illal al sharaie - reasons for the laws - volume 1 - part 5 ·...

Chapter 1The reason due to which Amir Al-Momin-een(asws) fought the people of Al-Basra butleft their wealth alone

In the Name of Allahazwj the Beneficent, the Merciful. ThePraise is for Allahazwj Lordazwj of the Worlds, and Blessing beupon our Chief Muhammadsaww and hissaww Purified Pro-genyasws, and greetings with abundant greetings.

Muhammad Bin Al Hassan narrated to us, from MuhammadBin Al Hassan Al Saffar, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa,from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Rabie Bin Muhammad, from Ab-dullah Ibn Suleyman who said,

‘I said to Abu Abdullah, ‘The people are reporting that Aliasws

fought the people of Al-Basra but left alone their wealth’. Soheasws said: ‘In the house of the Polytheism (Mushriqeen),whatever is therein, is Permissible, and the house of Al-Islam,whatever is therein, is not Permissible’.

Heasws said: ‘But rather, Aliasws did a favour upon them, justas Rasool-Allahsaww had done upon the people of Makkah. So,Aliasws left alone their wealth because heasws knew that therewould be Shiah for himasws (in the future) and that the govern-ment of the Falsehood would be overcoming them. Therefore,heasws intended that this (policy) should be followed with re-gards to hisasws Shiah. And you have seen the effects of thatthat this policy of Aliasws flowed among the people. And, hadAliasws killed the people of Al-Basra altogether, and seizedtheir wealth, and that was Permissible unto himasws, but heasws

favoured upon them, so that hisasws Shiah would be favouredupon from (the rulers to come) after himasws’.1

And it has been reported that the people gathered to Amir AlMomineen asws on the day of Al Basra, so they said,

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(The narrator says it was asked, ‘O Amir Al-Momineenasws!Would youasws be dividing their wealth as war booty inbetween us?’ Heasws said: ‘Which ones of you would take ‘Themother of the Believers’ (Ayesha) in his share?’2

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Chapter 2The reason due to which Amir Al-Momin-een(asws) left Fidak when he(asws) ruledthe people

Ali Bin Ahmad Bin Muhammad al Daqaq narrated to us, fromMuhammad Bin Abu Abdullah Al Kufy, from Musa Bin Imran AlNakhai’e, from his uncle Al Husayn Bin Yazeed Al Nowfaly,from Ali Bin Saalim, from his father, from Abu Baseer,

(The narrator) says ‘I said to Abu Abdullahasws, ‘Why didAmir Al-Momineenasws not seize Fadak when heasws ruled thepeople, and what is the reason for leaving it?’ So heasws said:‘Because the oppressor and the oppressed would be precedingto Allahazwj Might and Majestic, and Allahazwj would Rewardthe oppressed, and Punish the oppressor. Therefore, heasws

disliked that heasws should retrieve something and Allahazwj

would be Punishing its usurper over it, and Rewarding theusurped over it’.3

Ahmad Bin Ali Bin Ibrahim Bin Hashim narrated to us, fromhis father, from his father Ibrahim Bin Hashim, fromMuhammad Bin Abu Umeyr, from Ibrahim Al Karkhy who said,

‘I asked Abu Abdullahasws, so I said to himasws, ‘For whichreason did Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws leave Fadak when heasws

ruled the people?’ Heasws said: ‘For (the sake of) followingRasool-Allahsaww, when hesaww conquered Makkah, and Aqeelson of Abu Talibas had sold hissaww house. So it was said tohimsaww, ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! Will yousaww not go to yoursaww

house?’ So hesaww said: ‘And has Aqeel left a house for ussaww?Weasws, the Peopleasws of the Household, do not retrieve any-thing which has been seized from usasws unjustly’. Thus, it wasdue to that, he (Aliasws) did not retrieve Fadak when heasws

ruled’.4

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Ahmad Bin Al Hassan Al Qatan narrated to us, from AhmadBin Saeed Al hamdany, from Ali Bin Al Hassan Bin Ali BinFazal, from his father,

(The narrator says) ‘I asked Abu Al-Hassanasws about AmirAl-Momineenasws. Why did heasws not retrieve Fadak whenheasws ruled the people?’ So heasws said: ‘Because weasws, thePeopleasws of the Household, do not seize ourasws rights fromthe ones who oppress usasws, as he (Amir Al-Momineenasws)and usasws are the Guardians of the Believers. But rather,weasws pass judgement for them and weasws take their rightfrom the ones who oppress them, but we do not take forourselvesasws’.5

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Chapter 3The reason due to which Rasool-Allah(azwj)teknonymed Amir Al-Momineen Ali(asws)Bin Abu Talib(asws) as ‘Abu Turaab’ (Fatherof the earth)

But, what is reliable with regards to that, is what was nar-rated to me by - Ahmad Bin Al-Hassan Al-Qataan, from Abu Al-Abbas Ahmad Bin Yahya Bin Zakariya, from Bakr Bin AbdullahBin Habeeb, from Tameem Bin Bahloul, from his father, fromAbu Al-Hassan Al-Abdy, from Suleyman Bin Mahran, fromAbaya Bin Rabi’e who said:

‘I said to Abdullah Bin Ibn Abbas, ‘Why did Rasool-Allahsaww

teknonym Aliasws as ‘Abu Turaab’?’ He said, ‘Because heasws isthe Master of the earth, and Proof of Allahazwj over its peopleafter himsaww, and its tranquility is due to himasws. And I heardthe Rasool-Allahsaww saying: ‘When it will be the Day of Judge-ment, and the Infidel would see what Allahazwj has Preparedfor the Shiah of Aliasws, from the Rewards and the Nearness,and the Prestige, he would say O! I wish I were dust! i.e.,from the Shiah of Aliasws and that is in the Words of Allahazwj

Mighty and Majestic [78:40] and the unbeliever shall say:O! I wish I were dust!’.6

Al Husayn Bin Yahya Bin Zareys narrated to me, from Muaw-iya Bin Salih Bin Zareys Al Bajaly, from Abu Awana, fromMuhammad Bin Yazeed and Hashim Al Zarai’e, from AbdullahBin Maymoun Al Tahouwi, from Lays, from Mujahid, from IbnUmar who said,

‘While I was with the Prophetsaww among the palm trees ofAl-Medina, and heasws was looking for Aliasws, when hesaww

ended up to a garden. So hesaww noticed Aliasws therein work-ing on the ground, and heasws was covered in dust. So hesaww

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said: ‘What blame would people place upon mesaww if Isaww

were to teknonym youasws as ‘Abu Turaab’’.So the Prophetsaww said: ‘Shall Iasws please youasws, O

Aliasws?’ Heasws said: ‘Yes, O Rasool-Allahsaww’. So hesaww

grabbed himasws by hisasws hand and said: ‘Youasws aremysaww brother, and mysaww Vizier, and mysaww Caliph amongmysaww family. Youasws will fulfill mysaww debts, and mysaww

responsibilities. The one who loves youasws during mysaww life-time, Isaww shall judge the Paradise for him, and the one wholoves youasws after mysaww lifetime, Allahazwj would Seal thesecurity, and the faith for him. And the one who loves youasws

after youasws, and heasws has not seen youasws, Allahazwj wouldSeal the security and the faith for him, and Give him securityon the Day of the great terror. And the one who dies and hehas hated youasws, O Aliasws, died the death of the Pre-Islamicperiod. Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic would only Reckon theone with what he had done during Al-Islam’.7

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Chapter 4The reason due to which Amir Al-Momin-een(asws) used to wear four rings

Abu Saeed Muhammad Bin Al Fazal Bin Muhammad BinIs’haq Al Mazkar well known as Abu Saeed Al Ma’lam Al Ney-sabouri narrated to us at Neysabour, from Abu Ja’farMuhammad Bin Ahmad Bin Saeed, from Abu AbdullahMuhammad Bin Muslim Bin Zarara Al Razy, from MuhammadBin Yusuf Al Faryabi, from Sufyan Al Sowry, from Ismail AlSindy, from Abd Khayr who said,

‘Aliasws had four rings which heasws used to wear – Sapphirefor hisasws nobility, and Turquoise for hisasws victory, and theChinese Iron for hisasws strength, and Garnet for hisasws pro-tection. And it was engraved upon the Sapphire: ‘There is nogod except for Allahazwj, the King, the Evident Truth’; and itwas engraved upon the Turquoise: ‘Allahazwj, the King, theEvident Truth’; and it was engraved upon the Chinese Iron: ‘AllHonour is for Allahazwj’; and three lines were engraved uponthe Garnet: ‘Whatever Allahazwj so Desires, There is noStrength except by Allahazwj, I seek Forgiveness of Allahazwj’.8

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Chapter 5Reason for Amir Al-Momineen(asws) wear-ing his(asws) ring in his(asws) right hand

Abdul Wahid Bin Muhammad Bin Abdous Al Ataar Al neysa-bouri narrated to us, from Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Quteyba AlNeysabouri, from Al Fazal Bin Shazaan, from Muhammad BinAbu Umeyr who said,

‘I said to Abu Al-Hassan Musaasws, ‘Inform me about therings of Amir Al-Momineenasws being in hisasws right hand, forwhich reason was it?’ So heasws said: ‘But rather heasws worethe rings in hisasws right hand, because heasws is the Imamasws

of the Companions of the right hand, after Rasool-Allahsaww,and Allahazwj has Praised the Companions of the right hand,and has Condemned the companions of the left hand. AndRasool-Allahsaww used to wear rings in hissaww right hand, andit is a sign for ourasws Shiah to be recognised by, and by thepreservation of the timings of the Prayer, and the giving of theZakat, and equalization with the brethren, and the enjoining ofthe good, and the forbidding of the evil’.9

Abdullah Bin Muhammad Bin Abdul Wahab Al Qarshy nar-rated to us, from Muhammad Bin Ibrahim Al Qainy, from AbuQureysh, from Abdul Jabbar and Muhammad Bin Mansour AlKhazaz, from Abdullah Bin Maymoun Al Qadah,

(It has been narrated) from Ja’farasws Bin Muhammadasws,from hisasws fatherasws, from Jabir Bin Abdullah having said,‘The Prophetsaww used to wear rings in hissaww right hand’.10

Abdullah Bin Muhammad Bin Abdul Wahab Al Qarshy, fromMansour Bin Abdullah Bin Ibrahim Al Isfahany, from Ali BinAbdullah Al Askandarany, from Abbas Bin Al Abbas Al Qani’e,from Saeed Al Kindy, from Abdullah Bin Hazim Al Khazai’e,from Ibrahim Bin Musa Al Jahny,

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(It has been narrated) from Salman Al-Farsyas having said:‘Rasool-Allahsaww said to Aliasws: ‘O Aliasws! Wear the rings inyourasws right hand to become one of the

Proximity ones’. Heasws said: ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! And whoare the Proximity ones?’ Hesaww said: ‘Jibraeelas andMikaeelas’. Heasws said: ‘With what (type of ring) shall Iasws

wear, O Rasool-Allahsaww?’ Hesaww said: ‘With the red Sap-phire, for it accepted for Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic, withthe Oneness, and (accepted) mesaww with the Prophet-hood,and for youasws, O Aliasws, with the successorship, and foryourasws sonsasws with the Imamate, and for those that loveyouasws with the Paradise, and for the Shiah of yourasws

sonsasws with the Firdows’.11


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Chapter 6Reason for the Higher Hairline of Amir Al-Momineen(asws), and the reason due towhich he(asws) was called ‘Al-Anza’a AlBateen’

My father and Muhammad Bin Al Hassan narrated to us,from Ahmad Bin Idrees and Muhammad Bin Yahya Al Ataar to-gether, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad Bin Yahya Bin Imran AlAsh’ary, by an unbroken chain which I did not memorise,

(It has been narrated) from Amir Al-Momineenasws havingsaid: ‘If Allahazwj Intends good with a servant, Casts him withthe higher headline in openings of the hair from his head, andsee, Iasws am like that’.12

Ahmad Al Hassan Al Qatan narrated to us, from Ahmad BinYahya Bin Zakariyya Al Qataan, from Bakr Bin Abdullah BinHabeeb, from Tameem Bin Bahloul, from Abaya Bin Rabie whosaid,

‘A man went to Ibn Abbad, so he said to him, ‘Inform meabout the ‘Al Anza’a Al Bateen’ Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws, forthe people are differing with regards to it?’ So Ibn Abbas saidto him, ‘O you man! By Allahazwj, you have asked me about aman, none has trodden the gravel after Rasool-Allahsaww moremeritorious than himasws, for heasws is a brother of Rasool-Al-lahsaww, and a son of hisasws uncleas, and hissaww suc-cessorasws, and hissaww Caliph over hissaww community, andheasws is removed from the Polytheism, full up from the know-ledge. And I have heard Rasool-Allahsaww saying: ‘Whoeverwants the salvation tomorrow, so let him hold on to a part ofthis ‘Al Anza’a’, meaning Aliasws’.13


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Chapter 7The reason due to which Ali (asws) Bin AbuTalib(asws) was named as ‘Amir Al-Momin-een’, and the reason due to which his(asws)sword was named as ‘Zulfiqar’, and the reas-on due to which Al-Qaim(asws) has beennamed as ‘Qaim’, and Al-Mahdi(asws) as‘Mahdi’

Ali Bin Ahmad Bin Muhammad Al Daqaq and Muhammad BinMuhammad Bin Asaam both narrated to us, from MuhammadBin Yaqoub Al Kulayni, from Al Qasim Bin Al A’ala, from IsmailAl Fazary, from Muhammad Bin Jamhour Al A’ama, from IbnAbu Najran, from the one who mentioned, from Abu HamzaSabit Bin Dinaar Al Sumaly who said,

‘O sonasws of Rasool-Allahsaww! Why was Aliasws named as‘Amir Al-Momineen’, and it is a name which no one has beennamed before himasws, and it is not permissible for anyone tobe named as such after himasws?’ Heasws said: ‘Because heasws

is a ‘Meerat’ (Treasure trove) of the knowledge which is beingsupplied from himasws, and it is not supplied from anyone apartfrom himasws’.

He (Abu Hamza) said, ‘O sonasws of Rasool-Allahsaww! So whywas hisasws sword named as ‘Zulfiqaar’?’ So heasws said: ‘Be-cause heasws did not strike any one from the creatures of Al-lahazwj with it, except that he was deprived (Afqar) of thisworld, from his family, and his children, and deprived in theHereafter from the Paradise’.

He (Abu Hamza) said, ‘So I said, ‘O sonasws of Rasool-Al-lahsaww! Are youasws all not standing with the Truth?’ Heasws

said: ‘Yes’. I said, ‘So why has Al-Qaimasws been named as

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‘Qaim’ (The one making a stand)?’ Heasws said: ‘When myasws

grandfatherasws Al-Husaynasws was killed, the Angels were inuproar to Allahazwj the High with the crying and the wailing,and they said, ‘Our Godazwj, and our Masterasws! Are Youazwj

Oblivious from the one who killed Yourazwj elite, and sonasws ofYourazwj elite, and Yourazwj Chosen one from Yourazwj

creatures?’ So Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed untilthem: “Calm down Myazwj Angels, for Iazwj Swear by Myazwj

Mighty and Myazwj Majesty that Iazwj shall be Exacting revengefrom them, even though it may be after a while”.

Then Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic Uncovered (the veil)from the Imamsasws from the sonsasws of Al-Husayn asws for theAngels (to see). So the Angels were in cheerfulness due to that.So there was one of them (Imamsasws) standing, Praying. So Al-lahazwj Mighty and Majestic Said: “It is by that standingoneasws, Iazwj shall be Exacting Revenge from them”.14

Muhammad Bin Muhammad Bin Asaam Al Kulayni, fromMuhammad Bin Yaqoub, from Alaan Al Kulayni,

(It has been narrated) raising it to Abu Abdullahasws havingsaid: ‘But rather, the sword of Amir Al-Momineenasws wasnamed as ‘Zulfiqar’, be there was in the middle of it, a linewritten along its length, so it resembles with the backbone,thus it was named as Zulfiqar due to that. And it was a swordwhich Jibraeelas descended with from the sky, and its enclos-ure was of silver, and it is that which a Caller Called out withfrom the sky: ‘There is no sword except for Zulfiqar, and thereis no youth (Believer) except for Aliasws’’.15

My father narrated to us, from Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, from AlHassan Bin Ali AL Kufy, from Abdullah Bin Al Mugheira, fromSufyan Bin Abdul Momin Al Ansary, from Amro Ibn Shimr, fromJabir who said,

‘A man came over to Abu Ja’farasws, and I was present, so hesaid, ‘May Allahazwj have Mercy on youasws! Capture these fivehundred Dirham, and place this in its (appropriate) place, forthis is Zakat of my wealth’. So Abu Ja’farasws said to him: ‘But,you take it, and place it (give it out) among your neighbours,and the orphans, and the poor, and among your brethren fromthe Muslims. But rather, this would become (for usasws), whenourasws Qaimasws makes a stand, heasws would distribute withthe equality and justice among the creatures of the Beneficent,

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the righteous from them as well as the immoral. So the onewho obeys himasws has obeyed Allahazwj, and the one who dis-obeys himasws, so he has disobeyed Allahazwj.

But rather, heasws has been named as ‘Al-Mahdi’ becausewould be Guided to the hidden matters. Heasws would bringout the Torah and the rest of the Books of Allahazwj from a caveat Antioch. Thus heasws would Judge between the people of theTorah by the Torah, and between the people of the Evangel bythe Evangel, and between the people of the Psalms by thePsalms, and between the people of the

Quran by the Quran. And all of the wealth of the world wouldbe gathered to himasws, whatever is in the belly of the earthand upon its back.

So heasws would be saying to the people: ‘Come to what withregards to which you cut off the relationships, and shed bloodwith regards to it, and for which you rode upon the Prohibi-tions of Allahazwj. So heasws would give something which noone had given before himasws’.

Heasws said: ‘And Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘And heasws is amanasws from mesaww, hisasws name is like mysaww name. MayAllahazwj Save mesaww with regards to it. And heasws would beacting in accordance with mysaww Sunnah. Heasws would fillthe earth with equity, and justice, and Light, after it having be-ing filled with injustice, and tyranny, and darkness’.16

Al Muzaffar Bin Ja’far Bin Al Muzaffar Al Alawy narrated tous, from Ja’far Ibn Muhammad Bin Masoud, from Jibraeel BinAhmad, from Al Hassan Bin Kharzad, from Muhammad BinMusa Bin Al Furat, from Yaqoub Bin Suweyd,

(The narrator says), ‘I said to (Imam) Ja’farasws, ‘May I besacrificed for youasws: ‘Why was Amir Al-Momineenasws namedas ‘Amir Al-Momineen’?’ Heasws said: ‘Because heasws suppliedthem (brought them) the knowledge. But have you not heardthe Book of Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic [12:65] and we willbring grain for our family’.17

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Chapter 8The reason due to which Ali(asws) Bin AbuTalib(asws) became the Distributor of Al-lah(azwj) between the Paradise and the Fire

Ahmad Bin Al Hassan Al Qatan narrated to us, from AhmadBin Yahya Bin Zakariyya Abu Al Abbas Al Qatan, fromMuhammad Bin Isamil Al Barmakky, from Abdullah Bin Dahar,from his father, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Al MufazzalBin Umar who said,

‘I said to Abu Abdullah Ja’farasws Bin Muhammad Al-Sadiqasws, ‘Why did Amir Al-Momineen Aliasws Bin AbuTalibasws come to be Distributor of the Paradise and the Fire?’Heasws said: ‘Because, love for himasws is faith, and hate forhimasws is Disbelief. But rather, the Pardise was Created forthe people of the Eman (faith), and the Fire was Created forthe people of the disbelief. Therefore, heasws is the Distributorof the Paradise and the Fire, due to this reason. So theParadise, none shall enter it except for the people who lovehimasws, and the Fire, none shall enter it except for the peoplewho hate himasws’.

Al-Mufazzal narrates, ‘So I said, ‘O sonasws of Rasool-Al-lahsaww! So the Prophetsas, and the successorsas used to lovehimasws, and theiras enemies used to hate himasws?’ Heasws

said: ‘Yes’. I said, ‘So how can that be?’ Heasws said: ‘But doyou not know that the Prophetsaww said on the Day of Khyber:‘Isaww shall be giving the flag tomorrow to a man who loves Al-lahazwj and Hisazwj Rasoolsaww, and Allahazwj and Hisazwj

Rasoolsaww love himasws. Heasws would not return Allahazwj

Grants himasws victory by hisasws hands’? So hesaww handedover the flag to Aliasws. Thus Allahazwj Granted victory byhisasws hands’. I said, ‘Yes’.

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Heasws said: ‘But, do you know that when Rasool-Allahsaww

was brought a grilled chicken, hesaww said: ‘O Allahazwj! Getthe one most Beloved to Youazwj and to mesaww to come andeat with mesaww, from this bird’ – and hesaww meant Aliasws byit?’ I said, ‘Yes’.

Heasws said: ‘So is it Permissible that the Prophetsas of Al-lahazwj, and theiras successorsas did not love a man who isLoved by Allahazwj and Hisazwj Rasoolsaww, and heasws lovedAllahazwj and Hisazwj Rasoolsaww?’ So I said to himasws, ‘No’.So is it Permissible that the Believers who happened to be intheiras communities were not loving the Beloved one of Al-lahazwj, and a beloved one of Hisazwj Rasoolsas, and the Hisazwj

Prophetsas?’ I said, ‘No’.Heasws said: ‘It has thus been proved that theiras enemies

and the adversaries, it would be that for them, and for the en-tirety of those that loved themas, and the hateful ones’. I said,‘Yes’. Heasws said: ‘Therefore, none shall enter the Paradise ex-cept the one who loves himasws, from the former ones and thelater ones; and none shall enter the Fire except the one whohates himasws, from the former ones and the later ones. Thus,then, heasws is the Distributor of the Paradise and the Fire’.

Al-Mufazzal Ibn Umar said, ‘So I said to himasws, ‘O sonasws

of Rasool-Allahsaww! Relieve from me (the understanding ofmatters), may Allahazwj Relieve youasws’. Heasws said: ‘Ask, OMufazzal!’ So I said to himasws, ‘O sonasws of Rasool-Allahsaww!So Aliasws would be entering those that love himasws into theParadise, and those that hate himasws into the Fire? Or wouldit be Rizwaan and Maalik (the two Keepers)?’

So heasws said: ‘O Mufazzal! But, know that Allahazwj Blessedand High Sent Rasoolsaww to the Prophetsas, and hesaww was aspirit, and theyas were spirits, before the Creation of the cre-ation by two thousand years. But know, that hesaww calledthemas to the Oneness of Allahazwj, and being obedient toHimazwj, and the following of Hisazwj Commands, and promisedthemas the Paradise upon that, and promised the ones who op-posed and did not respond to themas, and rejected themas,(promised) the Fire’. I said, ‘Yes’.

Heasws said: ‘So, is not the Prophetsaww therefore respons-ible, when hesaww promised and promise on behalf of hissaww

Lordazwj Mighty and Majestic?’ I said, ‘Yes’. Heasws said: ‘Or is

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not Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws hissaww Caliph and an Imamasws

of hissaww community?’ I said, ‘Yes’. Heasws said: ‘Or are notRizwan and Maalik (the two Keepers), from the totality of theAngels, and the seekers of Forgiveness for hisasws Shiah, thesalvaged ones due to hisasws love?’ I said, ‘Yes’. Heasws said:‘Therefore Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws is the Distributor of theParadise and the Fire, from Rasool-Allahsaww, and Rizwan andMaalik (the two Keepers) are the implementers of hisasws or-ders by the Command of Allahazwj Blessed and High.

O Mufazzal! Take this, for it is from the treasured know-ledge, and conceal it. Do not bring it out (to anyone) except tothe one who is deserving of it’.18

My father said, ‘Sa’ad Bin Abdullah narrated to us, from Ab-dullah, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, and Abdullah BinAamir Bin Saeed, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Al Mu-fazzal Bin Umar,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullahasws having said:‘Amir Al-Momineenasws said: ‘Iasws am the Distributor of Al-lahazwj between the Paradise and the Fire, and Iasws am theGreat Differentiator, and Iasws am the owner of the staff andthe branding (‘He is a Believer and he is an Infidel’)’.19

Muhammad Bin Al Hassan narrated to us, from MuhammadBin Al Hassan Al Saffar, from Muhammad Bin Al Husayn BinAbu Al Khataab, from Musa Bin Sa’dan, from Abdullah Bin AlQasim Al Hazramy, from Sama’at Bin Mahran who said,

‘Abu Abdullahasws said: ‘When it will be the Day of Judge-ment, a Pulpit would be placed which the entirety of thecreatures would see. A man would stand upon it, and an Angelwould stand on the right of it, and an Angel would stand uponits left. So the one upon the right of it would call out: ‘O groupof creatures! This is Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws, Owner of theParadise, and heasws would be entering into the Paradise who-ever heasws so desires to!’ And the one on the left of it wouldcall out: ‘O group of creatures! This is Aliasws Bin AbuTalibasws, Owner of the Fire, and heasws would be entering intothe Paradise whoever heasws so desires to!’20

My father said, ‘Sa’ad Bin Abdullah narrated to us, fromIbrahim Ibn Muhammad Al Saqafy, from Muhammad Bin Da-wood Al Daynouri, from Manzar Al sha’rany, from Sa’ad BinZayd, from Abu Qabeel, from Abu Al Jaroud,

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(It has been narrated) raising it to the Prophetsaww havingsaid: ‘The door of the Paradise has been Created from red ru-bies upon gold plates. So when its ring (knob) is knocked uponthe plates, it rings and says: ‘O Aliasws!’.21

My father said, ‘Sa’ad Bin Abdullah narrated to us, fromAhmad Bin Muhammad Ibn Isa, from Al Abbas Bin marouf,from Abdullah Bin Al Mugheira Al Khazaz, from Abu Hafs AlAbady, from Abu Haroun Al Abdy, from Abu Saeed Al Khudrywho said,

‘The Prophetsaww was saying: ‘When you all supplicate to Al-lahazwj for mesaww, so ask Himazwj for the Means’. So we askedthe Prophetsaww about the Means. So hesaww said: ‘It ismysaww Level in the Paradise, and it is of a thousand steppingstones. In between a stepping stone and a stepping stonewould take a racing horse a month to travel. And in between astepping stone and another stepping stone are links of Aqua-marine, to another stepping stone of Sapphire, and to a step-ping stone of gold, to a stepping stone of silver.

So Isaww would be give it, on the Day of Judgement, until it isestablished with the Levels of the Prophetsas. So it would beamong the Levels of the Prophets like the full moon is inbetween the stars. Thus, not a single Prophetsaww would re-main on the Day, nor a Truthful, nor a Martyr, except that hewould say: ‘Congratulations to the one for whom this Level isas a Level’. So a Caller would Call out which the entirety of theProphetsas, and the Truthful, and the Martyrs, and the Believ-ers would hear: ‘This is the Level of Muhammadsaww!’

Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘So Isaww would come on that Day,wearing robes of Light and a royal crown upon mesaww, and acrown of dignity, flanked with the honourable Angels. AndAliasws Bin Abu Talibasws would be in front of mesaww, andmysaww flag would be in hisasws hand, and it is the flag ofPraise upon which would be inscribed: ‘There is no god exceptfor Allahazwj. The successful ones are the winners with Al-lahazwj’.

So the Prophetsas would pass by usasws, so theyas would say:‘These two are Angels of Proximity. And when the Angels passby usasws, they would say: ‘These are two Angels whom we donot recognise, nor have we seen these two before. And whenthe Believers pass by usasws, they would say, ‘These are two

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Prophetsas, two Mursilsas’, until Isaww go a Level higher, andAliasws would follow mesaww, and Isaww reach the highestLevel, and Aliasws being a Level lower than minesaww, and inhisasws hand would be mysaww flag, so there would not remainon that Day, a single Prophetas, nor a successoras, nor a Believ-er, except that they would all raise their heads and would besaying: ‘Congratulations to these two servants. How prestigi-ous are these two to Allahazwj’. So there would come the Callfrom the Presence of Allahazwj the High, which the Prophetsand all the creatures would hear: “This is Myazwj BelovedMuhammadsaww, and this is hisas Guardian Aliasws! Congratu-lations to the one who loved himasws, and woe be unto the onewho hated himasws and belied against himasws”.

The Prophetsaww said to Aliasws: ‘O Aliasws! So there wouldnot remain on that Day in the spectacle of the Day of Judge-ment, anyone who loves youasws except that he would becheerful upon this speech, and his face would be whitened, andhis heart would be joyful. And there would not remain anyonefrom yourasws enemies, or one who established a war againstyouasws, or fought against youasws of yourasws rights, exceptthat his face would be blackened, and his legs would tremble’.

Then Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘So during that, two Angelswould come forward towards mesaww. As for one of the two, soit would be Rizwan, the Keeper of the Paradise, and as for theother, so it would be Malik, the Keeper of the Fire. So Rziwanwould approach and greet mesaww, and he would be saying:‘Peace be upon yousaww, O Rasool-Allahsaww’. So Isaww wouldgreet him in return, and Isaww would be saying: ‘O you Angel!With such aromatic fragrance and beauty of the face, prestigi-ous to his Lordazwj, who are you?’ So he would be saying: ‘I amRizwan, Keeper of the Paradise. My Lordazwj Commands methat I should give yousaww the keys of the Paradise, and handthese over to yousaww. So take these, O Ahmadsaww!’ So Isaww

would say, ‘Isaww accept that from mysaww Lordazwj. ForHimazwj is the Praise upon what Heazwj has Favoured mesaww

with. Hand over these over to mysaww brother Aliasws Bin AbuTalibasws’. So he would hand these over to Aliasws, and Rizwanwould return.

Then Malik would approach, so he would say: ‘Peace be uponyousaww, O Ahmadsaww!’ So Isaww would say: ‘And Peace be

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upon you, O Angel! How harsh is your appearance, and howthreatening is your face, who are you?’ So he would say: ‘I amMalik, the Keeper of the Fire. My Lordazwj Commands me thatI should come to yousaww with the shackles of the Fire’. SoIsaww would say: ‘I have accepted that from mysaww Lordazwj.For Himazwj is the Praise upon what Heazwj has Gracedmesaww with. Hand these over to mysaww brother Aliasws IbnAbu Talibasws’. So he would hand these over to himasws. ThenMalik would return.

So Aliasws would go across, and with himasws would be thekeys of the Paradise and the shackles of the Fire, until heasws

pauses upon the brink of Hell. So heasws would grab its reinsby hisasws hand, and its exhalation would be high, and its heatwould be intense, and its flames would be flying out. So Hellwould call out: ‘Be far from me, for yourasws Light is extin-guishing my flames’. So Aliasws would be saying to it: ‘Calmdown, O Hell! Take this one and leave this one. Take this en-emy of mineasws, and leave this friend of mineasws’.

So, on that Day, hell would be more obedient to Aliasws thana slave of yours would be to his master. So if heasws so desires,it would make him go rightwards, or if heasws so desires, itwould make him go leftwards. And on that Day, Hell would bemore obedient to Aliasws with regards to heasws orders it with,than the entirety of the creatures’.22

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Chapter 9The reason due to which Rasool-Allah(saww)bequeathed to Ali(asws) besides others

Muhammad Bin Ali Majaylawiya narrated to us, fromMuhammad Bin Yahya Al Ataar, from Sahl Bin Ziyad Al Admy,from Muhammad Bin Al Waleed Al Sayrafi, from Aban BinUsman,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullahasws, from hisasws

fatherasws, from hisasws grandfatherasws having said: ‘Whendeath approached Rasool-Allahsaww, hesaww called Al-AbbasBin Abdul Muttalib and Amir Al-Momineen Aliasws Bin AbuTalibasws. So hesaww said to Al-Abbas: ‘O uncle ofMuhammadsaww! Will you take the inheritance ofMuhammadsaww, and fulfil hissaww debts and fulfil hissaww

promises made?’ So he responded to himsaww and said: ‘ORasool-Allahsaww! I am old of age, lot of family, and littlewealth. Who can endure yousaww, and yousaww are even gener-ous to the winds passing by’.

Heasws said: ‘So hesaww patted him and blessed, and said(again): ‘O Abbas! Will you take the inheritance of Rasool-Al-lahsaww, and fulfil hissaww promises made, and pay off hissaww

debts?’ So he said, ‘May my father and my mother be sacrificedfor yousaww! I am old of age, lot of family, and little wealth.Who can endure yousaww, and yousaww are even generous tothe winds passing by’.

So Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘But, Isaww will give it to the onewho is deserving of it’. Then hesaww said: ‘O Aliasws! O brotherof Muhammadsaww! Will youasws fulfill the promises made byMuhammadsaww, and pay off hissaww debts, and take hissaww

inheritance?’ Heasws said: ‘Yes, may myasws fatheras andmyasws motheras be sacrificed for yousaww’.

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Heasws said: ‘So hesaww looked at himasws until hesaww re-moved hissaww ring from hissaww finger, so hesaww said: ‘Wearthis ring during mysaww lifetime’. Heasws said: ‘So hesaww

looked at the ring when Aliasws put it on hisasws right fingers,and cried out: ‘O Bilal! Bring to mesaww the helmet, and theshield, and the flag, and mysaww sword Zulfiqar, and mysaww

turban ‘Al-Sahaab, and the cloak, and the belt, and the walkingstick (called Al-Mamshouq), for by Allahazwj! Isaww have notseen during mysaww time a thing’ – meaning the belt – ‘whichalmost snatches the vision away, for it is from the pitchers ofthe Paradise’. Then hesaww said: ‘O Aliasws! Jibraeelas came tome aww with it, so heas said: ‘O Muhammadsaww! Make it to bein a ring of the shield, and wear it around yourasws waist’.

Then hesaww called for a pair of slippers, one of which wassewn and the other was un-sewn; and the shirt which hesaww

had worn during the Ascension, and the shirt with whichhesaww had come out on the Day of Ohad, and the three hoods– a hood for the travel, and a hood for the two Eids, and a hoodwhich hesaww used to wear whenever hesaww was seated withhissaww companions. Then Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘O Bilal!Come to me with the two mules – Al Shahba’a and Al Dul Dul;and the two camels – Al Azba’a, and Al Sahba’a; and the twohorses – Al Janaaah which used to be paused at the door of theMasjid of Rasool-Allahsaww for the needs of the people,whenever Rasool-Allahsaww used to send the man during aneed, so he would ride it, and Heyzoum to which hesaww usedto say: ‘Com forward Heyzoum!’; and the donkey Al Yafour’.

Then hesaww said: ‘O Aliasws! Take control of these duringmysaww lifetime, and let no one snatch it away from youasws

after mesaww’.Then Abu Abdullahasws said: ‘The first thing which died from

the animals was hissaww donkey Al Yafour which died at thetime Rasool-Allahsaww passed away. It cut off its halter, thenran over to the well of Hatma at Quba and smashed itselfagainst it and fell down into it. So that was its grave’.

Then Abu Abdullahasws said: ‘Yafour had spoken to Rasool-Al-lahsaww saying, ‘May my father and my mother be sacrificedfor yousaww! My father used to narrate to me, from his father,from his grandfather that he was with Noahas in the ship. So,one day Noahas looked at him and wiped hisas hand upon his

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face, then said: ‘There will be coming out from the back of thisdonkey, a donkey upon which the Chief of the Prophetsas, andtheiras Seal’. And the Praise is for Allahazwj who Made me to bethat donkey’.23

Muhammad Bin Musa Bin Al Mutawakkal narrated to us,from Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, from Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Bin Isa,from Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Ibrahim Bin Is’haq Al Azady,from his father who said,

‘I came over to Al-Amsh Suleyman Bin Mahran to ask himabout the bequest of Rasool-Allahsaww, so he said, ‘Go toMuhammad Bin Abdullah and ask him’. So I went over to him,so he narrated to me from Zayd son of Aliasws, so he said,‘When death presented itself to Rasool-Allahsaww, and hissaww

head was in the lap of Aliasws, and the house was full up withthe ones who were in it from the Emigrants and the Helpers,and Al-Abbas was seated at hissaww feet. Rasool-Allahsaww said:‘O Abbas! Do you accept mysaww bequest and to pay offmysaww debts, and fulfill myas promises made?’ So he said, ‘Iam a person of old age, with a large family with no wealth tome’. So hesaww repeated it three times to him, and for each ofthat, that was his response.

So Rasool-Allahsaww said: ‘Isaww shall give it to a man whowould take it rightfully, and would not be saying what you aresaying’. Then hesaww said: ‘O Aliasws! Do youasws acceptmysaww bequest, and to pay off mysaww debts, and fulfillmysaww promises made?’

Heasws said: ‘So the grief choked himasws and heasws couldnot answer himsaww, and heasws saw the head of Rasool-Al-lahsaww, going and coming (falling unconscious and waking upintermittently) in hisasws lap. Then hesaww repeated to himasws,so Aliasws said to himsaww: ‘Yes, may myasws fatheras andmyasws motheras be sacrificed for yousaww, O Rasool-Allahsaww!

So hesaww said: ‘O Bilal! Bring the shield of Rasool-Al-lahsaww! So he came up with. Then hesaww said: ‘Bring the flagof Rasool-Allahsaww’. So he came with it. Then hesaww said: ‘OBilal! Bring the mule of Rasool-Allahsaww along with its saddleand its bridle’. So he came with it. Then hesaww said: ‘OAliasws! Arise, and take (control of) these in the sight of theones in the house, from the Emigrants and the Helpers, so that

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no one should snatch these away from youasws from aftermesaww’.

He (the narrator) said: ‘So Aliasws arose, and carried thoseuntil entrusted all of that in hisasws house, then returned’.24

Muhammad Bin Ali Al Majaylawiya narrated to us, from hisuncle Muhammad Bin Abu Al Qasim, from Ahmad BinMuhammad Bin Khalid, from his father, from Abu IsmailIbrahim Bin Is’haq Al Azdy, from his father, from Abu KhalidAmro Bin Khalid Al Wasity,

(It has been narrated) from Zayd son of Aliasws who said,‘When death presented itself to Rasool-Allahsaww, hesaww saidto Al-Abbas: ‘Do you accept mysaww bequest, and pay offmysaww debts, and fulfill mysaww promises made?’ He said, ‘Iam a person of old age with a family and no wealth for me’. Sohesaww repeated it three times to him. So Rasool-Allahsaww

said: ‘Isaww shall give it to a man who would take these right-fully and would not be saying what you are saying’.

Then hesaww said: ‘O Aliasws! Do youasws accept mysaww be-quest, and pay off mysaww debts, and fulfill mysaww promisesmade?’ He (the narrator) said, ‘So the grief choked himasws.Then hesaww repeated it to himasws, so Aliasws said: ‘Yes, ORasool-Allahsaww!’ So hesaww said: ‘O Bilal! Bring the shild ofRasool-Allahsaww!’ So he came with it. Then hesaww said: ‘OBilal! (Bring) the sword of Rasool-Allahsaww!’ So he came withit. Then hesaww said: ‘Bring the flag of Rasool-Allahsaww’. So hecame with it. Hesaww even got him to bring the belt whichhesaww used to wear around hissaww waist during the wars, sohe came with it.

Then hesaww said: ‘O Bilal! Bring the mule of Rasool-Al-lahsaww along with its saddle and its bridle’. So he came withit. Then hesaww said to Aliasws: ‘Arise, and take (control of)these in the sight of the ones who are here, from the Emigrantsand the Helpers, so that no one would snatch these fromyouasws from after mesaww’.

He (the narrator) said, ‘So Aliasws arose, and carried that un-til heasws entrusted these in hisasws house, then returned’.25


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Chapter 10The reason due to which Ali(asws) inheritedfrom Rasool-Allah(saww) among others

Muhammad Bin Ibrahim Bin Is’haq Al Talaqany narrated tous, from Abdul Aziz Bin Yahya Al Jaloudy at Al Basra, fromMuhammad Bin Zakariyya, from Abdul Wahid Ibn Gayas, AbuAbaya, from Amro Bin Al Mugheira, from Abu Sadiq, fromRabi’e Ibn Najad that,

‘A man said to Aliasws, ‘O Amir Al-Momineenasws! By whatreason did youasws inherit yourasws cousinsaww, besidesyourasws uncle?’ So heasws said: ‘O group of people! Unblockyour ears and listen carefully!’ So heasws said: ‘Rasool-Al-lahsaww gathered us, the Clan of Abd Al-Muttalibas, in a houseof a man from us’ – or said: ‘An elderly one of us’.

So hesaww called for a Mudd and a half of food in a bowl ofhissaww called Al-Ghamr. So we ate and drank, and the foodstill remained as it was before, and the drink remained just asit was before, and among us were ones who used to eat awhole animal, and drink a pail (bucket) of water. So, Rasool-Al-lahsaww said: ‘Have you been seeing this? So which one of youwould pledge his allegiance to mesaww upon that he would bemysaww brother, and mysaww inheritor, and mysaww successor?’So Iasws stood up, and Iasws was the smallest (in age) of thepeople, and Iasws said: ‘Iasws will!’ Hesaww said: ‘Be seated!’Then hesaww said that three times, and for each of that, Iasws

stood up, hesaww was saying: ‘Be seated!’, to the extent thatduring the third (time), hesaww struck hissaww hand uponmyasws hand. Thus, by that, Iasws inherited from myasws

unclesaww among my uncle (Al Abbas)’.26

And from him who said, ‘Abdul Aziz narrated to us, from AlMugheira Bin Muhammad, from Ibrahim Bin Muhammad Bin

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Abdul Rahman Al Azdy, from Qays Bin Al Rabi’e and ShareekBin Abdullah Bin Al Amsh, from Al Minhal Bin Amro, from Ab-dullah Bin Al Haris Bin Nowfal,

(It has been narrated) from Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws havingsaid: ‘When the Verse [26:214] And warn your nearest rela-tions and your group of sincere ones, was Revealed,Rasool-Allahsaww invited the Clan of Abdul Muttalibas, and theywere forty men, one more or one less. So hesaww said: ‘Whichone of you would like to become mysaww brother, and mysaww

inheritor, and mysaww Vizier, and mysaww successor, andmysaww Caliph among you all, after mesaww?’

So, heaww presented that to man by man. All of them refusedthat, until it came to measws, so Iasws said: ‘Measws! O Rasool-Allahsaww!’ So hesaww said: ‘O Clan of Abdul Muttalibas! This ismysaww brother, and mysaww inheritor, and mysaww Vizier, andmysaww Caliph among you all after mesaww’.

So the people arose laughing with each other, and they weresaying to Abu Talibas, ‘Hesaww has ordered youas that youas

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Chapter 11The reason due to which Amir Al-Momin-een(asws) entered into the consultation

My father said, ‘Ali Bin Ibrahim Bin Hashim narrated to us,from his father, by his chain raising it to

Abu Abdullahasws having said: ‘When Umar wrote the list (ofthe participants) for the consultation, he began by Usman onthe first page, and Ali Amir Al-Momineenasws as the last one.So he made himasws to be the last of the people. So Al-Abbassaid, ‘O Amir Al Momineenasws! O Abu Al Hassanasws! I indic-ated to you on the day Rasool-Allahsaww passed away, to ex-tend yourasws hand, so that we would pledge our allegiances toyouasws, for this matter (Caliphate) is for the one who precedesto it, but youasws disobeyed me until allegiances were pledgedto Abu Bakr.

And I indicated to youasws on the day that Umar had writtenyourasws name (to be) in the consultation, and made youasws tobe at the last of the people, and they were taking youasws outfrom it. So if only youasws had obeyed me and not entered intothe consultation’. But, heasws did not answer him withanything.

So when allegiances were pledge to Usman, Al-Abbas said tohimasws, ‘Did I not tell youasws?’ Heasws said to him: ‘O uncle!A matter has been hidden from you. Have you not heard hisown speech upon the Pulpit, ‘Allahazwj would not gather theProphet-hood and the Caliphate together for the Peopleasws ofthis Household’? So Iasws intended him to belie himself by hisown tongue, so that the people would know that his speechyesterday was a lie, false, and that weasws are the correct onesfor the Caliphate’. So Al-Abbas was silent’.28


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Chapter 12The reason due to which one of theImams(asws) came out with the sword, andone(asws) of them(asws) necessitated sit-ting at his(asws) house, and one(asws) ofthem(asws) manifested his(asws) command,and one(asws) of them(asws) concealedhis(asws) command, and one(asws) ofthem(asws) publicised the knowledges, andone(asws) of them(asws) did not pub

My father said, ‘Abdullah Bin Ja’far Al Humeyri narrated tous, from Abu Al Qasim Al Hashimy, from Ubeyd Bin Qays Al An-sary, from Al Hassan Bin Sama’at,

Abu Abdullahasws has said: ‘Jibraeelas descended untoRasool-Allahsaww with a Parchment from the sky. Allahazwj hadnot Send down a writing before it nor after it, and in it wereseals of gold. So heas said to himsaww: ‘O Muhammadsaww! Thishere is yoursaww bequest to the most excellent one of yoursaww

family’. So hesaww said to himas: ‘O Jibraeelas! Who is the mostexcellent one from mysaww family?’ Heas said: ‘Aliasws Bin AbuTalibas. Order himasws, that when yousaww pass away, heasws

should break its seal and act in accordance with whatever is init’.

So when Rasool-Allahsaww passed away, Aliasws broke itsseal, then acted in accordance with what was in it, and did notexceed it. Then heasws handed it over to Al-Hassanasws BinAliasws. So heas broke its seal and acted in accordance withwhat was in it, and did not exceed it. Then heasws handed itover to Al-Husaynasws Bin Aliasws, so heasws broke its seal, and

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found in it (written): ‘Go out with a people to the martyrdomfor them along with youasws, and sacrifice yourasws self for theSake of Allahazwj’. So heasws acted in accordance with whatwas in it, and did not exceed it.

Then heasws handed it over to a man from after himasws, soheasws broke its seal, and found (written in it): ‘Remain silent,and be quiet, [15:99] And worship your Lord until therecomes to you certainty’. Then heasws handed it over to a manfrom after himasws, so heasws broke its seal, and found(written) in it: ‘Narrate to the people, and meet with them, andpublicise the Knowledge of yourasws forefathersasws’. So heasws

acted in accordance with what was in it, and did not exceed it.Then heasws handed it over to a man from after himasws, so

heasws broke its seal and found (written) in it: ‘Narrate to thepeople, and meet with them, and ratify yourasws forefath-ersasws, and do not fear except Allahazwj, for youasws are in theProtection of Allahazwj and Hisazwj Responsibility’. And it wouldbe handed it over to a man from after himasws, and handedover to a man from after himasws, to a man from after himasws,until the Day of Judgement’.29


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Chapter 13The reason due to which Rasool-Allah(saww)handed over two portions for Ali(asws)(from the war booty), and he(saww) hadleft(asws) to look after his(saww) family atAl-Medina

Ahmad Bin Al Hassan Al Qataan narrated to us, from AbdulRahman Bin Muhammad Al Hasny, from Furat Bin Ibrahim AlKufy, from Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Al Lu’lui, from AliBin Nuh, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Marwan, fromAbu Dawood, from Ma’az Bin Saalim, from Bishr Bin Ibrahim AlAnsary, from Khalifat Bin Suleyman Al Jahmy, from Abu SalmaBin Abdul Rahman,

from Abu Hureyra who said, ‘So when the Prophetsaww re-turned to Al Medina, and Aliasws had been left behind to lookafter hissaww family, hesaww divided the war booty and handedover two portion to Ali Bin Abu Talibasws, and heasws was be-hind Al Medina to look at them, and hesaww said: ‘Group ofpeople! We adjure you all with Allahazwj and Hisazwj

Rasoolsaww! did you not see the horse rider who was attackingthe Polytheists on the right of the army, so he defeated themand returned to mesaww, and said: ‘O Muhammadsaww! For me,with yousaww is one portion (of the war booty), and I havemade to be for Ali Bin Abu Talibsaww’. And it was Jibraeelas’.

Group of the people! We adjure you all with Allahazwj andwith Hisazwj Rasoolsaww! Did you see the horse rider who wasattacking the Polytheists from the left of the army, then he re-turned to mesaww and spoke to me saying: ‘For me, OMuhammadsaww, is one portion (of war booty) with yousaww,and I have made it to be for Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws’. So it

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was Mikaeelas. By Allahazwj! Isaww have not handed over toAliasws Bin Abu Talibasws except for the portions of Jibraeelas

and Mikaeelas’. So all of the people exclaimed Takbeer (Great-ness of Allahazwj)’.30

And Al Hassan Bin Muhammad Al Hashimy Al Kufy narratedto me, by this chain, from Furat Bin Ibrahim, by a chain similarto it, same (Hadeeth) as this (above)’.31


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Chapter 14reason due to which Ali(asws) Bin AbuTalib(asws) would become the first one toenter the Paradise

Al Husayn Bin Ali Al Sowfy narrated to us, from Abu Al AbbasAbdullah Ibn Ja’far Al Humeri, from Muhammad Bin AbdullahAl Qarshy, from Ali Bin Ahmad Al Tameemy, from MuhammadBin Marwaan, from Abdullah Bin Yahya,

(It has been narrated) from Muhammad Ibn Al-Husayn, sonof Aliasws Bin Al-Husaynasws, from hisasws fatherasws, fromhisasws grandfatherasws, from Al-Husayn Bin Aliasws, fromhisasws fatherasws Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws having said:‘Rasool-Allahsaww said to measws: ‘Youasws would be the firstone to enter the Paradise’. So Iasws said: ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww!Iasws shall enter before yousaww?’ Hesaww said: ‘Yes. Youasws

would be the flag bearer in the Hereafter just as youasws arethe flag bearer in the world, and the flag bearer (always)precedes’.

Then hesaww said: ‘O Aliasws! (Isaww am seeing) as if Iasws

and with youasws, entering the Paradise, and in yourasws handis mysaww flag, and it is the Flag of Praise?, and under it isAdamas, and the ones (Prophetsas besides himas’.32


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Chapter 15The reason due to which Amir Al-Momin-een(asws) did no dye (hair & beard)

Muhammad Bin Ahmad Al Sinany narrated to us, fromMuhammad Bin Abu Abdullah Al Kufy, from Muhammad BinAbu Bishr, from Al Husayn Bin Al Haysam, from Suleyman BinDawood, from Ali Bin Guraab, from Sabit Bin Abu Safiya, fromSa’ad Bin Zareyf, from Al Asbagh Bin Nabata who said,

‘I said to Amir Al-Momineenasws, ‘What prevents youasws

from dyeing (yourasws hair and beard) and Rasool-Allahsaww

had dyed?’ Heasws said: ‘Iasws am awaiting the miserablewretch to dye myasws beard from myasws head, after the erawhich myasws beloved Rasool-Allahsaww has informed measws

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Chapter 16The reason due to which Amir Al-Momin-een(asws) did not carry Rasool-Allah(saww)upon his(asws) shoulders, when he(saww)intended to bring down the idols from theroof of the Kaaba

Abu Ali Ahmad Bin Yahya Al Maktab narrated to us, fromAhmad Bin Muhammad Al Waraq, from Bishr Bin Saeed BinQalbawayh, the revisionist at Rafaqa, from Abdul Jabbar BinKaseer Al Tameemi who said, ‘I heard Muhammad Bin AlHilali, the Emir of Al Medina saying,

‘I asked Ja’farasws Bin Muhammadasws, ‘O sonasws of Rasool-Allahsaww! I have within myself, a certain question which Iwant to ask you about’. So heasws said; ‘If you like Iasws wouldinform you of your questions before you even ask measws , andif you so like, then ask’.

I said, ‘O sonasws of Rasool-Allahsaww! And by which thing doyouasws recognise what is within myself before I even askyouasws ?’ Heasws said: ‘By expectation and insight. Have younot heard the Words of Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic [15:75]Surely in this are signs for those who examine, and thewords of Rasool-Allahsaww: ‘Fear the insight of a Believer forhe looks by the Light of Allahazwj?’ I said, ‘O sonasws of Rasool-Allahsaww, so inform me regarding my questions’.

Heasws said: ‘You intend to ask me about Rasool-Allahsaww asto why did hesaww carry Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws to bringdown the idols from the surface of the Kabah, when heasws hadthe strength and the intensity which heasws displayed whenheasws ripped off the door of the fort of Khaybar and threw itbehind him to a distance of forty cubits, and it was not being

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carried by forty men, and Rasool-Allahsaww had ridden uponthe camel, and the horse, and the mule, and rode upon Al-Bur-aaq on the night of the Ascension, and all that was lower thanAliasws in strength and intensity?’ I said, ‘By Allahazwj, this iswhat I intended to ask youasws, O sonasws of Rasool-Allahsaww,so inform me’.

So heasws said: ‘Aliasws had nobility with Rasool-Allahsaww,and by it heasws was raised to extinguish the fire of Polytheism,and invalidate every worshipped one besides Allahazwj Mightyand Majestic. And had the Prophetsaww been raised for thebringing down of the idols, it would have been by Aliasws thathesaww would have been raised, and been ennobled, and ar-rived to the bringing down of the idols. And that was like that,heasws would have been higher than himsaww. Have you notseen that Aliasws said: ‘When Iasws was raised upon theshoulders of Rasool-Allahsaww, Iasws was ennobled and raisedto the extent that if Iasws had so desire to, Iasws would havetouched the sky.

But, do you know that the Lantern it which guides in thedarkness, and its emission is a branch of the original source.And Aliasws said: ‘Iasws am from Ahmadsaww like the Illumina-tion is from the illumination’.

But, do you know that Muhammadsaww and Aliasws were twoLights in front of Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic before theCreation of the creatures, by two thousand years, and that theAngels, when they saw that Light, saw it as original from whichwas radiating a blinding radiance, so they said: ‘Our Allahazwj,and our Masterazwj! What is this Light?’ So Allahazwj Blessedand High Revealed unto them: “This is a Light from Myazwj

Light. Its root is Prophet-hood and its branch is Imamate. Asfor the Prophet-hood, so it is for Muhammadsaww, Myazwj ser-vant, and Myazwj Rasoolsaww. And as for the Imamate, so it isfor Aliasws, Myazwj Proof, and Myazwj Guardian. And had it notbeen for these twoasws, Iazwj would not have Created Myazwj

creation”.But do you know that Rasool-Allahsaww raised the hand of

Aliasws at Ghadeer Khumm, to the extent that the peoplelooked at the whiteness of hisasws two arms. So heasws wasmade to be a Master of the Muslims and their Imamasws.

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And hesaww had carried Al-Hassanasws and Al-Husaynasws onthe day of Hazeera of the Clan of Najjar. So when one ofhissaww companions said, ‘Let me carry oneasws of themasws, ORasool-Allahsaww’, hesaww said: ‘These twoasws are the best ofthe riders and the fatherasws of these twoasws is better thanthese twoasws’.

And hesaww was Praying with hisas companions, so hesaww

prolonged a Prostration from hissaww Prostrations. So whenhesaww greeted (at the end of the Prayers), it was said to himas,‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! Yousaww have prolonged this Prostration’.So hesaww said: ‘Mysaww two sonasws were riding upon mesaww,so Isaww disliked that Iasws should hasten themasws, untiltheyasws descended (by themselves)’. But rather, what hesaww

intended by that was to raise themasws, and theirasws nobility.So the Prophetsaww was an Imamasws and a Prophetsaww, andAliasws was an Imamasws and neither a Prophetas nor aRasoolas.

Muhammad Bin Harb Al-Hilaly said, ‘So I said to himasws, ‘Osonasws of Rasool-Allahsaww! Increase it for me’. So heasws

said: ‘You are indeed deserving of the increase’.Rasool-Allahsaww carried Aliasws upon hissaww shoulders, in-

tending by that, that heasws was the fatherasws of hissaww

(grand) sons, and an Imamasws from the Imamsasws fromhisasws back, just as overturning of hissaww cloak during thePrayer of Al-Istiqsa’a (the rain), it is intended by that it beknown by hissaww companions, that hesaww had overturned thefamine’.

He (the narrator) said, ‘I said to himasws, ‘Increase it for me,O sonasws of Rasool-Allahsaww’.

So heasws said: ‘Rasool-Allahsaww carried Aliasws, intendingby that to let hissaww people know that heasws would lightenfrom the shoulders of Rasool-Allahsaww, what is upon himsaww

from the debts and the fulfillment of the promised made, fromafter himsaww’.

He (the narrator) said, ‘I said to himasws, ‘O sonasws ofRasool-Allahsaww, Increase it for me’.

So heasws said: ‘Hesaww carried himasws, to it would beknown by that hesaww has carried himasws, and has not carriedexcept that heasws was Infallible (sinless), and hesaww has notcarried a burden, so that hisasws action would become one of

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wisdom, and correct. And the Prophetsaww had said to Aliasws:‘O Aliasws! Allahazwj Blessed and High Loaded mesaww with thesins of yourasws Shiah, then Forgave them for mesaww, andthese are the Words of the High [48:2] That Allah may For-give you what has preceded from your sins and what is tofollow.

And when Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed [5:105]when you are on the right way, and Aliasws is mysaww ownself, and mysaww brother. Obey Aliasws, for heasws is Purified,Infallible, does not stray nor has heasws a parallel’. Thenhesaww recited this Verse [24:54] Say: Obey Allah and obeythe Rasool; but if you turn back, then on him rests thatwhich is imposed on him and on you rests that which isimposed on you; and if you obey him, you are on the rightway; and nothing rests on the Rasool except for the cleardelivery’.

Muhammad Bin Harb Al-Hilaly said, ‘Then Ja’farasws BinMuhammadasws said: ‘O you Emir! If Iasws were to inform youwith what (all) the intended meanings were with regards to theProphetsaww carrying Aliasws during the bringing down of theidols from the roof of the Kaaba, you would say that Ja’farasws

Bin Muhammadasws is insane. Therefore, let it suffice, whatyou have heard’.

So he stood up and kissed hisasws forehead and said, [6:124]Allah Knows best where He Places His Message’.34


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Chapter 17The reason due to which Rasool-Allah(saww)said: ‘The one who give me(saww) the goodnews of the going out of ‘Azaar’, for himwould be the Paradise’.

Muhammad Bin Ahmad Al Sinany and Ahmad Bin Al HassanAl Qatan and Al Husayn Bin Ibrahim Bin Ahmad Bin Hisham AlMowdab and Ali Bin Abdullah Al Waraq, and Ali Bin Ahmad BinMuhammad Al Daqaq, from Abu Al Abbas Ahmad Bin YahyaBin Zakariyya Al Qatan, from Bakr Bin Abdullah Bin Habeeb,from Tameem Bin Bahloul, from his father, from Abu Al HassanAl Abady, from Suleyman Bin Mahran, from Saeed Bin Jubeyr,

(It has been narrated) from Ibn Abbas who said, ‘One day theProphetsaww was in Masjid Quba, and in hissaww presence werea number of hissaww companions, so hesaww said: ‘The first oneto enter here (where) you all are this time would be a manfrom the inhabitants of the Paradise’. So when they heard that,a number of them got up and went out, and each one fromthem loved that he would return in order for himself to becomethe first one to enter, therefore obligating the Paradise forhimself.

So the Prophetsaww came to know that from them, so hesaww

said to the remaining ones of hissaww companions: ‘Therewould be entering upon you, a group, in anticipation, so theone who give me the good news of the going out of Azaar, sofor him would be the Paradise’.

So the people returned and entered, and with them was AbuZarras. So hesaww said: ‘In which month are we, from the Ro-man months?’ So Abu Zarras said: ‘Azaar had gone, O Rasool-Allahsaww!’ So hesaww said: ‘Isaww knew that, O Abu Zarras, butIsaww loved it that mysaww people know that youas are a man

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from the inhabitants of the Paradise. And how can it not be likethat and youas would be expelled from mysaww campuses aftermesaww due to youras love for the People asws of mysaww

Household. So youas would end up living alone, and die alone,and a people would be happy to befriend youas, and Shroudyouas, and bury youas. They would be youras friends in theeternal Paradise which the pious have been Promised for’.35


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Chapter 18The reason due to which Rasool-Allah(saww)said: ‘Neither has the green (sky) shaded,nor the dust (of the ground) touched anyonewith a tone more truthful than that of AbuZarras’.

Abu Al Hassan Muhammad Bin Amro Bin Ali Al Basry, fromAbdul Salaam Ibn Muhammad Bin Haroun Al Hashimy,Muhammad Bin Muhammad Uqba Al Shaybani, from Abu AlQasim Al Khaza Bin Abaan, from Abu Hudba, from Anas BinMaalik who said,

‘One day Abu Zarras came over to Masjid of Rasool-Al-lahsaww, so heas said, Ias have not seen the like of what Ias sawyesterday’. They (people) said, ‘And what did youas see yester-day?’ Heas said: ‘Ias saw that Rasool-Allahsaww was at hissaww

door. So hesaww went out during the night, having grabbed thehand of Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws, and theyasws both went outto Baqie (graveyard). So Ias did not cease to be in theiras foot-steps until theyasws came to the graveyard of Makkah.

So hesaww turned towards the grave of hissaww fatheras andPrayed two Cycles of Prayer. So the grave burst open andthere was Abdullahas seated, and heas was saying: ‘There is nogod except for Allahazwj and Muhammadsaww is Hisazwj

Rasoolsaww’. So hesaww said to himas: ‘Who is youras Guardian,O fatheras?’ So heas said: ‘And who is myas Guardian, O myas

sonsaww?’ Hesaww said: ‘Heas is this one, Aliasws’. Heas said:‘And (Ias testify) that Aliasws is myas Guardian’. Hesaww said:‘So return to youras Garden’.

Then hesaww turned towards the grave of hissaww motheras,and did what hesaww had done in the presence of the grave of

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hissaww fatheras. So the grave burst open, and there sheas was,saying: ‘Ias testify that there is no god except for Allahazwj, andyousaww are the Prophetsaww of Allahazwj and Hisazwj

Rasoolsaww’. So hesaww said: ‘Who is youras Guardian, O moth-er?’ So sheas said: ‘And who is myas Guardian, O myas

sonsaww?’ So sheas said: ‘He is this one, Aliasws Bin AbuTalibasws’. So sheazwj said: ‘And (Ias testify) that Aliasws is myas

Guardian’. So hesaww said: ‘Return to youras grave and youras

Garden’.So they (people) belied himas and ridiculed himas, and they

said: ‘O Rasool-Allahsaww! Today yousaww have been beliedagainst’. So hesaww said: ‘And it was not from that’. He said,‘Jundabas (Abu Zarras), told such and such about yousaww’. Sothe Prophetsaww said: ‘Neither has the green (sky) shaded, northe dust (of the ground) touched anyone with a tone moretruthful than that of Abu Zarras’.

Abd Al-Salaam Bin Muhammad said, ‘So I presented thisHadeeth to Al-Hajny Muhammad Bin Abdul A’ala, so he said,‘But do you not know that the Prophetsaww said: ‘Jibraeelas

came unto mesaww, so heas said: ‘Allahazwj Mighty and Majest-ic has Forbidden the Fire unto the loin from which yousaww

descended, and the lab which bore yousaww, and the breastswhich fed yousaww, and the lap which (took over) yoursaww re-sponsibility’.36

Ahmad Bin Al Hassan Al Qataan narrated to us, from Al Has-san Bin Ali Bin Al Husayn Al Sakary, from Muhammad BinZakariyya Al Jowfary Al Ghalaby Al Basry, from usman Ibn Um-ran, from Abaad Bin Saheyb who said,

‘I said to Al-Sadiq Ja’farasws Bin Muhammadasws, ‘Inform meabout Abu Zarras, is heas higher, or youasws the Peopleasws ofthe Household?’ So heasws said: ‘O ibn Saheyb! How manymonths are there in a year?’ So I said, ‘Twelve months’. Soheasws said: ‘And how many from these are sacred?’ I said,‘Four months’. Heasws said: ‘So is the Month of Ramazan fromthese?’ I said, ‘No’. Heasws said: ‘So is the Month of Ramazanhigher or the sacred months?’ So I said, ‘But, (it is) the Monthof Ramazan’.

Heasws said: ‘So weasws, the Peopleasws of the Household arelike that, and let no one analogise with usasws. And Abu Zarras

was among a people from the companions of Rasool-Allahsaww,

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and they were mentioning the merits of this community, so AbuZarras said: ‘The highest of this community is Aliasws Bin AbuTalibasws, and heasws is the Distributor of the Paradise and theFire, and heasws is the Truthful of this community, and its Dif-ferentiator, and Proof of Allahazwj over it.

So there did not remain anyone from the people except thathe turned his face away from him, and denied hisas speechagainst himas, and belied himas. So Abu Amama Al-Bahily wentout from among them, to Rasool-Allahsaww and informedhimsaww of the speech of Abu Zarras and the turning away ofthe people from himas and their belying himas. So Rasool-Al-lahsaww said: ‘Neither has the green (sky) shaded, nor the dust(ground) touched’ – meaning from you all, O Abu Amama’ –‘than one who is more truthful of tone than Abu Zarras’.37


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Chapter 19The reason due to which Fatima(asws) wasnamed as ‘Fatima’

My father said, ‘Ali Bin Ibrahim narrated to us, fromMuhamamd Bin Isa, from Muhammad Bin Ziyad, a slave of theClan of Hashim as, from a reliable elder of ours called NajeetBin Is’haq Al Fazary, from Abdullah Bin Al Hassan Bin Al Has-san who said,

‘Abu Al-Hassanasws said to me: ‘Why was Fatimaasws namedas ‘Fatima’?’ I said, ‘Is there a difference between it and the(other) names?’ Heasws said: ‘That is a name from the names,but the name which sheasws was named with, that Allahazwj

Blessed and High Knew what was to be before it transpires, soHeazwj knew that Rasool-Allahsaww would be getting marriedduring the lifetime, and that they (people) would be covetingwith regards to hissaww inheritance of this command from be-forehand. So when Fatimasws was Gifted (to Rasool Allahsaww),Allahazwj Blessed and High Named her as ‘Fatima’ (Enforceddiscontinuance), due to what (Inheritance) was to come outfrom herasws and Made it to be in herasws sonsasws, thus cut-ting off their coveting from them. So, it is due to this, sheasws

was named as ‘Fatima’, because sheasws cut-off (discontinued)their greed. And the meaning of ‘Fatima’ – ‘Cutting-off’’.38

Muhammad Bin Musa Bin Al Mutawakkal narrated to us,from Ali Bin Al Husayn Al Sa’ad Abady, from Ahmad Bin AbuAbdullah Al Barqy, from Abdul Azeem Bin Abdullah Al has any,from Al Hassan Bin Abdullah Bin Yunus Bin Zibyan who said,

‘Abu Abdullahasws said: ‘For Fatimaasws there are ninenames in the Presence of Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic –Fatima, and Al-Siddiqua, and Al-Mubaraka, and Al-Tahira, and

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Al-Zakiyya, and Al-Raziyya, and Al-Marziyya, and Al-Muhad-disa, and Al-Zahra’.

Then heasws said: ‘Do you know which thing is the interpreta-tion of (name of) Fatimaasws?’ I said, ‘Inform me, O myMaster?’ Heasws said: ‘Sheasws is cut-off from the evil’.

He (the narrator) said, ‘Then heasws said: ‘Had she(Fatimaasws) been not married to Amir Al-Momineenasws, therewould not have been a match for herasws up to the Day ofJudgement upon the face of the earth, (including) Adamas andthe ones besides himas’.39

Muhammad Bin Al Hassan narrated to us, from Ahmad BinAlawiya Al Asbahany, from Ibrahim Bin Muhammad Al Saqafy,from Jandal Bin Walaq, from Muhammad Bin Umar Al Basry,

(It has been narrated) from Ja’farasws Bin Muhammadasws

Bin Aliasws, from hisasws fatherasws having said: ‘Rasool-Al-lahsaww said: ‘O Fatimaasws! Do youasws know why youasws

have been named as ‘Fatima’?’ So Aliasws said: ‘O Rasool-Al-lahsaww, why was sheasws named as such?’ Hesaww said: ‘Be-cause sheasws and herasws Shiah are cut-off from the Fire’.40

Muhammad Bin Musa Bin Al Mutawakkal narrated to us,from Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa,from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Abdullah Bin Muskan, fromMuhammad Bin Muslim Al Saqafy who said,

‘I heard Abu Ja’farasws saying for Fatimaasws that she wouldbe pausing at the Gateway of Hell. So when it will be the Dayof Judgement, there would be written in between the two eyeswhether the man is a Believer or an Infidel. So they would passwith a loving one to the Fire due to the abundance of his sins.So Fatimaasws would read ‘Loving one’, in between his eyes, sosheasws would be saying: ‘Myasws Godazwj, and myasws Master!Youazwj Named measws as ‘Fatima’, and would be Cutting off bymeasws, the one who would be with myasws Wilayah and theWilayah of myasws children, (Cutting-off) from the Fire, andYourazwj Promise is the Truth, and Youazwj do not Default onYourazwj Promise’.

So Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic would be Saying: “Youasws

have spoken the Truth, O Fatimaasws! Iazwj Named youasws as‘Fatima’, and Iazwj will Cut-off from the Fire, by youasws, theone who loves youasws and be with yourasws Wilayah, and lovesyourasws offspring and is with theirasws Wilayah, and Myazwj

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Promise is the Truth, and Iazwj do not Default from Myazwj

Promise. But rather, Iazwj Commanded for this servant of Mineto the Fire so that youasws would intercede to Meazwj with re-gards to him and Iazwj will Intercede for yourasws sake, so thatit would be manifested to Myazwj Angels, and Myazwj Proph-etsas, and Myazwj Rasoolsas, and the people of the status, ofyourasws status from Meazwj, and yourasws position in Myazwj

Presence”.Thus, for the one whom sheasws reads in between his eyes

‘Believer’, so he would be taken by the hand and made to enterinto the Paradise’.41

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Chapter 20The reason due to which Fatima Al-Zahra(asws) was named as ‘Al Zahra’

My father said, ‘Muhammad Bin Ma’aqal Al Qarmasayni nar-rated to us, from Muhammad Bin Zayd Al Jazry, from IbrahimBin Is’haq Al Nahawandy, from Abdullah Bin Hamaad, fromAmro Bin Shimr, from Jabir,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullahasws, said, ‘I said tohimasws, ‘Why was Fatima Al-Zahraasws named as ‘Fatima’?’ Soheasws said: ‘Because Allahazwj Mighty and Majestic Createdherasws from a Light of Hisazwj Magnificence. So when sheasws

shone, the skies and the earth were illuminated by herasws

Light, and the visions of the Angels were overwhelmed, and theAngels fell down Prostrating, and they said: ‘Our Godazwj andour Master! What is this Light due to?’

So Allahazwj Revealed unto them: “This is a Light fromMyazwj Light. Iazwj Settled it in Myazwj sky. Iazwj Created itfrom Myazwj Magnificence, and will be Extracting from it fromthe sulb of a Prophetsaww from Myazwj Prophets (whosaww

would be) higher than the entirety of the Prophetsas, andwould be Extracting from that Light, the Imamsasws who wouldbe standing with Myazwj Commands, Guiding to Myazwj Truth,and Iazwj would Make themasws to be Myazwj Caliphs, in Myazwj

earth, after the expiration of Myazwj Revelation”.42

My father said, ‘Sa’ad Bin Abdullah narrated to us, fromJa’far Bin Sahl Al Sayqal, from Muhammad Bin Ismail AlDarami, from the one who narrated it, from Muhammad BinJa’far Al Harmany, from Aban Bin Taghlub who said,

‘I said to Abu Abdullahasws, ‘O sonasws of Rasool-Allahsaww!Why was Al-Zahraasws named as ‘Al-Zahra’?’ So heasws said:‘Because sheasws glowed with the Light, for Amir Al

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Momineenasws, three times during the day. Herasws faceglowed at the time of the Dawn Prayer, and the people wouldin their beds, so that whiteness of that Light would enter intotheir chambers at Al-Medina, and enlighten their walls. So theywould be astounded from that, and they would come to theProphetsaww to ask himsaww about what they had observed,and heasws would send them to the House of Fatimaasws. Sothey would come to herasws house, and they would see herasws

seated in herasws Prayer Niche, Praying, and the Light shiningfrom herasws Prayer Niche, from herasws face. So they wouldcome to know that, that which they saw was from the Light ofFatimaasws.

So when it would be the middle of the day, and sheasws

would make arrangements for the Prayer, herasws face wouldglow with the yellow (Light). So the yellowness would enter in-to the chambers of the people, so their clothes and their col-ours would turn yellow. So they would come to the Proph-etsaww to ask himsaww about what they had observed. Sohesaww would send them to the house of Fatimaasws. So theywould see herasws standing in herasws Prayer Niche, and Lightglowing from herasws face, with the yellowness. So they wouldknow that, that which they saw was from the Light of herasws

face’.So when it would be the end of the day, and the sun would

set, the face of Fatimaasws would turn red. So herasws facewould shine with the redness in happiness and gratitude for Al-lahazwj Mighty and Majestic. So the redness from herasws facewould enter into the chamber of the people and turn theirwalls red. So they would be astounded from that, and theywould come to the Prophetsaww and ask himsaww about that. Sohesaww would send them to the House of Fatimaasws, and theywould see herasws to be seated, Glorifying Allahazwj, and Ex-tolling Himazwj, and the Light from herasws face glowing withthe redness. So they would know that, that which they saw,was from the Light of the face of Fatimaasws.

Thus, that Light did not cease to be in herasws face untilsheasws was Blessed with Al-Husaynasws. So, it has been trans-ferred into ourasws faces until the Day of Judgement, in theImamsasws from usasws, the Peopleasws of the Household’.43

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Muhammad Bin Ibrahim Bin Is’haq narrated to us, from Ab-dul Aziz Ibn Yahya Al Jaloudy, from Muhammad Bin ZakariyyaAl Jowhary, from Ja’far Bin Muhammad Bin Amara, from hisfather who said,

‘I asked Abu Abdullahasws about Syeda Fatimaasws, ‘Why wassheasws named as ‘Al-Zahra’?’ So heasws said: ‘Becausewhenever sheasws stood in herasws Prayer Niche, herasws Lightglowed upon the inhabitants of the sky, just as the stars flowupon the inhabitants of the earth’.44


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Chapter 21Reason due to which Fatima(asws) wasnamed as ‘Al Batoul’, and similar to that isMaryam(as)

Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, son of Ali Bin Al Husayn BinAli Bin Al Husayn Bin Ali Bin Abu Talibasws narrated to us,from Abu Abdullah Muhammad Bin Ibrahim Bin Asbat, fromAhmad Bin Muhammad Bin Ziyad Al Qatan, from Abu Al TayyibAhmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abdullah, from Isa Bin Ja’far BinMuhammad Bin Abdullah Bin Muhammad Bin Umar, son of AliBin Abu Talibasws, from his forefathers, from Umar, son ofAliasws,

(It has been narrated) from his father Aliasws Bin AbuTalibasws having said: ‘The Prophetsaww was asked, ‘What is‘Al-Batoul’, for we have heard yousaww O Rasool-Allahsaww, say-ing that Maryamas is ‘Batoul’, and Fatimaasws is ‘Batoul’?’ Sohesaww said: ‘Al Batoul is that (woman) who does not see red-ness at all, i.e., she does go through as women do, which is ab-horrent in the daughters of the Prophetsas’.45


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Chapter 22The reason due to which Fatima(asws) usedto supplicate for others, and did not supplic-ate for herself(asws)

Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Al Hassan Al Qazwiny, well known asIbn Maqbara, from Muhammad Bin Abdullah Al Hazramy, fromJandal Bin Walaq, from Muhammad Bin Umar Al Mazany, fromAbadat Al Kalay,

(It has been narrated) from Ja’farasws Bin Muhammadasws,from hisasws fatherasws, from Aliasws Bin Al-Husaynasws, fromFatima Al-Sughraasws, from Al-Husaynasws Bin Aliasws, fromhisasws brotherasws Al-Hassanasws Bin Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws

having said: ‘Ias saw myasws motherasws standing in herasws

Prayer Niche on the night of Friday. So sheasws did not ceaseBowing and Prostrating until the light of the morning. AndIasws heard herasws supplicating for the believing men and thebelieving women, and frequently naming them and supplicat-ing for them, and did not supplicate for herasws own self withanything. So Iasws said to herasws: ‘Why are youasws not sup-plicating for yourselfasws just like youasws supplicating for theothers?’ So sheasws said: ‘O myasws sonasws! The neighbour(first) then the house’.46

Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abdul Rahman Al Hakim AlMarouzy Al Maqry narrated to us, from Muhammad Bin Ja’farAl Maqry Abu Amro, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan AlMowsaly at Baghdad, from Muhammad Bin Aasim, from AbuZayd Al Kahaal, from his father,

(It has been narrated) Musaasws Ibn Ja’farasws, from hisasws

fatherasws, from hisasws forefathersasws having said: ‘WheneverSyed Fatimaasws used to supplicate, sheasws would supplicatefor the believing men and the believing women, and would not

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supplicate for herselfasws. So it was said to herasws, ‘O daugh-terasws of Rasool-Allahsaww! Youasws are supplicating for thepeople and are not supplicating for yourselfasws?’ So Syedaasws

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Chapter 23The reason due to which SyedaFatima(asws) was named a ‘Muhaddisa’.

Ahmad Bin Al Hassan Al Qatan narrated to us, from Al Has-san Bin Ali Al Sakry, from Muhammad Bin Zakariyya Al Jow-hary, from Shuayb Bin Waqad, from Is’haq Bin Ja’far BinMuhammad Bin Isa Bin Zayd son of Aliasws who said,

‘I heard Abu Abdullahasws saying: ‘But rather, SyedaFatimaasws was named as Muhaddisa because the Angels usedto descend from the sky, so they would call out to herasws justas they used to call out to Maryamas daughter of Imranas, sothey were saying: ‘O Fatimaasws! [3:42] Allah has Chosenyou and Purified you and Chosen you above the women ofthe worlds. O Fatimaasws! [3:43] Be obedient to your Lordand humble yourself, and bow down with those who bow.

So sheasws would discuss with them, and they would discusswith herasws. One night, sheasws said to them: ‘Am Iasws notmore meritorious over the (Chieftess) of the women of theworlds, Maryamas daughter of Imranas?’ So they said: ‘Marya-mas was Chieftess of the women of herasws world (era), and Al-lahazwj Mighty and Majestic has Made youasws the Chieftess ofthe women of heras era, and Chieftess of the women of theformer ones and the later ones’.48


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Chapter 24The reason due to which Rasool-Allah(saww)frequently used to kiss Syeda Fatima(asws)

Ahmad Bin Al Hassan Al Qataan narrated to us, from Al Has-san Bin Ali Al Sakry, from Muhammad Bin Zakariyya, fromJa’far Bin Muhammad Bin Amaar Al Kindy, from his father,from Jabir,

(It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far Muhammadasws BinAliasws, from Jabir Bin Abdullah having said: ‘It was said, ‘ORasool-Allahsaww! Yousaww tend to kiss Fatimaasws, and revereherasws, and be close to herasws, and deal with herasws withwhat yousaww do not deal with any of yoursaww (other stepdaughters)?’ So hesaww said: ‘Jibraeelas came unto mesaww

with an apple from the apples of the Paradise. So Isaww ate it,and it converted to the water in mysaww back. Then Isaww wentto Khadeejaas, so sheas was Blessed with Syeda Fatimaasws. SoIsaww keep smelling the aroma of the Paradise from herasws’.49

And by this chain, from Muhammad Bin Zakariyya, narratedby Umar Bin Umran, from Ubeydullah Bin Musa Al Absy, fromJabalat Al Makky, from Tawoos Al Yamani, from Ibn Abbas whosaid,

‘Ayesha came over to Rasool-Allahsaww and hesaww was kiss-ing (his daughter Syeda) Fatimaasws. So she said to himsaww:‘Yousaww seem to love herasws a lot, O Rasool-Allahsaww?’Hesaww said: ‘By Allahazwj! If you knew mysaww love forherasws, it would increase your love for herasws.

When Isaww ascended to the fourth sky, Jibraeelas called thecall for Prayer (Azan) and Mikaeelas for establishing of it(Iqama), then said to mesaww: ‘O Muhammadsaww, proceed (tolead the Prayer)’. So Isaww said: ‘Isaww proceed, and youas arein mysaww presence, O Jibraeelas?’ Heas said: ‘Yes! Allahazwj

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Preferred Hisazwj Prophetsas, the Rasoolsas over the Angels ofProximity, and Preferred yousaww in particular’. So Isaww ap-proached, and Prayed with the inhabitants of the fourth sky.Then Isaww turned to mysaww right, and there Isaww was withIbrahimas in a Garden from the Gardens of the Paradise, and agroup of the Angels had surrounded himas.

Then Isaww went to the fifth sky, and from it to the sixth. So,there was a Call: ‘O Muhammadsaww! The best of the fathers isyoursaww father Ibrahimas, and the best of the brothers isyoursaww brother Aliasws’.

So when Isaww went to the Veils, Jibraeelas grabbed mysaww

hand and entered mesaww into the Paradise. So there Isaww

was, by a tree whose roots were of Light, two Angels foldinggarments and ornaments. So Isaww said: ‘Mysaww belovedJibraeelas! For whom is this tree?’ So heas said: ‘This is foryoursaww brotherasws Aliasws Bin Abu Talibasws, and these aretwo Angels folding for himasws, the garments and the orna-ments up to the Day of Judgement’.

Then Isaww proceeded in front of mesaww, so there Isaww wasby dates softer than the butter, and more aromatic in fra-grance than musk, and sweeter than the honey. So Isaww took adate and ate it. So the date transformed into a Gift withinmesaww. So when Isaww descended to the earth, Khadeejaas

was Blessed with Fatimaasws. Thus, Fatimaasws is a humanHourie. So when Isaww desire for the Paradise, Isaww smell thefragrance of Fatimaasws’.50


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Chapter 25reason due to which Amir Al-Momineen(as-ws) washed Syeda Fatima(asws) whenshe(asws) was Martyred

My father said, ‘Ahmad Bin Idrees narrated to me, fromAhmad Bin Muhammad Ibn Isa, from Ahmad Bin MuhammadBin Abu Nasr, from Abdul Rahman Bin Salim, from Al MufazzalIbn Umar who said,

‘I said to Abu Abdullahasws, ‘May I be sacrificed for youasws!Who washed Fatimaasws’. Heasws said: ‘That was Amir Al-Mom-ineenasws’. He (the narrator) said, ‘I was aggrieved by that,from hisasws words’. So heasws said: ‘It is as if you are constric-ted from what Iasws have informed you with’. I said, ‘It was likethat, may I be sacrificed for youasws’. Heasws said: ‘Do not beconstricted, for sheasws was a Truthful, none could washherasws except for a Truthful. But, do you know that Maryamas,none washed herasws except for Isaas?’51


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