كتاب سليم بن قيس الهلالي
THE BOOK OF
SULAYM BIN QAYS AL-HILALI
Part 3 out of 3
أول مصنف عقائدي حديثي تاريخي وصل إلينا من القرن الأول
The first compilation of ideological historical Hadith that has reached to us from the first century
تأليف
Written by
التابعي الكبير سليم بن قيس الهلالي
The great follower Sulaym Bin Qays Al-Hilali
(2 قبل الهجرة – 76 هجرية)
2 BH to 76 AH
من خواص أصحاب الإمام أمير المؤمنين والإمامين الحسنين والإمام زين العابدين والإمام الباقر عليهم السلام
One of the special companions of the Imam Amir-ul-Momineen-asws, and the two Imams Al-Hasanayn-asws, and the Imam Zayn Al-Abidieen-asws, and the Imam Al-Baqir-asws
تحقيق
Researcher
محمد باقر الأنصاري الزنجاني
Mohammed Baqir Al-Ansary Al-Zanjany
HADITH 39
(39) غدير خم
GHADEER KHUMM
أبو سعيد الخدري يروي بيعة الغدير
أبان بن أبي عياش عن سليم، قال: سمعت أبا سعيد الخدري يقول: إن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله دعا الناس بغدير خم، فأمر بما كان تحت الشجرة من الشوك فقم، وكان ذلك يوم الخميس.
Abu Saeed Al-Khudry reports the allegiance of Ghadeer
Abaan Bin Abu Ayyash, from Sulaym who said, ‘I heard Abu Saeed Al-Khudry saying that, ‘The Rasool Allah-saww called the people at Ghadeer Khumm. So he-saww ordered to have the thorns cleared from under the tree, and that was on the day of Thursday.
ثم دعا الناس إليه وأخذ بضبع علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام فرفعها حتى نظرت إلى بياض إبط رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله فقال: (من كنت مولاه فعلي مولاه، اللهم وال من والاه، وعاد من عاداه، وانصر من نصره، واخذل من خذله).
Then he-saww called the people over to himself-saww and took the arms of Ali-asws and raised them until I saw the whiteness of the armpit of the Rasool Allah-saww. So he-saww said: ‘The one whose ‘Mola’ Master I-saww was, so Ali-asws is his ‘Mola’ Master. Our Allah-azwj, Befriend the one who befriends him-asws, and be Inimical towards the one who is inimical to him-asws, and Help the one who helps him-asws and Abandon the one who abandons him-asws’.
قال أبو سعيد: فلم ينزل عن المنبر حتى نزلت هذه الآية: (اليوم أكملت لكم دينكم وأتممت عليكم نعمتي ورضيت لكم الإسلام دينا).فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: الله أكبر على إكمال الدين وإتمام النعمة ورضى الرب برسالتي وبولاية علي من بعدي.
Abu Saeed said, ‘He did not come down from the Pulpit until this Verse was Revealed: “[5:3] This day have I perfected for you your religion and completed My favor on you and chosen for you Islam as a religion”. So the Rasool Allah-saww said: ‘Allah-azwj is Great, for having Perfected the Religion, and Completed the Favour and the Lord-azwj is Pleased by my-saww Messegership, and by the Wilayah of Ali-asws from after me-saww’.
شعر حسان في غدير خم بشهادة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله
فقال حسان بن ثابت: يا رسول الله، ائذن لي لأقول في علي عليه السلام أبياتا. فقال صلى الله عليه وآله: قل على بركة الله. فقال حسان: يا مشيخة قريش، اسمعوا قولي بشهادة من رسول الله.
Poem of Hasaan regarding Ghadeer Khumm by the testimony of the Rasool Allah-saww
So Hasaan Bin Thabit said, ‘O Rasool Allah-saww, permit me to speak regarding Ali-asws some verses. The Rasool Allah-saww said: ‘Speak, on the Blessing of Allah-saww’. Hasaan said, ‘O Sheikhdom of Qureish, listen to my words with testimony from the Rasool Allah-saww’.
ثم أنشأ يقول: ألم تعلموا أن النبي محمدا * لدى دوح خم حين قام مناديا وقد جاء جبريل من عند ربه * بأنك معصوم فلا تك وانيا وبلغهم ما أنزل الله ربهم وإن * أنت لم تفعل وحاذرت باغيا عليك فما بلغتهم عن إلههم * رسالته إن كنت تخشى الأعاديا
Then he started saying (a poem), ‘Do you know that the Prophet Muhammad-asws stood up and called the people at Khumm, and Jibraeel-as had come from the presence of his-saww Lord-azwj. You-saww are infallible and they are not, so preach to them instantly of what has Descended from Allah-azwj, their Lord-azwj. (If) you-saww do not do it due to danger from those who rebel against you-saww, so you-saww have not preached anything from their Lord-azwj, of His-azwj Message if you-saww were afraid of the enemies.
فقام به إذ ذاك رافع كفه * بيمنى يديه معلن الصوت عاليا فقال لهم: من كنت مولاه منكم * وكان لقولي حافظا ليس ناسيا فمولاه من بعدي علي وإنني * به لكم دون البرية راضيا فيا رب من والى عليا فواله * وكن للذي عادى عليا معاديا ويا رب فانصر ناصريه لنصرهم * إمام الهدى كالبدر يجلو الدياجيا ويا رب فاخذل خاذليه وكن لهم * إذا وقفوا يوم الحساب مكافيا نقل لنا
So he-saww stood with it having raised his-asws wrist by his-saww right hand announcing in a high voice. So he-saww said to them: ‘The one whose ‘Mola’ Master I-saww was from among you, so remember my-saww words and don’t forget them, so his ‘Mola’ Master after me-saww is Ali-asws, and I-saww am, by it, free from it and am pleased.
O Lord-azwj, the one who befriends Ali-asws, so Befriend him, and the one who is an enemy to Ali-asws, so be an Enemy to him. And O Lord-azwj, Help the one who is a helper to him-asws, the Imam-asws who guides like the full moon in the darkness. And O Lord-azwj, Abandon the one who abandons him-asws, and for them, when they are stopped on the Day of Reckoning, move (away from) us’.
اعتراض أبي بكر وعمر في الغدير
قام رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله في وقت الظهيرة وأمر بنصب خيمة وأمر عليا عليه السلام أن يدخل فيها، وأول من أمرهم رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله هما أبو بكر وعمر.
Objections of Abu Bakr and Umar in Al-Ghadeer
The Rasool Allah-saww stood up during the time of midday, and ordered for a tent to be set up, and ordered Ali-asws to enter inside it, and the first ones that the Rasool Allah-saww ordered were Abu Bakr and Umar.
فلم يقوما إلا بعد ما سألا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: هل من أمر الله هذه البيعة؟ فأجابهما: نعم، من أمر الله جل وعلا، واعلما أن من نقض هذه البيعة كافر ومن لم يطع عليا كافر، فإن قول علي قولي وأمره أمري. فمن خالف قول علي وأمره فقد خالفني.
Both of them did not stand up until after they asked the Rasool Allah-saww, ‘Is the Order for this allegiance from Allah-azwj’. So he-saww replied to them both: ‘Yes, from the Orders of Allah-azwj Majestic and High, and both of you should know that the one who breaks this allegiance is ‘Kafir’ (an infidel), for the words of Ali-asws are my-saww words, and his-asws command is my-saww command. So the one who opposes the words of Ali-asws, he has opposed me-saww’.
وبعد ما أكد عليهم هذا الكلام أمرهم بالإسراع في البيعة. فقاما ودخلا على علي عليه السلام وبايعاه بإمرة المؤمنين. وقال عمر عند البيعة: بخ بخ لك يا علي، أصبحت مولاي ومولى كل مؤمن ومؤمنة.
After having emphasised this speech to the two of them, he-saww quickly ordered them for the allegiance. So they both stood up and came up to Ali-asws and paid allegiance to him-asws as ‘Amir-ul-Momineen’. And Umar said during the allegiance, ‘Congratulations, congratulations to you-asws O Ali-asws, you-asws have become my Master and the Master of every believing man and believing woman’.
ثم أمر رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله سلمان وأبا ذر بالبيعة، فقاما ولم يقولا شيئا….
Then the Rasool Allah-saww ordered Salman-ra and Abu Dharr-ra for the allegiance. So they both stood up, and did not say a thing.(but to submit)….
HADEETH 40,
(40) من خصال أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام
FROM THE SPECIALITIES OF AMIR-UL-MOMINEEN-asws
أبان عن سليم بن قيس قال: سمعت عليا عليه السلام يقول: كانت لي من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله عشر خصال ما يسرني بإحديهن ما طلعت عليه الشمس وما غربت. فقيل له: بينها لنا يا أمير المؤمنين.
Abaan from Sulaym Bin Qays, who said, ‘I heard Ali-asws saying: ‘There were for me-asws, from the Rasool Allah-saww, ten traits, I-asws am pleased with each one of them, from over what the suns rises and over what it sets’. It was said to him-asws, ‘Explain these for us, O Amir-ul-Momineen-asws’.
فقال: قال لي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: يا علي، أنت الأخ وأنت الخليل وأنت الوصي وأنت الوزير، وأنت الخليفة في الأهل والمال وفي كل غيبة أغيبها. ومنزلتك منى كمنزلتي من ربي، وأنت الخليفة في أمتي. وليك وليي وعدوك عدوي، وأنت أمير المؤمنين وسيد المسلمين من بعدي.
He-asws said, ‘The Rasool Allah-saww said to me-asws: ‘O Ali-asws, you-asws are the brother, and you-asws are the friend, and you-asws are the successor, and you-asws are the Vizier, and you-asws are the Caliph regarding the Family and the wealth, and during every absence that I-saww am absent from it. And your-asws status is like my-saww status from my-saww Lord-azwj, and you-asws are the Caliph in my-saww community. Your-asws friend is my-saww friend, and your-asws enemy is my-saww enemy, and you-asws are the Commander of the Believers (Amir-ul-Momineen) and the Chief of the Muslims, from after me-saww’.
أثر حب أهل البيت عليهم السلام في ثبات الإيمان
ثم أقبل علي عليه السلام على أصحابه فقال: يا معشر الصحابة، والله ما تقدمت على أمر إلا ما عهد إلي فيه رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله. فطوبى لمن رسخ حبنا أهل البيت في قلبه. ليكون الإيمان أثبت في قلبه من جبل أحد في مكانه، ومن لم تصر مودتنا في قلبه إنماث الإيمان في قلبه كانمياث الملح في الماء.
Impact of the love for the People-asws of the Household on the stability of faith
Then Ali-asws turned towards his-asws companions, so he-asws said: ‘O group of the companions, by Allah-azwj, I-asws did not proceed to a matter except for what the Rasool Allah-saww took an oath to me-asws with regards to it. So glad tidings be to the one who immersed our-asws love, the People-asws of the Household, in his heart. The faith will become more stable in his heart than the mountain of Ohad is in its place, and the one who does not have the effects of our-asws cordiality in his heart, the faith will dissolve in his heart like the dissolving of salt in the water.
والله ثم والله، ما ذكر في العالمين ذكر أحب إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله مني، ولا صلى القبلتين كصلاتي. صليت صبيا ولم أرهق حلما.
By Allah-azwj, and again by Allah-azwj, there is no remembrance in whole of the universe like the rememberance of mine-asws, which is more beloved to the Rasool Allah-saww, nor any Prayer to the two directions (Qiblatayn) like my-asws Prayer. I-asws Prayed when I-asws was a young boy, and it was not obligatory unto me-asws (at that young age).
وهذه فاطمة بضعة من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله تحتي، هي في زمانها كمريم بنت عمران في زمانها.
And this is about (Syeda) Fatima-asws, a Holy part of the Rasool Allah-saww, under me-asws (married to me-asws). She-asws is in her-asws era like Maryam-as the daughter of Imran-as was during her-as era.
وأقول لكم الثالثة: إن الحسن والحسين سبطا هذه الأمة، وهما من محمد كمكان العينين من الرأس، وأما أنا فكمكان اليدين من البدن، وأما فاطمة فكمكان القلب من الجسد.
And the third thing that I-asws say to you all is that Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws are the two Imams-asws (Sibta) of this community, and they both are with Muhammad-saww like the two eyes are with the head, and as for myself-asws they-asws are both like the two hands with the body, and as for (Syeda) Fatima-asws, they-asws are both like the heart (and mind) to the body.
مثلنا مثل سفينة نوح، من ركبها نجا ومن تخلف عنها غرق.
Our-asws example is the like example of the Ark of Noah-as. The one who sailed in it was saved, and the one who was left behind from it, drowned’.
HADEETH 41
(41) كلمة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله الأخيرة عن الشيعة
FINAL WORDS OF THE RASOOL ALLAH-saww ABOUT THE SHIITES
أبان عن سليم، قال: سمعت عليا عليه السلام يقول: عهد إلي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يوم توفي وقد أسندته إلى صدري وإن رأسه عند أذني، وقد أصغت المرأتان لتسمعا الكلام. فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: اللهم سد مسامعهما.
Abaan from Sulaym, who said, ‘I heard Ali-asws saying; ‘The Rasool Allah-saww took an oath from me-asws on the day he-saww passed away, and I-asws had supported him-saww by my-asws chest and that his-saww head was close to my-asws ears, and two of his-saww wives (Ayesha and Hafsa) were trying to listen to what he-saww had to say. So the Rasool Allah-saww said: ‘Our Allah-azwj, close both of their ears’.
ثم قال لي: يا علي، أرأيت قول الله تبارك وتعالى (إن الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات أولئك هم خير البرية)، أتدري من هم؟ قال: قلت: الله ورسوله أعلم. قال: فإنهم شيعتك وأنصارك، وموعدي وموعدهم الحوض يوم القيامة إذا جثت الأمم على ركبها وبدا لله تبارك وتعالى في عرض خلقه ودعا الناس إلى ما لا بد لهم منه. فيدعوك وشيعتك، فتجيئون غرا محجلين شباعا مرويين.
Then he-saww said to me-asws: ‘O Ali-asws, Do you-asws see the Statement of Allah-azwj Blessed and High: “[98:7] Those who have faith and do righteous deeds- they are the best of creatures”, do you-asws know who they are?’
I-asws said, ‘Allah-azwj and His-azwj Rasool-saww know’. He-saww said: ‘So they are your-asws Shiites and your-asws helpers, and my-saww appointment and their appointment is at the Fountain on the Day of Judgement when the community will be scattered upon its knees, and Allah-azwj Blessed and High will Begin Presenting His-azwj creatures and will Call the people to which there is no escape for them from Him-azwj. He-azwj will Call you-asws and your-asws Shiites, so you will all come with resplendent faces, well fed and quenched.
يا علي، (إن الذين كفروا من أهل الكتاب والمشركين في نار جهنم خالدين فيها أولئك هم شر البرية)، فهم اليهود وبنو أمية وشيعتهم، يبعثون يوم القيامة أشقياء جياعا عطاشى مسودة وجوههم.
O Ali-asws, “[98:6] Surely those who disbelieve from among the followers of the Book and the polytheists shall be in the fire of hell, abiding therein; they are the worst of men”, so they are the Jews, and the Clan of Umayya and their adherents. They will be resurrected on the Day of Judgement in a miserable state, hungry and thirsty, and their faces having been blackened’.
يوجد في آخر نسخ (ب) و(د) من كتاب سليم هذه الزيادة:
Taken from the end of the copy of the Book of Sulaym and this is more: –
الأمر بحفظ الكتاب حتى ظهور الحق
صن هذا الكتاب يا جابر، فالملك لبني العباس حتى يختم بعباد الله ذو العين الآخرة ويظهر ناد بالحجاز ويخرب جامع الكوفة وما شيده الثاني بالفرات. وإذا هلك ملك الترك تميد لسان الشام ويكثر الملوك ويظهر الحق والحمد لله.
The order to preserve the book until the appearance of the truth
‘Keep this book, O Jabir, until Allah-azwj Brings to an end the kingdom of the Clan of Abbas by the servants of Allah-azwj with an eye on the Hereafter, and the Call appears in the Hejaaz, and all of Al-Kufa is damaged, and what was erected by the second one (Umar) at Al-Furaat. And when the kingdom of Turkey is destroyed and the tongues of Syrians sway, and the kingdoms are broken, and the truth appears, and Praise be to Allah-azwj’.
HADEETH 42
(42)* 1 * احتجاجات عبد الله بن جعفر على معاوية
ARGUMENTATION OF ABDULLAH BIN JA’FAR AGAINST MUAWIYA
أبان عن سليم، قال: حدثني عبد الله بن جعفر بن أبي طالب قال: كنت عند معاوية ومعنا الحسن والحسين وعنده عبد الله بن العباس والفضل بن العباس. فالتفت إلي معاوية فقال: يا عبد الله بن جعفر، ما أشد تعظيمك للحسن والحسين والله ما هما بخير منك ولا أبوهما خير من أبيك، ولولا أن فاطمة بنت رسول الله أمهما لقلت: ما أمك أسماء بنت عميس دونها
1 – Abaan from Sulaym who said, ‘Abdullah Bin Ja’far Bin Abu Talib narrated to me saying, ‘I was in the presence of Muawiya and with us were Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws and with him were Abdullah Bin Abbas and Al-Fazl Bin Al-Abbas. Muawiya turned towards me and said, ‘O Abdullah Bin Ja’far, your glorification of Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws is intensely great. By Allah-azwj, neither are they-asws better than you, nor is their-asws father better than your father, and had not (Syeda) Fatima-asws daughter of the Rasool Allah-saww not been their-asws mother, I would have said that your mother Asma’a Bint Umays is not lesser than her-asws’.
فغضبت من مقالته وأخذني ما لم أملك معه نفسي، فقلت: والله إنك لقليل المعرفة بهما وبأبيهما وبأمهما. بل والله لهما خير مني ولأبوهما خير من أبي ولأمهما خير من أمي. يا معاوية، إنك لغافل عما سمعته أنا من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يقول فيهما وفي أبيهما وفي أمهما، قد حفظته ووعيته ورويته.
So I got overcome by anger from what he said and lost control of myself, so I said, ‘By Allah-azwj, you have very little understanding of them both-asws and their-asws father-asws. But, by Allah-azwj, they-asws are both better than me, and their-asws father-asws is better than my father, and their-asws mother is better than my mother. O Muawiya, you are oblivious of what I heard from the Rasool Allah-saww saying regarding them-asws both, and regarding their-asws father-asws, and regarding their-asws mother-asws. I have memorised it, and deliberated upon it, and reported it’.
قال معاوية: هات ما سمعت – وفي مجلسه الحسن والحسين وعبد الله بن عباس والفضل بن عباس وابن أبي لهب – فوالله ما أنت بكذاب ولا متهم. فقلت: إنه أعظم مما في نفسك. قال: وإن كان أعظم من أحد وحراء جميعا، فلست أبالي إذا لم يكن في المجلس أحد من أهل الشام وإذ قتل الله صاحبك وفرق جمعكم وصار الأمر في أهله ومعدنه فحدثنا فإنا لا نبالي ما قلتم ولا ما ادعيتم.
Muawiya said, ‘Tell me what you have heard’ – and in that sitting were Al-Hassan-asws, and Al-Husayn-asws, and Abdullah Bin Abbas, and Al-Fazl Bin Abbas, and a son of Abu Lahab-la – ‘for, by Allah-azwj, you are not a liar nor have you ever been accused of it’.
So I said, ‘It is greater than what you think it to be’. He said, ‘And even if it is greater than Ohad and Hira (two mountains) put together. I don’t care, for there is no one from the people of Syria in this gathering, and when Allah-azwj killed your Master-asws, and dispersed your community, He-azwj Made the command (Caliphate) to reach its rightful owner (Muawiya) and its place. So narrate to us, for we neither care about what you say, nor what allegations you make’.
بنو أمية الشجرة الملعونة في القرآن
قلت: سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله – وقد سئل عن هذه الآية: (وما جعلنا الرؤيا التي أريناك إلا فتنة للناس والشجرة الملعونة في القرآن) – فقال: (إني رأيت اثني عشر رجلا من أئمة الضلالة يصعدون منبري وينزلون، يردون أمتي على أدبارهم القهقرى. فيهم رجلان من حيين من قريش مختلفين تيم وعدي، وثلاثة من بني أمية، وسبعة من ولد الحكم بن أبي العاص). وسمعته يقول: (إن بني أبي العاص إذا بلغوا ثلاثين رجلا جعلوا كتاب الله دخلا وعباد الله خولا ومال الله دولا).
The Clan of Umayya is the accursed tree (referred to) in the Quran
I said, ‘I heard the Rasool Allah-saww – and he-saww had been asked about this Verse “[17:60] and We did not make the vision which We showed you but a triAl-for men and the cursed tree in the Quran as well” – so he-saww said: ‘I-saww saw twelve men from the imams of misguidance ascending upon my-saww Pulpit and descending, reverting my-saww community backwards upon its heels. Among them were two men from two different tribes from Qureish, Taym (Abu Bakr’s tribe) and Ady (Umar’s tribe), and three from the Clan of Umayya, and seven from the sons of Al-Hakam Bin Abu Al-A’as). And I heard him-saww saying that: ‘When the sons of Abu Al-A’as reach to thirty men, they will take the Book of Allah-azwj to deceive by it, and the servants of Allah-azwj as their followers, and the wealth of Allah-azwj for their own’.
نص رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله على الأئمة الاثني عشر عليهم السلام
يا معاوية، إني سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يقول – وهو على المنبر وأنا بين يديه وعمر بن أبي سلمة وأسامة بن زيد وسعد بن أبي وقاص وسلمان الفارسي وأبو ذر والمقداد والزبير بن العوام – وهو يقول: (ألست أولى بالمؤمنين من أنفسهم)؟ فقلنا: بلى، يا رسول الله. قال: (أليس أزواجي أمهاتكم)؟ قلنا: بلى، يا رسول الله. قال: (من كنت مولاه فعلي مولاه – وضرب بيديه على منكب علي عليه السلام – اللهم وال من والاه وعاد من عاداه).
Text of the Rasool Allah-saww of the twelve Imams-asws
O Muawiya, I heard the Rasool Allah-saww saying – and he-saww was upon the Pulpit, and I was in front of him-saww and so was Umar Bin Abu Salma, and Usama Bin Zayd, and Sa’ad Bin Abi Waqaas, and Salman Al-Farsy-ra, and Abu Dharr-ra, and Al-Miqdad-ra and Al-Zubayr Bin Al-Awaam – and he-saww said: ‘Am I-saww not higher to the believers than their own selves?’ So we said, ‘Yes, O Rasool Allah-saww’. He-saww: ‘Are not my-saww wives as your mothers?’ We said, ‘Yes, O Rasool Allah-saww’. He-saww said: ‘The one whose ‘Mola’ Master I-saww was, so Ali-asws is his ‘Mola’ Master’ – and he-saww struck his-saww hand upon the shoulder of Ali-asws – ‘Our Allah-azwj, Befriend the one who befriends him-asws and be an Enemy to the one who inimical to him-asws.
(أيها الناس، أنا أولى بالمؤمنين من أنفسهم، ليس لهم معي أمر. وعلي من بعدي أولى بالمؤمنين من أنفسهم، ليس لهم معه أمر. ثم ابني الحسن من بعد أبيه أولى بالمؤمنين من أنفسهم ليس لهم معه أمر. ثم ابني الحسين من بعد أخيه أولى بالمؤمنين من أنفسهم ليس لهم معه أمر).
O you people! I-saww am higher to the believer than their own selves, they do not have (a say) with me-saww in the command, and Ali-asws, from after me-saww is higher to the believers than their own selves, there is not for them (a say) in the command with him-asws. Then my-saww son-asws Al-Hassan-asws from after his-asws father-asws is higher to the believers than their own selves, there is not for them (a say) in the command with him-asws. Then my-saww son-asws Al-Husayn-asws from after his-asws brother-asws is higher to the believers than their own selves, there is not for them (a say) in the command with him-asws’.
إخبار رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله عن شهادة نفسه والأئمة عليهم السلام
ثم عاد صلى الله عليه وآله فقال: (أيها الناس، إذا أنا استشهدت فعلي أولى بكم من أنفسكم، فإذا استشهد علي فابني الحسن أولى بالمؤمنين منهم بأنفسهم، فإذا استشهد ابني الحسن فابني الحسين أولى بالمؤمنين منهم بأنفسهم، فإذا استشهد ابني الحسين فابني علي بن الحسين أولى بالمؤمنين منهم بأنفسهم ليس لهم معه أمر).
News of the Rasool Allah-saww of martyrdom for himself-saww and for the Imams-asws
Then the Rasool Allah-saww reiterated, so he-saww said: ‘O you people! When I-saww am martyred, so Ali-asws is higher to the believers than their own selves. When Ali-asws is martyred, so my-saww son-asws Al-Hassan-asws is higher to the believers than their own selves. When Al-Hassan-asws is martyred, so my-saww son-asws Al-Husayn-asws is higher to the believers than their own selves. When my-saww son-asws Al-Husayn-asws is martyred, so my-saww son Ali-asws Bin Al-Husayn-asws is higher to the believers than their own selves. There is not for anyone (a say) with them-asws in the command’.
ثم أقبل على علي عليه السلام فقال: (يا علي، إنك ستدركه فاقرأه عني السلام. فإذا استشهد فابنه محمد أولى بالمؤمنين منهم بأنفسهم، وستدركه أنت يا حسين فاقرأه مني السلام. ثم يكون في عقب محمد رجال واحد بعد واحد وليس لهم معهم أمر). ثم أعادها ثلاثا ثم قال: (وليس منهم أحد إلا وهو أولى بالمؤمنين منهم بأنفسهم ليس معه أمر، كلهم هادون مهتدون تسعة من ولد الحسين).
Then he-saww turned towards Ali-asws, so he-saww said: ‘O Ali-asws, you-asws will be seeing him-asws, so convey my-saww greetings to him-asws. When he-asws is martyred, so his-asws son Muhammad-asws is higher to the believers than their own selves, and you-asws will be seeing him-asws, O Husayn-asws, so convey my-saww greetings to him-asws. Then there will be from the posterity of Muhammad-asws, one man-asws after another-asws, and there will not be for anyone (a say) in the command with them-asws’. Then he-saww reiterated it for a third time, then said: ‘And there is none from among them-asws except that he-asws is higher to the believers than their own selves, and there is not for anyone (a say) in the command with them-asws. All of them-asws are guides and guided ones, nine from the sons-asws of Al-Husayn-asws’.
فقام إليه علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام وهو يبكي، فقال: بأبي أنت وأمي يا نبي الله، أتقتل ؟ قال: (نعم، أهلك شهيدا بالسم، وتقتل أنت بالسيف وتخضب لحيتك من دم رأسك، ويقتل ابني الحسن بالسم، ويقتل ابني الحسين بالسيف، يقتله طاغي بن طاغي، دعي بن دعي، منافق بن منافق.
Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws stood up, and he-asws was weeping, and said: ‘May my-asws mother-as, and my-asws father-as be sacrificed for you-saww, O Prophet-saww of Allah-azwj, will you-saww be martyred?’ He-saww said: ‘Yes, I-saww will be made a martyr by being poisoned, and you-asws will be killed by the sword and your-asws beard will be dyed from the blood of your-asws head, and my-saww son Al-Hassan-asws will be killed by the poison, and my-saww son-asws Al-Husayn-asws will be killed by the sword, and he-asws will be killed by a tyrant son of a tyrant, one whose lineage is in doubt (Da’iy) son of one whose lineage is in doubt (Da’iy), a hypocrite son of a hypocrite’.
هلاك أبي بكر وعمر وعثمان بتقرير معاوية
فقال معاوية: يابن جعفر، لقد تكلمت بعظيم ولئن كان ما تقول حقا لقد هلكت وهلك الثلاثة قبلي وجميع من تولاهم من هذه الامة، ولقد هلكت أمة محمد وأصحاب محمد من المهاجرين والأنصار غيركم أهل البيت وأوليائكم وأنصاركم.
Destruction of Abu Bakr, and Umar and Usmaan by the report of Muawiya
So Muawiya said, ‘O Ibn Ja’far, you have said a great saying, and if what you have said is true, then I am destroyed, and so have the three before me, and all the ones who befriended them from this community, and the community of Muhammad-saww is destroyed, and the companions of Muhammad-saww from the Emigrants and the Helpers, apart from you all, the People-asws of the Household and your-asws friends, and your-asws helpers’.
فقلت: والله إن الذي قلت حق سمعته من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله. فقال معاوية: يا حسن ويا حسين ويابن عباس، ما يقول ابن جعفر ؟ فقال ابن عباس: إن لا تؤمن بالذي قال فأرسل إلى الذين سماهم فاسألهم عن ذلك.
So I said, ‘By Allah-azwj, this is the truth which I heard from the Rasool Allah-saww’. Muawiya said, ‘O Hassan-asws, and O Husayn-asws, and O Ibn Abbas, what is Ibn Ja’far saying?’ Ibn Abbas said, ‘If you do not believe what he said, send a message to the ones who have been named (who listened to the Holy Prophet-saww at that time), so ask them about that’.
فأرسل معاوية إلى عمر بن أبي سلمة وإلى أسامة بن زيد فسألهما، فشهدا أن الذي قال عبد الله بن جعفر قد سمعناه من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله كما سمعه. وكان هذا بالمدينة أول سنة جمعت الامة على معاوية.
So Muawiya sent a message to Umar Bin Abu Salma, and to Usama Bin Zayd, so he asked them both. They both testified that what Abdullah Bin Ja’far had said, they had heard it from the Rasool Allah-saww, just as he had heard it. And this was in Al-Medina, in the first year that the community had gathered to Muawiya (his rule).
قال سليم: وسمعت ابن جعفر يحدث بهذا الحديث في زمان عمر بن الخطاب.
Sulaym said, ‘And I heard Ibn Ja’far narrate this Hadeeth during the era of Umar Bin Al-Khattab’.
الحجج المعصومين الأربعة عشر عليهم السلام
فقال معاوية: يابن جعفر، قد سمعناه في الحسن والحسين وفي أبيهما، فما سمعت في أمهما ؟ – ومعاوية كالمستهزء والمنكر -. فقلت: بلى، قد سمعت من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يقول: (ليس في جنة عدن منزل أشرف ولا أفضل ولا أقرب إلى عرش ربي من منزلي. نحن فيه أربعة عشر انسانا، أنا وأخي علي وهو خيرهم وأحبهم إلي، وفاطمة وهي سيدة نساء أهل الجنة، والحسن والحسين وتسعة أئمة من ولد الحسين.
The proof that the Infallibles-asws are fourteen
Muawiya said, ‘O Ibn Ja’far, you have made us to listen regarding Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws and the father-asws of these two-asws, so what have you heard regarding the mother-asws of these two-asws?’ – and Muawiya was like mocking and denying – so I said, ‘Yes, I have heard from the Rasool Allah-saww saying, ‘There isn’t in the Paradise any dwelling which is more prestigious, and more higher, and more closer to the Throne of my-saww Lord-azwj than my-saww dwelling. We-asws will be in it, fourteen human beings. I-saww, and my-saww brother-asws Ali-asws, and he-asws is better than them-asws and more beloved to me-saww than them-asws; and (Syeda) Fatima-asws, and she-asws is the Chieftess of the women of the Paradise; and Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws, and nine Imams-asws from the sons-asws of Al-Husayn-asws.
فنحن فيه أربعة عشر إنسانا في منزل واحد أذهب الله عنا الرجس وطهرنا تطهيرا، هداة مهديين. أنا المبلغ عن الله وهم المبلغون عني وعن الله عز وجل. وهم حجج الله تبارك وتعالى على خلقه وشهدائه في أرضه وخزانه على علمه ومعادن حكمه. من أطاعهم أطاع الله ومن عصاهم عصى الله.
So we-asws will be fourteen human beings in one dwelling. Allah-azwj has Kept away from us-asws the impurities, and has Purified us with a thorough Purification, (we are the) guides and the guided ones. I-saww am the preacher from Allah-azwj, and they-asws are the preachers from me-saww and from Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic. And they-asws are the Proofs of Allah-azwj Blessed and High, over His-azwj creatures, and are His-azwj Witnesses in His-azwj earth, and His-azwj Treasurers for His-azwj Knowledge, and the mines of His-azwj Wisdom. The one who obeys them has obeyed Allah-azwj, and the one who disobeys them-asws has disobeyed Allah-azwj.
لا تبقى الأرض طرفة عين إلا ببقائهم، ولا تصلح الأرض إلا بهم. يخبرون الامة بأمر دينهم وبحلالهم وحرامهم. يدلونهم على رضى ربهم وينهونهم عن سخطه بأمر واحد ونهي واحد، ليس فيهم اختلاف ولا فرقة ولا تنازع.
The earth will not remain without them-asws even for the blink of an eye, and the earth will not be in a stable state except by them-asws. They-asws will be informing the community of the matters of their Religion, and what is Permissible for them and what is Prohibited for them. They-asws will be giving proofs of that which Pleases their Lord-azwj and they-asws will be preventing them from that which Displeases Him-azwj, by all of them-asws issuing the same commands and same prohibitions. There will neither be any differences among them-asws, nor any branches within them-asws,nor any conflicts.
يأخذ آخرهم عن أولهم إملائي وخط أخي علي بيده، يتوارثونه إلى يوم القيامة. أهل الأرض كلهم في غمرة وغفلة وتيه وحيرة غيرهم وغير شيعتهم وأوليائهم. لا يحتاجون إلى أحد من الامة في شيئ من أمر دينهم، والامة تحتاج إليهم. وهم الذين عنى الله في كتابه وقرن طاعتهم بطاعته وطاعة رسوله فقال: (أطيعوا الله وأطيعوا الرسول واولى الأمر منكم).
The last of them-asws will take from the first of them-asws, my-saww dictation put into writing by the hand of Ali-asws by his-asws hand, which they-asws will be inheriting it up to the Day of Judgement. The people of the earth will all be engulfed in negligence, and wanderings and confusion. They-asws will not be needy of anyone from the community with regards to anything from the commands of their Religion, and the community will be needy of them-asws. And they-asws are the ones whom Allah-azwj has Meant by in His-azwj Book, and joined obedience to them-asws as being obedience to Him-azwj and the obedience to His-azwj Messenger-saww. So He-azwj Said: “[Shakir 4:59] O you who believe! obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority from among you.”
قال: فأقبل معاوية على الحسن والحسين وابن عباس والفضل بن عباس وعمر بن أبي سلمة وأسامة بن زيد، فقال: كلكم على ما قال ابن جعفر ؟ فقالوا: نعم. قال: يا بني عبد المطلب، إنكم لتدعون أمرا عظيما وتحتجون بحجج قوية إن كانت حقا. وإنكم لتضمرون على أمر تسرونه والناس عنه في غفلة عمياء. ولئن كان ما تقولون حقا لقد هلكت الامة وارتدت عن دينها وتركت عهد نبينا غيركم أهل البيت ومن قال بقولكم فاولئك في الناس قليل.
(Sulaym) said, ‘Muawiya turned towards Al-Hassan-asws, and Al-Husayn-asws, and Ibn Abbas, and Al-Fazl Bin Abbas, and Umar Bin Abu Salma, and Usama Bin Zayd, so he said, ‘Are you all (agreed) upon what Ibn Ja’far said?’ They said, ‘Yes’.
He (Muawiya) said, ‘O sons of Abdul Muttalib, you are all calling to a great matter, and you are arguing by strong arguments, if it is true. And you are all harbouring a matter which you should veil it, as the people are, with regards to it, unaware of it and in (total) blindness. And if what you all are saying is true, the community has been destroyed, and has reneged (become Murtad) from its Religion, and has abandoned the oath of our Prophet-saww, apart from yourselves, the People-asws of the Household, and the ones who say what you all are saying, for these ones are very few among the people’.
* 2 * احتجاجات ابن عباس على معاوية
فأقبل ابن عباس على معاوية فقال: قال الله عز وجل في كتابه: (وقليل من عبادي الشكور) ، ويقول: (وما أكثر الناس ولو حرصت بمؤمنين)، ويقول: (إلا الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات وقليل ما هم) ، ويقول لنوح: (وما آمن معه إلا قليل). وتعجب من ذلك يا معاوية ؟ وأعجب من أمرنا أمر بني إسرائيل. إن السحرة قالوا لفرعون: (اقض ما انت قاض إنما تقضي هذه الحياة الدنيا إنا آمنا برب العالمين). فآمنوا بموسى وصدقوه واتبعوه.
2 – Argumentations of Ibn Abbas against Muawiya
Ibn Abbas turned towards Muawiya. He said, ‘Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic has Said in His-azwj Book “[34:13] and very few of My servants are grateful.”, and He-azwj Said “[12:103] And most men will not believe though you desire it eagerly”, and He-azwj Said “[38:24] except those who believe and do good, and very few are they”, and He-azwj Said for Noah-as “[11:40] And but a few were they who believed with him.”. And are you surprised from that, O Muawiya?’
And stranger than our affair is the affair of the Children of Israel. The magicians said to Pharaoh-la “[20:72] They said: We do not prefer you to what has come to us of clear arguments and to He Who made us, therefore decide what you are going to decide; you can only decide about this world’s life”. So they believed in Musa-as and ratified him-as and followed him-as.
فسار بهم وبمن تبعه من بني إسرائيل فأقطعهم البحر وأراهم الأعاجيب وهم يصدقون به وبالتوراة يقرون له بدينه، فمر بهم على قوم يعبدون أصناما لهم، فقالوا: (يا موسى اجعل لنا إلها كما لهم آلهة) ، ثم اتخذوا العجل فعكفوا عليه جميعا غير هارون وأهل بيته، وقال لهم السامري: (هذا إلهكم وإله موسى)، ثم قال لهم بعد ذلك: (ادخلوا الأرض المقدسة التي كتب الله لكم).
So, he-as left with them, and with the ones who followed him-as from the Children of Israel. He-saww split the sea for them and showed them wonders, and they ratified him-as and the Torah, and accepted his-as Religion. So he-as passed with them by a people who were worshipping the idols that they had with them. So they said, “[7:138] O Musa! make for us a god as they have (their) gods”, so they devoted themselves to these apart from Haroun-as and the People of his-as Household, and Samiri-la said to them “[20:88] This is your god and the god of Musa”, then he-as said to them after that “[5:21] O my people! enter the holy land which Allah has prescribed for you”.
فكان من جوابهم ما قص الله في كتابه: (إن فيها قوما جبارين وإنا لن ندخلها حتى يخرجوا منها، فإن يخرجوا منها فإنا داخلون)، حتى قال موسى: (رب إني لا املك إلا نفسي وأخي فافرق بيننا وبين القوم الفاسقين)، ثم قال: (فلا تأس على القوم الفاسقين). فاحتذت هذه الامة ذلك المثال سواء.
From their answers is what story Allah-azwj has in His-azwj Book: “[5:22] They said: O Musa! surely there is a strong race in it, and we will on no account enter it until they go out from it, so if they go out from it, then surely we will enter”, to the extent that Musa-as said: “[5:25] He said: My Lord! Surely, I have no control (upon any) but my own self and my brother; therefore make a separation between us and the nation of transgressors.”, then He-azwj Said: therefore do not grieve for the nation of transgressors” “[5:26].So this community followed that example exactly.
وقد كانت لهم فضائل وسوابق مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله ومنازل منه قريبة، ومقرين بدين محمد والقرآن حتى فارقهم نبيهم فاختلفوا وتفرقوا وتحاسدوا وخالفوا إمامهم ووليهم حتى لم يبق منهم على ما عاهدوا عليه نبيهم غير صاحبنا الذي هو من نبينا بمنزلة هارون من موسى ونفر قليل لقوا الله عزوجل على دينهم وايمانهم، ورجع الاخرون القهقرى على أدبارهم، كما فعل أصحاب موسى عليه السلام باتخاذهم العجل وعبادتهم إياه وزعمهم أنه ربهم وإجماعهم عليه غير هارون وولده ونفر قليل من أهل بيته.
And there are for them-asws virtues and precedents with the Rasool Allah-saww and status of being near him-saww, and they had accepted the Religion of Muhammad-saww and the Quran until they were separated from their Prophet-saww. So they differed, and separated, and were envious of and opposed to their Imams-asws and their-asws friends until there did not remain from them upon what their Prophet-saww had covenanted with them apart from our Master-asws who was of the status from him-saww which Haroun-as had with Musa-as, and a very small number who met Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic whilst being upon their-asws Religion and having believed in them-asws, and the others returned, having turned backwards upon their heels, just as the companions of Musa-as had done by taking to the calf and their worshipping it, and they were alleging that this was their Lord-azwj, they had gathered to it apart from Haroun-as, and his-as children, and a very small number from the people of his-as Household.
ونبينا صلى الله عليه وآله قد نصب لامته أفضل الناس وأولاهم وخيرهم بغدير خم وفي غير موطن. واحتج عليهم به وأمرهم بطاعته، وأخبرهم أنه منه بمنزلة هارون من موسى، وأنه ولي كل مؤمن بعده، وأن كل من كان هو وليه فعلي وليه ومن كان هو أولى به من نفسه فعلي أولى به من نفسه، وأنه خليفته فيهم ووصيه، وأن من أطاعه أطاع الله ومن عصاه عصى الله ومن والاه والى الله ومن عاداه عادى الله. فأنكروه وجهلوه وتولوا غيره.
And our Prophet-saww had nominated for the community, the most preferable of the people, and the highest of them, and the best of them at Ghadeer Khumm and at another place. And he-saww argued against them by him-asws and ordered to be obedient to him-asws, and informed them and he-asws is from him-saww of the status which Haroun-as had from Musa-as, and he-asws is the Guardian of every believer after him-saww, and that the one whose Guardian he-saww was, so Ali-asws is his Guardian, and the one to whom he-saww was higher to than this own self, so Ali-asws is higher to him than his own self, and that he-asws is his-as Caliph among them and his-saww successor-asws, and that the one who obeys him-asws has obeyed Allah-azwj, and the one who disobeys him-asws has disobeyed Allah-azwj, and the one who befriends him‑asws will be befriended by Allah-azwj, and the one who is an enemy to him-asws, Allah-azwj will be an Enemy to him. So, they denied him-asws, and were ignorant, and turned away to others’.
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله لم يرض بانتخاب الناس في الخلافة
يا معاوية، أما علمت أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله حين بعث إلى مؤتة أمر عليهم جعفر بن أبي طالب، ثم قال: (إن هلك جعفر بن أبي طالب فزيد بن حارثة، فإن هلك زيد فعبدالله بن رواحة)، ولم يرض لهم أن يختاروا لأنفسهم، أفكان يترك أمته لا يبين لهم خليفته فيهم ؟ بلى والله، ما تركهم في عمياء ولا شبهة، بل ركب القوم ما ركبوا بعد البينة وكذبوا على رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله فهلكوا وهلك من شايعهم وضلوا وضل من تابعهم، فبعدا للقوم الظالمين. فقال معاوية: يابن عباس، إنك لتتفوه بعظيم، والاجتماع عندنا خير من الاختلاف، وقد علمت أن الامة لم تستقم على صاحبك.
The Rasool Allah-saww was not happy with the selection of the people regarding the Caliphate
O Muawiya, do you know that when the Rasool Allah-saww sent (an army) to Mu’ta, ordered their commander to be Ja’far-as Bin Abu Talib-as, then said: ‘If Ja’far-as Bin Abu Talib-as dies, so it will be Zayd Bin Harisa, and if Zayd dies, so it will be Abdullah Bin Rawaahat’, and he-saww was not happy for them to chose for themselves, so how can he-saww leave the community without having explained to them who their Caliph would be? Yes, by Allah-azwj, he-saww did not leave them in darkness or in confusion, but the people rode upon what they rode upon after the proof, and they lied against the Rasool Allah-saww.
So, they perished, and the ones who followed them also perished, and they went astray and the one who followed them went astray, so the unjust people became remote’. Muawiya said, ‘O Ibn Abbas, you are uttering great things, and getting together with us would be better than the differing, and you know that the community was not steadfast with your Master-asws’.
فقال ابن عباس: إني سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يقول: (ما اختلف أمة بعد نبيها إلا ظهر أهل باطلها على أهل حقها)، وإن هذه الامة اجتمعت على أمور كثيرة ليس بينها اختلاف ولا منازعة ولا فرقة: شهادة أن لا إله إلا الله وأن محمدا رسول الله والصلوات الخمس والزكاة المفروضة وصوم شهر رمضان وحج البيت وأشياء كثيرة من طاعة الله، واجتمعوا على تحريم الخمر والزنا والسرقة وقطع الأرحام والكذب والخيانة وأشياء كثيرة من معاصي الله.
Ibn Abbas said, ‘I heard the Rasool Allah-saww say: ‘No community has differed after its Prophet-as except that its people of falsehood overcame its people of truth’, and this community is united upon many matters in which there are no differences among them, nor any dispute or sects – testifying that there is no god but Allah-azwj and that Muhammad-saww is the Rasool Allah-saww, and the five Prayers, and the Zakaat, and the obligations, and Fasting in the Month of Ramadhan, and Pilgrimage of the House, and many things from the obedience to Allah-azwj, and they are united upon the prohibition of the intoxicants, and the adultery, and the theft, and cutting off of relationships, and the lies, and the betrayal, and many things from the disobedience to Allah-azwj.
واختلفت في شيئين: أحدهما اقتتلت عليه وتفرقت فيه وصارت فرقا يلعن بعضها بعضا ويبرء بعضها من بعض، والثاني لم تقتتل عليه ولم تتفرق فيه ووسع بعضهم فيه لبعض وهو كتاب الله وسنة نبيه، وما يحدث زعمت أنه ليس في كتاب الله ولا سنة نبيه.
And they have differed in two different ways: On the first, they killed each other over it, and separated into sects with regards to it and they became so that some of them cursed some others and kept away from them; whereas on the second, they did not kill each other over it, and did not separate with regards to it, and some of them gave leeway to some others with regards to it, and this is the Book of Allah-azwj and the Sunnah of His-azwj Prophet-saww, and what events were newly occurring, they thought that these are neither in the Book of Allah-azwj nor in the Sunnah of His-azwj Prophet‑saww.
وأما الذي اختلفت فيه وتفرقت وتبرأت بعضها من بعض فالملك والخلافة زعمت أنها أحق بهما من أهل بيت نبي الله صلى الله عليه وآله. فمن أخذ بما ليس فيه بين أهل القبلة اختلاف ورد علم ما اختلفوا فيه إلى الله فقد سلم ونجا من النار ولم يسأله الله عما أشكل عليه من الخصلتين اللتين اختلفت فيهما. ومن وفقه الله ومن عليه ونور قلبه وعرفه ولاة الأمر ومعدن العلم أين هو، فعرف ذلك كان سعيدا ولله وليا. وكان نبي الله صلى الله عليه وآله يقول: (رحم الله عبدا قال حقا فغنم، أو سكت فسلم).
And as for that which they differed with regards to it, and separated for it, and some of them kept away from some others, so it is the kingdom and the Caliphate. They thought that they are more deserving of these two than the People-asws of the Household of the Prophet-saww of Allah-azwj.
So, the one who took to that in which there were no differences in between the people of the Qiblah, and referred that in which there were differences, to Allah-azwj, so he remained safe and was saved from the Fire, and Allah-azwj will not Question him on what was difficult for him from the two differing variations.
And the one who was Reconciled by Allah-azwj, and his heart was Enlightened and he recognised the Wali-ul-Amr and the mines of the knowledge as to who they-asws were, so by understanding that he will be happy and Befriended by Allah-azwj. And the Rasool Allah-saww used to say: ‘May Allah-azwj has Mercy upon the servant who spoke the truth, or kept quiet, so he is safe’.
جميع العلم عند أهل البيت عليهم السلام
فالأئمة من أهل بيت النبوة ومعدن الرسالة ومنزل الكتاب ومهبط الوحي ومختلف الملائكة، لا تصلح إلا فيها لأن الله خصها وجعلها أهلا في كتابه وعلى لسان نبيه صلى الله عليه وآله. فالعلم فيهم وهم أهله، وهو عندهم كله بحذافيره، باطنه وظاهره ومحكمه ومتشابهه وناسخه ومنسوخه.
All of the knowledge is with the People-asws of the Household
So, the Imams-asws of the People-asws of the Household of the Prophet-saww are the Mines of the Message, and the Place of the Book, and the landing Pad of the Revelation, and the interchange of the Angels, and it is not appropriate for it to be anywhere except among them, because Allah-azwj has Specialised them-asws and Made them-asws to be its rightful ones (Ahl) in His-azwj Book and by the tongue of His‑azwj Prophet-saww.
So, the Knowledge is within them-asws and they-asws are its rightful ones (Ahl), and all of it is with them-asws in its entirety – its Hidden, and its Apparent, and its Decisive, and its Allegorical, and its Abrogating, and its Abrogated.
جمع وحفظ القرآن
يا معاوية، إن عمر بن الخطاب أرسلني في إمارته إلى علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام: (إني أريد أن أكتب القرآن في مصحف، فابعث إلينا ما كتبت من القرآن). فقال عليه السلام: تضرب والله عنقي قبل أن تصل إليه. فقلت: ولم ؟ قال عليه السلام: لأن الله يقول: (لا يمسه إلا المطهرون)، يعني لا يناله كله إلا المطهرون. إيانا عنى، نحن الذين أذهب الله عنا الرجس وطهرنا تطهيرا.
Collection and Preservation of the Quran
O Muawiya, Umar Bin Al-Khattab, during his rule, sent me with a message to Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws saying, ‘I intend to write the Quran in the form of a Book, so send to us what you-asws have written from the Quran’. So he-asws said: ‘By Allah-azwj, you will have to strike my-asws neck before it arrives to you’. I said, ‘And why?’ He-asws said: ‘Because Allah-azwj has Said: “[56:79] None shall touch it save the purified ones”, meaning all of it will not be taken except the Purified ones-asws. It means us‑asws, we-asws are the ones from whom Allah-azwj has Kept away the impurities, and Purified us-asws with a thorough Purifying.
وقال: (وأورثنا الكتاب الذين اصطفينا من عبادنا)، فنحن الذين اصطفانا الله من عباده ونحن صفوة الله ولنا ضربت الأمثال وعلينا نزل الوحي. قال: فغضب عمر وقال: إن ابن أبي طالب يحسب أنه ليس عند أحد علم غيره فمن كان يقرأ من القرآن شيئا فليأتنا به فكان إذا جاء رجل بقرآن فقرأه ومعه آخر كتبه، وإلا لم يكتبه. فمن قال – يا معاوية – إنه ضاع من القرآن شيئ فقد كذب، هو عند أهله مجموع محفوظ.
And Said: “[35:32] Then We gave the Book for an inheritance to those whom We chose from among Our servants”, so we-asws are the ones whom Allah-azwj has Chosen from His-azwj servants, and we-asws are the elites of Allah-azwj, and for us-asws examples have been struck and to upon us-asws is the Descent of the Revelation’. So Umar got angry and said, ‘The son-asws of Abu Talib-as thinks that there is no one who has knowledge apart from himself-asws, so the one who has read anything from the Quran, he should come to us with it’.
So, if a man came with the (part of) Quran and read it out, and he had another person with him, so he (Umar) had it written, otherwise he did not have it written. So the one who says – O Muawiya – that something has been wasted from the Quran, so he has lied, for it is in the possession of its rightful ones-asws (Ahl), collected and preserved’.
أول إعلان رسمي عن إعمال الرأى في دين الله
ثم أمر عمر قضاته وولاته فقال: (إجتهدوا رأيكم واتبعوا ما ترون أنه الحق) فلم يزل هو وبعض ولاته وقد وقعوا في عظيمة، فكان علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام يخبرهم بما يحتج به عليهم. وكان عماله وقضاته يحكمون في شيئ واحد بقضايا مختلفة فيجيزها لهم، لأن الله لم يؤته الحكمة وفصل الخطاب. وزعم كل صنف من أهل القبلة أنهم معدن العلم والخلافة دونهم فبالله نستعين على من جحدهم حقهم وسن للناس ما يحتج به مثلك عليهم. حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل.
The first official declaration about the implementation of the opinion in the Religion of Allah-azwj
Then Umar ordered his judges and his governors saying, ‘Perform ‘إجتهدوا’ ‘Ijtihaad’, and formulate opinions, and follow whatever you opine, for it is the truth’. So he and some of his governors never ceased to be in great difficulties, so Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws used to inform them by what he-asws argued against them.
And his (Umar’s) office bearers and his judges used to issue rulings in one matter with differing judgements, so he (Umar) permitted it for them, because Allah-azwj did not Give them the Wisdom and the qualification of correct decision. And every group of the people of the Qiblah (Muslims) thought that they were the mines of the Knowledge and the Caliphate is for them in opposed to them-asws (the Ahl Al-Bayt‑asws) So Allah-azwj is the Helper against the ones who fought against their-asws rights and set up a system whereby the likes of you can establish whatever you like upon the people. Allah-azwj is Sufficient for us-asws and He-azwj is the best Disposer’.
الناس تجاه أهل البيت عليهم السلام ثلاثة
إنما الناس ثلاثة: مؤمن يعرف حقنا ويسلم لنا ويأتم بنا، فذلك ناج نجيب لله ولي، وناصب لنا العداوة يتبرأ منا ويلعننا ويستحل دمائنا ويجحد حقنا ويدين بالبراءة منا، فهذا كافر به مشرك ملعون، ورجل آخذ بما لا يختلفون فيه ورد علم ما أشكل عليه إلى الله من ولايتنا ولم يعادنا، فنحن نرجو له فأمره إلى الله.
Three kinds of people towards the People-asws of the Household
But rather, the people are of three types – A believers who understands our-asws rights and submits to us-asws and follows us-asws, so that is the rescued one, the sincere one who has been Befriended by Allah-azwj; but the one who established enmity towards us-asws and keeps away from us-asws, and curses us-asws, and considers our-asws blood to be permissible, and fights against our-asws rights, and makes it to be a religion to keep away from us-asws, so this is an infidel by it, a Polytheist, and an accursed; and a man (the third type) who takes to that in which there is no differing, and refers the knowledge of what is doubtful to him to Allah-azwj, the one who has befriended us-asws and is not inimical to us-asws, so we-asws hope for him to Allah-azwj for His-azwj Decision’.
فلما سمع ذلك معاوية أمر للحسن والحسين عليهما السلام بألف ألف درهم، لكل واحد بخمسمائة ألف.
So when Muawiya heard that, he ordered for a million Dirhams to be sent for Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws, five hundred thousand for each one-asws of them-asws’.
HADEETH 43
(43) خطبة أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام في وصف المتقين
SERMON OF AMIR-UL-MOMINEEN-asws REGARDING THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PIOUS
وعن أبان بن أبي عياش عن سليم، قال: قام رجل من أصحاب أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام يقال له (همام) – وكان عابدا مجتهدا – فقال: يا أمير المؤمنين، صف لي المؤمنين كأني أنظر إليهم. فتثاقل أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام عن جوابه، ثم قال: يا همام، اتق الله وأحسن، فإن الله مع الذين اتقوا والذين هم محسنون.
And from Abaan Bin Abu Ayyash, from Sulaym who said, ‘A man from the companions of Amir-ul-Momineen-asws who was called Hamaan, stood up – and he was a devoted struggler (Mujtahid) – so he said, ‘O Amir-ul-Momineen-asws, describe the qualities of a ‘Momin’ (believer) to me in such a way as if I am looking at them’. So, Amir-ul-Momineen-asws paused for a while from answering him, then said: ‘O Hamaam, fear Allah-azwj and do good deeds, for Allah-azwj is with those who are pious and do good deeds’.
فقال له همام: أسألك بالذي أكرمك وخصك وحباك وفضلك بما آتاك لما وصفتهم لي. فقام أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام على رجليه فحمد الله وأثنى عليه وصلى على النبي وأهل بيته صلوات الله عليهم، ثم قال: أما بعد، فإن الله خلق الخلق حين خلقهم غنيا عن طاعتهم آمنا من معصيتهم، لأنه لا تضره معصية من عصاه ولا تنفعه طاعة من أطاعه منهم. فقسم بينهم معايشهم ووضعهم من الدنيا مواضعهم. وإنما أهبط آدم إليها عقوبة لما صنع حيث نهاه الله فخالفه وأمره فعصاه.
Hamaam said to him, ‘I ask you by the One-azwj who Honoured you-asws, and specialised you-asws, and Loved you-asws, and Preferred you-asws by what He-azwj Gave to you-asws, describe them for me’.
So, Amir-ul-Momineen-asws stood up upon his-asws feet. He-asws Praised Allah-azwj and Extolled Him-azwj and sent Greetings upon the Prophet-saww and the People-asws of his‑saww Household, then said: ‘Having said that, surely Allah-azwj Created the creatures, although when He-azwj Created them He-asws needless of their obedience and safe from their disobedience, because neither does the disobedience of the one who disobeys adversely affect Him-azwj, nor does the obedience of the obedient one benefits Him-azwj.
He-azwj Distributed the sustenance between them and placed them in different places of the world. However, Adam-as came down to it (first) as a Punishment for what he‑saww did what Allah-azwj had Forbidden him-as to do, having violated His-azwj Order and disobeyed Him-azwj.
المؤمن في الدنيا
فالمؤمنون فيها هم أهل الفضائل، منطقهم الصواب وملبسهم الاقتصاد ومشيهم التواضع. خضعوا لله بالطاعة فمضوا غاضين أبصارهم عما حرم الله عليهم، واقفين أسماعهم على العلم. نزلت أنفسهم منهم في البلاء كالذي نزلت في الرخاء، رضى عن الله بالقضاء. لولا الآجال التي كتب الله لهم لم تستقر أرواحهم في أجسادهم طرفة عين، شوقا إلى الثواب وخوفا من العقاب. عظم الخالق في أنفسهم وصغر ما دونه في أعينهم.
The believer, in the world
The believers that are in it are the people of the virtues, their logic is righteousness, and their clothing is economical, and their walking is with humbleness. They subject themselves to obedience to Allah-azwj and lower their eyes from what Allah-azwj has Prohibited to them, and devote their hearing to the knowledge. Their behaviour in afflictions is similar to their behaviour in prosperity, pleased with the Decision of Allah-azwj.
If Allah-azwj had not Decreed a term for them, their souls would not tarry (stay) in their bodies even for the blink of an eye in their desire for the Reward, and Fear from the Punishment. They consider the Creator to be Great for themselves and everything else seems little in their eyes.
المؤمن والجنة والنار
فهم والجنة كمن قد رآها فهم فيها منعمون، وهم والنار كمن قد رآها فهم فيها معذبون. قلوبهم محزونة، وحدودهم مأمونة، وأجسادهم نحيفة، وحوائجهم خفيفة وأنفسهم عفيفة، ومعونتهم في الإسلام عظيمة. صبروا أياما قصارا أعقبتهم راحة طويلة. تجارة مربحة يسرها لهم رب كريم. أرادتهم الدنيا فلم يريدوها وطلبتهم فأعجزوها.
The Believer, and the Paradise and the Fire
They and the Paradise is as if they can see themselves in it having been Favoured by its Bounties, and they and the Fire is as if they can see themselves in it being Punished. Their hearts are in grief, they are safe within the Limits (of Allah-azwj), their bodies are slim, and their desires are little, and their souls are chaste, and their help in Al-Islam is great. They remain patient for (some) days so that they will acquire a long rest. Their business was profitable which their Generous Lord-azwj Made it to be easy for them. The world wants them but they do not want the world, and it sought them but they are content without it.
المؤمن في يومه ليلته
أما الليل فصافون أقدامهم، تالين لأجزاء القرآن يرتلونه ترتيلا يحزنون به أنفسهم ويستثيرون به دواء دائهم، وتهيج أحزانهم بكاء على ذنوبهم ووجع كلوم جوانحهم. فإذا مروا بآية فيها تشويق ركنوا إليها طمعا وتطلعت إليها أنفسهم شوقا فظنوا أنها نصب أعينهم، حافين على أوساطهم، يمجدون جبارا عظيما، مفترشين جباههم وأكفهم وركبهم وأطراف أقدامهم، تجري دموعهم على خدودهم، يجأرون إلى الله في فكاك رقابهم من النار.
The Believer during his days and his nights
As for the night, they spend it upon their feet (worshipping), reciting parts of the Quran, reciting it gradually, grieving for themselves by it having been affected by it, healing their illnesses, their grief give rise to sadness within them (and eventually) leading them to weep for their sins.
So, if they pass by a Verse in which there is an incentive, they turn their attention towards it in desire thinking that it has been established in front of their eyes and they are in the midst of it, they glorify a great glorification, they lay their foreheads and palm and knees on the floor (prostrate), tears flowing upon their cheeks hoping to go to Allah-azwj and free their necks from the Fire.
وإذا مروا بآية فيها تخويف أصغوا إليها مسامع قلوبهم وأبصارهم، واقشعرت منها جلودهم ووجلت منها قلوبهم وظنوا أن صهيل جهنم وزفيرها وشهيقها في أصول آذانهم.
And if they pass by a Verse in which there is a scare, they turn the ears of their hearts and their vision towards it, and the hair of their skin stands upon its ends due to it, and their hearts tremble, and they think that they can hear the groaning of Hell and its exhalation and its inhalation ringing in their ears.
وأما النهار فحلماء علماء بررة أتقياء، برأهم الخوف فهم أمثال القداح، ينظر إليهم الناظر فيحسبهم مرضى وما بالقوم من مرض، أو قد خولطوا، قد خالط القوم أمر عظيم. إذا ذكروا عظمة الله وشدة سلطانه مع ما يخالطهم من ذكر الموت وأهوال القيامة، فزع ذلك قلوبهم وطاشت له حلومهم وذهلت عنهم عقولهم واقشعرت منها جلودهم. وإذا استفاقوا من ذلك بادروا إلى الله بالأعمال الزكية، لا يرضون لله بالقليل ولا يستكثرون له الجزيل.
And as for the day, they are forbearing, knowledgeable, goodly, pious, away from fear, for they are like the arrows. When a person looks at them he reckons them to be struck by illness, and they are not a people struck by illness or surrounded by it, but they are a people surrounded by a great matter. When the Greatness of Allah-azwj is mentioned and the intensity of His-azwj Governance along with the mention of the death and the situation of the Day of Judgement, their hearts are alarmed by it, their understanding is deeply disturbed, and their intellects are stunned, and the hair on their skin stands upon its ends. When they regain their senses they take the initiative to Allah-azwj by the pure deeds, not being happy with a few (submitting) to Allah-azwj, and not considering a lot (of their deeds) to be sufficient.
علامات المؤمن الظاهرية
فهم لأنفسهم متهمون ومن أعمالهم مشفقون. إن زكي أحدهم خاف مما يقولون وقال: (أنا أعلم بنفسي من غيري، وربي أعلم بي من غيري. اللهم لا تؤاخذني بما يقولون واجعلني خيرا مما يظنون واغفر لي ما لا يعلمون، فإنك علام الغيوب وساتر العيوب).
Apparent signs of the Believer
They accuse themselves and are fearful of their own deeds. If someone praises them, they fear from what he is saying, and say (to themselves), ‘I know myself more than others, and my Lord-azwj is More Knowing of myself than others.
Our Allah-azwj, do not Take me to account for what he is saying, and Make me be better than what he is thinking (me to be), and Forgive me of what he does not know (about me), for You-azwj are the Knowing of the hidden and the Concealer of the faults’.
ومن علامة أحدهم أنك ترى له قوة في دين، وحزما في لين، وإيمانا في يقين، وحرصا على علم، وفهما في فقه، وعلما في حلم، وشفقة في نفقة، وكيسا في رفق، وقصدا في غنى، وخشوعا في عبادة، وتحملا في فاقة، وصبرا في شدة، ورحمة للمجهود، وإعطاء في حق، ورفقا في كسب، وطيبا في الحلال، ونشاطا في الهدى، وتحرجا عن الطمع، وبرا في استقامة، واعتصاما عند شهوة.
And from the signs, one of them is that you will see in him strength in Religion and resoluteness in his gentleness, and compassion in his profound thoughts, and gentleness in intelligence, and moderation in wealth, and humbleness in worship, and toleration in poverty, and patience in difficulties, and merciful in the exertions, and a giver in rights, and a sharing in (their) earnings, and good in the Permissibles, and active in the guidance, critical of the greed, and respectful in uprightness, and holding back during desires.
علامات المؤمن الباطنية
لا يغره ثناء من جهله ولا يدع إحصاء عمله، مستبطأ لنفسه في العمل، يعمل الأعمال الصالحة. وهو رجل يمسي وهمه الشكر ويصبح وشغله الذكر. يبيت حذرا ويصبح فرحا، حذرا لما حذر وفرحا لما أصاب من الفضل والرحمة.
The hidden signs of the Believer
They do not get tempted by the praises of the ignorant, and do not count their (good) deeds, not delaying themselves in performance of the deeds, they keep doing good deeds. And he is a man who ‘hums’ (chant) thankfulness in the evenings and in the mornings and busies himself with the Remembrance.
He spends the night cautiously (in fear) and in the morning he is happy. He is fearful of what he should be fearful of, and happy with what he has been given from the virtues and the Mercy.
وإن استصعب عليه نفسه فيما تكره لم يعطها سؤلها فيما إليه بشره. ففرحه فيما يخلد ويطول، وقرة عينه فيما لا يزول. رغبته فيما يبقى وزهادته فيما يفنى. يمزج الحلم بالعلم والعلم بالعقل. تراه بعيدا كسله، دائما نشاطه، قريبا أمله، قليلا زلله، متوقعا أجله، خاشعا قلبه، قانعة نفسه، متغيبا جهله، سهلا أمره، حريزا لدينه، ميتة شهوته، مكظوما غيظه، صافيا خلقه، آمنا منه جاره، ضعيفا كبره، قانعا بالذي قدر له، متينا صبره، محكما أمره، كثيرا ذكره.
And if he finds difficulty upon himself which he does not like, he does not try to overcome it by surrendering to his ‘nafs’ (ego). So, he is happy with that which is eternal and long-lasting and delights his eyes in what will not pass away.
He desires that which is to remain and refrains from that which is doomed for (destruction). He mixes the forbearance with the knowledge and the knowledge with the intellect. You will see him to be remote from laziness, working endlessly, close to his deeds, (considering them to be) little with Allah-azwj, anticipating his death, humble in his heart, content with himself, his ignorance is absent, his matters are easy, safeguarding his Religion, his desires have been killed, controlling his temper, keeping clean (physically and spiritually), his neighbour is safe from him, his arrogance is suppressed, he is satisfied with whatever that has been Decreed for him, robust in his patience, decisive in his matters, and frequent in his Remembrance.
لا يحدث بما اؤتمن عليه الأصدقاء، ولا يكتم شهادة الأعداء، ولا يعمل شيئا من الحق رياء ولا يتركه حياء. الخير منه مأمول، والشر منه مأمون. يعفو عمن ظلمه ويعطي من حرمه ويصل من قطعه. لا يعزب حلمه ولا يعجل فيما يريبه، ويصفح عما تبين له. بعيد جهله، لين قوله، عائب منكره، قريب معروفه، صادق قوله، حسن فعله، مقبل خيره، مدبر شره. وهو في الزلازل وقور، وفي المكاره صبور، وفي الرخاء شكور.
He does not narrate what the friends have entrusted to him, and does not conceal the testimony of the enemies, and does not do anything from the truth to show off or to avoid embarrassment.
The good deed from him is (always) expected, and people are safe from him as the evil from him is never emanating. He excuses the one who is unjust to him, and he gives sanctuary to the one who comes to him, and maintains relations with the one who cuts it off from him. His forbearance does not separate from him and he does not rush into that which is doubtful for him, and tolerates what is clear to him.
And his ignorance is remote from him, his talk is soft, he dislikes finding faults, he is near to good deeds, truthful in his speech, beautiful in his deeds, goes forward with his good deeds and leaves his evil deeds behind. And he is firm in shaky situations, and in hardship he is patient, and in the prosperity he is thankful.
المؤمن والناس
لا يحيف على من يبغض، ولا يأثم فيما يحب، ولا يدعى ما ليس له، ولا يجحد حقا هو عليه. يعترف بالحق قبل أن يشهد به عليه. لا يضيع ما استحفظ عليه، ولا ينابز بالألقاب، ولا يبغي على أحد، ولا يهم بالحسد، ولا يضار بالجار، ولا يشمت بالمصائب. مؤد للأمانات، سريع إلى الصلوات، بطيئ عن المنكرات، يأمر بالمعروف وينهى عن المنكر. لا يدخل في الأمور بجهل ولا يخرج من الحق بعجز.
The Believer and the people
He is not unjust to the one who hates him, and does not sin in what he loves, and does not make a claim for that which is not for him, and does not fight against the rightful who is against him. He sides with the truth even before witnesses are brought against him. He does not waste that which he was guarding for someone else, taunt others with the titles (which they do not like), he is not unjust to anyone, and does not intent any jealousy, he does not harm the neighbours, and he does not gloat over (other people’s) calamities.
He returns the entrustments, quick to go towards the Prayers, slow towards the evil actions, he enjoins the good and forbids from the evil. He does not enter into the matters due to ignorance, and does not exit from the truth due to frustration.
إن صمت لم يغمه الصمت، وإن نطق لم يقل خطأ، وإن ضحك لم يعل صوته. قانع بالذي قدر له. لا يجمح به الغيظ ولا يغلبه الهوى، ولا يقهره الشح، ولا يطمع فيما ليس له. يخالط الناس ليعلم، ويصمت ليسلم، ويسأل ليفهم، ويتجر ليغنم، ويبحث ليعلم.
If he is silent, his silence does not grieve him, and if he talks, he does not speak errors, and if he laughs he does not do it in a loud voice. He is satisfied with what has been Decreed for him.
He does not go wild in anger and his desires do not overcome him, scarcity does not make him to be oppressive, and he does not desire for that which is not for him. He mixes with the people to learn, and keeps quiet to remain safe, and he asks to learn (not to embarrass others or to impress them), does business to profit by it, and holds discussion to learn.
لا ينصت للخير ليفخر به، ولا يتكلم ليتجبر على من سواه. نفسه منه في عناء، والناس منه في راحة. أتعب نفسه لآخرته، وأراح الناس من نفسه. إن بغي عليه صبر حتى يكون الله هو المنتصر له. بعده عمن تباعد عنه زهد ونزاهة، ودنوه ممن دنا منه لين ورحمة. ليس تباعده تكبرا ولا عظمة، ولا دنوه خديعة ولا خلابة، بل يقتدي بمن كان قبله من أهل الخير. فهو إمام لمن خلفه من أهل البر.
He does not listen to good to be proud by it, and does not speak to belittle others. He places himself in difficulties, and the people are in happiness from him, he tires himself for the Hereafter, and the people are happy from him. If he is oppressed he observes patience until Allah-azwj Grants victory to him.
His remoteness from those who keep away from him is due to renunciation[1] and his self-restraint, and his nearness to those who come near him is due to softness and his compassion. He does not distance himself due to arrogance and greatness, and does not come near to deceive and that which would cause harm, but he follows the example of the ones who were before him of the good people, and he leaves a good example for people (who would come) after him.
تأثير خطبة أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام في همام
قال: فصاح همام صيحة، ثم وقع مغشيا عليه. فقال أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام: أما والله لقد كنت أخافها عليه، وقال: (هكذا تصنع المواعظ البالغة بأهلها). فقال له قائل: فما بالك أنت يا أمير المؤمنين؟ قال: لكل أجل لن يعدوه وسبب لا يجاوزه. فمهلا لا تعد، فإنما نفث على لسانك الشيطان. ثم رفع همام رأسه فصعق صعقة وفارق الدنيا، رحمه الله.
The effects of the sermon of Amir-ul-Momineen-asws upon hamaam
(Sulaym) said, ‘Hamaam shrieked loudly, then became unconscious’. So, Amir-ul-Momineen-asws said: ‘But, by Allah-azwj, I-asws was afraid of this for him’, and said: ‘This is what the sermons do when they reach its deserving ones’. Someone said to him-asws, ‘So what is your-asws state, O Amir-ul-Momineen-asws?’ He-asws said: ‘There is a term appointed for everyone that he is not prepared for, and a reason why he cannot exceed it. So wait, and do not go ahead, for the Satan-la is speaking from your tongue’. Then Hamaam raised his head, sighed in deep shock, and separated from the world. May Allah-azwj have Mercy upon him’.
HADEETH 44
(44) قوله صلى الله عليه وآله: (سلوني عما بدا لكم)
HIS-saww STATEMENT: ‘ASK ME-saww WHATEVER OCCURS TO YOU’
أبان بن أبي عياش عن سليم بن قيس، عن سلمان وأبي ذر والمقداد: إن نفرا من المنافقين اجتمعوا فقالوا: إن محمدا ليخبرنا عن الجنة وما أعد الله فيها من النعيم لأوليائه وأهل طاعته، وعن النار وما أعد الله فيها من الأنكال والهوان لأعدائه وأهل معصيته. فلو أخبرنا عن آبائنا وأمهاتنا ومقعدنا في الجنة والنار، فعرفنا الذي يبنى عليه في العاجل والآجل
Abaan Bin Abu Ayyash, from Sulaym Bin Qays, from Salman-ra, and Abu Dharr-ra, and Al-Miqdad-ra has said that, ‘A number of hypocrites gathered and said, ‘Muhammad-saww is informing us about the Paradise and what Allah-azwj has Prepared in it from the Bounties for his-saww friends and the people who obey him-saww, and about the Fire and what Allah-azwj has Prepared in it from the fetters and the disgrace for his-saww enemies and the people who disobey him-saww. So if he-saww were to inform us about our fathers and our mothers and our places in the Paradise and the Fire, we would be able to understand what is awaiting (for us) sooner or later’.
فبلغ ذلك رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله، فأمر بلالا فنادى بالصلاة جامعة. فاجتمع الناس حتى غص المسجد وتضايق بأهله. فخرج مغضبا حاسرا عن ذراعيه وركبتيه حتى صعد المنبر، فحمد الله وأثنى عليه ثم قال: أيها الناس، أنا بشر مثلكم أوحى إلي ربي، فاختصني برسالته واصطفاني لنبوته وفضلني على جميع ولد آدم وأطلعني على ما شاء من غيبه. فاسألوني عما بدا لكم. فوالذي نفسي بيده لا يسألني رجل منكم عن أبيه وأمه وعن مقعده من الجنة والنار إلا أخبرته. هذا جبرئيل عن يميني يخبرني عن ربي فاسألوني.
That reached to the Rasool Allah-saww, so he-saww ordered Bilal to call out the Call for the Prayer for gathering. So, the people gathered to the extent that the Masjid was full and its people were squeezed.
So, he-saww came out angrily with his-saww cuffs tucks-up, until he-saww ascended the Pulpit. So he-saww Praised Allah-azwj and Extolled Him-azwj, then said: ‘O you people! I‑saww am a human being like you all. My-saww Lord-azwj has Sent Revelation upon me‑saww. So He-azwj Specialised me-saww by His-azwj Message, and Chose me-saww for His-azwj Prophet-hood, and Preferred me-saww over all the children of Adam-as and briefed me-saww with whatever He-azwj so Desired to from His-azwj hidden matters.
So, ask me-saww whatsoever that occurs to you all. By the One-azwj in Whose Hand is my-saww soul, no man from among you will ask me-saww about his father and his mother and from their places from the Paradise and the Fire, except that I-saww will inform him about it. Here is Jibraeel on my-saww right. He will be informing me-saww from my-saww Lord-azwj. So, ask me-saww’.
سؤال الناس عن أنسابهم وعن الجنة والنار
فقام رجل مؤمن يحب الله ورسوله، فقال: يا نبي الله، من أنا؟ قال: أنت عبد الله بن جعفر، فنسبه إلى أبيه الذي كان يدعى به، فجلس قريرة عينه.
Questions of the people about their lineage and about the Paradise and the Fire
A man who was a believer and loved Allah-azwj and His-azwj Messenger-saww, stood up and said, ‘O Prophet-saww of Allah-azwj, who am I?’ He-saww said: ‘You are Abdullah Bin Ja’far’. So he-saww (informed) him of his lineage to his father who was the one he was claiming him to be. So, he sat down with delight in his eyes.
ثم قام منافق مريض القلب مبغض لله ولرسوله فقال: يا رسول الله، من أنا؟ قال: أنت فلان بن فلان راع لبني عصمة وهم شر حي في ثقيف، عصوا الله فأخزاهم. فجلس وقد أخزاه الله وفضحه على رؤوس الأشهاد، وكان قبل ذلك لا يشك الناس أنه صنديد من صناديد قريش وناب من أنيابهم
Then a hypocrite stood up, who was sick of heart and had hatred towards Allah-azwj and towards His-azwj Messenger-saww. He said, ‘O Rasool Allah-saww, who am I?’ He‑saww said: ‘You are so and so, the son of so and so who is a shepherd of the Clan of Asmat and they are the evil tribe of Saqeef. They disobeyed Allah-azwj so He-azwj Disgraced them’. So, he sat down, and Allah-azwj had Disgraced him and Exposed him to the people who were present, and before that the people had no doubts that he was an important one from the important ones of Qureish, and a tooth from their teeth (equal to their important personalities).
ثم قام ثالث منافق مريض القلب، فقال: يا رسول الله، أفي الجنة أنا أم في النار؟ قال: في النار ورغما فجلس وقد أخزاه الله وفضحه على رؤوس الأشهاد.
Then a third one stood up, a hypocrite, sick of heart, so he said, ‘O Rasool Allah-saww will I be in the Paradise or in the Fire?’ He-saww said: ‘In the Fire (and after) being humiliated’. So, he sat down, and Allah-azwj had Disgraced him and Exposed him to the people who were present.
فقام عمر بن الخطاب فقال: رضينا بالله ربا وبالإسلام دينا وبك يا رسول الله نبيا، ونعوذ بالله من غضب الله وغضب رسوله. اعف عنا يا رسول الله عفا الله عنك، واستر سترك الله. فقال صلى الله عليه وآله: عن غير هذا – أو تطلب سواه – يا عمر. فقال: يا رسول الله، العفو عن أمتك.
So, Umar Bin Al-Khattab stood up. He said, ‘We are pleased with Allah-azwj as our Lord-azwj, and with Al-Islam as our Religion, and with you-saww, O Rasool Allah-saww as a Prophet-saww, and we seek refuge with Allah-azwj from the Anger of Allah-azwj and the anger of His-azwj Messenger-saww. Excuse us, O Rasool Allah-saww, may Allah-azwj Excuse you, and veil us, may Allah-azwj Veil you-saww’. He-saww said: ‘About others – or are you seeking to ask – O Umar?’ He said, ‘O Rasool Allah-saww, excuse your-saww community’.
خلق رسول الله وعلي عليهما السلام
فقام علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام فقال: يا رسول الله، انسبني من أنا، ليعرف الناس قرابتي منك. فقال: يا علي، خلقت أنا وأنت من عمودين من نور معلقين من تحت العرش، يقدسان الملك من قبل أن يخلق الخلق بألفي عام.
Creation of Rasool Allah-saww and Ali-asws
Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws stood up. He-asws said: ‘O Rasool Allah-saww, lineage me-asws. Who am I-asws, so that the people would understand my relationship with you-saww’. He-saww said: ‘O Ali-asws, I-saww and you-asws have been Created from two Pillars of Light which were both attached to the bottom of the Throne. These were Extolling the Holiness of the God-azwj from before he-azwj Created the creation by two thousand years.
ثم خلق من ذينك العمودين نطفتين بيضاوين ملتويتين. ثم نقل تلك النطفتين في الأصلاب الكريمة إلى الأرحام الزكية الطاهرة، حتى جعل نصفها في صلب عبد الله ونصفها في صلب أبي طالب. فجزء أنا وجزء أنت، وهو قول الله عز وجل: (وهو الذي خلق من الماء بشرا فجعله نسبا وصهرا وكان ربك قديرا).
Then He-azwj Created from these two Pillars, two white seeds which were joined together. Then He-azwj Transferred those two seeds into the honourable ‘sulb’ and into pure immaculate mothers, until He-azwj Made half of it to be in the ‘sulb’ of Abdullah-as, and half of it to be in the ‘sulb’ of Abu Talib-as. So, one part is me-saww, and one part is you-asws, and it is the Statement of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic: “And He it is Who has created man from the water, then He has made for him blood relationship and marriage relationship, and your Lord is powerful. [25:54]”
علي عليه السلام السبب بين الله وخلقه
يا علي، أنت مني وأنا منك. سيط لحمك بلحمي ودمك بدمي. وأنت السبب فيما بين الله وبين خلقه بعدي. فمن جحد ولايتك قطع السبب الذي فيما بينه وبين الله وكان ماضيا في الدركات.
Ali-asws is the Medium between Allah-azwj and His-azwj creatures
O Ali-asws, you-asws are from me-saww and I-saww am from you-asws. Your-asws flesh is joined to my-saww flesh, and your-asws blood to my-asws blood. And you-asws are the medium in what is between Allah-azwj and His-azwj creatures after me-saww. So, the one who fights against your-asws ‘Wilayah’ has cut-off the Medium which is in between himself and Allah-azwj, and he will spend his time in the Levels of Hell.
يا علي، ما عرف الله إلا بي ثم بك. من جحد ولايتك جحد الله ربوبيته يا علي، أنت علم الله بعدي الأكبر في الأرض، وأنت الركن الأكبر في القيامة.
O Ali-asws, Allah-azwj cannot be recognised except by me-saww and by you-asws. The one who fights against your-asws ‘Wilayah’ has fought against the Lordship of Allah-azwj. O Ali-asws, you-asws are the Great Banner of Allah-azwj after me-saww in the earth, and you‑asws are the Great Pillar in the Day of Judgement.
فمن استظل بفيئك كان فائزا، لأن حساب الخلائق إليك ومآبهم إليك، والميزان ميزانك والصراط صراطك والموقف موقفك والحساب حسابك. فمن ركن إليك نجا، ومن خالفك هوى وهلك. اللهم اشهد، اللهم اشهد.
So, the one who will be covered by your-asws ‘Wilayah’ (protected) would have succeeded, because the Reckoning of the creatures is to you-asws and what is with them is to you-asws, and the ‘Al-Mezan’ (Divine Scale) is your-asws Scale, and the Bridge is your-asws Bridge, and the Pausing will be your-asws Pausing, and the reckoning will be your-asws Reckoning. So the one who comes towards you-asws will be saved, and the one who opposes you-asws has deviated and will perish. Our Allah-azwj be Witness (to this), our Allah-azwj be Witness (to this)!’
ثم نزل صلى الله عليه وآله.
Then he-saww descended.
HADEETH 45
(45) كلمة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله عن علي والأئمة عليهم السلام
SPEECH OF THE RASOOL ALLAH-saww ABOUT ALI-asws AND THE IMAMS-asws
أبان عن سليم عن سلمان، قال: كانت قريش إذا جلست في مجالسها فرأت رجلا من أهل البيت قطعت حديثها. فبينما هي جالسة إذ قال رجل منهم: (ما مثل محمد في أهل بيته إلا كمثل نخلة نبتت في كناسة)
Abaan from Sulaym who said, ‘Whenever the Qureish used to get together in their gatherings, if they saw a man from the People-asws of the Household, they would cut off their discussions. In one of their gatherings a man from among them said, ‘What is the example of Muhammad-saww among the People-asws of his-as Household except like a palm tree growing in rubbish’ (Astaghfirullah – God Forbid).
فبلغ ذلك رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله فغضب، ثم خرج فأتى المنبر فجلس عليه حتى اجتمع الناس، ثم قام فحمد الله وأثنى عليه، ثم قال: أيها الناس، من أنا؟ قالوا: أنت رسول الله. قال: أنا رسول الله، وأنا محمد بن عبد الله بن عبد المطلب بن هاشم، ثم مضى في نسبه حتى انتهى إلى نزار.
That reached the Rasool Allah-saww, so he-saww was angry, and he-saww then came out to the Pulpit until the people gathered. Then he-saww stood up, so he-saww Praised Allah-azwj and Extolled Him-azwj, then said: ‘O you people, who am I-saww?’ They said, ‘You-saww are the Rasool Allah-saww’. He-saww said: ‘I-saww am the Rasool Allah-saww, and I-saww am Muhammad Bin Abdullah Bin Abdul Muttalib Bin Hashim-saww’. Then he went on to lineage himself-saww until he-saww ended up to Nazaar-as.
خلق أهل البيت عليهم السلام ونسبهم
ثم قال: ألا وإني وأهل بيتي كنا نورا نسعى بين يدي الله قبل أن يخلق الله آدم بألفي عام، وكان ذلك النور إذا سبح سبحت الملائكة لتسبيحه. فلما خلق آدم وضع ذلك النور في صلبه ثم أهبط إلى الأرض في صلب آدم. ثم حمله في السفينة في صلب نوح، ثم قذفه في النار في صلب إبراهيم. ثم لم يزل ينقلنا في أكارم الأصلاب حتى أخرجنا من أفضل المعادن محتدا وأكرم المغارس منبتا بين الآباء والأمهات، لم يلتق أحد منهم على سفاح قط.
Creation of the people-asws of the Household and their-asws lineage
Then he-saww said: ‘Indeed! I-saww and the People-asws of my-saww Household were doing ‘Sa’ee’ in front of Allah-azwj two thousand years before He-azwj Created Adam-as, and that ‘Noor’ (Light) was such when it Glorified (Allah-azwj) the Angels Glorified as well along with its Glorification.
When He-azwj Created Adam-as he-azwj Placed that Light in his-as ‘sulb’, then Sent it down to the earth in the ‘sulb’ of Adam-as. Then it was carried in the Ark in the ‘sulb’ of Noah-as, then it was flung into the Fire in the ‘sulb’ of Ibrahim-as. Then He-azwj did not Cease to Transfer us within honourable ‘sulb’ until He-azwj Took us-asws out from the best of the Mines and Sowed us-asws in honourable plantations growing between our-asws fathers-as and our-asws mothers-as, not one from among them-as having met each other promiscuously.
ألا ونحن بنو عبد المطلب سادة أهل الجنة: أنا وعلي وجعفر وحمزة والحسن والحسين وفاطمة والمهدي.
Nay! And we-asws, the sons-as of Abdul Muttalib-as, are the Masters of the people of the Paradise – I-saww, and Ja’far-as, and Hamza-as, and Al-Hassan-asws, and Al-Husayn-asws, and (Syeda) Fatima-asws and Al-Mahdi-asws.
اختار الله محمدا وعليا والأئمة عليهم السلام حججا
ألا وإن الله نظر إلى أهل الأرض نظرة فاختار منهم رجلين: أحدهما أنا فبعثني رسولا ونبيا، والآخر علي بن أبي طالب، وأوحى إلي أن أتخذه أخا وخليلا ووزيرا ووصيا وخليفة.
Allah-azwj Chose Muhammad-saww, and Ali-asws, and the Imams-asws as Proofs
Nay! And Allah-azwj Looked at the people of the earth with a Consideration, so He-azwj Chose two men from among them – One of them was myself-saww, so He-azwj Sent me-saww as a Messenger-saww and a Prophet-saww, and the other one was Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws, and He-azwj Revealed unto me-saww that I-saww should take him-asws as a brother, and a friend, and as a Vizier, and a successor-asws, and as a Caliph.
ألا وإنه ولي كل مؤمن بعدي، من والاه والاه الله ومن عاداه عاداه الله. لا يحبه إلا مؤمن ولا يبغضه إلا كافر. هو زر الأرض بعدي وسكنها، وهو كلمة الله التقوى وعروته الوثقى. (يريدون أن يطفؤوا نور الله بأفواههم والله متم نوره ولو كره الكافرون).
Nay! And he-asws is the Guardian of every believer after me-saww. The one who befriends him-asws will be Befriended by Allah-azwj, and the one who is an enemy to him-asws, Allah-azwj will be an enemy to him. None will love him-asws except a ‘Momin’ (believer) and none will hate him-asws except for an infidel. He-asws is the pivot of the earth after me-saww and its stabiliser, and he-asws is the Pious Word of Allah-azwj and the Firm Handle. “They desire to put out the light of Allah with their mouths but Allah will perfect His light, though the unbelievers may be averse [61:8]”.
ألا وإن الله نظر نظرة ثانية فاختار بعدنا اثني عشر وصيا من أهل بيتي، فجعلهم خيار أمتي واحدا بعد واحد، مثل النجوم في السماء، كلما غاب نجم طلع نجم. هم أئمة هداة مهتدون لا يضرهم كيد من كادهم ولا خذلان من خذلهم. هم حجج الله في أرضه، وشهدائه على خلقه، وخزان علمه، وتراجمة وحيه، ومعادن حكمته. من أطاعهم أطاع الله ومن عصاهم عصى الله. هم مع القرآن والقرآن معهم، لا يفارقونه حتى يردوا علي الحوض. فليبلغ الشاهد الغائب. اللهم اشهد، اللهم اشهد – ثلاث مرات -.
Nay! And Allah-azwj Looked with a second Consideration, so He-azwj Chose after us‑asws twelve successors-asws from the People-asws of my-saww Household. So, He-azwj Made them to be the best of my-saww community, one-asws after the other-asws, like the stars in the sky, every star which sets is followed by one which rises.
They-asws are the Imams-asws of guidance, the guided ones-asws. The conspiracies of the conspirators does not affect them-asws adversely nor does the desertion of the one who deserts them-asws. They-asws are the Proofs of Allah-azwj in His-azwj earth, and His-azwj Witnesses over His-azwj creatures, and the Treasurers of His-azwj Knowledge, and the Interpreters of His-azwj Revelation, and the Mines of His-azwj Wisdom.
The one who obeys them-asws has obeyed Allah-azwj, and the one who disobeys them‑asws has disobeyed Allah-azwj. They-asws are with the Quran and the Quran is with them-asws. They will not separate (from each other) until they return to the Fountain. So, the ones who are present should make this reach to the ones who are absent. Our Allah-azwj, be a Witness, Our Allah-azwj be a Witness’ – three times.
HADEETH 46
( 46 ) أعظم مناقب أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام على لسان أبي ذر والمقداد
GREAT VIRTUES OF AMIR-UL-MOMINEEN-asws IN THE WORDS OF ABU DHARR-ra AND AL-MIQDAD-ra
أبان بن أبي عياش عن سليم بن قيس، قال: قلت لأبي ذر: حدثني رحمك الله بأعجب ما سمعته من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يقول في علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام.
Abaan Bin Abu Ayyash, from Sulaym Bin Qays who said, ‘I said to Abu Dharr-ra, ‘May Allah-azwj have Mercy on you-ra, narrate to me of the most impressive of what you-ra have heard from the Rasool Allah-saww saying regarding Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws’.
طاعة علي عليه السلام والبراءة من أعدائه عند الملائكة
قال: سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يقول: (إن حول العرش لتسعين ألف ملك ليس لهم تسبيح ولا عبادة إلا الطاعة لعلي بن أبي طالب والبراءة من أعدائه والاستغفار لشيعته). قلت: فغير هذا، رحمك الله. قال: سمعته يقول: (إن الله خص جبرئيل وميكائيل وإسرافيل بطاعة علي والبراءة من أعدائه والاستغفار لشيعته).
Obedience to Ali-asws and distancing from his-asws enemies, among the Angels
He-ra said, ‘I-ra heard the Rasool Allah-saww say: ‘Surely, around the Throne are ninety thousand Angels. There is no glorification for them nor any worship except of being obedient to Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws and the distancing from (Tabarra) his-asws enemies, and (seeking) Forgiveness for his-asws Shiites’.
احتجاج الله على الأمم السالفة بعلي عليه السلام
قلت: فغير هذا رحمك الله. قال: سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يقول: (لم يزل الله يحتج بعلي في كل أمة فيها نبي مرسل، وأشدهم معرفة لعلي أعظمهم درجة عند الله).
Argumentation of Allah-azwj against the previous communities by Ali-asws
I said, ‘May Allah-azwj have Mercy on you-ra, apart from this?’ He-ra said, ‘I-ra heard the Rasool Allah-saww say: ‘Allah-azwj never Ceased to Argue by Ali-asws against every community in which there was a Prophet-as or a Messenger-as, and Made them to bear witness to recognition (Ma’rifat) of Ali-asws in order to magnify their levels with Allah-azwj.
علي عليه السلام الستر والحجاب بين الله وبين خلقه
قلت: فغير هذا، رحمك الله. قال: نعم، سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يقول: (لولا أنا وعلي ما عرف الله، ولولا أنا وعلي ما عبد الله، ولولا أنا وعلي ما كان ثواب ولا عقاب. ولا يستر عليا عن الله ستر، ولا يحجبه عن الله حجاب، وهو الستر والحجاب فيما بين الله وبين خلقه).
Ali-asws is the Screen and the Veil between Allah-azwj and His-azwj creatures
I said, ‘May Allah-azwj has Mercy on you-ra, apart from this?’ He-ra said, ‘Yes, I-ra heard the Rasool Allah-saww say: ‘Had it not been for myself-saww and Ali-asws, Allah-azwj would not have been recognised, and had it not been for myself-saww and Ali-asws, Allah-azwj would not have been worshipped, and had it not been for myself-saww and Ali-asws there would have been no Reward or Punishment. And Ali-asws has not been screened from Allah-azwj by a Screen, nor has he-asws been veiled from Allah-azwj by a Veil, and he-asws is the Screen and the Veil for what is between Allah-azwj and His-azwj creatures’.
ولاية علي عليه السلام تطهير للقلب
قال سليم: ثم سألت المقداد فقلت: حدثني – رحمك الله – بأفضل ما سمعت من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يقول في علي بن أبي طالب. قال: سمعت من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يقول: إن الله توحد بملكه، فعرف أنواره نفسه، ثم فوض إليهم أمره وأباحهم جنته. فمن أراد أن يطهر قلبه من الجن والأنس عرفه ولاية علي بن أبي طالب، ومن أراد أن يطمس على قلبه أمسك عنه معرفة علي بن أبي طالب.
Wilayah of Ali-asws is a purification for the heart
Sulaym said, ‘Then I asked Al-Miqdad-ra, so I said, ‘May Allah-azwj have Mercy on you‑ra, narrate to me of the highest of what you have heard from the Rasool Allah-saww saying regarding Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws’.
He-ra said, ‘I-ra heard from the Rasool Allah-saww say that: ‘Allah-azwj is One in His-azwj Kingdom. So, He-azwj Recognised their-asws ‘Noor’ (Light) Himself-azwj. Then He-azwj Delegated His-azwj Command to them-asws, and Gifted His-azwj Paradise to them-asws. So when He-azwj Intends to Purify the heart of anyone from the Jinns and the humans, He-azwj Makes them to recognised the ‘Wilayah’ of Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws, and the one whose heart He-azwj Intends to Obscure, He-azwj Withholds from him the recognition (Ma’rifat) of Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws.
منزلة الأنبياء عليهم السلام بالإقرار للنبي وعلي عليهما السلام
والذي نفسي بيده، ما استوجب آدم أن يخلقه الله وينفخ فيه من روحه وأن يتوب عليه ويرده إلى جنته إلا بنبوتي والولاية لعلي بعدي.
Status of the Prophets-as by the acknowledgement of the Prophet-saww and Ali‑asws
By the One-azwj in Whose Hand is my-saww soul, what necessitated for Adam-as, when Allah-azwj had Created him-as and Blew into him-as from His-azwj Spirit, that he-as should repent to Him-azwj and be returned to the Paradise this only happened due to (submitted to) my-saww Prophet-hood and the Wilayah of Ali-asws after me-saww.
والذي نفسي بيده، ما أري إبراهيم ملكوت السماوات والأرض ولا اتخذه خليلا إلا بنبوتي والإقرار لعلي بعدي.
By the One-azwj in Whose Hand is my-saww soul, Ibrahim-as did not see the Kingdom of the heavens and the earth, nor was he-as Taken as a friend except by my-saww Prophet-hood and the acknowledgement of Ali-asws after me-saww.
والذي نفسي بيده، ما كلم الله موسى تكليما ولا أقام عيسى آية للعالمين إلا بنبوتي ومعرفة علي بعدي.
By the One-azwj in Whose Hand is my-saww soul, Musa-as did not speak with Allah-azwj a conversation, nor was Isa-as established as a Sign to the worlds except by my-saww Prophet-hood and the recognition of Ali-asws after me-saww.
والذي نفسي بيده، ما تنبأ نبي قط إلا بمعرفته والإقرار لنا بالولاية، ولا استأهل خلق من الله النظر إليه إلا بالعبودية له والإقرار لعلي بعدي.
By the One-azwj in Whose Hand is my-saww soul, No Prophet-as was Granted Prophet-hood at all except by him-as having recognised and acknowledged us-asws by the Wilayah, and the creatures did not become deserving that Allah-azwj should even Look at (Consider) them except by servitude to Him-azwj, and the acknowledgment of Ali-asws after me-saww’.
ثم سكت، فقلت: فغير هذا رحمك الله.
Then he-ra was silent, so I said, ‘May Allah-azwj has Mercy on you-ra, apart from this?’
علي عليه السلام الموكل بحساب الأمة
قال: نعم، سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يقول: (علي ديان هذه الأمة والشاهد عليها والمتولي لحسابها. وهو صاحب السنام الأعظم وطريق الحق الأبهج السبيل، وصراط الله المستقيم. به يهتدى بعدي من الضلالة ويبصر به من العمى. به ينجو الناجون ويجار من الموت ويؤمن من الخوف، ويمحى به السيئات ويدفع الضيم وينزل الرحمة.
Ali-asws is in charge of taking account of the community
He-ra said, ‘Yes, I-ra heard from the Rasool Allah-saww say: ‘Ali-asws is the Administrator of this community and the Witness over it, and in-charge of its Accounting. And he‑asws is owner of the Greatest Sign, and is the Road of the truth, the illuminated Way, and the Straight Path of Allah-azwj.
It is by him-asws that the one who has strayed will find guidance after me-saww and be able to see in the darkness. It is by him-asws that the rescued ones will be saved, and have protection from the death, and safety from the fear, and get his sins to be destroyed, and be defended from the injustices, and get the Mercy to Descend.
وهو عين الله الناظرة، وأذنه السامعة، ولسانه الناطق في خلقه، ويده المبسوطة على عباده بالرحمة، ووجهه في السماوات والأرض وجنبه الظاهر اليمين، وحبله القوي المتين، وعروته الوثقى التي لا انفصام لها، وبابه الذي يؤتى منه، وبيته الذي من دخله كان آمنا. وعلمه على الصراط في بعثه. من عرفه نجا إلى الجنة ومن أنكره هوى إلى النار.
And he-asws is the seeing Eye of Allah-azwj, and the listening Ear of Him-azwj, and the speaking Tongue of Him-azwj among His-azwj creatures, and His-azwj Hand which has been stretched out to His-azwj servants for Mercy, and His-azwj Face in the heavens and the earth, and His-azwj Right Side which is visible, and His-azwj Rope which is powerful and strong, and the His-azwj Firm Handle in which there is no dichotomy, and His-azwj Door which Comes from Him-azwj, and His-azwj House which one who enters it was secure. And His-azwj Banner upon the Path in His-azwj Resurrection. The one who recognises him-asws will be rescued into the Paradise and the one who denies him-asws will have strayed into the Fire.
HADEETH 47
(47) ولاية علي عليه السلام هي الفارق بين الإيمان والكفر
WILAYAH OF ALI-asws IS THE DIFFERENTIATOR BETWEEN THE FAITH AND THE INFIDELITY
وعنه عن سليم بن قيس، قال: سمعت سلمان الفارسي يقول: إن عليا باب فتحه الله، من دخله كان مؤمنا ومن خرج منه كان كافرا.
And from him (Abaan), from Sulaym Bin Qays who said, ‘I heard Salman Al-Farsi-ra say: ‘Ali-asws is a Door which Allah-azwj has Opened. The one who enters it is a ‘Momin’ (Believer), and the one who exits from it is an infidel’.
HADEETH 48
(48) وقائع السقيفة على لسان ابن عباس
THE EVENT OF AL-SAQIFA IN THE WORDS OF IBN ABBAS
أبان بن أبي عياش عن سليم بن قيس، قال: كنت عند عبد الله بن عباس في بيته ومعنا جماعة من شيعة علي عليه السلام، فحدثنا فكان فيما حدثنا أن قال: يا إخوتي، توفي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يوم توفي فلم يوضع في حفرته حتى نكث الناس وارتدوا وأجمعوا على الخلاف. واشتغل علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام برسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله حتى فرغ من غسله وتكفينه وتحنيطه ووضعه في حفرته. ثم أقبل على تأليف القرآن وشغل عنهم بوصية رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله، ولم يكن همته الملك لما كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله أخبره عن القوم.
Abaan Bin Abu Ayyash, from Sulaym Bin Qays who said, ‘I was in the presence of Abdullah Bin Abbas in his house, and with us was a group of Shiites of Ali-asws. So he narrated to us, and included in these narrations was that he said, ‘O my brothers, the Rasool Allah-saww passed away on the day in which he-saww passed away. He-saww had not even been placed in his-saww grave, and the people broke (the Covenant), and turned apostates, and got united in their opposition. And Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws was preoccupied with the Rasool Allah-azwj until he-asws was free from having washed him-saww, shrouded him-saww, and placed him-saww in his-saww grave. Then Ali-asws turned (his-asws attention) towards compilation of the Quran and busied himself-asws away from them as per the bequest of the Rasool Allah-saww, and he-asws had no ambitions for the position (Caliphate) since the Rasool Allah-saww had informed him-asws about the people.
* 1 * أخذ البيعة من علي عليه السلام بالإكراه
فلما افتتن الناس بالذي افتتنوا به من الرجلين، فلم يبق إلا علي وبنو هاشم وأبو ذر والمقداد وسلمان في أناس معهم يسير، قال عمر لأبي بكر: (يا هذا، إن الناس أجمعين قد بايعوك ما خلا هذا الرجل وأهل بيته وهؤلاء النفر، فابعث إليه).
1 – Taking of the allegiance from Ali-asws by coercion (Force)
When the people had fascinated themselves with the fascination of the two men, and when there did not remain any except for Ali-asws and the Clan of Hashim-as, and Abu Dahrr-ra, and Al-Miqdad-ra, and Salman-ra among very few of the people, Umar said to Abu Bakr, ‘O you, all of the people have paid allegiance to you except for this man-asws and the People-asws of his-asws Household and those few numbers, so send for them’.
فبعث إليه ابن عم لعمر يقال له (قنفذ) فقال له: (يا قنفذ، انطلق إلى علي فقل له: أجب خليفة رسول الله). فانطلق فأبلغه. فقال علي عليه السلام: (ما أسرع ما كذبتم على رسول الله، نكثتم وارتددتم. والله ما استخلف رسول الله غيري. فارجع يا قنفذ فإنما أنت رسول، فقل له: قال لك علي: والله ما استخلفك رسول الله وإنك لتعلم من خليفة رسول الله).
So, he (Abu Bakr) sent to him-asws Umar’s cousin who was called Qunfuz, saying to him, ‘O Qunfuz, go to Ali-asws and say to him-asws, ‘Answer (the call) of the Caliph of the Rasool Allah-saww’. So, he went and told him-asws. Ali-asws said: ‘How easily you have forged lies against the Rasool Allah-saww, breaking (the Covenant) with him-saww and turning apostates. By Allah-azwj, the Rasool Allah-saww did not leave behind anyone apart from me-asws. So, return, O Qunfuz, for you are only a messenger, and say to him, ‘Ali-asws says to you: ‘By Allah-azwj, the Rasool Allah-saww did not appoint you as a Caliph, and you very well know who the Caliph of the Rasool Allah-saww actually is’.
فأقبل قنفذ إلى أبي بكر فبلغه الرسالة. فقال أبو بكر: (صدق علي، ما استخلفني رسول الله) فغضب عمر ووثب وقام. فقال أبو بكر: (إجلس). ثم قال لقنفذ: (إذهب إليه فقل له: (أجب أمير المؤمنين أبا بكر) فأقبل قنفذ حتى دخل على علي عليه السلام فأبلغه الرسالة. فقال عليه السلام: (كذب والله، انطلق إليه فقل له: والله لقد تسميت باسم ليس لك، فقد علمت أن أمير المؤمنين غيرك).
So Qunfuz went back to Abu Bakr and narrated to him the message. Abu Bakr said, ‘Ali-asws spoke the truth, the Rasool Allah-saww did not appoint me as a Caliph’. Umar got angry and jumped to his feet. Abu Bakr said, ‘Sit down!’ Then he said to Qunfuz, ‘Go to him-asws and say to him-asws, ‘Answer (to the call of) Amir-ul-Momineen Abu Bakr’.
So Qunfuz went back until he came up to Ali-asws and narrated the message to him‑asws. Ali-asws said: ‘By Allah-azwj he has lied! Go back to him and say to him: ‘You have named yourself with a name which is not for you. You know that the Amir-ul-Momineen is someone other than you’.
فرجع قنفذ فأخبرهما. فوثب عمر غضبان فقال: (والله إني لعارف بسخفه وضعف رأيه وإنه لا يستقيم لنا أمر حتى نقتله فخلني آتك برأسه) فقال أبو بكر: (إجلس)، فأبى فأقسم عليه فجلس. ثم قال: يا قنفذ، انطلق فقل له: (أجب أبا بكر). فأقبل قنفذ فقال: (يا علي، أجب أبا بكر). فقال علي عليه السلام: (إني لفي شغل عنه، وما كنت بالذي أترك وصية خليلي وأخي، وأنطلق إلى أبي بكر وما اجتمعتم عليه من الجور).
So Qunfuz went back and informed both of them. Umar leapt up angrily and said, ‘By Allah-azwj, I know his-asws silliness and the weakness of his-asws argument, our command will not be stable for us until we kill him-asws, so leave me and I will come to you with his-asws head’.
Abu Bakr said, ‘Sit down!’ He refused, so Abu Bakr held him on oath. So, he sat down. Then (Abu Bakr) said, ‘O Qunfuz, go to him-asws and say, ‘Answer (the call) of Abu Bakr’. Qunfuz went back and said, ‘O Ali-asws, answer (the call of) Abu Bakr’. Ali-asws said: ‘I-asws do not want to be distracted from it, and I-asws am not of those who will leave the bequest of my-asws friend-saww and my-asws brother-saww, and you go back to Abu Bakr and those unjust ones who have gathered around him’.
هجومهم على بيت فاطمة عليها السلام وإحراقه
فانطلق قنفذ فأخبر أبا بكر. فوثب عمر غضبان، فنادى خالد بن الوليد وقنفذا فأمرهما أن يحملا حطبا ونارا. ثم أقبل حتى انتهى إلى باب علي عليه السلام، وفاطمة عليها السلام قاعدة خلف الباب، قد عصبت رأسها ونحل جسمها في وفاة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله. فأقبل عمر حتى ضرب الباب، ثم نادى: (يا بن أبي طالب، افتح الباب). فقالت فاطمة عليها السلام: (يا عمر، ما لنا ولك؟ لا تدعنا وما نحن فيه). قال: (افتحي الباب وإلا أحرقناه عليكم) فقال: (يا عمر، أما تتقي الله عز وجل، تدخل على بيتي وتهجم على داري)؟ فأبى أن ينصرف. ثم دعا عمر بالنار فأضرمها في الباب فأحرق الباب، ثم دفعه عمر.
Their assault upon the House of (Syeda) Fatima-asws and their burning of it
So Qunfuz went and informed Abu Bakr. Umar leapt up angrily and called Khalid Bin Waleed, and Qunfuz. He ordered both of them to carry firewood and fire. Then they went until they ended up at the door of Ali-asws and (Syeda) Fatima-asws. She-asws was sitting behind the door, and she-asws had tied a piece of cloth to her-asws head and her-asws body had become thin (weak) due to the passing away of the Rasool Allah-saww.
Umar came up until he struck (banged on) the door, then called out, ‘O son-asws of Abu Talib-as, open the door!’ (Syeda) Fatima-asws said: ‘O Umar, what is it with us-asws and you? Why don’t you leave us-asws in the situation that we-asws are in?’ He said, ‘Open the door or I will burn it down upon you-asws’. She-asws said, ‘O Umar, but fear Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic, you will enter into my-asws house, and make an assault upon my-asws door?’ He refused to leave. Then Umar called for the fire, so he kindled it by the door. The door burnt, then Umar pushed it.
ضرب الصديقة الطاهرة عليها السلام
فاستقبلته فاطمة عليها السلام وصاحت: (يا أبتاه يا رسول الله) فرفع السيف وهو في غمده فوجأ به جنبها فصرخت. فرفع السوط فضرب به ذراعها فصاحت: (يا أبتاه)
Hitting the Truthful (Al-Siddiqa), the Pure (Al-Tahira) peace be upon her-asws
(Syeda) Fatima-asws came in front of him and shouted, ‘O Father, O Rasool Allah‑saww!’ He raised the sword, and it was in its sheath, and he lashed out with it on her-asws side. She-asws screamed. So, he raised the whip and struck her-asws arm with it. She-asws shouted out loud: ‘O Father!’
أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام يهم بقتل عمر
فوثب علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام فأخذ بتلابيب عمر ثم هزه فصرعه ووجأ أنفه ورقبته وهم بقتله، فذكر قول رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وما أوصى به من الصبر والطاعة، فقال: (والذي كرم محمدا بالنبوة يا بن صهاك، لولا كتاب من الله سبق لعلمت أنك لا تدخل بيتي).
Amir-ul-Momineen-asws resolves to kill Umar
So, Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws leapt up. He-asws grabbed the collar of Umar, shook him, and went on to twist his nose and throttled him, having resolved to kill him. So he-asws remembered the words of the Rasool Allah-saww and what he-saww had bequeathed to him-asws from the observance of patience and the obedience.
He-asws said: ‘By the One-azwj Who Honoured Muhammad-saww by the Prophet-hood, O son of Sahaak, had not the Book of Allah-azwj been in front of me-asws, you know that you would not have entered my-asws house’.
يريدون قتل الزهراء عليها السلام بالسيف
فأرسل عمر يستغيث. فأقبل الناس حتى دخلوا الدار. وسل خالد بن الوليد السيف ليضرب فاطمة عليها السلام فحمل عليه بسيفه، فأقسم على علي عليه السلام فكف.
They wanted to kill Al-Zahra-asws by the sword
Umar yelled out for help. The people came over until they entered the house. Khalid Bin Waleed unsheathed his sword to strike (Syeda) Fatima-asws. He-asws attacked him with his-asws sword, so he pleaded Ali-asws for mercy. He-asws refrained.
إخراج أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام من البيت
وأقبل المقداد وسلمان وأبو ذر وعمار وبريدة الأسلمي حتى دخلوا الدار أعوانا لعلي عليه السلام، حتى كادت تقع فتنة. فأخرج علي عليه السلام واتبعه الناس واتبعه سلمان وأبو ذر والمقداد وعمار وبريدة الأسلمي رحمهم الله وهم يقولون: (ما أسرع ما خنتم رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وأخرجتم الضغائن التي في صدوركم). وقال بريدة بن الخصيب الأسلمي: (يا عمر، أتثب على أخي رسول الله ووصيه وعلى ابنته فتضربها، وأنت الذي يعرفك قريش بما يعرفك به). فرفع خالد بن الوليد السيف ليضرب به بريدة وهو في غمده، فتعلق به عمر ومنعه من ذلك.
Exit of Amir-ul-Momineen-asws from the house
Al-Miqdad-ra, and Salman-ra, and Abu Dharr-ra, and Ammar, and Bureyda Al-Aslamy came up until they entered the house as helpers for Ali-asws, to the extent that strife (fighting) almost broke out. So Ali-asws was brought out, and the people followed him-asws, and Salman-ra, and Abu Dharr-ra, and Al-Miqdad-ra, and Ammar, and Bureyda Al-Aslamy, may Allah-azwj have Mercy upon them also followed and they were saying, ‘How quickly you have betrayed the Rasool Allah-saww and brought out the grudges that were in your hearts’.
And Bureyda Bin Al-Khaseeb Al-Aslamy said, ‘O Umar, You jumped upon the brother-asws of the Rasool Allah-saww and his-saww successor-asws, and upon his-saww daughter-asws so you hit her-asws, and you are the one who is known among the Qureish by what they know about you’. Khalid Bin Waleed raised the sword which was in its sheath to strike at Bureyda, so Umar held him back from it, and prevented him from that.
* 2 * كيفية البيعة الجبرية
أول ما قال أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام عند البيعة الجبرية
فانتهوا بعلي عليه السلام إلى أبي بكر ملببا. فلما بصر به أبو بكر صاح: (خلوا سبيله) فقال علي عليه السلام: (ما أسرع ما توثبتم على أهل بيت نبيكم يا أبا بكر، بأي حق وبأي ميراث وبأي سابقة تحث الناس إلى بيعتك؟ ألم تبايعني بالأمس بأمر رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله)؟
2 – The manner of the allegiance under compulsion
The first of what was said by Amir-ul-Momineen-asws duing the allegiance under compulsion
They managed to take Ali-asws to Abu Bakr, with a rope around his-asws neck. When he saw him-asws with it, Abu Bakr shouted, ‘Untie him!’ Ali-asws said: ‘How hastily you have gone against the People-asws of the Household of your Prophet-saww, O Abu Bakr, and by which inheritance, and by which precedence have you urged the people to your allegiance? Did you not pledge allegiance to me-asws yesterday by the order of the Rasool Allah-saww?’
التهديد الأول لعلي عليه السلام
فقال عمر: دع عنك هذا يا علي، فوالله إن لم تبايع لنقتلنك فقال علي عليه السلام: (إذا والله أكون عبد الله وأخا رسول الله المقتول). فقال عمر: (أما عبد الله المقتول فنعم، وأما أخو رسول الله فلا) فقال علي عليه السلام: (أما والله، لولا قضاء من الله سبق وعهد عهده إلي خليلي لست أجوزه لعلمت أينا أضعف ناصرا وأقل عددا)، وأبو بكر ساكت لا يتكلم.
The first threat to Ali-asws
Leave this from yourself-asws, O Ali-asws, for, by Allah-azwj, if you-asws do not pledge allegiance, we will kill you’. Ali-asws said: ‘Then, by Allah-azwj, I-asws would be a servant of Allah-azwj, and the brother of the Rasool Allah-saww who had been murdered’.
Umar said, ‘As for being a servant of Allah-saww, so yes, and as for being the brother of the Rasool Allah-saww, so, no’. So Ali-asws said: ‘But, by Allah-azwj, had not Allah-azwj Decreed from before, and an oath which my-asws friend-saww had held me-asws on, which is not permitting me-asws, you would have known where (on which side) are the weak helpers and fewer numbers’ (72:24), and Abu Bakr was silent, and did not speak.
فقام بريدة فقال: يا عمر، ألستما اللذين قال لكما رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: (انطلقا إلى علي فسلما عليه بإمرة المؤمنين)، فقلتما: أعن أمر الله وأمر رسوله؟ فقال: نعم. فقال أبو بكر: قد كان ذلك يا بريدة، ولكنك غبت وشهدنا، والأمر يحدث بعده الأمر فقال عمر: وما أنت وهذا يا بريدة؟ وما يدخلك في هذا؟ فقال بريدة: (والله لا سكنت في بلدة أنتم فيها أمراء). فأمر به عمر فضرب وأخرج.
Bureyda stood up and said, ‘O Umar, are you two not the ones to whom the Rasool Allah-saww said: ‘Go to Ali-asws and greet him -asws as ‘Amir-ul-Momineen’? So, both of you said, ‘Is this the Order of Allah-azwj, and the order of His-azwj Messenger-saww?’ He‑saww said: ‘Yes’.
Abu Bakr said, ‘That was what is was O Bureyda, but you were absent and we were present, and one matter transpires after the other matter’. Umar said, ‘And what has this to do with you, O Bureyda? And what is making you include yourself in this?’ Bureyda said, ‘By Allah-azwj, I shall not live in the country in which the two of you are the rulers’. So, Umar ordered for him to be beaten and thrown out.
ثم قام سلمان فقال: (يا أبا بكر، اتق الله وقم عن هذا المجلس، ودعه لأهله يأكلوا به رغدا إلى يوم القيامة، لا يختلف على هذه الأمة سيفان)، فلم يجبه أبو بكر. فأعاد سلمان فقال مثلها. فانتهره عمر وقال: ما لك ولهذا الأمر؟ وما يدخلك فيما هيهنا؟ فقال: مهلا يا عمر، قم يا أبا بكر عن هذا المجلس، ودعه لأهله يأكلوا به والله خضرا إلى يوم القيامة، وإن أبيتم لتحلبن به دما وليطمعن فيه الطلقاء والطرداء والمنافقون. والله لو أعلم أني أدفع ضيما أو أعز لله دينا لوضعت سيفي على عاتقي ثم ضربت به قدما. أتثبون على وصي رسول الله؟ فأبشروا بالبلاء وأقنطوا من الرخاء.
Then Salman-ra said, ‘O Abu Bakr, fear Allah-azwj, and stand (leave) from this seating (Pulpit), and leave it for its deserving one-asws, so he-asws will make you to eat plentifully by it up to the Day of Judgement. Do not (create) differences in this community by two swords’. Abu Bakr did not reply to him. So, Salman-ra reiterated it and said similar to it. Umar rebuked him-ra and said, ‘What is it to you and this matter? And what makes you to include yourself in what is happening here?’
He-ra said, ‘Keep quiet O Umar! Stand-up, O Abu Bakr from this seating (the Pulpit) and leave it for its deserving one-asws, he-asws will make you to eat by it green (harvest) up to the Day of Judgement, and if you refuse, you will end up making the milk to turn into blood, and the freed captives, and the castaways and the hypocrites will have greed with regards to this Caliphate. By Allah-azwj, if I-ra knew that I-ra could repel injustice, or bestow honour to the Religion of Allah-azwj, I-ra would place my-ra sword upon my-ra shoulders, then strike with it every step of the way. You are attacking the successor-asws of the Rasool Allah-saww? So, receive news of afflictions and remoteness from the prosperity’.
ثم قام أبو ذر والمقداد وعمار، فقالوا لعلي عليه السلام: (ما تأمر؟ والله إن أمرتنا لنضربن بالسيف حتى نقتل). فقال علي عليه السلام: (كفوا رحمكم الله واذكروا عهد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وما أوصاكم به)، فكفوا.
Then Abu Dharr-ra, and Al-Miqdad, and Ammar stood up and said to Ali-asws, ‘What is your-asws order? By Allah-azwj, If you-asws order us, we will strike with the sword until we die’. Ali-asws said: ‘Restrain, may Allah-azwj have Mercy on you, and remember the oath of the Rasool Allah-saww and what he-saww has bequeathed to us by it’. So, they held back.
التهديد الثاني لعلي عليه السلام
فقال عمر لأبي بكر – وهو جالس فوق المنبر -: ما يجلسك فوق المنبر وهذا جالس محارب لا يقوم فينا فيبايعك؟ أو تأمر به فيضرب عنقه؟ – والحسن والحسين عليهما السلام قائمان على رأس علي عليه السلام – فلما سمعا مقالة عمر بكيا ورفعا أصواتهما: (يا جداه يا رسول الله) فضمهما علي عليه السلام إلى صدره وقال: (لا تبكيا، فوالله لا يقدران على قتل أبيكما، هما أقل وأذل وأدخرمن ذلك.
The second threat to Ali-asws
Umar said to Abu Bakr – and he was sitting upon the Pulpit -: ‘What (are you doing) being seated upon the Pulpit, and this (Ali-asws) is a seated warrior, he-asws is not standing up among us, so that he-asws pays allegiance to you? Or give the order so that his-asws neck be struck?’ – And Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws were standing by the head of Ali-asws – when they-asws heard the words of Umar, they-asws cried and raise their-asws voices: ‘O Grandfather, O Rasool Allah-saww!’ Ali-asws gathered them‑asws to his-asws chest and said: ‘Do not weep, for, by Allah-azwj, these two do not have the ability to kill your-asws father. They are both lower, and spineless, and more disgraceful than that’.
وأقبلت أم أيمن النوبية حاضنة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وأم سلمة فقالتا: (يا عتيق، ما أسرع ما أبديتم حسدكم لآل محمد). فأمر بهما عمر أن تخرجا من المسجد، وقال: (ما لنا وللنساء)
And Umm Ayman Al-Nowbiyat, nursemaid of the Rasool Allah-saww, and Umm Salma‑ra came up and (they both) said, ‘O Ateeq (Abu Bakr), how quickly you all have showed your envy against the Family-asws of Muhammad-saww. So, Umar ordered for both of them to be thrown out from the Masjid and said, ‘What have we to do with the women’.
التهديد الثالث لعلي عليه السلام
ثم قال: يا علي، قم بايع. فقال علي عليه السلام: إن لم أفعل؟ قال: إذا والله نضرب عنقك. قال عليه السلام: كذبت والله يا بن صهاك، لا تقدر على ذلك. أنت ألأم وأضعف من ذلك.
The third threat to Ali-asws
Then he (Umar) said, ‘O Ali-asws, stand, pledge allegiance!’ Ali-asws said: ‘If I-asws don’t do it?’ He said, ‘By Allah-azwj, we will strike your-asws neck’. He-asws said: ‘You are lying, O son of Sahaak, you do not have the power for that. You are more reprehensible and weaker than that’.
التهديد الرابع لعلي عليه السلام
فوثب خالد بن الوليد واخترط سيفه وقال: (والله إن لم تفعل لأقتلنك). فقام إليه علي عليه السلام وأخذ بمجامع ثوبه ثم دفعه حتى ألقاه على قفاه ووقع السيف من يده
The fourth threat to Ali-asws
Khalid Bin Waleed leapt up and unsheathed his sword, and said, ‘By Allah-azwj, if you‑asws don’t do it, we will kill you-asws’. So Ali-asws stood up and grabbed hold of his clothes, then flung him (to the ground) by the scruff of his neck, and the sword fell from his hand.
التهديد الخامس لعلي عليه السلام
The fifth threat to Ali-asws
Umar said, ‘O Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws, pledge allegiance!’ He-asws said: ‘And if I-asws don’t do it?’ He said, ‘Then, by Allah-azwj, we will kill you-asws’. Ali-asws argued against him three times, then (they made Abu Bakr to) extend his hand but Ali-asws‘s wrist was closed, so Abu Bakr struck it (by his hand) upon it, and was happy from it by that. Then he-asws went to his-asws house, and the people followed him-asws.
3 * غصبهم فدكا هدية النبي صلى الله عليه وآله للزهراء عليها السلام
احتجاج الزهراء عليها السلام لإعادة فدك
قال: ثم إن فاطمة عليها السلام بلغها أن أبا بكر قبض فدك. فخرجت في نساء بني هاشم حتى دخلت على أبي بكر فقالت: يا أبا بكر، تريد أن تأخذ مني أرضا جعلها لي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وتصدق بها علي من الوجيف الذي لم يوجف المسلمون عليه بخيل ولا ركاب؟ أما كان قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: (المرء يحفظ في ولده بعده)؟ وقد علمت أنه لم يترك لولده شيئا غيرها.
3 – Their usurpation of Fadak, a gift of the Prophet-saww to Al-Zahra-asws
Argumentation of Al-Zahra-asws for the return of Fadak
(Abdullah Bin Al-Abbas) said, ‘Then it reached (Syeda) Fatima-asws that Abu Bakr had confiscated Fadak. She-asws came out among the women of the Clan of Hashim-as until they came up to Abu Bakr. She-asws said: ‘O Abu Bakr, You want to take from me-asws the land which the Rasool Allah-saww had made it to be for me-asws, and had it ratified by it to me-asws from the war booty which the Muslims did not go to war on, neither with a horse nor a camel? But did not the Rasool Allah-saww say: ‘A person has to ensure that he leaves somethings for his children (so they live on it)? And you know that he-saww did not leave for his-as children anything apart from this’.
منع عمر من كتاب أبي بكر برد فدك
فلما سمع أبو بكر مقالتها والنسوة معها دعا بدواة ليكتب به لها. فدخل عمر فقال: يا خليفة رسول الله، لا تكتب لها حتى تقيم البينة بما تدعي. فقالت فاطمة عليها السلام: نعم، أقيم البينة. قال: من؟ قالت: علي وأم أيمن. فقال عمر: (لا تقبل شهادة امرأة عجمية لا تفصح، وأما علي فيحوز النار إلى قرصه). فرجعت فاطمة عليها السلام وقد جرعها من الغيظ ما لا يوصف، فمرضت.
Prevention of Umar from the letter of Abu Bakr for the restitution of Fadak
When Abu Bakr heard her-asws words and of the women who were with her-asws, he called for the ink so that he could write it for her-asws. But Umar interfered saying, ‘O Caliph of the Rasool Allah-saww, do not write it for her until she establishes the clear proof for what she-asws is claiming. (Syeda) Fatima-asws said: ‘Yes, I-asws shall establish the clear proof’. He said, ‘Who?’ She-asws said: ‘Ali-asws and Umm Ayman’. Umar said, ‘The testimony of one non-Arab woman who is not eloquent, is not acceptable, and as for Ali-asws, he-asws will add fire to its fuel’. So (Syeda) Fatima-asws returned, and she-asws was in such a rage that it cannot be described. She-asws fell ill’.
أبو بكر وعمر يعودان فاطمة عليها السلام
وكان علي عليه السلام يصلي في المسجد الصلوات الخمس. فكلما صلى قال له أبو بكر وعمر: (كيف بنت رسول الله)؟ إلى أن ثقلت، فسألا عنها وقالا: (قد كان بيننا وبينها ما قد علمت، فإن رأيت أن تأذن لنا فنعتذر إليها من ذنبنا)؟ قال عليه السلام: ذاك إليكما. فقاما فجلسا بالباب، ودخل علي عليه السلام على فاطمة عليها السلام فقال لها: (أيتها الحرة، فلان وفلان بالباب يريدان أن يسلما عليك، فما ترين)؟ قالت عليها السلام: البيت بيتك والحرة زوجتك، فافعل ما تشاء. فقال: (شدي قناعك)، فشدت قناعها وحولت وجهها إلى الحائط.
Abu Bakr and Umar both returned to (Syeda) Fatima-asws
And Ali-asws used to Pray the five Prayers in the Masjid. Every time that he-asws Prayed, Abu Bakr and Umar would say to him-asws, ‘How is the daughter of the Rasool Allah-saww?’, (She-asws remained ill) to the point that her illness increased, so they asked about it and said, ‘You-asws know what has happened between us and her-asws, so if you-asws can seek her-asws permission, we would like to apologise to her-asws from its sin?’
He-asws said: ‘That is up to you’. So they stood up and went and sat by the door, and Ali-asws entered in it to (Syeda) Fatima-asws, so he-asws said to her-asws: ‘O you Hourie, so and so and so and so are at the door wanting to greet you-asws. So, what do you-asws see?’ She-asws said: ‘The house is your-asws house, and the Hourie is your-asws wife, so do what you-asws feel like’. He-asws said: ‘Put on your-asws veil’. So she-asws put on her-asws veil and turned her-asws face towards the wall’.
دعاء فاطمة عليها السلام على أبي بكر وعمر
فدخلا وسلما وقالا: ارضي عنا رضي الله عنك. فقالت: ما دعاكما إلى هذا؟ فقالا: اعترفنا بالإساءة ورجونا أن تعفي عنا وتخرجي سخيمتك. فقالت: فإن كنتما صادقين فأخبراني عما أسألكما عنه، فإني لا أسألكما عن أمر إلا وأنا عارفة بأنكما تعلمانه، فإن صدقتما علمت أنكما صادقان في مجيئكما. قالا: سلي عما بدا لك.
Supplication of (Syeda) Fatima-asws against Abu Bakr and Umar
So, they entered and greeted, and said, ‘Be pleased with us, may Allah-azwj be Pleased with you-asws’. She-asws said: ‘What do you both intend by this?’ They said, ‘We both realise that we have offended you-asws and hope that you-asws will excuse us and get rid of your-asws anger’. She-asws said: ‘If the two of you are truthful, so inform me-asws about what I-asws am going to ask you, for I-asws will not ask you about a matter except that I-asws know that both of you know it, so ratify it if both of you are truthful in your answer’. They said, ‘Ask whatever that occurs to you-asws’.
قالت: نشدتكما بالله هل سمعتما رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يقول: (فاطمة بضعة مني، فمن آذاها فقد آذاني)؟ قالا: نعم. فرفعت يدها إلى السماء فقالت: (اللهم إنهما قد آذياني، فأنا أشكوهما إليك وإلى رسولك. لا والله لا أرضى عنكما أبدا حتى ألقى أبي رسول الله وأخبره بما صنعتما، فيكون هو الحاكم فيكما).
She-asws said: ‘I-asws adjure you both to Allah-azwj, have you both heard the Rasool Allah-saww saying: ‘(Syeda) Fatima-asws is a piece from me-saww, so the one who hurts her-asws, so he has hurt me-saww?’ They said, ‘Yes’. She-asws raised her-asws hands towards the sky, so she said: ‘Our Allah-azwj, They have both hurt me-asws, so I-asws am complaining about both of them to You-azwj, and to Your-azwj Messenger-saww’. No, by Allah-azwj, I-asws will never be pleased from both of you ever until I-asws meet my-asws father-saww the Rasool Allah-saww and inform him-saww of what the two of you have done, so he-saww will be the judge with regards to the two of you’.
قال: فعند ذلك دعا أبو بكر بالويل والثبور وجزع جزعا شديدا. فقال عمر: تجزع يا خليفة رسول الله من قول امرأة؟
(Abdullah Bin Al-Abbas) said, ‘When Abu Bakr heard that supplication, he called for doom and destruction (upon himself), and shaked with a severe shaking’. Umar said, ‘O Caliph of the Rasool Allah-saww, you are frightened from the words of a woman?’
* 4 * وصية فاطمة الزهراء عليها السلام وشهادتها
قال: فبقيت فاطمة عليها السلام بعد وفاة أبيها رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله أربعين ليلة. فلما اشتد بها الأمر دعت عليا عليه السلام وقالت: (يا بن عم، ما أراني إلا لما بي، وأنا أوصيك أن تتزوج بنت أختي لي. وأن لا يشهد أحد من أعداء الله جنازتي ولا دفني ولا الصلاة علي).
4 – Will of Fatiima Al-Zahra-asws and her testimony
(Abdullah Bin Al-Abbas) said, ‘(Syeda) Fatima-asws remained after the passing away of her-asws father-saww the Rasool Allah-saww, for forty nights. When her-asws matter intensified, she-asws called Ali-asws and said: ‘O paternal cousin, I-asws can see what (situation) I-asws am in, and I-asws am bequeathing to you that you-asws should marry the daughter of my-asws sister (Amaama binte Zaynab) for me-asws. And that no one from the enemies of Allah-saww should witness my-asws funeral, or my-asws burial, or Pray over me-asws’.
قال ابن عباس: وهو قول أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام: (أشياء لم أجد إلى تركهن سبيلا، لأن القرآن بها أنزل على قلب محمد صلى الله عليه وآله: قتال الناكثين والقاسطين والمارقين الذي أوصاني وعهد إلي خليلي رسول الله بقتالهم، وتزويج أمامة بنت زينب أوصتني بها فاطمة عليها السلام).
Ibn Abbas said, ‘And it is the statement of Amir-ul-Momineen-asws: ‘Of the things which I-asws could not find a way to leave it, because the Quran Descended upon the heart of Muhammad-saww, were – Fighting against the breakers (of the Covenant), the unjust, and the renegades, which is what my-asws friend the Rasool Allah-saww had bequeathed to me-asws to fight against, and the marriage to Amaama Bint Zaynab, which (Syeda) Fatima-asws had bequeathed to me-asws’.
قال ابن عباس: فقبضت فاطمة عليها السلام من يومها، فارتجت المدينة بالبكاء من الرجال والنساء، ودهش الناس كيوم قبض فيه رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله. فأقبل أبو بكر وعمر يعزيان عليا عليه السلام ويقولان له: (يا أبا الحسن، لا تسبقنا بالصلاة على ابنة رسول الله). فلما كان في الليل دعا علي عليه السلام العباس والفضل والمقداد وسلمان وأبا ذر وعمارا، فقدم العباس فصلى عليها ودفنوها.
Ibn Abbas said, ‘On the day in which (Syeda) Fatima-asws passed away, Al-Medina reverberated with the sounds of wailing from the men and the women, and the people were as shocked as they were on the day in which the Rasool Allah-saww passed away. Abu Bakr and Umar came to condole Ali-asws and they both said to him-asws, ‘O Abu Al-Hassan-asws, do not precede us by Praying upon the daughter of the Rasool Allah-saww’. When it was the night, Ali-asws called Al-Abbas, and Al-Fazl, and Al-Miqdad-ra, and Salman-ra, and Abu Dharr-ra, and Ammar-ra. Al-Abbas went forward, so Prayer was recited over her-asws and she-asws was buried.
أراد عمر نبش قبر الزهراء عليها السلام فواجهه أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام
فلما أصبح الناس أقبل أبو بكر وعمر والناس يريدون الصلاة على فاطمة عليها السلام. فقال المقداد: قد دفنا فاطمة البارحة. فالتفت عمر إلى أبي بكر فقال: ألم أقل لك إنهم سيفعلون؟ قال العباس: إنها أوصت أن لا تصليا عليها. فقال عمر: والله لا تتركون – يا بني هاشم – حسدكم القديم لنا أبدا. إن هذه الضغائن التي في صدوركم لن تذهب والله لقد هممت أن أنبشها فأصلي عليها.
Umar wanted to dig up the grave of Al-Zahra-asws, so Amir-ul-Momineen-asws faced up to him
When it was the morning, Abu Bakr and Umar came up with the people wanting to Pray over (Syeda) Fatima-asws. Al-Miqdad-ra said, ‘(Syeda) Fatima-asws was buried last night’. Umar turned towards Abu Bakr, ‘Did I not say to you that they will be belittling you?’ Al-Abbas said, ‘She-asws had bequeathed that you two would not pray over her‑asws’.
Umar said, ‘By Allah-azwj – O Clan of Hashim-as – you will not leave being envious to us, ever. If this is the grudge in your hearts, it will never go away. By Allah-azwj, I am thinking of digging her-asws out, so I can pray over her-asws’.
فقال علي عليه السلام: (والله لو رمت ذلك يا بن صهاك لأرجعت إليك يمينك. والله لئن سللت سيفي لا غمدته دون إزهاق نفسك، فرم ذلك). فانكسر عمر وسكت، وعلم أن عليا عليه السلام إذا حلف صدق. ثم قال علي عليه السلام: يا عمر، ألست الذي هم بك رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وأرسل إلي، فجئت متقلدا بسيفي، ثم أقبلت نحوك لأقتلك، فأنزل الله عز وجل: (فلا تعجل عليهم إنما نعد لهم عدا)، فانصرفوا.
Ali-asws said: ‘By Allah-azwj, if you were to do that, O son of Sahaak, I-asws will return your pledge back to you. By Allah-azwj, if I-asws unsheathe my-asws sword, I-asws will not sheathe it back until I cause you to die, so do that’. So, Umar was broken and kept quiet, and he knew that if Ali-asws makes a vow, he-asws would always fulfil it.
Then Ali-asws said: ‘O Umar, are you not the one whom the Rasool Allah-saww intended, and he-saww sent for me-asws, so I-asws came wearing my-asws sword, then I‑asws came near you for killing you, so Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed: “Therefore be not in haste against them, We only number out to them a number (of days) [19:84].”? So, they left.
* 5 * مؤامرتهم لقتل أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام
قال ابن عباس: ثم إنهم تآمروا وتذاكروا فقالوا: (لا يستقيم لنا أمر ما دام هذا الرجل حيا) فقال أبو بكر: من لنا بقتله؟ فقال عمر: (خالد بن الوليد) فأرسلا إليه فقالا: (يا خالد، ما رأيك في أمر نحملك عليه؟ قال: احملاني على ما شئتما، فوالله إن حملتماني على قتل ابن أبي طالب لفعلت. فقالا: والله ما نريد غيره. قال: فإني له فقال أبو بكر: إذا قمنا في الصلاة صلاة الفجر فقم إلى جانبه ومعك السيف. فإذا سلمت فاضرب عنقه. قال: نعم. فافترقوا على ذلك.
Their conspiracy to kill Amir-ul-Momineen-asws
Ibn Abbas said, ‘Then they conspired and discussed, so they said, ‘The command cannot be stable for us so long as this man-asws is alive’. Abu Bakr said, ‘Who is there for us, to kill him-asws?’ Umar said, ‘Khalid Bin Waleed’. So they sent for him and said, ‘O Khalid, what is your view regarding a matter we would like to burden you with?’ He said, ‘Burden me with whatsoever you both want to, for, by Allah-azwj, if you burden me with the killing of Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws, I will do it’.
They said, ‘By Allah-azwj, we do not want anything apart from this’. He said, ‘So I am for it’. Abu Bakr said, ‘When we stand for the Prayer, the Dawn Prayer, so stand beside him-asws and keep the sword with you. So when I send the greetings (At the end of the Prayer) strike his-asws neck’. He said, ‘Yes’. So they separated (having agreed) upon that.
ندامة أبي بكر عند إجراء المؤامرة
ثم إن أبا بكر تفكر فيما أمر به من قتل علي عليه السلام وعرف أنه إن فعل ذلك وقعت حرب شديدة وبلاء طويل، فندم على ما أمره به. فلم ينم ليلته تلك حتى أصبح ثم أتى المسجد وقد أقيمت الصلاة. فتقدم فصلى بالناس مفكرا لا يدري ما يقول. وأقبل خالد بن الوليد متقلدا بالسيف حتى قام إلى جانب علي عليه السلام، وقد فطن علي عليه السلام ببعض ذلك. فلما فرغ أبو بكر من تشهده صاح قبل أن يسلم: (يا خالد لا تفعل ما أمرتك، فإن فعلت قتلتك) ثم سلم عن يمينه وشماله.
Regret of Abu Bakr for having made the conspiracy
Then Abu Bakr pondered over what he had ordered, for the killing of Ali-asws, and realised that if he were to do that, a severe war would break out and a lengthy affliction, so he regretted what he had ordered for. He did not sleep in that night till the morning. Then he came to the Masjid and the Prayer had been called for. So he went forward to Pray with the people, thoughtful, not knowing what to say. And Khalid Bin Waleed came up wearing the sword until he stood by the side of Ali-asws, and Ali-asws had discerned the situation by some of that. When Abu Bakr was free from bearing testimony (at the end of the Prayer), he shouted before sending the greetings, ‘O Khalid, do not do what I had ordered you to, for if you do it I will (have you) killed. Then he greeted from his right and from his left.
المواجهة لمؤامرة القتل
فوثب علي عليه السلام فأخذ بتلابيب خالد وانتزع السيف من يده، ثم صرعه وجلس على صدره وأخذ سيفه ليقتله، واجتمع عليه أهل المسجد ليخلصوا خالدا فما قدروا عليه. فقال العباس: حلفوه بحق القبر (لما كففت). فحلفوه بالقبر فتركه، وقام فانطلق إلى منزله.
The confrontation to the conspiracy for the murder
So, Ali-asws leapt and grabbed Khalid and wrestled the sword out from his hand, then made him fall and sat upon his chest, and took his sword out to kill him, and the people of the Masjid gathered against him-asws to free Khalid. They could not do it. Al-Abbas said, ‘Hold him-asws on oath by the right of the grave (of the Rasool Allah-saww) to restrain him-asws. So they all held him-asws on oath by the grave (of the Rasool Allah-saww), so he-asws left him, and stood up and went to his-asws home.
وجاء الزبير والعباس وأبو ذر والمقداد وبنو هاشم، واخترطوا السيوف وقالوا: (والله لا تنتهون حتى يتكلم ويفعل) واختلف الناس وماجوا واضطربوا.
And Al-Zubayr, and Al-Abbas, and Abu Dharr-ra, and Al-Miqdad-ra, and the Clan of Hashim-as came hailing unsheathed their swords and said, ‘By Allah-azwj, we will not finish here until he (Khalid Bin Waleed) speaks (as to who ordered him) and he does it’. The people differed, and there was commotion, and they became restless.
وخرجت نسوة بني هاشم فصرخن وقلن: (يا أعداء الله، ما أسرع ما أبديتم العداوة لرسول الله وأهل بيته لطالما أردتم هذا من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله، فلم تقدروا عليه، فقتلتم ابنته بالأمس، ثم أنتم تريدون اليوم أن تقتلوا أخاه وابن عمه ووصيه وأبا ولده؟ كذبتم ورب الكعبة. ما كنتم تصلون إلى قتله). حتى تخوف الناس أن تقع فتنة عظيمة.
And the women of the Clan of Hashim-as came out screaming and said, ‘O enemies of Allah-azwj! How quickly you have shown your enmity to the Rasool Allah-saww and the People-asws of his-saww Household. You often wanted this from the Rasool Allah-saww, but you did not have the power to do it. You killed his-saww daughter yesterday, then today you wanted to kill his-saww brother and the son-asws of his-saww uncle-as, and his-saww successor-asws, and the father-asws of his-saww sons-asws? You are all liars, by the Lord-azwj of the Kaabah. You will not arrive to killing him-asws’. To the extent that the people feared that a great strife (Fitna) would break out.
HADITH 49
(49) ما كتبه رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله في الكتف
WHAT THE RASOOL ALLAH-saww WROTE ON PAPER (SHOULDER -BONE)
وعن سليم بن قيس، قال: سمعت سلمان يقول: سمعت عليا عليه السلام – بعد ما قال ذلك الرجل ما قال وغضب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله ودفع الكتف -: ألا نسأل رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله عن الذي كان أراد أن يكتب في الكتف مما لو كتبه لم يضل أحد ولم يختلف اثنان؟
And from Sulaym Bin Qays, who said, ‘I heard Salman-ra say, ‘I-ra heard Ali-asws – after that man (Umar) said what he said, and the Rasool Allah-saww got angry and left the paper – : ‘So, we-asws asked the Rasool Allah-saww about that which he-saww had intended to write on the paper (shoulder bone), that if he-saww would had written it, no one would have gone astray and no two would have ever differed’.
كلام رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله بعد قول عمر
فسكت حتى إذا قام من في البيت وبقي علي وفاطمة والحسن والحسين عليهم السلام وذهبنا نقوم أنا وصاحبي أبو ذر والمقداد، قال لنا علي عليه السلام: إجلسوا. فأراد أن يسأل رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله ونحن نسمع، فابتدأه رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله فقال: (يا أخي، أما سمعت ما قال عدو الله؟ أتاني جبرئيل قبل فأخبرني أنه سامري هذه الأمة وأن صاحبه عجلها، وأن الله قد قضى الفرقة والاختلاف على أمتي من بعدي، فأمرني أن أكتب ذلك الكتاب الذي أردت أن أكتبه في الكتف لك وأشهد هؤلاء الثلاثة عليه، ادع لي بصحيفة).
Speech of the Rasool Allah-saww after the words of Umar
He-saww remained silent until the ones who were in the house stood up (and left), and there remained Ali-asws, and (Syeda) Fatima-asws, and Al-Hassan-asws, and Al-Husayn-asws, and we-ra started standing up to leave, I-ra, (Salman-ra) and my-ra companions Abu Dharr-ra and Al-Miqdad-ra. Ali-asws said to us-ra: ‘Be seated!’ He-asws intended to ask the Rasool Allah-saww and wanted us-ra to hear it, so the Rasool Allah-saww initiated by saying: ‘O my-saww brother-asws, did you-asws hear what the enemy of Allah-azwj said? Jibraeel came to me-saww beforehand and informed me-saww that he (Umar) is the Samiry of this community and that his companion is its calf, and that Allah-azwj has Decreed that there be sects and differentiation be in my-saww community differ after me-saww, therefore He-azwj Ordered me-saww that I-saww should write that writing which I-saww intended to write it, in the paper (shoulder-bone) for you-asws and these three-ra can witness and be witnesses to it, so get me a Parchment’.
أسماء الأئمة الاثني عشر عليهم السلام في الكتف
فأتى بها، فأملى عليه أسماء الأئمة الهداة من بعده رجلا رجلا وعلي عليه السلام يخطه بيده. وقال صلى الله عليه وآله: إني أشهدكم إن أخي ووزيري ووارثي وخليفتي في أمتي علي بن أبي طالب، ثم الحسن ثم الحسين ثم من بعدهم تسعة من ولد الحسين. ثم لم أحفظ منهم غير رجلين علي ومحمد، ثم اشتبه الآخرون من أسماء الأئمة عليهم السلام، غير أني سمعت صفة المهدي وعدله وعمله وأن الله يملأ به الأرض عدلا كما ملئت ظلما وجورا.
Names of the twelve Imams-asws in the shoulder (bone)
So, he-asws came with it, and he-saww dictated to him-asws the names of the Imams-asws of guidance to be from after him-saww, man-asws after man-asws, and Ali-asws wrote it by his-asws hand. And he-saww said: ‘I-as am holding you all as witnesses that my-saww brother-asws, and my-saww Vizier, and my-saww inheritor, and my-saww Caliph in my-saww community is Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws, then Al-Hassan-asws, then Al-Husayn-asws, then from after him-asws nine from the sons-asws of Al-Husayn-asws’. Then I (Salman-ra) did not remember from them-asws apart from two men-asws, Ali-asws and Muhammad‑asws, then I-ra got confused of the later names of the Imams-asws, apart from that I-ra heard the characteristics of Al-Mahdi-asws, and his-asws justice, and his‑asws actions, and that Allah-azwj would Fill the earth by him-asws, with justice just as it had been filled with injustice and inequity’.
ثم قال النبي صلى الله عليه وآله: إني أردت أن أكتب هذا ثم أخرج به إلى المسجد ثم أدعو العامة فأقرأه عليهم وأشهدهم عليه. فأبى الله وقضى ما أراد.
Then the Prophet-saww said: ‘This is what I-saww had intended to write, then go out with it to the Masjid, then call the public and read it out to them and hold them as witnesses. Allah-azwj Refused and Decreed what He-azwj so Wanted’.
ثم قال سليم: فلقيت أبا ذر والمقداد في إمارة عثمان فحدثاني. ثم لقيت عليا عليه السلام بالكوفة والحسن والحسين عليهما السلام فحدثاني به سرا ما زادوا ولا نقصوا كأنما ينطقون بلسان واحد.
Then Sulaym said, ‘I met Abu Dharr-ra, and Al-Miqdad-ra during the rule of Usman, so they both narrated to me. Then I met Ali-asws at Al-Kufa, and Al-Hassan-asws, and Al-Husayn-asws, they-asws narrated to me in secret, not more nor less, as if they-asws had all spoken with one tongue’.
HADITH 50
(50) يحل لعلي عليه السلام في المسجد ما يحل لرسول الله (ص)
WHAT IS PERMISSIBLE FOR ALI-asws IS WHAT WAS PERMISSIBLE FOR THE RASOOL ALLAH-saww
سليم عن جابر بن عبد الله الأنصاري، قال: خرج علينا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وفي يده عسيب رطب ونحن في مسجده، فجعل يضربنا ويقول: لا ترقدوا في المسجد. قال جابر: فخرجنا وأراد علي عليه السلام أن يخرج معنا، فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: أين تخرج يا أخي؟ إنه يحل لك في المسجد ما يحل لي. أنت مني بمنزلة هارون من موسى، إن الله أمر موسى أن يبني مسجدا طاهرا طيبا لا يسكنه معه إلا هو وابناه شبر وشبير.
Sulaym from Jabir Bin Abdullah Al-Ansary, who said, ‘The Rasool Allah-saww came out to us, and in his-saww hand was a large leaf of dates, and we were in his-saww Masjid. So he-saww went on to tap us with it and said: ‘Do not lie down in the Masjid’. Jabir said, ‘So we went out, and Ali-asws intended to go out with us, but the Rasool Allah-saww said: ‘Where are you going out to, O my-saww brother-asws? It is Permissible for you-asws in the Masjid that which is Permissible for me-saww. You-asws are from me-saww of the status which Haroun-as had from Musa-as, that Allah-azwj Ordered Musa-as to build a pure and good Masjid, and no one will dwell in it except for him-as and his-as two sons Shabbar and Shabbir’.
علي عليه السلام الذائد عن الحوض يوم القيامة
يا أخي، والذي نفسي بيده إنك للذائد عن حوضي بيدك كما يذود الرجل عن إبله الإبل الجربة، كأني أنظر إلى مقامك من حوضي معك عصى من عوسج.
Ali-asws is the Defender of the Fountain on the Day of Judgement
O my-saww brother-asws, by the One-azwj in Whose Hand is my-saww soul, you-asws are the Defender from the Fountain by your-asws hands, just as the man defends from his camels, the camel that has the itch (illness). It is as if I-saww am looking at your-asws place from my-saww Fountain, and with you-asws is a stick from the shrubs’.
HADITH 51
(51) يحل مسجد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله لأهل بيته فقط
THE MASJID OF THE RASOOL ALLAHsaww IS PERMISSIBLE ONLY FOR THE PEOPLE-asws OF HIS-saww HOUSEHOLD
سليم بن قيس قال: سمعت أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام يقول: كأني أنظر إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله بصحن مسجده يقول: (ألا إنه لا يحل مسجدي لجنب ولا لحائض غيري وغير أخي وغير ابنتي ونسائي وخدمي وحشمي. ألا هل سمعتم؟ ألا هل بينت لكم؟ ألا لا تضلوا)، ينادي بذلك نداء.
Sulaym Bin Qays said, ‘I heard Amir-ul-Momineen-asws say: ‘It is as if I-asws am looking at the Rasool Allah-saww by the courtyard of his-saww Masjid saying: ‘Nay! It is not Permissible to be in my-saww Masjid for a person in requirement of the major ablution (Ghusl Janaba), nor for a menstruating woman, apart from myself-saww, and apart from my-saww brother-asws, and apart from my-saww daughter, and my-saww wives, and my-saww servants and my-saww attendants. Did you all hear it? Have I-saww not told you all? Do not deviate’. He-saww proclaimed by that call’.
HADITH 52
(52) علي عليه السلام صديق الأمة وفاروقها
ALI-asws IS THE TRUTHFUL (SIDDIQUE) OF THIS COMMUNITY AND ITS DIFFERENTIATOR (FAROUQ)
وذكر سليم بن قيس أنه جلس إلى سلمان وأبي ذر والمقداد في إمارة عمر بن الخطاب، فجاء رجل من أهل الكوفة فجلس إليهم مسترشدا.
And Sulaym Bin Qays mentioned that he was seated with Salman-ra, and Abu Dharr-ra, and Al-Miqdad-ra during the rule of Umar Bin Al-Khattab, when a man from Al-Kufa came up and sat down among them-ra in order to be guided by them-ra.
فقالوا له: عليك بكتاب الله فألزمه، وعلي بن أبي طالب فإنه مع الكتاب لا يفارقه. وإنا نشهد أنا سمعنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يقول: (إن عليا مع القرآن والحق، حيثما دار دار.إنه أول من آمن بالله وأول من يصافحني يوم القيامة من أمتي، وهو الصديق الأكبر والفاروق بين الحق والباطل، وهو وصيي ووزيري وخليفتي في أمتي ويقاتل على سنتي).
So, they-ra said to him, ‘To you is the Book of Allah-azwj which is necessary for you, and (also) Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws, for he-asws is with the Book, not being separate from it. And we-ra hereby testify that we-ra heard the Rasool Allah-saww saying that: ‘Ali-asws is with the Quran and the truth, wherever he-asws turns to, so do these.
He-asws is the first one-asws who believed in Allah-azwj and the first one who will shake my-saww hand on the Day of Judgement, from my community, and he-asws is the Great Truthful (Al-Siddique Al-Akbar), and the Differentiator (Al-Farouq) between the truth and the falsehood, and he-asws is my-saww successor-asws, and my-saww Vizier, and my-saww Caliph in my-saww community, and he-asws will fight (to preserve) my-saww Sunnah’.
أبو بكر وعمر انتحلا اسم غيرهما
فقال لهم الرجل: فما بال الناس يسمون أبا بكر الصديق وعمر الفاروق؟ فقالوا له: نحلهما الناس اسم غيرهما كما نحلوهما خلافة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وإمرة المؤمنين، وما هو لهما باسم لأنه اسم غيرهما. إن عليا لخليفة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وأمير المؤمنين. لقد أمرنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وأمرهما معنا فسلمنا على علي عليه السلام بإمرة المؤمنين.
Abu Bakr and Umar have been entitled by a name, which was not for both of them
The man said to them-ra, ‘So what about the people naming Abu Bakr as ‘The Truthful’ (Al-Siddique), and Umar as The Differentiator (Al-Farouq)?’ They-ra said to him, ‘The people entitled them by a name which was not for both of them, just as they entitled them both with the Caliphate of the Rasool Allah-saww and entitled them as ‘Amir-ul-Momineen’, and it is a title which is not for the both of them because it is a title which is for someone else other than them both. Surely, Ali-asws is the Caliph of the Rasool Allah-saww and ‘Amir-ul-Momineen’. The Rasool Allah-saww had ordered us‑ra, and he-saww ordered both of them along with us-ra so we all greeted to Ali-asws as ‘Amir-ul-Momineen’’.
HADITH 53
(53) الدافع لحرب الجمل وصفين عند علي عليه السلام
THE MOTIVES OF AMIR-UL-MOMINEEN-asws FOR THE BATTLES OF THE CAMEL (AL-JAMAL) AND AL-SIFFEEN
سليم قال: سمعت عليا عليه السلام يقول يوم الجمل ويوم الصفين: إني نظرت فلم أجد إلا الكفر بالله والجحود بما أنزل الله تعالى، أو الجهاد في سبيل الله والأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر. فاخترت الجهاد في سبيل الله والأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر، على الكفر بالله والجحود بما أنزل الله ومعالجة الأغلال في نار جهنم، إذا وجدت أعوانا على ذلك.
Sulaym said, ‘I heard Ali-asws say on the Day of Al-Jamal and the Day of Al-Siffeen: ‘I‑asws looked (considered), so I-asws could not find anything except that I-asws should either (adopt) infidelity (Al-Kufr) with Allah-azwj or fight against what Allah-azwj the High had Sent down, or I-asws fight in the Way of Allah-azwj and enjoin the doing of the good and forbid from the evil. So, I-asws chose to fight in the Way of Allah-azwj, and the enjoining of the doing of good and forbidding from the evil, over the infidelity (Al-Kufr) with Allah-azwj and fighting against what Allah-azwj had Sent down and face the treatment of the fetters in the Fire of Hell, when I-asws found helpers for that.
إني لم أزل مظلوما منذ قبض رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله، فلو وجدت قبل اليوم أعوانا على إحياء الكتاب والسنة كما وجدتهم اليوم لقاتلت ولم يسعني الجلوس.
I-asws have never ceased to be an oppressed person since the passing away of the Rasool Allah-saww. Had I-asws found helpers, before today, for the revival of the Book and the Sunnah just as I-asws have found today, I-asws would have fought and there would have been no leeway for me-asws to be seated (not fight)’.
CHAPTER 54
(54) أهل البيت عليهم السلام الشهداء على الناس
THE PEOPLE-asws OF THE HOUSEHOLD ARE THE WITNESSES OVER THE PEOPLE
يحذر على الدين من ثلاثة رجال
سليم بن قيس قال: سمعت علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام يقول: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: احذروا على دينكم ثلاثة رجال: رجل قرأ القرآن حتى إذا رآى عليه بهجته كأن رداء للإيمان غيره إلى ما شاء الله، اخترط سيفه على أخيه المسلم ورماه بالشرك. قلت: يا رسول الله، أيهما أولى بالشرك؟ قال: الرامي به منهما.
Hazard to the Religion from three (types of) men
Sulaym Bin Qays said, ‘I heard Ali-asw Bin Abu Talib-asws say: ‘The Rasool Allah-saww said: ‘There is a hazard to your Religion from three (types) of men – a man who recites the Quran to the extent that he was delighted by its arguments adopting like a robe for the faith other than to what Allah-azwj Desired, took out his sword against his brother Muslim and hit him by it for being a Polytheist’. I-asws said: ‘O Rasool Allah‑saww, which of these two are higher in Polytheism?’ He-saww said: ‘The hitter by it, from them both’.
ورجل استخفته الأحاديث، كلما انقطعت أحدوثة كذب مثلها أطول منها. إن يدرك الدجال يتبعه.
‘And a man who considers Ahadith to be insignificant. Whenever a Hadith was cut off (short), he forged lies similar to it and lengthened from it’.
ورجل آتاه الله عز وجل سلطانا فزعم أن طاعته طاعة الله ومعصيته معصية الله، وكذب، لا طاعة لمخلوق في معصية الخالق، لا طاعة لمن عصى الله.
And a man to whom Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Gave authority, so he thought that obedience to him is the obedience to Allah-azwj, and disobedience to him was disobedience to Allah-azwj, but he lied. There is no obedience to a creature in the disobedience to the Creator. There is no obedience to the one who disobeys Allah-azwj’.
العصمة هي المناط في طاعة النبي والأئمة عليهم السلام
إنما الطاعة لله ولرسوله ولولاة الأمر الذين قرنهم الله بنفسه ونبيه فقال: (أطيعوا الله وأطيعوا الرسول وأولي الأمر منكم)(1)، لأن الله إنما أمر بطاعة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله لأنه معصوم مطهر لا يأمر بمعصية الله، وإنما أمر بطاعة أولي الأمر لأنهم معصومون مطهرون لا يأمرون بمعصية الله.
The infallibility is assigned in the obedience to the Prophet-saww and the Imams-asws
‘But rather, the obedience to Allah-azwj and His-azwj Messenger-saww and the Wali Al-Amr (those in authority) are those-asws whom-asws Allah-azwj has Joined with Himself-azwj, and His-azwj Prophet-saww, so He-azwj Said: “O you who believe! obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority from among you” [4:59], the reason why Allah-azwj Ordered the obedience to the Rasool Allah-saww is because he-saww is Infallible, Pure, he-saww will not order to the disobedience of Allah-azwj, and the reason why He-azwj Ordered obedience to the Ul-Il-Amr (those in authority) because they-asws are Infallible, Pure, and they-asws will not order to the disobedience to Allah-azwj’.
طريق أهل البيت عليهم السلام ينجي من الضلال
قال: ثم أقبل علي علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام – حين فرغ من حديث رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله – فقال: لا بد من رحى ضلالة، فإذا قامت طحنت وإن لطحنها روقا وإن روقها حدتها وعلى الله فلها. إن أبرار عترتي وطيب أرومتي أحلم الناس صغارا وأعلمهم كبارا. ألا وبنا يفرج الله الضيق والزمان الكلب، وعلى أيدينا يغير الكذب.
The way of the People-asws of the Household rescues from the misguidance
(Sulaym) said, ‘Then Ali-asws turned towards me – when he-asws was free from the Hadith of the Rasool Allah-saww – so he-asws said: ‘It is a must for there to be misguidance which will grind, and its grinding will be thorough, and its thoroughness is its difficulties, and it is for Allah-azwj to Rescue from it. The good ones from my-asws Progeny, and the pure ones of my-asws Family are the most forbearing (patient) of the people in their-asws childhood and the most knowledgeable of them in their-asws adulthood. Indeed, it is by us-asws that Allah-azwj Rescues from the straitened circumstances and change the era and by our-asws hands, without the lies.
ألا وإنا أهل بيت من حكم الله حكمنا وقول صادق سمعنا، فإن تتبعوا سبيلنا وتسلكوا طريقنا وآثارنا تهتدوا ببصائرنا، وإن تخالفونا تهلكوا، وإن تقتدوا بنا تجدونا على الكتاب أمامكم، وإن تخالفونا لم تضروا بذلك إلا أنفسكم.
Indeed, we-asws are the People-asws of the Household, our-asws orders are the Orders of Allah-azwj, and we-asws are truthful in speech so listen to us-asws, for if you follow our‑asws way, and travel on our-asws path and our-asws footsteps, you will be guided by our-asws vision, and if you oppose us-asws you will perish, and if you follow us-asws, you will find us-asws to be upon the Book in front of you, and that if you were to oppose us-asws, you will not hurt anyone by it except yourselves.
إن الله يسأل الشهداء من أهل البيت عليهم السلام عن أهل زمانهم
إن الله سائل أهل كل زمان ويدعى الشهداء عليهم في زمانهم منا، فمن صدق صدقناه ومن كذب كذبناه. إن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله هو المنذر الهادي الرسول إلى الجن والأنس إلى يوم القيامة، لا نبي بعده ولا رسول، ولا ينزل بعد القرآن كتابا. ولكل أهل زمان هاد ودليل وإمام يهديهم ويدلهم ويرشدهم إلى كتاب ربهم وسنة نبيهم، كلما مضى هاد خلف آخر مثله. هم مع الكتاب والكتاب معهم لا يفارقونه ولا يفارقهم حتى يردوا على رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله حوضه.
Surely, Allah-azwj will Ask the Witnesses from the People-asws of the Household about the people of their-asws era
Surely, Allah-azwj will Ask the people of every era, and Call the Witnesses over them who were in their era, from us-asws, so the one who was truthful we-asws will ratify him, and the one who lied, we-asws will deny him. Surely, the Rasool Allah-saww was the Warner, the Guide, the Messenger-saww to the Jinn and the Human beings up to the Day of Judgement. There will not be a Prophet-as after him-saww nor a Messenger-as, nor will a Book Descend after the Quran. And for the people of every era there is a Guide, and an Evidence, and an Imam-asws who-asws guides them, and provides evidences to them, and shows them the way to the Book of their Lord-azwj and the Sunnah of their Prophet-as. Every time a Guide-asws passes away, he-asws leaves behind someone-asws like himself-asws. They-asws are with the Quran and the Quran is with them-asws. Neither do they-asws separate from it nor does it separate from them‑asws, until they return to the Rasool Allah-saww to his-saww Fountain.
إنا أهل بيت دعا الله لنا أبونا إبراهيم عليه السلام فقال: (فاجعل أفئدة من الناس تهوي إليهم)، فإيانا عنى الله بذلك خاصة. ونحن الذين عنى الله: (يا أيها الذين آمنوا اركعوا واسجدوا واعبدوا ربكم وافعلوا الخير لعلكم تفلحون) إلى آخر السورة، فرسول الله الشاهد علينا ونحن شهداء الله على خلقه وحججه في أرضه. ونحن الذين عنى الله بقوله: (وكذلك جعلناكم أمة وسطا لتكونوا شهداء على الناس) إلى آخر الآية. فلكل زمان منا إمام شاهد على أهل زمانه.
We-asws are the People-asws of the Household for whom-asws our-asws father Ibrahim-as Prayed to Allah-azwj saying: “therefore make the hearts of some people yearn towards them and” [14:37] , so it is us-asws whom Allah-azwj has Meant by that, especially. And we-asws are the ones-asws Meant by Allah-azwj in: “O you who believe! bow down and prostrate yourselves and serve your Lord, and do good that you may succeed” [22:77] up to the end of the Chapter. So, the Rasool Allah-saww is a Witness over us-asws, and we-asws are the Witnesses of Allah-azwj over His-azwj creatures, and His-azwj Proof in His-azwj earth. And we-asws are the ones-asws Meant by Allah-azwj by His-azwj Statement: “And thus We have made you a medium (just) nation that you may be the bearers of witness to the people” [2:143] , up to the end of the Verse. So, for every era, an Imam-asws from us-asws is a Witness over the people of his-asws era.
HADITH 55
(55) اعترافات سعد بن أبي وقاص بشأن أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام
CONFESSIONS OF SA’D BIN ABI WAQAAS CONCERNING AMIR-UL-MOMINEEN-asws (Fazail)
قال سليم بن قيس: لقيت سعد بن أبي وقاص وقلت له: إني سمعت عليا عليه السلام يقول: سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يقول: (اتقوا فتنة الأخينس (فتنة سعد، فإنه يدعو إلى خذلان الحق وأهله). فقال سعد: اللهم إني أعوذ بك أن أبغض عليا أو يبغضني، أو أقاتل عليا أو يقاتلني، أو أعادي عليا أو يعاديني.
Sulaym Bin Qays said, ‘I met Sa’d Bin Abi Waqaas and said to him, ‘I heard from Ali‑asws saying: ‘I-asws heard the Rasool Allah-saww saying: ‘Fear the strife (Fitna) of ‘Al-Akhaynas’, strife (Fitna) of Sa’d, for he will call to desertion of the truth and its people’. Sa’d said, ‘Our Allah-azwj, I seek refuge with You-azwj that I should hate Ali-asws or that he-asws should hate me, or I fight against Ali-asws and he-asws fights against me, or I be an enemy to Ali-asws or he-asws be an enemy to me.
فضائل أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام على لسان سعد
إن عليا كانت له خصال لم تكن لأحد من الناس مثلها: إنه صاحب براءة حين قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: (إنه لا يبلغ عني إلا رجل مني).
Virtues of Amir-ul-Momineen-asws in the words of Sa’d
Surely, Ali-asws has qualities for himself-asws, which will never be for anyone from the people. For example, he-asws is the owner of ‘Bara’at’ (Chapter 9 of the Quran), when the Rasool Allah-saww said: ‘It will not be preached from me-saww except for a man-asws who is from me-saww’.
وقال صلى الله عليه وآله له يوم غزاة تبوك: (أنت مني بمنزلة هارون من موسى غير النبوة، فإنه لا نبي بعدي).
And he-saww said on the day of the (military) expedition of Tabuk: ‘You-asws are from me-saww of the status which Haroun-as had from Musa-as apart from the Prophet-hood, so there is no Prophet-as to be after me-saww’.
وأمر صلى الله عليه وآله بسد كل باب شارع إلى المسجد غير بابه، فجهد عمر أن يرخص له في كوة صغيرة قدر عينه فأبى ذلك رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله، وقال عند ذلك حمزة والعباس وجعفر: (سددت أبوابنا وتركت باب علي)؟ فقال صلى الله عليه وآله: (ما أنا سددتها ولا فتحت بابه، ولكن الله سدها وفتح بابه).
And he-saww ordered for the closure of every door leading to the Masjid apart from his‑asws door. So, Umar fought that he should be allowed to have a small niche the size of his eye. The Rasool Allah-saww refused that, and Hamza-as, and Al-Abbas-as, and Ja’far-as said regarding that, ‘You-saww are closing our-as doors and leaving his-asws door open?’ He-saww said: ‘It was not I-saww that closed it, nor kept his-asws door open, but it was Allah-azwj Who closed it and Kept his-asws door open’.
وآخى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله بين كل رجلين من أصحابه، فقال عليه السلام له: آخيت بين كل رجلين من أصحابك وتركتني؟ فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: (أنت أخي وأنا أخوك في الدنيا والآخرة).
And the Rasool Allah-saww established brotherhood between every man from his-saww companions, so he-asws said to him-saww: ‘You-saww established brotherhood between every man from your-asws companions and have forsaken (left) me-asws?’ So the Rasool Allah-saww said: ‘You-asws are my-saww brother-asws, and I-saww am your-asws brother in the world and the hereafter’.
غزوة خيبر على لسان سعد
وقال في يوم خيبر حين انهزم أبو بكر وعمر فغضب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وقال: (ما بال أقوام يلقون المشركين ثم يفرون؟ لأدفعن الراية غدا إلى رجل يحب الله ورسوله ويحبه الله ورسوله، ليس بجبان ولا فرار ولا يرجع حتى يفتح الله على يديه خيبرا).
(Military) Expedition of Khyber in the words of Sa’d
And he-saww said on the Day of Khyber when Abu Bakr and Umar had been defeated, so the Rasool Allah-saww got angry and said: ‘What is wrong with the people that they meet the Polytheists, then flee? I-saww will give the Flag tomorrow to a man-asws who loves Allah-azwj and His-azwj Messenger, and is Loved by Allah-azwj and His-azwj Messenger-saww. He-asws is not a coward, and will not flee, and will not return until Allah-azwj Grants victory of Khyber by his-asws hands’.
فلما أصبحنا اجتمعنا إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وأريت رسول الله وجهي فقال: (أين أخي، ادعوا لي عليا). فأتوه به، فإذا هو رمد يقاد من رمده وعليه إزار وغبار الدقيق عليه وكان يطحن لأهله.
When it was the morning, we gathered around the Rasool Allah-saww and the Rasool Allah-saww saw our faces, so he-saww said: ‘Where is my-saww brother? Call Ali-asws for me-saww’. So, they came with him-asws. He-asws had conjunctivitis (inflammation of the eye), and he-asws was being held due to his-asws conjunctivitis, and upon him-asws was the dust of the flour, and he-asws had been grinding the flour for his-asws Family-asws.
فأمره رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله فوضع رأسه في حجره وتفل في عينيه. ثم عقد له ودعا له، فما انثنى حتى فتح الله له وأتاه بصفية بنت حيي بن أخطب، فأعتقها النبي صلى الله عليه وآله ثم تزوجها وجعل عتقها صداقها
So, the Rasool Allah-saww ordered for his-asws head to be placed on his-saww lap, and he-saww applied his-saww saliva in his-asws eye. Then held him-asws and supplicated for him-asws. So he-asws did not turn back until Allah-azwj Granted victory to him-asws, and Safiya Bin Hayya Bin Akhtab came to him-asws. So, the Prophet-saww freed her, then married her, and made her freedom to be her dowry.
واقعة الغدير على لسان سعد
وأعظم من ذلك – يا أخا بني هلال – يوم غدير خم، أخذ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله بيده – وأنا أنظر إليه – رافعا عضديه فقال: (ألست أولى بكم من أنفسكم)؟ فقالوا: بلى. قال: (فمن كنت مولاه فعلي مولاه، اللهم وال من والاه وعاد من عاداه. ليبلغ الشاهد الغائب).
Event of Al-Ghadeer in the words of Sa’d
And greater than that – O brother of the Clan of Hilal-– is the Day of Khumm. The Rasool Allah-saww grabbed him-asws by his-saww hand – and I was looking at him-asws – raised his-asws upper arms and said: ‘Am I-saww not higher to you all than your own selves?’ So, they all said, ‘Yes’. He-saww said: ‘The one whose Master I-saww was, so Ali-asws is his Master. Our Allah-azwj, Befriend the one who befriends him-asws, and be an Enemy to the one who is an enemy to him-asws. Those present (here) should make it reach to the absentees’.
محاولة سعد بن أبي وقاص تبرير نفاقه
قال سليم: وأقبل علي سعد فقال: إنما شككت ولست بقاتل نفسي إن كان سبقني إلى فضل غبت عنه إني لم أزعم أني مخطئ ولا مسئ، بل هو على الحق.
Sa’d Bin Abi Waqaas tried to justify his hypocrisy
Sulaym said, ‘And Sa’d turned towards me, so he said, ‘But I doubted, and I am not going to kill myself if he-asws has precedence to the virtues which are absent from me, and I am not alleging that I am mistaken, or that I am a wrongdoer, but he-asws is on the truth’.
HADITH 56
(56) المهاجرون والأنصار لم يواجهوا عليا عليه السلام في حروبه
THE EMIGRANTS AND THE HELPERS DID NOT CONFRONT ALI-asws IN HIS-asws BATTLES
قال: وذكر سليم: أنه لم يكن مع طلحة والزبير رجل واحد من المهاجرين والأنصار، ولا مع معاوية رجل من المهاجرين والأنصار، ولا مع الخوارج يوم النهروان أحد من المهاجرين والأنصار.
(Abaan) said, ‘And Sulaym mentioned that, ‘There was not with Talha and Al-Zubayr, even one man from the Emigrants and the Helpers, nor was there with Muawiya a man from the Emigrants and the Helpers, nor with the Kharijites on the Day of Nahrwaan (Battle) any one from the Emigrants and the Helpers.
سعد يخبر عن رئيس الخوارج
قال: وسمعت سعدا وذكر المخدج، قال: فقال علي عليه السلام: قتل شيطان الوهدة. قال: سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يقول: (أمه أمة لبني سليم وأبوه شيطان)
(Sulaym) said, ‘And I heard Sa’d and he mentioned Al-Makhdaj. He said, ‘Ali-asws said: ‘The Satan of the Pit has been killed. I-asws heard the Rasool Allah-saww say: ‘His mother is the slave of the Clan of Saleem, and his father is Satan-la’.
HADITH 57
(57) ندامة الثلاثة المتخلفين عن علي عليه السلام
REGRET OF THREE DEFAULTERS ABOUT ALI-asws
قال سليم بن قيس: وجلست يوما إلى محمد بن مسلمة وسعد بن مالك وعبد الله بن عمر، فسمعتهم يقولون: لقد تخوفنا أن نكون قد هلكنا بتخلفنا عن نصرة علي وعن قتالنا معه الفئة الباغية. فقلت: اللهم إني قد سمعت عليا عليه السلام يقول: (أمرني رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله بقتال الناكثين والقاسطين والمارقين). قال: فبكوا، ثم قالوا: صدق علي عليه السلام وبر، ما قال على الله ولا على رسوله قط إلا الحق. فنستغفر الله من تخلفنا عنه وخذلاننا إياه.
Sulaym Bin Qays said, ‘And one day I Was seated with Muhammad Bin Maslama, and Sa’d Bin Maalik, and Abdullah Bin Umar, so I heard them saying, ‘We have fear that we would end up being destroyed for having remained behind from helping Ali‑asws and fighting alongside him-asws against the rebellious group’. I said, ‘Our Allah‑azwj, I have heard Ali-asws say: ‘The Rasool Allah-saww ordered me-asws to fight against the breakers (of the Covenant), and the renegades and the deviants’. He wept and then said, ‘Ali-asws spoke the truth and was righteous. He-asws would never attribute a word to Allah-azwj and to His-azwj Messenger-saww at all except for the truth. So we seek refuge with Allah-azwj for staying behind from him-asws and having deserted him-asws’.
HADITH 58
(58) احتجاجات أبان على الحسن البصري
ARGUMENTATION OF ABAAN AGAINST AL-HASSAN AL-BASRY
التبرك بتراب أقدام أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام
سليم بن قيس، قال: سمعت سلمان يقول: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله لعلي عليه السلام: (لولا أن تقول طوائف من أمتي ما قالت النصارى في عيسى بن مريم لقلت فيك مقالة تتبع أمتي آثار قدميك في التراب فيقبلونه).
The blessing by the dust of the feet of Amir-ul-Momineen-asws
Sulaym Bin Qays said, ‘I heard Salman-ra said, ‘The Rasool Allah-saww said to Ali-asws: ‘Had it not been (for the fear) that the sects from my-saww community would say regarding you-asws what the Christians are saying regarding Isa-as Bin Maryam-as, I_saww would say (such things) regarding you-asws that, due to which my-saww community would follow your-asws footsteps in the dust, and they would kiss it’.
فضائل أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام على لسان الحسن البصري
قال أبان: فحدثت الحسن بن أبي الحسن – وهو في بيت أبي خليفة – بهذا الحديث عن سليم عن سلمان. فقال الحسن: (والله لقد سمعت في علي حديثين ما حدثت بهما أحدا قط). فحدث بتسليم الملائكة عليه وحديث يوم أحد. فوجدتهما في صحيفة سليم بعد ذلك يرويهما عن علي عليه السلام أنه سمعهما منه.
Virtues of Amir-ul-Momineen-asws in the words of Al-Hassan Al-Basry
Abaan said, ‘I narrated to Al-Hassan Bin Abu Al-Hassan – and he was in the house of Abu Khalifa – this Hadith from Sulaym, from Salman-ra. Al-Hassan said, ‘By Allah‑azwj, I have heard, with regards to Ali-asws, two Hadith which I have not narrated to anyone at all’. So he narrated the Hadith of the greetings of the Angels to him-asws, and the Hadith of the Day of Ohad. I found both of these in the Book of Sulaym after him having reported these from Ali-asws, which he had heard it from him-asws.
أكاذيب الحسن البصري لتبرير نفاقه
قال أبان: فلما حدثنا بهذين الحديثين خلوت به وتفرق القوم غيري وغير أبي خليفة، وبت ليلتي إذ ذاك عنده. فقال الحسن تلك الليلة: لولا رواية يرويها الناس عن النبي صلى الله عليه وآله لظننت أن الناس كلهم هلكوا منذ قبض رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله غير علي عليه السلام وشيعته. قلت: يا با سعيد، وأبو بكر وعمر؟ قال: نعم.
Al-Hassan Al-Basry lies to justify his hypocrisy
Abaan said, ‘When he narrated to us these two Hadith, I was alone with him, and the people had dispersed apart from me and Abu Khalifa, and I spent the night in his presence. Al-Hassan said during that night, ‘Had it not been for the report which the people reported from the Prophet-saww, I would have thought that all of the people have perished since the passing away of the Rasool Allah-saww apart from Ali-asws and his-asws Shiites’. I said, ‘O Abu Saeed, Abu Bakr and Umar (as well)?’ He said, ‘Yes’.
قلت: وما تلك الرواية يا با سعيد؟ قال: قول حذيفة (قوم ينجون ويهلك أتباعهم). قيل: وكيف ذلك يا حذيفة؟ قال: (قوم لهم سوابق أحدثوا أحداثا فتبعهم على أحداثهم قوم ليست لهم سوابق. فنجا أولئك بسوابقهم وهلك الأتباع بأحداثهم).
I said, ‘And what is that report, O Abu Saeed?’ He said, ‘The words of Huzayfa, ‘There is one group of people who will be saved, whereas their (Abu Bakr and Umar’s) followers will perish’. It was said to him, ‘And how can that be, O Huzayfa?’ He said, ‘A group who adhered to a superior status (through a Divine leader-Ali-asws), but they (Abu Bakr and Umar) innovated and the people followed them. So only those will be saved who had acted on the ‘precedence’ (as established by Prophet‑asws) for them, but those who followed the innovations will perish’.
وقول رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله لعمر – حين استأذنه في قتل حاطب بن أبي بلتعة – فقال: (وما يدريك يا عمر، لعل الله قد اطلع إلى عصبة أهل بدر فأشهد ملائكته: إني قد غفرت لهم فليعملوا ما شاءوا).
And the words of the Rasool Allah-saww to Umar – when he sought permission to kill Haatab Bin Abu Balta’at – so he-saww said: ‘And what do you intend, O Umar, perhaps Allah-azwj has Looked (Mercifully) to the group of the people of Badr, and His-azwj Angels have borne witness that: “I-azwj have Forgiven them, so they (Momin) can do whatsoever they like (you (O Umar) better keep away from them)”.
وحديث جابر بن عبد الله الأنصاري: أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله ذكر الموجبتين. قالوا: يا رسول الله، ما تعني بالموجبتين؟ قال: (من لقي الله لا يشرك به شيئا دخل الجنة، ومن لقيه يشرك به دخل النار).
And a Hadith of Jabir Bin Abdullah Al-Ansary that, ‘The Rasool Allah-saww mentioned ‘Al-Mowjabatain’ (two necessities). So they (people) said, ‘O Rasool Allah-saww, what do you-saww mean by the ‘two necessities’?’ He-saww said: ‘The one who meets Allah‑azwj without having associated (Al-Shirk) anything to Him-azwj will enter the Paradise, and the one who meets Him-azwj having associated (Al-Shirk) to Him-azwj will enter the Fire’.
فلست أرجو لأبي بكر وعمر وعثمان وطلحة والزبير النجاة إلا بهذه الروايات والسلامة. قلت: أتجعل حدث أبي بكر وعمر مثل حدث عثمان وطلحة والزبير، إن كان الأمر لعلي عليه السلام دونهم من الله ورسوله؟ فقال: يا أحمق، لا تقولن (إن كان) هو والله لعلي دونهم، وكيف لا يكون له دونهم بعد الخصال الأربع؟ ولقد حدثني عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله الثقات ما لا أحصي.
So, I am not hopeful for the salvation and safety of Abu Bakr, and Umar, and Usman, and Talha, and Al-Zubayr except by this report’. I said, ‘Are you considering the events of Abu Bakr and Umar to be similar to the events of Usman, and Talha, and Al-Zubayr, if the command (Caliphate) was for Ali-asws from Allah-azwj and from His-azwj Messenger-saww, apart from them?’ He said, ‘You fool, do not say ‘If’. By Allah-azwj it is definitely for Ali-asws apart from them, and how can it not be so after four specialities? And these have been narrated to me from the Rasool Allah-saww by countless reliable narrators’.
قلت: وما هذه الخصال الأربع؟ قال: قول رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله ونصبه إياه يوم غدير خم. وقوله في غزوة تبوك: (أنت مني بمنزلة هارون من موسى غير النبوة)، ولو كان غير النبوة لاستثناه رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله، وقد علمنا يقينا أن الخلافة غير النبوة.
I said, ‘And what are these four qualities?’ He said, ‘The words of the Rasool Allah‑saww, and nominating him-asws on the Day of Ghadeer Khumm. And his-saww words during the (military) expedition of Tabbuk; ‘You-asws are from me-saww of the status which Haroun-as had from Musa-as, apart from the Prophet-hood’, and had it been something other than the Prophet-hood, the Rasool Allah-saww would have made an exception for that as well, and we know with conviction that the Caliphate is other than the Prophet-hood.
وخطب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله آخر خطبة خطبها للناس ثم دخل بيته فلم يخرج حتى قبضه الله إليه: (أيها الناس، إني قد تركت فيكم أمرين لن تضلوا ما تمسكتم بهما: كتاب الله وأهل بيتي، فإن اللطيف الخبير قد عهد إلي أنهما لن يفترقا حتى يردا علي الحوض كهاتين – وجمع بين سبابتيه – لا كهاتين – وجمع بين سبابته والوسطى – لأن إحديهما قدام الأخرى فتمسكوا بهما لا تضلوا ولا تولوا. لا تقدموهم فتهلكوا، ولا تعلموهم فإنهم أعلم منكم.
And the Rasool Allah-saww preached in the last sermon of his-saww sermons to the people, then entered his-saww house, so he-saww did not return until Allah-azwj Captured him-saww (Passed away): ‘O you people! I-saww have left among you all two commands. You will not stray if you attach yourselves to these two – the Book of Allah-azwj and the People-asws of my-saww Household, for the Kind-azwj, the Aware-azwj has Promised me-saww that these two will never separate until they return to the Fountain just like these two’ – and he-saww gathered his-saww two index fingers of the two hands together – ‘not like this’ – and he-saww joined his-saww middle finger and his-saww index finger (of the same hand) together – ‘because one of them precedes the other. So, attach yourselves to these two and you will not stray and you will not turn around. Do not precede them for you will perish by it, and do not (try to) teach them for they-asws are more knowledgeable than you all’.
ولقد أمر رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله أبا بكر وعمر – وهما سابعا سبعة – أن يسلموا على علي عليه السلام بإمرة المؤمنين. ولعمري لئن جاز لنا – يا أخا عبد القيس – أن نستغفر لعثمان وطلحة والزبير – وقد بلغ من حدثهم ما قد ظهر لنا – إنه ليسعنا أن نستغفر لهما.
And the Rasool Allah-saww had ordered Abu Bakr and Umar – and they were the seventh of the seven – to greet Ali-asws as ‘Amir-ul-Momineen’. And by my life, although it is permissible for us – O brother of Abdul Qays – that we can seek forgiveness of Usman, and Talha and Al-Zubayr – and it has reached from their innovations what is apparent to us – these (innovations) do not give us the leeway that we should seek forgiveness for them.
فأما طلحة والزبير، فإنهما بايعا عليا عليه السلام – وأنا شاهد – طائعين غير مكرهين. ثم نكثا بيعتهما وسفكا الدماء التي قد حرم الله رغبة في الدنيا وحرصا على الملك، وليس ذنب بعد الشرك بالله أعظم من سفك الدماء التي حرم الله.
And as for Talha and Al-Zubayr, these two pledged their allegiances to Ali-asws – and I was present – willingly, without abhorrence. Then they broke their allegiances and shed the blood which Allah-azwj has Forbidden to shed in their desire for the world and their greed for the kingdom, and there is no sin after the association (Al-Shirk) with Allah-azwj which is greater than the shedding of the blood which Allah-azwj has Forbidden to be shed.
وأما عثمان فأدنى السفهاء وباعد الأتقياء وآوى طريد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسير أولياء الله أبا ذر وقوما صالحين وجعل المال دولة بين الأغنياء وحكم بغير ما أنزل الله، وكانت أحداثه أكثر وأعظم من أن تحصى، وأعظمهما تحريق كتاب الله، وأفظعها صلاته بمنى أربعا خلافا على رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله.
And as for Usman, he brought the fools closer to himself and kept the pious ones away, and harboured the ones whom the Rasool Allah-saww had expelled whereas he exiled the friend of Allah-azwj, Abu Dharr-ra and a group of upright people, and made the wealth of the state to be distributed between the rich, and gave judgements apart from what Allah-azwj had Sent down, and his innovations are more numerous and greater than what can be numbered. And the greatest of them was the burning of the Book of Allah-azwj, and a more flagrant (violation) was his Prayer at Mina of four ‘Rakaat’ (Cycles), in opposition to the Rasool Allah-saww’ (two Rakaat).
قلت: أصلحك الله، فترحمك عليه وتفضيلك إياه؟ قال: إنما أصنع ذلك ليسمع بذلك أوليائه الطغاة العتاة الجبابرة الظلمة، الحجاج وابن زياد قبله وأبوه. أما علمت أنهم من اتهموه في بغض عثمان وحب علي عليه السلام وأهل بيته نفوه ومثلوا به وقتلوه؟ وقد قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: (ليس للمؤمن أن يذل نفسه). قلت: وما إذلاله لنفسه؟ قال: يتعرض من البلاء لما لا يقوى عليه ولا يقوم به.
I said (to Hassan Basry), ‘May Allah-azwj Keep you well, you are being merciful towards him (Usman) and giving him preferences over him-asws (Ali-asws)?’ He said, ‘But I am doing that due to his (Usman’s) friends, the tyrants, the hardened compellers of injustices – Al-Hajjaj and Ibn Ziyad, and before him, his father.
But are you aware that they are accusing (people) for harbouring hatred towards Usman and loving Ali-asws and the People-asws of his-asws Household, and they would expel him, and cut-off his limbs and kill him? And the Rasool Allah-saww has said: ‘It is not for a Believer to disgrace himself’. I said, ‘And how does he (a Believer) disgrace himself?’ He said, ‘By presenting himself in an affliction against which he does not have the strength for, nor is he able to withstand it.
وقد سمعت عليا عليه السلام يروي عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يوم قتل عثمان وهو يقول: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: (إن التقية من دين الله، ولا دين لمن لا تقية له. والله لولا التقية ما عبد الله في الأرض في دولة إبليس). فقال له رجل: وما دولة إبليس؟ قال عليه السلام: (إذا ولى الناس إمام ضلالة فهي دولة إبليس على آدم، وإذا وليهم إمام هدى فهي دولة آدم على إبليس).
And I have heard Ali-asws reporting from the Rasool Allah-saww on the day in which Usman was killed, and he-asws was saying: ‘The Rasool Allah-saww said: ‘Surely, the ‘Taqeeya’ (dissimulation) is from the Religion of Allah-azwj, and there is no Religion for the one who has no ‘Taqeeya’ (dissimulation) with him’. By Allah-azwj, had it not been for ‘Taqeeya’, Allah-azwj would not have been worshipped in the earth during the governance of Iblees-la’. So a man said to him-asws: ‘And what is the governance of Iblees-la?’ He-asws said; ‘When the people are governed by an imam of misguidance, so this is the governance of Iblees-la over Adam-as, and when their governor is an Imam-asws of guidance, so this is the governance of Adam-as over Iblees-la’.
ثم همس إلى عمار ومحمد بن أبي بكر همسة وأنا أسمع، فقال: (ما زلتم منذ قبض نبيكم في دولة إبليس بترككم إياي واتباعكم غيري).
Then he-asws whispered to Amaar and Muhammad Bin Abu Bakr with a whispering and I heard him-asws say: ‘You all have never ceased, since the passing away of your Prophet-saww, to be in the governance of Iblees-la by avoiding me-asws and following others’.
كيف بايع الناس عليا عليه السلام بعد قتل عثمان
ثم هرب من الناس ثلاثة أيام، فطلبوه فأتوه في خص لبني النجار فقالوا: إنا قد تشاورنا في هذا الأمر ثلاثة أيام فما وجدنا أحدا من الناس أحق بها منك، فننشدك الله في أمة محمد صلى الله عليه وآله أن تضيع وأن يلي أمرها غيرك. فبايعوه وكان أول من بايعه طلحة والزبير، ثم جاءا إلى البصرة يزعمان أنهما بايعا مكرهين، وكذبا.
How the people pledged their allegiance to Ali-asws after the killing of Usman
Then he-asws kept himself-asws away from the people for three days, so they started looking for him-asws. They came up to him-asws in being in solitude among the Clan of Najaar. So they said, ‘We have held consultations with regards to this command (Caliphate) for three days, and we did not find anyone from the people more deserving of it than you-asws.
We adjure you-asws to Allah-azwj regarding the community of Muhammad-saww that it would be lost if it were to follow someone other than you-asws for its affairs’. So, they pledged allegiance to him-asws, and the first ones to pledge allegiance to him-asws were Talha and Al-Zubayr, then they went to ‘Al-Basra’ alleging that they had both pledged their allegiance unwillingly, but they had lied.
ثم أتاه رجل من مهرة – ومحمد بن أبي بكر بجنبه – فقال له علي عليه السلام – وأنا أسمع -: يا أخا مهرة، أجئت لتبايع؟ قال: نعم. قال: تبايعني على أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله قبض والأمر لي، فانتزى علينا ابن أبي قحافة ظلما وعدوانا. ثم انتزى علينا بعده عمر؟ قال: نعم. فبايعه على ذلك طائعا غير مكره.
Then a man from ‘Mahrat’ came up – and Muhammad Bin Abu Bakr was by his-asws side – and I was listening. He-asws said: ‘O brother from Mahrat, have you come to pledge allegiance?’ He said, ‘Yes’. He-asws said: ‘Will you be pledging allegiance based upon the fact that the Rasool Allah-saww passed away and the command was for me-asws, so the son of Abu Kohafa (Abu Bakr) snatched it from us-asws unjustly and out of enmity. Then Umar snatched it from us after him?’ He said, ‘Yes’. So, he pledged his allegiance upon that (condition), willingly, without abhorrence (this was the ‘bayt’[2] condition of a Momin).
قال: فقلت للحسن: أفبايع الناس كلهم على هذا؟ قال: لا، إنما بايع من أمن ووثق به على هذا. يا أخا عبد القيس، ولئن جاز لنا أن نستغفر لعثمان وقد ركب ما ركب من الكبائر والأمور القبيحة، إنه ليجوز لنا أن نستغفر لهما وقد عوفيا من الدماء وعفا في ولايتهما وكفا وأحسنا السيرة، ولم يعملا بمثل عمل عثمان من الجور والتخليط، ولا بمثل ما عمله طلحة والزبير من نكثهما البيعة وما سفكا من الدماء إرادة الدنيا والملك، وقد سمعا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله ينهى عما ركبا وعما أتيا فتركا أمر الله وأمر رسوله بعد الحجة والبينة استخفافا بأمر الله وأمر رسوله.
I said to Al-Hassan (Basry), ‘Did all of the people pledge their allegiances upon that?’ He said, ‘No, but rather it was for the trustworthy ones who pledged their allegiances upon this.
O brother of Abdul Qays, and had it been permissible for us to seek Forgiveness for Usman, and he had committed what he committed from the major sins and ugly matters, if would have been permissible for us to seek Forgiveness for the both of them (Abu Bakr and Umar) for they had refrained from (shedding) the blood, and were tolerant during their rule, and withheld their hands, and were of good ways (Seerah), and their actions were not similar to the actions of Usman from the oppression and the confusion, and not similar to the actions of Talha and Al-Zubayr from the breaking of the allegiance and the blood which they shed in their desires of the world and the kingdom, and they had heard from the Rasool Allah-saww forbidding from what they had done and what they had come up with, so they avoided the Order of Allah-azwj and the order of His-azwj Messenger-saww after the arguments and clear proof. They belittled the Order of Allah-azwj and the order of His-azwj Messenger-saww.
ولئن قلت يا أخا عبد القيس: (إن أبا بكر وعمر قد سمعا ما قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله في علي عليه السلام)، فلقد سمع ذلك عثمان وطلحة والزبير ثم ركبوا ما ركبوا من الحرب وسفك الدماء وعوفيا من ذلك
O brother of Abdul Qays, surely, Abu Bakr and Umar had heard what the Messenger of Allah-saww had said regarding Ali-asws, and so did Usman, and Talha and Al-Zubayr, then they did what they did from the battles and the shedding of the blood, and were excused from that.
أبو بكر وعمر أول من أسس الضلالة في الأمة
ولئن قلت: (إنهما أول من فتح ذلك وسنه وأدخلا الفتنة والبلاء على الأمة بانتزائهما على ما قد علما يقينا أنه لا حق لهما فيه وأن الله جعله لغيرهما، وأنهما سلما على علي عليه السلام بإمرة المؤمنين، ثم قالا للنبي صلى الله عليه وآله حين أمرهما بالتسليم عليه: أمن الله ومن رسوله؟ قال: نعم، من الله ومن رسوله)، إن في ذلك لمقالا. لقد قال لي أبو ذر – حين حدثني بتسليمهما على علي عليه السلام بإمرة المؤمنين، هو والمقداد وسلمان -: سمعنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يقول: (ما ولت أمة قط أمرها رجلا وفيهم من هو أعلم منه إلا لم يزل أمرهم يذهب سفالا حتى يرجعوا إلى ما تركوا).
Abu Bakr and Umar were the first ones to lay the foundation of the misguidance in the community
And if you were to say, ‘These two (Abu Bakr and Umar) were the first ones to open that, and made the way for the strife (Al-Fitna) and the affliction to come up upon the community by their snatching away (the Caliphate). And they knew for certain that there was no right for the both of them in it and that Allah-azwj had Made it to be for someone-asws other than the two of them, and they had both greeted Ali-asws as ‘Amir-ul-Momineen’, then they said to the Prophet-saww when he-saww ordered them both for the greeting, ‘Is this from Allah-azwj and from His-azwj Messenger-saww?’
He-saww said: ‘Yes, from Allah-azwj and from His-azwj Messenger-saww’, and in that is a statement. Abu Dharr-ra had said to me – when he-ra narrated to me of their-ra greeting to Ali-asws as ‘Amir-ul-Momineen’ by him-ra and Al-Miqdad-ra, and Salman-ra -, ‘We-ra heard the Rasool Allah-saww say: ‘A community will not elect at all, a man (ruler) for its affairs whilst there is a more knowledgeable one, is present, among them, except that it will not cease to decline lower in their affairs until they revert back to that which they had avoided’.
اعتراف جميع الصحابة بخلافة علي عليه السلام بعد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله
يا أخا عبد القيس، إن أبا بكر وعمر وعثمان وطلحة والزبير وجميع أصحاب النبي صلى الله عليه وآله لم يكونوا يشكون ولا يختلفون ولا يتنازعون بينهم أن علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام كان أولهم إسلاما وأكثرهم علما وأعظمهم عناء في الجهاد في سبيل الله ومبارزة الأقران ووقايته لرسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله بنفسه.
Confession of all the companions about the Caliphate being for Ali-asws after the Rasool Allah-saww
O brother of Abdul Qays, surely Abu Bakr, and Umar, and Usman, and Talha, and Al-Zubayr, and all the companions of the Prophet-saww did not end up doubting, and were not differing, and were not disputing between themselves that Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws was the foremost of them in Islam, and more knowledgeable than them, and greater than them in the struggle (Jihaad) in the way of Allah-azwj, and in duelling against the warriors, and placing his-asws own self for (protecting) the Rasool Allah‑saww (in dangers).
وأنه لم ينزل برسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله شديدة ولا كربة ولا مبارزة قرن وفتح حصن إلا قدمه فيها ثقة به ومعرفة بفضله وأنه أعلمهم بكتاب الله وسنة نبيه صلى الله عليه وآله وأنه أحبهم إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وأنه وصي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله.
And there did not descend upon the Rasool Allah-saww any severity, nor a plight, nor any duel and conquering of a fort except that he-asws was placed forward with regards to it, relying upon him-asws, and recognised his-asws virtues, and that he-asws was more knowledgeable than them of the Book of Allah-azwj and the Sunnah of His-azwj Prophet-saww, and he-asws was more Beloved to Allah-azwj and that he-asws was the successor-asws of the Rasool Allah-saww.
وأنه قد كان له كل يوم وكل ليلة من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله خلوة ودخلة إليه، إذا سأله أعطاه وإذا سكت ابتدأه. وأنه لم يحتج إلى أحد بعد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله في علم ولا فقه، وأن جميعهم كانوا يحتاجون إليه وهو لا يحتاج إلى أحد.
And it was for him-asws to be alone with the Rasool Allah-saww every day and night and to come up to him-saww. If he-asws asked, he-saww would answer, and if he-asws remained silent, he-saww would initiate (discussion). And he-asws was not needy of anyone, after the Rasool Allah-saww in knowledge and in understanding, and all of them were needy to him-asws, and he-asws not needy to anyone.
وأن له من السوابق والمناقب وما أنزل فيه من القرآن ما ليس لأحد منهم، وأنه كان أجودهم كفا وأسخاهم نفسا وأشجعهم لقاء. وما خصلة من خصال الخير له فيها نظير ولا شبيه ولا كفو، في زهده في الدنيا ولا في اجتهاده. فمما خصه الله به أن أخذ على الناس بالفصل الأول مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله، فلم يسبقه أحد منهم إلى خير، ولم يؤمر رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله أحدا قط عليه ولم يتقدم أمامه أحد في صلاة قط.
And that for him-asws are, from the precedence and the merits and what was Revealed regarding him-asws from the Quran, which are not for anyone among them, and that he-asws was more generous than them, more self-sacrificial than them, and braver than them in meeting (then enemy). And there was not an opponent, or a similar one, or an equal in what qualities he-asws had from the good qualities for him‑asws, in his-asws ascetism in the world, nor in his struggles. From what Allah-azwj has Specialised him-asws by him-asws having first priority with the Rasool Allah-saww. No one preceded him-asws to the good (deeds), and the Rasool Allah-saww never ordered anyone over him-asws at all, and no one led him-asws in Prayers, at all.
الجواب عن قضية صلاة أبي بكر عند وفاة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله
قال أبان: قلت: يا أبا سعيد، أليس أمر رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله أبا بكر أن يصلي بالناس؟ فقال: أين يذهب بك يا أبان؟ إن عليا عليه السلام لم يكن مع الناس الذين أمر أبا بكر أن يصلي بهم، وإنما كان مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يمرضه ويوصي إليه ويصلي بصلاته. ثم لم يتم ذلك لأبي بكر، فخرج رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله فأخر أبا بكر وصلى بالناس.
The answer about the issue of the Prayer of Abu Bakr when the Rasool Allah‑saww was (about to) pass away
Abaan said, ‘I said, ‘O Abu Saeed, did not the Rasool Allah-saww order Abu Bakr that he should (lead) the people in Prayer?’ He said, ‘Where are you going, O Abaan? Surely, Ali-asws was not with the people whom Abu Bakr had been ordered to Pray with, but rather, he-asws was with the Rasool Allah-saww comforting him-saww in his-saww illness, and he-saww was bequeathing to him-asws, and Praying with him-asws. And also Rasool Allah-saww did not let Abu Bakr lead the Salat but Rasool Allah-saww came out, moved Abu Bakr behind, and Prayed with the people (similar to the preaching of the Verse of Barat).
والله لقد سمعت عليا عليه السلام يقول: فتح لي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله في مرضه مفتاح ألف باب من العلم، كل باب يفتح ألف باب. ثم أخذ بالفصل الآخر أن صبر على الظلم، فلما وجد أعوانا قاتل على تأويل القرآن كما قاتل على تنزيله، فأمر بالمعروف ونهى عن المنكر وجاهد في سبيل الله حتى استشهد، فلقي الله نقيا زكيا سعيدا شهيدا طيبا مطيبا قد قاتل الذين أمره الله ورسوله بقتالهم: الناكثين والقاسطين والمارقين.
By Allah-azwj, I have heard Ali-asws say: ‘The Rasool Allah-saww opened for me-asws, during his-saww illness, a key to a thousand doors from knowledge, each door opening to another thousand doors. Then he-asws took on (another merit) that he-asws had to observe patience in oppression, and if he-asws were to find helpers then he-asws should fight for the explanation of the Quran just as he-asws fought over its Revelation.
So, he-asws ordered the enjoining of the good and the forbidding of the evil, and fought in the way of Allah-azwj until he-asws was martyred. So, he-asws met Allah-azwj as pure, clean, happy, martyr, good, in goodness, for he-asws had fought against those whom the Rasool Allah-saww had ordered to fight against – The breakers (of the Covenant), the renegades, and the deviants’.
خلط الحسن البصري النفاق بالتقية
قال أبان: قال الحسن هذه المقالة في أول عمره في أول عمل الحجاج وهو متوار في بيت أبي خليفة وهو يومئذ من الشيعة. فلما كبر وشهر وسمعته يقول ما يقول في علي عليه السلام خلوت به فذكرته ما سمعت منه. فقال: اكتم علي، فإنما صنعت ما صنعت أحقن دمي ولولا ذلك لشالت بي الخشب.
Al-Hassan Al-Basry mixes the hypocrisy with the dissimulation
Abaan said, ‘Al-Hassan said these words during the first part of his life, and the beginning of the rule of Al-Hajjaj, and he was hiding in the house of Abu Khalifa, and in those days he was from the Shiites. When he got older and became famous, I heard him say what he said regarding Ali-asws, so, I went alone to be with him, and reminded him of what I had heard from him. So, he said, ‘conceal it’ for I am doing what I am doing to save my blood, and had it not been for that, the wood would have fallen upon me (buried)’.
HADITH 59
(59) دعاء أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام في الجمل وصفين والنهروان
SUPPLICATION OF AMIR-UL-MOMINEEN-asws IN (THE BATTLES OF) AL-JAMAL, AND SIFFEEN, AND AL-NAHARWAAN
وذكر سليم بن قيس: أن عليا عليه السلام كان إذا لقي عدوا يوم الجمل ويوم صفين ويوم النهروان استقبل القبلة على بغلته الشهباء بغلة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله، ثم قال: (اللهم بسطت إليك الأيدي ورفعت الأبصار وأفضت القلوب ونقلت الأقدام. ربنا افتح بيننا وبين قومنا بالحق وأنت خير الفاتحين)، وهو رافع يديه وأصحابه يؤمنون.
And Sulaym Bin Qays mentioned that, ‘Ali-asws, when he-asws met the enemies on the Day of Al-Jamal, and the Day of Siffeen, and the Day of Al-Nahrwaan, turned towards the Qiblah upon his-asws grey mule which was the mule similar to that of the Rasool Allah-saww, then said: ‘Our Allah-azwj! The hands are extended towards You-azwj, and the eyes are raised, and the hearts are opened up, and the feet have stepped ahead. Our Lord-azwj! Grant victory to us and to our people by the truth, and You-azwj are the best in Granting victory’, and he-asws had his-asws hands raised, and his-asws companions responded by saying ‘Ameen’.
HADITH 60
(60) أفضل مناقب أمير المؤمنين (ع) في القرآن وعند النبي (ص)
THE HIGHEST MERIT OF AMIR-UL-MOMINEEN-asws IN THE QURAN AND WITH THE PROPHET-saww
سليم قال: جاء رجل إلى علي بن أبي طالب وأنا أسمع، فقال: أخبرني يا أمير المؤمنين بأفضل منقبة لك؟ قال: ما أنزل الله في من كتابه. قال: وما أنزل الله فيك؟ قال: قوله: (أفمن كان على بينة من ربه ويتلوه شاهد منه)، أنا الشاهد من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله. وقوله: (ومن عنده علم الكتاب)، إياي عنى. ولم يدع شيئا مما ذكر الله فيه إلا ذكره.
Sulaym said, ‘A man came up to Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws, and I was listening, so he said, ‘Inform me, O Amir-ul-Momineen-asws, of the highest merit for you’. He-asws said: ‘What Allah-azwj has Revealed regarding me-asws from His-azwj book’.
He asked, ‘And what has Allah-azwj Revealed regarding you-asws?’
Amir-ul-Momineen-asws said: ‘His-azwj Statement: “[11:17] Is he then who has with him clear proof from his Lord, and a witness from Him”, I-asws am the Witness from the Rasool Allah-saww. And His-azwj Statement: “[13:43] and the one who has knowledge of the Book”, it means me-asws’. And he-asws did not leave out anything from what Allah-azwj had Mentioned regarding him-asws, except that he-asws mentioned it’.
أفضل منقبة له عليه السلام من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله
قال: فأخبرني بأفضل منقبة لك من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله. قال عليه السلام: نصبه إياي بغدير خم، فقام لي بالولاية من الله عز وجل بأمر الله تبارك وتعالى. وقوله (أنت مني بمنزلة هارون من موسى).
The highest merit for him-asws from the Rasool Allah-saww
He said, ‘So inform me of the highest merit for you-asws from the Rasool Allah-saww. He-asws said: ‘He-saww nominated me-asws at Ghadeer Khumm, so he-saww established for me-asws the ‘Wilayah’ from Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic by the Order of Allah-azwj Blessed and High. And his-saww statement: ‘You-asws are from me-saww of the status which Haroun-as had with Musa-as’.
وسافرت مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله – وذلك قبل أن يأمر نسائه بالحجاب – وأنا أخدم رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله ليس له خادم غيري. وكان لرسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله لحاف ليس له لحاف غيره ومعه عائشة، وكان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله ينام بيني وبين عائشة ليس علينا ثلاثة لحاف غيره.
I-asws was travelling with the Rasool Allah-saww – and that was before he-saww had ordered his-saww wives for the veiling – and I-asws was attending to the Rasool Allah-saww, there was no attendant for him-saww apart from myself-asws. And the Rasool Allah-saww had a quilt, and there was no other quilt for him-saww apart from it, and with him-saww was Ayesha, and the Rasool Allah-saww slept in between myself-asws and Ayesha. There was no quilt for the three of us other than it.
وإذا قام رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يصلي حط بيده اللحاف من وسطه بيني وبين عائشة ليمس اللحاف الفراش الذي تحتنا ويقوم رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله فيصلي.
And when the Rasool Allah-saww stood up to Pray, he-saww put down the quilt by his-saww hand from his-saww waist, between me-asws and Ayesha, so that the quilt touched the ground which was underneath us, and the Rasool Allah-saww stood up, so he-saww Prayed.
فأخذتني الحمي ليلة فأسهرتني، فسهر رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله لسهري. فبات ليلته بيني وبين مصلاه يصلي ما قدر له. ثم يأتيني فيسألني وينظر إلي. فلم يزل دأبه ذلك إلى أن أصبح.
I-asws was overtaken by fever, which kept me-asws awake at night, so the Rasool Allah-saww stayed awake with me-asws. He-saww spent his-saww night in between (looking after) me-asws and his Prayer. He-saww Prayed what he-saww could manage. Then he-saww came to me-asws, and would ask me-asws (about my-asws well being) and looked after me-asws. He-saww did not cease that diligence of his-saww until the morning.
فلما أصبح صلى بأصحابه الغداة ثم قال: (اللهم اشف عليا وعافه فإنه قد أسهرني الليلة لما به من الوجع)، فكأنما نشطت من عقال ما بي قبله.
When Dawn broke, he-saww Prayed the Dawn Prayer with his-saww companions, then said; ‘Our Allah-azwj! Give Ali-asws good health, for I-saww have stayed awake due to his‑asws pain’. I-asws was cured and became more active than before it’.
قال عليه السلام: ثم قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: أبشر يا أخي – قال ذلك وأصحابه يسمعون – قلت: بشرك الله بخير يا رسول الله وجعلني فداؤك. قال: إني لم أسأل الله شيئا إلا أعطانيه، ولم أسأل لنفسي شيئا إلا سألت لك مثله، وإني دعوت الله أن يواخي بيني وبينك ففعل، وسألته (أن يجعلك ولي كل مؤمن من بعدي) ففعل.
He-asws said: ‘Then the Rasool Allah-saww said: ‘Receive good news, O my-saww brother-asws’ – He-saww said that and his-saww companions were listening – I-asws said: ‘May Allah-azwj Give you-saww better news and Make me-asws to be sacrificed for you‑asws’. He-saww said: ‘I-saww did not ask Allah-azwj for anything, but He-azwj Gave it to me-saww, and I-saww did not ask anything for myself-saww except that I-saww asked for you-asws the like of it. And I-saww asked Allah-azwj to Establish brotherhood between myself-saww and you-asws, so He-azwj Did it, and I-saww asked Him-azwj to make you-asws to be the Guardian for every believer after me-saww, so He-azwj Did it’.
فقال رجلان – أحدهما لصاحبه -: وما أراد إلى ما سأل؟ فوالله لصاع من تمر بال في شن بال خير مما سأل ولو كان سأل ربه أن ينزل عليه ملكا يعينه على عدوه أو ينزل عليه كنزا ينفقه على أصحابه – فإن بهم حاجة – كان خيرا مما سأل. وما دعا عليا قط إلى حق ولا إلى باطل إلا أجابه.
So, two men said – one of them to his companion -, ‘And he-saww did not ask what he‑saww needed to. For, by Allah-azwj, a Sa’a of rotton dates would have been better than what he-saww had asked for. And had he-saww asked his-saww Lord-azwj to Send down Angels to help him-saww against his-saww enemies, or Send down for him-saww a treasure to spend on his-saww companions – for this is what is needed – it would have been better than what he-saww had asked for. And Ali-asws always ratifies what he-saww says, be it true or false (nouzobilla), although he-asws did not know what was supplicated’.
وحدث محمد بن مسلم عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام بهذا الحديث.
And Muhammad Bin Muslim has narrated from Abu Ja’far-asws, the same Hadith.
HADITH 61
(61) وصايا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله لبني هاشم
BEQUEST OF THE RASOOL ALLAH-saww TO THE CLAN OF HASHIM-as
سليم: قال: قلت لعبد الله بن العباس – وجابر بن عبد الله الأنصاري إلى جنبه -: شهدت النبي صلى الله عليه وآله عند موته؟ قال: نعم، لما ثقل رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله جمع كل محتلم من بني عبد المطلب وامرأة وصبي قد عقل، فجمعهم جميعا فلم يدخل معهم غيرهم إلا الزبير فإنما أدخله لمكان صفية، وعمر بن أبي سلمة وأسامة بن زيد.
ثم قال: (إن هؤلاء الثلاثة منا أهل البيت)، وقال: (أسامة مولانا ومنا). وقد كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله استعمله على جيش وعقد له وفي ذلك الجيش أبو بكر وعمر، فقال كل واحد منهما: (لا ينتهي يستعمل علينا هذا الصبي العبد)
Then he-saww said that: ‘These three are from us-asws the People-asws of the Household’, and said: ‘Asama is our-asws slave and from us-asws’. And the Rasool Allah-saww had placed him in charge of the army, and contracted for it, and in that army were Abu Bakr and Umar, so each one of the two said, ‘We do not agree that this young slave should be in charge over us’.
فاستأذن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله ليودعه ويسلم عليه، فوافق ذلك اجتماع بني هاشم فدخل معهم واستأذن أبو بكر وعمر أسامة ليسلما على النبي صلى الله عليه وآله فأذن لهما. فلما دخل أسامة معنا – وهو من أوسط بني هاشم وكان صلى الله عليه وآله شديد الحب له – قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله لنسائه: (قمن عني فأخلينني وأهل بيتي). فقمن كلهن غير عائشة وحفصة فنظر إليهما رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وقال: (اخلياني وأهل بيتي). فقامت عائشة آخذة بيد حفصة وهي تدمر غضبا وتقول: (قد أخليناك وإياهم) فدخلتا بيتا من خشب.
The Rasool Allah-saww granted permission (to Asama) to bid his farewell and greet him-saww. That took place during the gathering of the Clan of Hashim, so he entered along with them, and Abu Bakr and Umar sought permission from Asama for greeting the Prophet-saww, so he gave permission to them both. When Asama entered along with us – and he was in the middle of the Clan of Hashim, and the Rasool Allah-saww was gripped by high fever – the Rasool Allah-saww said to his-saww wives: ‘Arise from me-saww and leave me-saww to be along with the People-asws of my-saww Household’. All of them stood up apart from Ayesha and Hafsa. The Rasool Allah-saww looked at them and said: ‘Leave me-as alone with the People-asws of my-saww Household!’ So Ayesha stood up, and took the hand of Hafsa and exclaimed in outrage, ‘So we remove ourselves from you-saww and them-asws!’ They both entered the wooden house.
الأخبار عن اثني عشر إمام هداية واثني عشر إمام ضلالة
فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله لعلي عليه السلام: (يا أخي، أقعدني)، فأقعده علي عليه السلام وأسنده إلى نحره، فحمد الله وأثنى عليه ثم قال: يا بني عبد المطلب، اتقوا الله واعبدوه، واعتصموا بحبل الله جميعا ولا تفرقوا ولا تختلفوا. إن الإسلام بني على خمسة: على الولاية والصلاة والزكاة وصوم شهر رمضان والحج. فأما الولاية فلله ولرسوله وللمؤمنين الذين يؤتون الزكاة وهم راكعون، (ومن يتولى الله ورسوله والذين آمنوا فإن حزب الله هم الغالبون).
The News about twelve Imams-asws of guidance and twelve Imams of misguidance
The Rasool Allah-saww said to Ali-asws: ‘O my-saww brother, (help) me sit-up’. So, Ali-asws sat him-saww up, and gave support to his-saww neck. He-saww Praised Allah-azwj and extolled Him-azwj, then said: ‘O sons of Abdul Muttalib-as, fear Allah-azwj and worship Him-azwj, “And hold fast, all together, by the rope which Allah (stretches out for you), and be not divided among yourselves [3:103]” and do not differ. Surely, Al-Islam is based upon five – upon ‘Wilayah’, and the Prayer, and the Zakat, and the Fasting in the Month of Ramadhan, and the Pilgrimage. So, as for the ‘Wilayah’, it is for Allah-azwj, and His-azwj Messenger-saww, “and those who believe, those who keep up prayers and pay the poor-rate while they bow” [5:55] , “And whoever takes Allah and His messenger and those who believe for a guardian, then surely the party of Allah are they that shall be triumphant [5:56]”’.
قال ابن عباس: وجاء سلمان والمقداد وأبو ذر، فأذن لهم رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله مع بني عبد المطلب. فقال سلمان: يا رسول الله، للمؤمنين عامة أو خاصة لبعضهم؟ قال: بل خاصة لبعضهم، الذين قرنهم الله بنفسه ونبيه في غير آية من القرآن.
Ibn Abbas said, ‘And Salman-ra, and Al-Miqdad, and Abu Dharr-ra came, so the Rasool Allah-saww permitted them-ra to be with the sons of Abdul Muttalib-as. Salman-ra said, ‘O Rasool Allah-saww, is it for the general Believers or exclusively for some of them?’ He-saww said: ‘But exclusively for some of them, those-asws whom Allah-azwj has Joined them-asws with Himself-azwj, and His-azwj Prophet-saww in another Verse from the Quran’.
قال: من هم يا رسول الله؟ قال: أولهم وأفضلهم وخيرهم أخي هذا علي بن أبي طالب – ووضع يده على رأس علي عليه السلام – ثم ابني هذا من بعده – ثم وضع يده على رأس الحسن عليه السلام – ثم ابني هذا – ووضع يده على رأس الحسين عليه السلام – من بعده، والأوصياء تسعة من ولد الحسين عليه السلام واحد بعد واحد، حبل الله المتين وعروته الوثقى. هم حجة الله على خلقه وشهدائه في أرضه. من أطاعهم فقد أطاع الله وأطاعني، ومن عصاهم فقد عصى الله وعصاني، هم مع الكتاب والكتاب معهم، لا يفارقهم ولا يفارقونه حتى يردا علي الحوض.
He-ra said, ‘Who are they-asws, O Rasool Allah-saww?’ He-saww said: ‘The first one-asws of them-asws and the highest of them-asws, and the best of them-asws is my-saww brother Ali‑asws Bin Abu Talib-asws’ – and he-saww placed his-saww hand upon the head of Ali-asws – ‘then this son-asws of mine-saww after him-asws’ – and he-saww placed his-saww hand upon the head of Al-Hassan-asws – ‘then this son-asws of mine-saww’ – and placed his‑saww hand upon the head of Al-Husayn-asws – ‘from after him-asws, and the nine successors-asws from the sons-asws of Al-Husayn-asws, one-asws after the other-asws, the Strong Rope of Allah-azwj and the Firmest Handle.
They-asws are the Proofs of Allah-azwj upon His-azwj creatures and His-azwj Witnesses in His-azwj earth. The one who obeys them-asws, he has obeyed Allah-azwj and obeyed me-saww, and the one who disobeys them-asws, he has disobeyed Allah-azwj and disobeyed me-saww. They-asws are with the Book and the Book is with them-asws. Neither will they-asws separate from it, nor will it separate from them-asws until they return to the Fountain’.
يا بني عبد المطلب، إنكم ستلقون من بعدي من ظلمة قريش وجهال العرب وطغاتهم تعبا وبلاء وتظاهرا منهم عليكم واستذلالا وتوثبا عليكم وحسدا لكم وبغيا عليكم، فاصبروا حتى تلقوني. إنه من لقي الله – يا بني عبد المطلب – موحدا مقرا برسالتي أدخله الجنة ويقبل ضعيف عمله ويجاوز عن سيئاته.
O sons of Abdul Muttalib-as, you will be experiencing from after me-saww, the injustices of Qureish and ignorant ones of the Arabs and their tyrants, persecuting you, afflicting you, humiliating you, attacking you, and being envious of you, and harbouring grudges against you. So, observe patience until you meet me-saww. Any one of you who meets Allah-azwj – O sons of Abdul Muttalib-as – as a Monotheist, having accepted my-saww Prophet-hood, will enter the Paradise, and his weak deeds will be accepted even if exceeding his sins’.
يا بني عبد المطلب، إني رأيت على منبري اثني عشر من قريش، كلهم ضال مضل يدعون أمتي إلى النار ويردونهم عن الصراط القهقرى: رجلان من حيين من قريش عليهما مثل إثم الأمة ومثل جميع عذابهم، وعشرة من بني أمية. رجلان من العشرة من ولد حرب بن أمية وبقيتهم من ولد أبي العاص بن أمية.
O sons of Abdul Muttalib-as, I-asws saw (in a dream) upon my-saww Pulpit, twelve from Qureish, all of them having gone astray and leading others to stray, calling my-saww community to the Fire and repulsing them from the Path backwards – two men (Abu Bakr and Umar) from two tribes from Qureish (Taym and Ady), upon them will be the sins similar to the whole community and similar to all of their sins; and ten from the Clan of Umayya. Two men out of the ten will be the sons of Harb Bin Umayya (Muawiya and Yazeed), and the remainder of them will be the sons of Abu Al-A’as Bin Umayya.
ومن أهل بيتي اثنا عشر إمام هدى كلهم يدعون إلى الجنة: علي والحسن والحسين وتسعة من ولد الحسين واحدا بعد واحد. إمامهم ووالدهم علي، وأنا إمام علي وإمامهم. هم مع الكتاب والكتاب معهم لا يفارقهم ولا يفارقونه حتى يردوا علي الحوض.
And from the People-asws of my-saww Household will be twelve Imams-asws of guidance, all of them-asws calling to the Paradise – Ali-asws, and Al-Hassan-asws, and Al-Husayn-asws, and nine from the sons-asws of Al-Husayn-asws, one-asws after the other-asws. Their‑asws Imam-asws and their-asws parent is Ali-asws, and I-saww am the Imam of Ali-asws and their-asws Imam as well. They-asws are with the Book and the Book is with them-asws. Neither will they-asws separate from it, nor will it separate from them until they return to the Fountain.
يا بني عبد المطلب، أطيعوا عليا واتبعوه وتولوه ولا تخالفوه وابرؤوا من عدوه وآزروه وانصروه واقتدوا به ترشدوا وتهتدوا وتسعدوا.
O sons of Abdul Muttalib-as, obey Ali-asws, and follow him-asws, and befriend him-asws, and do not oppose him-asws, but distance yourselves from his-asws enemies, and support him-asws, and help him-asws, and follow him-asws so that you stay on the right path, and be guided, and be happy.
يا بني عبد المطلب، أطيعوا عليا. إني لو قد أخذت بحلقة باب الجنة ففتح لي فتح إلى ربي فوقعت ساجدا فقال لي: (إرفع رأسك، سل تسمع واشفع تشفع)، لم أؤثر عليكم أحدا. قالوا: سمعنا وأطعنا يا رسول الله.
O sons of Abdul Muttalib-as, obey Ali-asws. If I-saww were to grab the panel of the Door of the Paradise, so it will open up for me-saww, opening (it) to my-saww Lord-azwj. I-saww will fall into prostration, so He-azwj will Say to me-saww: “Raise your-saww head. Ask and I-azwj Shall Hear, and Intercede by your-saww intercession!” I-saww will not leave anyone of you behind’. They said, ‘We hear and we obey, O Rasool Allah-saww’.
* 2 * إخبار رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله عن مصائب أهل بيته في آخر عمره المبارك
The Rasool Allah-saww informs about the calamities of the People-asws of the Household at the end of his-saww blessed age
Then he-saww turned towards Ali-asws and said: ‘O my-saww brother-asws, the Qureish will overpower you-asws and (they will) be united in their words upon inflicting injustices upon you-asws and to subjugate you-asws. So, if you-asws find helpers, fight them, and if you-asws do not find helpers, restrain your-asws hand and save your-asws blood. But, martyrdom is behind you. Curse of Allah-azwj be upon your-asws killer’.
Then he-saww turned towards his-saww daughter, so he-saww said: ‘You-asws will be the first one-asws from the People-asws of my-saww Household who will meet me-saww, and you-asws are the Chieftess of the women of the Paradise. And you-asws shall see, after me-saww, injustices and fury to the extent that they will hit you-asws and break the side of your-asws ribs. Curse of Allah-azwj be upon your-asws killer, and the one who is pleased with it, and the one who assigned him for it, and the ones who overpower you-asws and oppress your-asws husband-asws and your-asws two sons-asws.
وأما أنت يا حسن فإن الأمة تغدر بك، فإن وجدت أعوانا فجاهدهم وإلا فكف يدك واحقن دمك فإن الشهادة من وراءك، لعن الله قاتلك والمعين عليك، فإن الذي يقتلك ولد زنا ابن زنا ابن ولد زنا. إنا أهل بيت اختار الله لنا الآخرة ولم يرض لنا الدنيا.
And as for you-asws, O Hassan-asws, the community will betray you-asws, so if you-asws find helpers, fight them, and if not, restrain your-asws hand and save your-asws blood for the martyrdom is behind you. Curse of Allah-azwj be upon the who kills you-asws, and the one who delegated it against you-asws, for the one who kills you will be the illegitimate, the son of an illegitimate, the son of an illegitimate. Surely, for us-asws, the People-asws of the Household, Allah-azwj has Chosen for us-asws the Hereafter, and was not Happy for us-asws (to have) the world’.
قال: ثم أقبل رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله على ابن عباس فقال: أما إن أول هلاك بني أمية – بعد ما يملك منهم عشرة – على يد ولدك. فليتقوا الله وليراقبوا في ولدي وعترتي، فإن الدنيا لم تبق لأحد قبلنا ولا تبقى لأحد بعدنا. دولتنا آخر الدول، يكون مكان كل يوم يومين ومكان كل سنة سنتين. ومنا من ولدي من يملأ الأرض قسطا وعدلا كما ملئت ظلما وجورا.
(Sulaym) said, ‘Then the Rasool Allah-saww turned towards Ibn Abbas, so he-saww said: ‘But the beginning of the destruction of the Clan of Umayya – after ten of them have ruled – will be by the hand of your sons. So, fear Allah-azwj and look after my-saww sons-asws and my-saww Family, for the world did not remain for anyone before us-asws, and will not remain for anyone after us-asws.
Our-asws government is the last of the governments which will have for it one day equivalent to two days (in length), and (their) one year (in duration) to two years. And from us-asws from my-saww sons-asws is the one-asws who will fill the earth with justice and equity just as it had been filled with injustice and inequality’.
HADITH 62
(62) كلمة النبي صلى الله عليه وآله عن أوصيائه الاثني عشر
SPEECH OF THE PROPHET-saww ABOUT HIS-saww TWELVE SUCCCESSORS‑asws
سليم، قال: سمعت سلمان يقول: قلت: يا رسول الله، إن الله لم يبعث نبيا قبلك إلا وله وصي، فمن وصيك يا نبي الله؟ قال: يا سلمان، إنه ما أتاني من الله فيه شيئ. فمكث غير كثير، ثم قال لي: يا سلمان، إنه قد أتاني من الله في الأمر الذي سألتني عنه. إني أشهدك يا سلمان إن علي بن أبي طالب وصيي وأخي ووارثي ووزيري وخليفتي في أهلي وولي كل مؤمن من بعدي، يبرئ ذمتي ويقضي ديني ويقاتل على سنتي.
Sulaym said, ‘I heard Salman-ra saying, ‘I-ra said, ‘O Rasool Allah-saww, surely Allah-azwj did not Send a Prophet-as before except that he-as had a successor-as for him-as, so who is your-saww successor-as, O Prophet-saww of Allah-azwj?’
He-saww said: ‘O Salman-ra, it is ‘that’ for which Allah-azwj has Commanded me (to Announce). So he-saww paused but not for long, then said to me-saww; ‘O Salman-ra, it has Come to me-saww from Allah-azwj regarding the matter which you-ra asked me-saww about. I-saww hereby (hold) you-ra as a witness that Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws is my-saww successor-asws, and my-saww brother, and my-saww inheritor, and my-saww Vizier, and my‑saww Caliph in my-saww Family and the Guardian of every Believer from after me‑saww, taking over my-saww responsibilities, and fulfilling my-saww debts, and fighting for (the preservation of) my-saww Sunnah.
يا سلمان، إن الله اطلع على الأرض اطلاعة فاختارني منهم. ثم اطلع ثانية فاختار منهم عليا أخي، وأمرني فزوجته سيدة نساء أهل الجنة. ثم اطلع ثالثة فاختار فاطمة والأوصياء: ابني حسنا وحسينا وبقيتهم من ولد الحسين. هم مع القرآن والقرآن معهم، لا يفارقهم ولا يفارقونه كهاتين – وجمع بين إصبعيه المسبحتين – حتى يردوا علي الحوض واحدا بعد واحد، شهداء الله على خلقه وحجته في أرضه. من أطاعهم أطاع الله ومن عصاهم عصى الله، كلهم هاد مهدي.
O Salman-ra, surely, Allah-azwj Considered the earth with a Consideration, so He-azwj Chose me-saww from among them. Then He-azwj Considered for a second time, so He‑azwj Chose from them Ali-asws my-saww brother-asws, and Ordered me-saww to get him‑asws to be married to the Chieftess of the women of the Paradise. Then He-azwj Considered for a third time, so He-azwj Chose (Syeda) Fatima-asws and the successors-asws, my-saww two sons-asws Hassan-asws and Husayn-asws and the rest of them-asws from the sons-asws Al-Husayn-asws.
They-asws are with the Quran and the Quran is with them-asws. Neither will they-asws separate from it nor will it separate from them-asws just like these’ – and he-saww gathered two fingers of his-saww two hands – ‘until they return to the Fountain, one-asws after the other-asws, Witnesses of Allah-azwj over His-azwj creatures, and His-azwj Proofs in His-azwj earth. The one who obeys them-asws has obeyed Allah-azwj, and the one who disobeys them-asws has disobeyed Allah-azwj, all of them-asws being Guides and guided ones-asws.
ونزلت هذه الآية في وفي أخي علي وفي ابنتي فاطمة وفي ابني والأوصياء واحدا بعد واحد، ولدي وولد أخي: (إنما يريد الله ليذهب عنكم الرجس أهل البيت ويطهركم تطهيرا). أتدرون ما (الرجس) يا سلمان؟ قلت: لا. قال: الشك، لا يشكون في شيئ جاء من عند الله أبدا، مطهرون في ولادتنا وطينتنا إلى آدم، مطهرون معصومون من كل سوء.
And this Verse Descended regarding myself-saww, and my-saww brother Ali-asws, and my-saww daughter (Syeda) Fatima-asws, and regarding my-saww two sons-asws, and the successors-asws one-asws after the other-asws, being my-saww sons-asws and the sons-asws of my-saww brother-asws: “Allah only desires to keep away the uncleanness from you, O people of the House! and to purify you a (thorough) purifying. [33:33] ” Do you-ra know what is ‘the uncleanliness (Al-Rijs)’, O Salman-ra?’ I-ra said, ‘No’. He‑saww said: ‘The ‘doubt’. They-asws will never be ‘doubting’ with regards to anything which Comes from Allah-azwj, ever. We-saww have been Purified with regards to our‑asws births and our-asws Clay (Teenat) up to Adam-as, being Pure and Infallible from every evil’.
إخباره صلى الله عليه وآله عن المهدي عليه السلام
ثم ضرب بيده على الحسين عليه السلام فقال: يا سلمان، مهدي أمتي الذي يملأ الأرض قسطا وعدلا كما ملئت جورا وظلما من ولد هذا. إمام بن إمام، عالم بن عالم، وصي بن وصي، أبوه الذي يليه إمام وصي عالم.
His-saww news about the Mahdi-asws
Then he-saww struck his-saww hand upon Al-Husayn-asws. He-saww said: ‘O Salman-ra, The Mahdi-asws who-asws will fill the earth with equity and justice just as it had been filled with inequity and injustice and he-asws will be from the son-asws of this one-asws. Imam-asws son-asws of an Imam-asws, a knowledgeable one-asws son-asws of a knowledgeable one-asws, a successor-asws son-asws of a successor-asws, his-asws father whom he-asws will follow is an Imam-asws, a successor-asws, and a knowledgeable one‑asws’.
قال: قلت: يا نبي الله، المهدي أفضل أم أبوه؟ قال: أبوه أفضل منه. للأول مثل أجورهم كلهم لأن الله هداهم به.
(Salman-ra) said, ‘I-ra said, ‘O Prophet-saww of Allah-saww, is the Mahdi-asws higher or his‑asws father-asws?’ He-saww said: ‘His-asws father-asws is the higher than him-asws. For the first one-asws (Ali-asws) is the Reward of all of them-asws because Allah-azwj has Guided them-asws by him-asws.
أيما داع دعا إلى هدى فله أجره ومثل أجور من تبعه لا ينقص ذلك من أجورهم شيئا، وأيما داع دعا إلى ضلالة فعليه وزره ومثل أوزار من تبعه لا ينقص ذلك من أوزارهم شيئا.
Whosoever makes a call to call towards guidance, so for him will be the Reward similar to the reward of the one who follows him, and that will not reduce anything from his Reward. And whosoever makes a call calling towards misguidance, so for him will be the sin of the one who follows him, and that will not reduce anything from his sin.
يا سلمان، إن موسى سأل ربه أن يجعل له وزيرا من أهله فجعل له أخاه هارون وزيرا. وإنني سألت ربي أن يجعل لي وزيرا من أهلي فجعل لي أخي أشد به ظهري وأشركه في أمري. فاستجاب لي كما استجاب لموسى في هارون.
O Salman-ra, (Prophet) Musa-as asked his-as Lord-azwj to Make a successor-as for him-as from his‑as Family, so He-azwj Made for him-as, his-as brother-asws Haroun-as as the Vizier. And I-saww asked my-saww Lord-azwj that He-azwj should Make for me-saww a Vizier from my-saww Family, so, He-azwj Made for me-saww my-saww brother-asws, and strengthened by him-asws my-saww back, and associated him-asws with my-saww command. So, He-azwj Answered me-saww just as He-azwj Answered for (Prophet) Musa-as regarding Haroun-as.
التبرك بتراب أقدام أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام
يا سلمان، لولا أن تفرط أمتي في أخي علي كإفراط النصارى في عيسى بن مريم لقلت فيه مقالة يتبعون آثار قدميه في التراب يقبلونه.
The blessing of the dust of the feet of Amir-ul-Momineen-asws
O Salman-ra, Had it not been for the (fear of) my-saww community exaggerating regarding my-saww brother Ali-asws like the exaggeration of the Christians regarding Isa-as Bin Maryam-as, I-saww would say regarding him-asws such words that they would take the dust from underneath his-asws shoes and kiss it’.
HADITH 63
(63) كلام لا يقوله أحد غير أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام
WORDS WHICH NO ONE HAS SPOKEN APART FROM AMIR-UL-MOMINEEN‑asws
سليم، قال: سمعت عليا عليه السلام يقول على منبر الكوفة: والذي فلق الحبة وبرء النسمة لأقولن كلاما لم يقله أحد قبلي ولا يقوله أحد بعدي إلا كذاب: (أنا عبد الله وأخو رسوله. ورثت نبي الرحمة ونكحت خير نساء الأمة وأنا خير الوصيين).
Sulaym said, ‘I heard Ali-asws saying upon the Pulpit of Al-Kufa: ‘By the One-azwj Who Split the seed and Freed the man, I-asws am saying words which no one has spoken before me-asws, and no one will be saying after me-asws, except for a liar. I-asws am a servant of Allah-azwj, and the brother of His-azwj Messenger-saww. And I-asws inherited from the Prophet-saww of the Mercy and married the best woman of the community, and I-asws am the best of the successors-asws’.
فقام رجل من الخوارج فقال: (أنا عبد الله وأخو رسول الله) فأخذته الموتة مكانه، فما انقلع عنه حتى مات.
So a man from the Khawarijites stood up. He said, ‘I am a servant of Allah-azwj and a brother of the Rasool Allah-saww’. So death overtook him in his place, before he could even move from his place, he had died.
HADITH 64
(64) علم أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام
KNOWLEDGE OF AMIR-UL-MOMINEEN-asws
قال سليم: وسمعت عليا عليه السلام يقول: (علمني رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله ألف باب من العلم، يفتح كل باب ألف).
Sulaym said, ‘And I heard Ali-asws saying: ‘The Rasool Allah-saww made known to me-asws a thousand doors of knowledge, each door opening a thousand (further) doors’.
فلم أشك أنه عليه السلام صادق، ولم أسأل عن ذلك أحدا.
I did not doubt that he-asws was telling the truth, and I did not (feel any need) to ask anyone about that’.
HADITH 65
(65) إختلاف الأمة والفرقة الناجية
DIFFERENCES IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE RESCUED SECT
وقال سليم: إني لجالس أنا وعلي عليه السلام والناس حوله، إذ أتاه رأس اليهود ورأس النصارى. فأقبل على رأس اليهود فقال: على كم تفرقت اليهود؟ فقال: هو عندي مكتوب في كتاب. فقال علي عليه السلام: قاتل الله زعيم قوم يسأل عن مثل هذا من أمر دينه فيقول: (هو عندي في كتاب)
And Sulaym said, ‘I was seated with Ali-asws and the people were around him-asws, when a leader of the Jews and a leader of the Christians came up. So, he-asws turned towards the leader of the Jews and said, ‘How many sects will the Jews be divided into?’ He said, ‘It is written in a book which is in my possession’. Ali-asws said: ‘May Allah-azwj destroy the leader of a people, who, when asked about something similar to this, says, ‘It is with me in a Book’.
قال: ثم قال لرأس النصارى: كم تفرقت النصارى؟ قال: (على كذا وكذا)، فأخطأ. فقال علي عليه السلام: لو قلت كما قال صاحبك كان خيرا من أن تقول وتخطئ.
(Sulaym) said, ‘Then he-asws said to the leader of the Christians: ‘How many sects will the Christians be divided into?’ He said, ‘Into such and such’, so he erred. Ali-asws said; ‘Had you said similar to what your companions said, it would have been better than for you to speak in error’.
ثم أقبل عليهما علي عليه السلام وعلى الناس فقال: أنا والله أعلم بالتوراة من أهل التوراة، وأعلم بالإنجيل من أهل الإنجيل، وأعلم بالقرآن من أهل القرآن. أنا أخبركم على كم تفرقوا.
Then Ali-asws addressed both of them and the people, so he-asws said: ‘By Allah-azwj, I‑asws am more knowledgeable of the Torah than the people of the Torah, and more knowledgeable of the Evangel than the people of the Evangel, and more knowledgeable of the Quran than the people of the Quran. I shall inform you of how many sects there will be.
الفرقة الناجية بعد الأنبياء عليهم السلام
سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يقول: تفرقت اليهود على إحدى وسبعين فرقة، سبعون منها في النار وواحدة في الجنة وهي التي تبعت وصي موسى.
The saved sect after the Prophets-as
I-asws heard the Rasool Allah-saww saying: ‘The Jews will separate into seventy-one (71) sects. Seventy of these will be in the Fire and one will be in the Paradise, and this is the one who followed the successor-as of Musa-as.
وتفرقت النصارى على اثنتين وسبعين فرقة، واحدة وسبعون في النار وواحدة في الجنة وهي التي تبعت وصي عيسى.
And the Christians will separate into seventy-two (72) sects. Seventy-one of these will be in the Fire and one will be in the Paradise, and this is the one which followed the successor-as of Isa-as.
وأمتي تفترق على ثلاث وسبعين فرقة، اثنتان وسبعون فرقة في النار وواحدة في الجنة وهي التي تبعت وصيي.
And my-saww community will separate into seventy-three (73) sects. Seventy-two of these will be in the Fire and one will be in the Paradise, and this is the one which will follow my-saww successor-asws’.
قال: ثم ضرب بيده على منكب علي عليه السلام، ثم قال: ثلاث عشرة فرقة من الثلاث وسبعين كلها تنتحل مودتي وحبي، واحدة منها في الجنة وثنتا عشرة في النار.
(Sulaym) said, ‘Then he-asws struck his-asws hand upon his-asws own shoulder, then said: ‘Thirteen sects from the seventy-three will all (arrogate) impersonate for my-asws cordiality and my-asws love. One of these will be in the Paradise and twelve will be in the Fire’.
HADITH 66
(66) كتاب حوادث العالم عند أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام
THE BOOK OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF EVENTS IN THE POSSESSION OF AMIR-UL-MOMINEEN-asws
سليم، قال: لما قتل الحسين بن علي عليه السلام بكى ابن عباس بكاء شديدا، ثم قال: ما لقيت هذه الأمة بعد نبيها اللهم إني أشهدك أني لعلي بن أبي طالب ولي ولولده، ومن عدوه وعدوهم برئ، وإني أسلم لأمرهم.
Sulaym said, ‘When Al-Husayn-asws Bin Ali-asws was martyred, Ibn Abbas cried with an intense crying, then said, ‘What this community has meted out (imposed unfairly) after its Prophet-saww. Our Allah-azwj! I am holding You-azwj as a Witness that I am a friend of Ali-asws and of his-asws children, and distance myself from his-asws enemies and their-asws enemies, and I submit to their-asws commands.
الإخبار عن بلايا أهل البيت عليهم السلام في كتاب أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام
لقد دخلت على علي عليه السلام بذي قار، فأخرج إلي صحيفة وقال لي: يا بن عباس، هذه صحيفة أملاها علي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وخطي بيدي. فقلت: يا أمير المؤمنين، إقرأها علي فقرأها، فإذا فيها كل شيئ كان منذ قبض رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله إلى مقتل الحسين عليه السلام وكيف يقتل ومن يقتله ومن ينصره ومن يستشهد معه. فبكى بكاء شديدا وأبكاني.
The news of the afflictions (to befall upon) the People-asws of the Household in the Book of Amir-ul-Momineen-asws
I came up to Ali-asws at Zeekar. He-asws brought out a Parchment to me and said to me: ‘O Ibn Abbas, This is the Parchment which the Rasool Allah-saww dictated to me-asws and I-asws wrote it by my-asws hand’.
So I said, ‘O Amir-ul-Momineen-asws, read it out to me. So he-asws read it. In it was everything since the passing away of the Rasool Allah-saww up to the killing of Al-Husayn-asws, and how he-asws would be killed, and the one who will be killing him-asws, and the ones who will be helping him-asws, and the ones who will be martyred along side him-asws. He-asws cried an intense crying and made me cry.
فكان فيما قرأه علي: كيف يصنع به وكيف يستشهد فاطمة وكيف يستشهد الحسن ابنه وكيف تغدر به الأمة. فلما أن قرأ كيف يقتل الحسين ومن يقتله أكثر البكاء، ثم أدرج الصحيفة وقد بقي ما يكون إلى يوم القيامة.
Amongst what he-asws read out to me was – What will transpire with him-asws, and how (Syeda) Fatima-asws would be martyred, and how Al-Hasan-asws, her-asws son-asws would be martyred, and how the community would betray him-asws. So, when he-asws read out how Al-Husayn-asws would be killed, and the ones who would kill him, he-asws cried a lot. Then he-asws wrapped up the Parchment, and (the news of) what would transpire up to the Day of Judgement remained (unread).
الأخبار عن دولة الغاصبين في كتاب أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام
وكان فيها – فيما قرأ – أمر أبي بكر وعمر وعثمان وكم يملك كل إنسان منهم، وكيف بويع علي عليه السلام، ووقعة الجمل وسير عائشة وطلحة والزبير، ووقعة صفين ومن يقتل فيها، ووقعة النهروان وأمر الحكمين، وملك معاوية ومن يقتل من الشيعة، وما يصنع الناس بالحسن، وأمر يزيد بن معاوية حتى انتهى إلى قتل الحسين.
The news about the government of the usurpers in the Book of Amir-ul-Momineen-asws
And in it, from what he-asws read out – was the matter of Abu Bakr, and Umar, and Usman, and for how long each person from them will rule, and how allegiance would be pledged to Ali-asws, and the event of Al-Jamal and the participation of Ayesha, and Talha and Al-Zubayr, and the event of Siffeen and the ones who would be killed in it, and the event of Al-Nahrwaan and the matter of the two judges, and the kingdom of Muawiya the ones he would be killing from the Shiites, and what the people would be doing with Al-Hassan-asws, and the matter of Yazeed Bin Muawiya, until ended to the martyrdom of Al-Husayn-asws.
فسمعت ذلك ثم كان كل ما قرأ لم يزد ولم ينقص. فرأيت خطه أعرفه في صحيفة لم تتغير ولم تصفر. فلما أدرج الصحيفة قلت: يا أمير المؤمنين، لو كنت قرأت علي بقية الصحيفة؟ قال عليه السلام: لا، ولكني محدثك. ما يمنعني فيها ما نلقى من أهل بيتك وولدك وهو أمر فظيع من قتلهم لنا وعداوتهم إيانا وسوء ملكهم وشوم قدرتهم. فأكره أن تسمعه فتغتم ويحزنك ولكني أحدثك.
So, I heard that, then all what he-asws read happened, neither more nor less. I saw his-asws handwriting and recognised it in the Parchment, and it had neither changed not turned yellow (decayed).
When he-asws wrapped the Parchment, I said, ‘O Amir-ul-Momineen-asws, if only you would read out to me the remainder of the Parchment?’ He-asws said: ‘No, but I-asws shall narrate to you. What is preventing me-asws with regards to it is what we-asws will experience from the people of your household and your children, and it is the matter of the terrible killing of us-asws, and their enmity towards us-asws, and the evil of their governance, and the evils of their power. So I-asws disliked it that you should hear it. It would sadden you and grieve you, but I-asws narrated it to you.
أخذ رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله عند موته بيدي ففتح لي ألف باب من العلم يفتح كل باب ألف باب – وأبو بكر وعمر ينظران إلي – وهو يشير إلى ذلك. فلما خرجت قالا لي: ما قال لك؟ فحدثتهما بما قال. فحركا أيديهما ثم حكيا قولي، ثم وليا يردان قولي ويخطران بأيديهما.
At the time of his-saww passing away, the Rasool Allah-saww held my-asws hand, so he‑saww opened for me-asws a thousand doors from the knowledge, each door opening a (further) thousand doors – and Abu Bakr and Umar were both looking at me-asws – and he-saww was indicating that. When I-asws went out, they said to me-asws, ‘What did he-saww say to you-asws?’ So, I-asws narrated it to both of them of what he-saww had said. They gestured (disapproval) with their hands, then turned around from my-asws words and indulged into destruction by their own hands.
الإخبار عن دولة بني العباس
يا بن عباس، إن الحسن يأتيك من الكوفة بكذا وكذا ألف رجل غير رجل. يا بن عباس، إن ملك بني أمية إذا زال كان أول ما يملك من بني هاشم ولدك، فيفعلون الأفاعيل. فقال ابن عباس: لأن يكون نسختي ذلك الكتاب أحب إلي مما طلعت عليه الشمس.
The news about the government of the Clan of Abbas
O Ibn Abbas, Al-Hassan-asws will come to you from Al-Kufa with so many thousand men, apart from one man. O Ibn Abbas, when the kingdom of the Clan of Umayya declines, the first one to govern it from the Clan of Hashim-as would be your son, so will be committing many deeds’. Ibn Abbas said, ‘If I could have a copy of that Book, it would be more beloved to me than over what the sun rises’.
HADITH 67
(67) خطبة أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام في البصرة بعد وقعة الجمل
SERMON OF AMIR-UL-MOMINEEN-asws IN AL-BASRA AFTER THE EVENT OF AL-JAMAL
قال سليم: شهدت عليا عليه السلام حين عاد زياد بن عبيد بعد ظهوره على أهل الجمل، وإن البيت لممتلئ من أصحاب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله فيهم عمار وأبو الهيثم بن التيهان وأبو أيوب وجماعة من أهل بدر نحو من سبعين رجلا – وزياد في بيت عظيم شبه البهو- إذ أتاه رجل بكتاب من رجل من الشيعة بالشام: (إن معاوية استنفر الناس ودعاهم إلى الطلب بدم عثمان، وكان فيما يحضهم به أن قال: إن عليا قتل عثمان وآوى قتلته، وإنه يطعن على أبي بكر وعمر ويدعي أنه خليفة رسول الله وإنه أحق بالأمر منهما. فنفرت العامة والقراء، واجتمعوا على معاوية إلا قليلا منهم).
Sulaym said, ‘I was present with Ali-asws when Zyad Bin Ubeyd returned after his victory against the people of Al-Jamal, and that his house was filled with the companions of the Rasool Allah-saww.
Among them were Amaar, and Abu Al-Haysam Bin Al-Tayhaan, and Abu Ayyub, and a group of the people of Badr of approximately seventy men – and Zyad was in a large house which resembled a tent – when a man came to him-asws with a letter from a man from the Shiites of Syria, that, ‘Muawiya is mobilising the people, and calling them to the seeking the blood (revenge) of Usman, and urging them by saying that, ‘Ali-asws killed Usman and is harbouring his killers, and he-asws is backstabbing Abu Bakr and Umar, and he-asws is claiming that he-asws is the Caliph of the Rasool Allah-saww, and that he-asws is the one more deserving of the command than them both,. So the general public and the reciters are outraged and are gathering to Muawiya, except for a few of them’.
كلام أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام حول الخلافة المغصوبة
قال: فحمد الله وأثنى عليه وقال: أما بعد، ما لقيت من الأمة بعد نبيها منذ قبض صلى الله عليه وآله. فأقام عمر وأصحابه الذين ظاهروا علي أبا بكر فبايعوه وأنا مشغول بغسل رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وكفنه ودفنه، وما فرغت من ذلك حتى بايعوه وخاصموا الأنصار بحجتي وحقي. والله إنه ليعلم يقينا والذين ظاهروه أني أحق بها من أبي بكر.
Speech of Amir-ul-Momineen-asws about the usurpation of the Caliphate
(Sulaym) said, ‘He-asws Praised Allah-azwj and Extolled Him-azwj and said: ‘Having said that, what has been experienced for the community after its Prophet-saww, since he‑saww passed away. Umar and his companions stood up, and imposed Abu Bakr upon me-asws. They pledged allegiance to him whilst I-asws was busy with the washing of the Rasool Allah-saww, and shrouding him-saww, and burying him-saww, and I-asws was not free from that and they had pledged their allegiances to him and antagonised the Helpers by my-asws arguments and my-asws rights. By Allah-azwj, they knew with conviction of what they had meted out, I-asws was more deserving of it than Abu Bakr.
فلما رأيت اجتماعهم عليه وتركهم إياي ناشدتهم الله عز وجل وحملت فاطمة عليها السلام على حمار وأخذت بيد ابني الحسن والحسين لعلهم يرعوون، فلم أدع أحدا من أهل بدر ولا أهل السابقة من المهاجرين والأنصار إلا استعنتهم ودعوتهم إلى نصرتي وناشدتهم الله حقي فلم يجيبوني ولم ينصروني.
When I-asws saw them gathering to him, and their desertion from me-asws, I-asws adjured them to Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic, and I-asws got (Syeda) Fatima-asws to ride upon a mule, and took the hands of my-asws sons-asws Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws, so that they would change (their actions). So, I-asws did not leave out anyone from the people of Badr, nor the former people from the Emigrants and the Helpers except that I-asws sought their help and called them to my-asws help, and adjured them to Allah-azwj for my-asws rights. They neither answered me-asws nor did they help me-asws.
أنتم تعلمون يا معاشر من حضر من أهل بدر أني لم أقل إلا حقا. قالوا: صدقت يا أمير المؤمنين وبررت، فنستغفر الله من ذلك ونتوب إليه. قال: وكان الناس قريبي عهد بالجاهلية فخشيت فرقة أمة محمد واختلاف كلمتهم، وذكرت ما عهد إلي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله لأنه أخبرني بما صنعوا وأمرني: إن وجدت أعوانا جاهدتهم وإن لم أجد أعوانا كففت يدي وحقنت دمي.
You all know, O group who are present from the people of Badr, that I-asws have not said except for the truth’. They said, ‘You-asws have spoken the truth, O Amir-ul-Momineen-asws and have justified yourself-asws. So, we seek Forgiveness of Allah-azwj from that, and repent to Him-azwj’.
He-asws said: ‘The people were closer to the era or ignorance, so I-asws feared the disintegration of the community of Muhammad-saww and differing in their speech, and I-asws remembered what oath the Rasool Allah-saww had given to me-asws, because he‑saww had informed me-asws of what they would be doing and ordered me-asws that if I-asws were to find helpers, then I-asws should fight them, and that if I-asws do not find helpers, I-asws should withhold my-asws hand and save my-asws blood.
ثم ردها أبو بكر إلى عمر – ووالله إنه ليعلم يقينا أني أحق بها من عمر – فكرهت الفرقة فبايعت وسمعت وأطعت.
Then Abu Bakr handed it (Caliphate) to Umar – and by Allah-azwj, he knew it, without doubt, that I-asws was more deserving of it than Umar – I-asws disliked the disintegration, but did not (oppose) his allegiance, and kept quiet, and obeyed (Allah-azwj and His Prophet-saww).
ثم جعلني عمر سادس ستة فولى الأمر ابن عوف، فخلا بابن عفان فجعلها له على أن يردها عليه ثم بايعه، فكرهت الفرقة والاختلاف.
Then Umar made me-asws to be the sixth one of the six (in the consultation council). He made Ibn Awf to be in-charge of it. So he met Ibn Affan in private and made it (Caliphate) to be for him on the condition that he returns it back to him. Then I-asws (did not object) to his allegiance, for I-asws disliked the disintegration and the differing.
ثم إن عثمان غدر بابن عوف وزواها عنه، فبرء منه ابن عوف وقام خطيبا فخلعه كما خلع نعله. ثم مات ابن عوف وأوصى أن لا يصلي عليه عثمان، وزعم ولد ابن عوف أن عثمان سمه. ثم قتل، واجتمع الناس ثلاثة أيام يتشاورون في أمرهم. ثم أتوني فبايعوني طائعين غير مكرهين.
Then Usman betrayed Ibn Awf and kept it from him. He distanced himself from Ibn Awf and stood up to give a sermon and took him off like he took of his slipper. The Ibn Awf died, and made a will that Usman would not Pray on him (funeral Prayer), and the sons of Ibn Awf alleged that Usman poisoned him.
Then he (Usman) was killed, and the people gathered for three days, having consultations regarding their command (the next Caliph). Then they gave it to me-asws, so they pledged their allegiances to me-asws willingly, without abhorrence’.
امتحن الله المسلمين بأمهم عائشة
ثم إن الزبير وطلحة أتياني يستأذناني في العمرة، فأخذت عليهما ألا ينكثا بيعتي ولا يغدرا بي ولا يبغيا علي غائلة. ثم توجها إلى مكة فسارا بعائشة إلى أهل مدرة جهلهم قليل فقههم، فحملوهم على نكث بيعتي واستحلال دمي.
Allah-azwj Tested the Muslims by their mother Ayesha
Then Al-Zubayr and Talha came to me-asws seeking permission to go for Umrah. So, I-asws held both of them on oath that they would not break their allegiances with me‑asws nor would they rebel against me-asws inflicting a calamity. Then they diverted themselves to Mecca. So, they went with Ayesha to the people of Mudra (Al-Basra), ignorant ones of little understanding. So they got them to break their allegiances with me-asws and made (shedding of) my-asws blood to be permissible’.
ثم ذكر عليه السلام عائشة وخروجها من بيتها وما ركبت منه. فقال عمار: (يا أمير المؤمنين، كف عنها فإنها أمك) فترك ذكرها وأخذ في شيئ آخر، ثم عاد إلى ذكرها فقال أشد مما قال أولا.
(Sulaym said), ‘Then he-asws mentioned Ayesha and her coming out from her house, and what was set up from it. So, Amaar said, ‘O Amir-ul-Momineen-asws, refrain from it for she is your-asws mother’. So, he-asws avoided mentioning it, and spoke regarding another matter, then return to mentioning it. So, he-asws spoke about it in even stronger words than the first time.
فقال عمار: (يا أمير المؤمنين، كف عنها فإنها أمك) فأعرض عن ذكرها ثم عاد الثالثة فقال أشد مما قال.
Amaar said, ‘O Amir-ul-Momineen-asws, refrain from it, for she is your mother’. So he‑asws left mentioning it, then returned for a third time, so he spoke in even stronger words (against her) than what he-asws had said before.
قال: فقال عمار: (يا أمير المؤمنين، كف عنها فإنها أمك) فقال: كلا، إني مع الله على من خالفه، وإن أمكم ابتلاكم الله بها ليعلم أمعه تكونون أم معها؟
Amaar said, ‘O Amir-ul-Momineen-asws, refrain from it, for she is your-asws mother’. Amir-ul-Momineen-asws said: ‘Never! I-asws am with Allah-azwj against ‘that mother’ of yours who opposes Him-azwj, and Allah-azwj Tested you by her so that He-azwj would Know whether you are with Him-azwj or with her’.
تناقض الغاصبين في نظرية تعيين الخليفة
قال سليم: ثم ذكر علي عليه السلام بيعة أبي بكر وعمر وعثمان فقال: (لعمري لئن كان الأمر كما يقولون، ولا والله ما هو كما يقولون)، ثم سكت.
Contradiction of the usurpers regarding the theory of the appointment of the Caliph
Sulaym said, ‘Then Ali-asws mentioned the pledging of allegiances to Abu Bakr, and Umar and Usman. He-asws said: ‘By my-asws life, do you reckon the matter was as they are saying it to be? No, by Allah-azwj, it is not as they are saying it to be’. Then he-asws was silent.
فقال له عمار: وما يقولون؟ فقال: يقولون (إن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله لم يستخلف أحدا وإنهم إنما تركوا ليتشاوروا)، ففعلوا غير ما أمروا في قوله. فقد بايع القوم أبا بكر عن غير مشورة ولا رضى من أحد، ثم أكرهوني وأصحابي على البيعة.
Amaar said to him-asws, ‘And what are they saying?’ He-asws said: (They are saying) ‘that the Rasool Allah-saww did not appoint (as a Caliph) anyone, and they have been left to consult with each other about it’, so then they did that which was different to what he-saww had ordered to be done as per their words. The group pledged their allegiances to Abu Bakr without the satisfaction of anybody, then they compelled me‑asws and my-asws companions for the allegiance.
ثم بايع أبو بكر عمر عن غير مشورة. ثم جعلها عمر شورى بين ستة رهط وأخرج من ذلك جميع الأنصار والمهاجرين إلا هؤلاء الستة ثم قال: (يصلي صهيب بالناس ثلاثة أيام)، ثم أمر الناس: (إن مضت ثلاثة أيام ولم يفرغ القوم أن تضرب رقابهم، وإن اجتمع أربعة وخالف اثنان أن يقتلوا الاثنين). ثم تشاوروا في ثلاثة أيام وكانت بيعتهم عن مشورة من جماعتهم وملأهم، ثم صنعوا ما رأيتم
Then Abu Bakr pledged his allegiance to Umar without any consultation. Then Umar made it to be in a consultation council (Al-Shura) between a group of six, and kept out from that all the Helpers and the Emigrants except for those six.
Then he said, ‘Soheeb will lead the Prayer with the people for three days’. He then ordered the people that, ‘If three days go by and they do not come to any conclusion, strike their necks, and if four of them are agreed upon it and two of them oppose it, then kill those two’. Then they consulted regarding me-asws for three days (after the death of Usman), and the pledging of their allegiance was with consultation with their group and fulfilled it. Then they did what you have seen’.
ثم قال: إن موسى قال لهارون: (ما منعك إذ رأيتهم ضلوا ألا تتبعن) إلى قوله (ولم ترقب قولي)، وأنا من نبي الله بمنزلة هارون من موسى، عهد إلي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: (إن ضلت الأمة بعده وتبعت غيري أن أجاهدهم إن وجدت أعوانا، وإن لم أجد أعوانا أن أكف يدي وأحقن دمي)، وأخبرني بما الأمة صانعة بعده.
Then he-asws said that: ‘Musa-as said to Haroun-as: ‘So that you did not follow me? Did you then disobey my order? [20:93]” up to his-as words “and not waited for my word [20:94]”, and I-asws am from the Prophet-saww of Allah-azwj of the status, which Haroun-as had from Musa-as. The Rasool Allah-saww held me-asws on oath that the community will go astray after him-as and follow others apart from me-asws, and that I-asws should fight them if I-asws were to find helpers, and if I-asws do not find helpers then I-asws should restrain my-asws hand and save my-asws blood’, and he-saww informed me-asws of what the community will be doing after him-saww.
إخبار أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام عن صفين والنهروان
فلما وجدت أعوانا بعد قتل عثمان على إقامة أمر الله وإحياء الكتاب والسنة لم يسعني الكف، فبسطت يدي فقاتلت هؤلاء الناكثين، وأنا غدا إن شاء الله مقاتل القاسطين بأرض الشام في موضع يقال له (صفين)، ثم أنا بعد ذلك مقاتل المارقين بأرض من أرض العراق يقال لها (النهروان).
News by Amir-ul-Momineen-asws about Siffeen and Al-Nahrwaan
When I-asws did find helpers after the killing of Usman to establish the Order of Allah-azwj and revive the Book and the Sunnah, I-asws did not have the leeway to restrain the hand. So, I-asws extended my-asws hand and fought against those breakers (of the allegiance). And tomorrow, Allah-azwj Willing, I-asws will fight against the deviants in the land of Syria in a place called ‘Siffeen’. Then, after that, I-asws will fight against the renegades (apostates) in a land from the lands of Iraq, which is called ‘Al-Nahrwaan’.
أمرني رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله بقتالهم في هذه المواطن الثلاث. وكففت يدي لغير عجز ولا جبن ولا كراهية للقاء ربي، ولكن لطاعة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وحفظ وصيته.
The Rasool Allah-saww ordered me-asws to fight them in these three places. And I-asws restrained my-asws hand (before) due to the reasons other than frustration, and cowardice or disliking the meeting with my-asws Lord-azwj (death) but it was in obedience to the Rasool Allah-saww, and the preservation of (the stipulations in) his‑saww will.
فلما وجدت أعوانا نظرت فلم أجد بين السبيلين ثالثا: إما الجهاد في سبيل الله والأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر، أو الكفر بالله والجهود بما أنزل الله ومعالجة الأغلال في نار جهنم والارتداد عن الإسلام.
So, when I-asws did find helpers, I-asws considered and could not find between two ways, a third one – either I-asws struggle in the Way of Allah-azwj and enjoin the good and forbid the evil, or become an infidel by Allah-azwj and struggle against what Allah-azwj Revealed, and face the shackles in the Fire of Hell and become an apostate from Al-Islam (I-asws preferred the former option).
إخبار أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام عن قاتله
وقد أخبرني رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله أن الشهادة من ورائي، وأن لحيتي ستخضب من دم رأسي، بل قاتلي أشقى الأولين والآخرين، رجل أحيمر يعدل عاقر الناقة ويعدل قابيل قاتل أخيه هابيل وفرعون الفراعنة والذي حاج إبراهيم في ربه ورجلين من بني إسرائيل بدلا كتابهم وغيرا سنتهم. ثم قال صلى الله عليه وآله: ورجلين من أمتي.
News by Amir-ul-Momineen-asws about his-asws murderer
And the Rasool Allah-saww has informed me-asws that the martyrdom is approaching me-asws, and that my-asws beard would be dyed by the blood from my-asws head, but my-asws murderer would be the most ruthless one of the former ones and the later ones, even more than the man ‘Ohaymar’ who slayed the she-camel (of Prophet Saleh-as), and the slaying by Qabeel the murderer of his brother Habeel-as, and the Pharaoh-la of the Pharaohs-la, and the one who argued with Ibrahim-as regarding his-as Lord-azwj, and the two men from the Children of Israel who distorted their Books and altered their ways’. Then he-saww said: ‘And the ‘two men’ from my-saww community’.
خطايا أمة محمد صلى الله عليه وآله عليهما
ثم قال عليه السلام: إن عليهما خطايا أمة محمد. إن كل دم سفك إلى يوم القيامة ومال يؤكل حراما وفرج يغشى حراما وحكم يجار فيه عليهما، من غير أن ينقص من إثم من عمل به شيئ.
The sins of the community of Muhammad-saww are upon them (Abu Bakr and Umar)
Then he-asws said that: ‘Upon them (Abu Bakr and Umar) are the sins of the community of Muhammad-saww. All the blood that will be shed up to the Day of Judgement, and wealth which will be consumed unlawfully, and women that will be approached unlawfully, and decisions made with regards to it, will all be upon them, without any reduction being in the sin of the performer’.
قال عمار: يا أمير المؤمنين، سمهما لنا فنلعنهما. قال: يا عمار، ألست تتولى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وتبرء من عدوه؟ قال: بلى. قال: وتتولاني وتبرء من عدوي؟ قال: بلى. قال: حسبك يا عمار، قد برئت منهما ولعنتهما وإن لم تعرفهما بأسمائهما.
Amaar said, ‘O Amir-ul-Momineen-asws, name these two persons for us so that we may curse them both’. He-asws said; ‘O Amaar, do you not befriend the Rasool Allah-saww and distance yourself from his-saww enemies?’ He said, ‘Yes’. He-asws said: ‘And befriend me-asws and distance yourself from my-asws enemies?’ He said, ‘Yes’. He-asws said: ‘It is sufficient for you, O Amaar, that you keep away from these two and curse them both, even though you do not recognise them both by their names’.
قال: يا أمير المؤمنين لو سميتهما لأصحابك فبرءوا منهما كان أمثل من ترك ذلك. قال: رحم الله سلمان وأبا ذر والمقداد، ما كان أعرفهم بهما وأشد برائتهم منهما ولعنتهم لهما قال: يا أمير المؤمنين جعلت فداك، فسمهما فإنا نشهد أن نتولى من توليت ونتبرء ممن تبرأت منه.
He said, ‘O Amir-ul-Momineen-asws, if you were to name these two to your-asws companions, they would keep away from them both, and this would be better than leaving that (unmentioned)’. He-asws said: ‘May Allah-azwj have Mercy upon Salman-ra, and Abu Dharr-ra, and Al-Miqdad, they-ra knew both of them and were intense in their-asws distancing themselves from both of them, and cursing them both’. He said, ‘O Amir-ul-Momineen-asws, may I be sacrificed for you-asws, name the two of them, for we hereby testify that we will befriend those that befriend you-asws and keep away from those that keep away from you-asws’.
قال: يا عمار، إذا يقتل أصحابي وتتفرق عني جماعتي وأهل عسكري وكثير ممن ترى حولي قاعدة عامة في الولاية والبراءة
He-asws said: ‘O Amaar, then my-asws companions would be killed, and my-asws group would disperse from me-asws, as well as the soldiers in my-asws army along with most of the ones that you see seated around me-asws from the general public, due to the befriending and the disavowing, O Amaar.
يا عمار،من تولى موسى وهارون وبرئ من عدوهما فقد برئ من العجل والسامري، ومن تولى العجل والسامري وبرئ من عدوهما فقد برئ من موسى وهارون من حيث لا يعلم.
The one who befriended Musa-as and Haroun-as and kept away from their-as enemies, had also stayed away from the calf and Al-Samiry, and the one who befriended the calf and Al-Samiry and kept away from their enemies had also kept away from Musa‑as and Haroun-as, without even realising it.
يا عمار، ومن تولى رسول الله وأهل بيته وتولاني وتبرء من عدوي فقد برئ منهما، ومن برئ من عدوهما فقد برئ من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله من حيث لا يعلم.
O Amaar, and the one who befriended the Rasool Allah-saww and the People-asws of his-saww Household and befriended me-asws and kept away from my-asws enemies did stay away from these two, and the one who kept away from the enemies of these two did stay away from the Rasool Allah-saww without even realising it’.
محمد بن أبي بكر نجيب قومه
فقال محمد بن أبي بكر: يا أمير المؤمنين، لا تسمهما فقد عرفتهما ونشهد الله أن نتولاك ونبرء من عدوك كلهم، قريبهم وبعيدهم وأولهم وآخرهم وحيهم وميتهم وشاهدهم وغائبهم. فقال أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام: يرحمك الله يا محمد، إن لكل قوم نجيبا وشاهدا عليهم وشافعا لأماثلهم، وأفضل النجباء النجيب من أهل السوء وإنك يا محمد لنجيب أهل بيتك.
Muhammad Bin Abu Bakr is the excellent one of his people
Muhammad Bin Abu Bakr said, ‘O Amir-ul-Momineen-asws, do not name the two, for we recognise both of them, and we hereby keep Allah-azwj as Witness that we befriend you-asws and keep away from your-asws enemies, all of them, be they from the near ones or the far ones, and the former ones or the later ones, and the first one of them or the last one of them, and the live ones of them or the dead ones, and the present ones of them or the absent ones’.
Amir-ul-Momineen-asws said: ‘May Allah-azwj have mercy on you, O Muhammad. For every people there is an excellent one and is a witness over them and is a healer for the ones like him, and the best of the excellent ones is the excellent one from the evil people, and you, O Muhammad, is the excellent one of your family’.
تحذير رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله أبا بكر وعمر من غصب الخلافة
أما إني سأخبرك: دعاني رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وعنده سلمان وأبو ذر والمقداد، ثم أرسل النبي صلى الله عليه وآله عائشة إلى أبيها وحفصة إلى أبيها وأمر ابنته فأرسلت إلى زوجها عثمان، فدخلوا.
Warning of the Rasool Allah-saww that Abu Bakr and Umar will usurp the Caliphate
But, I-asws am informing you that the Rasool Allah-saww called me-asws, and in his-asws presence were Salman-ra, and Abu Dharr-ra, and Al-Miqdad. Then the Rasool Allah‑saww sent Ayesha to her father, and Hafsa to her father, and ordered his-saww (adopted) daughter, so he-saww sent her to her husband Usman. So they came.
فحمد الله وأثنى عليه وقال: يا أبا بكر، يا عمر، يا عثمان، إني رأيت الليلة اثني عشر رجلا على منبري يردون أمتي عن الصراط القهقرى. فاتقوا الله وسلموا الأمر لعلي بعدي ولا تنازعوه في الخلافة، ولا تظلموه ولا تظاهروا عليه أحدا. قالوا: يا نبي الله، نعوذ بالله من ذلك أماتنا الله قبل ذلك
He-saww Praised Allah-azwj and Extolled him-azwj and said: ‘O Abu Bakr, O Umar, O Usman, I saw (in a dream) last night, twelve men upon my-saww Pulpit reverting my‑saww community from the Path backwards upon their heels. So, fear Allah-azwj, and submit the command to Ali-asws after me-saww, and do not snatch the Caliphate from him-asws, and do not oppress him-asws, and do not let anyone overcome him-asws’. They said, ‘O Prophet-saww of Allah-azwj, we seek refuge with Allah-azwj from that. May Allah-azwj Give us death before that’.
النص على الأئمة الاثني عشر بحضور أبي بكر وعمر وعثمان
قال صلى الله عليه وآله: فإني أشهدكم جميعا ومن في البيت من رجل وامرأة: (أن علي بن أبي طالب خليفتي في أمتي، وإنه أولى بالمؤمنين من أنفسهم. فإذا مضى فابني هذا – ووضع يده على رأس الحسن عليه السلام – فإذا مضى فابني هذا – ووضع يده على رأس الحسين عليه السلام – ثم تسعة من ولد الحسين عليه السلام واحد بعد واحد. وهم الذين عنى الله بقوله: (أطيعوا الله وأطيعوا الرسول وأولي الأمر منكم) آية نزلت في الأئمة إلا تلاها رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله.
Text of the twelve Imams-asws in the presence of Abu Bakr, and Umar, and Usman
He-saww said: ‘I-saww am holding as witnesses all of you, and the ones in the house from the men and women that Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws is my-saww Caliph in my-saww community, and that he-asws is higher to the believers than their own selves. So, if he-asws is gone, this son-asws of mine-saww’ – and he-saww placed his-saww hand upon the head of Al-Hassan-asws – ‘so if he-asws is gone, this son-asws of mine-saww’ – and he-saww placed his-saww hand upon the head of Al-Husayn-asws – ‘then nine from the sons of Al-Husayn-asws, one-asws after the other-asws. And they-asws are the ones Meant by Allah-azwj by His-azwj Statement: “obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority from among you [4:59] ”. (There was no) Verse Revealed regarding the Imams-asws but the Rasool Allah-saww recited it.
رؤيا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله في الغاصبين
فقام أبو بكر وعمر وعثمان، وبقيت أنا وأصحابي أبو ذر وسلمان والمقداد وبقيت فاطمة والحسن والحسين، وقمن نساءه وبناته غير فاطمة، فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: (رأيت هؤلاء الثلاثة وتسعة من بني أمية وفلان من التسعة من آل أبي سفيان وسبعة من ولد الحكم بن أبي العاص بن أمية يردون أمتي على أدبارها القهقرى).
Dream of the Rasool Allah-saww regarding the usurpers
Abu Bakr, and Umar, and Usman stood up, and there remained myself-asws, and my-asws companions Abu Dharr-ra, and Salman-ra, and Al-Miqdad-ra, and there remained (Syeda) Fatima-asws, and Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws, and the his-saww wives and (their) daughters stood up (and left) but Syeda (Syeda) Fatima-asws stayed. The Rasool Allah-saww, then, said: ‘I-saww saw those three (Abu Bakr, and Umar, and Usman) and nine from the Clan of Umayya, and so and so (Muawiya) from the nine from the sons of Abu Sufyan, and seven from the sons of Al-Hakam Bin Abu Al-A’as Bin Umayya reverting my-saww community backwards upon its heels’.
قال ذلك علي عليه السلام وبيت زياد ملآن من أصحاب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله. ثم أقبل عليهم فقال: (اكتموا ما سمعتم إلا من مسترشد. يا زياد، اتق الله في شيعتي بعدي)
Ali-asws said that, and the house of Zyad was filled with the companions of the Rasool Allah-saww. Then he-asws addressed them and said: ‘Conceal’ what you have heard, except from the seeker of guidance. O Zyad, fear Allah-azwj regarding my-asws Shiites after me-asws’.
فلما خرج من عند زياد أقبل علينا فقال: (إن معاوية سيدعيه، ويقتل شيعتي، لعنه الله).
When we came out from the presence of Zyad, he-asws turned towards us. He-asws said: ‘Muawiya will invite him, and he will kill my-asws Shiites. May Allah-azwj Curse him’.
HADITH 68
(68) إبراهيم النخعي يقر بالأئمة عليهم السلام
IBRAHIM AL-NAKHAIE ACCEPTS THE IMAMS-asws
وفي كتاب سليم عن الأعمش عن خيثمة، قال: لما حضرت إبراهيم النخعي الوفاة قال لي: (ضمني إليك)، ففعلت. فقال: (أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له، وأشهد أن محمدا صلى الله عليه وآله رسول الله، وأن علي بن أبي طالب صلوات الله عليه وصي محمد، وأن الحسن وصي علي، وأن الحسين وصي الحسن، وأن علي بن الحسين وصي الحسين).
And in the Book of Sulaym, from Al-Amsh, from Khaysama who said, ‘When death presented itself to Ibrahim Al-Nakhaie, he said to me, ‘Get me to be closer to you’, so I did that. He said, ‘I testify that there is no God except Allah-azwj, One with no associate to Him-azwj, and I testify that Muhammad-saww is the Messenger-saww of Allah-azwj, and that Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws is the successor-asws of Muhammad-saww, and that Al-Hassan-asws is the successor-asws of Ali-asws, and that Al-Husayn-asws is the successor-asws of Al-Hassan-asws, and that Ali-asws Bin Al-Husayn-asws is the successor‑asws of Al-Husayn-asws’.
قال: ثم أغمي عليه فسقط، فقلت: هي هي ثم أفاق فقال: سمعني غيرك؟ فقلت: لا. فقال: (على هذا أحيي وعليه أموت، وعليه كان علقمة والأسود، ومن لم يكن على هذا فليس على شيئ).
(Khaysama) said, ‘He lost consciousness, so he became quiet’. I said, ‘This is it, this is it’. Then he woke up. He said, ‘Did anyone hear me apart from you?’ I said, ‘No’. He said, ‘Upon this is what I live, and this is what I am dying on. And to it were Alqama and Al-Aswad, and that the one who is not upon this, so he is not upon anything’.
HADITH 69
(69) وصية أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام في الساعات الأخيرة
WILL OF AMIR-UL-MOMINEEN-asws DURING THE END (OF HIS-asws) TIME
سليم بن قيس الهلالي قال: شهدت وصية علي بن أبي طالب صلوات الله عليه حين أوصى إلى ابنه الحسن عليه السلام، وأشهد على وصيته الحسين عليه السلام ومحمدا وجميع ولده وأهل بيته ورؤساء شيعته.
Sulaym Bin Qays Al-Hilaly said, ‘I witnessed the will of Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws when he-asws bequeathed to his-asws son Al-Hassan-asws, and his-asws will was witnessed by Al-Husayn-asws, and Muhammad, and all of his-asws sons and the People of his-asws Household, and the leaders of his-asws Shiites.
النص على الأئمة عليهم السلام وتسليم ودائع الإمامة
ثم دفع عليه السلام الكتب والسلاح إليه، ثم قال: يا بني، أمرني رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله أن أوصي إليك وأدفع كتبي وسلاحي إليك، كما أوصى إلي رسول الله ودفع كتبه وسلاحه إلي، وأمرني أن آمرك إذا حضرك الموت أن تدفعها إلى أخيك الحسين.
The text of the Imams-asws and the submission and handing over of the Imamate
Then he-asws (Ali-asws) handed over the Book and the Weapons to him-asws (Al-Hassan‑asws), then said: ‘O my-asws son-asws, the Messenger of Allah-saww ordered me-asws that I-asws should bequeath to you-asws and hand over my-asws Book and my-asws weapons to you-asws, just as the Messenger of Allah-saww bequeathed to me-asws his‑saww Book and his-saww weapons to me-asws, and ordered me-asws that I-asws should order you-asws, when death presents itself, that you-asws should hand these over to your-asws brother Al-Husayn-asws.
ثم أقبل على الحسين عليه السلام فقال له: (وأمرك رسول الله أن تدفعها إلى ابنك هذا) – وأخذ بيد ابن ابنه علي بن الحسين عليه السلام وهو صغير- فضمه إليه وقال له: (وأمرك رسول الله أن تدفعها إلى ابنك محمد، فاقرأه من رسول الله السلام ومني).
Then he-asws turned towards Al-Husayn-asws, so he-asws said to him-asws: ‘And the Messenger of Allah-saww ordered you-asws to hand these over to this son-asws of yours‑asws’ – and grabbed the hand of the son-asws of his-asws son-asws Ali-asws Bin Al-Husayn-asws, and he-asws was little – so he-asws held him close to himself-asws and said to him-asws: ‘And the Messenger of Allah-saww ordered you-asws to hand these over to your-asws son-asws Muhammad-asws, so convey to him-asws greetings from the Messenger of Allah-saww and from me-asws’.
ثم أقبل على ابنه الحسن عليه السلام فقال: يا بني، أنت ولي الأمر وولي الدم بعدي، فإن عفوت فلك، وإن قتلت فضربة مكان ضربة ولا تمثل. ثم قال: أكتب:
Then he-asws turned towards Al-Hassan-asws, so he-asws said: ‘O my-asws son-asws, you‑asws are the Master of the Command (Wali Al-Amr) and the Master of my-asws blood after me-asws. So, if you-asws were to forgive, it is up to you-asws, and if you-asws were to kill, so strike by one strike and do not repeat it’. Then he-asws said: Write!’
نص وصية أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم هذا ما أوصى به علي بن أبي طالب: أوصى أنه يشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له، وأن محمدا عبده ورسوله، أرسله بالهدى ودين الحق ليظهره على الدين كله ولو كره المشركون.
Text of the will of Amir-ul-Momineen-asws
In the Name of Allah-azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful. This is what Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib is bequeathing – I-asws am bequeathing that, he-asws hereby testifies that there is no god but Allah-azwj, the One without any associates to Him-azwj, and that Muhammad is His-azwj servant, and His-azwj Messenger with the Guidance and the True Religion which He-azwj will Make to prevail over all the Religions, even though the Polytheists may averse to it.
ثم إن صلاتي ونسكي ومحياي ومماتي لله رب العالمين، لا شريك له وبذلك أمرت وأنا من المسلمين.
Then, my-asws Prayer, and my-asws sacrifice, and my-asws life, and my-asws passing away is for Allah-azwj, the Lord-azwj of the Universe. There is no partner to Him-azwj, and it is by that that I-asws order you for, and I-asws am from the Muslims.
ثم إني أوصيك يا حسن وجميع ولدي وأهل بيتي ومن بلغه كتابي من المؤمنين بتقوى الله ربكم، فلا تموتن إلا وأنتم مسلمون. واعتصموا بحبل الله جميعا ولا تفرقوا، فإني سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يقول: (صلاح ذات البين أفضل من عامة الصلاة والصوم، وإن البغضة حالقة الدين وفساد ذات البين)، ولا قوة إلا بالله.
Then, I-asws bequeath to you-asws, O Hassan-asws and all of my-asws children, and the People of my-asws Household, and the ones to whom my-asws writing reaches from the Believers, to fear Allah-azwj, your Lord-azwj, so do not die except as Muslims. And hold on to the Rope of Allah-azwj and do not separate, for I-asws heard the Messenger of Allah-saww saying: ‘Reconciliation between yourselves is preferable than general Prayers and the Fasting, and that the hatred destroys the Religion, and (leads to) mischief between yourselves. There is no Strength except by Allah-azwj.
انظروا ذوي أرحامكم فصلوهم يهون الله عليكم الحساب. والله الله في الأيتام فلا تغيروا أفواههم ولا تضيعوا من بحضرتكم، فقد سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يقول: (من عال يتيما حتى يستغني أوجب الله له بذلك الجنة كما أوجب لآكل مال اليتيم النار).
Look after your ties of kinship (relatives), so be considerate with them, Allah-azwj will Make the Reckoning to be easier for you. By Allah-azwj, (fear) Allah-azwj regarding the orphans, so do not alter their mouths (livelihood) and do not waste (their wealth) which is in your custody, for I-asws have heard the Messenger of Allah-saww say: ‘The one who looks after the orphan until he becomes self-sufficient, Allah-azwj Obligates the Paradise for him due to that, just as He-azwj Obligates the Fire for the one who consumes the wealth of the orphan’.
والله الله في القرآن، لا يسبقكم إلى العمل به غيركم.
By Allah-azwj, (fear) Allah-azwj regarding the Quran. Do not give precedence to other actions over the actions by it.
والله الله في جيرانكم، فإن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله أوصى بهم.
By Allah-azwj, (fear) Allah-azwj regarding your neighbours, for the Messenger of Allah‑saww has bequeathed about them.
والله الله في بيت ربكم، فلا يخلون منكم ما بقيتم فإنه إن يترك لم تناظروا. وإن أدنى ما يرجع به من أمه أن يغفر له ما قد سلف.
By Allah-azwj, (fear) Allah-azwj regarding the House of your Lord-azwj. So do not let it be empty from yourselves for as long as you remain, for if you leave it (empty) you will not be Looked at (Considered). And that the lowest reward he gets is that his previous sins are forgiven as just being born (sinless).
والله الله في الصلاة، فإنها خير العمل وإنها عمود دينكم.
By Allah-azwj, (fear) Allah-azwj regarding the Prayers, for it is the best of the deeds and is a Pillar of your Religion.
والله الله في الزكاة، فإنها تطفئ غضب ربكم.
By Allah-azwj, (fear) Allah-azwj regarding the Zakaat, for it extinguishes the Wrath of your Lord-azwj.
والله الله في شهر رمضان، فإن صيامه جنة من النار.
By Allah-azwj, (fear) Allah-azwj regarding the Month of Ramadhan, for its Fasts are a shield against the Fire.
والله الله في الفقراء والمساكين، فشاركوهم في معيشتكم.
By Allah-azwj, (fear) Allah-azwj regarding the poor and the needy, so include them in your livelihood.
والله الله في الجهاد في سبيل الله بأموالكم وأنفسكم، فإنما يجاهد في سبيل الله رجلان: إمام هدى، ومطيع له مقتد بهداه.
By Allah-azwj, (fear) Allah-azwj regarding the struggle (Jihaad) in the Way of Allah-azwj by your wealth and your selves, for only two men will struggle in the Way of Allah-azwj – An Imam-asws of guidance, and the one obedient to him-asws in following his-asws guidance.
والله الله في ذرية نبيكم، فلا يظلمن بين أظهركم وأنتم تقدرون على الدفع عنهم.
By Allah-azwj, (fear) Allah-azwj regarding the descendants of your Prophet-saww, so do not let them be oppressed in your presence whilst you have the ability to defend them.
والله الله في أصحاب نبيكم الذين لم يحدثوا حدثا ولم يؤوا محدثا، فإن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله أوصى بهم ولعن المحدث منهم ومن غيرهم والمؤوي للمحدث.
By Allah-azwj, (fear) Allah-azwj regarding the companions of your Prophet-saww who did not innovate new things and did not harbour innovators, for the Messenger of Allah‑saww has bequeathed about them and cursed the innovators from among them (companions) and from others who harbour the innovators.
والله الله في النساء وما ملكت أيمانكم، لا تخافن في الله لومة لائم فيكفيكهم الله وقولوا للناس حسنا كما أمركم الله. ولا تتركن الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر فيولي الله الأمر أشراركم وتدعون فلا يستجاب لكم.
By Allah-azwj, (fear) Allah-azwj and what your right hands possess (family members). Do not fear regarding Allah-azwj the accusation of the accusers, for Allah-azwj will Suffice for you, and say good things to the people, as Allah-azwj has Ordered you to.
عليكم يا بني بالتواصل والتباذل والتبار، وإياكم والنفاق والتقاطع والتدابر والتفرق. وتعاونوا على البر والتقوى ولا تعاونوا على الإثم والعدوان واتقوا الله إن الله شديد العقاب. حفظكم الله من أهل بيت وحفظ فيكم نبيكم. أستودعكم الله وأقرء عليكم السلام.
It is for you, of my-asws sons, to intermingle, and spend on each other, and be good to each other, and beware of the hypocrisy, and the cutting off (relationships), and the disagreements and the divisions. And help each other on the righteousness and the piety and do not help each other on the sins and the transgression, and fear Allah‑azwj, for Allah-azwj is Severe in the Punishment. Allah-azwj is your Protector, People-asws of the Household, and your Prophet-saww is the protector among you. I-asws entrust you all to Allah-azwj and convey to you all, the greetings.
ثم لم يزل يقول (لا إله إلا الله) حتى قبض عليه السلام في أول ليلة من العشر الأواخر من شهر رمضان ليلة إحدى وعشرين، ليلة الجمعة، سنة أربعين من الهجرة.
Then he-asws did not cease saying ‘There is no God but Allah-azwj’, until he-asws passed away in the first night from the last ten days of the Month of Ramadhan, on the night of the twenty first, night (before) Friday (i.e. Thursday), in the fortieth year from the Hijra.
HADITH 70
(70) أقل ما يجب على المؤمن لحفظ عقيدته
THE LOWEST OF WHAT IS NECESSARY FOR THE BELIEVER TO PRESERVE HIS FAITH
وعن سليم بن قيس، قال: قلت لعلي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام: يا أمير المؤمنين، ما الأمر اللازم الذي لا بد منه والأمر الذي إذا أخذت به وسعني الشك فيما سواه؟ فقال عليه السلام: من شهد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له، وأن محمدا عبده ورسوله، وأقر بما أنزل الله وإقام الصلاة وإيتاء الزكاة وصيام شهر رمضان وحج البيت والولاية لنا أهل البيت والبراءة من عدونا واجتنب كل مسكر.
And from Sulaym Bin Qays, who said, ‘I said to Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws, ‘O Amir-ul-Momineen-asws, what is that necessary matter which if I were to take to it, it would give me the leeway for the doubt in other matters?’ He-asws said: ‘The one who testifies that there is no god but Allah-azwj, the One without any associate for Him-azwj, and that Muhammad is His-azwj Messenger-saww, and accepts what Allah-azwj has Sent down, established the Prayer, and gives the Zakaat, and Fasts in the Month of Ramadhan, and performs the Pilgrimage (Hajj) of the House, and the Wilayah for us-asws the People-asws of the Household, and keeps away from our-asws enemies and avoids every intoxicant.
Al-Wilayah and the Disavowing (Al-Bara’at) in its entirety and its detail
I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws, is the acceptance of whatever that has come from you-asws, in its totality or partly?’ He-asws said: ‘No, but totally’. I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws, so what is the intoxicant?’ He-asws said: ‘Every drink, if a lot of it intoxicates its drinker, so a part of it, but even a drop of it is Prohibited’.
الولاية والبراءة إجمالا وتفصيلا
قلت: جعلت فداك، الإقرار بما جاء من عندكم جملة أو مفسرا؟ قال: لا، بل جملة. قلت: جعلت فداك، فما المسكر؟ قال: كل شراب إذا أكثر منه صاحبه سكر، فالجرعة منه بل القطرة حرام.
I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws, from what I have said, you-asws have corrected it apart from Al-Wilayah, is it generally for the whole of the Clan of Hashim-as or especially for your-asws understanding ones and the knowledgeable ones-asws?
قلت: جعلت فداك، ليس شيئ مما قلت إلا وقد صح غير الولاية، أعامة لجميع بني هاشم أو خاصة لفقهائكم وعلمائكم؟ البراءة من عدوكم، من عادى جميعكم أو من عادى رجلا منكم؟ فقال عليه السلام: لقد سألت – يا أخا بني هلال – فافهم. إذا أتيت بولايتنا أهل البيت في الجملة وبرئت من أعدائنا في الجملة فقد أجزأك. فإن عرفك الله الأئمة منا الأوصياء العلماء الفقهاء، فعرفتهم وأقررت لهم بالطاعة وأطعتهم فأنت مؤمن بالله وأنت من أهل الجنة، فهم الذين يدخلون الجنة بغير حساب.
The disavowing from your-asws enemies, the ones who are inimical to all of you, or the one who is inimical to the men from among you?’ He-asws said: ‘You have asked – O brother of Clan of Hilal-– so understand. If you were to come with our-asws Wilayah the People-asws of the Household in its entirety, and disavow (keep away) from our-asws enemies in entirety (all of them) it would be sufficient for you. If Allah-azwj makes you to recognise the Imams-asws from us-asws, the successors-asws, the knowledgeable ones-asws, the understanding ones-asws, and you have recognised them-asws and accepted them-asws for the obedience, and obey them-asws, so you will be a Believer with Allah-azwj, and you will be from the inhabitants of the Paradise, for they-asws are the ones who will enter the Paradise without Reckoning’.
وإن وحدت الله وشهدت أن محمدا رسول الله وأخذت بما ليس بين جميع أهل القبلة فيه اختلاف – مما قد أجمعوا عليه أن الله قد أمر به ونهى عنه – وأشكل عليك موضع الأمامة والوصية والعلم والفقه، فرددت علمه إلى الله ولم تعادهم ولم تبرء منهم ولم تنصب لهم العداوة، فأنت جاهل بما جهلت ضال عما اهتدى إليه أهل الفضل والولاية. لله فيك المشية، إن عذبك فبذنبك وإن تجاوز عنك فبرحمته.
And if you (believe in) the Oneness of Allah-azwj, and testify that Muhammad-saww is His-azwj Messenger-saww, and take to that in which there is no differing among the people of the Qiblah (Muslims) – from what has been gathered to them of what Allah-azwj has Ordered for and Prohibited from – and it is difficult for you the subject of the Imamate, and the succession, and the knowledge, and the jurisprudence, so refer its knowledge to Allah-azwj, and you are not be inimical to them, and do not keep away from them, and do not establish enmity towards them, for you are ignorant of what the people of Grace and the Wilayah have been guided to. It is up to Allah-azwj to do with you what He-azwj so Desires. If He-azwj Punishes you, so it would be due to your sins, and if He-azwj Exaggerates (your good deeds) so it would be due to His-azwj Mercy.
وأما الناصب لنا والمعادي لنا فمشرك كافر عدو لله. والعارفون بحقنا المؤمنون بنا مؤمنون مسلمون أولياء الله.
And as for the ones who hate us-asws (Nasibis) and are hostile to us-asws, so they are ‘Mushrik’ Polytheists, ‘Kafir’ Infidels, enemies of Allah-azwj. And the ones who have recognised our-asws rights, are our-asws ‘Momins’ (Believers) and the Believers are the Muslims and the friends of Allah-azwj’.
HADITH 71
(71) من لم يعرف إمامه مات ميتة جاهلية
THE ONE WHO DID NOT RECOGNISE HIS IMAM-asws DIED THE DEATH OF ‘JAHILIYA’ (PRE-ISLAMIC PERIOD)
الصدوق في كمال الدين قال: حدثنا أبي ومحمد بن الحسن رضي الله عنهما، قالا: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله وعبد الله بن جعفر الحميري جميعا عن محمد بن عيسى ويعقوب بن يزيد وإبراهيم بن هاشم جميعا عن حماد بن عيسى عن عمر بن أذينة عن أبان بن أبي عياش عن سليم بن قيس الهلالي: أنه سمع من سلمان ومن أبي ذر ومن المقداد رحمة الله عليهم حديثا عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله أنه قال: (من مات وليس له إمام مات ميتة جاهلية).
Al-Sadouq, in Kamaal Al-Deen, said, ‘Narrated to us my father and Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan, may Allah-azwj be pleased with them both, said, ‘Narrated to us Sa’ad Biin Abdullah and Abdullah Bin Ja’far Al-Humeyri altogether from Muhammad Bin Isa and Yaqoub Bin Yazeed, and Ibrahim Bin Hashim altogether, from Hamaad Bin Isa, from Umar Bin Azina, from Abaan Bin Abu Ayyash, from Sulaym Bin Qys Al-Hilaly who heard it from Salman-ra, and from Abu Dharr-asws, and from Al-Miqdad-ra, who has narrated the following:
The Messenger of Allah-saww said: ‘The one who died and there was no Imam-asws for him, died the death of ‘Jahiliya’ (Pre-Islamic period i.e. an infidel)’.
ثم عرضه على جابر وابن عباس فقالا: صدقوا وبروا، قد شهدنا ذلك وسمعناه من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله، وإن سلمان قال: يا رسول الله، إنك قلت: (من مات وليس له إمام مات ميتة جاهلية)، من هذا الإمام يا رسول الله؟
Then he (Sulaym) presented it to Jabir and Ibn Abbas, so they said, ‘They-ra spoke the truth and reported correctly, for we are witnesses to that and heard from the Messenger of Allah-saww, and that Salman-ra said, ‘O Messenger of Allah-saww, you-saww said that, ‘The one who died and there was no Imam-asws for him, died the death of ‘Jahiliya’ (Pre-Islamic period i.e. an infidel)’, who is this Imam-asws, O Messenger of Allah-saww?’
قال صلى الله عليه وآله: من أوصيائي يا سلمان. فمن مات من أمتي وليس له إمام يعرفه مات ميتة جاهلية. فإن جهله وعاداه فهو مشرك، وإن جهله ولم يعاده ولم يوال له عدوا فهو جاهل وليس بمشرك.
He-saww said: ‘The one-asws who is my-saww successor-asws, O Salman-ra. So the one from my-saww community who died without having recognised an Imam-asws, died the death of ‘Jahiliya’ (as an infidel). If he was ignorant of him-asws and was inimical to him-asws, so he is a ‘Mushrik’ Polytheist, and he was ‘Jahil’[3] of him-asws but was not inimical to him-asws, and did not befriend his-asws enemies, so he is a ‘Jahil’ one and not a ‘Mushrik’ Polytheist’.
HADITH 72
72)) أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام يكلم الشمس بأمر النبي صلى الله عليه وآله
AMIR-UL-MOMINEEN-asws SPEAKS TO THE SUN BY THE ORDER OF THE PROPHET-saww
الحسين بن عبد الوهاب في عيون المعجزات قال: حدثني ابن عياش الجوهري، قال: حدثني أبو طالب عبد الله بن محمد الأنباري: قال: حدثني أبو الحسين محمد بن زيد التستري، قال: حدثني أبو سمينة محمد بن علي الصيرفي، قال: حدثني إبراهيم بن عمر اليماني عن حماد بن عيسى المعروف بغريق الجحفة، قال: حدثني عمر بن أذينة عن أبان بن أبي عياش عن سليم بن قيس الهلالي قال: سمعت أبا ذر جندب بن جنادة الغفاري، قال: رأيت السيد محمدا صلى الله عليه وآله وقد قال لأمير المؤمنين عليه السلام ذات ليلة: إذا كان غدا اقصد إلى جبال البقيع وقف على نشزمن الأرض، فإذا بزغت الشمس فسلم عليها، فإن الله تعالى قد أمرها أن تجيبك بما فيك.
Al-Husayn Bin Abdul Wahaab in Uyoon Al-Mo’jizaat, said, ‘Narrated to me Ibn Ayyash Al-Jowhary, from Abu Talib Abdullah Bin Muhammad Al-Anbary, from Abu Al-Husayn Muhammad Bin Zayd Al-Tastary, from Abu Sameena Muhammad Bin Ali Al-Sayrafi, from Ibrahim Bin Umar Al-Yamani, from Hamaad Bin Isa well known as ‘Gareek Al-Johfa’, from Umar Bin Azina, from Abaan Bin Abu Ayyash, from Sulaym Bin Qays Al-Hilaly who said:
‘I heard Abu Dharr Jundab Al-Janaada Al-Ghaffary say, ‘I saw Al-Sayyad Muhammad-saww (Rasool Allah-saww) that he-saww said to Amir-ul-Momineen-asws one night: ‘When it is the morning, proceed towards the Baqee Mountains and pause upon the high ground, so when the sun emerges, greet it, for Allah-azwj has Ordered it that it should answer you-asws with regards to yourself-asws’.
فلما كان من الغد خرج أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام ومعه أبو بكر وعمر وجماعة من المهاجرين والأنصار، حتى وافى البقيع ووقف على نشز من الأرض. فلما أطلعت الشمس قرنيها قال عليه السلام: (السلام عليك يا خلق الله الجديد المطيع له). فسمعوا دويا من السماء وجواب قائل يقول: (وعليك السلام يا أول، يا آخر، يا ظاهر، يا باطن، يا من هو بكل شيء عليم).
When it was the morning, Amir-ul-Momineen-asws went out, and with him-asws were Abu Bakr, and Umar, and a group from the Emigrants and the Helpers, until he-asws came to the Baqee and paused upon the high ground. When the sun displayed its rays, he-asws said: ‘Peace be upon you, O the new creature of Allah-azwj, O the obedient to Him-azwj’.
They heard a rumble from the sky and a Caller answered saying, ‘And Peace be upon you-asws ‘يا أول’ (O the First one), ‘يا آخر’ (O the Last one), ‘يا ظاهر’ (O the Apparent one), ‘يا باطن’ O Hidden one, ‘يا من هو بكل شيء عليم’ O the one who is knowledgeable of all things!’
فلما سمع أبو بكر وعمر والمهاجرون والأنصار كلام الشمس صعقوا. ثم أفاقوا بعد ساعات وقد انصرف أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام عن المكان فوافوا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله مع الجماعة وقالوا: أنت تقول إن عليا بشر مثلنا وقد خاطبته الشمس بما خاطب به الباري نفسه؟
When Abu Bakr, and Umar, and the Emigrants, and the Helpers heard the speech of the sun, they swooned (passed out). Then they came around after a while, and Amir-ul-Momineen-asws had left from the place. So they came to the Messenger of Allah-saww along with the group and said, ‘You-saww said that Ali-asws is a human similar to others, but when he-asws addressed the sun, the sun answered to him-asws by what the Creator-azwj (Allah-azwj) is Himself-azwj addressed by?’
تفسير كلام الشمس مع علي عليه السلام
فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وآله: وما سمعتموه منها؟ فقالوا: سمعناها تقول: (السلام عليك يا أول) قال: صدقت، هو أول من آمن بي.
Explanation of the speech of the sun with Ali-asws
The Prophet-saww said: ‘And what did you all hear from it?’ They said, ‘We heard it say, ‘Peace be upon you-asws, ‘يا أول’ (O the First one). He-saww said: ‘It spoke the truth, he-asws is the first one to believe in me-saww’.
فقالوا: سمعناها تقول: (يا آخر). قال: صدقت، هو آخر الناس عهدا بي، يغسلني ويكفنني ويدخلني قبري.
They said, ‘We heard it say, ‘يا آخر’ (O the Last one). He-saww said: ‘It spoke the truth, he-asws is the last of the people to separate from me-saww. He-asws will wash me -saww, and shroud me-saww, and enter me-saww in my-saww grave’.
فقالوا: سمعناها تقول: (يا ظاهر). قال: صدقت، ظهر علمي كله له.
They said, ‘We heard it say, ‘يا ظاهر’ (O Apparent one). He-saww said: ‘It spoke the truth, all of my-saww knowledge has been made apparent to him-asws’.
قالوا: سمعناها تقول: (يا باطن). قال: صدقت، بطن سري كله.
They said, ‘We heard it say, ‘يا باطن’ (O the Hidden one). He-saww said: ‘It spoke the truth, all of my-saww secrets are hidden in him-asws’.
قالوا: سمعناها تقول: (يا من هو بكل شيئ عليم). قال: صدقت، هو العالم بالحلال والحرام والفرائض والسنن وما شاكل ذلك.
They said, ‘We heard it say, ‘يا من هو بكل شيء عليم’ (O the one who is knowledgeable of all things). He-saww said: ‘It spoke the truth, he-asws is knowledgeable of the Permissibles and the Prohibitions, and the Obligations, and the Sunnah, and all (the things) resembling that’.
فقاموا كلهم وقالوا: (لقد أوقعنا محمد في طخياء) وخرجوا من باب المسجد.
All of them stood up and said, ‘Muhammad-saww has placed us in the ‘darkness’, and exited from the door of the Masjid.
HADITH 73
(73) هل ينفعني حب علي عليه السلام؟
WILL THE LOVE FOR ALI-asws BENEFIT ME?
الكراجكي في كنز الفوائد قال: أخبرني أبو المرجا البلدي، قال: أخبرني أبو المفضل محمد بن عبد الله بن المطلب الشيباني الكوفي، قال: حدثني الحسن بن علي بن نعيم بن سهل بن أبان بن محمد البغدادي، قال: حدثنا علي بن الحسين بن بشير الكوفي، قال: حدثنا محمد بن سنان عن مفضل بن عمر الجعفي عن أبي خالد الكابلي عن سليم بن قيس الهلالي عن عبد الله بن عباس قال: جاء رجل إلى النبي صلى الله عليه وآله فقال: هل ينفعني حب علي عليه السلام؟ فقال: ويحك، من أحبه أحبني ومن أحبني أحب الله، ومن أحب الله لم يعذبه.
Al-Karajaky in Kanz Al-Fawa’id said, ‘Narrated to me Abu Al-Marja Al-Balady, from Abu Al-MufazzAl-Muhammad Bin Abdullah Biin Al-Muttalib Al-Shaybany Al-Kufy, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Naeem Bin Sahl Bin Abaan Bin Muhammad Al-Baghdady, from Ali Bin Al-Husayn Bin Basheer Al-Kufy, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from MufazzAl-Ibn Umar Al-Ju’fy, from Abu Khalid Al-Kabily, from Sulaym Bin Qays Al-Hilaly, from Abdullah Bin Abbas who said:
‘A man came to the Prophet-saww. He said, ‘Will the love for Ali-asws benefit me?’ He‑saww said: ‘Woe be unto you! The one who loves him-asws has loved me-saww, and the one who loves me-saww has loved Allah-azwj, and the one who loves Allah-azwj, He‑azwj will not Punish him’.
فقال الرجل: زدني من فضل محبة علي عليه السلام. فقال: أسأل لك عن ذلك جبرئيل. فهبط جبرئيل لوقته، فسأله رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وأخبره بقول الرجل. فقال جبرئيل: (سأسأل عن ذلك رب العزة)، وارتفع.
The man said, ‘Increase for me from the virtues of the love for Ali-asws’. He-saww said: ‘I-saww shall ask Jibraeel for you, about that’. Jibraeel came down instantly. So the Messenger of Allah-saww informed him of what the man had asked for. Jibraeel said: ‘I shall ask the Lord-azwj of Dignity, about that’, and ascended.
فأوحى الله إليه: إقرأ محمدا خيرتي مني السلام وقل له: (أنت مني بحيث شئت أنا، وعلي منك بحيث أنت مني، ومحبو علي مني بحيث علي منك).
Allah-azwj Revealed to him (Jibraeel): “Convey to Muhammad-saww, best wishes and Greetings from Me-azwj and say to him-saww: ‘You-saww are from Me-asws where I-azwj Desire you-saww to be, and Ali-asws is from you-saww where you-saww are from Me-azwj, and the one with the love for Ali-asws is from Me-azwj where Ali-asws is from you-saww’.
قال الكراجكي: وللحديث تمام، وفيه: أن السائل كان أبو ذر.
Al-Karajaky said, ‘And to complete the Hadith, and in it: ‘The questioner was (no other than) Abu Dharr-ra’.
HADITH 74
(74) علي عليه السلام سيد السابقين المقربين
ALI-asws IS THE CHIEF OF THE PRECEDING ONES, THE ONES OF PROXIMITY
محمد بن العباس في تفسيره: حدثنا أحمد بن محمد بن سعيد بإسناده عن رجاله عن سليم بن قيس عن الحسن بن علي عن أبيه عليهما السلام في قوله عز وجل (والسابقون السابقون أولئك المقربون)، قال: إني أسبق السابقين إلى الله وإلى رسوله، وأقرب المقربين إلى الله وإلى رسوله.
Muhammad Bin Al-Abbas in his Commentary (Tafseer) (said), ‘Narrated to me Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Saeed by his chain, from his men, from Sulaym Bin Qays the following:
Al-Hassan-asws Bin Ali-asws has narrated from his-asws father-asws regarding the Statement of the Mighty and Majestic: “And the foremost are the foremost [56:10], These are those Nearest to Allah [56:11]”.
He-asws said: ‘I-asws am the foremost of the foremost ones to Allah-azwj and to His-azwj Messenger-saww, and the nearest of the proximity ones to Allah-azwj and to His-azwj Messenger-saww’.
HADITH 75
(75) أبو ذر ينادي بالولاية في موسم الحج
ABU DHARR-ra CALLS FOR THE WILAYAH DURING THE SEASON OF HAJJ (THE PILGRIMAGE)
الطبرسي في الإحتجاج قال: قال سليم بن قيس: بينما أنا وحنش بن المعتمر بمكة إذ قام أبو ذر وأخذ بحلقة الباب، ثم نادى بأعلى صوته في الموسم: أيها الناس، من عرفني فقد عرفني ومن جهلني فأنا جندب بن جنادة، أنا أبو ذر. أيها الناس، إني سمعت نبيكم يقول: (مثل أهل بيتي في أمتي كمثل سفينة نوح في قومه، من ركبها نجا ومن تركها غرق، ومثل باب حطة في بني إسرائيل).
Al-Tabarsy in Al-Ihtijaj has reported: ‘Sulaym Bin Qays said, ‘I and Hanash Bin Al-Mo’tamar were in Mecca, when Abu Dharr-ra stood up and grabbed the doorknob of the Door (of Kabah), then called out in a loud voice, during the season (of Hajj), ‘O you people! The one who knows me-ra, he knows me-ra, and the one who does not know me-ra should know that I am Jundab Bin Janada-ra, I-ra am Abu Dharr-ra.
I-ra heard your Prophet-saww saying: ‘The example of the People-asws of my-saww Household within my-saww community is like the example of the Ark of Noah-as in his-as community. The one who sailed in it was saved and the one who avoided it, drowned, and the example of the Door of Hitta in the Children of Israel.
أيها الناس، إني سمعت نبيكم يقول: (إني تركت فيكم أمرين، لن تضلوا ما إن تمسكتم بهما: كتاب الله وأهل بيتي…) إلى آخر الحديث.
O you people! I heard your Prophet-saww saying: ‘I-saww am leaving behind among you all two Commands. You will not go astray if you attach yourselves to these two – the Book of Allah-azwj and the People-asws of my-saww Household …’, up to the end of the Hadith.
عثمان يؤاخذ أبا ذر فلما قدم المدينة بعث إليه عثمان فقال: ما حملك على ما قمت به في الموسم؟ قال: عهد عهده إلي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وأمرني به. فقال: من يشهد بذلك؟ فقام علي عليه السلام والمقداد فشهدا، ثم انصرفوا يمشون ثلاثتهم. فقال عثمان: إن هذا وصاحبيه يحسبون أنهم في شيئ.
Usman blamed Abu Dharr-ra when he returned to Al-Medina. Usmaan sent for him, so he said, ‘What came over you that you stood by it during the season (of Hajj)?’ He-ra said, ‘The oath that the Messenger of Allah-saww held me-ra to and ordered me-ra for’. He said, ‘Who is the witness for that?’ So, Ali-asws and Al-Miqdad-ra stood up and testified to it, then the three of them left. Usmaan said, ‘This one-asws and his-asws companions consider themselves as something (important)’.
HADITH 76
(76) خطبة الإمام الحسن عليه السلام عند الصلح مع معاوية
SERMON OF THE IMAM AL-HASSAN-asws DURING THE RECONCILIATION WITH MUAWIYA
الطبرسي في الإحتجاج وابن المطهر في العدد القوية عن سليم بن قيس، قال: قام الحسن بن علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام على المنبر – حين اجتمع مع معاوية – فحمد الله وأثنى عليه، ثم قال: أيها الناس، إن معاوية زعم أني رأيته للخلافة أهلا ولم أر نفسي لها أهلا، وكذب معاوية.
Al-Tabarsy in Al-Ihtijaj, and Ibn Al-Mat’har in Al-Adad Al-Qawiyya, from Sulaym Bin Qays who said: ‘Al-Hassan-asws Bin Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws stood up upon the Pulpit – when he-asws was together with Muawiya – so he-asws Praised Allah-azwj and Extolled Him-azwj, then said: ‘O you people! Muawiya is alleging that I-asws see him to be deserving of the Caliphate, and that I-asws do not see myself-asws as deserving of it, and Muawiya has lied.
أنا أولى الناس بالناس في كتاب الله وعلى لسان نبي الله. فأقسم بالله، لو أن الناس بايعوني وأطاعوني ونصروني لأعطتهم السماء قطرها والأرض بركتها، ولما طمعت فيها يا معاوية.
I-asws am higher to the people than the people are to themselves as per the Book of Allah-azwj and by the words of the Rasool Allah-saww. So I-asws say by Allah-azwj, that had the people pledged their allegiances to us-asws (the Divine Imams-asws) and obeyed us-asws, and helped us-asws, ‘قطرها’ (bounties) would have descended from the Heavens and the earth (would uncover) it’s treasures, whereas you coveted it, O Muawiya.
وقد قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: (ما ولت أمة أمرها رجلا قط وفيهم من هو أعلم منه إلا لم يزل أمرهم يذهب سفالا حتى يرجعوا إلى ملة عبدة العجل). وقد ترك بنو إسرائيل هارون واعتكفوا على العجل وهم يعلمون أن هارون خليفة موسى.
And the Messenger of Allah-saww has said: ‘No community will hand over its affairs to a man at all, whilst among them is the one who is more knowledgeable than him, except that it will not cease to decline in its affairs, going lower to the extent that it returns to the nation who worshiped the calf’. And the Children of Israel had ignored Haroun-as and surrounded themselves to the calf, whilst they were aware that Haroun-as is the Caliph of Musa-as.
وقد تركت الأمة عليا وقد سمعوا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يقول لعلي عليه السلام: (أنت مني بمنزلة هارون من موسى غير النبوة فلا نبي بعدي).
And the community has deserted Ali-asws although they had heard the Messenger of Allah-saww saying regarding Ali-asws: ‘You-asws are from me-saww of the status which Haroun-as had from Musa-as, apart from the Prophet-hood, so there will be no Prophet-as to come after me-saww’.
وقد هرب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله من قومه وهو يدعوهم إلى الله حتى فر إلى الغار، ولو وجد عليهم أعوانا ما هرب منهم. ولو وجدت أعوانا ما بايعتك يا معاوية.
And the Messenger of Allah-saww had escaped from his-saww people, and he-saww was calling them to Allah-azwj, until he-saww had to take a cover inside the cave, and had he-saww found helpers against them, he-saww would not have gone away from them. And had I-asws found helpers, I-asws would have opposed you, O Muawiya.
وقد جعل الله هارون في سعة حين استضعفوه، وكادوا يقتلونه ولم يجد عليهم أعوانا، وقد جعل الله النبي في سعة حين فر من قومه لما لم يجد أعوانا عليهم. وكذلك أنا وأبي في سعة من الله حين تركتنا الأمة وبايعت غيرنا ولم نجد أعوانا. وإنما هي السنن والأمثال يتبع بعضها بعضا.
And Allah-azwj had Made Haroun-as to be in a time period when he-as was considered to be weak, and they had plotted to kill him-as, and he-as did not find helpers against them. And Allah-azwj had Made the Prophet-as to be in a time period when he-saww had to escape from his-saww people, when he-saww did not find helpers against them. And similarly, I-asws and my-asws father-asws were in a time period from Allah-azwj when the community deserted us-asws and pledged their allegiances to others, and we-asws did not find helpers. But rather, this is the way (Sunnah) and the parables which some follow from others.
أيها الناس، إنكم لو التمستم فيما بين المشرق والمغرب لم تجدوا رجلا من ولد النبي غيري وغير أخي.
O you people! If you were to go seeking in what is between the East and the West, you will not find men from the sons-asws of the Prophet-saww apart from myself-asws and my-asws brother-asws’.
HADITH 77
(77) الحسين عليه السلام إمام ابن إمام أخو إمام أبو أئمة
AL-HUSAYN-asws IS AN IMAM-asws, SON-asws OF AN IMAM-asws, BROTHER-asws OF AN IMAM-asws, FATHER-asws OF IMAMS-asws
ابن شاذان في المائة منقبة: حدثنا أبو محمد الحسن بن علي بن عبد الله العلوي الطبري رحمه الله، قال: حدثني أحمد بن محمد بن عبد الله، قال: حدثني جدي أحمد بن محمد عن أبيه، قال: حدثني حماد بن عيسى، قال: حدثني عمر بن أذينة، قال: حدثني أبان بن أبي عياش عن سليم بن قيس الهلالي عن سلمان الفارسي رضي الله عنه، قال: دخلت على النبي صلى الله عليه وآله، فإذا الحسين بن علي عليه السلام على فخذه، وتفرس في وجهه وقبل بين عينيه وقال: (أنت سيد ابن سيد، أنت إمام ابن إمام أخو إمام، أبو أئمة، أنت حجة الله ابن حجة الله، وأبو حجج تسعة من صلبك تاسعهم قائمهم).
Ibn Shazaan in Al-Ma’et Manqabat, said, ‘Narrated to us Muhammad Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Abdullah Al-Alawy Al-Tabary, may Allah-azwj have Mercy on him, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abdullah, from his grandfather Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from his father, from Hamaad Bin Isa, from Umar Bin Azina, from Abaan Bin Abu Ayyash, from Sulaym Bin Qays Al-Hilaly, from Salman Al-Farsy-ra, who said:
‘I came up to the Prophet-saww. Al-Husayn-asws Bin Ali-asws was upon his-saww thigh, and he-saww gazed upon his-asws face and kissed him-asws between his-asws eyes, and said: ‘You-asws are the Chief, son-asws of a Chief. You-asws are an Imam-asws, son-asws of an Imam-asws, brother of an Imam-asws, father of Imams-asws. You-asws are the Proof of Allah-azwj son-asws of a Proof of Allah-azwj, and father of Proofs, nine from your-asws descendants, the ninth one-asws of them-asws being their-asws Rising one (Al-Qaim-asws)’.
HADITH 78
(78) الجنة تشتاق إلى أربعة من الصحابة
THE PARADISE IS DESIROUS FOR FOUR FROM THE COMPANIONS
فرات في تفسيره قال: حدثني علي بن محمد بن عمر الزهري، قال: حدثني القاسم بن إسماعيل الأنباري، قال: حدثني حفص بن عاصم ونصر بن مزاحم وعبد الله بن المغيرة عن محمد بن هارون السندي، قال: حدثني أبان بن أبي عياش عن سليم بن قيس، قال: أمر الله رسوله بحب أربعة من أصحابه
Furaat, in his Commentary (Tafseer), said, ‘Narrated to me Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Umar Al-Zahry, from Al-Qasim Bin Ismail Al-Anbary, from Hafs Bin Aasim and Nasr Bin Mazaahim, and Abdullah Bin Al-Mugheira, from Muhammad Bin Haroun Al-Sanady, from Abaan Bin Abu Ayyash, from Sulaym Bin Qays, who said:
‘Allah-azwj Ordered His-azwj Messenger to love four from his-saww companions’.
خرج أمير المؤمنين علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام ونحن قعود في المسجد، بعد رجوعه من صفين وقبل يوم النهروان. فقعد علي عليه السلام واحتوشناه، فقال له رجل: يا أمير المؤمنين، أخبرنا عن أصحابك. قال: سل. فذكر قصة طويلة
Amir-ul-Momineen Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws came out (of his-asws house) and we were seated in the Masjid, (that was) after his-asws return from Siffeen and before the Day of Al-Nahrwaan. So, Ali-asws sat down and we encircled him-asws. A Man said to him-asws, ‘O Amir-ul-Momineen-asws, inform us about your-asws companions’. He-asws said: ‘Ask’. So, he mentioned a long narration.
فقال: إني سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يقول في كلام طويل له: إن الله أمرني بحب أربعة رجال من أصحابي وأخبرني أنه يحبهم وأن الجنة تشتاق إليهم. فقيل: من هم يا رسول الله؟ فقال: (علي بن أبي طالب) ثم سكت.
He-asws said: ‘I-asws heard the Messenger of Allah-saww saying in a lengthy speech that: ‘Allah-azwj Ordered me-saww to love four men from my-saww companions, and Informed me-saww that He-azwj Loves them and that the Paradise is desirous for them’. Someone said, ‘And who are they, O Messenger of Allah-saww?’ He-saww said: ‘Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws’, then (he-saww became) silent.
فقالوا: من هم يا رسول الله؟ فقال: (علي)، ثم سكت. فقالوا: من هم يا رسول الله؟ فقال: (علي وثلاثة معه، هو إمامهم ودليلهم وهاديهم. لا ينثنون ولا يضلون ولا يرجعون ولا يطول عليهم الأمد فتقسو قلوبهم، سلمان وأبو ذر والمقداد).
He said, ‘Who are they, O Messenger of Allah-saww?’ He-saww said: ‘Ali’, then he-saww was silent. So, he said, ‘Who are they, O Messenger of Allah-saww?’ He-saww said: ‘Ali‑asws and three (that are) with him-asws, and he-asws is their-ra Imam-asws, and their-ra Evidence and their-ra Guide. They will neither fall into doubt nor go astray, nor turn back, nor will the passing of time harden their hearts – Salman-ra, and Abu Dharr-ra and Al-Miqdad-ra’.
علم أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام عند الأئمة عليهم السلام إلى يوم القيامة
فذكر قصة طويلة، ثم قال: (ادعوا لي عليا). فأكببت عليه فأسرني ألف باب من العلم يفتح كل باب ألف باب.
Knowledge of Amir-ul-Momineen-asws in the possession of the Imams-asws up to the Day of Judgement
He-saww mentioned a long narration, then said: ‘Call Ali-asws for me-saww’. So, I-asws came up to him-saww, and he divulged to me-asws the secret of a thousand doors, each of those doors opens up to a thousand further doors’.
ثم أقبل علينا أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام وقال: سلوني قبل أن تفقدوني، فوالذي فلق الحبة وبرأ النسمة، إني لأعلم بالتوراة من أهل التوراة، وإني لأعلم بالإنجيل من أهل الإنجيل، وإني لأعلم بالقرآن من أهل القرآن.
Then Amir-ul-Momineen-asws turned towards us and said: ‘Ask me-asws, before you all lose me-asws, for, by the One-azwj Who Split the seed and germinated plantation from it, I-asws have more knowledgeable of the Torah than the people of the Torah, and I‑asws am more knowledgeable of the Evangel than the people of the Evangel, and I‑asws am more knowledgeable of the Quran than the people of the Quran.
والذي فلق الحبة وبرأ النسمة، ما من فئة تبلغ مائة رجل إلى يوم القيامة إلا وأنا عارف بقائدها وسائقها. وسلوني عن القرآن، فإن في القرآن بيان كل شيئ وفيه علم الأولين والآخرين، وإن القرآن لم يدع لقائل مقالا. (وما يعلم تأويله إلا الله والراسخون في العلم) ليسوا بواحد. رسول الله منهم، أعلمه الله إياه فعلمنيه رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله، ثم لا يزال في عقبنا إلى يوم القيامة.
By the One-azwj Who Split the seed and germinated plantation from it, there is no group which will reach to a hundred men except that I-asws recognise its guide and its organisers. And ask me-asws about the Quran, for in the Quran is the explanation of all things, and in it is the knowledge of the Former ones and the Later ones, and that the Quran did not leave for any speaker to say anything, “[3:7] but none knows its interpretation except Allah, and those who are firmly rooted in knowledge”, not even one. The Messenger of Allah-saww is one of them (those firmly rooted in knowledge). Allah-azwj taught him-saww, and the Messenger of Allah-saww made it known to me-asws, then it will not cease but to be in our-asws lineage up to the Day of Judgement’.
ثم قرأ أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام: (بقية مما ترك آل موسى وآل هارون)، وأنا من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله بمنزلة هارون من موسى، والعلم في عقبنا إلى أن تقوم الساعة.
Then Amir-ul-Momineen-asws recited; “residue of the relics of what the children of Musa and the children of Haroun have left, [2:248]”, and I-asws am from the Messenger of Allah-saww of the status which Haroun-as had from Musa-as, and the knowledge is in our-asws posterity up to the Establishment of the Hour (Day of Judgement’.
HADITH 79
(79) كلمة أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام لخواص شيعته في أواخر أيامه
SPEECH OF AMIR-UL-MOMINEEN-asws FOR THE SPECIAL-ONES OF HIS-asws SHIITES AT THE END OF HIS-asws DAYS
الحسن بن سليمان الحلي في مختصر بصائر الدرجات، عن أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى وعلي بن إسماعيل بن عيسى ومحمد بن الحسين بن أبي الخطاب عن عثمان بن عيسى عن عمر بن أذينة عن أبان بن أبي عياش عن سليم بن قيس الهلالي، قال:
Al-Hassan Bin Suleyman Al-Hilli in Mukhtasar Basaair Al-Darajaat, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, and Ali Bin Ismail Bin Isa, and Muhammad Bin Al-Husayn Bin Abu Al-Khataab, from Usmaan Bin Isa, from Umar Bin Azina, from Abaan Bin Ab Ayyash, from Sulaym Bin Qays Al-Hilaly, who said –
إختيار الناس لغير الحق لا يضر أهل الحق
سمعت عليا عليه السلام يقول في شهر رمضان – وهو الشهر الذي قتل فيه – وهو بين ابنيه الحسن والحسين عليهما السلام وبني عبد الله بن جعفر بن أبي طالب وخاصة شيعته، وهو يقول: دعوا الناس وما رضوا لأنفسهم، وألزموا أنفسكم السكوت ودولة عدوكم، فإنه لا يعدمكم ما ينتحل أمركم وعدو باغ حاسد.
The people’s wrong choice does not harm the people of the truth
‘I heard Ali-asws saying in the Month of Ramadhan – and it was the Month in which he‑asws was martyred – and he-asws was among his-asws sons Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws, and sons of Abdullah-asws Bin Ja’far-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws, and special ones of his-asws Shiites, and he-asws said: ‘Leave the people to what they are happy with for themselves, and necessitate for yourselves the silence and the governance of your enemies, they will not be able to finish you off so long as you are firm in your faith, and the enemy is rebellious, envious’.
الناس في نسبتهم إلى أهل البيت عليهم السلام ثلاثة الناس ثلاثة أصناف: صنف بين بنورنا، وصنف يأكلون بنا، وصنف اهتدوا بنا واقتدوا بأمرنا، هم أقل الأصناف. أولئك الشيعة النجباء الحكماء والعلماء الفقهاء والأتقياء الأسخياء، طوبى لهم وحسن مآب.
The people, in regards to the People-asws of the Household, are of three categories – A category which have been illuminated by our-asws Light, and a category which consumes from our-asws (resources), and a category which is guided by us-asws and believes in our-asws commands, they are in the minority category. These are the Shiites who are the excellent, and wise, the knowledgeable ones, the understanding ones, the pious ones, the generous ones. Blessings are for them and a goodly return’.
HADITH 80
(80) الأئمة عليهم السلام شهداء الله على خلقه
THE IMAMS-asws ARE WITNESSES OF ALLAH-azwj OVER HIS-azwj CREATURES
الحسكاني في شواهد التنزيل قال: أخبرنا محمد بن عبد الله بن أحمد الصوفي، قال: أخبرنا محمد بن أحمد بن محمد الحافظ: أخبرنا عبد العزيز بن يحيى بن أحمد، قال: حدثني أحمد بن محمد بن عمير، قال: حدثني بشر بن المفضل عن عيسى بن يوسف عن أبي الحسن علي بن يحيى عن أبان بن أبي عياش عن سليم بن قيس الهلالي عن علي عليه السلام: إن الله تعالى إيانا عنى بقوله: (لتكونوا شهداء على الناس ويكون الرسول عليكم شهيدا)، فرسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله شاهد علينا، ونحن شهداء الله على خلقه وحجته في أرضه. ونحن الذين قال الله جل اسمه فيهم: (وكذلك جعلناكم أمة وسطا).
Al-Haskany in Shawaahid Al-Tanzeel, said, ‘Informed us Muhammad Bin Abdullah Bin Ahmad Al-Sowfy, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad Bin Muhammad Al-Haafiz, from Abdul Azeez Bin Yahya Bin Ahmad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Umeyr, from Bashar Bin Al-Mufazzal, from Isa Bin Yusuf, from Abu Al-Hassan Ali Bin Yahya, from Abaan Bin Abu Ayyash, from Sulaym Bin Qays Al-Hilaly has narrated:
Ali-asws said: ‘Allah-azwj Meant us-asws by His-azwj Statement: “that you may be the bearers of witness to the people and (that) the Messenger may be a bearer of witness to you” [2:143]. So, the Messenger of Allah-saww is a witness over us-asws, and we-asws are witnesses of Allah-azwj over His-azwj creatures, and His-azwj Proofs in His-azwj earth. And we-asws are the ones about whom Allah-azwj Majestic in His-azwj Name, said: “And thus We have made you a medium (just) nation” [2:143] .
HADITH 81
(81) الأئمة عليهم السلام معدن الكتاب والحكمة
THE IMAMS-asws ARE THE MINES OF THE BOOK AND THE WISDOM
محمد بن العباس رحمه الله في تفسيره قال: حدثنا محمد بن القاسم عن عبيد بن كثير عن حسين بن نصر بن مزاحم عن أبيه عن أبان بن أبي عياش عن سليم بن قيس الهلالي عن علي عليه السلام، قال: نحن الذين بعث الله فينا رسولا يتلو علينا آياته ويزكينا ويعلمنا الكتاب والحكمة.
Muhammad Bin Al-Abbas, may Allah-azwj have Mercy on him, in his commentary (Tafseer), said, ‘Narrated to us Muhammad Bin Al-Qasim, from Ubeyd Bin Kaseer, from Husayn Bin Nasr Bin Mazaahim, from his father, from Abaan Bin Abu Ayyash, from Sulaym Bin Qays Al-Hilaly:
Ali-asws said: ‘We-asws are the ones-asws amongst whom-asws Allah-azwj Sent a Messenger-saww, reciting to us-asws His-azwj Verses, and Purifying us-asws, and teaching us-asws the Book and the Wisdom’.
HADITH 82
(82) أهل البيت عليهم السلام هم آل ياسين
THE PEOPLE-asws OF THE HOUSHEOLD, THEY-asws ARE THE CHILDREN OF YASEEN ‘AAL-E YASEEN’
محمد بن العباس وفرات في تفسيريهما قالا: حدثنا محمد بن القاسم عن حسين بن الحكم عن حسين بن نصر بن مزاحم عن أبيه عن أبان بن أبي عياش عن سليم بن قيس الهلالي عن علي عليه السلام، قال: إن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله اسمه (ياسين)، ونحن الذين قال الله: (سلام على آل ياسين).
Muhammad Bin Al-Abbas, and Furaat in his Commentary (Tafseer), said, ‘Narrated to us Muhammad Bin Al-Qasim, from Husayn Bin Al-Hakam, from Husayn Bin Nasr Bin Mazaahim, from his father, from Abaan Bin Abu Ayyash, from Sulaym Bin Qays Al-Hilaly says:
Ali-asws said that the name of the Messenger of Allah-saww is ‘Yaseen’, and we-asws are the ones for whom Allah-azwj has Said: “Peace be on AAl-Yaseen [37:130]”.
(Please note that this Verse is stated differently in the Quran: سَلَامٌ عَلَىٰ إِلْ يَاسِينَ)
HADITH 83
(83) الأئمة عليهم السلام هم المسؤولون
THE IMAMS-asws, THEY-asws ARE THE QUESTIONED ONES
محمد بن العباس رحمه الله في تفسيره: حدثنا محمد بن القاسم عن حسين بن الحكم عن حسين بن نصر عن أبيه عن أبان بن أبي عياش عن سليم بن قيس الهلالي عن علي عليه السلام، قال: قوله عز وجل: (وإنه لذكر لك ولقومك وسوف تسألون)، فنحن قومه ونحن المسؤولون.
Muhammad Bin Al-Abbas, may Allah-azwj have Mercy on him, said in his Commentary (Tafseer), ‘Narrated to us Muhammad Bin Al-Qasim, from Husayn Bin Al-Hakam, from Husayn Bin Nasr, from his father, from Abaan Bin Abu Ayyash, from Sulaym Bin Qays Al-Hilaly:
Ali-asws said: ‘His-azwj Statement, the Mighty and Majestic: “And most surely it is a reminder for you and your people, and you shall soon be questioned” [43:44], so we-asws are his-saww people, and we-asws are the questioned ones’.
HADETH 84
(84) العذاب الشديد لظالمي آل محمد عليهم السلام
THE SEVERE PUNISHMENT FOR THOSE WHO OPPRESSED THE PROGENY‑asws OF MUHAMMAD-saww
محمد بن العباس رحمه الله في تفسيره والكليني في الروضة من الكافي: حدثنا الحسين بن أحمد المالكي عن محمد بن عيسى عن محمد بن أبي عمير عن عمر بن أذينة عن أبان بن أبي عياش عن سليم بن قيس الهلالي عن أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام، أنه قال: قوله عز وجل: (ما آتاكم الرسول فخذوه وما نهاكم عنه فانتهوا واتقوا الله) وظلم آل محمد، (إن الله شديد العقاب) لمن ظلمهم.
Muhammad Bin Al-Abbas, may Allah-azwj have Mercy on him, in his Commentary (Tafseer), and Al-Kulayni in Al-Rowzat from Al-Kafi, said, ‘Narrated to us Al-Husayn Bin Ahmad Al-Maaliky, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Muhammad Bin Abu Umeyr, from Umar Bin Azina, from Abaan Bin Abu Ayyash, from Sulaym Bin Qays Al-Hilaly who has narrated:
Amir-ul-Momineen-asws said: ‘His-azwj Statement, Mighty and Majestic: “and whatever the Messenger gives you, accept it, and from whatever he forbids you, keep back, and be careful of (your duty to) Allah” [59:7] and being unjust to the Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, “surely Allah is severe in retributing (evil)” to the one who is unjust to the Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww’.
HADITH 85
(85) الموؤدة في القرآن من قتل في مودة أهل البيت عليهم السلام
‘Al-MAW’UDAT’ IN THE QURAN IS FOR THE ONE WHO IS KILLED WHILST BEING IN THE AFFECTION OF THE PEOPLE-asws OF THE HOUSEHOLD
شرف الدين النجفي في تأويل الآيات عن سليمان بن سماعة عن عبد الله بن القاسم عن أبي الحسن الأزدي عن أبان بن أبي عياش عن سليم بن قيس عن ابن عباس أنه قال: هو (أي قوله تعالى: (وإذا الموؤدة سئلت)) من قتل في مودتنا أهل البيت.
Sharaf Al-Deen Al-Najafy, in Taweel Al-Ayaat, from Sulayman Bin Sama’at, from Abdullah Bin Al-Qasim, from Abu Al-Hassan Al-Azdy, from Abaan Bin Abu Ayyash, from Sulaym Bin Qays, from Ibn Abbas that he said, ‘He who is mean by His-azwj Statement, the High: “And when the female infant buried alive is asked” [81:8], is the one who is killed (whilst being) in our-asws affection, the People-asws of the Household’. (Please note that this is a report and not a Hadith)
HADITH 86
FOUNDATIONS OF INFIDELITY
الكليني في الكافي عن علي بن إبراهيم عن أبيه عن حماد بن عيسى عن إبراهيم بن عمر اليماني عن عمر بن أذينة عن أبان بن أبي عياش عن سليم بن قيس الهلالي عن أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام، قال: بني الكفر على أربع دعائم: الفسق والغلو والشك والشبهة.
Al-Kulayni in Al-Kafi, from Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Hamaad Bin Isa, from Ibrahim Bin Umar Al-Yamany, from Umar Bin Azina, from Abaan Bin Abu Ayyash, from Sulaym Bin Qays Al-Hilaly, who has narrated:
Amir-ul-Momineen-asws said: ‘The Infidelity (Al-Kufr) is based upon four foundations – The debauchery, and the exaggeration, and the doubt, and the suspicion.
شعب الفسق
والفسق على أربع شعب: على الجفا والعمى والغفلة والعتو. فمن جفا احتقر الحق ومقت الفقهاء وأصر على الحنث العظيم.
Branches of the debauchery (Seduction)
And the debauchery has four branches – the disloyalty, the blind (following), and the negligence, and the arrogance. So, the one who is disloyal will despise the truth, and abhor the people of understanding, and will insist on committing great sins.
ومن عمى نسي الذكر واتبع الظن وبارز خالقه وألح عليه الشيطان وطلب المغفرة بلا توبة ولا استكانة ولا غفلة.
And the one who is blind (follower) will forget the Remembrance and follow the conjectures and go against his Creator and the Satan-la will urge him to seek Forgiveness without repentance, neither was he submissiveness, nor ignorant.
ومن غفل جنى على نفسه وانقلب على ظهره وحسب غيه رشدا وغرته الأماني، وأخذته الحسرة والندامة إذا قضي الأمر وانكشف عنه الغطاء وبدا له ما لم يكن يحتسب.
And the one who is negligent will deceive himself, and turn around backwards, and consider his error to be the right way, and his aspirations will deceive him, and he will be overtaken by regret and remorse if the matter transpires, and the cover is lifted from him, and it appears to him different to what he had considered it to be.
ومن عتا عن أمر الله شك، ومن شك تعالى الله عليه فأذله بسلطانه وصغره بجلاله كما اغتر بربه الكريم وفرط في أمره.
And the one who is arrogant about the Command of Allah-azwj will doubt, and the one who doubts Allah-azwj the High will Disgrace him by his-azwj Authority, and Belittle him by His-azwj Majesty just as he had (tried to) deceive his Generous Lord-azwj, and left His-azwj Commands’.
شعب الغلو
والغلو على أربع شعب: على التعمق بالرأي والتنازع فيه والزيغ والشقاق.
Branches of the exaggeration (Al-Ghuloo)
And the exaggeration has four branches – Delving into opinions, and conflict over it, and the deviation and the discord.
فمن تعمق لم ينب إلى الحق ولم يزدد إلا غرقا في الغمرات ولم تنحسر عنه فتنة إلا غشيته أخرى وانخرق دينه فهو يهوي في أمر مريج.
So, the one who delves (into opinions) will not get to the truth, and it will not increase him (in anything) except for his sinking even deeper into the distress, and the strife (Al-Fitna) will never recede from him, except make him fall into another one again, and it will shred his Religion, so he will fall into more confusion.
ومن نازع في الرأي وخاصم شهر بالعثل من طول اللجاج.
And the one who disputes in the opinions and antagonises by it, will become well known for his lengthy challenges (debates).
ومن زاغ قبحت عنده الحسنة وحسنت عنده السيئة،
And the one who deviates, the beautiful (deeds) will seem to be ugly to him, and the ugly (deeds) will seem to be beautiful.
ومن شاق أعورت عليه طرقه واعترض عليه أمره فضاق عليه مخرجه إذا لم يتبع سبيل المؤمنين.
And the one who disunites, his way will seem to be lacking and will be opposed in his affairs. So, his exit (from the group) will be constrictive to him if he does not follow the way of the Believers.
شعب الشك
والشك على أربع شعب: على المرية والهوى والتردد والاستسلام، وهو قول الله عز وجل: (فبأي آلاء ربك تتمارى).
And the doubt has four branches – the dispute, and the desire, and the hesitation, and the surrender (giving up), and it is the Statement of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic: “Which of your Lord’s benefits will you then dispute about [53:55]?”
فمن هاله ما بين يديه نكص على عقبيه ومن امترى في الدين تردد في الريب وسبقه الأولون من المؤمنين وأدركه الآخرون ووطئته سنابك الشيطان.
The one who is petrified of what is in front of him will turn back on his heels, and the one who disputes in the Religion will frequently be in (deep) uncertainties, and the former ones from the Believers will move in front of him, and the later ones will catch up with him, and he will be trod on by the feet of the Satan-la.
ومن استسلم لهلكة الدنيا والآخرة هلك فيما بينهما، ومن نجا من ذلك فمن فضل اليقين، ولم يخلق الله خلقا أقل من اليقين.
And the one who surrenders (gives up) due to the severe exhaustion of the world and the Hereafter will perish in what is in between them, and the one who will achieve salvation from that is the one who preferred the conviction (certainty), and Allah-azwj did not Create (anything) less than conviction (certainty).
شعب الشبهة
والشبهة على أربع شعب: إعجاب بالزينة وتسويل النفس وتأويل العوج ولبس الحق بالباطل.
And the suspicion has four branches – Admiration of the ornament, and the deceiving of one’s own self, and the corrupt interpretation, and clothing the truth with the falsehood (hypocrisy).
وذلك بأن الزينة تصدف عن البينة، وإن تسويل النفس يقحم على الشهوة، وإن العوج يميل بصاحبه ميلا عظيما، وإن اللبس ظلمات بعضها فوق بعض.
And that by the ornaments you will turn away from the clear proof, and the deceiving of the soul intrudes upon the desires, and the corruption fills its owner with a great filling, and that the hypocrisy (clothing the truth with the falsehood) leads to darkness upon darkness.
فذلك الكفر ودعائمه وشعبه.
So that is the infidelity and its foundations, and its branches.
* 2 * دعائم النفاق
قال عليه السلام: والنفاق على أربع دعائم: على الهوى والهوينا والحفيظة والطمع.
2 – The foundations of the hypocrisy
He-asws said: ‘And the hypocrisy is based upon four foundations – Upon the desires, and the negligence, and the prejudice, and the greed.
شعب الهوى
فالهوى على أربع شعب: على البغي والعدوان والشهوة والطغيان.
The Desire has four branches – the rebellion, and the aggression, and the lust, and the tyranny.
فمن بغي كثرت غوائله وتخلى منه ونصر عليه.
The one who rebels would be in numerous difficulties, and he would be left alone and help would be sought against him.
ومن اعتدى لم تؤمن بوائقه، ولم يسلم قلبه ولم يملك نفسه عن الشهوات. ومن لم يعذل نفسه في الشهوات خاض في الخبيثات، ومن طغى ضل على عمد بلا حجة.
The one who is aggressive will neither be safe even from his trustworthy (allies), nor his heart will be safe and nor he will not be able to control himself from the lusts. The one who does not isolate himself from the lusts will indulge in the evil acts, and the one who is tyrannical goes astray without any justification.
شعب الهوينا
والهوينا على أربع شعب: على الغرة والأمل والهيبة والمماطلة.
And the negligence is upon four branches. It is upon the indolence, and the hope, and the prestige, and the procrastination.
وذلك بأن الهيبة ترد عن الحق، والمماطلة تفرط في العمل حتى يقدم عليه الأجل.
And that prestige will repulse from the truth, and the procrastination lays waste to the work until the death comes to him.
ولولا الأمل علم الإنسان حساب ما هو فيه، ولو علم حساب ما هو فيه مات خفاتا من الهول والوجل.
And had it not been for hope, the human being would come to know the situation he is in, and if he knows what he is in, he would die due to the fear from the horror and apprehension.
والغرة تقصر بالمرء عن العمل.
And the indolence makes a man neglect his work.
شعب الحفيظة
والحفيظة على أربع شعب: على الكبر والفخر والحمية والعصبية.
And the prejudice is upon four branches. It is upon the arrogance, and the pride, and the impertinence and the discrimination.
فمن استكبر أدبر من الحق، ومن فخر فجر، ومن حمى أصر على الذنوب، ومن أخذته العصبية جار. فبئس الأمر أمر بين إدبار وفجور وإصرار وجور على الصراط.
The one who is arrogant will depart from the truth, and the one who is proud will be immoral, and the one who is impertinent (snobby) will insist on the sinning, and the one who is overtaken by discrimination will be unjust. So, evil is the matter, the matter between the departure (from the truth), and the injustices and the immoralities, and the insistence on sinning, and being tyrannical upon the straight path.
شعب الطمع
والطمع على أربع شعب: الفرح والمرح واللجاجة والتكاثر.
And the greed is upon four branches – being over joyful, and being boastful, and being quarrelsome, and being the proud.
فالفرح مكروه عند الله، والمرح خيلاء، واللجاجة بلاء لمن اضطرته إلى حمل الآثام، والتكاثر لهو ولعب وشغل واستبدال الذي هو أدنى بالذي هو خير.
Being overjoyed is Considered abhorrent by Allah-azwj, and the boastful is the vanity, and being quarrelsome is a scourge and gets one to carry the burden of the sins, and being proud leads one to useless and time-wasting activities.
فذلك النفاق ودعائمه وشعبه.
So that is the hypocrisy and its foundations and its branches.
سنن إلهية في الخلق
والله قاهر فوق عباده، تعالى ذكره وجل وجهه وأحسن كل شيئ خلقه وانبسطت يداه ووسعت كل شيئ رحمته وظهر أمره وأشرق نوره وفاضت بركته واستضاءت حكمته وهيمن كتابه وفلجت حجته وخلص دينه واستظهر سلطانه وحقت كلمته وأقسطت موازينه وبلغت رسله.
And Allah-azwj is Compelling over His-azwj creatures, High is His-azwj Remembrance, and Majectic is His-azwj Face, and beautiful is everything that He-azwj Created, and Extended (Generous) is His-azwj Hand, and everything has been Overcome by His-azwj Mercy, and His-azwj Command is manifest, and His-azwj Light is Shining, and His-azwj Blessings are overflowing, and His-azwj Wisdom is Illuminating, and His-azwj Book is Dominating, and His-azwj Proofs are Decisive, and His-azwj religion is Pure, and His-azwj Authority is Apparent, and His-azwj Words are True, and His-azwj Scale is Balanced, and His-azwj Message has reached.
فجعل السيئة ذنبا، والذنب فتنة، والفتنة دنسا، وجعل الحسنى عتبى، والعتبى توبة، والتوبة طهورا. فمن تاب اهتدى، ومن افتتن غوى ما لم يتب إلى الله ويعترف بذنبه ولا يهلك على الله إلا هالك.
So He-azwj made the bad (deed) to be a sin, and the sin to be ‘fitna’ strife, and the strife to be filth. And He-azwj made the good (deed) to be a blessing, and the blessing to be repentance, and the repentance to be pure. So, the one who is repentant will be guided, and the one who is involved in ‘fitna’ (strife) will go astray and will not repent to Allah-azwj and will admit his guilt, and he who goes against Allah-azwj will perish.
الله، الله فما أوسع ما لديه من التوبة والرحمة والبشرى والحلم العظيم. وما أنكل ما عنده من الأنكال والجحيم والبطش الشديد.
Allah-azwj, Allah-azwj, how broad and near to them is the Repentance, and the Mercy, and the Good news, and the Great Forbearance. And how severe is what is with Him-azwj from the Fetters (Shackle), and the Hell, and the Grievous Punishment.
فمن ظفر بطاعته اجتلب كرامته، ومن دخل في معصيته ذاق وبال نقمته، وعما قليل ليصبحن نادمين.
So the one who succeeded by being obedient to Him-azwj will be the recipient of His-azwj Honour, and the one entered in being disobedient to Him-azwj will taste the scourge of His-azwj Retribution, and so few are the ones who are repentant.’
HADITH 87
(87) العلم الواجب والعلم الأوجب
THE OBLIGATORY KNOWLEDGE AND THE MOST OBIGATORY KNOWLEDGE
الصدوق في الخصال: حدثنا محمد بن علي ماجيلويه رضي الله عنه، قال: حدثنا محمد بن يحيى العطار عن محمد بن أحمد عن أحمد بن محمد عن العباس بن معروف عن علي بن مهزيار عن حكم بن بهلول عن إسماعيل بن همام عن عمر بن أذينة عن سليم بن قيس الهلالي، قال: سمعت عليا عليه السلام يقول لأبي الطفيل عامر بن واثلة الكناني: يا أبا الطفيل، العلم علمان: علم لا يسع الناس إلا النظر فيه وهو صبغة الإسلام، وعلم يسع الناس ترك النظر فيه وهو قدرة الله عز وجل.
Al-Sadouq in Al-KhisaAl-said, ‘Narrated to us Muhammad Bin Ali Majaylawayh, may Allah-azwj be Pleased with him, from Muhammad Bin Yahya Al-Ataar, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al-Abbas Bin Ma’rouf, from Ali Bin Mahziyar, from Hakam Bin Bahloul, from Ismail Bin Hamaam, from Umar Bin Azina, from Sulaym Bin Qays Al-Hilaly, who said:
‘I heard Amir-ul-Momineen-asws saying to Abu Al-Tufayl Aamir Bin Waasalat Al-Kanany: ‘O Abu Al-Tufayl, the knowledge is of two types – A knowledge which the people do not have an option but to look into it, and it is the nature of Al-Islam; and a knowledge which the people have the option of not looking into it, and it is the Power of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic’.
HADITH 88
(88) دعاء لتسهيل الولادة
SUPPLICATION TO FACILITATE THE BIRTH
ابنا بسطام في طب الأئمة عليهم السلام عن الخواتيمي عن محمد بن علي الصيرفي عن محمد بن أسلم عن الحسن بن محمد الهاشمي عن أبان بن أبي عياش عن سليم بن قيس الهلالي عن أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام، قال: إني لأعرف آيتين من كتاب الله المنزل تكتبان للمرأة إذا عسر عليها ولدها، تكتبان في رق ظبي ويعلقه في حقويها: (بسم الله وبالله، إن مع العسر يسرا، إن مع العسر يسرا) ، سبع مرات.
Ibn Bastaan in Tibb Al-Aimma-asws, from Al-Khwataymi, from Muhammad Bin Ali Al-Sayrafi, from Muhammad Bin Aslam, from Al-Hassan Bin Muhammad Al-Hashmy, from Abaan Bin Abu Ayyash, from Sulaym Bin Qays Al-Hilaly, who has narrated:
Amir-ul-Momineen-asws said: ‘I-asws know of two Verses from the Revealed Book of Allah-azwj, to be written for the woman in order to ease her pangs of birth. Both of these are to be written on the skin of a deer, and to be attached to her waist – “In the Name of Allah-azwj, the Beneficent, the Merciful, Surely with difficulty is ease [94:5]. With difficulty is surely ease” seven times [94:6].
(يا أيها الناس اتقوا ربكم، إن زلزلة الساعة شيئ عظيم، يوم ترونها تذهل كل مرضعة عما أرضعت وتضع كل ذات حمل حملها وترى الناس سكارى وما هم بسكارى ولكن عذاب الله شديد) مرة واحدة.
“O people! guard against (the punishment from) your Lord; surely the violence of the hour is a grievous thing [22:1]. On the day when you shall see it, every woman giving feed shall quit in confusion what she fed, and every pregnant woman shall lay down her burden, and you shall see men intoxicated, and they shall not be intoxicated but the chastisement of Allah will be severe [22:2]. ” Once.
يكتب على ورقة وتربط بخيط من كتان غير مفتول وتشد على فخذها الأيسر. فإذا ولدته قطعته من ساعتك ولا تتواني عنه. ويكتب: (حي ولدت مريم ومريم ولدت حي، يا حي اهبط إلى الأرض الساعة بإذن الله تعالى).
Write upon the paper, and connect it with a linen thread, not being woven, to be tied to her left thigh. So, when the birth takes place, it should be untied and do not be careless from it. And write, ‘The live one gave birth to Maryam-as, and Maryam gave birth to a live one. O Live one, get down to the earth right now by the Permission of Allah-azwj, the High’.
HADITH 89
(89) حرم الله الجنة على الفحاش
ALLAH-azwj HAS PROHIBITED THE PARADISE TO THE IMMORAL-ONES
الحسين بن سعيد في كتاب الزهد والعياشي في تفسيره والكليني في الكافي عن عدة من أصحابنا عن أحمد بن محمد بن خالد عن عثمان بن عيسى عن عمر بن أذينة عن أبان بن أبي عياش عن سليم بن قيس عن أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: إن الله حرم الجنة على كل فحاش بذي قليل الحياء لا يبالي ما قال ولا ما قيل له، فإنك إن فتشته لم تجده إلا لغية أو شرك شيطان.
Al-Husayn Bin Saeed in Kitaab Al-Zohad, and Al-Ayyashi in his Commentary (Tafseer), and Al-Kulayni from a number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Usmaan Bin Isa, from Umar Bin Azina, from Abaan Bin Abu Ayyash, from Sulaym Bin Qays, who has narrated the following:
Amir-ul-Momineen-asws says that the Messenger of Allah-saww said: ‘Allah-azwj has Prohibited the Paradise to every immoral person, who has little shame, who does not care what he says and what is said about him, for if you inspect him (closely) you will not find him to be anything except that Satan-la has been associated with his birth’.
فقيل: يا رسول الله، وفي الناس شرك شيطان؟ فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: أما تقرأ قول الله عز وجل: (وشاركهم في الأموال والأولاد)؟ فقيل: وفي الناس من لا يبالي ما قال وما قيل له؟ فقال: نعم، من تعرض للناس، فقال فيهم وهو يعلم أنهم لا يتركونه فذلك الذي لا يبالي ما قال وما قيل له.
So, someone said, ‘O Messenger of Allah-saww, and within the people is there a share of Satan-la?’ The Messenger of Allah-saww said: ‘But have you not read the Statement of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic: “and share with them in wealth and children [17:64]”?’ So he asked, ‘And among the people who is one who does not care what he says and what is said about him?’ He-saww said: ‘Yes, the one who interrupts (and forces himself to) people, so they speak about him, and he knows that they will not leave him, so that is the one does not care what he says and what is said about him’.
HADITH 90
(90) قلة الكلام علامة فقه الرجل
BEING OF LITTLE SPEECH IS A SIGN OF THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE MAN
الشيخ الطوسي في أماليه: أخبرنا جماعة عن أبي المفضل، قال: حدثني عبد الرزاق بن سليمان بن غالب الأزدي قال: حدثنا الفضل بن المفضل بن قيس بن زمانة الأشعري، قال: حدثنا حماد بن عيسى الغريق، قال: حدثني عمر بن أذينة عن أبان بن أبي عياش عن سليم بن قيس عن علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: (من فقه الرجل قلة كلامه فيما لا يعنيه).
Al-Sheykh Al-Tusi in his Amaali said, ‘Informed us a group, from Abu Al-Mufazzal, from Abdul Razzaq Bin Suleyman Bin Gaalab Al-Azdy, from Al-Fazl Bin Al-MufazzAl-Bin Qays Bin Zamaanat Al-Ashary, from Hamaad Bin Isa ‘Al-Ghareek’, from Umar Bin Azina, from Abaan Bin Abu Ayyash, from Sulaym Bin Qays, who has narrated the following:
Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws said: ‘The Messenger of Allah-saww said: ‘From the (signs) of the understanding of the man is his little speech regarding matters which do not concern him’.
HADITH 91
(91) بشارة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله بالإمام المهدي عليه السلام
GLAD TIDINGS OF THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH-saww OF THE IMAM AL-MAHDI-asws
أبو محمد الفضل بن شاذان بن خليل في إثبات الرجعة: حدثنا الحسن بن علي بن فضال وابن أبي نجران عن حماد بن عيسى عن عبد الله بن مسكان عن أبان بن تغلب عن سليم بن قيس الهلالي عن سلمان الفارسي، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: ألا أبشركم – أيها الناس – بالمهدي؟ قالوا: بلى.
Abu Muhammad Al-FazAl-Bin Shazaan Bin Khaleel in Asaabat Al-Raj’at said, ‘Narrated to us Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Fazal, and Ibn Abu Najran, from Hamaad Bin Isa, from Abdullah Bin Muskaan, from Aban Bin Taghlub, from Sulaym Bin Qays Al-Hilaly, from Salman Al-Farsy-ra, who-ra said:
‘The Messenger of Allah-saww said: ‘Shall I-saww give you the news – O you people – of the Mahdi-asws?’ They said, ‘Yes’.
قال: فاعلموا أن الله تعالى يبعث في أمتي سلطانا عادلا وإماما قاسطا يملأ الأرض قسطا وعدلا كما ملئت جورا وظلما. وهو التاسع من ولد ولدي الحسين، اسمه اسمي وكنيته كنيتي.
He-saww said: ‘So know that Allah-azwj the High will be Sending in my-saww community ‘سلطانا عادلا وإماما قاسطا’ a just Sultan and an equitable Imam-asws who-asws will fill the earth with equity and justice just as it had been filled with inequity and injustice.
And he-asws is the ninth from the sons-asws of my-saww son Al-Husayn-asws. His-asws name will be (the same as) my-saww name, and his-azwj Kunniya (teknonym) (will be the same as) my-saww Kunniya.
ألا ولا خير في الحياة بعده، ولا يكون انتهاء دولته إلا قبل القيامة بأربعين يوما.
Surely, there is no good in the life after him-asws, nor will there be an end to his-asws government except forty days before the Day of Judgement’.
HADITH 92
(92) عظمة علي عليه السلام في السماوات والأرض
GREATNESS OF ALI-asws IN THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH
السيد نعمة الله الجزائري في الأنوار النعمانية: روى الصدوق بإسناده إلى سليم بن قيس، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: علي في السماء السابعة كالشمس بالنهار في الأرض، وفي السماء الدنيا كالقمر بالليل في الأرض.
Al-Syed Ne’matullah Al-Jazairi in Al-Anwaar Al-No’maniya said, ‘Al-Sadouq has reported by his chain going up to Sulaym Bin Qays, who said:
‘The Messenger of Allah-saww said: ‘Ali-asws in the seventh heaven is like the sun during the daytime in the earth, and in the sky of the world like the full moon at night in the earth.
أعطى الله تعالى عليا من الفضل جزءا لو قسم على أهل الأرض لوسعهم، وأعطاه الله من الفهم جزءا لو قسم على أهل الأرض لوسعهم.
Allah-azwj the High has Given Ali-asws such ‘الفضل’ preferences that if a part of it is distributed upon the inhabitants of the earth it would be excessive for them (for their deliverance in the Hereafter). And Allah-azwj has Given him-asws such understanding that if a part of it is distributed upon the inhabitants of the earth, it would still be excessive for them.
شبهت لينه بلين لوط، وخلقه بخلق يحيى، وزهده بزهد أيوب، وسخاؤه بسخاء إبراهيم، وبهجته ببهجة سليمان بن داود، وقوته بقوة داود.
His-asws softness can be likened to the softness of Lut-as, and his-asws morals with the morals of Yahya-as, and his-asws ascetism with the ascetism of Ayyub-as, and his-as generosity with the generosity of Ibrahim-as, and his-asws arguments with the arguments of Suleyman Bin Dawood-as, and his-asws strength with the strength of Dawood-as.
له اسم مكتوب على كل حجاب في الجنة، بشرني ربي… الحديث.
For him-asws, his-asws name has been engraved upon every Veil in the Paradise, my-saww Lord-azwj Informed me-saww so. . . . . The Hadith.
HADITH 93
FROM THE VIRTUES OF ALI-asws
فرات في تفسيره والحسكاني في شواهد التنزيل: حدثني جعفر بن محمد بن هشام، عن عبادة بن زياد، عن أبي معمر سعيد بن خثيم، عن محمد بن خالد الضبي وعبد الله بن شريك العامري، عن سليم بن قيس عن الحسن بن على عليه السلام: إنه حمد الله تعالى وأثنى عليه وقال: (السابقون الأولون من المهاجرين والأنصار والذين اتبعوهم بإحسان)، فكما أن للسابقين فضلهم على من بعدهم كذلك لأبي علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام فضيلته على السابقين بسبقه السابقين.
Furaat in his Commentary (Tafseer), and Al-Haskaany in Shawaahid Al-Tanzeel, said, ‘Narrated to me Ja’far Bin Muhammad Bin Hashaam, from Abaadat Bin Ziyad, from Abu Ma’mar Saeed Bin Khaseem, from Muhammad Bin Khalid Al-Zaby, and Abdullah Bin Shareek Al-Aamiry, from Sulaym Bin Qays, who has narrated the following:
Al-Hassan-asws Bin Ali-asws Praised Allah-azwj and Extolled Him-azwj, and said: “And (as for) the foremost, the first of the Muhajirs and the Ansars, and those who followed them in goodness, [9:100]” so if the former ones have a preference over those who came after them, similarly for Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws there is a preference over the former ones for being before the former ones.
وقال: (أجعلتم سقاية الحاج وعمارة المسجد الحرام كمن آمن بالله واليوم الآخر وجاهد في سبيل الله) واستجاب لرسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وواساه بنفسه. ثم عمه حمزة سيد الشهداء وقد كان قتل معه كثير، فكان حمزة سيدهم بقرابته من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله.
And said: “What! do you make (one who undertakes) the giving of drink to the pilgrims and the guarding of the Sacred Masjid like him who believes in Allah and the latter day and strives hard in Allah’s way? [9:19]”, and He-azwj Answered the Messenger of Allah-azwj and made him-asws (Ali-asws) to be equal to none but himself-saww.
Then his-saww uncle Hamza-as is the Chief of the Martyrs and a lot of people had been killed along with him-as, so Hamza-as was their Chief due to his-as nearness to the Messenger of Allah-saww.
ثم جعل الله لجعفر جناحين يطير بهما مع الملائكة في الجنة حيث يشاء. وذلك لمكانهما وقرابتهما من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله ومنزلتهما منه. وصلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله على حمزة سبعين صلاة من بين الشهداء الذين استشهدوا معه.
Then Allah-azwj made two wings for Ja’far-as for him-as to fly around with the Angels in the Paradise wherever he-as so desires to. And that is both their place, and their nearness to the Messenger of Allah-saww, and their status from him-saww. And he-saww recited seventy Prayers for him-as, although there were (other) martyrs that were martyred along with him-as.
وجعل لنساء النبي صلى الله عليه وآله فضلا على غيرهن لمكانهن من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله.
And He-azwj Made for the wives of the prophet-saww to have preference over others due to their place from (connection with) the Messenger of Allah-saww.
وفضل الله الصلاة في مسجد النبي صلى الله عليه وآله بألف صلاة على سائر المساجد إلا المسجد الذي ابتناه إبراهيم عليه السلام بمكة، لمكان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وفضله.
And Allah-azwj Preferred the Prayer in the Masjid of the Prophet-saww over a thousand Prayers in the rest of the Masjids, except for the Masjid which Ibrahim-as built at Mecca, due to its place (connection) with the Messenger of Allah-saww and its preference.
وعلم رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله الناس الصلوات، فقال: قولوا: (اللهم صل على محمد وآل محمد كما صليت على إبراهيم وآل إبراهيم إنك حميد مجيد).
And the Messenger of Allah-saww taught the people, the greeting (Salawaat), so he-saww said: ‘You should say, ‘Our Allah-azwj, Send greetings upon Muhammad-saww and the Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww just as You -azwj Sent upon Ibrahim-as and the Progeny of Ibrahim-as, for You -azwj are the Praiseworthy, the Glorious’.
فحقنا على كل مسلم أن يصلي علينا مع الصلاة فريضة واجبة من الله.
For our-asws rights upon every Muslim is that he should send greetings upon us-asws along with the Prayer as a necessary Obligation from Allah-azwj.
وأحل الله لرسوله الغنيمة وأحلها لنا، وحرم الصدقات عليه وحرمها علينا، كرامة أكرمنا الله وفضيلة فضلنا الله بها.
And Allah-azwj Made it Permissible for His-azwj Messenger the war booty and Made it to be Permissible for us-asws, and Prohibited the charity to him-saww and Made it to be Prohibited for us-asws, an honour which Allah-azwj has Honoured us-asws with, and a ‘فضيلة’ preference which Allah-azwj has Preferred us-asws by it.
HADITH 94
(94) شهادة أويس وعمار وخزيمة بصفين ابن عساكر في تاريخ دمشق
MARTYRDOM OF OWAIS, AND AMAAR, AND KHUZAYMA AT SIFFEEN – IBN ASAAKIR IN HISTORY OF DAMASCUS
أنبأنا أبو الغنائم محمد بن علية بن الحسن الحسني، حدثنا القاضي محمد بن عبد الله الجعفي، حدثنا الحسين بن محمد بن الفرزدق، حدثنا الحسن بن علي بن بزيع، حدثنا محمد بن عمر، حدثنا إبراهيم بن إسحاق، حدثنا عبد الله بن أذينة البصري عن أبان بن أبي عياش عن سليم بن قيس العامري قال: رأيت أويسا القرني بصفين صريعا بين عمار وخزيمة بن ثابت.
Abu Al-Ganaam Muhammad Bin Aliya Bin Al-Hassan Al-Husayni, from Al-Qazy Muhammad Bin Abdullah Al-Ju’fy, from Al-Husayn Bin Muhammad Bin Al-Farazdaq, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Bazi’e, from Muhammad Bin Umar, from Ibrahim Ibrahim Bin Is’haq, from Abdullah Bin Azina Al-Basry, from Abaan Bin Abu Ayyash, from Sulaym Bin Qays Al-Aamiry who said:
‘I saw Owais Al-Qarny at Siffeen standing in the row in between Amaar and Khuzayma Bin Saibt’. This is a report and not a Hadith
HADITH 95
(95) أول من يرد على النبي صلى الله عليه وآله يوم القيامة
THE FIRST ONE TO RETURN TO THE PROPHET-saww ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT
ابن شهرآشوب في المثالب عن محمد بن خشيش عن التميمي بالأسناد عن سليم، قال: سمعت سلمان يقول: إن أول هذه الأمة ورودا على نبيها أولها إسلاما علي بن أبي طالب، وإن خراب هذا البيت على يدي رجل من ولد فلان (ى ع ر ى ع ب ابن).
Ibn Shahr Ashobin Al-Masaalib, from Muhammad Bin Khasheysh, from Al-Tamimy by the chain from Sulaym, who said:
‘I heard Salman-ra saying that, ‘The first one of this community to return to its Prophet-saww is the one-asws foremost in Islam, Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws, and that the spoiling of this house is upon the hands of a man from the son of so and so ‘ى ع ر ى ع ب ابن’ (unknown letters in this report)’. This is a report and not a Hadith
HADITH 96
(96) السنة والبدعة، الجماعة والفرقة
THE SUNNAH AND THE INNOVATION, THE GROUP AND THE SECT
المتقي الهندي في كنز العمال بالأسناد عن سليم بن قيس العامري قال: سأل ابن الكوا عليا عليه السلام عن السنة والبدعة وعن الجماعة والفرقة. فقال عليه السلام: يا ابن الكوا، حفظت المسألة فافهم الجواب: السنة – والله – سنة محمد صلى الله عليه وآله والبدعة ما فارقها، والجماعة – والله – مجامعة أهل الحق وإن قلوا والفرقة مجامعة أهل الباطل وإن كثروا.
Al-Mutaqi Al-Hindy in Kanz Al-A’maAl-by the chain from Sulaym Bin Qays Al-Aamiry, who said:
‘Ibn Kawaa asked Ali-asws about the Sunnah and the innovation, and about the group and the sect, so he-asws said: ‘O Ibn Kawaa, you have raised the issues, so understand the answer. By Allah-azwj the Sunnah is the Sunnah of Muhammad-saww, and the innovation is what is different from it, and the ‘والجماعة’ group – by Allah-azwj – is the gathering of the people of the truth even though they may be a few of them, and ‘والفرقة’ the sect is the gathering of the people of the falsehood even though they may be numerous’.
HADITH 97
(97) إخبار رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله عن مستقبل الأمة
NEWS BY THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH-saww ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE COMMUNITY
محمد بن سليمان الصنعاني في شرح الأخبار قال: حدثنا أبو أحمد، قال: حدثنا عبيد، قال: حدثنا محمد بن عمر بن أبي مسلم، قال: حدثنا عبد القدوس بن إبراهيم بن مرداس، قال: أخبرنا محمد بن عبد الرحمن بن أذينة عن أبان بن أبي عياش عن سليم بن قيس الهلالي عن سلمان قال: لما ثقل رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله دخلنا عليه فقال للناس: اخلوا لي عن أهل البيت. فقام الناس وقمت معهم، فقال: اقعد، يا سلمان إنك منا أهل البيت.
Muhammad Bin Suleyman Al-Sana’any in Sharh Al-Akhbaar, said, ‘Narrated to us Abu Ahmad, from Ubeyd, from Muhammad Bin Uma Bin Abu Muslim, from Abdul Qadous Bin Ibrahim Bin Mardaas, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Rahmaan Bin Azina, from Abaan Bin Abu Ayyash, from Sulaym Bin Qays Al-Hilaly, from Salman-ra who-asws said:
‘When the illness of Messenger of Allah-saww worsened, we came up to him-saww, so he-saww said to the people: ‘Leave me-saww to be alone with the People-asws of the Household’. So, the people arose, and I stood up along with them. He-saww said: ‘Be seated, O Salman-ra, you-ra are from us-asws, the People-asws of the Household.
الإخبار عن بني أمية وبني العباس ودولة أهل البيت عليهم السلام
فحمد الله وأثنى عليه. ثم قال: يا بني عبد مناف، اعبدوا الله ولا تشركوا به شيئا فإنه لو قد أذن لي بالسجود لم أوثر عليكم أحدا.
The news about the Clan of Umayya and the Clan of Abbas and the government of the People-asws of the Household
He-saww Praised Allah-azwj and Extolled Him-azwj, then said: ‘O sons of Abd Manaaf-as, worship Allah-azwj and do not associate anything with Him-azwj, for had He-azwj Permitted prostrations to me-saww, I-saww would not have given anyone preference over you.
إني رأيت على منبري هذا اثني عشر كلهم من قريش، رجلين من ولد الحرب بن أمية وعشرة من ولد العاص بن أمية، كلهم ضال مضل، يردون أمتي عن الصراط القهقرى.
I-saww saw (in a dream) upon this Pulpit of mine-saww, twelve (men), all of them from Qureish. Two men from the sons of Al-Harb Bin Umayya, and ten from the sons of Al-A’as Bin Umayya, all of them leading astray and having strayed, reverting my-saww community backwards from the Path’.
ثم قال للعباس: أما إن هلكتهم على يدي ولدك. ثم قال: فاتقوا الله في عترتي أهل بيتي، فإن الدنيا لم تدم لأحد قبلنا ولا تبقى لنا ولا تدوم لأحد بعدنا.
Then he-saww said to Al-Abbas: ‘But, they will be destroyed by the hands of your sons’. Then he-saww said: ‘So fear Allah-azwj with regards to my-saww Family the People‑asws of the Household, for neither did the world last for anyone before us-asws, nor will it remain for anyone after us-asws’.
ثم قال لعلي عليه السلام: دولة الحق أبر الدول. أما إنكم ستملكون بعدهم باليوم يومين وبالشهر شهرين وبالسنة سنتين.
Then he-saww said to Ali-asws: ‘The government of the truth is the most righteous of the governments. As for you-asws (The People-asws of the Household) will be ruling after them by two days for every one day (of theirs), and two months for every month (of theirs), and for two years for every one year (of theirs)’.
ستة لعنهم الله في كتابه
ثم قال صلى الله عليه وآله: ستة لعنهم الله في كتابه: الزائد في كتاب الله، والمكذب بقدر الله، والمستحل من عترتي ما حرم الله، والتارك لسنتي، والمستأثر على المسلمين بفيئهم، والمتسلط بالجبروت ليذل من أعز الله ويعز من أذل الله.
Six have been Cursed by Allah-azwj in His-azwj Book
Then he-saww said: ‘Six have been Cursed in His-azwj Book – The one who increases in the Book of Allah-azwj, and the one who denies the Power of Allah-azwj, and the one who makes it to be permissible about my-saww Family what Allah-azwj has Prohibited, and the one who ignores my-saww Sunnah, and the one who monopolises the war booty to the Muslims, and the one who, by his compulsion, disgraces the one whom Allah-azwj has Honoured, and honours the one whom Allah-azwj has Disgraced’.
HADITH 98
POSITION OF THE SHIITES WITHIN THE PEOPLE
النعمان بن محمد التميمي المغربي في مناقب أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام عن سليم بن قيس الهلالي قال: قلت لأمير المؤمنين علي عليه السلام: إن أهل بيتي يقطعوني وأوصلهم، ويحرموني فأعطيهم، ويكلموني وأعفو عنهم، ويشتموني ولا أشتمهم.
Al-No’man Bin Muhammad Al-Tamimy Al-Magriby in Manaaqib Amir-ul-Momineen-asws, from Sulaym Bin Qays Al-Hilaly, who said:
‘I said to Amir-ul-Momineen Ali-asws that: ‘The people of my household cut off (relationships) with me but I keep connectioning with them, and they deprive me but I give to them, and they speak (bad) about me but I excuse them, and they insult me but I do not insult them’.
فقال أمير المؤمنين علي عليه السلام: عهدت الناس ورقا لا شوك فيه، وهم اليوم شوك لا ورق فيه.
Amir-ul-Momineen-asws Ali-asws said: ‘The people have been assigned to be leaves with no thorns in it, and they are, today, thorns with no leaves in it’.
فقلت: فكيف أصنع، يا أمير المؤمنين؟ قال: ولهم غرضك ليوم فقرك. شيعتنا ثلاثة أصناف: صنف يصلونا، وصنف يصلون الناس، وصنف والوا ولينا وعادوا عدونا. أولئك الأولياء الأخيار الحكماء العلماء، وطوبى لهم وحسن مآب.
I said, ‘So how should I behave, O Amir-ul-Momineen-asws?’ He-asws said: ‘And to them is your need on the day of your poverty. Our-asws Shiites are of three types – A type, who come to us-asws, and a type who go to the people, and a type who befriend our-asws friends and are inimical to our-asws enemies. These are the friends, the best ones, the wise ones, the knowledgeable ones, and Blessings are for them and a beautiful journey’.
[1] Keeping away from backbiters.
[2] Pledging alligance
[3] That who averted recognition of a Divine Imamasws
