Bihar Al-Anwaar Volume 16 Part 3
Volume 16
Part 3 out of 3
بحار الانوار الجامعة لدرر أخبار الائمة الاطهار
Bihar Al-Anwaar – The summary of the pearls of the Ahadeeth of the Pure Imams-asws
تأليف العلامة فخر الامة المولى الشيخ محمد باقر المجلسيى
Author – The Allama, the pride of the community, the Mullah, the Sheikh Muhammad Baqir Al Majlisi
باب 10 نادر فيه ذكر مزاحه و ضحكه ص و هو من الباب الأول
CHAPTER 10 – MISCELLANEOUS – IN IT IS MENTION OF HIS-saww HUMOUR AND HIS-saww LAUGHTER, AND IT IS FROM THE FIRST CHAPTER
1- قب، المناقب لابن شهرآشوب كَانَ ص يَمْزَحُ وَ لَا يَقُولُ إِلَّا حَقّاً قَالَ أَنَسٌ مَاتَ نُغَيْرٌ لِأَبِي عُمَيْرٍ وَ هُوَ ابْنٌ لِأُمِّ سُلَيْمٍ فَجَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ ص يَقُولُ يَا بَا عُمَيْرٍ مَا فَعَلَ النُغَيْرُ
‘Al Manaqib’ of Ibn Shehr Ashoub’ – He-saww was being humorous and was not saying except truth. Anas (a well-known fabricator) said, ‘Nugheir (A bird) of Abu Umeyr died and he was a son of Umm Suleym, so the Prophet-saww went on saying: ‘O Abu Umeyr! What happened to Nugheyr (a bird)’.
وَ كَانَ حَادِيَ بَعْضِ نِسْوَتِهِ خَادِمُهُ أَنْجَشَةُ فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا أَنْجَشَةُ ارْفُقْ بِالْقَوَارِيرِ وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ لَا تَكْسِرِ الْقَوَارِيرَ
And he-saww had gifted his-saww servant Anjashah to one of his-saww wives and said to him: ‘O Anjasha! Be gentle with the glass’. And in another report: ‘Do not break the glass’.
وَ كَانَ لَهُ عَبْدٌ أَسْوَدُ فِي سَفَرٍ فَكَانَ كُلُّ مَنْ أَعْيَا أَلْقَى عَلَيْهِ بَعْضَ مَتَاعِهِ حَتَّى حَمَلَ شَيْئاً كَثِيراً فَمَرَّ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ ص فَقَالَ أَنْتَ سَفِينَةٌ فَأَعْتَقَهُ
And there was a black slave for him-saww in a journey, and it so happened that everyone exhausted him and threw some of his chattels upon him until he was carrying a lot of things. The Prophet-saww passed by him and said: ‘You are a ship’. Then he-saww freed him’.
وَ قَالَ رَجُلٌ احْمِلْنِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ إِنَّا حَامِلُوكَ عَلَى وَلَدِ نَاقَةٍ فَقَالَ مَا أَصْنَعُ بِوَلَدِ نَاقَةٍ قَالَ ص وَ هَلْ يَلِدُ الْإِبِلَ إِلَّا النُّوقُ
And a man said, ‘Carry me (give me a lift), O Rasool-Allah-saww! He-saww said: ‘I-saww shall carry you upon a child of a she-camel’. He said, ‘What will I do with a child of a she-camel?’ He-saww said: ‘And does the camel beget except the camel?’
وَ اسْتَدْبَرَ رَجُلًا مِنْ وَرَائِهِ وَ أَخَذَ بِعَضُدِهِ وَ قَالَ مَنْ يَشْتَرِي هَذَا الْعَبْدَ يَعْنِي أَنَّهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ
And he-saww came up from behind a man and grabbed his upper arm and said: ‘Who will buy this slave?’ Meaning that he is a slave of Allah-azwj’.
وَ قَالَ ص لِأَحَدٍ لَا تَنْسَ يَا ذَا الْأُذُنَيْنِ
And he-saww said: ‘Do not forget, O one with the two ears’’.
زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِامْرَأَةٍ وَ ذَكَرَتْ زَوْجَهَا أَ هَذَا الَّذِي فِي عَيْنَيْهِ بَيَاضٌ فَقَالَتْ لَا مَا بِعَيْنَيْهِ بَيَاضٌ وَ حَكَتْ لِزَوْجِهَا فَقَالَ أَ مَا تَرَيْنَ بَيَاضَ عَيْنِي أَكْثَرَ مِنْ سَوَادِهَا
Zayd Bin Aslam having said to a woman and mentioned her husband, ‘Is he the one in whose eye is whiteness?’ She said, ‘No, there is no whiteness in his eyes’, and related it to her husband. He said, ‘Do you not see whiteness in my eyes more than its blackness?’’.
وَ رَأَى ص جَمَلًا عَلَيْهِ حِنْطَةٌ فَقَالَ تَمْشِي الْهَرِيسَةُ
And he-saww saw a camel having wheat upon it, and he-saww said: ‘Walk, porridge!’
وَ رَأَى بِلَالًا وَ قَدْ خَرَجَ بَطْنُهُ فَقَالَ ص أُمَّ حُبَيْنٍ وَ أُمُّ حُبَيْنٍ ضَرْبٌ مِنَ الْعَظَايَةِ وَ يُقَالُ إِنَّهَا الْحِرْبَاءُ
And he-saww saw Bilal and his belly had come out (bulged). He-saww said: ‘Umm Habeyn’ (mother of chameleon)’ – and ‘Umm Habeyn’ is a type of lizard, and it is said it is the chameleon’.
وَ قَالَ ص لِلْحُسَيْنِ حُزُقَّةٌ حُزُقَّةٌ تَرَقَّ عَيْنَ بَقَّةَ
And he-saww said to Al-Husayn-asws: ‘Spot by spot the eye of the bug advances’’.
ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ إِنَّهُ ص كَسَا بَعْضَ نِسَائِهِ ثَوْباً وَاسِعاً فَقَالَ لَهَا الْبَسِيهِ وَ احْمَدِي اللَّهَ وَ جَرَّى مِنْهُ ذَيْلًا كَذَيْلِ الْعَرُوسِ
Ibn Abbas – He-saww clothed one of his-saww wives with a wide cloth and said to her: ‘Wear it and praise Allah-azwj’, and there flowed a tail from it like that tail of the wedding gown’.
وَ قَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ لِلنَّبِيِّ ص ادْعُ لِي بِالْجَنَّةِ فَقَالَ ص إِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ لَا يَدْخُلُهَا الْعُجُزُ فَبَكَتِ المَرْأَةُ فَضَحِكَ النَّبِيُّ ص وَ قَالَ أَ مَا سَمِعْتَ قَوْلَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى إِنَّا أَنْشَأْناهُنَّ إِنْشاءً فَجَعَلْناهُنَّ أَبْكاراً
And an old woman from the Helpers said to the Prophet-saww. ‘Supplicate for me with the Paradise’. He-saww said to her: ‘The old people cannot enter the Paradise’. The woman cried, and the Prophet-saww smiled and said: ‘Have you not heard the Words of the Exalted: Surely We shall Grow them (with a) growth [56:35] So We will Make them as virgins [56:36]’’.
وَ قَالَ لِلْعَجُوزِ الْأَشْجَعِيَّةِ يَا أَشْجَعِيَّةُ لَا تَدْخُلُ الْعَجُوزُ الْجَنَّةَ فَرَآهَا بِلَالٌ بَاكِيَةً فَوَصَفَهَا لِلنَّبِيِّ ص فَقَالَ وَ الْأَسْوَدُ كَذَلِكَ فَجَلَسَا يَبْكِيَانِ فَرَآهُمَا الْعَبَّاسُ فَذَكَرَهُمَا لَهُ فَقَالَ وَ الشَّيْخُ كَذَلِكَ ثُمَّ دَعَاهُمْ وَ طَيَّبَ قُلُوبَهُمْ وَ قَالَ يُنْشِئُهُمُ اللَّهُ كَأَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُوا وَ ذَكَرَ أَنَّهُمْ يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ شُبَّاناً مُنَوَّرِينَ وَ قَالَ إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْجَنَّةِ جُرْدٌ مُرْدٌ مُكَحَّلُونَ
And he-saww said to the old woman Al-Ashjaiya, ‘The old people will not enter the Paradise’. Bilal saw her crying and described her to the Prophet-saww, so he-saww said: ‘And the black people as well’. So, they both sat down crying. Al-Abbas saw them and mentioned them to him-saww, and he-saww said: ‘And the old man as well’. Then he-saww called them all and made their hearts feel good and said: ‘Allah-azwj will Case them to grow as beautiful as they can be’, and he-saww mentioned that they would be entering the Paradise as radiant youths, and said: ‘The people of the Paradise would beautified and kohl applied’.
وَ قَالَ ص لِرَجُلٍ حِينَ قَالَ أَنْتَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ حَقّاً نَعْلَمُهُ وَ دِينُكَ الْإِسْلَامُ دِيناً نُعَظِّمُهُ نَبْغِي مَعَ الْإِسْلَامِ شَيْئاً نَقْضَمُهُ وَ نَحْنُ حَوْلَ هَذَا نُدَنْدِنُ يَا عَلِيُّ اقْضِ حَاجَتَهُ فَأَشْبَعَهُ عَلِيٌّ ع وَ أَعْطَاهُ نَاقَةً وَ جُلَّةَ تَمْرٍ
And he-saww said to a man, when he said, ‘You-saww are a Prophet-saww of Allah-azwj, we know it, and your-saww Religion is Al-Islam, a Religion we revere it. We seek something with Al-Islam we can nibble it, and we are murmuring around this. (He-saww said): ‘O Ali-asws! Fulfil his need’. Ali-asws satiated him and gave him a she-camel and a bunch of dates’.
وَ جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بَلَغَنَا أَنَّ الْمَسِيحَ يَعْنِي الدَّجَّالَ يَأْتِي النَّاسَ بِالثَّرِيدِ وَ قَدْ هَلَكُوا جَمِيعاً جُوعاً أَ فَتَرَى بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَ أُمِّي أَنْ أَكُفَّ مِنْ ثَرِيدِهِ تَعَفُّفاً وَ تَزَهُّداً فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص ثُمَّ قَالَ بَلْ يُغْنِيكَ اللَّهُ بِمَا يُغْنِي بِهِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
And a Bedouin came and said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! It reached us that the Messiah-as means the Dajjal-la, would come to the people with the porridge and all of them would have died of hunger. Do you-saww see, may my father and my mother be sacrificed for you-saww, if I were to restrain from his-la porridge, I would be chaste and ascetic?’ Rasool-Allah-saww smiled, then said: ‘But, Allah-azwj would Suffice you with what He-azwj would Suffice the Momineen with’’.
وَ قَبَّلَ جَدُّ خَالِدٍ الْقَسْرِيِّ امْرَأَةً فَشَكَتْ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ص فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ فَاعْتَرَفَ وَ قَالَ إِنْ شَاءَتْ أَنْ تَقْتَصَّ فَلْتَقْتَصَّ فَتَبَسَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ أَصْحَابُهُ وَ قَالَ أَ وَ لَا تَعُودُ فَقَالَ لَا وَ اللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَتَجَاوَزَ عَنْهُ
And the grandfather of Khalid Al-Qasry kissed a woman, and she complained to the Prophet-saww. He-saww sent for him and he acknowledged and said, ‘If she so desires to retaliate, then let her retaliate (by kissing me back)’. Rasool-Allah-saww and his-saww companions smiled, and he-saww: ‘Or you will not repeat?’ He said, ‘No, by Allah-azwj, O Rasool-Allah-azwj!’ He-saww overlooked from him’’.
وَ رَأَى ص صُهَيْباً يَأْكُلُ تَمْراً فَقَالَ ص أَ تَأْكُلُ التَّمْرَ وَ عَيْنُكَ رَمِدَةٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَمْضَغُهُ مِنْ هَذَا الْجَانِبِ وَ تَشْتَكِي عَيْنِي مِنْ هَذَا الْجَانِبِ
And he-saww saw Suheyb eating dates, so he-saww said: ‘You are eating dates and your eyes are sore?’ He said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! I am chewing it from this side, and the complaint of my eye is from this side’.
وَ نَهَى ص أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ مِزَاحِ الْعَرَبِ فَسَرَقَ نَعْلَ النَّبِيِّ ص وَ رَهَنَ بِالتَّمْرِ وَ جَلَسَ بِحِذَائِهِ ص يَأْكُلُ فَقَالَ ص يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ مَا تَأْكُلُ فَقَالَ نَعْلَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص
And he-saww forbade Abu Hureyra from humouring the Arabs. He stole the slippers of Rasool-Allah-saww and mortgaged them for dates and sat facing him-saww eating (the dates). He-saww said: ‘O Abu Hureyra! What are you eating?’ He said, ‘Slippers of Rasool-Allah-saww’’.
وَ قَالَ سُوَيْبِطٌ الْمُهَاجِرِيُّ لِنُعَيْمَانَ الْبَدْرِيِ أَطْعِمْنِي وَ كَانَ عَلَى الزَّادِ فِي سَفَرٍ فَقَالَ حَتَّى تَجِيءَ الْأَصْحَابُ فَمَرُّوا بِقَوْمٍ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ سُوَيْبِطٌ تَشْتَرُونَ مِنِّي عَبْداً لِي قَالُوا نَعَمْ قَالَ إِنَّهُ عَبْدٌ لَهُ كَلَامٌ وَ هُوَ قَائِلٌ لَكُمْ إِنِّي حُرٌّ فَإِنْ سَمِعْتُمْ مَقَالَهُ تُفْسِدُوا عَلَيَّ عَبْدِي
Suweyt the Emigrant said to Nuayman Al-Badry, ‘Will you feed me’, and he was upon provision during travel. He said, ‘Until the companions come’. They passed by a people and Suweyt said to them, ‘Will you buy a slave of mine from me?’ They said, ‘Yes’. He said, ‘He is a slave who has speech for him, and he will say to you, ‘I am a free man’. So, if you listen to his word, you will spoil my slave upon me’.
فَاشْتَرُوهُ بِعَشَرَةِ قَلَائِصَ ثُمَّ جَاءُوا فَوَضَعُوا فِي عُنُقِهِ حَبْلًا فَقَالَ نُعَيْمَانُ هَذَا يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِكُمْ وَ إِنِّي حُرٌّ فَقَالُوا قَدْ عَرَفْنَا خَبَرَكَ وَ انْطَلَقُوا بِهِ حَتَّى أَدْرَكَهُمُ الْقَوْمُ وَ خَلَّصُوهُ فَضَحِكَ النَّبِيُّ ص مِنْ ذَلِكَ حِيناً
They bought him for ten necklaces, then they came and place a rope in his neck. Nuayman said, ‘This is one mocking with you all, and I am a free man’. They said, ‘We have known of your news’, and they went with him until they came across the people and they finished him off with it. The Prophet-saww smiled at that for a while’’.
وَ كَانَ نُعَيْمَانُ هَذَا أَيْضاً مَزَّاحاً فَسَمِعَ مُحْرِمَةَ بْنَ نَوْفَلٍ وَ قَدْ كُفَّ بَصَرُهُ يَقُولُ أَ لَا رَجُلٌ يَقُودُنِي حَتَّى أَبُولَ فَأَخَذَ نُعَيْمَانُ بِيَدِهِ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ مُؤَخَّرَ الْمَسْجِدِ قَالَ هَاهُنَا فَبُلْ فَبَالَ فَصِيحَ بِهِ فَقَالَ مَنْ قَادَنِي قِيلَ نُعَيْمَانُ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَلَيَّ أَنْ أَضْرِبَهُ بِعَصَايَ هَذِهِ فَبَلَغَ نُعَيْمَانُ
And this Nuayman was humorous as well. He heard Mahrama Bin Nowfal, and he had lost his sight, saying, ‘Is there any man who will guide me until I urinate?’ Nuayman grabbed his hand. When he reached the end of the Masjid, he said, ‘Urinate over here’. He urinated, and he was shouted at, so he said, ‘Who guided me?’ It was said, ‘Nuayman’. He said, ‘By Allah-azwj! Bring him to me so I can hit him with this stick of mine, so make it reach Nuayman’.
فَقَالَ هَلْ لَكَ فِي نُعَيْمَانَ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ قُمْ فَقَامَ مَعَهُ فَأَتَى بِهِ عُثْمَانَ وَ هُوَ يُصَلِّي فَقَالَ دُونَكَ الرَّجُلُ فَجَمَعَ يَدَيْهِ بِالْعَصَا ثُمَّ ضَرَبَهُ فَقَالَ النَّاسُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَقَالَ مَنْ قَادَنِي قَالُوا نُعَيْمَانُ قَالَ لَا أَعُودُ إِلَى نُعَيْمَانَ أَبَداً
He said, ‘Is there for you regarding Nuayman?’ He said, ‘Yes’. He said, ‘Stand’. He stood with him and came with him to Usman while he was praying Salat. He said, ‘Below you, is the man’. He gathered his hand with the stick then hit him. The people said, ‘(This is the) commander of the faithful!’ He said, ‘Who guided me?’ They said, ‘Nuayman’. He said, ‘I will not go back to Nuayman, ever’’.
وَ رَأَى نُعَيْمَانُ مَعَ أَعْرَابِيٍّ عُكَّةَ عَسَلٍ فَاشْتَرَاهَا مِنْهُ وَ جَاءَ بِهَا إِلَى بَيْتِ عَائِشَةَ فِي يَوْمِهَا وَ قَالَ خُذُوهَا فَتَوَهَّمَ النَّبِيُّ ص أَنَّهُ أَهْدَاهَا لَهُ وَ مَرَّ نُعَيْمَانُ وَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ عَلَى الْبَابِ فَلَمَّا طَالَ قُعُودُهُ قَالَ يَا هَؤُلَاءِ رُدُّوهَا عَلَيَّ إِنْ لَمْ تَحْضُرْ قِيمَتُهَا
And Nuayman saw a pot of honey with a Bedouin, so he bought it from him, and came with it to the house of Ayesha during her day and said, ‘Take it’. The Prophet-saww suspected that he had given it to her for him-saww, and Nuayman passed by while the Bedouin was at the door. When his sitting was prolonged, he said, ‘O you! Return it to me, if you do not present its price’.
فَعَلِمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص الْقِصَّةَ فَوَزَنَ لَهُ الثَّمَنَ وَ قَالَ لِنُعَيْمَانَ مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى مَا فَعَلْتَ فَقَالَ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص يُحِبُّ الْعَسَلَ وَ رَأَيْتُ الْأَعْرَابِيَّ مَعَهُ الْعُكَّةُ فَضَحِكَ النَّبِيُّ ص وَ لَمْ يَظْهَرْ لَهُ نُكْراً
Rasool-Allah-saww knew the story and weighed the price for him and said to Nuayman: ‘What carried you upon what you did?’ He said, ‘I saw Rasool-Allah-saww loved the honey, and I saw the pot with the Bedouin’. Rasool-Allah-saww smiled and did not manifest any punishment to him’’.[1]
2- مكا، مكارم الأخلاق رُوِيَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص يَقُولُ إِنِّي لَأَمْزَحُ وَ لَا أَقُولُ إِلَّا حَقّاً
It is reported that Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘I-saww am (with good sense of) humour but I-saww do not speak except the truth’.
وَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَهُ أَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ص يَمْزَحُ فَقَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ص يَمْزَحُ
And from Ibn Abbas, a man asked him, ‘Was the Prophet-saww making humour?’ He said, ‘The Prophet-saww was with (good sense of) humour’.
وَ عَنْ حَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ع قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ خَالِي هِنْداً عَنْ صِفَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَقَالَ إِذَا كَانَ غَضِبَ أَعْرَضَ وَ أَشَاحَ وَ إِذَا فَرِحَ غَضَّ طَرْفَهُ جُلُّ ضِحْكِهِ التَّبَسُّمُ يَفْتَرُّ عَنْ مِثْلِ حَبَّةِ الْغَمَامِ
And from Hassan-asws having said, ‘I-asws asked my-asws maternal uncle Handa about the description of Rasool-Allah-saww, and he said, ‘When he-saww was angry, he-saww would turn away and avert the eyes, and when he-saww was happy, he-saww would shut his-saww eyes, making his-saww laughter as the smile, breaking (his-saww teeth looking) like seeds of the cloud’’.
عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص تَبَسَّمَ حَتَّى بَدَتْ نَوَاجِذُهُ
From Anas Bin Malik (fabricator) having said, ‘I saw Rasool-Allah-saww smiling until his-saww front teeth appeared’’.
عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِذَا حَدَّثَ بِحَدِيثٍ تَبَسَّمَ فِي حَدِيثِهِ
From Abu Al-Darda’a who said, ‘When Rasool-Allah-saww narrated a Hadeeth, he-saww smiled during his-saww narration’’.
عَنْ يُونُسَ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ قَالَ: قَالَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع كَيْفَ مُدَاعَبَةُ بَعْضِكُمْ بَعْضاً قُلْتُ قَلِيلًا قَالَ فَلَا تَفْعَلُوا فَإِنَّ الْمُدَاعَبَةَ مِنْ حُسْنِ الْخُلُقِ وَ إِنَّكَ لَتُدْخِلُ بِهَا السُّرُورَ عَلَى أَخِيكَ وَ لَقَدْ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ص يُدَاعِبُ الرَّجُلَ يُرِيدُ بِهِ أَنْ يَسُرَّهُ
From Yunus Al Shaybani who said,
‘Abu Abdullah-asws said to me: ‘How is your jesting with each other?’ I said, ‘Little’. He-asws said: ‘Do it, for the jesting is from the good manners, and by it you will enter the cheerfulness upon your brother, and the Prophet-saww had jested the man intending to cheer him up’’.[2]
3 نَوَادِرُ الرَّاوَنْدِيِّ، بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ ع بَصُرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص امْرَأَةً عَجُوزاً دَرْدَاءَ فَقَالَ أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ عَجُوزٌ دَرْدَاءُ فَبَكَتْ فَقَالَ ص لَهَا مَا يُبْكِيكِ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي دَرْدَاءُ فَضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ قَالَ لَا تَدْخُلِينَ الْجَنَّةَ عَلَى حَالِكِ
(The book) ‘Nawadir’ of Al Rawandy, by his chain,
‘From Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws having said: ‘Ali-asws said:’ Rasool-Allah-saww saw an old toothless woman, so he-saww said: ‘But, surely a toothless old woman will not enter the Paradise’. She cried, and he-saww said to her: ‘What makes you cry?’ She said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! I am toothless’. -Allah-saww laughed and said: ‘You will not be entering the Paradise upon your (current) state’’.
4- وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ قَالَ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ ع نَظَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِلَى امْرَأَةٍ رَمْصَاءِ الْعَيْنَيْنِ فَقَالَ أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَا تَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ رَمْصَاءُ الْعَيْنَيْنِ فَبَكَتْ وَ قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ إِنِّي لَفِي النَّارِ فَقَالَ لَا وَ لَكِنْ لَا تَدْخُلِينَ الْجَنَّةَ عَلَى مِثْلِ صُورَتِكِ هَذِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ أَعْوَرُ وَ لَا أَعْمَى عَلَى هَذَا الْمَعْنَى
By this chain, said, ‘Ali-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww looked at a woman whose eyes had dried, and he-saww said: ‘Surely one of dried eyes will not enter the Paradise’. She cried and said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! And I would be in the Fire?’ He-saww said: ‘No, but you will not be entering the Paradise upon this image of yours’. Then Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Neither a one-eyed, nor a blind will enter the Paradise upon this meaning’’.[3]
باب 11 فضائله و خصائصه ص و ما امتن الله به على عباده
CHAPTER 11 – HIS-saww MERITS, AND HIS-saww SPECIALITIES AND WHAT ALLAH-azwj WITH UPON HIS-azwj SERVANTS
الآيات البقرة إِنَّا أَرْسَلْناكَ بِالْحَقِّ بَشِيراً وَ نَذِيراً وَ لا تُسْئَلُ عَنْ أَصْحابِ الْجَحِيمِ
The Verses – (Surah) Al Baqarah: We Sent you with the Truth as a bearer of glad tidings and a Warner, and you will not be Questioned about the companions of the Blazing Fire [2:119]
آل عمران إِنَّ أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِإِبْراهِيمَ لَلَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوهُ وَ هذَا النَّبِيُّ وَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَ اللَّهُ وَلِيُّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
(Surah) Aal-e-Imran: Surely the foremost of people to Ibrahim are those who follow him and this Prophet and those who are believing; and Allah is the Guardian of the Momineen [3:68]
الأعراف فَآمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ النَّبِيِّ الْأُمِّيِّ الَّذِي يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَ كَلِماتِهِ وَ اتَّبِعُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ
(Surah) Al A’raf: Therefore believe in Allah and His Rasool, the prophet, the Ummy (From Makkah) who believes in Allah and His Words, and follow him, so you may be rightly Guided’ [7:158]
و قال تعالى الأعراف قُلْ لا أَمْلِكُ لِنَفْسِي نَفْعاً وَ لا ضَرًّا إِلَّا ما شاءَ اللَّهُ وَ لَوْ كُنْتُ أَعْلَمُ الْغَيْبَ لَاسْتَكْثَرْتُ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ وَ ما مَسَّنِيَ السُّوءُ إِنْ أَنَا إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ وَ بَشِيرٌ لِقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ
And the Exalted Said: Say: ‘I neither control a benefit for myself nor a harm except what Allah so Desires to, and had I known the unseen, I would have abundance from the good and the evil would not touch me. Surely, I am only a warner and a giver of glad tidings for a believing people [7:188]
الأنفال وَ اذْكُرُوا إِذْ أَنْتُمْ قَلِيلٌ مُسْتَضْعَفُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ تَخافُونَ أَنْ يَتَخَطَّفَكُمُ النَّاسُ فَآواكُمْ وَ أَيَّدَكُمْ بِنَصْرِهِ وَ رَزَقَكُمْ مِنَ الطَّيِّباتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ
(Surah) Al Anfal: And remember when you were few, weakened in the land, fearing that the people would force you away, so He Sheltered you and Supported you with His Help and Graced you from the good things, perhaps you would be grateful [8:26]
و قال تعالى الأنفال وَ ما كانَ اللَّهُ لِيُعَذِّبَهُمْ وَ أَنْتَ فِيهِمْ وَ ما كانَ اللَّهُ مُعَذِّبَهُمْ وَ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ
And the Exalted Said: And Allah was not going to Punish them while you were among them, nor would Allah Punish them while they are seeking Forgiveness [8:33]
التوبة وَ الَّذِينَ يُؤْذُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذابٌ أَلِيمٌ إلى قوله التوبة وَ اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يُرْضُوهُ إِنْ كانُوا مُؤْمِنِينَ
(Surah) Al Tawbah: and those who are hurting Rasool-Allah, for them is a painful Punishment’ [9:61] – up to His-azwj Words: They are swearing by Allah to you in order to please you, and Allah and His Rasool have a greater right that they should please Him, if they are Momineen [9:62]
أَ لَمْ يَعْلَمُوا أَنَّهُ مَنْ يُحادِدِ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ فَأَنَّ لَهُ نارَ جَهَنَّمَ خالِداً فِيها ذلِكَ الْخِزْيُ الْعَظِيمُ
Are they not knowing that the one who opposes Allah and His Rasool, then for him would be Fire of Hell to abide therein eternally? That is the mighty disgrace! [9:63]
و قال تعالى التوبة لَقَدْ جاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ عَزِيزٌ عَلَيْهِ ما عَنِتُّمْ حَرِيصٌ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَؤُفٌ رَحِيمٌ
And the Exalted: There has come to you a Rasool from yourselves. It is grievous upon him what is distressing upon you, being full of concern upon you. With the Momineen he is kind, merciful [9:128]
فَإِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَقُلْ حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ لا إِلهَ إِلَّا هُوَ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَ هُوَ رَبُّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظِيمِ
But if they turn back, say: ‘Allah is Sufficient for me, there is no god but He; upon Him do I rely, and He is Lord of the Magnificent Throne [9:129]
هود أَ فَمَنْ كانَ عَلى بَيِّنَةٍ مِنْ رَبِّهِ وَ يَتْلُوهُ شاهِدٌ مِنْهُ وَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ كِتابُ مُوسى إِماماً وَ رَحْمَةً أُولئِكَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ وَ مَنْ يَكْفُرْ بِهِ مِنَ الْأَحْزابِ فَالنَّارُ مَوْعِدُهُ فَلا تَكُ فِي مِرْيَةٍ مِنْهُ إِنَّهُ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَبِّكَ وَ لكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لا يُؤْمِنُونَ
(Surah) Hud-as: So the one who was upon a clear Proof from his Lord, and a witness from him recites it, and from before it was the Book of Musa, an Imam and a Mercy, they are believing in it; and the one who commits Kufr with it from the factions, then the Fire is its Promised place. Therefore, do no be in doubt from it, it is the Truth from your Lord, but most of the people do not believe [11:17]
الحجر لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِي سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ
(Surah) Al Hijr: By your life (O Muhammad)! They were blindly wandering on in their intoxication [15:72]
الأسرى وَ ما مَنَعَنا أَنْ نُرْسِلَ بِالْآياتِ إِلَّا أَنْ كَذَّبَ بِهَا الْأَوَّلُونَ إلى قوله تعالى وَ ما نُرْسِلُ بِالْآياتِ إِلَّا تَخْوِيفاً
(Surah) Al Asra: And nothing prevented Us to Send (a Rasool) with the Signs except that the formers ones belied these. And We Gave Samood the she-camel as a visible Sign, but they were unjust with it. And We do not Send (a Rasool) with the Signs except as a scare [17:59]
و قال تعالى الأسرى وَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَتَهَجَّدْ بِهِ نافِلَةً لَكَ عَسى أَنْ يَبْعَثَكَ رَبُّكَ مَقاماً مَحْمُوداً
And the Exalted Said: And from the night, so keep vigil by it, an optional (Salat) of yours, perhaps your Lord will Raise you to a Praiseworthy position [17:79]
وَ قُلْ رَبِّ أَدْخِلْنِي مُدْخَلَ صِدْقٍ وَ أَخْرِجْنِي مُخْرَجَ صِدْقٍ وَ اجْعَلْ لِي مِنْ لَدُنْكَ سُلْطاناً نَصِيراً
And say: ‘Lord! Cause me to enter a correct entrance, and Cause me to go exit a correct exit, and Make for me from Yourself a (Divine) Authority, a persistent helper [17:80]
وَ قُلْ جاءَ الْحَقُّ وَ زَهَقَ الْباطِلُ إِنَّ الْباطِلَ كانَ زَهُوقاً
And say: ‘The Truth came and the Falsehood vanished, surely the falsehood would always vanish’ [17:81]
و قال تعالى الأسرى وَ ما أَرْسَلْناكَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّراً وَ نَذِيراً
and We have not Sent you but as a giver of glad tidings and as a warner [17:105]
الأنبياء وَ ما أَرْسَلْناكَ إِلَّا رَحْمَةً لِلْعالَمِينَ
(Surah) Al-Anbiya: And We did not Send you except as a mercy to the worlds [21:107]
الأحزاب النَّبِيُّ أَوْلى بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَ أَزْواجُهُ أُمَّهاتُهُمْ وَ أُولُوا الْأَرْحامِ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلى بِبَعْضٍ فِي كِتابِ اللَّهِ
(Surah) Al Ahzab: The Prophet is foremost with the Momineen than their own selves, and his wives are their mothers; and the possessors of the womb relationships, some of them are higher than the others in the Book of Allah [33:6]
و قال تعالى الأحزاب ما كانَ مُحَمَّدٌ أَبا أَحَدٍ مِنْ رِجالِكُمْ وَ لكِنْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ خاتَمَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ كانَ اللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيماً
And the Exalted Said: Muhammad was not a father of anyone of your men, but is a Rasool of Allah and last of the Prophets, and Allah would always be Knower of all things [33:40]
و قال تعالى الأحزاب يا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِنَّا أَرْسَلْناكَ شاهِداً وَ مُبَشِّراً وَ نَذِيراً
And the Exalted Said: O Prophet! Surely, We have Sent you as a witness, and as a bearer of glad tidings and as a warner [33:45]
وَ داعِياً إِلَى اللَّهِ بِإِذْنِهِ وَ سِراجاً مُنِيراً
And as one inviting to Allah by His Permission, and as an illuminating lamp [33:46]
سبأ وَ ما أَرْسَلْناكَ إِلَّا كَافَّةً لِلنَّاسِ بَشِيراً وَ نَذِيراً وَ لكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لا يَعْلَمُونَ
(Surah) Saba: And We did not Send you except to all of the people as a bearer of glad tidings and a warner, but most of the people are not knowing [34:28]
الفتح هُوَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَ رَسُولَهُ بِالْهُدى وَ دِينِ الْحَقِّ لِيُظْهِرَهُ عَلَى الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ وَ كَفى بِاللَّهِ شَهِيداً
(Surah) Al Fat’h: He is the One Who Sent His Rasool with the Guidance and the Religion of Truth in order to Prevail it over all the Religions, and Suffice with Allah as a Witness [48:28]
مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ
Muhammad is a Rasool of Allah [48:29]
النجم وَ النَّجْمِ إِذا هَوى
(Surah) Al Najm: (I Swear) by the star when it swoops down [53:1]
ما ضَلَّ صاحِبُكُمْ وَ ما غَوى
Your companion does not err, and does not deviate [53:2]
وَ ما يَنْطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوى
And he does not speak out of (personal) desire [53:3]
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُوحى
Surely, it is only a Revelation He Revealed [53:4]
عَلَّمَهُ شَدِيدُ الْقُوى
The Mighty of Strength Taught him [53:5]
ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَاسْتَوى
With a seal, so he attained completion [53:6]
الحشر وَ ما آتاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَ ما نَهاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا وَ اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ شَدِيدُ الْعِقابِ
(Surah) Al Hashr: And whatever the Rasool gives you, so take it, and whatever he forbids you from, then refrain; and fear Allah, surely Allah is severe of the Punishment [59:7]
الجمعة هُوَ الَّذِي بَعَثَ فِي الْأُمِّيِّينَ رَسُولًا مِنْهُمْ يَتْلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ آياتِهِ وَ يُزَكِّيهِمْ وَ يُعَلِّمُهُمُ الْكِتابَ وَ الْحِكْمَةَ وَ إِنْ كانُوا مِنْ قَبْلُ لَفِي ضَلالٍ مُبِينٍ
(Surah) Al Jumma: He is the One Who Sent among the inhabitants of Makkah, a Rasool from them, reciting His Verses to them and purifying them, and teaching them the Book and the Wisdom, and surely, before they were in clear straying [62:2]
وَ آخَرِينَ مِنْهُمْ لَمَّا يَلْحَقُوا بِهِمْ وَ هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ
And others from them who have not yet joined up with them, and He is the Mighty, the Wise [62:3]
ذلِكَ فَضْلُ اللَّهِ يُؤْتِيهِ مَنْ يَشاءُ وَ اللَّهُ ذُو الْفَضْلِ الْعَظِيمِ
That is the Grace of Allah. He Gives it to ones He so Desires to, and Allah is with the Mighty Grace [62:4]
الطلاق الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا قَدْ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ إِلَيْكُمْ ذِكْراً
(Surah) Al Talaq: those who are believing! Allah has Sent down to you a Zikr [65:10]
رَسُولًا يَتْلُوا عَلَيْكُمْ آياتِ اللَّهِ مُبَيِّناتٍ لِيُخْرِجَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَ عَمِلُوا الصَّالِحاتِ مِنَ الظُّلُماتِ إِلَى النُّورِ
A Rasool reciting to you Clarifying Verses of Allah in order to extract those who are believing and are doing righteous deeds, from the multiple darkness to the Light. [65:11]
الكوثر إِنَّا أَعْطَيْناكَ الْكَوْثَرَ
(Surah) Al Kawsar: Indeed, We Gave you Al-Kausar [108:1]
فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ وَ انْحَرْ
Therefore pray Salat to your Lord and be moderate [108:2]
إِنَّ شانِئَكَ هُوَ الْأَبْتَرُ
Surely your adversary, he is the one without posterity [108:3].
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و قال ص إن كل بني بنت ينسبون إلى أبيهم إلا أولاد فاطمة فإني أنا أبوهم.
And he-saww said: ‘All children are attributed to their fathers except the children of (Syeda) Fatima-asws, for I-saww am their father!’
عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص أُعْطِيتُ خَمْساً وَ لَا أَقُولُ فَخْراً بُعِثْتُ إِلَى الْأَحْمَرِ وَ الْأَسْوَدِ وَ جُعِلَتْ لِيَ الْأَرْضُ طَهُوراً وَ مَسْجِداً وَ أُحِلَّ لِيَ الْمَغْنَمُ وَ لَمْ يُحَلَّ لِأَحَدٍ قَبْلِي وَ نُصِرْتُ بِالرُّعْبِ فَهُوَ يَسِيرُ أَمَامِي مَسِيرَةَ شَهْرٍ وَ أُعْطِيتُ الشَّفَاعَةَ فَادَّخَرْتُهَا لِأُمَّتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ
From Ibn Abbas, from the Prophet-saww: ‘I-saww have been Given five, and I-saww am not saying proudly. I-saww have been Sent to the red and the black, and the (whole) earth has been Made as clean for me-saww and a Masjid (prostration place), and the war booty has been Legalised for me-saww and it was not Legalised for anyone before me-saww, and I have been Helped by the awe, thus travel distance of a month is easy in front of me-saww, and I-saww have been Given the intercession. I-saww have stored it for my-saww community on the Day of Qiyamah!’
وَ رَوَتِ الْعَامَّةُ عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ الصَّادِقِ ع أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص نَزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ السَّابِعَةِ لَيْلَةَ الْمِعْرَاجِ وَ لَمَّا نَزَلَتِ السُّورَةُ أُخْبِرَ بِذَلِكَ عُتْبَةُ بْنُ أَبِي لَهَبٍ فَجَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ص وَ طَلَّقَ ابْنَتَهُ وَ تَفَلَ فِي وَجْهِهِ وَ قَالَ كَفَرْتُ بِالنَّجْمِ وَ بِرَبِّ النَّجْمِ
And it is reported by the general Muslims, from Ja’far Al Sadiq-asws: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww descended from the seventy sky on the night of the ascension, and when the Chapter was Revealed, Utba Bin Abu Lahab-la was informed of that. He-la came to the Prophet, and divorced his-la daughter and spat in his-saww face and said: ‘I-la have disbelieved in the star and Lord-azwj of the star!’
فَدَعَا ص عَلَيْهِ وَ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ سَلِّطْ عَلَيْهِ كَلْباً مِنْ كِلَابِكَ
He-saww supplicated against him-la and said: ‘O Allah-azwj! Cuased a dog from Your-azwj dogs to prevail upon him-la!’
فَخَرَجَ عُتْبَةُ إِلَى الشَّامِ فَنَزَلَ فِي بَعْضِ الطَّرِيقِ وَ أَلْقَى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ الرُّعْبَ فَقَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ أَنِيمُونِي بَيْنَكُمْ فَفَعَلُوا فَجَاءَ أَسَدٌ فَافْتَرَسَهُ مِنْ بَيْنِ النَّاسِ
Utba-la. He-la descended in one of the roads and the awe was Cast upon him-la. He-la said to his-la companions, ‘Let me-la sleep among you (tonight)!’ They did so. A lion came and tore him-la to pieces from between the people’.
وَ رَوَى زَيْدٌ الشَّحَّامُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَا أَعْطَى اللَّهُ نَبِيّاً مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ شَيْئاً إِلَّا وَ قَدْ أَعْطَى مُحَمَّداً ص قَالَ لِسُلَيْمَانَ ع فَامْنُنْ أَوْ أَمْسِكْ بِغَيْرِ حِسابٍ وَ قَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص ما آتاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَ ما نَهاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا
It is reported by Zayd Al Shahaam, from Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Allah-azwj has not Given anything to any Prophet-as from the Prophets-as except and He-azwj has Given Muhammad-saww! He-azwj Said to Suleyman-as: either confer or withhold, without a Reckoning [38:39]; and Said to Rasool-Allah-saww: And whatever the Rasool gives you, so take it, and whatever he forbids you from, then refrain [59:7]’.
رُوِيَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص قَرَأَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ فَقِيلَ لَهُ مَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى كَتِفِ سَلْمَانَ وَ قَالَ لَوْ كَانَ الدِّينُ فَي الثُّرَيَّا لَنَالَتْهُ رِجَالٌ مِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ
It is reported that the Prophet-saww read this Verse. It was said to him-saww, ‘Who are they?’ He-saww placed his-saww hand upon a shoulder of Salman-ra and said: ‘Eveen if the religion were to be in the sun, a man from them would attain it!’
وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ: نَهْرٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ نَبِيَّهُ عِوَضاً مِنِ ابْنِهِ
And it is reported from Abu Abdullah-asws, he-asws said: ‘There is a river in the Paradise Allah-azwj has Given it as a compensation from (expiry of) his-saww son-as!’
وَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ع مَعْنَاهُ ارْفَعْ يَدَيْكَ إِلَى النَّحْرِ فِي صَلَاتِكَ
And from Ali-asws: ‘Its meaning (regarding His-azwj Words: Therefore pray Salat to your Lord and be moderate [108:2]:) is, raised your hand to the throat during your Salat’.
وَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ فِي قَوْلِهِ فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ وَ انْحَرْ هُوَ رَفْعُ يَدَيْكَ حِذَاءَ وَجْهِكَ
And from Umar Bin Yazeed who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah-asws saying regarding His-azwj Words: Therefore pray Salat to your Lord and be moderate [108:2]: ‘It is raising your hand parallel to your face’.
وَ عَنْ جَمِيلٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ وَ انْحَرْ فَقَالَ بِيَدِهِ هَكَذَا يَعْنِي اسْتَقْبَلَ بِيَدَيْهِ حَذْوَ وَجْهِهِ الْقِبْلَةَ فِي افْتِتَاحِ الصَّلَاةِ
And from Jameel who said, ‘I said to Abu Abdullah-asws, ‘Therefore pray Salat to your Lord and be moderate [108:2]’. He-asws said (gesturing) by his-asws hand, meaning that he faced both of his(a.s.) hands toward the Qiblah, level with his-asws face, when beginning the Salat’.
وَ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ النَّحْرِ فَرَفَعَ يَدَهُ إِلَى صَدْرِهِ فَقَالَ هَكَذَا ثُمَّ رَفَعَهَا فَوْقَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ هَكَذَا يَعْنِي اسْتَقْبَلَ بِيَدَيْهِ الْقِبْلَةَ فِي اسْتِفْتَاحِ الصَّلَاةِ
And from Hammad Bin Usman who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah-asws about ‘Al Nahr’. He-asws raised his-asws hand to his-asws chest. He-asws said: ‘Like this!’ Then he-asws raised above that. He-asws said: ‘Like this!’ – facing the Qiblah at the beginning of the Salat’.
1- لي، الأمالي للصدوق ابْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبَانٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْجُعْفِيِّ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أُعْطِيتُ خَمْساً لَمْ يُعْطَهَا أَحَدٌ قَبْلِي جُعِلَتْ لِيَ الْأَرْضُ مَسْجِداً وَ طَهُوراً وَ أُحِلَّ لِيَ الْمَغْنَمُ وَ نُصِرْتُ بِالرُّعْبِ وَ أُعْطِيتُ جَوَامِعَ الْكَلَامِ وَ أُعْطِيتُ الشَّفَاعَةَ
‘Al Amaali’ of Al Sadouq – Ibn Al Waleed, from Ibn Aban, from Al-Husayn Bin Saeed, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hamad Bin Usman, from Ismail Al Jufy,
‘He heard Abu Ja’far-asws saying: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘I-saww have been Given six, no one before me-saww has been Given – The (whole) earth has been Made to be a Masjid (place of Sajdah) for me-saww and a cleansing (Tayammum), and the war booty is Permissible for me-saww, and I-saww am Helped by the awe, and I-saww have been Given the totality of the speech, and Given the intercession’’.[4]
2- لي، الأمالي للصدوق الدَّقَّاقُ عَنِ الْأَسَدِيِّ عَنِ النَّخَعِيِّ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ع قَالَ: سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ص أَيْنَ كُنْتَ وَ آدَمُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ
‘Al Amaali’ of Al Sadouq – Al Daqaq, from Al Asady, from Al Nakhaie, from Al Nowfaly, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza, from Yahya Bin Abu Is’haq,
‘From Al-Sadiq Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws, from his-asws father-asws, from his-asws grandfather-asws, from his-asws father-asws having said: ‘The Prophet-saww was asked, ‘Where were you-saww while Adam-as was in the Paradise?’
قَالَ كُنْتُ فِي صُلْبِهِ وَ هُبِطَ بِي إِلَى الْأَرْضِ فِي صُلْبِهِ وَ رَكِبْتُ السَّفِينَةَ فِي صُلْبِ أَبِي نُوحٍ وَ قُذِفَ بِي فِي النَّارِ فِي صُلْبِ أَبِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ لَمْ يَلْتَقِ لِي أَبَوَانِ عَلَى سِفَاحٍ قَطُّ
He-saww said: ‘I-saww was in his-as Sulb, and I-saww was descended with to the earth while in his-as Sulb, and I-saww rode the ship in the Sulb of my-as father-as Noah-as, and I-saww was thrown with into the fire while in the Sulb of my-saww father-as Ibrahim. I-saww did not occur in fathers-as being upon immorality at all.
لَمْ يَزَلِ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَنْقُلُنِي مِنَ الْأَصْلَابِ الطَّيِّبَةِ إِلَى الْأَرْحَامِ الطَّاهِرَةِ هَادِياً مَهْدِيّاً حَتَّى أَخَذَ اللَّهُ بِالنُّبُوَّةِ عَهْدِي وَ بِالْإِسْلَامِ مِيثَاقِي وَ بَيَّنَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ مِنْ صِفَتِي وَ أَثْبَتَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَ الْإِنْجِيلِ ذِكْرِي وَ رَقَابِي إِلَى سَمَائِهِ وَ شَقَّ لِي اسْماً مِنْ أَسْمَائِهِ أُمَّتِي الْحَمَّادُونَ فَذُو الْعَرْشِ مَحْمُودٌ وَ أَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ
Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic did not cease to Transfer me from the goodly Sulb(s) to the clean laps, as a guide, Guided one, until Allah-azwj Took my-saww Pact with the Prophet-hood, and my-saww Covenant with Al-Islam, and Manifested all things from my-saww description, and Affirmed my-saww mention in the Torah and the Evangel, and Raised me-saww to the His-azwj sky, and Derived a name for me-saww from His-azwj Names. My-saww community are the praising ones, and the One-azwj with the Throne is ‘Mahmoud’ (the most praised One) and I-saww am ‘Muhammad’ (praised one)’’.[5]
3- مع، معاني الأخبار الْقَطَّانُ عَنِ السُّكَّرِيِّ عَنِ الْجَوْهَرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ الْجُعْفِيِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ: سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ ذَكَرَ مِثْلَهُ
‘Ma’any Al-Akhbaar’ – Al-Qatan, from Al-Sakry, from Al-Jowhary, from Ibn Amara, from his father, from Jabir Al-Jufy, from Jabir Al-Ansary who said, ‘Rasool-Allah-saww was asked’ – and he mentioned similar to it’’.[6]
4- لي، الأمالي للصدوق الطَّالَقَانِيُّ عَنِ الْجَلُودِيِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ الْحِمَّانِيِّ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَبَايَةَ بْنِ رِبْعِيٍّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ قَسَمَ الْخَلْقَ قِسْمَيْنِ فَجَعَلَنِي فِي خَيْرِهِمَا قِسْماً وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي ذِكْرِ أَصْحَابِ الْيَمِينِ وَ أَصْحَابِ الشِّمَالِ وَ أَنَا مِنْ أَصْحَابِ الْيَمِينِ وَ أَنَا خَيْرُ أَصْحَابِ الْيَمِينِ
‘Al Amaali’ of Al Sadouq – Al Talaqany, from Al Jaloudy, from Yahya Bin Abdul Hameed Al Hamany, from Al-Husayn Bin Al Rabie, from Al Amsh, from Abaya Bin Rabie, from Ibn Abbas who said,
‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Divided the creatures into two categories, and Made me-saww to be in the better of the two categories, and what is the Word of the Mighty and Majestic in mentioning the companions of the right and companions of the left, and I-saww am from the companions of the right, and I-saww am the best of the companions of the right.
ثُمَّ جَعَلَ الْقِسْمَيْنِ أَثْلَاثاً فَجَعَلَنِي فِي خَيْرِهِمَا ثُلُثاً وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ فَأَصْحابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ ما أَصْحابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ وَ أَصْحابُ الْمَشْئَمَةِ ما أَصْحابُ الْمَشْئَمَةِ وَ السَّابِقُونَ السَّابِقُونَ وَ أَنَا مِنَ السَّابِقِينَ وَ أَنَا خَيْرُ السَّابِقِينَ
Then He-azwj Made the two categories as three and Made me-saww to in the best of the three, and that is the Word of the Mighty and Majestic: So the companions of the right hand – what are the companions of the right hand? [56:8] And the companions of the left hand – what are the companions of the left hand? [56:9] And the foremost are the foremost [56:10], so I-saww am from the foremost ones, and I-saww am the best of the foremost ones.
ثُمَّ جَعَلَ الْأَثْلَاثَ قَبَائِلَ فَجَعَلَنِي فِي خَيْرِهَا قَبِيلَةً وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ وَ جَعَلْناكُمْ شُعُوباً وَ قَبائِلَ لِتَعارَفُوا إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ أَتْقاكُمْ فَأَنَا أَتْقَى وُلْدِ آدَمَ وَ أَكْرَمُهُمْ عَلَى اللَّهِ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ وَ لَا فَخْرَ
Then He-azwj Made tribes in the third and Made me-saww to be in the best of its tribes, and that is the Word of the Mighty and Majestic: and Made you as nations and tribes in order to recognise each other. Surely, the most honourable of you in the Presence of Allah is the most pious of you. [49:13]. I-saww am the most pious of the children of Adam-as and their most prestigious one to Allah-azwj, Majestic is his-azwj Praise, and no pride.
ثُمَّ جَعَلَ القَبَائِلَ بُيُوتاً فَجَعَلَنِي فِي خَيْرِهَا بَيْتاً وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ إِنَّما يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَ يُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيراً
Then He-azwj Made the tribes as households and Made me-saww to be in the best of these households, and that is the Word of the Mighty and Majestic: But rather, Allah Intends to Keep the uncleanness away from you, People of the Household, and Purify you (with) a Purification [33:33]’’.[7]
5- فس، تفسير القمي الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عُلْوَانَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْعَبْدِيِ عَنْ أَبِي هَارُونَ الْعَبْدِيِّ عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ السَّعْدِيِ عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ بْنِ الْيَمَانِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص مِثْلَهُ مَعَ زِيَادَاتٍ
‘Tafseer Al-Qummi’ – Al-Hassan Bin Ali, from his father, from Al-Hassan Bin Saeed, from Al-Husayn Bin Ulwan, from Ali Bin Al-Hassan Al Abdy, from Abu Haroun Al Abdy, from Rabie Al Sa’day, from Huzeyfa Bin Al Yaman,
‘From the Prophet-saww – similar to it along with an increase’’.[8]
6- ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي الْمُفِيدُ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ رِيَاحٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَلِيٍّ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ رِئَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ أَبَا ذَرٍّ وَ سَلْمَانَ خَرَجَا فِي طَلَبِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَقِيلَ لَهُمَا إِنَّهُ تَوَجَّهَ إِلَى نَاحِيَةِ قُبَاءَ فَاتَّبَعَاهُ فَوَجَدَاهُ سَاجِداً تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ
‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – Al Mufeed, from Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Riyah, from Abu Ali Al-Hassan Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Ibn Raib, from Abu Baseer,
‘From Abu Ja’far Muhammad-asws Bin Ali-asws Bin Al-Husayn-asws having said: ‘Abu Zarrar, and Salmanar went out seeking Rasool-Allah-saww, and it was said to themar, ‘He-saww headed towards the area of Quba. They pursued him-saww and found him-saww performing Sajdah beneath the tree.
فَجَلَسَا يَنْتَظِرَانِهِ حَتَّى ظَنَّا أَنَّهُ نَائِمٌ فَأَهْوَيَا لِيُوقِظَاهُ فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ إِلَيْهِمَا ثُمَّ قَالَ قَدْ رَأَيْتُ مَكَانَكُمَا وَ سَمِعْتُ مَقَالَتَكُمَا وَ لَمْ أَكُنْ رَاقِداً إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَعَثَ كُلَّ نَبِيٍّ كَانَ قَبْلِي إِلَى أُمَّتِهِ بِلِسَانِ قَوْمِهِ وَ بَعَثَنِي إِلَى كُلِّ أَسْوَدَ وَ أَحْمَرَ بِالْعَرَبِيَّةِ
Theyar sat down awaiting him-saww until theyar thought that he-saww was asleep. Theyar went to wake him-saww up, but he-saww raised his-saww head to themar, then said: ‘I-saww have seen yourar places and heard your-saww talk and I-saww did not happen to be asleep. Allah-azwj Sent every Prophet-saww who was before me-saww to his-as community with the tongue (language) of his-as people and Sent me-saww to every black and red with the Arabic.
وَ أَعْطَانِي فِي أُمَّتِي خَمْسَ خِصَالٍ لَمْ يُعْطِهَا نَبِيّاً كَانَ قَبْلِي نَصَرَنِي بِالرُّعْبِ تَسْمَعُ بِيَ الْقَوْمُ وَ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَهُمْ مَسِيرَةُ شَهْرٍ فَيُؤْمِنُونَ بِي وَ أُحِلَّ لِيَ الْمَغْنَمُ وَ جُعِلَ لِيَ الْأَرْضُ مَسْجِداً وَ طَهُوراً أَيْنَمَا كُنْتُ مِنْهَا أَتَيَمَّمُ مِنْ تُرْبَتِهَا وَ أُصَلِّي عَلَيْهَا
And He-azwj Gave me-saww regarding my-saww community, five characteristics He-azwj did not Give to any Prophet-as who was before me-saww – He-azwj Helped me-saww with the awe, Caused me-saww to be heard by the people and between me-saww and them was a travel distance of a month, and they believed in me-saww, and Legalised the war booty for me-saww, and Made the (whole) earth a Masjid (place of Sajdah) for me-saww and a cleansing wherever I-saww may be from it, I-saww can perform Tayammum from its soil and pray Salat upon it.
وَ جَعَلَ لِكُلِّ نَبِيٍّ مَسْأَلَةً فَسَأَلُوهُ إِيَّاهَا فَأَعْطَاهُمْ ذَلِكَ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ أَعْطَانِي مَسْأَلَةً فَأَخَّرْتُ مَسْأَلَتِي لِشَفَاعَةِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أُمَّتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَفَعَلَ ذَلِكَ وَ أَعْطَانِي جَوَامِعَ الْعِلْمِ وَ مَفَاتِيحَ الْكَلَامِ وَ لَمْ يُعْطِ مَا أَعْطَانِي نَبِيّاً قَبْلِي
And He-azwj Granted a request to every Prophet-saww he-as could ask it to Him-azwj, and Gave them-as that in the world, and Gave me-saww a question, and I-saww chose my-saww question to be able to intercede to the Momineen from my-saww community on the Day of Qiyamah, so He-azwj Did that, and he-azwj Gave me-saww the comprehensive knowledge, and keys of the speech, and did not Give it to any Prophet-as before me-saww what He-azwj Gave me-saww.
فَمَسْأَلَتِي بَالِغَةٌ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ لِمَنْ لَقِيَ اللَّهَ لَا يُشْرِكُ بِهِ شَيْئاً مُؤْمِناً بِي مُوَالِياً لِوَصِيِّي مُحِبّاً لِأَهْلِ بَيْتِي
Thus, my-saww question will reach up to the Day of Qiyamah to everyone who meets Allah-azwj not having associated anything with Him-azwj, believing in me-saww, a friend to my-saww successor-asws, loving the People-asws of my-saww Household’.[9]
7- ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي الْمُفِيدُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْعَرْزَمِيِ عَنِ الْمُعَلَّى بْنِ هِلَالٍ عَنِ الْكَلْبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص يَقُولُ أَعْطَانِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى خَمْساً وَ أَعْطَى عَلِيّاً ع خَمْساً أَعْطَانِي جَوَامِعَ الْكَلِمِ وَ أَعْطَى عَلِيّاً جَوَامِعَ الْعِلْمِ وَ جَعَلَنِي نَبِيّاً وَ جَعَلَهُ وَصِيّاً وَ أَعْطَانِي الْكَوْثَرَ وَ أَعْطَاهُ السَّلْسَبِيلَ وَ أَعْطَانِي الْوَحْيَ وَ أَعْطَاهُ الْإِلْهَامَ وَ أَسْرَى بِي إِلَيْهِ وَ فُتِحَ لَهُ أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ وَ الْحُجُبُ حَتَّى نَظَرَ إِلَيَّ وَ نَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ
‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – Al Mufeed, from Ahmad Bin Al Waleed, from his father, from Saeed Bin Abdullah Bin Musa, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Rahman Al Arzamy, from Al Moalla Bin Hilal, from Al Kalby, from Abu Salih, from Abdullah Bin Al-Abbas who said,
‘I heard Rasool-Allah-saww saying: ‘Allah-azwj the Exalted Gave me-saww five – He-saww Gave me-saww the comprehensive speech, and Gave Ali-asws the comprehensive knowledge, and Made me-saww a Prophet-saww and Made him-asws a successor-asws, and Gave me-saww Al-Kawser and Gave him-asws Al-Salsabeel, and Gave me-saww the Revelation and Gave him-asws the inspiration, and Ascended me-saww to Him-azwj and Opened for him-asws the gateways of the sky and the Veils until he-asws looked at me-saww and I-saww looked at him-asws’.
قَالَ ثُمَّ بَكَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَقُلْتُ لَهُ مَا يُبْكِيكَ فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَ أُمِّي
He (the narrator) said, ‘Then Rasool-Allah-saww cried, so I said to him-saww, ‘What makes you-saww cry? May my father and my mother be sacrificed for you-saww!’
فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ إِنَّ أَوَّلَ مَا كَلَّمَنِي بِهِ أَنْ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ انْظُرْ تَحْتَكَ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى الْحُجُبِ قَدِ انْخَرَقَتْ وَ إِلَى أَبْوَابِ السَّمَاءِ قَدْ فُتِحَتْ وَ نَظَرْتُ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ وَ هُوَ رَافِعٌ رَأْسَهُ إِلَيَ فَكَلَّمَنِي وَ كَلَّمْتُهُ وَ كَلَّمَنِي رَبِّي عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ
He-saww said: ‘O Ibn Abbas! The first of what He-azwj Spoke with to me-saww was that He-azwj Said: “O Muhammad-saww! Look below you-saww!” I-saww looked at the Veils which had been torn, and to the gateways of the sky having had opened up and looked at Ali-asws and he-asws was raising his-asws head towards me-saww. He-asws spoke to me-saww and I-saww spoke to him-asws, and my-saww Lord-azwj Mighty and Majestic spoke to me-saww’.
فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بِمَ كَلَّمَكَ رَبُّكَ
I said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! What did your-saww Lord-azwj Speak to you-saww with?’
قَالَ قَالَ لِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنِّي جَعَلْتُ عَلِيّاً وَصِيَّكَ وَ وَزِيرَكَ وَ خَلِيفَتَكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ فَأَعْلِمْهُ فَهَا هُوَ يَسْمَعُ كَلَامَكَ فَأَعْلَمْتُهُ وَ أَنَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَبِّي عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَقَالَ لِي قَدْ قَبِلْتَ وَ أَطَعْتَ
He-saww said, ‘He-azwj Said to me-saww: “O Muhammad-saww! I-azwj Made Ali-asws as your-saww successor-asws and your-saww Vizier, and your-saww Caliph from after you-saww, I-azwj have let him-asws know, and there he-asws is listening to your-saww speech, so you-saww let him-asws know!” And I-saww was in front of my-saww Lord-azwj Mighty and Majestic. He-asws said to me-saww: ‘I-asws have accepted and obeyed’.
فَأَمَرَ اللَّهُ الْمَلَائِكَةَ أَنْ تُسَلِّمَ عَلَيْهِ فَفَعَلَتْ فَرَدَّ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامَ وَ رَأَيْتُ الْمَلَائِكَةَ يَتَبَاشَرُونَ بِهِ وَ مَا مَرَرْتُ بِمَلَائِكَةٍ مِنْ مَلَائِكَةِ السَّمَاءِ إِلَّا هَنَّئُونِي وَ قَالُوا لِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَ الَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ لَقَدْ دَخَلَ السُّرُورُ عَلَى جَمِيعِ الْمَلَائِكَةِ بِاسْتِخْلَافِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَكَ ابْنَ عَمِّكَ
Allah-azwj Commanded the Angels to greet unto him-asws, and they did so. He-asws returned their greetings and I-saww saw the Angels rejoicing with it, and I-saww did not pass by any Angels from the Angels of the sky except they congratulated me-saww and they said to me-saww: ‘O Muhammad-saww! By the One-azwj Who Sent you-saww with the truth, the cheerfulness has entered upon the entirety of the Angels with Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic choosing your-saww cousin as a Caliph for you-saww’.
وَ رَأَيْتُ حَمَلَةَ الْعَرْشِ قَدْ نَكَسُوا رُءُوسَهُمْ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ فَقُلْتُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ لِمَ نَكَسَ حَمَلَةُ الْعَرْشِ رُءُوسَهُمْ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَا مِنْ مَلَكٍ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ إِلَّا وَ قَدْ نَظَرَ إِلَى وَجْهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ اسْتِبْشَاراً بِهِ مَا خَلَا حَمَلَةَ الْعَرْشِ فَإِنَّهُمْ اسْتَأْذَنُوا اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي هَذِهِ السَّاعَةِ فَأَذِنَ لَهُمْ أَنْ يَنْظُرُوا إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَنَظَرُوا إِلَيْهِ
And I-saww saw the bearers of the Throne having lowered their heads towards the earth, so I-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel-as! Why have the bearers of the Throne lowered their heads?’ He-as said: ‘O Muhammad-saww! There is none from an Angel from the Angels except and he has looked at the face of Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws rejoicing with it apart from the bearers of the Throne. They sought Permission of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic in this moment, so He-azwj Permitted for him that they could look at Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws’. So, (now) they are looking at him-asws’.
فَلَمَّا هَبَطْتُ جَعَلْتُ أُخْبِرُهُ بِذَلِكَ وَ هُوَ يُخْبِرُنِي بِهِ فَعَلِمْتُ أَنِّي لَمْ أَطَأْ مَوْطِئاً إِلَّا وَ قَدْ كُشِفَ لِعَلِيٍّ عَنْهُ حَتَّى نَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ
When I-saww descended, I-saww informed him-asws with that and he-asws informed me-saww with it. Thus, I-saww knew that I-saww did not tread any ground except and it had been uncovered for Ali-asws until he-saww looked at it’.
قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَوْصِنِي
Ibn Abbas said, ‘I said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! Advise me’.
فَقَالَ عَلَيْكَ بِمَوَدَّةِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَ الَّذِي بَعَثَنِي بِالْحَقِّ نَبِيّاً لَا يَقْبَلُ اللَّهُ مِنْ عَبْدٍ حَسَنَةً حَتَّى يَسْأَلَهُ عَنْ حُبِّ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَ هُوَ تَعَالَى أَعْلَمُ فَإِنْ جَاءَهُ بِوَلَايَتِهِ قَبِلَ عَمَلَهُ عَلَى مَا كَانَ مِنْهُ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَأْتِ بِوَلَايَتِهِ لَمْ يَسْأَلْهُ عَنْ شَيْءٍ ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِهِ إِلَى النَّارِ
He-saww said: ‘Upon you is to be with the cordiality of Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws. By the One-azwj Who Sent me-saww with the truth as a Prophet-saww! Allah-azwj will not Accept any good deed until He-azwj Asks him-asws about the love of Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws, although He-azwj the Exalted is more Knowing. If he has come with his-asws Wilayah, He-azwj will Accept his deed upon whatever was from him; and if does not come with his-asws Wilayah, He-azwj will not Ask him about anything then He-azwj would Command with him to (go) to the Fire.
يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ وَ الَّذِي بَعَثَنِي بِالْحَقِّ نَبِيّاً إِنَّ النَّارَ لَأَشَدُّ غَضَباً عَلَى مُبْغِضِ عَلِيٍّ مِنْهَا عَلَى مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ لِلَّهِ وَلَداً يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ لَوْ أَنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَ الْأَنْبِيَاءَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ اجْتَمَعُوا عَلَى بُغْضِهِ وَ لَنْ يَفْعَلُوا لَعَذَّبَهُمُ اللَّهُ بِالنَّارِ
O Ibn Abbas! By the One-azwj Who Sent me-saww with the truth as a Prophet-saww! The Fire will be of severer wrath upon a hater of Ali-asws than upon the one who claims that Allah-azwj has a son. O Ibn Abbas! If the Angels of Proximity and the Messenger Prophets-as were to gather upon hating him-asws, and they will never do so, Allah-azwj would Punish them with the Fire’.
قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ هَلْ يُبْغِضُهُ أَحَدٌ
I said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! And does anyone hate him-asws?’
قَالَ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ نَعَمْ يُبْغِضُهُ قَوْمٌ يَذْكُرُونَ أَنَّهُمْ مِنْ أُمَّتِي لَمْ يَجْعَلِ اللَّهُ لَهُمْ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ نَصِيباً يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ إِنَّ مِنْ عَلَامَةِ بُغْضِهِمْ لَهُ تَفْضِيلَهُمْ مَنْ هُوَ دُونَهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ الَّذِي بَعَثَنِي بِالْحَقِ مَا بَعَثَ اللَّهُ نَبِيّاً أَكْرَمَ عَلَيْهِ مِنِّي وَ لَا وَصِيّاً أَكْرَمَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ وَصِيِّي عَلِيٍّ
He-saww said: ‘O Ibn Abbas! Yes, a people do hate him-asws, mentioning that they are from my-saww community. Allah-azwj has not Made any share to be for them in Al-Islam. O Ibn Abbas! From the signs of their hatred for him-asws, is their preferring the one who is below him-asws, to be over him-asws. By the One-azwj Who Sent me-saww with the truth! Allah-azwj has not Sent any Prophet-as more Honourable unto Him-azwj than me-saww, nor any successor-asws more Honourable unto Him-azwj than my-saww successor-asws Ali-asws’.
قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَلَمْ أَزَلْ لَهُ كَمَا أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ أَوْصَانِي بِمَوَدَّتِهِ وَ إِنَّهُ لَأَكْبَرُ عَمَلِي عِنْدِي
Ibn Abbas said, ‘I did not cease to be for him-asws just as Rasool-Allah-saww had instructed me-saww and advised me-saww to be with his-asws cordiality, and it is the greatest of my deeds in my presence’.
قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ثُمَّ مَضَى مِنَ الزَّمَانِ مَا مَضَى وَ حَضَرَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص الْوَفَاةُ حَضَرْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَ أُمِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدْ دَنَا أَجَلُكَ فَمَا تَأْمُرُنِي
Ibn Abbas said, ‘Then it passed from the time what passed, and the expiry presented to Rasool-Allah-saww, so I said, ‘May my father and my mother be sacrificed for you-saww, O Rasool-Allah-saww! Your-saww term has approached, so what do you-saww order me?’
فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ خَالِفْ مَنْ خَالَفَ عَلِيّاً وَ لَا تَكُونَنَّ لَهُ ظَهِيراً وَ لَا وَلِيّاً قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَلِمَ لَا تَأْمُرُ النَّاسَ بِتَرْكِ مُخَالَفَتِهِ
He-saww said: ‘O Ibn Abbas! Oppose the one who opposes Ali-asws, and do not become a backer for him, nor a friend’. I said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! Why don’t you-saww order the people with neglecting his-asws adversaries?’
قَالَ فَبَكَى عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ السَّلَامُ حَتَّى أُغْمِيَ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ سَبَقَ فِيهِمْ عِلْمُ رَبِّي وَ الَّذِي بَعَثَنِي بِالْحَقِّ نَبِيّاً لَا يَخْرُجُ أَحَدٌ مِمَّنْ خَالَفَهُ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَ أَنْكَرَ حَقَّهُ حَتَّى يُغَيِّرَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى مَا بِهِ مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ
He (the narrator) said, ‘He-saww cried until there was faintness upon him-saww, then said: ‘O Ibn Abbas! The Knowledge of my-saww Lord-azwj has Preceded regarding them. By the One-azwj Who Sent me-saww with the truth as a Prophet-saww! No one from the ones who oppose him-asws and deny his-asws rights will exit from the world until Allah-azwj the Exalted Changes Whatever Bounties are with him.
يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ إِذَا أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَلْقَى اللَّهَ وَ هُوَ عَنْكَ رَاضٍ فَاسْلُكْ طَرِيقَةَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَ مِلْ مَعَهُ حَيْثُ مَالَ وَ ارْضَ بِهِ إِمَاماً وَ عَادِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ وَ وَالِ مَنْ وَالاهُ
O Ibn Abbas! When you intend to meet Allah-azwj and Him-azwj being Pleased from you, then travel the path of Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws, and incline with him-asws wherever he-asws inclines, and be pleased with him-asws as an Imam-asws, and be inimical with the ones who are inimical to him-asws, and a friend to the one who befriends him-asws.
يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ احْذَرْ أَنْ يَدْخُلَكَ شَكٌّ فِيهِ فَإِنَّ الشَّكَ فِي عَلِيٍّ كُفْرٌ بِاللَّهِ تَعَالَى
O Ibn Abbas! Be cautious from the doubt regarding him-asws entering into you, for the doubt regarding Ali-asws is Kufr with Allah-azwj the Exalted’’.[10]
8- ب، قرب الإسناد ابْنُ طَرِيفٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُلْوَانَ عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى جَعَلَ النَّاسَ نِصْفَيْنِ فَكُنْتُ فِي النِّصْفِ الْخَيْرِ ثُمَّ قَسَمَ النِّصْفَ الْخَيْرَ ثَلَاثَةً فَكُنْتُ فِي ثُلُثِ الْخَيْرِ وَ مَا عَرَّقَ فِيَّ عِرْقَ سِفَاحٍ قَطُّ وَ مَا عَرَّقَ فِيَّ إِلَّا عِرْقَ نِكَاحٍ كَنِكَاحِ الْإِسْلَامِ حَتَّى آدَمَ
‘Qurb Al Isnaad’ – Ibn Tareyf, from Ibn Ulwan,
‘From Ja’far-asws, from his-asws father-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Allah-azwj Blessed and Exalted Made the people into two halves, so I-saww came to be in the better half. Then He-azwj Divided the better half into three and Decreed me-saww to be in the best of the three, and I-saww did not flow in a vein of an immoral one at all, and there did not flow into me-saww except a vein of the marriage like the marriage of Al-Islam, until (all the way back to) Adam-as.[11]
9- ل، الخصال ابْنُ بُنْدَارَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُمْهُورٍ الْحَمَّادِيِّ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْبَغْدَادِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بَكَّارٍ وَ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا الْفَرَجُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ عَنْ لُقْمَانَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ: قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا كَانَ بَدْءُ أَمْرِكَ قَالَ دَعْوَةَ أَبِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَ بُشْرَى عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ وَ رَأَتْ أُمِّي أَنَّهُ خَرَجَ مِنْهَا شَيْءٌ أَضَاءَتْ مِنْهُ قُصُورُ الشَّامِ
‘Al Khisaal’ – Ibn Bandar, from Muhammad Bin Jamhour Al Hamdany, from Salih Bin Muhammad Al Baghdady, from Saeed Bin Suleyman, and Muhammad Bin Bakar and Ismail Bin Ibrahim, they said, ‘It was narrated to us by Al Faraj Bin Fazalah, from Luqman Bin Aamir, from Abu Amama who said,
‘I said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! What was the commencement of your-saww matter?’ He-saww said: ‘Supplication of my-saww father-as Ibrahim-as, and glad tidings of Isa-as Bin Maryam-as, and my-saww mother-as saw something coming out from her-as, illuminating the castles of Syria’’.[12]
10- ل، الخصال ابْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنِ الصَّفَّارِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ ظَرِيفِ بْنِ نَاصِحٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص قَسَمَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى أَهْلَ الْأَرْضِ قِسْمَيْنِ فَجَعَلَنِي فِي خَيْرِهِمَا ثُمَّ قَسَمَ النِّصْفَ الْآخَرَ عَلَى ثَلَاثَةٍ فَكُنْتُ خَيْرَ الثَّلَاثَةِ ثُمَّ اخْتَارَ الْعَرَبَ مِنَ النَّاسِ ثُمَّ اخْتَارَ قُرَيْشاً مِنَ الْعَرَبِ ثُمَّ اخْتَارَ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ ثُمَّ اخْتَارَ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ ثُمَّ اخْتَارَنِي مِنْ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ
‘Al Khisaal’ – Ibn Al Waleed, from Al Saffar, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali Ibn Fazal, from Zareyf Bin Nasih, from Ibrahim Bin Yahya who said,
‘It was narrated to me by Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws, from his-asws father-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Allah-azwj Blessed and Exalted Divided the people of the earth into two categories and Made me-saww to be in the better of the two, then Divided the other half upon three and I-saww was the best of the three, then Chose the Arabs from the people, then Chose Qureysh from the Arabs, then Chose the Clan of Hashim-as from Qureysh, then Chose the Clan of Abdul Muttalib-saww from the Clan of Hashim-as, then Chose me-saww from the Clan of Abdul Muttalib-as’’.[13]
11- ل، الخصال ابْنُ بُنْدَارَ عَنْ مُجَاهِدِ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي الْعَوَّامِ عَنْ بُرَيْدَةَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ التَّمِيمِيِّ عَنْ سَيَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فُضِّلْتُ بِأَرْبَعٍ جُعِلَتْ لِأُمَّتِي الْأَرْضُ مَسْجِداً وَ طَهُوراً وَ أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ مِنْ أُمَّتِي أَرَادَ الصَّلَاةَ فَلَمْ يَجِدْمَاءً وَ وَجَدَ الْأَرْضَ فَقَدْ جُعِلَتْ لَهُ مَسْجِداً وَ طَهُوراً وَ نُصِرْتُ بِالرُّعْبِ مَسِيرَةَ شَهْرٍ يَسِيرُ بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ وَ أُحِلَّتْ لِأُمَّتِيَ الْغَنَائِمُ وَ أُرْسِلْتُ إِلَى النَّاسِ كَافَّةً
‘Al Khisaal’ – Ibn Bandar, from Mujahid Bin Ayn, from Abu Bakr Bin Abu Al Awam, from Bureyda, from Suleyman Al Tameemi, from Sayar, from Abu Amama who said,
‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘I-saww am merited with four – The (whole) earth has been Made to be a Masjid (place of Sajdah) and a cleansing (Tayammum), and wherever a man from my-saww community may be intending the Salat and does not find water and find the soil, so it has been Made to be a Masjid and a cleansing for him; and I-saww am Helped with the awe to a travel distance of a month travelling in front of me-saww; and the bar booty has been Legalised for my-saww community, and I-saww have been Sent to the people, all of them’’.[14]
12- ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي الْمُفِيدُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ هَارُونَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْعَرْزَمِيِّ عَنِ الْمُعَلَّى بْنِ هِلَالٍ عَنِ الْكَلْبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص يَقُولُ أَعْطَانِيَ اللَّهُ خَمْساً وَ أَعْطَى عَلِيّاً خَمْساً أَعْطَانِي جَوَامِعَ الْكَلِمِ وَ أَعْطَى عَلِيّاً جَوَامِعَ الْعِلْمِ وَ جَعَلَنِي نَبِيّاً وَ جَعَلَ عَلِيّاً وَصِيّاً وَ أَعْطَانِي الْكَوْثَرَ وَ أَعْطَى عَلِيّاً السَّلْسَبِيلَ وَ أَعْطَانِي الْوَحْيَ وَ أَعْطَى عَلِيّاً الْإِلْهَامَ وَ أَسْرَى بِي إِلَيْهِ وَ فُتِحَتْ لَهُ أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ حَتَّى رَأَى مَا رَأَيْتُ وَ نَظَرَ إِلَى مَا نَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ
‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – Al Mufeed, from Ahmad Bin Al Waleed, from his father, from sa’ad, from Abdullah Bin Haroun, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Rahman Al Arzamy, from Al Moala Bin Hilal, from Al Kalby, from Abu Salih, from Ibn Abbas who said,
‘I heard Rasool-Allah-saww saying: ‘Allah-azwj Gave me-saww five and Gave Ali-asws five – He-azwj Gave me-saww the comprehensive speech and Gave Ali-asws comprehensive knowledge; and Made me-saww a Prophet-saww and Made Ali-asws a successor-asws; and Gave me-saww Al-Kawser and Gave Ali-asws Al-Salsabeel; and Gave me-saww the Revelation and Gave Ali-asws the inspiration; and Ascended me-saww to Him-azwj and Opened for him-asws the gateweays of the sky until he-asws saw what I-saww saw, and he-asws looked at what I-saww looked at’.
ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ خَالِفْ مَنْ خَالَفَ عَلِيّاً وَ لَا تَكُونَنَّ لَهُ ظَهِيراً وَ لَا وَلِيّاً فَوَ الَّذِي بَعَثَنِي بِالْحَقِّ مَا يُخَالِفُهُ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا غَيَّرَ اللَّهُ مَا بِهِ مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ وَ شَوَّهَ خَلْقَهُ قَبْلَ إِدْخَالِهِ النَّارَ
Then he-saww said: ‘O Ibn Abbas! Oppose the one who opposes Ali-asws and do not become a backer for him nor a friend, for by the One-azwj Who Sent me-saww with the truth, no one will oppose him-asws except Allah-azwj will Change any Bounty what is with him, and uglify his appearance before his entry into the Fire.
يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ لَا تَشُكَّ فِي عَلِيٍّ فَإِنَّ الشَّكَّ فِيهِ كُفْرٌ يُخْرِجُ عَنِ الْإِيمَانِ وَ يُوجِبُ الْخُلُودَ فِي النَّارِ
O Ibn Abbas! Do not doubt regarding Ali-asws, for the doubt regarding him-asws is Kufr exiting from the Eman and Obligates the eternity in the Fire’’.[15]
13- ل، الخصال ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الرَّازِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الْأَوَّلِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى اخْتَارَ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ أَرْبَعَةً لِلسَّيْفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَ دَاوُدَ وَ مُوسَى وَ أَنَا الْخَبَرَ
‘Al Khisaal’ – Ibn Idrees, from his father, from Al Ashary, from Abu Abdullah Al Razy, from Ibn Abu Usman, from Musa Bin Bakr,
‘From Abu Al-Hassan-asws the 1st having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Allah-azwj Blessed and Exalted Chose four from the Prophets-as for the sword – Ibrahim-as, and Dawood-as, and Musa-as and I-saww’ – the Hadeeth’.[16]
14- ل، الخصال ابْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنِ الصَّفَّارِ وَ سَعْدٍ مَعاً عَنِ ابْنِ عِيسَى وَ الْبَرْقِيِّ مَعاً عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْجَارُودِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أُعْطِيتُ خَمْساً لَمْ يُعْطَهَا أَحَدٌ قَبْلِي جُعِلَتْ لِيَ الْأَرْضُ مَسْجِداً وَ طَهُوراً وَ نُصِرْتُ بِالرُّعْبِ وَ أُحِلَّ لِيَ الْمَغْنَمُ وَ أُعْطِيتُ جَوَامِعَ الْكَلِمِ وَ أُعْطِيتُ الشَّفَاعَةَ
‘Al Khisaal’ – Ibn Al Waleed, from Al Saffar and Sa’ad both together, from Ibn Isa and Al Barqy both together, from Muhammad Al Barqy, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Abu Al Jaroud, from Saeed Bin Jubeyr, from Ibn Abbas who said,
‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘I-saww have been Given five no one has been Given before me-saww – The (whole) earth is Made to be a Masjid (place of Sajdah) for me-saww and a cleansing (Tayammum), and I-saww am Helped with the awe, and the war booty is Legalised for me-saww, and I-saww am Given the comprehensive speech, and I-saww have been Given the intercession’’.[17]
15- ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي الْمُفِيدُ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الزَّيَّاتِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ الرُّقَادِيِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُصْعَبٍ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنْ شَدَّادٍ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ عَنْ وَاثِلَةَ بْنِ الْأَصْقَعِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِنَّ اللَّهَ اصْطَفَى إِسْمَاعِيلَ مِنْ وُلْدِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَ اصْطَفَى كِنَانَةَ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَ اصْطَفَى قُرَيْشاً مِنْ بَنِي كِنَانَةَ وَ اصْطَفَى هَاشِماً مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَ اصْطَفَانِي مِنْ هَاشِمٍ
‘Al Amaali’ of they sheykh Al Tusi – Al Mufeed, from Umar Bin Muhammad al Zayat, from Ali Bin Al-Abbas, from Ahmad Bin Mansour Al Raqady, from Muhammad Bin Mas’ab, from Al Awzaie, from Shadad Abu Amar, from Wasila Bin Al As’aq who said,
‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Allah-azwj Chose Ismail-as from the children of Ibrahim-as, and Chose Kanana-as from the Clan of Ismail-as, and Chose Qureysh from the Clan of Kanana-as, and Chose Hashim-as from Qureysh, and Chose me-saww from Hashim-as’’.[18]
16- ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي جَمَاعَةٌ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ السَّلَامِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ إِمَامِ حَرَّانٍ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ أَعْيَنَ قَالَ أَبُو الْمُفَضَّلِ وَ حَدَّثَنِي نَصْرُ بْنُ الْجَهْمِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ وَارَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ
‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – A group, from Abu Al Mufazzal, from Muhammad Bin Muhammad Bin Suleyman, from Abdul Salam Bin Abdul Hameed Imam Harran, from Musa Bin Ayn who said, ‘Abu Al Mufazzal was, ‘And it is narrated to me by Nasr Bin Al Jahm, from Muhammad Bin Muslim Bin Warah, from Muhammad Bin Muslim Bin Ayn, from his gather, from Ata’a Bin Al Saib,
عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ أَجْمَعِينَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص قَالَ: أُعْطِيتُ خَمْساً لَمْ يُعْطَهُنَّ نَبِيٌّ كَانَ قَبْلِي أُرْسِلْتُ إِلَى الْأَبْيَضِ وَ الْأَسْوَدِ وَ الْأَحْمَرِ وَ جُعِلَتْ لِيَ الْأَرْضُ مَسْجِداً وَ نُصِرْتُ بِالرُّعْبِ وَ أُحِلَّتْ لِيَ الْغَنَائِمُ وَ لَمْ تُحَلَّ لِأَحَدٍ أَوْ قَالَ لِنَبِيٍّ قَبْلِي وَ أُعْطِيتُ جَوَامِعَ الْكَلِمِ
‘From Abu Ja’far Muhammad-asws Bin Ali-asws Bin Al-Husayn-asws, from his-asws father-asws, from his-asws grandfather-asws, from Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws, from the Prophet-saww having said: ‘I-saww am Given five no Prophet-as before me-saww had been Given – I-saww am Sent to the white and the black and the red; and the (whole) earth is Made to be a Masjid (place of Sajdah) for me-saww, and I-saww am Helped with the awe, and the war booty is Legalised for me-saww and was not Permissible for anyone’ – or said: ‘for any Prophet-as before me-saww, and I-saww am Given the comprehensive speech’.
قَالَ عَطَاءٌ فَسَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع قُلْتُ مَا جَوَامِعُ الْكَلِمِ قَالَ الْقُرْآنُ قَالَ أَبُو الْمُفَضَّلِ هَذَا حَدِيثُ حَرَّانٍ وَ لَمْ يُحَدِّثْ بِهِ فِي هَذَا الطَّرِيقِ إِلَّا مُوسَى بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْحَرَّانِيُ
Ata’a said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far-asws, I said, ‘What is the comprehensive speech?’ He-asws said: ‘The Quran’’.[19]
17- ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي ابْنُ بُسْرَانَ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَرَفَةَ عَنْ هَاشِمِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص آتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بَابَ الْجَنَّةِ فَأَسْتَفْتِحُ فَيَقُولُ الْخَازِنُ مَنْ أَنْتَ فَأَقُولُ أَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ فَيَقُولُ بِكَ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ لَا أَفْتَحَ لِأَحَدٍ قَبْلَكَ
‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – Ibn Yasran, from Ismail Bin Muhammad Al Saffar, from Al-Hassan Bin Arafa, from Hashim Bin Al Qasim, from Suleyman Bin Al Mugheira, from Sabit Al Banany, from Anas Bin Malik (a well-known fabricator) who said,
‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘I-saww shall come to the door of Paradise, and it will open. The keeper will say, ‘Who are you-saww?’ I shall be saying: ‘I-saww am Muhammad-saww!’ He would say, ‘I had been Commanded that I should not open it for anyone before you-saww.[20]
18- شي، تفسير العياشي عَنْ زُرَارَةَ وَ حُمْرَانَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ وَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِنِّي أَوْحَيْتُ إِلَيْكَ كَمَا أَوْحَيْتُ إِلَى نُوحٍ وَ النَّبِيِّينَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ فَجُمِعَ لَهُ كُلُّ وَحْيٍ
‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Zurara and Humran,
‘From Abu Ja’far-asws and Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Surely, We have Revealed unto you as We had Revealed unto Noah, and the Prophets after him, [4:163], and Gathered for him-saww all Revelations’’.[21]
19- جا، المجالس للمفيد الْمَرَاغِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ عَنْ مُصْعَبٍ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنْ شَدَّادٍ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ عَنْ وَاثِلَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِنَّ اللَّهَ اصْطَفَى مِنْ وُلْدِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَ اصْطَفَى مِنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ كِنَانَةَ وَ اصْطَفَى مِنْ كِنَانَةَ قُرَيْشاً وَ اصْطَفَى مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ وَ اصْطَفَانِي مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ
‘Al Majaalis’ of Al Mufeed – Al Maraghi, from Abdul Kareem Bin Muhammad, from Usman Bin Abu Shayba, from Mas’ab from Al Awzaie, from Shadad Abu Amar, from Wasila who said,
‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Allah-azwj Chose Ismail-as from the children of Ibrahim-as, and Chose Kanana-as from Ismail-as, and Chose Qureysh from Kanana, and Chose the Clan of Hashim-as from Qureysh, and Chose me-saww from the Clan of Hashim-as.[22]
20- ن، عيون أخبار الرضا عليه السلام بِالْإِسْنَادِ إِلَى دَارِمٍ عَنِ الرِّضَا عَنْ آبَائِهِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص قَالَ: أَنَا خَاتَمُ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ عَلِيٌّ خَاتَمُ الْوَصِيِّينَ
‘Uyoun Akhbar Al-Reza-asws’ – By the chain to Daram,
‘From Al-Reza-asws, from his-asws forefathers-asws, from the Prophet-saww having said: ‘I-saww am the last of the Prophets-as, and Ali-asws is the last of the successors-as’’.[23]
21- ن، عيون أخبار الرضا عليه السلام بِالْأَسَانِيدِ الثَّلَاثَةِ عَنِ الرِّضَا عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَنَا سَيِّدُ وُلْدِ آدَمَ وَ لَا فَخْرَ
‘Uyoun Akhbar Al-Reza-asws’ – By the three chains,
‘From Al-Reza-asws, from his-asws forefathers-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘I-saww am the chief of the children of Adam-as, and no pride.[24]
22- ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي أَبُو عَمْرٍو عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنِ ابْنِ عُقْدَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مِدْرَارٍ عَنْ عَمِّهِ طَاهِرٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَنَا سَيِّدُ وُلْدِ آدَمَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَ لَا فَخْرَ وَ أَنَا أَوَّلُ مَنْ تَنْشَقُّ الْأَرْضُ عَنْهُ وَ لَا فَخْرَ وَ أَنَا أَوَّلُ شَافِعٍ وَ أَوَّلُ مُشَفَّعٍ
‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – Abu Amro and Abdul Wahid Bin Muhammad Bin mahdy, from Ibn Aqada, from Al-Hassan Bin Ja’far Bin Madrar, from his uncle Tahir, from Al-Hassan Bin Amaar, from Amro Bin Marah, from Abdullah Bin Al Haris,
‘From Ali-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘I-saww am the chief of the children of Adam-as on the Day of Qiyamah and not pride, and I-saww am the first one the ground would be split for him-saww and no pride, and I-saww am the first one to intercede and the first to be sought for intercession’’.[25]
23- شي، تفسير العياشي عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: لَمْ يَزَلْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَقُولُ إِنِّي أَخافُ إِنْ عَصَيْتُ رَبِّي عَذابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ حَتَّى نَزَلَتْ سُورَةُ الْفَتْحِ فَلَمْ يَعُدْ إِلَى ذَلِكَ الْكَلَامِ
‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Mansou Bin Hazim,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww did not cease to be saying: ‘Say: ‘I fear, if I disobey my Lord, Punishment of a grievous Day [6:15] until Surah Al Fat’h was Revealed, and I-saww did not repeat to that speech’’.[26]
24- ل، الخصال إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ الْقَصَّارُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْعَلَوِيِ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الدِّمَشْقِيِّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبَانٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ أُمِّ هَانِي بِنْتِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَظْهَرَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى الْإِسْلَامَ عَلَى يَدِي وَ أَنْزَلَ الْفُرْقَانَ عَلَيَّ وَ فَتَحَ الْكَعْبَةَ عَلَى يَدِي وَ فَضَّلَنِي عَلَى جَمِيعِ خَلْقِهِ وَ جَعَلَنِي فِي الدُّنْيَا سَيِّدَ وُلْدِ آدَمَ وَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ زَيْنَ الْقِيَامَةِ
‘Al Khisaal’ – Ismail Bin Mansour Al Qasar, from Muhammad Bin Al Qasim Bin Muhammad Bin Abdullah Al Alawy, from Suleyman Bin Abdullah Al Damashqy, from Ahmad bin Aban, from Abdul Aziz Bin Muhammad, from Musa Ibn Ubeyda, from Abdullah Bin Dinar,
‘From Umm Hany daughter of Abu Talib-as, she said, ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Allah-azwj Blessed and Exalted Manifested Al Islam upon my-saww hands, and Revealed Al-Furqan upon me-saww, and Opened the Kabah upon my-saww hands, and Merited me-saww over the entirety of His-azwj creatures, and Made me-saww in the world chief of the children of Adam-as, and in the Hereafter adornment of the Qiyamah.
وَ حَرَّمَ دُخُولَ الْجَنَّةِ عَلَى الْأَنْبِيَاءِ حَتَّى أَدْخُلَهَا أَنَا وَ حَرَّمَهَا عَلَى أُمَمِهِمْ حَتَّى تَدْخُلَهَا أُمَّتِي وَ جَعَلَ الْخِلَافَةَ فِي أَهْلِ بَيْتِي مِنْ بَعْدِي إِلَى النَّفْخِ فِي الصُّورِ فَمَنْ كَفَرَ بِمَا أَقُولُ فَقَدْ كَفَرَ بِاللَّهِ الْعَظِيمِ
And He-azwj Prohibited the entry of the Prophets-as into the Paradise until I-saww enter it, and Prohibited it unto the communities until my-saww community enters it, and Made the Caliphate to be among the People-asws of my-saww Household from after me-saww up to the Blowing into the Trumpet, so the one who disbelieves in what I-saww am saying so he has disbelieve in Allah-azwj the Magnificent’’.[27]
25- ج، الإحتجاج عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: خَرَجَ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ أَرْبَعُونَ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْيَهُودِ قَالُوا انْطَلِقُوا بِنَا إِلَى هَذَا الْكَاهِنِ الْكَذَّابِ حَتَّى نُوَبِّخَهُ فِي وَجْهِهِ وَ نُكَذِّبَهُ بِأَنَّهُ يَقُولُ أَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ فَكَيْفَ يَكُونُ رَسُولًا وَ آدَمُ خَيْرٌ مِنْهُ وَ نُوحٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْهُ وَ ذَكَرُوا الْأَنْبِيَاءَ ع
Al Ihtijaj’ – From Ibn Abbas who said: Forty men from the Jews went out from Al-Medina and they said, ‘Come let us go to this lying priest until we rebuke him-saww in his-saww face and belie him-saww, for he-saww is saying: ‘I-saww am a Rasool-saww of Lord-azwj of the worlds’. How can he-saww happen to be a Rasool-saww and Adam-as is better than him-saww and Noah-as is better than him-saww?’ And they mentioned the Prophets-as.
فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَلَامٍ التَّوْرَاةُ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَكُمْ فَرَضِيَتِ الْيَهُودُ بِالتَّوْرَاةِ فَقَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ آدَمُ خَيْرٌ مِنْكَ لِأَنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى خَلَقَهُ بِيَدِهِ وَ نَفَخَ فِيهِ مِنْ رُوحِهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص آدَمُ النَّبِيُّ أَبِي وَ قَدْ أُعْطِيتُ أَنَا أَفْضَلَ مِمَّا أُعْطِيَ آدَمُ فَقَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ وَ مَا ذَاكَ
The Prophet-saww said to Abdullah Bin Salam: ‘The Prophet-saww: ‘The Torah is between me-saww and you all’. The Jews agreed with the Torah. The Jews said, ‘Adam-as is better than you-saww because Allah-azwj the Exalted Created him-as with His-azwj Hands and Blew into him-as from his-azwj Spirit’. The Prophet-saww said: ‘The Prophet Adam-as is my-saww father-as, and I-saww have been Given superior that what Adam-as had been Given’. The Jew said, ‘And what is that?’
قَالَ إِنَّ الْمُنَادِي يُنَادِي كُلَّ يَوْمٍ خَمْسَ مَرَّاتٍ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَ لَمْ يَقُلْ آدَمُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَ لِوَاءَ الْحَمْدِ بِيَدِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَ لَيْسَ بِيَدِ آدَمَ فَقَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ صَدَقْتَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَ هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ
He-saww said: ‘A caller calls out five timed during every day, ‘I testify that there is no god except Allah-azwj, and I testify that Muhammad-saww is Rasool-saww of Allah-azwj, and does not say, ‘Adam-as is Rasool-as of Allah-azwj; and the Flag of Praise would be in my-saww hand on the Day of Qiyamah, and won’t be in the hand of Adam-as’. The Jew said, ‘You-saww speak the truth, O Muhammad-saww, and it is written in the Torah’.
قَالَ هَذِهِ وَاحِدَةٌ قَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ مُوسَى خَيْرٌ مِنْكَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص وَ لِمَ قَالُوا لِأَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ كَلَّمَهُ بِأَرْبَعَةِ آلَافِ كَلِمَةٍ وَ لَمْ يُكَلِّمْكَ بِشَيْءٍ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص لَقَدْ أُعْطِيتُ أَنَا أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَالُوا وَ مَا ذَاكَ
He-saww said: ‘This is one’. The Jews said, ‘Musa-as is better than you-saww’. The Prophet-saww said: ‘And why?’ They said, ‘Because Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Spoke to him with four thousand phrases and did not Speak to you-saww with anything’. The Prophet-saww said: ‘I-saww have been Given superior than that’. They said, ‘And what is that?’
قَالَ قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ سُبْحانَ الَّذِي أَسْرى بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلًا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرامِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَقْصَى الَّذِي بارَكْنا حَوْلَهُ وَ حُمِلْتُ عَلَى جَنَاحِ جَبْرَئِيلَ ع حَتَّى انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ السَّابِعَةِ فَجَاوَزْتُ سِدْرَةَ الْمُنْتَهَى عِنْدَها جَنَّةُ الْمَأْوى حَتَّى تَعَلَّقْتُ بِسَاقِ الْعَرْشِ
He-saww said: ‘His-azwj Words: Glorified is He Who Journeyed His Servant on a night from the Sacred Masjid to Masjid Al-Aqsa Which We have Blessed its precincts, [17:1], and I-saww was carried upon a wing of Jibraeel-as until I-saww ended up to the seventh sky. I-saww exceeded the Al-Sidra Al-Muntaha, for it is the Garden of Ma’wa until I-saww came to the Base of the Throne.
فَنُودِيتُ مِنْ سَاقِ الْعَرْشِ إِنِّي أَنَا اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنَا السَّلَامُ الْمُؤْمِنُ الْمُهَيْمِنُ الْعَزِيزُ الْجَبَّارُ الْمُتَكَبِّرُ الرَّءُوفُ الرَّحِيمُ وَ رَأَيْتُهُ بِقَلْبِي وَ مَا رَأَيْتُهُ بِعَيْنِي فَهَذَا أَفْضَلُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ صَدَقْتَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَ هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ
I-saww was Called out at from the Base of the Throne: “Me-azwj! I-azwj am Allah-azwj. There is no god except I-azwj, the Grantor of Safety, the Securer, the Dominant, the Mighty, the Subduer, the Great, the Kind, the Merciful!” And I-saww saw Him-azwj with my-saww heart and did not see Him-azwj with my-saww eyes. So, this is superior to that. The Jews said, ‘You-saww speak the truth, O Muhammad-saww, and it is written in the Torah’.
فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص هَذَا اثْنَانِ قَالُوا نُوحٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْكَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص وَ لِمَ ذَلِكَ قَالُوا لِأَنَّهُ رَكِبَ فِي السَّفِينَةِ فَجَرَتْ عَلَى الْجُودِيِّ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص لَقَدْ أُعْطِيتُ أَنَا أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَالُوا وَ مَا ذَاكَ
Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘These are two’. They said, ‘Noah-as is better than you-saww’. The Prophet-saww said: ‘And why?’ They said, ‘Because he-as sailed in the ship and it sailed unto (mount) Al Judy’. The Prophet-saww said: ‘I-saww have been Given superior to that’. They said, ‘And what is that?’
قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَعْطَانِي نَهَراً فِي السَّمَاءِ مَجْرَاهُ مِنْ تَحْتِ الْعَرْشِ وَ عَلَيْهِ أَلْفُ أَلْفِ قَصْرٍ لَبِنَةٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَ لَبِنَةٌ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ حَشِيشُهَا الزَّعْفَرَانُ وَ رُضَاضُهَا الدُّرُّ وَ الْيَاقُوتُ وَ أَرْضُهَا الْمِسْكُ الْأَبْيَضُ فَذَاكَ خَيْرٌ لِي وَ لِأُمَّتِي وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى إِنَّا أَعْطَيْناكَ الْكَوْثَرَ قَالُوا صَدَقْتَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَ هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ هَذَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ ذَاكَ
He-saww said: ‘Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic has Given me-saww a rive in the sky, its flow is from beneath the Throne, and upon it are thousands upon thousands of castles built from gold, and built from silver, its grass is of saffron, and its gravel is of gems and ruby, and its ground is of white musk. So, that is better for me-saww and for my-saww community, and that is the Word of the Exalted: Indeed, We Gave you Al-Kausar [108:1] (Surah Al-Kausar)’. They said, ‘You-saww speak the truth, O Muhammad-saww, and it is written in the Torah, it is indeed better than that’.
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص هَذِهِ ثَلَاثَةٌ قَالُوا إِبْرَاهِيمُ خَيْرٌ مِنْكَ قَالَ وَ لِمَ ذَاكَ قَالُوا لِأَنَّ اللَّهِ اتَّخَذَهُ خَلِيلًا قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص إِنْ كَانَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ خَلِيلَهُ فَأَنَا حَبِيبُهُ مُحَمَّدٌ
The Prophet-saww said: ‘These are three’. They said, ‘Ibrahim-as is better than you-saww’. He-saww said: ‘And why is that so?’ They said, ‘Because Allah-azwj Took him-as as a friend’. The Prophet-saww said: ‘If Ibrahim-as is His-azwj friend, so I-saww am His-azwj Beloved Muhammad-saww’.
قَالُوا وَ لِمَ سُمِّيتَ مُحَمَّداً قَالَ سَمَّانِيَ اللَّهُ مُحَمَّداً وَ شَقَّ اسْمِي مِنِ اسْمِهِ هُوَ الْمَحْمُودُ وَ أَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ وَ أُمَّتِي الْحَامِدُونَ قَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ صَدَقْتَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ هَذَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ ذَاكَ
They said, ‘And why have you-saww been named as ‘Muhammad’?’ He-saww said: ‘Allah-azwj Named me-saww as ‘Muhammad’ and Derived my-saww name from His-azwj Name. He-azwj is ‘Al-Mahmoud’ (the most praised One), and I-saww am ‘Muhammad’ (the praised one), and my-saww community are the praising ones’. The Jews said, ‘You-saww speak the truth, O Muhammad-saww! This is indeed better than that’.
قَالَ ص هَذِهِ أَرْبَعَةٌ قَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ عِيسَى خَيْرٌ مِنْكَ قَالَ ص وَ لِمَ ذَاكَ قَالُوا لِأَنَّ عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ ع كَانَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ بِعَقَبَةِ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ فَجَاءَتْهُ الشَّيَاطِينُ لِيَحْمِلُوهُ فَأَمَرَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ جَبْرَئِيلَ أَنِ اضْرِبْ بِجَنَاحِكَ الْأَيْمَنِ وُجُوهَ الشَّيَاطِينِ وَ ألقاهم [أَلْقِهِمْ] فِي النَّارِ فَضَرَبَ بِأَجْنِحَتِهِ وُجُوهَهُمْ وَ أَلْقَاهُمْ فِي النَّارِ
He-saww said: ‘These are four’. The Jews said, ‘Isa-as Bin Maryam-as is better than you-saww’. He-saww said: ‘And why is that so?’ They said, ‘Because one day Isa-as Bin Maryam-as at a mountain road of Bayt Al-Maqdis, and Satans-la came up to carry him-as, but Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Commanded Jibraeel-as to strike with his-as right wing on the faces of the Satans-la, and threw them into the fire, so he-as struck them with his-as wing and threw them into the fire’.
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص أَنَا أُعْطِيتُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَالُوا وَ مَا هُوَ قَالَ أَقْبَلْتُ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ مِنْ قِتَالِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَ أَنَا جَائِعٌ شَدِيدَ الْجَوْعِ فَلَمَّا وَرَدْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ اسْتَقْبَلَتْنِي امْرَأَةٌ يَهُودِيَّةٌ وَ عَلَى رَأْسِهَا جَفْنَةٌ وَ فِي الْجَفْنَةِ جَدْيٌ مَشْوِيٌّ وَ فِي كُمِّهَا شَيْءٌ مِنْ سُكَّرٍ
The Prophet-saww said: ‘I-saww have been Given superior than that’. They said, ‘And what is it?’ He-saww said: ‘I-saww came back on the Day of Badr from fighting the Polytheists and I-saww was hungry with severe hunger. When I-saww arrived at Al-Medina, a Jewish woman faced me-saww and upon her head was a basket, and in the basket was grilled goat, and in her pouch was something from sugar.
فَقَالَتِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي مَنَحَكَ السَّلَامَةَ وَ أَعْطَاكَ النَّصْرَ وَ الظَّفَرَ عَلَى الْأَعْدَاءِ وَ إِنِّي قَدْ كُنْتُ نَذَرْتُ لِلَّهِ نَذْراً إِنْ أَقْبَلْتَ سَالِماً غَانِماً مِنْ غَزَاةِ بَدْرٍ لَأَذْبَحَنَّ هَذَا الْجَدْيَ وَ لَأَشْوِيَنَّهُ وَ لَأَحْمِلَنَّهُ إِلَيْكَ لِتَأْكُلَهُ
She said, ‘The Praise is for Allah-azwj Who Accorded the safety to you-saww and Gave you-saww the help and the victory over the enemies, and I had vowed a vow to Allah-azwj that if you-saww were to return safely victorious from the military expedition of Badr, I shall slaughter this goat and grill it and will carry it to you-saww and for you-saww to eat it’.
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص فَنَزَلْتُ عَنْ بَغْلَتِي الشَّهْبَاءِ فَضَرَبْتُ بِيَدِي إِلَى الْجَدْيِ لِآكُلَهُ فَاسْتَنْطَقَ اللَّهُ الْجَدْيَ فَاسْتَوَى عَلَى أَرْبَعِ قَوَائِمَ وَ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ لَا تَأْكُلْنِي فَإِنِّي مَسْمُومٌ قَالُوا صَدَقْتَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ هَذَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ ذَاكَ
The Prophet-saww said: ‘I-saww descended from my-saww mule Al-Shahba’a and struck with my hand towards the goat in order to eat it, but Allah-azwj Caused the goat to speak and it stood upright upon four legs and said, ‘O Muhammad-saww! Do not eat me, for I am poisoned’. They said, ‘You-saww speak the truth, O Muhammad-saww, this is indeed better than that’.
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص هَذِهِ خَمْسَةٌ قَالُوا بَقِيَتْ وَاحِدَةٌ ثُمَّ نَقُومُ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ قَالَ هَاتُوا قَالُوا سُلَيْمَانُ خَيْرٌ مِنْكَ قَالَ وَ لِمَ ذَاكَ قَالُوا لِأَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ سَخَّرَ لَهُ الشَّيَاطِينَ وَ الْإِنْسَ وَ الْجِنَ وَ الرِّيَاحَ وَ السِّبَاعَ
The Prophet-saww said: ‘These are five’. They said, ‘There remains one; then we will arise from your-saww presence’. He-saww said: ‘Give it’. They said, ‘Suleyman-as is better than you-saww’. He-saww said: ‘And why is that so?’ They said, ‘Because Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Subdued the Satans-la to him-as as well as the humans and the Jinn and the winds and the wild animals.
فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص فَقَدْ سَخَّرَ اللَّهُ لِيَ الْبُرَاقَ وَ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا بِحَذَافِيرِهَا وَ هِيَ دَابَّةٌ مِنْ دَوَابِّ الْجَنَّةِ وَجْهُهَا مِثْلُ وَجْهِ آدَمِيٍّ وَ حَوَافِرُهَا مِثْلُ حَوَافِرِ الْخَيْلِ وَ ذَنَبُهَا مِثْلُ ذَنَبِ الْبَقَرِ فَوْقَ الْحِمَارِ وَ دُونَ الْبَغْلِ سَرْجُهُ مِنْ يَاقُوتَةٍ حَمْرَاءَ وَ رِكَابُهُ مِنْ دُرَّةٍ بَيْضَاءَ مَزْمُومَةٌ بِسَبْعِينَ أَلْفَ زِمَامٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ عَلَيْهِ جَنَاحَانِ مُكَلَّلَانِ بِالدُّرِّ وَ الْيَاقُوتِ وَ الزَّبَرْجَدِ مَكْتُوبٌ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ
The Prophet-saww said: ‘Allah-azwj had Subdued Al-Buraq for me-saww, and it is better than the world with its contents, and it is an animal from the animals of Paradise. Its face is like the face of a human being, and its hooves are like the hooves of the horses, and its tail is like the tail of the cow, taller than the donkey and lower than the mule, its rein is from red ruby, and its saddle is from white gems, reined by seventy thousand reins of gold. Upon it are two wings embroidered with the gems and the rubies and the emeralds. It is written upon its eyes, ‘There is no god except Allah-azwj Alone, there being no associate for Him-azwj, Muhammad-saww is a Rasool-saww of Allah-azwj’’.
قَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ صَدَقْتَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَ هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ هَذَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ ذَاكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ نَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ
The Jews said, ‘You-saww speak the truth, O Muhammad-saww, and it is written in the Torah. This is indeed better than that, O Muhammad-saww. We hereby testify that there is no god except Allah-azwj and you-saww are a Rasool-saww of Allah-azwj’.
قَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ أَقَامَ نُوحٌ فِي قَوْمِهِ وَ دَعَاهُمْ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ إِلَّا خَمْسِينَ عاماً ثُمَّ وَصَفَهُمُ اللَّهُ فَقَلَّلَهُمْ فَقَالَ وَ ما آمَنَ مَعَهُ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ وَ لَقَدْ تَبِعَنِي فِي سِنِي الْقَلِيلَةِ مَا لَمْ يَتْبَعْ نُوحاً فِي طُولِ عُمُرِهِ وَ كِبَرِ سِنِّهِ وَ إِنَّ فِي الْجَنَّةِ عِشْرِينَ وَ مِائَةَ أَلْفِ صَفٍّ أُمَّتِي مِنْهَا ثَمَانُونَ صَفّاً
Rasool-Allah-saww said to them: ‘Noah-as had stayed among his-as people and invited them for a thousand years less fifty years, then Allah-azwj Described their few numbers and Said: ‘And there did not believe in him except a few [11:40]. The few who had followed me-saww during my-saww years, the few numbers what had not followed Noah-as during the length of his-as age and the greatness of his-as years, and that in the Paradise there will be one hundred and twenty rows, from these my-saww community would be eighty rows.
وَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ جَعَلَ كِتَابِيَ الْمُهَيْمِنَ عَلَى كُتُبِهِمُ النَّاسِخَ لَهَا وَ لَقَدْ جِئْتُ بِتَحْلِيلِ مَا حَرَّمُوا وَ بِتَحْرِيمِ بَعْضِ مَا حَلَّلُوا مِنْ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ مُوسَى جَاءَ بِتَحْرِيمِ صَيْدِ الْحِيتَانِ يَوْمَ السَّبْتِ حَتَّى إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَالَ لِمَنِ اعْتَدَى مِنْهُمْ كُونُوا قِرَدَةً خاسِئِينَ فَكَانُوا
And Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Made my-saww Book to be dominant over their Books, abrogating them, and I-saww have come with the Permitting of what they had been Prohibited, and with the Prohibiting some of what they had been Permitted from that. Musa-as came with the Prohibition of hunting the fish on the day of Saturday until Allah-azwj Said to those of them who transgressed: “Become apes, despised!” [2:65]. So, they became such.
وَ لَقَدْ جِئْتُ بِتَحْلِيلِ صَيْدِهَا حَتَّى صَارَ صَيْدُهَا حَلَالًا قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ صَيْدُ الْبَحْرِ وَ طَعامُهُ مَتاعاً لَكُمْ وَ جِئْتُ بِتَحْلِيلِ الشُّحُومِ كُلِّهَا وَ كُنْتُمْ لَا تَأْكُلُونَهَا ثُمَّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ صَلَّى عَلَيَّ فِي كِتَابِهِ قَالَ اللَّهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَ مَلائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَ سَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيماً
And I-saww have come with Permitting its hunting until its hunting became Permissible. Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: Permissible for you is the prey of the sea and its food, being a provision for you [5:96]. And I-saww have come with Permitting the camel meal, all of it, and you were not eating it. Then Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Sent Salawat upon me-saww in His-azwj Book. Allah-azwj Said: ‘Surely, Allah and His Angels are Sending Salawat upon the Prophet. O you those who believe! Send Salawat upon him and submit submissively [33:56].
ثُمَّ وَصَفَنِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى بِالرَّأْفَةِ وَ الرَّحْمَةِ وَ ذَكَرَ فِي كِتَابِهِ لَقَدْ جاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ عَزِيزٌ عَلَيْهِ ما عَنِتُّمْ حَرِيصٌ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَؤُفٌ رَحِيمٌ
Then Allah-azwj the Exalted Described me-saww as being with the kindness and the mercy and Mentioned in His-azwj Book: There has come to you a Rasool from yourselves. It is grievous upon him what is distressing upon you, being full of concern upon you. With the Momineen he is kind, merciful [9:128].
فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَنْ لَا يُكَلِّمُونِي حَتَّى يَتَصَدَّقُوا بِصَدَقَةٍ وَ مَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ لِنَبِيٍّ قَطُّ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذا ناجَيْتُمُ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ نَجْواكُمْ صَدَقَةً ثُمَّ وَضَعَهَا عَنْهُمْ بَعْدَ أَنْ فَرَضَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ بِرَحْمَتِهِ
Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed that they should not be speaking to me-saww unless they give something in charity (first), and that has never been so for any Prophet-as at all. Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: O you those who believe! Whenever you (wish to) consult the Rasool, then give something in charity before your consultation. [58:12]. Then He-azwj Dropped it from them after having Obligated it upon them due to His-azwj Mercy’’.[28]
26- سن، المحاسن أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الثَّقَفِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى أَعْطَى مُحَمَّداً شَرَائِعَ نُوحٍ وَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَ مُوسَى وَ عِيسَى ع التَّوْحِيدَ وَ الْإِخْلَاصَ وَ خَلْعَ الْأَنْدَادِ وَ الْفِطْرَةَ الْحَنِيفِيَّةَ السَّمْحَةَ لَا رَهْبَانِيَّةَ وَ لَا سِيَاحَةَ أَحَلَّ فِيهَا الطَّيِّبَاتِ وَ حَرَّمَ فِيهَا الْخَبِيثَاتِ وَ وَضَعَ عَنْهُمْ إِصْرَهُمْ وَ الْأَغْلالَ الَّتِي كانَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ فَعَرَّفَ فَضْلَهُ بِذَلِكَ
‘Al Mahasin’ – Abu Is’haq Al Saqafy, from Muhammad Bin Marwan, from Aban Bin Usman, from the one who mentioned it,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Allah-azwj Blessed and Exalted Gave Muhammad-saww the Laws of Noah-saww and Ibrahim-as and Musa-as and Isa-as – the Tawheed (Oneness), and the sincerity, and leaving the rival gods (idols), and nature of the uprightness, and the easiness, neither ascetism nor materialism, the perfuming being Permissible in it and the wickedness being Prohibited in it, and removing from them their burdens and their shackles which would be upon them [7:157] and placed down from them their burdens and their shackles which were upon them, so his-saww merit is recognised with that’’.
ثُمَّ افْتَرَضَ عَلَيْهِ فِيهَا الصَّلَاةَ وَ الزَّكَاةَ وَ الصِّيَامَ وَ الْحَجَّ وَ الْأَمْرَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَ النَّهْيَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَ الْحَلَالَ وَ الْحَرَامَ وَ الْمَوَارِيثَ وَ الْحُدُودَ وَ الْفَرَائِضَ وَ الْجِهَادَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَ زَادَهُ الْوُضُوءَ وَ فَضَّلَهُ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَ بِخَوَاتِيمِ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ وَ الْمُفَصَّلِ
Then Obligated in it the Salat, and the Zakat, and the Fasting, and the enjoining with the good, and the forbidding from the evil, and the Permissible and the Prohibited, and the inheritances, and the legal penalties, and the Obligations, and the Jihad in the Way of Allah-azwj, and increased it the Wud’u, and Merited him-saww with the Opening of the Book (Surah Al-Fatiha), and the end part of Surah Al Baqarah, and the connected ones (Chapters 47 & 50 & 110).
وَ أَحَلَّ لَهُ الْمَغْنَمَ وَ الْفَيْءَ وَ نَصَرَهُ بِالرُّعْبِ وَ جَعَلَ لَهُ الْأَرْضَ مَسْجِداً وَ طَهُوراً وَ أَرْسَلَهُ كَافَّةً إِلَى الْأَبْيَضِ وَ الْأَسْوَدِ وَ الْجِنِّ وَ الْإِنْسِ وَ أَعْطَاهُ الْجِزْيَةَ وَ أَسْرَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَ فِدَاهُمْ
And He-azwj Permitted for him-saww the war booty and the Fey, and Helped him-saww with the awe, and Made the (whole) earth a Masjid (place of Sajdah) for him-saww and a cleansing (Tayammum), and Sent him-saww to all the people, to the white and the black, and the Jinn and the humans, and Gave him-saww the taxation, and captivating the Polytheists and imprisoning them.
ثُمَّ كُلِّفَ مَا لَمْ يُكَلَّفْ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ أَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ سَيْفاً مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فِي غَيْرِ غِمْدٍ وَ قِيلَ لَهُ فَقاتِلْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ لا تُكَلَّفُ إِلَّا نَفْسَكَ
Then He-azwj Encumbered him-saww with what He-azwj had not Encumbered anyone from the Prophets-as, Send down for him-saww a sword from the sky without a sheath, and Said to him-saww: “So fight in the Way of Allah; it is not encumbered except on yourself, [4:84]’’.[29]
27- قب، المناقب لابن شهرآشوب فَارَقَ نَبِيُّنَا ص جَمَاعَةَ النَّبِيِّينَ بِمِائَةٍ وَ خَمْسِينَ خَصْلَةً مِنْهَا فِي بَابِ النُّبُوَّةِ قَوْلَهُ وَ خاتَمَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ قَوْلَهُ أُعْطِيتُ جَوَامِعَ الْكَلِمِ وَ قَوْلَهُ أُرْسِلْتُ إِلَى الْخَلْقِ كَافَّةً
Our Prophet-saww is different from the community of Prophets-as with one hundred and fifty characteristics. From these regarding the subject of Prophet-hood are His-azwj Words: and last of the Prophets [33:40], and his-saww words: ‘I-saww have been Given the comprehensive knowledge’, and: ‘I-saww have been Sent to the creatures, all’.
وَ بَقَاءَ دَوْلَتِهِ لِيُظْهِرَهُ عَلَى الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ
And (regarding) the durability of his-saww government: in order to prevail it upon all the Religions, [9:33].
وَ الْعَجْزَ عَنِ الْإِتْيَانِ بِمِثْلِ كِتَابِهِ قُلْ لَئِنِ اجْتَمَعَتِ الْإِنْسُ وَ الْجِنُ
And (regarding) the inability from coming with the like of his-saww Book: Say: ‘If the humans and the jinn were to combine together [17:88].
وَ كَانَ مَمْنُوعاً مِنَ الشِّعْرِ وَ رِوَايَتِهِ وَ ما عَلَّمْناهُ الشِّعْرَ
And he-saww had been Forbidden from the poetry and narrating it: And did not Teach him the poetry, [36:69].
وَ تَسْهِيلَ شَرِيعَتِهِ ما جَعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ مِنْ حَرَجٍ
And (regarding) the easiness of his-saww Laws: and did not Make any hardship upon you in the Religion, [22:78].
وَ إِضْعَافَ ثَوَابِ الطَّاعَةِ مَنْ جاءَ بِالْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُ عَشْرُ أَمْثالِها
And a multiple of the Rewards for the obedience: One who comes with the good deed, then for him would be ten the likes of it [6:160].
وَ رَفْعَ الْعَذَابِ وَ ما كانَ اللَّهُ لِيُعَذِّبَهُمْ وَ أَنْتَ فِيهِمْ
And Raising of the Punishment: And Allah was not going to Punish them while you were among them, [8:33]
وَ فَرْضَ مَحَبَّةِ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ قُلْ لا أَسْئَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْراً
And Obligated the love of the People-asws of his-saww Household: Say: ‘I do not ask you for recompense over it, [42:23].
وَ فِي بَابِ أُمَّتِهِ كُنْتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ هُوَ سَمَّاكُمُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذِينَ اصْطَفَيْنا مِنْ عِبادِنا هُوَ اجْتَباكُمْ اللَّهُ وَلِيُّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا هُوَ الَّذِي يُصَلِّي عَلَيْكُمْ وَ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يَعْنِي الْمَلَائِكَةَ وَ إِفْشَاءُ السَّلَامِ وَ إِذا جاءَكَ الَّذِينَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِآياتِنا
And regarding the subject of his-saww community: You are the best of the communities raised up for the people [3:110]. He named you all as the Muslims [22:78]. But rather, the Momineen [8:2]. those We Chose from among Our servants. [35:32]. He Chose you [22:78]. Allah is the Guardian of those who believe [2:257]. He is the One Who Sends Salawat upon you [33:43]. and are seeking Forgiveness for those who believe, [40:7] – meaning the Angels, and initiating the greetings, And when they come to you, those who are believing in Our Signs, [6:54].
وَ فِي بَابِ الطَّهَارَةِ كَمَالَ الْوُضُوءِ وَ التَّيَمُّمَ وَ الِاسْتِنْجَاءَ بِالْحِجَارَةِ وَ أَنَّ الْمَاءَ مُزِيلٌ لِلنَّجَاسَاتِ وَ أَنْ لَا يُؤَثِّرَ النَّجَاسَةُ فِي الْمَاءِ الْكَثِيرِ وَ قَوْلَهُ جُعِلَتْ لِيَ الْأَرْضُ مَسْجِداً وَ تُرَابُهَا طَهُوراً وَ كَانَ يَنَامُ ثُمَّ يُصَلِّي وَ يَقُولُ تَنَامُ عَيْنِي وَ لَا تَنَامُ قَلْبِي وَ يُقَالُ فُرِضَ عَلَيْهِ السِّوَاكُ وَ هُوَ قَدْ سَنَّهُ لَنَا
And regarding the subject of the cleansing – Perfection of the Wudu’u, and the Tayammum, and the cleansing (from the toilet) with the stones, and that the water is the remover of the uncleanliness, and that the uncleanness does not affect a lot of water, and his-saww words: ‘The (whole) earth is Made for me as a Masjid (place of Sajdah) and its soil as a cleanser, and he-saww would sleep then pray Salat and said: ‘My-saww eyes sleep and my-saww heart does not sleep’, and it is said that brushing the teeth was Obligated upon him-saww and he-saww made it a Sunnah for us.
وَ فِي بَابِ الصَّلَاةِ الْأَذَانَ وَ الْإِقَامَةَ وَ الْجُمُعَةَ وَ الْجَمَاعَةَ وَ الرُّكُوعَ وَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ وَ التَّشَهُّدَ وَ السَّلَامَ وَ صَلَاةَ اللَّيْلِ وَ الْوَتْرِ وَ صَلَاةَ الْكُسُوفَيْنِ وَ الِاسْتِسْقَاءِ وَ صَلَاةَ الْعِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ
And regarding the subject of the Salat – The Azaan and the Iqaamah, and the Friday, and the congregation, and the Ruku’u, and the two Sajdahs, and the Tashahhud, and the Salaam, and the night Salat, and Al-Witr, and the Salat of the eclipses, and the (Salat of) the rain, and Salat of the last Isha.
وَ فِي بَابِ الزَّكَاةِ حُرِّمَ عَلَيْهِ الزَّكَاةُ وَ الصَّدَقَةُ وَ هَدِيَّةُ الْكَافِرِ وَ أُحِلَّ لَهُ الْخُمُسُ وَ الْأَنْفَالُ وَ الْغَنِيمَةُ وَ جُعِلَ زَكَاةُ الْمَالِ رُبُعَ الْخُمُسِ لَا رُبُعَ الْمَالِ
And regarding the subject of the Zakat – The Zakat and the Sadaqah is Prohibited upon him-saww, and gift of the Kafir, and it was Permissible for him-saww, the Khums, and the spoils of war, and the war booty, and Zakat of the wealth is made to be about quarter (1/5) of the Khums, not quarter of the wealth.
وَ فِي بَابِ الصِّيَامِ شَهْرُ رَمَضانَ الَّذِي أُنْزِلَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنُ وَ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ وَ الْعِيدَيْنِ وَ تَحْلِيلَ الطَّعَامِ وَ الشَّرَابِ وَ اللَّمْسِ ليال [لَيَالِيَ] الصِّيَامِ إِلَى وَقْتِ الصُّبْحِ وَ حُرِّمَ صَوْمُ الْوِصَالِ وَ قَالُوا أُبِيحَ لَهُ الْوِصَالُ فِي الصَّوْمِ وَ كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِ الْأُضْحِيَّةُ وَ سَنَّهَا لَنَا وَ كَذَلِكَ الْفِطْرَةُ عَلَى وَجْهٍ
And regarding the subject of the Fasts – The Month of Ramazan is that in which the Quran was Revealed [2:185], and the Night of Pre-determination, and the two Eids, and the Permissibility of the food and the drink, and the touch (copulation) on the night of the Fasting up to the time of the morning, and Prohibition of Fast of the continuation, and they said, ‘The continuation in the Fast was Legalised for him-saww, and the Sacrifice was Obligated upon him-saww and he-saww made it a Sunnah for us, and like that is the Fitra upon its perspective.
وَ فِي بَابِ الْحَجِّ يُقَالُ أُحِلَّ لَهُ دُخُولُ مَكَّةَ بِغَيْرِ إِحْرَامٍ
And regarding the subject of the Hajj, it is said, ‘It was Permissible for him-saww to enter Makkah without Ihraam and to tie the marriage while being in Ihraam’.
وَ عَقْدُ النِّكَاحِ وَ هُوَ مُحْرِمٌ وَ فِي بَابِ الْجِهَادِ يُمْدِدْكُمْ رَبُّكُمْ وَ قَوْلَهُ نُصِرْتُ بِالرُّعْبِ وَ أُحِلَّتْ لِيَ الْغَنَائِمُ وَ كَانَ إِذَا لَبِسَ لَأْمَتَهُ لَمْ يَنْزِعْهَا حَتَّى يُقَاتِلَ وَ لَا يَرْجِعُ إِذَا خَرَجَ وَ لَا يَنْهَزِمُ إِذَا لَقِيَ الْعَدُوَّ وَ إِنْ كَثُرُوا عَلَيْهِ وَ أَنَّهُ أَفْرَسُ الْعَالَمِينَ وَ خُصَّ بِالْحِمَى
And regarding the subject of the Jihad – your Lord will assist you [3:125], and his-saww words: I-saww and Helped with the awe and the war booty is Permissible for me-saww’, and when he wore (armour) for his-saww community, did not remove it until he-saww fought, and he-saww would not return when he-saww went out, and was not defeated when he-saww met the enemy and even if they were more against him-saww, and he-saww was the best horseman of the world, and he-saww was concerned with the defence.
وَ فِي بَابِ النِّكَاحِ حُرِّمَ عَلَيْهِ نِكَاحُ الْإِمَاءِ وَ الذِّمِّيَّاتِ وَ الْإِمْسَاكُ بِمَنْ كُرِهَتْ نِكَاحُهُ وَ حُرِّمَ أَزْوَاجُهُ عَلَى الْخَلْقِ وَ خُصَّ بِإِسْقَاطِ الْمَهْرِ وَ الْعَقْدِ بِلَفْظِ الْهِبَةِ وَ الْعَدَدِ مَا شَاءَ بَعْدَ التَّخْيِيرِ وَ الْعَزْلِ عَمَّنْ أَرَادَ وَ كَانَ طَلَاقُهُ زَائِداً عَلَى طَلَاقِ أُمَّتِهِ وَ الْوَاحِدَةُ مِنْ نِسَائِهِ إِذَا أَتَتْ بِفَاحِشَةٍ ضُعِّفَ لَهَا الْعَذَابُ
And regarding the marriage – It was Prohibited upon him-saww marrying the slave girls and the Zimmy women, and withholding the one who disliked being married to him-saww, and his-saww wives were Prohibited unto the people, and exhorted with the dropping of the dower, and the marriage tie with the word of the gift, and the (unlimited) number whatever he-saww so desired after the choosing (on top), and the isolation from the one he-saww wanted, and his-saww divorce was more over the divorce of his-saww community, and the one from his-saww wives when she comes with immorality, the Punishment is doubled for her.
أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فِي قَوْلِهِ لا يَحِلُّ لَكَ النِّساءُ مِنْ بَعْدُ يَعْنِي قَوْلَهُ حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ أُمَّهاتُكُمْ الْآيَةَ
Abu Abdullah-asws said regarding His-azwj Words: ‘The women are not Permissible for you afterwards [33:52] – meaning His-azwj Words: Prohibited unto you are your mothers [4:23] – the Verse’.
وَ فِي بَابِ الْأَحْكَامِ تَخْفِيفَ الْأَمْرِ عَلَى أُمَّتِهِ وَ الْقُرْبَانَ بِغَيْرِ الْفَضِيحَةِ وَ تَيْسِيرَ التَّوْبَةِ بِغَيْرِ الْقَتْلِ وَ سَتْرَ الْمَعْصِيَةِ عَلَى الْمُذْنِبِ وَ رَفْعَ الْخَطَاءِ وَ النِّسْيَانِ وَ مَا اسْتُكْرِهَ عَلَيْهِ وَ التَّخْيِيرَ بَيْنَ الْقِصَاصِ وَ الدِّيَةِ وَ الْعَفْوِ وَ الْفَرْقَ بَيْنَ الْخَطَاءِ وَ الْعَمْدِ وَ التَّوْبَةَ مِنَ الذَّنْبِ دُونَ إِبَانَةِ الْعُضْوِ وَ تَحْلِيلَ مُجَالَسَةِ الْحَائِضِ وَ الِانْتِفَاعِ بِمَا نَالَتْهُ وَ تَحْلِيلَ تَزْوِيجِ نِسَاءِ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ لِأُمَّتِهِ
And regarding the subject of the Ordinances – Lightening of the matter upon his-saww community, and the offering without the sacrifice, and the facilitation of the repentance without the killing, and veiling the (act of) disobedience upon the sinner, and Raising (not punishing) of the mistake, and the forgetfulness, and what one is forced upon, and the choice between the retaliation and the wergild and the pardon, and the differentiating between the mistake and the deliberation, and the repentance from the sin without expressing the harm, and Permission of sitting of the menstruating one, and the benefitting with what he can attain, and Permission of marrying the women of the people of the Book for his-saww community.
وَ فِي بَابِ الْآدَابِ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ خَائِنَةُ الْأَعْيُنِ يَعْنِي الْغَمْزَ بِالْعَيْنِ وَ الرَّمْزَ بِالْيَدِ وَ حُرِّمَ عَلَيْهِ أَكْلُ الثُّومِ عَلَى وَجْهٍ
And regarding the subject of the ethics – There was not betrayal of the eyes for him-saww, meaning the winking with the eyes, and the symbolic gesture by the hand, and it was Prohibited unto him-saww eating the garlic upon its face.
وَ فِي بَابِ الْآخِرَةِ وَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ أَوَّلُ مَنْ تَنْشَقُّ عَنْهُ الْأَرْضُ وَ أَوَّلُ مَنْ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ وَ أَنَّهُ يَشْهَدُ لِجَمِيعِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ بِالْأَدَاءِ وَ لَهُ الشَّفَاعَةُ وَ لِوَاءُ الْحَمْدِ وَ الْحَوْضُ وَ الْكَوْثَرُ وَ يَسْأَلُ فِي غَيْرِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَ كُلُّ النَّاسِ يَسْأَلُونَ فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَ أَنَّهُ أَرْفَعُ النَّبِيِّينَ دَرَجَةً وَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ أُمَّةً
And regarding the subject of the Hereafter – and that is that he-saww will be the first the ground would split open for him-saww, and the first one to enter the Paradise, and he-saww will testify for the entirety of the Prophets-as with the action, and for him-saww is the intercession, and the Flag of Praise, and the Fountain, and Al Kawser, and he-saww will be Questioned regarding others on the Day of Qiyamah, and all the humans will be questioned regarding themselves, and he-saww is the loftiest of the Prophets-as in rank, and with the most numerous community’’.[30]
28- قب، المناقب لابن شهرآشوب كَانَ لَهُ اثْنَتَانِ وَ عِشْرُونَ خَاصِيَةً كَانَ أَحْسَنَ الْخَلَائِقِ الَّذِي خَلَقَكَ فَسَوَّاكَ وَ أَجْمَلَهُمْ لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسانَ فِي أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍ وَ أَطْهَرَهُمْ طه ما أَنْزَلْنا وَ أَفْضَلَهُمْ وَ كانَ فَضْلُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكَ عَظِيماً وَ أَعَزَّهُمْ لَقَدْ جاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ
There were twenty-two particularities for him-saww – He-saww was the most excellent of the people: Who Created you, so He Completed you, [82:7]; and their most beautiful: We have Created the human being in an excellent form [95:4]; and their cleanest: ‘Ta Ha [20:1] We have not Revealed [20:2], and their superior: surely His Grace would always be great upon you [17:87]; and their dearest: There has come to you a Rasool [9:128].
وَ أَشْرَفَهُمْ إِنَّا أَرْسَلْناكَ وَ أَظْهَرَ مُعْجِزَةً قُلْ لَئِنِ اجْتَمَعَتِ الْإِنْسُ وَ الْجِنُ وَ أَهْيَبَ النَّاسِ سَنُلْقِي فِي قُلُوبِ الَّذِينَ وَ أَكْمَلَهُمْ سَعَادَةً عَسى أَنْ يَبْعَثَكَ رَبُّكَ وَ أَكْرَمَهُمْ كَرَامَةً سُبْحانَ الَّذِي أَسْرى
And their noblest: We Sent you [2:119]; and the most manifesting of miracles: Say: ‘If the humans and the jinn were to combine together [17:88]; and their most awesome: We will be Casting awe into the hearts of those [3:151]; and their most perfect of felicity: perhaps your Lord will Raise you [17:79]; and their most honourable in honour: Glorified is He Who Journeyed His Servant [17:1].
وَ أَقْرَبَهُمْ مَنْزِلَةً ثُمَّ دَنا فَتَدَلَّى وَ أَقْوَاهُمْ نُصْرَةً وَ يَنْصُرَكَ اللَّهُ نَصْراً وَ أَصَحَّهُمْ رُؤْيَا لَقَدْ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ رَسُولَهُ الرُّؤْيا وَ أَكْمَلَهُمْ رِسَالَةً اللَّهُ نَزَّلَ أَحْسَنَ الْحَدِيثِ وَ أَحْسَنَهُمْ دَعْوَةً فَبَشِّرْ عِبادِ الَّذِينَ وَ أَعْصَمَهُمْ عِصْمَةً وَ اللَّهُ يَعْصِمُكَ
And their closest in status: Then he approached, so he bowed [53:8]; and their strongest in Help: And Allah will Help you with a Mighty Help [48:3]; and their most correct of dream: Allah has Validated the dream of His Rasool [48:27]; and their most perfect in Message: Allah has Revealed the best Hadeeth [39:23]; and their best in calling: therefore give glad tidings to My servants [39:17] Those [39:18]; and their most Protected in Protection: and Allah will Protect you [5:67];
وَ أَبْعَدَهُمْ صِيتاً وَ رَفَعْنا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ وَ أَحْسَنَهُمْ خُلُقاً وَ إِنَّكَ لَعَلى خُلُقٍ وَ أَبْقَاهُمْ وِلَايَةً لِيُظْهِرَهُ عَلَى الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ وَ أَعْلَاهُمْ خَاصِيَةً لَعَمْرُكَ وَ أَجَلَّهُمْ خَلِيفَةً إِنَّما وَلِيُّكُمُ اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ وَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَ أَطْهَرَهُمْ أَوْلَاداً إِنَّما يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمُ الرِّجْسَ
And their most far-reaching in reputation: And We Raised your Zikr for you? [94:4]; and their best in manners: And you are upon magnificent morals [68:4]; and their most lasting of governance: in order to prevail it upon all the Religions [9:33]; and their highest in Specialisation: By your life (O Muhammad)! [15:72]; and their longest in term Caliph: But rather, your Guardian is Allah, and His Rasool, and those who are believing, [5:55]; and their cleanest of children: But rather, Allah Intends to Keep the uncleanness away from you, [33:33];
وَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى وَضَعَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَشْيَاءَ عَلَى هَوَى الرَّسُولِ الصَّلَاةَ وَ مِنْ آناءِ اللَّيْلِ فَسَبِّحْ وَ أَطْرافَ النَّهارِ وَ الشَّفَاعَةَ وَ لَسَوْفَ يُعْطِيكَ رَبُّكَ وَ الْقِبْلَةَ فَلَنُوَلِّيَنَّكَ قِبْلَةً كَقَوْلِ النَّاسِ مِنْ حُبِّ فُلَانٍ لِفُلَانٍ أَنَّهُ إِنْ أَمَرَهُ بِتَحْوِيلِ الْقِبْلَةِ لَحَوَّلَهَا
And that Allah-azwj Exalted Placed three things upon a decision of the Rasool-saww – The Salat: And from the hours of the night, Glorify, and the (two) ends of the day, [20:130]; and the intercession: And soon your Lord will Give you, so you will be pleased [93:5]; and the Qiblah: so We will be Turning you towards a Qiblah [2:144], like the words of the people, ‘From the love of so and so to so and so is that he instructs him to change the direction to turn it around’.
وَ أَعْطَى التَّوْرَاةَ لِمُوسَى ع وَ الْإِنْجِيلَ لِعِيسَى ع وَ الزَّبُورَ لِدَاوُدَ ع وَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص أُوتِيتُ السَّبْعَ الطِّوَالَ مَكَانَ التَّوْرَاةِ وَ الْمِئِينَ مَكَانَ الْإِنْجِيلِ وَ الْمَثَانِيَ مَكَانَ الزَّبُورِ وَ فَضَّلَنِي رَبِّي بِالْمُفَصَّلِ وَ إِنَّهُ
And He-azwj Gave the Torah to Musa-as and the Evangel of Isa-as and the Psalms to Dawood-as, and the Prophet-saww said: ‘I-saww have been Given the seven lengthy ones (Surahs Al Baqarah, and Aal-e-Imran, and Al Nisaa, and Al Maidah, and Al An’am, and Al A’raaf, and Al Tawbah) in place of the Torah, and the two hundreds in place of the Evangel, and Al Masany (seven oft repeated Verses – Surah Al Fatiha) in place of the Psalms, and my-saww Lord-azwj Merited me with the connected ones (Surahs Muhammad-saww, and Qaf and Al Nasr).
شَارَكَهُ مَعَ نَفْسِهِ فِي عَشَرَةِ مَوَاضِعَ وَ لِلَّهِ الْعِزَّةُ وَ لِرَسُولِهِ أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَ أَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَ مَنْ يَعْصِ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُؤْذُونَ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ اسْتَجِيبُوا لِلَّهِ وَ لِلرَّسُولِ وَ يَنْصُرُونَ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ- إِذا نَصَحُوا لِلَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ فَأْذَنُوا بِحَرْبٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ فَآمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ وَ مَنْ يَتَوَلَّ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ
And He-azwj Participated him-saww with Himself-azwj in ten places – And for Allah is the Honour, and for His Rasool, and for the Momineen, [63:8]; Obey Allah and obey the Rasool [4:59]; And the one who disobeys Allah and His Rasool [4:14]; Surely those hurting Allah and His Rasool [33:57]; Answer to Allah and the Rasool [8:24]; and they are helping Allah and His Rasool. [59:8]; when they are sincere to Allah and His Rasool. [9:91]; then be Notified of a war from Allah And His Rasool; [2:279]; Therefore believe in Allah and His Rasool, [7:158]; And whoever takes Allah and His Rasool and those who believe for a Guardian, [5:56].
وَ مِنْ جَلَالَةِ قَدْرِهِ أَنَّ اللَّهَ نَسَخَ بِشَرِيعَتِهِ سَائِرَ الشَّرَائِعِ وَ لَمْ يَنْسَخْ شَرِيعَتَهُ
And from the majesty of his-saww worth is that Allah-azwj Abrogated the rest of the Laws by his-saww Law, and did not Abrogate his-saww Law.
وَ نَهَى الْخَلْقَ أَنْ يَدْعُوهُ بِاسْمِهِ لا تَجْعَلُوا دُعاءَ الرَّسُولِ بَيْنَكُمْ كَدُعاءِ بَعْضِكُمْ بَعْضاً وَ إِنَّمَا كَانَ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يُدْعَى لَهُ يَا أَيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ وَ لَمْ يَأْذَنْ بِالْجَهْرِ عَلَيْهِ يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لا تَرْفَعُوا أَصْواتَكُمْ فَوْقَ صَوْتِ النَّبِيِ
And He-azwj Forbade the people to call him-saww by his-saww name: Do not make the calling to the Rasool between you like your calling each other. [24:63], and rather is was more appropriate that they call out to him-saww, ‘O you Rasool’, or ‘O you Prophet’, and did not Permit with the loudness upon him-saww: O you those who believe! Do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet [49:2].
وَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى أَرْسَلَ سَائِرَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ إِلَى طَائِفَةٍ دُونَ أُخْرَى قَوْلُهُ وَ ما أَرْسَلْنا مِنْ رَسُولٍ إِلَّا بِلِسانِ قَوْمِهِ كَمَا قَالَ إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنا نُوحاً إِلى قَوْمِهِ وَ إِلى عادٍ أَخاهُمْ هُوداً وَ إِلى ثَمُودَ أَخاهُمْ صالِحاً قَرْيَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ لَمْ يَكْمُلْ له أَرْبَعِينَ بَيْتاً وَ إِلى مَدْيَنَ أَخاهُمْ شُعَيْباً وَ لَمْ تَكْمُلْ أَرْبَعِينَ بَيْتاً
And Allah-azwj Exalted Sent the rest of the Prophets-as to a (particular) people besides the other. His-azwj Words: And We did not Send any Rasool except with the language of his own people, [14:4], just as He-azwj Said: Surely, We Sent Nuh to his people [71:1]; And to Aad (We Sent) their brother Hud. [7:65]; And to Samood (We sent) their brother Salih. [7:73] – to one town, not even having forty complete households for it; And to Madyan (We Sent) their brother Shuayb. [7:85] – and it was not even forty complete households.
ثُمَّ أَرْسَلْنا مُوسى وَ أَخاهُ هارُونَ إِلَى مِصْرَ وَحْدَهَا وَ أَرْسَلَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ع بِكُوثَى وَ هِيَ قَرْيَةٌ مِنَ السَّوَادِ وَ كَانَ بَعْدَهُ لِإِسْحَاقَ ع وَ يَعْقُوبَ ع فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ وَ يُوسُفَ ع فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ وَ يُوشَعَ ع إِلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ وَ إِلْيَاسَ ع فِي الْجِبَالِ وَ أَرْسَلَ نَبِيَّنَا ص إِلَى النَّاسِ كَافَّةً قَوْلُهُ نَذِيراً لِلْبَشَرِ وَ إِلَى الْجِنِّ أَيْضاً
Then We Sent Musa and his brother Haroun, [23:45] – to one city alone, and Sent Ibrahim-as at Kowsy, and it is a town from the deserts, and after him-as, Is’haq-as, and Yaqoub-as in the land of Kanan, and Yufus-as in the land of Egypt, and Yoshua-as to the Children of Israel in the wilderness, and Ilyas-as in the mountains, and Sent our Prophet-saww to all the people, His-azwj Words: A warning to the humans [74:36], and to the Jinn as well, His-azwj Words: And when We Turned a number of the Jinn [46:29];
قَوْلُهُ وَ إِذْ صَرَفْنا إِلَيْكَ نَفَراً مِنَ الْجِنِ وَ إِلَى الشَّيَاطِينِ أَيْضاً قَالَ ص إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَعَانَنِي عَلَى شَيْطَانٍ حَتَّى أَسْلَمَ عَلَى يَدَيَّ قَوْلُهُ وَ ما أَرْسَلْناكَ إِلَّا كَافَّةً وَ قَالَ قَوْلُهُ ص بُعِثْتُ إِلَى الْأَحْمَرِ وَ الْأَسْوَدِ وَ الْأَبْيَضِ وَ قَالَ ص بُعِثْتُ إِلَى الثَّقَلَيْنِ
And to the Satans-la as well – he-saww said: ‘Allah-azwj Assisted me-saww over the Satan-la until he-la submitted upon my-saww hands’. His-azwj Words: And We did not Send you except to all of the people [34:28]; and he-saww said: ‘I-saww have been Sent to the red and the black and the white’. And he-saww said: ‘I-saww have been Sent to the ‘Saqalayn’ (Jinn and the humans).
وَ إِنَّهُ عَلَّقَ خَمْسَةَ أَشْيَاءَ بِاتِّبَاعِهِ الْمَحَبَّةَ فَاتَّبِعُونِي يُحْبِبْكُمُ اللَّهُ وَ يَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ وَ الْفَلَاحَ فَاتَّبِعُوهُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ وَ الْهِدَايَةَ فَمَنِ اتَّبَعَ هُدايَ فَلا يَضِلُّ وَ لا يَشْقى وَ الرَّحْمَةَ فَسَأَكْتُبُها لِلَّذِينَ الْآيَةَ
And five things have been attached with following him-saww – the love: then follow me. Allah will Love you and Forgive you your sins; [3:31]; and the success: Follow him so you may be successful (P.s. – This Verse does not exist in the current version of the Quran); and the Guidance: then the one who follows Guidance, he will neither stray nor be wretched [20:123]; and the Mercy: So, We Ordained it for those [7:156] – the Verse.
وَ إِنَّهُ مَدَحَ كُلَّ عُضْوٍ مِنْ أَعْضَائِهِ نَفْسَهُ لا تُكَلَّفُ إِلَّا نَفْسَكَ رَأْسَهُ يا أَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ شَعْرَهُ وَ اللَّيْلِ إِذا سَجى- عَيْنَهُ وَ لا تَمُدَّنَّ عَيْنَيْكَ بَصَرَهُ ما زاغَ الْبَصَرُ أُذُنَهُ وَ يَقُولُونَ هُوَ أُذُنٌ لِسَانَهُ فَإِنَّما يَسَّرْناهُ بِلِسانِكَ
And every limb from his-saww limbs has been Praised. His-saww self: it is not encumbered except on yourself, [4:84]. His-azwj head: O you Al-Muddasir! (the covered one) [74:1]. His-saww hair: And the night when it covers [93:2]. His-saww eyes: And do not extend your eyes [20:131]. His-saww sight: Neither did the sight deviate [53:17]. His-azwj ears: ‘and they are saying, ‘He is (only) a hearer’ [9:61]. His-saww tongue: So rather, We have Made it to be easy through your tongue, [44:58].
كَلَامَهُ وَ ما يَنْطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوى وَجْهَهُ قَدْ نَرى تَقَلُّبَ وَجْهِكَ خَدَّهُ وَ لا تُصَعِّرْ خَدَّكَ فُؤَادَهُ ما كَذَبَ الْفُؤادُ قَلْبَهُ عَلى* قَلْبِكَ صَدْرَهُ أَ لَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ ظَهْرَهُ الَّذِي أَنْقَضَ ظَهْرَكَ يَدَهُ وَ لا تَجْعَلْ يَدَكَ
His-saww speech: And he does not speak out of (personal) desire [53:3]. His-saww face: We have Seen the turning of your face [2:144]. His-saww cheek: And do not puff your cheeks [31:18]. His-saww heart: The heart did not belie [53:11]. His-saww heart: upon your heart [2:97]. His-azwj chest: Did We not Expand your chest for you? [94:1]. His-saww back: Which was breaking your back? [94:3]. His-saww hand: And do not make your hand [17:29].
قِيَامَهُ حِينَ تَقُومُ صَوْتَهُ فَوْقَ صَوْتِ النَّبِيِ رِجْلَهُ طه ما أَنْزَلْنا يَعْنِي طَأِ الْأَرْضَ بِقَدَمَيْكَ رُوحَهُ لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِي سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ خُلُقَهُ وَ إِنَّكَ لَعَلى خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ ثَوْبَهُ وَ ثِيابَكَ فَطَهِّرْ
His-saww standing: when you stand up (for Salat) [26:218]. His-saww voice: above the voice of the Prophet, [49:2]. His-saww legs: We have not Revealed the Quran [20:2] – meaning treading the ground with your (s.a.w,) feet. His-saww soul: By your life (O Muhammad)! They were blindly wandering on in their intoxication [15:72]. His-saww morals: And you are upon magnificent morals [68:4]. His-saww clothes: And your garments, so purify [74:4].
عِلْمَهُ وَ عَلَّمَكَ ما لَمْ تَكُنْ تَعْلَمُ صَلَاتَهُ فَتَهَجَّدْ بِهِ نافِلَةً لَكَ صَوْمَهُ إِنَّ لَكَ فِي النَّهارِ كِتَابَهُ وَ إِنَّهُ لَكِتابٌ عَزِيزٌ دِينَهُ دِينَهُمُ الَّذِي ارْتَضى لَهُمْ أُمَّتَهُ كُنْتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ قِبْلَتَهُ فَلَنُوَلِّيَنَّكَ قِبْلَةً
His-saww knowledge: and Taught you what you did not happen to know [4:113]. His-saww Salat: so keep vigil by it, an optional (Salat) of yours, [17:79]. His-saww Fast: Surely for you, during the day, [73:7]. His-saww Book: and it is a Mighty Book [41:41]. His-saww Religion: their Religion for them which He Approves for them [24:55]. His-saww community: You are the best of the communities [3:110]. His-saww Qiblah: so We will be Turning you towards a Qiblah [2:144].
بَلَدَهُ لا أُقْسِمُ بِهذَا الْبَلَدِ قَضَايَاهُ إِذا قَضَى اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ جُنْدَهُ وَ الْعادِياتِ ضَبْحاً عِزَّتَهُ وَ لِلَّهِ الْعِزَّةُ وَ لِرَسُولِهِ عِصْمَتَهُ وَ اللَّهُ يَعْصِمُكَ مِنَ النَّاسِ شَفَاعَتَهُ لَعَلَّكَ تَرْضى
His-saww city: No! I do Swear by this city! [90:1]. His-saww judgment: when Allah and His Rasool decide a matter [33:36]. His-saww army: (I Swear) by the running (steeds) snorting [100:1]. His-saww honour: And for Allah is the Honour, and for His Rasool, [63:8]. His-saww Protection: and Allah will Protect you from the people. [5:67]. His-saww intercession: perhaps you would be pleased [20:130].
صَلَابَتَهُ بَراءَةٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ وَصِيَّهُ إِنَّما وَلِيُّكُمُ اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ أَهْلَ بَيْتِهِ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ
His-saww robustness: (This is) a disavowment from Allah and His Rasool [9:1]. His-saww successor-asws: But rather, your Guardian is Allah, and His Rasool, [5:55]. His-saww family: Intends to Keep the uncleanness away from you, People of the Household, [33:33]’’.[31]
29- شي، تفسير العياشي عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَوْلَ النَّاسِ لِعَلِيٍّ ع إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ حَقٌّ فَمَا مَنَعَهُ أَنْ يَقُومَ بِهِ
From Suleyman Bin Khalid who said,
‘I said to Abu Abdullah-asws: ‘The words of the people to Ali-asws, ‘If the right was for you-asws, then what prevents you-asws from standing for it?’’
قَالَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَمْ يُكَلِّفْ هَذَا إِلَّا إِنْسَاناً وَاحِداً رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ فَقاتِلْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ لا تُكَلَّفُ إِلَّا نَفْسَكَ وَ حَرِّضِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَلَيْسَ هَذَا إِلَّا لِلرَّسُولِ وَ قَالَ لِغَيْرِهِ إِلَّا مُتَحَرِّفاً لِقِتالٍ أَوْ مُتَحَيِّزاً إِلى فِئَةٍ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَوْمَئِذٍ فِئَةٌ يُعِينُونَهُ عَلَى أَمْرِهِ
He (the narrator) said, ‘He-asws said: ‘Allah-azwj has not Imposed this upon anyone except for one human – Rasool-Allah-saww. He-azwj Said So fight in the Way of Allah; it is not encumbered except on yourself [4:84] – so this is not for anyone except the Rasool-saww. And He-azwj Said for the others: unless he turns aside for the sake of fighting or withdraws to a company [8:16], so there wasn’t any company (group) in those days who would support him-asws (Ali-asws) in his-asws matter (of the Caliphate)’’.[32]
30- شي، تفسير العياشي عَنْ زَيْدٍ الشَّحَّامِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ: مَا سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص شَيْئاً قَطُّ فَقَالَ لَا إِنْ كَانَ عِنْدَهُ أَعْطَاهُ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدَهُ قَالَ يَكُونُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ وَ لَا كَافَأَ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ قَطُّ وَ مَا أَلْقَى سَرِيَّةً مُذْ نَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ فَقاتِلْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ لا تُكَلَّفُ إِلَّا نَفْسَكَ إِلَّا وَلِيَ بِنَفْسِهِ
‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Zayd Al Shaham,
‘From Ja’far-asws Bin Muhammad-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww was not asked for anything at all and he-saww said: ‘No’. If it was with him-saww, he-saww gave it, and it did not happen to be with him-saww, he-saww said: ‘It shall happen if Allah-azwj so Desires’, and he-saww did not reward the evil deeds at all, and did not meet with a brigade since the Verse was Revealed unto him-saww So fight in the Way of Allah; it is not encumbered except on yourself [4:84] except that he-saww guarded himself-saww’’.[33]
31- شي، تفسير العياشي أَبَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص لا تُكَلَّفُ إِلَّا نَفْسَكَ قَالَ كَانَ أَشْجَعُ النَّاسِ مَنْ لَاذَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ السَّلَامُ
‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – Aban,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws: ‘When (the Verse) was Revealed unto Rasool-Allah-saww: it is not encumbered except on yourself [4:84]. He-saww was the braves of the people, one who met (in battle) with Rasool-Allah-saww’’.
روي عن أمير المؤمنين أنه كان يقول: كنا إذا احمر البأس اتقينا برسول الله صلى الله عليه واله، فما يكون أحد أقرب إلى العدو منه
It is reported from Amir-Al-Momineen-asws, he-asws had said: ‘We used to be of the severest danger and met the people (after) people, saved ourselves with Rasool-Allah-saww, so no one happened to be closest to the enemy than him-saww’’.[34]
32- شي، تفسير العياشي عَنِ الثُّمَالِيِّ عَنْ عِيصٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص كُلِّفَ مَا لَمْ يُكَلَّفْ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يُقَاتَلَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَحْدَهُ
‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Al Sumaly, from Ays,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘I-saww have been Encumbered with what no one has been encumbered with, that I-saww should fight in the Way of Allah-azwj (even) alone’.
وَ قَالَ حَرِّضِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَى الْقِتالِ وَ قَالَ إِنَّمَا كُلِّفْتُمُ الْيَسِيرَ مِنَ الْأَمْرِ أَنْ تَذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ
And He-azwj Said: ‘Urge the Momineen upon the fighting [8:65], and he-saww said: ‘But rather you have been encumbered with what is easy from the matter, that you should be mentioning (Zikr of) Allah-azwj’’.[35]
33 إِرْشَادُ الْقُلُوبِ، بِالْإِسْنَادِ يَرْفَعُهُ إِلَى الْإِمَامِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي جَعْفَرٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَلِيٌّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع قَالَ: بَيْنَمَا أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص جُلُوسٌ فِي مَسْجِدِهِ بَعْدَ وَفَاتِهِ ع يَتَذَاكَرُونَ فَضْلَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص إِذْ دَخَلَ عَلَيْنَا حِبْرٌ مِنْ أَحْبَارِ يَهُودِ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ قَدْ قَرَأَ التَّوْرَاةَ وَ الْإِنْجِيلَ وَ الزَّبُورَ وَ صُحُفَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ عَرَفَ دَلَائِلَهُمْ
(The book) ‘Irshad Al Quloob’ – By the chain,
‘Raising it to the Imam Musa-asws Bin Ja’far-asws. He (the narrator) said, ‘He-asws said: ‘My-asws father-asws narrated to me-asws, from his-asws father-asws, from his-asws father-asws, from his-asws father-asws Al-Husayn Bin Abu Talib-asws having said: ‘While the companions of Rasool-Allah-saww were seated in his-saww Masjid after his-saww expiry discussing the merits of Rasool-Allah-saww, when a Rabbi from the Rabbis of the Jews of the people of Syria entered. He had read the Torah and the Evangel and the Psalms, and Parchments of Ibrahim-as and the Prophets-as, and knew their evidences.
فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْنَا وَ جَلَسَ ثُمَّ لَبِثَ هُنَيْئَةً ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا أُمَّةَ مُحَمَّدٍ مَا تَرَكْتُمْ لِنَبِيٍّ دَرَجَةً وَ لَا لِمُرْسَلٍ فَضِيلَةً إِلَّا وَ قَدْ تَحَمَّلْتُمُوهَا لِنَبِيِّكُمْ فَهَلْ عِنْدَكُمْ جَوَابٌ إِنْ أَنَا سَأَلْتُكُمْ
He greeted unto us and sat down. Then he waited a while, then said, ‘O community of Muhammad-saww! You are neither leaving any rank of any Prophet-as nor any merit of a Messenger-as except and you are loading it for your Prophet-saww. So, is there an answer with you if I were to question you all?’
فَقَالَ لَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع سَلْ يَا أَخَا الْيَهُودِ مَا أَحْبَبْتَ فَإِنِّي أُجِيبُكَ عَنْ كُلِّ مَا تَسْأَلُ بِعَوْنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَ مَنِّهِ فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا أَعْطَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ نَبِيّاً وَ لَا مُرْسَلًا دَرَجَةً وَ لَا فَضِيلَةً إِلَّا وَ قَدْ جَمَعَهَا لِمُحَمَّدٍ ص وَ زَادَهُ عَلَى الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ أَضْعَافاً مُضَاعَفَةً
Amir-Al-Momineen-asws said to him: ‘Ask, O Jewish brother whatever you like to, I-asws will answer all what you ask by the Assistance of Allah-azwj the Exalted and on His-azwj behalf, for by Allah-azwj, Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic did not Give any rank to a Prophet-as or a Messenger-as nor any merit except and He-azwj has Gathered it for Muhammad-saww and Increased it for him-saww over the Prophets-as and the Messengers-as, with a multiple addition.
وَ لَقَدْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِذَا ذَكَرَ لِنَفْسِهِ فَضِيلَةً قَالَ وَ لَا فَخْرَ وَ أَنَا أَذْكُرُ لَكَ الْيَوْمَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ إِزْرَاءٍ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ مَا يُقِرُّ اللَّهُ بِهِ أَعْيُنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ شُكْراً لِلَّهِ عَلَى مَا أَعْطَى مُحَمَّداً ص الْآنَ
And it was so that whenever Rasool-Allah-saww mentioned a merit for himself-saww, said: ‘And no pride’, and today I-asws shall mentioned to you from his-saww merits from without any disregard upon anyone from the Prophets-as what Allah-azwj has Delighted the eyes of the Momineen by it. Thanks is to Allah-azwj upon what He-azwj Gave Muhammad-saww now.
فَاعْلَمْ يَا أَخَا الْيَهُودِ إِنَّهُ كَانَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى وَ شَرَفِهِ مَا أَوْجَبَ الْمَغْفِرَةَ وَ الْعَفْوَ لِمَنْ خَفَضَ الصَّوْتَ عِنْدَهُ فَقَالَ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ فِي كِتَابِهِ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَغُضُّونَ أَصْواتَهُمْ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُولئِكَ الَّذِينَ امْتَحَنَ اللَّهُ قُلُوبَهُمْ لِلتَّقْوى لَهُمْ مَغْفِرَةٌ وَ أَجْرٌ عَظِيمٌ
Know, O Jewish brother! It was from his-saww merits in the Presence of his-saww Lord-azwj Blessed and Exalted, and his-saww nobility what Obligated the Forgiveness and the Pardon for the one lowers his voice in his-saww presence, so He-azwj, Majestic is His-azwj Praise Said in His-azwj Book: Surely those who are lowering their voices in the presence of Rasool-Allah, they are those whose hearts Allah has Tested for piety. They shall have Forgiveness and a Mighty Recompense [49:3].
ثُمَّ قَرَنَ طَاعَتَهُ بِطَاعَتِهِ فَقَالَ مَنْ يُطِعِ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدْ أَطاعَ اللَّهَ ثُمَّ قَرَّبَهُ مِنْ قُلُوبِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ حَبَّبَهُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَ كَانَ يَقُولُ ص حُبِّي خَالَطَ دِمَاءَ أُمَّتِي فَهُمْ يُؤْثِرُونِّي عَلَى الْآبَاءِ وَ عَلَى الْأُمَّهَاتِ وَ عَلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ
Then He-azwj Paired obedience to him-saww as being obedience to Him-azwj, so He-azwj Said: There is one who obeys the Rasool, so he has obeyed Allah, [4:80], and he-saww was saying: ‘My-saww loved is mingled with the tears of my-saww community, for they are preferring me-saww over the fathers and over the mothers and over their own selves’.
وَ لَقَدْ كَانَ أَقْرَبَ النَّاسِ وَ أَرْأَفَهُمْ فَقَالَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى لَقَدْ جاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ عَزِيزٌ عَلَيْهِ ما عَنِتُّمْ حَرِيصٌ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَؤُفٌ رَحِيمٌ وَ قَالَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ النَّبِيُّ أَوْلى بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَ أَزْواجُهُ أُمَّهاتُهُمْ
And he-saww was the closest of the people (in compassion) and their kindest, so the Blessed and Exalted Said: There has come to you a Rasool from yourselves. It is grievous upon him what is distressing upon you, being full of concern upon you. With the Momineen he is kind, merciful [9:128]. And the Mighty and Majestic Said: The Prophet is foremost with the Momineen than their own selves, and his wives are their mothers; [33:6].
وَ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ بَلَغَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ ص فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ ص فِي الْآخِرَةِ مَا تَقْصُرُ عَنْهُ الصِّفَاتُ وَ لَكِنْ أُخْبِرُكَ بِمَا يَحْمِلُهُ قَلْبُكَ وَ لَا يَدْفَعُهُ عَقْلُكَ وَ لَا تُنْكِرُهُ بِعِلْمٍ إِنْ كَانَ عِنْدَكَ
And Allah-azwj has Delivered from his-saww merits in the world and from his-saww merits in the Hereafter what the descriptions fall short from it, but I-asws shall inform you with what your heart would be able to bear, and your intellect will not repel it nor will you deny with knowledge if it was with you.
لَقَدْ بَلَغَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ ص أَنَّ أَهْلَ النَّارِ يَهْتِفُونَ وَ يَصْرُخُونَ بِأَصْوَاتِهِمْ نَدَماً أَنْ لَا يَكُونُوا أَجَابُوهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا فَقَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ يَوْمَ تُقَلَّبُ وُجُوهُهُمْ فِي النَّارِ يَقُولُونَ يا لَيْتَنا أَطَعْنَا اللَّهَ وَ أَطَعْنَا الرَّسُولَا
And He-azwj has Delivered from his-saww merits that the people of the Fire will be yelling and screaming in regret that they did not answer him-saww in the world. Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: On the Day their faces would be turned back towards the Fire, they would be saying, ‘Oh, if only we have obeyed Allah and obeyed the Rasool!’ [33:66].
وَ لَقَدْ ذَكَرَهُ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى مَعَ الرُّسُلِ فَبَدَأَ بِهِ وَ هُوَ آخِرُهُمْ لِكَرَامَتِهِ ص فَقَالَ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ وَ إِذْ أَخَذْنا مِنَ النَّبِيِّينَ مِيثاقَهُمْ وَ مِنْكَ وَ مِنْ نُوحٍ
And Allah-azwj Blessed and Exalted Mentioned him with the Messengers-as and Bagan with him-saww and he-saww is the last of them-as, for his-saww prestige. He-azwj, Majestic is His-azwj Praise Said: And when We Took from the Prophets, their Covenants, and from you, and from Noah [33:7].
وَ قَالَ إِنَّا أَوْحَيْنا إِلَيْكَ كَما أَوْحَيْنا إِلى نُوحٍ وَ النَّبِيِّينَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ وَ النَّبِيُّونَ قَبْلَهُ فَبَدَأَ بِهِ وَ هُوَ آخِرُهُمْ وَ لَقَدْ فَضَّلَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى جَمِيعِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ فَضَّلَ أُمَّتَهُ عَلَى جَمِيعِ الْأُمَمِ فَقَالَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ كُنْتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ تَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَ تَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ
And Said: Surely, We have Revealed unto you as We had Revealed unto Noah, and the Prophets after him, [4:163], and the Prophets-as before him-as. He-saww Began with him-saww and he-saww is their last one, and Allah-azwj has Merited over the entirety of the Prophets-as, and Merited his-saww community over the entirety of the communities. The Mighty and Majestic Said: You are the best of the communities raised up for the people; you are enjoining with the goodness and forbidding from the evil [3:110].
فَقَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ إِنَّ آدَمَ ع أَسْجَدَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَهُ مَلَائِكَتَهُ فَهَلْ فَضَّلَ لِمُحَمَّدٍ ص مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ
The Jew said, ‘Adam-as, Allah-saww Mighty and Majestic Got His-azwj Angels to do Sajdah to him-as, so it there any merit for Muhammad-saww like that?’
فَقَالَ ع قَدْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ وَ لَئِنْ أَسْجَدَ اللَّهُ لآِدَمَ مَلَائِكَتَهُ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ لِمَا أَوْدَعَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ صُلْبَهُ مِنَ الْأَنْوَارِ وَ الشَّرَفِ إِذْ كَانَ هُوَ الْوِعَاءَ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ سُجُودُهُمْ عِبَادَةً لَهُ وَ إِنَّمَا كَانَ سُجُودُهُمْ طَاعَةً لِأَمْرِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ تَكْرِمَةً وَ تَحِيَّةً مِثْلَ السَّلَامِ مِنَ الْإِنْسَانِ عَلَى الْإِنْسَانِ وَ اعْتِرَافاً لآِدَمَ ع بِالْفَضِيلَةِ
He-asws said: ‘It has been like that, and while Allah-azwj Made His-azwj Angels to do Sajdah to Adam-as, that was when Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Deposited into his-as Sulb from the Lights and the nobility, when he-as was the container and their Sajdah did not happen to be worship to him-as, and rather their Sajdah was to the Command of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic and an honour and congratulations, like the greeting from the human to the human, and an acknowledgment to Adam-saww of the merit.
وَ قَدْ أَعْطَى اللَّهُ مُحَمَّداً ص أَفْضَلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَ هُوَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ وَ أَمَرَ مَلَائِكَتَهُ أَنْ يُصَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَ تَعَبَّدَ جَمِيعَ خَلْقِهِ بِالصَّلَاةِ عَلَيْهِ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ فَقَالَ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَ مَلائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَ سَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيماً
And he-saww has been Given superior than that, and it is that Allah-azwj Sent Salawat upon him-saww, and Commanded His-azwj Angels that they send Salawat upon him-saww, and Enslaved the entirety of His-azwj creatures with the Salawat upon him-saww up to the Day of Qiyamah, so He-azwj, Majestic is His-azwj Praise: Surely, Allah and His Angels are Sending Salawat upon the Prophet. O you those who believe! Send Salawat upon him and submit submissively [33:56].
فَلَا يُصَلِّي عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ فِي حَيَاتِهِ وَ لَا بَعْدَ وَفَاتِهِ إِلَّا صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ بِذَلِكَ عَشْراً وَ أَعْطَاهُ مِنْ الْحَسَنَاتِ عَشْراً بِكُلِّ صَلَاةٍ صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ وَ لَا يُصَلِّي عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ بَعْدَ وَفَاتِهِ إِلَّا وَ هُوَ يَعْلَمُ بِذَلِكَ وَ يَرُدُّ عَلَى الْمُصَلِّي وَ الْمُسَلِّمِ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ
Thus, no one will send Salawat upon him-saww during his-saww lifetime nor after his-saww expiry except Allah-azwj will Send ten Salawats upon him-saww with that, and Return upon the sender and the greeter the like of that.
ثُمَّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ جَعَلَ دُعَاءَ أُمَّتِهِ فِيمَا يَسْأَلُونَ رَبَّهُمْ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ مَوْقُوفاً عَنِ الْإِجَابَةِ حَتَّى يُصَلُّوا فِيهِ عَلَيْهِ ص فَهَذَا أَكْبَرُ وَ أَعْظَمُ مِمَّا أَعْطَى اللَّهُ آدَمَ ع وَ لَقَدْ أَنْطَقَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ صُمَّ الصُّخُورِ وَ الشَّجَرَ بِالسَّلَامِ وَ التَّحِيَّةِ لَهُ وَ كُنَّا نَمُرُّ مَعَهُ ص فَلَا يَمُرُّ بِشِعْبٍ وَ لَا شَجَرٍ إِلَّا قَالَتْ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ تَحِيَّةً لَهُ وَ إِقْرَاراً بِنُبُوَّتِهِ ص
Then Allah-azwj Made the supplications of his-saww community, regarding what they are asking their Lord-azwj, to be paused from being Answered until they send Salawat upon him-saww during it. So, this is greater and mightier than what Allah-azwj Gave Adam-as; and Allah-azwj had Cased the solid rocks and the trees to speak with the greetings and the welcoming to him-saww; and we would pass with him-saww, so we would not pass by a rock or a tree except it said, ‘The greetings be upon you-saww, O Rasool-Allah-saww!’ as a welcoming to him-saww and acknowledgement of his-saww Prophet-hood.
وَ زَادَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ تَكْرِمَةً بِأَخْذِ مِيثَاقِهِ قَبْلَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ أَخْذِ مِيثَاقِ النَّبِيِّينَ بِالتَّسْلِيمِ وَ الرِّضَا وَ التَّصْدِيقِ لَهُ فَقَالَ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ وَ إِذْ أَخَذْنا مِنَ النَّبِيِّينَ مِيثاقَهُمْ وَ مِنْكَ وَ مِنْ نُوحٍ وَ إِبْراهِيمَ
And Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Increased him-saww in honour by Taking his-saww Covenant before the Prophets-as and Took the Covenants of the Prophets-as with the greetings and the agreement and the ratification to him-saww. He-azwj, Majestic is His-azwj Praise Said: And when We Took from the Prophets, their Covenants, and from you, and from Noah and Ibrahim [33:7].
وَ قَالَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ وَ إِذْ أَخَذَ اللَّهُ مِيثاقَ النَّبِيِّينَ لَما آتَيْتُكُمْ مِنْ كِتابٍ وَ حِكْمَةٍ ثُمَّ جاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مُصَدِّقٌ لِما مَعَكُمْ لَتُؤْمِنُنَّ بِهِ وَ لَتَنْصُرُنَّهُ قالَ أَ أَقْرَرْتُمْ وَ أَخَذْتُمْ عَلى ذلِكُمْ إِصْرِي قالُوا أَقْرَرْنا قالَ فَاشْهَدُوا وَ أَنَا مَعَكُمْ مِنَ الشَّاهِدِينَ
And the Mighty and Majestic Said: And when Allah Took a Covenant of the Prophets: “When I have Given you from a Book and Wisdom – then a Rasool comes to you verifying to what is with you, you must believe in him, and you must help him”. He said: “Do you affirm and accept My Pact upon that?” They said: ‘We do accept’. He said: “Then bear witness, and I (too) am of the Bearers of Witness with you [3:81].
وَ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ النَّبِيُّ أَوْلى بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى وَ رَفَعْنا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ فَلَا يَرْفَعُ رَافِعٌ صَوْتَهُ بِكَلِمَةِ الْإِخْلَاصِ بِشَهَادَةِ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ حَتَّى يَرْفَعَ صَوْتَهُ مَعَهَا بِأَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فِي الْأَذَانِ وَ الْإِقَامَةِ وَ الصَّلَاةِ وَ الْأَعْيَادِ وَ الْجُمَعِ وَ مَوَاقِيتِ الْحَجِّ وَ فِي كُلِّ خُطْبَةٍ حَتَّى فِي خُطَبِ النِّكَاحِ وَ فِي الْأَدْعِيَةِ
And He-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: The Prophet is foremost with the Momineen than their own selves [33:6]; and Said: And We Raised your Zikr for you? [94:4]. Thus, no raiser of a voice will raise his voice with the sincere phrase with the testimony that there is no god except Allah-azwj until he raises his voice with it that Muhammad-saww is a Rasool-saww of Allah-azwj in the Azaan and the Iqaamah, and the Salat, and the festivals (Eids), and the Friday, and the timings of Hajj, and in every sermon to the extent in the sermon of the marriage and in the invocations’.
ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ الْيَهُودِيُّ مَنَاقِبَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع يُثْبِتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ ص مَا هُوَ أَعْظَمُ مِنْهَا تَرَكْنَا ذِكْرَهَا طَلَباً لِلِاخْتِصَارِ حَتَّى وَصَلَ إِلَى أَنْ قَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ نَاجَى مُوسَى عَلَى جَبَلِ طُورِ سَيْنَاءَ بِثَلَاثِمِائَةٍ وَ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ كَلِمَةً يَقُولُ لَهُ فِيهَا يا مُوسى إِنِّي أَنَا اللَّهُ فَهَلْ فَعَلَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ شَيْئاً مِنْ ذَلِكَ
Then the Jew mentioned the virtues of the Prophets-as and Amir-Al-Momineen-asws proved for the Prophet-saww that he-saww is greater than these. We leave its mention seeking the brevity until he reached to the point that the Jews said, ‘Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Whispered to Musa-as upon the mount Toor of Sinai with three hundred and thirteen phrases saying in these: “O Musa-as! Me-azwj, I-azwj am Allah-azwj!” Did He-azwj Do anything from that with Muhammad-saww?’
قَالَ عَلِيٌّ ع لَقَدْ كَانَ كَذَلِكَ وَ مُحَمَّدٌ ص نَاجَاهُ اللَّهُ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ فَوْقَ سَبْعِ سَمَاوَاتٍ رَفَعَهُ عَلَيْهِنَّ فَنَاجَاهُ فِي مَوْطِنَيْنِ أَحَدُهُمَا عِنْدَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهى وَ كَانَ لَهُ هُنَاكَ مَقَامٌ مَحْمُودٌ ثُمَّ عَرَجَ بِهِ حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى سَاقِ الْعَرْشِ
Ali-asws said: ‘It was like that, and Muhammad-saww, Allah-azwj, Majestic is His-azwj Praise Whispered to him-saww above the seven skies, Raising him-saww upon these. He-azwj Whispered to him-saww in two places – one of these at the Lote Tree (Sidrat Al-Muntaha), and over there was the Praiseworthy Position (Al Maqam Al Mahmoud) for him-saww, then Ascended him-saww to the Base of the Throne.
فَقَالَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ ثُمَّ دَنا فَتَدَلَّى وَ دَنَّى لَهُ رَفْرَفاً أَخْضَرَ أغشي [غُشِيَ] عَلَيْهِ نُورٌ عَظِيمٌ حَتَّى كَانَ فِي دُنُوِّهِ كَقَابِ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَى وَ هُوَ مِقْدَارُ مَا بَيْنَ الْحَاجِبِ إِلَى الْحَاجِبِ وَ نَاجَاهُ بِمَا ذَكَرَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي كِتَابِهِ قَالَ تَعَالَى لِلَّهِ ما فِي السَّماواتِ وَ ما فِي الْأَرْضِ وَ إِنْ تُبْدُوا ما فِي أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَوْ تُخْفُوهُ يُحاسِبْكُمْ بِهِ اللَّهُ فَيَغْفِرُ لِمَنْ يَشاءُ وَ يُعَذِّبُ مَنْ يَشاءُ
The Mighty and Majestic Said: Then he approached, so he bowed [53:8], and a green carpet was drawn closer to him-saww, a great light overcame upon him-saww until his-saww nearness was like the two bows or nearer, and it is a measurement of what is between the eyebrow to the eyebrow; and He-azwj Whispered to him-saww with what Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Mentioned in His-azwj Book. Allah-azwj the Exalted Said: For Allah is whatever is in the skies and whatever is in the earth; and if you are revealing what is within yourselves or you are hiding it, Allah will Reckon you with it. Then He will Forgive the one He so Desires to and He will Punish the one He so Desires to; [2:284].
وَ كَانَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ قَدْ عُرِضَتْ عَلَى سَائِرِ الْأُمَمِ مِنْ لَدُنْ آدَمَ إِلَى أَنْ بُعِثَ مُحَمَّدٌ ص فَأَبَوْا جَمِيعاً أَنْ يَقْبَلُوهَا مِنْ ثِقْلِهَا وَ قَبِلَهَا مُحَمَّدٌ فَلَمَّا رَأَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مِنْهُ وَ مِنْ أُمَّتِهِ الْقَبُولَ خَفَّفَ عَنْهُ ثِقْلَهَا فَقَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِما أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ رَبِّهِ
And this Verse had been Presented unto the rest of the communities from since Adam-as until the Sending of Muhammad-saww, but they all refused to accept it due to its weight, and Muhammad-saww accepted it. When Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Saw the acceptance from him-saww and from his-saww community, Lightened its weight from him-saww. Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: The Rasool believes in what has been Revealed unto him from his Lord [2:285].
ثُمَّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ تَكَرَّمَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَشْفَقَ عَلَى أُمَّتِهِ مِنْ تَشْدِيدِ الْآيَةِ الَّتِي قَبِلَهَا هُوَ وَ أُمَّتُهُ فَأَجَابَ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ وَ أُمَّتِهِ فَقَالَ وَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ كُلٌّ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَ مَلائِكَتِهِ وَ كُتُبِهِ وَ رُسُلِهِ لا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِنْ رُسُلِهِ
Then Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Honoured upon Muhammad-saww and was Affectionate upon his-saww community from the difficulties of the Verse. He-saww and his-saww community accepted it, and he-saww answered from himself-saww and his-saww community, so He-azwj Said: ‘‘And (so do) the Momineen. They all believe in Allah, and His Angels, and His Books. They do not differentiate between any one of His Rasools’. [2:285].
فَقَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَهُمُ الْمَغْفِرَةُ وَ الْجَنَّةُ إِذَا فَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص سَمِعْنا وَ أَطَعْنا غُفْرانَكَ رَبَّنا وَ إِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ يَعْنِي الْمَرْجِعَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ فَأَجَابَهُ قَدْ فَعَلْتُ بِتَائِبِي أُمَّتِكَ قَدْ أَوْجَبْتُ لَهُمُ الْمَغْفِرَةَ
Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said to them: ‘The Forgiveness is for them and the Paradise, when they do that. The Prophet-saww said: ‘We hear and we obey’”. (The Rasool said): ‘Yours is the Forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the Destination’. [2:285] – meaning the return in the Hereafter. He-azwj Answered him-saww: “I-azwj have Done so with the repentance of your-saww community and I-saww have Obligated the Forgiveness for them.
ثُمَّ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى أَمَّا إِذَا قَبِلْتَهَا أَنْتَ وَ أُمَّتُكَ وَ قَدْ كَانَتْ عُرِضَتْ مِنْ قَبْلُ عَلَى الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ الْأُمَمِ فَلَمْ يَقْبَلُوهَا فَحَقٌّ عَلَيَّ أَنْ أَرْفَعَهَا عَنْ أُمَّتِكَ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى لا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْساً إِلَّا وُسْعَها لَها ما كَسَبَتْ مِنْ خَيْرٍ وَ عَلَيْها مَا اكْتَسَبَتْ مِنْ شَرٍّ
Then Allah-azwj the Exalted Said: “But, when you-azwj and your-saww community accepted it, and I-saww had Presented from before unto the Prophets-as and the communities, but they did not accept it, therefore it is a right upon Me-azwj that I-azwj Raise it from your-saww community!” So, Allah-azwj the Exalted Said: (Allah Said): “Allah does not Encumber a soul except to its capacity. For it would be what it earned – from good, and against it would be what it earned” – from evil [2:286].
ثُمَّ أَلْهَمَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ نَبِيَّهُ أَنْ قَالَ رَبَّنا لا تُؤاخِذْنا إِنْ نَسِينا أَوْ أَخْطَأْنا فَقَالَ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ أَعْطَيْتُكَ لِكَرَامَتِكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ الْأُمَمَ السَّالِفَةَ كَانُوا إِذَا نَسُوا مَا ذُكِّرُوا فَتَحْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَبْوَابَ عَذَابِي وَ رَفَعْتُ ذَلِكَ عَنْ أُمَّتِكَ
Then Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Inspired His-azwj Prophet-saww, who said: ‘Our Lord! Do not Seize us if we forget or we make a mistake [2:286]. Allah-azwj the Glorious Said: I-azwj Give you-saww due to your-saww prestige, O Muhammad-saww! The previous communities were such that when they forgot what they should have remembered, the doors of My-azwj Punishment were Opened upon them, and that is Raised from your-saww community.
فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص رَبَّنا وَ لا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنا إِصْراً كَما حَمَلْتَهُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِنا يَعْنِي بِالْآصَارِ الشَّدَائِدَ الَّتِي كَانَتْ عَلَى الْأُمَمِ مِمَّنْ كَانَ قَبْلَ مُحَمَّدٍ فَقَالَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَقَدْ رَفَعْتُ عَنْ أُمَّتِكَ الْآصَارَ الَّتِي كَانَتْ عَلَى الْأُمَمِ السَّالِفَةِ وَ ذَلِكَ أَنِّي جَعَلْتُ عَلَى الْأُمَمِ أَنْ لَا أَقْبَلَ فِعْلًا إِلَّا فِي بِقَاعِ الْأَرْضِ الَّتِي اخْتَرْتُهَا لَهُمْ وَ إِنْ بَعُدَتْ وَ قَدْ جَعَلْتُ الْأَرْضَ لَكَ وَ لِأُمَّتِكَ طَهُوراً وَ مَسْجِداً
Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Our Lord! And do not Load upon us a burden like what You Loaded upon those from before us. [2:286] – meaning the burdens of difficulties which were upon the communities who were from before Muhammad-saww. Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: “I-azwj have Raised the burdens from your-saww community which were upon the previous communities, and that is, I-azwj had Made to be upon the communities that I-azwj will not Accept any deed except in the spot of the earth which I-azwj had Chosen it for them, and even if it was remote, and I-azwj have Made the whole earth to be a cleansing for you-saww and a Masjid.
فَهَذِهِ مِنَ الْآصَارِ وَ قَدْ رَفَعْتُهَا عَنْ أُمَّتِكَ وَ قَدْ كَانَتِ الْأُمَمُ السَّالِفَةُ تَحْمِلُ قَرَابِينَهَا عَلَى أَعْنَاقِهَا إِلَى الْبَيْتِ الْمُقَدَّسِ فَمَنْ قَبِلْتُ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ أَرْسَلْتُ عَلَى قُرْبَانِهِ نَاراً تَأْكُلْهُ وَ إِنْ لَمْ أَقْبَلْ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ رَجَعَ بِهِ مَثْبُوراً وَ قَدْ جَعَلْتُ قُرْبَانَ أُمَّتِكَ فِي بُطُونِ فُقَرَائِهَا وَ مَسَاكِينِهَا
This is from the burdens and I-azwj have Raised it from your-saww communities. And the previous communities bore their (sacrificial animal) offerings upon their necks to Bayt Al-Maqdis, so the one from whom I-azwj Accepted it, I-azwj would Send a fire upon his offering to consume it, and if I-azwj did not Accept that from him, I-azwj Returned it as destroyed, and I-azwj have Made the offering of your-saww community to be in the bellies of their poor ones and their needy.
فَمَنْ قَبِلْتُ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ أُضَاعِفُ لَهُ الثَّوَابَ أَضْعَافاً مُضَاعَفَةً وَ إِنْ لَمْ أَقْبَلْ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ رَفَعْتُ عَنْهُ بِهِ عُقُوبَاتِ الدُّنْيَا وَ قَدْ رَفَعْتُ ذَلِكَ عَنْ أُمَّتِكَ وَ هِيَ مِنَ الْآصَارِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ
So, the one from whom I-saww Accept that, I-azwj Multiply the Rewards is an additional multiple, and if I-azwj do not Accept that from him, I-azwj Raised the punishments of the world from him, and I-azwj have Raised for you-azwj from your-saww community, and it is from the burdens which used to be.
وَ كَانَتِ الْأُمَمُ السَّالِفَةُ مَفْرُوضاً عَلَيْهِمْ صَلَاتُهَا فِي كَبِدِ اللَّيْلِ وَ أَنْصَافِ النَّهَارِ وَ هِيَ مِنَ الشَّدَائِدِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ وَ قَدْ رَفَعْتُهَا عَنْ أُمَّتِكَ وَ فَرَضْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ صَلَاتَهُمْ فِي أَطْرَافِ اللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهَارِ فِي أَوْقَاتِ نَشَاطِهِمْ
And the previous communities were such, their Salat were Obligated upon them in the middle of the night and midday, and it is from the difficulties which were, and I-azwj have Raised if from your-saww community and Obligated their Salat upon them at the ends of the night and the day in various timings.
وَ كَانَتِ الْأُمَمُ السَّالِفَةُ مَفْرُوضاً عَلَيْهِمْ خَمْسُونَ صَلَاةً فِي خَمْسِينَ وَقْتاً وَ هِيَ مِنَ الْآصَارِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ قَدْ رَفَعْتُهَا عَنْ أُمَّتِكَ
And the previous communities were such, fifty Salats were Obligated upon them in fifty timings, and it is from the burdens which were upon them, and I-azwj have Raised if from your-saww community.
وَ كَانَتِ الْأُمَمُ السَّالِفَةُ حَسَنَتُهُمْ بِحَسَنَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَ سَيِّئَتُهُمْ بِسَيِّئَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَ جَعَلْتُ لِأُمَّتِكَ الْحَسَنَةَ بِعَشْرِ أَمْثَالِهَا وَ السَّيِّئَةَ بِوَاحِدَةٍ
And the past communities had one Reward for each of their good deeds and one sin to be counted as one, and this is from the difficulties which was upon them, so I-azwj Lifted it from your-saww community, and Made one good deeds to be Counted as ten, and the sin to be Counted as one.
وَ كَانَتِ الْأُمَمُ السَّالِفَةُ إِذَا نَوَى أَحَدُهُمْ حَسَنَةً لَمْ تُكْتَبْ لَهُمْ وَ إِذَا هَمَّ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ كَتَبْتُهَا عَلَيْهِمْ وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَفْعَلْهَا وَ قَدْ رَفَعْتُ ذَلِكَ عَنْ أُمَّتِكَ فَإِذَا هَمَّ أَحَدُهُمْ بِسَيِّئَةٍ وَ لَمْ يَعْمَلْهَا لَمْ تُكْتَبْ عَلَيْهِ وَ إِذَا هَمَّ أَحَدُهُمْ بِحَسَنَةٍ
And the past communities, when one of them intended a good deed, then did not do it, it was not Written down for him, and if he did do it, one Reward was Written down for him, whereas when one of your-saww community intends a good deed, then does not do it, a good deed is Written down for him even if he has not done it, and if he were to do it, ten are Written down for him.
وَ لَمْ يَعْمَلْهَا كُتِبَتْ لَهُ حَسَنَةٌ وَ كَانَتِ الْأُمَمُ السَّالِفَةُ إِذَا أَذْنَبُوا كَتَبْتُ ذُنُوبَهُمْ عَلَى أَبْوَابِهِمْ وَ جَعَلْتُ تَوْبَتَهُمْ مِنَ الذَّنْبِ أَنْ أُحَرِّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ بَعْدَ التَّوْبَةِ أَحَبَّ الطَّعَامِ إِلَيْهِمْ
And the past communities, when they committed sins, their sins were written upon their doors, and their repentance was Made to be that after repentance the most beloved of their food was Prohibited upon them.
وَ كَانَتِ الْأُمَمُ السَّالِفَةُ يَتُوبُ أَحَدُهُمْ مِنَ الذَّنْبِ الْوَاحِدِ الْمِائَةَ سَنَةٍ وَ الْمِائَتَيْ سَنَةٍ ثُمَّ لَمْ أَقْبَلْ تَوْبَتَهُ دُونَ أَنْ أُعَاقِبَهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا بِعُقُوبَةٍ وَ قَدْ رَفَعْتُ ذَلِكَ عَنْ أُمَّتِكَ وَ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ مِنْ أُمَّتِكَ لَيُذْنِبُ الْمِائَةَ سَنَةٍ ثُمَّ يَتُوبُ وَ يَنْدَمُ طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ فَأَغْفِرُ لَهُ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ
And the past communities, one of them would have to repent from the one sins for one hundred years, and the two hundred years, then his repentance would (still) not be Accepted besides that I-azwj Punish him in the world with a Punishment, and that has been Raised from your-saww communities. And the man from your-saww community would commit a hundred sins then repent and regret for the blink of an eye, so I-azwj would Forgive all that for him and Accept his repentance.
وَ أَقْبَلُ تَوْبَتَهُ وَ كَانَتِ الْأُمَمُ السَّالِفَةُ إِذَا أَصَابَهُمْ أَذَى نَجَسٍ قَرَضُوهُ مِنْ أَجْسَادِهِمْ وَ قَدْ جَعَلْتُ الْمَاءَ طَهُوراً لِأُمَّتِكَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الْأَنْجَاسِ وَ الصَّعِيدَ فِي الْأَوْقَاتِ وَ هَذِهِ الْآصَارُ الَّتِي كَانَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ رَفَعْتُهَا عَنْ أُمَّتِكَ
And the past communities, when an uncleanness hit them, they had to scrape it off from their bodies, and the water has been Made to be a cleanser for your-saww community from the entirety of the uncleanness, and the hunting during the timings, and this are burdens which were upon them, have been Raised from your-saww community!”
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص اللَّهُمَّ إِذْ قَدْ فَعَلْتَ ذَلِكَ بِي فَزِدْنِي فَأَلْهَمَهُ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ أَنْ قَالَ رَبَّنا وَ لا تُحَمِّلْنا ما لا طاقَةَ لَنا بِهِ
Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘O Allah-azwj! Since You-azwj have Done that with me-saww, then Increase it for me-saww’. Allah-azwj the Glorious Inspired him-saww to say: Our Lord! And do not Load upon us what we have no strength for us with it’.
قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ قَدْ فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ بِأُمَّتِكَ وَ قَدْ رَفَعْتُ عَنْهُمْ عَظِيمَ بَلَايَا الْأُمَمِ وَ ذَلِكَ حُكْمِي فِي جَمِيعِ الْأُمَمِ أَنْ لَا أُكَلِّفَ نَفْساً فَوْقَ طَاقَتِهَا قَالَ وَ اعْفُ عَنَّا وَ اغْفِرْ لَنا وَ ارْحَمْنا أَنْتَ مَوْلانا
Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: “I-azwj have Done that with your-saww community, and have Lifted from them all of the great afflictions of the (past) communities, and that is My-azwj Judgement in all of the communities, that I-azwj do not Impose upon a creature above its strength (of toleration)’. He-saww said: ‘and Pardon (our sins) for us and have Mercy on us. You are our Master’.
قَالَ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى قَدْ فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ بِتَائِبِي أُمَّتِكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ فَانْصُرْنا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكافِرِينَ
Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: “I-azwj have Done that with the penitent ones of your-saww community”. Then he-saww said: ‘therefore Help us against the Kafir people’.
قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ قَدْ فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ وَ جَعَلْتُ أُمَّتَكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ كَالشَّامَةِ الْبَيْضَاءِ فِي الثَّوْرِ الْأَسْوَدِ هُمُ الْقَادِرُونَ وَ هُمُ الْقَاهِرُونَ يَسْتَخْدِمُونَ وَ لَا يُسْتَخْدَمُونَ لِكَرَامَتِكَ وَ حَقٌّ عَلَيَّ أَنْ أُظْهِرَ دِينَكَ عَلَى الْأَدْيَانِ حَتَّى لَا يَبْقَى فِي شَرْقِ الْأَرْضِ وَ لَا غَرْبِهَا دِيْنٌ إِلَّا دِينُكَ وَ يُؤَدُّونَ إِلَى أَهْلِ دِينِكَ الْجِزْيَةَ وَ هُمْ صَاغِرُونَ
Allah-azwj, Mighty is His-azwj Name Said: “Your-saww community upon the earth is like a white spot upon the black bull, they are the capable ones, and they are the oppressors who would not be serving you-saww nor your-saww prestige to Me-azwj, and it is a right upon Me-azwj that I-azwj should Make your-saww Religion to overcome all the other religions, until there does not remain in the East of the earth, or in the West of it except a religion except for your-saww Religion, and they would be paying taxation to the people of your-saww Religion, and they are belittled.
وَ لَقَدْ رَآهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرى عِنْدَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهى عِنْدَها جَنَّةُ الْمَأْوى إِذْ يَغْشَى السِّدْرَةَ ما يَغْشى ما زاغَ الْبَصَرُ وَ ما طَغى لَقَدْ رَأى مِنْ آياتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرى فَهَذَا أَعْظَمُ يَا أَخَا الْيَهُودِ مِنْ مُنَاجَاتِهِ لِمُوسَى ع عَلَى طُورِ سَيْنَاءَ
And he had seen him in another descent [53:13] At the Lote Tree [53:14] By the Garden of abode [53:15] When the Lote Tree was overwhelmed by what overwhelmed it [53:16] Neither did the sight deviate nor did it exceed [53:17] He saw from the greatest Signs of his Lord [53:18]. Thus, this is greater, O Jewish brother, than Him-azwj Whispering to Musa-as upon the (mount) Toor of Sinai.
ثُمَّ زَادَ اللَّهُ لِمُحَمَّدٍ ص أَنْ مَثَّلَ النَّبِيِّينَ فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ وَ هُمْ خَلْفَهُ يَقْتَدُونَ بِهِ وَ لَقَدْ عَايَنَ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ الْجَنَّةَ وَ النَّارَ وَ عُرِجَ بِهِ إِلَى سَمَاءٍ سَمَاءٍ فَسَلَّمَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ فَهَذَا أَكْثَرُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ
Then Allah-azwj Increased for Muhammad-saww that the Prophets-as were resembled for him-saww and he-saww led them in Salat and they-as were behind him-saww, following him-saww, and he-saww had seen on that night, the Paradise and the Fire, and he-saww ascended to a sky after sky, and the Angels greeted unto him-saww. So, this is greater than that’.
قَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَلْقَى عَلَى مُوسَى مَحَبَّةً مِنْهُ
The Jew said, ‘Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Cast unto Musa-as, Love from Him-azwj’.
فَقَالَ ع لَهُ لَقَدْ كَانَ كَذَلِكَ وَ مُحَمَّدٌ ص أَلْقَى عَلَيْهِ مَحَبَّةً مِنْهُ فَسَمَّاهُ حَبِيباً وَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ أَرَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ صُورَةَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أُمَّتِهِ فَقَالَ يَا رَبِّ مَا رَأَيْتُ مِنْ أُمَمِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ أَنْوَرَ وَ لَا أَزْهَرَ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ فَمَنْ هَذَا
He-asws said to him: ‘It has been like that, and Muhammad-saww, Love from Him-azwj was Cast upon him-saww, so He-azwj Named him-saww ‘Beloved’, and that is Allah-azwj Exalted, Majestic is His-azwj Praise, Showed Ibrahim-as the image of Muhammad-saww and his-saww community, and he-as said: ‘O Lord-azwj! I-as have not seen anyone from the community of Prophets-as more radiant nor blossomy than this community, so who is this?’
فَنُودِيَ هَذَا مُحَمَّدٌ حَبِيبِي لَا حَبِيبَ لِي مِنْ خَلْقِي غَيْرُهُ أَجْرَيْتُ ذِكْرَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَخْلُقَ سَمَائِي وَ أَرْضِي وَ سَمَّيْتُهُ نَبِيّاً وَ أَبُوكَ آدَمُ يَوْمَئِذٍ مِنَ الطِّينِ مَا أَجْرَيْتُ فِيهِ رُوحَهُ وَ لَقَدْ أُلْقِيتَ أَنْتَ مَعَهُ فِي الذِّرْوَةِ الْأُولَى وَ أَقْسَمَ بِحَيَاتِهِ فِي كِتَابِهِ
He-azwj Called out: “This is Muhammad-saww, My-azwj Beloved. There is no Beloved for Me-azwj from My-azwj creatures apart from him-saww. I-azwj Flowed his-saww mention before I-azwj Created My-azwj skies and My-azwj earth and Named him-saww as a Prophet-saww, and your-as father-as Adam-as on that day was from the clay, and Flowed his-saww spirit into him-as, and I-azwj had Cast you-as along with him-saww in the first apex, and Swore by his-saww life in his-saww Book”.
فَقَالَ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِي سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ أَيْ وَ حَيَاتِكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَ كَفَى بِهَذَا رِفْعَةً وَ شَرَفاً مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ رُتْبَةً
He-azwj, Majestic is His-azwj Praise Said: By your life (O Muhammad)! They were blindly wandering on in their intoxication [15:72], i.e. your-saww life, O Muhammad-saww. And it suffices with this as a loftiness and nobility from Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic and rank’.
قَالَ الْيَهُودِيُّ فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَمَّا فَضَّلَ اللَّهُ بِهِ أُمَّتَهُ عَلَى سَائِرِ الْأُمَمِ
The Jew said, ‘Inform me about what Allah-azwj Merited his-saww community with over the rest of the communities’.
قَالَ ع لَقَدْ فَضَّلَ اللَّهُ أُمَّتَهُ ص عَلَى سَائِرِ الْأُمَمِ بِأَشْيَاءَ كَثِيرَةٍ أَنَا أَذْكُرُ لَكَ مِنْهَا قَلِيلًا مِنْ كَثِيرٍ مِنْ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ كُنْتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ وَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ وَ جَمَعَ اللَّهُ الْخَلْقَ فِي صَعِيدٍ وَاحِدٍ سَأَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ النَّبِيِّينَ هَلْ بَلَّغْتُمْ فَيَقُولُونَ نَعَمْ
He-asws said: ‘Allah-azwj has Merited his-saww community over the rest of the communities with many things. I-asws shall mention to you a few of these from many. From that are the Words of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic: You are the best of the communities raised up for the people [3:110]. And from that is that when it will be the Day of Qiyamah and Allah-azwj will Gather the creatures in one plain, Allah-azwj will Question the Prophets-as: “Did you-as deliver (the Message)?’ They-as would say: ‘Yes’.
فَيَسْأَلُ الْأُمَمَ فَيَقُولُونَ ما جاءَنا مِنْ بَشِيرٍ وَ لا نَذِيرٍ فَيَقُولُ اللَّهُ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ وَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّينَ مَنْ شُهَدَاؤُكُمُ الْيَوْمَ فَيَقُولُونَ مُحَمَّدٌ وَ أُمَّتُهُ فَتَشْهَدُ لَهُمْ أُمَّةُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِالتَّبْلِيغِ وَ تُصَدَّقُ شَهَادَتُهُمْ وَ شَهَادَةُ مُحَمَّدٍ ص
The communities will be Questioned, and they would say, ‘There neither came a giver of glad tidings nor a warner to us’. Allah-azwj, Majestic is His-azwj Praise, and although He-azwj would be more Knowing with that, will Say to the Prophets-as: “Who are your witnesses today?’ They would say, ‘Muhammad-saww and his-saww community’. The community of Muhammad-saww will testify for them-as with the delivery, and ratify their-as testimonies, and the testimony of Muhammad-saww.
فَيُؤْمِنُونَ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى لِتَكُونُوا شُهَداءَ عَلَى النَّاسِ وَ يَكُونَ الرَّسُولُ عَلَيْكُمْ شَهِيداً يَقُولُ يَكُونُ مُحَمَّدٌ عَلَيْكُمْ شَهِيداً أَنَّكُمْ قَدْ بَلَّغْتُمُ الرِّسَالَةَ وَ مِنْهَا أَنَّهُمْ أَوَّلُ النَّاسِ حِسَاباً وَ أَسْرَعُهُمْ دُخُولًا إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ قَبْلَ سَائِرِ الْأُمَمِ كُلِّهَا
They will believe during that, and that is the Word of the Exalted: for you (Imams) to become witnesses upon the people, and the Rasool to become a witness upon you [2:143]. He-azwj is Saying that Muhammad-saww would become a witness upon you-as all that you-as (Prophets-as) have delivered the Message, and from it is that they-as would be first of the people to be Reckoned with and the quickest of them to be entering into the Paradise before the rest of the communities, all of them.
وَ مِنْهَا أَيْضاً أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَرَضَ عَلَيْهِمْ فِي اللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهَارِ خَمْسَ صَلَوَاتٍ فِي خَمْسَةِ أَوْقَاتٍ اثْنَتَانِ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ ثَلَاثٌ بِالنَّهَارِ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ هَذِهِ الْخَمْسَ صَلَوَاتٍ تَعْدِلُ خَمْسِينَ صَلَاةً وَ جَعَلَهَا كَفَّارَةَ خَطَايَاهُمْ فَقَالَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ إِنَّ الْحَسَناتِ يُذْهِبْنَ السَّيِّئاتِ يَقُولُ صَلَاةُ الْخَمْسِ تُكَفِّرُ الذُّنُوبَ مَا اجْتُنِبَتِ الْكَبَائِرُ
And from these is that Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Obligated upon them five Salats during the night and the day in five timings – two at night, and three at daytime. Then He-azwj Made these five Salats to equate to fifty Salat, and Made these as an expiation of their mistakes (sins). Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: Surely the good deeds erase the evil deeds, that is a Reminder for the mindful [11:114]. He-azwj is Saying that these five Salats are expiations for the sins of the ones who shun the major sins.
وَ مِنْهَا أَيْضاً أَنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى جَعَلَ لَهُمُ الْحَسَنَةَ الْوَاحِدَةَ الَّتِي يَهُمُّ بِهَا الْعَبْدُ وَ لَا يَعْمَلُهَا حَسَنَةً وَاحِدَةً يَكْتُبُهَا لَهُ فَإِنْ عَمِلَهَا كُتِبَتْ لَهُ عَشْرُ حَسَنَاتٍ وَ أَمْثَالُهَا إِلَى سَبْعِمِائَةِ ضِعْفٍ فَصَاعِداً
And from these as well is that Allah-azwj the Exalted Made the one good deed of theirs which the servant (only) thinks of and does not do it, one good deed would (still) be written for him, and if he does do it, then good deeds the like of it would be written for him up to a multiple of seventy and above.
وَ مِنْهَا أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يُدْخِلُ الْجَنَّةَ مِنْ أَهْلِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفاً بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ وَ وُجُوهُهُمْ مِثْلُ الْقَمَرِ لَيْلَةَ الْبَدْرِ وَ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ عَلَى أَحْسَنِ مَا يَكُونُ الْكَوْكَبُ الدُّرِّيُّ فِي أُفُقِ السَّمَاءِ وَ الَّذِينَ يَلُونَهُمْ عَلَى أَشَدِّ كَوْكَبٍ فِي السَّمَاءِ إِضَاءَةً وَ لَا اخْتِلَافَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَ لَا تَبَاغُضَ بَيْنَهُمْ
And from these is that Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic will Let enter into the Paradise from the people of this community, seventy thousand without Reckoning, and their faces would be like the moon on the night of the full moon, and those he-saww leads them upon good becoming like the shining star in the horizon of the sky, and those he-saww leads them as being the most intensely illuminating star in the sky, and there is no differing between them nor any hatred between them.
وَ مِنْهَا أَنَّ الْقَاتِلَ مِنْهُمْ عَمْداً إِنْ شَاءَ أَوْلِيَاءُ الْمَقْتُولِ أَنْ يَعْفُوا عَنْهُ فَعَلُوا وَ إِنْ شَاءُوا قَبِلُوا الدِّيَةَ وَ عَلَى أَهْلِ التَّوْرَاةِ وَ هُمْ أَهْلُ دِينِكَ يُقْتَلُ الْقَاتِلُ وَ لَا يُعْفَى عَنْهُ وَ لَا تُؤْخَذُ مِنْهُ دِيَةٌ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ ذلِكَ تَخْفِيفٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ وَ رَحْمَةٌ
And from these is that the deliberate killer from them, if the guardians of the killed so desire to pardon him, can do so, and if they so desire they can accept the wergild, and upon the people of the Torah, and they are the people of your Religion, the killer would be killed and there is no pardon for him, nor will the wergild be taken from him. Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: That is a Lightening from your Lord and a Mercy. [2:178].
وَ مِنْهَا أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ جَعَلَ فَاتِحَةَ الْكِتَابِ نِصْفَهَا لِنَفْسِهِ وَ نِصْفَهَا لِعَبْدِهِ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى قَسَمْتُ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَ عَبْدِي هَذِهِ السُّورَةَ فَإِذَا قَالَ أَحَدُهُمْ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ فَقَدْ حَمِدَنِي وَ إِذَا قَالَ رَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ فَقَدْ عَرَفَنِي وَ إِذَا قَالَ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ فَقَدْ مَدَحَنِي وَ إِذَا قَالَ مالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ فَقَدْ أَثْنَى عَلَيَّ وَ إِذَا قَالَ إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَ إِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ فَقَدْ صَدَقَ عَبْدِي فِي عِبَادَتِي بَعْدَ مَا سَأَلَنِي وَ بَقِيَّةُ هَذِهِ السُّورَةِ لَهُ
And from these is that Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Made the Opening of the Book (Surah Al Fatiha), half of it for Himself-azwj. Allah-azwj the Exalted Said: “I-azwj Divided this Chapter between Me-azwj and My-azwj servant. So, when one of them says, All Praise is for Allah [1:2], so he has praised Me-azwj; and when he says, the Lord of the Worlds [1:2], so he has recognised Me-azwj; and when he says, The Beneficent, the Merciful [1:3], so he has commended Me-azwj; and when he says, Master of the Day of Reckoning [1:4], so he has extolled upon Me-azwj; and when he says, (It is) You we worship [1:5] And You do we seek Assistance (from) [1:5], so My-azwj servant has been truthful in worshipping Me-azwj after having asked Me-azwj. And the remainder of this Chapter is for him”.
وَ مِنْهَا أَنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى بَعَثَ جَبْرَائِيلَ ع إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ص أَنْ بَشِّرْ أُمَّتَكَ بِالزَّيْنِ وَ السَّنَاءِ وَ الرِّفْعَةِ وَ الْكَرَامَةِ وَ النَّصْرِ
And from these is that Allah-azwj the Exalted Sent Jibraeel-as to the Prophet-saww: ‘Give glad tidings to your-saww community with the gracefulness, and the eminence, and the loftiness, and the prestige, and the victory’.
وَ مِنْهَا أَنَّ اللَّهَ سُبْحَانَهُ أَبَاحَهُمْ صَدَقَاتِهِمْ يَأْكُلُونَهَا وَ يَجْعَلُونَهَا فِي بُطُونِ فُقَرَائِهِمْ يَأْكُلُونَ مِنْهَا وَ يُطْعِمُونَ وَ كَانَتْ صَدَقَاتُ مَنْ قَبْلَهُمْ مِنَ الْأُمَمِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَحْمِلُونَهَا إِلَى مَكَانٍ قَصِيٍ فَيُحْرِقُونَهَا بِالنَّارِ
And from these is that Allah-azwj the Glorious Legalised their charities to be consuming these, and making it to be in the bellies of their poor, eating from it and feeding, and the charities of the ones before them from the communities, the Momineen had to carry it to a far distance and burn it in the fire.
وَ مِنْهَا أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ جَعَلَ الشَّفَاعَةَ لَهُمْ خَاصَّةً دُونَ الْأُمَمِ وَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى يَتَجَاوَزُ عَنْ ذُنُوبِهِمُ الْعِظَامِ لِشَفَاعَةِ نَبِيِّهِمْ ص
And from these is that Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Made the intercession to be for them in particular besides the (other) communities, and Allah-azwj the Exalted Overlooks their sins due to the intercession of their Prophet-saww.
وَ مِنْهَا أَنْ يُقَالَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ لِيَتَقَدَّمِ الْحَامِدُونَ فَتَقَدَّمُ أُمَّةُ مُحَمَّدٍ ص قَبْلَ الْأُمَمِ وَ هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ أُمَّةُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَامِدُونَ يَحْمَدُونَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَلَى كُلِّ مَنْزِلَةٍ وَ يُكَبِّرُونَهُ عَلَى كُلِّ نحد [نَجْدٍ] مُنَادِيهِمْ فِي جَوْفِ السَّمَاءِ لَهُ دَوِيٌّ كَدَوِيِّ النَّحْلِ
And from these is that it will be said on the Day of Qiyamah: ‘Let the praising ones come forwards!’ The community of Muhammad-saww will proceed before the (other) communities, and it is Decreed that the community of Muhammad-saww are the praising ones, praising Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic upon every situation, and extolling His-azwj Greatness in all places, their calling out in the middle of the sky to Him-azwj, humming like the humming of the bees.
وَ مِنْهَا أَنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُهْلِكُهُمْ بِجُوعٍ وَ لَا يَجْمَعُهُمْ عَلَى ضَلَالَةٍ وَ لَا يُسَلِّطُ عَلَيْهِمْ عَدُوّاً مِنْ غَيْرِهِمْ وَ لَا يُسَاخُ بِبَقِيَّتِهِمْ وَ جَعَلَ لَهُمُ الطَّاعُونَ شَهَادَةً
And from these is that Allah-azwj will Destroy them with hunger, nor Gather them upon a straying, nor Let an enemy to overcome upon them from others, nor Break them down with their survival, and Made the plague a witness for them.
وَ مِنْهَا أَنَّ اللَّهَ جَعَلَ لِمَنْ صَلَّى عَلَى نَبِيِّهِ عَشْرَ حَسَنَاتٍ وَ مَحَا عَنْهُ عَشْرَ سَيِّئَاتٍ وَ رَدَّ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ عَلَيْهِ مِثْلَ صَلَاتِهِ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ص
And from these is that Allah-azwj Made ten good deeds to be for the one who sent Salawat upon His-azwj Prophet-saww, and Delete ten evil deeds from him, and Allah-azwj Returned upon him-saww the like of His-azwj Salat upon the Prophet-saww.
وَ مِنْهَا أَنَّهُ جَعَلَهُمْ أَزْوَاجاً ثَلَاثَةً أُمَماً فَمِنْهُمْ ظالِمٌ لِنَفْسِهِ وَ مِنْهُمْ مُقْتَصِدٌ وَ مِنْهُمْ سابِقٌ بِالْخَيْراتِ وَ السَّابِقُ بِالْخَيْرَاتِ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ وَ الْمُقْتَصِدُ يُحاسَبُ حِساباً يَسِيراً وَ الظَّالِمُ لِنَفْسِهِ مَغْفُورٌ لَهُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ
And from these is that He-azwj Made three pairs for communities. From them is being unjust to himself (commit sins), and from them is the moderate, and from them is one who is first with the good deeds, and the one first with the good deeds would enter the Paradise without Reckoning, and the moderate one will be Reckoned with an easy Reckoning, and the one unjust to himself would be Forgiven, if Allah-azwj Desires.
وَ مِنْهَا أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ جَعَلَ تَوْبَتَهُمُ النَّدَمَ وَ الِاسْتِغْفَارَ وَ التَّرْكَ لِلْإِصْرَارِ وَ كَانَتْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ تَوْبَتُهُمْ قَتْلَ النَّفْسِ
And from these is that Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Made the regret to be their repentance, and leaving the persistence as the Forgiveness, and the Children of Israel, their repentance was to kill the soul (themselves).
وَ مِنْهَا قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لِنَبِيِّهِ ص أُمَّتُكَ هَذِهِ مَرْحُومَةٌ عَذَابُهَا فِي الدُّنْيَا الزَّلْزَلَةُ وَ الْفَقْرُ
And from these are the Words of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic to His-azwj Prophet-saww: “This community of yours-saww is Meried, and its Punishment in the world is the earthquake and the poverty”.
وَ مِنْهَا أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَكْتُبُ لِلْمَرِيضِ الْكَبِيرَ مِنَ الْحَسَنَاتِ عَلَى حَسَبِ مَا كَانَ يَعْمَلُ فِي شَبَابِهِ وَ صِحَّتِهِ مِنْ أَعْمَالِ الْخَيْرِ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ اسْتَكْتِبُوا لِعَبْدِي مِثْلَ حَسَنَاتِهِ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ مَا دَامَ فِي وَثَاقِي
And from these is that Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Decreed for the old sick person, of the good deeds upon a reckoning of what he would have done during his youth and his health, from the good deeds. Allah-azwj the Glorious is Saying to the Angels: “Write down for My-azwj servant before that for as long as he is in My-azwj Grip”.
وَ مِنْهَا أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَلْزَمَ أُمَّةَ مُحَمَّدٍ ص كَلِمَةَ التَّقْوَى وَ جَعَلَ بَدْءَ الشَّفَاعَةِ لَهُمْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ
And from these is that Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Necessitated the community of Muhammad-saww, the word of piety, and Made the beginning of the intercession for them in the Hereafter.
وَ مِنْهَا أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص رَأَى فِي السَّمَاءِ لَيْلَةَ عُرِجَ بِهِ إِلَيْهَا مَلَائِكَةً قِيَاماً وَ رُكُوعاً مُنْذُ خُلِقُوا فَقَالَ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ هَذِهِ هِيَ الْعِبَادَةُ فَقَالَ جَبْرَئِيلُ صَدَقْتَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَاسْأَلْ رَبَّكَ أَنْ يُعْطِيَ أُمَّتَكَ الْقُنُوتَ وَ الرُّكُوعَ وَ السُّجُودَ فِي صَلَاتِهِمْ
And from these is that the Prophet-saww saw in the sky during the night he-saww ascended to these, Angels standing (in Salat) and performing Ruku’u since they had been created. He-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel-as! This indeed is the worship’. Jibraeel-as said: ‘You-saww speak the truth, O Muhammad-saww! Ask your-saww Lord-azwj to Give your-saww community, the Qunout (supplication), and the Ruku’u and the Sajdah during their Salats’.
فَأَعْطَاهُمُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى ذَلِكَ فَأُمَّةُ مُحَمَّدٍ ص يَقْتَدُونَ بِالْمَلَائِكَةِ الَّذِينَ فِي السَّمَاءِ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ يَحْسُدُونَكُمْ عَلَى صَلَاتِكُمْ وَ رُكُوعِكُمْ وَ سُجُودِكُمْ
Allah-azwj the Exalted Gave them that. The community of Muhammad-saww were guided by the Angels, those who are in the sky. The Prophet-saww said: ‘Jews are envying you all upon your Salat, and your Ruku’u and your Sajdahs’’.[36]
34- فر، تفسير فرات بن إبراهيم مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ مُعَنْعَناً عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص أُوتِيَ عِلْمَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ عِلْمَ الْوَصِيِّينَ وَ عِلْمَ مَا هُوَ كَائِنٌ إِلَى أَنْ تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ
‘Tafseer Furaat Bin Ibrahim’ – Muhammad Bin Ahmad,
‘From Abu Ja’far-asws having said: ‘Amir-Al-Momineen Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws said: ‘The Prophet-saww is Given the knowledge of (all) the Prophets-as, and knowledge of (all) the successors-as, and knowledge of what is to happen up to the establishment of the Hour’.
ثُمَّ تَلَا هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ لِنَبِيِّهِ ص هذا ذِكْرُ مَنْ مَعِيَ وَ ذِكْرُ مَنْ قَبْلِي
Then he-asws recited this Verse Allah-azwj is Saying to His-azwj Prophet-saww: This is a Zikr of the one (who is) with me, and a Zikr of the ones (who were) before me [21:24]’’.[37]
35- ختص، الإختصاص جَمَاعَةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْمُؤَدِّبِ عَنْ عِدَّةٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي الْخَطَّابِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ الْجَمَّالِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: قَالَ لِي يَا صَفْوَانُ هَلْ تَدْرِي كَمْ بَعَثَ اللَّهُ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ قَالَ قُلْتُ مَا أَدْرِي قَالَ بَعَثَ اللَّهُ مِائَةَ أَلْفِ نَبِيٍّ وَ أَرْبَعَةً وَ أَرْبَعِينَ أَلْفَ نَبِيٍ وَ مِثْلَهُمْ أَوْصِيَاءَ بِصِدْقِ الْحَدِيثِ وَ أَدَاءِ الْأَمَانَةِ وَ الزُّهْدِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ مَا بَعَثَ اللَّهُ نَبِيّاً خَيْراً مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ ص وَ لَا وَصِيّاً خَيْراً مِنْ وَصِيِّهِ
‘Al Ikhtisas’ – A group of our companions, from Muhammad Bin Ja’far al Mowdab, from a number of our companions, from Ibn Abu Al Khattab, from Ibn Asbat, from Al-Hassan Bin Ziyad, from Safwan Al Jamal,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘He-asws said to me: ‘O Safwan! Do you know how many Prophets-as were Sent by Allah-azwj?’ I said, ‘I don’t know’. He-asws said: ‘Allah-azwj Sent one hundred and forty-four thousand Prophets-as, and the like (number of them-as) as successors-as with the truthful Hadeeth, and paying the entrustment, and the ascetism from the world; and Allah-azwj did not Sent any Prophet-as better than Muhammad-saww, nor any successor-as better than his-saww successor-asws’’.[38]
36- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَنَّ بَعْضَ قُرَيْشٍ قَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص بِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ سَبَقْتَ الْأَنْبِيَاءَ وَ أَنْتَ بُعِثْتَ آخِرَهُمْ وَ خَاتَمَهُمْ
‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al-Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Salih Bin Sahl,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws: ‘One of the Qureysh said to Rasool-Allah-saww, ‘By which thing do you-saww precede the (other) Prophets-as and you-saww have been Sent at their-as end and the last of them-as?’
قَالَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَوَّلَ مَنْ آمَنَ بِرَبِّي وَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَجَابَ حَيْثُ أَخَذَ اللَّهُ مِيثَاقَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ أَشْهَدَهُمْ عَلى أَنْفُسِهِمْ أَ لَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ فَكُنْتُ أَنَا أَوَّلَ نَبِيٍّ قَالَ بَلَى فَسَبَقْتُهُمْ بِالْإِقْرَارِ بِاللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ
He-saww said: ‘I-saww was the first one to believe in my-saww Lord-azwj, and the first one to answer when Allah-azwj Took the Covenant of the Prophets-as: and Made them testify against their own selves: “Am I not your Lord?” [7:172]. I-saww was the first Prophet-as who said: ‘Yes’. Thus, I-saww preceded them with the acceptance with Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic’’.[39]
37- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ سَعْدَانَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص بِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ سَبَقْتَ وُلْدَ آدَمَ
‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al-Husayn, from Ali Bin Ismail, from Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Sa’dan Bin Muslim, from Salih Bin Sahl,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘A questioner asked Rasool-Allah-saww, ‘By which thing do you-saww precede the children of Adam-as?’
قَالَ إِنَّنِي أَوَّلُ مَنْ أَقَرَّ بِرَبِّي إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَخَذَ مِيثَاقَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ أَشْهَدَهُمْ عَلى أَنْفُسِهِمْ أَ لَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ قالُوا بَلى فَكُنْتُ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَجَابَ
He-asws said: ‘I-saww was the first one to accept with my-saww Lord-azwj. Allah-azwj Took the Covenant of the Prophets-as: and Made them testify against their own selves: “Am I not your Lord?” They said, ‘Yes [7:172]. So, I-saww was the first one to answer’’.[40]
38- كا، الكافي عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَوْلَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ فَاصْبِرْ كَما صَبَرَ أُولُوا الْعَزْمِ مِنَ الرُّسُلِ فَقَالَ نُوحٌ وَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَ مُوسَى وَ عِيسَى ع وَ مُحَمَّدٌ ص
‘Al-Kafi’ – A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Usman Bin Isa, from Sama’at Bin Mihran who said,
‘I said to Abu Abdullah-asws, ‘The Words of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic: Therefore, be patient just as the Determined ones from the Rasools were patient [46:35]’. He-asws said: ‘Nuh-as, and Ibrahim-as, and Musa-as, and Isa-as and Muhammad-saww’.
قُلْتُ كَيْفَ صَارُوا أُولِى الْعَزْمِ قَالَ لِأَنَّ نُوحاً بُعِثَ بِكِتَابٍ وَ شَرِيعَةٍ وَ كُلَّ مَنْ جَاءَ بَعْدَ نُوحٍ أَخَذَ بِكِتَابِ نُوحٍ وَ شَرِيعَتِهِ وَ مِنْهَاجِهِ حَتَّى جَاءَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ ع بِالصُّحُفِ وَ بِعَزِيمَةِ تَرْكِ كِتَابِ نُوحٍ ع لَا كُفْراً بِهِ
I said, ‘How did they-as come to be the Determined Ones (Ul Al-Azam)?’ He-asws said: ‘Because Nuh-as was Sent with a Book and a Law, and everyone who came after Nuh-as took by the Book of Nuh-as, and his-as Law and his-as manifesto until Ibrahim-as came with the Parchment, and with determination he-as neglected the Book of Nuh-as, not having disbelieved in it.
فَكُلُّ نَبِيٍّ جَاءَ بَعْدَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ع أَخَذَ بِشَرِيعَةِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ع وَ مِنْهَاجِهِ وَ بِالصُّحُفِ حَتَّى جَاءَ مُوسَى ع بِالتَّوْرَاةِ وَ شَرِيعَتِهِ وَ مِنْهَاجِهِ وَ بِعَزِيمَةِ تَرْكِ الصُّحُفِ
Every Prophet-as who came after Ibrahim-as took by the Law of Ibrahim-as, and his-as manifesto and by the Parchment, until Musa-as came with the Torah and his-as Law, and his-as manifesto, and with determination he-as neglected the Parchment.
فَكُلُّ نَبِيٍّ جَاءَ بَعْدَ مُوسَى ع أَخَذَ بِالتَّوْرَاةِ وَ شَرِيعَتِهِ وَ مِنْهَاجِهِ حَتَّى جَاءَ الْمَسِيحُ ع بِالْإِنْجِيلِ وَ بِعَزِيمَةِ تَرْكِ شَرِيعَةِ مُوسَى ع وَ مِنْهَاجِهِ
And every Prophet-as who came after Musa-as took by the Torah, and his-as Law, and his-as manifesto until the Messiah-as came with the Evangel, and with determination he-as superseded the Law of Musa-as, as well as his-as manifesto.
فَكُلُّ نَبِيٍّ جَاءَ بَعْدَ الْمَسِيحِ ع أَخَذَ بِشَرِيعَتِهِ وَ مِنْهَاجِهِ حَتَّى جَاءَ مُحَمَّدٌ ص فَجَاءَ بِالْقُرْآنِ وَ بِشَرِيعَتِهِ وَ مِنْهَاجِهِ فَحَلَالُهُ حَلَالٌ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ وَ حَرَامُهُ حَرَامٌ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ
Then every Prophet-as who came after the Messiah-as adhered to his-as Law and his-as manifesto until Muhammad-saww came. So he-saww came with the Quran and with his-saww Law and his-saww manifesto. Thus, his-saww Permissible would be a Permissible up to the day of Judgement, and his-saww Prohibition would be a Prohibition up to the Day of Qiyamah’’.[41]
39- ن، عيون أخبار الرضا عليه السلام بِالْأَسَانِيدِ الثَّلَاثَةِ عَنِ الرِّضَا عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِنَّ مُوسَى ع سَأَلَ رَبَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَقَالَ يَا رَبِّ اجْعَلْنِي مِنْ أُمَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ ص فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى إِلَيْهِ يَا مُوسَى إِنَّكَ لَا تَصِلُ إِلَى ذَلِكَ
‘Uyoun Akhbar Al-Reza-as’ – By the three chains,
‘From Al-Reza-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Musa-as asked his-as Lord-azwj Mighty and Majestic saying: ‘O Lord-azwj! Make me-as to be from the community of Muhammad-saww’. Allah-azwj the Exalted Revealed to him-as: “O Musa-as! You-as will not arrive to that’’.[42]
40- ل، الخصال فِي وَصِيَّةِ النَّبِيِّ ص لِعَلِيٍّ ع يَا عَلِيُّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَشْرَفَ عَلَى الدُّنْيَا فَاخْتَارَنِي مِنْهَا عَلَى رِجَالِ الْعَالَمِينَ ثُمَّ اطَّلَعَ الثَّانِيَةَ فَاخْتَارَكَ عَلَى رِجَالِ الْعَالَمِينَ بَعْدِي ثُمَّ اطَّلَعَ الثَّالِثَةَ فَاخْتَارَ الْأَئِمَّةَ مِنْ وُلْدِكَ عَلَى رِجَالِ الْعَالَمِينَ بَعْدَكَ ثُمَّ اطَّلَعَ الرَّابِعَةَ فَاخْتَارَ فَاطِمَةَ عَلَى نِسَاءِ الْعَالَمِينَ
In the bequest of the Prophet-saww to Ali-asws: ‘O Ali-asws! Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Considered the world and Chose me-saww from it over the men of the worlds. Then He-azwj Considered secondly and Chose you-asws over the men of the worlds after me-saww. Then He-azwj Considered thirdly and Chose the Imams-asws from your-asws sons-asws over the men of the worlds after you-asws. Then He-azwj Considered fourthly and Chose Fatima-asws over the women of the worlds’’.[43]
41- فر، تفسير فرات بن إبراهيم عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ الدَّيْلَمِيِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى فَأُولئِكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ الصِّدِّيقِينَ وَ الشُّهَداءِ وَ الصَّالِحِينَ فَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ فِي الْآيَةِ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ نَحْنُ فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ الصِّدِّيقِينَ وَ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَ أَنْتُمُ الصَّالِحُونَ الْخَبَرَ
‘Tafseer Furat Bin Ibrahim’ – From Suleyman Al Daylami,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws regarding the Words of the Exalted: so they are those upon whom Allah has Bestowed Favours from the Prophets and the Truthful and the Martyrs and the Righteous [4:69]. So, Rasool-Allah-saww is in the Verse ‘Prophets’, and us-asws (Imams-asws) in this place are the truthful and the martyrs, and you (Shias) are the righteous’’.[44]
42- يد، التوحيد مع، معاني الأخبار إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ هَارُونَ الْهِيتِيُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي الثَّلْجِ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ غَالِبٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ الذُّهْلِيِّ عَنِ الْفُضَيْلِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الصَّادِقِ ع اللَّهُ نُورُ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ قَالَ كَذَلِكَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ قَالَ قُلْتُ مَثَلُ نُورِهِ قَالَ لِي مُحَمَّدٌ ص قُلْتُ كَمِشْكاةٍ قَالَ صَدْرُ مُحَمَّدٍ ص قُلْتُ فِيها مِصْباحٌ قَالَ فِيهِ نُورُ الْعِلْمِ يَعْنِي النُّبُوَّةَ قُلْتُ الْمِصْباحُ فِي زُجاجَةٍ قَالَ عِلْمُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص صَدَرَ إِلَى قَلْبِ عَلِيٍّ ع
‘Al Tawheed’, ‘Ma’any Al-Akhbaar’ – Ibrahim Bin Haroun Bin Al Hayti narrated to us at the city of Al Islam, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad Ibn Abu Al Salj, from Al-Husayn Bin Ayoub, from Muhammad Bin Ghalib, from Ali Bin Al-Husayn, from Al-Hassan Bin Ayoub, from Al-Husayn Bin Suleyman, from Muhammad Bin Marwan Al Zahly, from Al Fazeyl Bin Yasaar who said,
‘I said to Abu Abdullah Al-Sadiq-asws, ‘(What about): Allah is Light of the skies and the earth [24:35]?’ He-asws said: ‘Such is Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic’. I said, ‘An example of His Light [24:35]?’ He-asws said: ‘Muhammad-saww’. I said, ‘is like a niche?’ He-asws said: ‘Chest of Muhammad-saww’. I said, ‘wherein is a lamp?’ He-asws said: ‘In it is the light of Knowledge, meaning the Prophet-hood’. I said, ‘the lamp is in a glass?’ He-asws said: ‘The Knowledge of Rasool-Allah-saww passed on to the heart of Ali-asws’.
قُلْتُ كَأَنَّها قَالَ لِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ تَقْرَأُ كَأَنَّها قُلْتُ وَ كَيْفَ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ قَالَ كَأَنَّهُ كَوْكَبٌ دُرِّيٌّ قُلْتُ يُوقَدُ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ مُبارَكَةٍ زَيْتُونَةٍ لا شَرْقِيَّةٍ وَ لا غَرْبِيَّةٍ قَالَ ذَاكَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع لَا يَهُودِيٌّ وَ لَا نَصْرَانِيٌّ
I said, ‘as if it is?’ He-asws said: ‘For which thing are you reading ‘as if it is?’ So I said, ‘So how, may I be sacrificed for you-asws?’ He-asws said: ‘as if it is a brightly shining star’. I said, ‘ignited from a Blessed olive tree, neither eastern nor western?’ He-asws said: ‘That is Amir-Al-Momineen Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws, neither Jewish nor Christian’.
قُلْتُ يَكادُ زَيْتُها يُضِيءُ وَ لَوْ لَمْ تَمْسَسْهُ نارٌ قَالَ يَكَادُ الْعِلْمُ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ فَمِ الْعَالِمِ مِنْ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَنْطِقَ بِهِ قُلْتُ نُورٌ عَلى نُورٍ قَالَ الْإِمَامُ عَلَى أَثَرِ الْإِمَامِ
I said, ‘Its oil almost illuminates and even though fire does not touch it?’ He-asws said: ‘The Knowledge almost comes out from the mouth of the Knowledgeable one-asws from the Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww from before he-asws speaks it’. I said, ‘Light upon Light?’ He-asws said: ‘The Imam-asws in the footsteps of the Imam-asws’’.[45]
43- فس، تفسير القمي أَبِي عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جُنْدَبٍ عَنِ الرِّضَا ع أَنَّهُ كَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ مَثَلُنَا فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ الْمِشْكَاةِ وَ الْمِشْكَاةُ فِي الْقِنْدِيلِ فَنَحْنُ الْمِشْكَاةُ فِيها مِصْباحٌ الْمِصْبَاحُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص الْمِصْباحُ فِي زُجاجَةٍ مِنْ عُنْصُرِهِ الطاهرة [الطَّاهِرِ] إِلَى قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى لا شَرْقِيَّةٍ وَ لا غَرْبِيَّةٍ لَا دَعِيَّةٍ وَ لَا مُنْكَرَةٍ
‘Tafseer Al-Qummi’ – My father, from Abdullah Bin Jundab,
‘From Al-Reza-asws having written to him: ‘Our-asws example in the Book of Allah-azwj is like a niche wherein is a lamp [24:35]. We-asws are the niche, wherein is a lamp. The lamp is Muhammad-saww Rasool-Allah-as. the lamp is in a glass, from its pure elements – up to the Words of the Exalted: neither eastern nor western, neither disgusting nor evil.
يَكادُ زَيْتُها يُضِيءُ وَ لَوْ لَمْ تَمْسَسْهُ نارٌ الْقُرْآنُ نُورٌ عَلى نُورٍ إِمَامٌ بَعْدَ إِمَامٍ يَهْدِي اللَّهُ لِنُورِهِ مَنْ يَشاءُ الْآيَةَ فَالنُّورُ عَلِيٌّ يَهْدِي اللَّهُ لِوِلَايَتِنَا مَنْ أَحَبَّ حَقٌ عَلَى اللَّهِ أَنْ يَبْعَثَ وَلِيَّنَا مُشْرِقاً وَجْهُهُ نَيِّراً بُرْهَانُهُ ظَاهِرَةً عِنْدَ اللَّهِ حُجَّتُهُ الْخَبَرَ
Its oil almost illuminates and even though fire does not touch it – the Quran. Light upon Light – Imam-asws after an Imam-asws. Allah Guides to His Light ones He so Desires to, [24:35] – the Verse. The Light is Ali-asws. Allah-azwj Guides to our-asws Wilayah, the one He-azwj Loves, and there is a right upon Allah-azwj that He-azwj Resurrects ones is our-asws Wilayah with a bright face, His-azwj Proof being radiant, a phenomenon in the Presence of Allah-azwj of His-azwj Divine Authorities’ – the Hadeeth’.[46]
44- ختص، الإختصاص ير، بصائر الدرجات مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنِ ابْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ عَنِ الْمُنَخَّلِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَوْلُهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى اللَّهُ نُورُ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ مَثَلُ نُورِهِ فَهُوَ مُحَمَّدٌ ص فِيها مِصْباحٌ وَ هُوَ الْعِلْمُ الْمِصْباحُ فِي زُجاجَةٍ فَزُعِمَ أَنَّ الزُّجَاجَةَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع وَ عِلْمَ نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ عِنْدَهُ
‘Al Ikhtisas’, ‘Basair Al Darajaat’ – Muhammad Bin Al-Husayn, from Ibn Sinan, from Amar Bin Marwan, from Al Mankhal, from Jabir,
‘From Abu Ja’far-asws: ‘The Words of the Blessed and Exalted: Allah is Light of the skies and the earth An example of His Light [24:35]. He-saww is Muhammad-saww. wherein is a lamp – and it is the knowledge’. the lamp is in a glass – he-asws claimed that the glass is Amir-Al-Momineen-asws, and the knowledge of the Prophet-saww of Allah-azwj is with him-asws’’.[47]
45- كشف، كشف الغمة مِنْ دَلَائِلِ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ الرَّقَاشِيِ قَالَ: كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ ع أَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الْمِشْكَاةِ فَرَجَعَ الْجَوَابُ الْمِشْكَاةُ قَلْبُ مُحَمَّدٍ ص
From (the book) ‘Al-Dalail’ of Al-Humeyri, from Muhammad Al-Raqashy who said, ‘I wrote to Abu Muhammad-asws asking him-asws about the niche [24:35]. He-asws returned the answer: ‘The niche is the heart of Muhammad-saww.[48]
46- كنز، كنز جامع الفوائد و تأويل الآيات الظاهرة بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَوْلَهُ تَعَالَى قَدْ جاءَكُمْ بُرْهانٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ وَ أَنْزَلْنا إِلَيْكُمْ نُوراً مُبِيناً قَالَ الْبُرْهَانُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ النُّورُ الْمُبِينُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع
‘Kanz Al Fawaid’ – By his chain from Abdullah Bin Suleyman who said,
‘I said to Abu Abdullah-asws, ‘The Words of the Exalted: There has come to you a convincing Proof from your Lord and We Sent to you a clear Light [4:174]’. He-asws said: ‘The convincing proof is Rasool-Allah-saww, and the clear light is Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws’’.[49]
47- كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الْخَثْعَمِيِّ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ سَادَةُ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ خَمْسَةٌ وَ هُمْ أُولُوا الْعَزْمِ مِنَ الرُّسُلِ وَ عَلَيْهِمْ دَارَتِ الرَّحَى نُوحٌ وَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَ مُوسَى وَ عِيسَى وَ مُحَمَّدٌ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ عَلَى جَمِيعِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ
‘Al-Kafi’ – The number, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Yahya Al Khash’amy, from Hisham, from Ibn Abu Yafour who said,
‘I heard Abu Abdullah-asws saying: ‘Chiefs of the Prophets-as and the Messengers-as are five, and they-as are the Determined Ones (Ul Al Azam) from the Messengers-as, and upon them-as the handmill (universe) circles – Noah-as, and Ibrahim-as, and Musa-as, and Isa-as, and Muhammad-saww, may the Salawat be upon them-as and upon the entirety of the Prophets-as’’.[50]
48- كا، الكافي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْمُعَلَّى عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَائِذٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ عَنْ بُرَيْدٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ وَ كَذلِكَ جَعَلْناكُمْ أُمَّةً وَسَطاً لِتَكُونُوا شُهَداءَ عَلَى النَّاسِ فَقَالَ نَحْنُ الْأُمَّةُ الْوُسْطَى وَ نَحْنُ شُهَدَاءُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى خَلْقِهِ وَ حُجَجُهُ فِي أَرْضِهِ
‘Al-Kafi’ – Al-Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Al Moala, from Al Washa, from Ahmad Bin Aiz, from Ibn Azina, from Bureyd who said,
‘I asked Abu Abdullah-asws about the Words of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic: And like that, We Made you (Imams) as an intermediary community in order for you (Imams) to become witnesses upon the people, [2:143]. He-asws said: ‘He-asws said: ‘We-asws are the intermediary community, and we-asws are the witnesses of Allah-azwj upon His-azwj Creatures in His-azwj Earth’.
قُلْتُ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَ عَزَّ مِلَّةَ أَبِيكُمْ إِبْراهِيمَ قَالَ إِيَّانَا عَنَى خَاصَّةً هُوَ سَمَّاكُمُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِنْ قَبْلُ فِي الْكُتُبِ الَّتِي مَضَتْ وَ فِي هذا الْقُرْآنِ لِيَكُونَ الرَّسُولُ شَهِيداً عَلَيْكُمْ فَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص الشَّهِيدُ عَلَيْنَا بِمَا بَلَّغَنَا عَنِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ نَحْنُ الشُّهَدَاءُ عَلَى النَّاسِ فَمَنْ صَدَّقَ صَدَّقْنَاهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَ مَنْ كَذَّبَ كَذَّبْنَاهُ
I said, ‘The Words of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic: the nation of your father Ibrahim [22:77]. He-asws said: ‘It Means us-asws in particular, He named you all as the Muslims from before [22:78], And regarding this – the Quran, the Rasool happens to be a witness upon you [22:78]. Rasool-Allah-saww is the witness over us-asws with what we-asws deliver on behalf of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic, and we-asws are the witnesses over the people. The one who ratifies (us-asws) we-asws will ratify him on the Day of Qiyamah, and one who belies (us-asws), we-asws will belie him’’.[51]
49- وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عُمَرَ الْحَلَّالِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ع عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ أَ فَمَنْ كانَ عَلى بَيِّنَةٍ مِنْ رَبِّهِ وَ يَتْلُوهُ شاهِدٌ مِنْهُ فَقَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع الشَّاهِدُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص عَلَى بَيِّنَةٍ مِنْ رَبِّهِ
And by this chain from Al Washa, from Ahmad Bin Umar Al Hilal who said,
‘I asked Abu Al-Hassan-asws about the Words of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic: ‘So the one who was upon a clear Proof from his Lord, and a witness from him recites it [11:17]. So he-asws said: ‘Amir-Al-Momineen-asws is the witness upon Rasool-Allah-saww, and Rasool-Allah-saww is upon a clear Proof from his-saww Lord-azwj.[52]
50- كا، الكافي عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ عَنْ بُرَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ إِنَّما أَنْتَ مُنْذِرٌ وَ لِكُلِّ قَوْمٍ هادٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص الْمُنْذِرُ وَ لِكُلِّ زَمَانٍ مِنَّا هَادٍ يَهْدِيهِمْ إِلَى مَا جَاءَ بِهِ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ ص ثُمَّ الْهُدَاةُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ عَلِيٌّ ثُمَّ الْأَوْصِيَاءُ وَاحِدٌ بَعْدَ وَاحِدٍ
‘Al-Kafi’ – Ali, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Ibn Azina, from Bureyd,
‘From Abu Ja’far-asws regarding the Words of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic: ‘But rather, you are a Warner, and for every people there is a Guide [13:7]. He-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww is the warner, and for every era there is a guide from us-asws guiding them to what the Prophet-as of Allah-azwj came with, then the guide from after him-saww is Ali-asws, then the successors-as, one after one’’.[53]
51- كا، الكافي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مِهْرَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ جَمِيعاً عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَا جَاءَ بِهِ عَلِيٌّ ع آخُذُ بِهِ وَ مَا نَهَى عَنْهُ أَنْتَهِي عَنْهُ جَرَى لَهُ مِنَ الْفَضْلِ مَا جَرَى لِمُحَمَّدٍ ص وَ لِمُحَمَّدٍ ص الْفَضْلُ عَلَى جَمِيعِ مَنْ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ الْخَبَرَ
‘Al-Kafi’ – Ahmad Bin Mihran, from Muhammad Bin Ali, and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad altogether, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Al Mufazzal,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Whatever Ali-asws came with, take it, and whatever he-asws forbade from, refrain from it. There flowed for him-asws from the merits whatever flowed for Muhammad-saww, and for Muhammad-saww is the merit over the entirety of the ones Allah-azwj Created’ – the Hadeeth’.[54]
52- كا، الكافي عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ سَهْلٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ شَبَابٍ الصَّيْرَفِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع مِثْلَهُ
‘Al-Kafi’ – Al-Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Al-Moala, from Muhammad Bin Jamhour, from Ibn Sinan – similar to it’.[55]
53- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى وَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الرِّيَاحِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الصَّامِتِ الْحُلْوَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: فُضِّلَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع مَا جَاءَ بِهِ آخُذُ بِهِ وَ مَا نَهَى عَنْهُ أَنْتَهِي عَنْهُ جَرَى لَهُ مِنَ الطَّاعَةِ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص مَا لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ الْفَضْلُ لِمُحَمَّدٍ ص
‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, and Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Al-Husayn, from Ali Bin Hasan, from Abdu Abdullah Al Rayahi, from Abu Al Samit Al Halwany,
‘From Abu Ja’far-asws having said: ‘Merit of Amir-Al-Momineen-asws, whatever he-asws came with, take it, and whatever he-asws forbade from, refrain from it. There flowed for him-asws from the obedience after Rasool-Allah-saww whatever was for Rasool-Allah-saww, and the merit for Muhammad-saww.
الْمُتَقَدِّمُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ كَالْمُتَقَدِّمِ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ اللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ وَ الْمُتَفَضِّلُ عَلَيْهِ كَالْمُتَفَضِّلِ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ الرَّادُّ عَلَيْهِ فِي صَغِيرَةٍ أَوْ كَبِيرَةٍ عَلَى حَدِّ الشِّرْكِ بِاللَّهِ فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص بَابُ اللَّهِ الَّذِي لَا يُؤْتَى إِلَّا مِنْهُ وَ سَبِيلُهُ الَّذِي مَنْ سَلَكَهُ وَصَلَ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ كَذَلِكَ كَانَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع مِنْ بَعْدِهِ الْخَبَرَ
The foremost in front of him-asws is like the foremost in front of Allah-azwj and His-azwj Rasool-saww, and the one obligated unto him-asws is like the one obligated unto Rasool-Allah-saww, and the rejecter against him-asws in either a small or big (matter) is upon a legal Punishment of the Shirk with Allah-azwj. So, Rasool-Allah-saww is a Door of Allah-azwj which He-azwj cannot be come to except from it, and His-azwj Way which, the one who travels it would arrive to Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic. And like that was Amir-Al-Momineen-asws from after him-saww’ – the Hadeeth’.[56]
54- كا، الكافي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْمُعَلَّى عَنْ أَبِي دَاوُدَ الْمُسْتَرِقِّ عَنْ دَاوُدَ الْجَصَّاصِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ وَ عَلاماتٍ وَ بِالنَّجْمِ هُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ قَالَ النَّجْمُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ الْعَلَامَاتُ هُمُ الْأَئِمَّةُ
‘Al-Kafi’ – Al-Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Al Moala, from Abu Dawood Al Mustaraq, from Dawood Al Jasas who said,
‘I heard Abu Abdullah-asws saying: ‘And directional signs, and by the star they are being guided [16:16]’. He-asws said: ‘The star is Rasool-Allah-saww, and the signs, they-asws are the Imams-asws’’.[57]
55- كا، الكافي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْمُعَلَّى عَنِ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ فَسْئَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ لا تَعْلَمُونَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص الذِّكْرُ أَنَا وَ الْأَئِمَّةُ ع أَهْلُ الذِّكْرِ
‘Al-Kafi’ – Al-Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Moalla Bin Muhammad, from Al Washha, from Abdullah Bin Ajlan,
‘From Abu Ja’far-asws regarding the Words of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic: therefore ask the people of Al Zikr if you don’t know [16:43]. He-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww is the Zikr (Reminder). I-asws and the Imams-asws are the People of the Reminder (Ahl Al-Zikr)’.
وَ قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ وَ إِنَّهُ لَذِكْرٌ لَكَ وَ لِقَوْمِكَ وَ سَوْفَ تُسْئَلُونَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع نَحْنُ قَوْمُهُ وَ نَحْنُ الْمَسْئُولُونَ
And (as for) the Words of the Mighty and Majestic: And it is a Zikr for you and for your people, and soon you shall be Questioned [43:44], Abu Ja’far-asws said: ‘We-asws are his-saww people, and we-asws would be asked’’.[58]
56- كا، الكافي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْمُعَلَّى عَنِ ابْنِ أُورَمَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ أَ لَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ بَدَّلُوا نِعْمَتَ اللَّهِ كُفْراً الْآيَةَ قَالَ عَنَى بِهَا قُرَيْشاً قَاطِبَةً الَّذِينَ عَادَوْا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص وَ نَصَبُوا لَهُ الْحَرْبَ وَ جَحَدُوا وَصِيَّةَ وَصِيِّهِ
‘Al-Kafi’ – Al-Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Moalla Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Awrama, from Ali Bin Hassan, from Abdul Rahman Bin Kaseer who said,
‘I asked Abu Abdullah-asws about the Words of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic: Do you not see those who replaced the Favour of Allah for Kufr [14:28] – the Verse. He-asws said: ‘It Means by it the (tribe of) Qureysh as a whole who were inimical to Rasool-Allah-saww, and they establish the war against him-saww, and they rejected the successor-ship of his-saww successor-asws’’.[59]
57- كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بَحْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ الْأَئِمَّةُ بِمَنْزِلَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص إِلَّا أَنَّهُمْ لَيْسُوا بِأَنْبِيَاءَ وَ لَا يَحِلُّ لَهُمْ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ مَا يَحِلُّ لِلنَّبِيِّ ص فَهُمْ بِمَنْزِلَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص
‘Al-Kafi’ – The number, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al-Husayn Bin Saeed, from Abdullah Bin Bahr, from Ibn Muskan, from Abdul Rahman Bin Abu Abdullah, from Muhammad Bin Muslim who said,
‘I heard Abu Abdullah-asws saying: ‘The Imams-asws are at the status of Rasool-Allah-saww except that they-asws aren’t Prophets-as, nor is it Permissible for them from the women what was Permissible for the Prophet-saww. They-asws are at the status of Rasool-Allah-saww’’.[60]
58- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي زَاهِرٍ عَنِ الْخَشَّابِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَ اتَّبَعَتْهُمْ ذُرِّيَّتُهُمْ بِإِيمانٍ أَلْحَقْنا بِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَ ما أَلَتْناهُمْ مِنْ عَمَلِهِمْ مِنْ شَيْءٍ قَالَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا النَّبِيُّ ص وَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع وَ ذُرِّيَّتَهُ الْأَئِمَّةَ وَ الْأَوْصِيَاءَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ أَلْحَقْنَا بِهِمْ وَ لَمْ نَنْقُصْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمُ الْحُجَّةَ الَّتِي جَاءَ بِهَا مُحَمَّدٌ ص فِي عَلِيٍّ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَ حُجَّتُهُمْ وَاحِدَةٌ وَ طَاعَتُهُمْ وَاحِدَةٌ
‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Abu Zahir, from Al Khashab, from Ali Bin Hasan, from Abdul Rahman Bin Kaseer,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said (Regarding): And those who believe and their offspring follow them with Eman, We will Unite their offspring to be with them and We will not Deprive them of anything from their deeds [52:21], he-asws said: ‘And those who believe – this is the Prophet-saww and Amir-Al-Momineen-asws, and their offspring – and the Imams-asws, the successors-asws, We will Unite – and nothing will be deficient from the offspring anything from the authority which Muhammad-saww came with regarding Ali-asws, and their-asws Proofs are one, and their-asws obedience is one (the same)’’.[61]
59- كا، الكافي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص نَحْنُ فِي الْأَمْرِ وَ الْفَهْمِ وَ الْحَلَالِ وَ الْحَرَامِ نَجْرِي مَجْرَى وَاحِدٍ فَأَمَّا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ عَلِيٌّ ع فَلَهُمَا فَضْلُهُمَا
‘Al-Kafi’ – Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan, from Ali Bin Ismail, from Safwan, from Ibn Muskan, from Al Haris Bin Al Mugheira,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I heard him-asws saying: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘We-asws, regarding the command, and the understanding, and the Permissibles, and the Prohibited, flow with one flow. As for Rasool-Allah-saww and Ali-asws, for them-asws are their-asws own merits’’.[62]
60- مع، معاني الأخبار أَبِي عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنِ الْأَصْبَهَانِيِّ عَنِ الْمِنْقَرِيِّ عَنْ حَفْصٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: جَاءَ إِبْلِيسُ إِلَى مُوسَى بْنِ عِمْرَانَ ع وَ هُوَ يُنَاجِي رَبَّهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَلَكٌ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ مَا تَرْجُو مِنْهُ وَ هُوَ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْحَالِ يُنَاجِي رَبَّهُ فَقَالَ أَرْجُو مِنْهُ مَا رَجَوْتُ مِنْ أَبِيهِ آدَمَ وَ هُوَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ
‘Ma’any Al-Akhbaar’ – My father, from Sa’ad, from Al Asbahany, from Al Minqary, from Hafs,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Iblees-la came to Musa-as Bin Imran-as while he-as was whispering to his-as Lord-azwj. An Angel from the Angels said to him-la: ‘What do you-la hope from him-as and he-as is upon this state whispering to his-as Lord-azwj?’ He-la said: ‘I-la hope from him-as what I-la hoped from his-as father-as Adam-as while he-as was in the Paradise’.
وَ كَانَ فِيمَا نَاجَاهُ أَنْ قَالَ لَهُ يَا مُوسَى لَا أَقْبَلُ الصَّلَاةَ إِلَّا لِمَنْ تَوَاضَعَ لِعَظَمَتِي وَ أَلْزَمَ قَلْبَهُ خَوْفِي وَ قَطَعَ نَهَارَهُ بِذِكْرِي وَ لَمْ يَبِتْ مُصِرّاً عَلَى الْخَطِيئَةِ وَ عَرَفَ حَقَّ أَوْلِيَائِي وَ أَحِبَّائِي
And it was among what He-azwj Whispered, that He-azwj Said to him-as: “O Musa-as! I-azwj do not Accept the Salat except for the one who humbles to My-azwj Magnificence, and necessitates My-azwj fear in his heart, and cuts his day with My-azwj Zikr, and does not spent the night persisting upon the sins, and sweats in the rights of My-azwj friends and My-azwj Beloved ones”.
فَقَالَ يَا رَبِّ تَعْنِي بِأَحِبَّائِكَ وَ أَوْلِيَائِكَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَ إِسْحَاقَ وَ يَعْقُوبَ فَقَالَ هُمْ كَذَلِكَ يَا مُوسَى إِلَّا أَنِّي أَرَدْتُ مَنْ مِنْ أَجْلِهِ خَلَقْتُ آدَمَ وَ حَوَّاءَ وَ مَنْ مِنْ أَجْلِهِ خَلَقْتُ الْجَنَّةَ وَ النَّارَ فَقَالَ مُوسَى وَ مَنْ هُوَ يَا رَبِّ
He-as said: ‘O Lord-azwj! Do You-azwj Mean by Your-azwj Beloved ones and Your-azwj friends, Ibrahim-as and Is’haq and Yaqoub-as?’ He-azwj Said: “They-as are like that, O Musa-as, except that I-azwj Intended the one for whose reason I-azwj Created Adam-as and Hawwa-as, and one for whose reason I-saww Created the Paradise and the Fire”. He-as said: ‘And who is he, O Lord-azwj?’
قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ أَحْمَدُ شَقَقْتُ اسْمَهُ مِنِ اسْمِي لِأَنِّي أَنَا الْمَحْمُودُ فَقَالَ مُوسَى يَا رَبِّ اجْعَلْنِي مِنْ أُمَّتِهِ
He-azwj Said: “Muhammad-saww, Ahmad-saww. I-azwj Derived his-saww name from My-azwj Name, because I-azwj am ‘Al-Mahmoud’ (The most praised One)’. Musa-as said: ‘O Lord-azwj! Make me-as to be from his-saww community’.
قَالَ أَنْتَ يَا مُوسَى مِنْ أُمَّتِهِ إِذَا عَرَفْتَهُ وَ عَرَفْتَ مَنْزِلَتَهُ وَ مَنْزِلَةَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ إِنَّ مَثَلَهُ وَ مَثَلَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ وَ مَنْ خَلَقْتُ كَمَثَلِ الْفِرْدَوْسِ فِي الْجِنَانِ لَا يَيْبَسُ وَرَقُهَا وَ لَا يَتَغَيَّرُ طَعْمُهَا فَمَنْ عَرَفَهُمْ وَ عَرَفَ حَقَّهُمْ جَعَلْتُ لَهُ عِنْدَ الْجَهْلِ حِلْماً وَ عِنْدَ الظُّلْمَةِ نُوراً وَ أُجِيبُهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَدْعُوَ وَ أُعْطِيهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَسْأَلَنِي
He-azwj Said: “You-as, O Musa-as, would be from his-saww community when you-as recognise him-saww, and recognise his-saww status, and status of the People-asws of his-saww Household. His-saww example and an example of the People-asws of his-saww Household, and I-azwj Created the like of Al-Firdows in the Gardens. Its leave neither wither nor change its taste. So, the one who recognises them-asws and recognises their-asws rights, I-azwj shall Make forbearance to be for him in the presence of the ignorant ones, and Light in the presence of darkness, and I-azwj shall Answer him before he even asks Me-azwj!
وَ الْحَدِيثُ طَوِيلٌ أَخَذْنَا مِنْهُ مَوْضِعَ الْحَاجَةِ
And the Hadeeth is long, we have taken from it the needed subject matter’’.[63]
61- فر، تفسير فرات بن إبراهيم عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْجُنَيْدِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ مُعَلًّى عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ الْجُعْفِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ قَالَ لِيَ الْعَزِيزُ الْجَبَّارُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنِّي اطَّلَعْتُ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ اطِّلَاعَةً فَاخْتَرْتُكَ مِنْهَا وَ اشْتَقَقْتُ لَكَ اسْماً مِنْ أَسْمَائِي لَا أُذْكَرُ فِي مَكَانٍ إِلَّا ذُكِرْتَ مَعِي فَأَنَا مَحْمُودٌ وَ أَنْتَ مُحَمَّدٌ
From Ubeyd Bin Kaseer, from Muhammad Bin Al Juneyd, from Yahya Bin Moala, from Israil, from Jabir Al Jufy,
‘From Abu Ja’far-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘When I-saww ascended to the sky, the Mighty the Subduer Said to me-saww: “O Muhammad-saww! I-azwj Considered the earth with a consideration and Chose you-saww from it and Derived for you-saww a name from My-azwj Name. I-azwj will not be mentioned in any place except you-saww will be mentioned along with Me-azwj, for I-azwj ‘Mahmoud’ (most praised One), and you-saww are ‘Muhammad’ (praised one).
ثُمَّ اطَّلَعْتُ الثَّانِيَةَ اطِّلَاعَةً فَاخْتَرْتُ مِنْهَا عَلِيّاً وَ اشْتَقَقْتُ لَهُ اسْماً مِنْ أَسْمَائِي فَأَنَا الْأَعْلَى وَ هُوَ عَلِيٌّ
Then I-azwj Considered secondly and Chose Ali-asws from it and Derived for him-asws a name from My-azwj Names. I-azwj am ‘Al-A’ala’ (the most Exalted) and he-asws is ‘Ali’ (exalted).
يَا مُحَمَّدُ خَلَقْتُكَ وَ خَلَقْتُ عَلِيّاً وَ فَاطِمَةَ وَ الْحَسَنَ وَ الْحُسَيْنَ أَشْبَاحَ نُورٍ مِنْ نُورِي وَ عَرَضْتُ وِلَايَتَكُمْ عَلَى السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ عَلَى الْأَرَضِينَ وَ مَنْ فِيهِنَّ فَمَنْ قَبِلَ وِلَايَتَكُمْ كَانَ عِنْدِي مِنَ الْأَظْفَرِينَ وَ مَنْ جَحَدَهَا كَانَ عِنْدِي مِنَ الْكُفَّارِ
O Muhammad-saww! I-azwj Created you-saww and Created Ali-asws and (Syeda) Fatima-asws and Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws as resemblances of Noor from My-azwj Noor, and Presented your-asws Wilayah-asws upon the skies and upon the earths and the ones in these. The ones who accepted your-asws Wilayah would be the winners in My-azwj Presence, and the one who rejected it would be the Kafir in My-azwj Presence.
يَا مُحَمَّدُ لَوْ أَنَّ عَبْداً عَبَدَنِي حَتَّى يَنْقَطِعَ أَوْ يَصِيرَ كَالشَّنِّ الْبَالِي ثُمَّ أَتَانِي جَاحِداً لِوِلَايَتِكُمْ مَا غَفَرْتُ لَهُ حَتَّى يُقِرَّ بِوِلَايَتِكُمْ الْخَبَرَ
O Muhammad-saww! If a servant were to worship Me-azwj until he is broken or becomes like the dried skin, then comes to Me-azwj having rejected your-asws Wilayah, I-azwj will not Forgive him until he acknowledges your-asws Wilayah’ – the Hadeeth’.[64]
62- ن، عيون أخبار الرضا عليه السلام ابْنُ عُبْدُوسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ عَنْ حَمْدَانَ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنِ الْهَرَوِيِّ عَنِ الرِّضَا ع فِي خَبَرٍ طَوِيلٍ قَالَ: إِنَّ آدَمَ ع لَمَّا أَكْرَمَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى بِإِسْجَادِ مَلَائِكَتِهِ وَ بِإِدْخَالِ الْجَنَّةِ قَالَ فِي نَفْسِهِ هَلْ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ بَشَراً أَفْضَلَ مِنِّي فَعَلِمَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مَا وَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِهِ فَنَادَاهُ ارْفَعْ رَأْسَكَ يَا آدَمُ فَانْظُرْ إِلَى سَاقِ عَرْشِي
‘Uyoun Akhbar Al-Reza-asws’ – Ibn Abdous, from Ibn Quteyba, from Hamdan Bin Suleyman, from Al Harwy,
‘From Al-Reza-asws in a lengthy Hadeeth, said: ‘Adam-as, when Allah-azwj the Exalted Honoured him-as with the Sajdahs of His-azwj Angels, and by entering the Paradise, said within himself-as: ‘Has Allah-azwj Created any mortar superior than me-as?’ Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Knew what had occurred within himself-as, so He-azwj Called out to him-as: “Raise your-as head, O Adam-as, and look at the Base of My-azwj Throne!”
فَرَفَعَ آدَمُ ع رَأْسَهُ فَنَظَرَ إِلَى سَاقِ الْعَرْشِ فَوَجَدَ عَلَيْهِ مَكْتُوباً لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ زَوْجَتُهُ فَاطِمَةُ سَيِّدَةُ نِسَاءِ الْعَالَمِينَ وَ الْحَسَنُ وَ الْحُسَيْنُ سَيِّدَا شَبَابِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ
Adam-as raised his-as head and looked at the Base of the Throne and found Inscribed upon it: “There is no god except Allah-azwj, Muhammad-saww is Rasool-saww of Allah-azwj, Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws is Emir of the Momineen, and his-asws wife is chieftess of the women of the worlds, and Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws are chief of the youths of the inhabitants of the Paradise”.
فَقَالَ آدَمُ ع يَا رَبِّ مَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ فَقَالَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ هَؤُلَاءِ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِكَ وَ هُمْ خَيْرٌ مِنْكَ وَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ خَلْقِي وَ لَوْلَاهُمْ مَا خَلَقْتُكَ وَ لَا خَلَقْتُ الْجَنَّةَ وَ النَّارَ وَ لَا السَّمَاءَ وَ الْأَرْضَ فَإِيَّاكَ أَنْ تَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهِمْ بِعَيْنِ الْحَسَدِ فَأُخْرِجَكَ عَنْ جِوَارِي
Adam-as said: ‘O Lord-azwj! Who are they-asws?’ The Mighty and Majestic Said: “They-asws are from your-as offspring, and they-asws are better than you-as and better than the entirety of My-azwj creatures, and had it not been for them-asws, I-azwj would have neither Created you-as nor Created the Paradise and the Fire, nor the sky and the earth, therefore beware of looking at them-asws with the eye of envy, for I-azwj shall Throw you-as out from My-azwj Vicinity!”
فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِمْ بِعَيْنِ الْحَسَدِ وَ تَمَنَّى مَنْزِلَتَهُمْ فَتَسَلَّطَ عَلَيْهِ الشَّيْطَانُ حَتَّى أَكَلَ مِنَ الشَّجَرَةِ الَّتِي نَهَى عَنْهَا وَ تَسَلَّطَ عَلَى حَوَّاءَ لِنَظَرِهَا إِلَى فَاطِمَةَ ع بِعَيْنِ الْحَسَدِ حَتَّى أَكَلَتْ مِنَ الشَّجَرَةِ كَمَا أَكَلَ آدَمُ فَأَخْرَجَهُمَا اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَنْ جَنَّتِهِ وَ أَهْبَطَهُمَا عَنْ جِوَارِهِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ
But, he-as did look at them-asws with the eye of envy and coveted their-asws status, so Allah-azwj Caused the Satan-la to overcome upon him-as until he-as ate from the tree which he-as had been Forbidden from, and overcame upon Hawwa-as for her-as to look at (Syeda) Fatima-asws with the eye of envy until she-as ate from the tree just as Adam-as had eaten. Therefore, Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Exited them-as from the Paradise, and Descended them-as from His-azwj Vicinity, to the earth’’.[65]
63- ب، قرب الإسناد ابْنُ عِيسَى عَنِ الْبَزَنْطِيِّ عَنِ الرِّضَا ع أَنَّهُ ع كَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع لَا يَسْتَكْمِلُ عَبْدٌ الْإِيمَانَ حَتَّى يَعْرِفَ أَنَّهُ يَجْرِي لآِخِرِهِمْ مَا يَجْرِي لِأَوَّلِهِمْ فِي الْحُجَّةِ وَ الطَّاعَةِ وَ الْحَلَالِ وَ الْحَرَامِ سَوَاءً وَ لِمُحَمَّدٍ ص وَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فصلهما [فَضْلُهُمَا]
‘Qurb Al Isnaad’ – Ibn Isa, from Al Bazanty,
‘From Al-Reza-asws having written to him: ‘Abu Ja’far-asws said: ‘A servant will not complete the Eman until he recognises that it flows for the last of them-asws what flowed for their-asws first one-asws regarding the Divine Authority, and the obedience, and the Permissible, and the Prohibited, equally, and for Muhammad-saww and Amir-Al-Momineen-asws are their-asws merits’’.[66]
64- ن، عيون أخبار الرضا عليه السلام فِيمَا بَيَّنَ الرِّضَا ع عِنْدَ الْمَأْمُونِ مِنْ فَضْلِ الْعِتْرَةِ الطَّاهِرَةِ قَالَ الذِّكْرُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ نَحْنُ أَهْلُهُ وَ ذَلِكَ بَيِّنٌ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ حَيْثُ يَقُولُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا قَدْ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ إِلَيْكُمْ ذِكْراً رَسُولًا يَتْلُوا عَلَيْكُمْ آياتِ اللَّهِ مُبَيِّناتٍ فَالذِّكْرُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ نَحْنُ أَهْلُهُ
‘Uyoun Akhbar Al-Reza-asws’ – Among what Al-Reza-asws explained in the presence of Al-Mamoun, from the merits of the clean family (of Rasool-Allah-saww), he-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww is Al-Zikr and we-asws are his-saww people, and that is Manifested in the Book of Allah-azwj where He-azwj is Saying: those who are believing! Allah has Sent down to you a Zikr [65:10] A Rasool reciting to you Clarifying Verses of Allah [65:11]. The Zikr is Rasool-Allah-saww and we-asws are its people’’.[67]
65- مع، معاني الأخبار الطَّالَقَانِيُّ عَنِ الْجَلُودِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْعَبْسِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ عَنْ نَائِلِ بْنِ نَجِيحٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شِمْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ كَشَجَرَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصْلُها ثابِتٌ وَ فَرْعُها فِي السَّماءِ تُؤْتِي أُكُلَها كُلَّ حِينٍ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّها
‘Ma’any Al-Akhbaar’ – Al Talaqany, from Al Jaloudy, from Abdullah Bin Muhammad, from Al Absy, from Muhammad Ibn Hilal, from Nail Bin Najeeh, from Amro Bin Shimr, from Jabir who said,
‘I asked Abu Ja’far-asws about the Words of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic: like a good tree, its roots are stable and its branches are in the sky [14:24] Yielding its fruit in every season by the permission of its Lord [14:25].
قَالَ أَمَّا الشَّجَرَةُ فَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ فَرْعُهَا عَلِيٌّ ع وَ غُصْنُ الشَّجَرَةِ فَاطِمَةُ بِنْتُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ ثَمَرُهَا أَوْلَادُهَا ع وَ وَرَقُهَا شِيعَتُنَا
He-asws said: ‘As for the tree, so it is Rasool-Allah-saww, and its branch is Ali-asws, and a twig of the tree is (Syeda) Fatima-asws daughter-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww, and its fruits are her-asws children, and its leaves are our-asws Shias’.
ثُمَّ قَالَ ع إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ مِنْ شِيعَتِنَا لَيَمُوتُ فَيَسْقُطُ مِنَ الشَّجَرَةِ وَرَقَةٌ وَ إِنَّ الْمَوْلُودَ مِنْ شِيعَتِنَا لَيُولَدُ فَتُورِقُ الشَّجَرَةُ وَرَقَةً
Then he-asws said: ‘The Momin from our-asws Shias dies, and a leaf falls down from the tree, and the new-born from our-asws Shias is born and the tree sprouts a leaf’’.[68]
66- ك، إكمال الدين الْهَمْدَانِيُّ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَعْبَدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ مُوسَى ع عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَنَا سَيِّدُ مَنْ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ وَ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ جَبْرَئِيلَ وَ إِسْرَافِيلَ وَ حَمَلَةِ الْعَرْشِ وَ جَمِيعِ الْمَلَائِكَةِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَ أَنْبِيَاءِ اللَّهِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَ أَنَا صَاحِبُ الشَّفَاعَةِ وَ الْحَوْضِ الشَّرِيفِ
‘Ikmal Al Deen’ – Al Hamdany, from Ali, from his father, from Ali Bin Ma’bad, from Al-Husayn Bin Khalid,
‘From Abu Al-Hassan Musa-asws, from his-asws forefathers-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘I-saww am chief of the creatures of Allah-azwj, and I-saww am better than Jibraeel-as and Israfeel-as and bearers of the Throne, and the entirety of the (Angels of) Proximity, and the Prophets-as of Allah-azwj, the Messengers-as, and I-saww am in charge of the intercession, and the noble Fountain.
وَ أَنَا وَ عَلِيٌّ أَبَوْا هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ مَنْ عَرَفَنَا فَقَدْ عَرَفَ اللَّهَ وَ مَنْ أَنْكَرَنَا فَقَدْ أَنْكَرَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ مِنْ عَلِيٍّ سِبْطَا أُمَّتِي وَ سَيِّدَا شَبَابِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ الْحَسَنُ وَ الْحُسَيْنُ وَ مِنْ وُلْدِ الْحُسَيْنِ أَئِمَّةٌ تِسْعَةٌ طَاعَتُهُمْ طَاعَتِي وَ مَعْصِيَتُهُمْ مَعْصِيَتِي تَاسِعُهُمْ قَائِمُهُمْ وَ مَهْدِيُّهُمْ
And I-saww and Ali-asws are two fathers-asws of this community. One who recognises us-asws, so he has recognised Allah-azwj, and one who denies us-asws so he has denied Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic, and from Ali-asws are two grandsons-asws of my-saww community, and chiefs of the youths of the inhabitants of the Paradise, Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws, and from the sons-asws of Al-Husayn-asws are nine Imams-asws. Obedience to them-asws is obedience to Me-azwj, and disobeying them-asws is disobedience to Me-azwj, the ninth of them-asws is their-asws Qaim-asws (establisher), and their-asws guide’’.[69]
67- شف، كشف اليقين مِنْ كِتَابِ الْإِمَامَةِ عَنْ بَيْدَارَ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ عَمَّنْ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: لَمَّا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ الْعَرْشَ خَلَقَ مَلَكَيْنِ فَاكْتَنَفَاهُ فَقَالَ اشْهَدَا أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنَا فَشَهِدَا ثُمَّ قَالَ اشْهَدَا أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَشَهِدَا ثُمَّ قَالَ اشْهَدَا أَنَّ عَلِيّاً أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَشَهِدَا
‘Kashf Al Yaqeen’ – From the book ‘Al Imamah’, from Baydar Bin Aasim, from the one who narrated it, from Abdullah Ibn Sinan,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘When Allah-azwj Created the Throne, Created two Angels and they surrounded it. He-azwj Said: “Testify that there is no god except I-azwj!” They testified. Then He-azwj Said: “Testify that Muhammad-saww is a Rasool-saww of Allah-azwj!” They testified. Testify that Ali-asws is Emir of the Momineen-asws’. They testified’’.[70]
68 إِرْشَادُ الْقُلُوبِ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ الْغِفَارِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص يَقُولُ افْتَخَرَ إِسْرَافِيلُ عَلَى جَبْرَائِيلَ فَقَالَ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْكَ قَالَ وَ لِمَ أَنْتَ خَيْرٌ مِنِّي قَالَ لِأَنِّي صَاحِبُ الثَّمَانِيَةِ حَمَلَةِ الْعَرْشِ وَ أَنَا صَاحِبُ النَّفْخَةِ فِي الصُّورِ وَ أَنَا أَقْرَبُ الْمَلَائِكَةِ إِلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى
‘Irshad Al Quloob’,
‘From Abu Zarr Al-Ghafaryar having said: ‘Iar heard Rasool-Allah-saww saying: ‘Israfeel-as prided over Jibraeel-as and said: ‘I-as am better than you-as’. He-as said: ‘And why are you-as better than me-as?’ He-as said: ‘Because I-as am in charge of the eight bearers of the Throne, and I-as am in charge of the blowing into the Trumpet, and I-as am the closest of the Angels to Allah-azwj the Exalted’.
قَالَ جَبْرَائِيلُ ع أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْكَ فَقَالَ بِمَا أَنْتَ خَيْرٌ مِنِّي قَالَ لِأَنِّي أَمِينُ اللَّهِ عَلَى وَحْيِهِ وَ أَنَا رَسُولُهُ إِلَى الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَ أَنَا صَاحِبُ الْخُسُوفِ وَ [الْكُسُوفِ] القذوف وَ مَا أَهْلَكَ اللَّهُ أُمَّةً مِنَ الْأُمَمِ إِلَّا عَلَى يَدَيَّ
Jibraeel-as said: ‘I-as am better than you-as’. He-as said: ‘With what are you-as better than me-as?’ He-as said: ‘Because I-as am the trustworthy of Allah-azwj upon His-azwj Revelation, and I-as am His-azwj Messenger to the Prophets-as and the Messengers-as, and I-as am in charge of the eclipses and the submerging, and Allah-azwj does not Destroy any community from the communities except upon my-as hands’.
فَاخْتَصَمَا إِلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى فَأَوْحَى إِلَيْهِمَا اسْكُتَا فَوَ عِزَّتِي وَ جَلَالِي لَقَدْ خَلَقْتُ مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنْكُمَا قَالا يَا رَبِ أَ وَ تَخْلُقُ خَيْراً مِنَّا وَ نَحْنُ خُلِقْنَا مِنْ نُورٍ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى نَعَمْ
They-as contended to Allah-azwj the Exalted, so He-azwj Revealed to them-as: “Be quiet! By My-azwj Might and My-azwj Majesty! I-azwj have Created someone who is better than both of you-as”. They-as said: ‘O Lord-azwj! You-azwj have Created someone better than us and we-as are Created from Noor?’ He-azwj Said: ‘Yes’.
وَ أَوحَى إِلَى حُجُبِ الْقُدْرَةِ انْكَشِفِي فَانْكَشَفَتْ فَإِذَا عَلَى سَاقِ الْعَرْشِ الْأَيْمَنِ مَكْتُوبٌ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ وَ عَلِيٌّ وَ فَاطِمَةُ وَ الْحَسَنُ وَ الْحُسَيْنُ خَيْرُ خَلْقِ اللَّهِ
And He-azwj Revealed to the Veils of Power: “Uncover!’ They uncovered, and there at the Base of the Throne is was inscribed: “There is no go except Allah-azwj, Muhammad-saww and Ali-asws and Fatima-asws and Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws are the best of the Creation of Allah-azwj”.
فَقَالَ جَبْرَائِيلُ يَا رَبِّ فَإِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِحَقِّهِمْ عَلَيْكَ إِلَّا جَعَلْتَنِي خَادِمَهُمْ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى قَدْ جَعَلْتُ فَجَبْرَائِيلُ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ وَ إِنَّهُ لَخَادِمُنَا
Jibraeel-as said: ‘O Lord-azwj! I-as ask You-azwj by their-asws rights upon You-azwj if You-azwj could Make me-as to be their-asws servant’. Allah-azwj the Exalted Said: ‘I-saww had Done so’. Thus, Jibraeel-as is from the People-asws of the Household, and he-as is our-asws servant’’.[71]
69- فس، تفسير القمي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْمُعَلَّى عَنْ بِسْطَامَ بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنِ الْهَيْثَمِ بْنِ وَاقِدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ الْعَبْدِيِّ عَنْ سَعْدٍ الْإِسْكَافِ عَنِ الْأَصْبَغِ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى فَقَالَ مَكْتُوبٌ عَلَى قَائِمَةِ الْعَرْشِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ اللَّهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرَضِينَ بِأَلْفَيْ عَامٍ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً عَبْدُهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ فَاشْهَدُوا بِهِمَا وَ أَنَّ عَلِيّاً ع وَصِيُّ مُحَمَّدٍ ص
‘Tafseer Al-Qummi’ – Al-Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Al Moala, from Bastam Bin Marah, from Is’haq Bin Hasan, from Al Haysam Bin Waqid, from Ali Bin Al-Husayn Al Abdy, from Sa’ad Al Askaf, from Al Asbagh,
‘He asked Amir-Al-Momineen-asws about the Words of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic: Glorify the Name of your Lord, the Most Exalted [87:1]. He-asws said: ‘It is inscribed upon the Pillar of the Throne before Allah-azwj Created the skies and the earths, by two thousand years: “There is no god except Allah-azwj Alone, there being no associates for Him-azwj, and that Muhammad-saww is His-azwj servant and His-azwj Rasool-saww”. Testify with them-asws, and that Ali-asws is successor-asws of Muhammad-saww’’.[72]
70- شف، كشف اليقين مِنْ كِتَابِ الْإِمَامَةِ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ النَّضْرِيِ قَالَ: حَوْلَ الْعَرْشِ كِتَابٌ جَلِيلٌ مَسْطُورٌ إِنِّي أَنَا اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ عَلِيٌّ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
‘Kashf Al Yaqeen’ – From the book ‘Al Imamah’, from Hisham Bin Salim, from Al Haris Bin Al Mugheira Al Ansary who said,
‘Around the Throne there is a writing of the Majestic, lined: “Me-azwj, I-azwj am Allah-azwj. There is no god except I-azwj. Muhammad-saww is Rasool-saww of Allah-azwj, Ali-asws is Emir of the Momineen”’.[73]
71- صح، صحيفة الرضا عليه السلام عَنِ الرِّضَا عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِنَّا أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ لَا تَحِلُّ لَنَا الصَّدَقَةُ وَ أُمِرْنَا بِإِسْبَاغِ الْوُضُوءِ وَ أَنْ لَا نُنْزِيَ حِمَاراً عَلَى عَتِيقَةٍ وَ لَا نَمْسَحَ عَلَى خُفٍ
‘Saheefa Al-Reza-asws’ – From Al-Reza-asws, from his-asws forefathers-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘We-asws the People-asws of the Household, the charity is not Permissible for us-asws, and we-asws are Commanded with the completion of the Wudu’u, and that we-as know a donkey upon an old female horse, nor do we-asws wipe upon the socks’’.[74]
72- جع، جامع الأخبار لي، الأمالي للصدوق مَاجِيلَوَيْهِ عَنْ عَمِّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ هِلَالٍ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ دُكَيْنٍ عَنْ مَعْمَرِ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ أَتَى يَهُودِيٌّ النَّبِيَّ ص فَقَامَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ يُحِدُّ النَّظَرَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا يَهُودِيُّ حَاجَتُكَ قَالَ أَنْتَ أَفْضَلُ أَمْ مُوسَى بْنُ عِمْرَانَ النَّبِيُّ الَّذِي كَلَّمَهُ اللَّهُ وَ أَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ التَّوْرَاةَ وَ الْعَصَا وَ فَلَقَ لَهُ الْبَحْرَ وَ أَظَلَّهُ بِالْغَمَامِ
‘Jamie Al-Akhbaar’, ‘Al Amaali’ of Al Sadouq – Majaylawiya, from his uncle, from Ahmad Bin Hilal, from Al Fazl Bin Dakeyn, from Ma’mar Bin Rashid who said,
‘I heard Abu Abdullah-asws saying: ‘A Jew came to the Prophet-saww and stood in front of him-saww, gazing the look at him-saww, so he-saww said: ‘O Jew! What is your need?’ He said, ‘Are you-saww superior or Musa-as Bin Imran-as, the Prophet-saww whom Allah-azwj Spoke with, and Sent down the Torah unto him-saww, and the staff, and Split the sea for him-as and Shaded him-azwj with the clouds?’
فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ص إِنَّهُ يُكْرَهُ لِلْعَبْدِ أَنْ يُزَكِّيَ نَفْسَهُ وَ لَكِنِّي أَقُولُ إِنَّ آدَمَ ع لَمَّا أَصَابَ الْخَطِيئَةَ كَانَتْ تَوْبَتُهُ أَنْ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ لَمَّا غَفَرْتَ لِي فَغَفَرَهَا اللَّهُ لَهُ
The Prophet-saww said to him: ‘It is dislike for the servant that he praises himself, but I-saww am saying: ‘Adam-as, when he attained the mistake, his-as repentance was that he-as said: ‘O Allah-azwj! I-as ask You-azwj by the right of Muhammad-saww and the Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, to Forgive me-as’. Allah-azwj Forgave it for him-as.
وَ إِنَّ نُوحاً لَمَّا رَكِبَ فِي السَّفِينَةِ وَ خَافَ الْغَرَقَ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ لَمَّا أَنْجَيْتَنِي مِنَ الْغَرَقِ فَنَجَّاهُ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ
And when Noah-as sailed in the ship and feared the drowning, said: ‘O Allah-azwj! I-as ask You-azwj by the right of Muhammad-saww to Save me-as from the drowning’. Allah-azwj Saved him-as from it.
وَ إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ع لَمَّا أُلْقِيَ فِي النَّارِ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ لَمَّا أَنْجَيْتَنِي مِنْهَا فَجَعَلَهَا اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ بَرْداً وَ سَلَاماً
And when Ibrahim-as was thrown into the fire, he-as said: ‘O Allah-azwj! I-as ask You-azwj by the right of Muhammad-saww to save me-as from it’. Allah-azwj Made it cool and safe unto him-as.
وَ إِنَّ مُوسَى ع لَمَّا أَلْقَى عَصَاهُ وَ أَوْجَسَ فِي نَفْسِهِ خِيفَةً قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ لَمَّا أَمَّنْتَنِي فَقَالَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ لا تَخَفْ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْأَعْلى
And when Musa-as cast his-as staff and felt fear within himself-as, said: ‘O Allah-azwj! I-as ask You-azwj by the right of Muhammad-saww and Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, to Secure me-as’. Allah-azwj, Mighty is His-azwj Majesty, said: We said: “Do not fear! Surely you will be the uppermost! [20:68].
يَا يَهُودِيُّ إِنَّ مُوسَى لَوْ أَدْرَكَنِي ثُمَّ لَمْ يُؤْمِنْ بِي وَ بِنُبُوَّتِي مَا نَفَعَهُ إِيمَانُهُ شَيْئاً وَ لَا نَفَعَتْهُ النُّبُوَّةُ يَا يَهُودِيُّ وَ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِي الْمَهْدِيُّ إِذَا خَرَجَ نَزَلَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ لِنُصْرَتِهِ وَ قَدَّمَهُ وَ صَلَّى خَلْفَهُ
O Jew! If Musa-as had come across me-saww, then had not believed in me-saww and in my-saww Prophet-hood, his-as Eman would not have benefitted him-as nor would his-as Prophet-hood have benefitted him-as. O Jew! And from my-saww offspring is Al-Mahdi-asws. When he-saww rises, Isa Bin Maryam-as will descend to help him-asws and pray Salat behind him-asws’’.[75]
73- ص، قصص الأنبياء عليهم السلام بِالْإِسْنَادِ عَنِ الصَّدُوقِ عَنْ هَانِي بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ بُطَّةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَارِثِ الْفِهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لَمَّا أَكَلَ آدَمُ مِنَ الشَّجَرَةِ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَقَالَ أَسْأَلُكَ بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ إِلَّا رَحِمْتَنِي
By the chain from Al Sadouq, from Hany Bin Muhammad, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad Bin Batah, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Wahab, from Abu Al Haris Al Fahry, from Abdullah Bin Ismail, from Abdul Rahman Bin Abu Zayd Bin Aslam, from his father, from his grandfather, from Umar Bin Al Khattab who said,
‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘When Adam-as ate from the tree, raised his-as head towards the sky and said: ‘I-as ask You-azwj by the right of Muhammad-saww to have Mercy on me-as’.
فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ وَ مَنْ مُحَمَّدٌ فَقَالَ تَبَارَكَ اسْمُكَ لَمَّا خَلَقْتَنِي رَفَعْتُ رَأْسِي إِلَى عَرْشِكَ فَإِذَا فِيهِ مَكْتُوبٌ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَعَلِمْتُ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ أَعْظَمَ عِنْدَكَ قَدْراً مِمَّنْ جَعَلْتَ اسْمَهُ مَعَ اسْمِكَ
Allah-azwj Revealed to him-as: “And who is Muhammad-saww?’ He-as said: ‘Blessed is Your-azwj Name! When You-azwj Created me-as, I-as raised my-as towards Your-azwj Throne, and there is was inscribed: “There is no god except Allah-azwj, Muhammad-saww is Rasoo-saww of Allah-azwj”, so I-as knew that there is no one is of greater worth in Your-azwj Presence than the one whose name You-azwj have Made to be with Your-azwj Name’.
فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ يَا آدَمُ إِنَّهُ لَآخِرُ النَّبِيِّينَ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِكَ فَلَوْ لَا مُحَمَّدٌ مَا خَلَقْتُكَ
Allah-azwj Revealed to him-as: “O Adam-as! He-saww is the last of the Prophets-as from your-as offspring. Had it not been for Muhammad-saww, I-azwj would not have Created you-as’’.[76]
74- شي، تفسير العياشي عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْعَلَوِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ع قَالَ: الْكَلِمَاتُ الَّتِي تَلَقَّاهَا آدَمُ مِنْ رَبِّهِ قَالَ يَا رَبِّ أَسْأَلُكَ بِحَقِّ مُحَمَّدٍ لَمَّا تُبْتَ عَلَيَّ قَالَ وَ مَا عِلْمُكَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ رَأَيْتُهُ فِي سُرَادِقِكَ الْأَعْظَمِ مَكْتُوباً وَ أَنَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ
;Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Muhammad Bin Isa Bin Abdullah Al Alawy, from his father, from his grandfather,
‘From Ali-asws having said: ‘The phrases which Adam-as received from his-as Lord-azwj, said: ‘O Lord-azwj! I-as ask You-azwj by the right of Muhammad-saww to Turn to me-as’. He-azwj Said: “And what is your-as knowledge of Muhammad-saww?” He-as said: ‘I-as saw him-as in Your-azwj great pavilions, written, while I-as was in the Paradise’’.[77]
75- ب، قرب الإسناد الطَّيَالِسِيُّ عَنْ فُضَيْلِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَ عَظِّمُوا اللَّهَ وَ عَظِّمُوا رَسُولَهُ وَ لَا تُفَضِّلُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص أَحَداً فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى قَدْ فَضَّلَهُ الْخَبَرَ
‘Qurb Al Isnaad’ – Al Tayalisy, from Fazeyl Bin Usman who said,
‘I heard Abu Abdullah-asws saying: ‘Fear Allah-azwj and revere Allah-azwj and revere His-azwj Rasool-saww, and do not prefer anyone over Rasool-Allah-saww, for Allah-azwj Blessed and Exalted has Preferred him-saww’ – the Hadeeth’.[78]
76- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ابْنِ أَخِي حَمَّادٍ الْكَاتِبِ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ سَيِّدَ وُلْدِ آدَمَ فَقَالَ كَانَ وَ اللَّهِ سَيِّدَ مَنْ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ وَ مَا بَرَأَ اللَّهُ بَرِيَّةً خَيْراً مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ ص
‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ibn Fazzal, from Abdullah Bin Muhammad Bin Akhy Hammad Al Katib Al-Husayn Bin Abdullah who said
‘I said to Abu Abdullah-asws, ‘Was Rasool-Allah-saww the chief of the children of Adam-as?’ So he-asws said: ‘By Allah-azwj! He-saww was the chief of the ones Allah-azwj Created, and Allah-azwj has no created being better than Muhammad-saww’’.[79]
77- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَجَّالِ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع وَ ذَكَرَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص فَقَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَا بَرَأَ اللَّهُ نَسَمَةً خَيْراً مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ ص
‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Hajjal, from Hammad,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws, and he-asws mentioned Rasool-Allah-saww, so he-asws said: ‘Amir-Al-Momineen-asws said: ‘Allah-azwj has not Created any creature better than Muhammad-saww’’.[80]
78- كا، الكافي عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ سَهْلٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ سِنَانِ بْنِ طَرِيفٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: أَنَا أَوَّلُ أَهْلِ بَيْتٍ نَوَّهَ اللَّهُ بِأَسْمَائِنَا إِنَّهُ لَمَّا خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضَ أَمَرَ مُنَادِياً فَنَادَى أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ ثَلَاثاً أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ثَلَاثاً أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ عَلِيّاً أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ حَقّاً ثَلَاثاً
‘Al-Kafi’ – Ali Bin Muhammad, from Sahl, from Muhammad Bin Al Waleed, from Yunus Bin Yaqoub, from Sinan Bin Tareyf,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘We-asws were the first family Allah-azwj Commended by our-asws names. It was that when He-azwj Created the skies and the earth, He-azwj Commanded a Caller to Call out: ‘I testify that there is no god except for Allah-azwj’, thrice, and, ‘I testify that Muhammad-saww is Rasool-as of Allah-azwj’, thrice, and, ‘I testify that Ali-asws is Amir-Al-Momineen truly’, thrice’’.[81]
79- كا، الكافي عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ غَيْرُهُ عَنْ سَهْلٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ شَبَابٍ الصَّيْرَفِيِّ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْمَهْدِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ السَّلَامِ بْنِ حَارِثٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي حَفْصَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: كَانَ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص ثَلَاثَةٌ لَمْ تَكُنْ فِي أَحَدٍ غَيْرِهِ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ فَيْءٌ وَ كَانَ لَا يَمُرُّ فِي طَرِيقٍ فَيُمَرَّ فِيهِ بَعْدَ يَوْمَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثَةٍ إِلَّا عُرِفَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ مَرَّ فِيهِ لِطِيبِ عَرْفِهِ وَ كَانَ لَا يَمُرُّ بِحَجَرٍ وَ لَا شَجَرٍ إِلَّا سَجَدَ لَهُ
‘Al-Kafi’ – Ali Bin Muhammad and others, from Sahl, from Muhammad Bin al Waleed Shabab Al Sayrafi, from Malik Bin Ismail Al Mahdi, from Abdul Salam Bin Haris, from Salim Bin Abu Hafsa,
‘From Abu Ja’far-asws having said: ‘There were three (qualities) in Rasool-Allah-saww which did not happen to be in anyone apart from him-saww – There did not happen to be a shadow for him-saww, and he-saww did not pass by in a street, and someone would pass in it after two days or three except he recognised that he-saww had passed by in it due to the aroma he (recognised) him-saww, and he-saww did not pass by a rock nor a tree except it did Sajdah to him-saww’’.[82]
80- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ غَالِبٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فِي خُطْبَةٍ لَهُ خَاصَّةً يَذْكُرُ فِيهَا حَالَ النَّبِيِّ ص وَ الْأَئِمَّةِ ع وَ صِفَاتِهِمْ
‘Al-Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al-Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Is’haq Bin Ghalib,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws in a sermon of his-asws especially mentioning therein the state of the Prophet-saww and the Imams-asws and their-asws description: –
فَلَمْ يَمْنَعْ رَبَّنَا لِحِلْمِهِ وَ أَنَاتِهِ وَ عَطْفِهِ مَا كَانَ مِنْ عَظِيمِ جُرْمِهِمْ وَ قَبِيحِ أَفْعَالِهِمْ أَنِ انْتَجَبَ لَهُمْ أَحَبَّ أَنْبِيَائِهِ إِلَيْهِ
‘Our-asws Lord-azwj was not prevented, due to His-azwj Forbearance and His-azwj Care, and His-azwj Kindness, from the greatness of their crimes and the ugliness of their deeds, that He-azwj should Choose for them the most Beloved of His-azwj Prophets to Him-azwj.
وَ أَكْرَمَهُمْ عَلَيْهِ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ص فِي حَوْمَةِ الْعِزِّ مَوْلِدُهُ وَ فِي دَوْمَةِ الْكَرَمِ مَحْتِدُهُ غَيْرَ مَشُوبٍ حَسَبُهُ وَ لَا مَمْزُوجٍ نَسَبُهُ وَ لَا مَجْهُولٍ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ صِفَتُهُ بَشَّرَتْ بِهِ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ فِي كُتُبِهَا وَ نَطَقَتْ بِهِ الْعُلَمَاءُ بِنَعْتِهَا وَ تَأَمَّلَتْهُ الْحُكَمَاءُ بِوَصْفِهَا
And He-azwj Honoured them upon it, Muhammad-saww Bin Abdullah-saww with regards to the respectability of his-saww linage, and regarding the prestigious-ness of his-saww family environment, without there being a blemish in his-saww descent nor an inter-mingling in his-asws lineage, nor being unknown in the presence of knowledgeable people of his-saww description which the Prophets-as had given glad tidings with, in their-as Books, and the scholars had spoken with his-saww epithet, and the wise ones had pondered on his-saww description.
مُهَذَّبٌ لَا يُدَانَى هَاشِمِيٌّ لَا يُوَازَى أَبْطَحِيٌّ لَا يُسَامَى شِيمَتُهُ الْحَيَاءُ وَ طَبِيعَتُهُ السَّخَاءُ مَجْبُولٌ عَلَى أَوْقَارِ النُّبُوَّةِ وَ أَخْلَاقِهَا مَطْبُوعٌ عَلَى أَوْصَافِ الرِّسَالَةِ وَ أَحْلَامِهَا إِلَى أَنِ انْتَهَتْ بِهِ أَسْبَابُ مَقَادِيرِ اللَّهِ إِلَى أَوْقَاتِهَا وَ جَرَى بِأَمْرِ اللَّهِ الْقَضَاءُ فِيهِ إِلَى نِهَايَاتِهَا أَدَّاهُ مَحْتُومُ قَضَاءِ اللَّهِ إِلَى غَايَاتِهَا
A mannerism which no Hashimite had reached or was an equivalent of, nor had a person of Bat’ha had ever reached to such a peak. And his-saww nature was generous and had a natural tendency upon the dignity of the Prophet-hood and its mannerisms, bring naturally upon the qualities of the Messenger-ship and its magnanimity, up to that he-saww ended up to the Pre-determinations of Allah-azwj to its timings, and there flowed, by the Command of Allah-azwj, the Ordainments with regards to him-saww up to its end goals, fulfilling the Inevitable Ordainment of Allah-azwj to its peak.
تُبَشِّرُ بِهِ كُلُّ أُمَّةٍ مَنْ بَعْدَهَا وَ يَدْفَعُهُ كُلُّ أَبٍ إِلَى أَبٍ مِنْ ظَهْرٍ إِلَى ظَهْرٍ لَمْ يَخْلِطْهُ فِي عُنْصُرِهِ سِفَاحٌ وَ لَمْ يُنَجِّسْهُ فِي وِلَادَتِهِ نِكَاحٌ مِنْ لَدُنْ آدَمَ ع إِلَى أَبِيهِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فِي خَيْرِ فِرْقَةٍ وَ أَكْرَمِ سِبْطٍ وَ أَمْنَعِ رَهْطٍ وَ أَكْلَإِ حَمْلٍ وَ أَوْدَعِ حِجْرٍ
Every community gave the glad tidings of it from after him-saww, and every father handed it over to a father, from back to back. There did not did not mix it in the cutthroat race and did not defile the marriage in his-saww linage from since Adam-as up to his-saww father-as Abdullah-as, being in the best of the parties, and the most prestigious of tribes, and the most protected of groups, and the most preserved of lap, and the safest of laps.
اصْطَفَاهُ اللَّهُ وَ ارْتَضَاهُ وَ اجْتَبَاهُ وَ آتَاهُ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ مَفَاتِيحَهُ وَ مِنَ الْحُكْمِ يَنَابِيعَهُ ابْتَعَثَهُ رَحْمَةً لِلْعِبَادِ وَ رَبِيعاً لِلْبِلَادِ وَ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ الْكِتَابَ فِيهِ الْبَيَانُ وَ التِّبْيَانُ قُرْآناً عَرَبِيًّا غَيْرَ ذِي عِوَجٍ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ
Allah-azwj Chose him-saww, and Favoured him-saww, and Selected him-saww, and Gave him-saww from the Knowledge, its keys, and from the Wisdom, its springs, a Mercy to the servants, and a Sustainer to the cities. And Allah-azwj Revealed the Book unto him-saww wherein were the statements and the explanations, An Arabic Quran without any crookedness, perhaps they would fear [39:28].
قَدْ بَيَّنَهُ لِلنَّاسِ وَ نَهَجَهُ بِعِلْمٍ قَدْ فَصَّلَهُ وَ دِينٍ قَدْ أَوْضَحَهُ وَ فَرَائِضَ قَدْ أَوْجَبَهَا وَ حُدُودٍ حَدَّهَا لِلنَّاسِ وَ بَيَّنَهَا وَ أُمُورٍ قَدْ كَشَفَهَا لِخَلْقِهِ وَ أَعْلَنَهَا فِيهَا دَلَالَةٌ إِلَى النَّجَاةِ وَ مَعَالِمُ تَدْعُو إِلَى هُدَاهُ
He-azwj had Explained it to the people and Programmed it with knowledge. He-azwj had Detailed it, a Religion He-azwj had Clarified it, and necessities He-azwj had Obligated these, and Legal Punishments He-azwj had Defined these for the people and explained these, and matters he-saww has uncovered to His-azwj creatures, and Proclaimed therein the evidence to the salvation and information Calling to His-azwj Guidance.
فَبَلَّغَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مَا أُرْسِلَ بِهِ وَ صَدَعَ بِمَا أُمِرَ وَ أَدَّى مَا حُمِّلَ مِنْ أَثْقَالِ النُّبُوَّةِ وَ صَبَرَ لِرَبِّهِ وَ جَاهَدَ فِي سَبِيلِهِ وَ نَصَحَ لِأُمَّتِهِ وَ دَعَاهُمْ إِلَى النَّجَاةِ وَ حَثَّهُمْ عَلَى الذِّكْرِ وَ دَلَّهُمْ عَلَى سَبِيلِ الْهُدَى بِمَنَاهِجَ وَ دَوَاعٍ أَسَّسَ لِلْعِبَادِ أَسَاسَهَا وَ مَنَارٍ رَفَعَ لَهُمْ أَعْلَامَهَا كَيْلَا يَضِلُّوا مِنْ بَعْدِهِ وَ كَانَ بِهِمْ رَءُوفاً رَحِيماً
Rasool-Allah-saww delivered what He-azwj had been Sent with, and expounded openly with whatever he-saww had been Commanded with, and fulfilled whatever he-saww was carrying from the burden of the Prophet-hood, and observed patience for his-saww Lord-azwj, and struggled in His-azwj Way, and advised to his-saww community and called them to the salvation, and urged them upon the Remembrance (Zikr), and pointed them upon the way of the Guidance by manifestos and prepared grounds of foundations for the servants, and raised beacons for them as their signs, perhaps they might not stray from after him-saww, and he-saww was kind and merciful with them’’.[83]
81- كا، الكافي ابْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ صَفِيِّكَ وَ خَلِيلِكَ وَ نَجِيِّكَ الْمُدَبِّرِ لِأَمْرِكَ
‘Al-Kafi’ – Ibn Mahboub, from Abdullah Bin Sinan,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I heard him-asws saying: ‘O Allah-azwj! Send Salawat upon Muhammad-saww Your-azwj elite, and Your-azwj friend, and You-azwj confidant, the manager of Your-azwj affairs’’.[84]
82- ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْقَزْوِينِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ وَهْبَانَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ جَيْشٍ عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَبِي غُنْدَرٍ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَا بَعَثَ اللَّهُ نَبِيّاً أَكْرَمَ مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ ص وَ لَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ قَبْلَهُ أَحَداً وَ لَا أَنْذَرَ اللَّهُ خَلْقَهُ بِأَحَدٍ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ قَبْلَ مُحَمَّدٍ فَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى هذا نَذِيرٌ مِنَ النُّذُرِ الْأُولى وَ قَالَ إِنَّما أَنْتَ مُنْذِرٌ وَ لِكُلِّ قَوْمٍ هادٍ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ قَبْلَهُ مُطَاعٌ فِي الْخَلْقِ وَ لَا يَكُونُ بَعْدَهُ إِلَى أَنْ تَقُومَ السَّاعَةُ فِي كُلِّ قَرْنٍ إِلَى أَنْ يَرِثَ اللَّهُ الْأَرْضَ وَ مَنْ عَلَيْهَا
‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – Al-Husayn Bin Ibrahim Al Qazwiny, from Muhammad Bin Wahban, from Ali Bin Jaysh, from Al-Abbas Bin Muhammad Bin Al-Husayn, from his father, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Al-Husayn Bin Abu Gandar, from Al Mufazzal,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Allah-azwj did not Send any Prophet-as more honourable than Muhammad-saww, nor did Allah-azwj Create any creature before him-saww nor did Allah-azwj Warn His-azwj creatures with anyone from His-azwj creatures before Muhammad-saww, so that is His-azwj Word: This one is a Warner from the former Warners [53:56]; and said: But rather, you are a Warner, and for every people there is a Guide [13:7]. There did not happen to be anyone obeyed among the creatures, nor will there happen to be anyone after him-saww up to the establishment of the Hour in every generation up to (the time) Allah-azwj will Make inherit the earth and the ones upon it’’.[85]
Notes –
رَوَاهُ الصَّفَّارُ بِإِسْنَادِهِ إِلَى عَلِيِ بْنِ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى هذا نَذِيرٌ مِنَ النُّذُرِ الْأُولى قَالَ يَعْنِي بِهِ مُحَمَّداً حَيْثُ دَعَاهُمْ إِلَى الْإِقْرَارِ بِاللَّهِ فِي الذَّرِّ الْأَوَّلِ
It is reported by Al Saffar, by his chain to Ali Bin Ma’mar, from his father who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah-asws about Words of Allah-azwj Blessed and Exalted: This one is a Warner from the former Warners [53:56]. He-asws said: ‘It means by it Muhammad-saww whereby he-saww called them to the acknowledgement of Allah-azwj in the realm of the particles’.
83- كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنْ سَهْلٍ وَ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ جَمِيعاً عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْكَرْخِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لَوْ أُهْدِيَ إِلَيَّ كُرَاعٌ لَقَبِلْتُ وَ كَانَ ذَلِكَ مِنَ الدِّينِ وَ لَوْ أَنَّ كَافِراً أَوْ مُنَافِقاً أَهْدَى إِلَيَّ وَسْقاً مَا قَبِلْتُ وَ كَانَ ذَلِكَ مِنَ الدِّينِ أَبَى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى لِي زَبْدَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ وَ طَعَامَهُمْ
‘Al-Kafi’ – The number, from Sahl and Ahmad Bin Muhammad altogether, from Ibn Mahboub, from Ibrahim Al Karkhy,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Even if a limb (of an animal) were to be gifted to me-saww, I-saww will accept it, and that was always from the Religion, and even if a Kafir or a hypocrite were to gift to me a ‘Wasaq’ (sizty Sa’a), I-saww will not accept it, and that was always from the Religion. Allah-azwj Exalted Refused to me-saww the scum of the Polytheists, and the hypocrites, and their food’’.[86]
Notes –
رَوَاهُ الصَّدُوقُ فِي الْفَقِيهِ عَنْ ثُوَيْرِ بْنِ أَبِي فَاخْتَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ع قَالَ: أَهْدَى كِسْرَى لِلنَّبِيِّ ص فَقَبِلَ مِنْهُ وَ أَهْدَى قَيْصَرُ لِلنَّبِيِّ ص فَقَبِلَ مِنْهُ وَ أَهْدَتْ لَهُ الْمُلُوكُ فَقَبِلَ مِنْهُمْ
It is reported by Al Sadouq in ‘Al Faqeeh’, from Suweyr Bin Abu Fakhta, from his father, from Ali-asws having said: ‘Chosroe gifted to the Prophet-saww, he-saww accepted from him, and Caesar gifted to the Prophet-saww, he-saww accepted from him, the kings gifted to him-saww, he-saww accepted from them.
84- فر، تفسير فرات بن إبراهيم الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ وَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ مُعَنْعَناً عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ع قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى الَّذِي يَراكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ وَ تَقَلُّبَكَ فِي السَّاجِدِينَ قَالَ يَرَاكَ حِينَ تَقُومُ بِأَمْرِهِ وَ تَقَلُّبَكَ فِي أَصْلَابِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ نَبِيٍّ بَعْدَ نَبِيٍ
‘Tafseer Furaat Bin Ibrahim’ – Al-Husayn Bin Saeed, and Ahmad Bin Al-Hassan,
‘From Abu Ja’far Muhammad Bin Ali-asws, the Words of the Exalted: The One Who Sees you when you stand up (for Salat) [26:218] And your transfer among the Sajdah performers [26:219]. He-asws said: ‘He-azwj Sees you-saww when you-saww stand with His-azwj Command, and Transferred you-saww in the Sulbs of the Prophets-as, Prophet-as after a Prophet-as’’.[87]
85- فر، تفسير فرات بن إبراهيم عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عُمَرَ الزُّهْرِيُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فِينَا خَطِيباً فَقَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ عَلَى آلَائِهِ وَ بَلَائِهِ عِنْدَنَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَ أَسْتَعِينُ اللَّهَ عَلَى نَكَبَاتِ الدُّنْيَا وَ مُوبِقَاتِ الْآخِرَةِ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَ أَنِّي مُحَمَّدٌ عَبْدُهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ
‘Tafseer Furat Bin Ibrahim’ – Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Ali Bin Umar Al Zuhry, from Abdullah Bin Abbas who said,
‘Rasool-Allah-saww stood among us to address, so he-saww said: ‘The Praise is for Allah-azwj, His-azwj Signs and His-azwj afflictions with us-asws the People-asws of the Household, and I-saww seek Assistance of Allah-azwj upon the calamities of the world and Punishments of the Hereafter; and I-saww testify that there is no god except Allah-azwj Alone there being no associates for Him-azwj, and I-saww Muhammad-saww am His-azwj servant and His-azwj Rasool-saww.
أَرْسَلَنِي بِرِسَالَتِهِ إِلَى جَمِيعِ خَلْقِهِ لِيَهْلِكَ مَنْ هَلَكَ عَنْ بَيِّنَةٍ وَ يَحْيى مَنْ حَيَّ عَنْ بَيِّنَةٍ وَ اصْطَفَانِي عَلَى جَمِيعِ الْعَالَمِينَ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَ الْآخِرِينَ أَعْطَانِي مَفَاتِيحَ خَزَائِنِهِ كُلَّهَا وَ اسْتَوْدَعَنِي سِرَّهُ وَ أَمَرَنِي بِأَمْرِهِ
He-azwj Sent me-saww with His-azwj Message to the entirety of His-azwj creatures the ones to be destroyed from a clear proof and to Revive the ones to be revived from a clear proof, [8:42], and Selected me-saww over the entirety of the worlds, from the former ones and the latter ones. He-azwj Gave me-saww keys of His-azwj treasures, all of them, and Deposited His-azwj secrets into me-saww, and Commanded me-saww with His-azwj Commands.
فَكَانَ الْقَائِمَ وَ أَنَا الْخَاتَمُ وَ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ وَ اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ تُقاتِهِ وَ لا تَمُوتُنَّ إِلَّا وَ أَنْتُمْ مُسْلِمُونَ وَ اعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ مُحِيطٌ وَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ
I-saww was ‘Al-Qaim’ (the establisher), and I-saww wasa ‘Al-Khatam’ (the final), and there is neither might nor strength except with Allah-azwj the Exalted the Magnificent, Fear Allah as is His right to be feared and do not be dying except and you are submitters [3:102], and know that Allah-azwj is Encompassing with all things, and that Allah-azwj is Knowing with all things.
أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ بَعْدِي قَوْمٌ يَكْذِبُونَ عَلَيَّ فَلَا تَقْبَلُوا مِنْهُمْ ذَلِكَ وَ أُمُورٌ يَأْتِي مِنْ بَعْدِي يَزْعُمُ أَهْلُهَا أَنَّهَا عَنِّي وَ مَعَاذَ اللَّهِ أَنْ أَقُولَ عَلَى اللَّهِ إِلَّا حَقّاً فَمَا أَمَرْتُكُمْ إِلَّا بِمَا أَمَرَنِي بِهِ وَ لَا دَعَوْتُكُمْ إِلَّا إِلَيْهِ وَ سَيَعْلَمُ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا أَيَّ مُنْقَلَبٍ يَنْقَلِبُونَ
O you people! There will be coming a people after me-saww, belying upon me-saww, so do not accept that from them, and matters (will come) from after me-saww, its people will claim that these are form me-saww, and Allah-azwj Forbid that I-saww should say upon Allah-azwj except the truth. I-saww am not instructing you all except with what I-saww am Commanded with, nor am I-saww inviting you all except to it, and those who are unjust will soon come to know which overturning they will be overturned with’.
قَالَ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ عُبَادَةُ بْنُ الصَّامِتِ فَقَالَ مَتَى ذَلِكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ مَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ عَرِّفْنَاهُمْ لِنَحْذَرَهُمْ
He (the narrator) said, ‘Abadah Bin Al-Samit stood up to him-saww and said, ‘When will that be, O Rasool-Allah-saww? And who are they? Introduce them so we can be cautious of them’.
فَقَالَ أَقْوَامٌ قَدِ اسْتَعَدُّوا لِلْخِلَافَةِ مِنْ يَوْمِهِمْ هَذَا وَ سَيَظْهَرُونَ لَكُمْ إِذَا بَلَغَتِ النَّفْسُ مِنِّي هَاهُنَا وَ أَوْمَأَ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى حَلْقِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُبَادَةُ بْنُ الصَّامِتِ إِذَا كَانَ كَذَلِكَ فَإِلَى مَنْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ
He-saww said: ‘People who have already prepared themselves for the Caliphate from this day of theirs, and they would be overcoming you when the soul reaches over here’ and he-saww gestured by his-saww hands to his-saww throat’. Abadah Bin Al Saamit said to him-saww, ‘When that happens, then to who (should we go to), O Rasool-Allah-saww?’
قَالَ فَإِذَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالسَّمْعِ وَ الطَّاعَةِ لِلسَّابِقِينَ مِنْ عِتْرَتِي فَإِنَّهُمْ يَصُدُّونَكُمْ عَنِ الْبَغْيِ وَ يَهْدُونَكُمْ إِلَى الرُّشْدِ وَ يَدْعُونَكُمْ إِلَى الْحَقِّ فَيُحْيُونَ كِتَابِي وَ سُنَّتِي وَ حَدِيثِي وَ يُمَوِّتُونَ الْبِدَعَ وَ يَقْمَعُونَ بِالْحَقِّ أَهْلَهَا وَ يَزُولُونَ مَعَ الْحَقِّ حَيْثُ مَا زَالَ
He-saww said: ‘When that happens, then it is upon you with the hearing and the obedience to the foremost ones from my-saww family, for they-asws will block you all from the errors, and guide you all to the rightful guidance and invite you to the truth. They-asws will revive my-saww Book and my-saww Sunnah and my-saww Ahadeeth, and will be killing the innovations, and will be standing by the right of its rightful ones and will be inclining with the truth wherever it inclines.
فَلَنْ يُخَيَّلَ إِلَيَّ أَنَّكُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ وَ لَكِنِّي مُحْتَجٌّ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذَا أَنَا أَعْلَمْتُكُمْ ذَلِكَ فَقَدْ أَعْلَمْتُكُمْ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى خَلَقَنِي وَ أَهْلَ بَيْتِي مِنْ طِينَةٍ لَمْ يَخْلُقْ مِنْهَا أَحَداً غَيْرَنَا فَكُنَّا أَوَّلَ مَنِ ابْتَدَأَ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ فَلَمَّا خَلَقَنَا فَتَقَ بِنُورِنَا كُلَّ ظُلْمَةٍ وَ أَحْيَا بِنَا كُلَّ طِينَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ وَ أَمَاتَ بِنَا كُلَّ طِينَةٍ خَبِيثَةٍ
You will never thing you are working to me-saww, but there is a need upon you. When I-saww let you know that, so I-saww have taught you. O you people! Allah-azwj Blessed and Exalted Created me-saww and the People-asws of my-saww Household from a clay He-azwj did not Create anyone else apart from us-asws, who, were the first to commence from His-azwj creation. When He-azwj Created, Split apart all darkness with our-asws Noor, and reviving by us-asws all good clays, and kill by us-asws all wicked clays’.
ثُمَّ قَالَ هَؤُلَاءِ خِيَارُ خَلْقِي وَ حَمَلَةُ عَرْشِي وَ خُزَّانُ عِلْمِي وَ سَادَةُ أَهْلِ السَّمَاءِ وَ الْأَرْضِ هَؤُلَاءِ الْأَبْرَارُ الْمُهْتَدُونَ الْمُهْتَدَى بِهِمْ مَنْ جَاءَنِي بِطَاعَتِهِمْ وَ وَلَايَتِهِمْ أَوْلَجْتُهُ جَنَّتِي وَ كَرَامَتِي وَ مَنْ جَاءَنِي بِعَدَاوَتِهِمْ وَ الْبَرَاءَةِ مِنْهُمْ أَوْلَجْتُهُ نَارِي وَ ضَاعَفْتُ عَلَيْهِ عَذَابِي وَ ذلِكَ جَزاءُ الظَّالِمِينَ
Then He-azwj Said: “They-asws are the best of My-azwj creatures, and bearers of My-azwj Thrones, and treasurers of My-azwj Knowledge, and chiefs of the inhabitants of the skies and the earth. They-asws are the righteous, the rightly guided. The ones rightly guided by them-asws would come to Me-azwj with their-asws obedience and their-asws Wilayah or will Obligated My-azwj Paradise and My-azwj Prestige, and one who come to Me-azwj with their-asws enmity and the disavowing from them-asws will Obligate My-azwj Fire, and My-azwj Punishment will be multiplied upon him, and that is the Recompense of the unjust ones!”
ثُمَّ قَالَ نَحْنُ أَهْلُ الْإِيمَانِ بِاللَّهِ مِلَاكُهُ وَ تَمَامُهُ حَقّاً حَقّاً وَ بِنَا سُدِّدَ الْأَعْمَالُ الصَّالِحَةُ وَ نَحْنُ وَصِيَّةُ اللَّهِ فِي الْأَوَّلِينَ وَ الْآخِرِينَ وَ إِنَّ مِنَّا الرَّقِيبَ عَلَى خَلْقِ اللَّهِ وَ نَحْنُ قَسَمُ اللَّهِ أَقْسَمَ بِنَا حَيْثُ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ الَّذِي تَسائَلُونَ بِهِ وَ الْأَرْحامَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَقِيباً
Then he-saww said: ‘We-asws are the people of Eman with Allah-azwj, its foundations and its complete, truly, truly; and by us-asws the righteous deeds are guided, and we-asws are the elites of Allah-azwj among the former ones and the latter ones, and from us-asws is the watchman over the creatures of Allah-azwj; and we-asws are the swear of Allah-azwj, He-azwj Swore by us-asws. Allah-azwj the Exalted is Saying: and fear Allah, Who you are asking for the relationships by; Allah will always be Watchful over you [4:1].
أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ عَصَمَنَا اللَّهُ مِنْ أَنْ نَكُونَ مَفْتُونِينَ أَوْ فَاتِنِينَ أَوْ مُفْتَنِينَ أَوْ كَذَّابِينَ أَوْ كَاهِنِينَ أَوْ سَاحِرِينَ أَوْ عَائِفِينَ أَوْ خَائِنِينَ أَوْ زَاجِرِينَ أَوْ مُبْتَدِعِينَ أَوْ مُرْتَابِينَ أَوْ صَادِفِينَ عَنِ الْحَقِّ مُنَافِقِينَ فَمَنْ كَانَ فِيهِ شَيْءٌ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْخِصَالِ فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا وَ لَا نَحْنُ مِنْهُ وَ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ بَرِيءٌ وَ نَحْنُ مِنْهُ بُرَآءُ وَ مَنْ بَرِئَ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ أَدْخَلَهُ جَهَنَّمَ وَ بِئْسَ الْمِهادُ
O you people! We-asws the People-asws of the Household, Allah-azwj Protected us-asws from becoming tempted, or tempt others or stray into temptation, or liars, or soothsayers, or magicians, or averse, or betrayers, or rebukers, or innovators, or doubters, or hinderers from the truth, hypocrites. So, the one in who is something from these characteristics, he isn’t from us-asws, nor are we-asws from him, and Allah-azwj is Disavowed from him and we-asws are disavowed from him; and the one from Allah-azwj is Disavowed, He-azwj will Enter him into Hell, and it is the evil place.
وَ إِنَّا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ طَهَّرَنَا اللَّهُ مِنْ كُلِّ نَجَسٍ فَنَحْنُ الصَّادِقُونَ إِذَا نَطَقُوا وَ الْعَالِمُونَ إِذَا سُئِلُوا وَ الْحَافِظُونَ لِمَا اسْتُوْدِعُوا جَمَعَ اللَّهُ لَنَا عَشْرَ خِصَالٍ لَمْ يَجْتَمِعْنَ لِأَحَدٍ قَبْلَنَا وَ لَا يَكُونُ لِأَحَدٍ غَيْرِنَا الْعِلْمَ وَ الْحِلْمَ وَ الْحُكْمَ وَ اللُّبَ وَ النُّبُوَّةَ وَ الشَّجَاعَةَ وَ الصِّدْقَ وَ الصَّبْرَ وَ الطَّهَارَةَ وَ الْعَفَافَ
And we-asws, the People-asws of the Household, Allah-azwj Cleansed us-asws from all uncleanness. We-asws are the truthful whenever we-asws speak, and the knowledgeable when we-asws are questioned, and the preservers when entrusted. Allah-azwj Gathered ten qualities for us-asws He-azwj had not Gathered for anyone before us-asws, not will these happen to be for anyone apart from us – the knowledge, and the forbearance, and the wisdom, and the pure intellect, and the Prophecy, and the bravery, and the truthfulness, and the patience, and the cleanliness, and the chastity.
فَنَحْنُ كَلِمَةُ التَّقْوَى وَ سَبِيلُ الْهُدَى وَ الْمَثَلُ الْأَعْلَى وَ الْحُجَّةُ الْعُظْمَى وَ الْعُرْوَةُ الْوُثْقَى فَما ذا بَعْدَ الْحَقِّ إِلَّا الضَّلالُ فَأَنَّى تُصْرَفُونَ
Thus, we-asws are the Word of piety [48:26], and the way of guidance, and the Exalted Example [16:60], and the magnificent Proof, and the most trustworthy handhold [2:256]. What is there after the truth except for the straying? Where are you heading?’’[88]
86- يب، تهذيب الأحكام مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ مَرْوَانَ عَنْ عَمَّارٍ السَّابَاطِيِّ قَالَ: كُنَّا جُلُوساً عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع بِمِنًى فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ مَا تَقُولُ فِي النَّوَافِلِ فَقَالَ فَرِيضَةٌ
‘Tahzeeb Al Ahkaam’ – Muhammad Bin Ahmad Bin Yahya, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Abdullah, from Ibn Fazal, from Marwan, from Amar Al Sabaty who said,
‘We were seated in the presence of Abu Abdullah-asws at Mina and a man said to him-asws, ‘What are you-asws saying regarding the Optional (Salats)?’ He-asws said: ‘An Obligation’.
قَالَ فَفَزِعْنَا وَ فَزِعَ الرَّجُلُ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنَّمَا أَعْنِي صَلَاةَ اللَّيْلِ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ وَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَتَهَجَّدْ بِهِ نافِلَةً لَكَ
He (the narrator) said, ‘We were alarmed, and the man was alarmed. Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘But rather, I-asws mean the night Salat upon Rasool-Allah-saww. Allah-azwj is Saying: And from the night, so keep vigil by it, an optional (Salat) of yours, [17:79]’’.[89]
87- كا، الكافي أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَدِيدٍ عَنْ مُرَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَلَّفَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا لَمْ يُكَلِّفْ أَحَداً مِنْ خَلْقِهِ كَلَّفَهُ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ عَلَى النَّاسِ كُلِّهِمْ وَحْدَهُ بِنَفْسِهِ إِنْ لَمْ يَجِدْ فِئَةً تُقَاتِلُ مَعَهُ وَ لَمْ يُكَلِّفْ هَذَا أَحَداً مِنْ خَلْقِهِ قَبْلَهُ وَ لَا بَعْدَهُ
‘Al-Kafi’ – Abu Ali Al Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from ali Bin Hadeed, from Marazam,
‘From Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Allah-azwj Encumbered Rasool-Allah-azwj what He-azwj did not Encumber anyone from His-azwj creatures. He-azwj Encumbered him-saww that he-saww should go out to the people, all of them, alone, by himself-saww if he-saww cannot find a group to fight alongside him-saww, and He-azwj did not Encumber this upon anyone from His-azwj creatures nor after him-saww.
ثُمَّ تَلَا هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ فَقاتِلْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ لا تُكَلَّفُ إِلَّا نَفْسَكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ وَ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ لَهُ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ لَهُ مَا أَخَذَ لِنَفْسِهِ فَقَالَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ مَنْ جاءَ بِالْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُ عَشْرُ أَمْثالِها وَ جُعِلَتِ الصَّلَاةُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص بِعَشْرِ حَسَنَاتٍ
Then he-asws recited this Verse: So fight in the Way of Allah; it is not encumbered except on yourself [4:84]. Then he-asws said: ‘And Allah-azwj Made it such that he-saww should take for Him-azwj what he-saww takes for himself-saww. Allah-azwj Said: Whoever brings a good deed, he shall have ten like it [6:160], and Made the Salawat upon the Rasool Allah-saww by ten (times the) Rewards’’.[90]
88- ختص، الإختصاص عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ السَّائِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الْأَوَّلِ ع قَالَ: مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ خَلْقاً أَفْضَلَ مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ لَا خَلَقَ خَلْقاً بَعْدَ مُحَمَّدٍ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ عَلِيٍّ ع
‘Al Ikhtisas’ – From Ali Bin Suweyd Al Saie,
‘From Abu Al-Hassan-asws the 1st having said: ‘Allah-azwj has not Created any creature superior than Muhammad-saww, nor Created any creature after Muhammad-saww superior than Ali-asws’’.[91]
89- ختص، الإختصاص عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى عَسى أَنْ يَبْعَثَكَ رَبُّكَ مَقاماً مَحْمُوداً قَالَ يُجْلِسُهُ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ
‘Al Ikhtisas’ – From Jabir Bin Yazeed,
‘From Abu Ja’far-asws regarding the Words of Allah-azwj Blessed and Exalted: perhaps your Lord will Raise you to a Praiseworthy position [17:79]. He-asws said: ‘Sit him-saww upon the Throne’’.[92]
90- نهج، نهج البلاغة اجْعَلْ شَرَائِفَ صَلَوَاتِكَ وَ نَوَامِيَ بَرَكَاتِكَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِكَ وَ رَسُولِكَ الْخَاتِمِ لِمَا سَبَقَ وَ الْفَاتِحِ لِمَا انْغَلَقَ وَ الْمُعْلِنِ الْحَقَّ بِالْحَقِّ وَ الدَّافِعِ جَيْشَاتِ الْأَبَاطِيلِ وَ الدَّامِغِ صَوْلَاتِ الْأَضَالِيلِ
Nahj (Al-Balagah) – ‘Send the noblest of Your-azwj Salawat and the best of Your-azwj Blessings upon Muhammad-saww, Your-azwj servant and Your-azwj Rasool-saww, the last of the ones who preceded, and the opener of what had been locked, and the notified of the truth with the truth, and the repeller of the armies of falsehood, and the crusher of the onslaughts of the straying ones.
كَمَا حُمِّلَ فَاضْطَلَعَ قَائِماً بِأَمْرِكَ مُسْتَوْفِزاً فِي مَرْضَاتِكَ غَيْرَ نَاكِلٍ عَنْ قُدُمٍ وَ لَا وَاهٍ فِي عَزْمٍ وَاعِياً لِوَحْيِكَ حَافِظاً عَلَى عَهْدِكَ مَاضِياً عَلَى نَفَاذِ أَمْرِكَ حَتَّى أَوْرَى قَبَسَ الْقَابِسِ وَ أَضَاءَ الطَّرِيقَ لِلْخَابِطِ
Just as he-saww had borne, he-saww stood with Your-azwj Commands, advancing in Your-azwj Pleasure, without weakening from the steps, retaining Your-azwj Revelation, preserving Your-azwj Testament, continuing upon the implementation of Your-azwj Commands, until unto he-saww attainer attained, and the paths were illumination for the groper (in the dark).
وَ هُدِيَتْ بِهِ الْقُلُوبُ بَعْدَ خَوْضَاتِ الْفِتَنِ وَ الْإِثْمِ وَ أَقَامَ مُوضِحَاتِ الْأَعْلَامِ وَ نَيِّرَاتِ الْأَحْكَامِ فَهُوَ أَمِينُكَ الْمَأْمُونُ وَ خَازِنُ عِلْمِكَ الْمَخْزُونِ وَ شَهِيدُكَ يَوْمَ الدِّينِ وَ بَعِيثُكَ بِالْحَقِّ وَ رَسُولُكَ إِلَى الْخَلْقِ
And the hearts were guided by him-saww after the immersion in the Fitna and the sins, and he-saww established the clear signs and the radiant rulings. He-saww is Your-azwj trustworthy trustee, and treasurer of Your-azwj Treasured Knowledge, and Your-azwj Witness on the Day of Qiyamah, and one You-azwj Sent with the truth and Your-azwj Rasool-saww to the creatures’’.[93]
91- نهج، نهج البلاغة فَاسْتَوْدَعَهُمْ فِي أَفْضَلِ مُسْتَوْدَعٍ وَ أَقَرَّهُمْ فِي خَيْرِ مُسْتَقَرٍّ تَنَاسَخَتْهُمْ كَرَائِمُ الْأَصْلَابِ إِلَى مُطَهَّرَاتِ الْأَرْحَامِ كُلَّمَا مَضَى سَلَفٌ قَامَ مِنْهُمْ بِدِينِ اللَّهِ خَلَفٌ حَتَّى أَفْضَتْ كَرَامَةُ اللَّهِ سُبْحَانَهُ إِلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ص
Nahj (Al-Balagah): ‘He-azwj Deposited them-asws in the superior of depositories, and Settled them in the best of the settlements, and into the honourable lineages to the clean wombs. Every time an ancestor passed away, a replacement from them-as stood with the Religion of Allah-azwj until the Honour of Allah-azwj the Glorious led to Muhammad-saww.
فَأَخْرَجَهُ مِنْ أَفْضَلِ الْمَعَادِنِ مَنْبِتاً وَ أَعَزِّ الْأَرُومَاتِ مَغْرِساً مِنَ الشَّجَرَةِ الَّتِي صَدَعَ مِنْهَا أَنْبِيَاءَهُ وَ انْتَجَبَ مِنْهَا أُمَنَاءَهُ عِتْرَتُهُ خَيْرُ الْعِتَرِ وَ أُسْرَتُهُ خَيْرُ الْأُسَرِ وَ شَجَرَتُهُ خَيْرُ الشَّجَرِ نَبَتَتْ فِي حَرَمٍ وَ بَسَقَتْ فِي كَرَمٍ لَهَا فُرُوعٌ طِوَالٌ وَ ثَمَرٌ لَا يُنَالُ
He-azwj Extracted him-saww from the superior of the original mines, and the most honourable place of planting which the He-azwj Extracted His-azwj Prophets-as, and Selected His-azwj trustees from it. His-saww family is the best of the families, and his-saww kinsmen are the best of the kinsmen, and his-saww lineage is the best of the lineages, growing in the esteem and rising in distinction, having tall branches for it and fruits which cannot be attained.
فَهُوَ إِمَامُ مَنِ اتَّقَى وَ بَصِيرَةُ مَنِ اهْتَدَى سِرَاجٌ لَمَعَ ضَوْؤُهُ وَ شِهَابٌ سَطَعَ نُورُهُ وَ زَنْدٌ بَرَقَ لَمْعُهُ سِيرَتُهُ الْقَصْدُ وَ سُنَّتُهُ الرُّشْدُ وَ كَلَامُهُ الْفَصْلُ وَ حُكْمُهُ الْعَدْلُ أَرْسَلَهُ عَلَى حِينِ فَتْرَةٍ مِنَ الرُّسُلِ وَ هَفْوَةٍ عَنِ الْعَمَلِ وَ غَبَاوَةٍ مِنَ الْأُمَمِ
He-saww is the leader of the ones who fear, and an insight of the ones who seek guidance. A lamp for the ones seeking his-saww illumination, and a meteor the light of which spreads out, and a flint whose spark is bright. His-saww way is the moderation, and his-saww Sunnah is the rightful guidance, and his-saww speech is the decisive, and his-saww ruling is the justice. He-saww is Sent upon an interval from the Rasool-as, and erroneous deeds, and ignorance from the communities’’.[94]
92- نهج، نهج البلاغة مُسْتَقَرُّهُ خَيْرُ مُسْتَقَرٍّ وَ مَنْبِتُهُ أَشْرَفُ مَنْبِتٍ فِي مَعَادِنِ الْكَرَامَةِ وَ مَمَاهِدِ السَّلَامَةِ قَدْ صُرِفَتْ نَحْوَهُ أَفْئِدَةُ الْأَبْرَارِ وَ ثُنِيَتْ إِلَيْهِ أَزِمَّةُ الْأَبْصَارِ دَفَنَ بِهِ الضَّغَائِنَ وَ أَطْفَأَ بِهِ النَّوَائِرَ أَلَّفَ بِهِ إِخْوَاناً وَ فَرَّقَ بِهِ أَقْرَاناً أَعَزَّ بِهِ الذِّلَّةَ وَ أَذَلَّ بِهِ الْعِزَّةَ كَلَامُهُ بَيَانٌ وَ صَمْتُهُ لِسَانٌ
Nahj (Al-Balagah): ‘His-saww settlement is the best of the settling places, and his-saww origin is the noblest of the origins, in the mines of prestige, and the cradles of security. The hearts of the righteous have been turned towards him-saww, and the reins of the sights are fixed towards him-saww. The rancour has been buried by him-saww, and flames of revolt have been extinguished by him-saww, the brethren were affectionate through him-saww and generation were separated by him-saww, the humiliated were honoured by him-saww, and the honourable were humiliated by him-saww. His-saww speech is clear and his-saww silence is (an explanatory) tongue’’.[95]
93- نهج، نهج البلاغة حَتَّى أَوْرَى قَبَساً لِقَابِسٍ وَ أَنَارَ عَلَماً لِحَابِسٍ فَهُوَ أَمِينُكَ وَ شَهِيدُكَ يَوْمَ الدِّينِ وَ بَعِيثُكَ نِعْمَةً وَ رَسُولُكَ بِالْحَقِّ رَحْمَةً
Nahj (Al-Balagah): ‘Until he-saww covered the light for the attainer, and radiated knowledge for an impeder, for he-saww is Your-azwj Trustee and Your-azwj Witness on the Day of Qiyamah, and Your-azwj one Sent as a favour, and Your-azwj Rasool-saww with the truth as a Mercy.
اللَّهُمَّ اقْسِمْ لَهُ مَقْسَماً مِنْ عَدْلِكَ وَ اجْزِهِ مُضَاعَفَاتِ الْخَيْرِ مِنْ فَضْلِكَ اللَّهُمَّ أَعْلِ عَلَى بِنَاءِ الْبَانِينَ بِنَاءَهُ وَ أَكْرِمْ لَدَيْكَ نُزُلَهُ وَ شَرِّفْ عِنْدَكَ مَنْزِلَهُ وَ آتِهِ الْوَسِيلَةَ وَ أَعْطِهِ السَّنَاءَ وَ الْفَضِيلَةَ وَ احْشُرْنَا فِي زُمْرَتِهِ غَيْرَ خَزَايَا وَ لَا نَادِمِينَ وَ لَا نَاكِبِينَ وَ لَا نَاكِثِينَ وَ لَا ضَالِّينَ وَ لَا مَفْتُونِينَ
O Allah-azwj! Apportion for him-saww an portion from Your-azwj Justice, and Recompense him-saww a multiple of the goodness from Your-azwj Grace. O Allah-azwj! Heighten upon the constructed buildings, his-saww construction, and honour him-saww when he-saww comes, and Ennoble his-saww status in Your-azwj Presence, and Give him-saww the means, and Give him-saww the glory and the merits, and Gather us among his-saww party, without disgrace nor being regretful, nor deviating, nor breaking pledges, nor straying, nor being tempted’’.[96]
94- نهج، نهج البلاغة اخْتَارَهُ مِنْ شَجَرَةِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ مِشْكَاةِ الضِّيَاءِ وَ ذُؤَابَةِ الْعَلْيَاءِ وَ سُرَّةِ الْبَطْحَاءِ وَ مَصَابِيحِ الظُّلْمَةِ وَ يَنَابِيعِ الْحِكْمَةِ
Nahj (Al-Balagah): ‘He-azwj Chose him-saww from the lineage tree of the Prophets-as, and the flames of illumination, and the lofty foreheads, and the best part of Al-Bat’ha, and lamps in the darkness, and springs of wisdom’’.[97]
95- نهج، نهج البلاغة وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً نَجِيبُ اللَّهِ وَ سَفِيرُ وَحْيِهِ وَ رَسُولُ رَحْمَتِهِ
Nahj (Al-Balagah): ‘And I-asws testify that Muhammad-saww is elite of Allah-azwj, and ambassador of His-azwj Revelation, and Rasool-saww of His-azwj Mercy’’.[98]
96- نهج، نهج البلاغة وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً عَبْدُهُ وَ سَيِّدُ عِبَادِهِ كُلَّمَا نَسَخَ اللَّهُ الْخَلْقَ فِرْقَتَيْنِ جَعَلَهُ فِي خَيْرِهِمَا لَمْ يُسْهِمْ فِيهِ عَاهِرٌ وَ لَا ضَرَبَ فِيهِ فَاجِرٌ
Nahj (Al-Balagah): ‘And I-asws testify that Muhammad-saww is His-azwj servant and chief of His-azwj servants. Every time Allah-azwj Divided the creatures into two segments, Made him-saww to be in the better of the two. Neither did any evil-doer shared in it nor did an immoral associated in it’’.[99]
Notes –
رُوِيَ عَنْهُ ص أَنَّهُ قَالَ: ثَلَاثٌ كُتِبَ عَلَيَّ وَ لَمْ يُكْتَبْ عَلَيْكُمْ السِّوَاكُ وَ الْوَتْرُ وَ الْأُضْحِيَّةُ
It is reported from him-saww, he-saww said: ‘Three have been Prescribed unto me-saww and have not been Prescribed unto you all – Brushing the teeth, and the Witr (Salat), and the (sacrificial) offering’.
وَ فِي حَدِيثٍ آخَرَ كُتِبَ عَلَيَّ الْوَتْرُ وَ لَمْ يُكْتَبْ عَلَيْكُمْ وَ كُتِبَ عَلَيَّ السِّوَاكُ وَ لَمْ يُكْتَبْ عَلَيْكُمْ وَ كُتِبَتْ عَلَيَّ الْأُضْحِيَّةُ وَ لَمْ تُكْتَبْ عَلَيْكُمْ
And in another Hadeeth – ‘Precribed upon me-saww is the Witr Salat and is not Prescribed upon you all, and Prescribed upon me-saww is the toothbrush and is no Prescribed upon you all, and Prescribed upon me-saww is the (sacrificial) offering and is not Prescribed upon you all’.
أن العامة رووا حديثا عن عائشة أن النبي ص قال ثلاث علي فريضة و لكم سنة الوتر و السواك و قيام الليل
The general Muslims have reported a Hadeeth from Ayesha, ‘The Prophet-saww said: ‘Three are obligatory upon me-saww and are a Sunnah for you all – Al Witr (Salat), and the toothbrush, and standing at night (for Salat)’.
قوله ص من مات و خلف مالا فلورثته و من مات و خلف دينا أو كلا فعلي
His-saww words: ‘One who dies and leave wealth behind, it is for his inheritors, and one who dies and leaves debts behind or dependants, it is upon me-saww!’
وَ رُوِيَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص كَانَ يُطَالَبُ بِأُمُورٍ لَا يَمْلِكُهَا وَ كَانَ نِسَاؤُهُ يُكْثِرْنَ مُطَالَبَتَهُ حَتَّى قَالَ عُمَرُ كُنَّا مَعَاشِرَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ مُتَسَلِّطِينَ عَلَى نِسَائِنَا بِمَكَّةَ وَ كَانَتْ نِسَاءُ الْأَنْصَارِ مُتَسَلِّطَاتٍ عَلَى الْأَزْوَاجِ فَاخْتَلَطَ نِسَاؤُنَا فِيهِنَّ فَتَخَلَّقْنَ بِأَخْلَاقِهِنَّ وَ كَلَّمْتُ امْرَأَتِي يَوْماً فَرَاجَعَتْنِي فَرَفَعْتُ يَدِي لِأَضْرِبَهَا وَ قُلْتُ أَ تُرَاجِعِينِي يَا لَكْعَاءُ
And it is reported – ‘The Prophet-saww used to be asked for matters he-saww did not possess, and his-saww wives would frequently ask him-saww (for such) to the extent that Umar said, ‘Community of Emigrants! We were prevailing upon our women at Makkah, and women of the Helperss were prevailing upon the husbands. Our women mingled among them, so they adopted their mannerisms, and one day my wife answered back to me so I raised my hand to strike her and said, ‘You are answering me back O despicable woman?’
فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ نِسَاءَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص يُرَاجِعْنَهُ وَ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنْكَ فَقُلْتُ خَابَتْ حَفْصَةُ وَ خَسِرَتْ
She said, ‘The wives of Rasool-Allah-saww used to answer him-saww back, and he is better than you!’ I said, ‘Hafsa has been disappointed (failed) and has incurred a loss!’
ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ حَفْصَةَ وَ سَأَلْتُهَا فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص قَدْ يَظَلُّ عَلَى بَعْضِ نِسَائِهِ طُولَ نَهَارِهِ غَضْبَانَ فَقُلْتُ لَا تَغْتَرِّي بِابْنَةِ أَبِي قُحَافَةَ فَإِنَّهَا حِبَّةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص يَحْمِلُ مِنْهَا مَا لَا يَحْمِلُ مِنْكِ
Then I came to Hafsa and asked her. She said, ‘Rasool-Allah-saww had been angry upon one of his-saww wives for the whole day’. I said, ‘Do not be deceived by the daughter of Abu Qohafa, for she is a beloved of Rasool-Allah-saww. He-saww endures from her what he-saww does not endure from you!’
وَ قَالَ عُمَرُ كُنْتُ قَدْ نَاوَبْتُ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ حُضُورَ مَجْلِسِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص لِيُخْبِرَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنَّا صَاحِبَهُ فِيمَا يَجْرِي فَقَرَعَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ بَابَ الدَّارِ يَوْماً فَقُلْتُ أَ جَاءَنَا غَسَّانُ وَ كَانَ قَدْ أُخْبِرْنَا بِأَنَّ غَسَّانَ تَنَعَّلَ خُيُولَهَا لِتَغْزُوَنَا
And Umar said, ‘I had delegated (responsibility) to a man from the Helpers to attend the gatherings of Rasool-Allah-saww (in turns) so each one of us could inform his companion regarding what had transpired. The Helper knocked the door of the house one day. I said, ‘Have (the tribe) of Gassan come to us?’ – and he-saww had informed us that Gassan have prepared their cavalry in order to raid us.
فَقَالَ أَمْرٌ أَفْظَعُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ طَلَّقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص جَمِيعَ نِسَائِهِ
He said, ‘A matter more terrible than that. Rasool-Allah-saww has divorced all of his-saww wives!’
فَخَرَجْتُ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ وَ رَأَيْتُ أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص يَبْكُونَ حَوْلَهُ وَ هُوَ جَالِسٌ وَ كَانَ أَنَسٌ عَلَى الْبَيْتِ فَقُلْتُ اسْتَأْذِنْ لِي
I went out from the house and saw companions of Rasool-Allah-saww crying around him-saww, and he-saww was seated, and Anas (Usama) was at the house. I said, ‘Seek permission for me!’
فَلَمْ يُجِبْ فَانْصَرَفْتُ فَنَازَعَتْنِي نَفْسِي وَ عَاوَدْتُ فَلَمْ يُجِبْ حَتَّى فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ ثَلَاثاً فَسَمِعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص صَوْتِي فَأَذِنَ فَدَخَلْتُ فَرَأَيْتُهُ نَائِماً عَلَى حَصِيرٍ مِنَ اللِّيفِ فَاسْتَوَى وَ أَثَّرَ اللِّيفُ فِي جَنْبَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ قَيْصَرَ وَ كِسْرَى يَفْرُشَانِ الدِّيبَاجَ وَ الْحَرِيرَ
He did not respond to me, so I left. My soul disputed with me and I returned, but he did not respond to me, until I had done that thrice. Rasool-Allah-saww heard my voice, so he-saww permitted. I entered and saw him-saww lying down upon a straw mat of palm fibre, and the marks of the fibre were in his-saww side. I said, ‘Caesar and Chosroe are furnishing brocade and silk beneath them!’
فَقَالَ أَ فِي شَكٍّ أَنْتَ يَا عُمَرُ أَ مَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّهَا لَهُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ لَنَا فِي الْآخِرَةِ
He-saww said: ‘Are you in doubt O Umar? Don’t you know that it is for them in the world and for us in the Hereafter?’
ثُمَّ قَصَصْتُ عَلَيْهِ الْقِصَّةَ فَابْتَسَمَ لَمَّا سَمِعَ قَوْلِي لِحَفْصَةَ لَا تَغْتَرِّي بِابْنَةِ أَبِي قُحَافَةَ ثُمَّ قُلْتُ طَلَّقْتَ نِسَاءَكَ فَقَالَ لَا
Then I narrated the story to him-saww. He-saww smiled when he-saww heard my words to Hafsa, ‘Do not be deceived by the daughter of Abu Qohafa!’ Then I said, ‘Have you-saww divorced your-saww wives?’ He-saww said: ‘No’’.
وَ رُوِيَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ آلَى مِنْ نِسَائِهِ شَهْراً فَمَكَثَ فِي غُرْفَةٍ شَهْراً فَنَزَلَ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى يا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ قُلْ لِأَزْواجِكَ الْآيَةَ
And it is reported that he-saww had sworn to abstain from his-saww wives for a month. He-saww remained in his-saww room for a month. The Words of the Exalted: O Prophet! Say to your wives: (‘If you were intending the life of the world and its adornments, then come, I shall provide for you and release you with a gracious release) [33:28] – the Verse.
فَبَدَأَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص بِعَائِشَةَ وَ قَالَ إِنِّي مَلِقٌ إِلَيْكِ أَمْراً فَلَا تُبَادِرِينِي بِالْجَوَابِ حَتَّى تُؤَامِرِي أَبَوَيْكِ وَ تَلَا الْآيَةَ
Rasool-Allah-saww began with Ayesha and said: ‘I-saww am presenting a matter to you, but do not hasten to me-saww with the answer until you consult your parents’ – and he-saww recited the Verse.
فَقَالَتْ أَ فِيكَ أُؤَامِرُ أَبَوَيَّ اخْتَرْتُ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ وَ الدَّارَ الْآخِرَةَ ثُمَّ قَالَتْ لَا تُخْبِرْ أَزْوَاجَكَ بِذَلِكَ وَ كَانَتْ تُرِيدُ أَنْ يَخْتَرْنَ فَيُفَارِقَهُنَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص
She said, ‘Should I consult my parents regarding you-saww? I choose Allah-azwj and His-azwj Rasool-saww and the house of the Hereafter!’ Then she said, ‘Do not inform your-saww wives with that!’ – she wanted him-saww to give them the choice, so Rasool-Allah-saww might separate from them.
فَدَارَ ص عَلَى نِسَائِهِ وَ كَانَ يُخْبِرُهُنَ بِمَا جَرَى لِعَائِشَةَ فَاخْتَرْنَ بِأَجْمَعِهِنَّ اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ
He-saww went around to his-saww wives, and he-saww did inform them of what had transpired for Ayesha. They all chose Allah-azwj and His-azwj Rasool-Allah-saww’.
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِنَّا أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ لَا تَحِلُّ لَنَا الصَّدَقَةُ
Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘We, People-asws of the Household, the charity is not Permissible for us!’
رُوِيَ أَنَّهُ ص أُتِيَ بِقِدْرٍ فِيهَا بُقُولٌ فَوَجَدَ لَهَا رِيحاً فَقَرَّبَهَا إِلَى بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ وَ قَالَ لَهُ كُلْ فَإِنِّي أُنَاجِي مَنْ لَا تُنَاجِي
It is reported that he-saww was brought a cooking pot with vegetables in it. He-saww felt a smell for it. He-saww brought it near to one of his-saww companions and said to him: ‘Eat, for I-saww shall whipter to the One Whom you do not whisper to!’
رُوِيَ أَنَّهُ ص قَالَ: أَنَا آكُلُ كَمَا تَأْكُلُ الْعَبِيدُ وَ أَجْلِسُ كَمَا تَجْلِسُ الْعَبِيدُ
It is reported that he-saww said: ‘I-saww eat like what the slaves eat, and I-saww sit like what the slaves sit’.
قَالَ ص مَا كَانَ لِنَبِيٍّ إِذَا لَبِسَ لَأْمَتَهُ أَنْ يَنْزَعَهَا حَتَّى يَلْقَى الْعَدُوَّ
He-saww said: ‘It was not for a Prophet-saww, when he-saww had worn his-saww armour, that he-saww would remove it until he-saww met the enemy’.
قَالَ ص مَا كَانَ لِنَبِيٍّ أَنْ يَكُونَ لَهُ خَائِنَةُ الْأَعْيُنِ
He-saww said: ‘It was not for a Prophet-as that there be treachery of the eyes (furtive glance) for him-as’.
و قد صح أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ سَفَراً وَرَّى بِغَيْرِهِ
It has been correctly reported that whenever Rasool-Allah-saww intended a journey, he-saww would conceal (the destination) by (indicating) another.
قَوْلِهِ ص زَوْجَاتِي فِي الدُّنْيَا زَوْجَاتِي فِي الْآخِرَةِ وَ الْجَنَّةُ مُحَرَّمَةٌ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ
His-saww words: ‘My-saww wives in the world are my-saww wives in the Hereafter, and Paradise is Prohibited unto the Kafirs’.
قوله كُلُّ سَبَبٍ وَ نَسَبٍ يَنْقَطِعُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِلَّا سَبَبِي وَ نَسَبِي
His-saww words: ‘Every affiliation and lineage would be severed on the Day of Qiyamah, except my-saww affiliation and my-saww lineage’.
فَقَالَ: إِنِّي لَسْتُ كَأَحَدِكُمْ إِنِّي أَظَلُّ عِنْدَ رَبِّي يُطْعِمُنِي وَ يَسْقِينِي
He-saww said: ‘I-saww am not like one of you! I-saww am always in the Presence of my-saww Lord-azwj. He-azwj Feeds me-saww and quenches me-saww’.
و في رواية إِنِّي أَبِيتُ عِنْدَ رَبِّي يُطْعِمُنِي وَ يَسْقِينِي
And in a report: ‘I-saww spend the night in the Presence of my-saww Lord-azwj. He-azwj Feeds me-saww and quenches me-saww’.
وَ رَوَى أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص قَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَتَّخِذُ عِنْدَكَ عَهْداً لَنْ تُخْلِفَهُ إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ فَأَيُّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ آذَيْتُهُ بِتُهَمَةٍ وَ لَعْنَةٍ فَاجْعَلْهَا لَهُ صَلَاةً وَ زَكَاةً وَ قُرْبَةً يَتَقَرَّبُ بِهَا إِلَيْكَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ
And it is reported by Abu Hureyra (a well-known fabricator) that the Prophet-saww said: ‘O Allah-azwj! I-saww have taken a pact with You-azwj! You-azwj will never Break it. But rather, I-saww am a mortal, so whichever of the believers I-saww have hurt with an accusation or curse, so Make it for him a Salat and a Zakat and an offering he can draw near to You-azwj with on the Day of Qiyamah!’’
وَ رَوَى الْكُلَيْنِيُّ فِي الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ فِي حَدِيثٍ طَوِيلٍ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص فَارَقَ الْمُسْتَعِيذَةَ وَ امْرَأَةً أُخْرَى مِنْ كِنْدَةَ قَالَتْ لَمَّا مَاتَ وَلَدُهُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ لَوْ كَانَ نَبِيّاً مَا مَاتَ ابْنُهُ فَتَزَوَّجَتَا بَعْدَهُ بِإِذْنِ الْأَوَّلَيْنِ
And it is reported by Al Kulayni in the good Hadeeth from Umar Bin Uzina in a lengthy Hadeeth: ‘The Prophet-saww separated from Al Mustaiza and another woman from Kinda. When his-saww son-as died, she said, ‘Had he-saww been a Prophet-saww, his-saww son-as would not have died!’ They both got married after him-saww by the permission of the first two (caliphs). (one of the husbands became a leper and the other one became mad)
وَ إِنَّ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ مَا نَهَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَنْ شَيْءٍ إِلَّا وَ قَدْ عُصِيَ فِيهِ لَقَدْ نَكَحُوا أَزْوَاجَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص مِنْ بَعْدِهِ وَ ذَكَرَ هَاتَيْنِ الْعَامِرِيَّةَ وَ الْكِنْدِيَّةَ
And Abu Ja’far-asws said: ‘Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic has not Prohibited anything except and He-azwj has been disobeyed regarding it. They married wifes of Rasool-Allah-saww from after him-saww’ – and he-asws mentioned these two women, the Aamiriah and the Kindiya.
ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع لَوْ سَأَلْتُمْ عَنْ رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً فَطَلَّقَهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بِهَا أَ تَحِلُّ لِابْنِهِ لَقَالُوا لَا فَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ أَعْظَمُ حُرْمَةً مِنْ آبَائِهِمْ
Then Abu Ja’far-asws said: ‘If you were to ask about a man who marries a woman but divorces her before consummation with her, is she Permissible for his son? No! So, Rasool-Allah-saww is of mightier sanctity than their fathers are!’’
وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْهُ ع نَحْوَهُ وَ قَالَ فِي حَدِيثِهِ وَ هُمْ يَسْتَحِلُّونَ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجُوا أُمَّهَاتِهِمْ وَ إِنَّ أَزْوَاجَ النَّبِيِّ ص فِي الْحُرْمَةِ مِثْلُ أُمَّهَاتِهِمْ إِنْ كَانُوا مُؤْمِنِينَ
And in another report from Zurara, from him-asws, approximate to it, and he-asws said in his-asws Hadeeth: ‘And they are (not) legalising that they marry their mothers. The wives of the Prophet-saww, regarding the sanctity, are like their mothers, if they were believers’.
قوله ص ذَخَرْتُ شَفَاعَتِي لِأَهْلِ الْكَبَائِرِ مِنْ أُمَّتِي
His-saww words: ‘I-saww have stored my-saww intercession for the people of my-saww community committing major sins’.
قوله ص تَنَامُ عَيْنَايَ وَ لَا يَنَامُ قَلْبِي
His-azwj words: ‘My-saww eyes sleep and my-saww heart does not sleep’.
قال ص سَمُّوا بِاسْمِي وَ لَا تُكَنُّوا بِكُنْيَتِي
He-saww said: ‘Name (your children) with my-saww name, and do not teknonym with my-saww teknonym’.
وَ يُؤَيِّدُ مَا اخْتَارَهُ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ مَا رَوَاهُ الْكُلَيْنِيُّ وَ الشَّيْخُ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنِ السَّكُونِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص نَهَى عَنْ أَرْبَعِ كُنًى عَنْ أَبِي عِيسَى وَ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَكَمِ وَ عَنْ أَبِي مَالِكٍ وَ عَنْ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ إِذَا كَانَ الِاسْمُ مُحَمَّداً
And it is supported by what he chose what is reported by Al Kulayni and the sheykh, from Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al Nowfali, from Al Sakuni, from Abu Abdullah-asws: ‘The Prophet-saww prohibited from four teknonyms – ‘Abu Isa’, and ‘Abu Al Hakam’, and ‘Abu Malik’, and ‘Abu Al Qasim’, when the name (of the person) is ‘Muhammad’’.
باب 12 نادر في اللطائف في فضل نبينا ص في الفضائل و المعجزات على الأنبياء ع
CHAPTER 12 – MISCELLANEOUS SUBTLE POINTS REGARDING THE MERITS OF OUR PROPHET-saww IN THE MERITS AND THE MIRACLES, GREETINGS BE UPON THE PROPHETS-as
1- قب، المناقب لابن شهرآشوب إِنْ كَانَ لِآدَمَ ع سُجُودُ الْمَلَائِكَةِ مَرَّةً فَلِمُحَمَّدٍ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ وَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَ النَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ كُلَّ سَاعَةٍ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ
And although the Angels did Sajdah to Adam-as once, so to Muhammad-saww Allah-azwj and the Angels and the people altogether send Salawat all the time up to the Day of Qiyamah.
وَ إِنْ كَانَ آدَمُ قِبْلَةَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ فَجَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ إِمَامَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ لَيْلَةَ الْمِعْرَاجِ فَصَارَ إِمامَ آدَمَ ع
And although Adam-as was the direction of the Angels, Allah-azwj Made him-saww the prayer leader of the Prophets-as on the night of the Ascension (Mi’raj), so he-saww became leading Adam-as.
وَ إِنْ خُلِقَ آدَمُ ع مِنْ طِينٍ فَإِنَّهُ خُلِقَ مِنَ النُّورِ قَوْلُهُ كُنْتُ نَبِيّاً وَ آدَمُ بَيْنَ الْمَاءِ وَ الطِّينِ
And Adam-as is Created from clay, and he-saww is Created from Noor. His-saww words: ‘I-saww was a Prophet-saww while Adam-as was between the water and the clay’.
وَ إِنْ كَانَ آدَمُ أَوَّلَ الْخَلْقِ فَقَدْ صَارَ مُحَمَّدٌ قَبْلَهُ قَوْلُهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَنِي مِنْ نُورٍ وَ خَلَقَ ذَلِكَ النُّورَ قَبْلَ آدَمَ بِأَلْفَيْ أَلْفِ سَنَةٍ
And although Adam-as was the first creature, so Muhammad-saww had come before him-as. His-saww words: ‘Allah-azwj Created me-saww from Noor and Created that Noor before Adam-as by two thousand years’.
وَ إِنْ كَانَ آدَمَ ع أَبُو الْبَشَرِ فَمُحَمَّدٌ ص سَيِّدُ النُّذُرِ قَوْلُهُ ص آدَمُ وَ مَنْ دُونَهُ تَحْتَ لِوَائِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ
And although Adam-as is the father of the mortals, so Muhammad-saww is the chief of the warners. His-saww words: ‘Adam-as and the ones besides him-as would be beneath my-saww flag on the Day of Qiyamah’.
وَ إِنْ كَانَ آدَمُ ع أَوَّلَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ فَنُبُوَّةُ مُحَمَّدٍ أَقْدَمُ مِنْهُ قَوْلُهُ كُنْتُ نَبِيّاً وَ آدَمُ ع مَنْخُولٌ فِي طِينَتِهِ
And although Adam-as was the first of the Prophets-as, the Prophet-hood of Muhammad-saww was more ancient than his-as. His-saww words: ‘I-saww was a Prophet-saww while Adam-as was being kneaded in his-as clay’.
وَ إِنْ عَجَزَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ عَنْ آدَمَ ع فَأُعْطِيَ الْقُرْآنَ الَّذِي عَجَزَ عَنْهُ الْأَوَّلُونَ وَ الْآخِرُونَ
And the Angels were unable from Adam-as, he-saww was Given the Quran which the former ones and the latter ones are were unable from.
وَ إِنْ قِيلَ لآِدَمَ ع فَتَلَقَّى آدَمُ مِنْ رَبِّهِ كَلِماتٍ فَتابَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ لِيَغْفِرَ لَكَ اللَّهُ
And although He-azwj Said to Adam-as: Then Adam received (certain) Words from his Lord, so He Turned to him (Mercifully); [2:37]. He-azwj Said to him-saww: For Allah to Forgive you [48:2].
وَ إِنْ دَخَلَ آدَمُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ فَقَدْ عُرِجَ بِهِ إِلَى قَابِ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَى
And although He-azwj Entered Adam-as into the Paradise, so He-azwj has Ascended to (at a distance of) two bows or nearer [53:9].
إِدْرِيسُ قَوْلُهُ وَ رَفَعْناهُ مَكاناً عَلِيًّا أَيِ السَّمَاءَ وَ لِلنَّبِيِ وَ رَفَعْنا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ
Idrees-as – His-azwj Words: And We Elevated him to a high place [19:57]; and to the Prophet-saww: And We Raised your Zikr for you? [94:4].
وَ نَاجَى إِدْرِيسُ ع رَبَّهُ وَ نَادَى اللَّهُ مُحَمَّداً فَأَوْحى إِلى عَبْدِهِ ما أَوْحى
And Idrees-as was Whispered to by his-as Lord-azwj, and Allah-azwj Called out to Muhammad-saww And He Revealed unto His servant what He Revealed [53:10].
وَ أَطْعَمَ إِدْرِيسَ ع بَعْدَ وَفَاتِهِ وَ قَدْ أَطْعَمَهُ اللَّهُ فِي حَالِ حَيَاتِهِ قَوْلُهُ ص إِنِّي لَسْتُ كَأَحَدِكُمْ إِنِّي أَبِيتُ عِنْدَ رَبِّي وَ يُطْعِمُنِي وَ يَسْقِينِي
And He-azwj Fed Idrees-as after his-as expiry, and Allah-azwj Fed him-saww during his-saww lifetime. His-saww words: ‘I-saww am not like one of you. I-saww spend the night in the Presence of my-saww Lord-azwj and He-azwj Fed me-saww and Quenched me-saww’.
نُوحٌ ع جَرَتْ لَهُ السَّفِينَةُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ وَ هِيَ تَجْرِي لِلْكَافِرِ وَ الْمُؤْمِنِ وَ لِمُحَمَّدٍ ص جَرَى الْحَجَرُ عَلَى الْمَاءِ وَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ عَلَى شَفِيرِ غَدِيرٍ وَ وَرَاءَ الْغَدِيرِ تَلٌّ عَظِيمٌ فَقَالَ عِكْرِمَةُ بْنُ أَبِي جَهْلٍ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنْ كُنْتَ نَبِيّاً فَادْعُ مِنْ صُخُورِ ذَلِكَ التَّلِّ حَتَّى يَخُوضَ الْمَاءَ فَيَعْبَرَ فَدَعَا بِالصَّخْرَةِ فَجَعَلَتْ تَأْتِي عَلَى وَجْهِ الْمَاءِ حَتَّى مَثُلَتْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَأَمَرَهَا بِالرُّجُوعِ فَرَجَعَتْ كَمَا جَاءَتْ
Noah-as – The ship flowed for him-as upon the water, and it tends to flow for the Kafir and the Momin; and for Muhammad-saww, rock flowed upon the water, and what was when he-saww was upon and edge of Ghadeer and behind Al-Ghadeer was a large hill. Ikrimah son of Abu Jahl-la said, ‘O Muhammad-saww! If you-saww were Prophet-as, then call those rocks of that hill until it wades on the water and crosses over’. He-saww called the rock, and it went on to come upon the surface of the water until it stood in front of him-saww. Then he-saww ordered it with the return, so it returned just as it had come.
وَ أُجِيبَتْ دَعْوَتُهُ عَلَى قَوْمِهِ لا تَذَرْ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ فَهَطَلَتْ لَهُ السَّمَاءُ بِالْعُقُوبَةِ وَ أُجِيبَتْ لِمُحَمَّدٍ بِالرَّحْمَةِ حَيْثُ قَالَ حَوَالَيْنَا وَ لَا عَلَيْنَا فَنُوحٌ ع رَسُولُ الْعُقُوبَةِ وَ مُحَمَّدٌ ص رَسُولُ الرَّحْمَةِ وَ ما أَرْسَلْناكَ إِلَّا رَحْمَةً
And his-as supplication against his-as people: Do not leave upon the earth [71:26] was Answered, and the sky fell down with the Punishment (torrent), and it was Answered for Muhammad-saww with the Mercy where he-saww said: ‘Around us and not upon us’. Thus, Noah-as is a Rasool-as of the Punishment, and Muhammad-saww is a Rasool-saww of the Mercy, And We did not Send you except as a mercy [21:107].
دَعَا نُوحٌ لِنَفْسِهِ وَ لِنَفَرٍ يَسِيرٍ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَ لِوالِدَيَ وَ مُحَمَّدٌ دَعَا لِأُمَّتِهِ مَنْ وُلِدَ مِنْهُمْ وَ مَنْ لَمْ يُولَدْ وَ اعْفُ عَنَّا
Noah-as supplicated for himself-as and for a small number: My Lord! Forgive me and my parents [71:28], and Muhammad-saww supplicated for his-saww community, the ones from them who were born, and the one had yet to be born: and Pardon (our sins) for us [2:286].
وَ قَالَ لَهُ وَ جَعَلْنا ذُرِّيَّتَهُ هُمُ الْباقِينَ وَ قَالَ لِمُحَمَّدٍ ذُرِّيَّةً بَعْضُها مِنْ بَعْضٍ كَانَتْ سَفِينَةُ نُوحٍ ع سَبَبَ النَّجَاةِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ ذُرِّيَّةُ مُحَمَّدٍ ص سَبَبُ النَّجَاةِ فِي الْعُقْبَى قَوْلُهُ مَثَلُ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي كَسَفِينَةِ نُوحٍ الْخَبَرَ
And He-azwj Said for him-as: And We Made his offspring to be the survivors [37:77], and Said for Muhammad-saww: Offspring, one being from the other; [3:34]. The ship of Noah-as was the cause of salvation in the world, and offspring of Muhammad-as are the cause of the salvation in the Hereafter. His-saww words: ‘An example of the People-asws of my-saww Household is like the ship of Noah-as (the Hadeeth)
وَ قَالَ نُوحٌ ع إِنَّ ابْنِي مِنْ أَهْلِي فَقِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ أَهْلِكَ وَ مُحَمَّدٌ لَمَّا عَلَنَتْ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ الْمُعَانَدَةُ شَهَرَ عَلَيْهِمْ سَيْفَ النَّقِمَةِ وَ لَمْ يَنْظُرْ إِلَيْهِمْ بِعَيْنِ الْمِقَةِ
And Noah-as said: ‘Surely, my son is from my family, [11:45]. He-azwj Said to him-as: He is not from your family [11:46]. And when Muhammad-saww was announced to of the enmity from his-saww, he-saww brandished the sword of nemesis upon them and did not look at them with the eye of affection.
قَالَ حَسَّانُ
| وَ إِنْ كَانَ نُوحٌ نَجَا سَالِماً | عَلَى الْفُلْكِ بِالْقَوْمِ لَمَّا نَجَا | |
| فَإِنَّ النَّبِيَّ نَجَا سَالِماً | إِلَى الْغَارِ فِي اللَّيْلِ لَمَّا دَجَا |
Hasan said (a poem), ‘And although Noah-as was Saved safely upon the ship with the group when he-as was Saved, the Prophet-as was Saved safely to the cave during the night when it darkened’.
هُودٌ ع انْتَصَرَ مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِ بِالرِّيحِ قَوْلُهُ وَ فِي عادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنا عَلَيْهِمُ وَ مُحَمَّدٌ نَصَرَهُ اللَّهُ يَوْمَ الْأَحْزَابِ وَ الْخَنْدَقِ بِالرِّيحِ وَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ قَوْلُهُ بِجُنُودٍ لَمْ تَرَوْها فَزَادَ اللَّهُ مُحَمَّداً عَلَى هُودٍ بِثَلَاثَةِ آلَافِ مَلَكٍ وَ فَضَّلَهُ عَلَى هُودٍ بِأَنَّ رِيحَ عَادٍ رِيحُ سَخَطٍ وَ رِيحُ مُحَمَّدٍ ص رِيحُ رَحْمَةٍ قَوْلُهُ يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اذْكُرُوا نِعْمَةَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ إِذْ جاءَتْكُمْ الْآيَةَ
Hud-as was Helped against his-as enemies with the wind. His-azwj Words: And among (the people of) Aad, when We Sent upon them [51:41], and Muhammad-saww, Allah-azwj Helped him-saww on the day of (battle of) Al-Ahzaab and (battle of) Al-Khandaq with the wind and the Angels. His-azwj Words: with armies you did not see, [9:40]. Allah-azwj Increased Muhammad-saww over Hud-as by three thousand Angels, and Merited upon Hud-as, by that the wind of Aad was a severe wind, and wind of Muhammad-saww was a wind of Mercy. His-azwj Words: O you those who believe! Recall the Favour of Allah upon you when the armies came towards you, [33:9] – the Verse.
وَ صَبَرَ هُودٌ فِي ذَاتِ اللَّهِ وَ أَعْذَرَ قَوْمَهُ إِذْ كُذِّبَ وَ النَّبِيُّ ص صَبَرَ فِي ذَاتِ اللَّهِ وَ أَعْذَرَ قَوْمَهُ إِذْ كُذِّبَ وَ شُرِّدَ وَ حُصِبَ بِالْحَصَى وَ عَلَاهُ أَبُو جَهْلٍ بِسَلَى شَاةٍ فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَى جَاجَائِيلَ مَلَكِ الْجِبَالِ أَنْ شُقَّ الْجِبَالَ وَ انْتَهِ إِلَى أَمْرِ مُحَمَّدٍ ص فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ قَدْ أُمِرْتُ لَكَ بِالطَّاعَةِ فَإِنْ أَمَرْتَ أَطْبَقْتُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْجِبَالَ فَأَهْلَكْتُهُمْ بِهَا قَالَ إِنَّمَا بُعِثْتُ رَحْمَةً اهْدِ قَوْمِي فَإِنَّهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
And Hud-as was patient regarding the Self of Allah-azwj and excused his-as people when they belied, and the Prophet-saww was patient regarding the Self of Allah-azwj and excused his-saww people when they belied and forced to emigrate, and pelted by the stoned, and Abu Jahl-la threw the intestines of a sheep at him-saww. Allah-azwj Revealed unto Jajaeel, Angel of the mountains to split the mountain and ended up to the orders of Muhammad-saww. He came to him-saww and said to him-saww, ‘I have been Commanded with the obedience to you-saww, so if you-saww order, I shall layer the mountain upon them and destroy them with it’. He-saww said: ‘But rather, I-saww am Sent as a Mercy to guide my-saww people, for they do not know’.
صَالِحٌ ع خَرَجَتْ لِصَالِحٍ نَاقَةٌ عُشَرَاءُ مِنْ بَيْنِ صَخْرَةٍ صَمَّاءَ وَ أُخْرِجَ لِنَبِيِّنَا ص رَجُلٌ مِنْ وَسْطِ الْجَبَلِ يَدْعُو لَهُ وَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ ارْفَعْ لَهُ ذِكْراً اللَّهُمَّ أَوْجِبْ لَهُ أَجْراً اللَّهُمَّ احْطُطْ عَنْهُ وِزْراً
Salih-as – A young she-camel came out for Salih-as from between the solid rocks, and there came out for our Prophet-saww, a man from the middle of the mountain supplicating for him-saww and saying: ‘O Allah-azwj! Raise his-saww Zikr for him-saww. O Allah-azwj! Obligate the Recompense for him-saww. O Allah-azwj! Remove the burden from him-saww’.
وَ عُقِرَ نَاقَتُهُ وَ عُقِرَ أَوْلَادُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ الْبَارِعُ
| لِنَاقَةِ صَالِحٍ نَادَتْ أُنَاسٌ | وَ قَدْ جَسَرُوا عَلَى قَتْلِ الْحُسَيْنِ |
And they killed his-as she-camel, and the children of Muhammad-saww Abul Qasim the remarkable were slayed. ‘The people regretted to the she-camel of Salih-as, and they had incurred losses upon the killing of Al-Husayn-asws’.
وَ كَانَ صَالِحٌ يُنْذِرُ قَوْمَهُ فَقِيلَ لَهُ يَا صَالِحُ ائْتِنَا بِعَذَابِ اللَّهِ وَ مُحَمَّدٌ نَبِيُّ الرَّحْمَةِ قَوْلُهُ وَ ما أَرْسَلْناكَ إِلَّا رَحْمَةً
And there was a warning for Salih-as to his-as people. It was said to him-as: ‘O Salih-as! Come to us with the Punishment of Allah-azwj, and Muhammad-saww is a Prophet-saww of Mercy. His-azwj Words: And We did not Send you except as a mercy [21:107].
وَ النَّاقَةُ لَمْ تُنَاطِقْهُ وَ لَمْ تَشْهَدْ لَهُ بِالنُّبُوَّةِ وَ قَدْ تَكَلَّمَ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ص نُوقٌ كَثِيرَةٌ
And the she-camel did not speak to him-as and did not testify to him-as with the Prophet-hood, and a lot of she-camels had spoken with the Prophet-saww.
لُوطٌ قَالَ حَسَّانُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ
| وَ إِنْ كَانَ لُوطٌ دَعَا رَبَّهُ | عَلَى الْقَوْمِ فَاسْتَوْصَلُوا بِالْبَلَاءِ | |
| فَإِنَّ النَّبِيَّ بِبَدْرٍ دَعَا | عَلَى الْمُشْرِكِينَ بِسَيْفِ الْفَنَاءِ | |
| فَنَادَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ مِنْ فَوْقِهِ | بِلَبَّيْكَ لَبَّيْكَ سَلْ مَا تَشَاءُ |
Lut-as – Hasan Bin Sabit said (a poem), ‘And although Lut-as supplicated to his-as Lord-azwj against the people and the affliction arrived, the Prophet-saww at Badr supplicating against the Polytheists with the sword of annihilation. Jibraeel-as called out from above him-saww: ‘At your-saww service! At your-saww service! Ask whatever you-saww so desire!’
إِبْرَاهِيمُ ع نَظَرَ مِنَ الْمُلْكِ إِلَى الملك [الْمَلَكُوتِ] وَ كَذلِكَ نُرِي إِبْراهِيمَ وَ الْحَبِيبُ نَظَرَ مِنَ الملك [الْمَلَكُوتِ] إِلَى الْمِلْكِ أَ لَمْ تَرَ إِلى رَبِّكَ كَيْفَ مَدَّ الظِّلَ
Ibrahim-as looked from the kingdom to the kingdom: And like that We Showed [6:75], and the Beloved-saww looked from the kingdom to the kingdom: Do you not look at your Lord how He Extends the shade? [25:45].
الْخَلِيلُ ع طَالِبٌ قَالَ إِنِّي ذاهِبٌ إِلى رَبِّي وَ الْحَبِيبُ مَطْلُوبٌ أَسْرى بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلًا
The Friend (Ibrahim-as) was the seeker. He-as said: ‘‘I am going to my Lord. [37:99], and the Beloved ((Muhammad-saww) was Sought: He Who Journeyed His Servant on a night [17:1].
قَالَ الْخَلِيلُ ع وَ الَّذِي أَطْمَعُ أَنْ يَغْفِرَ لِي وَ قِيلَ لِلْحَبِيبِ لِيَغْفِرَ لَكَ اللَّهُ
The Friend (Ibrahim-as) said: ‘And the One Who, I hope will Forgive my mistakes for me [26:82], and He-azwj Said to the Beloved-saww: For Allah to Forgive you [48:2].
وَ قَالَ الْخَلِيلُ وَ لا تُخْزِنِي وَ لِلْحَبِيبِ يَوْمَ لا يُخْزِي اللَّهُ
And the Friend (Ibrahim-as) said: ‘And do not Disgrace [26:87], and to the Beloved-saww: on a Day Allah will not Disgrace [66:8].
وَ قَالَ الْخَلِيلُ ع وَسْطَ النَّارِ حَسْبِيَ اللَّهُ وَ قِيلَ لِلْحَبِيبِ يا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ حَسْبُكَ اللَّهُ
And the Friend (Ibrahim-as) said in the middle of the fire: ‘My-as Lord-azwj is sufficient for me-as’, and He-azwj Said to the Beloved-saww: Allah is sufficient for you [8:64].
قَالَ الْخَلِيلُ ع وَ اجْعَلْ لِي لِسانَ صِدْقٍ وَ قِيلَ لِلْحَبِيبِ ص وَ رَفَعْنا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ
The Friend (Ibrahim-as) said: ‘And Make for me a truthful tongue [26:84], and He-azwj Said to the Beloved-saww: And We Raised your Zikr for you? [94:4].
قَالَ الْخَلِيلُ ع وَ أَرِنا مَناسِكَنا وَ قِيلَ لِلْحَبِيبِ ص لِنُرِيَهُ
The Friend (Ibrahim-as): ‘and Show us our rituals [2:128], and He-azwj Said to the Beloved-saww in order to Show him [17:1].
[قَالَ] الْخَلِيلُ ع وَ اجْعَلْنِي مِنْ وَرَثَةِ جَنَّةِ النَّعِيمِ وَ لِلْحَبِيبِ ص وَ لَلْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لَكَ
The Friend (Ibrahim-as): And Make me to be from the inheritors of the Blissful Garden [26:85], and to the Beloved-saww: And the Hereafter is better for you [93:4].
الْخَلِيلُ ع وَ الَّذِي هُوَ يُطْعِمُنِي وَ لِلْحَبِيبِ ص أَطْعَمَهُمْ مِنْ جُوعٍ لِأَجْلِكَ
The Friend (Ibrahim-as): And the One Who Feeds me [26:79], and to the Beloved-saww: Who Feeds them from hunger [106:4], for your-saww sake.
الْخَلِيلُ ع بَخِلَ عَلَى أَعْدَائِهِ بِالرِّزْقِ وَ ارْزُقْ أَهْلَهُ مِنَ الثَّمَراتِ وَ الْحَبِيبُ ص سَخَا بِهَا عَلَى الْأَعْدَاءِ حَتَّى عُوتِبَ وَ لا تَبْسُطْها كُلَّ الْبَسْطِ
The Friend (Ibrahim-as) was stingy with the sustenance upon his-as enemies: and Sustain its people from the fruits [2:126], and the Beloved-saww was generous with it upon the enemies until he-saww was Admonished: nor extend it with every extension [17:29].
الْخَلِيلُ ع أَقْسَمَ بِاللَّهِ وَ تَاللَّهِ لَأَكِيدَنَّ أَصْنامَكُمْ وَ أَقْسَمَ اللَّهُ بِالْحَبِيبِ لَعَمْرُكَ
The Friend (Ibrahim-as) swore by Allah-azwj: ‘And, by Allah! I have a plan against your idols [21:57], and Allah-azwj Swore by the Beloved-saww: By your life (O Muhammad)! [15:72].
إِنَّهُمْ وَ اتَّخَذَ مَقَامَ الْخَلِيلِ قِبْلَةً وَ اتَّخِذُوا مِنْ مَقامِ إِبْراهِيمَ وَ جَعَلَ أَحْوَالَ الْحَبِيبِ وَ أَفْعَالَهُ وَ أَقْوَالَهُ قِبْلَةً لَقَدْ كانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ
And Took the standing place of the Friend (Ibrahim-as) as a Qiblah: and Take for yourselves a place for Salat at the standing-place of Ibrahim. [2:125], and He-azwj Made the situations of the Beloved-saww and his-saww deeds and his-saww words as a Qiblah: There would always be for you all, in (the person of) Rasool-Allah, an excellent exemplar [33:21].
الْخَلِيلُ ع كَسَرَ أَصْنَامَ قَوْمٍ بِالْخُفْيَةِ غَضَباً لِلَّهِ وَ الْحَبِيبُ كَسَرَ عَنِ الْكَعْبَةِ ثَلَاثَمِائَةٍ وَ سِتِّينَ صَنَماً وَ أَذَلَّ مَنْ عَبَدَهَا بِالسَّيْفِ
The Friend (Ibrahim-as) broke the idols of the people secretly in anger for (the Sake of) Allah-azwj, and the Beloved-saww broke three hundred and sixty idols from the Kabah and humiliated the ones who worshipped these with the sword.
اصْطَفَى الْخَلِيلَ ع بَعْدَ الِابْتِلَاءِ وَ لَقَدِ اصْطَفَيْناهُ وَ اصْطَفَى الْحَبِيبَ ص قَبْلَ الِابْتِلَاءِ اللَّهُ يَصْطَفِي
The Friend (Ibrahim-as) was Chosen after the Trial: And We Chose him [2:130], and He-azwj Chose the Beloved-saww before the Trial: Allah Chooses (messengers from among the Angels and from the people; surely Allah is Hearing, Seeing) [22:75].
الْخَلِيلُ ع بَذَلَ مَالَهُ لِأَجْلِ الْجَلِيلِ وَ خَلَقَ الْجَلِيلُ الْعَالَمَ لِأَجْلِ الْحَبِيبِ ص
The Friend (Ibrahim-as) spent his-as wealth for the Sake of the Majestic, and the Majestic Created the knowledge for the sake of the Beloved-saww.
مَقَامُ الْخَلِيلِ ع مَقَامُ الْخِدْمَةِ وَ اتَّخِذُوا مِنْ مَقامِ إِبْراهِيمَ وَ مَقَامُ الْحَبِيبِ ص مَقَامُ الشَّفَاعَةِ عَسى أَنْ يَبْعَثَكَ وَ الشَّفِيعُ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ الْخَادِمِ
The position of the Friend (Ibrahim-as) is the position of the service: and Take for yourselves a place for Salat at the standing-place of Ibrahim. [2:125], and the position of the Beloved-saww is the position of the intercession perhaps your Lord will Raise you [17:79], and the interceder is superior than the servant.
الْخَلِيلُ ع طَلَبَ ابْتِدَاءً الْوُصْلَةَ قَالَ هذا رَبِّي وَ الْحَبِيبُ ص طَلَبَ بَقَاءَ الْوُصْلَةِ وَ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَ لِلْبَقَاءِ فَضْلٌ عَلَى الِابْتِدَاءِ
The Friend (Ibrahim-as) sought the commencement of the connection. He-as said: ‘‘(Can) this be my Lord?’ [6:76], and the Beloved-saww sought the remaining of the connection: And I am Commanded that I should be from the submitters [27:91], and there is a merit for the remaining over the commencement.
صَيَّرَ اللَّهُ حَرَّ النَّارِ عَلَى الْخَلِيلِ ع بَرْداً وَ سَلَاماً وَ صَيَّرَ السَّمَّ فِي جَوْفِهِ سَلَاماً حِينَ سَمَّتْهُ الْخَيْبَرِيَّةُ ثُمَّ سَخَّرَ لَهُ نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ الَّتِي كَانَتْ نَارُ الدُّنْيَا كُلُّهَا جُزْءاً مِنْهَا
Allah-azwj Caused the heat of the fire to be cool and safe upon Ibrahim-as and Caused the poison in its interior as safety when the woman of Khyber poisoned him-saww, the Subdued the Fire of Hell which the fire of the world was only a part of it.
كَانَ الْخَلِيلُ ع مُنَادِياً بِالْحَجِّ وَ الْقُرْبَانِ وَ أَذِّنْ فِي النَّاسِ بِالْحَجِ وَ الْحَبِيبُ مُنَادِياً بِالْإِسْلَامِ وَ الْإِيمَانِ مُنادِياً يُنادِي لِلْإِيمانِ أَنْ آمِنُوا بِرَبِّكُمْ
The Friend (Ibrahim-as) called out with the Hajj and the sacrificial offering: And proclaim among the people with the (performance of) Hajj. [22:27], and the Beloved-saww called out with Al-Islam and the Eman: a caller calling to the Eman: ‘Believe in your Lord!’ [3:193].
قَالَ لِلْخَلِيلِ ع أَ وَ لَمْ تُؤْمِنْ وَ قَالَ لِلْحَبِيبِ آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ
He-azwj Said to The Friend-as: “Or do you not believe?” [2:260], and He-azwj Said to the Beloved-saww: (Allah Said): “The Rasool believes [2:285].
قَالَ الْخَلِيلُ فَإِنَّهُمْ عَدُوٌّ لِي وَ قِيلَ لِلْحَبِيبِ ص لَوْلَاكَ لَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْأَفْلَاكَ
The Friend (Ibrahim-as) said: ‘So these are enemies to me, [26:77], and He-azwj said to the Beloved-as: “Had it not been for you-saww I-azwj would not have Created the skies”.
وَ قِيلَ لِلْخَلِيلِ ع وَ فَدَيْناهُ بِذِبْحٍ وَ الْحَبِيبُ ص فُدِيَ أَبُوهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بِمِائَةِ نَاقَةٍ
And He-azwj Said to the Fiend-as: And We Ransomed him with a magnificent slaying [37:107], and the Beloved-saww Ransomed his-saww father-as Abdullah-as with one hundred she-camels.
وَ بَارَكَ فِي أَوْلَادِ الْخَلِيلِ ع حَتَّى عَفَوْا فَأَمَرَ دَاوُدُ ع فِي أَيَّامِهِ بِإِحْصَائِهِمْ فَعَجَزُوا عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى إِلَيْهِ لَمَّا أَطَاعَنِي بِذَبْحِ وَلَدِهِ كَثَّرْتُ ذُرِّيَّتَهُ وَ الْحَبِيبُ ص لَمَّا ابْتُلِيَ أَيْضاً بِذَبْحِ ابْنِهِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع كَثَّرْتُ أَوْلَادَهُ
And He-azwj Blessed in the children of the Friend-as until He-azwj Forgave, and Dawood-as ordered during his-as days with counting them, but they were unable from that, so Allah-azwj the Exalted Revealed to him-as: “When you-as obey Me-azwj your-as by sacrificing your-as son-as, your-as offspring would be abundant”, and the Beloved-asws, when he-saww was Tried as well with the sacrifice of his-saww son-asws Al-Husayn-asws, his-saww children were abundant.
وَصَلَ الْخَلِيلُ إِلَى الْجَلِيلِ بِالْوَاسِطَةِ وَ كَذلِكَ نُرِي إِبْراهِيمَ وَ وَصَلَ الْحَبِيبُ ص بِلَا وَاسِطَةٍ ثُمَّ دَنا فَتَدَلَّى
And the Friend (Ibrahim-as) connected to the Majestic with the means: And like that We Showed Ibrahim [6:75], and the Beloved-saww connected without a means: Then he approached, so he bowed [53:8].
أَرَادَ الْخَلِيلُ ع رِضَا الْمَلِكِ فِي رَفْعِ الْكَعْبَةِ وَ إِذْ يَرْفَعُ إِبْراهِيمُ الْقَواعِدَ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ وَ أَرَادَ اللَّهُ الْقِبْلَةَ فِي رِضَا الْحَبِيبِ فَلَنُوَلِّيَنَّكَ قِبْلَةً تَرْضاها
The Friend (Ibrahim-as) wanted to please the King during the raising of the Kaaba: And when Ibrahim and Ismail raised the foundations of the House (Kabah) [2:127], and Allah-azwj Wanted the Qiblah to please the Beloved-saww: so We will be Turning you towards a Qiblah you will be pleased with [2:144].
كَانَ الِابْتِلَاءُ لِلْخَلِيلِ أَوَّلًا وَ الِاجْتِبَاءُ آخِراً وَ إِذِ ابْتَلى إِبْراهِيمَ رَبُّهُ بِكَلِماتٍ وَ الْحَبِيبُ ص ابْتِدَاؤُهُ بِشَارَةٌ لِيُظْهِرَهُ عَلَى الدِّينِ
The Trial of the Friend (Ibrahim-as) was first, and the Choosing was later: And when his Lord Tested Ibrahim with certain words [2:124], and the Beloved-saww, his-saww beginning was glad tidings: in order to prevail it upon all the Religions [9:33].
سَأَلَ الْخَلِيلُ وَ اجْنُبْنِي وَ بَنِيَّ أَنْ نَعْبُدَ الْأَصْنامَ وَ قَالَ لِلْحَبِيبِ ص إِنَّما يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمُ الرِّجْسَ
The Friend (Ibrahim-as) asked: and Keep me and my sons away from worshiping the idols [14:35], and He-azwj Said to the Beloved-saww: But rather, Allah Intends to Keep the uncleanness away from you, [33:33].
الْخَلِيلُ مَنْ يُخَالُّكَ وَ الْحَبِيبُ مَنْ تُخَالُّهُ فَلَا جَرَمَ وَ لَسَوْفَ يُعْطِيكَ رَبُّكَ فَتَرْضى
The friend is one who befriends you and the Beloved is one you befriend, and there is no blame, And soon your Lord will Give you, so you will be pleased [93:5].
الْخَلِيلُ الْمُرِيدُ وَ الْحَبِيبُ الْمُرَادُ الْخَلِيلُ عَطْشَانُ وَ الْحَبِيبُ رَيَّانُ
The friend is the one wanting, and the beloved is the wanted, and the friend is thirsty, and the beloved irrigates.
قَالَ صَاحِبُ الْعَيْنِ مَخْرَجُ الْحَاءِ أَقْصَى مِنْ مَخْرَجِ الْخَاءِ بِدَرَجَةٍ فَإِنَّ الْخَاءَ مِنَ الْحَلْقِ وَ الْحَاءَ مِنَ الْفُؤَادِ فَإِذَا ذَكَرْتَ الْخَلِيلَ لَمْ تَمْلَأْ فَاكَ لِأَنَّهُ مِنَ الْحَلْقِ وَ إِذَا ذَكَرْتَ الْحَبِيبَ مَلَأْتَ فَاكَ وَ قَلْبَكَ لِأَنَّهُ مِنَ الْفُؤَادِ
The author of (the book) ‘Al-Ayn’ said, ‘Pronunciation of the (letter) ‘Ha’ is shorter than the pronunciation of ‘Kha’ by a level, for the ‘Kha’ is from the throat, and the ‘Ha’ is from the heart. When you mention the ‘Khaleel’ (Friend) your mouth is not filled, because it is from the throat, and when you mentioned the ‘Habeeb’ (Beloved), your mouth and your heart fill upon, because it is from the heart.
قَالُوا أَظْهَرَ اللَّهُ الْخَلِيلَ وَ لَمْ يُظْهِرِ الْحَبِيبَ الْجَوَابُ أَنَّهُ أَظْهَرَ الْمَحَبَّةَ لِمُتَّبِعِيهِ فَكَيْفَ الْمَتْبُوعُ قَوْلُهُ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُحِبُّونَ اللَّهَ فَاتَّبِعُونِي يُحْبِبْكُمُ اللَّهُ
They say, ‘Allah-azwj Announced the Friend (Ibrahim-as) and did not Announce the Beloved’. The answer is that the love is announced to his-saww followers, so how is the one followed? His-azwj Words: ‘If you love Allah, then follow me. Allah will Love you [3:31].
يَعْقُوبُ كَانَ لَهُ اثْنَا عَشَرَ ابْناً وَ مُحَمَّدٌ كَانَ لَهُ اثْنَا عَشَرَ وَصِيّاً وَ جَعَلَ الْأَسْبَاطَ مِنْ سُلَالَةِ صُلْبِهِ وَ مَرْيَمَ بِنْتَ عِمْرَانَ مِنْ بَنَاتِهِ وَ الْهُدَاةَ فِي ذُرِّيَّتِهِ قَوْلُهُ وَ وَهَبْنا لَهُ إِسْحاقَ وَ يَعْقُوبَ وَ جَعَلْنا فِي ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا النُّبُوَّةَ وَ الْكِتابَ
Yaqoub-as – There were twelve sons for him-as, and there were twelve successors-asws for him-saww, and the tribes were Made to be from the descent of his-as lineage. And Maryam Bin Imran-as was from his-as daughters, and the guides were among his-as offspring. His-azwj Words: And We had Sent Noah and Ibrahim, and We Made the Prophet-hood and the Book to be in their offspring [57:26].
وَ مُحَمَّدٌ أَرْفَعُ ذِكْراً مِنْ ذَلِكَ جُعِلَتْ فَاطِمَةُ ع سَيِّدَةُ نِسَاءِ الْعَالَمِينَ مِنْ بَنَاتِهِ وَ الْحَسَنُ وَ الْحُسَيْنُ ع مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِهِ وَ آتَاهُ الْكِتَابَ الْمَحْفُوظَ لَا يُبَدَّلُ وَ لَا يُغَيَّرُ
And Muhammad-saww is of a higher mention than that. Fatima-asws, from his-saww daughters, was Made to be the chieftess of the women of the worlds, and Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws are from his-saww offspring, and he-saww is Given the Book, the Preserved, neither will it be replaced nor changed (Abrogated).
وَ صَبَرَ يَعْقُوبُ ع عَلَى فِرَاقِ وَلَدِهِ حَتَّى كَادَ يَحْرُضُ وَ صَبَرَ مُحَمَّدٌ ص عَلَى وَفَاةِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَ عَلَى مَا عَلِمَ مِنْ فَحْوَى مَا يَجْرِي عَلَى ذُرِّيَّتِهِ
And Yaqoub-as was patient upon the separation of his-as son-as until he-as was almost blinded, and Muhammad-saww was patient upon the passing away of Ibrahim-asws, and upon what he-saww knew from the effects of what would flow upon his-saww offspring.
يُوسُفُ ع إِنْ كَانَ لَهُ جَمَالٌ فَلِمُحَمَّدٍ ص مَلَاحَةٌ وَ كَمَالٌ قَوْلُهُ ص كَانَ يُوسُفُ ع أَحْسَنَ وَ لَكِنَّنِي أَمْلَحُ
Yusuf-as, even though there was beauty for him-azwj, for Muhammad-saww was the handsomeness and the perfection. His-saww words: ‘Yusuf-as was more beautiful but I-saww am more handsome’.
وَ إِنْ كَانَ يُوسُفُ فِي اللَّيْلِ نُورَانِيّاً فَمُحَمَّدٌ ص فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْعُقْبَى نُورَانِيٌّ فَفِي الدُّنْيَا يَهْدِي اللَّهُ لِنُورِهِ وَ فِي الْعُقْبَى انْظُرُونا نَقْتَبِسْ
And even though Yusuf-as was radiant in the night, Muhammad-saww is radiant in the world and the Hereafter. In the world, Allah-azwj Guided to his-saww Noor, and in the Hereafter: ‘Wait for us to acquire from your light’. [57:13].
يُوسُفُ ع دَعَا لِمَالِكِ بْنِ ذُعْرٍ لِيَكْثُرَ مَالُهُ وَ وُلْدُهُ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص سَتُدْرِكُ وَلَداً لِي يُسَمَّى الْبَاقِرَ فَإِذَا لَقِيتَهُ فَأَقْرِئْهُ مِنِّي السَّلَامَ
Yusuf-as supplicated for Malik Bin Za’ar to increase his wealth and his children. The Prophet-saww said: ‘You (Jabir Bin Abdullah) will be meeting a son-asws of mine called Al-Baqir-asws. So, when you meet him-asws, then convey the greetings from me-saww’.
وَ قَالَ لِأَنَسٍ اللَّهُمَّ أَطِلْ عُمُرَهُ وَ أَكْثِرْ مَالَهُ وَ وُلْدَهُ فَبَقِيَ إِلَى أَيَّامِ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ وَ لَهُ عِشْرُونَ مِنَ الذُّكُورِ وَ ثَمَانُونَ مِنَ الْإِنَاثِ وَ كَانَتْ شَجَرَاتُهُ كُلَّ حَوْلٍ ذَوَاتِ ثَمَرَتَيْنِ
And he-saww said for Anas (a well-known fabricator): ‘O Allah-azwj! Prolong his life and amplify his wealth and children’. I remained up to the days of Umar Bin Abdul Aziz, and there were twenty male (children) for him and eighty females, and his lineage was all about two fruits (male & female)’.
صَبَرَ يُوسُفُ ع فِي الْجُبِّ وَ الْحَبْسِ وَ الْفُرْقَةِ وَ الْمَعْصِيَةِ وَ مُحَمَّدٌ قَاسَى مِنْ كَثْرَةِ الْغُرْبَةِ وَ الْفُرْقَةِ وَ حُبِسَ فِي الشِّعْبِ ثَلَاثَ سِنِينَ وَ فِي الْغَارِ ثَلَاثَ لَيَالٍ
Patience of Yusuf-as was in the well and the prison, and the separation, and the disobedience, and Muhammad-saww suffered from a lot of the estrangement and the separations and was withheld in the cave (of Abu Talib-as) for three years, and in the cave for three nights.
وَ كَانَ لِيُوسُفَ ع رُؤْيَاهُ وَ لِمُحَمَّدٍ لَقَدْ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ رَسُولَهُ الرُّؤْيا بِالْحَقِّ لَتَدْخُلُنَّ الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرامَ
And there was for Yusuf-as, his-as dream, and for Muhammad-saww: Allah has Validated the dream of His Rasool with the Truth – You will be entering the Sacred Masjid [48:27].
مُوسَى ع أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ عَيْناً قَوْلُهُ فَانْفَجَرَتْ مِنْهُ اثْنَتا عَشْرَةَ عَيْناً وَ مُحَمَّدٌ أَمَرَ الْبَرَاءَ بْنَ عَازِبٍ بِغَرْسِ سَهْمِهِ يَوْمَ الْمِيضَاةِ بِالْحُدَيْبِيَةِ فِي قَلِيبٍ جَافَّةٍ فَتَفَجَّرَتْ اثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْناً حَتَّى كَفَتْ ثَمَانِيَةَ آلَافِ رَجُلٍ
Musa-as, Allah-azwj Gave him-as twelve springs. His-azwj Words: So there gushed out from it twelve springs [2:60], and Muhammad-saww ordered Al Bara’a Bin Aazib with immersing his arrow on the day Al Hudeybiyya for Wudu’u in a dried out well, and twelve springs burst forth from it until it was sufficient for eight thousand men.
وَ كَانَ لِمُوسَى ع انْفِجَارُ الْمَاءِ مِنَ الْحَجَرِ وَ لِمُحَمَّدٍ ع انْفِجَارُ الْمَاءِ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَصَابِعِهِ وَ هَذَا أَعْجَبُ
And for Musa-as was the bursting forth of the water from the rock, and for Muhammad-saww the water burst out from between his-saww fingers, and this is stranger.
وَ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ لِمُوسَى عَمُوداً مِنَ السَّمَاءِ يُضِيءُ لَهُمْ لَيْلَتَهُمْ وَ يَرْتَفِعُ نَهَارَهُمْ وَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ أَعْطَى بَعْضَ أَصْحَابِهِ عَصاً تُضِيءُ أَمَامَهُ وَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَ أَعْطَى قَتَادَةَ بْنَ النُّعْمَانِ عُرْجُوناً فَكَانَ الْعُرْجُونُ يُضِيءُ أَمَامَهُ عَشْراً
And Allah-azwj Sent down for Musa-as, pillars from the sky illuminating for them during their nights, and the rising of their days, and Rasool-Allah-saww gave one of his-saww companions a staff illuminating before him and in front of him, and gave Qatada Bin al Numan a dried palm stick, and the stick was illuminating in front of him brightly.
قَوْلُهُ وَ لَقَدْ آتَيْنا مُوسى تِسْعَ آياتٍ بَيِّناتٍ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ وَ الضَّحَّاكُ الْيَدُ وَ الْعَصَا وَ الْحَجَرُ وَ الْبَحْرُ وَ الطُّوفَانُ وَ الْجَرَادُ وَ الْقُمَّلُ وَ الضَّفَادِعُ وَ الدَّمُ
His-azwj Words: And We had Given Musa nine clear Signs, [17:101]. Ibn Abbas and Al Zahaak said, ‘The hand, and the staff, and the rock, and the sea, and the flood, and the locusts, and the lice, and the frogs, and the blood’.
يُرْوَى أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص اسْتَتَرَ لِلْوُضُوءِ فِي بَعْضِ أَسْفَارِهِ إِلَى الشَّامِ فَأَحَاطَ بِهِ الْيَهُودُ بِالسُّيُوفِ فَأَثَارَ اللَّهُ مِنْ تَحْتِ رِجْلِهِ جَرَاداً فَاحْتَوَشَتْهُمْ وَ جَعَلَتْ تَأْكُلُهُمْ حَتَّى أَتَتْ عَلَى جُمْلَتِهِمْ وَ كَانُوا مِائَتَيْ نَفَرٍ
It is reported that the Prophet-saww veiled for the Qudu’u in one of his-saww journeys to Syria, and the Jews surrounded him-saww with the swords, so Allah-azwj Poduced locusts from beneath his-saww feet and these surrounded them and went on to devour them until these came upon their camels, and they were a hundred in number.
وَ قَالَ ع إِنَّ بَيْنَ الرُّكْنِ وَ الصَّفَا قُبُورَ سَبْعِينَ نَبِيّاً مَا مَاتُوا إِلَّا بِضُرِّ الْجُوعِ وَ الْقَمْلِ وَ تَبِعَهُ قَوْمٌ يَوْماً خَالِياً فَنَظَرَ أَحَدُهُمْ إِلَى ثِيَابِ نَفْسِهِ وَ فِيهَا قَمْلٌ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ بَدَنَهُ يَحُكُّهُ فَأَنِفَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ وَ انْسَلَ وَ أَبْصَرَ آخَرُ وَ آخَرُ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى وَجَدَ كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ
And he-asws said: ‘In between Al-Rukn (corner of the Kabah) and Al-Safa (hill) there are graves of seventy Prophets-as who had passed away only by the harm of the hunger and the lice’. And one day a group had followed him-saww when he-saww was alone, and one of them looked at his own clothes and there were live in it. Then he went on to rub his body. These transferred from him to his companion, and another one and another one saw like that until each of them found it with himself.
ثُمَّ زَادَ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَتَّى اسْتَوْلَى ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَمَاتُوا كُلُّهُمْ مِنْ خَمْسَةِ أَيَّامٍ إِلَى شَهْرَيْنِ وَ هَمَّ جَمَاعَةٌ بِقَتْلِهِ فَخَرَجُوا نَحْوَ الْمَدِينَةِ مِنْ مَكَّةَ فَسَلَّطَ اللَّهُ عَلَى مَزَاوِدِهِمْ وَ رَوَايَاهُمْ وَ سَطَائِحِهِمْ الْجِرْذَانَ فَخَرَقَتْهَا وَ نَقَبَتْهَا وَ سَالَ مِيَاهُهَا
Then that was increased upon them until that was dominated upon them, and all of them died from between five days to two months; and they were a group who wanted to kill him-saww, and they had gone out around Al-Medina from Makkah, and Allah-azwj Caused rats to overcome upon their provision and their waterskins. These (rats) made holes in these and punctured these and its waters drained out.
فَلَمَّا عَطِشُوا شَعَرُوا فَرَجَعُوا الْقَهْقَرَى إِلَى الْحِيَاضِ الَّتِي كَانُوا تَزَوَّدُوا مِنْهَا تِلْكَ الْمِيَاهَ وَ إِذَا الْجِرْذَانُ قَدْ سَبَقَتْهُمْ إِلَيْهَا فَنَقَبَتْ أُصُولَهَا وَ سَالَ فِي الْحَرَّةِ مِيَاهُهَا فَتَمَاوَتُوا وَ لَمْ يَنْفَلِتْ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا وَاحِدٌ لَا يَزَالُ يَقُولُ يَا رَبَّ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ قَدْ تُبْتُ مِنْ أَذَاهُ فَفَرِّجْ عَنِّي بِجَاهِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
When they were thirsty, they became aware and they returned back on their heels to the fountains which they used to be provided from these waters, and there were the rats which had preceded them to it and these had punctured its roots and its waters had spilt out. They died and not one of them escaped except for one who did not cease to be saying, ‘O Lord-azwj of Muhammad-saww and the Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww! I have repented from harming him-saww, so Relieve from me for the sake of Muhammad-saww and the Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww’.
فَوَرَدَتْ عَلَيْهِ قَافِلَةٌ فَسَقَوْهُ وَ حَمَلُوهُ وَ أَمْتِعَةَ الْقَوْمِ فَآمَنَ بِالنَّبِيِّ ص فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لَهُ تِلْكَ الْجِمَالَ وَ الْأَمْوَالَ
A caravan passed by him and quenched him and carried him and the luggage of the people. He believed in the Prophet-saww, and Rasool-Allah-saww made those camels and the wealth to be for him.
وَ احْتَجَمَ النَّبِيُّ ص مَرَّةً فَدَفَعَ الدَّمُ الْخَارِجُ مِنْهُ إِلَى أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ وَ قَالَ غَيِّبْهُ فَذَهَبَ فَشَرِبَهُ فَقَالَ مَا ذَا صَنَعْتَ بِهِ قَالَ شَرِبْتُهُ قَالَ أَ وَ لَمْ أَقُلْ لَكَ غَيِّبْهُ فَقَالَ قَدْ غَيَّبْتُهُ فِي وِعَاءِ حَرِيزٍ فَقَالَ إِيَّاكَ وَ أَنْ تَعُودَ لِمِثْلِ هَذَا ثُمَّ اعْلَمْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ حَرَّمَ عَلَى النَّارِ لَحْمَكَ وَ دَمَكَ لَمَّا اخْتَلَطَ بِدَمِي وَ لَحْمِي
And once the Prophet-saww had cupping done and handed over the blood which had come out from him-saww to Abu Saeed al Khudry and said, ‘Hide it (in the ground)’. He went and drank it. He-saww said: ‘What did you do with it?’ He said, ‘I drank it’. He-saww said: ‘Or did I-saww not tell you to hide it?’ He said, ‘I have hidden it in an impenetrable container’. He-saww said: ‘Beware of repeating to the like of this, then know that Allah-azwj has Forbidden unto the Fire, your flesh and your blood due to it having been mingled with my-saww blood and my-saww flesh’.
وَ اسْتَهَزَأَ بِهِ أَرْبَعُونَ نَفَراً مِنَ الْمُنَافِقِينَ فَقَالَ ص أَمَا إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُعَذِّبُهُمْ بِالدَّمِ فَلَحِقَهُمُ الرُّعَافُ الدَّائِمُ وَ سَيَلَانُ الدِّمَاءِ مِنْ أَضْرَاسِهِمْ فَكَانَ طَعَامُهُمْ وَ شَرَابُهُمْ يَخْتَلِطُ بِدِمَائِهِمْ فَبَقُوا كَذَلِكَ أَرْبَعِينَ صَبَاحاً ثُمَّ هَلَكُوا
And forty people from the hypocrites mocked him-saww, so he-saww said: ‘But, Allah-azwj will be Punishing you with the blood’. They were afflicted with the permanent nose-bleed and the blood used to flow from their teeth, and their food and drink would be mixed up with their blood. They remained like that for forty morning, then perished.
قَوْلُهُ اسْلُكْ يَدَكَ فِي جَيْبِكَ تَخْرُجْ بَيْضاءَ وَ أُعْطِيَ أَفْضَلَ مِنْهُ وَ هُوَ أَنَّ نُوراً كَانَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ حَيْثُ مَا جَلَسَ وَ كَانَ يَرَاهُ النَّاسُ كُلُّهُمْ وَ قَدْ بَقِيَ ذَلِكَ النُّورُ إِلَى قِيَامِ السَّاعَةِ وَ كَانَ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُ الْحَسَنَانِ
His-azwj Words: Insert your hand into your pocket, it will come out white [28:32], and he-saww was given superior than it, and it is that a Noor used to be on his-saww right wherever he-saww sat, and showed him-saww the people, all of them, and that Noor will remain up to the establishment of the Hour, and he-saww loved it that ‘Al-Hassanan’ (Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws) would come to him-saww.
فَيُنَادِيهِمَا هَلُمَّا إِلَيَّ فَيُقْبِلَانِ نَحْوَهُ مِنَ الْبُعْدِ قَدْ بَلَغَهُمَا صَوْتُهُ فَيَقُولُ بِسَبَّابَتِهِ هَكَذَا يُخْرِجُهُمَا مِنَ الْبَابِ فَتُضِيءُ لَهُمَا أَحْسَنَ مِنْ ضَوْءِ الْقَمَرِ وَ الشَّمْسِ فَيَأْتِيَانِ ثُمَّ تَعُودُ الْإِصْبَعُ كَمَا كَانَتْ وَ تَفْعَلُ فِي انْصِرَافِهِمَا مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ
He-saww would call out to them-asws both: ‘Come to me-saww!’ They-asws would come around him-saww from a far distance and his-saww voice would have reached them-asws. He-saww would be saying with his-saww fingers like this, bringing them about from the door, and it would illuminate for them-asws better than the illumination of the moon and the sun, and they-asws would come. Then the illumination would return to what it had been, and he-saww would do during their-asws leaving like that.
قَوْلُهُ وَ أَنْ أَلْقِ عَصاكَ وَ لَهُ مَا رُوِيَ أَنَّ الزُّبَيْرَ بْنَ الْعَوَّامِ انْكَسَرَ سَيْفُهُ فِي بَعْضِ الْغَزَوَاتِ فَأَخَذَ النَّبِيُّ ص خَشَبَةً فَمَسَحَهَا مِنْ جَانِبَيْهِ فَصَارَتْ سَيْفاً أَجْوَدَ مَا يَكُونُ وَ أَضْرَبَهَا فَكَانَ يُقَاتِلُ بِهِ
And Cast your staff!’ [28:31], and for him-saww is what is reported that Zubayr Al-Awaam broke his sword in one of the military expedition, so the Prophet-saww took a stick and wiped it from his-saww side and it became a sword, as good as can be and he struck (with) it, and fought with it.
وَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى قَلَبَ جُذُوعَ سُقُوفِ يَهُودَ نَازَعُوهُ أَفَاعِيَ وَ هِيَ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ مِائَةِ جِذْعٍ وَ قَصَدَتْ نَحْوَهُمْ وَ الْتَقَمَتْ مَتَاعَ بَيْتِهِمْ فَمَاتَ مِنْهُمْ أَرْبَعَةٌ وَ خُبِلَ جَمَاعَةٌ وَ أَسْلَمَ آخَرُونَ وَ قَالُوا اللَّهُمَّ بِجَاهِ مُحَمَّدٍ الَّذِي اصْطَفَيْتَهُ وَ عَلِىٍّ الَّذِي ارْتَضَيْتَهُ وَ أَوْلِيَائِهِمَا الَّذِينَ مَنْ سَلَّمَ لَهُمْ أَمْرَهُمْ اجْتَبَيْتَهُ فَأَنْشَرَ اللَّهُ الْأَرْبَعَةَ
And Allah-azwj the Exalted Transformed the trunks of the roof of a Jews into snakes uprooting it, and they were more than a hundred trunks, and these (snakes) aimed for them, and swallowed the chattels of their house, and four of them died, and a group became insane and others became Muslims, and they said, ‘O Allah-azwj! For the sake of Muhammad-saww whom You-azwj Chose, and Ali-asws whom You-azwj are Pleased with, and their-asws friends, those who submitted their matters to them-asws, answering’. Allah-azwj Resurrected the four.
قَوْلُهُ فَاضْرِبْ بِعَصاكَ الْبَحْرَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع خَرَجْنَا مَعَهُ يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ ص إِلَى خَيْبَرَ فَإِذَا نَحْنُ بِوَادٍ يَشْخُبُ فَقَدَّرْنَاهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ أَرْبَعَ عَشْرَةَ قَامَةً فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ الْعَدُوُّ مِنْ وَرَائِنَا وَ الْوَادِي أَمَامَنَا كَمَا قَالَ أَصْحَابُ مُوسَى ع إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ
His-azwj Words: “Strike the sea with your staff!” [26:63]. Amir-Al-Momineen-asws said: ‘We went out with him-saww, meaning the Prophet-saww, to Khyber, and there we were by a valley, and we looked and there were fourteen men standing. They said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! The enemy are behind us, and the valley is in front of us’, just as the companions of Musa-as had said: ‘‘We are being overtaken’ [26:61].
فَنَزَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص ثُمَّ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّكَ جَعَلْتَ لِكُلِّ مُرْسَلٍ دَلَالَةً فَأَرِنِي قُدْرَتَكَ وَ رَكِبَ فَعَبَرَتِ الْخَيْلُ لَا تَنْدَى حَوَافِرُهَا وَ الْإِبِلُ لَا تَنْدَى أَخْفَافُهَا فَرَجَعْنَا فَكَانَ فَتَحَهَا
Rasool-Allah-saww descended, then said: ‘O Allah-azwj! You-azwj Made for every Messenger-as, some evidence, so Show me-saww Your-azwj Power’. And we rode on and the horses crossed over without wetting their hooves, and the camels without wetting their hooves. We returned victorious’.
وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ أَنَسٍ إِنَّهُ مَطَرَتِ السَّمَاءُ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَ لَيَالِيَهَا بِوَادِي الخزان فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَوْلٌ عَظِيمٌ فَقَالَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّبِعُونِي وَ كُنْتُ آخِرَ النَّاسِ وَ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ الْمَاءَ مَا بَلَّ أَخْفَافَ الْإِبِلِ
And in a report of Anas (a well-known fabricator), ‘The sky rained for three days and its nights at the valley of Al-Khazan. They said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! A great horror’. He-saww said: ‘O you people! Follow me-saww’, and I was the last of the people, and I saw the water not even reaching the hooves of the camels’.
قَوْلُهُ وَ لَقَدْ أَخَذْنا آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ بِالسِّنِينَ وَ رُوِيَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْ رِعْلًا وَ ذَكْوَانَ اللَّهُمَّ اشْدُدْ وَطْأَتَكَ عَلَى مُضَرَ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ سِنِيهِمْ كَسِنِي يُوسُفَ
His-azwj Words: And We had Seized the people of Pharaoh with the years (of droughts) [7:130], and it is reported that the Prophet-saww said: ‘O Allah-azwj! Curse (the clans of) Ra’la and Zakwan. O Allah-azwj! Intensify Your-azwj Pressure upon the (tribe of) Muzar. O Allah-azwj! Make their years be like the years of Yusuf-as’.
فَفِي الْخَبَرِ أَنَّ الرَّجُلَ كَانَ مِنْهُمْ يَلْحَقُ صَاحِبَهُ فَلَا يُمْكِنُهُ الدُّنُوُّ فَإِذَا دَنَا مِنْهُ لَا يُبْصِرُهُ مِنْ شِدَّةِ دُخَانِ الْجُوعِ وَ كَانَ يُجْلَبُ إِلَيْهِمْ مِنْ كُلِّ نَاحِيَةٍ فَإِذَا اشْتَرَوْهُ وَ قَبَضُوهُ لَمْ يَصِلُوا بِهِ إِلَى بُيُوتِهِمْ حَتَّى يَتَسَوَّسَ وَ يُنْتِنَ فَأَكَلُوا الْكِلَابَ الْمَيْتَةَ وَ الْجِيَفَ وَ الْجُلُودَ وَ نَبَشُوا الْقُبُورَ وَ أَحْرَقُوا عِظَامَ الْمَوْتَى فَأَكَلُوهَا وَ أَكَلَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ طِفْلَهَا
And in the Hadeeth – The man from them would meet his companion but would not be able upon going near him. When he did go near him, he would not see him from the severity of the smoke of hunger, and he would come with the food to them from every direction. When they bought it and take possession of it, they would not arrive with it to their houses until it would decay and stink. They ate the dead dogs, and the carcasses, and the skins, and exhumed the graves, and burnt the bones of the dead and ate these, and the woman ate her child.
وَ كَانَ الدُّخَانُ مُتَرَاكِماً بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ فَارْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِي السَّماءُ بِدُخانٍ مُبِينٍ يَغْشَى النَّاسَ هذا عَذابٌ أَلِيمٌ فَقَالَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ وَ رُؤَسَاءُ قُرَيْشٍ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَ تَأْمُرُنَا بِصِلَةِ الرَّحِمِ فَأَدْرِكْ قَوْمَكَ فَقَدْ هَلَكُوا
And the smoke accumulated between the sky and the earth, and that is His-azwj Word: So watch out for the day the sky would come with evident smoke [44:10] Overwhelming the people. (They would say), ‘This is a painful Punishment! [44:11]. Abu Sufyan and the Qureysh chiefs said, ‘O Muhammad-saww! Are you-saww instructing us with helping the relatives? Then go to your-saww people for they have perished’.
فَدَعَا لَهُمْ وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ رَبَّنَا اكْشِفْ عَنَّا الْعَذابَ إِنَّا مُوقِنُونَ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى إِنَّا كاشِفُوا الْعَذابِ قَلِيلًا إِنَّكُمْ عائِدُونَ فَعَادَ إِلَيْهِمُ الْخِصْبُ وَ الدَّعَةُ وَ هُوَ قَوْلُهُ فَلْيَعْبُدُوا رَبَّ هذَا الْبَيْتِ الْآيَةَ
He-saww supplicated for them, and that is his-saww word: Our Lord! Remove the Punishment from us, we are Momineen!’ [44:12]. Allah-azwj the Exalted Said: We would be Removing the Punishment a little, (but) you will be returning (to evil) [44:15]. He-saww repeated the supplicating for them for the fertility, and it is His-azwj Word: So let them worship Lord of this House (Kabah) [106:3] – the Verse.
انْتَقَمَ اللَّهُ لِمُوسَى ع مِنْ فِرْعَوْنَ وَ انْتَقَمَ لِمُحَمَّدٍ ص مِنَ الْفَرَاعِنَةِ سَيُهْزَمُ الْجَمْعُ وَ يُوَلُّونَ الدُّبُرَ كَانَ لِمُوسَى ع عَصًا وَ لِمُحَمَّدٍ ص ذُو الْفَقَارِ
Allah-azwj Avenged for Musa-as from Pharaoh-la and Avenged for Muhammad-saww from the pharaohs (tyrannical rulers): The gathering would soon be defeated, and they will turn back [54:45]. For Musa-as was a staff and for Muhammad-saww was Zulfiqar (the sword).
خَلَّفَ مُوسَى ع هَارُونَ ع فِي قَوْمِهِ وَ خَلَّفَ مُحَمَّدٌ ص عَلِيّاً ع فِي قَوْمِهِ أَنْتَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى
Musa-as made Haroun-as a Caliph among his-as people, and Muhammad-saww made Ali-asws a Caliph among his-saww people: ‘You-asws are from me-saww at the status of Haroun-as from Musa-as’.
وَ كَانَ لِمُوسَى ع اثْنَا عَشَرَ نَقِيباً وَ لِمُحَمَّدٍ ص اثْنَا عَشَرَ إِمَاماً
There were twelve captains for Musa-as, and for Muhammad-saww were twelve Imams-asws.
كَانَ لِمُوسَى ع انْفِلَاقُ الْبَحْرِ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَانْفَلَقَ فَكانَ كُلُّ فِرْقٍ وَ لِمُحَمَّدٍ ص انْشِقَاقُ الْقَمَرِ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَ ذَلِكَ أَعْجَبُ اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَ انْشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ الْعَصَا بَلَغَتِ الْبَحْرَ فَانْفَلَقَ أَنِ اضْرِبْ بِعَصاكَ الْبَحْرَ وَ أَشَارَ بِالْإِصْبَعِ إِلَى الْقَمَرِ فَانْشَقَّ
And for Musa-as was splitting of the sea in the earth: So it parted, and each part [26:63], and for Muhammad-saww was splitting of the moon in the sky, and that is stranger: The time approached and the moon split apart [54:1]. The staff reached the sea, and it split: “Strike the sea with your staff!” [26:63], and he-saww gestured by the fingers and the moon split apart.
وَ قَالَ مُوسَى ع رَبِّ اشْرَحْ لِي صَدْرِي وَ قَالَ اللَّهُ لَهُ أَ لَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ صَدْرَكَ
And Musa-as said: ‘Lord! Expand my chest for me [20:25], and Allah-azwj Said to him-saww: ‘Did We not Expand your chest for you? [94:1].
وَ قَالَ لِمُوسَى وَ هَارُونَ ع فَقُولا لَهُ قَوْلًا لَيِّناً وَ قَالَ لِمُحَمَّدٍ ص وَ اغْلُظْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ لا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ
And He-azwj Said to Musa-as and Haroun-as: But speak to him gentle words, [20:44], and He-azwj Said to Muhammad-saww and Harsh upon them: And do not heed a despicable oath-monger [68:10].
وَ أَعْطَى اللَّهُ مُوسَى ع الْمَنَّ وَ السَّلْوَى وَ أَحَلَّ الْغَنَائِمَ لِمُحَمَّدٍ ص وَ لِأُمَّتِهِ وَ لَمْ يَحِلَّ لِأَحَدٍ قَبْلَهُ
And Allah-azwj Gave Musa-as the Manna and the Quails, and He-azwj Legalised the war booty for Muhammad-saww and for his-saww community, and did not Legalise it for anyone before him-saww.
وَ قَالَ فِي حَقِّ مُوسَى وَ ظَلَّلْنا عَلَيْهِمُ الْغَمامَ يَعْنِي فِي التِّيهِ وَ النَّبِيُّ ص كَانَ يَسِيرُ الْغَمَامُ فَوْقَهُ
And He-azwj Said regarding the rights of Musa-as: And We Shaded the clouds upon them [7:160], meaning in the wilderness, and the Prophet-saww was such that the cloud travelled above him-saww.
وَ كَلَّمَ اللَّهُ مُوسى تَكْلِيماً عَلَى طُورِ سَيْنَاءَ وَ نَاجَى اللَّهُ مُحَمَّداً عِنْدَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهى وَ كَانَ وَاسِطَةٌ بَيْنَ الْحَقِّ وَ بَيْنَ مُوسَى ع وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ بَيْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ ص وَ رَبِّهِ أَحَدٌ فَأَوْحى إِلى عَبْدِهِ وَ لَيْسَ مَنْ مَشَى بِرِجْلَيْهِ كَمَنْ أُسْرِيَ بِسِرِّهِ وَ لَيْسَ مَنْ نَادَاهُ كَمَنْ نَاجَاهُ وَ مَنْ بَعُدَ نُودِيَ وَ مَنْ قَرُبَ نُوجِيَ
And Allah-azwj Spoke to Musa-as in a conversation upon (mount) Toor of Sinani, and Allah-azwj Whispered to Muhammad-saww at the Lote Tree (Sidrat Al-Muntaha), and there was a medium (means) between the Truth (Allah-azwj) and Musa-as, and there did not happen to be anyone between Muhammad-saww and his-saww Lord-azwj. And He Revealed unto His servant [53:10]; and the one who walks with his feet is not like the one who is ascended in person, and the one who is called out at is not like the one who is whispered to, and from afar is the calling and from the near is the whispering.
وَ لَمْ يُكَلَّمْ مُوسَى ع إِلَّا بَعْدَ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً وَ مُحَمَّدٌ ص كَانَ نَائِماً فِي بَيْتِ أُمِّ هَانِي فَعُرِجَ بِهِ وَ مِعْرَاجُ مُوسَى ع بَعْدَ الْمَوْعُودِ وَ مِعْرَاجُ مُحَمَّدٍ ص بِلَا وَعْدٍ وَ اخْتارَ مُوسى قَوْمَهُ سَبْعِينَ رَجُلًا وَ اخْتِيرَ مُحَمَّدٌ وَ هُوَ فَرِيدٌ وَ لَمْ يَحْتَمِلْ مُوسَى ع مَا رَآهُ وَ خَرَّ مُوسى صَعِقاً وَ احْتَمَلَ مُحَمَّدٌ ذَلِكَ لَقَدْ رَأى مِنْ آياتِ رَبِّهِ
And He-azwj did not Speak to Musa-as except after forty nights, and Muhammad-saww was sleeping in the house of Umm Hany-as and he-saww was ascended with, and the ascension of Musa-as was after the appointment, and Ascension of Muhammad-saww was without an appointment. And Musa-as chose seventy men from his-as people, and Muhammad-saww was Chosen and he-saww was one individual, and Musa-as could not bear what he-as saw: and Musa fell down unconscious [7:143], and Muhammad-saww endured that: He saw from the greatest Signs of his Lord [53:18].
مِعْرَاجُ مُوسَى ع نَهَاراً وَ مِعْرَاجُ مُحَمَّدٍ ص لَيْلًا مِعْرَاجُ مُوسَى عَلَى الْأَرْضِ وَ مِعْرَاجُ مُحَمَّدٍ ص فَوْقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعِ أَخْبَرَ بِمَا جَرَى بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ مُوسَى ع وَ كَتَمَ مَا جَرَى بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ فَأَوْحى إِلى عَبْدِهِ ما أَوْحى
Ascension of Musa-as was at daytime, and Ascension of Muhammad-saww was at night, and ascension of Musa-as was upon the earth and Ascension of Muhammad-saww was above the seven skies. He-azwj Informed of what (discussion) flowed between Him-azwj and Musa-as and Concealed what (discussion) flowed between Him-azwj and Muhammad-saww: And He Revealed unto His servant what He Revealed [53:10].
قَوْلُهُ وَ لَمَّا جاءَ مُوسى لِمِيقاتِنا كَأَنَّهُ جَاءَ مِنْ عِنْدِ فِرْعَوْنَ لَقَدْ جاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ كَأَنَّهُ جَاءَ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ
His-azwj Words: And when Musa came to Our Appointment [7:143], it is as if he-saww came from the presence of Pharaoh-la, There has come to you a Rasool [9:128], it is as if he-saww came from the Presence of Allah-azwj.
وَ قَالَ لِمُوسَى وَ أَوْحَيْنا إِلى مُوسى وَ أَخِيهِ أَنْ تَبَوَّءا لِقَوْمِكُما بِمِصْرَ بُيُوتاً وَ أَخْرَجَ النَّبِيُّ مِنْ مَسْجِدِهِ مَا خَلَا الْعِتْرَةَ وَ فِي هَذَا تِبْيَانُ قَوْلِهِ أَنْتَ مِنِّي بِمَنْزِلَةِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى
And He-azwj Said to Musa-as: And We Revealed unto Musa and his brother, saying: “Provide houses for your people in Egypt [10:87], and the Prophet-saww expelled (all) from his-saww Masjid apart from the family, and in this there is an explanation of his-saww words: ‘You-asws are from me-saww at the status of Haroun-as from Musa-as’.
حَسَّانُ
| لَئِنْ كَلَّمَ اللَّهُ مُوسَى عَلَى | شَرِيفٍ مِنَ الطُّورِ يَوْمَ النِّدَاءِ | |
| فَإِنَّ النَّبِيَّ أَبَا قَاسِمٍ | حُبِيَ بِالرِّسَالَةِ فَوْقَ السَّمَاءِ | |
| وَ قَدْ صَارَ بِالْقُرْبِ مِنْ رَبِّهِ | عَلَى قَابِ قَوْسَيْنِ لَمَّا دَنَا |
Hasaan (recited a poem), ‘While Allah-azwj Spoke to Musa-as upon a high point from (mount) Toor on the day of gathering, so the Prophet-as Abul Qasim was Loved with the Message above the sky and he-saww had come to be with the nearness from his-saww Lord-azwj, upon a distance of two bows when he-saww went nearer.
| وَ إِنْ فَجَّرَ الْمَاءَ مُوسَى لَكُمْ | عُيُوناً مِنَ الصَّخْرِ ضَرْبَ الْعَصَا | |
| فَمِنْ كَفِّ أَحْمَدَ قَدْ فُجِّرَتْ | عُيُونٌ مِنَ الْمَاءِ يَوْمَ الظَّمَا |
And that Musa-as caused the water to gush out for you as springs from the rock, he-as struck the staff, so from the palm of Ahmad-saww springs of water had flowed on the day of thirst.
| وَ إِنْ كَانَ هَارُونُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ | حُبِيَ بِالْوِزَارَةِ يَوْمَ الْمَلَا | |
| فَإِنَّ الْوِزَارَةَ قَدْ نَالَهَا | عَلِيٌّ بِلَا شَكٍّ يَوْمَ النِّدَا |
And even though Haroun-as had been Granted with the ministership from after him-as on the day of the gathering, Ali-asws had attained the ministership without any doubt on the day calling.
كَعْبُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُ
| فَإِنْ يَكُ مُوسَى كَلَّمَ اللَّهُ جَهْرَةً | عَلَى جَبَلِ الطُّورِ الْمُنِيفِ الْمُعَظَّمِ | |
| فَقَدْ كَلَّمَ اللَّهُ النَّبِيَّ مُحَمَّداً | عَلَى الْمَوْضِعِ الْأَعْلَى الرَّفِيعِ الْمُسَوَّمِ |
Ka’ab Bin Malik Al-Ansary (recited a poem), ‘And Allah-azwj Spoke to him-as loudly upon the high mount Toor, the revered, so Allah-azwj had Spoken to the Prophet-saww Muhammad-saww upon the Exalted place, the lofty.
دَاوُدُ ع كَانَ لَهُ سِلْسِلَةُ الْحُكُومَةِ لِيَمِيزَ الْحَقَّ مِنَ الْبَاطِلِ وَ لِمُحَمَّدٍ ص الْقُرْآنُ ما فَرَّطْنا فِي الْكِتابِ مِنْ شَيْءٍ- وَ لَيْسَتِ السِّلْسِلَةُ كَالْكِتَابِ وَ السِّلْسِلَةُ قَدْ فَنِيَتْ وَ الْقُرْآنُ بَقِيَ إِلَى آخِرِ الدَّهْرِ
Dawood-as had a chain of governance in order to differentiate the truth from the falsehood, and for Muhammad-saww is the Quran: We have not neglected in the Book of anything [6:38], and the chain isn’t like the Book, and the chain has perished and the Quran will remain up to the end of times.
وَ كَانَ لَهُ النَّغْمَةُ وَ لِمُحَمَّدٍ ص الْحَلَاوَةُ وَ إِذا سَمِعُوا ما أُنْزِلَ إِلَى الرَّسُولِ
And for him-as was the tone and for Muhammad-saww was the sweetness: And when they are hearing what is Revealed to the Rasool [5:83].
وَ كَانَ لَهُ ثَلَاثُونَ أَلْفَ حَرَسٍ وَ كَانَ حَارِسُ مُحَمَّدٍ هُوَ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى وَ اللَّهُ يَعْصِمُكَ مِنَ النَّاسِ
And for him-as were a thousand guards, and one guard for Muhammad-saww and He-azwj is Allah-azwj the Exalted: and Allah will Protect you from the people. [5:67].
وَ سَبَّحَتْ لَهُ الْوُحُوشُ وَ الطُّيُورُ وَ الْجِبَالُ فَاللَّهُ تَعَالَى وَ مَلَائِكَتُهُ يَشْهَدُونَ لِمُحَمَّدٍ وَ كَفى بِاللَّهِ شَهِيداً مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ
And the wild animals and the birds and the mountains glorified to him-saww, so Allah-azwj the Exalted and His-azwj Angels are testifying to Muhammad-saww: and Suffice with Allah as a Witness [48:28] Muhammad is a Rasool of Allah [48:29].
وَ قَالَ لَهُ وَ أَلَنَّا لَهُ الْحَدِيدَ وَ أَلَانَ قَلْبَ مُحَمَّدٍ بِالرَّحْمَةِ وَ الشَّفَاعَةِ فَبِما رَحْمَةٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ لِنْتَ لَهُمْ وَ أَلَانَ لَهُمُ الصُّمَّ الصُّخُورَ الصِّلَابَ وَ جَعَلَهَا غَاراً وَ كَانَ يَحْلُبُ الشَّاةَ الْمَجْهُودَةَ وَ يَمْسَحُ ضَرْعَهَا فَيَحْلُبُ مِنْهَا كَيْفَ شَاءَ
And He-azwj Said to him-as: And We Softened the iron for him [34:10], and Softened the heart of Muhammad-saww with the Mercy and the intercession: Thus it is due to Mercy from Allah you are being lenient to them [3:159], and He-azwj Softened the solid rocks for them, the slabs, and Made these as caves, and he-saww would milk the stressed sheep, and he-saww would wipe its udder and milk from it however he-saww so desired.
وَ سَخَّرَ لَهُ الْجِبَالَ وَ كَانَ يُسَبِّحْنَ وَ أَخَذَ النَّبِيُّ أَحْجَاراً فَأَمْسَكَهَا فَسَبَّحْنَ فِي كَفِّهِ
And the mountains were subdued for him-as and they used to glorify, and the Prophet-saww took pebbles and withheld these, and they glorified in his-saww palm.
وَ لَهُ الطَّيْرَ مَحْشُورَةً كُلٌّ لَهُ أَوَّابٌ وَ لِمُحَمَّدٍ الْبُرَاقَ
And for him-saww was the assembly of the birds all of them obedient to him-as, and for Muhammad-saww is Al-Buraq.
وَ قَالَ لَهُ وَ شَدَدْنا مُلْكَهُ وَ شَدَدَ مُلْكَ مُحَمَّدٍ حَتَّى نَسَخَ بِشَرِيعَتِهِ سَائِرَ الشَّرَائِعِ
And Said to him-as: And We Strengthened his kingdom [38:20], and Strengthened the kingdom of Muhammad-saww to the extent that his-saww Laws abrogated all the rest of the Laws.
وَ قَالَ لِدَاوُدَ وَ لا تَتَّبِعِ الْهَوى وَ قَالَ لِمُحَمَّدٍ ص ما ضَلَّ صاحِبُكُمْ
And He-azwj Said to Dawood-as: and do not follow the vain desires [38:26], and Said for Muhammad-saww: Your companion does not err [53:2].
حَسَّانُ
| وَ إِنْ كَانَ دَاوُدُ قَدْ أَوَّبَتْ | جِبَالٌ لَدَيْهِ وَ طَيْرُ الْهَوَا | |
| فَفِي كَفِّ أَحْمَدَ قَدْ سَبَّحَتْ | بِتَقْدِيسِ رَبِّي صِغَارُ الْحَصَى |
Hasan (said a poem) – ‘And even though Dawood-as, there had resonated for him-as with the glorification in front of him-as, the mountains, and the birds, and the air, the small pebbles had glorified in the palm of Ahmad-saww with the extollation of Holiness of my Lord-azwj’.
سُلَيْمَانُ سُخِّرَتْ لَهُ الرِّيحُ غُدُوُّها شَهْرٌ وَ رَواحُها شَهْرٌ يُقَالُ إِنَّهُ غَدَا مِنَ الْعِرَاقِ وَ قَالَ بِمَرْوٍ وَ أَمْسَى بِبَلْخٍ وَ أَكْرَمَ مُحَمَّداً بِالْبُرَاقِ خُطْوَتُهُ مَدَّ الْبَصَرِ وَ قَالَ عُلِّمْنا مَنْطِقَ الطَّيْرِ
Suleyman-as – The wind was subdued for him-as: Its morning course was a month and its evening course was a month [34:12]. He said: ‘It went from Iraq’. And said, ‘At Merv’ and in the evening at ‘Balkh’, and He-azwj Honoured Muhammad-saww with al Buraq, its step was to the extent of the sight’. And He-azwj Said: ‘We have been Taught the speech of the birds, [27:16].
وَ رُوِيَ أَنَّ الْحُمَّرَةَ فُجِعَتْ بِأَحَدِ وُلْدِهَا فَجَاءَتْ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ص وَ قَدْ جَعَلَتْ تَرِفُّ عَلَى رَأْسِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَقَالَ أَيُّكُمْ فَجَعَ هَذِهِ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ أَنَا أَخَذْتُ بَيْضَهَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص ارْدُدْهَا
And it is reported that the reddish woman came with one of children to the Prophet-saww, and made riches to be upon the head of Rasool-Allah-saww. He-saww said: ‘Which one of you is for this pain?’ A man from the group said, ‘I shall take her goods’. The Prophet-saww said: ‘Return it’.
وَ مِنْهُ كَلَامُ الْبَعِيرِ وَ الْعِجْلِ وَ الضَّبْيِ وَ الشَّاةِ وَ الذِّئْبِ وَ الذَّبِّ وَ سُخِّرَتْ لَهُ الْجِنُّ وَ الشَّيَاطِينُ وَ قَالَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ص قُلْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ أَنَّهُ اسْتَمَعَ نَفَرٌ مِنَ الْجِنِ- وَ قَوْلُهُ وَ إِذْ صَرَفْنا إِلَيْكَ نَفَراً مِنَ الْجِنِ وَ هُمُ التِّسْعَةُ مِنْ أَشْرَافِ الْجِنِّ بِنَصِيبِينَ وَ الْيَمَنِ مِنْ بَنِي عَمْرِو بْنِ عَامِرٍ مِنْهُمْ شصاه وَ مصاه وَ الهملكان وَ الْمَرْزُبَانُ وَ المازمان وَ نضاه وَ هَاضِبٌ وَ عَمْرٌو وَ بَايَعُوهُ عَلَى الْعِبَادَاتِ وَ اعْتَذَرُوا بِأَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ شَطَطاً
And from it is the speech of the camels and the calf and the fox and the sheep and the wolf and the flies, and the Jinn and the Satans-la were subdued for him-saww. And He-azwj Said to the Prophet-saww: Say: ‘It is Revealed unto me that a number of the Jinn [72:1]; and His-azwj Words: And when We Turned a number of the Jinn towards you [46:29], and these were nine rom the noble ones of the Jinn in two group and Al Yemen from the clan of Amro Bin Aamir, from them were Shasah, and Masah, and Al Hamlakan, and Al Marzaban, and Al Mazman, and Nazah, and Haazib, and Amro, and they pledged allegiance to him-saww upon the (acts) of worship, and presented excuses that they had said a grievous word upon Allah-azwj.
وَ سُلَيْمَانُ ع كَانَ يَصْفِدُهُمْ لِعِصْيَانِهِمْ وَ نَبِيُّنَا أَتَوْهُ طَائِعِينَ رَاغِبِينَ
And Suleyman-as used to punish them for their disobedience, and our Prophet (s.aw.), they came to him-saww willingly, desirous.
وَ سَأَلَ سُلَيْمَانُ مُلْكاً دَنِيّاً رَبِ هَبْ لِي مُلْكاً وَ عُرِضَ مَفَاتِيحُ خَزَائِنِ الدُّنْيَا عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ص فَرَدَّهَا فَشَتَّانَ بَيْنَ مَنْ يَسْأَلُ وَ بَيْنَ مَنْ يُعْطَى فَلَا يَقْبَلُ فَأَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ الْكَوْثَرَ وَ الشَّفَاعَةَ وَ الْمَقَامَ الْمَحْمُودَ وَ لَسَوْفَ يُعْطِيكَ رَبُّكَ فَتَرْضى
And Suleyman-as asked for the kingdom of the world: ‘Lord! Grant me a kingdom, [38:35], and the keys of the treasures of the world were presented unto Muhammad-saww, but he-saww rejected these. Thus, there is a difference between the one who asks and one who is given. He-saww did not accept and Allah-azwj Gave him-saww Al Kawser and the intercession and Al Maqam Al Mahmoud (the Praiseworthy Position): And soon your Lord will Give you, so you will be pleased [93:5].
وَ قَالَ لِسُلَيْمَانَ فَامْنُنْ أَوْ أَمْسِكْ بِغَيْرِ حِسابٍ وَ قَالَ لِنَبِيِّنَا ما آتاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَ ما نَهاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا
And He-azwj Said to Suleyman-as: This is Our Gift, so either confer or withhold, without a Reckoning [38:39], and Said for our Prophet-saww: And whatever the Rasool gives you, so take it, and whatever he forbids you from, then refrain [59:7].
حَسَّانُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ
| وَ إِنْ كَانَتِ الْجِنُّ قَدْ سَاسَهَا | سُلَيْمَانُ وَ الرِّيحُ تَجْرِي رَخَا | |
| فَشَهْرٌ غُدُوٌّ بِهِ دَائِباً | وَ شَهْرٌ رَوَاحٌ بِهِ إِنْ يَشَا | |
| فَإِنَّ النَّبِيَّ سَرَى لَيْلَةً | مِنَ الْمَسْجِدَيْنِ إِلَى الْمُرْتَقَى |
Hasaan Bin Sabit (recited a poem) – ‘And even though the Jinn, Suleyman-as had controlled them, and the wind flowed with ease, going with it for a month and returning with it a month if he-as so desired, the Pophet-saww was Ascended on a night from two Masjids to high above’.
كَعْبُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ
| وَ إِنْ تَكُ نَمْلُ الْبَرِّ بِالْوَهْمِ كَلَّمَتْ | سُلَيْمَانَ ذَا الْمُلْكِ الَّذِي لَيْسَ بِالْعَمِي | |
| فَهَذَا نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ أَحْمَدُ سَبَّحَتْ | صِغَارُ الْحَصَى فِي كَفِّهِ بِالتَّرَّنُمِ |
Ka’ab Bin Malik (recited a poem), ‘And even though the ants of the land with the vermin had spoken to Suleyman with the kingdom which isn’t with blindness, so this Prophet-saww of Allah-azwj, Ahmad-saww, small pebbles had glorified in his-saww palm with the singing’.
يَحْيَى ع قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى لَهُ وَ آتَيْناهُ الْحُكْمَ صَبِيًّا وَ كَانَ فِي عَصْرٍ لَا جَاهِلِيَّةَ فِيهِ وَ مُحَمَّدٌ ص أُوتِيَ الْحُكْمَ وَ الْفَهْمَ صَبِيّاً بَيْنَ عَبَدَةِ الْأَوْثَانِ وَ حِزْبِ الشَّيْطَانِ
Yahya-as – Allah-azwj the Exalted Said to him-as: and We Gave him the Wisdom as a boy [19:12], and it was in an era where there was no ignorance during it, and Muhammad-saww was Given the Wisdom and the understanding as a child between the idol worshippers and the parties of Satans-la.
وَ كَانَ يَحْيَى ع أَعْبَدَ أَهْلِ زَمَانِهِ وَ أَزْهَدَهُمْ وَ مُحَمَّدٌ أَزْهَدَ الْخَلَائِقِ وَ أَعْبَدَهُمْ حَتَّى قِيلَ طه ما أَنْزَلْنا
And Yahya-as was the most worshipping of the people of his-as era, and Muhammad-saww was the most ascetic of the people, and the most worshipping of them to the extent He-azwj Said: Ta Ha [20:1] We have not Revealed the Quran (unto you for you to be distressed) [20:2].
حَسَّانُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ
| وَ إِنْ كَانَ يَحْيَى بَكَتْ عَيْنُهُ | صَغِيراً وَ طَهَّرَهُ فِي الصَّبَا | |
| فَإِنَّ النَّبِيَّ بَكَى قَائِماً | حَزِيناً عَلَى الرِّجْلِ خَوْفَ الرَّجَا | |
| فَنَادَاهُ أَنْ طه أَبَا قَاسِمٍ | وَ لَا تَشْقَ بِالْوَحْيِ لَمَّا أَتَى |
Hasaan Bin Sabit (recited a poem) – ‘And even though Yahya-as cried his-as eyes when small, and was cleansed during the childhood, so the Prophet-saww wept standing grieving upon the man fearing the hope, He-azwj Called out to him-saww: Ta Ha [20:1], father-saww of Qasim-asws, and do not be distressed with the Revelation’.
عِيسَى ع وَ أُبْرِئُ الْأَكْمَهَ وَ الْأَبْرَصَ وَ نَبِيُّنَا ص أَتَاهُ مُعَاذُ بْنُ عفرا [عَفْرَاءَ] فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي قَدْ تَزَوَّجْتُ وَ قَالُوا لِلزَّوْجَةِ إِنَّ بِجَنْبِي بَيَاضاً فَكَرِهَتْ أَنْ تُزَفَّ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ اكْشِفْ لِي عَنْ جَنْبِكَ فَكَشَفَ لَهُ عَنْ جَنْبِهِ فَمَسَحَهُ بِعُودٍ فَذَهَبَ مَا بِهِ مِنَ الْبَرَصِ
When Isa-as came and cured the blind and the leper, and our Prophet-saww, Muaz Bin Afra came to him-saww and said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! I have got married and they said to the wife that there is whiteness in my side. She dislikes coming to me’. He-saww said: ‘Uncover from your side for me-saww’. He uncovered for him-saww from his side, and he-saww wiped with a stick and it went away what used to be with him from the vitiligo.
وَ لَقَدْ أَتَاهُ مِنْ جُهَيْنَةَ أَجْذَمُ يَتَقَطَّعُ مِنَ الْجُذَامِ فَشَكَا إِلَيْهِ فَأَخَذَ قَدَحاً مِنْ مَاءٍ فَتَفَلَ فِيهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ امْسَحْ بِهِ جَسَدَكَ فَفَعَلَ فَبَرَأَ وَ أَبْرَأَ صَاحِبَ السِّلْعَةِ
And there had come from (the tribe of) Juheyna, a leper who was cut from the leprosy. He complained to him-saww, so he-saww grabbed a cup of water and spit in it, then said: ‘Wipe your body with it’. He did so and was cured and (also) cured the one with abscess.
وَ أَتَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ ابْنِي قَدْ أَشْرَفَ عَلَى حِيَاضِ الْمَوْتِ كُلَّمَا أَتَيْتُهُ بِطَعَامٍ وَقَعَ عَلَيْهِ التَّثَاؤُبُ فَقَامَ وَ قُمْنَا مَعَهُ فَلَمَّا أَتَيْنَاهُ قَالَ لَهُ جَانِبْ يَا عَدُوَّ اللَّهِ وَلِيَّ اللَّهِ فَأَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَجَانَبَهُ الشَّيْطَانُ فَقَامَ صَحِيحاً
And a woman came to him-saww and said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! My son is overlooking at death. Every time I come to him with food, he becomes drowsy’. He-saww stood up and we arose along with him-saww. When we came to him, he-saww said to him: ‘Move aside, O enemy of Allah-azwj (from) a friend of Allah-azwj’. The Satan-la stepped aside and he stood up healthy.
وَ أَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ وَ بِهِ أُدْرَةٌ عَظِيمَةٌ فَقَالَ هَذِهِ الْأُدْرَةُ تَمْنَعُنِي مِنَ التَّطْهِيرِ وَ الْوُضُوءِ فَدَعَا بِمَاءٍ فَبَرَكَ فِيهِ وَ دَعَاهُ وَ تَفَلَ فِيهِ ثُمَّ أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يُفِيضَ عَلَيْهِ فَفَعَلَ الرَّجُلُ وَ أَغْفَى إِغْفَاءَةً وَ انْتَبَهَ فَإِذَا هِيَ قَدْ تَقَلَّصَتْ
And a man came to him and he had large puffed up testicles. He said, ‘This illness prevents me from the cleansing and the Wudu’u’. He-saww called for the water and Blessed in it and supplicated and spat in it, then instructed him to pour upon it. The man did so and forgot his illness and woke up, and they had shrunk.
وَ جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ وَ مَعَهَا عُكَّةُ سَمْنٍ وَ أَقِطٍ وَ مَعَهَا ابْنَةٌ لَهَا فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَلَدْتُ هَذِهِ كمها [كَمْهَاءَ] فَأَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص عُوداً فَمَسَحَ بِهِ عَيْنَيْهَا فَأَبْصَرَتَا
And a woman came and with her was some margarine and a pumpkin, and with her was a daughter of hers. She said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! I gave birth to this one as blind’. Rasool-Allah-saww grabbed a stick and wiped her eyes with it and she became seeing.
وَ مِنْهُ حَدِيثُ قَتَادَةَ بْنِ رِبْعِيٍّ وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَسْلَمَةَ وَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أُنَيْسٍ قَوْلُهُ وَ أُحْيِ الْمَوْتى بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ قَالَ الْكَلْبِيُّ كَانَ عِيسَى ع يُحْيِي الْأَمْوَاتَ بِيَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ وَ قِيلَ إِنَّهُ أَحْيَا أَرْبَعَةَ أَنْفُسٍ وَ هُمْ عَاذِرٌ وَ ابْنُ الْعَجُوزِ وَ ابْنَةُ الْعَاشِرِ وَ سَامُ بْنُ نُوحٍ
And from it is a Hadeeth of Qatadah Bin Rabi’e and Muhammad Bin Muslama and Abdullah Bin Aneys. His-azwj Words: and revive the dead by the Permission of Allah [3:49]. Al-Kalby said, ‘Isa-as used to revive the dead by the Revival of the Everlasting One, and it is said, he-as revived four people, and they are Aazar, and a son of the old woman, and a daughter of a tax collector, and Saam Bin Nuh-as’.
قَالَ الرِّضَا ع لَقَدِ اجْتَمَعَتْ قُرَيْشٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَسَأَلُوهُ أَنْ يُحْيِيَ لَهُمْ مَوْتَاهُمْ فَوَجَّهَ مَعَهُمْ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع فَقَالَ اذْهَبْ إِلَى الْجَبَّانَةِ فَنَادِ بِاسْمِ هَؤُلَاءِ الرَّهْطِ الَّذِينَ يَسْأَلُونَ عَنْهُمْ بِأَعْلَى صَوْتِكَ يَا فُلَانُ وَ يَا فُلَانُ وَ يَا فُلَانُ يَقُولُ لَكُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ قُومُوا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ فَقَامُوا يَنْفُضُونَ التُّرَابَ عَنْ رُءُوسِهِمْ
Al-Reza-asws said: ‘Qureysh gathered to Rasool-Allah-saww and they asked him-saww to revive their dead ones for them. He-saww faced towards Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws and said: ‘Go to the graveyard and call out with the names of that group, those they are asking about at the top of your voice: ‘O so and so, and O so and so, and O so and so! Rasool-Allah-saww is saying to you all: ‘Arise by the Permission of Allah-azwj!’ They stood up shaking off the soil from their heads.
فَأَقْبَلَتْ قُرَيْشٌ تَسْأَلُهُمْ عَنْ أُمُورِهِمْ ثُمَّ أَخْبَرُوهُمْ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً قَدْ بُعِثَ نَبِيّاً فَقَالُوا وَدِدْنَا أَنَّا أَدْرَكْنَاهُ فَنُؤْمِنُ بِهِ
Qureysh came asking them about their affairs, then informed them that Muhammad-saww had been Sent as a Prophet-saww. They said, ‘We would love to meet him-saww so we can believe in him-saww’.
وَ أَحْيَا ص النَّفَرَ الَّذِينَ قُتِلُوا يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ فَخَاطَبَهُمْ وَ كَلَّمَهُمْ وَ عَيَّرَهُمْ بِكُفْرِهِمْ
And he-saww had revived the number, those who had been killed on the day of Badr, and addressed them and spoke to them and faulted them with their Kufr.
قَوْلُهُ وَ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ بِما تَأْكُلُونَ وَ ما تَدَّخِرُونَ وَ مُحَمَّدٌ ص كَانَ يُنَبِّئُ بِأَشْيَاءَ كَثِيرَةٍ مِنْهَا قِصَّةُ حَاطِبِ بْنِ أَبِي بَلْتَعَةَ وَ إِنْفَاذِ كِتَابِهِ إِلَى مَكَّةَ وَ مِنْهَا قِصَّةُ عَبَّاسٍ وَ سَبَبُ إِسْلَامِهِ
and I shall inform you of what you have eaten and what you are hoarding in your houses [3:49] – And Muhammad-saww was informing with a lot of things. From these is the story of Hatib Bin Abu Balta’a, and implemented his letter to Makkah, and from these is the story of Abbas and the cause of his becoming a Muslim.
ابْنُ جَرِيحٍ فِي قَوْلِهِ وَ يُعَلِّمُهُ الْكِتابَ وَ الْحِكْمَةَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى أَعْطَى عِيسَى ع تِسْعَةَ أَشْيَاءَ مِنَ الْحَظِّ وَ لِسَائِرِ النَّاسِ جُزْءاً
Ibn Jareeh regarding His-azwj Words: And He will Teach him the Book and the Wisdom [3:48]. ‘Allah-azwj the Exalted Gave Isa-as nine things from the share and one part for the rest of the people.
وَ رُوِيَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص أُوتِيتُ الْقُرْآنَ وَ مِثْلَيْهِ
And it is reported from the Prophet-saww: ‘I-saww have been Given the Quran and double the likes of it’.
أَنْشَدَ
| وَ إِنْ كَانَ مَنْ مَاتَ يَحْيَا لَكُمْ | يُنَادِيهِ عِيسَى بِرَبِّ الْعُلَى |
| وَ إِنْ كَانَ مَنْ مَاتَ يَحْيَا لَكُمْ | فَإِنَّ الذِّرَاعَ لَقَدْ سَمَّهَا | يَهُودُ لِأَحْمَدَ يَوْمَ الْقِرَى
فَنَادَتْهُ إِنِّي لَمَسْمُومَةٌ |
يُنَادِيهِ عِيسَى بِرَبِّ الْعُلَى | ||
| فَلَا تَقْرَبَنِّي وُقِيتَ الْأَذَى |
A poem, – ‘And even though the ones who died were revived for you, they called out to Isa-as as the Exalted Lord-azwj, so the arm (of the sheep) which had been poisoned by a Jew for Ahmad-saww on the day of hosting, called out, ‘I am poisoned, so do not come near me and the harm will occur’’.[100]
2- قب، المناقب لابن شهرآشوب قَدْ مَدَحَ اللَّهُ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ بِاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ نَوْعاً مِنَ الطَّاعَةِ مَدَحَ إِسْحَاقَ ع وَ يَعْقُوبَ ع بِالطَّاعَةِ وَ وَهَبْنا لَهُ إِسْحاقَ وَ يَعْقُوبَ وَ لِعِيسَى بِالزَّهَادَةِ قِيلَ لَهُ لَوِ اتَّخَذْتَ مَنْزِلًا أَوِ اشْتَرَيْتَ دَابَّةً فَقَالَ مَا قَالَ
Allah-azwj has Praised twelve from the Prophets-as with twelve types of (acts of) obedience – He-azwj Praised Is’haq-as and Yaqoub-as with the obedience: And We Granted to him Is’haq and Yaqoub [6:84], and to Isa-saww with the ascetism. It was said to him-as: ‘If only you-as would take a house or buy an animal’, and he-as said what he-as said.
وَ لِسُلَيْمَانَ بِالسَّخَاءِ وَ كَانَ يُطْعِمُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ سَبْعَمِائَةِ جَرِيبٍ مِنَ الْحُوَّارَى وَ هُوَ يَأْكُلُ الْخُشْكَارَ وَ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ ع بِالرَّحْمَةِ إِنَّ إِبْراهِيمَ لَحَلِيمٌ أَوَّاهٌ مُنِيبٌ وَ فِيهِ قِصَّةُ الْمَجُوسِ الَّذِينَ أَسْلَمُوا مِنْ ضِيَافَتِهِ
And to Suleyman-as with the generousity, and he-as was feeding every day seven hundred with packages of white flour, and he-as was eating the bread of un-sifted flour; and to Ibrahim-as with the mercy: Surely Ibrahim was forbearing, tender-hearted, repenting [11:75], and from it is the story of the Magians, those who had become Muslims from his-as hosting.
وَ لِنُوحٍ ع بِالصَّلَابَةِ رَبِّ لا تَذَرْ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ وَ أَيْضاً مِنْ مُوسَى وَ هَارُونَ ع رَبَّنا إِنَّكَ آتَيْتَ فِرْعَوْنَ فَبَالَغَ نَبِيُّنَا ص فِي هَذِهِ الْخِصَالِ حَتَّى نَهَاهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ الِاسْتِغْفَارِ اسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ أَوْ لا تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ
And to Noah-as with the firmness: My Lord! Do not leave upon the earth any dwelling of the Kafirs [71:26]; and as well from Musa-as and Haroun-as: ‘Our Lord! You Gave Pharaoh [10:88], our Prophet-as preached regarding these qualities until he-saww was Forbidden from that seeking of Forgiveness: Whether you seek Forgiveness for them or do not seek Forgiveness for them [9:80].
الْمُجَاهَدَةِ وَ لا تَعْجَلْ بِالْقُرْآنِ الْعِبَادَةِ طه ما أَنْزَلْنا الزُّهْدِ لِمَ تُحَرِّمُ ما أَحَلَّ اللَّهُ لَكَ وَ فِيهِ حَدِيثُ مَارِيَةَ وَ عَرَضَ عَلَيْهِ مَفَاتِيحَ الدُّنْيَا فَأَبَى السَّخَاءِ وَ لا تَجْعَلْ يَدَكَ مَغْلُولَةً الرَّحْمَةِ وَ اغْلُظْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ قَالَ فَلَعَلَّكَ باخِعٌ نَفْسَكَ
(For) the struggling: and do not be hasty with the Quran [20:114]; the Worship: Ta Ha [20:1] We have not Revealed the Quran [20:2]; the ascetism: Do not deny (yourself) what Allah has Permitted for you, [66:1]; and in it is the Hadeeth of Mariahar; and the keys of the world were presented unto him-saww, but he-saww refused; the generousity: And do not make your hand to be shackled [17:29]; the Mercy: and be harsh upon them [9:73], and Said: So perhaps you will kill yourself out of grief [18:6].
الصَّلَابَةِ لَسْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِمُصَيْطِرٍ يا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ جاهِدِ* الْكُفَّارَ وَ فِيهِ قِصَّةُ ابْنِ مَكْتُومٍ الْإِنْذَارِ نَبِّئْ عِبادِي أَنِّي أَنَا الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ عَيْبِ آلِهَتِهِمْ وَ لا تَسُبُّوا الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ
The firmness: Faces on that day will be humiliated [88:2] O you Prophet! Fight the Kafirs [9:73], and in it is the story of Ibn Maktoum; the warning: Inform My servants that I am the Forgiving, the Merciful! [15:49]; faulting their gods: And do not insult those who are supplicating to the ones besides Allah [6:108].
وَ إِنَّهُ تَعَالَى أَقْسَمَ لِأَجْلِهِ بِخَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ قَسَماً بِهِدَايَتِهِ وَ النَّجْمِ إِذا هَوى بِرِسَالَتِهِ يس وَ الْقُرْآنِ الْحَكِيمِ بِوَلِيِّ عَهْدِهِ وَ الْعادِياتِ ضَبْحاً بِمِعْرَاجِهِ لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقاً عَنْ طَبَقٍ بِشَرِيعَتِهِ وَ الْعَصْرِ إِنَّ الْإِنْسانَ لَفِي خُسْرٍ
And the Exalted Divided for his-saww sake, fifteen division – His-saww guidance: (I Swear) by the star when it swoops down [53:1]; his-saww Message: Ya Seen [36:1] By the Wise Quran [36:2]; his-saww heir apparent: (I Swear) by the running (steeds) snorting [100:1]; his-saww Ascension: You will be indulging in a state after a state [84:19]; his-saww Laws: (I Swear) by the time [103:1] Surely, the human being is in loss [103:2].
بِكِتَابِهِ ق وَ الْقُرْآنِ الْمَجِيدِ بِخَلْقِهِ لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسانَ فِي أَحْسَنِ تَقْوِيمٍ بِخُلُقِهِ ن وَ الْقَلَمِ بِزِيَادَةِ نَوَافِلِهِ طه ما أَنْزَلْنا بِطَهَارَتِهِ فَلا أُقْسِمُ بِما تُبْصِرُونَ بِبَلَدِهِ لا أُقْسِمُ بِهذَا الْبَلَدِ بِمَحَبَّتِهِ وَ الضُّحى وَ اللَّيْلِ
His-saww Book: Qaf! By the Glorious Quran [50:1]; his-saww creation: We have Created the human being in an excellent form [95:4]; his-saww moral standing: Noon and the Pen [68:1]; his-saww increasing his-saww optional Salats: Ta Ha [20:1] We have not Revealed [20:2]; his-saww purity: But no! I swear by that which you can see [69:38]; his-saww city: No! I do Swear by this city! [90:1]; (I Swear) by the clarity [93:1] And the night [93:2].
بِتَهْدِيدِ مُوذِيهِ كَلَّا لَئِنْ لَمْ يَنْتَهِ بِعُقُوبَةِ أَعْدَائِهِ كَلَّا إِنَّهُمْ عَنْ رَبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِعُمُرِهِ لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِي سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ وَ مِنْ شِدَّةِ فَرْطِ الْمُحِبِ أَنْ يَحْلِفَ بِعُمُرِ حَبِيبِهِ
And Threatening those who hurt him-saww: Never! If they do not desist [33:60]; Punishing his-saww enemies: Never! On that Day [83:15]; his-saww lifetime: By your life (O Muhammad)! They were blindly wandering on in their intoxication [15:72]; and it is from the intensity of the Love that He-azwj Swore with the lifespan of His-azwj Beloved-saww.
وَ كُلَّ مَا سَأَلَ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ مِنَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ بِلَا سُؤَالٍ آدَمُ ع وَ إِنْ لَمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنا وَ لَهُ لِيَغْفِرَ لَكَ اللَّهُ
And all what the Prophets-as asked from Allah-azwj the Exalted, Allah (s.wt..) Gave it without asking: and if You do not Forgive us and have Mercy on us, [7:23], and to him-saww: For Allah to Forgive you [48:2].
نُوحٌ ع لا تَذَرْ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ وَ لَهُ إِنَّا كَفَيْناكَ الْمُسْتَهْزِئِينَ
Noah-as: ‘Do not leave upon the earth [71:26]; and to him-saww: We will Suffice you against the scoffers [15:95].
إِبْرَاهِيمُ ع وَ لا تُخْزِنِي يَوْمَ يُبْعَثُونَ وَ لَهُ يَوْمَ لا يُخْزِي اللَّهُ النَّبِيَ
Ibrahim-as: And do not Disgrace on the Day they would be Resurrected [26:87], and to him-saww: on a Day Allah will not Disgrace the Prophet [66:8].
شُعَيْبٌ ع رَبَّنَا افْتَحْ بَيْنَنا وَ لَهُ إِنَّا فَتَحْنا لَكَ
Shuayb-as: ‘Our Lord! Decide between us [7:89], and to him-saww: Surely, We Opened for you [48:1].
لُوطٌ ع رَبِّ انْصُرْنِي عَلَى الْقَوْمِ وَ لَهُ وَ يَنْصُرَكَ اللَّهُ
Lut-as: He said: ‘Lord! Help me against the mischievous people!’ [29:30], and to him-saww: And Allah will Help you with a Mighty Help [48:3].
مُوسَى ع قالَ رَبِّ اشْرَحْ لِي صَدْرِي وَ لَهُ أَ لَمْ نَشْرَحْ لَكَ
Musa-as: He said: ‘Lord! Expand my chest for me [20:25], and to him-saww: Did We not Expand your chest for you? [94:1].
مُوسَى ع اخْلُفْنِي فِي قَوْمِي وَ لَهُ إِنَّما وَلِيُّكُمُ اللَّهُ
Musa-as: ‘Be my Caliph among my people [7:142], and to him-saww: But rather, your Guardian is Allah [5:55].
الْمَقَامُ أَرْبَعَةٌ مَقَامُ الشَّوْقِ لِشُعَيْبٍ ع حَيْثُ بَكَى مِنْ خَوْفِ اللَّهِ وَ مَقَامُ السَّلَامِ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ ع إِذْ جاءَ رَبَّهُ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ وَ مَقَامُ الْمُنَاجَاةِ لِمُوسَى ع وَ قَرَّبْناهُ نَجِيًّا وَ مَقَامُ الْمَحَبَّةِ لِلنَّبِيِّ ص فَكانَ قابَ قَوْسَيْنِ
The four positions – the position of desire to Shuayb-as where he-as wept from fear of Allah-azwj, and position of the safety of Ibrahim-as: When he came to his Lord with an unblemished heart [37:84], and the position of the whispering to Musa-as: And We Called to him from the right side of the (mount) Toor, and We Drew him closer, whispering [19:52], and the position of the love for the Prophet-saww: So he was (at a distance of) two bows or nearer [53:9].
وَ سَمَّى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى نُوحاً شَكُوراً إِنَّهُ كانَ عَبْداً شَكُوراً وَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ع حَلِيماً إِنَّ إِبْراهِيمَ لَحَلِيمٌ وَ مُوسَى ع كَلِيماً وَ كَلَّمَ اللَّهُ مُوسى تَكْلِيماً
And Allah-azwj the Exalted Named Noah-as as grateful: Surely, he was a grateful servant [17:3]; and Ibrahim-as as forbearing: Surely Ibrahim was forbearing, [11:75]; and Musa-as as speaker: and Allah Spoke to Musa in a conversation [4:164].
وَ جَمَعَ لَهُ كَمَا جَمَعَ لِنَفْسِهِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بِالنَّاسِ لَرَؤُفٌ رَحِيمٌ وَ لَهُ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَؤُفٌ رَحِيمٌ
And Gathered for him-saww just as He-azwj Gathered for Himself-azwj: Allah is Affectionate, Merciful with the people. [2:143], and for him-saww: With the Momineen he is kind, merciful [9:128].
قِيلَ هُمَا وَاحِدٌ وَ قِيلَ الرَّءُوفُ شِدَّةُ الرَّحْمَةِ رَءُوفٌ بِالْمُطِيعِينَ رَحِيمٌ بِالْمُذْنِبِينَ رَءُوفٌ بِأَقْرِبَائِهِ رَحِيمٌ بِأَصْحَابِهِ رَءُوفٌ بِعِتْرَتِهِ رَحِيمٌ بِأُمَّتِهِ رَءُوفٌ بِمَنْ رَآهُ رَحِيمٌ بِمَنْ لَمْ يَرَهُ
It is said, ‘These two (terms) are one, and it is said, ‘The kind (Al Raouf) is of intense mercy, and kind with the obedient ones, and merciful to the sinners, and kind with his-saww near relatives, merciful with his-saww companions, kind with his-saww family and merciful with his-saww community, kind with the ones who saw him-saww, and merciful with the ones who did not see him-saww’’.
إلى هنا انتهى الجزء السادس عشر من كتاب بحار الانوار
Up to here ends the sixteenth volume of the book Bihar Al-Anwaar
[1] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 16, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 10 H 1
[2] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 16, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 10 H 2
[3] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 16, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 10 H 3
[4] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 42, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 1
[5] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 42, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 2
[6] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 42, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 3
[7] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 42, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 4
[8] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 42, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 5
[9] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 42, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 6
[10] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 42, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 7
[11] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 42, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 8
[12] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 42, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 9
[13] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 42, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 10
[14] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 42, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 11
[15] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 42, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 12
[16] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 42, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 13
[17] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 42, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 14
[18] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 42, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 15
[19] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 42, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 16
[20] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 42, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 17
[21] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 42, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 18
[22] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 42, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 19
[23] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 42, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 20
[24] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 42, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 21
[25] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 42, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 22
[26] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 42, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 23
[27] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 42, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 24
[28] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 42, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 25
[29] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 42, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 26
[30] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 42, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 27
[31] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 42, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 28
[32] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 42, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 29
[33] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 42, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 30
[34] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 42, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 31
[35] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 42, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 32
[36] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 42, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 33
[37] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 42, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 34
[38] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 35
[39] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 36
[40] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 37
[41] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 38
[42] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 39
[43] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 40
[44] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 41
[45] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 42
[46] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 43
[47] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 44
[48] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 45
[49] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 46
[50] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 47
[51] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 48
[52] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 49
[53] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 50
[54] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 51
[55] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 52
[56] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 53
[57] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 54
[58] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 55
[59] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 56
[60] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 57
[61] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 58
[62] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 59
[63] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 60
[64] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 61
[65] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 62
[66] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 63
[67] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 64
[68] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 65
[69] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 66
[70] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 67
[71] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 68
[72] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 69
[73] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 70
[74] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 71
[75] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 72
[76] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 73
[77] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 74
[78] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 75
[79] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 76
[80] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 77
[81] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 78
[82] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 79
[83] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 80
[84] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 81
[85] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 82
[86] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 83
[87] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 84
[88] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 85
[89] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 86
[90] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 87
[91] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 88
[92] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 89
[93] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 90
[94] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 91
[95] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 92
[96] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 93
[97] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 94
[98] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 95
[99] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 2, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 11 H 96
[100] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 16, The book of our Prophet-saww, Ch 12 H 1