Bihar Al-Anwaar Volume 18 Part 3

بحار الأنوار

BIHAR AL-ANWAAR

الجزء الثامن عشر

Volume 18

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 2 آخر في كيفية صدور الوحي و نزول جبرئيل ع و علة احتباس الوحي و بيان أنه ص هل كان قبل البعثة متعبدا بشريعة أم لا

CHAPTER 2 – ANOTHER REGARDING THE STATE OF THE ISSUANCE OF THE REVELATION, AND THE DESCENT OF JIBRAEEL^-as AND REASON FOR THE WITHHOLDING OF THE REVELATION, AND EXPLANATION OF, ‘WAS HE^-saww A FOLLOWER OF THE LAW BEFORE THE SENDING (PROPHET-HOOD) OR NOT?’

الآيات مريم‏ وَ ما نَتَنَزَّلُ إِلَّا بِأَمْرِ رَبِّكَ لَهُ ما بَيْنَ أَيْدِينا وَ ما خَلْفَنا وَ ما بَيْنَ ذلِكَ وَ ما كانَ رَبُّكَ نَسِيًّا

The Verses – (Surah) Maryam^-as: And we (Angels) do not descend except by the Command of your Lord; for Him is what is in front of us and what is behind us and whatever is between that; and your Lord was not forgetful [19:64]

طه‏ وَ لا تَعْجَلْ بِالْقُرْآنِ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يُقْضى‏ إِلَيْكَ وَحْيُهُ وَ قُلْ رَبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْماً

(Surah) Ta Ha: and do not be hasty with the Quran from before its Revelation is Discharged to you, and say: ‘Lord! Increase me in knowledge!’ [20:114]

الفرقان‏ وَ قالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْ لا نُزِّلَ عَلَيْهِ الْقُرْآنُ جُمْلَةً واحِدَةً كَذلِكَ لِنُثَبِّتَ بِهِ فُؤادَكَ وَ رَتَّلْناهُ تَرْتِيلًا

(Surah) Al Furqan: And those who are committing Kufr say, ‘Why wasn’t the Quran Revealed unto him all at once?’ Like that, We Affirmed your heart with it, and We Arranged it (to be Revealed) gradually [25:32]

الشعراء وَ إِنَّهُ لَتَنْزِيلُ رَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ

(Surah) Al Shoara: And surely it is a Revelation from Lord of the Worlds [26:192]

نَزَلَ بِهِ الرُّوحُ الْأَمِينُ

The Trustworthy Spirit descended with it [26:193]

عَلى‏ قَلْبِكَ لِتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُنْذِرِينَ

Upon your heart for you to become from the warners [26:194]

بِلِسانٍ عَرَبِيٍّ مُبِينٍ‏

In clear Arabic language [26:195]

النمل‏ وَ إِنَّكَ لَتُلَقَّى الْقُرْآنَ مِنْ لَدُنْ حَكِيمٍ عَلِيمٍ

(Surah) Al Naml: And you are receiving the Quran from the Presence of All-Wise, All-Knowing [27:6]

‏ حمعسق‏ وَ ما كانَ لِبَشَرٍ أَنْ يُكَلِّمَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَّا وَحْياً أَوْ مِنْ وَراءِ حِجابٍ أَوْ يُرْسِلَ رَسُولًا فَيُوحِيَ بِإِذْنِهِ ما يَشاءُ إِنَّهُ عَلِيٌّ حَكِيمٌ

(Surah) Al Shura: And it was not for a person that Allah Speaks to him except as a Revelation, or from behind a Veil, or He Sends a Rasool, so he reveals by His Permission whatever He so Desires. He is Exalted, Wise [42:51] 

وَ كَذلِكَ أَوْحَيْنا إِلَيْكَ رُوحاً مِنْ أَمْرِنا ما كُنْتَ تَدْرِي مَا الْكِتابُ وَ لَا الْإِيمانُ وَ لكِنْ جَعَلْناهُ نُوراً نَهْدِي بِهِ مَنْ نَشاءُ مِنْ عِبادِنا وَ إِنَّكَ لَتَهْدِي إِلى‏ صِراطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ‏

And like that We Sent down a Spirit unto you from Our Command. You (people) did not know what the Book was, nor the Eman, but We Made it a ‘Noor’ (Light) We Guide with one We so Desire from Our servants; and surely you (Rasool) guide to the Straight Path [42:52]

النجم‏ عَلَّمَهُ شَدِيدُ الْقُوى‏ ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَاسْتَوى‏ إلى قوله‏ أَوْ أَدْنى‏

(Surah) Al Najm: The Mighty of Strength Taught him [53:5] With a seal, so he attained completion [53:6] – up to His^-azwj Words: or nearer [53:9]

القيامة لا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِ لِسانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِ

(Surah) Al Qiyamah: Do not move your tongue with it in order to hasten with it [75:16] 

إِنَّ عَلَيْنا جَمْعَهُ وَ قُرْآنَهُ ‏

Surely, upon Us is its collection and its recitation [75:17]

فَإِذا قَرَأْناهُ فَاتَّبِعْ قُرْآنَهُ

So when we recite it, then follow its recitation [75:18] 

ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنا بَيانَهُ

Then surely, upon Us it is explanation [75:19]

1- عد، العقائد الاعتقاد في نزول الوحي من عند الله عز و جل بالأمر و النهي اعتقادنا في ذلك أن بين عيني إسرافيل لوحا فإذا أراد الله عز و جل أن يتكلم بالوحي ضرب اللوح جبين إسرافيل فينظر فيه فيقرأ ما فيه فيلقيه إلى ميكائيل و يلقيه ميكائيل إلى جبرئيل ع و يلقيه جبرئيل إلى الأنبياء ع

‘Al Aqaid’ – The beliefs regarding the descent of the Revelation from the Presence of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic with the Commands and the Prohibitions – our belief regarding that is that between the eyes of Israfeel^-as there is a Tablet. Whenever Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Wants to Speak with the Revelation, the Tablets strike the forehead of Israfeel^-as, so he^-as looks into it and recites whatever is therein, and casts its to Mikaeel^-as, and Mikaeel^-as casts it to Jibraeel^-as, and Jibraeel^-as casts it to the Prophet^-as.

و أما الغشية التي كانت تأخذ النبي ص حتى يثقل و يعرق فإن ذلك كان يكون‏ منه عند مخاطبة الله عز و جل إياه فأما جبرئيل فإنه كان لا يدخل على النبي ص حتى يستأذنه إكراما له و كان يقعد بين يديه قعدة العبد

And as for the faintness which used to seize the Prophet^-saww until he^-saww was heavy and perspired, so that was happening from him^-saww during Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Addressing him^-saww (directly). As for Jibraeel^-as, he^-as did not come to see the Prophet^-saww until he^-saww Permitted him^-as, as an honouring for him^-saww, and he^-as would be seated in front of him^-saww with the sitting of the slave’’.[1] (P.s. – opinion)

2 عد، العقائد الاعتقاد في نزول القرآن اعتقادنا في ذلك أن القرآن نزل في شهر رمضان في ليلة القدر جملة واحدة إلى البيت المعمور ثم نزل من البيت المعمور في مدة عشرين سنة

‘Al Adad Al Qawiya’ – The beliefs regarding the Revelation of the Quran – Our belief regarding that is that the Quran was Revealed during a Month of Ramazan during the Night of Pre-determination in one go to the Oft-Frequented House (Bayt Al-Mamour). Then it descended from Bayt Al-Mamour during a period of twenty years.

و أن الله تبارك و تعالى أعطى نبيه العلم جملة واحدة ثم قال له‏ وَ لا تَعْجَلْ بِالْقُرْآنِ‏ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يُقْضى‏ إِلَيْكَ وَحْيُهُ‏ و قال عز و جل‏ لا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِ لِسانَكَ لِتَعْجَلَ بِهِ‏ إلى قوله‏ بَيانَهُ‏

And that Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted Gave His^-azwj Prophet^-saww the knowledge, in one go, then Said to him^-saww: ‘and do not be hasty with the Quran from before its Revelation is Discharged to you, [20:114]. And the Mighty and Majestic Said: Do not move your tongue with it in order to hasten with it [75:16] – up to His^-azwj Words: its explanation [75:19]’’.[2] (P.s. – opinion)

3- فس، تفسير القمي‏ وَ ما كانَ لِبَشَرٍ أَنْ يُكَلِّمَهُ اللَّهُ‏ الْآيَةَ قَالَ وَحْيَ مُشَافَهَةٍ وَ وَحْيَ إِلْهَامٍ وَ هُوَ الَّذِي يَقَعُ فِي الْقَلْبِ‏ أَوْ مِنْ وَراءِ حِجابٍ‏ كَمَا كَلَّمَ اللَّهُ نَبِيَّهُ ص وَ كَمَا كَلَّمَ اللَّهُ مُوسَى ع مِنَ النَّارِ أَوْ يُرْسِلَ رَسُولًا فَيُوحِيَ بِإِذْنِهِ ما يَشاءُ قَالَ وَحْيَ مُشَافَهَةٍ يَعْنِي إِلَى النَّاسِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِنَبِيِّهِ ص‏ وَ كَذلِكَ أَوْحَيْنا إِلَيْكَ رُوحاً مِنْ أَمْرِنا ما كُنْتَ تَدْرِي مَا الْكِتابُ وَ لَا الْإِيمانُ‏ قَالَ رُوحُ الْقُدُسِ

هِيَ الَّتِي قَالَ الصَّادِقُ ع فِي قَوْلِهِ‏ وَ يَسْئَلُونَكَ عَنِ الرُّوحِ قُلِ الرُّوحُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّي‏ قَالَ هُوَ مَلَكٌ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ جَبْرَئِيلَ وَ مِيكَائِيلَ كَانَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ هُوَ مَعَ الْأَئِمَّةِ

It is which Al Sadiq^-asws said regarding His^-azwj Words: And they are asking you about the Spirit. Say: ‘The Spirit is from a Command of my Lord, [17:85]. He^-asws said: ‘It is an Angel greater than Jibraeel^-as and Mikaeel^-as. It was with Rasool-Allah^-saww, and it is with the Imams^-asws’’.[3]

4- ب، قرب الإسناد الْيَقْطِينِيُّ عَنِ الْقَدَّاحِ عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ع قَالَ: احْتَبَسَ الْوَحْيُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ص فَقِيلَ احْتَبَسَ عَنْكَ الْوَحْيُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ كَيْفَ لَا يَحْتَبِسُ عَنِّي الْوَحْيُ وَ أَنْتُمْ لَا تُقَلِّمُونَ أَظْفَارَكُمْ وَ لَا تُنَقُّونَ‏ رَوَائِحَكُمْ‏

‘Qurb Al Isnaad’ – Al Yaqteeny, from Al Qadah,

‘From Ja’far^-asws, from his^-asws father^-asws having said: ‘The Revelation was withheld from the Prophet^-saww and it was said, ‘The Revelation has been Withheld from you^-saww, O Rasool-Allah^-saww?’ Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘And how can the Revelation not be Withheld from me^-saww and you all are neither clipping your nails nor are you cleaning your odours’’.[4]

5- ع، علل الشرائع ابْنُ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ‏ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ جُمَيْعٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ جَبْرَئِيلُ إِذَا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ص قَعَدَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ قِعْدَةَ الْعَبْدِ وَ كَانَ لَا يَدْخُلُ حَتَّى يَسْتَأْذِنَهُ‏

‘Ilal Al Sharaih’ – Ibn Al Barqy, from his father, from his grandfather, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Amro Bin Jamie,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Whenever Jibraeel^-as used to come to the Prophet^-saww, would be seated in front of him^-saww the sitting of the slave, and he^-as would not enter until he^-saww permitted him^-as’’.[5]

6- يد، التوحيد أَبِي عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ هَاشِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجْرَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَ الْفَضْلِ ابْنَيْ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَشْعَرِيَّيْنِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ص جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ الْغَشْيَةُ الَّتِي كَانَتْ تُصِيبُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص إِذَا نَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْوَحْيُ

‘Al Tawheed’ – My father, from Sa’ad, from Ibn Hashim, from Ibn Abu Najran, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Ibrahim and Al Fazl, two sons of Muhammad Al Shariyayn, from Ubeyd Bin Zurara, from his father who said,

‘I said to Abu Abdullah^-asws, ‘May I be sacrificed for you^-asws! (Tell me about) The faintness which used to hit Rasool-Allah^-saww when the Revelation descended unto him^-saww?’

قَالَ فَقَالَ ذَلِكَ‏ إِذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ اللَّهِ أَحَدٌ ذَاكَ إِذَا تَجَلَّى اللَّهُ لَهُ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ تِلْكَ النُّبُوَّةُ يَا زُرَارَةُ وَ أَقْبَلَ يَتَخَشَّعُ‏

He (the narrator) said, ‘He^-asws said: ‘When there did not happen to be anyone (else) between him^-saww and Allah^-azwj, that is when Allah^-azwj Manifests Himself^-azwj to him^-saww. Then he^-asws said: ‘That is the Prophet-hood, O Zurara, and he^-saww accepted humbly (the Commands during the Revelations).[6]

7- يد، التوحيد ابْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبَانٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْفَرَّاءِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: مَا عَلِمَ‏ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَنَّ جَبْرَئِيلَ ع مِنْ قِبَلِ اللَّهِ إِلَّا بِالتَّوْفِيقِ

‘Al Tawheed’ – Ibn Al-Waleed, from Ibn Aban, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Abdullah Al Fara’a, from Muhammad Bin Muslim and Muhammad Bin Marwan,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww did not know that Jibraeel^-as was from the direction of Allah^-azwj except by the inclination (Tawfeeq)’’.[7]

8- يد، التوحيد ج، الإحتجاج‏ فِيمَا أَجَابَ بِهِ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع عَنْ أَسْئِلَةِ الزِّنْدِيقِ الْمُدَّعِي لِلتَّنَاقُضِ فِي الْقُرْآنِ قَالَ ع وَ أَمَّا قَوْلُهُ‏ وَ ما كانَ لِبَشَرٍ أَنْ يُكَلِّمَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَّا وَحْياً أَوْ مِنْ وَراءِ حِجابٍ أَوْ يُرْسِلَ رَسُولًا فَيُوحِيَ بِإِذْنِهِ ما يَشاءُ وَ قَوْلُهُ‏ وَ كَلَّمَ اللَّهُ مُوسى‏ تَكْلِيماً وَ قَوْلُهُ‏ وَ ناداهُما رَبُّهُما وَ قَوْلُهُ‏ يا آدَمُ اسْكُنْ أَنْتَ وَ زَوْجُكَ الْجَنَّةَ

‘Al Tawheed’, ‘Al Ihtijaj’ – Among what Amir Al-Momineen^-asws answered with about the questions of the atheist, the claimant of the contradictions in the Quran, he^-asws said: ‘And as for His^-azwj Words: And it was not for a person that Allah Speaks to him except as a Revelation, or from behind a Veil, or He Sends a Rasool, so he reveals by His Permission whatever He so Desires. [42:51]; and His^-azwj Words: and Allah Spoke to Musa in a conversation [4:164]; and His^-azwj Words: and their Lord Called out to them [7:22]; and His^-azwj Words: And We said: O Adam! You and your wife dwell in the Garden [2:35].

فَأَمَّا قَوْلُهُ‏ ما كانَ لِبَشَرٍ أَنْ يُكَلِّمَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَّا وَحْياً أَوْ مِنْ وَراءِ حِجابٍ‏ مَا يَنْبَغِي‏ لِبَشَرٍ أَنْ يُكَلِّمَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَّا وَحْياً وَ لَيْسَ بِكَائِنٍ إِلَّا مِنْ وَرَاءِ حِجَابٍ‏ أَوْ يُرْسِلَ رَسُولًا فَيُوحِيَ بِإِذْنِهِ ما يَشاءُ ‏

As for His^-azwj Words: And it was not for a person that Allah Speaks to him except as a Revelation, or from behind a Veil [42:51], it is not befitting for a mortal that Allah^-azwj Speaks to him except as Revelation, and it does not happen except from behind a Veil, or He Sends a Rasool, so he reveals by His Permission whatever He so Desires [42:51].

كَذَلِكَ‏ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى عُلُوّاً كَبِيراً قَدْ كَانَ الرَّسُولُ يُوحَى إِلَيْهِ مِنْ رُسُلِ السَّمَاءِ فَتُبَلِّغُ رُسُلُ السَّمَاءِ رُسُلَ الْأَرْضِ وَ قَدْ كَانَ الْكَلَامُ بَيْنَ رُسُلِ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ وَ بَيْنَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يُرْسِلَ بِالْكَلَامِ مَعَ رُسُلِ أَهْلِ السَّمَاءِ

Like that Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted, Lofty, Great, Said so. There have been the Rasools^-as being Revealed to from the Rasools (Angels) of the sky. The Rasools of the sky deliver to the Rasools^-as of the earth. And there has been the speech between the Rasools^-as of the earth and Him^-azwj from without the Speech having been Sent with the Messengers of inhabitants of the sky.

وَ قَدْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ هَلْ رَأَيْتَ رَبَّكَ فَقَالَ جَبْرَئِيلُ إِنَّ رَبِّي لَا يُرَى فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مِنْ أَيْنَ تَأْخُذُ الْوَحْيَ فَقَالَ آخُذُهُ مِنْ إِسْرَافِيلَ

And Rasool-Allah^-saww had said: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! Have you^-as seen your^-as Lord^-azwj?’ He^-as said: ‘My^-as Lord^-azwj cannot be seen’. Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘From where do you^-as take the Revelation?’ He^-as said: ‘I^-as take it from Israfeel^-as’.

فَقَالَ وَ مِنْ أَيْنَ يَأْخُذُهُ إِسْرَافِيلُ قَالَ يَأْخُذُهُ مِنْ مَلَكٍ فَوْقَهُ مِنَ الرُّوحَانِيِّينَ قَالَ فَمِنْ أَيْنَ يَأْخُذُهُ ذَلِكَ الْمَلَكُ قَالَ يَقْذِفُ فِي قَلْبِهِ قَذْفاً

He^-saww said: ‘And from who does Israfeel^-as take?’ He^-as said: ‘He^-as takes it from an Angel above him^-as, from the spiritual ones’. He^-saww said: ‘From where does that Angel take?’ He^-as said: ‘It is cast into his heart by a casting.

فَهَذَا وَحْيٌ وَ هُوَ كَلَامُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ كَلَامُ اللَّهِ لَيْسَ بِنَحْوٍ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُ مَا كَلَّمَ اللَّهُ بِهِ الرُّسُلَ وَ مِنْهُ مَا قَذَفَهُ فِي قُلُوبِهِمْ وَ مِنْهُ رُؤْيَا يُرِيهَا الرُّسُلَ وَ مِنْهُ وَحْيٌ وَ تَنْزِيلٌ يُتْلَى وَ يُقْرَأُ فَهُوَ كَلَامُ اللَّهِ‏

This is a Revelation, and it is the Speech of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic. And the Speech of Allah^-azwj isn’t by one method. From it is what Allah^-azwj Speaks to the Rasools^-as with, and from it is what He^-azwj Casts into their^-as hearts, from it is a dream He^-azwj Shows to the Rasools^-as, and from it is a Revelation Sent down being recited and read out. It is the Speech of Allah^-azwj.

فَاكْتَفِ بِمَا وَصَفْتُ لَكَ مِنْ كَلَامِ اللَّهِ فَإِنَّ مَعْنَى كَلَامِ اللَّهِ لَيْسَ بِنَحْوٍ وَاحِدٍ فَإِنَّهُ‏ مِنْهُ مَا تَبْلُغُ مِنْهُ رُسُلُ السَّمَاءِ رُسُلَ الْأَرْضِ قَالَ فَرَّجْتَ عَنِّي فَرَّجَ اللَّهُ عَنْكَ وَ حَلَلْتَ عَنِّي عُقْدَةً فَعَظَّمَ اللَّهُ أَمْرَكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ‏

Therefore, suffice with what I^-asws describe to you from the Speech of Allah^-azwj, for the meaning of the Speech of Allah^-azwj is not by one method. From it is what the Rasools of the sky deliver to the Rasools^-as of the earth’. He said, ‘You have relieved from me, may Allah^-azwj Relieve you^-asws, and you^-asws have loosened a know from me. May Allah^-azwj Magnify your^-asws affairs, O Amir Al-Momineen^-asws’’.[8]

9- فس، تفسير القمي أَبِي عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ النَّضْرِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شِمْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: قَالَ جَبْرَئِيلُ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فِي وَصْفِ إِسْرَافِيلَ هَذَا حَاجِبُ الرَّبِّ وَ أَقْرَبُ خَلْقِ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ وَ اللَّوْحُ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ مِنْ يَاقُوتَةٍ حَمْرَاءَ فَإِذَا تَكَلَّمَ الرَّبُّ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى بِالْوَحْيِ ضَرَبَ اللَّوْحُ جَبِينَهُ فَنَظَرَ فِيهِ ثُمَّ أَلْقَى إِلَيْنَا نَسْعَى‏ بِهِ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ

‘Tafseer Al-Qummi’ – My father, from Ahmad Bin Al Nazar, from Amro Bin Shimr, from Jabir,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘Jibraeel^-as said to Rasool-Allah^-saww in description of Israfeel^-as: ‘This is a guard of the Lord^-azwj and the closest of the creatures from Him^-azwj, and the Tablet is between his^-as eyes, being of red ruby. When the Lord^-azwj Blessed and Exalted Speaks with the Revelation, the Tablet strikes his^-as forehead, so he^-as looks into it. Then he^-as casts it to us. We sprint with it in the skies and the earth.

إِنَّهُ لَأَدْنَى خَلْقِ الرَّحْمَنِ مِنْهُ وَ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَهُ تِسْعُونَ‏ حِجَاباً مِنْ نُورٍ يَقْطَعُ دُونَهَا الْأَبْصَارُ مَا يُعَدُّ وَ لَا يُوصَفُ وَ إِنِّي لَأَقْرَبُ الْخَلْقِ مِنْهُ وَ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَهُ مَسِيرَةُ أَلْفِ عَامٍ‏

He^-as is the closest of the creatures from the Beneficent, and between him^-as and Him^-azwj there are ninety Veils of Light. The sights are cut off below these what can neither be counted nor described, and I^-as am the closest of the creatures from him^-as, and between me^-as and him^-as there is a travel distance of a thousand years’’.[9]

10- فس، تفسير القمي‏ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فِي قَوْلِهِ‏ بَلْ هُوَ قُرْآنٌ مَجِيدٌ فِي لَوْحٍ مَحْفُوظٍ قَالَ اللَّوْحُ الْمَحْفُوظُ لَهُ طَرَفَانِ طَرَفٌ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ‏ وَ طَرَفٌ عَلَى جَبْهَةِ إِسْرَافِيلَ فَإِذَا تَكَلَّمَ الرَّبُّ جَلَّ ذِكْرُهُ بِالْوَحْيِ ضَرَبَ اللَّوْحُ جَبِينَ إِسْرَافِيلَ فَنَظَرَ فِي اللَّوْحِ فَيُوحِي بِمَا فِي اللَّوْحِ إِلَى جَبْرَئِيلَ ع

‘Tafseer Al-Qummi’ – Ali Bin Ibrahim said regarding His^-azwj Words: But! It is a Glorious Quran [85:21] In a Guarded Tablet [85:22]. He said, ‘The Guarded Tablet as two ends for it – an end upon the Throne and an end upon the forehead of Israfeel^-as. Whenever the Lord^-azwj, Majesti is His^-azwj Throne, the Tablet strikes the forehead of Israfeel^-as. He^-as looks into the Tablet and reveals to Jibraeel^-as with what is in the Tablet’. (opinion)[10]

11- فس، تفسير القمي فِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي الْجَارُودِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع‏ فِي قَوْلِهِ‏ حَتَّى إِذا فُزِّعَ عَنْ قُلُوبِهِمْ قالُوا ما ذا قالَ رَبُّكُمْ قالُوا الْحَقَّ وَ هُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْكَبِيرُ وَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ أَهْلَ السَّمَاوَاتِ لَمْ يَسْمَعُوا وَحْياً فِيمَا بَيْنَ أَنْ بُعِثَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ ع إِلَى أَنْ بُعِثَ مُحَمَّدٌ ص

‘Tafseer Al-Qummi’ – In a report of Abu Al Jaroud,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws regarding His^-azwj Words: until when there is panic from their hearts, they say, ‘What is that which your Lord Said?’ They say: ‘The Truth. And He is the Exalted, the Great’ [34:23]: ‘And that is, that the inhabitants of the skies did not hear a Revelation during what is between the Sending of Isa^-as Bin Maryam^-as until the Sending of Muhammad^-saww.

فَلَمَّا بَعَثَ اللَّهُ جَبْرَئِيلَ إِلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ص سَمِعَ أَهْلُ السَّمَاوَاتِ صَوْتَ وَحْيِ الْقُرْآنِ كَوَقْعِ الْحَدِيدِ عَلَى الصَّفَا فَصَعِقَ أَهْلُ السَّمَاوَاتِ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنَ الْوَحْيِ انْحَدَرَ جَبْرَئِيلُ كُلَّمَا مَرَّ بِأَهْلِ السَّمَاءِ فُزِّعَ عَنْ قُلُوبِهِمْ يَقُولُ كُشِفَ عَنْ قُلُوبِهِمْ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ مَا ذَا قَالَ رَبُّكُمْ قَالُوا الْحَقَّ وَ هُوَ الْعَلِيُّ الْكَبِيرُ

When Allah^-azwj Sent Jibraeel^-as to Rasool-Allah^-saww, the inhabitants of the sky heard the sound of Revelation of the Quran like the occurrence of the iron upon Al-Safa. The inhabitants of the sky were stunned. When Jibraeel^-as was free from (delivering) the Revelation, every time he^-as passed by the inhabitants of the sky, there was panic from their hearts, he^-as was saying: ‘Uncover from your hearts’. So some of them said to the others, ‘What is that which your Lord Said?’ They say: ‘The Truth. And He is the Exalted, the Great’ [34:23]’’.[11]

12- ك، إكمال الدين‏ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص كَانَ يَكُونُ بَيْنَ أَصْحَابِهِ فَيُغْمَى عَلَيْهِ وَ هُوَ يَتَصَابُّ عَرَقاً فَإِذَا أَفَاقَ قَالَ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ كَذَا وَ كَذَا وَ أَمَرَكُمْ بِكَذَا وَ نَهَاكُمْ عَنْ كَذَا وَ أَكْثَرُ مُخَالِفِينَا يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ ذَلِكَ كَانَ يَكُونُ عِنْدَ نُزُولِ جَبْرَئِيلَ ع

‘Ikmal Al Deen’ – The Prophet^-saww would happen to be among his^-saww companions, and there would be faintness upon him^-asws and he^-saww would be hit by perspiration. When he^-saww would wake up, he^-saww would say: ‘Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said such and such, and has Commanded you all with such and such, and Forbidden you from such and such’; and most of the adversaries (from non-Shia sources) are saying that it tended to happen during the descent of Jibraeel^-as unto him^-saww.

فَسُئِلَ الصَّادِقُ ع عَنِ الْغَشْيَةِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ تَأْخُذُ النَّبِيَّ ص أَ كَانَتْ تَكُونُ عِنْدَ هُبُوطِ جَبْرَئِيلَ فَقَالَ لَا إِنَّ جَبْرَئِيلَ ع إِذَا أَتَى‏ النَّبِيَّ ص لَمْ يَدْخُلْ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى يَسْتَأْذِنَهُ فَإِذَا دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ قَعَدَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ قِعْدَةَ الْعَبْدِ وَ إِنَّمَا ذَلِكَ عِنْدَ مُخَاطَبَةِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِيَّاهُ بِغَيْرِ تَرْجُمَانٍ وَ وَاسِطَةٍ

Al-Sadiq^-asws was asked about the fainting which used to seize the Prophet^-saww, ‘Was it happening during the descent of Jibraeel^-as?’ He^-asws said: ‘No. Jibraeel^-as, when he^-as came to the Prophet^-saww, would not enter to see him^-saww until he^-saww permitted him^-as. So, when he^-as did enter to see him^-saww, he would be seated in front of him^-saww as a slave; and rather that (fainting) was during Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Addressing him^-saww, without there being an interpreter or intermediary.^[12]

13- قب، المناقب لابن شهرآشوب‏ وَ أَمَّا كَيْفِيَّةُ نُزُولِ الْوَحْيِ فَقَدْ سَأَلَهُ الْحَارِثُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ كَيْفَ يَأْتِيكَ الْوَحْيُ فَقَالَ أَحْيَاناً يَأْتِينِي مِثْلُ صَلْصَلَةِ الْجَرَسِ وَ هُوَ أَشُدُّهُ عَلَيَّ فَيَفْصِمُ عَنِّي فَقَدْ وَعَيْتُ مَا قَالَ وَ أَحْيَاناً يَتَمَثَّلُ لِيَ الْمَلَكُ رَجُلًا فَيُكَلِّمُنِي فَأَعِي مَا يَقُولُ

‘Qurb Al Isnaad’ – And as for the state of the descent of the Revelation, so Al-Haris Bin Hisham had asked him^-saww, ‘How does the Revelation come to you^-saww?’ He^-saww said: ‘Sometimes it comes to me^-saww like the ringing of the bell, and it is the severest of it upon me^-saww, and breaks away from me^-saww, and I^-saww would have retained whatever was Said; and sometimes the Angels resembles to me^-saww like a man and speaks to me^-saww, and I^-saww retain whatever he said’.

وَ رُوِيَ‏ أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا نَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْوَحْيُ يُسْمَعُ عِنْدَ وَجْهِهِ دَوِيٌّ كَدَوِيِّ النَّحْلِ

And it is reported that when the Revelation descended unto him^-saww, he^-saww heard it in its direction a buzzing (sound) like the buzzing of the bees.

وَ رُوِيَ‏ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَنْزِلُ عَلَيْهِ الْوَحْيُ فِي الْيَوْمِ الشَّدِيدِ الْبَرْدِ فَيَفْصِمُ عَنْهُ وَ إِنَّ جَبِينَهُ لَيَنْفَصِدُ عَرَقاً

And it is reported that when the Revelation descended unto him^-saww during the severely cold day, it would deafen him^-saww and that his^-saww forehead would burst out in perspiration.

وَ رُوِيَ‏ أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا نَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ‏ كُرِبَ لِذَلِكَ وَ يَرْبَدُّ وَجْهُهُ وَ نَكَسَ رَأْسَهُ وَ نَكَسَ أَصْحَابُهُ رُءُوسَهُمْ مِنْهُ وَ مِنْهُ يُقَالُ بُرَحَاءُ الْوَحْيِ

And it is reported that when it descended unto him^-saww, he^-saww looked worried at that and his^-as face became cold, and he^-saww lowered his^-saww head and his^-saww companions lowered their heads from him^-saww. It is said, ‘Due to the trauma of the Revelation’.

قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ‏ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ص إِذَا نَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْقُرْآنُ تَلَقَّاهُ بِلِسَانِهِ وَ شَفَتَيْهِ كَانَ يُعَالِجُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شِدَّةً فَنَزَلَ‏ لا تُحَرِّكْ بِهِ لِسانَكَ‏ وَ كَانَ إِذَا نَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ الْوَحْيُ وَجَدَ مِنْهُ أَلَماً شَدِيداً وَ يَتَصَدَّعُ رَأْسُهُ وَ يَجِدُ ثِقْلًا قَوْلُهُ‏ إِنَّا سَنُلْقِي عَلَيْكَ قَوْلًا ثَقِيلًا

Ibn Abbas said, ‘The Prophet^-saww, when the Quran descended unto him^-saww, received it by his^-saww tongue and his^-saww lips. He^-saww would be treated from that difficulty. So, it was Revealed: Do not move your tongue with it [75:16]. And when the Revelation descended unto him^-saww, he^-saww would find severe pain from it, and his^-saww head would hurt, and he^-saww would find heaviness. His^-azwj Words: We will soon be casting upon you a weighty Word [73:5]. 

وَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَّهُ نَزَلَ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص سِتِّينَ أَلْفَ مَرَّةٍ

And I heard that Jibraeel^-as descended unto Rasool-Allah^-saww sixty thousand times’’.[13]

14- شي، تفسير العياشي عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏ فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ‏ حَتَّى إِذَا اسْتَيْأَسَ الرُّسُلُ وَ ظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ كُذِبُوا مُخَفَّفَةً قَالَ ظَنَّتِ الرُّسُلُ أَنَّ الشَّيَاطِينَ تَمَثَّلَ لَهُمْ عَلَى صُورَةِ الْمَلَائِكَةِ

‘Tafseer Al-Ayyashi’ – From Abu Baseer,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws regarding the Words of Allah^-azwj: Until when the Rasools despaired (from the people) and they (people) thought that they had lied [12:110]. He^-asws said: ‘The Rasools^-as thought that the Satan^-la might resemble to them^-as upon the image of the Angels’’.[14]

15- وَ عَنْ أَبِي شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: وَكَلَهُمُ اللَّهُ إِلَى أَنْفُسِهِمْ أَقَلَّ مِنْ طَرْفَةِ عَيْنٍ

And from Shuayb,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Allah^-azwj Allocated them to themselves for less than the blink of an eye’’.[15]

16- شي، تفسير العياشي عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع كَيْفَ لَمْ يَخَفْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فِيمَا يَأْتِيهِ مِنْ قِبَلِ اللَّهِ أَنْ يَكُونَ ذَلِكَ مِمَّا يَنْزِغُ بِهِ الشَّيْطَانُ

‘Tafseer Al-Ayyashi’ – From Zurara who said,

‘I said to Abu Abdullah^-asws, ‘How come Rasool-Allah^-saww did not fear regarding what came to him^-saww from the direction of Allah^-azwj, that it might happen to be from what the Satan^-la had sown with?’

قَالَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ إِذَا اتَّخَذَ عَبْداً رَسُولًا أَنْزَلَ عَلَيْهِ السَّكِينَةَ وَ الْوَقَارَ فَكَانَ يَأْتِيهِ مِنْ قِبَلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مِثْلُ الَّذِي يَرَاهُ بِعَيْنِهِ‏

He (the narrator) said, ‘He^-asws said: ‘When Allah^-azwj Takes a servant as a Rasool^-saww, Sends down the tranquillity and the dignity upon him^-saww, so it used to come to him^-saww from the direction of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic like that which he^-saww would see with his^-saww eyes’’.[16]

17- كا، الكافي عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ وَ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: فِي الْمُسْتَحَاضَةِ تَأْتِي مَقَامَ‏ جَبْرَئِيلَ ع وَ هُوَ تَحْتَ الْمِيزَابِ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ مَكَانَهُ إِذَا اسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَى نَبِيِّ اللَّهِ ص

‘Al Kafi’ – Ali, from his father, and Muhammad Bin Ismail from Al Fazl, from Safwan, and Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Muawiya Bin Amaar,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘The woman of post-period bleeding should come to the place of Jibraeel^-as and it is beneath the spout, for it was his^-as place whenever he^-as sought permission to see the Prophet^-saww.[17]

18- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنِ ابْنِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ قَالَ: حَاضَتْ صَاحِبَتِي وَ أَنَا بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَذَكَرْتُ‏ ذَلِكَ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَقَالَ مُرْهَا فَلْتَغْتَسِلْ وَ لْتَأْتِ مَقَامَ جَبْرَئِيلَ فَإِنَّ جَبْرَئِيلَ كَانَ يَجِي‏ءُ فَيَسْتَأْذِنُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ إِنْ كَانَ عَلَى حَالٍ لَا يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يَأْذَنَ لَهُ قَامَ فِي مَكَانِهِ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ إِلَيْهِ وَ إِنْ أَذِنَ لَهُ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ

‘Al Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from the one who mentioned, from Ibn Bakeyr, from Umar Bin Yazeed who said,

‘My female companion menstruated and I was in Al-Medina, and it was the time for our cameleers and the time of our arising and exiting, before she was pure, and had not gone near the Masjid, nor the grave (of Rasool-Allah^-saww) nor the Pulpit. We mentioned that to Abu Abdullah^-asws, and he^-asws said: ‘Instruct her, so let her wash, and go to the place of Jibraeel^-as, for Jibraeel^-as used to come and he^-as would seek permission to Rasool-Allah^-saww. And he^-saww was upon a state which was not befitting for him^-saww to grant him^-as permission, he^-as would stand by in his^-as place until he^-saww would come out to him^-as, and if granted him^-as permission, he^-as would go to him^-saww’.

فَقُلْتُ وَ أَيْنَ الْمَكَانُ قَالَ حِيَالَ الْمِيزَابِ الَّذِي إِذَا أَخْرَجْتَ مِنَ الْبَابِ الَّذِي يُقَالُ لَهُ بَابُ فَاطِمَةَ بِحِذَاءِ الْقَبْرِ إِذَا رَفَعْتَ رَأْسَكَ بِحِذَاءِ الْمِيزَابِ وَ الْمِيزَابُ فَوْقَ رَأْسِكَ وَ الْبَابُ مِنْ وَرَاءِ ظَهْرِكَ الْخَبَرَ

I said, ‘And where is the place?’ He^-asws said: ‘It is by the water sprout which, when you come out from the door which is called the door of (Syeda) Fatima^-asws, parallel to the grave (of Rasool-Allah^-saww), when you raise your head parallel to the water sprout, and the water sprout is above your head, and the door is behind your back’ – the Hadeeth’.[18]

19- ع، علل الشرائع الطَّالَقَانِيُّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ الْمَادَرَائِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ غَانِمِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ السَّعْدِيِّ عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْمَكِّيِّ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ع قَالَ: مَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى كِتَاباً وَ لَا وَحْياً إِلَّا بِالْعَرَبِيَّةِ فَكَانَ يَقَعُ فِي مَسَامِعِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ بِأَلْسِنَةِ قَوْمِهِمْ وَ كَانَ يَقَعُ فِي مَسَامِعِ نَبِيِّنَا ص بِالْعَرَبِيَّةِ ‏

‘Ilal Al Sharaie’ – Al Talaqany, from Ahmad Bin Is’haq Al Madaraie, from Abu Qalaba Abdul Malik Bin Muhammad, from Ghanim Bin Al Hasan Al Sa’ady, from Muslim Bin Khalid Al Makky,

‘From Ja’far Bin Muhammad^-asws, from his^-asws father^-asws having said: ‘Allah^-azwj neither Revealed any Book nor any Revelation except in Arabic, and it used to occur in the hearing of the Prophets^-as in the language of their people, and it used to occur in the hearing of our Prophet^-saww in Arabic.

فَإِذَا كَلَّمَ بِهِ قَوْمَهُ كَلَّمَهُمْ بِالْعَرَبِيَّةِ فَيَقَعُ فِي مَسَامِعِهِمْ بِلِسَانِهِمْ وَ كَانَ أَحَدٌ لَا يُخَاطِبُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص بِأَيِّ لِسَانٍ خَاطَبَهُ إِلَّا وَقَعَ فِي مَسَامِعِهِ بِالْعَرَبِيَّةِ كُلُّ ذَلِكَ يُتَرْجِمُ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع لَهُ وَ عَنْهُ تَشْرِيفاً مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَهُ ص

Whenever he^-saww spoke to his^-saww people in Arabic, it occurred in their hearing in their languages, and no one addressed Rasool-Allah^-saww in any language he addressed with, except it occurred in his^-saww hearing in Arabic. All that was translated by Jibraeel^-as to him^-saww and from him^-saww as an honour from Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic to him^-saww’’.[19]

20- أَقُولُ قَالَ فِي الْمُنْتَقَى، كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ص إِذَا غَشِيَهُ الْوَحْيُ ثَقُلَ عَلَى جِسْمِهِ مَا غَشِيَهُ مِنْ أَمْرِ اللَّهِ

I (Majlisi) am saying, ‘He (the author) said in (the book) ‘Al-Mantaqa’ – ‘The Prophet^-saww, when the Revelation overwhelmed him^-saww, it was heavy upon his^-saww body what had overwhelmed him^-saww from the Command of Allah^-azwj’.

وَ فِي الْحَدِيثِ الْمَقْبُولِ أَنَّهُ ص أُوحِيَ إِلَيْهِ وَ هُوَ عَلَى نَاقَتِهِ فَبَرَكَتْ وَ وَضَعَتْ جِرَانَهَا بِالْأَرْضِ فَمَا تَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ تَتَحَرَّكَ وَ أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ كَانَ يَكْتُبُ لِلنَّبِيِّ ص‏ لا يَسْتَوِي‏الْقاعِدُونَ‏ الْآيَةَ وَ فَخِذُ النَّبِيِّ ص عَلَى فَخِذِ عُثْمَانَ فَجَاءَ ابْنُ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ بِي مِنَ الْعُذْرِ مَا تَرَى

And in the accepted Hadeeth – ‘It was Revealed to him^-saww while he^-saww was upon his^-saww camel, and it knelt and placed its knees on the ground and it was not able to move; and Usman wrote to the Prophet^-saww, They are not equal, the ones from the Momineen sitting back [4:95] – the Verse, and the Prophet^-saww placed his^-saww thigh upon the thigh of Usman. Ibn Umm Maktoum came and said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! There is an excuse with what you^-saww see’.

فَغَشِيَهُ الْوَحْيُ فَثَقُلَتْ فَخِذُهُ عَلَى فَخِذِ عُثْمَانَ حَتَّى قَالَ خَشِيتُ أَنْ تَرُضَّهَا فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ‏ غَيْرُ أُولِي الضَّرَرِ

The Revelation overwhelmed him^-saww and his^-saww thigh became heavier upon the thigh of Usman until he said, ‘I feared that it might break, and Allah^-azwj the Glorious Revealed: apart from the ones with injuries [4:95]’.

وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ أَبِي أَرْوَى الدَّوْسِيِّ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ الْوَحْيَ يَنْزِلُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ أَنَّهُ ص عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ فَتَرْغُو وَ تَنْقُلُ يَدَيْهَا حَتَّى أَظُنَّ أَنَّ ذِرَاعَهَا يَنْفَصِمُ فَرُبَّمَا بَرَكَتْ وَ رُبَّمَا قَامَتْ مُؤَتِّدَةً يَدَيْهَا حَتَّى تَسْرِيَ عَنْهُ مِنْ ثِقَلِ الْوَحْيِ وَ إِنَّهُ لَيَنْحَدِرُ مِنْهُ مِثْلُ الْجُمَانِ‏

And it is reported from Abu Arwa Al Dowsy who said,

‘I saw the Revelation descend unto Rasool-Allah^-saww and he^-saww was upon his^-saww ride. It made a noise and twisted its hands (forelegs) until I thought that its forearms were inseparable. Sometimes it knelt and sometimes it would stand affirming its hands until the weight of the Revelation went away from him^-saww, and it (sweat) descended from him^-saww like the pearls’’.[20]

21- كا، الكافي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ عِلْمِ الْإِمَامِ بِمَا فِي أَقْطَارِ الْأَرْضِ وَ هُوَ فِي بَيْتِهِ مُرْخًى عَلَيْهِ سِتْرُهُ

‘Al Kafi’ – Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Al Moalla Bin Muhammad, from Abdullah Bin Idrees, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Al Mufazzal Bin Umar,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws, said, ‘I asked him^-asws about the knowledge of the Imam^-asws of whatever is in the horizons of the earth while he^-asws is in his^-asws house, ‘Is his^-asws veil relaxed upon him^-asws?’

فَقَالَ يَا مُفَضَّلُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى جَعَلَ فِي النَّبِيِّ ص خَمْسَةَ أَرْوَاحٍ رُوحَ الْحَيَاةِ فَبِهِ دَبَّ وَ دَرَجَ‏ وَ رُوحَ الْقُوَّةِ فَبِهِ نَهَضَ وَ جَاهَدَ وَ رُوحَ الشَّهْوَةِ فَبِهِ أَكَلَ وَ شَرِبَ وَ أَتَى النِّسَاءَ مِنَ الْحَلَالِ وَ رُوحَ الْإِيمَانِ فَبِهِ آمَنَ وَ عَدَلَ وَ رُوحَ الْقُدُسِ فَبِهِ حَمَلَ النُّبُوَّةَ

He^-asws said: ‘O Mufazzal! Allah^-azwj Blessed and High Made five spirits to be within the Prophet^-saww – the spirit of life and by it he^-saww experienced and moved around, and the spirit of strength and by it he^-saww arose and strived, and the spirit of desire and by it he^-saww ate and drank and went to the women from the Permissible ones, and the spirit of Eman and by it he^-saww believed and was just; and the Holy Spirit, and by it he^-saww bore the Prophet-hood.

فَإِذَا قُبِضَ النَّبِيُّ ص انْتَقَلَ رُوحُ الْقُدُسِ فَصَارَ إِلَى الْإِمَامِ وَ رُوحُ الْقُدُسِ لَا يَنَامُ وَ لَا يَغْفُلُ وَ لَا يَلْهُو وَ لَا يَزْهُو وَ الْأَرْبَعَةُ الْأَرْوَاحِ تَنَامُ وَ تَغْفُلُ وَ تَلْهُو وَ تَزْهُو وَ رُوحُ الْقُدُسِ كَانَ يَرَى بِهِ‏

When the Prophet^-saww passed away, the Holy Spirit transferred and came to be to the Imam^-asws. And the Holy Spirit neither sleeps, nor works, nor plays, nor (indulges in) vanities. And the (other) four spirits sleep, and work, and (indulge in) vanities, and play. And the Holy Spirit is such, one can see (the unseen) with it’’.[21]

22- كا، الكافي عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الصَّبَّاحِ الْكِنَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى‏ وَ كَذلِكَ أَوْحَيْنا إِلَيْكَ رُوحاً مِنْ أَمْرِنا ما كُنْتَ تَدْرِي مَا الْكِتابُ وَ لَا الْإِيمانُ‏ قَالَ خَلْقٌ مِنْ خَلْقِ اللَّهِ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ جَبْرَئِيلَ وَ مِيكَائِيلَ كَانَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص يُخْبِرُهُ وَ يُسَدِّدُهُ وَ هُوَ مَعَ الْأَئِمَّةِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ‏

‘Al Kafi’ – A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Al Nazar Bin Suweyd, from Yahya Al Halby, from Abu Al Sabah Al Kanany, from Abu Baseer who said,

‘I asked Abu Abdullah^-asws about the Words of Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted: He^-asws said: ‘A Creature from the creatures of Allah^-azwj, greater than Jibraeel^-as and Mikaeel^-as. It was with Rasool-Allah^-saww, informed him^-saww and protected him^-saww, and it is with the Imams^-asws after him^-saww’’.[22]

23- كا، الكافي عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ يَسْئَلُونَكَ عَنِ الرُّوحِ قُلِ الرُّوحُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّي‏ قَالَ خَلْقٌ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ جَبْرَئِيلَ وَ مِيكَائِيلَ كَانَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ هُوَ مَعَ الْأَئِمَّةِ وَ هُوَ مِنَ الْمَلَكُوتِ‏

‘Al Kafi’ – Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from yunus, from Ibn Muskan, from Abu Baseer who said,

‘I asked Abu Abdullah^-asws about the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: And they are asking you about the Spirit. Say: ‘The Spirit is from the Commands of my Lord [17:85]. He^-asws said: ‘A creature more magnificent than Jibraeel^-as and Mikaeel^-as. It was with Rasool-Allah^-saww and it is with the Imams^-asws, and it is from the Dominion (of Allah^-azwj)’’.[23]

24- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنْ أَسْبَاطِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ قَالَ: سَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ هِيتَ وَ أَنَا حَاضِرٌ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ وَ كَذلِكَ أَوْحَيْنا إِلَيْكَ رُوحاً مِنْ أَمْرِنا فَقَالَ مُنْذُ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ ذَلِكَ الرُّوحَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ مَا صَعِدَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَ إِنَّهُ لَفِينَا

‘Al Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn, from Ali Bin Asbat, from Asbat Bin Salim who said,

‘I asked him^-asws about a man from the People^-asws of the Household and I was present, about the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: And like that We Sent down a Spirit unto you from Our Command. [42:52]. He^-asws said: ‘Since Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Sent down that Spirit unto Muhammad^-saww, has not ascended to the sky, and it is within us^-asws’’.[24]

25- كا، الكافي عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ الْخَزَّازِ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏ يَسْئَلُونَكَ عَنِ الرُّوحِ قُلِ الرُّوحُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّي‏ قَالَ خَلْقٌ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ جَبْرَئِيلَ وَ مِيكَائِيلَ لَمْ يَكُنْ مَعَ أَحَدٍ مِمَّنْ مَضَى غَيْرُ مُحَمَّدٍ ص وَ هُوَ مَعَ الْأَئِمَّةِ يُسَدِّدُهُمْ وَ لَيْسَ كُلُّ مَا طُلِبَ وُجِدَ

‘Al Kafi’ – Ali, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Abu Ayoub Al Khazaz, from Abu Baseer who said,

‘I heard Abu Abdullah^-asws (saying): And they are asking you about the Spirit. Say: ‘The Spirit is from the Commands of my Lord [17:85]. He^-asws said: ‘A creature greater than Jibraeel^-as and Mikaeel^-as. It did not happen to be with anyone from the past ones apart from Muhammad^-saww, and it is with the Imams^-asws, protecting them^-asws, and not all what is sought, is found’’.[25]

26- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنِ الْعِلْمِ أَ هُوَ شَيْ‏ءٌ يَتَعَلَّمُهُ الْعَالِمُ مِنْ أَفْوَاهِ الرِّجَالِ أَمْ فِي الْكِتَابِ عِنْدَكُمْ تَقْرَءُونَهُ فَتَعْلَمُونَ مِنْهُ

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Imran Bin Musa, from Musa Bin Ja’far, from Ali Bin Asbat, from Muhammad Bin Al Fuzayl, from Abu Hamza who said,

‘I asked Abu Abdullah^-asws about the knowledge, ‘Is it a knowledge which the knowledgeable one^-asws learns from the mouths of the men, or is it in the Book with you (Imams^-asws) which you^-asws are reading from, so you^-asws are learning from it?’

قَالَ الْأَمْرُ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَ أَوْجَبُ أَ مَا سَمِعْتَ قَوْلَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ وَ كَذلِكَ أَوْحَيْنا إِلَيْكَ رُوحاً مِنْ أَمْرِنا ما كُنْتَ تَدْرِي مَا الْكِتابُ وَ لَا الْإِيمانُ‏

He^-asws said: ‘The matter is greater than that and more necessary. Have you not heard the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: And like that We Sent down a Spirit unto you from Our Command. You (people) did not know what the Book was, nor the Eman [42:52].?’

ثُمَّ قَالَ أَيَّ شَيْ‏ءٍ يَقُولُ أَصْحَابُكُمْ فِي هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ أَ يُقِرُّونَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ فِي حَالٍ لَا يَدْرِي مَا الْكِتَابُ وَ لَا الْإِيمَانُ فَقُلْتُ لَا أَدْرِي جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ مَا يَقُولُونَ

Then he^-asws said: ‘Which thing are your companions saying regarding this Verse? Are they reading it that he^-saww was in a state of not knowing what the Book (Quran) nor the Eman was?’ I said, ‘I don’t know, may I be sacrificed for you^-asws, what they are saying’.

فَقَالَ بَلَى قَدْ كَانَ فِي حَالٍ لَا يَدْرِي مَا الْكِتَابُ وَ لَا الْإِيمَانُ حَتَّى بَعَثَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ الرُّوحَ الَّتِي ذُكِرَ فِي الْكِتَابِ فَلَمَّا أَوْحَاهَا إِلَيْهِ عَلِمَ بِهِ الْعِلْمَ وَ الْفَهْمَ وَ هِيَ الرُّوحُ الَّتِي يُعْطِيهَا اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مَنْ شَاءَ فَإِذَا أَعْطَاهَا عَبْداً عَلَّمَهُ الْفَهْمَ‏

He^-asws said to me: ‘Yes. He^-saww was in a state where he^-saww did not know what the Book was nor the Eman until Allah^-azwj the Exalted Sent the Spirit Mentioned in the Book. When He^-azwj Revealed to Him^-azwj, he^-saww knew by it the knowledge and the understanding, and it is the Spirit which Allah^-azwj the Exalted Gives to the one whom He^-azwj so Desires to. When He^-azwj does Give it to a servant, He^-azwj Teaches him the understanding’’.[26]

27- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ الْأَحْوَلِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنِ الرَّسُولِ وَ النَّبِيِّ وَ الْمُحَدَّثِ قَالَ الرَّسُولُ الَّذِي يَأْتِيهِ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع قُبُلًا فَيَرَاهُ وَ يُكَلِّمُهُ فَهَذَا الرَّسُولُ وَ أَمَّا النَّبِيُّ فَهُوَ الَّذِي يَرَى فِي مَنَامِهِ نَحْوَ رُؤْيَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ ع وَ نَحْوَ مَا كَانَ رَأَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مِنْ أَسْبَابِ النُّبُوَّةِ قَبْلَ الْوَحْيِ حَتَّى أَتَاهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ بِالرِّسَالَةِ

‘Al Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al-Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Al Ahowl who said,

‘I asked Abu Ja’far^-asws about the Rasool^-as, and the Prophet^-as, and the Muhaddath’. He^-asws said: ‘The Rasool^-as is one to who Jibraeel^-as comes to face to face. He^-as sees him^-as and speaks to him^-as. This is the Rasool^-as. And as for the Nabi, so he^-as is the one who sees in his^-as dream approximate to a dream of Ibrahim^-as and approximately what Rasool-Allah^-saww saw from the reasons of the Prophet-hood before the Revelation, until he^-saww did see Jibraeel^-as from the Presence of Allah^-azwj with the Message.

وَ كَانَ مُحَمَّدٌ ص حِينَ جُمِعَ لَهُ النُّبُوَّةُ وَ جَاءَتْهُ الرِّسَالَةُ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ يَجِيئُهُ بِهَا جَبْرَئِيلُ ع وَ يُكَلِّمُهُ بِهَا قُبُلًا وَ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ مَنْ جُمِعَ لَهُ النُّبُوَّةُ وَيَرَى فِي مَنَامِهِ وَ يَأْتِيهِ الرُّوحُ وَ يُكَلِّمُهُ وَ يُحَدِّثُهُ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَكُونَ يَرَى فِي الْيَقَظَةِ وَ أَمَّا الْمُحَدَّثُ فَهُوَ الَّذِي يُحَدَّثُ فَيَسْمَعُ وَ لَا يُعَايِنُ وَ لَا يَرَى فِي مَنَامِهِ

And it was so that Muhammad^-saww, when the Prophet-hood and the Message was gathered for him^-saww from the Presence of Allah^-azwj, Jibraeel^-as came over to him^-as, and spoke to him^-saww face to face; and from the Prophets^-as is one for whom the Prophet-hood is gathered to, and he^-as sees in his^-as dream, and the Spirit comes over to him^-as, and speaks to him^-as, and discusses with him^-as from without him^-as happening to see it while awake; and as for the Muhaddath, so he^-asws is the one who is narrated to, so he^-asws hears, and does not see (while awake) nor does he^-asws see during his^-asws dream’’.[27]

28- ير، بصائر الدرجات مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ سَعْدَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‏ إِنَّ الرُّوحَ خَلْقٌ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ جَبْرَئِيلَ وَ مِيكَائِيلَ كَانَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص يُسَدِّدُهُ وَ يُرْشِدُهُ وَ هُوَ مَعَ الْأَوْصِيَاءِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ‏

‘Basair Al Darajaat’ – Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan, from Musa Bin Sa’dan, from Abdullah Bin Al Qasim, from Sama’at who said,

‘I heard Abu Abdullah^-asws saying: ‘The Spirit is a creature greater than Jibraeel^-as and Mikaeel^-as. It was with Rasool-Allah^-saww, protecting him^-saww and guiding him^-saww, and it is with the successors^-asws from after him^-saww’’.[28]

29- ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي جَمَاعَةٌ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ السِّجِسْتَانِيِّ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ النَّهْشَلِيِّ عَنْ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ يَحْيَى الْخَزَّازِ عَنْ مَنْدَلِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنِ ابْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَغْدُو إِلَيْهِ عَلِيٌّ ع فِي الْغَدَاةِ وَ كَانَ يُحِبُّ أَلَّا يَسْبِقَهُ إِلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ فَإِذَا النَّبِيُّ ص‏ فِي صَحْنِ الدَّارِ وَ إِذَا رَأْسُهُ فِي حَجْرِ دِحْيَةَ بْنِ خَلِيفَةَ الْكَلْبِيِّ فَقَالَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ كَيْفَ أَصْبَحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ بِخَيْرٍ يَا أَخَا رَسُولِ اللَّهِ

A group, from Abu Al Mufazzal, from Abdullah Bin Suleyman Al Sijistany, from Is’haq Bin Ibrahim Al Nahshaly, from Zakariya Bin Yahya Al Khazaz, from Mandal Bin Ali, from Al Amsh, from Ibn Jubeyr, from Ibn Abbas who said,

‘Rasool-Allah^-saww went to Ali^-asws in the morning and loved that nobody should precede him^-saww to him^-asws. When the Prophet^-saww was in the courtyard of the house, Dahiya Bin Kalby came and took the head of Rasool Allah^-saww in his lap. He said, ‘The greetings be upon you^-saww, how is the morning of Rasool-Allah^-saww?’ He^-saww said: ‘Good, O brother of Rasool-Allah^-saww!’

فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ ع جَزَاكَ اللَّهُ عَنَّا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ خَيْراً قَالَ لَهُ دِحْيَةُ إِنِّي أُحِبُّكَ وَ إِنَّ لَكَ عِنْدِي مَدِيحَةً أُهْدِيهَا إِلَيْكَ أَنْتَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ قَائِدُ الْغُرِّ الْمُحَجَّلِينَ وَ سَيِّدُ وُلْدِ آدَمَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مَا خَلَا النَّبِيِّينَ وَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ لِوَاءُ الْحَمْدِ بِيَدِكَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ

Ali^-asws said: ‘May Allah^-azwj Recompense you goodly on our^-asws behalf, the People^-asws of the Household’. Dahiya said to him^-asws, ‘I love you^-asws, and for you^-asws there is praise for you^-asws with me, I would like to praise you^-asws. You^-asws are Emir of the Momineen, and guide of the resplendent, and chief of the children of Adam^-as on the Day of Qiyamah apart from the Prophets^-as and the Messengers^-as. The Flag of Praise will be in your^-asws hand on the Day of Qiyamah.

تُزَفُّ أَنْتَ وَ شِيعَتُكَ مَعَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ حِزْبِهِ إِلَى الْجِنَانِ قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ وَالاكَ وَ خَابَ وَ خَسِرَ مَنْ خَلَّاكَ‏ بِحُبِّ مُحَمَّدٍ ص أَحَبُّوكَ وَ بِبُغْضِهِ أَبْغَضُوكَ‏ وَ لَا تَنَالُهُمْ شَفَاعَةُ مُحَمَّدٍ ص ادْنُ مِنْ صَفْوَةِ اللَّهِ

You^-asws and your^-asws Shias would advance along with Muhammad^-saww and his^-saww party to the Gardens. The one who befriends you^-asws will succeed, and the one who abandons you^-asws will be disappointed and lose. It is through love for Muhammad^-saww that they love you^-asws, and through hatred of him^-saww that they hate you^-asws, and the intercession of Muhammad^-saww will not be attained by them, (unless) they come near to the elite of Allah^-azwj’.

فَأَخَذَ رَأْسَ النَّبِيِّ ص فَوَضَعَهُ فِي حَجْرِهِ فَانْتَبَهَ النَّبِيُّ ص فَقَالَ مَا هَذِهِ الْهَمْهَمَةُ فَأَخْبَرَهُ الْحَدِيثَ فَقَالَ لَمْ يَكُنْ دِحْيَةَ كَانَ جَبْرَئِيلَ سَمَّاكَ بِاسْمٍ سَمَّاكَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى بِهِ وَ هُوَ الَّذِي أَلْقَى مَحَبَّتَكَ فِي قُلُوبِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ رَهْبَتَكَ فِي صُدُورِ الْكَافِرِينَ‏

He^-asws took the Prophet^-saww’s head and placed it in his^-asws lap. The Prophet^-saww paid attention and said: ‘What is this humming?’ He^-asws informed him of the Hadeeth. He^-saww said: ‘It did not happen to be Dahiya. It was Jibraeel^-as naming you^-asws with the name Allah^-azwj the Exalted has Named you^-asws with, and He^-azwj is the One Who Casts love for you^-asws in the hearts of the Momineen, and fear of you^-asws in the chests of the Kafirs (derogatory and inconsistent with primary Ahadeeth).[29]

30- ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْقَزْوِينِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ وَهْبَانَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الزَّعْفَرَانِيِّ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: قَالَ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا أَصْلَحَكَ اللَّهُ أَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَقُولُ قَالَ جَبْرَئِيلُ‏ وَ هَذَا جَبْرَئِيلُ يَأْمُرُنِي ثُمَّ يَكُونُ فِي حَالٍ أُخْرَى يُغْمَى عَلَيْهِ

‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – Al-Husayn Bin Ibrahim Al Qazwiny, from Muhammad Bin Wahban, from Ahmad Bin Ibrahim Bin Ahmad, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali Al Zafrany, from Al Barqy, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hisham Bin Salim,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘One of our companions said, ‘May Allah^-azwj Keep you^-asws well! Was Rasool-Allah^-saww saying: ‘Jibraeel^-as said’, and ‘This is Jibraeel^-as instructing me^-saww’, then in another state he^-saww would be such that there would be fainting upon him^-saww?’

قَالَ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنَّهُ إِذَا كَانَ الْوَحْيُ مِنَ اللَّهِ إِلَيْهِ لَيْسَ بَيْنَهُمَا جَبْرَئِيلُ أَصَابَهُ ذَلِكَ لَثَقُلَ الْوَحْيُ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ إِذَا كَانَ بَيْنَهُمَا جَبْرَئِيلُ لَمْ يُصِبْهُ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ قَالَ لِي جَبْرَئِيلُ وَ هَذَا جَبْرَئِيلُ‏

He (the narrator) said, ‘Abu Abdullah^-asws said: ‘It happened when there was the Revelation from Allah^-azwj and Jibraeel^-as wasn’t between them, that (fainting) hit him^-saww due to the weight of the Revelation from Allah^-azwj. And when Jibraeel^-as was between them, that did not hit him^-saww, so he^-saww said: ‘Jibraeel^-as said to me^-saww’, and ‘This is Jibraeel^-as.[30]

31- ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي جَمَاعَةٌ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْبَغَوِيِّ عَنْ بِشْرِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِ‏ أَنَّ جَبْرَئِيلَ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ص فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ اشْتَكَيْتَ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَرْقِيكَ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ يُؤْذِيكَ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ نَفْسٍ أَوْ عَيْنٍ حَاسِدٍ وَ اللَّهُ يَشْفِيكَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ أَرْقِيكَ‏

‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – A group, from Abu Mufazzal, from Abdullah Bin Muhammad Al Baghwy, from Bishr Bin Hilar, from Abdul Waris Bin Saeed, from Abu Nasr, from Abu Saeed Al Khudry,

Jibraeel^-as came to the Prophet^-saww and said: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! Did you^-saww complain?’ He^-saww said: ‘Yes’. He^-as said: ‘By a Name, from all things hurting you^-saww, from the evil of every soul, or an envious eye, and Allah^-azwj will Heal you^-saww, in the Name of Allah^-azwj. I^-as will chant (Ruqya) on you^-saww.[31]

32- أَقُولُ قَالَ السَّيِّدُ بْنُ طَاوُسٍ فِي كِتَابِ سَعْدِ السُّعُودِ، رَأَيْتُ فِي تَفْسِيرٍ مَنْسُوبٍ إِلَى الْبَاقِرِ ع‏ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى‏ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُ بِالْعَدْلِ وَ الْإِحْسانِ وَ إِيتاءِ ذِي الْقُرْبى‏ وَ يَنْهى‏ عَنِ الْفَحْشاءِ وَ الْمُنْكَرِ وَ الْبَغْيِ يَعِظُكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ‏ قَالَ بَلَغَنَا أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ مَظْعُونٍ‏ قَالَ نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ص وَ أَنَا عِنْدَهُ

I (Majlisi) am saying, ‘The Seyyid Bin Tawoos said in the book ‘Sa’ad Al-Sawood’ – ‘I saw in the Tafseer attributed to Al-Baqir^-asws regarding the Words of the Exalted: Surely Allah Commands with the justice, and the kindness, and giving to the near of kin, and Forbids from the immoralities, and the evil, and the tyranny. He Advises you, perhaps you would be mindful [16:90], he^-asws said: ‘It has reached us^-asws that Usman Bin Mazoun said, ‘This Verse was Revealed unto the Prophet^-saww and I was in his^-saww presence’.

قَالَ مَرَرْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَ هُوَ بِفِنَاءِ بَابِهِ فَجَلَسْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَبَيْنَا هُوَ يُحَدِّثُنِي إِذْ رَأَيْتُ بَصَرَهُ شَاخِصاً إِلَى السَّمَاءِ حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ طَرْفَهُ قَدِ انْقَطَعَ ثُمَّ رَأَيْتُهُ خَفَضَهُ حَتَّى وَضَعَهُ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ ثُمَّ وَلَّانِي رُكْبَتَهُ وَ جَعَلَ يَنْفُضُ بِرَأْسِهِ كَأَنَّهُ أُلْهِمَ شَيْئاً فَقَالَ ثُمَّ رَأَيْتُهُ أَيْضاً رَفَعَ طَرْفَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ خَفَضَهُ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ إِلَيَّ مُحْمَرَّ الْوَجْهِ يَفِيضُ عَرَقاً

He said, ‘I passed by him^-saww and he^-saww was seated by the courtyard of his^-saww door, so I sat by him^-saww. While he^-saww was narrating to me when I saw his^-saww eyes gazing towards the sky until I saw him^-saww turn aside. Then I saw him^-saww lower his^-saww sight until he^-saww placed it on his^-saww right. Then he^-saww turned his^-saww neck and went on to lower his^-saww head as if something had inspired him^-saww. Then I saw him^-saww again raising his sight towards the sky, then lowered it on his^-saww left. Then he^-saww turned towards me, red of face, perspiring heavily.

فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا رَأَيْتُكَ فَعَلْتَ الَّذِي فَعَلْتَ الْيَوْمَ مَا حَالُكَ قَالَ وَ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتَهُ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص ذَاكَ جَبْرَئِيلُ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِي هِمَّةٌ غَيْرَهُ ثُمَّ تَلَا عَلَيْهِ الْآيَتَيْنِ

I said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! I have not seen you^-saww do that which you^-saww did today. What is your^-saww state?’ He^-saww said: ‘And you saw it?’ I said, ‘Yes’. Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘That is Jibraeel^-as. There did not happen to be any concern for me^-saww apart from him^-as’. Then he^-saww recited two Verses’.

قَالَ عُثْمَانَ فَقُمْتُ مِنْ عِنْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص مُعْجَباً بِالَّذِي رَأَيْتُ فَأَتَيْتُ أَبَا طَالِبٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَقَرَأْتُهُمَا عَلَيْهِ فَعَجِبَ أَبُو طَالِبٍ وَ قَالَ يَا آلَ غَالِبٍ اتَّبِعُوهُ تَرْشُدُوا وَ تُفْلِحُوا فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا يَدْعُو إِلَّا إِلَى مَكَارِمِ الْأَخْلَاقِ لَئِنْ كَانَ صَادِقاً أَوْ كَاذِباً مَا يَدْعُو إِلَّا إِلَى الْخَيْرِ

Usman said, ‘I stood up from the presence of Rasool-Allah^-saww, astounded by that which I had seen. I came to Abu Talib^-asws and read out the two (Verses) to him^-as, and Abu Talib^-asws was astounded and said: ‘O family of Ghalib, follow him^-saww, you will be rightly guided and succeed. By Allah^-azwj! He^-saww does not call except to the noblest of mannerisms. For (some) he^-saww is truthful or (for some) he is not, but he^-saww does not call except to the good.[32]

33- ير، بصائر الدرجات أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ الْجَوْهَرِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‏ إِنَّا لَنُزَادُ فِي اللَّيْلِ وَ النَّهَارِ وَ لَوْ لَمْ نُزَدْ لَنَفِدَ مَا عِنْدَنَا

‘Basair Al Darajaat’ – Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Al Qasim Al Jowhary, from Ali, from Abu Baseer who said,

‘I heard Abu Abdullah^-asws saying: ‘We^-asws are increased (in Knowledge) during the night and the day, and if we^-asws are not increased, it would be depleted what is with us^-asws’.

قَالَ أَبُو بَصِيرٍ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ مَنْ يَأْتِيكُمْ بِهِ قَالَ إِنَّ مِنَّا مَنْ يُعَايِنُ وَ إِنَّ مِنَّا لَمَنْ يَنْقُرُ فِي قَلْبِهِ كَيْتَ وَ كَيْتَ وَ مِنَّا مَنْ يَسْمَعُ بِأُذُنِهِ وَقْعاً كَوَقْعِ السِّلْسِلَةِ فِي الطَّشْتِ ‏

Abu Baseer said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you^-asws! Who comes to you^-asws with it?’ He^-asws said: ‘From us^-asws there is one who sees, and from us^-asws there is one it resonated in his^-asws heart such and such, and from us^-asws is one who hears by his^-asws ears occurring like the occurrence of the chain in the tray’.

فَقُلْتُ لَهُ مَنِ الَّذِي يَأْتِيكُمْ بِذَلِكَ قَالَ خَلْقٌ لِلَّهِ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ جَبْرَئِيلَ وَ مِيكَائِيلَ

I said to him^-asws, ‘Who is the one who comes to you with that?’ He^-asws said: ‘A creature of Allah^-azwj greater than Jibraeel^-as and Mikaeel^-as.[33]

34- ير، بصائر الدرجات الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ مَعْرُوفٍ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ رِبْعِيٍّ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: كَانَ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع يُمْلِي عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ص وَ هُوَ يُمْلِي عَلَى عَلِيٍّ ع فَنَامَ‏ نَوْمَةً وَ نَعَسَ نَعْسَةً فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ نَظَرَ إِلَى الْكِتَابِ فَمَدَّ يَدَهُ قَالَ مَنْ أَمْلَى هَذَا عَلَيْكَ قَالَ أَنْتَ قَالَ لَا بَلْ جَبْرَئِيلُ‏

‘Basair  Al Darajaat’ – Al-Abbas Bin Marouf, from Hamad Bin Isa, from Rabie, from Zurara,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘Jibraeel^-as dictated to the Prophet^-saww and he^-saww dictated to Ali^-asws. So, he^-saww slept a sleep and drowsed a doze. When he^-saww returned, looked at the writing, and extended his^-saww hand and said: ‘Who dictated this to you^-asws?’ He^-asws said: ‘You^-saww’. He^-saww said: ‘No, but it was Jibraeel^-as.[34]

35- ير، بصائر الدرجات عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَسَّانَ عَنِ ابْنِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع مَنِ الرَّسُولُ مَنِ النَّبِيُّ مَنِ الْمُحَدَّثُ

‘Basair Al Darajaat’ – Ali Bin Hasan, from Ibn Bakeyr, from Zurara who said,

‘I asked Abu Ja’far^-asws, ‘Who is the Rasool^-as? Who is the Prophet^-as? Who is the Muhaddith?’

فَقَالَ الرَّسُولُ الَّذِي يَأْتِيهِ جَبْرَئِيلُ فَيُكَلِّمُهُ قُبُلًا فَيَرَاهُ كَمَا يَرَى أَحَدُكُمْ صَاحِبَهُ الَّذِي يُكَلِّمُهُ فَهَذَا الرَّسُولُ ‏

He^-asws said: ‘The Rasool^-as is the one; Jibraeel^-as comes to him^-as and speaks to him^-as face to face. He^-as sees him^-as just as one of you tends to see his companion who speaks to him. So, this is the Rasool^-as.

وَ النَّبِيُّ الَّذِي يُؤْتَى فِي النَّوْمِ نَحْوَ رُؤْيَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ ع وَ نَحْوَ مَا كَانَ يَأْخُذُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مِنَ السُّبَاتِ إِذَا أَتَاهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ فِي النَّوْمِ فَهَكَذَا النَّبِيُّ وَ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ تُجْمَعُ لَهُ الرِّسَالَةُ وَ النُّبُوَّةُ فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ رَسُولًا نَبِيّاً يَأْتِيهِ جَبْرَئِيلُ قُبُلًا فَيُكَلِّمُهُ وَ يَرَاهُ وَ يَأْتِيهِ فِي النَّوْمِ

And the Prophet^-as is the one; it comes to him^-as in the dream like the dream of Ibrahim^-as and like what used to seize Rasool-Allah^-saww from slumber when Jibraeel^-as came to him^-as during sleep. The Prophet^-as is like that, and for them the Messenger-ship and the Prophet-hood are gathered together. Rasool-Allah^-saww was a Rasool^-saww (and) a Prophet^-as. Jibraeel^-as came to him^-saww face to face and spoke to him^-saww, and he^-saww saw him^-as and he^-as came to him^-saww during sleep.

وَ أَمَّا الْمُحَدَّثُ فَهُوَ الَّذِي يَسْمَعُ كَلَامَ الْمَلَكِ فَيُحَدِّثُهُ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَرَاهُ وَ مِنْ غَيْرِ أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُ فِي النَّوْمِ

And as for the Muhaddith, he^-asws is the one who hears the speech of the Angel, and he narrates to him^-asws from without him^-asws seeing him, and from without him coming to him^-asws during the sleep.[35]

36- سن، المحاسن أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِذَا أَتَاهُ الْوَحْيُ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ بَيْنَهُمَا جَبْرَئِيلُ ع يَقُولُ هُوَ ذَا جَبْرَئِيلُ وَ قَالَ لِي جَبْرَئِيلُ وَ إِذَا أَتَاهُ الْوَحْيُ وَ لَيْسَ بَيْنَهُمَا جَبْرَئِيلُ تُصِيبُهُ تِلْكَ السَّبْتَةُ وَ يَغْشَاهُ مِنْهُ مَا يَغْشَاهُ لَثَقُلَ الْوَحْيُ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏

‘Al Mahasin’ – My father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hisham Bin Salim who said,

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww, when the Revelation from Allah^-azwj came to him^-saww and Jibraeel^-as was in-between, he^-saww said: ‘Here is Jibraeel^-as’, and ‘Jibraeel^-as said to me^-saww’. And, when the Revelation came and Jibraeel^-as wasn’t in-between, that slumber hit him^-saww and he^-saww fainted from what he^-saww fainted from, due to the weight of the Revelation upon him^-saww (directly) from Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic’’.[36]

37- شي، تفسير العياشي عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ع قَالَ: كَانَ الْقُرْآنُ يَنْسَخُ بَعْضُهُ بَعْضاً وَ إِنَّمَا كَانَ يُؤْخَذُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص بِآخِرِهِ فَكَانَ مِنْ آخِرِ مَا نَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ سُورَةُ الْمَائِدَةِ نَسَخَتْ مَا قَبْلَهَا وَ لَمْ يَنْسَخْهَا شَيْ‏ءٌ

‘Tafseer Al-Ayyashi’ – From Isa Bin Abdullah, from his father, from his grandfather,

‘From Ali^-asws having said: ‘The Quran, part of it Abrogates part, and rather one would take from the matters of Rasool-Allah^-saww with the last of it, and from the last of what was Revealed upon him^-saww was Surah Al-Maidah. It Abrogated whatever was before it and nothing Abrogates it.

فَلَقَدْ نَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ وَ هُوَ عَلَى بَغْلَتِهِ الشَّهْبَاءَ وَ ثَقُلَ عَلَيْهَا الْوَحْيُ حَتَّى وَقَفَ وَ تَدَلَّى بَطْنُهَا حَتَّى رُئِيَتْ سُرَّتُهَا تَكَادُ تَمَسُّ الْأَرْضَ وَ أُغْمِيَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص حَتَّى وَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى ذُؤَابَةِ مُنَبِّهِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ‏ الْجُمَحِيِّ ثُمَّ رُفِعَ ذَلِكَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْنَا سُورَةَ الْمَائِدَةِ فَعَمِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ عَمِلْنَا

It had been Revealed upon him^-saww while he^-saww was upon his^-saww mule, and the Revelation was heavy upon it to the extent that it stopped and lowered its belly until its navel was seen, almost touching the ground, and there was fainting upon Rasool-Allah^-azwj until he^-saww placed his^-saww hand upon the forelocks of Manbah Bin Wahab Al Jamhy. Then that was raised from Rasool-Allah^-saww and he^-saww recited unto us Surah Al Maidah. Rasool-Allah^-saww acted with it and we acted with it’’.[37]

38- نهج، نهج البلاغة وَ لَقَدْ قَرَنَ اللَّهُ بِهِ ص مِنْ لَدُنْ كَانَ فَطِيماً أَعْظَمَ مَلَكٍ مِنْ مَلَائِكَتِهِ يَسْلُكُ بِهِ طَرِيقَ الْمَكَارِمِ وَ مَحَاسِنَ أَخْلَاقِ الْعَالَمِ لَيْلَهُ وَ نَهَارَهُ‏

‘Nahj Al Balagah’ – ‘Allah^-azwj Paired with him^-saww, since he^-saww was weaning, the greatest Angel from His^-azwj Angels, travelling with him^-saww on the path of benevolence and goodly mannerisms of the world, day and night’’.[38]

Notes –

الخبر المشهور عنه ص‏ كُنْتُ نَبِيّاً وَ آدَمُ بَيْنَ الْمَاءِ وَ الطِّينِ أَوْ بَيْنَ الرُّوحِ وَ الْجَسَدِ

The famous Hadeeth from him^-saww: ‘I^-saww was a Prophet^-saww while Adam^-as was between the water and the clay’, or ‘between the soul and the body’.

رَوَاهُ الْكُلَيْنِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ الْكُنَاسِيِّ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع أَ كَانَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ حِينَ تَكَلَّمَ فِي الْمَهْدِ حُجَّةً لِلَّهِ عَلَى أَهْلِ زَمَانِهِ

It is reported in ‘Al-Saheeh’ from Yazeed Al-Kunasi who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far^-asws, ‘Was Isa^-as Bin Maryam^-as, when he^-as spoke in the cradle, a Divine Authority upon the people of his^-as era?’

فَقَالَ كَانَ يَوْمَئِذٍ نَبِيّاً حُجَّةً لِلَّهِ غَيْرَ مُرْسَلٍ أَ مَا تَسْمَعُ لِقَوْلِهِ حِينَ قَالَ‏ إِنِّي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ آتانِيَ الْكِتابَ وَ جَعَلَنِي نَبِيًّا وَ جَعَلَنِي مُبارَكاً أَيْنَ ما كُنْتُ وَ أَوْصانِي بِالصَّلاةِ وَ الزَّكاةِ ما دُمْتُ حَيًّا

He^-asws said: ‘On that day, he^-as was a Prophet^-as, Divine Authority of Allah^-azwj without having been Sent (on a Prophetic mission). Have you not heard his^-as words whereby he^-as said: ‘He said: ‘I am a servant of Allah; He Gave me the Book and Made me a Prophet [19:30] And He has Made me Blessed wherever I may be, and He has Enjoined upon me with the Salat and the Zakat for as long as I live [19:31]’.

قُلْتُ فَكَانَ يَوْمَئِذٍ حُجَّةً لِلَّهِ عَلَى زَكَرِيَّا فِي تِلْكَ الْحَالِ وَ هُوَ فِي الْمَهْدِ

I said, ‘On that day, was he^-as a Divine Authority upon Zakariya^-as, in that state while being in the cradle?’

فَقَالَ كَانَ عِيسَى فِي تِلْكَ الْحَالِ آيَةً لِلنَّاسِ وَ رَحْمَةً مِنَ اللَّهِ لِمَرْيَمَ حِينَ تَكَلَّمَ فَعَبَّرَ عَنْهَا وَ كَانَ نَبِيّاً حُجَّةً عَلَى مَنْ سَمِعَ كَلَامَهُ فِي تِلْكَ‏ الْحَالِ ثُمَّ صَمَتَ فَلَمْ يَتَكَلَّمْ حَتَّى مَضَتْ لَهُ سَنَتَانِ

He^-asws said: ‘In that state, Isa^-as was a Sign for the people and a Mercy from Allah^-azwj for Maryam^-as when he^-as spoke, and he^-as had spoken on her^-as behalf, and he^-as was a Prophet^-as, a Divine Authority upon (all) the ones who heard his^-as speech in that state. Then he^-as was silent. He^-as did not speak until two years had passed for him^-as.

وَ كَانَ زَكَرِيَّا الْحُجَّةَ لِلَّهِ عَلَى النَّاسِ بَعْدَ صَمْتِ عِيسَى بِسَنَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ مَاتَ زَكَرِيَّا فَوَرِثَهُ ابْنُهُ يَحْيَى الْكِتَابَ وَ الْحِكْمَةَ وَ هُوَ صَبِيٌّ صَغِيرٌ أَ مَا تَسْمَعُ لِقَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ يا يَحْيى‏ خُذِ الْكِتابَ بِقُوَّةٍ وَ آتَيْناهُ الْحُكْمَ صَبِيًّا

And Zakariya^-as was the Divine Authority of Allah^-azwj upon the people for two years after the silence of Isa^-as. Then Zakariya^-as passed away and was inherited by his^-as son Yahya^-as, the Book and the Wisdom, while he^-as was a young child. Have you not heard Words of the Mighty and Majestic: “O Yahya! Grab the Book with strength”; and We Gave him the Wisdom as a boy [19:12].

فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ عِيسَى ع سَبْعَ سِنِينَ تَكَلَّمَ بِالنُّبُوَّةِ وَ الرِّسَالَةِ حِينَ أَوْحَى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى إِلَيْهِ فَكَانَ عِيسَى الْحُجَّةَ عَلَى يَحْيَى وَ عَلَى النَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ إِلَى آخِرِ الْخَبَرِ

When Isa^-as reached seven years he^-as spoke with the Prophet-hood and the Message when Allah^-azwj the Exalted Revealed to him^-as. Thus, Isa^-as was the Divine Authority upon Yahya^-as and upon the entirety of the people’ – up to the end of the Hadeeth.

وَ يُؤَيِّدُهُ مَا وَرَدَ فِي أَخْبَارِ وِلَادَةِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‏ أَنَّهُ ع قَرَأَ الْكُتُبَ السَّمَاوِيَّةَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ص بَعْدَ وِلَادَتِهِ

And it is supported by what is referred to in the Ahadeeth of the coming to the world of Amir Al-Momineen^-asws, he^-asws had read out the heavenly Books to the Prophet^-saww, (just) after his^-asws coming to the world.

باب 3 إثبات المعراج و معناه و كيفيته و صفته و ما جرى فيه و وصف البراق‏

CHAPTER 3 – PROOF OF THE ASCENSION (MI’RAJ) AND ITS MEANING, AND ITS STATE, AND ITS DESCRIPTION, AND WHAT FLOWED DURING IT, AND DESCRIPTION OF AL-BURAQ

الآيات الإسراء سُبْحانَ الَّذِي أَسْرى‏ بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلًا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرامِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَقْصَى الَّذِي بارَكْنا حَوْلَهُ لِنُرِيَهُ مِنْ آياتِنا إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ

The Verses – (Surah) Al Asra’a: Glorified is He Who Journeyed His Servant on a night from the Sacred Masjid to Masjid Al-Aqsa Which We have Blessed its precincts, in order to Show him from Our Signs. Surely, He is the Hearing, the Seeing [17:1]

الزخرف‏ وَ سْئَلْ مَنْ أَرْسَلْنا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْ رُسُلِنا أَ جَعَلْنا مِنْ دُونِ الرَّحْمنِ آلِهَةً يُعْبَدُونَ‏

(Surah) Al Zukhruf: And ask ones We Sent from before you from Our Rasools, did We Make from besides the Beneficent, a God they should be worshipping? [43:45]

النجم‏ عَلَّمَهُ شَدِيدُ الْقُوى‏ ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَاسْتَوى‏

(Surah) Al Najm: The Mighty of Strength Taught him [53:5] With a seal, so he attained completion [53:6]

وَ هُوَ بِالْأُفُقِ الْأَعْلى‏ ثُمَّ دَنا فَتَدَلَّى فَكانَ قابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنى‏

And he was in the highest horizon [53:7] Then he approached, so he bowed [53:8] So he was (at a distance of) two bows or nearer [53:9]

فَأَوْحى‏ إِلى‏ عَبْدِهِ ما أَوْحى‏ ما كَذَبَ الْفُؤادُ ما رَأى‏

And He Revealed unto His servant what He Revealed [53:10] The heart did not belie what it saw [53:11]

أَ فَتُمارُونَهُ عَلى‏ ما يَرى‏ وَ لَقَدْ رَآهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرى‏

So will you then dispute with him upon what he saw? [53:12] And he had seen him in another descent [53:13]

عِنْدَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهى‏ عِنْدَها جَنَّةُ الْمَأْوى‏

At the Lote Tree [53:14] By the Garden of abode [53:15]

إِذْ يَغْشَى السِّدْرَةَ ما يَغْشى‏ ما زاغَ الْبَصَرُ وَ ما طَغى‏

When the Lote Tree was overwhelmed by what overwhelmed it [53:16] Neither did the sight deviate nor did it exceed [53:17]

لَقَدْ رَأى‏ مِنْ آياتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرى

He saw from the greatest Signs of his Lord [53:18]

Notes –

وَ رُوِيَ ذَلِكَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ع‏ أَيْ عَلِمَهُ عِلْماً يَقِيناً بِمَا رَآهُ مِنَ الْآيَاتِ الْبَاهِرَاتِ

And that is reported from Muhammad Bin Al-Hanafiya, from Ali^-asws: ‘It means He^-azwj Taught him^-saww certain knowledge of what he^-saww had seen from the dazzling Signs’.

وَ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَالِيَةِ قَالَ: سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص هَلْ رَأَيْتَ رَبَّكَ لَيْلَةَ الْمِعْرَاجِ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ نَهَراً وَ رَأَيْتُ وَرَاءَ النَّهَرِ حِجَاباً وَ رَأَيْتُ وَرَاءَ الْحِجَابِ نُوراً لَمْ أَرَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ

And from Abu Al-Aaliya who said, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww was asked, ‘Did you^-saww see your^-saww Lord^-azwj on the night of the Ascension?’ He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww saw a river, and I^-saww saw veils beyond the river, and I^-saww saw Light beyond the veils. I^-saww did not see other than that’.

وَ رُوِيَ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ وَ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِ‏ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص سُئِلَ عَنْ قَوْلِهِ‏ ما كَذَبَ الْفُؤادُ ما رَأى‏ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ نُوراً

And it is reported from Abu Zarr^-ar and Abu Saeed Al-Khudri, ‘The Prophet^-saww was asked about His^-azwj Words: The heart did not belie what it saw [53:11], what had he^-saww seen? He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww saw light’.

وَ رُوِيَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ عَلَى كُلِّ وَرَقَةٍ مِنْ أَوْرَاقِهَا مَلَكاً قَائِماً يُسَبِّحُ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى

And it is reported that the Prophet^-saww said: ‘I^-saww an Angel standing upon every leaf of its leaves, glorifying Allah^-azwj the Exalted’.

1- عد، العقائد اعتقادنا في الجنة و النار أنهما مخلوقتان و أن النبي ص قد دخل الجنة و رأى النار حين عرج‏

‘Al-Aqaid’ – Our beliefs regarding Paradise and the Fire (Hell), they are both already created, and that the Prophet^-saww had entered Paradise and saw the Fire when he^-saww ascended’’.[39] (opinion)

2- أَقُولُ رُوِيَ فِي تَفْسِيرِ النُّعْمَانِيِّ بِإِسْنَادِهِ الَّذِي سَيَأْتِي فِي كِتَابِ الْقُرْآنِ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‏ وَ أَمَّا الرَّدُّ عَلَى مَنْ أَنْكَرَ الْمِعْرَاجَ فَقَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى‏ وَ هُوَ بِالْأُفُقِ الْأَعْلى‏ ثُمَّ دَنا فَتَدَلَّى فَكانَ قابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنى‏ فَأَوْحى‏ إِلى‏ عَبْدِهِ‏ ما أَوْحى‏ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ‏ عِنْدَها جَنَّةُ الْمَأْوى‏ فَسِدْرَةُ الْمُنْتَهَى فِي السَّمَاءِ السَّابِعَةِ

I (Majlisi) am saying, ‘It is reported in Tafseer Al Numani, by his chain which I shall be coming with in the Book of Quran, from Al Sadiq^-asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen^-asws said: ‘And as for the reply to the one who denies the Mi’raj, these are His^-azwj Words: ‘And he was in the highest horizon [53:7] Then he approached, so he bowed [53:8] So he was (at a distance of) two bows or nearer [53:9] And He Revealed unto His servant what He Revealed [53:10] – up to His^-azwj Words: By the Garden of abode [53:15]. Thus, the Lote Tree (Sidrat Al-Muntaha) is in the seventh sky’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ سُبْحَانَهُ‏ وَ سْئَلْ مَنْ أَرْسَلْنا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْ رُسُلِنا أَ جَعَلْنا مِنْ دُونِ الرَّحْمنِ آلِهَةً يُعْبَدُونَ‏ وَ إِنَّمَا أَمَرَ تَعَالَى رَسُولَهُ أَنْ يَسْأَلَ الرُّسُلَ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَ مِثْلُهُ قَوْلُهُ‏ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ فِي شَكٍّ مِمَّا أَنْزَلْنا إِلَيْكَ فَسْئَلِ الَّذِينَ يَقْرَؤُنَ الْكِتابَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ‏ يَعْنِي الْأَنْبِيَاءَ ع هَذَا كُلُّهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْمِعْرَاجِ‏

Then the Glorious Said: ‘And ask ones We Sent from before you from Our Rasools, did We Make from besides the Beneficent, a God they should be worshipping? [43:45]. And rather the Exalted Commanded His^-azwj Rasool^-saww that he^-saww should ask the (rest of the) Rasools^-as in the sky. And like it are His^-azwj Words: But if you are in doubt of what We Revealed to you, then ask those who have read the Book from before you. [10:94] – meaning the Prophets^-as. All of this is during the night of the Mi’raj.

وَ أَمَّا الرَّدُّ عَلَى مَنْ أَنْكَرَ خَلْقَ الْجَنَّةِ وَ النَّارِ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى‏ عِنْدَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهى‏ عِنْدَها جَنَّةُ الْمَأْوى‏ وَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص دَخَلْتُ الْجَنَّةَ فَرَأَيْتُ فِيهَا قَصْراً مِنْ يَاقُوتٍ أَحْمَرَ يُرَى دَاخِلُهُ مِنْ خَارِجِهِ وَ خَارِجُهُ مِنْ دَاخِلِهِ مِنْ نُورِهِ فَقُلْتُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ لِمَنْ هَذَا الْقَصْرُ قَالَ لِمَنْ أَطَابَ الْكَلَامَ وَ أَدَامَ الصِّيَامَ وَ أَطْعَمَ الطَّعَامَ وَ تَهَجَّدَ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ النَّاسُ نِيَامٌ الْخَبَرَ

And as for the reply to the one who denies the creation of Paradise and the Fire, Allah^-azwj the Exalted Said: At the Lote Tree [53:14] By the Garden of abode [53:15], and Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘I^-saww entered Paradise and saw therein a castle of red ruby; its interior could be seen from its exterior, and its exterior from its interior due to its light’. I^-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! Who is this castle for?’ He^-as said: ‘For the one who is of good speech, and persistent in Fasting, and feeding the food, and holds vigil at night while the people sleep’ – the Hadeeth.

وَ قَالَ ص‏ لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ دَخَلْتُ الْجَنَّةَ فَرَأَيْتُ فِيهَا قيعان‏ [قِيعَاناً] وَ رَأَيْتُ فِيهَا مَلَائِكَةً يَبْنُونَ لَبِنَةً مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَ لَبِنَةً مِنْ فِضَّةٍ وَ رُبَّمَا أَمْسَكُوا فَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ مَا بَالُكُمْ قَدْ أَمْسَكْتُمْ‏ فَقَالُوا حَتَّى تَجِيئَنَا النَّفَقَةُ فَقُلْتُ وَ مَا نَفَقَتُكُمْ قَالُوا قَوْلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ فَإِذَا قَالَ بَنَيْنَا وَ إِذَا سَكَتَ أَمْسَكْنَا

And he^-saww said: ‘When there was an ascension with me^-saww to the sky, I^-saww entered Paradise and saw coastal plains, and that Angels therein were building bricks of gold and bricks of silver, and sometimes they would withhold. I^-saww said to them: ‘What is the matter with you to have withheld?’ They said, ‘Until the expense monies come to us’. I^-saww said: ‘And what is your expenses money?’ They said, ‘Words of the Momin, ‘Glory be to Allah^-azwj, and the Praise is for Allah^-azwj, and there is no god except Allah^-azwj, and Allah^-azwj is the Greatest’. So, when he says that, we build, and when he is silent, we withhold.

وَ قَالَ ص لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَى سَبْعِ سَمَاوَاتِهِ أَخَذَ جَبْرَئِيلُ بِيَدِي وَ أَدْخَلَنِي الْجَنَّةَ وَ أَجْلَسَنِي عَلَى دُرْنُوكٍ مِنْ دَرَانِيكِ الْجَنَّةِ وَ نَاوَلَنِي سَفَرْجَلَةً فَانْفَلَقَتْ نِصْفَيْنِ وَ خَرَجَتْ مِنْهَا حَوْرَاءُ فَقَامَتْ بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ وَ قَالَتْ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَحْمَدُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ

And he^-asws said: ‘When there was an ascension with me^-saww to the seven skies, Jibraeel^-as grabbed my^-saww hand and entered me^-saww into Paradise, and made me^-saww to be seated upon a rug from the rugs of Paradise, and gave me^-saww a quince. I^-saww split into two halves, and a Hourie came out from it. She stood in front of me^-saww and said, ‘The greetings be upon you^-saww, O Muhammad^-saww! The greetings be upon you^-saww, O Ahmad^-saww! The greetings be upon you^-saww, O Rasool-Allah^-saww!’

فَقُلْتُ وَ عَلَيْكِ السَّلَامُ مَنْ أَنْتِ قَالَتْ أَنَا الرَّاضِيَةُ الْمَرْضِيَّةُ خَلَقَنِي الْجَبَّارُ مِنْ ثَلَاثَةِ أَنْوَاعٍ أَعْلَايَ مِنَ الْكَافُورِ وَ وَسَطِي مِنَ الْعَنْبَرِ وَ أَسْفَلِي مِنَ الْمِسْكِ عُجِنْتُ بِمَاءِ الْحَيَوَانِ قَالَ لِي رَبِّي‏ كُونِي فَكُنْتُ

I^-saww said: ‘And upon you be the greetings, who are you?’ She said, ‘I am the pleasing one, the pleased. The Subduer Created me from three types – My top is from camphor, and my middle is from the Amber, and my bottom is from Musk. I have been kneaded from the water of (the river) Al-Haywaan’. My Lord^-azwj Said to me: “Be!” and I came into being.

وَ هَذَا وَ مِثْلُهُ دَلِيلٌ عَلَى خَلْقِ الْجَنَّةِ وَ كَذَا الْكَلَامُ فِي النَّارِ

And this and the like of it is evidence upon the creation of Paradise, and like that is the discussion regarding the Fire.[40]

3- وَ وَجَدْتُ فِي كِتَابِ كَنْزِ الْفَوَائِدِ، تَأْلِيفِ الشَّيْخِ الْجَلِيلِ أَبِي الْفَتْحِ الْكَرَاجُكِيِّ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ عِنْدَ ذِكْرِ الْمُعَمَّرِينَ أَخْبَرَنَا الْقَاضِي أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ لَاحِقِ بْنِ سَابِقٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ السَّائِبِ الْكَلْبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الشَّرْقِيِّ بْنِ الْقُطَامِيِّ عَنْ تَمِيمِ بْنِ وَهْلَةَ الْمُرِّيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الْجَارُودُ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ الْعَبْدِيُّ وَ كَانَ نَصْرَانِيّاً فَأَسْلَمَ عَامَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ وَ حَسُنَ إِسْلَامُهُ وَ كَانَ قَارِئاً لِلْكُتُبِ عَالِماً بِتَأْوِيلِهَا عَلَى وَجْهِ الدَّهْرِ وَ سَالِفِ الْعَصْرِ بَصِيراً بِالْفَلْسَفَةِ وَ الطِّبِّ ذَا رَأْيٍ أَصِيلٍ وَ وَجْهٍ جَمِيلٍ أَنْشَأَ يُحَدِّثُنَا فِي أَيَّامِ إِمَارَةِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ:

It is found in the book ‘Kunz Al Fawaid’ composed by the majestic Sheykh Abu Al Fatah Al Karajaky at the mention of Al Ma’mareyn, it was informed to us by the judge Abu Al-Hassan Ali Bin Muhammad Al Baghdady, from Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Bin Ayoub, from Muhammad Bin Lahaq Bin Sabiq, from Hisham Bin Muhammad Al Saib Al Kalby, from his father, from Al Sharqy Bin Al Qatamy, from Tameem Bin Wahla AL Mary, from Al Jaroud Bin Al Manzar Al Abady, and he was a Christian and became a Muslim in the year of Al Hudaybiyya and his Islam was good, and he was a reader of the Books, a scholar of its interpretation upon the aspect of the times, and the past eras, insightful with the philosophy and the medicine, with original opinion, and beautiful perspective, a poet during the days of the rule of Umar Bin Al-Khattab, said,

وَفَدْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص‏ فِي رِجَالٍ مِنْ عَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ ذَوِي أَحْلَامٍ وَ أَسْنَانٍ وَ فَصَاحَةٍ وَ بَيَانٍ وَ حُجَّةٍ وَ بُرْهَانٍ فَلَمَّا بَصُرُوا بِهِ رَاعَهُمْ مَنْظَرُهُ وَ مَحْضَرُهُ‏ فَقَالَ زَعِيمُ الْقَوْمِ لِي دُونَكَ مَنْ أَمَمْتَ‏ فَمَا نَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ نُكَلِّمَهُ فَاسْتَقْدَمْتُ دُونَهُمْ إِلَيْهِ

‘I was a delegate to Rasool-Allah^-saww among men from Abdul Qays with dreams and teeth (aspirations and grit), and eloquence and explanation, and argument and proof. When they saw him^-asws, his^-saww scene and his^-saww advent overawed them. The chieftain of the group said to me, ‘Besides you from our community, we are not able to speak to him^-saww, so go ahead to him^-saww besides them’.

فَوَقَفْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَ أُمِّي

I paused in front of him^-saww and said, ‘Greeting be to you^-saww O Rasool-Allah^-saww, may by father and my mother be (sacrificed for) you^-saww!’

يَا نَبِيَّ الْهُدَى أَتَتْكَ رِجَالٌ‏		قَطَعَتْ قَرْدَداً وَ آلًا فَآلًا
جَابَتِ الْبِيدَ وَ الْمَهَامِهَ حَتَّى‏		عَالَهَا مِنْ طُوَى السُّرَى مَا عَالا
قَطَعَتْ دُونَكَ الصَّحَاصِحَ تَهْوَى‏		لَا تَعُدُّ الْكَلَالَ فِيكَ كَلَالًا
كُلُّ دَهْنَاءَ يَقْصُرُ الطَّرْفُ عَنْهَا		أَرْقَلَتْهَا قِلَاصُنَا إِرْقَالًا
وَ طَوَتْهَا الْعِتَاقُ تَجْمَحُ فِيهَا		بِكُمَاةٍ مِثْلِ النُّجُومِ تَلَالا
ثُمَّ لَمَّا رَأَتْكَ أَحْسَنَ مَرْءٍ		أُفْحِمَتْ عَنْكَ هَيْبَةً وَ جَلَالًا

Then I prosed a poem, ‘O Prophet^-saww of Guidance! Men have come to you, having crossed the rugged highlands and every mountain pass. They traversed the deserts and the vast wildernesses until the weariness of long night travel overcame them. They crossed the wide open plains, hastening toward you^-saww, yet they did not count the fatigue they endured for your sake as fatigue. Over every vast stretch of barren land, where the eye falls short of reaching its end, our young, long-legged camels traversed at a brisk pace. And the swift thoroughbreds carried them across it, surging forward beneath brave warriors who shone like stars. Then, when they saw you^-saww as the finest of men, they were left speechless before you^-saww, out of awe and majesty.

تَتَّقِي شَرَّ بَأْسِ يَوْمٍ عَصِيبٍ‏		هَائِلٍ‏ أَوْجَلَ الْقُلُوبَ وَ هَالا
نَحْوَ نُورٍ مِنَ الْإِلَهِ وَ بُرْهَانٍ‏		وَ بِرٍّ وَ نِعْمَةٍ أَنْ تَنَالا
وَ أَمَانٍ مِنْهُ لَدَى الْحَشْرِ وَ النَّشْرِ		إِذِ الْخَلْقُ لَا يُطِيقُ السُّؤَالا
فَلَكَ الْحَوْضُ وَ الشَّفَاعَةُ وَ الْكَوْثَرُ		وَ الْفَضْلُ إِذْ يَنُصُّ السُّؤَالا
أَنْبَأَ الْأَوَّلُونَ بِاسْمِكَ فِينَا		وَ بِأَسْمَاءٍ بَعْدَهُ تَتَسَالَى‏

You^-saww protect yourself from the evil of the trial of a difficult day, a terrifying day that makes the hearts fearful and filled with dread. Toward a light from Allah^-azwj and a proof, and righteousness and blessing, that you^-saww may attain, and security from Him^-azwj at the time of the Gathering and Resurrection, when creation will be unable to bear the questioning. For you^-saww are the Pool, the Intercession, and Al-Kawsar, and the favour when the questioning is set forth. The earlier ones informed us of your^-saww name, and of names that would follow one after another after it’.

قَالَ فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص بِصَفْحَةِ وَجْهِهِ الْمُبَارَكِ شِمْتُ مِنْهُ ضِيَاءً لَامِعاً سَاطِعاً كَوَمِيضِ‏ الْبَرْقِ فَقَالَ يَا جَارُودُ لَقَدْ تَأَخَّرَ بِكَ وَ بِقَوْمِكَ الْمَوْعِدُ وَ قَدْ كُنْتُ وَعَدْتُهُ قَبْلَ عَامِي ذَلِكَ أَنْ أَفِدَ إِلَيْهِ بِقَومِي فَلَمْ آتِهِ وَ أَتَيْتُهُ فِي عَامِ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ

He (the narrator) said, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww turned towards me with his^-saww clear Blessed face, rays emanating bright shining light from it like the brightness of the lightning. He^-saww said: ‘O Jaroud! The appointment with you and your people has been delayed’, and I had promised him^-saww before that year of mine that I will be a delegate to him^-saww along with my people but I did not come, and I came during the year of Al-Hudaybiyya.

فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بِنَفْسِي أَنْتَ مَا كَانَ إِبْطَائِي عَنْكَ إِلَّا أَنَّ جُلَّةَ قَوْمِي أَبْطَئُوا عَنْ إِجَابَتِي حَتَّى سَاقَهَا اللَّهُ إِلَيْكَ لِمَا أَرَادَهَا بِهِ مِنَ الْخَيْرِ لَدَيْكَ فَأَمَّا مَنْ تَأَخَّرَ عَنْهُ فَحَظُّهُ فَاتَ مِنْكَ فَتِلْكَ أَعْظَمُ حَوْبَةً وَ أَكْبَرُ عُقُوبَةً

I said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! May my soul be (sacrificed for) you^-saww! My delay from you^-saww was not except due to the delay of my people from answering me until Allah^-azwj Ushered them to you^-saww when He^-azwj Wanted it from the goodness to you^-saww. As for the one who has (still) delayed from it, his share from you^-saww is lost, and that is the great sin and mighty punishment.

فَقَالَ سَلْمَانُ وَ كَيْفَ عَرَفْتَهُ يَا أَخَا عَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ قَبْلَ إِتْيَانِهِ فَأَقْبَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ هُوَ يَتَلَأْلَأُ وَ يُشْرِقُ وَجْهُهُ نُوراً وَ سُرُوراً فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ قَسّاً كَانَ يَنْتَظِرُ زَمَانَكَ وَ يَتَوَكَّفُ إِبَّانَكَ‏ وَ يَهْتِفُ بِاسْمِكَ وَ اسْمِ أَبِيكَ وَ أُمِّكَ وَ أَسْمَاءٍ لَسْتُ أُصِيبُهَا مَعَكَ وَ لَا أَرَاهَا فِيمَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ

Salman^-ra said, ‘And how can it be recognised, O brother of Abdul Qays, before their coming to him^-saww?’ I turned to Rasool-Allah^-saww and he^-saww was beaming and his^-saww face was shining with Noor and cheerfulness. I said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! Qays (tribe) were awaiting your^-saww era and to welcome you^-saww, and cheering your^-saww name and name of your^-saww father^-asws and your^-saww mother^-asws and names I cannot find with you^-saww, nor do I see these being among the ones who follow you^-saww’.

قَالَ سَلْمَانُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَأَخْبِرْنَا فَأَنْشَأْتُ أُحَدِّثُهُمْ وَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَسْمَعُ وَ الْقَوْمُ سَامِعُونَ وَاعُونَ

Salman^-ra said, ‘Inform us’. I prosed a poem and narrated to them, and Rasool-Allah^-saww listened and the people were listening and retaining.

ثُمَّ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنْبِئْنِي أَنْبَأَكَ اللَّهُ بِخَبَرٍ- عَنْ هَذِهِ الْأَسْمَاءِ الَّتِي لَمْ نُشْهِدْهَا وَ أَشْهَدَنَا قَسٌّ ذِكْرَهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَا جَارُودُ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ أَوْحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَيَّ أَنْ سَلْ‏ مَنْ أَرْسَلْنا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْ رُسُلِنا عَلَى مَا بُعِثُوا فَقُلْتُ عَلَى مَا بُعِثْتُمْ فَقَالُوا عَلَى نُبُوَّتِكَ وَ وَلَايَةِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَ الْأَئِمَّةِ مِنْكُمَا

Then I said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! Inform me, has Allah^-azwj Informed you^-saww of the news about these names which I do not witness and I have witnessed Qays mentioning these?’ Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘O Jaroud! On the night there was ascension with me^-saww to the sky, Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed to me^-saww to ask the ones (Prophets^-as) having been Sent, upon what they^-as had been Sent?’ I^-saww said: ‘What have you^-as all been Sent upon?’ They^-as said: ‘Upon your^-saww Prophet-hood and Wilayah of Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws and the Imams^-asws from you^-asws’.

ثُمَّ أَوْحَى إِلَيَّ أَنِ الْتَفِتْ عَنْ يَمِينِ الْعَرْشِ فَالْتَفَتُّ فَإِذَا عَلِيٌّ وَ الْحَسَنُ وَ الْحُسَيْنُ وَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ وَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ مُوسَى بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ وَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُوسَى وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ وَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ وَ الْمَهْدِيُّ فِي ضَحْضَاحٍ مِنْ نُورٍ يُصَلُّونَ

Then He^-azwj Revealed unto me^-saww to turn towards the right of the Throne. I^-saww turned and there was Ali^-asws, and Al-Hassan^-asws, and Al-Husayn^-asws, and Ali^-asws Bin Al-Husayn^-asws, and Muhammad^-asws Bin Ali^-asws, and Ja’far^-asws Bin Muhammad^-asws, and Musa^-asws Bin Ja’far^-asws, and Ali^-asws Bin Musa^-asws, and Muhammad^-asws bin Ali^-asws, and Ali^-asws Bin Muhammad^-asws, and Al-Hassan^-asws Bin Ali^-asws, and Al-Mahdi^-asws (all) praying Salat in dunes of ‘Noor’ (Light).

فَقَالَ لِيَ الرَّبُّ تَعَالَى هَؤُلَاءِ الْحُجَجُ أَوْلِيَائِي وَ هَذَا الْمُنْتَقِمُ مِنْ أَعْدَائِي

The Lord^-azwj Said to me^-saww: “They^-asws are the Divine Authorities, My^-saww Guardians, and this one (Al-Mahdi^-asws) is the Avenger from My^-azwj enemies.

قَالَ الْجَارُودُ فَقَالَ لِي سَلْمَانُ يَا جَارُودُ هَؤُلَاءِ الْمَذْكُورُونَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَ الْإِنْجِيلِ وَ الزَّبُورِ كَذَاكَ

Al-Jaroud said, ‘Salman^-ra said to me, ‘O Jaroud! They^-asws are the ones mentioned in the Torah and the Evangel and the Psalms like that.[41]

Notes –

وَ قَدْ وَرَدَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص أَنَّهُ قَالَ: أَنَا أَكْرَمُ عَلَى اللَّهِ‏ مِنْ أَنْ يَدَعَنِي فِي الْأَرْضِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ثَلَاثٍ‏ – و هكذا عندنا حكم الأئمة ع‏

And it has been referred from the Prophet^-saww, he^-saww said: ‘I^-saww am more honourable unto Allah^-azwj than for Him^-azwj to Leave me^-saww in the earth for more than three (nights after death)’ – that like that is the ruling of the Imams^-asws, with us’.

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص‏ لَوْ مَاتَ نَبِيٌّ بِالْمَشْرِقِ وَ مَاتَ وَصِيُّهُ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ لَجَمَعَ اللَّهُ بَيْنَهُمَا

The Prophet^-saww said: ‘If a Prophet^-as were to die in the east and his^-as successor^-as were to die in the west, Allah^-azwj will Gather between the two’.

أَخْبَرَنِي الشَّرِيفُ يَحْيَى بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ طَبَاطَبَاءٍ الْحُسَيْنِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْوَاحِدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمَوْصِلِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَلِيِّ بْنِ هَمَّامٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى بْنِ أَعْيَنَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ‏ مَا تَنَبَّأَ نَبِيٌّ قَطُّ إِلَّا بِمَعْرِفَةِ حَقِّنَا وَ تَفْضِيلِنَا عَلَى مَنْ سِوَانَا

I am informed by the noble Yahya Bin Ahmad Bin Ibrahim Bin Tabatabie Al Husayni, from Abdul Wahid Bin Abdullah Al Mowsily, from Abu Ali Bin Hammam, from Abdullah Bin Ja’far Al Himeyri, from Abdullah Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad, from Yunus Bin Yaqoub, from Abdul A’ala Bin Ayn who said, ‘No Prophet^-saww has been Granted Prophethoood at all except by recognising our^-asws rights and our^-asws superiority over the ones besides us^-asws’.

و قد جاء في الحديث‏ أن رسول الله ص رأى في السماء لما عرج به ملكا على صورة أمير المؤمنين

And it has come in the Hadeeth that when there was an Ascension with him^-saww, he^-saww saw an Angel in the sky in the image of Amir Al-Momineen^-asws’.

و هذا حديث قد اتفق أصحاب الحديث على نقله‏

And this is a Hadeeth the narrators of the Hadeeth have concurred upon transmitting it.

حَدَّثَنِي بِهِ مِنْ طَرِيقِ الْعَامَّةِ الشَّيْخُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ شَاذَانَ الْقُمِّيُّ وَ نَقَلْتُهُ مِنْ كِتَابِهِ الْمَعْرُوفِ بِإِيضَاحِ دَقَائِقِ النَّوَاصِبِ‏ وَ قَرَأْتُهُ عَلَيْهِ بِمَكَّةَ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ سَنَةَ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ وَ أَرْبَعَمِائَةٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَسْرُورٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَلَوِيَّةَ الْمَعْرُوفِ بِابْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ الْأَصْبَهَانِيِّ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ جَدِيرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

It has been narrated to me from the path of the general Muslims (a Non-Shia source) by the sheykh Muhammad Bin Ahmad Bin Shazan Al Qummi, and he copied it from his well-known book ‘Izah Dawaaiq Al Nawasib’, and it was read to him at Makkah in the Sacred Masjid in the yeat four hundred and twelve, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad Bin Masrour, from Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Ahmad Bin Alawiya well-known as Ibn Al Aswad Al Asbahani, from Ibrahim Bin Muhammad, from Abdullah Bin Salih, from Jadeer Bin Abdul Hameed, from Mujahid, from Ibn Abbas who said,

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص يَقُولُ‏ لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ مَا مَرَرْتُ بِمَلَإٍ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ إِلَّا سَأَلُونِي عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّ اسْمَ عَلِيٍّ فِي السَّمَاءِ أَشْهَرُ مِنِ اسْمِي

‘I heard Rasool-Allah^-saww saying: ‘When there was an Ascension with me^-saww to the sky, I^-saww did not pass by any assembly of the Angels, except they asked me^-as about Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws to the extent that I^-saww thought that the name of Ali^-asws is more famous than my^-saww own name!

فَلَمَّا بَلَغْتُ السَّمَاءَ الرَّابِعَةَ نَظَرْتُ إِلَى مَلَكِ الْمَوْتِ فَقَالَ لِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ خَلْقاً إِلَّا أَقْبِضُ رُوحَهُ بِيَدِي مَا خَلَا أَنْتَ وَ عَلِيٌّ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ يَقْبِضُ أَرْوَاحَكُمَا بِقُدْرَتِهِ

When I^-saww reached the fourth sky, I^-saww looked at the Angel of death. He^-as said to me^-saww: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! Allah^-azwj has not Created any creature except I^-as will capture his soul with my^-as hands, apart from you^-saww and Ali^-asws, for Allah^-azwj, Majestic is His^-azwj Majesty will Capture their^-asws soul by His^-azwj Power’.

فَلَمَّا صِرْتُ تَحْتَ الْعَرْشِ نَظَرْتُ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِعَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَاقِفاً تَحْتَ عَرْشِ رَبِّي فَقُلْتُ يَا عَلِيُّ سَبَقْتَنِي

When I^-saww came to be beneath the Throne, I^-saww looked, and behold, I^-saww was with Ali Bin Abu Talib^-asws standing beneath the Throne of my^-saww Lord^-azwj. I^-saww said: ‘O Ali^-asws! You^-asws have preceded me^-saww!’

فَقَالَ لِي جَبْرَئِيلُ ع يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَنْ هَذَا الَّذِي يُكَلِّمُكَ

Jibraeel^-as said to me^-saww: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! Who is this who is talking to you^-saww?’

قُلْتُ هَذَا أَخِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ

I^-saww said: ‘This is my^-saww brother Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws!’

قَالَ لِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ لَيْسَ هَذَا عَلِيّاً وَ لَكِنَّهُ مَلَكٌ مِنْ مَلَائِكَةِ الرَّحْمَنِ خَلَقَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى صُورَةِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع فَنَحْنُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ كُلَّمَا اشْتَقْنَا إِلَى وَجْهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ زُرْنَا هَذَا الْمَلَكَ لِكَرَامَةِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَى اللَّهِ سُبْحَانَهُ

He^-as said to me^-saww: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! This isn’t Ali^-asws, but he is an Angel from the Angels of the Beneficent. Allah^-azwj has Created him upon the image of Ali Bin Abu Talib^-asws. Every time we, the Angels of Proximity yearn to (see) the face of Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws, we visit this Angel due to the prestige of Ali Bin Abu Talib^-asws to Allah^-azwj the Glorious’’.

4- وَ قَالَ فِي الْمُنْتَقَى، قَالَ الْوَاقِدِيُ‏ كَانَ الْمُسْرَى فِي لَيْلَةِ السَّبْتِ لِسَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ لَيْلَةً خَلَتْ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ فِي السَّنَةِ الثَّانِيَةَ عَشَرَ مِنَ النُّبُوَّةِ قَبْلَ الْهِجْرَةِ بِثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ شَهْراً

And he said in (the book) ‘Al-Muntaqa’ – ‘Al-Waqidi (Wahabi imam) said, ‘The ascension was during the night of Saturday the seventeenth night vacant from the Month of Ramazan during the year twelve from the Prophet-hood before the Hijra by eighteen months.

وَ قِيلَ لَيْلَةَ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ رَبِيعٍ الْأَوَّلِ قَبْلَ الْهِجْرَةِ بِسَنَةٍ مِنْ شِعْبِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ‏ وَ قِيلَ لَيْلَةَ سَبْعٍ وَ عِشْرِينَ مِنْ رَجَبٍ وَ قِيلَ كَانَ الْإِسْرَاءُ قَبْلَ الْهِجْرَةِ بِسَنَةٍ وَ شَهْرَيْنِ وَ ذَلِكَ سَنَةَ ثَلَاثٍ وَ خَمْسِينَ مِنَ الْفِيلِ انْتَهَى‏

And it is said, ‘Seventeenth night of Rabbi Al-Awwal before the Hijra by a year from the (sheltering in) the cave of Abu Talib^-asws’. And it is said, ‘Night of seventeen of Rajab’. And it is said, ‘The ascension was before the Hijra by a year and two months, and that is the year fifty-three from (year of the) elephant – end. [42]

5- وَ قَالَ السَّيِّدُ بْنُ طَاوُسٍ رُوِيَ‏ أَنَّ لَيْلَةَ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَبِيعٍ الْأَوَّلِ أُسْرِيَ بِالنَّبِيِّ ص

And the Seyyid Ibn Tawoos said, ‘It is reported, the night of seventeenth of the month of Rabbi Al-Awwal, there was an ascension with the Prophet^-saww’’.[43]

6- كِتَابُ الْمُحْتَضَرِ، لِلْحَسَنِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ مِمَّا رَوَاهُ مِنْ كِتَابِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ هَوْذَةَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ عَنِ ابْنِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ حُمْرَانَ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي كِتَابِهِ‏ ثُمَّ دَنا فَتَدَلَّى فَكانَ قابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنى‏ قَالَ أَدْنَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مُحَمَّداً نَبِيَّهُ ص فَلَمْ يَكُنْ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَهُ إِلَّا قَفَصٌ مِنْ لُؤْلُؤٍ فِيهِ فِرَاشٌ يَتَلَأْلَأُ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ فَأُرِيَ صُورَةً فَقِيلَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَ تَعْرِفُ هَذِهِ الصُّورَةَ

The book ‘Al Mukhtasar’ of Al-Hassan Bin Suleyman, from what he reported from the book of Muhammad Bin Al-Abbas Bin Marwan, from Ahmad Bin Howza, from Ibrahim Bin Is’haq, from Abdullah Bin Hamaad, from Ibn Bakeyr, from Humran who said,

‘I asked Abu Ja’far^-asws about the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic in His^-azwj Book: Then he approached, so he bowed [53:8] So he was (at a distance of) two bows or nearer [53:9]. He^-asws said: ‘Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Drew His^-azwj Prophet^-saww closer, and there did not happen to be between Him^-azwj and him^-saww except a chest of pearls wherein was a throne of gold, and he^-saww saw an image.

فَقُلْتُ‏ نَعَمْ هَذِهِ صُورَةُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَيَّ أَنْ أُزَوِّجَهُ فَاطِمَةَ وَ أَتَّخِذَهُ وَلِيّاً

He^-azwj Said: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! Do you^-saww recognise this image?’ I^-saww said: ‘Yes, this is an image of Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws’. Then Allah^-azwj Revealed to me^-saww to get (Syeda) Fatima^-asws married to him^-asws and take him^-asws as a guardian’’.[44]

7- وَ مِنْ كِتَابِ الْمِعْرَاجِ، لِلشَّيْخِ الصَّالِحِ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَسَنِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنِ الصَّدُوقِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الْبَاقِرِ ع قَالَ: لَمَّا صَعِدَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِلَى السَّمَاءِ صَعِدَ عَلَى سَرِيرٍ مِنْ يَاقُوتَةٍ حَمْرَاءَ مُكَلَّلَةٍ مِنْ زَبَرْجَدَةٍ خَضْرَاءَ تَحْمِلُهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ فَقَالَ جَبْرَئِيلُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَذِّنْ

From the book ‘Al Mi’raj’ of the Sheykh Al Salih Abu Muhammad Al-Hassan, by his chain from Al Sadouq, form his father, from Muhammad Bin Abu Al Qasim, from Muhammad bin Ali, from Muhammad Bin Abdullah Bin Mihran, from Salih Bin Aqabah, from Yazeed Bin Abdul Malik,

‘From Abu Ja’far Al-Baqir^-asws having said: ‘When Rasool-Allah^-saww ascended to the sky, he^-saww ascended upon a bed of red ruby covered from green emeralds, being carried by the Angels. Jibraeel^-as said: ‘O Muhammad^-saww, proclaim Azaan’.

فَقَالَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ فَقَالَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ فَقَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ فَقَالَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ نَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ فَقَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَقَالَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ نَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ‏ فَمَا فَعَلَ وَصِيُّكَ عَلِيٌّ

He^-saww said: ‘Allah^-azwj is the Greatest! Allah^-azwj is the Greatest!’ The Angels said: ‘Allah^-azwj is the Greatest! Allah^-azwj is the Greatest!’ He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww testify that there is no god except Allah^-azwj’. The Angels said: ‘We testify there is no god except Allah^-azwj’. He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww testify that Muhammad is Rasool^-saww of Allah^-azwj’. The Angels said, ‘We testify you are Rasool^-saww of Allah^-azwj, so what happened to your^-saww successor^-asws Ali^-asws?’

قَالَ خَلَّفْتُهُ فِي أُمَّتِي قَالُوا نِعْمَ الْخَلِيفَةُ خَلَّفْتَ أَمَا إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَرَضَ عَلَيْنَا طَاعَتَهُ

He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww left him^-asws behind among my^-saww community’. They said, ‘Yes, you^-saww left behind a Caliph, and Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic has Obligated obedience to him^-asws upon us’.

ثُمَّ صَعِدَ بِهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الثَّانِيَةِ فَقَالَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ مِثْلَ مَا قَالَتْ مَلَائِكَةُ السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا فَلَمَّا صَعِدَ بِهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ السَّابِعَةِ لَقِيَهُ عِيسَى ع فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ وَ سَأَلَهُ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ فَقَالَ لَهُ خَلَّفْتُهُ فِي أُمَّتِي قَالَ نِعْمَ الْخَلِيفَةُ خَلَّفْتَ أَمَا إِنَّ اللَّهَ فَرَضَ عَلَى الْمَلَائِكَةِ طَاعَتَهُ

Then he^-saww was ascended to the second sky, and the Angels said similar to what the Angels of the sky of the world had said. When he^-saww was ascended with to the seventh sky, Isa^-as met him^-as and greeted unto him^-saww and asked him^-saww about Ali^-asws. He^-saww said to him^-as: ‘I^-saww left him^-asws behind among my^-saww community’. He^-as said: ‘Best of the Caliphs you^-saww have left behind, and Allah^-azwj has Obligated upon the Angels to be obedient to him^-asws’.

ثُمَّ لَقِيَهُ مُوسَى ع وَ النَّبِيُّونَ نَبِيٌّ نَبِيٌّ فَكُلُّهُمْ يَقُولُ لَهُ مَقَالَةَ عِيسَى ع ثُمَّ قَالَ‏ مُحَمَّدٌ ص فَأَيْنَ أَبِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ فَقَالُوا لَهُ هُوَ مَعَ أَطْفَالِ شِيعَةِ عَلِيٍّ فَدَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ فَإِذَا هُوَ تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ لَهَا ضُرُوعٌ كَضُرُوعِ الْبَقَرِ فَإِذَا انْفَلَتَ الضَّرْعُ مِنْ فَمِ الصَّبِيِّ قَامَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ فَرَدَّ عَلَيْهِ

Then Musa^-as met him^-saww, and the Prophets^-as, Prophet^-as after a Prophet^-as, and all of them^-as said to him^-saww the words of Isa^-as. Then Muhammad^-saww said: ‘Where is my^-saww father Ibrahim^-as?’ They^-as said to him^-saww: ‘He^-as is with the children of the Shias of Ali^-asws’. He^-saww entered Paradise, and there he^-as was beneath the tree having udders for it like the udders of the cow, and whenever the udder came off from the mouth of a child, Ibrahim^-as stood up and returned it to him.

قَالَ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ‏ وَ سَأَلَهُ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ فَقَالَ خَلَّفْتُهُ فِي أُمَّتِي قَالَ نِعْمَ الْخَلِيفَةُ خَلَّفْتَ أَمَا إِنَّ اللَّهَ فَرَضَ عَلَى الْمَلَائِكَةِ طَاعَتَهُ وَ هَؤُلَاءِ أَطْفَالُ شِيعَتِهِ سَأَلْتُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَنْ يَجْعَلَنِيَ الْقَائِمَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَفَعَلَ وَ إِنَّ الصَّبِيَّ لَيَجْرَعُ الْجُرْعَةَ فَيَجِدُ طَعْمَ ثِمَارِ الْجَنَّةِ وَ أَنْهَارِهَا فِي تِلْكَ الْجُرْعَةِ

He^-asws said: ‘He^-as greeted unto him^-saww and asked him^-saww about Ali^-asws. He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww left him^-asws behind among my^-saww community’. He^-as said: ‘Best of the Caliphs you^-saww have left behind, and Allah^-azwj has Obligated upon the Angels to be obedient to him^-asws, and they here are the children of his^-asws Shias. I^-as had asked Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic to Make me^-as the custodian upon them, and He^-azwj Did so, and that the child tends to receive the dosage and he finds the taste of the fruits of Paradise and its rivers during that dosage.[45]

8- وَ مِنْهُ عَنِ الصَّدُوقِ عَنِ ابْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنِ الصَّفَّارِ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ النَّضْرِ عَنِ ابْنِ شِمْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ الْجُعْفِيِّ عَنْ جَابِرٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ لَمَّا عُرِجَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ السَّابِعَةِ وَجَدْتُ عَلَى كُلِّ بَابِ‏ سَمَاءٍ مَكْتُوباً لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ لَمَّا صِرْتُ إِلَى حُجُبِ النُّورِ رَأَيْتُ عَلَى كُلِّ حِجَابٍ مَكْتُوباً لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ لَمَّا صِرْتُ إِلَى الْعَرْشِ وَجَدْتُ عَلَى كُلِّ رُكْنٍ مِنْ أَرْكَانِهِ مَكْتُوباً لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ‏

And from him, from Al Sadouq, from Ibn Al-Waleed, from Al Saffar, from Al Barqy, from his father, from Ahmad Bin Al Nazar, from Ibn Shimr, from Jabir Al Jufy, from Jabir Al Ansary who said,

‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘When there was an ascension with me^-saww to the seventh sky, I^-saww found inscribed upon the gate of each sky: “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”.

وَ لَمَّا صِرْتُ إِلَى حُجُبِ النُّورِ رَأَيْتُ عَلَى كُلِّ حِجَابٍ مَكْتُوباً لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

And when I^-saww came to the Veils of ‘Noor’ (Light), I^-saww saw inscribed upon every Veil: “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”.

وَ لَمَّا صِرْتُ إِلَى الْعَرْشِ وَجَدْتُ عَلَى كُلِّ رُكْنٍ مِنْ أَرْكَانِهِ مَكْتُوباً لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ‏

And when I^-saww came to the Throne, I^-saww found inscribed upon every corner from its corners: “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’’.[46]

9- وَ مِنْهُ بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ عَنْ أَبِي مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص‏ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَبَلَغْتُ السَّمَاءَ الْخَامِسَةَ نَظَرْتُ إِلَى صُورَةِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَقُلْتُ حَبِيبِي جَبْرَئِيلُ مَا هَذِهِ الصُّورَةُ

And from him, by his chain from Bak Bin Abdullah, from Sahl Bin Abdul Wahab, from Abu Muawiya, from Al Amsh,

‘From Ja’far^-asws Bin Muhammad^-asws, from his^-asws father^-asws, from his^-asws grandfather^-asws having said: ‘The Prophet^-saww said: ‘On the night there was an ascension with me^-saww to the sky, I^-saww reached the fifth sky. I^-saww looked at an image of Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws and I^-saww said: ‘My^-saww beloved Jibraeel^-as! What is this image?’

فَقَالَ جَبْرَئِيلُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ اشْتَهَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ أَنْ يَنْظُرُوا إِلَى صُورَةِ عَلِيٍّ فَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا إِنَّ بَنِي آدَمَ فِي دُنْيَاهُمْ يَتَمَتَّعُونَ غُدْوَةً وَ عَشِيَّةً بِالنَّظَرِ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ حَبِيبِ حَبِيبِكَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ خَلِيفَتِهِ وَ وَصِيِّهِ وَ أَمِينِهِ فَمَتِّعْنَا بِصُورَتِهِ قَدْرَ مَا تَمَتَّعَ أَهْلُ الدُّنْيَا بِهِ

Jibraeel^-as said: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! The Angels were desirous to looked at the image of Ali^-asws and they said, ‘O Lord^-azwj! The Children of Adam^-as are enjoying in the world morning and evening by looking at Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws, beloved of Your^-azwj Beloved Muhammad^-saww, and His^-saww Caliph, and His^-azwj successor^-asws, and His^-azwj trustee, so Make us to enjoy (looking at) his^-asws image by a measure of what the people of the world are enjoying with’.

فَصَوَّرَ لَهُمْ صُورَتَهُ مِنْ نُورِ قُدْسِهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَعَلِيٌّ ع بَيْنَ‏ أَيْدِيهِمْ لَيْلًا وَ نَهَاراً يَزُورُونَهُ وَ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَيْهِ غُدْوَةً وَ عَشِيَّةً

He^-azwj Imaged for them his^-asws image from the Light of His^-azwj Holiness, Mighty and Majestic. Thus, Ali^-asws is in front of them night and day. They are visiting him^-asws and looking at him^-asws morning and evening’’.[47]

10- قَالَ فَأَخْبَرَنِي الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ع قَالَ: فَلَمَّا ضَرَبَهُ اللَّعِينُ ابْنُ مُلْجَمٍ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ صَارَتْ تِلْكَ الضَّرْبَةُ فِي صُورَتِهِ الَّتِي فِي السَّمَاءِ فَالْمَلَائِكَةُ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَيْهِ غُدْوَةً وَ عَشِيَّةً وَ يَلْعَنُونَ قَاتِلَهُ ابْنَ مُلْجَمٍ

He said, ‘Al Amsh informed me,

‘From Ja’far^-asws Bin Muhammad^-asws having said: ‘When the accursed Ibn Muljim^-la struck him^-asws upon his^-asws head, that strike came to be in his^-asws image which is in the sky. The Angels are looking at him^-asws morning and evening and cursing his^-asws killer Ibn Muljim^-la.

فَلَمَّا قُتِلَ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ع هَبَطَتِ‏ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَ حَمَلَتْهُ حَتَّى أَوْقَفَتْهُ مَعَ صُورَةِ عَلِيٍّ فِي السَّمَاءِ الْخَامِسَةِ فَكُلَّمَا هَبَطَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ مِنَ السَّمَاوَاتِ مِنْ عُلًا وَ صَعِدَتْ مَلَائِكَةُ السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا فَمَنْ فَوْقَهَا إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الْخَامِسَةِ لِزِيَارَةِ صُورَةِ عَلِيٍّ وَ النَّظَرِ إِلَيْهِ وَ إِلَى الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ مُشَحَّطاً بِدَمِهِ‏ لَعَنُوا يَزِيدَ وَ ابْنَ زِيَادٍ وَ مَنْ قَاتَلُوا الْحُسَيْنَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ ع إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ

When Al-Husayn^-asws Bin Ali^-asws was killed, the Angels descended and carried him^-asws until they paused him^-asws with the image of Ali^-asws in the fifth sky. Whenever the Angels descend from the higher skies and the Angels ascend from the sky of the world and from above it to the fifth sky for the visitation to the image of Ali^-asws and looking at him^-asws and to Al-Husayn^-asws Bin Ali^-asws splattered with his^-asws blood, they curse Yazeed^-la and Ibn Ziyad^-la and the ones who killed Al-Husayn^-asws Bin Ali^-asws, up to the Day of Qiyamah’.

قَالَ الْأَعْمَشُ قَالَ لِي جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّادِقُ ع هَذَا مِنْ مَكْنُونِ الْعِلْمِ وَ مَخْزُونِهِ لَا تُخْرِجْهُ إِلَّا إِلَى أَهْلِهِ‏

Al-Amsh said, ‘Ja’far^-asws Bin Muhammad Al-Sadiq^-asws said: ‘This is from the hidden knowledge and its treasure. Do not bring it out except to its deserving ones.[48]

11- وَ مِنْهُ عَنِ الصَّدُوقِ عَنِ الطَّالَقَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ الْمُهْتَدِي الْعَبَّاسِيِّ عَنْ غَوْثِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ فَرَجِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ فَرَجِ بْنِ مُسَافِرٍ عَنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ بَدْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي هَارُونَ الْعَبْدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ: لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ مَا سَمِعْتُ شَيْئاً قَطُّ هُوَ أَحْلَى مِنْ كَلَامِ رَبِّي عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ

And from him, from Al Sadouq, from Al Talaqany, from Abu Abdullah Bin Abdul Samad Al Muhtady Al-Abbasy, from Gaws Bin Suleyman, from Abdullah Bin Salih, from Faraj Bin Salih, from Faraj Bin Musafir, from Al Rabie Bin Badr, from Abu Haroun Al Abady, from Abu Saeed Al Khudry,

‘From Rasool-Allah^-saww having said: ‘When there was an ascension with me^-saww to the sky, I^-saww did not hear any voice at all which was sweeter than the Speech of my^-saww Lord^-azwj Mighty and Majestic’.

قَالَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَبِّ اتَّخَذْتَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلًا وَ كَلَّمْتَ مُوسَى تَكْلِيماً وَ رَفَعْتَ إِدْرِيسَ مَكَاناً عَلِيّاً وَ آتَيْتَ دَاوُدَ زَبُوراً وَ أَعْطَيْتَ سُلَيْمَانَ مُلْكاً لَا يَنْبَغِي لِأَحَدٍ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ فَمَا ذَا لِي يَا رَبِّ

He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww said: ‘O Lord^-azwj! You^-azwj Took Ibrahim^-as as a friend, and Spoke to Musa^-as in a conversation, and Raised Idrees^-as to a high place, and Gave Psalms to Dawood^-as, and Gave to Suleyman^-as a kingdom not befitting for anyone from after him^-as. What is there for me^-saww, O Lord^-azwj?’

فَقَالَ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ اتَّخَذْتُكَ خَلِيلًا كَمَا اتَّخَذْتُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلًا وَ كَلَّمْتُكَ تَكْلِيماً كَمَا كَلَّمْتُ مُوسَى تَكْلِيماً وَ أَعْطَيْتُكَ فَاتِحَةَ الْكِتَابِ وَ سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ وَ لَمْ أُعْطِهِمَا نَبِيّاً قَبْلَكَ

The Most Majestic Said: “O Muhammad^-saww! I^-azwj Took you^-saww as a friend just as I^-azwj Took Ibrahim^-as as a friend, and Spoke to you^-saww in a conversation just as I^-azwj Spoke to Musa^-as in a conversation, and Gave you^-saww Opening of the Book (Surah Al-Fatiha) and Surah Al-Baqarah, and did not Give these two to any Prophet^-as before you^-saww.

وَ أَرْسَلْتُكَ إِلَى أَسْوَدِ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ وَ أَحْمَرِهِمْ وَ إِنْسِهِمْ وَ جِنِّهِمْ وَ لَمْ أُرْسِلْ إِلَى جَمَاعَتِهِمْ نَبِيّاً قَبْلَكَ وَ جَعَلْتُ الْأَرْضَ لَكَ وَ لِأُمَّتِكَ مَسْجِداً وَ طَهُوراً وَ أَطْعَمْتُ أُمَّتَكَ الْفَيْ‏ءَ وَ لَمْ أُحِلَّهُ لِأَحَدٍ قَبْلَهَا

And I^-azwj Sent you^-saww to the blacks of the earth and their red ones, and their humans and their Jinns, and did not Send to their combined group any Prophet^-as before you^-saww, and Made the earth to be a Masjid (place of prostration) for you^-saww and your^-saww community and a (medium of) cleansing, and Fed your^-saww community the Fey (war booty) and did not Legalise it for anyone before you^-saww.

وَ نَصَرْتُكَ بِالرُّعْبِ حَتَّى إِنَّ عَدُوَّكَ لَيَرْعَبُ مِنْكَ وَ أَنْزَلْتُ سَيِّدَ الْكُتُبِ كُلِّهَا مُهَيْمِناً عَلَيْكَ قُرْآناً عَرَبِيّاً مُبِيناً وَ رَفَعْتُ لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ حَتَّى لَا أُذْكَرُ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ مِنْ شَرَائِعِ دِينِي إِلَّا ذُكِرْتَ مَعِي

And I^-azwj Helped you^-saww with the awe until your^-saww enemies were afraid from you^-saww, and Sent down the Chief of all the Books upon you^-saww, a clear Arabic Quran, and Raised your^-saww mention for you^-saww until nothing from the Laws of My^-azwj Religion will be mentioned except you^-saww will be mentioned along with Me^-azwj.[49]

12- كا، الكافي عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: لَمَّا عُرِجَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص انْتَهَى بِهِ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع إِلَى مَكَانٍ فَخَلَّى عَنْهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ أَ تُخَلِّينِي عَلَى هَذِهِ الْحَالِ‏ فَقَالَ امْضِهْ فَوَ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ وَطِئْتَ مَكَاناً مَا وَطِئَهُ بَشَرٌ وَ مَا مَشَى فِيهِ بَشَرٌ قَبْلَكَ‏

‘Al Kafi’ – Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from Hammad Bin Usman, from Abu Baseer,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘When there was an Ascension (Mi’raj) with Rasool-Allah^-saww, Jibraeel^-as ended up with him^-saww to a place, and he^-as isolated from him^-saww. He^-saww said to him^-as: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! You^-as are isolating from me^-saww upon this state?’ He^-as said: ‘Carry on, for by Allah^-azwj, you^-saww are treading in a place in which no person has trod upon and no person has walked in it before you^-saww.[50]

13- كا، الكافي عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْجَوْهَرِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ قَالَ: سَأَلَ أَبُو بَصِيرٍ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع وَ أَنَا حَاضِرٌ فَقَالَ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ كَمْ عُرِجَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَقَالَ مَرَّتَيْنِ فَأَوْقَفَهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ مَوْقِفاً فَقَالَ لَهُ مَكَانَكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَلَقَدْ وَقَفْتَ مَوْقِفاً مَا وَقَفَهُ مَلَكٌ قَطُّ وَ لَا نَبِيٌّ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يُصَلِّي

‘Al Kafi’ – A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Al Qasim Bin Muhammad Al Jowhary, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza who said,

‘Abu Baseer asked Abu Abdullah^-asws and I was present, so he said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you^-asws! How many times was Rasool-Allah^-saww Ascended (Mi’raj) with?’ He^-asws said: ‘Twice. Jibraeel^-as paused him^-saww at a pausing stop and he^-as said to him^-saww: ‘In your^-saww place, O Muhammad^-saww, for you^-saww have paused at a pausing ‘station’, no Angel has paused at all, not any Prophet^-saww, your^-saww Lord^-azwj is Praying Salat’.

فَقَالَ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ وَ كَيْفَ يُصَلِّي

He^-saww said: O Jibraeel^-as, and how does He^-azwj Pray Salat?

قَالَ يَقُولُ سُبُّوحٌ قُدُّوسٌ أَنَا رَبُّ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَ الرُّوحِ سَبَقَتْ رَحْمَتِي غَضَبِي

’ He^-as said: ‘He^-azwj is Saying: “Glorious, Holy am I^-azwj! Lord^-azwj of the Angels and the Spirit. My^-azwj Mercy precedes My^-azwj Wrath”.

فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص اللَّهُمَّ عَفْوَكَ عَفْوَكَ

He^-saww said: ‘Your^-azwj Pardon! Your^-azwj Pardon!’

قَالَ وَ كَانَ كَمَا قَالَ اللَّهُ‏ قابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنى‏

He^-asws said: ‘And it was just as Allah^-azwj Said: So, he was (at a distance of) two bows or nearer [53:9]’.

فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو بَصِيرٍ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ مَا قَابُ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَى قَالَ مَا بَيْنَ سِيَتِهَا إِلَى رَأْسِهَا

Abu Baseer said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you^-asws! What is: (at a distance of) two bows or nearer [53:9]?’ He^-asws said: ‘What is between its centre to its top (radius)’.

قَالَ فَكَانَ كَمَا قَالَ بَيْنَهُمَا حِجَابٌ‏ يَتَلَأْلَأُ بِخَفْقٍ وَ لَا أَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا وَ قَدْ قَالَ زَبَرْجَدٌ فَنَظَرَ فِي مِثْلِ سَمِّ الْإِبْرَةِ إِلَى مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ مِنْ نُورِ الْعَظَمَةِ

Then he^-asws said, ‘And there was a Veil between the two, sparkling, pulsating’, and I (the narrator) do not know it except and he^-asws had said: ‘Of aquamarine. So, he^-saww looked into like an eye of the needle towards whatever Allah^-azwj so Desired from the Light of the Magnificence.

فَقَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى يَا مُحَمَّدُ قَالَ لَبَّيْكَ رَبِّي قَالَ مَنْ لِأُمَّتِكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ قَالَ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ سَيِّدُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَ قَائِدُ الْغُرِّ الْمُحَجَّلِينَ

Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted Said: “O Muhammad^-saww!” He^-saww said: ‘At Your^-azwj service my^-saww Lord^-azwj!’ He^-azwj Said: “Who is for your^-saww community from after you^-saww?” He^-saww said: ‘Allah^-azwj is more Knowing’. He^-azwj Said: “Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws, Amir Al-Momineen and chief of the Muslims, and guide of the resplendent”.

قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع لِأَبِي بَصِيرٍ يَا بَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَ اللَّهِ مَا جَاءَتْ وَلَايَةُ عَلِيٍّ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ وَ لَكِنْ جَاءَتْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مُشَافَهَةً

He (the narrator) said, ‘Then Abu Abdullah^-asws said to Abu Baseer: ‘O Abu Muhammad! By Allah^-azwj! The Wilayah of Ali^-asws did not come from the earth, but it came from the sky, Verbally’’.[51]

14- كا، الكافي عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ أَوِ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَبَلَغَ الْبَيْتَ الْمَعْمُورَ وَ حَضَرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَأَذَّنَ جَبْرَئِيلُ وَ أَقَامَ فَتَقَدَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ صَفَّ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَ النَّبِيُّونَ خَلْفَ مُحَمَّدٍ ص

‘Al Kafi’ – Ali, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Umar Bin Azina, from Zurara or Al Fazeyl,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘When there was an ascension with Rasool-Allah^-saww to the sky, he^-saww reached Al-Bayt Al-Mamour and the Salat presented. Jibraeel^-as proclaimed Azan and Iqamah and Rasool-Allah^-saww proceeded (to lead Salat) and the Angels and the Prophets^-as formed rows behind Muhammad^-saww’’.[52]

15- كا، الكافي عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ لَقَدْ أَسْرَى رَبِّي بِي فَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْحِجَابِ مَا أَوْحَى وَ شَافَهَنِي إِلَى أَنْ قَالَ لِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَنْ أَذَلَّ لِي وَلِيّاً فَقَدْ أَرْصَدَ لِي بِالْمُحَارَبَةِ وَ مَنْ حَارَبَنِي حَارَبْتُهُ

‘Al Kafi’ – Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Muawiya,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘My^-saww Lord^-azwj Ascended me^-saww and Revealed to me^-saww from behind the Veils what He^-azwj Revealed, and Spoke to me^-saww verbally until He^-azwj Said to me^-saww: “O Muhammad^-saww! One who disgraces a friend of Mine so he has declared war against Me^-azwj, and the one who battles Me^-azwj I^-azwj shall Battle against him”.

قُلْتُ يَا رَبِّ وَ مَنْ وَلِيُّكَ هَذَا فَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ مَنْ حَارَبَكَ حَارَبْتَهُ قَالَ ذَاكَ مَنْ أَخَذْتُ مِيثَاقَهُ لَكَ وَ لِوَصِيِّكَ وَ لِذُرِّيَّتِكُمَا بِالْوَلَايَةِ

I^-saww said: ‘O Lord^-azwj! And who is this friend of Yours^-azwj, so I^-saww would know that the one who battles You^-azwj, You^-azwj will Battle him?’ He^-azwj Said: “That is the one whose Covenant I^-azwj have Taken for you^-saww and for your^-saww successor^-asws and for your^-saww offspring with the Wilayah”’.[53]

16- يب، تهذيب الأحكام سَهْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْخَزَّازِ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ خَارِجَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص لَمَّا أَسْرَى اللَّهُ بِهِ قَالَ لَهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع أَ تَدْرِي أَيْنَ أَنْتَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ السَّاعَةَ أَنْتَ مُقَابِلُ مَسْجِدِ الْكُوفَانَ قَالَ فَاسْتَأْذِنْ لِي رَبِّي عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ حَتَّى آتِيَهُ فَأُصَلِّيَ فِيهِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَأَذِنَ لَهُ‏

‘Tahzeeb Al Ahkaam’ – Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Amro Bin Usman, from Muhammad Bin Abdullah Al Khazaz, from Haroun Bin Kharja,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww, when Allah^-azwj Ascended him^-saww, Jibraeel^-as said to him^-saww: ‘Do you^-saww know where you^-saww are, O Rasool-Allah^-saww? At the moment you^-saww are facing Masjid Al-Kufan’. He^-saww said: ‘Seek Permission of my^-saww Lord^-azwj Mighty and Majestic for me^-saww until I^-saww go to it and pray two Cycles therein’. He^-as sought Permission of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic and He^-azwj Permitted for him^-saww.[54]

17- كا، الكافي الْعِدَّةُ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ الثُّمَالِيِّ وَ أَبِي مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي الرَّبِيعِ قَالَ: حَجَجْنَا مَعَ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع فِي السَّنَةِ الَّتِي كَانَ حَجَّ فِيهَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ وَ كَانَ مَعَهُ نَافِعٌ مَوْلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ فَنَظَرَ نَافِعٌ إِلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع فِي رُكْنِ الْبَيْتِ وَ قَدِ اجْتَمَعَ عَلَيْهِ النَّاسُ فَقَالَ نَافِعٌ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَنْ هَذَا الَّذِي قَدْ تَدَاكَّ عَلَيْهِ النَّاسُ فَقَالَ هَذَا نَبِيُّ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ هَذَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ فَقَالَ اشْهَدْ لَآتِيَنَّهُ فَلَأَسْأَلَنَّهُ عَنْ مَسَائِلَ لَا يُجِيبُنِي فِيهَا إِلَّا نَبِيٌّ أَوْ وَصِيُّ نَبِيٍّ أَوِ ابْنُ نَبِيٍّ قَالَ فَاذْهَبْ إِلَيْهِ وَ اسْأَلْهُ لَعَلَّكَ تُخْجِلُهُ

‘Al Kafi’ – A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Al-Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Abu Hamza Sabit Bin Dinar Al-Thamaly and Abu Mansour, from Abu Al-Tabi’e who said:

‘We went to Hajj with Abu Ja’far^-asws in the year in which Hisham Abdul Malik was performing the Pilgrimage as well, and along with him was Nafa’u, the retainer of Umar Bin Al-Khattaab. Nafa’u looked towards Abu Ja’far^-asws in the corner of the House and the people had gathered around him’. Nafa’u said, ‘O Commander of the Faithful, who is this one around whom the people have gathered?’ He said, ‘This is a Prophet of the people of Al-Kufa. This is Muhammad^-asws Bin Ali^-asws’. He said, ‘Be a witness for I shall ask him^-asws about certain matters that nobody can answer with regards to it except for a Prophet^-as or a son^-asws of a Prophet^-as, or a successor^-asws of a Prophet^-as’. He said, ‘So go ahead and ask him^-asws, perhaps you can embarrass him^-asws’.

فَجَاءَ نَافِعٌ حَتَّى اتَّكَأَ عَلَى النَّاسِ ثُمَّ أَشْرَفَ عَلَى أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ إِنِّي قَرَأْتُ التَّوْرَاةَ وَ الْإِنْجِيلَ وَ الزَّبُورَ وَ الْفُرْقَانَ وَ قَدْ عَرَفْتُ حَلَالَهَا وَ حَرَامَهَا وَ قَدْ جِئْتُ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ مَسَائِلَ لَا يُجِيبُ فِيهَا إِلَّا نَبِيٌّ أَوْ وَصِيُّ نَبِيٍّ أَوِ ابْنُ نَبِيٍّ

Nafa’u came until he leaned upon the people, until he was higher than Abu Ja’far^-asws. He said, ‘O Muhammad^-asws Bin Ali^-asws! I have read the Torah, and the Evangel, and the Psalms, and the Furqaan (Quran), and have understood their Permissible(s), and their Prohibitions, and I have come to ask you^-asws about certain matters that none can answer with regard to it except for a Prophet^-as, or a successor^-asws of a Prophet^-as, or son^-asws of a Prophet^-as’.

قَالَ فَرَفَعَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ سَلْ عَمَّا بَدَا لَكَ فَقَالَ أَخْبِرْنِي كَمْ بَيْنَ عِيسَى وَ بَيْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ ص مِنْ سَنَةٍ قَالَ أُخْبِرُكَ بِقَوْلِي أَوْ بِقَوْلِكَ قَالَ أَخْبِرْنِي بِالْقَوْلَيْنِ جَمِيعاً قَالَ أَمَّا فِي قَوْلِي فَخَمْسُمِائَةِ سَنَةٍ وَ أَمَّا فِي قَوْلِكَ فَسِتُّمِائَةِ سَنَةٍ

He (the narrator) said, ‘Abu Ja’far^-asws raised his^-asws head and said; ‘Ask, or shall I^-asws begin for you?’ He said, ‘Inform me, how many years were there in between Isa^-as and Muhammad^-saww?’ He^-asws said: ‘Shall I^-asws inform you in accordance to your words or to mine^-asws?’ He said, ‘Inform me in accordance to both together’. He^-asws said: ‘In accordance to my^-asws words, so there were five hundred years, and in accordance to your words there were six hundred years’.

قَالَ فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لِنَبِيِّهِ‏ وَ سْئَلْ مَنْ أَرْسَلْنا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْ رُسُلِنا أَ جَعَلْنا مِنْ دُونِ الرَّحْمنِ آلِهَةً يُعْبَدُونَ‏ مِنَ الَّذِي سَأَلَهُ مُحَمَّدٌ ص وَ كَانَ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ عِيسَى خَمْسُمِائَةِ سَنَةٍ

He said, ‘So inform me about the Statement of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic to His^-azwj Prophet^-saww: “[43:45] And ask those of Our Rasools whom We sent before you: Did We ever appoint gods to be worshipped besides the Beneficent Allah?” who was the one that Muhammad^-saww asked, since there were five hundred years in between him^-saww and Isa^-as?’

قَالَ فَتَلَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ سُبْحانَ الَّذِي أَسْرى‏ بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلًا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرامِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَقْصَى الَّذِي بارَكْنا حَوْلَهُ لِنُرِيَهُ مِنْ آياتِنا فَكَانَ مِنَ الْآيَاتِ الَّتِي أَرَاهَا اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى مُحَمَّداً حَيْثُ أَسْرَى بِهِ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ الْمُقَدَّسِ أَنْ‏حَشَرَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ ذِكْرُهُ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَ الْآخِرِينَ مِنَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ ثُمَّ أَمَرَ جَبْرَئِيلَ فَأَذَّنَ شَفْعاً وَ أَقَامَ شَفْعاً

Abu Ja’far^-asws said: ‘This is the Verse: Glorified is He Who Journeyed His Servant on a night from the Sacred Masjid to Masjid Al-Aqsa Which We have Blessed its precincts, in order to Show him from Our Signs. Surely, He is the Hearing, the Seeing [17:1], so Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted Showed to Muhammad^-saww certain Signs when He^-azwj Made him^-saww travel to the Bayt Al-Maqdas, was that Allah^-azwj Mighty is His^-azwj Mention, Resurrected from the former ones and the later ones, Prophets^-as and Rasools^-as, then Commanded Jibraeel^-as to proclaim the Azan in paired sentences and the Iqamah in paired sentences.

وَ قَالَ فِي أَذَانِهِ حَيَّ عَلَى خَيْرِ الْعَمَلِ ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمَ مُحَمَّدٌ فَصَلَّى بِالْقَوْمِ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ قَالَ لَهُمْ عَلَى مَا تَشْهَدُونَ وَ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ قَالُوا نَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ أَخَذَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ عُهُودَنَا وَ مَوَاثِيقَنَا فَقَالَ نَافِعٌ صَدَقْتَ يَا بَا جَعْفَرٍ

And he said in his Adhaan “Hurry to the Best of the deeds” (Hayya Ala Khayr Al-Amal). Then Muhammad^-saww proceeded and Prayed with the people. When he^-saww had finished, he^-saww asked them: ‘What did you testify to and what did you worship?’ They replied, ‘We testified that there is no god except Allah^-azwj, The One^-azwj with no associates to Him^-azwj, and that you^-saww are the Rasool^-saww of Allah^-azwj, and it is upon that, that He^-azwj Took a Covenant from us and the Confirmation’. Nafa’u said, ‘You^-asws have spoken the truth, O Abu Ja’far^-asws!’’[55]

18- كا، الكافي عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏ قَالَ: لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص أَصْبَحَ فَقَعَدَ فَحَدَّثَهُمْ بِذَلِكَ فَقَالُوا لَهُ صِفْ لَنَا بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ قَالَ فَوَصَفَ لَهُمْ وَ إِنَّمَا دَخَلَهُ لَيْلًا فَاشْتَبَهَ عَلَيْهِ النَّعْتُ فَأَتَاهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ فَقَالَ انْظُرْ هَاهُنَا فَنَظَرَ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ فَوَصَفَهُ وَ هُوَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ

‘Al Kafi’ – Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr, from Abaan Bin Usmaan, from Hadeed, who has narrated the following:

Abu Abdullah^-asws has said: ‘When the ascension (Me’raaj) took place with the Rasool-Allah^-saww, in the morning he^-saww sat and narrated it to them (his^-saww companions). They said to him^-saww, ‘Describe for us Bayt Al-Maqdas’. He^-saww described it for them, as he^-saww had seen it during the night, therefore they remained vague about it. Jibraeel^-as came to him^-saww and said: ‘Look over there!’ He^-saww looked towards Al-Bayt (Al-Maqdas) and described it to them whilst looking at it.

ثُمَّ نَعَتَ لَهُمْ مَا كَانَ مِنْ عِيرٍ لَهُمْ فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ وَ بَيْنَ الشَّامِ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَذِهِ عِيرُ بَنِي فُلَانٍ تَقْدَمُ مَعَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ يَتَقَدَّمُهَا جَمَلٌ أَوْرَقُ أَوْ أَحْمَرُ قَالَ وَ بَعَثَتْ قُرَيْشٌ رَجُلًا عَلَى فَرَسٍ لِيَرُدَّهَا قَالَ وَ بَلَغَ مَعَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ قَالَ قَرَظَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ عَمْرٍو يَا لَهْفَا أَنْ لَا أَكُونَ لَكَ جَذَعاً حِينَ تَزْعُمُ أَنَّكَ أَتَيْتَ بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ وَ رَجَعْتَ مِنْ لَيْلَتِكَ‏

Then he^-saww described for them the caravan, which was between them and Syria. Then said: ‘These were the camels of the clan of so and so and will be arriving with the rise of the sun, led by a red camel’. And the Quraysh then sent a man upon a horse to turn it back, but it still arrived with the rise of the sun. Qurtat Bin Abd Amro said, ‘O grief that I don’t be for you a trunk (strong enough) when you^-saww claim that you^-saww came to Bait Al-Maqdas and returned in the same night (O Prophet^-saww!).[56]

19- كا، الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الْكَاهِلِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏ فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ وَ ما تُغْنِي الْآياتُ وَ النُّذُرُ عَنْ قَوْمٍ لا يُؤْمِنُونَ‏ قَالَ لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص أَتَاهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ بِالْبُرَاقِ فَرَكِبَهَا فَأَتَى بَيْتَ المَقْدِسِ فَلَقِيَ مَنْ لَقِيَ مِنْ إِخْوَانِهِ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ

‘Al Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al-Hakam, from Abdullah Bin Yahya Al-Kahily, who has said:

Abu Abdullah^-asws regarding the Statement of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: Say: ‘Look at what is in the skies and the earth, and the Signs and the warners do not avail a people not believing [10:101]. He^-asws said: ‘When ascension took place with Rasool-Allah^-saww, Jibraeel^-as came up to him^-saww with Al-Buraaq (the ride). So he^-saww rode on it and came to Bayt Al-Maqdas (Jerusalem). Then he^-saww met the ones whom he^-saww met from his^-saww brothers from the Prophets^-as.

ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فَحَدَّثَ أَصْحَابَهُ أَنِّي أَتَيْتُ بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ وَ رَجَعْتُ مِنَ اللَّيْلَةِ وَ قَدْ جَاءَنِي جَبْرَئِيلُ بِالْبُرَاقِ فَرَكِبْتُهَا وَ آيَةُ ذَلِكَ أَنِّي مَرَرْتُ بِعِيرٍ لِأَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَلَى مَاءٍ لِبَنِي فُلَانٍ وَ قَدْ أَضَلُّوا جَمَلًا لَهُمْ أَحْمَرَ وَ قَدْ هَمَّ الْقَوْمُ فِي طَلَبِهِ

Then he^-saww returned and narrated it to his^-saww companions, ‘I^-saww came to Bayt Al-Maqdas, and returned during the night. Jibraeel^-as came to me^-saww with Al-Buraaq, so I^-saww rode upon it, and the sign of that is that I^-saww passed by the camels of Abu Sufyan being watered at the watering hole of the clan of so and so. A red camel of theirs had strayed and the group were looking for it.

فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ إِنَّمَا جَاءَ الشَّامَ وَ هُوَ رَاكِبٌ سَرِيعٌ وَ لَكِنَّكُمْ قَدْ أَتَيْتُمُ الشَّامَ وَ عَرَفْتُمُوهَا فَسَلُوهُ عَنْ أَسْوَاقِهَا وَ أَبْوَابِهَا وَ تُجَّارِهَا فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ الشَّامُ وَ كَيْفَ أَسْوَاقُهَا

Some of them said to the others, ‘But rather he^-saww went to Syria whilst riding at speed whereas you have been to Syria and recognise it. Ask him^-saww about its markets, and its doors, and its businessmen’. They said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww, how is Syria, and how are its markets?’

قَالَ وَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِذَا سُئِلَ عَنِ الشَّيْ‏ءِ لَا يَعْرِفُهُ شَقَّ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى يُرَى ذَلِكَ فِي وَجْهِهِ قَالَ فَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ أَتَاهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذِهِ الشَّامُ قَدْ رُفِعَتْ لَكَ فَالْتَفَتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَإِذَا هُوَ بِالشَّامِ بِأَبْوَابِهَا وَ أَسْوَاقِهَا وَ تُجَّارِهَا

He^-asws said: ‘The Rasool^-saww, when asked about something that he^-saww did not recognise, he^-saww would not describe it until after seeing it in front of him^-saww. When they were in the middle of that, Jibraeel^-as came up to him^-saww and said: ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww, this here is Syria which has been raised for you^-saww!’ e Rasool-Allah^-saww turned and visualised Syria, with its doors, and its markets, and its traders’.

وَ قَالَ أَيْنَ السَّائِلُ عَنِ الشَّامِ فَقَالُوا لَهُ فُلَانٌ وَ فُلَانٌ فَأَجَابَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فِي كُلِّ مَا سَأَلُوهُ عَنْهُ فَلَمْ يُؤْمِنْ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ وَ هُوَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى‏ وَ ما تُغْنِي الْآياتُ وَ النُّذُرُ عَنْ قَوْمٍ لا يُؤْمِنُونَ‏ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع نَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ أَنْ لَا نُؤْمِنَ بِاللَّهِ وَ رَسُولِهِ‏ آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَ بِرَسُولِهِ ص‏

He^-saww said: ‘Where are the questioners about Syria?’ They said to him^-saww, ‘It is so and so and so and so’. Rasool-Allah^-saww answered them with regards to all of what they asked from him^-saww. Even then they did not believe from among them, except for a few, and it is the Word of Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted: and the Signs and the warners do not avail a people not believing [10:101]. Then Abu Abdullah^-asws said: ‘We^-asws seek Refuge with Allah^-azwj from disbelief in Allah^-azwj and in His^-azwj Rasool^-saww. We^-asws believe in Allah^-azwj and in His^-azwj Rasool^-saww.[57]

20- كا، الكافي حُمَيْدٌ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْكِنْدِيِّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْمِيثَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبَانٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: أَتَى جَبْرَئِيلُ ع رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص بِالْبُرَاقِ أَصْغَرَ مِنَ الْبَغْلِ وَ أَكْبَرَ مِنَ الْحِمَارِ مُضْطَرِبَ الْأُذُنَيْنِ عَيْنُهُ‏ فِي حَافِرِهِ وَ خُطَاهُ مَدَّ بَصَرِهِ فَإِذَا انْتَهَى إِلَى جَبَلٍ قَصُرَتْ يَدَاهُ وَ طَالَتْ رِجْلَاهُ فَإِذَا هَبَطَ طَالَتْ يَدَاهُ وَ قَصُرَتْ رِجْلَاهُ أَهْدَبَ الْعُرْفِ الْأَيْمَنِ‏ لَهُ جَنَاحَانِ مِنْ خَلْفِهِ‏

‘Al Kafi’ – Aban, from Abdullah Bin Ata’I, who has said the following:

Abu Ja’far^-asws has said: ‘Jibraeel^-as came to the Rasool-Allah^-saww with the Buraaq (ride) which was smaller than a mule, and larger than the donkey. It had two vibrating ears, and its eyes were in its hooves, and its steps were as far as its eyes could extend to. And if it ascends a mountain, its forelegs become shorter, and its hind legs extend. So, if it descends, its forelegs extend and its hind legs shorten. Its mane hangs to the right of it, and it had two wings behind it’’.[58]

21- ختص، الإختصاص رُوِيَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَسْكَرِيِّ ع عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الرَّابِعَةِ نَظَرْتُ إِلَى قُبَّةٍ مِنْ لُؤْلُؤٍ لَهَا أَرْبَعَةُ أَرْكَانٍ وَ أَرْبَعَةُ أَبْوَابٍ كُلِّهَا مِنْ إِسْتَبْرَقٍ أَخْضَرَ قُلْتُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ مَا هَذِهِ الْقُبَّةُ الَّتِي لَمْ أَرَ فِي السَّمَاءِ الرَّابِعَةِ أَحْسَنَ مِنْهَا ‏

‘Al-Ikhtisas’ – It is reported from Ali^-asws Bin Muhammad Al-Askari^-asws, from his^-asws father^-asws, from his^-asws grandfather, from Amir Al-Momineen^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘When there was an ascension with me^-saww to the fourth sky, I^-saww looked at a dome of pearls having four corners for it and four doors, all of these being from green brocade. I^-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! What is this dome which I^-saww did not see any better than it in the fourth sky?’

فَقَالَ حَبِيبِي مُحَمَّدٌ هَذِهِ صُورَةُ مَدِينَةٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا قُمُّ تَجْتَمِعُ فِيهَا عِبَادُ اللَّهِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ يَنْتَظِرُونَ مُحَمَّداً وَ شَفَاعَتَهُ لِلْقِيَامَةِ وَ الْحِسَابِ يَجْرِي عَلَيْهِمُ الْغَمُّ وَ الْهَمُّ وَ الْأَحْزَانُ وَ الْمَكَارِهُ

He^-as said: ‘My^-as beloved Muhammad^-saww! This is an image of a city called Qum. The Momineen servants of Allah^-azwj gather in it awaiting Muhammad and his^-saww intercession of Day of) Qiyamah and the Reckoning, the gloom and the worries and the grief and the abhorrence flow away from them’.

قَالَ فَسَأَلْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَسْكَرِيَّ ع مَتَى يَنْتَظِرُونَ الْفَرَجَ قَالَ إِذَا ظَهَرَ الْمَاءُ عَلَى وَجْهِ الْأَرْضِ

He (the narrator) said, ‘I asked Ali^-asws Bin Muhammad Al-Askari^-asws, ‘When are they awaiting the relief (Al-Qaim^-asws)?’ He^-asws said: ‘When the water appears upon the surface of the ground.[59]

22- كِتَابُ صِفَاتِ الشِّيعَةِ، لِلصَّدُوقِ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ عَنِ الْقَطَّانِ عَنِ السُّكَّرِيِّ عَنِ‏ الْجَوْهَرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قَالَ الصَّادِقُ ع‏ لَيْسَ مِنْ شِيعَتِنَا مَنْ أَنْكَرَ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْيَاءَ الْمِعْرَاجَ وَ الْمُسَاءَلَةَ فِي الْقَبْرِ وَ خَلْقَ الْجَنَّةِ وَ النَّارِ وَ الشَّفَاعَةَ

The book ‘Sifaat Al Shia’ of Al Sadouq, from Al Qatan, from Al Sakry, from Al Jowfary, from Ibn Amarah, from his father who said,

‘Al-Sadiq^-asws said: ‘He isn’t from our^-asws Shias, the one who denies four things – the Mi’raj, and the questioning in the grave, and creation of Paradise and the Fire, and the intercession’’.[60]

23- وَ عَنِ الطَّالَقَانِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الرِّضَا ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ: مَنْ كَذَّبَ بِالْمِعْرَاجِ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص

And from Al Talaqany, from Ali Bin Al-Hassan Bin Fazal, from his father,

‘From Al-Reza^-asws having said: ‘One who belies the Mi’raj so he has belied Rasool-Allah^-saww’’.[61]

24- وَ عَنِ ابْنِ عُبْدُوسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ عَنِ الرِّضَا ع قَالَ: مَنْ أَقَرَّ بِتَوْحِيدِ اللَّهِ وَ سَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ إِلَى أَنْ قَالَ وَ آمَنَ بِالْمِعْرَاجِ وَ الْمُسَاءَلَةِ فِي الْقَبْرِ وَ الْحَوْضِ وَ الشَّفَاعَةِ وَ خَلْقِ الْجَنَّةِ وَ النَّارِ وَ الصِّرَاطِ وَ الْمِيزَانِ وَ الْبَعْثِ وَ النُّشُورِ وَ الْجَزَاءِ وَ الْحِسَابِ فَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ حَقّاً وَ هُوَ مِنْ شِيعَتِنَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ‏

And from Ibn Abdous, from Ibn Quteyba, from Al Fazl Bin Shazan,

‘From Al-Reza^-asws having said: ‘One who acknowledges the Tawheed of Allah^-azwj’ – and continued the Hadeeth up to he^-asws said: ‘And believes in the Mi’raj, and the questioning in the grave, and the Fountain, and the intercession, and creation of Paradise and the Fire, and the Bridge, and the Scale, and the Resurrection, and the Publishing (of the registers of deeds), and the Recompense, and the Reckoning, then he is a Momin truly, and he is from our^-asws Shias of the People^-asws of the Household’’.[62]

25- كا، الكافي عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ هِشَامٍ الْخُرَاسَانِيِّ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فِي حَدِيثٍ طَوِيلٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّ مَسْجِدَ الْكُوفَةِ قَدِيمٌ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَ هُوَ مُصَلَّى الْأَنْبِيَاءِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَ لَقَدْ صَلَّى فِيهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص حِينَ أُسْرِيَ بِهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ

‘Al Kafi’ – Ali, from his father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Hisham Al Khurasany, from Al Mufazzal,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws in a lengthy Hadeeth, he (the narrator) said, ‘I said to him^-asws, ‘Masjid Al-Kufa is ancient?’ He^-asws said: ‘Yes, and it is a praying place of the Prophets^-as, and Rasool-Allah^-saww had prayed Salat in it when there was an ascension with him^-saww to the sky.

فَقَالَ لَهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ هَذَا مَسْجِدُ أَبِيكَ آدَمَ ع وَ مُصَلَّى الْأَنْبِيَاءِ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ فَانْزِلْ فَصَلِّ فِيهِ فَنَزَلَ فَصَلَّى فِيهِ ثُمَّ إِنَّ جَبْرَئِيلَ عَرَجَ بِهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ

Jibraeel^-as said to him^-saww: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! This is a Masjid of your^-saww father^-as Adam^-as, and praying place of the Prophets^-as, so descend and pray Salat in it’. He^-saww descended and prayed Salat in it, then Jibraeel^-as ascended with him^-saww to the sky’’.[63]

26- كِتَابُ الْمُحْتَضَرِ، لِلْحَسَنِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ مِمَّا رَوَاهُ مِنْ كِتَابِ الْمِعْرَاجِ بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنِ الصَّدُوقِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الصَّقْرِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُهَلَّبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَفْصٍ الْعَبْدِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ عَنْ زَاذَانَ عَنْ سَلْمَانَ الْفَارِسِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ‏ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ لَمَّا عُرِجَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا إِذَا أَنَا بِقَصْرٍ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ بَيْضَاءَ عَلَى بَابِهِ مَلَكَانِ فَقُلْتُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ سَلْهُمَا لِمَنْ هَذَا الْقَصْرُ فَسَأَلَهُمَا فَقَالا لِفَتًى مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ

The book ‘Al Mukhtasar’ of Al-Hassan Bin Suleyman, from what he reported from the book ‘Al Mi’raj’ by his chain from Al Sadouq, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Al Saqar, from Abdullah Bin Muhammad Al Mahlaby, from Abu Al Husayn Ibn Ibrahim, from Ali Bin Salih, from Muhammad bin Sinan, from Abu Jafs Al Abady, from Muhammad bin Malik Al Hamdany, from Zazan,

‘From Salman Al-Farsi^-ra having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘When there was an ascension with me^-saww to the sky of the world, I^-saww was by a castle of white silver having two Angels at its door. I^-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! Ask them, who is this castle for?’ He^-as asked them. They said, ‘For a youth from the Clan of Hashim^-as’.

فَلَمَّا صِرْتُ فِي السَّمَاءِ الثَّانِيَةِ إِذَا أَنَا بِقَصْرٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ أَحْمَرَ أَحْسَنَ مِنَ الْأَوَّلِ عَلَى‏ بَابِهِ مَلَكَانِ فَقُلْتُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ سَلْهُمَا لِمَنْ هَذَا الْقَصْرُ فَسَأَلَهُمَا فَقَالا لِفَتًى مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ

When I^-saww came to be in the second sky, there I^-saww was by a castle of red gold, more beautiful that the first, having two Angels at its door. I^-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! Ask them, who is this castle for?’ He^-as asked them. They said, ‘For a youth from the Clan of Hashim^-as’.

فَلَمَّا صِرْتُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الثَّالِثَةِ إِذَا أَنَا بِقَصْرٍ مِنْ يَاقُوتَةٍ حَمْرَاءَ عَلَى بَابِهِ مَلَكَانِ فَقُلْتُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ سَلْهُمَا فَسَأَلَهُمَا فَقَالا لِفَتًى مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ

When I^-saww came to the third sky, there I^-saww was by a castle of red ruby, having two Angels at its door. I^-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! Ask them’. He^-as asked them. They said, ‘(It is) for a youth from the Clan of Hashim^-as’.

فَلَمَّا صِرْتُ فِي السَّمَاءِ الرَّابِعَةِ إِذَا أَنَا بِقَصْرٍ مِنْ دُرَّةٍ بَيْضَاءَ عَلَى بَابِهِ مَلَكَانِ فَقُلْتُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ سَلْهُمَا فَسَأَلَهُمَا فَقَالا لِفَتًى مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ

When I^-saww came to be in the fourth sky, there I^-saww was by a castle of white gems, having two Angels at its door. I^-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! Ask them’. He^-as asked them. They said, ‘(It is) for a youth from the Clan of Hashim^-as’.

فَلَمَّا صِرْتُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الْخَامِسَةِ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِقَصْرٍ مِنْ دُرَّةٍ صَفْرَاءَ عَلَى بَابِهِ مَلَكَانِ فَقُلْتُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ سَلْهُمَا لِمَنْ هَذَا الْقَصْرُ فَسَأَلَهُمَا فَقَالا لِفَتًى مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ

When I^-saww came to the fifth sky, there I^-saww was by a castle of yellow gems, having two Angels at its door. I^-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! Ask them, for who is this castle?’ He^-as asked them. They said, ‘For a youth from the Clan of Hashim^-as’.

فَلَمَّا صِرْتُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ السَّادِسَةِ إِذَا أَنَا بِقَصْرٍ مِنْ لُؤْلُؤَةٍ رَطْبَةٍ مُجَوَّفَةٍ عَلَى بَابِهِ مَلَكَانِ فَقُلْتُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ سَلْهُمَا فَسَأَلَهُمَا لِمَنْ هَذَا الْقَصْرُ فَقَالا لِفَتًى مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ

When I^-saww came to the sixth sky, there I^-saww was by a castle of wet hollow pearls, having two Angels at its door. I^-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! Ask them’. He^-as asked them: ‘For who is this castle?’ They said, ‘For a youth from the Clan of Hashim^-as’.

فَلَمَّا صِرْتُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ السَّابِعَةِ إِذَا أَنَا بِقَصْرٍ مِنْ نُورِ عَرْشِ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى عَلَى بَابِهِ مَلَكَانِ فَقُلْتُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ سَلْهُمَا لِمَنْ هَذَا الْقَصْرُ فَسَأَلَهُمَا فَقَالا لِفَتًى مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ

When I^-saww came to the seventh sky, there I^-saww was by a castle from the Light of Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted, having two Angels at its door. I^-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! Ask them, for who is this castle?’ He^-as asked them. They said, ‘For a youth from the Clan of Hashim^-as’.

فَسِرْنَا فَلَمْ نَزَلْ نَدْفَعُ مِنْ نُورٍ إِلَى ظُلْمَةٍ وَ مِنْ ظُلْمَةٍ إِلَى نُورٍ حَتَّى وَقَفْتُ‏ عَلَى سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهَى فَإِذَا جَبْرَئِيلُ ع يَنْصَرِفُ قُلْتُ خَلِيلِي جَبْرَئِيلُ فِي مِثْلِ هَذَا الْمَكَانِ أَوْ فِي مِثْلِ هَذِهِ السِّدْرَةِ تُخْلِفُنِي وَ تَمْضِي

We travelled and did not descend. We transferred from light to darkness and from darkness to light until I^-saww paused at Sidrat Al-Muntaha, and Jibraeel^-as started to leave. I^-saww said: ‘My^-saww beloved Jibraeel^-as, (you^-as are leaving me^-saww) in this place! Or in the like of this lotus (tree)! You^-as are leaving me^-saww and going away?’

فَقَالَ حَبِيبِي وَ الَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ نَبِيّاً إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَسْلَكَ مَا سَلَكَهُ نَبِيٌّ مُرْسَلٌ وَ لَا مَلَكٌ مُقَرَّبٌ أَسْتَوْدِعُكَ رَبَّ الْعِزَّةِ وَ مَا زِلْتُ وَاقِفاً حَتَّى قُذِفْتُ فِي بِحَارِ النُّورِ فَلَمْ تَزَلِ الْأَمْوَاجُ تَقْذِفُنِي مِنْ نُورٍ إِلَى ظُلْمَةٍ وَ مِنْ ظُلْمَةٍ إِلَى نُورٍ حَتَّى أَوْقَفَنِي رَبِّيَ الْمَوْقِفَ الَّذِي أُحِبُّ أَنْ يَقِفَنِي عِنْدَهُ مِنْ مَلَكُوتِ الرَّحْمَنِ‏

He^-as said: ‘My^-as beloved! By the One^-azwj Who Sent you^-saww with the Truth as a Prophet^-saww. This is the way; neither has a Messenger Prophet^-as nor an Angel of Proximity has travelled. I^-as entrust you^-saww to the Lord^-azwj of Might’, and I^-saww did not cease to be paused until I^-saww was thrown in oceans of light, and the waves did not cease to toss me^-as from light to darkness, and from darkness to light until my^-saww Lord^-azwj Paused me^-saww are the pausing which I^-saww loved to be paused in His^-azwj Presence, from the Dominion of the Beneficent.

فَقَالَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَا أَحْمَدُ قِفْ فَوَقَفْتُ مُنْتَفِضاً مَرْعُوباً فَنُودِيتُ مِنَ الْمَلَكُوتِ يَا أَحْمَدُ فَأَلْهَمَنِي رَبِّي فَقُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ رَبِّي وَ سَعْدَيْكَ هَا أَنَا ذَا عَبْدُكَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْكَ

The Mighty and Majestic Said: “O Ahmad^-saww, pause!” I^-saww paused, flinching, awed. He^-azwj Called out from the Dominion: “O Ahmad^-saww!” My^-saww Lord^-azwj Inspired me^-saww and I^-saww said: ‘At Your^-azwj service my^-saww Lord^-azwj and Your^-azwj Happiness. Here I^-saww am, Your^-azwj servant, in front of You^-azwj.

فَنُودِيتُ يَا أَحْمَدُ الْعَزِيزُ يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ السَّلَامَ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ هُوَ السَّلَامُ‏ وَ إِلَيْهِ يَعُودُ السَّلَامُ

There was a call: “O Ahmad^-saww! The Mighty Conveys the greetings to you^-saww”. I^-saww said: ‘He^-azwj is Al-Salaam, and to Him^-azwj returns the Salam’.

ثُمَّ نُودِيتُ ثَانِيَةً يَا أَحْمَدُ فَقُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ وَ سَعْدَيْكَ سَيِّدِي وَ مَوْلَايَ قَالَ يَا أَحْمَدُ آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِما أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ رَبِّهِ وَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ كُلٌّ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَ مَلائِكَتِهِ وَ كُتُبِهِ‏ فَأَلْهَمَنِي رَبِّي فَقُلْتُ‏ آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِما أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ رَبِّهِ وَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ كُلٌّ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَ مَلائِكَتِهِ وَ كُتُبِهِ وَ رُسُلِهِ‏

Then there was a second call: “O Ahmad^-saww!” I^-saww said: ‘At Your^-azwj service and Happiness My^-saww Chief and My^-saww Master^-azwj!’ He^-azwj Said: “O Ahmad^-saww! “The Rasool believes in what is Revealed unto him from his Lord” ‘And (so do) the Momineen. They all believe in Allah, and His Angels, and His Books [2:285]. My^-saww Lord^-azwj Inspired me^-saww so I^-saww said: “The Rasool believes in what is Revealed unto him from his Lord” ‘And (so do) the Momineen. They all believe in Allah, and His Angels, and His Books [2:285], and His^-azwj Rasools^-as”.

فَقُلْتُ‏ قَدْ سَمِعْنا وَ أَطَعْنا غُفْرانَكَ رَبَّنا وَ إِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ لا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْساً إِلَّا وُسْعَها لَها ما كَسَبَتْ وَ عَلَيْها مَا اكْتَسَبَتْ‏ فَقُلْتُ‏ رَبَّنا لا تُؤاخِذْنا إِنْ نَسِينا أَوْ أَخْطَأْنا فَقَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ قَدْ فَعَلْتُ

I^-saww said: ‘‘We hear and we obey, Yours is the Forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the Destination’. [2:285]. Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: “Allah does not Encumber a soul except to its capacity. For it would be what it earned and against it would be what it earned” [2:286]. I^-saww said: ‘Our Lord! Do not Seize us if we forget or we make a mistake’. Allah^-azwj Said: “I^-azwj have Done so”.

فَقُلْتُ‏ رَبَّنا وَ لا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنا إِصْراً كَما حَمَلْتَهُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِنا فَقَالَ قَدْ فَعَلْتُ

I^-saww said: ‘Our Lord! And do not Load upon us a burden like what You Loaded upon those from before us’. He^-azwj Said: “I^-azwj have Done so”.

فَقُلْتُ‏ رَبَّنا وَ لا تُحَمِّلْنا ما لا طاقَةَ لَنا بِهِ وَ اعْفُ عَنَّا وَ اغْفِرْ لَنا وَ ارْحَمْنا أَنْتَ مَوْلانا فَانْصُرْنا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكافِرِينَ‏ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ قَدْ فَعَلْتُ

I^-saww said: ‘Our Lord! And do not Load upon us what we have no strength for us with it; and Pardon (our sins) for us and have Mercy on us. You are our Master, therefore Help us against the Kafir people’. Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: “I^-azwj have Done so”.

فَجَرَى الْقَلَمُ بِمَا جَرَى فَلَمَّا قَضَيْتُ وَطَرِي مِنْ مُنَاجَاةِ رَبِّي نُودِيتُ أَنَّ الْعَزِيزَ يَقُولُ لَكَ مَنْ خَلَّفْتَ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَقُلْتُ خَيْرَهَا خَلَّفْتُ فِيهِمْ ابْنَ عَمِّي‏

The Pen flowed with what it flowed. When the Whispering of my^-saww Lord^-azwj was Accomplished and concluded, He^-azwj Called out: “The Mighty Says to you^-saww: “Whom have you^-saww left behind in the earth?” I^-saww said: ‘It’s the best one. I^-saww left my^-saww cousin among them’. He^-azwj Called out: “O Ahmad^-saww! Who is your^-saww cousin^-asws?’ I^-saww said: ‘You^-azwj are more Knowing, Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws’.

فَنُودِيتُ يَا أَحْمَدُ مَنِ ابْنُ عَمِّكَ قُلْتُ أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَنُودِيتُ مِنَ الْمَلَكُوتِ سَبْعاً مُتَوَالِياً يَا أَحْمَدُ اسْتَوْصِ بِعَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ابْنِ عَمِّكَ خَيْراً ثُمَّ قَالَ الْتَفِتْ فَالْتَفَتُّ عَنْ يَمِينِ الْعَرْشِ فَوَجَدْتُ عَلَى سَاقِ الْعَرْشِ الْأَيْمَنِ مَكْتُوباً لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنَا وَحْدِي لَا شَرِيكَ لِي مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولِي أَيَّدْتُهُ بِعَلِيٍّ

He^-azwj Called out from the seven Kingdoms consecutively: “O Ahmad^-saww! Advice goodly with Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws, your^-saww cousin”. Then He^-azwj Said: “Turn around!” I^-saww turned around towards the right of the Throne and found inscribed upon the Base of the Throne: “There is no god except I^-azwj Alone, there is no associate for Me^-azwj, Muhammad^-saww is My^-saww Rasool^-saww, I^-azwj Assisted him^-saww with Ali^-asws!”

يَا أَحْمَدُ شَقَقْتُ اسْمَكَ مِنِ اسْمِي أَنَا اللَّهُ الْمَحْمُودُ الْحَمِيدُ وَ أَنَا اللَّهُ الْعَلِيُ‏ وَ شَقَقْتُ اسْمَ ابْنِ عَمِّكَ عَلِيٍّ مِنِ اسْمِي‏ يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ امْضِ هَادِياً مَهْدِيّاً نِعْمَ الْمَجِي‏ءُ جِئْتَ وَ نِعْمَ الْمُنْصَرَفُ انْصَرَفْتَ وَ طُوبَاكَ‏ وَ طُوبَى لِمَنْ آمَنَ بِكَ وَ صَدَّقَكَ‏

O Ahmad^-saww! I^-azwj Derived your^-saww name from My^-azwj Name. I^-azwj am Allah^-azwj, the Most Praised One, the Praise-worthy, and I^-azwj am Allah^-azwj the Exalted; and I^-azwj Derived the name of your^-saww cousin^-asws Ali^-asws from My^-azwj Name. O Abu Al-Qasim^-saww! Go as a guide, guided one. The best of the comers has come, and the best of the leavers is leaving, and beatitude be to you^-saww and beatitude for the one who believes in you^-saww and ratifies you^-saww”.

ثُمَّ قُذِفْتُ فِي بِحَارِ النُّورِ فَلَمْ تَزَلِ الْأَمْوَاجُ تَقْذِفُنِي حَتَّى تَلَّقَانِي جَبْرَئِيلُ ع فِي سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهَى فَقَالَ لِي خَلِيلِي نِعْمَ الْمَجِي‏ءُ جِئْتَ وَ نِعْمَ الْمُنْصَرَفُ انْصَرَفْتَ مَا ذَا قُلْتَ وَ مَا ذَا قِيلَ لَكَ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ بَعْضَ مَا جَرَى

Then I^-saww was thrown in the oceans of light, and the waves did not cease tossing me^-saww until Jibraeel^-as met me^-saww at the Sidrat Al-Muntaha. He^-as said to me^-saww: ‘My^-as beloved! The best of the comers has come and best of the leavers is leaving. What did you^-saww say? And what did He^-azwj Say to you^-saww?’ I^-saww said part of what had flowed.

فَقَالَ لِي وَ مَا كَانَ آخِرَ الْكَلَامِ الَّذِي أُلْقِيَ إِلَيْكَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ نُودِيتُ يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ امْضِ هَادِياً مَهْدِيّاً رَشِيداً طُوبَاكَ‏ وَ طُوبَى لِمَنْ آمَنَ بِكَ وَ صَدَّقَكَ فَقَالَ لِي جَبْرَئِيلُ ع أَ فَلَمْ تَسْتَفْهِمْ مَا أَرَادَ بِأَبِي الْقَاسِمِ قُلْتُ لَا يَا رُوحَ اللَّهِ

He^-as said to me^-saww: ‘And what was the last of the Speech which He^-azwj Cast to you^-saww?’  I^-saww said to him^-as: ‘He^-azwj Called out: “O Abu Al-Qasim^-saww! Go as a guide, a righteously guided one. Beatitude be for you^-saww and beatitude for the one who believes in you^-saww and ratifies you^-saww’. Jibraeel^-as said to me^-saww: ‘Did you^-saww not understand what He^-azwj Intended by ‘Abu Al-Qasim’?’ I^-saww said: ‘No, O Spirit of Allah^-azwj!’

فَنُودِيتُ يَا أَحْمَدُ إِنَّمَا كَنَّيْتُكَ أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ لِأَنَّكَ تَقْسِمُ الرَّحْمَةَ مِنِّي‏ بَيْنَ عِبَادِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَقَالَ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع هَنِيئاً مَرِيئاً يَا حَبِيبِي وَ الَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالرِّسَالَةِ وَ اخْتَصَّكَ بِالنُّبُوَّةِ مَا أَعْطَى اللَّهُ هَذَا آدَمِيّاً قَبْلَكَ

He^-azwj Called out: “O Ahmad^-saww! But rather, your^-saww teknonym is ‘Abu Al-Qasim’ because you^-saww shall distribute the Mercy from Me^-azwj between My^-azwj servants on the Day of Qiyamah”. Jibraeel^-as said: ‘Congratulations, well done, O my^-as beloved. By the One^-azwj Who Sent you^-saww with the Message, and Particularised you^-saww with the Prophet-hood! Allah^-azwj has not Given this to any human being before you^-saww.

ثُمَّ انْصَرَفْنَا حَتَّى جِئْنَا إِلَى السَّمَاءِ السَّابِعَةِ فَإِذَا الْقَصْرُ عَلَى حَالِهِ فَقُلْتُ حَبِيبِي جَبْرَئِيلُ سَلْهُمَا مَنِ الْفَتَى مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ فَسَأَلَهُمَا فَقَالا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ابْنُ عَمِّ مُحَمَّدٍ ص

Then we left until we came to the seventh sky, and there was the castle upon its state. I^-saww said: ‘My^-saww beloved Jibraeel^-as! Ask them (the two Angels), who is the youth from the Clan of Hashim^-as (to whom it belongs)?’ He^-as asked them, and they said, ‘Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws, cousin of Muhammad^-saww’.

فَمَا نَزَلْنَا إِلَى سَمَاءٍ مِنَ السَّمَاوَاتِ إِلَّا وَ الْقُصُورُ عَلَى حَالِهَا فَلَمْ يَزَلْ جَبْرَئِيلُ يَسْأَلُهُمْ عَنِ الْفَتَى الْهَاشِمِيِّ وَ يَقُولُ كُلُّهُمْ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ‏

We did not descend to any sky from the skies except and the castle was upon its state, and Jibraeel^-as did not cease to ask them about the Hashimite youth, and all of them said, ‘Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws.[64]

27- وَ مِنْهُ عَنِ الصَّدُوقِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَعْبَدٍ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ زَيْدٍ النِّقَابِ‏ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ تَغْلِبَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ص يُكْثِرُ تَقْبِيلَ فَاطِمَةَ ع فَعَاتَبَتْهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ عَائِشَةُ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّكَ لَتُكْثِرُ تَقْبِيلَ فَاطِمَةَ

And from him, from Al Sadouq, from Ahmad Bin Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from his grandfather, from Ali Bin Ma’bad, from Ahmad Bin Umar, from Zayd Al Naqab, from Aban Bin Taghlub,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘The Prophet^-saww used to frequently kiss (Syeda) Fatima^-asws and Ayesha reproached him^-saww upon that. She said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! You^-saww are frequently kissing (Syeda) Fatima^-asws!’

فَقَالَ لَهَا إِنَّهُ لَمَّا عُرِجَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ مَرَّ بِي جَبْرَئِيلُ عَلَى شَجَرَةِ طُوبَى فَنَاوَلَنِي مِنْ ثَمَرِهَا فَأَكَلْتُهُ فَحَوَّلَ اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ مَاءً إِلَى ظَهْرِي فَلَمَّا أَنْ هَبَطْتُ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ وَاقَعْتُ خَدِيجَةَ فَحَمَلَتْ بِفَاطِمَةَ فَمَا قَبَّلْتُهَا إِلَّا وَجَدْتُ رَائِحَةَ شَجَرَةِ طُوبَى مِنْهَا

He^-saww said to her: ‘When there was an ascension with me^-saww to the sky, Jibraeel^-as passed with me^-saww by the tree of Tooba and gave me^-saww from its fruit and I^-saww ate it. Allah^-azwj Transformed that water to my^-saww back. When I^-saww descended to the earth and went to (Syeda) Khadeeja^-asws, she^-as was Blessed with (Syeda) Fatima^-asws. I^-saww do not kiss her^-asws except I^-saww find the aroma of the tree of Tooba from her^-asws.[65]

28- ج، الإحتجاج ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص فِي جَوَابِ نَفَرٍ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ 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

‘Al Ihtijaj’ – Ibn Abbas said,

‘The Prophet^-saww said in response to a number of Jews: ‘Allah^-azwj Subdued Al-Buraq for me^-saww, and it is better than the world and its contents; and it is an animal from the animals of Paradise, and its face is like the face of a human being, and its hooves are like the hooves of the horse, and its tail is like a tail of the cow. (It is) bigger than the donkey and smaller than the mule.

سَرْجُهُ مِنْ يَاقُوتَةٍ حَمْرَاءَ وَ رِكَابُهُ مِنْ دُرَّةٍ بَيْضَاءَ مَزْمُومَةٌ بِسَبْعِينَ أَلْفَ زِمَامٍ‏ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ عَلَيْهِ جَنَاحَانِ مُكَلَّلَانِ بِالدُّرِّ وَ الْجَوْهَرِ وَ الْيَاقُوتِ وَ الزَّبَرْجَدِ مَكْتُوبٌ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ‏

Its saddle is from red ruby and its rein is from white gems. It is reined with seventy thousand reins of gold. Upon it are two wings embedded with gems and jewels, and rubies and emeralds. It is inscribed between its eyes: “There is no god except Allah^-azwj Alone, there is no associate for Him^-azwj, Muhammad^-saww is Rasool^-saww of Allah^-azwj.[66]

29- ن، عيون أخبار الرضا عليه السلام بِالْأَسَانِيدِ الثَّلَاثَةِ عَنِ الرِّضَا عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَخَّرَ لِيَ الْبُرَاقَ وَ هِيَ دَابَّةٌ مِنْ دَوَابِّ الْجَنَّةِ لَيْسَتْ بِالْقَصِيرِ وَ لَا بِالطَّوِيلِ فَلَوْ أَنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى أَذِنَ لَهَا لَجَالَتِ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةَ فِي جَرْيَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَ هِيَ أَحْسَنُ الدَّوَابِّ لَوْناً

‘Uyoun Akhbar Al-Reza^-asws’ – By the three chains from Al-Reza^-asws, from his^-asws forefathers^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww: ‘Allah^-azwj Subdued Al-Buraq for me^-saww, and it is an animal from the animals of Paradise. It is neither with tallness nor with shortness. If Allah^-azwj the Exalted were to Permit it, it could travel the world and the Hereafter in one gallop, and it is the most beautiful of the animals in colour’’.[67]

30- ل، الخصال مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ زَيْدَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ عُقْدَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ حُبَابٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ مَا فِي الْقِيَامَةِ رَاكِبٌ غَيْرُنَا وَ نَحْنُ أَرْبَعَةٌ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ فَقَالَ مَنْ هُمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ

‘Al Khisaal’ – Muhammad Bin Ali Bin Ismail, from Abdullah Bin Zaydan, from Ibn Aqadah, from Ali Ibn Al Masny, from Zayd Bin Habab, from Abdullah Bin Lahiya, from Ja’far Bin Rabia, from Ikrimah, from Ibn Abbas who said,

‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘There will not be any riders on the Day of Qiyamah apart from us, and we are four’. Ibn Al-Abbas Bin Abdul Muttalib stood up to him^-saww and said, ‘Who are they, O Rasool-Allah^-saww?’

فَقَالَ أَمَّا أَنَا فَعَلَى الْبُرَاقِ وَ وَجْهُهَا كَوَجْهِ الْإِنْسَانِ وَ خَدُّهَا كَخَدِّ الْفَرَسِ وَ عُرْفُهَا مِنْ لُؤْلُؤٍ مَسْمُوطٍ وَ أُذُنَاهَا زَبَرْجَدَتَانِ خَضْرَاوَانِ‏ وَ عَيْنَاهَا مِثْلُ كَوْكَبِ الزُّهَرَةِ تَتَوَقَّدَانِ مِثْلُ النَّجْمَيْنِ الْمُضِيئَيْنِ لَهَا شُعَاعٌ مِثْلُ شُعَاعِ الشَّمْسِ

He^-saww said: ‘As for I^-saww, I^-saww shall be upon Al-Buraq, and its face is like a face of the human being, and its cheeks are like the cheeks of a horse, and its appearance is like the appearance of connected pearls, and its ears are two green emeralds, and its eyes are like the star Al-Zuhry (Venus), their glow being like the two illuminating stars, for it there are rays like the rays of the sun.

يَنْحَدِرُ مِنْ نَحْرِهَا الْجُمَانُ مَطْوِيَّةُ الْخَلْقِ طَوِيلَةُ الْيَدَيْنِ وَ الرِّجْلَيْنِ لَهَا نَفَسٌ كَنَفَسِ الْآدَمِيِّينَ تَسْمَعُ الْكَلَامَ وَ تَفْهَمُهُ وَ هِيَ فَوْقَ الْحِمَارِ وَ دُونَ الْبَغْلِ الْخَبَرَ

The finesse rolls down from its throat, folded of the body, long of hands and legs. For it there is like the skin of human beings. It hears the speech and understands it, and it is larger than the donkey and smaller than the mule’ – the Hadeeth’.[68]

31- ع، علل الشرائع ن، عيون أخبار الرضا عليه السلام‏ سَأَلَ الشَّامِيُّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع عَنْ كُنْيَةِ الْبُرَاقِ فَقَالَ يُكَنَّى أَبَا هِلَالٍ

‘Uyoun Akhbar Al-Reza^-asws’ – The Syrian asked Amir Al-Momineen^-asws about the teknonym of Al-Buraq, so he^-asws said: ‘It is teknonymed as Abu Hilal’’.[69]

32- قَالَ السَّيِّدُ بْنُ طَاوُسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فِي كِتَابِ سَعْدِ السُّعُودِ، رَأَيْتُ فِي تَفْسِيرِ مَا نَزَلَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ فِي النَّبِيِّ وَ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ تَأْلِيفِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْبَيْضِ بْنِ الْفَيَّاضِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ هَمَّامٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ بَيْنَمَا أَنَا فِي الْحِجْرِ إِذْ أَتَانِي جَبْرَئِيلُ فَهَمَزَنِي بِرِجْلِي فَاسْتَيْقَظْتُ فَلَمْ أَرَ شَيْئاً ثُمَّ أَتَانِي الثَّانِيَةَ فَهَمَزَنِي‏ بِرِجْلِي فَاسْتَيْقَظْتُ فَأَخَذَ بِضَبْعِي‏ فَوَضَعَنِي فِي شَيْ‏ءٍ كَوَكْرِ الطَّيْرِ فَلَمَّا طَرَّقَتْ‏ بِبَصَرِي طَرْفَةٌ فَرَجَعَتْ إِلَيَّ وَ أَنَا فِي مَكَانٍ‏ فَقَالَ أَ تَدْرِي أَيْنَ أَنْتَ فَقُلْتُ لَا يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ

Al Seyyid Bin Tawoos in the book ‘Sa’ad Al Saoud’ – ‘I saw in the Tafseer of what is Revealed from the Quran regarding the Prophet^-saww and the People^-asws of his^-saww Household, a composition of Muhammad bin Al-Abbas Bin Ali Ibn Marwan, from Al Husayn Bin Muhammad Bin Saeed, from Muhammad Abin Al Bayz Bin Al Fayaz, from Ibrahim Bin Abdullah Bin Hamam, from Abdul Razaq, from Ma’mar, from Ibn Hamad, from his father, from his grandfather who said,

‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘While I^-saww was in the chamber when Jibraeel^-as came to me^-saww and nudged my^-saww leg. I^-saww woke up and did not see anything. Then he^-as came for a second time and nudged my^-saww leg. I^-saww woke up. He^-as grabbed my^-saww finger and placed me^-saww in the place of a bird. When I^-saww blinked my eyes, he^-as returned to me^-asws and I^-saww was in a place. He^-as said: ‘Do you^-saww know where you^-saww are?’ I^-saww said: ‘No, O Jibraeel^-as’.

فَقَالَ هَذَا بَيْتُ الْمَقْدِسِ بَيْتُ اللَّهِ الْأَقْصَى فِيهِ الْمَحْشَرُ وَ الْمَنْشَرُ ثُمَّ قَامَ جَبْرَئِيلُ فَوَضَعَ سَبَّابَتَهُ الْيُمْنَى فِي أُذُنِهِ الْيُمْنَى فَأَذَّنَ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى يَقُولُ فِي آخِرِهَا حَيَّ عَلَى خَيْرِ الْعَمَلِ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى حَتَّى إِذَا قَضَى أَذَانَهُ أَقَامَ الصَّلَاةَ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى وَ قَالَ فِي آخِرِهَا قَدْ قَامَتِ الصَّلَاةُ

He^-as said: ‘This is Bayt Al-Maqdas, House of Allah^-azwj, Al-Aqsa. In it is the gathering and the publicising (of registers)’. Then Jibraeel^-as stood up and placed his^-as forefinger in his^-as right ear and proclaimed Azan, dual (sentences) by dual (sentences), saying at the end of it: ‘Hasten to the good deed’, dual, dual, until when he^-as had accomplished his^-as Azaan, established the Salat, dual, dual, and said at the end of it: ‘The Salat is being established! The Salat is being established!’

قَدْ قَامَتِ الصَّلَاةِ فَبَرَقَ نُورٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَفُتِحَتْ بِهِ قُبُورُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ فَأَقْبَلُوا مِنْ كُلِّ أَوْبٍ يُلَبُّونَ دَعْوَةَ جَبْرَئِيلَ فَوَافَى أَرْبَعَةُ آلَافٍ وَ أَرْبَعُمِائَةِ نَبِيٍّ وَ أَرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ نَبِيّاً فَأَخَذُوا مَصَافَّهُمْ وَ لَا أَشُكُّ أَنَّ جَبْرَئِيلَ سَيَتَقَدَّمُنَا فَلَمَّا اسْتَوَوْا عَلَى مَصَافِّهِمْ أَخَذَ جَبْرَئِيلُ بِضَبْعِي ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ تَقَدَّمْ فَصَلِّ بِإِخْوَانِكَ فَالْخَاتَمُ أَوْلَى مِنَ الْمَخْتُومِ

There was a bolt of light from the sky and the graves of the Prophets^-as were opened up by it, and they^-as came from every direction responding to the call of Jibraeel^-as. Four thousand and four hundred and fourteen Prophets^-as came. I^-saww took to shaking their^-as hands and I^-saww had no doubt that Jibraeel^-as would precede us^-as (to lead Salat). When they^-as evened out upon shaking hands, Jibraeel^-as grabbed my^-saww fingers, then said to me^-saww: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! Proceed and pray Salat (leading) your^-saww brothers^-as so the seal would be the foremost from the sealed.

فَالْتَفَتُّ عَنْ يَمِينِي وَ إِذَا أَنَا بِأَبِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ ع عَلَيْهِ حُلَّتَانِ خَضْرَاوَانِ وَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ مَلَكَانِ وَ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ مَلَكَانِ ثُمَّ الْتَفَتُّ عَنْ يَسَارِي وَ إِذَا أَنَا بِأَخِي وَ وَصِيِّي عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ حُلَّتَانِ بَيْضَاوَانِ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ مَلَكَانِ وَ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ مَلَكَانِ

I^-saww turned towards my^-saww right and there I^-saww was with my^-saww father^-as Ibrahim^-as, upon him^-as being two green garments, and on his^-as right were two Angels, and on his^-as left were two Angels. Then I^-saww turned towards my^-saww left and there was my^-saww brother and my^-saww successor Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws, upon him^-asws being two white garments, on his^-asws right were two Angels and on his^-asws left were two Angels.

فَاهْتَزَزْتُ سُرُوراً فَغَمَزَ بِي‏ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع بِيَدِهِ فَلَمَّا انْقَضَتِ الصَّلَاةُ قُمْتُ إِلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ ع فَقَامَ إِلَيَّ فَصَافَحَنِي وَ أَخَذَ بِيَمِينِي بِكِلْتَا يَدَيْهِ وَ قَالَ مَرْحَباً بِالنَّبِيِّ الصَّالِحِ وَ الِابْنِ الصَّالِحِ وَ الْمَبْعُوثِ الصَّالِحِ فِي الزَّمَانِ الصَّالِحِ

I^-saww was delighted cheerfully, and Jibraeel^-as nudged me^-as by his^-as hand. When I^-saww accomplished the salat, I^-saww stood to Ibrahim^-as and he^-as stood to me^-saww and shook my^-saww hand, and I^-saww grabbed both his^-as hands with my^-saww right hand and said: ‘Welcome to the righteous Prophet^-as, and the righteous son, and the righteous Sent in the righteous era’.

وَ قَامَ إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَصَافَحَهُ وَ أَخَذَ بِيَمِينِهِ بِكِلْتَا يَدَيْهِ وَ قَالَ مَرْحَباً بِالابْنِ الصَّالِحِ وَ وَصِيِّ النَّبِيِّ الصَّالِحِ يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ يَا أَبَتِ كَنَيْتَهُ بِأَبِي الْحَسَنِ وَ لَا وَلَدَ لَهُ فَقَالَ كَذَلِكَ وَجَدْتُهُ فِي صُحُفِي وَ عِلْمِ غَيْبِ رَبِّي بِاسْمِهِ عَلِيٍّ وَ كُنْيَتِهِ بِأَبِي الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ وَ وَصِيِّ خَاتَمِ أَنْبِيَاءِ رَبِّي

And he^-as stood to Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws and shook his^-asws hand and grabbed both his^-asws hands by his^-as right hand and said: ‘Welcome to the righteous son, and the righteous successor of the Prophet^-saww, O Abu Al-Hassan^-asws’. I^-saww said: ‘O father^-as! You^-as teknonym him^-asws as ‘Abu Al-Hassan’ and there is no son for him^-asws?’ He^-as said: ‘Like that I^-as found him^-asws in my^-as Parchment, and my^-as Lord^-azwj Taught me^-as his^-asws name to me^-as and Teknonymed him^-asws as ‘Abu Al-Hassan and Al-Husayn’, and successor of the last of the Prophets^-as of my^-as Lord^-azwj.[70]

33- د، العدد القوية فِي لَيْلَةِ إِحْدَى وَ عِشْرِينَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ قَبْلَ الْهِجْرَةِ بِسِتَّةِ أَشْهُرٍ كَانَ الْإِسْرَاءُ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ قِيلَ فِي السَّابِعَ عَشَرَ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ لَيْلَةَ السَّبْتِ وَ قِيلَ لَيْلَةَ الْإِثْنَيْنِ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَبِيعٍ الْأَوَّلِ بَعْدَ النُّبُوَّةِ بِسَنَتَيْنِ وَ فِي كِتَابِ التَّذْكِرَةِ فِي لَيْلَةِ السَّابِعِ وَ الْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ رَجَبِ السَّنَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ مِنَ الْهِجْرَةِ كَانَ الْإِسْرَاءُ

In the 21^st night of Ramazan before the Hijrah by six months was the ascension with Rasool-Allah^-saww. And it is said, on the 27^th of the Month of Ramazan, on Saturday night. And it is said, ‘The night of Monday of the month of Rabbi Al-Awwal after the Prophet-hood by two years. And in the book ‘Al-Tazkira’, in the 27^th night of Rajab, the year two from the Hijrah was the ascension’’.[71]

34- فس، تفسير القمي أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: جَاءَ جَبْرَئِيلُ وَ مِيكَائِيلُ وَ إِسْرَافِيلُ بِالْبُرَاقِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَأَخَذَ وَاحِدٌ بِاللِّجَامِ وَ وَاحِدٌ بِالرِّكَابِ وَ سَوَّى الْآخَرُ عَلَيْهِ ثِيَابَهُ فَتَضَعْضَعَتِ‏ الْبُرَاقُ فَلَطَمَهَا جَبْرَئِيلُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهَا اسْكُنِي يَا بُرَاقُ فَمَا رَكِبَكِ نَبِيٌّ قَبْلَهُ وَ لَا يَرْكَبُكِ بَعْدَهُ مِثْلُهُ

‘Tafseer Al-Qummi’ – My father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hisham Bin Salim,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Jibraeel^-as and Mikaeel^-as and Israfeel^-as came with Al-Buraq to Rasool-Allah^-saww. One grabbed hold of the rein, and one the saddle and the other one evened his^-saww clothes for him^-saww. Al-Buraq neighed, and Jibraeel^-as patted it, then said to it: ‘Calm down O Buraq! No Prophet^-saww like him^-saww has ever ridden you before him^-saww nor will any ride after him^-saww’.

قَالَ فَرَقَّتْ‏ بِهِ ص وَ رَفَعَتْهُ ارْتِفَاعاً لَيْسَ بِالْكَثِيرِ وَ مَعَهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ يُرِيهِ الْآيَاتِ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَ الْأَرْضِ

He^-asws said: ‘(Al-Buraq) ascended with him^-saww and raised him^-saww not a lot, and Jibraeel^-as was with him^-saww showing him^-saww the signs from the sky and the earth.

قَالَ فَبَيْنَا أَنَا فِي مَسِيرِي إِذْ نَادَى مُنَادٍ عَنْ يَمِينِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَلَمْ أُجِبْهُ وَ لَمْ أَلْتَفِتْ إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ نَادَى‏ مُنَادٍ عَنْ يَسَارِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَلَمْ أُجِبْهُ وَ لَمْ أَلْتَفِتْ إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ اسْتَقْبَلَتْنِي امْرَأَةٌ كَاشِفَةٌ عَنْ ذِرَاعَيْهَا عَلَيْهَا مِنْ كُلِّ زِينَةِ الدُّنْيَا فَقَالَتْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ انْظُرْنِي حَتَّى أُكَلِّمَكَ فَلَمْ أَلْتَفِتْ إِلَيْهَا

He^-saww said: ‘While I^-saww was in my^-saww journey when a caller called out from my^-saww right: ‘O Muhammad^-saww!’ But I^-saww did not answer him and did not turn towards him. Then a caller called out from my^-saww left: ‘O Muhammad^-saww!’ But I^-saww did not answer him and did not turn towards him. Then a woman faced me^-saww revealing from her forearms having every adornment of the world. She said, ‘O Muhammad^-saww, look at me until I speak to you^-saww!’ But I^-saww did not turn towards her.

ثُمَّ سِرْتُ فَسَمِعْتُ صَوْتاً أَفْزَعَنِي فَجَاوَزْتُ‏ فَنَزَلَ بِي جَبْرَئِيلُ ع فَقَالَ صَلِّ فَصَلَّيْتُ فَقَالَ تَدْرِي أَيْنَ صَلَّيْتَ فَقُلْتُ لَا فَقَالَ صَلَّيْتَ بِطَيْبَةَ وَ إِلَيْهَا مُهَاجَرَتُكَ

Then I^-saww travelled on and heard a sound which alarmed me^-saww, and I^-saww crossed past it. Jibraeel^-as descended with me^-saww and said: ‘Pray Salat’. I^-saww prayed Salat. Then he^-as said: ‘Do you^-saww know where you^-saww prayed?’ I^-saww said: ‘No’. He^-saww said: ‘You^-saww prayed at Taybah and you^-saww will be emigrating to it’.

ثُمَّ رَكِبْتُ فَمَضَيْنَا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِيَ انْزِلْ وَ صَلِّ فَنَزَلْتُ وَ صَلَّيْتُ فَقَالَ لِي تَدْرِي أَيْنَ صَلَّيْتَ فَقُلْتُ لَا فَقَالَ صَلَّيْتَ بِطُورِ سَيْنَاءَ حَيْثُ‏ كَلَّمَ اللَّهُ مُوسى‏ تَكْلِيماً

Then I^-saww rode on, and we continued for as long as Allah^-azwj so Desired. Then he^-as said to me^-saww: ‘Descend and pray Salat’. I^-saww descended and prayed’. He^-as said to me: ‘Do you^-saww know where you^-saww prayed?’ I^-saww said: ‘No’. He^-as said: ‘You^-saww prayed at (mount) Toor of Sinai when Allah^-azwj Spoke to Musa^-as in a conversation’.

ثُمَّ رَكِبْتُ فَمَضَيْنَا مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِيَ انْزِلْ فَصَلِّ فَنَزَلْتُ وَ صَلَّيْتُ فَقَالَ لِي تَدْرِي أَيْنَ صَلَّيْتَ فَقُلْتُ لَا قَالَ صَلَّيْتَ فِي‏ بَيْتِ لَحْمٍ‏ وَ بَيْتُ لَحْمٍ بِنَاحِيَةِ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ حَيْثُ وُلِدَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ ع

Then I^-saww rode on and we continued for as long as Allah^-azwj so Desired. Then he^-saww said to me^-saww: ‘Descend and pray Salat’. I^-saww descended and prayed’. He^-as said to me: ‘Do you^-saww know where you prayed?’ I^-saww said: ‘No’. He^-as said: ‘You^-saww prayed in Bayt Laham’ – and Bayt Laham is in the vicinity of Bayt Al-Maqdas where Isa^-as Bin Maryam^-as was born.

ثُمَّ رَكِبْتُ فَمَضَيْنَا حَتَّى انْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ فَرَبَطْتُ‏ الْبُرَاقَ بِالْحَلْقَةِ الَّتِي كَانَتِ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ تَرْبِطُ بِهَا فَدَخَلْتُ الْمَسْجِدَ وَ مَعِي جَبْرَئِيلُ إِلَى جَنْبِي فَوَجَدْنَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَ مُوسَى وَ عِيسَى فِيمَنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ مِنْ أَنْبِيَاءِ اللَّهِ ع قَدْ جُمِعُوا إِلَيَّ وَ أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ وَ لَا أَشُكُّ إِلَّا وَ جَبْرَئِيلُ سَيَتَقَدَّمُنَا

Then I^-saww rode on and we continued until we ended up to Bayt Al-Maqdas, and tied Al-Buraq by the ring which the Prophets^-as used to tie at, and I^-saww entered the Masjid and Jibraeel^-as was with me^-saww to my^-saww side. We found Ibahim^-as and Musa^-as and Isa^-as among the ones Allah^-azwj so Desired from the Prophets^-as of Allah^-azwj having had gathered for me^-saww, and I^-saww established the Salat, and had no doubt that Jibraeel^-as would be preceding us (to lead).

فَلَمَّا اسْتَوَوْا أَخَذَ جَبْرَئِيلُ بِعَضُدِي فَقَدَّمَنِي وَ أَمَمْتُهُمْ وَ لَا فَخْرَ

When I^-saww finished, Jibraeel^-as grabbed my^-saww fingers made me^-saww to be absent from their^-as community, and no pride.

ثُمَّ أَتَانِي الْخَازِنُ بِثَلَاثَةِ أَوَانٍ إِنَاءٌ فِيهِ لَبَنٌ وَ إِنَاءٌ فِيهِ مَاءٌ وَ إِنَاءٌ فِيهِ خَمْرٌ وَ سَمِعْتُ قَائِلًا يَقُولُ إِنْ أَخَذَ الْمَاءَ غَرِقَ وَ غَرِقَتْ أُمَّتُهُ وَ إِنْ أَخَذَ الْخَمْرَ غَوِيَ وَ غَوِيَتْ أُمَّتُهُ وَ إِنْ أَخَذَ اللَّبَنَ هُدِيَ وَ هُدِيَتْ أُمَّتُهُ

Then the treasurer came to me^-saww with three utensils – a container wherein was milk, and a container wherein was water, and a container wherein was wine, and I^-saww heard a speaker saying: ‘If he^-saww takes the water, he^-saww will drown and his^-saww community would drown; and if he^-saww takes the wine, he^-saww will deviate and his^-saww community would deviate; and if he^-saww takes the milk, he^-saww will be guided and his^-saww community would be guided’.

قَالَ فَأَخَذْتُ اللَّبَنَ وَ شَرِبْتُ مِنْهُ فَقَالَ لِي جَبْرَئِيلُ هُدِيتَ وَ هُدِيَتْ أُمَّتُكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي مَا ذَا رَأَيْتَ فِي مَسِيرِكَ فَقُلْتُ نَادَانِي مُنَادٍ عَنْ يَمِينِي فَقَالَ لِي أَ وَ أَجَبْتَهُ فَقُلْتُ لَا وَ لَمْ أَلْتَفِتْ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ ذَلِكَ دَاعِي الْيَهُودِ لَوْ أَجَبْتَهُ لَتَهَوَّدَتْ أُمَّتُكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ

He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww took the milk and drank from it. Jibraeel^-as said to me: ‘You^-saww are guided and your^-saww community is guided’. Then he^-as said to me^-saww: ‘What is that which you^-saww saw in your^-saww journey?’ I^-saww said: ‘A caller called out to me^-saww from my^-saww right’. He^-as said: ‘Or did you answer him?’ I^-saww said: ‘No, and I^-azwj did not turn towards him’. He^-as said: ‘That is a caller of the Jews. If you^-saww had answered him, your^-saww community would have become Jews from after you^-saww’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ مَا ذَا رَأَيْتَ فَقُلْتُ نَادَانِي مُنَادٍ عَنْ يَسَارِي فَقَالَ لِي أَ وَ أَجَبْتَهُ فَقُلْتُ لَا وَ لَمْ أَلْتَفِتْ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ ذَاكَ دَاعِي النَّصَارَى لَوْ أَجَبْتَهُ لَتَنَصَّرَتْ أُمَّتُكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ

Then he^-as said, ‘What is that which you^-saww saw?’ I^-saww said: ‘A caller called out to me^-saww from my^-saww left’. He^-as said to me^-saww: ‘Or, did you^-saww answer him?’ I^-saww said: ‘No, and I^-saww did not turn towards him’. He^-as said: ‘That is a caller of the Christians. If you^-saww had answered him, your^-saww community would have become Christians from after you^-saww’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ مَا ذَا اسْتَقْبَلَكَ فَقُلْتُ لَقِيتُ امْرَأَةً كَاشِفَةً عَنْ ذِرَاعَيْهَا عَلَيْهَا مِنْ كُلِّ زِينَةِ الدُّنْيَا فَقَالَتْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ انْظُرْنِي حَتَّى أُكَلِّمَكَ فَقَالَ لِي أَ فكَلَّمْتَهَا فَقُلْتُ لَا كَلَّمْتُهَا وَ لَمْ أَلْتَفِتْ إِلَيْهَا فَقَالَ تِلْكَ الدُّنْيَا وَ لَوْ كَلَّمْتَهَا لَاخْتَارَتْ أُمَّتُكَ الدُّنْيَا عَلَى الْآخِرَةِ

He^-as said: ‘What is that which faced you^-saww?’ I^-saww said: ‘I^-saww met a woman revealing from her forearms, upon her being from every adornment of the world. She said, ‘O Muhammad^-saww, look at me until I speak to you^-saww’. He^-as said to me: ‘Did you^-saww speak to her?’ I^-saww said: ‘I^-saww did not speak to her and did not turn towards her’. He^-as said: ‘That is the world, and had you^-saww spoken to her, your^-saww community would have chosen the world over the Hereafter’.

ثُمَّ سَمِعْتُ صَوْتاً أَفْزَعَنِي‏ فَقَالَ لِي جَبْرَئِيلُ أَ تَسْمَعُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ هَذِهِ صَخْرَةٌ قَذَفْتُهَا عَنْ شَفِيرِ جَهَنَّمَ مُنْذُ سَبْعِينَ عَاماً فَهَذَا حِينَ اسْتَقَرَّتْ‏

Then I^-saww heard a sound which alarmed me^-saww’. Jibraeel^-as said to me^-saww: ‘Did you^-saww hear, O Muhammad^-saww?’ I^-saww said: ‘Yes’. He^-saww said: ‘This is a rock having been thrown from the edge of hell seventy years ago, and this is when it bottomed’.

قَالُوا فَمَا ضَحِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص حَتَّى قُبِضَ

They (companions) said, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww did not laugh until he^-saww passed away’.

قَالَ فَصَعِدَ جَبْرَئِيلُ وَ صَعِدْتُ مَعَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا وَ عَلَيْهَا مَلَكٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ إِسْمَاعِيلُ وَ هُوَ صَاحِبُ الْخَطْفَةِ الَّتِي قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ الْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُ شِهابٌ ثاقِبٌ‏ وَ تَحْتَهُ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ تَحْتَ كُلِّ مَلَكٍ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ

He^-saww said: ‘Jibraeel^-as ascended and I^-saww ascended with him^-saww to the sky of the world, and upon it was an Angel called Ismail, and he is the caution which Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: Except (for the) one who violates the caution, so there pursues him a shooting star [37:10], and under him (his command) are seventy thousand Angels, under every Angel are seventy thousand Angels.

فَقَالَ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ مَنْ هَذَا مَعَكَ‏ فَقَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ قَالَ وَ قَدْ بُعِثَ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَفَتَحَ الْبَابَ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَ سَلَّمَ عَلَيَّ وَ اسْتَغْفَرْتُ لَهُ وَ اسْتَغْفَرَ لِي وَ قَالَ مَرْحَباً بِالْأَخِ الصَّالِحِ وَ النَّبِيِّ الصَّالِحِ وَ تَلَقَّتْنِي الْمَلَائِكَةُ حَتَّى دَخَلْتُ السَّمَاءَ الدُّنْيَا

He said, ‘O Jibraeel^-as! Who is this with you^-as?’ He^-as said: ‘Muhammad^-saww’. He said, ‘And he^-saww has been Sent?’ He^-as said: ‘Yes’. He opened the gate and greeted unto him^-as and greeted unto me^-saww, and I^-saww sought Forgiveness for him and he sought Forgiveness for me^-saww, and said: ‘Welcome to the righteous brother, and the righteous Prophet^-saww!’ And the Angels received me^-saww until I^-saww entered the sky of the world.

فَمَا لَقِيَنِي مَلَكٌ إِلَّا ضَاحِكاً مُسْتَبْشِراً حَتَّى لَقِيَنِي مَلَكٌ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ لَمْ أَرَ أَعْظَمَ خَلْقاً مِنْهُ كَرِيهُ الْمَنْظَرِ ظَاهِرُ الْغَضَبِ فَقَالَ لِي مِثْلَ مَا قَالُوا مِنَ الدُّعَاءِ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَضْحَكْ وَ لَمْ أَرَ فِيهِ مِنَ الِاسْتِبْشَارِ مَا رَأَيْتُ مِمَّنْ ضَحِكَ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ فَإِنِّي قَدْ فَزِعْتُ مِنْهُ‏

No Angel met me^-saww except laughing cheerfully until I^-saww met an Angel from the Angels I^-saww had not seen any of greater creation (body) than him, abhorrent of looks, manifesting the anger. He said to me^-saww similar to what they said, from the supplications except he did not laugh, and I^-saww did not see from him the cheerfulness what I^-saww had seen from the Angels who had laughed. I^-saww said: ‘Who is this, O Jibraeel^-as, for I^-saww have been alarmed from him’.

فَقَالَ يَجُوزُ أَنْ تَفْزَعَ مِنْهُ وَ كُلُّنَا نَفْزَعُ مِنْهُ إِنَّ هَذَا مَالِكٌ خَازِنُ النَّارِ لَمْ يَضْحَكْ قَطُّ وَ لَمْ يَزَلْ مُنْذُ وَلَّاهُ اللَّهُ جَهَنَّمَ يَزْدَادُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ غَضَباً وَ غَيْظاً عَلَى أَعْدَاءِ اللَّهِ وَ أَهْلِ مَعْصِيَتِهِ فَيَنْتَقِمُ اللَّهُ بِهِ مِنْهُمْ وَ لَوْ ضَحِكَ إِلَى أَحَدٍ كَانَ قَبْلَكَ أَوْ كَانَ ضَاحِكاً إِلَى أَحَدٍ بَعْدَكَ لَضَحِكَ إِلَيْكَ وَ لَكِنَّهُ لَا يَضْحَكُ

He^-as said, ‘It is allowed for you^-saww to be alarmed from him, and all of us to be alarmed from him. This is the Angels, keeper of the Fire, not laughing at all and did not cease since Allah^-azwj Made him to be in charge of Hell. He increases in anger every day and fury against the enemies of Allah^-azwj and the people who disobey Him^-azwj. Allah^-azwj will Take Revenge by him from them, and if he had laughed to anyone before you^-saww or he will be laughing to anyone after you^-saww, he would have laughed to you^-saww, but he does not laugh’.

فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَرَدَّ السَّلَامَ عَلَيَّ وَ بَشَّرَنِي بِالْجَنَّةِ فَقُلْتُ لِجَبْرَئِيلَ وَ جَبْرَئِيلُ بِالْمَكَانِ الَّذِي وَصَفَهُ اللَّهُ‏ مُطاعٍ ثَمَّ أَمِينٍ‏ أَ لَا تَأْمُرُنِي أَنْ يُرِيَنِي النَّارَ فَقَالَ لَهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ يَا مَالِكُ أَرِ مُحَمَّداً النَّارَ فَكَشَفَ عَنْهَا غِطَاءَهَا وَ فَتَحَ بَاباً مِنْهَا فَخَرَجَ مِنْهَا لَهَبٌ سَاطِعٌ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَ فَارَتْ وَ ارْتَفَعَتْ حَتَّى ظَنَنْتُ لَتَتَنَاوَلُنِي مِمَّا رَأَيْتُ

I greeted to him and he returned the greetings unto me^-saww, and gave me^-saww the glad tidings of Paradise. I^-saww said to Jibraeel^-as, – and Jibraeel^-as is at the position which Allah^-azwj Described: Obedient, then trustworthy [81:21] -: ‘Can you instruct him to show me^-saww the Fire?’ Jibraeel^-as said to him: ‘O Angel! Show Muhammad^-saww the Fire’. He uncovered its cover from it and opened a gate from it, and there emerged from it a flame spreading in the sky, gushing out rising until I^-saww thought, from what I^-saww saw, that it would grab me^-as.

فَقُلْتُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ قُلْ لَهُ فَلْيَرُدَّ عَلَيْهَا غِطَاءَهَا فَأَمَرَهَا فَقَالَ لَهَا ارْجِعِي فَرَجَعَتْ إِلَى مَكَانِهَا الَّذِي خَرَجَتْ مِنْهُ

I^-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel^-as, tell him to return its cover back upon it’. He^-as instructed him. He said to it: ‘Return!’ It returned to its place which it had come out from.

ثُمَّ مَضَيْتُ فَرَأَيْتُ رَجُلًا آدما [آدَمَ‏] جَسِيماً فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ فَقَالَ هَذَا أَبُوكَ آدَمُ فَإِذَا هُوَ يُعْرَضُ عَلَيْهِ ذُرِّيَّتُهُ فَيَقُولُ رُوحٌ طَيِّبٌ وَ رِيحٌ طَيِّبَةٌ مِنْ جَسَدٍ طَيِّب

Then I^-saww continued and saw a man of wheatish (complexion) body. I^-saww said: ‘Who is this, O Jibraeel^-as?’ He^-as said: ‘This is your^-saww father^-as Adam^-as. When his^-as offspring were presented to him^-as, they said, ‘Good soul, and good aroma from a good body’.

ثُمَّ تَلَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص سُورَةَ الْمُطَفِّفِينَ‏ عَلَى رَأْسِ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ آيَةً كَلَّا إِنَّ كِتابَ الْأَبْرارِ لَفِي عِلِّيِّينَ وَ ما أَدْراكَ ما عِلِّيُّونَ كِتابٌ مَرْقُومٌ يَشْهَدُهُ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ‏ إِلَى آخِرِهَا

Then Rasool-Allah^-saww recited Surah Al-Mutaffifeen on top of seventeen Verses: Never! Surely the Book of the righteous would be in Illiyeen [83:18] And what will make you realise what Illiyeen is? [83:19] A numbered Book [83:20] The ones of Proximity would witness it [83:21] – up to the end of it.

قَالَ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَى أَبِي آدَمَ وَ سَلَّمَ عَلَيَّ وَ اسْتَغْفَرْتُ لَهُ وَ اسْتَغْفَرَ لِي وَ قَالَ مَرْحَباً بِالابْنِ الصَّالِحِ وَ النَّبِيِّ الصَّالِحِ وَ الْمَبْعُوثِ فِي الزَّمَنِ الصَّالِحِ

He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww greeted unto my^-saww father^-as Adam^-as, and he^-as greeted unto me^-saww, and I^-saww sought Forgiveness for him^-as and he^-as sought Forgiveness for me^-saww and said: ‘Welcome to the righteous son, and the righteous Prophet^-saww, and the one Sent in the righteous era’.

ثُمَّ مَرَرْتُ بِمَلَكٍ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ جَالِسٍ‏ عَلَى مَجْلِسٍ وَ إِذَا جَمِيعُ الدُّنْيَا بَيْنَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ وَ إِذَا بِيَدِهِ لَوْحٌ مِنْ نُورٍ سَطْرٌ فِيهِ مَكْتُوبٌ فِيهِ كِتَابٌ يَنْظُرُ فِيهِ‏ لَا يَلْتَفِتُ يَمِيناً وَ لَا شِمَالًا مُقْبِلًا عَلَيْهِ كَهَيْئَةِ الْحَزِينِ فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ فَقَالَ هَذَا مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ دَائِبٌ‏ فِي قَبْضِ الْأَرْوَاحِ

Then I^-saww passed by an Angel from the Angels seated to a gathering, and the entirety of the world was gathered between his knees, and there was a tablet of light in his hand. Certain lines or writing were inscribed in it. He was looking into it, neither turning right nor left, facing towards it as if he was in grief. I^-saww said: ‘Who is this, O Jibraeel^-as?’ He^-as said: ‘This is the Angel of death continuously capturing the souls’.

فَقُلْتُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ أَدْنِنِي مِنْهُ حَتَّى أُكَلِّمَهُ فَأَدْنَانِي مِنْهُ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَ قَالَ لَهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ هَذَا مُحَمَّدٌ نَبِيُّ الرَّحْمَةِ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَى الْعِبَادِ فَرَحَّبَ بِي وَ حَيَّانِي‏ بِالسَّلَامِ وَ قَالَ أَبْشِرْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَإِنِّي أَرَى الْخَيْرَ كُلَّهُ فِي أُمَّتِكَ فَقُلْتُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الْمَنَّانِ ذِي النِّعَمِ عَلَى عِبَادِهِ ذَلِكَ مِنْ فَضْلِ رَبِّي وَ رَحْمَتِهِ عَلَيَّ

I^-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! Get me^-saww closer to him until I^-saww speak to him’. He^-as got me^-saww closer and he^-as greeted to him and Jibraeel^-as said to him: ‘This is Muhammad^-saww, Prophet^-saww of Mercy whom Allah^-azwj Sent to the servants’. He welcomed me^-saww and congratulated me^-saww with the greeting and said: ‘Receive glad tidings O Muhammad^-saww, for I^-saww the good, all of it to be in your^-saww community’. I^-saww said: ‘The Praise is for Allah^-azwj, the Conferer with the Bounties upon His^-azwj servants. That is from the Grace of my^-saww Lord^-azwj and His^-azwj Mercy upon me^-saww’.

فَقَالَ جَبْرَئِيلُ هُوَ أَشَدُّ الْمَلَائِكَةِ عَمَلًا فَقُلْتُ أَ كُلُّ مَنْ مَاتَ أَوْ هُوَ مَيِّتٌ فِيمَا بَعْدُ هَذَا يَقْبِضُ رُوحَهُ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ قُلْتُ وَ تَرَاهُمْ حَيْثُ كَانُوا وَ تَشْهَدُهُمْ بِنَفْسِكَ‏ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ ‏

Jibraeel^-as said: ‘He is the severest of the Angels in work’. I^-saww said: ‘Is it all of the ones who died or will die in what is afterwards, this one captures his soul?’ He^-as said: ‘Yes’. I^-saww said: ‘And sees them wherever they may be and witnesses by himself?’ He^-as said: ‘Yes’.

فَقَالَ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ مَا الدُّنْيَا كُلُّهَا عِنْدِي فِيمَا سَخَّرَهَا اللَّهُ لِي وَ مَكَّنَنِي عَلَيْهَا إِلَّا كَالدِّرْهَمِ فِي كَفِّ الرَّجُلِ يُقَلِّبُهُ كَيْفَ يَشَاءُ وَ مَا مِنْ دَارٍ إِلَّا وَ أَنَا أَتَصَفَّحُهُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ خَمْسَ مَرَّاتٍ وَ أَقُولُ إِذَا بَكَى أَهْلُ الْمَيِّتِ عَلَى مَيِّتِهِمْ لَا تَبْكُوا عَلَيْهِ فَإِنَّ لِي فِيكُمْ عَوْدَةً وَ عَوْدَةً حَتَّى لَا يَبْقَى مِنْكُمْ أَحَدٌ

The Angel of death said, ‘The world, all of it with me in what Allah^-azwj Subdued it for me and Enabled me upon it, except like the Dirham (coin) in the palm of the man turning it however he so desires to, and there is none from a house except and I scan it five times a day and am saying when the people of the deceased cry upon their deceased: ‘Do not cry upon him for there is an appointment and an appointment for me regarding you all until there does not remain anyone among you’.

فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص كَفَى بِالْمَوْتِ طَامَّةً يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ فَقَالَ جَبْرَئِيلُ إِنَّ مَا بَعْدَ الْمَوْتِ أَطَمُّ وَ أَطَمُّ مِنَ الْمَوْتِ‏

Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘It suffices with the death as a calamity, O Jibraeel^-as’. Jibraeel^-as said: ‘And there is no calamity after the death more calamitous than the death’.

قَالَ ثُمَّ مَضَيْتُ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِقَوْمٍ‏ بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ مَوَائِدُ مِنْ لَحْمٍ طَيِّبٍ وَ لَحْمٍ خَبِيثٍ يَأْكُلُونَ اللَّحْمَ الْخَبِيثَ وَ يَدَعُونَ الطَّيِّبَ فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ فَقَالَ هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَ الْحَرَامَ وَ يَدَعُونَ الْحَلَالَ وَ هُمْ مِنْ أُمَّتِكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ

He^-saww said: ‘Then I^-saww went on and there I^-saww was with a people having a meal in front of them, of good meat and bad meat. They were (instead) eating the bad meat and leaving the good. I^-saww said: ‘Who are they, O Jibraeel^-as?’ He^-as said: ‘They are those who devoured the Prohibited and left the Permissible, and they are from your^-saww community, O Muhammad^-saww’.

فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص ثُمَّ رَأَيْتُ مَلَكاً مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ أَمْرَهُ عَجَباً نِصْفُ جَسَدِهِ النَّارُ وَ النِّصْفُ الْآخَرُ ثَلْجٌ فَلَا النَّارُ تُذِيبُ الثَّلْجَ وَ لَا الثَّلْجُ يُطْفِئُ النَّارَ وَ هُوَ يُنَادِي بِصَوْتٍ رَفِيعٍ وَ يَقُولُ سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي كَفَّ حَرَّ هَذِهِ النَّارِ فَلَا تُذِيبُ الثَّلْجَ وَ كَفَّ بَرْدَ هَذَا الثَّلْجِ فَلَا يُطْفِئُ حَرَّ هَذِهِ النَّارِ اللَّهُمَ‏ يَا مُؤَلِّفُ بَيْنَ الثَّلْجِ وَ النَّارِ أَلِّفْ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِ عِبَادِكَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘Then I^-saww saw an Angel from the Angels, Allah^-azwj had Made his affair to be strange. Half of his body was fire and the other half was ice. Neither did the fire melt the ice nor did the snow extinguish the fire, and he was calling out in a high voice and saying: ‘Glorious is the One^-azwj Who Restrains the heat of this fire so it does not melt the ice, and Restrains the coldness of this ice so it does not extinguish the heat of this fire. O Allah^-azwj! Compose between the ice and the fire between the hearts of Your^-azwj servants, the Momineen!’

فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ فَقَالَ هَذَا مَلَكٌ وَكَّلَهُ اللَّهُ بِأَكْنَافِ السَّمَاءِ وَ أَطْرَافِ الْأَرَضِينَ وَ هُوَ أَنْصَحُ مَلَائِكَةِ اللَّهِ لِأَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَدْعُو لَهُمْ بِمَا تَسْمَعُ مُنْذُ خُلِقَ

I said, ‘Who is this, O Jibraeel^-as?’ He^-as said: ‘This is an Angel Allah^-azwj has Allocated with the protection of the sky and the horizons of the lands, and he is the most advising of the Angels of Allah^-azwj to the inhabitants of the earth from His^-azwj Momineen servants, supplicating for them with what you^-saww heard, since he was Created’.

وَ رَأَيْتُ مَلَكَيْنِ يُنَادِيَانِ‏ فِي السَّمَاءِ أَحَدُهُمَا يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ أَعْطِ كُلَّ مُنْفِقٍ خَلَفاً وَ الْآخَرُ يَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ أَعْطِ كُلَّ مُمْسِكٍ تَلَفاً

And I^-saww saw two Angels calling out in the sky. One of them was saying: ‘O Allah^-azwj! Give every spender a replacement’. And the other was saying: ‘O Allah^-azwj! Give every withholder a damage’.

ثُمَّ مَضَيْتُ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِأَقْوَامٍ لَهُمْ مَشَافِرُ كَمَشَافِرِ الْإِبِلِ يُقْرَضُ اللَّحْمُ مِنْ جُنُوبِهِمْ وَ يُلْقَى فِي أَفْوَاهِهِمْ فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ فَقَالَ هَؤُلَاءِ الْهَمَّازُونَ اللَّمَّازُونَ

Then I^-saww continued and there I^-saww was with a people having thick lips like the thick lips of the camel. The flesh was being cut from their sides and thrown into their mouths. I^-saww said: ‘Who are they, O Jibraeel^-as?’ He^-as said: ‘They are the backbiters, the fault-finders’.

ثُمَّ مَضَيْتُ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِأَقْوَامٍ تُرْضَخُ رُءُوسُهُمْ بِالصَّخْرِ فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ‏ فَقَالَ هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ يَنَامُونَ عَنْ صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ

Then I^-saww continued and there I^-saww was with a people; their heads were being weighed down with the rock. I^-saww said: ‘Who are they, O Jibraeel^-as?’ He^-as said: ‘They are those who were sleeping from Salat Al-Isha’.

ثُمَّ مَضَيْتُ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِأَقْوَامٍ تُقْذَفُ النَّارُ فِي أَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَ تَخْرُجُ مِنْ أَدْبَارِهِمْ فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ قَالَ هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَ أَمْوالَ الْيَتامى‏ ظُلْماً إِنَّما يَأْكُلُونَ فِي بُطُونِهِمْ ناراً وَ سَيَصْلَوْنَ سَعِيراً

Then I^-saww continued and there I^-saww was with a people, the fire was being throw into their mouths and it was coming out from their behinds. I^-saww said: ‘Who are they, O Jibraeel^-as’ He^-as said: ‘those who are consuming the wealth of the orphans unjustly, are rather consuming fire in their bellies, and they would be arriving at the Blazing Fire [4:10]’.

ثُمَّ مَضَيْتُ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِأَقْوَامٍ يُرِيدُ أَحَدُهُمْ أَنْ يَقُومَ فَلَا يَقْدِرُ مِنْ عِظَمِ بَطْنِهِ فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ قَالَ هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَ الرِّبا لا يَقُومُونَ إِلَّا كَما يَقُومُ الَّذِي يَتَخَبَّطُهُ الشَّيْطانُ مِنَ الْمَسِ‏ وَ إِذَا هُمْ بِسَبِيلِ آلِ فِرْعَوْنَ يُعْرَضُونَ عَلَى النَّارِ غُدُوًّا وَ عَشِيًّا يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا مَتَى تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ

Then I^-saww continued, and there I was with a people, one of them was intending to stand up but was not able to due to the largeness of his belly. I^-saww said: ‘Who are they, O Jibraeel^-as?’ He^-as said: ‘They are Those who are consuming the interest are not standing except as the standing of the one whom the Satan has confused him from the craze [2:275], and they, in the manner of the people of Pharaoh^-la, are being presented to the Fire, morning and evening. They were saying, ‘Our Lord^-azwj! When will the Hour be established?’

قَالَ ثُمَّ مَضَيْتُ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِنِسْوَانٍ مُعَلَّقَاتٍ بِثَدْيِهِنَّ فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ فَقَالَ هَؤُلَاءِ اللَّوَاتِي يُوَرِّثْنَ أَمْوَالَ أَزْوَاجِهِنَّ أَوْلَادَ غَيْرِهِمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص اشْتَدَّ غَضَبُ اللَّهِ عَلَى امْرَأَةٍ أَدْخَلَتْ عَلَى قَوْمٍ فِي نَسَبِهِمْ مَنْ لَيْسَ مِنْهُمْ فَاطَّلَعَ عَلَى عَوْرَتِهِمْ وَ أَكَلَ خَزَائِنَهُمْ

Then we continued, and there I was with women hanging by their breasts. I^-saww said: ‘Who are they, O Jibraeel^-as?’ He^-as said: ‘Those the ones who inherited the wealth of their husbands of the children of others’. Then Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘The Wrath of Allah^-azwj is severe upon the woman who enters upon a people in their lineage, one who isn’t from them, so he is notified of their nakedness and devours their treasures’.

قَالَ ثُمَّ مَرَرْنَا بِمَلَائِكَةٍ مِنْ مَلَائِكَةِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ خَلَقَهُمُ اللَّهُ كَيْفَ شَاءَ وَ وَضَعَ وُجُوهَهُمْ كَيْفَ شَاءَ لَيْسَ شَيْ‏ءٌ مِنْ أَطْبَاقِ أَجْسَادِهِمْ إِلَّا وَ هُوَ يُسَبِّحُ اللَّهَ وَ يُحَمِّدُهُ‏ مِنْ كُلِّ نَاحِيَةٍ بِأَصْوَاتٍ مُخْتَلِفَةٍ أَصْوَاتُهُمْ مُرْتَفِعَةٌ بِالتَّحْمِيدِ وَ الْبُكَاءِ مِنْ خَشْيَةِ اللَّهِ

He^-saww said: ‘We passed by Angels from the Angels of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic. Allah^-azwj had Created them however He^-azwj so Desired, and Placed their faces however He^-azwj so Desired. There wasn’t anything from the layers of their bodies except and it was glorifying Allah^-azwj and praising Him^-azwj from every corner with different voices. Their voices were rising with the praise and wailing from fear of Allah^-azwj.

فَسَأَلْتُ جَبْرَئِيلَ عَنْهُمْ فَقَالَ كَمَا تَرَى خُلِقُوا إِنَّ الْمَلَكَ مِنْهُمْ إِلَى جَنْبِ صَاحِبِهِ مَا كَلَّمَهُ قَطُّ وَ لَا رَفَعُوا رُءُوسَهُمْ إِلَى مَا فَوْقَهَا وَ لَا خَفَضُوهَا إِلَى مَا تَحْتَهَا خَوْفاً مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ خُشُوعاً فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ فَرَدُّوا عَلَيَّ إِيمَاءً بِرُءُوسِهِمْ لَا يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَيَّ مِنَ الْخُشُوعِ

I^-saww asked Jibraeel^-as about them. He^-as said: ‘They are created just as you^-saww see. The Angels from them does not speak to the companion by his side at all, nor does he raise his head to what is above him nor places it to what is under him out of fear from Allah^-azwj and humbleness’. I^-saww greeted them and they responded by gesturing with their hear, not looking at me^-saww from the humility.

فَقَالَ لَهُمْ جَبْرَئِيلُ هَذَا مُحَمَّدٌ نَبِيُّ الرَّحْمَةِ أَرْسَلَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَى الْعِبَادِ رَسُولًا وَ نَبِيّاً وَ هُوَ خَاتَمُ النُّبُوَّةِ وَ سَيِّدُهُمْ أَ فَلَا تُكَلِّمُونَهُ قَالَ فَلَمَّا سَمِعُوا ذَلِكَ مِنْ جَبْرَئِيلَ أَقْبَلُوا عَلَيَّ بِالسَّلَامِ وَ أَكْرَمُونِي وَ بَشَّرُونِي بِالْخَيْرِ لِي وَ لِأُمَّتِي‏

Jibraeel^-as said to them: ‘This is Muhammad^-saww, Prophet^-saww of Mercy. Allah^-azwj Sent him^-saww to the servant as a Rasool^-saww, a Prophet^-saww, and he^-saww is the seal of the Prophet-hood and their Chief. Will you not speak to him^-saww?’ When they heard that from Jibraeel^-as, they came to me^-saww with the greetings and honoured me^-saww and gave me^-saww the glad tidings with the goodness for me^-saww and for my^-saww community’.

قَالَ ثُمَّ صَعِدْنَا إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الثَّانِيَةِ فَإِذَا فِيهَا رَجُلَانِ مُتَشَابِهَانِ فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَانِ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ فَقَالَ لِي ابْنَا الْخَالَةِ يَحْيَى وَ عِيسَى ع فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِمَا وَ سَلَّمَا عَلَيَّ وَ اسْتَغْفَرْتُ لَهُمَا وَ اسْتَغْفَرَا لِي وَ قَالا مَرْحَباً بِالْأَخِ الصَّالِحِ وَ النَّبِيِّ الصَّالِحِ

He^-saww said: ‘Then we ascended to the second sky, and in it there were two men resembling each other. I^-saww said: ‘Who are these two, O Jibraeel^-as?’ He^-as said: ‘Two sons of the maternal aunt of Yahya^-as and Isa^-as’. I^-saww greeted them and they greeted unto me^-saww, and I^-saww sought Forgiveness for them and they sought Forgiveness for me^-saww and said: ‘Welcome to the righteous brother, and the righteous Prophet^-saww’.

وَ إِذَا فِيهَا مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْخُشُوعُ قَدْ وَضَعَ اللَّهُ وُجُوهَهُمْ كَيْفَ شَاءَ لَيْسَ مِنْهُمْ مَلَكٌ إِلَّا يُسَبِّحُ اللَّهَ وَ يُحَمِّدُهُ‏ بِأَصْوَاتٍ مُخْتَلِفَةٍ

And there, in it (second sky), there were from the Angels, and upon them was the humbleness. Allah^-azwj had Placed their faces however He^-azwj so Desired to. There wasn’t any Angel from them except he was glorifying Allah^-azwj and praising Him^-azwj in difference voices.

ثُمَّ صَعِدْنَا إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الثَّالِثَةِ فَإِذَا فِيهَا رَجُلٌ فَضْلُ حُسْنِهِ عَلَى سَائِرِ الْخَلْقِ كَفَضْلِ الْقَمَرِ لَيْلَةَ الْبَدْرِ عَلَى سَائِرِ النُّجُومِ فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ فَقَالَ هَذَا أَخُوكَ يُوسُفُ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَ سَلَّمَ عَلَيَّ وَ اسْتَغْفَرْتُ لَهُ وَ اسْتَغْفَرَ لِي وَ قَالَ مَرْحَباً بِالنَّبِيِّ الصَّالِحِ وَ الْأَخِ الصَّالِحِ وَ الْمَبْعُوثِ فِي الزَّمَنِ الصَّالِحِ

Then we ascended to the third sky wherein was a man whose beauty was superior over the rest of the creatures like the superiority of the moon on the night of the full moon over the rest of the stars. I^-saww said: ‘Who is this, O Jibraeel^-as?’ He^-as said: ‘This is your^-saww brother Yusuf^-as’. I^-saww greeted unto him^-as and he^-as greeted me^-saww, and I^-saww sought Forgiveness for him^-saww and he^-as sought Forgiveness for me^-saww and said: ‘Welcome to the righteous Prophet^-saww, and the righteous brother, and the one Sent in the righteous era’.

وَ إِذَا فِيهَا مَلَائِكَةٌ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ الْخُشُوعِ مِثْلُ مَا وَصَفْتُ فِي السَّمَاءِ الْأُولَى وَ الثَّانِيَةِ وَ قَالَ لَهُمْ جَبْرَئِيلُ فِي أَمْرِي مَا قَالَ‏ لِلْآخَرِينَ وَ صَنَعُوا بِي مِثْلَ مَا صَنَعَ الْآخَرُونَ

And there, in it (third sky) were Angels, upon them was the humbleness similar to what I^-saww described in the first and the second sky, and Jibraeel^-as said to them regarding my^-saww affair what he^-as had said to the others, and they did similar to what the others had done.

ثُمَّ صَعِدْنَا إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الرَّابِعَةِ وَ إِذَا فِيهَا رَجُلٌ فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا يَا جِبْرِيلُ قَالَ هَذَا إِدْرِيسُ رَفَعَهُ اللَّهُ‏ مَكاناً عَلِيًّا فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَ سَلَّمَ عَلَيَّ وَ اسْتَغْفَرْتُ لَهُ وَ اسْتَغْفَرَ لِي وَ إِذَا فِيهَا مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ الْخُشُوعِ مِثْلُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ الَّتِي عَبَرْنَاهَا فَبَشَّرُونِي بِالْخَيْرِ لِي وَ لِأُمَّتِي

Then we ascended to the fourth sky and therein was a man. I^-saww said: ‘Who is this, O Jibraeel^-as?’ He^-as said: ‘This is Idrees^-as. Allah^-azwj Raised him^-as to a lofty place’. I^-saww greeted unto him^-as and he^-as greeted to me^-saww, and I^-saww sought Forgiveness for him^-as and he^-as sought Forgiveness for me^-saww. And there, in it (fourth sky), there were from the Angels with the humbleness similar to what was in the skies which we had crossed. He^-as gave me^-saww glad tidings with the goodness for me and for my^-saww community’.

ثُمَّ رَأَيْتُ مَلَكاً جَالِساً عَلَى سَرِيرٍ تَحْتَ يَدَيْهِ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ تَحْتَ كُلِّ مَلَكٍ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ

Then I^-saww saw an Angel seated upon a throne, under him (his charge) were seventy thousand Angels, under each Angel were seventy thousand Angels’.

فَوَقَعَ فِي نَفْسِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص أَنَّهُ هُوَ فَصَاحَ بِهِ جَبْرَئِيلُ فَقَالَ قُمْ فَهُوَ قَائِمٌ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ

There occurred within the self of Rasool-Allah^-saww that it was him. Jibraeel^-as shouted at him and said: ‘Stand!’ So, he stands up to the Day of Qiyamah.

ثُمَّ صَعِدْنَا إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الْخَامِسَةِ فَإِذَا فِيهَا رَجُلٌ كَهْلٌ عَظِيمُ الْعَيْنِ لَمْ أَرَ كَهْلًا أَعْظَمَ مِنْهُ حَوْلَهُ ثُلَّةٌ مِنْ‏ أُمَّتِهِ فَأَعْجَبَتْنِي كَثْرَتُهُمْ فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ فَقَالَ هَذَا الْمُجِيبُ فِي قَوْمِهِ هَارُونُ بْنُ عِمْرَانَ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَ سَلَّمَ عَلَيَّ وَ اسْتَغْفَرْتُ لَهُ وَ اسْتَغْفَرَ لِي وَ إِذَا فِيهَا مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ الْخُشُوعِ مِثْلُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ

Then we ascended to the fifth sky, and there in it was an elderly man of large eyes. I^-saww had not seen any person older than him. Around him was a third of his community, and their numbers astounded me^-saww. I^-saww said: ‘Who is this, O Jibraeel^-as?’ He^-as said: ‘This is the answerer among his people, Haroun^-as Bin Imran^-as’. I^-saww greeted unto him^-as and he^-as greeted to me^-saww, and I^-saww sought Forgiveness for him^-as and he^-as sought Forgiveness for me^-saww, and in it from the Angels of humbleness were similar to what were in the (other) skies.

ثُمَّ صَعِدْنَا إِلَى‏ السَّمَاءِ السَّادِسَةِ وَ إِذَا فِيهَا رَجُلٌ آدَمُ طَوِيلٌ كَأَنَّهُ مِنْ شَبْوَةَ وَ لَوْ أَنَّ عَلَيْهِ قَمِيصَيْنِ لَنَفَذَ شَعْرُهُ فِيهِمَا فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ يَزْعُمُ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنِّي أَكْرَمُ وُلْدِ آدَمَ عَلَى اللَّهِ وَ هَذَا رَجُلٌ أَكْرَمُ عَلَى اللَّهِ مِنِّي فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ فَقَالَ هَذَا أَخُوكَ مُوسَى بْنُ عِمْرَانَ

Then we ascended to the sixth sky, and there in it was a man of tall stature as if he was (made) from hair, and even though there were two shirts upon him, his hair protruded out in these. I^-saww heard him saying, ‘The Children of Israel allege that I and the most honourable of the children of Adam^-as unto Allah^-azwj, and this man^-saww is more honourable to Allah^-azwj than I am’. I^-saww said: ‘Who is this, O Jibraeel^-as?’ He^-as said: ‘This is your^-saww brother^-as Musa^-as Bin Imran^-as’.

فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَ سَلَّمَ عَلَيَّ وَ اسْتَغْفَرْتُ لَهُ وَ اسْتَغْفَرَ لِي وَ إِذَا فِيهَا مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ الْخُشُوعِ مِثْلُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ

I^-saww greeted unto him^-as and he^-as greeted to me^-saww, and I^-saww sought Forgiveness for him^-as and he^-as sought Forgiveness for him^-as; and there, in it (sixth sky) were Angels of humbleness similar to what there were in the skies.

قَالَ ثُمَّ صَعِدْنَا إِلَى السَّمَاءِ السَّابِعَةِ فَمَا مَرَرْتُ بِمَلَكٍ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ إِلَّا قَالُوا يَا مُحَمَّدُ احْتَجِمْ وَ أْمُرْ أُمَّتَكَ بِالْحِجَامَةِ وَ إِذَا فِيهَا رَجُلٌ أَشْمَطُ الرَّأْسِ وَ اللِّحْيَةِ جَالِسٌ عَلَى كُرْسِيٍّ فَقُلْتُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ مَنْ هَذَا الَّذِي فِي السَّمَاءِ السَّابِعَةِ عَلَى بَابِ الْبَيْتِ الْمَعْمُورِ فِي جِوَارِ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ هَذَا يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَبُوكَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَ هَذَا مَحَلُّكَ وَ مَحَلُّ مَنِ اتَّقَى مِنْ أُمَّتِكَ

Then we ascended to the seventh sky, and I^-saww did not pass by any Angel from the Angels except they said, ‘O Muhammad^-saww! Get cupping done and instruct your^-saww community with the cupping’. And there, in it (seventh sky) was a man of styled head and beard, seated upon a chair. I^-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! Who is this one in the seventh sky at the door of Bayt Al-Mamour in the Vicinity of Allah^-azwj?’ He^-as said: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! This is your^-saww father^-as Ibrahim^-as, and this is your^-saww neighbourhood and the neighbourhood of the pious ones from your^-saww community’.

ثُمَّ قَرَأَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ إِنَّ أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِإِبْراهِيمَ لَلَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوهُ وَ هذَا النَّبِيُّ وَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَ اللَّهُ وَلِيُّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ‏ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَ سَلَّمَ عَلَيَّ وَ قَالَ مَرْحَباً بِالنَّبِيِّ الصَّالِحِ وَ الِابْنِ الصَّالِحِ وَ الْمَبْعُوثِ فِي الزَّمَنِ الصَّالِحِ وَ إِذَا فِيهَا مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ الْخُشُوعِ مِثْلُ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ فَبَشَّرُونِي بِالْخَيْرِ لِي وَ لِأُمَّتِي‏

Then Rasool-Allah^-saww recited: 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]. I^-saww greeted unto him^-as and he^-as greeted to me^-saww and said: ‘Welcome to the righteous Prophet^-saww and the righteous son, and the one Sent in the righteous era’. And there, in it were from the Angels of humbleness similar to what were in the skies. They gave me^-saww glad tidings with the goodness for me^-saww and for my^-saww community’.

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ رَأَيْتُ فِي السَّمَاءِ السَّابِعَةِ بِحَاراً مِنْ نُورٍ يَتَلَأْلَأُ تَلَأْلُؤُهَا يَخْطَفُ بِالْأَبْصَارِ وَ فِيهَا بِحَارٌ مُظْلِمَةٌ وَ بِحَارٌ مِنْ ثَلْجٍ‏ تَرْعُدُ فَكُلَّمَا فَزِعْتُ‏ وَ رَأَيْتُ هَؤُلَاءِ سَأَلْتُ جَبْرَئِيلَ فَقَالَ أَبْشِرْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَ اشْكُرْ كَرَامَةَ رَبِّكَ وَ اشْكُرِ اللَّهَ بِمَا صَنَعَ إِلَيْكَ

Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘And I^-saww saw in the seventh sky, oceans of shining light, its shine dazzling the sight, and in it were oceans of darkness and oceans of snow. Rumbling. Every time I^-saww was alarmed and saw these, I^-saww asked Jibraeel^-as, and he^-as said: ‘Receive good news O Muhammad^-saww and thank the Benevolence of your^-saww Lord^-azwj, and thank Allah^-azwj for what He^-azwj has Done to you^-saww’.

قَالَ فَثَبَّتَنِيَ اللَّهُ بِقُوَّتِهِ وَ عَوْنِهِ حَتَّى كَثُرَ قَوْلِي لِجَبْرَئِيلَ وَ تَعَجُّبِي فَقَالَ جَبْرَئِيلُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ تُعَظِّمُ مَا تَرَى إِنَّمَا هَذَا خَلْقٌ مِنْ خَلْقِ رَبِّكَ فَكَيْفَ بِالْخَالِقِ الَّذِي خَلَقَ مَا تَرَى وَ مَا لَا تَرَى أَعْظَمُ مِنْ هَذَا مِنْ خَلْقِ رَبِّكَ

He^-saww said: ‘Allah^-azwj Affirmed me^-saww with His^-azwj Strength and His^-azwj Assistance until my^-saww words to Jibraeel^-as and my^-saww marvelling was a lot. Jibraeel^-as said: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! Are you^-saww considering it as great what you^-saww see? But rather this is creation from the creation of your^-saww Lord^-azwj, so How would it be with the Creator Who Created what you^-saww see? And what you^-saww have not seen from the creation of your^-saww Lord^-azwj is greater than this.

أَنَّ بَيْنَ اللَّهِ وَ بَيْنَ خَلْقِهِ تِسْعِينَ‏ أَلْفَ حِجَابٍ وَ أَقْرَبُ الْخَلْقِ إِلَى اللَّهِ أَنَا وَ إِسْرَافِيلُ وَ بَيْنَنَا وَ بَيْنَهُ أَرْبَعَةُ حُجُبٍ حِجَابٌ مِنْ نُورٍ وَ حِجَابٌ مِنْ ظُلْمَةِ وَ حِجَابٌ مِنَ الْغَمَامِ وَ حِجَابٌ مِنَ الْمَاءِ

Verily between Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj creature there are ninety thousand Veils, and the closest of the creatures to Allah^-azwj are I^-as and Israfeel^-as, and between us^-as and Him^-azwj there are four Veils – Veil of Light, and Veil of darkness, and Veil of clouds, and Veil of water’.

قَالَ ص وَ رَأَيْتُ مِنَ الْعَجَائِبِ الَّتِي خَلَقَ اللَّهُ وَ سَخَّرَ عَلَى مَا أَرَادَهُ دِيكاً رِجْلَاهُ فِي تُخُومِ الْأَرَضِينَ السَّابِعَةِ وَ رَأْسُهُ عِنْدَ الْعَرْشِ وَ هُوَ مَلَكٌ مِنْ مَلَائِكَةِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى‏ خَلَقَهُ اللَّهُ كَمَا أَرَادَ رِجْلَاهُ فِي تُخُومِ الْأَرَضِينَ السَّابِعَةِ

He^-saww said: ‘And I^-saww saw from the wonder which Allah^-azwj has Created and Subdued upon what He^-azwj Wanted, a rooster whose legs are in the border of the seven lands, and its head is by the Throne, and it is an Angel from the Angels of Allah^-azwj the Exalted. Allah^-azwj Created it just as He^-azwj Wanted. Its legs are on the border of the seven lands.

ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ مُصْعِداً حَتَّى خَرَجَ فِي الْهَوَاءِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ السَّابِعَةِ وَ انْتَهَى فِيهَا مُصْعِداً حَتَّى انْتَهَى قَرْنُهُ إِلَى قُرْبِ الْعَرْشِ وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّي حَيْثُ مَا كُنْتُ لَا تَدْرِي أَيْنَ رَبُّكَ مِنْ عِظَمِ شَأْنِهِ وَ لَهُ جَنَاحَانِ فِي مَنْكِبَيْهِ إِذَا نَشَرَهُمَا جَاوَزَ الْمَشْرِقَ وَ الْمَغْرِبَ فَإِذَا كَانَ فِي السَّحَرِ نَشَرَ جَنَاحَيْهِ وَ خَفَقَ بِهِمَا وَ صَرَخَ بِالتَّسْبِيحِ يَقُولُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْمَلِكِ الْقُدُّوسِ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ الْكَبِيرِ الْمُتَعَالِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ

Then an elevator came until it came out in the air to the seventh sky, and in it the elevator ended to the extent its pair (Angels) ended to near the Throne, and he was saying: ‘Glorious is my Lord^-azwj wherever you are and you do not know where your Lord^-azwj is due to the Greatness of His^-azwj Glory’, and for him were two wings in his shoulders. When he spread these, it exceeded the east and the west. Whenever it is the pre-dawn, he spreads his wings and flaps with them and shouts with the Glorification, saying: ‘Glory be to Allah^-azwj the King the Holy! Glory be to Allah^-azwj the Great the Exalted! There is no god except Allah^-azwj the Living, the Eternal!’

وَ إِذَا قَالَ ذَلِكَ سَبَّحَتْ دُيُوكُ الْأَرْضِ كُلُّهَا وَ خَفَقَتْ بِأَجْنِحَتِهَا وَ أَخَذَتْ فِي الصِّيَاحِ‏ فَإِذَا سَكَتَ ذَلِكَ الدِّيكُ فِي السَّمَاءِ سَكَتَتْ دُيُوكُ الْأَرْضِ كُلُّهَا وَ لِذَلِكَ الدِّيكِ زَغَبٌ أَخْضَرُ وَ رِيشٌ أَبْيَضُ كَأَشَدِّ بَيَاضِ مَا رَأَيْتُهُ قَطُّ وَ لَهُ زَغَبٌ أَخْضَرُ أَيْضاً تَحْتَ رِيشِهِ الْأَبْيَضِ كَأَشَدِّ خُضْرَةِ مَا رَأَيْتُهَا قَطُّ

And when he says that, the roosters of the earth, all of them glorify, and flap their wings, and take to the crowing. When that rooster (Angel) in the sky becomes silent, the roosters of the earth fall silent, all of them; and for that rooster (Angel) is a green crown I^-saww had not seen at all’.

قَالَ ص ثُمَّ مَضَيْتُ مَعَ جَبْرَئِيلَ فَدَخَلْتُ الْبَيْتَ الْمَعْمُورَ فَصَلَّيْتُ فِيهَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ مَعِي أُنَاسٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِي عَلَيْهِمْ ثِيَابٌ جُدُدٌ وَ آخَرِينَ عَلَيْهِمْ ثِيَابٌ خُلْقَانٌ فَدَخَلَ أَصْحَابُ الْجُدُدِ وَ حُبِسَ أَصْحَابُ الْخُلْقَانِ ‏

He^-saww said: ‘The I^-saww went with Jibraeel^-as and entered Bayt Al-Mamour and prayed two Cycles in it, and with me^-saww were some people from my^-saww companions having new clothes upon them, and others had shabby clothes upon them. The people of the new clothes entered and the people of the shabby clothes withheld.

ثُمَّ خَرَجْتُ فَانْقَادَ لِي نَهَرَانِ نَهَرٌ يُسَمَّى الْكَوْثَرَ وَ نَهَرٌ يُسَمَّى الرَّحْمَةَ فَشَرِبْتُ مِنَ الْكَوْثَرِ وَ اغْتَسَلْتُ مِنَ الرَّحْمَةِ ثُمَّ انْقَادَا لِي جَمِيعاً حَتَّى دَخَلْتُ الْجَنَّةَ وَ إِذَا عَلَى حَافَتَيْهَا بُيُوتِي وَ بُيُوتُ أَهْلِي‏ وَ إِذَا تُرَابُهَا كَالْمِسْكِ وَ إِذَا جَارِيَةٌ تَنْغَمِسُ فِي أَنْهَارِ الْجَنَّةِ فَقُلْتُ لِمَنْ أَنْتِ يَا جَارِيَةُ فَقَالَتْ لِزَيْدِ بْنِ حَارِثَةَ فَبَشَّرْتُهُ بِهَا حِينَ أَصْبَحْتُ

 

Then I^-saww came out and two rivers were yielded to me^-saww – a river called Al-Kawser and a river called Al-Rahma. I^-saww drank from Al-Kawser and washed from Al-Rahma. Then they were both yielded to me^-saww until I^-saww entered Paradise, and there was my^-saww house and houses of my^-saww family upon its edges, and there its soil was like the musk, and there was a girl diving in the rivers of Paradise. I^-saww said: ‘Who are you for, O girl?’ She said, ‘From Zayd Bin Harisa’. I^-saww gave him the good news of it when it was morning.

وَ إِذَا بِطَيْرِهَا كَالْبُخْتِ وَ إِذَا رُمَّانُهَا مِثْلُ دُلِيِّ الْعِظَامِ وَ إِذَا شَجَرَةٌ لَوْ أُرْسِلَ طَائِرٌ فِي أَصْلِهَا مَا دَارَهَا سَبْعَمِائَةِ سَنَةٍ وَ لَيْسَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ مَنْزِلٌ إِلَّا وَ فِيهَا قُتُرٌ مِنْهَا فَقُلْتُ مَا هَذِهِ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ فَقَالَ هَذِهِ شَجَرَةُ طُوبَى قَالَ اللَّهُ‏ طُوبى‏ لَهُمْ وَ حُسْنُ مَآبٍ‏

And there its birds were like the camel (in size), and there its pomegranates were like the large bucket, and there was a tree if a bird were to go around it, it would not be able to circumvent it for seven hundred years, and there isn’t any house in Paradise except and therein is a branch from it. I^-saww said: ‘What is this, O Jibraeel^-as?’ He^-as said: ‘This is the tree of Tooba. Allah^-azwj Says: (the tree of) Tooba would be for them and an excellent resort [13:29].

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَلَمَّا دَخَلْتُ الْجَنَّةَ رَجَعَتْ إِلَيَّ نَفْسِي فَسَأَلْتُ جَبْرَئِيلَ عَنْ تِلْكَ الْبِحَارِ وَ هَوْلِهَا وَ أَعَاجِيبِهَا فَقَالَ هِيَ سُرَادِقَاتُ الْحُجُبِ الَّتِي احْتَجَبَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى بِهَا وَ لَوْ لَا تِلْكَ الْحُجُبُ لَتَهَتَّكَ نُورُ الْعَرْشِ‏ وَ كُلُّ شَيْ‏ءٍ فِيهِ‏

Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘When I^-saww entered Paradise I^-saww returned to my^-saww self and asked Jibraeel^-as about those oceans and their horrors and their wonders. He^-as said: ‘These are canopies of the Veils which Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted has Veiled Himself with, and had it not been for those Veils, the Light of the Throne would have torn apart the Light of the Throne and everything in it’.

وَ انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهَى فَإِذَا الْوَرَقَةُ مِنْهَا تُظِلُّ أُمَّةً مِنَ الْأُمَمِ فَكُنْتُ مِنْهَا كَمَا قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى‏ قابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنى‏ فَنَادَانِي‏ آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِما أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ رَبِّهِ‏ فَقُلْتُ أَنَا مُجِيباً عَنِّي‏ وَ عَنْ أُمَّتِي‏ وَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ كُلٌّ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَ مَلائِكَتِهِ وَ كُتُبِهِ وَ رُسُلِهِ لا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِنْ رُسُلِهِ‏

And I^-saww ended up to Sidrat Al-Muntaha, and there the leaf from it could shade a community from the communities, and I^-saww was from it just as Allah^-azwj the Exalted Said: So he was (at a distance of) two bows or nearer [53:9]. He^-azwj Called out to me^-saww: “The Rasool believes in what is Revealed unto him from his Lord” [2:285]. I^-saww said: ‘I^-saww shall answer on my^-saww behalf and on behalf of my^-saww community: ‘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].

فَقُلْتُ‏ سَمِعْنا وَ أَطَعْنا غُفْرانَكَ رَبَّنا وَ إِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ‏ لا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْساً إِلَّا وُسْعَها لَها ما كَسَبَتْ وَ عَلَيْها مَا اكْتَسَبَتْ‏ فَقُلْتُ‏ رَبَّنا لا تُؤاخِذْنا إِنْ نَسِينا أَوْ أَخْطَأْنا فَقَالَ اللَّهُ لَا أُؤَاخِذُكَ ‏

I^-saww said: ‘We hear and we obey’”. (The Rasool said): ‘Yours is the Forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the Destination’. [2:285]. Allah^-azwj Said: “Allah does not Encumber a soul except to its capacity. For it would be what it earned and against it would be what it earned”. [2:286]. I^-saww said: ‘Our Lord! Do not Seize us if we forget or we make a mistake [2:286]’. Allah^-azwj Said: “I^-azwj will not Seize you^-saww”.

فَقُلْتُ‏ رَبَّنا وَ لا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنا إِصْراً كَما حَمَلْتَهُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِنا فَقَالَ اللَّهُ لَا أَحْمِلُكَ

I^-saww said: ‘Our Lord! And do not Load upon us a burden like what You Loaded upon those from before us. [2:286]’. Allah^-azwj Said: “I^-azwj will not Load you^-saww”.

فَقُلْتُ‏ رَبَّنا وَ لا تُحَمِّلْنا ما لا طاقَةَ لَنا بِهِ وَ اعْفُ عَنَّا وَ اغْفِرْ لَنا وَ ارْحَمْنا أَنْتَ مَوْلانا فَانْصُرْنا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكافِرِينَ‏ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى قَدْ أَعْطَيْتُكَ ذَلِكَ لَكَ وَ لِأُمَّتِكَ

I^-saww said: ‘Our Lord! And do not Load upon us what we have no strength for us with it; and Pardon (our sins) for us and have Mercy on us. You are our Master, therefore Help us against the Kafir people’. [2:286]’. Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted Said: “I^-azwj have Granted you^-saww that for you^-saww and for your^-saww community”.

فَقَالَ الصَّادِقُ ع مَا وَفَدَ إِلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى أَحَدٌ أَكْرَمُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص حَيْثُ سَأَلَ‏ لِأُمَّتِهِ هَذِهِ الْخِصَالَ‏

Al-Sadiq^-asws said: ‘No one went to Allah^-azwj the Exalted more honourable than Rasool-Allah^-saww where he^-saww asked for his^-saww community these qualities’.

فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَا رَبِّ أَعْطَيْتَ أَنْبِيَاءَكَ فَضَائِلَ فَأَعْطِنِي فَقَالَ اللَّهُ قَدْ أَعْطَيْتُكَ فِيمَا أَعْطَيْتُكَ كَلِمَتَيْنِ مِنْ تَحْتِ عَرْشِي لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ‏ وَ لَا مَنْجَى مِنْكَ إِلَّا إِلَيْكَ

Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘O Lord^-azwj! You^-saww Gave Your^-azwj Prophets^-as (certain) merits, so Give me^-saww’. Allah^-azwj Said: “I^-saww have already Given you^-saww among what I^-saww Gave you^-saww – two phrases from beneath My^-azwj Throne: ‘There is neither Mighty nor Strength except with Allah^-azwj’, and ‘There is no rescue from You^-azwj except to You^-azwj.

قَالَ وَ عَلَّمَتْنِي الْمَلَائِكَةُ قَوْلًا أَقُولُهُ إِذَا أَصْبَحْتُ وَ أَمْسَيْتُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ ظُلْمِي أَصْبَحَ مُسْتَجِيراً بِعَفْوِكَ وَ ذَنْبِي أَصْبَحَ مُسْتَجِيراً بِمَغْفِرَتِكَ وَ ذُلِّي أَصْبَحَ مُسْتَجِيراً بِعِزَّتِكَ وَ فَقْرِي أَصْبَحَ مُسْتَجِيراً بِغِنَاكَ وَ وَجْهِيَ الْبَالِي‏ أَصْبَحَ مُسْتَجِيراً بِوَجْهِكَ الدَّائِمِ الْبَاقِي الَّذِي لَا يَفْنَى وَ أَقُولُ ذَلِكَ إِذَا أَمْسَيْتُ

He^-saww said: ‘And the Angels taught me^-saww a word I^-saww say it morning and evening: ‘O Allah^-azwj! If I^-saww am unjust in the morning I^-saww am a seeker of Your^-azwj Pardon, and my^-saww sin in the morning I^-saww am a seeker of Your^-azwj Forgiveness, and my^-saww disgrace in the morning I^-saww am a seeker of Your^-azwj Honour, and my^-saww poverty in the morning I^-saww am a seeker of Your^-azwj Finishing it, and my^-saww perishing face in the morning I^-saww am a seeker of Your^-azwj Permanent Face, the Everlasting which will not perish’. And I^-saww say that when it is evening’.

ثُمَّ سَمِعْتُ الْأَذَانَ فَإِذَا مَلَكٌ يُؤَذِّنُ لَمْ يُرَ فِي السَّمَاءِ قَبْلَ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ صَدَقَ عَبْدِي أَنَا أَكْبَرُ فَقَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ صَدَقَ عَبْدِي أَنَا اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرِي

Then I^-saww heard the Azaan, and there was an Angel proclaiming Azaan, whom I^-saww had not seen before that night. He said: ‘Allah^-azwj is the Greatest! Allah^-azwj is the Greatest!’. Allah^-azwj Said: “My^-azwj servant speaks the truth, I^-azwj am the Greatest!’ He said, ‘I testify there is no god except Allah^-azwj! I testify there is no god except Allah^-azwj!’ Allah^-azwj Said: “My^-azwj servant speaks the truth. I^-azwj am Allah^-azwj, there is no god apart from Me^-azwj’.

فَقَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اللَّهِ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ صَدَقَ عَبْدِي إِنَّ مُحَمَّداً عَبْدِي وَ رَسُولِي أَنَا بَعَثْتُهُ وَ انْتَجَبْتُهُ

He said, ‘I testify that Muhammad^-saww is a Rasool^-saww of Allah^-azwj! I testify that Muhammad^-saww is a Rasool^-saww of Allah^-azwj!’ Allah^-azwj Said: “My^-azwj servant speaks the truth. Muhammad^-saww is My^-azwj servant and My^-azwj Rasool^-saww. I^-azwj Sent him^-saww and I^-azwj Selected him^-saww”.

فَقَالَ حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَقَالَ صَدَقَ عَبْدِي وَ دَعَا إِلَى فَرِيضَتِي فَمَنْ مَشَى إِلَيْهَا رَاغِباً فِيهَا مُحْتَسِباً كَانَتْ لَهُ كَفَّارَةٌ لِمَا مَضَى مِنْ ذُنُوبِهِ فَقَالَ حَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلَاحِ حَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلَاحِ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ هِيَ الصَّلَاحُ وَ النَّجَاحُ وَ الْفَلَاحُ

He said, ‘Hasten to the Salat! Hasten to the Salat!’ He^-azwj Said: “My^-azwj servant speaks the truth, and he calls to My^-azwj Obligation. The one who walks to it being desirous regarding it in anticipation, it would be an expiation for him for what have passed of his sins”. He said: ‘Hasten to the success! Hasten to the success!’ Allah^-azwj Said: “It is goodness, and the salvation and the success”.

ثُمَّ أَمَمْتُ الْمَلَائِكَةَ فِي السَّمَاءِ كَمَا أَمَمْتُ الْأَنْبِيَاءَ فِي بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ قَالَ ثُمَّ غَشِيَتْنِي صَبَابَةٌ فَخَرَرْتُ سَاجِداً فَنَادَانِي رَبِّي أَنِّي قَدْ فَرَضْتُ عَلَى كُلِّ نَبِيٍّ كَانَ قَبْلَكَ خَمْسِينَ صَلَاةً وَ فَرَضْتُهَا عَلَيْكَ وَ عَلَى أُمَّتِكَ فَقُمْ بِهَا أَنْتَ فِي أُمَّتِكَ

Then I^-saww led the Angels in the sky just as I^-saww had led the Prophets^-as in Bayt Al-Maqdas (in Salat). Then a craving overwhelmed me^-saww and I^-saww fell down in Sajdah. My^-saww Lord^-azwj Called out to me^-saww: “I^-azwj had Obligated upon every Prophet^-as who was before you^-saww, fifty Salats (daily), and I^-azwj hereby Obligate these upon you^-saww and upon your^-saww community, therefore you^-saww stand by it among your^-saww community”.

فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَانْحَدَرْتُ حَتَّى مَرَرْتُ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ فَلَمْ يَسْأَلْنِي عَنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ حَتَّى انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى مُوسَى ع فَقَالَ مَا صَنَعْتَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَقُلْتُ قَالَ رَبِّي فَرَضْتُ عَلَى كُلِّ نَبِيٍّ كَانَ قَبْلَكَ خَمْسِينَ صَلَاةً وَ فَرَضْتُهَا عَلَيْكَ وَ عَلَى أُمَّتِكَ

Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘I^-saww went down until I^-saww passed by Ibrahim^-as, and he^-as did not ask me^-saww about anything until I^-saww ended up to Musa^-as. He^-saww said: ‘What happened, O Muhammad^-saww?’ I^-saww said: ‘My^-saww Lord^-azwj Said: “I^-azwj had Obligated upon every Prophet^-as who was before you^-saww, fifty Salats (daily), and I^-azwj hereby Obligate these upon you^-saww and upon your^-saww community”.

فَقَالَ مُوسَى ع يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ أُمَّتَكَ آخِرُ الْأُمَمِ وَ أَضْعَفُهَا وَ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَا يَزِيدُهُ شَيْ‏ءٌ وَ إِنَّ أُمَّتَكَ لَا تَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ تَقُومَ بِهَا فَارْجِعْ إِلَى رَبِّكَ فَاسْأَلْهُ التَّخْفِيفَ لِأُمَّتِكَ

Musa^-as said: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! Your^-saww community is the last of the communities and the weakest, and your^-saww Lord^-azwj did not Increase it by anything, and your^-saww community will not be able to stand by it, therefore returned to your^-saww Lord^-azwj and ask Him^-azwj for the Lightening for your^-saww community’.

فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى رَبِّي حَتَّى انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهَى فَخَرَرْتُ سَاجِداً ثُمَّ قُلْتُ فَرَضْتَ عَلَيَّ وَ عَلَى أُمَّتِي خَمْسِينَ صَلَاةً وَ لَا أُطِيقُ ذَلِكَ وَ لَا أُمَّتِي فَخَفِّفْ عَنِّي

I^-saww returned to my^-saww Lord^-azwj until I^-saww ended up to the Sidrat Al Muntaha and fell down in Sajdah. Then I^-saww said: ‘You^-azwj Obligated fifty Salats (daily) upon me^-saww and upon my^-saww community and neither can I^-saww endure that nor can my^-saww community, therefore Lighten it from me^-saww.

فَوَضَعَ عَنِّي عَشْراً فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى مُوسَى فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ ارْجِعْ لَا تُطِيقُ فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى رَبِّي فَوَضَعَ عَنِّي عَشْراً فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى مُوسَى فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ ارْجِعْ وَ فِي كُلِّ رَجْعَةٍ أَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِ‏ أَخِرُّ سَاجِداً حَتَّى رَجَعَ إِلَى عَشْرِ صَلَوَاتٍ

He^-azwj Dropped ten from me^-saww, and I^-saww returned to Musa^-as and informed him^-as. He^-as said: ‘Return, it will not be endured’. I^-saww returned to my^-saww Lord^-azwj and He^-azwj Dropped (another) ten from me^-saww. I^-saww returned to Musa^-as and informed him^-saww, and he^-as said: ‘Return’. And during each return I^-saww returned to Him^-azwj falling into Sajdah until it returned to ten Salats.

فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى مُوسَى وَ أَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ لَا تُطِيقُ فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى رَبِّي فَوَضَعَ عَنِّي خَمْساً فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى مُوسَى ع وَ أَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ لَا تُطِيقُ

I^-saww returned to Musa^-as and informed him^-as. He^-as said: ‘It will not be tolerated’. I^-saww returned to my^-saww Lord^-azwj and He^-azwj Dropped five from me^-saww. I^-saww returned to Musa^-as and informed him^-as. He^-as said: ‘It will not be tolerated’.

فَقُلْتُ قَدِ اسْتَحْيَيْتُ مِنْ رَبِّي وَ لَكِنْ أَصْبِرُ عَلَيْهَا فَنَادَانِي مُنَادٍ كَمَا صَبَرْتَ عَلَيْهَا فَهَذِهِ الْخَمْسُ بِخَمْسِينَ كُلُّ صَلَاةٍ بِعَشِيرٍ وَ مَنْ هَمَّ مِنْ أُمَّتِكَ بِحَسَنَةٍ يَعْمَلُهَا فَعَمِلَهَا كَتَبْتُ لَهُ عَشْراً وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَعْمَلْ كَتَبْتُ لَهُ وَاحِدَةً وَ مَنْ هَمَّ مِنْ أُمَّتِكَ بِسَيِّئَةٍ فَعَمِلَهَا كَتَبْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَاحِدَةً وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَعْمَلْهَا لَمْ أَكْتُبْ عَلَيْهِ شَيْئاً

I^-saww said: ‘I^-saww am embarrassed from my^-saww Lord^-azwj, but I^-saww shall be patient upon it’. A Caller Called out to me^-saww: ‘Just as you^-saww will be patient upon these, so these five would be (counted as) fifty, each Salat (multiplied) by ten, and one who from your^-saww community who thinks of a good deed to do and he does it, ten would be written for him, and if he does not do it, one would (still) be written for him, and one from your community who thinks of an evil deed and does it, one would be written against him, and if he does not do is, nothing would be written against him’.

فَقَالَ الصَّادِقُ ع جَزَى اللَّهُ مُوسَى ع عَنْ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ خَيْراً فَهَذَا تَفْسِيرُ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ‏ سُبْحانَ الَّذِي أَسْرى‏ بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلًا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرامِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَقْصَى الَّذِي بارَكْنا حَوْلَهُ لِنُرِيَهُ مِنْ آياتِنا إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ

Al-Sadiq^-asws said: ‘May Allah^-azwj Recompense Musa^-as goodly on behalf of this community. This is the Tafseer of the Words of Allah^-azwj: Glorified is He Who Journeyed His Servant on a night from the Sacred Masjid to Masjid Al-Aqsa Which We have Blessed its precincts, in order to Show him from Our Signs. Surely, He is the Hearing, the Seeing [17:1]’’.[72]

35- لي، الأمالي للصدوق أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَمْدَانَ الْمُكَتِّبُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الصَّفَّارِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى الدَّامَغَانِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنْ جَرِيرٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ أَخَذَ جَبْرَئِيلُ بِيَدِي فَأَدْخَلَنِي الْجَنَّةَ وَ أَجْلَسَنِي عَلَى دُرْنُوكٍ مِنْ دَرَانِيكِ الْجَنَّةِ فَنَاوَلَنِي سَفَرْجَلَةً فَانْفَلَقَتْ بِنِصْفَيْنِ فَخَرَجَتْ مِنْهَا حَوْرَاءُ كَانَ أَشْفَارُ عَيْنِهَا مَقَادِيمَ النُّسُورِ فَقَالَتِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ‏يَا أَحْمَدُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ

‘Al Amaali’ of Al Sadouq – Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Hamdan al Maktab, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Rahman Al Saffar, from Muhammad Bin Isa al Damagany, from Yahya Bin Al Mugheira, from Jareer, from Al Amsh, from Atiya, from Abu Saeed Al Khudry who said,

‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘On the night there was an ascension with me^-saww to the sky, Jibraeel^-as my^-saww hand and entered me^-saww into Paradise and made me^-saww to be seated upon a rug from the rugs of Paradise, and gave me^-saww a quince. I^-saww split it into two halves and a Hourie came out from it, being of large eyes and she said, ‘The greetings be to you^-saww O Ahmad^-saww! The greetings be to you^-saww O Rasool-Allah^-saww. The greetings be to you^-saww O Muhammad^-saww’.

فَقُلْتُ مَنْ أَنْتِ يَرْحَمُكِ اللَّهُ قَالَتْ أَنَا الرَّاضِيَةُ الْمَرْضِيَّةُ خَلَقَنِي الْجَبَّارُ مِنْ ثَلَاثَةِ أَنْوَاعٍ أَسْفَلِي مِنَ الْمِسْكِ وَ أَعْلَايَ مِنَ الْكَافُورِ وَ وَسَطِي مِنَ الْعَنْبَرِ وَ عُجِنْتُ بِمَاءِ الْحَيَوَانِ قَالَ الْجَلِيلُ كُونِي فَكُنْتُ خُلِقْتُ لِابْنِ عَمِّكَ وَ وَصِيِّكَ وَ وَزِيرِكَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ

I^-saww said: ‘May Allah^-azwj have Mercy on you! Who are you?’ She said, ‘I am the pleasing, the pleased. The Subduer Created me from three types – my bottom is from musk, and my top is from the camphor, and my middle is from amber, and I am kneaded with the water of (river) Al-Haywaan. The Majestic Said: “Be!” And I came into being. I am created for your^-saww cousin and your^-saww successor^-asws, and your^-saww Vizier Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws’’.[73]

36- لي، الأمالي للصدوق الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْهَاشِمِيُّ عَنْ فُرَاتِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْكُوفِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الشَّامِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي جَرِيرٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ الْخُرَاسَانِيِّ رَفَعَهُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ غَنْمٍ قَالَ: جَاءَ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص بِدَابَّةٍ دُونَ الْبَغْلِ وَ فَوْقَ الْحِمَارِ رِجْلَاهَا أَطْوَلُ مِنْ يَدَيْهَا خَطْوُهَا مَدَّ الْبَصَرِ فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَبَ امْتَنَعَتْ فَقَالَ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع إِنَّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ فَتَوَاضَعَتْ حَتَّى لَصِقَتْ بِالْأَرْضِ

‘Al Amaali’ of Al Sadouq – Al-Hassan Bin Muhammad Bin Saeed Al Hashimy, from Furat Bin Ibrahim al Kufy, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad Al Hamdany, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali Al Shamy, from his father, from Abu Jareer, from Ata’a Al Khurasany, raising it from Abdul Rahman Bin Ghanam who said,

‘Jibraeel^-as came to Rasool-Allah^-saww with an animal smaller than the mule and larger than the donkey, its legs being taller than its hands, its step being to the extent of the sight. When he^-saww intended to ride it, it prevented, so Jibraeel^-as said: ‘He^-saww is Muhammad^-saww’, and it humbled itself until it adhered to the ground.

قَالَ فَرَكِبَ فَكُلَّمَا هَبَطَتْ ارْتَفَعَتْ يَدَاهَا وَ قَصُرَتْ رِجْلَاهَا فَمَرَّتْ بِهِ فِي ظُلْمَةِ اللَّيْلِ عَلَى عِيرٍ مُحَمَّلَةٍ فَنَفَرَتِ الْعِيرُ مِنْ دَفِيفِ الْبُرَاقِ فَنَادَى رَجُلٌ فِي آخِرِ الْعِيرِ غُلَاماً لَهُ فِي أَوَّلِ الْعِيرِ يَا فُلَانُ إِنَّ الْإِبِلَ قَدْ نَفَرَتْ وَ إِنَّ فُلَانَةَ أَلْقَتْ حَمْلَهَا وَ انْكَسَرَ يَدُهَا وَ كَانَتِ الْعِيرُ لِأَبِي سُفْيَانَ

He (the narrator) said, ‘He^-saww rode, and every time it descended, it raised its hands and withdrew its legs. He^-saww passed with it in the darkness of the night by a laden caravan. The caravan fled from the noise of Al-Buraq and a man at the end of the caravan called out to a slave of his at the beginning of the caravan, ‘O son and so! The camels have fled, and so and so has cast its burden and broken its hands’, and it was a camel of Abu Sufyan.

قَالَ ثُمَّ مَضَى حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ بِبَطْنِ الْبَلْقَاءِ قَالَ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ قَدْ عَطِشْتُ فَتَنَاوَلَ جَبْرَئِيلُ قَصْعَةً فِيهَا مَاءٌ فَنَاوَلَهُ فَشَرِبَ ثُمَّ مَضَى فَمَرَّ عَلَى قَوْمٍ مُعَلَّقِينَ بِعَرَاقِيبِهِمْ بِكَلَالِيبَ‏ مِنْ نَارٍ فَقَالَ مَا هَؤُلَاءِ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ فَقَالَ هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ أَغْنَاهُمُ اللَّهُ بِالْحَلَالِ فَيَبْتَغُونَ الْحَرَامَ

He (the narrator) said, ‘Then he^-saww continued until when he^-saww was in the midst of Al-Balqa’a, he^-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! I^-saww am thirsty’. Jibraeel^-as took a bowl wherein was water and gave it to him^-saww, and he^-saww drank. Then he^-saww continued and passed by a people suspended by the ankles with spikes of fire. He^-saww said: ‘Who are they, O Jibraeel^-as?’ He^-as said: ‘They are those whom Allah^-azwj had Made needless with the Permissible (income) but they sought the Prohibited’.

قَالَ ثُمَّ مَرَّ عَلَى قَوْمٍ تُخَاطُ جُلُودُهُمْ بِمَخَايِطَ مِنْ نَارٍ فَقَالَ مَا هَؤُلَاءِ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ فَقَالَ‏ هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ يَأْخُذُونَ عُذْرَةَ النِّسَاءِ بِغَيْرِ حِلٍّ

He (the narrator) said, ‘Then he^-saww passed by a people who skins were being sewed with needles of fire. He^-saww said: ‘Who are they, O Jibraeel^-as?’ He^-as said: ‘They are those who took the virginity of the women without Permissibility’.

ثُمَّ مَضَى فَمَرَّ عَلَى رَجُلٍ يَرْفَعُ حُزْمَةً مِنْ حَطَبٍ كُلَّمَا لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ أَنْ يَرْفَعَهَا زَادَ فِيهَا فَقَالَ مَنْ هَذَا يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ قَالَ هَذَا صَاحِبُ الدَّيْنِ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَقْضِيَ فَإِذَا لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ زَادَ عَلَيْهِ

Then he^-saww continued and passed by a man lifting a bundle of firewood; every time he was not able to lift it, it was increased in it. He^-saww said: ‘Who is this, O Jibraeel^-as?’ He^-as said: ‘This is the owner of the debt intended to be paid off, so when he was not able, he increased upon it’.

ثُمَّ مَضَى حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ بِالْجَبَلِ الشَّرْقِيِّ مِنْ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ وَجَدَ رِيحاً حَارَّةً وَ سَمِعَ صَوْتاً قَالَ مَا هَذِهِ الرِّيحُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ الَّتِي أَجِدُهَا وَ هَذَا الصَّوْتُ الَّذِي أَسْمَعُ قَالَ هَذِهِ جَهَنَّمُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ جَهَنَّمَ

Then he^-saww continued until when he was by the eastern mountain from Bayt Al-Maqdas, he^-saww felt a hot wind and heard a sound. He^-saww said: ‘What is this wind, O Jibraeel^-as, which I^-saww feel and this sound which I^-saww hear?’ He^-as said: ‘This is Hell’. The Prophet^-saww said: ‘I^-saww seek Refuge with Allah^-azwj from Hell’.

ثُمَّ وَجَدَ رِيحاً عَنْ يَمِينِهِ طَيِّبَةً وَ سَمِعَ صَوْتاً فَقَالَ مَا هَذِهِ الرِّيحُ الَّتِي أَجِدُ وَ هَذَا الصَّوْتُ الَّذِي أَسْمَعُ فَقَالَ هَذِهِ الْجَنَّةُ فَقَالَ أَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ الْجَنَّةَ

Then he^-saww felt a good wind from his^-saww right and hear a sound. He^-saww said: ‘What is this wind which I^-saww feel? And this sound which I^-saww hear?’ He^-saww said: ‘This is Paradise’. He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww ask Allah^-azwj for Paradise’.

قَالَ ثُمَّ مَضَى حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى بَابِ مَدِينَةِ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ وَ فِيهَا هِرَقْلُ وَ كَانَتْ أَبْوَابُ الْمَدِينَةِ تُغْلَقُ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ وَ يُؤْتَى بِالْمَفَاتِيحِ وَ تُوضَعُ عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ فَلَمَّا كَانَتْ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةُ امْتَنَعَ الْبَابُ أَنْ يَنْغَلِقَ فَأَخْبَرُوهُ فَقَالَ ضَاعِفُوا عَلَيْهَا مِنَ الْحَرَسِ

He (the narrator) said, ‘Then he^-saww continued until he^-saww ended up to the gate of the city of Bayt Al-Maqdas and therein was Hercules, and the gates of the city used to be locked every night and he would come with the keys and place them under his head. What it was that night, the gates prevented from being shut. They informed him, and he said, ‘Double the protection at it’’.

قَالَ فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَدَخَلَ بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ فَجَاءَ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع إِلَى الصَّخْرَةِ فَرَفَعَهَا فَأَخْرَجَ مِنْ تَحْتِهَا ثَلَاثَةَ أَقْدَاحٍ قَدَحاً مِنْ لَبَنٍ وَ قَدَحاً مِنْ عَسَلٍ وَ قَدَحاً مِنْ خَمْرٍ فَنَاوَلَهُ قَدَحَ اللَّبَنِ فَشَرِبَ ثُمَّ نَاوَلَهُ قَدَحَ الْعَسَلِ فَشَرِبَ ثُمَّ نَاوَلَهُ قَدَحَ الْخَمْرِ فَقَالَ قَدْ رَوِيتُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ قَالَ أَ مَا إِنَّكَ لَوْ شَرِبْتَهُ ضَلَّتْ أُمَّتُكَ وَ تَفَرَّقَتْ عَنْكَ

He (the narrator) said, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww came and entered Bayt Al-Maqdas, and Jibraeel^-as came to the rock and raised it, and three cups came out from under it – a cup of milk, and a cup of honey, and a cup of wine. He^-saww gave him the cup of milk and he^-saww drank. Then he^-saww gave him the cup of honey and he^-saww drank. Then he^-as gave him^-saww the cup of wine. He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww am saturated, O Jibraeel^-as’. He^-as said: ‘But, if you^-saww had drunk it, your^-saww community would have strayed and separated from you^-saww.

قَالَ ثُمَّ أَمَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فِي مَسْجِدِ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ بِسَبْعِينَ نَبِيّاً قَالَ وَ هَبَطَ مَعَ جَبْرَئِيلَ ع مَلَكٌ لَمْ يَطَأِ الْأَرْضَ قَطُّ مَعَهُ مَفَاتِيحُ خَزَائِنِ الْأَرْضِ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يُقْرِئُكَ السَّلَامَ وَ يَقُولُ هَذِهِ مَفَاتِيحُ خَزَائِنِ الْأَرْضِ فَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَكُنْ نَبِيّاً عَبْداً وَ إِنْ شِئْتَ نَبِيّاً مَلِكاً فَأَشَارَ إِلَيْهِ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع أَنْ تَوَاضَعْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَقَالَ بَلْ أَكُونُ نَبِيّاً عَبْداً

He (the narrator) said, ‘Then Rasool-Allah^-saww led (in Salat), seventy Prophets^-as in the Masjid of Bayt Al-Maqdas, and an Angel descended with Jibraeel^-as who had not trodden the earth at all, there being the keys of the treasures of the earth with him. He said, ‘O Muhammad^-saww! Your^-saww Lord^-azwj Conveys the greetings and says: ‘These are the keys of the earth. If you^-saww like, you^-saww can become a slave Prophet^-saww, and if you^-saww like you^-saww can be a king Prophet^-saww’. Jibraeel^-as gestured to him^-saww: ‘Be humble O Muhammad^-saww’. He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww shall become a slave Prophet^-saww’.

ثُمَّ صَعِدَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَلَمَّا انْتَهَى إِلَى بَابِ السَّمَاءِ اسْتَفْتَحَ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع فَقَالُوا مَنْ هَذَا قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ قَالُوا نِعْمَ الْمَجِي‏ءُ جَاءَ فَدَخَلَ فَمَا مَرَّ عَلَى مَلَإٍ مِنَ‏ الْمَلَائِكَةِ إِلَّا سَلَّمُوا عَلَيْهِ وَ دَعَوْا لَهُ وَ شَيَّعَهُ مُقَرَّبُوهَا

Then he^-saww ascended to the sky. When he^-saww ended up to the gateway of the sky, Jibraeel^-as sought it to be opened. They said, ‘Who is this?’ He^-as said: ‘Muhammad^-saww’. They said, ‘Best of the comers has come’. He^-saww entered and he^-saww did not pass by any assembly of the Angels except they greeted to him^-saww and supplicated for him^-saww and his^-saww Shias, the close ones.

فَمَرَّ عَلَى شَيْخٍ قَاعِدٍ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ وَ حَوْلَهُ أَطْفَالٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مَنْ هَذَا الشَّيْخُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ قَالَ هَذَا أَبُوكَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ قَالَ فَمَا هَؤُلَاءِ الْأَطْفَالُ حَوْلَهُ قَالَ هَؤُلَاءِ أَطْفَالُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ حَوْلَهُ يَغْذُوهُمْ ثُمَّ مَضَى فَمَرَّ عَلَى شَيْخٍ قَاعِدٍ عَلَى كُرْسِيٍّ إِذَا نَظَرَ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ ضَحِكَ وَ فَرِحَ وَ إِذَا نَظَرَ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ حَزِنَ وَ بَكَى

He^-saww passed by an old man beneath a tree and there were children around him. Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘Who is this old man, O Jibraeel^-as?’ He^-as said: ‘This is your^-saww father^-as Ibrahim^-as’. He^-saww said: ‘Who are these children around him^-as?’ He^-as said: ‘They are the children of the Momineen around him^-as. He^-as provides for them’.

فَقَالَ مَنْ هَذَا يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ قَالَ هَذَا أَبُوكَ آدَمُ إِذَا رَأَى مَنْ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِهِ ضَحِكَ وَ فَرِحَ وَ إِذَا رَأَى مَنْ يَدْخُلُ النَّارَ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِهِ حَزِنَ وَ بَكَى

Then he^-saww continued and passed by an old man seated upon a chair. Whenever he looked to his right he laughed and was happy, and when he looked to his left he was in grief and wept. He^-saww said: ‘Who is this, O Jibraeel^-as?’ He^-as said: ‘This is your^-saww father^-as Adam^-as. When he^-as sees the ones from his^-as offspring who enter Paradise he^-as laughs and is happy, and when he^-saww sees the ones from his^-as offspring who enter the Fire, he^-as grieves and weeps’.

ثُمَّ مَضَى فَمَرَّ عَلَى مَلَكٍ قَاعِدٍ عَلَى كُرْسِيٍّ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَرَ مِنْهُ مِنَ الْبِشْرِ مَا رَأَى مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ فَقَالَ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ مَا مَرَرْتُ بِأَحَدٍ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ إِلَّا رَأَيْتُ مِنْهُ مَا أُحِبُّ إِلَّا هَذَا فَمَنْ هَذَا الْمَلَكُ

Then he^-saww continued and passed by an Angel seated upon a chair. He^-saww greeted him but did not see from him any smile what he^-as had seen from the (other) Angels. He^-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! I^-saww did not pass by anyone from the Angels except I^-saww saw from him what I^-saww liked except this one. Who is this Angel?

قَالَ هَذَا مَالِكٌ خَازِنُ النَّارِ أَمَا إِنَّهُ قَدْ كَانَ مِنْ أَحْسَنِ الْمَلَائِكَةِ بِشْراً وَ أَطْلَقِهِمْ وَجْهاً فَلَمَّا جُعِلَ خَازِنَ النَّارِ اضْطَلَعَ فِيهَا اضْطِلَاعَةً فَرَأَى مَا أَعَدَّ اللَّهُ فِيهَا لِأَهْلِهَا فَلَمْ يَضْحَكْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ

He^-as said: ‘This Angel is the keeper of the Fire. But, he had been from the most beautiful of the smiles from the Angels and most welcoming of them in face. When he was Made to be the keeper of the Fire, and he undertook the responsibility, and he saw what Allah^-azwj had Prepared for its inhabitants, did not smile after that’.

ثُمَّ مَضَى حَتَّى إِذَا انْتَهَى حَيْثُ انْتَهَى فُرِضَتْ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ خَمْسُونَ صَلَاةً قَالَ فَأَقْبَلَ فَمَرَّ عَلَى مُوسَى ع فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ كَمْ فُرِضَ عَلَى أُمَّتِكَ قَالَ خَمْسُونَ صَلَاةً قَالَ ارْجِعْ إِلَى رَبِّكَ فَاسْأَلْهُ أَنْ يُخَفِّفَ عَنْ أُمَّتِكَ

Then he^-saww continued until when he^-saww ended up where he^-saww ended up, the Salat of fifty (daily) Salats were Imposed upon him^-saww. He^-saww returned and passed by Musa^-as. He^-as said: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! How many (Salats) have been Imposed upon your^-saww community?’ He^-saww said: ‘Fifty Salats’. He^-as said: ‘Return to your^-saww Lord^-azwj and ask Him^-azwj to Lighten it from your^-saww community’’.

قَالَ فَرَجَعَ ثُمَّ مَرَّ عَلَى مُوسَى ع فَقَالَ كَمْ فُرِضَ عَلَى أُمَّتِكَ قَالَ كَذَا وَ كَذَا قَالَ فَإِنَّ أُمَّتَكَ أَضْعَفُ الْأُمَمِ ارْجِعْ إِلَى رَبِّكَ فَاسْأَلْهُ أَنْ يُخَفِّفَ عَنْ أُمَّتِكَ فَإِنِّي كُنْتُ فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ فَلَمْ يَكُونُوا يُطِيقُونَ إِلَّا دُونَ هَذَا فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى رَبِّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ حَتَّى جَعَلَهَا خَمْسَ صَلَوَاتٍ

He (the narrator) said, ‘He^-saww returned, then passed by Musa^-as. He^-as said: ‘How many (Salats) are Imposed upon your^-as community?’ He^-saww said: ‘Such and such’. He^-as said: ‘Your^-saww community is the weakest of the communities. Return to your^-saww Lord^-azwj and ask Him^-azwj to Lighten it from your^-saww community, for I^-as used to be among the children of Israel and they did not happen to be enduring except less than this’. He^-saww did not cease returning to his^-saww Lord^-azwj Mighty and Majestic until He^-azwj Made it to be five Salats (daily)’.

قَالَ ثُمَّ مَرَّ عَلَى مُوسَى ع فَقَالَ كَمْ فُرِضَ عَلَى أُمَّتِكَ قَالَ خَمْسُ صَلَوَاتٍ قَالَ ارْجِعْ إِلَى رَبِّكَ فَاسْأَلْهُ أَنْ يُخَفِّفَ عَنْ أُمَّتِكَ قَالَ قَدِ اسْتَحْيَيْتُ مِنْ رَبِّي مِمَّا أَرْجِعُ إِلَيْهِ

He (the narrator) said, ‘Then he^-saww passed by Musa^-as. He^-as said: ‘How many (Salats) are Imposed upon your^-saww community?’ He^-saww said: ‘Five Salats’. He^-as said: ‘Return to your^-saww Lord^-azwj and ask Him^-azwj to Lighten from your^-as community’. He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww am embarrassed from my^-saww Lord^-azwj from what I^-azwj have already returned to Him^-azwj’.

ثُمَّ مَضَى فَمَرَّ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلِ الرَّحْمَنِ فَنَادَاهُ مِنْ خَلْفِهِ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَقْرِئْ أُمَّتَكَ عَنِّي السَّلَامَ وَ أَخْبِرْهُمْ أَنَّ الْجَنَّةَ مَاؤُهَا عَذْبٌ وَ تُرْبَتُهَا طَيِّبَةٌ قِيعَانٌ بِيضٌ‏ غَرْسُهَا سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ وَ لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ فَمُرْ أُمَّتَكَ فَلْيُكْثِرُوا مِنْ غَرْسِهَا

Then he^-saww continued and passed by Ibrahim^-as the Friend of the Beneficent. He^-as called out to him^-saww from behind him^-saww: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! Convey the greetings to your^-saww community and inform them that Paradise, its waters are fresh, and its soil is good, its bottom is white implants: ‘Glory be to Allah^-azwj, and the Praise is for Allah^-azwj, and there is no god except Allah^-azwj, and Allah^-azwj is the Greatest, and there is neither any might nor strength except with Allah^-azwj’. Instruct your^-saww community and let them frequent from planting it’.

ثُمَ‏مَضَى حَتَّى مَرَّ بِعِيرٍ يَقْدُمُهَا جَمَلٌ أَوْرَقُ ثُمَّ أَتَى أَهْلَ مَكَّةَ فَأَخْبَرَهُمْ بِمَسِيرِهِ وَ قَدْ كَانَ بِمَكَّةَ قَوْمٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ قَدْ أَتَوْا بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ فَأَخْبَرَهُمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ آيَةُ ذَلِكَ أَنَّهَا تَطْلُعُ عَلَيْكُمُ السَّاعَةَ عِيرٌ مَعَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ يَقْدُمُهَا جَمَلٌ أَوْرَقُ

Then he^-saww continued until he^-saww passed by a caravan preceded by a grey camel. Then he^-saww came to the people of Makkah and informed them of his^-saww journey, and there was a group of Quraysh at Makkah which had been to Bayt Al-Maqdas. He^-saww informed them, then said: ‘A sign of that is that there would be emerging to you all a caravan with the emergence of the sun, being preceded by a grey camel’’.

قَالَ فَنَظَرُوا فَإِذَا هِيَ قَدْ طَلَعَتْ وَ أَخْبَرَهُمْ أَنَّهُ قَدْ مَرَّ بِأَبِي سُفْيَانَ وَ أَنَّ إِبِلَهُ نَفَرَتْ فِي بَعْضِ اللَّيْلِ وَ أَنَّهُ نَادَى غُلَاماً لَهُ فِي أَوَّلِ الْعِيرِ يَا فُلَانُ إِنَّ الْإِبِلَ قَدْ نَفَرَتْ وَ إِنَّ فُلَانَةَ قَدْ أَلْقَتْ حَمْلَهَا وَ انْكَسَرَ يَدُهَا فَسَأَلُوا عَنِ الْخَبَرِ فَوَجَدُوهُ كَمَا قَالَ ص

He (the narrator) said, ‘They waited, and it emerged. And he^-saww informed them that he^-saww had passed by Abu Sufyan and that his camel had fled during one of the nights, and he had called out a slave of his at the front of the caravan, ‘O so and so! The camel has fled, and that so and so has cast her burden, and broken her hand’. They asked about the news and found it to be just as he^-saww had said’’.[74]

37- لي، الأمالي للصدوق أَبِي عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص إِلَى بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ حَمَلَهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ عَلَى الْبُرَاقِ فَأَتَيَا بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ وَ عَرَضَ عَلَيْهِ مَحَارِيبَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ صَلَّى بِهَا وَ رَدَّهُ

‘Al Amaali’ of Al Sadouq – My father, from Ali, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Aban Bin Usman,

‘From Abu Abdullah Ja’far^-asws Bin Muhammad Al-Sadiq^-asws having said: ‘When there was an ascension with Rasool-Allah^-saww to Bayt Al-Maqdas, Jibraeel^-as carried him^-saww upon Al-Buraq and they came to Bayt Al-Maqdas, and the prayer niches of the Prophets^-as were presented to him^-saww and he^-saww prayed Salat at these, and returned him^-saww.

فَمَرَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فِي رُجُوعِهِ بِعِيرٍ لِقُرَيْشٍ وَ إِذَا لَهُمْ مَاءٌ فِي آنِيَةٍ وَ قَدْ أَضَلُّوا بَعِيراً لَهُمْ‏ وَ كَانُوا يَطْلُبُونَهُ فَشَرِبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْمَاءِ وَ أَهْرَقَ بَاقِيَهُ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ لِقُرَيْشٍ إِنَّ اللَّهَ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ قَدْ أَسْرَى بِي إِلَى بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ وَ أَرَانِي آثَارَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ مَنَازِلَهُمْ وَ إِنِّي مَرَرْتُ بِعِيرٍ لِقُرَيْشٍ فِي مَوْضِعِ كَذَا وَ كَذَا وَ قَدْ أَضَلُّوا بَعِيراً لَهُمْ فَشَرِبْتُ مِنْ مَائِهِمْ وَ أَهْرَقْتُ بَاقِيَ ذَلِكَ

Rasool-Allah^-saww, during his^-saww return, passed by a caravan of Quraysh, and there was water for them in a container and a camel of their had strayed, and they were seeking it. Rasool-Allah^-saww drank from that water and spilt the rest of it. When it was morning, Rasool-Allah^-saww said to Quraysh: ‘Allah^-azwj, Majestic is His^-azwj Majesty has Ascended me^-saww to Bayt Al-Maqdas, and Showed me^-saww the traces of the Prophets^-as and their^-as houses, and I^-saww passed by a caravan of Quraysh in such and such a place, and a camel of theirs had strayed, and I^-saww drank from their water and spilt the rest of that’.

فَقَالَ أَبُو جَهْلٍ قَدْ أَمْكَنَتْكُمُ الْفُرْصَةُ مِنْهُ فَاسْأَلُوهُ كَمِ الْأَسَاطِينُ فِيهَا وَ الْقَنَادِيلُ فَقَالُوا يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ هَاهُنَا مَنْ قَدْ دَخَلَ بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ فَصِفْ لَنَا كَمْ أَسَاطِينُهُ وَ قَنَادِيلُهُ وَ مَحَارِيبُهُ

Abu Jahl^-la said, ‘He^-saww has enabled you all with an opportunity from him^-saww (to belie him^-saww). Ask him^-saww, ‘How many pillars are therein and lamps?’ They said, ‘O Muhammad^-saww! Over here there is one who has entered Bayt Al-Maqdas, so describe to us how many are its pillars, and its lamps, and its prayer niches?’

فَجَاءَ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع فَعَلَّقَ صُورَةَ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ تُجَاهَ وَجْهِهِ فَجَعَلَ يُخْبِرُهُمْ‏بِمَا يَسْأَلُونَهُ عَنْهُ فَلَمَّا أَخْبَرَهُمْ قَالُوا حَتَّى يَجِي‏ءَ الْعِيرُ وَ نَسْأَلَهُمْ عَمَّا قُلْتَ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص تَصْدِيقُ ذَلِكَ أَنَّ الْعِيرَ تَطْلُعُ عَلَيْكُمْ مَعَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ يَقْدُمُهَا جَمَلٌ أَوْرَقُ

Jibraeel^-as came and suspended an image of Bayt Al-Maqdas parallel to his^-saww face, and he^-saww went on to inform them with what they had asked him^-saww about. When he^-saww had informed them, they said, ‘Until the caravan comes and we ask them about what you^-saww said’. Rasool-Allah^-saww said to them: ‘A verification of that is that the caravan will emerge to you all with the emergence of the sun, preceded by a grey camel’.

فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ الْغَدِ أَقْبَلُوا يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَى الْعَقَبَةِ وَ يَقُولُونَ هَذِهِ الشَّمْسُ تَطْلُعُ السَّاعَةَ فَبَيْنَا هُمْ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ طَلَعَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعِيرُ حِينَ طَلَعَ الْقُرْصُ يَقْدُمُهَا جَمَلٌ أَوْرَقُ فَسَأَلُوهُمْ عَمَّا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَقَالُوا لَقَدْ كَانَ هَذَا ضَلَّ جَمَلٌ لَنَا فِي مَوْضِعِ كَذَا وَ كَذَا وَ وَضَعْنَا مَاءً فَأَصْبَحْنَا وَ قَدْ أُهَرِيقَ الْمَاءُ فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ ذَلِكَ إِلَّا عُتُوّاً

When it was the next morning, they came looking towards Al-Aqabah and they were saying, ‘This sun is about to emerge in a moment’. While they were like that when the caravan emerged to them when the disc (of the sun) emerged, preceded by a grey camel. They asked them about what Rasool-Allah^-saww had said and they said, ‘It has been this. A camel of ours had strayed in such and such place, and we had placed down out water, and we woke up in the morning and the water had been spilt’. But that did not increase them except in insolence’’.[75]

38- فس، تفسير القمي رَوَى الصَّادِقُ ع عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص أَنَّهُ قَالَ: بَيْنَا أَنَا رَاقِدٌ فِي الْأَبْطَحِ‏ وَ عَلِيٌّ عَنْ يَمِينِي وَ جَعْفَرٌ عَنْ يَسَارِي وَ حَمْزَةُ بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ وَ إِذَا أَنَا بِحَفِيفِ‏ أَجْنِحَةِ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَ قَائِلٍ يَقُولُ إِلَى أَيِّهِمْ بُعِثْتَ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ

It is report by Al-Sadiq^-asws, from Rasool-Allah^-saww having said: ‘While I^-saww was in Al-Bat’ha and Ali^-asws was on my^-saww right and Ja’far^-as on my^-saww left and Hamza^-asws in front of me^-saww, there was a rustling of the wings of the Angels, and a speaker said, ‘To which of them have you^-as been Sent, O Jibraeel^-as?’

فَقَالَ إِلَى هَذَا وَ أَشَارَ إِلَيَّ وَ هُوَ سَيِّدُ وُلْدِ آدَمَ وَ هَذَا وَصِيُّهُ وَ وَزِيرُهُ وَ خَتَنُهُ وَ خَلِيفَتُهُ فِي أُمَّتِهِ وَ هَذَا عَمُّهُ سَيِّدُ الشُّهَدَاءِ حَمْزَةُ وَ هَذَا ابْنُ عَمِّهِ جَعْفَرٌ لَهُ جَنَاحَانِ خَضِيبَانِ يَطِيرُ بِهِمَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ مَعَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ دَعْهُ فَلْتَنَمْ عَيْنَاهُ وَ لْتَسْمَعْ أُذُنَاهُ وَ يَعِي قَلْبُهُ

He^-as said: ‘To this one’ – and indicated to me^-saww, ‘and he^-saww is the chief of the children of Adam^-as, and this is his^-saww successor^-asws and his^-saww Vizier, and his^-saww son-in-law, and his^-saww Caliph in his^-saww community, and this is his^-saww uncle chief of the martyrs Hamza^-asws, and this is his^-saww cousin Ja’far^-asws having two coloured wings for him^-asws he^-asws will be flying with these in Paradise along with the Angels. Call him^-saww! His^-saww eyes sleep and his^-saww ears listen and his^-saww hear retains’,

وَ اضْرِبُوا لَهُ مَثَلًا مَلِكٌ بَنَى دَاراً وَ اتَّخَذَ مَأْدُبَةً وَ بَعَثَ دَاعِياً فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَالْمَلِكُ اللَّهُ وَ الدَّارُ الدُّنْيَا وَ الْمَأْدُبَةُ الْجَنَّةُ وَ الدَّاعِي أَنَا

And they struck an example for him^-saww, ‘A king built a house and took a banquet and sent a caller’.  Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘The King is Allah^-azwj, and the house is the world, and the banquet is Paradise, and the caller is me^-saww’.

قَالَ ثُمَّ أَرْكَبَهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ الْبُرَاقَ وَ أَسْرَى بِهِ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ وَ عَرَضَ عَلَيْهِ مَحَارِيبَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ آيَاتِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ فَصَلَّى وَ رَدَّهُ مِنْ لَيْلَتِهِ إِلَى مَكَّةَ فَمَرَّ فِي رُجُوعِهِ بِعِيرٍ لِقُرَيْشٍ‏ وَ سَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ إِلَى آخِرِهِ كَمَا مَرَّ

He^-asws said: ‘Then Jibraeel^-as made him^-saww ride Al-Buraq and ascended with him^-saww to Bayt Al-Maqdas, and presented the prayer niches of the Prophets^-as to him^-saww and the signs of the Prophets^-as, and he^-saww prayed Salat, and he^-as returned him^-saww to Makkah on the same night. He^-saww passed by a caravan of Quraysh during his^-saww return’. And he^-asws continued the Hadeeth to its end just as has passed’’.[76]

39- لي، الأمالي للصدوق السِّنَانِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَسَدِيِّ عَنِ النَّخَعِيِّ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ طَرِيفٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لِعَلِيٍّ ع يَا عَلِيُّ أَنْتَ إِمَامُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ قَائِدُ الْغُرِّ الْمُحَجَّلِينَ وَ حُجَّةُ اللَّهِ بَعْدِي عَلَى الْخَلْقِ أَجْمَعِينَ وَ سَيِّدُ الْوَصِيِّينَ وَ وَصِيُّ سَيِّدِ النَّبِيِّينَ

‘Al Amaali’ of Al Sadouq – Al Sinany, from Muhammad Al Asady, from Al Najaie, from Al Nowfaly, from Ali Bin Salim, from his father, from Sa’ad Bin Tareyf, from Saeed Bin Jubeyr, from Ibn Abbas who said,

‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said to Ali^-asws: ‘O Ali^-asws! You^-asws are the Imam^-asws of the Muslims, and Emir of the Momineen, and guide of the resplendent, and Divine Authority of Allah^-azwj after me^-saww upon the creatures altogether, and chief of the successors^-asws, and successor^-asws of the chief of the Prophets^-as.

يَا عَلِيُّ إِنَّهُ لَمَّا عُرِجَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ السَّابِعَةِ وَ مِنْهَا إِلَى سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهَى وَ مِنْهَا إِلَى حُجُبِ النُّورِ وَ أَكْرَمَنِي رَبِّي جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ بِمُنَاجَاتِهِ قَالَ لِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ رَبِّي وَ سَعْدَيْكَ تَبَارَكْتَ وَ تَعَالَيْتَ

O Ali^-asws! When there was an ascension with me^-saww to the seventh sky, and from it to Sidrat Al-Muntaha, and from it to the Veils of Light, and my^-saww Lord^-azwj, Majestic is His^-azwj Majesty Honoured me^-saww with His^-azwj Whispering, Said to me^-saww: “O Muhammad^-saww!” I^-saww said: ‘At Your^-azwj service my^-saww Lord^-azwj and Your^-azwj Happiness, Blessed are You^-azwj and Exalted’.

قَالَ إِنَّ عَلِيّاً إِمَامُ أَوْلِيَائِي وَ نُورٌ لِمَنْ أَطَاعَنِي وَ هُوَ الْكَلِمَةُ الَّتِي أَلْزَمْتُهَا الْمُتَّقِينَ مَنْ أَطَاعَهُ أَطَاعَنِي وَ مَنْ عَصَاهُ عَصَانِي فَبَشِّرْهُ بِذَلِكَ

He^-azwj Said: “Ali^-asws is an Imam^-asws of My^-azwj friends, and Noor for the ones who obey Me^-azwj, and he^-asws is the Word which I^-azwj have Necessitated on the pious. One who obeys him^-asws has obeyed Me^-azwj, and one who disobeys him^-asws has disobeyed Me^-azwj, so give him^-asws the glad tidings of that!”

فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ ع يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بَلَغَ مِنْ قَدْرِي حَتَّى إِنِّي أُذْكَرُ هُنَاكَ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ يَا عَلِيُّ فَاشْكُرْ رَبَّكَ فَخَرَّ عَلِيٌّ ع سَاجِداً شُكْراً لِلَّهِ عَلَى مَا أَنْعَمَ بِهِ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص ارْفَعْ رَأْسَكَ يَا عَلِيُّ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ بَاهَى بِكَ مَلَائِكَتَهُ‏

Ali^-asws said: ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! My^-asws value has reached such until I^-asws am being Mentioned over there?’ He^-saww said: ‘Yes, O Ali^-asws, so thank your^-asws Lord^-azwj’. Ali^-asws fell down in Sajdah thanking Allah^-azwj upon what He^-azwj had Conferred with upon him^-asws. Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘Raise your^-asws head, O Ali^-asws, for Allah^-azwj is Boasting with you^-asws to His^-azwj Angels’’.[77]

40- لي، الأمالي للصدوق أَبِي عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ خَلَفِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الْعَبْدِيِّ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَبَايَةَ بْنِ رِبْعِيٍّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ انْتَهَى بِهِ جَبْرَئِيلُ إِلَى نَهَرٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ النُّورُ وَ هُوَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ جَعَلَ الظُّلُماتِ وَ النُّورَ فَلَمَّا انْتَهَى بِهِ إِلَى ذَلِكَ النَّهَرِ فَقَالَ لَهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ اعْبُرْ عَلَى بَرَكَةِ اللَّهِ فَقَدْ نَوَّرَ اللَّهُ لَكَ بَصَرَكَ وَ مَدَّ لَكَ أَمَامَكَ

‘Al Amaali’ of Al Sadouq – My father, from Sa’ad, from Al Barqy, from his father, from Khalaf Bin Hamad, from Abu Al-Hassan Al Abdy, from Al Amsh, from Abaya Bin Rabie, from Abdullah Bin Abbas who said,

‘Rasool-Allah^-azwj, when there was an ascension with him^-saww to the sky, Jibraeel^-as ended up with him^-saww to a river calls Al-Noor, and it is the Word of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: and Made the darkness and the Light [6:1]. When he^-as ended with him^-saww to that river, Jibraeel^-as said to him^-saww: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! Cross over by the Blessing of Allah^-azwj, Allah^-azwj will Illuminate your^-saww sight for you^-saww and Guide you^-saww in front of you^-saww.

فَإِنَّ هَذَا نَهَرٌ لَمْ يَعْبُرْهُ أَحَدٌ لَا مَلَكٌ مُقَرَّبٌ وَ لَا نَبِيٌّ مُرْسَلٌ غَيْرَ أَنَّ لِي فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ اغْتِمَاسَةً فِيهِ ثُمَّ أَخْرُجُ مِنْهُ فَأَنْفُضُ أَجْنِحَتِي فَلَيْسَ مِنْ قَطْرَةٍ تَقْطُرُ مِنْ أَجْنِحَتِي إِلَّا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى مِنْهَا مَلَكاً مُقَرَّباً لَهُ عِشْرُونَ أَلْفَ وَجْهٍ وَ أَرْبَعُونَ أَلْفَ لِسَانٍ كُلُّ لِسَانٍ يَلْفَظُ بِلُغَةٍ لَا يَفْقَهُهَا اللِّسَانُ الْآخَرُ

This is a river no one has crossed, neither an Angel of Proximity nor a Messenger Prophet^-as, apart from that for me^-saww, during every day, I^-as tend to dive into it, then come out from it and shake my^-as wings, and there isn’t any drop which drops from my^-as wings except Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted Creates an Angel of Proximity from it having twenty thousand faces for it and forty thousand tongues, each tongue articulating in a language no other tongue understands it’.

فَعَبَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى الْحُجُبِ وَ الْحُجُبُ خَمْسُمِائَةِ حِجَابٍ مِنَ الْحِجَابِ إِلَى الْحِجَابِ مَسِيرَةُ خَمْسِمِائَةِ عَامٍ

Rasool-Allah^-saww crossed over until he^-saww ended up to the Veils, and the Veils are five hundred Veils, there being a travel distance of five hundred years between the Veil to the Veil.

ثُمَّ قَالَ تَقَدَّمْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ وَ لِمَ لَا تَكُونُ مَعِي قَالَ لَيْسَ لِي أَنْ أَجُوزَ هَذَا الْمَكَانَ فَتَقَدَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَتَقَدَّمَ حَتَّى سَمِعَ مَا قَالَ الرَّبُّ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى ‏

Then he^-as said: ‘Proceed, O Muhammad^-saww!’ He^-saww said to him^-as: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! And why you^-as will not happen to be with me^-saww?’ He^-as said: ‘It isn’t for me^-as that I^-as exceed this place’. Rasool-Allah^-saww went ahead for as long as Allah^-azwj so Desired that he^-saww proceed, until he^-saww heard what the Lord^-azwj Blessed and Exalted Said:

أَنَا الْمَحْمُودُ وَ أَنْتَ مُحَمَّدٌ شَقَقْتُ اسْمَكَ مِنِ اسْمِي فَمَنْ وَصَلَكَ وَصَلْتُهُ وَ مَنْ قَطَعَكَ بَتَكْتُهُ انْزِلْ إِلَى عِبَادِي فَأَخْبِرْهُمْ بِكَرَامَتِي إِيَّاكَ وَ أَنِّي لَمْ أَبْعَثْ نَبِيّاً إِلَّا جَعَلْتُ لَهُ وَزِيراً وَ أَنَّكَ رَسُولِي وَ أَنَّ عَلِيّاً وَزِيرُكَ

I^-azwj am Al-Mahmoud (the Most Praised One) and you^-saww are Muhammad^-saww (the praised one). I^-azwj Derived your^-saww name from My^-azwj Name. The one who connects with you^-saww, I^-azwj Connect with him, and one who cuts off from you, I^-azwj Cut off from him. Go to My^-azwj servants and inform them of My^-azwj Honouring you^-saww, and I^-azwj do not Send any Prophet^-as except I^-azwj Made a Vizier to be for him^-as, and you^-saww are My^-azwj Rasool^-saww and Ali^-asws is your^-saww Vizier!”’[78]

41- لي، الأمالي للصدوق ابْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنِ الصَّفَّارِ عَنِ ابْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَالِكٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الْبَاقِرِ ع فِي حَدِيثٍ طَوِيلٍ يَقُولُ فِيهِ‏ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى لَمَّا أَسْرَى بِنَبِيِّهِ ص قَالَ لَهُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّهُ قَدِ انْقَضَتْ نُبُوَّتُكَ وَ انْقَطَعَ أَكْلُكَ فَمَنْ لِأُمَّتِكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ

‘Al Amaali’ of Al Sadouq – Ibn Al-Waleed, from Al Saffar, from Ibn Isa, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Abu Malik Al Haramy, from Ismail Bin Jabir,

‘From Abu Ja’far Al-Baqir^-asws, in a lengthy Hadeeth, in it: ‘When Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted Journeyed His^-azwj Prophet^-saww, Said to him^-saww: “O Muhammad^-saww! Your^-saww Prophet-hood has expired and your^-saww consumption is cut off, so who is for your^-saww community from after you^-saww?

فَقُلْتُ يَا رَبِّ إِنِّي قَدْ بَلَوْتُ خَلْقَكَ فَلَمْ أَجِدْ أَحَداً أَطْوَعَ لِي مِنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَقَالَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ لِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَمَنْ لِأُمَّتِكَ

I^-saww said: ‘O Lord^-azwj! I^-saww surveyed Your^-azwj creatures and could not find anyone more obedient to me^-saww than Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws’. He^-azwj Said: “And (obedient) to Me^-azwj, O Muhammad^-saww! Who is for your^-saww community?”

فَقُلْتُ يَا رَبِّ إِنِّي قَدْ بَلَوْتُ خَلْقَكَ فَلَمْ أَجِدْ أَحَداً أَشَدَّ حُبّاً لِي مِنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَقَالَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ لِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَأَبْلِغْهُ أَنَّهُ رَايَةُ الْهُدَى وَ إِمَامُ أَوْلِيَائِي وَ نُورٌ لِمَنْ أَطَاعَنِي

I^-saww said: ‘O Lord^-azwj! I^-saww surveyed Your^-azwj creatures and could not find anyone more intense of love for me^-saww than Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws’. The Mighty and Majestic Said: ‘And (love) for Me^-azwj, O Muhammad^-saww, so tell him^-asws that he^-asws is the flag of guidance, and Imam^-asws of My^-azwj friends and Noor for the ones who obey Me^-azwj![79]

42- ج، الإحتجاج‏ فِيمَا بَيَّنَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع لِيَهُودِيِّ الشَّامِ مِنْ مُعْجِزَاتِ النَّبِيِّ ص فِي مُقَابَلَةِ مُعْجِزَاتِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ قَالَ لَهُ الْيَهُودِيُّ فَإِنَّ هَذَا سُلَيْمَانُ قَدْ سُخِّرَتْ لَهُ الرِّيَاحُ فَسَارَتْ فِي بِلَادِهِ غُدُوُّهَا شَهْرٌ وَ رَوَاحُهَا شَهْرٌ

‘Al Ihtijaj’ – Regarding what Amir Al-Momineen^-asws explained to a Syrian Jew, of the miracles of the Prophet^-saww in comparison to the miracles of the Prophets^-as – The Jew said to him^-asws, ‘This is Suleyman^-as, the winds had been Subdued for him^-saww, and he^-as travelled in his^-as country, going for a month and coming for a month’.

فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ ع لَقَدْ كَانَ كَذَلِكَ وَ مُحَمَّدٌ ص أُعْطِيَ مَا هُوَ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ هَذَا إِنَّهُ أُسْرِيَ بِهِ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَقْصَى مَسِيرَةَ شَهْرٍ وَ عُرِجَ بِهِ فِي مَلَكُوتِ السَّمَاوَاتِ مَسِيرَةَ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ عَامٍ فِي أَقَلَّ مِنْ ثُلُثِ لَيْلَةٍ حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى سَاقِ الْعَرْشِ

Ali^-asws said to him: ‘It has been like that, and Muhammad^-saww is Given what is superior to this. There was an ascension with him^-saww from the Sacred Masjid to Masjid Al-Aqsa, being a travel distance of a month, and he^-saww was ascended into the kingdoms of the skies, being a travel distance of a thousand years in less than a third of the night until he^-saww ended up to the Base of the Throne.

فَدَنَا بِالْعِلْمِ فَتَدَلَّى لَهُ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ رَفْرَفٌ أَخْضَرُ وَ غَشِيَ النُّورُ بَصَرَهُ فَرَأَى عَظَمَةَ رَبِّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِفُؤَادِهِ وَ لَمْ يَرَهَا بِعَيْنِهِ فَكَانَ‏ كَقَابِ قَوْسَيْنِ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَهَا أَوْ أَدْنى‏ فَأَوْحى‏ إِلى‏ عَبْدِهِ ما أَوْحى‏ إِلَى آخِرِ مَا مَرَّ فِي بَابِ جَوَامِعِ الْمُعْجِزَاتِ

He^-saww approached with the knowledge and there came down a green rug for him^-saww from Paradise and the Light overwhelmed his^-saww sight, and he^-saww saw the Magnificence of his^-saww Lord^-azwj Mighty and Majestic by his^-saww heart, and did not see Him^-azwj by his^-saww eyes. He^-saww was like a measure of two bows between him^-saww and it, or less. He^-azwj Revealed to His^-azwj servant what He^-azwj Revealed’ – to the end of what has passed in the chapter of the summary of the miracles’’.[80]

43- ج، الإحتجاج عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص‏ فِيمَا احْتَجَّ عَلَى الْيَهُودِ حُمِلْتُ عَلَى جَنَاحِ جَبْرَئِيلَ ع حَتَّى انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ السَّابِعَةِ فَجَاوَزْتُ سِدْرَةَ الْمُنْتَهَى‏ عِنْدَها جَنَّةُ الْمَأْوى‏ حَتَّى تَعَلَّقْتُ بِسَاقِ الْعَرْشِ

‘Al Ihtijaj’ – From Ibn Abbas who said,

‘The Prophet^-saww said among what he^-saww argued against the Jews, ‘I^-saww was carried upon the wings of Jibraeel^-as until I^-saww ended up to the seventh sky, and I^-saww exceeded past Sidrat Al-Muntaha, by which is the Garden of Abode (shelter), until I^-saww adhered with the Base of the Throne.

فَنُودِيتُ مِنْ سَاقِ الْعَرْشِ أَنِّي أَنَا اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنَا السَّلَامُ الْمُؤْمِنُ الْمُهَيْمِنُ الْعَزِيزُ الْجَبَّارُ الْمُتَكَبِّرُ الرَّءُوفُ الرَّحِيمُ فَرَأَيْتُهُ بِقَلْبِي وَ مَا رَأَيْتُهُ بِعَيْنِي الْخَبَرَ

I^-saww was Called out at from the Base of the Throne: “Me^-azwj, I^-saww am Allah^-azwj, there is no god except I^-saww, the Guarantor of security, and the Guardian of Eman, the Preserver, the Mighty, the Subduer, the Dominant, the Kind, the Merciful!” I^-saww saw Him^-azwj with my^-saww heart and did not see Him^-azwj with my^-saww eyes’ – the Hadeeth’.[81]

44- لي، الأمالي للصدوق الْقَطَّانُ عَنِ السُّكَّرِيِّ عَنِ الْجَوْهَرِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُمَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قَالَ الصَّادِقُ ع‏ مَنْ أَنْكَرَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَشْيَاءَ فَلَيْسَ مِنْ شِيعَتِنَا الْمِعْرَاجَ وَ الْمُسَاءَلَةَ فِي الْقَبْرِ وَ الشَّفَاعَةَ

‘Al Amaali’ of Al Sadouq – Al Qatan, from Al Sakry, from Al Jowhary, from Muhammad Bin Amara, from his father who said,

‘Al-Sadiq^-asws said: ‘One who denies three things, then he isn’t from our^-asws Shias – The Mi’raj, and the questioning in the grave, and the intercession’’.[82]

45- لي، الأمالي للصدوق أَبِي عَنِ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ الصَّيْقَلِ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ رَبِّي فِي عَلِيٍّ ثَلَاثَ كَلِمَاتٍ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَقُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ رَبِّي فَقَالَ إِنَّ عَلِيّاً إِمَامُ الْمُتَّقِينَ وَ قَائِدُ الْغُرِّ الْمُحَجَّلِينَ وَ يَعْسُوبُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

‘Al Amaali’ of Al Sadouq – My father, from Al Himeyri, from Ibn Isa, from his father, from Yunus, from Mansour Al Sayqal,

‘From Al-Sadiq^-asws, from his^-asws forefathers^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘When there was an ascension with me^-saww to the sky, my^-saww Lord^-azwj Made a pact with me^-saww regarding Ali^-asws with three phrases. He^-azwj Said: “O Muhammad^-saww!” I^-saww said: ‘At Your^-azwj service my^-saww Lord^-azwj!” He^-azwj Said: “Ali^-asws is an Imam^-asws of the pious, and guide of the resplendent, and leader (Yasoob) of the Momineen’’.[83]

46- لي، الأمالي للصدوق مَاجِيلَوَيْهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَطَّارِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْكُوفِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَلَّمَنِي رَبِّي جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَقُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ رَبِّي

‘Al Amaali’ of Al Sadouq – Majaylawiya, from Muhammad Al Attar, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad Al Kufy, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn Bin Zayd, from Abdullah Bin Al Fazal,

‘From Al-Sadiq Ja’far^-asws Bin Muhammad^-asws, from his^-asws father^-asws, from his^-asws forefathers^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘On the night there was an ascension with me^-saww to the sky, my^-saww Lord^-azwj, Majestic is His^-azwj Majesty Spoke to me^-saww. He^-saww Said: “O Muhammad^-saww!” I^-saww said: ‘At Your^-azwj service my^-saww Lord^-azwj!’

فَقَالَ إِنَّ عَلِيّاً حُجَّتِي بَعْدَكَ عَلَى خَلْقِي وَ إِمَامُ أَهْلِ طَاعَتِي مَنْ أَطَاعَهُ أَطَاعَنِي وَ مَنْ عَصَاهُ عَصَانِي فَانصِبْهُ عَلَماً لِأُمَّتِكَ يَهْتَدُونَ بِهِ بَعْدَكَ

He^-azwj Said: “Ali^-asws is My^-azwj Divine Authority over My^-azwj creatures, and an Imam^-asws of the people obedient to Me^-azwj. One who obeys him^-asws has obeyed Me^-azwj and one who disobeys him^-asws has disobeyed Me^-azwj, so install him^-asws as a flag for your^-saww community, they can be guided by him^-asws after you^-saww.[84]

47- لي، الأمالي للصدوق مَاجِيلَوَيْهِ عَنْ عَمِّهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ هِلَالٍ عَنِ الْبَزَنْطِيِّ عَنْ أَبَانٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ وَ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ عَبَّادٍ الْقَصْرِيِّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ الْجُعْفِيِّ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِالنَّبِيِّ ص وَ انْتَهَى إِلَى حَيْثُ أَرَادَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى نَاجَاهُ رَبُّهُ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ

‘Al Amaali’ of Al Sadouq – Majaylawiya, from his uncle, from Ahmad Bin Hilal, from Al Bazanty, from Aban, from Zurara and Ismail Bin Abad al Qasry from Suleyman Al Jufy,

‘From Al-Sadiq^-asws having said: ‘When there was an ascension with the Prophet^-saww and he^-saww ended up to where Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted Wanted, his^-saww Lord^-azwj, Majestic is His^-azwj Majesty, Whispered to him^-saww.

فَلَمَّا أَنْ هَبَطَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الرَّابِعَةِ نَادَاهُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ قَالَ لَبَّيْكَ رَبِّي قَالَ مَنِ اخْتَرْتَ مِنْ أُمَّتِكَ يَكُونُ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ لَكَ خَلِيفَةً قَالَ اخْتَرْ لِي ذَلِكَ فَتَكُونُ أَنْتَ الْمُخْتَارَ لِي فَقَالَ اخْتَرْتُ لَكَ خِيَرَتَكَ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ

When he^-saww descended to the fourth sky, He^-azwj Called out to him^-saww: “O Muhammad^-saww!” He^-saww said: ‘At Your^-azwj service my^-saww Lord^-azwj’. He^-azwj Said: “Whom have you^-saww selected from your^-saww community to happen to be a Caliph from after you^-saww?” He^-saww said: ‘Choose that for me^-saww so You^-azwj happen to be the Chooser for me^-saww’. He^-azwj Said: ‘I^-azwj Choose Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws for you^-saww.[85]

48- لي، الأمالي للصدوق أَبِي عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنِ ابْنِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الْبَاقِرِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص حَيْثُ أُسْرِيَ بِهِ‏ لَمْ يَمُرَّ بِخَلْقٍ مِنْ خَلْقِ اللَّهِ إِلَّا رَأَى مِنْهُ مَا يُحِبُّ مِنَ الْبِشْرِ وَ اللُّطْفِ وَ السُّرُورِ بِهِ حَتَّى مَرَّ بِخَلْقٍ مِنْ خَلْقِ اللَّهِ فَلَمْ يَلْتَفِتْ إِلَيْهِ وَ لَمْ يَقُلْ لَهُ شَيْئاً فَوَجَدَهُ قَاطِباً عَابِساً

‘Al Amaali’ of Al Sadouq – My father, from Sa’ad, from Abu Isa, from Al-Hassan Bin Fazal, from Ibn Bakeyr, from Zurara,

‘From Abu Ja’far Al-Baqir^-asws having said: ‘When there was an ascension with Rasool-Allah^-saww, he^-saww did pass by any creature from the creatures of Allah^-azwj except he^-saww saw from him what he^-saww loved, from the smile and the kindness and the cheerfulness with him^-saww, until he^-saww passed by a creature from the creatures of Allah^-azwj who did not turn to him^-saww and did not say anything to him^-saww, and found him grim, frowning.

فَقَالَ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ مَا مَرَرْتُ بِخَلْقٍ مِنْ خَلْقِ اللَّهِ إِلَّا رَأَيْتُ الْبِشْرَ وَ اللُّطْفَ وَ السُّرُورَ مِنْهُ إِلَّا هَذَا فَمَنْ هَذَا قَالَ هَذَا مَالِكٌ خَازِنُ النَّارِ وَ هَكَذَا خَلَقَهُ رَبُّهُ قَالَ فَإِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ تَطْلُبَ إِلَيْهِ أَنْ يُرِيَنِي النَّارَ

He^-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! I^-saww did not pass by any creature from the creatures of Allah^-azwj I^-saww was the smile and the kindness and the cheerfulness from him except this one, so who is this?’ He^-as said: ‘This is an Angel, keeper of the Fire, and this is how his Lord^-azwj has Created him’. He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww would love to request to him to show me^-saww the Fire’.

فَقَالَ لَهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع إِنَّ هَذَا مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَ قَدْ سَأَلَنِي أَنْ أَطْلُبَ إِلَيْكَ أَنْ تُرِيَهُ النَّارَ قَالَ فَأَخْرَجَ لَهُ عُنُقاً مِنْهَا فَرَآهَا فَلَمَّا أَبْصَرَهَا لَمْ يَكُنْ ضَاحِكاً حَتَّى قَبَضَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏

Jibraeel^-as said to him^-saww: ‘This is Muhammad^-saww, Rasool^-saww of Allah^-azwj, and he^-saww has asked me^-saww to request you to show him^-saww the Fire’. A column (of fire) came out from it, and he^-saww saw it. When he had seen it, he^-saww did not happen to laugh until Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Captured him^-saww (his^-saww soul)’’.

شي، تفسير العياشي عَنِ ابْنِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْهُ ع‏ مِثْلَهُ وَ فِيهِ فَكَشَفَ لَهُ عَنْ طَبَقٍ مِنْ أَطْبَاقِهَا

‘Tafseer Al-Ayyashi’ – From Ibn Bukeyr, from him^-asws, similar to it, and in it: ‘A layer was uncovered for him^-saww from its layers’. [86]

49- لي، الأمالي للصدوق ابْنُ الْمُتَوَكِّلِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَسَدِيِّ عَنِ النَّخَعِيِّ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ الثُّمَالِيِّ عَنْ سَعْدٍ الْخَفَّافِ عَنِ الْأَصْبَغِ بْنِ نُبَاتَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ لَمَّا عُرِجَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ السَّابِعَةِ وَ مِنْهَا إِلَى سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهَى وَ مِنَ السِّدْرَةِ إِلَى حُجُبِ النُّورِ نَادَانِي رَبِّي جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ ‏

‘Al Amaali’ of Al Sadouq – Ibn Al Mutawakkal, from Muhammad Al Asady, from Al Nakhaie, from Al Nowfaly, from Ali Ibn Salim, from his father, from Abu Hamza Al Sumaly, from Sa’ad Al Khafaf, from Al Asbagh Bin Nubatah, from Abdullah Bin Abbas who said,

‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘When there was an ascension with me^-saww to the seventh sky, and from it to Sidrat Al-Muntaha, and from Al-Sidrat to Veils of Light, my^-saww Lord^-azwj, Majestic is His^-azwj Majesty, Called out to me^-saww:

يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَنْتَ عَبْدِي وَ أَنَا رَبُّكَ فَلِي فَاخْضَعْ وَ إِيَّايَ فَاعْبُدْ وَ عَلَيَّ فَتَوَكَّلْ وَ بِي فَثِقْ فَإِنِّي قَدْ رَضِيتُ بِكَ عَبْداً وَ حَبِيباً وَ رَسُولًا وَ نَبِيّاً وَ بِأَخِيكَ عَلِيٍّ خَلِيفَةً وَ بَاباً فَهُوَ حُجَّتِي عَلَى عِبَادِي وَ إِمَامٌ لِخَلْقِي

“O Muhammad^-saww! You^-saww are My^-azwj servant and I^-azwj am your^-saww Lord^-azwj, so be humble to Me^-azwj and worship Me^-azwj and rely upon Me^-azwj, and trust in Me^-azwj. I^-azwj am Pleased with you^-saww as a servant, and a Beloved, and a Rasool^-saww and a Prophet^-saww, and with your^-saww brother Ali^-asws as a Caliph and a door, for he^-asws is My^-azwj Divine Authority upon My^-azwj servants, and Imam^-asws of My^-azwj creatures.

بِهِ يُعْرَفُ أَوْلِيَائِي مِنْ أَعْدَائِي وَ بِهِ يُمَيَّزُ حِزْبُ الشَّيْطَانِ مِنْ حِزْبِي وَ بِهِ يُقَامُ دِينِي وَ تُحْفَظُ حُدُودِي وَ تُنْفَذُ أَحْكَامِي

By him^-asws My^-azwj friends are recognised from My^-azwj enemies, and by him^-asws the party of Satan^-la is distinguished from My^-azwj party, and by him^-asws My^-azwj Religion stands and My^-azwj Limits are preserved, and My^-azwj Ordinances are implemented.

وَ بِكَ وَ بِهِ وَ بِالْأَئِمَّةِ مِنْ وُلْدِهِ أَرْحَمُ عِبَادِي وَ إِمَائِي وَ بِالْقَائِمِ مِنْكُمْ أَعْمُرُ أَرْضِي بِتَسْبِيحِي وَ تَقْدِيسِي وَ تحليلي [تَهْلِيلِي‏] وَ تَكْبِيرِي وَ تَمْجِيدِي

And by you^-saww and by him^-asws and by the Imams^-asws from his^-asws sons^-asws, I^-saww Show Mercy to My^-azwj servants and My^-azwj maids, and by Al-Qaim^-asws from you^-asws, I^-azwj Populate My^-azwj earth with My^-azwj Glorification, and extollations of My^-azwj Holiness, and exclamation of My^-azwj Greatness, and My^-azwj Praise.

وَ بِهِ أُطَهِّرُ الْأَرْضَ مِنْ أَعْدَائِي وَ أُورِثُهَا أَوْلِيَائِي وَ بِهِ أَجْعَلُ كَلِمَةَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِيَ السُّفْلَى وَ كَلِمَتِيَ الْعُلْيَا وَ بِهِ أُحْيِي عِبَادِي وَ بِلَادِي بِعِلْمِي وَ لَهُ أُظْهِرُ الْكُنُوزَ وَ الذَّخَائِرَ بِمَشِيَّتِي وَ إِيَّاهُ أُظْهِرُ عَلَى الْأَسْرَارِ وَ الضَّمَائِرِ بِإِرَادَتِي وَ أَمُدُّهُ بِمَلَائِكَتِي لِتُؤَيِّدَهُ عَلَى إِنْفَاذِ أَمْرِي وَ إِعْلَانِ دِينِي ذَلِكَ وَلِيِّي حَقّاً وَ مَهْدِيُّ عِبَادِي صِدْقاً

And by him^-asws I^-azwj will Purify the earth from My^-azwj enemies and Make My^-azwj friends to inherit it, and by him^-asws I^-azwj will Make the words of those who disbelieve to be lower, and My^-azwj Word to be higher, and by him^-asws I^-azwj shall Revive My^-azwj servants and My^-azwj country with My^-azwj Knowledge, and the treasures and the hoards will appear for him^-asws by My^-azwj Desire, and I^-saww shall Manifest to him^-asws the secrets and the consciences by My^-azwj Will, and Aid him^-asws with My^-azwj Angels to Assist him^-asws upon the implementation of My^-azwj Command, and proclamation of My^-azwj Religion. That is My^-azwj true guardian^-asws and a truthful guide of My^-azwj servants’’.[87]

50- ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي جَمَاعَةٌ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ الْكُوفِيِ‏ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَالِمٍ الْفَرَّاءِ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ دَخَلْتُ الْجَنَّةَ فَرَأَيْتُ فِيهَا قَصْراً مِنْ يَاقُوتٍ أَحْمَرَ يُرَى بَاطِنُهُ مِنْ ظَاهِرِهِ لِضِيَائِهِ وَ نُورِهِ وَ فِيهِ قُبَّتَانِ مِنْ دُرٍّ وَ زَبَرْجَدٍ فَقُلْتُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ لِمَنْ هَذَا الْقَصْرُ

‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – Majaylawiya, from Abu Al Mufazzal, from Is’haq Bin Muhammad Bin Marwan al Kufy, from Yahya Bin Salim Al Fara’a, from Hamad Bin Usman,

‘From Ja’far^-asws Bin Muhammad^-asws, from his^-asws forefathers^-asws, from Ali^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘When there was an ascension with me^-saww to the sky, I^-saww entered Paradise and saw a castle of red ruby therein, its interior could be seen from its exterior due to its illumination and radiance, and in it were two domes of gems and emeralds. I^-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! Who is this castle for?’

قَالَ هُوَ لِمَنْ أَطَابَ الْكَلَامَ وَ أَدَامَ الصِّيَامَ وَ أَطْعَمَ الطَّعَامَ وَ تَهَجَّدَ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ النَّاسُ نِيَامٌ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ ع فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ فِي أُمَّتِكَ مَنْ يُطِيقُ هَذَا فَقَالَ أَ تَدْرِي مَا إِطَابَةُ الْكَلَامِ فَقُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ مَنْ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ

He^-as said: ‘It is for the one of good speech, and constant of the Fasting, and feeding the food, and holding vigil at night while the people sleep’. Ali^-asws said: ‘I^-asws said: ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! And in your^-saww community there is one who can endure that?’ He^-saww said: ‘Do you^-asws know what is the good speech?’ I^-asws said: ‘Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Rasool^-saww are more knowing’. He^-saww said: ‘One who says, ‘Glory be to Allah^-azwj, and the Praise is for Allah^-azwj, and there is no god except Allah^-azwj, and Allah^-azwj is the Greatest’.

أَ تَدْرِي مَا إِدَامَةُ الصِّيَامِ قُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ مَنْ صَامَ شَهْرَ الصَّبْرِ شَهْرَ رَمَضَانَ وَ لَمْ يُفْطِرْ مِنْهُ يَوْماً

Do you^-asws know what is the constant Fasting?’ I^-asws said: ‘Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Rasool^-saww are more knowing’. He^-saww said: ‘One who Fast the month of patience, Month of Ramazan, and does not break a day from it’.

أَ تَدْرِي مَا إِطْعَامُ الطَّعَامِ قُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ مَنْ طَلَبَ لِعِيَالِهِ مَا يَكُفُّ بِهِ وُجُوهَهُمْ عَنِ النَّاسِ

Do you^-asws know what is feeding the food?’ I^-asws said: ‘Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Rasool^-saww are more knowing’. He^-saww said: ‘One who seeks for his dependants what suffice with him and their faces from the people.

أَ تَدْرِي مَا التَّهَجُّدُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ النَّاسُ نِيَامٌ قُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ مَنْ لَمْ يَنَمْ حَتَّى‏ يُصَلِّيَ الْعِشَاءَ الْآخِرَةَ وَ النَّاسُ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ وَ النَّصَارَى وَ غَيْرِهِمْ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ يَنَامُ بَيْنَهُمَا

Do you^-asws know what is holding the vigil while the people sleep?’ I^-asws said, ‘Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Rasool^-saww are more knowing’. He^-saww said: ‘One who does not sleep until he has prayed Al-Isha the last (Salat), and people from the Jews and the Christians and other from the Polytheists are sleeping between the two’’.[88]

51- ل، الخصال الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ السَّكُونِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ الْأَحْمَرِ عَنْ أُمَيٍّ الصَّيْرَفِيِ‏ عَنْ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَسْعَدَ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ أَسْرَى بِي رَبِّي فَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ فِي عَلِيٍّ ع بِثَلَاثٍ أَنَّهُ إِمَامُ الْمُتَّقِينَ وَ سَيِّدُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ‏ وَ قَائِدُ الْغُرِّ الْمُحَجَّلِينَ‏

‘Al Khisaal’ – Al-Hassan Bin Muhammad Al Sakuny, from Muhammad Bin Abdullah Al Hazramy, from Al Qasim Bin Zakariya Bin Dinar, from Is’haq Bin Mansour, from Ja’far Al Ahmar, from Amy Al Sayrafi, from Abu Kaseer Al Ansary, from Abdullah Bin As’ad Bin Zurara who said,

‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘My^-saww Lord^-azwj Ascended me^-saww and Revealed unto me^-saww regarding Ali^-asws with three – he^-asws Imam^-asws of the pious, and chief of the Momineen, and guide of the resplendent’’.[89]

52- لي، الأمالي للصدوق عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَرْقِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ النَّمَاوِنْجِيِ‏ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ دَاوُدَ الشَّعِيرِيِّ عَنِ الرَّبِيعِ صَاحِبِ الْمَنْصُورِ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ رَبِّي جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ فِي عَلِيٍّ ثَلَاثَ كَلِمَاتٍ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَقُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ رَبِّي وَ سَعْدَيْكَ فَقَالَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِنَّ عَلِيّاً إِمَامُ الْمُتَّقِينَ وَ قَائِدُ الْغُرِّ الْمُحَجَّلِينَ وَ يَعْسُوبُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَبَشِّرْهُ بِذَلِكَ‏ الْخَبَرَ

‘Al Amaali’ – of Al Sadouq – Ali Bin Ahmad Bin Abdullah Bin Ahmad Bin Abu Abdullah Al Barqy, from his father, from his grandfather Ahmad, from Ahmad Bin Abdullah Al Namawanjy, from Abdul Jabbar bin Muhammad, from Dawood Al Shairi, from Al Rabie Sahib Al Mansour,

‘From Al-Sadiq^-asws, from his^-asws forefathers^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘When there was an ascension with me^-saww to the sky, my^-saww Lord^-azwj, Majestic is His^-azwj Majesty, Made a pact with me^-saww regarding Ali^-asws by three phrases. He^-azwj Said: “O Muhammad^-saww!” I^-saww said, ‘At Your^-azwj service my^-saww Lord^-azwj and Your^-azwj Happiness’. The Mighty and Majestic Said: “Ali^-asws is an Imam^-asws of the pious, and guide of the resplendent, and leader (Yasoob) of the Momineen, so give him^-asws the glad tidings of that!” – the Hadeeth’[90]

53- مع، معاني الأخبار الْوَرَّاقُ وَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْقَزْوِينِيُّ عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْأَزْرَقِ عَنْ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ مِهْرَانَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْفُرَاتِ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ يَعْلَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَزَوَّرِ عَنِ الْأَصْبَغِ بْنِ نُبَاتَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ أَنَّهُ‏ذُكِرَ عِنْدَهُ الْأَذَانُ فَقَالَ لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِالنَّبِيِّ ص إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَ تَنَاهَى إِلَى السَّمَاءِ السَّادِسَةِ نَزَلَ مَلَكٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ السَّابِعَةِ لَمْ يَنْزِلْ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ قَطُّ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ أَنَا كَذَلِكَ

Al Waraq and Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Al Qazwiny, form Sa’ad, from Al-Abbas Bin Saeed Al Azraq, from Abu Nasr, from Isa Bin Mihran, from Yahya Bin Al-Hassan Bin Al Furat, from Hamad Bin Ya’la, from Ali Bin Al Hazour, from Al Asbagh Bin Nubata, from Muhammad Bin Al Hanafiya,

‘The Azaan was mentioned in his present so he said, ‘When there was an ascension with the Prophet^-saww to the sky and he^-saww ended up to the sixth sky, and Angel descended from the seventh sky who had not descended before that day at all. He said, ‘Allah^-azwj is the Greatest! Allah^-azwj is the Greatest!’ Allah^-azwj, Majestic is His^-azwj Majesty Said: “I^-azwj am like that”.

فَقَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَنَا كَذَلِكَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنَا فَقَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اللَّهِ قَالَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ عَبْدِي وَ أَمِينِي عَلَى خَلْقِي اصْطَفَيْتُهُ بِرِسَالاتِي ثُمَّ قَالَ حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ قَالَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ فَرَضْتُهَا عَلَى عِبَادِي وَ جَعَلْتُهَا لِي دِيناً

He said, ‘I testify that there is no god except Allah^-azwj’. Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: “I^-azwj am like that, there is no god except I^-azwj”. He said, ‘I testify that Muhammad^-saww is Rasool^-saww of Allah^-azwj’. Allah^-azwj, Majestic is His^-azwj Majesty: “My^-azwj servant and My^-azwj trustee upon My^-azwj creatures, I^-azwj Chose him^-saww for My^-azwj Message”.

ثُمَّ قَالَ حَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلَاحِ قَالَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ مَشَى إِلَيْهَا وَ وَاظَبَ عَلَيْهَا ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِي

Then he said, ‘Hasten to the Salat!’ Allah^-azwj, Majestic is His^-azwj Majesty Said: ‘I^-azwj Impose it upon My^-azwj servants and Make it for Me^-azwj as a Religion”. Then he said, ‘Hasten to the success!’ Allah^-azwj, Majestic is His^-azwj Majesty Said: ‘Successful is the one who walks to it and devotes upon it seeking My^-azwj Face”.

ثُمَّ قَالَ حَيَّ عَلَى خَيْرِ الْعَمَلِ قَالَ اللَّهُ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ هِيَ أَفْضَلُ الْأَعْمَالِ وَ أَزْكَاهَا عِنْدِي ثُمَّ قَالَ قَدْ قَامَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَتَقَدَّمَ النَّبِيُّ ص فَأَمَّ أَهْلَ السَّمَاءِ فَمِنْ يَوْمَئِذٍ تَمَّ شَرَفُ النَّبِيِّ ص

Then he said, ‘Hasten to the best of deeds!’ Allah^-azwj, Majestic is His^-azwj Majesty Said: “It is the most superior of the deeds and the purest of it in My^-azwj Presence”. Then he said, ‘The Salat has been established!’ The Prophet^-saww proceeded and led the people of the sky. From that day, the nobility of the Prophet^-saww was completed’’.[91]

54- مع، معاني الأخبار أَبِي عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ الْبَخْتَرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ حَضَرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَأَذَّنَ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع فَلَمَّا قَالَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ قَالَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ

‘Ma’any Al Akhbaar’ – My father, from Ali, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hafs Bi Al Bakhtary,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘When there was an ascension with Rasool-Allah^-saww and the Salat presented, Jibraeel^-as proclaimed Azaan. When he^-as said: ‘Allah^-azwj is the Greatest! Allah^-azwj is the Greatest!’, the Angels said, ‘Allah^-azwj is the Greatest! Allah^-azwj is the Greatest!’

فَلَمَّا قَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ قَالَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ خَلَعَ الْأَنْدَادَ فَلَمَّا قَالَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اللَّهِ قَالَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ نَبِيٌّ بُعِثَ فَلَمَّا قَالَ حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ قَالَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ حَثَّ عَلَى عِبَادَةِ رَبِّهِ فَلَمَّا قَالَ حَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلَاحِ قَالَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ أَفْلَحَ مَنِ اتَّبَعَهُ

When he^-as said: ‘I^-as testify that there is no god except Allah^-azwj!’ The Angels said, ‘Shunning the idols’. He^-as said: ‘I^-as testify that Muhammad^-saww is Rasool^-saww of Allah^-azwj!’ The Angels said, ‘A Sent Prophet^-saww’. He^-as said: ‘Hasten to the Salat’. The Angels said, ‘Urging upon worship of his^-saww Lord^-azwj’. When he^-as said: ‘Hasten to the success!’ The Angels said, ‘Successful is the one who follows him^-saww.[92]

55- مع، معاني الأخبار أَبِي عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْمُؤَدِّبِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْأَصْفَهَانِيِّ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَعْلَى الْأَسْلَمِيِّ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ الخزرمي‏ عَنْ شَدَّادٍ الْبَصْرِيِّ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي رِيَاحٍ‏ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ قَالَ‏رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ لَمَّا عُرِجَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ إِذَا أَنَا بِأُسْطُوَانَةٍ أَصْلُهَا مِنْ فِضَّةٍ بَيْضَاءَ وَ وَسَطُهَا مِنْ يَاقُوتَةٍ وَ زَبَرْجَدٍ وَ أَعْلَاهَا ذَهَبَةٌ حَمْرَاءُ فَقُلْتُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ مَا هَذِهِ فَقَالَ هَذَا دِينُكَ أَبْيَضُ وَاضِحٌ مُضِي‏ءٌ قُلْتُ وَ مَا هَذَا وَسَطُهَا قَالَ الْجِهَادُ قُلْتُ فَمَا هَذِهِ الذَّهَبَةُ الْحَمْرَاءُ قَالَ الْهِجْرَةُ وَ لِذَلِكَ عَلَا إِيمَانُ عَلِيٍّ ع عَلَى إِيمَانِ كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ

My father, from Abdullah Bin Al-Hassan Al Mowdab, from Ahmad Bin Ali Al Isfahany, from Ibrahim Bin Muhammad, from Al Hakam Bin Suleyman, from Yahya Bin Ya’la Al Aslamy, from Al Husayn Bin Zayd Al Khazramy, from Shadad Al Basry, from Ata’a Ibn Abu Riyah, from Anas Bin Malik (fabricator) who said,

‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘When there was an ascension with me^-saww, there I^-saww was by a cylinder, its base was of white silver and its middle from ruby and emeralds, and its top from red gold. I^-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! What is this?’ He^-as said: ‘He^-as said: ‘This is your^-saww Religion, while and clear and illuminating’. I^-saww said: ‘And what it this, its middle?’ He^-as said: ‘The Jihad’. I^-saww said: ‘So what is this red gold?’ He^-as said: ‘The Emigration, and that is the top Eman of Ali^-asws over the Eman of every Momin’’.[93]

56- ن، عيون أخبار الرضا عليه السلام ع، علل الشرائع الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْهَاشِمِيُّ عَنْ فُرَاتِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْكُوفِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبُخَارِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِي الصَّلْتِ الْهَرَوِيِّ عَنِ الرِّضَا عَنْ آبَائِهِ عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ خَلْقاً أَفْضَلَ مِنِّي وَ لَا أَكْرَمَ عَلَيْهِ مِنِّي قَالَ عَلِيٌّ ع فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَأَنْتَ أَفْضَلُ أَوْ جَبْرَئِيلُ

‘Uyoun Akhbar Al-Reza^-asws’ – Al-Hassan Bin Muhammad Bin Saeed Al Hashimy, from Furat Bin Ibrahim Al Kufy, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad Bin Ali Al Hamdany, from Al-Abbas Bin Abdullah Al Bukhary, from Muhammad Bin Al Qasim Ibn Ibrahim, from Abu Al Salt Al Harwy,

‘From Al-Reza^-asws, from his^-asws forefathers^-asws, from Amir Al-Momineen^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic has not Created any creature superior than me^-saww, nor any more prestigious to Him^-azwj than me^-saww’. Ali^-asws said: ‘So, I^-asws said: ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! Are you^-saww superior to Jibraeel^-as?’

فَقَالَ ص يَا عَلِيُّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى فَضَّلَ أَنْبِيَاءَهُ الْمُرْسَلِينَ عَلَى مَلَائِكَتِهِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَ فَضَّلَنِي عَلَى جَمِيعِ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَ الْفَضْلُ بَعْدِي لَكَ يَا عَلِيُّ وَ لِلْأَئِمَّةِ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ وَ إِنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ لَخُدَّامُنَا وَ خُدَّامُ مُحِبِّينَا

He^-saww said: ‘O Ali^-asws! Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted Merited His^-azwj Prophets^-as, the Messengers^-as, over His^-azwj Angels of Proximity, and Merited me^-saww over the entirety of the Prophets^-as and Messengers^-as, and superiority after me^-saww is for you^-asws, O Ali^-asws, and for the Imams^-asws from after you^-asws, and that the Angels are our^-asws servants and servants of one who love us^-asws.

يَا عَلِيُ‏ الَّذِينَ يَحْمِلُونَ الْعَرْشَ وَ مَنْ حَوْلَهُ يُسَبِّحُونَ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّهِمْ‏ … وَ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِوَلَايَتِنَا

O Ali^-asws! Those who are bearing the Throne and the ones around it are glorifying with the Praise of their Lord^-azwj and are seeking Forgiveness for those who believe in our^-asws Wilayah.

يَا عَلِيُّ لَوْ لَا نَحْنُ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ آدَمَ وَ لَا حَوَّاءَ وَ لَا الْجَنَّةَ وَ لَا النَّارَ وَ لَا السَّمَاءَ وَ لَا الْأَرْضَ فَكَيْفَ لَا نَكُونُ أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَ قَدْ سَبَقْنَاهُمْ إِلَى مَعْرِفَةِ رَبِّنَا وَ تَسْبِيحِهِ وَ تَهْلِيلِهِ وَ تَقْدِيسِهِ لِأَنَّ أَوَّلَ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ خَلْقُ أَرْوَاحِنَا

O Ali^-asws! Had it not been for us^-asws, Allah^-azwj would neither have Created Adam^-as, nor Hawwa^-as, nor Paradise, nor the Fire, nor the sky, nor the earth, so how can we^-asws not happen to be superior than the Angels, and we^-asws had preceded them to the recognition of our^-asws Lord^-azwj, and glorifying Him^-azwj, and extolling His^-azwj Oneness and His^-azwj Holiness, because the first of what Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Created, was our^-asws souls.

فَأَنْطَقَنَا بِتَوْحِيدِهِ وَ تَحْمِيدِهِ ثُمَّ خَلَقَ الْمَلَائِكَةَ فَلَمَّا شَاهَدُوا أَرْوَاحَنَا نُوراً وَاحِداً اسْتَعْظَمُوا أَمْرَنَا فَسَبَّحْنَا لِتَعْلَمَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ أَنَّا خَلْقٌ مَخْلُوقُونَ وَ أَنَّهُ مُنَزَّهٌ عَنْ صِفَاتِنَا فَسَبَّحَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ بِتَسْبِيحِنَا وَ نَزَّهَتْهُ عَنْ صِفَاتِنَا

We^-asws spoke with His^-azwj Tawheed and His^-azwj Praise, then He^-azwj Created the Angels. When they witnessed our^-asws souls radiating as one, they revered our^-asws matter. So, we^-asws glorified in order to teach the Angels that we^-asws are created being, and He^-azwj is removed from our^-asws description. So, the Angels glorified due to our^-asws glorifying and removed Him^-azwj from our^-asws description.

فَلَمَّا شَاهَدُوا عِظَمَ شَأْنِنَا هَلَّلْنَا لِتَعْلَمَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ أَنَّا عَبِيدٌ وَ لَسْنَا بِآلِهَةٍ يَجِبُ أَنْ نُعْبَدَ مَعَهُ أَوْ دُونَهُ فَقَالُوا لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ

When they witnessed the magnificence of our glory, we^-asws extolled His^-azwj Oneness in order to teach the Angels that there is no god except Allah^-azwj, and we^-asws are servants and we^-asws are not gods obligation that we^-asws be worshipped along with Him^-azwj or besides Him^-azwj’. So, they said, ‘There is no god except Allah^-azwj’.

فَلَمَّا شَاهَدُوا كِبَرَ مَحَلِّنَا كَبَّرْنَا لِتَعْلَمَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ أَنْ يُنَالَ عِظَمُ الْمَحَلِّ إِلَّا بِهِ

When they witnessed the greatness of our position, we exclaimed Greatness (of Allah^-azwj) in order to teach them that Allah^-azwj is the Greater than the greatness of the position can be attained except through Him^-azwj.

فَلَمَّا شَاهَدُوا مَا جَعَلَهُ لَنَا مِنَ الْعِزَّةِ وَ الْقُوَّةِ قُلْنَا لَا حَوْلَ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ لِتَعْلَمَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ أَنْ لَا حَوْلَ لَنَا وَ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ

When they witnessed what had been Made to be for us^-asws, from the might and the strength, we^-asws said: ‘There is neither any might nor strength except by Allah^-azwj’, in order to teach the Angels that there is no might for us^-asws nor any strength except through Allah^-azwj.

فَلَمَّا شَاهَدُوا مَا أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ بِهِ عَلَيْنَا وَ أَوْجَبَهُ لَنَا مِنْ فَرْضِ الطَّاعَةِ قُلْنَا الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ لِتَعْلَمَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ مَا يَحِقُّ لِلَّهِ تَعَالَى ذِكْرُهُ عَلَيْنَا مِنَ الْحَمْدِ عَلَى نِعْمَتِهِ‏ فَقَالَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ‏

When they witnessed what Allah^-azwj had Conferred with upon us^-asws and Obligated for us^-asws, from the necessary obedience, we^-asws said: ‘The Praise is for Allah^-azwj’, in order to teach the Angels what is rightful for Allah^-azwj, Exalted is His^-azwj Mention from the praise upon us^-asws due to His^-azwj Conferment upon us^-asws of His^-azwj Bounties. The Angels said, ‘The Praise is for Allah^-azwj’.

فَبِنَا اهْتَدَوْا إِلَى مَعْرِفَةِ تَوْحِيدِ اللَّهِ وَ تَسْبِيحِهِ وَ تَهْلِيلِهِ وَ تَحْمِيدِهِ وَ تَمْجِيدِهِ

Thus, by us^-asws they were guided to the recognition of the Tawheed of Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Glorification, and His^-azwj Oneness, and His^-azwj Praise and His^-azwj Glory.

ثُمَّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى خَلَقَ آدَمَ فَأَوْدَعَنَا صُلْبَهُ وَ أَمَرَ الْمَلَائِكَةَ بِالسُّجُودِ لَهُ تَعْظِيماً لَنَا وَ إِكْرَاماً وَ كَانَ سُجُودُهُمْ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عُبُودِيَّةً وَ لِآدَمَ إِكْرَاماً وَ طَاعَةً لِكَوْنِنَا فِي صُلْبِهِ فَكَيْفَ لَا نَكُونُ أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَ قَدْ سَجَدُوا لِآدَمَ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ

Then Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted Created Adam^-as and Deposited us^-asws in his^-as Sulb and Commanded the Angels with the Sajdah to him^-as in reverence to us^-asws as an honour, and their Sajdas were for Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic of worship, and to Adam^-as as an honour and obedience to us^-asws being in his^-as Sulb, so how can we^-asws not happen to be superior than the Angels and they had done Sajdah to Adam^-as, all of them together.

وَ إِنَّهُ لَمَّا عُرِجَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ أَذَّنَ جَبْرَئِيلُ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى وَ أَقَامَ مَثْنَى مَثْنَى ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي تَقَدَّمْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ أَتَقَدَّمُ عَلَيْكَ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ لِأَنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى فَضَّلَ أَنْبِيَاءَهُ عَلَى مَلَائِكَتِهِ أَجْمَعِينَ وَ فَضَّلَكَ خَاصَّةً فَتَقَدَّمْتُ فَصَلَّيْتُ بِهِمْ وَ لَا فَخْرَ

And when there was an ascension with me^-saww to the sky, Jibraeel^-as proclaimed Azaan, double, double (phrases), and Iqamah, double, double (phrases), then said to me^-saww: ‘Proceed, O Muhammad^-saww!’ I^-saww said to him^-as: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! I^-saww to proceed over you^-as?’ He^-as said: ‘Yes, because Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted Merited His^-azwj Prophets^-as over His^-azwj Angels in their entirety, and Merited you^-saww in particular’. I^-saww went ahead and led Salat with them, and no pride.

فَلَمَّا انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى حُجُبِ النُّورِ قَالَ لِي جَبْرَئِيلُ تَقَدَّمْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَ تَخَلَّفَ عَنِّي فَقُلْتُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ فِي مِثْلِ هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ تُفَارِقُنِي فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ انْتِهَاءَ حَدِّيَ الَّذِي وَضَعَنِي اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِيهِ إِلَى هَذَا الْمَكَانِ فَإِنْ تَجَاوَزْتُهُ احْتَرَقَتْ أَجْنِحَتِي بِتَعَدِّي حُدُودِ رَبِّي جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ

When I^-saww ended up at the Veils of Light, Jibraeel^-as said to me^-saww: ‘Proceed, O Muhammad^-saww, and leave me^-as behind’. I^-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! You^-as are separating from me^-saww in the place like this! He^-as said: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! It is the end of my^-as limit which Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Placed me^-saww in; it is up to this place, and if I^-saww were to exceed it my^-as wings would incinerate due to my^-as transgression of the Limits of my^-as Lord^-azwj, Majestic is His^-azwj Majesty’.

فَزُخَّ بِي فِي النُّورِ زَخَّةً حَتَّى انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى حَيْثُ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ مِنْ عُلُوِّ مُلْكِهِ فَنُودِيتُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَقُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ رَبِّي وَ سَعْدَيْكَ تَبَارَكْتَ وَ تَعَالَيْتَ

I^-saww was immersed in the Light with an immersion until I^-saww ended up to where Allah^-azwj so Desired from the loftiness of His^-azwj Kingdom. He^-azwj Called out: “O Muhammad^-saww!” I^-saww said: ‘At Your^-azwj service my^-saww Lord^-azwj and Your^-azwj Happiness, Blessed are You^-azwj and Exalted’.

فَنُودِيتُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَنْتَ عَبْدِي وَ أَنَا رَبُّكَ فَإِيَّايَ فَاعْبُدْ وَ عَلَيَّ فَتَوَكَّلْ فَإِنَّكَ نُورِي فِي عِبَادِي وَ رَسُولِي إِلَى خَلْقِي وَ حُجَّتِي عَلَى بَرِيَّتِي لَكَ وَ لِمَنِ اتَّبَعَكَ خَلَقْتُ جَنَّتِي وَ لِمَنْ خَالَفَكَ خَلَقْتُ نَارِي وَ لِأَوْصِيَائِكَ أَوْجَبْتُ كَرَامَتِي وَ لِشِيعَتِهِمْ أَوْجَبْتُ ثَوَابِي

He^-azwj Called out: “O Muhammad^-saww! You^-saww are My^-azwj servant and I^-azwj am your^-saww Lord^-azwj, so it is Me^-azwj you^-saww should worship, and upon Me^-azwj you should rely, for You^-azwj are My^-azwj Noor among My^-azwj servants and My^-azwj Rasool^-saww to My^-azwj creatures, and My^-azwj Divine Authority upon My^-azwj citizens. For you^-saww and for the ones who follow you^-saww, I^-azwj Created My^-azwj Paradise, and for the one who opposes you^-saww I^-azwj Created My^-azwj Fire, and for your^-saww successors^-asws I^-azwj Obligated My^-azwj Prestige, and for their^-asws Shias I^-azwj Obligated My^-azwj Rewards”.

فَقُلْتُ يَا رَبِّ وَ مَنْ أَوْصِيَائِي فَنُودِيتُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَوْصِيَاؤُكَ الْمَكْتُوبُونَ عَلَى سَاقِ عَرْشِي فَنَظَرْتُ وَ أَنَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَبِّي جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ إِلَى سَاقِ الْعَرْشِ فَرَأَيْتُ اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ نُوراً فِي كُلِّ نُورٍ سَطْرٌ أَخْضَرُ عَلَيْهِ اسْمُ وَصِيٍّ مِنْ أَوْصِيَائِي أَوَّلُهُمْ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَ آخِرُهُمْ مَهْدِيُّ أُمَّتِي

I^-saww said: ‘O Lord^-azwj! And who are my^-saww successors^-asws?’ He^-azwj Called out: “O Muhammad^-saww! Your^-saww successors^-asws are the ones inscribed upon the Base of My^-azwj Throne!” I^-saww looked, while I^-saww was in front of my^-saww Lord^-azwj, Majestic is His^-azwj Majesty, to the Base of the Throne and I^-saww saw twelve Lights (Noors), in each Noor having a green line, upon it being the name of a successor^-asws of mine^-saww from my^-saww successors^-asws – the first of them^-asws being Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws and the last of them being the Mahdi^-asws (Guide) of my^-saww community.

فَقُلْتُ يَا رَبِّ هَؤُلَاءِ أَوْصِيَائِي مِنْ بَعْدِي فَنُودِيتُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ هَؤُلَاءِ أَوْلِيَائِي وَ أَوْصِيَائِي وَ أَصْفِيَائِي وَ حُجَجِي بَعْدَكَ عَلَى بَرِيَّتِي وَ هُمْ أَوْصِيَاؤُكَ وَ خُلَفَاؤُكَ وَ خَيْرُ خَلْقِي بَعْدَكَ

I^-saww said: ‘O Lord^-azwj! They^-asws are my^-saww successors^-asws from after me^-saww?’ He^-azwj Called out: “O Muhammad^-saww! They^-asws are My^-azwj friends and My^-azwj trustees, and My^-azwj elites, and My^-azwj Divine Authorities after you^-saww upon My^-azwj citizens, and they^-asws are your^-saww successors and your^-saww Caliphs and the best of My^-azwj creatures after you^-saww.

وَ عِزَّتِي وَ جَلَالِي لَأُظْهِرَنَّ بِهِمْ دِينِي وَ لَأُعْلِيَنَ بِهِمْ كَلِمَتِي وَ لَأُطَهِّرَنَّ الْأَرْضَ بِآخِرِهِمْ مِنْ أَعْدَائِي وَ لَأُمَكِّنَنَّهُ‏ مَشَارِقَ الْأَرْضِ وَ مَغَارِبَهَا وَ لَأُسَخِّرَنَّ لَهُ الرِّيَاحَ وَ لَأُذَلِّلَنَّ لَهُ السَّحَابَ الصِّعَابَ وَ لَأُرَقِّيَنَّهُ فِي الْأَسْبَابِ فَلَأَنْصُرَنَّهُ بِجُنْدِي وَ لَأَمُدَّنَّهُ بِمَلَائِكَتِي حَتَّى تَعْلُوَ دَعْوَتِي وَ تَجْمَعَ الْخَلْقُ عَلَى تَوْحِيدِي ثُمَّ لَأُدِيمَنَّ مُلْكَهُ وَ لَأُدَاوِلَنَّ الْأَيَّامَ بَيْنَ أَوْلِيَائِي إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ

And, by My^-azwj Mighty and My^-azwj Majesty! I^-azwj shall Manifest My^-azwj Religion through them^-asws, and Raise My^-azwj Speech through them^-asws, and Cleanse the earth from My^-azwj enemies by the last of them^-asws, and will Enable him^-asws upon the easts of the earth and its wests until My^-azwj Call is Higher, and the creatures are gathered upon My^-azwj Tawheed, then Make his^-asws kingdom to be permanent, and not alternate the days between My^-azwj friends up to the Day of Qiyamah”.[94]

Note –

قال الجزري في الحديث‏ مثل أهل بيتي مثل سفينة نوح من تخلف عنها زخ به في النار

Al-Jazry said similar in the Hadeeth, (He^-saww said): And an example of the People^-asws of my^-saww Household is an example of the ship of Noah^-as. One who stays behind from it will be flung into the Fiire’.

57- ع، علل الشرائع السِّنَانِيُّ وَ الدَّقَّاقُ وَ الْمُكَتِّبُ وَ الْوَرَّاقُ جَمِيعاً عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَسَدِيِّ عَنِ النَّخَعِيِّ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ زَيْنَ الْعَابِدِينَ عَلِيَّ بْنَ الْحُسَيْنِ ع عَنِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ هَلْ يُوصَفُ بِمَكَانٍ فَقَالَ تَعَالَى اللَّهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ

‘Ilal Al Sharaie’ – Al Sinany and Daqaq and Al Maktab and Al Waraq altogether from Muhammad Al Asady, from Al Nakhaie, from Al Nowfaly, from Ali Bin Salim, from his father, from Sabit Bin Dinar who said,

‘I asked Zayn Al-Abideen Ali^-asws Bin Al-Husayn^-asws about Allah^-azwj, Majestic is His^-azwj Majesty, ‘Can He^-azwj be described by a place?’ He^-asws said: ‘Allah^-azwj is more Exalted than that’.

قُلْتُ فَلِمَ أَسْرَى بِنَبِيِّهِ مُحَمَّدٍ ص إِلَى السَّمَاءِ قَالَ لِيُرِيَهُ مَلَكُوتَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ مَا فِيهَا مِنْ عَجَائِبِ صُنْعِهِ وَ بَدَائِعِ خَلْقِهِ

I said, ‘Then why did He^-azwj Ascend His^-azwj Prophet^-saww Muhammad^-saww to the sky?’ He^-asws said: ‘In order to Show him^-saww the kingdoms of the skies and what is therein from the wonders of His^-azwj Making and beauty of His^-azwj creation’.

قُلْتُ فَقَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ ثُمَّ دَنا فَتَدَلَّى فَكانَ قابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنى‏ قَالَ ذَاكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص دَنَا مِنْ حُجُبِ النُّورِ فَرَأَى مَلَكُوتَ السَّمَاوَاتِ ثُمَّ تَدَلَّى ص فَنَظَرَ مِنْ تَحْتِهِ إِلَى مَلَكُوتِ الْأَرْضِ حَتَّى ظَنَّ أَنَّهُ فِي الْقُرْبِ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ كَقَابِ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَى

I said, ‘The Words of Mighty and Majestic: Then he approached, so he bowed [53:8] So he was (at a distance of) two bows or nearer [53:9]’. He^-asws said: ‘That is Rasool-Allah^-saww! He^-saww approached the Veils of Light and saw the kingdoms of the skies, then he^-saww bowed and looked beneath him^-saww to the kingdoms of the earth until he^-saww thought that he^-saww was nearer to the earth like (a distance of) two bows of nearer’’.[95]

58- ل، الخصال أَبِي عَنِ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ حُكَيْمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الْأَزْدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: لَمَّا خَفَّفَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص حَتَّى صَارَتْ خَمْسَ صَلَوَاتٍ أَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّهَا خَمْسٌ بِخَمْسِينَ

‘Al Khisaal’ – My father, from Al Himeyri, from Muawiya Bin Hakeym, from Ibn Abu Umeyrs, from Abu Al-Hassan Al Azdy,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘When Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Lightened from the Prophet^-saww until there came to be five Salats (daily), He^-azwj Revealed to him^-saww: “O Muhammad^-saww! These are five (counted as) fifty’’.[96]

59- ع، علل الشرائع الْمُكَتِّبُ وَ الْوَرَّاقُ وَ الْهَمَذَانِيُّ جَمِيعاً عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ وَ صَالِحِ بْنِ السِّنْدِيِّ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي الْحَسَنِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ ع لِأَيِّ عِلَّةٍ عَرَجَ اللَّهُ بِنَبِيِّهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَ مِنْهَا إِلَى سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهَى وَ مِنْهَاإِلَى حُجُبِ النُّورِ وَ خَاطَبَهُ وَ نَاجَاهُ هُنَاكَ وَ اللَّهُ لَا يُوصَفُ بِمَكَانٍ

‘Ilal Al Sharaie’ – Al Maktab and Al Waraq and Al Hamdany altogether, from Ali, from his father, from Yahya Bin Abu Imran, and Salih Bin Al Sindy, from Yunus Bin Abdul Rahman who said,

‘I said to Abu Al-Hassan Musa^-asws Ibn Ja’far^-asws, ‘For which reason did Allah^-azwj Ascend His^-azwj Prophet^-saww to the sky, and from it to Sidrat Al-Muntaha, and from it to the Veils of Light, and Addressed him^-saww and Whispered to him^-saww over there, and Allah^-azwj cannot be described by being in a place?’

فَقَالَ ع إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُوصَفُ بِمَكَانٍ وَ لَا يَجْرِي عَلَيْهِ زَمَانٌ وَ لَكِنَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُشْرِفَ بِهِ مَلَائِكَتَهُ وَ سُكَّانَ سَمَاوَاتِهِ وَ يُكْرِمَهُمْ بِمُشَاهَدَتِهِ وَ يُرِيَهُ مِنْ عَجَائِبِ عَظَمَتِهِ مَا يُخْبِرُ بِهِ بَعْدَ هُبُوطِهِ وَ لَيْسَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى مَا يَقُولُهُ الْمُشَبِّهُونَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ‏ وَ تَعالى‏ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ

He^-asws said: ‘Allah^-azwj cannot be described by being in a place, nor can time flow upon Him^-azwj, but He^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Wanted the nobility to be for His^-azwj by it and the dwellers of His^-azwj skies and Honour them by witnessing him^-saww, and Show him^-saww the marvels of His^-azwj Magnificent what he^-saww informed with after his^-saww descent, and that isn’t what the doubters are saying. Glorious is Allah^-azwj and Exalted from what they are describing’’.[97]

60- يد، التوحيد لي، الأمالي للصدوق ع، علل الشرائع ابْنُ عِصَامٍ عَنِ الْكُلَيْنِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ التَّمِيمِيِّ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عُلْوَانَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ع قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبِي سَيِّدَ الْعَابِدِينَ ع فَقُلْتُ لَهُ يَا أَبَتِ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ جَدِّنَا رَسُولِ اللَّهِ لَمَّا عُرِجَ بِهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَ أَمَرَهُ رَبُّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِخَمْسِينَ صَلَاةً كَيْفَ لَمْ يَسْأَلْهُ التَّخْفِيفَ عَنْ أُمَّتِهِ حَتَّى قَالَ لَهُ مُوسَى بْنُ عِمْرَانَ ع ارْجِعْ إِلَى رَبِّكَ فَاسْأَلْهُ التَّخْفِيفَ فَإِنَّ أُمَّتَكَ لَا تُطِيقُ ذَلِكَ

‘Al Tawheed’, ‘Al Amaali’ of Al Sadouq, ‘Ilal Al Sharaie’ – Ibn Asaam, from Al Kulayni, from Ali Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Suleyman, from Ismail Bin Ibrahim, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad Al Tameemi, from Al Husayn Bin Ulwan, from Amro Bin Khalid,

‘From Zayd son of Ali^-asws (Bin Al-Husayn^-asws), said, ‘I asked my father^-asws the Chief of the worshippers, so I said to him^-asws, ‘O father^-asws! Inform me about our^-asws grandfather^-saww Rasool-Allah^-saww when he^-saww was ascended with to the sky, and his^-saww Lord^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Commanded him^-saww with fifty (daily) Salats. How come he^-saww did not ask Him^-azwj to Lighten these from his^-saww community until Musa^-as Bin Imran^-as said to him: ‘Return to your^-saww Lord^-azwj, and ask Him^-azwj for the Lightening, for your^-saww community would not be able to tolerate that’?’

فَقَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص كَانَ لَا يَقْتَرِحُ عَلَى رَبِّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ لَا يُرَاجِعُهُ فِي شَيْ‏ءٍ يَأْمُرُهُ بِهِ فَلَمَّا سَأَلَهُ مُوسَى ع ذَلِكَ فَكَانَ شَفِيعاً لِأُمَّتِهِ إِلَيْهِ لَمْ يَجُزْ لَهُ رَدُّ شَفَاعَةِ أَخِيهِ مُوسَى ع فَرَجَعَ إِلَى رَبِّهِ فَسَأَلَهُ التَّخْفِيفَ إِلَى أَنْ رَدَّهَا إِلَى خَمْسِ صَلَوَاتٍ

He^-asws said: ‘O my^-asws son! Rasool-Allah^-saww did not suggest (anything) to his^-saww Lord^-azwj nor did he^-saww return (disagree to) anything with what He^-azwj Commanded him^-saww with. When Musa^-as asked him^-saww to do that, it became an intercession for his^-saww community, and it was not proper for him^-saww that he^-saww should reject the intercession of his^-saww brother Musa^-as. Thus, he^-saww returned to his^-saww Lord^-azwj Mighty and Majestic, asked Him^-azwj for the Lightening to being five Salats (daily)’.

قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ يَا أَبَتِ فَلِمَ لَا يَرْجِعُ إِلَى رَبِّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ يَسْأَلُهُ‏ التَّخْفِيفَ عَنْ خَمْسِ صَلَوَاتٍ وَ قَدْ سَأَلَهُ مُوسَى ع أَنْ يَرْجِعَ إِلَى رَبِّهِ وَ يَسْأَلَهُ التَّخْفِيفَ

He said, ‘I said to him^-asws, ‘O Father^-asws! Why did he^-saww not return to his^-saww Lord^-azwj Mighty and Majestic and ask Him^-azwj for the reduction from five Salats and Musa^-as had asked him^-saww to return to his^-saww Lord^-azwj and ask Him^-azwj for the reduction?’

فَقَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ أَرَادَ ص أَنْ يُحَصِّلَ لِأُمَّتِهِ التَّخْفِيفَ مَعَ أَجْرِ خَمْسِينَ صَلَاةً يَقُولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ مَنْ جاءَ بِالْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُ عَشْرُ أَمْثالِها أَ لَا تَرَى أَنَّهُ ص لَمَّا هَبَطَ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ نَزَلَ عَلَيْهِ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يُقْرِئُكَ السَّلَامَ وَ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا خَمْسٌ بِخَمْسِينَ‏ ما يُبَدَّلُ الْقَوْلُ لَدَيَّ وَ ما أَنَا بِظَلَّامٍ لِلْعَبِيدِ

He^-asws said: ‘O my^-asws son! He^-saww wanted to attain for his^-saww community the reduction with a Recompense of fifty Salats. Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Says: One who comes with the good deed, then for him would be ten the likes of it, [6:160]. Do you not see that when he^-saww descended to the earth, Jibraeel^-as came down to him^-saww and said: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! Your^-saww Lord^-azwj Conveys the Greetings and Says: “These are five by fifty. My Word will not change in My Presence, and I am not the least unjust to the servants!” [50:29]’.

قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ يَا أَبَتِ أَ لَيْسَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى ذِكْرُهُ لَا يُوصَفُ‏ بِمَكَانٍ فَقَالَ بَلَى تَعَالَى اللَّهُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقُلْتُ فَمَا مَعْنَى قَوْلِ مُوسَى ع لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص ارْجِعْ إِلَى رَبِّكَ

He said, ‘I said to him^-asws, ‘O Father^-asws! Isn’t it so that Allah^-azwj, Exalted is His^-azwj Mention, cannot be described by being in a place?’ He^-asws said: ‘Yes, Allah^-azwj is more Exalted than that’. I said, ‘Then what is the meaning of the words of Musa^-as to Rasool-Allah^-saww: ‘Return to your^-saww Lord^-azwj’?’

فَقَالَ مَعْنَاهُ مَعْنَى قَوْلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ‏ إِنِّي ذاهِبٌ إِلى‏ رَبِّي سَيَهْدِينِ‏ وَ مَعْنَى قَوْلِ مُوسَى ع‏ وَ عَجِلْتُ إِلَيْكَ رَبِّ لِتَرْضى‏ وَ مَعْنَى قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ فَفِرُّوا إِلَى اللَّهِ‏ يَعْنِي حُجُّوا إِلَى بَيْتِ اللَّهِ

He^-asws said: ‘Its meaning is the meaning of the words of Ibrahim^-as: ‘I am going to my Lord. He would be Guiding me’ [37:99], and meaning of the words of Musa^-as: and I hastened on to You, Lord, for You to be Pleased’ [20:84], and the Meaning of the Words of the Mighty and Majestic: Therefore flee to Allah, surely I am a clear warner to you from Him [51:50] – meaning perform Hajj to the House of Allah^-azwj.

يَا بُنَيَّ إِنَّ الْكَعْبَةَ بَيْتُ اللَّهِ فَمَنْ حَجَّ بَيْتَ اللَّهِ فَقَدْ قَصَدَ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَ الْمَسَاجِدُ بُيُوتُ اللَّهِ فَمَنْ سَعَى إِلَيْهَا فَقَدْ سَعَى إِلَى اللَّهِ وَ قَصَدَ إِلَيْهِ وَ الْمُصَلِّي مَا دَامَ فِي صَلَاتِهِ فَهُوَ وَاقِفٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ وَ أَهْلَ مَوْقِفِ عَرَفَاتٍ هُمْ وُقُوفٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ إِنَّ لِلَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى بِقَاعاً فِي سَمَاوَاتِهِ فَمَنْ عُرِجَ بِهِ إِلَى بُقْعَةٍ مِنْهَا فَقَدْ عُرِجَ بِهِ إِلَيْهِ

O my^-asws son! The Kabah is the House of Allah^-azwj, so the one who performs Hajj of the House of Allah^-azwj has aimed to Allah^-azwj, and the Masjids are the houses of Allah^-azwj, so the one who strives to these has striven to Allah^-azwj and aimed to Him^-azwj; and the praying one, for as long as he is in his Salat, is paused in front of Allah^-azwj, Majestic is His^-azwj Majesty; and the people paused at Arafat, they are pausing in front of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic, and that for Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted there are spots in His^-azwj skies, so the one who ascends to a spot from these has ascended to Him^-azwj.

أَ لَا تَسْمَعُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقُولُ‏ تَعْرُجُ الْمَلائِكَةُ وَ الرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ‏ وَ يَقُولُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي قِصَّةِ عِيسَى‏ بَلْ رَفَعَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ‏ وَ يَقُولُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ إِلَيْهِ يَصْعَدُ الْكَلِمُ الطَّيِّبُ وَ الْعَمَلُ الصَّالِحُ يَرْفَعُهُ‏

Have you not heard Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Saying: The Angels and the Spirit ascend to Him [70:4], and the Mighty and Majestic Says in the story of Isa^-as: But! Allah Raised him to Him, [4:158], and the Mighty and Majestic Says: To Him ascend the good words, and the righteous deeds raise it. [35:10]’’.[98]

61- ع، علل الشرائع الْقَطَّانُ عَنِ السُّكَّرِيِّ عَنِ الْجَوْهَرِيِّ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ عِمْرَانَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُوسَى الْعَبْسِيِّ عَنْ جَبَلَةَ الْمَكِّيِّ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ الْيَمَانِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: دَخَلَتْ عَائِشَةُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ هُوَ يُقَبِّلُ فَاطِمَةَ فَقَالَتْ لَهُ أَ تُحِبُّهَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ لَوْ عَلِمْتِ حُبِّي لَهَا لَازْدَدْتِ لَهَا حُبّاً

‘Ilal Al Sharaie’ – Al Qatan, from Al Sakry, from Al Jowhary, from Umar Bin Imran, from Ubeydullah Bin Musa Al Absy, from Jabalah Al Makky, from Tawoos Al Yamani, from Ibn Abbas who said,

‘Ayesha came to Rasool-Allah^-saww and he^-saww kissed (Syeda) Fatima^-asws. She said to him^-saww, ‘Do you love her^-asws, O Rasool-Allah^-saww?’ He^-saww said: ‘But, by Allah^-azwj, if you were to know my^-saww love for her^-asws, you would increase love for her^-asws.

إِنَّهُ لَمَّا عُرِجَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الرَّابِعَةِ أَذَّنَ جَبْرَئِيلُ وَ أَقَامَ مِيكَائِيلُ ثُمَّ قِيلَ لِي ادْنُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَقُلْتُ أَتَقَدَّمُ وَ أَنْتَ بِحَضْرَتِي يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ قَالَ نَعَمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَضَّلَ أَنْبِيَاءَهُ الْمُرْسَلِينَ عَلَى مَلَائِكَتِهِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَ فَضَّلَكَ أَنْتَ خَاصَّةً فَدَنَوْتُ فَصَلَّيْتُ بِأَهْلِ السَّمَاءِ الرَّابِعَةِ

When there was an ascension with me^-saww to the fourth sky, Jibraeel^-as proclaimed Azaan and Mikaeel^-as proclaimed Iqamah, then he^-as said to me^-saww: ‘Approach, O Muhammad^-saww’. I^-saww said: ‘I^-saww should go ahead and you^-as are in my^-saww presence, O Jibraeel^-as?’ He^-as said: ‘Yes. Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Merited His^-azwj Messenger Prophets^-as over His^-azwj Angels of Proximity, and Merited you^-saww in particular’. I^-saww approached and prayed Salat (leading) the people of the fourth sky.

ثُمَّ الْتَفَتُّ عَنْ يَمِينِي فَإِذَا أَنَا بِإِبْرَاهِيمَ ع فِي رَوْضَةٍ مِنْ رِيَاضِ الْجَنَّةِ وَ قَدِ اكْتَنَفَهَا جَمَاعَةٌ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ

Then I^-saww turned to my^-saww right and there I^-saww was with Ibrahim^-as in a Garden from the Gardens of Paradise and a community of the Angels had surrounded it.

ثُمَّ إِنِّي صِرْتُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الْخَامِسَةِ وَ مِنْهَا إِلَى السَّادِسَةِ فَنُودِيتُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ نِعْمَ الْأَبُ أَبُوكَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَ نِعْمَ الْأَخُ‏

Then I^-saww went to the fifth sky, and from it to the sixth. I^-saww was Called out: “O Muhammad^-saww! Best of the fathers is your^-saww father^-as Ibrahim^-as, and best of the brothers is your^-saww brother Ali^-asws!”

أَخُوكَ عَلِيٌّ فَلَمَّا صِرْتُ إِلَى الْحُجُبِ‏ أَخَذَ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع بِيَدِي فَأَدْخَلَنِي الْجَنَّةَ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِشَجَرَةٍ مِنْ نُورٍ فِي أَصْلِهَا مَلَكَانِ يَطْوِيَانِ الْحُلَلَ وَ الْحُلِيَّ فَقُلْتُ حَبِيبِي جَبْرَئِيلُ لِمَنْ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةُ فَقَالَ هَذِهِ لِأَخِيكَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع وَ هَذَانِ الْمَلَكَانِ يَطْوِيَانِ لَهُ الْحُلِيَّ وَ الْحُلَلَ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ

When I^-saww came to the Veils, Jibraeel^-as grabbed my^-saww hand and entered me^-saww into Paradise, and there I^-saww was by a tree of light. By its roots were two Angels folding the garments and the ornaments. I^-saww said: ‘My^-saww beloved Jibraeel^-as: ‘Who is this tree for?’ He^-as said: ‘This is for your^-saww brother Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws, and these two Angels are folding the garments and the ornaments for him^-asws up to the Day of Qiyamah’.

ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمْتُ أَمَامِي فَإِذَا أَنَا بِرُطَبٍ أَلْيَنَ مِنَ الزُّبْدِ وَ أَطْيَبَ مِنَ الْمِسْكِ وَ أَحْلَى مِنَ الْعَسَلِ فَأَخَذْتُ رُطَبَةً فَأَكَلْتُهَا فَتَحَوَّلَتِ الرُّطَبَةُ نُطْفَةً فِي صُلْبِي فَلَمَّا أَنْ هَبَطْتُ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ وَاقَعْتُ خَدِيجَةَ فَحَمَلَتْ بِفَاطِمَةَ ع فَفَاطِمَةُ حَوْرَاءُ إِنْسِيَّةٌ فَإِذَا اشْتَقْتُ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ شَمِمْتُ رَائِحَةَ فَاطِمَةَ ع‏

Then I^-saww proceeded to my^-saww front and there I^-saww was by dates softer than the butter and more aromatic than the musk and sweeter than the honey. I^-saww took a date and ate it, and the date transformed into a seed in my^-saww Sulb. When I^-saww descended to the earth and went to Khadeeja^-asws, she^-as was blessed with Fatima^-asws. Thus, Fatima^-asws is a human Hourie. Whenever I^-saww am desirous to Paradise, I^-saww smell the aroma of Fatima^-asws.[99]

62- ن، عيون أخبار الرضا عليه السلام الْوَرَّاقُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَسَدِيِّ عَنْ سَهْلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَظِيمِ الْحَسَنِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الرِّضَا عَنْ آبَائِهِ عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَ فَاطِمَةُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَوَجَدْتُهُ يَبْكِي بُكَاءً شَدِيداً فَقُلْتُ فِدَاكَ أَبِي وَ أُمِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا الَّذِي أَبْكَاكَ

‘Uyoun Akhbar Al-Reza^-asws’ – Al Waraq, from Muhammad Al Asady, from Sahl, from Abdul Azeem Al Hasny,

‘From Muhammad^-asws Bin Ali Al-Reza^-asws, from his^-asws forefathers^-asws, from Amir Al-Momineen^-asws having said: ‘I^-asws and (Syeda) Fatima^-asws came to Rasool-Allah^-saww and found him^-saww crying with an intense crying. I^-asws said: ‘May my^-asws father^-asws and my^-asws mother^-asws be sacrificed for you^-saww, O Rasool-Allah^-saww! What is that which makes you^-saww cry?’

فَقَالَ يَا عَلِيُّ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ رَأَيْتُ نِسَاءً مِنْ أُمَّتِي فِي عَذَابٍ شَدِيدٍ فَأَنْكَرْتُ شَأْنَهُنَّ فَبَكَيْتُ لِمَا رَأَيْتُ مِنْ شِدَّةِ عَذَابِهِنَّ رَأَيْتُ امْرَأَةً مُعَلَّقَةً بِشَعْرِهَا يَغْلِي دِمَاغُ رَأْسِهَا وَ رَأَيْتُ امْرَأَةً مُعَلَّقَةً بِلِسَانِهَا وَ الْحَمِيمُ يُصَبُّ فِي حَلْقِهَا وَ رَأَيْتُ امْرَأَةً مُعَلَّقَةً بِثَدْيَيْهَا وَ رَأَيْتُ امْرَأَةً تَأْكُلُ لَحْمَ جَسَدِهَا وَ النَّارُ تُوقَدُ مِنْ تَحْتِهَا وَ رَأَيْتُ امْرَأَةً قَدْ شُدَّ رِجْلَاهَا إِلَى يَدَيْهَا وَ قَدْ سُلِّطَ عَلَيْهَا الْحَيَّاتُ وَ الْعَقَارِبُ

He^-saww said: ‘O Ali^-asws! On the night there was an ascension with me^-saww to the sky, I^-saww saw some women from my^-saww community in severe Punishment. I^-saww did not like their predicament so I^-saww am crying due to what I^-saww saw from the severity of their Punishment. I^-saww a woman suspended by her hair boiling the brain of her hear, and I^-saww saw a woman suspended by her tongue and the scalding water was being poured into her throat, and I^-saww saw a woman suspended by her breasts;

وَ رَأَيْتُ امْرَأَةً صَمَّاءَ عَمْيَاءَ خَرْسَاءَ فِي تَابُوتٍ مِنْ نَارٍ يَخْرُجُ دِمَاغُ رَأْسِهَا مِنْ مَنْخِرِهَا وَ بَدَنُهَا مُتَقَطِّعٌ مِنَ الْجُذَامِ وَ الْبَرَصِ وَ رَأَيْتُ امْرَأَةً مُعَلَّقَةً بِرِجْلَيْهَا فِي تَنُّورٍ مِنْ نَارٍ وَ رَأَيْتُ امْرَأَةً تُقَطَّعُ لَحْمُ جَسَدِهَا مِنْ مُقَدَّمِهَا وَ مُؤَخَّرِهَا بِمَقَارِيضَ مِنْ نَارٍ وَ رَأَيْتُ امْرَأَةً تُحْرَقُ وَجْهُهَا وَ يَدَاهَا وَ هِيَ تَأْكُلُ أَمْعَاءَهَا

And I^-saww saw a woman eating the flesh of her own body and the fire was being kindled beneath her, and I^-saww was a woman whose legs were tied to her hands and the snakes and scorpions had overcome upon her, and I^-saww saw a woman deaf, blind and mute in a coffin of fire, the brains of her head were coming out from her exit and her body was cut into pieces from the leprosy and the vitiligo, and I^-saww saw a woman suspended by her legs in an over of fire;

وَ رَأَيْتُ امْرَأَةً رَأْسُهَا رَأْسُ خِنْزِيرٍ وَ بَدَنُهَا بَدَنُ الْحِمَارِ وَ عَلَيْهَا أَلْفُ أَلْفِ لَوْنٍ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ وَ رَأَيْتُ امْرَأَةً عَلَى صُورَةِ الْكَلْبِ وَ النَّارُ تَدْخُلُ فِي دُبُرِهَا وَ تَخْرُجُ مِنْ فِيهَا وَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ يَضْرِبُونَ رَأْسَهَا وَ بَدَنَهَا بِمَقَامِعَ مِنْ نَارٍ

And I^-saww saw a woman, the flesh of her body was cut from her front and back by scissors of fire, and I^-saww saw a woman, her face and hands were burning and she was eating her intestines, and I^-saww saw a woman her head was the head of a pig and her body was a body of the donkey and upon her were a thousands and thousand of types of Punishments, and I^-saww saw a woman upon an image of the dog and the fire was entering into her behind and coming out from her mouth and the Angels were hitting her head and her body with rods of fire’.

فَقَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ حَبِيبِي وَ قُرَّةُ عَيْنِي أَخْبِرْنِي مَا كَانَ عَمَلُهُنَّ وَ سِيرَتُهُنَّ حَتَّى وَضَعَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِنَّ هَذَا الْعَذَابَ

(Syeda) Fatima^-asws said: ‘My^-asws beloved and delight of my^-asws eyes! Inform me^-asws, what were their deeds and their ways until Allah^-azwj Placed this Punishment upon them?’

فَقَالَ يَا بِنْتِي‏ أَمَّا الْمُعَلَّقَةُ بِشَعْرِهَا فَإِنَّهَا كَانَتْ لَا تُغَطِّي شَعْرَهَا مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَ أَمَّا الْمُعَلَّقَةُ بِلِسَانِهَا فَإِنَّهَا كَانَتْ تُؤْذِي زَوْجَهَا وَ أَمَّا الْمُعَلَّقَةُ بِثَدْيَيْهَا فَإِنَّهَا كَانَتْ تَمْتَنِعُ مِنْ فِرَاشِ زَوْجِهَا وَ أَمَّا الْمُعَلَّقَةُ بِرِجْلَيْهَا فَإِنَّهَا كَانَتْ تَخْرُجُ مِنْ بَيْتِهَا بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِ زَوْجِهَا

He^-saww said: ‘O my^-saww daughter^-asws! As for the one suspended by her hair, she did not cover her hair from the men; and as for the one suspended by her tongue, she was hurting her husband (by bad talk); and as for the one suspended by her breasts, she was preventing her husband from the bed; and as for the one suspended by her legs, she was going out from her house without the permission of her husband.

وَ أَمَّا الَّتِي كَانَتْ تَأْكُلُ لَحْمَ جَسَدِهَا فَإِنَّهَا كَانَتْ تُزَيِّنُ بَدَنَهَا لِلنَّاسِ وَ أَمَّا الَّتِي شُدَّ يَدَاهَا إِلَى رِجْلَيْهَا وَ سُلِّطَ عَلَيْهَا الْحَيَّاتُ وَ الْعَقَارِبُ فَإِنَّهَا كَانَتْ قَذِرَةَ الْوَضُوءِ قَذِرَةَ الثِّيَابِ وَ كَانَتْ لَا تَغْتَسِلُ مِنَ الْجَنَابَةِ وَ الْحَيْضِ وَ لَا تَتَنَظَّفُ وَ كَانَتْ تَسْتَهِينُ بِالصَّلَاةِ وَ أَمَّا الْعَمْيَاءُ الصَّمَّاءُ الْخَرْسَاءُ فَإِنَّهَا كَانَتْ تَلِدُ مِنَ الزِّنَا فَتُعَلِّقُهُ فِي عُنُقِ زَوْجِهَا

And as for the one who was eating the flesh of her own body, she used to adorn her body for the people; and as for the one whose hands were tied to her leg and the snakes and the scorpions had overcome upon her, she was dirty (from) the washing, dirty clothes, and she wasn’t washing from the sexual impurity and the menstruation, and not keeping clean, and was belittling with the Salat; and as for the blind the deaf the mute, she gave birth from the adultery and attached it in the neck of her husband;

وَ أَمَّا الَّتِي كَانَ‏ يُقْرَضُ لَحْمُهَا بِالْمَقَارِيضِ فَإِنَّهَا كَانَتْ تَعْرِضُ نَفْسَهَا عَلَى الرِّجَالِ وَ أَمَّا الَّتِي كَانَ يُحْرَقُ وَجْهُهَا وَ بَدَنُهَا وَ هِيَ تَأْكُلُ أَمْعَاءَهَا فَإِنَّهَا كَانَتْ قَوَّادَةً وَ أَمَّا الَّتِي كَانَ رَأْسُهَا رَأْسَ خِنْزِيرٍ وَ بَدَنُهَا بَدَنَ الْحِمَارِ فَإِنَّهَا كَانَتْ نَمَّامَةً كَذَّابَةً وَ أَمَّا الَّتِي كَانَتْ عَلَى صُورَةِ الْكَلْبِ وَ النَّارُ تَدْخُلُ فِي دُبُرِهَا وَ تَخْرُجُ مِنْ فِيهَا فَإِنَّهَا كَانَتْ قَيْنَةً نَوَّاحَةً حَاسِدَةً

And as for the one whose flesh was being cut by the scissors, she was exposing herself to the men; and as for the one whose face and her body was being burnt and she was eating her intestines, she was a pimp; and as for the one whose head was the head of a pig and her body the body of a donkey, she was a lying gossiper; and as for the one who was upon an image of the dog, and the fire was entering into her behind and coming out from her mouth, she was a singer, a professional mourner, jealous’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ ص وَيْلٌ لِامْرَأَةٍ أَغْضَبَتْ زَوْجَهَا وَ طُوبَى لِامْرَأَةٍ رَضِيَ عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا

Then he^-saww said: ‘Woe be unto the woman who angers her husband, and beatitude be for the woman whose husband is pleased from her’’.[100]

63- ن، عيون أخبار الرضا عليه السلام مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ الْمُفَسِّرُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْحُسَيْنِيِّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ الرِّضَا عَنْ أَبِيهِ مُوسَى ع قَالَ: سَأَلَ الصَّادِقُ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ع عَنْ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ مَجْلِسِهِ فَقِيلَ عَلِيلٌ فَقَصَدَهُ عَائِداً وَ جَلَسَ عِنْدَ رَأْسِهِ فَوَجَدَهُ دَنِفاً فَقَالَ لَهُ‏ أَحْسِنْ ظَنَّكَ بِاللَّهِ قَالَ أَمَّا ظَنِّي بِاللَّهِ فَحَسَنٌ وَ لَكِنْ غَمِّي لِبَنَاتِي مَا أَمْرَضَنِي غَيْرُ غَمِّي بِهِنَّ

‘Uyoun Akhbar Al-Reza^-asws’ – Muhammad Bin Al Qasim Al Mufassar, from Ahmad Bin Al-Hassan Al Husayni, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali, from his father,

‘From his grandfather^-asws Al-Reza^-asws, from his^-asws father^-asws Musa^-asws having said: ‘Al-Sadiq Ja’far^-asws Bin Muhammad^-asws asked about one of the people of his^-asws gathering. It was said, ‘Sick’. He^-asws aimed to console him and sad by his head and found him very sick. He^-asws said to him: ‘Improve your thoughts about Allah^-azwj’. He said, ‘But my thoughts with Allah^-azwj are good, but my grief is for my daughters. Nothing has made be ill except my grief of them’.

فَقَالَ الصَّادِقُ ع الَّذِي تَرْجُوهُ لِتَضْعِيفِ حَسَنَاتِكَ وَ مَحْوِ سَيِّئَاتِكَ فَارْجُهُ لِإِصْلَاحِ حَالِ بَنَاتِكَ أَ مَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ لَمَّا جَاوَزْتُ سِدْرَةَ الْمُنْتَهَى وَ بَلَغْتُ أَغْصَانَهَا وَ قُضْبَانَهَا رَأَيْتُ بَعْضَ ثِمَارِ قُضْبَانِهَا ثِدَاءً مُعَلَّقَةً يَقْطُرُ مِنْ بَعْضِهَا اللَّبَنُ وَ مِنْ بَعْضِهَا الْعَسَلُ وَ مِنْ بَعْضِهَا الدُّهْنُ وَ يَخْرُجُ عَنْ بَعْضِهَا شِبْهُ دَقِيقِ السَّمِيذِ وَ عَنْ بَعْضِهَا الثِّيَابُ‏ وَ عَنْ بَعْضِهَا كَالنَّبْقِ‏ فَيَهْوِي ذَلِكَ كُلُّهُ نَحْوَ الْأَرْضِ

Al-Sadiq^-asws said: ‘That which you are wishing for is weakening your good deeds, and delete your evil deeds by wishing for the correction of the state of your daughters. Do you not know that Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘When I^-saww exceeded Sidrat Al-Muntaha and reached its branches and its twigs I^-saww saw some of the fruits of its twigs as a hanging breast, the milk dripping from some of it, and the honey from some of it, and the oil from some of it, and there was coming out from some of it resembling fine flour, and clothes from some of it, and from some of it like buckthorn, and all of that stooped towards the ground.

فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي أَيْنَ مَقَرُّ هَذِهِ الْخَارِجَاتِ عَنْ هَذِهِ الثِّدَاءِ وَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ مَعِي جَبْرَئِيلُ لِأَنِّي كُنْتُ جَاوَزْتُ مَرْتَبَتَهُ وَ اخْتَزَلَ دُونِي فَنَادَانِي رَبِّي عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي سِرِّي يَا مُحَمَّدُ هَذِهِ أَنْبَتُّهَا مِنْ هَذَا الْمَكَانِ الْأَرْفَعِ لِأَغْذُوَ مِنْهَا بَنَاتِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أُمَّتِكَ وَ بَنِيهِمْ فَقُلْ لآِبَاءِ الْبَنَاتِ لَا تَضِيقَنَّ صُدُورُكُمْ عَلَى فَاقَتِهِنَّ فَإِنِّي كَمَا خَلَقْتُهُنَّ أَرْزُقُهُنَ‏

I^-saww said within myself^-saww: ‘Where is the settling of these fruits from these breasts?’ And that is because Jibraeel^-as did not happen to be with me^-saww, because I^-saww had exceeded his^-as rank and left him^-as below me^-saww. My^-saww Lord^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Called out to me^-saww in my^-saww privacy: “O Muhammad^-saww! I^-azwj Planted it in this place only to provide from it the daughters of the Momineen from your^-saww community and their sons, so say to the fathers of the daughters: ‘Do not straiten your chests upon your separating from them, for just as I^-azwj Created them, I^-saww shall Provide for them!”’.[101]

64- ن، عيون أخبار الرضا عليه السلام بِالْأَسَانِيدِ الثَّلَاثَةِ عَنِ الرِّضَا عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ رَأَيْتُ فِي السَّمَاءِ الثَّالِثَةِ رَجُلًا قَاعِداً رِجْلٌ لَهُ فِي الْمَشْرِقِ وَ رِجْلٌ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ وَ بِيَدِهِ لَوْحٌ يَنْظُرُ فِيهِ وَ يُحَرِّكُ رَأْسَهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ مَنْ هَذَا فَقَالَ مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ‏

‘Uyoun Akhbar Al-Reza^-asws’ – By the three chains from Al-Reza^-asws, from his^-asws forefathers^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘When there was an ascension with me^-saww to the sky, I^-saww saw a man seated in the third sky, a leg of his was in the east, and a leg of his was in the west, and in front of him was a Tablet he was looking into and moving his head. I^-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! Who is this?’ He^-as said: ‘The Angel of death’’.[102]

65- ن، عيون أخبار الرضا عليه السلام مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ الْقَصْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَسْكَرِيِّ عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ع قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَدِّي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص يَقُولُ‏ لَيْلَةَ أَسْرَى بِي رَبِّي عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ رَأَيْتُ فِي بُطْنَانِ الْعَرْشِ مَلَكاً بِيَدِهِ سَيْفٌ مِنْ نُورٍ يَلْعَبُ بِهِ كَمَا يَلْعَبُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع بِذِي الْفَقَارِ وَ أَنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ إِذَا اشْتَاقُوا إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ نَظَرُوا إِلَى وَجْهِ ذَلِكَ الْمَلَكِ

‘Uyoun Akhbar Al-Reza^-asws’ – Muhammad Bin Ahmad Bin Al Husayn Bin Yusuf Al Baghdady, from Ahmad Bin Al Fazal, from Bakr Bin Ahmad Al Qasry,

‘From Abu Muhammad Al-Askari^-asws, from his^-asws forefathers^-asws, from Al-Husayn^-asws Bin Ali^-asws having said: ‘I^-asws heard my^-asws grandfather^-saww Rasool-Allah^-saww saying: ‘On the night my^-saww Lord^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Ascended me^-saww, I^-saww saw an Angel in the interior of the Throne having a sword of light in his hand, playing with it just as Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws plays with Zulfiqar (the sword), and that the Angels, whenever they are desirous to see Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws, they look at the face of that Angel’.

فَقُلْتُ يَا رَبِّ هَذَا أَخِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَ ابْنُ عَمِّي فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ هَذَا مَلَكٌ خَلَقْتُهُ عَلَى صُورَةِ عَلِيٍّ يَعْبُدُنِي فِي بُطْنَانِ عَرْشِي تُكْتَبُ حَسَنَاتُهُ وَ تَسْبِيحُهُ وَ تَقْدِيسُهُ لِعَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ

I^-saww said: ‘O Lord^-azwj! This is my^-saww brother^-asws and cousin Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws?’ He^-azwj Said: “O Muhammad^-saww! This is an Angel I^-azwj Created upon the image of Ali^-asws. He worships Me^-azwj in the interior of My^-azwj Throne. I^-azwj Write his Rewards and his glorifications and his extollations of holiness for Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws up to the Day of Qiyamah”’.[103]

66- ع، علل الشرائع أَبِي وَ ابْنُ الْوَلِيدِ مَعاً عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنِ الْيَقْطِينِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنِ الصَّبَّاحِ الْمُزَنِيِّ وَ سَدِيرٍ الصَّيْرَفِيِّ وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ مُؤْمِنِ الطَّاقِ وَ عُمَرَ بْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏-

‘Ilal Al Sharaie’ – My father and Ibn Al-Waleed both together, from Sa’ad, from Al Yaqteeny, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, and Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Al Sabah Al Muzny, and Sudyer Al Sayrafi, and Muhammad Bin Al Numan Momin Al Taq, and Umar Bin Azina, ‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws.

وَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارُ وَ سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالا حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَبِي الْخَطَّابِ وَ يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَبَلَةَ عَنِ الصَّبَّاحِ الْمُزَنِيِّ وَ سَدِيرٍ الصَّيْرَفِيِّ وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ الْأَحْوَلِ وَ عُمَرَ بْنِ أُذَيْنَةَ

And it is narrated to us by Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Bin Ahmad Bin Al-Waleed, from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Al Saffar, and Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn Bin Abu Al Khatab, and Yaqoub Bin Yazeed, and Muhammad Bin Isa, from Abdullah Bin Jabalah, from Al Sabah Al Muzny, and Sudeyr Al Sayrafi, and Muhammad Bin Al Numan Al Ahowl, and Umar Bin Azina,

عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏ أَنَّهُمْ حَضَرُوهُ فَقَالَ يَا عُمَرَ بْنَ أُذَيْنَةَ مَا تَرَى‏ هَذِهِ النَّاصِبَةُ فِي أَذَانِهِمْ وَ صَلَاتِهِمْ

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws. They were present and he^-asws said: ‘O Umar Bin Azina! What do you see (reporting) these Nasibis (Hostile ones) reporting regarding their Azaan and their Salat?’

فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ أُبَيَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ رَآهُ فِي النَّوْمِ فَقَالَ ع كَذَبُوا وَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ دِينَ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى أَعَزُّ مِنْ أَنْ يُرَى فِي النَّوْمِ‏

I said, ‘They are saying that Abayy Bin Ka’ab saw it during the sleep (dream)’. He^-asws said: ‘They are lying, for the Religion of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic is more Honourable than for it to be seen during sleep (dream)’.

وَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنَّ اللَّهَ الْعَزِيزَ الْجَبَّارَ عَرَجَ بِنَبِيِّهِ ص إِلَى سَمَائِهِ‏ سَبْعاً أَمَّا أُولَاهُنَّ فَبَارَكَ عَلَيْهِ ص وَ الثَّانِيَةَ عَلَّمَهُ فِيهَا فَرْضَهُ وَ الثَّالِثَةَ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ الْعَزِيزُ الْجَبَّارُ عَلَيْهِ مَحْمِلًا مِنْ نُورٍ فِيهِ أَرْبَعُونَ نَوْعاً مِنْ أَنْوَاعِ النُّورِ كَانَتْ مُحْدِقَةً حَوْلَ الْعَرْشِ عَرْشُهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى‏ تَغْشَى أَبْصَارَ النَّاظِرِينَ

Abu Abdullah^-asws said: ‘When Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Ascended His^-azwj Prophet^-saww to His^-azwj seven skies, so as for the first of these, He^-azwj Blessed upon him^-saww, and (in) the second, Taught him^-saww his^-saww Obligations. And the third, Allah^-azwj the Mighty, the Dominant Sent down a carriage of Light wherein were forty varieties from the varieties of Light which engulf the Throne – His^-azwj Throne Blessed and Exalted -, overwhelming the sights of the onlookers.

أَمَّا وَاحِدٌ مِنْهَا فَأَصْفَرُ فَمِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ اصْفَرَّتِ الصُّفْرَةُ وَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهَا أَحْمَرُ فَمِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ احْمَرَّتِ الْحُمْرَةُ وَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهَا أَبْيَضُ فَمِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ ابْيَضَّ الْبَيَاضُ وَ الْبَاقِي عَلَى عَدَدِ سَائِرِ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ مِنَ الْأَنْوَارِ وَ الْأَلْوَانِ فِي ذَلِكَ الْمَحْمِلِ حَلَقٌ وَ سَلَاسِلُ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ

As for one of these, so it was yellow, and due to that is the yellowness of the yellow; and one of these was red, and due to that is the redness of the red; and one of these was white, and due to that is the whiteness of the white; and the remainder were upon the number of the rest of the creatures of light; and the colours in that carriage, the ring and the chain were from silver.

فَجَلَسَ فِيهِ ثُمَّ عَرَجَ بِهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا فَنَفَرَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ إِلَى أَطْرَافِ السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ خَرَّتْ سُجَّداً فَقَالَتْ سُبُّوحٌ قُدُّوسٌ رَبُّنَا وَ رَبُّ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَ الرُّوحِ مَا أَشْبَهَ هَذَا النُّورَ بِنُورِ رَبِّنَا فَقَالَ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ فَسَكَتَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَ فُتِحَتْ أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ وَ اجْتَمَعَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ

He^-saww sat in it then ascended with it to the sky of the world. the Angels alienated towards the horizons of the sky and fell down in Sajdah and said, ‘Glorious One! Holy One! How resembling is this light with the Light of our Lord^-azwj!’ Jibraeel^-as said: ‘Allah^-azwj is the Greatest!’ ‘Allah^-azwj is the Greatest!’. The Angels fell silent and the gateways of the sky opened up and the Angels gathered.

ثُمَّ جَاءَتْ فَسَلَّمَتْ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ص أَفْوَاجاً ثُمَّ قَالَتْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ كَيْفَ أَخُوكَ قَالَ بِخَيْرٍ قَالَتْ فَإِنْ أَدْرَكْتَهُ‏ فَأَقْرِئْهُ مِنَّا السَّلَامَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص أَ تَعْرِفُونَهُ فَقَالُوا كَيْفَ لَمْ نَعْرِفْهُ وَ قَدْ أَخَذَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مِيثَاقَكَ وَ مِيثَاقَهُ مِنَّا وَ إِنَّا لَنُصَلِّي عَلَيْكَ وَ عَلَيْهِ

The they came and greeted unto the Prophet^-saww in droves. Then they said, ‘O Muhammad^-saww! How is your^-saww brother^-asws?’ He^-saww said: ‘With goodness’. They said, ‘When you meet him^-asws then convey the greetings from us’. The Prophet^-saww said: ‘Do you recognise him^-asws?’ They said, ‘How can we not recognise him^-asws and Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic has Taken your^-saww Covenant and his^-asws Covenant from us? And we tend to send Salawat upon you^-saww and upon him^-asws’.

ثُمَّ زَادَهُ أَرْبَعِينَ نَوْعاً مِنْ أَنْوَاعِ النُّورِ لَا يُشْبِهُ شَيْ‏ءٌ مِنْهُ ذَلِكَ النُّورَ الْأَوَّلَ وَ زَادَهُ فِي مَحْمِلِهِ حَلَقاً وَ سَلَاسِلَ ثُمَّ عَرَجَ بِهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الثَّانِيَةِ فَلَمَّا قَرُبَ مِنْ بَابِ السَّمَاءِ تَنَافَرَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ إِلَى أَطْرَافِ السَّمَاءِ وَ خَرَّتْ سُجَّداً وَ قَالَتْ سُبُّوحٌ قُدُّوسٌ رَبُّ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَ الرُّوحِ مَا أَشْبَهَ هَذَا النُّورَ بِنُورِ رَبِّنَا

Then there was an increase for him^-saww by forty types of lights, that light not resembling anything from the first, and there was an increase for him^-saww in his^-saww carriage is rings and chains, then ascended with him^-saww to the second sky. When he^-saww was near to the gate of the sky, the Angels alienated to the outskirts of the sky and fell down in Sajdah and said, ‘Glorious, Holy is the Lord^-azwj of the Angels and the Spirit. How resembling is this light from the Light of our Lord^-azwj?’

فَقَالَ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ فَاجْتَمَعَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَ فُتِحَتْ أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ وَ قَالَتْ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ مَنْ هَذَا مَعَكَ فَقَالَ هَذَا مُحَمَّدٌ قَالُوا وَ قَدْ بُعِثَ قَالَ نَعَمْ

Jibraeel^-as said: ‘I^-as testify that there is no god except Allah^-azwj. I^-as testify that there is no god except Allah^-azwj!’ The Angels gathered and the gates of the sky opened up and said, ‘O Jibraeel^-as! Who is this with you^-as?’ He^-as said: ‘This is Muhammad^-saww! They said, ‘And he^-saww has been Sent?’ He^-as said: ‘No’.

قَالَ رَسُولُ‏ اللَّهِ ص فَخَرَجُوا إِلَيَّ شِبْهَ الْمَعَانِيقِ فَسَلَّمُوا عَلَيَّ وَ قَالُوا أَقْرِئْ أَخَاكَ السَّلَامَ فَقُلْتُ هَلْ تَعْرِفُونَهُ قَالُوا نَعَمْ وَ كَيْفَ لَا نَعْرِفُهُ وَ قَدْ أَخَذَ اللَّهُ مِيثَاقَكَ وَ مِيثَاقَهُ وَ مِيثَاقَ شِيعَتِهِ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ عَلَيْنَا وَ إِنَّا لَنَتَصَفَّحُ وُجُوهَ شِيعَتِهِ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ‏ خَمْساً يَعْنُونَ فِي وَقْتِ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ

Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘They came out to his^-asws resemblance hugging and greeted unto me^-saww and they said, ‘Convey the greetings to your^-saww brother^-asws’. I^-saww said: ‘Do you recognise him^-asws?’ They said, ‘Yes, and how can we not know him^-asws and Allah^-azwj has Taken your^-saww Covenant and his^-asws Covenant and Covenant of his^-asws Shias upon us up to the Day of Qiyamah? And we scan the faces of his^-asws Shias five times during every day’ – meaning the time of every Salat.

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص ثُمَّ زَادَنِي رَبِّي عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَرْبَعِينَ نَوْعاً مِنْ أَنْوَاعِ النُّورِ لَا تُشْبِهُ الْأَنْوَارَ الْأُوَلَ وَ زَادَنِي حَلَقاً وَ سَلَاسِلَ ثُمَّ عَرَجَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الثَّالِثَةِ فَنَفَرَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ إِلَى أَطْرَافِ السَّمَاءِ وَ خَرَّتْ سُجَّداً وَ قَالَتْ سُبُّوحٌ قُدُّوسٌ رَبُّ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَ الرُّوحِ مَا هَذَا النُّورُ الَّذِي يُشْبِهُ نُورَ رَبِّنَا

Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘Then my^-saww Lord^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Increased for me^-saww by forty types from the types of lights, not resembling the first lights, and Increased for me in rings and chains. Then there was an ascension with me^-saww to the second sky, and the Angels alienated to the outskirts of the sky and fell down in Sajdah, and said, ‘Glorious, Holy is the Lord^-azwj of the Angels and the Spirit. What is this light which resembles the Light of our Lord^-azwj?’

فَقَالَ جَبْرَئِيلُ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اللَّهِ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَاجْتَمَعَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَ فُتِحَتْ أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ وَ قَالَتْ مَرْحَباً بِالْأَوَّلِ وَ مَرْحَباً بِالْآخِرِ وَ مَرْحَباً بِالْحَاشِرِ وَ مَرْحَباً بِالنَّاشِرِ مُحَمَّدٍ خَاتَمِ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ عَلِيٍّ خَيْرِ الْوَصِيِّينَ

Jibraeel^-as said: ‘I^-as testify that Muhammad^-saww is Rasool^-saww of Allah^-azwj, I^-as testify that Muhammad^-saww is Rasool^-saww of Allah^-azwj!’ The Angels gathered and the gates of the sky opened up, and they said, ‘Welcome to the first, and welcome to the last, and welcome to the gatherer, and welcome to the publiciser, Muhammad^-saww seal of the Prophets^-as and Ali^-asws best of the successors^-asws’.

فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص سَلَّمُوا عَلَيَّ وَ سَأَلُونِي عَنْ عَلِيٍّ أَخِي فَقُلْتُ هُوَ فِي الْأَرْضِ خَلِيفَتِي أَ وَ تَعْرِفُونَهُ فَقَالُوا نَعَمْ كَيْفَ لَا نَعْرِفُهُ وَ قَدْ نَحُجُّ الْبَيْتَ الْمَعْمُورَ فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ مَرَّةً وَ عَلَيْهِ رَقٌّ أَبْيَضُ فِيهِ اسْمُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلِيٍّ وَ الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ وَ الْأَئِمَّةِ وَ شِيعَتِهِمْ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ وَ إِنَّا لَنُبَارِكُ عَلَى رُءُوسِهِمْ بِأَيْدِينَا

Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘They greeted unto me^-saww and asked me^-saww about my^-saww brother^-asws Ali^-asws, so I^-saww said: ‘He^-asws is in the earth as my^-saww Caliph. Do you recognise him^-asws?’ They said, ‘Yes, how can we not recognise him^-asws and we have been performing Hajj of Bayt Al-Mamour once every year, and upon it is a white parchment wherein are the names – Muhammad^-saww, and Ali^-asws, and Al-Hassan^-asws, and Al-Husayn^-asws and the Imams^-asws, and their^-asws Shias up to the Day of Qiyamah, and we tend to bless upon their heads with our hands?’

ثُمَّ زَادَنِي رَبِّي عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَرْبَعِينَ نَوْعاً مِنْ أَنْوَاعِ النُّورِ لَا تُشْبِهُ شَيْئاً مِنْ تِلْكَ الْأَنْوَارِ الْأُوَلِ وَ زَادَنِي حَلَقاً وَ سَلَاسِلَ‏ ثُمَّ عَرَجَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الرَّابِعَةِ فَلَمْ تَقُلِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ شَيْئاً وَ سَمِعْتُ دَوِيّاً كَأَنَّهُ فِي الصُّدُورِ وَ اجْتَمَعَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ فَفُتِحَتْ أَبْوَابُ السَّمَاءِ وَ خَرَجَتْ إِلَى مَعَانِيقَ

Then my^-saww Lord^-azwj Increased me^-saww in forty types from the varieties of lights, nothing from that resembling the first lights, and Increased me^-saww in rings and chains. Then there was ascension with me^-saww to the fourth sky, and the Angels did not say anything, and I^-saww heard a loud noise as if it was in the chests, and the Angels gathered. The gates of the sky opened up and they came out to me^-saww for the hugging.

‏ فَقَالَ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ حَيَّ عَلَى‏ الصَّلَاةِ حَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلَاحِ حَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلَاحِ

Jibraeel^-as said: ‘Hasten to the Salat, hasten to the Salat! Hasten to the success, hasten to the success!’ The Angels said, ‘The voices are paired. By Muhammad^-saww the Salat is established and by Ali^-asws is the success’.

فَقَالَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ صَوْتَيْنِ مَقْرُونَيْنِ‏ بِمُحَمَّدٍ تَقُومُ الصَّلَاةُ وَ بِعَلِيٍّ الْفَلَاحُ فَقَالَ جَبْرَئِيلُ قَدْ قَامَتِ الصَّلَاةُ قَدْ قَامَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَقَالَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ هِيَ لِشِيعَتِهِ أَقَامُوهَا إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ ثُمَّ اجْتَمَعَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ فَقَالُوا لِلنَّبِيِّ ص أَيْنَ تَرَكْتَ أَخَاكَ وَ كَيْفَ هُوَ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ أَ تَعْرِفُونَهُ

Jibraeel^-as said: ‘The Salat is being established, the Salat is being established!’ The Angels said, ‘It is for his^-asws Shias, being established up to the Day of Qiyamah. Then the Angels gathered and they said to the Prophet^-saww: ‘Where did you^-saww leave your^-saww brother^-asws? And how is he^-asws’. He^-saww said to them: ‘Do you recognise him^-asws?’

فَقَالُوا نَعَمْ نَعْرِفُهُ وَ شِيعَتَهُ وَ هُوَ نُورٌ حَوْلَ عَرْشِ اللَّهِ وَ إِنَّ فِي الْبَيْتِ الْمَعْمُورِ لَرَقّاً مِنْ نُورٍ فِيهِ كِتَابٌ مِنْ نُورٍ فِيهِ اسْمُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَلِيٍّ وَ الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ وَ الْأَئِمَّةِ ع وَ شِيعَتِهِمْ‏ لَا يَزِيدُ فِيهِمْ رَجُلٌ وَ لَا يَنْقُصُ مِنْهُمْ رَجُلٌ إِنَّهُ لَمِيثَاقُنَا الَّذِي أُخِذَ عَلَيْنَا وَ إِنَّهُ لَيُقْرَأُ عَلَيْنَا فِي كُلِّ يَوْمِ جُمُعَةٍ

They said, ‘Yes we do know him^-asws and his^-asws Shias, and he^-asws is a Noor around the Throne of Allah^-azwj, and in the Bayt Al-Mamour there is a parchment of light wherein is writing of light. In it are the names of Muhammad^-saww, and Ali^-asws, and Al-Hassan^-asws and Al-Husayn^-asws and the Imams^-asws and their^-asws Shias. Neither does a man increase among them nor is a man reduced from them. It is out Covenant which has been Taken upon us, and it is read out to us during every Friday’.

فَسَجَدْتُ لِلَّهِ شُكْراً فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ ارْفَعْ رَأْسَكَ فَرَفَعْتُ رَأْسِي فَإِذَا أَطْنَابُ‏ السَّمَاءِ قَدْ خُرِقَتْ وَ الْحُجُبُ قَدْ رُفِعَتْ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي طَأْطِئْ رَأْسَكَ وَ انْظُرْ مَا تَرَى فَطَأْطَأْتُ رَأْسِي فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى بَيْتِكُمْ هَذَا- وَ حَرَمِكُمْ هَذَا فَإِذَا هُوَ مِثْلُ حَرَمِ ذَلِكَ الْبَيْتِ يَتَقَابَلُ لَوْ أَلْقَيْتُ شَيْئاً مِنْ يَدِي لَمْ يَقَعْ إِلَّا عَلَيْهِ

I^-saww did Sajdah to Allah^-azwj of thanks. He^-saww Said: “O Muhammad^-saww, raise your^-saww head!” I^-saww raised my^-saww head, and there the layers of the sky had been torn apart and the Veils had been Lifted. Then He^-azwj Said to me^-saww: “Lower your^-saww head and look, what do you^-saww see?” I^-saww bowed my^-saww head and looked at this House (Kabah) of yours and this Sanctuary (Hurrum) of yours, and it was similar to that Sanctuary of the Bayt (Al-Mamour), parallel. If I^-saww had thrown something from my^-saww hands, it would not have fallen except upon it.

فَقَالَ لِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ هَذَا الْحَرَمُ وَ أَنْتَ الْحَرَامُ وَ لِكُلِّ مِثْلٍ مِثَالٌ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَبِّي عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَا مُحَمَّدُ مُدَّ يَدَكَ فَيَتَلَقَّاكَ مَا يَسِيلُ مِنْ سَاقِ عَرْشِيَ الْأَيْمَنِ فَنَزَلَ الْمَاءُ فَتَلَقَّيْتُهُ بِالْيَمِينِ‏ فَمِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ أَوَّلُ الْوُضُوءِ بِالْيُمْنَى

He^-azwj Said to me^-saww: “O Muhammad^-saww! This is the Sanctuary and you^-saww are the sanctimonious, and for every example is a resemblance”. Then my^-saww Lord^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said to me^-saww: “O Muhammad^-saww! Extend your^-as right hand and it shall meet you^-saww what flows from the Base of the throne”. The water descended and I^-saww scooped it with the right hand. Thus, from the reason of that, the beginning of the Wudu’u is with the right hand.

ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ خُذْ ذَلِكَ فَاغْسِلْ بِهِ وَجْهَكَ وَ عَلَّمَهُ غَسْلَ الْوَجْهِ فَإِنَّكَ تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَنْظُرَ إِلَى عَظَمَتِي وَ إِنَّكَ طَاهِرٌ ثُمَّ اغْسِلْ ذِرَاعَيْكَ الْيَمِينَ وَ الْيَسَارَ وَ عَلَّمَهُ ذَلِكَ فَإِنَّكَ تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَتَلَقَّى بِيَدَيْكَ كَلَامِي وَ امْسَحْ بِفَضْلِ مَا فِي يَدَيْكَ مِنَ الْمَاءِ رَأْسَكَ وَ رِجْلَيْكَ إِلَى كَعْبَيْكَ وَ عَلَّمَهُ الْمَسْحَ بِرَأْسِهِ وَ رِجْلَيْهِ

Then He^-azwj Said: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! Take that and wash your^-saww face with it” – and He^-azwj Taught him^-saww washing the face -, “For you intend to look at My^-azwj Magnificence and so you^-saww should be clean. Then wash your^-saww right forearm and the left” – and Taught him^-saww that -, “For you intend to receive My^-azwj Speech with your^-saww hands, and wipe your^-saww hands and your^-saww legs up to the ankles with the remnants of the water what is in your^-saww hand” – and Taught him^-saww the wiping of his^-saww head and his^-saww legs.

وَ قَالَ إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَمْسَحَ رَأْسَكَ وَ أُبَارِكَ عَلَيْكَ فَأَمَّا الْمَسْحُ عَلَى رِجْلَيْكَ فَإِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُوطِئَكَ مَوْطِئاً لَمْ يَطَأْهُ أَحَدٌ قَبْلَكَ وَ لَا يَطَؤُهُ أَحَدٌ غَيْرُكَ فَهَذَا عِلَّةُ الْوُضُوءِ وَ الْأَذَانِ

And He^-azwj Said: ‘I^-azwj Wanted to Wipe your^-saww head and Send Blessings upon you^-saww. As for the wiping upon your^-saww left, so I^-azwj Wanted you^-saww to tread a treading no one has trodden before you^-saww, nor will anyone tread apart from you^-saww”. Thus, this is the reason for the Wudu’u’ and the Azaan’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ اسْتَقْبِلِ الْحَجَرَ الْأَسْوَدَ وَ هُوَ بِحِيَالِي وَ كَبِّرْنِي بِعَدَدِ حُجُبِي فَمِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ صَارَ التَّكْبِيرُ سَبْعاً لِأَنَّ الْحُجُبَ سَبْعَةٌ وَ افْتَتِحِ الْقِرَاءَةَ عِنْدَ انْقِطَاعِ الْحُجُبِ فَمِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ صَارَ الِافْتِتَاحُ سُنَّةً وَ الْحُجُبُ مُطَابِقَةً ثَلَاثاً بِعَدَدِ النُّورِ الَّذِي نَزَلَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَلِذَلِكَ كَانَ الِافْتِتَاحُ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ فَمِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ كَانَ التَّكْبِيرُ سَبْعاً وَ الِافْتِتَاحُ ثَلَاثاً

Then He^-azwj Said: “O Muhammad^-saww! Kiss the Black Stone (Al Hajr Al Aswad)!” – and it was facing me^-saww – “And exclaim My^-azwj Greatness by a number of My^-azwj Veils”. Thus, from that reason the Takbeer came to be seven, because the Veils are seven – “And commence the recitation at the termination of the Veils”. From that reason the commencement became a Sunnah and the Veils are three layers, of the number of lights which descended unto Muhammad^-saww, three times. Therefore, due to that, the commencement is three times. Thus, from that reason, the Takbeers are seven and the commencements are three.

فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنَ التَّكْبِيرِ وَ الِافْتِتَاحِ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ الْآنَ وَصَلْتَ إِلَيَّ فَسَمِّ بِاسْمِي فَقَالَ‏ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ‏ فَمِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ جُعِلَ‏ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ‏ فِي أَوَّلِ السُّورَةِ

When he^-saww was free from the Takbeer and the commencement, Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: ‘Now you^-saww have arrive to Me^-azwj, so name with My^-azwj Name”. He^-saww said: ‘In the Name of Allah^-azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful’. Thus, from that reason ‘In the Name of Allah^-azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful’ is Made to be at the beginning of (every) Chapter.

ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ احْمَدْنِي فَقَالَ‏ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ‏ وَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص فِي نَفْسِهِ شُكْراً فَقَالَ اللَّهُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ قَطَعْتَ حَمْدِي فَسَمِّ بِاسْمِي فَمِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ جُعِلَ فِي الْحَمْدِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ‏ مَرَّتَيْنِ

Then He^-azwj Said to him^-saww: ‘Praise Me^-azwj!” He^-saww said: ‘The Praise is for Allah^-azwj, Lord^-azwj of the worlds’, and the Prophet^-saww said within himself^-saww: ‘Thanks’. Allah^-azwj Said: “O Muhammad^-saww! You^-saww have cut off My^-azwj Praise, so name with My^-azwj Name!” Thus, for that reason, ‘The Beneficent, the Merciful’ is Made to be in (Surah) Al Hamd, twice.

فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ‏ وَ لَا الضَّالِّينَ‏ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ شُكْراً فَقَالَ اللَّهُ الْعَزِيزُ الْجَبَّارُ قَطَعْتَ ذِكْرِي فَسَمِّ بِاسْمِي فَمِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ جُعِلَ‏ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ‏ بَعْدَ الْحَمْدِ فِي اسْتِقْبَالِ السُّورَةِ الْأُخْرَى

When he^-saww reached: ‘Nor of the straying ones’, the Prophet^-saww said: ‘The Praise is for Allah^-azwj Lord^-azwj of the worlds’, as thanks. Allah^-azwj the Mighty the Dominant Said: ‘You have cut off My^-azwj Zikr (Mention), so name with My^-azwj Name!” For that reason, ‘In the Name of Allah^-azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful’ is after (Surah) Al Hamd in welcoming the other Chapter.

فَقَالَ لَهُ اقْرَأْ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ كَمَا أَنْزَلْتُ فَإِنَّهَا نِسْبَتِي وَ نَعْتِي ثُمَّ طَأْطِئْ يَدَيْكَ وَ اجْعَلْهُمَا عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْكَ فَانْظُرْ إِلَى عَرْشِي قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى عَظَمَةٍ ذَهَبَتْ لَهَا نَفْسِي وَ غُشِيَ عَلَيَّ فَأُلْهِمْتُ أَنْ قُلْتُ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْعَظِيمِ وَ بِحَمْدِهِ لِعِظَمِ مَا رَأَيْتُ

He^-saww Said to him^-saww: “Recite: ‘Say, He^-azwj Allah^-azwj is One’ just as I^-azwj have Revealed it, for it is My^-azwj Lineage and My^-azwj Attributes, then lower your^-saww hands and make them to be upon your^-saww knees, then look at My^-azwj Throne!” Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘I^-saww looked at a Magnificence, my^-saww soul went to it and there was fainting upon me^-saww. He^-azwj Inspired that I^-saww say: ‘Glorious is my^-saww Lord^-azwj the Magnificent and by His^-azwj Praise’, for the Magnificence of what I^-saww saw.

فَلَمَّا قُلْتُ ذَلِكَ تَجَلَّى الْغَشْيُ عَنِّي حَتَّى قُلْتُهَا سَبْعاً أُلْهِمَ ذَلِكَ فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى نَفْسِي كَمَا كَانَتْ فَمِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ صَارَ فِي الرُّكُوعِ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْعَظِيمِ وَ بِحَمْدِهِ‏

When I^-saww said that, the unconsciousness cleared away from me^-saww until I^-saww said it seven (times), having been Inspired that. My^-saww soul returned to me^-saww just as it was, and for that reason it came to be in Ruku’u: ‘Glorious is my^-saww Lord^-azwj the Magnificent and by His^-azwj Praise’.

فَقَالَ ارْفَعْ رَأْسَكَ فَرَفَعْتُ رَأْسِي فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى شَيْ‏ءٍ ذَهَبَ مِنْهُ عَقْلِي فَاسْتَقْبَلْتُ الْأَرْضَ بِوَجْهِي وَ يَدَيَّ فَأُلْهِمْتُ أَنْ قُلْتُ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْأَعْلَى وَ بِحَمْدِهِ لِعُلُوِّ مَا رَأَيْتُ فَقُلْتُهَا سَبْعاً فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى نَفْسِي كُلَّمَا قُلْتُ وَاحِدَةً فِيهَا تَجَلَّى عَنِّي الْغَشْيُ

He^-azwj Said: “Raise your^-saww head!” I^-saww raised my^-saww head and looked at something, my^-saww intellect went away from me^-saww. I^-saww to the ground with my^-saww face and hands, and He^-azwj Inspired that I^-saww say: ‘Glorious is my^-saww Lord^-azwj the Exalted, and by His^-azwj Praise’, for the Exaltedness of what I^-saww had seen. I^-saww said it seven (times). Then my^-saww soul returned to me^-saww. Every time I^-saww said one, the unconsciousness cleared away from me^-saww.

فَقَعَدْتُ فَصَارَ السُّجُودُ فِيهِ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْأَعْلَى وَ بِحَمْدِهِ وَ صَارَتِ الْقَعْدَةُ بَيْنَ السَّجْدَتَيْنِ اسْتِرَاحَةً مِنَ الْغَشْيِ وَ عُلُوِّ مَا رَأَيْتُ فَأَلْهَمَنِي رَبِّي عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ طَالَبَتْنِي نَفْسِي أَنْ أَرْفَعَ رَأْسِي

I^-saww sat, and (the phrase), ‘Glorious is my^-saww Lord^-azwj the Exalted, and by His^-azwj Praise’ came to be in the Sajdahs, and the sitting came to be between the two Sajdahs as a rest from the fainting and the Exaltedness of what I^-saww had seen. My^-saww Lord^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Inspired me^-saww and my^-saww soul sought me^-saww that I^-saww should raise my^-saww head.

فَرَفَعْتُ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى ذَلِكَ الْعُلْوِ فَغُشِيَ عَلَيَّ فَخَرَرْتُ لِوَجْهِي وَ اسْتَقْبَلْتُ الْأَرْضَ بِوَجْهِي وَ يَدَيَّ وَ قُلْتُ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْأَعْلَى وَ بِحَمْدِهِ فَقُلْتُهَا سَبْعاً ثُمَّ رَفَعْتُ رَأْسِي فَقَعَدْتُ قَبْلَ الْقِيَامِ لِأُثَنِّيَ النَّظَرَ فِي الْعُلْوِ فَمِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ صَارَتْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ وَ رَكْعَةً وَ مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ صَارَ الْقُعُودُ قَبْلَ الْقِيَامِ قَعْدَةً خَفِيفَةً

I^-saww raised and looked at that Exaltedness, and there was fainting upon me^-saww and I^-saww fell down on my^-saww face and received the ground with my^-saww face and hands, and I^-saww said: ‘Glorious is my^-saww Lord^-azwj the Exalted, and by His^-azwj Praise’. I^-saww said it seven (times), then raised my^-saww head. I^-saww sat before the standing up due to the second glance in the Exaltedness. Thus, for that reason, it became two Sajdahs and one Cycle, and for that reason the sitting came to be before the standing at a lightening.

ثُمَّ قُمْتُ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ اقْرَأِ الْحَمْدَ فَقَرَأْتُهَا مِثْلَ مَا قَرَأْتُهَا أَوَّلًا ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي اقْرَأْ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْناهُ‏ فَإِنَّهَا نِسْبَتُكَ وَ نِسْبَةُ أَهْلِ بَيْتِكَ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ

Then I^-saww stood. He^-azwj Said: “O Muhammad^-saww! Recite (Surah) Al Hamd!” I^-saww recited it similar to what I^-saww had recited it at first. Then He^-azwj Said to me^-saww: ‘Recite ‘We have Revealed it’ (Surah Inna Anzalna), for it is attribution to you^-saww and attribution of the People^-asws of your^-saww Household up to the Day of Qiyamah”.

ثُمَّ رَكَعْتُ فَقُلْتُ فِي الرُّكُوعِ وَ السُّجُودِ مِثْلَ مَا قُلْتُ أَوَّلًا وَ ذَهَبْتُ أَنْ أَقُومَ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ اذْكُرْ مَا أَنْعَمْتُ عَلَيْكَ وَ سَمِّ بِاسْمِي فَأَلْهَمَنِي اللَّهُ أَنْ قُلْتُ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ بِاللَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَى كُلُّهَا لِلَّهِ

Then I^-saww performed Ruku’u and I^-saww said in the Ruku’u and the Sajdahs similar to what I^-saww had said at first, and I^-saww went on to stand, but He^-azwj Said: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! Mention what I^-azwj have Conferred upon you^-saww and name with My^-azwj Name”. Allah^-azwj Inspired me^-saww that I^-saww say: ‘In the Name of Allah^-azwj, and by Allah^-azwj, and there is no god except Allah^-azwj, and the most beautiful Names, all of them are for Allah^-azwj’.

فَقَالَ لِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ صَلِّ عَلَيْكَ وَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِكَ فَقُلْتُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيَّ وَ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِي وَ قَدْ فَعَلَ ثُمَّ الْتَفَتُّ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِصُفُوفٍ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

He^-azwj Said to me^-saww: “O Muhammad^-saww! Send Salawat upon yourself^-saww and upon the People^-asws of your^-saww Household”. I^-saww said: ‘May the Salawat be upon me^-saww and upon the People^-asws of my^-saww Household’, and it has been done. Then I^-saww turned around and there I^-saww was with rows of Angels, and the Prophets^-as and the Messengers^-as.

فَقَالَ لِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ سَلِّمْ فَقُلْتُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنِّي أَنَا السَّلَامُ وَ التَّحِيَّةُ وَ الرَّحْمَةُ وَ الْبَرَكَاتُ أَنْتَ وَ ذُرِّيَّتُكَ

He^-azwj Said to me^-saww: “O Muhammad^-saww, Greet!” I^-saww said: ‘The greetings be upon you all and Mercy of Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Blessings’. He^-azwj Said: “O Muhammad^-saww! Surely, I^-azwj am the Greeting, and the Salutation and the Mercy and the Blessing are you^-saww and your^-saww offspring”.

ثُمَّ أَمَرَنِي رَبِّيَ الْعَزِيزُ الْجَبَّارُ أَنْ لَا أَلْتَفِتَ يَسَاراً وَ أَوَّلُ سُورَةٍ سَمِعْتُهَا بَعْدَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ إِنَّا أَنْزَلْناهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ فَمِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ كَانَ السَّلَامُ مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً تُجَاهَ الْقِبْلَةِ وَ مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ صَارَ التَّسْبِيحُ فِي السُّجُودِ وَ الرُّكُوعِ شُكْراً وَ قَوْلُهُ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ لِأَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ضَجَّةَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ فَقُلْتُ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَهُ بِالتَّسْبِيحِ وَ التَّهْلِيلِ

Then my^-saww Lord^-azwj the Mighty, the Dominant Commanded me^-saww that I^-saww do not turn to the right. And the first Chapter I^-saww heard after, ‘Say He^-azwj Allah^-azwj is One’ was ‘We Revealed it during the Night of Pre-determination’. Thus, for that reason, the greeting is once facing the Qiblah, and for that reason the glorification in the Sajdah and the Ruku’u is appreciation, and His^-azwj Words: “Allah^-azwj Hears the one who praises Him^-azwj”, is because the Prophet^-saww said: ‘I^-saww heard the noise of the Angels and I^-saww said: ‘Allah^-azwj Heard the one who praises Him^-azwj, with the glorifications and the extollations of Oneness.

فَمِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ جُعِلَتِ الرَّكْعَتَانِ الْأَوَّلَتَانِ كُلَّمَا حَدَثَ فِيهَا حَدَثٌ كَانَ عَلَى صَاحِبِهَا إِعَادَتُهَا وَ هِيَ الْفَرْضُ الْأَوَّلُ وَ هِيَ أَوَّلُ مَا فُرِضَتْ عِنْدَ الزَّوَالِ يَعْنِي صَلَاةَ الظُّهْرِ

Thus, for that reason, the first two Cycles are Made to be such that every time something happens during these, it would be upon its performer to repeat these, and it is the first Imposition, and it is the first of what is Obligated during the midday, meaning Salat Al-Zohr’’.[104]

Notes –

قَوْلُهُ ص‏ لِي مَعَ اللَّهِ وَقْتٌ لَا يَسَعُهُ مَلَكٌ مُقَرَّبٌ وَ لَا نَبِيٌّ مُرْسَلٌ وَ لَا عَبْدٌ مُؤْمِنٌ امْتَحَنَ اللَّهُ قَلْبَهُ لِلْإِيمَانِ

His^-saww words: ‘For me^-saww there is a time with Allah^-azwj which neither an Angel of Proximity, nor a Messenger Prophet^-as, nor a believing servant whose heart Allah^-azwj has Tested for the Eman, can contain it’.

67- فس، تفسير القمي أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ الثُّمَالِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الرَّبِيعِ قَالَ: سَأَلَ نَافِعٌ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ‏ وَ سْئَلْ مَنْ أَرْسَلْنا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْ رُسُلِنا أَ جَعَلْنا مِنْ دُونِ الرَّحْمنِ آلِهَةً يُعْبَدُونَ‏ مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي سَأَلَهُ مُحَمَّدٌ وَ كَانَ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَ عِيسَى خَمْسُمِائَةِ سَنَةٍ

‘Tafseer Al-Qummi’ – My father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Al Sumaly, from Abu Al Rabie who said,

‘Nafau asked Abu Ja’far^-asws about the Words of Allah^-azwj: And ask ones We Sent from before you from Our Rasools, did We Make from besides the Beneficent, a God they should be worshipping? [43:45], ‘Who are the ones whom Muhammad^-saww asked, and between him^-saww and Isa^-as were five hundred years.’

قَالَ فَتَلَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ سُبْحانَ الَّذِي أَسْرى‏ بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلًا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرامِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَقْصَى الَّذِي بارَكْنا حَوْلَهُ لِنُرِيَهُ مِنْ آياتِنا فَكَانَ مِنَ الْآيَاتِ الَّتِي أَرَاهَا اللَّهُ مُحَمَّداً ص حَيْثُ أَسْرَى بِهِ‏ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ أَنَّهُ حَشَرَ اللَّهُ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَ الْآخِرِينَ مِنَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ

He (the narrator) said, ‘Abu Ja’far^-asws said: ‘This is the Verse: Glorified is He Who Journeyed His Servant on a night from the Sacred Masjid to Masjid Al Aqsa Which We have Blessed its precincts in order to Show him form Our Signs. Surely he is the Hearing, the Seeing [17:1]. It was from the Signs which Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted Showed to Muhammad^-saww where He^-azwj was journeyed with to Bayt Al-Maqdas, that Allah^-azwj, Mighty is His^-azwj Mention, Assembled the former ones and the latter ones from the Prophets^-as and the Messengers^-as.

ثُمَّ أَمَرَ جَبْرَئِيلَ ع فَأَذَّنَ شَفْعاً وَ أَقَامَ شَفْعاً وَ قَالَ فِي إِقَامَتِهِ حَيَّ عَلَى خَيْرِ الْعَمَلِ

Then He^-azwj Commanded Jibraeel^-as, so he^-as called the Azan pre-emptively and called the Iqamah pre-emptively, and said during his^-as Azan (the phrase): ‘Hurry to the best of the deeds! (حَيَّ عَلَى خَيْرِ الْعَمَلِ)’.

ثُمَّ تَقَدَّمَ مُحَمَّدٌ ص فَصَلَّى بِالْقَوْمِ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ‏ وَ سْئَلْ مَنْ أَرْسَلْنا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْ رُسُلِنا أَ جَعَلْنا مِنْ دُونِ الرَّحْمنِ آلِهَةً يُعْبَدُونَ‏ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص عَلَى مَا تَشْهَدُونَ وَ مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ قَالُوا نَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ أُخِذَتْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ عُهُودُنَا وَ مَوَاثِيقُنَا

Then Muhammad^-saww proceeded and led Salat with the people. When he^-saww had finished, he^-saww asked them: ‘What did you testify to and what did you worship?’ They replied, ‘We testified that there is no god except Allah^-azwj, One with no associates to Him^-azwj, and that you^-saww are the Rasool^-saww of Allah^-azwj, and it is upon that, that He^-azwj Took a Covenant from us and the Confirmation’.

فَقَالَ نَافِعٌ صَدَقْتَ يَا بَا جَعْفَرٍ الْخَبَرَ

Nafa’u said, ‘You^-asws have spoken the truth, O Abu Ja’far^-asws!’ – the Hadeeth’.[105]

68- فس، تفسير القمي أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ رِئَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يُكْثِرُ تَقْبِيلَ فَاطِمَةَ ع فَأَنْكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ عَائِشَةُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَا عَائِشَةُ إِنِّي لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ دَخَلْتُ الْجَنَّةَ فَأَدْنَانِي جَبْرَئِيلُ مِنْ شَجَرَةِ طُوبَى وَ نَاوَلَنِي مِنْ ثِمَارِهَا فَأَكَلْتُهُ فَحَوَّلَ اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ مَاءً فِي ظَهْرِي فَلَمَّا هَبَطْتُ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ وَاقَعْتُ خَدِيجَةَ فَحَمَلَتْ بِفَاطِمَةَ فَمَا قَبَّلْتُهَا قَطُّ إِلَّا وَجَدْتُ رَائِحَةَ شَجَرَةِ طُوبَى مِنْهَا

‘Tafseer Al Qaummi’ – My father, from Ibn Mahboub, from Ibn Raib, from Abu Ubeyda,

‘From Al-Sadiq^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww used to frequently kiss (Syeda) Fatima^-asws and Ayesha disliked that. Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘O Ayesha! When there was an ascension with me^-saww to the sky, I^-saww entered Paradise. Jibraeel^-as called out to me^-saww from the tree of Tooba and gave me^-saww from its fruits, and I^-saww ate it. Allah^-azwj Transferred that water to be in my^-saww back. When I^-saww came down to the earth, I^-saww went to Khadeeja^-asws and she^-as was blessed with Fatima^-asws. I^-saww do not kiss her at all except I^-saww find the aroma of the tree of Toobah from her^-asws’’.[106]

69- ج، الإحتجاج‏ فِي أَجْوِبَةِ الزِّنْدِيقِ الْمُنْكِرِ لِلْقُرْآنِ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع وَ أَمَّا قَوْلُهُ‏ وَ سْئَلْ مَنْ أَرْسَلْنا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْ رُسُلِنا فَهَذَا مِنْ بَرَاهِينِ نَبِيِّنَا ص الَّتِي آتَاهُ اللَّهُ إيَّاهَا وَ أَوْجَبَ بِهِ الْحُجَّةَ عَلَى سَائِرِ خَلْقِهِ لِأَنَّهُ لَمَّا خَتَمَ بِهِ الْأَنْبِيَاءَ وَ جَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ رَسُولًا إِلَى جَمِيعِ الْأُمَمِ وَ سَائِرِ الْمِلَلِ خَصَّهُ بِالارْتِقَاءِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ عِنْدَ الْمِعْرَاجِ وَ جَمَعَ لَهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ الْأَنْبِيَاءَ

In answer to the atheist, the denier of the Quran, Amir Al-Momineen^-asws said: ‘And as for His^-azwj Words: And ask ones We Sent from before you from Our Rasools [43:45], so this is from the proofs of our Prophet^-saww which Allah^-azwj Gave to him^-saww and Obligated by it the argument upon the rest of His^-azwj creatures, because when the Prophets^-as ended by him^-saww and Allah^-azwj Made him^-saww a Messenger to the entirety of the communities and the rest of the nations, Specialised him^-saww with the rising to the sky during Mi’raj and on that day Gathered the Prophets^-as for him^-saww.

فَعَلِمَ مِنْهُمْ مَا أُرْسِلُوا بِهِ وَ حَمَلُوا مِنْ عَزَائِمِ اللَّهِ وَ آيَاتِهِ وَ بَرَاهِينِهِ وَ أَقَرُّوا أَجْمَعِينَ‏ بِفَضْلِهِ وَ فَضْلِ الْأَوْصِيَاءِ وَ الْحُجَجِ فِي الْأَرْضِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ وَ فَضْلِ شِيعَةِ وَصِيِّهِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ الَّذِينَ سَلَّمُوا لِأَهْلِ الْفَضْلِ فَضْلَهُمْ وَ لَمْ يَسْتَكْبِرُوا عَنْ أَمْرِهِمْ وَ عَرَفَ مَنْ أَطَاعَهُمْ وَ عَصَاهُمْ مِنْ أُمَمِهِمْ وَ سَائِرِ مَنْ مَضَى وَ مَنْ غَبَرَ أَوْ تَقَدَّمَ أَوْ تَأَخَّرَ

He^-saww learnt from them^-asws what they^-as had been Sent with, and they^-as carried from the determination of Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Signs and His^-azwj Display, and all of them^-as acknowledged his^-saww merits and the merits of the successors^-asws and the Divine Authorities in the earth from after him^-saww, and merits of the Shias of his^-saww successors^-asws from the Momineen and the Mominaat, those who had yielded to the people of the merits, their^-asws merits, and did not become arrogant of their^-asws matters, and recognised the ones who followed them^-asws and disobeyed them^-asws, from the communities, and the rest of the ones past and the ones to remain, or preceded or delayed’’.[107]

70- ع، علل الشرائع أَبِي عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ حَبِيبٍ السِّجِسْتَانِيِّ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنْ قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ ثُمَّ دَنا فَتَدَلَّى فَكانَ قابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنى‏ فَأَوْحى‏ إِلى‏ عَبْدِهِ ما أَوْحى‏ فَقَالَ لِي يَا حَبِيبُ لَا تَقْرَأْ هَكَذَا اقْرَأْ ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَانَى فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ‏ أَوْ أَدْنَى فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَى عَبْدِهِ يَعْنِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص مَا أَوْحَى‏

‘Ilal Al Sharaie’ – My father, from Sa’ad, from Ibn Isa, from Ibn Mahboub, from Malik Bin Ayayna, from Habeeb Al Sijistany who said,

‘I asked Abu Ja’far^-asws about the Words of the Mighty and Majestic: Then he approached, so he bowed [53:8] So he was (at a distance of) two bows or nearer [53:9]. He^-asws said to me: ‘O Habeeb! Do not recite it like that. Recite it as: Then he approached, coming closer to each other [53:8] So he was (at a distance of) two bows or nearer [53:9]. And He – Allah^-azwj – Revealed unto His servant – meaning Rasool-Allah^-saww – what He Revealed [53:10].

يَا حَبِيبُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص لَمَّا فَتَحَ مَكَّةَ أَتْعَبَ نَفْسَهُ فِي عِبَادَةِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ الشُّكْرِ لِنِعَمِهِ فِي الطَّوَافِ بِالْبَيْتِ وَ كَانَ عَلِيٌّ ع مَعَهُ فَلَمَّا غَشِيَهُمُ اللَّيْلُ انْطَلَقَا إِلَى الصَّفَا وَ الْمَرْوَةِ يُرِيدَانِ السَّعْيَ

O Habeeb! When Rasool-Allah^-saww conquered Makkah, tired himself^-saww in the worship of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic and the thanking for His^-azwj Bounties, during the Tawaaf of the House (Kabah), and Ali^-asws was with him^-saww. When the night came they^-asws went to Al-Safa and Al-Marwa intending the Sa’ee (a ritual)’.

قَالَ فَلَمَّا هَبَطَا مِنَ الصَّفَا إِلَى الْمَرْوَةِ وَ صَارَا فِي الْوَادِي دُونَ الْعَلَمِ الَّذِي رَأَيْتَ غَشِيَهُمَا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ نُورٌ فَأَضَاءَتْ لَهُمَا جِبَالُ مَكَّةَ وَ خَشَعَتْ أَبْصَارُهُمَا قَالَ فَفَزِعَا لِذَلِكَ فَزَعاً شَدِيداً قَالَ فَمَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص حَتَّى ارْتَفَعَ عَنِ الْوَادِي وَ تَبِعَهُ عَلِيٌّ ع فَرَفَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص رَأْسَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِرُمَّانَتَيْنِ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ

He^-asws said: ‘When they^-asws came down from Al-Safa to Al-Marwa and came to be in the valley below the flag which they^-asws had seen, a light from the sky overwhelmed them until it arose from the valley, and Ali^-asws pursued it. Rasool-Allah^-saww raised his^-saww head towards the sky, and there he^-saww was with two pomegranates over his^-saww head’.

قَالَ فَتَنَاوَلَهُمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَى مُحَمَّدٍ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّهَا مِنْ قِطْفِ الْجَنَّةِ فَلَا يَأْكُلْ مِنْهَا إِلَّا أَنْتَ وَ وَصِيُّكَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ

He^-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww took them and Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed to Muhammad^-saww: “O Muhammad^-saww! It is from the hand-picked from Paradise, so none should eat from it except you^-saww and your^-saww successor Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws’’.

قَالَ فَأَكَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِحْدَاهُمَا وَ أَكَلَ عَلِيٌّ الْأُخْرَى ثُمَّ أَوْحَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ص مَا أَوْحَى

He^-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww ate one of the two and Ali^-asws ate the other. Then Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed to Muhammad^-saww what He^-azwj Revealed.

قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع يَا حَبِيبُ‏ وَ لَقَدْ رَآهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرى‏ عِنْدَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهى‏ عِنْدَها جَنَّةُ الْمَأْوى‏ يَعْنِي عِنْدَهَا وَافَى بِهِ جَبْرَئِيلُ حِينَ صَعِدَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ

Abu Ja’far^-asws said: ‘O Habeeb! And he had seen him in another descent [53:13] At the Lote Tree [53:14] By the Garden of abode [53:15] – meaning Jibraeel^-as came with him^-saww at it when he^-saww ascended to the sky’.

قَالَ فَلَمَّا انْتَهَى إِلَى مَحَلِّ السِّدْرَةِ وَقَفَ جَبْرَئِيلُ دُونَهَا وَ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ هَذَا مَوْقِفِيَ الَّذِي وَضَعَنِيَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِيهِ وَ لَنْ أَقْدِرَ عَلَى أَنْ أَتَقَدَّمَهُ وَ لَكِنِ امْضِ أَنْتَ أَمَامَكَ إِلَى السِّدْرَةِ فَوَقَفَ عِنْدَهَا

He^-asws said: ‘When he^-saww ended up to the place of Al-Sidrah, Jibraeel^-as paused by it and said: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! This is my^-saww stop which Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Placed me^-as in, and I^-as will never be able to go ahead, but you^-saww continue in front up to Al-Sidrah’, and he^-as paused at it’.

قَالَ فَتَقَدَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِلَى السِّدْرَةِ وَ تَخَلَّفَ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع

He^-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww proceeded to Al-Sidrah and Jibraeel^-as stayed behind’.

قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع إِنَّمَا سُمِّيَتْ سِدْرَةَ الْمُنْتَهَى لِأَنَّ أَعْمَالَ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ تَصْعَدُ بِهَا الْمَلَائِكَةُ الْحَفَظَةُ إِلَى مَحَلِّ السِّدْرَةِ وَ الْحَفَظَةُ الْكِرَامُ الْبَرَرَةُ دُونَ السِّدْرَةِ يَكْتُبُونَ مَا تَرْفَعُ إِلَيْهِمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ مِنْ أَعْمَالِ الْعِبَادِ فِي الْأَرْضِ

Abu Ja’far^-asws said: ‘But rather it is named as ‘Sidrrat Al-Muntaha’ because the deeds of the people of the earth. The preserving Angels ascend with these to the place of Al-Sidrah and the honourable preservers, the dignified, are below Al-Sidrah, writing what the Angels raise to them from the deeds of the servants in the earth’.

قَالَ فَيَنْتَهُونَ بِهَا إِلَى مَحَلِّ السِّدْرَةِ

He^-asws said: ‘So, they ended up with these to the place of Al-Sidrah’.

قَالَ فَنَظَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَرَأَى أَغْصَانَهَا تَحْتَ الْعَرْشِ وَ حَوْلَهُ

He^-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww looked around and saw its branches beneath the Throne and around it’.

قَالَ فَتَجَلَّى لِمُحَمَّدٍ نُورُ الْجَبَّارِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَلَمَّا غَشِيَ مُحَمَّداً ص النُّورُ شَخَصَ بِبَصَرِهِ وَ ارْتَعَدَتْ فَرَائِصُهُ

He^-asws said: ‘The Light of the Subduer, Mighty and Majestic Flashed to Muhammad^-saww. When the Light overwhelmed Muhammad^-saww it dazzled his^-saww sight and his^-saww limbs trembled’.

قَالَ فَشَدَّ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لِمُحَمَّدٍ قَلْبَهُ وَ قَوَّى لَهُ بَصَرَهُ حَتَّى رَأَى مِنْ آيَاتِ رَبِّهِ مَا رَأَى وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ وَ لَقَدْرَآهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرى‏ عِنْدَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهى‏ عِنْدَها جَنَّةُ الْمَأْوى‏

He^-asws said: ‘Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Strengthened for Muhammad^-saww, his^-saww heart, and Strengthened his^-saww sight for him^-saww until he^-saww saw from the Signs of his^-saww Lord^-azwj what he^-saww saw, and that is the Word of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: And he had seen him in another descent [53:13] At the Lote Tree [53:14] By the Garden of abode [53:15]’.

قَالَ يَعْنِي الْمُوَافَاةَ

He^-asws said: ‘Meaning the arrival’.

قَالَ فَرَأَى مُحَمَّدٌ ص مَا رَأَى بِبَصَرِهِ‏ مِنْ آياتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرى‏ يَعْنِي أَكْبَرَ الْآيَاتِ

He^-asws said: ‘Muhammad^-saww saw what he^-saww saw with his^-saww sight from the great Signs of his^-saww Lord^-azwj, meaning the greatest Sign’.

قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع وَ إِنَّ غِلَظَ السِّدْرَةِ بِمَسِيرَةِ مِائَةِ عَامٍ مِنْ أَيَّامِ الدُّنْيَا وَ إِنَّ الْوَرَقَةَ مِنْهَا تُغَطِّي أَهْلَ الدُّنْيَا وَ إِنَّ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مَلَائِكَةً وَكَّلَهُمْ بِنَبَاتِ الْأَرْضِ مِنَ الشَّجَرِ وَ النَّخْلِ فَلَيْسَ مِنْ شَجَرَةٍ وَ لَا نَخْلَةٍ إِلَّا وَ مَعَهَا مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مَلَكٌ يَحْفَظُهَا وَ مَا كَانَ فِيهَا وَ لَوْ لَا أَنَّ مَعَهَا مَنْ يَمْنَعُهَا لَأَكَلَهَا السِّبَاعُ وَ هَوَامُّ الْأَرْضِ إِذَا كَانَ فِيهَا ثَمَرُهَا

Abu Ja’far^-asws said: ‘And the thickness of Al-Sidrah is of a travel distance of one hundred years from the days of the world, and the leaf from it can cover the people of the world; and for Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic there are Angels, and He^-azwj Allocated them with the vegetation of the earth, from the trees and the palm trees. There isn’t any tree nor any palm tree except and with it is an Angel from Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic guarding it and whatever would be in it (fruits), and had he not been with it, who could have prevented the wild animals and the vermin of the earth from eating these, when there was fruit in it?’

قَالَ وَ إِنَّمَا نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَنْ يَضْرِبَ أَحَدٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ خَلَاهُ تَحْتَ شَجَرَةٍ أَوْ نَخْلَةٍ قَدْ أَثْمَرَتْ لِمَكَانِ الْمَلَائِكَةِ الْمُوَكَّلِينَ بِهَا

He^-asws said: ‘And rather, Rasool-Allah^-saww forbade from hitting anyone from the Muslims beneath a tree or a palm tree which has borne fruit due to the position of the Angels allocated with it’.

قَالَ وَ لِذَلِكَ يَكُونُ لِلشَّجَرِ وَ النَّخْلِ أُنْساً إِذَا كَانَ فِيهِ حَمْلُهُ لِأَنَّ الْمَلَائِكَةَ تَحْضُرُهُ

He^-asws said: ‘And for that (reason) there happens to be cordiality for the tree and the palm tree when there was its load (fruit) in it, because the Angels are present’’.[108]

71- ع، علل الشرائع حَمْزَةُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَلَوِيُّ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَعْبَدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَمْزَةَ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع لِأَيِّ عِلَّةٍ يُجْهَرُ فِي صَلَاةِ الْفَجْرِ وَ صَلَاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ وَ صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ الْآخِرَةِ وَ سَائِرُ الصَّلَوَاتِ مِثْلِ الظُّهْرِ وَ الْعَصْرِ لَا يُجْهَرُ فِيهَا وَ لِأَيِّ عِلَّةٍ صَارَ التَّسْبِيحُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأَخِيرَتَيْنِ أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ‏

‘Ilal Al Sharaie’ – Hamza Bin Muhammad Al Alawy, from Ali, from his father, from Ali Bin Ma’bad, from Al-Hassan Ibn Khalid, from Muhammad Bin Hamza who said,

‘I said to Abu Abdullah^-asws, ‘For which reason one had to be loud in Salat Al-Fajr, and Salat Al-Maghrib, and Salat Al-Isha the last, and the rest of the Salats, like Al-Zohr and Al-Asr there is no loudness in it? And for which reason did the glorification came to be in the last two Cycles as being more superior than the recitation (of the Quran)?’

قَالَ لِأَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ كَانَ أَوَّلُ صَلَاةٍ فَرَضَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ صَلَاةَ الظُّهْرِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَأَضَافَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَيْهِ الْمَلَائِكَةَ تُصَلِّي خَلْفَهُ وَ أَمَرَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ نَبِيَّهُ ص أَنْ يَجْهَرَ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ لِيُبَيِّنَ لَهُمْ فَضْلَهُ

He^-asws said: ‘Because the Prophet^-saww, when there as an ascension with him^-saww to the sky, the first Salat to be Obligated upon him^-saww was Salat Al-Zohr on the day of Friday, and Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Added to him^-saww the Angels to pray behind him^-saww; and Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Commanded His^-azwj Prophet^-saww to be loud with the recitation in order to manifests its merits to them.

ثُمَّ افْتَرَضَ عَلَيْهِ الْعَصْرَ وَ لَمْ يُضِفْ إِلَيْهِ أَحَداً مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَ أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يُخْفِيَ الْقِرَاءَةَ لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ وَرَاءَهُ أَحَدٌ

Then He^-azwj Obligated Al-Asr upon him^-saww, and did not Add anyone from the Angels to him^-saww, and Commanded him^-saww to conceal the recitation because there did not happen to be anyone behind him^-saww.

ثُمَّ افْتَرَضَ عَلَيْهِ الْمَغْرِبَ ثُمَّ أَضَافَ إِلَيْهِ الْمَلَائِكَةَ فَأَمَرَهُ بِالْإِجْهَارِ وَ كَذَلِكَ الْعِشَاءُ الْآخِرَةُ فَلَمَّا كَانَ قُرْبُ الْفَجْرِ افْتَرَضَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَلَيْهِ‏ الْفَجْرَ وَ أَمَرَهُ بِالْإِجْهَارِ لِيُبَيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ فَضْلَهُ كَمَا بَيَّنَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ فَلِهَذِهِ الْعِلَّةِ يُجْهَرُ فِيهَا

Then He^-azwj Obligated Al-Maghrib upon him^-saww, then Added the Angels to him^-saww and Commanded him^-saww with the loudness; and similar to that is Al-Isha the last. When it was near to Al-Fajr, Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Obligated Al-Fajr upon him^-saww and Commanded him^-saww with the loudness in order to manifest its merits to the people just as he^-saww had manifested to the Angels. These are the reasons for the loudness in these’.

فَقُلْتُ لِأَيِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ صَارَ التَّسْبِيحُ فِي الْأَخِيرَتَيْنِ أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الْقِرَاءَةِ

I said, ‘For which thing did the glorification came to be in the last two (Cycles) as being more superior than the recitation (of the Quran)?’

قَالَ لِأَنَّهُ لَمَّا كَانَ فِي الْأَخِيرَتَيْنِ ذَكَرَ مَا يَظْهَرُ مِنْ عَظَمَةِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَدَهِشَ وَ قَالَ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ فَلِذَلِكَ الْعِلَّةِ صَارَ التَّسْبِيحُ أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الْقِرَاءَةِ

He^-asws said: ‘Because when he^-saww was in the last two (Cycles), he^-saww mentioned what had appeared from the Magnificence of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic and said: ‘Glory be to Allah^-azwj, and the Praise is for Allah^-azwj, and there is no god except Allah^-azwj, and Allah^-azwj is the Greatest’. Thus, for that reason the glorification came to be superior than the recitation’’.[109]

72- ع، علل الشرائع مَاجِيلَوَيْهِ عَنْ عَمِّهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْكُوفِيِّ عَنْ صَبَّاحٍ الْحَذَّاءِ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ مُوسَى بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ ع كَيْفَ صَارَتِ الصَّلَاةُ رَكْعَةً وَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ وَ كَيْفَ إِذَا صَارَتْ سَجْدَتَيْنِ لَمْ تَكُنْ رَكْعَتَيْنِ

‘Ilal Al Sharaie’ – Majaylawiya, from his uncle, from Muhammad Bin Ali Al Kufy, from Sabah Al Haza’a, from Is’haq Bin Amar who said,

‘I asked Abu Al-Hassan Musa^-asws Bin Ja’far^-asws, ‘How did the Salat becomes a one Cycle and two Sajdahs? And how come, when there became two Sajdahs it did not become two Cycles?’

فَقَالَ إِذَا سَأَلْتَ عَنْ شَيْ‏ءٍ فَفَرِّغْ قَلْبَكَ‏ لِتَفْهَمَ إِنَّ أَوَّلَ صَلَاةٍ صَلَّاهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِنَّمَا صَلَّاهَا فِي السَّمَاءِ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى قُدَّامَ عَرْشِهِ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ وَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِهِ وَ صَارَ عِنْدَ عَرْشِهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ ادْنُ مِنْ صَادٍ فَاغْسِلْ مَسَاجِدَكَ وَ طَهِّرْهَا وَ صَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ

He^-asws said: ‘When you ask about something, then free your heart in order to understand. The first Salat, he^-saww – Rasool-Allah^-saww prayed, but rather he^-saww prayed it in the sky in front of Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted in front of His^-azwj Throne, Majestic is His^-azwj Majesty, and that is because when there was ascension with him^-saww and he^-saww came to be by His^-azwj Throne, Blessed and Exalted, He^-azwj Said: “O Muhammad^-saww! Approach (the spring) Sa’ad and wash your^-saww prostration places and clean these and pray Salat to your^-saww Lord^-azwj”.

فَدَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِلَى حَيْثُ أَمَرَهُ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى فَتَوَضَّأَ فَأَصْبَغَ وُضُوءَهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَقْبَلَ الْجَبَّارَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى قَائِماً فَأَمَرَهُ بِافْتِتَاحِ الصَّلَاةِ فَفَعَلَ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ اقْرَأْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ‏ إِلَى آخِرِهَا

Rasool-Allah^-saww went near to where Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted has Commanded him^-saww and performed Qudu’u, and perfected his^-saww Wudu’u. Then he^-saww faced towards the Dominant Blessed and Exalted standing. He^-azwj Commanded with opening the Salat. He^-saww did so. He^-azwj Said: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! Recite: ‘In the Name of Allah the Beneficent, the Merciful [1:1] The Praise is for Allah the Lord of the Worlds [1:2] – up to the end of it”. He^-saww did that.

فَفَعَلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ نِسْبَةَ رَبِّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى‏ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ ثُمَّ أَمْسَكَ عَنْهُ الْقَوْلَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ فَقَالَ قُلْ‏ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَ لَمْ يُولَدْ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُواً أَحَدٌ فَأَمْسَكَ عَنْهُ الْقَوْلَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص كَذَلِكَ اللَّهُ رَبِّي كَذَلِكَ اللَّهُ رَبِّي‏

Then He^-azwj Commanded him^-saww to recite the Lineage of his^-saww Lord^-azwj Blessed and Exalted: In the Name of Allah^-azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful. Say: ‘He, Allah, is One [112:1] Allah is Al-Samad [112:2], then Withheld the Words from him^-saww. Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘Say: ‘He, Allah, is One [112:1] Allah is Al-Samad [112:2]. He^-azwj Said: “He does not beget and is not begotten [112:3] And there does not happen to be anyone a match for Him’ [112:4]” Then He^-azwj Withheld the Words from him^-saww. Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘Like that is Allah^-azwj my^-saww Lord^-azwj! Like that is Allah^-azwj my^-saww Lord^-azwj’.

فَلَمَّا قَالَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ ارْكَعْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ لِرَبِّكَ فَرَكَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَقَالَ لَهُ وَ هُوَ رَاكِعٌ قُلْ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْعَظِيمِ وَ بِحَمْدِهِ فَفَعَلَ ذَلِكَ ثَلَاثاً

When he^-saww had said, He^-azwj Said: “Do Ruku’u to your^-saww Lord^-azwj, O Muhammad^-saww!’ Rasool-Allah^-saww performed Ruku’u, and He^-azwj Said to him^-saww while he^-saww was in Ruku’u: “Say: ‘Glorious is my^-saww Lord^-azwj the Magnificent and by His^-azwj Praise’”. He^-saww did that thrice.

ثُمَّ قَالَ ارْفَعْ رَأْسَكَ‏ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَفَعَلَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَقَامَ مُنْتَصِباً بَيْنَ يَدَيِ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ اسْجُدْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ لِرَبِّكَ فَخَرَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص سَاجِداً فَقَالَ قُلْ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْأَعْلَى وَ بِحَمْدِهِ فَفَعَلَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص ثَلَاثاً

Then He^-azwj Said: “Raise your^-saww head, O Muhammad^-saww!” Rasool-Allah^-saww did that and stood straight in front of Allah^-azwj. He^-azwj Said: “Do Sajdah to your^-saww Lord^-azwj, O Muhammad^-saww!” Rasool-Allah^-saww fell into Sajdah. He^-azwj Said: ‘Say: ‘Glorious is my^-saww Lord^-azwj the Exalted and by His^-azwj Praise’” Rasool-Allah^-saww said that thrice.

فَقَالَ لَهُ اسْتَوِ جَالِساً يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَفَعَلَ فَلَمَّا اسْتَوَى جَالِساً ذَكَرَ جَلَالَ رَبِّهِ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ فَخَرَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص سَاجِداً مِنْ تِلْقَاءِ نَفْسِهِ لَا لِأَمْرٍ أَمَرَهُ رَبُّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَسَبَّحَ أَيْضاً ثَلَاثاً

He^-azwj Said to him^-saww: ‘Sit up, O Muhammad^-saww!” He^-saww did so. When he^-saww was sitting up, he^-saww recalled the Majesty of his^-saww Lord^-azwj, Majestic is His^-azwj Majesty, and Rasool-Allah^-saww fell into Sajdah from his^-saww own accord, not to a Command of his^-saww Lord^-azwj Mighty and Majestic, and he^-saww glorified as well thrice.

فَقَالَ انْتَصِبْ قَائِماً فَفَعَلَ فَلَمْ يَرَ مَا كَانَ رَأَى مِنْ عَظَمَةِ رَبِّهِ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ اقْرَأْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَ افْعَلْ كَمَا فَعَلْتَ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى فَفَعَلَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص ثُمَّ سَجَدَ سَجْدَةً وَاحِدَةً فَلَمَّا رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ ذَكَرَ جَلَالَةَ رَبِّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى‏ فَخَرَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص سَاجِداً مِنْ تِلْقَاءِ نَفْسِهِ لَا لِأَمْرٍ أَمَرَهُ رَبُّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَسَبَّحَ أَيْضاً

He^-azwj Said: “Stand straight!” He^-azwj did so, but did not see what he^-saww had seen from the Magnificence of his^-saww Lord^-azwj, Majestic is His^-azwj Majesty. He^-azwj Said to him^-saww: “Recite, O Muhammad^-saww, and do just as you^-saww had done in the first Cycle!” Rasool-Allah^-saww did that, then performed one Sajdah. When he^-saww raised his^-saww head he^-saww recalled the Majesty of his^-saww Lord^-azwj Blessed and Exalted, Rasool-Allah^-saww fell into Sajdah from his^-saww own accord, not to a Command his^-saww Lord^-azwj Mighty and Majestic had Commanded him^-saww, and he^-saww glorified as well.

ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ ارْفَعْ رَأْسَكَ ثَبَّتَكَ اللَّهُ وَ اشْهَدْ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اللَّهِ‏ وَ أَنَّ السَّاعَةَ آتِيَةٌ لا رَيْبَ فِيها وَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَبْعَثُ مَنْ فِي الْقُبُورِ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ ارْحَمْ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ وَ بَارَكْتَ وَ تَرَحَّمْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَ آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ اللَّهُمَّ تَقَبَّلْ شَفَاعَتَهُ‏ وَ ارْفَعْ دَرَجَتَهُ فَفَعَلَ

Then He^-azwj Said to him^-saww: “Raise your^-saww head, Allah^-azwj will Affirm you^-saww, and testify that there is no god except Allah^-azwj, and that Muhammad^-saww is Rasool^-saww of Allah^-azwj, and that the Hour shall come there is no doubt in it, and Allah^-azwj Resurrect the ones in the graves. O Allah^-azwj! Send Salawat upon Muhammad^-saww and the Progeny^-asws of Muhammad^-saww, and be Merciful upon Muhammad^-saww and the Progeny^-asws of Muhammad, just as You^-azwj had Sent Salawat and Blessed and Mercied upon Ibrahim^-as and the Progeny of Ibrahim^-as, You^-azwj are the Praise-worthy, the Glorified. O Allah^-azwj! Accept his^-as intercession and raise his^-saww rank’. He^-saww did so.

فَقَالَ سَلِّمْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَ اسْتَقْبَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص رَبَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى وَجْهَهُ مُطْرِقاً فَقَالَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ فَأَجَابَهُ الْجَبَّارُ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ فَقَالَ وَ عَلَيْكَ السَّلَامُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ بِنِعْمَتِي قَوَّيْتُكَ عَلَى طَاعَتِي وَ بِعِصْمَتِي إِيَّاكَ اتَّخَذْتُكَ نَبِيّاً وَ حَبِيباً

He^-azwj Said: Greet, O Muhammad^-saww!” And Rasool-Allah^-saww faced his^-saww Lord^-azwj Blessed and Exalted and said: ‘The greetings be to You^-azwj!’ The Dominant, Majestic is His^-azwj Majesty Answered him^-saww Saying: ‘And upon you^-saww be the greetings, O Muhammad^-saww, and by My^-azwj Bounties I^-azwj Strengthened you^-saww upon obeying Me^-azwj, and by My^-azwj Protecting you^-saww I^-azwj Took you^-saww as a Prophet^-saww, and a Beloved”.

ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ ع وَ إِنَّمَا كَانَتِ الصَّلَاةُ الَّتِي أُمِرَ بِهَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ وَ هُوَ ص إِنَّمَا سَجَدَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ فِي كُلِّ رَكْعَةٍ عَمَّا أَخْبَرْتُكَ مِنْ تَذَكُّرِهِ لِعَظَمَةِ رَبِّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى فَجَعَلَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَرْضاً

Then Abu Al-Hassan^-asws said: ‘And rather the Salat which he^-saww had been Commanded with were of two Cycles and two Sajdahs, and he^-saww rather performed two Sajdahs during each Cycle what I^-asws informed you, from his^-saww recalling the Magnificence of his^-saww Lord^-azwj Blessed and Exalted, so Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Made it an Obligation’.

قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ وَ مَا صَادٌ الَّذِي أُمِرَ أَنْ يَغْتَسِلَ مِنْهُ فَقَالَ عَيْنٌ تَنْفَجِرُ مِنْ رُكْنٍ مِنْ أَرْكَانِ الْعَرْشِ يُقَالُ لَهُ مَاءُ الْحَيَاةِ وَ هُوَ مَا قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ ص وَ الْقُرْآنِ ذِي الذِّكْرِ إِنَّمَا أَمَرَهُ أَنْ يَتَوَضَّأَ وَ يَقْرَأَ وَ يُصَلِّيَ‏

I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you^-asws! And what is ‘Sa’ad’ which he^-saww had been Commanded to wash from it?’ He^-asws said: ‘A spring bursting forth from a corner from the corners of the Throne called ‘Water of life’, and it is what Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said: Saad! By the Quran with the Zikr [38:1]’’.[110]

73- ع، علل الشرائع عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَسَدِيِّ عَنِ الْبَرْمَكِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ‏ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَرْشِ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ عِلَّةِ الصَّلَاةِ كَيْفَ صَارَتْ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ أَرْبَعَ سَجَدَاتٍ أَلَا كَانَتْ رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ سَجْدَتَيْنِ فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ع يَزِيدُ اللَّفْظَ وَ يَنْقُصُ

‘Ilal Al Sharaie’ – Ali Bin Ahmad, from Muhammad Al Asady, from Al Barmakky, from Ali Bin Al-Abbas, from Ikrimah bin Abdul Arsh, from Hisham Bin Al Hakam who said,

‘I asked Abu Abdullah^-asws about the reason for the Salat how it came to be of two Cycles, and four Sajdahs, did it not used to be of two Cycles and two Sajdahs?’ He mentioned approximately the Hadeeth of Is’haq from Abu Al-Hassan^-asws, increasing some words and reducing’’.[111]

74- يد، التوحيد أَبِي عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَطَّارِ عَنِ ابْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْبَزَنْطِيِّ عَنِ الرِّضَا ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ بَلَغَ بِي جَبْرَئِيلُ مَكَاناً لَمْ يَطَأْهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ قَطُّ فَكَشَفَ لِي فَأَرَانِيَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مِنْ نُورِ عَظَمَتِهِ مَا أَحَبَ

‘Al Tawheed’ – My father, from Muhammad Al Attar, from Ibn Isa, from Al Bazanty,

‘From Al-Reza^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘When there was an ascension with me^-saww to the sky, Jibraeel^-as reached with me^-saww to a place Jibraeel^-as had not trodden at all. Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Uncovered for me^-saww and Showed me^-saww from the Light of His^-azwj Magnificence what I^-saww loved’’.[112]

75- ع، علل الشرائع عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ حَمْدَانَ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ مُوسَى ع قَالَ: قُلْتُ لَهُ لِأَيِّ عِلَّةٍ صَارَ التَّكْبِيرُ فِي الِافْتِتَاحِ سَبْعُ تَكْبِيرَاتٍ أَفْضَلَ وَ لِأَيِّ عِلَّةٍ يُقَالُ فِي الرُّكُوعِ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْعَظِيمِ وَ بِحَمْدِهِ

‘Ilal Al Sharaie’ – Ali Bin Hatim, from Al Qasim Bin Muhammad, from Hamdan Bin Al Husayn, from Al Husayn Bin Al-Waleed, from Al Husayn Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Zayd, from Hisham Bin Al Hakam,

‘From Abu Al-Hassan Musa^-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I said to him^-asws, ‘For which reason did the Takbeer come to be in the opening (of the Salat) as seven Takbeers being better? And for which reason it is said in the Ruku’u, ‘Glorious is my^-saww Lord^-azwj the Magnificent and by His^-azwj Praise’, and it is said in the Sajdah, ‘Glorious is my^-saww Lord^-azwj the Exalted and by His^-azwj Praise’?’

وَ يُقَالُ فِي السُّجُودِ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْأَعْلَى وَ بِحَمْدِهِ قَالَ يَا هِشَامُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ سَبْعاً وَ الْأَرَضِينَ سَبْعاً وَ الْحُجُبَ سَبْعاً فَلَمَّا أَسْرَى بِالنَّبِيِّ ص وَ كَانَ مِنْ رَبِّهِ كَقَابِ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَى‏ رُفِعَ لَهُ حِجَابٌ مِنْ حُجُبِهِ فَكَبَّرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ جَعَلَ يَقُولُ الْكَلِمَاتِ الَّتِي تُقَالُ فِي الِافْتِتَاحِ

He^-asws said: ‘O Hisham Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted Created the seven skies and the seven firmaments, and the seven Veils. When there was an ascension with the Prophet^-saww and he^-saww was from his^-saww Lord^-azwj like the (distance of) two bows or even closer, a veil from His^-azwj Veils was Lifted for him^-saww. Rasool-Allah^-saww exclaimed Takbeer, and went on saying the phrases which is said in the opening (of the Salat).

فَلَمَّا رُفِعَ لَهُ الثَّانِي كَبَّرَ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ كَذَلِكَ حَتَّى بَلَغَ سَبْعَ حُجُبٍ وَ كَبَّرَ سَبْعَ تَكْبِيرَاتٍ فَلِذَلِكَ الْعِلَّةِ تُكَبَّرُ لِلِافْتِتَاحِ فِي الصَّلَاةِ سَبْعُ تَكْبِيرَاتٍ

When the second was Lifted was for him^-saww, he^-saww exclaimed Takbeer, and he^-saww did not cease to be like that until it reached seven Veils, and he^-saww exclaimed seven Takbeers. Therefore, due to that reason, the Takbeers in the opening of the Salat are seven Takbeers’’.

فَلَمَّا ذَكَرَ مَا رَأَى مِنْ عَظَمَةِ اللَّهِ ارْتَعَدَتْ فَرَائِصُهُ فَانْبَرَكَ‏ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ وَ أَخَذَ يَقُولُ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْعَظِيمِ وَ بِحَمْدِهِ

When he^-saww recalled what he^-saww had seen from the Magnificence of Allah^-azwj his^-saww limbs trembled, and he^-saww bowed upon his^-saww knees and went on to say, ‘Glorious is my^-saww Lord^-azwj the Magnificent, and by His^-azwj Praise’.

فَلَمَّا اعْتَدَلَ مِنْ رُكُوعِهِ قَائِماً نَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ فِي مَوْضِعٍ أَعْلَى مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْمَوْضِعِ خَرَّ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّيَ الْأَعْلَى وَ بِحَمْدِهِ فَلَمَّا قَالَ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ سَكَنَ ذَلِكَ الرُّعْبُ فَلِذَلِكَ جَرَتْ بِهِ السُّنَّةُ

When he^-saww stood straight from his^-saww Ruku’u, he^-saww looked at Him^-azwj in the high place from the place, he^-saww fell upon his^-saww face and he^-saww was saying: ‘Glorious is my^-saww Lord^-azwj the Exalted and by His^-azwj Praise’. When he^-saww had said it seven times, that awe settled from him^-saww, therefore due to that the Sunnah flowed with it’’.[113]

76- ع، علل الشرائع عَلِيُّ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ حَمْدَانَ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع لِأَيِّ عِلَّةٍ أَحْرَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّجَرَةِ وَ لَمْ يُحْرِمْ مِنْ مَوْضِعٍ دُونَهُ

‘Ilal Al Sharaie’ – Ali Bin Hatim, from Al Qasim Bin Muhammad, from Hamdan Bin Al Husayn, from Al Husayn Bin Al-Waleed, from the one who mentioned it, said,

‘I said to Abu Abdullah^-asws, ‘For which reason did Rasool-Allah^-saww adorn Ihraam from (Masjid) Al-Shajarah and did not wear Ihraam from any place besides it?’

قَالَ لِأَنَّهُ لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَ صَارَ بِحِذَاءِ الشَّجَرَةِ وَ كَانَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ تَأْتِي إِلَى الْبَيْتِ الْمَعْمُورِ بِحِذَاءِ الْمَوَاضِعِ الَّتِي هِيَ مَوَاقِيتُ سِوَى الشَّجَرَةِ فَلَمَّا كَانَ فِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي بِحِذَاءِ الشَّجَرَةِ نُودِيَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ

He^-asws said: ‘When there was an ascension with him^-saww to the sky and he^-saww came to be facing to the tree, and the Angels were coming to the Bayt Al-Mamour facing towards the places which are the pausing stations besides the tree. When he^-saww was in the place which is facing the tree, He^-azwj Called out: “O Muhammad^-saww!” He^-saww said: ‘At Your^-azwj service’.

قَالَ لَبَّيْكَ قَالَ أَ لَمْ أَجِدْكَ يَتِيماً فَآوَيْتُ وَ وَجَدْتُكَ ضَالًّا فَهَدَيْتُ‏ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص إِنَّ الْحَمْدَ وَ النِّعْمَةَ لَكَ وَ الْمُلْكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ لَبَّيْكَ فَلِذَلِكَ أَحْرَمَ مِنَ الشَّجَرَةِ دُونَ الْمَوَاضِعِ كُلِّهَا

He^-azwj Said: “Did I^-azwj not Find you^-saww as being an orphan and Sheltered you^-saww, and Found you^-saww unknown so I^-azwj Guided (the people to you^-saww)?’ The Prophet^-saww said: ‘The Praise and the Bounties are for You^-azwj and (so is) the Kingdom, there is no associate for You^-azwj. At Your^-azwj service!’ Therefore, due to that, he^-saww wore Ihraam from the tree besides the (other) places, all of them’’.[114]

77- ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي الْمُفِيدُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْعَرْزَمِيِّ عَنِ الْمُعَلَّى بْنِ هِلَالٍ عَنِ الْكَلْبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص يَقُولُ‏ أَعْطَانِي اللَّهُ تَعَالَى خَمْساً وَ أَعْطَى عَلِيّاً 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 فَتَحَ لَهُ أَبْوَابَ السَّمَاءِ وَ الْحُجُبَ حَتَّى نَظَرَ إِلَيَّ وَ نَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ

Al Mufeed, from Ahmad Bin Al-Waleed, from his father, from Sa’ad, from Abdullah Bin Musa, 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 the Exalted Gave five (things) to me^-saww and Gave five (things) to Ali^-asws – He^-azwj Gave me^-saww the comprehensive speech and Gave Ali^-asws the comprehensive knowledge; and He^-azwj Made me^-saww a Prophet^-saww a Prophet^-saww and Made him^-asws a successor^-asws; and He^-azwj 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 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 إِلَيَّ فَكَلَّمَنِي وَ كَلَّمْتُهُ وَ كَلَّمَنِي رَبِّي عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ

He said: ‘Then Rasool-Allah^-saww cried, so I said to him^-saww, ‘May my father and my mother be (sacrificed) for you^-saww! What makes you^-saww cry?’ He^-saww said: ‘O Ibn Abbas! The first of what He^-azwj Spoke to me^-saww with is that He^-azwj Said: “O Muhammad^-saww! Look beneath you^-saww!” I^-saww looked at the Veils which had been torn apart, and to the gates of the sky which had opened up, and I^-saww 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 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 قَبِلْتُ وَ أَطَعْتُ

I said, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! What did your^-saww Lord^-azwj Speak to you^-saww with?’ He^-saww said: ‘He^-azwj Said to me^-saww: “O Muhammad^-saww! I^-azwj have Made Ali^-asws to be your^-saww successor^-asws and your^-saww Vizier and your^-saww Caliph from after you^-saww, so let him^-asws know of it, for there he^-asws is hearing your^-saww speech’. I^-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 accept and obey’.

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 مُحَمَّدُوَ الَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ لَقَدْ دَخَلَ السُّرُورُ عَلَى جَمِيعِ الْمَلَائِكَةِ بِاسْتِخْلَافِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَكَ ابْنَ عَمِّكَ وَ رَأَيْتُ حَمَلَةَ الْعَرْشِ قَدْ نَكَسُوا رُءُوسَهُمْ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ

Allah^-azwj Commanded the Angels to greet him^-saww. They did so and he^-saww returned the greetings to them, and he^-saww saw the Angels being welcoming with him^-asws, and I^-saww did not pass by any Angel from the Angels of the sky except they congratulated me^-asws and they said to me, ‘O Muhammad^-saww! By the One Who Sent you^-saww with the Truth, the cheerfulness has entered upon the entirety of the Angels with the appointment of the Caliph of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic for you^-saww of your^-saww cousin^-asws. And I^-saww saw the bearers of the Throne to have lowered their heads towards the earth.

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 فَإِنَّهُمُ اسْتَأْذَنُوا اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي هَذِهِ السَّاعَةِ فَأَذِنَ لَهُمْ أَنْ يَنْظُرُوا إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَنَظَرُوا إِلَيْهِ

I^-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! Why did the bearers of the Throne bow their heads?’ He^-as said: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! There is none from an Angel from the Angels except and he had looked at the face of Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws congratulating him^-asws apart from the bearers of the Throne. So, they sought Permission of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic during this time, and He^-azwj Permitted for them to be looking at Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws. They looked 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 الْخَبَرَ

When I^-saww descended, I^-saww went on to inform him^-asws of that and he^-asws informed me^-saww of it, so I^-saww came to know that I^-saww did not tread any place except and it had been Uncovered for Ali^-asws until he^-asws looked at it’ – the Hadeeth’.[115]

78- ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي ابْنُ الصَّلْتِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُقْدَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ هَارُونَ الْهَاشِمِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَالِكِ بْنِ الأبرر [الْأَبْرَدِ] النَّخَعِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ فُضَيْلِ بْنِ غَزْوَانَ الضَّبِّيِّ عَنْ مَالِكٍ‏ الْجُهَنِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ إِلَى سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهَى أُوقِفْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَبِّي عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَقُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ رَبِّي وَ سَعْدَيْكَ

‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – Ibn Al Salt, from Ibn Aqada, from Muhammad Bin Haroun Al Hashimy, from Muhammad Bin Malik Ibn Al Abrar Al Nakhaie, from Muhammad Bin Fazeyl Bin Gazwan Al Zaby, from Malik Al Jahny,

‘From Abu Ja’far Muhammad^-asws Bin Ali Bin Al-Husayn^-asws, from his^-asws father^-asws, from his^-asws grandfather Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘When there was an ascension with me^-saww to the sky, then from the sky to the sky, then to Sidrat Al-Muntaha, I^-saww paused in front of my^-saww Lord^-azwj Mighty and Majestic. He^-saww Said: “O Muhammad^-saww!” I^-saww said: ‘At Your^-azwj service and Your^-azwj Pleasure’.

قَالَ قَدْ بَلَوْتُ خَلْقِي فَأَيَّهُمْ وَجَدْتَ أَطْوَعَ لَكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ رَبِّ عَلِيّاً قَالَ صَدَقْتَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَهَلِ اتَّخَذْتَ لِنَفْسِكَ خَلِيفَةً يُؤَدِّي عَنْكَ وَ يُعَلِّمُ عِبَادِي مِنْ كِتَابِي مَا لَا يَعْلَمُونَ قَالَ قُلْتُ اخْتَرْ لِي فَإِنَّ خِيَرَتَكَ خَيْرٌ لِي

He^-azwj Said: “You^-saww have browsed My^-azwj creatures, so which of them did you^-saww find as being obedient to you^-saww?” He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww said: ‘Lord^-azwj, Ali^-asws’. He^-azwj Said: “You^-saww speak the truth, O Muhammad^-saww. Have you^-saww taken a Caliph for yourself^-saww who will accomplish on your^-saww behalf and teach My^-azwj servants from My^-azwj Book what they don’t know?’ He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww said: ‘Choose for me^-saww, for Your^-azwj Choice is better than mine^-saww’.

قَالَ قَدِ اخْتَرْتُ لَكَ عَلِيّاً فَاتَّخِذْهُ لِنَفْسِكَ خَلِيفَةً وَ وَصِيّاً وَ نحتله [نَحَلْتُهُ‏] عِلْمِي وَ حِلْمِي وَ هُوَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ حَقّاً لَمْ يَنَلْهَا أَحَدٌ قَبْلَهُ وَ لَا أَحَدٌ بَعْدَهُ

He^-azwj Said: “I^-azwj have Chosen Ali^-asws for you^-saww, so take him^-asws as a Caliph for yourself^-saww and as a successor^-asws, and We^-azwj have Given him^-asws My^-azwj Knowledge and My^-azwj Forbearance and he^-asws is Emir of the Momineen truly, none have attained it before him^-asws nor will anyone after him^-asws.

يَا مُحَمَّدُ عَلِيٌّ رَايَةُ الْهُدَى وَ إِمَامُ مَنْ أَطَاعَنِي وَ نُورُ أَوْلِيَائِي وَ هُوَ الْكَلِمَةُ الَّتِي أَلْزَمْتُهَا الْمُتَّقِينَ مَنْ‏ أَحَبَّهُ فَقَدْ أَحَبَّنِي وَ مَنْ أَبْغَضَهُ فَقَدْ أَبْغَضَنِي فَبَشِّرْهُ بِذَلِكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص رَبِّ فَقَدْ بَشَّرْتُهُ

O Muhammad^-saww! Ali^-asws is the flag of guidance, and Imam^-asws of the ones who obey Me^-azwj and Light of My^-azwj friends, and he^-asws is the Word which I^-azwj have Necessitated for the pious. One who loves him^-asws so he has loved Me^-azwj, and one who hates him^-asws so he has hated Me^-azwj, so give him^-asws the glad tidings of that, O Muhammad^-saww!” The Prophet^-saww said: ‘Lord^-azwj! I^-saww shall give him^-asws the glad tidings’.

فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ أَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ وَ فِي قَبْضَتِهِ إِنْ يُعَذِّبْنِي فَبِذُنُوبِي لَمْ يَظْلِمْنِي شَيْئاً وَ إِنْ يُتِمَّ لِي مَا وَعَدَنِي فَاللَّهُ أَوْلَى بِي

Ali^-asws said: ‘I^-asws am a servant of Allah^-azwj and in His^-azwj Grip. If He^-azwj were to Punish me^-asws it would be due to my^-asws sins. He^-azwj will not Wrong me^-asws of anything. And if He^-azwj were to Complete for me^-asws what He^-azwj has Promised me^-asws, then Allah^-azwj is Foremost with me^-asws’.

فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ أَخْلِ قَلْبَهُ‏ وَ اجْعَلْ رَبِيعَهُ الْإِيمَانَ بِكَ قَالَ قَدْ فَعَلْتُ ذَلِكَ بِهِ يَا مُحَمَّدُ غَيْرَ أَنِّي مُخْتَصُّهُ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ مِنَ الْبَلَاءِ لَمْ أَخْتَصَّ بِهِ أَحَداً مِنْ أَوْلِيَائِي قَالَ قُلْتُ رَبِّ أَخِي وَ صَاحِبِي

He^-saww said: ‘O Allah^-azwj! Strengthen his^-asws heart and Make his^-asws Eman be nourished with You^-azwj’. He^-azwj Said: “I^-azwj have Done that with him^-asws, O Muhammad^-saww, apart from that I^-azwj shall Particularise him^-asws with something from the affliction I^-saww have not Particularised anyone from My^-azwj friend with it’. He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww said: ‘Lord^-azwj! My^-saww brother^-asws and my^-saww companion!’

قَالَ إِنَّهُ قَدْ سَبَقَ فِي عِلْمِي أَنَّهُ مُبْتَلًى وَ مُبْتَلًى بِهِ وَ لَوْ لَا عَلِيٌّ لَمْ يُعْرَفْ أَوْلِيَائِي‏ وَ لَا أَوْلِيَاءُ رُسُلِي

He^-azwj Said: ‘It has preceded in My^-azwj Knowledge that he^-asws will be Tried and Tried with it, and had it not been for Ali^-asws My^-azwj friend would not be known nor the friends of My^-azwj Rasool^-saww.[116]

79- فس، تفسير القمي خَالِدٌ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَيَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَالِكٍ الْأَزْدِيِ‏ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْجُعْفِيِّ قَالَ: كُنْتُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ قَاعِداً وَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع فِي نَاحِيَةٍ فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَنَظَرَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ مَرَّةً وَ إِلَى الْكَعْبَةِ مَرَّةً ثُمَّ قَالَ‏ سُبْحانَ الَّذِي أَسْرى‏ بِعَبْدِهِ‏ لَيْلًا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرامِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَقْصَى‏ وَ كَرَّرَ ذَلِكَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ أَيَّ شَيْ‏ءٍ يَقُولُ أَهْلُ الْعِرَاقِ فِي هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ يَا عِرَاقِيُّ

‘Tafseer Al-Qummi’ – Khalid, from Ibn Mahboub, from Muhammad Bin Sayar, from Abu Malik Al Azdy, from Ismail Al Ju’fy who said,

‘I was seated in the Sacred Masjid and Abu Ja’far^-asws was in a corner. He^-asws raised his^-asws head and looked at the sky once and to the Kabah once, then said: ‘Glorified is He Who Journeyed His Servant on a night from the Sacred Masjid to Masjid Al-Aqsa [17:1]’, and repeated that three times. Then he^-asws turned towards me and said: ‘Which thing are they saying, the people of Al-Iraq, regarding this Verse, O Iraqi?’

قُلْتُ يَقُولُونَ أُسْرِيَ بِهِ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ‏ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ الْمُقَدَّسِ

He said, ‘They are saying, ‘He^-saww was journeyed with from the Sacred Masjid to Bayt Al-Maqdas’.

فَقَالَ لَيْسَ هُوَ كَمَا يَقُولُونَ وَ لَكِنَّهُ أُسْرِيَ بِهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ إِلَى هَذِهِ‏ وَ أَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَ قَالَ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا حَرَمٌ

He^-asws said: ‘It isn’t as they are saying, but he^-saww was journeyed with from this (here) to this’ – and gestured by his^-asws hand towards the sky, and said: ‘There is no Sanctuary (Hurrum) between the two’’.

قَالَ فَلَمَّا انْتُهِيَ بِهِ إِلَى سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهَى تَخَلَّفَ عَنْهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ أَ فِي مِثْلِ هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ تَخْذُلُنِي فَقَالَ تَقَدَّمْ أَمَامَكَ فَوَ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ بَلَغْتَ مَبْلَغاً لَمْ يَبْلُغْهُ خَلْقٌ مِنْ خَلْقِ اللَّهِ قَبْلَكَ فَرَأَيْتُ رَبِّي‏ وَ حَالَ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَهُ السُّبْحَةُ

He^-asws said: ‘When he^-as ended with him^-saww to Sidrat Al-Muntaha, Jibraeel^-as stayed behind from him^-saww. Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! In the like of this place you^-as are abandoning me^-saww?’ He^-as said: ‘Proceed in front of you^-saww, for by Allah^-azwj, you^-saww have reached such a place no creature from the creatures of Allah^-azwj has reached before you^-saww’. Then, I^-saww saw (the Light) of my^-saww Lord^-azwj and the Light came between me^-saww and Him^-azwj’.

قَالَ قُلْتُ وَ مَا السُّبْحَةُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ فَأَوْمَأَ بِوَجْهِهِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ وَ أَوْمَأَ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ جَلَالٌ رَبِّي جَلَالٌ رَبِّي ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ

He (the narrator) said, ‘I said, ‘And what is the Light, may I be sacrificed for you^-asws?’ He^-asws gestured by his^-asws face to the ground and gestured by his^-asws hand to the sky and he^-asws said: ‘Majesty of my^-asws Lord^-azwj, Majesty of my^-asws Lord^-azwj’ – three times.

قَالَ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ يَا رَبِّ قَالَ فِيمَ اخْتَصَمَ الْمَلَأُ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ قُلْتُ سُبْحَانَكَ لَا عِلْمَ لِي إِلَّا مَا عَلَّمْتَنِي

He (the narrator) said: ‘Allah^-azwj Said: “O Muhammad^-saww!” I^-saww said: ‘At Your^-azwj service, O Lord^-azwj!’. He^-azwj Said: “Regarding what is the high assembly quarrelling?” He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww said: ‘Glory be to You^-azwj! There is no knowledge for me^-saww except what You^-azwj Teach me^-saww’.

قَالَ فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ‏ بَيْنَ ثَدْيَيَّ فَوَجَدْتُ بَرْدَهَا بَيْنَ كَتِفَيَّ قَالَ فَلَمْ يَسْأَلْنِي عَمَّا مَضَى وَ لَا عَمَّا بَقِيَ إِلَّا عَلِمْتُهُ‏

He^-saww said: ‘He^-azwj Placed His^-azwj Hand (of Power) between my^-saww breasts and I^-saww found its coolness between my^-saww shoulders. He^-saww said: ‘He^-azwj did not Ask me^-saww about what is past nor about what remains except I^-saww knew it’. He^-azwj Said: “O Muhammad^-saww! Regarding what is the high assembly quarrelling?’ He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww said: ‘O Lord^-azwj! Regarding the ranks, and the expiations, and the good deeds’.

فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فِيمَ اخْتَصَمَ الْمَلَأُ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَبِّ فِي الدَّرَجَاتِ وَ الْكَفَّارَاتِ وَ الْحَسَنَاتِ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّهُ قَدِ انْقَضَتْ نُبُوَّتُكَ وَ انْقَطَعَ أَكْلُكَ فَمَنْ وَصِيُّكَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَبِّ إِنِّي قَدْ بَلَوْتُ خَلْقَكَ فَلَمْ أَرَ فِيهِمْ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ أَحَداً أَطْوَعَ لِي مِنْ عَلِيٍّ فَقَالَ وَ لِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ

He^-azwj Said: “O Muhammad^-saww! Your^-saww Prophet-hood has expired and your^-saww consumption terminated, so who is your^-saww successor^-asws?’ I^-saww said: ‘O Lord^-azwj! I^-saww had browsed Your^-azwj creatures but I^-saww could not find among them anyone from Your^-azwj creatures more obedient to me^-saww than Ali^-asws’. He^-azwj Said: “And (obedient) to Me^-azwj, O Muhammad^-saww’.

فَقُلْتُ يَا رَبِّ إِنِّي قَدْ بَلَوْتُ خَلْقَكَ فَلَمْ أَرَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ أَحَداً أَشَدَّ حُبّاً لِي مِنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ قَالَ وَ لِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَبَشِّرْهُ بِأَنَّهُ رَايَةُ الْهُدَى وَ إِمَامُ أَوْلِيَائِي وَ نُورٌ لِمَنْ أَطَاعَنِي وَ الْكَلِمَةُ الْبَاقِيَةُ الَّتِي أَلْزَمْتُهَا الْمُتَّقِينَ مَنْ أَحَبَّهُ أَحَبَّنِي وَ مَنْ أَبْغَضَهُ أَبْغَضَنِي مَعَ مَا أَنِّي أَخُصُّهُ بِمَا لَمْ أَخُصَّ بِهِ أَحَداً

I^-saww said: ‘O Lord^-azwj! I^-saww have browsed Your^-azwj creatures but I^-saww could not find anyone of more intense love for me^-saww than Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws’. He^-azwj Said: “And (love for) Me^-azwj, O Muhammad^-saww, so give him^-asws the glad tidings that he^-asws is the flag of guidance, and Imam^-asws of My^-azwj friends, and Light of the ones who obey Me^-azwj, and the lasting Word which I^-azwj Necessitated for the pious. One who loves him^-asws loves Me^-azwj, and one who hates him^-asws hates Me^-azwj, along with what I^-azwj have Specialised him^-asws with (afflictions) what I^-azwj have not Specialised anyone else with”.

فَقُلْتُ يَا رَبِّ أَخِي وَ صَاحِبِي‏وَ وَزِيرِي وَ وَارِثِي فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ أَمْرٌ قَدْ سَبَقَ أَنَّهُ مُبْتَلًى وَ مُبْتَلًى بِهِ مَعَ مَا أَنِّي قَدْ نَحَلْتُهُ وَ نَحَلْتُهُ وَ نَحَلْتُهُ وَ نَحَلْتُهُ أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْيَاءَ عَقَدَهَا بِيَدِهِ وَ لَا يُفْصِحْ بِهَا عَقْدُهَا

I^-saww said, ‘O Lord^-azwj! (He^-asws is) my^-saww brother, and my^-saww Vizier, and my^-saww inheritor’. He^-azwj Said: “It is a matter which has preceded (in My^-azwj Knowledge). He^-asws will be afflicted and afflicted with it, along with what I^-azwj have Attributed him^-asws, and Attributing him^-asws, and Attributed him^-asws, and Attributed him^-asws four things held by his^-asws hand, his^-asws holding not disclosed by it”’.

وَ رُوِيَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص قَالَ: قَالَ لِي رَبِّي أَ تَدْرِي فِيمَ يَخْتَصِمُ الْمَلَأُ الْأَعْلَى فَقُلْتُ لَا قَالَ اخْتَصَمُوا فِي الْكَفَّارَاتِ وَ الدَّرَجَاتِ فَأَمَّا الْكَفَّارَاتُ فَإِسْبَاغُ الْوُضُوءِ فِي السَّبَرَاتِ‏ وَ نَقْلُ الْأَقْدَامِ إِلَى الْجَمَاعَاتِ وَ انْتِظَارُ الصَّلَاةِ بَعْدَ الصَّلَاةِ وَ أَمَّا الدَّرَجَاتُ فَإِفْشَاءُ السَّلَامِ وَ إِطْعَامُ الطَّعَامِ وَ الصَّلَاةُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ النَّاسُ نِيَامٌ انْتَهَى‏

And it is reported from Ibn Abbas, from the Prophet^-saww having said: ‘My^-saww Lord^-azwj Said to me^-saww: “Do you^-saww know regarding what the high assembly is quarrelling?’ I^-saww said: ‘No’. He^-azwj Said: “They are quarrelling regarding the expiations, and the ranks. As for the expiations, so it is perfecting the Wudu’u in the extreme cold (weather), and transferring the feet to the congregation (Salat), and awaiting the Salat after the Salat. And as for the ranks, it is initiating the Salam, and feeding the good, and the Salat at night while the people sleep” – end.[117]

80- فس، تفسير القمي أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ جَمِيلٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ دَخَلْتُ الْجَنَّةَ فَرَأَيْتُ فِيهَا قيعان [قِيعَاناً] بَيْضَاءَ وَ رَأَيْتُ فِيهَا مَلَائِكَةً يَبْنُونَ لَبِنَةً مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَ لَبِنَةً مِنْ فِضَّةٍ وَ رُبَّمَا أَمْسَكُوا فَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ مَا لَكُمْ رُبَّمَا بَنَيْتُمْ وَ رُبَّمَا أَمْسَكْتُمْ فَقَالُوا حَتَّى تَجِيئَنَا النَّفَقَةُ

‘Tafseer Al-Qummi’ – My father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Jameel,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘When there was an ascension with me^-saww to the sky, I^-saww entered Paradise and I^-saww saw therein Angels building buildings of gold and building of silver, and sometimes they would withhold. I^-saww said to them: ‘What is the matter with you, sometimes you are building and at times you are withholding?’ They said, ‘Until the fees come to us’.

فَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ وَ مَا نَفَقَتُكُمْ فَقَالُوا قَوْلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ فِي الدُّنْيَا سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ فَإِذَا قَالَ بَنَيْنَا وَ إِذَا أَمْسَكَ أَمْسَكْنَا

I^-saww said to them: ‘And what is your fee?’ They said, ‘The word of the Momin in the world: ‘Glorious is Allah^-azwj, and the Praise is for Allah^-azwj, and there is no god except Allah^-azwj, and Allah^-azwj is the Greatest’. When he says (it), we build, and when he withholds, we withhold’’.[118]

81- ص، قصص الأنبياء عليهم السلام عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الصَّادِقَ ع يَقُولُ‏ إِنَّ جَبْرَئِيلَ ع احْتَمَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص حَتَّى انْتَهَى بِهِ إِلَى مَكَانٍ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ تَرَكَهُ وَ قَالَ مَا وَطِئَ نَبِيٌّ قَطُّ مَكَانَكَ

‘Qasas Al-Anbiya^-as’ – From Abu Baseer who said,

‘I heard Al-Sadiq^-asws saying: ‘Jibraeel^-as carried Rasool-Allah^-saww until he^-as ended up with him^-saww to a place of the sky, then left him^-saww, and said: ‘No Prophet^-saww had trodden in your^-saww place at all’.

وَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص أَتَانِي جَبْرَئِيلُ وَ أَنَا بِمَكَّةَ فَقَالَ قُمْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَقُمْتُ مَعَهُ وَ خَرَجْتُ إِلَى الْبَابِ فَإِذَا جَبْرَئِيلُ وَ مَعَهُ مِيكَائِيلُ وَ إِسْرَافِيلُ فَأَتَى جَبْرَئِيلُ بِالْبُرَاقِ وَ كَانَ فَوْقَ الْحِمَارِ وَ دُونَ الْبَغْلِ خَدُّهُ كَخَدِّ الْإِنْسَانِ وَ ذَنَبُهُ كَذَنَبِ الْبَقَرِ وَ عُرْفُهُ كَعُرْفِ الْفَرَسِ وَ قَوَائِمُهُ كَقَوَائِمِ الْإِبِلِ عَلَيْهِ رَحْلٌ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ وَ لَهُ جَنَاحَانِ مِنْ فَخِذَيْهِ خَطْوُهُ مُنْتَهَى طَرْفِهِ‏

And the Prophet^-saww said: ‘Jibraeel^-as came to me^-saww and I^-saww was in Makkah. He^-as said: ‘Arise, O Muhammad^-saww!’ I^-saww stood with him^-as and went out to the door, and there was Jibraeel^-as and with him^-as was Mikaeel^-as and Israfeel^-as. Jibraeel^-as came with Al-Buraq, and it is larger than the donkey and smaller than the mule, its cheek like the cheeks of the human being, and its tail is like the tail of the cow, and its aroma is like aroma of the horse, and its legs like the legs of the camel, upon it was a carriage from Paradise, and for him are two wings from its thighs, its step ends to the extent of the sight’.

فَقَالَ ارْكَبْ فَرَكِبْتُ وَ مَضَيْتُ حَتَّى انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ وَ لَمَّا انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَيْهِ إِذَا الْمَلَائِكَةُ نَزَلَتْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ بِالْبِشَارَةِ وَ الْكَرَامَةِ مِنْ عِنْدِ رَبِّ الْعِزَّةِ وَ صَلَّيْتُ فِي بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ وَ فِي بَعْضِهَا بَشَّرَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ فِي رَهْطٍ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ ثُمَّ وَصَفَ مُوسَى وَ عِيسَى صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمَا

He^-as said: ‘Ride’. I^-saww rode and went until I^-saww ended to Bayt Al-Maqdas, and when I^-saww ended up to it, there the Angels descended from the sky with the glad tidings and the honours from the Presence of the Lord^-azwj of Mighty; and I^-saww prayed in Bayt Al-Maqdas – and during part of it Ibrahim^-as gave me^-saww glad tidings among a group of the Prophets, then described Musa^-as and Isa^-as.

ثُمَّ أَخَذَ جَبْرَئِيلُ بِيَدِي إِلَى الصَّخْرَةِ فَأَقْعَدَنِي عَلَيْهَا فَإِذَا مِعْرَاجٌ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ لَمْ أَرَ مِثْلَهَا حُسْناً وَ جَمَالًا فَصَعِدْتُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا وَ رَأَيْتُ عَجَائِبَهَا وَ مَلَكُوتَهَا وَ مَلَائِكَهَا يُسَلِّمُونَ عَلَيَّ

Then Jibraeel^-as grabbed my^-saww hand to the rock and guided me^-saww to it. Then there was an ascension to the sky I^-saww had not seen the like of it in beauty and grace. I^-saww ascended to the sky of the world and saw its marvels and its kingdoms, and its Angels greeted unto me^-saww.

ثُمَّ صُعِدَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الثَّالِثَةِ فَرَأَيْتُ بِهَا يُوسُفَ ع ثُمَّ صَعِدْتُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الرَّابِعَةِ فَرَأَيْتُ فِيهَا إِدْرِيسَ ع ثُمَّ صُعِدَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الْخَامِسَةِ فَرَأَيْتُ فِيهَا هَارُونَ ع ثُمَّ صُعِدَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ السَّادِسَةِ فَإِذَا فِيهَا خَلْقٌ كَثِيرٌ يَمُوجُ بَعْضُهُمْ فِي بَعْضٍ وَ فِيهَا الْكَرُوبِيُّونَ

Then he^-as ascended with me^-saww to the third sky and I^-saww saw Yusuf^-as at it. Then I^-saww ascended to the fourth sky and saw Idrees^-as in it. Then he^-as ascended with me^-saww to the fifth sky and I^-saww saw therein Haroun^-as. Then he^-as ascended with me^-saww to the sixth sky, and therein were a lot of creatures, some of them rippling in others, and therein are the (Angels of) Proximity’.

قَالَ ثُمَّ صُعِدَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ السَّابِعَةِ فَأَبْصَرْتُ فِيهَا خَلْقاً وَ مَلَائِكَةً

He^-saww said: ‘Then he^-as ascended with me^-saww to the seventh sky and saw therein creatures and Angels’.

وَ فِي حَدِيثٍ آخَرَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص‏ رَأَيْتُ فِي السَّمَاءِ السَّادِسَةِ مُوسَى ع وَ رَأَيْتُ فِي السَّابِعَةِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ع

And in another Hadeeth – The Prophet^-saww said: ‘I^-saww saw Musa^-as in the sixth sky, and I^-saww saw Ibrahim^-as in the seventh’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ جَاوَزْنَا مُتَصَاعِدَيْنِ إِلَى أَعْلَى عِلِّيِّينَ وَ وَصَفَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى أَنْ قَالَ ثُمَّ كَلَّمَنِي رَبِّي وَ كَلَّمْتُهُ وَ رَأَيْتُ الْجَنَّةَ وَ النَّارَ وَ رَأَيْتُ الْعَرْشَ وَ سِدْرَةَ الْمُنْتَهَى

Then he^-saww said: ‘We exceeded our ascent to the high Illiyeen’ – and he^-saww described that up to he^-saww said: ‘Then my^-saww Lord^-azwj Spoke to me^-saww and I^-saww spoke to Him^-azwj; and I^-saww saw Paradise and the Fire, and I^-saww saw the Throne, and Sidrat Al-Muntaha’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ رَجَعْتُ إِلَى مَكَّةَ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْتُ حَدَّثْتُ بِهِ النَّاسَ فَأَكْذَبَنِي أَبُو جَهْلٍ وَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ وَ قَالَ مُطْعِمُ بْنُ عَدِيٍّ أَ تَزْعُمُ أَنَّكَ سِرْتَ مَسِيرَةَ شَهْرَيْنِ فِي سَاعَةٍ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ كَاذِبٌ ثُمَّ قَالَتْ قُرَيْشٌ أَخْبِرْنَا عَمَّا رَأَيْتَ

Then he^-saww said: ‘I^-saww returned to Makkah. When it was morning I^-saww narrated it to the people, but Abu Jahl^-la and the Polytheists belied me^-saww, and Mat’am Bin Aday said, ‘Are you^-saww claiming that you travelled a travel distance of two months in a moment? I testify that you^-saww are a liar’. Then Quraysh said, ‘Inform us about what you^-saww saw’.

فَقَالَ مَرَرْتُ بِعِيرِ بَنِي فُلَانٍ وَ قَدْ أَضَلُّوا بَعِيراً لَهُمْ وَ هُمْ فِي طَلَبِهِ وَ فِي رَحْلِهِمْ قَعْبٌ مِنْ مَاءٍ مَمْلُوٍّ فَشَرِبْتُ الْمَاءَ فَغَطَّيْتُهُ كَمَا كَانَ فَسَأَلُوهُمْ هَلْ وَجَدُوا الْمَاءَ فِي الْقَدَحِ قَالُوا هَذِهِ آيَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ

He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww passed by a caravan of the clan of so and so and a camel of theirs had strayed, and they were seeking it, and in their saddle there was a mug filled with water. I^-saww drank the water and covered it just as it was, so ask them, did they find the water in the mug?’ They said, ‘This is one sign.

فَقَالَ ص مَرَرْتُ بِعِيرِ بَنِي فُلَانٍ فَنَفَرَ بَعِيرُ فُلَانٍ فَانْكَسَرَتْ يَدُهُ فَسَأَلُوهُمْ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالُوا هَذِهِ آيَةٌ أُخْرَى

He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww passed by a caravan of so and so, and a camel of so and so had fled and broke its hand, so ask them about that’. They said, ‘This is another sign’.

قَالُوا فَأَخْبِرْنَا عَنْ عِيرِنَا قَالَ مَرَرْتُ بِهَا بِالتَّنْعِيمِ وَ بَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَحْوَالَهَا وَ هَيْئَاتِهَا قَالُوا هَذِهِ آيَةٌ أُخْرَى

They said, ‘Inform us about our caravan’. He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww passed by it at Tan’eem’, and he^-saww explained to them their situations and their appearances. They said, ‘This is another sign’’.[119]

82- ير، بصائر الدرجات إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ سِنَانٍ وَ غَيْرِهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ لَقَدْ أَسْرَى بِي رَبِّي فَأَوْحَى إِلَيَّ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْحِجَابِ مَا أَوْحَى وَ كَلَّمَنِي وَ كَانَ مِمَّا كَلَّمَنِي أَنْ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ عَلِيٌّ الْأَوَّلُ وَ عَلِيٌّ الْآخِرُ وَ الظَّاهِرُ وَ الْبَاطِنُ وَ هُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ عَلِيمٌ ‏

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Ibrahim Bin Al Hashim, from Al Barqy, from Ibn Sinan and other, from Abdullah Bin Sinan who said,

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘My^-saww Lord^-azwj Ascended me^-saww and Revealed to me^-saww from behind the Veil what He^-azwj Revealed, and Spoke to me^-saww, and from what He^-azwj Spoke to me^-saww was that He^-azwj Said: “O Muhammad^-saww! Ali^-asws is the first, and Ali is the last, and the apparent and the hidden, and he^-asws is a knower of all things!”

فَقَالَ يَا رَبِّ أَ لَيْسَ ذَلِكَ أَنْتَ

He^-saww said: ‘O Lord^-azwj! Isn’t that You^-azwj (Your^-azwj Description)?’

قَالَ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَنَا اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنَا الْمَلِكُ الْقُدُّوسُ السَّلامُ الْمُؤْمِنُ الْمُهَيْمِنُ الْعَزِيزُ الْجَبَّارُ الْمُتَكَبِّرُ سُبْحانَ اللَّهِ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ‏ إِنِّي أَنَا اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنَا الْخالِقُ الْبارِئُ الْمُصَوِّرُ لِيَ الْأَسْمَاءُ الْحُسْنَى يُسَبِّحُ لِي مَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرَضِينَ وَ أَنَا الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ

He^-saww said: ‘He^-azwj Said: “O Muhammad^-saww! I^-azwj am Allah^-azwj. There is no god except I^-azwj, the King, the Holy, the Granter of safety, the Securer, the Dominant, the Mighty, the Sub-duer, the Great. Glorious is Allah^-azwj from what they are associating. Me^-azwj, I^-saww am Allah^-azwj. There is no god except I^-azwj, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner. For Me^-azwj are the most beautiful Names. They glorify to Me^-azwj, the ones in the skies and the earths, and I^-azwj am the Mighty, the Wise.

يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنِّي أَنَا اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنَا الْأَوَّلُ وَ لَا شَيْ‏ءَ قَبْلِي وَ أَنَا الْآخِرُ فَلَا شَيْ‏ءَ بَعْدِي وَ أَنَا الظَّاهِرُ فَلَا شَيْ‏ءَ فَوْقِي وَ أَنَا الْبَاطِنُ فَلَا شَيْ‏ءَ تَحْتِي وَ أَنَا اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنَا بِكُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ عَلِيمٌ

O Muhammad^-saww! Me^-azwj, I^-azwj am Allah^-azwj. There is no god except I^-azwj, the First, and there is nothing before Me^-azwj, and I^-azwj am the Last, so there is nothing after Me^-azwj, and I^-azwj am the Apparent, so there is nothing above Me^-azwj, and I^-azwj am the Hidden, so there is nothing beneath Me^-azwj, and I^-azwj am Allah^-azwj, there is no god except I^-azwj, being a Knower of all things!”

يَا مُحَمَّدُ عَلِيٌّ الْأَوَّلُ أَوَّلُ مَنْ أَخَذَ مِيثَاقِي مِنَ الْأَئِمَّةِ

O Muhammad^-saww! Ali^-asws is the first – the first one from the Imams^-asws I^-azwj Took My^-azwj Covenant.

يَا مُحَمَّدُ عَلِيٌّ الْآخِرُ آخِرُ مَنْ أَقْبِضُ رُوحَهُ مِنَ الْأَئِمَّةِ وَ هِيَ الدَّابَّةُ الَّتِي تُكَلِّمُهُمْ

O Muhammad^-saww! Ali^-asws is the last – the last one I^-azwj from the Imams^-asws I^-azwj shall be Capturing his^-asws soul, and it is the walker which will speak to them.

يَا مُحَمَّدُ عَلِيٌّ الظَّاهِرُ أُظْهِرُ عَلَيْهِ جَمِيعَ مَا أَوْحَيْتُهُ‏ إِلَيْكَ لَيْسَ لَكَ أَنْ تَكْتُمَ مِنْهُ شَيْئاً

O Muhammad^-saww! Ali^-asws is the apparent – It is apparent unto him^-asws the entirety of I^-azwj Revealed to you^-saww. It isn’t for you^-saww that you^-saww conceal anything from him^-asws.

يَا مُحَمَّدُ عَلِيٌّ الْبَاطِنُ أَبْطَنْتُهُ سِرِّيَ الَّذِي أَسْرَرْتُهُ إِلَيْكَ فَلَيْسَ فِيمَا بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَكَ سِرٌّ أَزْوِيهِ‏

O Muhammad^-saww! Ali^-asws is the hidden – I^-azwj have Hidden the secrets in him^-asws which I^-azwj had Confided to you^-saww, so there aren’t any secrets between Me^-azwj and you^-saww I^-azwj Impeded him^-asws from.

يَا مُحَمَّدُ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ مَا خَلَقْتُ مِنْ حَلَالٍ أَوْ حَرَامٍ إِلَّا وَ عَلِيٌّ عَلِيمٌ بِهِ‏

O Muhammad^-saww! About Ali^-asws, I^-azwj have not Created anything from a Permissible or a Prohibition except and Ali^-asws is a knower of it”’.[120]

83- صح، صحيفة الرضا عليه السلام عَنِ الرِّضَا ع عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع‏ لَمَّا بَدَأَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص بِتَعْلِيمِ الْأَذَانِ أَتَى جَبْرَئِيلُ ع بِالْبُرَاقِ‏ فاسْتَعْصَتْ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ أَتَى بِدَابَّةٍ يُقَالُ لَهَا بَرْقَةُ فاسْتَعْصَتْ‏ فَقَالَ لَهَا جَبْرَئِيلُ اسْكُنِي بَرْقَةُ فَمَا رَكِبَكِ‏ أَحَدٌ أَكْرَمُ عَلَى اللَّهِ مِنْهُ‏

From Al-Reza^-asws, from his^-asws forefathers^-asws having said: ‘Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws said: ‘When Rasool-Allah^-saww began learning the Azaan, Jibraeel^-as came with Al-Buraq and he^-saww hesitated to it. Then he^-saww brought an animal called Barqa, and he^-saww hesitated. Jibraeel^-as said to it: ‘Calm down Barqa, for no one has ridden you more honourable unto Allah^-azwj than him^-saww’.

قَالَ ص فَرَكِبْتُهَا حَتَّى انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى الْحِجَابِ الَّذِي يَلِي الرَّحْمَنَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَخَرَجَ مَلَكٌ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْحِجَابِ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ قَالَ ص قُلْتُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ مَنْ هَذَا الْمَلَكُ قَالَ وَ الَّذِي أَكْرَمَكَ بِالنُّبُوَّةِ مَا رَأَيْتُ هَذَا الْمَلَكَ قَبْلَ سَاعَتِي هَذِهِ فَقَالَ الْمَلَكُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ فَنُودِيَ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْحِجَابِ صَدَقَ عَبْدِي أَنَا أَكْبَرُ أَنَا أَكْبَرُ

He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww rode it until I^-saww ended up to the Veils which lead to the Beneficent, Mighty and Majestic. An Angel came out from behind the Veil and said: ‘Allah^-azwj is the Greatest! Allah^-azwj is the Greatest!’ He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! Who is this Angel?’ He^-as said: ‘By the One^-azwj Who Honoured you^-saww with the Prophet-hood! I^-as have not seen this Angel before this time of mine’. The Angel said: ‘Allah^-azwj is the Greatest! Allah^-azwj is the Greatest!’ He^-azwj Called out from behind the Veil: “My^-azwj servant speak the truth. I^-azwj am the Greatest! I^-azwj am the Greatest!’

قَالَ ص فَقَالَ الْمَلَكُ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ فَنُودِيَ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْحِجَابِ صَدَقَ عَبْدِي أَنَا اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنَا

He^-saww said: ‘The Angel said: ‘I testify that there is no god except Allah^-azwj. I testify that there is no god except Allah^-azwj!’ He^-azwj Called out from behind the Veil: “My servant speaks the truth that there is no god except I^-azwj!”

فَقَالَ ص فَقَالَ الْمَلَكُ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اللَّهِ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَنُودِيَ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْحِجَابِ صَدَقَ عَبْدِي أَنَا أَرْسَلْتُ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولًا

He^-saww said: ‘The Angel said, ‘I testify that Muhammad^-saww is Rasool^-saww of Allah^-azwj. I testify that Muhammad^-saww is Rasool^-saww of Allah^-azwj!’ He^-azwj Called out from behind the Veil: “My servant speaks the truth, I^-azwj Sent Muhammad^-saww as a Rasool^-saww!”

قَالَ ص فَقَالَ الْمَلَكُ حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ حَيَّ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ فَنُودِيَ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْحِجَابِ صَدَقَ عَبْدِي وَ دَعَا إِلَى عِبَادَتِي

He^-saww said: ‘The Angels said, ‘Hasten to the Salat, hasten to the Salat!’ He^-azwj Called out from behind the Veil: “My^-azwj servant speaks the truth, and he calls out to My^-azwj servants!”

قَالَ ص فَقَالَ الْمَلَكُ حَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلَاحِ حَيَّ عَلَى الْفَلَاحِ فَنُودِيَ مِنْ وَرَاءِ الْحِجَابِ صَدَقَ عَبْدِي وَ دَعَا إِلَى عِبَادَتِي

He^-saww said: ‘The Angel said, ‘Hasten to the success, hasten to the success!’ He^-azwj Called out from behind the Veil: “My servant speaks the truth, and calls to My^-azwj servants!”

فَقَالَ الْمَلَكُ‏ قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَنْ وَاظَبَ عَلَيْهَا قَالَ ص فَيَوْمَئِذٍ أَكْمَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لِيَ الشَّرَفَ عَلَى الْأَوَّلِينَ وَ الْآخِرِينَ‏

The Angel said, ‘He has succeeded, the one has persevered upon it’. He^-saww said: ‘On that day Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Perfected the nobility for me^-saww over the former ones and the latter ones’’.[121]

84- يج، الخرائج و الجرائح رُوِيَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ: لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِي نَزَلَ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع بِالْبُرَاقِ وَ هُوَ أَصْغَرُ مِنَ الْبَغْلِ وَ أَكْبَرُ مِنَ الْحِمَارِ مُضْطَرِبُ الْأُذُنَيْنِ عَيْنَاهُ فِي حَوَافِرِهِ خُطَاهُ مَدَّ بَصَرِهِ‏ لَهُ جَنَاحَانِ يَحْفِزَانِهِ مِنْ خَلْفِهِ‏ عَلَيْهِ سَرْجٌ مِنْ يَاقُوتٍ فِيهِ مِنْ كُلِّ لَوْنٍ أَهْدَبُ الْعُرْفِ الْأَيْمَنِ

‘Al-Kharaij Wa Al-Jaraih’ – It is reported from Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘When there was an ascension with me^-saww, Jibraeel^-as descended with Al-Buraq, and it is smaller than the mule and bigger than the donkey (smaller than the donkey and bigger than the mule), restless of the ears, its eyes being in its hooves, its step to the extent of its sight. There are two wings for it flowing from behind it, upon it was a saddle of ruby wherein was from every variety, having long lashes.

فَوَقَّفَهُ عَلَى بَابِ خَدِيجَةَ وَ دَخَلَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَمَرِحَ الْبُرَاقُ فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِ جَبْرَئِيلُ فَقَالَ اسْكُنْ فَإِنَّمَا يَرْكَبُكَ خَيْرُ الْبَشَرِ أَحَبُّ خَلْقِ اللَّهِ إِلَيْهِ فَسَكَنَ

He^-as paused it at the door of (Syeda Khadeeja^-asws) and entered to see Rasool-Allah^-saww. Al-Buraq neighed, so Jibraeel^-as came out to it and said: ‘Calm down, for rather the best of the created beings is to ride you, the most Beloved of the creatures of Allah^-azwj to Him^-azwj’. It calmed down.

فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَرَكِبَ لَيْلًا وَ تَوَجَّهَ نَحْوَ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ فَاسْتَقْبَلَ شيخا [شَيْخٌ‏] فَقَالَ‏ هَذَا أَبُوكَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ فَثَنَّى رِجْلَهُ وَ هَمَّ بِالنُّزُولِ‏ فَقَالَ جَبْرَئِيلُ كَمَا أَنْتَ فَجَمَعَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ مِنْ أَنْبِيَائِهِ بِبَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ فَأَذَّنَ جَبْرَئِيلُ فَتَقَدَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ

Rasool-Allah^-saww came out and rode at night and headed towards Bayt Al-Maqdas. An old man met him^-saww. He^-as said: ‘This is your^-saww father^-as Ibrahim^-as. He^-saww coupled his^-saww legs and thought of descending. Jibraeel^-as said: ‘Stay are you^-saww are’. He^-as gathered whatever Allah^-azwj so Desired from His^-azwj Prophets^-as in Bayt Al-Maqdas, and Jibraeel^-as proclaimed the Azaan. Rasool-Allah^-saww proceeded and led Salat with them’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع فِي قَوْلِهِ‏ فَإِنْ كُنْتَ فِي شَكٍّ مِمَّا أَنْزَلْنا إِلَيْكَ فَسْئَلِ الَّذِينَ يَقْرَؤُنَ الْكِتابَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ‏ هَؤُلَاءِ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ الَّذِينَ جُمِعُوا فَلا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ المُمْتَرِينَ‏ قَالَ فَلَمْ يَشُكَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ لَمْ يَسْأَلْ

Then Abu Ja’far^-asws said regarding His^-azwj Words: But if you are in doubt of what We Revealed to you, then ask those who have read the Book from before you. [10:94]: ‘They are the Prophets^-as, those who had gathered, therefore do not become from the doubters [10:94]. Rasool-Allah^-saww did not doubt and did not ask’.

وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى‏ أَنَّ الْبُرَاقَ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَسْكُنُ لِرُكُوبِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص إِلَّا بَعْدَ شَرْطِهِ أَنْ يَكُونَ مَرْكُوبَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ

And in another report – ‘Al-Buraq did not happen to calm down for the riding of Rasool-Allah^-saww except after the condition that he^-saww will be riding it on the Day of Qiyamah’’.[122]

85- يج، الخرائج و الجرائح رُوِيَ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ع‏ أَنَّهُ لَمَّا كَانَ بَعْدَ ثَلَاثِ سِنِينَ مِنْ مَبْعَثِهِ ص أُسْرِيَ بِهِ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ وَ عُرِجَ بِهِ مِنْهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ لَيْلَةَ الْمِعْرَاجِ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ مِنْ لَيْلَتِهِ حَدَّثَ قُرَيْشاً بِخَبَرِ مِعْرَاجِهِ فَقَالَ جُهَّالُهُمْ مَا أَكْذَبَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ وَ قَالَ أَمْثَالُهُمْ‏ يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ فَبِمَ نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ صَادِقٌ فِي قَوْلِكَ هَذَا

‘Al-Kharaij Wa Al-Jaraih’ – It is reported from Ali^-asws that when it was after three years from his^-saww Sending, there was ascension with him^-saww to Bayt al-Maqdas, and there was an ascension with him^-saww from it to the sky on the night of Mi’raj. When it was morning from its night, he^-saww narrated to Quraysh with the news of his^-saww Mi’raj (Ascension). Their ignorant ones said, ‘Are you^-saww lying of this narration?’ And their dignitaries said, ‘O Abu Al-Qasim^-saww! By what can we know that you^-saww are being truthful in this word of yours^-saww?’

قَالَ أُخْبِرُكُمْ وَ قَالَ مَرَرْتُ بِعِيرِكُمْ فِي مَوْضِعِ كَذَا وَ قَدْ ضَلَّ لَهُمْ بَعِيرٌ فَعَرَّفْتُهُمْ مَكَانَهُ وَ صِرْتُ إِلَى رِحَالِهِمْ وَ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ قِرَبٌ مَمْلُوَّةٌ فَصُبَّتْ‏ قِرْبَةٌ وَ الْعِيرُ تُوَافِيكُمْ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ مِنْ هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ‏ مَعَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ فِي أَوَّلِ الْعِيرِ جَمَلٌ أَحْمَرُ وَ هُوَ جَمَلُ فُلَانٍ

He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww shall inform you all’, and said: ‘I^-saww passed by a caravan of yours in such and such place and a camel of theirs had strayed, and told them of its place; and I^-saww came to their luggage and there was a container of their filled (with water), and I^-saww poured out the canteen, and the caravan shall arrive during the third day from this place with the emergence of the sun. At the front of the caravan is a red camel and it is a camel of so and so’.

فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْيَوْمُ الثَّالِثُ خَرَجُوا إِلَى بَابِ مَكَّةَ لِيَنْظُرُوا صِدْقَ مَا أَخْبَرَ بِهِ مُحَمَّدٌ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ فَهُمْ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ طَلَعَتِ الْعِيرُ عَلَيْهِمْ بِطُلُوعِ الشَّمْسِ فِي أَوَّلِهَا الْجَمَلُ الْأَحْمَرُ وَ سَأَلُوا الَّذِينَ كَانُوا مَعَ الْعِيرِ فَقَالُوا مِثْلَ مَا قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ فِي إِخْبَارِهِ عَنْهُمْ فَقَالُوا أَيْضاً هَذَا مِنْ سِحْرِ مُحَمَّدٍ

When it was the third day, they came out to the gate of Makkah in order to look how truthful was what Muhammad^-saww had informed with, before the emergence of the sun. They were like that when the caravan emerged to them with the emergence of the sun, in front of it was the red camel, and they asked those who were with the caravan. They said similar to what Muhammad^-saww had said in his^-saww informing about them. They, then said – well, ‘This is from the sorcery of Muhammad^-saww’’.[123]

86- قب، المناقب لابن شهرآشوب‏ اخْتَلَفَ النَّاسُ فِي الْمِعْرَاجِ فَالْخَوَارِجُ يُنْكِرُونَهُ وَ قَالَتِ الْجَهْمِيَّةُ عُرِجَ بِرُوحِهِ دُونَ جِسْمِهِ عَلَى طَرِيقِ الرُّؤْيَا وَ قَالَتِ الْإِمَامِيَّةُ وَ الزَّيْدِيَّةُ وَ الْمُعْتَزِلَةُ بَلْ عُرِجَ بِرُوحِهِ وَ بِجِسْمِهِ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ لِقَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى‏ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَقْصَى‏ وَ قَالَ آخَرُونَ بَلْ عُرِجَ بِرُوحِهِ وَ بِجِسْمِهِ إِلَى السَّمَاوَاتِ رُوِيَ ذَلِكَ- عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَ جَابِرٍ وَ حُذَيْفَةَ وَ أَنَسٍ وَ عَائِشَةَ وَ أُمِّ هَانِئٍ‏

‘Al-Manaqib’ of Ibn Shehr Ashoub – ‘The people have differed regarding the Mi’raj (Ascension). The Kharijites are denying it, and Al-Jahmiya said he^-saww was ascended with his^-saww soul, not with his^-saww body, upon the way of the dream, and the Imamiya and the Zaydiya and the Mu’tazilites said, ‘But he^-saww was ascended with his^-saww soul and his^-saww body up to Bayt Al-Maqdis (Muqaddis) due to Words of the Exalted: to Masjid Al-Aqsa [17:1]; and the others said, ‘But he^-saww was ascended with up to the skies’. That is reported from Ibn Abbas, and Ibn Masoud, and Jabir^-ar, and Huzeyfa, and Anas, and Ayesha, and Ummm Hany’.

Notes –

قد عرفت سابقا أن الإماميّة قائلون بان النبيّ صلّى اللّه عليه و آله قد عرج في حال اليقظة بجسمه و روحه من مكّة الى بيت المقدس، و منه إلى السماوات؛ خلافا لمن ينكر المعراج رأسا أو يقول بانه في النوم، أو يقول بروحانيته، أو بانه من مكّة الى بيت المقدس فقط،

It has already been established that the Imamiyyah hold that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him and his Household, ascended while awake, with his body and soul, from Mecca to Bayt Al-Muqaddas, and from there to the heavens. This is contrary to those who deny the Mi’raj (Ascension) altogether, or say that it occurred in sleep, or say that it occurred only spiritually, or that it was only from Mecca to Bayt Al-Muqaddas.

و الاخبار المتواترة التي تقدمت و تأتي أيضا موافقة لذلك، فعليه فما ترى من مصنف المناقب و هم ظاهر، و لعله ممن اختصر كتاب المناقب لا من ابن شهرآشوب، فالصحيح عد الإماميّة من الطائفة الرابعة و هم قائلون بان معراجه صلّى اللّه عليه و آله كان من مكّة إلى بيت المقدس، و منه إلى الملاء الأعلى بجسمه و روحه في حال اليقظة

The mass transmitted reports that have preceded, as well as those that will follow, are also in agreement with this. Therefore, what you see in the author of ‘Al-Manaqib’ is an apparent error. Perhaps it was made by someone who abridged the book ‘Al-Manaqib’, rather than by Ibn Shahr Ashoub himself. The correct position is to count the Imamiyyah among the fourth group, for they hold that his^-saww Mi’raj (Ascension), was from Makkah to Bayt Al-Muqaddas, and from there to the exalted assembly, with his^-saww body and soul, while awake – and we cannot deny that when the evidence is established.

وَ نَحْنُ لَا نُنْكِرُ ذَلِكَ إِذَا قَامَتِ الدَّلَالَةُ وَ قَدْ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ مِعْرَاجَ مُوسَى ع إِلَى الطُّورِ وَ ما كُنْتَ بِجانِبِ الطُّورِ وَ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا وَ كَذلِكَ نُرِي إِبْراهِيمَ‏ وَ لِعِيسَى ع إِلَى الرَّابِعَةِ بَلْ رَفَعَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ‏ وَ لِإِدْرِيسَ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَ رَفَعْناهُ مَكاناً عَلِيًّا وَ مُحَمَّدٍ فَكانَ قابَ قَوْسَيْنِ‏

And Allah^-azwj Made the Ascension of Musa^-as to (mount) Toor: And you were not by the side of the (mount) Toor [28:46]; and for Ibrahim^-as to the sky of the world: And like that We Showed Ibrahim [6:75]; and for Isa^-as to the fourth (sky): But! Allah Raised him to Him [4:158];  and for Idrees^-as to Paradise: And We Elevated him to a high place [19:57]; and Muhammad^-saww: So he was (at a distance of) two bows or nearer [53:9].  

وَ ذَلِكَ لِعُلُوِّ هِمَّتِهِ فَلِذَلِكَ يُقَالُ الْمَرْءُ يَطِيرُ بِهِمَّتِهِ فَتَعَجَّبَ اللَّهُ مِنْ عُرُوجِهِ‏ سُبْحانَ الَّذِي أَسْرى‏ بِعَبْدِهِ‏ وَ أَقْسَمَ بِنُزُولِهِ‏ وَ النَّجْمِ إِذا هَوى‏ فَيَكُونُ عُرُوجُهُ وَ نُزُولُهُ بَيْنَ تَأْكِيدَيْنِ- السُّدِّيُّ وَ الْوَاقِدِيُ

And that is due to the loftiness of his^-saww aspirations. For that reason it is said, ‘The flies with his aspirations’. Allah^-azwj Expressed Wonder of His^-azwj Ascension: Glorified is He Who Journeyed His Servant [17:1]; and Swore by his^-saww descent: (I Swear) by the star when it swoops down [53:1]. Thus his^-saww ascension and his^-saww descent is between two confirmations – Al-Sudy and Al-Waqidy.  

‏ الْإِسْرَاءُ قَبْلَ الْهِجْرَةِ بِسِتَّةِ أَشْهُرٍ بِمَكَّةَ فِي السَّابِعَ عَشَرَ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ لَيْلَةَ السَّبْتِ بَعْدَ الْعَتَمَةِ مِنْ دَارِ أُمِّ هَانِئٍ بِنْتِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَ قِيلَ مِنْ بَيْتِ خَدِيجَةَ وَ رُوِيَ مِنْ شِعْبِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ‏- الْحُسَيْنُ‏ وَ قَتَادَةُ

The Ascension happened at Makkah six months before the Emigration during the seventeenth of the month of Ramazan, on night of Saturday after the evening, from the house of Umm Hany daughter of Abu Talib^-as; and it is said, from the house of (Syeda) Khadeeja^-as, and it is reported, from the mountain pass of Abu Talib^-as – Al-Husayn[124] (Al-Hassan Al-Basri) and Al-Qatadah.

كَانَ مِنْ نَفْسِ الْمَسْجِدِ- ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ‏ هِيَ لَيْلَةُ الْإِثْنَيْنِ فِي شَهْرِ رَبِيعٍ الْأَوَّلِ بَعْدَ النُّبُوَّةِ بِسَنَتَيْنِ فَالْأَوَّلُ مِعْرَاجُ الْعَجَائِبِ وَ الثَّانِي مِعْرَاجُ الْكَرَامَةِ

It was from the very Masjid itself – from Ibn Abbas – and it is the night of Monday two years after the (proclamation of) Prophet-hood. The first was the Ascension of wonders and the second was the Ascension of honour.

ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فِي خَبَرٍ أَنَّ جَبْرَئِيلَ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ص وَ قَالَ إِنَّ رَبِّي بَعَثَنِي إِلَيْكَ وَ أَمَرَنِي أَنْ آتِيَهُ بِكَ فَقُمْ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يُكْرِمُكَ كَرَامَةً لَمْ يُكْرِمْ بِهَا أَحَداً قَبْلَكَ وَ لَا بَعْدَكَ فَأَبْشِرْ وَ طِبْ نَفْساً

Ibn Abbas, in a Hadeeth, ‘Jibraeel^-as came to the Prophet^-saww and said: ‘My^-as Lord^-azwj has Sent me^-as to you^-saww and Commanded me^-saww to bring you^-saww to Him^-azwj. Arise, for Allah^-azwj is Honouring you^-saww with such honour He^-azwj has not Honoured anyone before you^-saww with it, nor will He^-azwj after you! Therefore rejoice and make yourself feel good!’

فَقَامَ وَ صَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَإِذَا هُوَ بِمِيكَائِيلَ وَ إِسْرَافِيلَ وَ مَعَ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَبَشَّرُوهُ فَإِذَا مَعَهُمْ دَابَّةٌ فَوْقَ الْحِمَارِ وَ دُونَ الْبَغْلِ خَدُّهُ كَخَدِّ الْإِنْسَانِ وَ قَوَائِمُهُ كَقَوَائِمِ الْبَعِيرِ وَ عُرْفُهُ كَعُرْفِ الْفَرَسِ وَ ذَنَبُهُ كَذَنَبِ الْبَقَرِ رِجْلَاهَا أَطْوَلُ مِنْ يَدَيْهَا وَ لَهَا جَنَاحَانِ مِنْ فَخِذَيْهِ خُطْوَتُهَا مَدَّ الْبَصَرِ وَ إِذَا عَلَيْهَا لِجَامٌ مِنْ يَاقُوتَةٍ حَمْرَاءَ

He^-saww stood up and prayed two units Salat, and behold, he^-saww was with Mikaeel^-as and Israfeel^-as, and with each one of them were seventy thousand Angels. He^-saww greeted unto them, and they gave him^-saww glad tidings. There was a mount with them which was larger than a donkey and smaller than a mule. Its cheek was like the cheek of a human being, its legs were like the legs of a camel, its mane was like the mane of a horse, and its tail was like the tail of a cow. Its hind legs were longer than its forelegs, and it had two wings extending from its thighs. Its stride reached as far as the eye could see. It had a bridle made of a red ruby.

When he^-saww wanted to ride it, it prevented. Jibraeel^-as said: ‘He^-saww is Muhammad^-saww!’

فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَرْكَبَ امْتَنَعَتْ فَقَالَ جَبْرَئِيلُ إِنَّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ فَتَوَاضَعَتْ حَتَّى لَصِقَتْ بِالْأَرْضِ فَأَخَذَ جَبْرَئِيلُ بِلِجَامِهَا وَ مِيكَائِيلُ بِرِكَابِهَا فَرَكِبَ فَلَمَّا هَبَطَتْ‏ ارْتَفَعَتْ يَدَاهَا وَ إِذَا صَعِدَتْ ارْتَفَعَتْ رِجْلَاهَا

It humbled itself until it adhered with the ground. Jibraeel^-as grabbed its bridle and Mikaeel^-as held its stirrups, and he^-saww mounted. Whenever it descended, its forelegs rose, and whenever it ascended, its hind legs rose. 

فَنَفَرَتِ الْعِيرُ مِنْ دَفِيفِ الْبُرَاقِ يُنَادِي رَجُلٌ فِي آخِرِ الْعِيرِ أَنْ يَا فُلَانُ إِنَّ الْإِبِلَ قَدْ نَفَرَتْ وَ إِنَّ فُلَانَةَ أَلْقَتْ حَمْلَهَا وَ انْكَسَرَ يَدُهَا

The caravan was startled from the movement of Al-Buraq (the mount). A man called out from the back end of the caravant, ‘O so and so! The camels have become startled and so and so has thrown down her burden and has broken its forelegs!’

فَلَمَّا كَانَ بِبَطْنِ الْبَلْقَاءِ عَطِشَ فَإِذَا لَهُمْ مَاءٌ فِي آنِيَةٍ فَشَرِبَ مِنْهُ وَ أَلْقَى الْبَاقِيَ فَبَيْنَا هُوَ فِي مَسِيرِهِ إِذْ نُودِيَ عَنْ يَمِينِ الطَّرِيقِ يَا مُحَمَّدُ عَلَى رِسْلِكَ ثُمَّ نُودِيَ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ عَلَى رِسْلِكَ

When he^-saww was in the interior of Al-Balqa’a, he^-saww was thirsty, and there was water for them in a vessel. He^-saww drank from it and threw away the remainder. While he^-saww was on his^-saww journey, when he^-saww was called at from the right on the road, ‘O Muhammad^-saww, (proceed) at your^-saww pace!’ Then he^-saww was called at from his^-saww left, ‘(Proceed) at your^-saww pace!’

فَإِذَا هُوَ بِامْرَأَةٍ اسْتَقْبَلَتْهُ وَ عَلَيْهَا مِنَ الْحُسْنِ وَ الْجَمَالِ مَا لَمْ يُرَ لِأَحَدٍ وَ قَالَتْ قِفْ مَكَانَكَ حَتَّى أُخْبِرَكَ

Then he^-saww was with a woman facing him^-saww, and upon her was such beauty and splendour that had not been seen being for anyone, and she said, ‘Stop in your^-saww place, until I inform you^-saww!’

فَفَسَّرَ لَهُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ الْخَلِيلُ ع لَمَّا رَآهُ جَمِيعَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ مُنَادِي الْيَمِينِ دَاعِيَةُ الْيَهُودِ فَلَوْ أَجَبْتَهُ لَتَهَوَّدَتْ أُمَّتُكَ وَ مُنَادِي الْيَسَارِ دَاعِيَةُ النَّصَارَى فَلَوْ أَجَبْتَهُ لَتَنَصَّرَتْ أُمَّتُكَ وَ الْمَرْأَةُ الْمُتَزَيِّنَةُ هِيَ الدُّنْيَا تَمَثَّلَتْ لَكَ لَوْ أَجَبْتَهَا لَاخْتَارَتْ أُمَّتُكَ الدُّنْيَا عَلَى الْآخِرَةِ

Ibrahim^-as the Friend interpreted for him^-saww the entirety of that when he^-saww saw him^-as. He^-as said: ‘The caller on the right was the caller of the Jews. If you^-saww had answered him, your^-saww community would have been Judaised; and the caller on the left was a caller of the Christians. If you^-saww had answered him your^-saww community would have been Christianised; and the adorned woman, it was the world having been resembled for you^-saww. Have you^-saww answered her, your^-saww community would have chosen the world over the Hereafter!’

فَجَاءَ جَبْرَئِيلُ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ‏ فَرَفَعَهَا فَأَخْرَجَ مِنْ تَحْتِهَا ثَلَاثَةَ أَقْدَاحٍ قَدَحاً مِنْ لَبَنٍ وَ قَدَحاً مِنْ عَسَلٍ وَ قَدَحاً مِنْ خَمْرٍ فَنَاوَلَهُ قَدَحَ اللَّبَنِ فَشَرِبَ ثُمَ‏ نَاوَلَهُ قَدَحَ الْعَسَلِ فَشَرِبَ ثُمَّ نَاوَلَهُ قَدَحَ الْخَمْرِ فَقَالَ قَدْ رَوِيتُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ

Jibraeel^-saww came to Bayt Al-Maqdis (Muqaddis). He^-as raised it and extracted three cups from it – a cup of milk, and a cup of honey, and a cup of wine. He^-as gave him^-saww the cup of milk, so he^-saww drank. Then gave him^-saww the cup of honey, so he^-saww drank. Then gave him^-saww the cup of wine. He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww have been quenched, O Jibraeel^-as!’

فَقَالَ أَمَا إِنَّكَ لَوْ شَرِبْتَهُ ضَلَّتْ أُمَّتُكَ

Jibraeel^-as said: ‘But, had you^-saww drunk it, your^-saww community would have strayed!’

ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فِي خَبَرٍ وَ هَبَطَ مَعَ جَبْرَئِيلَ مَلَكٌ لَمْ يَطَأِ الْأَرْضَ قَطُّ مَعَهُ مَفَاتِيحُ خَزَائِنِ الْأَرْضِ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يُقْرِئُكَ السَّلَامَ وَ يَقُولُ هَذِهِ مَفَاتِيحُ خَزَائِنِ الْأَرْضِ فَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَكُنْ نَبِيّاً عَبْداً وَ إِنْ شِئْتَ فَكُنْ نَبِيّاً مَلِكاً فَقَالَ بَلْ أَكُونُ نَبِيّاً عَبْداً

Ibn Abbas said in a Hadeeth – ‘And with Jibraeel^-as, an Angel came down who had not trodden the earth at all. With him were treasurers of the earth. He said, ‘O Muhammad^-saww! Your^-saww Lord^-azwj Conveys the Greeting to you^-saww and Says: ‘These here are the keys of treasurers of the earth. If you^-saww desire, you^-saww can become a slave Prophet^-saww, and if you^-saww so desire, be a king Prophet^-saww!’ He^-saww said: ‘But, I^-saww shall be a slave Prophet^-saww’.

فَإِذَا سُلَّمٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ قَوَائِمُهُ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ مُرَكَّبٌ بِاللُّؤْلُؤِ وَ الْيَاقُوتِ يَتَلَأْلَأُ نُوراً وَ أَسْفَلُهُ عَلَى صَخْرَةِ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ وَ رَأْسُهُ فِي السَّمَاءِ فَقَالَ لِيَ اصْعَدْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ

There was a ladder of gold, its supports were of silver embedded with pearls and rubies of shining light, and its bottom was upon a rock of Bayt Al-Maqdis (Muqaddis) and its top was in the sky. He^-as said to me^-saww: ‘Ascend, O Muhammad^-saww!’’

فَلَمَّا صَعِدَ السَّمَاءَ رَأَى شَيْخاً قَاعِداً تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ وَ حَوْلَهُ أَطْفَالٌ فَقَالَ جَبْرَئِيلُ هَذَا أَبُوكَ آدَمُ إِذَا رَأَى مَنْ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِهِ ضَحِكَ وَ فَرِحَ وَ إِذَا رَأَى مَنْ يَدْخُلُ النَّارَ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِهِ حَزِنَ وَ بَكَى

When he^-saww ascended the sky, he^-saww saw a person seated beneath a tree, and there were children around him. Jibraeel^-as said: ‘This is your^-saww father Adam^-as! Whenever he^-as sees someone from his^-as offspring enter Paradise, he^-as smiles and rejoices, and whenever he^-as sees someone from his^-as offspring enter the Fire, he^-as becomes sad and weeps.

وَ رَأَى مَلَكاً بَاسِرَ الْوَجْهِ وَ بِيَدِهِ لَوْحٌ مَكْتُوبٌ بِخَطٍّ مِنَ النُّورِ وَ خَطٍّ مِنَ الظُّلْمَةِ فَقَالَ هَذَا مَلَكُ الْمَوْتِ

And he^-saww saw an Angel with a stern face and there was a tablet in his hand. There was written in handwriting of light and handwriting of darkness. He^-as said: ‘This is the Angel of death!’

Then he^-saww saw an Angel seated upon a chair. He^-saww did not see the cheerfulness from him what he^-saww had seen from the Angels. Jibraeel^-as said: ‘This is the warden of the Fire. He used to be of cheerfulness. When he was notified (nominated) upon the Fire, he has not smiled after (that).

ثُمَّ رَأَى مَلَكاً قَاعِداً عَلَى كُرْسِيٍّ فَلَمْ يَرَ مِنْهُ مِنَ الْبِشْرِ مَا رَأَى مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ فَقَالَ جَبْرَئِيلُ هَذَا مَالِكٌ خَازِنُ النَّارِ كَانَ طَلْقاً بِشْراً فَلَمَّا اطَّلَعَ عَلَى النَّارِ لَمْ يَضْحَكْ بَعْدُ فَسَأَلَهُ أَنْ يَعْرِضَ عَلَيْهِ النَّارَ فَرَأَى فِيهَا مَا رَأَى ثُمَّ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ وَ رَأَى مَا فِيهَا وَ سَمِعَ صَوْتاً آمَنَّا بِرَبِّ الْعالَمِينَ‏ قَالَ هَؤُلَاءِ سَحَرَةُ فِرْعَوْنَ

He^-saww asked him to display the Fire to him^-saww. He^-saww saw in it what he^-saww saw. Then he^-saww entered Paradise and saw in it what was in it and he^-saww heard a voice saying, ‘We believe in the Lord^-azwj of the worlds!’ He^-as said: ‘They are the magicians of Pharaoh^-la’.

وَ سَمِعَ لَبَّيْكَ اللَّهُمَّ لَبَّيْكَ قَالَ هَؤُلَاءِ الْحُجَّاجُ

And he^-saww heard, ‘Here I am, O Allah^-azwj, here I am!’ He^-as said: ‘They are the pilgrims (of Hajj)’.

وَ سَمِعَ التَّكْبِيرَ قَالَ هَؤُلَاءِ الْغُزَاةُ

And he^-saww heard the exclamation of Takbeer. He^-as said: ‘They are the (Holy) warriors’.

وَ سَمِعَ التَّسْبِيحَ قَالَ هَؤُلَاءِ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ

And he^-saww heard the glorifications. He^-as said: ‘They are the Prophets^-as’.

فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ إِلَى سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهَى فَانْتَهَى إِلَى الْحُجُبِ فَقَالَ جَبْرَئِيلُ تَقَدَّمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَيْسَ لِي أَنْ أَجُوزَ هَذَا الْمَكَانَ وَ لَوْ دَنَوْتُ أَنْمُلَةً لَاحْتَرَقْتُ

When he^-saww reached ‘Sidrat Al-Muntaha’, he^-saww ended to the Veils. Jibraeel^-as said: ‘Go ahead, O Rasool-Allah^-saww! It isn’t (allowed) for me^-as to surpass this place, and if I^-saww to go any closer than (the distance of) a fingernail, I^-as would be incinerated’.

أَبُو بَصِيرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ‏ إِنَّ جَبْرَئِيلَ احْتَمَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص حَتَّى انْتَهَى بِهِ إِلَى مَكَانٍ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ تَرَكَهُ وَ قَالَ لَهُ مَا وَطِئَ نَبِيٌّ قَطُّ مَكَانَكَ

Abu Baseer said, ‘I heard him^-asws saying: ‘Jibraeel^-as carried Rasool-Allah^-saww until he^-as ended with him^-saww to a place from the sky. Then he^-as left him^-saww and said to him^-saww: ‘No Prophet^-as has trodden your^-saww place at all!’

وَ رُوِيَ‏ أَنَّهُ رَأَى فِي السَّمَاءِ الثَّانِيَةِ عِيسَى وَ يَحْيَى وَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ يُوسُفَ وَ فِي الرَّابِعَةِ إِدْرِيسَ وَ فِي الْخَامِسَةِ هَارُونَ وَ فِي السَّادِسَةِ الْكَرُوبِيِّينَ وَ فِي السَّابِعَةِ خَلْقاً وَ مَلَائِكَةً

And it is reported that in the second sky he^-saww saw Isa^-as and Yahya^-as, and in the third Yusuf^-as, and in the fourth Idrees^-as, and in the fifth Haroun^-as, and in the sixth the Cherubim, and in the seventh creatures and the Angels.

وَ فِي حَدِيثِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَأَيْتُ فِي السَّمَاءِ السَّادِسَةِ مُوسَى وَ فِي السَّابِعَةِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ

And in a Hadeeth by Abu Hureyra (a well-known fabricator), ‘In the sixth sky he^-saww was Musa^-as, and in the seventh Ibrahim^-as’.

ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ‏ وَ رَأَى مَلَائِكَةَ الْحُجُبِ يَقْرَءُونَ سُورَةَ النُّورِ وَ خُزَّانَ الْكُرْسِيِّ يَقْرَءُونَ‏ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ وَ حَمَلَةَ الْعَرْشِ يَقْرَءُونَ حم الْمُؤْمِنَ قَالَ فَلَمَّا بَلَغْتُ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ نُودِيتُ بِالْقُرْبِ

Ibn Abbas, ‘And he^-saww saw Angels of the Veils reciting Surah Al Noor, and treasurers of the Chair reciting Ayat Al Kursy, and bearers of the Thrones reciting Surah Al Momin. He^-saww said: ‘When I^-saww reached the distance of two bows, I^-saww Called at to come closer’.

وَ فِي رِوَايَةٍ أَنَّهُ نُودِيتُ أَلْفَ مَرَّةٍ بِالدُّنُوِّ وَ فِي كُلِّ مَرَّةٍ قُضِيَتْ لِي حَاجَةٌ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي سَلْ تُعْطَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَبِّ اتَّخَذْتَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلًا وَ كَلَّمْتَ مُوسَى تَكْلِيماً وَ أَعْطَيْتَ سُلَيْمَانَ مُلْكاً عَظِيماً فَمَا ذَا أَعْطَيْتَنِي

And in a report, ‘I^-saww was Called at a thousand times to go closer, and during each time a need was fulfilled for me^-saww’. Then He^-azwj Said: “Ask, you^-saww will be Granted!” I^-saww said: ‘O Lord^-azwj! You^-azwj Took Ibrahim^-as as a friend, and Spoke to Musa^-as in Conversation, and Granted Suleyman^-as a mighty kingsom, so what will You^-azwj Grant me^-saww?’

فَقَالَ اتَّخَذْتُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلًا وَ اتَّخَذْتُكَ حَبِيباً وَ كَلَّمْتُ مُوسَى تَكْلِيماً عَلَى بِسَاطِ الطُّورِ وَ كَلَّمْتُكَ عَلَى بِسَاطِ النُّورِ وَ أَعْطَيْتُ سُلَيْمَانَ مُلْكاً فَانِياً وَ أَعْطَيْتُكَ مُلْكاً بَاقِياً فِي الْجَنَّةِ

He^-azwj Said: ‘I^-azwj Took Ibrahim^-as as a friend and have Taken you^-saww as a Beloved, and Spoke to Musa^-as in Converation upon a rug on (mount) Toor, and I^-saww have Spoken to you^-as upon a rug of light, and I^-azwj Granted Suleyman^-as a perishable kingdom and I^-azwj have Granted you^-saww an everlasting kingdom in Paradise!”

وَ رُوِيَ‏ أَنَا الْمَحْمُودُ وَ أَنْتَ مُحَمَّدٌ شَقَقْتُ اسْمَكَ مِنِ اسْمِي فَمَنْ وَصَلَكَ وَصَلْتُهُ وَ مَنْ قَطَعَكَ بَتَلْتُهُ انْزِلْ إِلَى عِبَادِي فَأَخْبِرْهُمْ بِكَرَامَتِي إِيَّاكَ وَ أَنِّي لَمْ أَبْعَثْ نَبِيّاً إِلَّا جَعَلْتُ لَهُ وَزِيراً وَ أَنَّكَ رَسُولِي وَ أَنَّ عَلِيّاً وَزِيرُكَ

And it is reported: “I^-azwj am the Most Praised One and you^-saww are a praised one! I^-azwj Derived your^-saww name from My^-azwj Name, so the one who connects to you^-saww, I^-azwj shall Connect to him, and one who cuts you^-saww off, I^-azwj shall Sever him. Descend to My^-azwj servants and inform them of My^-azwj Honouring of you^-saww, and I^-azwj have not Sent any Prophet^-saww except I^-azwj Made a Vizier to be for him^-as, and you^-saww are My^-azwj Rasool^-saww and Ali^-asws is your^-saww Vizier!”’

وَ رُوِيَ‏ أَنَّهُ لَمَّا بَلَغَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ السَّابِعَةِ نُودِيَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّكَ لَتَمْشِي فِي مَكَانٍ مَا مَشَى عَلَيْهِ بَشَرٌ

And it is reported that when he^-saww reached to the seventh sky, he^-saww was called at: “O Muhammad^-saww! You^-saww are walking in a place no mortal has walked upon it!”

فَكَلَّمَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى فَقَالَ‏ آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِما أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ رَبِّهِ‏ قَالَ نَعَمْ يَا رَبِ‏ وَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ كُلٌّ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ‏ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ‏ لا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْساً الْآيَةَ فَقَالَ‏ رَبَّنا لا تُؤاخِذْنا السُّورَةَ فَقَالَ قَدْ فَعَلْتُ

Allah^-azwj Exalted Spoke to him^-saww. He^-azwj Said: “The Rasool believes in what is Revealed unto him from his Lord”. He^-saww said: ‘Yes, O Lord^-azwj! ‘And (so do) the Momineen. They all believe in Allah [2:285]. He^-azwj Said: “Allah does not Encumber a soul [2:286] – the Verse. He^-saww said: ‘Our Lord! Do not Seize – up to end of the Chapter. He^-azwj Said: “I^-azwj have Done so!”

ثُمَّ قَالَ مَنْ خَلَّفْتَ لِأُمَّتِكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ إِنَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Then He^-azwj Said: “Whom have you^-saww left in charge of your^-as community from after you^-saww?” He^-saww said: ‘Allah^-azwj is more Knowing!’ He^-azwj Said: “Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws, Emir of the Momineen!

وَ يُقَالُ أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ أَرْبَعَةً رَفَعَ عَنْهَا عِلْمَ الْخَلْقِ‏ فَكانَ قابَ قَوْسَيْنِ‏ وَ الْمُنَاجَاةَ فَأَوْحى‏ إِلى‏ عَبْدِهِ‏ وَ السِّدْرَةَ إِذْ يَغْشَى السِّدْرَةَ وَ إِمَامَةَ عَلِيٍّ ع

And it is said Allah^-azwj Granted him^-as four (things) in that night. He^-azwj Raised knowledge of the creatures away from him^-saww, so he^-saww was at a distance of two bows; and the Whispering so And He Revealed unto His servant [53:10]; and Al-Sidrat (Al-Muntaha), When the Lote Tree was overwhelmed by what overwhelmed it [53:16]; and Imamate of Ali^-asws.

وَ رُوِيَ‏ أَنَّهُ فَقَدَهُ أَبُو طَالِبٍ فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يَطْلُبُهُ وَ وَجَّهَ إِلَى بَنِي هَاشِمٍ وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ يَا لَهَا مِنْ عَظِيمَةٍ إِنْ لَمْ أَرَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِلَى الْفَجْرِ فَبَيْنَا هُوَ كَذَلِكَ إِذْ تَلَقَّاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَ قَدْ نَزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ عَلَى بَابِ أُمِّ هَانِئٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ انْطَلِقْ مَعِي فَأُدْخِلَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ الْمَسْجِدَ

And it is reported that Abu Talib^-as missed him^-saww during that night and did not cease searching for him^-saww, and he^-as headed to the clan of Hashim^-as and he^-as was saying: ‘What a calamity it would be if I^-as don’t see Rasool-Allah^-saww!’ – up to the dawn. While he^-as was like that when Rasool-Allah^-saww met him^-as, and he^-saww had descended from the sky to the door of Umm Jany. He^-as said to him^-saww: ‘Walk with me^-as’, and he^-saww made him^-saww enter the Masjid in front of him^-as.

فَدَخَلَ بَنُو هَاشِمٍ فَسَلَّ أَبُو طَالِبٍ سَيْفَهُ عِنْدَ الْحِجْرِ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَخْرِجُوا مَا مَعَكُمْ يَا بَنِي هَاشِمٍ ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ إِلَى قُرَيْشٍ فَقَالَ وَ اللَّهِ لَوْ لَمْ أَرَهُ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْكُمْ عَيْنٌ تَطْرِفُ فَقَالَتْ قُرَيْشٌ لَقَدْ رَكِبْتَ مِنَّا عَظِيماً

The clan of Hashim^-as entered. Abu Talib^-as unsheathed his^-as sword at the (Black) Stone, then said: ‘Bring out whatever is with you all, O clan of Hashim^-as!’ Then he^-as turned to Quraysh. He^-as said: ‘By Allah^-azwj! If I^-as don’t see him^-saww, no eye of yours would remain blinking!’ Quraysh said, ‘You^-as have embarked upon a grievous matter on us!’

وَ أَصْبَحَ ص يُحَدِّثُهُمْ بِالْمِعْرَاجِ فَقِيلَ لَهُ صِفْ لَنَا بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ

And in the morning he^-saww narrated to them with the Mi’raj (Ascension). It was said to him^-saww, ‘Describe Bayt Al-Maqdis (Muqaddis) to us!’

فَجَاءَ جَبْرَئِيلُ بِصُورَةِ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ تُجَاهَ وَجْهِهِ فَجَعَلَ يُخْبِرُهُمْ بِمَا يَسْأَلُونَهُ عَنْهُ فَقَالُوا أَيْنَ بَيْتُ فُلَانٍ وَ مَكَانُ كَذَا فَأَجَابَهُمْ فِي كُلِّ مَا سَأَلُوهُ عَنْهُ

Jibraeel^-as came with an image of Bayt Al-Maqdis (Muqaddis) parallel to his^-saww face. He^-as went on to inform them with what they had asked him^-saww about. They said, ‘Where is the house of so and so, and such and such place?’ He^-saww answered them regarding all what they had asked him^-saww about.

فَلَمْ يُؤْمِنْ مِنْهُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ وَ هُوَ قَوْلُهُ‏ وَ ما تُغْنِي الْآياتُ وَ النُّذُرُ عَنْ قَوْمٍ لا يُؤْمِنُونَ

There did not believe in him^-saww except a few, and it is His^-azwj Word: and the Signs and the warners do not avail a people not believing [10:101]’.(This is a commentary)[125]

87- شي، تفسير العياشي‏ لَقَدْ صَلَّى فِي مَسْجِدِ الْكُوفَةِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص حَيْثُ انْطَلَقَ بِهِ جَبْرَئِيلُ عَلَى الْبُرَاقِ فَلَمَّا انْتَهَى بِهِ إِلَى وَادِي السَّلَامِ وَ هُوَ ظَهْرُ الْكُوفَةِ وَ هُوَ يُرِيدُ بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ قَالَ لَهُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ هَذَا مَسْجِدُ أَبِيكَ آدَمَ ع وَ مُصَلَّى الْأَنْبِيَاءِ فَانْزِلْ فَصَلِّ فِيهِ فَنَزَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَصَلَّى ثُمَّ انْطَلَقَ بِهِ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ فَصَلَّى ثُمَّ إِنَّ جَبْرَئِيلَ ع عَرَجَ بِهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ

‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – Rasool-Allah^-saww had prayed Salat in Masjid Al-Kufa when Jibraeel^-as went with him^-saww upon Al-Buraq. When he^-as ended up with him^-saww to Waady Al-Salaam, and it is at the back of Al-Kufa, and he^-as intended Bayt Al-Maqdas, he^-as said to him^-saww: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! This is a Masjid of your^-saww father^-as Adam^-as, and a praying place of the Prophets^-as, so descend and pray in it. Rasool-Allah^-saww descended and prayed Salat. Then he^-as went with him^-saww to Bayt Al-Maqdas and prayed Salat, then Jibraeel^-as ascended with him^-saww to the sky’’.[126]

88- شي، تفسير العياشي عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: لَمَّا أَخْبَرَهُمْ أَنَّهُ أُسْرِيَ بِهِ قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ قَدْ ظَفِرْتُمْ بِهِ فَاسْأَلُوهُ عَنْ أَيْلَةَ قَالَ فَسَأَلُوهُ عَنْهَا

‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Hisham Bin Al Hakam,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘When he^-saww informed them that there had been an ascension with him^-saww, some of them said to the others, ‘You will win with him^-saww, ask him^-saww about Aylat’. They asked him^-saww about it.

قَالَ فَأَطْرَقَ وَ مَكَثَ فَأَتَاهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ارْفَعْ رَأْسَكَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ رَفَعَ لَكَ أَيْلَةَ وَ قَدْ أَمَرَ اللَّهُ كُلَّ مُنْخَفِضٍ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ فَارْتَفَعَ وَ كُلَّ مُرْتَفِعٍ فَانْخَفَضَ فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَإِذَا أَيْلَةُ قَدْ رُفِعَتْ لَهُ

He^-asws said: ‘He^-saww lowered his^-saww head and Jibraeel^-as came to him^-saww and said: ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww, raise your^-saww head, for Allah^-azwj had Raise Aylat for you^-saww, and Allah^-azwj has Commanded every lowland of the earth to be raised, and every raised ground to be lowered’. He^-saww raised his^-saww head, and there was Aylat having been raised for him^-saww’.

قَالَ فَجُعِلَتْ يَسْأَلُونَهُ وَ يُخْبِرُهُمْ وَ هُوَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ عَلَامَةَ ذَلِكَ عِيرٌ لِأَبِي سُفْيَانَ يَحْمِلُ نِدّاً يَقْدُمُهَا جَمَلٌ أَحْمَرُ يَدْخُلُ غَداً مَعَ الشَّمْسِ فَأَرْسَلُوا الرُّسُلَ وَ قَالُوا لَهُمْ حَيْثُ مَا لَقِيتُمُ الْعِيرَ فَاحْبِسُوهَا لِيُكَذِّبُوهُ بِذَلِكَ قَالَ فَضَرَبَ اللَّهُ وُجُوهَ الْإِبِلِ فَأَقَرَّتْ‏ عَلَى السَّاحِلِ وَ أَصْبَحَ النَّاسُ فَأَشْرَفُوا

He^-asws said: ‘They went on asking him^-saww and he^-saww informed them while looking at it. Then he^-saww said: ‘A sign of that is a caravan of Abu Sufyan carrying aloe wood incense led by a red camel; it shall enter tomorrow morning with the sun (rise)’. They sent messengers and said to them when they meet the caravan, to withhold it in order to belie him^-saww of that, but Allah^-azwj Struck the faces of the camels and they came to the coast, and in the morning the people came to oversee’.

فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَمَا رُئِيَتْ مَكَّةُ قَطُّ أَكْثَرَ مُشْرِفاً وَ لَا مُشْرِفَةً مِنْهَا يَوْمَئِذٍ لِيَنْظُرُوا مَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَأَقْبَلَتِ الْإِبِلُ مِنْ نَاحِيَةِ السَّاحِلِ فَكَانَ يَقُولُ قَائِلٌ الْإِبِلُ الشَّمْسُ الشَّمْسُ الْإِبِلُ قَالَ فَطَلَعَتَا جَمِيعاً

Abu Abdullah^-asws said: ‘Makkah had not seen at all more noblemen and noblewomen than it. On that day they looked at what Rasool-Allah^-saww had said. The camels came from the coastal area, and a speaker was saying, ‘The camels, the sun (rise), the sun (rise), the camels’. He^-asws said: ‘They both emerged together’’.[127]

89- شي، تفسير العياشي عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص صَلَّى الْعِشَاءَ الْآخِرَةَ وَ صَلَّى الْفَجْرَ فِي اللَّيْلَةِ الَّتِي أُسْرِيَ بِهِ بِمَكَّةَ

‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Hisham Bin Al Hakam,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww prayed Al-Isha the last Salat, and prayed Al-Fajr Salat at Makkah during the night in which there was an ascension with him^-saww’’.[128]

90- شي، تفسير العياشي عَنْ زُرَارَةَ وَ حُمْرَانَ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ حَدَّثَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيُّ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ: إِنَّ جَبْرَئِيلَ أَتَانِي لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِي فَحِينَ رَجَعْتُ فَقُلْتُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ هَلْ لَكَ مِنْ حَاجَةٍ فَقَالَ حَاجَتِي أَنْ تَقْرَأَ عَلَى خَدِيجَةَ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ مِنِّي السَّلَامَ

‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Zurara and Humran bin Ayn and Muhammad Bin Muslim,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws having said: ‘Abu Saeed Al-Khudry narrated that Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘Jibraeel^-as came to me^-saww on the night there was an ascension with me^-saww. So, when he^-as returned, I^-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! Have you^-saww need?’ He^-saww said: ‘My^-saww need is that you^-as convey the greeting to (Syeda) Khadeeja^-asws from Allah^-azwj and from me^-saww’.

وَ حَدَّثَنَا عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ حِينَ لَقِيَهَا نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ السَّلَامُ فَقَالَ لَهَا الَّذِي قَالَ جَبْرَئِيلُ قَالَتْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ السَّلَامُ وَ مِنْهُ السَّلَامُ وَ إِلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ وَ عَلَى جَبْرَئِيلَ السَّلَامُ‏

And he narrated to us^-asws during that, she^-as said when the Prophet^-saww of Allah^-azwj met her^-as. He^-saww said to her^-as which Jibraeel^-as had said, she^-as said: ‘He^-azwj is ‘Al-Salam’, and from Him^-azwj is the ‘Salam’, and to Him^-azwj is the ‘Salam’, and to Jibraeel^-as be the ‘Salam’’.[129]

91- شي، تفسير العياشي عَنْ سَلَّامٍ الْحَنَّاطِ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْمَسَاجِدِ الَّتِي لَهَا الْفَضْلُ فَقَالَ الْمَسْجِدُ الْحَرَامُ وَ مَسْجِدُ الرَّسُولِ قُلْتُ وَ الْمَسْجِدُ الْأَقْصَى جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ

‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Salam Al Hanat, from a man,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I asked him^-asws about the Masjid having merits for them. He^-asws said: ‘The Sacred Masjid, and Masjid of the Rasool^-saww’. I said, ‘And (what about) Masjid Al-Aqsa!? May I be sacrificed for you^-asws’.

فَقَالَ ذَاكَ فِي السَّمَاءِ إِلَيْهِ أُسْرِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُ بَيْتُ الْمَقْدِسِ فَقَالَ مَسْجِدُ الْكُوفَةِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْهُ‏

He^-asws said: ‘That is in the sky. Rasool-Allah^-saww ascended to it’. I said, ‘The people are saying that it is Bayt Al-Maqdas’. He^-asws said: ‘Masjid Al-Kufa is superior than it’’.[130]

92- شي، تفسير العياشي عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ‏ لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ‏ بِالنَّبِيِّ ص فَانْتَهَى إِلَى مَوْضِعٍ قَالَ لَهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ قِفْ فَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ يُصَلِّي

‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Abu Baseer,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I heard him^-asws saying: ‘When there was an ascension with the Prophet^-saww and he^-saww ended up to a place, Jibraeel^-as said to him^-saww: ‘Stop, for your^-saww Lord^-azwj is praying Salat’.

قَالَ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ وَ مَا كَانَ صَلَاتُهُ فَقَالَ كَانَ يَقُولُ سُبُّوحٌ قُدُّوسٌ رَبُّ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَ الرُّوحِ سَبَقَتْ رَحْمَتِي غَضَبِي‏

He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww said: ‘May I be sacrificed for you^-as! And what would be His^-azwj Salat?’ He^-as said: ‘He^-azwj would be Saying: “Glorious is the Lord^-azwj of the Angels and the Spirit! My^-azwj Mercy preceded My^-azwj Wrath![131]

93- شي، تفسير العياشي عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ: لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِهِ رَفَعَهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ بِإِصْبَعَيْهِ وَ وَضَعَهُمَا فِي ظَهْرِهِ حَتَّى وَجَدَ بَرْدَهُمَا فِي صَدْرِهِ فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص دَخَلَهُ شَيْ‏ءٌ فَقَالَ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ أَ فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ‏ قَالَ نَعَمْ إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَوْضِعَ لَمْ يَطَأْهُ أَحَدٌ قَبْلَكَ وَ لَا يَطَؤُهُ أَحَدٌ بَعْدَكَ ‏

‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Abu Baseer who said,

‘I heard Abu Abdullah^-asws saying that Rasool-Allah^-saww said that when there was an ascension with him^-saww, Jibraeel^-as raised two fingers and placed them in his^-saww back, and he^-saww found their coolness in his^-saww chest. Something entered into Rasool-Allah^-saww and he^-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! In this place?’ He^-as said: ‘Yes, this is the place which one has trodden before you^-saww, nor will anyone tread after you^-saww’.

قَالَ وَ فَتَحَ اللَّهُ لَهُ مِنَ الْعَظَمَةِ مِثْلَ سَمِّ الْإِبْرَةِ فَرَأَى مِنَ الْعَظَمَةِ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَ ذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِطُولِهِ

He^-asws said: ‘And Allah^-azwj Opened for him^-saww from the Magnificence, like an eye of a needle, and he^-saww saw from the Magnificence what Allah^-azwj Desired. Jibraeel^-as said to him^-saww: ‘O Muhammad^-saww!’ – and mentioned the Hadeeth with its length.[132]

94 إِرْشَادُ الْقُلُوبِ، مِنْ كِفَايَةِ الطَّالِبِ لِلْحَافِظِ الشَّافِعِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ مَرَرْتُ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَ إِذَا أَنَا بِمَلَكٍ جَالِسٍ عَلَى مِنْبَرٍ مِنْ نُورٍ وَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ تَحْدِقُ بِهِ فَقُلْتُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ مَنْ هَذَا الْمَلَكُ فَقَالَ ادْنُ مِنْهُ فَسَلِّمْ عَلَيْهِ فَدَنَوْتُ مِنْهُ وَ سَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِأَخِي وَ ابْنِ عَمِّي عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع

‘Irshad Al Quloob’, from (the book) ‘Kifayat Al Talib’ of Al Hafiz Al Shafie, from Anas Bin Malik (fabricator) who said,

‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘I^-saww passed on the night there was an ascension with me^-saww to the sky, and there I^-saww saw an Angel seated upon a pulpit of light and the Angels were staring at him. I^-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! Who is this Angel?’ He^-as said: ‘Go near him and greet him’. I^-saww approached him and greeted him, and there I^-saww was with my^-saww brother and cousin Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws’.

فَقُلْتُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ سَبَقَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الرَّابِعَةِ فَقَالَ لَا يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَ لَكِنِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ شَكَتْ حُبَّهَا لِعَلِيٍّ فَخَلَقَ اللَّهُ هَذَا الْمَلَكَ مِنْ نُورِ عَلِيٍّ وَ صُورَةِ عَلِيٍّ فَالْمَلَائِكَةُ تَزُورُهُ فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةِ جُمُعَةٍ سَبْعِينَ مَرَّةً وَ يُسَبِّحُونَ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى وَ يُقَدِّسُونَهُ وَ يُهْدُونَ ثَوَابَهُ لِمُحِبِّ عَلِيٍّ ع.

I^-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws has preceded me^-saww to the fourth sky?’ He^-as said: ‘No, O Muhammad^-saww! But the Angels were desirous in their love for Ali^-asws, so Allah^-azwj Created this Angel from light of Ali^-asws and image of Ali^-asws. The Angels are visiting him^-asws seventy times during every Friday night, and are glorifying Allah^-azwj the Exalted and extolling His^-azwj Holiness, and its Rewards are being gifted to those who love Ali^-asws.

وَ مِنْ كِتَابِ الْمَنَاقِبِ لِلْخُوَارَزْمِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ قَدْ سُئِلَ بِأَيِّ لُغَةٍ خَاطَبَكَ رَبُّكَ لَيْلَةَ الْمِعْرَاجِ

And from the book ‘Al-Manaqib’ of Al Khawarizmy, from Abdullah Bin Umar who said,

‘I heard Rasool-Allah^-saww and he^-saww had been asked, ‘In which language did your^-saww Lord^-azwj Address you^-saww on the night of the Ascension?’

فَقَالَ خَاطَبَنِي بِلُغَةِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع وَ أَلْهَمَنِي أَنْ قُلْتُ يَا رَبِّ أَ خَاطَبْتَنِي أَنْتَ أَمْ عَلِيٌّ

He^-saww said: ‘He^-azwj Addressed me^-saww in the language of Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws and Inspired me^-saww that I^-saww say: ‘O Lord^-azwj! Is it You^-azwj who is Addressing me^-saww or (is it) Ali^-asws?’

فَقَالَ يَا أَحْمَدُ أَنَا شَيْ‏ءٌ لَيْسَ كَالْأَشْيَاءِ وَ لَا أُقَاسُ بِالنَّاسِ وَ لَا أُوصَفُ بِالْأَشْيَاءِ خَلَقْتُكَ مِنْ نُورِي وَ خَلَقْتُ عَلِيّاً مِنْ نُورِكَ فَاطَّلَعْتُ عَلَى سَرَائِرِ قَلْبِكَ فَلَمْ أَجِدْ عَلَى قَلْبِكَ‏ أَحَبَّ مِنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع فَخَاطَبْتُكَ بِلِسَانِهِ كَيْمَا يَطْمَئِنَّ قَلْبُكَ

He^-azwj Said: ‘O Ahmad^-saww! He^-asws is something unlike the things, nor can he^-asws be compared with the people, nor can he^-asws be described with the things. I^-azwj Created you^-saww from My^-azwj Noor, and Created Ali^-asws from your^-saww Noor. I^-azwj Looked at the secrets of your^-saww heart and did not Find upon your^-saww heart anyone more beloved than Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws, therefore I^-azwj Addressed you^-saww in his^-asws tongue for the contentment of your^-saww heart![133]

95- ير، بصائر الدرجات أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ النَّضْرِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ: ذُكِرَ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بَدْءُ الْأَذَانِ وَ قِصَّةُ الْأَذَانِ فِي إِسْرَاءِ النَّبِيِّ حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى السِّدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهَى قَالَ فَقَالَتِ السِّدْرَةُ الْمُنْتَهَى مَا جَازَنِي مَخْلُوقٌ قَبْلَكَ قَالَ‏ ثُمَّ دَنا فَتَدَلَّى فَكانَ قابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنى‏ فَأَوْحى‏ إِلى‏ عَبْدِهِ ما أَوْحى‏ قَالَ فَدَفَعَ إِلَيْهِ كِتَابَ أَصْحَابِ الْيَمِينِ وَ أَصْحَابَ الشِّمَالِ

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Husayn Bin Saeed, from Al Nazar, from Abdul Samad Bin Bashir who said,

‘There was a mention in the presence of Abu Abdullah^-asws of the Azaan and the story of the Azaan during the ascension of the prophet^-saww until He^-saww ended up at Sidrat Al-Muntaha. He^-asws said: ‘Al-Sidrat Al-Muntaha said, ‘No creature has gone past me before you^-saww’. He^-azwj Said: ‘Then he approached, so he bowed [53:8] So he was (at a distance of) two bows or nearer [53:9] And He Revealed unto His servant what He Revealed [53:10]. The book of the companions of the right and the companions of the left was handed over to him^-saww.

قَالَ وَ أَخَذَ كِتَابَ أَصْحَابِ الْيَمِينِ بِيَمِينِهِ فَفَتَحَهُ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ فَإِذَا فِيهِ أَسْمَاءُ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَ أَسْمَاءُ آبَائِهِمْ وَ قَبَائِلِهِمْ

He^-asws said: ‘And he^-saww took the book of the companions of the right in his^-saww right hand and opened it and looked into it. Therein were names of the people of Paradise and names of their fathers and their tribes.

قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ‏ آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِما أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ رَبِّهِ‏ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ وَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ كُلٌّ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَ مَلائِكَتِهِ وَ كُتُبِهِ وَ رُسُلِهِ‏ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ رَبَّنا لا تُؤاخِذْنا إِنْ نَسِينا أَوْ أَخْطَأْنا قَالَ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ قَدْ فَعَلْتُ

He^-asws said: ‘He^-azwj Said to him^-saww: “The Rasool believes in what is Revealed unto him from his Lord”. [2:285]. Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘And (so do) the Momineen. They all believe in Allah, and His Angels, and His Books and His Rasools [2:285]. Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘Our Lord! Do not Seize us if we forget or we make a mistake [2:286]. Allah^-azwj Said: “I^-azwj have Done so”.

قَالَ‏ رَبَّنا وَ لا تُحَمِّلْنا ما لا طاقَةَ لَنا بِهِ وَ اعْفُ عَنَّا إِلَى آخِرِ السُّورَةِ وَ كُلَّ ذَلِكَ يَقُولُ اللَّهُ قَدْ فَعَلْتُ قَالَ ثُمَّ طَوَى الصَّحِيفَةَ فَأَمْسَكَهَا بِيَمِينِهِ وَ فَتَحَ صَحِيفَةَ أَصْحَابِ الشِّمَالِ فَإِذَا فِيهَا أَسْمَاءُ أَهْلِ النَّارِ وَ أَسْمَاءُ آبَائِهِمْ وَ قَبَائِلِهِمْ

He^-saww said: ‘Our Lord! And do not Load upon us what we have no strength for us with it; and Pardon (our sins) for us [2:286] – up to the end of the Chapter, and during all that Allah^-azwj Said: “I^-azwj have Done so”. Then he^-saww folded the parchment and withheld it in his^-saww right hand, and opened the parchment of the companions of the left, and there in it were names of the people of the Fire and names of their fathers and their tribes.

قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ رَبِّ إِنَّ هؤُلاءِ قَوْمٌ لا يُؤْمِنُونَ‏ قَالَ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ‏ فَاصْفَحْ عَنْهُمْ وَ قُلْ سَلامٌ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ‏ قَالَ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْ مُنَاجَاةِ رَبِّهِ رُدَّ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ الْمَعْمُورِ ثُمَّ قَصَّ قِصَّةَ الْبَيْتِ وَ الصَّلَاةَ فِيهِ ثُمَّ نَزَلَ وَ مَعَهُ الصَّحِيفَتَانِ فَدَفَعَهُمَا إِلَى عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع‏

He^-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘‘O Lord! Surely they are a people who do not believe!’ [43:88] Allah^-azwj Said: So pardon them and say: ‘Salam!’, for soon they would come to know [43:89]. When he^-saww was free from the Whispering of his^-saww Lord^-azwj, he^-saww returned to the Bayt Al-Mamour’. Then he^-asws narrated the story of the House and the Salat therein. ‘Then he^-saww descended and with him^-saww were the two Parchments, and he^-saww handed them to Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws’’.[134]

96- ع، علل الشرائع ل، الخصال ابْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَتِّيلٍ عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ عَنْ مَنِيعِ بْنِ الْحَجَّاجِ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ الصَّبَّاحِ الْمُزَنِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: عُرِجَ بِالنَّبِيِّ ص إِلَى السَّمَاءِ مِائَةً وَ عِشْرِينَ مَرَّةً مَا مِنْ مَرَّةٍ إِلَّا وَ قَدْ أَوْصَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِيهَا النَّبِيَّ ص بِالْوَلَايَةِ لِعَلِيٍّ وَ الْأَئِمَّةِ ع أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا أَوْصَاهُ بِالْفَرَائِضِ‏

‘Ilal Al Sharaie’ – Ibn Al Waleed, from Al Hassan Bin Lateel, from Salma Bin Al Khatab, from Manie Bin Al Hajaj, from Yunus, from Al Sabah Al Muzny,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘There were ascensions with the Prophet^-saww to the sky one hundred and twenty times. There was none from a time except Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Advised the Prophet^-saww during it with the Wilayah of Ali^-asws and the Imams^-asws, more than He^-azwj Advised with the Obligations’’.[135]

97- ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي جَمَاعَةٌ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمُوسَوِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ نَهِيكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ رِئَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ آبَائِهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ع قَالَ: قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَا عَلِيُّ إِنَّهُ لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ تَلَقَّتْنِي الْمَلَائِكَةُ بِالْبِشَارَاتِ فِي كُلِّ سَمَاءٍ حَتَّى لَقِيَنِي جَبْرَئِيلُ فِي مَحْفِلٍ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ فَقَالَ لَوِ اجْتَمَعَتْ أُمَّتُكَ عَلَى حُبِّ عَلِيٍّ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ النَّارَ

‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – A group, from Abu Al Mufazzal, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad Bin Abdullah Al Mowsawy, from Ubeydullah Ibn Ahmad Bin Naheyk, from Ibn Abu Umar, from Ibn Raib, from Abu Baseer,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws, from his^-asws forefathers^-asws, from Ali^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said to me^-saww: ‘O Ali^-asws! When there was an ascension with me^-saww to the sky, the Angels met me^-saww with cheerfulness in every sky until Jibraeel^-as met me^-saww in a gathering of the Angels and said: ‘If your^-saww community were to gather upon loving Ali^-asws Allah^-azwj would not have Created the Fire’.

يَا عَلِيُّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى أَشْهَدَكَ‏ مَعِي فِي سَبْعَةِ مَوَاطِنَ حَتَّى آنَسْتُ بِكَ أَمَّا أَوَّلُ ذَلِكَ فَلَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ قَالَ لِي جَبْرَئِيلُ ع أَيْنَ أَخُوكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَقُلْتُ خَلَّفْتُهُ وَرَائِي

O Ali^-asws! Allah^-azwj the Exalted Kept you^-asws as witness with me^-saww in seven places until I^-saww was cordial with you^-asws. As for the first of that – a little into the ascension with me^-saww to the sky, Jibraeel^-as said to me^-saww: ‘Where is your^-saww brother^-as, O Muhammad^-saww?’ I^-saww said: ‘Left him^-asws behind me^-saww’.

فَقَالَ ادْعُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَلْيَأْتِكَ بِهِ فَدَعَوْتُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَإِذَا مِثَالُكَ مَعِي وَ إِذَا الْمَلَائِكَةُ وُقُوفٌ صُفُوفاً فَقُلْتُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ مَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ قَالَ هَؤُلَاءِ الَّذِينَ يُبَاهِي اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِهِمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَدَنَوْتُ فَنَطَقْتُ بِمَا كَانَ وَ بِمَا يَكُونُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ

He^-as said: ‘Supplicate to Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic to Bring him^-asws’. I^-saww supplicated to Allah^-azwj, and there was your^-saww resemblance with me^-saww. And when the Angels formed rows, I^-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! Who are they?’ He^-as said: ‘They are those Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic would be Boasting with them on the Day of Qiyamah’. I^-saww approached and spoke about what has happened and what will be happening up to the Day of Qiyamah.

وَ الثَّانِيَةُ حِينَ أُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَى ذِي الْعَرْشِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ قَالَ جَبْرَئِيلُ أَيْنَ أَخُوكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَقُلْتُ خَلَّفْتُهُ وَرَائِي فَقَالَ ادْعُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَلْيَأْتِكَ بِهِ فَدَعَوْتُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَإِذَا مِثَالُكَ مَعِي وَ كُشِطَ لِي عَنْ سَبْعِ سَمَاوَاتٍ حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ سُكَّانَهَا وَ عُمَّارَهَا وَ مَوْضِعَ كُلِّ مَلَكٍ مِنْهَا

And the second is when there was ascension with me^-saww to the One^-azwj with the Throne, Mighty and Majestic, Jibraeel^-as said: ‘Where is your^-saww brother, O Muhammad^-saww?’ I^-saww said: ‘Left him^-asws behind me^-saww’. He^-as supplicate to Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic to Bring him^-asws’. I^-saww supplicated to Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic, and there was your^-saww resemblance with me^-saww, and there was uncovered for me^-saww from seven skies until I^-saww saw their inhabitants and its buildings and places of every Angel from these.

وَ الثَّالِثَةُ حَيْثُ بُعِثْتُ إِلَى الْجِنِّ فَقَالَ لِي جَبْرَئِيلُ أَيْنَ أَخُوكَ فَقُلْتُ خَلَّفْتُهُ وَرَائِي فَقَالَ ادْعُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَلْيَأْتِكَ بِهِ فَدَعَوْتُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَإِذَا أَنْتَ مَعِي فَمَا قُلْتُ لَهُمْ شَيْئاً وَ لَا رَدُّوا عَلَيَّ شَيْئاً إِلَّا سَمِعْتُهُ وَ وَعَيْتُهُ

And the third is when I^-saww was Sent to the Jinn. Jibraeel^-as said to me^-saww: ‘Where is your^-saww brother^-asws?’ I^-saww said: ‘I^-saww Left him^-asws behind me^-saww’. He^-as said: ‘Supplicated to Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic to Bring him^-asws’. I^-saww supplicated to Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic, and there you^-asws were with me^-saww. I^-saww did not say anything to them nor did they reply to me^-saww except you^-asws heard it and retained it.

وَ الرَّابِعَةُ خَصَّصْنَا بِلَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ وَ أَنْتَ مَعِي فِيهَا وَ لَيْسَتْ لِأَحَدٍ غَيْرِنَا

And the fourth is when we^-asws were specialised with the Night of Pre-determination, and you^-asws were with me^-saww during it and there wasn’t anyone else apart from us^-asws.

وَ الْخَامِسَةُ نَاجَيْتُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ مِثَالُكَ مَعِي فَسَأَلْتُ فِيكَ‏ فَأَجَابَنِي إِلَيْهَا إِلَّا النُّبُوَّةَ فَإِنَّهُ قَالَ خَصَّصْتُهَا بِكَ وَ خَتَمْتُهَا بِكَ

And the fifth is when I^-saww whispered to Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic and your^-asws resemblance was with me^-saww. I^-saww asked Him^-saww regarding you^-asws (for qualities to be Granted). He^-azwj Answered me^-saww to these except for the Prophet-hood. He^-azwj Said: “I^-azwj have Particularised it for you^-saww, and Ended it with you^-saww”.

وَ السَّادِسَةُ لَمَّا طُفْتُ بِالْبَيْتِ الْمَعْمُورِ كَانَ مِثَالُكَ مَعِي

And the sixth is when I^-saww performed Tawaaf of the Bayt Al Mamour, your^-asws resemblance was with me^-saww.

وَ السَّابِعَةُ هَلَاكُ الْأَحْزَابِ عَلَى يَدِي وَ أَنْتَ مَعِي يَا عَلِيُّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَشْرَفَ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا فَاخْتَارَنِي عَلَى رِجَالِ الْعَالَمِينَ ثُمَّ اطَّلَعَ الثَّانِيَةَ فَاخْتَارَكَ عَلَى رِجَالِ الْعَالَمِينَ ثُمَّ اطَّلَعَ الثَّالِثَةَ فَاخْتَارَ فَاطِمَةَ عَلَى نِسَاءِ الْعَالَمِينَ ثُمَّ اطَّلَعَ الرَّابِعَةَ فَاخْتَارَ الْحَسَنَ وَ الْحُسَيْنَ وَ الْأَئِمَّةَ مِنْ وُلْدِهَا عَلَى رِجَالِ الْعَالَمِينَ

And the seventh – the confederates were destroyed upon my^-saww hands and you^-asws were with me^-asws, O Ali^-asws. Allah^-azwj Oversaw the world and Chose me^-saww over the men of the worlds, then Noticed secondly and Chose you^-asws over the men of the worlds, then Notice thirdly and Chose (Syeda) Fatima^-asws over the women of the worlds, then Noticed fourthly and Chose Al-Hassan^-asws and Al-Husayn^-asws from her^-asws sons^-asws over the men of the worlds.

يَا عَلِيُّ إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ اسْمَكَ مَقْرُوناً بِاسْمِي فِي أَرْبَعَةِ مَوَاطِنَ فَآنَسْتُ بِالنَّظَرِ إِلَيْهِ إِنِّي لَمَّا بَلَغْتُ بَيْتَ الْمَقْدِسِ فِي مَعَارِجِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَجَدْتُ عَلَى صَخْرَتِهَا لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ أَيَّدْتُهُ بِوَزِيرِهِ وَ نَصَرْتُهُ بِهِ فَقُلْتُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ وَ مَنْ وَزِيرِي فَقَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع

O Ali^-asws! I^-saww saw your^-asws name paired with my^-saww name in four places and was comforted by looking at it. When I^-saww reached Bayt Al Maqdas during my^-saww Mi’raj to the sky, I^-saww found (inscribed) upon its rock: “There is no god except Allah^-azwj, Muhammad^-saww is Rasool^-saww of Allah^-azwj, I^-azwj Aided him^-saww by his^-saww Vizier and Helped him^-saww by him^-asws”. I^-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! And who is my^-asws Vizier?’ He^-as said: ‘Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws’.

فَلَمَّا انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهَى وَجَدْتُ مَكْتُوباً لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ أَنَا وَحْدِي وَ مُحَمَّدٌ صَفْوَتِي مِنْ خَلْقِي أَيَّدْتُهُ بِوَزِيرِهِ وَ نَصَرْتُهُ بِهِ فَقُلْتُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ وَ مَنْ وَزِيرِي فَقَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع

When I^-saww arrived at the Sidrat Al-Muntaha, I^-saww found inscribed: “There is no god except Allah^-azwj, I^-azwj Alone, and Muhammad^-saww is My^-azwj elite from My^-azwj creatures. I^-azwj Aided him^-saww by his^-saww Vizier and Helped him^-saww by him^-asws”. I^-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! And who is my^-saww Vizier?’ He^-as said: ‘Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws’.

فَلَمَّا جَاوَزْتُ السِّدْرَةَ وَ انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى عَرْشِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَجَدْتُ مَكْتُوباً عَلَى قَائِمَةٍ مِنْ قَوَائِمِ الْعَرْشِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ أَنَا وَحْدِي‏ مُحَمَّدٌ حَبِيبِي وَ صَفْوَتِي مِنْ خَلْقِي أَيَّدْتُهُ بِوَزِيرِهِ وَ أَخِيهِ وَ نَصَرْتُهُ بِهِ

When I^-asws exceeded the Sidrat Al-Muntaha to the Throne of the Lord^-azwj of the world, I^-saww found inscribed upon a Pillar of the Throne: “There is no god except Allah^-azwj, I^-azwj Alone, Muhammad^-saww is My^-azwj Beloved and My^-azwj elite from My^-azwj creatures. I^-azwj Aided him^-saww by his^-saww Vizier, and his^-saww brother^-asws and Helped him^-saww by him^-asws”.

يَا عَلِيُّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَعْطَانِي فِيكَ سَبْعَ خِصَالٍ أَنْتَ أَوَّلُ مَنْ يَنْشَقُّ الْقَبْرُ عَنْهُ‏ وَ أَنْتَ أَوَّلُ مَنْ يَقِفُ مَعِي عَلَى الصِّرَاطِ فَتَقُولُ لِلنَّارِ خُذِي هَذَا فَهُوَ لَكِ وَ ذَرِي هَذَا فَلَيْسَ هُوَ لَكِ وَ أَنْتَ أَوَّلُ مَنْ يُكْسَى إِذَا كُسِيتُ وَ يَجِي‏ءُ إِذَا جِئْتُ‏ وَ أَنْتَ أَوَّلُ مَنْ يَقِفُ مَعِي عَنْ يَمِينِ الْعَرْشِ وَ أَوَّلُ مَنْ يَقْرَعُ مَعِي بَابَ الْجَنَّةِ وَ أَوَّلُ مَنْ يَسْكُنُ مَعِي عِلِّيِّينَ‏ وَ أَوَّلُ مَنْ يَشْرَبُ مَعِي مِنَ الرَّحِيقِ الْمَخْتُومِ الَّذِي‏ خِتامُهُ مِسْكٌ وَ فِي ذلِكَ فَلْيَتَنافَسِ الْمُتَنافِسُونَ‏

O Ali^-asws! Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Gave me^-saww seven qualities regarding you^-asws – You^-asws will be the first one the grave will be split from, and you^-asws will be the first one to pause with me^-saww upon the Bridge and be saying to the Fire: ‘Take this one for he is for you, and leave this one, for he isn’t for you’; and you^-asws will be the first one to be clothes when you^-asws are clothed, and to come when you^-asws come; and you^-asws will be the first one to pause with me^-saww on the right of the Throne, and the first one to knock the door of Paradise with me^-saww, and the first one to settle in Illiyeen with me^-saww; and the first one to drink with me^-saww from the Sealed Nectar Its sealing being of musk, and regarding that, so let the aspiring ones aspire [83:26]’’.[136]

98- شف، كشف اليقين مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ الثِّقَةُ فِي كِتَابِ الْمُعْتَمَدِ عَلَيْهِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ مَاجِيلَوَيْهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ وَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ الْكُوفِيُّ عَنْ نَصْرِ بْنِ مُزَاحِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي دَاوُدَ الطُّهْرِيِ‏ عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ أَبِي صَخْرَةَ عَنِ الرِّعْلِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبَانٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ قَالا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ كُنْتُ نَائِماً فِي الْحِجْرِ إِذْ أَتَانِي جَبْرَئِيلُ فَحَرَّكَنِي تَحْرِيكاً لَطِيفاً ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي عَفَا اللَّهُ عَنْكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ قُمْ وَ ارْكَبْ فَفِدْ إِلَى رَبِّكَ

‘Kashf Al Yaqeen’ – Muhammad Bin Al Abbas Bin Marwan the reliable one in the approved book, from Ahmad Bin Idrees, from Muhammad Bin Abu Al Qasim Majaylaqiya, from Ibn Abu Al Khatab from Muhammad Bin Hamad Al Kufy, from Nasr Bin Mazaham, from Abu Dawood Al Tahry, from Sabit Bin Abu Sakhra, from Al Ra’ly,

‘From Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws,

And Ismail Bin Aban, form Muhammad Bin Ajlan,

‘From Zayd son of Ali^-asws (Bin Al-Husayn^-asws) both said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘I^-saww was sleeping in the chamber when Jibraeel^-as came to me^-saww and moved me^-saww with a subtle movement, then said to me^-saww: ‘May Allah^-azwj Pardon you^-saww, O Muhammad^-saww, arise and ride, and go to your^-saww Lord^-azwj!’

فَأَتَانِي بِدَابَّةٍ دُونَ الْبَغْلِ وَ فَوْقَ الْحِمَارِ خَطْوُهَا مَدَّ الْبَصَرِ لَهُ جَنَاحَانِ مِنْ جَوْهَرٍ يُدْعَى الْبُرَاقَ

He^-as came to me^-saww with an animal smaller than the mule and larger than the donkey, its step was to the extent of the sight, for it were two wings of jewels, called Al-Buraq.

قَالَ فَرَكِبْتُ حَتَّى طَعَنْتُ فِي الثَّنِيَّةِ إِذْ أَنَا بِرَجُلٍ قَائِمٍ مُتَّصِلٍ شَعْرُهُ إِلَى كَتِفَيْهِ فَلَمَّا نَظَرَ إِلَيَّ قَالَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَوَّلُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا آخِرُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا حَاشِرُ

He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww rode until there I^-saww was with a man standing, his hair flowing to his shoulder. When he looked at me^-saww, he said, ‘The greetings be to you^-saww, O first! The greetings be to you O Last! The greetings be to you^-saww O gatherer!’

قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي جَبْرَئِيلُ رُدَّ عَلَيْهِ يَا مُحَمَّدُ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ وَ عَلَيْكَ السَّلَامُ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ

He^-saww said: ‘Jibraeel^-as said to me^-saww: ‘Reply to him, O Muhammad^-saww’. I^-saww said: ‘And upon you be the greetings and Mercy of Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Blessings.

قَالَ فَلَمَّا أَنْ جُزْتُ الرَّجُلَ فَطَعَنْتُ فِي وَسَطِ الثَّنِيَّةِ إِذَا أَنَا بِرَجُلٍ أَبْيَضِ الْوَجْهِ جَعْدِ الشَّعْرِ فَلَمَّا نَظَرَ إِلَيَّ سَلَّمَ مِثْلَ تَسْلِيمِ الْأَوَّلِ فَقَالَ جَبْرَئِيلُ رُدَّ عَلَيْهِ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَقُلْتُ وَ عَلَيْكَ السَّلَامُ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ

He^-saww said: ‘When I^-saww left the man, I^-saww continued and there I^-saww was by a man of white face, fair body. When he looked at me^-saww, he greeted me^-saww similarly to the first one. Jibraeel^-as said: ‘Respond to him^-saww, O Muhammad^-saww’. I^-saww said: ‘And upon you be the greetings, and Mercy of Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Blessings’.

قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ احْتَفِظْ بِالْوَصِيِّ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ الْمُقَرَّبِ مِنْ رَبِّهِ

He^-saww said: ‘He^-as said to me^-saww: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! Guard the successor^-asws’ – three times – ‘Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws, the one close to his^-asws Lord^-azwj’.

قَالَ فَلَمَّا جُزْتُ الرَّجُلَ وَ انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ إِذَا أَنَا بِرَجُلٍ أَحْسَنِ النَّاسِ وَجْهاً وَ أَتَمِّ النَّاسِ جِسْماً وَ أَحْسَنِ النَّاسِ بَشَرَةً فَلَمَّا نَظَرَ إِلَيَّ قَالَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا بُنَيَّ وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَوَّلُ مِثْلَ تَسْلِيمِ الْأَوَّلِ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي جَبْرَئِيلُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ رُدَّ عَلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ وَ عَلَيْكَ السَّلَامُ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ

He^-saww said: ‘When I^-saww left the man and ended up to Bayt Al-Maqdas, there I^-saww was with a man most handsome of the people in face and complete of the people in body, and most beautiful of the people in smiles. When he looked at me^-saww, he said, ‘The greetings be to you^-saww O my son, and the greetings be to you^-saww O first’, a similar greeting to the first. Jibraeel^-as said to me^-saww: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! Reply to him’. I^-saww said: ‘And upon you be the greetings and Mercy of Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Blessings’.

قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ احْتَفِظْ بِالْوَصِيِّ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ الْمُقَرَّبِ مِنْ رَبِّهِ الْأَمِينِ عَلَى حَوْضِكَ صَاحِبِ شَفَاعَةِ الْجَنَّةِ

He^-saww said: ‘He said to me^-saww: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! Guard the successor^-asws’ – three times, ‘Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws, the one in proximity to his^-asws Lord^-azwj, the trustee upon your^-saww Fountain, in charge of the intercession of Paradise’.

قَالَ فَنَزَلْتُ عَنْ دَابَّتِي عَمْداً قَالَ فَأَخَذَ جَبْرَئِيلُ بِيَدِي فَأَدْخَلَنِي الْمَسْجِدَ فَخَرَقَ بِي الصُّفُوفَ وَ الْمَسْجِدُ غَاصٌّ بِأَهْلِهِ‏ قَالَ فَإِذَا بِنِدَاءٍ مِنْ فَوْقِي تَقَدَّمْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ قَالَ فَقَدَّمَنِي جَبْرَئِيلُ فَصَلَّيْتُ بِهِمْ

He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww descended from my ride deliberately, and Jibraeel^-as grabbed my^-saww hand and entered me^-saww into the Masjid and pierced the rows with me^-saww, and the Masjid was full with its people. Then there was a call from my^-saww above: ‘Proceed, O Muhammad^-saww!’ Jibraeel^-as forwarded me^-asws and I^-saww led the Salat with them’.

قَالَ ثُمَّ وُضِعَ لَنَا مِنْهُ سُلَّمٌ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا مِنْ لُؤْلُؤٍ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي جَبْرَئِيلُ فَرَقِيَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَوَجَدْناها مُلِئَتْ حَرَساً شَدِيداً وَ شُهُباً قَالَ فَقَرَعَ جَبْرَئِيلُ الْبَابَ فَقَالُوا لَهُ مَنْ هَذَا قَالَ أَنَا جَبْرَئِيلُ قَالُوا مَنْ مَعَكَ قَالَ مَعِي مُحَمَّدٌ قَالُوا وَ قَدْ أُرْسِلَ قَالَ نَعَمْ

He^-saww said: ‘Then a ladder of pearls was placed for us from it to the sky of the world, and Jibraeel^-as grabbed my^-saww hand and went with me^-saww to the sky, and we found it filled fortress of intense flames. Jibraeel^-as knocked the door. They said, ‘Who is this?’ He^-as said: ‘I^-as am Jibraeel^-as’. They said, ‘Who is with you^-as?’ He^-as said: ‘With me^-as is Muhammad^-saww’. They said, ‘And he^-saww has been Sent?’ He^-as said: ‘Yes’.

قَالَ فَفَتَحُوا لَنَا ثُمَّ قَالُوا مَرْحَباً بِكَ مِنْ أَخٍ وَ مِنْ خَلِيفَةٍ فَنِعْمَ الْأَخُ وَ نِعْمَ الْخَلِيفَةُ وَ نِعْمَ الْمُخْتَارُ خَاتَمُ النَّبِيِّينَ لَا نَبِيَّ بَعْدَهُ

He^-saww said: ‘They opened (the door) for us, then they said, ‘Welcome to you^-saww from a brother, and from a Caliph, so best is the brother and best is the Caliph, and best is the Chosen one, last of the Prophets^-as, there is no Prophet^-as after him^-saww’.

ثُمَّ وُضِعَ لَنَا مِنْهَا سُلَّمٌ مِنْ يَاقُوتٍ مُوَشَّحٍ بِالزَّبَرْجَدِ الْأَخْضَرِ قَالَ فَصَعِدْنَا إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الثَّانِيَةِ فَقَرَعَ جَبْرَئِيلُ الْبَابَ فَقَالُوا مِثْلَ الْقَوْلِ الْأَوَّلِ وَ قَالَ جَبْرَئِيلُ مِثْلَ الْقَوْلِ الْأَوَّلِ فَفُتِحَ لَنَا ثُمَّ وُضِعَ لَنَا سُلَّمٌ مِنْ نُورٍ مَحْفُوفٌ حَوْلَهُ بِالنُّورِ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي جَبْرَئِيلُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ تَثَبَّتْ وَ اهْتَدِ هُدِيتَ ثُمَّ ارْتَفَعْنَا إِلَى الثَّالِثَةِ وَ الرَّابِعَةِ وَ الْخَامِسَةِ وَ السَّادِسَةِ وَ السَّابِعَةِ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ

Then there was placed for us from it a ladder of rubies striped with green emeralds. So, we ascended to the second sky and Jibraeel^-as knocked the door. They said similar to the words of the first ones, and Jibraeel^-as said similar to the first words. It opened for us. Then there was placed for us a ladder of light surrounded by lights. Jibraeel^-as said to me^-saww: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! Be affirmed and guided’. Then we rose to the third, and the fourth, and the fifth, and the sixth and the seventh by the Permission of Allah^-azwj.

فَإِذَا بِصَوْتٍ وَ صَيْحَةٍ شَدِيدَةٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ مَا هَذَا الصَّوْتُ فَقَالَ لِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ هَذَا صَوْتُ طُوبَى قَدِ اشْتَاقَتْ إِلَيْكَ

Then there was a sound of intense shriek. I^-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! What is this sound?’ He^-as said to me^-saww: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! This is the sound of Tooba (tree) which is desirous to you^-saww’.

قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَغَشِيَنِي عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ مَخَافَةٌ شَدِيدَةٌ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي جَبْرَئِيلُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ تَقَرَّبْ إِلَى رَبِّكَ فَقَدْ وَطِئْتُ الْيَوْمَ مَكَاناً بِكَرَامَتِكَ عَلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مَا وَطِئْتُهُ قَطُّ وَ لَوْ لَا كَرَامَتُكَ لَأَحْرَقَنِي هَذَا النُّورُ الَّذِي بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ

He^-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘Intense fear overwhelmed me^-saww at that, then Jibraeel^-as said to me^-saww: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! Go near to your^-saww Lord^-azwj, for you^-saww have trodden a place today due to your^-saww prestige to Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic what had not been trodden at all, and had it not been for your^-saww prestige, this Light which is in front would have incinerated me^-as’.

قَالَ فَتَقَدَّمْتُ فَكُشِفَ لِي عَنْ سَبْعِينَ حِجَاباً قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَخَرَرْتُ سَاجِداً وَ قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ رَبَّ الْعِزَّةِ لَبَّيْكَ قَالَ فَقِيلَ لِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ ارْفَعْ رَأْسَكَ وَ سَلْ تُعْطَ وَ اشْفَعْ تُشَفَّعْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَنْتَ حَبِيبِي وَ صَفِيِّي وَ رَسُولِي إِلَى خَلْقِي وَ أَمِينِي فِي عِبَادِي مَنْ خَلَّفْتَ فِي قَوْمِكَ حِينَ وَفَدْتَ إِلَيَّ

He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww went ahead and seventy Veils were uncovered for me^-saww. He^-azwj Said: “O Muhammad^-saww!” I^-saww fell down in Sajdah and said: ‘At Your^-azwj service Lord^-azwj of Mighty, at Your^-azwj service!’ He^-azwj Said to me^-saww: “O Muhammad^-saww! Raise your^-saww head and ask, you^-saww will be Given, and intercede you^-saww will be Interceded for. O Muhammad^-saww! You^-saww are My^-azwj Beloved, and My^-azwj elite, and My^-azwj Rasool^-saww to My^-azwj creatures, and My^-azwj trustee among My^-azwj servants. Whom have you^-saww left behind as Caliph among your^-saww people when you delegated to Me^-azwj?”

قَالَ فَقُلْتُ‏ مَنْ أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنِّي أَخِي وَ ابْنُ عَمِّي وَ نَاصِرِي وَ وَزِيرِي وَ عَيْبَةُ عِلْمِي‏ وَ مُنْجِزُ عِدَاتِي

He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww said: ‘One You^-azwj are more Knowing of it than I^-saww am, my^-saww brother, and my^-saww cousin, and my^-saww helper, and my^-saww Vizier, and container of my^-saww knowledge, and fulfiller of my^-saww promises made’.

قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي رَبِّي وَ عِزَّتِي وَ جَلَالِي وَ جُودِي وَ مَجْدِي وَ قُدْرَتِي عَلَى خَلْقِي لَا أَقْبَلُ الْإِيمَانَ بِي وَ لَا بِأَنَّكَ نَبِيٌّ إِلَّا بِالْوَلَايَةِ لَهُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَ تُحِبُّ أَنْ تَرَاهُ فِي مَلَكُوتِ السَّمَاءِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ رَبِّي وَ كَيْفَ لِي بِهِ وَ قَدْ خَلَّفْتُهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ ارْفَعْ رَأْسَكَ

He^-saww said: ‘My^-saww Lord^-azwj Said to me^-saww: “By My^-azwj Mighty and My^-azwj Majesty and My^-azwj Benevolence and My^-azwj Power over My^-azwj creatures, I^-azwj will not Accept the belief in Me^-azwj nor that you^-saww are a Prophet^-saww except with the Wilayah for him^-asws. O Muhammad^-saww ! would you^-saww like to see him^-asws in the kingdoms of the sky?’ I^-saww said: ‘My^-saww Lord^-azwj! And how can it be so for me^-saww and I^-saww have left him^-asws behind in the earth?’ He^-azwj Said to me^-saww: “O Muhammad^-saww! Raise your^-saww head!”

قَالَ فَرَفَعْتُ رَأْسِي وَ إِذَا أَنَا بِهِ‏ مَعَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ مِمَّا يَلِي السَّمَاءَ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ فَضَحِكْتُ حَتَّى بَدَتْ نَوَاجِذِي قَالَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَبِّ الْيَوْمَ قَرَّتْ عَيْنِي

He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww raised my^-saww head and there I^-saww was with him^-asws with the Angels of Proximity from what leads to the highest sky. I^-saww smiled until my^-saww teeth were seen and I^-saww said: ‘O Lord^-azwj! Today my^-saww eyes are delighted’.

قَالَ ثُمَّ قِيلَ لِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ ذَا الْعِزَّةِ لَبَّيْكَ قَالَ إِنِّي أَعْهَدُ إِلَيْكَ فِي عَلِيٍّ عَهْداً فَاسْمَعْهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ مَا هُوَ يَا رَبِّ

He^-saww said: ‘The He^-azwj Said to me^-saww: “O Muhammad^-saww!” I^-saww said: ‘At Your^-azwj service, O One with the Mighty, at Your^-azwj service!’ He^-azwj Said: ‘I^-azwj am Making a pact to you^-saww regarding Ali^-asws, so hear it”. I^-saww said: ‘What is it, O Lord^-azwj?’

فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ رَايَةُ الْهُدَى وَ إِمَامُ الْأَبْرَارِ وَ قَاتِلُ الْفُجَّارِ وَ إِمَامُ مَنْ أَطَاعَنِي وَ هُوَ الْكَلِمَةُ الَّتِي أَلْزَمْتُهَا الْمُتَّقِينَ أَوْرَثْتُهُ عِلْمِي وَ فَهْمِي فَمَنْ أَحَبَّهُ فَقَدْ أَحَبَّنِي وَ مَنْ أَبْغَضَهُ فَقَدْ أَبْغَضَنِي إِنَّهُ مُبْتَلًى وَ مُبْتَلًى بِهِ فَبَشِّرْهُ بِذَلِكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ

He^-azwj Said: “Ali^-asws is the flag of guidance, and Imam^-asws of the righteous, and fighter against the immoral ones, and Imam^-asws of the one who obeys Me^-azwj, and he^-asws is the Word which I^-azwj Necessitated for the pious. I^-azwj Made him^-asws inherit My^-azwj Knowledge and My^-azwj Understanding. The one who loves him^-asws, so he has loved Me^-azwj, and the one who hates him^-asws has hated Me^-azwj. He^-asws will be afflicted and afflicted with it, so give him^-asws the glad tidings of that, O Muhammad^-saww!”

قَالَ ثُمَّ أَتَانِي جَبْرَئِيلُ ع قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي يَقُولُ اللَّهُ لَكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَ أَلْزَمَهُمْ كَلِمَةَ التَّقْوى‏ وَ كانُوا أَحَقَّ بِها وَ أَهْلَها وَلَايَةَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ تَقَدَّمْ بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَتَقَدَّمْتُ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِنَهَرٍ حَافَتَاهُ‏ قِبَابُ الدُّرِّ وَ الْيَوَاقِيتِ أَشَدُّ بَيَاضاً مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ وَ أَحْلَى مِنَ الْعَسَلِ وَ أَطْيَبُ رِيحاً مِنَ الْمِسْكِ الْأَذْفَرِ قَالَ فَضَرَبْتُ بِيَدِي فَإِذَا طِينَةٌ مِسْكَةٌ ذَفِرَةٌ

He^-saww said: ‘Then Jibraeel^-as came to me^-saww and said to me^-saww: ‘Allah^-azwj is Saying to you^-saww: “O Muhammad^-saww! and Necessitated the Word of piety for them, and they were deserving of it and rightful of it, [48:26], Wilayah of Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws. Proceed in front, O Muhammad^-saww!’ I^-saww went ahead and there I^-saww was by a river. At its banks were domes of gems and rubies. It was intensely whiter than the silver and sweeter than the honey and more aromatic than the aroma of yellow musk. I^-saww struck it with my^-saww hand and its soil was of yellow musk.

قَالَ فَأَتَانِي جَبْرَئِيلُ فَقَالَ لِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَيُّ نَهَرٍ هَذَا قَالَ قُلْتُ أَيُّ نَهَرٍ هَذَا يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ‏ قَالَ هَذَا نَهَرُكَ وَ هُوَ الَّذِي يَقُولُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ إِنَّا أَعْطَيْناكَ الْكَوْثَرَ إِلَى مَوْضِعِ‏ الْأَبْتَرُ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ هُوَ الْأَبْتَرُ

He^-saww said: ‘Jibraeel^-as came to me^-saww and said to me^-saww: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! Which river is this?’ I^-saww said: ‘Which river is this, O Jibraeel^-as?’ He^-as said: ‘This is your^-saww river, and it is which Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Says: ‘Indeed, We Gave you Al-Kausar [108:1] – up to the place: he is the one without posterity [108:3], Amro Bin Al-Aas, he is the one without posterity’.

قَالَ ثُمَّ الْتَفَتُّ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِرِجَالٍ يُقْذَفُ بِهِمْ فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ فَقَالَ لِي هَؤُلَاءِ الْمُرْجِئَةُ وَ الْقَدَرِيَّةُ وَ الْحَرُورِيَّةُ وَ بَنُو أُمَيَّةَ وَ النَّوَاصِبُ لِذُرِّيَّتِكَ‏ الْعَدَاوَةَ هَؤُلَاءِ الْخَمْسَةُ لَا سَهْمَ لَهُمْ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ

He^-saww said: ‘Then I^-saww turned around, and there I^-saww was with men being thrown into the Fire of Hell. I^-saww said: ‘Who are they, O Jibraeel^-as?’ He^-as said to me^-saww: ‘They are the Murjiites, and the Qadirites, and the Haruriyya, and the Clan of Umayya, and the Nasibis (establisher of hostility) to your^-saww offspring of the enmity. They are the five, there is not share for them in Islam’.

قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي أَ رَضِيتَ عَنْ رَبِّكَ بِمَا قَسَمَ لَكَ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ سُبْحَانَ رَبِّي اتَّخَذَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ خَلِيلًا وَ كَلَّمَ مُوسَى تَكْلِيماً وَ أَعْطَى سُلَيْمَانَ مُلْكاً عَظِيماً وَ كَلَّمَنِي رَبِّي وَ اتَّخَذَنِي خَلِيلًا وَ أَعْطَانِي فِي عَلِيٍّ أَمْراً عَظِيماً

He^-saww said: ‘Then he^-as said to me^-saww: ‘Are you^-saww pleased from your^-saww Lord^-azwj with what He^-azwj has Apportioned for you^-saww?’ I^-saww said:’ Glorious is my^-saww Lord^-azwj! He^-azwj Took Ibrahim^-as as a friend, and spoke to Musa^-as in a conversation, and Gave Suleyman^-as a great kingdom, and my^-saww Lord^-azwj Spoke to me^-saww and Took me^-saww as a friend, and Gave me^-saww regarding Ali^-asws a grand matter.

يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ مَنِ الَّذِي لَقِيتُ فِي أَوَّلِ الثَّنِيَّةِ قَالَ ذَاكَ أَخُوكَ مُوسَى بْنُ عِمْرَانَ ع قَالَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَوَّلُ فَكُنْتَ مُبَشِّراً أَوَّلَ الْبَشَرِ وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا آخِرُ فَأَنْتَ تُبْعَثُ آخِرَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا حَاشِرُ فَأَنْتَ عَلَى حَشْرِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ

O Jibraeel^-as! Who is the one I^-saww met in the first gate?’ He^-as said: ‘That is your^-saww brother Musa^-as Bin Imran^-as. He^-as said: ‘The greetings be unto you^-saww O first and you^-saww were the first preacher, the first human; and the greetings be unto you^-saww, O last, and you^-saww are Sent as the last of the Prophets^-as; and the greetings be unto you^-saww O gatherer, and you^-saww will be the gatherer of this community’’.

قَالَ فَمَنِ الَّذِي لَقِيتُ فِي وَسَطِ الثَّنِيَّةِ قَالَ ذَاكَ أَخُوكَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ يُوصِيكَ بِأَخِيكَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع فَإِنَّهُ قَائِدُ الْغُرِّ الْمُحَجَّلِينَ وَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ أَنْتَ سَيِّدُ وُلْدِ آدَمَ

He^-saww said: ‘Who is the one whom I^-saww met in the middle gate?’ He^-as said: ‘That is your^-saww brother Isa^-as Bin Maryam^-as, advising you^-saww about your^-saww brother^-asws Ali Bin Abu Talib^-asws, for he^-asws is the guide of the resplendent, and Emir of the Momineen, and you^-asws are the Chief of the children of Adam^-as’.

قَالَ فَمَنِ الَّذِي لَقِيتُ عِنْدَ الْبَابِ بَابِ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ قَالَ ذَاكَ أَبُوكَ آدَمُ يُوصِيكَ بِوَصِيِّكَ بِابْنِهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع خَيْراً وَ يُخْبِرُكَ أَنَّهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ سَيِّدُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَ قَائِدُ الْغُرِّ الْمُحَجَّلِينَ

He^-saww said: ‘Who is the one whom I^-saww met at the door, door of Bayt Al-Maqdas?’ He^-as said: ‘That is your^-saww father Adam^-as advising you^-saww goodly about your^-saww successor^-asws that he^-asws is Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws, and informing you^-asws that he^-asws is Emir of the Momineen, and chief of the Muslims, and guide of the resplendent’.

قَالَ فَمَنِ الَّذِي صَلَّيْتُ بِهِمْ قَالَ أُولَئِكَ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ وَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ ع كَرَامَةً مِنَ اللَّهِ أَكْرَمَكَ‏ يَا مُحَمَّدُ

He^-saww said: ‘Who are the ones I^-saww led in Salat?’ He^-as said: ‘They^-as are the Prophets^-as and the Angels, as an honour from Allah^-azwj Honouring you^-saww, O Muhammad^-saww!’

ثُمَّ هَبَطَ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ قَالَ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص بَعَثَ إِلَى أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ فَدَعَاهُ فَلَمَّا جَاءَهُ قَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص ادْعُ عَلِيّاً فَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ يَا عَلِيُّ أُبَشِّرُكَ قَالَ بِمَا ذَا قَالَ أَخُوكَ مُوسَى وَ أَخُوكَ عِيسَى وَ أَبُوكَ آدَمُ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ فَكُلُّهُمْ يُوصِي بِكَ

Then I^-saww descended to the earth. When it was morning, Rasool-Allah^-saww sent for Anas Bin Malik calling him. When he came, Rasool-Allah^-saww said to him:’ Call Ali^-asws’. He^-asws came. He^-saww said: ‘O Ali^-asws, shall I^-saww give you^-asws glad tidings?’ He^-asws said: ‘With what?’ He^-saww said: ‘Your^-asws brother Musa^-as, and your^-saww brother Isa^-as, and your^-asws father Adam^-as, all of the advised me^-saww about you^-asws’.

قَالَ فَبَكَى عَلِيٌّ وَ قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَجْعَلْنِي عِنْدَهُ مَنْسِيّاً

He (the narrator) said, ‘Ali^-asws wept and said: ‘The Praise is for Allah^-azwj Who did not Make me^-asws to be forsaken in His^-azwj Presence’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا عَلِيُّ أَ لَا أُبَشِّرُكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ بَشِّرْنِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ يَا عَلِيُّ نَظَرْتُ بِعَيْنِي إِلَى عَرْشِ رَبِّي جَلَّ وَ عَزَّ فَرَأَيْتُ مِثْلَكَ فِي السَّمَاءِ الْأَعْلَى وَ عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ فِيكَ عَهْداً قَالَ بِأَبِي وَ أُمِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَ وَ كُلُّ ذَلِكَ كَانُوا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَيْكَ

Then he^-saww said: ‘O Ali^-asws, shall I^-saww give you^-asws glad tidings?’ I^-asws said: ‘Give me^-asws glad tidings, O Rasool-Allah^-saww’. He^-saww said: ‘O Ali^-asws! I^-saww looked with my^-saww eyes to the Throne of my^-saww Lord^-azwj Mighty and Majestic and I^-saww saw your^-asws resemblance in the highest sky, and He^-azwj Made a pact to me^-saww’. He^-asws said: ‘By my^-asws father^-asws and my^-asws mother^-asws, O Rasool-Allah^-saww! Or all that was mentioned to you^-saww?’

قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَا عَلِيُّ إِنَّ الْمَلَأَ الْأَعْلَى لَيَدْعُونَ لَكَ وَ إِنَّ الْمُصْطَفَيْنَ الْأَخْيَارَ لَيَرْغَبُونَ إِلَى رَبِّهِمْ جَلَّ وَ عَزَّ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ لَهُمُ السَّبِيلَ إِلَى النَّظَرِ إِلَيْكَ وَ إِنَّكَ لَتَشْفَعُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَ إِنَّ الْأُمَمَ كُلَّهُمْ مَوْقُوفُونَ عَلَى حَرْفِ‏ جَهَنَّمَ

He (the narrator) said: Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘O Ali^-asws! The high assembly were calling for you^-asws, and the best chosen ones were wishing to their Lord^-azwj Majestic and Mighty that He^-azwj for them the way to look at you^-asws, and you^-asws would intercede on the Day of Qiyamah, and that the communities, all of them would be pausing upon the edge of Hell’.

قَالَ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَمَنِ الَّذِي كَانُوا يُقْذَفُ بِهِمْ فِي نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ قَالَ أُولَئِكَ الْمُرْجِئَةُ وَ الْحَرُورِيَّةُ وَ الْقَدَرِيَّةُ وَ بَنُو أُمَيَّةَ وَ مُنَاصِبُكَ الْعَدَاوَةَ يَا عَلِيُّ هَؤُلَاءِ الْخَمْسَةُ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ نَصِيبٌ‏

He (the narrator) said, ‘Ali^-asws said: ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! Who was the one who were being thrown with in the Fire of Hell?’ He^-saww said: ‘They were the Murjiites, and the Haruriyya, and the Qadirites, and the clan of Umayya, and the ones establishing enmity to you^-asws. O Ali^-asws! They are the five having (no) share for them in Islam’’.[137]

99- شف، كشف اليقين مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِدْرِيسَ عَنِ ابْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْأَهْوَازِيِّ عَنْ فَضَالَةَ عَنِ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: أَتَى رَجُلٌ إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع وَ هُوَ فِي مَسْجِدِ الْكُوفَةِ وَ قَدِ احْتَبَى‏ بِحَمَائِلِ سَيْفِهِ فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنَّ فِي الْقُرْآنِ آيَةً قَدْ أَفْسَدَتْ عَلَيَّ دِينِي وَ شَكَّكَتْنِي فِي دِينِي قَالَ وَ مَا ذَلِكَ قَالَ قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ وَ سْئَلْ مَنْ أَرْسَلْنا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْ رُسُلِنا أَ جَعَلْنا مِنْ دُونِ الرَّحْمنِ آلِهَةً يُعْبَدُونَ‏ فَهَلْ كَانَ فِي ذَلِكَ الزَّمَانِ نَبِيٌّ غَيْرُ مُحَمَّدٍ ص فَيَسْأَلُهُ عَنْهُ

‘Kashf Al Yaqeen – Muhammad Bin Al Abbas, from Ahmad Bin Idrees, from Ibn Isa, from Al Ahwazy, from Fazalat, from Al Hazramy,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘A man came to Amir Al-Momineen^-asws and he^-asws was in Masjid Al-Kufa having being wrapped (by a cloth) by carrying his^-asws sword. He said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen^-asws! There is a Verse in the Quran which has spoilt my Religion upon me and made me doubt in my Religion’. He^-asws said: ‘And what is that?’ He said, ‘The Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic: And ask ones We Sent from before you from Our Rasools, did We Make from besides the Beneficent, a god they should be worshipping? [43:45]. Was there any Prophet^-as during that time apart from Muhammad^-saww, so he^-saww asked him^-as?’

فَقَالَ لَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع اجْلِسْ أُخْبِرْكَ بِهِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقُولُ فِي كِتَابِهِ‏ سُبْحانَ الَّذِي أَسْرى‏ بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلًا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرامِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَقْصَى الَّذِي بارَكْنا حَوْلَهُ لِنُرِيَهُ مِنْ آياتِنا فَكَانَ مِنْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ الَّتِي أَرَاهَا مُحَمَّداً أَنَّهُ انْتَهَى بِهِ جَبْرَئِيلُ إِلَى الْبَيْتِ الْمَعْمُورِ وَ هُوَ الْمَسْجِدُ الْأَقْصَى فَلَمَّا دَنَا مِنْهُ أَتَى جَبْرَئِيلُ عَيْناً فَتَوَضَّأَ مِنْهَا

Amir Al-Momineen^-asws said to him: ‘Be seated, I^-asws shall inform you with it, if Allah^-azwj so Desires. Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Said in His^-azwj Book: Glorified is He Who Journeyed His Servant on a night from the Sacred Masjid to Masjid Al-Aqsa Which We have Blessed its precincts, in order to Show him from Our Signs. [17:1]. It was from the Signs which He^-azwj Showed Muhammad^-saww is that Jibraeel^-as ended up with him^-asws to the Bayt Al-Mamour, and it is the Masjid Al-Aqsa. When he^-saww went near it, Jibraeel^-as took him^-saww to a spring to perform Wudu’u from it.

ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ تَوَضَّأْ ثُمَّ قَامَ جَبْرَئِيلُ فَأَذَّنَ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِلنَّبِيِّ تَقَدَّمْ فَصَلِّ وَ اجْهَرْ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ فَإِنَّ خَلْفَكَ أُفُقاً مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ لَا يَعْلَمُ عِدَّتَهُمْ إِلَّا اللَّهُ جَلَّ وَ عَزَّ وَ فِي الصَّفِّ الْأَوَّلِ آدَمُ وَ نُوحٌ وَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَ هُودٌ وَ مُوسَى وَ عِيسَى وَ كُلُّ نَبِيٍّ بَعَثَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى مُنْذُ خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضَ إِلَى أَنْ بَعَثَ مُحَمَّداً

Then he^-as said: ‘O Muhammad^-saww, perform Wudu’u!’ The Jibraeel^-as stood up and proclaimed Azaan, then said to the Prophet^-saww: ‘Proceed and (lead) Salat and be loud with the recitation for there are groups of Angels behind you^-saww, no one knows their number except Allah^-azwj Majestic and Mighty, and in the first row are Adam^-as, and Noah^-as, and Ibrahim^-as, and Hud^-as, and Musa^-as and Isa^-as, and every Prophet^-as Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted Sent since the creation of the skies and the earth, until the Sending of Muhammad^-saww’.

فَتَقَدَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فَصَلَّى بِهِمْ غَيْرَ هَائِبٍ وَ لَا مُحْتَشِمٍ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ أَوْحَى إِلَيْهِ كَلَمْحِ الْبَصَرِ سَلْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَنْ أَرْسَلْنا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْ رُسُلِناأَ جَعَلْنا مِنْ دُونِ الرَّحْمنِ آلِهَةً يُعْبَدُونَ‏

Rasool-Allah^-saww proceeded and (led) Salat with them^-as without being afraid or having any reservations. When he^-saww finished, He^-azwj Revealed to him^-saww like the blink of the eye: “And ask ones We Sent from before you from Our Rasools, did We Make from besides the Beneficent, a God they should be worshipping? [43:45]”.

فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيْهِمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص بِجَمِيعِهِ فَقَالَ بِمَ تَشْهَدُونَ قَالُوا نَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَ أَنَّ عَلِيّاً أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَصِيُّكَ وَ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ سَيِّدُ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ أَنَّ عَلِيّاً سَيِّدُ الْوَصِيِّينَ أُخِذَتْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ مَوَاثِيقُنَا لَكُمَا بِالشَّهَادَةِ

Rasool-Allah^-saww turned towards them^-as with his^-saww entire body and said: ‘With what did you^-as all testify?’ They^-as said: ‘That there is no god except Allah^-azwj Alone, there being no associates for Him^-azwj, and you^-saww are Rasool^-saww of Allah^-azwj, and that Ali^-asws Emir of the Momineen is your^-saww successor^-asws, and you^-saww are Rasool^-saww of Allah^-azwj Chief of the Prophets^-as, and that Ali^-asws is Chief of the successors^-as. Our^-as Covenant has been Taken upon that for you^-asws both with the testimony’’.

فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ أَحْيَيْتَ قَلْبِي وَ فَرَّجْتَ عَنِّي يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

The man said, ‘You^-asws have revived my heart and relived from me, O Amir Al-Momineen^-asws.[138]

100- شف، كشف اليقين مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ هَمَّامِ بْنِ سُهَيْلٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْعَلَوِيِّ عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ دَاوُدَ النَّجَّارِ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ ع‏ فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‏ ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَاسْتَوى‏ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ‏ إِذْ يَغْشَى السِّدْرَةَ ما يَغْشى‏

‘Kashf Al Yaqeen’ – Muhammad Bin Al Abbas, from Muhammad Bin Hamam Bin Suhayl, from Muhammad Bin Ismail Al Alawy, from Isa Bin Dawood Al Najar,

‘From Abu Al-Hassan Musa^-asws Bin Ja’far^-asws, from his^-asws father^-asws, from his^-asws grandfather^-asws regarding the Words of the Mighty and Majestic: With a seal, so he attained completion [53:6] – up to His^-azwj Words: When the Lote Tree was overwhelmed by what overwhelmed it [53:16].

فَإِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِهِ إِلَى رَبِّهِ جَلَّ وَ عَزَّ قَالَ وَقَفَ بِي جَبْرَئِيلُ ع- عِنْدَ شَجَرَةٍ عَظِيمَةٍ لَمْ أَرَ مِثْلَهَا عَلَى كُلِّ غُصْنٍ مِنْهَا وَ عَلَى كُلِّ وَرَقَةٍ مِنْهَا مَلَكٌ وَ عَلَى كُلِّ ثَمَرَةٍ مِنْهَا مَلَكٌ وَ قَدْ كَلَّلَهَا نُورٌ مِنْ نُورِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَ عَزَّ

He^-asws said: ‘When the Prophet^-saww went on Ascension (Mi’raj) to his^-saww Lord^-azwj, he^-saww said (about it): ‘Jibraeel^-as paused with me^-saww in the presence of a Magnificent Tree. I^-saww had never seen the like of it before. Upon each of its branches was an Angel, and upon each of its leaves was an Angel, and upon each of its fruit was an Angel, and it was radiating Light from the Light of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic.

فَقَالَ جَبْرَئِيلُ هَذِهِ سِدْرَةُ الْمُنْتَهَى كَانَ يَنْتَهِي الْأَنْبِيَاءُ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ إِلَيْهَا ثُمَّ لَا يُجَاوِزُونَهَا وَ أَنْتَ تَجُوزُهَا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لِيُرِيَكَ مِنْ آيَاتِهِ الْكُبْرَى فَاطْمَئِنَّ أَيَّدَكَ اللَّهُ بِالثَّبَاتِ حَتَّى تَسْتَكْمِلَ كَرَامَاتِ اللَّهِ وَ تَصِيرَ إِلَى جِوَارِهِ

Jibraeel^-as said: ‘This here is The Lote Tree (Sidrat Al-Muntaha). The Prophets^-as before you^-saww have ended up to here, then they^-as never exceeded it, and you^-saww exceed it, and if Allah^-azwj so Desires, He^-azwj will Show you^-saww from the Greatest Signs. Be assured that Allah^-azwj the Exalted will Support you^-saww to be steadfast until He^-azwj Completes His^-azwj Prestige (upon you^-saww), and you^-saww travel to His^-azwj Nearness’.

ثُمَّ صَعِدَ بِي حَتَّى صِرْتُ تَحْتَ الْعَرْشِ فَدُلِّيَ لِي رَفْرَفٌ أَخْضَرُ مَا أُحْسِنُ أَصِفُهُ فَرَفَعَنِي الرَّفْرَفُ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ إِلَى رَبِّي فَصِرْتُ عِنْدَهُ وَ انْقَطَعَ عَنِّي أَصْوَاتُ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَ دَوِيُّهُمْ وَ ذَهَبَتْ عَنِّي الْمَخَاوِفُ وَ الرَّوْعَاتُ‏ وَ هَدَأَتْ نَفْسِي وَ اسْتَبْشَرْتُ وَ ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّ جَمِيعَ الْخَلَائِقِ قَدْ مَاتُوا أَجْمَعِينَ وَ لَمْ أَرَ عِنْدِي أَحَداً مِنْ خَلْقِهِ

Then I^-saww ascended to be underneath the Throne, so a green flap approached me^-saww, the beauty of which I^-saww cannot describe, and it raised me^-saww by the Permission of my^-saww Lord^-azwj. I went to be in His^-azwj Presence, and the voices of the Angels and their sounds were cut off from me^-asws, and the fears and the concerns went away from me^-saww and I^-saww calmed myself^-saww and was encouraged, and I^-saww extended myself^-saww and was overcome by the delightfulness and the serenity of it all, and I^-saww thought that the whole of the creation had died out, and I^-saww did not see anyone apart from myself^-saww from His^-azwj Creatures.

فَتَرَكَنِي مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ رَدَّ عَلَيَّ رُوحِي فَأَفَقْتُ فَكَانَ تَوْفِيقاً مِنْ رَبِّي عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَنْ غَمَّضْتُ عَيْنِي وَ كَلَّ بَصَرِي وَ غَشِيَ عَنِّي النَّظَرُ فَجَعَلْتُ أُبْصِرُ بِقَلْبِي كَمَا أُبْصِرُ بِعَيْنِي بَلْ أَبْعُدُ وَ أَبْلُغُ فَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ جَلَّ وَ عَزَّ ما زاغَ الْبَصَرُ وَ ما طَغى‏ لَقَدْ رَأى‏ مِنْ آياتِ رَبِّهِ الْكُبْرى‏ وَ إِنَّمَا كُنْتُ أَرَى فِي مِثْلِ‏ مَخِيطِ الْإِبْرَةِ وَ نُورٍ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَبِّي لَا تُطِيقُهُ الْأَبْصَارُ

I^-saww was left (in that situation) for as long as Allah^-azwj so Desired to. Then He^-azwj Returned my^-saww soul back to me^-saww, so I^-saww came around, and it was a Guidance from my^-saww Lord^-azwj that my^-saww eyes were closed, and every vision and look was covered. I^-saww went on to visualise with my^-saww heart just as I^-saww visualise with my^-saww eyes. But it was more extensive and more profound, and these are the Words of the Exalted: Neither did the sight deviate nor did it exceed [53:17] He saw from the greatest Signs of his Lord [53:18]. But rather, I^-saww was visualising a corridor of Light like a needle, between me^-saww and my^-saww Lord^-azwj, which the sight cannot bear’.

فَنَادَانِي رَبِّي جَلَّ وَ عَزَّ فَقَالَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى يَا مُحَمَّدُ قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ رَبِّي وَ سَيِّدِي وَ إِلَهِي لَبَّيْكَ قَالَ هَلْ عَرَفْتَ قَدْرَكَ عِنْدِي وَ مَنْزِلَتَكَ وَ مَوْضِعَكَ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ يَا سَيِّدِي قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ هَلْ عَرَفْتَ مَوْقِفَكَ مِنِّي وَ مَوْضِعَ ذُرِّيَّتِكَ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ يَا سَيِّدِي

My^-saww Lord^-azwj Blessed and Exalted Called out to me^-saww: “O Muhammad^-saww!” I^-saww said: ‘Here I^-saww am my^-saww Lord^-azwj, and my^-saww God^-azwj, and my^-saww Master^-azwj!’ He^-azwj Said: “Do you^-saww understand your^-saww worth in my^-saww Presence, and your^-saww place, and your^-saww status?” I^-saww said: ‘Yes, my^-saww Master^-azwj!’ He^-azwj Said: “O Muhammad^-saww! Do you^-saww understand your^-saww place from Me^-azwj and the place of your^-saww descendants?’ I^-saww said: ‘Yes, my^-saww Master^-azwj!’

قَالَ فَهَلْ تَعْلَمُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فِيمَا اخْتَصَمَ الْمَلَأُ الْأَعْلَى فَقُلْتُ يَا رَبِّ أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ وَ أَحْكَمُ وَ أَنْتَ عَلَّامُ الْغُيُوبِ

He^-azwj Said: “Do you^-saww know, O Muhammad^-saww, regarding what the Exalted Assembly quarrelled?’ I^-saww said: ‘O Lord^-azwj, You^-azwj are more Knowing and more Wise, and You^-azwj are the Knower of the Hidden matters’.

قَالَ اخْتَصَمُوا فِي الدَّرَجَاتِ وَ الْحَسَنَاتِ فَهَلْ تَدْرِي مَا الدَّرَجَاتُ وَ الْحَسَنَاتُ قُلْتُ أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ يَا سَيِّدِي وَ أَحْكَمُ

He^-azwj Said: “They quarrelled regarding the Levels, and the Rewards. Do you^-saww know what are these Levels and the Rewards?” I^-saww said: ‘You^-azwj are more Knowing my^-saww Master^-azwj, and Wiser’.

قَالَ إِسْبَاغُ الْوُضُوءِ فِي الْمَكْرُوهَاتِ‏ وَ الْمَشْيُ عَلَى الْأَقْدَامِ إِلَى الْجُمُعَاتِ مَعَكَ وَ مَعَ الْأَئِمَّةِ مِنْ وُلْدِكَ وَ انْتِظَارُ الصَّلَاةِ بَعْدَ الصَّلَاةِ وَ إِفْشَاءُ السَّلَامِ وَ إِطْعَامُ الطَّعَامِ وَ التَّهَجُّدُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَ النَّاسُ نِيَامٌ

He^-azwj Said: “The performance of the Wudu’u during the Obligations (Salat), and the walking upon the feet to the congregation (Salat) with you^-saww, and with your^-saww children^-asws, and the awaiting for the Salat after the Salat, and disclosure of the greetings, and the feeding of the food, and the Tahajjud (Salat) at night when the people sleep”.

قَالَ‏ آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِما أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ رَبِّهِ‏ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ يَا رَبِ‏ وَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ كُلٌّ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَ مَلائِكَتِهِ وَ كُتُبِهِ وَ رُسُلِهِ لا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِنْ رُسُلِهِ وَ قالُوا سَمِعْنا وَ أَطَعْنا غُفْرانَكَ رَبَّنا وَ إِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ

He^-azwj Said: “The Rasool believes in what is Revealed unto him from his Lord”. [2:285]. I^-saww said: ‘Yes, O Lord^-azwj. ‘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’. “And they are saying, ‘We hear and we obey’”. ‘Yours is the Forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the Destination’. [2:285].

قَالَ صَدَقْتَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ لا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْساً إِلَّا وُسْعَها لَها ما كَسَبَتْ وَ عَلَيْها مَا اكْتَسَبَتْ‏ وَ أَغْفِرُ لَهُمْ

He^-azwj Said: “You^-saww speak the truth, O Muhammad^-saww! “Allah does not Encumber a soul except to its capacity. For it would be what it earned and against it would be what it earned”. [2:286], and I^-azwj shall Forgive (their sins) for them”.

وَ قُلْتُ‏ رَبَّنا لا تُؤاخِذْنا إِنْ نَسِينا أَوْ أَخْطَأْنا إِلَى آخِرِ السُّورَةِ قَالَ ذَلِكَ لَكَ وَ لِذُرِّيَّتِكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ قُلْتُ رَبِّي وَ سَيِّدِي وَ إِلَهِي

And I^-saww said: ‘Our Lord! Do not Seize us if we forget or we make a mistake. [2:286] – up to the end of the Chapter’. He^-azwj Said: “That is for you^-saww and for your^-saww offspring, O Muhammad^-saww!” I^-saww said: ‘My^-saww Lord^-azwj, and my^-saww Master and my^-saww God!’

قَالَ أَسْأَلُكَ عَمَّا أَنَا أَعْلَمُ بِهِ مِنْكَ مَنْ خَلَّفْتَ فِي الْأَرْضِ بَعْدَكَ قُلْتُ خَيْرَ أَهْلِهَا لَهَا أَخِي وَ ابْنُ عَمِّي وَ نَاصِرُ دِينِكَ يَا رَبِّ وَ الْغَاضِبُ لِمَحَارِمِكَ إِذَا اسْتَحَلَّتْ وَ لِنَبِيِّكَ غَضِيبُ النَّمِرِ إِذَا جَدَلَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ

He^-azwj Said: “I^-azwj Ask you^-saww, although I^-azwj am more Knowing of it than you^-saww are, who is the one^-asws whom you^-saww have left behind (in your^-saww place) in the earth after you^-saww?’ I^-saww said: ‘The best of my^-saww Family, my^-saww brother and cousin, and helper of Your^-azwj Religion, and the angry one at those who permit Your^-azwj Prohibitions, and for the sake of Your^-azwj Prophet^-saww, has the anger of the angry tiger when he^-asws argues, Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws’.

قَالَ صَدَقْتَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنِّي اصْطَفَيْتُكَ بِالنُّبُوَّةِ وَ بَعَثْتُكَ بِالرِّسَالَةِ وَ امْتَحَنْتُ عَلِيّاً بِالْبَلَاغِ وَ الشَّهَادَةِ إِلَى أُمَّتِكَ وَ جَعَلْتُهُ حُجَّةً فِي الْأَرْضِ مَعَكَ وَ بَعْدَكَ وَ هُوَ نُورُ أَوْلِيَائِي وَ وَلِيُّ مَنْ أَطَاعَنِي وَ هُوَ الْكَلِمَةُ الَّتِي أَلْزَمْتُهَا الْمُتَّقِينَ

He^-azwj Said: “You^-saww have spoken the truth, O Muhammad^-saww! I^-azwj Chose you^-saww for the Prophet-hood, and Sent you^-saww with the Message, and Selected Ali^-asws with the preaching and the martyrdom upon your^-saww community, and Made him^-asws as a Divine Authority in the earth with you^-saww and after your^-saww. And he^-asws is the Light of the Former ones, and the Guardian of the one who obeys Me^-azwj, and he^-asws is the ‘Word’ which is necessitated upon the pious.

يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَ زَوْجَتُهُ فَاطِمَةُ وَ إِنَّهُ وَصِيُّكَ وَ وَارِثُكَ وَ وَزِيرُكَ وَ غَاسِلُ عَوْرَتِكَ وَ نَاصِرُ دِينِكَ وَ الْمَقْتُولُ عَلَى سُنَّتِي وَ سُنَّتِكَ يَقْتُلُهُ شَقِيُّ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ

O Muhammad^-saww! And get him^-asws married to (Syeda) Fatima^-asws, for he^-asws is your^-saww successor, and your^-saww inheritor, and your Vizier, and washer of your^-saww body, and helper of your^-saww Religion, and the murdered one upon My^-azwj Sunnah and your^-saww Sunnah, and it would be the wretched one of this community who would kill him^-asws”.

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص ثُمَّ أَمَرَنِي رَبِّي بِأُمُورٍ وَ أَشْيَاءَ أَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَكْتُمَهَا وَ لَمْ يُؤْذَنْ لِي فِي إِخْبَارِ أَصْحَابِي بِهَا

Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘Then my^-saww Lord^-azwj Commanded me^-saww with matters and things, and Commanded me^-saww that I^-saww keep these concealed, and did not Permit me^-saww for informing my^-saww companions about these.

ثُمَّ هَوَى بِيَ الرَّفْرَفُ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِجَبْرَئِيلَ فَتَنَاقَلَنِي مِنْهُ حَتَّى صِرْتُ إِلَى سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهَى فَوَقَفَ بِي تَحْتَهَا ثُمَّ أَدْخَلَنِي إِلَى جَنَّةِ الْمَأْوَى فَرَأَيْتُ مَسْكَنِي وَ مَسْكَنَكَ يَا عَلِيُّ فِيهَا

Then the (green) flap raised me^-asws, and took me^-saww back to Sidrat Al-Muntaha to be with Jibraeel^-as, who was waiting for me^-saww underneath it. Then he entered me^-saww into the Garden of Abode. I^-saww saw my^-saww dwelling place, and your^-asws dwelling, O Ali^-asws, in it.

فَبَيْنَا جَبْرَئِيلُ يُكَلِّمُنِي إِذْ تَجَلَّى لِي نُورٌ مِنْ نُورِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَ عَزَّ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى مِثْلِ مَخِيطِ الْإِبْرَةِ إِلَى مِثْلِ مَا كُنْتُ نَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ فِي الْمَرَّةِ الْأُولَى فَنَادَانِي رَبِّي جَلَّ وَ عَزَّ يَا مُحَمَّدُ قُلْتُ لَبَّيْكَ رَبِّي وَ سَيِّدِي وَ إِلَهِي

While Jibraeel^-as was speaking to me^-saww, I^-saww noticed a Light from the Light of Allah^-azwj. So I^-saww looked at it, and it was like a needle, similar to what I^-saww saw the first time. My^-saww Lord^-azwj, Majestic is His^-azwj Majesty Called out to me^-saww: “O Muhammad^-saww!” I^-saww said: ‘Here I^-asws am, my^-saww Lord^-azwj, my^-saww God^-azwj, my^-saww Master^-azwj?’

قَالَ سَبَقَتْ رَحْمَتِي غَضَبِي لَكَ وَ لِذُرِّيَّتِكَ أَنْتَ مُقَرَّبِي مِنْ خَلْقِي وَ أَنْتَ أَمِينِي وَ حَبِيبِي وَ رَسُولِي وَ عِزَّتِي وَ جَلَالِي لَوْ لَقِيَنِي جَمِيعُ خَلْقِي يَشُكُّونَ فِيكَ طَرْفَةَ عَيْنٍ أَوْ يُبْغِضُونَ صَفْوَتِي مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِكَ لَأُدْخِلَنَّهُمْ نَارِي وَ لَا أُبَالِي

He^-azwj Said: “My^-azwj Mercy Precedes My^-azwj Anger for you^-saww and for your^-saww descendants^-asws. You^-saww are of My^-azwj qualities from My^-azwj creatures, and you^-saww are My^-azwj Trustworthy one, and My^-azwj Beloved, and My^-azwj Rasool^-saww, and My^-azwj Honour, and My^-azwj Majesty. Even if all of My^-azwj creatures were to doubt regarding you^-saww, for the blink of an eye, or (try to find) faults in you^-saww, or (try to find) fault in your^-saww descendants^-asws, I^-azwj would Enter all of them into the Fire, and I^-azwj would not Care.

يَا مُحَمَّدُ عَلِيٌّ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ سَيِّدُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَ قَائِدُ الْغُرِّ الْمُحَجَّلِينَ إِلَى جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ أَبُو السِّبْطَيْنِ سَيِّدَيْ شَبَابِ أَهْلِ جَنَّتِي الْمَقْتُولَيْنِ ظُلْماً

O Muhammad^-saww! Ali^-asws is the Amir-al-Momineen^-asws, and the Chief of the Rasools^-as, and the Guide of the Resplendent to the Garden of Bliss, father^-asws of the grandsons the two Chiefs of the youths of My^-azwj Paradise, the ones (who will be) murdered unjustly”.

ثُمَّ حَرَّضَ عَلَى الصَّلَاةِ وَ مَا أَرَادَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى وَ قَدْ كُنْتُ قَرِيباً مِنْهُ فِي الْمَرَّةِ الْأُولَى مِثْلَ مَا بَيْنَ كَبِدِ الْقَوْسِ إِلَى سِيَتِهِ فَذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ جَلَّ وَ عَزَّ قابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنى‏ مِنْ ذَلِكَ

Then He^-azwj Obligated upon me^-saww the Salat, and whatever the Blessed and Exalted Wanted, and I^-saww was closer to Him^-azwj in the first time, similar to what is in between the two ends of the bow. So, these are the Words of the Exalted: So he was (at a distance of) two bows or nearer [53:9] than that.

ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ سِدْرَةَ الْمُنْتَهَى فَقَالَ‏ وَ لَقَدْ رَآهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرى‏ عِنْدَ سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهى‏ عِنْدَها جَنَّةُ الْمَأْوى‏ إِذْ يَغْشَى السِّدْرَةَ ما يَغْشى‏ ما زاغَ الْبَصَرُ وَ ما طَغى‏ يَعْنِي مَا غَشِيَ السِّدْرَةَ مِنْ نُورِ اللَّهِ وَ عَظَمَتِهِ‏

Then He^-azwj Mentioned Sidrat Al-Muntaha, so He^-azwj Said: 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] – meaning what overwhelmed Al Sidrat from the Light of Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Magnificence’’.[139]

101 شف، كشف اليقين عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرِ بْنِ بَابَوَيْهِ بِرِجَالِ الْمُخَالِفِينَ رَوَيْنَاهُ مِنْ كِتَابِهِ كِتَابِ أَخْبَارِ الزَّهْرَاءِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ فُرَاتِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ خَلَفِ بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى‏ الصَّنْعَانِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنْ أَبِي يَحْيَى‏ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: لَمَّا زَوَّجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص عَلِيّاً ع فَاطِمَةَ تَحَدَّثْنَ نِسَاءُ قُرَيْشٍ وَ غَيْرُهُنَّ وَ عَيَّرَتْهَا وَ قُلْنَ زَوَّجَكِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مِنْ عَائِلٍ لَا مَالَ لَهُ

‘Kashf Al Yaqeen’ – From Abu Ja’far Bin Babuwayh, by the men of adversaries reporting from his book, ‘Akhab Al Zahra’, from Al Hassan Bin Muhammad Bin Saeed, from Furat Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Ali Al Hamdany, from Abu Al Hassan Khalaf Bin Musa, from Abdul A’ala Al Sanainy, from Abdul Razaq, from Ma’mar, from Abu Yahya, from Mujahid (non-Shia), from Ibn Abbas who said,

‘When Rasool-Allah^-saww got (Syeda) Fatima^-asws married to Ali^-asws, the women of Quraysh and others discussed and faulted her^-asws and said, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww has got you^-asws married to a destitute; there is no wealth for him^-asws.

فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص يَا فَاطِمَةُ أَ مَا تَرْضَيْنَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى اطَّلَعَ اطِّلَاعَةً إِلَى الْأَرْضِ فَاخْتَارَ مِنْهَا رَجُلَيْنِ أَحَدُهُمَا أَبُوكِ وَ الْآخَرُ بَعْلُكِ يَا فَاطِمَةُ كُنْتُ أَنَا وَ عَلِيٌّ نُوراً بَيْنَ يَدَيِ اللَّهِ مُطِيعَيْنِ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ اللَّهُ آدَمَ ع بِأَرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ أَلْفَ عَامٍ فَلَمَّا خَلَقَ آدَمَ قَسَمَ ذَلِكَ النُّورَ بِجُزْءَيْنِ جُزْءٌ أَنَا وَ جُزْءٌ عَلِيٌ

Rasool-Allah^-saww said to her^-asws: ‘O Fatima^-asws! Are you^-asws not pleased that Allah^-azwj Blessed and Exalted Notified to the earth and Chose two men from it – one of them^-asws is your^-asws father^-saww and the other is your^-asws husband. O Fatima^-asws! I^-saww and Ali^-asws were two Lights (Noor) in front of Allah^-azwj, obedient, from before Allah^-azwj Created Adam^-as by fourteen thousand years. When He^-azwj Created Adam^-as, He^-azwj Divided that Noor into two parts – a part being me^-saww and a part being Ali^-asws.

ثُمَّ إِنَّ قُرَيْشاً تَكَلَّمَتْ فِي ذَلِكَ وَ فَشَا الْخَبَرُ فَبَلَغَ النَّبِيَّ ص فَأَمَرَ بِلَالًا فَجَمَعَ النَّاسَ وَ خَرَجَ إِلَى مَسْجِدِهِ وَ رَقِيَ مِنْبَرَهُ يُحَدِّثُ النَّاسَ مَا خَصَّهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى مِنَ الْكَرَامَةِ وَ بِمَا خَصَّ بِهِ عَلِيّاً ع وَ فَاطِمَةَ ع

Then Quraysh spoke regarding that and the news spread and reached the Prophet^-saww. He^-saww ordered Bilal and the people gathered. He^-saww went out to his^-as Masjid and ascended his^-saww pulpit and narrated to the people with what Allah^-azwj the Exalted had Specialised him^-saww with the prestige, and with what He^-azwj had Specialised Ali^-asws and Fatima^-asws.

فَقَالَ يَا مَعْشَرَ النَّاسِ إِنَّهُ بَلَغَنِي مَقَالَتُكُمْ وَ إِنِّي مُحَدِّثُكُمْ حَدِيثاً فَعُوهُ وَ احْفَظُوا مِنِّي وَ اسْمَعُوهُ‏ فَإِنِّي مُخْبِرُكُمْ بِمَا خَصَّ اللَّهُ بِهِ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَ بِمَا خَصَّ بِهِ عَلِيّاً مِنَ الْفَضْلِ وَ الْكَرَامَةِ وَ فَضَّلَهُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَلَا تُخَالِفُوهُ فَتَنْقَلِبُوا عَلَى أَعْقَابِكُمْ‏ وَ مَنْ يَنْقَلِبْ عَلى‏ عَقِبَيْهِ فَلَنْ يَضُرَّ اللَّهَ شَيْئاً وَ سَيَجْزِي اللَّهُ الشَّاكِرِينَ‏

He^-saww said: ‘O group of people! Your words have reached me^-saww and I^-saww shall narrated to you all a Hadeeth, so retain it and memorise from me^-saww and make others to hear it, for I^-saww am informing you with what Allah^-azwj has Specialised the People^-asws of the Household with, and with what He^-azwj has Specialised Ali^-asws from the merits and the prestige, and his^-asws merits over you all, therefore do no oppose him^-asws and turn upon your heels, And the one who turns back upon his heels, he will never harm Allah of anything and Allah would be Recompensing the grateful [3:144].

مَعَاشِرَ النَّاسِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدِ اخْتَارَنِي مِنْ خَلْقِهِ فَبَعَثَنِي إِلَيْكُمْ رَسُولًا وَ اخْتَارَ لِي عَلِيّاً خَلِيفَةً وَ وَصِيّاً

Group of people! Allah^-azwj has Chosen me^-saww from His^-azwj creatures and Sent me^-saww to you all as a Rasool^-saww, and Chose Ali^-asws for me^-saww as a Caliph and a successor^-asws.

مَعَاشِرَ النَّاسِ إِنِّي لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ‏ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَمَا مَرَرْتُ بِمَلَإٍ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ فِي سَمَاءٍ مِنَ السَّمَاوَاتِ إِلَّا سَأَلُونِي عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَ قَالُوا يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِذَا رَجَعْتَ إِلَى الدُّنْيَا فَأَقْرِئْ عَلِيّاً وَ شِيعَتَهُ مِنَّا السَّلَامَ

Group of people! I^-saww, when there was an ascension with me^-saww to the sky, I^-saww did not pass by any assembly of the Angels in any sky from the skies except they asked me^-saww about Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws and said, ‘O Muhammad^-saww! When you^-saww return to the world, then convey the greetings from us to Ali^-asws and his^-asws Shias’.

فَلَمَّا وَصَلْتُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ السَّابِعَةِ وَ تَخَلَّفَ عَنِّي جَمِيعُ مَنْ كَانَ مَعِي مِنْ مَلَائِكَةِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ جَبْرَئِيلَ ع وَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ‏ وَ وَصَلْتُ إِلَى حُجُبِ رَبِّي دَخَلْتُ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفَ حِجَابٍ بَيْنَ كُلِّ حِجَابٍ إِلَى حِجَابٍ مِنْ حُجُبِ الْعِزَّةِ وَ الْقُدْرَةِ وَ الْبَهَاءِ وَ الْكَرَامَةِ وَ الْكِبْرِيَاءِ وَ الْعَظَمَةِ وَ النُّورِ وَ الظُّلْمَةِ وَ الْوَقَارِ حَتَّى وَصَلْتُ إِلَى حِجَابِ الْجَلَالِ‏

When I^-saww arrived to the seventh sky and the entirety of the ones who were with me^-saww from the Angels and Jibraeel^-as and the Angels of Proximity stayed behind from me^-saww, and I^-saww arrived to the Veil of my^-saww Lord^-azwj, I^-saww entered into seventy thousand Veils, in between each Veil to a Veil was a Veil of Mighty, and Power, and Glory, and Honour, and Greatness, and Magnificent, and Light, and darkness, and Dignity, until I^-saww arrived to the Veil of Majesty.

فَنَاجَيْتُ رَبِّي تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى وَ قُمْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَ تَقَدَّمَ إِلَيَّ عَزَّ ذِكْرُهُ بِمَا أَحَبَّهُ وَ أَمَرَنِي بِمَا أَرَادَ وَ لَمْ أَسْأَلْهُ لِنَفْسِي شَيْئاً وَ فِي عَلِيٍّ ع‏ إِلَّا أَعْطَانِي وَ وَعَدَنِي الشَّفَاعَةَ فِي شِيعَتِهِ وَ أَوْلِيَائِهِ

My^-saww Lord^-azwj Blessed and Exalted Whispered to me^-saww and I^-saww stood in front of Him^-azwj, and He^-azwj, Mighty is His^-azwj Mention Forwarded to me^-saww what I^-saww love and Commanded me^-saww with what He^-azwj Wanted and I^-saww did not ask Him^-azwj to negate anything, and regarding Ali^-asws except He^-azwj Granted me^-saww, and Promised me^-saww the intercession regarding his^-asws Shias and his^-asws friends.

ثُمَّ قَالَ لِيَ الْجَلِيلُ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَنْ تُحِبُّ مِنْ خَلْقِي قُلْتُ أُحِبُّ الَّذِي تُحِبُّهُ أَنْتَ يَا رَبِّي فَقَالَ لِي جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ فَأَحِبَّ عَلِيّاً فَإِنِّي أُحِبُّهُ وَ أُحِبُّ مَنْ يُحِبُّهُ وَ أُحِبُّ مَنْ أَحَبَّ مَنْ يُحِبُّهُ

Then the Grand, Majestic is His^-azwj Majesty Said to me^-saww: “O Muhammad^-saww! Whom do you^-saww love from My^-azwj creatures?” I^-saww said: ‘I^-saww love the one who loves You^-azwj, O my^-saww Lord^-azwj’. The most Majestic Said to me^-saww: “Love Ali^-asws for I^-azwj Love him^-asws and Love the one who loves him^-asws, and Love the one who loves the one who loves him^-asws”.

فَخَرَرْتُ لِلَّهِ سَاجِداً مُسَبِّحاً شَاكِراً لِرَبِّي تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى فَقَالَ لِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ عَلِيٌّ وَلِيِّي وَ خِيَرَتِي بَعْدَكَ مِنْ خَلْقِي اخْتَرْتُهُ لَكَ أَخاً وَ وَصِيّاً وَ وَزِيراً وَ صَفِيّاً وَ خَلِيفَةً وَ نَاصِراً لَكَ عَلَى أَعْدَائِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَ عِزَّتِي وَ جَلَالِي لَا يُنَاوِي عَلِيّاً جَبَّارٌ إِلَّا قَصَمْتُهُ وَ لَا يُقَاتِلُ عَلِيّاً عَدُوٌّ مِنْ أَعْدَائِي إِلَّا هَزَمْتُهُ وَ أَبَدْتُهُ‏

I^-saww fell down in Sajdah, glorifying, thanking to my^-saww Lord^-azwj Blessed and Exalted. He^-azwj Said to me^-saww: “O Muhammad^-saww! Ali^-asws is My^-azwj Guardian, and My^-azwj Choice from My^-azwj creatures after you^-saww. I^-azwj Chose him^-asws for you^-saww as a brother and a successor and a Vizier and an elite, and a Caliph and a helper for you^-saww against My^-azwj enemies. By My^-azwj Mighty and My^-azwj Majesty! No tyrant will be hostile to Ali^-asws except I^-azwj will Break him, nor will any enemy fight against Ali^-asws except I^-azwj will Defeat him and destroy him”.

يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنِّي اطَّلَعْتُ عَلَى قُلُوبِ عِبَادِي فَوَجَدْتُ عَلِيّاً أَنْصَحُ خَلْقِي لَكَ وَ أَطْوَعُهُمْ لَكَ فَاتَّخِذْهُ أَخاً وَ خَلِيفَةً وَ وَصِيّاً وَ زَوِّجْهُ ابْنَتَكَ فَإِنِّي سَأَهِبُ لَهُمَا غُلَامَيْنِ طَيِّبَيْنِ طَاهِرَيْنِ تَقِيَّيْنِ نَقِيَّيْنِ

O Muhammad^-saww! I^-azwj looked at the hearts of My^-azwj servants and Found Ali^-asws as being the most advising of My^-azwj creatures to you^-saww, and the most obedient of them to you^-saww, therefore take him^-asws as a brother, and a Caliph, and a successor, and get him^-asws married to your^-saww daughter^-asws, for I^-azwj shall be Gifting to them^-asws two boys^-asws, good, clean, pious, pure.

فَبِي حَلَفْتُ وَ عَلَى نَفْسِي حَتَمْتُ إِنَّهُ لَا يَتَوَلِّيَنَّ عَلِيّاً وَ زَوْجَتَهُ وَ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمَا أَحَدٌ مِنْ خَلْقِي إِلَّا رَفَعْتُ‏ لِوَاءَهُ إِلَى قَائِمَةِ عَرْشِي وَ جَنَّتِي وَ بُحْبُوحَةِ كَرَامَتِي وَ سَقَيْتُهُ‏ مِنْ حَظِيرَةِ قُدْسِي

I^-azwj Swear by Myself^-azwj and Ordained upon Myself^-saww that no one from My^-azwj creatures will befriend Ali^-asws and his^-asws wife^-asws and their^-asws offspring except I^-azwj shall Raise his flag to a Pillar of My^-azwj Throne, and My^-azwj Paradise, and Exalted his prestige and Settle him in a yard of My^-azwj Holiness.

وَ لَا يُعَادِيهِمْ أَحَدٌ أَوْ يَعْدِلُ عَنْ وَلَايَتِهِمْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِلَّا سَلَبْتُهُ وُدِّي وَ بَاعَدْتُهُ مِنْ قُرْبِي وَ ضَاعَفْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ عَذَابِي وَ لَعْنَتِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّكَ رَسُولِي إِلَى جَمِيعِ خَلْقِي وَ إِنَّ عَلِيّاً وَلِيِّي وَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ أَخَذْتُ مِيثَاقَ مَلَائِكَتِي وَ أَنْبِيَائِي وَ جَمِيعِ خَلْقِي وَ هُمْ أَرْوَاحٌ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ أَخْلُقَ خَلْقاً فِي سَمَائِي وَ أَرْضِي مَحَبَّةً مِنِّي لَكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَ لِعَلِيٍّ وَ لِوُلْدِكُمَا وَ لِمَنْ أَحَبَّكُمَا وَ كَانَ مِنْ شِيعَتِكُمَا وَ لِذَلِكَ خَلَقْتُهُ مِنْ طِينَتِكُمَا

And no one will be inimical to him^-asws or alter from their^-asws Wilayah, O Muhammad^-saww, except I^-azwj will Confiscate his cordiality and Distance him from My^-azwj nearness and Multiply My^-azwj Punishment upon them and My^-azwj Curses. O Muhammad^-saww! You^-saww are My^-azwj Rasool^-saww to the entirety of My^-azwj creatures, and Ali^-asws is My^-azwj Guardian, and Emir of the Momineen, and upon that I^-azwj have Taken the Covenant of My^-azwj Angels and My^-azwj Prophets^-as and the entirety of My^-azwj creatures, and they were spirits from before I^-azwj Created creatures in My^-azwj sky and My^-azwj earth as Love from Me^-azwj for you^-saww, O Muhammad^-saww and for Ali^-asws and his^-asws sons^-asws, just as for the one who loves you^-asws, and he was from your^-asws Shias, and for that I^-azwj Created him from your^-asws clays (essence)”.

فَقُلْتُ إِلَهِي وَ سَيِّدِي فَاجْمَعِ الْأُمَّةَ فَأَبَى عَلَيَّ وَ قَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّهُ الْمُبْتَلَى وَ الْمُبْتَلَى بِهِ وَ إِنِّي جَعَلْتُكُمْ مِحْنَةً لِخَلْقِي أَمْتَحِنُ بِكُمْ جَمِيعَ عِبَادِي وَ خَلْقِي فِي سَمَائِي وَ أَرْضِي وَ مَا فِيهِنَّ لِأُكْمِلَ الثَّوَابَ‏ لِمَنْ أَطَاعَنِي فِيكُمْ وَ أُحِلَّ عَذَابِي وَ لَعْنَتِي عَلَى مَنْ خَالَفَنِي فِيكُمْ وَ عَصَانِي وَ بِكُمْ أُمَيِّزُ الْخَبِيثَ مِنَ الطَّيِّبِ

I^-saww said: ‘My^-saww God! My^-saww Master! Unite the community’. He^-azwj Refused unto me^-saww and Said: “O Muhammad^-saww! It is the affliction I^-azwj shall be Afflicting with it, and I^-azwj will Make you^-asws a Test for My^-azwj creatures. I^-azwj shall Test by you^-asws the entirety of My^-azwj servants and My^-azwj creatures in My^-azwj sky and My^-azwj earth and whatever is therein. The Rewards will not be complete for the one who obeys Me^-azwj regarding you, and My^-azwj Punishment and My^-azwj Curses released upon the one who Opposes Me^-azwj regarding you^-saww and disobeys Me^-azwj, and by you^-saww I^-azwj will Distinguish the wicked from the good”.

يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَ عِزَّتِي وَ جَلَالِي لَوْلَاكَ مَا خَلَقْتُ آدَمَ وَ لَوْ لَا عَلِيٌّ مَا خَلَقْتُ الْجَنَّةَ لِأَنِّي بِكُمْ أَجْزِي الْعِبَادَ يَوْمَ الْمَعَادِ بِالثَّوَابِ وَ الْعِقَابِ وَ بِعَلِيٍّ وَ بِالْأَئِمَّةِ مِنْ وُلْدِهِ أَنْتَقِمُ مِنْ أَعْدَائِي فِي دَارِ الدُّنْيَا

O Muhammad^-saww! By My^-azwj Mighty and My^-azwj Majesty, had it not been for you^-saww I^-azwj would not have Created Adam^-as, and had it not been for Ali^-asws I^-azwj would not have Created Paradise, because it is by you^-saww I^-saww shall be Recompensing the servants on the Day of Appointment with the Rewards and the Punishments; and by Ali^-asws and by the Imams^-asws from his^-asws sons^-asws, I^-azwj will Avenge from My^-azwj enemies in the house of the world.

ثُمَّ إِلَيَّ الْمَصِيرُ لِلْعِبَادِ وَ الْمَعَادِ وَ أُحَكِّمُكُمَا فِي جَنَّتِي وَ نَارِي فَلَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ لَكُمَا عَدُوٌّ وَ لَا يَدْخُلُ النَّارَ لَكُمَا وَلِيٌّ وَ بِذَلِكَ أَقْسَمْتُ عَلَى نَفْسِي

Then to Me^-azwj is the destination of the servants and the appointment, and I^-azwj will make you^-asws two the decision-makers regarding My^-azwj Paradise and My^-azwj Fire, so no enemy of yours^-asws shall enter Paradise, nor will a friend of yours^-asws enter the Fire, and by that I^-azwj Vow to Myself^-azwj”.

ثُمَّ انْصَرَفْتُ فَجَعَلْتُ لَا أَخْرُجُ مِنْ حِجَابٍ مِنْ حُجُبِ رَبِّي ذِي الْجَلَالِ وَ الْإِكْرَامِ إِلَّا سَمِعْتُ النِّدَاءَ مِنْ وَرَائِي يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَحْبِبْ عَلِيّاً يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَكْرِمْ عَلِيّاً يَا مُحَمَّدُ قَدِّمْ عَلِيّاً يَا مُحَمَّدُ اسْتَخْلِفْ عَلِيّاً يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَوْصِ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ يَا مُحَمَّدُ وَاخِ عَلِيّاً يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَحِبَّ مَنْ يُحِبُّ عَلِيّاً يَا مُحَمَّدُ اسْتَوْصِ بِعَلِيٍّ وَ شِيعَتِهِ خَيْراً

Then I^-saww left and did not exit from any Veil from the Veils of my^-saww Lord^-azwj with the Majesty and the Honour, except I^-saww heard the Call from behind me^-saww: “O Muhammad^-saww, Love Ali^-asws! O Muhammad^-saww, honour Ali^-asws! O Muhammad^-saww, precede Ali^-asws! O Muhammad^-saww, make Ali^-asws a Caliph! O Muhammad^-saww, bequeath to Ali^-asws! O Muhammad^-saww, establish brotherhood to Ali^-asws! O Muhammad^-saww, love the one who loves Ali^-asws! O Muhammad^-saww, bequeath goodness with Ali^-asws and his^-asws Shias”.

فَلَمَّا وَصَلْتُ إِلَى الْمَلَائِكَةِ جَعَلُوا يُهَنِّئُونِّي فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ يَقُولُونَ هَنِيئاً لَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَرَامَةً لَكَ وَ لِعَلِيٍّ

When I^-saww arrived to the Angels, they went on congratulating me^-saww in the skies and saying, ‘Congratulations to you^-saww, O Rasool-Allah^-saww of the prestige to you^-asws and to Ali^-asws!’

مَعَاشِرَ النَّاسِ عَلِيٌّ أَخِي فِي الدُّنْيَا وَ الْآخِرَةِ وَ وَصِيِّي وَ أَمِينِي عَلَى سِرِّي وَ سِرِّ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَ وَزِيرِي وَ خَلِيفَتِي عَلَيْكُمْ فِي حَيَاتِي وَ بَعْدَ وَفَاتِي لَا يَتَقَدَّمُهُ أَحَدٌ غَيْرِي وَ خَيْرُ مَنْ أُخَلِّفُ بَعْدِي

Group of people! Ali^-asws is my^-saww brother^-asws in the world and the Hereafter, and my^-saww successor, and my^-saww trustee upon my^-saww secrets and the secrets of the Lord^-azwj of the worlds, and my^-saww Vizier, and my^-saww Caliph upon you all during my^-saww lifetime and after my^-saww expiry. No one can precede him^-asws apart from me^-saww, and best is the one I^-saww leave behind after me^-saww.

وَ لَقَدْ أَعْلَمَنِي رَبِّي تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى أَنَّهُ سَيِّدُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَ إِمَامُ الْمُتَّقِينَ وَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ وَارِثِي وَ وَارِثُ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ وَصِيُّ رَسُولِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَ قَائِدُ الْغُرِّ الْمُحَجَّلِينَ مِنْ شِيعَتِهِ وَ أَهْلُ وَلَايَتِهِ إِلَى جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ بِأَمْرِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

And my^-saww Lord^-azwj Blessed and Exalted Taught me^-saww that he^-asws is the Chief of the Muslims, and Imam^-asws of the pious, and Emir of the Momineen, and my^-saww inheritor and inheritor of the Prophets^-as, and successor of the Rasool^-saww of Lord^-azwj of the worlds, and guide of the resplendent from his^-asws Shias and the people of his^-asws Wilayah to the Gardens of Bliss by the Command of Lord^-azwj of the worlds.

يَبْعَثُهُ اللَّهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مَقَاماً مَحْمُوداً يَغْبِطُهُ بِهِ الْأَوَّلُونَ وَ الْآخِرُونَ بِيَدِهِ لِوَائِي لِوَاءُ الْحَمْدِ يَسِيرُ بِهِ أَمَامِي وَ تَحْتَهُ آدَمُ وَ جَمِيعُ مَنْ وُلِدَ مِنَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَ الصَّالِحِينَ إِلَى جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ حَتْماً مِنَ اللَّهِ مَحْتُوماً مِنْ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَعْدٌ وَعَدَنِيهِ رَبِّي فِيهِ‏ وَ لَنْ يُخْلِفَ اللَّهُ وَعْدَهُ‏ وَ أَنَا عَلَى ذَلِكَ مِنَ الشَّاهِدَيْنِ‏

Allah^-azwj will Resurrect him^-asws on the Day of Qiyamah on the praise-worthy position (Maqam Mahmoud), the former ones and the latter ones will envy him^-asws due to it. In his^-asws hand would be the Flag of Praise, he^-asws will travel with it in front of me^-saww and under it would be Adam^-as and the entirety of the sons from the Prophets^-as, and the martyrs, and the righteous, to the Gardens of Bliss. (It is) a matter Ordained from Allah^-azwj, Decreed from Lord^-azwj of the worlds, a Promise my^-saww Lord^-azwj has Promised him^-asws with regards to it, and Allah^-azwj will never Break His^-azwj Promise, and I^-saww am from the witnesses upon that’’.[140]

102 شف، كشف اليقين مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ شَاذَانَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَنْبَسَةَ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ وَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْجَرَّاحُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ أَبِيهَا الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ع قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ لَمَّا دَخَلْتُ الْجَنَّةَ رَأَيْتُ فِيهَا شَجَرَةً تَحْمِلُ الْحُلِيَّ وَ الْحُلَلَ أَسْفَلُهَا خَيْلٌ بُلْقٌ وَ أَوْسَطُهَا حُورٌ عِينٌ وَ فِي أَعْلَاهَا الرِّضْوَانُ

Muhammad Bin Ahmad Bin Al Hassan Bin Shazan, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Ayoub, from Ali Bin Anbasa, from Bakr Bin Ahmad, from Ahmad Bin muhammad Al Jarah, from Ahmad Bin Al Fazal, from Bakr Bin Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali,

‘From his father^-asws Musa Bin Ja’far^-asws, from his^-asws father^-asws, from Muhammad Bin Ali^-asws, from Fatima^-asws Bint Al Husayn^-asws, from her^-asws father Al-Husayn^-asws Bin Ali^-asws having said: ‘Amir Al-Momineen Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws narrated to us saying: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘When I^-saww entered Paradise I^-saww saw a tree therein bearing garments and ornaments. At its bottom were Balkh horses, and in its middle were Maiden Houries, and at it top was Al-Rizwaan (keeper).

قُلْتُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ لِمَنْ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةُ قَالَ هَذِهِ لِابْنِ عَمِّكَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع فَإِذَا أَمَرَ اللَّهُ بِدُخُولِ الْجَنَّةِ يُؤْتَى بِشِيعَةِ عَلِيٍّ حَتَّى يَنْتَهِيَ بِهِمْ إِلَى هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَةِ فَيَلْبَسُونَ الْحُلِيَّ وَ الْحُلَلَ وَ يَرْكَبُونَ الْخَيْلَ الْبُلْقَ‏ وَ يُنَادِي مُنَادٍ هَؤُلَاءِ شِيعَةُ عَلِيٍّ صَبَرُوا فِي الدُّنْيَا عَلَى الْأَذَى فَحُبُوا فِي هَذَا الْيَوْمَ بِهَذَا

I^-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! For whom is this tree?’ He^-as said: ‘This is for your^-saww cousin^-asws Amir Al-Momineen Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws. When Allah^-azwj Commands for the entry into Paradise, they will come with the Shias of Ali^-asws until they end up with them to this tree. They will be made to wear the ornaments and the garments, and they will be riding the horses of Balkh, and a Caller will Call out: “Shias of Ali^-asws! They were patient in the world upon the harm, so be gifted during this day with this!”’.[141]

103 شف، كشف اليقين مِنْ كِتَابِ الْخَصَائِصِ الْعَلَوِيَّةِ لِمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْفَتْحِ‏ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الْقَطَّانِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ الْأَحْمَرِ عَنْ هِلَالٍ الصَّيْرَفِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَسْعَدَ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ انْتُهِيَ بِي إِلَى قَصْرٍ مِنْ لُؤْلُؤٍ فِرَاشُهُ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ يَتَلَأْلَأُ فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ‏ إِلَيَّ أَنَّهُ لِعَلِيٍّ ع وَ أَوْحَى إِلَيَّ فِي عَلِيٍّ بِثَلَاثِ خِصَالٍ أَنَّهُ سَيِّدُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَ إِمَامُ الْمُتَّقِينَ وَ قَائِدُ الْغُرِّ الْمُحَجَّلِينَ

‘Kashf Al Yaqeen’ – From the book ‘Al Khasais Al Alawiya’ of Muhammad Bin Ali Bin Al Fatah, from Ismail Bin Muhammad Bin Al Fazal, from Abdul Wahab Bin Abu Abdullah, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Al Qatam, from Ibrahim Bin Abdullah, from Yahya Bin Bakeyr, from Ja’far Al Ahmar, from Hilal Al Sayrafi, from Abu Kaseer Al Ansary, from Abdullah Bin As’ad Bin Zurara, from his father who said,

‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘When there was an ascension with me^-saww to the sky, he^-as ended up with me^-saww to a castle of pearls, its throne was of shiny gold. Allah^-azwj Revealed to me^-saww that it is for Ali^-asws, and Revealed to me^-saww three qualities regarding Ali^-asws – he^-asws is the Chief of the Muslims, and Imam^-asws of the pious, and guide of the resplendent’’.[142]

104 شف، كشف اليقين مِنْ كِتَابِ الْمَنَاقِبِ‏ تَأْلِيفِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الطَّبِيبِ الشَّافِعِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي دَاوُدَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبَّادٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَعَدِّ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ هِلَالٍ الْوَزَّانِ عَنْ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ الْأَسَدِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَسْعَدَ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ انْتَهَيْتُ لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَى السِّدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهَى وَ أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ فِي عَلِيٍّ ثَلَاثٌ أَنَّهُ إِمَامُ الْمُتَّقِينَ وَ سَيِّدُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَ قَائِدُ الْغُرِّ الْمُحَجَّلِينَ إِلَى جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ‏

‘Kashf Al Yaqeen’ from the book ‘Al-Manaqib’ composed by Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Al Tabeeb Al Shafie, from Muhammad bin Ahmad Bin Usman, from Muhammad Bin Al Abbas, from Ibn Abu Dawood, from Ibrahim Bin Abaad, from Yahya Bin Abu Bakr, from Ma’ad Bin Ziyad, from Hilal Al Wazan, from Abu Kaseer Al Asady, from Abdullah Bin As’ad Bin Zurara who said,

‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘He^-as (Jibraeel^-as), on the night of the ascension, ended up with me^-saww to the Sidrat Al-Muntaha and He^-azwj Revealed to me^-saww three (qualities) regarding Ali^-asws – he^-asws is Imam^-asws of the pious, and Chief of the Muslims, and guide of the resplendent to the Gardens of Bliss’’.[143]

105 شف، كشف اليقين عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الطَّبِيبِ بِإِسْنَادِهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ‏ لَمَّا كَانَ لَيْلَةُ أُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ إِذَا قَصْرٌ أَحْمَرُ مِنْ يَاقُوتٍ يَتَلَأْلَأُ فَأُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ فِي عَلِيٍّ أَنَّهُ سَيِّدُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَ إِمَامُ الْمُتَّقِينَ وَ قَائِدُ الْغُرِّ الْمُحَجَّلِينَ‏

‘Kashf Al Yaqeen’ – From Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Al Tayyib, by his chain, said,

‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘When it was the night of the ascension with me^-saww to the sky, there was a red castle of shiny rubies. He^-azwj Revealed to me^-saww regarding Ali^-asws that he^-asws is the Chief of the Muslims, and Imam^-asws of the pious, and guide of the resplendent’’.[144]

106 شي، تفسير العياشي عَنْ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‏ أَتَى جَبْرَئِيلُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص وَ هُوَ بِالْأَبْطَحِ بِالْبُرَاقِ أَصْغَرَ مِنَ الْبَغْلِ وَ أَكْبَرَ مِنَ الْحِمَارِ عَلَيْهِ أَلْفُ أَلْفِ مِحَفَّةٍ مِنْ نُورٍ فشَمَسَ الْبُرَاقُ‏ حِينَ أَدْنَاهُ مِنْهُ لِيَرْكَبَهُ فَلَطَمَهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع لَطْمَةً عَرِقَ الْبُرَاقُ مِنْهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ اسْكُنْ فَإِنَّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ

‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Abdul Samad Bin Bashir who said,

‘I heard Abu Abdullah^-asws saying: ‘Jibraeel^-as came to Rasool-Allah^-saww with Al Buraq and he^-saww was at Al Bat’ha. It is smaller than the mule and larger than the donkey; upon it was a palanquin of a thousand thousand lights. Al-Buraq refused when he^-saww went near it in order to ride it. Jibraeel^-as tapped it with a tap; Al-Buraq sweated from it. Then he^-as said: ‘Calm down, it is Muhammad^-saww!’

ثُمَّ رَفَّ بِهِ مِنْ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَتَطَايَرَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ السَّمَاءِ فَقَالَ جَبْرَئِيلُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ فَقَالَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ عَبْدٌ مَخْلُوقٌ‏ قَالَ ثُمَّ لَقُوا جَبْرَئِيلَ فَقَالُوا يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ مَنْ هَذَا قَالَ هَذَا مُحَمَّدٌ فَسَلَّمُوا عَلَيْهِ

Then it arose with him^-saww from Bayt al-Maqdas to the sky and the Angels flew from the gateways of the sky. Jibraeel^-as said: ‘Allah^-azwj is the Greatest! Allah^-azwj is the Greatest!’ Then the angels said, ‘A Created servant’. Then they met Jibraeel^-as and said, ‘O Jibraeel^-as! Who is this?’ He^-as said: ‘This is Muhammad^-saww!’ They greeted him^-saww.

ثُمَّ رَفَّ بِهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ الثَّانِيَةِ فَتَطَايَرَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ فَقَالَ جَبْرَئِيلُ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ فَقَالَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ عَبْدٌ مَخْلُوقٌ فَلَقُوا جَبْرَئِيلَ فَقَالُوا مَنْ هَذَا فَقَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ فَسَلَّمُوا عَلَيْهِ

Then it arose with him^-saww to the second sky and the Angels flew. Jibraeel^-as said: ‘I^-as testify that there is no god except Allah^-azwj, I^-as testify that there is no god except Allah^-azwj!’ The Angels said, ‘A Created servant’. They met Jibraeel^-as and said, ‘Who is this?’ He^-as said: ‘Muhammad^-saww’. So, they greeted him^-saww.

فَلَمْ يَزَلْ كَذَلِكَ فِي سَمَاءٍ سَمَاءٍ ثُمَّ أَتَمَّ الْأَذَانَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى بِهِمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فِي السَّمَاءِ السَّابِعَةِ وَ أَمَّهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص ثُمَّ مَضَى بِهِ جَبْرَئِيلُ ع حَتَّى انْتَهَى بِهِ إِلَى مَوْضِعٍ فَوَضَعَ إِصْبَعَهُ عَلَى مَنْكِبِهِ ثُمَّ رَفَعَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ امْضِ يَا مُحَمَّدُ

It did not cease to be like that in the sky after sky. Then the Azaan was accomplished, then Rasool-Allah^-saww prayed Salat with them in the seventh sky. Rasool-Allah^-saww led them. Then Jibraeel^-as went with him^-as to a place and placed his^-as finger upon his^-saww shoulders, then raised it and said to him^-saww: ‘Continue, O Muhammad^-saww’.

فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ تَدَعُنِي فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ لَيْسَ لِي أَنْ أَجُوزَ هَذَا الْمَقَامَ وَ لَقَدْ وَطِئْتَ مَوْضِعاً مَا وَطِئَهُ أَحَدٌ قَبْلَكَ وَ لَا يَطَؤُهُ أَحَدٌ بَعْدَكَ

He^-as said to him^-as: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! You^-as are leaving me^-as in this place?’ He^-as said to him^-saww: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! It isn’t for me^-as that I^-as exceed this place, and you^-saww have trodden a place no one has trodden upon before you^-saww, nor will it be trodden by anyone after you^-saww’.

قَالَ فَفَتَحَ اللَّهُ لَهُ مِنَ الْعَظِيمِ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ قَالَ فَكَلَّمَهُ اللَّهُ‏ آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِما أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ رَبِّهِ‏ قَالَ نَعَمْ يَا رَبِ‏ وَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ كُلٌّ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَ مَلائِكَتِهِ وَ كُتُبِهِ وَ رُسُلِهِ لا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِنْ رُسُلِهِ وَ قالُوا سَمِعْنا وَ أَطَعْنا غُفْرانَكَ رَبَّنا وَ إِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ

He^-asws said: ‘Allah^-azwj Opened for him^-saww from the Magnificence what Allah^-azwj Desired. Allah^-azwj Spoke to him^-saww: “The Rasool believes in what is Revealed unto him from his Lord”. [2:285]. He^-saww said: ‘Yes, O Lord^-azwj!’ ‘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’. “And they are saying, ‘We hear and we obey’”. (The Rasool said): ‘Yours is the Forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the Destination’. [2:285].

قَالَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى‏ لا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْساً إِلَّا وُسْعَها لَها ما كَسَبَتْ وَ عَلَيْها مَا اكْتَسَبَتْ‏ قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ رَبَّنا لا تُؤاخِذْنا إِنْ نَسِينا أَوْ أَخْطَأْنا رَبَّنا وَ لا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنا إِصْراً كَما حَمَلْتَهُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِنا رَبَّنا وَ لا تُحَمِّلْنا ما لا طاقَةَ لَنا بِهِ وَ اعْفُ عَنَّا وَ اغْفِرْ لَنا وَ ارْحَمْنا أَنْتَ مَوْلانا فَانْصُرْنا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكافِرِينَ‏

The Blessed and Exalted Said: “Allah does not Encumber a soul except to its capacity. For it would be what it earned and against it would be what it earned”. [2:286]. Muhammad^-saww said: ‘Our Lord! Do not Seize us if we forget or we make a mistake. Our Lord! And do not Load upon us a burden like what You Loaded upon those from before us. Our Lord! And do not Load upon us what we have no strength for us with it; and Pardon (our sins) for us and have Mercy on us. You are our Master, therefore Help us against the Kafir people’. [2:286]

قَالَ قَالَ اللَّهُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَنْ لِأُمَّتِكَ بَعْدَكَ‏ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

He^-asws said: ‘Allah^-azwj Said: “O Muhammad^-saww! Who is for your^-saww community after you^-saww?” He^-saww said: ‘Allah^-azwj is more Knowing’. He^-azwj Said: “Ali^-asws Emir of the Momineen’.

قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع وَ اللَّهِ مَا كَانَتْ وَلَايَتُهُ إِلَّا مِنَ اللَّهِ مُشَافَهَةً لِمُحَمَّدٍ ص‏

He (the narrator) said, ‘Abu Abdullah^-asws said: ‘By Allah^-azwj! His^-asws Wilayah was not except from Allah^-azwj, Verbally to Muhammad^-saww’’.[145]

107 شي، تفسير العياشي عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ‏ إِنَّ جَبْرَئِيلَ احْتَمَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص حَتَّى أَتَى بِهِ إِلَى مَكَانٍ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ تَرَكَهُ وَ قَالَ لَهُ مَا وَطِئَ‏ نَبِيٌّ قَطُّ مَكَانَكَ

‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Abu Baseer,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I heard him^-asws saying: ‘Jibraeel^-as carried Rasool-Allah^-saww until he^-as came with him^-saww to a place from the sky, then left him^-saww, and said to him^-saww: ‘No Prophet^-as has ever trodden in your^-saww place at all’’.[146]

108 شي، تفسير العياشي عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ ع قَالَ: لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص حَضَرَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَأَذَّنَ وَ أَقَامَ جَبْرَئِيلُ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ تَقَدَّمْ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ تَقَدَّمْ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ فَقَالَ لَهُ إِنَّا لَا نَتَقَدَّمُ الْآدَمِيِّينَ مُنْذُ أُمِرْنَا بِالسُّجُودِ لآِدَمَ ع

‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Hisham Bin Salim,

‘From Al-Sadiq^-asws having said: ‘When there was an ascension with Rasool-Allah^-saww, the Salat presented so Jibraeel^-as proclaimed Azaan and said: ‘O Muhammad^-saww, proceed!’ Rasool-Allah^-saww said:’ You^-as proceed, O Jibraeel^-as’. He^-as said to him^-saww: ‘We (Angels) cannot proceed the human beings since we were Commanded with performing Sajdah to Adam^-as’’.[147]

109 شي، تفسير العياشي عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ خَارِجَةَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‏ يَا هَارُونُ كَمْ بَيْنَ مَنْزِلِكَ وَ بَيْنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَعْظَمِ فَقُلْتُ قَرِيبٌ قَالَ يَكُونُ مِيلًا فَقُلْتُ أَظُنُّهُ أَقْرَبَ‏ فَقَالَ فَمَا تَشْهَدُ الصَّلَاةَ كُلَّهَا فِيهِ فَقُلْتُ لَا وَ اللَّهِ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ رُبَّمَا شُغِلْتُ فَقَالَ لِي أَمَا إِنِّي لَوْ كُنْتُ بِحَضْرَتِهِ مَا فَاتَتْنِي فِيهِ صَلَاةٌ

‘Tafseer Al Ayyashi’ – From Haroun Bin Kharjat said,

‘Abu Abdullah^-asws said: ‘O Haroun! How much (distance) between your house and Masjid Al-A’zam?’ I said, ‘Nearby’. He^-asws said: ‘Would it happen to be a mile?’ I said, ‘I think it is nearer’. He^-asws said: ‘Why don’t you attend the Salat in it, all of them?’ I said, ‘No, by Allah^-azwj, may I be sacrificed for you^-asws, sometimes I do attend’. He^-asws said to me: ‘But I^-asws, if I^-asws were to attend it, no Salat would be missed by me^-asws’.

قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَكَذَا بِيَدِهِ مَا مِنْ مَلَكٍ مُقَرَّبٍ وَ لَا نَبِيٍّ مُرْسَلٍ وَ لَا عَبْدٍ صَالِحٍ إِلَّا وَ قَدْ صَلَّى فِي مَسْجِدِ كُوفَانَ حَتَّى مُحَمَّدٍ ص لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِهِ مَرَّ بِهِ جَبْرَئِيلُ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ هَذَا مَسْجِدُ كُوفَانَ فَقَالَ اسْتَأْذِنْ لِي حَتَّى أُصَلِّيَ فِيهِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ لَهُ فَهَبَطَ بِهِ وَ صَلَّى فِيهِ رَكْعَتَيْنِ

He (the narrator) said, ‘Then he^-asws said like this with his^-asws hand: ‘There is none from an Angel of Proximity nor a Messenger Prophet^-as, nor a righteous servant except and he had prayed Salat in Masjid Kufa, even Muhammad^-saww on the night there was an ascension with him^-saww Jibraeel^-as passed by with him^-saww and said: ‘O Muhammad^-saww! This is Masjid Kufa’. He^-saww said: ‘Will you^-as permit me^-as until I^-saww pray salat of two Cycles in it?’ He^-as permitted for him^-saww, and descended with him^-asws and he^-saww prayed two Cycles Salat in it’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ أَ مَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ رَوْضَةً مِنْ رِيَاضِ الْجَنَّةِ وَ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ رَوْضَةً مِنْ رِيَاضِ الْجَنَّةِ أَ مَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ الصَّلَاةَ الْمَكْتُوبَةَ فِيهِ تَعْدِلُ أَلْفَ صَلَاةٍ فِي غَيْرِهِ وَ النَّافِلَةَ خَمْسَمِائَةِ صَلَاةٍ وَ الْجُلُوسَ فِيهِ مِنْ غَيْرِ قِرَاءَةِ الْقُرْآنِ عِبَادَةٌ

Then he^-asws said: ‘But, do you not know that on his^-saww right was a Garden from the Gardens of Paradise, and on his^-saww left was a Garden from the Gardens of Paradise? But, do you not know that that Prescribed Salat in it equates to a thousand Salats prayed somewhere else? And the Optional (equates to) five hundred Salats? And the sitting in it from without recitation of the Quran is (an act of) worship?’

قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَكَذَا بِإِصْبَعِهِ فَحَرَّكَهَا مَا بَعْدَ الْمَسْجِدَيْنِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ مَسْجِدِ كُوفَانَ‏

He (the narrator) said, ‘Then he^-asws said like this with his^-asws finger and moved it: ‘There is no superior Masjid after the two Masjids than (Masjid) Kufa’’.[148]

110 فس، تفسير القمي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع‏ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى‏ ما ضَلَّ صاحِبُكُمْ وَ ما غَوى‏ يَقُولُ مَا ضَلَّ فِي عَلِيٍّ وَ مَا غَوَى‏ وَ ما يَنْطِقُ‏ فِيهِ‏ عَنِ الْهَوى‏ وَ مَا كَانَ مَا قَالَ فِيهِ إِلَّا بِالْوَحْيِ الَّذِي أُوحِيَ إِلَيْهِ

‘Tafseer Al Qummi’ – Ahmad Bin Idrees, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Hassan Bin Al Abbas,

‘From Abu Ja’far^-asws regarding the Words of the Exalted: ‘Your companion does not err, and does not deviate [53:2], He^-azwj is Saying: ‘He^-saww does not err regarding Ali^-asws and does not deviate, and he^-saww does not speak by the (personal desire), and whatever he^-saww has said regarding him^-asws (Ali^-asws), is only a Revelation He Revealed [53:4] unto him^-saww’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ‏ عَلَّمَهُ شَدِيدُ الْقُوى‏ ثُمَّ أَذِنَ لَهُ فَوَفَدَ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَ قَالَ‏ ذُو مِرَّةٍ فَاسْتَوى‏ وَ هُوَ بِالْأُفُقِ الْأَعْلى‏ ثُمَّ دَنا فَتَدَلَّى فَكانَ قابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنى‏ وَ كَانَ بَيْنَ لَفْظِهِ وَ بَيْنَ سَمَاعِ مُحَمَّدٍ ص كَمَا بَيْنَ وَتَرِ الْقَوْسِ وَ عُودِهَا

Then He^-azwj Said: The Mighty of Strength Taught him [53:5], then He^-azwj Permitted for him^-saww and he^-saww went to the sky and He^-azwj Said: With a seal, so he attained completion [53:6] And he was in the highest horizon [53:7] Then he approached, so he bowed [53:8] So he was (at a distance of) two bows or nearer [53:9], and there was between His^-azwj Words and the ears of Muhammad^-saww just as is between the radius of the Bow and its wood.

فَأَوْحى‏ إِلى‏ عَبْدِهِ ما أَوْحى‏ فَسُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص عَنْ ذَلِكَ‏ الْوَحْيِ فَقَالَ أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ أَنَّ عَلِيّاً سَيِّدُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ إِمَامُ الْمُتَّقِينَ وَ قَائِدُ الْغُرِّ الْمُحَجَّلِينَ وَ أَوَّلُ خَلِيفَةٍ يَسْتَخْلِفُهُ خَاتَمُ النَّبِيِّينَ

And He Revealed unto His servant what He Revealed [53:10]. Rasool-Allah^-saww was asked about that Revelation, he^-saww said: ‘He^-azwj Revealed to me^-saww that Ali^-asws is Chief of the Momineen, and Imam^-asws of the pious, and guide of the resplendent, and the first Caliph left behind by the last of the Prophets^-as.[149]

111 ير، بصائر الدرجات أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ عَنْ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ عَنْ بَشَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي دَاوُدَ عَنْ بُرَيْدَةَ قَالَ: كُنْتُ جَالِساً مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ عَلِيٌّ مَعَهُ إِذْ قَالَ يَا عَلِيُّ أَ لَمْ أُشْهِدْكَ مَعِي سَبْعَ مَوَاطِنَ حَتَّى ذَكَرَ الْمَوْطِنَ الرَّابِعَ لَيْلَةَ الْجُمُعَةِ أُرِيتُ مَلَكُوتَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضُ رُفِعَتْ لِي حَتَّى نَظَرْتُ إِلَى مَا فِيهَا فَاشْتَقْتُ إِلَيْكَ فَدَعَوْتُ اللَّهَ فَإِذَا أَنْتَ مَعِي فَلَمْ أَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئاً إِلَّا وَ قَدْ رَأَيْتَ‏

‘Basair Al Darajaat’ – Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam or someone else, from Sayf Bin Ameyra, from basha, from Abu Dawood, from Bureyda who said,

‘I was seated with Rasool-Allah^-saww and Ali^-asws was with him^-saww when he^-saww said: ‘O Ali^-asws! Did I^-saww not witness you^-asws being with me^-saww in seven places?’ – until he^-saww mentioned the fourth place – ‘On the night of Friday I^-saww saw the kingdoms of the skies and the earth were raised for me^-saww until I^-saww looked at what is therein. I^-saww was desirous to you^-asws and I^-saww supplicated to Allah^-azwj, and there you^-asws were with me^-saww, and I^-saww did not see anything from that except you^-saww saw it (as well).[150]

112 فس، تفسير القمي أَبِي عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الثَّقَفِيِّ عَنْ أَبَانِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي دَاوُدَ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ الْأَسْلَمِيِ‏ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص يَقُولُ لِعَلِيٍّ يَا عَلِيُّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَشْهَدَكَ مَعِي فِي سَبْعِ مَوَاطِنَ أَمَّا أَوَّلُ ذَلِكَ فَلَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ قَالَ لِي جَبْرَئِيلُ أَيْنَ أَخُوكَ قُلْتُ خَلَّفْتُهُ وَرَائِي قَالَ ادْعُ اللَّهَ فَلْيَأْتِكَ بِهِ فَدَعَوْتُ وَ إِذَا مِثَالُكَ مَعِي

‘Tafseer Al Qummi’ – My father, from Ibrahim Bin Muhammad Al Saqafy, from Aban Bin Usman, from Abu Dawood, from Abu Bardah Al Aslamy who said,

‘I heard Rasool-Allah^-saww saying to Ali^-asws: ‘O Ali^-asws! Allah^-azwj Presented you^-asws with me^-saww in seven places – As for the first of that, there was little ascension with me^-saww to the sky (when) Jibraeel^-as said to me^-saww: ‘Where is your^-saww brother^-asws?’ I^-saww said: ‘I^-saww left him^-asws behind me^-saww’. He^-as said: ‘Supplicate to Allah^-azwj and let Him^-azwj Bring him^-asws’. I^-saww supplicated and there you^-asws were with me^-saww.

وَ إِذَا الْمَلَائِكَةُ وُقُوفٌ صُفُوفٌ فَقُلْتُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ مَنْ هَؤُلَاءِ قَالَ هُمُ الَّذِينَ يُبَاهِيهِمُ اللَّهُ بِكَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَدَنَوْتُ فَنَطَقْتُ بِمَا كَانَ وَ بِمَا يَكُونُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ

And when the Angels paused in rows, I^-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel^-as, who are they?’ He^-as said:’ They are those whom Allah^-azwj will Boast with you^-saww on the Day of Qiyamah’. We^-asws approached and spoke with what had happened and with what would be happening up to the Day of Qiyamah.

وَ الثَّانِي حِينَ أُسْرِيَ بِي فِي الْمَرَّةِ الثَّانِيَةِ فَقَالَ لِي جَبْرَئِيلُ أَيْنَ أَخُوكَ قُلْتُ خَلَّفْتُهُ وَرَائِي قَالَ ادْعُ اللَّهَ فَلْيَأْتِكَ بِهِ فَدَعَوْتُ اللَّهَ فَإِذَا مِثَالُكَ مَعِي فَكُشِطَ لِي عَنْ سَبْعِ سَمَاوَاتٍ حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ سُكَّانَهَا وَ عُمَّارَهَا وَ مَوْضِعَ كُلِّ مَلَكٍ مِنْهَا

And the second – when there was an ascension with me^-saww during the second time, Jibraeel^-as to me: ‘Where is your^-saww brother^-asws?’ I^-saww said: ‘I^-saww left him^-asws behind me^-saww’. He^-as said: ‘Supplicate to Allah^-azwj, so let Him^-azwj Bring him^-asws’. I^-saww supplicated to Allah^-azwj and there was your^-asws resemblance with me^-saww. There was an opening Made to me^-saww from the seven skies until I^-saww saw its dwellers and its buildings and the place of every Angel from it.

وَ الثَّالِثُ حِينَ بُعِثْتُ إِلَى الْجِنِّ فَقَالَ لِي جَبْرَئِيلُ أَيْنَ أَخُوكَ قُلْتُ خَلَّفْتُهُ وَرَائِي فَقَالَ ادْعُ اللَّهَ فَلْيَأْتِكَ بِهِ فَدَعَوْتُ اللَّهَ فَإِذَا أَنْتَ مَعِي فَمَا قُلْتُ لَهُمْ شَيْئاً وَ لَا رَدُّوا عَلَيَّ شَيْئاً إِلَّا سَمِعْتَهُ‏

And the third – When I^-saww was Sent to the Jinn, Jibraeel^-as said to me^-saww: ‘Where is your^-saww brother^-asws?’ I^-saww said: ‘I^-saww left him^-asws behind me^-saww’. He^-as said: ‘Supplicate to Allah^-azwj, and let Him^-azwj Bring him^-asws’. I^-saww supplicated to Allah^-azwj and there you^-asws were with me^-saww. I^-saww did not say anything to them, nor did they reply anything to me^-saww except you^-asws heard it.

وَ الرَّابِعُ خُصِّصْنَا بِلَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ وَ لَيْسَتْ لِأَحَدٍ غَيْرِنَا

And the fourth – We^-asws were particularised with the Night of Pre-determination and there isn’t anyone apart from us^-asws.

وَ الْخَامِسُ دَعَوْتُ اللَّهَ فِيكَ وَ أَعْطَانِي‏ فِيكَ كُلَّ شَيْ‏ءٍ إِلَّا النُّبُوَّةَ فَإِنَّهُ قَالَ خَصَّصْتُكَ بِهَا وَ خَتَمْتُهَا بِكَ

And the fifth – I supplicated to Allah^-azwj regarding you^-asws, and He^-azwj Gave me all things regarding you^-asws except the Prophet-hood, for He^-azwj Said: “I^-azwj had Specialised you^-saww with it and have Ended it with you^-saww”.

وَ أَمَّا السَّادِسُ لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ جَمَعَ اللَّهُ لِيَ النَّبِيِّينَ فَصَلَّيْتُ بِهِمْ وَ مِثَالُكَ خَلْفِي

And as for the sixth – When there was an ascension with me^-saww to the sky, Allah^-azwj Gathered the Prophets^-as for me^-saww and I^-saww prayed Salat with them and your^-asws resemblance was behind me^-saww.

وَ السَّابِعُ هَلَاكُ الْأَحْزَابِ بِأَيْدِينَا

And the seventh – Destruction of the confederates was by our^-asws hands’’.[151]

113 ير، بصائر الدرجات مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمُؤْمِنِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ أَبِي دَاوُدَ السَّبِيعِيِّ عَنْ بُرَيْدَةَ الْأَسْلَمِيِّ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ يَا عَلِيُّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَشْهَدَكَ مَعِي سَبْعَ مَوَاطِنَ حَتَّى ذَكَرَ الْمَوْطِنَ الثَّانِيَ أَتَانِي جَبْرَئِيلُ فَأُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَقَالَ أَيْنَ أَخُوكَ فَقُلْتُ وَدَعْتُهُ خَلْفِي

‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Muhammad Bin Isa, from Abu Abdullah Al Momine, from Ali Bin Hasan, from Abu Dawood Al Sabaie, from Bureyda Al Aslamy,

‘From Rasool-Allah^-saww. He (the narrator) said, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘O Ali^-asws! Allah^-azwj Presented you^-asws with me^-saww in seven places’ – until he^-saww mentioned the second place: ‘Jibraeel^-as came to me and ascended with me^-saww to the sky. He^-as said: ‘Where is your^-saww brother^-asws?’ I^-saww said:’ I^-saww left him^-asws behind me^-saww.

قَالَ فَقَالَ فَادْعُ اللَّهَ يَأْتِيكَ بِهِ قَالَ فَدَعَوْتُ اللَّهَ فَإِذَا أَنْتَ‏ مَعِي فَكُشِطَ لِي عَنِ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَ الْأَرَضِينَ السَّبْعِ حَتَّى رَأَيْتُ سُكَّانَهَا وَ عُمَّارَهَا وَ مَوْضِعَ كُلِّ مَلَكٍ مِنْهَا فَلَمْ أَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئاً إِلَّا وَ قَدْ رَأَيْتَهُ كَمَا رَأَيْتُهُ‏

He (the narrator) said, ‘He^-as said: ‘Supplicated to Allah^-azwj to Bring him^-asws’. He^-saww said: ‘I^-saww supplicated to Allah^-azwj and there you^-asws were with me^-saww, and there was opened up for me^-saww from the seven skies and the seven earths until I^-saww saw its dwellers and its buildings and the place of every Angel from it. I^-saww did not see anything from that except and you^-asws had seen it just as I^-saww saw it’’.[152]

114 ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي الْحَفَّارُ عَنِ الْجِعَابِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَجَبٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِ‏ عَنْ خَلَفِ بْنِ دُرُسْتَ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ هَارُونَ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ هَمَّامٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ لَمَّا عُرِجَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ دَنَوْتُ‏ مِنْ رَبِّي عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ حَتَّى كَانَ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَهُ قَابُ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَى فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ مَنْ تُحِبُّ مِنَ الْخَلْقِ قُلْتُ يَا رَبِّ عَلِيّاً قَالَ الْتَفِتْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَالْتَفَتُّ عَنْ يَسَارِي فَإِذَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ‏

‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – Al Hafar, from Al Ja’aby, from Saeed Bin Abdullah Bin Ajab Al Ansary, from Khalaf Bin Dorost, from Al Qasim Bin Haroun, from Sahl Bin Sufyan, from Hamam, from Qatadah, from Anas (fabricator) who said,

‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘When there was an ascension with me^-saww to the sky, I^-saww went nearer to my^-saww Lord^-azwj Mighty and Majestic until there was (a distance of) two bows between me^-saww and Him^-azwj, or even closer, He^-azwj Said: “O Muhammad^-saww! Who from the creatures do you^-saww love?” I^-saww said: ‘O Lord^-azwj, Ali^-asws!’ He^-azwj Said: “Turn around, O Muhammad^-saww!” I^-saww turned towards my^-saww left and there was Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws.[153]

115 ع، علل الشرائع الْوَرَّاقُ عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عِيسَى وَ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مُقْبِلٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ الْأَزْدِيِّ عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ع قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ جَدِّي عَنْ أَبِيهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ حَمَلَنِي جَبْرَئِيلُ عَلَى كَتِفِهِ الْأَيْمَنِ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى بُقْعَةٍ بِأَرْضِ الْجَبَلِ حَمْرَاءَ أَحْسَنَ لَوْناً مِنَ الزَّعْفَرَانِ وَ أَطْيَبَ رِيحاً مِنَ الْمِسْكِ فَإِذَا فِيهَا شَيْخٌ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ بُرْنُسٌ

‘Ilal Al Sharaie’ – Al Waraq, from Sa’ad, from Ibn Isa and Al Fazal Bin Aamir, from Suleyman Bin Maqbal, from Muhammad Bin Ziyad Al Azdy, from Isa Bin Abdullah Al Ash’ary,

‘Fom Al-Sadiq Ja’far^-asws Bin Muhammad^-asws having said:’ My^-asws father^-asws narrated to me^-asws, from my^-asws grandfather^-asws, from his^-asws father^-asws having said:’ Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘When there was an ascension with me^-saww to the sky, Jibraeel^-as carried me^-saww upon his^-as right shoulder. I^-saww looked at a spot of the earth, a red mountain of more beautiful colour than saffron, and more aromatic than musk. There was an old man therein having a cape upon his head.

فَقُلْتُ لِجَبْرَئِيلَ مَا هَذِهِ الْبُقْعَةُ الْحَمْرَاءُ الَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ لَوْناً مِنَ الزَّعْفَرَانِ وَ أَطْيَبُ رِيحاً مِنَ الْمِسْكِ قَالَ بُقْعَةُ شِيعَتِكَ وَ شِيعَةُ وَصِيِّكَ عَلِيٍّ فَقُلْتُ مَنِ الشَّيْخُ صَاحِبُ الْبُرْنُسِ قَالَ إِبْلِيسُ قُلْتُ فَمَا يُرِيدُ مِنْهُمْ قَالَ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَصُدَّهُمْ عَنْ وَلَايَةِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ يَدْعُوَهُمْ إِلَى الْفِسْقِ وَ الْفُجُورِ

I^-saww said to Jibraeel^-as: ‘What is this red spot which is of more beautiful colour than the saffron, and more aromatic smell than the musk?’ He^-as said: ‘A spot of your^-saww Shias and Shias of your^-saww successor^-asws Ali^-asws’. I^-saww said: ‘Who is the old man with the cape?’ He^-as said: ‘Iblees^-la’. I^-saww said: ‘What does he^-la want from them?’ He^-as said: ‘He^-la wants to hinder them from the Wilayah of Amir Al-Momineen, and call them towards the obscenities and the immorality’.

فَقُلْتُ يَا جَبْرَئِيلُ أَهْوِ بِنَا إِلَيْهِمْ فَأَهْوَى بِنَا إِلَيْهِمْ أَسْرَعَ مِنَ الْبَرْقِ الْخَاطِفِ وَ الْبَصَرِ اللَّامِحِ فَقُلْتُ قُمْ يَا مَلْعُونُ فَشَارِكْ أَعْدَاءَهُمْ فِي أَمْوَالِهِمْ وَ أَوْلَادِهِمْ وَ نِسَائِهِمْ فَإِنَّ شِيعَتِي وَ شِيعَةَ عَلِيٍّ لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَانٌ فَسُمِّيَتْ قُمْ‏

I^-saww said: ‘O Jibraeel^-as! Let us go to them’. We went to them quicker than the flash of lightning, like the blink of the eye. I^-saww said: ‘Stand, O Accursed and participate with their enemies in their wealth and their children and their womenfolk, for my^-saww Shias and Shias of Ali^-asws are such, there isn’t any authority for you^-la upon them’, and I^-saww called out: ‘Stand!’’.[154]

116 ع، علل الشرائع أَبِي عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَطَّارِ عَنِ الصَّفَّارِ وَ لَمْ يَحْفَظْ إِسْنَادَهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ سَقَطَ مِنْ عَرَقِي فَنَبَتَ مِنْهُ الْوَرْدُ فَوَقَعَ فِي الْبَحْرِ فَذَهَبَ السَّمَكُ لِيَأْخُذَهَا وَ ذَهَبَ الدُّعْمُوصُ لِيَأْخُذَهَا فَقَالَتِ السَّمَكَةُ هِيَ لِي وَ قَالَ الدُّعْمُوصُ هِيَ لِي فَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَيْهِمَا مَلَكاً يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَهُمَا فَجَعَلَ نِصْفَهَا لِلسَّمَكَةِ وَ جَعَلَ نِصْفَهَا لِلدُّعْمُوصِ

‘Ilal Al Sharaie’ – My father, from Muhammad Al Attar, from Al Safar, and he did not preserve his chain, said,

‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘When there was an ascension with me to the sky, a drop of my^-saww perspiration dropped and the rose grew and fell into the sea. The fish went on to take it and a tadpole went on to take it. The fish said, ‘It is for me’. And the tadpole said, ‘It is for me’. Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic Sent an Angel to them to decide between them, and he made half of it for the fish and made half of it for the tadpole’.[155]

117 ع، علل الشرائع مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْبُنْدَارُ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي سَالِمٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْفَضْلِ الْوَرَّاقِ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ مُوسَى عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ: فُرِضَتْ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ص لَيْلَةَ أُسْرِيَ بِهِ الصَّلَاةُ خَمْسِينَ ثُمَّ نُقِصَتْ فَجُعِلَتْ خَمْساً ثُمَّ نُودِيَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّهُ لَا يُبَدَّلُ الْقَوْلُ لَدَيَّ فَإِنَّ لَكَ بِهَذِهِ الْخَمْسِ خمسون [خَمْسِينَ‏]

‘Ilal Al Sharaie’ – From Muhammad Bin Ja’far Al Bandar, from Saeed Bin Ahmad Bin Abu Salim, from Yahya Bin Al Fazal Al Waraq, from Yahya Bin Musa, from Abdul Razaq, from Ma’mar, from Al Zuhry, from Anas (well-known fabricator) who said,

‘Fifty (daily) Salats were Obligated upon the Prophet^-saww on the night there was an ascension with him^-saww, then these were reduced and Made to be five, then He^-azwj Called out: “O Muhammad^-saww! The Word will not Change in front of Me^-azwj, for there will be fifty for you^-saww for these five”’.[156]

118 فس، تفسير القمي أَبِي عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لِفَاطِمَةَ إِنَّهُ لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَجَدْتُ مَكْتُوباً عَلَى صَخْرَةِ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ أَيَّدْتُهُ بِوَزِيرِهِ وَ نَصَرْتُهُ بِوَزِيرِهِ فَقُلْتُ لِجَبْرَئِيلَ وَ مَنْ وَزِيرِي فَقَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع

‘Tafseer Al Qummi’ – My father, from one of his companions, raising it, said,

‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said to (Syeda) Fatima^-asws: ‘When there was an ascension with me^-saww to the sky, I^-saww found written upon the rock of Bayt Al-Maqdas: “There is no god except Allah^-azwj, Muhammad^-saww is Rasool-Allah^-saww, I^-azwj Aided him^-saww by his^-saww Vizier, and Helped him^-saww by his^-saww Vizier”. I^-saww said to Jibraeel^-as: ‘And who is my^-saww Vizier?’ He^-as said: ‘Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws’.

فَلَمَّا انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهَى وَجَدْتُ مَكْتُوباً عَلَيْهَا أَنِّي أَنَا اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنَا وَحْدِي مُحَمَّدٌ صَفْوَتِي مِنْ خَلْقِي‏ أَيَّدْتُهُ بِوَزِيرِهِ وَ نَصَرْتُهُ بِوَزِيرِهِ فَقُلْتُ لِجَبْرَئِيلَ وَ مَنْ وَزِيرِي قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع

When I^-saww ended up to Sidrat Al-Muntaha I^-saww found written upon it: “Me^-azwj, I^-azwj am Allah^-azwj, there is no god except I^-azwj Alone, Muhammad^-saww is My^-azwj elite from My^-azwj creatures, I^-azwj Aided him^-saww by his^-saww Vizier, and Helped him^-asws by his^-saww Vizier”. I^-saww said to Jibraeel^-as: ‘And who is my^-saww Vizier?’ He^-as said: ‘Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws’.

فَلَمَّا جَاوَزْتُ السِّدْرَةَ انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى عَرْشِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَجَدْتُ مَكْتُوباً عَلَى كُلِّ قَائِمَةٍ مِنْ قَوَائِمِ الْعَرْشِ أَنَا اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ حَبِيبِي أَيَّدْتُهُ بِوَزِيرِهِ وَ نَصَرْتُهُ بِوَزِيرِهِ

When I^-saww exceeded Al-Sidrat, I^-saww ended up to the Throne of Lord^-azwj of the worlds and found written upon every pillar from the pillars of the Throne: “I^-azwj am Allah^-azwj, there is no god except I^-azwj, Muhammad^-saww is My^-azwj Beloved, I^-azwj Aided him^-saww by his^-saww Vizier, and Helped him^-saww by his^-saww Vizier!”

فَلَمَّا دَخَلْتُ الْجَنَّةَ رَأَيْتُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ شَجَرَةَ طُوبَى أَصْلُهَا فِي دَارِ عَلِيٍّ وَ مَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ قَصْرٌ وَ لَا مَنْزِلٌ إِلَّا وَ فِيهَا فِتْرٌ مِنْهَا وَ أَعْلَاهَا أَسْفَاطٌ حُلَلٌ مِنْ سُنْدُسٍ وَ إِسْتَبْرَقٍ يَكُونُ لِلْعَبْدِ الْمُؤْمِنِ أَلْفُ أَلْفِ سَفَطٍ فِي كُلِّ سَفَطٍ مِائَةُ أَلْفِ حُلَّةٍ مَا فِيهَا حُلَّةٌ يُشْبِهُ الْأُخْرَى عَلَى أَلْوَانٍ مُخْتَلِفَةٍ وَ هِيَ ثِيَابُ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ

When I^-saww entered Paradise, I^-saww saw in Paradise the tree of Tooba, its roots were in the house of Ali^-asws, and there is not castle in Paradise nor any house except and in it is a branch from it; and its top is filled with garments of sill and brocade, and will happen for the Momin servant, a thousand thousand portions, in every portion being one hundred thousand garments. There is no garment in it resembling the other being upon different colours, and these are the clothes of the people of Paradise.

وَسَطُهَا ظِلٌّ مَمْدُودٌ عَرْضُ الْجَنَّةِ كَعَرْضِ السَّماءِ وَ الْأَرْضِ أُعِدَّتْ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَ رُسُلِهِ‏ يَسِيرُ الرَّاكِبُ فِي ذَلِكَ الظِّلِّ مَسِيرَةَ مِائَةِ عَامٍ‏ فَلَا يَقْطَعُهُ وَ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُ‏ وَ ظِلٍّ مَمْدُودٍ

And its middle is extended shade. The expanse of Paradise is like the expanse of the sky and the earth, prepared for those who believe in Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Rasool^-saww. The rider would ride in that shade for a travel distance of one hundred years and not come out from it, and that is His^-azwj Word: And extended shades [56:30].

وَ أَسْفَلُهَا ثِمَارُ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَ طَعَامُهُمْ متدلى [مُتَدَلٍ‏] فِي بُيُوتِهِمْ يَكُونُ فِي الْقَضِيبِ مِنْهَا مِائَةُ لَوْنٍ مِنَ الْفَاكِهَةِ مِمَّا رَأَيْتُمْ فِي دَارِ الدُّنْيَا وَ مِمَّا لَمْ تَرَوْهُ وَ مَا سَمِعْتُمْ بِهِ وَ مَا لَمْ تَسْمَعُوا مِثْلَهَا وَ كُلَّمَا يُجْتَنَى مِنْهَا شَيْ‏ءٌ نَبَتَتْ مَكَانَهَا أُخْرَى‏ لا مَقْطُوعَةٍ وَ لا مَمْنُوعَةٍ وَ تَجْرِي نَهَرٌ فِي أَصْلِ تِلْكَ الشَّجَرَةِ تَنْفَجِرُ مِنْهَا الْأَنْهَارُ الْأَرْبَعَةُ نَهَرٌ مِنْ ماءٍ غَيْرِ آسِنٍ‏ وَ نَهَرٌ مِنْ لَبَنٍ لَمْ يَتَغَيَّرْ طَعْمُهُ‏ وَ نَهَرٌ مِنْ خَمْرٍ لَذَّةٍ لِلشَّارِبِينَ‏ وَ نَهَرٌ مِنْ عَسَلٍ مُصَفًّى‏ الْخَبَرَ

And its bottom is fruits of the people of Paradise, and its foods would be hanging in their houses. In the branch from it are a hundred types of fruits from what you tend to see in the house of the world and from what you do not see, and what you have heard of and from what you have not heard the like of it. Every time something is taken from it, another grows in its place, neither terminating nor prevented; and a river flowed in the base of that tree, the four rivers branch out of the water without stagnation, and a river of milk its taste not changing, and a river of wine giving pleasure to the drinkers, and a river of clear honey’ – the Hadeeth’.[157]

119 ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي الْمُفِيدُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَ انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهَى نُودِيتُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ اسْتَوْصِ بِعَلِيٍّ خَيْراً فَإِنَّهُ سَيِّدُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَ إِمَامُ الْمُتَّقِينَ وَ قَائِدُ الْغُرِّ الْمُحَجَّلِينَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ

‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – Al Mufeed , from Ahmad Bin Al Waleed, from his father, from Sa’ad, from Ibn Isa, from Bakr Bin Salih, from Al Hassan Bin Ali, from Abdullah Bin Ibrahim, from Al Husayn Bin Zayd,

‘From Ja’far^-asws Bin Muhammad^-asws, from his^-asws father^-asws, from his^-asws grandfather^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘When there was an ascension with me^-saww to the sky and I^-saww ended up to Sidrat Al-Muntaha, He^-azwj Called out: “O Muhammad^-saww! Bequeath good with Ali^-asws for he^-asws is the Chief of the Muslims, and Imam^-asws of the pious, and guide of the resplendent on the Day of Qiyamah’’.[158]

120 فس، تفسير القمي أَبِي عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِي إِلَى السَّمَاءِ دَخَلْتُ الْجَنَّةَ فَرَأَيْتُ فِيهَا قِيعَانَ يَقَقٍ وَ رَأَيْتُ فِيهَا مَلَائِكَةً يَبْنُونَ لَبِنَةً مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَ لَبِنَةً مِنْ فِضَّةٍ وَ رُبَّمَا أَمْسَكُوا فَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ مَا بَالُكُمْ رُبَّمَا بَنَيْتُمْ وَ رُبَّمَا أَمْسَكْتُمْ

‘Tafseer Al Qummi’ – My father, from Hamad,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘When there was an ascension with me^-saww to the sky, I^-saww entered Paradise, I^-saww saw in it white plains, and saw therein Angels building buildings of gold and buildings of silver, and at times they were withholding. I^-saww said to them: ‘What is the matter with you, sometimes you are building, sometimes you are withholding?’

فَقَالُوا حَتَّى تَجِيئَنَا النَّفَقَةُ فَقُلْتُ وَ مَا نَفَقَتُكُمْ فَقَالُوا قَوْلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ فِي الدُّنْيَا سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ فَإِذَا قَالَ بَنَيْنَا وَ إِذَا أَمْسَكَ أَمْسَكْنَا

They said, ‘Until the fees come to us’. I^-saww said: ‘And what are your fees?’ They said, ‘The words of the Momin in the world, ‘Glorious is Allah^-azwj, and the Praise is for Allah^-azwj, and there is no god except Allah^-azwj, and Allah^-azwj is the Greatest’. When he says that, we build, and when he withholds, we withhold’’.[159]

121 وَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ لَمَّا أَسْرَى بِي رَبِّي إِلَى سَبْعِ سَمَاوَاتِهِ أَخَذَ بِيَدِي جَبْرَئِيلُ فَأَدْخَلَنِي الْجَنَّةَ فَأَجْلَسَنِي عَلَى دُرْنُوكٍ مِنْ دَرَانِيكِ الْجَنَّةِ فَنَاوَلَنِي سَفَرْجَلَةً فَانْفَلَقَتْ نِصْفَيْنِ فَخَرَجَتْ مِنْ بَيْنِهَا حَوْرَاءُ فَقَامَتْ بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ

And he^-asws said, ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘When my^-saww Lord^-azwj Ascended me^-saww to the seven skies, Jibraeel^-as grabbed my^-saww hand and entered me^-saww into Paradise and made me^-saww to be seated upon a camel from the camels of Paradise, and gave me^-saww a quince. I^-saww split it into two halves and there came out from between it a Hourie and stood in front of me^-saww’.

فَقَالَتِ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا أَحْمَدُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقُلْتُ وَ عَلَيْكِ السَّلَامُ مَنْ أَنْتِ فَقَالَتْ‏ أَنَا الرَّاضِيَةُ الْمَرْضِيَّةُ خَلَقَنِي الْجَبَّارُ مِنْ ثَلَاثَةِ أَنْوَاعٍ أَسْفَلِي مِنَ الْمِسْكِ وَ وَسَطِي مِنَ الْعَنْبَرِ وَ أَعْلَايَ مِنَ الْكَافُورِ وَ عُجِنْتُ بِمَاءِ الْحَيَوَانِ

She said, ‘The greetings be to you^-saww, O Muhammad^-saww! The greetings be to you^-saww O Ahmad^-saww! The greetings be to you^-saww O Rasool-Allah^-saww!’ I^-saww said: ‘And upon you be the greetings, who are you?’ She said, ‘I am the pleasing, the pleased. My^-azwj Creator the Dominant Created me from three types – my bottom is from the musk, and my middle is from the amber, and my top is from the camphor, and I have been kneaded with the water of (river) Al-Haywaan’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ جَلَّ ذِكْرُهُ لِي كُونِي فَكُنْتُ لِأَخِيكَ وَ وَصِيِّكَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ع‏

Then He^-azwj, Majestic is His^-azwj Mention, Said to me^-saww: “Be!” I came into being for your^-saww brother and your^-saww successor Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws.[160]

122 كنز، كنز جامع الفوائد و تأويل الآيات الظاهرة مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ هِلَالٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ ابْنِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ حُمْرَانَ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي كِتَابِهِ‏ ثُمَّ دَنا فَتَدَلَّى فَكانَ قابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنى‏

‘Kanz Jamie Al Fawaid’, ‘Taweel Al Ayaat Al Zaahira’ – Muhammad Bin Al Abbas, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Al Nowfaly, from Ahmad Bin HIlal, from Ibn Mahboub, from Ibn Bakeyr, from Humran who said,

‘I asked Abu Ja’far^-asws about the Words of Allah^-azwj Mighty and Majestic in His^-azwj Book: Then he approached, so he bowed [53:8] So he was (at a distance of) two bows or nearer [53:9].

فَقَالَ أَدْنَى اللَّهُ مُحَمَّداً مِنْهُ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ بَيْنَهُ وَ بَيْنَهُ إِلَّا قَنَصُ لُؤْلُؤٍ فِيهِ فِرَاشٌ‏ يَتَلَأْلَأُ فَأُرِيَ صُورَةً فَقِيلَ لَهُ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَ تَعْرِفُ هَذِهِ الصُّورَةَ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ هَذِهِ صُورَةُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ أَنْ زَوِّجْهُ فَاطِمَةَ وَ اتَّخِذْهُ وَصِيّاً

He^-asws said: ‘Allah^-azwj Brought Muhammad^-saww Closer to Him^-azwj, and there did not happen to be between him^-saww and Him^-azwj except for a platform upon which was a throne shining and saw an image. He^-azwj Said to him^-saww: “O Muhammad^-saww! Do you^-saww recognise this image?” He^-saww said: ‘Yes, this is an image of Ali^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws’. Allah^-azwj Revealed to him^-asws to get (Syeda) Fatima^-asws married (to him^-asws) and take him^-asws as a successor^-asws’’.[161]

باب 4 الهجرة إلى الحبشة و ذكر بعض أحوال جعفر ع و النجاشي‏ رحمه الله‏

CHAPTER 4 – THE EMIGRATION TO ETHIOPIA AND MENTION OF SOME OF THE SITUATIONS OF JA’FAR^-asws AND (THE KING) Al-NAJASHI

الآيات آل عمران‏ وَ إِنَّ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتابِ لَمَنْ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَ ما أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ وَ ما أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْهِمْ خاشِعِينَ لِلَّهِ لا يَشْتَرُونَ بِآياتِ اللَّهِ ثَمَناً قَلِيلًا أُولئِكَ لَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ‏ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَرِيعُ الْحِسابِ‏

The Verses – (Surah) Aal-e-Imran: And from the People of the Book there is one who believes in Allah and (in) that which has been Revealed to you and (in) that which has been Revealed to them, being humble to Allah; they are not taking a small price for the Signs of Allah; they, for them, their Recompense is in the Presence of their Lord; surely Allah is quick in Reckoning [3:199]

المائدة لَتَجِدَنَّ أَشَدَّ النَّاسِ عَداوَةً لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا الْيَهُودَ وَ الَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا وَ لَتَجِدَنَّ أَقْرَبَهُمْ مَوَدَّةً لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا الَّذِينَ قالُوا إِنَّا نَصارى‏ ذلِكَ بِأَنَّ مِنْهُمْ قِسِّيسِينَ وَ رُهْباناً وَ أَنَّهُمْ لا يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

(Surah) Al Maidah: You will find the most severe of the people in enmity being those who are believing (to be) Jews and those who are associating; and you will find the closest of them in cordiality being those who are believing, those who are saying, ‘We are Christians’. That is because from them are priests and rabbis and they are not being arrogant [5:82]

وَ إِذا سَمِعُوا ما أُنْزِلَ إِلَى الرَّسُولِ تَرى‏ أَعْيُنَهُمْ تَفِيضُ مِنَ الدَّمْعِ مِمَّا عَرَفُوا مِنَ الْحَقِّ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنا آمَنَّا فَاكْتُبْنا مَعَ الشَّاهِدِينَ

And when they are hearing what is Revealed to the Rasool, you will see their eyes overflowing from the tears from what they are recognising from the Truth. They are saying, ‘Our Lord! We believe, so Write us to be with the witnesses [5:83]

وَ ما لَنا لا نُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَ ما جاءَنا مِنَ الْحَقِّ وَ نَطْمَعُ أَنْ يُدْخِلَنا رَبُّنا مَعَ الْقَوْمِ الصَّالِحِينَ

And what is to us not believing in Allah and what has come to us from the Truth, and we are wishing that our Lord would Enter us to be with the righteous people?’ [5:84]

فَأَثابَهُمُ اللَّهُ بِما قالُوا جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهارُ خالِدِينَ فِيها وَ ذلِكَ جَزاءُ الْمُحْسِنِينَ‏

Therefore, Allah would Reward them due to what they are saying, with Gardens beneath which the rivers flow, being eternally therein; and that is a Recompense of the good doers [5:85]

Notes –

قال الطبرسي رحمه الله‏ اختلفوا في نزولها فقيل نزلت في النجاشي ملك الحبشة و اسمه أصحمة و هو بالعربية عطية و ذلك أنه لما مات نعاه جبرئيل لرسول الله ص في اليوم الذي مات فيه فقال رسول الله ص اخرجوا فصلوا على أخ لكم مات بغير أرضكم قالوا و من هو قال النجاشي

Al Tabarsee said, ‘They are differing regarding its Revelation. It is said it was Revealed regarding Al-Najjashy, king of Ethiopia, and his name is As’hama, and in Arabic it is ‘Atiya’, and that is when he died, Jibraeel^-as informed Rasool-Allah^-saww of his death during the day in which he had died. Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘Go out and pray Salat upon a brother of your who has died in other than your land!’ They said, ‘And who is he?’ He^-saww said: ‘Al-Najjashy’.

فخرج رسول الله ص إلى البقيع و كشف له من المدينة إلى أرض الحبشة فأبصر سرير النجاشي و صلى عليه

Rasool-Allah^-saww went out to Al-Baqie (cemetery) and it was uncovered from Al-Medina to the land of Ethiopia, and he^-saww the funeral bier of Al-Najjashy, and he^-saww prayed upon him’.

فقال المنافقون انظروا إلى هذا يصلي على علج نصراني حبشي لم يره قط و ليس على دينه فأنزل الله هذه الآية- عن جابر بن عبد الله و ابن عباس و أنس و قتادة

The hypocrites said, ‘Look at this one praying upon a Christian Ethiopian slave although he isn’t upon his^-saww religion!’ So Allah^-azwj Revealed this Verse – from Jabir Bin Abdullah^-ar, and Ibn Abbas, and Anas and Qatadah.

فوافى جعفر إلى رسول الله ص بجميع من كانوا معه فقال رسول الله ص لا أدري أنا بفتح خيبر أسر أم بقدوم جعفر

Ja’far^-ar arrived to Rasool-Allah^-saww with all the ones who were with him^-ar. Rasool-Allah^-saww said: ‘I^-saww don’t know I^-saww am most cheerful with the conquest of Khyber or with the arrival of Ja’far^-ar!’

و وافى جعفر و أصحاب رسول الله ص في سبعين رجلا منهم اثنان و ستون من الحبشة و ثمانية من أهل الشام فيهم بحيرا الراهب فقرأ عليهم رسول الله ص سورة يس‏ إلى آخرها فبكوا حين سمعوا القرآن و آمنوا و قالوا ما أشبه هذا بما كان ينزل على عيسى ع فأنزل الله فيهم هذه الآيات

And Ja’far^-ar and companions of Rasool-Allah^-saww arrived among seventy men. From them were sixty-two from Ethiopia and eight from the people of Syria. Among them was Baheera the Monk. Rasool-Allah^-saww recited to them Surah Yaseen (chapter 36) up to its end. They wept when they heard the Quran, and expressed belief and said, ‘How resembling this is with what had been Revealed to Isa^-as!’ – So Allah^-azwj Revealed these Verses regarding them.

1- فس، تفسير القمي‏ لَتَجِدَنَّ أَشَدَّ النَّاسِ عَداوَةً لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا الْيَهُودَ وَ الَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا وَ لَتَجِدَنَّ أَقْرَبَهُمْ مَوَدَّةً لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا الَّذِينَ قالُوا إِنَّا نَصارى‏ ‘Tafseer Al Qummi’ – You will find the most severe of the people in enmity being those who are believing (to be) Jews and those who are associating; and you will find the closest of them in cordiality being those who are believing, those who are saying, ‘We are Christians’ [5:82]

فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ سَبَبُ نُزُولِهَا أَنَّهُ لَمَّا اشْتَدَّتْ قُرَيْشٌ فِي أَذَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ أَصْحَابِهِ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِمَكَّةَ قَبْلَ الْهِجْرَةِ أَمَرَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَنْ يَخْرُجُوا إِلَى الْحَبَشَةِ وَ أَمَرَ جَعْفَرَ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ مَعَهُمْ فَخَرَجَ جَعْفَرٌ وَ مَعَهُ سَبْعُونَ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ حَتَّى رَكِبُوا الْبَحْرَ

‘The reason for its Revelation is that when the Quraysh intensified their harming of Rasool-Allah^-saww and his^-saww companions, those who had believed in him-saww at Makkah before the Emigration, Rasool-Allah^-saww ordered them to go out to Ethiopia, and ordered Ja’far^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws that he^-asws should go out with them. Ja’far^-asws went out, and with him^-asws were seventy men from the Muslims, until they sailed the sea.

فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ قُرَيْشاً خُرُوجُهُمْ بَعَثُوا عَمْرَو بْنَ الْعَاصِ وَ عُمَارَةَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ إِلَى النَّجَاشِيِّ لِيَرُدَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ وَ كَانَ عَمْرٌو وَ عُمَارَةُ مُتَعَادِيَيْنِ فَقَالَتْ قُرَيْشٌ كَيْفَ نَبْعَثُ رَجُلَيْنِ مُتَعَادِيَيْنِ فَبَرِئَتْ بَنُو مَخْزُومٍ مِنْ جِنَايَةِ عُمَارَةَ وَ بَرِئَتْ بَنُو سَهْمٍ مِنْ جِنَايَةِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ

When their news reached the Quraysh, they sent Amro Bin Al-Aas and Amar Bin Al-Waleed to Al-Najashy (the Ethiopian king) in order to return them to them, and it was so that Amro and Amar were both hostile ones. The Quraysh said, ‘How can we send two hostile men?’ The clan of Makhzoum disavowed from the crimes of Amar, and the clan of Sahm disavowed the crimes of Amro Bin Al-Aas.

فَخَرَجَ عُمَارَةُ وَ كَانَ حَسَنَ الْوَجْهِ شَابّاً مُتْرَفاً فَأَخْرَجَ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ أَهْلَهُ مَعَهُ فَلَمَّا رَكِبُوا السَّفِينَةَ شَرِبُوا الْخَمْرَ فَقَالَ عُمَارَةُ لِعَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ قُلْ لِأَهْلِكَ تُقَبِّلُنِي فَقَالَ عَمْرٌو أَ يَجُوزُ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ فَسَكَتَ عُمَارَةُ

Amar went out, and he was of beautiful face, a strong youth, and Amro Bin Al-Aas went out and his wife was with him. When they sailed in the ship, they drank the wine. Amar said to Amro Bin Al-Aas, ‘Tell your wife to accept me’. Amro said, ‘Is this allowed? Glory be to Allah^-azwj!’ Amar was silent.

فَلَمَّا انْتَشَى عَمْرٌو وَ كَانَ عَلَى صَدْرِ السَّفِينَةِ فَدَفَعَهُ عُمَارَةُ وَ أَلْقَاهُ فِي الْبَحْرِ فَتَشَبَّثَ عَمْرٌو بِصَدْرِ السَّفِينَةِ وَ أَدْرَكُوهُ وَ أَخْرَجُوهُ

When Amro began to be intoxicated, and he was in the middle of the ship, Amar pushed him, and he fell into the sea. Amro hung on to the middle side of the ship, and they (the others) realised it and pulled him up.

فَوَرَدُوا عَلَى النَّجَاشِيِّ وَ قَدْ كَانُوا حَمَلُوا إِلَيْهِ هَدَايَا فَقَبِلَهَا مِنْهُمْ فَقَالَ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ إِنَّ قَوْماً مِنَّا خَالَفُونَا فِي دِينِنَا وَ سَبُّوا آلِهَتَنَا وَ صَارُوا إِلَيْكَ فَرُدَّهُمْ إِلَيْنَا

Then they went over to Al-Najashy, and they had carried over gifts to him, and he accepted these from them. Amro Bin Al-Aas said, ‘O king! There is a group from us who are opposing us in our religion, and they are insulting our gods, and they have come over to you; therefore return them to us!’

فَبَعَثَ النَّجَاشِيُّ إِلَى جَعْفَرٍ فَجَاءَ فَقَالَ يَا جَعْفَرُ مَا يَقُولُ هَؤُلَاءِ فَقَالَ جَعْفَرٌ أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ وَ مَا يَقُولُونَ قَالَ يَسْأَلُونَ أَنْ أَرُدَّكُمْ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالَ أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ سَلْهُمْ أَ عَبِيدٌ نَحْنُ لَهُمْ قَالَ عَمْرٌو لَا بَلْ أَحْرَارٌ

Al-Najashy sent a message to Ja’far^-asws, and he^-asws came. He said, ‘O Ja’far^-asws! What are they saying?’ Ja’far^-asws said, ‘O king! And what are they saying?’ He said, ‘They are asking that I return you all to them’. He said, ‘O king! Ask them, ‘Are we their slaves?’ Amro said, ‘No, but they are honourable free ones’.

كِرَامٌ قَالَ فَاسْأَلْهُمْ أَ لَهُمْ عَلَيْنَا دُيُونٌ يُطَالِبُونَنَا بِهَا فَقَالَ لَا مَا لَنَا عَلَيْكُمْ دُيُونٌ قَالَ فَلَكُمْ فِي أَعْنَاقِنَا دِمَاءٌ تُطَالِبُونَنَا بِذُحُولٍ فَقَالَ عَمْرٌو لَا قَالَ فَمَا تُرِيدُونَ مِنَّا آذَيْتُمُونَا فَخَرَجْنَا مِنْ بِلَادِكُمْ

He said, ‘Ask them, ‘Are there any debts for them upon us which they are seeking for?’ He said, ‘No, there are no debts for us upon you all’. Is there any blood (wergild due) in our necks which you are seeking for?’ Amro said, ‘No’. Then what are you wanting from us? You harmed us, so we exited from your city’.

فَقَالَ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ خَالَفُونَا فِي دِينِنَا وَ سَبُّوا آلِهَتَنَا وَ أَفْسَدُوا شُبَّانَنَا وَ فَرَّقُوا جَمَاعَتَنَا فَرُدَّهُمْ إِلَيْنَا لِنَجْمَعَ أَمْرَنَا

Amro Bin Al-Aas said, ‘O king! They opposed us in our religion, and insulted our gods, and corrupted our youths, and caused division in our community; therefore, return them to us so we can gather our affairs’.

فَقَالَ جَعْفَرٌ نَعَمْ أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ خَالَفْنَاهُمْ بَعَثَ اللَّهُ فِينَا نَبِيّاً أَمَرَنَا بِخَلْعِ الْأَنْدَادِ وَ تَرْكِ الِاسْتِقْسَامِ بِالْأَزْلَامِ وَ أَمَرَنَا بِالصَّلَاةِ وَ الزَّكَاةِ وَ حَرَّمَ الظُّلْمَ وَ الْجَوْرَ وَ سَفْكَ الدِّمَاءِ بِغَيْرِ حَقِّهَا وَ الزِّنَا وَ الرِّبَا وَ الْمَيْتَةَ وَ الدَّمَ وَ أَمَرَنَا بِالْعَدْلِ وَ الْإِحْسانِ وَ إِيتاءِ ذِي الْقُرْبى‏ وَ نَهَانَا عَنِ الْفَحْشاءِ وَ الْمُنْكَرِ وَ الْبَغْيِ‏

Ja’far^-asws said, ‘Yes, O king! Allah^-azwj Created us, then Allah^-azwj Sent a Prophet^-saww among us ordering us with keeping aside from the idols and leave the apportioning by the arrows, and ordered us with the Salat, and the Zakat, and Prohibited the injustice, and the tyranny, and spilling the blood without its rightfulness, and the adultery, and the interest, and the dead, and the blood, and the meat of the pig, and ordered us with the justice, and the favours, and giving to the near relatives, and forbids from the immoralities, and the evil, and the prostitution’.

فَقَالَ النَّجَاشِيُّ بِهَذَا بَعَثَ اللَّهُ عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ ع

Al-Najashy said, ‘With this did Allah^-azwj Send Isa^-as Bin Maryam^-as’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ النَّجَاشِيُّ يَا جَعْفَرُ هَلْ تَحْفَظُ مِمَّا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَى نَبِيِّكَ شَيْئاً قَالَ نَعَمْ فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْهِ سُورَةَ مَرْيَمَ‏ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ‏ وَ هُزِّي إِلَيْكِ بِجِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ تُساقِطْ عَلَيْكِ رُطَباً جَنِيًّا فَكُلِي وَ اشْرَبِي وَ قَرِّي عَيْناً فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ النَّجَاشِيُّ بِهَذَا بَكَى بُكَاءً شَدِيداً وَ قَالَ هَذَا وَ اللَّهِ هُوَ الْحَقُّ

Then Al-Najashy said, ‘I Ja’far^-asws! Have you memorised anything from what Allah^-azwj Revealed unto your^-asws Prophet^-saww?’ He^-ra said, ‘Yes’. He^-asws recited to him Surah Maryam^-as (Chapter 19). When he^-asws reached to His^-azwj Words: And shake towards you the trunk of the palm tree, it will drop on you fresh ripe dates [19:25] So eat and drink and refresh the eyes [19:26], and when Al-Najashy heard this, he cried with intense crying, and said, ‘By Allah^-azwj! This is the Truth!’

وَ قَالَ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ إِنَّ هَذَا مُخَالِفٌ لَنَا فَرُدَّهُ إِلَيْنَا فَرَفَعَ النَّجَاشِيُّ يَدَهُ فَضَرَبَ بِهَا وَجْهَ عَمْرٍو ثُمَّ قَالَ اسْكُتْ وَ اللَّهِ لَئِنْ ذَكَرْتَهُ بِسُوءٍ لَأَفْقِدَنَّكَ نَفْسَكَ فَقَامَ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ وَ الدِّمَاءُ تَسِيلُ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ وَ هُوَ يَقُولُ إِنْ كَانَ هَذَا كَمَا تَقُولُ أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ فَإِنَّا لَا نَتَعَرَّضُ لَهُ

Amro Bin Al-Aas said, ‘O king! He is an adversary to us, therefore return him to us’. Al-Najashy raised his hand and struck by it the face of Amro, then said, ‘Silence! By Allah^-azwj! If you mention him with evil, you will lose your soul!’ Amro Bin Al-Aas arose from his presence, and the blood was flowing upon his face, and he was saying, ‘If this was as you are saying O king, then we will not object to it’.

وَ كَانَتْ عَلَى رَأْسِ النَّجَاشِيِّ وَصِيفَةٌ لَهُ تَذُبُّ عَنْهُ فَنَظَرَتْ إِلَى عُمَارَةَ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ وَ كَانَ فَتًى جَمِيلًا فَأَحَبَّتْهُ فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ قَالَ لِعُمَارَةَ لَوْ رَاسَلْتَ‏ جَارِيَةَ الْمَلِكِ فَرَاسَلَهَا فَأَجَابَتْهُ فَقَالَ عَمْرٌو قُلْ لَهَا تَبْعَثُ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ طِيبِ الْمَلِكِ شَيْئاً فَقَالَ لَهَا فَبَعَثَتْ إِلَيْهِ

And by the throne of Al-Najashy was a female runner of his hosting on his behalf. She looked at Amar Bin Al-Waleed, and he was a handsome youth, and she fell in love with him. When Amro Bin Al-Aas return to his house, he said to Amar, ‘If you could sent to the slave girl of the king’. He sent a message and she responded to him, and Amro said to him, ‘Tell her to send you something from the perfumes of the king’. He told her, and she sent it to him.

فَأَخَذَ عَمْرٌو مِنْ ذَلِكَ الطِّيبِ وَ كَانَ الَّذِي فَعَلَ بِهِ عُمَارَةُ فِي قَلْبِهِ حِينَ أَلْقَاهُ فِي الْبَحْرِ فَأَدْخَلَ الطِّيبَ عَلَى النَّجَاشِيِّ فَقَالَ أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ إِنَّ حُرْمَةَ الْمَلِكِ عِنْدَنَا وَ طَاعَتَهُ عَلَيْنَا عَظِيمٌ وَ يَلْزَمُنَا إِذَا دَخَلْنَا بِلَادَهُ وَ نَأْمَنُ فِيهِ أَنْ لَا نَغُشَّهُ وَ لَا نُرِيبَهُ وَ إِنَّ صَاحِبِي هَذَا الَّذِي مَعِي قَدْ رَاسَلَ إِلَى حُرْمَتِكَ وَ خَدَعَهَا وَ بَعَثَتْ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ طِيبِكَ ثُمَ‏ وَضَعَ الطِّيبَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ

Amro took from that perfume, and that which Amar had done with him was in his heart, where he threw him into the sea. The (smell of the) perfume entered upon Al-Najashy, and he (Amro) said, ‘O king! The respect of the king is with us, and being obedient to him is great upon us, and it is necessitated upon us when we entered his city, and we believe in it that we should neither cheat him nor doubt him, and this companion of mine (meaning Amar) who is with me, had sent a message to your sanctimonious one and deceived her, and she sent to him from your perfumes’. Then he placed the perfume in front of him.

فَغَضِبَ النَّجَاشِيُّ وَ هَمَّ بِقَتْلِ عُمَارَةَ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَا يَجُوزُ قَتْلُهُ فَإِنَّهُمْ دَخَلُوا بِلَادِي بِأَمَانٍ

Al-Najashy was angered and thought of killing Amar. Then he said, ‘Killing him is not allowed, for they have entered my country in my safety’.

فَدَعَا النَّجَاشِيُّ السَّحَرَةَ فَقَالَ لَهُمُ اعْمَلُوا بِهِ شَيْئاً أَشَدَّ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْقَتْلِ فَأَخَذُوهُ وَ نَفَخُوا فِي إِحْلِيلِهِ الزِّئْبَقَ فَصَارَ مَعَ الْوَحْشِ يَغْدُو وَ يَرُوحُ وَ كَانَ لَا يَأْنَسُ بِالنَّاسِ فَبَعَثَتْ قُرَيْشٌ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَكَمَنُوا لَهُ فِي مَوْضِعٍ حَتَّى وَرَدَ الْمَاءَ مَعَ الْوَحْشِ فَأَخَذُوهُ فَمَا زَالَ يَضْطَرِبُ فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ وَ يَصِيحُ حَتَّى مَاتَ

He (Al-Najashy) called for the sorcerer and said to them, ‘Do something to him more severe than the killing’. They seized him and blew some mercury into his private part, and he came to be (living) with the wild animals coming and going, and he was not comfortable with the people. And the Quraysh sent some people to him after that, and they hid for him in a place to ambush him until he went into the water along with the wild animals, and they seized him and he did not cease to be restless in their hands, and he shrieked until he died.

وَ رَجَعَ عَمْرٌو إِلَى قُرَيْشٍ فَأَخْبَرَهُمْ أَنَّ جَعْفَراً فِي أَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ فِي أَكْرَمِ كَرَامَةٍ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ بِهَا حَتَّى هَادَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص قُرَيْشاً وَ صَالَحَهُمْ وَ فَتَحَ خَيْبَرَ أَتَى بِجَمِيعِ مَنْ مَعَهُ‏ وَ وُلِدَ لِجَعْفَرٍ بِالْحَبَشَةِ مِنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ عُمَيْسٍ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ وَ وُلِدَ لِلنَّجَاشِيِّ ابْناً فَسَمَّاهُ النَّجَاشِيُّ مُحَمَّداً

And Amro returned to Quraysh and informed them that Ja’far^-asws in the land of Ethiopia was among the most honourable of the honourable ones. He did not cease to with at it until Rasool-Allah^-saww reconciled with Quraysh and had a peace treaty with them, and conquered Khyber, and he^-saww fulfilled with the entirety of the one who were with him^-saww. And there was born unto Ja’far^-asws at Ethiopia, from Asma Bint Umays, Abdullah Bin Ja’far, and a son was born unto Al-Najashy, and Al-Najashy named him ‘Muhammad’.

وَ كَانَتْ أُمُّ حَبِيبٍ بِنْتُ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ تَحْتَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ فَكَتَبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِلَى النَّجَاشِيِّ يَخْطُبُ أُمَّ حَبِيبٍ فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهَا النَّجَاشِيُّ فَخَطَبَهَا لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَأَجَابَتْهُ فَزَوَّجَهَا مِنْهُ وَ أَصْدَقَهَا أَرْبَعَمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ وَ سَاقَهَا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ بَعَثَ إِلَيْهَا بِثِيَابٍ وَ طِيبٍ كَثِيرٍ وَ جَهَّزَهَا وَ بَعَثَهَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص

And it was so that Umm Habeeba daughter of Abu Sufyan used to be under (married to) Abdullah. Rasool-Allah^-saww wrote to Al-Najashy addressing Umm Habeeba[162], and Al-Najashy sent for her and proposed her for Rasool-Allah^-saww. She responded to it so he married her to him^-saww, and her dower was four hundred Dinar, and escorted her on behalf of Rasool-Allah^-saww, and sent to her clothes and a lot of perfume, and her outfits, and sent her to Rasool-Allah^-saww.

وَ بَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ بِمَارِيَةَ الْقِبْطِيَّةِ أُمِّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَ بَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ بِثِيَابٍ وَ طِيبٍ وَ فَرَسٍ وَ بَعَثَ ثَلَاثِينَ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْقِسِّيسِينَ فَقَالَ لَهُمُ انْظُرُوا إِلَى كَلَامِهِ وَ إِلَى مَقْعَدِهِ‏ وَ مَشْرَبِهِ وَ مُصَلَّاهُ

And he (Al-Najashy) sent Maria the Coptic, mother of Ibrahim^-asws to him^-saww, and sent to him^-saww clothes and perfume and horses, and sent thirty men from the priests and said to them, ‘Look at his^-saww speech, and to his^-saww sitting postures, and to his^-saww eating and his^-saww drinking, and his^-saww Salat’.

فَلَمَّا وَافَوُا الْمَدِينَةَ دَعَاهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ وَ قَرَأَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْآنَ‏ إِذْ قالَ اللَّهُ يا عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ اذْكُرْ نِعْمَتِي عَلَيْكَ وَ عَلى‏ والِدَتِكَ‏ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ‏ فَقالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْهُمْ إِنْ هذا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُبِينٌ‏

When they arrived at Al-Medina, Rasool-Allah^-saww invited them to Al-Islam and recited to them: When Allah Said: “O Isa son of Maryam! Remember My Favour upon you and upon your mother – up to His^-azwj Words: so those who committed Kufr from them said, ‘Surely this is nothing but clear sorcery!’” [5:110].

فَلَمَّا سَمِعُوا ذَلِكَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ بَكَوْا وَ آمَنُوا وَ رَجَعُوا إِلَى النَّجَاشِيِّ وَ أَخْبَرُوهُ خَبَرَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ قَرَءُوا عَلَيْهِ مَا قَرَأَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَبَكَى النَّجَاشِيُّ وَ بَكَى الْقِسِّيسُونَ وَ أَسْلَمَ النَّجَاشِيُّ وَ لَمْ يُظْهِرْ لِلْحَبَشَةِ إِسْلَامَهُ وَ خَافَهُمْ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ وَ خَرَجَ مِنْ بِلَادِ الْحَبَشَةِ يُرِيدُ النَّبِيَّ ص فَلَمَّا عَبَرَ الْبَحْرَ تُوُفِّيَ

When they heard that from Rasool-Allah^-saww, they wept and believed, and returned to Al-Najashy and informed him of the news of Rasool-Allah^-saww, and they recited unto him what had been recited to them. Al-Najashy wept, and the priests wept, and Al-Najashy became Muslim but did not manifest his Islam to Ethiopia, and he feared them upon himself, and he went out from the country of Ethiopia to the Prophet^-saww. But when he crossed the sea, he died.

فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ‏ لَتَجِدَنَّ أَشَدَّ النَّاسِ عَداوَةً لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا الْيَهُودَ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ‏ وَ ذلِكَ جَزاءُ الْمُحْسِنِينَ‏

Thus Allah^-azwj Revealed unto His^-azwj Rasool^-saww: You will find the most severe of the people in enmity being those who are believing (to be) Jews [5:82] – up to His^-azwj Words: and that is a Recompense of the good doers [5:85]’’.[163]

2- ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي الْمُفِيدُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أُسَامَةَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْوَاسِطِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ مَسْعَدَةَ بْنِ صَدَقَةَ عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ: أَرْسَلَ النَّجَاشِيُّ مَلِكُ الْحَبَشَةِ إِلَى جَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَ أَصْحَابِهِ فَدَخَلُوا عَلَيْهِ وَ هُوَ فِي بَيْتٍ لَهُ جَالِسٌ عَلَى التُّرَابِ وَ عَلَيْهِ خُلْقَانُ الثِّيَابِ

‘Al Amaali’ of Al Tusi – Al Mufeed – ‘From Ahmad Bin Al Husayn Bin Asama, from Ubeydullah Bin Muhammad Al Wasity, ‘from Abu Ja’far Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Haroun Bin Muslim, from Mas’ada Bin Sadaqa,

‘From Ja’far^-asws, from his^-asws father^-asws having said:’ Al-Najashy the king of Ethiopia send sent for Ja’far^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws and his^-as companions, and they entered to see him, and in was in a house of his sitting upon the soil, and upon him were two garments upon him’.

قَالَ فَقَالَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَأَشْفَقْنَا مِنْهُ حِينَ رَأَيْنَاهُ عَلَى تِلْكَ الْحَالِ فَلَمَّا رَأَى مَا بِنَا وَ تَغَيُّرَ وُجُوهِنَا قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي نَصَرَ مُحَمَّداً وَ أَقَرَّ عَيْنِي بِهِ أَ لَا أُبَشِّرُكُمْ فَقُلْتُ بَلَى أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ

He^-asws said: ‘Ja’far^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws said, ‘We became affectionate to him when we saw him upon that state. When he saw what is with us and the changes of our faces, he said, ‘The Praise is for Allah^-azwj Who Helped Muhammad^-saww and delighted my eyes with him^-saww. Shall I give you the glad tidings?’ I^-asws said, ‘Yes, O king’.

فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ جَاءَنِي السَّاعَةَ مِنْ نَحْوِ أَرْضِكُمْ عَيْنٌ مِنْ عُيُونِي هُنَاكَ وَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ نَصَرَ نَبِيَّهُ مُحَمَّداً ص وَ أَهْلَكَ عَدُوَّهُ وَ أُسِرَ فُلَانٌ وَ فُلَانٌ وَ قُتِلَ فُلَانٌ وَ فُلَانٌ‏ الْتَقَوْا بِوَادٍ يُقَالُ لَهُ بَدْرٌ كَأَنِّي‏ أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ حَيْثُ كُنْتُ أَرْعَى لِسَيِّدِي‏ هُنَاكَ وَ هُوَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي ضَمْرَةَ

He said, ‘A spy from my spies came to me just now from around your land over there and informed me that Allah^-azwj has Helped His^-azwj Prophet^-saww Muhammad^-saww and Destroyed his^-saww enemies, and so and so, and so and so have been imprisoned, and so and so, and so and so have been killed. They battled in a valley called Badr. It is as if I am looking at him^-saww where he (the spy) saw my Master^-saww over there’, and he (the spy) was from the clan of Zamra’.

فَقَالَ لَهُ جَعْفَرٌ أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ الصَّالِحُ مَا لِي أَرَاكَ جَالِساً عَلَى التُّرَابِ وَ عَلَيْكَ هَذِهِ الْخُلْقَانُ‏

Ja’far^-asws said to him, ‘O righteous king! What is the matter I see you seated upon the soil? And upon you are these two garments?’

فَقَالَ يَا جَعْفَرُ إِنَّا نَجِدُ فِيمَا أُنْزِلَ‏ عَلَى عِيسَى صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ أَنَّ مِنْ حَقِّ اللَّهِ عَلَى عِبَادِهِ أَنْ يُحْدِثُوا لِلَّهِ تَوَاضُعاً عِنْدَ مَا يُحْدِثُ لَهُمْ مِنْ نِعْمَةٍ فَلَمَّا أَحْدَثَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى لِي نِعْمَةً بِنَبِيِّهِ‏مُحَمَّدٍ ص أَحْدَثْتُ لِلَّهِ هَذَا التَّوَاضُعَ

He said, ‘O Ja’far^-asws! We find among what is Revealed unto Isa^-as that from the rights of Allah^-azwj upon His^-azwj servants that they become humble for Allah^-azwj during what comes to them of the Bounties. When there was a new Bounty of Allah^-azwj the Exalted to me with His^-azwj Prophet^-saww Muhammad^-saww, I renewed this humbleness for Allah^-azwj’.

قَالَ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ النَّبِيَّ ص ذَلِكَ قَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ إِنَّ الصَّدَقَةَ تَزِيدُ صَاحِبَهَا كَثْرَةً فَتَصَدَّقُوا يَرْحَمْكُمُ اللَّهُ وَ إِنَّ التَّوَاضُعَ يَزِيدُ صَاحِبَهُ رِفْعَةً فَتَوَاضَعُوا يَرْفَعْكُمُ اللَّهُ وَ إِنَّ الْعَفْوَ يَزِيدُ صَاحِبَهُ عِزّاً فَاعْفُوا يُعِزَّكُمُ اللَّهُ

He^-asws said: ‘When that (news) reached the Prophet^-saww, he^-saww said to his^-saww companions: ‘The charity increases its performer with abundance, therefore give charity, may Allah^-azwj Mercy you, and the humbleness increases its performer with loftiness therefore be humble, may Allah^-azwj Raise you; and the pardon increases its performer in honour, therefore pardon, may Allah^-azwj Pardon you’’.[164]

3- ل، الخصال ن، عيون أخبار الرضا عليه السلام الْمُفَسِّرُ بِإِسْنَادِهِ إِلَى أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَسْكَرِيِّ عَنْ آبَائِهِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ع قَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص لَمَّا أَتَاهُ جَبْرَئِيلُ بِنَعْيِ‏ النَّجَاشِيِّ بَكَى بُكَاءَ حَزِينٍ عَلَيْهِ وَ قَالَ إِنَّ أَخَاكُمْ أَصْحَمَةَ وَ هُوَ اسْمُ النَّجَاشِيِّ مَاتَ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَى الْجَبَّانَةِ وَ كَبَّرَ سَبْعاً فَخَفَضَ اللَّهُ لَهُ كُلَّ مُرْتَفِعٍ حَتَّى رَأَى جِنَازَتَهُ وَ هُوَ بِالْحَبَشَةِ

‘Al Khisaal’, ‘Uyoun Akhbar Al-Reza^-asws’ – Al Mufassir, by his chain to,

‘Abu Muhammad Al-Askari^-asws, from his^-asws forefathers^-asws, from Ali^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww, when Jibraeel^-as came to him^-saww with the news of death of Al-Najashy, he^-saww wept and intense weeping, grieving upon him, and said: ‘Your companion As’hama’ – and it is a name of Al-Najashy, ‘has died’. Then he^-saww went to Al-Janana (graveyard) and proclaimed seven Takbeers. Allah^-azwj Lowered every high ground until he-^-saww saw his funeral, and he was in Ethiopia’’.[165]

4- عم، إعلام الورى ص، قصص الأنبياء عليهم السلام‏ قَالَ أَبُو طَالِبٍ يَحُضُّ النَّجَاشِيَّ عَلَى نُصْرَةِ النَّبِيِّ ص وَ أَتْبَاعِهِ وَ أَشْيَاعِهِ‏

Abu Talib^-asws prompted Al-Najashy, and his followers and his loyalists upon helping the Prophet^-saww. He^-as prosed a poem: ‘Learn, O King of Abyssinia, that Muhammad^-saww is a Prophet^-as, like Musa^-as and the Messiah, son of Maryam^-as. He^-saww has brought guidance, just as those two brought guidance, and each of them, by the praise of Allah^-azwj, guides and protects. And that you recite him^-saww in your Book, with the truthfulness of a genuine account, not the account of one speaking conjecturally. And do not set up any equal for Allah^-azwj, and submit, for the path of truth is not obscure’’.[166]

5- عم، إعلام الورى ص، قصص الأنبياء عليهم السلام فِيمَا رَوَاهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحَافِظُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ‏ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص بَعَثَ عَمْرَو بْنَ أُمَيَّةَ الضَّمْرِيَّ إِلَى النَّجَاشِيِّ فِي شَأْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَ أَصْحَابِهِ وَ كَتَبَ مَعَهُ كِتَاباً

‘Ilam Al Wara’ – Among what is reported by Abdullah Al-Hafiz, from Muhammad Bin Is’haq is that Rasool-Allah^-saww sent Amro Bin Ameet Al-Zamry to Al-Najashy regarding the matter of Ja’far^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws and his^-as companions, and wrote a letter sending it with him: –

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ إِلَى النَّجَاشِيِّ الْأَصْحَمِ صَاحِبِ‏ الْحَبَشَةِ سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكَ إِنِّي أَحْمَدُ إِلَيْكَ اللَّهَ‏ الْمَلِكَ الْقُدُّوسَ الْمُؤْمِنَ الْمُهَيْمِنَ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ رُوحُ اللَّهِ‏ وَ كَلِمَتُهُ أَلْقاها إِلى‏ مَرْيَمَ‏ الْبَتُولِ الطَّيِّبَةِ الْحَصِينَةِ فَحَمَلَتْ بِعِيسَى فَخَلَقَهُ مِنْ رُوحِهِ وَ نَفَخَهُ كَمَا خَلَقَ آدَمَ بِيَدِهِ وَ نَفَخَهُ فِيهِ

In the Name of Allah^-azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful. From Muhammad^-saww, Rasool^-saww of Allah^-azwj to Al-Najashy, ruler of Ethiopia. Greetings be to you. I^-saww praise Allah^-azwj to you, the King, the Holy, the Grantor of safety, the Dominant, and I^-saww testify that Isa^-as Bin Maryam^-as is a Spirit of Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Word He^-azwj Cast it to Maryam^-as the chaste, the good, the fortified. She^-as was Blessed with Isa^-as, and He^-azwj Created him^-as from His^-azwj Spirit and Blew it, just as He^-azwj Created Adam^-as by His^-azwj Hands and Blew into him^-as.

وَ إِنِّي أَدْعُوكَ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَ الْمُوَالاةِ عَلَى طَاعَتِهِ وَ أَنْ تَتَّبِعَنِي وَ تُؤْمِنَ بِي وَ بِالَّذِي جَاءَنِي فَإِنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ قَدْ بَعَثْتُ إِلَيْكُمُ ابْنَ عَمِّي جَعْفَرَ بْنَ أَبِي طَالِبٍ مَعَهُ نَفَرٌ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَإِذَا جَاءُوكَ فَاقْرِهِمْ‏ وَ دَعِ التَّجَبُّرَ

And I^-saww call you to Allah^-azwj Alone, there being no associate for Him^-azwj, and the continuance upon obeying Him^-azwj, and that you should follow me^-saww and believe in me^-saww and in that which I^-azwj have come with, from I^-saww am a Rasool^-saww of Allah^-azwj. I^-saww sent to you my^-saww cousin Ja’far^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws and a number of Muslims with him^-as. When they come to you, delight them and leave the compulsion.

فَإِنِّي أَدْعُوكَ وَ جِيرَتَكَ‏ إِلَى اللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَ قَدْ بَلَّغْتُ وَ نَصَحْتُ فَاقْبَلُوا نَصِيحَتِي وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَى مَنِ اتَّبَعَ الْهُدَى

I^-saww invite you and your army to Allah^-azwj the Exalted, and I^-saww have delivered and advices, therefore accept my^-saww advice. And the greetings be upon the follower of the guidance’.

فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ النَّجَاشِيُّ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِلَى مُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ مِنَ النَّجَاشِيِّ الْأَصْحَمِ بْنِ أبحر [أَبْجَرَ] سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ مِنَ اللَّهِ‏ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الَّذِي هَدَانِي إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ

Al-Najashy wrote to him^-saww: – ‘In the Name of Allah^-azwj the Beneficent, the Merciful. To Muhammad^-saww, Rasool^-saww of Allah^-azwj, from Al-Najashy Al-As’ham Bin Ab’har. Greetings be to you^-saww, O Prophet^-saww of Allah^-azwj, from Allah^-azwj, and His^-azwj Mercy and His^-azwj Blessings. There is no god except He^-azwj, the One Who Guided me to Al-Islam.

وَ قَدْ بَلَغَنِي كِتَابُكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فِيمَا ذَكَرْتَ مِنْ أَمْرِ عِيسَى فَوَ رَبِّ السَّمَاءِ وَ الْأَرْضِ إِنَّ عِيسَى مَا يَزِيدُ عَلَى مَا ذَكَرْتَ وَ قَدْ عَرَفْنَا مَا بَعَثْتَ بِهِ إِلَيْنَا وَ قَدْ قَرَيْنَا ابْنَ عَمِّكَ وَ أَصْحَابَهُ

And your^-saww letter has reached me, O Rasool-Allah^-saww, among what you^-saww mentioned from the matter of Isa^-as. By the Lord^-azwj of the sky and the earth! Isa^-as is not above what you^-saww mentioned, and we have recognised what he^-as had been Sent with to us, and we have welcomed your^-saww cousin and his companions.

وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَادِقاً مُصَدَّقاً وَ قَدْ بَايَعْتُكَ وَ بَايَعْتُ ابْنَ عَمِّكَ وَ أَسْلَمْتُ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَ قَدْ بَعَثْتُ إِلَيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرِيحَا بْنَ الْأَصْحَمِ بْنِ أبحر [أَبْجَرَ] فَإِنِّي لَا أَمْلِكُ إِلَّا نَفْسِي إِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْ آتِيَكَ فَعَلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مَا تَقُولُ حَقٌّ

And I testify that you^-saww are Rasool^-saww of Allah^-azwj, truthful, a ratifier, and I^-saww pledge allegiance to you^-saww and pledge to your^-saww cousin and have become a Muslim upon his^-as hands for Allah^-azwj Lord^-azwj of the worlds, and I am sending to you^-saww, O Rasool-Allah^-saww, Areyha Bin Al-As’ham Bin Ab’har, for I cannot control except myself. If he likes he will come to you^-saww, O Rasool-Allah^-saww. I testify that what you^-saww are saying is true’.

ثُمَّ بَعَثَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ هَدَايَا وَ بَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ بِمَارِيَةَ الْقِبْطِيَّةِ أُمِّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَ بَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ بِثِيَابٍ وَ طِيبٍ كَثِيرٍ وَ فَرَسٍ وَ بَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ بِثَلَاثِينَ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْقِسِّيسِينَ لِيَنْظُرُوا إِلَى كَلَامِهِ‏ وَ مَقْعَدِهِ وَ مَشْرَبِهِ فَوَافَوُا الْمَدِينَةَ وَ دَعَاهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ فَآمَنُوا وَ رَجَعُوا إِلَى النَّجَاشِيِ‏

Then he sent gifts to Rasool-Allah^-saww and sent to him^-saww Mariah the Coptic, mother of Ibrahim^-as, and sent to him^-saww a lot of garments and perfumes and horses, and sent to him^-saww thirty men from the priests in order to consider his^-saww speech, and his^-saww sitting, and his^-saww drinking. They arrived at Al-Medina, and Rasool-Allah^-saww invited them to Islam. They believed and returned to Al-Najashy’’.[167]

6- عم، إعلام الورى وَ فِي حَدِيثِ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ‏ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص صَلَّى عَلَى النَّجَاشِيِ‏

‘Ilam Al Wara’ – And in a Hadeeth of Jabir Bin Abdullah^-ar – ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww prayed (funeral) Salat upon Najashy’’.[168]

7- يج، الخرائج و الجرائح رُوِيَ‏ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ص قَالَ يَوْماً تُوُفِّيَ أَصْحَمَةُ رَجُلٌ صَالِحٌ مِنَ الْحَبَشَةِ فَقُومُوا وَ صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ فَكَانَ كَذَلِكَ

‘Al Kharaij Wa Al Jaraih’ – It is reported that the Prophet^-saww said one day: ‘As’hama, a righteous servant from Ethiopia has died, therefore stand and pray upon him!’ It was like that’’.[169]

8- يج، الخرائج و الجرائح وَ رُوِيَ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ: بَعَثَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِلَى أَرْضِ النَّجَاشِيِّ وَ نَحْنُ ثَمَانُونَ رَجُلًا وَ مَعَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَ بَعَثَ قُرَيْشٌ خَلْفَنَا عُمَارَةَ بْنَ الْوَلِيدِ وَ عَمْرَو بْنَ الْعَاصِ مَعَ هَدَايَا فَأَتَوْهُ بِهَا فَقَبِلَهَا وَ سَجَدُوا لَهُ وَ قَالُوا إِنَّ قَوْماً مِنَّا رَغِبُوا عَنْ دِينِنَا وَ هُمْ فِي أَرْضِكَ فَابْعَثْ إِلَيْنَا

‘Al Kharaij Wa Al Jaraih’ – It is reported from Ibn Masoud who said,

‘Rasool-Allah^-saww sent us to the land of Al-Najashy and we were eighty men, and with us was Ja’far^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws, and Quraysh sent Amar Ibn Al-Waleed and Amro Bin Al-Aas behind us with gifts. They came to him, and he accepted these, and they performed Sajdah to him and said, ‘A group of people from us have turned away from our religion and they are in your land, so send them to us’.

فَقَالَ لَنَا جَعْفَرٌ لَا يَتَكَلَّمُ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ أَنَا خَطِيبُكُمُ الْيَوْمَ فَانْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى النَّجَاشِيِّ فَقَالَ عَمْرٌو وَ عُمَارَةُ إِنَّهُمْ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ لَكَ فَلَمَّا انْتَهَيْنَا إِلَيْهِ زَبَرَنَا الرُّهْبَانُ أَنِ اسْجُدُوا لِلْمَلِكِ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ جَعْفَرٌ لَا نَسْجُدُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ فَقَالَ النَّجَاشِيُّ وَ مَا ذَلِكَ

Ja’far^-asws said to us, ‘No one from you should speak. I^-as am your speaker today’. We ended up to Al-Najashy. Amro and Amar said, ‘They are not doing Sajdah to you’. When we ended to him, the monks rebuked us that we should do Sajdah to the king. Ja’far^-as said to them, ‘We do not do Sajdah except to Allah^-azwj’. Al-Najashy said, ‘And why is that so?’

قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَعَثَ فِينَا رَسُولَهُ وَ هُوَ الَّذِي بَشَّرَ بِهِ عِيسَى اسْمُهُ أَحْمَدُ فَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَعْبُدَ اللَّهَ وَ لَا نُشْرِكَ بِهِ شَيْئاً وَ أَنْ نُقِيمَ الصَّلَاةَ وَ أَنْ نُؤْتِيَ الزَّكَاةَ وَ أَمَرَنَا بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَ نَهَانَا عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ

He^-as said, ‘Allah^-azwj has Sent His^-azwj Rasool^-saww among us, and he^-saww is the one whom Isa^-as had given glad tidings with that his^-saww name is Ahmad^-saww. He^-saww instructed us that we should worship Allah^-azwj and not associate anything with Him^-azwj, and that we should establish the Salat, and we should give the Zakat, and he^-saww instructs us with the good acts and he^-saww forbade us from the evil acts’.

فَأَعْجَبَ النَّجَاشِيَّ قَوْلُهُ فَلَمَّا رَأَى ذَلِكَ عَمْرٌو قَالَ أَصْلَحَ اللَّهُ الْمَلِكَ إِنَّهُمْ يُخَالِفُونَك فِي ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ فَقَالَ النَّجَاشِيُّ مَا يَقُولُ صَاحِبُكَ فِي ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ قَالَ يَقُولُ فِيهِ قَوْلَ اللَّهِ هُوَ رُوحُ اللَّهِ‏ وَ كَلِمَتُهُ‏ أَخْرَجَهُ مِنَ الْعَذْرَاءِ الْبَتُولِ الَّتِي لَمْ يَقْرَبْهَا بَشَرٌ

Al-Najashi was astonished at his^-as words. When Amro saw that he said, ‘May Allah^-azwj keep the king well! They are opposing you regarding the son^-as of Maryam^-as’. Al-Najashy said, ‘What does your Master^-saww say regarding the son^-as of Maryam^-as?’ He^-as said, ‘He^-saww says regarding him^-as the Words of Allah^-azwj that he^-as is a Spirit of Allah^-azwj and His^-azwj Word. He^-azwj Extracted him^-as from the virgin, the chaste to whom no mortal had come near’.

فَتَنَاوَلَ النَّجَاشِيُّ عُوداً مِنَ الْأَرْضِ فَقَالَ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْقِسِّيسِينَ وَ الرُّهْبَانِ مَا يَزِيدُ هَؤُلَاءِ عَلَى مَا تَقُولُونَ فِي ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ مَا يَزِنُ‏ هَذَا ثُمَّ قَالَ النَّجَاشِيُّ لِجَعْفَرٍ أَ تَقْرَأُ شَيْئاً مِمَّا جَاءَ بِهِ مُحَمَّدٌ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ لَهُ اقْرَأْ وَ أَمَرَ الرُّهْبَانَ أَنْ يَنْظُرُوا فِي كُتُبِهِمْ

Al-Najashy grabbed a stick from the ground and said, ‘O group of priests and monks! They are not increasing upon what you are saying regarding the son^-as of Maryam^-as that this line’. Then Al-Najashy said to Ja’far^-as, ‘Can you^-as recite something from what Muhammad^-saww has come with?’ He^-as said, ‘Yes’. He said, ‘Recite’, and instructed the monks that they should look into their Books.

فَقَرَأَ جَعْفَرٌ كهيعص‏ إِلَى آخِرِ قِصَّةِ عِيسَى ع‏ فَكَانُوا يَبْكُونَ ثُمَّ قَالَ النَّجَاشِيُّ مَرْحَباً بِكُمْ وَ بِمَنْ جِئْتُمْ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ فَأَنَا أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَ أَنَّهُ الَّذِي بَشَّرَ بِهِ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ وَ لَوْ لَا مَا أَنَا فِيهِ مِنَ الْمُلْكِ لَأَتَيْتُهُ حَتَّى أَحْمِلَ نَعْلَيْهِ اذْهَبُوا أَنْتُمْ سُيُومٌ أَيْ آمِنُونَ وَ أَمَرَ لَنَا بِطَعَامٍ وَ كِسْوَةٍ وَ قَالَ رُدُّوا عَلَى هَذَيْنِ هَدِيَّتَهُمَا

Ja’far^-as recited: Kaf Ha Ya Ayn Suad [19:1] – up to the end of the story of Isa^-as (Verse 35). They (the priests) were crying. Then Al-Najashy said, ‘Welcome to you all and to the ones who come from him^-saww, for I testify that there is no god except Allah^-azwj and that Muhammad^-saww is a Rasool-Allah^-saww, and he^-saww is the one whom Isa^-as Bin Maryam^-as gave glad tidings with. Had I not been in it from the kingdom, I would have gone to him^-saww until I carried his^-saww slippers. Go, you are safe!’ Meaning, secure, and he ordered for a meal for us and clothes and said, ‘Return their (Quraysh) gifts to them’’.[170]

9- كا، الكافي عَلِيٌّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ هَارُونَ بْنِ خَارِجَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ لِجَعْفَرٍ يَا جَعْفَرُ أَ لَا أَمْنَحُكَ أَ لَا أُعْطِيكَ أَ لَا أَحْبُوكَ فَقَالَ لَهُ جَعْفَرٌ بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ فَظَنَّ النَّاسُ أَنَّهُ يُعْطِيهِ ذَهَباً أَوْ فِضَّةً فَتَشَرَّفَ‏ النَّاسُ لِذَلِكَ

‘Al Kafi’ – Ali, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Yahya Al Halby, from Haroun Bin Kharjah, from Abu Baseer,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah^-saww said to Ja’far^-as: ‘Shall I^-saww confer on you? Shall I give you? Shall I gift to you?’ Ja’far^-as said to him^-saww: ‘Yes, O Rasool-Allah^-saww!’ The people thought that he^-saww would give him^-as gold or silver, and he^-as be noble of the people due to that.

فَقَالَ لَهُ إِنِّي أُعْطِيكَ شَيْئاً إِنْ أَنْتَ صَنَعْتَهُ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ كَانَ خَيْراً لَكَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَ مَا فِيهَا وَ إِنْ صَنَعْتَهُ بَيْنَ يَوْمَيْنِ غُفِرَ لَكَ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا أَوْ كُلَّ جُمْعَةٍ أَوْ كُلَّ شَهْرٍ أَوْ كُلَّ سَنَةٍ غُفِرَ لَكَ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا

He^-saww said to him^-as: ‘I^-saww shall give you something that if you were to do it during every day, it would be better for you than the world and whatever is in it, and if you were to do it between two days, if would be Forgiven for you whatever is between the two, or every Friday, or every month, or every year, it would be Forgiven for you^-as whatever is between the two’.

فَعَلَّمَهُ صَلَاةَ جَعْفَرٍ عَلَى مَا سَيَأْتِي فِي أَخْبَارٍ كَثِيرَةٍ فِي كِتَابِ الصَّلَاةِ

He^-saww taught him^-as Salat of Ja’far, upon what I (Majlisi) will be coming with in a lot of Ahadeeth in the book of Salat’’.[171]

10- ين، كتاب حسين بن سعيد و النوادر مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ عَنْ بِسْطَامَ الزَّيَّاتِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: لَمَّا قَدِمَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ مِنَ الْحَبَشَةِ قَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص أُحَدِّثُكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى النَّجَاشِيِّ يَوْماً مِنَ الْأَيَّامِ وَ هُوَ فِي غَيْرِ مَجْلِسِ الْمُلْكِ وَ فِي غَيْرِ رِيَاشِهِ‏ وَ فِي غَيْرِ زِيِّهِ

‘Kitab Husayn Bin Sadeyr – Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Bastam Al Zayat,

‘From Abu Abdullah^-asws having said:’ When Ja’far^-asws Bin Abu Talib^-asws proceeded from Ethiopia, he^-asws said to Rasool-Allah^-saww, ‘O Rasool-Allah^-saww! I^-asws shall narrate to you^-saww. I^-asws entered to see Al-Najashy one day from the day and he was in other than the sitting of the king, and it other than his (normal) life, and in other than his (normal) garb.

قَالَ فَحَيَّيْتُهُ بِتَحِيَّةِ الْمَلِكِ وَ قُلْتُ لَهُ يَا أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ مَا لِي أَرَاكَ فِي غَيْرِ مَجْلِسِ الْمَلِكِ وَ فِي غَيْرِ رِيَاشِهِ وَ فِي غَيْرِ زِيِّهِ

I^-asws saluted him with the salutation to a king and said to him, ‘O king! What is the matter I^-asws see you in other than the sitting of the king, and in other than his life, and in other than his garb?’

فَقَالَ إِنَّا نَجِدُ فِي الْإِنْجِيلِ مَنْ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ بِنِعْمَةٍ فَلْيَشْكُرِ اللَّهَ وَ نَجِدُ فِي الْإِنْجِيلِ أَنْ لَيْسَ مِنَ الشُّكْرِ لِلَّهِ شَيْ‏ءٌ يَعْدِلُهُ مِثْلُ التَّوَاضُعِ وَ أَنَّهُ وَرَدَ عَلَيَّ فِي لَيْلَتِي هَذِهِ أَنَّ ابْنَ عَمِّكَ محمد [مُحَمَّداً] قَدْ أَظْفَرَهُ اللَّهُ بِمُشْرِكِي أَهْلِ بَدْرٍ فَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أَشْكُرَ اللَّهَ بِمَا تَرَى

He said, ‘We find in the Evangel, one whom Allah^-azwj Confers upon with a Bounty, then let him be grateful to Allah^-azwj; and we find in the Evangel that there is nothing from the gratefulness that can equate to the humbleness; and it has been related to me in this night of mine that your^-asws cousin^-saww Muhammad^-saww, Allah^-azwj has Made him^-saww victorious with the Polytheists of the people of Badr, so I loved to thank Allah^-azwj with what you^-asws see’’.[172]

11- أَقُولُ قَالَ فِي الْمُنْتَقَى، مِنْ جُمْلَةِ مَا كَانَ فِي السَّنَةِ الْخَامِسَةِ الْهِجْرَةُ إِلَى أَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ وَ ذَلِكَ أَنَّهُ لَمَّا ظَهَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص بِالنُّبُوَّةِ لَمْ يُنْكِرْ عَلَيْهِ قُرَيْشٌ فَلَمَّا سَبَّ آلِهَتَهُمْ أَنْكَرُوا وَ بَالَغُوا فِي أَذَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَأَمَرَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص بِالْخُرُوجِ إِلَى الْحَبَشَةِ

I (Majlisi) am saying, ‘He (the author) said in ‘Al-Muntaqa’ – From a summary of what happened during the fifth year was the Emigration to the land of Ethiopia, and that was because when Rasool-Allah^-saww had appeared with the Prophet-hood, Quraysh did not object to him^-saww. When he^-saww reviled their gods, they objected and were extensive in hurting the Muslims, so Rasool-Allah^-saww instructed them to go out to Ethiopia.

فَخَرَجَ قَوْمٌ وَ سَتَرَ الْبَاقُونَ إِسْلَامَهُمْ فَخَرَجَ فِي الْهِجْرَةِ الْأُولَى أَحَدَ عَشَرَ رَجُلًا وَ أَرْبَعُ نِسْوَةٍ مُتَسَلِّلِينَ‏ سِرّاً فَصَادَفَ وُصُولُهُمْ إِلَى الْبَحْرِ سَفِينَتَيْنِ لِلتُّجَارِ فَحَمَلُوهُمْ فِيهَا إِلَى أَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ وَ كَانَ مَخْرَجُهُمْ فِي رَجَبٍ فِي الْخَامِسَةِ

A group went out while the rest concealed their Islam. In the first migration eleven men and four women went out quietly, secretively. Co-incidentally at their arrival to the sea there were two ships of the merchants. They carried them in one of them to the land of Ethiopia, and they went out during Rajab in the fifth year.

وَ خَرَجَتْ قُرَيْشٌ فِي آثَارِهِمْ فَفَاتُوهُمْ فَأَقَامُوا عِنْدَ النَّجَاشِيِّ آمِنِينَ فَأَقَامُوا شَعْبَانَ وَ رَمَضَانَ وَ قَدِمُوا فِي شَوَّالٍ فَلَمْ يَدْخُلْ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ مَكَّةَ إِلَّا بِجَوَازٍ إِلَّا ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ فَإِنَّهُ مَكَثَ قَلِيلًا ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى أَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ

And Quraysh went out in their tracks, but they missed them. They (migrants)) stays with Al-Najjashy in safety. They stayed (months of) Shaban and Ramazan, and they arrived back in Shawwal, but no one of them entered Makkah except with permission, except for Ibn Masoud, for he remained for a while, then returned to the land of Ethipia.

فَسَطَتْ‏ بِهِمْ عَشَائِرُهُمْ وَ آذُوهُمْ فَأَذِنَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فِي الْخُرُوجِ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى إِلَى أَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ فَخَرَجَ خَلْقٌ كَثِيرٌ

Their relatives assaulted them and hurt them, so Rasool-Allah^-saww allowed them to go out once agains to the land of Ethiopia. A lot of people went out’.

قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ‏ جَمِيعُ مَنْ لَحِقَ بِأَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ سِوَى أَبْنَائِهِمُ الَّذِينَ خَرَجُوا بِهِمْ صِغَاراً أَوْ وُلِدُوا بِهَا نَيِّفٌ وَ ثَمَانُونَ رَجُلًا وَ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ فَلَمَّا سَمِعُوا بِمُهَاجَرِ النَّبِيِّ ص إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ رَجَعَ مِنْهُمْ ثَلَاثَةٌ وَ ثَلَاثُونَ رَجُلًا وَ ثَمَانُ نِسْوَةٍ فَمَاتَ مِنْهُمْ رَجُلَانِ بِمَكَّةَ وَ حُبِسَ مِنْهُمْ سَبْعَةٌ وَ شَهِدَ بَدْراً مِنْهُمْ أَرْبَعَةٌ وَ عِشْرُونَ‏

Muhammad Bin Is’haq said, ‘The entirety of the ones from the Muslims who reached the land of Ethiopia, apart from their young ones, those who had gone out with them, or were born at it, were more than eighty men, and from the women were eleven. When they heard of the migration of the Prophet^-saww to Al-Medina, from them thirty-three men and eight women returned. Two men from them died at Makkah, and seven of them were made captives, and twenty-four of them attended (the battle of) Badr’.

Up to here completes the eighteenth volume of Bihar Al-Anwaar

[1] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 1

[2] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 2

[3] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 3

[4] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 4

[5] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 5

[6] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 6

[7] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 7

[8] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 8

[9] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 9

[10] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 10

[11] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 11

[12] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 12

[13] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 13

[14] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 14

[15] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 15

[16] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 16

[17] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 17

[18] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 18

[19] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 19

[20] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 20

[21] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 21

[22] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 22

[23] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 23

[24] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 24

[25] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 25

[26] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 26

[27] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 27

[28] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 28

[29] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 29

[30] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 30

[31] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 31

[32] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 32

[33] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 33

[34] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 34

[35] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 35

[36] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 36

[37] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 37

[38] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 2 H 38

[39] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 3 H 1

[40] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 3 H 2

[41] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 3 H 3

[42] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 3 H 4

[43] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 3 H 5

[44] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 3 H 6

[45] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 3 H 7

[46] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 18, The book of our Prophet^-saww, P 3 Ch 3 H 8

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[162] And she is Umm Habeeba Ramla daughter of Abu Sufyan, having emigrated along with her husband Abdullah Bin Jahash. Then Abdullah became Christian over there and died upon Christianity, and Umm Habeeba was steadfast upon her Religion of Al Islam. Then Rasool-Allah^-saww married her. (أعلام النساء 1: 464.)

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