلُهُ فِي الْحَياةِ الدُّنْيا؟. قَالَ: فُلَانٌ وَ فُلَانٌ. وَ يُهْلِكَ الْحَرْثَ وَ النَّسْلَ‏، النَّسْلُ: هُمُ الذُّرِّيَّةُ، وَ الْحَرْثُ: الزَّرْعُ.

(The book) ‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Al Husayn Bin Bashaar who said,

‘I asked Abu Al-Hassanasws about the Words of Allahazwj And from the people there is one who astounds you with his speech regarding the life of the world [2:204]. Heasws said: ‘So and so and so and so. And destroy the farm and the lineage [2:205] – the lineage, that is the offspring, and the farm – the plantation’’.¹²⁷

89- شي، تفسير العياشي‏: عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَمَّاراً يَقُولُ- عَلَى مِنْبَرِ الْكُوفَةِ-: ثَلَاثَةٌ يَشْهَدُونَ عَلَى [فُلَانٍ‏] أَنَّهُ كَافِرٌ وَ أَنَا الرَّابِعُ، وَ أَنَا أُتِمُّ الْأَرْبَعَةَ، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ هَؤُلَاءِ الْآيَاتِ‏ فِي الْمَائِدَةِ: وَ مَنْ لَمْ يَحْكُمْ بِما أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ فَأُولئِكَ هُمُ الْكافِرُونَ‏ وَ الظَّالِمُونَ‏ وَ الْفاسِقُونَ‏.

(The book) ‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From one of his companions who said, ‘I heard Ammar saying upon a pulpit of Al Kufa,

‘Three are testifying upon so and so (Abu Bakr) is a Kafir, and I am the fourth, and complete the four’. Then he recited those Verses in (Surah) Al-Maidah: And the ones who do not judge with what Allah Revealed, so them, they are the Kafirs [5:44] and the unjust [5:45] and the transgressors [5:47]’’.¹²⁸

90- شي، تفسير العياشي‏: عَنْ أَبِي جَمِيلَةَ، عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ، عَنْ أَحَدِهِمَا عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: قَدْ فَرَضَ اللَّهُ فِي الْخُمُسِ نَصِيباً لِآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَأَبَى أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَنْ يُعْطِيَهُمْ نَصِيبَهُمْ حَسَداً وَ عَدَاوَةً، وَ قَدْ قَالَ اللَّهُ: وَ مَنْ لَمْ يَحْكُمْ بِما أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ فَأُولئِكَ هُمُ الْفاسِقُونَ‏، وَ كَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَوَّلَ مَنْ مَنَعَ آلَ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ حَقَّهُمْ وَ ظَلَمَهُمْ، وَ حَمَلَ النَّاسَ عَلَى رِقَابِهِمْ،

(The book) ‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Abu Jameela, from one of his companions,

‘From one of the two (5th or 6th Imamasws) having said: ‘Allahazwj had Obligated with regards to Al-Khums a share for the Progenyasws of Muhammadsaww. Abu Bakr refused to give themasws theirasws share out of envy and enmity, and Allahazwj has Said: so them, they are the transgressors [5:47]. And Abu Bakr was the first one to prevent the Progenyasws of Muhammadsaww from theirasws rights and was unjust to themasws, and made the people as a burden upon theirasws necks.

وَ لَمَّا قُبِضَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ اسْتَخْلَفَ عُمَرَ عَلَى غَيْرِ شُورَى مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَ لَا رِضًى مِنْ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، فَعَاشَ عُمَرُ بِذَلِكَ لَمْ يُعْطِ آلَ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ حَقَّهُمْ وَ صَنَعَ مَا صَنَعَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ.

And when Abu Bakr died, Umar became the Caliph without consultation from the Muslims, and he was not pleased with the Progenyasws of Muhammadsaww. Thus, Umar lived like that, did not give the Progenyasws of Muhammadsaww theirasws rights, and did what Abu Bakr had done’’.¹²⁹

91- شي، تفسير العياشي‏: عَنْ زُرَارَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: مَنْ جاءَ بِالْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُ عَشْرُ أَمْثالِها قَالَ: مَنْ ذَكَرَهُمَا فَلَعَنَهُمَا كُلَّ غَدَاةٍ كَتَبَ اللَّهُ‏ لَهُ سَبْعِينَ حَسَنَةً، وَ مَحَا عَنْهُ عَشْرَ سَيِّئَاتٍ، وَ رَفَعَ لَهُ عَشْرَ دَرَجَاتٍ‏.

(The book) ‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Zurara,

‘From Abu Abdullahasws (regarding): One who comes with the good deed, then for him would be ten the likes of it [6:160]. Heasws said: ‘One who mentions them both (Abu Bakr and Umar), so he curses them every morning, Allahazwj would Write seventy good deeds to be for him, and Deleted ten evil deeds from him, and Raise ten ranks for him’’.¹³⁰

92- م‏: قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: وَ إِذا لَقُوا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا قالُوا آمَنَّا وَ إِذا خَلَوْا إِلى‏ شَياطِينِهِمْ قالُوا إِنَّا مَعَكُمْ إِنَّما نَحْنُ مُسْتَهْزِؤُنَ اللَّهُ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِهِمْ وَ يَمُدُّهُمْ فِي طُغْيانِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ‏؟.

(The book) ‘Tafseer Imam Hassan Al-Askariasws’ – Words of Mighty and Majestic: And when they are meeting those who believe, they are saying: We believe; and when they are alone with their Satans, they are saying: We are with you all, but rather we were only mocking [2:14]. Allah will be Mocking with them, and Extend them in their insolence, wandering blindly [2:15].

قَالَ مُوسَى بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ: وَ إِذَا لَقِيَ‏ هَؤُلَاءِ النَّاكِثُونَ لِبَيْعَتِهِ‏ الْمُوَاطِئُونَ عَلَى مُخَالَفَةِ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَ دَفْعِ الْأَمْرِ عَنْهُ،

‘Musaasws Bin Ja’farasws said: ‘And when they are meeting – Those breakers of the allegiance, the ones resolutely upon the opposition to Aliasws and repelling the matter (Caliphate) away from himasws.

الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا قَالُوا آمَنَّا كَإِيمَانِكُمْ، إِذَا لَقُوا سَلْمَانَ وَ الْمِقْدَادَ وَ أَبَا ذَرٍّ وَ عَمَّاراً قَالُوا لَهُمْ: آمَنَّا بِمُحَمَّدٍ (ص) وَ سَلَّمْنَا لَهُ بَيْعَةَ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَ فَضْلَهُ‏ وَ أَنْفَذْنَا لِأَمْرِهِ كَمَا آمنتهم [آمَنْتُمْ‏]

When they are meeting) those who believe, they are saying: We believe – just like those with Eman, when they are meeting Salmanra, and Al-Miqdadra, and Abu Zarrra and Ammarra. (So) they are saying, ‘We believe in Muhammadsaww, and we submit allegiance to Aliasws and hisasws merits, and concede to hisasws matter just as if (in) believe’.

إِنْ كَانَ‏ أَوَّلَهُمْ وَ ثَانِيَهُمْ وَ ثَالِثَهُمْ إِلَى تَاسِعِهِمْ، رُبَّمَا كَانُوا يَلْتَقُونَ فِي بَعْضِ طُرُقِهِمْ مَعَ سَلْمَانَ وَ أَصْحَابِهِ، فَإِذَا لَقُوهُمْ اشْمَأَزُّوا مِنْهُمْ وَ قَالُوا: هَؤُلَاءِ أَصْحَابُ السَّاحِرِ وَ الْأَهْوَجِ- يَعْنُونَ مُحَمَّداً وَ عَلِيّاً عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ-،

And their first one, and their second one, and their third ones, up to their ninth one – would sometimes meet up in one of the streets with Salmanra and hisra companions. So, when they did meet them, they were constricted from them and they said, ‘They are the companions of the sorcerer and the reckless’ – meaning Muhammadsaww and Aliasws.

ثُمَّ يَقُولُ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ: احْتَرِزُوا مِنْهُمْ لَا يَقِفُونَ مِنْ فَلَتَاتِ كَلَامِكُمْ عَلَى كُفْرِ مُحَمَّدٍ فِيمَا قَالَهُ فِي عَلِيٍّ فَيَنِمُّوا عَلَيْكُمْ، فَيَكُونَ فِيهِ هَلَاكُكُمْ،

Then they are saying to each other, ‘Be careful of them, restraining from the slips of your tongues upon Kufr with Muhammadsaww in whatever hesaww said regarding Aliasws for they would be informing upon you and it would happen to be your destruction in it’.

فَيَقُولُ أَوَّلُهُمُ: انْظُرُوا إِلَيَّ كَيْفَ أَسْخَرُ مِنْهُمْ وَ أَكُفُّ عَادِيَتَهُمْ عَنْكُمْ؟.

The first one was saying to them, ‘Look at me how I mock at them, and refrain their opposition from you’.

فَإِذَا لَقُوا قَالَ أَوَّلُهُمْ: مَرْحَباً بِسَلْمَانَ ابْنِ الْإِسْلَامِ الَّذِي‏ قَالَ فِيهِ مُحَمَّدٌ سَيِّدُ الْأَنَامِ: لَوْ كَانَ الدِّينُ مُتَعَلِّقاً بِالثُّرَيَّا لَتَنَاوَلَهُ رِجَالٌ مِنْ أَبْنَاءِ فَارِسَ، هَذَا أَفْضَلُهُمْ، يَعْنِيكَ.

When they met, their first one said, ‘Congratulations Salmanra son of Al-Islam, the one regarding whom Muhammadsaww, Chief of the living beings, said: ‘If the Religion was hanging in the sun, men from the sons of Persia would grab it. This onera is their most superior one’. Meaning youra.

وَ قَالَ فِيهِ: سَلْمَانُ مِنَّا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ، فَقَرَنَهُ بِجَبْرَئِيلَ الَّذِي قَالَ لَهُ يَوْمَ الْعَبَاءِ لَمَّا قَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: وَ أَنَا مِنْكُمْ، فَقَالَ: وَ أَنْتَ مِنَّا حَتَّى ارْتَقَى جَبْرَئِيلُ إِلَى الْمَلَكُوتِ الْأَعْلَى يَفْتَخِرُ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ يَقُولُ: مَنْ مِثْلِي؟! بَخْ بَخْ وَ أَنَا مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ.

And hesaww said regarding himra: ‘Salmanra is from usasws, the Peopleasws of the Household’. Thus hesaww paired himra with (mentioning that) Jibraeelas who said to himsaww on the day of Al-Aba’a when Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘And Isaww am from you’, (hera said): ‘And you (Jibraeelas) are from usasws, until Jibraeelas arose to the lofty Kingdoms priding upon its inhabitants and saying, ‘Who is like meas? Congratulations! Congratulations! And I (Jibraeelas) are from the Peopleasws of the Household of Muhammadsaww!’

ثُمَّ يَقُولُ لِلْمِقْدَادِ: مَرْحَباً بِكَ يَا مِقْدَادُ! أَنْتَ الَّذِي قَالَ فِيكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ لِعَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: يَا عَلِيُّ! الْمِقْدَادُ أَخُوكَ فِي الدِّينِ وَ قَدْ قَدِمَكَ‏ فَكَأَنَّهُ بَعْضُكَ، حُبّاً لَكَ وَ تَعَصُّباً عَلَى أَعْدَائِكَ، وَ مُوَالاةً لِأَوْلِيَائِكَ، وَ مُعَادَاةً لِأَعْدَائِكَ‏، لَكِنَّ مَلَائِكَةَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْحُجُبِ أَكْثَرُ حُبّاً لَكَ مِنْكَ لِعَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، وَ أَكْثَرُ تَعَصُّباً عَلَى أَعْدَائِكَ‏ مِنْكَ عَلَى أَعْدَاءِ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَطُوبَاكَ ثُمَّ طُوبَاكَ.

Then he was saying to Al-Miqdadas, ‘And congratulations to youas, O Miqdadas! Youas are the one regarding whom Rasool-Allahsaww said to Aliasws: ‘O Aliasws! Al-Miqdadas is yourasws brother in the Religion, and he has been from youasws – so it is as if heas is yourasws part, loving to youasws, and hating to yourasws enemies, and befriending yourasws friends. But, the Angels of the skies and the Veils are more loving to youasws than youas are to Aliasws, and more intensely hateful upon your enemies and youas are upon the enemies of Aliasws. Therefore, beatitude is for youas. Then (again) beatitude is for youas!’

ثُمَّ يَقُولُ لِأَبِي ذَرٍّ: مَرْحَباً بِكَ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ! أَنْتَ الَّذِي قَالَ فِيكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: مَا أَقَلَّتِ الْغَبْرَاءُ وَ لَا أَظَلَّتِ الْخَضْرَاءُ عَلَى ذِي لَهْجَةٍ أَصْدَقَ مِنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ،

Then he was saying to Abu Zarras, ‘Congratulations, O Abu Zarras! And youas are the one regarding whom Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘Neither has the dust (ground) carried, nor has the green (sky) shaded upon anyone with a tone more truthful than Abu Zarras’.

وَ قِيلَ: بِمَا ذَا فَضَّلَهُ اللَّهُ وَ شَرَّفَهُ‏؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ بِفَضْلِ عَلِيٍّ- أَخِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمَا وَ آلِهِمَا- قَوَّالًا، وَ لَهُ فِي كُلِّ الْأَحْوَالِ مَدَّاحاً، وَ لِشَانِئِيهِ وَ أَعْدَائِهِ شَانِئاً، وَ لِأَوْلِيَائِهِ وَ أَحِبَّائِهِ مُوَالِياً، وَ سَوْفَ يَجْعَلُهُ‏ اللَّهُ فِي الْجِنَانِ مِنْ أَفْضَلِ سَاكِنِيهَا، وَ يَخْدُمُهُ مَا لَا يَعْرِفُ عَدَدَهُ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مِنْ وَصَائِفِهَا وَ غِلْمَانِهَا وَ وِلْدَانِهَا.

It was said, ‘And due to what is that which Allahazwj the Exalted Merited himas and Ennobled himas?’ Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘Because heas was a speaker with the merits of Aliasws, brotherasws of Rasool-Allahsaww, and was praising himas in every state, and was an adversary to hisasws enemies with an opposition, and to hisasws friends and those that love himasws, heas was a friend. And very soon, Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic would be Making himas to be in the Paradise from the most superior ones of its dwellers, and they would serve – a number none recognises except for Allahazwj – from its servants, and its young boys, and its sons’.

ثُمَّ يَقُولُ لِعَمَّارِ بْنِ يَاسِرٍ: أَهْلًا وَ سَهْلًا وَ مَرْحَباً بِكَ يَا عَمَّارُ! نِلْتَ بِمُوَالاةِ أَخِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مَعَ أَنَّكَ وَادِعٌ رَافِهٌ لَا تَزِيدُ عَلَى الْمَكْتُوبَاتِ وَ الْمَسْنُونَاتِ مِنْ سَائِرِ الْعِبَادَاتِ مَا لَا يَنَالُهُ الْكَادُّ بَدَنَهُ لَيْلًا وَ نَهَاراً- يَعْنِي اللَّيْلَ قِيَاماً وَ النَّهَارَ صِيَاماً-، وَ الْبَاذِلُ أَمْوَالَهُ وَ إِنْ كَانَتْ جَمِيعُ أَمْوَالِ الدُّنْيَا لَهُ،

Then he was saying to Ammar Bin Yasseras, ‘Welcome and hello, and congratulations to youas, O Ammaras! Youas acquired the friendship of the brotherasws of Rasool-Allahsaww, along with that youas are cordial, compassionate, cannot be increased upon the Prescribed (Salat) and the Sunnah(s) – from the rest of the (acts of) worship – what he (someone) can barely attain by his body, night and day (meaning standing for Salat at night and Fasting during the day), and the spending of his wealth, and even though the entire of the wealth of the world was for him.

مَرْحَباً بِكَ، قَدْ رَضِيَكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ لِعَلِيٍّ- أَخِيهِ- مُصَافِياً، وَ عَنْهُ مُنَاوِئاً، حَتَّى أَخْبَرَ أَنَّكَ سَتُقْتَلُ فِي مَحَبَّتِهِ، وَ تُحْشَرُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فِي خِيَارِ زُمْرَتِهِ، وَفَّقَنِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى لِمِثْلِ عَمَلِكَ وَ عَمَلِ أَصْحَابِكَ، حَتَّى‏ تَوَفَّرَ عَلَى خِدْمَةِ مُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ (ص) وَ أَخِي مُحَمَّدٍ عَلِيٍّ وَلِيِّ اللَّهِ- وَ مُعَادَاةِ أَعْدَائِهِمَا بِالْعَدَاوَةِ، وَ مُصَافَاةِ أَوْلِيَائِهِمَا بِالْمُوَالاةِ وَ الْمُتَابَعَةِ، سَوْفَ يُسْعِدُنَا اللَّهُ يَوْمَنَا إِذَا الْتَقَيْنَا بِكُمْ،

Welcome to youas. You have pleased Rasool-Allahsaww for Aliasws, hissaww brotherasws, sincerely, and an adversary on hisasws behalf, until hesaww informed that yousaww would be killed in hisasws love, and would be Resurrected on the Day of Judgment among the best of his era. And may Allahazwj the Exalted Incline me to the likes of youras deeds and the deeds of youras companions – from the ones who are providing service to Muhammadsaww, Rasoolsaww of Allahazwj, and the brother of Muhammadsaww, Aliasws Guardianasws of Allahazwj, and being inimical to theirasws enemies with the enmity, and the sincerity to theirasws friends with the friendship and the following. Soon Allahazwj will Make us happy in this day of ours when we met youas’.

فَيَقُولُ‏ سَلْمَانُ وَ أَصْحَابُهُ ظَاهِرُهُمْ كَمَا أَمَرَهُمُ اللَّهُ، وَ يَجُوزُونَ عَنْهُمْ، فَيَقُولُ الْأَوَّلُ لِأَصْحَابِهِ: كَيْفَ رَأَيْتُمْ سُخْرِيَّتِي لِهَؤُلَاءِ؟ وَ كَيْفَ كَفَفْتُ عَادِيَتَهُمْ عَنِّي وَ عَنْكُمْ؟. فَيَقُولُونَ لَهُ‏: لَا تَزَالُ بِخَيْرٍ مَا عِشْتَ لَنَا

Salmanas and hisas companions accepted their apparent (expressions) just as Allahazwj had Commanded them to, however, they were keeping aside from them. The first one said to his companion, ‘How did you see my mocking with them and refraining their enmity from me and from you?’ They were saying, ‘We will not cease to be in goodness for as long as you live for us’.

. فَيَقُولُ لَهُمْ: فَهَكَذَا فَلْتَكُنْ مُعَامَلَتُكُمْ لَهُمْ إِلَى أَنْ تَنْتَهِزُوا الْفُرْصَةَ فِيهِمْ مِثْلَ هَذَا، فَإِنَّ اللَّبِيبَ الْعَاقِلَ مَنْ تَجَرَّعَ عَلَى الْغُصَّةِ حَتَّى يَنَالَ الْفُرْصَةَ،

He was saying to them, ‘This is how you should be in your dealing with them, until you can seize the opportunity similar to this regarding them, for the one of understanding, the intellectual, is the one who does not panic upon the anger until he grabs the opportunity’.

ثُمَّ يَعُودُونَ إِلَى أَخْدَانِهِمْ مِنَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ الْمُتَمَرِّدِينَ الْمُشَارِكِينَ لَهُمْ فِي تَكْذِيبِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فِيمَا أَدَّاهُ إِلَيْهِمْ عَنِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مِنْ ذِكْرِ تَفْضِيلِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏ وَ نَصْبِهِ إِمَاماً عَلَى كَافَّةِ الْمُكَلَّفِينَ.

Then they are returning to their paramours from the hypocrites, the apostates, the participants of their in their belying Rasool-Allahsaww regarding what was hateful to them from Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic, from the mention and merits of Amir Al-Momineenasws and hisasws appointment as the Imamasws and in charge upon all.

قَالُوا لَهُمْ: إِنَّا مَعَكُمْ‏. عَلَى مَا وَاطَأْنَاكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ دَفْعِ عَلِيِّ عَنْ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ إِنْ كَانَتْ لِمُحَمَّدٍ كَائِنَةٌ، فَلَا يَغُرَّنَّكُمْ وَ لَا يَهُولَنَّكُمْ مَا تَسْتَمِعُونَهُ مِنَّا مِنْ تَقْرِيظِهِمْ، وَ تَرَوْنَنَا نَجْتَرِئُ عَلَيْهِ‏ مِنْ مُدَارَاتِهِمْ فَإِنَّا نَحْنُ مُسْتَهْزِؤُنَ‏ بِهِمْ،

They are saying – to them- We are with you all upon what and what are reassuring you upon, from the repelling Aliasws from this matter (Caliphate), if there was to happen to Muhammadsaww an event (of death), therefore neither let it deceive you nor appal you what you would be listening from us from our praising themasws, and you see us to be in theirasws circles, but rather we were only mocking with them.’

فَقَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَا مُحَمَّدُ (ص)!: اللَّهُ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِهِمْ‏ يُجَازِيهِمْ جَزَاءَ اسْتِهْزَائِهِمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ: وَ يَمُدُّهُمْ فِي طُغْيانِهِمْ‏ يُمْهِلُهُمْ وَ يَتَأَتَّى بِهِمْ‏ بِرِفْقِهِ وَ يَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى التَّوْبَةِ، وَ يَعِدُهُمْ إِذَا أَنَابُوا الْمَغْفِرَةَ يَعْمَهُونَ‏ وَ هُمْ يَعْمَهُونَ وَ لَا يَرْعَوُونَ‏.

Allahazwj the Mighty and Majestic Said: “O Muhammadsaww! Allah will be Mocking with them [2:15] – and Heazwj would Recompense them with such a Recompense, they would be mocked with in the world as well as in the Hereafter - and Extend them in their insolence giving them Respite and being Patient with them due to Hisazwj Kindness and Inviting them to the repentance, and Prepare the Forgiveness when they do repent – and they are blindly wandering on – and they are wandering blindly are not caring’.

قَالَ الْعَالِمُ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ‏: فَأَمَّا اسْتِهْزَاءُ اللَّهِ‏ بِهِمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا فَإِنَّهُ مَعَ إِجْرَائِهِ إِيَّاهُمْ عَلَى ظَاهِرِ أَحْكَامِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ لِإِظْهَارِهِمْ مَا يُظْهِرُونَهُ مِنَ السَّمْعِ وَ الطَّاعَةِ وَ الْمُوَافَقَةِ، يَأْمُرُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ بِالتَّعْرِيضِ لَهُمْ حَتَّى لَا يَخْفَى عَلَى الْمُخْلِصِينَ مَنِ الْمُرَادُ بِذَلِكَ التَّعْرِيضِ، وَ يَأْمُرُ بِلَعْنِهِمْ.

The knowledgeable oneasws, said: ‘As for Allahazwj the Exalted Mocking them in this world, it is that their apparent expression of belief made them come under the orders of the Muslims of hearing and obeying, and their approval. Rasool-Allahsaww ordered with the exposure of them to the extent that it was not concealed upon the sincere one in order to exposure their (hypocrisy), and hesaww ordered (the believers) with cursing them.

وَ أَمَّا اسْتِهْزَاؤُهُ بِهِمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ، فَهُوَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِذَا أَقَرَّهُمْ فِي دَارِ اللَّعْنَةِ وَ الْهَوَانِ وَ عَذَّبَهُمْ بِتِلْكَ الْأَلْوَانِ الْعَجِيبَةِ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ، وَ أَقَرَّ هَؤُلَاءِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي الْجِنَانِ‏ بِحَضْرَةِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ صَفِيِّ الْمَلِكِ الدَّيَّانِ،

And as for Mocking them in the Hereafter will be that Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic, when Heazwj Accepts them to be in the house of the curses and the disgrace and Punishes them with those verities of severe Punishments, and will Open the chambers of Curses and humiliation to be their abode and Inflict upon them severe types of Punishment, and Accepts these Momineen to be in the Gardens in the presence of Muhammadsaww in the position of a judging king.

أَطْلَعَهُمْ عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ الْمُسْتَهْزِءِينَ بِهِمْ‏ فِي الدُّنْيَا حَتَّى يَرَوْا مَا هُمْ‏ فِيهِمْ مِنْ عَجَائِبِ اللَّعَائِنِ، وَ بَدَائِعِ النَّقِمَاتِ، فَيَكُونُ‏ لَذَّتُهُمْ وَ سُرُورُهُمْ بِشَمَاتَتِهِمْ‏ كَمَا لَذَّتُهُمْ وَ سُرُورُهُمْ بِنَعِيمِهِمْ فِي جِنَانِ رَبِّهِمْ،

Heazwj will then Notify upon these mockers, those who were mocking with them in the world, until they (Momineen) see them what they are involved in from the varieties of the curses and newly originated curses. Thus, that would happen to be their pleasure and their joy by their gloating with them – just as it would be their pleasure and their joy with their own Bounties in the Gardens of their Lordazwj.

فَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ يَعْرِفُونَ أُولَئِكَ الْكَافِرِينَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ‏ بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ وَ صِفَاتِهِمْ، وَ هُمْ عَلَى أَصْنَافٍ: مِنْهُمْ: مَنْ هُوَ بَيْنَ أَنْيَابِ أَفَاعِيهَا تَمْضَغُهُ.

The Momineen would be recognising those Kafirs and the Munafiqs (hypocrites) – by their names and their descriptions, and they would be upon (various) types (of Punishments) – from them is one who would be in between the fangs of its serpents being bitten.

وَ مِنْهُمْ: مَنْ هُوَ بَيْنَ مَخَالِيبِ سِبَاعِهَا تَعْبَثُ بِهِ وَ تَفْتَرِسُهُ.

And from them is one who would be in between the claws of its predators being chewed by it and its ferocity.

وَ مِنْهُمْ: مَنْ هُوَ تَحْتَ سِيَاطِ زَبَانِيَتِهَا وَ أَعْمِدَتِهَا وَ مِرْزَبَاتِهَا يَقَعُ‏ مِنْ أَيْدِيهِمْ عَلَيْهِ [مَا] تُشَدِّدُ فِي عَذَابِهِ، وَ تُعَظِّمُ خِزْيَهُ وَ نَكَالَهُ.

And from them is one who would be beneath the whips of the Zabaniyya (Angels of Hell) – and their rods and their hammers, falling from their hand upon him what would be the most severe of his Punishments, and the greatest of his disgrace and his exemplary Punishment.

وَ مِنْهُمْ: مَنْ هُوَ فِي بِحَارِ حَمِيمِهَا يَغْرَقُ وَ يُسْحَبُ فِيهَا.

And from them is one who would be in an ocean of boiling water, drowning, and being carried away (by the currents) in it.

وَ مِنْهُمْ: مَنْ هُوَ فِي غِسْلِينِهَا وَ غَسَّاقِهَا تَزْجُرُهُ‏ زَبَانِيَتُهَا. وَ مِنْهُمْ: مَنْ هُوَ فِي سَائِرِ أَصْنَافِ عَذَابِهَا،

And from them is one who would be in its wound discharges, and its puss, being rebuked therein by the Zabaniyya (Angels of Hell). And from them would be one in the rest of the variety of Punishments.

وَ الْكَافِرُونَ وَ الْمُنَافِقُونَ يَنْظُرُونَ فَيَرَوْنَ هَؤُلَاءِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا بِهِمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا يَسْخَرُونَ لِمَا كَانُوا مِنْ مُوَالاةِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلِيٍّ وَ آلِهِمَا صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ يَعْتَقِدُونَ، فَيَرْونَهُمْ‏ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ هُوَ عَلَى فُرُشِهَا يَتَقَلَّبُ، وَ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ هُوَ عَلَى‏ فَوَاكِهِهَا يَرْتَعُ،

And the Kafirs and the Munafiqs would be looking on, and they would be seeing these Momineen, those who they were mocking with in the world – due to what they were from the friendship and believing in Muhammadsaww and Aliasws and theirasws Progenyasws – and they would be seeing – from them, one who would be upon his couch, rolling (in happiness), and from them would be one partaking from its fruits.

وَ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ هُوَ عَلَى‏ غُرُفَاتِهَا أَوْ فِي بَسَاتِينِهَا وَ مُتَنَزَّهَاتِهَا يَتَبَحْبَحُ‏، وَ الْحُورُ الْعِينُ وَ الْوُصَفَاءُ وَ الْوِلْدَانُ وَ الْجَوَارِي وَ الْغِلْمَانُ قَائِمُونَ بِحَضْرَتِهِمْ وَ طَائِفُونَ بِالْخِدْمَةِ حَوَالَيْهِمْ، وَ مَلَائِكَةُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَأْتُونَهُمْ مِنْ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ بِالْحِبَاءِ وَ الْكَرَامَاتِ وَ عَجَائِبِ التُّحَفِ وَ الْهَدَايَا وَ الْمَبَرَّاتِ، يَقُولُونَ‏: سَلامٌ عَلَيْكُمْ بِما صَبَرْتُمْ فَنِعْمَ عُقْبَى الدَّارِ،

And from them (Momineen) is one who would in it (Paradise) and in lofty towers or in its carpets and strolling in its orchards, and its parks, and the maiden Houries, and the servants, and the sons, and the maids, and the young boys standing in their service, and they would be circling with the service around them, and the Angels of Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic would be coming to them from the Presence of their Lordazwj with the gifts and the prestige, and wonderful presents and the gifts, and the favours, saying to them, ‘Greetings be upon you due to your patience, for excellent is the consequential abode [13:24].

فَيَقُولُ هَؤُلَاءِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الْمُشْرِفُونَ عَلَى هَؤُلَاءِ الْكَافِرِينَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ: يَا أَبَا فُلَانٍ! وَ يَا فُلَانُ! وَ يَا فُلَانُ! .. حَتَّى يُنَادُونَهُمْ بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ: مَا بَالُكُمْ فِي مَوَاقِفِ خِزْيِكُمْ مَاكِثُونَ؟! هَلُمُّوا إِلَيْنَا نَفْتَحْ لَكُمْ أَبْوَابَ الْجِنَانِ لِتَخْلُصُوا مِنْ عَذَابِكُمْ، وَ تَلْحَقُوا بِنَا فِي نَعِيمِهَا،

They would be saying to these Momineen - the ones ennobled upon, to those Kafirs and the Munafiqs, ‘O so and so!’ And, ‘O so and so!’ And, ‘O so and so!’ – until they call out with their names – ‘What is the matter with you immersed remaining in your disgrace? Come to us. We will open the doors of the Gardens for you in order to finish you off from your Punishments, and you can join up with us in our Bounties!’

فَيَقُولُونَ: يَا وَيْلَنَا! أَنَّى لَنَا هَذَا؟. يَقُولُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ: انْظُرُوا إِلَى هَذِهِ الْأَبْوَابِ، فَيَنْظُرُونَ إِلَى أَبْوَابٍ مِنَ‏ الْجِنَانِ مُفَتَّحَةً يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِمْ أَنَّهَا إِلَى جَهَنَّمَ الَّتِي فِيهَا يُعَذَّبُونَ، وَ يُقَدِّرُونَ أَنَّهُمْ مُمَكَّنُونَ‏ أَنْ يَتَخَلَّصُوا إِلَيْهَا، فَيَأْخُذُونَ فِي‏ السِّبَاحَةِ فِي بِحَارِ حَمِيمِهَا وَ عَدَوْا مِنْ‏ بَيْنِ أَيْدِي زَبَانِيَتِهَا وَ هُمْ يَلْحَقُونَهُمْ وَ يَضْرِبُونَهُمْ بِأَعْمِدَتِهِمْ وَ مِرْزَبَاتِهِمْ وَ سِيَاطِهِمْ،

They would be saying, ‘O woe is for us! If only this was for us’. The Momineen would be saying, ‘Look at these doors’. They would be looking at the doors of the Gardens being opened, making them think that it is to Hell which they are being Punished, and (now) they are being enabled to be finished off from it. They would take to the swimming in the ocean of its pus, and end up in the hands of its Zabaniyya (Angels of Hell), and they would be meeting them – and they would be striking them with their rods, and their hammers and their whips.

فَلَا يَزَالُونَ هَكَذَا يَسِيرُونَ هُنَاكَ، وَ هَذِهِ الْأَصْنَافُ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ تَمَسُّهُمْ حَتَّى إِذَا قَدَّرُوا أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ بَلَغُوا تِلْكَ الْأَبْوَابَ وَجَدُوهَا مَرْدُومَةً عَنْهُمْ، وَ تُدَهْدِهُهُمُ‏ الزَّبَانِيَةُ بِأَعْمِدَتِهَا فَتُنَكِّسُهُمْ إِلَى سَوَاءِ الْجَحِيمِ، وَ يَسْتَلْقِي أُولَئِكَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ عَلَى فُرُشِهِمْ فِي مَجَالِسِهِمْ يَضْحَكُونَ مِنْهُمْ مُسْتَهْزِءِينَ بِهِمْ،

They would not cease to be like this moving to and from over there. And these are the types of the Punishments touching them, until when they are able to reach the doors, they would find these to be closed, and the Zabaniyya would be repelling them with their rods. Thus, they would be pushing them to the Blazing Fire, and those Momineen would be lying down upon their carpets, in their gatherings, laughing at them, mocking with them.

فَذَلِكَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: اللَّهُ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِهِمْ‏، وَ قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: فَالْيَوْمَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ عَلَى الْأَرائِكِ يَنْظُرُونَ‏.

These are the Words of Allahazwj the Exalted: Allah will be Mocking with them [2:15]. And the Words of the Mighty and Majestic: So today those who believe shall laugh at the Kafirs [83:34] On thrones, they would be looking [83:35]’’.¹³¹

93- شي، تفسير العياشي‏: عَنْ جَابِرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى‏: يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لا تَتَّخِذُوا آباءَكُمْ وَ إِخْوانَكُمْ أَوْلِياءَ ... إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: الْفاسِقِينَ‏

(The book) ‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Jabir,

‘From Abu Ja’farasws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I asked himasws about these Verses, regarding Words of Allahazwj the Exalted: O you who believe! Do not take your fathers and your brothers as friends [9:23] – up to Hisazwj Words: the mischief making people’ [9:24].

فَأَمَّا لا تَتَّخِذُوا آباءَكُمْ وَ إِخْوانَكُمْ أَوْلِياءَ إِنِ اسْتَحَبُّوا الْكُفْرَ عَلَى الْإِيمانِ‏ فَإِنَّ الْكُفْرَ فِي الْبَاطِنِ فِي هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ وَلَايَةُ الْأَوَّلِ وَ الثَّانِي وَ هُوَ كُفْرٌ،

As for: Do not take your fathers and your brothers as friends if they love the Kufr over the Eman, [9:23]. The Kufr, in the esoteric of these Verses, is the wilayah of the first (Abu Bakr), and the second (Umar), and it is Kufr.

وَ قَوْلُهُ: عَلَى الْإِيمَانِ، فَالْإِيمَانُ وَلَايَةُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ. قَالَ: وَ مَنْ يَتَوَلَّهُمْ مِنْكُمْ فَأُولئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ‏.

And Hisazwj Words: over the Eman, [9:23], the Eman is Wilayah of Ali Bin Abu Talibasws. Heazwj Said: and the ones from you who befriend them, so these, they are the unjust ones [9:23]’’.¹³²

94- شي، تفسير العياشي‏: عَنْ عَجْلَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏ فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ‏ تَعَالَى: وَ يَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ إِذْ أَعْجَبَتْكُمْ كَثْرَتُكُمْ‏ ... إِلَى: ثُمَّ وَلَّيْتُمْ مُدْبِرِينَ‏؟. فَقَالَ: أَبُو فُلَانٍ‏.

(The book) ‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Ajlan,

‘From Abu Abdullahasws regarding Words of Allahazwj the Exalted: and the day of (battle of) Hunayn when your great numbers fascinated you – up to Hisazwj Words: then you turned back retreating [9:25]. Heasws said: ‘Abu so and so (Abu Bakr)’’.¹³³

95- سر: عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ حُمْرَانَ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فِي احْتِجَاجِ النَّاسِ عَلَيْنَا فِي الْغَارِ، فَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: حَسْبُكَ بِذَلِكَ عَاراً- أَوْ قَالَ‏: شَرّاً- إِنَّ اللَّهَ‏ لَمْ يَذْكُرْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مَعَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِلَّا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ السَّكِينَةَ عَلَيْهِمْ جَمِيعاً، وَ إِنَّهُ أَنْزَلَ السَّكِينَةَ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ وَ أَخْرَجَهُ مِنْهَا وَ خَصَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ دُونَهُ.

(The book) ‘Mustatarfat Al Saraair’ – Abdullah Bin Bukeyr, from Hamza Bin Humran who said,

‘I said to Abu Abdullahasws regarding the argumentations of the people against regarding the cave. Heasws said: ‘It suffices you with that as a fault’ – or said: ‘Evil. Allahazwj did not Mention Rasool-Allahsaww with the Momineen except Allahazwj Sent down the tranquillity upon them all, and Heazwj Send down the tranquillity upon Hisazwj Rasoolsaww and Expelled him (Abu Bakr) from it, and Fortified Rasool-Allahsaww besides him’’.¹³⁴

96- سر: مِنْ كِتَابِ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ قُولَوَيْهِ، عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْهَاشِمِيِّ، قَالَ: خَطَبَ النَّاسَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ- وَ ذَلِكَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَ أُمَّ كُلْثُومٍ بِيَوْمَيْنِ-، فَقَالَ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ! لَا تُغَالُوا بِصَدُقَاتِ النِّسَاءِ فَإِنَّهُ لَوْ كَانَ الْفَضْلُ فِيهَا لَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ يَفْعَلُ‏، كَانَ نَبِيُّكُمْ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يُصْدِقُ الْمَرْأَةَ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ الْمَحْشُوَّةَ وَ فِرَاشَ اللِّيفِ وَ الْخَاتَمَ وَ الْقَدَحَ وَ مَا أَشْبَهَهَا،

(The book) ‘Mustatarfat Al Saraair’ – From the book of Abu Al Qasim Bin Qawlawiyah, from Isa Bin Abdullah Al Hashimy who said,

‘Umar Bin Al-Khattab addressed the people, and that was before he married Umm Kulsoom by two days. He said, ‘O you people! Do not inflate the dowries of the women. If there was any superiority in it, Rasool-Allahsaww would have done so. Your Prophetsaww used to dower the woman from hissaww wives (with), the stuffing, and the fibre of a bedspread, and the ring, and the cup, and what resembles these’.

ثُمَّ نَزَلَ عَنِ الْمِنْبَرِ، وَ مَا أَقَامَ يَوْمَيْنِ‏ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةً حَتَّى أَرْسَلَ صَدَاقَ‏ بِنْتِ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ بِأَرْبَعِينَ أَلْفاً.

Then he descended from the pulpit, and did not stay two days or three until he sent the dower for the (step) daughter of Aliasws, with forty thousand’’.¹³⁵ (This is not a Hadith)

97- شي، تفسير العياشي‏: عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ، قَالَ‏: يُؤْتَى بِجَهَنَّمَ‏ لَها سَبْعَةُ أَبْوابٍ‏، بَابُهَا الْأَوَّلُ: لِلظَّالِمِ وَ هُوَ زُرَيْقٌ، وَ بَابُهَا الثَّانِي: لِحَبْتَرٍ، وَ الْبَابُ الثَّالِثُ: لِلثَّالِثِ، وَ الرَّابِعُ: لِمُعَاوِيَةَ، وَ الْبَابُ الْخَامِسُ: لِعَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ، وَ الْبَابُ السَّادِسُ: لِعَسْكَرِ بْنِ هُوسِرٍ، وَ الْبَابُ السَّابِعُ: لِأَبِي سَلَامَةَ، فَهُمْ أَبْوَابٌ لِمَنِ اتَّبَعَهُمْ‏.

(The book) ‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi – From Abu Baseer who said,

‘Heasws said: ‘They would be coming with the Hell, and there would be seven gates for it. The first of its gates would be for the unjust, and he is Zareeq (Umar); and its second gate is for Hibter (Abu Bakr); and the third is for the third one (Usman); and the fourth one is for Muawiya; and the fifth gate is for Abdul Malik; and the sixth gate is for Askar Bin Howsar; and the seventh gate is for Abu Salamat. These gates are (also) for the ones who followed them’’.¹³⁶

98- شي، تفسير العياشي‏: عَنْ حَرِيزٍ، عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏ فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ: وَ قالَ الشَّيْطانُ لَمَّا قُضِيَ الْأَمْرُ، قَالَ: هُوَ الثَّانِي، وَ لَيْسَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ شَيْ‏ءٌ وَ (قالَ الشَّيْطانُ) إِلَّا وَ هُوَ الثَّانِي‏.

(The book) ‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Hareez, from the one who mentioned it,

‘From Abu Ja’farasws regarding Words of Allahazwj: And the Satan will say when the matters are Decided, [14:22]. Heasws said: ‘He (Satan) is the second (Umar), and there isn’t anything in the Quran ‘The Satan said’, except and he is the second (Umar)’’.¹³⁷

99- شي، تفسير العياشي‏: عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، أَنَّهُ: إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ يُؤْتَى بِإِبْلِيسَ فِي سَبْعِينَ غُلًّا وَ سَبْعِينَ كَبْلًا، فَيَنْظُرُ الْأَوَّلُ إِلَى زُفَرَ فِي‏ عِشْرِينَ وَ مِائَةِ كَبْلٍ وَ عِشْرِينَ وَ مِائَةِ غُلٍّ،

(The book) ‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Abu Baseer,

‘From Abu Abdullahasws having (said): ‘When it will be the Day of Qiyamah, they will come with Ibleesla in seventy shackles and seventy chains. The first (Abu Bakr) would look at Zufer (Umar) being in one hundred and twenty chains and one hundred and twenty shackles.

فَيَنْظُرُ إِبْلِيسُ فَيَقُولُ: مَنْ هَذَا الَّذِي أَضْعَفَهُ اللَّهُ الْعَذَابَ‏ وَ أَنَا أَغْوَيْتُ هَذَا الْخَلْقَ جَمِيعاً. فَيُقَالُ: هَذَا زُفَرُ. فَيَقُولُ: بِمَا جُدِرَ لَهُ‏ هَذَا الْعَذَابُ؟!. فَيُقَالُ: بِبَغْيِهِ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ.

Ibleesla would say, ‘Who is this one Allahazwj has Multiplied the Punishment upon, and Ila deviated the entirety of these people?’ It would be said: ‘This is Zufer (Umar)’. Hela will say, ‘Due to what has this Punishment been deserving for him?’ It will be said, ‘Due to his rebelling against Aliasws’.

فَيَقُولُ لَهُ إِبْلِيسُ: وَيْلٌ لَكَ أَوْ ثُبُورٌ لَكَ!، أَ مَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ أَمَرَنِي بِالسُّجُودِ لِآدَمَ فَعَصَيْتُهُ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ لِي سُلْطَاناً عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ وَ شِيعَتِهِ فَلَمْ يُجِبْنِي إِلَى ذَلِكَ، وَ قَالَ: إِنَّ عِبادِي لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطانٌ إِلَّا مَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ الْغاوِينَ‏

Ibleesla would say to him, ‘Woe be unto you!’ Or, ‘Destruction be for you! Don’t you know that Allahazwj Commanded mela with the Sajdah to Adamas, and Ila disobeyed Himazwj, and asked Himazwj to Made authority to be for mela upon Muhammadsaww and Peopleasws of hissaww Household and hissaww Shias, but Heazwj did not Answer me to that and Said: Surely, (as for) My servants, there wouldn’t be any authority for you upon them [15:42]?

وَ مَا عَرَفْتُهُمْ حِينَ اسْتَثْنَاهُمْ إِذْ قُلْتُ: وَ لا تَجِدُ أَكْثَرَهُمْ شاكِرِينَ فَمَنَيْتَ بِهِ‏ نَفْسَكَ غُرُوراً، فَيُوقَفُ‏ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ الْخَلَائِقِ فَيُقَالُ لَهُ‏: مَا الَّذِي كَانَ مِنْكَ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ وَ إِلَى الْخَلْقِ الَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوكَ عَلَى الْخِلَافِ؟!. فَيَقُولُ الشَّيْطَانُ- وَ هُوَ زُفَرُ- لِإِبْلِيسَ: أَنْتَ أَمَرْتَنِي بِذَلِكَ.

And Ila did not recognise themasws when Heazwj Excluded themasws when Ila said, and You will not Find most of them as thankful ones’ [7:17]. You plied yourself with it by deception and stood in front of the people. It was said to you, ‘What is that which was from you to Aliasws and to the people, those who followed upon the opposing?!!’ The Satanla, and he is Zufer (Umar) would say, ‘Youla instructed me with that’.

فَيَقُولُ لَهُ إِبْلِيسُ: فَلِمَ عَصَيْتَ رَبَّكَ وَ أَطَعْتَنِي؟. فَيَرُدُّ زُفَرَ عَلَيْهِ مَا قَالَ اللَّهُ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَعَدَكُمْ وَعْدَ الْحَقِّ وَ وَعَدْتُكُمْ فَأَخْلَفْتُكُمْ وَ ما كانَ لِي عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ سُلْطانٍ‏.. إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ.

Ibleesla would say to him, ‘So why did you disobey your Lordazwj and obey mela?’ Zufer (Umar) would respond to him by what Allahazwj Said: Surely Allah Promised you the Promise of the Truth, and I gave you promises, then failed to keep them to you, and I had no authority over you [14:22] – up to the end of the Verse’’.¹³⁸

100- شي، تفسير العياشي‏: عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏ فِي قَوْلِهِ: ما أَشْهَدْتُهُمْ خَلْقَ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ لا خَلْقَ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَ ما كُنْتُ مُتَّخِذَ الْمُضِلِّينَ عَضُداً؟.

(The book) ‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Muhammad Bin Marwan,

‘From Abu Ja’farasws regarding Hisazwj Words: I did not Make them witness the Creation of the skies and the earth, nor the Creation of their own selves, and I would not Take the strayers for support [18:51]?

قَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ أَعِزَّ الدِّينَ بِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ! أَوْ بِأَبِي جَهْلِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ!، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ: وَ ما كُنْتُ مُتَّخِذَ الْمُضِلِّينَ عَضُداً يَعْنِيهِمَا.

Heasws said: ‘Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘O Allahazwj! Strengthen the Religion by Umar Bin Al Khattab! Or by Abu Jahlla Bin Hisham!’ So, and I would not Take the strayers for support [18:51] – meaning them both’’.¹³⁹

101- شي، تفسير العياشي‏: عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ: جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: أَعِزَّ الْإِسْلَامَ بِأَبِي جَهْلِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ أَوْ بِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ. فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ! قَدْ وَ اللَّهِ قَالَ ذَلِكَ، وَ كَانَ عَلَيَّ أَشَدَّ مِنْ ضَرْبِ الْعُنُقِ،

(The book) ‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Muhammad Bin Marwan,

‘From Abu Abdullahasws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I said to himasws, ‘May I be sacrificed for youasws! Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘Strength of Al-Islam is by Abu Jahl Bin Hisham or by Umar Bin Al-Khattab’. Heasws said: O Mohammed ‘By Allahazwj hesaww had not said that, and Aliasws was the most intense in striking the necks’.

ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ: هَلْ تَدْرِي مَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ؟!. قُلْتُ: أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ.

Then heasws turned towards me and said: ‘Do you know what Allahazwj Revealed, O Muhammad?’ I said, ‘Youasws are more knowing, may I be sacrificed for youasws!’

قَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ كَانَ‏ فِي دَارِ الْأَرْقَمِ فَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ أَعِزَّ الْإِسْلَامَ بِأَبِي جَهْلِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ أَوْ بِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ: ما أَشْهَدْتُهُمْ خَلْقَ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ لا خَلْقَ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَ ما كُنْتُ مُتَّخِذَ الْمُضِلِّينَ عَضُداً يَعْنِيهِمَا.

Heasws said: ‘Rasool-Allahsaww was in the house of Al-Arqam. Hesaww said: ‘O Allahazwj! Strengthen Al-Islam By Abu Jahl Bin Hisham, or by Umar Bin Al Khattab!’ So, Allahazwj Revealed: I did not Make them witness the Creation of the skies and the earth, nor the Creation of their own selves, and I would not Take the strayers for support [18:51], meaning the two of them’’.¹⁴⁰

102- شي، تفسير العياشي‏: عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ الْبَجَلِيِّ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ اجْتَمَعَا عِنْدَهُ فَتَكَلَّمَا فِي عَلِيٍ‏ وَ كَانَ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ أَنْ لَيَّنَ‏ لَهُمَا فِي بَعْضِ الْقَوْلِ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ: لَقَدْ كِدْتَ تَرْكَنُ إِلَيْهِمْ شَيْئاً قَلِيلًا إِذاً لَأَذَقْناكَ ضِعْفَ الْحَياةِ وَ ضِعْفَ الْمَماتِ ثُمَّ لا تَجِدُ لَكَ عَلَيْنا نَصِيراً ثُمَّ لَا يَجِدَا بَعْدَكَ مِثْلَ عَلِيٍّ وَلِيّاً.

(The book) ‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Abdullah Bin Usman Al Bajali, from a man,

‘The Prophetsaww, they both (Abu Bakr and Umar) gathered in hissaww presence and spoke regarding Aliasws, and it was from the Prophetsaww that hesaww used to be lenient to them both in some of the words. Allahazwj Revealed: And had We not Affirmed you, you would have almost inclined towards them something little [17:74] Then We would have Made you taste weakness of life and weakness of death, then you would not have found for yourself, a helper against Us [17:75], then they would not find after yousaww, a friend like Aliasws’’.¹⁴¹

103- جا: عُمَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَسَنِيِّ، عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ مِهْرَانَ، عَنْ مُخَوَّلٍ، عَنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ الْمُنْذِرِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَ عُمَرَ عَمَدَا إِلَى هَذَا الْأَمْرِ وَ هُوَ لَنَا كُلُّهُ فَأَخَذَاهُ دُونَنَا، وَ جَعَلَا لَنَا فِيهِ سَهْماً كَسَهْمِ الْجَدِّ، أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ لَتُهِمَّنَّهُمَا أَنْفُسُهُمَا يَوْمَ يَطْلُبُ النَّاسُ فِيهِ شَفَاعَتَنَا.

(The book) ‘Amaali’ of Sheikh Al Mufeed – Umar Bin Muhammad, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad Al Hasany, from Isa Bin Mihran, from Mukhawwal, from Al Rabie Bin Al Munzir, from his father who said,

‘I heard Al-Hassanasws Bin Aliasws saying: ‘Abu Bakr and Umar were deliberating to this command, and it was for usasws, all of it. They took it besides usasws and Made a share to be for usasws in it like the share of the grandfather (sixth). But, by Allahazwj! They will be blaming themselves on the day the people would be seeking ourasws intercession’’.¹⁴²

104- قب‏: حَدَّثَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الدَّيْلَمِيُّ الْبَصْرِيُ‏، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ الْكُوفِيِّ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ لَا أَخْتِمُ صَلَاتِي وَ لَا أَسْتَفْتِحُهَا إِلَّا بِلَعْنِهِمَا، فَرَأَيْتُ فِي مَنَامِي طَائِراً مَعَهُ تَوْرٌ مِنَ الْجَوْهَرِ فِيهِ شَيْ‏ءٌ أَحْمَرُ شِبْهُ الْخَلُوقِ، فَنَزَلَ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ الْمُحِيطِ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، ثُمَّ أَخْرَجَ شَخْصَيْنِ مِنَ الضَّرِيحِ فَخَلَّقَهُمَا بِذَلِكَ الْخَلُوقِ فِي عَوَارِضِهِمَا، ثُمَّ رَدَّهُمَا إِلَى الضَّرِيحِ وَ عَادَ مُرْتَفِعاً،

(The book) ‘Ibn Shehr Ashub’ – It is narrated by Abu Abdullah Muhammad Bin Ahmad Al Daylami Al Basry, from Muhammad Bin Abu Kaseer Al Kufi who said,

‘I neither used to end my Salat nor begin it except by cursing them both (Abu Bakr and Umar). I saw a flier in my dream having a container of jewels wherein was something red resembling the perfume. He descended to the house encompassing Rasool-Allahsaww. Then two persons came from the sepulchre (Zareeh) and perfumed with that perfume in their arms, they returned them to the sepulchre, and returned rising (flying) away.

فَسَأَلْتُ مَنْ حَوْلِي مَنْ هَذَا الطَّائِرُ؟ وَ مَا هَذَا الْخَلُوقُ؟. فَقَالَ: هَذَا مَلَكٌ يَجِي‏ءُ فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةِ جُمُعَةٍ يُخَلِّقُهُمَا، فَأَزْعَجَنِي مَا رَأَيْتُ فَأَصْبَحْتُ لَا تَطِيبُ نَفْسِي بِلَعْنِهِمَا، فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى الصَّادِقِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَلَمَّا رَآنِي ضَحِكَ وَ قَالَ: رَأَيْتَ الطَّائِرَ؟. فَقُلْتُ: نَعَمْ يَا سَيِّدِي.

I asked the one around me, ‘Who is this flier? And what is this perfume?’ He said, ‘This is an Angel come during every night of Friday to perfume them both’. It bothered me, what I had seen. In the morning I did not feel good in myself to curse them. I entered to see Al-Sadiqasws. When heasws saw me, he chuckled and said: ‘Did you see the flier?’ I said, ‘Yes, O my Masterasws!’

فَقَالَ: اقْرَأْ: إِنَّمَا النَّجْوى‏ مِنَ الشَّيْطانِ لِيَحْزُنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَ لَيْسَ بِضارِّهِمْ شَيْئاً إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ‏ فَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ شَيْئاً تَكْرَهُ فَاقْرَأْهَا، وَ اللَّهِ مَا هُوَ بِمَلَكٍ مُوَكَّلٍ بِهِمَا لِإِكْرَامِهِمَا، بَلْ هُوَ مَلَكٌ مُوَكَّلٌ بِمَشَارِقِ الْأَرْضِ وَ مَغَارِبِهَا، إِذَا قُتِلَ قَتِيلٌ ظُلْماً أَخَذَ مِنْ دَمِهِ فَطَوَّقَهُمَا بِهِ فِي رِقَابِهِمَا، لِأَنَّهُمَا سَبَبُ كُلِّ ظُلْمٍ مُذْ كَانَا.

Heasws said: ‘Read: But rather, the secret counsels are from the Satan, for him to grieve those who believe, and he cannot harm them of anything except by Permission of Allah, [58:10]. Whenever you see something you dislike, then recite it. By Allahazwj, it is not an Angel who has been Allocated with honouring them, but it is an Angel Allocated with the easts of the earth and its wests. When a killed one is killed unjustly, he takes from his blood and collars them with it in their necks, because they both are the cause of every injustice since they existed’’.¹⁴³

105- كش‏: الْعَيَّاشِيُّ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ، عَنْ حَمْدَانَ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ وَ الْعَمْرَكِيِّ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنِ الْحَجَّالِ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ عَلِيٌّ وَ عَمَّارٌ يَعْمَلُونَ مَسْجِداً، فَمَرَّ عُثْمَانُ فِي بِزَّةٍ لَهُ يَخْطِرُ، فَقَالَ‏ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ‏ السَّلَامُ: ارْجُزْ بِهِ.

(The book) ‘Rijal Kashy’ – Al Ayyashi, form Ja’far Bin Ahmad, from Hamdan Bin Suleyman and Al Amraky, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Al Hajjal, from Ali Bin Uqbah, from a man,

‘From Abu Abdullahasws having said: ‘Rasool-Allahsaww and Aliasws and Ammar were working (to build) a Masjid, and Usman passed by in a uniform of his dragging (behind him). Amir Al-Momineenasws said: ‘(Recite a work) poem’.

فَقَالَ عَمَّارٌ: لَا يَسْتَوِي مَنْ يَعْمُرُ الْمَسَاجِدَا

يَظَلُّ فِيهَا رَاكِعاً وَ سَاجِداً

وَ مَنْ تَرَاهُ عَانِداً مُعَانِداً

عَنِ الْغُبَارِ لَا يَزَالُ حَائِداً

Ammar said (poem), ‘They are the not the same, one who works to build a Masjid, being shaded in it, performing Ruku’u and Sajdah, and one you see as obstinate, turning away from the dust, not ceasing to be aloof’.

قَالَ: فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، فَقَالَ: مَا أَسْلَمْنَا لِتُشْتَمَ أَعْرَاضُنَا وَ أَنْفُسُنَا!.

He (Abu Abdullahasws) said, ‘The Prophetsaww came, and he (Usman) said, ‘We did not become Muslims for our honour and ourselves to be insulted’.

فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: أَ فَتُحِبُّ أَنْ تُقَالَ بِذَلِكَ؟، فَنَزَلَتْ‏ آيَتَانِ: يَمُنُّونَ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ أَسْلَمُوا.. الْآيَةَ،

Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘Would you like to be said with that?’ So, two Verses were Revealed: They think they are conferring a favour upon you if they become Muslims. [49:17] – the Verse.

ثُمَّ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ لِعَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: اكْتُبْ هَذَا فِي صَاحِبِكَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: اكْتُبْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ: إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ‏ ...

Then the Prophetsaww said to Aliasws: ‘Write this regarding yourasws companion’. Then the Prophetsaww said: ‘Write this Verse: But rather, the Momineen are those who believe in Allah and His Rasool, [49:15]’’.¹⁴⁴

106- كش‏: جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مَعْرُوفٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ نُعْمَانَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ صَالِحٍ الْحَذَّاءِ، قَالَ: لَمَّا أَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ بِبِنَاءِ الْمَسْجِدِ قَسَمَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَوَاضِعَ، وَ ضَمَّ إِلَى كُلِّ رَجُلٍ رَجُلًا، فَضَمَّ عَمَّاراً إِلَى عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ‏ السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: فَبَيْنَا هُمْ‏ فِي عِلَاجِ الْبِنَاءِ إِذْ خَرَجَ عُثْمَانُ عَنْ‏ دَارِهِ وَ ارْتَفَعَ الْغُبَارُ فَتَمَنَّعَ بِثَوْبِهِ وَ أَعْرَضَ بِوَجْهِهِ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ لِعَمَّارٍ: إِذَا قُلْتُ شَيْئاً فَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ،

(The book) ‘Rijal Kashy’ – Ja’far Bin Marouf who said, ‘It is narrated to us by Al Hassan Bin Ali Bin Al Numan, from his father, from Salih Al Haza’a who said,

‘When the Prophetsaww ordered with the construction of the Masjid, hesaww distributed the places to them, and made one man to be with one man. Hesaww made Ammar to be with Aliasws. When they were during the construction when Usman came out from his house, and the dust rose, so he gathered his clothes and turned away his face. Aliasws said to Ammar: ‘When you say something, then refer it to measws’.

قَالَ: فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: لَا يَسْتَوِي مَنْ يَعْمُرُ الْمَسَاجِدَا

يَظَلُّ فِيهَا رَاكِعاً وَ سَاجِداً

كَمَنْ‏ تَرَى‏ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ حَائِداً و عَائِداً

He (the narrator) said, ‘Aliasws said (a poem): ‘He is not the same, one who builds, the Masjids, shadin by it performing Ruk’u and Sajdah, to be like the one you see on the road, turning away snottily’.

قَالَ: فَأَجَابَهُ عَمَّارٌ كَمَا قَالَ، فَغَضِبَ عُثْمَانُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَلَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ‏ أَنْ يَقُولَ لِعَلِيٍّ شَيْئاً، فَقَالَ لِعَمَّارٍ: يَا عَبْدُ! يَا لُكَعُ! وَ مَضَى،

He (the narrator) said, ‘Ammar answered him (Usman) just as heasws said. Usman was angered from that but was not able upon saying anything to Aliasws. He said to Ammar, ‘O slave! O depraved!’ And he went away.

فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ لِعَمَّارٍ: رَضِيتَ بِمَا قَالَ؟. أَلَا تَأْتِي النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَتُخْبِرَهُ؟. قَالَ: فَأَتَاهُ فَأَخْبَرَهُ، فَقَالَ: يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ (ص)! إِنَّ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ لِي: يَا لُكَعُ!.

Aliasws said to Ammar, ‘Are you please with what he said? Why don’t you go to the Prophetsaww and inform him?’ He went to himsaww and informed himsaww. He said, ‘O Prophetsaww of Allahazwj! Usman said to me, ‘O depraved!’

فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: مَنْ يَعْلَمُ ذَلِكَ؟. قَالَ: عَلِيٌّ. قَالَ: فَدَعَاهُ وَ سَأَلَهُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ كَمَا قَالَ عَمَّارٌ، فَقَالَ لِعَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: اذْهَبْ فَقُلْ لَهُ حَيْثُ مَا كَانَ: يَا عَبْدُ! يَا لُكَعُ! أَنْتَ الْقَائِلُ لِعَمَّارٍ يَا عَبْدُ! يَا لُكَعُ!، فَذَهَبَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَقَالَ لَهُ ذَلِكَ فَانْصَرَفَ‏.

Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘Who taught that (poem)?’ He said, ‘Aliasws’. Hesaww called himasws and asked himasws. Heasws said to himsaww as what Ammar had said. Hesaww said to Aliasws: ‘Go and say to him, wherever he may be, ‘O slave! O depraved! You had said to Ammar, ‘O slave! O depraved!’ Aliasws went and said that to him, and he turned away’’.¹⁴⁵

107- كش‏: حَمْدَوَيْهِ وَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ مَعاً، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ، عَنْ أَبِي جَمِيلَةَ، عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ، عَنِ الْوَرْدِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: جَعَلَنِيَ اللَّهُ فِدَاكَ قَدِمَ الْكُمَيْتُ. فَقَالَ: أَدْخِلْهُ. فَسَأَلَهُ الْكُمَيْتُ عَنِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ؟،

(The book) ‘Rijal Al Kashy’ – Hamdawiya and Ibrahim both together, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Hameed, from Abu Jameela, from Al Haris Bin Al Mugheira, from Al Warad Bin Zayd who said,

‘I said to Abu Ja’farasws, ‘May Allahazwj Make me to be sacrificed for youasws! Al-Kumeyt has arrived’. Heasws said, ‘Let him enter’. Al-Kumeyt asked himasws about the two sheikhs (Abu Bakr and Umar)’.

فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: مَا أُهْرِيقَ دَمٌ وَ لَا حُكِمَ بِحُكْمٍ‏ غَيْرِ مُوَافِقٍ لِحُكْمِ اللَّهِ وَ حُكْمِ رَسُولِهِ‏ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ حُكْمِ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ إِلَّا وَ هُوَ فِي أَعْنَاقِهِمَا.

Abu Ja’farasws said to him: ‘No blood is spilt, nor any judgment judged non-cordant with the Judgment of Allahazwj and judgment of Hisazwj Rasool-Allahsaww and judgment of Aliasws, except and it is in both their necks’.

فَقَالَ الْكُمَيْتُ: اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ حَسْبِي حَسْبِي.

Al-Kumeyt said, ‘Allahazwj is the Greatest! Allahazwj is the Greatest! It suffices me, it suffices me’’.¹⁴⁶

108- كا: حُمَيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ الدِّهْقَانِ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ‏ الطَّاطَرِيِّ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ، عَنْ أَبَانٍ، عَنِ الْفُضَيْلِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: إِنَّ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ لِلْمِقْدَادِ: أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ لَتَنْتَهِيَنَّ أَوْ لَأَرُدَّنَّكَ إِلَى رَبِّكَ الْأَوَّلِ، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا حَضَرَتْ مِقْدَادَ الْوَفَاةُ قَالَ لِعَمَّارٍ: أَبْلِغْ عُثْمَانَ عَنِّي أَنِّي قَدْ رُدِدْتُ إِلَى رَبِّيَ الْأَوَّلِ.

(The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – Humeyd Bin Ziyad, from Abu Al Abbas Ubeydullah Bin Ahmad Al Dihqan, from Ali Bin Al Hassan Al Tatary, from Muhammad Bin Ziyad, from Aban, from Al Fuzeyl Bin Yasaar,

‘From Abu Ja’farasws having said: ‘Usman said to Al-Miqdadra, ‘But, by Allahazwj! Either you end it or I will send youra first back to yourra Lordazwj!’ When the death presented to Al-Miqdadra, hera said to Ammar, ‘Deliver from me to Usman, Ira am returning to myra Lordazwj first’’.¹⁴⁷

109- كِتَابُ سُلَيْمِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ‏: عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ أَبِي عَيَّاشٍ، عَنْ سُلَيْمٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ سَلْمَانَ الْفَارِسِيَّ يَقُولُ: إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ يُؤْتَى بِإِبْلِيسَ‏ مَزْمُوماً بِزِمَامٍ مِنْ نَارٍ، وَ يُؤْتَى بِزُفَرَ مَزْمُوماً بِزِمَامَيْنِ مِنْ نَارٍ،

The book of Suleym Bin Qays – From Aban Bin Abi Ayyash, from Suleym who said,

‘I heard Salman Al-Farsira saying, ‘When it will be the Day of Qiyamah, they will come with Ibleesla reined with reins of fire, and they will come with Zufer (Umar) reined with two reins of fire.

فَيَنْطَلِقُ إِلَيْهِ إِبْلِيسُ فَيَصْرَخُ وَ يَقُولُ: ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ، مَنْ أَنْتَ؟ أَنَا الَّذِي فَتَنْتُ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَ الْآخِرِينَ وَ أَنَا مَزْمُومٌ بِزِمَامٍ وَاحِدٍ وَ أَنْتَ مَزْمُومٌ بِزِمَامَيْنِ. فَيَقُولُ: أَنَا الَّذِي أَمَرْتُ فَأُطِعْتُ وَ أَمَرَ اللَّهُ فَعُصِيَ.

Ibleesla would go towards him and shriek and say, ‘May your mother be bereft of you! Who are you? Ila am the onela who tempted the former ones and the latter ones, and Ila am reined with one rein while you are reined with two reins?’ He would say, ‘I am the one whom youla instructed so I obeyed, and Allahazwj Commanded, so I disobeyed’’.¹⁴⁸

110- كش‏: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ، عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ وَ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ، عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ الْأَحْمَرِ، عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ جَالِساً عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ إِذْ جَاءَتْ أُمُّ خَالِدٍ- الَّتِي كَانَ قَطَعَهَا يُوسُفُ- يَسْتَأْذِنُ‏ عَلَيْهِ، قَالَ: فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: أَ يَسُرُّكَ أَنْ تَشْهَدَ كَلَامَهَا؟. قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ. فَقَالَ: إِمَّا لَا فَادْنُ.

(The book) ‘Rijal Kashy’ – Muhammad Bin Masoud, from Ali Bin Al Hassan Bin Fazzal, from Al Abbas Bin Aamir and Ja’far Bin Muhammad Bin Hakeem, from Aban Bin Usman Al Ahmar, from Abu Baseer who said,

‘I was seated in the presence of Abu Abdullahasws when Umm Khalid came, the one whom Yusuf had cut her (hand), seeking permission to see himasws. Abu Abdullahasws said: ‘Would it please you to witness her speech?’ I said, ‘Yes, may I be sacrificed for youasws!’ Heasws said: ‘If you don’t (want to listen) then don’t come near’.

قَالَ: فَأَجْلَسَنِي عَلَى عَقَبَةِ الطِّنْفِسَةِ ثُمَّ دَخَلَتْ فَتَكَلَّمَتْ، فَإِذَا هِيَ امْرَأَةٌ بَلِيغَةٌ، فَسَأَلَتْهُ عَنْ فُلَانٍ وَ فُلَانٍ، فَقَالَ لَهَا: تَوَلَّيْهِمَا.

He (the narrator) said, ‘Heasws seated me at the back of the carpet. Then she entered and spoke. She was an eloquent woman, and she asked himasws about so and so (Abu Bakr) and so and so (Umar)’. Heasws said to her: ‘Befriend them both’.

فَقَالَتْ: فَأَقُولُ لِرَبِّي إِذَا لَقِيتُهُ إِنَّكَ أَمَرْتَنِي بِوَلَايَتِهِمَا. قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَتْ: فَإِنَّ هَذَا الَّذِي مَعَكَ عَلَى الطِّنْفِسَةِ يَأْمُرُنِي بِالْبَرَاءَةِ مِنْهُمَا، وَ كَثِيرٌ النَّوَّاءُ يَأْمُرُنِي بِوَلَايَتِهِمَا، فَأَيُّهُمَا أَحَبُّ إِلَيْكَ؟.

She said, ‘I shall say to my Lordazwj when I meet Himazwj that youasws instructed me with befriending them both’. Heasws said: ‘Yes’. She said, ‘But this one who is with you upon the carpet instructed me with disavowing from them both, and Kaseer Al-Nawa’a had instructed me with befriending them. So, which of the two is more beloved to youasws?’

قَالَ: هَذَا وَ اللَّهِ وَ أَصْحَابُهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ كَثِيرٍ النَّوَّاءِ وَ أَصْحَابِهِ، إِنَّ هَذَا يُخَاصِمُ فَيَقُولُ: مَنْ لَمْ يَحْكُمْ‏ بِما أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ فَأُولئِكَ هُمُ الْكافِرُونَ‏ وَ مَنْ لَمْ يَحْكُمْ بِما أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ فَأُولئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ‏ وَ مَنْ لَمْ يَحْكُمْ بِما أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ فَأُولئِكَ هُمُ الْفاسِقُونَ‏.

Heasws said: ‘By Allahazwj! This one and his companions are more beloved to measws than Kaseer Al-Nawa’a and his companion. This one debates and says, And the ones who do not judge with what Allah Revealed, so them, they are the Kafirs [5:44] And the one who does not judge with what Allah Revealed, so them, they are the unjust [5:45] And the one who does not judge with what Allah Revealed, so them, they are the transgressors [5:47]’.

فَلَمَّا خَرَجَتْ، قَالَ: إِنِّي خَشِيتُ أَنْ تَذْهَبَ فَتُخْبِرَ كَثِيرَ النَّوَّاءِ فَتَشْهَرَنِي‏ بِالْكُوفَةِ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي إِلَيْكَ مِنْ كَثِيرٍ النَّوَّاءِ بَرِي‏ءٌ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ.

When she went out, heasws said: ‘Iasws feared that she might go and inform Kaseer Al-Nawa’a, and she would publicise measws in Al-Kufa. O Allahazwj! Iasws disavow to Youazwj form Kaseer Al-Nawa’a, in the world and the Hereafter’’.

أقول: قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي الْحَدِيدِ فِي شَرْحِ نَهْجِ الْبَلَاغَةِ، نُقِلَتْ مِنْ كِتَابِ تَارِيخِ بَغْدَادَ لِأَبِي أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي طَاهِرٍ، بِسَنَدِهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ فِي أَوَّلِ خِلَافَتِهِ- وَ قَدْ أُلْقِيَ لَهُ صَاعٌ مِنْ تَمْرٍ عَلَى حَصَفَةٍ- فَدَعَانِي لِلْأَكْلِ، فَأَكَلْتُ تَمْرَةً وَاحِدَةً، وَ أَقْبَلَ يَأْكُلُ حَتَّى أَتَى عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ شَرِبَ مِنْ جَرٍّ كَانَ عِنْدَهُ وَ اسْتَلْقَى عَلَى مِرْفَقَةٍ لَهُ‏، وَ طَفِقَ يَحْمَدُ اللَّهَ يُكَرِّرُ ذَلِكَ،

I (Majlisi) am saying, ‘Ibn Abi Al Hadeed in the commentary of Nahj Al Balagah, transferred from the book ‘Tareekh Al Baghdad’ of Abu Ahmad Bin Abu Tahir, by his chain from Ibn Abbas who said,

‘I entered to see Umar Bin Al-Khattab during the beginning of his caliphate, and a basket of dates had been cast to him. He called me for the eating. I ate one date, and he went on eating until he was satiation upon it. Then he drank from a cup which was with him, and wiped with his elbow sleeve of his, and he began praising Allahazwj, repeating that.

ثُمَّ قَالَ: مِنْ أَيْنَ جِئْتَ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ؟. قُلْتُ: مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ. قَالَ: كَيْفَ خَلَّفْتَ بَنِي عَمِّكَ‏؟. فَظَنَنْتُهُ يَعْنِي عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ، فَقُلْتُ: خَلَّفْتُهُ يَلْعَبُ مَعَ أَتْرَابِهِ. قَالَ: لَمْ أَعْنِ ذَا، وَ إِنَّمَا عَنَيْتُ‏ عَظِيمَكُمْ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ؟.

Then he said, ‘Where are you coming from, O servant of Allahazwj?’ I said, ‘From the Masjid’. He said, ‘How have you left sonasws of your uncleas?’ I thought he meant Abdullah Bin Ja’far, so I said, ‘I left him playing around with his equals’. He said, ‘I did not mean that one, and rather I meant the great oneasws of your Peopleasws of the Household?’

قُلْتُ: خَلَّفْتُهُ يَمْتَحُ بِالْغَرْبِ عَلَى نَخَلَاتٍ لَهُ‏ وَ هُوَ يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ. فَقَالَ: يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ! عَلَيْكَ‏ دِمَاءُ الْبُدْنِ إِنْ كَتَمْتَنِيهَا، أَ بَقِيَ فِي نَفْسِهِ شَيْ‏ءٌ مِنْ أَمْرِ الْخِلَافَةِ؟. قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ.

I said, ‘I left himasws behind walking with vigour at the palm trees of hisasws and heasws was reading the Quran’. He said, ‘O servant of Allahazwj! Upon you would be blood of the sacrificial animal if you were to conceal it. Does anything remain in himselfasws regarding the matter of the caliphate?’ I said, ‘Yes’.

قَالَ: أَ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ جَعَلَهَا لَهُ‏؟ قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، وَ أَزِيدُكَ، سَأَلْتُ أَبِي عَمَّا يَدَّعِيهِ، فَقَالَ: صَدَقَ، قَالَ عُمَرُ: لَقَدْ كَانَ عَنْ‏ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فِي أَمْرِهِ ذَرْوٌ مِنْ قَوْلٍ لَا يُثْبِتُ حُجَّةً وَ لَا يَقْطَعُ عُذْراً، وَ قَدْ كَانَ يَزِيغُ‏ فِي أَمْرِهِ وَقْتاً مَا،

He said, ‘Does heasws (still) claim Rasool-Allahsaww had made it to be for himasws?’ I said, ‘Yes, and I shall increase for you. I asked my father about what heasws claims, and he said, ‘Heasws speaks the truth’’.

Umar said, ‘There was a peak regarding hisasws matter from Rasool-Allahsaww, from a word not proven by argument, nor cutting off excuses, and heasws has been deceiving regarding hisasws command every time.

وَ لَقَدْ أَرَادَ فِي مَرَضِهِ أَنْ يُصَرِّحَ بِاسْمِهِ فَمَنَعْتُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ إِشْفَاقاً وَ حَفَظَةً عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ، لَا وَ رَبِّ هَذِهِ الْبَنِيَّةِ لَا تَجْتَمِعُ عَلَيْهِ قُرَيْشٌ أَبَداً، وَ لَوْ وَلِيَهَا لَانْتَقَضَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْعَرَبُ مِنْ أَقْطَارِهَا، فَعَلِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (ص) أَنِّي عَلِمْتُ مَا فِي نَفْسِهِ فَأَمْسَكَ، وَ أَبَى اللَّهُ إِلَّا إِمْضَاءَ مَا حُتِمَ.

And hesaww (said), during hissaww illness, to declare hisasws name, but I prevented from that in compassion and fear upon Al-Islam. No, by the Lordazwj of this House! Quraysh will not unite to himasws, ever, and if heasws were to be in-charge of it, the Arabs from the outskirts would ruin himasws. Rasool-Allahsaww knew that I knew what was within himselfsaww, so hesaww withheld, and Allahazwj Refused except the accomplishment of what had been Ordained’’.¹⁴⁹

111- كنز: رُوِيَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الطَّيَّارِ، عَنْ أَبِي الْخَطَّابِ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: وَ اللَّهِ مَا كَنَى اللَّهُ فِي كِتَابِهِ حَتَّى قَالَ: يا وَيْلَتى‏ لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أَتَّخِذْ فُلاناً خَلِيلًا وَ إِنَّمَا هِيَ فِي مُصْحَفِ فَاطِمَةَ يَا وَيْلَتَي لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أَتَّخِذِ الثَّانِيَ خَلِيلًا. وَ سَيَظْهَرُ يَوْماً.

(The book) ‘Taweel Al Ayaat Al Zaahira’ – Muhammad Bin Ismail, by his chain, from Ja’far Bin Al Tayyar, from Abu Al Khattab,

‘From Abu Abdullahasws having said: ‘By Allahazwj! Allahazwj has not Teknonymed in Hisazwj Book until Heazwj Said: Oh! I wish I had not taken so and so as a friend! [25:28]. But rather, it is in the Parchment of (Syeda) Fatimaasws as: ‘Oh! I wish I had not taken the second as a friend!’ And it will be manifested one day’’.¹⁵⁰

112- وَ يُؤَيِّدُهُ مَا رَوَاهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جُمْهُورٍ، عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى، عَنْ حَرِيزٍ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ: يَوْمَ يَعَضُّ الظَّالِمُ عَلى‏ يَدَيْهِ يَقُولُ يا لَيْتَنِي اتَّخَذْتُ مَعَ الرَّسُولِ سَبِيلًا يا وَيْلَتى‏ لَيْتَنِي لَمْ أَتَّخِذْ فُلاناً خَلِيلًا قَالَ: يَقُولُ الْأَوَّلُ لِلثَّانِي‏.

And it is supported by what is reported by Muhammad Bin Jamhour, from Hammad Bin Isa, from Hareyz, from a man,

‘From Abu Ja’farasws having said: ‘And on the Day, the unjust one would bite upon his hand saying, ‘O I wish I had taken Sabeel along with the Rasool!’ [25:27] Oh! I wish I had not taken so and so as a friend! [25:28]. Heasws said: ‘The first one (Abu Bakr) would say to the second (Umar)’’.¹⁵¹

113- كِتَابُ الْإِسْتِدْرَاكِ‏: بِإِسْنَادِهِ‏، أَنَّ الْمُتَوَكِّلَ قِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ يَعْنِي عَلِيَّ بْنَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الرِّضَا- يُفَسِّرُ قَوْلَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: وَ يَوْمَ يَعَضُّ الظَّالِمُ عَلى‏ يَدَيْهِ‏.. الْآيَتَيْنِ، فِي الْأَوَّلِ وَ الثَّانِي.

The book ‘Al-Istidrak’, by his chain, ‘Al-Mutawakkil (the caliph), it was said to him that Abu Al-Hassanasws, meaning Aliasws Bin Muhammadasws Bin Ali Al-Rezaasws is interpreting the Words of Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic: And on the Day, the unjust one would bite upon his hand saying, ‘O I wish I had taken Sabeel along with the Rasool!’ [25:27], the two Verses, as being regarding the first (Abu Bakr) and the second (Umar).

قَالَ: فَكَيْفَ الْوَجْهُ فِي أَمْرِهِ‏؟. قَالُوا: تَجْمَعُ لَهُ النَّاسَ وَ تَسْأَلُهُ بِحَضْرَتِهِمْ، فَإِنْ فَسَّرَهَا بِهَذَا كَفَاكَ الْحَاضِرُونَ أَمْرَهُ، وَ إِنْ فَسَّرَهَا بِخِلَافِ ذَلِكَ افْتَضَحَ عِنْدَ أَصْحَابِهِ،

He said, ‘How is hisasws face regarding hisasws matter?’ They said, ‘The people are gathering to himasws, and you should ask himasws in their presence. So, if heasws were to interpret it with this, the ones present would suffice you of hisasws matter, and if heasws were to interpret it differently to that, heasws would be exposed in the presence of hisasws companions’.

قَالَ: فَوَجَّهَ إِلَى الْقُضَاةِ وَ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ وَ الْأَوْلِيَاءِ، وَ سُئِلَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَقَالَ: هَذَانِ رَجُلَانِ كَنَى اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا وَ مَنَّ بِالسَّتْرِ عَلَيْهِمَا، أَ فَيُحِبُّ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنْ يَكْشِفَ مَا سَتَرَهُ اللَّهُ؟. فَقَالَ: لَا أُحِبُّ.

He (the narrator) said, ‘He diverted the judges, and Clan of Hashimas, and the friends, and asked himasws. Heasws said: ‘These two men, Allahazwj has Teknonymed them, and Conferred with the concealment upon them. Does the commander of the faithful like to uncover what Allahazwj has Veiled?’ He said, ‘I don’t like (it)’’.¹⁵²

114- أقول: رَأَيْتُ فِي بَعْضِ كُتُبِ الْمَنَاقِبِ، عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ، قَالَ الصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏: إِنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ بَلَغَهُ عَنْ بَعْضٍ‏ شَيْ‏ءٌ، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ سَلْمَانَ الْفَارِسِيَّ فَقَالَ: إِنَّهُ بَلَغَنِي عَنْكَ كَيْتَ وَ كَيْتَ وَ كَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَفْضَحَكَ، وَ جَعَلْتُ كَفَّارَةَ ذَلِكَ فَكَّ رَقَبَتِكَ مِنَ الْمَالِ الَّذِي حُمِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ خُرَاسَانَ الَّذِي خُنْتَ فِيهِ اللَّهَ وَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ.

I (Majlisi) am saying, ‘I saw in one of the books of the virtures, from Al Mufazzal,

‘Al-Sadiqasws said: ‘Amir Al-Momineenasws, something reached himasws about one of hisasws companions. Heasws sent Salman Al-Farsira to him (Umar) saying, ‘Such and such has reached mera about you and Iasws dislike to expose you, and expiation of that is made to be freeing of a neck from the wealth which has been carried to you from Khurasan, in which Allahazwj and Momineen has been betrayed’.

قَالَ سَلْمَانُ: فَلَمَّا قُلْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ تَغَيَّرَ وَجْهُهُ وَ ارْتَعَدَتْ فَرَائِصُهُ وَ أُسْقِطَ فِي يَدَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ بِلِسَانٍ كَلِيلٍ: يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ! أَمَّا الْكَلَامُ فَلَعَمْرِي قَدْ جَرَى بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَ أَهْلِي وَ وُلْدِي وَ مَا كَانُوا بِالَّذِي يُفْشُونَ‏ عَلَيَّ، فَمِنْ أَيْنَ عَلِمَ ابْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ؟

Salmanra said, ‘When Ira said that to him, his face changed, and his limbs trembled, (his head) fell into his hands. Then he said with a little tongue, ‘O servant of Allahazwj! As for the speech, by my life, it has flowed between me and my wife and children, and they have not been cheating with that which heasws is exposing upon me. So, from where did Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws know?

وَ أَمَّا الْمَالُ الَّذِي وَرَدَ عَلَيَّ فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا عَلِمَ بِهِ إِلَّا الرَّسُولُ الَّذِي أَتَى بِهِ، وَ إِنَّمَا هُوَ هَدِيَّةٌ، فَمِنْ أَيْنَ عَلِمَ؟ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ: وَ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ وَ اللَّهِ ..- ثَلَاثاً- إِنَّ ابْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ سَاحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ.

And as for the wealth which was sent to me, by Allahazwj, no one knew of it except the messenger, which had come with it, and rather it is a gift. So, from where did heasws know?’ O servant of Allahazwj! By Allahazwj, then by Allahazwj’ – thrice, ‘Surely, the sonasws of Abu Talibasws is a learned sorcerer!’

قَالَ سَلْمَانُ: قُلْتُ: بِئْسَ مَا قُلْتَ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ؟. فَقَالَ: وَيْحَكَ! اقْبَلْ مِنِّي مَا أَقُولُهُ فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا عَلِمَ أَحَدٌ بِهَذَا الْكَلَامِ وَ لَا أَحَدٌ عَرَفَ خَبَرَ هَذَا الْمَالِ غَيْرِي، فَمِنْ أَيْنَ عَلِمَ؟ وَ مَا عَلِمَ هُوَ إِلَّا مِنَ السِّحْرِ، وَ قَدْ ظَهَرَ لِي مِنْ سِحْرِهِ غَيْرُ هَذَا؟.

Salmanra said, ‘Ira said, ‘Evil is what you are saying, O servant of Allahazwj!’ He said, ‘Woe be unto youra! Accept from me what I am saying, for by Allahazwj, no one knows of this speech, nor does anyone know the news of this wealth apart from me. So, from where did heasws come to know? And I do not know except (it is) from the sorcery, and it is apparent to me of hisasws sorcery more than this?’

قَالَ سَلْمَانُ: فَتَجَاهَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَقُلْتُ: بِاللَّهِ ظَهَرَ لَكَ مِنْهُ غَيْرُ هَذَا؟. قَالَ: إِي وَ اللَّهِ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ؟. قُلْتُ: فَأَخْبِرْنِي بِبَعْضِهِ. قَالَ: إِذاً وَ اللَّهِ أَصْدُقُكَ وَ لَا أُحَرِّفُ قَلِيلًا وَ لَا كَثِيراً مِمَّا رَأَيْتُهُ مِنْهُ، لِأَنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَطَّلِعَكَ عَلَى سِحْرِ صَاحِبِكَ حَتَّى تَجْتَنِبَهُ وَ تُفَارِقَهُ، فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا فِي شَرْقِهَا وَ غَرْبِهَا أَحَدٌ أَسْحَرَ مِنْهُ،

Salmanra said, ‘Ira ignored him. Ira said, ‘By Allahazwj! Has more than this appeared to you from himasws?’ He said, ‘Yes, by Allahazwj, O servant of Allahazwj!’ Ira said, ‘Inform me with some of it’. He said, ‘Then, by Allahazwj, I shall ratify youra, and I will neither alter a little nor a lot from what I have seen from himasws, because I would love to notify youra upon the sorcery of yourra companion, until youra shun himasws and separated from himasws. By Allahazwj! I have not seen in its east and its west anyone more a sorcerer than heasws is’.

ثُمَّ احْمَرَّتْ عَيْنَاهُ وَ قَامَ وَ قَعَدَ، وَ قَالَ: يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ! إِنِّي لَمُشْفِقٌ عَلَيْكَ وَ مُحِبٌّ لَكَ، عَلَى أَنَّكَ قَدِ اعْتَزَلْتَنَا وَ لَزِمْتَ ابْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ،

Then his eyes reddened and he stood and sat, and said, ‘O servant of Allahazwj! I am being compassionate upon youra, and loving to youra upon that youra have isolated us and necessitated the sonasws of Abu Talibasws.

فَلَوْ مِلْتَ إِلَيْنَا وَ كُنْتَ فِي جَمَاعَتِنَا لَآثَرْنَاكَ وَ شَارَكْنَاكَ فِي هَذِهِ الْأَمْوَالِ، فَاحْذَرِ ابْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَ لَا يَغُرَّنَّكَ مَا تَرَى مِنْ سِحْرِهِ! فَقُلْتُ: فَأَخْبِرْنِي بِبَعْضِهِ.

If youra were to incline towards us and be in our community, we would give youra preference and participate youasws in these wealths. Be cautious of the sonasws of Abu Talibasws and do not let himasws deceive youra, what youra see from hisasws sorcery!’ Ira said, ‘Inform mera with some of it’.

قَالَ: نَعَمْ، خَلَوْتُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ أَنَا وَ ابْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ (ع) فِي شَيْ‏ءٍ مِنْ أَمْرِ الْخُمُسِ، فَقَطَعَ حَدِيثِي وَ قَالَ لِي: مَكَانَكَ حَتَّى أَعُودَ إِلَيْكَ، فَقَدْ عَرَضَتْ لِي حَاجَةٌ، فَخَرَجَ، فَمَا كَانَ بِأَسْرَعَ أَنِ انْصَرَفَ وَ عَلَى عِمَامَتِهِ وَ ثِيَابِهِ غُبَارٌ كَثِيرَةٌ، فَقُلْتُ: مَا شَأْنُكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ؟.

He said, ‘Yes. I and the sonasws of Abu Talibasws were alone one day regarding something from the matter of Al-Khums, and heasws cut my discussion and said to me: ‘Stay in your place until Iasws return to you, for a need has presented to measws’. Heasws went out and returned very quickly and upon hisasws turban and hisasws clothes was a lot of dust. I said, ‘What is yourasws concern, O Amir Al-Momineenasws?’

قَالَ: أَقْبَلْتُ عَلَى عَسَاكِرَ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَ فِيهِمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ يُرِيدُونَ بِالْمَشْرِقِ مَدِينَةً يُقَالُ لَهَا: صَحُورُ، فَخَرَجْتُ لِأُسَلِّمَ عَلَيْهِ، فَهَذِهِ الْغَبَرَةُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ،

Heasws said: ‘Iasws had faced soldiers from the Angels, and among them was Rasool-Allahsaww. They were intending the east of the city called Sahour, so Iasws went to greet unto himsaww, and this dust is from that’.

فَضَحِكْتُ تَعَجُّباً مِنْ قَوْلِهِ، وَ قُلْتُ: يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ! رَجُلٌ قَدْ بَلِيَ فِي قَبْرِهِ وَ أَنْتَ تَزْعُمُ أَنَّكَ لَقِيتَهُ السَّاعَةَ وَ سَلَّمْتَ عَلَيْهِ، هَذَا مَا لَا يَكُونُ أَبَداً.

I laughed from hisasws words and said, ‘O Abu Al-Hassanasws! A mansaww has decayed in hissaww grave, and youasws are claiming that youasws met himsaww at the moment and greeted unto himsaww? This cannot happen, ever!’

فَغَضِبَ مِنْ قَوْلِي، ثُمَّ نَظَرَ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ: أَ تُكَذِّبُنِي؟!. قُلْتُ: لَا تَغْضَبْ فَإِنَّ هَذَا مَا لَا يَكُونُ. قَالَ: فَإِنْ عَرَضْتُهُ عَلَيْكَ حَتَّى لَا تُنْكِرَ مِنْهُ شَيْئاً تُحْدِثُ لِلَّهِ تَوْبَةً مِمَّا أَنْتَ عَلَيْهِ؟. قُلْتُ: لَعَمْرُ اللَّهِ. فَاعْرِضْهُ عَلَيَّ، فَقَالَ: قُمْ،

Heasws was angered from my words, then looked at me and said: ‘Are you belying measws?!’ I said, ‘Do not be angry, for this is what cannot happen’. Heasws said: ‘Supposing Iasws present himsaww to you until you cannot deny anything from it, will you begin repentance to Allahazwj from what you are upon?’ I said, ‘By the life (from) Allahazwj! Present himsaww to me’. Heasws said: ‘Arise!’

فَخَرَجْتُ مَعَهُ إِلَى طَرَفِ الْمَدِينَةِ، فَقَالَ لِي: يَا شَاكُّ غَمِّضْ عَيْنَيْكَ، فَغَمَّضْتُهَا فَمَسَحَهُمَا ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا غَافِلُ افْتَحْهُمَا، فَفَتَحْتُهُمَا فَإِذَا أَنَا وَ اللَّهِ- يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ- بِرَسُولِ‏ اللَّهِ (ص) مَعَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ لَمْ أُنْكِرْ مِنْهُ شَيْئاً، فَبَقِيتُ وَ اللَّهِ مُتَعَجِّباً أَنْظُرُ فِي وَجْهِهِ،

I went out with himasws to an outskirt of Al-Medina. Heasws said to me, ‘O doubter, close your eyes!’ I closed them, and heasws wiped (upon) them, then said: ‘O heedless one, open them!’ I opened them, and there I was, by Allahazwj, O servant of Allahazwj, with Rasool-Allahsaww, with the Angels. I could not deny anything from it. By Allahazwj! I remained astonished, looking into hisasws face.

فَلَمَّا أَطَلْتُ النَّظَرَ إِلَيْهِ فَعَضَّ الْأَنَامِلَ بِالْأَسْنَانِ وَ قَالَ لِي: يَا فُلَانُ بْنُ فُلَانٍ! أَ كَفَرْتَ بِالَّذِي خَلَقَكَ مِنْ تُرابٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ سَوَّاكَ رَجُلًا،

When I prolonged the looking at himasws, I bit the nails with the teeth, and heasws said to me: ‘O so and so, son of so and so! ‘Are you committing Kufr with the One Who Created you from dust, then from a seed, then Completed you as a man? [18:37]’.

قَالَ: فَسَقَطْتُ مَغْشِيّاً عَلَى الْأَرْضِ، فَلَمَّا أَفَقْتُ قَالَ لِي: هَلْ رَأَيْتَهُ وَ سَمِعْتَ كَلَامَهُ؟. قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: انْظُرْ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ (ص)، فَنَظَرْتُ فَإِذَا لَا عَيْنَ وَ لَا أَثَرَ وَ لَا خَبَرَ مِنَ الرَّسُولِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ لَا مِنْ تِلْكَ الْخُيُولِ. فَقَالَ لِي: يَا مِسْكِينُ فَأَحْدِثْ تَوْبَةً مِنْ سَاعَتِكَ هَذِهِ.

He said, ‘I fell down unconscious upon the ground. When I woke up, heasws said to me: ‘Did you see himsaww and heard hissaww speech?’ I said, ‘Yes’. Heasws said: ‘Look at the Prophetsaww’. I looked and there was neither an eye, nor any trace, nor news from the Rasoolsaww, nor from that thought. Heasws said to me: ‘O poor one! Start repenting from this moment of yours’.

فَاسْتَقَرَّ عِنْدِي فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ أَنَّهُ أَسْحَرُ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ، وَ بِاللَّهِ لَقَدْ خِفْتُهُ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ وَ هَالَنِي أَمْرُهُ، وَ لَوْ لَا أَنِّي وَقَفْتُ- يَا سَلْمَانُ- عَلَى أَنَّكَ تُفَارِقُهُ مَا أَخْبَرْتُكَ، فَاكْتُمْ هَذَا وَ كُنْ مَعَنَا لِتَكُونَ مِنَّا وَ إِلَيْنَا حَتَّى أُوَلِّيَكَ الْمَدَائِنَ وَ فَارِسَ، فَصِرْ إِلَيْهِمَا وَ لَا تُخْبِرِ ابْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ (ع) بِشَيْ‏ءٍ مِمَّا جَرَى بَيْنَنَا، فَإِنِّي‏ لَا آمَنُهُ أَنْ يَفْعَلَ لِي مِنْ كَيْدِهِ شَيْئاً.

Thus, it was settled in my presence during that day, that heasws is the most bewitching of the people of the earth, and by Allahazwj, I had feared himasws during that day and hisasws matter terrifies me, and had I not paused upon youra, O Salmanra, that youra should separate from himasws, I would not have informed youra. So, conceal this and be with us in order to become from us and to us, until Al-Madain and Persian make youra the ruler, and go to them and do not inform the sonasws of Abu Talibasws with anything from what has flowed between us, for I do not trust himasws that heasws might do something from hisasws plots to me’.

قَالَ: فَضَحِكْتُ وَ قُلْتُ: إِنَّكَ لَتَخَافُهُ؟. قَالَ: إِي وَ اللَّهِ خَوْفاً لَا أَخَافُ شَيْئاً مِثْلَهُ. قَالَ سَلْمَانُ: فَنَشَطْتُ مُتَجَاهِلًا بِمَا حَدَّثَنِي وَ قُلْتُ: يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ! أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ غَيْرِهِ فَوَ اللَّهِ إِنَّكَ أَخْبَرْتَنِي عَنْ أُعْجُوبَةٍ؟.

He (Salmanra) said, ‘Ira laughed and said, ‘You are fearing himasws?’ He said, ‘Yes, by Allahazwj, a fear I have not feared something like it’. Salmanra said, ‘Ira got energised and ignored what he had narrated to measws, and Ira said, ‘O servant of Allahazwj! Inform mera about something else, for by Allahazwj, you have informed mera of hisasws marvels?’

قَالَ: إِذاً أُخْبِرُكَ بِأَعْجَبَ مِنْ هَذَا مِمَّا عَايَنْتُهُ أَنَا بِعَيْنِي. قُلْتُ: فَأَخْبِرْنِي. قَالَ: نَعَمْ، إِنَّهُ أَتَانِي يَوْماً مُغْضَباً وَ فِي يَدِهِ قَوْسُهُ فَقَالَ لِي: يَا فُلَانُ! عَلَيْكَ بِشِيعَتِكَ الطُّغَاةِ و لَا تَتَعَرَّضْ لِشِيعَتِي، فَإِنِّي خَلِيقٌ أَنْ أُنَكِّلَ بِكَ.

He said, ‘Then I shall inform youra with (something) stranger than this from I have witnessed with my eyes’. Ira said, ‘Inform measws’. He said, ‘Yes. Heasws came to me angrily one day and in hisasws hand was hisasws bow. Heasws said to me: ‘O so and so! Upon you is (to make sure) your adherents do not plot to myasws Shias, for Iasws am more appropriate that Iasws humiliate you’.

فَغَضِبْتُ أَنَا أَيْضاً- وَ لَمْ أَكُنْ وَقَفْتُ عَلَى سِحْرِهِ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ-، فَقُلْتُ: يَا ابْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ! مَهْ، مَا هَذَا الْغَضَبُ وَ السَّلْطَنَةُ؟. أَ تَعْرِفُنِي حَقَّ الْمَعْرِفَةِ؟. قَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَوَ اللَّهِ لَأَعْرِفَنَّ قَدْرَكَ، ثُمَّ رَمَى بِقَوْسِهِ الْأَرْضَ، وَ قَالَ: خُذِيهِ، فَصَارَتْ ثُعْبَاناً عَظِيماً مِثْلَ ثُعْبَانِ مُوسَى بْنِ عِمْرَانَ فَفَغَرَ فَاهُ‏ فَأَقْبَلَ نَحْوِي لِيَبْلَعَنَي،

I got angry as well – and I had not recognised hisasws sorcery before that – and I said, ‘O sonasws of Abu Talibasws, shh! What is this anger and authority? Will youasws introduce to me the right of recognition?’ Heasws said: ‘Yes, by Allahazwj, Iasws introduce to you your own worth’. Then heasws threw down the bow on the ground and said: ‘Take it!’ It became a large serpent like the serpent of Musaas Bin Imranas and opened its mouth and came near me to swallow me.

فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ ذَلِكَ طَارَ رُوحِي فَرَقاً وَ خَوْفاً وَ صِحْتُ وَ قُلْتُ: اللَّهَ! اللَّهَ! الْأَمَانَ الْأَمَانَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، اذْكُرْ مَا كَانَ فِي خِلَافَةِ الْأَوَّلِ مِنِّي حِينَ وَثَبَ إِلَيْكَ، وَ بَعْدُ فَاذْكُرْ مَا كَانَ مِنِّي إِلَى خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ الْفَاسِقِ بْنِ الْفَاسِقِ حِينَ أَمَرَهُ الْخَلِيفَةُ بِقَتْلِكَ، وَ بِاللَّهِ مَا شَاوَرَنِي فِي ذَلِكَ

When I saw that, my soul flew out panic and fear and I screamed and said, ‘Allahazwj! Allahazwj! The safety! The safety, O Amir Al-Momineenasws! I remember whatever had happened in the caliphate of the first (Abu Bakr) from me when he leapt to youasws, and afterward, so I remember whatever had happened from me to Khalid Bin Al-Waleed the mischief-maker when the caliph instructed him with killing youasws, and by Allahazwj he had not consulted me regarding that.

فَكَانَ مِنِّي مَا كَانَ حَتَّى شَكَانِي وَ وَقَعَ بَيْنَنَا الْعَدَاوَةُ، وَ اذْكُرْ- يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ- مَا كَانَ مِنِّي فِي مَقَامِي حِينَ قُلْتُ: إِنَّ بَيْعَةَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ كَانَتْ فَلْتَةً فَمَنْ عَادَ إِلَى مِثْلِهَا فَاقْتُلُوهُ، فَارْتَابَ النَّاسُ وَ صَاحُوا وَ قَالُوا: طَعَنَ عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ،

So, it happened from me what had happened until he doubted me and the enmity occurred between us, and I remember, O Amir Al-Momineenasws, what had happened from me in my place when I said, ‘The allegiance of Abu Bakr was a slip, so the one who repeats to the like of it, kill him’. The people were suspicious and they shouted and said, ‘Stab upon his companions’.

قَدْ عَرَفْتَ هَذَا كُلَّهُ، وَ بِاللَّهِ إِنَّ شِيعَتَكَ يُؤْذُونَنِي وَ يُشَنِّعُونَ عَلَيَّ، وَ لَوْ لَا مَكَانُكَ- يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ- لَكُنْتُ نَكَلْتُ بِهِمْ، وَ أَنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي لَمْ أَتَعَرَّضْ لَهُمْ مِنْ أَجْلِكَ وَ كَرَامَتِكَ، فَاكْفُفْ عَنِّي هَذَا الثُّعْبَانَ فَإِنَّهُ يَبْلَعُنِي.

I have recognised this, all of it, and by Allahazwj, yourasws Shias are bothering me and disgracing upon me, and had it not been for yourasws position, O Amir Al-Momineenasws, and I used to ill-treat them, and youasws know that I did not plot to them from yourasws reason and yourasws prestige, so withhold this serpent from me, for it will swallow me otherwise’.

فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ هَذَا الْمَقَالَ مِنِّي قَالَ: أَيُّهَا الْمِسْكِينُ لَطُفْتَ فِي الْكَلَامِ، وَ إِنَّا أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ‏ نَشْكُرُ الْقَلِيلَ، ثُمَّ ضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى الثُّعْبَانِ وَ قَالَ: مَا تَقُولُ؟. قُلْتُ: الْأَمَانَ! الْأَمَانَ! قَدْ عَلِمْتَ أَنِّي لَمْ أَقُلْ إِلَّا حَقّاً، فَإِذَا قَوْسُهُ فِي يَدِهِ وَ لَيْسَ هُنَاكَ ثُعْبَانٌ وَ لَا شَيْ‏ءٌ، فَلَمْ أَزَلْ أَحْذَرُهُ وَ أَخَافُهُ إِلَى يَوْمِي هَذَا.

When heasws heard this talk from me, heasws said: ‘O you poor one! You are being subtle in the speech, and weasws, Peopleasws of the Household, weasws thank for the little’. Then heasws tapped hisasws hand to the serpent and said: ‘What are you saying?’ I said, ‘The safety! The safety! I know I did not say except truth’. There it was, as a bow in hisasws hand, and there was neither anymore serpent over there nor anything. I did not cease to be cautious of himasws and fearing himasws up to this day of mine’.

قَالَ سَلْمَانُ: فَضَحِكْتُ وَ قُلْتُ: وَ اللَّهِ مَا سَمِعْتُ بِمِثْلِ هَذِهِ الْأُعْجُوبَاتِ. قَالَ: يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ! هَذَا مَا رَأَيْتُهُ أَنَا بِعَيْنَيَّ هَاتَيْنِ، وَ لَوْ لَا أَنِّي قَدْ رَفَعْتُ الْحِشْمَةَ فِيمَا بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَكَ مَا كُنْتُ بِالَّذِي أُخْبِرُكَ بِهَذَا.

Salmanra said, ‘Ira laughed and said, ‘By Allahazwj! Ira have not heard wonders the like of these’. He said, ‘O Abu Abdullah! This is what I saw, with these two eyes of mine, and had I not raised the decency in what is between me and youra, I would not have been the one to inform you with this’.

قَالَ سَلْمَانُ: فَتَجَاهَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَقُلْتُ: هَلْ رَأَيْتَ مِنْهُ سِحْراً غَيْرَ مَا أَخْبَرْتَنِي بِهِ؟. قَالَ: نَعَمْ، لَوْ حَدَّثْتُكَ لَبَقِيتَ مِنْهُ مُتَحَيِّراً، وَ لَا تَقُلْ- يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ- إِنَّ هَذَا السِّحْرَ هُوَ الَّذِي أَظْهَرَهُ، لَا وَ اللَّهِ وَ لَكِنْ هُوَ وِرَاثَةٌ يَرِثُونَهَا. قُلْتُ: كَيْفَ؟.

Salmanra said, ‘Ira ignored him upon it and said, ‘Have you seen any sorcery from himasws other than what you informed mera with?’ He said, ‘Yes, if I were to narrate to youra, youra would remain bewildered from it, and I am not saying, O Abu Abdullah, this is the sorcery which heasws is manifesting. No, by Allahazwj! But, heasws inherited it as an inheritance’. Ira said, ‘How?’

قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي أَنَّهُ رَأَى مِنْ أَبِيهِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَ مِنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ سِحْراً لَمْ يُسْمَعْ بِمِثْلِهِ، وَ ذَكَرَ أَبِي أَنَّ أَبَاهُ نُفَيْلًا أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ رَأَى مِنْ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ سِحْراً لَمْ يُسْمَعْ بِمِثْلِهِ.

He said, ‘My father informed me that he was from hisasws fatheras Abu Talibasws, and from Abdullahas, such sorcery, he had not heard the like of it, and my father mentioned that his father Nufeyla informed him that he saw sorcery from Abdul Muttalibasws, he had not heard the like of it’.

قَالَ سَلْمَانُ: فَقُلْتُ:: حَدِّثْنِي بِمَا أَخْبَرَكَ بِهِ أَبُوكَ؟. قَالَ: نَعَمْ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي أَنَّهُ خَرَجَ مَعَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ (ع) فِي سَفَرٍ يُرِيدُونَ الشَّامَ‏ مَعَ تُجَّارِ قُرَيْشٍ تَخْرُجُ مِنَ السَّنَةِ إِلَى السَّنَةِ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً فَيَجْمَعُونَ أَمْوَالًا كَثِيرَةً، وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي الْعَرَبِ أَتْجَرُ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ،

Salmanra said, ‘Ira said, ‘Narrate to mera with what your father heard?’ He said, ‘Yes, my father informed me that he went out with Abu Talibasws in a journey intending Syria along with Quraysh traders, going out from the year to the year, once. They gathered a lot of wealth and there did not happen to be among the Arabs more traders than Quraysh.

فَلَمَّا كَانُوا بِبَعْضِ الطُّرُقِ إِذَا قَوْمٌ مِنَ الْأَعْرَابِ قُطَّاعٌ شَاكُونَ فِي السِّلَاحِ لَا يُرَى مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا الْحَدَقُ، فَلَمَّا ظَهَرُوا لَنَا هَالَنَا أَمْرُهُمْ وَ فَزِعْنَا وَ وَقَعَ الصِّيَاحُ فِي الْقَافِلَةِ، وَ اشْتَغَلَ كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ بِنَفْسِهِ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَنْجُوَ بِنَفْسِهِ فَقَطْ، وَ دَهِمَنَا أَمْرٌ جَلِيلٌ، وَ اجْتَمَعْنَا وَ عَزَمْنَا عَلَى الْهَرَبِ،

When they were in one of the roads, there was a group of Bedouin bandits peculiarly weaponised, nothing was seen from them except the evil intentions. When their matter appeared to our state and we were alarmed and the shouting occurred in the caravan, and every person was pre-occupied with himself intending to save himself only; and a mighty matter presented to us and we gathered and we determined upon the battle.

فَمَرَرْنَا بِأَبِي طَالِبٍ وَ هُوَ جَالِسٌ، فَقُلْنَا: يَا أَبَا طَالِبٍ! مَا لَكَ؟ أَ لَا تَرَى مَا قَدْ دَهِمَنَا فَانْجُ بِنَفْسِكَ مَعَنَا؟. فَقَالَ: إِلَى أَيْنَ نَهْرُبُ فِي هَذِهِ الْبَرَارِي؟. قُلْنَا: فَمَا الْحِيلَةُ؟. قَالَ: الْحِيلَةُ أَنْ نَدْخُلَ هَذِهِ الْجَزِيرَةَ فَنُقِيمَ فِيهَا وَ نَجْمَعَ أَمْتِعَتَنَا وَ دَوَابَّنَا وَ أَمْوَالَنَا فِيهَا.

We passed by Abu Talibasws and heas was seated. We said, ‘O Abu Talibasws! Do youasws not see what has presented to us, why don’t youasws save yourselfasws with us?’ Heasws said, ‘Where will we run to in this wilderness?’ We said, ‘So what is the means?’ Heasws said: ‘The means is that we should enter this island and stay in it, and we should gather our belongings and our animals and our wealth in it’.

قَالَ: فَبَقِينَا مُتَعَجِّبِينَ، وَ قُلْنَا: لَعَلَّهُ جُنَّ وَ فَزِعَ مِمَّا نَزَلَ بِهِ، فَقُلْنَا: وَيْحَكَ! وَ لَنَا هُنَا جَزِيرَةٌ؟! قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قُلْنَا: أَيْنَ هِيَ؟. قَالَ: انْظُرُوا أَمَامَكُمْ.

He said, ‘We remained confused and we said, ‘Perhaps heas has gone mad and is panicking from what has befallen with himas’. We said, ‘Woe be unto youas! And is there any island for us over here?’ Heas said, ‘Yes’. We said, ‘Where is it?’ Heas said: ‘Look in front of you’.

قَالَ: فَنَظَرْنَا إِذَا وَ اللَّهِ جَزِيرَةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ لَمْ يَرَ النَّاسُ أَعْظَمَ مِنْهَا وَ لَا أَحْصَنَ مِنْهَا، فَارْتَحَلْنَا وَ حَمَلْنَا أَمْتِعَتَنَا، فَلَمَّا قَرِبْنَا مِنْهَا إِذَا بَيْنَنَا وَ بَيْنَهَا وَادٍ عَظِيمٌ مِنْ مَاءٍ لَا يُمْكِنُ أَحَداً أَنْ يَسْلُكَهُ، فَقَالَ: وَيْحَكُمْ! أَ لَا تَرَوْنَ هَذَا الطَّرِيقَ الْيَابِسَ الَّذِي فِي وَسَطِهِ قُلْنَا: لَا.

He said, ‘We looked and there, by Allahazwj, was a large island, the people had not seen any bigger than it, nor more fortified than it’. We departed and carried our belongings. When we were nearer to it, there was a large valley of water between us and it; it was not impossible for anyone that he travels it. Heas said: ‘Woe be unto you all! Are you not seeing this dry road which is in the middle of it?’ We said, ‘No’.

قَالَ: فَانْظُرُوا أَمَامَكُمْ وَ عَنْ يَمِينِكُمْ، فَنَظَرْنَا فَإِذَا وَ اللَّهِ طَرِيقٌ يَابِسٌ سَهْلُ الْمَسْلَكِ فَفَرِحْنَا، وَ قُلْنَا: لَقَدْ مَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْنَا بِأَبِي طَالِبٍ، فَسَلَكَ وَ سَلَكْنَا خَلْفَهُ حَتَّى دَخَلْنَا الْجَزِيرَةَ فَحَطَطْنَا، فَقَامَ أَبُو طَالِبٍ فَخَطَّ خَطّاً عَلَى جَمِيعِ الْقَافِلَةِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا قَوْمُ! أَبْشِرُوا فَإِنَّ الْقَوْمَ لَنْ يَصِلُوا إِلَيْكُمْ وَ لَا أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ بِسُوءٍ.

Heas said: ‘Look in front of you and on your right!’ We looked, and there, by Allahazwj, was a dry coastal road easy to travel. We rejoiced and said, ‘Allahazwj has Conferred upon us with Abu Talibasws’. Heas travelled and we travelled behind himasws until we entered the island and we settled. Abu Talibasws stood up and drew a line around the entirety of the caravan, then said: ‘O people! Rejoice, for the people (bandits) will never (be able to) arrive to you, nor anyone of them with any evil’.

قَالَ: وَ أَقْبَلَتِ الْأَعْرَابُ يَتَرَاكَضُونَ خَلْفَنَا، فَلَمَّا انْتَهَوْا إِلَى الْوَادِي إِذَا بَحْرٌ عَظِيمٌ قَدْ حَالَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَ بَيْنَنَا فَبَقُوا مُتَعَجِّبِينَ، فَنَظَرَ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ، وَ قَالُوا: يَا قَوْمُ! هَلْ رَأَيْتُمْ قَطُّ هَاهُنَا جَزِيرَةً أَوْ بَحْراً؟. قَالُوا: لَا.

He said, ‘And the Bedouins came running behind us. When they ended up to the valley, there it was like a huge ocean having formed a barrier between them and us. They remained bewildered. They looked at each other and said, ‘O people! Have you ever seen an island over here at all, or any ocean?’ They said, ‘No’.

فَلَمَّا كَثُرَ تَعَجُّبُهُمْ قَالَ شَيْخٌ مِنْهُمْ- قَدْ مَرَّتْ عَلَيْهِ‏ التَّجَارِبُ-: يَا قَوْمُ! أَنَا أَطَّلِعُكُمْ عَلَى بَيَانِ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ السَّاعَةَ. قَالُوا: هَاتِ- يَا شَيْخُ- فَإِنَّكَ أَقْدَمُنَا وَ أَكْبَرُنَا سِنّاً وَ أَكْثَرُنَا تجاربا [تَجَارِبَ‏].

When their astonishment was a lot, an elder from them said – and the experience had passed upon him – ‘O people! I shall notify you all upon the explanation of this matter, just now’. They said, ‘Give, O sheikh, for you are our most ancient, and our eldest is years, and the most experienced of us’.

قَالَ: نَادُوا الْقَوْمَ، فَنَادَوْهُمْ، فَقَالُوا: مَا تُرِيدُونَ؟. قَالَ الشَّيْخُ: قُولُوا لَهُمْ: أَ فِيكُمْ أَحَدٌ مِنْ وُلْدِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ؟ فَنَادَوْهُمْ، فَقَالُوا: نَعَمْ، فِينَا أَبُو طَالِبِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ.

He said, ‘The people called out, and they called out to them. They said, ‘What do you want?’ The sheikh said, ‘Say to them, ‘Is there anyone among you from the sons of Abdul Muttalibasws?’ They called out to them saying, ‘Yes, among us is Abu Talibasws sonasws of Abdul Muttalibasws’.

قَالَ الشَّيْخُ: يَا قَوْمُ!، قَالُوا: لَبَّيْكَ. قَالَ: لَا يُمْكِنُنَا أَنْ نَصِلَ إِلَيْهِمْ بِسُوءٍ أَصْلًا، فَانْصَرِفُوا وَ لَا تَشْتَغِلُوا بِهِمْ، فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا فِي أَيْدِيكُمْ مِنْهُمْ قَلِيلٌ وَ لَا كَثِيرٌ، فَقَالُوا: قَدْ خَرِفْتَ أَيُّهَا الشَّيْخُ، أَ تَنْصَرِفُ عَنْهُمْ وَ تَتْرُكُ هَذِهِ الْأَمْوَالَ الْكَثِيرَةَ وَ الْأَمْتِعَةَ النَّفِيسَةَ مَعَهُمْ؟!، لَا وَ اللَّهِ وَ لَكِنْ نُحَاصِرُهُمْ أَوْ يَخْرُجُونَ إِلَيْنَا فَنَسْلُبُهُمْ.

The sheikh said, ‘O people!’ They said, ‘Yes!’ He said, ‘It is then impossible for us to arrive to them with evil originally, so leave and do not be pre-occupied with them, for by Allahazwj, there will not be in your hands from them, neither little nor more’. They said, ‘You are senile, O sheikh! Should we disperse from them and leave such a lot of wealth, and the new chattels from them?! No, by Allahazwj! But we shall besiege them, or (until) they come out to us, and we will plunder them’.

قَالَ الشَّيْخُ: قَدْ نَصَحْتُ لَكُمْ وَ لكِنْ لا تُحِبُّونَ النَّاصِحِينَ‏، فَاتْرُكُوا نُصْحَكُمْ وَ ذَرُوا. قَالُوا: اسْكُتْ يَا جَاهِلُ! فَحَطُّوا رَوَاحِلَهُمْ لِيُحَاصِرُوهُمْ فَلَمَّا حَطُّوا أَبْصَرَ بَعْضُهُمْ بِالطَّرِيقِ الْيَابِسِ، فَصَاحَ: يَا قَوْمُ! هَاهُنَا طَرِيقٌ يَابِسٌ، فَأَبْصَرَ الْقَوْمُ كُلُّهُمُ الطَّرِيقَ الْيَابِسَ، وَ فَرِحُوا وَ قَالُوا: نَسْتَرِيحُ سَاعَةً وَ نَعْلِفُ دَوَابَّنَا ثُمَّ نَرْتَحِلُ إِلَيْهِمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَا يُمْكِنُهُمْ أَنْ يَتَخَلَّصُوا،

Then sheikh said, ‘I have advised to you all, but you do not love the advisers [7:79], so neglect your advice and leave’. They said, ‘Be quiet, O ignorant one!’ They moved their riding animals in order to besiege them. When they were moving, one of them saw the dry road. He shouted, ‘O people! Over here is a dry road!’ The people, all of them saw the dry road, and they rejoiced and said, ‘Let us rest a while and feed our animals, then we shall depart to them, for they will not be able to defend themselves’.

فَفَعَلُوا، فَلَمَّا أَرَادُوا الِارْتِحَالَ تَقَدَّمَتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمْ إِلَى الطَّرِيقِ الْيَابِسِ فَلَمَّا تَوَسَّطُوا غَرِقُوا وَ بَقِيَ الْآخَرُونَ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَيْهِمْ فَأَمْسَكُوا وَ نَدِمُوا فَاجْتَمَعُوا إِلَى الشَّيْخِ، وَ قَالُوا: وَيْحَكَ يَا شَيْخُ! أَلَّا أَخْبَرْتَنَا أَمْرَ هَذَا الطَّرِيقِ فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ أُغْرِقَ فِيهِ خَلْقٌ كَثِيرٌ.

They did so. When they wanted to depart, a group from them advanced to the dry road. When they were in the middle, they drowned, and the others remained looking on at them. They withheld and regretted, and they gathered to the sheikh and said, ‘Woe be unto you, O sheikh! Will you not inform us with the matter of this road, for a lot of people have drowned in it?’

قَالَ الشَّيْخُ: قَدْ أَخْبَرْتُكُمْ وَ نَصَحْتُ لَكُمْ فَخَالَفْتُمُونِي وَ عَصَيْتُمْ أَمْرِي حَتَّى هَلَكَ مِنْكُمْ مَنْ هَلَكَ. قَالُوا لَهُ: وَ مِنْ أَيْنَ عَلِمْتَ ذَاكَ يَا شَيْخُ؟. قَالَ: وَيْحَكُمْ! إِنَّا خَرَجْنَا مَرَّةً قَبْلَ هَذَا نُرِيدُ الْغَارَةَ عَلَى تِجَارَةِ قُرَيْشٍ، فَوَقَعْنَا عَلَى الْقَافِلَةِ فَإِذَا فِيهَا مِنَ الْأَمْوَالِ وَ الْأَمْتِعَةِ مَا لَا يُحْصَى كَثْرَةً، فَقُلْنَا قَدْ جَاءَ الْغِنَى آخِرَ الْأَبَدِ،

The sheikh said, ‘I had informed you and had advised you, but you opposed me and disobeyed my instructions, until they were destroyed from you the ones who were destroyed’. They said to him, ‘And from where did you know what, O sheikh?’ He said, ‘Woe be unto you! Once we had gone out before this, intending Al-Gharah upon trade of Quraysh. We came across the caravan, and therein was from the wealth and the chattels what its number could not be counted. We said, ‘We have become rich to the end, forever!’

فَلَمَّا أَحَسُّوا بِنَا- وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ بَيْنَنَا وَ بَيْنَهُمْ إِلَّا قَدْرُ مِيلٍ- قَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ وُلْدِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ يُقَالُ لَهُ: عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَهْلَ الْقَافِلَةِ! مَا تَرَوْنَ؟. قَالُوا: مَا تَرَى، قَدْ دَهِمَنَا هَذَا الْخَيْلُ الْكَثِيرُ، فَسَلُوهُمْ أَنْ يَأْخُذُوا مِنَّا أَمْوَالَنَا وَ يُخَلُّوا سِرْبَنَا فَإِنَّا إِنْ نَجَوْنَا بِأَنْفُسِنَا فَقَدْ فُزْنَا.

When they sensed us, and there did not happen to be between us and them except a measurement of a mile, a man from the sons of Abdul Muttalibasws called Abdullahas stood up and said, ‘O people of the caravan! What can you see?’ They said, ‘What we see is that this huge cavalry will be attacking us, so ask them to take our wealth from us and leave our people, for when we have saved ourselves, then we have won’.

فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ: قُومُوا وَ ارْتَحِلُوا فَلَا بَأْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ. فَقُلْنَا: وَيْحَكَ! وَ قَدْ قَرُبَ الْقَوْمُ وَ إِنِ ارْتَحَلْنَا وَضَعُوا عَلَيْنَا السُّيُوفَ. فَقَالَ: وَيْحَكُمْ! إنا [إِنَ‏] لَنَا رَبّاً يَمْنَعُنَا مِنْهُمْ، وَ هُوَ رَبُّ الْبَيْتِ الْحَرَامِ وَ الرُّكْنِ وَ الْمَقَامِ، وَ مَا اسْتَجَرْنَا بِهِ قَطُّ إِلَّا أَجَارَنَا، فَقُومُوا وَ بَادِرُوا.

Abdullahas said, ‘Arise and depart, for there will be no problems upon you all’. We said, ‘Woe be unto you! And the people have drawn near, and if we were to depart, they would place the swords upon us’. Heas said: ‘Woe be unto you! There is a Lordazwj for us to Protect us from them, and Heazwj is Lordazwj of the Sacred House, and the (Yemeni) Corner and the (standing) place (of Ibrahimas), and we will not seek Shelter with Himazwj at all, except Heazwj would Shelter us. So, arise and initiate!’

قَالَ: فَقَامَ الْقَوْمُ وَ ارْتَحَلُوا، فَجَعَلُوا يَسِيرُونَ سَيْراً رُوَيْداً، وَ نَحْنُ نَتَّبِعُهُمْ بِالرَّكْضِ الْحَثِيثِ وَ السَّيْرِ الشَّدِيدِ فَلَا نَلْحَقُهُمْ، وَ كَثُرَ تَعَجُّبُنَا مِنْ ذَلِكَ، وَ نَظَرَ بَعْضُنَا إِلَى بَعْضٍ وَ قُلْنَا: يَا قَوْمُ! هَلْ رَأَيْتُمْ أَعْجَبَ مِنْ هَذَا؟! إِنَّهُمْ يَسِيرُونَ سَيْراً رُوَيْداً وَ نَحْنُ نَتَرَاكَضُ فَلَا يُمْكِنُنَا أَنْ نَلْحَقَهُمْ،

He said, ‘The people arose and departed, and they went on to travel a gentle (hesitant) travel, and we were pursuing them with the swift running and the intense travel, but we could not catch up with them, and our astonishment from that was a lot, and we looked at each other and said, ‘O people! Have you seen (anything) stranger than this?! They are travelling a gentle travel, and we are running but we are unable upon catching up with them’.

فَمَا زَالَ ذَلِكَ دَأْبَنَا وَ دَأْبَهُمْ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَ لَيَالِيَهَا، كُلَّ يَوْمٍ يَخْطُونَ فَيَقُومُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ فَيَخُطُّ خَطّاً حَوْلَ الْقَافِلَةِ وَ يَقُولُ لِأَصْحَابِهِ: لَا تَخْرُجُوا مِنَ الْخَطِّ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَا يَصِلُونَ إِلَيْكُمْ فَنَنْتَهِي إِلَى الْخَطِّ فَلَا يُمْكِنُنَا أَنْ نَتَجَاوَزَهُ،

That did not cease, we persevered and they persevered for three days and nights. Every day they would take steps, and Abdullahas would stand and draw a line around the caravan and say to hisas companions: ‘Do not go out from the line, for they will not be (able to) arrive to you’. We ended up to the line, but were unable upon crossing it.

فَلَمَّا كَانَ بَعْدَ ثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ- كُلَّ يَوْمٍ يَسِيرُونَ سَيْراً رُوَيْداً وَ نَحْنُ نَتَرَاكَضُ أَشْرَفْنَا عَلَى هَلَاكِ أَنْفُسِنَا وَ عَطِبَتْ دَوَابُّنَا وَ بَقِينَا لَا حَرَكَةَ بِنَا وَ لَا نُهُوضَ، فَقُلْنَا: يَا قَوْمُ! هَذَا وَ اللَّهِ الْعَطَبُ وَ الْهَلَاكُ، فَمَا تَرَوْنَ؟. قَالُوا: الرَّأْيُ الِانْصِرَافُ عَنْهُمْ‏، فَإِنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ سَحَرَةٌ.

When it was after three days, every day they would travel a gentle travel, and we were running, we overlooked upon destruction of our own selves, and our animals were fatigues and we remained not having any movement for us nor any advancing. We said, ‘O people! By Allahazwj, this is the fatigue and destruction, so what is your view?’ They said, ‘The opinion is for the dispersing away from them, for they are a people of sorcery’.

فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ: إِنْ كَانُوا سَحَرَةً فَالرَّأْيُ أَنْ نَغِيبَ عَنْ أَبْصَارِهِمْ وَ نُوهِمَهُمْ أَنَّا قَدِ انْصَرَفْنَا عَنْهُمْ، فَإِذَا ارْتَحَلُوا كَرَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ كَرَّةً وَ هَجَمْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ فِي مَضِيقٍ. قَالُوا: نِعْمَ الرَّأْيُ هَذَا، فَانْصَرَفْنَا عَنْهُمْ وَ أَوْهَمْنَاهُمْ أَنَّا قَدْ يَئِسْنَا،

He said, ‘They said to each other, ‘If they were sorcerer, then the opinion is that we should disappear from their sights and make them imagine that we have dispersed away from them. When they have departed, we should turn a full circle upon them and attack them in a narrow strait’. They said, ‘Yes, the (correct) opinion is this’. So, we dispersed away from them and made them imagine that we had despaired.

فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ الْغَدِ ارْتَحَلُوا وَ مَضَوْا فَتَرَكْنَاهُمْ حَتَّى اسْتَبْطَنُوا وَادِياً فَقُمْنَا فَأَسْرَجْنَا وَ رَكِبْنَا حَتَّى لَحِقْنَاهُمْ، فَلَمَّا أَحَسُّوا بِنَا فَزِعُوا إِلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، وَ قَالُوا: قَدْ لَحِقُونَا. فَقَالَ: لَا بَأْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ، امْضُوا رُوَيْداً.

When it was the next morning, they departed and went and we neglected them until we hid in a valley. We stood up and saddled and rode until we caught up with them. When they sensed us, they panicked to Abdullah Bin Abdul Muttalibasws and said, ‘They have caught up with us!’ Hesaww said: ‘There will be no problems upon you, continue gently’.

قَالَ: فَجَعَلُوا يَسِيرُونَ سَيْراً رُوَيْداً، وَ نَحْنُ نَتَرَاكَضُ وَ نَقْتُلُ أَنْفُسَنَا وَ دَوَابَّنَا حَتَّى أَشْرَفْنَا عَلَى الْمَوْتِ مَعَ دَوَابِّنَا، فَلَمَّا كَانَ فِي آخِرِ النَّهَارِ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ لِأَصْحَابِهِ: حُطُّوا رَوَاحِلَكُمْ، وَ قَامَ فَخَطَّ خَطّاً وَ قَالَ: لَا تَخْرُجُوا مِنَ الْخَطِّ فَإِنَّهُمْ لَنْ يَصِلُوا إِلَيْكُمْ بِمَكْرُوهٍ،

He said, ‘They went on to travel a gentle travel, and we were galloping and killing ourselves and our animals until we overlooked upon the death along with our animals. When it was during the end of the day, Abdullahas said to hisas companions: ‘Lay down your riding animals’, and heas stood up and drew a line and said: ‘Do not go out form this line, for they will never (be able to) arrive to you with any abhorrence’.

فَانْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى الْخَطِّ فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا أَمْكَنَنَا أَنْ نَتَجَاوَزَهُ، فَقَالَ بَعْضُنَا لِبَعْضٍ: وَ اللَّهِ مَا بَقِيَ إِلَّا الْهَلَاكُ أَوِ الِانْصِرَافُ عَنْهُمْ عَلَى أَنْ لَا نَعُودَ إِلَيْهِمْ.

We ended up to the line, and by Allahazwj, we were not able upon crossing over it. One of us said to the other, ‘By Allahazwj, there does not remain except for the destruction or the dispersal from them, upon that we would not return to them’.

قَالَ: فَانْصَرَفْنَا عَنْهُمْ فَقَدْ عَطِبَتْ دَوَابُّنَا وَ هَلَكَتْ، وَ كَانَتْ سَفْرَةً مَشُومَةً عَلَيْنَا، فَلَمَّا سَمِعُوا ذَلِكَ مِنَ الشَّيْخِ قَالُوا: أَلَّا أَخْبَرْتَنَا بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ فَكُنَّا نَنْصَرِفُ عَنْهُمْ وَ لَمْ يَغْرَقْ‏ مِنَّا مَنْ غَرِقَ؟.

He said, ‘We dispersed away from them, and our animals were fatigues and died, and the journey had been an evil omen upon us’. When they heard that from the sheikh, they said, ‘Why didn’t you inform us with this narration (before) and we would have dispersed from them and the ones from us who drowned would not have drowned?’

قَالَ الشَّيْخُ: قَدْ أَخْبَرْتُكُمْ وَ نَصَحْتُ لَكُمْ، وَ قُلْتُ لَكُمُ: انْصَرِفُوا عَنْهُمْ فَلَيْسَ لَكُمُ الْوُصُولُ إِلَيْهِمْ، وَ فِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ مِنْ وُلْدِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، وَ قُلْتُمْ: إِنِّي قَدْ خَرِفْتُ وَ ذَهَبَ عَقْلِي،

The sheikh said, ‘I had informed you and advised to you and said to you, ‘Disperse away from them, for there won’t be for you any arrival to them, and among them is a manasws from the sons of Abdul Muttalibasws’, and you said I had become senile and my mind had gone’.

فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ أَبِي هَذَا الْكَلَامَ مِنَ الشَّيْخِ وَ هُوَ يُحَدِّثُ أَصْحَابَهُ عَلَى رَأْسِ الْخُطَّةِ نَظَرَ إِلَى أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَقَالَ: وَيْحَكَ! أَ مَا تَسْمَعُ مَا يَقُولُ الشَّيْخُ؟. قَالَ: بَلَى يَا خَطَّابُ! أَنَا وَ اللَّهِ فِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ مَعَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فِي الْقَافِلَةِ وَ أَنَا غُلَامٌ صَغِيرٌ، وَ كَانَ هَذَا الشَّيْخُ عَلَى قَعُودٍ لَهُ، وَ كَانَ شَائِكاً لَا يُرَى مِنْهُ إِلَّا حَدَقَتُهُ، وَ كَانَتْ لَهُ جُمَّةٌ قَدْ أَرْخَاهَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَ شِمَالِهِ.

When my father heard this speech from the sheikh, and he was narrating to his companions at the top of the line, he looked at Abu Talibasws. He said: ‘Woe be unto you! Did you not hear what the sheikh said?’ He said, ‘Yes O Khattab! By Allahazwj, I was with Abdullahas in the caravan on that day, and I was a young boy, and this sheikh was upon a seat of his and it was thorny, and I could not see from him except his stare, and there were forelocks for him he had rested these on his right and his left.

فَقَالَ الشَّيْخُ: صَدَقَ وَ اللَّهِ كُنْتُ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَى قَعُودٍ عَلَيَّ ذُؤَابَتَانِ قَدْ أَرْسَلْتُهُمَا عَنْ يَمِينِي وَ شِمَالِي. قَالَ الْخَطَّابُ: فَانْصَرِفُوا عَنَّا.

The sheikh said, ‘You speak the truth. By Allahazwj, on that day I was upon a seat, upon me were two forelocks and I had sent them on my right and my left’. Al Khattab said, ‘Dispersed from us’.

فَقَالَ أَبُو طَالِبٍ: ارْتَحِلُوا. فَارْتَحَلْنَا، فَإِذَا لَا جَزِيرَةَ وَ لَا بَحْرَ وَ لَا مَاءَ، وَ إِذَا نَحْنُ عَلَى الْجَادَّةِ وَ الطَّرِيقِ الَّذِي لَمْ نَزَلَ نَسْلُكُهُ فَسِرْنَا وَ تَخَلَّصْنَا بِسِحْرِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ حَتَّى وَرَدْنَا الشَّامَ فَرِحِينَ مُسْتَبْشِرِينَ، وَ حَلَفَ الْخَطَّابُ أَنَّهُ مَرَّ بَعْدُ بِذَلِكَ الْمَوْضِعِ بِعَيْنِهِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ عِشْرِينَ مَرَّةً إِلَى الشَّامِ فَلَمْ يَرَ جَزِيرَةً وَ لَا بَحْراً وَ لَا مَاءً،

Abu Talibasws said, ‘Depart!’ We departed and there was neither any island, nor ocean, nor water, and there we were upon the passageway and the road which we had not ceased to travel. We travelled and were finished off (from the danger) due to the sorcery of Abu Talibasws until we arrived at Syria, happy, joyful. And Al-Khattab vowed that he had passed by the place exactly afterwards more than twenty times going to Syria but could neither see any island, nor ocean, nor any water’.

وَ حَلَفَتْ قُرَيْشٌ عَلَى ذَلِكَ، فَهَلْ هَذَا- يَا سَلْمَانُ- إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُسْتَمِرٌّ؟.

And Quraysh vowed upon that, so is this, O Salmanra, except ‘Continuous sorcery!’ [54:2]?’

قَالَ سَلْمَانُ: قُلْتُ: وَ اللَّهِ مَا أَدْرِي مَا أَقُولُ لَكَ إِلَّا أَنَّكَ تُورِدُ عَلَيَّ عَجَائِبَ مِنْ أَمْرِ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ. قَالَ: نَعَمْ، يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ! هُمْ أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ يَتَوَارَثُونَ السِّحْرَ كَابِراً عَنْ كَابِرٍ!.

Salmanra said, ‘Ira said, ‘By Allahazwj! Ira do not know what to say to you except you have reported unto mera wonders from the matter of the Clan of Hashimasws’. He said, ‘Yes, O Abu Abdullah! They are a family inheriting the sorcery, an elder from an elder!’

قَالَ سَلْمَانُ: فَقُلْتُ- وَ أَنَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَقْطَعَ الْحَدِيثَ-: مَا أَرَى أَنَّ هَذَا سِحْرٌ. قَالَ: سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ! يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ! تَرَى كَذَبَ الْخَطَّابُ وَ أَصْحَابُهُ، أَ تَرَاكَ مَا حَدَّثْتُكَ بِهِ مِمَّا عايتنه [عَايَنْتُهُ‏] أَنَا بِعَيْنِي كذب [كَذِباً]؟.

Salmanra said, ‘Ira said, and Ira wanted to cut the discussion, ‘Ira do not see this as sorcery’. He said, ‘Glory be to Allahazwj, O Abu Abdullah! Youra see the lie of Al-Khattab and his companions, and youra see what I have narrated to you with from what I had witnessed with my eyes as a lie?’

قَالَ سَلْمَانُ: فَضَحِكْتُ، فَقُلْتُ: وَيْلَكَ! إِنَّكَ لَمْ تَكْذِبْ وَ لَا كَذَبَ الْخَطَّابُ‏ وَ أَصْحَابُهُ، وَ هَذَا كُلُّهُ صِدْقٌ وَ حَقٌّ.

Salmanra said, ‘Ira laughed and said, ‘Woe be unto you! You neither lied, nor did Al-Khattab and his companions, lie, and this, all of it is truth and true’.

فَقَالَ: وَ اللَّهِ لَا تُفْلِحْ أَبَداً، وَ كَيْفَ تُفْلِحُ وَ قَدْ سَحَرَكَ ابْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ؟. قُلْتُ: فَاتْرُكْ هَذَا .. مَا تَقُولُ فِي فَكِّ الرَّقَبَةِ وَ الْمَالِ الَّذِي وَافَاكَ مِنْ خُرَاسَانَ؟.

He said, ‘By Allahazwj! Youra will not succeed, ever! And how can youra succeed, and the sonasws of Abu Talibasws has bewitched youra?’ Ira said, ‘Leave this. What do you say regarding freeing the neck and the wealth which came to you from Khurasan?’

قَالَ: وَيْحَكَ! يُمْكِنُنِي أَنْ أَعْصِيَ هَذَا السَّاحِرَ فِي شَيْ‏ءٍ يَأْمُرُنِي بِهِ؟ نَعَمْ أَفُكُّهَا عَلَى رَغْمٍ مِنِّي وَ أَوْجَهَ بِالْمَالِ إِلَيْهِ.

He said, ‘Woe be unto you! Am I able to disobey this sorcerer regarding anything heasws orders me with? Yes, I will free it (a slave) upon the rubbing of the nose from me, and I will direct the wealth to himasws’.

قَالَ سَلْمَانُ: فَانْصَرَفْتُ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ، فَلَمَّا بَصُرَ بِي أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ قَالَ: يَا سَلْمَانُ! طَالَ حَدِيثُكُمَا. قُلْتُ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ حَدَّثَنِي بِالْعَجَائِبِ مِنْ أَمْرِ الْخَطَّابِ وَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ.

Salmanra said, ‘I left from his presence. When Amir Al-Momineenasws sighted me, heasws said: ‘O Salmanra! Your discussion was prolonged’. Ira said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineenasws! He narrated to me with the wonder from the matter of Al-Khattab and Abu Talibasws’.

قَالَ: نَعَمْ- يَا سَلْمَانُ- قَدْ عَلِمْتُ ذَلِكَ وَ سَمِعْتُ جَمِيعَ مَا جَرَى بَيْنَكُمَا، وَ مَا قَالَ لَكَ أَيْضاً إِنَّكَ لَا تُفْلِحُ.

Heasws said: ‘Yes, O Salmanra! Iasws have known that and have heard the entirety of what flowed between the two of you, and what he said to youra as well, that youra will not succeed’.

قَالَ سَلْمَانُ: وَ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ مَا حَضَرَ الْكَلَامَ غَيْرِي وَ غَيْرُهُ، فَأَخْبَرَنِي مَوْلَايَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ بِجَمِيعِ مَا جَرَى بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَهُ.

Salmanra said, ‘By Allahazwj, the Oneazwj Who, there is no god except Heazwj! No one had attended the talk apart from me and him. My Masterasws Amir Al-Momineenasws informed me with the entirety of what had flowed between mera and him’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا سَلْمَانُ! عُدْ إِلَيْهِ فَخُذْ مِنْهُ الْمَالَ وَ أَحْضِرْ فُقَرَاءَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَ الْأَنْصَارِ فِي مَسْجِدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ فَرِّقْهُ إِلَيْهِمْ.

Then heasws said: ‘O Salmanra! Return to him and take the wealth from him and go to the poor Emigrants and the Helpers in the Masjid of Rasool-Allahsaww, and distribute it to them’’.¹⁵³

115- كنز: رُوِيَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُمْهُورٍ، عَنْ فَضَالَةَ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ‏، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ مُيَسِّرٍ، عَنْ بَعْضِ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ‏ فِي قَوْلِهِ: وَ لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسانَ وَ نَعْلَمُ ما تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِ نَفْسُهُ‏، قَالَ: هُوَ الْأَوَّلُ.

(The book) ‘Taweel Al Ayaat Al Zaahira’ – It is reported from Muhammad Bin Jamhour, from Fazalat, from Ayoub, from Abdul Rahman, from Muyasser,

‘From oneasws from the Progenyasws of Muhammadsaww regarding Hisazwj Words: And We Created the human being, and We know what his mind suggests to his self, [50:16]. Heasws said: ‘He is the first (Abu Bakr)’.

وَ قالَ قَرِينُهُ رَبَّنا ما أَطْغَيْتُهُ وَ لكِنْ كانَ فِي ضَلالٍ بَعِيدٍ، قَالَ: هُوَ زُفَرُ، وَ هَذِهِ الْآيَاتُ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: يَوْمَ نَقُولُ لِجَهَنَّمَ هَلِ امْتَلَأْتِ وَ تَقُولُ هَلْ مِنْ مَزِيدٍ فِيهِمَا وَ فِي أَتْبَاعِهِمَا، وَ كانُوا أَحَقَّ بِها وَ أَهْلَها.

And: His paired one will say, ‘Our Lord! I did not make him transgress, but he was in a far straying’ [50:27], heasws said: ‘He is Zufer (Umar), and these Verses up to Hisazwj Words: On the Day that We will say to Hell: “Are you filled up?” And it will say: ‘Are there any more?’ [50:30], is regarding them both and their followers, and they were deserving of it and rightful of it, [48:26]’’.¹⁵⁴

116- كنز: رَوَى بِحَذْفِ الْإِسْنَادِ مَرْفُوعاً إِلَى أَبِي حَمْزَةَ الثُّمَالِيِّ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِمَوْلَايَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ: أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ تَنْفِي بِهِ عَنِّي مَا خَامَرَ نَفْسِي؟. قَالَ: ذَاكَ إِلَيْكَ. قُلْتُ: أَسْأَلُكَ عَنِ الْأَوَّلِ وَ الثَّانِي؟.

(The book) ‘Taweel Al Ayaat Al Zaahira’ – It is reported by the deleted chain, raising it to Abu Hamza Al Sumali who said,

‘I said to my Masterasws Aliasws Bin Al-Husaynasws, ‘Can I ask youasws about something negating by it from me what has engrossed myself?’ Heasws said: ‘That is up to you’. I said, ‘I ask youasws about the first (Abu Bakr) and the second (Umar)?’

فَقَالَ: عَلَيْهِمَا لَعَائِنُ اللَّهِ، كِلَاهُمَا مَضَيَا وَ اللَّهِ مُشْرِكَيْنِ كَافِرَيْنِ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ.

Heasws said: ‘Upon them is the Curses of Allahazwj. By Allahazwj! Both died as Polytheists, Kafirs with Allahazwj the Magnificent’.

قُلْتُ: يَا مَوْلَايَ وَ الْأَئِمَّةُ مِنْكُمْ يُحْيُونَ الْمَوْتَى؟ وَ يُبْرِءُونَ الْأَكْمَهَ وَ الْأَبْرَصَ؟ وَ يَمْشُونَ عَلَى الْمَاءِ؟.

I said, ‘O my Masterasws! And can the Imamsasws from youasws revive the dead? And can theyasws cure the blind and the leper? And can theyasws walk upon the water?’

فَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: مَا أَعْطَى اللَّهُ نَبِيّاً شَيْئاً إِلَّا أَعْطَى مُحَمَّداً صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مِثْلَهُ، وَ أَعْطَاهُ مَا لَمْ يُعْطِهِمْ وَ مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدَهُمْ، وَ كُلُّ مَا كَانَ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَقَدْ أَعْطَاهُ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ ثُمَّ الْحَسَنَ ثُمَّ الْحُسَيْنَ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ ثُمَّ إِمَاماً بَعْدَ إِمَامٍ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ، مَعَ الزِّيَادَةِ الَّتِي تَحْدُثُ فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ، وَ فِي كُلِّ شَهْرٍ، وَ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ‏.

Heasws said: ‘Allahazwj did not Give any Prophetas anything except and Heazwj Gave Muhammadsaww similar to it, and Gave himsaww what Heazwj had not Given to themas, and what did not happen to be with themas; and all what was with Rasool-Allahsaww, so hesaww gave it to Amir Al-Momineenasws, then Al-Hassanasws, then Al-Husaynasws, then an Imamasws after an Imamasws up to the Day of Qiyamah, along with the increase which occurs during every year, and during every month, and during every day’’.¹⁵⁵

117- كنز: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ الرَّقِّيِّ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ عَنْ قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: الشَّمْسُ وَ الْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبانٍ؟.

(The book) ‘Taweel Al-Ayaat Al Zaahira’ – Muhammad Bin Al Abbas, from Ja’far Bin Malik, from Al Hassan Bin Ali Bin Mihran, from Saeed Bin Usman, from Dawood Al Raqqy who said,

‘I asked Abu Abdullahasws about Words of the Exalted: The sun and the moon are both with Reckonings [55:5]?’

قَالَ‏: إِنَّ الشَّمْسَ وَ الْقَمَرَ آيَتَانِ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ يَجْرِيَانِ بِأَمْرِهِ، ثُمَّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ ضَرَبَ ذَلِكَ مَثَلًا لِمَنْ وَثَبَ عَلَيْنَا وَ هَتَكَ حُرْمَتَنَا وَ ظَلَمَنَا حَقَّنَا،

Heasws said: ‘The sun and the moon are two Signs from the Signs of Allahazwj flowing by Hisazwj Command. Then Allahazwj Struck that example for the ones who leapt upon usasws, and violated ourasws sanctity, and oppressed ourasws rights’.

فَقَالَ: هُمَا بِحُسْبَانٍ، قَالَ: هُمَا فِي عَذَابِي‏.

He said, ‘They both (Abu Bakr and Umar) are with Reckoning. Heazwj is Saying: “They are both in Myazwj Punishment’’.¹⁵⁶

118- وَ يُؤَيِّدُهُ مَا رَوَاهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فِي تَفْسِيرِهِ‏، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، عَنِ الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: الرَّحْمنُ عَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ‏ قَالَ: اللَّهُ عَلَّمَ مُحَمَّداً الْقُرْآنَ.

And it is supported by what is reported by Ali Bin Ibrahim in his Tafseer, from his father, from Al Husayn Bin Khalid,

‘From Al-Rezaasws regarding Words of the Exalted: ‘I asked himasws about the Words of Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic: The Beneficent [55:1] Taught the Quran [55:2], so heasws said: ‘Allahazwj Taught Muhammadsaww the Quran’.

قُلْتُ: خَلَقَ الْإِنْسانَ‏؟. قَالَ: ذَلِكَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ.

I said, ‘(What about): Created the human being [55:3]?’ Heasws said: ‘That is Amir Al-Momineenasws’.

قُلْتُ: عَلَّمَهُ الْبَيانَ‏؟. قَالَ: عَلَّمَهُ بَيَانَ‏ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ يَحْتَاجُ النَّاسُ إِلَيْهِ.

I said, ‘Taught him the clarification [55:4]?’ Heazwj Taught himasws the clarification of everything from what the people would be needy to himasws.

قُلْتُ: الشَّمْسُ وَ الْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبانٍ‏؟. قَالَ: هُمَا بِعَذَابِ اللَّهِ. قُلْتُ: الشَّمْسُ وَ الْقَمَرُ يُعَذَّبَانِ؟. قَالَ: سَأَلْتَ عَنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ فَأَيْقِنْهُ‏، إِنَّ الشَّمْسَ وَ الْقَمَرَ آيَتَانِ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ يَجْرِيَانِ بِأَمْرِهِ مُطِيعَانِ لَهُ، ضَوْؤُهُمَا مِنْ نُورِ عَرْشِهِ وَ حَرُّهُمَا مِنْ جَهَنَّمَ،

Iasws said: ‘The sun and the moon are both with Reckonings [55:5]?’ Heasws said: ‘They are both (Abu Bakr and Umar) in the Punishment of Allahazwj’. I said, ‘The sun and the moon are both Punished?’ Heasws said: ‘You have asked about a thing, so be certain of it. The sun and the moon are two Signs from the Signs of Allahazwj, flowing by Hisazwj Command, being obedient to Himazwj. Their illumination is from the Noor of Hisazwj Throne, and their heat is from Hell.

فَإِذَا كَانَتِ الْقِيَامَةُ عادا [عَادَ] إِلَى الْعَرْشِ نُورُهُمَا وَ عَادَ إِلَى النَّارِ حَرُّهُمَا، فَلَا يَكُونُ شَمْسٌ وَ لَا قَمَرٌ، وَ إِنَّمَا عَنَاهُمَا، أَ وَ لَيْسَ قَدْ رَوَى النَّاسُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَالَ: إِنَّ الشَّمْسَ وَ الْقَمَرَ نُورَانِ فِي النَّارِ؟!. قُلْتُ: بَلَى.

When it will be the Qiyamah, both their lights (Noor) would return to the Throne, and their heat would return to the Fire (Hell). So, there would neither happen to be a sun nor a moon, and rather it means those two (Abu Bakr and Umar). Or haven’t the people reported that Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘The sun and the moon are two Noors in the Fire?!’ I said, ‘Yes’.

قَالَ: أَ مَا سَمِعْتَ قَوْلَ النَّاسِ: .. فُلَانٌ وَ فُلَانٌ شَمْسُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ وَ نُورُهَا؟! فَهُمَا فِي النَّارِ. قُلْتُ‏: بَلَى.

Heasws said: ‘Have you not heard the words of the people, ‘So and so and so and so are the sun of this community and its Noor?! So, they are both in the Fire’. I said, ‘Yes’.

قَالَ: وَ اللَّهِ‏ مَا عَنَى غَيْرَهُمَا .. إِلَى آخِرِ الْخَبَرِ كَمَا سَيَأْتِي.

Heasws said: ‘By Allahazwj! It does not mean other than the two’ – up to the end of the Hadeeth as I (Majlisi) would be coming with it’’.¹⁵⁷

119- كنز: فِي رِوَايَةِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ‏ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَمِيرَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ فَرْقَدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى‏: وَ ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا امْرَأَتَ فِرْعَوْنَ‏.. الْآيَةَ؟. فَقَالَ‏: هَذَا مَثَلٌ ضَرَبَهُ اللَّهُ لِرُقَيَّةَ بِنْتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ الَّتِي تَزَوَّجَهَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ.

(The book) ‘Taweel Al Ayaat Al Zaahira’ – In a report of Muhammad Bin Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Ibn Ameyra, from Ibn Farqad,

‘From Abu Abdullahasws regarding the Words of the Mighty and Majestic: And Allah Strikes an example for those who believe – wife of Pharaoh [66:11] – the Verse. Heasws said: ‘This is an example Allahazwj Struck of Ruqayyaas (step) daughter of Rasool-Allahsaww who was married to Usman Bin Affan’.

قَالَ: وَ قَوْلُهُ: وَ نَجِّنِي مِنْ فِرْعَوْنَ وَ عَمَلِهِ‏؟. يَعْنِي مِنَ الثَّالِثِ وَ عَمَلِهِ. وَ قَوْلُهُ: وَ نَجِّنِي مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ‏؟. يَعْنِي بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ.

Heasws said: ‘And Hisazwj Words: and Rescue me from Pharaoh and his deeds – means the third one (Usman) and his deeds, and Hisazwj Words: and Rescue me from the unjust people!’ [66:11] – meaning the clan of Umayya’’.¹⁵⁸

120- كنز: رُوِيَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُمْهُورٍ، عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى، عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ مُخْتَارٍ، عَنْهُمْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ‏ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى‏: وَ لا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَهِينٍ‏؟، الثَّانِي. هَمَّازٍ مَشَّاءٍ بِنَمِيمٍ مَنَّاعٍ لِلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ عُتُلٍّ بَعْدَ ذلِكَ زَنِيمٍ‏، قَالَ: الْعُتُلُّ: الْكَافِرُ الْعَظِيمُ الْكُفْرِ، وَ الزَّنِيمُ: وَلَدُ الزِّنَا.

(The book) ‘Taweel Al Ayaat Al Zaahira’ – It is reported from Muhammad Bin Jamhour, from Hammad Bin Isa, from Al Husayn Bin Mukhtar,

‘From themasws regarding Words of the Exalted: And do not heed a despicable oath-monger [68:10] – the second one (Umar), A defamer, malicious slanderer [68:11] Preventer of the good, an excessive sinner [68:12] Callous, after (all) that, ignoble [68:13]’. Heasws said: ‘The callous is the Kafir of grievous kufr, and the ignoble is one born of adultery’’.¹⁵⁹

121- كنز: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْبَرْقِيِّ، عَنِ الْأَحْمَسِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ .. مِثْلَهُ، إِلَّا أَنَّهُ زَادَ فِيهِ: وَ كَانَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يَقْرَأُ: فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَ يُبْصِرُونَ بِأَيِّكُمُ الْمَفْتُونُ‏، فَلَقِيَهُ الثَّانِي، فَقَالَ لَهُ: تُعَرِّضُ بِي وَ بِصَاحِبِي؟!.

(The book) ‘Taweel Al Ayaat Al Zaahira’ – Muhammad Bin Al Barqy, from Al Ahmasy,

‘From Abu Abdullahasws – similar to it, except that there is an increase in it: ‘And Amir Al-Momineenasws was reciting: So you shall be seeing, and they (too) shall be seeing [68:5], and the second (Umar) met himasws. He said to himasws, ‘Are youasws applying it to me and my companion (Abu Bakr)?!’

فَقَالَ لَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ- وَ لَمْ يَعْتَذِرْ إِلَيْهِ-: أَلَا أُخْبِرُكَ بِمَا نَزَلَ فِي بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ؟ نَزَلَ فِيهِمْ: فَهَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ إِنْ تَوَلَّيْتُمْ‏.. الْآيَةَ،

Amir Al-Momineenasws said, and did not offer an excuse to him: ‘Shall Iasws inform you with what has been Revealed regarding clan of Umayya?’ It was Revealed regarding them: ' perhaps you were to be rulers, you would make mischief in the land and cut off your relationships [47:22] – the Verse’.

قَالَ: فَكَذَّبَهُ، وَ قَالَ: هُمْ خَيْرٌ مِنْكُمْ‏، وَ أَوْصَلُ لِلرَّحِمِ‏.

He (Abu Abdullahasws) said: ‘He belied himasws and said, ‘They are better than you, and more maintainers of the relationships’’.¹⁶⁰

122- كنز: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ الْمَالِكِيِّ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى، عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ، عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ الْجَمَّالِ‏، قَالَ: حَمَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ إِلَى مَكَّةَ، فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ غَدِيرَ خُمٍّ نَظَرَ إِلَيَّ وَ قَالَ: هَذَا مَوْضِعُ قَدَمِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ حِينَ أَخَذَ بِيَدِ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، وَ قَالَ: مَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلَاهُ فَعَلِيٌّ مَوْلَاهُ، وَ كَانَ عَنْ يَمِينِ الْفُسْطَاطِ أَرْبَعَةُ نَفَرٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ سَمَّاهُمْ لِي،

(The book) ‘Taweel Al Ayaat Al Zaahira’ – Muhammad Bin Al Abbas, from Al Hassan Bin Ahmad Al Maliky, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus Bin Abdul Rahman, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, from Al Husayn Al Jammal (the camelier) who said,

‘I carried (on a camel) Abu Abdullahasws from Al-Medina to Makkah. When heasws reached Ghadeer Khum, heasws looked at me and said: ‘This is the place of the foot-step of Rasool-Allahsaww when hesaww held a hand of Aliasws and said: ‘One whose Mastersaww Isaww was, so Aliasws is his Masterasws’, and on the right of the tent were four persons from Quraysh’ – and heasws named them to me.

فَلَمَّا نَظَرُوا إِلَيْهِ وَ قَدْ رَفَعَ يَدَهُ حَتَّى بَانَ بَيَاضُ إِبْطَيْهِ‏، قَالَ: انْظُرُوا إِلَى عَيْنَيْهِ قَدِ انْقَلَبَتَا كَأَنَّهُمَا عَيْنَا مَجْنُونٍ،

When they looked at himsaww, and hesaww had raised hisasws hand until the whiteness of hissaww armpits were seen, he (one of the four) said, ‘Look at hissaww eyes! They are rolling as if these are eyes of a madman!’

فَأَتَاهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَقَالَ: اقْرَأْ: وَ إِنْ يَكادُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا.. الْآيَةَ، وَ الذِّكْرُ: عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ.

Jibraeelas came to himsaww and said: ‘Read: And those who commit Kufr would almost smite you with their eyes (when they hear the Zikr,) [68:51]. And the ‘Zikr’ is Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws’.

فَقُلْتُ: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَسْمَعَنِي هَذَا مِنْكَ. فَقَالَ: لَوْ لَا أَنَّكَ جَمَّالِي لَمَا حَدَّثْتُكَ بِهَذَا، لِأَنَّكَ لَا تُصَدَّقَ إِذَا رَوَيْتَ عَنِّي‏.

I said, ‘The Praise be to Allahazwj Who Made me hear this from youasws’. Heasws said: ‘Had you not been a camelier, Iasws would not have narrated with this to you, because you will not be ratified when you report from measws’’.¹⁶¹

123- كنز: مُحَمَّدٌ، عَنِ‏ الْبَرْقِيِّ، عَنْ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ، عَنْ أَخِيهِ، عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ حَازِمٍ، عَنْ حُمْرَانَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يَقْرَأُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ: وَ جاءَ فِرْعَوْنُ‏ يَعْنِي الثَّالِثَ، وَ مَنْ قَبْلَهُ‏ الأوليين [الْأَوَّلَانِ‏]، وَ الْمُؤْتَفِكاتُ‏ أَهْلُ الْبَصْرَةِ، بِالْخاطِئَةِ الْحُمَيْرَاءُ.

(The book) ‘Taweel Al Ayaat Al Zaahira’ – Muhammad, from Al Barqy, from Sayf Bin Ameyra, from his brother, from Mansour Bin Hazim, from Humran who said,

‘I heard Abu Ja’farasws reciting this Verse: ‘And there came Pharaoh – meaning the third (Usman), and ones before him, - the two former ones (Abu Bakr and Umar), and the overturned (towns) – the people of Al-Basrah, with the persistence sinners [69:9] – Al Humeyra (Ayesha)’’.¹⁶²

124- وَ بِالْإِسْنَادِ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ مِثْلَهُ، قَالَ: وَ جاءَ فِرْعَوْنُ‏- يَعْنِي الثَّالِثَ- وَ مَنْ قَبْلَهُ‏- يَعْنِي الْأَوَّلَيْنِ- بِالْخاطِئَةِ يَعْنِي عَائِشَةَ-.

And by the chains, from Abu Abdullahasws – similar to it. Heasws said: ‘And there came Pharaoh – meaning the third (Usman), and ones before him, - the two former ones (Abu Bakr and Umar), with the persistence sinners [69:9] – Ayesha’’.¹⁶³

125- كنز: فِي تَفْسِيرِ أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ‏ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى‏: فَالْمُلْقِياتِ ذِكْراً قَالَ‏: هِيَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ تُلْقِي الذِّكْرَ عَلَى الرَّسُولِ وَ الْإِمَامِ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ،

(The book) ‘Taweel Al Ayaat Al Zaahira’ – In the interpretation of Peopleasws of the Household regarding Words of the Exalted: the couriers of the Zikr [77:5], heasws said: ‘These are the Angels casting the Zikr unto the Rasoolsaww and the Imamasws’.

وَ فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: أَ لَمْ نُهْلِكِ الْأَوَّلِينَ ثُمَّ نُتْبِعُهُمُ الْآخِرِينَ‏ قَالَ: نُهْلِكِ الْأَوَّلِينَ‏. أَيِ الْأُمَمَ الْمَاضِيَةَ قَبْلَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ‏ وَ آلِهِ، ثُمَّ نُتْبِعُهُمُ الْآخِرِينَ‏ الَّذِينَ خَالَفُوا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: كَذلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِالْمُجْرِمِينَ‏ يَعْنِي بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ وَ بَنِي فُلَانٍ‏.

And regarding the Mighty and Majestic: Did We not destroy the former ones? [77:16] Then We followed them up with the latter ones [77:17], heasws said: ‘Did We not destroy the former ones? [77:16] – i.e., the former communities before the Prophetsaww. Then We followed them up with the latter ones [77:17], those who opposed Rasool-Allahsaww: Like that We Deal with the criminals [77:18] – meaning the clan of Umayya and clan of so and so’’.¹⁶⁴

126- وَ رَوَى‏ بِحَذْفِ الْإِسْنَادِ مَرْفُوعاً إِلَى الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏ فِي هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ قَالَ: يَعْنِي الْأَوَّلَ وَ الثَّانِيَ، ثُمَّ نُتْبِعُهُمُ الْآخِرِينَ‏ قَالَ: الثَّالِثَ وَ الرَّابِعَ وَ الْخَامِسَ، كَذلِكَ نَفْعَلُ بِالْمُجْرِمِينَ‏ مِنْ بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ، وَ قَوْلُهُ: وَيْلٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِلْمُكَذِّبِينَ‏ بِأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ الْأَئِمَّةِ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ‏.

(The book) ‘Taweel Al Ayaat Al Zaahira’ – And it is reported by the deleted chain, raising it to Al Abbas Bin Ismail,

‘Abu Al-Hassan Al-Rezaasws regarding this Verse, said: ‘It means the first (Abu Bakr) and the second (Umar), Then We followed them up with the latter ones [77:17] – the third (Usman) and the fourth and the fifth, Like that We Deal with the criminals [77:18] – from the clan of Umayya. And Hisazwj Words: Woe on that Day is for the beliers [77:19] of Amir-Al-Momineenasws, and the Imamsasws’’.¹⁶⁵

127- كنز: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ سَيَّارٍ، عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا مَرْفُوعاً إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: إِذَا لَاذَ النَّاسُ مِنَ الْعَطَشِ قِيلَ لَهُمْ: انْطَلِقُوا إِلى‏ ما كُنْتُمْ بِهِ تُكَذِّبُونَ‏- يَعْنِي أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ- فَيَقُولُ لَهُمْ: انْطَلِقُوا إِلى‏ ظِلٍّ ذِي ثَلاثِ شُعَبٍ‏، قَالَ: يَعْنِي الثَّلَاثَةَ، فُلَانٌ .. وَ فُلَانٌ .. وَ فُلَانٌ‏.

(The book) ‘Taweel Al Ayaat Al Zaahira’ – Muhammad Bin Al Abbas, from Muhammad Bin Al Qasim Bin Sayyar, from one of our companions, raising it to,

‘Abu Abdullahasws having said: When the people flee from the thirst, it will be said to them: ‘Go on towards what you were belying with! [77:29], Meaning Amir Al-Momineenasws, so heasws will be saying to them: ‘Go on towards a shade with three branches! [77:30]’. Heasws said: ‘It Means the three – so and so (Abu Bakr), and so and so (Umar), and so and so (Usman)’’.¹⁶⁶

128- كا: الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أُورَمَةَ وَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَسَّانَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏، فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ ارْتَدُّوا عَلى‏ أَدْبارِهِمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ ما تَبَيَّنَ لَهُمُ الْهُدَى‏ فُلَانٌ .. وَ فُلَانٌ .. وَ فُلَانٌ ارْتَدُّوا عَنِ الْإِيمَانِ فِي تَرْكِ وَلَايَةِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ.

(The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Moalla Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Awramah, and Ali Bin Abdullah, from Ali Bin Hassan, from Abdul Rahman Bin Kaseer,

‘From Abu Abdullahasws regarding Words of Allahazwj the Exalted: Surely, those who turned back upon their back from after the Guidance having become clarified to them, [47:25], - ‘So and so (Abu Bakr), and so and so (Umar), and so and so (Usman) turned back from the Eman (became apostates) by leaving the Wilayah of Amir Al-Momineenasws’.

قُلْتُ: قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: ذلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قالُوا لِلَّذِينَ كَرِهُوا ما نَزَّلَ اللَّهُ سَنُطِيعُكُمْ‏ فِي بَعْضِ الْأَمْرِ

I said, ‘(What about) the Words of the Exalted: That is because they said to those who abhorred what Allah Revealed, ‘We shall obey you in some of the matters’, and Allah Knows their secrets [47:26]?

قَالَ: نَزَلَتْ وَ اللَّهِ فِيهِمَا وَ فِي أَتْبَاعِهِمَا، وَ هُوَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ الَّذِي نَزَلَ بِهِ جَبْرَئِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: ذلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قالُوا لِلَّذِينَ كَرِهُوا ما نَزَّلَ اللَّهُ‏ فِي عَلِيٍ‏ سَنُطِيعُكُمْ فِي بَعْضِ الْأَمْرِ

Heasws said: ‘It was Revealed regarding the two of them (Abu Bakr and Umar), and regarding the ones who followed both of them, and these are the Words of Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic which Jibraeelas descended with upon Muhammadsaww: That is because they said to those who abhorred what Allah Revealed - regarding Aliasws, ‘We shall obey you in some of the matters’, [47:26].

قَالَ: دَعَوْا بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ إِلَى مِيثَاقِهِمْ أَلَّا يُصَيِّرُوا الْأَمْرَ فِينَا بَعْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ لَا يُعْطُونَا مِنَ الْخُمُسِ شَيْئاً، وَ قَالُوا: إِنْ أَعْطَيْنَاهُمْ إِيَّاهُ لَمْ يَحْتَاجُوا إِلَى شَيْ‏ءٍ، وَ لَمْ يُبَالُوا أَنْ لَا يَكُونَ الْأَمْرُ فِيهِمْ، فَقَالُوا: سَنُطِيعُكُمْ فِي بَعْضِ الْأَمْرِ الَّذِي دَعَوْتُمُونَا إِلَيْهِ- وَ هُوَ الْخُمُسُ- أَنْ لَا نُعْطِيَهُمْ مِنْهُ شَيْئاً،

Heasws said: ‘The Clan of Umayya called to their covenant, that they will never let the command to be among usasws after the Prophetsaww, nor did they give to usasws anything from the Khums, and said, ‘We will not give to themasws who are not needy for anything’, and they did not even care if the command were not to be among them, so they said, ‘We shall obey you in some of the matters’, which you are calling us to, and it is Al-Khums that we will not give to themasws anything of.

وَ قَوْلُهُ: كَرِهُوا ما نَزَّلَ اللَّهُ‏ وَ الَّذِي نَزَّلَ اللَّهُ مَا افْتَرَضَ عَلَى خَلْقِهِ مِنْ وَلَايَةِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، وَ كَانَ مَعَهُمْ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ وَ كَانَ كَاتِبَهُمْ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ: أَمْ أَبْرَمُوا أَمْراً فَإِنَّا مُبْرِمُونَ أَمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّا لا نَسْمَعُ سِرَّهُمْ وَ نَجْواهُمْ‏.. الْآيَةَ.

And the Exalted Said: abhorred what Allah Revealed [47:26] - and this is which Allahazwj Revealed what Heazwj Obligated upon Hisazwj creatures from the Wilayah of Amir Al-Momineenasws. And among them was Abu Ubeyda, and he was their scribe, so Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed: Or are they reckoning that We cannot Hear their secrets and their whisperings? Yes! And our Messengers (who are) with them, are recording [43:80]’’.¹⁶⁷

129- كا بِالْإِسْنَادِ الْمُتَقَدِّمِ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏: وَ مَنْ يُرِدْ فِيهِ بِإِلْحادٍ بِظُلْمٍ‏ قَالَ: نَزَلَتْ فِيهِمْ، حَيْثُ دَخَلُوا الْكَعْبَةَ فَتَعَاهَدُوا وَ تَعَاقَدُوا عَلَى كُفْرِهِمْ وَ جُحُودِهِمْ بِمَا نَزَلَ فِي أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَأَلْحَدُوا فِي الْبَيْتِ بِظُلْمِهِمُ الرَّسُولَ وَ وَلِيَّهُ‏ فَبُعْداً لِلْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ‏.

(The book) ‘Al kafi’, by the preceding chain,

‘From Abu Abdullahasws (regarding): and the one who responds with the heresy, with injustice [22:25]. Heasws said: ‘It was regarding them (Abu Bakr, Umar, Ma’az Bin Jabal, Saalim Mawla, and Ubeydullah Bin Al-Jarrah) when they entered the Kabah, so they made a pact and agreed upon their Kufr and their rejection with what was Revealed regarding Amir Al-Momineenasws, and they became heretics in the House (Kabah) with injustice to the Rasoolsaww and hissaww successorasws Therefore, remoteness is for the unjust people [23:41]’’.¹⁶⁸

130- يب‏: الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنِ النَّضْرِ، عَنِ ابْنِ سِنَانٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: أَخَّرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ لَيْلَةً مِنَ اللَّيَالِي الْعِشَاءَ الْآخِرَةَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ، فَجَاءَ عُمَرُ فَدَقَّ الْبَابَ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ (ص) نَامَ النِّسَاءُ، نَامَ الصِّبْيَانُ،

(The book’ ‘Al Tahzeeb – Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Al Nazar, from Ibn Sinan,

‘From Abu Abdullahasws having said: ‘Rasool-Allahsaww delayed the Al-Isha the last (Salat) on a night from the nights, for as long as Allahazwj so Desired. Umar came and knocked the door. He said, ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! The women are sleeping, the children are sleeping’.

فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، فَقَالَ: لَيْسَ لَكُمْ أَنْ تُؤْذُونِي وَ لَا تَأْمُرُونِي، إِنَّمَا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تَسْمَعُوا وَ تُطِيعُوا.

Rasool-Allahsaww came out and said: ‘It isn’t for you all that you should be hurting measws nor instructing mesaww. But rather, upon you is that you should be listening and obeying!’’¹⁶⁹

131- كا: الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنِ الْمُعَلَّى، عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ، عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ ذِكْرُهُ‏ مَنَّ عَلَيْنَا بِأَنْ عَرَّفَنَا تَوْحِيدَهُ، ثُمَّ مَنَّ عَلَيْنَا بِأَنْ أَقْرَرْنَا بِمُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ بِالرِّسَالَةِ، ثُمَّ اخْتَصَّنَا بِحُبِّكُمْ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ (ع) نَتَوَلَّاكُمْ وَ نَتَبَرَّأُ مِنْ عَدُوِّكُمْ، وَ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ بِذَلِكَ خَلَاصَ أَنْفُسِنَا مِنَ النَّارِ.

(The book) ‘Al-Kafi’ – Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from al Moalla, from Al Washa, from Aban Bin Usman, from Abdul Rahman,

‘From Abu Abdullahasws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullahasws, ‘Allahazwj, Mighty is Hisazwj Mention, Conferred upon us by Making us recognise Hisazwj Tawheed, then Heazwj Conferred upon us that Heazwj Made us recognise Muhammadsaww as being with the Message, then Heazwj Specialised us with loving youasws, Peopleasws of the Household, that we should befriend youasws and disavow from yourasws enemies. And rather, Allahazwj Wanted by that for our souls to be finished from the Fire’.

قَالَ: وَ رَقَقْتُ وَ بَكَيْتُ. فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: سَلْنِي، فَوَ اللَّهِ لَا تَسْأَلُنِي عَنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ إِلَّا أَخْبَرْتُكَ بِهِ.

He (the narrator) said, ‘And I softened and wept’. Abu Abdullahasws said: ‘Ask measws, for by Allahazwj, you will not ask measws about anything except Iasws will inform you with it’.

قَالَ: فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ أَعْيَنَ: مَا سَمِعْتُهُ قَالَهَا لِمَخْلُوقٍ قَبْلَكَ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: خَبِّرْنِي عَنِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ؟.

He (the narrator) said, ‘Abdul Malik Bin Ayan said to himasws, ‘I have not heard himasws saying it to any creature before you’. I said, ‘Inform me about the two men (Abu Bakr and Umar)’.

قَالَ: فَقَالَ‏ ظَلَمَانَا حَقَّنَا فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ مَنَعَا فَاطِمَةَ عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ مِيرَاثَهَا مِنْ أَبِيهَا، وَ جَرَى ظُلْمُهُمَا إِلَى الْيَوْمِ،

He (the narrator) said, ‘Heasws said: ‘They both oppressed usasws of ourasws rights (which are) in the Book of Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic, and prevented (Syeda) Fatimaasws of herasws inheritance from herasws fathersaww, and their injustices have flowed until today’.

قَالَ:- وَ أَشَارَ إِلَى خَلْفِهِ- وَ نَبَذَا كِتَابَ اللَّهِ وَرَاءَ ظُهُورِهِمَا.

He (the narrator) said, ‘And heasws gestured to behind himasws: ‘And they threw the Book of Allahazwj behind their backs’’.¹⁷⁰

132- كا: وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ، عَنْ أَبَانٍ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ الْأَسَدِيِّ، عَنِ الْكُمَيْتِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ الْأَسَدِيِّ، قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَقَالَ: وَ اللَّهِ يَا كُمَيْتُ! لَوْ كَانَ عِنْدَنَا مَالٌ لَأَعْطَيْنَاكَ مِنْهُ، وَ لَكِنْ لَكَ مَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ لِحَسَّانَ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ: لَنْ يَزَالَ‏ مَعَكَ رُوحُ الْقُدُسِ مَا ذَبَبْتَ عَنَّا،

(The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – And by this chain, from Aban, from Uqba Bin Bashir Al Asady, from Al Kumeyt Bin Zayd Al Asady who said,

‘I entered to see Abu Ja’farasws. Heasws said: ‘By Allahazwj, O Kumeyt! If there was wealth in ourasws possession, weasws would have given it to you from it, but for you is what Rasool-Allahsaww said to Al-Hasaan Bin Sabit: ‘The Holy Spirit will not cease to be with you for as long as you are defending usasws (in your poems)’’.

قَالَ: قُلْتُ: خَبِّرْنِي عَنِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ؟.

He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘Inform me about the two men (Abu Bakr and Umar)?’

قَالَ: فَأَخَذَ الْوِسَادَةَ فَكَسَرَهَا فِي صَدْرِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ: وَ اللَّهِ يَا كُمَيْتُ! مَا أُهْرِيقَ مِحْجَمَةٌ مِنْ دَمٍ، وَ لَا أُخِذَ مَالٌ مِنْ غَيْرِ حِلِّهِ، وَ لَا قُلِبَ حَجَرٌ عَنْ‏ حَجَرٍ إِلَّا ذَاكَ فِي أَعْنَاقِهِمَا.

He (the narrator) said, ‘Heasws grabbed the pillow and crushed it in hisasws chest, then said: ‘O Kumeyt! No cup of blood is spilt, nor any wealth taken from other than its permissible means, nor any stone turned from a stone, except that is in their necks’’.¹⁷¹

133- كا: وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ، عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ، عَنِ الْحَارِثِ النَّضْرِيِ‏، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: الَّذِينَ بَدَّلُوا نِعْمَتَ اللَّهِ كُفْراً قَالَ: مَا تَقُولُونَ فِي ذَلِكَ؟. قُلْتُ: نَقُولُ: هُمُ الْأَفْجَرَانِ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، بَنُو أُمَيَّةَ وَ بَنُو الْمُغِيرَةِ.

(The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – And by this chain, from Aban Bin Usman, from Al Haris Al Nazry who said,

‘I asked Abu Ja’farasws about the Words of Allahazwj: Do you not see those who replaced the Favour of Allah for Kufr [14:28], (Imamasws) asked: ‘What are you all saying about that?’ I said, ‘We are saying that these are the two tyrants (Abu Bakr and Umar) from the Quraysh, the Clan of Umayya and the Clan of Al-Mugheira’.

قَالَ: ثُمَّ قَالَ: هِيَ وَ اللَّهِ قُرَيْشٌ قَاطِبَةً، إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى خَاطَبَ نَبِيَّهُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَقَالَ: إِنِّي فَضَّلْتُ قُرَيْشاً عَلَى‏ الْعَرَبِ، وَ أَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ نِعْمَتِي، وَ بَعَثْتُ إِلَيْهِمْ رَسُولِي‏ فَبَدَّلُوا نِعْمَتِي كُفْراً وَ أَحَلُّوا قَوْمَهُمْ دارَ الْبَوارِ.

Heasws said: ‘By Allahazwj, this is about the Quraysh in its entirety. Allahazwj Blessed and Exalted Addressed Hisazwj Prophetsaww, so Heazwj Said: “Iazwj Gave Preference to the Quraysh over the Arabs, and Completed upon them Myazwj Favours, and Sent to the Myazwj Rasoolsaww, but they replaced Myazwj Favour with Kufr, and released their people into the abode of perdition? [14:28]’’.¹⁷²

134- كا: عَلِيٌّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يَقُولُ: كَانَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ تَوَدُّنَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَ تُكْثِرُ التَّعَاهُدَ لَنَا، وَ إِنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ لَقِيَهَا ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ وَ هِيَ تُرِيدُنَا، فَقَالَ لَهَا: أَيْنَ تَذْهَبِينَ يَا عَجُوزَ الْأَنْصَارِ؟.

(The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – Ali, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Abdullah Bin Sinan who said,

‘I heard Abu Abdullahasws saying: ‘There was a woman from the Helpers being cordial to us Peopleasws of the Household, and frequent the pledge to usasws, and Umar Bin Al-Khattab met her one day while she was intending (to come to) usasws. He said to her, ‘Where are you going, O old woman of the Helpers?’

فَقَالَتْ: أَذْهَبُ إِلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ أُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ أُجَدِّدُ بِهِمْ عَهْداً، وَ أَقْضِي حَقَّهُمْ. فَقَالَ لَهَا عُمَرُ: وَيْلَكِ لَيْسَ لَهُمُ الْيَوْمَ حَقٌّ عَلَيْكِ وَ لَا عَلَيْنَا، إِنَّمَا كَانَ لَهُمْ حَقٌّ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، فَأَمَّا الْيَوْمَ فَلَيْسَ لَهُمْ حَقٌّ، فَانْصَرِفِي‏.

She said, ‘I am going to Progenyasws of Muhammadsaww, to greet unto themasws, and renew the pact with themasws, and fulfil theirasws rights’. Umar said to her, ‘Woe be unto you! There aren’t any rights for themasws today upon you, nor upon us. But rather, there used to be rights in the era of Rasool-Allahsaww. As for today, there aren’t any rights for them, so leave’.

فَانْصَرَفَتْ حَتَّى أَتَتْ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ، فَقَالَتْ لَهَا أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ: مَا ذَا أَبْطَأَ بِكِ عَنَّا؟. فَقَالَتْ: إِنِّي لَقِيتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ .. فَأَخْبَرَتْهَا بِمَا قَالَتْ لِعُمَرَ وَ مَا قَالَ لَهَا عُمَرُ، فَقَالَتْ لَهَا أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ: كَذَبَ‏، لَا يَزَالُ حَقُّ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَاجِباً عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ.

She left until she came to Umm Salamara. Umm Salamara said to her, ‘What is that which delayed you from usasws?’ she said, ‘I met Umar Bin Al-Khattab’ – and she informed herra with what she had said to Umar and what Umar had said to her. Umm Salamara said, ‘He lied! The rights of Progenyasws of Muhammadsaww will not cease to be Obligatory upon the Muslims up to the Day of Qiyamah’’.¹⁷³

135- كا: حُمَيْدٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ سَمَاعَةَ، عَنْ غَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ، عَنْ أَبَانٍ، عَنِ الْفُضَيْلِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ فَرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: ذَاكَرْتُهُ شَيْئاً مِنْ أَمْرِهِمَا، فَقَالَ: ضَرَبُوكُمْ عَلَى دَمِ عُثْمَانَ ثَمَانِينَ سَنَةً وَ هُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ ظَالِماً، فَكَيْفَ- يَا فَرْوَةُ- إِذَا ذَكَرْتُمْ‏ صَنَمَيْهِمْ؟.

(The book) ‘Al kafi’ – Humeyd, from Ibn Sama’at, from someone else, from Aban, from Al Fuzeyl Bin Al Zubeyr, from Farwa,

‘From Abu Ja’farasws having said: ‘I recalled to himasws something of both their matters (Abu Bakr and Umar). Heasws said: ‘They have been striking (killing) you upon the blood of Usman for eighty years, and (although) they knew that he was unjust, so how would it, O Farwa, when you were to mention their two idols?’’¹⁷⁴

36- كا: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، عَنِ ابْنِ عِيسَى، عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ، عَنْ عَمَّارٍ السَّابَاطِيِّ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏: وَ إِذا مَسَّ الْإِنْسانَ ضُرٌّ دَعا رَبَّهُ مُنِيباً إِلَيْهِ‏ قَالَ: نَزَلَتْ فِي أَبِي الْفَصِيلِ، إِنَّهُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ عِنْدَهُ سَاحِراً، فَكَانَ إِذَا مَسَّهُ الضُّرُّ- يَعْنِي السُّقْمَ- دَعا رَبَّهُ مُنِيباً إِلَيْهِ‏- يَعْنِي تَائِباً إِلَيْهِ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ فِي رَسُولِ اللّه صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مَا يَقُولُ-

(The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ibn Isa, from Ibn Mahboub, from Hisham Bin Salim, from Ammar Al Sabaty who said,

‘I asked Abu Abdullahasws about the Words of Allahazwj the Exalted: And when harm touches the human being, he supplicates to his Lord being penitent to Him [39:8], heasws said: ‘This was Revealed regarding Abu Al-Faseyl, who used to consider the Rasool Allahsaww as a sorcerer. And when distress afflicted him, meaning illness, he supplicated to his Lordazwj penitently, meaning repenting to Himazwj, from what he used to say with regards to the Rasool Allahsaww.

ثُمَّ إِذا خَوَّلَهُ نِعْمَةً مِنْهُ‏ يَعْنِي الْعَافِيَةَ نَسِيَ ما كانَ يَدْعُوا إِلَيْهِ‏ يَعْنِي نَسِيَ التَّوْبَةَ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مِمَّا كَانَ يَقُولُ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ إِنَّهُ سَاحِرٌ،

Then when He Bestows a Favour from Him - meaning the restoration of health, he forgets whatever he had been supplicating from before - meaning his asking for Forgiveness to Allahazwj from what he used to say regarding the Rasool Allahsaww that hesaww was a sorcerer.

وَ لِذَلِكَ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: قُلْ تَمَتَّعْ بِكُفْرِكَ قَلِيلًا إِنَّكَ مِنْ أَصْحابِ النَّارِ يَعْنِي إِمْرَتُكَ عَلَى النَّاسِ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ مِنْ رَسُولِهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ.

And for that are the Words of Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic: ‘Enjoy with your Kufr for a little while! You will be from the inmates of the Fire’ [39:8], meaning your influence which you have over the people with any right from Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic or from Hisazwj Rasoolsaww’.

قَالَ: ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: ثُمَّ عَطَفَ الْقَوْلَ مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يُخْبِرُ بِحَالِهِ وَ فَضْلِهِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى، فَقَالَ: أَمَّنْ هُوَ قانِتٌ آناءَ اللَّيْلِ ساجِداً وَ قائِماً يَحْذَرُ الْآخِرَةَ وَ يَرْجُوا رَحْمَةَ رَبِّهِ قُلْ هَلْ يَسْتَوِي الَّذِينَ يَعْلَمُونَ‏ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ‏ وَ الَّذِينَ لا يَعْلَمُونَ‏ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، و [بَلْ يَقُولُونَ‏] إِنَّهُ سَاحِرٌ كَذَّابٌ‏ إِنَّما يَتَذَكَّرُ أُولُوا الْأَلْبابِ‏

He (the narrator) said: ‘Then Abu Abdullahasws said: ‘Then Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic Spoke Sympathetically with regards to Aliasws Informing himasws of hisasws situation, and hisasws merits in the Presence of Allahazwj Blessed and Exalted, so Heazwj Said: Safe is He who is obedient during the hours of the night, performing Sajdah and standing, being cautious of the Hereafter and hoping for the Mercy of his Lord. Say: ‘Are they equal, those who do not know - that Muhammad is the Rasool Allahsaww, and (they are saying) that Muhammadsaww is a lying sorcerer, But rather, the ones of the understanding will heed [39:9].

قَالَ: ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: هَذَا تَأْوِيلُهُ يَا عَمَّارُ!.

Then Abu Abdullahasws said: ‘This is its explanation, O Ammar’’.¹⁷⁵

137- كا: عَلِيٌّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ حَنَانٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: .. إِنَّ الشَّيْخَيْنِ‏ فَارَقَا الدُّنْيَا وَ لَمْ يَتُوبَا، وَ لَمْ يَذَّكَّرَا مَا صَنَعَا بِأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَعَلَيْهِمَا لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ وَ الْمَلائِكَةِ وَ النَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ‏.

(The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – Ali, from his father, from Hannan, from his father,

‘From Abu Ja’farasws having said: ‘The two sheikhs (Abu Bakr and Umar), separated from the world and did not repent, and did not remember what they had done with Amir Al-Momineenasws. So, upon them is the Curse of Allah and the Angels and of the people, altogether [3:87]’’.¹⁷⁶

138- وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ عَنْهُمَا، فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا الْفَضْلِ! مَا تَسْأَلُنِي عَنْهُمَا؟! فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا مَاتَ مِنَّا مَيِّتٌ قَطُّ إِلَّا سَاخِطاً عَلَيْهِمَا، وَ مَا مِنَّا الْيَوْمَ إِلَّا سَاخِطاً عَلَيْهِمَا يُوصِي بِذَلِكَ الْكَبِيرُ مِنَّا الصَّغِيرَ،

And by this chain (from the book ‘Al Kafi’), said,

‘I asked Abu Ja’farasws about them both (Abu Bakr and Umar). Heasws said: ‘O Abu Al-Fazl! What are you asking measws about them?! By Allahazwj! There does not die any deceased from usasws except he heasws is angry upon them, and there is no one from usasws today except he is angry upon them, the elder from usasws bequeathing to the young one.

أَنَّهُمَا ظَلَمَانَا حَقَّنَا، وَ مَنَعَانَا فَيْئَنَا، وَ كَانَا أَوَّلَ مَنْ رَكِبَ أَعْنَاقَنَا، وَ بَثَقَا عَلَيْنَا بَثْقاً فِي الْإِسْلَامِ لَا يُسْكَرُ أَبَداً حَتَّى يَقُومَ قَائِمُنَا أَوْ يَتَكَلَّمَ مُتَكَلِّمُنَا.

They both oppressed usasws of ourasws rights, and prevented usasws our war booty, and they were the first ones to ride upon ourasws necks, and they overflowed upon usasws such a torrent in al Islam which will not be blocked, ever, until ourasws Qaimasws rises or ourasws speaker speaks’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ لَوْ قَدْ قَامَ قَائِمُنَا وَ تَكَلَّمَ مُتَكَلِّمُنَا لَأَبْدَى مِنْ أُمُورِهِمَا مَا كَانَ يُكْتَمُ، وَ لَكَتَمَ مِنْ أُمُورِهِمَا مَا كَانَ يُظْهَرُ، وَ اللَّهِ مَا أُسِّسَتْ مِنْ بَلِيَّةٍ وَ لَا قَضِيَّةٍ تَجْرِي عَلَيْنَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ إِلَّا هُمَا أَسَّسَا أَوَّلَهَا، فَعَلَيْهِمَا لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ وَ الْمَلائِكَةِ وَ النَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ‏.

Then heasws said: ‘But, by Allahazwj! If ourasws Qaimasws arises and ourasws speaker speaks, heasws would begin with their matters what they had concealed, and heasws would conceal from their matters what they had manifested. By Allahazwj! No afflictions have been established nor any judgments flowed against usasws Peopleasws of the Household, except those two are its first establishers, so upon them is the Curse of Allah and the Angels and of the people, altogether [3:87]’’.¹⁷⁷

139- كا: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْقُمِّيُّ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الصَّلْتِ، عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ، عَنْ حُسَيْنٍ الْجَمَّالِ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى: رَبَّنا أَرِنَا الَّذَيْنِ أَضَلَّانا مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَ الْإِنْسِ نَجْعَلْهُما تَحْتَ أَقْدامِنا لِيَكُونا مِنَ الْأَسْفَلِينَ قَالَ: هُمَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: وَ كَانَ فُلَانٌ شَيْطَاناً.

(The book) ‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Ahmad Al Qummi, from his uncle Abdullah Bin al Salt, from Yunus Bin Abdul Rahman, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, from Husayn Al-Jammal,

‘From Abu Abdullahasws regarding Words of Allahazwj Blessed and Exalted: ‘Our Lord! Show us those who strayed us, from the Jinn and the humans, so we can make them to be under our feet for them to be from the lowest ones’ [41:29], heasws said: ‘Those two (Abu Bakr and Umar)’. Then said: ‘And that one (Umar) was a Satanla’’.¹⁷⁸

140- كا: بِالْإِسْنَادِ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنْ سَوْرَةَ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏ فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى: رَبَّنا أَرِنَا الَّذَيْنِ أَضَلَّانا مِنَ الْجِنِ‏ وَ الْإِنْسِ نَجْعَلْهُما تَحْتَ أَقْدامِنا لِيَكُونا مِنَ الْأَسْفَلِينَ قَالَ: يَا سَوْرَةُ! هُمَا وَ اللَّهِ هُمَا .. ثَلَاثاً، وَ اللَّهِ يَا سَوْرَةُ! إِنَّا لَخُزَّانُ عِلْمِ اللَّهِ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَ إِنَّا لَخُزَّانُ عِلْمِ اللَّهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ.

(The book) ‘Al-Kafi’ – By the chains, from Yunus, from Sowrat Bin Kuleyb,

‘From Abu Abdullahasws regarding Words of Allahazwj Blessed and Exalted: ‘Our Lord! Show us those who strayed us, from the Jinn and the humans, so we can make them to be under our feet for them to be from the lowest ones’ [41:29], heasws said: ‘O Sowrat! Those two (Abu Bakr and Umar), by Allahazwj, those two!’ – thrice. ‘By Allahazwj O Sowrat! Weasws are treasurers of the Knowledge of Allahazwj in the sky, and weasws are treasurers of Knowledge of Allahazwj in the earth’’.¹⁷⁹

141- كا: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، عَنِ ابْنِ عِيسَى، عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ الْجَعْفَرِيِّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يَقُولُ فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ‏: إِذْ يُبَيِّتُونَ ما لا يَرْضى‏ مِنَ الْقَوْلِ‏ قَالَ: يَعْنِي فُلَاناً وَ فُلَاناً وَ أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ بْنَ الْجَرَّاحِ.

(The book) – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ibn Isa, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Suleyman Al Ja’fari who said,

‘I heard Abu Al-Hassanasws saying regarding Words of Allahazwj Blessed: when they are spending the nights in what does not Please Him from the words [4:108]. Heasws said: ‘Meaning So and so (Abu Bakr), and so and so (Umar), and Abu Ubeyda Bin Al-Jarrah’’.¹⁸⁰

142- كا: عَلِيٌّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَ غَيْرِهِ، عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ يُونُسَ، عَنِ ابْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ النَّجَاشِيِّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ 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 يَعْنِي وَ اللَّهِ فُلَاناً وَ فُلَاناً،

(The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – Ali, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Ismail and someone else, from Mansour Bin Yunus, from Ibn Uzina, from Abdullah Bin Al Najjashi who said,

‘I heard Abu Abdullahasws saying regarding Words of Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic: They are those Allah Knows what is in their hearts, therefore turn aside from them and advise them, and speak to them eloquent words regarding themselves [4:63]. By Allahazwj, it means so and so (Abu Bakr) and so and so (Umar).

وَ ما أَرْسَلْنا مِنْ رَسُولٍ إِلَّا لِيُطاعَ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ وَ لَوْ أَنَّهُمْ إِذْ ظَلَمُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ جاؤُكَ فَاسْتَغْفَرُوا اللَّهَ وَ اسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُمُ الرَّسُولُ لَوَجَدُوا اللَّهَ تَوَّاباً رَحِيماً يَعْنِي وَ اللَّهِ‏ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ عَلِيّاً عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، مِمَّا صَنَعُوا،

And We did not Send any Rasool but for him to be obeyed by the Permission of Allah; and had they, when they were unjust to themselves, come to you and sought Forgiveness of Allah and the Rasool had (also) sought Forgiveness for them, they would have found Allah Oft-turning (to Mercy), Merciful [4:64] – it Means, by Allahazwj, the Prophetsaww and Aliasws, from what they did.

يَعْنِي لَوْ جَاءُوكَ بِهَا يَا عَلِيُ‏ فَاسْتَغْفَرُوا اللَّهَ‏ مِمَّا صَنَعُوا وَ اسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُمُ الرَّسُولُ لَوَجَدُوا اللَّهَ تَوَّاباً رَحِيماً،

Meaning, if they were to come to youasws with it, O Aliasws, and sought Forgiveness of Allah, from what they have done, and the Rasool had (also) sought Forgiveness for them, they would have found Allah Oft-turning (to Mercy), Merciful [4:64].

فَلا وَ رَبِّكَ لا يُؤْمِنُونَ حَتَّى يُحَكِّمُوكَ فِيما شَجَرَ بَيْنَهُمْ‏ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: هُوَ- وَ اللَّهِ- عَلِيٌّ بِعَيْنِهِ‏ ثُمَّ لا يَجِدُوا فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ حَرَجاً مِمَّا قَضَيْتَ‏ عَلَى لِسَانِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، يَعْنِي بِهِ مِنْ وَلَايَةِ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، وَ يُسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيماً لِعَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ.

But no! By your Lord! They are not believing until they make you a judge regarding what they are quarrelling between them, [4:65]. Abu Abdullahasws said: ‘By Allahazwj, heasws is Aliasws exactly, then not find any objection within themselves from what you judge – upon yoursaww tongue, O Rasool-Allahsaww, meaning by it of the Wilayah of Aliasws, and they accept submissively [4:65] – to Aliasws’’.¹⁸¹

143- ختص‏: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ، عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ، عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ صُهَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: نَظَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ- وَ قَدْ ذَهَبَ بِهِ إِلَى الْغَارِ- فَقَالَ: مَا لَكَ؟ أَ لَيْسَ اللَّهُ مَعَنَا؟! تُرِيدُ أَنْ أُرِيَكَ أَصْحَابِي مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فِي مَجَالِسِهِمْ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ، وَ أُرِيَكَ جَعْفَرَ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَ أَصْحَابَهُ فِي سَفِينَةٍ يَغُوصُونَ؟.

(The book) ‘Al Ikhtisas’ – Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ali Bin Asbaat, from Al Hakam Bin Marwan, from Yunus Bin Suheyb,

‘From Abu Ja’farasws having said: ‘Rasool-Allahsaww looked at Abu Bakr, and hesaww had gone with him to the cave, and hesaww said: ‘What is the matter with you? Isn’t Allahazwj with us? Do you want mesaww to show you mysaww companions from the Helpers discussing in their gathering, and show you Ja’farasws Bin Abu Talibasws and hisasws companions swaying in the ship?’

فَقَالَ: نَعَمْ، أَرِنِيهِمْ. فَمَسَحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ وَ عَيْنَيْهِ، فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِمْ، فَأَضْمَرَ فِي نَفْسِهِ أَنَّهُ سَاحِرٌ.

He said, ‘Yes, show them’. Rasool-Allahsaww wiped his face and his eyes, and he looked at them. He decided within himself that hesaww is a sorcerer’’.¹⁸²

144- كنز: الشَّيْخُ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الطُّوسِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ فِي مِصْبَاحِ الْأَنْوَارِ بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فِي حَفْرِ الْخَنْدَقِ- وَ قَدْ حَفَرَ النَّاسُ وَ حَفَرَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ- فَقَالَ لَهُ‏ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: بِأَبِي مَنْ يَحْفِرُ وَ جَبْرَئِيلُ يَكْنُسُ التُّرَابَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، وَ يُعِينُهُ مِيكَائِيلُ، وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ يُعِينُ أَحَداً قَبْلَهُ مِنَ الْخَلْقِ،

(The book) ‘Taweel Al-Ayaat Al-Zaahira’ – The sheikh Abu Ja’far Al Tusi in (the book) ‘Misbah Al Anwaar’, by his chain from Jabir Bin Abdullah having said,

‘I was in the presence of Rasool-Allahsaww during digging of the trench, and the people were digging and Aliasws was digging. The Prophetsaww said for himasws: ‘By mysaww fatheras! There is one who is digging, and Jibraeelas is raking the dust in front of himasws, and Mikaeelas is assisting himasws, and heas has not assisted anyone else from the creatures before himasws’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ لِعُثْمَانَ بْنِ‏ عَفَّانَ: احْفِرْ!، فَغَضِبَ عُثْمَانُ وَ قَالَ: لَا يَرْضَى مُحَمَّدٌ أَنْ أَسْلَمْنَا عَلَى يَدِهِ حَتَّى أَمَرَنَا بِالْكَدِّ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَى نَبِيِّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: يَمُنُّونَ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ أَسْلَمُوا.. الْآيَةَ.

Then the Prophetsaww said to Usman Bin Affan: ‘Dig!’ Usman got angered and said, ‘Muhammadsaww is not pleased that we have become Muslims upon hissaww hands, until (now) hesaww is ordering us with the toiling’. Allahazwj Revealed unto Hisazwj Prophetsaww: They think they are conferring a favour upon you if they become Muslims. [49:17] – the Verse’’.¹⁸³

145- ختص‏: الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمَدَانِيُّ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْكُوفِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي الْحُسَيْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْفَارِسِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ، عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ، قَالَ: خَرَجْتُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ إِلَى ظَهْرِ الْكُوفَةِ وَ بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ قَنْبَرٌ، فَقُلْتُ‏: يَا قَنْبَرُ! تَرَى مَا أَرَى؟. فَقَالَ: قَدْ ضَوَّأَ اللَّهُ لَكَ‏- يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ!- عَمَّا عَمِيَ عَنْهُ بَصَرِي.

(The book) ‘Al-Ikhtisas’ – Al Qasim Bin Muhammad Al Hamdani, from Ibrahim Bin Muhammad Bin Ibrahim Al Kufi, from Abu Al Husayn Yahya Bin Muhammad Al Farsi, from his father,

‘From Abu Abdullahasws, from hisasws fatherasws, from Amir Al-Momineenasws having said: ‘One day Iasws went out to the back of Al-Kufa and Qanbar was in front. Iasws said: ‘O Qanbar! Do you see what Iasws see?’ He said, ‘Allahazwj has Illuminated for youasws, O Amir Al-Momineenasws, what my sight has been blinded from’.

فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَصْحَابَنَا! تَرَوْنَ مَا أَرَى؟. فَقَالُوا: لَا، قَدْ ضَوَّأَ اللَّهُ لَكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (ع) عَمَّا عَمِيَ عَنْهُ أَبْصَارُنَا.

Iasws said: ‘O our companions! Are you seeing what Iasws see?’ They said, ‘No, Allahazwj has Illuminated for youasws, O Amir Al-Momineenasws, what our sights are blinded from’.

فَقُلْتُ: وَ الَّذِي فَلَقَ الْحَبَّةَ وَ بَرَأَ النَّسَمَةَ لَتَرَوُنَّهُ كَمَا أَرَاهُ، وَ لَتَسْمَعُنَّ كَلَامَهُ كَمَا أَسْمَعُ،

Iasws said: ‘By the Oneazwj Who Split the seed and Formed the person! You are seeing just as Iasws am seeing, and hearing his speech as Iasws am hearing’.

فَمَا لَبِثْنَا أَنْ طَلَعَ شَيْخٌ عَظِيمُ الْهَامَةِ لَهُ عَيْنَانِ بِالطُّولِ، فَقَالَ: السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ، فَقُلْتُ: مِنْ أَيْنَ أَقْبَلْتَ يَا لَعِينُ؟. قَالَ: مِنَ الْآثَامِ‏. فَقُلْتُ: وَ أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ؟. قَالَ: الْآثَامَ‏. فَقُلْتُ: بِئْسَ الشَّيْخُ أَنْتَ.

We did not wait long before an old man emerged, being of great stature and two long eyes. He said, ‘The greetings be unto youasws, O Amir Al-Momineenasws, and Mercy of Allahazwj and Hisazwj Blessings’. Iasws said: ‘Where are you coming from, O accursed?’ Hela said, ‘From Al-Asaam’. Iasws said: ‘Where are you intending?’ Hela said, ‘Al-Asaam’. Iasws said: ‘You are an evil old man’.

فَقَالَ: لِمَ تَقُولُ هَذَا يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (ع)، فَوَ اللَّهِ لَأُحَدِّثَنَّكَ بِحَدِيثٍ عَنِّي عَنِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مَا بَيْنَنَا ثَالِثٌ. فَقُلْتُ: يَا لِعَيْنُ‏! عَنْكَ عَنِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مَا بَيْنَكُمَا ثَالِثٌ؟!.

Hela said, ‘Why did you say this, O Amir Al-Momineenasws! By Allahazwj! Ila shall narrate to youasws with a narration about mela from Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic, there not being a third between us’. Iasws said: ‘O accursed! About you from Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic, there not being a third between the two of you?!’

قَالَ: نَعَمْ‏، إِنَّهُ لَمَّا هُبِطْتُ بِخَطِيئَتِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الرَّابِعَةِ نَادَيْتُ: إِلَهِي وَ سَيِّدِي مَا أَحْسَبُكَ خَلَقْتَ مَنْ‏ هُوَ أَشْقَى مِنِّي، فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى إِلَيَ‏: بَلَى، قَدْ خَلَقْتُ مَنْ هُوَ أَشْقَى مِنْكَ، فَانْطَلِقْ إِلَى مَالِكٍ يُرِيكَهُ،

He said, ‘Yes. When Ila was dropped to the fourth sky due to myla sin, Ila called out, ‘Myla Godazwj and Masterazwj! Ila do not reckon Youazwj have Created anyone who is more wretched than mela’. Allahazwj Blessed and Exalted Revealed to mela: “Yes, Iazwj have Created one who is more wretched than youla are. Go to Maalik (keeper of Hell), he will show him to youla!”

فَانْطَلَقْتُ إِلَى مَالِكٍ، فَقُلْتُ: السَّلَامُ يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ السَّلَامَ وَ يَقُولُ: أَرِنِي مَنْ هُوَ أَشْقَى مِنِّي، فَانْطَلَقَ بِي مَالِكٌ إِلَى النَّارِ فَرَفَعَ الطَّبَقَ الْأَعْلَى فَخَرَجَتْ نَارٌ سَوْدَاءُ ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهَا قَدْ أَكَلَتْنِي وَ أَكَلَتْ مَالِكاً، فَقَالَ لَهَا: إهدائي [اهْدَئِي‏] فَهَدَأَتْ،

So, Ila went to Maalik and said, ‘The Salaam Coveys the Greeting to you, and Says to show mela one who is more wretched than Ila am’. Maalik went with mela to the Fire and raised the top layer, and a black flame came out. Ila thought it would devour mela and devour Maalik (as well). He said to it, ‘Calm down!’ It calmed down.

ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ بِي إِلَى الطَّبَقِ الثَّانِي فَخَرَجَتْ نَارٌ هِيَ أَشَدُّ مِنْ تِلْكَ سَوَاداً وَ أَشَدُّ حِمًى، فَقَالَ لَهَا: اخْمُدِي! فَخَمَدَتْ إِلَى أَنِ انْطَلَقَ بِي إِلَى السَّابِعِ‏، وَ كُلُّ نَارٍ تَخْرُجُ مِنْ طَبَقٍ هِيَ أَشَدُّ مِنَ الْأُولَى، فَخَرَجَتْ نَارٌ ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهَا قَدْ أَكَلَتْنِي وَ أَكَلَتْ مَالِكاً وَ جَمِيعَ مَا خَلَقَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ،

Then he went with me to the second layer, and a flame came out which was more intense than that black one and intensely hotter. He said to it, ‘Calm down! It calmed down, until he went with mela to the seventh, and every flame which came out from a layer, it was severer than the former. A flame came out, I thought it would devour me and devour Maalik and the entirety of what Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic had Created.

فَوَضَعْتُ يَدِي عَلَى عَيْنِي وَ قُلْتُ: مُرْهَا يَا مَالِكُ تَخْمُدْ وَ إِلَّا خَمَدْتُ، فَقَالَ: أَنْتَ لَمْ تَخْمُدْ إِلَى الْوَقْتِ الْمَعْلُومِ فَأَمَرَهَا فَخَمَدَتْ، فَرَأَيْتُ رَجُلَيْنِ فِي أَعْنَاقِهِمَا سَلَاسِلُ النِّيرَانِ مُعَلَّقَيْنِ بِهَا إِلَى فَوْقُ، وَ عَلَى رُءُوسِهِمَا قَوْمٌ مَعَهُمْ مَقَامِعُ النِّيرَانِ يَقْمَعُونَهُمَا بِهَا،

Ila placed myla hand upon myla eyes and said, ‘Order it, O Malik, to die down, or else I will die’. He said, ‘Youla will not die up to the known time’. He ordered it and it died down. Ila saw two men having chains of fire in their necks suspended from above, and upon their head was a group having hooked rods of flames stabbing the two with these.

فَقُلْتُ: يَا مَالِكُ! مَنْ هَذَانِ؟. فَقَالَ: أَ وَ مَا قَرَأْتَ فِي سَاقِ‏ الْعَرْشِ، وَ كُنْتُ قَبْلُ‏ قَرَأْتُهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ اللَّهُ الدُّنْيَا بِأَلْفَيْ عَامٍ: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ أَيَّدْتُهُ وَ نَصَرْتُهُ بِعَلِيٍّ، فَقَالَ: هَذَانِ عَدُوَّا أُولَئِكَ وَ ظَالِمَاهُمْ‏.

Ila said, ‘O Maalik! Who are these two?’ He said, ‘Or did youla nor read in the Base of the Throne, and youla used to read it before Allahazwj Created the world by two thousand years: “There is no god except Allahazwj, Muhammadsaww is Rasool-Allahsaww. Iazwj Support himsaww and Help himsaww by Aliasws!”’ He said, ‘These are those two enemies and theirasws oppressors’’.¹⁸⁴

146- ختص‏: رُوِيَ عَنْ حَكَمِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ: إِنَّ الشَّعْبِيَّ يَرْوِي عِنْدَنَا بِالْكُوفَةِ أَنَّ عَلِيّاً (ع) قَالَ: خَيْرُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَ عُمَرُ،

(The book) ‘Al Ikhtisas’ – It is reported from Hakam Bin Jubeyr who said,

‘I said to Abu Ja’farasws Muhammad Bin Aliasws, the common people with us at Al-Kufa are reporting that Aliasws said: ‘The good ones of this community after its Prophetsaww are Abu Bakr and Umar’.

فَقَالَ: إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ يُفَضِّلُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ مَنْ لَيْسَ هُوَ مِثْلَهُ حُبّاً وَ كَرَامَةً،

He said, ‘The man tends to prefer over himself one who isn’t like him out of love and honouring’.

ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ الْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ ذَلِكَ، فَضَرَبَ عَلَى فَخِذِي وَ قَالَ: هُوَ أَفْضَلُ مِنْهُمَا كَمَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَ الْأَرْضِ.

Then I came to Aliasws Bin Al-Husaynasws and informed himasws of that. Heasws struck upon my thigh and said: ‘Heasws is superior than them both just as (the distance) between the sky and the earth’’.¹⁸⁵

147- ختص‏: رُوِيَ عَنِ ابْنِ كُدَيْنَةَ الْأَوْدِيِ‏، قَالَ: قَامَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لا تُقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيِ اللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ‏.. فِيمَنْ نَزَلَتْ؟. قَالَ: فِي رَجُلَيْنِ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ.

(The book) ‘Al Ikhtisas’ – It is reported from Ibn Kudeyna Al Awdy who said,

‘A man stood up to Amir Al-Momineenasws and asked himasws about Words of Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic: O you those who believe! Do not precede in front of Allah and His Rasool, and fear Allah, surely He is Hearing, Knowing [49:1], regarding who was it Revealed?’ Heasws said: ‘Regarding two men from Quraysh (Abu Bakr and Umar)’’.¹⁸⁶

148- الْبُرْسِيُّ، فِي مَشَارِقِ الْأَنْوَارِ: عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ لِعُمَرَ: يَا مَغْرُورُ! إِنِّي أَرَاكَ فِي الدُّنْيَا قَتِيلًا بِجَرَاحَةٍ مِنْ عَبْدِ أُمِّ مَعْمَرٍ تَحْكُمُ عَلَيْهِ جَوْراً فَيَقْتُلُكَ تَوْفِيقاً، يَدْخُلُ بِذَلِكَ الْجَنَّةَ عَلَى رَغْمٍ مِنْكَ،

Al Bursy in (the book) ‘Mashariq Al Anwaar’, from Muhammad Bin Sinan,

‘Amir Al-Momineenasws said to Umar: ‘O arrogant one! Iasws see you in the world being killed by injury from Abd Umm Ma’mar. You judge against him tyrannically, so he kills you in retaliation. Due to that he will enter the Paradise upon rubbing of the nose from you.

وَ إِنَّ لَكَ وَ لِصَاحِبِكَ الَّذِي قُمْتَ مَقَامَهُ صَلْباً وَ هَتْكاً تُخْرَجَانِ عَنْ جِوَارِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَتُصْلَبَانِ عَلَى أَغْصَانِ جِذْعَةٍ يَابِسَةٍ فَتُورِقُ فَيَفْتَتِنُ بِذَلِكَ‏ مَنْ وَالاكَ.

And for you and your companion in whose place you are standing rigidly and immorally, exiting from the vicinity of Rasool-Allahsaww. You will both be crucified upon the branches of a dry tree trunk, and it would sprout leaves, and the ones who befriend you would be tempted’.

فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: وَ مَنْ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ (ع)؟. فَقَالَ: قَوْمٌ‏ قَدْ فَرَّقُوا بَيْنَ السُّيُوفِ وَ أَغْمَادِهَا، فَيُؤْتَى‏ بِالنَّارِ الَّتِي أُضْرِمَتْ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَ يَأْتِي جِرْجِيسُ وَ دَانِيَالُ وَ كُلُّ نَبِيٍّ وَ صِدِّيقٍ، ثُمَّ يَأْتِي رِيحٌ فَيَنْسِفُكُمَا فِي الْيَمِّ نَسْفاً.

Umar said, ‘And who would be doing that, O Abu Al-Hassanasws?’ Heasws said: ‘A people who will have separated between the swords and their sheaths. Then he (Al-Qaimasws) will come with the fire which had been ignited for Ibrahimas, and come with Jarjisas and Daniyalas and every Prophetas and truthful. Then a wind will come and blow both of you away in the sea with a scattering [20:97].

وَ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يَوْماً لِلْحَسَنِ: يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ! أَ مَا تَرَى عِنْدِي تَابُوتٌ‏ مِنْ نَارٍ يَقُولُ: يَا عَلِيُّ! اسْتَغْفِرْ لِي، لَا غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ.

And one day heasws said to Al-Hassanasws: ‘O Abu Muhammadasws! Don’t youasws see there will be a coffin of fire with measws, they (Abu Bakr and Umar) will be saying, ‘O Aliasws! Forgive me, may Allahazwj Forgive youasws’?’’

وَ رُوِيَ‏ فِي تَفْسِيرِ قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: إِنَّ أَنْكَرَ الْأَصْواتِ لَصَوْتُ الْحَمِيرِ قَالَ: سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ‏ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ مَا مَعْنَى هَذِهِ الْحَمِيرِ؟. فَقَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: اللَّهُ أَكْرَمُ مِنْ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ شَيْئاً ثُمَّ يُنْكِرَهُ،

And it is reported in Tafseer – Words of the Exalted: surely the most hateful of voices is the voice of the donkeys [31:19]. ‘A man asked Amir Al-Momineenasws, ‘What is the meaning of these donkeys?’ Amir Al-Momineenasws said: ‘Allahazwj is more Honourable than to Create a thing, then Hate it.

إِنَّمَا هُوَ زُرَيْقٌ وَ صَاحِبُهُ فِي تَابُوتٍ مِنْ نَارٍ فِي‏ صُورَةِ حِمَارَيْنِ، إِذَا شَهَقَا فِي النَّارِ انْزَعَجَ أَهْلُ النَّارِ مِنْ شِدَّةِ صُرَاخِهِمَا.

But rather, this is Razeeq (Umar) and his companion (Abu Bakr), in a coffin of Fire, in the image of two donkeys. When they would be gasped in the Fire, the (other) inhabitants of the Fire would be annoyed by the intensity of their screams’’.¹⁸⁷

149- كنز: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنِ الثُّمَالِيِّ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ أُخْرِجَتْ أَرِيكَتَانِ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ فَبُسِطَتَا عَلَى شَفِيرِ جَهَنَّمَ، ثُمَّ يَجِي‏ءُ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ حَتَّى يَقْعُدَ عَلَيْهِمَا،

(The book) ‘Taweel Al Ayaat Al Zaahira’ – Muhammad Bin Al Abbas, from Muhammad Bin Al Qasim, by his chain from Al Sumali,

‘From Aliasws Bin Al-Husaynasws having said: ‘When it would be the Day of Judgment, two couches would be brought out from the Paradise, and these would be placed upon the verge of Hell. Then Aliasws would come until heasws is seated upon them.

فَإِذَا قَعَدَ ضَحِكَ، وَ إِذَا ضَحِكَ انْقَلَبَتْ جَهَنَّمُ فَصَارَ عَالِيهَا سَافِلَهَا، ثُمَّ يُخْرَجَانِ فَيُوقَفَانِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَيَقُولَانِ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ! يَا وَصِيَّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ‏! أَ لَا تَرْحَمُنَا؟! أَ لَا تَشْفَعُ لَنَا عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ؟!.

When heasws is seated, heasws would laugh (and) Hell would turn over and its upper part would become its lower part. Then two (Abu Bakr and Umar) would be brought out and paused in front of himasws, and they would be saying, ‘O Amir Al-Momineenasws, O successorasws of Rasool-Allahsaww! Will youasws not have mercy on us? Will youasws not intercede for us in the Presence of yourasws Lordazwj?’

قَالَ: فَيَضْحَكُ مِنْهُمَا، ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَيُدْخَلُ‏ الْأَرِيكَتَانِ‏ وَ يُعَادَانِ إِلَى مَوْضِعِهِمَا، وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: فَالْيَوْمَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ يَضْحَكُونَ عَلَى الْأَرائِكِ يَنْظُرُونَ هَلْ ثُوِّبَ الْكُفَّارُ ما كانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ‏.

Heasws said: ‘Heasws would laugh at them, then heasws would stand and enter (the Paradise), and the two couches would be raised, and both of them would be returned to their places. These are the Words of the Mighty and Majestic: So today, those who believe shall be laughing at the Kafirs [83:34] Upon the couches, they would be gazing [83:35] Would the Kafirs be Rewarded (except for) what they had been doing? [83:36]’’.¹⁸⁸

أقول:: رَوَى الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي صَحِيحِهِ فِي كِتَابِ الْمَغَازِي‏ بَعْدَ بَابِ وَفْدِ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ، وَ فِي تَفْسِيرِ سُورَةِ الْحُجُرَاتِ‏، وَ التِّرْمِذِيُ‏ وَ النَّسَائِيُ‏ فِي صَحِيحِهِمَا، وَ أَوْرَدَهُ فِي كِتَابِ جَامِعِ الْأُصُولِ‏ فِي كِتَابِ‏ تَفْسِيرِ الْقُرْآنِ مِنْ حَرْفِ الطَّاءِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، قَالَ: قَدِمَ رَكْبٌ مِنْ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]، فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: أَمِّرِ الْقَعْقَاعَ بْنَ مَعْبَدِ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ، وَ قَالَ عُمَرُ: أَمِّرِ الْأَقْرَعَ بْنَ حَابِسٍ‏، فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: مَا أَرَدْتَ إِلَّا خِلَافِي‏، وَ قَالَ عُمَرُ: مَا أَرَدْتُ خِلَافَكَ.

I (Majlisi) am saying, ‘It is reported by Al Bukhari in his (book) ‘Al Saheeh’, in the book ‘Al Maghazi’, after the chapter of the delegation of the clan of Tameem, and in interpretation of Surah Al Hujurat, and Al Tirmizi, and Al Nasaie, both in their (books) ‘Saheeh’, and it is referred to in the book ‘Jamie Al Usool, in the book ‘Tafseer Al Quran’ of the letter ‘Ta’, from Abdullah Bin Al Zubeyr who said,

‘Riders from the clan of Tameem arrived to the Prophetsaww. Abu Bakr said, ‘Make Al Qa’qa’ Bin Ma’bad Bin Zurara the commander’, and Umar said, ‘Make Al-Aqra’a Bin Habis the commander’. Abu Bakr said, ‘You do not intend except to oppose me’, and Umar said, ‘I do not intend to oppose you’.

قَالَ‏: فَتَمَارَيَا حَتَّى ارْتَفَعَتْ أَصْوَاتُهُمَا، فَنَزَلَتْ‏ فِي ذَلِكَ: يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لا تُقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيِ اللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ .. حَتَّى انْقَضَتْ‏.

He (the narrator) said, ‘They quarrelled until their voices were raised. It was Revealed regarding that, O you those who believe! Do not precede in front of Allah and His Rasool, [49:1] – until it terminated’’. (Non-Shia source)

قَالَ فِي جَامِعِ الْأُصُولِ‏: وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ: كَادَ الْخَيِّرَانِ‏ يهلكا أَنْ يَهْلِكَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَ عُمَرُ، لَمَّا قَدِمَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] وَفْدُ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ أَشَارَ أَحَدُهُمَا بِالْأَقْرَعِ بْنِ حَابِسٍ الْحَنْظَلِيِّ وَ أَشَارَ الْآخَرُ بِغَيْرِهِ .. ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ وَ نُزُولَ الْآيَةِ،

And he said in (the book) ‘Jamie Al-Usool’, and in a report, Ibn Abi Muleyka said, ‘Two good (Ahadeeth) were almost destroy by Abu Bakr and Umar. When there arrived to the Prophetsaww, one of them indicated for Al-Aqra’a Bin Habis Al-Hanzali, and the other one indicated to someone else’ – then mentioned approximate to it, and Revelation of the Verse.

ثُمَّ قَالَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ: فَكَانَ عُمَرُ بَعْدُ إِذَا حَدَّثَ بِحَدِيثٍ كَأَخِي‏ السِّرَارِ لَمْ يُسْمِعْهُ حَتَّى يَسْتَفْهِمَهُ‏، وَ لَمْ يَذْكُرْ ذَلِكَ عَنْ‏ أَبِيهِ‏.

Then Ibn Al-Zubeyr said, ‘It so happened that afterwards, when Umar narrated the Hadeeth like the happy brother, not naming him until he understood it, and he did not mention that from his father’’. (Non-Shia source)

وَ أَخْرَجَ التِّرْمِذِيُ‏ قَالَ: إِنَّ الْأَقْرَعَ بْنَ حَابِسٍ قَدِمَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]، فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! اسْتَعْمِلْهُ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ .. فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: لَا تَسْتَعْمِلْهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ،

And Al-Tirmizi extracted it saying, ‘Al-Aqra’a Bin Habis arrived to Rasool-Allahsaww, so Abu Bakr said, ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! Utilise him to be (in charge) over his people’. Umar said, ‘Do not utilise him, O Rasool-Allahazwj’.

فَتَكَلَّمَا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] حَتَّى عَلَتْ‏ أَصْوَاتُهُمَا، فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ لِعُمَرَ: مَا أَرَدْتَ إِلَّا خِلَافِي. فَقَالَ: مَا أَرَدْتُ خِلَافَكَ.

They both spoke in the presence of the Prophetsaww until their voices were raised. Abu Bakr said to Umar, ‘You do not want except to oppose me’. He said, ‘I do not want to oppose you’.

قَالَ: فَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ: يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لا تَرْفَعُوا أَصْواتَكُمْ فَوْقَ صَوْتِ النَّبِيِ‏.. قَالَ: فَكَانَ عُمَرُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ إِذَا تَكَلَّمَ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ لَمْ يُسْمِعْ كَلَامَهُ حَتَّى يَسْتَفْهِمَهُ، وَ مَا ذَكَرَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ جَدَّهُ- يَعْنِي أَبَا بَكْرٍ-.

He (the narrator) said, ‘This Verse was Revealed: O you those who believe! Do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet, [49:2]. After that, whenever Umar spoke in the presence of the Prophetsaww, his speech was not heard until he made it to be understood, and Ibn Al Zubeyr did not mention his grandfather, meaning Abu Bakr’’. (Non-Shia source)

150- كِتَابُ نَفَحَاتِ اللَّاهُوتِ: نَقْلًا مِنْ كِتَابِ الْمَثَالِبِ لِابْنِ شَهْرَآشُوبَ‏، أَنَّ الصَّادِقَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ سُئِلَ [عَنْهُمَا]، فَقَالَ: كَانَا إِمَامَيْنِ قَاسِطَيْنِ عَادِلَيْنِ، كَانَا عَلَى الْحَقِّ وَ مَاتَا عَلَيْهِ، فَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ،

The book Nafahat Al Lahout’ – Copied from the book ‘Al Masalib’ of Ibn Shahr Ashub –

‘Al-Sadiqasws was asked about the two (Abu Bakr and Umar). Heasws said: ‘They were two equitable, just imams (leaders) who were upon the truth, and they both died upon it. Allahazwj would be Merciful upon them on the Day of Qiyamah’.

فَلَمَّا خَلَا الْمَجْلِسُ، قَالَ لَهُ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِهِ‏: كَيْفَ قُلْتَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ؟!.

When the gathering was empty, one of hisasws companions said to himasws, ‘How did youasws say (that), O sonasws of Rasool-Allahsaww?!’

فَقَالَ: نَعَمْ، أَمَّا قَوْلِي: كَانَا إِمَامَيْنِ، فَهُوَ مَأْخُوذٌ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: وَ جَعَلْناهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَدْعُونَ إِلَى النَّارِ، وَ أَمَّا قَوْلِي قَاسِطَيْنِ، فَهُوَ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: وَ أَمَّا الْقاسِطُونَ فَكانُوا لِجَهَنَّمَ حَطَباً، وَ أَمَّا قَوْلِي عَادِلَيْنِ، فَهُوَ مَأْخُوذٌ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِرَبِّهِمْ يَعْدِلُونَ‏،

Heasws said: ‘Yes. As for myasws words ‘They were two imams’, so it is taken from Words of the Exalted: And We Made them Imams calling to the Fire, [28:41]; and as for myasws word, ‘equitable’, so it is from Words of the Exalted: And as for the deviated ones, so they would be fuel for Hell [72:15]; and as for myasws words, ‘just’, so it is from Words of the Exalted: then (how come) those who are committing Kufr are setting up equals with their Lord [6:1];

وَ أَمَّا قَوْلِي كَانَا عَلَى الْحَقِّ، فَالْحَقُّ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، وَ قَوْلِي: مَاتَا عَلَيْهِ، الْمُرَادُ أَنَّهُ‏ لَمْ يَتُوبَا عَنْ تَظَاهُرِهِمَا عَلَيْهِ، بَلْ مَاتَا عَلَى ظُلْمِهِمَا إِيَّاهُ،

And as for myasws words: ‘They were upon the truth’, so the truth is Aliasws’; and as for myasws words, ‘They both died upon it’, the intended by it is that they did not repent from their backing each other against himasws, but they died upon their oppressing himasws.

وَ أَمَّا قَوْلِي: فَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، فَالْمُرَادُ بِهِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ يُنْتَصَفُ لَهُ مِنْهُمَا، آخِذاً مِنْ قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: وَ ما أَرْسَلْناكَ إِلَّا رَحْمَةً لِلْعالَمِينَ‏.

As for myasws words, ‘Allahazwj would be Merciful to them on the Day of Qiyamah’, the intended with it is that Rasool-Allahsaww will take revenge for himasws from them both, being taken from Words of the Exalted: And We did not Send you except as a mercy to the worlds [21:107]’’.¹⁸⁹

151- حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ بْنِ مُوسَى التَّلَّعُكْبَرِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هَمَّامٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ الْفَزَارِيُّ الْكُوفِيُّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سِنَانٍ الصَّيْرَفِيُّ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْحُوَارِ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُسْكَانَ، عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ الْجُعْفِيِّ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ الْجُعْفِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، قَالَ:

It is narrated to us by Abu Al Husayn Muhammad Bin Haroun Bin Musa Al Tal’akbari who said, ‘It is narrated to us by my father who said, ‘It is narrated to us by Abu Ali Muhammad Bin Hammam who said, ‘It is narrated to us by Ja’far Bin Muhammad Bin Malik Al Fazari Al Kufi who said, ‘It is narrated to me by Abdul Rahman Bin Sinan Al Sayrafi, from Ja’far Bin Ali Al Huwar, from Al Hassan Bin Muskan, from Al Mufazzal Bin Umar Al Jufy, from Jabir Al Jufy, from Saeed Bin Al Musayyab who said,

لَمَّا قُتِلَ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمَا وَ وَرَدَ نَعْيُهُ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، وَ وَرَدَ الْأَخْبَارُ بِجَزِّ رَأْسِهِ وَ حَمْلِهِ إِلَى يَزِيدَ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ، وَ قَتْلِ ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ، وَ ثَلَاثٍ وَ خَمْسِينَ رَجُلًا مِنْ شِيعَتِهِ، وَ قَتْلِ عَلِيٍّ ابْنِهِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَ هُوَ طِفْلٌ بِنُشَّابَةٍ، وَ سَبْيِ ذَرَارِيِّهِ‏ أُقِيمَتِ الْمَآتِمُ عِنْدَ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فِي مَنْزِلِ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا، وَ فِي دُورِ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَ الْأَنْصَارِ،

‘When Al-Husaynasws Bin Aliasws was killed and news of hisasws death came to Al-Medina and the news came of hisasws head being cut off and carried to Yazeed Bin Muawiyala, and the killing of eighteen members of hisasws family, and thirty five men from hisasws Shias, and killing of Ali (Al-Asghar) hisasws sonasws in front of himasws, and heasws was a child, by an arrow, and imprisonment of hisasws offspring, the mourning was established with the wives of the Prophetsaww in the house of Umm Salamara, and in the houses of the Emigrants and the Helpers.

قَالَ: فَخَرَجَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ صَارِخاً مِنْ دَارِهِ لَاطِماً وَجْهَهُ شَاقّاً جَيْبَهُ يَقُولُ: يَا مَعْشَرَ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ وَ قُرَيْشٍ وَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَ الْأَنْصَارِ! يُسْتَحَلُّ هَذَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ (ص) فِي أَهْلِهِ وَ ذُرِّيَّتِهِ وَ أَنْتُمْ أَحْيَاءٌ تُرْزَقُونَ؟! لَا قَرَارَ دُونَ يَزِيدَ، وَ خَرَجَ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ تَحْتَ لَيْلِهِ، لَا يَرِدُ مَدِينَةً إِلَّا صَرَخَ فِيهَا وَ اسْتَنْفَرَ أَهْلَهَا عَلَى يَزِيدَ، وَ أَخْبَارُهُ يُكْتَبُ بِهَا إِلَى يَزِيدَ،

He (the narrator) said, ‘Abdullah Bin Umar Bin Al-Khattab came out from his house shrieking slapping his face, tearing his pocket (shirt), saying, ‘O community of the Clan of Hashimas, and Quraysh, and Emigrants and the Helpers! Is it permissible from Rasool-Allahsaww regarding hissaww family and hissaww offspring while you are alive, sustaining?! There is no contentment besides Yazeedla!’ And he went out from Al-Medina under the (cover of) his night, not passing by any city except he shouted in it and mobilising its inhabitant against Yazeedla, and his news was written with to Yazeedla.

فَلَمْ يَمُرَّ بِمَلَإٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ إِلَّا لَعَنَهُ وَ سَمِعَ كَلَامَهُ، وَ قَالُوا هَذَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ ابْنُ‏ خَلِيفَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ (ص) وَ هُوَ يُنْكِرُ فِعْلَ يَزِيدَ بِأَهْلِ بَيْتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ يَسْتَنْفِرُ النَّاسَ عَلَى يَزِيدَ، وَ إِنَّ مَنْ لَمْ يُجِبْهُ‏ لَا دِينَ لَهُ وَ لَا إِسْلَامَ،

He did not pass by any assembly of people except they cursed himla and heard his speech, and they said, ‘This is Abdullah Bin Umar, a son of a caliph of Rasool-Allahsaww, and he is disliking a deed of Yazeedla with Peopleasws of the Household of Rasool-Allahsaww, and he is mobilising the people against Yazeedla, and that the one who does not answer him, there is neither any religion for him nor Islam’.

وَ اضْطَرَبَ الشَّامُ بِمَنْ فِيهِ، وَ وَرَدَ دِمَشْقَ وَ أَتَى بَابَ اللَّعِينِ يَزِيدَ فِي خَلْقٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ يَتْلُونَهُ، فَدَخَلَ آذِنُ‏ يَزِيدَ إِلَيْهِ فَأَخْبَرَهُ بِوُرُودِهِ‏ وَ يَدُهُ عَلَى أُمِّ رَأْسِهِ وَ النَّاسُ يُهْرَعُونَ إِلَيْهِ قُدَّامَهُ وَ وَرَاءَهُ،

Syrian, and the ones in it became restless, and he came to Damascus and came to the door of the accursed (Yazeedla) among a group of the people cursing himla. The gatekeeper of Yazeedla came to himla and informed himla of their arrival, and hisla hand was on top of hisla head, and the people were crowding to himla, in front of himla and behind himla.

فَقَالَ يَزِيدُ: فَوْرَةٌ مِنْ فَوْرَاتِ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ، وَ عَنْ قَلِيلٍ يُفِيقُ مِنْهَا، فَأَذِنَ لَهُ وَحْدَهُ فَدَخَلَ صَارِخاً يَقُولُ: لَا أَدْخُلُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ! وَ قَدْ فَعَلْتَ بِأَهْلِ بَيْتِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مَا لَوْ تَمَكَّنَتِ التُّرْكُ وَ الرُّومُ مَا اسْتَحَلُّوا مَا اسْتَحْلَلْتَ، وَ لَا فَعَلُوا مَا فَعَلْتَ، قُمْ عَنْ هَذَا الْبِسَاطِ حَتَّى يَخْتَارَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ مَنْ هُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ مِنْكَ،

Yazeed said, ‘An outburst from the outbursts of Abu Muhammad, and after a little while he will wake up from it’. Hela permitted him alone, and he entered shouting, saying, ‘I will not enter, O commander of the faithful, and you have done with Peopleasws of the Household of Muhammadsaww what, if the Turks and the Romans had overcome, they would not have permitted what youla have permitted, nor would they have done what youla have done. Arise from this carpet until the Muslims chose one who is more rightful with it than you are!’

فَرَحَّبَ بِهِ يَزِيدُ وَ تَطَاوَلَ لَهُ وَ ضَمَّهُ إِلَيْهِ وَ قَالَ لَهُ: يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ! اسْكُنْ مِنْ فَوْرَتِكَ، وَ اعْقِلْ، وَ انْظُرْ بِعَيْنِكَ وَ اسْمَعْ بِأُذُنِكَ، مَا تَقُولُ فِي أَبِيكَ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ أَ كَانَ هَادِياً مَهْدِيّاً خَلِيفَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ (ص) وَ نَاصِرَهُ وَ مُصَاهِرَهُ بِأُخْتِكَ حَفْصَةَ، وَ الَّذِي قَالَ: لَا يُعْبَدُ اللَّهُ سِرّاً؟!.

Yazeedla felt pity on him and extended to him and hugged to himla, and said to him, ‘O Abu Muhammad! Calm down from your outburst, and use your intellect, and look with your eyes, and hear with your ears what you are saying regarding your father Umar Bin Al-Khattab. Was he not a guide, a guided one, a caliph of Rasool-Allahsaww, and hissaww helpers, and hissaww in-law by your sister Hafsa, and the one who said, ‘Allahazwj will not be worshipped secretly’?!’

فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ: هُوَ كَمَا وَصَفْتَ، فَأَيَّ شَيْ‏ءٍ تَقُولُ فِيهِ؟. قَالَ: أَبُوكَ قَلَّدَ أَبِي أَمْرَ الشَّامِ أَمْ أَبِي قَلَّدَ أَبَاكَ خِلَافَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ (ص)؟. فَقَالَ: أَبِي قَلَّدَ أَبَاكَ الشَّامَ.

Abdullah said, ‘He was as you have described, for which thing are you saying regarding him?’ Hela said, ‘Your father collared my father the command of Syria or did my father collar your father with the caliphate of Rasool-Allahsaww?’ He said, ‘My father collared your father (the command of) Syria’.

قَالَ: يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ! أَ فَتَرْضَى بِهِ وَ بِعَهْدِهِ إِلَى أَبِي أَوْ مَا تَرْضَاهُ؟. قَالَ: بَلْ أَرْضَى. قَالَ: أَ فَتَرْضَى بِأَبِيكَ؟. قَالَ: نَعَمْ،

Hela said, ‘O Abu Muhammad! Are you pleased with him and his pact to my father, or you are not pleased with it?’ He said, ‘But I am pleased’. Hela said, ‘But I am pleased’, Hela said, ‘Are you pleased with your father?’ He said, ‘Yes’.

فَضَرَبَ يَزِيدُ بِيَدِهِ عَلَى يَدِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ وَ قَالَ لَهُ: قُمْ- يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ- حَتَّى تَقْرَأَ، فَقَامَ مَعَهُ حَتَّى وَرَدَ خِزَانَةً مِنْ خَزَائِنِهِ، فَدَخَلَهَا وَ دَعَا بِصُنْدُوقٍ فَفَتَحَهُ وَ اسْتَخْرَجَ مِنْهُ تَابُوتاً مُقَفَّلًا مَخْتُوماً فَاسْتَخْرَجَ مِنْهُ طُومَاراً لَطِيفاً فِي خِرْقَةِ حَرِيرٍ سَوْدَاءَ، فَأَخَذَ الطُّومَارَ بِيَدِهِ وَ نَشَرَهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ! هَذَا خَطُّ أَبِيكَ؟.

Yazeedla struck hisla hand upon the hand of Abdullah Bin Umar and said to him, ‘Arise, O Abu Muhammad, until you read’. He stood up with himla until hela came to a vault from hisla vaults. Hela entered it and called for a suitcase and opened it, and extracted from it a locked box, sealed, and took out from it a thin scroll in a black silken cloth. Hela took the scroll in his hand and spread it out, then said, ‘O Abu Muhammad! Is this the handwriting of your father?’

قَالَ: إِي وَ اللَّهِ .. فَأَخَذَهُ مِنْ يَدِهِ فَقَبَّلَهُ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: اقْرَأْ، فَقَرَأَهُ ابْنُ عُمَرَ، فَإِذَا فِيهِ: بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ‏ إِنَّ الَّذِي أَكْرَهَنَا بِالسَّيْفِ عَلَى الْإِقْرَارِ بِهِ فَأَقْرَرْنَا، وَ الصُّدُورُ وَغْرَةٌ، وَ الْأَنْفُسُ وَاجِفَةٌ، وَ النِّيَّاتُ وَ الْبَصَائِرُ شَائِكَةٌ مِمَّا كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ‏ جَحْدِنَا مَا دَعَانَا إِلَيْهِ

He said, ‘Yes, by Allahazwj!’ And he took it from hisla hand and kissed it. Hela said to him, ‘Read’. Ibn Umar read it, and there was in it: In the Name of Allahazwj the Beneficent, the Merciful, the Oneazwj Who Compelled us with the sword upon the acceptance with Himazwj, so we accepted, and the chests were raging, and the souls were palpitating, and the intentions and the sights were complaining from what was upon it, from our rejection of what hesaww had called to.

وَ أَطَعْنَاهُ فِيهِ رَفْعاً لِسُيُوفِهِ عَنَّا، وَ تَكَاثُرِهِ بِالْحَيِّ عَلَيْنَا مِنَ الْيَمَنِ، وَ تَعَاضُدِ مَنْ سَمِعَ بِهِ مِمَّنْ تَرَكَ دِينَهُ وَ مَا كَانَ عَلَيْهِ آبَاؤُهُ فِي قُرَيْشٍ، فَبِهُبَلَ أُقْسِمُ وَ الْأَصْنَامِ وَ الْأَوْثَانِ وَ اللَّاتِ وَ الْعُزَّى مَا جَحَدَهَا عُمَرُ مُذْ عَبَدَهَا!

And we obeyed himsaww in it, for hissaww swords to be raised from us, and its proliferation with the tribes upon us from Al-Yemen, and collaborated with the ones who heard it, from the one who left his religion and what his fathers among the Quraysh had been upon. So, I hereby swear by Hobal, and the idols and the images, and Al-Laat, and Al-Uzza, whom we had not rejected the whole life since we have worshipped them!

وَ لَا عَبَدَ لِلْكَعْبَةِ رَبّاً! وَ لَا صَدَّقَ لِمُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَوْلًا، وَ لَا أَلْقَى السَّلَامَ إِلَّا لِلْحِيلَةِ عَلَيْهِ وَ إِيقَاعِ الْبَطْشِ بِهِ، فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ أَتَانَا بِسِحْرٍ عَظِيمٍ، وَ زَادَ فِي سِحْرِهِ عَلَى سِحْرِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ مَعَ مُوسَى وَ هَارُونَ وَ دَاوُدَ وَ سُلَيْمَانَ وَ ابْنِ أُمِّهِ عِيسَى،

And I did not worship to Lordazwj of the Kabah, nor ratified to Muhammadsaww of hissaww words, nor did I cast the greetings except for the means to him, and for survival of the grip with himsaww, for hesaww had come to us with great sorcery, and there was an increase in hissaww sorcery over the sorcery of the children with Musaas and Harounas, and Dawoodas, and Suleymanas and sonas of hisas motheras Isaas.

وَ لَقَدْ أَتَانَا بِكُلِّ مَا أَتَوْا بِهِ مِنَ السِّحْرِ وَ زَادَ عَلَيْهِمْ مَا لَوْ أَنَّهُمْ شَهِدُوهُ لَأَقَرُّوا لَهُ بِأَنَّهُ سَيِّدُ السَّحَرَةِ، فَخُذْ يَا ابْنَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ- سُنَّةَ قَوْمِكَ وَ اتِّبَاعَ مِلَّتِكَ وَ الْوَفَاءَ بِمَا كَانَ عَلَيْهِ سَلَفُكَ مِنْ جَحْدِ هَذِهِ الْبَنِيَّةِ الَّتِي يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ لَهَا رَبّاً أَمَرَهُمْ بِإِتْيَانِهَا وَ السَّعْيِ حَوْلَهَا وَ جَعَلَهَا لَهُمْ قِبْلَةً

And hesaww had come to us with all what can be come with from the sorcery, and increased upon them what, if they were to witness it, they would be acknowledging to himsaww, that hesaww is the chief of sorcerers. So, take, O sonla of Abu Sufyan, the ways of your people and follow your religion and the loyalty with what your ancestors have been upon, from the rejection to this building (Kabah) which they are saying, there is a Lordazwj for it Commanded them to come to it, and the sprinting around it, and Heazwj Made it to be a Qiblah (direction) for them.

فَأَقَرُّوا بِالصَّلَاةِ وَ الْحَجِّ الَّذِي جَعَلُوهُ رُكْناً، وَ زَعَمُوا أَنَّهُ لِلَّهِ اخْتَلَقُوا، فَكَانَ مِمَّنْ أَعَانَ مُحَمَّداً مِنْهُمْ هَذَا الْفَارِسِيُّ الطمطاني [الطُّمْطُمَانِيُ‏]: رُوزْبِهُ، وَ قَالُوا إِنَّهُ أُوحِيَ إِلَيْهِ: إِنَّ أَوَّلَ بَيْتٍ وُضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ لَلَّذِي بِبَكَّةَ مُبارَكاً وَ هُدىً لِلْعالَمِينَ‏،

They acknowledged with the Salat, and the Hajj which they have made it to be a cornerstone, and they are claiming that it is created for Allahazwj. It was from the ones who supported Muhammadsaww, from there it his Persian Al-Tamtany, hissaww hammer, and they said that Heazwj had Revealed to himsaww: Surely, the first House Placed for the people is the one at Bakka, Blessed, and a Guidance for the worlds [3:96].

وَ قَوْلُهُمْ: قَدْ نَرى‏ تَقَلُّبَ وَجْهِكَ فِي السَّماءِ فَلَنُوَلِّيَنَّكَ قِبْلَةً تَرْضاها فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرامِ وَ حَيْثُ ما كُنْتُمْ فَوَلُّوا وُجُوهَكُمْ شَطْرَهُ‏، وَ جَعَلُوا صَلَاتَهُمْ لِلْحِجَارَةِ،

And their words, We have Seen the turning of your face towards the sky, so We will be Turning you towards a Qiblah you will be pleased with; So turn then your face towards the Sacred Masjid; and wherever you are, turn your face towards it. [2:144], and they made their Salat to the stones.

فَمَا الَّذِي أَنْكَرَهُ عَلَيْنَا لَوْ لَا سِحْرُهُ مِنْ عِبَادَتِنَا لِلْأَصْنَامِ وَ الْأَوْثَانِ وَ اللَّاتِ وَ الْعُزَّى وَ هِيَ مِنَ الْحِجَارَةِ وَ الْخَشَبِ وَ النُّحَاسِ وَ الْفِضَّةِ وَ الذَّهَبِ، لَا- وَ اللَّاتِ وَ الْعُزَّى مَا وَجَدْنَا سَبَباً لِلْخُرُوجِ عَمَّا عِنْدَنَا وَ إِنْ سَحَرُوا وَ مَوَّهُوا،

So, what is that which hesaww had denied upon us, if it was not hissaww sorcery from our worshipping to the idols, and the images, and Al-Laat, and Al-Uzza, and these are from the stones, and the wood, and the brass, and the silver and the gold. No, by Al-Laat and Al-Uzza! We could not find our way to the exit from what was with us, and they had been bewitched and camouflaged.

فَانْظُرْ بِعَيْنٍ مُبْصِرَةٍ، وَ اسْمَعْ بِأُذُنٍ وَاعِيَةٍ، وَ تَأَمَّلْ بِقَلْبِكَ وَ عَقْلِكَ مَا هُمْ فِيهِ، وَ اشْكُرِ اللَّاتَ وَ الْعُزَّى وَ اسْتِخْلَافَ السَّيِّدِ الرَّشِيدِ عَتِيقِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعُزَّى عَلَى أُمَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ تَحَكُّمَهُ فِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ وَ دِمَائِهِمْ وَ شَرِيعَتِهِمْ وَ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَ حَلَالِهِمْ وَ حَرَامِهِمْ، وَ جِبَايَاتِ الْحُقُوقِ الَّتِي زَعَمُوا أَنَّهُمْ‏ يَجْبُونَهَا لِرَبِّهِمْ لِيُقِيمُوا بِهَا أَنْصَارَهُمْ وَ أَعْوَانَهُمْ،

Therefore, look with the eye of insight, and hear with the retaining ears, and hope with your heart and your mind what they are in, and thank Al-Laat and Al-Uzza, and the caliphate of the chief of guidance, Ateeq (Abu Bakr) Bin Abdul Uzza upon the community of Muhammadsaww, and his ruling regarding their wealth, and their blood, and their laws, and their selves, and their Permissible, and their Prohibition, and the taxes of the rights which they claim are Obligated to their Lordazwj in order to establish their helpers and their supporters with it.

فَعَاشَ شَدِيداً رَشِيداً يَخْضَعُ جَهْراً وَ يَشْتَدُّ سِرّاً، وَ لَا يَجِدُ حِيلَةً غَيْرَ مُعَاشَرَةِ الْقَوْمِ، وَ لَقَدْ وَثَبْتُ وَثْبَةً عَلَى شِهَابِ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ الثَّاقِبِ، وَ قَرْنِهَا الزَّاهِرِ، وَ عَلَمِهَا النَّاصِرِ، وَ عِدَّتِهَا وَ عُدَدِهَا الْمُسَمَّى بِحَيْدَرَةَ الْمُصَاهِرِ لِمُحَمَّدٍ عَلَى الْمَرْأَةِ الَّتِي جَعَلُوهَا سَيِّدَةَ نِسَاءِ الْعَالَمِينَ يُسَمُّونَهَا: فَاطِمَةَ،

He (who) lived an intensely rational life, humble openly and severe secretly, and he could not find any means apart from the community of people, and he had leapt a leap upon the shining stars of the Clan of Hashimas, and its apparent generations, and its helping flag, and its number, and its number named as Hyderasws, the in-law to Muhammadsaww upon the womanasws which hesaww made herasws to the be chieftess of the women of the worlds, calling herasws (Syeda) Fatimaasws.

حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ دَارَ عَلِيٍّ وَ فَاطِمَةَ وَ ابْنَيْهِمَا الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ وَ ابْنَتَيْهِمَا زَيْنَبَ وَ أُمِّ كُلْثُومٍ، وَ الْأَمَةِ الْمَدْعُوَّةِ بِفِضَّةَ، وَ مَعِي خَالِدُ بْنُ وَلِيدٍ وَ قُنْفُذٌ مَوْلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَ مَنْ صَحِبَ مِنْ خَواصِّنَا،

Until I came to the house of Aliasws and (Syeda) Fatimaasws, and theirasws two sonasws Al-Hassanasws and Al-Husaynasws, and theirasws two daughtersasws Zainabasws and Umm Kulsoomasws, and the maid called Fizzara, and with me were Khalid Bin Al-Waleed, and Qunfuz a slave of Abu Bakr, and the ones accompanied from our special ones.

فَقَرَعْتُ الْبَابَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَرْعاً شَدِيداً، فَأَجَابَتْنِي الْأَمَةُ، فَقُلْتُ لَهَا: قُولِي لِعَلِيٍّ: دَعِ الْأَبَاطِيلَ وَ لَا تَلِجْ نَفْسَكَ إِلَى طَمَعِ الْخِلَافَةِ، فَلَيْسَ الْأَمْرُ لَكَ، الْأَمْرُ لِمَنِ اخْتَارَهُ الْمُسْلِمُونَ وَ اجْتَمَعُوا عَلَيْهِ، وَ رَبِّ اللَّاتِ وَ الْعُزَّى لَوْ كَانَ الْأَمْرُ وَ الرَّأْيُ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ لَفَشِلَ عَنِ الْوُصُولِ إِلَى مَا وَصَلَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ خِلَافَةِ ابْنِ أَبِي كَبْشَةَ، لَكِنِّي أَبْدَيْتُ لَهَا صَفْحَتِي، وَ أَظْهَرْتُ لَهَا بَصَرِي،

I knocked the door onto themasws with a severe knocking, and the maid answered me. I said to herra, ‘Tell Aliasws, ‘Leave the falsities and do not incline yourselfasws to cover the caliphate for the command isn’t for youasws. The command is for the one whom the Muslims choose and they unite upon. By the Lordazwj of Al-Laat and Al-Uzza, and the opinion is for Abu Bakr to fail from reaching to what the caliphate of Ibn Abu Kabasha had reached to. But I am beginning my page to it and my sight has appeared to it’.

وَ قُلْتُ لِلْحَيَّيْنِ- نِزَارٍ وَ قَحْطَانَ- بَعْدَ أَنْ قُلْتُ لَهُمْ لَيْسَ الْخِلَافَةُ إِلَّا فِي قُرَيْشٍ، فَأَطِيعُوهُمْ مَا أَطَاعُوا اللَّهَ، وَ إِنَّمَا قُلْتُ ذَلِكَ لِمَا سَبَقَ مِنِ ابْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ مِنْ وُثُوبِهِ وَ اسْتِيثَارِهِ بِالدِّمَاءِ الَّتِي سَفَكَهَا فِي غَزَوَاتِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ قَضَاءِ دُيُونِهِ، وَ هِيَ- ثَمَانُونَ أَلْفَ دِرْهَمٍ- وَ إِنْجَازِ عِدَاتِهِ، وَ جَمْعِ الْقُرْآنِ، فَقَضَاهَا عَلَى تَلِيدِهِ وَ طَارِفِهِ‏،

And I said to the two living ones – Nizar and Qahtan – after I had said to them, ‘The caliphate isn’t to be except among Quraysh, so obey them for as long as they obey Allahazwj’, and rather I said that due to what had preceded from the sonasws of Abu Talibasws from hisasws pouncing and hisasws provocation with the blood which heasws had spilt during the military expeditions of Muhammadsaww and fulfilling hissaww debts – and these were eighty thousand Dirhams, and fulfilling hissaww promises, and collecting the Quran, and heasws fulfilled these upon hisasws earnings and hisasws obtainment.

وَ قَوْلِ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَ الْأَنْصَارِ- لَمَّا قُلْتُ إِنَّ الْإِمَامَةَ فِي قُرَيْشٍ قَالُوا: هُوَ الْأَصْلَعُ الْبَطِينُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ الَّذِي أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (ص) الْبَيْعَةَ لَهُ عَلَى أَهْلِ مِلَّتِهِ، وَ سَلَّمْنَا لَهُ بِإِمْرَةِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي أَرْبَعَةِ مَوَاطِنَ،

And the words of the Emigrants and the Helpers, when I said that the Imamate is to be among Quraysh, they said, ‘Heasws is the short-haired, the one full of knowledge, Amir Al-Momineen Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws. Rasool-Allahsaww had taken the allegiance for himasws upon the people hissaww nation, and we had greeted to himasws as ‘Amir Al-Momineen’ in four places.

فَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ نَسِيتُمُوهَا- مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ- فَمَا نَسِينَاهَا وَ لَيْسَتِ الْبَيْعَةُ وَ لَا الْإِمَامَةُ وَ الْخِلَافَةُ وَ الْوَصِيَّةُ إِلَّا حَقّاً مَفْرُوضاً، وَ أَمْراً صَحِيحاً، لَا تَبَرُّعاً وَ لَا ادِّعَاءً فَكَذَّبْنَاهُمْ، وَ أَقَمْتُ أَرْبَعِينَ رَجُلًا شَهِدُوا عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ أَنَّ الْإِمَامَةَ بِالاخْتِيَارِ.

So, if you were to be naming with it – community of Quraysh – so do not forget it, and neither is the allegiance, nor the Imamate and the caliphate and the successor-ship, except an Obligated right, and a correct matter. Do not pretend nor claim it, for we shall belied themasws, and establish forty men as witnesses upon Muhammadsaww that the Imamate is supposed to be with the choice (of the people).

فَعِنْدَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ الْأَنْصَارُ: نَحْنُ أَحَقُّ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، لِأَنَّا آوَيْنَا وَ نَصَرْنَا وَ هَاجَرَ النَّاسُ إِلَيْنَا، فَإِذَا كَانَ دَفْعُ مَنْ كَانَ الْأَمْرُ لَهُ فَلَيْسَ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ لَكُمْ دُونَنَا، وَ قَالَ قَوْمٌ: مِنَّا أَمِيرٌ وَ مِنْكُمْ أَمِيرٌ.

During that, the Helpers said, ‘We are more rightful than Quraysh, because we assisted and helped and the people emigrated to us. So, when the one who has the command for him were to hand it over, then this command wouldn’t be for you besides us’. And the people said, ‘There should be a ruler from us and a ruler from you’.

قُلْنَا لَهُمْ: قَدْ شَهِدُوا أَرْبَعُونَ رَجُلًا أَنَّ الْأَئِمَّةَ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، فَقَبِلَ قَوْمٌ وَ أَنْكَرَ آخَرُونَ وَ تَنَازَعُوا، فَقُلْتُ- وَ الْجَمْعُ يَسْمَعُونَ-: أَلَا أَكْبَرُنَا سِنّاً وَ أَكْثَرُنَا لِيناً. قَالُوا: فَمَنْ تَقُولُ؟. قُلْتُ: أَبُو بَكْرٍ الَّذِي قَدَّمَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (ص) فِي الصَّلَاةِ، وَ جَلَسَ مَعَهُ فِي الْعَرِيشِ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ يُشَاوِرُهُ وَ يَأْخُذُ بِرَأْيِهِ، وَ كَانَ صَاحِبَهُ فِي الْغَارِ، وَ زَوْجَ ابْنَتِهِ عَائِشَةَ الَّتِي سَمَّاهَا: أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ،

We said to them, ‘Forty men have testified that the imams would be from Quraysh’. A group accepted, and others denied and disputed. I said, - and the gathering were listening, ‘Indeed, it should be the eldest in years, and most lenient of us’. They said, ‘Who are you talking about?’ I said, ‘Abu Bakr, the one whom Rasool-Allahsaww had advanced him regarding the Salat, and sat with himsaww among the shrubs on the day of (battle of) Badr to consult him, and take his opinion, and he was hissaww companion in the cave, and married his daughter Ayesha (to himsaww) who has been named as ‘Mother of the Momineen’.

فَأَقْبَلَ بَنُو هَاشِمٍ يَتَمَيَّزُونَ غَيْظاً، وَ عَاضَدَهُمُ الزُّبَيْرُ وَ سَيْفُهُ مَشْهُورٌ وَ قَالَ: لَا يُبَايَعُ إِلَّا عَلِيٌّ أَوْ لَا أَمْلِكُ رَقَبَةَ قَائِمَةِ سَيْفِي هَذَا، فَقُلْتُ: يَا زُبَيْرُ! صَرَخَتْكَ سَكَنٌ‏ مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ، أُمُّكَ صَفِيَّةُ بِنْتُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ،

The clan of Hashimas distinguishing rage and were supported by Al-Zubeyr and his famous sword, and he said, ‘Do not pledge allegiance except to Aliasws, or no neck will remain standing by this sword of mine’. I said, ‘O Zubeyr! Calm your shouting from the Clan of Hashimas, your mother is Safiyya daughter of Abdul Muttalibasws’.

فَقَالَ: ذَلِكَ- وَ اللَّهِ- الشَّرَفُ الْبَاذِخُ وَ الْفَخْرُ الْفَاخِرُ، يَا ابْنَ حَنْتَمَةَ وَ يَا ابْنَ صُهَاكَ! اسْكُتْ لَا أُمَّ لَكَ، فَقَالَ قَوْلًا فَوَثَبَ أَرْبَعُونَ رَجُلًا مِمَّنْ حَضَرَ سَقِيفَةَ بَنِي سَاعِدَةَ عَلَى الزُّبَيْرِ، فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا قَدَرْنَا عَلَى أَخْذِ سَيْفِهِ مِنْ يَدِهِ حَتَّى وَسَّدْنَاهُ الْأَرْضَ، وَ لَمْ نَرَ لَهُ عَلَيْنَا نَاصِراً،

He said, ‘By Allahazwj! That is the extravagant nobility and the pride of the proud, O Ibn Khantama, O ibn Suhak! Be quiet, may there be no mother for you!’ He (Abu Bakr) said a word, and forty men from the ones who were present at Saqeefa of the clan of Saeeda leapt upon Al-Zubeyr. By Allahazwj! We were not able upon taking his sword from his hand until we made him fall to the ground, and he could not see any helper for him against us.

فَوَثَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَصَافَحْتُهُ وَ عَاقَدْتُهُ الْبَيْعَةَ وَ تَلَانِي عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ وَ سَائِرُ مَنْ حَضَرَ غَيْرَ الزُّبَيْرِ، وَ قُلْنَا لَهُ: بَايِعْ أَوْ نَقْتُلَكَ، ثُمَّ كَفَفْتُ عَنْهُ النَّاسَ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ‏: أَمْهِلُوهُ، فَمَا غَضِبَ إِلَّا نَخْوَةً لِبَنِي هَاشِمٍ، وَ أَخَذْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ بِيَدِهِ‏ فَأَقَمْتُهُ- وَ هُوَ يَرْتَعِدُ- قَدِ اخْتَلَطَ عَقْلُهُ، فَأَزْعَجْتُهُ إِلَى مِنْبَرِ مُحَمَّدٍ إِزْعَاجاً،

I leapt towards Abu Bakr and shook his hand and made a pact of the allegiance, and Usman Bin Affan and the rest of the ones present followed me, apart from Al-Zubeyr, and we said to him, ‘Pledge allegiance or we will kill you!’ Then the people refrained from him. I said to him, ‘Respite him, for he is not angered except for the chivalry for the Clan of Hashimas’. And I grabbed the hand of Abu Bakr and made him stand – and he was trembling, and his mind was mixed-up, and I dragged him to the pulpit of Muhammadsaww with a dragging.

فَقَالَ لِي: يَا أَبَا حَفْصٍ! أَخَافُ وَثْبَةَ عَلِيٍّ. فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: إِنَّ عَلِيّاً عَنْكَ مَشْغُولٌ، وَ أَعَانَنِي عَلَى ذَلِكَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ كَانَ يَمُدُّهُ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى الْمِنْبَرِ وَ أَنَا أُزْعِجُهُ مِنْ وَرَائِهِ كَالتَّيْسِ‏ إِلَى شِفَارِ الْجَاذِرِ، مُتَهَوِّناً،

He said to me, ‘O Abu Hafs! I fear the reaction of Aliasws’. I said to him, ‘Aliasws is too pre-occupied from you’, and Abu Ubeyda Bin Al-Jarrah assisted me upon that. He extended his hand towards the pulpit, and I was pushing him from behind him like pushing of the log, slowly.

فَقَامَ عَلَيْهِ‏ مَدْهُوشاً، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: اخْطُبْ! فَأُغْلِقَ عَلَيْهِ وَ تَثَبَّتَ فَدَهِشَ، وَ تَلَجْلَجَ وَ غَمَّضَ، فَعَضَضْتُ عَلَى كَفِّي غَيْظاً، وَ قُلْتُ لَهُ‏: قُلْ مَا سَنَحَ لَكَ، فَلَمْ يَأْتِ خَيْراً وَ لَا مَعْرُوفاً، فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ‏ أُحِطَّهُ عَنِ الْمِنْبَرِ وَ أَقُومَ مَقَامَهُ، فَكَرِهْتُ تَكْذِيبَ النَّاسِ لِي بِمَا قُلْتُ فِيهِ،

He stood upon him, and there was frenzy, so I said to him, ‘The address!’ He held firmly upon it and was surprised, and looked down and closed his eyes. I licked my anger upon my palm and said to him, ‘Say whatever come to your mind’. But he could not come with anything good nor reasonable. I wanted to push him away from the pulpit and stand in his place, but I disliked belying of the people to me what I had already said regarding him.

وَ قَدْ سَأَلَنِي الْجُمْهُورُ مِنْهُمْ: كَيْفَ قُلْتَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ مَا قُلْتَ؟ مَا الَّذِي سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ (ص) فِي أَبِي بَكْرٍ؟ فَقُلْتُ: لَهُمْ: قَدْ قُلْتُ: سَمِعْتُ‏ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ عَلَى لِسَانِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ مَا لو وددت [لَوَدِدْتُ‏] أَنِّي شَعْرَةٌ فِي صَدْرِهِ وَ لِي حِكَايَةٌ، فَقُلْتُ: قُلْ وَ إِلَّا فَانْزِلْ،

And the generality of them had asked me, ‘How did you say from his merit what you said what was not heard from Rasool-Allahsaww regarding Abu Bakr?’ I said to them, ‘I say what I had heard of his merits upon the tongue of Rasool-Allahsaww what, if I would have loved to have a poem in his chest, there would be a story for me’. I said, ‘Speak, or else descend!’

فَتَبَيَّنَهَا وَ اللَّهِ فِي وَجْهِي وَ عَلِمَ أَنَّهُ لَوْ نَزَلَ لَرَقِيتُ، وَ قُلْتُ مَا لَا يَهْتَدِي إِلَى قَوْلِهِ، فَقَالَ بِصَوْتٍ ضَعِيفٍ عَلِيلٍ: وَلِيتُكُمْ وَ لَسْتُ بِخَيْرِكُمْ وَ عَلِيٌّ فِيكُمْ، وَ اعْلَمُوا أَنَّ لِي شَيْطَاناً يَعْتَرِينِي- وَ مَا أَرَادَ بِهِ سِوَايَ- فَإِذَا زَلَلْتُ فَقَوِّمُونِي لَا أَقَعْ فِي شُعُورِكُمْ وَ أَبْشَارِكُمْ، وَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ لِي وَ لَكُمْ، وَ نَزَلَ

By Allahazwj! It has appeared in my face and he knew, if he were to descend, I would be promoted, and I said what did not guide to his words. He said with a weak voice, painfully, ‘I am your ruler and I am not the best of you, and Aliasws is among you, and know that there is a satanla for me, tiring me – and hela does not intend by it apart from me, so when I slip, straighten me so I do not fall in your awareness and your feelings, and seek Forgiveness for me and for you all’. And he descended.

فَأَخَذْتُ بِيَدِهِ- وَ أَعْيَنُ النَّاسِ تَرْمُقُهُ- وَ غَمَزْتُ يَدَهُ غَمْزاً، ثُمَّ أَجْلَسْتُهُ وَ قَدَّمْتُ النَّاسَ إِلَى بَيْعَتِهِ وَ صُحْبَتِهِ لِأُرْهِبَهُ، وَ كُلَّ مَنْ يُنْكِرُ بَيْعَتَهُ وَ يَقُولُ: مَا فَعَلَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ؟

I held his hand – and the people had witnesses his weakness – and I pressed his hand with a pressing, then made him to be seated, and the people advanced to his allegiance and his accompaniment to his fear, and every one disliked pledging allegiance to him and they were saying, ‘What happened to Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws?’

فَأَقُولُ: خَلَعَهَا مِنْ عُنُقِهِ وَ جَعَلَهَا طَاعَةَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ قِلَّةَ خِلَافٍ عَلَيْهِمْ فِي اخْتِيَارِهِمْ، فَصَارَ جَلِيسَ بَيْتِهِ، فَبَايَعُوا وَ هُمْ كَارِهُونَ، فَلَمَّا فَشَتْ بَيْعَتُهُ عَلِمْنَا أَنَّ عَلِيّاً يَحْمِلُ فَاطِمَةَ وَ الْحَسَنَ وَ الْحُسَيْنَ إِلَى دُورِ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَ الْأَنْصَارِ يُذَكِّرُهُمْ‏ بَيْعَتَهُ عَلَيْنَا فِي أَرْبَعَةِ مَوَاطِنَ، وَ يَسْتَنْفِرُهُمْ فَيَعِدُونَهُ النُّصْرَةَ لَيْلًا وَ يَقْعُدُونَ عَنْهُ نَهَاراً،

I said, ‘It (ruler-ship) is freed from hisasws neck and made to be obedience of the Muslims due to the scarcity of the opposition upon them in their choice’. The gatherers came to his (Abu Bakr) house to pledge their allegiance and they were unwilling. When his allegiance spread, we knew that Aliasws had carried (Syeda) Fatimaasws (on a mule), and Al-Hassanasws and Al-Husaynasws to the houses of the Emigrants and the Helpers, reminding them of hisasws allegiance upon us in four places, and enraged them. They promised himasws the help at night but sat back from himasws at daytime.

فَأَتَيْتُ دَارَهُ مُسْتَيْشِراً لِإِخْرَاجِهِ مِنْهَا، فَقَالَتِ الْأَمَةُ فِضَّةُ- وَ قَدْ قُلْتُ لَهَا قُولِي لِعَلِيٍّ: يَخْرُجْ إِلَى بَيْعَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَقَدِ اجْتَمَعَ عَلَيْهِ الْمُسْلِمُونَ فَقَالَتْ- إِنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (ع) مَشْغُولٌ، فَقُلْتُ: خَلِّي عَنْكِ هَذَا وَ قُولِي لَهُ يَخْرُجْ وَ إِلَّا دَخَلْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَ أَخْرَجْنَاهُ كَرْهاً،

I went to hisasws house advising of hisasws coming out from it. The maid Fizzara said (answered), and I had said my words to her for Aliasws, ‘Come out to pledge allegiance to Abu Bakr for the Muslims have united upon him’. Shera said, ‘Amir Al-Momineenasws is busy’. I said, ‘Leave this from youra and say to himasws, ‘Come out of we will enter upon himasws and expel himasws unwillingly’.

فَخَرَجَتْ فَاطِمَةُ فَوَقَفَتْ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْبَابِ، فَقَالَتْ: أَيُّهَا الضَّالُّونَ الْمُكَذِّبُونَ! مَا ذَا تَقُولُونَ؟ وَ أَيَّ شَيْ‏ءٍ تُرِيدُونَ؟. فَقُلْتُ: يَا فَاطِمَةُ!. فَقَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ: مَا تَشَاءُ يَا عُمَرُ؟!. فَقُلْتُ: مَا بَالُ ابْنِ عَمِّكِ قَدْ أَوْرَدَكِ لِلْجَوَابِ وَ جَلَسَ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْحِجَابِ؟.

(Syeda) Fatimaasws came out and passed behind the door. Sheasws said: ‘O you strayers, the beliers! What is that you are saying? And which thing are you intending?’ I said, ‘O Fatimaasws!’ Sheasws said: ‘What is that you desire, O Umar?!’ I said, ‘What is the matter with the sonasws of yourasws uncleas, and heasws has sent youasws for the answering and heasws is sitting back from behind the veil?’

فَقَالَتْ لِي: طُغْيَانُكَ- يَا شَقِيُّ- أَخْرَجَنِي وَ أَلْزَمَكَ الْحُجَّةَ، وَ كُلَّ ضَالٍّ غَوِيٍّ. فَقُلْتُ: دَعِي عَنْكِ الْأَبَاطِيلَ وَ أَسَاطِيرَ النِّسَاءِ وَ قُولِي لِعَلِيٍّ يَخْرُجْ. فَقَالَتْ: لَا حُبَّ وَ لَا كَرَامَةَ أَ بِحِزْبِ الشَّيْطَانِ تُخَوِّفُنِي يَا عُمَرُ؟! وَ كَانَ حِزْبُ الشَّيْطَانِ ضَعِيفاً.

Sheasws said to me: ‘Your tyranny, O wretched! Inform measws, and Iasws necessitate you the proof, and every straying one will collapse’. I said, ‘Leave the falsities from youasws and stories of the womenfolk, and tell Aliasws to come out!’ Sheasws said: ‘There is neither love nor prestige, are you scaring measws with the party of Satanla, O Umar?! And the party of Satan would always be weak’.

فَقُلْتُ: إِنْ لَمْ يَخْرُجْ جِئْتُ بِالْحَطَبِ الْجَزْلِ وَ أَضْرَمْتُهَا نَاراً عَلَى أَهْلِ هَذَا الْبَيْتِ وَ أُحْرِقُ مَنْ فِيهِ، أَوْ يُقَادَ عَلِيٌّ إِلَى الْبَيْعَةِ، وَ أَخَذْتُ سَوْطَ قُنْفُذٍ فَضَرَبْتُ‏ وَ قُلْتُ لِخَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ: أَنْتَ وَ رِجَالُنَا هَلُمُّوا فِي جَمْعِ الْحَطَبِ، فَقُلْتُ: إِنِّي مُضْرِمُهَا.

I said, ‘If heasws does not come out, I will come with ample firewood and ignite fire upon the inhabitants of this house, and burn down the ones in it, or Aliasws is led to the allegiance’; and I grabbed the whip of Qunfuz and struck it, and said to Khalid Bin Al-Waleed, ‘You and your men, go and collect the firewood’. I said, ‘I will be from its igniters’.

فَقَالَتْ: يَا عَدُوَّ اللَّهِ وَ عَدُوَّ رَسُولِهِ وَ عَدُوَّ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، فَضَرَبَتْ فَاطِمَةُ يَدَيْهَا مِنَ الْبَابِ تَمْنَعُنِي مِنْ فَتْحِهِ فَرُمْتُهُ فَتَصَعَّبَ عَلَيَّ فَضَرَبْتُ كَفَّيْهَا بِالسَّوْطِ فَأَلَّمَهَا، فَسَمِعْتُ لَهَا زَفِيراً وَ بُكَاءً، فَكِدْتُ أَنْ أَلِينَ وَ أَنْقَلِبَ عَنِ الْبَابِ

Sheasws said, ‘O enemy of Allahazwj and enemy of Hisazwj Rasoolsaww and enemy of Amir Al-Momineenasws!’ (Syeda) Fatimaasws struck herasws hand from the door to prevent me from opening it, and I (tried to) push it, but it was difficult upon me, so I hit herasws palm with the whip and pained herasws. I heard the exhalation for herasws and crying. I almost softened and turned away from the door.

فَذَكَرْتُ أَحْقَادَ عَلِيٍّ وَ وُلُوعَهُ فِي دِمَاءِ صَنَادِيدِ الْعَرَبِ، وَ كَيْدَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ سِحْرَهُ، فَرَكَلْتُ‏ الْبَابَ وَ قَدْ أَلْصَقَتْ أَحْشَاءَهَا بِالْبَابِ تَتْرُسُهُ، وَ سَمِعْتُهَا وَ قَدْ صَرَخَتْ صَرْخَةً حَسِبْتُهَا قَدْ جَعَلَتْ أَعْلَى الْمَدِينَةِ أَسْفَلَهَا، وَ قَالَتْ: يَا أَبَتَاهْ! يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! هَكَذَا كَانَ يُفْعَلُ بِحَبِيبَتِكَ وَ ابْنَتِكَ، آهِ يَا فِضَّةُ! إِلَيْكِ فَخُذِينِي فَقَدْ وَ اللَّهِ قُتِلَ مَا فِي أَحْشَائِي مِنْ حَمْلٍ،

Then I recalled the grudges of Aliasws and hisasws crushing the mighty ones of Arabs, and plots of Muhammadsaww and hissaww sorcery, so I kicked the door, and its inner parts had stuck with the door, shielding it, and I heard herasws and sheasws wailed such a cry, I reckon it had made the upper part of Al-Medina to be its lower, and sheasws said: ‘O fathersaww! O Rasool-Allahsaww! This is how he has dealt with yoursaww beloved and yoursaww daughter! Aah, O Fizza! Take me to you, for by Allahazwj, heasws has been killed, what is in myasws lap (the baby)!’

وَ سَمِعْتُهَا تَمْخَضُ‏ وَ هِيَ مُسْتَنِدَةٌ إِلَى الْجِدَارِ، فَدَفَعْتُ الْبَابَ وَ دَخَلْتُ فَأَقْبَلَتْ إِلَيَّ بِوَجْهٍ أَغْشَى بَصَرِي، فَصَفَقْتُ صَفْقَةً عَلَى خَدَّيْهَا مِنْ ظَاهِرِ الْخِمَارِ فَانْقَطَعَ قُرْطُهَا وَ تَنَاثَرَتْ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ، وَ خَرَجَ عَلِيٌّ، فَلَمَّا أَحْسَسْتُ بِهِ أَسْرَعْتُ إِلَى خَارِجِ الدَّارِ وَ قُلْتُ لِخَالِدٍ وَ قُنْفُذٍ وَ مَنْ مَعَهُمَا: نَجَوْتُ مِنْ أَمْرٍ عَظِيمٍ.

And I heard herasws being in pain and sheasws was finding support to the wall. I pushed the door and entered, and sheasws faced towards me with a face which overwhelmed my sight. So, I clapped (slapped) both herasws cheeks, the apparent from the veil, and herasws ear-rings were cut and scattered to the ground, and Aliasws came out. When I sensed himasws, I hurriedly went to outside the house and said to Khalid and Qunfuz and the ones with them, ‘Rescue me from the great matter!’’

وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى: قَدْ جَنَيْتُ جِنَايَةً عَظِيمَةً لَا آمَنُ عَلَى نَفْسِي. وَ هَذَا عَلِيٌّ قَدْ بَرَزَ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ وَ مَا لِي وَ لَكُمْ جَمِيعاً بِهِ طَاقَةٌ.

And in another report, ‘I have committed a great crime, there is no safety upon myself, and this is Aliasws coming out from the house, and there is no strength for me and you all with himasws’.

فَخَرَجَ عَلِيٌّ وَ قَدْ ضَرَبَتْ يَدَيْهَا إِلَى نَاصِيَتِهَا لِتَكْشِفَ عَنْهَا وَ تَسْتَغِيثَ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ مَا نَزَلَ بِهَا،

Aliasws came out and sheasws had struck herasws hand to her forehead in order to remove (blood) from herasws and sheasws was crying out for help with Allahazwj the Magnificent, of what had befallen with herasws.

فَأَسْبَلَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهَا مُلَاءَتَهَا وَ قَالَ لَهَا: يَا بِنْتَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ! إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَعَثَ أَبَاكِ‏ رَحْمَةً لِلْعالَمِينَ‏، وَ ايْمُ اللَّهِ لَئِنْ كَشَفْتِ عَنْ نَاصِيَتِكِ سَائِلَةً إِلَى رَبِّكِ لِيُهْلِكَ هَذَا الْخَلْقَ لَأَجَابَكِ حَتَّى لَا يُبْقِيَ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مِنْهُمْ بَشَراً، لِأَنَّكِ وَ أَبَاكِ أَعْظَمُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنْ نُوحٍ (ع) الَّذِي غَرَّقَ مِنْ أَجْلِهِ بِالطُّوفَانِ جَمِيعَ مَنْ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْأَرْضِ وَ تَحْتَ السَّمَاءِ إِلَّا مَنْ كَانَ فِي السَّفِينَةِ،

Aliasws steered a soft cloth to herasws and said to herasws: ‘O daughterasws of Rasool-Allahsaww! Allahazwj Sent yourasws fathersaww as a Mercy for the worlds, and Iasws swear by Allahazwj! If the flow (of blood) were to flow to yourasws Lordazwj, these people would be destroyed in yourasws Answer until there does not remain upon the earth any mortal from them, because youasws and yourasws father are more Magnificent in the Presence of Allahazwj than Noahas, due to whom there was a drowning from the flood of the entirety of the ones upon the surface of the earth, and beneath the sky, except ones who were in the ship.

وَ أَهْلَكَ قَوْمَ هُودٍ بِتَكْذِيبِهِمْ لَهُ، وَ أَهْلَكَ عَاداً بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ، وَ أَنْتِ وَ أَبُوكِ أَعْظَمُ قَدْراً مِنْ هُودٍ، وَ عَذَّبَ ثَمُودَ- وَ هِيَ اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَلْفاً- بِعَقْرِ النَّاقَةِ وَ الْفَصِيلِ، فَكُونِي يَا سَيِّدَةَ النِّسَاءِ- رَحْمَةً عَلَى هَذَا الْخَلْقِ الْمَنْكُوسِ وَ لَا تَكُونِي عَذَاباً،

And the people of Hudas were destroyed due to their belying of himsaww, and Aad were destroyed by the Sar Sar wind, and youasws and yourasws fatheras are of greater worth than Hudas; and Samood were Punished, and they were twelve thousand, due to their slaying the camel and the young camel. So, be a mercy, O chieftess of the women, upon these overturned people and do not cause a punishment (to descend upon people)’.

وَ اشْتَدَّ بِهَا الْمَخَاضُ وَ دَخَلَتِ الْبَيْتَ فَأَسْقَطَتْ سِقْطاً سَمَّاهُ عَلِيٌّ: مُحَسِّناً، وَ جَمَعْتُ جَمْعاً كَثِيراً، لَا مُكَاثَرَةً لِعَلِيٍّ وَ لَكِنْ لِيَشُدَّ بِهِمْ قَلْبِي وَ جِئْتُ- وَ هُوَ مُحَاصَرٌ- فَاسْتَخْرَجْتُهُ مِنْ دَارِهِ‏ مُكْرَهاً مَغْصُوباً وَ سُقْتُهُ إِلَى الْبَيْعَةِ سَوْقاً، وَ إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ عِلْماً يَقِيناً لَا شَكَّ فِيهِ لَوِ اجْتَهَدْتُ أَنَا وَ جَمِيعُ مَنْ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعاً عَلَى قَهْرِهِ مَا قَهَرْنَاهُ، وَ لَكِنْ لِهَنَاتٍ‏ كَانَتْ فِي نَفْسِهِ أَعْلَمُهَا وَ لَا أَقُولُهَا،

And the pangs of pain intensified with herasws and sheasws entered the house and the baby had died. Aliasws had named himasws as ‘Mohsin’, And a large gathering had gathered, not being a lot for Aliasws, but for them to strengthen my heart, and I came, and heasws was besieged, and (we) expelled himasws from hisasws house unwillingly, usurped, and ushered him to the allegiance with an ushering, and I knew with knowledge of certainty, there being no doubt in it, if I and the entirety of the ones upon the earth were to fight upon forcing himasws, we would not be able to force himasws, but for a cleverness which was in hisasws self, I knew it and did not say it.

فَلَمَّا انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى سَقِيفَةِ بَنِي سَاعِدَةَ قَامَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَ مَنْ بِحَضْرَتِهِ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ بِعَلِيٍّ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: يَا عُمَرُ! أَ تُحِبُّ أَنْ أُعَجِّلَ‏ لَكَ مَا أَخَّرْتُهُ سَوَاءً عَنْكَ‏؟ فَقُلْتُ: لَا، يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ! فَسَمِعَنِي وَ اللَّهِ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ، فَأَسْرَعَ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ، فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: مَا لِي وَ لِعُمَرَ .. ثَلَاثاً، وَ النَّاسُ يَسْمَعُونَ،

When I ended to Saqeefa of the clan of Saeeda, Abu Bakr and the ones in his presence stood mocking Aliasws. Aliasws said: ‘O Umar! Would you like to hasten what Iasws have delayed it away from you?’ I said, ‘No, O Amir Al-Momineenasws!’ By Allahazwj! Khalid Bin Al-Waleed made me hear, and he was quick to Abu Bakr. Abu Bakr said to him, ‘What have I got to do with Umar?’ – thrice, and the people were listening.

وَ لَمَّا دَخَلَ السَّقِيفَةَ صَبَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ إِلَيْهِ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: قَدْ بَايَعْتَ يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ! فَانْصَرِفْ، فَأَشْهَدُ مَا بَايَعَهُ وَ لَا مَدَّ يَدَهُ إِلَيْهِ، وَ كَرِهْتُ أَنْ أُطَالِبَهُ بِالْبَيْعَةِ فَيُعَجِّلَ لِي مَا أَخَّرَهُ عَنِّي،

And when heasws entered the tent (Saqeefa), Abu Bakr pitied to himasws. I said to himasws, ‘Youasws have pledged allegiance, O Abu Al-Hassanasws!’ Heasws left, and I testify that heasws did not pledge allegiance to him, nor extended hisasws hand towards him, and I disliked to request himasws for the allegiance, and heasws would hasten to me what was delayed from me.

وَ وَدَّ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَرَ عَلِيّاً فِي ذَلِكَ الْمَكَانِ جَزَعاً وَ خَوْفاً مِنْهُ، وَ رَجَعَ عَلِيٌّ مِنَ السَّقِيفَةِ وَ سَأَلْنَا عَنْهُ‏، فَقَالُوا: مَضَى إِلَى قَبْرِ مُحَمَّدٍ فَجَلَسَ إِلَيْهِ، فَقُمْتُ أَنَا وَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ إِلَيْهِ، وَ جِئْنَا نَسْعَى وَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَقُولُ: وَيْلَكَ يَا عُمَرُ! مَا الَّذِي صَنَعْتَ بِفَاطِمَةَ، هَذَا وَ اللَّهِ الْخُسْرَانُ الْمُبِينُ،

And Abu Bakr liked not to see Aliasws in that place out of panic and fear from himasws; and Aliasws returned from the tent, and we asked about himasws, ‘They said, ‘Heasws went to the grave of Muhammadsaww and sat to himsaww. So, I and Abu Bakr stood up to go to himasws, and we came sprinting, and Abu Bakr was saying, ‘Woe be unto you, O Umar! What is that which you did with (Syeda) Fatimaasws? By Allahazwj, this is the clear loss’.

فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّ أَعْظَمَ مَا عَلَيْكَ أَنَّهُ مَا بَايَعَنَا وَ لَا أَثِقُ أَنْ تَتَثَاقَلَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ عَنْهُ. فَقَالَ: فَمَا تَصْنَعُ؟. فَقُلْتُ: تُظْهِرُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ بَايَعَكَ عِنْدَ قَبْرِ مُحَمَّدٍ، فَأَتَيْنَاهُ وَ قَدْ جَعَلَ الْقَبْرَ قِبْلَةً، مُسْنِداً كَفَّهُ عَلَى تُرْبَتِهِ وَ حَوْلَهُ سَلْمَانُ وَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ وَ الْمِقْدَادُ وَ عَمَّارٌ وَ حُذَيْفَةُ بْنُ الْيَمَانِ،

I said, ‘What as upon you was more grievous that heasws did not pledge allegiance to us, nor do I trust that the Muslims would be sluggish from himasws’. He said, ‘So what did you do?’ I said, ‘It will appear that heasws has pledged allegiance to you at the grave of Muhammadsaww’. We came to himasws, and heasws made the grave as a direction, extending hisasws palm upon its soil, and around himasws were Salmanra, and Abu Zarrra, and Al Miqdadra, and Ammarra, and Huzeyfa Bin Al-Yaman.

فَجَلَسْنَا بِإِزَائِهِ وَ أَوْعَزْتُ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ أَنْ يَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى مِثْلِ مَا وَضَعَ عَلِيٌّ يَدَهُ وَ يُقَرِّبَهَا مِنْ يَدِهِ، فَفَعَلَ ذَلِكَ وَ أَخَذْتُ بِيَدِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ لِأَمْسَحَهَا عَلَى يَدِهِ، وَ أَقُولَ قَدْ بَايَعَ، فَقَبَضَ عَلِيٌّ يَدَهُ فَقُمْتُ أَنَا وَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُوَلِّياً، وَ أَنَا أَقُولُ: جَزَى اللَّهُ عَلِيّاً خَيْراً فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يَمْنَعْكَ الْبَيْعَةَ لَمَّا حَضَرْتَ قَبْرَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ‏ (ص)،

We sat parallel to himasws, and I advised to Abu Bakr that he places his hand upon the similar to what Aliasws had placed hisasws hand, and draw it closer to hisasws hand. He did that, and I grabbed the hand of Abu Bakr to wipe it upon hisasws hand, and I would say, ‘He has pledged allegiance!’ But Aliasws withdrew hisasws hand. I and Abu Bakr stood up turning back, and I was saying, ‘May Allahazwj Recompense Aliasws goodly for heasws did not refuse the allegiance when present at the grave of Rasool-Allahsaww’.

فَوَثَبَ مِنْ دُونِ الْجَمَاعَةِ أَبُو ذَرٍّ جُنْدَبُ بْنُ جُنَادَةَ الْغِفَارِيُّ وَ هُوَ يَصِيحُ وَ يَقُولُ: وَ اللَّهِ- يَا عَدُوَّ اللَّهِ- مَا بَايَعَ عَلِيٌّ عَتِيقاً، وَ لَمْ يَزَلْ كُلَّمَا لَقِينَا قَوْماً وَ أَقْبَلْنَا عَلَى قَوْمٍ نُخْبِرُهُمْ بِبَيْعَتِهِ وَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ يُكَذِّبُنَا، وَ اللَّهِ مَا بَايَعَنَا فِي خِلَافَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَ لَا فِي خِلَافَتِي وَ لَا يُبَايِعُ لِمَنْ بَعْدِي وَ لَا بَايَعَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ اثْنَا عَشَرَ رَجُلًا لَا لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَ لَا لِي،

From besides the group, Abu Zarr Jundab Bin Junadara leapt up, and hera shouted, ‘By Allahazwj, O enemy of Allahazwj! Aliasws did not pledge allegiance to Ateeq (Abu Bakr)!’, and we did not cease, every time we met a group or a group faced us, we were informing them of himasws having pledged allegiance, and Abu Zarrra had belied us. By Allahazwj! He did not pledge allegiance, neither to Abu Bakr nor during my caliphate, nor will heasws be pledging allegiance after me, nor did anyone from hisasws twelve companions, neither to Abu Bakr nor to me.

فَمَنْ فَعَلَ- يَا مُعَاوِيَةُ- فِعْلِي وَ اسْتَشَارَ أَحْقَادَهُ السَّالِفَةَ غَيْرِي؟!. وَ أَمَّا أَنْتَ وَ أَبُوكَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ وَ أَخُوكَ عُتْبَةُ فَأَعْرِفُ مَا كَانَ مِنْكُمْ فِي تَكْذِيبِ مُحَمَّدٍ (ص) وَ كَيْدِهِ، وَ إِدَارَةِ الدَّوَائِرِ بِمَكَّةَ وَ طَلِبَتِهِ فِي جَبَلِ حَرَى لِقَتْلِهِ، وَ تَأَلُّفِ الْأَحْزَابِ وَ جَمْعِهِمْ عَلَيْهِ، وَ رُكُوبَ أَبِيكَ الْجَمَلَ وَ قَدْ قَادَ الْأَحْزَابَ،

So, who can do my deed, O Muawiya, and give preference to the grudges of the ancestors, apart from me?! And as for you, and your father Abu Sufyan, and your brother Utba, so I do recognise what had happened from you all in belying of Muhammadsaww and plotting against himsaww, and management of the households of Makkah, and your seeking himsaww in the mountain in order to kill himsaww, and gathering the allies and collecting them together against himsaww, and your father riding the camel, and he had guided the allies.

وَ قَوْلَ مُحَمَّدٍ: لَعَنَ اللَّهُ الرَّاكِبَ وَ الْقَائِدَ وَ السَّائِقَ، وَ كَانَ أَبُوكَ الرَّاكِبَ وَ أَخُوكَ عُتْبَةُ الْقَائِدَ وَ أَنْتَ السَّائِقَ، وَ لَمْ أَنْسَ أُمَّكَ هِنْداً وَ قَدْ بَذَلَتْ لِوَحْشِيٍّ مَا بَذَلَتْ حَتَّى تَكَمَّنَ لِحَمْزَةَ الَّذِي دَعَوْهُ أَسَدَ الرَّحْمَنِ فِي أَرْضِهِ- وَ طَعَنَهُ بِالْحَرْبَةِ، فَفَلَقَ فُؤَادَهُ وَ شَقَّ عَنْهُ وَ أَخَذَ كَبِدَهُ فَحَمَلَهُ إِلَى أُمِّكَ،

And the words of Muhammadsaww: ‘May Allahazwj Curse the rider, and the guide, and the usher!’, and your father was the rider, and your brother Utba was the guide, and you (Muawiya) were the usher, and your mother Hinda was not comforted and she had spent upon the savage what she spent until she was enabled to Hamzaasws who was called the lion of the Beneficent in Hisazwj earth, and he stabbed himas with the bayonet, and split open hisas chest and cut from it and took the liver and carried it to your mother.

فَزَعَمَ مُحَمَّدٌ بِسِحْرِهِ أَنَّهُ‏ لَمَّا أَدْخَلَتْهُ فَاهَا لِتَأْكُلَهُ صَارَ جُلْمُوداً فَلَفَظَتْهُ‏ مِنْ فِيهَا، فَسَمَّاهَا مُحَمَّدٌ وَ أَصْحَابُهُ: آكِلَةَ الْأَكْبَادِ، وَ قَوْلَهَا فِي شِعْرِهَا لِاعْتِدَاءِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ مُقَاتِلِيهِ:

نَحْنُ بَنَاتُ طَارِقٍ‏

نَمْشِي عَلَى النَّمَارِقِ‏

كالدُّرِّ فِي الْمَخَانِقِ‏

وَ الْمِسْكِ فِي الْمَفَارِقِ‏

إِنْ يُقْبِلُوا نُعَانِقْ‏

أَوْ يُدْبِرُوا نُفَارِقْ‏

فِرَاقَ غَيْرِ وَامِقٍ‏

And Muhammadsaww claimed due to hissaww sorcery that when she inserted it in her mouth, it became like a stone and stuck in her mouth, and Muhammadsaww named her as ‘Liver eater’, and her words in her poem to begin (fighting) Muhammadsaww and hissaww fighters, ‘We are the daughters of the night, we walk upon the cushions, like the jewel in the necklace, and the musk in the crown. If they accept, we shall hug, or they turn around, we shall separate, a separation without love’.

وَ نِسْوَتُهَا فِي الثِّيَابِ الصُّفْرِ الْمَرْئِيَّةِ مُبْدِيَاتٍ وُجُوهَهُنَّ وَ مَعَاصِمَهُنَّ وَ رُءُوسَهُنَّ يَحْرِصْنَ‏ عَلَى قِتَالِ مُحَمَّدٍ، إِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تُسَلِّمُوا طَوْعاً وَ إِنَّمَا أَسْلَمْتُمْ كَرْهاً يَوْمَ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ فَجَعَلَكُمْ طُلَقَاءَ، وَ جَعَلَ أَخِي زَيْداً وَ عَقِيلًا أَخَا عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَ الْعَبَّاسَ عَمَّهُمْ مِثْلَهُمْ،

And her womenfolk were in bright yellow clothes, showing their faces and their wrists and their head, urging upon the killing of Muhammadsaww. You all did not become Muslims willingly, but rather you became Muslims unwillingly on the day of the conquest of Makkah. You were made to be ‘freed ones’, and my brother Zayd and Aqeel were both made to be brothers of Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws, and Al-Abbas was like them.

وَ كَانَ مِنْ أَبِيكَ فِي نَفْسِهِ، فَقَالَ: وَ اللَّهِ يَا ابْنَ أَبِي كَبْشَةَ! لَأَمْلَأَنَّهَا عَلَيْكَ خَيْلًا وَ رَجِلًا وَ أَحُولُ بَيْنَكَ وَ بَيْنَ هَذِهِ الْأَعْدَاءِ. فَقَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ: وَ يُؤْذِنُ لِلنَّاسِ أَنَّهُ عَلِمَ مَا فِي نَفْسِهِ أَوْ يَكْفِي اللَّهُ شَرَّكَ يَا أَبَا سُفْيَانَ!

And there was (something) from your father regarding himself, so he said, ‘By Allahazwj, O Ibn Kabasha (Muhammadsaww)! I shall fill it (Al-Medina) upon yousaww with cavalry and infantry, and form a barrier between you and these enemies’. Muhammadsaww said: ‘And proclaim to the people’, and hesaww knew what was in himself, ‘Or Allahazwj will Suffice of your evil, O Abu Sufyan!’

وَ هُوَ يُرِي النَّاسَ أَنْ لَا يَعْلُوَهَا أَحَدٌ غَيْرِي، وَ عَلِيٍّ وَ مَنْ يَلِيهِ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ فَبَطَلَ سِحْرُهُ وَ خَابَ سَعْيُهُ، وَ عَلَاهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَ عَلَوْتُهَا بَعْدَهُ وَ أَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونُوا مَعَاشِرَ بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ عِيدَانَ أَطْنَابِهَا، فَمِنْ ذَلِكَ قَدْ وَلَّيْتُكَ وَ قَلَّدْتُكَ إِبَاحَةَ مُلْكِهَا وَ عَرَّفْتُكَ فِيهَا وَ خَالَفْتُ قَوْلَهُ فِيكُمْ،

And he (Abu Sufyan) was viewing that no one would be on top of it apart from me, and Aliasws and the ones from hisasws family members. So, hisazwj sorcery was nullified and hissaww quest ended in disappointment, and Abu Bakr was on top of it, and I was on top after him, and I wished that you, clan of Umayya, would support its enlargement. Thus, from that, I have made you (Muawiya) the ruler and have collared you and legalised its kingdom and introduced you in it, and opposed hissaww words regarding you all.

وَ مَا أُبَالِي مِنْ تَأْلِيفِ شِعْرِهِ وَ نَثْرِهِ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ: يُوحَى إِلَيَّ مُنَزَّلٌ مِنْ رَبِّي فِي قَوْلِهِ: وَ الشَّجَرَةَ الْمَلْعُونَةَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ‏ فَزَعَمَ أَنَّهَا أَنْتُمْ يَا بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ، فَبَيَّنَ عَدَاوَتَهُ حَيْثُ مَلِكَ كَمَا لَمْ يَزَلْ هَاشِمٌ وَ بَنُوهُ أَعْدَاءَ بَنِي عَبْدِ شَمْسٍ،

And I don’t care of the composition of hissaww poem and its publicity. Hesaww said: ‘It is Revealed to mesaww coming down from mysaww Lordazwj regarding Hisazwj Words: and the Accursed tree in the Quran [17:60]. Hesaww claimed that he is you all, the clan of Umayya. So, hissaww enmity was manifested where there was a kingdom, just as Hashimas and hisas sons did not cease to be enemies of the sons of Abd Shams.

وَ أَنَا- مَعَ تَذْكِيرِي إِيَّاكَ يَا مُعَاوِيَةُ! وَ شَرْحِي لَكَ مَا قَدْ شَرَحْتُهُ- نَاصِحٌ لَكَ وَ مُشْفِقٌ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ ضِيقِ عَطَنِكَ‏ وَ حَرَجِ صَدْرِكَ، وَ قِلَّةِ حِلْمِكَ، أَنْ تُعَجِّلَ فِيمَا وَصَّيْتُكَ بِهِ وَ مَكَّنْتُكَ مِنْهُ مِنْ شَرِيعَةِ مُحَمَّدٍ (ص) وَ أُمَّتِهِ أَنْ تُبْدِيَ لَهُمْ مُطَالَبَتَهُ بِطَعْنٍ أَوْ شَمَاتَةً بِمَوْتٍ أَوْ رَدّاً عَلَيْهِ فِيمَا أَتَى بِهِ، أَوْ اسْتِصْغَاراً لِمَا أَتَى بِهِ فَتَكُونَ مِنَ الْهَالِكِينَ،

And I am reminding you, O Muawiya! And my commentary is for you what I have explained to you, and being compassionate upon you from the need of your thirst and the straitness of your chest, and scarcity of your forbearance. If you were to hasten regarding what I am advising you with, and enabling you from it from the Laws of Muhammadsaww and hissaww community, that if you were to begin to them with its request by stabbing or gloating at death, or rejecting what hesaww had come with, or belittling to what hesaww had come with, you will become from the destroyed ones.

فَتَخْفِضَ مَا رَفَعْتُ وَ تَهْدِمَ مَا بَنَيْتُ، وَ احْذَرْ كُلَ‏ الْحَذَرِ حَيْثُ دَخَلْتَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ مَسْجِدَهُ وَ مِنْبَرَهُ وَ صَدِّقْ مُحَمَّداً فِي كُلِّ مَا أَتَى بِهِ وَ أَوْرَدَهُ ظَاهِراً، وَ أَظْهِرِ التَّحَرُّزَ وَ الْوَاقِعَةَ فِي رَعِيَّتِكَ، وَ أَوْسِعْهُمْ حِلْماً، وَ أَعِمَّهُمْ بِرَوَائِحِ الْعَطَايَا،

You will (end up) lowering what had been raised, and demolish what had been built, and caution of all cautions is when I entered unto Muhammadsaww hissaww Masjid and hissaww pulpit, and ratified Muhammadsaww in all what hesaww had come with, and turned its apparent, and manifest the carefulness, and the falling among your citizens, and be vast to them of forbearance, and blind them with the scent of awards (gifts).

وَ عَلَيْكَ بِإِقَامَةِ الْحُدُودِ فِيهِمْ وَ تَضْعِيفِ الْجِنَايَةِ مِنْهُمْ لسببا [لِسَبَبِ‏] مُحَمَّدٍ مِنْ مَالِكَ وَ رِزْقِكَ‏ وَ لَا تُرِهِمْ أَنَّكَ تَدَعُ لِلَّهِ حَقّاً وَ لَا تَنْقُضُ فَرْضاً وَ لَا تُغَيِّرُ لِمُحَمَّدٍ سُنَّةً فَتُفْسِدَ عَلَيْنَا الْأُمَّةَ، بَلْ خُذْهُمْ مِنْ مَأْمَنِهِمْ، وَ اقْتُلْهُمْ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ، وَ أَبِدْهُمْ‏ بِسُيُوفِهِمْ وَ تَطَاوُلِهِمْ وَ لَا تُنَاجِزْهُمْ،

And upon you is with establishing the legal penalties among them, and weaken the crimes from them, due to the reason of Muhammadsaww, from your wealth and your grave, and do not be merciful in claiming a right for Allahazwj, nor be deficient of an Obligation, nor change a Sunnah of Muhammadsaww, so you will spoil the community upon us. But take them from their safe places and get them killed by their own hands, and enslave them by their swords and rule over them and do not accomplish them (for anything).

وَ لِنْ لَهُمْ وَ لَا تَبْخَسْ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَ افْسَحْ لَهُمْ فِي مَجْلِسِكَ، وَ شَرِّفْهُمْ فِي مَقْعَدِكَ، وَ تَوَصَّلْ إِلَى قَتْلِهِمْ بِرَئِيسِهِمْ، وَ أَظْهِرِ الْبِشْرَ وَ الْبَشَاشَةَ بَلِ اكْظِمْ غَيْظَكَ وَ اعْفُ عَنْهُمْ يُحِبُّوكَ وَ يُطِيعُوكَ،

And never underestimate them, and make room for them in your gathering, and ennoble them in your seats, and give their killer to their chiefs, and manifest the smile and the cheerfulness, but swallow your anger and pardon them by your generosity and they will obey you.

فَمَا آمَنُ عَلَيْنَا وَ عَلَيْكَ ثَوْرَةَ عَلِيٍّ وَ شِبْلَيْهِ الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ، فَإِنْ أَمْكَنَكَ فِي عِدَّةٍ مِنَ الْأُمَّةِ فَبَادِرْ وَ لَا تَقْنَعْ بِصِغَارِ الْأُمُورِ، وَ اقْصِدْ بِعَظِيمِهَا وَ احْفَظْ وَصِيَّتِي إِلَيْكَ وَ عَهْدِي وَ أَخْفِهِ وَ لَا تُبْدِهِ، وَ امْتَثِلْ أَمْرِي وَ نَهْيِي وَ انْهَضْ بِطَاعَتِي، وَ إِيَّاكَ وَ الْخِلَافَ عَلَيَّ،

There is no safety upon us and upon you from the revolution of Aliasws and hisasws cubs Al-Hassanasws and Al-Husaynasws, so if you are able among a number of the community, then take the initiative and do not be content with the small matters, and aim for its great ones, and preserve my advice and my pact to you, and hide it, and do not manifest it, and comply with my instructions and my forbiddances, and stand to my obedience, and beware of the opposition of Aliasws.

وَ اسْلُكْ طَرِيقَ أَسْلَافِكِ، وَ اطْلُبْ بِثَارِكَ، وَ اقْتَصَّ آثَارَهُمْ، فَقَدْ أَخْرَجْتُ إِلَيْكَ بِسِرِّي وَ جَهْرِي، وَ شَفَعْتُ هَذَا بِقَوْلِي:

And I am travelling the path of your ancestors, and seek out your rebels, and take advantage of them. I have brought out to you of my secrets and my announcements, and be healed by these words of mine (a poem)

مُعَاوِيَ‏ إِنَّ الْقَوْمَ جَلَّتْ أُمُورُهُمْ‏

بِدَعْوَةِ مَنْ عَمَّ الْبَرِيَّةَ بِالْوَتْرِي‏

صَبَوْتُ‏ إِلَى دَيْنٍ لَهُمْ فَأَرَابَنِي‏

فَأَبْعِدْ بِدِينٍ قَدْ قَصَمْتُ بِهِ ظَهْرِي‏

وَ إِنْ أَنْسَ لَا أَنْسَ الْوَلِيدَ وَ شَيْبَةَ

وَ عُتْبَةَ وَ الْعَاصَ السَّرِيعَ لَدَى بَدْرٍ

وَ تَحْتَ شَغَافِ‏ الْقَلْبِ لَدْغٌ لِفَقْدِهِمْ‏

أَبُو حَكَمٍ أَعْنِي الْضَئِيلَ‏ مِنَ الْفَقْرِي‏

أُولَئِكَ فَاطْلُبْ- يَا مُعَاوِيَ- ثَارَهُمْ‏

بِنَصْلِ سُيُوفِ الْهِنْدِ وَ الْأَسَلِ‏ السُّمْرِي‏

وَ صِلْ بِرِجَالِ الشَّامِ فِي مَعْشَرِهِمْ‏

هُمُ الْأُسْدُ وَ الْبَاقُونَ فِي أَكَمِ‏ الْوَعْرِي‏

تَوَسَّلْ إِلَى التَّخْلِيطِ فِي الْمِلَّةِ الَّتِي‏

أَتَانَا بِهِ الْمَاضِي الْمُسَمُّوهُ‏ بِالسِّحْرِي‏

وَ طَالِبْ بِأَحْقَادٍ مَضَتْ لَكَ مُظْهِراً

لِعِلَّةِ دِينٍ عَمَّ كُلَّ بَنِي النَّضْرِ

فَلَسْتَ تَنَالُ الثَّارَ إِلَّا بِدِينِهِمْ‏

فَتَقْتُلُ بِسَيْفِ الْقَوْمِ جِيدَ بَنِي عَمْرِي‏

لِهَذَا لَقَدْ وَلَّيْتُكَ الشَّامَ رَاجِياً

وَ أَنْتَ جَدِيرٌ أَنْ تَئُولَ إِلَى صَخْرِي‏

قَالَ: فَلَمَّا قَرَأَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ هَذَا الْعَهْدَ، قَامَ إِلَى يَزِيدَ فَقَبَّلَ رَأْسَهُ، وَ قَالَ: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ- يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ!- عَلَى قَتْلِكَ الشَّارِيَّ ابْنَ الشَّارِيِّ، وَ اللَّهِ مَا أَخْرَجَ أَبِي إِلَيَّ بِمَا أَخْرَجَ إِلَى أَبِيكَ، وَ اللَّهِ لَا رَآنِي أَحَدٌ مِنْ رَهْطِ مُحَمَّدٍ بِحَيْثُ‏ يُحِبُّ وَ يَرْضَى،

He (the narrator) said, ‘When Abdullah Bin Umar read this pact, he stood up to Yazeedla and kissed hisla head and said, ‘The Praise is for Allahazwj, O commander of the faithful, upon yourla killing the (a branch of) the Kharijite son of the Kharijite. By Allahazwj! My father did not bring out to me what he brought out to your father. By Allahazwj! May Heazwj not Show me anyone from the group of Muhammadsaww hesaww love and is pleased’.

فَأَحْسَنَ جَائِزَتَهُ وَ بَرَّهُ، وَ رَدَّهُ مُكَرَّماً. فَخَرَجَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ ضَاحِكاً، فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّاسُ: مَا قَالَ لَكَ؟.

Hela rewarded him and was good with him, and returned him with prestige. Abdullah Bin Umar went out from hisla presence smiling. The people said to him, ‘What did hela say to you?’

قَالَ: قَوْلًا صَادِقاً لَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي كُنْتُ مُشَارِكَهُ فِيهِ، وَ سَارَ رَاجِعاً إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، وَ كَانَ جَوَابُهُ لِمَنْ يَلْقَاهُ هَذَا الْجَوَابَ.

He said, ‘A truthful words, I would love it if I had participated himla in it’, and he travelled returning to Al-Medina, and this was his answer to the ones who met him.

وَ يُرْوَى أَنَّهُ أَخْرَجَ يَزِيدُ لَعَنَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ كِتَاباً فِيهِ عَهْدُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ‏ فِيهِ أَغْلَظُ مِنْ هَذَا وَ أَدْهَى وَ أَعْظَمُ مِنَ الْعَهْدِ الَّذِي كَتَبَهُ عُمَرُ لِمُعَاوِيَةَ،

And it is reported that Yazeedla, may Allahazwj Curse himla, brought out a letter to Abdullah Bin Umar wherein was a pact of Usman Bin Affan wherein was harsher than this (report above), and more grievous, and greater than the pact which Umar had written to Muawiya.

فَلَمَّا قَرَأَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ الْعَهْدَ الْآخَرَ قَامَ فَقَبَّلَ رَأْسَ يَزِيدَ لَعَنَهُمَا اللَّهُ، وَ قَالَ: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى قَتْلِكَ الشَّارِيَّ ابْنَ الشَّارِيِ‏، وَ اعْلَمْ أَنَّ وَالِدِي عُمَرَ أَخْرَجَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ سِرِّهِ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا الَّذِي أَخْرَجَهُ إِلَى أَبِيكَ مُعَاوِيَةَ، وَ لَا أَرَى أَحَداً مِنْ رَهْطِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَهْلِهِ وَ شِيعَتِهِ بَعْدَ يَوْمِي هَذَا إِلَّا غَيْرَ مُنْطَوٍ لَهُمْ عَلَى‏ خَيْرٍ أَبَداً.

When Abdullah read the other pact, he stood up and kissed the head of Yazeedla, may Allahazwj Curse himla, and said, ‘The Praise is for Allahazwj yourla killing the branch of the Kharijite, and know that my father Umar had brought out to me from his secrets with the like of this which he had brought out to your father Muawiya, and I do not see anyone from the group of Muhammadsaww and hissaww familyasws, and hissaww Shias after this day of mine, except I will not be sociable to them upon goodness, ever!’

فَقَالَ يَزِيدُ: أَ فِيهِ شَرْحُ الْخَفَا يَا ابْنَ عُمَرَ؟.

Yazeedla said. ‘Is there in it any explanation of the hidden, O Ibn Umar?’

وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَحْدَهُ وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ، قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: أَظْهَرُوا الْإِيمَانَ وَ أَسَرُّوا الْكُفْرَ، فَلَمَّا وَجَدُوا عَلَيْهِ أَعْوَاناً أَظْهَرُوهُ.

And the Praise is for Allahazwj Alone, and may Allahazwj Send Salawat upon Muhammadsaww and hissaww Progenyasws. Ibn Abbas said, ‘They manifest the Eman and hid the Kufr. When they found supporters upon it, they manifested it’’.¹⁹⁰

بيان: لم أجد الرواية بغير هذا السند، و فيها غرائب.

(Majlisi said, ‘I did not find the report with other than this chain, and in it are strange matters’.)

152- كِتَابُ سُلَيْمِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ‏: عَنْ أَبَانٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ سُلَيْمٌ: كَتَبَ أَبُو الْمُخْتَارِ بْنُ أَبِي الصَّعِقِ إِلَى عُمَرَ هَذِهِ الْأَبْيَاتَ:

Kitab Suleym Bin Qays – From Aban who said, ‘Suleym said, ‘Abu Al-Mukhtar Bin Abu Al Saiq wrote these couplets to Umar, ‘

أُبَلِّغُ‏ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ رِسَالَةً

فَأَنْتَ أَمِيرُ اللَّهِ‏ فِي الْمَالِ وَ الْأَمْرِ

وَ أَنْتَ أَمِينُ اللَّهِ فِينَا وَ مَنْ يَكُنْ‏

أَمِيناً لِرَبِّ النَّاسِ يُسْلِمْ لَهُ صَدْرِي‏

فَلَا تَدَعَنْ أَهْلَ الرَّسَاتِيقِ وَ الْقُرَى‏

يَخُونُونَ مَالَ اللَّهِ فِي الْأُدْمِ وَ الْخَمْرِ

وَ أَرْسِلْ إِلَى النُّعْمَانِ وَ ابْنِ مَعْقِلٍ‏

وَ أَرْسِلْ إِلَى حَزْمٍ وَ أَرْسِلْ إِلَى بِشْرٍ

وَ أَرْسِلْ إِلَى الْحَجَّاجِ وَ اعْلَمْ حِسَابَهُ‏

وَ ذَاكَ الَّذِي فِي السُّوقِ مَوْلَى بَنِي بَدْرٍ

وَ لَا تَنْسَيَنَّ التَّابِعَيْنِ كِلَيْهِمَا

وَ صِهْرَ بَنِي غَذْوَانَ‏ فِي الْقَوْمِ ذَا وَفْرٍ

وَ مَا عَاصِمٌ فِيهَا بِصِفْرٍ عِيَابُهُ‏ وَ لَا ابْنُ غَلَابِ مِنْ رُمَاةِ بَنِي نَصْرٍ

وَ اسْتَلَّ ذَاكَ الْمَالَ دُونَ ابْنِ مُحْرِزٍ

وَ قَدْ كَانَ مِنْهُ فِي الرَّسَاتِيقِ ذَا وَفْرٍ

فَأَرْسِلْ إِلَيْهِمْ يُخْبِرُوكَ وَ يَصْدُقُوا

أَحَادِيثَ هَذَا الْمَالِ مَنْ كَانَ ذَا فِكْرٍ

وَ قَاسِمْهُمُ- أَهْلِي فِدَاؤُكَ- إِنَّهُمْ‏

سَيَرْضَوْنَ إِنْ قَاسَمْتَهُمْ مِنْكَ بِالشَّطْرِ

وَ لَا تَدْعُوَنِّي لِلشَّهَادَةِ إِنَّنِي‏

أَغِيبُ وَ لَكِنِّي أَرَى عَجَبَ‏ الدَّهْرِ

إراء [أَرَى‏] الْخَيْلَ كَالْجُدْرَانِ وَ الْبَيْضَ كَالدُّمَى‏

وَ خَطِّيَّةً فِي عِدَّةِ النَّمْلِ وَ الْقَطْرِ

وَ مِنْ رَيْطَةٍ مَطْوِيَّةٍ فِي قِرَابِهَا

وَ مِنْ طَيِّ أَبْرَادٍ مُضَاعَفَةٍ صُفْرٍ

إِذَا التَّاجِرُ الدَّارِيُّ جَاءَ بِفَأْرَةٍ

مِنَ الْمِسْكِ رَاحَتْ فِي مَفَارِقِهِمْ تَجْرِي‏

فَقَالَ‏ ابْنُ غَلَابِ الْمِصْرِيُّ:

أَلَا أَبْلِغْ أَبَا الْمُخْتَارِ أَنِّي أَتَيْتُهُ‏

وَ لَمْ أَكُ ذَا قُرْبَى لَدَيْهِ وَ لَا صِهْرٍ

وَ مَا كَانَ عِنْدِي مِنْ تُرَاثٍ وَرِثْتُهُ‏

وَ لَا صَدَقَاتٍ‏ مِنْ سَبْيٍ وَ لَا غَدْرٍ

وَ لَكِنْ دِرَاكُ الرَّكْضِ فِي كُلِّ غَارَةٍ

وَ صَبْرِي إِذَا مَا لموت [الْمَوْتُ‏] كَانَ وَرَا السمري [السَّمْرِ]

بِسَابِغَةٍ يَغْشَى اللَّبَانَ فُضُولُهَا

أُكَفْكِفُهَا عَنِّي بِأَبْيَضَ ذِي وَقْرٍ

قَالَ سُلَيْمٌ: فَأَغْرَمَ‏ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ تِلْكَ السَّنَةَ جَمِيعَ عُمَّالِهِ أَنْصَافَ أَمْوَالِهِمْ لِشِعْرِ أَبِي الْمُخْتَارِ، وَ لَمْ يُغْرِمْ قُنْفُذَ الْعَدَوِيِّ شَيْئاً- وَ قَدْ كَانَ مِنْ عُمَّالِهِ- وَ رَدَّ عَلَيْهِ مَا أَخَذَ مِنْهُ- وَ هُوَ عِشْرُونَ أَلْفَ دِرْهَمٍ- وَ لَمْ يَأْخُذْ مِنْهُ عُشْرَهُ وَ لَا نِصْفَ عُشْرِهِ، وَ كَانَ مِنْ عُمَّالِهِ الَّذِينَ أُغْرِمُوا أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ عَلَى‏ الْبَحْرَيْنِ فَأَحْصَى مَالَهُ فَبَلَغَ أَرْبَعَةً وَ عِشْرِينَ أَلْفاً، فَأَغْرَمَهُ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ أَلْفاً.

Suleym said, ‘Umar Bin Al-Khattab, during that year, levied the entirety of his office bearers, half of their wealth due to the poem of Abu Al-Mukhtar, and did not levy Qunfuz Al-Adawy anything – and he was from his office bearers – and returned whatever was taken from him – and it was twenty thousand Dirhams, and did not take any taxation from him, nor had the tax, and he was from his office bearers whom Abu Hureyra had levied upon Al-Bahrain. He counted his wealth and it reached twenty-four thousand, and had levied him twelve thousand.

فَقَالَ‏ أَبَانٌ: قَالَ سُلَيْمٌ: فَلَقِيتُ عَلِيّاً صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَمَّا صَنَعَ عُمَرُ؟ فَقَالَ: هَلْ تَدْرِي لِمَ كَفَّ عَنْ قُنْفُذٍ وَ لَمْ يُغْرِمْهُ شَيْئاً؟!. قُلْتُ: لَا. قَالَ: لِأَنَّهُ هُوَ الَّذِي ضَرَبَ فَاطِمَةَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهَا بِالسَّوْطِ حِينَ جَاءَتْ لِتَحُولَ‏ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَهُمْ فَمَاتَتْ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهَا، وَ إِنَّ أَثَرَ السَّوْطِ لَفِي عَضُدِهَا مِثْلُ الدُّمْلُجِ.

Aban narrates that Sulaym said, ‘I met Aliasws and asked himasws about what Umar had done. Heasws said: ‘Do you know why he held back from Qunfuz and did not fine him anything?’ I said, ‘No’. Heasws said: ‘Because he is the one who struck (Syeda) Fatimaasws with the whip when sheasws came in between myselfasws and them. Sheasws passed away, with the effect of the whip on herasws shoulder having still remained, like the swelling.

قَالَ أَبَانٌ: قَالَ‏ سُلَيْمٌ: انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى حَلْقَةٍ فِي مَسْجِدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ لَيْسَ فِيهَا إِلَّا هَاشِمِيٌّ غَيْرَ سَلْمَانَ وَ أَبِي ذَرٍّ وَ الْمِقْدَادِ وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ وَ قَيْسِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَادَةَ،

Aban narrates from Sulaym who said, ‘I ended up near a group in the Masjid of Rasool-Allahsaww. There was no one in it except for the Hashimites, apart from Salmanra, and Abu Zarrra, and Al-Miqdadra, and Muhammad Bin Abu Bakr, and Umar Bin Abu Salma, and Qays Bin Sa’d Bin Abada’.

فَقَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ لِعَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: مَا تَرَى عُمَرَ مَنَعَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يُغَرِّمَ قُنْفُذاً كَمَا غَرَّمَ‏ جَمِيعَ عُمَّالِهِ؟. فَنَظَرَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ إِلَى مَنْ حَوْلَهُ، ثُمَّ اغْرَوْرَقَتْ عَيْنَاهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: شَكَرَ لَهُ ضَرْبَةً ضَرَبَهَا فَاطِمَةَ عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ بِالسَّوْطِ فَمَاتَتْ وَ فِي عَضُدِهَا أَثَرُهُ كَأَنَّهُ الدُّمْلُجُ.

Al-Abbas said to Aliasws, ‘What is yourasws opinion on Umar not penalising Qunfuz like he had penalised the rest of the workers?’ So Aliasws looked at the ones around himasws, then hisasws eyes filled up with tears, then heasws said: ‘In appreciation for the strike which he struck at (Syeda) Fatimaasws, with the whip. Sheasws passed away, and on herasws shoulder was the effect of it, like a bruise and swelling’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ (ع): الْعَجَبُ مِمَّا أُشْرِبَتْ قُلُوبُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ مِنْ حُبِّ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ وَ صَاحِبِهِ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ، وَ التَّسْلِيمِ لَهُ فِي كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ أَحْدَثَهُ. لَئِنْ كَانَ عُمَّالُهُ خَوَنَةً وَ كَانَ هَذَا الْمَالُ فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ خِيَانَةً مَا كَانَ حَلَّ لَهُ تَرْكُهُ؟!، وَ كَانَ لَهُ أَنْ يَأْخُذَهُ كُلَّهُ، فَإِنَّهُ فَيْ‏ءٌ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ،

Then heasws said: 'The strange thing is what the hearts of this community are drinking from the love of this man and his companion that was before him, and their submission to him in everything ‘new’ that he comes up with. If his (2nd Caliph’s) workers were fraudsters and that this wealth, which was in their hands was fraudulent, it was not permissible for him to leave it (any of it with them), and he should have taken all of it back, for it was the wealth of the Muslims.

فَمَا بَالُهُ يَأْخُذُ نِصْفَهُ وَ يَتْرُكُ نِصْفَهُ. وَ لَئِنْ كَانُوا غَيْرَ خَوَنَةٍ فَمَا حَلَّ لَهُ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ أَمْوَالَهُمْ وَ لَا شَيْئاً مِنْهَا قَلِيلًا وَ لَا كَثِيراً وَ إِنَّمَا أَخَذَ أَنْصَافَهَا.

What made him take half of it and leave the other half (in their possession)? And if it was not fraudulent, then it was not permissible for him to take anything from their wealth, neither little nor a lot. But he (Umar) took half of it.

وَ لَوْ كَانَتْ فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ خِيَانَةً، ثُمَّ لَمْ يُقِرُّوا بِهَا وَ لَمْ تَقُمْ عَلَيْهِمُ الْبَيِّنَةُ مَا حَلَّ لَهُ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ مِنْهُمْ قَلِيلًا وَ لَا كَثِيراً.

And if that which was in their hands, was fraudulent, and they did not accept it as such, and he did not establish any proof over them for it, it was not permissible for him to take from them, neither little nor a lot.

وَ أَعْجَبُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ إِعَادَتُهُ إِيَّاهُمْ إِلَى أَعْمَالِهِمْ، لَئِنْ كَانُوا خَوَنَةً مَا حَلَّ لَهُ أَنْ يَسْتَعْمِلَهُمْ، وَ لَئِنْ كَانُوا غَيْرَ خَوَنَةٍ مَا حَلَّتْ لَهُ أَمْوَالُهُمْ،

And what is even stranger than that is that he has reinstated some of them back to their positions. If they were fraudsters, it was not permissible for him to keep them as the office-bearers, and if they were not fraudsters, their wealth was not permissible for him (to take back from them)’.

ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلِيٌّ (ع) عَلَى الْقَوْمِ فَقَالَ: الْعَجَبُ لِقَوْمٍ يَرَوْنَ سُنَّةَ نَبِيِّهِمْ تَتَبَدَّلُ وَ تَتَغَيَّرُ شَيْئاً شَيْئاً وَ بَاباً بَاباً ثُمَّ يَرْضَوْنَ وَ لَا يُنْكِرُونَ، بَلْ يَغْضَبُونَ لَهُ وَ يَعْتِبُونَ‏ عَلَى مَنْ عَابَ عَلَيْهِ وَ أَنْكَرَهُ،

Then Aliasws turned towards the people and said: ‘It is strange that the people are seeing the Sunnah of their Prophetsaww being altered and replaced by other things, one by one, and door by door (part by part), but they are happy with it and do not deny them, but instead they get angry on his behalf at the one who finds faults with him and denies him (instead).

ثُمَّ يَجِي‏ءُ قَوْمٌ‏ بَعْدَنَا فَيَتَّبِعُونَ بِدْعَتَهُ وَ جَوْرَهُ وَ أَحْدَاثَهُ وَ يَتَّخِذُونَ أَحْدَاثَهُ سُنَّةً وَ دِيناً يَتَقَرَّبُونَ بِهِمَا إِلَى اللَّهِ

Then, very soon people will come after us who will follow his innovations, and his injustices, and his new things, and will take his new things as ‘Sunnah’ and make it to be their religion, in order to be close to Allahazwj by these.

فِي مِثْلِ تَحْوِيلِهِ مَقَامَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مِنَ‏ الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي وَضَعَهُ فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ إِلَى الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي كَانَ فِيهِ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ الَّذِي حَوَّلَهُ مِنْهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ،

For example - He (Umar) transferred the ‘Maqaam-e-Ibrahimas’ from the place where it was placed by Rasool-Allahsaww to the place which it used to be in the era of ignorance, where Rasool-Allahsaww had moved it from (upon conquering Mecca).

وَ فِي تَغْيِيرِهِ صَاعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ مُدَّهُ، وَ فِيهِمَا فَرِيضَةٌ وَ سُنَّةٌ، فَمَا كَانَ زِيَادَتُهُ إِلَّا سُوءً، لِأَنَّ الْمَسَاكِينَ فِي كَفَّارَةِ الْيَمِينِ وَ الظِّهَارِ بِهِمَا يُعْطَوْنَ وَ مَا يَجِبُ فِي الزَّرْعِ، وَ قَدْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ لَنَا فِي مُدِّنَا وَ صَاعِنَا، لَا يَحُولُونَ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ، لَكِنَّهُمْ رَضُوا وَ قَبِلُوا مَا صَنَعَ،

And with regards to him changing the Sa’a of Rasool-Allahsaww and hissaww Mudd, and in both of them is an obligation and a Sunnah. So, he did not increase anything except for evil, because the poor – with regards to their expiations of the oath and the ‘Zihaar’ – by both of these they give what is obligatory for them. And Rasool-Allahsaww has said: ‘O Allahazwj, Bless for us with regards for our Mudd and our Sa’a!’ They did not place any obstructions between him and that, but they were pleased with it and accepted what he did.

وَ قَبْضِهِ وَ صَاحِبِهِ فَدَكَ- وَ هِيَ فِي يَدَيِ فَاطِمَةَ عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ مَقْبُوضَةٌ، قَدْ أَكَلَتْ غَلَّتَهَا عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ- فَسَأَلَهَا الْبَيِّنَةَ عَلَى مَا فِي يَدِهَا، وَ لَمْ يُصَدِّقْهَا وَ لَا صَدَّقَ أُمَّ أَيْمَنَ، وَ هُوَ يَعْلَمُ يَقِيناً- كَمَا نَعْلَمُ- أَنَّهَا فِي يَدِهَا، وَ لَمْ يَحِلَ‏ لَهُ أَنْ يَسْأَلَهَا الْبَيِّنَةَ عَلَى مَا فِي يَدِهَا، وَ لَا أَنْ يَتَّهِمَهَا،

He (Umar), along with his companion (Abu Bakr), captured Fadak, and it was in the hand (control) of Fatimaasws. Sheasws had consumed from its yield in the era of the Prophetsaww. They asked herasws for proof for that which was already in herasws hands, and neither did they ratify herasws nor Umm Aymanra (Bibi Fizza). And he knew with conviction – just as weasws know – that it was in herasws hands. And it was not permissible for him to ask herasws for proof for that which was already in herasws hands, or for him to hurl accusations at herasws.

ثُمَّ اسْتَحْسَنَ النَّاسُ ذَلِكَ وَ حَمِدُوهُ وَ قَالُوا: إِنَّمَا حَمَلَهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ الْوَرَعُ وَ الْفَضْلُ، ثُمَّ حَسَّنَ قُبْحَ فِعْلِهِمَا أَنْ عَدَلَا عَنْهَا فَقَالا بِالظَّنِّ-: إِنَّ فَاطِمَةَ لَنْ تَقُولَ إِلَّا حَقّاً، وَ إِنَّ عَلِيّاً لَمْ يَشْهَدْ إِلَّا بِحَقٍّ، وَ لَوْ كَانَتْ مَعَ أُمِّ أَيْمَنَ امْرَأَةٌ أُخْرَى أَمْضَيْنَا لَهَا،

Then the people beautified that and praised him for it and said, ‘But he did that due to his piety and virtue’. Then they beautified the ugly deeds of them both as being fair and equitable. They said, ‘We think that Fatimaasws did not say except for the truth, and that Aliasws did not testify except with the truth, and had there been with Umm Ayman another woman (to testify), we would have given it to herasws’.

فَخَطَبَا بِذَلِكَ عِنْدَ الْجُهَّالِ، وَ مَا لَهُمَا وَ مَنْ أَمَّرَهُمَا أَنْ يَكُونَا حَاكِمَيْنِ فَيُعْطِيَانِ أَوْ يَمْنَعَانِ، وَ لَكِنَّ الْأُمَّةَ ابْتُلُوا بِهِمَا فَأَدْخَلَا نَفْسَهُمَا فِيمَا لَا حَقَّ لَهُمَا فِيهِ وَ لَا عِلْمَ لَهُمَا فِيهِ‏،

They both gained credibility by that among the ignorant people, and what are these two, and who made these two to be rulers, so they should be followed or prevented?’ But the community got involved with the two of them and entered themselves into that in which they had no right for them both, and both of them did not have any knowledge about it.

وَ قَدْ قَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ حِينَ أَرَادَ انْتِزَاعَهَا مِنْهَا، وَ هِيَ فِي يَدِهَا-: أَ لَيْسَتْ فِي يَدِي وَ فِيهَا وَكِيلِي، وَ قَدْ أَكَلْتُ غَلَّتَهَا وَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ حَيٌّ؟!. قَالا: بَلَى.

And (Syeda) Fatimaasws had said to them both – when he wanted to take it (Fadak) away from herasws, and it was in herasws hands: ‘Is this not in myasws hands and myasws representative regarding it is here, and Iasws had consumed the yield from it whilst Rasool-Allahsaww was alive?’ They both said, ‘Yes’.

قَالَتْ: فَلِمَ تَسْأَلَانِي الْبَيِّنَةَ عَلَى مَا فِي يَدِي؟. قَالا: لِأَنَّهَا فَيْ‏ءٌ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ‏، فَإِنْ قَامَتْ بَيِّنَةٌ وَ إِلَّا لَمْ نُمْضِهَا.

Sheasws said: ‘So why do you ask measws for the proof on that which is already in myasws hands?’ He said, ‘Because this is war booty for the Muslims, so youasws produce the proof otherwise we will not give it’.

فَقَالَتْ‏ لَهُمَا- وَ النَّاسُ حَوْلَهُمَا يَسْمَعُونَ-: أَ فَتُرِيدَانِ‏ أَنْ تَرُدَّا مَا صَنَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ وَ تَحْكُمَا فِينَا خَاصَّةً بِمَا لَمْ تَحْكُمَا فِي سَائِرِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ؟! أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ! اسْمَعُوا مَا رَكِبَاهَا. قُلْتُ‏: أَ رَأَيْتُمَا إِنِ ادَّعَيْتُ مَا فِي أَيْدِي الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ تَسْأَلُونِّي‏ الْبَيِّنَةَ أَمْ تَسْأَلُونَهُمْ؟. قَالا: لَا، بَلْ نَسْأَلُكَ.

Sheasws said to both of them – and the people around them were listening: ‘Do the two of you want to turn back what Rasool-Allahsaww has done, and you both are issuing a ruling with regards to usasws especially what you two have not issued regarding the rest of the Muslims? O you people! Listen to what they are riding on. Do you think that if Iasws were to claim to be in myasws hands from the wealth of the Muslims, you will ask measws for the proof or from them?’ They said, ‘But we will ask youasws’.

قُلْتُ‏: فَإِنِ ادَّعَى جَمِيعُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مَا فِي يَدِي تَسْأَلُونَهُمُ الْبَيِّنَةَ أَمْ تَسْأَلُونِّي‏؟. فَغَضِبَ عُمَرُ، وَ قَالَ: إِنَّ هَذَا فَيْ‏ءٌ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ وَ أَرْضُهُمْ وَ هِيَ فِي يَدَيْ فَاطِمَةَ (ع) تَأْكُلُ غَلَّتَهَا، فَإِنْ أَقَامَتْ بَيِّنَةً عَلَى مَا ادَّعَتْ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَهَبَهَا لَهَا مِنْ بَيْنِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَ هِيَ فَيْئُهُمْ وَ حَقُّهُمْ نَظَرْنَا فِي ذَلِكَ.

Sheasws said: ‘If all the Muslims were to make a claim for that which is in myasws hands, you will ask them for the proof or from measws?’ Umar got angry and said: ‘This is the ‘Fey’ (war booty) for the Muslims and their land, and it is in the hands of (Syeda) Fatimaasws and sheasws is consuming the yield of it, so if sheasws can establish proof on what sheasws is claiming Rasool-Allahsaww gifted it to herasws from between the Muslims – and it is their war booty and their right – we will look into that’.

فَقَالَ‏: أَنْشُدُكُمْ بِاللَّهِ‏ أَ مَا سَمِعْتُمْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ ابْنَتِي سَيِّدَةُ نِسَاءِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ؟. قَالُوا: اللَّهُمَّ نَعَمْ، قَدْ سَمِعْنَاهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ.

Sheasws said: ‘It is sufficient for measws that Iasws should adjure you with Allahazwj as Witness, O you people, but have you not heard Rasool-Allahsaww say: ‘Mysaww daughterasws is the Chieftess of the women of the Paradise?’ They said, ‘O Allahazwj, yes, we have heard it from Rasool-Allahsaww’.

قَالَتْ: أَ فَسَيِّدَةُ نِسَاءِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ تَدَّعِي الْبَاطِلَ وَ تَأْخُذُ مَا لَيْسَ لَهَا؟! أَ رَأَيْتُمْ لَوْ أَنَّ أَرْبَعَةً شَهِدُوا عَلَيَّ بِفَاحِشَةٍ أَوْ رَجُلَانِ بِسَرِقَةٍ أَ كُنْتُمْ مُصَدِّقِينَ عَلَيَّ؟!. فَأَمَّا أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَسَكَتَ، وَ أَمَّا عُمَرُ فَقَالَ‏: وَ نُوقِعُ عَلَيْكِ الْحَدَّ.

Sheasws said: ‘Would the Chieftess of the women of the Paradise make a false claim and take what is not for her to take? Do you think that if four witnesses testify against measws for immorality, or two men for theft, you will ratify them against measws?’ As for Abu Bakr, he was silent, but not Umar. He said, ‘Yes, we will apply the Limits (of the Law) on youasws’.

فَقَالَتْ: كَذَبْتَ وَ لَؤُمْتَ، إِلَّا أَنْ تُقِرَّ أَنَّكَ لَسْتَ عَلَى دِينِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، إِنَّ الَّذِي يُجِيزُ عَلَى سَيِّدَةِ نِسَاءِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ شَهَادَةً أَوْ يُقِيمُ عَلَيْهَا حَدّاً لَمَلْعُونٌ كَافِرٌ بِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، إِنَّ مَنْ أَذْهَبَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ‏ وَ طَهَّرَهُمْ تَطْهِيراً، لَا يَجُوزُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَهَادَةٌ، لِأَنَّهُمْ مَعْصُومُونَ مِنْ كُلِّ سُوءٍ، مُطَهَّرُونَ مِنْ كُلِّ فَاحِشَةٍ،

She said: ‘You lied, and are wicked. Nay, you have accepted that you are not on the Religion of Muhammadsaww. The one who places a requirement of a witness upon the Chieftess of the women of the Paradise, or establish the Limits (of the Law) against herasws, is an accursed infidel by what Allahazwj Sent down upon Muhammadsaww, because theyasws are the ones from whomasws Allahazwj has kept away all uncleanness and Purified themasws with a thorough Purifying [33:33]. It is not permissible to have witnesses against themasws because theyasws are infallible from every evil, and pure from every immorality.

حَدِّثْنِي عَنْ أَهْلِ‏ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ، لَوْ أَنَّ قَوْماً شَهِدُوا عَلَيْهِمْ أَوْ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ بِشِرْكٍ أَوْ كُفْرٍ أَوْ فَاحِشَةٍ كَانَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ يَتَبَرَّءُونَ مِنْهُمْ وَ يَحُدُّونَهُمْ؟. قَالَ: نَعَمْ، وَ مَا هُمْ وَ سَائِرُ النَّاسِ فِي ذَلِكَ إِلَّا سَوَاءً.

Narrate to measws – O Umar – who are the rightful of this Verse? If the people testify against themasws or any oneasws from themasws, of Polytheism or Kufr, or immorality, will the Muslims keep away from themasws and apply the Limits (of the Law) on themasws?’ He said, ‘Yes, and theyasws and the rest of the people with regards to that are not but equal’.

قَالَتْ: كَذَبْتَ وَ كَفَرْتَ‏، لِأَنَّ اللَّهَ عَصَمَهُمْ وَ أَنْزَلَ عِصْمَتَهُمْ وَ تَطْهِيرَهُمْ وَ أَذْهَبَ عَنْهُمُ الرِّجْسَ، فَمَنْ صَدَّقَ عَلَيْهِمْ يُكَذِّبُ‏ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ. فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: أَقْسَمْتُ عَلَيْكَ- يَا عُمَرُ- لَمَّا سَكَتَّ،

Sheasws said: ‘You have lied and committed Kufr, theyasws and the rest of the people are not equal with regards to that because Allahazwj has Made themasws to be Infallible and Revealed theirasws Infallibility, and theirasws Purification, and Kept away from themasws, the impurities. Therefore, the one who ratifies against themasws, he has lied against Allahazwj and hisazwj Rasoolsaww’. Abu Bakr said, ‘I am holding you on oath – O Umar – to keep quiet’.

فَلَمَّا أَنْ كَانَ اللَّيْلُ أَرْسَلَ‏ إِلَى خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ، فَقَالَ‏ إِنَّا نُرِيدُ أَنْ نُسِرَّ إِلَيْكَ أَمْراً وَ نَحْمِلَكَ‏ عَلَيْهِ‏. فَقَالَ: احْمِلَانِي عَلَى مَا شِئْتُمَا فَإِنِّي طَوْعُ أَيْدِيكُمَا.

When it was night time, they both (Abu Bakr and Umar) went to Khalid Bin Waleed. They said, ‘We want to issue a secret command to you, and trust that you will be steadfast with it’. He said, ‘Burden me with whatsoever you like, for I am obedient at your hands’.

فَقَالا لَهُ: إِنَّهُ لَا يَنْفَعُنَا مَا نَحْنُ فِيهِ‏ مِنَ الْمُلْكِ وَ السُّلْطَانِ مَا دَامَ عَلِيٌّ حَيّاً، أَ مَا سَمِعْتَ مَا قَالَ لَنَا وَ مَا اسْتَقْبَلَنَا بِهِ، وَ نَحْنُ لَا نَأْمَنُهُ أَنْ يَدْعُوَ فِي السِّرِّ فَيَسْتَجِيبَ لَهُ قَوْمٌ فَيُنَاهِضَنَا فَإِنَّهُ أَشْجَعُ الْعَرَبِ،

They said to him, ‘This (Caliphate) is of no benefit to us, what we have regarding it, from the kingdom and the Sultanate, so long as Aliasws is still alive. Did you hear what heasws said to us and what heasws had replied back out to us? And we do not feel secure for heasws might call in secret, so the people would respond to himasws and heasws will confront us since heasws is the bravest of the Arabs.

وَ قَدِ ارْتَكَبْنَا مِنْهُمْ‏ مَا رَأَيْتَ وَ غَلَبْنَاهُ‏ عَلَى مُلْكِ ابْنِ عَمِّهِ وَ لَا حَقَّ لَنَا فِيهِ، وَ انْتَزَعْنَا فَدَكَ مِنِ امْرَأَتِهِ، فَإِذَا صَلَّيْتُ بِالنَّاسِ الْغَدَاةَ، فَقُمْ إِلَى جَانِبِهِ وَ لْيَكُنْ سَيْفُكَ مَعَكَ، فَإِذَا صَلَّيْتُ وَ سَلَّمْتُ فَاضْرِبْ عُنُقَهُ.

And we have committed from it what you have seen, and have overcome the kingdom of the sonas of hissaww uncleas whilst we had no rights with regards to it, and we confiscated Fadak from hisasws wifeasws. When you pray the morning Salat with the people, stand beside himasws and have your sword with you, and when I send the salutations in the Salat, strike hisasws neck’.

فَقَالَ: صَلَّى‏ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ بِجَنْبِي مُتَقَلِّدَ السَّيْفِ، فَقَامَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَجَعَلَ‏ يُؤَامِرُ نَفْسَهُ وَ نَدِمَ وَ أُسْقِطَ فِي يَدِهِ حَتَّى كَادَتِ الشَّمْسُ أَنْ تَطْلُعَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ:- قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسَلِّمَ- لَا تَفْعَلْ يَا خَالِدُ مَا أَمَرْتُكَ، ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ، فَقُلْتُ لِخَالِدٍ: مَا ذَاكَ؟. قَالَ: قَدْ كَانَ أَمَرَنِي إِذَا سَلَّمَ أَضْرِبُ‏ عُنُقَكَ. قُلْتُ: أَ وَ كُنْتَ فَاعِلًا؟!. قَالَ: إِي وَ رَبِّي إِذاً لَفَعَلْتُ.

Aliasws said: ‘Khalid prayed by myasws side wearing the sword. Abu Bakr stood up during the Prayer, and regretted to himself, and was silent with his hands until the sun almost rose. Then he said (to Khalid) – before he sent salutation: ‘Do not do what I had ordered you to’. Then he sent salutations. Iasws said to Khalid: ‘And what was that about?’ He said, ‘He had ordered me – when he sends salutations – that I should strike yourasws neck’. Iasws said: ‘Would you have done it?’ He said, ‘Yes, and by my Lordazwj, I would have done it’.

قَالَ سُلَيْمٌ: ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ (ع) عَلَى الْعَبَّاسِ وَ مَنْ حَوْلَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَ لَا تَعْجَبُونَ مِنْ حَبْسِهِ وَ حَبْسِ صَاحِبِهِ عَنَّا سَهْمَ ذِي الْقُرْبَى الَّذِي فَرَضَهُ اللَّهُ لَنَا فِي الْقُرْآنِ، وَ قَدْ عَلِمَ اللَّهُ أَنَّهُمْ سَيَظْلِمُونَّا وَ يَنْتَزِعُونَهُ مِنَّا،

Sulaym said, ‘Then heasws turned towards Al-Abbas and those who were around him, then said: ‘Do you not wonder at the one who withheld it and his companion who withheld it from us, the share for the near relatives which Allahazwj had Obligated for usasws in the Quran? And Allahazwj Knew that they would oppress us by it and seize it from usasws.

فَقَالَ: إِنْ كُنْتُمْ آمَنْتُمْ بِاللَّهِ وَ ما أَنْزَلْنا عَلى‏ عَبْدِنا يَوْمَ الْفُرْقانِ يَوْمَ الْتَقَى الْجَمْعانِ‏؟!.

Heazwj Said: if you believe in Allah and in what We Revealed unto Our servant, on the Day of Distinction, the day on which the two parties met; and Allah is Able upon all things [8:41]

وَ الْعَجَبُ لِهَدْمِهِ مَنْزِلَ أَخِي جَعْفَرٍ وَ إِلْحَاقِهِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، وَ لَمْ يُعْطِ بَنِيهِ مِنْ ثَمَنِهِ قَلِيلًا وَ لَا كَثِيراً، ثُمَّ لَمْ يَعِبْ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ النَّاسُ وَ لَمْ يُغَيِّرُوهُ، فَكَأَنَّمَا أَخَذَ مَنْزِلَ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الدَّيْلَمِ- وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى: دَارَ رَجُلٍ مِنْ تُرْكِ كَابُلَ-.

And it is strange that he demolished the house of myasws brother Ja’far and joined it with the Masjid, and never gave his sons anything from its value, neither little nor more. Then the people did not fault that to him and did not change it. It was as if he had taken a house from a man from ‘Daylam’. And in another report, ‘House of a man from Turk Kaboul’.

وَ الْعَجَبُ لِجَهْلِهِ وَ جَهْلِ الْأُمَّةِ أَنَّهُ كَتَبَ إِلَى جَمِيعِ عُمَّالِهِ: أَنَ‏ الْجُنُبَ إِذَا لَمْ يَجِدِ الْمَاءَ فَلَيْسَ لَهُ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ وَ لَيْسَ لَهُ أَنْ يَتَيَمَّمَ‏ بِالصَّعِيدِ حَتَّى يَجِدَ الْمَاءَ، وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَجِدْهُ حَتَّى يَلْقَى اللَّهَ- وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى: وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَجِدْهُ سَنَةً-

And it is strange, his ignorance and the ignorance of the community, that he wrote to all of his office bearers that, ‘The one who is in requirement of the major ablution, if he does not find water, it is not upon him to pray Salat and it is not upon him to perform ‘Tayammum’ with the earth until he does find water, even though he does not find it until he meets Allahazwj’. And in another report, ‘And if he does not find a Sunnah’.

ثُمَّ قَبِلَ النَّاسُ مِنْهُ‏ وَ رَضُوا بِهِ، وَ قَدْ عَلِمَ وَ عَلِمَ النَّاسُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَدْ أَمَرَ عَمَّاراً وَ أَمَرَ أَبَا ذَرٍّ أَنْ يَتَيَمَّمَا مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ وَ يُصَلِّيَا وَ شَهِدَا بِهِ عِنْدَهُ‏ وَ غَيْرُهُمَا فَلَمْ يَقْبَلْ‏ ذَلِكَ وَ لَمْ يَرْفَعْ بِهِ رَأْساً.

Then the people accepted that and were happy with it, and he knew as well as the people that the Messenger of Allahsaww had ordered Ammar and ordered Abu Zarrra that they should perform Tayammum from the sexual impurity and pray Zarrra, and he was a witness to it as well as the others, but he did not accept that and did not raise any heads with it.

وَ الْعَجَبُ لِمَا قَدْ خَلَطَ قَضَايَا مُخْتَلِفَةً فِي الْجَدِّ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ تَعَسُّفاً وَ جَهْلًا، وَ ادِّعَائِهِمَا مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمَا جُرْأَةً عَلَى اللَّهِ وَ قِلَّةَ وَرَعٍ، ادَّعَيَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مَاتَ وَ لَمْ يَقْضِ فِي الْجَدِّ شَيْئاً مِنْهُ، وَ لَمْ يَدَعْ أَحَداً يَعْلَمُ مَا لِلْجَدِّ مِنَ الْمِيرَاثِ، ثُمَّ تَابَعُوهُمَا عَلَى ذَلِكَ وَ صَدَّقُوهُمَا.

And it is strange, when he mixed up different issues with regards to the inheritance from a grandfather arbitrarily without knowledge and due to ignorance, and what these two claimed to know and their audacity against Allahazwj and their lack of piety. They claimed that Rasool-Allahazwj passed away never having made any decision with regards to the (inheritance of) grandfather, and no one knows what is to be the inheritance from the grandfather. Then the people followed them on that and ratified the two of them.

وَ عِتْقِهِ أُمَّهَاتِ الْأَوْلَادِ، فَأَخَذَ النَّاسُ بِقَوْلِهِ وَ تَرَكُوا أَمْرَ اللَّهِ‏ وَ أَمْرَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ.

And the freeing of the mothers of the boys (Ummuhaat Al-Awlaad), so the people took his word but left (ignored) the order of Rasool-Allahsaww.

وَ مَا صَنَعَ بِنَصْرِ بْنِ حَجَّاجٍ وَ بِجَعْدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ وَ بِابْنِ وتره [وَبَرَةَ].

And what he did with Nasr Bin Al-Hajjaj, and with Jo’da and the son of Wabrat.

وَ أَعْجَبُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ أَبَا كَيْفٍ‏ الْعَبْدِيَّ أَتَاهُ، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي طَلَّقْتُ امْرَأَتِي وَ أَنَا غَائِبٌ- فَوَصَلَ إِلَيْهَا الطَّلَاقُ ثُمَّ رَاجَعْتُهَا وَ هِيَ فِي عِدَّتِهَا، وَ كَتَبْتُ إِلَيْهَا فَلَمْ يَصِلِ الْكِتَابُ إِلَيْهَا حَتَّى تَزَوَّجَتْ، فَكَتَبَ لَهُ: إِنْ كَانَ هَذَا الَّذِي تَزَوَّجَهَا دَخَلَ‏ بِهَا فَهِيَ امْرَأَتُهُ وَ إِنْ كَانَ لَمْ يَدْخُلْ بِهَا فَهِيَ امْرَأَتُكَ،

And stranger than that is when Abu Kanaf Al-Abady came up to him and said, ‘I divorced my wife whilst I was away, and the news of the divorce reached her. Then I reverted back to her whilst she was still in her waiting period, and I wrote to her. The letter did not reach her until after she had remarried’. He (Umar) wrote to him, ‘If this man who has married her did establish marital relations with her then she is his wife, and if had not had marital relations with her then she is your wife’.

وَ كَتَبَ لَهُ ذَلِكَ وَ أَنَا شَاهِدٌ، وَ لَمْ يُشَاوِرْنِي‏ وَ لَمْ يَسْأَلْنِي، يَرَى اسْتِغْنَاءَهُ بِعِلْمِهِ عَنِّي، فَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَنْهَاهُ ثُمَّ قُلْتُ: مَا أُبَالِي أَنْ يَفْضَحَهُ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ لَمْ تَعِبْهُ‏ النَّاسُ بَلِ اسْتَحْسَنُوهُ وَ اتَّخَذُوهُ سُنَّةً وَ قَبِلُوهُ عَنْهُ‏، وَ رَأَوْهُ صَوَاباً، وَ ذَلِكَ قَضَاءٌ وَ لَا يَقْضِي بِهِ مَجْنُونٌ‏.

And he wrote that to him, and Iasws am a witness to it. He never consulted measws and did not even ask measws about it. He thought that due to his knowledge, he was in no need of measws. Iasws intended to prevent him, but then Iasws thought: ‘What do Iasws care if Allahazwj Exposes him’. Then the people did not fault him, but beautified his actions and took to his ways and accepted it from him and saw it as being correct, and that is such a judgment that even if an insane person would not judge it.

ثُمَّ تَرْكِهِ مِنَ الْأَذَانِ (حَيَّ عَلَى خَيْرِ الْعَمَلِ) فَاتَّخَذُوهُ سُنَّةً وَ تَابَعُوهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ.

Then he left from the Call to Prayer (Azaan), ‘Hurry to the best of the deeds’ (Hayya Alaa Khayr Al-Amal). They took to his ways and followed him on that.

وَ قَضِيَّتِهِ فِي الْمَفْقُودِ أَنَّ أَجَلَ امْرَأَتِهِ أَرْبَعُ سِنِينَ ثُمَّ تَتَزَوَّجُ فَإِنْ جَاءَ زَوْجُهَا خُيِّرَ بَيْنَ امْرَأَتِهِ وَ بَيْنَ الصَّدَاقِ، فَاسْتَحْسَنَهُ النَّاسُ وَ اتَّخَذُوهُ سُنَّةً وَ قَبِلُوهُ عَنْهُ‏ جَهْلًا وَ قِلَّةَ عِلْمٍ بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ سُنَّةِ نَبِيِّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ.

And he judged regarding the missing husband, and that if four years have passed, then she could wed again. If her husband turns up then he shall have the choice between the wife and the dowry. The people beautified it and took to his way and accepted it from his ignorance, and said that he knew the Book of Allahazwj and the Sunnah of Hisazwj Prophetsaww.

وَ إِخْرَاجِهِ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ كُلَّ أَعْمَى،

His Innovation regarding the non-Arabs and his expelling of all blind people from Al-Medina.

وَ إِرْسَالِهِ إِلَى عُمَّالِهِ بِالْبَصْرَةِ بِحَبْلِ خَمْسَةِ أَشْبَارٍ، وَ قَوْلِهِ مَنْ أَخَذْتُمُوهُ مِنَ الْأَعَاجِمِ فَبَلَغَ طُولَ هَذَا الْحَبْلِ فَاضْرِبُوا عُنُقَهُ!.

And his sending of a rope to his office bearers in Al-Basra the length of five spans ‘Ashbaar’ and his statement, ‘Anyone from the non-Arabs whose height is longer than this rope, so have his neck struck off’.

وَ رَدُّهُ سَبَايَا تُسْتَرَ، وَ هُنَّ حَبَالَى.

And he returned the female captives who were secretly carrying a child.

وَ إِرْسَالِهِ بِحَبْلٍ مِنْ‏ صِبْيَانٍ سَرَقُوا بِالْبَصْرَةِ، وَ قَوْلِهِ مَنْ بَلَغَ طُولَ هَذَا الْحَبْلِ فَاقْطَعُوهُ.

And his sending a rope with regard to the captive thieves in Al-Basra, and his statement, ‘Anyone who has reached the length of this rope, so cut off (his hands).

وَ أَعْجَبُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ كَذَّاباً رُجِمَ بِكِذَابَةٍ فَقَبِلَهَا وَ قَبِلَهَا الْجُهَّالُ، فَزَعَمُوا أَنَّ الْمَلَكَ يَنْطِقُ عَلَى لِسَانِهِ وَ يُلَقِّنُهُ.

And even stranger than that is the stoning of the liar by a liar. They accepted it, and accepted his ignorance. (And defended his ignorance by) coming up with a fabrication that an Angel was speaking through his tongue and was teaching him.

وَ إِعْتَاقِهِ سَبَايَا أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ.

And his releasing of the captives of the people of Yemen.

وَ تَخَلُّفِهِ وَ صَاحِبِهِ عَنْ جَيْشِ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ مَعَ تَسْلِيمِهِمَا عَلَيْهِ بِالْإِمْرَةِ.

And his staying behind along with his companion, from the army of Usama Bin Zayd, after having greeted him as an Emir.

ثُمَّ أَعْجَبُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ عَلِمَ وَ عَلِمَهُ النَّاسُ‏ أَنَّهُ الَّذِي صَدَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ عَنِ الْكَتِفِ الَّذِي دَعَا بِهِ‏ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَضُرَّهُ ذَلِكَ عِنْدَهُمْ وَ لَمْ يَنْقُصْهُ.

Then even stranger than that is that he knew, and Allahazwj also Knew, and the people knew as well that he was the one who was repelled by Rasool-Allahsaww, when (Prophetsaww) asked for the paper (and ink). Then it did not harm him in their presence, nor did they find any fault with him.

وَ أَنَّهُ صَاحِبُ صَفِيَّةَ حِينَ قَالَ لَهَا مَا قَالَ، فَغَضِبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ حَتَّى قَالَ مَا قَالَ.

And it was him who said to Safiya what he said. Rasool-Allahsaww was angry to the extent that hesaww said what hesaww said.

وَ أَنَّهُ الَّذِي مَرَرْتُ بِهِ يَوْماً فَقَالَ: مَا مَثَلُ مُحَمَّدٍ فِي أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ إِلَّا كَنَخْلَةٍ نَبَتَتْ فِي كُنَاسَةٍ!، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَغَضِبَ وَ خَرَجَ فَأَتَى الْمِنْبَرَ، وَ فَزِعَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ فَجَاءَتْ شَائِكَةً فِي السِّلَاحِ لِمَا رَأَتْ مِنْ غَضَبِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ،

And he is the one whom Iasws passed by him one days, and he said, ‘What is the example of Muhammadsaww except for the example of a date tree growing in the rubbish dump’. Iasws came up to Rasool-Allahsaww, and Iasws mentioned that to himsaww. The Prophetsaww got grieved by it and came out distressed to the Pulpit, and the Helpers were horrified by it and came out armed with their weapons when they saw the anger of Rasool- Allahsaww.

فَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: مَا بَالُ أَقْوَامٍ يُعَيِّرُونِّي بِقَرَابَتِي، وَ قَدْ سَمِعُوا مِنِّي مَا قُلْتُ فِي فَضْلِهِمْ وَ تَفْضِيلِ اللَّهِ إِيَّاهُمْ، وَ مَا خَصَّهُمْ بِهِ‏ مِنْ إِذْهَابِ‏ الرِّجْسِ عَنْهُمْ وَ تَطْهِيرِ اللَّهِ إِيَّاهُمْ،

Hesaww said: ‘What is the problem with the people that they taunt mesaww by myasws near relatives? And you have heard what Isaww have said regarding theirasws virtues and what virtues Allahazwj has Preferred themasws with and what Allahazwj has Specialised themasws with from keeping away the uncleanness from themasws, and that Allahazwj has indeed Purified themasws.

وَ قَدْ سَمِعْتُمْ مَا قُلْتُ فِي أَفْضَلِ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي وَ خَيْرِهِمْ مِمَّا خَصَّهُ اللَّهُ بِهِ وَ أَكْرَمَهُ وَ فَضَّلَهُ عَلَى مَنْ سَبَقَهُ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ وَ تَدَيُّنِهِ فِيهِ‏ وَ قَرَابَتِهِ مِنِّي، وَ أَنَّهُ مِنِّي‏ بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى، ثُمَّ تَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ مَثَلِي فِي أَهْلِ بَيْتِي كَمَثَلِ نَخْلَةٍ فِي كُنَاسَةٍ!،

And you have heard what Isaww have said regarding the preferences of the Peopleasws of mysaww Household, and their goodness which Allahazwj has Specialised himasws with, and Honoured himasws, and hisasws merits of being foremost in Islam, and the afflictions that heasws had to bear with regards to it, and hisasws nearness to mesaww, and that heasws is unto mesaww at the status which Harounas had with Musaas, then you are alleging that mysaww example among the Peopleasws of mysaww Household is like the example of a date tree growing in a rubbish dump?

أَلَا إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ خَلْقَهُ فَفَرَّقَهُ فِرْقَتَيْنِ فَجَعَلَنِي فِي خَيْرِ الْفِرْقَتَيْنِ، ثُمَّ فَرَّقَ الْفِرْقَةَ ثَلَاثَ فِرَقٍ، شُعُوباً، وَ قَبَائِلَ، وَ بُيُوتاً، فَجَعَلَنِي فِي خَيْرِهَا شَعْباً وَ خَيْرِهَا قَبِيلَةً، ثُمَّ جَعَلَهُمْ بُيُوتاً، فَجَعَلَنِي فِي خَيْرِهَا بَيْتاً،

Nay! Allahazwj Created Hisazwj creation and divided it into two sections. Heazwj Made mesaww to be in the better of the two sects. Then Heazwj Separated the sect into three sections – nations, and tribes, and households, and Made mesaww to be in the best of the nations, and the best of the tribes. Then Heazwj Made them to be households, so Heazwj Made mesaww to be in the best of the Households.

فَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ: إِنَّما يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَ يُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيراً، فَحَصَلْتُ فِي أَهْلِ بَيْتِي وَ عِتْرَتِي، و أَنَا وَ أَخِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ (ع)،

so that is Hisazwj Word: But rather, Allah Intends to Keep the uncleanness away from you, People of the Household, and Purify you (with) a Purification [33:33]. Heazwj Revealed this with regards to the Peopleasws of mysaww Household, and mysaww Family, and myselfsaww and mysaww brother Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws.

أَلَا وَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ نَظَرَ إِلَى أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ نَظْرَةً فَاخْتَارَنِي مِنْهُمْ، ثُمَّ نَظَرَ نَظْرَةً فَاخْتَارَ عَلِيّاً أَخِي‏ وَ وَزِيرِي وَ وَارِثِي‏ وَ وَصِيِّي وَ خَلِيفَتِي فِي أُمَّتِي وَ وَلِيَّ كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ بَعْدِي،

Indeed! And Allahazwj Looked towards the inhabitants of the earth with a Glance (Considered it with a Consideration). Heazwj Chose mesaww from among them. Then Heazwj Looked (Considered) again, and Heazwj Chose mysaww brother Aliasws, as mysaww Vizier, and mysaww successor, and mysaww Caliph in mysaww community, and the guardian of every Momin after mesaww.

فَبَعَثَنِي رَسُولًا وَ نَبِيّاً وَ دَلِيلًا، وَ أَوْحَى‏ إِلَيَّ أَنْ أَتَّخِذَ عَلِيّاً أَخاً وَ وَلِيّاً وَ وَصِيّاً وَ خَلِيفَةً فِي أُمَّتِي بَعْدِي،

Heazwj Sent mesaww as a Rasoolsaww, and as a Prophetsaww, and as evidence. Heazwj Revealed unto mesaww that Isaww should take mysaww brother Aliasws to be a guardian, and a Caliph for mysaww community after mesaww.

أَلَا وَ إِنَّهُ وَلِيُّ كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ بَعْدِي، مَنْ وَالاهُ وَالاهُ اللَّهُ، وَ مَنْ عَادَاهُ عَادَاهُ اللَّهُ، وَ مَنْ أَحَبَّهُ أَحَبَّهُ اللَّهُ، وَ مَنْ أَبْغَضَهُ أَبْغَضَهُ اللَّهُ، لَا يُحِبُّهُ إِلَّا مُؤْمِنٌ، وَ لَا يُبْغِضُهُ إِلَّا كَافِرٌ،

Indeed! Heasws is the guardian of every Momin after mesaww. The one who befriends himasws, Allahsaww will Befriend him, and the one who is inimical to himasws, Allahazwj will be Inimical to him, the one who loves himasws, Allahazwj will Love him, and the one who angers himasws, Allahazwj will be Angry with him. None will love himasws except for a Momin, and none will hate him except Kafir.

هُوَ رَبُّ الْأَرْضِ بَعْدِي وَ سَكَنُهَا- وَ فِي نُسْخَةٍ: هُوَ زِرُّ الْأَرْضِ‏ بَعْدِي وَ سَكَنُهَا- وَ هُوَ كَلِمَةُ التَّقْوَى، وَ عُرْوَةُ اللَّهِ الْوُثْقَى أَ تُرِيدُونَ أَنْ تُطْفِئُوا نُورَ اللَّهِ بِأَفْوَاهِكُمْ‏ وَ اللَّهُ مُتِمُّ نُورِهِ‏ وَ لَوْ كَرِهَ‏ الْمُشْرِكُونَ‏؟!- وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى: وَ لَوْ كَرِهَ الْكافِرُونَ‏-

Heasws is the ‘Raab ul Arz’ (Lord of the earth and its inhabitants), after mesaww’. And in another copy: ‘Heasws is the plant of the earth’, ‘And heasws is the pious Word of Allahazwj and the strong Handhold of Allahazwj. Do you want to extinguish the ‘Noor Allahazwj’ (The Light of Allahazwj) with your mouths? And Allahazwj will Complete Hisazwj Light even though the Polytheists may not like it’. And in a report: ‘And even thought the Kafirs may not like it’.

وَ يُرِيدُ أَعْدَاءُ اللَّهِ أَنْ يُطْفِئُوا نُورَ أَخِي‏ وَ يَأْبَى اللَّهُ إِلَّا أَنْ يُتِمَّ نُورَهُ‏ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ! لِيُبَلِّغْ مَقَالَتِي شَاهِدُهُكْم غَائِبَكُمْ، اللَّهُمَّ اشْهَدْ عَلَيْهِمْ.

The enemies of Allahazwj want to extinguish the Noor of mysaww brother, and Allahazwj Refused that, except that Heazwj will Ensure the Completion of Hisazwj Noor. O you people! Those who are witnesses to this should make mysaww words reach to those who are absent from among you. O Allahazwj, be a Witness upon them!

أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ! إِنَّ اللَّهَ نَظَرَ نَظْرَةً ثَالِثَةً فَاخْتَارَ مِنْهُمْ بَعْدِي اثْنَا عَشَرَ وَصِيّاً مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي، وَ هُمْ خِيَارُ أُمَّتِي- وَ فِي نُسْخَةٍ أُخْرَى: فَجَعَلَهُمْ خِيَارَ أُمَّتِي‏- مِنْهُمْ أَحَدَ عَشَرَ إِمَاماً بَعْدَ أَخِي، وَاحِداً بَعْدَ وَاحِدٍ، كُلَّمَا هَلَكَ وَاحِدٌ قَامَ وَاحِدٌ بِهِ‏،

O you people! Allahazwj Looked (Considered) for a third time, so Heazwj Chose from among them, after mesaww, Twelve Successors from the Peopleasws of mysaww Household, and theyasws are the best of mysaww community. Among themasws are Eleven Imamsasws after mysaww brotherasws, one after the other. Whenever one of themasws passes away, another oneasws will take hisasws place from themasws.

مَثَلُهُمْ كَمَثَلِ النُّجُومِ فِي السَّمَاءِ كُلَّمَا غَابَ نَجْمٌ طَلَعَ نَجْمٌ، لِأَنَّهُمْ أَئِمَّةٌ هُدَاةٌ مُهْتَدُونَ، لَا يَضُرُّهُمْ كَيْدُ مَنْ كَادَهُمْ وَ لَا خِذْلَانُ مَنْ خَذَلَهُمْ، بَلْ يَضُرُّ اللَّهُ بِذَلِكَ مَنْ كَادَهُمُ وَ خَذَلَهُمْ،

Theirasws example is like the example of the stars in the sky. Whenever a star disappears, another one rises, because theyasws are the Guiding Imamsasws who are Guided (by Allahazwj). The plots of the plotters do not adversely affect themasws, nor does the abandonment of the ones who abandon themasws, but Allahazwj will Ensure that the ones who plotted, and the ones who abandoned will be the ones to be adversely affected by that.

فَهُمْ حُجَّةُ اللَّهِ فِي أَرْضِهِ وَ شُهَدَاؤُهُ عَلَى خَلْقِهِ، مَنْ أَطَاعَهُمْ أَطَاعَ اللَّهَ وَ مَنْ عَصَاهُمْ عَصَى اللَّهَ، هُمْ مَعَ الْقُرْآنِ وَ الْقُرْآنُ مَعَهُمْ لَا يُفَارِقُونَهُ وَ لَا يُفَارِقُهُمْ حَتَّى يَرِدُوا عَلَيَّ حَوْضِي،

Theyasws are the Divine Authorities of Allahazwj in Hisazwj earth, and Hisazwj Witnesses over Hisazwj creatures. The one who obeys themasws has obeyed Allahazwj, and the one who disobeys themasws has disobeyed Allahazwj. Theyasws are with the Quran and the Quran is with themasws. Neither will theyasws separate from it, nor will it separate from themasws until theyasws return to mesaww at the (Divine) Fountain (in the Hereafter).

أَوَّلُ الْأَئِمَّةِ عَلِيٌّ خَيْرُهُمْ، ثُمَّ ابْنِي الْحَسَنُ ثُمَّ ابْنِي الْحُسَيْنُ (ع) ثُمَّ تِسْعَةٌ مِنْ وُلْدِ الْحُسَيْنِ، وَ أُمُّهُمُ ابْنَتِي فَاطِمَةُ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ. ثُمَّ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ابْنُ عَمِّي وَ أَخُو أَخِي، وَ عَمِّي حَمْزَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ.

The first of the Imamsasws is mysaww brother Aliasws who is the best of themasws. Then, mysaww son Al-Hassanasws, and mysaww son Al-Husayn. Then, nine from the sonsasws of Al-Husaynasws, and theirasws mother is mysaww daughter Fatimaasws, may Peace be upon themasws. Then, after themasws, the best is Ja’far Bin Abu Talibasws the son of mysaww uncleasws and the brother of mysaww brotherasws, and mysaww uncle Hamza Bin Abd Al-Muttalibasws.

أَنَا خَيْرُ الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَ النَّبِيِّينَ، وَ فَاطِمَةُ ابْنَتِي سَيِّدَةُ نِسَاءِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ، وَ عَلِيٌّ وَ بَنُوهُ الْأَوْصِيَاءُ خَيْرُ الْوَصِيِّينَ، وَ أَهْلُ بَيْتِي خَيْرُ أَهْلِ بُيُوتَاتِ النَّبِيِّينَ، وَ ابْنَايَ سيدي [سَيِّدَا] شَبَابِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ.

Nay! Isaww am Muhammadsaww Bin Abdullahasws. Isaww am the best of the Rasoolsas and the Prophetsas, and Fatimaasws mysaww daughter is the Chieftess of the women of the Paradise, and Aliasws and hisasws successor sonsasws are the best of the successorsas, and the Peopleasws of mysaww Household are the best of the people of the households of the Prophetsas, and mysaww two sonsasws are the Chiefs of the youths of the Paradise.

أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ! إِنَّ شَفَاعَتِي تَنَالُ عُلُوجَكُمْ، أَ فَتَعْجِزُ عَنْهَا أَهْلُ بَيْتِي، مَا أَحَدٌ وَلَدَهُ جَدِّي عَبْدُ الْمُطَّلِبِ يَلْقَى اللَّهَ مُوَحِّداً لَا يُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئاً إِلَّا أُدْخِلُهُ الْجَنَّةَ، وَ لَوْ كَانَ فِيهِ مِنَ الذُّنُوبِ عَدَدُ الْحَصَى وَ زَبَدُ الْبَحْرِ.

O you people! As for mysaww intercession, it is what you hope for, and it is your desire. Do you reckon that the Peopleasws of mysaww Household will be deprived of it? There is none from the children of mysaww grandfather Abd Al-Muttalibasws who will meet Allahazwj as a ‘Mushrik’ (Polytheist), not having associated the slightest of anything by it, but he will enter the Paradise, even though his sins may equal the number of the pebbles, and the foam of the sea.

أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ! عَظِّمُوا أَهْلَ بَيْتِي فِي حَيَاتِي وَ مِنْ بَعْدِي وَ أَكْرِمُوهُمْ وَ فَضِّلُوهُمْ، فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَحِلُّ لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَقُومَ مِنْ مَجْلِسِهِ لِأَحَدٍ إِلَّا لِأَهْلِ بَيْتِي- وَ فِي نُسْخَةٍ أُخْرَى: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ! عَظِّمُوا أَهْلَ بَيْتِي فِي حَيَاتِي وَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِي-، إِنِّي لَوْ قَدْ أَخَذْتُ بِحَلْقَةِ بَابِ الْجَنَّةِ ثُمَّ تَجَلَّى لِي رَبِّي فَسَجَدْتُ وَ أَذِنَ لِي بِالشَّفَاعَةِ لَمْ أُوثِرْ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِي أَحَداً.

O you people! Magnify the Membersasws of mysaww Household in mysaww lifetime and after mesaww, and honour themasws and prefer themasws, for it is not permissible for anyone to stand up from his place for anyone else except for the peopleasws of mysaww Household. If Isaww were to grab hold of the Door of the Paradise, then mysaww Lordazwj Blessed and Exalted is Manifested for mesaww, so Isaww will perform Sajdah and Heazwj will Permit mesaww for the intercession, Isaww will not give priority to anyone over the Peopleasws of mysaww Household.

أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ! انْسُبُونِي مَنْ أَنَا؟. فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ، فَقَالَ- وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى: فَقَامَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ، فَقَالَتْ-: نَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ غَضَبِ اللَّهِ وَ مِنْ غَضَبِ رَسُولِهِ، أَخْبِرْنَا- يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ- مَنِ الَّذِي آذَاكَ فِي أَهْلِ بَيْتِكَ حَتَّى نَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ؟- وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى: حَتَّى نَقْتُلَهُ وَ نُبِيرَ عِتْرَتَهُ-.

O you people! Look at mysaww lineage. Who am Isaww?’ A man from the Helpers stood up and said, ‘We seek refuge with Allahazwj from the Wrath of Allahazwj, and from the wrath of Hisazwj Rasoolsaww. Inform us, O Rasool-Allahsaww, who is the one who has hurt youasws with regards to the Peopleasws of yoursaww Household, so that we may strike his neck-off?’ And in another report ‘Until we kill him and his family becomes ineffective’.

فَقَالَ: انْسُبُونِي! أَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ هَاشِمٍ ..- حَتَّى انْتَسَبَ إِلَى نِزَارٍ، ثُمَّ مَضَى فِي نَسَبِهِ إِلَى إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلِ اللَّهِ-. ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنِّي وَ أَهْلَ بَيْتِي لِطِينَةٍ مِنْ تَحْتِ الْعَرْشِ، إِلَى آدَمَ نِكَاحٌ غَيْرُ سِفَاحٍ لَمْ يُخَالِطْنَا نِكَاحُ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ،

Hesaww said: ‘Isaww will introduce mysaww lineage. Isaww am Muhammadsaww Bin Abd Allahasws bin Abd Al-Muttalibasws Bin Hashimasws’ – until hesaww mentioned the lineage up to Nazaar, then continued in his lineage up to Ismailas bin Ibrahimas, the Friend (Khaleel) of Allahazwj, then said – ‘Isaww and the Peopleasws of mysaww Household are by the good clay from underneath the Throne, up to Adamas, our (lineage) is through (holy) matrimony and not through adultery (as some of you). Do not include usasws in (those who were born as a result of) the marriages of the ignorance.

فَاسْأَلُونِي، فَوَ اللَّهِ لَا يَسْأَلُنِي رَجُلٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَ عَنْ أُمِّهِ وَ عَنْ نَسَبِهِ إِلَّا أَخْبَرْتُهُ بِهِ. فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ، فَقَالَ: مَنْ أَبِي؟. فَقَالَ: أَبُوكَ فُلَانٌ الَّذِي تُدْعَى إِلَيْهِ، فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَ أَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: وَ اللَّهِ لَوْ نَسَبْتَنِي إِلَى غَيْرِهِ لَرَضِيتُ وَ سَلَّمْتُ.

So, ask mesaww, for by Allahazwj, no man will ask mesaww about his father, and about his mother, and about his lineage, but Isaww will inform him about it’ A man stood up and said, ‘Who is my father?’ Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘Your father is so and so, whom you are claiming him to be’. He Praised Allahazwj and Extolled Himazwj and said, ‘Had yousaww related me to someone else, I would have been pleased with it and would have accepted it’.

ثُمَّ قَامَ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ، فَقَالَ: مَنْ أَبِي؟. فَقَالَ: أَبُوكَ فُلَانٌ- لِغَيْرِ أَبِيهِ الَّذِي يُدْعَى إِلَيْهِ- فَارْتَدَّ عَنِ الْإِسْلَامِ، ثُمَّ قَامَ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ، فَقَالَ: أَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ أَنَا أَمْ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ؟. فَقَالَ: مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ، ثُمَّ قَامَ رَجُلٌ آخَرُ، فَقَالَ: أَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ أَنَا أَمْ مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ؟. فَقَالَ: مِنْ أَهْلِ النَّارِ.

Then another man stood up to himsaww and said to himsaww, ‘Who is my father?’ Hesaww said: ‘Your father is so and so’ – someone other than whom he had been claiming him to be – so he reverted back from Islam (became an apostate). Then another man stood up to himsaww and said, ‘Am I from the inhabitants of the Paradise or from the inhabitants of the Fire?’ Hesaww said: ‘From the inhabitants of the Paradise’. Then another man stood up and said, ‘Am I from the inhabitants of the Paradise or from the inhabitants of the Fire?’ Hesaww said: ‘From the inhabitants of the Fire’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ- وَ هُوَ مُغْضَبٌ-: مَا يَمْنَعُ الَّذِي عَيَّرَ أَهْلَ بَيْتِي وَ أَخِي وَ وَزِيرِي وَ وَصِيِّي وَ خَلِيفَتِي فِي أُمَّتِي وَ وَلِيَّ كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ بَعْدِي أَنْ يَقُومَ فَيَسْأَلَنِي مَنْ أَبُوهُ، وَ أَيْنَ هُوَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ أَمْ فِي النَّارِ؟.

Then Rasool-Allahsaww said – and hesaww was angry -: ‘What has prevented the one who taunted the preference of the Peopleasws of mysaww Household, and mysaww brother, and mysaww Vizier, and mysaww inheritor, and mysaww successorasws, and mysaww Caliph in mysaww community, and mysaww Guardian of every Momin after mesaww, to stand up so that he would question mesaww about his father and where he is to be, in the Paradise or in the Fire?’

فَقَامَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ، فَقَالَ: أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ سَخَطِ اللَّهِ وَ سَخَطِ رَسُولِهِ، أُعْفُ عَنَّا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَفَا اللَّهُ عَنْكَ، أَقِلْنَا أَقَالَكَ اللَّهُ، اسْتُرْنَا سَتَرَكَ اللَّهُ، اصْفَحْ عَنَّا صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ .. فَاسْتَحَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ كَفَّ.

Umar Bin Al-Khattab stood up to himsaww saying, ‘I seek refuge with Allahazwj from the Wrath of Allahazwj and the wrath of Hisazwj Rasoolsaww. Excuse us, O Rasool-Allahsaww, may Allahazwj Excuse yousaww. Discharge us, may Allahazwj Discharge yousaww. Veil us, may Allahazwj Veil yousaww. Forgive us, may Allahazwj Bless yousaww. Rasool-Allahsaww did not want to embarrass him anymore, so hesaww stopped.

وَ هُوَ صَاحِبُ الْعَبَّاسِ الَّذِي بَعَثَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ سَاعِياً فَرَجَعَ وَ قَالَ: إِنَّ الْعَبَّاسَ قَدْ مَنَعَ صَدَقَةَ مَالِهِ، فَغَضِبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، وَ قَالَ: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي عَافَانَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ مِنْ شَرِّ مَا يُلَطِّخُونَّا بِهِ، إِنَّ الْعَبَّاسَ لَمْ يَمْنَعْ صَدَقَةَ مَالِهِ وَ لَكِنَّكَ عَجَّلْتَ عَلَيْهِ، وَ قَدْ عَجَّلَ زَكَاةَ سِنِينَ ثُمَّ أَتَانِي بَعْدُ يَطْلُبُ أَنْ أَمْشِيَ مَعَهُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ لِيَرْضَى عَنْهُ، فَفَعَلْتُ.

Aliasws said: ‘And he (Umar) was with Al-Abbas when Rasool-Allahsaww sent him to seek him. He came back and said, ‘Al-Abbas has refused to give charity from his wealth’. Rasool-Allahsaww was angered and said: ‘Praise be to Allahazwj Who has Excused usasws, the Peopleasws of the Household from the evil of what they are mixing us up with. Al-Abbas never refused to give charity from his wealth, but you made haste towards him and wanted the Zakaat for two years’. Then he (Umar) came to measws, seeking that Iasws should walk with him to Rasool-Allahsaww to intercede so that hesaww may be pleased with him. So Iasws did it’.

وَ هُوَ صَاحِبُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي سَلُولٍ حِينَ تَقَدَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ لِيُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ فَأَخَذَ بِثَوْبِهِ مِنْ وَرَائِهِ، وَ قَالَ: لَقَدْ نَهَاكَ اللَّهُ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ وَ لَا يَحِلُّ لَكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ‏ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: إِنَّمَا صَلَّيْتُ عَلَيْهِ كَرَامَةً لِابْنِهِ، وَ إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ يُسَلِّمَ بِهِ سَبْعُونَ رَجُلًا مِنْ بَنِي أَبِيهِ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ، وَ مَا يُدْرِيكَ مَا قُلْتُ، إِنَّمَا دَعَوْتُ اللَّهَ عَلَيْهِ.

And he (Umar) was a companion of Abdullah Bin Saloul. When Rasool-Allahsaww stepped forward to pray Salat for him (Abdullah Bin Saloul), he (Umar) grabbed hissaww garment from behind so it got extended from behind himsaww, and said, ‘Allahazwj has Prohibited yousaww that yousaww should pray for him, and it is not Permissible for yousaww to Pray for him’. Rasool-Allahsaww said to him: ‘Woe be unto you, for you have hurt mesaww. But, Isaww pray for him for the honour of his son, and Isaww hope that seventy men from the children of his father and his family would embrace Islam. And what do you know what Isaww said, but Isaww supplicated to Allahazwj against him’.

وَ هُوَ صَاحِبُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ يَوْمَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ حِينَ كُتِبَ الْقَضِيَّةُ إِذْ قَالَ: أَ نُعْطِي الدَّنِيَّةَ فِي دِينِنَا .. ثُمَّ جَعَلَ يَطُوفُ فِي عَسْكَرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ‏ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ يُحَرِّضُهُمْ‏ وَ يَقُولُ: أَ نُعْطِي الدَّنِيَّةَ فِي دِينِنَا؟!

And he (Umar) was with Rasool-Allahsaww on the day of Al-Hudaybiyya – when hesaww wrote the decision – then he (Umar) said to himsaww, ‘Yousaww are giving us disgrace in our religion?’ Then he went around the soldiers of Rasool-Allahsaww, causing in them doubt and stirring them and saying, ‘Hesaww is disgracing us in our religion?’

فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: أَفْرِجُوا عَنِّي، أَ تُرِيدُونَ أَنْ أَغْدِرَ بِذِمَّتِي؟!- وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى: أَخْرِجُوهُ عَنِّي، أَ تُرِيدُ أَنْ أَخْفِرَ ذِمَّتِي وَ لَا أَفِيَ لَهُمْ بِمَا كَتَبْتُ لَهُمْ-، خُذْ- يَا سُهَيْلُ!- ابْنَكَ جَنْدَلًا، فَأَخَذَهُ فَشَدَّهُ وَثَاقاً فِي الْحَدِيدِ، ثُمَّ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ عَاقِبَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ إِلَى الْخَيْرِ وَ الرُّشْدِ وَ الْهُدَى وَ الْعِزَّةِ وَ الْفَضْلِ.

Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘Go away from mesaww, do you desire that Isaww should betray mysaww responsibility? In order for mesaww to be faithful to them with what Isaww write to them, O Suhail, grab the hand of Abu Jandal (Umar)’. He grabbed his hands and held them in chains. Then, Allahazwj Made the end result of the matter of Rasool-Allahsaww to be good, and correct, and Guided, and honourable, and virtuous.

وَ هُوَ صَاحِبُ يَوْمِ غَدِيرِ خُمٍّ إِذْ قَالَ هُوَ وَ صَاحِبُهُ حِينَ نَصَبَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ لِوَلَايَتِي، فَقَالَ: مَا يَأْلُو أَنْ تُرْفَعَ‏ خَسِيسَتُهُ، وَ قَالَ الْآخَرُ: مَا يَأْلُو رَفْعاً بِضَبْعِ ابْنِ عَمِّهِ، وَ قَالَ لِصَاحِبِهِ- وَ أَنَا مَنْصُوبٌ-: إِنَّ هَذِهِ لَهِيَ الْكَرَامَةُ، فَقَطَّبَ صَاحِبُهُ فِي وَجْهِهِ، وَ قَالَ: لَا وَ اللَّهِ، مَا أَسْمَعُ وَ لَا أُطِيعُ أَبَداً،

And he was the companion on the Day of Ghadeer Khum when he and his companion said – when Rasool-Allahsaww established myasws Wilayah – so he said, ‘Hesaww never misses an opportunity to elevate (the status of) hissaww relative’. The other one said, ‘Hesaww never misses an opportunity to elevate the sonasws of hissaww uncleasws’. He said to his companion – and heasws had already been appointed -, ‘This is a prestige for himasws’. His companion had a frown on his face and said, ‘No, by Allahazwj, I will not listen to himasws, nor will I obey himasws ever’.

ثُمَّ اتَّكَأَ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ تَمَطَّى وَ انْصَرَفَا، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ فِيهِ: فَلا صَدَّقَ وَ لا صَلَّى وَ لكِنْ كَذَّبَ وَ تَوَلَّى ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ إِلى‏ أَهْلِهِ يَتَمَطَّى أَوْلى‏ لَكَ فَأَوْلى‏ وَعِيداً مِنَ اللَّهُ لَهُ‏.

Then he leaned upon him, stretched out and left. Allahazwj Revealed with regards to it: So he neither ratified nor did he send the Salawat [75:31] But he belied and turned back [75:32] Then he went to his family swaggering (boasting) [75:33]. Closer to you, so closer [75:34] Then closer to you, so closer [75:35] – being a Threat from Allahazwj to him.

وَ هُوَ الَّذِي دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ مَعَ‏ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ يَعُودُنِي فِي رَهْطٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ حِينَ غَمَزَهُ صَاحِبُهُ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ (ص) إِنَّكَ قَدْ كُنْتَ عَهِدْتَ إِلَيْنَا فِي عَلِيٍّ عَهْداً وَ إِنِّي لَأَرَاهُ لِمَا بِهِ، فَإِنْ هَلَكَ فَإِلَى مَنْ؟. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: اجْلِسْ ... فَأَعَادَهَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ،

And he is the one who came along with Rasool-Allahsaww, hurting me in the group of his companions, when he winked at his companion, so he stood up and said, ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww, yousaww have made an oath to us about Aliasws, and I cannot see who it will be if heasws were to perish in this?’ Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘Sit down’. Hesaww repeated it three times.

فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّهُ لَا يَمُوتُ فِي مَرَضِهِ هَذَا، وَ لَا يَمُوتُ حَتَّى تَمْلَيَاهُ غَيْظاً وَ تُوسِعَاهُ غَدْراً وَ ظُلْماً، ثُمَّ تَجِدَاهُ صَابِراً قَوَّاماً، وَ لَا يَمُوتُ حَتَّى يَلْقَى مِنْكُمَا هَنَاتٍ وَ هَنَاتٍ، وَ لَا يَمُوتُ إِلَّا شَهِيداً مَقْتُولًا.

Rasool-Allahsaww addressed them both saying: ‘By Allahazwj, heasws will not pass away in this illness of hisasws. By Allahazwj, heasws will not pass away until you two fill himasws with rage, and heap upon himasws treacheries and injustices, then you will find him to be patient and consistent. And heasws will not pass away until heasws receives from you both errors upon errors, and heasws will not pass away except as a martyr, killed one’.

وَ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ جَمَعَ ثَمَانِينَ رَجُلًا، أَرْبَعِينَ مِنَ الْعَرَبِ وَ أَرْبَعِينَ مِنَ الْعَجَمِ- وَ هُمَا فِيهِمْ- فَسَلَّمُوا عَلَيَ‏ بِإِمْرَةِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أُشْهِدُكُمْ أَنَّ عَلِيّاً أَخِي وَ وَزِيرِي وَ وَارِثِي وَ خَلِيفَتِي فِي أُمَّتِي وَ وَصِيِّي وَ وَلِيُّ كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ مِنْ‏ بَعْدِي، فَاسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَ أَطِيعُوا،

And greater than all of that is that Rasool-Allahsaww gathered eighty men, forty from the Arabs and forty from the non-Arabs – and they were both among them – so they greeted measws as Amir-ul-Momineenasws. Then hesaww said: ‘Isaww hold you all as witnesses that Aliasws is mysaww brother, and mysaww Vizier, and mysaww inheritor, and mysaww caliph in mysaww community, and mysaww successorasws in mysaww Family, and mysaww guardian on every believer after mesaww. Listen to himasws and obey himasws’.

وَ فِيهِمْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَ عُمَرُ وَ عُثْمَانُ وَ طَلْحَةُ وَ الزُّبَيْرُ وَ سَعْدٌ وَ ابْنُ عَوْفٍ وَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ وَ سَالِمٌ وَ مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ وَ رَهْطٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنِّي‏ أُشْهِدُ اللَّهَ عَلَيْكُمْ.

And among them were Abu Bakr, and Umar, and Usman, and Talha, and Al-Zubayr, and Sa’d, and Abdul Rahmaan Bin Awf, and Abu Ubeyda, and Saalim, and Ma’az Bin Jabal, and a group from the ‘Al-Ansar’ (the Helpers). Then hesaww said: ‘Isaww keep Allahazwj as a Witness on you all’.

ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى‏ الْقَوْمِ، فَقَالَ: سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ! مَا أُشْرِبَتْ قُلُوبُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ مِنْ بَلِيَّتِهَا وَ فِتْنَتِهَا مِنْ عِجْلِهَا وَ سَامِرِيِّهَا، إِنَّهُمْ أَقَرُّوا وَ ادَّعَوْا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَالَ: لَا يَجْمَعُ اللَّهُ لَنَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ النُّبُوَّةَ وَ الْخِلَافَةَ،

Then Aliasws turned towards the people and said: ‘Glory be to Allahazwj! What the hearts of the people have drunk from the afflictions and the discords of these two, from the calf and the Samirila of the people. They all accepted, and then claimed that Rasool-Allahsaww never left behind anyone (as Caliph), and he ordered for the consultation, and so said the one who said that Rasool-Allahsaww never left behind anyone (as Caliph) and that the Prophetsaww of Allahazwj said that: ‘Allahazwj will never Gather together for usasws the Peopleasws of the Household, the Prophet-hood and the Caliphate’.

وَ قَدْ قَالَ لِأُولَئِكَ الثَّمَانِينَ رَجُلًا: سَلِّمُوا عَلَى عَلِيٍّ بِإِمْرَةِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، وَ أُشْهِدُكُمْ‏ عَلَى مَا أَشْهَدَهُمْ عَلَيْهِ

And hesaww said to eighty of those people: ‘Greet Aliasws as ‘Amir-Al-Momineen’, and made them witnesses over it, along with others who also witnessed it.

أَنَّهُمْ أَقَرُّوا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ لَمْ يَسْتَخْلِفْ أَحَداً، وَ أَنَّهُمْ أَقَرُّوا بِالشُّورَى، ثُمَّ أَقَرُّوا أَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يُشَاوِرُوا وَ أَنَّ بَيْعَتَهُ كَانَتْ فَلْتَةً، وَ أَيُّ ذَنْبٍ أَعْظَمُ مِنَ الْفَلْتَةِ،

And it is strange that they accepted, and then claimed that Rasool-Allahsaww never left behind anyone (as Caliph), and so they ordered for the consultation. Then they accepted that they themselves never had a consultation with regards to Abu Bakr (becoming caliph), and that the allegiance to him happened as a slip. And which sin is greater than the slip.

ثُمَّ اسْتَخْلَفَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ عُمَرَ وَ لَمْ يَقْتَدِ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَيَدَعَهُمْ بِغَيْرِ اسْتِخْلَافٍ‏، طَعْناً مِنْهُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ رَغْبَةً عَنْ رَأْيِهِ،

Then Abu Bakr made Umar to be the Caliph, while not adhering to the way of Rasool-Allahsaww that he had alleged not to have left behind a Caliph. When people reminded him of that. He (Abu Bakr) said, ‘Shall I leave the community of Muhammadsaww like a broken slipper, leaving them without anyone as Caliph over them?’ This was his taunt on Rasool-Allahsaww, and he turned away from hissaww opinion.

ثُمَّ صَنَعَ عُمَرُ شَيْئاً ثَالِثاً لَمْ يَدَعْهُمْ عَلَى مَا ادَّعَى أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ لَمْ يَسْتَخْلِفْ، وَ لَمْ يَسْتَخْلِفْ‏ كَمَا اسْتَخْلَفَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَ جَاءَ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ ثَالِثٍ‏ جَعَلَهَا شُورَى بَيْنَ سِتَّةِ نَفَرٍ، وَ أَخْرَجَ مِنْهَا جَمِيعَ الْعَرَبِ،

Then Umar came up a third thing (for the selection of a caliph). He did not leave them on what he had claimed that Rasool-Allahsaww never left behind a Caliph, nor did he appoint a Caliph as Abu Bakr had appointed, and came up with a third scenario. He made it a consultation between six people and excluded from it all the Arabs.

ثُمَّ حَطَّنِي‏ بِذَلِكَ عِنْدَ الْعَامَّةِ فَجَعَلَهُمْ مَعَ مَا أُشْرِبَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ مِنَ الْفِتْنَةِ وَ الضَّلَالَةِ أَقْرَانِي، ثُمَّ بَايَعَ ابْنُ عَوْفٍ عُثْمَانَ فَبَايَعُوهُ، وَ قَدْ سَمِعُوا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ فِي عُثْمَانَ مَا سَمِعُوا مِنْ لَعْنِهِ إِيَّاهُ فِي غَيْرِ مَوْطِنٍ،

Then he gained the support for that among the general public. He made them to be with those whose hearts drank from the afflictions and the errors. Ibn Awf accepted measws, then paid allegiance to Usman, so they all paid allegiance to him, and they had heard from Rasool-Allahsaww with regards to Usman what they had heard from himsaww having cursed him in other places.

فَعُثْمَانُ- عَلَى مَا كَانَ عَلَيْهِ- خَيْرٌ مِنْهُمَا، وَ لَقَدْ قَالَ مُنْذُ أَيَّامٍ قَوْلًا رَقَقْتُ لَهُ‏ وَ أَعْجَبَتْنِي مَقَالَتُهُ، بَيْنَمَا أَنَا قَاعِدٌ عِنْدَهُ فِي بَيْتِهِ إِذْ أَتَتْهُ عَائِشَةُ وَ حَفْصَةُ تَطْلُبَانِ مِيرَاثَهُمَا مِنْ ضِيَاعِ أَمْوَالِ‏ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ الَّتِي فِي يَدَيْهِ‏،

As for Usman, he was better than the two of them. He said some words, days ago, that Iasws sympathised with and his speech pleased measws. Iasws was seated in his presence at his house when Aisha and Hafsa came over seeking their inheritance from the loss of Rasool-Allahsaww, and their wealth which was in his hands.

فَقَالَ: وَ لَا كَرَامَةَ، لَكِنْ أُجِيزُ شَهَادَتَكُمَا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمَا، فَإِنَّكُمَا شَهِدْتُمَا عِنْدَ أَبَوَيْكُمَا أَنَّكُمَا سَمِعْتُمَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ (ص) لَا يُورِثُ مَا تَرَكَ فَهُوَ صَدَقَةٌ،

He said, ‘No, by Allahazwj, there is no honour for the two of you, nor any enjoyment from it, but I have been permitted by the very testimonies that you two had borne against yourselves. Both of you had testified to your own two fathers that you two had heard Rasool-Allahsaww saying: ‘The Prophetsaww does not bequeath, whatsoever that hesaww leaves behind is charity’.

ثُمَّ لَقَّنْتُمَا أَعْرَابِيّاً جِلْفاً يَبُولُ عَلَى عَقِبَيْهِ يَتَطَهَّرُ بِبَوْلِهِ- مَالِكَ بْنَ الْحَرْثِ بْنِ الْحَدَثَانِ- فَشَهِدَ مَعَكُمَا، لَا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ لَا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَحَدٌ شَهِدَ بِذَلِكَ غَيْرُ أَعْرَابِيٍّ،

Then you teamed-up with an uncouth Bedouin who was urinating like an animal and cleaning himself with his own urine (Malik Bin Aws Bin Al-Hadsaan), so he testified with the two of you. And there was none among the companions of Rasool-Allahsaww neither from the Helpers who testified to that apart from the two of you and that Bedouin.

أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ مَا أَشُكُّ فِي أَنَّهُ قَدْ كَذَبَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ كَذَبْتُمَا عَلَيْهِ مَعَهُ، فَانْصَرَفَتَا مِنْ عِنْدِهِ تَبْكِيَانِ وَ تَشْتُمَانِهِ،

But, by Allahazwj, there is no doubt that he lied against Rasool-Allahsaww, and the two of you lied with him. But for me, I am permitted by the very testimonies of the two of you against your own selves, so go away, for there is no right for the two of you. They both left from his presence cursing and insulting him.

فَقَالَ: ارْجِعَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَ شَهِدْتُمَا بِذَلِكَ‏ عِنْدَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ؟!. قَالَتَا: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: فَإِنْ شَهِدْتُمَا بِحَقٍّ فَلَا حَقَّ لَكُمَا، وَ إِنْ كُنْتُمَا شَهِدْتُمَا بِبَاطِلٍ فَعَلَيْكُمَا وَ عَلَى مَنْ أَجَازَ شَهَادَتَكُمَا عَلَى أَهْلِ هَذَا الْبَيْتِ‏ لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ وَ الْمَلائِكَةِ وَ النَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ‏

He said, ‘Come back, did not the two of you testify that in the presence of Abu Bakr?’ They said, ‘Yes’. He said, ‘So if the two of you have testified by the truth, there is no right now for the two of you, and if the two of you have testified falsely, then upon the two of you, and the one who permitted your testimonies, are the Curses of Allahazwj and Hisazwj Angels, and all of the people’.

قَالَ: ثُمَّ نَظَرَ إِلَيَّ فَتَبَسَّمَ وَ قَالَ: يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ! شَفَيْتُكَ مِنْهُمَا؟. قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ وَ اللَّهِ وَ أَبْلَغْتَ، وَ قُلْتَ حَقّاً، فَلَا يُرْغِمُ اللَّهُ إِلَّا بِأَنْفَيْهِمَا،

Heasws said: ‘Then he (Usman) looked at measws, smiled, then said, ‘O Abu Al-Hassanasws, was I just with two of them?’ I said, ‘Yes, by Allahazwj, you have conveyed and spoken the truth. Allahazwj will not but humiliate the two of them’.

فَرَقَقْتُ لِعُثْمَانَ‏ وَ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّهُ أَرَادَ بِذَلِكَ رِضَايَ، وَ أَنَّهُ أَقْرَبُ مِنْهُمَا رُحْماً وَ إِنْ كَانَ لَا عُذْرَ لَهُ وَ لَا حُجَّةَ بِتَأَمُّرِهِ عَلَيْنَا وَ ادِّعَائِهِ حَقَّنَا.

Iasws sympathised with Usman, and Iasws knew that he only intended to please measws by that, and he was similar to the two of them (Abu Bakr and Umar) in unjust, and held back from usasws (our rights) more than the two of them, and it was not an excuse for him, nor an argument that he could construct against usasws and his claim over ourasws rights’’.¹⁹¹

153- كِتَابُ سُلَيْمِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ‏: عَنْ أَبَانٍ، عَنْ سُلَيْمٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يَقُولُ- قَبْلَ وَقْعَةِ صِفِّينَ-: إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ الْقَوْمَ لَنْ يُنِيبُوا إِلَى الْحَقِّ وَ لَا إِلَى كَلِمَةٍ سَوَاءٍ بَيْنَنَا وَ بَيْنَهُمْ حَتَّى يُرَامُونَا بِالْعَسَاكِرِ تَتْبَعُهَا الْعَسَاكِرُ، وَ حَتَّى يُرْدِفُونَا بِالْكَتَائِبِ تَتْبَعُهَا الْكَتَائِبُ، وَ حَتَّى يَجُرَّ بِبِلَادِهِمُ الْخَمِيسُ تَتْبَعُهَا الْخَمِيسُ، وَ حَتَّى تَرْعَى‏ الْخُيُولُ بِنَوَاحِي أَرْضِهِمْ وَ تَنْزِلَ عَنْ‏ مَسَالِحِهِمْ، وَ حَتَّى يُشَنَ‏ الْغَارَاتُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ كُلِّ فَجٍّ، وَ حَتَّى يَلْقَاهُمْ قَوْمٌ صُدَّقٌ صُبَّرٌ لَا يَزِيدُهُمْ هَلَاكُ مَنْ هَلَكَ مِنْ قَتْلَاهُمْ وَ مَوْتَاهُمْ‏ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ

Kitab Suleym Bin Qays – From Aban, from Suleym who said,

‘I heard Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws saying, before the event of Siffeen: ‘These people will never come to the truth, nor to an equitable word between us and them until they are hit by an army followed by an army, and until this is added on by a battalion followed by a battalion, and until there come to their cities horses after horses, and until raids are launched upon them from every direction, and until they are met with a people who are truthful, patient, who do not get increased except in their efforts for their obedience to Allahazwj, from the death from their battles and their deaths in the Way of Allahazwj.

إِلَّا جِدّاً فِي طَاعَةِ اللَّهِ، وَ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ نَقْتُلُ آبَاءَنَا وَ أَبْنَاءَنَا وَ أَخْوَالَنَا وَ أَعْمَامَنَا وَ أَهْلَ بُيُوتِنَا ثُمَّ لَا يَزِيدُنَا ذَلِكَ إِلَّا إِيمَاناً وَ تَسْلِيماً وَ جِدّاً فِي طَاعَةِ اللَّهِ، وَ اسْتِقْلَالًا بِمُبَارَزَةِ الْأَقْرَانِ،

By Allahazwj, we have seen with Rasool-Allahsaww, our fathers got killed, and our sons, and our brothers, and our paternal uncles and our maternal uncles, and the people of our households, then that did not increase us except for our faith, and our submission, and our efforts in obedience to Allahazwj and the enthusiasm in fighting against the enemies.

وَ إِنْ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ مِنَّا وَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ عَدُوِّنَا لَيَتَصَاوَلَانِ تَصَاوُلَ الْفَحْلَيْنِ يَتَخَالَسَانِ أَنْفُسَهُمَا أَيُّهُمَا يَسْقِي صَاحِبَهُ كَأْسَ الْمَوْتِ، فَمَرَّةً لَنَا مِنْ عَدُوِّنَا، وَ مَرَّةً لِعَدُوِّنَا مِنَّا، فَلَمَّا رَأَى اللَّهُ مِنَّا صِدْقاً وَ صَبْراً أَنْزَلَ الْكِتَابَ بِحُسْنِ الثَّنَاءِ عَلَيْنَا وَ الرِّضَا عَنَّا، وَ أَنْزَلَ عَلَيْنَا النَّصْرَ،

When the man from us and the man from our enemies fought in a duel, both of them were sincerely determined to get the other one to drink from the cup of death. So sometimes it was for us from our enemies, and at times it was for our enemies from us. When Allahazwj Saw us as sincere and patient, Heazwj Sent down the Book with good Praises for us, and was Pleased with us, and Sent down Help upon us.

وَ لَسْتُ أَقُولُ إِنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ كَانَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ كَذَلِكَ‏، وَ لَقَدْ كَانَتْ مَعَنَا بِطَانَةٌ لَا يَأْلُونَا خَبَالًا، قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: قَدْ بَدَتِ الْبَغْضاءُ مِنْ أَفْواهِهِمْ وَ ما تُخْفِي صُدُورُهُمْ أَكْبَرُ

And Iasws am not saying that all those that were with the Messengersaww of Allahazwj were like that, but a great number of them, and most of them, and the generality of them were like that. And there was with us group of friends whose help did not get to us. Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic has Said: Vehement hatred has appeared in their mouths (speech), and what is hidden in their chests is greater. [3:118].

وَ لَقَدْ كَانَ مِنْهُمْ بَعْضُ مَنْ تُفَضِّلُهُ أَنْتَ وَ أَصْحَابُكَ- يَا ابْنَ قَيْسٍ-، فَارِّينَ، فَلَا رَمَى بِسَهْمٍ، وَ لَا ضَرَبَ بِسَيْفٍ، وَ لَا طَعَنَ بِرُمْحٍ، إِذَا كَانَ الْمَوْتُ وَ النِّزَالُ تَوَارَى‏ وَ اعْتَلَّ وَ لَاذَ كَمَا تَلُوذُ النَّعْجَةُ الْعَوْرَاءُ لَا يَدْفَعُ‏ يَدَ لَامِسٍ، وَ إِذَا أَلْقَى الْعَدُوَّ فَرَّ وَ مَنَحَ الْعَدُوَّ دُبُرَهُ جُبْناً وَ لُؤْماً،

And among them were some whom you and your companion give preference to – O Ibn Qays – deserters who neither shot an arrow, nor struck with a sword, not stabbed with a spear. When there was death and the battle, they resorted to hiding and pretending to be sick, and they fled like the fleeing of the sheep not letting anyone lay a hand upon them. And when they met the enemy, they fled and showed cowardice and wickedness.

وَ إِذَا كَانَ عِنْدَ الرَّخَاءِ وَ الْغَنِيمَةِ تَكَلَّمَ كَمَا قَالَ اللَّهُ: سَلَقُوكُمْ بِأَلْسِنَةٍ حِدادٍ أَشِحَّةً عَلَى الْخَيْرِ

And when it was during the prosperity and the booty (from the war) they spoke, as Allahazwj has Said “So when the fear comes upon them, you see them looking towards you rolling their eyes, being covetous upon the good [33:19]”.

فَلَا يَزَالُ قَدِ اسْتَأْذَنَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ فِي ضَرْبِ عُنُقِ الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي لَيْسَ يُرِيدُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَتْلَهُ، فَأَبَى عَلَيْهِ، وَ لَقَدْ نَظَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ يَوْماً وَ عَلَيْهِ السِّلَاحُ تَامٌ‏، فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ يُكَنِّيهِ: أَبَا فُلَانٍ الْيَوْمُ يَوْمُكَ؟.

He (Umar) never ceased to seek permission from Rasool-Allahsaww to strike the neck of the men whom Rasool-Allahsaww did not want to kill, so hesaww would refuse (him). And one day Rasool-Allahsaww saw him with the weapon (put on him without being in the state of war), so Rasool-Allahsaww smiled, then said: ‘O father of so and so, today is your day’.

فَقَالَ الْأَشْعَثُ: مَا أَعْلَمَنِي مَنْ‏ تَعْنِي! إِنَّ ذَلِكَ يَفِرُّ مِنْهُ الشَّيْطَانُ. قَالَ: يَا ابْنَ قَيْسٍ! لَا آمَنَ اللَّهُ رَوْعَةَ الشَّيْطَانِ إِذَا قَالَ.

Al-Ash’as said, ‘Youasws have not made it known to me as to who is meant by that, from whom even the Satanla would flee’. Heasws said: ‘O Ibn Qays, there is no safety with Allahazwj from the sight of the Satanla when he said it’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ: وَ لَوْ كُنَّا حِينَ كُنَّا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ وَ قَضَيْنَا الشَّدَائِدَ وَ الْأَذَى وَ الْبَأْسَ فَعَلْنَا كَمَا تَفْعَلُونَ الْيَوْمَ لَمَا قَامَ لِلَّهِ دِينٌ، وَ لَا أَعَزَّ اللَّهُ‏ الْإِسْلَامَ، وَ ايْمُ اللَّهِ لَتَحْلِبُنَّهَا دَماً وَ نَدَماً وَ حَيْرَةً، فَاحْفَظُوا مَا أَقُولُ لَكُمْ وَ اذْكُرُوهُ،

Then heasws said: ‘And had we, when we were with Rasool-Allahsaww and faced with hardship and extremities and evil, acted as you are acting today, the Religion of Allahazwj would not have been established, nor would Allahazwj have Honoured the Islam. And Iasws swear by Allahazwj that this creates blood and shame and regret, so memorise what Iasws am saying to you all and mention it.

فَلَيُسَلَّطَنَّ عَلَيْكُمْ شِرَارُكُمْ وَ الْأَدْعِيَاءُ مِنْكُمْ وَ الطُّلَقَاءُ وَ الطُّرَدَاءُ وَ الْمُنَافِقُونَ فَلَيَقْتُلُنَّكُمْ، ثُمَّ لَتَدْعُنَّ اللَّهَ فَلَا يَسْتَجِيبُ لَكُمْ، وَ لَا يَدْفَعُ الْبَلَاءَ عَنْكُمْ حَتَّى تَتُوبُوا وَ تَرْجِعُوا، فَإِنْ تَتُوبُوا وَ تَرْجِعُوا فَيَسْتَنْقِذُكُمْ‏ اللَّهُ مِنْ فِتْنَتِهِمْ وَ ضَلَالَتِهِمْ كَمَا اسْتَنْقَذَكُمْ مِنْ شِرْكِكُمْ‏ وَ جَهَالَتِكُمْ،

Very soon you will be governed by the evil ones from among you, and the impostors from among you, and the freed captives, and the castaways and the hypocrites. You will be slain and plead to Allahazwj (for a refuge). (But) Heazwj will not Answer you, nor will Heazwj Lift the affliction from you until you repent and revert (back to just). If you were to repent and to return, Allahazwj will Save you from your trials and your straying just as Heazwj Saved you from your evil and your ignorance.

إِنَّ الْعَجَبَ كُلَّ الْعَجَبِ مِنْ جُهَّالِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ وَ ضُلَّالِهَا وَ قَادَتِهَا وَ سَاقَتِهَا إِلَى النَّارِ، إِنَّهُمْ قَدْ سَمِعُوا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ يَقُولُ- عَوْداً وَ بَدْءاً-: مَا وَلَّتْ أُمَّةٌ رَجُلًا قَطُّ أَمْرَهَا وَ فِيهِمْ أَعْلَمُ مِنْهُ إِلَّا لَمْ يَزَلْ أَمْرُهُمْ يَذْهَبُ سَفَالًا حَتَّى يَرْجِعُوا إِلَى مَا تَرَكُوا،

Surely, the strangeness of all strange things is the ignorance of this community, and its straying, and its leaders driving it to the Fire, because they have heard Rasool-Allahsaww saying, promising at the beginning: ‘No community will hand over any of its commands to any man when there is a more knowledgeable one among them, except that it will not cease going lower in its affairs, until they return to what they had avoided’.

فَوَلَّوْا أَمْرَهُمْ قَبْلِي ثَلَاثَةَ رَهْطٍ مَا مِنْهُمْ رَجُلٌ جَمَعَ الْقُرْآنَ، وَ لَا يَدَّعِي أَنَّ لَهُ عِلْماً بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ وَ لَا سُنَّةِ نَبِيِّهِ (ص)، وَ قَدْ عَلِمُوا أَنِّي أَعْلَمُهُمْ بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ وَ سُنَّةِ نَبِيِّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ أَفْقَهُهُمْ وَ أَقْرَؤُهُمْ بِكِتَابِ‏ اللَّهِ وَ أَقْضَاهُمْ بِحُكْمِ اللَّهِ،

They gave the command to a group of three before measws, and there was no man among them who had collected the Quran nor made a claim to know the Book of Allahazwj, nor the Sunnah of Hisazwj Prophetsaww. And they had firm conviction that Iasws was more knowledgeable than them of the Book of Allahazwj, and the Sunnah of Hisazwj Prophetsaww, and more contemplative than them, and better read than them of the Book of Allahazwj, and a better judge than them of the Judgement(s) of Allahazwj.

وَ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الثَّلَاثَةِ لَهُ سَابِقَةٌ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ لَا عَنَاءٌ مَعَهُ فِي جَمِيعِ مَشَاهِدِهِ، فَرَمَى بِسَهْمٍ، وَ لَا طَعَنَ بِرُمْحٍ، وَ لَا ضَرَبَ بِسَيْفٍ جُبْناً وَ لُؤْماً وَ رَغْبَةً فِي الْبَقَاءِ، وَ قَدْ عَلِمُوا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَدْ قَاتَلَ بِنَفْسِهِ فَقَتَلَ أُبَيَّ بْنَ خَلَفٍ، وَ قَتَلَ مِسْجَعَ بْنَ عَوْفٍ- وَ كَانَ مِنْ أَشْجَعِ النَّاسِ وَ أَشَدِّهِمْ لِقَاءً، وَ أَحَقِّهِمْ بِذَلِكَ-

And there was no man from the three of them who had offered any help to Rasool-Allahsaww, nor shared any of hissaww problems in all that which had been witnessed. Neither did they shoot an arrow, nor stabbed with a spear, nor struck with a sword. They were cowards, and fearful and desired to remain alive. And they knew that Rasool-Allahsaww fought himselfsaww personally, so hesaww killed Ubay Bin Khalaf and killed Masja’a Bin Awf who was one of the bravest of the people and severest in duels, and was the most deserving of that (to be killed).

وَ قَدْ عَلِمُوا يَقِيناً أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهِمْ أَحَدٌ يَقُومُ مَقَامِي وَ لَا يُبَارِزُ الْأَبْطَالَ وَ يَفْتَحُ الْحُصُونَ غَيْرِي، وَ لَا نَزَلَتْ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ شَدِيدَةٌ قَطُّ وَ لَا كَرَبَهُ أَمْرٌ وَ لَا ضِيقٌ وَ لَا مستضعف [مُسْتَصْعَبٌ‏] مِنَ الْأَمْرِ إِلَّا قَالَ: أَيْنَ أَخِي عَلِيٌّ؟ أَيْنَ سَيْفِي؟ أَيْنَ رُمْحِي؟ أَيْنَ الْمُفَرِّجُ عَنِّي‏ عَنْ وَجْهِي؟

And they convincingly knew that there was no one from among them who could stand in myasws place, or strive against the falsehood, or conquer the forts apart from myself, and there did not come down upon Rasool-Allahsaww any severity whatsoever, nor any unfavourable situation, nor any narrowness and difficulty from the affairs except that hesaww said: ‘Where is mysaww brother Aliasws, where is mysaww sword, where is mysaww spear, where is the one whoasws takes away mysaww grief from mysaww face?’

فَيُقَدِّمُنِي فَأَتَقَدَّمُ فَأَقِيهِ بِنَفْسِي‏ وَ يَكْشِفُ اللَّهُ بِيَدِيَ الْكَرْبَ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ، وَ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ لِرَسُولِهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ بِذَلِكَ الْمَنُّ وَ الطَّوْلُ حَيْثُ خَصَّنِي بِذَلِكَ وَ وَفَّقَنِي لَهُ،

So hesaww would place measws forward, and Iasws would go forth sacrificing myselfasws for himsaww, and Allahazwj Removed the grief from hissaww face by myasws hand. And Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic and Hisazwj Rasoolsaww Favoured measws by that and Guided measws to it.

وَ إِنَّ بَعْضَ مَنْ قَدْ سَمَّيْتُ مَا كَانَ لَهُ بَلَاءٌ وَ لَا سَابِقَةٌ وَ لَا مُبَارَزَةُ قَرْنٍ، وَ لَا فَتْحٌ وَ لَا نَصْرٌ غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ ثُمَّ فَرَّ وَ مَنَحَ عَدُوَّهُ دُبُرَهُ وَ رَجَعَ يُجَبِّنُ أَصْحَابَهُ وَ يُجَبِّنُونَهُ، وَ قَدْ فَرَّ مِرَاراً، فَإِذَا كَانَ عِنْدَ الرَّخَاءِ وَ الْغَنِيمَةِ تَكَلَّمَ‏ وَ أَمَرَ وَ نَهَى،

And one of them from what you have heard, never kept away the difficulties nor did he ever go forth, nor duelled, nor conquered a fort, nor helped even once, but he fled and showed his back to the enemy, and when he returned he accused his companions of cowardice and they accused him of it, and he had fled many times. And when it was during the prosperity and the (distribution) of the booty, he spoke and changed, and ordered and prevented.

وَ لَقَدْ نَادَاهُ‏ ابْنُ عَبْدِ وُدٍّ يَوْمَ الْخَنْدَقِ بِاسْمِهِ فَحَادَ عَنْهُ وَ لَاذَ بِأَصْحَابِهِ حَتَّى تَبَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ لِمَا رَأَى‏ بِهِ مِنَ الرُّعْبِ، وَ قَالَ: أَيْنَ حَبِيبِي عَلِيٌّ؟ تَقَدَّمْ يَا حَبِيبِي يَا عَلِيُّ،

And Ibn Abd Wad had called out – on the Day of Khandaq – by his name, so he hid from him and fled with his companions to the extent that Rasool-Allahsaww smiled when hesaww saw him to be so horrified and hesaww said: ‘Where is mysaww beloved Aliasws? Go forth O mysaww beloved, O Aliasws’.

وَ لَقَدْ قَالَ‏ لِأَصْحَابِهِ الْأَرْبَعَةِ- أَصْحَابِ الْكِتَابِ-: الرَّأْيُ- وَ اللَّهِ- أَنْ يدفع [نَدْفَعَ‏] مُحَمَّداً بِرُمَّتِهِ‏ وَ نَسْلَمَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ حِينَ جَاءَ الْعَدُوُّ مِنْ فَوْقِنَا وَ مِنْ تَحْتِنَا كَمَا قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: وَ زُلْزِلُوا زِلْزالًا شَدِيداً وَ تَظُنُّونَ بِاللَّهِ الظُّنُونَا وَ إِذْ يَقُولُ الْمُنافِقُونَ وَ الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ مَرَضٌ ما وَعَدَنَا اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ إِلَّا غُرُوراً،

And he was the one who told his four companions – his writers and his advisors, ‘By Allahazwj, if we hand over Muhammadsaww to them outright, we will be safe from that’, and this was when we had enemies from the top of us and from underneath us, as Allahazwj Said “and you were thinking the assumptions about Allah [33:10] At that point the Momineen were Tried and were shaken with severe shaking [33:11] And when the hypocrites and those who had a sickness in their hearts were saying, ‘Allah and His Rasool did not promise us except to deceive!’ [33:12]”.

فَقَالَ صَاحِبُهُ: لَا، وَ لَكِنْ نَتَّخِذُ صَنَماً عَظِيماً نَعْبُدُهُ، لِأَنَّا لَا نَأْمَنُ‏ أَنْ يَظْفَرَ ابْنُ أَبِي كَبْشَةَ فَيَكُونَ هَلَاكُنَا، وَ لَكِنْ يَكُونُ هَذَا الصَّنَمُ لَنَا زُخْراً، فَإِنْ ظَفِرَتْ قُرَيْشٌ أَظْهَرْنَا عِبَادَةَ هَذَا الصَّنَمِ وَ أَعْلَمْنَاهُمْ أَنَّا لَنْ نُفَارِقَ دِينَنَا، وَ إِنْ رَجَعَتْ دَوْلَةُ ابْنِ أَبِي كَبْشَةَ كُنَّا مُقِيمِينَ عَلَى عِبَادَةِ هَذَا الصَّنَمِ سِرّاً،

So his companion (Abu Bakr) said to him (Umar), ‘No, but we will take a great idol and worship it, because we do not feel secure if Ibn Abu Kabasha is victorious, so he will destroy us, but if we have this idol with us it will be an asset for us. If the Quraysh are victorious over us, we will show them that we have been worshipping this idol, and we will let them know that we had never separated from our religion. And if the government of Ibn Abu Kabasha (Muhammadsaww) returns, then we will remain on the worship of this idol in secret’.

فَنَزَلَ جَبْرَئِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَأَخْبَرَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ بِذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ خَبَّرَنِي بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ بَعْدَ قَتْلِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ وُدٍّ، فَدَعَاهُمَا، فَقَالَ: كَمْ صَنَماً عَبَدْتُمَا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ؟. فَقَالا: يَا مُحَمَّدُ! لَا تُعَيِّرْنَا بِمَا مَضَى فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ

Jibraeelas descended and informed the Prophetsaww of that, then Rasool-Allahsaww informed about it after Iasws had killed Ibn Abd Wad. Hesaww called both of them over. Hesaww said: ‘How many idols did you two worship during the era of ignorance?’ They said, ‘O Muhammadsaww, do not embarrass us of what has passed in the era of ignorance’.

. فَقَالَ: فَكَمْ صَنَمٍ‏ تَعْبُدَانِ وَقْتَكُمَا هَذَا؟. فَقَالا: وَ الَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ نَبِيّاً مَا نَعْبُدُ إِلَّا اللَّهَ مُنْذُ أَظْهَرْنَا لَكَ‏ مِنْ دِينِكَ مَا أَظْهَرْنَا.

Hesaww said to both of them: ‘So how many idols did you two worship on this day of yours?’ They said, ‘By the One Whoazwj Sent yousaww with the truth as a Prophetsaww, we have not worshipped any except Allahazwj since appeared to us from yoursaww Religion what appeared to us’.

فَقَالَ: يَا عَلِيُّ! خُذْ هَذَا السَّيْفَ، فَانْطَلِقْ إِلَى مَوْضِعِ كَذَا .. وَ كَذَا فَاسْتَخْرِجِ الصَّنَمَ الَّذِي يَعْبُدَانِهِ فَاهْشِمْهُ‏، فَإِنْ حَالَ بَيْنَكَ وَ بَيْنَهُ أَحَدٌ فَاضْرِبْ عُنُقَهُ، فَانْكَبَّا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، فَقَالا: اسْتُرْنَا سَتَرَكَ اللَّهُ.

Hesaww said: ‘O Aliasws, take this sword and go to such and such a place, take out the idol which they have been worshipping and smash those. And if anyone comes between youasws and it, strike his neck’. They both fell down in front of Rasool-Allahsaww and said, ‘Veil us, Allahazwj will Veil yousaww’.

فَقُلْتُ أَنَا لَهُمَا: اضْمَنَا لِلَّهِ وَ لِرَسُولِهِ أَلَّا تَعْبُدَا إِلَّا اللَّهَ وَ لَا تُشْرِكَا بِهِ شَيْئاً. فَعَاهَدَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ عَلَى ذَلِكَ‏، وَ انْطَلَقْتُ حَتَّى اسْتَخْرَجْتُ الصَّنَمَ مِنْ مَوْضِعِهِ وَ كَسَرْتُ وَجْهَهُ وَ يَدَيْهِ وَ جَزَمْتُ‏ رِجْلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ‏ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ، فَوَ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَرَفْتُ ذَلِكَ فِي وَجْهِهِمَا حَتَّى مَاتَا،

Iasws said to both of them: ‘Do you two give the guarantee to Allahazwj and to Hisazwj Rasoolsaww that you will not worship any except for Allahazwj and will not associate anything with Himazwj?’ They made an oath to Rasool-Allahsaww for that. And Iasws went until Iasws took out the idol from its place and cut off its head, and its hand, and made pieces of its legs, then Iasws went to Rasool-Allahsaww. By Allahazwj, Iasws saw that (embarrassment) in both of their faces to the day they died.

ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ هُوَ وَ أَصْحَابُهُ حِينَ قُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَخَاصَمُوا الْأَنْصَارَ بِحَقِّي، فَإِنْ كَانُوا صَدَقُوا وَ احْتَجُّوا بِحَقٍّ أَنَّهُمْ أَوْلَى مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ لِأَنَّهُمْ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، فَمَنْ كَانَ أَوْلَى بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ (ص) كَانَ أَوْلَى بِالْأَمْرِ؟! وَ إِنَّمَا ظَلَمُونِي حَقِّي.

Then he and his companions went – when Rasool-Allahsaww passed away – so they quarrelled with the Helpers by myasws right. So if they were speaking the truth, and arguing by myasws right that, ‘they were higher than the Helpers because they were from the Quraysh and that Rasool-Allahsaww was from the Quraysh’, so the one who was higher due to the Messengersaww of Allahazwj was higher (to have) the command. But rather, they wronged measws of myasws right.

وَ إِنْ كَانُوا احْتَجُّوا بِبَاطِلٍ فَقَدْ ظَلَمُوا الْأَنْصَارَ حَقَّهُمْ، وَ اللَّهُ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَنَا وَ بَيْنَ مَنْ ظَلَمَنَا وَ حَمَلَ النَّاسَ عَلَى رِقَابِنَا.

And if they were arguing wrongly, so they had wronged the Helpers of their right, and Allahazwj will Judge between usasws and the one who wronged us of ourasws rights, and burdened usasws by placing the people upon ourasws necks.

وَ الْعَجَبُ لِمَا قَدْ أُشْرِبَتْ قُلُوبُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ مِنْ حُبِّهِمْ وَ حُبِّ مَنْ صَدَّقَهُمْ‏ وَ صَدَّهُمْ عَنْ سَبِيلِ رَبِّهِمْ وَ رَدَّهُمْ عَنْ دِينِهِمْ، وَ اللَّهِ لَوْ أَنَّ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ قَامَتْ عَلَى أَرْجُلِهَا عَلَى التُّرَابِ، وَ الرَّمَادَ وَاضِعَةٌ عَلَى‏ رُءُوسِهَا، وَ تَضَرَّعَتْ‏ وَ دَعَتْ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ عَلَى مَنْ أَضَلَّهُمْ، وَ صَدَّهُمْ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ، وَ دَعَاهُمْ إِلَى النَّارِ، وَ عَرَضَهُمْ لِسَخَطِ رَبِّهِمْ، وَ أَوْجَبَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَذَابَهُ بِمَا أَجْرَمُوا إِلَيْهِمْ لَكَانُوا مُقَصِّرِينَ فِي ذَلِكَ،

And the strange thing is what the hearts of this community have drunk from its love for them and the love for the ones who repulsed them from the Way of their Lordazwj, and turned them back from their Religion. By Allahazwj, even if this community stands upon its feet on the dust, and puts ashes upon its heads and laments to Allahazwj and supplicates up to the Day of Judgement against the ones who misled them from the Way of Allahazwj and called them to the Fire, they will still be exposed to the Wrath of their Lordazwj, and Hisazwj Punishment would be more than Obligated upon them – for the crimes that were committed – they would still fall short with regards to that.

وَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ الْمُحِقَّ الصَّادِقَ وَ الْعَالِمَ بِاللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ يَتَخَوَّفَانِ إنْ غَيَّرَا شَيْئاً مِنْ بِدَعِهِمْ وَ سُنَنِهِمْ وَ أَحْدَاثِهِمْ عَادِيَةَ الْعَامَّةِ، وَ مَتَى فَعَلَ شَاقُّوهُ وَ خَالَفُوهُ وَ تَبَرَّءُوا مِنْهُ وَ خَذَلُوهُ وَ تَفَرَّقُوا عَنْ حَقِّهِ، وَ إِنْ أَخَذَ بِبِدَعِهِمْ وَ أَقَرَّ بِهَا وَ زَيَّنَهَا وَ دَانَ بِهَا أَحَبَّتْهُ وَ شَرَّفَتْهُ وَ فَضَّلَتْهُ،

And this is due to the fact that the righteousasws, the sincereasws and the knowledgeable oneasws and the inheritor of the Knowledge of Allah and Hisazwj Rasoolsaww, is fearful to alter anything from their innovations, and their ways and their traditions and their general habits. And when heasws does that, they will doubt himasws, and oppose himasws and keep away from himasws and abandon himasws and separate from hisasws rights. And if heasws were to take to their innovations, they will accept himasws and adorn himasws, and if heasws makes this to be the Religion, they will love himasws, and honour himasws and prefer himasws.

وَ اللَّهِ لَوْ نَادَيْتُ فِي عَسْكَرِي هَذَا بِالْحَقِّ الَّذِي أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَى نَبِيِّهِ وَ أَظْهَرْتُهُ وَ دَعَوْتُ إِلَيْهِ وَ شَرَحْتُهُ وَ فَسَّرْتُهُ عَلَى مَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ السَّلَامُ فِيهِ، مَا بَقِيَ فِيهِ إِلَّا أَقَلُّهُ وَ أَذَلُّهُ وَ أَرْذَلُهُ، وَ لَاسْتَوْحَشُوا مِنْهُ، وَ لَتَفَرَّقُوا مِنِّي‏،

By Allahazwj, if Iasws were to make this call, within myasws army, of the truth which Allahazwj has Sent down upon Hisazwj Prophetsaww and displayed it and called towards Himazwj and explained it and interpreted it – on all that what Iasws heard from the Prophetsaww of Allahazwj with regards to it – there will not remain any but a few of them, and they will humiliate it as a trivial matter and disperse from measws.

وَ لَوْ لَا مَا عَاهَدَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ إِلَيَّ وَ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْهُ، وَ تَقَدَّمَ إِلَيَّ فِيهِ لَفَعَلْتُ، وَ لَكِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَدْ قَالَ‏: كُلُّ مَا اضْطُرَّ إِلَيْهِ الْعَبْدُ فَقَدْ أَحَلَّهُ اللَّهُ لَهُ وَ أَبَاحَهُ إِيَّاهُ، وَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ التَّقِيَّةَ مِنْ دِينِ اللَّهِ، وَ لَا دِينَ لِمَنْ لَا تَقِيَّةَ لَهُ،

And had Rasool-Allahsaww not given an oath to measws, and Iasws heard it from himsaww before, Iasws would have done so (announced the facts). But, Rasool-Allahsaww had said: ‘O mysaww brotherasws, all that which is forced upon the servant, so Allahazwj has Permitted it for him and neutralised it for him’. And Iasws have heard himsaww say that: ‘The ‘Taqayyah’ (dissimulation) is from the religion of Allahazwj, and the one who does not observe Taqayyah has no religion’.

ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيَّ، فَقَالَ: أَدْفَعُهُمْ بِالرَّاحِ دَفْعاً عَنِّي، ثُلُثَانِ مِنْ حَيٍّ وَ ثُلُثٌ مِنِّي، فَإِنْ عَوَّضَنِي رَبِّي فَأعْذَرَنِي.

Then heasws turned towards me and said (a poem): ‘They pushed the claim away from measws, two thirds from the district and a third from measws, for myasws Lordazwj will Compensate measws and Excuse measws’’.¹⁹²

154- كنز: قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: عَلِمَتْ نَفْسٌ ما قَدَّمَتْ وَ أَخَّرَتْ‏ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ: نَزَلَتْ‏ فِي الثَّانِي، يَعْنِي مَا قَدَّمَتْ مِنْ وَلَايَةِ أَبِي فُلَانٍ وَ مِنْ وَلَايَةِ نَفْسِهِ وَ مَا أَخَّرَتْ مِنْ وُلَاةِ الْأَمْرِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ.. إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: بَلْ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِالدِّينِ‏، قَالَ‏: الْوَلَايَةِ.

(The book) ‘Taweel Al Ayaat Al Zaahira’ – Words of the Exalted: Every soul shall know what it had sent ahead and delayed [82:5]. Ali Bin Ibrahim said, ‘It was Revealed regarding the second (Umar), meaning what he had send ahead from the governance of Abu so and so (Bakr), and from the governance of himself, and what he delayed from the Masterasws of the command from after him – up to Hisazwj Words: Never! But you are belying the Religion [82:9]. He said, ‘The Wilayah’’.¹⁹³ (Not a Hadeeth)

155- كنز: رُوِيَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ، عَنْ مَعْرُوفِ بْنِ خَرَّبُوذَ، قَالَ: قَالَ لِي أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: يَا ابْنَ خَرَّبُوذَ! أَ تَدْرِي مَا تَأْوِيلُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ: فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لا يُعَذِّبُ عَذابَهُ أَحَدٌ؟!. قُلْتُ: لَا. قَالَ: ذَلِكَ‏ الثَّانِي، لَا يُعَذِّبُ اللَّهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عَذَابَهُ أَحَداً.

(The book) ‘Taweel Al Ayaat Al Zaahira’ – It is reported from Umar Bin Uzina, from Marouf Bin Kharbouz who said,

‘Abu Ja’farasws said: ‘So Ibn Kharbouz! Do you know what is the interpretation of this Verse: Is there (not) in that an oath for the possessors of understanding? [89:5]?’ I said, ‘No’. Heasws said: ‘That is the second (Umar). Allahazwj will not Punish anyone on the Day of Qiyamah (like) his punishment’’.¹⁹⁴

156- كِتَابُ الْمُحْتَضَرِ: عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ أَبِي عَيَّاشٍ، عَنْ سُلَيْمِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ الْهِلَالِيِّ، عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ- فِي حَدِيثٍ طَوِيلٍ-: وَ لَقَدْ قَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ الْأَرْبَعَةِ- أَصْحَابِ الْكِتَابِ-: الرَّأْيُ- وَ اللَّهِ- أَنْ نَدْفَعَ مُحَمَّداً بِرُمَّتِهِ وَ نُسَلِّمَ، وَ ذَلِكَ حِينَ جَاءَ الْعَدُوُّ مِنْ فَوْقِنَا وَ مِنْ تَحْتِنَا، كَمَا قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: وَ زُلْزِلُوا زِلْزالًا شَدِيداً وَ تَظُنُّونَ بِاللَّهِ الظُّنُونَا وَ إِذْ يَقُولُ الْمُنافِقُونَ وَ الَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ مَرَضٌ ما وَعَدَنَا اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ إِلَّا غُرُوراً.

The book ‘Al Mukhtasar’ – From Aban Bin Abu Ayyash, from Suleym Bin Qays Al Hilali,

‘From Amir Al-Momineenasws in a lengthy Hadeeth: ‘And he (Umar) had said to his four companions – his writers and his advisors, ‘By Allahazwj, if we hand over Muhammadsaww to them outright, we will be safe from that (them)’, and this was when we had enemies from the top of us and from underneath us, as Allahazwj Said “and you were thinking the assumptions about Allah [33:10] At that point the Momineen were Tried and were shaken with severe shaking [33:11] And when the hypocrites and those who had a sickness in their hearts were saying, ‘Allah and His Rasool did not promise us except to deceive!’ [33:12]”.

فَقَالَ صَاحِبُهُ: وَ لَكِنْ‏ نَتَّخِذُ صَنَماً عَظِيماً فَنَعْبُدُهُ لِأَنَّا لَا نَأْمَنُ مِنْ أَنْ يَظْفَرَ ابْنُ أَبِي كَبْشَةَ فَيَكُونَ هَلَاكُنَا، وَ لَكِنْ يَكُونُ هَذَا الصَّنَمُ لَنَا زُخْراً فَإِنْ ظَفِرَتْ‏ قُرَيْشٌ أَظْهَرْنَا عِبَادَةَ هَذَا الصَّنَمِ وَ أَعْلَمْنَاهُمْ أَنَّا كُنَّا لَمْ نُفَارِقْ دِينَنَا، وَ إِنْ رَجَعَتْ دَوْلَةُ ابْنِ أَبِي كَبْشَةَ كُنَّا مُقِيمِينَ عَلَى عِبَادَةِ هَذَا الصَّنَمِ سِرّاً،

So his companion (Abu Bakr) said to him (Umar), ‘No, but we will take a great idol and worship it, because we do not feel secure if Ibn Abu Kabasha is victorious, so he will destroy us, but if we have this idol with us it will be an asset for us. If the Quraysh are victorious over us, we will show them that we have been worshipping this idol, and we will let them know that we had never separated from our religion. But if the government of Ibn Abu Kabasha (Muhammadsaww) returns, then we will remain on the worship of this idol in secret’.

فَنَزَلَ جَبْرَئِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَأَخْبَرَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، ثُمَّ خَبَّرَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ بِهِ بَعْدَ قَتْلِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ وُدٍّ، فَدَعَاهُمَا، وَ قَالَ: كَمْ صَنَماً عَبَدْتُمَا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ؟!. فَقَالا: يَا مُحَمَّدُ! لَا تُعَيِّرْنَا بِمَا مَضَى فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ. فَقَالَ: كَمْ صَنَماً تَعْبُدَانِ يَوْمَكُمَا هَذَا؟.فَقَالا: وَ الَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ نَبِيّاً مَا نَعْبُدُ إِلَّا اللَّهَ مُنْذُ أَظْهَرْنَا لَكَ مِنْ دِينِكَ مَا أَظْهَرْنَا.

Jibraeelas descended and informed the Prophetsaww of that, then Rasool-Allahsaww informed about it after Iasws had killed Ibn Abd Wad. Hesaww called both of them over. Hesaww said: ‘How many idols did you two worship during the era of ignorance?’ They said, ‘O Muhammadsaww, do not embarrass us of what has passed in the era of ignorance’. Hesaww said to both of them: ‘So how many idols did you two worship on this day of yours?’ They said, ‘By the One Whoazwj Sent yousaww with the truth as a Prophetsaww, we have not worshipped any except Allahazwj since appeared to us from yoursaww Religion what appeared to us’.

فَقَالَ‏: يَا عَلِيُّ! خُذْ هَذَا السَّيْفَ فَانْطَلِقْ إِلَى مَوْضِعِ كَذَا .. وَ كَذَا فَاسْتَخْرِجِ الصَّنَمَ الَّذِي يَعْبُدَانِهِ فَاهْشِمْهُ، فَإِنْ حَالَ بَيْنَكَ وَ بَيْنَهُ أَحَدٌ فَاضْرِبْ عُنُقَهُ، فَانْكَبَّا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، فَقَالا: اسْتُرْنَا سَتَرَكَ اللَّهُ.

Hesaww said: ‘O Aliasws, take this sword and go to such and such a place, take out the idol which they have been worshipping and smash it. And if anyone comes between youasws and it, strike his neck’. They both fell down in front of Rasool-Allahsaww and said, ‘Veil us, Allahazwj will Veil yousaww’.

فَقُلْتُ أَنَا لَهُمَا: اضْمَنَا لِلَّهِ وَ لِرَسُولِهِ أَنْ لَا تَعْبُدَا إِلَّا اللَّهَ وَ لَا تُشْرِكَا بِهِ شَيْئاً. فَعَاهَدَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ عَلَى ذَلِكَ، وَ انْطَلَقْتُ حَتَّى اسْتَخْرَجْتُ الصَّنَمَ فَكَسَرْتُ وَجْهَهُ وَ يَدَيْهِ وَ جَزَمْتُ رِجْلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، فَوَ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ عَرَفَ ذَلِكَ فِي وُجُوهِهِمَا عَلِيٌّ حَتَّى مَاتَا .. وَ سَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ إِلَى آخِرِهِ.

Iasws said to both of them: ‘Do you two give the guarantee to Allahazwj and to Hisazwj Rasoolsaww that you will not worship any except for Allahazwj and will not associate anything with Himazwj?’ They made an oath to Rasool-Allahsaww for that. And Iasws went until Iasws took out the idol from its place and cut off its head, and its hand, and made pieces of its legs, then Iasws went to Rasool-Allahsaww. By Allahazwj, Iasws saw that (embarrassment) in both of their faces to the day they died’. And he continued the Hadeeth to its end’’.¹⁹⁵

157- قَالَ‏: وَ ذَكَرَ بَعْضُ الْعُلَمَاءِ فِي كِتَابِهِ‏، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ، قَالَ: إِنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ كَانَ يَخْرُجُ فِي كُلِ‏ جُمُعَةٍ إِلَى ظَاهِرِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَ لَا يُعْلِمُ أَحَداً أَيْنَ يَمْضِي، قَالَ: فَبَقِيَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ بُرْهَةً مِنَ الزَّمَانِ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ فِي بَعْضِ اللَّيَالِي، قَالَ‏ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ: لَا بُدَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَخْرُجَ وَ أُبْصِرَ أَيْنَ يَمْضِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ (ع)،

(The book) ‘Al Mukhtasar’ – He (Sheikh Al Hassan Bin Suleyman Al Hilli) said, and mentioned some of the scholars in his book, from Jabir Bin Abdullah Al Ansari who said,

‘Amir Al-Momineenasws used to go out during every Friday to the back of Al-Medina and no one knew where heasws went. Heasws would stay there for a while from the time. When it was one of the nights, Umar Bin Al-Khattab said, ‘There is no escape from I going out and seeing where Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws goes’.

قَالَ: فَقَعَدَ لَهُ عِنْدَ بَابِ الْمَدِينَةِ حَتَّى خَرَجَ وَ مَضَى عَلَى عَادَتِهِ، فَتَبِعَهُ عُمَرُ- وَ كَانَ كُلَّمَا وَضَعَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ قَدَمَهُ فِي مَوْضِعٍ وَضَعَ عُمَرُ رِجْلَهُ مَكَانَهَا- فَمَا كَانَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا حَتَّى وَصَلَ إِلَى بَلْدَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ ذَاتِ نَخْلٍ وَ شَجَرٍ وَ مِيَاهٍ غَزِيرَةٍ،

He said, ‘He sat for him by the gate of Al-Medina until heasws came out and went upon hisasws routine. Umar followed himasws – and every time Aliasws would place hisasws foot in any place, Umar would place his leg in its place. It was not except a little while until heasws arrive to a great city with palm trees, and (other) trees, and abundant waterways.

ثُمَّ إِنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ دَخَلَ إِلَى حَدِيقَةٍ بِهَا مَاءٌ جَارٍ فَتَوَضَّأَ وَ وَقَفَ بَيْنَ النَّخْلِ يُصَلِّي إِلَى أَنْ مَضَى مِنَ اللَّيْلِ أَكْثَرُهُ، وَ أَمَّا عُمَرُ فَإِنَّهُ نَامَ فَلَمَّا قَضَى‏ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَطَرَهُ مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ عَادَ وَ رَجَعَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ حَتَّى وَقَفَ خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ صَلَّى مَعَهُ الْفَجْرَ،

Then Amir Al-Momineenasws entered into a garden having flowing water at it, and heasws performed Wudu and paused between the palm trees praying Salat until most of the night had passed by, and as for Umar, he fell asleep. When Amir Al-Momineenasws had fulfilled hisasws Witr Salat, heasws came back and returned to Al-Medina until heasws stood behind Rasool-Allahsaww and prayed Salat Al-Fajr with himsaww.

فَانْتَبَهَ عُمَرُ فَلَمْ يَجِدْ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فِي مَوْضِعِهِ، فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ رَأَى مَوْضِعاً لَا يَعْرِفُهُ وَ قَوْماً لَا يَعْرِفُهُمْ وَ لَا يَعْرِفُونَهُ، فَوَقَفَ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ، فَقَالَ لَهُ الرَّجُلُ: مِنْ أَيْنَ أَنْتَ‏؟ وَ مِنْ أَيْنَ أَتَيْتَ؟. فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: مِنْ يَثْرِبَ مَدِينَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ (ص).

Umar woke up and could not find Amir Al-Momineen in hisasws place. When it was morning, he saw a place he could not recognise, and a people he could not recognise them nor did they recognise him. He paused to a man from them. The man said to him, ‘Where are you from? And where did you come from?’ Umar said, ‘From Yasrib, city of Rasool-Allahsaww’.

فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ: يَا شَيْخُ‏! تَأَمَّلْ أَمْرَكَ وَ أَبْصِرْ مَا تَقُولُ؟. فَقَالَ: هَذَا الَّذِي أَقُولُهُ لَكَ.قَالَ الرَّجُلُ: مَتَى خَرَجْتَ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ؟. قَالَ: الْبَارِحَةَ. قَالَ لَهُ: اسْكُتْ، لَا يَسْمَعُ النَّاسُ مِنْكَ هَذَا فَتُقْتَلُ أَوْ يَقُولُونَ هَذَا مَجْنُونٌ. فَقَالَ: الَّذِي أَقُولُ حَقٌّ.

The man said, ‘O sheikh! Ponder about your affair and consider, what you are saying?’ He said, ‘This is what I am saying to you’. The man said, ‘When did you go out from Al-Medina?’ He said, ‘Last night’. The man said to him, ‘Be quiet, do not let the people hear this from you, for you would be killed or they would be saying, ‘This one is insane!’’ He said, ‘That which I am saying is true’.

فَقَالَ لَهُ الرَّجُلُ: حَدِّثْنِي كَيْفَ حَالُكَ وَ مَجِيئُكَ إِلَى هَاهُنَا؟!. فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: كَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةِ جُمُعَةٍ يَخْرُجُ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ وَ لَا نَعْلَمُ أَيْنَ يَمْضِي، فَلَمَّا كَانَ فِي هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ تَبِعْتُهُ وَ قُلْتُ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُبْصِرَ أَيْنَ يَمْضِي، فَوَصَلْنَا إِلَى هَاهُنَا، فَوَقَفَ يُصَلِّي وَ نِمْتُ وَ لَا أَدْرِي مَا صَنَعَ؟.

The man said to him, ‘Can you narrate to me your situation and your coming to over here?!’ Umar said, ‘Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws used to go out from Al-Medina every Friday night and we do not know where heasws went. When it was during this night, I followed himasws and said, ‘I want to see when heasws is going’. So, we arrived to over here. Heasws paused to prays Salat, and I slept and do not what heasws did’.

فَقَالَ لَهُ الرَّجُلُ: ادْخُلْ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةَ وَ أَبْصِرِ النَّاسَ وَ اقْطَعْ أَيَّامَكَ إِلَى لَيْلَةِ الْجُمُعَةِ فَمَا لَكَ مَنْ يَحْمِلُكَ إِلَى مَوْضِعِ الَّذِي جِئْتَ مِنْهُ إِلَّا الرَّجُلُ‏ الَّذِي جَاءَ بِكَ، فَبَيْنَنَا وَ بَيْنَ الْمَدِينَةِ أَزْيَدُ مِنْ مَسِيرَةِ سَنَتَيْنِ، فَإِذَا رَأَيْنَا مَنْ يَرَى الْمَدِينَةَ وَ رَأَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ نَتَبَرَّكُ بِهِ وَ نَزُورُهُ، وَ فِي الْأَحْيَانِ نَرَى مَنْ أَتَى بِكَ فَنَقُولُ‏ أَنْتَ قَدْ جِئْتَ‏ فِي بَعْضِ لَيْلَةٍ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ،

The man said to him, ‘Enter this city and see the people, and pass your days up to the (next) night of Friday, for where is no one who can take you to the place which you have come from except the manasws came with you, for between us and Al-Medina there is more than two years travel. When we see the oneasws seeing Al-Medina and see Rasool-Allahsaww, we shall be Blessed with it and we shall visit himasws, and we often see the oneasws who came with you, and we shall say you have come in one of the nights from Al-Medina’.

فَدَخَلَ عُمَرُ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فَرَأَى النَّاسَ كُلَّهُمْ يَلْعَنُونَ ظَالِمِي أَهْلِ بَيْتِ‏ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ يسموهم [يُسَمُّونَهُمْ‏] بِأَسْمَائِهِمْ وَاحِداً وَاحِداً، وَ كُلُّ صَاحِبِ صِنَاعَةٍ يَقُولُ كَذَلِكَ وَ هُوَ عَلَى صِنَاعَتِهِ، فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ عُمَرُ ذَلِكَ ضَاقَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْأَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ وَ طَالَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْأَيَّامُ حَتَّى جَاءَ لَيْلَةُ الْجُمُعَةِ،

Umar entered the city and saw the people, all of them were cursing the oppressors of Peopleasws of the Household of Muhammadsaww and naming them one by one, and every worker was saying like that while he was upon his work. When Umar heard that, the ground was straitened upon him with what it had welcomed, and the days were prolonged upon him, until the (next) night of Friday came.

فَمَضَى إِلَى ذَلِكَ الْمَكَانِ فَوَصَلَ‏ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ إِلَيْهِ‏ عَادَتَهُ، فَكَانَ عُمَرُ يَتَرَقَّبُهُ حَتَّى مَضَى مُعْظَمُ اللَّيْلِ وَ فَرَغَ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ وَ هَمَّ بِالرُّجُوعِ فَتَبِعَهُ عُمَرُ حَتَّى وَصَلَا الْفَجْرَ الْمَدِينَةَ،

He went to that place and Amir Al-Momineenasws arrived as per hisasws routine. Umar was awaiting himasws unto most of the night had passed, and heasws was free from hisasws Salat and thought of the returning. Umar followed himasws until they both went to pray Al-Fajr Salat at Al-Medina.

فَدَخَلَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ الْمَسْجِدَ وَ صَلَّى خَلْفَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ صَلَّى عُمَرُ أَيْضاً، ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ إِلَى عُمَرَ، فَقَالَ: يَا عُمَرُ! أَيْنَ كُنْتَ أُسْبُوعاً لَا نَرَاكَ عِنْدَنَا؟! فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ (ص)! كَانَ مِنْ شَأْنِي .. كَذَا وَ كَذَا، وَ قَصَّ عَلَيْهِ مَا جَرَى لَهُ،

Amir Al-Momineenasws entered the Masjid and prayed Salat behind Rasool-Allahsaww and Umar prayed Salat as well. Then the Prophetsaww turned towards Umar and said: ‘O Umar! Where were you for a week, we did not see you with us?!’ Umar said, ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! There was such and such from my affair’, and he narrated the story to himsaww what had flowed for him.

فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: لَا تَنْسَ مَا شَاهَدْتَ بِنَظَرِكَ، فَلَمَّا سَأَلَهُ مَنْ سَأَلَهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: نَفَذَ فِيَّ سِحْرُ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ.

The Prophetsaww said: ‘Do not forget what you witnessed with your eyes’. When a questioner asked him about that, he said, ‘The sorcery of the Clan of Hashimas passed through me’’.¹⁹⁶

أقول:: هذا حديث غريب لم أره إلّا في الكتاب المذكور.

(I Majlisi am saying, ‘This is a strange Hadeeth. I did not see it except in the afore-mentioned book’)

158- كَشْفُ الْحَقِ‏ لِلْعَلَّامَةِ الْحِلِيِّ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ: رَوَى الْحَافِظُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ‏ مُوسَى الشِّيرَازِيُّ فِي كِتَابِهِ الَّذِي اسْتَخْرَجَهُ مِنَ التَّفَاسِيرِ الِاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ: تَفْسِيرِ أَبِي يُوسُفَ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ سُفْيَانَ، وَ تَفْسِيرِ ابْنِ جَرِيحٍ، وَ تَفْسِيرِ مُقَاتِلِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ، وَ تَفْسِيرِ وَكِيعِ بْنِ جَرَّاحٍ، وَ تَفْسِيرِ يُوسُفَ بْنِ مُوسَى الْقَطَّانِ، وَ تَفْسِيرِ قَتَادَةَ، وَ تَفْسِيرِ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ سَلَّامٍ، وَ تَفْسِيرِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَرْبٍ الطَّائِيِّ، وَ تَفْسِيرِ السُّدِّيِّ، وَ تَفْسِيرِ مُجَاهِدٍ، وَ تَفْسِيرِ مُقَاتِلِ بْنِ حَيَّانَ، وَ تَفْسِيرِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، وَ كُلُّهُمْ مِنَ الْجَمَاهِرَةِ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ:

(The book) ‘Kashf Al Haq’ of the Allama Hilli – It is reported by the memoriser Muhammad Bin Musa Al Shirazi in his book which he extracted from the twelve Tafseers – Tafseer Abu Yusuf Yaqoub Bin Sufya, and Tafseer Ibn Jareeh, and Tafseer Muqatil Bin Suleyman, and Rafseer Wakie Bin Jarrah, and Tafseer Yusuf Bin Musa Al Qattan, and Tafseer Qatada, and Tafseer Abu Ubeyda Al Qasim Bin Sallam, and Tafsseer Ali Bin Harb Al Taie, and Tafseer Al Sudy, and Tafseer Mujahid, and Tafseer Muqatil Bin Hayyan, and Tafseer Abu Salih, and all of them from Al Jamahira, from Anas Bin Malik (well-known fabricator) who said,

كُنَّا جُلُوساً عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَتَذَاكَرْنَا رَجُلًا يُصَلِّي وَ يَصُومُ وَ يَتَصَدَّقُ‏ وَ يُزَكِّي، فَقَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: لَا أَعْرِفُهُ .. فَقُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! إِنَّهُ عَبَدَ اللَّهَ‏ وَ يُسَبِّحُهُ وَ يُقَدِّسُهُ وَ يُوَحِّدُهُ.

‘We were seated in the presence of Rasool-Allahsaww and we discussed a man who was praying Salat, and Fast, and give charity, and give Zakat. Rasool-Allahsaww said to us: ‘Iasws do not recognise him’. We said, ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! It is a worshipper of Allahazwj, and Glorifies Himazwj, and extols Hisazwj Holiness and Hisazwj Oneness’.

فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: لَا أَعْرِفُهُ، فَبَيْنَا نَحْنُ فِي ذِكْرِ الرَّجُلِ إِذْ قَدْ طَلَعَ عَلَيْنَا، فَقُلْنَا: هُوَ ذَا، فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، فَقَالَ‏ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ: خُذْ سَيْفِي هَذَا وَ امْضِ إِلَى هَذَا الرَّجُلِ فَاضْرِبْ‏ عُنُقَهُ، فَإِنَّهُ أَوَّلُ مَنْ يَأْتِيهِ مِنْ حِزْبِ الشَّيْطَانِ ..

Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘Isaww do not recognise him’. While we were in the discussion of the man when he emerged towards us. We said, ‘He is that one!’ Rasool-Allahsaww looked at him. Hesaww said to Abu Bakr, ‘Take this sword of mine and go to this man and strike off his neck, for he is the first one to come from a party of Satanla’.

فَدَخَلَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْمَسْجِدَ فَرَآهُ رَاكِعاً، فَقَالَ: وَ اللَّهِ لَا أَقْتُلُهُ، فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ (ص) نَهَانَا عَنْ قَتْلِ‏ الْمُصَلِّينَ، فَرَجَعَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! إِنِّي رَأَيْتُهُ يُصَلِّي.

Abu Bakr entered the Masjid and saw him performing Ruku. He said, ‘By Allahazwj! I will not kill him, for Rasool-Allahsaww has prohibited us from killing the praying one’. He returned to Rasool-Allahsaww and said, ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! I saw him praying Salat’.

فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: اجْلِسْ، فَلَسْتَ بِصَاحِبِهِ، قُمْ يَا عُمَرُ! وَ خُذْ سَيْفِي مِنْ يَدِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَ ادْخُلِ الْمَسْجِدَ فَاضْرِبْ عُنُقَهُ‏،

Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘Sit down, for you aren’t its performer. Stand, O Umar, and take mysaww sword from the hand of Abu Bakr and enter the Masjid and strike off his neck’.

قَالَ عُمَرُ: فَأَخَذْتُ السَّيْفَ مِنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَ دَخَلْتُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَرَأَيْتُ الرَّجُلَ سَاجِداً، فَقُلْتُ: وَ اللَّهِ لَا أَقْتُلُهُ فَقَدِ اسْتَأْمَنَهُ مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنِّي، فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ الرَّجُلَ سَاجِداً.

Umar said, ‘I grabbed the sword from Abu Bakr and entered the Masjid and I saw the man performing Sajdah. I said, ‘By Allahazwj! I will not kill him, for he was safe from the one who is better than me’. So, I returned to Rasool-Allahsaww and said, ‘O Rasool-Allahazwj! I saw the man in Sajdah’.

فَقَالَ: يَا عُمَرُ! اجْلِسْ فَلَسْتَ بِصَاحِبِهِ، قُمْ يَا عَلِيُّ فَإِنَّكَ أَنْتَ قَاتِلُهُ، إِنْ وَجَدْتَهُ فَاقْتُلْهُ، فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ قَتَلْتَهُ لَمْ يَقَعْ بَيْنَ أُمَّتِي اخْتِلَافٌ أَبَداً.

Hesaww said: ‘O Umar! Sit down, for you aren’t its performer. Stand, O Aliasws, for youasws are his killer. If youasws find him, kill him, for if youasws do kill him, the differing would not occur between mysaww community, ever’.

قَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: فَأَخَذْتُ السَّيْفَ وَ دَخَلْتُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَلَمْ أَرَهُ، فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ (ص)! مَا رَأَيْتُهُ.

Aliasws said: ‘Iasws grabbed the sword and entered the Masjid, but did not see him, so Iasws returned to Rasool-Allahsaww and said: ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! Iasws did not see him’.

فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ! إِنَّ أُمَّةَ مُوسَى افْتَرَقَتْ إِحْدَى وَ سَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً، فِرْقَةٌ نَاجِيَةٌ وَ الْبَاقُونَ فِي النَّارِ، وَ إِنَّ أُمَّةَ عِيسَى (ع) افْتَرَقَتِ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَ سَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً، فِرْقَةٌ نَاجِيَةٌ وَ الْبَاقُونَ فِي النَّارِ، وَ إِنَّ أُمَّتِي سَتَفْتَرِقُ عَلَى ثَلَاثٍ وَ سَبْعِينَ فِرْقَةً، فِرْقَةٌ نَاجِيَةٌ وَ الْبَاقُونَ فِي النَّارِ.

Hesaww said: ‘O Abu Al-Hassanasws! The community of Musaas separated into seventy-one sects, one sect will attain salvation and the remainder would be in the Fire; and the community of Isaas separated into seventy-two sects, one sect will attain salvation and the remainder would be in the Fire; and mysaww community will separate into seventy-three sects, one sec will attain salvation and the remainder would be in the Fire’.

فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ (ص)! وَ مَا النَّاجِيَةُ؟. فَقَالَ: الْمُتَمَسِّكُ بِمَا أَنْتَ عَلَيْهِ وَ أَصْحَابُكَ‏، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى فِي ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلِ‏: ثانِيَ عِطْفِهِ‏. يَقُولُ: هَذَا أَوَّلُ مَنْ يَظْهَرُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ الْبِدَعِ وَ الضَّلَالاتِ.

Iasws said: ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! And who are the ones attain salvation?’ Hesaww said: ‘The adherent with what youasws and yourasws companions are upon. Allahazwj the Exalted Revealed regarding that man: Twisting his neck haughtily [22:9]’. Hesaww said: ‘This is the first one to appear from the companions of the innovations and the straying’.

قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: وَ اللَّهِ مَا قَتَلَ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلَ إِلَّا أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (ع) يَوْمَ صِفِّينَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: لَهُ فِي الدُّنْيا خِزْيٌ‏ قَالَ الْقَتْلُ‏: وَ نُذِيقُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيامَةِ عَذابَ الْحَرِيقِ‏ بِقِتَالِهِ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يَوْمَ صِفِّينَ‏.

Ibn Abbas said, ‘By Allahazwj! No one killed that man except Amir Al Momineenasws on the day (battle of) Siffeen. For him would is disgrace in the world, - he said, ‘The killing’ - and on the Day of Judgment We will Make him taste the Punishment of burning [22:9], due to his being killed by Ali Bin Abu Talibasws on the day (battle of) Siffeen’’.¹⁹⁷ (Non-Shia source)

159- وَ قَالَ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ فِي الْكِتَابِ الْمَذْكُورِ: وَ قَدْ رَوَى عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ، وَ جَابِرٌ، وَ سَهْلُ بْنُ حُنَيْفٍ، وَ أَبُو وَائِلٍ، وَ الْقَاضِي عَبْدُ الْجَبَّارِ، وَ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْجُبَّائِيُّ، وَ أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْأَصْفَهَانِيُّ، وَ يُوسُفُ الثَّعْلَبِيُ‏، وَ الطَّبَرِيُّ، وَ الْوَاقِدِيُّ، وَ الزُّهْرِيُّ، وَ الْبُخَارِيُّ، وَ الْحُمَيْدِيُّ فِي الْجَمْعِ بَيْنَ الصَّحِيحَيْنِ‏ فِي مُسْنَدِ الْمِسْوَرِ بْنِ مَخْرَمَةَ فِي حَدِيثِ الصُّلْحِ بَيْنَ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو وَ بَيْنَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ بِالْحُدَيْبِيَةِ، يَقُولُ فِيهِ: فَقَالَ‏ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ: فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: أَ لَسْتَ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ حَقّاً؟!. قَالَ: بَلَى.

And he said in the aforementioned book, ‘And it has been reported by Abdullah Bin Abbs, and Jabir, and Sahl Bin Huneyf, and Abu Wail, and the judge Abdul Jabbar, and Abu Al Jabbaie, and Abu Muslim Al Isfahani, and Yusuf Al Sa’albi, and al Tabari, and Al Waqidi, and al Zuhry, and Al Humeydi in (the book) ‘Al Jam’a Bayn Al Sahiheyn’, in (the book) ‘Musnad’ of Al Miswar Bin Makhrama,

‘In a Hadeeth of the reconciliation between Suheyl Bin Amro and the Prophetsaww at Al-Hudaybiyya, saying in it, Umar Bin Al-Khattab said, ‘I came to the Prophetsaww and said to himsaww, ‘Aren’t you a Prophetsaww of Allahazwj?’ Hesaww said: ‘Yes’.

قُلْتُ: أَ لَسْنَا عَلَى الْحَقِّ وَ عَدُوُّنَا عَلَى الْبَاطِلِ؟. قَالَ: بَلَى. قُلْتُ: فَلِمَ نُعْطِي الدَّنِيَّةَ فِي دِينِنَا إِذاً.

I said, ‘Aren’t we upon the truth and our enemies upon the falsehood?’ Hesaww said: ‘Yes’. I said, ‘Why are we giving them the disgrace in our Religion, then?’

قَالَ: إِنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَ لَسْتُ أَعْصِيهِ وَ هُوَ نَاصِرِي .. قُلْتُ: أَ وَ لَيْسَ كُنْتَ تُحَدِّثُنَا أَنَّا سَنَأْتِي الْبَيْتَ فَنَطُوفُ بِهِ‏.

Hesaww said: ‘Isaww Rasoolsaww of Allahazwj, and Isaww will not disobey Himazwj and Heazwj is mysaww Helper’. I said, ‘Or haven’t you narrated to us that we will be going to the House (Kabah) and perform Tawaaf with it?’

قَالَ عُمَرُ: فَأَتَيْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ! أَ لَيْسَ هَذَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ حَقّاً؟. قَالَ: بَلَى. قُلْتُ: أَ لَسْنَا عَلَى الْحَقِّ وَ عَدُوُّنَا عَلَى الْبَاطِلِ؟!. قَالَ: بَلَى. قُلْتُ: فَلِمَ نُعْطِي هَذِهِ‏ الدَّنِيَّةَ فِي دِينِنَا إِذاً.

Umar said, ‘I came to Abu Bakr and said, ‘O Abu Bakr! Isn’t this onesaww a true Prophetsaww of Allahazwj?’ He said, ‘Yes’. I said, ‘Aren’t we upon the truth and our enemies are upon the falsehood?!’ He said, ‘Yes’. I said, ‘Why are we giving them this disgrace in our religion then?’

قَالَ: أَيُّهَا الرَّجُلُ! إِنَّهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ، وَ لَا يَعْصِي لِرَبِّهِ‏ وَ هُوَ نَاصِرُهُ، فَاسْتَمْسِكْ بِعُذْرِهِ‏ فَوَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ عَلَى الْحَقِّ.

He said, ‘O you man! Hesaww is a Rasoolsaww of Allahazwj, and hesaww will not disobey hissaww Lordazwj and Heazwj is hissaww Helper, so adhere with hissaww excuse, for by Allahazwj, hesaww is upon the truth’.

قُلْتُ: أَ لَيْسَ كَانَ يُحَدِّثُنَا أَنَّهُ سَيَأْتِي الْبَيْتَ وَ يَطُوفُ بِهِ‏؟!. قَالَ: فَأَخْبَرَكَ أَنَّهُ يَأْتِيهِ‏ الْعَامَ؟ قُلْتُ: لَا. قَالَ: فَإِنَّكَ آتِيهِ وَ تَطُوفُ بِهِ‏.

I said, ‘Hasn’t hesaww narrated to us that hesaww will be going to the House (Kabah) and perform Tawaaf with it?!’ He said, ‘Did hesaww inform you that hesaww will be going to it this year?’ I said, ‘No’. He said, ‘So, you will be going to it, and performing Tawaaf of it’.

وَ زَادَ الثَّعْلَبِيُّ فِي تَفْسِيرِهِ عِنْدَ ذِكْرِ سُورَةِ الْفَتْحِ وَ غَيْرُهُ مِنَ الرُّوَاةِ: أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ: مَا شَكَكْتُ مُنْذُ أَسْلَمْتُ إِلَّا يَوْمَئِذٍ.

And Al Sa’alby has increased in his Tafseer at the mention of Surah Al Fat’h, and others from the reporters, ‘Umar Bin Al Khattab said, ‘I did not doubt since I became a Muslim except on that day’’.¹⁹⁸ (Non-Shia source)

160- ثُمَّ قَالَ قُدِّسَ سِرُّهُ‏: فِي الْجَمْعِ بَيْنَ الصَّحِيحَيْنِ‏ فِي مُسْنَدِ عَائِشَةَ مِنَ الْمُتَّفَقِ عَلَى صِحَّتِهِ‏ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ أَعْتَمَ‏ بِالْعِشَاءِ حَتَّى نَادَاهُ عُمَرُ: الصَّلَاةَ! نَامَ النِّسَاءُ وَ الصِّبْيَانُ، فَخَرَجَ‏! وَ قَالَ: مَا كَانَ لَكُمْ أَنْ تُبْرِزُوا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ، وَ ذَلِكَ حِينَ صَاحَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ‏.

Then he said in (the book) ‘Jam’a Bayn Al Sahiheyn’, in an attribution to Ayesha (well-known fabricatress) from the accepted upon its correctness,

‘Rasool-Allahsaww delayed Al-Isha Salat until Umar called out to himsaww, ‘The Salat! The women and children are sleeping! Hesaww came out and said: ‘It is not for you to bring Rasool-Allahsaww out to the Salat’, and that was when Umar Bin Al-Khattab shouted’’.

وَ قَدْ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: لا تَرْفَعُوا أَصْواتَكُمْ فَوْقَ صَوْتِ النَّبِيِّ وَ لا تَجْهَرُوا لَهُ بِالْقَوْلِ كَجَهْرِ بَعْضِكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ أَنْ تَحْبَطَ أَعْمالُكُمْ وَ أَنْتُمْ لا تَشْعُرُونَ‏ فَجَعَلَ ذَلِكَ مُحْبِطاً لِلْعَمَلِ، وَ قَالَ: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُنادُونَكَ مِنْ وَراءِ الْحُجُراتِ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لا يَعْقِلُونَ وَ لَوْ أَنَّهُمْ صَبَرُوا حَتَّى تَخْرُجَ إِلَيْهِمْ لَكانَ خَيْراً لَهُمْ‏.

And Allahazwj the Exalted has Said: Do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet, and do not be loud to him with the talk like the loudness of some of you to the others, lest your deeds become Nullified while you are not aware [49:2]. So Heazwj Made that as nullification of the deeds, and Said: Surely, those who are calling out to you from behind the chambers, most of them are not using their intellects [49:4] And had they been patient until you came out to them, it would have been better for them, and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful [49:5]’’.¹⁹⁹ (Non-Shia source)

161- وَ قَالَ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ‏: وَ فِي الْجَمْعِ بَيْنَ الصَّحِيحَيْنِ لِلْحُمَيْدِيِ‏ فِي مُسْنَدِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ: أَنَّهُ لَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي سَلُولٍ‏ جَاءَ ابْنُهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ‏ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ‏ لِيُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَامَ عُمَرُ فَأَخَذَ بِثَوْبِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ (ص)! أَ تُصَلِّي عَلَيْهِ وَ قَدْ نَهَاكَ رَبُّكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ؟!.

And he said, ‘And in (the book) ‘Al Jam’a Bay Al Sahiheyn’ of Al Humeydi, in attribution of Abdullah Bin Umar Bin Al Khattab,

‘When Abdullah Bin Abu Saloul (leader of the hypocrites) died, his son Abdullah came to Rasool-Allahsaww. Rasool-Allahsaww stood up to pray Salat upon him. Umar stood up and grabbed the cloth of Rasool-Allahsaww and said, ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! Are yousaww praying Salat upon him and yoursaww Lordazwj has Forbidden yousaww from praying Salat upon him?!’

فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: إِنَّمَا خَيَّرَنِي‏ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى قَالَ: اسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ أَوْ لا تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ إِنْ تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً.. وَ سَأَزِيدُ عَلَى السَّبْعِينَ. قَالَ: إِنَّهُ مُنَافِقٌ ..

Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘But rather Allahazwj the Exalted Gave mesaww a choice. Heazwj Said: ‘Whether you seek Forgiveness for them or do not seek Forgiveness for them; even if you seek Forgiveness for them seventy times, [9:80], and Isaww shall exceed upon the seventy’. He said, ‘He is a hypocrite’.

فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ. وَ هَذَا رَدٌّ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ‏.

Rasool-Allahsaww prayed Salat upon him. And this is a refutation upon the Prophetsaww (by Umar)’’.²⁰⁰ (Non-Shia source)

162- وَ قَالَ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ‏: وَ فِي الْجَمْعِ فِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ‏ مِنْ مُسْنَدِ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: كَانَتْ‏ أَزْوَاجُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ تخرجن [يَخْرُجْنَ‏] لَيْلًا إِلَى لَيْلٍ قِبَلَ الْمَصَانِعِ، فَخَرَجَتْ سَوْدَةُ بِنْتُ زَمْعَةَ فَرَآهَا عُمَرُ وَ هُوَ فِي الْمَجْلِسِ، فَقَالَ: عَرَفْتُكِ يَا سَوْدَةُ! فَنَزَلَ آيَةُ الْحِجَابِ عَقِيبَ ذَلِكَ‏.

And he said in (the book) ‘Jam’a Bayn Al Sahiheyn, from attribution of Ayesha (well-known fabricatress) who said,

‘The wives of Rasool-Allahsaww used to go out at night to a night before the works. Sowdah Bint Zam’a went out, and Umar saw her, and he was in the gathering. He said, ‘I recognise you, O Sowdah!’ So, the Verse of the veiling was Revealed as a consequence of that’’.²⁰¹ (Non-Shia source)

163- يل‏: الْبَرَاءُ بْنُ عَازِبٍ، قَالَ: بَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ جَالِساً فِي أَصْحَابِهِ إِذْ أَتَاهُ وَفْدٌ مِنْ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ، مِنْهُمْ‏ مَالِكُ بْنُ نُوَيْرَةَ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ! عَلِّمْنِي الْإِيمَانَ؟.

(The book) ‘Al-Fazaail’ – Al-Bara’a Bin Aazib who said, ‘While Rasool-Allahsaww was seated among hisas companions when a delegation from the clan of Tameem came, from them was malik Bin Nuweyra. He said, ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! Can yousaww teach me the Eman?’

فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: تَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَ أَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ، وَ تُصَلِّي الْخَمْسَ، وَ تَصُومُ شَهْرَ رَمَضَانَ، وَ تُؤَدِّي الزَّكَاةَ، وَ تَحُجُّ الْبَيْتَ، وَ تُوَالِي وَصِيِّي هَذَا مِنْ بَعْدِي- وَ أَشَارَ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ (ع) بِيَدِهِ-

Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘You testify that there is no god except Allahazwj Alone, there being no associate for Himazwj, and Isaww am Rasoolsaww of Allahazwj, and you pray the five (daily) Salats, and Fast the Month of Ramazan, and give the Zakat, and perform Hajj of the House, and have the Wilayah of this successorasws of minesaww from after measws’ – and gestured towards Aliasws with hissaww hand.

وَ لَا تَسْفِكُ دَماً، وَ لَا تَسْرِقُ، وَ لَا تَخُونُ، وَ لَا تَأْكُلُ مَالَ الْيَتِيمِ، وَ لَا تَشْرَبُ الْخَمْرَ، وَ تُوفِي بِشَرَائِعِي، وَ تُحَلِّلُ حَلَالِي وَ تُحَرِّمُ حَرَامِي، وَ تُعْطِي الْحَقَّ مِنْ نَفْسِكَ لِلضَّعِيفِ وَ الْقَوِيِّ وَ الْكَبِيرِ وَ الصَّغِيرِ .. حَتَّى عَدَّ عَلَيْهِ شَرَائِعَ الْإِسْلَامِ.

And you will not spill blood, nor steal, nor betray, nor consume wealth of the orphan, nor drink the wine, and be loyal to mysaww laws, and permit mysaww permissible and prohibit mysaww prohibition, and give the right from yourself to the weak and the strong and the old and the young’ – to the extent that hesaww counted to him the Laws of Al-Islam.

فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ! أَعِدْ عَلَيَّ فَإِنِّي رَجُلٌ نَسَّاءٌ، فَأَعَادَهَا عَلَيْهِ فَعَقَدَهَا بِيَدِهِ، وَ قَامَ وَ هُوَ يَجُرُّ إِزَارَهُ وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ: تَعَلَّمْتُ الْإِيمَانَ وَ رَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ،

He said, ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! Repeat unto me for I am a forgetful man’. Hesaww repeated it to him. He confirmed it by his hand, and stood up and he was dragging his trouser and he was saying, ‘I have learnt the Eman, by Lordazwj of the Kabah!’

فَلَمَّا بَعُدَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَالَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ إِلَى هَذَا الرَّجُلِ. فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَ عُمَرُ: إِلَى مَنْ تُشِيرُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ (ص)؟!. فَأَطْرَقَ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ‏

When it was afterwards from Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘One who loves to look at a man from the inhabitants of the Paradise, so let him look at this man’. Abu Bakr and Umar said, ‘Who are you indicating to, O Rasool-Allahsaww?!’ Hesaww lowered hissaww head to the ground.

فَاتَّخَذَا فِي السَّيْرِ فَلَحِقَاهُ، فَقَالا لَهُ‏: الْبِشَارَةُ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ بِالْجَنَّةِ،

They (Abu Bakr and Umar) took to the travel and caught up with him. They said to him, ‘The glad tidings from Allahazwj and Hisazwj Rasoolsaww with the Paradise (for you)’.

فَقَالَ: أَحْسَنَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى بِشَارَتَكُمَا إِنْ كُنْتُمَا مِمَّنْ يَشْهَدُ بِمَا شَهِدْتُ بِهِ، فَقَدْ عَلِمْتُمَا مَا عَلَّمَنِي النَّبِيُ‏ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، وَ إِنْ لَمْ تَكُونَا كَذَلِكَ فَلَا أَحْسَنَ اللَّهُ بِشَارَتَكُمَا.

He said, ‘May Allahazwj the Exalted Give you both the best Glad tidings, if you were both from the ones who testify with what I am testifying with, for you have learnt what the Prophetsaww taught me, and if you do not happen to be like that, then may Allahazwj not Give you both the best glad tidings’.

فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: لَا تَقُلْ ذَلِكَ‏ فَأَنَا أَبُو عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَةِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ.

Abu Bakr said, ‘Do not say that, for I am father of Ayesha, wife of the Prophetsaww’.

قَالَ: قُلْتُ: ذَلِكَ فَمَا حَاجَتُكُمَا؟. قَالا: إِنَّكَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ الْجَنَّةِ فَاسْتَغْفِرْ لَنَا.فَقَالَ: لَا غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَكُمَا، أَنْتُمَا نَدِيمَانِ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ صَاحِبِ‏ الشَّفَاعَةِ وَ تَسْأَلَانِي أَسْتَغْفِرُ لَكُمَا؟!

He said, ‘I said, ‘That is so, what is your need?’ They said, ‘You are from the companions of the Paradise, so seek Forgiveness for us’. He said, ‘May Allahazwj not Forgive you both. You are both companions of Rasool-Allahsaww, owner of the intercession, and you are asking me to seek Forgiveness for you?!’

فَرَجَعَا وَ الْكَآبَةُ لَائِحَةٌ فِي وَجْهَيْهِمَا، فَلَمَّا رَآهُمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ تَبَسَّمَ، وَ قَالَ: فِي‏ الْحَقِّ مَغْضَبَةٌ؟!.

They returned and there was an appearance of depression in both their faces. When Rasool-Allahsaww saw them, hesaww smile and said: ‘The exasperation is regarding the truth?!’

فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ رَجَعَ بَنُو تَمِيمٍ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَ مَعَهُمْ مَالِكُ بْنُ نُوَيْرَةَ، فَخَرَجَ لِيَنْظُرَ مَنْ قَامَ مَقَامَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، فَدَخَلَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ- وَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ يَخْطُبُ النَّاسَ- فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ وَ قَالُوا: أَخُو تَيْمٍ؟. قَالُوا: نَعَمْ.

When Rasool-Allahsaww passed away and the clan of Tameem returned to Al-Medina, and with them was malik Bin Nuweyra, he came out to look at the one who was standing in place of Rasool-Allahazwj. He entered on the day of Friday – and Abu Bakr was upon the pulpit addressing the people. He looked at him and they (people) said, ‘Brother of Tameem?’ They said, ‘Yes’.

قَالَ: مَا فَعَلَ وَصِيُّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ الَّذِي أَمَرَنِي بِمُوَالاتِهِ؟. قَالُوا: يَا أَعْرَابِيُّ! الْأَمْرُ يَحْدُثُ بَعْدَ الْأَمْرِ الْآخَرِ. قَالَ: تَاللَّهِ‏ مَا حَدَثَ شَيْ‏ءٌ وَ إِنَّكُمْ لَخُنْتُمُ‏ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ،

He said, ‘So what happened to the successorasws of Rasool-Allahsaww, the oneasws hesaww had instructed me with hisasws Wilayah?’ They said, ‘O Bedouin! The matter has occurred newly after the other’. He said, ‘By Allahazwj! Nothing new has occurred, and you all are betraying Allahazwj and Hisazwj Rasoolsaww!’

ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمَ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَ قَالَ لَهُ‏: مَنْ أَرْقَاكَ هَذَا الْمِنْبَرَ وَ وَصِيُّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ جَالِسٌ؟!. فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: أَخْرِجُوا الْأَعْرَابِيَّ الْبَوَّالَ عَلَى عَقِبَيْهِ مِنْ مَسْجِدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ!.

Then he advanced to Abu Bakr and said to him, ‘Who gave you this pulpit and the successorasws of Rasool-Allahsaww is seated?’ Abu Bakr said, ‘Expel the frequently urinating Bedouin upon his heels, from the Masjid of Rasool-Allahsaww!’

فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ قُنْفُذُ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ وَ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ فَلَمْ يَزَالا يكذان [يَلْكُزَانِ‏] عُنُقَهُ حَتَّى أَخْرَجَاهُ، فَرَكِبَ رَاحِلَتَهُ وَ أَنْشَأَ يَقُولُ شِعْراً:

Qunfuz Bin Umeyr and Khalid Bin Al-Waleed stood up to him, and they did not cease to hitting his neck until they expelled him. He rode his riding animal and prosed saying a poem,

أَطَعْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا كَانَ بَيْنَنَا

فَيَا قَوْمُ مَا شَأْنِي وَ شَأْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ

إِذَا مَاتَ بَكْرٌ قَامَ‏ عَمْرٌو أَمَامَهُ‏

فَتِلْكَ- وَ بَيْتِ اللَّهِ- قَاصِمَةُ الظُّهْرِ

يُذَبُ‏ وَ يَغْشَاهُ الْعِشَارُ كَأَنَّمَا

يُجَاهِدُ جَمّاً أَوْ يَقُومُ عَلَى قَبْرٍ

فَلَوْ طَافَ‏ فِينَا مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ عِصَابَةٌ

أَقَمْنَا وَ لَوْ كَانَ‏ الْقِيَامُ عَلَى جَمْرٍ

قَالَ: فَلَمَّا اسْتَتَمَّ الْأَمْرُ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَجَّهَ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ وَ قَالَ لَهُ: قَدْ عَلِمْتَ‏ مَا قَالَ عَلَى رُءُوسِ الْأَشْهَادِ، لَسْتُ‏ آمَنُ أَنْ يَفْتُقَ عَلَيْنَا فَتْقاً لَا يَلْتَامُ، فَاقْتُلْهُ،

He said, ‘When the command was completed for Abu Bakr, he sent Khalid Bin Al-Waleed and said to him, ‘You have known what he said upon the heads of the witnesses. I am not safe that he might injure us with an injury which will not heal, so kill him’.

فَحِينَ أَتَاهُ خَالِدٌ رَكِبَ جَوَادَهُ وَ كَانَ فَارِساً يُعَدُّ بِأَلْفِ فَارِسٍ‏، فَخَافَ خَالِدٌ مِنْهُ فَآمَنَهُ وَ أَعْطَاهُ الْمَوَاثِيقَ ثُمَّ غَدَرَ بِهِ بَعْدَ أَنْ أَلْقَى سِلَاحَهُ فَقَتَلَهُ، وَ عَرَسَ‏ بِامْرَأَتِهِ فِي لَيْلَتِهِ وَ جَعَلَ رَأْسَهُ فِي قِدْرٍ فِيهَا لَحْمُ جَزُورٍ لِوَلِيمَةِ عُرْسِهِ‏ لِامْرَأَتِهِ‏ يَنْزُو عَلَيْهَا نَزْوَ الْحِمَارِ .. وَ الْحَدِيثُ طَوِيلٌ.

When Khalid came to him, he was riding his horse being counted as a thousand horses. Khalid feared from him and granted him amnesty, and gave him covenant, then betrayed him afterwards that he should cast down his weapons, and he killed him, and married his wife during that very night of his, and made his head to be in a pot wherein was meat of a camel for the wedding feast of his wife, and mixed in it meat of the donkey’ – and the Hadeeth is lengthy’’.²⁰²

164- إِرْشَادُ الْقُلُوبِ‏: مِنْ مَثَالِبِهِمْ- لَمّاً- مَا تَضَمَّنَهُ خَبَرُ وَفَاةِ الزَّهْرَاءِ عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ قُرَّةِ عَيْنِ الرَّسُولِ وَ أَحَبِّ النَّاسِ إِلَيْهِ مَرْيَمَ الْكُبْرَى وَ الْحَوْرَاءِ الَّتِي أُفْرِغَتْ مِنْ مَاءِ الْجَنَّةِ مِنْ صُلْبِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، الَّتِي قَالَ فِي حَقِّهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَرْضَى لِرِضَاكِ وَ يَغْضَبُ لِغَضَبِكِ. وَ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ السَّلَامُ: فَاطِمَةُ بَضْعَةٌ مِنِّي مَنْ آذَاهَا فَقَدْ آذَانِي.

(The book) ‘Irshad Al-Quloob’ – From their disadvantages is what is included in the news of the expiry of Al-Zahraasws, delight of the eyes of the Rasoolsaww, and the most beloved of the people to himsaww, Maryamas the elder, and the Hourie who was emptied from the water of the Paradise from the lineage of Rasool-Allahsaww, the oneasws for whom Rasool-Allahsaww said in herasws right: ‘Allahazwj is Pleased to herasws pleasure and is Angry to herasws anger’. And hesaww said: ‘Fatimaasws is a part of mesaww, one who hurts herasws, so he has hurt mesaww’.

وَ رُوِيَ أَنَّهُ لَمَّا حَضَرَتْهَا الْوَفَاةُ قَالَتْ لِأَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ عُمَيْسٍ: إِذَا أَنَا مِتُّ فَانْظُرِي إِلَى الدَّارِ فَإِذَا رَأَيْتِ سِجْفاً مِنْ سُنْدُسٍ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ قَدْ ضُرِبَ فُسْطَاطاً فِي جَانِبِ الدَّارِ فَاحْمِلِينِي‏ وَ زَيْنَبَ وَ أُمَّ كُلْثُومٍ فَاجْعَلُونِي‏ مِنْ وَرَاءِ السِّجْفِ وَ خَلُّوا بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَ نَفْسِي،

And it is reported that when the expiry presented to herasws, sheasws said to Asma Bint Umays: ‘When Iasws pass away, then look at the house, and when you see a covering of silk from the Paradise to have struck as a tent in the side of the house, then you and Zainabasws and Umm Kulsoomasws carry measws and make measws to be behind the covering, and vacate between me and myselfasws.

فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَتْ عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ وَ ظَهَرَ السِّجْفُ حَمَلْنَاهَا وَ جَعَلْنَاهَا وَرَاءَهُ، فَغُسِّلَتْ‏ وَ كُفِّنَتْ وَ حُنِّطَتْ بِالْحَنُوطِ، وَ كَانَ كَافُورٌ أَنْزَلَهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ فِي ثَلَاثِ صُرَرٍ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! رَبُّكَ يُقْرِئُكَ السَّلَامَ وَ يَقُولُ لَكَ: هَذَا حَنُوطُكَ وَ حَنُوطُ ابْنَتِكَ وَ حَنُوطُ أَخِيكَ عَلِيٍّ مَقْسُومٌ أَثْلَاثاً، وَ إِنَّ أَكْفَانَهَا وَ مَاءَهَا وَ أَوَانِيَهَا مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ.

When sheasws passed away, and the covering appeared, we carried herasws and made her to be behind it. Sheasws was washed, and enshrouded, and embalmed with the embalming. And the camphor was brought down by Jibraeelas from the Paradise in three containers. Heas had said: ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! Yoursaww Lordazwj Conveys the Greetings and Says to yousaww: “This is yoursaww embalming and embalming of yoursaww daughter and embalming of yoursaww brotherasws Aliasws”’. Hesaww had divided in into three, and herasws shroud, and herasws water, and herasws assistants were from the Paradise.

وَ رُوِيَ أَنَّهَا تُوُفِّيَتْ عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ بَعْدَ غُسْلِهَا وَ تَكْفِينِهَا وَ حَنُوطِهَا، لِأَنَّهَا طَاهِرَةٌ لَا دَنَسَ فِيهَا، وَ أَنَّهَا أَكْرَمُ عَلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى أَنْ يَتَوَلَّى ذَلِكَ مِنْهَا غَيْرُهَا، وَ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَحْضُرْهَا إِلَّا أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ الْحَسَنُ وَ الْحُسَيْنُ وَ زَيْنَبُ وَ أُمُّ كُلْثُومٍ وَ فِضَّةُ جَارِيَتُهَا وَ أَسْمَاءُ بِنْتُ عُمَيْسٍ،

And it is reported that sheasws passed away after herasws washing, and herasws enshrouding, and herasws embalming because sheasws was clean, there being no filth in herasws, and sheasws was more prestigious to Allahazwj the Exalted than for someone else to be in charge of herasws, and no one attended herasws except Amir Al-Momineenasws, and Al-Hassanasws and Al-Husaynasws and Zainabasws, and Umm Kulsoomasws, and Fizzara, and Asma Bint Umays.

وَ أَنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ أَخْرَجَهَا وَ مَعَهُ الْحَسَنُ وَ الْحُسَيْنُ فِي اللَّيْلِ وَ صَلَّوْا عَلَيْهَا، وَ لَمْ يَعْلَمْ بِهَا أَحَدٌ، وَ لَا حَضَرُوا وَفَاتَهَا وَ لَا صَلَّى عَلَيْهَا أَحَدٌ مِنْ سَائِرِ النَّاسِ غَيْرُهُمْ، لِأَنَّهَا عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ أَوْصَتْ بِذَلِكَ،

And Amir Al-Momineenasws brought herasws out and with himasws were Al-Hassanasws and Al-Husaynasws, during the night, and theyasws prayed Salat upon herasws and did not let anyone know of it, and there did not attend herasws expiry nor did anyone pray Salat upon herasws from the rest of the people, apart from themasws, because sheasws had bequeathed with that.

وَ قال [قَالَتْ‏]: لَا تُصَلِّ عَلَيَّ أُمَّةٌ نَقَضَتْ عَهْدَ اللَّهِ وَ عَهْدَ أَبِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فِي أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، وَ ظَلَمُونِي حَقِّي، وَ أَخَذُوا إِرْثِي، وَ خَرَقُوا صَحِيفَتِيَ الَّتِي كَتَبَهَا لِي أَبِي بِمِلْكِ فَدَكٍ، وَ كَذَّبُوا شُهُودِي وَ هُمْ- وَ اللَّهِ- جَبْرَئِيلُ وَ مِيكَائِيلُ وَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَ أُمُّ أَيْمَنَ، وَ طُفْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ فِي بُيُوتِهِمْ

And sheasws had said: ‘They will not pray Salat upon measws, a community which has broken the Pact of Allahazwj and pact of myasws fathersaww Rasool-Allahsaww regarding Amir Al-Momineen Aliasws, and oppressed measws of myasws right, and seized myasws inheritance, and tore up myasws parchment which mysaww fathersaww had written for measws with ownership of Fadak, and they belied myasws witnessed, and by Allahazwj they were Jibraeelas, and Mikaeelas, and Amir Al-Momineenasws, and Umm Ayman, and (the Angels) floated upon them in their houses.

وَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يَحْمِلُنِي وَ مَعِيَ الْحَسَنُ وَ الْحُسَيْنُ لَيْلًا وَ نَهَاراً إِلَى مَنَازِلِهِمْ أُذَكِّرُهُمْ بِاللَّهِ وَ بِرَسُولِهِ أَلَّا تَظْلِمُونَا وَ لَا تَغْصِبُونَا حَقَّنَا الَّذِي جَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ لَنَا، فَيُجِيبُونَّا لَيْلًا وَ يَقْعُدُونَ عَنْ نُصْرَتِنَا نَهَاراً،

And Amir Al-Momineenasws carried measws (on a mule), and with measws were Al-Hassanasws and Al-Husaynasws, at night and day to their houses reminding them of Allahazwj and Hisazwj Rasoolsaww. Indeed! They oppressed usasws, and usurped usasws of ourasws rights which Allahazwj had Made it to be for usasws. They answered us at night and sat back from helping usasws at daytime.

ثُمَّ يُنْفِذُونَ إِلَى دَارِنَا قُنْفُذاً وَ مَعَهُ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ وَ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ لِيُخْرِجُوا ابْنَ عَمِّي عَلِيّاً إِلَى سَقِيفَةِ بَنِي سَاعِدَةَ لِبَيْعَتِهِمُ الْخَاسِرَةِ،

Then they sent Qunfuz to ourasws house and with him was Umar Bin Al-Khattab and Khalid Bin Al-Waleed in order to expel the sonasws of myasws uncleasws to Saqeefa (tent) of the clan of Saeeda for himasws to pledge the loss-making allegiance to them.

فَلَا يَخْرُجُ إِلَيْهِمْ مُتَشَاغِلًا بِمَا أَوْصَاهُ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ بِأَزْوَاجِهِ وَ بِتَأْلِيفِ الْقُرْآنِ وَ قَضَاءِ ثَمَانِينَ أَلْفَ دِرْهَمٍ وَصَّاهُ بِقَضَائِهَا عَنْهُ عِدَاتٍ وَ دَيْناً،

Heasws did not go out to them being too pre-occupied with what Rasool-Allahsaww had bequeathed himasws with, and with (matters of) hissaww wives, and with compiling of the Quran, and paying back eighty thousand Dirhams hesaww had bequeathed with paying back on hissaww behalf being promises and debts.

فَجَمَعُوا الْحَطَبَ الْجَزْلَ‏ عَلَى بَابِنَا وَ أَتَوْا بِالنَّارِ لِيُحْرِقُوهُ وَ يُحْرِقُونَا، فَوَقَفْتُ بِعَضَادَةِ الْبَابِ وَ نَاشَدْتُهُمْ بِاللَّهِ وَ بِأَبِي أَنْ يَكُفُّوا عَنَّا وَ يَنْصُرُونَا، فَأَخَذَ عُمَرُ السَّوْطَ مِنْ يَدِ قُنْفُذٍ- مَوْلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ- فَضَرَبَ بِهِ عَضُدِي‏ فَالْتَوَى السَّوْطُ عَلَى عَضُدِي حَتَّى صَارَ كَالدُّمْلُجِ، وَ رَكَلَ‏ الْبَابَ بِرِجْلِهِ

They gathered the strong firewood at the door and came with the fire in order to burn it and burn usasws. Iasws stood at the frame of the door and adjured them with Allahazwj and with myasws fathersaww that they refrain from usasws and help us (instead). But Umar grabbed the whip from the hand of Qunfuz, a slave of Abu Bakr, and struck myasws forearm with it. The whip twisted upon myasws arm until it became like the swelling, and he kicked the door with his leg.

فَرَدَّهُ عَلَيَّ وَ أَنَا حَامِلٌ فَسَقَطْتُ لِوَجْهِي‏ وَ النَّارُ تُسْعَرُ وَ تَسْفَعُ‏ وَجْهِي، فَضَرَبَنِي بِيَدِهِ حَتَّى انْتَثَرَ قُرْطِي مِنْ أُذُنِي، وَ جَاءَنِي الْمَخَاضُ فَأَسْقَطْتُ مُحَسِّناً قَتِيلًا بِغَيْرِ جُرْمٍ، فَهَذِهِ أُمَّةٌ تُصَلِّي عَلَيَّ؟! وَ قَدْ تَبَرَّأَ اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ مِنْهُمْ، وَ تَبَرَّأْتُ مِنْهُمْ.

Aliasws repelled him, and Iasws was expecting, and Iasws fell down on myasws face and the fire was inflamed and he slapped myasws face and hit measws by his hand until myasws ear-rings scattered (on the ground) from myasws ears, and the pangs came to measws and Mohsinasws was martyred, murdered without a crime. So, is this the community to be praying Salat upon measws?! Allahazwj and Hisazwj Rasoolsaww are disavowed from them, and Iasws disavow from them’.

فَعَمِلَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (ع) بِوَصِيَّتِهَا وَ لَمْ يُعْلِمْ أَحَداً بِهَا فَأُصْنِعَ‏ فِي الْبَقِيعِ لَيْلَةَ دُفِنَتْ فَاطِمَةُ عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ أَرْبَعُونَ قَبْراً جُدُداً. ثُمَّ إِنَّ الْمُسْلِمِينَ لَمَّا عَلِمُوا بِوَفَاةِ فَاطِمَةَ وَ دَفْنِهَا جَاءُوا إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يُعَزُّونَهُ بِهَا، فَقَالُوا: يَا أَخَا رَسُولِ اللَّهِ (ص)! لَوْ أَمَرْتَ بِتَجْهِيزِهَا وَ حَفْرِ تُرْبَتِهَا.

Amir Al-Momineenasws worked by herasws bequest and did not let anyone know with it, and on the night heasws buried (Syeda) Fatimaasws, heasws dug forty new graves. Then the Muslims came to know of the expiry of (Syeda) Fatimaasws and herasws burial. They came to Amir Al-Momineenasws to hurt himasws with it. They said, ‘O brotherasws of Rasool-Allahsaww! If youasws could instruct with herasws funeral and digging of herasws grave’.

فَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: قَدْ وُرِّيَتْ وَ لَحِقَتْ بِأَبِيهَا صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ‏. فَقَالُوا: إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَ إِنَّا إِلَيْهِ راجِعُونَ‏، تَمُوتُ ابْنَةُ نَبِيِّنَا مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ لَمْ يُخَلِّفْ فِينَا وَلَداً غَيْرَهَا، وَ لَا نُصَلِّي عَلَيْهَا! إِنَّ هَذَا لَشَيْ‏ءٌ عَظِيمٌ.

Heasws said: ‘Sheasws has been covered and joined up with herasws fathersaww’. They said, ‘We are from Allahazwj and are returning to Himazwj. A daughterasws of our Prophetsaww, and hesaww has not left behind among us a child apart from herasws, and we cannot pray Salat upon herasws! This is a grievous thing’.

فَقَالَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: حَسْبُكُمْ مَا جَنَيْتُمْ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ وَ لَمْ أَكُنْ- وَ اللَّهِ- لِأَعْصِيَهَا فِي وَصِيَّتِهَا الَّتِي أَوْصَتْ‏ بِهَا فِي أَنْ لَا يُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهَا أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ، وَ لَا بَعُدَ الْعَهْدُ فَأُعْذَرَ،

Heasws said: ‘It is sufficient for you what crime you have committed against Allahazwj and against Hisazwj Rasoolsaww and against Peopleasws of hissaww Household, and by Allahazwj, Iasws will not disobey herasws in herasws bequest which sheasws had bequeathed with regarding that no one from you should pray Salat upon herasws, nor after the pact, so excuse measws’.

فَنَفَضَ الْقَوْمُ أَثْوَابَهُمْ، وَ قَالُوا: لَا بُدَّ لَنَا مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ عَلَى ابْنَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، وَ مَضَوْا مِنْ فَوْرِهِمْ إِلَى الْبَقِيعِ فَوَجَدُوا فِيهِ أَرْبَعِينَ قَبْراً جُدُداً، فَاشْتَبَهَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَبْرُهَا عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ بَيْنَ تِلْكَ الْقُبُورِ فصح [فَضَجَ‏] النَّاسُ وَ لَامَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضاً، وَ قَالُوا: لَمْ تَحْضُرُوا وَفَاةَ بِنْتِ نَبِيِّكُمْ وَ لَا الصَّلَاةَ عَلَيْهَا وَ لَا تَعْرِفُونَ قَبْرَهَا فَتَزُورُونَهُ؟.

The people shook their garments and said, ‘There is no escape for us from praying the Salat upon the daughterasws of Rasool-Allahsaww’, and they went immediately to Al-Baqie (cemetery), and they found forty new graves in it. It became confusing upon them (the location) of herasws grave between those graves. The people shouted and blamed each other, and they said, ‘You did not attend the expiry the daughter of your Prophetsaww, nor the Salat upon herasws, and you don’t even know (location of) herasws grave so you can be visiting it?’

فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: هَاتُوا مِنْ ثِقَاتِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مَنْ يَنْبِشُ هَذِهِ الْقُبُورَ حَتَّى تَجِدُوا قَبْرَهَا فَنُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهَا وَ نَزُورَهَا، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَخَرَجَ مِنْ دَارِهِ مُغْضَباً وَ قَدِ احْمَرَّ وَجْهُهُ وَ قَامَتْ عَيْنَاهُ وَ دَرَّتْ أَوْدَاجُهُ، وَ عَلَى يَدِهِ قَبَاهُ‏ الْأَصْفَرُ الَّذِي لَمْ يَكُنْ يَلْبَسُهُ إِلَّا فِي يَوْمٍ كَرِيهَةٍ- يَتَوَكَّأُ عَلَى سَيْفِهِ ذِي الْفَقَارِ حَتَّى وَرَدَ الْبَقِيعَ،

Abu Bakr said, ‘Bring someone trustworthy from the Muslims who can exhume the graves until you find herasws grave, so we can pray Salat upon her and visit herasws’. That reached Amir Al-Momineenasws. Heasws came out from hisasws house angrily and hisasws face had reddened, and hisasws had turned up and glaring, and upon hisasws hand was hisasws small cloak which heasws did not use to wear it except during a day of calamity, leaning upon hisasws sword Zulfiqar until heasws arrived at Al-Baqie.

فَسَبَقَ النَّاسَ النَّذِيرُ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: هَذَا عَلِيٌّ قَدْ أَقْبَلَ كَمَا تَرَوْنَ يُقْسِمُ بِاللَّهِ لَئِنْ بُحِثَ مِنْ‏ هَذِهِ الْقُبُورِ حَجَرٌ وَاحِدٌ لَأَضَعَنَّ السَّيْفَ عَلَى غَائِرِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ، فَوَلَّى الْقَوْمُ هَارِبِينَ قِطَعاً قِطَعاً.

The warner preceded himasws to the people. He said to them, ‘This here is Aliasws coming over as you can see, having vowed with Allahazwj, if you were to exhume these graves by even one stone, heasws will place the sword upon the necks of this community!’ The people turned around fleeing, separating’’.²⁰³

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وَ قَدْ قَالَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: مَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَيَّ مُتَعَمِّداً فَلْيُتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ،.

And hesaww had said: ‘One who belies Aliasws deliberately, let him assume his seat from the Fire’.²⁰⁴

و قد سمعت رسول اللّه صلّى اللّه عليه و آله يقول‏: أمرت أن أقاتل الناس حتّى يشهدوا أن لا إله إلّا اللّه و أنّي رسول اللّه (ص)، فإذا قالوها حقنوا دماءهم و أموالهم؟!.

And Rasool-Allahsaww had been heard saying: ‘Isaww am Commanded to fight the people until they testify that there is no god except Allahazwj, and Isaww am Rasoolsaww of Allahazwj. So, when they have said it, they would have saved their blood and their wealth’.²⁰⁵

أَنَّهُمْ رَوَوْا جَمِيعاً أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَالَ: أُمُّ أَيْمَنَ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ.

They have all reported that Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘Um Ayman is a woman from the inhabitants of the Paradise’.²⁰⁶

وَ قَدْ رَوَوْا جَمِيعاً أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَالَ: عَلِيٌّ مَعَ الْحَقِّ وَ الْحَقُّ مَعَ عَلِيٍّ يَدُورُ مَعَهُ حَيْثُمَا دَارَ.

And they have all reported that Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘Ali is with the truth and the truth is with Aliasws, circulating with himasws wherever heasws circulates’.²⁰⁷

وَ قَدْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَغْضَبُ لِغَضَبِكِ وَ يَرْضَى لِرِضَاكِ،.

And Rasool-Allahsaww had said: ‘Allahazwj gets Angered to the anger of Fatimaasws and Pleased to herasws pleasure’. ²⁰⁸

وَ قَالَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: فَاطِمَةُ بَضْعَةٌ مِنِّي مَنْ آذَاهَا فَقَدْ آذَانِي وَ مَنْ آذَانِي فَقَدْ آذَى اللَّهَ.

And hesaww said: ‘Fatimaasws is a part of mesaww. One who hurts herasws so he has hurt mesaww, and one who hurts mesaww, so he has hurt Allahazwj’.

و قد قال رسول اللّه صلّى اللّه عليه و آله: كلّ محدثة بدعة و كلّ بدعة ضلالة و كلّ ضلالة في النار.

And Rasool-Allahsaww has said: ‘Every new thing is an innovation, and every innovation is a straying, and every straying is in the Fire’.²⁰⁹

وَ قَدْ أَجْمَعَ أَهْلُ النَّقْلِ عَنِ الْأَئِمَّةِ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ أَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا: مَنْ قَالَ: آمِينَ فِي صَلَاتِهِ فَقَدْ أَفْسَدَ صَلَاتَهُ وَ عَلَيْهِ الْإِعَادَةُ.

And the people of transmission (of Ahadeeth) are united about the Imamsasws from Peopleasws of the Household, they said, ‘One who says, ‘Ameen’ in his Salat, so he has spoilt his Salat, and upon him is to repeat it’.²¹⁰

وَ مِمَّا رُوِيَ عَنْهُ بِالْخِلَافِ‏ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِلرَّسُولِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ يَوْماً: إِنَّا نَسْمَعُ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ أَشْيَاءَ نَسْتَحْسِنُهَا مِنْهُمْ، فَنَكْتُبُ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُمْ؟. فَغَضِبَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ قَالَ: أَ مُتَهَوِّكُونَ‏ أَنْتُمْ يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ!، لَوْ كَانَ مُوسَى حَيّاً لَمْ يَسَعْهُ إِلَّا اتِّبَاعِي.

And from what is reported from him with the opposition, he (Umar) said, to the Rasoolsaww one day, ‘We hear things from the Jews we find it good from them, so can we write that from them?’ The Prophetsaww was angered and said: ‘Do you want to be confused, O Ibn Al-Khattab! Even if Musaas had been alive, there would be no leeway for himas except to follow mesaww’.²¹¹

وَ لَقَدْ رَوَوْا جَمِيعاً أَنَّ الرَّسُولَ قَالَ: لَا تَبْرَكُوا فِي الصَّلَاةِ كَبَرْكِ الْبَعِيرِ، وَ لَا تَنْقُرُوا كَنَقْرِ الدِّيكِ، وَ لَا تُقْعُوا كَإِقْعَاءِ الْكَلْبِ، وَ لَا تَلْتَفِتُوا كَالْتِفَاتِ الْقُرُودِ،.

And they have all reported that the Rasoolsaww said: ‘Do not kneel down (for Sajdah) in your Salat like the kneeling of the camel, nor peck (short Sajdah) like the pecking of the rooster, nor fall down (for the Sajdah) like the falling of the dog, nor turn (your head) like the turning of the apes (i.e. be attentive)’.

وَ لَمَّا أَمَرَ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ نَبِيَّهُ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ بِسَدِّ أَبْوَابِ النَّاسِ مِنْ مَسْجِدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ شريفا [تَشْرِيفاً] لَهُ وَ صَوْناً لَهُ عَنِ النَّجَاسَةِ سِوَى بَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ بَابِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، وَ أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يُنَادِيَ فِي النَّاسِ بِذَلِكَ، فَمَنْ أَطَاعَهُ فَازَ وَ غَنِمَ وَ مَنْ عَصَاهُ هَلَكَ وَ نَدِمَ،

And when Allahazwj the Glorious Commanded Hisazwj Prophetsaww with closing the doors of the people from Masjid of Rasool-Allahsaww as an ennobling for himasws and a safeguarding for himsaww from the filth, except the door of Prophetsaww and door of Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws, and Commanded himsaww that hesaww calls among the people with that, so the one who obeys himsaww would succeed and gain, and one who disobeys himsaww would be destroyed and regret.

فَأَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ الْمُنَادِيَ فَنَادَى فِي النَّاسِ: الصَّلَاةَ جَامِعَةً، فَأَقْبَلَ النَّاسُ يُهْرَعُونَ، فَلَمَّا تَكَامَلُوا صَعِدَ النَّبِيُّ الْمِنْبَرَ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَ أَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ! إِنَّ اللَّهَ سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى قَدْ أَمَرَنِي بِسَدِّ أَبْوَابِكُمُ الْمَفْتُوحَةِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ بَعْدَ يَوْمِي، وَ أَنْ لَا يَدْخُلَهُ جُنُبٌ وَ لَا نَجَسٌ، بِذَلِكَ‏ أَمَرَنِي رَبِّي جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ،

The Prophetsaww ordered the caller to call out among the people: ‘The congregational Salat!’ The people came rushing. When they were complete, the Prophetsaww ascended the pulpit. Hesaww praised Allahazwj and extolled upon Himazwj, then said: ‘O you people! Allahazwj Glorious and Exalted has Commanded mesaww with the closure of your doors opening to the Masjid after this day, and that no one will enter it with sexual impurity, nor filthy, with that mysaww Lordazwj, Majestic is Hisazwj Majesty has Commanded mesaww.

فَلَا يَكُونُ فِي نَفْسِ أَحَدٍ مِنْكُمْ أَمْرٌ، وَ لَا تَقُولُوا: لِمَ؟ وَ كَيْفَ؟ وَ أَنَّى ذَلِكَ؟ فَتَحْبَطَ أَعْمَالُكُمْ وَ تَكُونُوا مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ، وَ إِيَّاكُمْ وَ الْمُخَالَفَةَ وَ الشِّقَاقَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى أَوْحَى إِلَيَّ أَنْ أُجَاهِدَ مَنْ عَصَانِي، وَ أَنَّهُ لَا ذِمَّةَ لَهُ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ،

So, there should not happen to be any bitterness in the soul of anyone from you, nor should you be saying, ‘And why?’ And, ‘From where is that?’, for your deeds would be nullified and you will become from the losers. And, beware of the opposition and the discord, for Allahazwj the Exalted Revealed to mesaww and Isaww should fight the one who disobeys mesaww, and there would be no responsibility for him in al Islam.

وَ قَدْ جَعَلْتُ مَسْجِدِي طَاهِراً مِنْ كُلِّ دَنَسٍ، مُحَرَّماً عَلَى كُلِّ مَنْ يَدْخُلُ إِلَيْهِ مَعَ هَذِهِ الصِّفَةِ الَّتِي ذَكَرْتُهَا غَيْرِي وَ أَخِي عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَ ابْنَتِي فَاطِمَةَ وَ وَلَدَيَّ الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ كَمَا كَانَ مَسْجِدُ هَارُونَ وَ مُوسَى،

And mysaww Masjid has been Made to be clean from every filth, forbidden upon everyone who enters into it along with these characteristics which Isaww mentioned, apart from mesaww and mysaww brother Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws, and mysaww daughterasws Fatimaasws and mysaww two (grand) sonsasws Al-Hassanasws and Al-Husaynasws, just as the Masjid of Harounas and Musaas.

فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ أَوْحَى إِلَيْهِمَا أَنِ اجْعَلَا بُيُوتَكُمَا قِبْلَةً لِقَوْمِكُمَا، وَ إِنِّي قَدْ أَبْلَغْتُكُمْ مَا أَمَرَنِي بِهِ رَبِّي وَ أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِذَلِكَ، أَلَا فَاحْذَرُوا الْحَسَدَ وَ النِّفَاقَ وَ أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ يُوَافِقْ بَيْنَكُمْ سَرُّكُمْ عَلَانِيَتَكُمْ، فَ اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقاتِهِ وَ لا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَ أَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ‏.

Allahazwj had Revealed to themas: “Make both youras houses as a Qiblah (direction) for youras people!” And Isaww have delivered to you all what mysaww Lordazwj has Commanded mesaww and have ordered you all with that. Indeed! Be cautious of the envy and the hypocrisy, and obey Allahazwj, Heazwj Harmonis between your secrets and your announcements. Fear Allah as is His right to be feared and do not be dying except and you are submitters [3:102]’.

فَقَالَ النَّاسُ بِأَجْمَعِهِمْ: سَمِعْنَا وَ أَطَعْنَا اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ وَ لَا نُخَالِفُ مَا أَمَرَنَا بِهِ، ثُمَّ خَرَجُوا أَبْوَابَهُمْ جَمِيعاً غَيْرَ بَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَأَظْهَرَ النَّاسُ الْحَسَدَ وَ الْكَلَامَ،

The people in their entirety said, ‘We hear and obey Allahazwj and Hisazwj Rasoolsaww and we will not oppose whatever Heazwj Commands us with!’ Then they threw out their doors apart from the door of the Prophetsaww and Aliasws. Then, the people manifested envy and the talk.

فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: مَا بَالُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ (ص) يُؤْثِرُ ابْنَ عَمِّهِ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَ يَقُولُ عَلَى اللَّهِ الْكَذِبَ، وَ يُخْبِرُ عَنِ اللَّهِ بِمَا لَمْ يَقُلْ فِي عَلِيٍّ؟! وَ إِنَّمَا سَأَلَ مُحَمَّدٌ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ لِعَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَ أَجَابَهُ إِلَى مَا يُرِيدُ، فَلَوْ سَأَلَ اللَّهَ ذَلِكَ لَنَا لَأَجَابَهُ،

Umar said, ‘What is the matter Rasool-Allahazwj preferred sonasws of hissaww uncle Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws and is saying the lie upon Allahazwj and hesaww is informing from Aliasws be what Heazwj did not Say regarding Aliasws?! And rather Muhammadsaww asked (Allahazwj) for Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws, of hesaww had asked Allahazwj for that for usasws, Heazwj would have Answered himsaww’.

وَ أَرَادَ عُمَرُ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ بَابٌ مَفْتُوحٌ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ، وَ لَمَّا بَلَغَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَوْلُ عُمَرَ وَ خَوْضُ النَّاسِ وَ الْقَوْمِ فِي الْكَلَامِ، أَمَرَ الْمُنَادِيَ بِالنِّدَاءِ إِلَى: الصَّلَاةَ جَامِعَةً، فَلَمَّا اجْتَمَعُوا

And Umar that there should happen to be for him an open door to the Masjid, and when the words of Umar reached Rasool-Allahsaww, and the discourse of the people and the group regarding the talk, hesaww ordered the caller with calling out to, ‘The congregational Salat!’

قَالَ لَهُمُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: مَعَاشِرَ النَّاسِ! قَدْ بَلَغَنِي مَا خُضْتُمْ فِيهِ وَ مَا قَالَ قَائِلُكُمْ، وَ إِنِّي أُقْسِمُ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ أَنِّي لَمْ أَقُلْ عَلَى اللَّهِ الْكَذِبَ وَ لَا كَذَبْتُ فِيمَا قُلْتُ، وَ لَا أَنَا سَدَدْتُ أَبْوَابَكُمْ، وَ لَا أَنَا فَتَحْتُ بَابَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ (ع)، وَ لَا أَمَرَنِي فِي ذَلِكَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ الَّذِي خَلَقَنِي وَ خَلَقَكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ،

The Prophetsaww said to them: ‘Community of people! It has reached mesaww what you are discussing and what your speaker has said, and I swear by Allahazwj the magnificent, Isaww did not say the lie upon Allahazwj, nor have Isaww been life to, nor did Isaww close doors from your doors, nor did Isaww keep the door of Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws open, nor did any one command mesaww with that except Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic Who Created mesaww and you altogether.

فَلَا تَحَاسَدُوا فَتَهْلِكُوا، وَ لَا تَحْسُدُوا النَّاسَ عَلى‏ ما آتاهُمُ اللَّهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ‏، فَإِنَّهُ يَقُولُ فِي مُحْكَمِ كِتَابِهِ: تِلْكَ الرُّسُلُ فَضَّلْنا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلى‏ بَعْضٍ‏ فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَ كُونُوا مِنَ الصَّابِرِينَ،

So, do not be envious for you will be destroyed, and do not be envying the people upon what Allah has Given them from His Grace? [4:54]. Heazwj is Saying in the Decisive of Hisazwj Book: Those Rasools, We Merited some of them over the others [2:253]. Fear Allahazwj and be from the patient ones!’

ثُمَّ صَدَّقَ اللَّهُ رَسُولَهُ بِنُزُولِ الْكَوْكَبِ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ عَلَى دَارِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، وَ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ قُرْآناً، وَ أَقْسَمَ بِالنَّجْمِ تَصْدِيقاً لِرَسُولِهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، فَقَالَ: وَ النَّجْمِ إِذا هَوى‏ ما ضَلَّ صاحِبُكُمْ وَ ما غَوى‏ وَ ما يَنْطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوى‏ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُوحى‏.. الْآيَاتِ كُلَّهَا،

Then Allahazwj Ratified Hisazwj Rasoolsaww by the descent of the star from the sky upon the door of Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws, and Allahazwj the Glorious Revealed Quran and Swore by the star in ratification of Hisazwj Rasoolsaww. Heazwj Said: ‘(I Swear) by the star when it swoops down [53:1] Your companion does not err, and does not deviate [53:2] And he does not speak out of (personal) desire [53:3] Surely, it is only a Revelation He Revealed [53:4] – the Verses, all of them.

وَ تَلَاهَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَلَمْ يَزْدَادُوا إِلَّا غَضَباً وَ حَسَداً وَ نِفَاقاً وَ عُتُوّاً وَ اسْتِكْبَاراً، ثُمَّ تَفَرَّقُوا وَ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ مِنَ الْحَسَدِ وَ النِّفَاقِ مَا لَا يَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ.

And the Prophetsaww recited these, but they did not increase except in anger, and envy, and hypocrisy, and revolt, and arrogance, then they dispersed and there was in their hearts was such from the envy and the hypocrisy what no one knows except Allahazwj the Glorious.

فَلَمَّا كَانَ بَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ عَمُّهُ الْعَبَّاسُ وَ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! قَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَكَ مِنَ الْقَرَابَةِ وَ الرَّحِمِ الْمَاسَّةِ، وَ أَنَا مِمَّنْ يَدِينُ اللَّهَ بِطَاعَتِكَ، فَاسْأَلِ اللَّهَ‏ تَعَالَى أَنْ يَجْعَلَ لِي بَاباً إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ أَتَشَرَّفُ بِهَا عَلَى مَنْ سِوَايَ؟.

When it was after some days, hissaww uncle Al-Abbas entered to see himsaww and said, ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! Yousaww have known what relationship there is between me and yousaww and the diamond (valuable) womb relationship, and I am from the ones who make it a religion with obeying yousaww, so can yousaww ask Allahazwj to Make a door to be for me to the Masjid to be ennobled by it over the ones besides me?’

فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ السَّلَامُ: يَا عَمِّ! لَيْسَ إِلَى ذَلِكَ سَبِيلٌ. فَقَالَ: فَمِيزَاباً يَكُونُ مِنْ دَارِي إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ أَتَشَرَّفُ بِهِ عَلَى الْقَرِيبِ وَ الْبَعِيدِ. فَسَكَتَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ- وَ كَانَ كَثِيرَ الْحَيَاءِ- لَا يَدْرِي مَا يُعِيدُ مِنَ الْجَوَابِ خَوْفاً مِنَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَ حَيَاءً مِنْ عَمِّهِ الْعَبَّاسِ،

Hesaww said: ‘O uncle! There is no way to (do) that’. He said, ‘So let there be a spout from my house to the Masjid I can be ennobled by it over the near ones and the distant ones’. The Prophetsaww was silent – and hesaww was of a lot of bashfulness – not know what hesaww should respond from the answer out of fear from Allahazwj the Exalted and bashfulness form hissaww uncle Al-Abbas.

فَهَبَطَ جَبْرَئِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فِي الْحَالِ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ- وَ قَدْ عَلِمَ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ مَا فِي نَفْسِهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ-، فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ (ص)! إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكَ أَنْ تُجِيبَ سُؤَالَ عَمِّكَ، وَ أَمَرَكَ أَنْ تَنْصِبَ لَهُ مِيزَاباً إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ كَمَا أَرَادَ، فَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ مَا فِي نَفْسِكَ وَ قَدْ أَجَبْتُكَ إِلَى ذَلِكَ كَرَامَةً لَكَ وَ نِعْمَةً مِنِّي عَلَيْكَ وَ عَلَى عَمِّكَ الْعَبَّاسِ،

Jibraeelas descended unto the Prophetsaww during that state, and Allahazwj the Glorious had Known what was in himselfsaww, from that. Heas said: ‘O Muhammadsaww! Allahazwj Commands yousaww: “Answer the request of yoursaww uncle, and Commands yousaww to establish the spout for him to the Masjid as he wants, for Iazwj have Known what is in yourselfsaww and have Answered you to that as a prestige for yousaww and a Favour from Meazwj and upon yoursaww uncle Al-Abbas!”

فَكَبَّرَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ قَالَ: أَبَى اللَّهُ إِلَّا إِكْرَامَكُمْ يَا بَنِي هَاشِمٍ وَ تَفْضِيلَكُمْ عَلَى الْخَلْقِ أَجْمَعِينَ، ثُمَّ قَامَ وَ مَعَهُ جَمَاعَةٌ مِنَ الصَّحَابَةِ وَ الْعَبَّاسُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى صَارَ عَلَى سَطْحِ الْعَبَّاسِ، فَنَصَبَ لَهُ مِيزَاباً إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ وَ قَالَ: مَعَاشِرَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ! إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ شَرَّفَ عَمِّيَ الْعَبَّاسَ بِهَذَا الْمِيزَابِ فَلَا تُؤْذُونِي فِي عَمِّي، فَإِنَّهُ بَقِيَّةُ الْآبَاءِ وَ الْأَجْدَادِ، فَلَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ آذَانِي فِي عَمِّي وَ بَخَسَهُ حَقَّهُ أَوْ أَعَانَ عَلَيْهِ.

The Prophetsaww exclaimed Takbeer and said: ‘Allahazwj has Refused except to Honour you O Clan of Hashimas, and Prefer you over the entirety of the people’. Then hesaww stood up and with himsaww was a group of hissaww companions and Al-Abbas was in front of himsaww until hesaww came to the roof of (house of) Al-Abbas. Hesaww installed for him a spout to the Masjid and said: ‘Community of Muslims! Allahazwj has Ennobled mysaww uncle Al-Abbas with this spout, so do not hurt mesaww regarding mysaww uncle, for he is a remaining one of the fathers and the grandfathers. May Allahazwj Curse the one who hurts mesaww regarding mysaww uncle, or reduces his right or supports against him’.

وَ لَمْ يَزَلِ الْمِيزَابُ عَلَى حَالِهِ مُدَّةَ أَيَّامِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ خِلَافَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَ ثَلَاثَ سِنِينَ مِنْ خِلَافَةِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ فِي بَعْضِ الْأَيَّامِ وُعِكَ‏ الْعَبَّاسُ وَ مَرِضَ مَرَضاً شَدِيداً وَ صَعِدَتِ الْجَارِيَةُ تَغْسِلُ قَمِيصَهُ فَجَرَى الْمَاءُ مِنَ الْمِيزَابِ إِلَى صَحْنِ الْمَسْجِدِ،

And the spout did not cease to be upon its state for the duration of the days of the Prophetas and caliphate of Abu Bakr and three years from the caliphate of Umar Bin Al Khattab. When it was during one of the days, Al Abbas had fever and fell ill with severe illness, and the maid ascended to wash his shirt, and the water flowed from the spout to the courtyard of the Masjid.

فَنَالَ بَعْضُ الْمَاءِ ثَوْبَ الرَّجُلِ، فَغَضِبَ غَضَباً شَدِيداً وَ قَالَ لِغُلَامِهِ: اصْعَدْ وَ اقْلَعِ الْمِيزَابَ، فَصَعِدَ الْغُلَامُ فَقَلَعَهُ وَ رَمَى بِهِ إِلَى سَطْحِ الْعَبَّاسِ، وَ قَالَ: وَ اللَّهِ لَئِنْ رَدَّهُ أَحَدٌ إِلَى مَكَانِهِ لَأَضْرِبَنَّ عُنُقَهُ،

Some of the water affected the clothes of a man and he was angered with severe anger and said to his slave, ‘Climb and uproot the spout!’ The slave climbed up, uprooted it and threw it in the roof of Al-Abbas, and said, ‘By Allahazwj! If anyone were to return it to its place, I will strike off his neck’.

فَشَقَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَى الْعَبَّاسِ وَ دَعَا بِوَلَدَيْهِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ وَ نَهَضَ يَمْشِي مُتَوَكِّئاً عَلَيْهِمَا- وَ هُوَ يَرْتَعِدُ مِنْ شِدَّةِ الْمَرَضِ- وَ سَارَ حَتَّى دَخَلَ عَلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَلَمَّا نَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ انْزَعَجَ لِذَلِكَ، وَ قَالَ: يَا عَمِّ! مَا جَاءَ بِكَ وَ أَنْتَ عَلَى هَذِهِ‏ الْحَالَةِ؟!.

That was grievous upon Al Abbas and he called his sons Abdullah and Ubeydullah, and he got up walking leaning upon them, and he was shaking due to the severity of the illness, and he went until he entered to see Amir Al Momineenasws. When Amir Al Momineenasws looked at him, heasws was disturbed to that and said: ‘O uncle! What have you come for and you are upon this state?!’

فَقَصَّ عَلَيْهِ الْقِصَّةَ وَ مَا فَعَلَ مَعَهُ عُمَرُ مِنْ قَلْعِ الْمِيزَابِ وَ تَهَدُّدِهِ‏ مَنْ يُعِيدُهُ إِلَى مَكَانِهِ، وَ قَالَ لَهُ: يَا ابْنَ أَخِي! إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِي عَيْنَانِ أَنْظُرُ بِهِمَا، فَمَضَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا وَ هِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ بَقِيَتِ الْأُخْرَى وَ هِيَ أَنْتَ يَا عَلِيُّ، وَ مَا أَظُنُّ أَنْ أُظْلَمَ وَ يَزُولَ مَا شَرَّفَنِي بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ أَنْتَ لِي، فَانْظُرْ فِي أَمْرِي،

He related the story to himasws and what Umar had done with him by uprooting the spout and his threatening the one who returns it to its place. And he said to himasws, ‘O sonasws of my brotheras! There used to be two supporters for me I could look to them (for help. One of the two has passed away and hesaww is Rasool-Allahsaww, and there remains the other, and it is youasws, O Aliasws, and I do not think that I would be oppressed and it would be removed what Rasool-Allahsaww had ennobled me with while youasws are for me, therefore look into my affair’.

فَقَالَ لَهُ: يَا عَمِّ! ارْجِعْ إِلَى بَيْتِكَ، فَسَتَرَى مِنِّي مَا يَسُرُّكَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى.

Heasws said to him: ‘O uncle! Return to your house, for you shall be seeing from measws what will cheer you, if Allahazwj so Desires’.

ثُمَّ نَادَى: يَا قَنْبَرُ! عَلَيَّ بِذِي الْفَقَارِ، فَتَقَلَّدَهُ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ وَ النَّاسُ حَوْلَهُ وَ قَالَ: يَا قَنْبَرُ! اصْعَدْ فَرُدَّ الْمِيزَابَ إِلَى مَكَانِهِ، فَصَعِدَ قَنْبَرُ فَرَدَّهُ إِلَى مَوْضِعِهِ، وَ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: وَ حَقِّ صَاحِبِ هَذَا الْقَبْرِ وَ الْمِنْبَرِ لَئِنْ قَلَعَهُ قَالِعٌ لَأَضْرِبَنَّ عُنُقَهُ وَ عُنُقَ الْآمِرِ لَهُ بِذَلِكَ، وَ لَأَصْلِبَنَّهُمَا فِي الشَّمْسِ حَتَّى يَتَقَدَّدَا،

Then heasws called out: ‘O Qanbar! To measws, with Zulfiqar (the sword)!’ Heasws collared it, then went out to the Masjid, and the people were around himasws, and heasws said: ‘O Qanbar! Climb and return the spout to its place!’ Qanbar ascended and returned it to its place, and Aliasws said: ‘By the right of the occupant of this grave and the pulpit! If an uprooted were to uproot it, Iasws will strike off his neck, as well as the neck of the one who had instructed him with that and crucify them both in the (hot) sun until they are set on fire!’

فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، فَنَهَضَ وَ دَخَلَ‏ الْمَسْجِدَ وَ نَظَرَ إِلَى الْمِيزَابِ، فَقَالَ: لَا يُغْضِبُ أحدا [أَحَدٌ] أَبَا الْحَسَنِ فِيمَا فَعَلَهُ، وَ نُكَفِّرُ عَنِ الْيَمِينِ،

That reached Umar Bin Al-Khattab. He got up and entered the Masjid and looked at the spout. He said, ‘No one should anger Abu Al-Hassanasws regarding what heasws has done, and we shall expiate from the vow’.

فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ الْغَدَاةِ مَضَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِلَى عَمِّهِ الْعَبَّاسِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: كَيْفَ أَصْبَحْتَ يَا عَمِّ؟. قَالَ: بِأَفْضَلِ النِّعَمِ مَا دُمْتَ لِي يَا ابْنَ أَخِي.

When it was the next morning, Amir Al-Momineenasws went to hisasws uncle Al Abbas and said to him: ‘How is your morning, O uncle?’ He said, ‘With the best of blessing what could be lasting for me, O sonasws of my brotheras’.

فَقَالَ لَهُ: يَا عَمِّ! طِبْ نَفْساً وَ قَرَّ عَيْناً، فَوَ اللَّهِ لَوْ خَاصَمَنِي أَهْلُ الْأَرْضِ فِي الْمِيزَابِ لَخَصَمْتُهُمْ، ثُمَّ لَقَتَلْتُهُمْ بِحَوْلِ اللَّهِ وَ قُوَّتِهِ، وَ لَا يَنَالُكَ ضَيْمٌ‏ يَا عَمِّ،

Heasws said to him: ‘O uncle! Make yourself to feel good and delight your eyes, for by Allahazwj, even if (all) the people of the earth were to dispute measws regarding the spout, Iasws would contend them, then kill them by the Might of Allahazwj and Hisazwj Strength, and no injustice will come to you, O uncle!’

فَقَامَ الْعَبَّاسُ فَقَبَّلَ مَا بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ، وَ قَالَ: يَا ابْنَ أَخِي! مَا خَابَ مَنْ أَنْتَ نَاصِرُهُ.

Al-Abbas stood up and kissed what is between hisasws eyes and said: ‘O sonasws of my brotheras! He will not be disappointed, one whose helper youasws are’’.

وَ قَدْ قَالَ فِي غَيْرِ مَوْطِنٍ وَصِيَّةً مِنْهُ فِي عَمِّهِ الْعَبَّاسِ: إِنَّ عَمِّيَ الْعَبَّاسَ بَقِيَّةُ الْآبَاءِ وَ الْأَجْدَادِ فَاحْفَظُونِي فِيهِ، كُلٌّ فِي كَنَفِي، وَ أَنَا فِي كَنَفِ عَمِّيَ الْعَبَّاسِ، فَمَنْ آذَاهُ فَقَدْ آذَانِي، وَ مَنْ عَادَاهُ فَقَدْ عَادَانِي، سِلْمُهُ سِلْمِي، وَ حَرْبُهُ حَرْبِي.

And hesaww had said in another place, as a bequest from himsaww regarding hissaww uncle Al-Abbas: ‘Mysaww uncle Al-Abbas is a remainder of the fathers and the grandfathers, so preserve mesaww regarding him, everything regarding mysaww protection, and Isaww am in the protection of mysaww uncle Al-Abbas. The one hurts him so he has hurt measws, and one who is inimical to him so he has been inimical to mesaww. His peace is mysaww peace and his war is mysaww war’’.

وَ مِنْهَا: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَبْلَ الْهِجْرَةِ خَرَجَ يَوْماً إِلَى خَارِجِ مَكَّةَ وَ رَجَعَ طَالِباً مَنْزِلَهُ فَاجْتَازَ بِمُنَادٍ يُنَادِي مِنْ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ- وَ كَانَ لَهُمْ سَيِّدٌ يُسَمَّى عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ جُذْعَانَ، وَ كَانَ يُعَدُّ مِنْ سَادَاتِ قُرَيْشٍ وَ أَشْيَاخِهِمْ، وَ كَانَ‏ لَهُ مُنَادِيَةٌ يُنَادُونَ فِي شِعَابِ مَكَّةَ وَ أَوْدِيَتِهَا: مَنْ أَرَادَ الضِّيَافَةَ وَ الْقِرَى فَلْيَأْتِ مَائِدَةَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جُذْعَانَ،

And from it is that the Prophetsaww, before the emigration, had gone out one day to outside Makkah and returned demanding hissaww house. Hesaww passed by a caller from the clan of Tameem calling out, and there was a chief for them called Abdullah Bin Juz’an, and he used to be counted from the chiefs of Quraysh and their elders, and there was a caller for him calling out in the caves of Makkah and its valleys, ‘One who wants the hospitality and the accommodation, so let him come to the meal of Abdullah Bin Juz’an!’

وَ كَانَ مُنَادِيهِ: أَبُو قُحَافَةَ، وَ أُجْرَتُهُ أَرْبَعَةُ دَوَانِيقَ، وَ لَهُ مُنَادٍ آخَرُ فَوْقَ سَطْحِ دَارِهِ، فَأَخْبَرَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ جُذْعَانَ بِجَوَازِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ عَلَى بَابِهِ، فَخَرَجَ يَسْعَى حَتَّى لَحِقَ بِهِ وَ قَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ! بِالْبَيْتِ الْحَرَامِ إِلَّا مَا شَرَّفْتَنِي بِدُخُولِكَ إِلَى مَنْزِلِي وَ تَحَرُّمِكَ بِزَادِي، وَ أَقْسَمَ عَلَيْهِ بِرَبِّ الْبَيْتِ وَ الْبَطْحَاءِ وَ بِشَيْبَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ،

And his caller was abu Qohafa, and his wages was four coins, and for him was another caller above the roof of his house. Abdullah Bin Juz’an was informed of the passing of the Prophetsaww by his door, so he came out sprinting until he caught up with himsaww and said, ‘O Muhammadsaww! By the Sacred House, if only yousaww would ennoble me by yoursaww entry into my house and yousaww partake from my provision, and I swear upon it by Lordazwj of the House (Kabah) and Al Bat’ha, and by Shayba son of Abdul Muttalibasws’.

فَأَجَابَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ إِلَى ذَلِكَ وَ دَخَلَ مَنْزِلَهُ وَ تَحَرَّمَ بِزَادِهِ، فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ خَرَجَ مَعَهُ ابْنُ جُذْعَانَ مُشَيِّعاً لَهُ، فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ الرُّجُوعَ عَنْهُ قَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: إِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ تَكُونَ غَداً فِي ضِيَافَتِي أَنْتَ وَ تَيْمٌ وَ أَتْبَاعُهَا وَ حُلَفَاؤُهَا عِنْدَ طُلُوعِ الْغَزَالَةِ،

The Prophetsaww answered him to that and entered his house and partook from his provision. When the Prophetsaww went out, Ibn Juz’an went out with himsaww walking to himsaww. When he intended the returning from himsaww, the Prophetsaww said to him: ‘Isaww would love it if you were to be in mysaww hospitality tomorrow, you and clan of Taym and their followers at the emergence of the morning’.

ثُمَّ افْتَرَقَا وَ مَضَى النَّبِيُّ إِلَى دَارِ عَمِّهِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَ جَلَسَ مُتَفَكِّراً فِيمَا وَعَدَهُ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جُذْعَانَ، إِذْ دَخَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ فَاطِمَةُ بِنْتُ أَسَدٍ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهَا زَوْجَةُ عَمِّهِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ- وَ كَانَتْ هِيَ مُرَبِّيَتَهُ، وَ كَانَ يُسَمِّيهَا الْأُمَّ

Then they both separated and the Prophetsaww went to the house of hissaww uncle Abu Talibasws, thoughtful regarding what hesaww had promised to Abdullah Bin Juz’an, when Fatima Bint Asadas, wifeas of hissaww uncleas Abu Talibas entered, and she was hissaww care-taker, and hesaww had named heras as ‘The mother’.

فَلَمَّا رَأَتْهُ مَهْمُوماً قَالَتْ: فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَ أُمِّي، مَا لِي أَرَاكَ مَهْمُوماً؟ أَ عَارَضَكَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ‏ أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ؟. فَقَالَ: لَا. قَالَتْ: فَبِحَقِّي عَلَيْكَ إِلَّا مَا أَخْبَرْتَنِي بِحَالِكَ .. فَقَصَّ عَلَيْهَا قِصَّتَهُ مَعَ ابْنِ جُذْعَانَ وَ مَا قَالَهُ وَ مَا وَعَدَهُ مِنَ الضِّيَافَةِ،

When sheas saw himsaww, sheas said, ‘May myas father and myas mother be (sacrificed) for yousaww! What is the matter Ias see yousaww worried? Did anyone from the people of Makkah objected to yousaww?’ Hesaww said: ‘No’. Sheas said, ‘By myas right upon yousaww, only inform meas with yoursaww situation’. Hesaww narrated to heras the story with Ibn Juz’an and hesaww had said to him and what hesaww had promised to him, of the hospitality’.

فَقَالَتْ: يَا وَلَدِي! لَا تَضِيقَنَّ صَدْرُكَ، مَعِي مُشَارُ عَسَلٍ يَقُومُ لَكَ بِكُلِّ مَا تُرِيدُ، فَبَيْنَمَا هُمَا فِي الْحَدِيثِ إِذْ دَخَلَ أَبُو طَالِبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، فَقَالَ لِزَوْجَتِهِ: فِيمَا أَنْتُمَا؟. فَأَعْلَمَتْهُ بِذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ، وَ بِمَا قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ لِابْنِ جُذْعَانَ،

Sheas said, ‘O myas sonsaww! Do not straiten yoursaww chest. There are (sufficient) provisions with meas to stand for you with all what yousaww want’. While they were in the discussion when Abu Talibas entered. Heas said to hisas wifeas: ‘Regarding what are youas two discussing?’ Sheas let himas know of that, all of it, and with what the Prophetsaww had said to Ibn Juz’an.

فَضَمَّهُ إِلَى صَدْرِهِ وَ قَبَّلَ مَا بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ، وَ قَالَ: يَا وَلَدِي! بِاللَّهِ عَلَيْكَ لَا تَضِيقَنَّ صَدْرُكَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، وَ فِي نَهَارِ غَدٍ أَقُومُ لَكَ بِجَمِيعِ مَا تَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى، وَ أَصْنَعُ وَلِيمَةً تَتَحَدَّثُ بِهَا الرُّكْبَانُ فِي سَائِرِ الْبُلْدَانِ،

Heas hugged himsaww to hisas chest and kissed what is between hissaww eyes and said, ‘O myas sonsaww! By Allahazwj, upon is not to straighten yoursaww chest from that, and during the day tomorrow, Ias shall stand for yousaww with the entirety of what yousaww are needy to, if Allahazwj the Exalted so Desires, and Ias shall prepare such a feast the riders will discuss it in rest of the cities’.

وَ عَزَمَ عَلَى وَلِيمَةٍ تَعُمُّ سَائِرَ القَبَائِلِ، وَ قَصَدَ نَحْوَ أَخِيهِ الْعَبَّاسِ لِيَقْتَرِضَ مِنْ مَالِهِ شَيْئاً يَضُمُّهُ إِلَى مَالِهِ، فَوَجَدَ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ فِي الطَّرِيقِ فَأَقْرَضُوهُ مِنَ الْجِمَالِ وَ الذَّهَبِ مَا يَكْفِيهِ، فَرَجَعَ عَنِ الْقَصْدِ إِلَى أَخِيهِ الْعَبَّاسِ، وَ آثَرَ التَّخْفِيفَ عَنْهُ،

And heas determined upon the feast to prevail upon the rest of the tribes, and aimed to hisas brother al Abbas in order to borrow something from his wealth to add on to hisas own wealth. Heas found the clan of Abdul Muttalibasws in the road, and they lent himsaww with the camels and the gold what would suffice himsaww. So, heas returned from aiming to hisas brother Al-Abbas (as there was no need anymore), and preferred the lightening from him.

فَبَلَغَ أَخَاهُ الْعَبَّاسَ ذَلِكَ فَعَظُمَ عَلَيْهِ رُجُوعُهُ، فَأَقْبَلَ إِلَى أَخِيهِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَ هُوَ مَغْمُومٌ كَئِيبٌ حَزِينٌ- فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو طَالِبٍ: مَا لِي أَرَاكَ حَزِيناً كَئِيباً؟. قَالَ: بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ قَصَدْتَنِي فِي حَاجَةٍ ثُمَّ بَدَا لَكَ عَنْهَا فَرَجَعْتَ مِنَ الطَّرِيقِ، فَمَا هَذِهِ الْحَالُ؟.

The news of that reached hisas brother Al Abbas, and hisas return was grievous upon him, so he went to his brotheras Abu Talibas and he was gloomy, bleak, grieving. Abu Talibas said to him: ‘What is the matter Ias see you grieving, bleak?’ He said, ‘It reached me that youas had aimed to me regarding a need, then there was a change of mind for youas from it, but youas returned from the road, so what is this situation?’

فَقَصَّ عَلَيْهِ الْقِصَّةَ .. إِلَى آخِرِهَا، فَقَالَ لَهُ الْعَبَّاسُ: الْأَمْرُ إِلَيْكَ، وَ إِنَّكَ لَمْ تَزَلْ أَهْلًا لِكُلِّ مَكْرُمَةٍ وَ مَوْئِلًا لِكُلِّ نَائِبَةٍ، ثُمَّ جَلَسَ عِنْدَهُ سَاعَةً وَ قَدْ أَخَذَ أَبُو طَالِبٍ فِيمَا يَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ آلَةِ الطَّبْخِ وَ غَيْرِ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ الْعَبَّاسُ: يَا أَخِي! لِي إِلَيْكَ حَاجَةٌ؟. فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو طَالِبٍ: هِيَ مَقْضِيَّةٌ، فَاذْكُرْهَا،

Heas narrated the story to him, up to its end. Al Abbas said to himas, ‘The matter is up to youas, and youas have not ceased to be rightful of every honour and in charge of every delegation’. Then he sat in hisas presence for a while, and Abu Talibas had taken regarding whatever he needed from the tools of cooking and other than that. Al Abbas said to himas, ‘O my brotheras! There is a need for me to youas?’ Abu Talibas said, ‘It shall be fulfilled, so mention it’.

فَقَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ: أَقْسَمْتُ عَلَيْكَ بِحَقِّ الْبَيْتِ وَ شَيْبَةِ الْحَمْدِ إِلَّا مَا قَضَيْتَهَا، فَقَالَ: لَكَ ذَلِكَ وَ لَوْ سَأَلْتَ فِي النَّفْسِ وَ الْوَلَدِ، فَقَالَ: تَهَبُ لِي هَذِهِ الْمَكْرُمَةَ تُشَرِّفُنِي بِهَا.

Al Abbas said, ‘I swear upon youas by the right of the house (Kabah), and Shayba Al Hamd (Abdul Muttalibasws), only do not fulfil it’. Heas said: ‘That is for you, and even if you were to ask regarding the self and the parent’. He said, ‘Gift to me this honour to ennoble me with it’.

فَقَالَ: قَدْ أَجَبْتُكَ إِلَى ذَلِكَ مَعَ مَا أَصْنَعُهُ أَنَا .. فَنَحَرَ الْعَبَّاسُ الْجُزُرَ وَ نَصَبَ‏ الْقُدُورَ، وَ عَقَدَ الْحَلَاوَاتِ، وَ شَوَى الْمَشْوِيَّ، وَ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ الزَّادِ فَوْقَ مَا يُرَادُ، وَ نَادَى سَائِرَ النَّاسِ، فَاجْتَمَعَ أَهْلُ مَكَّةَ وَ بُطُونُ قُرَيْشٍ وَ سَائِرُ الْعَرَبِ عَلَى اخْتِلَافِ طَبَقَاتِهَا يُهْرَعُونَ مِنْ كُلِّ مَكَانٍ حَتَّى كَأَنَّهُ عِيدُ اللَّهِ الْأَكْبَرُ،

Heas said: ‘Ias have answered you to that along with what Ias have prepared’. Al Abbas slaughtered the camels and installed the pots, and made the sweets, and grilled the grills, and added on to the provisions above what was required, and called out to rest of the people. The people of Makkah gathered, and bellies of Quraysh and rest of the Arabs upon interchange of its layers rushing from every place until it was as if it was the great Eid of Allahazwj.

وَ نَصَبَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مَنْصَباً عَالِياً، وَ زَيَّنَهُ بِالدُّرِّ وَ الْيَاقُوتِ وَ الثِّيَابِ الْفَاخِرَةِ، وَ بَقِيَ النَّاسُ مِنْ حُسْنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ وَقَارِهِ وَ عَقْلِهِ وَ كَمَالِهِ مُتَحَيِّرِينَ، وَ ضَوْؤُهُ يَعْلُو نُورَ الشَّمْسِ، وَ تَفَرَّقَ النَّاسُ مَسْرُورِينَ وَ قَدْ أَخَذُوا فِي الْخُطَبِ وَ الْأَشْعَارِ وَ مَدْحِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ عَشِيرَتِهِ عَلَى حُسْنِ ضِيَافَتِهِمْ.

A high place was installed for the Prophetsaww, and hesaww was adorned with the jewels, and the pride-worthy clothes, and the people remained bewildered from the beauty of the Prophetsaww, and hissaww dignity, and hisas perfection, and hissaww illumination was above the light of the sun, and the people separated delighted, and they had taken in the sermons and the poems and praise of the Prophetsaww and hissaww clan upon the excellence of hissaww hospitality.

فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ أَشُدَّهُ وَ تَزَوَّجَ خَدِيجَةَ وَ أَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ وَ نَبَّأَهُ وَ أَرْسَلَهُ إِلَى سَائِرِ الْعَرَبِ وَ الْعَجَمِ، وَ أَظْهَرَهُ عَلَى الْمُشْرِكِينَ، وَ فَتَحَ مَكَّةَ وَ دَخَلَهَا مُؤَيَّداً مَنْصُوراً، وَ قُتِلَ مَنْ قُتِلَ، وَ بَغَى مَنْ بَغَى، أَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ:

When the Prophetsaww reached hissaww strength (adulthood) and married Khadeejaasws, and Allahazwj Revealed to himsaww and Gave himsaww news and Sent himsaww to rest of the Arabs and non-Arabs, and Made himsaww prevail over the Polytheists, and hesaww conquered Makkah and entered it supported, victorious, and the ones killed were killed, and the one who rebelled had rebelled, Allahazwj Revealed to himsaww:

يَا مُحَمَّدُ! إِنَّ عَمَّكَ الْعَبَّاسَ لَهُ عَلَيْكَ يَدٌ سَابِقَةٌ وَ جَمِيلٌ مُتَقَدِّمٌ، وَ هُوَ مَا أَنْفَقَ عَلَيْكَ فِي وَلِيمَةِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جُذْعَانَ، وَ هُوَ سِتُّونَ أَلْفَ دِينَارٍ مَعَ مَا لَهُ عَلَيْكَ فِي سَائِرِ الْأَزْمَانِ، وَ فِي نَفْسِهِ شَهْوَةٌ مِنْ سُوقِ عُكَاظٍ، فَامْنَحْهُ إِيَّاهُ فِي مُدَّةِ حَيَاتِهِ وَ لِوُلْدِهِ بَعْدَ وَفَاتِهِ،

“O Muhammadsaww! Yoursaww uncle Al Abbas has a preceding hand (favour) upon yousaww and a beautiful preceded, and it is what he had spent upon yousaww during the feast of Abdullah Bin Juz’an, and these were sixty thousand Dinars, along with what is for him upon yousaww during the rest of the times, and in his self is a desire from Okaz market, so give him to him during the term of his life, and to his sons after his death!”

فَأَعْطَاهُ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: أَلَا لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَى مَنْ عَارَضَ عَمِّي فِي سُوقِ عُكَاظٍ وَ نَازَعَهُ فِيهِ، وَ مَنْ أَخَذَهُ مِنْهُ فَأَنَا بَرِي‏ءٌ مِنْهُ وَ عَلَيْهِ‏ لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ وَ الْمَلائِكَةِ وَ النَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ‏،

Hesaww gave him that, then hesaww said: ‘Indeed! The Curse of Allahazwj is upon the one disagrees to mysaww uncle in the market of Okaz and contends in it, and the one who takes it from him, so Isaww am disavowed from him and upon him is the Curse of Allahazwj and the Angels and the people altogether’.

فَلَمْ يَكْتَرِثْ‏ عُمَرُ بِذَلِكَ وَ حَسَدَ الْعَبَّاسَ عَلَى دَخْلِ سُوقِ عُكَاظٍ، وَ غَصَبَهُ مِنْهُ، وَ لَمْ يَزَلِ الْعَبَّاسُ مُتَظَلِّماً إِلَى حِينِ وَفَاتِهِ.

Umar did not care with that and envied Al Abbas upon entering the market of Okaz, and usurped it from him, and Al Abbas did not cease to be oppressed up to when he died’’.

وَ مِنْهَا: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ كَانَ جَالِساً فِي مَسْجِدِهِ يَوْماً- وَ حَوْلَهُ جَمَاعَةٌ مِنَ الصَّحَابَةِ- إِذْ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ عَمُّهُ الْعَبَّاسُ- وَ كَانَ رَجُلًا صَبِيحاً حَسَناً حُلْوَ الشَّمَائِلِ- فَلَمَّا رَآهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَامَ إِلَيْهِ وَ اسْتَقْبَلَهُ وَ قَبَّلَ مَا بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ وَ رَحَّبَ بِهِ وَ أَجْلَسَهُ إِلَى جَانِبِهِ،

And from it – The Prophetsaww was seated in hissaww Masjid one day – and around himsaww was a group of the companions – when Al Abbas entered, and he was a man on excellent accompaniment, of a sweet nature. When the Prophetsaww saw him, stood to him and welcomed him and kissed what is between in his eyes, and was compassionate with him in and seated him hissaww side.

فَأَنْشَدَ الْعَبَّاسُ أَبْيَاتاً فِي مَدْحِهِ (ص)، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: جَزَاكَ اللَّهُ- يَا عَمِّ- خَيْراً وَ مُكَافَأَتُكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى.

Al Abbas prosed some couplets in hissaww praise. The Prophetsaww said: ‘May Allahazwj Recompense yousaww goodly, and your Reward is upon Allahazwj the Exalted’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَعَاشِرَ النَّاسِ! احْفَظُونِي فِي عَمِّيَ الْعَبَّاسِ وَ انْصُرُوهُ وَ لَا تَخْذُلُوهُ.

Then hesaww said: ‘Community of people! Preserve mesaww regarding mysaww uncle Al Abbas and help him and do not abandon him’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا عَمِّ! اطْلُبْ مِنِّي شَيْئاً أُتْحِفْكَ بِهِ عَلَى سَبِيلِ الْهَدِيَّةِ. فَقَالَ: يَا ابْنَ أَخِي! أُرِيدُ مِنَ الشَّامِ الْمَلْعَبَ، وَ مِنَ الْعِرَاقِ الْحِيرَةَ، وَ مِنْ هَجَرٍ الْخَطَّ، وَ كَانَتْ هَذِهِ الْمَوَاضِعُ كَثِيرَةَ الْعِمَارَةِ،

Then hesaww said: ‘O uncle! Request something from mesaww, Isaww shall present it to you upon the way of the gift’. He said, ‘O sonsaww of my brotheras! I want Al Mal’ab from Syria, and Al Hira from Al Iraq, and Al Khatt from Hajar’, and these places were with a lot of buildings.

فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: حُبّاً وَ كَرَامَةً، ثُمَّ دَعَا عَلِيّاً عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَقَالَ: اكْتُبْ لِعَمِّكَ الْعَبَّاسِ هَذِهِ الْمَوَاضِعَ، فَكَتَبَ لَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كِتَاباً بِذَلِكَ، وَ أَمْلَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ أَشْهَدَ الْجَمَاعَةَ الْحَاضِرِينَ، وَ خَتَمَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ بِخَاتَمِهِ‏ وَ قَالَ: يَا عَمِّ! إِنْ يَفْتَحِ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى هَذِهِ الْمَوَاضِعَ فَهِيَ لَكَ هِبَةً مِنَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَ رَسُولِهِ، وَ إِنْ فُتِحَتْ بَعْدَ مَوْتِي فَإِنِّي أُوصِي الَّذِي يَنْظُرُ بَعْدِي فِي الْأُمَّةِ بِتَسْلِيمِ هَذِهِ الْمَوَاضِعِ إِلَيْكَ.

The Prophetsaww said to him: ‘Love and prestige’. Then hesaww called Aliasws and said: ‘Write these places to be for yourasws uncle’. Amir Al Momineenasws wrote a deed for him with that, and Rasool-Allahsaww dictated, and a group of the ones present witnessed it, and the Prophetsaww sealed it with hissaww ring (seal) and said: ‘O uncle! If Allahazwj the Exalted Conquests these places, then these are for you as a gift from Allahazwj the Exalted and Hisazwj Rasoolsaww, and if these are conquered after mysaww passing away, then Isaww bequeath it to the one who will shall be incharge after mesaww regarding the community, to submit these places to you’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَعَاشِرَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ! إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْمَوَاضِعَ الْمَذْكُورَةَ لِعَمِّيَ الْعَبَّاسِ، فَعَلَى مَنْ يُغَيِّرُ عَلَيْهِ أَوْ يُبَدِّلُهُ أَوْ يَمْنَعُهُ أَوْ يَظْلِمُهُ لَعْنَةُ اللَّهِ وَ لَعْنَةُ اللَّاعِنِينَ،

Then hesaww said: ‘Community of Muslims! These mentioned places are for mysaww uncle Al Abbas, so the one who changes upon it, or replaces it, or prevents it, of oppresses him of it, upon him is the Curse of Allahazwj and curse of the cursing ones’.

ثُمَّ نَاوَلَهُ الْكِتَابَ، فَلَمَّا وُلِّيَ عُمَرُ وَ فُتِحَ هَذِهِ الْمَوَاضِعُ الْمَذْكُورَةُ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْعَبَّاسُ بِالْكِتَابِ، فَلَمَّا نَظَرَ فِيهِ دَعَا رَجُلًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ وَ سَأَلَهُ عَنِ الْمَلْعَبِ، فَقَالَ: يَزِيدُ ارْتِفَاعُهُ عَلَى عِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ دِرْهَمٍ، ثُمَّ سَأَلَ عَنِ الْآخَرَيْنِ، فَذَكَرَ لَهُ أَنَّ ارْتِفَاعَهُمَا تَقُومُ بِمَالٍ كَثِيرٍ.

The hesaww gave him the letter (of deed). When Umar became ruler and these mentioned places were conquered, Al Abbas came to him with the letter. When he looked into it, he called a man from the people of Syria and asked him about Al Mal’ab. He said, ‘Its value is upon twenty thousand Dirhams’. Then he asked about the other, and it was mentioned to him that their values would be established by a lot of wealth.

فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا الْفَضْلِ! إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَالَ كَثِيرٌ لَا يَجُوزُ لَكَ أَخْذُهُ مِنْ دُونِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ. فَقَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ: هَذَا كِتَابُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ يَشْهَدُ لِي بِذَلِكَ قَلِيلًا كَانَ أَوْ كَثِيراً، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: وَ اللَّهِ إِنْ كُنْتَ تُسَاوِي الْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي ذَلِكَ وَ إِلَّا فَارْجِعْ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَتَيْتَ،

He said, ‘O Abu Al Fazl! This is a lot of wealth. It is not allowed for you to take if from besides the (rest of the) Muslims’. Al Abbas said, ‘This is a letter (of deed) of Rasool-Allahsaww that was witnessed for me by the few and the lot’. Umar said, ‘By Allahazwj! Either you equate it with the Muslims in that or else return from where you have come’.

فَجَرَى بَيْنَهُمَا كَلَامٌ كَثِيرٌ غَلِيظٌ، فَغَضِبَ عُمَرُ- وَ كَانَ سَرِيعَ الْغَضَبِ- فَأَخَذَ الْكِتَابَ مِنَ الْعَبَّاسِ وَ مَزَّقَهُ وَ تَفَلَ فِيهِ وَ رَمَى بِهِ فِي وَجْهِ الْعَبَّاسِ، وَ قَالَ: وَ اللَّهِ! لَوْ طَلَبْتَ مِنْهُ حَبَّةً وَاحِدَةً مَا أَعْطَيْتُكَ،

A lot of harsh talk flowed between the two, and Umar was angered – and he used to be quick to anger, he grabbed the letter from Al Abbas and tore it and spat in it, and threw it in the face of Al Abbas and said, ‘By Allahazwj! Even if you were to demand one seed from it, I will not give it to you!’

فَأَخَذَ الْعَبَّاسُ بَقِيَّةَ الْكِتَابِ وَ عَادَ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ حَزِيناً بَاكِياً شَاكِياً إِلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَ إِلَى رَسُولِهِ، فَصَاحَ الْعَبَّاسُ بِالْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَ الْأَنْصَارِ، فَغَضِبُوا لِذَلِكَ وَ قَالُوا: يَا عُمَرُ! تَخْرِقُ كِتَابَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ تُلْقِي بِهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ، هَذَا شَيْ‏ءٌ لَا نَصْبِرُ عَلَيْهِ.

Al Abbas took and remainder of the letter and returned to his house grieving, crying, complaining to Allahazwj the Exalted and to Hisazwj Rasoolsaww. Al Abbas shouted at the Emigrants and the Helpers and they were angered to that and said, ‘O Umar! You tore a letter of Rasool-Allahsaww and threw in in the ground? This is something we cannot be patient upon’.

فَخَافَ عُمَرُ أَنْ يَنْخَرِمَ عَلَيْهِ الْأَمْرُ، فَقَالَ: قُومُوا بِنَا إِلَى الْعَبَّاسِ نَسْتَرْضِيهِ وَ نَفْعَلُ مَعَهُ مَا يُصْلِحُهُ، فَنَهَضُوا بِأَجْمَعِهِمْ إِلَى دَارِ الْعَبَّاسِ فَوَجَدُوهُ مَوْعُوكاً لِشِدَّةِ مَا لَحِقَهُ مِنَ الْفِتَنِ وَ الْأَلَمِ وَ الظُّلْمِ،

Umar feared the command would be ruptured with him, so he said, ‘Arise with us to go to Al Abbas to please him and deal with him with what would reconcile him’. They got up in their entirety to the house of Al Abbas and they found him with fever due to the severity of what he had faced from the strife, and the pain, and the injustice.

فَقَالَ: نَحْنُ فِي الْغَدَاةِ عَائِدُوهُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى وَ مُعْتَذِرُونَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ فِعْلِنَا، فَمَضَى غَدٌ وَ بَعْدَ غَدٍ وَ لَمْ يَعُدْ إِلَيْهِ وَ لَا اعْتَذَرَ مِنْهُ، ثُمَّ فَرَّقَ الْأَمْوَالَ عَلَى الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَ بَقِيَ كَذَلِكَ إِلَى أَنْ مَاتَ.

He said, ‘We shall return to him in the morning, if Allahazwj the Exalted so Desires, and offer excuses to him from our deed’. The next day passed, and the day after, and he did not return to him, nor offered any excuses from it. The wealth was distributed upon the Emigrants and the Helpers, and it remained like that until he died’’.

وَ مِنْهَا: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ نَفَى الْحَكَمَ بْنَ الْعَاصِ- عَمَّ عُثْمَانَ عَنِ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَ طَرَدَهُ عَنْ جِوَارِهِ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ طَرِيداً مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ وَ مَعَهُ ابْنُهُ مَرْوَانُ أَيَّامَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ أَيَّامَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَ أَيَّامَ عُمَرَ يُسَمَّى: طَرِيدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، حَتَّى اسْتَوْلَى عُثْمَانُ فَرَدَّهُ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَ آوَاهُ، وَ جَعَلَ ابْنَهُ مَرْوَانَ كَاتِبَهُ وَ صَاحِبَ تَدْبِيرِهِ فِي دَارِهِ،.

And from it is that Rasool-Allahsaww exiled Al Hakam Bin Al Aas, uncle of Usman, from Al Medina, and exiled him from its vicinity. He did not cease to be in exile from Al Medina, and with him was Marwan, for the days of Rasool-Allahsaww, and days of Abu Bakr, and days of Umar. He was named as ‘Exiled one of Rasool-Allahsaww, until Usman ruled, and he returned him to Al Medina and sheltered him, and made his son Marwan to be his scribe, and in charge of the management in his house’’.²¹²

وَ قَدْ رَوَوْا جَمِيعاً أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَالَ: الْحَقُّ مَعَ عَمَّارٍ يَدُورُ مَعَهُ حَيْثُمَا دَارَ.

And they have all reported that the Prophetsaww said: ‘The truth is with Ammar, circulating with him wherever he circulates’.²¹³

وَ قَالَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ‏: إِذَا افْتَرَقَ النَّاسُ يَمِيناً وَ شِمَالًا فَانْظُرُوا الْفِرْقَةَ الَّتِي فِيهَا عَمَّارٌ فَاتَّبِعُوهُ، فَإِنَّهُ يَدُورُ الْحَقُّ مَعَهُ حَيْثُمَا دَارَ.

And hesaww said: ‘When the people separate right and left, then look at the sect in which is Ammar, and follow it, for the truth circulates with him wherever he may circulate’.²¹⁴

وَ مِنْهَا: مَا فَعَلَ بِأَبِي ذَرٍّ حِينَ نَفَاهُ عَنِ الْمَدِينَةِ إِلَى الرَّبَذَةِ، مَعَ إِجْمَاعِ الْأُمَّةِ فِي الرِّوَايَةِ

And from it is what he (Usman) had done with Abu Zarrra when he exiled himra from Al-Medina to Al-Rabza, along with the consensure of the community regarding the report.

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَالَ: مَا أَقَلَّتِ الْغَبْرَاءُ وَ لَا أَظَلَّتِ الْخَضْرَاءُ عَلَى ذِي لَهْجَةٍ أَصْدَقَ مِنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ.

Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘Neither has the dust (ground) carried, nor has the greenery (of the sky) shaded upon one with a tone more truthful than Abu Zarrra.

وَ رَوَوْا أَنَّهُ قَالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَوْحَى إِلَيَّ أَنَّهُ يُحِبُّ أَرْبَعَةً مِنْ أَصْحَابِي وَ أَمَرَنِي بِحُبِّهِمْ، فَقِيلَ: مَنْ هُمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ (ص)؟. قَالَ: عَلِيٌّ سَيِّدُهُمْ، وَ سَلْمَانُ، وَ الْمِقْدَادُ، وَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ.

And it is reported that hesaww said: ‘Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed to mesaww to love four of mysaww companions and Commanded mesaww with loving them’. It was said, ‘Who are they, O Rasool-Allahsaww?’ Hesaww said: ‘Aliasws is their chief, and Salmanra, and Al-Miqdad, and Abu Zarrra’’.²¹⁵

وَ مِنْهَا: أَنَّ عُبَيْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ لَمَّا ضَرَبَ أَبُو لُؤْلُؤَةَ عُمَرَ الضَّرْبَةَ الَّتِي مَاتَ فِيهَا سَمِعَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ قَوْماً يَقُولُونَ: قَتَلَ الْعِلْجُ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، فَقَدَّرَ أَنَّهُمْ يَعْنُونَ الْهُرْمُزَانَ- رَئِيسَ فَارِسَ- وَ كَانَ قَدْ أَسْلَمَ عَلَى يَدِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ ثُمَّ أَعْتَقَهُ مِنْ قِسْمَتِهِ مِنَ الْفَيْ‏ءِ،

And from it is that when Ubeydullah Bin Umar Bin Al-Khattab, when Abu Lulu struck Umar with the strike in which he died, Ibn Umar heard a group saying, ‘The atheist has killed commander of the faithful’. They were meaning Al-Hurmuzan, head of Persia, and he had become a Muslim upon the hand of Amir Al-Momineen Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws, then freed him from hisasws portion from the war booty.

فَبَادَرَ إِلَيْهِ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ فَقَتَلَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَمُوتُ أَبُوهُ، فَقِيلَ لِعُمَرَ: إِنَّ عُبَيْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ قَدْ قَتَلَ الْهُرْمُزَانَ، فَقَالَ: أَخْطَأَ، فَإِنَّ الَّذِي ضَرَبَنِي أَبُو لُؤْلُؤَةَ، وَ مَا كَانَ لِلْهُرْمُزَانِ‏ فِي أَمْرِي صُنْعٌ، وَ إِنْ عِشْتُ احْتَجْتُ أَنْ أُقِيدَهُ بِهِ، فَإِنَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ لَا يَقْبَلُ مِنَّا الدِّيَةَ، وَ هُوَ مَوْلَاهُ،

Ubeydullah Bin Umar rushed to him and killed him before his father died. It was said to Umar, ‘Ubeydullah Bin Umar has killed Al-Hurmuzan!’ He said, ‘A mistake! The one who struck me was Abu Lulu, and there was no making for Hurmuzan regarding my matter, and if I were to live, I shall argue to tie him with it, but Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws will not accept any wergild from us, and heasws is his guardian’.

فَمَاتَ عُمَرُ وَ اسْتَوْلَى عُثْمَانُ عَلَى النَّاسِ بَعْدَهُ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ لِعُثْمَانَ: إِنَّ عُبَيْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ قَتَلَ مَوْلَايَ الْهُرْمُزَانَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ، وَ أَنَا وَلِيُّهُ وَ الطَّالِبُ بِدَمِهِ، سَلِّمْهُ إِلَيَّ لِأُقِيدَهُ بِهِ؟.

Umar died and Usman ruled over the people after him. Aliasws said to Usman, ‘Ubeydullah Bin Umar has killed myasws friend Al-Hurmuzan without right, and Iasws am his guardian and the demander of his blood. Will you submit it to me or shall Iasws bind him with it?’

فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ: بِالْأَمْسِ قُتِلَ عُمَرُ وَ أَنَا أَقْتُلُ ابْنَهُ أُورِدُ عَلَى آلِ عُمَرَ مَا لَا قِوَامَ لَهُمْ بِهِ، فَامْتَنَعَ مِنْ تَسْلِيمِهِ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ شَفَقَةً مِنْهُ- بِزَعْمِهِ- عَلَى آلِ عُمَرَ،

Usman said, ‘Yesterday Umar was killed, and I should kill his son (today)? It shall come upon the family of Umar what there will not be any straightening with it’. He refused to submit it to Aliasws, out of compassion from him, hisasws claim upon the family of Umar.

فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ الْأَمْرُ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ هَرَبَ مِنْهُ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ إِلَى الشَّامِ فَصَارَ مَعَ مُعَاوِيَةَ، وَ حَضَرَ يَوْمَ صِفِّينَ مَعَ مُعَاوِيَةَ مُحَارِباً لِأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَقُتِلَ فِي مَعْرَكَةِ الْحَرْبِ وَ وُجِدَ مُتَقَلِّدَ السَّيْفَيْنِ يَوْمَئِذٍ.

When the command returned to Aliasws, Ubeydullah Bin Umar fled from himasws to Syria, and came to be with Muawiya, and he was present on the day of Siffeen with Muawiya, at war to Amir Al-Momineenasws. He was killed in a battle of the war, and was found collared with the two swords on that day’’.²¹⁶

165- و قال أبو الصلاح رحمه اللّه في تقريب المعارف‏: ثم ذكر ما مرّ من تظلّماته و شكاياته صلوات اللّه عليه. ثُمَّ قَالَ: وَ مِنْهُ مَا رُوِيَ عَنِ الْأَصْبَغِ بْنِ نُبَاتَةَ وَ رُشَيْدٍ الْهَجَرِيِّ وَ أَبِي كُدَيْبَةَ الْأَسَدِيِّ [كَذَا] وَ غَيْرِهِمْ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ بِأَسَانِيدَ مُخْتَلِفَةٍ- قَالُوا: كُنَّا جُلُوساً فِي الْمَسْجِدِ إِذْ خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ مِنَ الْبَابِ الصَّغِيرِ يَهْوِي بِيَدِهِ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ يَقُولُ: أَ مَا تَرَوْنَ مَا أَرَى؟!. قُلْنَا: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ! وَ مَا الَّذِي تَرَى؟. قَالَ: أَرَى [أَبَا زُرَيْقٍ‏] فِي سَدَفِ النَّارِ يُشِيرُ إِلَيَّ بِيَدِهِ يَقُولُ: اسْتَغْفِرْ لِي، لَا غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ،

And Abu Al Salah said in (the book) ‘Taqreeb Al Ma’arif’ – Then he mentioned what passed from hisasws being oppressed, and hisasws complaints. Then he said, ‘And from it was is reported from Al Sabagh Bin Nubara and Rysheyd Al Hajari, and Abu Kudeyba Al Asady, and others,

‘From the companions of Aliasws by various chains, they said, ‘We were seated in the Masjid, then Amir Al-Momineenasws came out from the small door gesturing by hisasws on hisasws right saying: ‘Can you not see what Iasws am seeing?!’ We said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineenasws! And what is that which youasws see?’ Heasws said: ‘Iasws see Abu Zureyq (Umar) in the darkness of the Fire gesturing to measws by his hand saying, ‘Seek Forgiveness for me, may Allahazwj Forgive youasws!’

وَ زَادَ أَبُو كُدَيْبَةَ [كَذَا]: إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَرْضَى عَنْهُمَا حَتَّى يُرْضِيَانِي، وَ ايْمُ اللَّهِ لَا يُرْضِيَانِّي أَبَداً.

And Abu Kudeyba has increase: ‘Allahazwj is not Pleased from them both until they please measws, and Iasws swear by Allahazwj, they will never (be able to) please measws’’.

وَ سُئِلَ عَنِ السَّدَفِ؟ فَقَالَ: الْوَهْدَةُ الْعَظِيمَةُ.

And heasws was asked about the ‘darkness’, so heasws said: ‘The great abyss’’.²¹⁷

قَالَ: وَ رَوَوْا عَنِ الْحَارِثِ الْأَعْوَرِ، قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ- فِي بَعْضِ اللَّيْلِ-، فَقَالَ لِي: مَا جَاءَ بِكَ فِي هَذِهِ السَّاعَةِ؟. قُلْتُ: حُبُّكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ. قَالَ: اللَّهَ ..؟. قُلْتُ: اللَّهَ.

He said, ‘And it is reported from Al Haris Al Awr who said,

‘I entered to see Aliasws in one of the nights. Heasws said to me: ‘What have you come at this time for?’ I said, ‘Yourasws love, O Amir Al-Momineenasws’. Heasws said: ‘Allahazwj?’ I said, ‘Allahazwj’.

قَالَ: أَ لَا أُحَدِّثُكَ بِأَشَدِّ النَّاسِ عَدَاوَةً لَنَا وَ أَشَدِّهِمْ عَدَاوَةً لِمَنْ أَحَبَّنَا؟. قُلْتُ: بَلَى يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ ظَنَنْتُ ظَنّاً. قَالَ: هَاتِ ظَنَّكَ. قُلْتُ: [فُلَانٌ وَ فُلَانٌ‏].

Heasws said: ‘Shall Iasws narrate to you with the severest of the people in enmity towards usasws, and the severest of them in enmity to ones who love usasws?’ I said, ‘Yes, O Amir Al-Momineenasws, but by Allahazwj, I have been thinking a thought’. Heasws said: ‘Give measws your thought’. I said, ‘So and so (Abu Bakr), and so and so (Umar)’.

قَالَ: ادْنُ مِنِّي يَا أَعْوَرُ، فَدَنَوْتُ مِنْهُ، فَقَالَ: ابْرَأْ مِنْهُمَا .. بَرِئَ اللَّهُ مِنْهُمَا.

Heasws said: ‘Come nearer, O Awr!’ I went near himasws. Heasws said: ‘Disavow from them both, Allahazwj is Disavowed from them’’.

وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى: إِنِّي لَأَتَوَهَّمُ تَوَهُّماً فَأَكْرَهُ أَنْ أَرْمِيَ بِهِ بَرِيئاً، [فُلَانٌ وَ فُلَانٌ‏].

And in another report: ‘Iasws have imagined an imagination, and Iasws dislike it to be accused by it disavowing from so and so (Abu Bakr), and so and so (Umar)’.

فَقَالَ: إِي وَ الَّذِي فَلَقَ الْحَبَّةَ وَ بَرَأَ النَّسَمَةَ إِنَّهُمَا لَهُمَا ظَلَمَانِي حَقِّي وَ نَغَّصَانِي‏ رِيقِي وَ حَسَدَانِي وَ آذَيَانِي، وَ إِنَّهُ لَيُوذِي أَهْلَ النَّارِ ضَجِيجُهُمَا وَ رَفْعُ أَصْوَاتِهِمَا وَ تَعْيِيرُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ إِيَّاهُمَا.

Heasws said: ‘Yes, by the Oneazwj Who Split the seed and Formed the person! They have both oppressed measws of myasws rights, and reduced myasws position, and envied measws and hurt measws, and their companionship would be harming the inhabitants of the Fire, and their voices would be raised, and Rasool-Allahsaww had faulted both of them’.²¹⁸

قَالَ: وَ رَوَوْا عَنْ عُمَارَةَ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ جَالِساً عِنْدَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (ع) وَ هُوَ فِي مَيْمَنَةِ مَسْجِدِ الْكُوفَةِ وَ عِنْدَهُ النَّاسُ، إِذْ أَقْبَلَ رَجُلٌ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ! وَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّكَ.

He said, ‘And it is reported from Umarah, ‘I was seated in the presence of Amir Al-Momineenasws, and heasws was in the right of Masjid Al-Kufa and the people were with himasws, when a man came and greeted unto himasws, then said, ‘O Amir Al Momineenasws! By Allahazwj, I love youasws’.

فَقَالَ: لَكِنِّي وَ اللَّهِ مَا أُحِبُّكَ، كَيْفَ حُبُّكَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَ عُمَرَ؟. فَقَالَ: وَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّهُمَا حُبّاً شَدِيداً. قَالَ: كَيْفَ حُبُّكَ لِعُثْمَانَ؟. قَالَ: قَدْ رَسَخَ حُبُّهُ فِي السُّوَيْدَاءِ مِنْ قَلْبِي. فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: أَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ ... الْحَدِيثَ‏.

Heasws said: ‘But, by Allahazwj, Iasws do not love you. How is your love for Abu Bakr and Umar?’ He said, ‘By Allahazwj! I love them both with intense love’. Heasws said: ‘How is your love for Usman?’ He said, ‘His love is firmly rooted in the darkness of my heart’. Aliasws said: ‘Iasws am Abu Al Hassanasws’ . . . the Hadeeth’.²¹⁹

قَالَ: وَ رَوَوْا عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ فُضَيْلِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ نَقِيعٍ، عَنْ أَبِي كُدَيْبَةَ الْأَزْدِيِّ، قَالَ: قَامَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ‏ تَعَالَى: يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لا تُقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيِ اللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ‏ فِيمَنْ نَزَلَتْ؟.

He said, ‘And it is reported from Sufyan, from Fuzeyl Bin Al Zubeyr, from Naqie, from Abu Kudeyba Al Azady who said,

‘A man stood up to Amir Al-Momineenasws and asked himasws about Words of the Exalted: O you those who believe! Do not precede in front of Allah and His Rasool, and fear Allah, [49:1], ‘Regarding who was it Revealed?’

فَقَالَ: مَا تُرِيدُ؟ أَ تُرِيدُ أَنْ تُغْرِيَ بِيَ النَّاسَ؟. قَالَ: لَا يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، وَ لَكِنْ أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَعْلَمَ. قَالَ: اجْلِسْ، فَجَلَسَ، فَقَالَ: اكْتُبْ عَامِراً اكْتُبْ مَعْمَراً اكْتُبْ عُمَرَ اكْتُبْ عَمَّاراً اكْتُبْ مُعْتَمِراً .. فِي أَحَدِ الْخَمْسَةِ نَزَلَتْ.

Heasws said: ‘What do you want? Do you want the people to be tempted by measws?’ He said, ‘No, Amir Al-Momineenasws! But I would love to know’. Heasws said, ‘Be seated’. I sat down. Heasws said: ‘Write, ‘Aamir’, write, ‘Ma’mar’, write ‘Umar’, write ‘Ammar’, write ‘Mo’tamir’ – it was Revealed regarding one of the five’.

قَالَ سُفْيَانُ: قُلْتُ لِفُضَيْلٍ: أَ تَرَاهُ عُمَرَ؟. قَالَ: فَمَنْ هُوَ غَيْرُهُ.

Sufyan said, ‘I said to Fuzeyl, ‘Do you think it is Umar?’ He said, ‘So who is it apart from him?’’²²⁰

قَالَ: وَ رَوَوْا عَنِ الْمُنْذِرِ الثَّوْرِيِّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ الْحُسَيْنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَ عُمَرَ عَمَدَا إِلَى الْأَمْرِ- وَ هُوَ لَنَا كُلُّهُ- فَجَعَلَا لَنَا فِيهِ سَهْماً كَسَهْمِ الْجَدَّةِ، أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ لَيَهُمُّ بِهِمَا أَنْفُسُهُمَا يَوْمَ يَطْلُبُ النَّاسُ فِيهِ شَفَاعَتَنَا.

He said, ‘And it is reported from Al Munzir Al Sowry who said,

‘I heard Al-Husaynasws Bin Aliasws saying: ‘Abu Bakr and Umar both deliberated to the command, and it is for usasws, all of it, and they made a share to be in it for usasws like the share of the grandfather (sixth). But by Allahazwj, they would be concerned about their own selves on the day the people would be seeking ourasws intercession during it’’.

قَالَ: وَ رَوَوْا عَنْهُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ- وَ سَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَ عُمَرَ-، فَقَالَ: وَ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ ضَيَّعَانَا، وَ ذَهَبَا بِحَقِّنَا، وَ جَلَسَا مَجْلِساً كُنَّا أَحَقَّ بِهِ مِنْهُمَا، وَ وَطِئَا عَلَى أَعْنَاقِنَا، وَ حَمَلَا النَّاسَ عَلَى رِقَابِنَا.

He said, ‘And it is reported from himasws, and a man had asked himasws about Abu Bakr and Umar. Heasws said: ‘By Allahazwj! They forfeited and went away with ourasws rights and sat in ourasws seat weasws were more rightful with it than them, and they trod upon ourasws necks and loaded the people upon ourasws necks’’.²²¹

قَالَ: وَ رَوَوْا عَنْ أَبِي الْجَارُودِ زِيَادِ بْنِ الْمُنْذِرِ، قَالَ: سُئِلَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَ عُمَرَ؟. فَقَالَ: أَضْغَنَا بِآبَائِنَا، وَ اضْطَجَعَا بِسَبِيلِنَا، وَ حَمَلَا النَّاسَ عَلَى رِقَابِنَا.

He said, ‘And it is reported from Abu Al Jaroud Ziyad Bin Al Munzir who said,

‘Aliasws Bin Al-Husaynasws was asked about Abu Bakr and Umar?’ Heasws said: ‘They derogated ourasws forefathers, and lied down in ourasws ways, and loaded the people upon ourasws necks’’.²²²

وَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ: صَحِبْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ الْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ بَيْنَ مَكَّةَ وَ الْمَدِينَةِ، فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَ عُمَرَ مَا تَقُولُ فِيهِمَا؟. قَالَ: مَا عَسَى أَنْ أَقُولَ فِيهِمَا.

And from Abu Is’haq having said ‘I accompanied Aliasws Bin Al-Husaynasws between Makkah and Al-Medina. I asked himasws about Abu Bakr and Umar, ‘What are youasws saying regarding them?’ Heasws said: ‘What else can Iasws say regarding them?’’²²³

وَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ مَعَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ بِيَنْبُعَ يَدِي فِي يَدِهِ، فَقُلْتُ: مَا تَقُولُ فِي هَذَيْنِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ؟ أَ تَبْرَأُ مِنْ عَدُوِّهِمَا؟.

And from Al Qasim Bin Muslim who said,

‘I was with Aliasws Bin Al-Husaynasws at Yanbu, my hand in hisasws hand. I said, ‘What are youasws saying regarding these two men (Abu Bakr and Umar)? Should I disavow from their enemies?’

فَغَضِبَ وَ رَمَى بِيَدِهِ مِنْ يَدِي، ثُمَّ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: وَيْحَكَ! يَا قَاسِمُ! هُمَا أَوَّلُ مَنْ أَضْغَنَا بِآبَائِنَا، وَ اضْطَجَعَا بِسَبِيلِنَا، وَ حَمَلَا النَّاسَ عَلَى رِقَابِنَا، وَ جَلَسَا مَجْلِساً كُنَّا أَحَقَّ بِهِ مِنْهُمَا.

Heasws got angry and threw my hand from hisasws hand, then heasws said: ‘O Qasim! They are the first ones to derogate ourasws forefathers, and lied down in ourasws way, and loaded the people upon ourasws neck, and sat in ourasws seat weasws were more rightful with it than they were’’.²²⁴

وَ عَنْ أَبِي عَلِيٍّ الْخُرَاسَانِيِّ، عَنْ مَوْلًى لِعَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ مَعَهُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فِي بَعْضِ خَلَوَاتِهِ، فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّ لِي عَلَيْكَ حَقّاً، أَ لَا تُخْبِرُنِي عَنْ هَذَيْنِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ، فَقَالَ: كَافِرَانِ، كَافِرٌ مَنْ أَحَبَّهُمَا.

From Ali Bin Khurasani, from a slave of Aliasws Bin Al-Husaynasws having said, ‘I was with himasws in one of hisasws seclusion. I said, ‘There is a right for me upon youasws. Will youasws inform me about these two men (Abu Bakr and Umar)?’ Heasws said: ‘Both Kafirs. Kafir is the one who loves them’’.

وَ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ الثُّمَالِيِّ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِعَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ- وَ قَدْ خَلَا-: أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ هَذَيْنِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ؟. قَالَ: هُمَا أَوَّلُ مَنْ ظَلَمَنَا حَقَّنَا وَ أَخَذَا مِيرَاثَنَا، وَ جَلَسَا مَجْلِساً كُنَّا أَحَقَّ بِهِ مِنْهُمَا، لَا غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُمَا وَ لَا رَحِمَهُمَا، كَافِرَانِ، كَافِرٌ مَنْ تَوَلَّاهُمَا.

And from Abu Hamza Al-Sumali who said, ‘I said to Aliasws Bin Al-Husaynasws, and heasws was alone, ‘Inform me about these two men (Abu Bakr and Umar)?’ Heasws said: ‘They were both the first ones to oppress usasws of ourasws rights, and take ourasws inheritance, and sat in ourasws seat weasws were more rightful with it. May Allahazwj not Forgive them nor have Mercy on them. Both were Kafirs. Kafir is the one who befriends them’’.²²⁵

وَ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ: أَنْتُمْ تُقْتَلُونَ فِي عُثْمَانَ مُنْذُ سِتِّينَ سَنَةً، فَكَيْفَ لَوْ تَبَرَّأْتُمْ مِنْ صَنَمَيْ قُرَيْشٍ؟!.

And from Hakeem Bin Jubeyr who said,

‘Aliasws Bin Al-Husaynasws said: ‘You are being killed regarding Usman for sixty years, so how would it be if you were to disavow from the two idols of Quraysh (Abu Bakr and Umar)?’’²²⁶

قَالَ: وَ رَوَوْا عَنْ سَوْرَةَ بْنِ كُلَيْبٍ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ [عَنْهُمَا]. قَالَ: هُمَا أَوَّلُ مَنْ ظَلَمَنَا حَقَّنَا وَ حَمَلَ النَّاسَ عَلَى رِقَابِنَا، فَأَعَدْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَأَعَادَ عَلَيَّ ثَلَاثاً، فَأَعَدْتُ عَلَيْهِ الرَّابِعَةَ، فَقَالَ:

لِذِي الْحِلْمِ قَبْلَ الْيَوْمِ مَا تَقْرَعُ الْعَصَا

وَ مَا عُلِّمَ الْإِنْسَانُ إِلَّا لِيَعْلَمَا

He said, ‘And it is reported from Sowrat Bin Kuleyb who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’farasws about them both (Abu Bakr and Umar). Heasws said: ‘They were the first ones to oppress usasws of ourasws rights and load the people upon ourasws necks’. I repeated to himasws, and heasws repeated unto me thrice. I repeated to himasws for the fourth time, heasws said (a couplet): ‘For the dreamer today, the stick did not knock, and what does the human know except what he learns?’’²²⁷

وَ عَنْ كَثِيرٍ النَّوَّاءِ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ [عَنْهُمَا] فَقَالَ: هُمَا أَوَّلُ مَنِ انْتَزَى عَلَى حَقِّنَا وَ حَمَلَا النَّاسَ عَلَى أَعْنَاقِنَا وَ أَكْنَافِنَا، وَ أَدْخَلَا الذُّلَّ بُيُوتَنَا.

And from Kaseer Al-Nawa, from Abu Ja’farasws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I asked himasws about them both (Abu Bakr and Umar). Heasws said: ‘They are the first ones to pounce upon ourasws rights, and load the people upon ourasws necks and ourasws safeguards, and entered the humiliation into ourasws houses’’.²²⁸

وَ عَنْهُ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: وَ اللَّهِ لَوْ وَجَدَ عَلَيْهِمَا أَعْوَاناً لَجَاهَدَهُمَا.

And from him, from Abu Ja’farasws having said: ‘(Aliasws said): ‘By Allahazwj! If Iasws were to find supporters against them both (Abu Bakr and Umar), Iasws would fight them’’.²²⁹

وَ عَنْ بَشِيرٍ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ [عَنْهُمَا] فَلَمْ يُجِبْنِي، ثُمَّ سَأَلْتُهُ فَلَمْ يُجِبْنِي، فَلَمَّا كَانَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ قُلْتُ: جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ، أَخْبِرْنِي‏ عَنْهُمَا؟.

And from Bashir who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’farasws about them both (Abu Bakr and Umar), but heasws did not answer me. Then I asked himasws, but heasws did not answer me. When it was during the third (time), I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for youasws! Can youasws inform me about them?’

فَقَالَ: مَا قَطَرَتْ قَطْرَةٌ مِنْ دِمَائِنَا وَ لَا مِنْ دِمَاءِ أَحَدٍ مِنَ‏ الْمُسْلِمِينَ إِلَّا وَ هِيَ فِي أَعْنَاقِهِمَا إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ.

Heasws said: ‘No drop of ourasws blood drops, nor from the blood of anyone from the Muslims except and it is in their necks up to the Day of Qiyamah’’.²³⁰

وَ رَوَوْا أَنَّ ابْنَ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: إِنَّ النَّاسَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ أَعِزَّ الْإِسْلَامَ بِأَبِي جَهْلٍ أَوْ [بِرُمَعَ‏].

And it is reported that Ibn Bashir said, ‘I said to Abu Ja’farasws, ‘The people are claiming that Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘O Allahazwj! Strengthen Al-Islam by Abu Jahlla or by Umar’.

فَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ: وَ اللَّهِ مَا قَالَ هَذَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَطُّ، إِنَّمَا أَعَزَّ اللَّهُ الدِّينَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، مَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيُعِزَّ الدِّينَ بِشِرَارِ خَلْقِهِ.

Abu Ja’farasws said: ‘By Allahazwj! Rasool-Allahsaww did not say this at all! But rather, Allahazwj Strengthened the Religion by Muhammadasws. It was not Allahazwj to strengthen the Religion by the evilest of Hisazwj creatures’’.²³¹

وَ رَوَوْا عَنْ قُدَامَةَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ الثَّقَفِيِّ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ [عَنْهُمَا] فَقَالَ: أَدْرَكْتُ أَهْلَ بَيْتِي وَ هُمْ يَعِيبُونَهُمَا.

And it is reported from Qudamah Bin Sa’ad Al Saqafi who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’farasws. Heasws said: ‘Myasws family members (reach understanding) and they are cursing them (Abu Bakr and Umar) both’’.²³²

وَ عَنْ أَبِي الْجَارُودِ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ أَنَا وَ كَثِيرٌ النَّوَّاءُ عِنْدَ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَقَالَ كَثِيرٌ: يَا أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ! رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ، هَذَا أَبُو الْجَارُودِ يَبْرَأُ مِنْ [فُلَانٍ وَ فُلَانٍ‏]، فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: كَذَبَ وَ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ مَا سَمِعَ ذَلِكَ مِنِّي قَطُّ،

And from Abu Al-Jaroud who said, ‘I and Kaseer Al-Nawa were in the presence of Abu Ja’farasws. Kaseer said, ‘O Abu Ja’farasws! May Allahazwj have Mercy on youasws! This Abu Al-Jaroud disavowing from so and so, and so and so (Abu Bakr and Umar)’. I said, to Abu Ja’farasws, ‘He is lying, by Allahazwj Who, there is no god except Heazwj! That has not been heard from me at all!’

وَ عِنْدَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ أَخُو أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَقَالَ: هَلُمَّ إِلَيَّ، أَقْبِلْ إِلَيَّ يَا كَثِيرُ، كَانَا وَ اللَّهِ أَوَّلَ مَنْ ظَلَمَنَا حَقَّنَا وَ أَضْغَنَا بِآبَائِنَا، وَ حَمَلَا النَّاسَ عَلَى رِقَابِنَا، فَلَا غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُمَا، وَ لَا غَفَرَ لَكَ مَعَهُمَا يَا كَثِيرُ.

And in hisasws presence was Abdullah, so of Abu Ja’farasws. He said, ‘Come towards me, face towards me O Kaseer! By Allahazwj, both were the first ones to oppress usasws of ourasws rights, and derogated ourasws forefathersasws, and loaded the people upon ourasws necks. May Allahazwj not Forgive them both, nor may Heazwj Forgive you along with them both, O Kaseer!’’²³³

وَ عَنْ أَبِي الْجَارُودِ، قَالَ: سُئِلَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ عَنْهُمَا وَ أَنَا جَالِسٌ؟ فَقَالَ: هُمَا أَوَّلُ مَنْ ظَلَمَنَا حَقَّنَا، وَ حَمَلَا النَّاسَ عَلَى رِقَابِنَا، وَ أَخَذَا مِنْ فَاطِمَةَ عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ عَطِيَّةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَدَكَ بِنَوَاضِحِهَا.

And from Abu Al-Jaroud who said, ‘Abu Ja’farasws was asked about them both (Abu Bakr and Umar), and I was seated. Heasws said: ‘They were both the first ones to oppress usasws of ourasws rights, and load the people upon ourasws necks, and seized from (Syeda) Fatimaasws an award of Rasool-Allahsaww, Fadak, along with its caretakers’.

فَقَامَ مُيَسِّرٌ، فَقَالَ: اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ مِنْهُمَا بَرِيئَانِ. فَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ:

لِذِي الْحِلْمِ قَبْلَ الْيَوْمِ مَا تَقْرَعُ الْعَصَا

وَ مَا عُلِّمَ الْإِنْسَانُ إِلَّا لِيَعْلَمَا

Muyasser stood up and said, ‘Allahazwj and Hisazwj Rasoolsaww are both disavowed!’ Abu Ja’farasws said: ‘The forbearing one before today is what the staff knocked, and the human being is not taught except he learns it’’.²³⁴

وَ رَوَوْا عَنْ بَشِيرِ بْنِ أَرَاكَةَ النَّبَّالِ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ [عَنْهُمَا] فَقَالَ- كَهَيْئَةِ الْمُنْتَهِرِ-: مَا تُرِيدُ مِنْ صَنَمَيِ الْعَرَبِ؟! أَنْتُمْ تُقْتَلُونَ‏ عَلَى دَمِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ، فَكَيْفَ لَوْ أَظْهَرْتُمُ الْبَرَاءَةَ مِنْهُمَا، إِذاً لَمَا نَاظَرُوكُمْ طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ؟!.

And it is reported from Bashir Bin Arakah Al Nabbal who said,

‘I asked Abu Ja’farasws about them both (Abu Bakr and Umar). Heasws said: ‘Like the rampant organism. What do you want from the two idols of the Arabs?! You are killing each other upon the blood of Usman Bin Affan, so how can you be manifesting the disavowment from them both then they will not debate with you even for the blink of an eye’’.²³⁵

وَ عَنْ حُجْرٍ الْبَجَلِيِّ، قَالَ: شَكَكْتُ فِي أَمْرِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ، فَأَتَيْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ، فَسَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يَقُولُ: [إِنَّهُمَا] أَوَّلُ مَنْ ظَلَمَنَا وَ ذَهَبَ بِحَقِّنَا وَ حَمَلَ النَّاسَ عَلَى رِقَابِنَا.

And from Ja’far Al-Bajali who said, ‘I doubted regarding the matter of the two men (Abu Bakr and Umar), so I came to Al-Medina. I heard Abu Ja’farasws saying: ‘They both were the first one to oppress usasws and go away with ourasws right and loaded the people upon ourasws necks’’.

وَ عَنْهُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: لَوْ وَجَدَ عَلِيٌّ أَعْوَاناً لَضَرَبَ أَعْنَاقَهُمَا.

And from himasws having said: ‘If Aliasws had found supporters, heasws would have struck off both their (Abu Bakr and Umar’s) necks’’.

وَ عَنْ سَلَّامِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْمَخْزُومِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: ثَلَاثَةٌ لَا يَصْعَدُ عَمَلُهُمْ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَ لَا يُقْبَلَ مِنْهُمْ عَمَلٌ: مَنْ مَاتَ وَ لَنَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ فِي قَلْبِهِ بُغْضٌ، وَ مَنْ تَوَلَّى عَدُوَّنَا، وَ مَنْ تَوَلَّى [فُلَاناً وَ فُلَاناً].

And from Sallam Bin Saeed Al-Makhzumi, from Abu Ja’farasws having said: ‘Three, their deeds will not ascend to the sky, nor will any deed be Accepted from them – one who dies and there is hatred for usasws, Peopleasws of the Household, in his heart; and one who befriends ourasws enemies, and one who befriends so and so (Abu Bakr), and so and so (Umar)’’.²³⁶

وَ عَنْ وَرْدِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ- أَخِي الْكُمَيْتِ-، قَالَ: سَأَلْنَا مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ [عَنْهُمَا]؟. فَقَالَ: مَنْ كَانَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ حَكَمٌ عَدْلٌ بَرِئَ مِنْهُمَا، وَ مَا مِنْ مِحْجَمَةِ دَمٍ يُهَرَاقُ إِلَّا وَ هِيَ فِي رِقَابِهِمَا.

And from Warad Bin Zaid, brother of Al-Kumeet who said, ‘We asked Muhammad Bin Aliasws about them both (Abu Bakr and Umar). Heasws said: ‘One who knows that Allahazwj is Wise, Just, would disavow from them both, and there is no cup of blood being spilt except and it is in their necks’’.²³⁷

وَ عَنْهُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ،- وَ سُئِلَ [عَنْهُمَا] فَقَالَ-: هُمَا أَوَّلُ مَنْ ظَلَمَنَا، وَ قَبَضَ حَقَّنَا، وَ تَوَثَّبَ عَلَى رِقَابِنَا، وَ فَتَحَ عَلَيْنَا بَاباً لَا يَسُدُّهُ شَيْ‏ءٌ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ، فَلَا غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُمَا ظُلْمَهُمَا إِيَّانَا.

And from himasws, and heasws had been asked about them both (Abu Bakr and Umar), heasws said: ‘They were both the first ones to oppress usasws, and seize our rights, and pounce upon ourasws necks, and open upon usasws a door which nothing can close up to the Day of Qiyamah. May Allahazwj not Forgive them for having oppressed usasws’’.²³⁸

وَ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي حَفْصَةَ، قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَقُلْتُ: أَئِمَّتَنَا وَ سَادَتَنَا نُوَالِي مَنْ وَالَيْتُمْ، وَ نُعَادِي مَنْ عَادَيْتُمْ، وَ نَبْرَأُ مِنْ عَدُوِّكُمْ.

And from Salim Bin Abu Hafsa who said, ‘I entered to see Abu Ja’farasws and O said. ‘Our leaders and our chiefs befriend the ones who befriend youasws and are inimical to the ones inimical to youasws and we disavow from yourasws enemies’.

فَقَالَ: بَخْ بَخْ يَا شَيْخُ! إِنْ كَانَ لِقَوْلِكَ حَقِيقَةٌ. قُلْتُ: جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ، إِنَّ لَهُ حَقِيقَةً. قَالَ: مَا تَقُولُ [فِيهِمَا]؟. قَالَ: إِمَامَا عَدْلٍ رَحِمَهُمَا اللَّهُ؟. قَالَ: يَا شَيْخُ! وَ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ أَشْرَكْتَ فِي هَذَا الْأَمْرِ مَنْ لَمْ يَجْعَلِ اللَّهُ لَهُ فِيهِ نَصِيباً.

Heasws said: ‘Congratulations! Congratulations, O sheikh! If there was reality to your words’. I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for youasws! There is reality to it’. Heasws said: ‘What are you saying regarding the two of them?’ He said, ‘Two just leaders, may Allahazwj have Mercy on them both!’ Heasws said: ‘O sheikh! By Allahazwj, you have associated in this command someone for whom Allahazwj has not Made a share to be for him’’.²³⁹

وَ عَنْ فُضَيْلٍ الرَّسَّانِ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: مَثَلُ [فُلَانٍ‏] وَ شِيعَتِهِ مَثَلُ فِرْعَوْنَ وَ شِيعَتِهِ، وَ مَثَلُ عَلِيٍّ وَ شِيعَتِهِ مَثَلُ مُوسَى وَ شِيعَتِهِ.

And from Fuzeyl Al-Rasaan, from Abu Ja’farasws having said: ‘An example of so and so (Umar) and his adherents is an example of Pharaohla and hisla adherents, and example of Aliasws and hisasws Shias is an example of Musaas and hisas Shias’’.²⁴⁰

وَ رَوَوْا عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏ فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: وَ إِذْ أَسَرَّ النَّبِيُّ إِلى‏ بَعْضِ أَزْواجِهِ حَدِيثاً..، قَالَ: أَسَرَّ إِلَيْهِمَا أَمْرَ الْقِبْطِيَّةِ، وَ أَسَرَّ إِلَيْهِمَا [أَنَّهُمَا] يَلِيَانِ أَمْرَ الْأُمَّةِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ ظَالِمَيْنِ فَاجِرَيْنِ غَادِرَيْنِ.

And it is reported from Abu Ja’farasws regarding Words of Mighty and Majestic: And when the Prophet confided a Hadeeth to one of his wives, [66:3]. Heasws said: ‘Hesaww confided to (Ayesha and Hafsa) the matter of Al-Qibtiyya (Mariah), and confided to them that they (Abu Bakr and Umar) would be in-charge of the command of the community from after himsaww as unjust ones, immoral, betrayers’’.²⁴¹

وَ رَوَوْا عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ النَّخَعِيِّ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَخِيهِ الْأَرْقَطِ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِجَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ: يَا عَمَّاهْ! إِنِّي أَتَخَوَّفُ عَلَيَّ وَ عَلَيْكَ الْفَوْتَ أَوِ الْمَوْتَ، وَ لَمْ يُفْرَشْ لِي أَمْرُ هَذَيْنِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ؟. فَقَالَ لِي جَعْفَرٌ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: ابْرَأْ مِنْهُمَا، بَرِئَ اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ مِنْهُمَا.

And they reported from Ubeyd Bin Suleyman Al Nakhaie, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn Bin Ali Bin Al Husayn, from a cousin of Al Arqat who said,

‘I said to Ja’farasws Bin Muhammadasws, ‘O Uncleasws! I am fearful upon me and upon youasws, the loss or the death, and the matter of these two men (Abu Bakr and Umar) has not been relayed to me?’ Ja’farasws said to me: ‘Iasws disavow from them, Allahazwj and Hisazwj Rasoolsaww are disavowed from them’’.²⁴²

وَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: قَالَ لِي: [فُلَانٌ وَ فُلَانٌ‏] صَنَمَا قُرَيْشٍ اللَّذَانِ يَعْبُدُونَهُمَا.

And from Abdullah Bin Sinan, from Ja’farasws Bin Muhammadasws, he (the narrator) said, ‘Heasws said to me: ‘So and so (Abu Bakr) and so and so (Umar) are two idols of Quraysh, the ones they are worshipping’’.²⁴³

وَ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ غَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: كَانَ إِذَا ذَكَرَ [رُمَعَ‏] زَنَّاهُ، وَ إِذَا ذَكَرَ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ الدَّوَانِيقَ زَنَّاهُ، وَ لَا يُزَنِّي غَيْرَهُمَا.

And from Ismail Bin Yasaar, from someone else,

‘From Ja’farasws Bin Muhammadasws, he (the narrator) said, ‘Whenever heasws mentioned Rum’a (Umar) referred to him as an adulterer, and whenever heasws mentioned Abu Ja’far Al-Dawaniqi, referred to him as an adulterer, and did not refer as an adulterer to other than these two’’.²⁴⁴

قَالَ: وَ تَنَاصَرَ الْخَبَرُ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ وَ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ مِنْ طُرُقٍ مُخْتَلِفَةٍ أَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا- وَ كُلٌّ مِنْهُمْ-: ثَلَاثَةٌ لا يَنْظُرُ اللَّهُ‏ إِلَيْهِمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيامَةِ وَ لا يُزَكِّيهِمْ وَ لَهُمْ عَذابٌ أَلِيمٌ‏، مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّهُ إِمَامٌ وَ لَيْسَ بِإِمَامٍ، وَ مَنْ جَحَدَ إِمَامَةَ إِمَامٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ، وَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ لَهُمَا فِي الْإِسْلَامِ نَصِيباً.

He said, ‘And the news is supported from Aliasws Bin Al-Husaynasws, and Muhammad Bin Aliasws, and Ja’farasws Bin Muhammadasws from different ways, theyasws said, and each oneasws from themasws: ‘Three, Allahazwj will not Look at them on the Day of Judgement, nor will He Purify them, and for them would be a painful Punishment [3:77]. One who claims that he is an Imamasws and he isn’t an Imamasws, and one who rejects Imamate of an Imamasws from Allahazwj, and one who claims that for them both (Abu Bakr and Umar), there is a share for them in Al-Islam’’.²⁴⁵

فَرَوَوْا عَنْ مَعْمَرِ بْنِ خَيْثَمٍ، قَالَ: بَعَثَنِي زَيْدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ دَاعِيَةً، فَقُلْتُ: جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ، مَا أَجَابَتْنَا إِلَيْهِ الشِّيعَةُ، فَإِنَّهَا لَا تُجِيبُنَا إِلَى وَلَايَةِ [فُلَانٍ وَ فُلَانٍ‏].

They reported from Ma’mar Bin Khasheem who said, ‘Zaid son of Aliasws (Bin Al-Husaynasws) sent me as a caller. I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you! The Shias will not answer to us to it, for they did not answer us to (disavowing) the governance of so and so (Abu Bakr) and so and so (Umar)’.

قَالَ لِي: وَيْحَكَ! أَحَدٌ أَعْلَمُ بِمَظْلِمَتِهِ مِنَّا، وَ اللَّهِ لَئِنْ قُلْتَ إِنَّهُمَا جَارَا فِي الْحُكْمِ لَتُكَذَّبَنَّ، وَ لَئِنْ قُلْتَ إِنَّهُمَا اسْتَأْثَرَا بِالْفَيْ‏ءِ لَتُكَذَّبَنَّ، وَ لَكِنَّهُمَا أَوَّلُ مَنْ ظَلَمَنَا حَقَّنَا وَ حَمَلَ النَّاسَ عَلَى رِقَابِنَا،

He said to me: ‘Woe be unto you! Is there anyone more knowing with its grievance than we are? By Allahazwj! If I were to say they were both tyrannical in the judgments, they would belie, and if I were to say they were both prejudicial with the war booty, they would belie, but those two were the first ones to oppress us of our rights, and loaded the people upon our necks.

وَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأُبْغِضُ أَبْنَاءَهُمَا مِنْ بُغْضِي آبَاءَهُمَا وَ لَكِنْ لَوْ دَعَوْتُ النَّاسَ إِلَى مَا تَقُولُونَ لَرَمَوْنَا بِقَوْسٍ وَاحِدٍ.

By Allahazwj! I more hateful to their sons more than hatred for their fathers, but if I were to call the people to what you are saying, they would shoot at us with one bow’’.²⁴⁶ (Not a Hadeeth)

وَ رَوَوْا عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ فُرَاتٍ الْجَرْمِيِّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ زَيْدَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ يَقُولُ: إِنَّا لَنَلْتَقِي وَ آلَ عُمَرَ فِي الْحَمَّامِ فَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّا لَا نُحِبُّهُمْ وَ لَا يُحِبُّونَّا، وَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا لَنُبْغِضُ الْأَبْنَاءَ لِبُغْضِ الْآبَاءِ.

And they reported from Muhammad Bin Furat al Jarmy who said,

‘I heard Zaid son of Ali (Bin Al Husaynasws) saying, ‘We tend to meet and the family of Umar in the public bathhouse. They know that we do not love them and they don’t love us. By Allahazwj! We are more hateful to the sons than our hatred for the fathers’’.²⁴⁷ (Not a Hadeeth)

وَ رَوَوْا عَنْ فُضَيْلِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِزَيْدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ (ع): مَا تَقُولُ فِي [فُلَانٍ وَ فُلَانٍ‏]؟. قَالَ: قُلْ فِيهِمَا مَا قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: كُفَّ كَمَا كَفَّ لَا تُجَاوِزْ قَوْلَهُ.

And they reported from Fuzeyl Bin Al-Zubeyr who said, ‘I said to Zaid son of Aliasws (Bin Al-Husaynasws, ‘What are you saying regarding so and so (Abu Bakr) and so and so (Umar)?’ He said, ‘Say regarding them both what Aliasws said: ‘Refrain as the refrainment not exceeding the words’’.

قُلْتُ: أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ قَلْبِي أَنَا خَلَقْتُهُ؟. قَالَ: لَا. قُلْتُ: فَإِنِّي أَشْهَدُ عَلَى الَّذِي خَلَقَهُ أَنَّهُ وَضَعَ فِي قَلْبِي بُغْضَهُمَا، فَكَيْفَ لِي بِإِخْرَاجِ ذَلِكَ مِنْ قَلْبِي؟.

I said, ‘Inform me about my heart, did I create it?’ He said, ‘No’. I said, ‘I testify upon the Oneazwj Who Created it that Heazwj Placed their hatred in my heart, so how can it be for me to expel that from my heart?’

فَجَلَسَ جَالِساً وَ قَالَ: أَنَا وَ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ إِنِّي لَأُبْغِضُ بَنِيهِمَا مِنْ بُغْضِهِمَا، وَ ذَلِكَ لِأَنَّهُمْ إِذَا سَمِعُوا سَبَّ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَرِحُوا.

He sat a sitting and said, ‘I, by the Oneazwj Who, there is no god except Heazwj, I hate their sons from that my hatred to them, and that is because when they hear a reviling of Aliasws, they become happy’’.²⁴⁸

وَ رَوَوْا عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ الْأَغْدَارِيِّ، قَالَ: سُئِلَ زَيْدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ [فُلَانٍ وَ فُلَانٍ‏]، فَلَمْ يُجِبْ فِيهِمَا، فَلَمَّا أَصَابَتْهُ الرَّمْيَةُ فَنَزَعَ الرُّمْحَ‏ مِنْ وَجْهِهِ اسْتَقْبَلَ الدَّمَ بِيَدِهِ حَتَّى صَارَ كَأَنَّهُ كَبِدٌ، فَقَالَ: أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ عَنْ [فُلَانٍ وَ فُلَانٍ‏]؟ هُمَا وَ اللَّهِ شُرَكَاءُ فِي هَذَا الدَّمِ، ثُمَّ رَمَى بِهِ وَرَاءَ ظَهْرِهِ.

And they reported from Al Abbas Bin Al Waleed Al Aghdary who said,

‘Zayd son of Aliasws (Bin Al-Husaynasws) was asked about so and so (Abu Bakr) and so and so (Umar), but he did not answer regarding them. When the spear hit him, he removed the spear from his face and the blood flowed in his hand until it became like the liver. He said, ‘Where is the questioner about so and so (Abu Bakr) and so and so (Umar)? By Allahazwj! They are both participants in this blood’. Then he threw it behind his back’’.²⁴⁹ (Not a Hadeeth)

وَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ الثَّقَفِيِّ- وَ كَانَ قَدْ أَدْرَكَ زَيْدَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ-، قَالَ: فَسَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ عَنْ [فُلَانٍ وَ فُلَانٍ‏]، فَسَكَتَ فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ، فَلَمَّا رُمِيَ قَالَ: أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ عَنْ [فُلَانٍ وَ فُلَانٍ‏]؟ هُمَا أَوْقَفَانِي هَذَا الْمَوْقِفَ.

And from Nafie Al Saqafi – and he had come across Zaid son of Ali (Bin Al Husaynasws). He said, ‘A man asked him about so and so (Abu Bakr) and so and so (Umar). He was silent and did not answer him. When he was stabbed, he said, ‘Where is the questioner about so and so (Abu Bakr) and so and so (Umar)? Those two placed me in this position’’.²⁵⁰ (Not a Hadeeth)

وَ رَوَوْا عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ عَدِيٍّ، قَالَ: سُئِلَ يَحْيَى بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْهُمَا- وَ نَحْنُ بِخُرَاسَانَ وَ قَدِ الْتَقَى الصَّفَّانِ-، فَقَالَ: هُمَا أَقَامَانَا هَذَا الْمُقَامَ، وَ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ كَانَا لَئِيماً جَدُّهُمَا، وَ لَقَدْ هَمَّا بِأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ أَنْ يَقْتُلَاهُ.

And they reported from Yaqoub Bin Adayy who said,

‘Yahya Bin Zaid was asked about them both (Abu Bakr and Umar) – and we were at Khurasan having had met Al Saffan. He said, ‘They have both paused us in this position. By Allahazwj! Their grandfathers were ignoble, and they had both plotted to kill Amir Al Momineenasws’’.²⁵¹ (Not a Hadeeth)

وَ رَوَوْا عَنْ قُلَيْبِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ مَعَ أَبِي بِمَكَّةَ، فَلَقِيتُ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الطَّائِفِ مَوْلًى لِثَقِيفٍ، فَنَالَ‏ [مِنْهُمَا]، فَأَوْصَاهُ أَبِي بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ، فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ: يَا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ! أَسْأَلُكَ‏ بِرَبِّ هَذِهِ الْبَنِيَّةِ وَ رَبِّ هَذَا الْبَيْتِ! هَلْ صَلَّيَا عَلَى فَاطِمَةَ؟ قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ لَا.

And they reported from Quleyb Bin Hammad, from Musa Bin Abdullah Bin Al Hassan who said,

‘I was with my father at Makkah and I met a man from the people of Al Taif, a slave of Saqeef. He spoke about them both (Abu Bakr and Umar). My father advised him to fear Allahazwj. The man said, ‘O Abu Muhammad! I ask you by the Lordazwj of this building and Lordazwj of this House! Did they both pray Salat upon Fatimaasws?’ He said, ‘O Allahazwj, no!’

قَالَ‏: فَلَمَّا مَضَى الرَّجُلُ قَالَ مُوسَى: سَبَبْتُهُ وَ كَفَّرْتُهُ. فَقَالَ: أَيْ بُنَيَّ! لَا تَسُبَّهُ وَ لَا تُكَفِّرْهُ، وَ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ فَعَلَا فِعْلًا عَظِيماً.

He said, ‘When the man went away, Musa said, ‘(Shall I) revile him and consider him a Kafir?’ He said, ‘Yes, my son! Neither revile him nor consider him a Kafir. By Allahazwj! Those two (Abu Bakr and Umar) had done a grievous deed’’.

وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى: .. أَيْ بُنَيَّ! لَا تُكَفِّرْهُ، فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا صَلَّيَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، وَ لَقَدْ مَكَثَ ثَلَاثاً مَا دَفَنُوهُ، إِنَّهُ شَغَلَهُمْ مَا كَانَا يُبْرِمَانِ.

And in another report, ‘Yes my son! Do not consider him a Kafir. By Allahazwj they had both prayed Salat upon Rasool-Allahsaww, and had remained for three days not having buried himsaww. It pre-occupied them what they had both perpetrated’’.²⁵² (Not a Hadeeth)

وَ رَوَوْا، أَنَّهُ أُتِيَ بِزَيْدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الثَّقَفِيِّ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ‏ الْحَسَنِ- وَ هُوَ بِمَكَّةَ-، فَقَالَ: أَنْشُدُكَ اللَّهَ! أَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُمْ مَنَعُوا فَاطِمَةَ عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ بِنْتَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مِيرَاثَهَا؟. قَالَ: نَعَمْ.

And they reported that Abu Yazeed Bin Ali Al Saqafi came to Abdullah Bin Al Hassan, and he was at Makkah. He said, ‘I adjure you with Allahazwj! Don’t you know that they refused Fatimaasws, daughterasws of Rasool-Allahsaww of herasws inheritance?’ He said, ‘Yes’.

قَالَ: فَأَنْشُدُكَ اللَّهَ! أَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ فَاطِمَةَ مَاتَتْ وَ هِيَ لَا تُكَلِّمُهُمَا- وَ أَوْصَتْ أَنْ لَا يُصَلِّيَا عَلَيْهَا؟. قَالَ: نَعَمْ.

He said, ‘I adjure you with Allahazwj! Don’t you know that Fatimaasws passed away and sheasws would not speak to them both, and bequeathed that they should not (be allowed to) pray Salat upon herasws?’ He said, ‘Yes’.

قَالَ: فَأَنْشُدُكَ اللَّهَ! أَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُمْ بَايَعُوا قَبْلَ أَنْ يُدْفَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ اغْتَنَمُوا شُغُلَهُمْ؟. قَالَ: نَعَمْ.

He said, ‘I adjure you with Allahazwj! Don’t you know that they both pledged before the burial of Rasool-Allahsaww and they seized their pre-occupations?’ He said, ‘Yes’.

قَالَ: وَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِاللَّهِ! أَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّ عَلِيّاً عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ لَمْ يُبَايِعْ لَهُمَا حَتَّى أُكْرِهَ؟. قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: فَأُشْهِدُكَ أَنِّي مِنْهُمَا بَرِي‏ءٌ وَ أَنَا عَلَى رَأْيِ عَلِيٍّ وَ فَاطِمَةَ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ.

He said, ‘I ask you by Allahazwj! Don’t you know that Aliasws did not pledge allegiance to them both until heasws was forced?’ He said, ‘Yes’. He said, ‘I testify that I disavow from them both, and I am upon the view of Aliasws and (Syeda) Fatimaasws’.

قَالَ مُوسَى: فَأَقْبَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ أَبِي: أَيْ بُنَيَّ! وَ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ أَتَيَا أَمْراً عَظِيماً.

Musa said, ‘I turned towards him. My father said, ‘Yes my son! By Allahazwj, they had both perpetrated a grievous matter’’.²⁵³ (Not a Hadeeth)

وَ رَوَوْا عَنْ مُخَوَّلِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي مُوسَى بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ وَ ذَكَرَهُمَا، فَقَالَ: قُلْ لِهَؤُلَاءِ نَحْنُ نَأْتَمُّ بِفَاطِمَةَ، فَقَدْ جَاءَ الْبَيْتُ‏ عَنْهَا أَنَّهَا مَاتَتْ وَ هِيَ غَضْبَى عَلَيْهِمَا، فَنَحْنُ نَغْضَبُ لِغَضَبِهَا وَ نَرْضَى لِرِضَاهَا، فَقَدْ جَاءَ غَضَبُهَا، فَإِذَا جَاءَ رِضَاهَا رَضِينَا.

And they reported from Mukhawwal Bin Ibrahim who said, ‘I was informed by Musa Bin Abdullah Bin Al Hassan and he mentioned both of them (Abu Bakr and Umar). He said,

‘Tell them we sway with (Syeda) Fatimaasws, and the couplets have come about herasws, sheasws passed away and sheasws was angered upon them both (Abu Bakr and Umar). We are angered to herasws anger and are pleased to herasws pleasure. (News of) herasws anger has come, so when herasws pleasure comes, we shall be pleased’.

قَالَ مُخَوَّلٌ: وَ سَأَلْتُ مُوسَى بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ [فُلَانٍ وَ فُلَانٍ‏]، فَقَالَ لِي‏: مَا أَكْرَهَ ذِكْرَهُ. قُلْتُ‏ لِمُخَوَّلٍ: قَالَ فِيهِمَا أَشَدَّ مِنَ الظُّلْمِ وَ الْفُجُورِ وَ الْغَدْرِ؟!. قَالَ: نَعَمْ.

Mukhawwal said, ‘And I asked Musa Bin Abdullah about so and so (Abu Bakr) and so and so (Umar). He said to me, ‘How hateful is his mention’. I said to Mukhawwal, ‘Are you saying regarding them more severe than the injustice, and the immoralities, and the treachery?’ He said, ‘Yes’.

قَالَ مُخَوَّلٌ: وَ سَأَلْتُ عَنْهُمَا مَرَّةً، فَقَالَ: أَ تَحْسَبُنِي تبريا [بُتْرِيّاً] ؟ ثُمَّ قَالَ فِيهِمَا قَوْلًا سَيِّئاً.

Mukhawwal said, ‘And I asked about them both (Abu Bakr and Umar) once, ‘Does the disavowment suffice me?’ Then he said something regarding them’’.²⁵⁴ (Not a Hadeeth)

وَ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ مُوسَى بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ: هُمَا أَوَّلُ مَنْ ظَلَمَنَا حَقَّنَا وَ مِيرَاثَنَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ غَصَبَانَا فَغَصَبَ النَّاسُ.

And from Ibn Masoud who said, ‘I heard Musa Bin Abdullah saying, ‘They were both the first one to oppress usasws of our rights and ourasws inheritance from Rasool-Allahsaww, and usurped us, so the people usurped us (as well)’’.²⁵⁵ (Not a Hadeeth)

وَ رَوَوْا عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ مُسَاوِرٍ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ يَحْيَى بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ [فُلَانٍ وَ فُلَانٍ‏]؟. فَقَالَ لِي: ابْرَأْ مِنْهُمَا.

And they reported from Yahya Bin Musawer who said, ‘I asked Yahya Bin Abdullah Bin Al Hassan about so and so (Abu Bakr) and so and so (Umar). He said to me, ‘Disavow from them both’’.²⁵⁶ (Not a Hadeeth)

وَ رَوَوْا عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: شَهِدْتُ أَبِي، مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عُمَرَ، وَ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ‏- وَ هُوَ الَّذِي مَعَ الْحُسَيْنِ بِكَرْبَلَاءَ، وَ كَانَتِ الشِّيعَةُ تُنَزِّلُهُ بِمَنْزِلَةِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يَعْرِفُونَ حَقَّهُ وَ فَضْلَهُ-،

And they reported from Abdullah Bin Muhammad Bin Umar, son of Ali Bin Abu Talibasws who said, ‘I witnessed my father Muhammad Bin Umar, and Muhammad Bin Al Hassan, and he is the who was with Al Husaynasws at Karbala, and the Shias were giving him the status as being of the status of Abu Ja’farasws, recognising his right and his merit.

قَالَ: فَكَلَّمَهُ فِي أَبِي [زُرَيْقٍ‏]، فَقَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ لِأَبِي: اسْكُتْ! فَإِنَّكَ عَاجِزٌ، وَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُمَا لَشُرَكَاءُ فِي دَمِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ.

He said, ‘I spoke to him regarding my father Zureyq. Muhammad Bin Umar Bin Al Hassan son of Ali Bin Abu Talibasws said to my father, ‘Be quiet, for you are frustrated. By Allahazwj! They (Abu Bakr and Umar) were both participants (in shedding the) blood of Al Husaynasws’’.²⁵⁷ (Not a Hadeeth)

وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى عَنْهُ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ: وَ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ أَخْرَجَهُمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مِنْ مَسْجِدِهِ وَ هُمَا يَتَطَهَّرَانِ وَ أُدْخِلَا وَ هُمَا جِيفَةٌ فِي بَيْتِهِ.

And in another report from him, he said, ‘By Allahazwj! Rasool-Allahsaww had expelled them both from hissaww Masjid, and they were both clean, and they were both entered into hissaww house and they were both (unclean) corpses’’.²⁵⁸ (Not a Hadeeth)

وَ رَوَوْا عَنْ أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ- مِنْ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ وَ كَانَ فَاضِلًا زَاهِداً-، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَ هُوَ يَطُوفُ بِالْبَيْتِ، فَقَالَ: وَ رَبِّ هَذَا الْبَيْتِ، وَ رَبِّ هَذَا الرُّكْنِ، وَ رَبِّ هَذَا الْحَجَرِ، مَا قَطَرَتْ مِنَّا قَطْرَةُ دَمٍ وَ لَا قَطَرَتْ مِنْ دِمَاءِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ قَطْرَةٌ إِلَّا وَ هُوَ فِي أَعْنَاقِهِمَا.

And they reported from Abu Kuzeyfa, from the people of Al Yemen, and he was meritorious, ascetic, he said, ‘I heard Abdullah Bin Al Hassan son of Ali Bin Al Husaynasws, and he was performing Tawaaf with the House (Kabah). He said, ‘By the Lordazwj of this corner (of the Kabah), and by the Lordazwj of this (Black) Stone! No drop of blood drops from usasws, nor drops from the blood of the Muslims except and it is in both their necks’.²⁵⁹ (Not a Hadeeth)

وَ رَوَوْا عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ أَحْمَرَ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ، قُلْتُ: أُصَلِّي خَلْفَ مَنْ يَتَوَالَى [فُلَاناً وَ فُلَاناً]؟. قَالَ: لَا، وَ لَا كَرَامَةَ.

And they reported from Is’haq Bin Ahmad who said, ‘I asked Muhammad Bin Al Hassan son of Ali Bin Al Husaynasws. I said, ‘Can I pray Salat behind the one who befriends so and so (Abu Bakr) and so and so (Umar)?’ He said, ‘No, and there is no prestige’’.²⁶⁰ (Not a Hadeeth)

وَ رَوَوْا عَنْ أَبِي الْجَارُودِ، قَالَ: سُئِلَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ عَنْ [فُلَانٍ وَ فُلَانٍ‏]؟. فَقَالَ: قُتِلْتُمْ مُنْذُ سِتِّينَ سَنَةً فِي أَنْ ذَكَرْتُمْ عُثْمَانَ، فَوَ اللَّهِ لَوْ ذَكَرْتُمْ [فُلَاناً وَ فُلَاناً] لَكَانَتْ دِمَاؤُكُمْ أَحَلَّ عِنْدَهُمْ مِنْ دِمَاءِ السَّنَانِيرِ.

And they reported from Abu Al Jaroud who said, ‘Muhammad Bin Umar son of Al Hassan Bin Ali Bin Abu Talibasws was asked about so and so (Abu Bakr) and so and so (Umar). He said, ‘You are being killed for sixty years if you mention Usman. By Allahazwj! If you were to mention so and so (Abu Bakr) and so and so (Umar), your blood will become permissible in their presence than the blood of the chiefs of every tribe’’.²⁶¹ (Not a Hadeeth)

وَ رَوَوْا عَنْ أَرْطَاةَ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ الْأَسَدِيِّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ الشَّهِيدِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ بِفَخٍّ يَقُولُ: هُمَا وَ اللَّهِ أَقَامَانَا هَذَا الْمُقَامَ، وَ زَعَمَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ لَا يُورَثُ.

And they reported from Artat Bin Habeeb Al Asady who said, ‘I heard Al Hassan Bin Ali son of Al Husaynasws the martyr at Fakh, saying, ‘By Allahazwj! They (Abu Bakr and Umar) have both paused us in this position, and they claimed that Rasool-Allahsaww did not leave inheritance’’.²⁶² (Not a Hadeeth)

وَ رَوَوْا عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: مَا رَفَعَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنَّا طَرْفَهَا إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَقَطَرَتْ مِنْهَا قَطْرَةٌ إِلَّا كَانَ فِي أَعْنَاقِهِمَا.

And they reported from Ibrahim Bin Maymoun, from Al Hassan Bin Muhammad Bin Abdullah, son of Al Hassan Bin Aliasws having said, ‘No woman from us raises her eyes towards the sky and a drop (of tear) falls from her, except it would be in both their necks’.²⁶³ (Not a Hadeeth)

وَ رَوَوْا عَنْ قُلَيْبِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ‏ زَيْدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ، وَ الْحُسَيْنَ بْنَ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَ عِدَّةً مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا لَا يُخَالِفُنَا فِي شَيْ‏ءٍ إِلَّا إِذَا انْتَهَى إِلَى [فُلَانٍ وَ فُلَانٍ‏] أَوْقَفَهُمَا وَ شَكَّ فِي أَمْرِهِمَا؟ فَكُلُّهُمْ قَالُوا: مَنْ أَوْقَفَهُمَا شَكّاً فِي أَمْرِهِمَا فَهُوَ ضَالٌّ كَافِرٌ.

And they reported from Quleyb Bin Hammad who said, ‘I asked Al Hassan Bin Ibrahim Bin Abdullah Bin Zaid Bin Al Hassan, and Al Husayn Bin Zaid son of Ali (Bin Al Husaynasws), and a number of the Peopleasws of the Household about a man from our companions who does not oppose us regarding anything except when it ends up to so and so (Abu Bakr) and so and so (Umar), can one pause from them and doubt regarding their affair? They all spoke saying, ‘One who pauses at them both, doubting regarding their matter, so he is a straying Kafir’’.²⁶⁴ (Not a Hadeeth)

وَ رَوَوْا عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفُرَاتِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَتْنِي فَاطِمَةُ الْحَنَفِيَّةُ، عَنْ فَاطِمَةَ ابْنَةِ الْحُسَيْنِ‏ أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ تُبْغِضُ [فُلَاناً وَ فُلَاناً] وَ تَسُبُّهُمَا.

And they reported from Muhammad Bin Al Furat who said, ‘Fatima Al Hanafiyya narrated to me from Fatimaas daughteras of Al Husaynasws, that sheas used to hate so and so (Abu Bakr) and so and so (Umar) and revile them’’.²⁶⁵ (Not a Hadeeth)

وَ رَوَوْا عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلِ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، قَالَ: إِنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَ عُمَرَ عَدَلَا فِي النَّاسِ وَ ظَلَمَانَا، فَلَمْ تَغْضَبِ النَّاسُ لَنَا، وَ إِنَّ عُثْمَانَ ظَلَمَنَا وَ ظَلَمَ النَّاسَ، فَغَضِبَتِ النَّاسُ‏ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ فَمَالُوا إِلَيْهِ فَقَتَلُوهُ.

And they reported from Umar Bin Sabit who said, ‘It is narrated to me by Abdullah Bin Muhammad Bin Aqeel, son of Abu Talibasws who said, ‘Abu Bakr and Umar dispensed justice among the people and oppressed usasws. The people did not get angry for usasws. And Usman oppressed usasws and oppressed the people, so the people were angered for themselves. They leaned to him and killed him’’.²⁶⁶ (Not a Hadeeth)

وَ رَوَوْا عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ جُنْدَبٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ: مَرِضَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَثَقُلَ، فَجَلَسْتُ عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ، فَدَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ مَعَهُ النَّاسُ فَامْتَلَأَ الْبَيْتُ، فَقُمْتُ مِنْ مَجْلِسِي، فَجَلَسَ فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ،

And they reported from Al Qasim Bin Jundab, from Anas Bin Malik (well-known fabricator) who said, ‘Aliasws fell ill and was heavy. I sat by hisasws head, and Rasool-Allahsaww entered and the people were with himsaww, so the house filled up. I stood up from my seat and Rasool-Allahsaww sat in it.

فَغَمَزَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ عُمَرَ فَقَامَ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ (ص)، إِنَّكَ كُنْتَ عَهِدْتَ إِلَيْنَا فِي هَذَا عَهْداً وَ إِنَّا لَا نَرَاهُ إِلَّا لِمَا بِهِ، فَإِنْ كَانَ شَيْ‏ءٌ فَإِلَى مَنْ؟. فَسَكَتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ، فَغَمَزَهُ الثَّانِيَةَ فَكَذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ الثَّالِثَةَ،

Abu Bakr winked at Umar and he stood up and said, ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! Yousaww had made a pact to us regarding this one (Aliasws), and we do not see himasws except to what (illness) heasws is with. Supposing something happens (death), then to whom?’ Rasool-Allahsaww was silent and did not answer him. He winked at him for a second time, and it was like that. Then the third.

فَرَفَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ رَأْسَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنَّ هَذَا لَا يَمُوتُ مِنْ وَجَعِهِ هَذَا، وَ لَا يَمُوتُ حَتَّى تَمْلَيَاهُ غَيْظاً، وَ تُوسِعَاهُ غَدْراً، وَ تَجِدَاهُ صَابِراً.

Rasool-Allahsaww raised hisasws head then said: ‘This one will not be dying from this pain of hisasws, nor will heasws be dying until you two fill himasws with rage, and you equally betray himasws, and you will both find himasws to be patient’’.²⁶⁷ (Not a Hadeeth)

وَ رَوَوْا عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ الْبِكَالِيِّ، قَالَتْ [كَذَا]: سَمِعْتُ حُذَيْفَةَ بْنَ الْيَمَانِ يَقُولُ: وُلِّيَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَطَعَنَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ طَعْنَةً أَوْهَنَهُ، ثُمَّ وُلِّيَ عُمَرُ فَطَعَنَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ طَعْنَةً مَرَقَ مِنْهُ.

And they reported from Yazeed Bin Muawiya Al Bakaly, she said, ‘I heard Huzeyfa Bin Al Yaman saying, ‘Abu Bakr ruled, and he stabbed Al Islam with such a stab, it weakened it. Then Umar ruled, and he stabbed in Al Islam such a stab, piercing it’’.²⁶⁸ (Not a Hadeeth)

وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى عَنْهُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: وَلِيَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَطَعَنَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ طَعْنَةً، ثُمَّ وَلِيَنَا عُمَرُ فَحَلَّ الْأَزْرَارَ، ثُمَّ وَلِيَنَا عُثْمَانُ فَخَرَجَ مِنْهُ عُرْيَاناً.

And in another report from him, said, ‘Abu Bakr ruled us and stabbed in Al Islam a stab, then Umar ruled us, and he loosened the buttons. Then Usman ruled, and it came out naked from it’.²⁶⁹ (Not a Hadeeth)

وَ رَوَوْا عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ تَغْلِبَ، عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ، قَالَ: كَانَ إِذَا ذَكَرَ عُمَرَ أَمَضَّهُ‏، ثُمَّ قَالَ: كَانَ يَدْعُو ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ فَيَسْتَفْتِيهِ مُغَايَظَةً لِعَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ.

And it is reported from Aban Bin Taghlib, from Al Hakan Bin Uyayna who said, ‘Whenever there was a mention of Umar it saddened him, then he said, ‘Ibn Abbas used to be called and his anger would agitate him for Aliasws’’.²⁷⁰ (Not a Hadeeth)

وَ رَوَوْا عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ: قُبِضَ نَبِيُّهُمْ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ هَمٌّ إِلَّا أَنْ يَقُولُوا: مِنَّا أَمِيرٌ وَ مِنْكُمْ أَمِيرٌ، وَ مَا أَظُنُّهُمْ يُفْلِحُونَ.

And they reported from Al Amsh, he was saying, ‘Their Prophetsaww passed away, but there did not happen to be any concern for them (the Helpers) except that they were saying, ‘There should be a ruler from us and a ruler from them’, and I don’t they will be succeeding’’.²⁷¹ (Not a Hadeeth)

وَ رَوَوْا عَنْ مُعَمَّرِ بْنِ زَائِدَةَ الْوَشَّاءِ، قَالَ: أَشْهَدُ عَلَى‏ الْأَعْمَشِ أَنِّي سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ يُجَاءُ [بِفُلَانٍ وَ فُلَانٍ‏] كَالثَّوْرَيْنِ الْعَقِيرَيْنِ لَهُمَا فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ خُوَارٌ.

And it is reported from Moammar Bin Zaida Al Washa who said, ‘I testify upon Al Amsh that I heard him saying, ‘When it will be the Day of Qiyamah, the ones who love so and so (Abu Bakr) and so and so (Umar) would be like two bulls of broken backs, for them would be mooing in the fire of Hell’’.²⁷² (Not a Hadeeth)

وَ رَوَوْا عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي الْوَرْدِ، قَالَ: قَالَ الْأَعْمَشُ فِي مَرَضِهِ الَّذِي قُبِضَ فِيهِ هُوَ بَرِيَّةٌ مِنْهُمَا وَ سَمَّاهُمَا، قُلْتُ لِلْمَسْعُودِيِّ: سَمَّاهُمَا؟!. قَالَ: نَعَمْ، [فُلَانٌ وَ فُلَانٌ‏].

And it is reported from Suleyman Bin Abu Al Warad who said, ‘Al Amsh said during his illness in which he died, he was disavowing from them both (Abu Bakr and Umar), and named them. I said to Masoudi, ‘He named them both?!’ He said, ‘Yes, so and so (Abu Bakr), and so and so (Umar)’’.²⁷³ (Not a Hadeeth)

وَ رَوَوْا عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ زَائِدَةَ، قَالَ: كُنَّا عِنْدَ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ، قَالَ بَعْضُ الْقَوْمِ‏: أَبُو [زُرَيْقٍ‏] أَفْضَلُ مِنْ عَلِيٍّ، فَغَضِبَ حَبِيبٌ ثُمَّ قَامَ قَائِماً، فَقَالَ: وَ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ لَفِيهِمَا: الظَّانِّينَ بِاللَّهِ ظَنَّ السَّوْءِ عَلَيْهِمْ دائِرَةُ السَّوْءِ وَ غَضِبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ لَعَنَهُمْ‏.. الْآيَةَ.

And it is reported from Umar Bin Zaida who said, ‘We were in the presence of Habeeb Bin Abu Sabit, one of the group said, ‘Abu (Zureyq) (Bakr) is superior than Aliasws’. Habeeb was angered, then stood up standing and said, ‘By Allahazwj Who, there is no god except Heazwj! Regarding them both is: the thinkers of evil thoughts with Allah. Upon them is the evil field of thought, and Allah is Wrathful upon them and Curses them [48:6] – the Verse.²⁷⁴ (Not a Hadeeth)

وَ رَوَوْا عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْمُسَاوِرِ، عَنْ أَبِي الْجَارُودِ، قَالَ: إِنَّ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مَدِينَتَيْنِ، مَدِينَةً بِالْمَشْرِقِ وَ مَدِينَةً بِالْمَغْرِبِ لَا يَفْتُرَانِ مِنْ لَعْنِ [فُلَانٍ وَ فُلَانٍ‏].

And it is reported from Yahya Bin Al Musawir, from Abu Al Jaroud who said, ‘For Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic there are two cities, a city in the east and a city in the west. They both do not take a break from cursing so and so (Abu Bakr) and so and so (Umar)’.²⁷⁵ (Not a Hadeeth)

وَ رَوَوْا عَنِ ابْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ شَرِيكاً يَقُولُ: مَا لَهُمْ وَ لِفَاطِمَةَ عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ؟ وَ اللَّهِ مَا جَهَّزَتْ جَيْشاً وَ لَا جَمَعَتْ جَمْعاً، وَ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ آذَيَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فِي قَبْرِهِ.

And it is reported from Ibn Abul Rahman who said, ‘I heard Shareek saying, ‘What is to them and Fatimaasws? By Allahazwj! Neither did they both (Abu Bakr and Umar) prepare (equip) an army, nor gathered any collection. By Allahazwj! They both hurt Rasool-Allahsaww in hissaww grave’’.²⁷⁶ (Not a Hadeeth)

وَ رَوَوْا عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ يَحْيَى الثَّوْرِيِّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ شَرِيكاً وَ سَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ!: حُبُّ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَ عُمَرَ سُنَّةٌ؟-. فَقَالَ: يَا مُعَافَا، خُذْ بِثَوْبِهِ فَأَخْرِجْهُ وَ اعْرِفْ وَجْهَهُ وَ لَا تُدْخِلْهُ عَلَيَّ، يَا أَحْمَقُ! لَوْ كَانَ حُبُّهُمَا سُنَّةً لَكَانَ وَاجِباً عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تَذْكُرَهُمَا فِي صَلَاتِكَ كَمَا تُصَلِّي عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ.

And it is reported from Ibrahim Bin Yahya Al Sowry who said, ‘I heard Shareek, and a man had asked him, ‘O Abu Abdullah! Love of Abu Bakr and Umar is a Sunnah?’ He said, ‘O Muafa! Grab his clothes and expel him, and know (remember) his face, and do not let him enter to see me, O idiot! If their love was a Sunnah, it would have been Obligatory upon you to mention them both in your Salat just as you are sending Salawaat upon Muhammadsaww and Progenyasws of Muhammadsaww’’.²⁷⁷ (Not a Hadeeth)

166- مُهَجُ الدَّعَوَاتِ‏: عَنِ الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: مَنْ دَعَا بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ فِي سَجْدَةِ الشُّكْرِ كَانَ كَالرَّامِي مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فِي بَدْرٍ وَ أُحُدٍ وَ حُنَيْنٍ بِأَلْفِ أَلْفِ سَهْمٍ.

(The book) ‘Muhaj Al-Dawaat’ – From Al-Rezaasws having said: ‘One who supplicates with this supplication (see ref 167 below) during a Sajdah of thanks, would be like the one who shot alongside the Prophetsaww during (the battles of) Badr, and Ohad and Hunayn, by a thousand by thousand arrows’’.²⁷⁸

167- وَ حَكَاهَا الْكَفْعَمِيُ‏ فِي الْجَنَّةِ: [الدُّعَاءُ] اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنِ الَّذَيْنِ بَدَّلَا دِينَكَ، وَ غَيَّرَا نِعْمَتَكَ، وَ اتَّهَمَا رَسُولَكَ (ص)، وَ خَالَفَا مِلَّتَكَ، وَ صَدَّا عَنْ سَبِيلِكَ، وَ كَفَرَا آلَاءَكَ، وَ رَدَّا عَلَيْكَ كَلَامَكَ، وَ اسْتَهْزَءَا بِرَسُولِكَ،

And Al-Kaf’amy has narrated the supplication in his (the book) ‘Al-Jannah’ – ‘O Allahazwj! Curse both the ones who replaced Yourazwj Religion, and changed Yourazwj Favour, and they both accused Yourazwj Rasoolsaww, and oppose Yourazwj Nation, and hindered from Yourazwj Way, and disbelieved in Yourazwj Favours, and refuted Yourazwj Speech unto Youazwj, and mocked Yourazwj Rasoolsaww;

وَ قَتَلَا ابْنَ نَبِيِّكَ، وَ حَرَّفَا كِتَابَكَ، وَ جَحَدَا آيَاتِكَ‏، وَ اسْتَكْبَرَا عَنْ عِبَادَتِكَ، وَ قَتَلَا أَوْلِيَاءَكَ، وَ جَلَسَا فِي مَجْلِسٍ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمَا بِحَقٍّ، وَ حَمَلَا النَّاسَ عَلَى أَكْتَافِ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِ وَ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ،

And they killed the sonasws of Yourazwj Prophetsaww, and altered Yourazwj Book, and rejected Yourazwj Signs, and were too arrogant from worshipping Youazwj, and killed Yourazwj friends, and sat in the seat which did not happen to be rightful for them, and loaded the people upon the necks of Progenyasws of Muhammadsaww.

اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْهُمَا لَعْناً يَتْلُو بَعْضُهُ بَعْضاً، وَ احْشُرْهُمَا وَ أَتْبَاعَهُمَا إِلَى جَهَنَّمَ زُرْقاً،

O Allahazwj! Curse them both with Curses following each other, and Resurrect them both and their followers to Hell as blue-eyed.

اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَتَقَرَّبُ إِلَيْكَ بِاللَّعْنَةِ لَهُمَا وَ الْبَرَاءَةِ مِنْهُمَا فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ،

O Allahazwj! We draw closer to Youazwj with the cursing and the disavowment from them both, in the world and the Hereafter.

اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْ قَتَلَةَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ قَتَلَةَ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ بِنْتِ‏ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ،

O Allahazwj! Curse the killer of Amir Al-Momineenasws, and killers of Al-Husayn Bin Aliasws sonasws of daughterasws of Rasool-Allahsaww.

اللَّهُمَّ زِدْهُمَا عَذَاباً فَوْقَ الْعَذَابِ‏، وَ هَوَاناً فَوْقَ هَوَانٍ، وَ ذُلًّا فَوْقَ ذُلٍّ، وَ خِزْياً فَوْقَ خِزْيٍ،

O Allahazwj! Increase them both in Punishment on top of the Punishment, and shame on top of the shame, and disgrace on top of the disgrace, and humiliation on top of the humiliation.

اللَّهُمَّ دُعَّهُمَا إِلَى‏ النَّارِ دَعّاً، وَ ارْكُسْهُمَا فِي أَلِيمِ عَذَابِكَ رَكْساً،

O Allahazwj! Leave them to be in the Fire with a leaving, and Immerse them in the pain of Yourazwj Punishment with an immersing.

اللَّهُمَّ احْشُرْهُمَا وَ أَتْبَاعَهُمَا إِلى‏ جَهَنَّمَ زُمَراً،

O Allahazwj! Resurrect them both and their followers to Hell in a group.

اللَّهُمَّ فَرِّقْ جَمْعَهُمْ، وَ شَتِّتْ أَمْرَهُمْ، وَ خَالِفْ بَيْنَ كَلِمَتِهِمْ، وَ بَدِّدْ جَمَاعَتَهُمْ، وَ الْعَنْ أَئِمَّتَهُمْ، وَ اقْتُلْ قَادَتَهُمْ وَ سَادَتَهُمْ، وَ الْعَنْ رُؤَسَاءَهُمْ وَ كُبَرَاءَهُمْ‏، وَ اكْسِرْ رَايَتَهُمْ، وَ أَلْقِ الْبَأْسَ بَيْنَهُمْ، وَ لَا تُبْقِ مِنْهُمْ دَيَّاراً،

O Allahazwj! Divide their gathering, and disperse their affairs, and opposition between their speeches, and dissipate their group, and Curse their leaders, and Kill their guides and their chiefs, and Curse their chiefs and their elders, and Break their flag, and Cast the evil between them, and do not Let any household from them to remain.

اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْ أَبَا جَهْلٍ وَ الْوَلِيدَ لَعْناً يَتْلُو بَعْضُهُ بَعْضاً، وَ يَتْبَعُ بَعْضُهُ بَعْضاً،

O Allahazwj! Curse Abu Jahlla and Al-Waleed with curses following each other.

اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْهُمَا لَعْناً يَلْعَنُهُمَا بِهِ كُلُّ مَلَكٍ مُقَرَّبٍ، وَ كُلُّ نَبِيٍّ مُرْسَلٍ، وَ كُلُّ مُؤْمِنٍ امْتَحَنْتَ قَلْبَهُ لِلْإِيمَانِ،

O Allahazwj! Curse them both with curses cursed with by every Angel of Proximity, and every Messenger Prophetas, and every Momin whose heart has been Tested for the Eman.

اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْهُمَا لَعْناً يَتَعَوَّذُ مِنْهُ أَهْلُ النَّارِ، وَ مِنْ‏ عَذَابِهِمَا،

O Allahazwj! Curse them both with curses the inhabitants of the Fire hurting by it, and from their Punishments.

اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْهُمَا لَعْناً لَا يَخْطُرُ لِأَحَدٍ بِبَالٍ،

O Allahazwj! Curse them both with curses, no one has ever imagined it.

اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْهُمَا فِي مُسْتَسَرِّ سِرِّكَ وَ ظَاهِرِ عَلَانِيَتِكَ، وَ عَذِّبْهُمَا عَذَاباً فِي التَّقْدِيرِ وَ فَوْقَ التَّقْدِيرِ، وَ شَارِكْ مَعَهُمَا ابْنَتَيْهِمَا وَ أَشْيَاعَهُمَا وَ مُحِبِّيهِمَا وَ مَنْ شَايَعَهُمَا.

O Allahazwj! Curse them both with curses in the concealment of Yourazwj Secrets, and apparent, and openly, and Punish them in the Determination and above the Determination, and two daughters (who committed sins in association) with them, their followers, and their adherents, and ones who love them, and ones who were loyal to them’’.

أقول: : وَ دُعَاءُ صَنَمَيْ قُرَيْشٍ مَشْهُورٌ بَيْنَ الشِّيعَةِ،- وَ رَوَاهُ الْكَفْعَمِيُ‏ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ‏، أَنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ كَانَ يَقْنُتُ بِهِ فِي صَلَاتِهِ.

I (Majlisi) am saying, ‘And hisasws supplication, ‘Two idols of Quraysh’ is well-known between the Shias. And it is reported by Al-Kaf’ami, from Ibn Abbas, ‘Amir Al-Momineenasws was (reciting it in the) Qunoot of hisasws Salat’’.²⁷⁹

168- كا: عَنِ الْعِدَّةِ، عَنْ أَحْمَدَ الْبَرْقِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُصْعَبٍ، عَنْ فُرَاتِ بْنِ الْأَحْنَفِ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: مَهْمَا تَرَكْتَ مِنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ فَلَا تَتْرُكْ أَنْ تَقُولَ فِي كُلِّ صَبَاحٍ وَ مَسَاءٍ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَصْبَحْتُ .. إِلَى آخِرِ الدُّعَاءِ، وَ فِيهِ: اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنِ الْفِرَقَ‏ الْمُخْتَلِفَةَ عَلَى رَسُولِكَ وَ وُلَاةِ الْأَمْرِ بَعْدَ رَسُولِكَ وَ الْأَئِمَّةِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ وَ شِيعَتِهِمْ، وَ أَسْأَلُكَ ..

(The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – From the number, from Ahmad Al Barqy, from Abdul Rahman Bin Hammad, from Amro Bin Mus’ab, from Furat Bin al Ahnaf,

‘From Abu Abdullahasws having said: ‘From whatever you leave of anything, do not leave saying during every morning and evening, ‘O Allahazwj! I have become’ – up to the end of the supplication, and in it, ‘O Allahazwj! Curse so and so (Abu Bakr), and so and so (Umar), and the group which differed upon Yourazwj Rasoolsaww, and the Mastersasws of the Command after Yourazwj Rasoolsaww and the Imamsasws from after himsaww, and theirasws Shias. And I ask Youazwj’…’’²⁸⁰

169- مهج: بِسَنَدِهِ الَّذِي سَيَجِي‏ءُ فِي كِتَابِ الصَّلَاةِ، عَنْ أَبِي يَحْيَى المادئني [الْمَدَائِنِيِ‏] عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ: مِنْ حَقِّنَا عَلَى أَوْلِيَائِنَا وَ أَشْيَاعِنَا أَنْ لَا يَنْصَرِفَ الرَّجُلُ‏ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ حَتَّى يَدْعُوَ بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ، وَ هُوَ

(The book) ‘Mahaj Al Dawaat’ – By his chain which will come in the book of Salat, from Abu Yahya Al Madainy,

‘Abu Abdullahasws having said: ‘From our right upon ourasws friends and ourasws Shias is that a man should not disperse from his Salat until he supplicated with this supplication, and it is,

: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِاسْمِكَ الْعَظِيمِ‏ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ الطَّاهِرِينَ .. إِلَى قَوْلِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ:

‘O Allahazwj! I ask Youazwj by Yourazwj Magnificent Name is that Youazwj Send Salawaat upon Muhammadsaww and hissaww pure Progenyasws’ – up to hisasws words: -

اللَّهُمَّ وَ ضَاعِفْ لَعْنَتَكَ وَ بَأْسَكَ وَ نَكَالَكَ وَ عَذَابَكَ عَلَى اللَّذَيْنِ كَفَرَا نِعْمَتَكَ، وَ خَوَّنَا رَسُولَكَ، وَ اتَّهَمَا نَبِيَّكَ وَ بَايَنَاهُ، وَ حَلَّا عَقْدَهُ فِي وَصِيَّتِهِ‏،

O Allahazwj! And Double Yourazwj Curse and Yourazwj Punishment, and Yourazwj exemplary Punishment, and Yourazwj Punishment upon those who disbelieved Yourazwj Favour, and betrayed Yourazwj Rasoolsaww, and they both (Abu Bakr and Umar) came to Yourazwj Prophetsaww and pledged allegiance to himsaww, and they abandoned hissaww (command) regarding hissaww successorasws;

وَ نَبَذَا عَهْدَهُ فِي خَلِيفَتِهِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ، وَ ادَّعَيَا مَقَامَهُ، وَ غَيَّرَا أَحْكَامَهُ، وَ بَدَّلَا سُنَّتَهُ، وَ قَلَبَا دِينَهُ، وَ صَغَّرَا قَدْرَ حُجَجِكَ، وَ بَدَءَا بِظُلْمِهِمْ، وَ طَرَّقَا طَرِيقَ الْغَدْرِ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَ الْخِلَافِ عَنْ أَمْرِهِمْ، وَ الْقَتْلِ لَهُمْ،

And they discarded hisas pact regarding hisasws caliph from after himsaww, and claimed hissaww position, and changed hissaww rulings, and replaced hissaww Sunnah, and overturned hissaww Religion, and belittled the worth of Yourazwj Divine Authority, and began by oppressing themasws, and paved the path of the betrayal upon themasws, and the opposition from theirasws instructions;

وَ إِرْهَاجِ الْحُرُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ، وَ مَنْعِ خَلِيفَتِكَ مِنْ سَدِّ الثَّلْمِ، وَ تَقْوِيمِ الْعِوَجِ، وَ تَثْقِيفِ الْأَوَدِ، وَ إِمْضَاءِ الْأَحْكَامِ، وَ إِظْهَارِ دِينِ الْإِسْلَامِ، وَ إِقَامَةِ حُدُودِ الْقُرْآنِ.

And they ignited the wars against themasws, and they prevented Yourazwj caliph from closing the cracks, and straightening the crookedness, and culture of the education, and implementing the rulings, and manifesting the Religion of Al-Islam, and establishing the legal punishments of the Quran.

اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْهُمَا وَ ابْنَتَيْهِمَا وَ كُلَّ مَنْ مَالَ مَيْلَهُمْ وَ حَذَا حَذْوَهُمْ، وَ سَلَكَ طَرِيقَتَهُمْ، وَ تَصَدَّرَ بِبِدْعَتِهِمْ لَعْناً لَا يَخْطُرُ عَلَى بَالٍ، وَ يَسْتَعِيذُ مِنْهُ أَهْلُ النَّارِ، وَ الْعَنِ

O Allahazwj! Curse them both, and their followers, and everyone who inclines to their inclination, and stepped in their steps, and travelled their path, and implemented their innovations, with such Curses which cannot be imagined in a mind, and the inhabitants of the Fire seek Refuge from it and the curse.

اللَّهُمَّ مَنْ دَانَ بِقَوْلِهِمْ، وَ اتَّبَعَ أَمْرَهُمْ، وَ دَعَا إِلَى وَلَايَتِهِمْ، وَ شَكَّكَ فِي كُفْرِهِمْ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَ الْآخِرِينَ.

O Allahazwj! (Curse the) one who makes it a religion with their words, and follows their instructions, and calls to their wilayah, and doubts in the Kufr, from the former ones and the latter ones’’.²⁸¹

170- يب‏: بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ ثُوَيْرٍ وَ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ السَّرَّاجِ، قَالا: سَمِعْنَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَ هُوَ يَلْعَنُ فِي دُبُرِ كُلِّ مَكْتُوبَةٍ أَرْبَعَةً مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَ أَرْبَعاً مِنَ النِّسَاءِ: التَّيْمِيَّ وَ الْعَدَوِيَّ وَ فُعْلَانَ‏ وَ مُعَاوِيَةَ .. وَ يُسَمِّيهِمْ، وَ فُلَانَةَ وَ فُلَانَةَ وَ هِنْدَ وَ أُمَّ الْحَكَمِ أُخْتَ مُعَاوِيَةَ.

(The book) ‘Al Tahzeeb’ – By his chains, from Al Husayn Bin Suweyr, and Abu Salama Al Sarraj who both said,

‘We heard Abu Abdullahasws, and heasws was cursing at the end of every Prescribed (Salat), four from the men and four from the women – The Taymi (Abu Bakr), and the Adawy (Umar), and so and so (Usman), and Muawiya, and heasws was naming them; and so and so (Ayesha), and so and so (Hafsa), and Hind, and Umm Al-Hakam sister of Muawiya’’.²⁸²

171- كَشْفُ الْمَحَجَّةِ، لِلسَّيِّدِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ طَاوُسٍ: قَالَ- بَعْدَ مَا حَكَى خَبَرَ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمُتَقَدِّمَ الْمُشْتَمِلَ عَلَى سَبَبِ إِسْلَامِهِمَا-: وَ وَقَفْتُ أَنَا فِي كِتَابِ دَانِيَالَ الْمُخْتَصَرِ مِنْ كِتَابِ الْمَلَاحِمِ مَا يَتَضَمَّنُ أَنَ‏ [فُلَاناً وَ فُلَاناً] كَانَا عَرَفَا مِنْ كِتَابِ دَانِيَالَ- وَ كَانَ عِنْدَ الْيَهُودِ- حَدِيثُ مُلْكِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ وَلَايَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنْ تَيْمٍ وَ رَجُلٍ مِنْ عَدِيٍّ بَعْدَهُ دُونَ وَصِيِّهِ،

(The book) ‘Kashf Al-Mahajja’ of the seyyid Ali Bin Tawoos who said,

‘After having told the news of Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, the preceding, the inclusive upon the reasons for both their (Abu Bakr and Umar)’s Islam: - ‘I paused in the book of Danyalas, the brief from the book ‘Al-Mulahim’ what comprised that so and so (Abu Bakr) and so and so (Umar) were both known from the book of Danyalas – and it was in the possession of the Jews – a Hadeeth of the kingdom of the Prophetsaww, and the governance of a man from Taym (Abu Bakr) and a man from Aday (Umar) after himsaww, besides hissaww successorasws.

وَ لَمَّا رَأَيَا الصِّفَةَ الَّتِي كَانَ فِي الْكِتَابِ‏ فِي مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ تَبِعَاهُ وَ أَسْلَمَا مَعَهُ طَلَباً لِلْوَلَايَةِ الَّتِي ذَكَرَهَا دَانِيَالُ فِي كِتَابِهِ.

And when they saw the description which was in the book regarding Muhammadsaww, they would both follow himsaww and become Muslims with himsaww seeking the governance which Danyalas had mentioned in hisas Book’’.²⁸³

172- يج‏: عَنْ دَاوُدَ الرَّقِّيِّ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ الصَّادِقِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَ الْمُفَضَّلُ‏ وَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَلْخِيُّ إِذْ دَخَلَ عَلَيْنَا كَثِيرٌ النَّوَّاءُ، وَ قَالَ: إِنَّ أَبَا الْخَطَّابِ يَشْتِمُ [فُلَاناً وَ فُلَاناً] وَ يُظْهِرُ الْبَرَاءَةَ مِنْهُمَا،

(The book) ‘Al Kharaij Wa Al Jaraih’ – From Dawood Al Raqqy who said,

‘I was in the presence of Al-Sadiqasws and Al-Mufazzal, and Abu Abdullah Al-Balkhy, when Kaseer Al-Nawa’a entered to us and said, ‘Abu Al-Khattab reviled so and so (Abu Bakr) and so and so (Umar) and manifested the disavowment from them both’.

فَالْتَفَتَ الصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ إِلَى أَبِي الْخَطَّابِ وَ قَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ! مَا تَقُولُ؟. قَالَ: كَذَبَ وَ اللَّهِ، مَا قَدْ سَمِعَ قَطُّ شَتْمَهُمَا مِنِّي‏. فَقَالَ الصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: قَدْ حَلَفَ، وَ لَا يَحْلِفُ كَاذِباً. فَقَالَ: صَدَقَ، لَمْ أَسْمَعْ أَنَا مِنْهُ، وَ لَكِنْ حَدَّثَنِي الثِّقَةُ بِهِ عَنْهُ. قَالَ الصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: إِنَّ الثِّقَةَ لَا يُبَلِّغُ ذَلِكَ،

Al-Sadiqasws turned towards Abu Al-Khattaba and said, ‘O Muhammad! What are you saying?’ He said, ‘By Allahazwj, he is lying! He has not heard at all their reviling from me’. Al-Sadiqasws said (to Kaseer): ‘He has sworn, and a liar would not swear’. He said, ‘Youasws speak the truth, I did not hear it from him, but it was narrated to me by the trustworthy one from him’. Al-Sadiqasws said: ‘The trustworthy one did not reach that’.

فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ كَثِيرٌ النَّوَّاءُ قَالَ الصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ لَئِنْ كَانَ أَبُو الْخَطَّابِ ذَكَرَ مَا قَالَ كَثِيرٌ لَقَدْ عَلِمَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ مَا لَمْ يَعْلَمْهُ كَثِيرٌ، وَ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ جَلَسَا مَجْلِسَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ غَصْباً، فَلَا غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُمَا وَ لَا عَفَا عَنْهُمَا.

When Kaseer Al-Nawa went out, Al-Sadiqasws said: ‘But, by Allahazwj! If Abu Al-Khattab had mentioned what Kaseer said (that he did), he would have known from their (Abu Bakr and Umar’s) matter what Kaseer does not know. By Allahazwj! They had both sat in the seat of Amir Al-Momineenasws usurping. May Allahazwj not Forgive (their sins) for them, nor Pardon them’.

فَبُهِتَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَلْخِيُّ، فَنَظَرَ إِلَى الصَّادِقِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ مُتَعَجِّباً مِمَّا قَالَ فِيهِمَا، فَقَالَ الصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: أَنْكَرْتَ مَا سَمِعْتَ فِيهِمَا؟!. قَالَ: كَانَ ذَلِكَ.

Abu Abdullah Al-Balkhy dropped (his jaw) and looked at Al-Sadiqasws in astonishment from what heasws had said regarding them both. Al-Sadiqasws said: ‘Are you denying what you heard regarding them?!’ He said, ‘That has happened’.

فَقَالَ: فَهَلَّا الْإِنْكَارُ مِنْكَ لَيْلَةَ دَفَعَ إِلَيْكَ‏ فُلَانُ بْنُ فُلَانٍ الْبَلْخِيُّ جَارِيَةَ فُلَانَةَ لِتَبِيعَهَا، فَلَمَّا عَبَرْتَ النَّهَرَ افْتَرَشْتَهَا فِي أَصْلِ شَجَرَةٍ.

Heasws said: ‘So can there be the denial from you what one night so and so Al-Balkhi has handed over so and so slave girl to you to sell her. When the daytime came, you laid her at the base of a tree’.

فَقَالَ الْبَلْخِيُّ: قَدْ مَضَى وَ اللَّهِ لِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً، وَ لَقَدْ تُبْتُ إِلَى اللَّهِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ. فَقَالَ الصَّادِقُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: لَقَدْ تُبْتَ وَ مَا تَابَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكَ، وَ قَدْ غَضِبَ اللَّهُ لِصَاحِبِ الْجَارِيَةِ.

Al-Balkhi said, ‘By Allahazwj! More than twenty years have passed for this event, and I have already repented to Allahazwj from that’. Al-Sadiqasws said: ‘You have repented and Allahazwj has not Turned to you, and you have Angered Allahazwj for the owner of the slave girl’’.²⁸⁴

173- مصبا: بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فِي زِيَارَةِ عَاشُورَاءَ: اللَّهُمَّ خُصَّ أَنْتَ أَوَّلَ ظَالِمٍ بِاللَّعْنِ مِنِّي وَ ابْدَأْ بِهِ أَوَّلًا ثُمَّ الثَّانِيَ ثُمَّ الثَّالِثَ ثُمَّ الرَّابِعَ، اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنَ مُعَاوِيَةَ خَامِساً .. إِلَى آخِرِ الزِّيَارَةِ.

(The book) ‘Misbah Al Mutahajjad’, by the chains from Uqba Bin Khalid, from his father,

‘From Abu Ja’farasws in Ziyaraat of Ashura: ‘O Allahazwj! Particularise the first oppressor (Abu Bakr) with the curse from measws and Begin with him first, then the second (Umar), then the third (Usman), then the fourth (Muawiya). O Allahazwj! Curse Yazeed Bin Muawiyala as fifth’ – up to the end of the Ziyaraat’’.²⁸⁵

[21] باب آخر

CHAPTER 21 – ANOTHER

1- ج‏: سُلَيْمُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ الْهِلَالِيُّ، عَنْ سَلْمَانَ الْفَارِسِيِّ، قَالَ: قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فِي يَوْمِ بَيْعَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ: لَسْتُ بِقَائِلٍ غَيْرَ شَيْ‏ءٍ وَاحِدٍ أُذَكِّرُكُمْ بِاللَّهِ أَيُّهَا الْأَرْبَعَةُ- يَعْنِينِي وَ الزُّبَيْرَ وَ أَبَا ذَرٍّ وَ الْمِقْدَادَ- أَ سَمِعْتُمْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ تَابُوتاً مِنْ نَارٍ فِيهِ اثْنَا عَشَرَ رَجُلًا، سِتَّةٌ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَ سِتَّةٌ مِنَ الْآخِرِينَ فِي جُبٍّ فِي قَعْرِ جَهَنَّمَ فِي تَابُوتٍ مُقَفَّلٍ، عَلَى ذَلِكَ الْجُبِّ صَخْرَةٌ إِذَا أَرَادَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يُسَعِّرَ جَهَنَّمَ‏ كَشَفَ تِلْكَ الصَّخْرَةَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ الْجُبِّ فَاسْتَعَاذَتْ جَهَنَّمُ مِنْ وَهَجِ‏ ذَلِكَ الْجُبِّ،

(The book) ‘Al Ihtijaj’ – Suleym Bin Qays al Hilali,

‘From Salman Al-Farsyra who said, ‘Amir Al-Momineenasws said during the day of the allegiance of Abu Bakr: ‘Iasws am not going to say apart from one thing. Iasws remind you four’ – meaning myself (Salmanra), and Abu Zarrra, and Al-Zubeyr and Al-Miqdadra – ‘Iasws heard Rasool-Allahsaww say that: ‘There is a coffin of Fire in which will be twelve men, six from the former ones and six from the later ones in a pit at the bottom of Hell inside a locked coffin. Upon that pit is a rock. Whenever Allahazwj Intends to increase the heat of Hell, Heazwj will Remove that rock from that pit. Hell will be set ablaze from the glow of that pit’.

فَسَأَلْنَاهُ عَنْهُمْ وَ أَنْتُمْ شُهُودٌ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: أَمَّا الْأَوَّلُونَ: فَابْنُ آدَمَ الَّذِي قَتَلَ أَخَاهُ، وَ فِرْعَوْنُ الْفَرَاعِنَةِ، وَ الَّذِي حَاجَّ إِبْراهِيمَ فِي رَبِّهِ‏، وَ رَجُلَانِ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ بَدَّلَا كِتَابَهُمَا وَ غَيَّرَا سُنَّتَهُمَا، أَمَّا أَحَدُهُمَا فَهَوَّدَ الْيَهُودَ، وَ الْآخَرُ نَصَّرَ النَّصَارَى، وَ إِبْلِيسُ سَادِسُهُمْ،

We asked himsaww about them, and you are witnesses, and the Prophetsaww said: ‘As for the former ones - it is the sonas of Adamas who killed his brotheras, and Pharaoh of the Pharaohs, and the one who argued with Ibrahimas about hisas Lordazwj, and two men from the Children of Israel who altered their Books and replaced their ways. As for one of them, he made the Jews to be Jews, and the other one made the Christians to be Christians, and Ibleesla is the sixth of them.

وَ الدَّجَّالُ فِي الْآخِرِينَ، وَ هَؤُلَاءِ الْخَمْسَةُ أَصْحَابُ الصَّحِيفَةِ الَّذِينَ تَعَاهَدُوا وَ تَعَاقَدُوا عَلَى عَدَاوَتِكَ يَا أَخِي، وَ التَّظَاهُرِ عَلَيْكَ بَعْدِي هَذَا .. وَ هَذَا حَتَّى عَدَّدَهُمْ‏ وَ سَمَّاهُمْ. فَقَالَ سَلْمَانُ: فَقُلْنَا: صَدَقْتَ نَشْهَدُ أَنَّا سَمِعْنَا ذَلِكَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ.

And the Dajjalla is among the latter ones, and those five, the companions of the agreement, the ones who had made a pact and agreed upon yourasws enmity, O mysaww brotherasws, and the backing each other against youasws after mesaww. This one and this one’ – until hesaww numbered them and named them. Salmanra said, ‘We said, ‘Youasws have spoken the truth, we testify that we have heard that from Rasool-Allahsaww’’.²⁸⁶

2- كِتَابُ سُلَيْمٍ‏: مِثْلُهُ، وَ قَدْ مَرَّ.

Kitab Suleym – similar to it, and has passed (before).²⁸⁷

3- فس‏: قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ‏، قَالَ: الْفَلَقُ جُبٌّ فِي جَهَنَّمَ يَتَعَوَّذُ أَهْلُ النَّارِ مِنْ شِدَّةِ حَرِّهِ، سَأَلَ‏ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَأْذَنَ لَهُ أَنْ يَتَنَفَّسَ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ، فَتَنَفَّسَ فَأَحْرَقَ جَهَنَّمَ.

Tafseer Al-Qummi - Say: ‘I seek Refuge with Lord of Al-Falaq [113:1]. He said, ‘Al-Falaq is a pit in Hell, the inhabitants of the Fire would be seeking Refuge from the severity of its heat. It will ask Allahazwj to Permit it to take a breather. Heazwj will Permit for it, and it will exhale and Hell would be inflamed’.

قَالَ: وَ فِي ذَلِكَ الْجُبِّ صُنْدُوقٌ مِنْ نَارٍ يَتَعَوَّذُ أَهْلُ تِلْكَ‏ الْجُبِّ مِنْ حَرِّ ذَلِكَ الصُّنْدُوقِ، وَ هُوَ التَّابُوتُ، وَ فِي ذَلِكَ التَّابُوتِ سِتَّةٌ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَ سِتَّةٌ مِنَ الْآخِرِينَ، فَأَمَّا السِّتَّةُ مِنَ‏ الْأَوَّلِينَ: فَابْنُ آدَمَ الَّذِي قَتَلَ أَخَاهُ، وَ فِرْعَوْنُ‏ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الَّذِي أَلْقَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ فِي النَّارِ، وَ فِرْعَوْنُ مُوسَى، وَ السَّامِرِيُّ الَّذِي اتَّخَذَ الْعِجْلَ، وَ الَّذِي هَوَّدَ الْيَهُودَ، وَ الَّذِي نَصَّرَ النَّصَارَى،

He said, ‘And in that pit there is a box of fire, the inhabitants of that pit would be seeking Refuge from the heat of that box, and it is the coffin, and in that coffin would be six from the former ones and six from the latter ones. As for the six from the former ones – the sonla of Adamas who killed hisla brotheras, and Pharaoh of Ibrahimas (Nimrodla) who threw Ibrahimas into the fire, and Pharaohla of Musaas, and Al-Samirila who took the calf, and the one who judaised the Jews, and the one who christianised the Christians.

وَ أَمَّا السِّتَةُ مِنَ‏ الْآخِرِينَ: فَهُوَ الْأَوَّلُ وَ الثَّانِي وَ الثَّالِثُ وَ الرَّابِعُ وَ صَاحِبُ الْخَوَارِجِ وَ ابْنُ مُلْجَمٍ‏.

And as for the six from the latter ones – It is the first (Abu Bakr), and the second (Umar), and the third (Usman) and the fourth (Muawiya), and leader of the Kharijites and Ibn Muljimla’.

وَ مِنْ شَرِّ غاسِقٍ إِذا وَقَبَ‏، قَالَ: الَّذِي يُلْقَى فِي الْجُبِّ يَقِبُ فِيهِ‏.

And from evil of darkness when it spreads [113:3], he said, ‘The one who is thrown into the pit would be in darkness in it’’.²⁸⁸

4- ثو: ابْنُ الْوَلِيدِ، عَنِ الصَّفَّارِ، عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ الدَّيْلَمِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ، حَدِّثْنِي فِيهِمَا بِحَدِيثٍ، فَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ مِنْ‏ أَبِيكَ فِيهِمَا بِأَحَادِيثَ‏ عِدَّةٍ.

(The book) ‘Sawaab Al Amaal’ – Ibn Al Waleed, from Al Saffar, from Abbad Bin Suleyman, from Muhammad Bin Suleyman Al Daylami, from his father, from Is’haq Bin Ammar,

‘From Musaasws Bin Ja’farasws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for youasws! Narrate to me regarding the two (Abu Bakr and Umar) with a Hadeeth, for I have heard from yourasws fatherasws regarding them, a number of Ahadeeth’.

قَالَ: فَقَالَ لِي: يَا إِسْحَاقُ! الْأَوَّلُ‏ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْعِجْلِ، وَ الثَّانِي بِمَنْزِلَةِ السَّامِرِيِّ.

He (the narrator) said, ‘Heasws said to me: ‘O Is’haq! The first (Abu Bakr) is at the status of the calf, and the second is at the status of Al-Samirila’.

قَالَ: قُلْتُ: جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ، زِدْنِي فِيهِمَا؟. قَالَ: هُمَا وَ اللَّهِ نَصَّرَا وَ هَوَّدَا وَ مَجَّسَا، فَلَا غَفَرَ اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ لَهُمَا.

He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for youasws! Can youasws increase for me regarding them?’ Heasws said: ‘By Allahazwj! They were both Christians, and Jews and Magians. Allahazwj will not Forgive that for them’.

قَالَ: قُلْتُ: جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ، زِدْنِي فِيهِمَا. قَالَ: ثَلَاثَةٌ لَا يَنْظُرُ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِمْ‏ وَ لا يُزَكِّيهِمْ وَ لَهُمْ عَذابٌ أَلِيمٌ‏

He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for youasws! Increase for me regarding them’. Three, Allahazwj will not Look (Consider) them nor will He Purify them, and for them would be a painful Punishment [3:77]’.

قَالَ: قُلْتُ: جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ، فَمَنْ هُمْ؟. قَالَ: رَجُلٌ ادَّعَى إِمَاماً مِنْ غَيْرِ اللَّهِ، وَ آخَرُ طَعَنَ فِي إِمَامٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ، وَ آخَرُ زَعَمَ أَنَّ لَهُمَا فِي الْإِسْلَامِ نَصِيباً.

He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for youasws! Who are they?’ Heasws said: ‘A man claiming to be an imam from other than Allahazwj, and another slandering an Imamasws from Allahazwj, and another claiming that there is a share in Al-Islam for them both (Abu Bakr and Umar)’.

قَالَ: قُلْتُ: جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ، زِدْنِي فِيهِمَا؟. قَالَ: مَا أُبَالِي- يَا إِسْحَاقُ مَحَوْتُ الْمُحْكَمَ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ أَوْ جَحَدْتُ مُحَمَّداً صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ النُّبُوَّةَ أَوْ زَعَمْتُ أَنْ لَيْسَ فِي السَّمَاءِ إِلَهٌ، أَوْ تَقَدَّمْتُ عَلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ.

(He the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for youasws! Can you increase for me regarding them?’ Heasws said: ‘Iasws don’t mind, O Is’haq! They erased the Decisive (Verses) from the Book of Allahazwj, and rejected Prophet-hood of Muhammadsaww, and claimed there isn’t a god in the sky, and preceded over Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws’.

قَالَ: قُلْتُ: جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ، زِدْنِي؟.

He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for youasws! Increase for me?’

قَالَ: فَقَالَ لِي: يَا إِسْحَاقُ! إِنَّ فِي النَّارِ لَوَادِياً- يُقَالُ لَهُ: سَقَرُ- لَمْ يَتَنَفَّسْ مُنْذُ خَلَقَهُ اللَّهُ، لَوْ أَذِنَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ لَهُ فِي التَّنَفُّسِ بِقَدْرِ مِخْيَطٍ لَأَحْرَقَ مَا عَلَى وَجْهِ الْأَرْضِ، وَ إِنَّ أَهْلَ النَّارِ لَيَتَعَوَّذُونَ‏ مِنْ حَرِّ ذَلِكَ الْوَادِي‏ وَ نَتْنِهِ وَ قَذَرِهِ، وَ مَا أَعَدَّ اللَّهُ فِيهِ لِأَهْلِهِ،

He (the narrator) said, ‘Heasws said to me: ‘O Is’haq! There is a valley in the Fire (Hell) called Saqar which has not taken a breather since Allahazwj Created it. If Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic were to Permit for it to exhale by a measurement by a measurement of a needle-hole, it would incinerate all what is upon the surface of the earth, and the inhabitants of the Fire tend to get hurt from the heat of that valley and its stench and its filth, and what Allahazwj has Prepared in it for its inhabitants.

وَ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَادِي لَجَبَلًا يَتَعَوَّذُ جَمِيعُ أَهْلِ ذَلِكَ الْوَادِي مِنْ حَرِّ ذَلِكَ الْجَبَلِ وَ نَتْنِهِ وَ قَذَرِهِ وَ مَا أَعَدَّ اللَّهُ فِيهِ لِأَهْلِهِ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ‏، وَ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ الْجَبَلِ لَشِعْباً يَتَعَوَّذُ جَمِيعُ أَهْلِ ذَلِكَ الْجَبَلِ مِنْ حَرِّ ذَلِكَ الشِّعْبِ وَ نَتْنِهِ وَ قَذَرِهِ وَ مَا أَعَدَّ اللَّهُ فِيهِ لِأَهْلِهِ،

And in that valley, there is a mountain, the entirety of the inhabitants of that valley seek Refuge from the heat of that mountain, and its stench, and its filth, and what Allahazwj has Prepared in it for its inhabitants of the Punishment. And in that mountain, there is a pass the entirety of the inhabitants of that valley seek Refuge from the heat of that cave, and its stench and its filth and what Allahazwj has Prepared in it for its inhabitants.

وَ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ الشِّعْبِ لقليب [لَقَلِيباً] يَتَعَوَّذُ جَمِيعُ أَهْلِ‏ ذَلِكَ الشِّعْبِ مِنْ حَرِّ ذَلِكَ الْقَلِيبِ وَ نَتْنِهِ وَ قَذَرِهِ وَ مَا أَعَدَّ اللَّهُ فِيهِ لِأَهْلِهِ، وَ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ الْقَلِيبِ لَحَيَّةً يَتَعَوَّذُ أَهْلُ‏ ذَلِكَ الْقَلِيبِ مِنْ خُبْثِ تِلْكَ الْحَيَّةِ وَ نَتْنِهَا وَ قَذَرِهَا وَ مَا أَعَدَّ اللَّهُ‏ فِي أَنْيَابِهَا مِنَ السَّمِّ لِأَهْلِهَا، وَ إِنَّ فِي جَوْفِ تِلْكَ الْحَيَّةِ لَسَبْعَةَ صَنَادِيقَ فِيهَا خَمْسَةٌ مِنَ الْأُمَمِ السَّالِفَةِ، وَ اثْنَانِ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ.

And in that pass, there is a pit, the entirety of the inhabitants of that pass seek Refuge from the heat of that pit, and its stench and its filth and what Allahazwj has Prepared for its inhabitants; and in that pit there is a snake, the inhabitants of that pit seek Refuge from the wickedness of that snake, and its stench, and its filth and what Allahazwj has Prepared to be in its fangs from the venom, for its inhabitants; and in the interior of that snake, there are seven containers wherein are five from the previous communities and two from this community’.

قَالَ: قُلْتُ: جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ، وَ مَنِ الْخَمْسَةُ؟ وَ مَنِ الِاثْنَانُ؟. قَالَ: فَأَمَّا الْخَمْسَةُ: فَقَابِيلُ الَّذِي قَتَلَ هَابِيلَ، وَ نُمْرُودُ الَّذِي حَاجَّ إِبْراهِيمَ فِي رَبِّهِ‏، فَقَالَ: أَنَا أُحْيِي وَ أُمِيتُ‏، وَ فِرْعَوْنُ الَّذِي قَالَ: أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلى‏ وَ يَهُودُ الَّذِي‏ هَوَّدَ الْيَهُودَ، وَ بُولَسُ الَّذِي نَصَّرَ النَّصَارَى، وَ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ أَعْرَابِيَّانِ.

He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for youasws! And who are the five? And who are the two?’ Heasws said: ‘As for the five – Qabeella, the onela who killed Habeelas, and Nimrod, who disputed with Ibrahim regarding his Lord [2:258] He said: ‘I cause to live and I cause to die [2:258], and Pharaohla, He said: ‘I am your lord, the most exalted!’ [79:24], and the Jew who judaised the Jews, and Paul who Christianised the Christians, and two Bedouins from this community (Abu Bakr and Umar)’’.²⁸⁹

5- ل‏: بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ: يَا إِسْحَاقُ! إِنَّ فِي النَّارِ لَوَادِياً .. إِلَى آخِرِ الْخَبَرِ.

(The book) ‘Al-Khisal’ – By this chain, from hisasws words: ‘O Is’haq! In the Fire there is a valley’ – up to the end of the Hadeeth’’.²⁹⁰

6- ل‏: أَبِي، عَنْ سَعْدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي الْخَطَّابِ، عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ مِسْكِينٍ‏، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَيَابَةَ، عَنْ جُعَيْدِ هَمْدَانَ، قَالَ: قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: إِنَّ فِي التَّابُوتِ الْأَسْفَلِ مِنَ النَّارِ سِتَّةً مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَ سِتَّةً مِنَ الْآخِرِينَ، فَأَمَّا السِّتَّةُ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ: فَابْنُ آدَمَ الَّذِي قَاتَلَ أَخِيهِ‏، وَ فِرْعَوْنُ الْفَرَاعِنَةِ، وَ السَّامِرِيُّ، وَ الدَّجَّالُ،- كِتَابُهُ فِي الْأَوَّلِينَ، وَ يَخْرُجُ فِي الْآخِرِينَ وَ هَامَانُ، وَ قَارُونُ،

(The book) ‘Al Khisal’ – My father, from Sa’ad, from Ibn Abu Al Khattab, from Al Hakam Bin Miskeen, from Abdul Rahman Bin Sayaba, from Jueed Hamadan who said,

‘Amir Al-Momineenasws said: ‘In the coffin in the lowest lever of the Fire, there would be six from the former ones, and six from the latter ones. As for six from the former ones – Sonla of Adamas killer of hisla brotheras, and Pharaohla of the Pharaohsla, and Al-Samirila, and Al-Dajjalla, written to be among the former ones and hela will emerge among the latter ones, and Hamanla and Qarounla.

وَ السِّتَّةُ مِنَ الْآخِرِينَ: فَنَعْثَلُ، وَ مُعَاوِيَةُ، وَ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ، وَ أَبُو مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيُّ .. وَ نَسِيَ الْمُحَدِّثُ اثْنَيْنِ.

And the six from the latter ones – No’sal (Umar), and Muawiya, and Amro Bin Al-Aas, and Abu Musa Al-Ashari’ – and the narrator forgot the two’’.²⁹¹

7- ثو: ابْنُ الْوَلِيدِ، عَنِ الصَّفَّارِ، عَنِ ابْنِ مَعْرُوفٍ‏، عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ، عَنْ حَنَانِ بْنِ سَدِيرٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ أَشَدَّ النَّاسِ عَذَاباً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ لَسَبْعَةُ نَفَرٍ: أَوَّلُهُمُ ابْنُ آدَمَ الَّذِي قَتَلَ أَخَاهُ، وَ نُمْرُودُ الَّذِي حَاجَّ إِبْراهِيمَ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏ فِي رَبِّهِ‏، وَ اثْنَانِ فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ هَوَّدَا قَوْمَهُمَا وَ نَصَّرَاهُمَا، وَ فِرْعَوْنُ الَّذِي قَالَ: أَنَا رَبُّكُمُ الْأَعْلى‏، وَ اثْنَانِ مِنْ‏ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ أَحَدُهُمَا شَرُّهُمَا فِي تَابُوتٍ مِنْ قَوَارِيرَ تَحْتَ الْفَلَقِ فِي بِحَارٍ مِنْ نَارٍ.

(The book) ‘Sawaab Al Amaal’ – From Al Saffar, from Ibn Marouf, from Ibn Mahboub, from Hanan Bin Sadeyr who said,

‘The people with severest of the Punishment on the Day of Qiyamah would be six persons – The first of them being the sonla of Adamas who killed hisla brotheras, and Nimrodla who disputed with Ibrahim regarding his Lord [2:258], and two among the children of Israel having judaised their people and Christianised them, and Pharaohla He said: ‘I am your lord, the most exalted!’ [79:24], and two from this community, one of them being eviler of the two. They would (all) being a coffin of glass between Al-Falaq in an ocean of fire’’.²⁹²

8- كِتَابُ الْإِسْتِدْرَاكِ‏: بِإِسْنَادِهِ إِلَى الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ آبَائِهِ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: لِجَهَنَّمَ سَبْعَةُ أَبْوَابٍ- وَ هِيَ الْأَرْكَانُ- لِسَبْعَةِ فَرَاعِنَةَ: نُمْرُودُ بْنُ كَنْعَانَ فِرْعَوْنُ الْخَلِيلِ، وَ مُصْعَبُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ فِرْعَوْنُ مُوسَى، وَ أَبُو جَهْلِ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، وَ الْأَوَّلُ، وَ الثَّانِي، وَ يَزِيدُ قَاتِلُ وَلَدِي، وَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ وُلْدِ الْعَبَّاسِ يُلَقَّبُ بِالدَّوَانِيقِيِّ اسْمُهُ الْمَنْصُورُ.

The book ‘Al Istidrak’, by his chain to Al Amsh,

‘From Ja’farasws Bin Muhammadasws, from hisasws forefathersasws having said: ‘Rasool-Allahsaww having said: ‘For Hell there are seven gates, and these are the corners, for seven Pharaohsla – Nimrod Bin Kanaanla Pharaohla of the Friend (of the Beneficent – Ibrahimas), and Mus’ab Bin Al-Waleedla Pharaohla of Musaas, and Abu Jahl Bin Hishamla, and the first (Abu Bakr), and the second (Umar), and Yazeedla killer of mysaww son (Al-Husaynasws), and a man from the sons of Al-Abbas titled as Al-Dawaniqy, his named being Mansour’’.²⁹³

[22] باب الاحتجاج على المخالفين بإيراد الأخبار من كتبهم‏

CHAPTER 22 – THE ARGUMENTATION AGAINST THE ADVERSARIES BY REFERRING TO THE AHADEETH FROM THEIR BOOKS

الأوّل:

The First – The Prophetsaww did not place Abu Bakr in-charge

مَا ذَكَرَهُ أَصْحَابُنَا رِضْوَانُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ لَمْ يُوَلِّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ شَيْئاً مِنَ الْأَعْمَالِ مَعَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُوَلِّيهَا غَيْرَهُ، وَ لَمَّا أَنْفَذَهُ لِأَدَاءِ سُورَةِ بَرَاءَةَ إِلَى أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ عَزَلَهُ وَ بَعَثَ عَلِيّاً عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ لِيَأْخُذَهَا مِنْهُ وَ يَقْرَأَهَا عَلَى النَّاسِ، وَ لَمَّا رَجَعَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَالَ لَهُ‏: لَا يُؤَدِّي عَنِّي إِلَّا أَنَا أَوْ رَجُلٌ مِنِّي‏.

What is mention by our companions is that the Prophetsaww did not put Abu Bakr in-charge of anything from the deeds, along with that hesaww used to place others in-charge; and when hesaww sent him to deliver Surah Bara’at to the people of Makkah, suspended it and sent Aliasws to take it from him and recite it to the people. And when Abu Bakr returned, hesaww said to him (Allahazwj Says): ‘No one should deliver it from mesaww except a man from mesaww’’.

فمن لم يصلح لأداء سورة واحدة إلى أهل بلدة كيف يصلح للرئاسة العامّة المتضمّنة لأداء جميع الأحكام إلى عموم الرعايا في سائر البلاد؟!

So, the one for whom it is not correct the delivery of one Chapter to the people of a city, how can he be correct for the governance of the general population and deliver the entirety of the ruling to the general citizens in the rest of the cities?’’²⁹⁴

الثاني: التخلّف عن جيش أسامة.

The second – The staying behind from the army of Usama

وَ رَوَى سَعِيدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ الْكَازِرَانِيُّ- مِنْ مُتَعَصِّبِي الْجُمْهُورِ- فِي تَارِيخِهِ‏ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ أَمَرَ النَّاسَ بِالتَّهَيُّؤِ لِغَزْوِ الرُّومِ لِأَرْبَعِ لَيَالٍ بَقِينَ مِنْ صَفَرِ سَنَةِ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ،

And it is report by Saeed Bin Muhammad Bin Masoud Al-Kazirany, from the general prejudices in his history – ‘Rasool-Allahsaww ordered the people with the preparation to battle the Romans on the four nights vacant from Safar of the year eleven.

فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ الْغَدِ دَعَا أُسَامَةَ بْنَ زَيْدٍ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: سِرْ إِلَى مَوْضِعِ مَقْتَلِ أَبِيكَ فَأَوْطِئْهُمُ [مُدَّ] الْخَيْلِ، فَقَدْ وَلَّيْتُكَ هَذَا الْجَيْشَ،

When it was the next morning, hesaww called Usama Bin Zayd and said to him: ‘Travel to the place of the killing of your father and put them down with the hooves of the cavalry, for Isaww have placed you in charge of this army’.

فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْأَرْبِعَاءِ بَدَأَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَحُمَّ وَ صُدِعَ، فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ يَوْمُ الْخَمِيسِ عَقَدَ لِأُسَامَةَ لِوَاءً بِيَدِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أُغْزُ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ، فَقَاتِلْ مَنْ كَفَرَ بِاللَّهِ.

When it was Wednesday, there was a change for Rasool-Allahsaww, and hesaww had fever and headache. When it was the morning of Thursday, hesaww tied the flag of Usama by hissaww own hand, then said: ‘Battle in the Name of Allahazwj in the Way of Allahazwj. Fight the one who disbelieves in Allahazwj’.

فَخَرَجَ وَ عَسْكَرٌ بِالْجُرْفِ، فَلَمْ يَبْقَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ وُجُوهِ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَ الْأَنْصَارِ إِلَّا انْتَدَبَ فِي تِلْكَ الْغَزَاةِ، فِيهِمْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَ عُمَرُ وَ سَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ وَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ وَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ وَ قَتَادَةُ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ،

He went out and the soldiers were at the cliff. There did not remain anyone from the faces of the Emigrants and the Helpers except he went in that battalion, among them being Abu Bakr and Umar and Sa’ad Bin Abu Waqas, and Saeed Bin Zayd, and Abu Ubeyda, and Qatadah Bin Al-Numan.

فَتَكَلَّمَ قَوْمٌ وَ قَالُوا: يَسْتَعْمِلُ هَذَا الْغُلَامَ عَلَى الْمُهَاجِرِينَ الْأَوَّلِينَ؟! فَغَضِبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ غَضَباً شَدِيداً، فَخَرَجَ وَ قَدْ عَصَبَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ عِصَابَةً وَ عَلَيْهِ قَطِيفَةٌ، فَصَعِدَ الْمِنْبَرَ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَ أَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَمَّا بَعْدُ، أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ! فَمَا مَقَالَةٌ بَلَغَتْنِي عَنْ بَعْضِكُمْ فِي تَأْمِيرِ أُسَامَةَ،

A group spoke and they said, ‘Heasws is utilising this boy (to be in-charge) over the first Emigrants!’ Rasool-Allahsaww was angered with intense anger. Hesaww came out and hesaww had a bandage upon hissaww head a bandage and upon it was a velvet cloth of brocade. Hesaww ascended the pulpit, praise Allahazwj and extolled upon Himazwj, then said: ‘As for after, O you people! So, what are the words having reached mesaww from some of you regarding the commandership of Usama?

وَ لَئِنْ طَعَنْتُمْ فِي تَأْمِيرِي أُسَامَةَ فَقَدْ طَعَنْتُمْ فِي تَأْمِيرِي أَبَاهُ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ، وَ ايْمُ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ كَانَ لِلْإِمَارَةِ لَخَلِيقاً، وَ إِنَّ ابْنَهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ لَخَلِيقٌ لِلْإِمَارَةِ، وَ إِنْ‏ كَانَ لَمِنْ أَحَبِّ النَّاسِ إِلَيَّ فَاسْتَوْصُوا بِهِ خَيْراً فَإِنَّهُ مِنْ خِيَارِكُمْ.

And if you are taunting mesaww regarding mysaww giving command to Usama, so you had taunted mesaww regarding mysaww giving the command to him before it. And I swear by Allahazwj. He is creative for the command, and that his son from after him would be for the command, and even if it was for the one who is the most beloved to the people to mesaww. Deal goodly with him for he is from your good ones’.

ثُمَّ نَزَلَ فَدَخَلَ بَيْتَهُ، وَ ذَلِكَ يَوْمُ السَّبْتِ لِعَشْرٍ خَلَوْنَ مِنْ رَبِيعٍ الْأَوَّلِ، وَ جَاءَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ الَّذِينَ يَخْرُجُونَ مَعَ أُسَامَةَ يُوَدِّعُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ يَمْضُونَ إِلَى الْعَسْكَرِ بِالْجُرْفِ، وَ ثَقُلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ،

Then hesaww descended and entered hissaww house, and that was on the day of Saturday of ten vacant from Rabbi Al-Awwal; and the Muslims came, those who had gone out with Usama, to bid farewell to Rasool-Allahsaww, and they were going to the army at the cliff, and Rasool-Allahsaww was heavy (with illness).

فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْأَحَدِ اشْتَدَّ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَجَعُهُ، فَدَخَلَ أُسَامَةُ مِنْ مُعَسْكَرِهِ وَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مُغْمًى عَلَيْهِ، وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ: قَدْ أَصْمَتَ وَ هُوَ لَا يَتَكَلَّمُ فَطَأْطَأَ رَأْسَهُ فَقَبَّلَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، فَجَعَلَ يَرْفَعُ يَدَيْهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ يَضَعُهُمَا عَلَى أُسَامَةَ.

When it was the day of Sunday, the pains intensified with Rasool-Allahazwj. Usama entered from his camp, and the Prophetsaww had unconsciousness upon himsaww’. And in a report, ‘Hesaww was silent and not speaking. He lowered his head and Rasool-Allahsaww kissed it and went on to raise hissaww hands towards the sky, then placed them upon Usama.

قَالَ: فَعَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ يَدْعُو لِي، وَ رَجَعَ أُسَامَةُ إِلَى مُعَسْكَرِهِ، فَأَمَرَ النَّاسَ بِالرَّحِيلِ، فَبَيْنَا هُوَ يُرِيدُ الرُّكُوبَ إِذَا رَسُولُ أُمِّهِ- أُمِّ أَيْمَنَ- قَدْ جَاءَهُ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ يَمُوتُ .. إِلَى آخِرِ الْقِصَّةِ.

He (Usama) said, ‘I realised hesaww had supplicated for me’. And Usama returned and ordered the people with the departure. While he was intending to ride, when a messenger of his mother, Umm Ayman, came and said, ‘Rasool-Allahsaww has passed away’ – up to the end of the Hadeeth.

وَ ذَكَرَ ابْنُ الْأَثِيرِ فِي الْكَامِلِ‏ أَنَّ فِي الْمُحَرَّمِ مِنْ سَنَةِ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ ضَرَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ بَعْثاً إِلَى الشَّامِ وَ أَمِيرُهُمْ أُسَامَةُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ .. وَ ذَكَرَ بَعْضَ مَا مَرَّ، وَ صَرَّحَ بِأَنَّهُ كَانَ مِنْهُمْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَ عُمَرُ، قَالَ: وَ هُمَا ثَبَّتَا النَّاسَ عَلَى الرِّضَا بِإِمَارَةِ أُسَامَةَ.

And Ibn Aseer mentioned in (the book) Al-Kamil – In the (month of) Muharram of the year eleven, Rasool-Allahsaww sent a detachment to Syrian and their commander of Usama Bin Zayd’ – and he mentioned part of what has passed, and stated that from them were Abu Bakr and Umar. He said, ‘And they were both steadfast people agreeing upon the commandership of Usama’.²⁹⁵

وَ رَوَى ابْنُ أَبِي الْحَدِيدِ فِي شَرْحِ النَّهْجِ‏، عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ الْجَوْهَرِيِّ، عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ سَيَّارٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ‏ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ‏، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فِي مَرَضِ مَوْتِهِ أَمَرَ أُسَامَةَ بْنَ زَيْدِ بْنِ حَارِثَةَ عَلَى جَيْشٍ فِيهِ جُلَّةُ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَ الْأَنْصَارِ، مِنْهُمْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَ عُمَرُ وَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ وَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ وَ طَلْحَةُ وَ الزُّبَيْرُ، وَ أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يُغِيرَ عَلَى مُؤْتَةَ حَيْثُ قُتِلَ أَبُوهُ زَيْدٌ، وَ أَنْ يغزوا [يَغْزُوَ] وَادِيَ فِلَسْطِينَ،

And it is reported by Ibn Abi Al Hadeed in (the book) ‘Sharah Al Nahj (Al Balagah)’ – From Ahmad Bin Abdul Aziz Al Jowhari, from Ahmad Bin Sayyar, from Saeed Bin Kaseer, from Abdullah Bin Abdullah Bin Abdul Rahman,

‘Rasool-Allahsaww, during the illness of hissaww expiry, gave command to Usama Bin Zayd Bin Harisa upon an army wherein were most of the Emigrants and the Helpers. From them were Abu Bakr, and Umar, and Ubu Ubeyda Bin Al-Jarrah, and Abdul Rahman Bin Awf, and Talha, and Al-Zubeyr, and hesaww ordered him to go to Mutah where his father Zayd had been killed, and he should battle at the valley of Palestine.

فَتَثَاقَلَ أُسَامَةُ وَ تَثَاقَلَ الْجَيْشُ بِتَثَاقُلِهِ، وَ جَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ يَثْقُلُ‏ وَ يَخِفُّ وَ يُؤَكِّدُ الْقَوْلَ فِي تَنْفِيذِ ذَلِكَ الْبَعْثِ، حَتَّى قَالَ لَهُ أُسَامَةُ: بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَ أُمِّي! أَ تَأْذَنُ لِي أَنْ أَمْكُثَ أَيَّاماً حَتَّى يَشْفِيَكَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى.

Usama was slugging and the army was sluggish to his sluggishness, and Rasool-Allahsaww went on to be (feeling) heavy and light (with fever), and emphasising in the implementation of that detachment, to the extent that Usama said to himsaww, ‘May my father and my mother be (sacrificed) for yousaww! Can yousaww permit me to remain for a few days until Allahazwj the Exalted Heals yousaww?’

فَقَالَ: اخْرُجْ وَ سِرْ عَلَى بَرَكَةِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى. فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ (ص)! إِنِّي إِنْ خَرَجْتُ وَ أَنْتَ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْحَالِ خَرَجْتُ وَ فِي قَلْبِي قَرْحَةٌ مِنْكَ. فَقَالَ: سِرْ عَلَى النَّصْرِ وَ الْعَافِيَةِ. فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ (ص)! إِنِّي أَكْرَهُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَ عَنْكَ الرُّكْبَانَ. فَقَالَ: أَنْفِذْ لِمَا أَمَرْتُكَ بِهِ ..

Hesaww said: ‘Go out and travel upon the Blessings of Allahazwj the Exalted’. He said, ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! If I were to go out, and yousaww are upon this state, I would be going out and in my heart would be a sore from yousaww’. Hesaww said: ‘Travel upon the help and the well-being’. He said, ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! I dislike asking the riders about yousaww’. Hesaww said: ‘Implement what Isaww am ordering you with!’

ثُمَّ أُغْمِيَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، وَ قَامَ أُسَامَةُ فَجَهَّزَ لِلْخُرُوجِ، فَلَمَّا أَفَاقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ سَأَلَ عَنْ أُسَامَةَ وَ الْبَعْثِ، فَأُخْبِرَ أَنَّهُمْ يَتَجَهَّزُونَ، فَجَعَلَ يَقُولُ: أَنْفِذُوا جَيْشَ‏ أُسَامَةَ، لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ تَخَلَّفَ عَنْهُ .. وَ يُكَرِّرُ ذَلِكَ،

Then there was unconsciousness upon Rasool-Allahsaww, and Usama stood up and prepared for the going. When Rasool-Allahsaww woke up, hesaww asked about Usama and the detachment. Hesaww was informed that they are getting ready. Hesaww went on to say: ‘Enforce the army of Usama!’ And hesaww kept repeating that.

فَخَرَجَ أُسَامَةُ وَ اللِّوَاءُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ وَ الصَّحَابَةُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ بِالْجُرْفِ نَزَلَ وَ مَعَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَ عُمَرُ وَ أَكْثَرُ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ، وَ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ: أُسَيْدُ بْنُ حُضَيْرٍ وَ بِشْرُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ .. وَ غَيْرُهُمْ مِنَ الْوُجُوهِ، فَجَاءَهُ رَسُولُ أُمِّ أَيْمَنَ يَقُولُ لَهُ: ادْخُلْ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ (ص) يَمُوتُ،

Usama went out and the flag was by his head, and the companions were in front of him, until when he was at the cliff, he descended and with him were Abu Bakr, and Umar, and most of the Emigrants; and from the Helpers were Aseyd Bin Huzeyr, and Bishr Bin Saeed, and others from the faces. A messenger of Umm Ayman came to him saying to him, ‘Enter (Al-Medina), for Rasool-Allahsaww has passed away!’

فَقَامَ مِنْ فَوْرِهِ فَدَخَلَ الْمَدِينَةَ وَ اللِّوَاءُ مَعَهُ، فَجَاءَ بِهِ حَتَّى رَكَزَهُ بِبَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَدْ مَاتَ فِي تِلْكَ السَّاعَةِ، قَالَ: فَمَا كَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَ عُمَرُ يُخَاطِبَانِ أُسَامَةَ إِلَى أَنْ مَاتَ إِلَّا بِ: الْأَمِيرِ.

He got up immediately and entered Al-Medina, and the flag was with him. He came with it until he installed it at the door of Rasool-Allahsaww, and Rasool-Allahsaww had passed away during that time. And it was so that Abu Bakr and Umar were not addressing Usama until he died except as ‘the commander’ (the emir)’’.²⁹⁶

وَ رَوَى الطَّبَرِيُّ فِي الْمُسْتَرْشِدِ- عَلَى مَا حَكَاهُ فِي الصِّرَاطِ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ‏- أَنَّ جَمَاعَةً مِنَ الصَّحَابَةِ كَرِهُوا إِمَارَةَ أُسَامَةَ فَبَلَغَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ ذَلِكَ فَخَطَبَ وَ أَوْصَى‏ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ بَيْتَهُ، وَ جَاءَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ يُوَدِّعُونَهُ فَيَلْحَقُونَ‏ بِأُسَامَةَ، وَ فِيهِمْ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَ عُمَرُ، وَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ يَقُولُ: أَنْفِذُوا جَيْشَ أُسَامَةَ،

And it is reported by Al-Tabari in (the book) ‘Al-Mustarshid’ – upon what he narrated in (the book) ‘Al-Sirat Al-Mustaweem’ – ‘A group of companions disliked the commandership of Usama. That reached the Prophetsaww, so hesaww addressed and advised, then entered hissaww house, and the Muslims cam to bid farewell to himsaww and joining up with Usama, and among them were Abu Bakr, and Umar, and the Prophetsaww said: ‘Enforce the army of Usama!’

فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ الْجُرْفَ بَعَثَتْ أُمُّ أُسَامَةَ- وَ هِيَ أُمُّ أَيْمَنَ- أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ يَمُوتُ، فَاضْطَرَبَ الْقَوْمُ وَ امْتَنَعُوا عَلَيْهِ وَ لَمْ يُنْفِذُوا لِأَمْرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، ثُمَّ بَايَعُوا لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ قَبْلَ دَفْنِهِ.

When he reached the cliff, mother of Usama – and she is Umm Ayman – sent a messenger that the Prophetsaww had passed away. The people became restless and they refused upon him, and did not implement the order of Rasool-Allahsaww. Then they pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr even before hissaww burial’.

وَ قَالَ فِي الصِّرَاطِ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ‏- أَيْضاً- أَسْنَدَ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ فِي كِتَابِ السَّقِيفَةِ أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَ عُمَرَ كَانَا فِيهِ.

And he said in (the book) ‘Al-Siraat Al-Mustaqeem’ as well, an attribution of Al-Jowhari in the book ‘Al-Saqeefa’ that Abu Bakr and Umar were both in it (army of Usama)’.²⁹⁷

وَ فِي كِتَابِ الْعِقْدِ: اخْتَصَمَ أُسَامَةُ وَ ابْنُ عُثْمَانَ فِي حَائِطٍ، فَافْتَخَرَ ابْنُ عُثْمَانَ، فَقَالَ أُسَامَةُ: أَنَا أَمِيرٌ عَلَى أَبِيكَ وَ صَاحِبَيْهِ‏، أَ فَإِيَّايَ تُفَاخِرُ؟!،

And in the book ‘Al-Iqd’ – Usama and Ibn Usman disputed regarding a garden, and the son of Usman prided. Usama said, ‘I am the commander upon your father and hissaww companion. Are you priding over me?!’

وَ لَمَّا بَعَثَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ إِلَى أُسَامَةَ يُخْبِرُهُ بِخِلَافَتِهِ‏، قَالَ: أَنَا وَ مَنْ مَعِي مَا وَلَّيْنَاكَ أَمْرَنَا، وَ لَمْ يَعْزِلْنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ عَنْكُمَا، وَ أَنْتَ وَ صَاحِبُكَ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِي رَجَعْتُمَا، وَ مَا خَفِيَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مَوْضِعٌ، وَ قَدْ وَلَّانِي عَلَيْكُمَا وَ لَمْ يُوَلِّكُمَا،

And when Abu Bakr sent a message to Usama informing him of he being the caliph, he said, ‘I and the ones with me have not made you to be in-charge of our affairs, and Rasool-Allahsaww did not suspend me from you two, and you and your companion both returned without my permission, and the place was not hidden from the Prophetsaww, and hesaww made me in-charge upon you both, and did not made you two to be in-charge (over me)’.

فَهَمَّ الْأَوَّلُ أَنْ يَخْلَعَ نَفْسَهُ فَنَهَاهُ الثَّانِي، فَرَجَعَ أُسَامَةُ وَ وَقَفَ بِبَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ وَ صَاحَ: يَا مَعَاشِرَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ! عَجَباً لِرَجُلٍ اسْتَعْمَلَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَعَزَلَنِي وَ تَأَمَّرَ عَلَيَ‏، انْتَهَى كَلَامُهُ.

The first (Abu Bakr) thought of vacating his soul (killing him), but the second (Umar) forbade him. Usama returned and paused at the door of the Masjid and shouted, ‘O community of Muslims! Strange for a man. Rasool-Allahsaww utilised me, but he suspends me and becomes a commander over me’. His speech ended’’.²⁹⁸

وَ قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ الشَّهْرَسْتَانِيُّ فِي كِتَابِ الْمِلَلِ وَ النِّحَلِ‏- عِنْدَ ذِكْرِ الِاخْتِلَافَاتِ الْوَاقِعَةِ فِي مَرَضِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ-: الْخِلَافُ الثَّانِي: أَنَّهُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَالَ: جَهِّزُوا جَيْشَ أُسَامَةَ، لَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ تَخَلَّفَ عَنْ جَيْشِ‏ أُسَامَةَ.

And Muhammad Bin Abdul Kareem Al-Shahrastani said in the book ‘Al-Milal Wa Al-Nihal’ – at the mention of the differing(s) of the events during the illness of the Prophetsaww, ‘The opposition of the second (Umar) – Hesaww said: ‘Prepare the army of Usama! May Allahazwj Curse the one who stays behind from the army of Usama’.

فَقَالَ: قَوْمٌ‏ يَجِبُ عَلَيْنَا امْتِثَالُ أَمْرِهِ، وَ أُسَامَةُ قَدْ بَرَزَ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ. وَ قَالَ قَوْمٌ: قَدِ اشْتَدَّ مَرَضُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَلَا تَسَعُ قُلُوبُنَا لِمُفَارَقَتِهِ وَ الْحَالُ‏ هَذِهِ، فَنَصْبِرُ حَتَّى نُبْصِرَ أَيُّ شَيْ‏ءٍ يَكُونُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ؟، انْتَهَى.

A group said, ‘It is obligatory upon us to comply with hissaww order’, and Usama had gone out from Al-Medina. And a group said, ‘The illness of the Prophetsaww intensified, there is no capacity in our hearts for hissaww separation and the situation is this. We shall be patient until we see which thing will be happening from hissaww affair?’ End’.²⁹⁹

وَ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ الْمُفِيدُ قَدَّسَ اللَّهُ رُوحَهُ فِي كِتَابِ الْإِرْشَادِ: لَمَّا تَحَقَّقَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مِنْ دُنُوِّ أَجَلِهِ مَا كَانَ قَدَّمَ‏ الذِّكْرَ بِهِ لِأُمَّتِهِ، فَجَعَلَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ يَقُومُ مَقَاماً بَعْدَ مَقَامٍ فِي الْمُسْلِمِينَ يُحَذِّرُهُمُ الْفِتْنَةَ بَعْدَهُ وَ الْخِلَافَ عَلَيْهِ، وَ يُؤَكِّدُ وِصَاءَتَهُمْ‏ بِالتَّمَسُّكِ بِسُنَّتِهِ‏ وَ الْإِجْمَاعِ عَلَيْهَا وَ الْوِفَاقِ، وَ يَحُثُّهُمْ عَلَى الِاقْتِدَاءِ بِعِتْرَتِهِ وَ الطَّاعَةِ لَهُمْ وَ النُّصْرَةِ وَ الْحِرَاسَةِ وَ الِاعْتِصَامِ بِهِمْ فِي الدِّينِ، وَ يَزْجُرُهُمْ‏ عَنِ الِاخْتِلَافِ‏ وَ الِارْتِدَادِ ..

And the sheykh Al-Mufeed said in the book ‘Al-Irshad’ – when there was realisation for Rasool-Allahsaww of the approach of hissaww term (expiry) what hesaww had advanced its mention to hissaww community. Hesaww went on to stand at a place after a place among the Muslims, cautioning them of the Fitna after himsaww and the opposition to himsaww, and emphasised them to adhere with hissaww Sunnah, and the uniting upon it, and the harmony, and hesaww urged them upon the modelling by hissaww familyasws, and being obedient to themasws, and the help and the protection and the holding Fast with themasws in the Religion, and rebuked them from the differing and the hesitation’.

وَ سَاقَ الْكَلَامَ إِلَى‏ قَوْلِهِ: ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ عَقَدَ لِأُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ الْإِمْرَةَ، وَ أَمَرَهُ وَ نَدَبَهُ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ بِجُمْهُورِ الْأُمَّةِ إِلَى حَيْثُ أُصِيبَ أَبُوهُ مِنْ بِلَادِ الرُّومِ، وَ اجْتَمَعَ رَأْيُهُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ عَلَى إِخْرَاجِ جَمَاعَةٍ مِنْ مُقَدَّمِي الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَ الْأَنْصَارِ فِي مُعَسْكَرِهِ- حَتَّى لَا يَبْقَى فِي الْمَدِينَةِ عِنْدَ وَفَاتِهِ مَنْ يَخْتَلِفُ فِي الرِّئَاسَةِ، وَ يَطْمَعُ فِي التَّقَدُّمِ عَلَى النَّاسِ بِالْإِمَارَةِ- لِيَسْتَتِبَ‏ الْأَمْرُ بَعْدَهُ لِمَنِ اسْتَخْلَفَهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ، وَ لَا يُنَازِعَهُ فِي حَقِّهِ مُنَازِعٌ،

And he continued the speech up to his words, ‘Then hesaww tied the command to Usama Bin Zayd, and ordered him and delegated him to go out with the assembly of the community to where his father had been killed, from the city of Rome, and there is consensus of view of hissaww sending out a group of the first Emigrants and the Helpers in his army, to the extent that there did not remain in Al-Medina during hissaww expiry one from the citizens, staying back, and might covet regarding the precedence over the people with the command in order to prepare the command after himsaww to be for the one who would be hissaww caliph from after himsaww, and himasws not to be disputed regarding hisasws right with any dispute.

فَعَقَدَ لَهُ الْإِمْرَةَ عَلَى مَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ، وَ جَدَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فِي إِخْرَاجِهِمْ، وَ أَمَرَ أُسَامَةَ بِالْبُرُوزِ عَنِ الْمَدِينَةِ بِعَسْكَرِهِ‏ إِلَى الْجُرْفِ، وَ حَثَّ النَّاسَ عَلَى الْخُرُوجِ إِلَيْهِ، وَ الْمَسِيرِ مَعَهُ وَ حذوهم [حَذَّرَهُمْ‏] مِنَ التَّلَوُّمِ وَ الْإِبْطَاءِ عَنْهُ،

Hesaww tied the command (of the army) to him (Usama) upon what we mentioned, and hesaww strived in expelling them and ordered Usama with the advancing from Al-Medina with his soldiers to the cliff, and hesaww urged the people upon the going to it, and the travelling with him, and cautioned them from the blaming and the delaying from it.

فَبَيْنَا هُوَ فِي ذَلِكَ إِذْ عَرَضَتْ لَهُ الشَّكَاةُ الَّتِي تُوُفِّيَ فِيهَا .. وَ سَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: وَ اسْتَمَرَّ الْمَرَضُ بِهِ أَيَّاماً وَ ثَقُلَ، فَجَاءَ بِلَالٌ عِنْدَ صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ- وَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ مَغْمُورٌ بِالْمَرَضِ-، فَنَادَى: الصَّلَاةَ يَرْحَمُكُمُ اللَّهُ،

While hesaww was in that when the complaint (pain) presented to himsaww in which hesaww passed away’ – and he continued the Hadeeth up to his words, ‘And the illness persisted with himsaww for days and hesaww felt heavy. Bilal came at the morning Salat, and Rasool-Allahsaww was with the illness. He called out, ‘The Salat! May Allahazwj have Mercy on you all!’

فَأُوذِنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ بِنِدَائِهِ، فَقَالَ: يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ بَعْضُهُمْ فَإِنِّي مَشْغُولٌ بِنَفْسِي، فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: مُرُوا أَبَا بَكْرٍ، وَ قَالَتْ حَفْصَةُ: مُرُوا عُمَرَ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ- حِينَ سَمِعَ كَلَامَهُمَا، وَ رَأَى حِرْصَ كُلِّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْهُمَا عَلَى التَّنْوِيهِ‏ بِأَبِيهَا، وَ افْتِتَانِهِمَا بِذَلِكَ، وَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ حَيٌّ-: اكْفُفْنَ فَإِنَّكُنَّ كَصُوَيْحِبَاتِ يُوسُفَ،

Rasool-Allahsaww (repeated) the Azaan along with his Azaan. Hesaww said:’ Let someone pray leading the Salat with the people for Isaww am pre-occupied with myselfsaww’. Ayesha said, ‘Instruct Abu Bakr’. And Hafsa said, ‘Instruct Umar’. Rasool-Allahsaww said, when hesaww heard their talk and saw the greed of each one of them upon the dualism with their fathers, and their temptations with that while Rasool-Allahsaww was alive: ‘Refrain! You two are like the companions of Yusufas’.

ثُمَّ قَامَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مُبَادِراً خَوْفاً مِنْ تَقَدُّمِ أَحَدِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ، وَ قَدْ كَانَ أَمَرَهُمَا بِالْخُرُوجِ مَعَ أُسَامَةَ وَ لَمْ يَكُ عِنْدَهُ أَنَّهُمَا قَدْ تَخَلَّفَا، فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ مِنْ عَائِشَةَ وَ حَفْصَةَ مَا سَمِعَ عَلِمَ أَنَّهُمَا مُتَأَخِّرَانِ عَنْ أَمْرِهِ، فَبَدَرَ لِكَفِّ الْفِتْنَةِ وَ إِزَالَةِ الشُّبْهَةِ،

Then hesaww stood up hurriedly, fearing from the arrival of one of the two men, and it had been from both their affairs with the going out with Usama, and it was not like by himsaww that they would have both opposed. When hesaww heard from Ayesha and Hafsa what hesaww heard, hesaww knew that they had both delayed from hissaww order. Hesaww rushed to stop the Fitna and removal of the doubt.

فَقَامَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ- وَ إِنَّهُ لَا يَسْتَقِلُّ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مِنَ الضَّعْفِ- فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَ الْفَضْلُ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ، فَاعْتَمَدَ عَلَيْهِمَا وَ رِجْلَاهُ يَخُطَّانِ‏ الْأَرْضَ مِنَ الضَّعْفِ،

Hesaww stood up, and hesaww could not stand upon the ground out of weakness, so hesaww held a hand of Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws and Al-Fazl Bin Al-Abbas, and hesaww leaned upon them and hissaww legs were dragging on the ground out of weakness.

فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ وَجَدَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَ قَدْ سَبَقَ إِلَى الْمِحْرَابِ، فَأَوْمَأَ إِلَيْهِ بِيَدِهِ أَنْ تَأَخَّرْ عَنْهُ، فَتَأَخَّرَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَ قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مَقَامَهُ، فَقَامَ وَ كَبَّرَ وَ ابْتَدَأَ الصَّلَاةَ الَّتِي كَانَ ابْتَدَأَهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَ لَمْ يَبْنِ عَلَى مَا مَضَى مِنْ فِعَالِهِ،

When hesaww went out to the Masjid, hesaww found Abu Bakr and he has preceded to the prayer niche. Hesaww gestured to him by hissaww hand to delay from it. Abu Bakr delayed, and Rasool-Allahsaww stood in his place. Heazwj stood and exclaimed Takbeer and began the Salat which Abu Bakr had already begun it, and it was not clear upon what had passed from his deed.

فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ انْصَرَفَ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ، وَ اسْتَدْعَى أَبَا بَكْرٍ وَ عُمَرَ وَ جَمَاعَةً مِمَّنْ حَضَرَ الْمَسْجِدَ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَ لَمْ آمُرْ أَنْ تُنَفِّذُوا جَيْشَ أُسَامَةَ؟!.

When hesaww performed Salaam, hesaww left to go to hissaww house, and hesaww summoned Abu Bakr and Umar and a group from the ones from the Muslims who were present in the Masjid, then said: ‘Did Isaww not order you to enforce the army of Usama?!’

فَقَالُوا: بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ (ص)!. قَالَ: فَلِمَ تَأَخَّرْتُمْ عَنْ أَمْرِي؟!. قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: إِنِّي‏ خَرَجْتُ ثُمَّ رَجَعْتُ لِأُجَدِّدَ بِكَ عَهْداً. وَ قَالَ عُمَرُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ (ص) إِنِّي لَمْ أَخْرُجْ، لِأَنَّنِي لَمْ أُحِبَّ أَنْ أَسْأَلَ عَنْكَ الرَّكْبَ. فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: نَفِّذُوا جَيْشَ أُسَامَةَ .. يُكَرِّرُهَا ثَلَاثاً.

‘They said, ‘Yes, O Rasool-Allahsaww!’ Hesaww said: ‘Then why did you delay from mysaww order?!’ Abu Bakr said, ‘I had gone out, then I returned to renew the pact with yousaww’. And Umar said, ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! I did not go out because I did not like to ask the riders about yousaww’. The Prophetsaww said: ‘Enforce the army of Usama!’ – reiterating it thrice’’.³⁰⁰

الثالث: ما جرى منه في أمر فدك،

The third – what flowed from him regarding the matter of Fadak

و قد تقدّم القول فيه مفصّلا فلا نعيده‏.

And the word has preceded regarding it in detail, so we shall not repeat it.

الرابع: أَنَّهُ قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ- مَعَ كَوْنِهِ وَلِيّاً وَ نَاصِراً لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ

The fourth – (What) Umar Bin Al-Khattab said, along with his becoming a friend and a helper to Abu Bakr.

وَ قَدْ رَوَى الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ عَدِيٍّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ‏ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، قَالَ: ذُكِرَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَ عُمَرُ عِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: كَانَا وَ اللَّهِ شَمْسَيْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ وَ نُورَيْهَا. فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ عُمَرَ: وَ مَا يُدْرِيكَ؟. فَقَالَ لَهُ الرَّجُلُ: أَ وَ لَيْسَ قَدِ ائْتَلَفَا؟.

And it has been reported by Al Haysam Bin Aday, from Abdullah Bin Abbas Al Hamdany, from Saeed Bin Jubeyr who said,

‘Abu Bakr and Umar were mentioned in the presence of Abdullah Bin Umar. A man said, ‘By Allahazwj! They were both the suns of this community and its radiance’. Ibn Umar said, ‘And what made you realise that?’ The man said to him, ‘Had they not been concordant?’

فَقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ: بَلِ اخْتَلَفَا لَوْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ، وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنِّي كُنْتُ‏ عِنْدَ أَبِي يَوْماً وَ قَدْ أَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَحْبِسَ‏ النَّاسَ عَنْهُ، فَاسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَيْهِ‏ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: دُوَيْبَةُ سَوْءٍ وَ لَهُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَبِيهِ، فَأَوْجَسَنِي ذَلِكَ‏، فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَبَتِ! عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَبِيهِ؟!. فَقَالَ‏: وَ مَنْ لَيْسَ خَيْراً مِنْ أَبِيهِ لَا أُمَّ لَكَ، ائْذَنْ لِعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ،

Ibn Umar said, ‘But they differed, if only you knew, and I testified that I was in the presence of my father one day and he had instructed me to withhold the people from him. Abdul Rahman and Abu Bakr sought permission to see him. Umar said, ‘And evil vermin, and he is better than his father’. That rattled me, so I said, ‘O father! Abdul Rahman is better than his father?!’ He said, ‘And one who isn’t better than his father, may there be no mother for you! Give permission to Abdul Rahman’.

فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ فَكَلَّمَهُ فِي الْحُطَيْئَةِ الشَّاعِرِ أَنْ يَرْضَى عَنْهُ- وَ كَانَ عُمَرُ قَدْ حَبَسَهُ فِي شِعْرٍ قَالَهُ-، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: إِنَّ الْحُطَيْئَةَ لَبَذِيٌّ فَدَعْنِي أُقَوِّمْهُ بِطُولِ الْحَبْسِ، فَأَلَحَّ عَلَيْهِ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ وَ أَبَى عُمَرُ، وَ خَرَجَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيَّ أَبِي، فَقَالَ: أَ فِي غَفْلَةٍ أَنْتَ إِلَى يَوْمِكَ هَذَا عَمَّا كَانَ مِنْ تَقَدُّمِ أُحَيْمِقِ بَنِي تَيْمٍ عَلَيَّ وَ ظُلْمِهِ لِي؟!.

He entered to see him and spoke to him regarding Al-Huteiya the poet then he be pleased from him – and Umar had imprisoned him regarding a poem he had said. Umar said, ‘Al-Huteiya offended me, so leave me to straighten him by the prolonged imprisonment’. Abdul Rahman and Abu Umar insisted upon it, and Abdul Rahman went out. My father turned to me and said, ‘Are you still heedless up to this day of yours from what had happened from the precedence of the clan of Taym against me and his injustice to me?!

فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَبَتِ! لَا عِلْمَ لِي بِمَا كَانَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ. فَقَالَ: يَا بُنَيَّ! وَ مَا عَسَيْتَ أَنْ تَعْلَمَ؟. فَقُلْتُ: وَ اللَّهِ لَهُوَ أَحَبُّ إِلَى النَّاسِ مِنْ ضِيَاءِ أَبْصَارِهِمْ. قَالَ: إِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَكَذَلِكَ عَلَى زَعْمِ‏ أَبِيكَ وَ سَخَطِهِ. فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَبَتِ! أَ فَلَا تَحْكِي عَنْ فِعْلِهِ بِمَوْقِفٍ فِي النَّاسِ تُبَيِّنُ ذَلِكَ لَهُمْ.

I said, ‘O father! There is no knowledge for me with what has happened from that’. He said, ‘O my son! And what would you like to know?’ I said, ‘By Allahazwj! He is more beloved to the people than the illumination of their eyes’. He said, ‘If that is like that, it is upon the rubbing of your father’s nose and his anger’. I said, ‘O father! Will you not tell me about his deed, with a situation among the people to clarify that to them?’

قَالَ: وَ كَيْفَ لِي بِذَلِكَ مَعَ مَا ذَكَرْتَ أَنَّهُ أَحَبُّ إِلَى النَّاسِ مِنْ ضِيَاءِ أَبْصَارِهِمْ؟ إِذَنْ يُرْضَخَ رَأْسُ أَبِيكَ بِالْجَنْدَلِ‏.

He said, ‘And how can that be for me with what you mentioned that he is more beloved to the people than the illumination of their eyes? Then break your father’s head with the stones’.

قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ: ثُمَّ تَجَاسَرَ وَ اللَّهِ فَجَسَرَ فَمَا دَارَتِ الْجُمُعَةُ حَتَّى قَامَ خَطِيباً فِي النَّاسِ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ! إِنَّ بَيْعَةَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ كَانَتْ فَلْتَةً وَقَى اللَّهُ شَرَّهَا فَمَنْ دَعَاكُمْ إِلَى مِثْلِهَا فَاقْتُلُوهُ.

Ibn Umar said, ‘Then you be daring, by Allahazwj!’ He dared, and the Friday had not come until he stood addressing among the people. He said, ‘O you people! Surely, the allegiance to Abu Bakr was a mistake, Allahazwj Saved from its evil. So, the one who calls you to the like of it, kill him!’’³⁰¹

و روى الهيثم بن عدي- أيضا-، عن مجالد بن سعيد، قال‏: غدوت يوما إلى الشعبي- و إنّما أريد أن أسأله عن شي‏ء بلغني عن ابن مسعود أنّه كان يقول-، فأتيته في مسجد حيّة- و في المسجد قوم ينتظرونه- فخرج، فتقرّبت إليه‏، و قلت: أصلحك اللّه! كان ابن مسعود يقول: ما كنت محدّثا قوما حديثا لا يبلغه عقولهم إلّا كان لبعضهم فتنة؟. قال: نعم، قد كان ابن مسعود يقول ذلك. و كان‏ ابن عباس يقوله أيضا، و كان عند ابن عباس دفائن علم يعطيها أهلها، و يصرفها عن غيرهم؟

And it is reported by Al-Haysam Bin Aday, as well, from Mujalad Bin Saeed who said, ‘One day I went to Al-Shabi, and rather I intended to ask him about something which had reached me from Ibn Masoud that he was saying, and I had come to him in Masjid Hayyah, and there was a group in the Masjid awaiting him. He came out, so I went near him and said, ‘May Allahazwj Keep you well! Ibn Masoud had said, ‘I will not narrate a hadeeth to a people their intellects have not matured, except it would be a Fitna to some of them?’ He said, ‘Yes, Ibn Masoud had said that, and Ibn Abbas was saying that as well, and with Ibn Abbas had a lot of knowledge he gave to its rightful ones, and turned it away from others?’

فبينا نحن كذلك إذ أقبل رجل من الأزد فجلس إلينا فأخذنا في ذكر أبي بكر و عمر، فضحك الشعبي و قال: لقد كان في صدر عمر ضبّ على أبي بكر. فقال الأزدي: و اللّه ما رأينا و لا سمعنا برجل قطّ كان أسلس قيادا لرجل و لا أقول‏ بالجميل فيه من عمر في أبي بكر،

While we were like that when a man from Al-Azd came and sat to us. We took in mentioning Abu Bakr and Umar. Al-Shabi laughed and said, ‘There was a grudge in the chest of Umar against Abu Bakr’. Al-Azdy said, ‘By Allahazwj! We have neither seen nor heard of any man at all smoothening the leadership for a man nor saying the beautiful regarding him than Umar regarding Abu Bakr’.

فأقبل عليّ الشعبي‏ فقال: هذا ممّا سألت عنه، ثم أقبل على الرجل فقال: يا أخا الأزد! كيف تصنع بالفلتة التي وقى اللّه شرّها؟! أ ترى عدوّا يقول في عدوّ يريد أن يهدم ما بنى لنفسه في الناس أكثر من قول عمر في أبي بكر.

Al-Shabi turned towards me and said, ‘This is from what you asked about’. Then he turned towards the man and said, ‘O brother of Al-Azd! How would you deal with the mistake which Allahazwj Saved from its evil?! Have you seen any enemy saying regarding an enemy intending to demolish what he had built for himself among the people, any more than the words of Umar regarding Abu Bakr?’

فقال الرجل: سبحان اللّه! يا أبا عمرو! و أنت تقول ذلك؟!. فقال الشعبي: أنا أقوله، قاله عمر بن الخطاب على رءوس الأشهاد، فلمه أو دع! فنهض الرجل مغضبا و هو يهمهم‏ بشي‏ء لم أفهمه‏،

The man said, ‘Glory be to Allahazwj, O Abu Amro! And you are saying that?!’ Al-Shabi said, ‘I am saying it. Umar Bin Al-Khattab had said it upon the heads of the ones present, so blame him or leave (it)!’ The man got up angered and he was saying something hesitantly I did not understand.

فقال مجالد: فقلت للشعبي: ما أحسب هذا الرجل إلّا سينقل عنك هذا الكلام إلى الناس و يبثّه فيهم .. قال: إذا و اللّه لا أحفل به، و شي‏ء لم يحفل به عمر بن الخطاب حين قام على رءوس المهاجرين و الأنصار أحفل به أنا؟! و أنتم‏ أيضا فأذيعوه عنّي ما بدا لكم‏.

Mujalad said, ‘I said to Al-Shabi, ‘I do not reckon of this man except that he will transmit this talk to the people and agitate among them’. He said, ‘Then, by Allahazwj, I do not care of it, and something Umar Bin Al-Khattab did not care with it when he stood upon the heads of the Emigrants and the Helpers, I should care of it?! And you as well, broadcast it from me whatever comes to you’’.³⁰²

وَ رَوَى‏ شَرِيكُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ النَّخَعِيُّ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ، قَالَ: حَجَجْتُ مَعَ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ، فَلَمَّا نَزَلْنَا وَ عَظُمَ النَّاسُ، خَرَجْتُ مِنْ رَحْلِي أُرِيدُ عُمَرَ فَلَقِيَنِي مُغِيرَةُ بْنُ شُعْبَةَ فَرَافَقَنِي، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَيْنَ تُرِيدُ؟. فَقُلْتُ: أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عُمَرَ، فَهَلْ لَكَ؟. قَالَ: نَعَمْ،

And it is narrated by Shareek Bin Abdullah Al Nakhaie, from Muhammad Bin Amro Bin Murra, from his father, from Abdullah Bin Salama, from Abu Musa Al Ashari who said,

‘I performed Hajj with Umar Bin Al-Khattab. When we descended and the people were a lot, I went out from my riding animal intending Umar. Mugheira Bin Shu’ba met me and befriended me, then said, ‘Where are you intending?’ I said, ‘Commander of the faithful Umar. Is it for you (to see him as well)?’ He said, ‘Yes’.

قَالَ: فَانْطَلَقْنَا نُرِيدُ رَحْلَ عُمَرَ، فَإِنَّا لَفِي طَرِيقِنَا إِذْ ذَكَرْنَا تَوَلِّيَ عُمَرَ، وَ قِيَامَهُ بِمَا هُوَ فِيهِ، وَ حِيَاطَتَهُ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ، وَ نُهُوضَهُ بِمَا قَبِلَهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ خَرَجْنَا إِلَى ذِكْرِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، فَقُلْتُ‏ لِلْمُغِيرَةِ، يَا لَكَ الْخَيْرُ! لَقَدْ كَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُسَدَّداً فِي عُمَرَ كَأَنَّهُ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى قِيَامِهِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ وَ جِدِّهِ وَ اجْتِهَادِهِ وَ عَنَائِهِ‏ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ.

He said, ‘We went intending the riding animal of Umar. We were in the road when we mentioned the rule of Umar and his standing with what he is in, and his surrounding upon Al-Islam, and his rising with what was before him from that. Then we went on to mention Abu Bakr. I said to Al-Mugheira, O, for you is the news! Abu Bakr has been aspiring regarding Umar, as if he was looking at his standing from after him, and his efforts and his struggles and his troubles regarding Al-Islam’.

فَقَالَ الْمُغِيرَةُ: لَقَدْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ، وَ إِنْ كَانَ قَوْمٌ كَرِهُوا وَلَايَةَ عُمَرَ لِيَزْوُوهَا عَنْهُ، وَ مَا كَانَ لَهُمْ فِي ذَلِكَ مِنْ حَظٍّ. فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: لَا أَبَا لَكَ! وَ مَنِ الْقَوْمُ‏ الَّذِينَ كَرِهُوا ذَلِكَ مِنْ‏ عُمَرَ؟. فَقَالَ لِيَ الْمُغِيرَةُ: لِلَّهِ أَنْتَ كَأَنَّكَ فِي غَفْلَةٍ لَا تَعْرِفُ هَذَا الْحَيَّ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، وَ مَا قَدْ خُصُّوا بِهِ مِنَ الْحَسَدِ؟. فَوَ اللَّهِ لَوْ كَانَ هَذَا الْحَسَدُ يُدْرَكُ بِحِسَابٍ لَكَانَ لِقُرَيْشٍ تِسْعَةُ أَعْشَارِ الْحَسَدِ وَ لِلنَّاسِ كُلِّهِمْ عُشْرٌ.

Al-Mugheira said, ‘That has happened, and even thought a group disliked the governance of Umar in order to impede it from him, and there was no share for them in that’. I said to him, ‘May there be no father for you! And who is the group, those who disliked that from Umar?’ Al-Mugheira said to me, ‘By Allahazwj! It is as if you in heedlessness, not recognising this tribe from Quraysh, and what they have been specialising in, from the envy? By Allahazwj! If this envy were to be realised by accounting, there would be for Quraysh nine-tenth, and for the people, all of them, would be a tenth (between them)’.

فَقُلْتُ: مَهْ يَا مُغِيرَةُ! فَإِنَّ قُرَيْشاً بَانَتْ‏ بِفَضْلِهَا عَلَى النَّاسِ .. وَ لَمْ نَزَلْ فِي مِثْلِ‏ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى انْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى رَحْلِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ فَلَمْ نَجِدْهُ‏، فَسَأَلْنَا عَنْهُ، فَقِيلَ: خَرَجَ آنِفاً، فَمَضَيْنَا نقفوا [نَقْفُو] أَثَرَهُ حَتَّى دَخَلْنَا الْمَسْجِدَ، فَإِذَا عُمَرُ يَطُوفُ بِالْبَيْتِ، فَطُفْنَا مَعَهُ،

I said, ‘Shh, O Mugheira! Quraysh are built with their merit over the people’. And we continued in the like of that until we ended to the riding animal of Umar Bin Al-Khattab, but could not find him. We asked about him, and it was said, ‘He just went out’. We went out in his tracks until we entered the (Sacred) Masjid, and there was Umar performing Tawaaf of the House (Kabah). So, we performed Tawaaf along with him.

فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ دَخَلَ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَ الْمُغِيرَةِ فَتَوَكَّأَ عَلَى الْمُغِيرَةِ، وَ قَالَ‏: مِنْ أَيْنَ جِئْتُمَا؟. فَقُلْنَا: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ! خَرَجْنَا نُرِيدُكَ فَأَتَيْنَا رَحْلَكَ فَقِيلَ لَنَا خَرَجَ يُرِيدُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَاتَّبَعْنَاكَ.

When he was free, he entered to be between me and Al-Mugheira and leant upon Al-Mugheira and said, ‘Where have you two come from?’ We said, ‘O commander of the faithful! We came out intending you. We came to your riding animal and it was said to us you had gone out intending the (Sacred) Masjid, so we followed you’.

قَالَ: تَبِعَكُمَا الْخَيْرُ، ثُمَّ إِنَّ الْمُغِيرَةَ نَظَرَ إِلَيَّ وَ تَبَسَّمَ‏، فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ: مِمَّ تَبَسَّمْتَ أَيُّهَا الْعَبْدُ؟. فَقَالَ‏: مِنْ حَدِيثٍ كُنْتُ أَنَا وَ أَبُو مُوسَى فِيهِ آنِفاً فِي طَرِيقِنَا إِلَيْكَ. فَقَالَ‏: وَ مَا ذَاكَ الْحَدِيثُ؟ .. فَقَصَصْنَا عَلَيْهِ الْخَبَرَ حَتَّى بَلَغْنَا ذِكْرَ حَسَدِ قُرَيْشٍ وَ ذِكْرَ مَنْ أَرَادَ صَرْفَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنِ اسْتِخْلَافِهِ‏،

He said, ‘You followed the good’. Then Al-Mugheira looked at me and smiled. Umar Looked at him and said, ‘What are you smiling from, O servant?’ He said, ‘From a discussion which I and Abu Musa were in just now on our way to you’. He said, ‘And what is that discussion?’ We narrated the discussion to him until we reached mention of envy of Quraysh, and mentioned the ones who wanted to turn Abu Bakr away from his caliphate.

فَتَنَفَّسَ الصُّعَدَاءَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ يَا مُغِيرَةُ، وَ مَا تِسْعَةُ أَعْشَارِ الْحَسَدِ؟! إِنَّ فِيهَا لَتِسْعَةُ أَعْشَارِ الْحَسَدِ كَمَا ذَكَرْتَ‏ وَ تِسْعَةُ أَعْشَارِ الْعُشْرِ، وَ فِي النَّاسِ عُشْرُ الْعُشْرِ، وَ قُرَيْشٌ شُرَكَاؤُهُمْ فِي عُشْرِ الْعُشْرِ أَيْضاً،

He breathed a sigh of relief, then said, ‘May your mother be bereft of you, O Mugheira! And what is nine-tenths of the envy? In them there is nine-tenths of the envy just as you mentioned, and nine-tenths of the tenth, and in the people is a tenth of a tenth (between them), and Quraysh are their participants in the tenth of the tenth as well’.

ثُمَّ سَكَتَ مَلِيّاً وَ هُوَ يَتَهَادَى بَيْنَنَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَ لَا أُخْبِرُكُمَا بِأَحْسَدِ قُرَيْشٍ‏ كُلِّهَا؟!. قُلْنَا: بَلَى يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ. قَالَ: أَ وَ عَلَيْكُمَا ثِيَابُكُمَا؟. قُلْنَا: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: وَ كَيْفَ بِذَلِكَ وَ أَنْتُمَا مُلْبَسَانِ ثِيَابَكُمَا؟!. قُلْنَا لَهُ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ! وَ مَا بَالُ الثِّيَابِ؟.

Then he was silent for a while and he was wobbling between us, then he said, ‘Shall I inform you two with the most envious of Quraysh, all of it?!’ We said, ‘Yes, O commander of the faithful’. He said, ‘Are there clothes upon you?’ We said, ‘Yes’. He said, ‘And how can it be that and you are both wearing your clothes?!’ We said to him, ‘O commander of the faithful! And what is the matter with the clothes?’

قَالَ: خَوْفُ الْإِذَاعَةِ مِنَ الثِّيَابِ. فَقُلْتُ لَهُ‏: أَ تَخَافُ الْإِذَاعَةَ مِنَ الثِّيَابِ، فَأَنْتَ وَ اللَّهِ مِنْ مُلْبَسِي‏ الثِّيَابِ أَخْوَفُ، وَ مَا الثِّيَابَ أَرَدْتَ!. قَالَ: هُوَ ذَلِكَ، فَانْطَلَقَ وَ انْطَلَقْنَا مَعَهُ حَتَّى انْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى رَحْلِهِ فَخَلَّى أَيْدِيَنَا مِنْ يَدِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: لَا تَرِيمَا .. ثُمَّ دَخَلَ،

He said, ‘Fear of the broadcasting from the clothes’. I said to him, ‘Are you fearing the broadcasting from the clothe? By Allahasws! You are from the most covered with the clothes and more frightening. And what clothes do you intend?’ He said, ‘It is that’. He went and we went with him until we ended up to his riding animal. He let go of our hands from his hands, then said, ‘Do not rest’. Then he entered (the house).

فَقُلْتُ لِلْمُغِيرَةِ: لَا أَبَا لَكَ لَقَدْ عَثَرْنَا بِكَلَامِنَا مَعَهُ‏ وَ مَا كُنَّا فِيهِ وَ مَا رآه [نَرَاهُ‏] حَبَسَنَا إِلَّا لِيُذَاكِرَنَا إِيَّاهَا.

I said to Al-Mugheira, ‘May there be no father for you! We have stumbled with our talk with him, and what we had been (discussing) in, and we do not see him imprisoning us except due to our mentioning it to him’.

قَالَ: فَإِنَّا لَكَذَلِكَ إِذْ خَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا آذِنُهُ، فَقَالَ: ادْخُلَا، فَدَخَلْنَا، فَإِذَا عُمَرُ مُسْتَلْقٍ عَلَى بَرْذَعَةِ الرَّحْلِ، فَلَمَّا دَخَلْنَا أَنْشَأَ يَتَمَثَّلُ بِبَيْتِ كَعْبِ بْنِ زُهَيْرٍ:

لَا تُفْشِ سِرَّكَ إِلَّا عِنْدَ ذِي ثِقَةٍ

أَوْلَى وَ أَفْضَلَ‏ مَا اسْتَوْدَعْتَ أَسْرَاراً

صَدْراً رَحِيباً وَ قَلْباً وَاسِعاً ضَمِنَا

لَا تَخْشَ مِنْهُ إِذَا أَوْدَعْتَ إِظْهَاراً

He (the narrator) said, ‘We were like that when his guard came out to us and said, ‘Enter!’ We entered (the house), and there was Umar lying upon the luggage. When we entered, he prosed resembling with the couplets of Ka’ab Bin Zuheyr, ‘Do not reveal your secret except in the presence of the trustworthy one. First and best is what you to keep the secrets. A generous chest implies a wide heart. Do not fear from him when you have apparently deposited’.

فَعَلِمْنَا أَنَّهُ يُرِيدُ أَنْ نَضْمَنَ لَهُ كِتْمَانَ حَدِيثِهِ، فَقُلْتُ أَنَا لَهُ‏: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ! أَكْرِمْنَا وَ خُصَّنَا وَ صِلْنَا. فَقَالَ: بِمَا ذَا يَا أَخَا الْأَشْعَرِيِّينِ؟. قُلْتُ‏: بِإِفْشَاءِ سِرِّكَ إِلَيْنَا وَ إِشْرَاكِنَا فِي هَمِّكَ، فَنِعْمَ الْمُسْتَسَرَّانِ نَحْنُ لَكَ‏. فَقَالَ: إِنَّكُمَا لَكَذَلِكَ، فَاسْأَلَا عَمَّا بَدَا لَكُمَا؟

We knew that he wanted us to guarantee to him the concealment of his narration. I said to him, ‘O commander of the faithful! Honour us and specialise us and burden us (with it)’. He said, ‘With what is that, O brother of Al-Ashareen?’ I said, ‘With revealing your secret to us and your participating us in your worries. We shall be good secret holders for you’. He said, ‘You are both like that, so you can ask whatever comes to you’.

ثُمَ‏ قَالَ: فَقَامَ إِلَى الْبَابِ لِيُغْلِقَهُ، فَإِذَا آذِنُهُ الَّذِي أَذِنَ لَنَا عَلَيْهِ فِي الْحُجْرَةِ، فَقَالَ: امْضِ عَنَّا- لَا أُمَّ لَكَ-، فَخَرَجَ وَ أَغْلَقَ الْبَابَ خَلْفَهُ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ وَ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا، وَ قَالَ‏: سَلَا تُخْبَرَا. قُلْنَا: نُرِيدُ أَنْ تُخْبِرَنَا يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ‏ بِأَحْسَدِ قُرَيْشٍ الَّذِي لَمْ تَأْمَنْ ثِيَابَنَا عَلَى ذِكْرِهِ لَنَا.

Then he (the narrator) said, ‘He stood to the door and locked it, and there was his guard who had permitted us to see him in the room. He said, ‘Go away from us, may there be no mother for you!’ He went out and he locked the door behind him. Then he sat down and faced towards us and said, ‘Ask, you will be informed’. We said, ‘We want you to inform us, O commander of the faithful, with the most envious of Quraysh, the one whom you did not even trust our clothes upon mentioning it to us’.

فَقَالَ: سَأَلْتُمَا عَنْ مُعْضِلَةٍ وَ سَأُخْبِرُكُمَا، فَلْيَكُنْ‏ عِنْدَكُمَا فِي ذِمَّةٍ مَنِيعَةٍ وَ حِرْزٍ مَا بَقِيتُ، فَإِذَا مِتُّ فَشَأْنَكُمَا وَ مَا أَحْبَبْتُمَا مِنْ إِظْهَارٍ أَوْ كِتْمَانٍ. قُلْنَا: فَإِنَّ لَكَ عِنْدَنَا ذَلِكَ.

He said, ‘You have asked about a dilemma and I shall inform you two with it, so let it be with you in an impenetrable guarantee and a protection for as long I remain. When I die, then it is your concern, and whatever you like from manifesting or concealing’. We said, ‘For you with us, is that’.

قَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى: وَ أَنَا أَقُولُ فِي نَفْسِي مَا أَظُنُّهُ يُرِيدُ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ كَرِهُوا اسْتِخْلَافَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ لَهُ كَطَلْحَةَ وَ غَيْرِهِ، فَإِنَّهُمْ قَالُوا: لَا يَسْتَخْلِفُ عَلَيْنَا فَظّاً غَلِيظاً، وَ إِذَا هُوَ يَذْهَبُ إِلَى غَيْرِ مَا فِي نَفْسِي.

Abu Musa said, ‘And I said within myself, ‘I don’t think he intends except the ones who disliked the caliphate of Abu Bakr for him, like Talha and others, for they had said, ‘A rude harsh one has become a caliph upon us’, and there he was going to other than what was in myself’.

فَعَادَ إِلَى التَّنَفُّسِ، فَقَالَ‏: مَنْ تَرَيَانِهِ؟. قُلْنَا: وَ اللَّهِ مَا نَدْرِي إِلَّا ظَنّاً. قَالَ: وَ مَنْ تَظُنَّانِ؟. قُلْنَا: عَسَاكَ‏ تُرِيدُ الْقَوْمَ الَّذِينَ أَرَادُوا أَبَا بَكْرٍ عَلَى صَرْفِ‏ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ عَنْكَ.

He repeated to the sighing. He said, ‘Who do you see him to be?’ We said, ‘By Allahazwj! We do not know except a guess’. He said, ‘And who is your guess?’ We said, ‘Perhaps you intend the group, those who wanted to turn this command away from Abu Bakr’.

قَالَ: كَلَّا وَ اللَّهِ‏، بَلْ كَانَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَعَقَّ وَ أَظْلَمَ، هُوَ الَّذِي سَأَلْتُمَا عَنْهُ، كَانَ وَ اللَّهِ أَحْسَدَ قُرَيْشٍ كُلِّهَا، ثُمَّ أَطْرَقَ طَوِيلًا فَنَظَرَ إِلَيَّ الْمُغِيرَةُ وَ نَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ، وَ أَطْرَقْنَا مَلِيّاً لِإِطْرَاقِهِ‏، وَ طَالَ السُّكُوتُ مِنَّا وَ مِنْهُ حَتَّى ظَنَنَّا أَنَّهُ قَدْ نَدِمَ عَلَى مَا بَدَا مِنْهُ،

He said, ‘Never, by Allahazwj! But Abu Bakr was the most disrespectful and the most unjust. He is the one you two are asking about. By Allahazwj! He was the most envious of Quraysh, all of them!’ Then he lowered his head for a long time. Al-Mugheira looked at me and I looked at him, and we lowered our heads for a while to his lowering, and the silence prolonged from us and him, until we thought that he had regretted upon what had appeared from him.

ثُمَّ قَالَ: وَا لَهْفَاهْ! عَلَى ضَئِيلِ بَنِي تَمِيمِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ، لَقَدْ تَقَدَّمَنِي ظَالِماً وَ خَرَجَ إِلَيَّ مِنْهَا آثِماً.

Then he said, ‘Oh its regret! Upon the insignificant (clan of) Taym Bin Murrah. He had preceded me unjustly and came out sinful from it to me’.

فَقَالَ لَهُ الْمُغِيرَةُ: أَمَّا تَقَدُّمُهُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ظَالِماً فَقَدْ عَرَفْنَاهُ‏، فَكَيْفَ‏ خَرَجَ إِلَيْكَ مِنْهَا آثِماً؟.

Al-Mugheira said to him, ‘As for his preceding over you unjustly, O commander of the faithful, we have recognised it, but how did he come out sinful from it to you?’

قَالَ: ذَلِكَ لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَخْرُجْ إِلَيَّ مِنْهَا إِلَّا بَعْدَ يَأْسٍ مِنْهَا، أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ لَوْ كُنْتُ أَطَعْتُ زَيْدَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ وَ أَصْحَابَهُ لَمْ يَتَلَمَّظْ مِنْ حَلَاوَتِهَا بِشَيْ‏ءٍ أَبَداً، وَ لَكِنِّي قَدَّمْتُ وَ أَخَّرْتُ، وَ صَعِدْتُ وَ صَوَّبْتُ، وَ نَقَضْتُ وَ أَبْرَمْتُ، فَلَمْ أَجِدْ إِلَّا الْإِغْضَاءَ عَلَى مَا نَشِبَ بِهِ مِنْهَا وَ التَّلَهُّفَ عَلَى نَفْسِي‏، وَ أَمَّلْتُ إِنَابَتَهُ وَ رُجُوعَهُ، فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا فَعَلَ حَتَّى فَرَغَ مِنْهَا بَشِيماً.

He said, ‘That is because he did not come out to me from it except after problems from it. But by Allahazwj! If I had obeyed Zayd Bin Al-Khattab and his companions, I would not have smacked by lips from its sweetness with any, ever. But I went ahead and delayed, and I ascended and corrected, and I broke and concluded, but I did not find except frustration upon what he arose with from it, and the eagerness upon myself, and I dictated his reassurance and its (caliphate’s) return. By Allahazwj! He did not do so until he was free from it’.

قَالَ الْمُغِيرَةُ: فَمَا مَنَعَكَ مِنْهَا يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ! وَ قَدْ عَرَضَهَا عَلَيْكَ يَوْمَ السَّقِيفَةِ بِدُعَائِكَ إِلَيْهَا؟!. ثُمَّ أَنْتَ الْآنَ تَنْقِمُ وَ تَتَأَسَّفُ‏. فَقَالَ: ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ يَا مُغِيرَةُ! إِنِّي كُنْتُ لَأَعُدُّكَ مِنْ دُهَاةِ الْعَرَبِ، كَأَنَّكَ كُنْتَ غَائِباً عَمَّا هُنَاكَ، إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ كَادَنِي فَكِدْتُهُ، وَ مَاكَرَنِي فَمَاكَرْتُهُ، وَ أَلْفَانِي أَحْذَرَ مِنْ قَطَاةٍ،

Al-Mugheira said, ‘What prevented you from it, O commander of the faithful, and it was presented to you on the day of Al-Saqeefa, with calling to it?! Then, now you are vengeful and regretting’. He said, ‘May your mother be bereft of you, O Mugheira! I was going to promise you from the village Arabs, it is as if you were absent from what is over there. The man double-crossed me so I double-crossed him, and he plotted against me so I plotted against him, and joined me more cautiously than a cat.

إِنَّهُ لَمَّا رَأَى شَغَفَ‏ النَّاسِ بِهِ وَ إِقْبَالَهُمْ بِوُجُوهِهِمْ عَلَيْهِ، أَيْقَنَ أَنَّهُمْ لَا يُرِيدُونَ‏ بِهِ بَدَلًا، فَأَحَبَّ لَمَّا رَأَى مِنْ حِرْصِ النَّاسِ عَلَيْهِ وَ شَغَفِهِمْ‏ بِهِ أَنْ يَعْلَمَ مَا عِنْدِي، وَ هَلْ تُنَازِعُنِي نَفْسِي إِلَيْهَا، وَ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَبْلُوَنِي بِإِطْمَاعِي فِيهَا وَ التَّعْرِيضِ لِي بِهَا، وَ قَدْ عَلِمَ وَ عَلِمْتُ لَوْ قَبِلْتُ مَا عَرَضَهُ عَلَيَّ لَمْ يُجِبِ‏ النَّاسُ إِلَى ذَلِكَ،

When he saw the passion of the people with him and their acceptance by their faces upon it, he became certain that they will not want any replacement with him. When I saw the eagerness of the people upon him and their passion with him, I loved to know what is with me, could I contend myself to it? And I loved to feel uncomfortable regarding it and the exposure to me with it, and he knew and I knew, if I had accepted what had been presented to me, the people would not have answered to that.

فَأَلْفَانِي‏ قَائِماً عَلَى أَخْمَصِي مُسْتَوْفِزاً حَذِراً وَ لَوْ أَجَبْتُهُ إِلَى قَبُولِهَا لَمْ يُسَلِّمِ النَّاسُ‏ إِلَى ذَلِكَ، وَ اخْتَبَأَهَا ضَغَناً عَلَيَ‏ فِي قَلْبِهِ، وَ لَمْ آمَنْ غَائِلَتَهُ وَ لَوْ بَعْدَ حِينٍ، مَعَ مَا بَدَا لِي مِنْ كَرَاهَةِ النَّاسِ لِي، أَ مَا سَمِعْتَ نِدَاءَهُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ نَاحِيَةٍ عِنْدَ عَرْضِهَا عَلَيَّ: لَا نُرِيدُ سِوَاكَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ، أَنْتَ لَهَا،

He met me standing upon my toes asking for caution, and if I had answered him to accepting it, the people would not have submitted to that, and he hid the grudges upon me in his heart, and I was not safe of his neglect and even if it was after a while, along with what had appeared to me from the abhorrence of the people to me. Did you not hear their calls from every corner during it (caliphate) being presented to me, ‘We do not want anyone besides you, O Abu Bakr! You are for it!’?

فَرَدَدْتُهَا إِلَيْهِ فَعِنْدَ ذَلِكَ رَأَيْتُهُ وَ قَدِ الْتَمَعَ وَجْهُهُ لِذَلِكَ سُرُوراً، وَ لَقَدْ عَاتَبَنِي‏ مَرَّةً عَلَى كَلَامٍ‏ بَلَغَهُ عَنِّي، وَ ذَلِكَ لَمَّا قُدِّمَ عَلَيْهِ‏ بِالْأَشْعَثِ أَسِيراً فَمَنَّ عَلَيْهِ وَ أَطْلَقَهُ وَ زَوَّجَهُ أُخْتَهُ أُمَّ فَرْوَةَ بِنْتَ أَبِي قُحَافَةَ،

So, I returned it to him. During that, I saw him and his greedy face had cheered to that, and he had faulted me once upon some talk from me that had reached him, and that is due to what I had arrive to him with Al-Ash’as as a captive. He conferred upon him and feed him, and got him married to his sister Umm Farwa daughter of Abu Qohafa.

فَقُلْتُ لِلْأَشْعَثِ- وَ هُوَ قَاعِدٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ‏-: يَا عَدُوَّ اللَّهِ! أَ كَفَرْتَ بَعْدَ إِسْلَامِكَ، وَ ارْتَدَدْتَ نَاكِصاً عَلَى عَقِبَيْكَ، فَنَظَرَ إِلَيَّ الْأَشْعَثُ نَظَراً شَزْراً عَلِمْتُ أَنَّهُ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُكَلِّمَنِي بِكَلَامٍ فِي نَفْسِي، ثُمَّ لَقِيَنِي‏ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فِي بَعْضِ سِكَكِ الْمَدِينَةِ فَرَافَقَنِي، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي: أَنْتَ صَاحِبُ الْكَلَامِ يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ؟!.

I said to Al-Ash’as, and he was seated in front of him, ‘O enemy of Allahazwj! Are you disbelieving after your Islam, and are returning to be a Kafir upon your heels?’ Al-Ash’as looked at me with a squinty look, I knew he wanted to speak to me with speech within himself. Then he met me after that in one of the markets of Al-Medina, and was friendly with me, then said to me, ‘You are the one who spoke, O Ibn Al-Khattab?!’

فَقُلْتُ: نَعَمْ يَا عَدُوَّ اللَّهِ، وَ لَكَ عِنْدِي شَرٌّ مِنْ ذَلِكَ. فَقَالَ: بِئْسَ الْجَزَاءُ هَذَا لِي مِنْكَ. فَقُلْتُ: عَلَامَ‏ تُرِيدُ مِنِّي حُسْنَ الْجَزَاءِ؟. قَالَ: لِأَنَفَتِي لَكَ مِنِ اتِّبَاعِ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ- يُرِيدُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ-، وَ اللَّهِ‏ مَا جَرَّأَنِي عَلَى الْخِلَافِ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا تَقَدُّمُهُ عَلَيْكَ‏، وَ لَوْ كُنْتَ صَاحِبَهَا لَمَا رَأَيْتَ مِنِّي خِلَافاً عَلَيْكَ.

I said, ‘Yes, O enemy of Allahazwj! And for you is evil from that with me’. He said, ‘This is an evil recompense from you to me’. I said, ‘Upon what do you want a goodly recompense from me?’ He said, ‘For my spending for you from following this man’ – intending Abu Bakr – ‘By Allahazwj! Nothing emboldened me upon the opposition to him except his preceding upon you, and if you were its owner (caliphate), you would not have seen any opposition from me against you’.

قُلْتُ: وَ لَقَدْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ فَمَا تَأْمُرُ الْآنَ؟. قَالَ: إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِوَقْتِ أَمْرٍ، بَلْ وَقْتُ صَبْرٍ، وَ مَضَى وَ مَضَيْتُ، وَ لَقِيَ الْأَشْعَثُ الزِّبْرِقَانَ بْنَ بَدْرٍ السَّعْدِيَّ فَذَكَرَ لَهُ مَا جَرَى بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَهُ، فَنَقَلَ الزِّبْرِقَانُ ذَلِكَ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ فَأَتَيْتُهُ، فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لِي، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنَّكَ لَتَشَوَّقُ‏ إِلَيْهَا يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ.

I said, ‘And that has happened, so what are your instructions now?’ He said, ‘It isn’t time of instructing, but it is a time of patience’. And he went away and I went away, and Al-Ash’as met Al-Zibriqan Bin Badr Al-Sa’ady, and mentioned to him what had flowed between me and him. Al-Zibriqan transmitted that to Abu Bakr, and he sent for me and I came to him. He mentioned that to me, then said, ‘You are desirous to it (caliphate) O Ibn Al-Khattab?’

فَقُلْتُ: وَ مَا يَمْنَعُنِي الشَّوْقَ‏ إِلَى مَا كُنْتُ أَحَقَ‏ بِهِ مِمَّنْ غَلَبَنِي عَلَيْهِ؟ أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ لَتَكُفَّنَّ أَوْ لَأُكَلِّمَنَ‏ كَلِمَةً بَالِغَةً بِي وَ بِكَ فِي النَّاسِ تَحْمِلُهَا الرُّكْبَانُ حَيْثُ سَارُوا، وَ إِنْ شِئْتَ اسْتَدَمْنَا مَا نَحْنُ فِيهِ عَفْواً.

I said, ‘And what prevents me desisting to what I am more rightful with it than the one who overcame me upon it? But, by Allahazwj! Either you refrain or I will speak far reaching words about me and you, among the people, the riders will carry it wherever they travel; and if you like, and if you like we can regret upon what we are in and excuse each other’.

فَقَالَ: بَلْ تَسْتَدِيمُهُ‏ وَ إِنَّهَا لَصَائِرَةٌ إِلَيْكَ بَعْدَ أَيَّامٍ، فَمَا ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ يَأْتِي عَلَيْهِ جُمُعَةٌ حَتَّى يَرُدَّهَا عَلَيَّ، فَتَغَافَلَ وَ اللَّهِ، فَمَا ذَكَرَنِي بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ الْمَجْلِسِ حَرْفاً حَتَّى هَلَكَ، وَ لَقَدْ مَدَّ فِي أَمَدِهَا عَاضّاً عَلَى نَوَاجِذِهِ حَتَّى حَضَرَهُ الْمَوْتُ، فَأَيِسَ مِنْهَا

He said, ‘But, you should maintain it and it shall be coming to you after (some) days’. I did not think that even a Friday would come to it until he would return it to me. But he was oblivious, by Allahazwj. He did not mention a letter after that sitting, until he died, and he had extended in its term biting upon his teeth until the death presented to him. So, I despaired from it.

فَكَانَ مِنْهُ مَا رَأَيْتُمَا، فَاكْتُمَا مَا قُلْتُ لَكُمَا عَنِ النَّاسِ كَافَّةً وَ عَنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ خَاصَّةً، وَ لْيَكُنْ مِنْكُمَا بِحَيْثُ أَمَرْتُكُمَا إِذَا شِئْتُمَا عَلَى بَرَكَةِ اللَّهِ،

It happened from him what you two have seen, so conceal from the people, all of them, what I have said to you, and from the Clan of Hashimas in particular. And let it be from you both with what I have instructed you, whenever you so desire, upon the Blessings of Allahazwj’.

فَمَضَيْنَا وَ نَحْنُ نَعْجَبُ مِنْ قَوْلِهِ، فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا أَفْشَيْنَا سِرَّهُ حَتَّى هَلَكَ.

We went away and we were astounded from his words. By Allahazwj! We did not reveal his secret until he died’’.³⁰³

الخامس‏ : أَنَّهُ تَرَكَ إِقَامَةَ الْحَدِّ وَ الْقَوَدِ فِي خَالِدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ وَ قَدْ قَتَلَ مَالِكَ بْنَ نُوَيْرَةَ وَ ضَاجَعَ امْرَأَتَهُ مِنْ لَيْلَتِهِ،

The fifth – He neglected establishing the legal punishment and the retaliation regarding Khalid Bin Al-Waleed, and (although) he had killed Malik Bin Nuweyra and copulated with his wife from its night

رووه مرسلا عن أبي هريرة الكذّاب أنّ النبيّ صلّى اللّه عليه و آله قال‏: نعم عبد اللّه، خالد سيف من سيوف اللّه.

And they have reported transmitting from Abu Hureyra the liar, that the Prophetsaww said: ‘Best servant of Allahazwj is Khalid (Bin Al-Waleed), a sword from the swords of Allahazwj’’.

و قد ذكر ابن الأثير في الكامل‏ تبرّى النبيّ صلّى اللّه عليه و آله من صنيع خالد، و أنّه صلّى اللّه عليه و آله وبّخه لكلامه لعبد الرحمن بن عوف، و أنّ النبيّ صلّى اللّه عليه و آله أرسل أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام لإصلاح ما أفسده.

And it has been mentioned by Ibn Al-Aseer in (the book) Kamil, the disavowment of the Prophetsaww from the deeds of Khalid, and hesaww rebuked his talk to Abdul Rahman Bin Awf, and that the Prophetsaww sent Amir Al-Momineenasws to correct what he had spoilt.³⁰⁴

وَ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ الْبِرِّ فِي الْإِسْتِيعَابِ‏ فِي تَرْجَمَةِ مَالِكِ بْنِ نُوَيْرَةَ: قَالَ الطَّبَرِيُ‏: بَعَثَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ‏ مَالِكَ بْنَ نُوَيْرَةَ عَلَى صَدَقَةِ بَنِي يَرْبُوعٍ- وَ كَانَ قَدْ أَسْلَمَ هُوَ وَ أَخُوهُ: مُتَمِّمٌ الشَّاعِرُ- فَقَتَلَ خَالِدٌ مَالِكاً بِظَنِ‏ أَنَّهُ ارْتَدَّ- حِينَ وَجَّهَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ لِقِتَالِ أَهْلِ الرِّدَّةِ-، وَ قَدِ اخْتُلِفَ فِيهِ هَلْ قَتَلَهُ مُسْلِماً أَوْ مُرْتَدّاً؟- وَ اللَّهُ- أَعْلَمُ‏ قَتَلَهُ خَطَأً، وَ أَمَّا مُتَمِّمٌ فَلَا شَكَّ فِي إِسْلَامِهِ، انْتَهَى‏.

And Ibn Abdul Birr said in (the book) ‘Al-Istiyab’, in a version of Malik Bin Nuweyra – Al-Tabari said, ‘The Prophetsaww sent Malik Bin Nuweyra to be in-charge upon the charities of the clan of Yarbou – and he and his brother Mutammim the poet had become Muslims – but Khalid killed Malik thinking that he had reneged – when Abu Bakr sent him to fight the apostates – and there is a differing in it, ‘Did he kill a Muslim or an apostate?’ And Allahazwj is more Knowing he killed him mistakenly. And as for Mutammim, so there is no doubt regarding his Islam’. End’’.³⁰⁵

وَ قَدْ رَوَى أَصْحَابُنَا أَنَّ مَالِكاً إِنَّمَا مَنَعَ أَبَا بَكْرٍ الزَّكَاةَ لِأَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَالَ لَهُ- لَمَّا سَأَلَ أَنْ يُعَلِّمَهُ الْإِيمَانَ-: هَذَا وَصِيِّي مِنْ بَعْدِي- وَ أَشَارَ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ-

And it has been reported by our companions that Malik rather refused (to give) the Zakaat to Abu Bakr, because Rasool-Allahsaww had said to him – when he had asked himsaww to teach him the Eman: ‘This is mysaww bequest from after mesaww’ – and hesaww gestured toward Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws’.

فَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ رَجَعَ فِي بَنِي تَمِيمٍ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فَرَأَى أَبَا بَكْرٍ عَلَى مِنْبَرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فَتَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ، وَ قَالَ: مَنْ أَرْقَاكَ هَذَا الْمِنْبَرَ وَ قَدْ جَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ عَلِيّاً عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَصِيَّهُ، وَ أَمَرَنِي بِمُوَالاتِهِ؟!.

When Rasool-Allahsaww passed away, he returned to Al-Medina among the clan of Tameem. He saw Abu Bakr being upon the pulpit of Rasool-Allahsaww, so he proceeded to him and said, ‘Who raised you to this pulpit, and Rasool-Allahsaww had made Aliasws to be hissaww successorasws, and had ordered me with hisasws Wilayah?!’

فَأَمَرَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِإِخْرَاجِهِ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ، فَأَخْرَجَهُ قُنْفُذُ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ وَ خَالِدُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ، ثُمَّ وَجَّهَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ خَالِداً وَ قَالَ لَهُ: لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا قَالَ، وَ لَسْتُ آمَنُ أَنْ يَفْتُقَ عَلَيْنَا فَتْقاً لَا يَلْتَئِمُ فَاقْتُلْهُ، فَقَتَلَهُ خَالِدٌ وَ تَزَوَّجَ بِامْرَأَتِهِ فِي لَيْلَتِهِ.

Abu Bakr ordered with his expulsion from the Masjid. So Qunfuz Bin Umeyr and Khalid Bin Al-Waleed expelled him. Then Abu Bakr sent Khalid and said to him, ‘You have known what he said, and I am not safe that he would create discord upon us, a rupture which will not heal, therefore kill him. So, Khalid killed him and married his wife in his (murdered) night’’.³⁰⁶

رُوِيَ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا، عَنْ أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامَ‏ أَنَّ عُمَرَ اسْتَقْبَلَ‏ فِي خِلَافَتِهِ خَالِدَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ يَوْماً فِي بَعْضِ حِيطَانِ الْمَدِينَةِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: يَا خَالِدُ! أَنْتَ الَّذِي قَتَلَ مَالِكاً؟. فَقَالَ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ! إِنْ كُنْتُ قَتَلْتُ مَالِكَ بْنَ نُوَيْرَةَ لِهَنَاتٍ كَانَتْ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَهُ فَقَدْ قَتَلْتُ لَكُمْ سَعْدَ بْنَ عُبَادَةَ لِهَنَاتٍ كَانَتْ بَيْنَكُمْ وَ بَيْنَهُ،

It is reported from our companions, from Peopleasws of the Household, that Umar received Khalid Bin Al-Waleed one day in one of the gardens of Al-Medina. He said to him, ‘O Khalid! You are the one who killed Malik?’ He said, ‘O commander of the faithful! Even though I killed Malik Bin Nuweyra due to something between me and him. Sa’ad Bin Ubada had said to you there was something between you and him’.

فَأَعْجَبَ عُمَرَ قَوْلُهُ وَ ضَمَّهُ إِلَى صَدْرِهِ، وَ قَالَ لَهُ: أَنْتَ سَيْفُ اللَّهِ وَ سَيْفُ رَسُولِهِ (ص)!.

Umar was fascinated by his words and hugged him to his chest and said to him, ‘You are a sword of Allahazwj and sword of Hisazwj Rasoolsaww!’’³⁰⁷

السادس: إنّ أبا بكر قال- مخبرا عن نفسه-: إنّ لي شيطانا يعتريني، فإن استقمت فأعينوني و إن زغت فقوّموني

The sixth – Abu Bakr said, informing about himself, ‘There is a satanla for me, showing to me, so if I am straight, then assist me, and if I am crooked, then straighten me

رُوِيَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ الطَّبَرِيِ‏ أَنَّ الْأَنْصَارَ بَعَثُوا عُمَرَ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ يَسْأَلُهُ أَنْ يُوَلِّيَ أَمْرَهُمْ رَجُلًا أَقْدَمَ سِنّاً مِنْ أُسَامَةَ، فَوَثَبَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ- وَ كَانَ جَالِساً- فَأَخَذَ بِلِحْيَةِ عُمَرَ، وَ قَالَ: ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ! اسْتَعْمَلَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ تَأْمُرُنِي أَنْ أَنْزِعَهُ؟!.

It is reported from Muhammad Bin Jareer Al-Tabari - ‘The Helpers sent Umar to Abu Bakr to ask him make a man to be in-charge of their affairs who is of an older age than Usama. Abu Bakr leapt up – and he was seated – he grabbed a hand of Umar and said, ‘May your mother be bereft of you, O Ibn Al-Khattab! Rasool-Allahsaww had utilised him and you are instructing me to remove him?!’

فَخَرَجَ عُمَرُ إِلَى النَّاسِ، فَقَالُوا: مَا صَنَعْتَ؟. قَالَ: امْضُوا ثَكِلَتْكُمْ أُمَّهَاتُكُمْ، مَا لَقِيتُ فِي سَبَبِكُمُ الْيَوْمَ مِنْ خَلِيفَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ .. إِلَى آخِرِ مَا رَوَاهُ.

Umar went out to the people, and they said, ‘What did he do?’ He said, ‘Go away, may your mothers be bereft of you all! What I have faced for your reason today from a caliph of Rasool-Allahsaww!’ – up to the end of what is reported’’.

و لا يصلح للإرشاد من يطلب الرشاد.

He is not correct for guidance, one who seeks the guidance (for himself).³⁰⁸

وَ قَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏ أَنَّهُ تَرَكَ مُخَاصَمَةَ النَّاسِ فِي حُقُوقِهِ إِشْفَاقاً مِنَ الْمَعْصِيَةِ، وَ كَانَ يُوَلِّي ذَلِكَ عَقِيلًا، فَلَمَّا أَسَنَّ عَقِيلٌ كَانَ يُوَلِّيهَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ.

And it has been reported from Amir Al-Momineenasws that heasws left disputing with the people regarding hisasws rights out of fear from the disobedience (from them), and heasws had placed Aqeel in-charge of that. When Aqeel was old, heasws made Abdullah son Ja’faras in-charge of it.³⁰⁹

السابع: أنّه كان جاهلا بكثير من أحكام الدين‏، فَقَدْ قَالَ فِي الْكَلَالَةِ: أَقُولُ فِيهَا بِرَأْيِي، فَإِنْ كَانَ صَوَاباً فَمِنَ اللَّهِ وَ إِنْ يَكُنْ خَطَأً فَمِنِّي‏ وَ لَمْ يَعْرِفْ مِيرَاثَ الْجَدَّةِ

The seventh – He was ignorant of a lot of rulings of the Religion. He had said regarding the person neither having parents nor offspring, ‘I speak regarding it by my opinion, so if I was correct, it is from Allahazwj, and if I am mistaken, it is from me’, and he did not understand inheritance of the grandmother

فَقَالَ: لِجَدَّةٍ سَأَلَتْهُ عَنْ إِرْثِهَا؟ لَا أَجِدُ لَكِ شَيْئاً فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ وَ سُنَّةِ نَبِيِّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]، فَأَخْبَرَهُ الْمُغِيرَةُ وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ أَنَّ الرَّسُولَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ أَعْطَاهَا السُّدُسَ، وَ قَالَ: أَطْعِمُوا الْجَدَّاتِ السُّدُسَ‏.

He said to a grandmother, asking about her inheritance, ‘I cannot find anything being for you in the Book of Allahazwj and Sunnah of Hisazwj Prophetsaww’. Al-Mugheira and Muhammad Bin Maslama informed him that the Rasoolsaww had given her the sixth and said: ‘Feed the grandmother, the sixth’’.

أقول: يرد هنا آخر على أبي بكر، بل على صاحبه، و هو أنّهما فسّرا القرآن برأيهم- كما صرّح به أبو بكر-

I (Majlisi) am saying, ‘I am referring the last upon Abu Bakr, but upon his companion (Umar), and it is that they both were interpreting the Quran by their opinions – just as Abu Bakr had stated. ³¹⁰

و رووا في صحاحهم المنع من ذلك‏، و من فسّر القرآن برأيه فقد كفر.

And it has been reported in their ‘Saheeh books’, the forbiddance from that, ‘One who interprets the Quran by his opinion, so he has blasphemed’.³¹¹

وَ رَوَى فِي الْمِشْكَاةِ وَ الْمَصَابِيحِ‏، عَنِ التِّرْمِذِيِ‏، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: مَنْ قَالَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ بِرَأْيِهِ فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ.

And it is reported in (the book) ‘Al-Mishkat Wa Al-Masabih’, from Al-Tirmizi, from Ibn Abbas who said, ‘One who says regarding the Quran by his opinion, so let him assume his seat from the Fire’.

وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ: مَنْ قَالَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ.

And in a report (Saheeh Al-Tirmizi), ‘One who says regarding the Quran without knowledge, so let him assume his seat from the Fire’.³¹²

وَ عَنِ التِّرْمِذِيِ‏ وَ أَبِي دَاوُدَ، عَنْ جُنْدَبٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]: مَنْ قَالَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ بِرَأْيِهِ فَأَصَابَ فَقَدْ أَخْطَأَ.

And from Al-Tirmizi, and Abu Dawood, from Jundab who said, ‘Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘One who says regarding the Quran by his opinion, so he has mistaken’.³¹³

وَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ وَ ابْنِ مَاجَةَ بِإِسْنَادِهِمَا عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، قَالَ: سَمِعَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] قَوْماً يَتَدَارَءُونَ‏ فِي الْقُرْآنِ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّمَا هَلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ بِهَذَا، ضَرَبُوا كِتَابَ اللَّهِ بَعْضَهُ بِبَعْضٍ، وَ إِنَّمَا نَزَلَ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ يُصَدِّقُ بَعْضُهُ بَعْضاً، فَلَا تُكَذِّبُوا بَعْضَهُ بِبَعْضٍ، فَمَا عَلِمْتُمْ مِنْهُ‏ فَقُولُوا، وَ مَا جَهِلْتُمْ فَكِلُوهُ إِلَى عَالِمِهِ.

And from Ahmad, and Ibn Maja by their chain from Amro Bin Shueyb, from his father, from his grandfather who said, ‘The Prophetsaww heard a group defending their own view in (using the) Quran. Hesaww said: ‘But rather, the ones before you were destroyed by (doing) this. They struck the Book of Allahazwj, part of it with part. And rather the Book of Allahazwj was Revealed ratifying part of it with part, so you should not be belying part of it with part. Whatever you know from it, they speak, and what you are ignorant of, allocate it to its knower’’.

وَ عَنْ عُمَرَ فِيهِ رِوَايَةٌ أُخْرَى وَ هُوَ التَّوَقُّفُ، وَ كَانَ يَقُولُ: ثَلَاثَةٌ لَأَنْ يَكُونَ بَيَّنَهَا الرَّسُولُ ص لَنَا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَ مَا فِيهَا، الْكَلَالَةُ، وَ الْخِلَافَةُ، وَ الرِّبَا.

And from Umar regarding it, in another report, and it is the pausing, and he was saying, ‘Three (things), if Rasool-Allahsaww had explained these to us, it would have been more beloved to me than the world and whatever is in it – the one with no parents or offspring (his share of inheritance), and the caliphate, and the interest (usury)’’.³¹⁴

خاتمة في ذكر ولادة أبي بكر و وفاته و بعض أحواله‏

Its conclusion regarding mention of the birth of Abu Bakr and his death and part of his situation

قال المخالفون: كان مولده بمكة بعد الفيل بسنتين و أربعة أشهر إلّا أيّاما، و اسمه: عبد اللّه بن عثمان‏ بن‏ أبي قحافة بن عامر بن عمر بن كعب بن سعد بن تيم بن مرّة بن كعب بن لؤي بن غالب، و قيل اسمه: عتيق،

The adversaries said, ‘His birth was at Makkah after (year of the) elephant by sixty years and four months except a few days, and his name is Abdullah Bin Usman Bin Abu Qohafa Bin Aamir Bin Umar Bin Ka’ab Bin Sa’ad Bin Taym Bin Murrah Bin Ka’ab Bin Lawy Bin Ghalib, and it is said his name is Ateeq.

و قيل‏: كان اسمه: عبد ربّ الكعبة، فسمّاه النبيّ صلّى اللّه عليه و آله: عبد اللّه.

And it is aid, ‘His name was Abd Rabb Al-Kaaba, and the Prophetsaww named him as Abdullah.

و أمّه أمّ الخير سلمى بنت صخر بن عامر بن كعب‏.

And his mother is Umm Al-Khayr Salmy daughter of Sakhar Bin Aamir Bin Ka’ab.

غصب‏ الخلافة ثاني يوم مات فيه النبيّ صلّى اللّه عليه و آله، و مات بالمدينة ليلة الثلاثاء لثمان بقين من جمادى الآخرة سنة ثلاث عشرة بين المغرب و العشاء و له ثلاث و ستون سنة، و قيل خمس و ستون، و الأول أشهر. و كانت مدّة خلافته المغصوبة سنتين و أربعة أشهر.

He usurped the caliphate on the second day from the day the Prophetsaww passed away, and he died at Al-Medina the night of Tuesday, eight (days) remaining from Jamadi Al-Aakhar of the year thirteen, between Al-Maghrib and Al-Isha, and for him were sixty-three years. And it is said sixty-five, and the first months, and the period of his usurped caliphate was two years and four months.

و قال في الاختصاص‏: مات و هو ابن ثلاث و ستين سنة، و ولي الأمر سنتين و ستة أشهر.

And it is said in (the book) ‘Al-Ikhtisas’ – ‘He died and he was sixty-three years, and ruled for two years and six months’.

ثم اعلم أنّه لم يكن له نسب شريف و لا حسب منيف، و كان في الإسلام خيّاطا، و في الجاهليّة معلّم الصبيان،

Then know that there did not happen to be for him any noble lineage nor any eminent tribal affiliation, and he was a tailor in Al-Islam, and in the pre-Islamic period he was a teacher of children.

و كان أبوه سيّئ الحال ضعيفا، و كان كسبه أكثر عمره‏ من صيد القماري و الدباسي لا يقدر على غيره، فلمّا عمي و عجز ابنه عن القيام به التجأ إلى عبد اللّه ابن جدعان- من رؤساء مكة- فنصبه ينادي على مائدته كلّ يوم لإحضار الأضياف، و جعل له على ذلك ما يعونه من الطعام،

And his father was of a poor state, weak, and his earning were more than this age from the gambling activities, not being able upon anything else. When he became blind, and his son was unable to stand by him, he requested Abdullah Ibn Jad’an, from the chiefs of Makkah, and he nominated him as a caller upon the meals during every day for presentation of the guests, and made to be for him from the food upon what would assist him.

ذكر ذلك جماعة منهم الكلبي في كتاب المثالب‏- على ما أورده في الصراط المستقيم‏- و لذا قال أبو سفيان لعليّ عليه السلام- بعد ما غصب الخلافة-:- أ رضيتم يا بني عبد مناف!- أن يلي عليكم تيميّ رذل؟!،

That is mentioned by a group, from them being Al-Kalby in the book ‘Al-Masalib’ – upon what is referred in (the book) ‘Siraat Al-Mustaqeem – ‘And due to that Abu Sufyan said to Aliasws, after the usurpation of the caliphate, ‘O you please, O clan of Abd Manafas! He is ruling upon you all, a Taymi (from clan of Taym), the repulsive?!’

و قال أبو قحافة: ما رواه ابن حجر في صواعقه‏ حيث قال: و أخرج الحاكم‏ أنّ أبا قحافة لمّا سمع بولاية ابنه قال: هل رضي بذلك بنو عبد مناف و بنو المغيرة؟. قالوا: نعم. قال: اللّهمّ لا واضع لما رفعت و لا رافع لما وضعت‏.

And Abu Qohafa said what is reported by Ibn Hajar in his (book) ‘Sawaaiq’, where he said, ‘And Al-Hakim has extracted that when Abu Qohafa heard of the governance of his son, he said, ‘Are the clan of Abu Manafas pleased with that, and the clan of Al-Mugheira?’ They said, ‘Yes’. He said, ‘O Allahazwj! There is no one to put down what Youazwj have Raised, nor a raiser to what Youazwj have Put down’.

وَ قَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ- فِي بَعْضِ كَلِمَاتِهَا-: إِنَّهُ مِنْ أَعْجَازِ قُرَيْشٍ وَ أَذْنَابِهَا.

And (Syeda) Fatimaasws in one of herasws speeches (said): ‘He is from the most disgraceful of Quraysh and their sins’.

و قال صاحب إلزام النواصب‏: أجمع النسّابون أنّ أبا قحافة كان حبرا لليهود يعلّم أولادهم‏.

And the author of (the book) ‘Ilzam Al-nawasib’ – ‘The Nasibis are united upon that Abu Qohafa was a rabbi of the Jews, teaching their children’.

و العجب أنّهم مع ذلك يدّعون أنّ اللّه تعالى أغنى النبيّ صلّى اللّه عليه و آله بمال أبي بكر.

And the strange thing is that they, along with that, are claiming that Allahazwj the Exalted Enriched the Prophetsaww with the wealth of Abu Bakr.

و عقد الخلافة عند موته لعمر، فحمل أثقاله مع أثقاله، و أضاف وباله إلى وباله.

And he tied the caliphate to Umar at his death, so he carried his burden along with his own burden, and additional scourge to his own scourge.³¹⁵

وَ قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي الْحَدِيدِ- فِي كَيْفِيَّةِ ذَلِكَ- أَنَّهُ أَحْضَرَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ عُثْمَانَ- وَ هُوَ يَجُودُ بِنَفْسِهِ- فَأَمَرَ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ عَهْداً، وَ قَالَ: اكْتُبْ: بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ‏، هَذَا مَا عَهِدَ بِهِ‏ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ‏ إِلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ أَمَّا بَعْدَ، .. ثُمَّ أُغْمِيَ عَلَيْهِ، فَكَتَبَ عُثْمَانُ: قَدِ اسْتَخْلَفْتُ عَلَيْكُمُ ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ‏، وَ أَفَاقَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، فَقَالَ: اقْرَأْ فَقَرَأَهُ،

And Ibn Abi Al-Hadeed said, regarding that situation, ‘Usman was present with Abu Bakr when he was finding his (last) breaths. He instructed him to write a pact and said, ‘Write, ‘In the Name of Allahazwj, the Beneficent, the Merciful. This is what Abdullah Bin Usman (Abu Bakr) is making a pact with to the Muslims. As for after’ – then there was fainting upon him. Usman wrote, ‘He has made Ibn Al-Khattab as caliph upon you all’, and Abu Bakr woke up. He said, ‘Read it’. He read it.

فَكَبَّرَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، وَ قَالَ‏: أَرَاكَ خِفْتَ أَنْ يَخْتَلِفَ النَّاسُ إِنْ مِتُّ فِي غَشْيَتِي! قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: جَزَاكَ اللَّهُ خَيْراً عَنِ الْإِسْلَامِ وَ أَهْلِهِ، ثُمَّ أَتَمَّ الْعَهْدَ وَ أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ عَلَى النَّاسِ فَقَرَأَ، ثُمَّ أَوْصَى إِلَى عُمَرَ بِوَصَايَا.

Abu Bakr exclaimed Takbeer and said, ‘I see that you are fearing that the people would differ if I had died during my unconsciousness!’ He said, ‘Yes’. He said, ‘May Allahazwj Recompense you goodly from Al-Islam and its people’. Then he completed the pact and instructed him to read it out to the people. He read it, then he (Abu Bakr) bequeathed a bequest to Umar’.

قَالَ: وَ رَوَى كَثِيرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ لَمَّا نَزَلَ بِهِ الْمَوْتُ دَعَا عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَوْفٍ، فَقَالَ: أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ عُمَرَ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّهُ أَفْضَلُ مَنْ رَأَيْتُهُ‏ إِلَّا أَنَّ فِيهِ غِلْظَةً.

He said, ‘And it is reported by a lot of people that Abu Bakr, when death descended to him, he called Abdul Rahman Bin Awf and said, ‘Inform me about Umar’. He said, ‘He is the nest of the one I can see, except that there is harshness in him’.

فَقَالَ: ذَاكَ لِأَنَّهُ يَرَانِي رَفِيقاً وَ لَوْ قَدْ أَفْضَى الْأَمْرُ إِلَيْهِ لَتَرَكَ كَثِيراً مِمَّا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ، وَ قَدْ رَمَقْتُهُ‏ إِذَا أَنَا غَضِبْتُ عَلَى رَجُلٍ أَرَانِي الرِّضَا عَنْهُ، وَ إِذَا لِنْتُ أَرَانِي الشِّدَّةَ عَلَيْهِ،

He said, ‘That is because he sees me as a friend, and if the command is given to him, he would leave most of what he is upon, and looked at him, when I am angry upon a man, he shows me the pleasure from him, and when I am lenient, he shows me the severity upon him’.

ثُمَّ دَعَا عُثْمَانَ، فَقَالَ: أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ عُمَرَ. فَقَالَ: سَرِيرَتُهُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ عَلَانِيَتِهِ، وَ لَيْسَ فِينَا مِثْلُهُ. فَقَالَ لَهُمَا: لَا تَذْكُرَا مِمَّا قُلْتُ لَكُمَا شَيْئاً، وَ لَوْ تَرَكْتُ عُمَرَ مَا عَدَوْتُكَ يَا عُثْمَانُ، وَ الْخِيَرَةُ لَكَ أَنْ لَا تَلِيَ مِنْ أُمُورِهِمْ شَيْئاً، وَ لَوَدِدْتُ أَنِّي كُنْتُ مِنْ أُمُورِكُمْ خِلْواً، وَ كُنْتُ فِيمَنْ مَضَى مِنْ سَلَفِكُمْ.

Then he called Usman and said, ‘Inform me about Umar’. He said, ‘His secrets are better than his announcements, and there isn’t any one like him among us’. He said to them both, ‘Do not mention anything from what I am saying to you, and if I were to leave Umar what I count to you O Usman, and the goodness is for you if you don’t be in charge of anything from their affairs, and I would love it I had vacated from their affairs, and I would have been among the ones passed from your ancestors’.

وَ دَخَلَ طَلْحَةُ عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّهُ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ- يَا خَلِيفَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ (ص)!- اسْتَخْلَفْتَ عَلَى النَّاسِ عُمَرَ، وَ قَدْ رَأَيْتَ مَا يَلْقَى النَّاسُ مِنْهُ وَ أَنْتَ مَعَهُ، فَكَيْفَ إِذَا خَلَا بِهِمْ؟! وَ أَنْتَ غَداً لَاقٍ رَبَّكَ فَسَائِلُكَ‏ عَنْ رَعِيَّتِكَ!.

And Talha entered to see Abu Bakr and said, ‘It has reached me that you, O caliph of Rasool-Allahsaww, have made Umar to be the caliph upon the people and you have seen what they have (so far) faced from him, and you are with him. So how would it be when he is alone with them?! And tomorrow you will meet your Lordazwj, and Heazwj will Ask you about your citizens!’

فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: أَجْلِسُونِي .. أَجْلِسُونِي‏، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَ بِاللَّهِ تُخَوِّفُنِي؟!، إِذَا لَقِيتُ رَبِّي فَسَاءَلَنِي، قُلْتُ: اسْتَخْلَفْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ خَيْرَ أَهْلِكَ. فَقَالَ طَلْحَةُ: أَ عُمَرُ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ‏ يَا خَلِيفَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ؟!.

Abu Bakr said, ‘Sit me up, sit me up’. Then he said, ‘Are you scaring me with Allahazwj?! When I meet my Lordazwj and Heazwj Asks me, I shall say, ‘I left a caliph behind upon them who was the best of Yourazwj people’. Talha said, ‘Is Umar best of the people, O caliph of Rasool-Allahsaww?!’

فَاشْتَدَّ غَضَبُهُ وَ قَالَ: إِي وَ اللَّهِ، هُوَ خَيْرُهُمْ وَ أَنْتَ شَرُّهُمْ، أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ لَوْ وَلَّيْتُكَ لَجَعَلْتَ أَنْفَكَ فِي قَفَاكَ، وَ لَرَفَعْتَ نَفْسَكَ فَوْقَ قَدْرِهَا حَتَّى يَكُونَ اللَّهُ هُوَ الَّذِي يَضَعُهَا، أَتَيْتَنِي وَ قَدْ دَلَكْتَ عَيْنَيْكَ تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَفْتِنَنِي عَنْ دِينِي، وَ تُزِيلَنِي عَنْ رَأْيِي،

His anger intensified, and he said, ‘Yes, by Allahazwj! He is their best and you are their evilest. But, by Allahazwj! If I were to place you in-charge, I would make your nose to be in your palm, and raise yourself above its worth until Allahazwj becomes the One to Drop it, and you have rubbed your eyes intending to tempt me away from my religion, and remove me away from my opinion.

قُمْ لَا أَقَامَ اللَّهُ رِجْلَيْكَ، أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ لَئِنْ عِشْتُ فُوَاقَ نَاقَةٍ وَ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ غَمَّضْتَهُ‏ فِيهَا أَوْ ذَكَرْتُهُ بِسُوءٍ لَأَلْحَقَنَّكَ بِخَمْصَاتِ‏ قُنَّةَ حَيْثُ كُنْتُمْ تُسْقَوْنَ‏ وَ لَا تَرْوَوْنَ، وَ تُرْعَوْنَ وَ لَا تَشْبَعُونَ، وَ أَنْتُمْ بِذَلِكَ مُبْتَهِجُونَ‏ رَاضُونَ!. فَقَامَ طَلْحَةُ فَخَرَجَ.

Arise, may Allahazwj not Make your legs to stand! But, by Allahazwj! Even if I were to live (the duration of) the hiccup of a camel, and it reached me that you have turned a blind eye to him (Umar) or mention him with evil, I shall join you with hunger of Qunnah (a place) when you were drinking and were not saturated, and you were pasturing and were not satiated, and you were happy with that, pleased!’ Talha got up and went out’.

قال‏: و توفّي ليلة الثلاثاء لثمان بقين من جمادى الآخرة من سنة ثلاث عشرة. انتهى.

He (the narrator) said, ‘And he dies on the night of Wednesday with eight remaining from Jamadi Al-Akhira from the year thirteen’. End.

قال: و مكث في خلافته سنتين و ثلاثة أشهر إلّا خمس ليال. و قيل: سنتين‏ و ثلاثة أشهر و سبع ليال‏.

And he remained in his caliphate for two years and three months except five nights. And it is said, ‘Two years and three months and seven nights.

قال: و اختلف في السبب الذي مات منه، فذكر الواقدي أنّه اغتسل في يوم بارد فحمّ و مرض خمسة عشر يوما، و قال الزبير بن بكّار: كان به طرف من السل، و روي عن سلام بن أبي مطيع: إنّه سمّ.

And there is differing regarding the cause which he died from. Al-Waqidy has mentioned that he bathed during a cold day and caught fever and was ill for fifteen days. And Al-Zybeyr Bin Bakkar said, ‘There was a touch of tuberculosis’. And it is reported by Salam Bin Abu Matie, it was poison.

قال‏: و أوصى بغسله أسماء بنت أبي عميس‏ زوجته فغسّلته، و صلّى عليه عمر بن الخطاب و نزل في قبره عمر و عثمان و طلحة و عبد اللّه‏ بن أبي بكر، و دفن ليلا في بيت عائشة.

He (the narrator) said, ‘And he bequeathed with his washing to Asma Bint Abu Umeys, his wife, and there prayed Salat upon him, Umar Bin Al-Khattab, and there descended into his grave, Umar, and Usman, and Talha, and Abdullah Bin Abu Bakr, and he was buried in the house of Ayesha.

و أمّا افتخارهم بدفنه في جوار النبيّ صلّى اللّه عليه و آله فسيأتي فيه.

And as for their pride with him being buried in the vicinity of the Prophetsaww, so I (Majlisi) shall come with (reports) regarding it. ³¹⁶

وَ رَوَى فِي الصِّرَاطِ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ‏ بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ صَفْوَانَ، عَنِ الصَّادِقِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: أَنَّهُمَا لَمْ يَبِيتَا مَعَهُ إِلَّا لَيْلَةً ثُمَّ نُقِلَا إِلَى وَادٍ فِي جَهَنَّمَ يُقَالُ لَهَا: واد [وَادِي‏] الدُّودِ.

And it is reported in (the book) ‘Al-Sirat Al-Mustaqeem, by his chain, from Aasim Bin Humeyd, from Safwan, from Al-Sadiqasws: ‘They both (Abu Bakr and Umar), spend except one night with (near) himsaww, then they were transferred to a valley in Hell called the valley of Al-Dowd’’.³¹⁷

[23] باب الاحتجاج على المخالفين بإيراد الأخبار من صحاحهم،

CHAPTER 23 – THE ARGUMENTATION AGAINST THE ADVERSARIES BY REFERRING TO THE AHADEETH FROM THEIR ‘SAHEEH’ BOOKS

الأول:

The first –

مَا رَوَتْهُ الْعَامَّةُ وَ الْخَاصَّةُ أَنَّهُ أَرَادَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فِي مَرَضِهِ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ لِأُمَّتِهِ كِتَاباً لِئَلَّا يَضِلُّوا بَعْدَهُ وَ لَا يَخْتَلِفُوا، فَطَلَبَ دَوَاةً وَ كَتِفاً أَوْ نَحْوَ ذَلِكَ، فَمَنَعَ عُمَرُ مِنْ إِحْضَارِ ذَلِكَ وَ قَالَ: إِنَّهُ لَيَهْجُرُ، أَوْ مَا يُؤَدِّي هَذَا الْمَعْنَى، و قد وصفه اللّه سبحانه بأنّه: لا ينطق عن الهوى، و أنّ كلامه ليس إلّا وحيا يوحى‏،

What is reported by the general Muslims and the special (Shias), that the Prophetsaww, during hissaww illness, wanted to write a letter for hissaww community lest they stray after himsaww and they should not differ. Heasws demanded ink and a shoulder bone, or approximate to that, but Umar refused from presenting that and said, ‘Hesaww is rambling’, or whatever delivers this meaning, and Allahazwj the Glorious had Described himsaww that hesaww does not speak out of whims, and that hissaww talk isn’t except Revelation Revealed.

و كثر اختلافهم و ارتفعت أصواتهم حتّى تسأّم و تزجّر. فقال بعضهم: أحضروا ما طلب. و قال بعضهم: القول ما قال عمر،

And their differing was a lot and their voices were raised until there was hostility and discontent. Some of them said, ‘Present what hesaww asks for’. And others said, ‘The word is what Umar said’.

و قد قال اللّه سبحانه: وَ ما كانَ لِمُؤْمِنٍ وَ لا مُؤْمِنَةٍ إِذا قَضَى اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ أَمْراً أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُمُ الْخِيَرَةُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ وَ مَنْ يَعْصِ‏اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ ضَلالًا مُبِيناً،

And Allahazwj the Glorious has Said: And it was not for a Momin, nor for a Momina, when Allah and His Rasool decide a matter that the choice would happen to be for them from their matter. And one who disobeys Allah and His Rasool, so he has strayed a clear straying [33:36].

و قال تعالى: فَلا وَ رَبِّكَ لا يُؤْمِنُونَ حَتَّى يُحَكِّمُوكَ فِيما شَجَرَ بَيْنَهُمْ ثُمَّ لا يَجِدُوا فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ حَرَجاً مِمَّا قَضَيْتَ وَ يُسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيماً،

And the Exalted Said: But no! By your Lord! They are not believing until they make you a judge regarding what they are quarrelling between them, then not find any objection within themselves from what you judge and they accept submissively [4:65].³¹⁸

فأمّا الروايات العاميّة:.

As for the reported from the general Muslims: -

فَرَوَى الْبُخَارِيُ‏ فِي بَابِ إِخْرَاجِ الْيَهُودِ مِنْ جَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِ مِنْ كِتَابِ الْجِهَادِ وَ السِّيَرِ، وَ مُسْلِمٌ فِي كِتَابِ الْوَصَايَا، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ‏، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ الْأَحْوَلِ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ: يَوْمُ الْخَمِيسِ وَ مَا يَوْمُ الْخَمِيسِ! ثُمَّ بَكَى حَتَّى بَلَّ دَمْعُهُ الْحَصَى، قُلْتُ: يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ! مَا يَوْمُ الْخَمِيسِ؟.

It is reported by Al Bukhari in the chapter of expulsion of the Jews from the Arabian peninsula from the book of Jihar and the travel, and Muslim in the book ‘Al Wisaya’, from Sufyan, from Suleyman Al Ahowl, from Saeed Bin Jubeyr who heard Ibn Abbas saying,

‘The day of Thursday! And what is the day of Thursday!’ Then he wept until his tears moistened the pebbles. I said, ‘O Ibn Abbas! What about the day of Thursday?’

قَالَ: اشْتَدَّ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَجَعُهُ، فَقَالَ: ائْتُونِي بِكَتِفٍ أَكْتُبْ لَكُمْ كِتَاباً لَا تَضِلُّوا بَعْدَهُ أَبَداً، فَتَنَازَعُوا وَ لَا يَنْبَغِي عِنْدَ نَبِيٍّ تَنَازُعٌ، فَقَالُوا: مَا لَهُ أَهْجَرَ؟! اسْتَفْهِمُوهُ؟. فَقَالَ: ذَرُونِي فَالَّذِي أَنَا فِيهِ خَيْرٌ مِمَّا تَدْعُونِّي إِلَيْهِ.

He said, ‘The pain of Rasool-Allahsaww intensified and hesaww said: ‘Bring me a shoulder bone Isaww shall write a letter for you so you will not stray after it, ever!’ They disputed in the presence of the Prophetsaww with dispute and they said, ‘What is the matter with himsaww, is he delirious? Does hesaww even understand it?’ Hesaww said: ‘Leave mesaww! That which Isaww am in is better than what you a calling mesaww to’.

فَأَمَرَهُمْ بِثَلَاثٍ، قَالَ: أَخْرِجُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ مِنْ جَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِ، وَ أَجِيزُوا الْوَفْدَ بِنَحْوِ مَا كُنْتُ أُجِيزُهُمْ، وَ الثَّالِثَةَ: إِمَّا أَنْ سَكَتَ عَنْهَا وَ إِمَّا أَنْ قَالَهَا فَنَسِيْتُهَا، قَالَ: قَالَ سُفْيَانُ‏: هَذَا مِنْ قَوْلِ سُلَيْمَانَ.

Hesaww ordered them with three. Hesaww said: ‘Expel the Polytheists from the Arabian peninsula, and recompense the delegations with approximately what Isaww used to recompense them’ – and the third, either hesaww was silent from it or hesaww said it but I forgot it’. Sufyan said, ‘This is from the words of Suleyman’’.³¹⁹

وَ فِي بَابِ جَوَائِزِ الْوَفْدِ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ الْمَذْكُورِ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ الْأَحْوَلِ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ: يَوْمُ الْخَمِيسِ وَ مَا يَوْمُ الْخَمِيسِ؟! ثُمَّ بَكَى حَتَّى خَضَبَ دَمْعُهُ الْحَصْبَاءَ، فَقَالَ: اشْتَدَّ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَجَعُهُ يَوْمَ الْخَمِيسِ، فَقَالَ: ائْتُونِي بِكِتَابٍ أَكْتُبْ لَكُمْ كِتَاباً لَنْ تَضِلُّوا بَعْدَهُ أَبَداً،

And in the chapter on the delegations, from the aforementioned book, from Suleyman Al Ahowl, from Ibn Jubeyr, from Ibn Abbas having said,

‘The day of Thursday! And what about the day of Thursday?!’ Then he wept until his tears dyed the pebbles. He said, ‘The pain of Rasool-Allahsaww intensified on the day of Thursday and hesaww said: ‘Bring me a letter (paper), Isaww shall write a letter for you, you will never stray after it, ever!’

فَتَنَازَعُوا وَ لَا يَنْبَغِي عِنْدَ نَبِيٍّ تَنَازُعٌ، فَقَالُوا: هَجَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ؟! فَقَالَ: دَعُونِي فَالَّذِي أَنَا فِيهِ خَيْرٌ مِمَّا تَدْعُونَنِي إِلَيْهِ، وَ أَوْصَى عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ بِثَلَاثٍ: أَخْرِجُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ مِنْ جَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِ، وَ أَجِيزُوا الْوَفْدَ بِنَحْوِ مَا كُنْتُ أُجِيزُهُمْ، وَ نَسِيتُ الثَّالِثَةَ.

They disputed, and disputes were not befitting in the presence of the Prophetsaww. They said, ‘Is Rasool-Allahsaww delirious?!’ Hesaww said: ‘Leave mesaww, for that which Isaww am in is better than what you are calling mesaww to’. And hesaww bequeathed with three (things) during hissaww expiry: - Expel the Polytheists from the Arabian peninsula, and reward the delegations with approximate to what Isaww used to reward them’ – and I (the narrator) forgot the third’’.³²⁰

وَ رَوَى الْبُخَارِيُ‏ فِي بَابِ كِتَابَةِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ كِتَابِ الْعِلْمِ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: لَمَّا اشْتَدَّ بِالنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] وَجَعَهُ، قَالَ: ائْتُونِي بِكِتَابٍ أَكْتُبْ لَكُمْ كِتَاباً لَا تَضِلُّوا بَعْدَهُ.

And it is reported by Al Bukhari in the chapter of writing the knowledge, from the book of knowledge, from Ubeydullah Bin Abdullah, from Ibn Abbas who said,

‘When the pain intensified with the Prophetsaww, hesaww said: ‘Bring mesaww a letter (paper) Isaww shall write a letter for you all, you will not go astray after it’.

قَالَ عُمَرُ: إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ غَلَبَهُ الْوَجَعُ وَ عِنْدَنَا كِتَابُ اللَّهِ .. حَسْبُنَا، فَاخْتَلَفُوا وَ كَثُرَ اللَّغَطُ، فَقَالَ: قُومُوا عَنِّي وَ لَا يَنْبَغِي عِنْدِيَ التَّنَازُعُ،

Umar said, ‘The pain has overcome upon the Prophetsaww and with us is the Book of Allahazwj. It is sufficient for us’. So, they differed and there was a lot of fuss. Hesaww said: ‘Arise away from mesaww, and the contention is not befitting in mysaww presence!’

فَخَرَجَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ الرَّزِيَّةَ كُلَّ الرَّزِيَّةِ مَا حَالَ بَيْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] وَ بَيْنَ كِتَابِهِ.

Ibn Abbas went out saying, ‘The calamity of all calamities is what formed a barrier between Rasool-Allahsaww and hissaww letter’’.³²¹

وَ فِي هَذَا الْبَابِ‏، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: لَمَّا حُضِرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]- وَ فِي الْبَيْتِ رِجَالٌ‏ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]: هَلُمُّوا أَكْتُبْ لَكُمْ كِتَاباً لَا تَضِلُّوا بَعْدَهُ.

And in this chapter (Saheeh Al Bukhari – the book of the Prophetsaww – from Al Zuhry, from Ubeydullah Bin Abdullah Bin Utba, from Ibn Abbas who said,

‘When (the expiry) presented to Rasool-Allahsaww, and in the house there were men, the Prophetsaww said: ‘Come, Isaww shall write a letter for you all, you will not stray after it’.

فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ‏: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] قَدْ غَلَبَهُ‏ الْوَجَعُ وَ عِنْدَكُمُ الْقُرْآنُ، حَسْبُنَا كِتَابُ اللَّهِ، فَاخْتَلَفَ أَهْلُ الْبَيْتِ وَ اخْتَصَمُوا، فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَقُولُ: قَرِّبُوا يَكْتُبْ لَكُمْ كِتَاباً لَا تَضِلُّوا بَعْدَهُ، وَ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَقُولُ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ،

One of them (Umar) said, ‘Rasool-Allahsaww, the pain has overcome himsaww and the Quran is with you. The Book of Allahazwj is sufficient for us!’ The people of the house differed and they disputed. From them was one who said, ‘Give himsaww, hesaww will write a letter for you, you will not stray after it’. From them was one who said other than that.

فَلَمَّا أَكْثَرُوا اللَّغْوَ وَ الِاخْتِلَافَ‏، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]: قُومُوا.

When the fuss and differing was a lot, Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘Arise! (and go away)’’.

قَالَ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ: فَكَانَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ الرَّزِيَّةَ كُلَّ الرَّزِيَّةِ مَا حَالَ بَيْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] وَ بَيْنَ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ لَهُمْ ذَلِكَ الْكِتَابَ، لِاخْتِلَافِهِمْ وَ لَغَطِهِمْ.

Ubeydullah said, ‘Ibn Abbas was saying, ‘The calamity of all calamities is what came between Rasool-Allahazwj and himsaww writing that letter for them, due to their differing and their fuss’’.³²²

وَ رَوَى مُسْلِمٌ‏ فِي الْكِتَابِ‏ الْمَذْكُورِ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ: يَوْمُ الْخَمِيسِ وَ مَا يَوْمُ الْخَمِيسِ، ثُمَّ جَعَلَ تَسِيلُ دُمُوعُهُ حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ عَلَى خَدَّيْهِ كَأَنَّهَا نِظَامُ اللُّؤْلُؤِ،

And it is reported by Muslim in the mentioned book (Saheeh), from Saeed Bin Jubeyr, from Ibn Abbas who said,

‘The day of Thursday! And what about the day of Thursday?’ Then his tears went on to flow until these were seen upon his cheeks as if these were a system of pearls.

قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]: ائْتُونِي بِالْكَتِفِ وَ الدَّوَاةِ- أَوِ اللَّوْحِ وَ الدَّوَاةِ- أَكْتُبْ‏ كِتَاباً لَنْ تَضِلُّوا بَعْدَهُ أَبَداً. فَقَالُوا: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] يَهْجُرُ.

He said, ‘Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘Bring mesaww a shoulder bone and the ink’ – or the tablet and the ink - ‘Isaww shall write such a letter, you will never stray after it, ever!’ They said, ‘Rasool-Allahsaww is delirious’’.³²³

الْحُمَيْدِيِّ مِنْ نُسْخَةٍ- عَلَيْهَا عِدَّةُ سَمَاعَاتٍ وَ إِجَازَاتٍ تَارِيخُ بَعْضِهَا سَنَةُ إِحْدَى وَ أَرْبَعِينَ وَ خَمْسِمِائَةٍ مَا هَذَا لَفْظُهُ-: قَالَ: قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ: يَوْمُ الْخَمِيسِ وَ مَا يَوْمُ الْخَمِيسِ‏- فِي رِوَايَةٍ: ثُمَّ بَكَى حَتَّى بَلَّ دَمْعُهُ الْحَصَى-، فَقُلْتُ: يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ! وَ مَا يَوْمُ الْخَمِيسِ؟. قَالَ: اشْتَدَّ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] وَجَعُهُ، فَقَالَ: ائْتُونِي بِكَتِفِ أَكْتُبْ لَكُمْ كِتَاباً لَا تَضِلُّوا بَعْدَهُ أَبَداً.

Al Humeydi, from a copy, upon it were a number of listeners, permits of history, part of it in the year five hundred and forty-one, what are these words, said, ‘Ibn Abbas said,

‘The day of Thursday! And what about the day of Thursday?’ In a report, ‘Then he cried until his tears moistened the pebbles. I said, ‘O Ibn Abbas! And what about the day of Thursday?’ He said, ‘The pain intensified upon Rasool-Allahsaww, and hesaww said: ‘Bring mesaww a shoulder bone, Isaww shall write a letter for you, you will not go astray after it, ever!’

فَتَنَازَعُوا- وَ لَا يَنْبَغِي عِنْدَ نَبِيٍّ تَنَازُعٌ-. فَقَالُوا: مَا شَأْنُهُ، هَجَرَ؟ اسْتَفْهِمُوهُ؟. فَذَهَبُوا يُرَدِّدُونَ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: ذَرُونِي‏ .. دَعُونِي، فَالَّذِي أَنَا فِيهِ خَيْرٌ مِمَّا تَدْعُونَنِي إِلَيْهِ.

They disputed – and disputing is not appropriate in the presence of the Prophetsaww. They said, ‘What is hissaww concern, is hesaww delirious? Does he understand?’ They went on reiterating upon himsaww. Hesaww said: ‘Leave mesaww! Leave mesaww, for that which Isaww am in, is better than what you are calling mesaww to’’.³²⁴

وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ مِنَ الْحَدِيثِ الرَّابِعِ مِنَ الصَّحِيحَيْنِ: فَكَانَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ الرَّزِيَّةَ كُلَّ الرَّزِيَّةِ مَا حَالَ بَيْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] وَ بَيْنَ كِتَابِهِ.

And in a report from the fourth Hadeeth from the two ‘Saheehs’ – Ibn Abbas was saying, ‘The calamity of all calamities is what formed a barrier between Rasool-Allahsaww and hissaww writing (the letter)’’.³²⁵

وَ رَوَى حَدِيثَ الْكِتَابِ- الَّذِي أَرَادَ أَنْ يَكْتُبَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ لِأُمَّتِهِ لِأَمَانِهِمْ مِنَ الضَّلَالَةِ عَنْ رِسَالَتِهِ- جَابِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ- فِي الْمُتَّفَقِ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ صَحِيحِ مُسْلِمٍ- فَقَالَ فِي الْحَدِيثِ السَّادِسِ وَ التِّسْعِينَ مِنْ إِفْرَادِ مُسْلِمٍ مِنْ مُسْنَدِ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مَا هَذَا لَفْظُهُ: قَالَ: وَ دَعَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] بِصَحِيفَةٍ عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَكْتُبَ لَهُمْ كِتَاباً لَا يَضِلُّونَ بَعْدَهُ، وَ كَثُرَ اللَّغَطُ وَ تَكَلَّمَ عُمَرُ، فَرَفَضَهَا صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏].

And the Hadeeth of the letter has been reported, that which Rasool-Allahsaww wanted to write for hissaww community for their safety from the straying from hissaww Message – Jabir Bin Abdullah Al Ansari, in the agreed upon from (the book) ‘Saheeh Muslim’, he said in Hadeeth ninety six from the number of Muslim, from attribution of Jabir Bin Abdullah, is what are these words –

He said, ‘And Rasool-Allahsaww called for a parchment during hissaww expiry and hesaww wanted to write a letter for them, they would not be straying after it, and the fuss was a lot, and Umar spoke and rejected it hissaww (request)’’.

مَا ذَكَرَهُ الْحُمَيْدِيُّ فِي الْجَمْعِ بَيْنَ الصَّحِيحَيْنِ فِي الْحَدِيثِ الرَّابِعِ مِنَ الْمُتَّفَقِ عَلَيْهِ فِي صِحَّتِهِ مِنْ مُسْنَدِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: لَمَّا احْتُضِرَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ- وَ فِي بَيْتِهِ رِجَالٌ فِيهِمْ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ-، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: هَلُمُّوا أَكْتُبْ لَكُمْ كِتَاباً لَنْ تَضِلُّوا بَعْدَهُ أَبَداً.

What is reported by al Humeydi in (the book) ‘Al Jam’a Bayn Al Sahiheyn’, in the fourth Hadeeth from the agreed upon regarding its correctness, from attribution of Abdullah Bin Abbas who said,

‘When (the expiry) presented to the Prophetsaww, and in hissaww house were men, among them being Umar Bin Al-Khattab, the Prophetsaww said: ‘Come, Isaww shall write such a letter for you, you will never stray after mesaww, ever!’

فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ: إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَدْ غَلَبَهُ الْوَجَعُ‏ وَ عِنْدَكُمُ الْقُرْآنُ، حَسْبُكُمْ كِتَابُ رَبِّكُمْ‏.

Umar Bin Al-Khattab said, ‘The Prophetsaww, the pain has overcome upon himsaww, and the Quran is with you. The Book of your Lordazwj is sufficient for you all’.

وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ- مِنْ غَيْرِ كِتَابِ الْحُمَيْدِيِّ-، قَالَ عُمَرُ: إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَهْجُرُ.

And in a report of Ibn Umar, from other than the book of Al-Humeydi, Umar said, ‘The mansaww is delirious’’.

وَ فِي كِتَابِ الْحُمَيْدِيِ‏: قَالُوا: مَا شَأْنُهُ، هَجَرَ؟.

And in the book of Al-Humeydi – They said, ‘What is hissaww concern, is hesaww delirious?’

وَ فِي الْمُجَلَّدِ الثَّانِي مِنْ صَحِيحِ مُسْلِمٍ: فَقَالَ‏: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] يَهْجُرُ. ..

And in the second volume of (the book) ‘Saheeh Muslim’ – He (Umar) said, ‘Rasool-Allahsaww is delirious’’.

قَالَ الْحُمَيْدِيُّ: فَاخْتَلَفَ الْحَاضِرُونَ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، فَبَعْضُهُمْ يَقُولُ الْقَوْلُ مَا قَالَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، فَقَرِّبُوا إِلَيْهِ كِتَاباً يَكْتُبْ لَكُمْ، وَ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَقُولُ الْقَوْلُ مَا قَالَهُ عُمَرُ،

Al-Humeydi said, ‘The ones present disputed in the presence of the Prophetsaww. Some of them were saying the word what the Prophetsaww said, ‘Bring a letter (paper) to himsaww so hesaww can write a letter for you all’; and from them were ones saying the word what Umar said.

فَلَمَّا أَكْثَرُوا اللَّغَطَ وَ الِاخْتِلَاطَ، قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: قُومُوا عَنِّي فَلَا يَنْبَغِي عِنْدِيَ التَّنَازُعُ،

When the commotion and the differing was a lot, the Prophetsaww said: ‘Arise away from mesaww! The disputing is not appropriate in mysaww presence’.

فَكَانَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ يَبْكِي حَتَّى تَبُلَّ دُمُوعُهُ الْحَصَى، وَ يَقُولُ: يَوْمُ الْخَمِيسِ وَ مَا يَوْمُ الْخَمِيسِ.

Ibn Abbas cried until his tears moistened the pebbles, and he said, ‘The day of Thursday! And what about the day of Thursday!’

قَالَ رَاوِي الْحَدِيثِ: فَقُلْتُ: يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ! وَ مَا يَوْمُ الْخَمِيسِ؟. فَذَكَرَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ يَوْمَ مُنِعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْكِتَابِ، وَ كَانَ يَقُولُ‏: الرَّزِيَّةُ كُلُّ الرَّزِيَّةِ مَا حَالَ بَيْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ بَيْنَ كِتَابِهِ‏.

The reporter of the Hadeeth said, ‘I said, ‘O Ibn Abbas! And what about the day of Thursday?’ Abdullah Bin Abbas mentioned the day Rasool-Allahsaww was prevented from that letter, and he said, ‘The calamity of all calamities is what formed a barrier between Rasool-Allahsaww and hissaww writing (that letter)’’.³²⁶

الْحَدِيثُ فِي وَصِيَّتِهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] وَ سَلَّمَ الَّذِي حَدَّثَنَا بِهِ الْقَاضِي أَبُو عَلِيٍّ، عَنْ أَبِي الْوَلِيدِ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ، عَنْ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَبِي الْهَيْثَمِ وَ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ جَمِيعاً، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ، عَنْ‏ مُعَمَّرٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: لَمَّا احْتُضِرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] وَ سَلَّمَ- وَ فِي الْبَيْتِ رِجَالٌ- قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] وَ سَلَّمَ: هَلُمُّوا أَكْتُبْ لَكُمْ كِتَاباً لَنْ تَضِلُّوا بَعْدَهُ.

The Hadeeth regarding the bequest of Rasool-Allahsaww which was narrated to us by the judge Abu Ali, from Abu Al Waleed, from Abu Zarrra, from Abu Muhammad, and Abu Al Haysam, and Abu Is’haq, altogether from Muhammad Bin Yusuf, from Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Ali Bin Abdullah, from Abdul Razzaq, from Muammar, from Al Zuhry, from Ubeydullah Bin Abdullah, from Ibn Abbas who said,

‘When (expiry) presented Rasool-Allahsaww, and in the house there were men, the Prophetsaww said: ‘Come! Isaww shall write a letter for you all, you will never stray after it’.

فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] وَ سَلَّمَ‏ غَلَبَهُ الْوَجَعُ.

One of them said, ‘Rasool-Allahazwj, the pain has overcome upon him’’.³²⁷

وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ: ائْتُونِي أَكْتُبْ لَكُمْ كِتَاباً لَنْ تَضِلُّوا بَعْدِي أَبَداً، فَتَنَازَعُوا، فَقَالُوا: مَا لَهُ؟ أَهَجَرَ؟ اسْتَفْهِمُوهُ. فَقَالَ: دَعُونِي فَإِنَّ الَّذِي أَنَا فِيهِ خَيْرٌ.

And in a report: ‘Bring me (Paper and pen), Isaww shall write a letter for you all, you will never stray after mesaww, ever!’ But they disputed and said, ‘What is the matter with himsaww, is hesaww delirious? Make himsaww understand it!’ Hesaww said: ‘Leave mesaww, for that which Isaww am in is better’’.

وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ: وَ اخْتَلَفَ أَهْلُ الْبَيْتِ‏ وَ اخْتَصَمُوا، فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَقُولُ: قَرِّبُوا يَكْتُبْ لَكُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] وَ سَلَّمَ كِتَاباً، وَ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَقُولُ الْقَوْلُ مَا قَالَ عُمَرُ.

And in a report, ‘And the people of the house differed and they disputed. From them was one who said, ‘Give himsaww so that Rasool-Allahsaww can write a letter for you all’. And from them were ones saying the word of Umar’’.³²⁸

مَا رَوَاهُ ابْنُ أَبِي الْحَدِيدِ فِي الْجُزْءِ الثَّانِيَ عَشَرَ مِنْ شَرْحِهِ عَلَى النَّهْجِ‏ فِي سِلْكِ الْأَخْبَارِ الَّتِي رَوَاهَا عَنْ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: رَوَى ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: خَرَجْتُ مَعَ عُمَرَ إِلَى الشَّامِ‏، فَانْفَرَدَ يَوْماً يَسِيرُ عَلَى بَعِيرٍ فَاتَّبَعْتُهُ، فَقَالَ لِي: يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ! أَشْكُوا إِلَيْكَ ابْنَ عَمِّكَ، سَأَلْتُهُ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ مَعِي فَلَمْ يَفْعَلْ، وَ لَا أَزَالُ‏ أَرَاهُ وَاجِداً، فِيمَا تَظُنُّ مَوْجِدَتُهُ؟

What is reported by Ibn Abi Al Hadeed in the twelfth volume of his commentary upon (the book ‘Al Nahj (Al Balagah)’ in the way of the news which were reported from Umar, he said, ‘Ibn Abbas said,

‘I went out with Umar to Syria, and one day he became alone upon a camel, so I followed him. He said to me, ‘O Ibn Abbas! I am complaining to you of the sonasws of your uncleas. I asked himasws to come out with me, but heasws did not do so, and I have not ceased to see himasws as alone. Regarding what do you see hisasws loneliness is about?’

قُلْتُ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ! إِنَّكَ لَتَعْلَمُ، قَالَ: أَظُنُّهُ لَا يَزَالُ كَئِيباً لِفَوْتِ الْخِلَافَةِ؟ قُلْتُ: هُوَ ذَاكَ، إِنَّهُ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ (ص) أَرَادَ الْأَمْرَ لَهُ.

I said, ‘O commander of the faithful! You know (well)’. He said, ‘I think heasws has not ceased to be gloomy at the loss of the caliphate?’ I said, ‘It is that. Heasws claims that Rasool-Allahazwj wanted the command to be for himasws’.

فَقَالَ: يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ! وَ أَرَادَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] الْأَمْرَ لَهُ فَكَانَ مَا ذَا إِذَا لَمْ يُرِدِ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى ذَلِكَ، إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ (ص) أَرَادَ أَمْراً وَ أَرَادَ اللَّهُ غَيْرَهُ، فَنَفَذَ مُرَادُ اللَّهِ‏ وَ لَمْ يَنْفُذْ مُرَادُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ، أَ وَ كُلَّمَا أَرَادَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ كَانَ؟! إِنَّهُ أَرَادَ إِسْلَامَ عَمِّهِ وَ لَمْ يُرِدْهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى فَلَمْ يُسْلِمْ!.

He said, ‘O Ibn Abbas! And Rasool-Allahsaww did want the command to be for himasws, but is so happened that Allahazwj the Exalted did not want that. Rasool-Allahsaww wanted a matter and Allahazwj Wanted something else. Thus, the ‘Purpose of Allahazwj was Accomplished and the purpose of Rasool-Allahsaww was not accomplished. Or is it that all what Rasool-Allahsaww wanted took place? Hesaww wanted Islam of hissaww uncleas and Allahazwj the Exalted did not Want it, so heas did not become a Muslim!’’

قَالَ‏: وَ قَدْ رُوِيَ مَعْنَى هَذَا الْخَبَرِ بِغَيْرِ هَذَا اللَّفْظِ، وَ هُوَ قَوْلُهُ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُذَكِّرَهُ لِلْأَمْرِ فِي مَرَضِهِ، فَصَدَدْتُهُ عَنْهُ خَوْفاً مِنَ الْفِتْنَةِ وَ انْتِشَارِ أَمْرِ الْإِسْلَامِ، فَعَلِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (ص) مَا فِي نَفْسِي وَ أَمْسَكَ، وَ أَبَى اللَّهُ إِلَّا إِمْضَاءَ مَا حُتِمَ.

He (Ibn Abi Al-Hadeed) said, ‘And the meaning of this news has been reported with other than these words, and it is his (Umar’s) words, ‘Rasool-Allahsaww wanted to mention himasws for the command during hissaww illness, but I hindered himsaww from it fearing from the Fitna and the scattering of the matter of Al-Islam, so Rasool-Allahsaww knew what was in myself and withheld, and Allahazwj Refused except Heazwj would Accomplish what Heazwj had Ordained’.³²⁹

وَ رَوَى‏ أَيْضاً فِي الْمَوْضِعِ الْمَذْكُورِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى عُمَرَ فِي أَوَّلِ خِلَافَتِهِ وَ قَدْ أُلْقِيَ لَهُ صَاعٌ مِنْ تَمْرٍ عَلَى خَصَفَةٍ، فَدَعَانِي إِلَى الْأَكْلِ، فَأَكَلْتُ تَمْرَةً وَاحِدَةً وَ أَقْبَلَ يَأْكُلُ حَتَّى أَتَى عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ شَرِبَ مِنْ جَرَّةٍ كَانَتْ عِنْدَهُ، وَ اسْتَلْقَى عَلَى مِرْفَقَةٍ لَهُ وَ طَفِقَ يَحْمَدُ اللَّهَ .. يُكَرِّرُ ذَلِكَ،

And it is reported as well in the mentioned place, from Ibn Abbas who said, ‘I entered to see Umar during the beginning of his caliphate, and a Sa’a of dates had been cast to him upon a basket. He called me to eat. I ate one date and he ate until he was satiated. Then he drank from a jug which was with him, and he lied down upon his elbow and began praising Allahazwj, repeating that.

ثُمَّ قَالَ: مِنْ أَيْنَ جِئْتَ يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ؟. قُلْتُ: مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ. قَالَ: كَيْفَ خَلَّفْتَ ابْنَ عَمِّكَ؟. فَظَنَنْتُهُ يَعْنِي عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ، قُلْتُ: خَلَّفْتُهُ يَلْعَبُ مَعَ أَتْرَابِهِ. قَالَ: لَمْ أَعْنِ ذَلِكَ، إِنَّمَا عَنَيْتُ عَظِيمَكُمْ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ. قُلْتُ: خَلَّفْتُهُ يَمْتَحُ‏ بِالْغَرْبِ عَلَى نَخِيلَاتٍ مِنْ فُلَانٍ وَ يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ.

Then he said, ‘Where are you coming from, O servant of Allahazwj?’ I said, ‘From the Masjid’. He said, ‘How have you left behind sonasws of your uncleas?’ I thought he meant Abdullah son of Ja’faras. I said, ‘I left him playing with his dust’. He said, ‘I did not mean that. But rather I meant the great one of your Peopleasws of the Household’. I said, ‘I left himasws pulling a bucket (watering) upon palm trees of so and so and reciting the Quran’.

قَالَ: يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ! عَلَيْكَ دِمَاءُ الْبُدْنِ إِنْ كَتَمْتَنِيهَا، هَلْ بَقِيَ فِي نَفْسِهِ شَيْ‏ءٌ مِنْ أَمْرِ الْخِلَافَةِ؟. قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: أَ يَزْعُمُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] نَصَّ عَلَيْهِ؟. قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، وَ أَزِيدُكَ، سَأَلْتُ أَبِي عَمَّا يَدَّعِيهِ، فَقَالَ: صَدَقَ.

He said, ‘O servant of Allahazwj! Upon you is blood of the camel if you were to conceal it. Does there remain anything in hisasws self from the matter of the caliphate?’ I said, ‘Yes’. He said, ‘Does heasws (still) claim that Rasool-Allahazwj dictated it upon himasws?’ I said, ‘Yes, and I shall increase for you. I asked my father about what heasws claims, and he said, ‘Heasws speaks the truth’.

فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: لَقَدْ كَانَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] فِي أَمْرِهِ ذَرْءٌ مِنْ قَوْلٍ لَا يُثْبِتُ‏ حُجَّةً وَ لَا يَقْطَعُ عُذْراً، وَ لَقَدْ كَانَ يَزِيغُ‏ فِي أَمْرِهِ وَقْتاً مَا، وَ لَقَدْ أَرَادَ فِي مَرَضِهِ أَنْ يُصَرِّحَ بِاسْمِهِ فَمَنَعْتُهُ‏ مِنْ ذَلِكَ إِشْفَاقاً وَ حِيطَةً عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ،

Umar said, ‘There had been from Rasool-Allahsaww regarding hisasws matter, a speck of a word, no proof could be proved nor any excuse cut off, and heasws has been deceived regarding hisasws matter for a time. Hesaww had intended during hissaww illness to shout hisasws name, but I prevented himsaww from compassion and caution upon Al-Islam.

لَا وَ رَبِّ هذا [هَذَهِ‏] الْبَنِيَّةِ لَا تَجْتَمِعُ عَلَيْهِ قُرَيْشٌ أَبَداً، وَ لَوْ وَلِيَهَا لَا انْتَقَضَتْ‏ عَلَيْهِ الْعَرَبُ مِنْ أَقْطَارِهَا، فَعَلِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] أَنِّي عَلِمْتُ مَا فِي نَفْسِهِ فَأَمْسَكَ، وَ أَبَى اللَّهُ إِلَّا إِمْضَاءَ مَا حُتِمَ.

No, by the Lordazwj of this building! Quraysh would not have united upon himasws, ever! And had heasws ruled them, the Arabs from its outskirts would have broken (allegiance) to himasws. So, Rasool-Allahsaww knew what I knew what is in hissaww self, so hesaww withheld, and Allahazwj Refused except Accomplishment of what Heazwj had Ordained’’.³³⁰

و قد ذكر الموجه نفسه‏ شَرْحَ هَذِهِ الْقِصَّةِ فِي الْجُزْءِ الثَّانِيَ عَشَرَ فِي سِلْكِ الْأَخْبَارِ الَّتِي رَوَاهَا عَنْ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: لَمَّا كَتَبَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] كِتَابَ الصُّلْحِ فِي الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، وَ كَانَ فِي الْكِتَابِ أَنَّ مَنْ خَرَجَ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ إِلَى قُرَيْشٍ لَا يُرَدُّ وَ مَنْ خَرَجَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] يُرَدُّ إِلَيْهِمْ،

And he (Ibn Abi Al-Hadeed) has mentioned the commentary of this story in volume twelve in the way of the news which is reported from Umar, he said, ‘When the Prophetsaww wrote the letter of the reconciliation (peace treaty) in Al-Hudaybiyya between himsaww and Suheyl Bin Amro, and it was in the letter that the one from the Muslims who goes out to Quraysh would not be returned, and one who goes out from the Polytheists to the Prophetsaww would be returned to them’.

غَضِبَ عُمَرُ وَ قَالَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ: مَا هَذَا يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ؟ أَ يُرَدُّ الْمُسْلِمُونَ إِلَى الْمُشْرِكِينَ؟!، ثُمَّ جَاءَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] فَجَلَسَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، وَ قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! أَ لَسْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ حَقّاً؟!. قَالَ: بَلَى. قَالَ: وَ نَحْنُ الْمُسْلِمُونَ حَقّاً؟. قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: وَ هُمُ الْكَافِرُونَ‏؟!. قَالَ: نَعَمْ.

Umar got angry and said to Abu Bakr, ‘What is this, O Abu Bakr? Can the Muslims be returned to the Polytheists?!’ Then he came to Rasool-Allahsaww and sat in front of himsaww and said, ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! Aren’t yousaww a Rasoolsaww of Allahazwj truly?!’ Hesaww said: ‘Yes’. He said, ‘And we are the Muslims truly?’ Hesaww said: ‘Yes’. He said, ‘And they are Kafirs?’ Hesaww said: ‘Yes’.

قَالَ: فَعَلَامَ نُعْطِي الدَّنِيَّةَ فِي دِينِنَا؟!. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: أَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (ص) أَفْعَلُ مَا يَأْمُرُنِي بِهِ وَ لَنْ يُضَيِّعَنِي، فَقَامَ عُمَرُ مُغْضَباً، وَ قَالَ: وَ اللَّهِ لَوْ أَجِدُ أَعْوَاناً مَا أَعْطَيْتُ الدَّنِيَّةَ أَبَداً!،

He said, ‘Then upon what are we giving them the lowness in our Religion?!’ Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘Isaww am Rasool-Allahsaww! Isaww do whatever Isaww am Commanded with and Heazwj will never lower mesaww’. Umar stood up angrily and said, ‘By Allahazwj! If I were to find supporters, I would not give the lowness, ever!’

وَ جَاءَ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ! أَ لَمْ يَكُنْ وَعَدَنَا، أَنَّا سَنَدْخُلُ مَكَّةَ، فَأَيْنَ مَا وَعَدَنَا بِهِ؟!. فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: أَ قَالَ لَكَ إِنَّ الْعَامَ نَدْخُلُهَا؟. قَالَ: لَا. قَالَ: فَسَنَدْخُلُهَا.

And he came to Abu Bakr and said to him, ‘O Abu Bakr! Did hesaww not promise us that we would be entering Makkah? So where is what hesaww had promised us with?!’ Abu Bakr said, ‘Did hesaww say to him that we would be entering it this year?’ He said, ‘No’. He said, ‘So we will be entering it’.

قَالَ: فَمَا هَذِهِ الصَّحِيفَةُ الَّتِي كُتِبَتْ؟ وَ كَيْفَ نُعْطِي الدَّنِيَّةَ فِي‏ أَنْفُسِنَا؟. فَقَالَ: يَا هَذَا! الْزَمْ غَرْزَهُ‏ فَوَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ لَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ، إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُضَيِّعُهُ،

He said, ‘So what is this parchment (peace treaty) which has been written? And how can we give the lowness regarding ourselves?’ He said, ‘O you! Necessitate hissaww fixing (of the matters). By Allahazwj, hesaww is a Rasoolsaww of Allahazwj. Allahazwj will not Lower himsaww’.

فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْفَتْحِ وَ أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مِفْتَاحَ الْكَعْبَةِ، قَالَ: ادْعُوا لِي عُمَرَ، فَجَاءَ، فَقَالَ: هَذَا الَّذِي كُنْتُ وَعَدْتُ بِهِ‏.

When it was the day of the conquest (of Makkah), and Rasool-Allahsaww took the keys of the Kabah, hesaww said: ‘Call Umar for mesaww’. He came, and hesaww said: ‘This is that which Isaww had promised you with’’.³³¹

وَ رَوَى الْبُخَارِيُ‏ فِي صَحِيحِهِ فِي بَابِ الشُّرُوطِ فِي الْجِهَادِ وَ الْمُصَالَحَةِ مَعَ أَهْلِ الْحُرُوبِ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّهَيْرِ، عَنِ الْمِسْوَرِ بْنِ مَخْرَمَةَ وَ مَرْوَانَ- يُصَدِّقُ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا حَدِيثَ صَاحِبِهِ- قَالا: خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] مِنَ‏ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ .. وَ سَاقَ‏ الْحَدِيثَ .. إِلَى أَنْ قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ: فَأَتَيْتُ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]، فَقُلْتُ: أَ لَسْتَ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ حَقّاً؟. قَالَ: بَلَى. قُلْتُ: أَ لَسْنَا عَلَى الْحَقِّ، وَ عَدُوُّنَا عَلَى الْبَاطِلِ؟. قَالَ: بَلَى. قُلْتُ: فَلِمَ نُعْطِي الدَّنِيَّةَ فِي دِينِنَا إِذاً. قَالَ: إِنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَ لَسْتُ أَعْصِيهِ، وَ هُوَ نَاصِرِي.

And it is reported by Al Bukhari in his (book) ‘Saheeh’, in the chapter of the conditions regarding the Jihad and the reconciliation with the people of wars, from Al Zuhry, from Urwah Bin Al Zuheyr, from Al Miswar Bin Makhramah and Marwan, each one ratifying the Hadeeth of his companion, both said,

‘Rasool-Allahsaww went out from Al-Hudaybiyya’ – and he continued the Hadeeth up to, Umar Bin Al Khattab said, ‘I came to the Prophetsaww and said, ‘Aren’t yousaww a Prophetsaww of Allahazwj?’ Hesaww said: ‘Yes’. I said, ‘Aren’t we upon the truth and our enemies are upon the falsehood?’ Hesaww said: ‘Yes’. I said, ‘They why are we giving the lowness in our religion then’. Hesaww said: ‘Isaww am a Rasoolsaww of Allahazwj and will not disobey Himazwj, and Heazwj is mysaww Helper’.

قُلْتُ: أَ وَ لَسْتَ كُنْتَ تُحَدِّثُنَا أَنَّا سَنَأْتِي الْبَيْتَ فَنَطُوفُ بِهِ؟!. قَالَ: بَلَى، فَأَخْبَرْتُكَ أَنَّا نَأْتِيهِ الْعَامَ؟. قُلْتُ: لَا. قَالَ: فَإِنَّكَ آتِيهِ وَ تَطُوفُ بِهِ.

I said, ‘Or haven’t yousaww narrated to us that we will be going to the House and performing Tawaaf with it?’ Hesaww said: ‘Yes, but did Isaww inform you that we would be going to it this year?’ I said, ‘no’. Hesaww said: ‘so, you will go to it and perform Tawaaf with it’.

قَالَ: فَأَتَيْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ! أَ لَيْسَ هَذَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ حَقّاً؟. قَالَ: بَلَى. قُلْتُ: أَ لَسْنَا عَلَى الْحَقِّ وَ عَدُوُّنَا عَلَى الْبَاطِلِ؟. قَالَ: بَلَى. قُلْتُ: فَلِمَ نُعْطِي الدَّنِيَّةَ فِي دِينِنَا إِذاً؟.

He said, ‘I came to Abu Bakr and said, ‘O Abu Bakr! Isn’t this one a true Prophetsaww of Allahazwj?’ He said, ‘Yes’. I said, ‘Aren’t we upon the truth and our enemies are upon the falsehood?’ Hesaww said: ‘Yes’. I said, ‘They why are we giving them the lowness in our religion then?’

قَالَ: أَيُّهَا الرَّجُلُ إِنَّهُ لَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] وَ لَيْسَ يَعْصِي رَبَّهُ وَ هُوَ نَاصِرُهُ، فَاسْتَمْسِكْ بِغَرْزِهِ، فَوَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ عَلَى الْحَقِّ.

He said, ‘O you man! Hesaww is a Rasoolsaww of Allahazwj, and hesaww won’t disobey hissaww Lordazwj and Heazwj is hissaww Helper, therefore adhere with hissaww purpose, for by Allahazwj, hesaww is upon the truth’.

قُلْتُ: أَ لَيْسَ كَانَ يُحَدِّثُنَا أَنَّا سَنَأْتِي الْبَيْتَ‏ وَ نَطُوفُ بِهِ؟!. قَالَ: بَلَى، أَ فَأَخْبَرَكَ أَنَّكَ تَأْتِيهِ الْعَامَ؟. قُلْتُ: لَا. قَالَ: فَإِنَّكَ آتِيهِ وَ تَطُوفُ بِهِ.

I said, ‘Didn’t hesaww narrated to us that we would be going to the House (Kabah) and perform Tawaaf with it?!’ He said, ‘Yes, but did hesaww inform you that you will be going to it this year?’ I said, ‘No’. He said, ‘Then you will be going to him and perform Tawaaf with it’.

قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ: قَالَ عُمَرُ: فَعَمِلْتُ لِذَلِكَ أَعْمَالًا.

Al-Zuhry said, ‘Umar said, ‘So I worked a work for that’’.³³²

وَ رَوَى الْبُخَارِيُ‏ فِي تَفْسِيرِ سُورَةِ الْفَتْحِ مِنْ كِتَابِ تَفْسِيرِ الْقُرْآنِ، وَ مُسْلِمٍ‏ فِي كِتَابِ الْقَضَاءِ، عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ، قَالَ: أَتَيْتُ أَبَا وَائِلٍ أَسْأَلُهُ، فَقَالَ: كُنَّا بِصِفِّينَ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: أَ لَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا نَصِيباً مِنَ الْكِتابِ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلى‏ كِتابِ اللَّهِ‏.. فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏]: نَعَمْ،

And it is reported by Al Bukhari in interpretation of Surah Al Fat’h from the book of interpretation of the Quran, and Muslim ins the book of judgment, from Habeen Bin Abu Sabir who said,

‘I came to Abu Waail to ask him. He said, ‘We were at Siffeen, and a man said, Have you not seen those who are given a portion of the Book? They are invited to the Book of Allah [3:23]’. Aliasws said: ‘Yes’.

فَقَالَ سَهْلُ بْنُ حُنَيْفٍ: اتَّهِمُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتَنَا يَوْمَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ- يَعْنِي الصُّلْحَ الَّذِي كَانَ بَيْنَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] وَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ- وَ لَوْ نَرَى قِتَالًا لَقَاتَلْنَا، فَجَاءَ عُمَرُ، فَقَالَ: أَ لَسْنَا عَلَى الْحَقِّ وَ هُمْ عَلَى الْبَاطِلِ؟ أَ لَيْسَ قَتْلَانَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَ قَتْلَاهُمْ فِي النَّارِ؟. قَالَ: بَلَى.

Sahl Bin Huneyf said, ‘Accuse your own selves for we have seen the day of Al-Hudaybiyya – meaning the peace treaty which was between the Prophetsaww and the Polytheists – and if we were to see fighting, we shall fight. Umar had come and said, ‘Aren’t we upon the truth and they are upon the falsehood? Wouldn’t our killed ones be in the Paradise and their killed ones would be in the Fire?’ Hesaww said: ‘Yes’.

قَالَ: فَفِيمَ نُعْطِي الدَّنِيَّةَ فِي دِينِنَا وَ نَرْجِعُ وَ لِمَا يَحْكُمُ اللَّهُ بَيْنَنَا؟!. فَقَالَ: يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ! إِنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (ص) وَ لَنْ يُضِيِّعَنِيَ اللَّهُ أَبَداً.

He said, ‘Then regarding what are we giving them the lowness in our religion and we are hoping to what Allahazwj would be Judging between us?!’ Hesaww said: ‘O Ibn Al-Khattab! Isaww am a Rasoolsaww of Allahazwj and Allahazwj will never lower mesaww, ever!’

فَرَجَعَ مُتَغَيِّظاً فَلَمْ يَصْبِرْ حَتَّى جَاءَ إِلَى‏ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ! أَ لَسْنَا عَلَى الْحَقِّ وَ هُمْ عَلَى الْبَاطِلِ؟. قَالَ: يَا ابْنَ الْخَطَّابِ! إِنَّهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (ص) وَ لَنْ يُضَيِّعَهُ‏ اللَّهُ أَبَداً.، فَنَزَلَتْ سُورَةُ الْفَتْحِ، كذا في رواية البخاري.

He returned angrily and was not patient until he came to Abu Bakr and said, ‘O Abu Bakr! Aren’t we upon the truth and they are upon the falsehood?’ He said, ‘O Ibn Al-Khattab! Heazwj is Rasool-Allahsaww and Allahazwj will never lower himsaww, ever!’ So, Surah Al-Fat’h was Revealed’ – That is how it is in the report of Al-Bukhari.

وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ مُسْلِمٍ- بَعْدَ قَوْلِهِ: وَ لَنْ يُضَيِّعَهُ اللَّهُ أَبَداً- نَزَلَ الْقُرْآنُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] بِالْفَتْحِ، فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى عُمَرَ فَأَقْرَأَهُ إِيَّاهُ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ‏ (ص)! أَ وَ فَتْحٌ هُوَ؟. فَقَالَ: نَعَمْ. فَطَابَتْ نَفْسُهُ وَ رَجَعَ.

And in a report of Muslim – after his words, ‘And hesaww will never lower himsaww, ever!’ – The Quran was Revealed unto Rasool-Allahsaww with (Surah) Al-Fat’h. Hesaww sent a message to Umar and it was read out to him. He said, ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! And is it a victory?’ Hesaww said: ‘Yes’. He felt good and returned’’.³³³

وَ رَوَى الشَّيْخُ الطَّبْرِسِيُّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فِي مَجْمَعِ الْبَيَانِ‏ قِصَّةَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ بِنَحْوٍ مِمَّا سَبَقَ، وَ فِيهِ: قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ: وَ اللَّهِ مَا شَكَكْتُ مُنْذُ أَسْلَمْتُ إِلَّا يَوْمَئِذٍ، فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، فَقُلْتُ: أَ لَسْتَ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ .. إِلَى آخِرِ الْخَبَرِ.

And it is reported by the sheykh Al-Tabari in (the book) ‘Majma’a Al-Bayaan’, story of Al-Hudaybiyya with approximate from what passed, and in it, ‘Umar Bin Al-Khattab said, ‘By Allahazwj! I did not doubt since I became a Muslim except on that day. I came to the Prophetsaww and said, ‘Aren’t yousaww a Prophetsaww of Allahazwj?’ – up to the end of the Hadeeth’’.³³⁴

مَا رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُ‏- فِي بَابِ غَزْوَةِ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ مِنْ كِتَابِ الْمَغَازِي-، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] كَانَ يَسِيرُ فِي بَعْضِ أَسْفَارِهِ وَ عُمَرُ بْنُ‏ الْخَطَّابِ يَسِيرُ مَعَهُ لَيْلًا، فَسَأَلَهُ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ عَنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]، ثُمَّ سَأَلَهُ فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ، ثُمَّ سَأَلَهُ فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ،

And it is reported by Al Bukhari – in the chapter of military expedition of Al Hudaybiyya from the book of the battles – from Zayd Bin Aslam, from his father,

‘Rasool-Allahsaww was travelling in one of hissaww journeys and Umar Bin Al-Khattab was with himsaww one night. Umar Bin Al-Khattab asked himasws about something, but Rasool-Allahsaww did not answer him. Then he asked himsaww (again), but hesaww did not answer him with anything. Then he asked himsaww, but hesaww did not answer him.

فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ: ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ يَا عُمَرُ! نَزَرْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ كُلَّ ذَلِكَ لَا يُجِيبُكَ. قَالَ عُمَرُ: فَحَرَّكْتُ بَعِيرِي ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمْتُ أَمَامَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَ خَشِيتُ أَنْ يَنْزِلَ فِيَّ قُرْآنٌ، فَمَا نَسِيتُ أَنْ سَمِعْتُ صَارِخاً يَصْرُخُ بِي.

Umar Bin Al-Khattab said, ‘May your mother be bereft of you, O Umar! You saw Rasool-Allahazwj three times, all that hesaww did not answer you’. Umar said, ‘My camel moved, then it proceeded in front of the Muslims, and I feared that Quran may be Revealed regarding me. I have not forgotten that a shouter shouting at me’.

قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: لَقَدْ خَشِيتُ أَنْ يَنْزِلَ فِيَّ قُرْآنٌ وَ جِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]، فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: لَقَدْ أُنْزِلَتْ عَلَيَّ اللَّيْلَةَ سُورَةٌ لَهِيَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِمَّا طَلَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ الشَّمْسُ، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ: إِنَّا فَتَحْنا لَكَ فَتْحاً مُبِيناً.

He said, ‘I said, ‘I had feared that Quran might be Revealed regarding me, and I went to Rasool-Allahsaww and greeted to himsaww. Hesaww said: ‘There has been Revealed unto mesaww tonight such a Chapter, it is more beloved to mesaww than whatever the sun emerges upon’. Then hesaww recited: Surely, We Opened for you a clear victory [48:1]’’.³³⁵

وَ قَالَ فِي النِّهَايَةِ: حَدِيثُ عُمَرَ «أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ (ص) عَنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ مِرَاراً فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ فَقَالَ لِنَفْسِهِ: ثَكِلَتْكَ أُمُّكَ إِنَّكَ‏ يَا عُمَرُ نَزَرْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ (ص) مِرَاراً لَا يُجِيبُكَ»،.

And he said in (the book) ‘Al-Nihayah’, a Hadeeth of Umar, ‘He asked Rasool-Allahsaww about something repeatedly, but hesaww did no answer him. He said to himself, ‘May your mother be bereft of you! O Umar, you harassed Rasool-Allahsaww repeatedly, hesaww did not answer you’’.³³⁶

مَا رَوَاهُ ابْنُ أَبِي الْحَدِيدِ فِي أَخْبَارِ عُمَرَ فِي الْجُزْءِ الثَّانِيَ عَشَرَ، وَ رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي صَحِيحِهِ‏ فِي كِتَابِ الْإِيمَانِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: كُنَّا قُعُوداً حَوْلَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] وَ مَعَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَ عُمَرُ فِي نَفَرٍ، فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ‏ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] مِنْ بَيْنِ أَظْهُرِنَا فَأَبْطَأَ عَلَيْنَا، فَخَشِينَا أَنْ يُقْطَعَ دُونَنَا وَ فَزِعْنَا وَ قُمْنَا، فَكُنْتُ أَوَّلَ مَنْ فَزِعَ، فَخَرَجْتُ أَبْتَغِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ حَائِطاً لِلْأَنْصَارِ لِقَوْمٍ مِنْ بَنِي النَّجَّارِ

What is reported by Ibn Abi Al Hadeed in the news of Umar in the twelfth volume, and it is reported by Muslim in his (book) ‘Saheeh’, in the book of Eman, from Abu Hureyra who said,

‘We were seated around the Prophetsaww and with us were Abu Bakr and Umar among a number. Rasool-Allahsaww stood up from our midst and was delayed to us. We feared that hesaww might have been cut off (by bandits) besides us and we panicked and stood up. I was the first one to panic. I went seeking Rasool-Allahsaww until I came to a garden of the Helpers, there was a group of the clan of Najjar.

فَلَمْ أَجِدْ لَهُ بَاباً، فَإِذَا رَبِيعٌ يَدْخُلُ‏ فِي جَوْفِ حَائِطٍ مِنْ بِئْرٍ خَارِجَةٍ- وَ الرَّبِيعُ: الْجَدْوَلُ‏- فَاحْتَفَزْتُ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]، فَقَالَ: أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ؟. فَقُلْتُ: نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، قَالَ‏: مَا شَأْنُكَ؟.

I could not find a door, and there was a spring entering into the interior of the garden from an outside well, and the spring was the wheel. I went and entered to see Rasool-Allahazwj. Hesaww said: ‘Abu Hureyra?’ I said, ‘Yes, O Rasool-Allahsaww!’ Hesaww said: ‘What is your concern?’

قُلْتُ: كُنْتَ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِنَا فَقُمْتَ فَأَبْطَأْتَ عَلَيْنَا، فَخَشِينَا أَنْ تُقْطَعَ دُونَنَا، فَفَزِعْنَا- فَكُنْتُ أَوَّلَ مَنْ فَزِعَ- فَأَتَيْتُ هَذَا الْحَائِطَ فَاحْتَفَزْتُ‏ كَمَا تَحْتَفِزُ الثَّعْلَبُ وَ هَؤُلَاءِ النَّاسُ وَرَائِي،

I said, ‘Yousaww were in our midst and stood up, then yousaww were delayed to us. We feared that yousaww might have been cut off (by bandits) besides us, so we panicked, and I was the first one to panic, so I came to this garden, and I burrowed just as the wolf tends to burrow, and here are these people behind me’.

فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ!- وَ أَعْطَانِي نَعْلَيْهِ، قَالَ‏: اذْهَبْ بِنَعْلَيَّ هَاتَيْنِ فَمَنْ لَقِيتَ مِنْ وَرَاءِ هَذَا الْحَائِطِ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مُسْتَيْقِناً بِهَا قَلْبُهُ فَبَشِّرْهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ،

Hesaww said: ‘O Abu Hureyra!’ – and hesaww gave me hissaww slippers. Hesaww said: ‘Go with these slippers of minesaww. The one you meet from behind this garden testifying that there is no god except Allahazwj, being convinced with his heart, give him the glad tidings of the Paradise’.

فَكَانَ‏ أَوَّلُ مَنْ لَقِيتُ عُمَرَ، فَقَالَ: مَا هَاتَانِ النَّعْلَانِ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ؟. قُلْتُ: هَاتَانِ نَعْلَا رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] بَعَثَنِي بِهِمَا مَنْ لَقِيتُ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مُسْتَيْقِناً بِهَا قَلْبُهُ بَشَّرْتُهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ،

It so happened that the first one I met was Umar. He said, ‘What are these two slippers, O Abu Hureyra?’ I said, ‘These are two slippers of Rasool-Allahsaww. Hesaww sent me with these. One I meet testifying that there is no god except Allahazwj, being convinced with it by his heart, I should give him glad tidings of the Paradise’.

فَضَرَبَ عُمَرُ بِيَدِهِ بَيْنَ ثَدْيَيَّ فَخَرَرْتُ‏ لِاسْتِي، فَقَالَ: ارْجِعْ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ!. فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] فَأَجْهَشْتُ بِبُكَاءٍ وَ رَكِبَنِي عُمَرُ، فَإِذَا هُوَ عَلَى أَثَرِي، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]: مَا لَكَ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ؟. قُلْتُ‏: لَقِيتُ عُمَرَ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِالَّذِي بَعَثْتَنِي بِهِ، فَضَرَبَ بَيْنَ ثَدْيَيَ‏ ضَرْبَةً خَرَرْتُ لِاسْتِي، قَالَ: ارْجِعْ.

Umar struck his hand upon my chest and I fell down to my back. He said, ‘Return, O Abu Hureyra!’ I returned to Rasool-Allahsaww, and I was surprised with the crying, and Umar was holding my neck and he was on my footsteps. Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘What is the matter with you, O Abu Hureyra?’ I said, ‘I met Umar and informed him that which yousaww had sent me with, and he hit on my chest with such a hit, I fell down on my neck. He said, ‘Return!’’

فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]: مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى‏ مَا فَعَلْتَ؟. فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ‏! بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَ أُمِّي، أَ بَعَثْتَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ بِنَعْلَيْكَ مَنْ لَقِيَ يَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مُسْتَيْقِناً بِهَا قَلْبُهُ بَشَّرَهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ؟. قَالَ: نَعَمْ.

Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘What carried you upon what you did?’ He said, ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! May my father and my mother be (sacrificed) for yousaww! Did yousaww send Abu Hureyra with yoursaww slippers, one he meets testifying that there is no god except Allahazwj being convinced with it by his hear, to give him glad tidings of the Paradise?’ Hesaww said: ‘Yes’.

قَالَ: فَلَا تَفْعَلْ، فَإِنِّي أَخْشَى أَنْ يَتَّكِلَ النَّاسُ عَلَيْهَا فَخَلِّهِمْ يَعْمَلُونَ. قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (ص): فَخَلِّهِمْ‏.

He said, ‘Don’t do it, for I fear that the people would rely upon it and the stop doing their deeds’. Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘So let them stop’’.³³⁷

وَ رَوَى الْبُخَارِيُ‏ فِي تَفْسِيرِ سُورَةِ بَرَاءَةَ مِنْ كِتَابِ تَفْسِيرِ الْقُرْآنِ، وَ رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ‏ فِي بَابِ فَضَائِلِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ‏: لَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أُبَيٍّ جَاءَ ابْنُهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]، فَسَأَلَهُ أَنْ يُعْطِيَهُ قَمِيصَهُ يُكَفِّنُ فِيهِ أَبَاهُ فَأَعْطَاهُ، ثُمَّ سَأَلَهُ أَنْ يُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ لِيُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ،

And it is reported by Al Bukhari in interpretation of Surah Bara’ah from the book on interpretations of the Quran, and it is reported by Muslim in the chapter on merits of Umar Bin Al Khattab, from Ibn Umar who said,

‘When Abdullah Bin Ubay died, his son came to Rasool-Allahsaww. He asked himsaww to give him hissaww shirt to enshroud his father in it. Hesaww gave it. Then he asked himsaww to pray Salat upon him. Rasool-Allahsaww stood up in order to pray Salat upon him.

فَقَامَ عُمَرُ فَأَخَذَ بِثَوْبِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! أَ تُصَلِّي عَلَيْهِ‏ وَ قَدْ نَهَاكَ رَبُّكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ‏؟! فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]: إِنَّمَا خَيَّرَنِيَ اللَّهُ، فَقَالَ: اسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ أَوْ لا تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ إِنْ تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً.. وَ سَأَزِيدُ عَلَى السَّبْعِينَ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّهُ مُنَافِقٌ.

Umar stood up and grabbed the cloth of Rasool-Allahsaww. He said, ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! Will yousaww pray Salat upon him, and yoursaww Lordazwj has Forbidden yousaww to pray Salat upon him?!’ Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘But rather, Heazwj Gave mesaww a choice. Heazwj Said: Whether you seek Forgiveness for them or do not seek Forgiveness for them; even if you seek Forgiveness for them seventy times, [9:80], and Isaww shall exceed upon the seventy’. He said, ‘He is a hypocrite’.

قَالَ: فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: وَ لا تُصَلِّ عَلى‏ أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ ماتَ أَبَداً وَ لا تَقُمْ عَلى‏ قَبْرِهِ إِنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا بِاللَّهِ‏.

He (the narrator) said, ‘Rasool-Allahsaww prayed Salat upon him. Allahazwj the Exalted Revealed: And do not pray Salat upon anyone of them who dies, ever, and do not stand by his grave. They committed Kufr with Allah [9:84]’’.³³⁸

وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى‏ لَهُ عَنْ عُمَرَ: أَنَّهُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]: أَخِّرْ عَنِّي يَا عُمَرُ! فَلَمَّا أَكْثَرْتُ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ: إِنِّي خُيِّرْتُ فَاخْتَرْتُ، لَوْ أَعْلَمُ إِنْ زِدْتُ عَلَى السَّبْعِينَ يُغْفَرْ لَهُ لَزِدْتُ عَلَيْهَا،

And in another report (after the previous one), from Umar, ‘Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘Hold on from mesaww, O Umar!’ When he frequented to himsaww, hesaww said: ‘Isaww am Given a choice, so Isaww chose. If Isaww knew that if Isaww were to exceed upon the seventy Heazwj would Forgive, Isaww have increased upon it’.

قَالَ: فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ‏ [وَ آلِهِ‏] ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ، فَلَمْ يَمْكُثْ إِلَّا يَسِيراً حَتَّى نَزَلَتِ الْآيَتَانِ مِنْ بَرَاءَةَ ... قَالَ: فَعَجِبْتُ بَعْدُ مِنْ جُرْأَتِي عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] وَ اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ!.

He said, ‘Rasool-Allahsaww prayed Salat upon him, then left. Hesaww did not wait except a little until the two Verses from Surah Bara’ah were Revealed. I was astonished from my audacity upon Rasool-Allahsaww, and Allahazwj and Hisazwj Rasoolsaww know’’.³³⁹

وَ رَوَى ابْنُ أَبِي الْحَدِيدِ فِي أَخْبَارِ عُمَرَ قَرِيباً مِنَ الرِّوَايَةِ الْأُولَى، وَ فِيهَا: فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] بَيْنَ يَدَيِ الصَّفِّ، فَجَاءَ عُمَرُ فَجَذَبَهُ مِنْ خَلْفِهِ، وَ قَالَ: أَ لَمْ يَنْهَكَ اللَّهُ عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ عَلَى الْمُنَافِقِينَ؟!. قَالَ: فَعَجِبَ النَّاسُ مِنْ جُرْأَةِ عُمَرَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏].

And it is reported by Ibn Abi Al-Hadeed, in the news are Umar, near to the first report, and in it, ‘Rasool-Allahsaww stood in front of the row. Umar came and pulled himsaww from behind and said, ‘Did not Allahazwj Forbid you from the Salat upon the hypocrites?!’ The people were astonished from the audacity of Umar upon Rasool-Allahsaww’’.³⁴⁰

رَوَى الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي صَحِيحِهِ‏ فِي بَابِ مَا جَاءَ فِي الْمُتَأَوِّلِينَ مِنْ كِتَابِهِ اسْتِتَابَةِ الْمُرْتَدِّينَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ، قَالَ: تَنَازَعَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَ حِبَّانُ‏ بْنُ عَطِيَّةَ، فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ لِحِبَّانَ: لَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ مَا الَّذِي جَرَّأَ صَاحِبَكَ عَلَى الدِّمَاءِ- يَعْنِي عَلِيّاً عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ-؟. قَالَ: مَا هُوَ؟ لَا أَبَا لَكَ!. قَالَ: شَيْ‏ءٌ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُهُ. قَالَ:مَا هُوَ؟.

It is reported by Al Bukhari in (the book) ‘Saheeh’, in the chapter what has come regarding the translators of his book ‘Responding to the apostates’, from Saeed Bin Ubeyda who said,

‘Abu Abdul Rahman and Hibban Bin Atiya disputed. Abu Abdul Rahman said to Hibban, ‘You have known what is that which emboldened your companion upon the bloods, meaning Aliasws?’ He said, ‘What is it? May there be no father for you!’ He said, ‘Something I heard himasws saying’. He said, ‘What is it?’

قَالَ: بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ الزُّبَيْرَ وَ أَبَا مَرْثَدٍ- وَ كُلُّنَا فَارِسٌ-، فَقَالَ: انْطَلِقُوا حَتَّى تَأْتُوا رَوْضَةَ حَاجٍ ...، فَإِنَّ فِيهَا امْرَأَةً مَعَهَا صَحِيفَةٌ مِنْ حَاطِبِ بْنِ أَبِي بَلْتَعَةَ إِلَى الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَأْتُونِي بِهَا،

Heasws had said: ‘Rasool-Allahsaww sent measws, and Al-Zubeyr and Abu Marsad, and all of us were horsemen. Hesaww said: ‘Go until you come to an orchard of a pilgrim, for therein is a woman having a parchment with her from Hatib Bin Abay of information to the Polytheists. Come to mesaww with it’.

فَانْطَلَقْنَا عَلَى أَفْرَاسِنَا حَتَّى أَدْرَكْنَاهَا حَيْثُ قَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ تَسِيرُ عَلَى بَعِيرٍ لَهَا، وَ كَانَ كَتَبَ إِلَى أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ بِمَسِيرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] إِلَيْهِمْ، فَقُلْنَا: أَيْنَ الْكِتَابُ الَّذِي مَعَكِ؟. قَالَتْ: مَا مَعِي كِتَابٌ، فَأَنَخْنَا بِهَا بَعِيرَهَا، فَابْتَغَيْنَا فِي رَحْلِهَا فَمَا وَجَدْنَا شَيْئاً،

We went upon our horses until we caught up with her where Rasool-Allahsaww had said to us, travelling upon a camel of hers, and he had written to the people of Makkah of the journey of Rasool-Allahsaww to them (to conquer Makkah). We said, ‘Where is the letter which is with you?’ She said, ‘There is no letter with me’. Her camel grunted with her. We searched in her luggage but could not find anything.

فَقَالَ صَاحِبَايَ: مَا نَرَى مَعَهَا كِتَاباً؟. قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: لَقَدْ عَلِمْنَا مَا كَذَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]؟ ثُمَّ حَلَفَ عَلِيٌّ: وَ الَّذِي يُحْلَفُ بِهِ لَتُخْرِجِنَّ الْكِتَابَ أَوْ لَأُجَرِّدَنَّكِ، فَأَهْوَتْ إِلَى حُجْزَتِهَا- وَ هِيَ مُحْتَجِزَةٌ بِكِسَاءٍ- فَأَخْرَجَتِ الصَّحِيفَةَ،

Myasws two companions said, ‘We cannot see any letter being with her?’ Heasws said: ‘Iasws said: ‘We know that Rasool-Allahsaww would not lie upon us?’ Then Aliasws swore: ‘By the Oneazwj Who is sworn by! Either you bring out the letter or Iasws shall bare you’ Heasws gestured towards her cloak – and she had been retaining a cloak. She brought out the parchment.

فَأَتَوْا بِهَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! قَدْ خَانَ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ وَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، دَعْنِي فَأَضْرِبَ عُنُقَهُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ‏ [وَ آلِهِ‏]: يَا حَاطِبُ! مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى مَا صَنَعْتَ؟.

They came with it to Rasool-Allahsaww. Umar said, ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! He has betrayed Allahazwj and Hisazwj Rasoolsaww and the Momineen. Leave me to strike off his neck!’ Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘O Hatib! What carried you upon what you did?’

قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! مَا بِي أَنْ لَا أَكُونَ مُؤْمِناً بِاللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ، وَ لَكِنِّي أَرَدْتُ أَنْ تَكُونَ لِي عِنْدَ الْقَوْمِ يَدٌ يَدْفَعُ اللَّهُ بِهَا عَنْ أَهْلِي وَ مَالِي، وَ لَيْسَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِكَ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا وَ لَهُ هُنَاكَ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ مَنْ يَدْفَعُ اللَّهُ بِهِ عَنْ أَهْلِهِ وَ مَالِهِ،

He said, ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! It is not that I do not happen to be a believer in Allahazwj and Hisazwj Rasoolsaww, but I wanted that there should happen to be a hand (favour) for me in the presence of the people (of Makkah), Allahazwj cane Defend by it from my family and my wealth, and there is no one from yoursaww companions over there from his people, someone Allahazwj can Defend from his family and his wealth’.

قَالَ: صَدَقَ، لَا تَقُولُوا لَهُ إِلَّا خَيْراً، قَالَ: فَعَادَ عُمَرُ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! قَدْ خَانَ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ وَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، دَعْنِي فَلْأَضْرِبْ عُنُقَهُ.

Hesaww said: ‘You speak the truth’. Hesaww did not say anything to him except good. Umar returned and said, ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! He has betrayed Allahazwj and Hisazwj Rasoolsaww and the Momineen. Leave me to strike off his neck!’

قَالَ: أَ وَ لَيْسَ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ، وَ مَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّ اللَّهَ اطَّلَعَ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَقَالَ: اعْمَلُوا مَا شِئْتُمْ فَقَدْ أَوْجَبْتُ لَكُمُ‏ الْجَنَّةَ؟، فَاغْرَوْرَقَتْ عَيْنَاهُ، فَقَالَ: اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ.

Hesaww said: ‘Or isn’t he from the people (participants) of (battle of) Badr? And what would make you know, perhaps Allahazwj has Notified upon them? Heazwj said: ‘Do what you like for Allahazwj has Obligated the Paradise for you?’ His eyes filled up and he said, ‘Allahazwj and Hisazwj Rasoolsaww are more knowing’’.³⁴¹

مَا حَكَاهُ فِي كِتَابِ فَتْحِ الْبَارِي‏ فِي شَرْحِ صَحِيحِ الْبُخَارِيِّ فِي بَابِ مَنْ تَرَكَ قِتَالَ الْخَوَارِجِ لِلتَّأْلِيفِ قَالَ: أَخْرَجَ أَحْمَدُ بِسَنَدٍ جَيِّدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ: جَاءَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! إِنِّي مَرَرْتُ بِوَادِي .. كَذَا فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ حَسَنُ الْهَيْئَةِ مُتَخَشِّعٌ يُصَلِّي فِيهِ، فَقَالَ: اذْهَبْ إِلَيْهِ فَاقْتُلْهُ، قَالَ: فَذَهَبَ إِلَيْهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَلَمَّا رَآهُ يُصَلِّي كَرِهَ أَنْ يَقْتُلَهُ، فَرَجَعَ.

What is narrated in the book ‘Fat’h Al Nary’ in the commentary of (the book) ‘Saheeh Al Bukhari’, in the chapter on leaving fighting the Kharijites at Al Taif, he said, ‘It was extracted by Ahmad by a new attribution, from Abu Saeed Al Khudry who said,

‘Abu Bakr came to Rasool-Allahsaww and said, ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! I passed by such and such valley, and there was a man of goodly appearance, humble, praying Salat in it. Hesaww said: ‘Go to him and kill him’. Abu Bakr went to him. When he saw him praying Salat, he disliked to kill him, so he returned.

فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] وَ سَلَّمَ لِعُمَرَ: اذْهَبْ فَاقْتُلْهُ، فَذَهَبَ فَرَآهُ‏ فِي تِلْكَ‏ الْحَالَةِ، فَرَجَعَ.

The Prophetsaww said to Umar: ‘Go and kill him’. He went and saw him in that state, so he returned.

فَقَالَ: يَا عَلِيُّ! اذْهَبْ إِلَيْهِ فَاقْتُلْهُ، فَذَهَبَ عَلِيٌّ [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏] فَلَمْ يَرَهُ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] وَ سَلَّمَ: إِنَّ هَذَا وَ أَصْحَابَهُ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يُجَاوِزُ تَرَاقِيَهُمْ‏ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ، لَا يَعُودُونَ فِيهِ، فَاقْتُلُوهُمْ فَهُمْ شَرُّ الْبَرِيَّةِ.

Hesaww said: ‘O Aliasws! Go to him and kill him’. Aliasws went, but could not see him. The Prophetsaww said: ‘This one and his companions are reciting the Quran not going beyond their throats. They are piercing from the Religion just as the arrow pierces from the target, not returning in it. Kill them, for they are the evilest created beings’’.³⁴²

وَ رَوَى ابْنُ أَبِي الْحَدِيدِ فِي الْجُزْءِ الثَّانِي فِي شَرْحِ خُطْبَتِهِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فِي تَخْوِيفِ أَهْلِ النَّهَرِ. قَالَ: فِي بَعْضِ الصِّحَاحِ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَالَ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ، وَ قَدْ غَابَ الرَّجُلُ- يَعْنِي ذَا الْخُوَيْصِرَةِ- عَنْ عَيْنِهِ: قُمْ إِلَى هَذَا فَاقْتُلْهُ، فَقَامَ ثُمَّ عَادَ، وَ قَالَ: وَجَدْتُهُ يُصَلِّي، فَقَالَ لِعُمَرَ: مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، فَعَادَ وَ قَالَ: وَجَدْتُهُ يُصَلِّي،

And it is reported by Ibn Abi Al-Hadeeth in the second volume in the commentary of hisasws sermon in frightening the people of Al-Nahr. He said, ‘It is in one of the ‘Saheehs’ that Rasool-Allahsaww said to Abu Bakr, and the man had disappeared – meaning Zal Khuweysara – from hissaww eyes: ‘Arise to go to this one and kill him!’ He arose, then returned and said, ‘I found him praying Salat’. Hesaww said to Umar similar to that. He returned and said, ‘I found him praying Salat’.

فَقَالَ لِعَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، فَعَادَ فَقَالَ: لَمْ أَجِدْهُ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: لَوْ قُتِلَ هَذَا لَكَانَ‏ أَوَّلَ الْفِتْنَةِ وَ آخِرَهَا، أَمَا إِنَّهُ سَيَخْرُجُ مِنْ ضِئْضِئِ هَذَا قَوْمٌ يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينِ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ ..الْحَدِيثَ.

Hesaww said to Aliasws similar to that. Heasws returned and said: ‘Iasws could not find him’. Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘If only this one had been killed. He would be the beginning of the Fitna and its end. But there will be emerging from the lineage of these people piercing from the Religion just as the arrow pierces from the target’’. The Hadeeth.³⁴³

وَ قَالَ فِي الصِّرَاطِ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ‏: ذَكَرَ الْمَوْصِلِيُّ فِي مُسْنَدِهِ، وَ أَبُو نَعِيمٍ فِي حِلْيَتِهِ، وَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ رَبِّهِ فِي عِقْدِهِ، وَ أَبُو حَاتِمٍ فِي زِينَتِهِ، وَ الشِّيرَازِيُّ فِي تَفْسِيرِهِ الْمُسْتَخْرَجِ مِنَ الِاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ تَفْسِيراً: أَنَّ الصَّحَابَةَ مَدَحُوا رَجُلًا بِكَثْرَةِ الْعِبَادَةِ فَدَفَعَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] سَيْفَهُ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَ أَمَرَهُ بِقَتْلِهِ، فَدَخَلَ فَرَآهُ يُصَلِّي فَرَجَعَ، فَدَفَعَهُ إِلَى عُمَرَ وَ أَمَرَهُ بِقَتْلِهِ، فَدَخَلَ فَرَجَعَ، فَدَفَعَهُ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فَدَخَلَ فَلَمْ يَجِدْهُ، فَقَالَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]: لَوْ قُتِلَ لَمْ يَقَعْ بَيْنَ أُمَّتِي اخْتِلَافٌ أَبَداً.

And he said in (the book) ‘Siraat Al Mustaqeem’ – Al Mowsuly has mentioned in his (book) ‘Musnad’, and Abu Naeem in his (book) ‘Hulyah’, and Ibn Abdul Rabbih in his (book) ‘Iqdah’, and Abu Hatim in his (book) Zeenatih’, and Al Shirazi in his Tafseer extracted from twelve Tafaseer,

‘The companions praised a man of abundant worship. The Prophetsaww handed hissaww sword to Abu Bakr and ordered him with killing him. He entered and saw him praying Salat, so he returned (without killing him). Hesaww handed it to Umar and ordered him with killing him, but he returned (as well). Hesaww handed it to Aliasws. Heasws entered but could not find him. Hesaww said: ‘Had he been killed, no differing would have occurred in mysaww community, ever!’’

وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى: لَكَانَ‏ أَوَّلَ الْفِتْنَةِ وَ آخِرَهَا.

And in another report: ‘He would be the beginning of the Fitna and its end’’.³⁴⁴

الثاني: التخلّف عن جيش أسامة.

The second – Staying behind from the army of Usama

و لا خلاف في أنّ عمر بن الخطاب كان من الجيش، و قد لعن رسول اللّه صلّى اللّه عليه و آله المتخلّف عنه. و قد سبق في مطاعن أبي بكر ما فيه كفاية في هذا المعنى، و لا يجري هاهنا ما سبق من الأجوبة الباطلة في منع الدخول في الجيش، فتوجّه الطعن على عمر أظهر.

And there is no differing regarding that Umar Bin Al-Khattab was from the army, and Rasool-Allahsaww had cursed the one who stayed behind from it. And it has preceded regarding the back stabbing of Abu Bakr which should suffice in this meaning, and it will not flow over here what has preceded from the false answers in refusing to enter into the army. Pay attention to the apparent contestation upon Umar.³⁴⁵

الثالث: أنّه بلغ في الجهل إلى حيث لم يعلم بأنّ كلّ نفس‏ ذائِقَةُ الْمَوْتِ*، و أنّه يجوز الموت على رسول اللّه صلّى اللّه عليه و آله، و أنّه أسوة الأنبياء في ذلك،

The third – He reached to the ignorance to where he did not know that every soul would taste death, and the death is allowed upon Rasool-Allahsaww, and it is an exemplar of the Prophetas regarding that

فَقَالَ: وَ اللَّهِ‏ مَا مَاتَ حَتَّى يَقْطَعَ أَيْدِي رِجَالٍ وَ أَرْجُلَهُمْ!، فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: أَ مَا سَمِعْتَ قَوْلَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: إِنَّكَ مَيِّتٌ وَ إِنَّهُمْ مَيِّتُونَ‏، وَ قَوْلَهُ تَعَالَى: وَ ما مُحَمَّدٌ إِلَّا رَسُولٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ الرُّسُلُ أَ فَإِنْ ماتَ أَوْ قُتِلَ انْقَلَبْتُمْ عَلى‏ أَعْقابِكُمْ‏

He (Umar) said, ‘By Allahazwj! Hesaww has not died, until hands and feet of the men are cut!’ Abu Bakr said to him, ‘Have you not heard Words of Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic: You shall pass away and they would be dying [39:30]? And Hisazwj Words: And Muhammad is not except for a Rasool; the Rasools have already passed away before him; so if he dies or is killed will you turn back upon your heels? [3:144]?’

قَالَ: فَلَمَّا سَمِعْتُ ذَلِكَ أَيْقَنْتُ بِوَفَاتِهِ، وَ سَقَطْتُ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ، وَ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّهُ قَدْ مَاتَ‏.

He (the narrator) said, ‘When he heard that, he became convinced of hissaww expiry and fell to the ground, and knew that hesaww had passed away’.

أقول: و يؤيّد ذلك ما ذكره ابن الأثير في النهاية حيث قال: و مِنْهُ حَدِيثُ الْعَبَّاسِ فِي مَوْتِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] وَ سَلَّمَ، قَالَ لِعُمَرَ: خَلِّ بَيْنَنَا وَ بَيْنَ صَاحِبِنَا، فَإِنَّهُ يَأْسَنُ كَمَا يَأْسَنُ النَّاسُ .. أَيْ يَتَغَيَّرُ، وَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ عُمَرَ كَانَ قَدْ قَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] وَ سَلَّمَ لَمْ يَمُتْ وَ لَكِنَّهُ صَعِقَ كَمَا صَعِقَ مُوسَى وَ مَنَعَهُمْ عَنْ دَفْنِهِ.

I (Majlisi) am saying, ‘And that is supported by what is mentioned by Ibn Al-Aseer in (the book) ‘Al-Nihaya’ where he said, ‘And from it is Hadeeth of Al-Abbas regarding the expiry of the Prophetsaww. He said to Umar, ‘Vacate between us and our companions, for he has despaired just as the people have despaired’ – i.e. changed; and that is because Umar had said, ‘Rasool-Allahsaww has not died, but hesaww is stunned just as Musaas was stunned’, and prevented them from burying himsaww.³⁴⁶

وَ قَدْ رَوَى مُسْلِمٌ‏ فِي صَحِيحِهِ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْقَمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ يَوْماً فِينَا خَطِيباً بِمَاءٍ يُدْعَى خُمّاً- بَيْنَ مَكَّةَ وَ الْمَدِينَةِ- فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَ أَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ وَ وَعَظَ وَ ذَكَرَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَمَّا بَعْدُ، أَلَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ! إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَنِي رَسُولُ رَبِّي فَأُجِيبَ،

And Muslim has reported in his (book) ‘Saheeh’, from Zayd Bin Arqam, who said, ‘One day Rasool-Allahsaww stood among us to preach at a watering place called Khumm – being between Makkah and Al-Medina. Hesaww praised Allahazwj and extolled upon Himazwj, and advised, and mentioned, then said: ‘As for after, indeed, O you people! But rather Isaww am a mortal. There is no doubt that a messenger of mysaww Lordazwj would come and Isaww shall answer.

وَ أَنَا تَارِكٌ فِيكُمُ الثَّقَلَيْنِ، أَوَّلُهُمَا كِتَابُ اللَّهِ فِيهِ الْهُدَى وَ النُّورُ، فَخُذُوا بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ وَ اسْتَمْسِكُوا بِهِ .. فَحَثَّ عَلَى كِتَابِ اللَّهِ وَ رَغَّبَ فِيهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: وَ أَهْلُ بَيْتِي، أُذَكِّرُكُمُ اللَّهَ فِي أَهْلِ بَيْتِي .. أُذَكِّرُكُمُ اللَّهَ فِي أَهْلِ بَيْتِي..

And Isaww am leaving behind among you all the two weighty things – Book of Allahazwj wherein is the Guidance, and the Noor, so take with the Book of Allahazwj and adhere with it!’ Heazwj urged upon the Book of Allahazwj and made the people desirous regarding it. Then hesaww said: ‘And Peopleasws of mysaww Household. Isaww remind you all of Allahazwj regarding Peopleasws of mysaww Household! Isaww remind you all of Allahazwj regarding Peopleasws of mysaww Household’’.³⁴⁷

وَ قَدْ رُوِيَ مُتَوَاتِراً مِنَ الطَّرِيقَيْنِ‏ قَوْلُهُ لِعَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: سَتُقَاتِلُ بَعْدِيَ النَّاكِثِينَ وَ الْقَاسِطِينَ وَ الْمَارِقِينَ‏.

And it has been reported frequently from the two ways (Shias and non-Shias), hissaww words to Aliasws: ‘Youasws will be fighting after measws, the breakers (of the covenant), and the deviants, and the renegades’’.³⁴⁸

وَ رَوَى فِي جَامِعِ الْأُصُولِ، أَنَّهُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ قَالَ: عَلِيٌّ وَلِيُّ كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ بَعْدِي‏.

And it is reported in (the book) ‘Jamie Al-Usool’, hesaww said: ‘Aliasws is in charge of every Momin after mesaww’’.³⁴⁹

وَ قَدْ رَوَى الْبُخَارِيُ‏ فِي صَحِيحِهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] مَاتَ وَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِالسُّنُحِ، قَالَ: قَالَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ: تَعْنِي بِالْعَالِيَةِ، فَقَامَ عُمَرُ يَقُولُ: وَ اللَّهِ مَا مَاتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (ص).

And it has been reported by Al-Bukhari in his (book) ‘Saheeh’, from Ayesha (well-known) fabricatress), ‘Rasool-Allahsaww passed away and Abu Bakr was at Al-Sun’h’. Ismail said, ‘She meant at Al-Aaliya’. ‘Umar stood up saying, ‘By Allahazwj, Rasool-Allahsaww has not died’.

قَالَتْ: وَ قَالَ عُمَرُ: وَ اللَّهِ مَا كَانَ يَقَعُ فِي نَفْسِي إِلَّا ذَاكَ، وَ لَيَبْعَثَنَّهُ اللَّهُ فَلَيُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَ رِجَالٍ وَ أَرْجُلَهُمْ، فَجَاءَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَكَشَفَ عَنْ وَجْهِ‏ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ (ص) فَقَبَّلَهُ، وَ قَالَ: بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَ أُمِّي طِبْتَ حَيّاً وَ مَيِّتاً، وَ الَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَا يُذِيقُكَ‏ اللَّهُ الْمَوْتَتَيْنِ أَبَداً،

She said, ‘And Umar said, ‘By Allahazwj! Nothing occurred within myself except that, and let Allahazwj Send him and let the hands of the men and their legs be cut off’. Abu Bakr came and uncovered from the face of Rasool-Allahsaww and kissed himsaww and said, ‘May my father and my mother be (sacrificed) for yousaww! Yousaww are good alive and dead. By the Oneazwj in Whose Hand is my soul! Allahazwj will not Make yousaww taste two deaths’.

ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَقَالَ: أَيُّهَا الْحَالِفُ! عَلَى رِسْلِكَ، فَلَمَّا تَكَلَّمَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ جَلَسَ عُمَرُ، فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَ أَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ، وَ قَالَ: أَلَا مَنْ كَانَ يَعْبُدُ مُحَمَّداً ... الْخَبَرَ.

Then he went out and said, ‘O you, swearer upon your Rasoolsaww!’. When Abu Bakr spoke, Umar sat down. Abu Bakr praised Allahazwj and extolled upon Himazwj and said, ‘Indeed! One who used to worship Muhammadsaww’ – the Hadeeth’’.³⁵⁰

عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِ‏، عَنْ أَنَسٍ‏ أَنَّهُ لَمَّا بُويِعَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فِي السَّقِيفَةِ- وَ كَانَ الْغَدُ- جَلَسَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ، فَقَامَ عُمَرُ فَتَكَلَّمَ‏ قَبْلَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ وَ أَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ وَ قَالَ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ! إِنِّي‏ كُنْتُ قُلْتُ لَكُمْ بِالْأَمْسِ مَقَالَةً مَا كَانَتْ إِلَّا عَنْ رَأْيٍ، وَ مَا وَجَدْتُهَا فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ، وَ لَا كَانَتْ لِعَهْدٍ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ، وَ لَكِنْ قَدْ كُنْتُ أَرَى أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مُسْتَدْبِرُ أَمْرِنَا حَتَّى يَكُونَ آخِرَنَا مَوْتاً.

From Al-Zuhry, from Anas (well-known fabricator), ‘When Abu Bakr was pledged to in Al-Saqeefa – and it was the next morning – Abu Bakr sat upon the pulpit. Umar stood up and spoke before Abu Bakr did. He praised Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic and extolled upon Himazwj and said, ‘I had said certain words to you all yesterday what were not except from my personal opinion, and cannot be found in the Book of Allahazwj, nor were these from the pact of Rasool-Allahsaww, but I had opined that Rasool-Allahsaww would be managing our affairs until the last one of us had died’’.³⁵¹

قَالَ: وَ رَوَى عِكْرِمَةُ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: وَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأَمْشِي مَعَ عُمَرَ فِي خِلَافَتِهِ وَ مَا مَعَهُ غَيْرِي، وَ هُوَ يُحَدِّثُ نَفْسَهُ وَ يَضْرِبُ قَدَمَيْهِ بِدِرَّتِهِ إِذِ الْتَفَتَ إِلَيَّ، فَقَالَ: يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ! هَلْ تَدْرِي مَا حَمَلَنِي عَلَى مَقَالَتِيَ الَّتِي قُلْتُ حِينَ تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ؟.

He said, ‘And it is reported by Ikrimah (Bin Abu Jahl), from Ibn Abbas who said, ‘By Allahazwj! I was walking with Umar during his caliphate and there was no one else with him apart from me, and he was discussing with himself and striking his feet in the ground, when he turned towards me and said, ‘I Ibn Abbas! Do you know what carried me upon my words which I said when Rasool-Allahsaww expire?’

قَالَ: قُلْتُ: لَا أَدْرِي، أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، قَالَ: فَإِنَّهُ وَ اللَّهِ مَا حَمَلَنِي عَلَى ذَلِكَ إِلَّا أَنِّي‏ كُنْتُ أَقْرَأُ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ: وَ كَذلِكَ جَعَلْناكُمْ أُمَّةً وَسَطاً لِتَكُونُوا شُهَداءَ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَ يَكُونَ الرَّسُولُ عَلَيْكُمْ شَهِيداً،

He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘I do not know. You are more knowing, O commander of the faithful’. He said, ‘By Allahazwj! Nothing carried me upon that except I had read this Verse: And like that, We Made you (Imams) as an intermediary community in order for you (Imams) to become witnesses upon the people, and the Rasool to become a witness upon you. [2:143].

فَكُنْتُ‏ أَظُنُّ أَنَّهُ سَيَبْقَى بَعْدَ أُمَّتِهِ حَتَّى يَشْهَدَ عَلَيْهَا بِآخِرِ أَعْمَالِهَا، فَإِنَّهُ الَّذِي حَمَلَنِي عَلَى أَنْ قُلْتُ مَا قُلْتُ.

So, I used to think that hesaww will be remaining after hissaww community until hesaww witnessed upon it with the last of its deeds. This is which carried me upon saying what I said’’.³⁵²

الرابع: أنّه حرّم‏ المتعتين، متعة الحجّ و متعة النساء.

The fourth – He (Umar) prohibited the two Mutahs – Mutah of Hajj and Mutah of the women

و قال الفخر الرازي في التفسير: اتّفقت الأمّة على أنّها كانت مباحة في ابتداء الإسلام، قال.: وَ رُوِيَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] وَ سَلَّمَ‏ أَنَّهُ لَمَّا قَدِمَ مَكَّةَ فِي عُمْرَتِهِ تَزَيَّنَ نِسَاءُ مَكَّةَ، فَشَكَا أَصْحَابُ الرَّسُولِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ طُولَ الْعُزْبَةِ، فَقَالَ: اسْتَمْتِعُوا مِنْ هَذِهِ النِّسَاءِ.

And Fakh Al Deen Al-Razi said in the Tafseer, ‘The community is agreed upon that it was legalised during the beginning of Al-Islam. And it is reported from the Prophetsaww that when hesaww arrived at Makkah during hissaww Umrah, and women of Makkah adorned themselves. The companions of Rasool-Allahsaww complained of the prolonged expedition. Hesaww said: ‘Do Mutah from these women’’.³⁵³

وَ رَوَى مُسْلِمٌ فِي صَحِيحِهِ‏، وَ ابْنُ الْأَثِيرِ فِي جَامِعِ الْأُصُولِ‏، عَنْ قَيْسٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ‏ يَقُولُ: كُنَّا نَغْزُو مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] لَيْسَ لَنَا نِسَاءٌ، فَقُلْنَا: أَ لَا نَسْتَخْصِي‏؟! فَنَهَانَا عَنْ ذَلِكَ، ثُمَّ رَخَّصَ لَنَا أَنْ نَسْتَمْتِعَ‏، فَكَانَ أَحَدُنَا يَنْكِحُ الْمَرْأَةَ بِالثَّوْبِ إِلَى أَجَلٍ، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ: يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لا تُحَرِّمُوا طَيِّباتِ ما أَحَلَّ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ وَ لا تَعْتَدُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يُحِبُّ الْمُعْتَدِينَ‏.

And it is reported by Muslim in his (book) ‘Saheeh’, and Ibn Al Aseer in (the book) ‘Jamie Al Usool’, from Qays who said, ‘I heard Abdullah (Bin Masoud) saying,

‘We were in a military expedition with Rasool-Allahsaww and there were no women with us. We said, ‘Shall we get castrated?!’ Hesaww forbade us from that. Then hesaww permitted for us that we do Mutah (temporary marriage). It so happened that one of us had married a woman for a (piece of) cloth to a (defined) term. Then Abdullah (Bin Masoud) recited: O you who believe! Do not be prohibiting yourselves the good things what Allah has Permitted for you nor be excessive; surely Allah does not Love the exceeders [5:87]’’.³⁵⁴

وَ رَوَى الْبُخَارِيُ‏ وَ مُسْلِمٌ‏ فِي صحيحهما [صَحِيحَيْهِمَا]، وَ ابْنُ الْأَثِيرِ فِي جَامِعِ الْأُصُولِ‏، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْأَكْوَعِ وَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالا: خَرَجَ‏ عَلَيْنَا مُنَادِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] فَقَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] قَدْ أَذِنَ لَكُمْ أَنْ تَسْتَمْتِعُوا فَاسْتَمْتِعُوا .. يَعْنِي مُتْعَةَ النِّسَاءِ.

And it is reported by Al-Bukhari and Muslim in their books (Saheeh), and Ibn Al Aseer in (the book) ‘Jamie Al Usool’, from Salama Bin Al Akwa and from Jabir, they both said,

‘A caller of Rasool-Allahsaww came out to us and said, ‘Rasool-Allahsaww has permitted for you all that you can do Mutah, therefore do Mutah’ – meaning Mutah of women’’.³⁵⁵ (a Non-Shia source)

وَ عَنْهُمَا: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] أَتَانَا فَأَذِنَ لَنَا فِي الْمُتْعَةِ.

And from them both, ‘Rasool-Allahazwj came to us and permitted for us regarding the Mutah’.³⁵⁶

وَ رَوَى مُسْلِمٌ‏ فِي صَحِيحِهِ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، قَالَ: قَدِمَ جَابِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُعْتَمِراً فَجِئْنَاهُ فِي مَنْزِلِهِ، فَسَأَلَهُ الْقَوْمُ عَنْ أَشْيَاءَ ثُمَّ ذَكَرُوا الْمُتْعَةَ، فَقَالَ: نَعَمْ اسْتَمْتَعْنَا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَ عُمَرَ.

And it is reported by Muslim in his (book) ‘Saheeh’, from Ata’a who said,

‘Jabir Bin Abdullah arrive from having performed Umrah, so we went to him in his house. The people asked him about matters, then they mentioned the Mutah. He said, ‘Yes, we used to do Mutah in the era of Rasool-Allahsaww, and Abu Bakr and Umar’’.³⁵⁷

وَ رَوَى مُسْلِمٌ‏- أَيْضاً- وَ ذَكَرَهُ فِي جَامِعِ الْأُصُولِ‏، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ: كُنَّا نَسْتَمْتِعُ بِالْقَبْضَةِ مِنَ التَّمْرِ وَ الدَّقِيقِ الْأَيَّامَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] وَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَ عُمَرَ حَتَّى نَهَى عَنْهُ عُمَرُ فِي شَأْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حُرَيْثٍ‏.

And it is reported by Muslim as well, and it mentioned in (the book) ‘Jamie Al Usool’, from Abu Al Zubeyr who said,

‘We used to do Mutah with a handful of dates and the flour in the days in the era of Rasool-Allahsaww and Abu Bakr and Umar, until Umar forbade from it regarding the affair of Amro Bin Hureys’’.³⁵⁸

وَ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ قَالَ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فَأَتَاهُ آتٍ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ وَ ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ اخْتَلَفَا فِي الْمُتْعَتَيْنِ، فَقَالَ جَابِرٌ: فَعَلْنَاهُمَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى‏ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]، ثُمَّ نَهَانَا عُمَرُ عَنْهُمَا فَلَمْ نَعُدْ لَهُمَا.

And from Abu Nazrah who said, ‘I was in the presence of Jabir Bin Abdullah, and a comer came to him and said, ‘Ibn Abbas and Ibn Al-Zubeyr have differed regarding the two Mutahs (of Hajj and women)’. Jabir said, ‘We used to do both these with Rasool-Allahsaww, then Umar forbade from them, and we did not return to them’’.³⁵⁹

وَ رَوَى مُسْلِمٌ‏، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ، قَالَ: كَانَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ يَأْمُرُ بِالْمُتْعَةِ وَ كَانَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ يَنْهَى عَنْهَا، قَالَ: فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِجَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، فَقَالَ: عَلَى يَدَيَّ دَارَ الْحَدِيثُ، تَمَتَّعْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ،

And it is reported by Muslim, from Qatadah, from Abu Nazrah who said,

‘Ibn Abbas was instructing (for Mutah) at Al-Medina, and Ibn Al-Zubeyr forbade from it. I mentioned that to Jabir Bin Abdullah. He said, ‘Upon my hands is the house of Hadeeth. We were doing Mutah along with Rasool-Allahsaww.

فَلَمَّا قَامَ عُمَرُ قَالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ يُحِلُّ لِرَسُولِهِ مَا شَاءَ بِمَا شَاءَ، وَ إِنَّ الْقُرْآنَ قَدْ نَزَلَ مَنَازِلَهُ فَ أَتِمُّوا الْحَجَّ وَ الْعُمْرَةَ لِلَّهِ‏ كَمَا أَمَرَكُمُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ اثبوا [أَبِتُّوا] نِكَاحَ هَذِهِ النِّسَاءِ فَلَنْ أُوتَى بِرَجُلٍ نَكَحَ امْرَأَةً إِلَى أَجَلٍ إِلَّا رَجَمْتُهُ بِالْحِجَارَةِ.

When Umar stood (became ruler), he said, ‘Allahazwj had Permitted for Hisazwj Rasoolsaww whatever Heazwj so Desired to with whatever Heazwj so Desired, and that the Quran has Revealed its status: And complete the Hajj and the Umrah [2:196], just as Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic has Commanded you, and marrying these women is refused. A man will never marry a woman to a term except I will have him pelted with the stones (to death)’’.³⁶⁰

وَ رَوَى التِّرْمِذِيُّ فِي صَحِيحِهِ- عَلَى مَا حَكَاهُ الشَّهِيدُ الثَّانِي‏، وَ الْعَلَّامَةُ رَحِمَهُمَا اللَّهُ- أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ سَأَلَ ابْنَ عُمَرَ عَنْ مُتْعَةِ النِّسَاءِ؟. فَقَالَ: هِيَ حَلَالٌ. فَقَالَ: إِنَّ أَبَاكَ قَدْ نَهَى عَنْهَا. فَقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ: أَ رَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ أَبِي نَهَى عَنْهَا، وَضَعَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]، أَ نَتْرُكُ السُّنَّةَ وَ نَتَّبِعُ قَوْلَ أَبِي؟!.

And it is reported by Al-Tirmizi in his (book) ‘Saheeh’ – upon what the second martyr narrated, and the Allamah that a man from the people of Syria asked Ibn Umar about Mutah of the women? He said, ‘It is Permissible’. He said, ‘Your father had forbidden from it’. Ibn Umar said, ‘What is your view if my father had prohibited from it and Rasool-Allahsaww had placed it, will you neglect the Sunnah and follow the word of my father?’’³⁶¹

وَ رَوَى شُعْبَةُ، عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ عُتَيْبَةَ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ: فَمَا اسْتَمْتَعْتُمْ بِهِ مِنْهُنَ‏.. أَ مَنْسُوخَةٌ هِيَ؟. فَقَالَ: لَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ الْحَكَمُ: قَالَ عَلِيُ‏ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: لَوْ لَا أَنَّ عُمَرَ نَهَى عَنِ الْمُتْعَةِ مَا زَنَى إِلَّا شَفًا.

And it is reported by Sho’ba, from Al-Hakam Bin Uteyba who said, ‘I asked him about this Verse: So whatever (Women) you enjoy with, [4:24]. Is it Abrogated?’ He said, ‘No’. The Al-Hakam said, ‘Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws said: ‘Had Umar not forbidden from the Mutah, no one would have committed adultery except the wretched’’.³⁶²

وَ قَالَ ابْنُ الْأَثِيرِ فِي النِّهَايَةِ: فِي حَدِيثِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ: «مَا كَانَتِ الْمُتْعَةُ إِلَّا رَحْمَةً رَحِمَ اللَّهُ بِهَا أُمَّةَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] وَ سَلَّمَ لَوْ لَا نَهْيُهُ عَنْهَا مَا احْتَاجَ إِلَى الزِّنَا إِلَّا شَفًا».

And Ibn Al Aseer said in (the book) ‘Al-Nihaya’ in a Hadeeth of Ibn Abbas, ‘The Mutah was not except for a Mercy Allahazwj had Mercied the community of Muhammadsaww with. Had he (Umar) not forbidden from it, no one would have been needy to the adultery except the wretched’’.³⁶³

وَ حَكَى الْفَخْرُ الرَّازِيُ‏ فِي تَفْسِيرِ آيَةِ الْمُتْعَةِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ الطَّبَرِيِ‏، قَالَ: قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: لَوْ لَا أَنَّ عُمَرَ نَهَى عَنِ الْمُتْعَةِ مَا زَنَى إِلَّا شَقِيٌ‏.

And Al-Fakhr Al-Razi has narrated in interpretation of the Verse of Mutah, from Muhammad Bin Jareer Al-Tabari who said, ‘Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws said: ‘Had Umar not forbidden from the Mutah, no one would have committed adultery except a wretch’’.³⁶⁴

وَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ: نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْمُتْعَةُ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ لَمْ تَنْزِلْ بَعْدَهَا آيَةٌ تَنْسَخُهَا، وَ أَمَرَنَا بِهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] وَ تَمَتَّعْنَا بِهَا وَ مَاتَ وَ لَمْ يَنْهَنَا عَنْهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَجُلٌ بِرَأْيِهِ مَا شَاءَ.

And from Imran Bin Al-Husayn having said, ‘This Verse of the Mutah was Revealed in the Book of Allahazwj. No Verse was Revealed after it to Abrogate it, and Rasool-Allahsaww had instructed us with it, and we did do Mutah by it, and hesaww passed away and did not forbid from it. Then the man (Umar) said by his opinion whatever he so desired’’.³⁶⁵

وَ أَوْرَدَهُ فِي جَامِعِ الْأُصُولِ‏ أَيْضاً، قَالَ‏: وَ أَخْرَجَهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ بِطُولِهِ، وَ أَخْرَجَ النَّسَائِيُ‏ أَطْرَافاً مُتَفَرِّقَةً مِنْهُ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ، قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ‏ عَلَى جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ فَسَأَلَ عَنِ الْقَوْمِ حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَيَّ، فَقُلْتُ: أَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ، فَأَهْوَى بِيَدِهِ إِلَى رَأْسِي، فَنَزَعَ زِرِّيَ الْأَعْلَى، ثُمَّ نَزَعَ زِرِّيَ الْأَسْفَلَ ثُمَّ وَضَعَ كَفَّهُ‏ بَيْنَ ثَدْيَيَّ- وَ أَنَا يَوْمَئِذٍ غُلَامٌ شَابٌّ فَقَالَ: مَرْحَباً بِكَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي، سَلْ عَمَّا شِئْتَ؟.

And it has been referred in (the book) ‘Jamie Al Usool’ as well. He said, ‘And it is extracted by Abu Dawood in its length, and Al Nasaie extracted separate piece from it,

‘From Ja’farasws Bin Muhammadasws, from hisasws fatherasws said: ‘Iasws entered to see Jabir Bin Abdullah Al-Ansari. He asked about the group until he ended up to measws. Iasws said: ‘Iasws am Muhammadasws Bin Aliasws Bin Al-Husaynasws’. He gestured by his hand towards myasws head. He opened myasws top (shirt) button, then opened the lower button, then placed his palm upon myasws chest’, and on that day Iasws was a young boy. He said, ‘Welcome to youasws, O sonasws of my brotherasws. Ask about whatever youasws so desire to?’

فَسَأَلْتُهُ- وَ هُوَ أَعْمَى وَ قَدْ حَضَرَ وَقْتُ الصَّلَاةِ، فَقَامَ فِي نِسَاجِهِ مُلْتَحِفاً بِهَا، كُلَّمَا وَضَعَهَا عَلَى مَنْكِبِهِ رَجَعَ طَرَفَاهَا إِلَيْهِ مِنْ صِغَرِهَا، وَ رِدَاؤُهُ إِلَى جَنْبِهِ عَلَى الْمِشْجَبِ‏ فَصَلَّى بِنَا- فَقُلْتُ: أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ حَجَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏].

Iasws asked him, and he was blind, and the time for Salat presented. He stood up in his spread he had wrapped himself with. Every time he placed it upon his shoulder, its end would return to it due to its smallness, and his cloak was to his side upon the clothes hook. He prayed Salat (leading) us. Iasws said, ‘Inform me about the Hajj of Rasool-Allahsaww’.

فَقَالَ بِيَدِهِ فَعَقَدَ تِسْعاً، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] مَكَثَ تِسْعَ سِنِينَ لَمْ يَحُجَّ، ثُمَّ أُذِّنَ فِي النَّاسِ فِي الْعَاشِرَةِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] حَاجٌّ فَقَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ بَشَرٌ كَثِيرٌ كُلُّهُمْ يَلْتَمِسُ أَنْ يَأْتَمَّ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] وَ يَعْمَلَ مِثْلَ عَمَلِهِ،

He said by (a gesture) of his hand, ‘Nine’. He said, ‘Rasool-Allahsaww remained nine years not performing Hajj. Then hesaww proclaimed among the people during the tenth. Rasool-Allahsaww performed Hajj, and a lot of people arrived at Al-Medina, all of them seeking to complete (Hajj) with Rasool-Allahsaww and do like hissaww deeds.

فَخَرَجْنَا مَعَهُ حَتَّى إِذَا أَتَيْنَا ذَا الْحُلَيْفَةِ، فَوَلَدَتْ أَسْمَاءُ بِنْتُ عُمَيْسٍ‏ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، فَأَرْسَلَتْ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] كَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ؟. قَالَ: اغْتَسِلِي وَ اسْتَشْفِرِي‏ بِثَوْبٍ وَ أَحْرِمِي،

We went out with himsaww until when we came to Zul Huleyfa, Asma Bint Umay gave birth to Muhammad Bin Abu Bakr. She sent a message to Rasool-Allahsaww, ‘What shall I do?’ Hesaww said: ‘Wash and wrap with a cloth and wear Ihram’.

فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (ص) فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَرَكِبَ‏ الْقَصْوَاءَ حَتَّى إِذَا اسْتَوَتْ بِهِ نَاقَتُهُ إِلَى الْبَيْدَاءِ، نَظَرْتُ إِلَى مَدِّ بَصَرِي بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ مِنْ رَاكِبٍ وَ مَاشٍ، وَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ، وَ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ، وَ مِنْ خَلْفِهِ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ، وَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِنَا وَ عَلَيْهِ يَنْزِلُ الْقُرْآنُ وَ هُوَ يَعْرِفُ تَأْوِيلَهُ وَ مَا عَمِلَ بِهِ مِنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ عَمِلْنَا بِهِ،

Rasool-Allahsaww prayed Salat in the Masjid. Hesaww rode Al-Qaswa (camel) until when hesaww came with himsaww to Al-Bayda, hesaww looked to the extent of the sight in front of himsaww, from a rider and walker, and on hissaww right was similar to that (pilgrims), and on hissaww left were similar to that, and from behind himsaww were similar to that, and Rasool-Allahsaww as in our midst, and the Quran was Revealed unto himsaww, and hesaww knew its interpretation, and whatever hesaww did of anything, we did it along with himsaww.

فَأَهَلَّ بِالتَّوْحِيدِ: «لَبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ لَبَّيْكَ لَبَّيْكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ لَبَّيْكَ إِنَّ الْحَمْدَ وَ النِّعْمَةَ لَكَ وَ الْمُلْكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ»، وَ أَهَلَّ النَّاسُ بِهَذَا الَّذِي يُهِلُ‏ بِهِ، فَلَمْ يَزِدْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] شَيْئاً مِنْهُمْ‏ وَ لَزِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] تَلْبِيَتَهُ،

Hesaww commenced with the Tawheed: ‘Here Isaww am, O Allahazwj, here Isaww am! There is no associate for Youazwj, here Isaww am! The Praise, and the Favours are for Youazwj and the Kingdom, there is no associate for Youazwj!’ And the people began with this which hesaww had begun with. Rasool-Allahsaww did not increased anything from them, and Rasool-Allahsaww necessitated hissaww Talbiyya’.

قَالَ جَابِرٌ: لَسْنَا نَنْوِي إِلَّا الْحَجَّ، لَسْنَا نَعْرِفُ الْعُمْرَةَ حَتَّى إِذَا أَتَيْنَا الْبَيْتَ مَعَهُ اسْتَلَمَ الرُّكْنَ فَرَمَلَ‏ ثَلَاثاً وَ مَشَى أَرْبَعاً، ثُمَّ نَفَذَ إِلَى مَقَامِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ (ع)، فَقَرَأَ: وَ اتَّخِذُوا مِنْ مَقامِ إِبْراهِيمَ مُصَلًّى‏، فَجَعَلَ الْمَقَامَ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ الْبَيْتِ،

Jabir said, ‘We had not intended except the Hajj. We did not know the Umrah until when we came to the House (Kabah) with himsaww, hesaww kissed the (Al-Yemeni) corner, and hurried three (Tawaaf) and walked four. Then hesaww went to the standing place of Ibrahimas and recited: and Take for yourselves a place for Salat at the standing-place of Ibrahim. [2:125], and made the standing place to be between himsaww and the House (Kabah).

وَ كَانَ‏ أَبِي يَقُولُ- وَ لَا أَعْلَمُهُ ذَكَرَهُ إِلَّا عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]- كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ: قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَ قُلْ يا أَيُّهَا الْكافِرُونَ‏،

And my father was saying, ‘And I do not know its mention except from the Prophetsaww. Hesaww recited in the two Cycles (Salat): Say: ‘He, Allah, is One [112:1] (Surah Al-Tawheed), and Say: ‘O you Kafirs!’ [109:1] (Surah Al-Kafiroun)’.

ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى الرُّكْنِ فَاسْتَلَمَهُ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ مِنَ الْبَابِ‏ إِلَى الصَّفَا، فَلَمَّا دَنَا مِنَ الصَّفَا قَرَأَ: إِنَّ الصَّفا وَ الْمَرْوَةَ مِنْ شَعائِرِ اللَّهِ‏ ابْدَءُوا بِمَا بَدَأَ اللَّهُ بِهِ، فَبَدَأَ بِالصَّفَا فَرَقِيَ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى رَأَى الْبَيْتَ فَاسْتَقْبَلَ الْقِبْلَةَ،

Then hesaww returned to the (Yemeni) corner and kissed it. Then hesaww went out from the door to Al-Safa. When we were near from Al-Safa, hesaww recited: ‘Surely Al-Safa and Al-Marwa are among the Rituals of Allah [2:158]: ‘Begin with what Allahazwj had Begun with!’ Hesaww began with Al-Safa and ascended upon it until hesaww could see the House (Kabah), and faced the Qiblah.

فَوَحَّدَ اللَّهَ وَ كَبَّرَهُ، وَ قَالَ: «لا إِلهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ* وَحْدَهُ‏ لا شَرِيكَ لَهُ‏، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَ لَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَ هُوَ عَلى‏ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ قَدِيرٌ، لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ أَنْجَزَ وَعْدَهُ، وَ نَصَرَ عَبْدَهُ، وَ هَزَمَ الْأَحْزَابَ وَحْدَهُ»، ثُمَّ دَعَا بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ مِثْلَ هَذَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ،

Hesaww exclaimed the Oneness of Allahazwj and extolled Hisazwj Greatness, and said: ‘There is no god except Allahazwj Alone. There is no associate for Himazwj. For Himazwj is the Kingdom, and for Himazwj is the Praise, and Heazwj is Able upon all things. There is no god except Allahazwj Alone. Heazwj Fulfils Hisazwj Promised and Helps Hisazwj servant and Defeats the allies Alone’. Then hesaww supplicated between that and said similar to this three times.

ثُمَّ نَزَلَ إِلَى الْمَرْوَةِ حَتَّى إِذَا انْصَبَّتْ‏ قَدَمَاهُ فِي بَطْنِ الْوَادِي، رَمَلَ‏ حَتَّى إِذَا صَعِدْنَا مَشَى حَتَّى أَتَى الْمَرْوَةَ .. فَفَعَلَ عَلَى الْمَرْوَةِ كَمَا فَعَلَ عَلَى الصَّفَا، حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ آخِرُ طَوَافِهِ‏ عَلَى‏ الْمَرْوَةِ قَالَ: لَوْ أَنِّي اسْتَقْبَلْتُ مِنْ أَمْرِي مَا اسْتَدْبَرْتُ لَمْ أَسُقِ الْهَدْيَ وَ جَعَلْتُهَا عُمْرَةً، فَمَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ لَيْسَ مَعَهُ هَدْيٌ فَلْيُحِلَّ وَ لْيَجْعَلْهَا عُمْرَةً،

Then hesaww descended to Al-Marwa until when hissaww feet were in the middle of the valley, hesaww hurried until when were ascended, hesaww walked until hesaww came to Al-Marwa. Hesaww did upon Al-Marwa just as hesaww had done upon Al-Safa, until when it was the last of hissaww circuit upon Al-Marwa, hesaww said: ‘If Isaww had faced from mysaww matters what Isaww managed, Isaww would not have ushered the sacrificial animal, and would have made it to be an Umrah. So, the one from you who hasn’t a sacrificial animal, let him loosen (the Ihraam) and let him make it to be an Umrah’.

فَقَامَ سُرَاقَةُ بْنُ مَالِكِ بْنِ جُعْشُمٍ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! أَ لِعَامِنَا هَذَا أَمْ لِلْأَبَدِ؟. فَشَبَّكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] أَصَابِعَهُ وَاحِدَةً فِي الْأُخْرَى، وَ قَالَ: دَخَلَتِ الْعُمْرَةُ فِي الْحَجِّ هَكَذَا .. مَرَّتَيْنِ، لَا، بَلْ لِأَبَدِ أَبَدٍ.

Suraqah Bin Malik Bin Ja’sam stood up and said, ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! Is it for this year of ours or forever?’ Rasool-Allahsaww clasped hissaww fingers, one into the other, and said: ‘Umrah is included in the Hajj like this’ – twice, ‘No, but it is forever!’

وَ قَدِمَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ مِنَ الْيَمَنِ بِبُدْنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] فَوَجَدَ فَاطِمَةَ عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ مِمَّنْ حَلَّ وَ لَبِسَتْ ثِيَاباً صَبِيغاً وَ اكْتَحَلَتْ، فَأَنْكَرَ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهَا، فَقَالَتْ: إِنَّ أَبِي أَمَرَنِي بِهَذَا.

And Aliasws arrived from Al-Yemen with sacrificial animals of the Prophetsaww. Heasws found (Syeda) Fatimaasws to be from the ones who had taken off (the Ihram) and wearing dyed clothes, and applied Kohl. Heasws disliked that upon herasws. Sheasws said: ‘Myasws fathersaww instructed measws with this’.

قَالَ: فكأن [وَ كَانَ‏] عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ يَقُولُ بِالْعِرَاقِ: فَذَهَبْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ- مُحَرِّشاً عَلَى فَاطِمَةَ لِلَّذِي صَنَعَتْ مُسْتَفْتِياً لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] فِيمَا ذَكَرَتْ عَنْهُ- فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ أَنِّي أَنْكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهَا، فَقَالَ: صَدَقَتْ .. صَدَقَتْ، مَا ذَا قُلْتَ حِينَ إِذَا فَرَضْتَ الْحَجَّ؟.

He (Jabir) said, ‘And Aliasws was saying at Al-Iraq: ‘Iasws went to Rasool-Allahsaww provocated upon (Syeda) Fatimaasws of that which sheasws had done, so seek a verdict of Rasool-Allahsaww regarding what sheasws had mentioned about. Iasws informed himsaww that Iasws disliked that upon herasws. Hesaww said: ‘Sheasws spoke the truth. Sheasws spoke the truth. What is that which youasws said when the Hajj was Obligated?’

فَقَالَ: فَإِنَّ مَعِيَ الْهَدْيَ فَلَا تُحِلَّ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أُهِلُّ بِمَا أَهَلَّ بِهِ رَسُولُكَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏].

Heasws said: ‘Iasws said: ‘O Allahazwj! Iasws begin with what Yourazwj Rasoolsaww has begun with’. Hesaww said: ‘The sacrificial animals are with mesaww, so do not loosen (remove the Ihraam)’.

قَالَ‏: فَكَانَ جَمَاعَةُ الْهَدْيِ الَّذِي قَدِمَ بِهِ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ مِنَ الْيَمَنِ وَ الَّذِي أَتَى بِهِ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] مِائَةً،

He (Jabir) said, ‘The collection of the sacrificial animals which Aliasws had arrived with from Al-Yemen, and those which the Prophetsaww had come with, were a hundred’.

قَالَ: فَحَلَّ النَّاسُ كُلُّهُمْ وَ قَصَّرُوا إِلَّا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] وَ مَنْ كَانَ مَعَهُ هَدْيٌ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ يَوْمُ التَّرْوِيَةِ تَوَجَّهُوا إِلَى مِنًى فَأَهَلُّوا بِالْحَجِّ ..

He (Jabir) said, ‘The people loosened (took off their Ihraams), all of them, and they shortened (the Hajj), except Rasool-Allahsaww and the one who had sacrificial animal with him. When it was the day of Al-Tarwiyya (8th Zilhajj), they headed to Mina and they began with the Hajj’.

وَ سَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ بِطُولِهِ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ إِلَى الْمَنْحَرِ فَنَحَرَ ثَلَاثاً وَ سِتِّينَ بَدَنَةً بِيَدِهِ، ثُمَّ أَعْطَى عَلِيّاً فَنَحَرَ مَا بَقِيَ‏ وَ أَشْرَكَهُ فِي هَدْيِهِ، ثُمَّ أَمَرَ مِنْ كُلِّ بَدَنَةٍ بِبَضْعَةٍ فَجُعِلَتْ فِي قِدْرٍ فَطُبِخَتْ فَأَكَلَا مِنْ لَحْمِهَا وَ شَرِبَا مِنْ مَرَقِهَا،

And he (Jabir) continued the Hadeeth with its length up to his words, ‘Then hesaww left to go to the sacrificial place. Hesaww sacrificed sixty-three animals. Then hesaww gave Aliasws, and heasws sacrificed what had remained, and hesaww participated himasws in hissaww sacrifice. Then hesaww instructed a part from each sacrificed animal to be made to be in a pot and cooked. Theyasws both ate from their meat and drank from their soup.

ثُمَّ رَكِبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] فَأَفَاضَ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ فَصَلَّى بِمَكَّةَ الظُّهْرَ، فَأَتَى بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ يَسْقُونَ‏ عَلَى زَمْزَمَ، فَقَالَ: انْزِعُوا بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، فَلَوْ لَا أَنْ يَغْلِبَكُمُ النَّاسُ عَلَى سِقَايَتِكُمْ لَنَزَعْتُ مَعَكُمْ، فَنَاوَلُوهُ دَلْواً فَشَرِبَ مِنْهُ.

Then Rasool-Allahsaww rode and went to the House (Kabah). Hesaww prayed Salat Al-Zohr at Makkah. The Clan of Abdul Muttalibasws came to Quench at Zamzam. Hesaww said: ‘Remove the Clan of Abdul Muttalibasws! If the people do not overcome upon their quenchers, Isaww would compete alongside you (for the water)’. They gave himsaww a bucked and hesaww drank from it’’.³⁶⁶

وَ رَوَى الْبُخَارِيُ‏ فِي صَحِيحِهِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] أَهَلَّ وَ أَصْحَابَهُ بِالْحَجِّ وَ لَيْسَ مَعَ أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ هَدْيٌ غَيْرَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] وَ طَلْحَةَ، وَ كَانَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ قَدِمَ‏ مِنَ الْيَمَنِ وَ مَعَهُ الْهَدْيُ،

And it is reported by Al-Bukhari in his (book) ‘Saheeh’, from Jabir, ‘The Prophetsaww and hissaww companions commenced the Hajj, and there wasn’t anyone with a sacrificial animal apart from the Prophetsaww and Talha, and Aliasws had arrived from Al-Yemen and the sacrificial animals were with himasws.

فَقَالَ: أَهْلَلْتُ بِمَا أَهَلَّ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]، وَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ أَذِنَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ أَنْ يَجْعَلُوهَا عُمْرَةً يَطُوفُوا بِالْبَيْتِ ثُمَّ يُقَصِّرُوا وَ يُحِلُّوا إِلَّا مَنْ مَعَهُ الْهَدْيُ،

He (Jabir) said, ‘I commenced with what Rasool-Allahsaww had commenced with, and that the Prophetsaww permitted for hissaww companions that they make it to be an Umrah, perform Tawaaf of the House (Kabah), then they should shorten and take off Ihraam, except one who had the sacrificial animal with him.

فَقَالُوا: أَ نَنْطَلِقُ إِلَى مِنًى وَ ذَكَرُ أَحَدِنَا يَقْطُرُ، فَبَلَغَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]، فَقَالَ: لَوِ اسْتَقْبَلْتُ مِنْ أَمْرِي مَا اسْتَدْبَرْتُ مَا هَدَيْتُ‏، وَ لَوْ لَا أَنَّ مَعِيَ الْهَدْيَ‏ لَأَحْلَلْتُ ..

They said, ‘Shall we go to Mina with discharge from our manhood is dripping?’ It reached Rasool-Allahsaww, so hesaww said: ‘If Isaww were to face from mysaww matter what Isaww had managed, Isaww would not have sacrificed an animal, and if there was no sacrificial animal with mesaww, Isaww would have taken off the Ihraam’.

وَ سَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: وَ إِنَّ سُرَاقَةَ بْنَ مَالِكِ بْنِ جُعْثُمٍ‏ لَقِيَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] وَ هُوَ بِالْعَقَبَةِ وَ هُوَ يَرْمِيهَا، فَقَالَ: أَ لَكُمْ هَذِهِ خَاصَّةً يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟. فَقَالَ: لِلْأَبَدِ.

The he continued the Hadeeth up to his words, ‘Suraqa Bin Malik Bin Ju’sam met the Prophetsaww and hesaww was at Al-Aqaba, and hesaww was pelting these (Rami Jamaraat). He said, ‘Is this for this (year) in particular, O Rasool-Allahsaww?’ Hesaww said: ‘Forever’’.³⁶⁷ (a Non-Shia source)

وَ رَوَى الْبُخَارِيُ‏، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ، قَالَ: قَدِمْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] بِالْبَطْحَاءِ- وَ هُوَ مُنِيحٌ‏- فَقَالَ: أَ حَجَجْتَ؟. قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: بِمَا أَهْلَلْتَ؟. قُلْتُ: لَبَّيْكَ بِإِهْلَالِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏].

And it is reported by Al-Bukhari, from Abu Musa Al-Ashari who said, ‘I arrived to the Prophetsaww at Al-Bat’ha – and it is Muneeh. Hesaww said: ‘Have you performed Hajj?’ I said, ‘Yes’. Hesaww said: ‘What did you commence with?’ I said, ‘Yoursaww Talbiyya, with the commencement of the Prophetsaww’.

قَالَ: أَحْسَنْتَ، طُفْ بِالْبَيْتِ وَ بِالصَّفَا وَ الْمَرْوَةِ ثُمَّ أَحِلَّ، فَطُفْتُ بِالْبَيْتِ وَ بِالصَّفَا وَ الْمَرْوَةِ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ امْرَأَةً مِنْ قَيْسٍ، فقلت [فَفَلَتْ‏] رَأْسِي، ثُمَّ أَهْلَلْتُ بِالْحَجِّ،

Hesaww said: ‘Excellent. Perform Tawaaf of the House, and with Al-Safa and Al-Marwa, then take off Ihraam’. So, I performed Tawaaf of the House, and with Al-Safa and Al-Marwa, then I came to a woman from Qays. I said, ‘Shave my head’. Then I commenced the Hajj.

فَكُنْتُ أُفْتِي بِهِ حَتَّى كَانَ فِي خِلَافَةِ عُمَرَ، فَقَالَ: إِنْ أَخَذْنَا بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَإِنَّهُ يَأْمُرُنَا بِالتَّمَامِ، وَ إِنْ أَخَذْنَا بِقَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يُحِلَ‏ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ الْهَدْيُ مَحِلَّهُ‏.

I used to give verdicts with it until it was during the caliphate of Umar. He said, ‘If we take with the Book of Allahazwj, it Commands us with the complete, and if we take with the words of the Prophetsaww, hesaww did not take off Ihraam until the offering reaches its place [2:196]’’.³⁶⁸ (a Non-Shia source)

وَ رَوَى الْبُخَارِيُ‏ أَيْضاً، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: خَرَجْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] لِخَمْسٍ بَقِينَ مِنْ ذِي الْقَعْدَةِ لَا نَرَى إِلَّا الْحَجَّ، فَلَمَّا دَنَوْنَا مِنْ مَكَّةَ أَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] مَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ مَعَهُ هَدْيٌ إِذَا طَافَ وَ سَعَى بَيْنَ الصَّفَا وَ الْمَرْوَةِ أَنْ يُحِلَّ،

And it is reported by Al-Bukhari as well, from Ayesha (well-known fabricatress), she said, ‘We went out with Rasool-Allahsaww where there was five (days) remaining from Zil-Qadah, not viewing except the Hajj. When we were near from Makkah, Rasool-Allahsaww ordered: ‘One who does not have a sacrificial animal with him, when he has performed Tawaaf, and Sa’ee between Al-Safa and Al-Marwa, he should take off Ihraam’.

قَالَ: فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْنَا يَوْمَ النَّحْرِ بِلَحْمِ بَقَرٍ، فَقُلْتُ: مَا هَذَا؟. فَقِيلَ: ذَبَحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَزْوَاجِهِ.

He (she) said, ‘Hesaww entered to see us on the day of the sacrifice with meat of a cow. I said, ‘What is this?’ It was said, ‘Slaughter of Rasool-Allahsaww on behalf of hissaww wives’’.³⁶⁹ (a Non-Shia source)

وَ رَوَى الْبُخَارِيُ‏ أَيْضاً، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّهُ سُئِلَ عَنْ مُتْعَةِ الْحَجِّ، فَقَالَ: أَهَلَّ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ وَ الْأَنْصَارُ وَ أَزْوَاجُ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ وَ أَهْلَلْنَا، فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا مَكَّةَ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]: اجْعَلُوا إِهْلَالَكُمْ بِالْحَجِّ عُمْرَةً إِلَّا مَنْ قَلَّدَ الْهَدْيَ،

And it is reported by Al-Bukhari as well, from Ibn Abbas having been asked about Mutah of the Hajj. He said, ‘The Emigrants, and the Helpers and the wives of the Prophetsaww commenced during the farewell Hajj and we commenced. When we arrived at Makkah, Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘Make your commencement of the Hajj to be an Umrah, except one who has collared the sacrificial animal’.

طُفْنَا بِالْبَيْتِ وَ بِالصَّفَا وَ الْمَرْوَةِ وَ أَتَيْنَا النِّسَاءَ وَ لَبِسْنَا الثِّيَابَ، وَ قَالَ: مَنْ قَلَّدَ الْهَدْيَ فَإِنَّهُ لَا يُحِلُ‏ حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ الْهَدْيُ مَحِلَّهُ‏،

We performed Tawaaf of the House and with Al-Safa and Al-Marwa, and we went to the women and wore the (normal) clothes, and hesaww said: ‘One who has collared the sacrificial animal, he should not take off Ihraam, until the offering reaches its place [2:196]’.

ثُمَّ أَمَرَنَا عَشِيَّةَ التَّرْوِيَةِ أَنْ نُهِلَّ بِالْحَجِّ، فَإِذَا فَرَغْنَا مِنَ الْمَنَاسِكِ جِئْنَا فَطُفْنَا بِالْبَيْتِ وَ بِالصَّفَا وَ الْمَرْوَةِ فَقَدْ تَمَّ حَجُّنَا وَ عَلَيْنَا الْهَدْيُ، كَمَا قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى‏: فَمَنْ تَمَتَّعَ بِالْعُمْرَةِ إِلَى الْحَجِّ فَمَا اسْتَيْسَرَ مِنَ الْهَدْيِ فَمَنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيامُ ثَلاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ فِي الْحَجِّ وَ سَبْعَةٍ إِذا رَجَعْتُمْ‏ إِلَى أَمْصَارِكُمْ الشَّاةُ تُجْزِي،

Then hesaww instructed us on the evening of the Tarwiyya (8th Zilhajj) that we should commence with the Hajj. When we were free from the ritual, we came and performed Tawaaf of the House (Kabah), and with Al-Safa and Al-Marwah. So, our Hajj was completed and upon us was the sacrificial animal, just as Allahazwj the Exalted had Said: and one who combines with the Umrah to the Hajj, then whatever is easy from the sacrifice. But the one who cannot find, so it is the Fasting for three days during the Hajj and seven when you return – [2:196], to your various cities, you can fulfil.

فَجَمَعُوا نُسُكَيْنِ فِي عَامٍ‏ بَيْنَ الْحَجِّ وَ الْعُمْرَةِ، فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ أَنْزَلَهُ فِي كِتَابِهِ وَ سُنَّةِ نَبِيِّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] وَ أَبَاحَهُ نَاسٌ غَيْرَ أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ، قَالَ اللَّهُ: ذلِكَ لِمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ أَهْلُهُ حاضِرِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرامِ‏ وَ أَشْهُرُ الْحَجِّ الَّذِي‏ ذَكَرَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ: شَوَّالٌ، وَ ذُو الْقَعْدَةِ، وَ ذُو الْحِجَّةِ، فَمَنْ تَمَتَّعَ فِي هَذِهِ الْأَشْهُرِ فَعَلَيْهِ دَمٌ أَوْ صَوْمٌ،.

They gathered the two rituals during one year, between the Hajj and the Umrah. Allahazwj Revealed it in Hisazwj Book and Sunnah of Hisazwj Prophetsaww, and the people legalised it other than the people of Makkah. Allahazwj Said: that is for the one whose family does not happen to be present in the Sacred Masjid. [2:196] – and the months of Hajj are the ones Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic Mentioned – Shawwal, and Zul Qadah, and Zul Hijjah. One who does Mutah during these months, upon him would be blood or Fast’’. (a Non-Shia source)³⁷⁰

وَ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ الْمُتْعَةِ، فَأَمَرَنِي بِهَا، وَ سَأَلْتُهُ‏ عَنِ الْهَدْيِ، فَقَالَ: جَزُورٌ أَوْ بَقَرَةٌ أَوْ شَاةٌ أَوْ شَرْكٌ فِي دَمٍ،

And from Abu Hamza who said, ‘I asked Ibn Abbas about the Mutah, and he instructed me with it, and I asked him about the sacrificial animal. He said, ‘A camel, or a cow, or a sheep, or participation in blood’.

قَالَ: وَ كَانَ نَاسٌ كَرِهُوهَا، فَنِمْتُ فَرَأَيْتُ فِي الْمَنَامِ كَأَنَّ إِنْسَاناً يُنَادِي: حَجٌّ مَبْرُورٌ وَ عُمْرَةٌ مُتَقَبَّلَةٌ،

He said, ‘And the people were disliking it. I slept and was in the dream as if there was a person calling out, ‘Hajj is Blessedly Accepted and Umrah is Accepted’.

فَأَتَيْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ فَحَدَّثْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ سُنَّةُ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏].

I went to Ibn Abbas and narrated it to him. He said, ‘Allahazwj is the Greatest! A Sunnah of Abu Al-Qasimsaww’’.³⁷¹ (a Non-Shia source)

وَ رَوَى فِي جَامِعِ الْأُصُولِ‏، عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ‏ وَ النَّسَائِيِ‏، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]: هَذِهِ عُمْرَةٌ اسْتَمْتَعْنَا بِهَا، فَمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ مَعَهُ الْهَدْيُ فَلْيُحِلَّ الْحِلَّ كُلَّهُ، فَإِنَّ الْعُمْرَةَ قَدْ دَخَلَتْ فِي الْحَجِّ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ.

And it is reported in (the book) ‘Jamie Al Usool’ – From Muslim, and Al-Nasaie, from Ibn Abbas who said, ‘Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘This is an Umrah we are enjoying with it. So, the one who does not happen to have a sacrificial animal with him, let him permit the Permissibles, all of it, for the Umrah has entered into the Hajj up to the Day of Qiyamah’’.³⁷² (a Non-Shia source)

وَ رَوَى الْبُخَارِيُ‏- أَيْضاً-، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، قَالَ: اخْتَلَفَ عَلِيٌّ وَ عُثْمَانُ- وَ هُمْ بِعُسْفَانَ‏- فِي الْمُتْعَةِ، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: مَا تُرِيدُ إِلَّا أَنْ تَنْهَى عَنْ أَمْرٍ فَعَلَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] فَلَمَّا رَأَى عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ ذَلِكَ أَهَلَّ بِهِمَا جَمِيعاً.

And it is reported by Al-Bukhari as well, from Saeed Bin Al Musayyab who said, ‘Aliasws and Usman differed regarding the Mutah (Umrah Tamatto), and they were at Usfan. Aliasws said: ‘You are not intending except to forbid from a matter the Prophetsaww had instructed with’. When Aliasws gave hisasws view, he permitting them both’’.³⁷³ (a Non-Shia source)

وَ رَوَى الْبُخَارِيُ‏ وَ مُسْلِمٌ‏، عَنْ مَرْوَانَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ، أَنَّهُ شَهِدَ عَلِيّاً وَ عُثْمَانَ بَيْنَ مَكَّةَ وَ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَ عُثْمَانُ يَنْهَى عَنِ الْمُتْعَةِ وَ أَنْ يُجْمَعَ بَيْنَهُمَا، فَلَمَّا رَأَى ذَلِكَ عَلِيٌّ أَهَلَّ بِهِمَا: لَبَّيْكَ بِعُمْرَةٍ وَ حَجَّةٍ، فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ: تَرَانِي أَنْهَى النَّاسَ وَ أَنْتَ تَفْعَلُهُ؟! فَقَالَ: مَا كُنْتُ لِأَدَعَ سُنَّةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] لِقَوْلِ أَحَدٍ.

And it is reported by Al-Bukhari, and Muslim, from Marwan Bin Al Hakam, he witnessed Aliasws and Usman between Makkah and Al-Medina, and Usman forbade from the Mutah (Umrah Tamatto) and combined the two. When Aliasws saw that, heasws commenced with the two: ‘Here Iasws am, with Hajj and Umrah’. Usman said, ‘Do youasws see me forbidding the people and youasws are doing it?!’ Heasws said: ‘Iasws was not going to leave a Sunnah of Rasool-Allahsaww for anyone else’s word’’.³⁷⁴ (a Non-Shia source)

وَ رَوَى الْبُخَارِيُ‏، عَنْ عِمْرَانَ، قَالَ: تَمَتَّعْنَا عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] وَ نَزَلَ الْقُرْآنُ، وَ قَالَ رَجُلٌ بِرَأْيِهِ مَا شَاءَ.

And it is reported by Al-Bukhari, from Imran who said, ‘We used to do Mutah in the era of the Prophetsaww, and the Quran Revealed (it), and a man (Umar) said by his opinion whatever he so desired to’’.³⁷⁵ (a Non-Shia source)

وَ رَوَى مُسْلِمٌ‏، عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ لِي عِمْرَانُ بْنُ الْحُصَيْنِ: إِنِّي لَأُحَدِّثُكَ بِالْحَدِيثِ الْيَوْمَ يَنْفَعُكَ اللَّهُ بِهِ بَعْدَ الْيَوْمِ، اعْلَمْ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] قَدْ أَعْمَرَ طَائِفَةً مِنْ أَهْلِهِ فِي الْعَشْرِ فَلَمْ تَنْزِلْ آيَةٌ تَنْسَخُ ذَلِكَ، وَ لَمْ يَنْهَ عَنْهُ حَتَّى مَضَى لِوَجْهِهِ، ارْتَأَى كُلُّ امْرِئٍ بَعْدُ مَا شَاءَ أَنْ يَرْتَئِيَ.

And it is reported by Muslim, from Mutarrif who said, ‘Imran Bin Al Husayn said to him, ‘I shall narrate to you a Hadeeth today, Allahazwj will Benefit you with it after today. Know that Rasool-Allahsaww had made a group of hissaww family members to perform Umrah during the ten (days of Zilhajj). No Verse was Revealed to Abrogate that, and hesaww did not forbid from it until hesaww went on hissaww direction (passed away). Every person expressed an opinion afterwards whatever he so desired to opine’’.

و قال ابن حاتم‏ في روايته: ارتأى رجل برأيه ما شاء- يعني عمر-.

And Ibn Hatim said in a report: ‘A man opined with his personal opinion whatever he so desired to’ – meaning Umar. ³⁷⁶ (a Non-Shia source)

وَ عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ‏ بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]: هَذِهِ عُمْرَةٌ اسْتَمْتَعْنَا بِهَا فَمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدَهُ‏ الْهَدْيُ فَلْيُحْلِلِ الْحِلَّ كُلَّهُ، فَإِنَّ الْعُمْرَةَ قَدْ دَخَلَتْ فِي الْحَجِّ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ.

And from Muslim, by his chain from Ibn Abbas who said, ‘Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘This Umrah we have enjoyed with it, so the one who does not happen to have the sacrificial animal with him, let him permit the Permissibles, all of it, for the Umrah has entered (included) in the Hajj up to the Day of Qiyamah’’.³⁷⁷ (a Non-Shia source)

وَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ طَاوُسٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ‏، قَالَ: كَانُوا يَرَوْنَ أَنَّ الْعُمْرَةَ فِي أَشْهُرِ الْحَجِّ مِنْ أَفْجَرِ الْفُجُورِ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَ يَجْعَلُونَ الْمُحَرَّمَ صَفَراً وَ يَقُولُونَ: إِذَا بَرَأَ الدَّبَرُ، وَ عَفَا الْأَثَرُ، وَ انْسَلَخَ صَفَرٌ حَلَّتِ الْعُمْرَةُ لِمَنِ اعْتَمَرَ،

And from Abdullah Bin Tawoos, from his father, from Ibn Abbas who said, ‘They (Arabs) used to view that if the Umrah is performed during the months of Hajj, it would be from the most immoral of the immoralities in the earth, and they were making Al Muharram to be as Safar, and they were saying, ‘When the (camel) back is cured, and the impact is removed, and the yellowness is scratched off, the Umrah is permissible for the one who wishes to perform Umrah’.

قَدِمَ النَّبِيُ‏ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] وَ أَصْحَابُهُ صَبِيحَةَ رَابِعَةٍ مُهِلِّينَ بِالْحَجِّ فَأَمَرَهُمْ‏ أَنْ يَجْعَلُوهَا عُمْرَةً، فَتَعَاظَمَ ذَلِكَ عِنْدَهُمْ، فَقَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! أَيُّ الْحِلِّ؟. قَالَ: الْحِلُّ كُلُّهُ‏.

The Prophetsaww and hissaww companions arrive in the fourth morning, commencing the Hajj. Hesaww instructed them that they make it to be an Umrah. That was grievous in their presence. They said, ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! Which (items) are permissible?’ Hesaww said: ‘The Permissibles, all of it’’.³⁷⁸ (a Non-Shia source)

وَ قَدْ رَوَى هَذِهِ الرِّوَايَةَ الْبُخَارِيُ‏، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، وَ رَوَاهَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَ النَّسَائِيُ‏ وَ أَوْرَدَهَا فِي جَامِعِ الْأُصُولِ‏، قَالَ‏: وَ أَخْرَجَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى، أَنَّهُ قَالَ: وَ اللَّهِ مَا أَعْمَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] عَائِشَةَ فِي ذِي الْحِجَّةِ إِلَّا لِيَقْطَعَ بِذَلِكَ أَمْرَ أَهْلِ الشِّرْكِ، فَإِنَّ هَذَا الْحَيَّ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَ مَنْ دَانَ بِدِينِهِمْ كَانُوا يَقُولُونَ: إِذَا عَفَا الْأَثَرُ وَ بَرَأَ الدَّبَرُ، وَ دَخَلَ صَفَرٌ فَقَدْ حَلَّتِ الْعُمْرَةُ لِمَنِ اعْتَمَرَ، فَكَانُوا يُحَرِّمُونَ الْعُمْرَةَ حَتَّى يَنْسَلِخَ ذُو الْحِجَّةِ وَ الْمُحَرَّمُ‏.

And this reported has been reported by Al-Bukhari, from Ibn Abbas, and Abu Dawwod and Al Nasaie have both reported it, and it is referred in (the book) ‘Jamie Al Usool’, said, ‘Abu Dawood extracted in another report, he said,

‘By Allahazwj! Rasool-Allahazwj did not perform Umrah (with) Ayesha during Zil Hijjah except to cut off the matter of the people of Shirk by that, for this tribe from Quraysh and ones who made is a religion with their religion were saying, ‘When the effects are gone, and the back (of camel) is cured, and (the month of) Safar enters, the Umrah would be permissible for the one who performs the Umrah’. They were prohibiting the Umrah until Zil Hijjah and Muharram pass away’’.³⁷⁹ (a Non-Shia source)

وَ رَوَى مُسْلِمٌ‏، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى‏ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُفْتِي بِالْمُتْعَةِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ: رُوَيْدَكَ بَعْضَ‏ فُتْيَاكَ، فَإِنَّكَ لَا تَدْرِي مَا أَحْدَثَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي النُّسُكِ بَعْدُ حَتَّى لَقِيَهُ‏ بَعْدُ فَسَأَلَهُ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] قَدْ فَعَلَهُ هُوَ وَ أَصْحَابُهُ، وَ لَكِنْ كَرِهْتُ أَنْ يَظَلُّوا مُعْرِسِينَ بِهِنَّ فِي الْأَرَاكِ يَرُوحُونَ فِي الْحَجِّ يَقْطُرُ رُءُوسُهُمْ‏.

And it is reported by Muslim, from Ibrahim, from Abu Musa, he used to issue verdicts at al Medina. A man said to him, ‘Slow down with some of your verdicts, for you do not know what commander of the faithful (Umar) has innovated regarding the rituals until you meet him afterwards and asked him. Umar said, ‘I have known that the Prophetsaww had done it (Mutah), hesaww and hissaww companions, but I disliked them to shade the brides with them in the during the rituals, going regarding the Hajj and their heads are dripping (showering from sexual activity)’’.³⁸⁰ (a Non-Shia source)

وَ رَوَى مُسْلِمٌ‏، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى هَذَا الْخَبَرَ أَبْسَطَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَ سَاقَهُ .. إِلَى أَنْ قَالَ: فَكُنْتُ أُفْتِي النَّاسَ بِذَلِكَ‏ فِي إِمَارَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَ إِمَارَةِ عُمَرَ، وَ إِنِّي لَقَائِمٌ بِالْمَوْسِمِ إِذْ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ: إِنَّكَ لَا تَدْرِي مَا أَحْدَثَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِي شَأْنِ النُّسُكِ؟.

And it is reported by Muslim, from Ibrahim, from Abu Musa, this Hadeeth extended from that, and continued it, until he said, ‘I used to issue verdicts to the people with that during the rule of Abu Bakr and rule of Umar, and I was standing in the season (of Hajj) when a man came and said, ‘You do not know what the commander of the faithful (Umar) has innovated concerning the rituals?’

فَقُلْتُ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ! مَنْ كُنَّا أَفْتَيْنَاهُ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ فَلْيَتَّئِدْ، فَهَذَا أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ قَادِمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ فِيهِ‏ فَائْتَمُّوا، فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ قُلْتُ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ! مَا هَذَا الَّذِي أَحْدَثْتَ فِي شَأْنِ النُّسُكِ؟. قَالَ: أَنْ نَأْخُذَ بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ، فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ: وَ أَتِمُّوا الْحَجَّ وَ الْعُمْرَةَ لِلَّهِ‏، وَ أَنْ تأخذ [نَأْخُذَ] بِسُنَّةِ نَبِيِّنَا فَإِنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] لَمْ يَحِلَّ حَتَّى نَحَرَ الْهَدْيَ‏.

I said, ‘O you people! One I had issued verdict to, let him restore, so this commander of the faithful (Umar) has arrived to you regarding it, so follow’. When I proceeded, I said, ‘O commander of the faithful! What is this which you have innovated concerning the rituals?’ He said, ‘If we take by the Book of Allahazwj, then Allahazwj is Saying: ‘And complete the Hajj and the Umrah [2:196], and if you take by Sunnah of our Prophetsaww, then the Prophetsaww did not take off Ihram until hesaww had sacrificed the animal’’.³⁸¹ (a Non-Shia source)

وَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: قَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] لِأَرْبَعٍ مَضَيْنَ مِنْ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ أَوْ خَمْسٍ، فَدَخَلَ عَلَيَّ- وَ هُوَ غَضْبَانُ-، فَقُلْتُ مَا أَغْضَبَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟! أَدْخَلَهُ اللَّهُ النَّارَ. قَالَ: أَ وَ مَا شَعَرْتِ أَنِّي أَمَرْتُ النَّاسَ بِأَمْرٍ فَإِذَا هُمْ يَتَرَدَّدُونَ، وَ لَوِ اسْتَقْبَلْتُ مِنْ أَمْرِي مَا اسْتَدْبَرْتُ مَا سُقْتُ الْهَدْيَ مَعِي حَتَّى أَشْتَرِيَهُ، ثُمَّ أُحِلَّ كَمَا أَحَلُّوا.

And from Ayesha who said, ‘The Prophetsaww arrived on four (days) past from Zil Hijjah, or five. Hesaww came to mesaww and hesaww was angry. I said, ‘Who has angered yousaww, O Rasool-Allahsaww?! May Allahazwj Enter him into the Fire’. Hesaww said: ‘Or are you not aware that Isaww ordered the people with a matter, and there, they are turning back, and if Isaww had faced from mysaww matter what Isaww manage, Isaww would not have ushered the animal with mesaww until Isaww buy it, and Isaww would have taken off Ihraam just as they had released’’.³⁸² (a Non-Shia source)

وَ رَوَى ابْنُ أَبِي الْحَدِيدِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ الطَّبَرِيِ‏، قَالَ: رَوَى عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي زَيْدٍ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ سَوَادَةَ اللَّيْثِيِّ، قَالَ: صَلَّيْتُ الصُّبْحَ مَعَ عُمَرَ فَقَرَأَ «سُبْحَانَ» وَ سُورَةً مَعَهَا، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ، فَقُمْتُ مَعَهُ، فَقَالَ: أَ حَاجَةٌ؟. قُلْتُ: حَاجَةٌ. قَالَ: فَالْحَقْ. فَلَحِقْتُ، فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ أَذِنَ، فَإِذَا هُوَ عَلَى ومال [رِمَالِ‏] سَرِيرٍ لَيْسَ فَوْقَهُ شَيْ‏ءٌ، فَقُلْتُ: نَصِيحَةً!. قَالَ: مَرْحَباً بِالنَّاصِحِ غُدُوّاً وَ عَشِيّاً. قُلْتُ: عَابَتْ أُمَّتُكَ- أَوْ قَالَ: رَعِيَّتُكَ- عَلَيْكَ أَرْبَعاً، فَوَضَعَ عُودَ الدِّرَّةِ ثُمَّ ذَقَنَ عَلَيْهَا- هَكَذَا رَوَى ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ-

And it is reported by Abi Al-Hadeed, from Muhammad Bin Jareer Al Tabari. He said, ‘It is reported by Abdul Rahman Bin Abi Zayd, from Umar Bin Zayd, from Imran Bin Sawadah Al Laysi who said,

‘I prayed the morning Salat with Umar, and he recited ‘Subhan’, and a chapter with it, then dispersed. I stood up with him and he said, ‘Is there a need?’ I said, ‘There is a need’. He said, ‘Meet up’. I met up. When I entered, he permitted, and there he was upon the bedspread, there wasn’t anything above him. I said, ‘Advise!’ He said, ‘Welcome to the advice morning and evening’. I said, ‘Your community has disappeared’. Or said, ‘Your citizens’. ‘Upon you is four’. He placed the stick of the shield, then his chin upon it’ – that is how Ibn Quteyba reported it.

وَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ: فَوَضَعَ رَأْسَ دِرَّتِهِ فِي ذَقَنِهِ، وَ وَضَعَ أَسْفَلَهَا عَلَى فَخِذِهِ، وَ قَالَ: هَاتِ. قَالَ: ذَكَرُوا أَنَّكَ حَرَّمْتَ الْمُتْعَةَ فِي أَشْهُرِ الْحَجِّ-

And Abu Ja’far said, ‘He placed the top of the shield upon his chin, and placed its bottom on his thigh, and said, ‘Give’. He said, ‘They are mentioned that you have prohibited the Mutah (Tamatto) during the months of Hajj?’

وَ زَادَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ: وَ هِيَ حَلَالٌ- وَ لَمْ يُحَرِّمْهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] وَ لَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ، فَقَالَ: أَجَلْ! إِنَّكُمْ إِذَا اعْتَمَرْتُمْ فِي أَشْهُرِ حَجِّكُمْ رَأَيْتُمُوهَا مُجْزِئَةً مِنْ حَجِّكُمْ‏، فَقَرِعَ حَجُّكُمْ‏، وَ كَانَ قَائِبَةَ قُوبٍ عَامَهَا، وَ الْحَجُّ بَهَاءٌ مِنْ بَهَاءِ اللَّهِ، وَ قَدْ أَصَبْتَ.

And Bu Ja’far has increased, ‘And it is Permissible, and Rasool-Allahsaww did not prohibit it, nor did Abu Bakr?’ He said, ‘Yes, when you perform Umrah during the months of your Hajj, you are viewing it as a fragment of your Hajj. So, your Hajj is bald, and it was capable by the general public, and the Hajj is a splendour from the Splendours of Allahazwj, and I have got it correct’’.

قَالَ: وَ ذَكَرُوا أَنَّكَ حَرَّمْتَ مُتْعَةَ النِّسَاءِ، وَ قَدْ كَانَتْ رُخْصَةً مِنَ اللَّهِ يُسْتَمْتَعُ بِقَبْضَةٍ وَ يُفَارَقُ مِنْ ثَلَاثٍ‏.

He said, ‘And they are mentioning that you prohibited Mutah of the women, and there was a Permission from Allahazwj to do Mutah with a handful (of dates), and separated from three’.

قَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] أَحَلَّهَا فِي زَمَانِ ضَرُورَةٍ، وَ رَجَعَ النَّاسُ إِلَى السَّعَةِ، ثُمَّ لَمْ أَجِدْ أَحَداً مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ عَادَ إِلَيْهَا وَ لَا عَمِلَ بِهَا، فَالْآنَ مَنْ شَاءَ نَكَحَ بِقَبْضَةٍ وَ فَارَقَهُ عَنْ طَلَاقٍ بِثَلَاثٍ‏، وَ قَدْ أَصَبْتَ.

He said, ‘Rasool-Allahsaww has permitted it during the time of necessity, and the people returned to the ease, then I could not find anyone from the Muslims returning to it, nor act with it. So, now, one who so desires can get married by a handful (of dates) and separate from with three divorces, and I have got it correct’’.

قَالَ: وَ ذَكَرُوا أَنَّكَ أَعْتَقْتَ الْأَمَةَ إِنْ‏ وَضَعَتْ ذَا بَطْنِهَا بِغَيْرِ عَتَاقَةِ سَيِّدِهَا. قَالَ: أَلْحَقْتُ حُرْمَتَهُ بِحُرْمَةٍ، وَ مَا أَرَدْتُ إِلَّا الْخَيْرَ، وَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ.

He said, ‘And they are mentioning that you freed a slave girl if she were to give birth with her belly without her master having freed her’. He said, ‘I joined up his sanctity with a sanctity, and I did not intend except the good, and I seek Forgiveness of Allahazwj’.

قَالَ: وَ شَكَوْا مِنْكَ عُنْفَ السِّيَاقِ وَ نَهْرَ الرَّعِيَّةِ. قَالَ: فَنَزَعَ الدِّرَّةَ ثُمَّ مَسَحَهَا حَتَّى أَتَى عَلَى سُيُورِهَا،

He said, ‘And they are complaining of you of the forced connection and shoving the citizens’. He said, ‘Then remove the jewel then wipe it until it comes upon its belt’.

وَ قَالَ: وَ أَنَا زَمِيلُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] فِي غَزَاةِ قَرْقَرَةِ الْكُدْرِ، ثُمَّ فَوَ اللَّهِ‏ إِنِّي لَأُرْتِعُ فَأُشْبِعُ، وَ أَسْقِى فَأُرْوِي‏، وَ أَضْرِبُ‏ الْعَرُوضَ، وَ أَزْجُرُ الْعَجُولَ، وَ أُؤَدِّبُ قَدْرِي، وَ أَسُوقُ خَطْوَتِي، وَ أَرُدُّ اللَّفُوتَ‏، وَ أَضُمُّ الْعَنُودَ، وَ أُكْثِرُ الزَّجْرَ، وَ أُقِلُّ الضَّرْبَ، وَ أَشْهَرُ بِالْعَصَا، وَ أَدْفَعُ بِالْيَدِ، وَ لَوْ لَا ذَلِكَ لَأَعْذَرْتُ.

And said, ‘And I was a friend of Rasool-Allahsaww during military expeditions, with rumblings of the pots (hunger), then by Allahazwj, I enjoyed and was satiated, and quenched and was saturated, and I struck the offers, and rebuked the calves, and educated my worth, and ushered my steps, and returned the lost (camel), and held up the obstinate, and frequented the rebuke, and reduced the strikes, and am famous with the stick, and defending with the hand, and had it not been that, I would not be excused’.

قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ: وَ كَانَ مُعَاوِيَةُ إِذَا حَدَّثَ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ يَقُولُ: كَانَ وَ اللَّهِ عَالِماً بِرَعِيَّتِهِ.

Abu Ja’far said, ‘And it so happened, when Muawiya narrated this Hadeeth, he said, ‘By Allahazwj! He was a knower of his citizens’’.³⁸³ (a Non-Shia source)

وَ رَوَى فِي جَامِعِ الْأُصُولِ‏، عَنِ التِّرْمِذِيِ‏، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَجُلًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ وَ هُوَ يَسْأَلُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ عَنِ التَّمَتُّعِ بِالْعُمْرَةِ إِلَى الْحَجِّ، فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ: أَ رَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ‏ أَبِي يَنْهَى عَنْهَا وَ صَنَعَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]، أَمْرُ أَبِي يُتَّبَعُ أَمْ أَمْرُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]؟!.

And it is reported in (the book) ‘Jamie Al Usool’, from Al Tirmizi, from Salim Bin Abdullah, ‘He heard a man from the people of Syria, and he was asking Abdullah Bin Umar about the Tamatto with the Umrah to the Hajj. Abdullah Bin Umar said, ‘What is your view if my father had forbidden from it, and Rasool-Allahsaww had placed it, will you follow the order of my father or order of Rasool-Allahsaww?!’

فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ: بَلْ أَمْرُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ (ص)، فَقَالَ: لَقَدْ صَنَعَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏].

The man said, ‘But, the order of Rasool-Allahsaww’. He said, ‘Rasool-Allahsaww had placed it’’.³⁸⁴ (a Non-Shia source)

وَ رَوَى مُسْلِمٌ‏، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ، قَالَ: لَقَدْ تَمَتَّعْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]، وَ هَذَا- يَعْنِي مُعَاوِيَةَ- كَافِرٌ بِالْعُرُشِ- يَعْنِي بِالْعُرُشِ .. بُيُوتَ مَكَّةَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ-.

And it is reported by Muslim, from Sa’ad Bin Abi Waqas who said, ‘We had performed Tamatto with Rasool-Allahsaww, and this one’ – meaning Muawiya, ‘Is a Kafir with the ‘Uroosh’ – meaning by the ‘Uroosh’, houses of Makkah during the pre-Islamic period’’.³⁸⁵ (a Non-Shia source)

قَالَ فِي جَامِعِ الْأُصُولِ‏- بَعْدَ حِكَايَتِهَا عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ-: وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ الْمُوَطَّإِ وَ التِّرْمِذِيِ‏ وَ النَّسَائِيِ‏، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ سَعْدَ بْنَ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ وَ الضَّحَّاكَ بْنَ قَيْسٍ عَامَ حَجَّ مُعَاوِيَةُ يَذْكُرَانِ التَّمَتُّعَ بِالْعُمْرَةِ إِلَى الْحَجِّ،

He said in (the book) ‘Jamie Al Usool’ – after relating it from Muslim, and in the report of Al-Muwatta, and al Tirmizi, and Al Nasaie, from Muhammad Bin Abdullah Bin Al Haris, ‘He heard Sa’ad Bin Abi Waqas, and Al Zahhak Bin Qays in the year Muawiya went to Hajj, they mentioned the Tamatoo with the Umrah to the Hajj.

فَقَالَ الضَّحَّاكُ: لَا يَصْنَعُ ذَلِكَ إِلَّا مَنْ جَهِلَ أَمْرَ اللَّهِ. فَقَالَ لَهُ سَعْدٌ: بِئْسَمَا قُلْتَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي. فَقَالَ الضَّحَّاكُ: إِنَّ عُمَرَ قَدْ نَهَى عَنْ ذَلِكَ. فَقَالَ سَعْدٌ: قَدْ صَنَعْنَاهَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] بِأَمْرِهِ، وَ صَنَعَهَا هُوَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] وَ سَلَّمَ‏.

Al Zahhak said, ‘No one would do that except one who is ignorant of the Commands of Allahazwj’. Sa’ad said to him, ‘Evil is what you said, O son of my brother’. Al Zahhak said, ‘Umar had forbidden from that’. Sa’ad said, ‘We had done it with Rasool-Allahsaww by hissaww instructions, and hesaww did it’’.³⁸⁶ (It not a Hadith)

وَ رَوَى فِي صَحِيحِ مُسْلِمٍ‏ وَ فِي جَامِعِ الْأُصُولِ‏ وَ فِي الْمِشْكَاةِ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: أَهْلَلْنَا أَصْحَابَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] بِالْحَجِّ خَالِصاً وَحْدَهُ، فَقَدِمَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] صُبْحَ رَابِعَةٍ مَضَتْ‏ مِنْ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ فَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نُحِلَّ،

And it is reported in (the book) ‘Saheeh Muslim’, and in (the book) ‘Jamie Al Usool’, and in (the book) ‘Al Mishkat’, from Ata’a, from Jabir Bin Abdullah who said,

‘The companions of Muhammadsaww commenced with the Hajj along purely. The Prophetsaww arrive on the morning of four (days) past from Zul Hijjah, and instructed us to remove the Ihraam.

قَالَ عَطَا: قَالَ: أَحِلُّوا وَ أَصِيبُوا النِّسَاءَ، وَ لَمْ يَعْزِمْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ لَكِنْ أَحَلَّهُنَّ لَهُمْ. فَقُلْنَا: لَمَّا لَمْ يَكُنْ‏ بَيْنَنَا وَ بَيْنَ عَرَفَةَ إِلَّا خَمْسٌ أَمَرَنَا أَنْ نُفْضِيَ إِلَى نِسَائِنَا فَنَأْتِيَ عَرَفَةَ يَقْطُرُ مَذَاكِيرُنَا الْمَنِيَّ!.

Ata’a said, ‘Hesaww said: 'Remove the Ihraam and go to the women’, and it was not grievous upon them, but he permitted them for them. We said, ‘When there does not happen to be between us and Arafaat, except five days, hesaww instructs us that we go to our women, and we should go to Arafaat and our penises are dripping the semen!’

قَالَ جَابِرٌ بِيَدِهِ- كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ بِيَدِهِ يُحَرِّكُهَا-.

Jabir said by (a gesture) of his hand, ‘It is as if I am looking at his words, moving it by his hand’.

قَالَ: فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] فِينَا فَقَالَ: قَدْ عَلِمْتُمْ أَنِّي أَتْقَاكُمْ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ أَصْدَقُكُمْ وَ أَبَرُّكُمْ، وَ لَوْ لَا هَدْيٌ لَحَلَلْتُ كَمَا تُحِلُّونَ، وَ لَوِ اسْتَقْبَلْتُ مِنْ أَمْرِي مَا اسْتَدْبَرْتُ لَمْ أَسُقِ الْهَدْيَ، فَحِلُّوا، فَحَلَلْنَا وَ سَمِعْنَا وَ أَطَعْنَا .. إِلَى هُنَا رواية البخاري‏.

He said, ‘The Prophetsaww stood up among us and said: ‘You have known that Isaww the most fearful of you all of Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic, and your most truthful, and most righteous of you, and if I did not have a sacrificial animal, Isaww would have removed the Ihraam just as you have removed, and if Isaww were to face from mysaww affairs what Isaww managed, Isaww would not be ushering the sacrificial animal, so remove Ihraam!’ We removed the Ihraams, and we listened and obeyed’. – up to here is the report of Al-Bukhari.

وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ مُسْلِمٍ‏، قَالَ جَابِرٌ: فَقَدِمَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ مِنْ سِعَايَتِهِ‏، فَقَالَ: بِمَا أَهْلَلْتَ؟. قَالَ: بِمَا أَهَلَّ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]. فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]: فَأَهْدِ وَ امْكُثْ حَرَاماً، وَ أَهْدَى لَهُ عَلِيٌّ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ) هَدْياً،

And in a report of Muslim – Jabir said, ‘Aliasws arrived from hisasws pursuit (Al Yemen). Heasws said: ‘Due to what have you removed Ihraam?’ He said, ‘With what the Prophetsaww to us to remove Ihraam’. Rasool-Allahsaww said to him: ‘Be calm and remain in Ihraam’, and Aliasws gifted the sacrificial animals to himsaww.

فَقَالَ سُرَاقَةُ بْنُ مَالِكِ بْنِ جُعْشُمٍ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ! لِعَامِنَا هَذَا أَمْ لِأَبَدٍ؟. قَالَ: بَلْ لِأَبَدٍ.

Suraqa Bin Malik Bin Ju’sham said, ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! Is it for this year of ours, or forever?’ Hesaww said: ‘But, it is forever’’.³⁸⁷ (a Non-Shia source)

وَ رَوَى فِي جَامِعِ الْأُصُولِ‏، عَنِ الْمُوَطَّإِ بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ [عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلَامُ‏] أَنَّهُ قَالَ: إِنَّ الْمِقْدَادَ بْنَ الْأَسْوَدِ دَخَلَ عَلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏] بِالسُّقْيَا، وَ هُوَ يَنْجَعُ بَكَرَاتٍ لَهُ دَقِيقاً وَ خَبَطاً. فَقَالَ: هَذَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ يَنْهَى أَنْ يُقْرَنَ بَيْنَ الْحَجِّ وَ الْعُمْرَةِ،

And it is reported in (the book) ‘Jamie Al Usool’, and from (the book) ‘Al Muwatta’, by his chain,

‘From Ja’far Bin Muhammadasws, from hisasws fatherasws having said: ‘Al-Miqdad Bin Al-Aswadra entered to see Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws with the watering, and heasws was kneading with a ball of flour and dough. He said, ‘This Usman Bin Affan has forbidden from pairing the Hajj and the Umrah’.

فَخَرَجَ عَلِيٌّ [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏] وَ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ أَثَرُ الدَّقِيقِ وَ الْخَبَطِ،- فَمَا أَنْسَى الْخَبَطَ وَ الدَّقِيقَ عَلَى ذِرَاعَيْهِ- حَتَّى دَخَلَ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ، فَقَالَ: أَنْتَ تَنْهَى عَنْ أَنْ يُقْرَنَ بَيْنَ الْحَجِّ وَ الْعُمْرَةِ؟. فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ: ذَلِكَ رَأْيٌ. فَخَرَجَ‏ عَلِيٌّ [عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ‏] مُغْضَباً وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ: لَبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَ‏ بِحَجَّةٍ وَ عُمْرَةٍ مَعاً.

Aliasws went out, and upon hisasws hands were traces of the flour and the dough – and I will not forget the dough and the flour upon hisasws forearms – until heasws entered to see Usman Bin Affan. Heasws said: ‘You are forbidding from pairing between the Hajj and the Umrah?’ Usman said, ‘That is my opinion’. Aliasws went out angrily and heasws was saying: ‘Here Iasws am, O Allahazwj, with Hajj and Umrah both together!’’³⁸⁸

الخامس: إنّه عطّل حدّ اللّه في المغيرة بن شعبة لمّا شهدوا عليه بالزنا،

The fifth – He (Umar) suspended the legal punishment of Allahazwj regarding Al-Mugheira Bin Shuba when they had witnessed against him with the adultery

قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي الْحَدِيدِ:- رَوَى الطَّبَرِيُّ فِي تَارِيخِهِ‏، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ: كَانَ الْمُغِيرَةُ يَخْتَلِفُ إِلَى أُمِّ جَمِيلٍ- امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ بَنِي هِلَالِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ- وَ كَانَ لَهَا زَوْجٌ مِنْ ثَقِيفٍ هَلَكَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ يُقَالُ لَهُ: الْحَجَّاجُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، وَ كَانَ الْمُغِيرَةُ- وَ هُوَ أَمِيرُ الْبَصْرَةِ- يَخْتَلِفُ إِلَيْهَا سِرّاً،

Ibn Abi Al Hadeed said, ‘It is reported by Tabari in his history, from Muhammad Bin Yaqoub Bin Utbah, from his father who said,

‘Al-Mugheira used to come and go to Umm Jameel – a women from the clan of Hilal Bin Aamir, and there was a husband for her from (clan of) Saqeef called Al-Hajjaj Bin Ubeyd, who had died before that, and Al-Mugheira, and he was the Emir of Basra, used to go to her secretly.

فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ أَهْلَ الْبَصْرَةِ فَأَعْظَمُوا، فَخَرَجَ الْمُغِيرَةُ يَوْماً مِنَ الْأَيَّامِ‏ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا- وَ قَدْ وَضَعُوا عَلَيْهِمَا الرَّصَدَ- فَانْطَلَقَ الْقَوْمُ الَّذِينَ شَهِدُوا عِنْدَ عُمَرَ فَكَشَفُوا السِّتْرَ فَرَأَوْهُ قَدْ وَاقَعَهَا، فَكَتَبُوا بِذَلِكَ إِلَى عُمَرَ، وَ أَوْفَدُوا إِلَيْهِ بِالْكِتَابِ أَبَا بَكْرَةَ،

That reached the people of Al-Basra and they were aggrieved. One day from the days, Al Mugheira went out and entered to see her – and surveillance had been placed upon them both. The group which had witnessed in the presence of Umar, went and uncovered the veil and they saw him to have fallen upon her. They wrote that to Umar and delegated Abu Bakrah to him with the letter.

فَانْتَهَى أَبُو بَكْرَةَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ، وَ جَاءَ إِلَى بَابِ عُمَرَ فَسَمِعَ صَوْتَهُ وَ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَهُ حِجَابٌ، فَقَالَ: أَبُو بَكْرَةَ؟. فَقَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: لَقَدْ جِئْتَ لِشَرٍّ!. قَالَ: إِنَّمَا جَاءَ بِهِ‏ الْمُغِيرَةُ .. ثُمَّ قَصَّ عَلَيْهِ الْقِصَّةَ وَ عَرَضَ عَلَيْهِ الْكِتَابَ،

Abu Bakrah ended to Al-Medina and came to the door of Umar and heard his voice, and there was a veil between him and him. He said, ‘Abu Bakrah?’ He said, ‘Yes’. He said, ‘You have come for evil!’ He said, ‘But rather I have come with (news of) Al-Mugheira’. Then he narrated the story to him and presented the letter to him.

فَبَعَثَ‏ أَبَا مُوسَى عَامِلًا وَ أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَبْعَثَ إِلَيْهِ الْمُغِيرَةَ، فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ أَبُو مُوسَى الْبَصْرَةَ وَ قَعَدَ فِي الْإِمَارَةِ أَهْدَى إِلَيْهِ الْمُغِيرَةُ عَقِيلَةَ، وَ قَالَ: وَ إِنَّنِي قَدْ رَضِيتُهَا لَكَ، فَبَعَثَ أَبُو مُوسَى بِالْمُغِيرَةِ إِلَى عُمَرَ.

Abu Musa sent an office bearer and a woman to send Al-Mugheira to him. When Abu Musa entered Al-Basra and said in the building which Al-Mugheira had gifted to him Aqeela (a girl), and said, ‘I have pleased her for you’. Abu Musa sent Al-Mugheira to Umar’.³⁸⁹ (not a Hadith)

قَالَ الطَّبَرِيُ‏: وَ رَوَى الْوَاقِدِيُ‏، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَوْسٍ‏، قَالَ: قَدِمَ الْمُغِيرَةُ عَلَى عُمَرَ فَتَزَوَّجَ فِي طَرِيقِهِ امْرَأَةً مِنْ بَنِي مُرَّةَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ: إِنَّكَ لَفَارِغُ الْقَلْبِ شَدِيدٌ الشَّبَقِ، طَوِيلُ العزمول [الْغُرْمُولِ‏]. ثُمَّ سَأَلَ عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ فَقِيلَ لَهُ: يُقَالُ لَهَا: الرَّقْطَاءُ، كَانَ زَوْجُهَا مِنْ ثَقِيفٍ، وَ هِيَ مِنْ بَنِي هِلَالٍ.

Al-Tabari said, ‘And it is reported by Al-Waqidi, from Malik Bin Aws who said, ‘Al-Mugheira arrived to Umar and he had married a woman from clan of Murrah in his road. Umar said to him, ‘You are heartless, intense of eating (glutton), long of intoxication’. Then he asked him about the woman. It was said to him, ‘She is called Ruqta’a, her husband was from (clan of) Saqeef, and she is from the clan of Hilal’’.³⁹⁰ (not a Hadith)

قَالَ الطَّبَرِيُ‏: وَ كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ السَّرِيُّ، عَنْ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ سَيْفٍ: أَنَّ الْمُغِيرَةَ كَانَ يُبْغِضُ أَبَا بَكْرَةَ، وَ كَانَ أَبُو بَكْرَةَ يُبْغِضُهُ، وَ يُنَاغِي‏ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا صَاحِبَهُ وَ يُنَافِرُهُ عِنْدَ كُلِّ مَا يَكُونُ مِنْهُ، وَ كَانَا مُتَجَاوِرَيْنِ بِالْبَصْرَةِ بَيْنَهُمَا طَرِيقٌ، وَ هُمَا فِي مَشْرَبَتَيْنِ مُتَقَابِلَتَيْنِ، فَهُمَا فِي دَارَيْهِمَا فِي كُلِّ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنْهُمَا كُوَّةٌ مُقَابِلَةُ الْأُخْرَى،

Al-Tabari said, ‘And Al-Sary wrote to me, from Shuab, from Sayf, ‘Al-Mugheira used to hate Abu Bakra, and Abu Bakra hated him, and each one of them put down his companion and being averse to him during all what happens from him, and they were both neighbours at Al Basra, there being a street between them, and they were two opposite drinking places. They were in their houses and in each of the houses there was an aperture facing the other.

فَاجْتَمَعَ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرَةَ نَفَرٌ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ فِي مَشْرَبَتِهِ، فَهَبَّتْ رِيحٌ فَفَتَحَتْ بَابَ الْكُوَّةِ، فَقَامَ أَبُو بَكْرَةَ لِيَصْفِقَهُ فَبَصُرَ بِالْمُغِيرَةِ وَ قَدْ فَتَحَ‏ الرِّيحُ بِالْكُوَّةِ الَّتِي فِي مَشْرَبَتِهِ، وَ هُوَ بَيْنَ رِجْلَيِ امْرَأَةٍ، فَقَالَ لِلنَّفَرِ: قُومُوا فَانْظُرُوا، فَقَامُوا فَنَظَرُوا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: اشْهَدُوا،

A number of people gathered to Abu Bakra in his drinking place, and the wind dropped, and it opened the door of the aperture. Abu Bakra stood up to close it, and he saw Al Mugheira, and the wind had opened the aperture which was in his drinking place, and he was between the legs of a woman. He said to the group, ‘Arise and look!’ They got up and looked. Then he said, ‘Be witnesses’.

قَالُوا: وَ مَنْ هَذِهِ؟. قَالَ: أُمُّ جَمِيلٍ بِنْتُ الْأَفْقَمِ، وَ كَانَتْ أُمُّ جَمِيلٍ إِحْدَى بَنِي عَامِرِ بْنِ صَعْصَعَةَ، فَقَالُوا: إِنَّمَا رَأَيْنَا أَعْجَازاً وَ لَا نَدْرِي مَا الْوُجُوهُ‏؟. فَلَمَّا قَامَتْ صَمَّمُوا، وَ خَرَجَ الْمُغِيرَةُ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ، فَحَالَ أَبُو بَكْرَةَ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ الصَّلَاةِ، وَ قَالَ: لَا تُصَلِّ بِنَا،

They said, ‘And who is this?’ He said, ‘Umm Jameel, daughter of Al Afqam’ – and Umm Jameel was one of the clan of Aamir Bin Sa’sa. They said, ‘But rather we see an old woman, and we do not know what the faces are?’ When she stood up, they determined, and Al Mugheira came out to the Salat. Abu Bakra came between him and the Salat and said, ‘You will not pray Salat with us’.

وَ كَتَبُوا إِلَى عُمَرَ بِذَلِكَ، وَ كَتَبَ الْمُغِيرَةُ إِلَيْهِ أَيْضاً، فَأَرْسَلَ عُمَرُ إِلَى أَبِي مُوسَى، فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا مُوسَى! إِنِّي مُسْتَعْمِلُكَ، وَ إِنِّي بَاعِثُكَ إِلَى أَرْضٍ قَدْ بَاضَ فِيهَا الشَّيْطَانُ وَ فَرَّخَ، فَالْزَمْ مَا تَعْرِفُ، وَ لَا تَسْتَبْدِلْ فَيَسْتَبْدِلَ اللَّهُ بِكَ.

And they wrote to Umar with that, and Al Mugheira wrote to him as well. Umar sent for Abu Musa and said, ‘O Abu Musa! I shall utilise you and am sending you to a land in which Satanla has spawned and produced young ones, so necessitate what you recognise and do not alter, for Allahazwj will Alter you’.

فَقَالَ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ! أَعِنِّي بِعِدَّةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَ الْأَنْصَارِ، فَإِنِّي وَجَدْتُهُمْ فِي هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ وَ هَذِهِ الْأَعْمَالِ كَالْمِلْحِ لَا يَصْلُحُ الطَّعَامُ إِلَّا بِهِ.

He said, ‘O commander of the faithful! Assist me with a number of companions of Rasool-Allahsaww, from the Emigrants and the Helpers, for I find them in this community and these are deeds like the salt, the food is not correct except by it’.

قَالَ: فَاسْتَعِنْ بِمَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ، فَاسْتَعَانَ بِتِسْعَةٍ وَ عِشْرِينَ رَجُلًا مِنْهُمْ: أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ وَ عَمَّارُ بْنُ حُصَيْنٍ وَ هِشَامُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ .. وَ خَرَجَ أَبُو مُوسَى بِهِمْ حَتَّى أَنَاخَ بِالْبَصْرَةِ فِي الْمِرْبَدِ،

He said, ‘Be assisted with the ones you like’. He got assisted by twenty-nine men, from them were Anas Bin Malik, and Ammar Bin Husayn, and Hisham Bin Aamir. Abu Musa went out with them until he knelt his camel at Al Basra at the (camel) enclosure.

وَ بَلَغَ الْمُغِيرَةَ أَنَّ أَبَا مُوسَى قَدْ أَنَاخَ بِالْمِرْبَدِ، فَقَالَ: وَ اللَّهِ مَا جَاءَ أَبُو مُوسَى تَاجِراً وَ لَا زَائِراً وَ لَكِنَّهُ جَاءَ أَمِيراً، وَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِي ذَلِكَ إِذْ جَاءَ أَبُو مُوسَى حَتَّى دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَدَفَعَ إِلَى الْمُغِيرَةِ كِتَاباً مِنْ عُمَرَ- إِنَّهُ لَأَزْجَرُ كِتَابٍ كَتَبَ بِهِ أَحَدٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ- أَرْبَعَ كَلِمٍ عَزَلَ فِيهَا وَ عَاتَبَ‏ وَ اسْتَحَثَّ وَ أَمَّرَ: أَمَّا بَعْدُ، فَإِنَّهُ بَلَغَنِي نَبَأٌ عَظِيمٌ فَبَعَثْتُ أَبَا مُوسَى‏ فَسَلِّمْ مَا فِي يَدَيْكَ إِلَيْهِ وَ الْعَجَلَ.

And it reached Al Mugheira that Abu Musa had knelt his camel at the (camel) enclosure. He said, ‘By Allahazwj! Abu Musa has not come as a trade, nor as a visitor, but he has come as a governor’. And they were in that when Abu Musa came until he entered upon them and handed over a letter to Al Mugheira from Umar – it was the most rebuking of letters anyone from the people could have written – four phrases isolated therein, and faulting and urging, and orders: - ‘And as for after, mighty news has reached me, so I sent Abu Musa, so submit whatever is in your hand to him and hasten’.

وَ كَتَبَ إِلَى‏ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ: أَمَّا بَعْدُ، فَإِنِّي قَدْ بَعَثْتُ أَبَا مُوسَى أَمِيراً عَلَيْكُمْ لِيَأْخُذَ لِضَعِيفِكُمْ مِنْ قَوِيِّكُمْ، وَ لِيُقَاتِلَ بِكُمْ عَدُوَّكُمْ، وَ لِيَدْفَعَ عَنْ ذِمَّتِكُمْ، وَ لِيَجْبِيَ‏ لَكُمْ فَيْئَكُمْ، وَ لِيُقَسِّمَ فِيكُمْ‏، وَ لِيَحْمِيَ لَكُمْ طُرُقَكُمْ‏.

And he wrote to the people of Basra, ‘As for after, I have sent Abu Musa as a governor upon you all in order to take for your weak ones from your strong ones, and he will fight against your enemies with you, and defend from your guarantees, and let him oblige your war booties, and let him apportion your war booties, and let him protect your ways’.

فَأَهْدَى إِلَيْهِ الْمُغِيرَةُ وَلِيدَةً مِنْ مُوَلَّدَاتِ الطَّائِفِ تُدْعَى: عَقِيلَةَ، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي قَدْ رَضِيتُهَا لَكَ- وَ كَانَتْ فَارِهَةً-، وَ ارْتَحَلَ الْمُغِيرَةُ وَ أَبُو بَكْرَةَ وَ نَافِعُ بْنُ كَلَدَةَ وَ زِيَادٌ وَ شِبْلُ بْنُ مَعْبَدٍ الْبَجَلِيُّ حَتَّى قَدِمُوا عَلَى عُمَرَ، فَجَمَعَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَ بَيْنَ الْمُغِيرَةِ،

Al-Mugheira gifted a daughter to him from the one born at Al Taif, called Aqeela. He said, ‘I have pleased her for you’ – and he fancied her; and Al-Mugheira, and Abu Bakra, and Nafau Bin Kaladah, and Ziyad, and Shibl Bin Ma’bad Al Bajali travelled until they arrived to Umar. He gathered between them and Al-Mugheira.

فَقَالَ الْمُغِيرَةُ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ! سَلْ هَؤُلَاءِ الْأَعْبُدَ كَيْفَ رَأَوْنِي مُسْتَقْبِلَهُمْ أَمْ مُسْتَدْبِرَهُمْ؟ فَكَيْفَ رَأَوُا الْمَرْأَةَ وَ عَرَفُوهَا؟ فَإِنْ كَانُوا مُسْتَقْبِلِيَّ فَكَيْفَ لَمْ أَسْتَتِرْ! وَ إِنْ كَانُوا مُسْتَدْبِرِيَّ فَبِأَيِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ اسْتَحَلُّوا النَّظَرَ إِلَيَّ فِي مَنْزِلِي عَلَى امْرَأَتِي! وَ اللَّهِ مَا أَتَيْتُ إِلَّا امْرَأَتِي،

Al-Mugheira said, ‘O commander of the faithful! Ask these servants, how did they see me, facing them or from the back? How did they see the woman and recognised her? If they were facing me, how come they did not veil! And if they were behind me, then by which they did they permit the looking at me in my house being upon my wife! By Allahazwj! I did not go to except my wife’.

فَبَدَأَ بِأَبِي بَكْرَةَ فَشَهِدَ عَلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ رَآهُ بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْ أُمِّ جَمِيلٍ، وَ هُوَ يُدْخِلُهُ وَ يُخْرِجُهُ‏، قَالَ عُمَرُ: كَيْفَ رَأَيْتَهُمَا؟. قَالَ: مُسْتَدْبِرَهُمَا. قَالَ: كَيْفَ اسْتَبَنْتَ‏ رَأْسَهَا؟. قَالَ: تَخَافَيْتُ‏.

He began with Abu Bakra. He testified upon him that he had seen him between the legs of Umm Jameel, and he was entering it and exiting it. Umar said, ‘How did you see them both?’ He said, ‘From their backs’. He said, ‘How did you establish her head?’ He said, ‘Fearfully’.

فَدَعَا بِشِبْلِ بْنِ مَعْبَدٍ فَشَهِدَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ، وَ قَالَ: اسْتَقْبَلْتُهُمَا وَ اسْتَدْبَرْتُهُمَا، وَ شَهِدَ نَافِعٌ بِمِثْلِ شَهَادَةِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ، وَ لَمْ يَشْهَدْ زِيَادٌ بِمِثْلِ شَهَادَتِهِمْ، قَالَ: رَأَيْتُهُ جَالِساً بَيْنَ رِجْلَيِ امْرَأَةٍ، وَ رَأَيْتُ قَدَمَيْنِ مَرْفُوعَيْنِ يَخْفِقَانِ‏، وَ اسْتَيْنِ‏ مَكْشُوفَيْنِ، وَ سَمِعْتُ حَفْزاً شَدِيداً،

He called Shibl Bin Ma’bad, and he testified similar to that, and said, ‘From their front and their back’. And Nafie testified with similar to the testimony of Abu Bakra, and Ziyad did not testify with similar to their testimonies. He said, ‘I saw him seated between the legs of a woman, and I saw their front rising and lowering, and their private parts were uncovered, and I heard intense thrusting’.

قَالَ عُمَرُ: فَهَلْ رَأَيْتَهُ فِيهَا كَالْمِيلِ فِي الْمُكْحُلَةِ؟.قَالَ: لَا. قَالَ: فَهَلْ تَعْرِفُ الْمَرْأَةَ؟. قَالَ: لَا، وَ لَكِنْ أُشَبِّهُهَا ..

Umar said, ‘Did you see him inside her like the needle inside the kohl jar?’ He said, ‘No’. He said, ‘Did you recognise the woman?’ He said, ‘No, but I saw her resemblance’.

فَأَمَرَ عُمَرُ بِالثَّلَاثَةِ الْحَدَّ وَ قَرَأَ: فَإِذْ لَمْ يَأْتُوا بِالشُّهَداءِ فَأُولئِكَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ هُمُ الْكاذِبُونَ‏،

Umar ordered with legal punishment upon the three, and recited, Why did they not come with four witnesses upon it? So when they did not come with the witnesses, then they, in the Presence of Allah, they are the liars [24:13].

فَقَالَ الْمُغِيرَةُ: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَخْزَاكُمْ، فَصَاحَ بِهِ عُمَرُ: اسْكُتْ‏. أَسْكَتَ اللَّهُ نَأْمَتَكَ‏، أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ لَوْ تَمَّتِ الشَّهَادَةُ لَرَجَمْتُكَ بِأَحْجَارِكَ، فَهَذَا مَا ذَكَرَهُ الطَّبَرِيُ‏.

Al-Mugheira said, ‘The praise is for Allahazwj who Disgraced you all’. Umar shouted at him, ‘Be quiet, may Allahazwj Silence your voice! But by Allahazwj, if the testimonies were completed, I would have stoned you with your (own) stones’. This is what Al Tabari has mentioned’’.³⁹¹ (It’s not a Hadith)

أقول: ثم رَوَى‏ مِنْ كِتَابِ الْأَغَانِي‏ لِأَبِي الْفَرَجِ الْأَصْفَهَانِيِّ رِوَايَاتٍ مُخْتَلِفَةٍ تُؤَدِّي مُؤَدَّى تِلْكَ الرِّوَايَةِ .. إِلَى أَنْ قَالَ‏: قَالَ أَبُو الْفَرَجِ: قَالَ أَبُو زَيْدٍ عُمَرُ بْنُ شَيْبَةَ: فَجَلَسَ لَهُ عُمَرُ وَ دَعَا بِهِ وَ بِالشُّهُودِ، فَتَقَدَّمَ أَبُو بَكْرَةَ، فَقَالَ: أَ رَأَيْتَهُ بَيْنَ فَخِذَيْهَا؟. قَالَ: نَعَمْ، وَ اللَّهِ لَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى تَشْرِيمِ‏ جُدَرِيٍّ بِفَخِذَيْهَا.

I (Majlisi) am saying, ‘Then it is reported from the book of Aghani of Abu Al Faraj Al Asfahani, different reports, leading to, being led by that report, until he said, ‘Abu Al Faraj said, ‘Abu Zayd Umar Bin Shuayb said, ‘Umar sat (for judgment) for him and called the witnessed with it. Abu Bakra proceeded. He said, ‘Did you see him between her thigs?’ He said, ‘Yes, by Allahazwj! It is as if I am looking at the opening of her thighs’.

فَقَالَ الْمُغِيرَةُ: لَقَدْ أَلْطَفْتَ النَّظَرَ. قَالَ: لَمْ آلُ أَنْ أُثْبِتَ مَا يُخْزِيكَ اللَّهُ بِهِ. فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: لَا وَ اللَّهِ حَتَّى تَشْهَدَ، لَقَدْ رَأَيْتَهُ يَلِجُ فِيهَا كَمَا يَلِجُ الْمِرْوَدُ فِي الْمُكْحُلَةِ. قَالَ: نَعَمْ، أَشْهَدُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ. فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: أَذْهَبَ عَنْكَ، مُغِيرَةُ ذَهَبَ‏ رُبُعُكَ.

Al-Mugheira said, ‘He had turned to look’. He said, ‘You have not proven what Allahazwj can Recompense you with’. Umar said, ‘No, by Allahazwj, until you testify that you had seen him penetrate in her just as the needle penetrates into the kohl jar’. He said, ‘Yes, I testify upon that’. Umar said, ‘Go, Mugheira, your quarter is gone’.

قَالَ أَبُو الْفَرَجِ: وَ يُقَالُ: إِنَّ عَلِيّاً عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ هُوَ قَائِلُ هَذَا الْقَوْلِ، ثُمَّ دَعَا نَافِعاً، فَقَالَ: عَلَى مَا تَشْهَدُ؟. قَالَ: عَلَى مِثْلِ شَهَادَةِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ. فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: لَا، حَتَّى تَشْهَدَ أَنَّكَ رَأَيْتَهُ يَلِجُ فِيهَا وُلُوجَ الْمِرْوَدِ فِي الْمُكْحُلَةِ. قَالَ: نَعَمْ، حَتَّى بَلَغَ قُذَذَهُ‏. فَقَالَ: أَذْهَبَ عَنْكَ، مُغِيرَةُ ذَهَبَ نِصْفُكَ،

Abu Al-Faraj said, ‘And it is said that Aliasws was the speaker of this word. Then he (Umar) called Nafie and said, ‘What are you testifying upon?’ He said, ‘Upon similar to the testimony of Abu Bakra’. Umar said, ‘No, until you testify that you saw him penetrate in her the penetration of the needle in the kohl jar’. He said, ‘Yes, until he reached his spurting’. He said, ‘Go, Mugheira, your half is gone’.

ثُمَّ دَعَا الثَّالِثَ- وَ هُوَ شِبْلُ بْنُ مَعْبَدٍ- فَقَالَ: عَلَى مَا ذَا تَشْهَدُ؟. قَالَ: عَلَى مِثْلِ شَهَادَةِ صَاحِبَيَّ؟. فَقَالَ: أَذْهَبَ عَنْكَ، مُغِيرَةُ ذَهَبَ ثَلَاثَةُ أَرْبَاعِكَ.

Then he called for the third – and he is Shibl Bin Ma’bad. He said, ‘What is that you are testifying upon?’ He said, ‘Upon similar to the testimony of my two companions’. He said, ‘Go, Mugheira, your three-quarters is gone’.

قَالَ: فَجَعَلَ الْمُغِيرَةُ يَبْكِي إِلَى الْمُهَاجِرِينَ فَبَكَوْا مَعَهُ، وَ بَكَى إِلَى أُمَّهَاتِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ حَتَّى بَكَيْنَ مَعَهُ، قَالَ: وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ زِيَادٌ حَضَرَ ذَلِكَ الْمَجْلِسَ، فَأَمَرَ عُمَرُ أَنْ يُنَحَّى الشُّهُودُ الثَّلَاثَةُ وَ أَنْ لَا يُجَالِسَهُمْ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَ انْتَظَرَ قُدُومَ زِيَادٍ،

He (the narrator) said, ‘Al-Mugheira went on to cry to the Emigrants, and they cried along with him, and he cried to the mothers of the believers until they cried with him. And Ziyad did not happen to be present in that gathering. Umar ordered that the tree witnesses be pushed away, and their no one from the people of Al Medina should sit with them, and he would await the arrival of Ziyad.

فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ جَلَسَ لَهُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَ اجْتَمَعَ رُءُوسُ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَ الْأَنْصَارِ، قَالَ الْمُغِيرَةُ- وَ كُنْتُ قَدْ أَعْدَدْتُ كَلِمَةً أَقُولُهَا- فَلَمَّا رَأَى عُمَرُ زِيَاداً مُقْبِلًا قَالَ: إِنِّي لَأَرَى رَجُلًا لَنْ يُخْزِيَ اللَّهُ عَلَى لِسَانِهِ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ‏.

When he arrived, he sat to him in the Masjid and the chiefs of the Emigrants and the Helpers gathered. Al Mugheira said, ‘And I had prepared the words I should be saying’. When Umar saw Ziyad face to face, he said, ‘I see a man, Allahazwj will never Recompense upon his tongues any man from the Emigrants’’. ³⁹²(It’s not a Hadith)

قَالَ أَبُو الْفَرَجِ: وَ فِي حَدِيثِ أَبِي زَيْدٍ، عَنِ السَّرِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ بْنِ رُشَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِ‏ أَنَّهُ لَمَّا شَهِدَ الشَّاهِدُ الْأَوَّلُ عِنْدَ عُمَرَ تَغَيَّرَ لَوْنُ عُمَرَ، ثُمَّ جَاءَ الثَّانِي فَشَهِدَ فَانْكَسَرَ لِذَلِكَ انْكِسَاراً شَدِيداً، ثُمَّ جَاءَ الثَّالِثُ فَشَهِدَ فَكَأَنَّ الرَّمَادَ نُثِرَ عَلَى وَجْهِ عُمَرَ،

Abu Al-Faraj said, ‘And in a Hadeeth of Abi Zayd, from Al-Sary, from Abdul Kareem Bin Rusheyd, from Abu Usman Al Nahdy, ‘When the first witness had testified in the presence of Umar, the colour of Umar changed. Then the second came and testified, and he (Umar) was broken with severed breaking. Then the third came and testified. It was as if the ashes had been spread upon the face of Umar.

فَلَمَّا جَاءَ زِيَادٌ جَاءَ شَابٌّ يَخْطِرُ بِيَدَيْهِ، فَرَفَعَ عُمَرُ رَأْسَهُ إِلَيْهِ وَ قَالَ: مَا عِنْدَكَ أَنْتَ يَا سَلْحَ‏ الْعُقَابِ؟ وَ صَاحَ أَبُو عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيُّ صَيْحَةً يَحْكِي‏ صَيْحَةَ عُمَرَ، قَالَ عَبْدُ الْكَرِيمِ‏: لَقَدْ كِدْتُ أَنْ يُغْشَى عَلَيَّ لِصَيْحَتِهِ.

When Ziyad came, he came dragging a youth by his hand. Umar raised his head to him and said, ‘What is with you, O weapon of punishment?’ And Abu Usman Al Nahdi shouted a shout relating the shout of Umar. Abdul Kareem said, ‘O almost fainted to his shouting’.

قَالَ أَبُو الْفَرَجِ: فَكَانَ الْمُغِيرَةُ يُحَدِّثُ، قَالَ: فَقُمْتُ إِلَى زِيَادٍ، فَقُلْتُ: لَا مَخْبَأَ لِعِطْرٍ بَعْدَ عَرُوسٍ‏، يَا زِيَادُ! أُذَكِّرُكَ اللَّهَ وَ أُذَكِّرُكَ مَوْقِفَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَ كِتَابَهُ وَ رَسُولَهُ أَنْ‏ تَتَجَاوَزَ إِلَى مَا لَمْ تَرَ، ثُمَّ صِحْتُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ! إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ قَدِ احْتَقَنُوا دَمِي، فَاللَّهَ اللَّهَ فِي دَمِي،

Abu Al Faraj said, ‘Al Mugheira was narrating. He said, ‘I stood up to Ziyad and said, ‘There is no hiding (smell of) a perfume after a bride, O Ziyad! I remind you of Allahazwj and I remind you of the pausing of the Qiyamah, and Hisazwj Book, and Hisazwj Rasoolsaww if you were to exceed to what you did not see’. Then he shouted, ‘O commander of the faithful! They had saved my blood. Allahazwj, Allahazwj regarding my blood’.

قَالَ: فَرَتَقَتْ‏ عَيْنَا زِيَادٍ وَ احْمَرَّ وَجْهُهُ، وَ قَالَ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ! أَمَّا أَنْ أَحُقَّ مَا حَقَّ الْقَوْمُ فَلَيْسَ عِنْدِي، وَ لَكِنِّي رَأَيْتُ مَجْلِساً قَبِيحاً، وَ سَمِعْتُ نَفَساً حَثِيثاً وَ انْتِهَاراً، وَ رَأَيْتُهُ مُتَبَطِّنَهَا. فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: رَأَيْتَهُ يُدْخِلُ فِي فَرْجِهَا كَالْمِيلِ فِي الْمُكْحُلَةِ؟. قَالَ: لَا.

He (the narrator) said, ‘The eyes of Ziyad sank and his face reddened, and he said, ‘O commander of the faithful! As for what the group is true, it isn’t with me, but I saw an ugly sitting, and I heard rapid breathing, and a breakdown, and I saw her interior’. Umar said, ‘Did you see him enter into her private part like the needle in the kohl jar?’ He said, ‘No’’.

قَالَ أَبُو الْفَرَجِ: وَ رَوَى كَثِيرٌ مِنَ الرُّوَاةِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُهُ رَافِعاً رِجْلَيْهَا، وَ رَأَيْتُ خُصْيَيْهِ مُتَرَدِّدَيْنِ بَيْنَ فَخِذَيْهَا، وَ رَأَيْتُ حَفْزاً شَدِيداً، وَ سَمِعْتُ نَفَساً عَالِياً،

Abu Al-Faraj said, ‘And it is reported in a lot of reports that he said, ‘I saw her raising her legs, and I saw his testicles hesitating between her thighs, and I saw intense thrusting, and I saw loud breathing’.

فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: رَأَيْتَهُ يُدْخِلُهُ وَ يُخْرِجُهُ كَالْمِيلِ فِي الْمُكْحُلَةِ؟. قَالَ: لَا. قَالَ عُمَرُ: اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، قُمْ يَا مُغِيرَةُ إِلَيْهِمْ فَاضْرِبْهُمْ، فَقَامَ الْمُغِيرَةُ إِلَى أَبِي بَكْرَةَ فَضَرَبَهُ ثَمَانِينَ‏ وَ ضَرَبَ‏ الْبَاقِينَ.

Umar said, ‘Did you see him enter it and exit it like the needle in the kohl jar?’ He said, ‘No’. Umar said, ‘Allahazwj is the Greatest! O Mugheira, arise to them and strike them!’ Al Mugheira stood up to Abu Bakra and struck him eighty (lashes), and struck the rest (of them)’.

وَ رَوَى قَوْمٌ أَنَّ الضَّارِبَ لَهُمُ الْحَدَّ لَمْ يَكُنِ الْمُغِيرَةَ.

And a group has reported that the striker of the legal punishment to them did not happen to be Al-Mugheira.

قَالَ‏: وَ أَعْجَبَ عُمَرَ قَوْلُ زِيَادٍ: وَ دَرَأَ الْحَدَّ عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ، فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرَةَ بَعْدَ أَنْ ضُرِبَ: أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ الْمُغِيرَةَ فَعَلَ كَذَا .. وَ كَذَا، فَهَمَّ عُمَرُ بِضَرْبِهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: إِنْ ضَرَبْتَهُ رَجَمْتُ‏ صَاحِبَكَ، وَ نَهَاهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ‏.

He said, ‘And Umar was astounded at the words of Ziyad, and he stave off the legal punishment from Al Mugheira. Abu Bakra said to him after he had been struck, ‘I testify that Al-Mugheira did such and such’. Umar thought of striking him. Aliasws said to him: ‘If you strike him, your companion would be stoned to death’, and forbade him from that’.

قَالَ أَبُو الْفَرَجِ: يَعْنِي إِنْ ضَرَبَهُ يَصِيرُ شَهَادَتُهُ شَهَادَتَيْنِ فَيُوجِبُ بِذَلِكَ الرَّجْمَ عَلَى الْمُغِيرَةِ. قَالَ: وَ اسْتَتَابَ‏ عُمَرُ أَبَا بَكْرَةَ، قَالَ: إِنَّمَا تَسْتَتِيبُنِي لِتَقْبَلَ‏ شَهَادَتِي؟. قَالَ: أَجَلْ. قَالَ: فَإِنِّي لَا أَشْهَدُ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ مَا بَقِيتُ فِي الدُّنْيَا.

Abu Al-Faraj said, ‘It means, if you strike him, his testimony would become two testimonies, and by that the stoning would obligate upon Al-Mugheira’. He said, ‘And Umar asked Abu Bakra to repent. He said, ‘But rather, you are asking me to repent in order to accept my testimony?’ He said, ‘Yes’. He said, ‘I shall not testify between the two for as long as I remain in the world’.

قَالَ: فَلَمَّا ضُرِبُوا الْحَدَّ، قَالَ الْمُغِيرَةُ: اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ! الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي أَخْزَاكُمْ. فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: اسْكُتْ أَخْزَى اللَّهُ مَكَاناً رَأَوْكَ فِيهِ.

He said, ‘When they were struck with the legal punishment, Al Mugheira said, ‘Allahazwj is the Greatest! The Praise is for Allahazwj Who Recompensed you all!’ Umar said, ‘Be quiet! May Allahazwj Disgrace what they saw you in’.

قَالَ: وَ قَامَ أَبُو بَكْرَةَ عَلَى قَوْلِهِ، وَ كَانَ يَقُولُ: وَ اللَّهِ مَا أَنْسَى قَطُّ فَخِذَيْهَا، وَ تَابَ الِاثْنَانِ فَقَبِلَ شَهَادَتَهُمَا، وَ كَانَ أَبُو بَكْرَةَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ إِذَا طُلِبَ إِلَى شَهَادَةٍ يَقُولُ: اطْلُبُوا غَيْرِي، فَإِنَّ زِيَاداً أَفْسَدَ عَلَيَّ شَهَادَتِي ..

He (the narrator) said, ‘And Abu Bakra stood upon his word, and he was saying, ‘By Allahazwj! I will not forget her thighs at all’, and the two repented, and their testimonies were accepted, and after that Abu Bakra, when he was sought to testify, said, ‘Seek someone else, for Ziyad has spoilt upon my testimony’.

قَالَ‏ أَبُو الْفَرَجِ: وَ حَجَّ عُمَرُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ مَرَّةً فَوَافَقَ الرَّقْطَاءَ بِالْمَوْسِمِ، فَرَآهَا وَ كَانَتِ‏ الْمُغِيرَةُ يَوْمَئِذٍ هُنَاكَ- فَقَالَ عُمَرُ لِلْمُغِيرَةِ: وَيْحَكَ! أَ تَتَجَاهَلُ عَلَيَّ، وَ اللَّهِ مَا أَظُنُّ أَبَا بَكْرَةَ كَذَبَ عَلَيْكَ، وَ مَا رَأَيْتُكَ إِلَّا خِفْتُ أَنْ أُرْمَى بِحِجَارَةٍ مِنْ السَّمَاءِ.

Abu Al-Faraj said, ‘And once Umar went for Hajj after that, and he came across him in the season, and saw her, and on that day, Al-Mugheira was over there. Umar said to Al-Mugheira, ‘Woe be unto you! Are you ignoring me? By Allahazwj! I do not think Abu Bakra had lied upon you, and I do not see you except I fear that you would be pelted with the stones from the sky’.

قَالَ: وَ كَانَ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ- بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ- يَقُولُ: إِنْ ظَفِرْتُ بِالْمُغِيرَةِ لَأَتْبَعْتُهُ أَحْجَارَهُ‏.

He (the narrator) said: ‘And Aliasws was saying after that: ‘Al-Mugheira was victorious from his stones pursuing him’’.³⁹³ (a Non-Shia source)

السادس: أنّه منع من المغالاة في صدقات النساء

The sixth – He forbade from the expensiveness regarding dowries of the women

وَ قَالَ: مَنْ غَالَى فِي مَهْرِ ابْنَتِهِ أَجْعَلْهُ فِي بَيْتِ مَالِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ‏، لِشُبْهَةِ أَنَّهُ رَأَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ زَوَّجَ فَاطِمَةَ عَلَيْهَا السَّلَامُ بِخَمْسِمِائَةِ دِرْهَمٍ.

And he (Umar) said, ‘One who is expensive in dowry of his daughter, make it to be in the public treasury of the Muslims, due to his suspicion that he had seen the Prophetsaww getting (Syeda) Fatimaasws married with five hundred Dirhams.

فَقَامَتْ إِلَيْهِ امْرَأَةٌ وَ نَبَّهَتْهُ بِقَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: ... وَ آتَيْتُمْ إِحْداهُنَّ قِنْطاراً فَلا تَأْخُذُوا مِنْهُ شَيْئاً عَلَى جَوَازِ الْمُغَالاةِ، فَقَالَ: كُلُّ النَّاسِ أَفْقَهُ مِنْ عُمَرَ حَتَّى الْمُخَدَّرَاتُ فِي الْبُيُوتِ‏.

A woman stood up to him and admonished him with Words of the Exalted: and you have given to one of them a heap (of gold), do not take anything from it. Would you take it by slandering and a manifest sin? [4:20], upon an allowance for the inflated (dowry). He said, ‘Every person is more understanding than Umar, even the ones in the houses’’.³⁹⁴ (It’s not a Hadith)

رَوَاهُ ابْنُ أَبِي الْحَدِيدِ فِي شَرْحِ نَهْجِ الْبَلَاغَةِ أَنَّهُ خَطَبَ فَقَالَ: لَا يَبْلُغُنِي أَنَّ امْرَأَةً تَجَاوَزَ صَدَاقُهَا صَدَاقَ زَوْجَاتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] إِلَّا ارْتَجَعْتُ ذَلِكَ مِنْهَا،

It is reported by Abi Al-Hadeed in commentary of Nahj Al-Balagah that he (Umar) addressed and said, ‘It should not reach me that a woman has exceeded the dowries of the wives of Rasool-Allahsaww, except I will take that (excess) back from her’.

فَقَامَتْ إِلَيْهِ امْرَأَةٌ فَقَالَتْ: وَ اللَّهِ مَا جَعَلَ اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ لَكَ‏، إِنَّهُ تَعَالَى يَقُولُ: وَ آتَيْتُمْ إِحْداهُنَّ قِنْطاراً فَلا تَأْخُذُوا مِنْهُ شَيْئاً..

A woman stood up to him and said, ‘By Allahazwj! Allahazwj has not Made that for you. Heazwj the Exalted is Saying: and you have given to one of them a heap (of gold), do not take anything from it. Would you take it by slandering and a manifest sin? [4:20]?’

فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: لَا تَعْجَبُونَ‏ مِنْ إِمَامٍ أَخْطَأَ وَ امْرَأَةٍ أَصَابَتْ، نَاضَلَتْ إِمَامَكُمْ فَنَضَلَتْهُ!.

Umar said, ‘Do not be surprised from am imam making mistakes and a woman is correct. She overcame your imam with a surpassing!’’³⁹⁵(It’s not a Hadith)

السابع‏ يطوف باللّيل يحرس النّاس و يكشف أهل الرّيبة

The seventh – Umar used to tour at night guarding the people and uncovering the people of suspicion

رَوَاهُ ابْنُ أَبِي الْحَدِيدِ وَ غَيْرُهُ‏: أَنَّ عُمَرَ كَانَ يَعُسُ‏ لَيْلَةً فَمَرَّ بِدَارٍ سَمِعَ فِيهَا صَوْتاً فَارْتَابَ وَ تَسَوَّرَ فَوَجَدَ رَجُلًا عِنْدَهُ امْرَأَةٌ وَ زِقُ‏ خَمْرٍ، فَقَالَ: يَا عَدُوَّ اللَّهِ! أَ ظَنَنْتَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَسْتُرُكَ وَ أَنْتَ عَلَى مَعْصِيَتِهِ؟!.

It is reported by Abi A- Hadeed and others that Umar used to tour at night (streets of Al-Medina). He passed by a house he heard voices in it. He was suspicious and climbed over the wall. He found a man having a woman with him and a jar of wine. He said, ‘O enemy of Allahazwj! Do you think that Allahazwj would Veil you and you are upon Hisazwj disobedience?’

فَقَالَ: لَا تَعْجَلْ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ! إِنْ كُنْتُ أَخْطَأْتُ فِي وَاحِدَةٍ فَقَدْ أَخْطَأْتَ فِي ثَلَاثٍ، قَالَ اللَّهُ: وَ لا تَجَسَّسُوا وَ تَجَسَّسْتَ، وَ قَالَ: وَ أْتُوا الْبُيُوتَ مِنْ أَبْوابِها وَ قَدْ تَسَوَّرْتَ، وَ قَالَ: فَإِذا دَخَلْتُمْ بُيُوتاً فَسَلِّمُوا وَ مَا سَلَّمْتَ.

He said, ‘Do not be hasty, O commander of the faithful! If I am mistaken regarding one, so you are mistaken regarding three. Allahazwj Said: nor should you spy [49:12], and you spied. And Heazwj Said: and come to the houses from its doors [2:189], and you climbed over the wall. And Heazwj Said: So when you enter houses, then greet [24:61], and you did not greet’.

قَالَ: فَهَلْ عِنْدَكَ مِنْ خَيْرٍ إِنْ‏ عَفَوْتُ عَنْكَ؟. قَالَ: نَعَمْ- وَ اللَّهِ- لَا أَعُودُ. فَقَالَ: اذْهَبْ فَقَدْ عَفَوْتُ عَنْكَ.

He said, ‘Is there anything good with you I can pardon you?’ He said, ‘Yes, by Allahazwj! I will not repeat’. He said, ‘Go, for I have pardoned you’’.³⁹⁶ (It’s not a Hadith)

و قال الشيخ الطبرسي رحمه اللّه في مجمع البيان‏: وَ رُوِيَ‏ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ حُدِّثَ أَنَّ أَبَا مِحْجَنٍ الثَّقَفِيَّ يَشْرَبُ الْخَمْرَ فِي بَيْتِهِ هُوَ وَ أَصْحَابُهُ، فَانْطَلَقَ عُمَرُ حَتَّى دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ، فَإِذَا لَيْسَ عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ،

And the sheykh Al-Tabarsee said in (the book) ‘Majma Al-Bayan’ – ‘And it is reported from Abu so and so that Umar Bin Al-Khattab narrated that Abu Mihjan Al-Saqafi was drinking the wine in his house, he and his companion. Umar went until he entered to him, and there wasn’t anyone with him except a man.

فَقَالَ أَبُو الْمِحْجَنِ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ! إِنَّ هَذَا لَا يَحِلُّ لَكَ، قَدْ نَهَاكَ اللَّهُ عَنِ التَّجَسُّسِ!.

Abu Al-Mihjan said, ‘O commander of the faithful! This is not permissible for you. Allahazwj has Forbidden you from the spying!’

فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: مَا يَقُولُ هَذَا؟. فَقَالَ زَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ وَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْأَرْقَمِ: صَدَقَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ!. قَالَ: فَخَرَجَ عُمَرُ وَ تَرَكَهُ، وَ خَرَجَ مَعَ‏ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ أَيْضاً عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ‏ فَتَبَيَّنَتْ لَهُمَا نَارٌ فَأَتَيَا وَ اسْتَأْذَنَا فَفُتِحَ الْبَابُ فَدَخَلَا، فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ وَ امْرَأَةٌ تُغَنِّي وَ عَلَى يَدِ الرَّجُلِ قَدَحٌ،

Umar said, ‘What is this one saying?’ Zayd Bin Sabit and Abdullah Bin Al Arqam said, ‘He speaks the truth, O commander of the faithful!’ Umar went out and left him, and Abdul Rahman Bin Awf went out with Umar Bin Al Khattab as well. A fire was seen by them, so they came and sought permission. The door was opened and they entered, and there was a man and a woman singing, and there was a mug in the hand of the man.

فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: مَنْ هَذِهِ مِنْكَ؟. قَالَ: امْرَأَتِي. قَالَ: وَ مَا فِي هَذَا الْقَدَحِ؟. قَالَ: الْمَاءُ، فَقَالَ لِلْمَرْأَةِ مَا الَّذِي تُغَنِّينَ،

Umar said, ‘Who is this from you?’ He said, ‘My wife’. He said, ‘And what is in this mug?’ He said, ‘The water’. He said to the woman, ‘What is that you were singing?’

قَالَتْ: أَقُولُ:

تَطَاوَلَ هَذَا اللَّيْلُ وَ اسْوَدَّ جَانِبُهُ‏

وَ أَرَّقَنِي إِلَّا حَبِيبٌ أُلَاعِبُهُ‏

فَوَ اللَّهِ لَوْ لَا خَشْيَةُ اللَّهِ وَ التُّقَى‏

لَزُعْزِعَ مِنْ هَذَا السَّرِيرِ جَوَانِبُهُ‏

وَ لَكِنَّ عَقْلِي وَ الْهَوَاءَ يَكُفُّنِي‏

وَ أُكْرِمُ بَعْلِي أَنْ تُنَالَ مَرَاكِبُهُ‏

She said, ‘I said (poem), ‘This night has prolonged and its side is dark, and only give me a beloved I shall play, by Allahazwj, if I had not feared Allahazwj and the meeting, I would have shaken the side of this bed, but my intellect and the while refrained me, and my husband honoured me and gave his ride’.

فَقَالَ‏ الرَّجُلُ: مَا بِهَذَا أُمِرْنَا يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ! قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: وَ لا تَجَسَّسُوا، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: صَدَقْتَ، وَ انْصَرَفَ‏.

The man said, ‘We have not been Commanded with this, O commander of the faithful! Allahazwj the Exalted Said: ‘nor should you spy [49:12]’. Umar said, ‘You speak the truth’, and left’’.³⁹⁷ (It’s not a Hadith)

الثامن‏ أنّه ترك الصلاة لفقد الماء، و أمر من أجنب و لم يجد الماء أن لا يصلّي من غير استناد إلى شبهة،

The eighth – He neglected the Salat due to not having water, and instructed the one with sexual impurity and he could not find the water, then he should not pray Salat, based on suspicion

رَوَى الْبُخَارِيُ‏ وَ مُسْلِمٌ‏ وَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَ النَّسَائِيُ‏ وَ صَاحِبُ جَامِعِ الْأُصُولِ‏، عَنْ شَقِيقٍ قَالَ: كُنْتُ جَالِساً مَعَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَ أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ، فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو مُوسَى‏: لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَجْنَبَ وَ لَمْ يَجِدِ الْمَاءَ شَهْراً أَ مَا كَانَ يَتَيَمَّمُ وَ يُصَلِّي؟! وَ كَيْفَ تَصْنَعُونَ بِهَذِهِ الْآيَةِ فِي سُورَةِ الْمَائِدَةِ: فَلَمْ تَجِدُوا ماءً فَتَيَمَّمُوا صَعِيداً طَيِّباً،

It is reported by Al-Bukhari, and Muslim, and Abu Dawood, and Al Nasaie, and author of ‘Jamie Al Usool’, from Shaqeeq who said,

‘I was seated with Abdullah and Abu Musa Al-Ashari. Abu Musa said to him, ‘I a man were to be with sexual impurity and cannot find the water for a month, would he not be performing Tayammum and praying Salat?! And what would you do with this Verse in Surah Al Maidah: and you cannot find water, so perform Tayammum with pure soil [5:6]?’

فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ: لَوْ رُخِّصَ لَهُمْ فِي هَذَا لَأَوْشَكُوا إِذَا بَرُدَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَاءُ أَنْ يَتَيَمَّمُوا الصَّعِيدَ. قُلْتُ: وَ إِنَّمَا كَرِهْتُمْ هَذَا لِذَا. قَالَ: نَعَمْ.

Abdullah said, ‘If there was allowance for them in this, then no doubt when the water is too cold upon them, they would perform Tayammum with soil’. I said, ‘And rather you dislike this for that’. He said, ‘Yes’.

فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو مُوسَى‏: أَ لَمْ تَسْمَعْ قَوْلَ عَمَّارٍ لِعُمَرَ: بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] فِي حَاجَةٍ فَأَجْنَبْتُ فَلَمْ أَجِدِ الْمَاءَ فَتَمَرَّغْتُ فِي الصَّعِيدِ كَمَا يَتَمَرَّغُ‏ الدَّابَّةُ، فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]،

Abu Musa said to him, ‘Did you not listen to words of Ammar to Umar, ‘Rasool-Allahsaww sent me regarding a need, and I became with sexual impurity and could not find the water. I wallowed in the soil just as the animal tends to wallow. I mentioned that to the Prophetsaww.

فَقَالَ: إِنَّمَا كَانَ‏ يَكْفِيكَ أَنْ تَصْنَعَ هَكَذَا .. فَضَرَبَ بِكَفِّهِ‏ ضَرْبَةً عَلَى الْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ نَفَضَهَا ثُمَّ مَسَحَ‏ ظَهْرَ كَفِّهِ بِشِمَالِهِ، أَوْ ظَهْرَ شِمَالِهِ بِكَفِّهِ، ثُمَّ مَسَحَ بِهِمَا وَجْهَهُ، فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ: أَ لَمْ تَرَ عُمَرَ لَمْ يَقْنَعْ بِقَوْلِ عَمَّارٍ.

Hesaww said: ‘But rather is would have sufficed you to do like this’, and hesaww hit by hissaww palm a strike upon the ground, then shook it, then wiped the back of hissaww palm with hissaww left hand, or the back of hissaww left hand by hissaww palm, then wiped hissaww face by them both. Abdullah said, ‘Did Umar not see not to be convinced by words of Ammar?’’³⁹⁸ (a Non-Shia source)

قَالَ الْبُخَارِيُ‏: وَ زَادَ يَعْلَى، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ شَقِيقٍ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ مَعَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَ أَبِي مُوسَى، فَقَالَ لَهُ‏ أَبُو مُوسَى: أَ لَمْ تَسْمَعْ قَوْلَ عَمَّارٍ لِعُمَرَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] بَعَثَنِي أَنَا وَ أَنْتَ، فَأَجْنَبْتُ، فَتَمَعَّكْتُ فِي الصَّعِيدِ فَأَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] فَأَخْبَرْنَاهُ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّمَا يَكْفِيكَ هَكَذَا .. وَ مَسَحَ وَجْهَهُ وَ كَفَّيْهِ وَاحِدَةً.

Al-Bukhari said, ‘And there is an increase by Ali, from Al Amsh, from Shaqeeq who said, ‘I was with Abdullah and Abu Musa. Abu Musa said to him, ‘Did you not hear the words of Ammar to Umar, ‘Rasool-Allahsaww had sent me (us), I and you, and I became with sexual impurity. I wallowed in the soil, and we came to Rasool-Allahsaww and informed himsaww. Hesaww said: ‘But rather, it would have sufficed you like this’ – and hesaww wiped hissaww face and palm alone’’.³⁹⁹ (a Non-Shia source)

وَ رَوَى الْبُخَارِيُ‏- أَيْضاً- فِي مَوْضِعٍ آخَرَ، عَنْ شَقِيقِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَ أَبِي مُوسَى، فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو مُوسَى: أَ رَأَيْتَ- يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِذَا أَجْنَبَ فَلَمْ يَجِدْ مَاءً كَيْفَ يَصْنَعُ؟. فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ: لَا يُصَلِّي حَتَّى يَجِدَ الْمَاءَ.

And it is reported by Al-Bukhari as well in another place, from Shaqeeq Bin Salama who said, ‘I was in the presence of Abdullah and Abu Musa. Abu Musa said to him, ‘What is your view, O Abdul Rahman, when I have sexual impurity and cannot find water, what should I do?’ Abdullah said, ‘You cannot pray Salat until you do find the water’.

فَقَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى: كَيْفَ‏ تَصْنَعُ بِقَوْلِ عَمَّارٍ حِينَ قَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]: كَانَ يَكْفِيكَ .. قَالَ: أَ لَمْ تَرَ عُمَرَ لَمْ يَقْنَعْ بِذَلِكَ! فَقَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى: فَدَعْنَا مِنْ قَوْلِ‏ عَمَّارٍ، كَيْفَ تَصْنَعُ بِهَذِهِ الْآيَةِ؟،

Abu Musa said, ‘How will you deal with the words of Ammar when the Prophetsaww said to him: ‘It would have sufficed you’. He said, ‘Did you not see Umar was not convinced with that!’ Abu Musa said, ‘Leave us from the words of Ammar. How will you deal with this Verse?’

فَمَا دَرَى عَبْدُ اللَّهِ مَا يَقُولُ!، فَقَالَ: إِنَّا لَوْ رَخَّصْنَا لَهُمْ فِي هَذَا لَأَوْشَكَ إِذَا بَرَدَ عَلَى أَحَدِهِمُ الْمَاءُ أَنْ يَدَعَهُ وَ يَتَيَمَّمَ،

Abdullah did not know what to say. He said, ‘If we were to allow them regarding this, there is no doubt when the water is too cold for one of them, he would leave it and perform Tayammum’.

قَالَ الْأَعْمَشُ: فَقُلْتُ لِشَقِيقٍ: فَإِنَّهَا كَرِهَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ لِهَذَا. قَالَ: نَعَمْ‏.

Al Amsh said, ‘I said to Shaqeeq, ‘Abdullah had dislike this’. He said, ‘Yes’’.⁴⁰⁰ (a Non-Shia source)

وَ رَوَى الْبُخَارِيُ‏- أَيْضاً-، عَنْ أَبِي وَابِلٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ: إِذَا لَمْ يَجِدِ الْمَاءَ لَا يُصَلِّي؟. قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ: لَوْ رَخَّصْتُ لَهُمْ فِي هَذَا كَانَ إِذَا وَجَدَ أَحَدُهُمُ الْبَرْدَ قَالَ هَكَذَا- يَعْنِي تَيَمَّمَ- وَ صَلَّى، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: فَأَيْنَ قَوْلُ عَمَّارٍ لِعُمَرَ؟. قَالَ: إِنِّي لَمْ أَرَ عُمَرَ قَنِعَ بِقَوْلِ عَمَّارٍ.

And it is reported by Al-Bukhari as well, from Abu Waail who said, ‘Abu Musa said to Abdullah Bin Masoud, ‘When one cannot find the water, he would not pray Salat?’ Abdullah said, ‘If there was allowance to them regarding this, when one of the find the water to be too cold’ – he said like this – meaning Tayammum, and pray Salat. I said, ‘So where are the words of Ammar to Umar?’ He said, ‘I did not see Umar to be convinced with the words of Ammar’’.⁴⁰¹ (a Non-Shia source)

وَ رَوَى‏ أَيْضاً، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ: جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى‏ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي أَجْنَبْتُ فَلَمْ أُصِبِ الْمَاءَ؟. فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: لَا تُصَلِّ.

And it is reported as well (in Saheeh Al-Bukhari) – From Saeed Bin Abdul Rahman, from his father who said, ‘A man came to Umar Bin Al Khattab. He said, ‘I became with sexual impurity and could not find the water?’ Umar said, ‘Do not pray Salat’.

فَقَالَ عَمَّارُ بْنُ يَاسِرٍ لِعُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ: أَ مَا تَذْكُرُ أَنَّا كُنَّا فِي سَفَرٍ أَنَا وَ أَنْتَ، فَأَمَّا أَنْتَ فَلَمْ تُصَلِّ، وَ أَمَّا أَنَا فَتَمَعَّكْتُ فَصَلَّيْتُ، فَذَكَرْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]: إِنَّمَا كَانَ يَكْفِيكَ هَكَذَا .. فَضَرَبَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] بِكَفَّيْهِ الْأَرْضَ وَ نَفَخَ فِيهِمَا، ثُمَّ مَسَحَ بِهِمَا وَجْهَهُ وَ كَفَّيْهِ‏.

Ammar Bin Yasser said to Umar Bin Al Khattab, ‘Don’t you remember we were in a journey, I am you, and as for you, you did not pray Salat, and as for I, I wallowed (in the soil) and prayed Salat. I mentioned to the Prophetsaww. The Prophetsaww said: ‘But rather, it would have sufficed you like this’, and the Prophetsaww struck the ground with hissaww palm and blew in them, then hesaww wiped hissaww face and palms with them?’

وَ رَوَى مُسْلِمٌ‏ بِالْإِسْنَادِ الْمَذْكُورِ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: ثُمَّ تَمْسَحُ بِهِمَا وَجْهَكَ وَ كَفَّيْكَ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: اتَّقِ اللَّهَ يَا عَمَّارُ!. فَقَالَ: إِنْ شِئْتَ لَمْ أُحَدِّثْ‏ بِهِ.

And it is reported by Muslim by the mentioned chain up to hissaww words: ‘Then you should wipe your face and palms’. Umar said, ‘Fear Allahazwj, O Ammar!’ He said, ‘If you like, I will not narrate it’’.

وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى لِمُسْلِمٍ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: نُوَلِّيكَ مَا تَوَلَّيْتَ.

And in another report of Muslim, ‘Umar said, ‘We have given you what you have assumed’.

وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى لَهُ‏، قَالَ عَمَّارٌ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ! إِنْ شِئْتَ لِمَا جَعَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَيَّ مِنْ حَقِّكَ- أَلَّا أُحَدِّثَ بِهِ أَحَداً.

And in another reported of his, ‘Ammar said, ‘O commander of the faithful! If you like, due to what Allahazwj has Made to be upon me of your right, I shall not narrate to anyone with it’.⁴⁰² (a Non-Shia source)

وَ قَالَ فِي جَامِعِ الْأُصُولِ‏- بَعْدَ حِكَايَةِ رِوَايَةِ الْبُخَارِيِّ وَ مُسْلِمٍ:- وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ عُمَرَ فَجَاءَهُ رَجُلٌ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّا نَكُونُ بِالْمَكَانِ الشَّهْرَ وَ الشَّهْرَيْنِ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: أَمَّا أَنَا فَلَمْ أَكُنْ أُصَلِّي حَتَّى أَجِدَ الْمَاءَ.

And he said in (the book) ‘Jamie Al Usool’ after narrating the report of Al-Bukhari and Muslim, and in a report of Abu Dawood having said, ‘I was in the presence of Umar, and a man came and said, ‘We happen to be at Makkah for a month or two months’. Umar said, ‘As for I, I do not happen to pray Salat until I do find the water’.

قَالَ: فَقَالَ عَمَّارٌ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ! أَ مَا تَذْكُرُ إِذْ كُنْتُ أَنَا وَ أَنْتَ فِي الْإِبِلِ فَأَصَابَتْنَا جَنَابَةٌ، فَأَمَّا أَنَا فَتَمَعَّكْتُ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ‏، فَقَالَ: إِنَّمَا يَكُونُ‏ يَكْفِيكَ أَنْ تَقُولُ هَكَذَا .. وَ ضَرَبَ بِيَدَيْهِ الْأَرْضَ‏ ثُمَّ نَفَخَهُمَا ثُمَّ مَسَحَ بِهِمَا وَجْهَهُ وَ يَدَيْهِ إِلَى نِصْفِ الذِّرَاعِ.

He said, ‘Ammar said, ‘O commander of the faithful! Do you not remember when I an you are among the camel and the sexual impurities hit us? As for I, I wallowed (in the ground) and came to the Prophetsaww and mentioned that. Hesaww said: ‘But rather it would have sufficed you if you had done like this’ – and hesaww hit the ground by hissaww hands, then blew (the dust off) from them, then wiped hissaww face and hands up to the half forearm’.

فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: يَا عَمَّارُ! اتَّقِ اللَّهَ. فَقَالَ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ! إِنْ شِئْتَ وَ اللَّهِ لَمْ أَذْكُرْهُ أَبَداً. فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: كَلَّا! وَ اللَّهِ لَنُوَلِّيَنَّكَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ مَا تَوَلَّيْتَ.

Umar said, ‘O Ammar! Fear Allahazwj’. He said, ‘O commander of the faithful! If you like, by Allahazwj, I will not mention it, ever!’ Umar said, ‘Never! By Allahazwj we have given you from that what you have assumed’’.⁴⁰³ (a Non-Shia source)

قَوْلِهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: مَنْ تَرَكَ‏ الصَّلَاةَ مُتَعَمِّداً فَقَدْ كَفَرَ.

Hesaww said: ‘One who neglects the Salat deliberately, so he has disbelieved’’.⁴⁰⁴#

التاسع:

The ninth – He (Umar) ordered with stoning to death a pregnant woman

وَ مِمَّا يُؤَيِّدُهُ‏ هَذِهِ الْقِصَّةُ، مَا رَوَاهُ الشَّيْخُ الْمُفِيدُ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ فِي الْإِرْشَادِ أَنَّهُ أُتِيَ عُمَرُ بِحَامِلٍ قَدْ زَنَتْ فَأَمَرَ بِرَجْمِهَا، فَقَالَ لَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: هَبْ أَنَّ لَكَ سَبِيلًا عَلَيْهَا، أَيُّ سَبِيلٍ لَكَ عَلَى مَا فِي بَطْنِهَا؟! وَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى يَقُولُ: وَ لا تَزِرُ وازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرى‏

And from what supports this story is what is reported by Sheykh Al-Mufeed in (the book) ‘Al Irshad’ – ‘They came to Umar with a pregnant woman who had committed adultery, and he ordered with stoning her to death. Amir Al-Momineenasws said to him: ‘Let us assume there is a way for you upon her. Which way is there for you upon what is in her belly?! And Allahazwj the Exalted is Saying: ‘and no bearer will bear the burden of another; [17:15]’.

فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: لَا عِشْتُ لِمُعْضِلَةٍ لَا يَكُونُ لَهَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ‏.

Umar said, ‘May I not live for a dilemma and there is no Abu Al-Hassanasws for it’’.⁴⁰⁵

وَ حَكَى فِي كَشْفِ الْغُمَّةِ مِنْ مَنَاقِبِ الْخُوَارِزْمِيِ‏ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: أُتِيَ عُمَرُ فِي وِلَايَتِهِ بِامْرَأَةٍ حَامِلَةٍ فَسَأَلَهَا عُمَرُ فَاعْتَرَفَتْ بِالْفُجُورِ، فَأَمَرَ بِهَا عُمَرُ أَنْ تُرْجَمَ، فَلَقِيَهَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَقَالَ: مَا بَالُ هَذِهِ؟. فَقَالُوا: أَمَرَ بِهَا عُمَرُ أَنْ تُرْجَمَ،

And it is narrated in (the book) ‘Kashf Al-Ghumma’, from (the book) ‘Manaqib’ of Khuwarizmy having said, ‘They came to Umar, during his rule, with a pregnant woman. Umar asked her and she acknowledge with the immorality. Umar ordered with her to be stoned to death. Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws met her. Heasws said, ‘What is the matter with this one?’ They said, ‘Umar has ordered with her to be stoned to death’.

فَرَدَّهَا عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَقَالَ: أَمَرْتَ بِهَا أَنْ تُرْجَمَ؟!. فَقَالَ: نَعَمْ، اعْتَرَفَتْ عِنْدِي بِالْفُجُورِ. فَقَالَ: هَذَا سُلْطَانُكَ عَلَيْهَا، فَمَا سُلْطَانُكَ عَلَى مَا فِي بَطْنِهَا؟.

Aliasws returned her and said, ‘Did you order with her to be stoned to death?’ He said, ‘Yes’, she acknowledged in my presence with the immorality’. Heasws said: ‘This is your authority upon her, but what is your authority upon what is in her belly?’

ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: فَلَعَلَّكَ انْتَهَرْتَهَا أَوْ أَخَفْتَهَا. فَقَالَ: قَدْ كَانَ ذَاكَ. قَالَ: أَ وَ مَا سَمِعْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ يَقُولُ: لَا حَدَّ عَلَى مُعْتَرِفٍ بَعْدَ بَلَاءٍ، إِنَّهُ مَنْ قَيَّدْتَ أَوْ حَبَسْتَ أَوْ تَهَدَّدْتَ فَلَا إِقْرَارَ لَهُ. فَخَلَّى عُمَرُ سَبِيلَهَا،.

The Aliasws said to him: ‘Perhaps you rebuked her or frightened her’. He said, ‘That has happened’. Heasws said: ‘Or have you not heard Rasool-Allahsaww saying: ‘There is no legal punishment upon the acknowledge after the affliction’. One you have chained, or imprison, or threatened, so there is no acknowledgment for him’. Umar freed her way.

ثُمَّ قَالَ: عَجَزَتِ النِّسَاءُ أَنْ يَلِدْنَ‏ مِثْلَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ (ع)، لَوْ لَا عَلِيٌّ لَهَلَكَ عُمَرُ

Then he said, ‘The women are unable to give birth to the like of Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws. Had it not been for Aliasws, Umar would have been destroyed’’.⁴⁰⁶

العاشر:

The tenth – He (Umar) ordered with the insane to be stoned to death

أَنَّهُ أَمَرَ بِرَجْمِ الْمَجْنُونَةِ فَنَبَّهَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَ قَالَ: إِنَّ الْقَلَمَ مَرْفُوعٌ‏ عَنِ الْمَجْنُونِ حَتَّى يُفِيقَ. فَقَالَ: لَوْ لَا عَلِيٌّ لَهَلَكَ عُمَرُ.

He (Umar) ordered the insane woman to be stoned to death, but Amir Al Momineenasws alerted him and said: ‘The Pen is raised from the insane until he wakes up (from his insanity)’. He said, ‘Had it not been for Aliasws, Umar would have been destroyed’’.⁴⁰⁷

وَ قَدْ حَكَى فِي كَشْفِ الْغُمَّةِ مِنْ مَنَاقِبِ الْخُوَارِزْمِيِ‏ مَرْفُوعاً عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ أُتِيَ بِامْرَأَةٍ مَجْنُونَةٍ قَدْ زَنَتْ، فَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْجُمَهَا، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: يَا عُمَرُ! أَ مَا سَمِعْتَ مَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ؟. قَالَ: وَ مَا قَالَ؟.

And it has been narrated in (the book) ‘Kashf Al-Ghumma’ from (the book) ‘Manaqib’ of Al Khuwarizmy, raising from Al-Hassan, ‘Umar Bin Al Khattab was brought an insane woman who had committed adultery. He wanted to have her stoned to death. Aliasws said to him; ‘O Umar! Have you not heard what Rasool-Allahsaww said?’ He said, ‘And what did hesaww say?’

قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ: رُفِعَ الْقَلَمُ عَنْ ثَلَاثَةٍ: عَنِ الْمَجْنُونِ حَتَّى يَبْرَأَ، وَ عَنِ الْغُلَامِ حَتَّى يُدْرِكَ‏، وَ عَنِ النَّائِمِ حَتَّى يَسْتَيْقِظَ. قَالَ: فَخَلَّى عَنْهَا.

Heasws said: ‘Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘The Pen is raised from three – from the insane until he is cured, and from the boy until he attains adulthood, and from the sleeping one until he wakes up’. So, he freed (her way) for her’’.⁴⁰⁸

الحادي عشر:

The eleventh –

مَا رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُ‏ وَ مُسْلِمٌ‏ وَ غَيْرُهُمَا بِعِدَّةِ طُرُقٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ وَ أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ، قَالَ: اسْتَأْذَنَ أَبُو مُوسَى عَلَى عُمَرَ فَكَأَنَّهُ وَجَدَهُ مَشْغُولًا فَرَجَعَ، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: أَ لَمْ تَسْمَعْ صَوْتَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ؟، ائْذَنُوا لَهُ، فَدُعِيَ لَهُ‏، فَقَالَ: مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى مَا صَنَعْتَ؟.

What is reported by Al-Bukhari, and Muslim, and other by a number of ways, from Ubeyd Bin Umeyr, and Abu Musa Al-Ashari, he said, ‘Abu Musa sought permission to Umar, and it was as if he found him to be busy, so he returned. Umar said, ‘Did you not hear the voice of Abdullah Bin Qays? Permit for him’. He was called to him. He said, ‘What carried you upon what you did?’

فَقَالَ: إِنَّا كُنَّا نُؤْمَرُ بِهَذَا. فَقَالَ: فَائْتِنِي عَلَى‏ هَذَا بِبَيِّنَةٍ أَوْ لَأَفْعَلَنَّ بِكَ‏!، فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى مَجْلِسٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ، فَقَالُوا: لَا يَشْهَدُ لَكَ إِلَّا أَصَاغِرُنَا،

He said, ‘We had been instructed with this’. He said, ‘Bring me a proof upon this or I shall deal with you!’ He went to a gathering of the Helpers and they said, ‘No one will testify for you except our young one’.

فَقَامَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيُّ فَقَالَ: قَدْ كُنَّا نُؤْمَرُ بِهَذَا. فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: خَفِيَ عَلَيَّ هَذَا مِنْ أَمْرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏]، أَلْهَانِي‏ الصَّفْقُ بِالْأَسْوَاقِ‏.

Abu Saeed Al Khudri stood up and said, ‘We had been instructed with this’. Umar said, ‘This has been hidden unto me, from the matters of Rasool-Allahazwj. Market activities kept me busy from it’’.⁴⁰⁹ (a Non-Shia source)

الثاني عشر:

The twelveth –

مَا رَوَاهُ ابْنُ أَبِي الْحَدِيدِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ: حَجَجْنَا مَعَ عُمَرَ أَوَّلَ حَجَّةٍ حَجَّهَا فِي خِلَافَتِهِ، فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرَامَ، دَنَا مِنَ الْحَجَرِ الْأَسْوَدِ فَقَبَّلَهُ وَ اسْتَلَمَهُ، فَقَالَ: إِنِّي لَأَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ حَجَرٌ لَا تَضُرُّ وَ لَا تَنْفَعُ‏، وَ لَوْ لَا أَنِّي رَأَيْتُ‏ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] قَبَّلَكَ وَ اسْتَلَمَكَ لَمَا قَبَّلْتُكَ وَ لَا اسْتَلَمْتُكَ.

The twelfth – What is reported by Ibn Abi Al-Hadeed, from Abi Saeed Al-Khudri who said, ‘We performed Hajj with Umar, the first Hajj he performed during his caliphate. When he entered the Sacred Masjid, he went near the Black Stone, he kissed it and greeted it. He said, ‘I know that you are a stone, neither harming nor benefitting, and had I not seen Rasool-Allahsaww kissing you and greeting you, I would have neither kissed you nor greeted you’’.

فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ: بَلَى- يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ- إِنَّهُ لَيَضُرُّ وَ يَنْفَعُ‏، وَ لَوْ عَلِمْتَ تَأْوِيلَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ لَعَلِمْتَ أَنَّ الَّذِي أَقُولُ لَكَ كَمَا أَقُولُ، قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى: وَ إِذْ أَخَذَ رَبُّكَ مِنْ بَنِي آدَمَ مِنْ ظُهُورِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَ أَشْهَدَهُمْ عَلى‏ أَنْفُسِهِمْ‏ أَ لَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ قالُوا بَلى‏،

Aliasws said to him: ‘O commander of the faithful! He does harm and does benefit, and if you knew the interpretation of that from the Book of Allahazwj, you would have known that which Iasws am saying to you is as Iasws am saying. Allahazwj the Exalted Says: And when your Lord Seized from the Children of Adam, their offspring from their foreheads and Made them testify against their own selves: “Am I not your Lord?” They said, ‘Yes, we testify’. [7:172].

فَلَمَّا أَشْهَدَهُمْ وَ أَقَرُّوا لَهُ بِأَنَّهُ‏ الرَّبُّ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ أَنَّهُمُ الْعَبِيدُ، كَتَبَ مِيثَاقَهُمْ فِي رَقٍّ ثُمَّ أَلْقَمَهُ هَذَا الْحَجَرَ، وَ إِنَّ لَهُ‏ لَ عَيْنَيْنِ وَ لِساناً وَ شَفَتَيْنِ‏، يَشْهَدُ بِالْمُوَافَاةِ، فَهُوَ أَمِينُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي هَذَا الْمَكَانِ.

When Heazwj Kept them as witnesses and they acknowledge to Himazwj that Heazwj is the Lordazwj, Mighty and Majestic and they are the servants, Heazwj Wrote their covenant in a parchment, then this Stone swallowed it, and for it are two eyes, and a tongue and two lips, testifying with the loyalty. He (the Black Stone) is a trustee of Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic in this place’.

فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: لَا أَبْقَانِيَ اللَّهُ بِأَرْضٍ لَسْتَ بِهَا يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ‏.

Umar said, ‘May Allahazwj not Keep me alive in a land there isn’t Abu Al Hassanasws at it’’.⁴¹⁰ (It’s not a Hadith)

الثالث عشر: أشياء كثيرة و أحكام غزيرة

The thirteenth – Many things and strange rulings

- وَ قَالَ ابْنُ حَجَرٍ فِي شَرْحِهِ‏: ذَكَرَ الْحُمَيْدِيُّ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ: أَنَ‏ عُمَرَ قَرَأَ: وَ فاكِهَةً وَ أَبًّا، فَقَالَ: مَا الْأَبُّ؟. ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَا كُلِّفْنَا- أَوْ قَالَ: مَا أُمِرْنَا- بِهَذَا.

And Ibn Hajar said in his commentary – ‘Al Humeydi has mentioned, from Sabit, from Anas (well-known fabricator) that Umar recited: And fruits and grass [80:31]. He said, ‘What is Al Abb (grass)?’ Then he said, ‘He did not encumber us’, or said, ‘We have not been Commanded with this (to go deep into it)’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ ابْنُ حَجَرٍ: قُلْتُ: هُوَ عِنْدَ الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيِ‏ مِنْ رِوَايَةِ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ: أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ عَنْ قَوْلِهِ: وَ فاكِهَةً وَ أَبًّا، مَا الْأَبُّ؟. فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: نُهِينَا عَنِ التَّعَمُّقِ وَ التَّكَلُّفِ .. و هذا أولى أن يكمل به الحديث الذي أخرجه البخاري،

Then Ibn Hajar said, ‘I said, ‘It is with Al Ismail, from a report of Hisham, from Sabit, that Umar Bin al Khattab asked about Hisazwj Words: And fruits and grass [80:31], ‘What is Al Abb (grass)?’ Umar said, ‘We are forbidden from the depth (going deep) and the encumberment’. And this is the first the Hadeeth is completed with, which Al-Bukhari extracted’.

و أولى منه مَا أَخْرَجَهُ أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ..، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ: كُنَّا عِنْدَ عُمَرَ وَ عَلَيْهِ قَمِيصٌ فِي ظَهْرِهِ أَرْبَعُ رِقَاعٍ يَقْرَأُ: وَ فاكِهَةً وَ أَبًّا، فَقَالَ: هَذِهِ الْفَاكِهَةُ قَدْ عَرَفْنَاهَا، فَمَا الْأَبُّ؟. ثُمَّ قَالَ: مَهْ! نُهِينَا عَنِ التَّكَلُّفِ‏.

And the first from it is what Abu Nueym extracted, from Anas (well-known fabricator) who said, ‘We were in the presence of Umar, and upon him was a shirt in his back of four patches. He recited, And fruits and grass [80:31]. He said, ‘These fruites, we have recognised, so that is Al Abba (grass)?’ Then he said, ‘Shh! We are forbidden from the encumberment’’.

وَ قَدْ أَخْرَجَهُ‏ عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ فِي تَفْسِيرِهِ، عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ، وَ قَالَ بَعْدَ قَوْلِهِ‏: فَمَا الْأَبُّ؟ ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا ابْنَ أُمِّ عُمَرَ! إِنَّ هَذَا هُوَ التَّكَلُّفُ، وَ مَا عَلَيْكَ أَنْ‏ لَا تَدْرِيَ مَا الْأَبُّ!.

And it has been extracted by Abd Bin Humeyd in his Tafseer, from Hammad Bin Salama and said after his words, ‘So what is Al Abb?’ Then he said, ‘O Ibn Um Umar! This, it is the encumberment, and it is not upon you if you do not know what is Al Abb!’’⁴¹¹ (a Non-Shia source)

وَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ: أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ عُمَرَ عَنْ: فاكِهَةً وَ أَبًّا، فَلَمَّا رَآهُمْ عُمَرُ يَقُولُونَ، أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِالدِّرَّةِ.

And from Abdul Rahman Bin Yazeed, ‘A man asked Umar about, And fruits and grass [80:31]. When Umar saw them saying, he came towards them with the whip’’.⁴¹²

وَ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ النَّخَعِيِّ، قَالَ: قَرَأَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ: وَ فاكِهَةً وَ أَبًّا، فَقِيلَ: مَا الْأَبُّ؟. فَقِيلَ: كَذَا .. وَ كَذَا، فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: إِنَّ هَذَا هُوَ التَّكَلُّفُ، أَيُّ أَرْضٍ تُقِلُّنِي؟ وَ أَيُّ سَمَاءٍ تُظِلُّنِي؟ إِذَا قُلْتُ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ مَا لَا أَعْلَمُ!.

And from another aspect, from Ibrahim Al Nakhaie who said, ‘Abu Bakr recited, And fruits and grass [80:31]. It was said, ‘What is Al Abb (grass)?’ It was said, ‘Such and such’. Abu Bakr said, ‘This, it is the encumberment. Which land would uproot me? And which sky would shade me? When I say regarding the Book of Allahazwj what I do not know!’’⁴¹³(It’s not a Hadith)

و منها: مَا رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُ‏ وَ مُسْلِمٌ‏ وَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَ التِّرْمِذِيُ‏وَ النَّسَائِيُ‏ وَ صَاحِبُ جَامِعِ الْأُصُولِ‏ بِأَسَانِيدِهِمْ، عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ، قَالَ: سُئِلَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ عَنْ إِمْلَاصِ‏ الْمَرْأَةِ- وَ هِيَ الَّتِي تُضْرَبُ بَطْنُهَا فَيُلْقَى‏ جَنِينُهَا-، فَقَالَ: أَيُّكُمْ سَمِعَ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ (ص) فِيهِ شَيْئاً؟.

From it is what is reported by Al-Bukhari, and Muslim, and Abu Dawood, and Al Tirmizi, and author of ‘Jamie Al-Usool’, by their chains from Al Mugheira Bin Shuba who said, ‘Umar Bin Al Khattab was asked about the miscarriage of the woman – and it is which is struck upon the her belly and the foetus miscarries. He said, ‘Which one of you have heard anything from the Prophetsaww regarding it?’

قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: أَنَا. قَالَ: مَا هُوَ؟. قُلْتُ: سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] يَقُولُ: فِيهِ غُرَّةُ عَبْدٍ أَوْ أَمَةٍ، قَالَ: لَا تَبْرَحْ حَتَّى تَجِيئَنِي بِالْمُخْرِجِ مِمَّا قُلْتَ.

He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘I have’. He said, ‘What is it?’ I said, ‘I heard the Prophetsaww saying regarding it: ‘The offence of a slave or a maid’. He said, ‘Do not go away until you come to me with the way out from what I said’.

فَخَرَجْتُ فَوَجَدْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ سَلَمَةَ: فَجِئْتُ بِهِ فَشَهِدَ مَعِي أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] يَقُولُ فِيهِ: غُرَّةُ عَبْدٍ أَوْ أَمَةٍ.

I went out and found Muhammad Bin Salama. I came with him and he testified with me that he had (also) heard the Prophetsaww saying regarding it: ‘Offence of a slave or a maid’’.⁴¹⁴ (a Non-Shia source)

و منها.: مَا رَوَاهُ فِي نَهْجِ الْبَلَاغَةِ: أَنَّهُ ذُكِرَ عِنْدَ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ حَلْيُ الْكَعْبَةِ وَ كَثْرَتُهُ، فَقَالَ قَوْمٌ: لَوْ أَخَذْتَ فَجَهَّزْتَ بِهِ جُيُوشَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَانَ أَعْظَمَ لِلْأَجْرِ، وَ مَا تَصْنَعُ الْكَعْبَةُ بِالْحَلْيِ؟.

And from it is what is reported in (the book) ‘Nahj Al Balagah’ – ‘It was mentioned in the presence of Umar Bin Al-Khattab the jewellery of the Kabah and its abundance. A group said, ‘If it could be taken and the armies of the Muslims could be equipped by it, it would be of the greater Recompense, and what will the Kabah do with the ornaments?’

فَهَمَّ عُمَرُ بِذَلِكَ وَ سَأَلَ عَنْهُ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ الْقُرْآنَ أُنْزِلَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ الْأَمْوَالُ الْأَرْبَعَةُ: أَمْوَالُ‏ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَقَسَمَهَا بَيْنَ الْوَرَثَةِ فِي الْفَرِيضَةِ، وَ الْفَيْ‏ءُ فَقَسَمَهُ عَلَى مُسْتَحِقِّهِ‏، وَ الْخُمُسُ فَوَضَعَهُ اللَّهُ حَيْثُ وَضَعَهُ، وَ الصَّدَقَاتُ فَجَعَلَهَا اللَّهُ حَيْثُ جَعَلَهَا،

Umar thought of (doing) that, and he asked Amir Al-Momineenasws about it. Heasws said: ‘The Quran was Revealed unto Muhammadsaww, and the wealth(s) are four – wealth of the Muslims, so it is apportion between the inheritors in the Obligatory way; and the war booty, and it is apportioned upon its deserving ones; and the Khums (fifth), and Allahazwj Placed it where Heazwj Placed it; and the charities, and Allahazwj Made these to be where Heazwj Made these to be.

وَ كَانَ حَلْيُ الْكَعْبَةِ فِيهَا يَوْمَئِذٍ فَتَرَكَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى حَالِهِ، وَ لَمْ يَتْرُكْهُ نِسْيَاناً، وَ لَمْ يَخْفَ عَلَيْهِ مَكَانٌ‏، فَأَقِرَّهُ حَيْثُ أَقَرَّهُ اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ.

And it so happened that the jewellery was in the Kabah in those days and Allahazwj Left it to be in its state, and Heazwj did not Leave it out of forgetfulness, nor was its place hidden from Himazwj. Therefore, retain it where Allahazwj and Hisazwj Rasoolsaww had retained it.

فَقَالَ‏ عُمَرُ: لَوْلَاكَ لَافْتَضَحْنَا، وَ تَرَكَ الْحَلْيَ بِحَالِهِ.

Umar said, ‘Had it not been for youasws, we would have been exposed (shamed)’. And he left the jewellery in its state’’.⁴¹⁵

وَ رَوَى الْبُخَارِيُ‏، بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، قَالَ: جَلَسْتُ مَعَ شَيْبَةَ عَلَى الْكُرْسِيِّ فِي الْكَعْبَةِ، فَقَالَ: لَقَدْ جَلَسَ هَذَا الْمَجْلِسَ عُمَرُ، فَقَالَ: لَقَدْ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ لَا أَدَعَ فِيهَا صَفْرَاءَ وَ لَا بَيْضَاءَ إِلَّا قَسَمْتُهُ. قُلْتُ: إِنَّ صَاحِبَيْكَ لَمْ يَفْعَلَا. قَالَ: هُمَا الْمَرْءَانِ أَقْتَدِي بِهِمَا.

And it is reported by Al-Bukhari, by his chain from Abu Wail who said, ‘I saw with Shayba upon a chair in the Kabah. He said, ‘Umar had sat in this seat’. He said, ‘He had thought that he would neither leave any yellow (gold) in it nor any white (silver), except he would distribute it’. I said, ‘You two companions did not do so’. He said, ‘These are the two persons to follow’’.⁴¹⁶ (a Non-Shia source)

وَ رَوَى فِي جَامِعِ الْأُصُولِ‏، عَنْ شَقِيقٍ، قَالَ: إِنَّ شَيْبَةَ بْنَ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ لَهُ: قَعَدَ عُمَرُ مَقْعَدَكَ الَّذِي أَنْتَ فِيهِ. فَقَالَ: لَا أَخْرُجُ حَتَّى أَقْسِمَ مَالَ الْكَعْبَةِ. قُلْتُ: مَا أَنْتَ بِفَاعِلٍ. قَالَ: بَلَى، لَأَفْعَلَنَّ. قُلْتُ: مَا أَنْتَ بِفَاعِلٍ. قَالَ: لِمَ؟.

And it is reported in (the book) ‘Jamie Al Usool’, from Shaqeeq who said, ‘Shayba Bin Usman said to him ‘Umar had sat in your seat which you are in’. He said, ‘I will not exit until I distribute the wealth of the Kabah’. I said, ‘You will not do it’. He said, ‘Yes, I will do it’. I said, ‘No you will not do it’. He said, ‘Why?’

قُلْتُ: مَضَى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ [وَ آلِهِ‏] وَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَ هُمَا أَحْوَجُ مِنْكَ إِلَى الْمَالِ فَلَمْ يُخْرِجَاهُ، فَقَامَ وَ خَرَجَ. قَالَ: أَخْرَجَهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ.

I said, ‘The Prophetsaww and Abu Bakr passed away, and they were both needier to the wealth than you, but they did not take it out’. He stood up and went out’’. Abu Dawood extracted it (the report)’’.⁴¹⁷ (It’s not a Hadith)

و منها: مَا رَوَاهُ ابْنُ أَبِي الْحَدِيدِ، قَالَ: مَرَّ عُمَرُ بِشَابٍّ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَ هُوَ ظَمْآنُ فَاسْتَسْقَاهُ فَمَاصَ‏ لَهُ عَسَلًا، فَرَدَّهُ وَ لَمْ يَشْرَبْ، وَ قَالَ: إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ اللَّهَ سُبْحَانَهُ‏ يَقُولُ: أَذْهَبْتُمْ طَيِّباتِكُمْ فِي حَياتِكُمُ الدُّنْيا وَ اسْتَمْتَعْتُمْ بِها.

And from these is what is reported by Ibn Abu Al-Hadeed who said, ‘Umar passed by a youth from the Helpers and he was thirsty, so he (youth) quenched him and gave him some honey. He returned it and did not drink it and said, ‘I have heard Allahazwj the Glorious Saying: “You squandered your good things in your lives of the world and you enjoyed with these, [46:20].

وَ قَالَ الْفَتَى‏: إِنَّهَا وَ اللَّهِ‏ لَيْسَتْ لَكَ‏، اقْرَأْ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ‏ مَا قَبْلَهَا:.. وَ يَوْمَ يُعْرَضُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا عَلَى النَّارِ أَذْهَبْتُمْ طَيِّباتِكُمْ فِي حَياتِكُمُ الدُّنْيا فَنَحْنُ مِنْهُمْ؟

And the youth said, ‘By Allahazwj! It isn’t for you. Read, O commander of the faithful, what is before it: And on the Day those who committed Kufr would be Presented to the Fire: “You squandered your good things in your lives of the world [46:20]. Are we from them?’

فَشَرِبَ‏، وَ قَالَ‏: كُلُّ النَّاسِ أَفْقَهُ مِنْ عُمَرَ

He drank and said, ‘All the people are more understanding than Umar is’’.⁴¹⁸ (It’s not a Hadith)

قول أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام‏-: و يكثر العثار و الاعتذار منها.

The words of Amir Al-Momineenasws (in Nahj Al Balagah sermon 3)– ‘The mistakes were plenty and so were the excuses from it’.⁴¹⁹

Notes

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حديث 11 تفسير الإمام العسكري (ع): 16 و 17

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تفسير القمي: 723 بحار الأنوار: 8- 356 روضة الكافي: 160.

[←3]

Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 16 H 1

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اللَّهُ نُورُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۚ مَثَلُ نُورِهِ كَمِشْكَاةٍ فِيهَا مِصْبَاحٌ ۖ الْمِصْبَاحُ فِي زُجَاجَةٍ ۖ الزُّجَاجَةُ كَأَنَّهَا كَوْكَبٌ دُرِّيٌّ يُوقَدُ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ مُبَارَكَةٍ زَيْتُونَةٍ لَا شَرْقِيَّةٍ وَلَا غَرْبِيَّةٍ يَكَادُ زَيْتُهَا يُضِيءُ وَلَوْ لَمْ تَمْسَسْهُ نَارٌ ۚ نُورٌ عَلَىٰ نُورٍ ۗ يَهْدِي اللَّهُ لِنُورِهِ مَنْ يَشَاءُ ۚ وَيَضْرِبُ اللَّهُ الْأَمْثَالَ لِلنَّاسِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ {35}

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 16 H 2

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 17 H 1

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 17 H 2

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 17 H 3

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 18 H 1

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 18 H 2

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 18 H 3

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 18 H 4

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 18 H 5

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 18 H 6

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 18 H 7

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 18 H 8

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 18 H 9

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 18 H 10

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 18 H 11

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 18 H 12

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 18 H 13

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 19 H 1

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 19 H 2

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 19 H 3

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 19 H 4

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 19 H 5

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 19 H 6

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 19 H 7

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 19 H 8

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 19 H 9

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 19 H 10

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 19 H 11

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 19 H 12

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 19 H 13

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 19 H 14

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 19 H 15

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 19 H 16

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 19 H 17

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 19 H 18

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 1

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 2

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 3

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 4

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 5

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 6

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 7

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 8

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 9

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 10

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 11

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 12

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 13

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 14

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 15

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 16

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 17

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 18

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 19

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 20

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 21

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 22

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 23

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 24

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 25

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 26

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 27

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 28

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 29

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 30

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 31

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 32

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 33

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 34

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 35

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 36

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 37

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 38

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 39

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 40

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 41

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 42

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Bihar Al Anwaar – V 30, The book of Fitna (Strife) And Ordeals, Ch 20 H 43

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