Al-Kāfi

عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ السَّرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عليه السلام) قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَقُولُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ (صلى الله عليه وآله) مَرَّ بِنَا ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ وَ نَحْنُ فِي نَادِينَا وَ هُوَ عَلَى نَاقَتِهِ وَ ذَلِكَ حِينَ رَجَعَ مِنْ حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ فَوَقَفَ عَلَيْنَا فَسَلَّمَ فَرَدَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامَ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَا لِي أَرَى حُبَّ الدُّنْيَا قَدْ غَلَبَ عَلَى كَثِيرٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ حَتَّى كَأَنَّ الْمَوْتَ فِي هَذِهِ الدُّنْيَا عَلَى غَيْرِهِمْ كُتِبَ وَ كَأَنَّ الْحَقَّ فِي هَذِهِ الدُّنْيَا عَلَى غَيْرِهِمْ وَجَبَ وَ حَتَّى كَأَنْ لَمْ يَسْمَعُوا وَ يَرَوْا مِنْ خَبَرِ الْأَمْوَاتِ قَبْلَهُمْ سَبِيلُهُمْ سَبِيلُ قَوْمٍ سَفْرٍ عَمَّا قَلِيلٍ إِلَيْهِمْ رَاجِعُونَ بُيُوتُهُمْ أَجْدَاثُهُمْ وَ يَأْكُلُونَ تُرَاثَهُمْ فَيَظُنُّونَ أَنَّهُمْ مُخَلَّدُونَ بَعْدَهُمْ هَيْهَاتَ هَيْهَاتَ [أَ] مَا يَتَّعِظُ آخِرُهُمْ بِأَوَّلِهِمْ لَقَدْ جَهِلُوا وَ نَسُوا كُلَّ وَاعِظٍ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ وَ آمَنُوا شَرَّ كُلِّ عَاقِبَةِ سُوءٍ وَ لَمْ يَخَافُوا نُزُولَ فَادِحَةٍ وَ بَوَائِقَ حَادِثَةٍ طُوبَى لِمَنْ شَغَلَهُ خَوْفُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَنْ خَوْفِ النَّاسِ طُوبَى لِمَنْ مَنَعَهُ عَيْبُهُ عَنْ عُيُوبِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ إِخْوَانِهِ طُوبَى لِمَنْ تَوَاضَعَ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ ذِكْرُهُ وَ زَهِدَ فِيمَا أَحَلَّ اللَّهُ لَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِ رَغْبَةٍ عَنْ سِيرَتِي وَ رَفَضَ زَهْرَةَ الدُّنْيَا مِنْ غَيْرِ تَحَوُّلٍ عَنْ سُنَّتِي وَ اتَّبَعَ الْأَخْيَارَ مِنْ عِتْرَتِي مِنْ بَعْدِي وَ جَانَبَ أَهْلَ الْخُيَلَاءِ وَ التَّفَاخُرِ وَ الرَّغْبَةِ فِي الدُّنْيَا الْمُبْتَدِعِينَ خِلَافَ سُنَّتِي الْعَامِلِينَ بِغَيْرِ سِيرَتِي طُوبَى لِمَنِ اكْتَسَبَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَالًا مِنْ غَيْرِ مَعْصِيَةٍ فَأَنْفَقَهُ فِي غَيْرِ مَعْصِيَةٍ وَ عَادَ بِهِ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْمَسْكَنَةِ طُوبَى لِمَنْ حَسُنَ مَعَ النَّاسِ خُلُقُهُ وَ بَذَلَ لَهُمْ مَعُونَتَهُ وَ عَدَلَ عَنْهُمْ شَرَّهُ طُوبَى لِمَنْ أَنْفَقَ الْقَصْدَ وَ بَذَلَ الْفَضْلَ وَ أَمْسَكَ قَوْلَهُ عَنِ الْفُضُولِ وَ قَبِيحِ الْفِعْلِ.

190. A number of our companions, from Sahl Ibn Ziyad, from Ibn Mahboub, from Al-Hassan Ibn Al-Sarayy, from Abu Maryam, who has said the following: Abu Ja’far (asws) said: ‘I (asws) heard Jabir b. Abdullah saying that, ‘Rasulallah (saww) passed by us one day whilst we were in our group, and he was upon his mule, and that was when he returning from the Farewell Pilgrimage. He paused near to us and greeted us. We returned his (saww) greeting. Then he said: ‘From what I see, love of the world has overcome many from the people to the extent that as if the death in this world has been Ordained to come upon others than them, and as if the truth in this world has been obligated on other than them, and to the extent that as if they had never heard nor seen the news of the death of those who lived before them, even though their own path is the path of the people on a journey. After a short while they will be returning to their homes, their tombs, and their inheritors would be consuming their legacies thinking that they would now be living forever after those ones. Alas! Alas! The later ones do not take a lesson from the former ones. They have become ignorant and forgotten all the Advice in the Book of Allah (azwj) and feel safe from all the evil consequences of the bad deeds and do not fear the descent into the grave and the events that are to occur. Tooba (Goodness) is for the one who occupies himself in the fear of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic rather than fear of the people. Tooba (Goodness) is for the one who prevents himself from finding faults with the Believers from his brethren. Tooba (Goodness) is for the one who is humble to Allah (azwj), Mighty is His mention, and restricts himself to what Allah (azwj) has prohibited for him without turning away from my (saww) way of life, and rejects the blossoms of the world without turning away from my Sunnah and follows the best ones from my Family from after me, and avoids the people of vanity and pride, and the ones who are infatuated with regards to the world, the heretics opposed to my Sunnah, the workers in other than my way. Tooba (Goodness) is for the Believing ones who earn the wealth without disobedience (sins), so they spend in other than sinful ways, and by it aid the poor. Tooba (Goodness) is for the one who is good with the people in manners and supports them and turns away from them from their evil. Tooba (Goodness) is for the one who spends in moderation and donates the excess, and refrains from speaking vain words and (engages himself in) ugly deeds.'"

الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ رَفَعَهُ عَنْ بَعْضِ الْحُكَمَاءِ قَالَ إِنَّ أَحَقَّ النَّاسِ أَنْ يَتَمَنَّى الْغِنَى لِلنَّاسِ أَهْلُ الْبُخْلِ لِأَنَّ النَّاسَ إِذَا اسْتَغْنَوْا كَفُّوا عَنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ وَ إِنَّ أَحَقَّ النَّاسِ أَنْ يَتَمَنَّى صَلَاحَ النَّاسِ أَهْلُ الْعُيُوبِ لِأَنَّ النَّاسَ إِذَا صَلَحُوا كَفُّوا عَنْ تَتَبُّعِ عُيُوبِهِمْ وَ إِنَّ أَحَقَّ النَّاسِ أَنْ يَتَمَنَّى حِلْمَ النَّاسِ أَهْلُ السَّفَهِ الَّذِينَ يَحْتَاجُونَ أَنْ يُعْفَى عَنْ سَفَهِهِمْ فَأَصْبَحَ أَهْلُ الْبُخْلِ يَتَمَنَّوْنَ فَقْرَ النَّاسِ وَ أَصْبَحَ أَهْلُ الْعُيُوبِ يَتَمَنَّوْنَ فِسْقَهُمْ وَ أَصْبَحَ أَهْلُ الذُّنُوبِ يَتَمَنَّوْنَ سَفَهَهُمْ وَ فِي الْفَقْرِ الْحَاجَةُ إِلَى الْبَخِيلِ وَ فِي الْفَسَادِ طَلَبُ عَوْرَةِ أَهْلِ الْعُيُوبِ وَ فِي السَّفَهِ الْمُكَافَأَةُ بِالذُّنُوبِ.

191. Al-Husayn Bin Muhammad Al-Ashary, from Moala Bin Muhammad, with a chain going up to some of the wise ones who said: ‘The most deserving of the people who wish to enrich the people are the niggardly ones, because if the people become rich they would refrain from their wealth. And the most deserving of the people who wish for the correction of the people are the ones with the faults, because if the people are corrected, they would refrain from following their faults. And the most deserving of the people who wish for forbearance for the people are the foolish ones who need to be exempted from their foolishness. On the contrary, the niggardly ones become wishers of poverty for the people, and the faulty ones become wishers for mischief for them, and the sinful ones become wishers for their foolishness. And in poverty people are needy to the niggardly ones, and in mischief they find faults with the faulty ones, and in foolishness, the recompense is by the sins’. (THIS IS NOT A HADEETH)

عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ جَدِّهِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) يَا حَسَنُ إِذَا نَزَلَتْ بِكَ نَازِلَةٌ فَلَا تَشْكُهَا إِلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْخِلَافِ وَ لَكِنِ اذْكُرْهَا لِبَعْضِ إِخْوَانِكَ فَإِنَّكَ لَنْ تُعْدَمَ خَصْلَةً مِنْ أَرْبَعِ خِصَالٍ إِمَّا كِفَايَةً بِمَالٍ وَ إِمَّا مَعُونَةً بِجَاهٍ أَوْ دَعْوَةً فَتُسْتَجَابُ أَوْ مَشُورَةً بِرَأْيٍ.

192. A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Al-Qasim Bin Yahya, from his grandfather Al-Hassan Bin Rahid who said: ‘Abu Abdullah (asws) said: ‘O Hassan! If a calamity were to descend upon you, do not complain about it to any one from the opposition, but mention it to one of your brothers, for you will not be benefit from one of the four qualities – either sufficiency by wealth, or assistance by prestige, or an Answered supplication, or consultation by opinion’.

عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الْمُؤَدِّبُ وَ غَيْرُهُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي الْحَارِثِ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عليه السلام) قَالَ خَطَبَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عليه السلام) فَقَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الْخَافِضِ الرَّافِعِ الضَّارِّ النَّافِعِ الْجَوَادِ الْوَاسِعِ الْجَلِيلِ ثَنَاؤُهُ الصَّادِقَةِ أَسْمَاؤُهُ الْمُحِيطِ بِالْغُيُوبِ وَ مَا يَخْطُرُ عَلَى الْقُلُوبِ الَّذِي جَعَلَ الْمَوْتَ بَيْنَ خَلْقِهِ عَدْلًا وَ أَنْعَمَ بِالْحَيَاةِ عَلَيْهِمْ فَضْلًا فَأَحْيَا وَ أَمَاتَ وَ قَدَّرَ الْأَقْوَاتَ أَحْكَمَهَا بِعِلْمِهِ تَقْدِيراً وَ أَتْقَنَهَا بِحِكْمَتِهِ تَدْبِيراً إِنَّهُ كَانَ خَبِيراً بَصِيراً هُوَ الدَّائِمُ بِلَا فَنَاءٍ وَ الْبَاقِي إِلَى غَيْرِ مُنْتَهًى يَعْلَمُ مَا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَ مَا فِي السَّمَاءِ وَ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَ مَا تَحْتَ الثَّرَى أَحْمَدُهُ بِخَالِصِ حَمْدِهِ الْمَخْزُونِ بِمَا حَمِدَهُ بِهِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَ النَّبِيُّونَ حَمْداً لَا يُحْصَى لَهُ عَدَدٌ وَ لَا يَتَقَدَّمُهُ أَمَدٌ وَ لَا يَأْتِي بِمِثْلِهِ أَحَدٌ أُومِنُ بِهِ وَ أَتَوَكَّلُ عَلَيْهِ وَ أَسْتَهْدِيهِ وَ أَسْتَكْفِيهِ وَ أَسْتَقْضِيهِ بِخَيْرٍ وَ أَسْتَرْضِيهِ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً عَبْدُهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ أَرْسَلَهُ بِالْهُدَى وَ دِينِ الْحَقِّ لِيُظْهِرَهُ عَلَى الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ وَ لَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّ الدُّنْيَا لَيْسَتْ لَكُمْ بِدَارٍ وَ لَا قَرَارٍ إِنَّمَا أَنْتُمْ فِيهَا كَرَكْبٍ عَرَّسُوا فَأَنَاخُوا ثُمَّ اسْتَقَلُّوا فَغَدَوْا وَ رَاحُوا دَخَلُوا خِفَافاً وَ رَاحُوا خِفَافاً لَمْ يَجِدُوا عَنْ مُضِيٍّ نُزُوعاً وَ لَا إِلَى مَا تَرَكُوا رُجُوعاً جُدَّ بِهِمْ فَجَدُّوا وَ رَكَنُوا إِلَى الدُّنْيَا فَمَا اسْتَعَدُّوا حَتَّى إِذَا أُخِذَ بِكَظَمِهِمْ وَ خَلَصُوا إِلَى دَارِ قَوْمٍ جَفَّتْ أَقْلَامُهُمْ لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْ أَكْثَرِهِمْ خَبَرٌ وَ لَا أَثَرٌ قَلَّ فِي الدُّنْيَا لَبْثُهُمْ وَ عُجِّلَ إِلَى الْآخِرَةِ بَعْثُهُمْ فَأَصْبَحْتُمْ حُلُولًا فِي دِيَارِهِمْ ظَاعِنِينَ عَلَى آثَارِهِمْ وَ الْمَطَايَا بِكُمْ تَسِيرُ سَيْراً مَا فِيهِ أَيْنٌ وَ لَا تَفْتِيرٌ نَهَارُكُمْ بِأَنْفُسِكُمْ دَءُوبٌ وَ لَيْلُكُمْ بِأَرْوَاحِكُمْ ذَهُوبٌ فَأَصْبَحْتُمْ تَحْكُونَ مِنْ حَالِهِمْ حَالًا وَ تَحْتَذُونَ مِنْ مَسْلَكِهِمْ مِثَالًا فَلَا تَغُرَّنَّكُمُ الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا فَإِنَّمَا أَنْتُمْ فِيهَا سَفْرٌ حُلُولٌ الْمَوْتُ بِكُمْ نُزُولٌ تَنْتَضِلُ فِيكُمْ مَنَايَاهُ وَ تَمْضِي بِأَخْبَارِكُمْ مَطَايَاهُ إِلَى دَارِ الثَّوَابِ وَ الْعِقَابِ وَ الْجَزَاءِ وَ الْحِسَابِ فَرَحِمَ اللَّهُ امْرَأً رَاقَبَ رَبَّهُ وَ تَنَكَّبَ ذَنْبَهُ وَ كَابَرَ هَوَاهُ وَ كَذَّبَ مُنَاهُ امْرَأً زَمَّ نَفْسَهُ مِنَ التَّقْوَى بِزِمَامٍ وَ أَلْجَمَهَا مِنْ خَشْيَةِ رَبِّهَا بِلِجَامٍ فَقَادَهَا إِلَى الطَّاعَةِ بِزِمَامِهَا وَ قَدَعَهَا عَنِ الْمَعْصِيَةِ بِلِجَامِهَا رَافِعاً إِلَى الْمَعَادِ طَرْفَهُ مُتَوَقِّعاً فِي كُلِّ أَوَانٍ حَتْفَهُ دَائِمَ الْفِكْرِ طَوِيلَ السَّهَرِ عَزُوفاً عَنِ الدُّنْيَا سَأَماً كَدُوحاً لآِخِرَتِهِ مُتَحَافِظاً امْرَأً جَعَلَ الصَّبْرَ مَطِيَّةَ نَجَاتِهِ وَ التَّقْوَى عُدَّةَ وَفَاتِهِ وَ دَوَاءَ أَجْوَائِهِ فَاعْتَبَرَ وَ قَاسَ وَ تَرَكَ الدُّنْيَا وَ النَّاسَ يَتَعَلَّمُ لِلتَّفَقُّهِ وَ السَّدَادِ وَ قَدْ وَقَّرَ قَلْبَهُ ذِكْرُ الْمَعَادِ وَ طَوَى مِهَادَهُ وَ هَجَرَ وِسَادَهُ مُنْتَصِباً عَلَى أَطْرَافِهِ دَاخِلًا فِي أَعْطَافِهِ خَاشِعاً لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يُرَاوِحُ بَيْنَ الْوَجْهِ وَ الْكَفَّيْنِ خَشُوعٌ فِي السِّرِّ لِرَبِّهِ لَدَمْعُهُ صَبِيبٌ وَ لَقَلْبُهُ وَجِيبٌ شَدِيدَةٌ أَسْبَالُهُ تَرْتَعِدُ مِنْ خَوْفِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَوْصَالُهُ قَدْ عَظُمَتْ فِيمَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ رَغْبَتُهُ وَ اشْتَدَّتْ مِنْهُ رَهْبَتُهُ رَاضِياً بِالْكَفَافِ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ يُظْهِرُ دُونَ مَا يَكْتُمُ وَ يَكْتَفِي بِأَقَلَّ مِمَّا يَعْلَمُ أُولَئِكَ وَدَائِعُ اللَّهِ فِي بِلَادِهِ الْمَدْفُوعُ بِهِمْ عَنْ عِبَادِهِ لَوْ أَقْسَمَ أَحَدُهُمْ عَلَى اللَّهِ جَلَّ ذِكْرُهُ لَأَبَرَّهُ أَوْ دَعَا عَلَى أَحَدٍ نَصَرَهُ اللَّهُ يَسْمَعُ إِذَا نَاجَاهُ وَ يَسْتَجِيبُ لَهُ إِذَا دَعَاهُ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ الْعَاقِبَةَ لِلتَّقْوَى وَ الْجَنَّةَ لِأَهْلِهَا مَأْوًى دُعَاؤُهُمْ فِيهَا أَحْسَنُ الدُّعَاءِ سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ دَعَاهُمُ الْمَوْلَى عَلَى مَا آتَاهُمْ وَ آخِرُ دَعْوَاهُمْ أَنِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ.

193. Ali Bin Al-Husayn Al-Mozab, and someone else, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Ismail Bin Mahraan, from Abdullah Bin Abu Al-Haris Al-Hamdany, from Jabir, who has narrated the following: Abu Ja’far (asws) says that Amir-ul-Momineen (asws) gave a sermon saying: ‘Praise be to Allah (azwj), the Abaser, the Raiser, the Harmer, the Benefitter, the vastly Benevolent, Majestic is His (azwj) Praise, True are His (azwj) Names, Overwhelming by the Hidden and what approaches the hearts, the One Who (azwj) Made the death to be in the midst of His (azwj) creatures with Justice, and Favoured them with the life. So He (azwj) Bestows life and Brings upon death and Measures out the sustenance by His (azwj) Knowledge by an Estimation, and Mastered by His (azwj) Wisdom the measure of it. He (azwj) is All-Aware, All-Seeing. He (azwj) is Eternal without cessation, and the Remaining without an end. He (azwj) Knows what is in the earth, and what is in the Heaven, and what lies between the two and what is (covered) underneath the soil. I (asws) Praise Him (azwj) sincerely with the treasured Praise, by what the Angels and the Prophets (as) Praised Him (azwj). A Praise which cannot be numbered, nor can time pass it by, and no one has even come with the like of it. I (asws) believe in Him (azwj) and place reliance upon Him (azwj), and Guided by Him (azwj), Sufficed by Him (azwj), and Judged by Him (azwj) with good, and by His (azwj) Pleasure. And I (asws) testify that there is no god except Allah (azwj), One with no associates to Him (azwj), and I (asws) testify that Muhammad (saww) is His (azwj) servant and His (azwj) Messenger (saww) having Sent with the Guidance and the Religion of the Truth to Make it overcome all of the other Religions even though the Polytheists may be averse to it. May greetings be upon him (saww) and his (saww) Progeny (asws)’. O you people! The world is not a house for you to settle in, but rather you are in it like passengers of a caravan, which have been asked to move on soon after being disembarked. They came to it lightly (without luggage) and would be exiting from it lightly (with empty hands), not finding a way to divert from the journey, or a way to return to what they had left behind. Take them seriously, for they relied upon the world and did not prepare until they were taken by the throat, and their conclusion was that they ended-up in a house of people for whom the pens have dried up (nothing to be written anymore for them). There remains neither any news for most of them nor any traces of them. They were in the world only for a little while and were dispatched to the Hereafter in a hurry. So you have become residents in their houses, following in their footsteps like a herd of animals travelling on a journey in which there is neither ‘Where’ (are we going?) and no ‘How far’ (are we going?). Your days are tiring upon yourselves and your nights are an escape for your souls. So in the morning your condition is what their condition used to be and you just follow their ways as examples. So do not let the life of the world deceive you, for you are only travelers in it. Death would descend among you and shoot its arrows, and herd you all to the House of the Reward, and the Punishment, and the Recompense, and the Accounting’. May Allah (azwj) have Mercy upon the person who is concerned about his Lord (azwj) and moved away from his sins, and (likes to) argue against his own desires and rejects his own yearnings. A person who harnessed himself with the reins of piety for fearing for the Sake of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic, led to His (azwj) obedience by its reins, raising his head towards the Return with his eyes expecting the approach of death at all times, permanently thinking about it with a prolonged vigilance, abstaining from the world, earnestly working for the Hereafter. A person who has made the patience to be his ride to salvation, and the piety as his preparation for his death and as a medication for his (spiritual) illness. He learned a lesson, and considered, and left the world and the people. He learnt it for understanding and steadfastness, and his heart had respected the remembrance of the Return. He folded up his mattress, separated himself from his pillow, stood up on his feet and entered in its surroundings, fearful for the Sake of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic, displaying humbleness between his face and the two palms in secret to his Lord (azwj) shedding tears and making his heart as a strong enclave in a prolonged fear of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic. His interest is great regarding what is in the possession of Allah (azwj) whilst his fear for Pleasing Him (azwj) is intense. He suffices himself with the subsistence for his affairs and displays other than what he conceals, being content with the minimum from what he knows. These are the trusted ones of Allah (azwj) in His (azwj) land, by whom He (azwj) Defends His (azwj) servants. If one of them were to swear upon Allah (azwj) Majestic is His (azwj) Mention, he would fulfill it, or if he were to supplicate against anyone, Allah (azwj) would Help him. He (azwj) Listens to him when he whispers to Him (azwj) and Answers Him (azwj) when he calls upon Him (azwj). Allah (azwj) has Made the Good Ending to be for the pious and the Paradise for its deserving ones. “[10:10] Their cry in it shall be the best of the calls Glory to Thee, O Allah! Their calling out to the Master (azwj) for what He (azwj) would have Bestowed upon them, and their greeting in it shall be: Peace; and the last of their cry shall be: Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds”.

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) أَنَّهُ ذَكَرَ هَذِهِ الْخُطْبَةَ لِأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عليه السلام) يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ أَهْلِ الْحَمْدِ وَ وَلِيِّهِ وَ مُنْتَهَى الْحَمْدِ وَ مَحَلِّهِ الْبَدِي‏ءِ الْبَدِيعِ الْأَجَلِّ الْأَعْظَمِ الْأَعَزِّ الْأَكْرَمِ الْمُتَوَحِّدِ بِالْكِبْرِيَاءِ وَ الْمُتَفَرِّدِ بِالْآلَاءِ الْقَاهِرِ بِعِزِّهِ وَ الْمُسَلِّطِ بِقَهْرِهِ الْمُمْتَنِعِ بِقُوَّتِهِ الْمُهَيْمِنِ بِقُدْرَتِهِ وَ الْمُتَعَالِي فَوْقَ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ بِجَبَرُوتِهِ الْمَحْمُودِ بِامْتِنَانِهِ وَ بِإِحْسَانِهِ الْمُتَفَضِّلِ بِعَطَائِهِ وَ جَزِيلِ فَوَائِدِهِ الْمُوَسِّعِ بِرِزْقِهِ الْمُسْبِغِ بِنِعَمِهِ نَحْمَدُهُ عَلَى آلَائِهِ وَ تَظَاهُرِ نَعْمَائِهِ حَمْداً يَزِنُ عَظَمَةَ جَلَالِهِ وَ يَمْلَأُ قَدْرَ آلَائِهِ وَ كِبْرِيَائِهِ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ الَّذِي كَانَ فِي أَوَّلِيَّتِهِ مُتَقَادِماً وَ فِي دَيْمُومِيَّتِهِ مُتَسَيْطِراً خَضَعَ الْخَلَائِقُ لِوَحْدَانِيَّتِهِ وَ رُبُوبِيَّتِهِ وَ قَدِيمِ أَزَلِيَّتِهِ وَ دَانُوا لِدَوَامِ أَبَدِيَّتِهِ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً (صلى الله عليه وآله) عَبْدُهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ وَ خِيَرَتُهُ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ اخْتَارَهُ بِعِلْمِهِ وَ اصْطَفَاهُ لِوَحْيِهِ وَ ائْتَمَنَهُ عَلَى سِرِّهِ وَ ارْتَضَاهُ لِخَلْقِهِ وَ انْتَدَبَهُ لِعَظِيمِ أَمْرِهِ وَ لِضِيَاءِ مَعَالِمِ دِينِهِ وَ مَنَاهِجِ سَبِيلِهِ وَ مِفْتَاحِ وَحْيِهِ وَ سَبَباً لِبَابِ رَحْمَتِهِ ابْتَعَثَهُ عَلَى حِينِ فَتْرَةٍ مِنَ الرُّسُلِ وَ هَدْأَةٍ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ وَ اخْتِلَافٍ مِنَ الْمِلَلِ وَ ضَلَالٍ عَنِ الْحَقِّ وَ جَهَالَةٍ بِالرَّبِّ وَ كُفْرٍ بِالْبَعْثِ وَ الْوَعْدِ أَرْسَلَهُ إِلَى النَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ رَحْمَةً لِلْعَالَمِينَ بِكِتَابٍ كَرِيمٍ قَدْ فَضَّلَهُ وَ فَصَّلَهُ وَ بَيَّنَهُ وَ أَوْضَحَهُ وَ أَعَزَّهُ وَ حَفِظَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُ الْبَاطِلُ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَ مِنْ خَلْفِهِ تَنْزِيلٍ مِنْ حَكِيمٍ حَمِيدٍ ضَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ فِيهِ الْأَمْثَالَ وَ صَرَّفَ فِيهِ الْآيَاتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْقِلُونَ أَحَلَّ فِيهِ الْحَلَالَ وَ حَرَّمَ فِيهِ الْحَرَامَ وَ شَرَعَ فِيهِ الدِّينَ لِعِبَادِهِ عُذْراً وَ نُذْراً لِئَلَّا يَكُونَ لِلنَّاسِ عَلَى اللَّهِ حُجَّةٌ بَعْدَ الرُّسُلِ وَ يَكُونَ بَلَاغاً لِقَوْمٍ عَابِدِينَ فَبَلَّغَ رِسَالَتَهُ وَ جَاهَدَ فِي سَبِيلِهِ وَ عَبَدَهُ حَتَّى أَتَاهُ الْيَقِينُ صَلَّى اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ وَ سَلَّمَ تَسْلِيماً كَثِيراً أُوصِيكُمْ عِبَادَ اللَّهِ وَ أُوصِي نَفْسِي بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ الَّذِي ابْتَدَأَ الْأُمُورَ بِعِلْمِهِ وَ إِلَيْهِ يَصِيرُ غَداً مِيعَادُهَا وَ بِيَدِهِ فَنَاؤُهَا وَ فَنَاؤُكُمْ وَ تَصَرُّمُ أَيَّامِكُمْ وَ فَنَاءُ آجَالِكُمْ وَ انْقِطَاعُ مُدَّتِكُمْ فَكَأَنْ قَدْ زَالَتْ عَنْ قَلِيلٍ عَنَّا وَ عَنْكُمْ كَمَا زَالَتْ عَمَّنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ فَاجْعَلُوا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ اجْتِهَادَكُمْ فِي هَذِهِ الدُّنْيَا التَّزَوُّدَ مِنْ يَوْمِهَا الْقَصِيرِ لِيَوْمِ الْآخِرَةِ الطَّوِيلِ فَإِنَّهَا دَارُ عَمَلٍ وَ الْآخِرَةَ دَارُ الْقَرَارِ وَ الْجَزَاءِ فَتَجَافَوْا عَنْهَا فَإِنَّ الْمُغْتَرَّ مَنِ اغْتَرَّ بِهَا لَنْ تَعْدُوَ الدُّنْيَا إِذَا تَنَاهَتْ إِلَيْهَا أُمْنِيَّةُ أَهْلِ الرَّغْبَةِ فِيهَا الْمُحِبِّينَ لَهَا الْمُطْمَئِنِّينَ إِلَيْهَا الْمَفْتُونِينَ بِهَا أَنْ تَكُونَ كَمَا قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ كَماءٍ أَنْزَلْناهُ مِنَ السَّماءِ فَاخْتَلَطَ بِهِ نَباتُ الْأَرْضِ مِمَّا يَأْكُلُ النَّاسُ وَ الْأَنْعامُ الْآيَةَ مَعَ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يُصِبِ امْرُؤٌ مِنْكُمْ فِي هَذِهِ الدُّنْيَا حَبْرَةً إِلَّا أَوْرَثَتْهُ عَبْرَةً وَ لَا يُصْبِحُ فِيهَا فِي جَنَاحٍ آمِنٍ إِلَّا وَ هُوَ يَخَافُ فِيهَا نُزُولَ جَائِحَةٍ أَوْ تَغَيُّرَ نِعْمَةٍ أَوْ زَوَالَ عَافِيَةٍ مَعَ أَنَّ الْمَوْتَ مِنْ وَرَاءِ ذَلِكَ وَ هَوْلَ الْمُطَّلَعِ وَ الْوُقُوفَ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ الْحَكَمِ الْعَدْلِ تُجْزَى كُلُّ نَفْسٍ بِمَا عَمِلَتْ لِيَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ أَساؤُا بِما عَمِلُوا وَ يَجْزِيَ الَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا بِالْحُسْنَى فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ عَزَّ ذِكْرُهُ وَ سَارِعُوا إِلَى رِضْوَانِ اللَّهِ وَ الْعَمَلِ بِطَاعَتِهِ وَ التَّقَرُّبِ إِلَيْهِ بِكُلِّ مَا فِيهِ الرِّضَا فَإِنَّهُ قَرِيبٌ مُجِيبٌ جَعَلَنَا اللَّهُ وَ إِيَّاكُمْ مِمَّنْ يَعْمَلُ بِمَحَابِّهِ وَ يَجْتَنِبُ سَخَطَهُ ثُمَّ إِنَّ أَحْسَنَ الْقَصَصِ وَ أَبْلَغَ الْمَوْعِظَةِ وَ أَنْفَعَ التَّذَكُّرِ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَ عَزَّ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ إِذا قُرِئَ الْقُرْآنُ فَاسْتَمِعُوا لَهُ وَ أَنْصِتُوا لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ أَسْتَعِيذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَ الْعَصْرِ إِنَّ الْإِنْسانَ لَفِي خُسْرٍ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَ عَمِلُوا الصَّالِحاتِ وَ تَواصَوْا بِالْحَقِّ وَ تَواصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَ مَلائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَ سَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيماً اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ بَارِكْ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ تَحَنَّنْ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ سَلِّمْ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَأَفْضَلِ مَا صَلَّيْتَ وَ بَارَكْتَ وَ تَرَحَّمْتَ وَ تَحَنَّنْتَ وَ سَلَّمْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَ آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ اللَّهُمَّ أَعْطِ مُحَمَّداً الْوَسِيلَةَ وَ الشَّرَفَ وَ الْفَضِيلَةَ وَ الْمَنْزِلَةَ الْكَرِيمَةَ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ مُحَمَّداً وَ آلَ مُحَمَّدٍ أَعْظَمَ الْخَلَائِقِ كُلِّهِمْ شَرَفاً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَ أَقْرَبَهُمْ مِنْكَ مَقْعَداً وَ أَوْجَهَهُمْ عِنْدَكَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ جَاهاً وَ أَفْضَلَهُمْ عِنْدَكَ مَنْزِلَةً وَ نَصِيباً اللَّهُمَّ أَعْطِ مُحَمَّداً أَشْرَفَ الْمَقَامِ وَ حِبَاءَ السَّلَامِ وَ شَفَاعَةَ الْإِسْلَامِ اللَّهُمَّ وَ أَلْحِقْنَا بِهِ غَيْرَ خَزَايَا وَ لَا نَاكِبِينَ وَ لَا نَادِمِينَ وَ لَا مُبَدِّلِينَ إِلَهَ الْحَقِّ آمِينَ ثُمَّ جَلَسَ قَلِيلًا ثُمَّ قَامَ فَقَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ أَحَقَّ مَنْ خُشِيَ وَ حُمِدَ وَ أَفْضَلَ مَنِ اتُّقِيَ وَ عُبِدَ وَ أَوْلَى مَنْ عُظِّمَ وَ مُجِّدَ نَحْمَدُهُ لِعَظِيمِ غَنَائِهِ وَ جَزِيلِ عَطَائِهِ وَ تَظَاهُرِ نَعْمَائِهِ وَ حُسْنِ بَلَائِهِ وَ نُؤْمِنُ بِهُدَاهُ الَّذِي لَا يَخْبُو ضِيَاؤُهُ وَ لَا يَتَمَهَّدُ سَنَاؤُهُ وَ لَا يُوهَنُ عُرَاهُ وَ نَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ سُوءِ كُلِّ الرَّيْبِ وَ ظُلَمِ الْفِتَنِ وَ نَسْتَغْفِرُهُ مِنْ مَكَاسِبِ الذُّنُوبِ وَ نَسْتَعْصِمُهُ مِنْ مَسَاوِي الْأَعْمَالِ وَ مَكَارِهِ الْآمَالِ وَ الْهُجُومِ فِي الْأَهْوَالِ وَ مُشَارَكَةِ أَهْلِ الرَّيْبِ وَ الرِّضَا بِمَا يَعْمَلُ الْفُجَّارُ فِي الْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ اللَّهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لَنَا وَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ الْأَحْيَاءِ مِنْهُمْ وَ الْأَمْوَاتِ الَّذِينَ تَوَفَّيْتَهُمْ عَلَى دِينِكَ وَ مِلَّةِ نَبِيِّكَ (صلى الله عليه وآله) اللَّهُمَّ تَقَبَّلْ حَسَنَاتِهِمْ وَ تَجَاوَزْ عَنْ سَيِّئَاتِهِمْ وَ أَدْخِلْ عَلَيْهِمُ الرَّحْمَةَ وَ الْمَغْفِرَةَ وَ الرِّضْوَانَ وَ اغْفِرْ لِلْأَحْيَاءِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ الْمُؤْمِنَاتِ الَّذِينَ وَحَّدُوكَ وَ صَدَّقُوا رَسُولَكَ وَ تَمَسَّكُوا بِدِينِكَ وَ عَمِلُوا بِفَرَائِضِكَ وَ اقْتَدَوْا بِنَبِيِّكَ وَ سَنُّوا سُنَّتَكَ وَ أَحَلُّوا حَلَالَكَ وَ حَرَّمُوا حَرَامَكَ وَ خَافُوا عِقَابَكَ وَ رَجَوْا ثَوَابَكَ وَ وَالَوْا أَوْلِيَاءَكَ وَ عَادَوْا أَعْدَاءَكَ اللَّهُمَّ اقْبَلْ حَسَنَاتِهِمْ وَ تَجَاوَزْ عَنْ سَيِّئَاتِهِمْ وَ أَدْخِلْهُمْ بِرَحْمَتِكَ فِي عِبَادِكَ الصَّالِحِينَ إِلَهَ الْحَقِّ آمِينَ.

194. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Al-Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Muhammad Bin Al-No’man, who has narrated the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) mentioned this sermon of Amir-ul-Momineen (asws) on the day of Friday : - ‘All Praise is for Allah (azwj) Who (azwj) is Deserving of all Praise and is the Guardian of it, and all Praise ends to Him (azwj) in its rightful place, the Initiator, and Inventor, the Majestic, the Magnificent, the Mighty, the Benevolent, the only One for the Greatness, and the Unique One for the Highness, the Omnipotent with Esteem, and the Overcomer by His (azwj) Omnipotence, the Preventer by His (azwj) Force, the Dominant by His (azwj) Power, Higher than everything by His (azwj) Compulsiveness, the Praised One by His (azwj) Gratitude and by His (azwj) Favours, the Provider by His (azwj) Gifts, and excessive Benefits, the Expansive in His (azwj) Sustenance, the Bestower by His (azwj) Bounties. We Praise Him (azwj) for His (azwj) Bounties and apparent Blessings, with a Praise weighed by His (azwj) Greatness and His (azwj) Majesty, and filled by His (azwj) Blessings and Greatness. And I (asws) testify that there is no god except for Allah (azwj), One with no associates to Him (azwj), Who (azwj) was in His (azwj) Existence as Foremost and in His (azwj) Everlasting. Veiled from the creatures was His (azwj) Oneness, and His (azwj) Lordship, and His (azwj) being Eternal, and they were submitted to the continuance of time. And I (asws) testify that Muhammad (saww) is His (azwj) servant, and His (azwj) Messenger (saww), and His (azwj) elite from His (azwj) creatures having Chosen him (saww) with His (azwj) Knowledge and Selected him (saww) for His (azwj) Revelation, and Relied upon him (saww) for His (azwj) Secret, and was Pleased with him (saww) for His (azwj) creatures, Assigned him (saww) for His (azwj) Great Command as a beacon for the Principles of His (azwj) Religion and a Program for His (azwj) Way, and an Opener for His (azwj) Revelation, as a Reason for the Door of His (azwj) Mercy. He (azwj) Sent him (saww) during a gap from the Messengers (as), and Guides from the Knowledge, and during fatigue from the differing and straying from the truth, and ignorance about the Lord (azwj), and denial of the Resurrection, and the Promise that He (azwj) Sent him (saww) to all the people as a Mercy to the Worlds by the Honourable Book which He (azwj) had Excelled it, and Detailed it, and Explained it, and Clarified it, and Strengthened it, and Preserved it from it being approached by the falsehood from its front and from its back. A Revelation from the Most Wise and Praised One (azwj). In it He (azwj) struck examples, and Gave therein Signs for the ones who have intellect. He (azwj) Permitted therein the Permissibles and Prohibited therein the Prohibitions, and Legalised therein the Religion for His (azwj) servants, Giving Excuses and Warnings so that they would become a Proof for the people to Allah (azwj) after the Messengers (as) and become a Preaching for a worshipping people. So he (saww) preached His (azwj) Message, and strived in His (azwj) Way, and worshipped Him (azwj) they were convinced. May Greetings of Allah (azwj) be upon him (saww) and his (saww) Progeny (asws), and submission to him (saww) be a lot of Peace. I (asws) advise you, O servants of Allah (azwj) to fear Allah (azwj) Who Began the affairs by His (azwj) Knowledge and to Him (azwj) is their journey tomorrow for its end. And in His (azwj) Hand is their extinction, and your extinction, and the expiration for your days, and the extermination of your allocated terms, and the cutting off of your terms. So, very shortly it would pass by you all just as it had left the ones who were before you all. Servants of Allah (azwj)! Make your striving in this world to provide from these short-lived days for the days of the Hereafter which are prolonged, for this is the house for the deeds and the Hereafter is the house for dwelling in, and the Recompense. So abandon it (the world), for deceived is the one who is deceived by its deception. Do not rely upon the world by attaching your hopes and become the ones who love it, the ones who covet it, the ones who are fascinated by it just like what Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic has Said: “[10:24] The likeness of this world’s life is only as water which We send down from the cloud, then the herbage of the earth of which men and cattle eat grows luxuriantly thereby, until when the earth puts on its golden raiment and it becomes garnished, and its people think that they have power over it, Our command comes to it, by night or by day, so We render it as reaped seed; produce, as though it had not been in existence yesterday; thus do We make clear the communications for a people who reflect”. Along with that, a person never got experience in this world except that he inherited a lesson from it, nor did he wake up in the morning feeling secure except that he feared in it the descent of a catastrophe, or a change in bounties or a decline in health, with the death right behind that, and the trepidation of the Pausing in front of the Wise and Just One (azwj) Recompensing every soul with what it had done “[53:31] that He may reward those who do evil according to what they do, and (that) He may reward those who do good with goodness”. So fear Allah (azwj), Mighty is His (azwj) Mention, and hasten to the Pleasure of Allah (azwj), and the deeds with obedience to Him (azwj), and get closer to Him (azwj) with everything in which there is His (azwj) Pleasure for He (azwj) is Near and Answers. May Allah (azwj) Make us (asws) and you all of those who act towards His (azwj) Love and keep aside from His (azwj) Harshness. Then the best of the stories, and the best of the Advice, and the most beneficial of the Remembrance is the Book of Allah (azwj) Majestic and Mighty. Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic has Said: “[7:204] And when the Quran is recited, then listen to it and remain silent, that mercy may be shown to you”. I (asws) seek Refuge with Allah (azwj) from the Satan (la) the castaway. In the Name of Allah (azwj) the Beneficent the Merciful “[103:1] I swear by the time, [103:2] Most surely man is in loss, [103:3] Except those who believe and do good, and enjoin on each other truth, and enjoin on each other patience”. “[33:56] Surely Allah and His angels bless the Prophet; O you who believe! call for (Divine) blessings on him and salute him with a (becoming) salutation”. Our Allah (azwj)! Send Greetings upon Muhammad (saww) and the Progeny (asws) of Muhammad (saww), and Blessings upon Muhammad (saww) and the Progeny (asws) of Muhammad (saww), and yearning upon Muhammad (saww) and the Progeny (asws) of Muhammad, and Peace upon Muhammad (saww) and the Progeny (asws) of Muhammad (saww) higher than what You (azwj) had Greeted, and Blessed, and Mercy, and Yearning, and Peace upon Ibrahim (as) and the Progeny of Ibrahim (as), You (azwj) are the Most Praised and Most Glorious’. Our Allah (azwj)! Grant to Muhammad (saww) the ‘الْوَسِيلَةَ’ Means, and the ‘الشَّرَفَ’ Dignity, and the ‘الْفَضِيلَةَ’ Preference, and the ‘الْمَنْزِلَةَ الْكَرِيمَةَ’ Honourable Status. Our Allah (azwj)! Make Muhammad (saww) and the Progeny (asws) of Muhammad to be the greatest of all creatures, all of them (asws) as Dignitaries on the Day of Judgement, the nearest to You (azwj) in seating, the most eminent of faces in Your (azwj) Presence on the Day of Judgement, the most prestigious and preferential in Your (azwj) Presence in status and share. Our Allah (azwj)! Grant to Muhammad (saww) the most Dignified of the status, and Bestow the Peace and intercession of Al-Islam. Our Allah (azwj)! And join us all with him (saww), without failure, or loss, or remorse or alteration. O Lord (azwj) of the ‘الْحَقِّ’ Just! Amen!’ Then he (asws) sat down for a while, then stood up and said: ‘The Praise is due to Allah (azwj) the One most deserving to be Awed and Praised, and the Foremost for the one who fears and worships, and the Highest for the one who Magnifies and Glorifies. We Praise Him (azwj) for His (azwj) Great Benevolence, and Excessive Grants, and apparent of His (azwj) Favours, and the goodness of His (azwj) Trials. And we believe in His (azwj) Guidance whose light does not get extinguished, nor does His (azwj) Extol be fully expressed, Whose Handle does not weaken. We seek Refuge with Allah (azwj) from the evil of every doubt, and the darkness of the strife, and we seek Forgiveness from the accumulation of the sins, and seek Protection from Him (azwj) from the wickedness of the deeds, and the detestable hopes, and the attacks of the terrors, and association with the people of the doubt, and the happiness with what the immoral ones do in the earth without having any right to do so. Our Allah (azwj)! Forgive us, and the Believing men and the Believing women, the living ones among them and the dead who You (azwj) have Made to die upon Your (azwj) Religion, and the Nation of Your (azwj) Prophet (saww). Our Allah (azwj), Accept their good deeds, and Overlook their sins, and Make Mercy to enter upon them, and the Forgiveness, and the Pleasure. And Forgive the living ones from the Believing men and the Believing women who believed in Your (azwj) Oneness, and ratified Your (azwj) Messenger (saww), and attached themselves to Your (azwj) Religion, and acted upon Your (azwj) Obligations, and followed Your (azwj) Prophet (saww), and made Your (azwj) Sunnah to be their Sunnah, and permitted for themselves Your (azwj) Permissibles, and Prohibited for themselves Your (azwj) Prohibitions, and feared Your (azwj) Punishment, and hoped for Your (azwj) Rewards, and befriended Your (azwj) friends, and were inimical to Your (azwj) enemies. Our Allah (azwj)! Accept their good deeds, and Overlook their sins, and Keep them, by Your (azwj) Mercy, with the righteous servants, O Lord (azwj) of the ‘الْحَقِّ’ Just. Amen!’

الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ (عليه السلام) يَقُولُ لِكُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ حَافِظٌ وَ سَائِبٌ قُلْتُ وَ مَا الْحَافِظُ وَ مَا السَّائِبُ يَا أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ الْحَافِظُ مِنَ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى حَافِظٌ مِنَ الْوَلَايَةِ يَحْفَظُ بِهِ الْمُؤْمِنَ أَيْنَمَا كَانَ وَ أَمَّا السَّائِبُ فَبِشَارَةُ مُحَمَّدٍ (صلى الله عليه وآله) يُبَشِّرُ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى بِهَا الْمُؤْمِنَ أَيْنَمَا كَانَ وَ حَيْثُمَا كَانَ.

195. Al-Husayn Bin Muhammad Al-Ashary, from Moalla Bin Muhammad, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali Al-Washa, from Muhammad Bin Al-Fazeyl, from Abu Hamza who said: ‘I heard Abu Ja’far (asws) saying: ‘For every Believer is a Protector and an Informer (Sa’ib)’. I said, ‘And what is the Protector, and what is the Informer, O Abu Ja’far (asws)?’ He (asws) said: ‘The Protector from Allah (azwj) Blessed and High, Protecting from Al-Wilayah by which the Believer is protected wherever he may be. And as for the Informer, so it is the good news of Muhammad (saww) which Allah (azwj) Blessed and High Gives to the Believer wherever he may be whatever situation he may be in’.

عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْحَجَّالِ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) قَالَ خَالِطِ النَّاسَ تَخْبُرْهُمْ وَ مَتَى تَخْبُرْهُمْ تَقْلِهِمْ.

196. A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Al-Hajjaal, from Hamad, from Al-Halby, who has narrated the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) said: ‘Intermingle with the people to find out about them, and when you find out about them, (only then) travel/associate with them’.

سَهْلٌ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ رَفَعَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) قَالَ النَّاسُ مَعَادِنُ كَمَعَادِنِ الذَّهَبِ وَ الْفِضَّةِ فَمَنْ كَانَ لَهُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ أَصْلٌ فَلَهُ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ أَصْلٌ.

197. Sahl, from Bakr Bin Saleh with an unbroken chain from Abu Abdullah (asws) the following: Abu Abdullah (asws) said: ‘The people are (similar to) a mine, like a mine of gold and that of silver. So they had an origin in the days of ignorance (pre-Islam), so there are (very few) who had an origin in Al-Islam’.

سَهْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ صَالِحٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ وَهْبٍ قَالَ تَمَثَّلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) بِبَيْتِ شِعْرٍ لِابْنِ أَبِي عَقِبٍ وَ يُنْحَرُ بِالزَّوْرَاءِ مِنْهُمْ لَدَى الضُّحَى ثَمَانُونَ أَلْفاً مِثْلُ مَا تُنْحَرُ الْبُدْنُ [وَ رَوَى غَيْرُهُ الْبُزَّلُ] ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي تَعْرِفُ الزَّوْرَاءَ قَالَ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّهَا بَغْدَادُ قَالَ لَا ثُمَّ قَالَ (عليه السلام) دَخَلْتَ الرَّيَّ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ أَتَيْتَ سُوقَ الدَّوَابِّ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ رَأَيْتَ الْجَبَلَ الْأَسْوَدَ عَنْ يَمِينِ الطَّرِيقِ تِلْكَ الزَّوْرَاءُ يُقْتَلُ فِيهَا ثَمَانُونَ أَلْفاً مِنْهُمْ ثَمَانُونَ رَجُلًا مِنْ وُلْدِ فُلَانٍ كُلُّهُمْ يَصْلُحُ لِلْخِلَافَةِ قُلْتُ وَ مَنْ يَقْتُلُهُمْ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ قَالَ يَقْتُلُهُمْ أَوْلَادُ الْعَجَمِ.

198. Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Bakr Bin Saleh, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Muawiya Bin Wahab who said: ‘Abu Abdullah (asws) quoted a verse from the poem of Ibn Abu Aqab as an example, ‘And there shall be slaughtered at Al-Zawra eighty thousand from among them, in the forenoon like the slaughtering of sacrificial animals’ (and others have reported it as ‘in the drain’). Then he (asws) said to me: ‘Do you know of Al-Zawra?’ I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws), they are saying that it is Baghdad’. He (asws) said: ‘No’. Then he (asws) said: ‘Have you been to Al-Rayy?’ I said, ‘Yes’. He (asws) said: ‘Did you come across the animal market?’ I said, ‘Yes’. He (asws) said: ‘Have you seen the black mountain on the right? Well, that is Al-Zawra, in which eighty thousand would be killed, including eighty men from among them from the children of so and so, all of them being suitable for the ‘لِلْخِلَافَةِ’ succession’. I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you (asws), and who would be killing them?’ He (asws) said: ‘They would be killed by the ‘أَوْلَادُ الْعَجَمِ’ children of non-Arabs.’

عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ الَّذِينَ إِذا ذُكِّرُوا بِآياتِ رَبِّهِمْ لَمْ يَخِرُّوا عَلَيْها صُمًّا وَ عُمْياناً قَالَ مُسْتَبْصِرِينَ لَيْسُوا بِشُكَّاكٍ.

199. Ali Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al-Abbas, from Muhammad Bin Ziyad, from Abu Baseer who said: ‘I asked Abu Abdullah (asws) about the Statement of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic: “[25:73] And they who, when reminded of the Signs of their Lord, do not fall down at them as if they were deaf or blind”. He (asws) said: ‘Those who embrace (the Signs of Allah) without any doubts’.