One Hundred Incredible Virtues of Ali bin Abi Taleb and His Sons, the Imams,
Based on Sunni Sources
Author: Ibn Shazan
Translated by Sayyid Mohsen al-Husaini Al-Milani
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In the name of Allah the most beneficent, the most merciful
الاهداء لمن أهدی؟! إنها لهمسه حائره و وقفه خجلی فمن غیرک یا سیدی و مولای أولی و قد أتحفک ذو الجلال العلی الأعلی هدیه، بکلمه و کلمه الله هی العلیا: تحفه من الطالب الغالب، إلی علی بن أبی طالب.
To whom should I dedicate this?This is a humble whisper to none other than my master and my commander,the one who received a present from the Magnificent Lord, who said “This isa present from the Victorious Lord to Ali bin Abi Taleb.” 1
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اشاره إلی حدیث رواه الحافظ الدیلمی فی "الفردوس" (مخطوط) ال: حدثنا عبد الرزاق، قال حدثنی معمر، عن الزهری، عن عرفه بن الزبیر، عن عبد الله ابن عباس رضی الله عنه، قال: لَمَّا قَتَلَ عَلِیٌّ بن أبی طالب علیه السلام عَمْرو بن عبدود العامری و دَخَلَ عَلَی رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ سَیْفُهُ یَقْطُرُ دَماً فَلَمَّا رَآهُ کَبَّرَ وَ کَبَّرَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ وَ قَالَ النَّبِیُّ ص اللَّهُمَّ أَعْطِ عَلِیّاً فَضِیلَهً لَمْ تُعْطِهَا أَحَداً قَبْلَهُ وَ لَمْ تُعْطِهَا أَحَداً بَعْدَهُ قَالَ فَهَبَطَ جَبْرَائِیلُ ع وَ مَعَهُ مِنَ الْجَنَّهِ أُتْرُجَّهٌ فَقَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ یَقْرَأُ عَلَیْکَ السَّلَامَ وَ یَقُولُ لَکَ حَیِّ بِهَذِهِ عَلِیَّ بْنَ أَبِی طَالِبٍ قَالَ فَدَفَعَهَا إِلَی عَلِیٍّ ع فَانْفَلَقَتْ فِی یَدِهِ فِلْقَتَیْنِ فَإِذَا مِنْهُ حَرِیرَهٌ خَضْرَاءُ فِیهَا مَکْتُوبٌ سَطْرَانِ بِخُضْرَهٍ تُحْفَهٌ مِنَ الطَّالِبِ الْغَالِبِ إِلَی عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِب.
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و یقال: کان ذلک لما قتل عمروا. عنه العلامه أخطب خوارزم فی المناقب: 105، و العلامه الذهبی فی میزان الاعتدال:76/1،طبع القاهره و العلامه القندوزی فی ینابیع الموده: 95
1. This is referring to a Hadith that Al-Hafez Al-Dailami narrated in his book, FERDAWS (a manuscript), that Abdul Razzaq narrated from Mo’ammar, from Al-Zohari, from Arafah bin Zubair, from Ibn Abbas, who said: When Ali bin Abi Taleb killed Amr Bin Abdewad Al-Amery, he came to the Prophet with his sword still dripping with the blood of Amr. When the Messenger of Allah saw Ali he said, “O Allah, give Ali some merits that you have not given to anyone else before him and that you will not give to anyone after him.”So Jibraeel came down with a tangerine from Paradise. He told the Prophet, “The Magnificent Lord sends His salaam to you and says, ‘Give greetings to Ali bin Abi Taleb with this tangerine from me.”The Prophet gave the tangerine to Ali bin Abi Taleb and it split into two halves. There was a green silk cloth in the tangerine that had the following written on it, “This is a present from the Victorious Lord to Ali bin Abi Taleb.
”(Khawarezmi in Manaqeb P105. Dhahabi in Mizan Al-E’tedal V1 P76. Qondoozi in Yanabee’ Al-Mawaddah P95.)
About the Author, Ibn Shazan
Ibn Shazan was one of the great scholars of the fifth century who safe-guarded the inheritance and knowledge of the Ahlul Bayt for us by writing and publishing several works that share this treasure.
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This book specifically has had a great impact in the Muslim world beacuse the author has carefully selected the sources from Sunni books, thereby eliminating any question of impartiality.
Those who study the history of Islam find that occasionally, paid writers try to create doubt in the people's hearts with their poisonous books. It is our scholars who fight them precious and authentic publications, such as this one, which is void of any personal opinion.
There are two editions of this book. The first is in the library of Ayatullah Sayyid Mustafa Al-Khourasani and the second one is in the library of Ayatullah Al-Maraashi Al-Najafi.
The following are some of Ibn Shazan's other valuable publications:
1. Eidhaah Dafaen Al-Nawaseb
2. Al-Ekhtelaf fi Wahdat Al-Kattabeen
3. Raddul Shams Aala Amir Al-Moemenin
4. Al- Manaqeb
الحمد لله الأول فی دیمومیته الآخر فی أزلیته العدل فی قضیته الرحیم (فی ربوبیته) الواحد فی ملکه و برهانه الفرد فی صمدیته و سلطانه العلی فی دنوه القریب فی علوه حمد من یعلم أن الحمد فریضه و ترکه خطیئه و أومن به إیمان من علم أنه رهین بعمله و میت دون أمله و أتوکل علیه توکل من رد الحول و القوه إلیه.
و أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شریک له شهاده نحیا بها ما أبقانا و ندخرها لشدائد ما یلقانا.
و أشهد أن محمدا عبده و رسوله بشیر الرحمه و مصباح الأمه و المنقذ من الجهاله و العمی و الضلاله و الردی صلی الله علیه و آله صلاه لا یحصی لها عدد [و لا ینفد منها أبد] و لا یتقدمها أمد و لا یأتی بمثلها أحد.
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قال الشیخ الفقیه أبو الحسن محمد بن أحمد بن علی بن الحسن بن شاذان (رحمه الله)
أما بعد فقد جمعت لک أیها الشیخ أطال الله بقاک ما التمست و فیه رغبت من فضائل أمیر المؤمنین [و قائد الغر المحجلین أسد الله الغالب] علی بن أبی طالب و الأئمه من ولده صلوات الله علیهم من طریق العامه و هی مائه منقبه و فضیله فتمسک بها راشدا و عها حافظا و عمدت الإیجاز و قصدت الاختصار لئلا تمل منه و تضجر وفقنا الله تعالی لإصابه الحق [و الصواب] و لا حرمنا الخیر و جزیل الثواب
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Praise be to the Lord, who was the first without beginning and is the last without an end, the Just in His judgement, the Merciful Lord, the Only Owner that does not need anyone; He is close to His slaves while being extremely High. This is the praise of someone who knows praising is mandatory and forgetting it is a sin; this the belief of someone who knows that his deeds depend on his beliefs, someone who could not exist without hope in his Lord's mercy.
I rely on the Lord as someone who believes that there is no will nor power except from Allah. I testify that there is no god but Allah, and I testify this unitl I die, And I hope that this saves me at difficult times. And I testify that Mohammad (peace be upon him) is His slave and Messenger; he is the Prophet of Mercy, he is the light of the nation and he is the nation's saviour from ignorance and blindness. Salawat of Allah be on him and on his family with no limit and with no measure.
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I have collected these incredible virtues of the Commander of the Believers, the Leader of the believers, and the Lion of the Glorious Lord, Ali bin Abi Taleb (a.s). I have collected them from Sunni books. Hold on to them firmly and learn them thoroughly. They are short so the leader cannot complain of boredom. May Allah help us find the right path and may He not keep us away from Paradise.
This book is an extremely valuable Shia resource. Every effort has been made to ensure that nothing has been lost in its translation from Arabic to English.
It is very important to understand that these are AHADITH of the Prophet (s.a.w.s) and as Allah says in the Holy Quran, "Nor does he [The Prophet] speak out of his (own) desire. It is but a revelation revealed." (53:3-4)
The following suggestions may provide a richer reading of this book:
1. Look at the source of the Hadith (the last person in the top portion of each virtue). This will allow you to get a better understanding of the tone that the Prophet (s.a.w.a) adopts in each Hadith.
2. Pay attention to the difference in quality, tone, etc. of the Ahadith that are from Allah directly compared to others.
3. Try to read each virtue more that once until you fully absorb the meaning of the Hadith. The reader's goal should not be finish this book; it should be to learn it.
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The sources of each virtue are mentioned at the bottom of the page and all of these sources are in Arabic. If one of the sources has been translated the page numbers may not match the Arabic version exactly.
I kindly ask all of those who read this book to recite Surah Al-Fateha for the author of this book, the great scholar, Ibn Shazan.
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المنقبه الاولی:
مَا حَدَّثَنِی بِهَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ سَخْتَوَیْهِ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ بِالْکُوفَهِ فِی سَنَهِ أَرْبَعٍ وَ سَبْعِینَ وَ ثَلَاثِمِائَهٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو بَکْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عِیسَی بْنِ مِهْرَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی یَحْیَی بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِیدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی قَیْسُ بْنُ الرَّبِیعِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْأَعْمَشُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَبَایَهُ عَنْ حَبَّهَ الْعُرَنِیِّ عَنْ أَمِیرِ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص: «أَنَا سَیِّدُ الْأَوَّلِینَ وَ الْآخِرِینَ وَ أَنْتَ یَا عَلِیُّ سَیِّدُ الْخَلَائِقِ بَعْدِی وَ أَوَّلُنَا کَآخِرِنَا وَ آخِرُنَا کَأَوَّلِنَا»
Hasan bin Ahmad bin Sokhtaweyh narrated in Kufa in the year three hundred and seventy-four from Abu Bakr Mohammad bin Ahmad bin Isa bin Mihran, from Yahya bin Abdil Hamid,from Qays bin Rabee’, from Aamash, from Abaya, from Habba Al-‘Arani, from the Commander of the Believers, Ali bin Abi Taleb, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said: I am the master of the first and the last. And you, O Ali! You are the master of the creation after me. I am just like you and you are just like me.
المنقبه الثانیه:
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حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو زَکَرِیَّا طَلْحَهُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ طَلْحَهَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّرَّامُ قَدِمَ عَلَیْنَا الْکُوفَهَ حَاجّاً قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَادٍ شَاهُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بِهَرَاهَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِیدِ الْقَتَّادُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی هُشَیْمُ بْنُ بَشِیرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَهُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَدِیُّ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِیدُ بْنُ جُبَیْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ (رَضِیَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ) قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (صلی الله علیه و آله): «إِنَّ عَلِیَّ بْنَ أَبِی طَالِبٍ أَفْضَلُ خَلْقِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَی غَیْرِی وَ الْحَسَنُ وَ الْحُسَیْنُ سَیِّدَا شَبَابِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّهِ وَ أَبُوهُمَا خَیْرٌ مِنْهُمَا وَ إِنَّ فَاطِمَهَ سَیِّدَهُ نِسَاءِ الْعَالَمِین وَ إِنَّ عَلِیّاً خَطَبَنِی وَ لَوْ وَجَدْتُ لِفَاطِمَهَ خَیْراً مِنْ عَلِیٍّ لَمْ أُزَوِّجْهَا مِنْه»
Abu Zakariyya Talha bin Ahmad bin Talha bin Mohammad Al-Sarram narrated from Abu Ma’aad Shah bin Abdil Rahman, from Ali bin Abdillah, from Abdil Hamid Al-Qattad, from Hashim bin Bashir, from Sho’ba bin Al-Hajjaj, from Adie bin Thabet, from Saeed bin Jubair, from Ibn Abbas, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said:
Ali bin Abi Taleb is Allah’s best creation after me. Hasan and Husain are the Masters of the Youth of Paradise, and their father enjoys an even higher status than they do. And Fatema is the Master of All of the Worlds’ Women.
Ali has proposed to Fatema and if I could find anyone for Fatema better than Ali I would not have married her to Ali.
المنقبه الثالثه:
أَخْبَرَنِی أَبُو الطَّیِّبِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَیْنِ التَّیْمُلِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَیْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا یَحْیَی بْنُ أَحْمَدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُتَوَکِّلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زُفَرُ بْنُ الْهُذَیْلِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُوَرِّقٌ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَنْصَارِیِّ قَال قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص: سُمِّیَ الْحَسَنُ حَسَناً لِأَنَّ بِإِحْسَانِ اللَّهِ قَامَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَ الْأَرْضُ وَ الْحَسَنُ مُشْتَقٌّ مِنَ الْإِحْسَانِ وَ عَلِیٌّ وَ الْحَسَنُ اسْمَانِ [مُشْتَقَّانِ] مِنْ أَسْمَاءِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَی وَ الْحُسَیْنُ تَصْغِیرُ الْحَسَن.
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Abul Tayyeb Mohammad bin Husain narrated from Mohammad bin Sulaymaan, from Yahya bin Ahmad, from Mohammad bin Mutawakkil, from Zufr bin Al-Huthail, from Aamash, from Mowarreq, from Jabir bin Abdillah Al-Ansari, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said: Hasan was named Al-Hasan (beneficent) because Allah kept the skies from falling on earth with His Beneficence. Ali and Hasan are both names which are derived from Allah’s names, and Husain is a derivative of Hasan.
المنقبه الرابعه:
حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ [بْنِ] الْجَرَّاحِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْقَاضِی عُمَرُ بْنُ الْحُسَیْنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنِی آمِنَهُ بِنْتُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ ذُهَلَ بْنِ سُلَیْمَانَ
الْأَعْمَشِ قَالَتْ حَدَّثَنِی أَبِی عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ سُلَیْمَانَ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ کَثِیرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو خَیْثَمَهَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص: بِی أُنْذِرْتُمْ وَ بِعَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع اهْتَدَیْتُمْ وَ قَرَأَ إِنَّما أَنْتَ مُنْذِرٌ وَ لِکُلِّ قَوْمٍ هادٍ وَ بِالْحَسَنِ أُعْطِیتُمُ الْإِحْسَانَ وَ بِالْحُسَیْنِ تَسْعَدُونَ وَ بِهِ تَشْقَوْنَ أَلَا وَ إِنَّ الْحُسَیْنَ بَابٌ مِنْ أَبْوَاب الْجَنَّهِ مَنْ عَادَاهُ حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ عَلَیْهِ رَائِحَهَ الْجَنَّهِ.
Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Jarrah narrated from the judge Amr bin Al-Husain, from Aminah Bint Ahmad bin Thahl bin Sulaymaan Al-Aamash, from her father, from Sulaymaan binMahran, from Mohammad bin Katheer, from Abi Khaithama, from Abdullah son of Omar, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said: I am your Warner and Ali bin Abi Taleb is your guide.
“Verily you are a Warner and for every group there is a guide”
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(13:7). Through Hasan, you receive Allah’s beneficence and through Husain you will achieve either salvation or damnation. Husain is a door from the doors of Paradise; Allah has made the smell of Paradise HARAAM (unlawful) on those who fight Husain.
المنقبه الخامسه
حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِیِّ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ تَمَامٍ الزَّیَّاتُ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَبَّادُ بْنُ یَعْقُوبَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُوسَی بْنُ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْأَعْمَشُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ وَ سَعِیدِ بْنِ قَیْسٍ عَنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَنَا وَارِدُکُمْ عَلَی الْحَوْضِ وَ أَنْتَ یَا عَلِیُّ السَّاقِی وَ الْحَسَنُ الذَّائِدُ وَ الْحُسَیْنُ الْآمِرُ وَ عَلِیُّ بْنُ الْحُسَیْنِ الْفَارِضُ وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِیٍّ النَّاشِرُ وَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ السَّائِقُ وَ مُوسَی بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ مُحْصِی الْمُحِبِّینَ وَ الْمُبْغِضِینَ وَ قَامِعُ الْمُنَافِقِینَ وَ عَلِیُّ بْنُ مُوسَی مُزَیِّنُ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِیٍّ مُنْزِلُ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّهِ فِی دَرَجَاتِهِمْ وَ عَلِیُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ خَطِیبُ شِیعَتِهِ وَ مُزَوِّجُهُمُ الْحُورَ [الْعِینَ] وَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِیٍّ سِرَاج أَهْلِ الْجَنَّهِ یَسْتَضِیئُونَ بِهِ وَ الْقَائِمُ شَفِیعُهُمْ یَوْمَ الْقِیَامَهِ حَیْثُ لَا یَأْذَنُ اللَّهُ إِلَّا لِمَنْ یَشاءُ وَ یَرْضی.
Mohammad bin Ali bin Faz’l bin Tamam Al-Zayyat narrated from Mohammad bin Qassem, from Abbad bin Ya’qoub, from Musa bin Uthman, from Aamash, from Abu Is’haaq, from Hareth,and Saeed bin Qays, from Ali bin Abi Taleb, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said: I will be at the Pool of Kawthar on the Day of Judgement and you, O Ali, will distribute the water. Hasan will keep people away from the Pool; Husain will give the orders; Ali bin Husain will be the enforcer; Mohammad bin Ali will be the revealer; Jafar bin Mohammad will be the driver; Musa bin Jafar will be counting the lovers and the resentful, and he will be the destroyer of the hypocrites; Ali bin Musa will beautify the believers; Mohammad bin Ali will award degrees to the inhabitants of Paradise; Ali bin Mohammad will be the preacher of his Shia and he will marry them from HUR AL-EEN, “Pure maidens with big beautiful eyes” (56:22); Hasan bin Ali will be the light of the inhabitants of Paradise - they will see with his light; and the Qaem (12th Imam) will be the intercessor who will ask Allah to allow them (the believers) to enter Paradise on the Day of Judgement, a day on which Allah will accept only the intercession of those with whom He is pleased.
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المنقبه السادسه
حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُبَیْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُرَّهَ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْبَغَوِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ وَهْبِ بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو قَبِیصَهَ شُرَیْحُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَنْبَرِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی نَافِعٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لِعَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع:
یَا عَلِیُّ أَنَا نَذِیرُ أُمَّتِی وَ أَنْتَ هَادِیهَا وَ الْحَسَنُ قَائِدُهَا وَ الْحُسَیْنُ سَائِقُهَا وَ عَلِیُّ بْنُ الْحُسَیْنِ جَامِعُهَا وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِیٍّ عَارِفُهَا وَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ کَاتِبُهَا وَ مُوسَی بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ مُحْصِیهَا وَ عَلِیُّ بْنُ مُوسَی مُعَبِّرُهَا وَ مُنْجِیهَا وَ طَارِدُ مُبْغِضِیهَا وَ مُدْنِی مُؤْمِنِیهَا وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِیٍّ قَائِمُهَا وَ سَائِقُهَا وَ عَلِیُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ سَاتِرُهَا وَ عَالِمُهَا وَ الْحَسَن بْنُ عَلِیٍّ مُنَادِیهَا وَ مُعْطِیهَا وَ الْقَائِمُ الْخَلَفُ سَاقِیهَا وَ مُنَاشِدُهَا إِنَّ فِی ذلِکَ لَآیاتٍ لِلْمُتَوَسِّمِینَ یَا عَبْدَ اللَّه.
Mohammad bin Abdillah bin Ubaidillah bin Morrah narrated from Abdullah bin Mohammad Al-Baghawi, from Ali bin Jaad, from Ahmad bin Wahab bin Mansour, from Abu Qobaisa Shuraihbin Mohammad Al-Anbari, from Nafi’, from Abdullah bin Omar Ibn Al-Khattab, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said to Ali bin Abi Taleb:O Ali! I am the Warner of my nation; you are their guide; Hasan is the leader (of my nation); Husain is the driver; Ali bin Husain unites the nation; Mohammad bin Ali is the most informed of my nation; Jafar bin Mohammad is its writer; Musa bin Jafar is its counter; Ali bin Musa is the nations’ cross guard and its savior, and he banishes those who are resentful of the nation, and he draws the believers from my nation close together; Mohammad bin Ali drives my nation; Ali bin Mohammad is the most knowledgeable of my nation and its protector; Hasan bin Ali is the caller of my nation and is the most generous of my nation; and the Qaem (12thImam) is the cupbearer and the beseeched. Then he (the Prophet) said, “O Abdullah (son of Omar),
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‘Verily in this are signs for those who examine it closely” (15:75).
المنقبه السابعه
حَدَّثَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَرِیرٍ الطَّبَرِیُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِیِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَعِیدُ بْنُ أَبِی سَعِیدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُنْکَدِرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَنْصَارِیِّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص:
إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَی لَمَّا خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضَ دَعَاهُنَ فَأَجَبْنَهُ فَعَرَضَ عَلَیْهِنَّ نُبُوَّتِی وَ وَلَایَهَ عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ فَقَبِلْنَهَا ثُمَّ خَلَقَ الْخَلْقَ وَ فَوَّض إِلَیْنَا أَمْرَ الدِّینِ فَالسَّعِیدُ مَنْ سَعِدَ بِنَا وَ الشَّقِیُّ مَنْ شَقِیَ بِنَا نَحْنُ الْمُحَلِّلُونَ لِحَلَالِهِ وَ الْمُحَرِّمُونَ لِحَرَامِه.
Sahl bin Ahmad narrated from Abu Jafar Mohammad bin Jarir Al-Tabari, from Hinad bin Al-Serri, from Mohammad bin Hisham, from Saeed son of Abi Saeed, from Mohammad bin Monkader, from Jabir bin Abdillah Al-Ansari, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said: When Allah created the heavens and the earth, He called on them and they responded. He presented my Prophethood and the WILAYAT (unconditional, unlimited authority) of Ali bin Abi Taleb to them, both of which they accepted. Then Allah created the creatures and entrusted the religious affairs to us. Therefore, the happy ones are those who are happy with us, and the unhappy are those who are unhappy with us. We permit that which Allah has made HALAAL (lawful) and prohibit that which Allah has deemed HARAAM (unlawful).
المنقبه الثامنه
حَدَّثَنِی الْقَاضِی الْمُعَافَی بْنِ زَکَرِیَّا قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْعَزِیزِ الْبَغَوِیِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی یَحْیَی الْحِمَّانِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفُضَیْلِ عَنِ الْکَلْبِیِّ عَنْ أَبِی صَالِحٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ:
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کُنْتُ جَالِساً بَیْنَ یَدَیِ النَّبِیِّ ص ذَاتَ یَوْمٍ وَ بَیْنَ یَدَیْهِ عَلِیٌّ وَ فَاطِمَهُ وَ الْحَسَنُ وَ الْحُسَیْنُ إِذْ هَبَطَ جَبْرَئِیلُ ع وَ مَعَهُ تُفَّاحَهٌ فَحَیَّا بِهَا النَّبِیَّ ص فَتَحَیَّا بِهَا النَّبِی ص وَ حَیَّا بِهَا عَلِیَّ بْنَ أَبِی طَالِبٍ فَتَحَیَّا بِهَا عَلِیٌّ وَ قَبَّلَهَا وَ رَدَّهَا إِلَی رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَتَحَیَّا بِهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ حَیَّا بِهَا الْحَسَنَ فَتَحَیَّا بِهَا الْحَسَنُ وَ قَبَّلَهَا وَ رَدَّهَا إِلَی رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَتَحَیَّا بِهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ حَیَّا بِهَا الْحُسَیْنَ فَتَحَیَّا بِهَا الْحُسَیْنُ وَ قَبَّلَهَا وَ رَدَّهَا إِلَی رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَتَحَیَّا بِهَا وَ حَیَّا بِهَا فَاطِمَهَ فَتَحَیَّتْ بِهَا وَ قَبَّلَتْهَا وَ رَدَّتْهَا إِلَی النَّبِیِّ ص فَتَحَیَّا بِهَا الرَّابِعَهَ وَ حَیَّا بِهَا عَلِیَّ بْنَ أَبِی طَالِبٍ فَتَحَیَّا بِهَا عَلِیُّ بْنُ أَبِی طَالِبٍ فَلَمَّا هَمَّ أَنْ یَرُدَّهَا إِلَی رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص سَقَطَتِ التُّفَّاحَهُ مِنْ بَیْنِ أَنَامِلِهِ فَانْفَلَقَتْ نِصْفَیْنِ فَسَطَعَ مِنْهَا نُورٌ حَتَّی بَلَغَ [إِلَی] السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْیَا فَإِذَا عَلَیْهَا سَطْرَانِ مَکْتُوبَانِ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِیمِ تَحِیَّهٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَی إِلَی مُحَمَّدِ الْمُصْطَفَی وَ عَلِیٍّ الْمُرْتَضَی وَ فَاطِمَهَ الزَّهْرَاءِ وَ الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَیْنِ سِبْطَیْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ أَمَانٌ لِمُحِبِّیهِمَا یَوْمَ الْقِیَامَهِ مِنَ النَّارِ
The judge, Al-Moaafi bin Zakariyya, narrated from Abdullah bin Mohammad bin Abdillah bin Al-Aziz Al-Baghawi, from Yahya Al-Hamani, from Mohammad bin Al Faz’eel, from Al-Kalbi, fromAbi Saleh, from Ibn Abbas, who said:
One day I was sitting in front of the Prophet, Ali, Fatema, Hasan and Husain when Angel Jibraeel came down and greeted the Prophet with an apple. The Prophet accepted the greeting by taking the apple. The Prophet then greeted Ali and gave him the apple. Ali bin Abi Taleb accepted the greeting by taking the apple. He kissed the apple and then returned it to the Messenger of Allah. The Prophet accepted his greeting by taking the apple.Then the Prophet greeted Hasan and gave him the apple. Hasan accepted the greeting by taking the apple. He kissed the apple and then returned it to the Messenger of Allah. The Prophet accepted his greeting. Then the Prophet greeted Husain and gave him the apple. Husain accepted the greeting by taking the apple. He kissed the apple and then returned it to the Messenger of Allah. The Prophet accepted his greeting.
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Then the Prophet greeted Fatema and gave her the apple. Fatema accepted the greeting by taking the apple. She kissed the apple and then returned it to the Messenger of Allah. The Prophet accepted her greeting. The Prophet greeted Ali again and gave him the apple. Ali accepted his greeting and kissed the apple. In an effort to return the apple to the Prophet, the apple fell from his fingertips. The apple split into two halves and from it, a light shone until it reached the sky. The following message was written inside the apple: In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. This is a greeting from Allah to the chosen Mohammad and to Ali Al-Murtadha, and Fatema Al-Zahraa', and Hasan and Husain, the grandsons of the Prophet. This letter is a guarantee to their lovers of protection from the fire on the Day of Judgement.
المنقبه التاسعه
حَدَّثَنِی نُوحُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَیْمَنَ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی إِبْرَاهِیمُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِی حُصَیْنٍ [قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی جَدِّی] قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی یَحْیَی بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِیدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی قَیْسُ بْنُ الرَّبِیعِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سُلَیْمَانُ الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ع قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبِی قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ الْحُسَیْنِ عَنْ أَبِیهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبِی أَمِیرُ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ قَالَ قَالَ [لِی] رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص:
یَا عَلِیُّ أَنْتَ أَمِیرُ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ وَ إِمَامُ الْمُتَّقِینَ یَا عَلِیُّ أَنْتَ سَیِّدُ الْوَصِیِّینَ وَ وَارِثُ عِلْمِ النَّبِیِّینَ وَ خَیْرُ الصِّدِّیقِینَ وَ أَفْضَلُ السَّابِقِینَ یَا عَلِیُّ أَنْتَ زَوْجُ سَیِّدَهِ نِسَاءِ الْعَالَمِینَ وَ خَلِیفَهُ خَیْرِ الْمُرْسَلِینَ یَا عَلِیُّ أَنْتَ مَوْلَی الْمُؤْمِنِینَ (یَا عَلِیُّ أَنْتَ الْحُجَّهُ) بَعْدِی عَلَی النَّاسِ أَجْمَعِینَ اسْتَوْجَبَ الْجَنَّهَ مَنْ تَوَلَّاکَ وَ اسْتَحَقَّ النَّارَ مَنْ عَادَاکَ یَا عَلِیُّ وَ الَّذِی بَعَثَنِی بِالنُّبُوَّهِ وَ اصْطَفَانِی عَلَی جَمِیعِ الْبَرِیَّهِ لَوْ أَنَّ عَبْداً عَبَدَ اللَّهَ أَلْفَ عَامٍ مَا قَبِلَ اللَّهُ ذَلِکَ مِنْهُ إِلَّا بِوَلَایَتِکَ وَ وَلَایَهِ الْأَئِمَّهِ مِنْ وُلْدِکَ وَ إِنَّ وَلَایَتَکَ (لَا تُقْبَلُ) إِلَّا بِالْبَرَاءَهِ مِنْ أَعْدَائِکَ وَ أَعْدَاءِ الْأَئِمَّهِ مِنْ وُلْدِکَ بِذَلِکَ أَخْبَرَنِی جَبْرَئِیلُ ع فَمَنْ شاءَ فَلْیُؤْمِنْ وَ مَنْ شاءَ فَلْیَکْفُرْ.
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Nuh bin Ahmad bin Ayman narrated from Ibrahim bin Ahmad bin Abi Hasin, from his grandfather, from Yahya bin Abdil Hamid, from Qays bin Rabee’, from Sulaymaan Al-Aamash, from Jafar bin Mohammad (Imam Al-Sadiq), from his father, from Ali bin Husain, from his father, from the Commander of the Believers, who said:
The Messenger of Allah told me: O Ali, you are the Commander of the Believers and the Imam of the pious. O Ali, you are the master of all of the successors of the prophets. You inherit all of the prophets’ knowledge and you are the best of SEDDIQIN (the truthful ones) and the best of those who believed in Allah first. O Ali, you are the husband of the woman who is the Master of All of theWorlds’ Women, and you are the successor of the best of the prophets. O Ali, you are the Master of the Believers. O Ali, you are the evidence that proves Allah’s existence after me on all people. Those who follow you will earn Paradise, and those who are against you deserve Hell. O Ali, I swear to Allah, who sent me as a Prophet and who chose me from among all of His creatures, if any slave worships Allah for a thousand years, Allah will not accept it unless he believes in your Wilayat and the Wilayat of your sons.
Furthermore, your Wilayat will not be accepted unless it is accompanied with the hate of your enemies and the enemies of your sons.
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This is what Angel Jibraeel has told me. Let them choose to be believers or KAFERS (disbelievers).
المنقبه العاشره
حَدَّثَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الزُّبَیْرِیُّ إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِیمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ بْنُ هَمَّامٍ عَنْ أَبِیهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مِینَا مَوْلَی عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ:
کُنْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ قَدْ أَصْحَرَ فَتَنَفَّسَ الصُّعَدَاءَ [فَقُلْتُ یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا لَکَ تَتَنَفَّسُ] قَالَ یَا ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ نُعِیَتْ إِلَیَّ نَفْسِی قُلْتُ اسْتَخْلِفْ یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ مَنْ؟ قُلْتُ أَبَا بَکْرٍ فَسَکَتَ ثُمَّ تَنَفَّسَ فَقُلْتُ (مَا لَکَ تَتَنَفَّسُ فَدَتْکَ نَفْسِی) یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ نُعِیَتْ إِلَیَّ نَفْسِی قُلْتُ اسْتَخْلِفْ [یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ] قَالَ مَنْ؟ قُلْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ فَسَکَتَ ثُمَّ تَنَفَّسَ (ثَالِثاً فَقُلْتُ فِدَاکَ أَبِی وَ أُمِّی مَا لِی أَرَاکَ تَتَنَفَّسُ یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ) قَالَ نُعِیَتْ إِلَیَّ نَفْسِی قُلْتُ اسْتَخْلِفْ [یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ] قَالَ مَنْ؟ قُلْتُ عَلِیَّ بْنَ أَبِی طَالِبٍ (فَبَکَی وَ قَالَ أَوَّهْ) وَ لَنْ تَفْعَلُوا (فَوَ اللَّهِ لَوْ أَطَعْتُمُوهُ) لَیُدْخِلَنَّکُم الْجَنَّهَ [وَ إِنْ خَالَفْتُمُوهُ لَیَحْبَطَنَّ أَعْمَالُکُمْ].
Sahl bin Ahmad narrated from Ali bin Abdillah, from Al-Zubairi Is’haaq bin Ibrahim, fromAbdul Razzaq bin Homam, from his father, from Mina, slave of Abdul Rahman bin Awf, from Abdullah bin Masoud, who said:
I was with the Messenger of Allah, when he sighed heavily. “O the Messenger of Allah, why are you so sad?” I asked. “O Ibn Masoud, my death is approaching,” the Prophet replied. “Appoint a successor, O Messenger of Allah,” I said. “Who?” asked the Prophet “Abu Bakr,” I replied. The Prophet fell silent and sighed heavily again. “Why you are so sad? May I sacrifice my life for you, O Messenger of Allah” I said. “My death is approaching,” replied the Prophet. “Appoint a successor,” I said. “Who will it be?” asked the Prophet. “Omar bin Al-Khattab,” I replied. The Prophet fell silent and sighed heavily for the third time. “May I sacrifice my mother and father for you? Why are you so sad, O the Messenger of Allah?” I asked. “My death is approaching,” replied the Prophet. “Appoint a successor,” I said. “Who will it be?” asked the Prophet.
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“Ali bin Abi Taleb,” I said. Then the Prophet cried and said, “Ah, you people will not obey him! If you would, Allah would allow you (to enter) Paradise. But by disobeying him, Allah will remove the value from anything good that you do.”
المنقبه الحادیه عشر
أَخْبَرَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْکُوفِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْغَزْنَوِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی إِبْرَاهِیمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الثَّقَفِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ السَّرَّاج قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی قُتَیْبَهُ بْنُ سَعِیدٍ أَبُو الرَّجَاءِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص (لِعَلِیٍّ: یَا عَلِیُّ) إِذَا کَانَ یَوْمُ الْقِیَامَهِ یُؤْتَی بِکَ عَلَی نَجِیبٍ مِنْ نُورٍ وَ عَلَی رَأْسِکَ تَاجٌ یُضِی ءُ یَکَادُ نُورُهُ یَخْطَفُ أَبْصَارَ أَهْلِ الْحَشْرِ فَیَأْتِی النِّدَاءُ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ أَیْنَ خَلِیفَهُ مُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَتَقُولُ یَا عَلِیُّ هَا أَنَا فَیُنَادِی الْمُنَادِی مَنْ أَحَبَّکَ أَدْخَلَهُ الْجَنَّهَ وَ مَنْ عَادَاکَ أَدْخَلَهُ النَّارَ فَأَنْتَ الْقَسِیمُ بَیْنَ الْجَنَّهِ وَ النَّارِ بِأَمْرِ الْمَلِکِ الْجَبَّار.
Sahl bin Ahmad bin Abdillah Al-Koufi narrated from Abdullah bin Husain bin Mohammad Al-Ghaznawi, from Ibrahim bin Mohammad Al-Thaqafi, from Abdul Rahman Al-Sarraj, fromQutaibah bin Saeed Abu Raja, from Nafi’, from Abdullah bin Omar bin Al-Khattab, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said to Ali: O Ali, on the Day of Judgement, you will be brought sitting on a pulpit of light. There will be a crown on your head that shines so brightly that it will almost blind people. Allah will call out, “Where is the successor of Mohammad, the Messenger of Allah?”Then, O Ali, you will say, “Here I am.”Then the caller will say, “Those who loved you, let them enter Paradise, and those who were against you, send them to Hell.”Therefore, you (Ali) will divide those who go to Paradise and those who go to Hell, and this is an order from the All-Powerful King.
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المنقبه الثانیه عشر
أَخْبَرَنِی أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحُسَیْنِ الشَّاشِیُّ مِنْ کِتَابِهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ زِیَادٍ الْقَطَّانُ فِی دُکَّانِهِ بِدَارِ الْقُطْنِ بِمَدِینَهَ السَّلَامِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی (یَحْیَی بْن ُ أَبِی طَالِبٍ قَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْغَفَّارِ) قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِی صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِی هُرَیْرَهَ قَالَ:
کُنْتُ عِنْدَ النَّبِیِّ ص إِذْ أَقْبَلَ عَلِیُّ بْنُ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع فَقَالَ النَّبِیُّ ص [یَا أَبَا هُرَیْرَهَ] أَ تَدْرِی مَنْ هَذَا؟ قُلْتُ [نَعَمْ یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذَا] عَلِیُّ بْنُ أَبِی طَالِبٍ فَقَالَ النَّبِیُّ ص هَذَا الْبَحْرُ الزَّاخِرُ هَذَا الشَّمْسُ الطَّالِعَهُ أَسْخَی مِنَ الْفُرَاتِ کَفّاً وَ أَوْسَعُ مِنَ الدُّنْیَا قَلْباً فَمَنْ أَبْغَضَهُ فَعَلَیْهِ لَعْنَهُ اللَّه.
Abu Mohammad Jafar bin Ahmad bin Al-Husain Al-Shashi narrated from Ahmad bin Ziyad Al-Qatan, from Yahya bin Abi Taleb, from Amr bin Abdil Ghaffar, from Aamash, from Abi Saleh, from Abu Huraira, who said:
I was with the Prophet when Ali bin Abi Taleb entered. The Prophet asked me, “O Abu Huraira, do you know who this is?”I said, “Yes, O Messenger of Allah. This is Ali bin Abi Taleb.”Then the Prophet said, “This (Ali) is a sea full of treasures. He is the rising sun. He is more generous and giving than the river of Euphrates, and his heart is larger than the entire world. May Allah’s curse be on those who hate him.”
المنقبه الثالثه عشر
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَسْرُورٍ اللَّحَّامُ «5» رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْحُسَیْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلَوِیَّهَ الْمَعْرُوفُ بِابْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ الْکَاتِبِ الْأَصْبَهَانِی قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی إِبْرَاهِیمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی جَرِیرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِیدِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص یَقُولُ: لَمَّا أُسْرِیَ بِی إِلَی السَّمَاءِ مَا مَرَرْتُ بِمَلَإٍ مِنَ الْمَلَائِکَهِ إِلَّا سَأَلُونِی عَنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع حَتَّی ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّ اسْمَ عَلِیٍّ أَشْهَرُ فِی السَّمَاءِ مِنِ اسْمِی فَلَمَّا بَلَغْتُ السَّمَاءَ الرَّابِعَهَ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَی مَلَکِ الْمَوْتِ ع (فَقَالَ لِی) یَا مُحَمَّدُ [مَا فَعَلَ عَلِیٌّ قُلْتُ یَا حَبِیبِی وَ مِنْ أَیْنَ تَعْرِفُ عَلِیّاً؟ قَالَ یَا مُحَمَّدُ وَ] مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَی خَلْقاً إِلَّا وَ أَنَا أَقْبِضُ رُوحَهُ بِیَدِی مَا خَلَا أَنْتَ وَ عَلِیُّ بْنُ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ یَقْبِضُ أَرْوَاحَکُمَا بِقُدْرَتِهِ فَلَمَّا صِرْتُ تَحْتَ الْعَرْشِ [نَظَرْتُ] إِذَا أَنَا بِعَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع وَاقِفٌ تَحْتَ عَرْشِ رَبِّی فَقُلْتُ یَا عَلِیُّ سَبَقْتَنِی فَقَالَ لِی جَبْرَئِیلُ یَا مُحَمَّدُ (مَنِ الَّذِی تُکَلِّمُهُ) قُلْتُ هَذَا أَخِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ أَبِی طَالِبٍ فَقَالَ لِی یَا مُحَمَّدُ لَیْسَ هَذَا عَلِیّاً بِنَفْسِهِ وَ لَکِنَّهُ مَلَکٌ مِنَ الْمَلَائِکَهِ خَلَقَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَی عَلَی صُورَهِ عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع فَنَحْنُ الْمَلَائِکَهُ الْمُقَرَّبُونَ کُلَّمَا اشْتَقْنَا إِلَی وَجْهِ عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع زُرْنَا هَذَا الْمَلَکَ لِکَرَامَهِ عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ عَلَی اللَّهِ سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَی وَ نَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ لِشِیعَتِه.
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Abul Qassem Jafar bin Mohammad bin Masrur narrated from Husain binMohammad, from Ahmad bin Alawea, known as Ibn Al-Aswad Al-Asbahani, from Ibrahim bin Mohammad, from Abdullah bin Saleh, from Jurair bin Abdil Hamid, from Mujahed, from Ibn Abbas, who said:
I heard the Messenger of Allah say: On the night of Me’raaj, every time I passed by a group of angels, they asked me about Ali bin Abi Taleb so often that I started to believe that Ali was more famous in the skies than I was. When I reached the fourth sky, I saw the angel of death. The angel of death asked me, “O Mohammad, how is Ali?”I said, “O my friend, how do you know Ali?”He said, “O Mohammad, I am responsible for taking the life of everyone that Allah has created except for two beings, that is, your life and Ali’s life, because Allah himself will take your lives.”Then I reached under ARSH (the Throne) and when I looked up I saw Ali bin Abi Taleb standing under the Throne of my Lord. I said, “O Ali, did you race me up here?”Then Jibraeel asked me, “O Mohammad, to whom are you speaking?”I replied, “I am talking to my brother, Ali bin Abi Taleb.” Jibraeel replied, “O Mohammad, this is not Ali. This is an angel that Allah has created in the shape of Ali bin Abi Taleb. When we (angels) miss Ali bin Abi Taleb, we go and look at this angel and seek forgiveness from Allah for Ali’s Shia.”
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المنقبه الرابعه عشر
حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِیُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مَتَّوَیْهِ الْمُقْرِی رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِیٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُرَاتٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِیٍّ الْبَاقِرِ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ عَلِیٍّ [عَنْ أَبِیهِ] قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص:
عَلِیُّ بْنُ أَبِی طَالِبٍ خَلِیفَهُ اللَّهِ وَ خَلِیفَتِی وَ حُجَّهُ اللَّهِ وَ حُجَّتِی وَ بَابُ اللَّهِ وَ بَابِی وَ صَفِیُّ اللَّهِ وَ صَفِیِّی وَ حَبِیبُ اللَّهِ وَ حَبِیبِی وَ خَلِیلُ اللَّهِ وَ خَلِیلِی وَ سَیْفُ اللَّهِ وَ سَیْفِی وَ هُوَ أَخِی وَ صَاحِبِی وَ وَزِیرِی وَ وَصِیِّی مُحِبَّهُ مُحِبِّی وَ مُبْغِضُهُ مُبْغِضِی وَ وَلِیُّهُ وَلِیِّی وَ عَدُوُّهُ عَدُوِّی وَ زَوْجُ ابْنَتِی (وَ وُلْدُهُ وُلْدِی وَ حَرْبُهُ حَرْبِی) وَ قَوْلُهُ قَوْلِی وَ أَمْرُهُ أَمْرِی وَ هُوَ سَیِّدُ الْوَصِیِّینَ وَ خَیْرُ أُمَّتِی [وَ سَیِّدُ وُلْدِ آدَمَ بَعْدِی].
Abul Hasan Ali bin Ahmad bin Motawyh Al-Makri narrated from Ahmad bin Mohammad, from Mohammad bin Ali, from Ali bin Uthman, from Mohammad bin Furat, from Mohammad bin Ali Al-Baqir (5th Imam), from his father (4th Imam), from his grandfather Husain bin Ali, from his father, the Commander of the Believers, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said: Ali bin Abi Taleb is Allah’s successor and my successor. He is Allah’s decisive proof and he is my decisive proof.
He is Allah’s door (the route to Allah) and he is my door. He is Allah’s chosen one and my chosen one. Allah loves him and I love him. He is Allah’s love and he is my love. He is Allah’s sword and my sword. He is my brother, my companion, my minister, and my guardian. Those who love him love me, and those who hate him hate me. His friends are my friends, and his enemies are my enemies. He is my daughter’s husband and his sons are my sons. His war is my war, his words are my words, and his orders are my orders. He is the master of all the successors of the prophets. He is the best of my nation. He is the master of all the people after me.
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المنقبه الخامسه عشر
حَدَّثَنِی الْقَاضِی الْمُعَافَی بْنُ زَکَرِیَّا قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِیٍّ الْعَاصِمِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی صُهَیْبٌ (عَنْ أَبِیهِ) عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّادِقِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبِی قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ الْحُسَیْنِ عَنْ أَبِیهِ الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع قَالَ:
بَیْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فِی بَیْتِ أُمِّ سَلَمَهَ إِذْ هَبَطَ عَلَیْهِ مَلَکٌ لَهُ عِشْرُونَ رَأْساً فِی کُلِّ رَأْسٍ أَلْفُ لِسَانِ یُسَبِّحُ اللَّهَ وَ یُقَدِّسُهُ [کُلُّ لِسَانِ] بِلُغَهٍ لَا تُشْبِهُ الْأُخْرَی وَ رَاحَتُهُ أَوْسَعُ مِنْ سَبْعِ سَمَاوَاتٍ وَ سَبْعِ أَرَضِینَ فَحَسِبَ النَّبِیُّ ص أَنَّهُ جَبْرَئِیلُ فَقَالَ یَا جَبْرَئِیلُ لَمْ تَأْتِنِی فِی مِثْلِ هَذِهِ الصُّورَهِ قَطُّ فَقَالَ [الْمَلَکُ] مَا أَنَا جَبْرَئِیلَ أَنَا صَرْصَائِیلُ بَعَثَنِیَ اللَّهُ إِلَیْکَ لِتُزَوِّجَ النُّورَ مِنَ النُّورِ فَقَالَ النَّبِیُّ ص (مَنْ بِمَنْ؟) قَالَ ابْنَتَکَ فَاطِمَهَ مِنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع قَالَ فَزَوَّجَ النَّبِیُّ ص فَاطِمَهَ ع مِنْ عَلِیٍّ ع بِشَهَادَهِ جَبْرَئِیلَ وَ مِیکَائِیلَ [وَ إِسْرَافِیلَ] وَ صَرْصَائِیلَ ع قَالَ فَنَظَرَ النَّبِیُّ ص فَإِذَا بَیْنَ کَتِفَیْ صَرْصَائِیلَ مَکْتُوبٌ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ نَبِیُّ الرَّحْمَهِ عَلِیُّ بْنُ أَبِی طَالِبٍ مُقِیمُ الْحُجَّهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِیُّ ص یَا صَرْصَائِیلُ مُنْذُ [کَمْ] کُتِبَ هَذَا بَیْنَ کَتِفَیْکَ؟ قَالَ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ یَخْلُقَ (اللَّهُ آدَمَ) بِاثْنَیْ عَشَرَ أَلْفَ سَنَه.
The judge, Al-Moaafi bin Zakariyya, narrated from Hasan bin Ali Al-Asemi, from Suhaib, from his father, from Jafar bin Mohammad Al-Sadiq, from his father, from Ali bin Husain, from his father, Husain bin Ali bin Abi Taleb, who said:
The Prophet was in Um Salaama's house when an angel, who had twenty heads, descended upon him. Each one of the angel’s heads had one thousand tongues, and he was praising Allah with each tongue in a different language. His wings were larger than all of the seven heavens and the seven earths. The Prophet thought that he was Jibraeel so the Prophet.said to him, “I have never seen you in this form.”The angel said, “I am not Jibraeel. I am Sarsaeel. Allah sent me to you to marry the light to the light.”Then the Prophet asked him, “Who do you mean?”The angel said, “Your daughter, Fatema, to Ali bin Abi Taleb.”So the Prophet married Fatema to Ali with Jibraeel, Mikaeel, Israfil,and Sarsaeel as witnesses.
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Then the Prophet looked and saw the following written between the shoulders of Sarsaeel: LA ILAHA ILLALLAH. MOHAMMAD IS THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH ANDIS THE PROPHET WHO BRINGS MERCY ON PEOPLE. ALI IS THEDECISIVE PROOF THAT ALLAH USES ON HIS CREATURES. Then the Prophet asked Sarsaeel, “How long have you had this written between your shoulders?”Sarsaeel replied, “Twelve thousand years before Allah created Adam.”
المنقبه السادسه عشر
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ وَهْبَانَ الْهَنَّادُ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِیمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْحُسَیْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الزَّعْفَرَانِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی إِبْرَاهِیمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الثَّقَفِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی یَحْیَی بْنُ عَبْدِ الْقُدُّوسِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الطَّیَالِسِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ وَکِیعٍ الْجَرَّاحُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی فُضَیْلُ بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ عَنْ عَطِیَّهَ الْعَوْفِیِّ عَنْ أَبِی سَعِیدٍ الْخُدْرِیِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص یَقُولُ:
إِذَا کَانَ یَوْمُ الْقِیَامَهِ أَمَرَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَی مَلَکَیْنِ یَقْعُدَانِ عَلَی الصِّرَاطِ فَلَا یَجُوزُ [بِهِمَا] أَحَدٌ إِلَّا بِبَرَاءَهِ (عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ وَ مَنْ لَمْ تَکُنْ لَهُ بَرَاءَهٌ أَمَرَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَی الْمَلَکَیْنِ الْمُوَکَّلَیْنِ عَلَی الْجَوَازِ أَنْ یُوقِفَاهُ وَ یَسْأَلَاهُ فَلَمَّا عَجَزَ عَنْ جَوَابِهِمَا فَیُکِبَّاهُ عَلَی مَنْخِرَیْهِ فِی النَّارِ ) وَ ذَلِکَ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَی وَ قِفُوهُمْ إِنَّهُمْ مَسْؤُلُونَ قُلْتُ فِدَاکَ أَبِی وَ أُمِّی یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ مَا مَعْنَی (الْبَرَاءَهِ الَّتِی أَعْطَاهَا عَلِیٌّ) فَقَالَ [مَکْتُوبٌ بِالنُّورِ السَّاطِعِ] لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (عَلِیٌّ وَلِیُّ اللَّهِ).
Abu Abdillah Mohammad bin Wahban Al-Hannad narrated from Ahmad bin Ibrahim, fromHusain bin Abdillah Al-Za’fraani, from Ibrahim bin Mohammad Al-Thaqafi, from Yahya binAbdil Quddous, from Ali bin Mohammad Al-Taialisi, from Mohammad bin Wakee’ Al-Jarrah, from Faz’eel bin Marzouq, from Atiya Al-Awfai, from Abi Saeed Al-Khodri, who said:
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I heard the Messenger of Allah say: On the Day of Judgement, Allah will order two angels to sit on the SIRAAT (the bridge) and guard it. No one will be able to cross the bridge without having a pass issued by Ali bin Abi Taleb. Allah will order the two angels to stop those who do not have a pass and ask them about it. If they fail to answer, these angels will throw them into Hell, head first. The Prophet then referred to this verse from the Qur'an as evidence,
“And stop them, for verily they must be questioned”
(37:24).Then I asked the Prophet, “O the Messenger of Allah, may I ransom my father and my mother for you. Please tell me what this pass is?”The Prophet replied, “This is what is written on the pass with a very bright light:
LA ILAHA ILLALLAH.
MOHAMMADUN RASULULLAH.
ALIYUN WALIYULLAH.
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُبَیْدِ اللَّهِ الْحَافِظُ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ سِنَانٍ الْمَوْصِلِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ [مُحَمَّدٍ الْخَلِیلِیُّ الْآمُلِیُّ قَال حَدَّثَنَا] مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سُلَیْمَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی زِیَادُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ (قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی) عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ یَزِیدَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَلَّامٌ عَنْ أَبِی سَلْمَی رَاعِی رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص یَقُولُ: لَیْلَهَ أُسْرِیَ بِی إِلَی السَّمَاءِ قَالَ لِیَ الْجَلِیلُ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِما أُنْزِلَ إِلَیْهِ مِنْ رَبِّهِ قُلْتُ وَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ کُلٌّ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَ مَلائِکَتِهِ وَ کُتُبِهِ وَ رُسُلِهِ قَالَ صَدَقْتَ یَا مُحَمَّدُ مَنْ خَلَّفْتَ فِی أُمَّتِکَ قُلْتُ خَیْرَهَا قَالَ عَلِیَّ بْنَ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع قُلْتُ نَعَمْ یَا رَبِّ قَالَ یَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنِّی اطَّلَعْتُ إِلَی الْأَرْضِ [اطِّلَاعَهً] فَاخْتَرْتُکَ مِنْهَا فَشَقَقْت لَکَ اسْماً مِنْ أَسْمَائِی فَلَا أُذْکَرُ فِی مَوْضِعٍ إِلَّا ذُکِرْتَ مَعِی فَأَنَا الْمَحْمُودُ وَ أَنْتَ مُحَمَّدٌ ثُمَّ اطَّلَعْتُ الثَّانِیَهَ فَاخْتَرْتُ مِنْهَا عَلِیّاً فَشَقَقْتُ لَهُ اسْماً مِنْ أَسْمَائِی فَأَنَا [الْعَلِیُ] الْأَعْلَی وَ هُوَ عَلِیٌّ یَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنِّی خَلَقْتُکَ وَ [خَلَقْتُ] عَلِیّاً وَ فَاطِمَهَ وَ الْحَسَنَ وَ الْحُسَیْنَ وَ الْأَئِمَّهَ مِنْ وُلْدِهِ مِنْ سِنْخِ نُورِی وَ عَرَضْتُ وَلَایَتَکُمْ عَلَی أَهْلِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ أَهْلِ الْأَرَضِینَ فَمَنْ قَبِلَهَا کَانَ عِنْدِی مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ وَ مَنْ جَحَدَهَا کَانَ عِنْدِی مِنَ الْکَافِرِینَ یَا مُحَمَّدُ لَوْ أَنَّ عَبْداً مِنْ عَبِیدِی عَبَدَنِی حَتَّی یَنْقَطِعَ وَ یَصِیرَ کَالشَّنِّ الْبَالِی ثُمَّ أَتَانِی جَاحِداً لِوَلَایَتِکُمْ مَا غَفَرْتُ لَهُ حَتَّی یُقِرَّ بِوَلَایَتِکُمْ یَا مُحَمَّدُ أَ تُحِبُّ أَنْ تَرَاهُمْ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ یَا رَبِّ فَقَالَ لِی الْتَفِتْ عَنْ یَمِینِ الْعَرْشِ فَالْتَفَتُّ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِعَلِیٍّ وَ فَاطِمَهَ وَ الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَیْنِ وَ عَلِیِّ بْنِ الْحُسَیْنِ وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِیٍّ وَ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ مُوسَی بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ وَ عَلِیِّ بْنِ مُوسَی وَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِیٍّ وَ عَلِیِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِیٍّ وَ الْمَهْدِیِّ فِی ضَحْضَاحٍ مِنْ نُورٍ قِیَامٌ یُصَلُّونَ وَ [هُوَ] فِی وَسَطِهِمْ [یَعْنِی] الْمَهْدِیَّ یُضِی ءُ کَأَنَّهُ کَوْکَبٌ دُرِّیٌّ فَقَالَ یَا مُحَمَّدُ هَؤُلَاءِ الْحُجَجُ (وَ هُوَ الثَّائِرُ) مِنْ عِتْرَتِکَ فَوَ عِزَّتِی وَ جَلَالِی (إِنَّهُ النَّاصِرُ) لِأَوْلِیَائِی وَ الْمُنْتَقِمُ مِنْ أَعْدَائِی (وَ لَهُمُ الْحُجَّهُ الْوَاجِبَهُ وَ) بِهِم یُمْسِکُ اللَّهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ أَنْ تَقَعَ عَلَی الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِ.
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Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Ubaidillah Al-Hafiz narrated from Ali bin Sinan Al-Mousili, from Ahmad bin Mohammad Al-Khalili Al-Amoli, from Mohammad bin Saleh, from Sulaymaan bin Ahmad, from Ziyad bin Muslim, from Abdul Rahman bin Yazid bin Jabir, from Salaam from AbiSalama, who said:
I heard the Messenger of Allah say: On the night of Me’raaj, Allah asked me, “Did the Messenger believe in what was revealed to him from his Lord?”I said, “Yes. And the believers believed in Allah, His angels, His books, and His messengers.”Allah said, “You are right.”Then Allah asked, “Who did you choose as a successor?”I said, “The best of my nation.”Allah asked, “Do you mean Ali bin Abi Taleb?”I replied, “Yes, O Allah!”Then Allah said:O Mohammad! I looked at all of My creation and I chose you from among all of them. Then I derived a name for you from My name. Therefore, it is not permitted that anyone mention Me without mentioning you with Me. My name is Mahmoud and your name is Mohammad. Then I looked again (at all of My creation) and I chose Ali, and I derived a name for him from My name. So My name is Ali, the extremely high, and his name is Ali. O Mohammad, I created you, Ali, Fatema, Hasan, Husain, and the rest of the Imams from Husain’s sons from My own light. Then I asked all of my creation in the skies and the earths to accept your Wilayat. I consider those who accept it as believers, and I consider those who refuse it as Kafers. O Mohammad! If a slave from among My slaves worships Me until he is torn and nothing is left from him, but he refuses to accept your Wilayat, Ali’sWilayat, and the Wilayat of the Imams from his sons, I will not accept him or forgive him until he accepts your Wilayat, Ali’s Wilayat, and the Wilayat of the Imams from his sons. Then Allah asked me, “O Mohammad, would you like to see them?”I replied, “Yes, O Allah.”Allah said, “Look to the right of the Throne.”Then I looked and I saw Ali, Fatema, Hasan, Husain, Ali bin Husain, Mohammad bin Ali, Jafar bin Mohammad, Musa bin Jafar, Ali bin Musa, Mohammad bin Ali, Ali bin Mohammad, Hasan bin Ali, and the Mahdi. They were surrounded by light and they were all standing and praying to Allah. Mahdi was in the center and he was shining like a brilliant star. Then Allah said: O Mohammad, they are My decisive proofs, and Mahdi will take revenge on My behalf. I swear by My Magnificence, he supports My friends and takes revenge on My enemies. Following them and accepting their Wilayat is WAJIB (obligatory) on everyone. With my permission, they prevent the skies from falling on the earth.
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المنقبه الثامنه عشر
حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَعِیدٍ أَبُو الْفَرَجِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِید قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَعْدُ بْنُ طَرِیفٍ الْخَفَّافُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَعِیدُ بْنُ جُبَیْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لِعَلِیٍّ:
[یَا عَلِیُ] أَنَا مَدِینَهُ الْحِکْمَهِ وَ أَنْتَ بَابُهَا وَ لَنْ تُؤْتَی الْمَدِینَهُ إِلَّا مِنْ قِبَلِ الْبَابِ وَ کَذَبَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّهُ یُحِبُّنِی وَ یُبْغِضُکَ لِأَنَّکَ مِنِّی وَ أَنَا مِنْکَ لَحْمُکَ مِنْ لَحْمِی وَ دَمُکَ مِنْ دَمِی وَ رُوحُکَ مِنْ رُوحِی وَ سَرِیرَتُکَ مِنْ سَرِیرَتِی وَ عَلَانِیَتُکَ مِنْ عَلَانِیَتِی وَ أَنْتَ إِمَامُ أُمَّتِی وَ خَلِیفَتِی عَلَیْهَا بَعْدِی سَعِدَ مَنْ أَطَاعَکَ وَ شَقِیَ مَنْ عَصَاکَ وَ رَبِحَ مَنْ تَوَلَّاکَ وَ خَسِرَ مَنْ عَادَاکَ وَ فَازَ مَنْ لَزِمَکَ وَ خَسِرَ مَنْ فَارَقَکَ فَمَثَلُکَ وَ مَثَلُ الْأَئِمَّهِ مِنْ وُلْدِکَ بَعْدِی مَثَلُ سَفِینَهِ نُوحٍ ع مَنْ رَکِبَهَا نَجَا وَ مَنْ تَخَلَّفَ عَنْهَا غَرِقَ وَ مَثَلُکُمْ مَثَلُ النُّجُومِ کُلَّمَا غَابَ نَجْمٌ طَلَعَ نَجْمٌ إِلَی یَوْمِ الْقِیَامَه.
Mohammad bin Saeed Abul Faraj narrated from Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Saeed, from Saad bin Turayf Al-Khaffaf, from Saeed bin Jubair, from Ibn Abbas, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said to Ali: O Ali, I am the city of knowledge and you are its door. The city can only be entered through its door. Those who claim that they love me but hate you are lying because you are from me and I am from you: your flesh is my flesh, your blood is my blood, your soul is from my soul, what you hide is what I hide, and what you show is what I show. You are the Imam of my nation and my successor. Those who obey you succeed, and those who disobey you fail.
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Those who follow you will benefit, and those who are against you will lose. Those who are committed to you are winners, and those who abandon you are losers. You and the Imams after you are like the ark of Nuh. The riders of the ark survived, and those who stayed behind drowned. You are like the stars. Whenever one star disappears, another one appears until the Day of Judgement.
المنقبه التاسعه عشر
حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حُمَیْدٍ الْجَرَّارُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی یَحْیَی بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ الْقَزْوِینِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْحَافِظُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی هُدْبَهُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَهَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی ثَابِتٌ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِکٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص:
خَلَقَ اللَّهُ مِنْ نُورِ وَجْهِ عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع سَبْعِینَ أَلْفَ مَلَکٍ یَسْتَغْفِرُونَ لَهُ وَ [لِشِیعَتِهِ] وَ لِمُحِبِّیهِ إِلَی یَوْمِ الْقِیَامَه.
Mohammad bin Hamid Al-Jarrar narrated from Hasan bin Abdil Samad, from Yahya binMohammad bin Qassem Al-Qazwini, from Mohammad bin Hasan Al-Hafiz, from Ahmad binMohammad, from Hudba bin Khalid, from Hammad bin Salama, from Thabit, from Anas binMalik, who said:
Allah created seventy thousand angels from the light of Ali’s face. All they do is seek forgiveness for him, for his Shia, and for those who love him until the Day of Judgement.
المنقبه العشرون
حَدَّثَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَرِیرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْحَسَنُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِیمَ الْبَغْدَادِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ یَعْقُوبَ الْإِمَامُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ یَحْیَی قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِیٍّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ:
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جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَی النَّبِیِّ ص فَقَالَ لَهُ أَ یَنْفَعُنِی حُبُّ عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع (فَقَالَ لَهُ) لَا أَعْلَمُ حَتَّی أَسْأَلَ جَبْرَئِیلَ ع فَأَتَاهُ جَبْرَئِیلُ فِی الْحَالِ (فَسَأَلَهُ النَّبِیُّ عَنْ ذَلِکَ) فَقَالَ لَا أَعْلَمُ حَتَّی أَسْأَلَ (إِسْرَافِیلَ فَارْتَفَعَ جَبْرَئِیلُ فَقَالَ لِإِسْرَافِیلَ أَ یَنْفَعُ حُبُّ عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ص) فَقَالَ لَا أَعْلَمُ حَتَّی أُنَاجِیَ رَبَّ الْعِزَّهِ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ فَأَوْحَی اللَّهُ تَعَالَی (إِلَیْهِ قُلْ یَا إِسْرَافِیلُ لِأُمَنَائِی عَلَی وَحْیِی أَنْ أَبْلِغُوا تَحِیَّتِی إِلَی حَبِیبِی وَ یَقُولُوا لَهُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ یُقْرِئُکَ السَّلَامَ وَ یَقُولُ) أَنْتَ مِنِّی حَیْثُ شِئْتَ وَ أَنَا وَ عَلِیٌّ مِنْکَ حَیْثُ أَنْتَ مِنِّی وَ مُحِبُّو عَلِیٍّ مِنِّی حَیْثُ عَلِیٌّ مِنْکَ.
Sahl bin Ahmad bin Abdillah narrated from Mohammad bin Jurair, from Hasan bin Ibrahim Al-Baghdadi, from Mohammad bin Ya’qoub Al-Imam, from Ahmad Ibn Yahya, from Abdul Rahman Al-Mahdi, from Ibn Abbas, who said:
A man came to the Prophet and asked him, “Will I benefit from the love of Ali bin Abi Taleb?”The Prophet replied, “I do not know until I ask Jibraeel.”So Jibraeel came to the Prophet immediately. The Prophet asked him(the above question). Jibraeel replied, “I do not know. I have to ask Israfil.”So Jibraeel went up and asked Israfil, “Will the love for Ali benefit anyone?”Israfil replied, “I do not know until I speak to my Magnificent Lord.”Then Allah sent the following revelation to Israfil: Tell those angels trustworthy of My revelation to send My greetings to My love, Mohammad, and tell him that Allah sends His Salaam, and tells you that, ‘You are as close to Me as I want you to be. And Ali and I are as close to you as you are to Me. And those who love Ali are as close to Me as Ali is to you.’
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المنقبه الحادیه و العشرون
حَدَّثَنِی الْحَسَنُ بْنُ حَمْزَهَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (رَضِیَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ) قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْخَشَّابُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَیُّوبُ بْنُ نُوحٍ «2» قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْعَبَّاسُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَمْرُو بْنُ أَبَانٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبَانُ بْنُ تَغْلِبَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عِکْرِمَهُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص بَعْدَ مُنْصَرَفِهِ مِنْ حَجَّهِ الْوَدَاعِ:
أَیُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّ جَبْرَئِیلَ الرُّوحَ الْأَمِینَ نَزَلَ عَلَیَّ مِنْ عِنْدِ رَبِّی جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ فَقَالَ یَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَی یَقُولُ إِنِّی اشْتَقْتُ إِلَی لِقَائِکَ فَأَوْصِ بِخَیْرٍ وَ تَقَدَّمْ فِی أَمْرِکَ أَیُّهَا النَّاسُ (إِنِّی قَدِ اقْتَرَبَ) أَجَلِی وَ کَأَنِّی بِکُمْ وَ قَدْ فَارَقْتُمُونِی وَ فَارَقْتُکُمْ فَإِذَا فَارَقْتُمُونِی بِأَبْدَانِکُمْ فَلَا تُفَارِقُونِّی بِقُلُوبِکُمْ أَیُّهَا النَّاسُ (إِنَّهُ لَمْ یَکُنْ) لِلَّهِ نَبِیٌّ قَبْلِی خُلِّدَ فِی الدُّنْیَا فَأُخَلَّدَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَی قَالَ وَ ما جَعَلْنا لِبَشَرٍ مِنْ قَبْلِکَ الْخُلْدَ أَ فَإِنْ مِتَّ فَهُمُ الْخالِدُونَ کُلُّ نَفْسٍ ذائِقَهُ الْمَوْتِ أَلَا وَ إِنَّ رَبِّی أَمَرَنِی بِوَصِیَّتِکُمْ أَلَا وَ إِنَّ رَبِّی أَمَرَنِی أَنْ أَدُلَّکُمْ عَلَی سَفِینَهِ نَجَاتِکُمْ وَ بَابِ حِطَّتِکُمْ فَمَنْ أَرَادَ مِنْکُمُ النَّجَاهَ بَعْدِی وَ السَّلَامَهَ مِنَ الْفِتَنِ الْمُرْدِیَهِ فَلْیَتَمَسَّکْ بِوَلَایَهِ عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع فَإِنَّهُ الصِّدِّیقُ الْأَکْبَرُ وَ الْفَارُوقُ الْأَعْظَمُ وَ هُوَ إِمَامُ کُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ بَعْدِی [مَنْ أَحَبَّهُ وَ] اقْتَدَی بِهِ فِی الدُّنْیَا وَرَدَ عَلَیَّ حَوْضِی وَ مَنْ خَالَفَهُ لَمْ أَرَهُ وَ لَمْ یَرَنِی وَ اخْتَلَجَ دُونِی فَأُخِذَ بِهِ ذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ إِلَی النَّارِ [ثُمَّ قَالَ] أَیُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنِّی قَدْ نَصَحْتُ لَکُمْ وَ لکِنْ لا تُحِبُّونَ النَّاصِحِینَ أَقُولُ قَوْلِی هَذَا وَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ الْعَظِیمَ لِی وَ لَکُمْ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ رَأْسَ عَلِیٍّ وَ قَبَّلَ مَا بَیْنَ عَیْنَیْهِ وَ قَالَ لَهُ یَا عَلِیُّ فَضْلُکَ أَکْثَرُ مِنْ أَنْ یُحْصَی فَوَ الَّذِی فَلَقَ الْحَبَّهَ وَ بَرَأَ النَّسَمَهَ لَوِ اجْتَمَعَ الْخَلَائِقُ عَلَی مَحَبَّتِکَ وَ عَرَفَ حُقُوقَکَ مِنْکَ مَا یَلِیقُ بِکَ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ النَّارَ.
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Hasan bin Hamza bin Abdillah narrated from Ahmad bin Al-Hasan Al-Khashab, from Ayyoubbin Nuh, from Abbas, from Amr bin Aban, from Aban bin Taghlab, from ‘Ikrama, from Ibn Abbas, who said:
After returning from the farewell pilgrimage, the Messenger of Allah said: O people! Jibraeel, the Honest Spirit, came to me from Allah, the Magnificent, and said, “O Mohammad, Allah says that he misses seeing you. So prepare a good will and finish what you have to do.”O people! My time has come (to an end) and I can see us leaving one another. So if your bodies have left me, do not allow your souls to do the same. O people! Allah has never created an immortal prophet, and I am not immortal. Allah has said in this verse in the Qur'an,
“We have not granted to any man before you eternal life. What! If you die, will they live forever? Every soul shall taste of death”
(21:34-35). Understand that my Lord has ordered me to leave a will for you. Understand that my Lord has ordered me to show you to the ark of rescue and the door of sustenance. Those of you who want to survive after me and be safe from the destroying seductions should hold firmly to the Wilayat of Ali bin Abi Taleb. He is the most truthful and the best separator of right from wrong.
He is the Imam of every Muslim after me. Those who love him and follow him will be next to me by the Pool of Kawthar on the Day of Judgement. I will see those who disobey him on the Day of Judgement, but they will not see me. They will be pulled towards others who will take them deep into Hell. Then the Prophet said, “O people! I have given you the best advice but you do not like the advisors. I say this and I seek forgiveness for myself and for you.” Then he held Ali’s head and kissed his forehead.
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Then the Prophet said to Ali, “O Ali, your virtues cannot be counted. I swear to Allah, who created the seeds and created people, if all creatures would concede to loving you and understanding your true status, Allah would not have created Hell.”
المنقبه الثانیه و العشرون
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ قُولَوَیْهِ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ الْحُسَیْنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِیمَ عَنْ أَبِیهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُضَیْلٍ عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ أَبِی حَمْزَهَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ الْحُسَیْنِ عَنْ أَبِیهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَمِیرُ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ عَلِیٌّ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص: إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ فَرَضَ عَلَیْکُمْ طَاعَتِی وَ نَهَاکُمْ عَنْ مَعْصِیَتِی وَ أَوْجَبَ عَلَیْکُمُ اتِّبَاعَ أَمْرِی وَ أَنْ تُطِیعُوا عَلِیَّ بْنَ أَبِی طَالِبٍ بَعْدِی فَإِنَّهُ أَخِی وَ وَزِیرِی وَ وَارِثُ عِلْمِی وَ هُوَ مِنِّی وَ أَنَا مِنْهُ حُبُّهُ إِیمَانٌ وَ بُغْضُهُ کُفْرٌ أَلَا فَمَنْ کُنْتُ مَوْلَاهُ فَهُوَ مَوْلَاهُ أَنَا وَ عَلِیٌّ أَبَوَا هَذِهِ الْأُمَّهِ فَمَنْ عَصَی أَبَاهُ فَحُشِرَ مَعَ وَلَدِ نُوحٍ حَیْثُ قَالَ لَهُ أَبُوهُ یا بُنَیَّ ارْکَبْ مَعَنا وَ لا تَکُنْ مَعَ الْکافِرِینَ قالَ سَآوِی إِلی جَبَلٍ الْآیَهَ ثُمَّ قَالَ النَّبِیُّ ص اللَّهُمَّ انْصُرْ مَنْ نَصَرَهُ وَ اخْذُلْ مَنْ خَذَلَهُ وَ وَالِ وَلِیَّهُ وَ عَادِ عَدُوَّهُ ثُمَّ بَکَی النَّبِیُّ ص وَ وَدَّعَهُ ثَلَاثَ کَرَّاتٍ بِمَشْهَدِ جَمْعٍ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِینَ وَ الْأَنْصَار کَانُوا حَوْلَهُ جَالِسِینَ یَبْکُون.
Abul Qassem Jafar bin Mohammad Al-Qulaweyh narrated from Ali bin Husain, from Ali bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ahmad bin Mohammad, from Mohammad bin Fuz’ail, from Thabet bin Abi Hamza, from Ali bin Husain(4th Imam), from his father, from the Commander of the Believers, who said:
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The Messenger of Allah said: Allah has made it incumbent upon you to follow my command and he has forbidden you from disobeying me. He has made it Wajib on you to follow my orders and to obey Ali bin Abi Taleb after me. He is my brother, my minister, and he inherits all of my knowledge. He is from me and I am from him. Loving him is IMAN (faith) and hatinghim is KUFR (disbelief). Beware! Of whomsoever I am their MOWLA (Master), Ali is their MOWLA. Ali and I are the fathers of this nation. Those who disobey their fathers will be gathered with Nuh’s son on the Day of Judgement. Nuh told his son, “
O son ride with us and don’t be from the Kafers. (His son replied) I will resort to a mountain”
(11:42-43).Then the Prophet said, “O Allah, support those who support Ali, disappoint those who disappoint him, befriend his friends, and be the enemy of his enemies.”Then the Prophet started to cry. The Muhajerin (Immigrants of Mecca) and Ansar (supporters from Medina) who were sitting around him all cried. After that, three groups of people (from among the Muhajerin and Ansar) stood up and bade farewell to the Prophet.
المنقبه الثالثه و العشرون
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ رَضِیَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ مِنْ کِتَابِهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی إِبْرَاهِیمُ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ عَنْ أَبِیهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی (عُبَیْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ یَحْیَی قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِیٍّ الْبَاقِرُ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنِ الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ عَلِیٍّ) عَنْ أَمِیرِ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ ع قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ سُئِلَ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَی أَلْقِیا فِی جَهَنَّمَ کُلَّ کَفَّارٍ عَنِیدٍ (قَالَ یَا عَلِیُّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ) إِذَا جَمَعَ الْخَلَائِقَ یَوْمَ الْقِیَامَهِ فِی صَعِیدٍ وَاحِدٍ کُنْتُ أَنَا وَ أَنْتَ یَوْمَئِذٍ عَنْ یَمِینِ الْعَرْشِ فَیَقُولُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَی یَا مُحَمَّدُ یَا عَلِیُّ قُومَا وَ أَلْقِیَا مَنْ أَبْغَضَکُمَا وَ کَذَّبَکُمَا وَ خَالَفَکُمَا فِی النَّار.
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Ahmad bin Mohammad narrated from his book, from Abdullah bin Jafar, from Ibrahim bin Hashim, from Jaafar bin Mohammad bin Marwan, from his father, from Ubaidullah bin Yahya, from Mohammad bin Ali Al-Baqir (5th Imam), from his father, from Husain bin Ali, from the Commander of the Believers, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said the following about this verse,
“Cast you two every ingrate rebel into Hell”
(50:24).O Ali! On the Day of Judgement, when Allah gathers all the creatures in the same desert, you and I will be on the right side of Allah’s Throne and Allah will say, “O Mohammad and Ali! Stand up and throw those who hated you, did not believe you, and disobeyed you into Hell.”
المنقبه الرابعه و العشرون
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُبَیْدِ اللَّهِ [عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ یَعْقُوبَ] قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَمْرُو بْنُ أَبِی الْمِقْدَامِ عَنْ أَبِیهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَعِیدُ بْنُ جُبَیْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص: وَ الَّذِی بَعَثَنِی بِالْحَقِّ بَشِیراً وَ [نَذِیراً] مَا اسْتَقَرَّ الْکُرْسِیُّ وَ الْعَرْشُ وَ لَا دَارُ الْفَلَکِ وَ لَا قَامَتِ السَّمَاوَاتُ وَ الْأَرَضُونَ إِلَّا (بَعْدَ أَنْ) کَتَبَ (اللَّهُ عَلَیْهَا) لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ عَلِیٌّ وَلِیُّ اللَّه ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَی لَمَّا عَرَجَ بِی إِلَی السَّمَاءِ وَ اخْتَصَّنِی بِلَطِیفِ نِدَائِهِ قَالَ یَا مُحَمَّدُ قُلْتُ لَبَّیْکَ رَبِّی وَ سَعْدَیْکَ فَقَالَ أَنَا الْمَحْمُودُ وَ أَنْتَ مُحَمَّدٌ شَقَقْتُ اسْمَکَ مِنِ اسْمِی وَ فَضَّلْتُکَ عَلَی جَمِیعِ بَرِیَّتِی فَانْصِبْ أَخَاکَ عَلِیّاً عَلَماً لِعِبَادِی یَهْدِیهِمْ إِلَی دِینِی یَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنِّی قَدْ جَعَلْتُ (الْمُؤْمِنِینَ) [أَخَصَّ عِبَادِی وَ جَعَلْتُ عَلِیّاً الْأَمِیرَ عَلَیْهِمْ] فَمَنْ تَأَمَّرَ عَلَیْهِ لَعَنْتُهُ وَ مَنْ خَالَفَهُ عَذَّبْتُهُ وَ مَنْ أَطَاعَهُ قَرَّبْتُهُ یَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنِّی [قَدْ] جَعَلْتُ عَلِیّاً إِمَامَ الْمُسْلِمِینَ فَمَنْ تَقَدَّمَ عَلَیْهِ أَخْزَیْتُهُ وَ مَنْ عَصَاهُ (اسْتَجْفَیْتُهُ فَإِنِّی جَعَلْتُ) عَلِیّاً سَیِّدَ الْوَصِیِّینَ وَ قَائِدَ الْغُرِّ الْمُحَجَّلِینَ وَ حُجَّتِی عَلَی الْخَلْقِ أَجْمَعِین.
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Mohammad bin Abdillah bin Ubaidillah narrated from Mohammad bin Qassem, from Abbadbin Ya’qoub, from Amr bin Abi Al-Meqdam, from his father, from Saeed bin Jubair, from Ibn Abbas, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said:
I swear to Allah, who has sent me as a Warner and a Guide, that the Throne of Allah did not settle, the universes did not start moving, and the heavens and the planets were not created until after Allah wrote on them:
LA ILAHA ILLALLAH.
MOHAMMADUN RASULLULLAH.
ALIYUN WALIYULLAH.
Then the Prophet explained what Allah told him, in His own voice: Allah said, “O Mohammed” I replied, “LABBAYK WA SAADAYK.”Allah said: I am Mahmoud and you are Mohammad. I derived your name from mine and I made you superior to all of My creatures. Assign your brother, Ali, to be a flag for My slaves to guide them to My religion. O Mohammad! I have made the believers the chosen ones, and I have made Ali their commander. Therefore, I curse those who give commands to Ali and I torture those who disobey him. But those who follow him, I will bring them closer to Me. O Mohammad! I have made Ali the Imam of Muslims. Those who proclaim to precede him, I disgrace them. I imprison those who disobey him. I have made Ali the master of all of the successors, and I have made him the glorified leader of the believers. He is My decisive proof on My entire creation.
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المنقبه الخامسه و العشرون
حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِمْرَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَسْکَرِی قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی إِبْرَاهِیمُ بْنُ عُبَیْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُعَمَّرٌ عَنْ یَحْیَی بْنِ أَبِی کَثِیرٍ عَنْ أَبِیهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو هَارُونَ الْعَبْدِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی جَابِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَنْصَارِیُّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص:
عَلِیُّ بْنُ أَبِی طَالِبٍ أَقْدَمُ أُمَّتِی سِلْماً وَ أَکْثَرُهُمْ عِلْماً وَ أَصَحُّهُمْ دِیناً وَ أَفْضَلُهُمْ یَقِیناً وَ أَکْمَلُهُمْ حِلْماً وَ أَسْمَحُهُمْ کَفّاً وَ أَشْجَعُهُمْ قَلْباً وَ هُوَ الْإِمَامُ وَ الْخَلِیفَهُ بَعْدِی.
Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Imran narrated from Hasan bin Mohammad Al-Askari, from Ibrahimbin Ubadillah, from Abdul Razzaq, from Mo’ammar, from Yahya bin Abi Katheer, from his father, from Abu Harun Al-Abdi, from Jabir bin Abdillah Al-Ansari, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said the following about Ali bin Abi Taleb: He was the first one to believe in Islam;
He is the most knowledgeable;
He is the most correct one in his DEEN (religion);
He is the most certain;
He is the most patient;
He is the most forgiving and generous;
He is the most brave;
He is the Imam and the successor after me.
المنقبه السادسه و العشرون
حَدَّثَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِیمَ الدَّبَرِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ بْنُ هَمَّامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُعَمَّرٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ:
کُنَّا جُلُوساً مَعَ النَّبِیِّ ص إِذْ دَخَلَ عَلِیُّ بْنُ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع فَقَال السَّلَامُ عَلَیْکَ یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ وَ عَلَیْکَ السَّلَامُ یَا أَمِیرَ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ وَ رَحْمَهُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَکَاتُهُ فَقَالَ عَلِیٌّ [تَدْعُونِی بِأَمِیرِ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ] وَ أَنْتَ حَیٌّ یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ وَ أَنَا حَیٌّ وَ إِنَّکَ یَا عَلِیُّ [قَدْ] مَرَرْتَ بِنَا أَمْسِ وَ أَنَا وَ جَبْرَئِیلُ فِی حَدِیثٍ وَ لَمْ تُسَلِّمْ فَقَالَ جَبْرَئِیلُ ع مَا بَالُ أَمِیرِ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ مَرَّ بِنَا وَ لَمْ یُسَلِّمْ أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ لَوْ سَلَّمَ لَسُرِرْنَا وَ رَدَدْنَا عَلَیْهِ فَقَالَ عَلِیٌّ یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ رَأَیْتُکَ وَ دِحْیَهَ اسْتَخْلَیْتُمَا فِی حَدِیثٍ فَکَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَقْطَعَهُ عَلَیْکُمَا فَقَالَ [لَهُ] النَّبِیُّ ص إِنَّهُ لَمْ یَکُنْ دِحْیَهَ وَ إِنَّمَا کَانَ جَبْرَئِیلَ ع فَقُلْتُ یَا جَبْرَئِیلُ کَیْفَ سَمَّیْتَهُ أَمِیرَ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ فَقَالَ کَانَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَی أَوْحَی إِلَیَّ فِی غَزْوَهِ بَدْرٍ أَنِ اهْبِطْ إِلَی مُحَمَّدٍ ص وَ مُرْهُ أَنْ یَأْمُرَ أَمِیرَ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ عَلِیَّ بْنَ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع أَنْ یَجُولَ بَیْنَ الصَّفَّیْنِ فَإِنَّ الْمَلَائِکَهَ یُحِبُّونَ أَنْ یَنْظُرُوا إِلَیْهِ وَ هُوَ یَجُولُ بَیْنَ الصَّفَّیْنِ فَسَمَّاهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَی مِنَ السَّمَاءِ أَمِیرَ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ [ذَلِکَ الْیَوْمَ] فَأَنْتَ یَا عَلِیُّ أَمِیرُ مَنْ فِی السَّمَاءِ وَ أَمِیرُ مَنْ فِی الْأَرْضِ وَ أَمِیرُ مَنْ مَضَی وَ أَمِیرُ مَنْ بَقِیَ فَلَا أَمِیرَ قَبْلَکَ وَ لَا أَمِیرَ بَعْدَکَ لِأَنَّهُ لَا یَجُوزُ أَنْ یُسَمَّی بِهَذَا الِاسْمِ مَنْ لَمْ یُسَمِّه اللَّهُ تَعَالَی بِه.
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Sahl bin Ahmad bin Abdillah narrated from Ali bin Abdillah, from Is’haaq bin Ibrahim Al-Debri, from Abdul Razzaq bin Hamam, from Mo’ammar, from Abdullah bin Tawus, from his father, from Ibn Abbas, who said:
We were sitting with the Prophet when Ali bin Abi Taleb entered. Ali said, “ASSALAAMO ALAIKA, O Messenger of Allah.”The Prophet replied, “WA ALAIK ASSALAAM, O Commander of the Believers.”Ali responded, “O Prophet, you call me the Commander of Believers while you are still alive?”The Prophet answered, “Yes, while I am alive.”
Then the Prophet continued, “O Ali! You passed by Jibraeel and I yesterday and did not say Salaam. So Jibraeel said, ‘Why did the Commander of the Believers not say Salaam to us. I swear to Allah, we would have been pleased if he had said Salaam to us and we would have responded.”Ali answered, “It looked like you and Dehya were in a private meeting so I did not want to interrupt.”The Prophet said, “He was not Dehya, he was Jibraeel. I asked Jibraeel why he called you the Commander of the Believers. Jibraeel told me that in the Battle of Badr, Allah told Jibraeel to come to me (the Prophet) and tell me to order the Commander of the Believers to ride his horse in front of the army lines because the angels love to watch him do that. So Allah named you the Commander of the Believers that day in the heavens. ”Then the Prophet said, “O Ali! You are the commander of everyone in the heavens and the commander of everyone on earth. You are the commander of those who have passed away and the commander of those who are yet to come. There is no commander before you and no commander after you. It is forbidden for anyone who has not received this title from Allah to be called by this name.”
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المنقبه السابعه و العشرون
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِی عُبَیْدِ اللَّهِ الشَّیْبَانِیُّ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ یَحْیَی التَّمِیمِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو قَتَادَهَ الْحَرَّانِیُّ عَنْ أَبِیهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْحَارِثُ بْنُ الْخَزْرَجِ صَاحِبُ رَایَهِ الْأَنْصَارِ قَالَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ع یَقُولُ لِعَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع: لَا یَتَقَدَّمُکَ بَعْدِی إِلَّا کَافِرٌ وَ لَا یَتَخَلَّفُ عَنْکَ بَعْدِی إِلَّا کَافِرٌ وَ إِنَّ أَهْلَ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعِ یُسَمُّونَکَ أَمِیرَ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ بِأَمْرِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَی.
Mohammad bin Abdillah bin Abi Ubaidillah Al-Shaibani narrated from Mohammad bin YahyaAl-Tameemi, from Abu Qotada Al-Harrani, from his father, from Hareth bin Al-Khazraj the holder of the flag of Ansar, who said:
I heard the Messenger of Allah telling Ali bin Abi Taleb: No one precedes you after me except a Kafer, and no one disobeys you except a Kafer. The people of the seven skies call you the Commander of the Believers by the order of Allah.
المنقبه الثامنه و العشرون
حَدَّثَنِی أَبِی رَضِیَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ [قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَیْنِ] قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبِی قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُغِیرَهِ وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ یَحْیَی الْخَثْعَمِیُّ قَالا حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بُهْلُولٍ الْعَبْدِیُّ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِیهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِیٍّ عَنْ أَبِیهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبِی الْحُسَیْنُ بْنُ عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص:
لَمَّا أُسْرِیَ بِی إِلَی السَّمَاءِ وَ انْتُهِیَ بِی إِلَی حُجُبِ النُّورِ کَلَّمَنِی رَبِّی جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ فَقَالَ لِی یَا مُحَمَّدُ بَلِّغْ عَلِیَّ بْنَ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع مِنِّی السَّلَامَ وَ أَعْلِمْهُ أَنَّهُ حُجَّتِی بَعْدَکَ عَلَی خَلْقِی بِهِ أَسْقِی عِبَادِیَ الْغَیْثَ وَ بِهِ أَدْفَعُ عَنْهُمُ السُّوءَ وَ بِهِ أَحْتَجُّ عَلَیْهِمْ یَوْمَ یَلْقَوْنِی فَإِیَّاهُ فَلْیُطِیعُوا وَ لِأَمْرِهِ فَلْیَأْتَمِرُوا وَ عَنْ نَهْیِهِ فَلْیَنْتَهُوا أَجْعَلُهُمْ عِنْدِی فِی مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ (وَ أُبِیحُ لَهُمْ جَنَّتِی وَ إِنْ لَمْ) یَفْعَلُوا أَسْکَنْتُهُمْ نَارِی مَعَ الْأَشْقِیَاءِ مِنْ أَعْدَائِی ثُمَّ لَا أُبَالِی.
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My father narrated from Mohammad bin Husain, from Mohammad bin Hasan Al-Saffar, from Ahmad bin Mohammad, from his father, from Abdullah bin Al-Moghira and Mohammad binYahya Al-Khath’ami, from Mohammad bin Bohloul Al-Abdi, from Jafar bin Mohammad, from his father Mohammad bin Ali, from his father, from his father Husain bin Ali, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said that on the night of Me’raaj, when he went up and passed the gates of light, Allah talked to him, and said: O Mohammad! Convey My Salaam to Ali bin Abi Taleb, and inform him that he is My decisive proof on all creatures after you. I pour the rain of My blessings on My slaves through him; I keep everything evil away from them through him; and he is My decisive proof on them when they meet Me. So they should follow his commands, obey his orders, and abstain when he abstains. If they do so, I will sit them next to Me and I will allow them to enter My Paradise. If they do not, I will put them with the worst of My enemies in Hell and I will not care.
المنقبه التاسعه و العشرون
أَخْبَرَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الطَّرَائِقِیُّ وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْکُوفِیُّ رَضِیَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالا حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَرِیرٍ الطَّبَرِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی خَلَفُ بْنُ خَلِیفَهَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی یَزِیدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِیمَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِیمَ بْنِ مُبَشِّرٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَنْصَارِیِّ قَالَ:
کُنْتُ عِنْدَ النَّبِیِّ ص جَالِساً إِذْ أَقْبَلَ عَلِیُّ بْنُ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع فَأَدْنَاهُ وَ مَسَح وَجْهَهُ بِبُرْدَتِهِ وَ قَالَ یَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ أَ لَا أُبَشِّرُکَ بِمَا بَشَّرَنِی بِهِ جَبْرَئِیلُ ع؟ قَالَ بَلَی یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ إِنَّ فِی الْجَنَّهِ عَیْناً یُقَالُ لَهَا تَسْنِیمٌ یَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا نَهْرَانِ لَوْ أَنَّ بِهِمَا سُفُنَ الدُّنْیَا بُحِرَتْ وَ عَلَی شَاطِئِ التَّسْنِیمِ أَشْجَارٌ [قُضْبَانُهَا] مِنَ اللُّؤْلُؤِ وَ الْمَرْجَانِ [الرَّطْبِ] وَ حَشِیشُهَا مِنَ الزَّعْفَرَانِ عَلَی حَافَتَیْهِمَا کَرَاسِیُّ مِنْ نُورٍ عَلَیْهَا أُنَاسٌ جُلُوسٌ مَکْتُوبٌ عَلَی جِبَاهِهِمْ بِالنُّورِ هَؤُلَاءِ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ هَؤُلَاءِ مُحِبُّو عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع.
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Sahl bin Ahmad Al-Taraeqi and Mohammad bin Abdillah Al-Kufi narrated from Mohammad bin Jarir Al-Tabari, from Khalaf bin Khalifa, from Yazid bin Harun, from Mohammad bin Ibrahim bin Ibrahim bin Mubasher, from Jabir bin Abdillah Al-Ansari, who said:
I was sitting with the Prophet when Ali bin Abi Taleb came. The Prophet brought him close to him, and wiped his (Ali’s) forehead with his aba (cloak) and said to him, “O Abal Hasan, shall I tell you the good news that Jibraeel gave me?”Ali replied, “Yes, O Messenger of Allah.”The Prophet said: There is a well in Paradise called “Tasneem.” Two rivers emerge from it and (they are so large that) all of the ships of the world can sail on them. There are several trees on the shores of “Tasneem.” Their branches are pearls and coral, and the grass there is saffron. Directly adjacent to the trees, there are people sitting on chairs made of light on whose foreheads, written in light, is ‘These are the believers; these are the lovers of Ali bin Abi Taleb.’
المنقبه الثلاثون
حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَیَّاشٍ الْحَافِظِ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْقَاضِی عَبْدُ الْبَاقِی بْنُ فالع [قَانِعٍ] قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْحُسَیْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سُلَیْمَانُ بْنُ قَرْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ شَیْبَهَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی دَاوُدُ بْنُ عَلِیٍّ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لِعَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع:
یَا عَلِیُّ إِنَّ جَبْرَئِیلَ ع أَخْبَرَنِی فِیکَ بِأَمْرٍ قَرَّتْ بِهِ عَیْنِی وَ فَرِحَ لَهُ قَلْبِی قَالَ لِی یَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَی قَالَ لِی أَقْرِأْ مُحَمَّداً مِنِّی السَّلَامَ وَ أَعْلِمْهُ أَنَّ عَلِیّا ع إِمَامُ الْهُدَی وَ مِصْبَاحُ الدُّجَی وَ الْحُجَّهُ عَلَی أَهْلِ الدُّنْیَا وَ أَنَّهُ الصِّدِّیقُ الْأَکْبَرُ وَ الْفَارُوقُ الْأَعْظَمُ وَ أَنِّی آلَیْتُ بِعِزَّتِی وَ [بِجَلَالِی] أَنْ لَا أُدْخِلَ النَّارَ أَحَداً تَوَلَّاهُ وَ سَلَّمَ لَهُ وَ لِلْأَوْصِیَاءِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ وَ [أَنْ] لَا أُدْخِلَ الْجَنَّهَ مَنْ تَرَکَ وَلَایَتَهُ وَ التَّسْلِیمَ لَهُ وَ لِلْأَوْصِیَاءِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ [وَ لکِنْ] حَقَّ الْقَوْلُ مِنِّی لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ وَ أَطْبَاقَهَا [مِنَ الْجِنَّهِ وَ النَّاسِ أَجْمَعِینَ مَنْ یَکُونُ] مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِ وَ لَأَمْلَأَنَّ الْجَنَّهَ مِنْ [خَلَائِقِی مَنْ یَکُونُ مِنْ] أَوْلِیَائِهِ وَ شِیعَتِه.
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Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Abdillah bin Ayyash Al-Hafez narrated from the judge, Abdul Baqibin Fali’, from Husain bin Mohammad, from Sulaymaan bin Qarm, from Mohammad binShaiba, from Dawud bin Ali, from his father, from his grandfather, Abdullah bin Abbas, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said to Ali bin Abi Taleb: O Ali, Jibraeel said something about you that made me extremely happy and pleased me. He (Jibraeel) said: O Mohammad! Allah told me to convey His Salaam to you and to tell you that Ali is the Imam of Guidance; he is the light in darkness; and he is My decisive proof on the people of the world. He is the most truthful and the greatest separator of right from wrong. I forbid Myself to allow those who love him, follow him, and follow the Imams after him, to enter Hell. I forbid Myself to allow those who do not accept his Wilayat and do not follow him and the Imams after him to enter Paradise. I have most certainly committed to fill Hell with his enemies from among the people and the jinn, and to fill Paradise with his Shia and friends from among My creatures.
المنقبه الحادیه و الثلاثون
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَمَّادِ بْنِ بَشِیرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْکَرِیمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی إِبْرَاهِیمُ بْنُ مَیْمُونٍ وَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ سَعِیدٍ قَالا حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْکَرِیمِ بْنُ یَعْقُوبَ عَنْ ضِیَاءٍ الْجُعْفِیِّ عَنْ أَبِی الطُّفَیْلِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِکٍ قَالَ:
کُنْتُ خَادِماً لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَبَیْنَمَا أَنَا أُوَضِّیهِ إِذْ قَالَ یَدْخُلُ دَاخِلٌ هُوَ أَمِیرُ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ وَ سَیِّدُ الْمُسْلِمِینَ وَ خَیْرُ الْوَصِیِّینَ وَ أَوْلَی النَّاسِ بِالْمُؤْمِنِینَ وَ قَائِد الْغُرِّ الْمُحَجَّلِینَ فَقُلْتُ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْهُ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ حَتَّی (قَرَعَ قَارِعٌ الْبَابَ) فَإِذَا (أَنَا بِعَلِیِّ) بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ عَرَقَ وَجْهُ النَّبِیِّ ص عَرَقاً شَدِیداً فَمَسَحَ الْعَرَقَ مِنْ وَجْهِهِ بِوَجْهِ عَلِیٍّ ع فَقَالَ عَلِیٌّ یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَ نَزَلَ فِیَّ شَیْ ءٌ فَقَالَ ص أَنْتَ مِنِّی تُؤَدِّی عَنِّی [دَیْنِی وَ تُؤَدِّی دِینِی] وَ تُبْرِئُ ذِمَّتِی وَ تُبَلِّغُ رِسَالَتِی فَقَالَ عَلِیٌّ یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ (أَ وَ لَمْ) تُبَلِّغِ الرِّسَالَهَ؟ قَالَ بَلَی وَ لَکِنْ تُعَلِّمُ النَّاسَ مِنْ بَعْدِی مِنْ تَأْوِیلِ الْقُرْآنِ مَا (لَمْ یَعْلَمُوا) وَ تُخْبِرُهُمْ بِمَا لَمْ یَفْهَمُوا.
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Mohammad bin Hammad bin Bashir narrated from Mohammad bin Hasan bin Abdil Karim,from Ibrahim bin Maymun and Uthman bin Saeed, from Abdul Karim bin Ya’qoub, from Z’iyaa’Al-Jo’fi, from Abi T’ufail, from Anas bin Malik, who said:
I (Anas bin Malik) was the servant of the Prophet. Once while I was helping the Prophet do his WUDHU (ablution), the Prophet said, “The person who will enter just now is the Commander of the Believers, the Master of Muslims, and the best of successors. He is worthy of having a higher authority on people than they have on themselves, and he is the glorified leader of those who seek Allah.”“O Allah, make it someone from the Ansar,” I (Anas bin Malik) prayed to myself. Then someone knocked at the door. It was Ali bin Abi Taleb. When Ali entered, the Prophet’s face started to sweat profusely. The Prophet wiped the sweat from his face and put it over Ali’s face. “Did you receive a revelation?”
Ali asked (the Prophet) The Messenger of Allah said, “You are from me; you repay my debt; you perform my religious affairs; you will clear my liabilities; and you will preach my prophet hood,” the Prophet replied. “Did you not preach it yourself?” Ali asked. “Yes I did, but people need to learn the TA’WEEL (deeper, inner meaning) of Qur'an after me, and you will teach them things that they did not learn during my time,” the Prophet replied.
المنقبه الثانیه و الثلاثون
حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِیِّ بْنِ زَنْجَوَیْهِ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سَلَمَهَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی إِبْرَاهِیمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو غَسَّانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی یَحْیَی بْنُ سَلَمَهَ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ أَبِی إِدْرِیسَ عَنِ الْمُسَیَّبِ عَنْ أَمِیرِ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ ع قَالَ:
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وَ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ خَلَّفَنِی رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فِی أُمَّتِهِ فَأَنَا حُجَّهُ اللَّهِ عَلَیْهِمْ بَعْدَ نَبِیِّهِ وَ إِنَّ وَلَایَتِی لَتَلْزَمُ أَهْلَ السَّمَاءِ کَمَا تَلْزَمُ أَهْلَ الْأَرْضِ وَ إِنَّ الْمَلَائِکَهَ لَتَتَذَاکَرُ فَضْلِی وَ ذَلِکَ تَسْبِیحُهَا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ أَیُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّبِعُونِی أَهْدِکُمْ (سَبِیلَ الرَّشَادِ) لَا تَأْخُذُوا یَمِیناً وَ شِمَالًا فَتَضِلُّوا أَنَا وَصِیُّ نَبِیِّکُمْ وَ خَلِیفَتُهُ وَ إِمَامُ [الْمُتَّقِینَ وَ] الْمُؤْمِنِینَ وَ أَمِیرُهُمْ وَ مَوْلَاهُمْ وَ أَنَا قَائِدُ شِیعَتِی إِلَی الْجَنَّهِ وَ سَائِقُ أَعْدَائِی إِلَی النَّارِ أَنَا سَیْفُ اللَّهِ عَلَی أَعْدَائِهِ وَ رَحْمَتُهُ عَلَی أَوْلِیَائِهِ أَنَا صَاحِبُ حَوْضِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ لِوَائِهِ وَ صَاحِبُ مَقَامِهِ وَ شَفَاعَتِهِ أَنَا وَ الْحَسَنُ وَ الْحُسَیْنُ وَ تِسْعَهٌ مِنْ وُلْدِ الْحُسَیْنِ ع خُلَفَاءُ اللَّهِ فِی أَرْضِهِ وَ أُمَنَاؤُهُ عَلَی وَحْیِهِ وَ أَئِمَّهُ الْمُسْلِمِینَ بَعْدَ نَبِیِّهِ وَ حُجَجُ اللَّهِ عَلَی بَرِیَّتِه.
Abu Abdillah Mohammad bin Ali bin Zanjoweyh narrated from Mohammad bin Jafar, from Jafar bin Salama, from Ibrahim bin Mohammad, from Abu Ghassan, from Yahya bin Salama,from his father, from Abi Edris, from Mosayyeb, from the Commander of the Believers, who said:
I swear to Allah that the Messenger of Allah made me the successor of his nation. Therefore, I am Allah’s decisive proof after the Prophet, and I swear that following me is mandatory on the inhabitants of the heavens as it is on the inhabitants of earth. When angels want to praise Allah they talk about my qualities. O people! Follow me and I will guide you to the path of righteousness. Do not go right or left because you will get lost. I am the heir of your Prophet and his successor. I am the Imam of the pious and the believers; I am their commander and their Master. I will lead my Shia to Paradise and my enemies to Hell. I am Allah’s sword on His enemies and I am His mercy on His friends. I am the owner of the Prophet’s Pool (Pool of Kawthar) and I carry his flag. I have his position and I have his right of intercession. Me, Hasan, Husain, and the nine sons of Husain, are Allah’s successors in His land. We are the only ones trustworthy of His revelation. We are the Imams of Muslims after the Prophet and we are Allah’s decisive proofs on His creatures.
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المنقبه الثالثه و الثلاثون
حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَعِیدٍ الدِّهْقَانُ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عِیسَی الْعَلَوِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْحُسَیْنُ عَنْ أَبِی خَالِدٍ وَ عَنْ زَیْد بْنِ عَلِیٍّ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ عَلِیٍّ ع عَنْ أَمِیرِ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ ع قَالَ:
أَتَیْتُ النَّبِیَّ ص وَ هُوَ فِی بَعْضِ حُجُرَاتِهِ فَاسْتَأْذَنْتُ عَلَیْهِ فَأَذِنَ لِی فَلَمَّا دَخَلْتُ قَالَ یَا عَلِیُّ أَ مَا عَلِمْتَ (أَنَّ بَیْتِی بَیْتُکَ) فَمَا لَکَ تَسْتَأْذِنُ عَلَیَّ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أَفْعَلَ ذَلِکَ قَالَ یَا عَلِیُّ أَحْبَبْتَ مَا أَحَبَّ اللَّهُ وَ أَخَذْتَ بِآدَابِ اللَّهِ یَا عَلِیُّ أَ مَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّکَ أَخِی وَ أَنَّ خَالِقِی وَ رَزَّاقِی أَبَی أَنْ یَکُونَ لِی أَخٌ دُونَکَ یَا عَلِیُّ أَنْتَ وَصِیِّی مِنْ بَعْدِی وَ أَنْتَ الْمَظْلُومُ الْمُضْطَهَدُ بَعْدِی یَا عَلِیُّ الثَّابِتُ عَلَیْکَ کَالْمُقِیمِ مَعِی وَ مُفَارِقُکَ مَفَارِقِی یَا عَلِیُّ کَذَبَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّهُ یُحِبُّنِی وَ یُبْغِضُکَ لِأَنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَی خَلَقَنِی وَ إِیَّاکَ مِنْ نُورٍ وَاحِد.
Mohammad bin Saeed Al-Dehqan narrated from Mohammad bin Masoud, from Ahmad bin Isa Al-Alawi, from Husain from Abi Khalid and Zaid bin Ali, from his father (4th Imam), from Husain bin Ali, from the Commander of the Believers, who said:
I (Imam Ali) went to the Prophet when he was in one of his houses. I asked his permission to enter and he granted it. When I entered, the Prophet asked me, “O Ali! Do you not know that my house is your house? Why do you seek permission to enter?”I replied, “I like to do that.”The Prophet said: You like what Allah likes and you use His manners. O Ali! Do you not know that you are my brother, and my Creator did not want me to have a brother other than you? O Ali! You are my heir, and you will be oppressed and wronged after my death. O Ali! Those who are devoted to following you are like those who live with me (in my place in Paradise), and those who abandon you, abandon me. O Ali! Those who think that they love me but hate you, lie because Allah created me and you from the same light.
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المنقبه الرابعه و الثلاثون
حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ رَضِیَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَیْنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی زِیَادُ بْنُ مُنْذِرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَعِیدُ بْنُ جُبَیْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص:
مَا أَظَلَّتِ الْخَضْرَاءُ وَ لَا أَقَلَّتِ الْغَبْرَاءُ بَعْدِی عَلَی أَحَدٍ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع وَ إِنَّهُ إِمَامُ أُمَّتِی وَ أَمِیرُهَا وَ هُوَ وَصِیِّی وَ خَلِیفَتِی عَلَیْهَا مَنِ اقْتَدَی بِهِ بَعْدِی [فَقَدِ] اهْتَدَی وَ مَنِ اقْتَدَی بِغَیْرِهِ ضَلَّ وَ غَوَی وَ [إِنِّی] أَنَا النَّبِیُّ الْمُصْطَفَی مَا أَنْطِقُ بِفَضْلِ عَلِیٍّ عَنِ الْهَوَی إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْیٌ یُوحی [إِلَیَ] نَزَلَ بِهِ الرُّوحُ الْمُجْتَبَی عَنِ الَّذِی لَهُ ما فِی السَّماواتِ وَ ما فِی الْأَرْضِ وَ ما بَیْنَهُما وَ ما تَحْتَ الثَّری.
Ahmad bin Mohammad narrated from Mohammad bin Jaafar, from Mohammad bin Husain,from Mohammad bin Sinan, from Ziyad bin Munthir, from Saeed bin Jubair, from Ibn Abbas, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said: No one has a higher status than Ali bin Abi Taleb except me. He is the Imam of my nation, he is my heir, and he is my successor. Those who follow him are guided to the right path; those who follow anyone other than him are lost and have strayed off the right path. Indeed, I am the chosen prophet. I do not say this about Ali from my own inclination. What I say is nothing but revelation brought by Jibraeel from Allah, who owns everything in the skies and in the earth, and whatever is between the skies and the earth, and whatever is under the earth.
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المنقبه الخامسه و الثلاثون
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الطَّیِّبِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَیْنِ التَّیْمُلِیُّ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُطَیْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی یَحْیَی الْجَمَّالُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی هِشَامٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو هَارُونَ الْعَبْدِیُّ عَنْ أَبِی سَعِیدٍ الْخُدْرِیِّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص:
مَا مَرَرْتُ فِی لَیْلَهَ أُسْرِیَ بِی بِشَیْ ءٍ مِنْ مَلَکُوتِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ لَا عَلَی شَیْ ءٍ مِن (الْحُجُبِ مِنْ) «1» فَوْقِهَا إِلَّا وَجَدْتُهَا [کُلَّهَا] مَشْحُونَهً (بِکِرَامِ مَلَائِکَهِ) اللَّهِ تَعَالَی یُنَادُونَ هَنِیئاً لَکَ یَا مُحَمَّدُ فَقَدْ أُعْطِیتَ مَا لَمْ یُعْطَ أَحَدٌ قَبْلَکَ وَ لَا یُعْطَاهُ أَحَدٌ بَعْدَکَ أُعْطِیتَ عَلِیَّ بْنَ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع أَخاً وَ فَاطِمَهَ زَوْجَتَهُ بِنْتاً وَ الْحَسَنَ وَ الْحُسَیْنَ أَوْلَاداً وَ مُحِبِّیهِمْ شِیعَهً یَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّکَ أَفْضَلُ النَّبِیِّینَ وَ عَلِیٌّ أَفْضَلُ الْوَصِیِّینَ وَ فَاطِمَهُ سَیِّدَهُ نِسَاءِ الْعَالَمِینَ وَ الْحَسَنُ وَ الْحُسَیْنُ أَکْرَمُ مَنْ دَخَلَ الْجِنَانَ مِنْ أَوْلَادِ الْمُرْسَلِینَ وَ شِیعَتُهُمْ أَفْضَلُ مَنْ تَضَمَّنَتْهُ عَرَصَاتُ الْقِیَامَهِ (یَشْتَمِلُونَ عَلَی) غُرَفِ الْجِنَانِ وَ قُصُورِهَا وَ مُتَنَزَّهِهَا فَلَمْ یَزَالُوا یَقُولُونَ ذَلِکَ فِی مَصْدَرِی وَ مَرْجِعِی فَلَوْ لَا أَنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَی حَجَبَ عَنْهَا آذَانَ الثَّقَلَیْنِ لَمَا بَقِیَ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا سَمِعَهَا.
Abul Tayyeb Mohammad bin Husain Al-Taimali narrated from Motair bin Mohammad bin Abdillah, from Yahya Al-Jammal, from Hisham, from Abu Harun Al-Abdi, from Abi Saeed Al-Khodri, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said: On the night of Me’raaj, I did not pass through any of the skies or any of its layers without finding it filled with noble angels calling me and saying: O Mohammad! Enjoy what Allah gave no one before you and no one after you. You were given Ali bin Abi Taleb as a brother; Fatema, his wife, as a daughter; Hasan and Husain as sons; and their lovers, as your Shia. O Mohammad! You are the best of the prophets; Ali is the best of successors; Fatema is the Master of All the Worlds’ Women; Hasan and Husain are the most respected of all of those who enter Paradise; and their Shia are the best of people on the Day of Judgement. They (their Shia) will gather in the rooms of Paradise, its palaces, and its parks. The angels continued saying this while I was going up until I came back down. If it was not for Allah preventing this from being heard, everyone, from among the people and the Jinn, would have heard it.
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المنقبه السادسه و الثلاثون
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُرَّهَ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِی الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِیٍّ الْعَاصِمِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِکِ بْنِ أَبِی الشوراب [الشَّوَارِبِ] قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی جَعْفَرُ بْن سُلَیْمَانَ الضُّبَعِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ ظَرِیفٍ عَنِ الْأَصْبَغِ قَالَ:
سُئِلَ سَلْمَانُ الْفَارِسِیُّ رَحْمَهُ اللَّهِ عَلَیْهِ عَنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ [وَ فَاطِمَهَ ص] فَقَالَ [سَلْمَانُ] سَمِعْتُ النَّبِیَّ ص یَقُولُ عَلَیْکُمْ بِعَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ فَإِنَّهُ مَوْلَاکُمْ فَأَحِبُّوهُ وَ کَبِیرُکُمْ فَاتَّبِعُوهُ وَ عَالِمُکُمْ فَأَکْرِمُوهُ وَ قَائِدُکُمْ إِلَی الْجَنَّهِ فَعَزِّرُوهُ وَ إِذَا دَعَاکُمْ فَأَجِیبُوهُ وَ إِذَا أَمَرَکُمْ فَأَطِیعُوهُ [وَ] أَحِبُّوهُ بِحُبِّی وَ أَکْرِمُوهُ بِکَرَامَتِی مَا قُلْتُ لَکُمْ فِی عَلِیٍّ إِلَّا مَا أَمَرَنِی بِهِ رَبِّی جَلَّتْ عَظَمَتُه.
Mohammad bin Mohammad bin Murra narrated from Hasan bin Ali Al-Asemi, from Mohammadbin Abdil Malik bin Abi Al-Shawareb, from Jaafar bin Sulaymaan Al-Z’ab’ee, from Saad binZ’areef, from Asbagh, who said:
Salaman Al-Farsi was asked about the status of Ali bin Abi Taleb andFatema. So Salaman Al-Farsi said that he heard the Prophet say:Pay attention to Ali because he is your master, so love him. He isthe most respected, so follow him. He is the most knowledgeableamong you, so honour him. He is your leader to Paradise, so rewardhim.When he calls you, answer his call. When he orders you, obey him.Love him for me and respect him for me. I did not say any of this about Ali without an order from Allah, the Great.
المنقبه السابعه و الثلاثون
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَکْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْغِطْرِیفِ الْجُرْجَانِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو خَلِیفَهَ الْفَضْلُ بْنُ صال [حُبَابٍ] الْجُمَحِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَیْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَبْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ [عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ] قَالَ:
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سَأَلْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص عَنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع فَغَضِبَ وَ قَالَ مَا بَالُ أَقْوَامٍ یَذْکُرُونَ مَنْ لَهُ مَنْزِلَهٌ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ کَمَنْزِلَتِی وَ مَقَامٌ کَمَقَامِی إِلَّا النُّبُوَّهَ (أَلَا وَ مَنْ) أَحَبَّ عَلِیّاً فَقَدْ أَحَبَّنِی وَ مَنْ أَحَبَّنِی رَضِیَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ وَ مَنْ رَضِیَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ کَافَأَهُ بِالْجَنَّهِ أَلَا وَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ عَلِیّاً اسْتَغْفَرَتْ لَهُ الْمَلَائِکَهُ وَ فُتِحَتْ لَهُ أَبْوَابُ الْجَنَّهِ یَدْخُلُ مِنْ أَیِّ بَابٍ شَاءَ بِغَیْرِ حِسَابِ أَلَا وَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ عَلِیّاً أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ کِتابَهُ بِیَمِینِهِ وَ حَاسَبَهُ [حِساباً یَسِیراً] حِسَابَ الْأَنْبِیَاءِ أَلَا وَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ عَلِیّاً لَا یَخْرُجُ مِنَ الدُّنْیَا حَتَّی یَشْرَبَ مِنْ [حَوْضِ] الْکَوْثَرِ وَ یَأْکُلَ مِنْ شَجَرَهِ طُوبَی وَ یَرَی مَکَانَهُ مِنَ الْجَنَّه. أَلَا وَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ عَلِیّاً هَوَّنَ اللَّهُ عَلَیْهِ سَکَرَاتِ الْمَوْتِ وَ جَعَلَ قَبْرَهُ رَوْضَهً مِنْ رِیَاضِ الْجَنَّهِ أَلَا وَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ عَلِیّاً أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ فِی الْجَنَّهِ بِکُلِّ عِرْقٍ فِی بَدَنِهِ حَوْرَاءَ وَ شَفَّعَهُ فِی ثَمَانِینَ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَیْتِهِ وَ لَهُ بِکُلِّ شَعْرَهٍ [عَلَی بَدَنِهِ] مَدِینَهٌ فِی الْجَنَّهِ أَلَا وَ مَنْ (عَرَفَ عَلِیّاً ع وَ أَحَبَّهُ) بَعَثَ اللَّهُ إِلَیْهِ مَلَکَ الْمَوْتِ کَمَا یَبْعَثُ إِلَی الْأَنْبِیَاءِ وَ رَفَعَ عَنْهُ أَهْوَالَ مُنْکَرٍ وَ نَکِیرٍ وَ نَوَّرَ قَبْرَهُ وَ فَسَحَهُ مَسِیرَهَ سَبْعِینَ عَاماً وَ بَیَّضَ وَجْهَهُ یَوْمَ الْقِیَامَهِ أَلَا وَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ عَلِیّاً ع أَظَلَّهُ اللَّهُ فِی [ظِلِ] عَرْشِهِ مَعَ الصِّدِّیقِینَ وَ الشُّهَداءِ وَ الصَّالِحِینَ وَ آمَنَهُ مِنَ الْفَزَعِ الْأَکْبَرِ وَ أَهْوَالِ [یَوْمِ] الصَّاخَّهِ أَلَا وَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ عَلِیّاً ع تَقَبَّلَ اللَّهُ مِنْهُ حَسَنَاتِهِ وَ تَجَاوَزَ عَنْ سَیِّئَاتِهِ وَ کَانَ فِی الْجَنَّهِ رَفِیقَ حَمْزَهَ سَیِّدِ الشُّهَدَاءِ أَلَا وَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ عَلِیّاً ع أَثْبَتَ اللَّهُ الْحِکْمَهَ فِی قَلْبِهِ وَ أَجْرَی عَلَی لِسَانِهِ الصَّوَابَ وَ فَتَحَ اللَّهُ لَهُ أَبْوَابَ الرَّحْمَهِ أَلَا وَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ عَلِیّاً ع سُمِّیَ أَسِیرَ اللَّهِ فِی الْأَرْضِ وَ بَاهَی اللَّهُ بِهِ مَلَائِکَتَهُ وَ حَمَلَهَ عَرْشِه. أَلَا وَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ عَلِیّاً ع نَادَاهُ مَلَکٌ مِنْ تَحْتِ الْعَرْشِ یَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ اسْتَأْنِفِ الْعَمَلَ فَقَدْ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَکَ الذُّنُوبَ کُلَّهَا أَلَا وَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ عَلِیّاً ع جَاءَ یَوْمَ الْقِیَامَهِ وَجْهُهُ کَالْقَمَرِ لَیْلَهَ الْبَدْرِ أَلَا وَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ عَلِیّاً ع وَضَعَ اللَّهُ عَلَی رَأْسِهِ تَاجَ الْکَرَامَهِ وَ أَلْبَسَهُ حُلَّهَ الْعِزِّ أَلَا وَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ عَلِیّاً ع مَرَّ عَلَی الصِّرَاطِ کَالْبَرْقِ الْخَاطِفِ وَ لَمْ یَرَ صُعُوبَهَ الْمُرُورِ أَلَا وَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ عَلِیّاً ع کَتَبَ اللَّهُ لَهُ بَرَاءَهً مِنَ النَّارِ وَ بَرَاءَهً مِنَ النِّفَاقِ وَ جَوَازاً عَلَی الصِّرَاطِ وَ أَمَاناً مِنَ الْعَذَابِ أَلَا وَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ عَلِیّاً ع لَا یُنْشَرُ لَهُ دِیوَانٌ وَ لَا یُنْصَبُ لَهُ مِیزَانٌ وَ قِیلَ لَهُ ادْخُلِ الْجَنَّهَ بِغَیْرِ حِسَابِ أَلَا وَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ (آلَ مُحَمَّدٍ ص) أَمِنَ مِنَ الْحِسَابِ وَ الْمِیزَانِ وَ الصِّرَاطِ أَلَا وَ مَنْ مَاتَ عَلَی حُبِّ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ص صَافَحَتْهُ الْمَلَائِکَهُ وَ زَارَتْهُ أَرْوَاحُ الْأَنْبِیَاءِ وَ قَضَی اللَّهُ لَهُ کُلَّ حَاجَهٍ کَانَتْ لَهُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَی أَلَا وَ مَنْ مَاتَ عَلَی بُغْضِ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ص مَاتَ کَافِراً أَلَا وَ مَنْ مَاتَ عَلَی حُبِّ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ص [مَاتَ عَلَی الْإِیمَانِ وَ کُنْتُ] أَنَا کَفِیلَهُ بِالْجَنَّهِ [أَلَا وَ مَنْ مَاتَ عَلَی بُغْضِ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ص (جَاءَ یَوْمَ الْقِیَامَهِ) مَکْتُوبٌ بَیْنَ عَیْنَیْهِ هَذَا آیِسٌ مِنْ رَحْمَهِ اللَّهِ أَلَا وَ مَنْ مَاتَ عَلَی بُغْضِ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ص لَمْ یَشَمَّ رَائِحَهَ الْجَنَّه. أَلَا وَ مَنْ مَاتَ عَلَی بُغْضِ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ص یَخْرُجُ مِنْ قَبْرِهِ أَسْوَدَ الْوَجْهِ].
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Abu Bakr Mohammad bin Ahmad bin Ghatrif Al-Jorjani narrated from Abu Khalifa Faz’l binSaleh Al-Jahmi, from Ali bin Abdillah bin Jaafar, from Mohammad bin Ubaid, from Abdullah,from Nafi', from Abdullah bin Omar, from Omar bin Al-Khattab, who said:
We asked the Messenger of Allah about Ali bin Abi Taleb’s status. The Prophet replied angrily:
What is wrong with you people, asking me about someone to whom Allah has given a rank and position as high as mine, except for the prophet hood?!
Beware! Those who love Ali love me, and those who love me please Allah, and Allah rewards them with Paradise.
Beware! The angels seek forgiveness for those who love Ali. The gates of Paradise are open for them, and they will enter from any door they choose without being questioned.
Beware! Allah will give those who love Ali their book (of deeds) in their right hand, and their questioning (on the Day of Judgement) is an easy questioning; it is like the questioning of the prophets.
Beware! Those who love Ali will not leave this world without first drinking from the Pool of Kawthar, eating from the tree of Touba, and seeing their place in Paradise.
Beware! Allah eases the death process of those who love Ali, and makestheir graves a garden from the gardens of Paradise.
Beware! Allah gives those who love Ali one HUR, for each vein in their body. They (those who love Ali) will intercede for eighty of their family members and Allah will give them one city in Paradise for every hair on their body.
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Beware! Allah sends the angel of death to those who know and love Ali in the same way He does to the prophets. He removes the terror of Munkar and Nakeer; He lights their graves and makes it (their graves) as big as seventy light years; and He raises them on the Day of Judgement with their faces shining brightly.
Beware! Allah places those who love Ali under the shade of His Throne with the company of the truthful, the martyrs, and the virtuous. They are safe from the great and the loud terrors on the Day of Judgement.
Beware! The good deeds of those who love Ali are accepted and their sins are forgiven. They will be in Paradise in the company of Hamza (the Prophet’s uncle), the Master of the Martyrs.
Beware! Allah places wisdom in the hearts of those who love Ali; Allah places truth on their tongues; and Allah opens the doors of His mercy to them.
Beware! Earth is the prison of those who love Ali and Allah will free them. Allah boasts about them to His angels and to those who carry His Throne.
Beware! An angel will call on those who love Ali from under Allah’s Throne and say, “O Allah’s servant, carry on because all of your sins have been forgiven.”
Beware! On the Day of Judgement the faces of those who love Ali will be shining like a full moon.
Beware! Allah will place the crown of dignity on the heads of those who love Ali and they will wear the suit of glory.
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Beware! Those who love Ali will pass the bridge with the speed of light and will not feel the difficulty associated with passing.
Beware! Allah writes a guarantee (of protection) from Hell to those who love Ali, and a pass for the bridge and a guarantee (of protection) from the torture.
Beware! The book of those who love Ali will not be published and they (those who love Ali) will not be measured; they will be told to enter Paradise without judgement.
Beware! Those who love the family of the Prophet are secure from the calculation, the scale, and the bridge.
Beware! Angels shake hands with those who die with the love of the family of the Prophet. The souls of the prophets come to visit them and Allah fulfills all of their requests.
Beware! Those who die hating the family of the Prophet die as Kafers.
Beware! Those who die with the love of the family of the Prophet die with faith, and I guarantee Paradise for them.
Beware! Those who die hating the family of the Prophet will have the following written between their eyes on the Day of Judgement, “Excluded from the Mercy of Allah.”
Beware! Those who die hating the family of the Prophet will not even smell the fragrance of Paradise.
Beware! Those who die hating the family of the Prophet will come out of their graves with black faces.
المنقبه الثامنه و الثلاثون
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ النَّیْشَابُورِیُّ مِنْ کِتَابِهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَیْنِ الْآجُرِّیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ العزی قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی قُتَیْبَه بْنُ سَعِیدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی جَرِیرٌ عَنْ مُغِیرَهَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِی سَلَمَهَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص:
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عَلِیٌّ ع مِنِّی (بِمَنْزِلَهِ دَمِی) مِنْ بَدَنِی مَنْ تَوَلَّاهُ رَشَدَ وَ مَنْ أَحَبَّهُ نَهَجَ وَ مَنْ تَبِعَهُ نَجَا (أَلَا وَ إِنَّ عَلِیّاً) رَابِعُ الْأَرْبَعَهِ فِی الْفِرْدَوْسِ أَنَا وَ هُوَ وَ الْحَسَنُ وَ الْحُسَیْن.
Ahmad bin Hasan bin Mohammad Al-Nishabouri narrated in his book, from Mohammad binHusain Al-Ajari, from Jaafar bin Mohammad bin Al-‘Ezzi, from Qutaibah bin Saeed, from Jorair,from Moghira, from Mohammad bin Amr bin Abi Salama, from Ibn Abbas, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said: Ali to me is like my blood is to my body. Those who accept his authority are rightly guided. Those who love him are on the right path. Those who follow him are the survivors. Beware that Ali is one of the four in Paradise, who are Hasan, Husain, Ali, and myself.
المنقبه التاسعه و الثلاثون
حَدَّثَنِی الشَّرِیفُ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ حَمْزَهَ الْعَلَوِیُّ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی (عُبَیْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَی) عَنِ الزُّهْرِیِّ عَنْ عُرْوَهَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص: مَنْ صَافَحَ عَلِیّاً ع فَکَأَنَّمَا صَافَحَنِی وَ مَنْ صَافَحَنِی فَکَأَنَّمَا صَافَحَ أَرْکَانَ الْعَرْشِ وَ مَنْ عَانَقَهُ فَکَأَنَّمَا عَانَقَنِی وَ مَنْ عَانَقَنِی فَکَأَنَّمَا عَانَقَ الْأَنْبِیَاءَ کُلَّهُمْ وَ مَنْ صَافَحَ مُحِبّاً لِعَلِیٍّ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ الذُّنُوبَ وَ أَدْخَلَهُ الْجَنَّهَ بِغَیْرِ حِسَاب.
Al-Sharif Hasan bin Hamza Al-Alawi narrated from Ubaidullah bin Musa, from Al-Zohari, from‘Urwah, from Ibn Abbas, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said: Shaking hands with Ali is exactly like shaking hands with me, and shaking hands with me is like shaking hands with the corners of the Throne of Allah. Embracing Ali is exactly like embracing me, and embracing me is like embracing all of the prophets. Allah forgives all of the sins of those who shake hands with those who love Ali and takes them to Paradise without judgement.
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المنقبه الأربعون
حَدَّثَنِی الشَّیْخُ الصَّالِحُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحُسَیْنُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْقَطِیعِیُّ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْهَاشِمِیُّ الْمَنْصُورِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو مُوسَی عِیسَی بْنُ أَحْمَدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ مُوسَی الرِّضَا عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ الْحُسَیْنِ عَنْ أَبِیهِ ع قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی قَنْبَرٌ مَوْلَی عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ص قَالَ:
کُنْتُ مَعَ أَمِیرِ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ ص عَلَی شَاطِئِ الْفُرَاتِ فَنَزَعَ قَمِیصَهُ وَ دَخَلَ الْمَاءَ فَجَاءَتْ مَوْجَهٌ فَأَخَذَتِ الْقَمِیصَ فَخَرَجَ أَمِیرُ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ ص فَلَمْ یَجِدْ الْقَمِیصَ فَاغْتَمَّ لِذَلِکَ [غَمّاً شَدِیداً] فَإِذَا بِهَاتِفٍ یَهْتِفُ یَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ انْظُرْ عَنْ یَمِینِکَ وَ خُذْ مَا تَرَی فَإِذَا إِزَارٌ عَنْ یَمِینِهِ وَ فِیهِ قَمِیصٌ مَطْوِیٌّ فَأَخَذَهُ لِیَلْبَسَهُ فَسَقَطَتْ مِنْ جَیْبِهِ رُقْعَهٌ فِیهَا مَکْتُوبٌ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِیمِ هَدِیَّهٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ الْعَزِیزِ الْحَکِیمِ إِلَی عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ هَذَا قَمِیصُ هَارُونَ بْنِ عِمْرَانَ ع کَذلِکَ وَ أَوْرَثْناها قَوْماً آخَرِین.
Shaykh Abu Abdillah Husain bin Abdillah Al-Qatiei narrated from Abul Hasan Mohammad bin Ahmad Al-Hashmi Al-Mansuri, from Abu Musa Isa bin Ahmad, from Ali bin Mohammad (10thImam), from his father, from Ali bin Musa Al-Redha, from his father, from Jafar bin Mohammad, from his father, from Ali bin Al-Husain, from Husain bin Ali, from Qanbar (Imam Ali’s servant), who said:
I was with the Commander of the Believers on the shore of the Euphrates River when he took his shirt off and entered the river. A large wave came and pulled his shirt into the water. When the Commander of the Believers came out of the water, he was upset that he could not find his shirt. Then a voice called to Ali and said, “O Abal Hasan, look to your right and take what you see.”Ali looked to the right and found a wrapped package. Inside the package, he found a shirt. When he was putting on the shirt, a piece of paper fell from the shirt pocket with the following message written on it: In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. This is a present from the Wise, Noble Allah to Ali bin Abi Taleb. This is Harun bin Imran’s shirt,
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“Thus it was, and We gave these as an inheritance to another people” (44:28).
المنقبه الحادیه و الأربعون
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَیْنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی إِبْرَاهِیمُ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی زِیَادُ بْنُ مُنْذِرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَعِیدُ بْنُ طَرِیفٍ عَنِ الْأَصْبَغِ بْنِ نُبَاتَهَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص یَقُولُ: مَعَاشِرَ النَّاسِ اعْلَمُوا أَنَّ (اللَّهَ تَعَالَی جَعَلَ لَکُمْ) بَاباً مَنْ دَخَلَهُ أَمِنَ مِنَ النَّارِ وَ مِنَ الْفَزَعِ الْأَکْبَرِ فَقَامَ إِلَیْهِ أَبُو سَعِیدٍ الْخُدْرِیُّ فَقَالَ یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ اهْدِنَا إِلَی هَذَا الْبَابِ حَتَّی نَعْرِفَهُ قَالَ هُوَ عَلِیُّ بْنُ أَبِی طَالِبٍ سَیِّدُ الْوَصِیِّینَ وَ أَمِیرُ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ وَ أَخُو رَسُولِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِین وَ خَلِیفَهُ اللَّهِ عَلَی النَّاسِ أَجْمَعِینَ مَعَاشِرَ النَّاسِ مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ یَتَمَسَّکَ بِالْعُرْوَهِ الْوُثْقَی الَّتِی لَا انْفِصامَ لَها فَلْیَتَمَسَّکْ بِوَلَایَهِ عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع فَإِنَّ وَلَایَتَهُ وَلَایَتِی وَ طَاعَتَهُ طَاعَتِی مَعَاشِرَ النَّاسِ مَنْ أَحَبَّ أَنْ یَعْرِفَ الْحُجَّهَ بَعْدِی فَلْیَعْرِفْ عَلِیَّ بْنَ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع [مَعَاشِرَ النَّاسِ (مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ یَتَوَلَّی اللَّهَ وَ رَسُولَهُ) فَلْیَقْتَدِ بِعَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ بَعْدِی] وَ الْأَئِمَّهِ مِنْ ذُرِّیَّتِی فَإِنَّهُمْ خُزَّانُ عِلْمِی فَقَامَ جَابِرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَنْصَارِیُّ فَقَالَ یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ مَا عِدَّهُ الْأَئِمَّهِ فَقَالَ یَا جَابِرُ سَأَلْتَنِی رَحِمَکَ اللَّهُ عَنِ الْإِسْلَامِ بِأَجْمَعِهِ عِدَّتُهُمْ عِدَّهُ الشُّهُورِ وَ هِیَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ اثْنا عَشَرَ شَهْراً فِی کِتابِ اللَّهِ یَوْمَ خَلَقَ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضَ وَ عِدَّتُهُمْ عِدَّهُ الْعُیُونِ الَّتِی انْفَجَرَتْ لِمُوسَی بْنِ عِمْرَانَ ع حِینَ ضَرَبَ بِعَصَاهُ [الْحَجَرَ] فَانْفَجَرَتْ مِنْهُ اثْنَتا عَشْرَهَ عَیْناً وَ عِدَّتُهُمْ عِدَّهُ نُقَبَاءِ بَنِی إِسْرَائِیلَ [قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَی] وَ بَعَثْنا مِنْهُمُ اثْنَیْ عَشَرَ نَقِیباً فَالْأَئِمَّهُ یَا جَابِرُ اثْنَا عَشَرَ [إِمَاماً] أَوَّلُهُمْ عَلِیُّ بْنُ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع وَ آخِرُهُمُ الْقَائِمُ الْمَهْدِیُّ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَیْهِم.
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Mohammad bin Hasan bin Ahmad narrated from Mohammad bin Husain, from Ibrahim bin Hashem, from Mohammad bin Sinan, from Ziyad bin Munthir, from Saeed bin Turayf, from Asbagh bin Nobata, from Ibn Abbas, who said:
I heard the Messenger of Allah say, “O people! Understand that Allah has made a gate to Himself for you. If you enter from it you will be safe from Hell and the great terror.”Then Abu Saeed Al-Khodri stood up and said, “Guide us to this door so we recognize it.”The Prophet replied: It is Ali bin Abi Taleb, the Master of Successors, the Commander of the Believers, brother of the Messenger of Allah, and Allah’s caliph on all people. O people! Those of you who love to hold on to the firmest handle that never breaks off, hold on to Ali bin Abi Taleb’s Wilayat. His Wilayat is my Wilayat, and obeying him is obeying me.O people! Those of you who want to know who Allah’s decisiveproof is after me, know that it is Ali bin Abi Taleb. O people! Thoseof you who want to follow Allah and His Messenger, follow Ali binAbi Taleb and the Imams from my family because they are the keepers of my knowledge.Then Jabir bin Abdillah Al-Ansari asked, “How many Imams are there?”The Prophet replied: O Jabir! May Allah have mercy on you. You have asked me about the entire Islam. Their number is the number of the months.
“Verily, the number of months with Allah is twelve months in Allah’s book since the day He created the heavens and the earth”
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(9:36). Their number is equal to the number of rivers that Allah created with a blast when Musa bin Imran hit the rock with his staff, which is twelve. Their number is equal to the number of the chiefs of Bani Israel, as Allah says in the Qur'an,
“We raised from among them twelve chiefs”
(5:12). Therefore Jabir, the Imams are twelve. The first one is Ali bin Abi Taleb and the last one is Mahdi Al-Qaem.
المنقبه الثانیه و الأربعون
حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِیِّ بْنِ الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ مُوسَی رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِیدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی فُرَاتُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِیمَ « قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُوسَی قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو حَامِدٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِیُّ بْنُ یَحْیَی قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سُوَیْدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی یَزِیدُ بْنُ رَبِیعٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِینَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ:
صَلَّی بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص صَلَاهَ الْعَصْرِ ثُمَّ قَامَ عَلَی قَدَمَیْهِ فَقَالَ مَنْ یُحِبُّنِی وَ یُحِبُّ أَهْلَ بَیْتِی فَلْیَتَّبِعْنِی فَاتَّبَعْنَاهُ بِأَجْمَعِنَا حَتَّی أَتَی مَنْزِلَ فَاطِمَهَ ع فَقَرَعَ الْبَابَ قَرْعاً خَفِیفاً فَخَرَجَ إِلَیْهِ عَلِیُّ بْنُ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع وَ عَلَیْهِ شَمْلَهٌ وَ یَدُهُ مُلَطَّخَهٌ بِالطِّینِ فَقَالَ [لَهُ یَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ] حَدِّثِ النَّاسَ بِمَا رَأَیْتَ أَمْسِ فَقَالَ [عَلِیٌّ ع] نَعَمْ (فِدَاکَ أَبِی وَ أُمِّی یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بَیْنَمَا) أَنَا فِی وَقْت صَلَاهِ الظُّهْرِ أَرَدْتُ الطَّهُورَ فَلَمْ یَکُنْ عِنْدِی الْمَاءُ فَوَجَّهْتُ (وَلَدَیَّ الْحَسَنَ وَ الْحُسَیْنَ) فِی طَلَبِ الْمَاءِ فَأَبْطَیَا عَلَیَّ فَإِذَا أَنَا بِهَاتِفٍ [یَهْتِفُ] یَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ أَقْبِلْ عَلَی یَمِینِکَ فَالْتَفَتُّ فَإِذَا [أَنَا] بِقَدَسٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ مُعَلَّقٍ فِیهِ مَاءٌ أَشَدُّ بَیَاضاً مِنَ الثَّلْجِ وَ أَحْلَی مِنَ الْعَسَلِ فَوَجَدْتُ فِیهِ رَائِحَهَ الْوَرْدِ فَتَوَضَّأْتُ مِنْهُ وَ شَرِبْتُ جُرَعَاتٍ ثُمَّ قَطَرْتُ عَلَی رَأْسِی قَطْرَهً وَجَدْتُ بَرْدَهَا عَلَی فُؤَادِی فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص هَلْ تَدْرِی مِنْ أَیْنَ ذَلِکَ الْقَدَسُ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَی وَ رَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ الْقَدَسُ مِنْ أَقْدَاسِ الْجَنَّهِ وَ الْمَاءُ مِنْ تَحْتِ شَجَرَهِ طُوبَی أَوْ قَالَ مَنْ نَهَرِ الْکَوْثَرِ وَ أَمَّا الْقَطْرَهُ فَمِنْ تَحْتِ الْعَرْشِ ثُمَّ ضَمَّهُ [رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص] إِلَی صَدْرِهِ وَ قَبَّلَ [مَا] بَیْنَ عَیْنَیْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ حَبِیبِی مَنْ کَانَ خَادِمُهُ بِالْأَمْسِ جَبْرَئِیلَ ع [فَمَحَلُّهُ وَ قَدْرُهُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ عَظِیمٌ].
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Mohammad bin Ali bin Husain bin Musa narrated from Hasan bin Mohammad bin Saeed, from Furat bin Ibrahim, from Ahmad bin Musa, from Abu Hamed Ahmad bin Dawud, from Ali bin Yahya, from Suweid, from Yazid bin Rabee’, from Amr bin Dinar, from Tawus, from Ibn Abbas, who said:
After the Prophet led the ASR SALAAT (prayers), he stood up and said, “Those of you who love me and love my family, follow me.”So we all followed him until we reached the house of Fatema. The Prophet knocked on the door and Ali bin Abi Taleb came out of the house. His hands were stained with clay. The Prophet said to him, “O Abal Hasan, tell the people what you saw yesterday.”Ali said: Yes, O Prophet, May I ransom my mother and father for you. It was ZUHR Salaat time and I wanted to do Wudhu but I had no water. So I sent Hasan and Husain to get water, but they took a long time. Then I heard a voice calling me and saying, ‘O Abal Hasan look to your right.’ So I looked and there was a pot hanging made of gold, filled with water that was whiter than ice, sweeter than honey, and it had the fragrance of a rose. Then I did Wudhu from that water and I drank a little from it. Then I put one drop (of this water) on my head and I felt the coolness of this drop in my heart. Then the Prophet asked, “Do you know where this pot was from?”Ali bin Abi Taleb replied, “Allah and His Messenger know better.”The Prophet said, “The pot was from the pots of Paradise and the water was from the river of Kawthar. That one drop (you put on your head) was from under the Throne of Allah.”Then the Prophet hugged Ali and kissed his forehead and said to him, “O my love, Jibraeel was your servant yesterday. You have a great position and status in Allah’s eyes.”
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المنقبه الثالثه و الأربعون
حَدَّثَنِی الشَّرِیفُ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِیسَی الْعَلَوِیُّ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْکَاتِبُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی حَمَّادُ بْنُ مِهْرَانَ قَال حَدَّثَنِی عَبْدُ الْعَظِیمِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحَسَنِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِیٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ کَثِیرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی إِسْمَاعِیلُ بْنُ زِیَادٍ الْبَزَّازُ عَنْ أَبِی إِدْرِیسَ عَنْ رَافِعٍ مَوْلَی عَائِشَهَ قَالَ:
کُنْتُ غُلَاماً أَخْدِمُ عَائِشَهَ فَکُنْتُ إِذَا کَانَ النَّبِیُّ ص عِنْدَهَا قَرِیباً أُعَاطِیهِمْ قَالَ فَبَیْنَمَا النَّبِیُّ ص عِنْدَهَا ذَاتَ یَوْمٍ (وَ إِذَا دَاقٌّ یَدُقُّ)الْبَابَ فَخَرَجْتُ إِلَیْهِ فَإِذَا جَارِیَهٌ مَعَهَا طَبَقٌ مُغَطًّی قَالَ فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَی عَائِشَهَ فَأَخْبَرْتُهَا فَقَالَتْ أَدْخِلْهَا فَدَخَلَتْ فَوَضَعَتْهُ بَیْنَ یَدَیْ عَائِشَهَ فَوَضَعَتْهُ عَائِشَهُ بَیْنَ یَدَیِ النَّبِیِّ ص فَجَعَلَ یَتَنَاوَلُ مِنْهُ وَ یَأْکُلُ وَ خَرَجَتِ الْجَارِیَهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِیُّ ص لَیْتَ أَمِیرَ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ وَ سَیِّدَ الْمُسْلِمِینَ وَ إِمَامَ الْمُتَّقِینَ یَأْکُلُ مَعِی فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَهُ وَ مَنْ (هُوَ یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ الْمُجْتَمِعَهُ فِیهِ هَذِهِ الْخِصَالُ) فَسَکَتَ ثُمَّ أَعَادَ الْکَلَامَ مَرَّهً أُخْرَی فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَهُ مِثْلَ ذَلِکَ فَسَکَتَ [النَّبِیُّ ص] (فَجَاءَ أَحَدٌ وَ دَقَّ عَلَیْنَا) الْبَابَ (فَخَرَجْتُ إِلَیْهِ فَإِذَا هُوَ عَلِیُّ بْنُ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع قَالَ فَرَجَعْتُ وَ قُلْتُ لِلنَّبِیِّ ص عَلِیٌّ عَلَی الْبَابِ فَقَالَ أَدْخِلْهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ یَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ) مَرْحَباً وَ أَهْلًا [بِکَ] لَقَدْ تَمَنَّیْتُکَ مَرَّتَیْنِ حَتَّی لَمَّا أَبْطَأْتَ عَلَی سَأَلْتُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَنْ یَأْتِیَنِی بِکَ اجْلِسْ وَ کُلْ فَجَلَسَ وَ أَکَلَ مَعَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ النَّبِیُّ ص [یَا عَلِیُ] قَاتَلَ اللَّهُ مَنْ قَاتَلَکَ وَ عَادَی مَنْ عَادَاکَ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَهُ وَ مَنْ یُقَاتِلُهُ وَ [مَنْ] یُعَادِیهِ قَالَ أَنْتِ وَ مَنْ مَعَکِ مَرَّتَیْنِ [أَیْدِیهِمْ أَیْدِیهِمْ مَعَکِ مَرَّتَیْنِ تَرْضَیْنَ بِذَلِکِ وَ لَا تُنْکِرِیهِ].
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Sharif Abu Jafar Mohammad bin Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Isa Al-Alawi narrated from Mohammad bin Ahmad Al-Kateb, from Hammad bin Mihran, from Abdul Adhim bin Abdillah Al-Hasani, from Mohammad bin Ali, from Mohammad bin Katheer, from Ismail bin Ziyad Al-Bazzaz, from Abi Edris, from Rafi’ slave of Ayesha, who said:
I was a young boy serving Ayesha, and when the Prophet was with her, I used to serve them. One day, while the Prophet was sitting with Ayesha, someone knocked at the door. I opened the door and it was a maid with a covered dish, so I went back and I told Ayesha. Ayesha told me to bring her in. She came in and put the dish in front of Ayesha, and Ayesha put it in front of the Prophet. So the Prophet started eating from the dish and the maid left. Then the Prophet said, “I wish the Commander of the Believers, the Master of Muslims, and the Imam of the pious was here eating with me.”Ayesha said, “To whom are you referring that has all of these titles?”The Prophet did not answer. Then he repeated what he said. She (Ayesha) asked again, “To whom are you referring that has all of these titles?” But the Prophet did not answer. Then someone knocked at the door and I opened it. It was Ali bin Abi Taleb. I went back and told the Prophet, and he said to bring him in. The Prophet said, “O Abal Hasan, welcome. I wished for you twice. When you did not come, I asked Allah to bring you for me. So sit down and eat with me.”Then Ali sat down and ate with the Prophet. Then the Prophet said, “O Ali! May Allah fight those who fight you, and may Allah be the enemy of your enemies.”
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So Ayesha said, “Who will fight him and be his enemy?”The Prophet replied to her, “You and those with you. You will accept fighting him and will not refuse it.” The Prophet repeated this twice.
المنقبه الرابعه و الأربعون
حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ حَمْزَهَ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ قُتَیْبَهَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْفَضْلُ بْنُ شَاذَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زِیَادٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی جَمِیلُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبِی عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنِ الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ عَلِیٍّ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص: فَاطِمَهُ مُهْجَهُ قَلْبِی وَ ابْنَاهَا ثَمَرَهُ فُؤَادِی وَ بَعْلُهَا نُورُ بَصَرِی وَ الْأَئِمَّهُ مِنْ وُلْدِهَا أُمَنَاءُ رَبِّی وَ حَبْلُهُ الْمَمْدُودُ بَیْنَهُ وَ بَیْنَ خَلْقِه مَنِ اعْتَصَمَ بِهِ نَجَا وَ مَنْ تَخَلَّفَ عَنْهُ هَوَی.
Hasan bin Hamza narrated from Ali bin Mohammad bin Qutaibah, from Faz’l bin Shazan, from Mohammad bin Ziyad, from Jameel bin Salih, from Jafar bin Mohammad, from his father, from Ali bin Husain, from Husain bin Ali, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said: Fatema is the blood inside my heart; her sons are the fruits of my heart; her husband is my eyesight; the Imams from her sons are my Lord’s secretaries, and they are His extended rope between Him and His creatures. Those who hold onto this rope will survive and those who do not will fall.
المنقبه الخامسه و الأربعون
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ وَهْبَانَ الصالی رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَمَانٍ الْعَامِرِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَهَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص یَقُولُ: إِنَّ لِلشَّمْسِ وَجْهَیْنِ فَوَجْهٌ یُضِی ءُ لِأَهْلِ السَّمَاءِ وَ وَجْهٌ یُضِی ءُ لِأَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ وَ عَلَی الْوَجْهَیْنِ مِنْهُمَا کِتَابَهٌ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَ تَدْرُونَ مَا تِلْکَ الْکِتَابَهُ؟ قُلْنَا اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ أَعْلَم فَقَالَ الْکِتَابَهُ الَّتِی تَلِی أَهْلَ السَّمَاءِ اللَّهُ نُورُ السَّماواتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ وَ أَمَّا الْکِتَابَهُ الَّتِی تَلِی [أَهْلَ] الْأَرْضِ عَلِیٌّ ع نُورُ الْأَرَضِین.
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Abu Abdillah Mohammad bin Wahban Al-Sali narrated from Ahmad bin Aman Al-Amery, from Abdullah bin Abdillah bin Otaba bin Abdillah bin Masoud, from his father, from his grandfather, Abdullah bin Masoud, who said:
I heard the Messenger of Allah say, “The sun has two sides: one side gives light to the inhabitants of the heavens, and one side gives light to the inhabitants of earth. There is writing on both sides. Do you know what is written (on both sides of the sun)?”We replied, “Allah and His Messenger know better.”The Prophet said, “The writing on the side that gives light to the heavens says,
‘Allah is the light of the heavens and earth’
(24:35). The writing on the side that gives light to the inhabitants of earth says, ‘Ali is the light of the earths.’
المنقبه السادسه و الأربعون
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَیُّوبَ الْحَافِظُ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ زِیَادٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِیمَ عَنْ أَبِیهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الرَّیَّانُ بْنُ الصَّلْتِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَلِیَّ بْنَ مُوسَی الرِّضَا ع یَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَبِی مُوسَی ع یَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَبِی جَعْفَراً ع یَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَبِی مُحَمَّداً ع یَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ أَبِی عَلِیّاً ع یَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ [أَبِی الْحُسَیْنَ ع یَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ] أَبِی عَلِیّاً أَمِیرَ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ ع یَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص یَقُولُ [سَمِعْتُ جَبْرَئِیلَ ع یَقُولُ] سَمِعْتُ اللَّهَ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ یَقُولُ:
عَلِیُّ بْنُ أَبِی طَالِبٍ حُجَّتِی عَلَی خَلْقِی وَ نُورِی فِی بِلَادِی وَ أَمِینِی عَلَی عِلْمِی لَا أُدْخِلُ النَّارَ مَنْ عَرَفَهُ وَ إِنْ عَصَانِی وَ لَا أُدْخِلُ الْجَنَّهَ مَنْ أَنْکَرَهُ وَ إِنْ أَطَاعَنِی.
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Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Ayyoub Al-Hafez narrated from Ahmad bin Ziyad, from Ali binIbrahim, from his father, from Rayyan bin Salt, who said:
I heard Ali bin Musa Al-Redha say: I heard Musa bin Jafar say: I heard Jafar bin Mohammad say: I heard Mohammad bin Ali say: I heard Ali bin Husain say: I heard Husain bin Ali say: I heard Ali, the Commander of the Believers say: I heard the Messenger of Allah say:I heard Jibraeel say: I heard Allah say: Ali bin Abi Taleb is My decisive proof on My creatures. He is My light in My land and he is the trustworthy caretaker of My knowledge. I will not allow those who know him to enter Hell, even if they disobey Me. And I will not allow those who deny him to enter Paradise, even if they obey Me.
المنقبه السابعه و الأربعون
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ إِبْرَاهِیمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمَذَارِیُّ الْخَیَّاطُ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَیُّوبُ بْنُ نُوحٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی ابْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ الرَّیَّانِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مِلَاکُ بْنُ عَطِیَّهَ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ الْحُسَیْنِ عَنْ أَبِیهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لِعَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع:
یَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ لَوْ وُضِعَ إِیمَانُ الْخَلَائِقِ وَ أَعْمَالُهُمْ فِی (کِفَّهِ مِیزَانٍ) وَ وُضِعَ عَمَلُکَ (لِیَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ فِی الْکِفَّهِ الْأُخْرَی لَرَجَحَ عَمَلُکَ لِیَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ) عَلَی جَمِیعِ مَا عَمِلَ الْخَلَائِقُ وَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَاهَی بِکَ یَوْمَ أُحُدٍ مَلَائِکَتَهُ الْمُقَرَّبِینَ وَ رَفَعَ الْحُجُب مِنَ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَ أَشْرَقَتْ إِلَیْکَ الْجَنَّهَ وَ مَا فِیهَا وَ ابْتَهَجَ بِفِعْلِکَ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِینَ وَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَی لَیُعَوِّضُکَ بِذَلِکَ الْیَوْمِ مَا یَغْبِطُکَ بِهِ کُلُّ نَبِیٍّ وَ رَسُولٍ وَ صِدِّیقٍ وَ شَهِید.
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Abu Mohammad Ibrahim bin Mohammad Al-Mathari Al-Khayyat’ narrated from Mohammad bin Jafar, from Ayyoub bin Nuh, from Ibn Mahboub, from Ali bin Al-Rayyan, from Mallak bin Atiyya, from Jaafar bin Mohammad, from his father, from Ali bin Husain, from his father, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said to Ali bin Abi Taleb: O Abal Hasan! If the beliefs of the entire creation and their good deeds were put on one side of a scale and your good deeds, for only one day, on the other side of the scale, your good deeds for a single day would undoubtedly be greater than all of the good deeds of the entire creation. In the Battle of Uhud, Allah boasted about you to his high-ranked angels. He removed the covers from the seven heavens on that day, and Paradise and everything in it started shining for you. The Lord of the Worlds was pleased with what you did, and Allah will reward you for that day with a reward which will make all of the prophets, the messengers, the truthful ones, and the martyrs envy you.
المنقبه الثامنه و الأربعون
حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُلَیْمَانَ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی یَعْقُوبُ بْنُ یَزِیدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی صَفْوَانُ بْنُ یَحْیَی قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی دَاوُدُ بْنُ الْحُصَیْنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عُمَرُ بْنُ أُذَیْنَهَ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ الْحُسَیْنِ عَنْ أَبِیهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص: یَا عَلِیُّ مَثَلُکَ فِی أُمَّتِی مَثَلُ الْمَسِیحِ عِیسَی ابْنِ مَرْیَمَ افْتَرَقَ قَوْمُهُ ثَلَاثَ فِرَقٍ فِرْقَهٌ (مُؤْمِنُونَ وَ هُمُ الْحَوَارِیُّونَ) وَ فِرْقَهٌ عَادَوْهُ وَ هُمُ الْیَهُودُ وَ فِرْقَهٌ غَلَوْا فِیهِ فَخَرَجُوا عَنِ الْإِیمَانِ وَ إِنَّ أُمَّتِی سَتَفْتَرِقُ ثَلَاثَ فِرَقٍ فِرْقَهٌ شِیعَتُکَ وَ هُمُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَ فِرْقَهٌ أَعْدَاؤُکَ وَ هُمُ الشَّاکُّونَ وَ فِرْقَهٌ غُلَاهٌ فِیکَ فَهُمُ الْجَاحِدُون وَ أَنْتَ یَا عَلِیُّ وَ شِیعَتُکَ وَ مُحِبُّو شِیعَتِکَ فِی الْجَنَّهِ (وَ أَعْدَاؤُکَ وَ الْغُلَاهُ فِی مَحَبَّتِکَ) فِی النَّارِ .
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Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Sulaymaan narrated from Jaafar bin Mohammad, from Ya’qoub bin Yazid, from Safwan bin Yahya, from Dawud bin Haseen, from Amr bin Othaina, from Jafar bin Mohammad, from his father, from Ali bin Husain, from his father, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said: O Ali, your example in my nation is like Al-Messiah Isa (Mary’s son). His people were divided in three groups: one group were the believers and they were the Disciples; another group was against him and those were the Jews; and the third group exaggerated about his status (thought he was the son of Allah) so they are out of the circle of belief. Likewise, my nation will be divided in three groups: one group is your Shia and they are the believers; one group is your enemies and they are the ones with doubt; and one group will be those who exaggerate your status (they call you Allah) and they are disbelievers. Therefore, you, O Ali, your Shia, and those who love your Shia are in Paradise. Your enemies and those who exaggerate (who call you Allah) are in Hell.
المنقبه التاسعه و الأربعون
حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مُوسَی رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَلِیٍّ الدَّقَّاقُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْحَارِثُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَعِیدُ بْنُ کَثِیرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْمَعْرُوفُ بِشَلَقَانَ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِیهِ ع عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَنْصَارِیِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص یَقُولُ: أَوَّلُ مَنْ یَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّهَ مِنَ النَّبِیِّینَ وَ الصِّدِّیقِین عَلِیُّ بْنُ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع فَقَامَ أَبُو دُجَانَهَ وَ قَالَ یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَ لَمْ تُخْبِرْنَا عَنِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَی أَنَّهُ أَخْبَرَکَ أَنَّ الْجَنَّهَ مُحَرَّمَهٌ عَلَی الْأَنْبِیَاءِ حَتَّی تَدْخُلَهَا أَنْتَ وَ عَلَی الْأُمَمِ حَتَّی تَدْخُلَهَا أُمَّتُکَ قَالَ بَلَی وَ لَکِنْ أَ مَا عَلِمْتَ أَنْ حَامِلَ لِوَاءِ الْقَوْمِ إِمَامُهُمْ وَ عَلِیٌّ حَامِلُ لِوَاءِ الْحَمْدِ یَوْمَ الْقِیَامَهِ بَیْنَ یَدَیَّ (وَ هُوَ صَاحِبُ رَایَتِی فَیَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّهَ قَبْلِی فَإِنْ الْعَلَمَ مَعَهُ) وَ أَنَا عَلَی أَثَرِهِ فَقَامَ عَلِیٌّ ع وَ قَدْ أَشْرَقَ وَجْهُهُ سُرُوراً وَ هُوَ یَقُولُ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِی شَرَّفَنَا بِکَ یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ.
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Harun bin Musa narrated from Jafar bin Ali Al-Daqaaq, from Hareth bin Mohammad, from Saeed bin Katheer, from Mohammad bin Hasan, known as Shalqan, from Jafar binMohammad, from his father , from Jabir bin Abdillah Al-Ansari, who said:
I heard the Messenger of Allah say, “The first one who enters Paradise from among the prophets and the truthful ones is Ali bin Abi Taleb.”Then Abu Dojana stood up and asked, “Did you not tell us that Allah toldyou that Paradise is forbidden for all the prophets before you enter it, and it is forbidden for all nations before your nation enters it?”The Prophet replied, “Yes, but do you not know that the one who carries the flag is in front of everyone? And Ali will be the flag bearer on the Day of Judgement who will be in front of me. He is the owner of my flag so he will enter Paradise before I do. He will lead with the flag and I will follow directly behind him.”Then Ali stood up, his face beaming with joy, and said, “Praise the Lord that honored us through you, O Messenger of Allah.”
المنقبه الخمسون
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ هَارُونُ بْنُ مُوسَی التَّلَّعُکْبَرِیُّ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِیزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَبْدُ الْکَرِیمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی قیماز الْعَطَّارُ أَبُو قَمَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْوَلِیدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی رَبِیعُ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِی وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص:
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لَمَّا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ آدَمَ وَ نَفَخَ فِیهِ [مِنْ] رُوحِهِ عَطَسَ آدَمُ وَ قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ فَأَوْحَی اللَّهُ تَعَالَی إِلَیْهِ حَمِدْتَنِی عَبْدِی وَ عِزَّتِی وَ جَلَالِی لَوْ لَا عَبْدَانِ أُرِیدُ أَنْ أَخْلُقَهُمَا فِی دَارِ الدُّنْیَا مَا خَلَقْتُکَ قَالَ إِلَهِی فَیَکُونَانِ مِنِّی قَالَ نَعَمْ یَا آدَمُ ارْفَعْ رَأْسَکَ وَ انْظُرْ فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَإِذَا مَکْتُوبٌ عَلَی الْعَرْشِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ [رَسُولُ اللَّهِ] نَبِیُّ الرَّحْمَهِ وَ عَلِیٌّ مُقِیمُ الْحُجَّهِ مَنْ عَرَفَ حَقَّ عَلِیٍّ ع زَکَی وَ طَهُرَ وَ مَنْ أَنْکَرَ حَقَّهُ لُعِنَ وَ خَابَ أَقْسَمْتُ بِعِزَّتِی أَنْ أُدْخِلَ الْجَنَّهَ مَنْ أَطَاعَهُ وَ إِنْ عَصَانِی وَ أُقْسِمُ بِعِزَّتِی أَنْ أُدْخِلَ النَّارَ مَنْ عَصَاهُ وَ إِنْ أَطَاعَنِی.
Abu Mohammad Harun bin Musa Al-Tal’akbari narrated from Abdul Aziz bin Abdillah, from Jafar bin Mohammad, from Abdul Karim, from Qimaz Al-‘Attar Abu Qamar, from Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Al-Walid, from Rabee’ Ibn Al-Jarah, from Aamash, from Abi Wael, from Abdullah bin Masoud, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said: When Allah created Adam and blew from His soul to Adam’s body, Adam sneezed and said, “Alhamdulillah.”So Allah sent a revelation to him and said, “You praised Me, My slave. I swear by My Glory and Magnificence that if it was not for two slaves I would not have created you.”
Adam asked, “My Lord, are they from me?
Allah replied, “Yes. O Adam, raise your head and look up.”Adam raised his head and saw (the following) written on the Throne of Allah: There is no god except Allah: Mohammad is the Messenger of Allah, he is the Prophet of Mercy and Ali is the decisive proof of Allah. Those who know Ali’s HAQQ (right) are clean and pure (from all that is corrupt), and those who deny his HAQQ are cursed and will be the failures. I swear by My honor that I take those who obey him to Paradise, even if they disobey Me; and I swear by My honor that I take those who disobey him to Hell, even if they obey Me.”
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المنقبه الحادیه و الخمسون
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحُسَیْنُ [بْنُ أَحْمَدَ] بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ [بْنِ الْأَحْوَلِ] بِالْمُحَمَّدِیَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْحُسَیْنُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ یَعْقُوبَ [عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِیسَی عَنْ نَصْرِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ شُعْبَهَ بْنِ الْحَجَّاجِ] قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَیُّوبُ السَّخْتِیَانِیُّ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص: مَنْ أَرَادَ التَّوَکُّلَ عَلَی اللَّهِ تَعَالَی فَلْیُحِبَّ أَهْلَ بَیْتِی وَ مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ یَنْجُوَ مِنَ النَّارِ فَلْیُحِبَّ أَهْلَ بَیْتِی [وَ مَنْ أَرَادَ الْحِکْمَهَ فَلْیُحِبَّ أَهْلَ بَیْتِی] وَ مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ یَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّهَ بِغَیْرِ حِسَابٍ فَلْیُحِبَّ أَهْلَ بَیْتِی فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا أَحَبَّهُم أَحَدٌ إِلَّا رَبِحَ [فِی] الدُّنْیَا وَ الْآخِرَهِ.
Abu Abdillah Husain bin Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Al-Ahwal narrated in Mohammadiyah, from Husain bin Jafar, from Mohammad bin Ya’qoub, from Mohamed bin Isa, from Nasr binHammad, from Sho’ba bin Al-Hajjaj, from Ayyoub Al-Sekhtiani, from Nafi', from Omar’s son, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said: Those of you who want to rely on Allah should love my family. Those who want to be saved from Hell should love my family. Those who want wisdom should love my family. And those who want to enter Paradise without judgement should love my family. I swear no one loves them without succeeding in this world and in the Hereafter.
المنقبه الثانیه و الخمسون
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِمَادٍ التُّسْتَرِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِدْرِیسَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَصْبَهَانِیُّ عَنْ أَبِیهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی هُشَیْمٌ عَنْ یُونُسَ بْنِ عُبَیْدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ الْبَصْرِیِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص:
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إِذَا کَانَ یَوْمُ الْقِیَامَهِ یَقْعُدُ عَلِیُّ بْنُ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع عَلَی الْفِرْدَوْسِ وَ هُوَ جَبَلٌ قَدْ عَلَا عَلَی الْجَنَّهِ وَ فَوْقَهُ عَرْشُ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِینَ وَ مِنْ سَفْحِهِ تَنْفَجِرُ أَنْهَارُ الْجَنَّهِ وَ تَتَفَرَّقُ فِی الْجِنَانِ وَ هُوَ جَالِسٌ عَلَی کُرْسِیٍّ مِنْ نُورٍ یَجْرِی بَیْنَ یَدَیْهِ [نَهَرٌ مِنَ] التَّسْنِیمِ لَا یَجُوزُ أَحَدٌ عَلَی الصِّرَاطِ إِلَّا وَ مَعَهُ بَرَاءَهٌ بِوَلَایَتِهِ وَ وَلَایَهِ أَهْلِ بَیْتِهِ (وَ هُوَ مُشْرِفٌ) عَلَی الْجَنَّهِ فَیَدْخُلُهَا مُحِبِّیهِ وَ مُشْرِفٌ عَلَی النَّارِ فَیَدْخُلُهَا مُبْغِضِیهِ .
Mohammad bin Emad Al-Tostari narrated from Mohammad bin Ahmad bin Edris, fromMohammad bin Abdillah Al-Asbahani, from his father, from Hashim, from Yunus bin Ubaid, from Hasan Al-Basri, from Abdullah, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said: On the Day of Judgement, Ali bin Abi Taleb will sit on FERDOUS, a mountain which has risen higher than Paradise. The Throne of Allah is on top of this mountain. The rivers of Paradise blast from the sides of this mountain and flow into the gardens of Paradise. Ali will be sitting on a chair made of light and the river of Tasneem will run in front of him. No one will be allowed to cross the bridge without a pass that states Ali’s Wilayat and the Wilayat of his family. He oversees Paradise so only his lovers will enter it, and he oversees Hell, so only his enemies will enter it.
المنقبه الثالثه و الخمسون
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ هَارُونُ بْنُ مُوسَی قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَیْنِ الْخَثْعَمِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِیُّ بْنُ کَعْبٍ إِمْلَاءً قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْحُسَیْنُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ الْجَمَّالُ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی شَفِیقُ بْنُ مَسْلَمَهَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی حُذَیْفَهُ بْنُ الْیَمَانِ قَالَ:
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قَامَ النَّبِیُّ ص [وَ قَبَّلَ مَا بَیْنَ عَیْنَیْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع] وَ قَالَ یَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ أَنْتَ عُضْوٌ مِنْ أَعْضَائِی تَنْزِلُ حَیْثُ نَزَلْتُ وَ إِنَّ لَکَ فِی الْجَنَّهِ [دَرَجَهً وَ هِیَ] دَرَجَهُ الْوَسِیلَهِ فَطُوبَی لَکَ وَ لِشِیعَتِکَ مِنْ بَعْدِکَ.
Abu Mohammad Harun bin Musa narrated from Mohammad bin Husain Al-Khath’ami, from Alibin Kaab Imlaa’, from Husain bin Thabet Al-Jammal, from his father, from Aamash, from Shafiqbin Moselma, from Hudhaifah bin Al-Yaman, who said:
The Prophet stood and kissed Ali bin Abi Taleb’s…forehead and said, “OAbal Hasan you are an organ from my organs; you go where I go; and you have the status of intercession in Paradise. Bliss and happiness for you and your Shia!”
المنقبه الرابعه و الخمسون
حَدَّثَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الدِّیبَاجِیُّ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْأَشْعَثِ بِمِصْرَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَی بْنُ إِسْمَاعِیلَ [قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِی إِسْمَاعِیلُ بْنُ مُوسَی] عَنْ أَبِیهِ مُوسَی بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِیهِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِیهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِیٍّ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَلِیِّ بْنِ الْحُسَیْنِ عَنْ أَبِیهِ الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ عَلِیٍّ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص:
دَخَلْتُ الْجَنَّهَ فَرَأَیْتُ عَلَی بَابِهَا مَکْتُوباً بِالنُّورِ َا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ عَلِیٌّ وَلِیُّ اللَّهِ فَاطِمَهُ أَمَهُ اللَّهِ الْحَسَنُ وَ الْحُسَیْنُ صَفْوَهُ اللَّهِ [عَلَی مُحِبِّیهِمْ رَحْمَهُ اللَّهِ وَ] عَلَی مُبْغِضِیهِمْ لَعْنَهُ اللَّهِ.
Sahl bin Ahmad Al-Dibaaji narrated from Mohammad bin Mohammad bin Ash’ath in Egypt,from Musa bin Ismail, from his father Ismail bin Musa, from his father Musa bin Jafar (7th Imam), from his father, Jafar bin Mohammad, from his father Mohammad bin Ali, from his father Ali bin Husain, from his father Husain bin Ali, who said:
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The Messenger of Allah said, “I entered Paradise and I saw (the following) written on its door with light:
There is no god but Allah
Mohammad is the Messenger of Allah
Ali is he WALI (Devine Authority) of Allah
Fatema is the Chosen slave of Allah
Hasan and Husain are the choice of Allah .Allah’s Mercy be on those who love them
Allah’s Curse be on those who hate them.
المنقبه الخامسه و الخمسون
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحَافِظُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عَلِیٍّ الدَّقَّاقُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْکَاتِبُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سُلَیْمَانُ بْنُ الرَّبِیعِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی نَصْرُ بْنُ مُزَاحِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْأَشْعَثُ عَنْ ضَمْرَهَ عَنْ أَبِی ذَرٍّ قَالَ:
نَظَرَ النَّبِیُّ ص إِلَی عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع فَقَالَ هَذَا خَیْرُ الْأَوَّلِینَ [وَ خَیْرُ الْآخِرِینَ] مِنْ أَهْلِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ أَهْلِ الْأَرَضِینَ هَذَا سَیِّدُ الصِّدِّیقِینَ وَ زَیْنُ الْوَصِیِّینَ وَ إِمَامُ الْمُتَّقِینَ وَ قَائِدُ الْغُرِّ الْمُحَجَّلِینَ إِذَا کَانَ یَوْمُ الْقِیَامَهِ جَاءَ عَلَی نَاقَهٍ مِنْ نُوقِ الْجَنَّهِ قَدْ أَضَاءَتِ الْقِیَامَهُ مِنْ ضَوْئِهَا عَلَی رَأْسِهِ تَاجٌ مُرَصَّعٌ بِالزَّبَرْجَدِ وَ الْیَاقُوتِ فَتَقُولُ الْمَلَائِکَهُ هَذَا مَلَکٌ مُقَرَّبٌ وَ یَقُولُ النَّبِیُّونَ هَذَا نَبِیٌّ مُرْسَلٌ فَیُنَادِی مُنَادٍ مِنْ بُطْنَانِ الْعَرْشِ هَذَا الصِّدِّیقُ الْأَکْبَرُ هَذَا وَصِیُّ حَبِیبِ اللَّهِ هَذَا عَلِیُّ بْنُ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع فَیَقِفُ عَلَی ظَهْرِ جَهَنَّمَ فَیُنْجِی مِنْهَا مَنْ یُحِبُّ وَ یُدْخِلُ فِیهَا مَنْ لَا یُحِبُّ وَ یَأْتِی أَبْوَابَ الْجَنَّهِ فَیُدْخِلُ [فِیهَا] أَوْلِیَاءَهُ [وَ شِیعَتَهُ مِنْ أَیِّ بَابٍ أَرَادُوا] بِغَیْرِ حِسَابٍ .
Mohammad bin Abdillah bin Abdillah Al-Hafez narrated from Jaafar bin Ali Al-Daqaaq, from Abdullah bin Mohammad Al-Kateb, from Sulaymaan bin Al-Rabee’, from Nasr bin Muzahim, from Ali bin Abdillah, from Ash’ath, from Z’umra, from Abi Thar, who said:
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The Prophet looked at Ali bin Abi Taleb and said: He is the best from the first to the last of all of the inhabitants of the heavens and the earths. He is the master of the truthful ones. He is the beauty of the successors. He is the Imam of the pious and he is the leader of the believers. On the Day of Judgement, Ali will ride on a camel from the camels of Paradise, and the light of the camel will light the entire plain on which the judgement process will take place. Because he will be wearing a crown made of sapphires and gems, the angels will say that Ali is a high-ranked angel and the prophets will say that he is aprophet. Then the caller will call from inside the Throne, “This is the most truthful; this is the heir of Allah’s love (the Prophet); this is Ali bin Abi Taleb.”Ali will stand on top of Hell. Whoever he does not love will enter Hell, and whoever he loves will be saved. Then Ali will come to the gates of Paradise and his friends and Shia will enter from any door they choose, without judgement.
المنقبه السادسه و الخمسون
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ النَّحْوِیُّ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبِی قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِیٍّ الْقَزْوِینِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الرَّبِیعِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عِصْمَهُ بْن إِسْمَاعِیلَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو مَعْشَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو هُرَیْرَهَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص:
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لَیْلَهَ أُسْرِیَ بِی إِلَی السَّمَاءِ السَّابِعَهِ سَمِعْتُ نِدَاءً مِنْ تَحْتِ الْعَرْشِ أَنَّ عَلِیّاً آیَهُ الْهُدَی (وَ وَصِیُّ حَبِیبِی فَبَلِّغْ) فَلَمَّا (نَزَلْتُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ نَسِیتُ) ذَلِکَ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَی یا أَیُّهَا الرَّسُولُ بَلِّغْ ما أُنْزِلَ إِلَیْکَ مِنْ رَبِّکَ وَ إِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلْ فَما بَلَّغْتَ رِسالَتَهُ الْآیَهَ .
Abul Hasan Mohammad bin Jafar Al-Nahwy narrated from his father, from Mohammad binHasan bin Ali Al-Qazwiny, from Ahmad bin Dawud, from Mohammad bin Saleh, from Abbasbin Rabee’, from ‘Esma bin Ismail, from Abu Ma'shar, from Abu Huraira, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said: On the night of Me’raaj, I heard a call from under the Throne that said, “Ali is the sign of guidance and he is the heir of My love (the Prophet), so announce it. ”When I came down from the heavens, Allah reminded me of this incident through the revelation of this verse,
“O Messenger, deliver what has been sent down to you from your Lord. And if you do not do it (it will be as if) you have not delivered His message (at all)”
(5:67).
المنقبه السابعه و الخمسون
حَدَّثَنَا الْقَاضِی الْمُعَافَی بْنُ زَکَرِیَّا رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ إِمْلَاءً مِنْ حِفْظِهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَزْیَدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو کُرَیْبٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی إِسْمَاعِیلُ بْنُ صَبِیحٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو یُونُسَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُنْکَدِرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لِعَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ أَ مَا تَرْضَی أَنْ تَکُونَ مِنِّی بِمَنْزِلَهِ هَارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَی إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَا نَبِیَّ بَعْدِی؟ (وَ لَوْ جَازَ أَنْ یَکُونَ لَکُنْتَ یَا عَلِیُّ).
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The judge, Al-Moaafi bin Zakariyya, narrated from Mohammad bin Mazid, from Abu KaribMohammad bin Alaa, from Ismail bin Sabih, from Abu Yunus, from Mohammad bin Al-Monkader, from Jabir bin Abdillah Al-Ansari, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said to Ali bin Abi Taleb: Are you not pleased that you are to me as Harun was to Musa, except that there is no prophet after me? And if there were to be one, it would have been you.
المنقبه الثامنه و الخمسون
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِیِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْعَلَوِیُّ الطَّبَرِیُّ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ [بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ] بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی جَدِّی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِیهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی حَمَّادُ بْنُ عِیسَی قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عُمَرُ بْنُ أُذَیْنَهَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبَانُ بْنُ أَبِی عَیَّاشٍ عَنْ سُلَیْمِ بْنِ قَیْسٍ الْهِلَالِیِّ عَنْ سَلْمَانَ الْمُحَمَّدِیِّ قَالَ:
دَخَلْتُ عَلَی النَّبِیِّ ص وَ إِذَا الْحُسَیْنُ عَلَی فَخِذِهِ وَ یُقَبِّلُ [بَیْنَ] عَیْنَیْهِ وَ یَلْثِمَ فَاهُ وَ هُوَ یَقُولُ أَنْتَ سَیِّدٌ ابْنُ السَّیِّدِ أَبُو السَّادَهِ أَنْتَ الْإِمَامُ ابْنُ الْإِمَامِ أَبُو الْأَئِمَّهِ أَنْتَ الْحُجَّهُ ابْنُ الْحُجَّهِ أَبُو الْحُجَجِ التِّسْعَهِ تَاسِعُهُمْ قَائِمُهُمْ.
Abu Mohammad Hasan bin Ali bin Abdillah Al-Alawi Al-Taabari narrated from Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Abdillah, from his grandfather Ahmad bin Mohammad, from his father, from Hammad bin Isa, from Amr bin Othaina, from Aban bin Abi Ayyash, from Suleim bin Qays Al-Helali, from Salaman Al-Mohammadi, who said:
I went to the Prophet and saw Husain on his lap. The Prophet was kissing Husain’s forehead and lips and he said: You are a SAYYID (Master), son of a Sayyid, and father of the Sayyids. You are an Imam, the son of an Imam, and father of the Imams. You are Allah’s decisive proof, the son of Allah’s decisive proof, and you are the father of nine of Allah’s decisive proofs, and the ninth one is the QAEM.
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المنقبه التاسعه و الخمسون
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ عُبَیْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ السَّکُونِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْبَجَلِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ یَحْیَی بْنِ الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ زَیْدِ بْنِ عَلِیٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبِی عَنْ جَدِّی الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ زَیْدٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ الْحُسَیْنِ عَنْ أَبِیهِ [قَالَ] قَالَ أَمِیرُ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ ع:
مَنْ لَمْ یَقُلْ إِنِّی رَابِعُ الْخُلَفَاءِ الْأَرْبَعَهِ فَعَلَیْهِ لَعْنَهُ اللَّهِ قَالَ الْحُسَیْنُ بْنُ زَیْدٍ فَقُلْتُ لِجَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ع قَدْ رَوَیْتُمْ غَیْرَ هَذَا فَإِنَّکُمْ لَا تَکْذِبُونَ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَی فِی مُحْکَمِ کِتَابِهِ وَ إِذْ قالَ رَبُّکَ لِلْمَلائِکَهِ إِنِّی جاعِلٌ فِی الْأَرْضِ خَلِیفَهً فَکَانَ آدَمُ أَوَّلَ خَلِیفَهِ اللَّهِ [قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَی إِنِّی جاعِلٌ فِی الْأَرْضِ خَلِیفَهً] وَ [قَالَ] إِنَّا جَعَلْناکَ خَلِیفَهً فِی الْأَرْضِ [فَکَانَ دَاوُدُ الثَّانِیَ] وَ [کَانَ] هَارُونُ خَلِیفَهَ مُوسَی قَوْلُه تَعَالَی اخْلُفْنِی فِی قَوْمِی وَ أَصْلِحْ] وَ هُوَ خَلِیفَهُ مُحَمَّدٍ ص فَمَنْ لَمْ یَقُلْ إِنِّی رَابِعُ الْخُلَفَاءِ فَعَلَیْهِ لَعْنَهُ اللَّهِ .
Abul Qassem Ubaidullah bin Hasan bin Mohammad Al-Sokouni narrated from Hasan binMohammad Al-Bejelli, from Ahmad bin Yahya bin Husain bin Zaid bin Ali, from his father, fromhis grandfather, Husain bin Zaid, who said:
Imam Jafar bin Mohammad said, “My father told me that his father narrated, from Husain bin Ali, from his father, the Commander of the Believers, who said:“Allah’s curse is on those who do not say that I am the fourth of the four caliphs.”So Husain bin Zaid said to Jafar bin Mohammed, “But you say that he is the first caliph of the Prophet, and you do not lie.” Jafar bin Mohammad replied: Yes. Allah says in the Qur'an,
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“When Your Lord said to the angels: Verily I am going to appoint a caliph in the earth”
(2:30). So Adam was the first caliph. And Allah says in the Qur'an,
“O Dawud! Verily we have appointed you as a caliph in the earth”
(38:26). So Dawudwas the second caliph. And Allah says in the Qur'an,
“Musa said to Harun, take my place (be my caliph) among my people, act rightly”
(7:142). So Harun was the third caliph. And Ali is the caliph of Mohammad. That is why Ali said that Allah’s curse is on those who do not say that he is the fourth of the four caliphs.
المنقبه الستون
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَفْصٍ عُمَرُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِیمَ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ کَثِیرٍ الْمُقْرِی قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِیزِ الْبَغَوِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَبْدُ الْمَلِکِ بْنُ عُمَیْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَالِمٌ الْبَزَّازُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو هُرَیْرَهَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص: عَلِیُّ بْنُ أَبِی طَالِبٍ خَیْرُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّهِ [مِنْ] بَعْدِی وَ فَاطِمَهُ وَ الْحَسَنُ وَ الْحُسَیْنُ ع فَمَنْ قَالَ غَیْرَ هَذَا فَعَلَیْهِ لَعْنَهُ اللَّهِ.
Abu Hafs Amr bin Ibrahim bin Ahmad bin Katheer Al-Maqarri narrated from Abdullah binMohammad bin Abdil Aziz Al-Baghawi, from Abdullah bin Omar, from Abdul Malik bin Umair,from Salem Al-Bazzaz, from Abu Huraira, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said, “Ali bin Abi Taleb, Fatema, Hasan, and Husain are the best of this nation after me. Allah’s curse is on whoever says anything against this.”
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المنقبه الحادیه و الستون
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الطَّیِّبِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَیْنِ التَّیْمُلِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی بَکَّارُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی نَصْرُ بْنُ مُزَاحِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی زِیَادُ بْن الْمُنْذِرِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْمُنْذِرُ عَنْ سَلْمَانَ الْفَارِسِیِّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص:
یَا سَلْمَانُ مَنْ أَحَبَّ فَاطِمَهَ ابْنَتِی فَهُوَ فِی الْجَنَّهِ مَعِی وَ مَنْ أَبْغَضَهَا فَهُوَ فِی النَّارِ یَا سَلْمَانُ حُبُّ فَاطِمَهَ ع یَنْفَعُ فِی مِائَهٍ (مِنَ الْمَوَاطِنِ أَیْسَرُهَا) الْمَوْتُ وَ الْقَبْرُ [وَ الْمِیزَانُ] وَ الْمَحْشَرُ وَ الصِّرَاطُ (وَ الْعَرْضُ وَ الْحِسَابُ) فَمَنْ رَضِیَتِ (ابْنَتِی عَنْهُ) رَضِیتُ عَنْهُ وَ مَنْ رَضِیتُ عَنْهُ رَضِیَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ وَ مَنْ غَضِبَتْ عَلَیْهِ فَاطِمَهُ ع غَضِبْتُ عَلَیْهِ وَ مَنْ غَضِبْتُ عَلَیْهِ غَضِبَ اللَّهُ عَلَیْهِ یَا سَلْمَانُ وَیْلٌ لِمَنْ یَظْلِمُهَا وَ یَظْلِمُ بَعْلَهَا [أَمِیرَ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ] عَلِیّاً ع وَ وَیْلٌ لِمَنْ یَظْلِمُ شِیعَتَهَا وَ ذُرِّیَّتَهَا.
Abul Tayyeb Mohammad bin Husain Al-Teimali narrated from Ali bin Abbas, from Bakkar bin Ahmad, from Nasr bin Muzahim, from Ziyad bin Al-Monthir, from Al-Monthir, from Salamaan (the Farsi), who said:
The Messenger of Allah said:
O Salaman! Those who love Fatema, my daughter, will be with me in Paradise, and those who hate her will be in Hell.
O Salaman! The love of Fatema will be beneficial in one hundred difficult instances. The least difficult of these instances will be at the time of death, in the grave, at the scale, the gathering of people on the Day of Judgement, the bridge, the display (of your book), and the calculation. I am pleased with those with whom Fatema is pleased, and Allah is pleasedwith those with whom I am pleased. I am angry with those with whom Fatema is angry, and Allah is angry with those with whom I am angry.
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Woe unto those who are unjust to her and to her husband, the Commander of the Believers.
Woe unto those who are unjust to her Shia and to her progeny.
المنقبه الثانیه و الستون
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الضَّحَّاکُ الرَّازِیُّ بِهَا قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی حَمْزَهُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمَالِکِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ رسموَیْهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی ابْنُ هَرْمَهَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِکٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص: یَا أَنَسُ أَسْرِجْ بَغْلَتِی فَأَسْرَجْتُ بَغْلَتَه فَرَکِبَ فَتَبِعْتُهُ حَتَّی (صِرْنَا إِلَی بَابِ أَمِیرِ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ ع) فَقَالَ [لِی] یَا أَنَسُ أَسْرِجْ بَغْلَتَهُ فَأَسْرَجْتُهَا فَرَکِبَهَا وَ أَنَا مَعَهُمَا حَتَّی صَارَا إِلَی فَلَاهٍ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ خَضِرَهٍ نُزْهَهٍ فَأَظَلَّتْهُمَا غَمَامَهٌ بَیْضَاءُ فَتَقَارَبْتُ فَإِذَا بِصَوْتٍ عَالٍ السَّلَامُ عَلَیْکُمَا [وَ رَحْمَهُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَکَاتُهُ فَرَدَّا السَّلَامَ] وَ هَبَطَ الْأَمِینُ جَبْرَئِیلُ ع فَاعْتَزَلَا مَلِیّاً فَلَمَّا أَنْ عُرِجَ إِلَی السَّمَاءِ دَعَا النَّبِیُّ ص عَلِیّاً ع وَ نَاوَلَهُ تُفَّاحَهً عَلَیْهَا (سَطْرٌ مَکْتُوبٌ مِنْ مُنْشَآتِ الْقُدْرَهِ) (هَدِیَّهٌ مِنَ الطَّالِبِ الْغَالِبِ إِلَی وَلِیِّهِ عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع).
Abul Hasan Ahmad bin Al-Hasan Al-Dhahhak Al-Razi narrated from Hamza bin Abdillah Al-Maleki, from Abdullah bin Mohammad Rasmoweyh, from Ibn Harma, from Anas bin Malik, who said:
The Messenger of Allah asked me to saddle his mule, so I did. Then the Prophet rode and I followed him. When we arrived at the house of the Commander of the Believers, the Prophet asked me to saddle Ali’s mule, so I did. The Prophet and Ali…rode together and I was following
them until they came to a green and beautiful land. Then a white cloud covered them so I went closer and I heard a loud voice saying:
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“ASSALAAMU ALAIKUMA WA RAHMATULLAH WA BARAKATU.”
They answered the Salaam. Then Jibraeel came down, and then I could no longer see them. Then when Jibraeel went back up, I saw the Prophet call Ali. The Prophet gave Ali an apple that had the following statement written on it with the power of Allah, “This is a present from the Predominant Lordto his WALI, Ali bin Abi Taleb.”
المنقبه الثالثه و الستون
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَیُّوبَ الْحَافِظُ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو عَلِیٍّ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الصَّوْلِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَیْنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو مُعَاوِیَهَ قَالَ قَالَ لِیَ الْأَعْمَشُ یَا أَبَا مُعَاوِیَهَ أَ لَا أُحَدِّثُکَ حَدِیثاً لَا تَخْتَارُ عَلَیْهِ قُلْتُ بَلَی فَدَیْتُکَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو وَائِلٍ وَ لَمْ یَسْمَعْهُ أَحَدٌ غَیْرِی عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص: قَالَ قَالَ لِی جَبْرَئِیلُ ع یَا مُحَمَّدُ عَلِیٌّ خَیْرُ الْبَشَرِ مَنْ أَبَی فَقَدْ کَفَرَ.
Abu Abdillah Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Al-Hasan bin Ayyoub Al-Hafez narrated from Abu Ali Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Jafar Al-Souli, from Mohammad bin Husain, from Hafs bin Omar, from Abu Muawiya, from Aamash, from Abu Wael, from Abdullah son of Omar, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said: “Jibraeel told me that Ali is the best human being. Those who deny this are Kafers.”
المنقبه الرابعه و الستون
حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ سَخْتَوَیْهِ الْمُجَاوِرُ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْبَغْدَادِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عِیسَی بْنُ مِهْرَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی یَحْیَی بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِیدِ الْحِمَّانِیُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِی قَیْسُ بْنُ الرَّبِیعِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ أَبِی وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص:
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أَوَّلُ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ عَلِیَّ بْنَ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع أَخاً مِنْ أَهْلِ السَّمَاءِ إِسْرَافِیلُ ثُمَّ مِیکَائِیلُ ثُمَّ جَبْرَئِیلُ وَ أَوَّلُ مَنْ أَحَبَّهُ مِنْ أَهْلِ السَّمَاءِ حَمَلَهُ الْعَرْشِ ثُمَّ رِضْوَانُ خَازِنُ الْجَنَّهِ ثُمَّ مَلَکُ الْمَوْتِ [وَ إِنَّ مَلَکَ الْمَوْتِ] یَتَرَحَّمُ عَلَی [مُحِبِّی] عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِب ع کَمَا یَتَرَحَّمُ عَلَی الْأَنْبِیَاءِ ع.
Hasan bin Ahmad bin Sokhtweyh Al-Mojawer narrated from Mohammad bin Ahmad Al-Baghdadi, from Isa bin Mihran, from Yahya bin Abdil Hamid Al-Hamani, from Qays bin Rabee’, from Aamash, from Abi Wael, from Abdullah bin Masoud, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said: The first inhabitants of the heavens to take Ali bin Abi Taleb as a brother,were Israfil, then Mikaeel, and then Jibraeel. The first ones to love him were the carriers of the Throne, then Rezwan, the keeper of Paradise, and then the angel of death. The angel of death is as merciful to those who love Ali bin Abi Taleb as heis to the prophets.
المنقبه الخامسه و الستون
حَدَّثَنَا طَلْحَهُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زَکَرِیَّا النَّیْشَابُورِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سناه بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی [عَلِیُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ] عَبْدِ الْحَمِیدِ عَنْ هُشَیْمِ بْنِ بَشِیرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی شُعْبَهُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَبِی سَعِیدٍ الْخُدْرِیِّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص یَقُولُ:
لَیْلَهَ أُسْرِیَ بِی إِلَی السَّمَاءِ أُدْخِلْتُ الْجَنَّهَ فَرَأَیْتُ نُوراً ضَرَبَ بِهِ وَجْهِی فَقُلْت لِجَبْرَئِیلَ مَا هَذَا النُّورُ الَّذِی رَأَیْتُهُ؟ قَالَ یَا مُحَمَّدُ لَیْسَ [هَذَا] نُورَ الشَّمْسِ وَ لَا نُورَ الْقَمَرِ وَ لَکِنْ جَارِیَهٌ مِنْ جَوَارِی عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع أَطْلَعَتْ مِنْ قَصْرِهَا فَنَظَرَتْ إِلَیْکَ وَ ضَحِکَتْ فَهَذَا النُّورُ (مِنْ ثَنَایَاهَا) وَ هِیَ تَدُورُ فِی الْجَنَّهِ إِلَی أَنْ یَدْخُلَهَا أَمِیرُ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ عَلِیُّ بْنُ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع.
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Talha bin Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Zakariyya Al-Nishabori narrated from Sanah bin Abdil Rahman bin Ali bin Abdillah bin Abdil Hamid, from Hashim bin Bashir, from Sho’ba, bin Al-Hajjaj, from Ali bin Thabet, from Abi Saeed Al-Khodri, from Ibn Abbas, who said:
I heard the Messenger of Allah say that on the night of Me’raaj, he entered Paradise and he saw a light that was very bright. So he asked Jibraeel about the light. Jibraeel replied, “O Mohammad! This light is not from the sun nor is it from the moon. This (light) is from one of Ali bin Abi Taleb’s maids. She came out of her palace and she looked at you and smiled. The light that you saw was from her teeth, and she will walk around in Paradise until the Commander of the Believers, Ali bin Abi Taleb, will enter Paradise.”
المنقبه السادسه و الستون
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحُسَیْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ أَبِی خَطَّابٍ السوطیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی إِسْمَاعِیلُ بْنُ (عَلِیٍّ الدِّعْبِلِیُّ) عَنْ أَبِیهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ مُوسَی الرِّضَا ع عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ الْحُسَیْنِ عَنْ أَبِیهِ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لِعَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع [یَا عَلِیُ] أَنْتَ خَیْرُ الْبَشَرِ لَا یَشُکُّ فِیکَ إِلَّا مَنْ کَفَرَ.
Abu Abdillah Husain bin Mohammad bin Is’haaq bin Abi Khattab Al-Suoti narrated from Ismailbin Ali Al-De’beli, from his father, from Ali bin Musa Al-Redha (8th Imam), from his father, from Jafar bin Mohammad, from his father (5th Imam), from Ali bin Husain, from his father, who said:
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The Messenger of Allah said to Ali bin Abi Taleb, “O Ali you are the best human being. Those who doubt this are Kafers.”
المنقبه السابعه و الستون
حَدَّثَنِی الشَّرِیفُ النَّقِیبُ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَلَوِیُّ الْحُسَیْنِیُّ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زَکَرِیَّا قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ بَکَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو بَکْرٍ الْهُذَلِیُّ عَنْ عِکْرِمَهَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لِعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ:
یَا عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ أَنْتُمْ أَصْحَابِی وَ عَلِیُّ بْنُ أَبِی طَالِبٍ مِنِّی وَ أَنَا مِنْ عَلِیٍّ فَمَنْ قَاسَهُ بِغَیْرِهِ فَقَدْ جَفَانِی وَ مَنْ جَفَانِی [فَقَدْ] آذَانِی وَ مَنْ آذَانِی فَعَلَیْهِ لَعْنَهُ رَبِّی یَا عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَی أَنْزَلَ عَلَیَّ کِتَاباً مُبِیناً وَ أَمَرَنِی أَنْ أُبَیِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ مَا نَزَّلَ إِلَیْهِمْ مَا خَلَا عَلِیَّ بْنَ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع فَإِنَّهُ (یَسْتَغْنِی عَنِ الْبَیَانِ إِنَّ) اللَّهَ تَعَالَی جَعَلَ فَصَاحَتَهُ کَفَصَاحَتِی وَ دِرَایَتَهُ کَدِرَایَتِی وَ لَوْ کَانَ الْحِلْمُ رَجُلًا لَکَانَ عَلِیّاً ع وَ لَوْ کَانَ الْفَضْلُ شَخْصاً لَکَانَ الْحَسَنَ ع وَ لَوْ کَانَ الْحَیَاءُ صُورَهً لَکَانَ الْحُسَیْنَ ع وَ لَوْ کَانَ الْحُسْنُ (هَیْئَهً لَکَانَتْ) فَاطِمَهَ [بَلْ هِیَ أَعْظَمُ إِنَّ فَاطِمَهَ ع] ابْنَتِی خَیْرُ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ عُنْصُراً وَ شَرَفاً وَ کَرَماً.
Al-Sharif Al-Naqib Abu Mohammad Al-Hasan bin Mohammad Al-Alawy Al-Hussayni narrated from Mohammad bin Zakariyya, from Abbas bin Bakkar, from Abu Bakr Al-Hozali, from‘ Ikrama, from Ibn Abbas, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said to Abdul Rahman bin Awf:O Abdul Rahman! You people are my companions, but Ali bin Abi Taleb is from me and I am from him. So those who compare him to anyone are unjust to me. Those who are unjust to me, hurt me. Allah’s curse is on those who hurt me. O Abdul Rahman! Allah sent His book to me and ordered me to teach it toall people, except Ali bin Abi Taleb, because he does not need to be taught. Allah made Ali’s…eloquence as my eloquence, and Ali’s knowledge as my knowledge. If patience was a person, it would be Ali bin Abi Taleb; and if moral excellence was a person it would be Hasan; and if modesty was a person itwould be Husain; and if everything that is good were to be a person it would be Fatema, and she is even better than that. The origin of my daughter, Fatema, is greater than any other inhabitant on earth, as is her honour and her generosity.
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المنقبه الثامنه و الستون
حَدَّثَنِی الْقَاضِی الْمُعَافَی بْنُ زَکَرِیَّا مِنْ حِفْظِهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی إِبْرَاهِیمُ بْنُ فَضْلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْفَضْلُ بْنُ یُوسُفَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْحَسَنُ بْنُ صَابِرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی وَکِیعٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَهَ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ عَائِشَهَ [قَالَتْ] قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص:
ذِکْرُ عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ عِبَادَهٌ.
The judge Al-Moaafi bin Zakariyya narrated from Ibrahim bin Faz’l, from Faz’l bin Yousuf, from Hasan bin Saber, from Wakee’, from Hisham bin Urwah, from his father, from Ayesha, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said, “Mentioning Ali bin Abi Taleb is worshipping Allah.”
المنقبه التاسعه و الستون
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مَسْرُورٍ اللَّحَّامُ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْحُسَیْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ [عَنْ إِبْرَاهِیمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ بِلَالٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِیمَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ الْأَنْمَاطِیِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ] عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ الْحُسَیْنِ عَنْ أَبِیهِ قَالَ:
سُئِلَ النَّبِیُّ ص عَنْ قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَی طُوبی لَهُمْ وَ حُسْنُ مَآبٍ قَالَ نَزَلَتْ فِی أَمِیرِ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ عَلِیٍّ ع وَ طُوبَی شَجَرَهٌ فِی دَارِهِ وَ هِیَ فِی الْفِرْدَوْسِ لَیْسَ (مِنْ أَثْمَارِ دُورِ) الْجَنَّهِ [شَیْ ءٌ] إِلَّا (وَ غُصْنٌ مِنْهَا) فِیهَا.
Abul Qassem Jafar bin Masrur Al-Lahham narrated from Husain bin Mohammad, from Ibrahimbin Mohammad, from Bilal, from Ibrahim bin Saleh Al-Anmati, from Abdul Samad, from Jaafar bin Mohammad (6th Imam), from his father, from Ali bin Husain, from his father, who said:
The Prophet was asked to explain this verse,
“Those who believe and do good, for them is bliss (TOUBA) and a beautiful place of return”
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(13:29) .The Prophet explained that this verse refers to the Commander of the Believers, Ali, and that Touba is a tree in his house in Ferdous.
Every house in Paradise has a fruitful branch from this tree.
المنقبه السبعون
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ سُلَیْمَانَ بْنِ حَنَانَهَ الْبَزَّازُ بِمَدِینَهِ السَّلَامِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْبَغَوِیُّ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَرَفَهَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَجْرُ بْنُ هَارُونَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَمِیلُ بْنُ الطَّوِیلِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ عَنْ عَائِشَهَ قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص یَقُولُ: عَلِیُّ بْنُ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع خَیْرُ الْبَشَرِ مَنْ أَبَی فَقَدْ کَفَرَ فَقِیلَ [لَهَا] وَ لِمَ حَارَبْتِیهِ فَقَالَتْ وَ اللَّهِ مَا حَارَبْتُهُ مِنْ ذَاتِ نَفْسِی وَ مَا حَمَلَنِی (عَلَی ذَلِکَ) إِلَّا طَلْحَهُ وَ الزُّبَیْرُ.
Abul Qassem Abdullah bin Mohammad bin Is’haaq bin Sulaymaan bin Hananah Al-Bazzaz narrated from Al-Baghawi Abdullah bin Mohammad, from Hasan bin Arafah, from Zajr bin Harun, from Jamil bin Al-Taweel, from Anas, from Ayesha, who said:
I heard the Messenger of Allah say that Ali is the best human being.Those who deny this are Kafers.”So people asked her, “Why did you go to war with him?” Ayesha replied, “I did not do this out of my own inclination. It was Talhaand Zubair who made me fight him.”
المنقبه الحادیه و السبعون
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَکْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حُمْدُونِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ الْفَقِیهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْقَاضِی عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی إِبْرَاهِیمُ بْنُ الْحُسَیْنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شَاه عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَلَمَهَ الصَّغِیرُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَهُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو رَجَاءٍ الْعَطَّارُ عَنْ سَمُرَهَ قَالَ:
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کَانَ النَّبِیُّ ص کُلَّمَا [أَصْبَحَ] أَقْبَلَ عَلَی أَصْحَابِهِ بِوَجْهِهِ یَقُولُ هَلْ رَأَی (مِنْکُمْ أَحَدٌ) رُؤْیَا وَ إِنَّ النَّبِیَّ ص أَصْبَحَ ذَاتَ یَوْمٍ فَقَالَ رَأَیْتُ فِی الْمَنَامِ (حَمْزَهَ عَمِّی وَ جَعْفَراً ابْنَ عَمِّی) جَالِسَیْنِ وَ بَیْنَ أَیْدِیهِمَا طَبَقٌ مِنْ نَبَقٍ وَ هُمَا یَأْکُلَانِ مِنْهُ فَمَا لَبِثَ أَنْ تَحَوَّلَ رُطَباً فَأَکَلَا مِنْهُ فَقُلْتُ لَهُمَا مَا وَجَدْتُمَا [السَّاعَهَ] أَفْضَلَ الْأَعْمَالِ فِی الْآخِرَهِ قَالا الصَّلَاهُ (وَ حُبُّ) عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع وَ إِخْفَاءُ الصَّدَقَهِ.
The scholar Abu Bakr Mohammad bin Abdillah bin Hamdun bin Al-Faz’l, narrated from thejudge Abdul Rahman bin Hasan, from Ibrahim bin Husain, from Shah Abdullah bin Salama Al-Sagheer, from Sho’ba bin Al-Hajjaj, from Abu Rajaa’ Al-Attar, from Samarah, who said:
Every morning the Prophet would come to his companions and ask, “Has anyone had a dream?”
One morning the Prophet came and said: I saw Hamza, my uncle, and Jafar, my cousin, in my dream. Theywere sitting and eating from a dish of figs that they had in front of them. The figs changed to dates and they continued eating. So I asked them what they found was the best thing to do to prepare for the Hereafter. They said Salaat, loving Ali bin Abi Taleb, and giving charity secretly.
المنقبه الثانیه و السبعون
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْفَرَجِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُظَفَّرِ بْنِ قَیْسٍ الْمُقْرِی الْفَقِیهُ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِیدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَرَابَهُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِیمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَخْلَدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی جَعْفَرُ بْنُ حِفْظٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِیل قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی زَیْدُ بْنُ عِیَاضٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ سَلْمَانَ عَنْ سَلْمَانَ بْنِ یَسَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص:
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عَلِیُّ بْنُ أَبِی طَالِبٍ مِنِّی کَجِلْدِی عَلِیٌّ مِنِّی کَلَحْمِی عَلِیٌّ مِنِّی کَعَظْمِی عَلِیٌّ مِنِّی کَدَمِی فِی عُرُوقِی عَلِیٌّ أَخِی وَ وَصِیِّی فِی أَهْلِی وَ خَلِیفَتِی فِی قَوْمِی [وَ یَقْضِی دَیْنِی] وَ یُنْجِزُ عِدَاتِی عَلِیٌّ فِی الدُّنْیَا إِذَا مِتُّ عِوَضٌ (عَنِّی).
Abul Faraj Mohammad bin Al-Mozaffar bin Qays Al-Maqarri narrated from Hasan binMohammad bin Saeed, from Saraba bin Ibrahim, from Ali bin Mohammad bin Mokhlid, from Jaafar bin Hifz’, from Mohammad bin Ismail, from Zaid bin Eiad, from Safwan bin Salaman,from Salaman bin Yassar, from Ibn Abbas, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said: Ali bin Abi Taleb is like my skin to me; he is like my flesh; he is like my bones; and he is like the blood that flows in my veins. Ali is my brother, myheir, my caliph; he repays my debts; and he fulfills my commitments. Ali is my replacement in the world when I die.
المنقبه الثالثه و السبعون
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْفَرَجِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُظَفَّرِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ سَعِیدٍ الدَّقَّاقُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِی شَیْبَهَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی جَرِیرٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ یَسَارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْفَضْلُ بْنُ هَارُونَ عَنْ أَبِی هَارُونَ الْعَبْدِیِّ عَنْ أَبِی بَکْرٍ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ:
کُنْتُ مَعَ النَّبِیِّ ص فِی بُسْتَانِ عَامِرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ بِعَقِیقٍ السُّفْلَی فَبَیْنَا نَحْنُ نَخْتَرِقُ الْبُسْتَانَ إِذْ صَاحَتْ نَخْلَهٌ بِنَخْلَهٍ فَقَالَ النَّبِیُّ ص أَ تَدْرُونَ مَا قَالَتِ النَّخْلَهُ؟ فَقُلْنَا اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ صَاحَتْ هَذَا مُحَمَّدٌ [رَسُولُ اللَّهِ] وَ وَصِیُّهُ عَلِیُّ بْنُ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع فَسَمَّاهَا النَّبِیُّ ص [مِنْ تِلْکَ الصَّیْحَهِ نَخْلَهَ] الصَّیْحَانِیِّ.
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Abul Faraj Mohammad bin Muzaffar bin Ahmad bin Saeed Al-Daqaaq narrated from Ahmad bin Mohammad, from Mohammad bin Mansour, from Uthman bin Abi Shiba, from Jurrair, from Mohammad bin Yassar, from Faz’l bin Harun, from Abi Harun Al-Abdi, from Abi Bakr Abdullah bin Uthman, who said:
We were with the Prophet in Aamer bin Saad’s garden. As we were walking in the garden, we heard a palm tree shout to another palm tree. Then the Prophet asked, “Do you know what the palm tree said? ”We replied, “Allah and His Messenger know better. ”The Prophet said, “The palm tree shouted ‘This is Mohammad, the Messenger of Allah, and his heir, Ali bin Abi Taleb. ”So the Prophet named the palm tree “Al-Nakhlah Al-Sayhani” (the shouting palm tree).
المنقبه الرابعه و السبعون
حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِیُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُکَتِّبُ اللُّغَوِیُّ الرَّازِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِیٍّ الوفویُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ بَکَّارٍ الضَّبِّیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو بَکْرٍ الْهُذَلِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عِکْرِمَهُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: قَامَ إِلَیْهِ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ یَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ أَخْبِرْنِی عَنْ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ آلُ مُحَمَّدٍ ص الْمُعَلِّمُونَ التُّقَی الْبَاذِلُونَ الْجَدَی التَّارِکُونَ الْهَوَی النَّاکِبُونَ الرَّدَی لَا خُشَّعٌ لَمَظٌ وَ لَا طُمَّحٌ حُظَظٌ وَ لَا غُلَّظٌ فَظَظٌ فِی کُلِّ (حِینٍ یَقِظٌ أَحْلَاسُ) الْخَیْلِ أَنْجُم اللَّیْلِ وَ بَحْرُ النَّیْلِ بِعَادُ الْمَیْلِ هَامَاتُ هَامَاتٍ وَ سَادَاتُ سَادَاتٍ وَ غُیُوثٌ جَارَاتٌ وَ لُیُوثُ غَابَاتٍ الْمُقِیمُونَ الصَّلَاهَ الْمُؤْتُونَ الزَّکَاهَ وَ الْمُقَرِّبُونَ الْحَسَنَاتِ وَ الْمُمِیطُونَ السَّیِّئَات.
Abul Hasan Ali bin Mohammad Al-Muktib Al-Lughawy Al-Razi narrated from Hasan bin Ali Al-Wafawy, from Abbas bin Bakkar Al-Z’ubbi, from Abu Bakr Al-Hozali, from ‘Ikrama, from Ibn Abbas, who said:
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Someone asked Ibn Abbas to describe the family of the Prophet. Ibn Abbas replied:
They are the pious teachers.
They are extremely generous.
They ignore their own desires.
They are destroyers of every evil.
They are disinterested in the world.
They do not have any worldly ambitions.
They are the polite ones.They are aware at all times.
They are professional horsemen.
They are the stars at night.
They are the Nile sea.
They are oblivious to human desire.
They are the highest (in status) of all heights.
They are the masters of the masters.
They are the rain of mercy on those who need them.
They are the brave lions.
They are the establishers of Salaat.
They are the givers of Zakat.
They perform the good deeds.
They are the destroyers of bad deeds.
المنقبه الخامسه و السبعون
ِ عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی حَمْزَهَ الثُّمَالِیِّ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص حَدَّثَنِی جَبْرَئِیلُ عَنْ رَبِّ الْعِزَّهِ جَلَّ جَلَالُهُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَنْ عَلِمَ أَنَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنَا وَحْدِی وَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً عَبْدِی وَ رَسُولِی وَ أَنَّ عَلِیَّ بْنَ أَبِی طَالِبٍ خَلِیفَتِی وَ أَنَّ الْأَئِمَّهَ مِنْ وُلْدِهِ حُجَجِی أَدْخَلْتُهُ الْجَنَّهَ بِرَحْمَتِی وَ نَجَّیْتُهُ مِنَ النَّارِ بِعَفْوِی وَ أَبَحْتُ لَهُ جِوَارِی وَ أَوْجَبْتُ لَهُ کَرَامَتِی وَ أَتْمَمْتُ عَلَیْهِ نِعْمَتِی وَ جَعَلْتُهُ مِنْ خَاصَّتِی وَ خَالِصَتِی إِنْ نَادَانِی لَبَّیْتُهُ وَ إِنْ دَعَانِی أَجَبْتُهُ وَ إِنْ سَأَلَنِی أَعْطَیْتُهُ وَ إِنْ سَکَتَ ابْتَدَأْتُهُ وَ إِنْ أَسَاءَ رَحِمْتُهُ وَ إِنْ فَرَّ مِنِّی دَعَوْتُهُ وَ إِنْ رَجَعَ إِلَیَّ قَبِلْتُهُ وَ إِنْ قَرَعَ بَابِی فَتَحْتُهُ وَ مَنْ لَمْ یَشْهَدْ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنَا وَحْدِی أَوْ شَهِدَ وَ لَمْ یَشْهَدْ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً عَبْدِی وَ رَسُولِی أَوْ شَهِدَ بِذَلِکَ وَ لَمْ یَشْهَدْ أَنَّ عَلِیَّ بْنَ أَبِی طَالِبٍ خَلِیفَتِی أَوْ شَهِدَ بِذَلِکَ وَ لَمْ یَشْهَدْ أَنَّ الْأَئِمَّهَ مِنْ وُلْدِهِ حُجَجِی فَقَدْ جَحَدَ نِعْمَتِی وَ صَغَّرَ عَظَمَتِی وَ کَفَرَ بِآیَاتِی وَ کُتُبِی إِنْ قَصَدَنِی حَجَبْتُهُ وَ إِنْ سَأَلَنِی حَرَمْتُهُ وَ إِنْ نَادَانِی لَمْ أَسْمَعْ نِدَاءَهُ وَ إِنْ دَعَانِی لَمْ أَسْمَعْ دُعَاءَهُ وَ إِنْ رَجَانِی خَیَّبْتُهُ وَ ذَلِکَ جَزَاؤُهُ مِنِّی «وَ ما أَنَا بِظَلَّامٍ لِلْعَبِیدِ».
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Ali bin Abi Hamza narrated from Jafar bin Mohammad (6th Imam), from his father, from Ali bin Husain, from his father, from the Commander of the Believers, from The Messenger of Allah who said:
Jibraeel told me that Allah says:Those who testify, “There is no Allah but Me: Mohammad is My slave andMy Messenger; Ali bin Abi Taleb is My Caliph; and his sons are My Decisive proofs,” I will allow them to enter My Paradise with My mercy. I will save them from Hell with My forgiveness. They will be My neighbours, and I will honor them. I will give them My complete grace and I will make them among the special and chosen ones.
If they call Me, I will respond.
If they pray to Me, I will answer them.
If they ask Me (anything), I will grant it to them.
If they do not initiate (coming to Me), I will initiate (it).
If they commit mistakes, I will have mercy on them.
If they run from Me, I will invite them to Myself.
If they come back to Me, I will accept them.
If they knock on My door, I will open it. And those who do not testify that, “There is no Allah except Me,” or do testify that, but do not testify that “Mohammad is My slave and My Messenger,” or do testify that, but do not testify that “Ali bin Abi Taleb is My Caliph,” or do testify that, but do not testify that “the Imams from his sons are My Decisive proofs,” they (those who do not testify completely) do not believe in My blessings.
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They disrespect Me.
They are Kafers, and they do not believe in My signs, My books, or My messengers.
المنقبه السادسه و السبعون
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ طَرْخَانَ الْکِنْدِیُّ رَضِیَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو بَکْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی إِبْرَاهِیمُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَهَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ زَیْدِ بْنِ جُدْعَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی سَعِیدُ بْنُ الْمُسَیَّبِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص:
اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ لِی وَزِیراً مِنْ أَهْلِ السَّمَاءِ وَ وَزِیراً مِنْ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ فَأَوْحَی اللَّهُ تَعَالَی إِلَیْهِ أَنِّی قَدْ جَعَلْتُ وَزِیرَکَ مِنْ أَهْلِ السَّمَاءِ جَبْرَئِیلَ وَ وَزِیرَکَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ عَلِیَّ بْنَ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع.
Abu Bakr Mohammad bin Abdillah bin Hamdun narrated from Mohammad bin Ahmad, from Jaafar bin Mohammad bin Shaker Al-Saegh, from Mansour bin Safar, from Mahdi bin Maimun, from Mohammad bin Sireen, from his brother Maabad, from Abi Saeed Al-Khodri, who said:
The Messenger of Allah asked Allah, “O Allah, appoint one minister for me from among the inhabitants of the heavens and another one from amongthe inhabitants of earth.”So Allah sent him a revelation and said, “I appoint Jibraeel as your minister from among the inhabitants of the heavens, and I appoint Ali bin Abi Talebas your minister from among the inhabitants of earth.”
المنقبه السابعه و السبعون
حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِیِّ بْنِ فَضْلٍ الزَّیَّاتُ [قَالَ] حَدَّثَنِی الْحُسَیْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ] حَدَّثَنِی الْحَسَنُ بْنُ رَبِیعٍ الْمَاجُشُونِیُّ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِیلَ بْنِ أَبَانٍ الْوَرَّاقِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی غِیَاثُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِیمَ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ الْحُسَیْنِ عَنْ أَبِیهِ قَالَ [قَالَ] رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص:
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نَزَلَ عَلَیَّ جَبْرَئِیلُ ع صَبِیحَهَ یَوْمٍ فَرِحاً مُسْتَبْشِراً فَقُلْتُ حَبِیبِی [جَبْرَئِیلُ] مَا لِی أَرَاکَ فَرِحاً مُسْتَبْشِراً؟ فَقَالَ یَا مُحَمَّدُ وَ کَیْفَ لَا أَکُونُ کَذَلِکَ وَ قَدْ قَرَّتْ [عَیْنِی] بِمَا أَکْرَمَ اللَّهُ [بِهِ] أَخَاکَ وَ وَصِیَّکَ وَ إِمَامَ أُمَّتِکَ عَلِیَّ بْنَ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع فَقُلْتُ وَ بِمَ أَکْرَمَ اللَّهِ أَخِی وَ إِمَامَ أُمَّتِی؟ فَقَالَ بَاهَی (اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَی بِعِبَادَتِهِ الْبَارِحَهَ) مَلَائِکَتَهُ وَ حَمَلَهَ عَرْشِهِ وَ قَالَ مَلَائِکَتِی [وَ حَمَلَهَ عَرْشِی] انْظُرُوا إِلَی حُجَّتِی فِی أَرْضِی بَعْدَ نَبِیِّی مُحَمَّدٍ ص کَیْفَ عَفَّرَ خَدَّهُ فِی التُّرَابِ تَوَاضُعاً لِعَظَمَتِی أُشْهِدُکُمْ أَنَّهُ إِمَامُ خَلْقِی وَ مَوْلَی بَرِیَّتِی.
Mohammad bin Ali bin Faz’l Al-Zayyat narrated from Husain bin Mohammad, from Hasan bin Rabi’ Al-Majshoni, from Ismail bin Aban Al-Warraq, from Ghiyath bin Ibrahim, from Jafar bin Mohammad (6th Imam), from his father, from Ali bin Husain, from his father, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said: Jibraeel came to him one morning, very happy and cheerful. So the Prophet asked, “Why you are so happy?” Jibraeel replied, “How can I not be happy after seeing how Allah honored you and your brother, the Imam of your nation, Ali bin Abi Taleb?"
The Prophet asked, “How did Allah honour the Imam of my nation (Alibin Abi Taleb) and I?” Jibraeel replied: Last night Allah boasted about Ali worshipping Him to His angelsand to those who carry His Throne. He told them, ‘Look at My decisive proof (Ali bin Abi Taleb) in My land after My Prophet. Lookat how he kneels with his forehead on the ground for Me out of humility. I take you (angels and the carriers of the Throne) as witnesses that he is the Imam and the master of My creation.
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المنقبه الثامنه و السبعون
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَکْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حُمْدُونٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ شَاکِرٍ الصَّائِغُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مَنْصُورُ بْنُ صفرٍ عَنْ مَهْدِیِّ بْنِ مَیْمُونٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِیرِینَ عَنْ أَخِیهِ مَعْبَدٍ عَنْ أَبِی سَعِیدٍ الْخُدْرِیِّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص:
الْعِلْمُ خَمْسَهُ أَجْزَاءٍ أُعْطِیَ عَلِیُّ بْنُ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع مِنْ ذَلِکَ أَرْبَعَهَ أَجْزَاءٍ وَ أُعْطِیَ سَائِرُ النَّاسِ جُزْءاً وَاحِداً وَ الَّذِی بَعَثَنِی بِالْحَقِّ بَشِیراً وَ نَذِیراً (لَعَلِیٌّ بِجُزْءِ) النَّاسِ أَعْلَمُ مِنَ النَّاسِ بِجُزْئِهِمْ .
Abu Bakr Mohammad bin Abdillah bin Hamdun narrated from Mohammad bin Ahmad, from Jafar bin Mohammad bin Shaker the jeweler, from Mansour bin Safar, from Mahdi bin Maimun, from Mohammad bin Sireen, from his brother Maabad, from Abi Saeed Al-Khodri, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said: Knowledge is divided in five parts. Four of those parts are given to Ali bin Abi Taleb and the last part is shared among all people. I swear to Allah, who sent me as a Prophet, that Ali bin Abi Taleb is more knowledgeable than all people, even in relation to the one part (of knowledge) that is given to them.
المنقبه التاسعه و السبعون
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدِ بْنُ فَرِیدٍ الْبُوشَنْجِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الزُّبَیْرُ بْنُ بَکَّارٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِی سُفْیَانُ بْنُ عُیَیْنَهَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو قِلَابَهَ عَنْ أَیُّوبَ السَّخْتِیَانِیِّ قَالَ:
کُنْتُ أَطُوفُ [بِالْبَیْتِ] فَاسْتَقْبَلَنِی فِی الطَّوَافِ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِکٍ فَقَالَ لِی أَ لَا أُبَشِّرُکَ بِشَیْ ءٍ تَفْرَحُ بِهِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ بَلَی فَقَالَ کُنْتُ وَاقِفاً بَیْنَ یَدَیِ النَّبِیِّ ص فِی مَسْجِدِ الْمَدِینَهِ وَ هُوَ قَاعِدٌ فِی الرَّوْضَهِ فَقَالَ لِی أَسْرِعْ وَ ائْتِنِی بِعَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع فَذَهَبْتُ فَإِذَا عَلِیٌّ وَ فَاطِمَهُ ع فَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّ النَّبِیَّ ص یَدْعُوکَ فَجَاءَ (فِی الْحَالِ وَ کُنْتُ مَعَهُ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَی النَّبِیِّ ص فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِیُّ) یَا عَلِیُّ سَلِّمْ عَلَی جَبْرَئِیلَ فَقَالَ عَلِیٌّ ع السَّلَامُ عَلَیْکَ یَا جَبْرَئِیلُ [فَرَدَّ عَلَیْهِ جَبْرَئِیلُ السَّلَامَ] فَقَالَ النَّبِیُّ ص [إِنَ] جَبْرَئِیلَ ع یَقُولُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَی یَقْرَأُ عَلَیْکَ السَّلَامَ وَ یَقُولُ طُوبَی لَکَ وَ لِشِیعَتِکَ وَ لِمُحِبِّیکَ وَ الْوَیْلُ ثُمَّ الْوَیْلُ لِمُبْغِضِیکَ إِذَا کَانَ یَوْمُ الْقِیَامَهِ نَادَی مُنَادٍ مِنْ بُطْنَانِ الْعَرْشِ أَیْنَ مُحَمَّدٌ وَ عَلِیٌّ فَیُرْفَعُ بِکُمَا إِلَی السَّمَاءِ [السَّابِعَهِ] حَتَّی تُوقَفَا بَیْنَ یَدَیِ اللَّهِ فَیَقُولُ [اللَّهُ] لِنَبِیِّهِ ص أَوْرِدْ عَلِیّاً الْحَوْضَ وَ هَذَا الْکَأْسَ أَعْطِهِ حَتَّی یَسْقِیَ مُحِبِّیهِ وَ شِیعَتَهُ وَ لَا یَسْقِی أَحَداً مِنْ مُبْغِضِیهِ وَ یَأْمُرُ (لِمُحِبِّیهِ أَنْ یُحَاسَبُوا حِساباً) یَسِیراً وَ یَأْمُرُ بِهِمْ إِلَی الْجَنَّهِ.
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Abu Mohammad bin Fareed Al-Boshanji narrated from Zubair bin Bakkar, from Sufyan bin‘Ayyina, from Abu Qolaba, from Ayyoub Al-Sekhtiani, from Anas bin Malik, who said:
I was standing in front of the Prophet in his mosque in Medina. He told me to go and bring Ali bin Abi Taleb quickly for him. I went and found Ali (Fatema was with him), and I told him that the Prophet wanted to see him. He came with me immediately. When we got to the Prophet, Ali said Salaam to the Prophet. The Prophet said, “O Ali, say Salaam to Jibraeel. ”So Ali said, “Assalaamo Alaika, O Jibraeel.” Jibraeel answered his Salaam. The Prophet told Ali that Jibraeel said: Allah sends His Salaam to you (Ali) and says: Bliss and happiness for you and your Shia and those who love you. And woe and more woe on those who hate you. On the Day of Judgement, the caller will call from inside the Throne and will say, “Where are Mohammad and Ali?” Then you both will go up to the seventh sky and will stand in front of Allah. Then Allah will say to His Prophet, “Take Ali to the Pool of Kawthar and give him this cup so he can distribute the water to his lovers and his Shia, but not to those who hate him.”
Then Allah will say, “He (Ali) will order that his lovers have an easy judgement process and he will order that they enter Paradise.”
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المنقبه الثمانون
[أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِیدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ مَحْفُوظٍ] قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْغِطْرِیفُ بْنُ عَبْدِ السَّلَامِ بِصَنْعَاءِ الْیَمَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِیِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو بَکْرٍ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا بَکْرِ بْنَ أَبِی قُحَافَهَ یَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص یَقُولُ:
إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَکَ وَ تَعَالَی خَلَقَ مِنْ نُورِ وَجْهِ عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع مَلَائِکَهً یُسَبِّحُونَ وَ یُقَدِّسُونَ وَ یَکْتُبُونَ [ثَوَابَ] ذَلِکَ لِمُحِبِّیهِ وَ مُحِبِّی وُلْدِهِ ع.
Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Saeed narrated from Husain bin Mahfuz, from Ahmad bin Is’haaq,from Ghatrif bin Abdil Salaam, from Abdul Razzaq, from Mo’ammar, from Zohari Abu Bakr Abdullah bin Abdil Rahman, from Uthman bin Affan, from Omar bin Al-Khattab, from Abu Bakr bin Abi Quhaafa, who said:
I heard the Messenger of Allah say that: Allah has created angels from the light of Ali bin Abi Taleb’s face. All they do is praise and sanctify the Lord, the THAWAB (reward) of which they dedicate to those who love Ali and to those who love his sons.
المنقبه الحادیه و الثمانون
حَدَّثَنِی قَاضِی الْقُضَاهِ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحُسَیْنُ بْنُ هَارُونَ الضَّبِّیُّ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَبِیهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ مُوسَی عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ الْحُسَیْنِ عَنْ أَبِیهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص:
سَتَکُونُ بَعْدِی فِتْنَهٌ مَظْلِمَهٌ (النَّاجِی مِنْهَا) (مَنْ تَمَسَّکَ) بِالْعُرْوَهِ الْوُثْقَی فَقِیلَ یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ مَا الْعُرْوَهُ الْوُثْقَی قَالَ وَلَایَهُ سَیِّدِ الْوَصِیِّینَ قِیلَ یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ مَنْ سَیِّدُ الْوَصِیِّینَ قَالَ أَمِیرُ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ قِیلَ [یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ] وَ مَنْ أَمِیرُ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ قَالَ مَوْلَی الْمُسْلِمِینَ وَ إِمَامُهُمْ بَعْدِی قِیلَ یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَ مَنْ مَوْلَی الْمُسْلِمِینَ وَ إِمَامُهُمْ بَعْدَکَ قَالَ أَخِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع.
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The Chief of Justice Abu Abdillah Husain bin Harun Al-Z’ubbi narrated from Ahmad bin Mohammad, from Ali bin Hasan, from his father, from Ali bin Musa Al-Redha (8th Imam), from his father, from Jafar bin Mohammad, from his father, from Ali bin Husain, from his father , who said:
The Messenger of Allah said, “There will be a dark conspiracy after me.The only survivors will be ‘those who hold on to the firmest handle’ (2:256).
”So the people asked the Prophet, “What is the firmest handle?” The Prophet replied, “The Wilayat of the Master of the Successors. ”They asked the Prophet, “Who is the Master of the Successors?” The Prophet replied, “The Commander of the Believers.”They asked the Prophet, “Who is the Commander of the Believers?” The Prophet replied, “The Master of Muslims and their Imam after me.”They asked the Prophet, “Who is the Master of Muslims and their Imam after you?” The Prophet replied, “My brother, Ali bin Abi Taleb.”
المنقبه الثانیه و الثمانون
حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَیْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ الدَّامْغَانِیُّ مِنْ کِتَابِهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نَصْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَکِ الدِّینَوَرِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِیٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُرْوَهَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی یُوسُفُ بْنُ بِلَال قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَرْوَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی السَّائِبُ عَنْ أَبِی صَالِحٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص:
لَمَّا عُرِجَ بِی إِلَی السَّمَاءِ انْتَهَی بِی الْمَسِیرُ مَعَ جَبْرَئِیلَ إِلَی السَّمَاءِ الرَّابِعَهِ فَرَأَیْتُ بَیْتاً مِنْ یَاقُوتٍ أَحْمَرَ فَقَالَ [لِی] جَبْرَئِیلُ یَا مُحَمَّدُ هَذَا هُوَ الْبَیْتُ الْمَعْمُورُ خَلَقَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَی قَبْلَ [خَلْقِ] السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرَضِینَ بِخَمْسِینَ أَلْفَ عَامٍ قُمْ یَا مُحَمَّدُ فَصَلِّ إِلَیْهِ قَالَ النَّبِیُّ ص (ثُمَّ أَمَرَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَی حَتَّی اجْتَمَعَ جَمِیعُ الرُّسُلِ وَ الْأَنْبِیَاءِ) فَصَفَّهُمْ جَبْرَئِیلُ ع وَرَائِی صَفّاً فَصَلَّیْتُ بِهِمْ فَلَمَّا (فَرَغْتُ مِنَ الصَّلَاهِ) أَتَانِی آتٍ مِنْ عِنْدِ رَبِّی فَقَالَ لِی یَا مُحَمَّدُ رَبُّکَ یُقْرِئُکَ السَّلَامَ وَ یَقُولُ لَکَ سَلِ الرُّسُلَ عَلَی مَا ذَا أَرْسَلْتُهُمْ مِنْ قَبْلِکَ فَقُلْتُ مَعَاشِرَ الرُّسُلِ عَلَی مَا ذَا بَعَثَکُمْ رَبِّی قَبْلِی فَقَالَتِ الرُّسُلُ عَلَی وَلَایَتِکَ وَ وَلَایَهِ عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع وَ هُوَ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَی وَ سْئَلْ مَنْ أَرْسَلْنا مِنْ قَبْلِکَ مِنْ رُسُلِنا.
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Husain bin Mohammad bin Mihran Al-Damghaani narrated from Mohammad Ibn Abdullah binNasr, from Abdullah bin Al-Mobark Al-Dainouri, from Hasan bin Ali, from Mohammad bin Abdillah bin Urwah, from Yusuf bin Bilal, from Mohammad bin Marwan, from Al-Saeb, from Abi Saleh, from Ibn Abbas, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said: I was going up with Jibraeel on the night of Me’raaj. When we reached the fourth sky, I saw a house made of rubies. Jibraeel said to me “O Mohammad, this is BAIT Al-MA’MOUR’ (Qiblah of theinhabitants of the skies). Allah created this house fifty thousand years before He created the heavens and the earths. O Mohammad, pray toward this house.”Then Allah ordered all of the other prophets and messengers to come. Jibraeel aligned them (all of the other prophets and messengers) in one line behind me and I led the Salaat.When I finished the Salaat, Allah sent someone to me who said, “O Mohammad, Allah sends his Salaam to you. Allah wants you to ask the messengers what their message was to the people before you.”So I asked the messengers, “With what message did Allah send you?” They replied, “The message was your Wilayat and the Wilayat of Ali bin Abi Taleb.” Then the Prophet referred to this verse,
“Ask those of our messengers whom we sent before you” (43:45).
المنقبه الثالثه و الثمانون
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْحُسَیْنِ الشَّیْخُ الصَّالِحُ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِیٍّ الْأَعْرَجُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ قَال حَدَّثَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ الْحُسَیْنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الرَّبِیعُ بْنُ یَزِیدَ الرَّقَاشِیُّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِکٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص:
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إِذَا کَانَ یَوْمُ الْقِیَامَهِ یُنَادَی عَلِیُّ بْنُ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع بِسَبْعَهِ أَسْمَاءَ (أَوَّلُهَا یَا صِدِّیقُ) یَا دَالُّ یَا عَابِدُ یَا هَادِی یَا مَهْدِیُّ یَا فَتَی یَا عَلِیُّ مُرَّ أَنْتَ وَ شِیعَتُکَ إِلَی الْجَنَّهِ بِغَیْرِ حِسَابِ.
Abu Mohammad Abdullah bin Husain Shaykh Al-Saleh narrated from Mohammad bin Ali Al-Aaraj, from Mohammad bin Al-Husain bin Abdil Wahhab, from Ali bin Husain, from Rabee’ bin Yazid Al-Roqaashi, from Anas bin Malik, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said: Ali bin Abi Taleb will be called with seven names on the Day of Judgement: O SEDDIQ (The Truthful) O DAAL (The Guide) O ‘AABED (The Worshipper) O HADI (The Guide) O MAHDI (The one on the right way) O FATA (The Fearless Man) O ALI (The High)You (Ali) and your Shia will enter Paradise without judgement.
المنقبه الرابعه و الثمانون
حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ مَطَرٍ الشَّیْبَانِیُّ وَ حَدَّثَنِی قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِیدٍ وَ حَدَّثَنِی مُؤَمِّلُ بْنُ إِهَابٍ وَ حَدَّثَنِی قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ وَ حَدَّثَنِی وَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُعَمَّرٌ وَ حَدَّثَنِی قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الزُّهْرِیُّ وَ حَدَّثَنِی قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عُرْوَهُ وَ حَدَّثَنِی قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنِی عَائِشَهُ قَالَتْ:
دَخَلَ عَلِیُّ بْنُ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع عَلَی أَبِی فِی مَرَضِهِ الَّذِی (قَبَضَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَی) فِیهِ فَجَعَلَ [أَبِی] یَنْظُرُ إِلَیْهِ فَمَا یُزِیغُ بَصَرَهُ عَنْهُ فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ عَلِیُّ بْنُ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع قُلْتُ یَا أَبَهِ رَأَیْتُکَ تَنْظُرُ إِلَی عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع فَمَا تُزِیغُ بَصَرَکَ عَنْهُ قَالَ یَا بُنَیَّهُ قَدْ فَعَلْتُ هَذَا لِأَنِّی سَمِعْت رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص یَقُولُ النَّظَرُ إِلَی وَجْهِ عَلِیٍّ عِبَادَهٌ.
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Mohammad bin Abdillah bin Abdil Muttaleb bin Matar Al-Shaibani narrated from Abdullah binSaeed, from Moammal bin Ahaab, from Abdul Razzaq, from Mo’ammar, from Al-Zohari, fromUrwah, from Ayesha, who said:
Ali bin Abi Taleb came to my father (Abu Bakr) while he was ill with theillness that caused his death. My father was staring at his (Ali’s) face andwould not take his eyes off of him.
So when Ali bin Abi Taleb left, I asked my father, “Why were you looking at his face like that?”He (Abu Bakr) replied, “Because I heard the Messenger of Allah say,‘Looking at the face of Ali is worshipping Allah.”
المنقبه الخامسه و الثمانون
حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ قُولَوَیْهِ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ النَّحْوِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مَنْصُورُ بْنُ أَبِی الْعَبَّاسِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنِ الْحَکَمِ بْنِ بُهْلُولٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو هَمَّا [مٍ] قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أُذَیْنَهَ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ الْحُسَیْنِ عَنْ أَبِیهِ قَالَ:
قَامَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ إِلَی النَّبِیِّ ص فَقَالَ إِنَّکَ لَا تَزَالُ تَقُولُ لِعَلِیٍّ أَنْتَ مِنِّی بِمَنْزِلَهِ هَارُونَ [مِنْ مُوسَی] وَ قَدْ ذَکَرَ [اللَّهُ] هَارُونَ فِی الْقُرْآنِ وَ لَمْ یَذْکُرْ عَلِیّاً ع فَقَالَ النَّبِیُّ ص یَا غَلِیظُ یَا أَعْرَابِیُّ أَ مَا تَسْمَعُ قَوْلَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَی هَذَا صِرَاط عَلِیٍّ مُسْتَقِیمٌ.
Jaafar bin Mohammad bin Qulaweyh narrated from Ali bin Hasan Al-Nahwy, from Ahmad binMohammad, from Mansour bin Abi Abbas, from Ali bin Asbat, from Hakam bin Bohloul, fromAbu Humam Abdullah bin Adhina, from Jafar bin Mohammad (6th Imam), from his father, from Ali bin Husain, from his father, who said:
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Omar bin Al-Khattab stood up and said to the Prophet, “You keep telling Ali bin Abi Taleb, ‘You are to me like Harun was to Musa’, but Allah mentioned Harun’s name in the Qur'an but did not mention Ali. ”The Prophet replied to him, “O disgusting Bedouin! Have you not heard this verse, ‘The path of Ali is a straight path.” (15:41)?
المنقبه السادسه و الثمانون
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِیِّ بْنِ سُکَّرٍ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَبَّادُ بْنُ یَعْقُوبَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شَرِیکٌ عَنِ الرُّکَیْنِ بْنِ الرَّبِیعِ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ زَیْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص:
إِنِّی تَارِکٌ فِیکُمُ الثَّقَلَیْنِ کِتَابَ اللَّهِ وَ عَلِیَّ بْنَ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع (وَ اعْلَمُوا أَنْ عَلِیّاً لَکُمْ أَفْضَلُ) مِنْ کِتَابِ اللَّهِ لِأَنَّهُ مُتَرْجِمٌ لَکُمْ عَنْ کِتَابِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَی.
Mohammad bin Ali bin Sokkar narrated from Mohammad bin Qassem, from Abbad bin Ya’qoub, from Shareek, from Rakeen bin Rabi’, from Qassem bin Hassaan, from Zaid bin Thabit, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said, “I leave behind two important weights: theQur'an and Ali bin Abi Taleb. Understand that Ali bin Abi Taleb is better than the Qur'an because he is the interpreter of the Qur'an for you.”
المنقبه السابعه و الثمانون
حَدَّثَنَا الْقَاضِی أَبُو الْفَرَجِ الْمُعَافَی بْنُ زَکَرِیَّا [فِی جَامِعِ الرُّصَافَهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّد بْنِ عَلِیِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَمِیدِ بْنِ زِیَارِ] «1» بْنِ یَحْیَی الْقُرَشِیِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِی صَدَقَهُ الْعَبْسِیُّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِی زَاذَانُ عَنْ سَلْمَانَ قَالَ:
أَتَیْتُ النَّبِیَّ ص فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَیْهِ ثُمَّ دَخَلْتُ عَلَی فَاطِمَهَ ع [فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَیْهَا] فَقَالَتْ یَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ هَذَانِ الْحَسَنُ وَ الْحُسَیْنُ جَائِعَانِ یَبْکِیَانِ خُذْ بِأَیْدِیهِمَا فَاخْرُجْ [بِهِمَا] إِلَی جَدِّهِمَا فَأَخَذْتُ بِأَیْدِیهِمَا وَ حَمَلْتُهُمَا حَتَّی أَتَیْتُ بِهِمَا [إِلَی] النَّبِیِّ ص فَقَالَ مَا لَکُمَا یَا حَبِیبَایَ؟ قَالا نَشْتَهِی طَعَاماً یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِیُّ ص اللَّهُمَّ أَطْعِمْهُمَا ثَلَاثاً [قَالَ] فَنَظَرْتُ فَإِذَا سَفَرْجَلَهٌ فِی یَدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص شَبِیهَهٌ بِقُلَّهٍ مِنْ قِلَالِ هَجَرَ أَشَدُّ بَیَاضاً مِنَ اللَّبَنِ وَ أَحْلَی مِنَ الْعَسَلِ وَ أَلْیَنُ مِنَ الزُّبْدِ فَفَرَکَهَا ص بِإِبْهَامِهِ فَصَیَّرَهَا نِصْفَیْنِ ثُمَّ دَفَعَ نِصْفَهَا إِلَی الْحَسَنِ وَ إِلَی الْحُسَیْنِ نِصْفَهَا فَجَعَلْتُ أَنْظُرُ إِلَی النِّصْفَیْنِ فِی أَیْدِیهِمَا وَ أَنَا أَشْتَهِیهَا فَقَالَ [لِی] یَا سَلْمَانُ أَ تَشْتَهِیهَا؟ فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ [یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ] قَالَ یَا سَلْمَانُ هَذَا طَعَامٌ مِنَ الْجَنَّهِ لَا یَأْکُلُهُ أَحَدٌ حَتَّی یَنْجُوَ مِنَ النَّارِ وَ الْحِسَابِ وَ إِنَّکَ لَعَلَی خَیْرٍ .
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The judge Abul Faraj Al-Moaafi bin Zakariyya narrated from Mohammad bin Ali bin AbdilHamid bin Ziar bin Yahya Al-Qurashi, from Abdul Razzaq, from Sadaqa Al-‘Abasi, from Zathan, from Salaman Al-Mohammadi, who said:
I went to the Prophet and said Salaam to him. Then I went to Fatema’s house and I said Salaam to her. She replied, “O Aba Abdillah (Salaman), Hasan and Husain are hungry, andthey are crying. Take their hands and take them to their grandfather. ”So I carried them to the Prophet. The Prophet asked, “O my twoloves, what is wrong?”
Hasan and Husain replied, “We are hungry, O Messenger of Allah. ”Then the Prophet said three times, “O Allah, feed them.”Then I saw a quince in the Prophet’s hands that looked whiter than milk, sweeter than honey, and softer than butter. The Prophet rubbed it withhis thumb and cut it into two pieces. He gave half to Hasan and the other half to Husain. So I was looking at the two halves in their hands and I desired it. The Prophet asked me, “O Salaman, do you want some? ”I replied, “Yes, O Messenger of Allah.”The Prophetsaid “O Salaman, this food is from Paradise. No one can eat it before completing the judgement process and being saved from Hell, even though you are on the right path.”
المنقبه الثامنه و الثمانون
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَهْلٍ مَحْمُودُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ مَحْمُودٍ الْعَسْکَرِیُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی یُوسُفُ بْنُ یَعْقُوبَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِیمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی هِشَامٌ الدَّسْتَوَائِیِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی یَحْیَی بْنُ أَبِی کَثِیرٍ عَنْ أَبِی سَلَمَهَ عَنْ أَبِی هُرَیْرَهَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص:
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إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ فِی السَّمَاءِ الرَّابِعَهِ مِائَهَ أَلْفِ مَلَکٍ وَ فِی السَّمَاءِ الْخَامِسَهِ ثَلَاثَمِائَهِ مَلَکٍ وَ [خَلَقَ] فِی السَّمَاءِ السَّابِعَهِ مَلَکاً رَأْسُهُ تَحْتَ الْعَرْشِ وَ رِجْلَاهُ تَحْتَ الثَّرَی وَ مَلَائِکَهً أَکْثَرَ مِنْ رَبِیعَهَ وَ مُضَرَ لَیْسَ لَهُمْ طَعَامٌ وَ لَا شَرَابٌ إِلَّا الصَّلَاهُ عَلَی أَمِیرِ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع وَ مُحِبِّیهِ وَ الِاسْتِغْفَارُ لِشِیعَتِهِ الْمُذْنِبِینَ وَ مَوَالِیهِ.
Abu Sahl Mahmoud bin Omar bin Mahmoud Al-Askari narrated from Mohammad bin Omar,from Yusuf bin Ya’qoub, from Muslim bin Ibrahim, from Hisham Al-Dastowaa’i, from Yahya bin Abi Katheer, from Abi Salama, from Abu Huraira, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said: Allah has created one hundred thousand angels in the fourth sky and three hundred angels in the fifth sky. Allah has created one angel in the seventh sky that is so big that his head is under the Throne of Allah and his feet touch the earth, and Allah has created many more angels.The only sustenance for these angels is SALAWAT on Ali, the Commander of the Believers, and on his lovers, and seeking forgiveness for the sins of his Shia and for (the sins of) his lovers.
المنقبه التاسعه و الثمانون
حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُوسَی بْنِ عُرْوَهَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ الْمُعَدِّلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِکِ عَنْ یَزِیدَ بْنِ هَارُونَ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَهَ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِکٍ قَالَ:
رَأَیْتُ النَّبِیَّ ص فِی الْمَنَامِ فَقَالَ لِی یَا أَنَسُ مَا حَمَلَکَ عَلَی أَنْ لَا تُؤَدِّیَ مَا سَمِعْتَ مِنِّی فِی عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع حَتَّی أَدْرَکَتْکَ الْعُقُوبَهُ وَ لَوْ لَا اسْتِغْفَارُ عَلِیٍّ ع لَکَ مَا شَمِمْتَ رَائِحَهَ الْجَنَّهِ أَبَداً وَ لَکِنِ انْشُرْ فِی بَقِیَّهِ عُمُرِکَ أَنَّ عَلِیّاً ع وَ ذُرِّیَّتَهُ وَ مُحِبِّیهِمُ السَّابِقُونَ الْأَوَّلُونَ إِلَی الْجَنَّهِ وَ هُمْ جِیرَانُ أَوْلِیَاءِ اللَّهِ وَ أَوْلِیَاءُ اللَّهِ حَمْزَهُ وَ جَعْفَرٌ وَ الْحَسَنُ وَ الْحُسَیْنُ وَ أَمَّا عَلِیٌّ فَهُوَ الصِّدِّیقُ الْأَکْبَرُ لَا یَخْشَی یَوْمَ الْقِیَامَهِ مَنْ أَحَبَّهُ.
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Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Musa bin Urwah narrated from Mohammad bin Uthman Al-Mo’addel, from Mohammad bin Abdil Malik, from Yazid bin Harun, from Hammad bin Salama, from Thasbit, from Anas bin Malik, who said:
I saw the Prophet in my dream and he asked me: O Anas! What made you disobey me and ignore everything that Isaid about Ali bin Abi Taleb until you received the punishment? If Ali does not forgive you, you will not even smell Paradise. (And if youwant his forgiveness) Announce and tell people that Ali, his prsogeny, and their lovers are the “SAABEQUN” (the foremost), they are the first ones in Paradise. The lovers (of Ali ) are the neighbours of Allah’s friends in Paradise. Allah’s friends are Hamza (the Prophet’suncle), Jaafar (the Prophet’s cousin), and Hasan and Husain. As for Ali, he is the SEDDIQ AL-AKBAR (the most truthful one). Those who love him need not fear the Day of Judgement.
المنقبه التسعون
حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِیُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلَوِیَّهَ الْمُسْتَمِلِی رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی حَمْدَانُ بْنُ یَحْیَی قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ صَدَقَهَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُوسَی بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِیٍّ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنِ الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ عَلِیٍّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص:
إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَی لَمَّا خَلَقَ جَنَّهَ عَدْنٍ قَالَ لَهَا تَزَیَّنِی فَتَزَیَّنَتْ وَ مَاسَتْ فَقَالَ [لَهَا] قِرِّی فَوَ عِزَّتِی وَ جَلَالِی مَا خَلَقْتُکِ إِلَّا لِلْمُؤْمِنِینَ فَطُوبَی لَکِ وَ لِسَاکِنِیکِ ثُمَّ قَالَ یَا عَلِیُّ مَا خَلَقْتُ [جَنَّهَ] عَدْنٍ إِلَّا لَکَ وَ لِشِیعَتِکَ.
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Abul Hasan Ali bin Mohammad bin Alawy Al-Mostamli narrated from Abu Abdillah Mohammadbin Ahmad, from Hamdan bin Yahya, from Mohammad bin Sadaqa, from Musa bin Jaafar (7thImam), from Jaafar bin Mohammad, from his father, from Ali bin Husain, from his father,who said:
The Messenger of Allah said: When Allah created Paradise, He ordered Paradise to decorate itself and it did. Then Allah said to Paradise, “I swear to My Magnificence that I did not create you except for the believers. May there be bliss and happiness for you and your inhabitants! ”Then the Prophet said to Ali, “O Ali, Paradise was not created except for you and your Shia.”
المنقبه الحادیه و التسعون
حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْحُسَیْنُ الْفَارِسِیُّ البیع رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِیلَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی وَکِیعٌ عَنْ سُفْیَانَ عَنْ أَشْعَبَ عَنْ عِکْرِمَهَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ:
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص فِی عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع کَلِمَهً [لَوْ قَالَهَا لِی] کَانَتْ أَحَبَّ إِلَیَّ مِنْ حُمْرِ النَّعَمِ قَالُوا وَ مَا قَالَ النَّبِیُّ ص فِی عَلِیٍّ ع قَالَ قَالَ لَهُ النَّبِیُّ ص یَا عَلِیُّ أَنْتَ مِنِّی وَ أَنَا مِنْکَ وَ ذُرِّیَّتُکَ مِنَّا وَ نَحْنُ مِنْهُمْ وَ شِیعَتُکَ مِنَّا وَ نَحْنُ مِنْهُمْ یَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّهَ قَبْلَ الْأُمَمِ بِخَمْسِمِائَهِ عَامٍ.
Abu Mohammad Husain Al-Faresi Al-Bay’ narrated from Ahmad bin Mohammad, fromMohammad bin Mansour, from Mohammad bin Ismail, from Wakee’, from Sufyan, fromAsh'ab, from ‘Ikrama, from Ibn Abbas, who said: I would have given the world to have had the Messenger of Allah make the statement he made about Ali bin Abi Taleb about me.So people asked Ibn Abbas, “What was the statement?”I replied, “The Prophet told Ali bin Abi Taleb, ‘You are from me and I am from you; your progeny is from us and we are from them; your Shia arefrom us and we are from them, and your Shia will enter Paradise five hundred years before the others.”
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المنقبه الثانیه و التسعون
حَدَّثَنِی إِبْرَاهِیمُ بْنُ الْمَذَارِیِّ الْخَیَّاطُ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِیدٍ الرَّفَّاءُ الْبَغْدَادِیُّ فِی طَرِیقِ مَکَّهَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِیلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الْأَنْصَارِیُّ عَنْ مُوسَی بْنِ عَلِیٍّ الْقُرَشِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی قَنْبَرُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ [بْنِ قَنْبَرٍ مَوْلَی عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ] قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی کَعْبُ بْنُ نَوْفَلٍ عَنْ بِلَالِ بْنِ حَمَامَهَ قَالَ:
طَلَعَ عَلَیْنَا النَّبِیُّ ص ذَاتَ یَوْمٍ وَ وَجْهُهُ مَشْرِقٌ کَدَارَهِ الْقَمَرِ فَقَامَ [إِلَیْهِ] عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ فَقَالَ یَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا هَذَا النُّورُ فَقَالَ بِشَارَهٌ أَتَتْنِی مِنْ [عِنْدِ] رَبِّی فِی أَخِی وَ ابْنِ عَمِّی وَ ابْنَتِی وَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَی [قَدْ] زَوَّجَ عَلِیّاً ع بِفَاطِمَهَ وَ أَمَرَ رِضْوَانَ خَازِنَ الْجَنَّهِ فَهَزَّ شَجَرَهَ طُوبَی فَحَمَلَتْ رِقَاعاً یَعْنِی صِکَاکاً بِعَدَدِ مُحِبِّی أَهْلِ بَیْتِی وَ أَنْشَأَ مِنْ تَحْتِهَا مَلَائِکَهً مِنْ نُورٍ وَ دَفَعَ إِلَی کُلِّ مَلَکٍ صَکّاً فَإِذَا اسْتَوَتِ الْقِیَامَهُ بِأَهْلِهَا نَادَتِ الْمَلَائِکَهُ فِی الْخَلَائِقِ [یَا مُحِبُّو عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ هَلُمُّوا خُذُوا وَدَائِعَکُمْ] فَلَا یَبْقَی مُحِبٌّ لَنَا أَهْلَ الْبَیْتِ إِلَّا (دَفَعَتِ الْمَلَائِکَهُ) إِلَیْهِ صَکّاً فِیهِ فَکَاکُهُ (مِنَ النَّار مِنَ الرِّجَالِ وَ النِّسَاءِ بِعِوَضِ حُبِّ عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ وَ فَاطِمَهَ ابْنَتِی وَ أَوْلَادِهِمَا).
Ibrahim bin Al-Mothaari Al-Khayyat narrated from Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Saeed Al-RafaaAl-Baghdadi, from Ahmad bin Aleel, from Abdullah bin Dawud Al-Ansari, from Musa bin Ali Al-Qorashi, from Qanbar bin Ahmad bin Qanbar, from his father, from his grandfather Qanbar theservant of Ali bin Abi Taleb, from Kaab bin Noufel, from Bilal bin Hamama, who said:
The Prophet came to the people one day and his face was beaming likethe moon. So Abdul Rahman Al-‘Awf asked the Prophet, “Why is your face beaming like this?” The Prophet replied: I received good news from Allah about my brother and my cousinand my daughter. Allah married Ali to Fatema and he ordered Rizwan (the Keeper of Paradise) to shake the tree of Touba. Rizwan shook the tree, and for every lover of my family, one leaf fell fromthe tree. Then Rizwan gave each one of the leaves to an angel that was made of light. On the Day of Judgement, these angels will call and say ‘O lovers of Ali bin Abi Taleb, come and collect your belongings.’ So all those who love my family and I will receive a leaf. These leaves are the passes that save people from Hell; they are given to people as a reward for loving Ali bin Abi Taleb and Fatema, my daughter, and their sons.
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المنقبه الثالثه و التسعون
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَبْدُ الْعَزِیزِ بْنُ یَحْیَی الْجَلُودِیُّ قَال حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زَکَرِیَّا قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْمُفَضَّلُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی جَابِرُ بْنُ یَزِیدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی زَاذَانُ عَنْ سَلْمَانَ وَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص:
دَنَوْتُ مِنْ رَبِّی (فَکُنْتُ مِنْهُ کَقَابِ) قَوْسَیْنِ أَوْ أَدْنی وَ کَلَّمَنِی بَیْنَ جَبَلَیِ الْعَقِیقِ ثُمَّ قَالَ یَا أَحْمَدُ إِنِّی خَلَقْتُکَ وَ عَلِیّاً مِنْ نُورِی وَ خَلَقْتُ هَذَیْنِ الْجَبَلَیْنِ مِنْ نُورِ وَجْهِ عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع فَوَ عِزَّتِی وَ جَلَالِی لَقَدْ خَلَقْتُهُمَا عَلَامَهً بَیْنَ خَلْقِی یُعْرَفُ بِهَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَ لَقَدْ أَقْسَمْتُ بِعِزَّتِی عَلَی نَفْسِی (أَنِّی حَرَّمْتُ النَّارَ عَلَی الْمُتَخَتِّمِ بِالْعَقِیقِ إِذَا تَوَلَّی) عَلِیَّ بْنَ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع.
Ahmad bin Jarrah narrated from Abdil Aziz bin Yahya Al-Joloudi, from Mohammad bin Zakariyya, from Abdullah bin Muslim, from Al-Mofaz’al bin Saleh, from Jabir bin Yazid, from Zathan, from Salaman and Ibn Abbas, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said: On the night of Me’raaj, I approached my Lord and I
“was at a distance of two bows or nearer still”
(53:9). He spoke to me between the two AQEEQ (agate) mountains and said:O Ahmad! I created you and Ali from My own light, and I created these two mountains from the light of Ali’s face. I swear by My Magnificence that I have created these two mountains to be a sign that is used to identify the believers. And I swore on Myself that Imake it Haram to send to Hell those who wear the Aqeeq ring on their hands and follow Ali bin Abi Taleb.
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المنقبه الرابعه و التسعون
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُبَیْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْبُهْلُولِ الْمَوَالِی رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عِیسَی بْنُ مِهْرَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عُبَیْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَی قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی خَالِدُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ الْخَفَّافُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعْدَ بْنَ جُنَادَهَ الْعَوْفِیَّ [یَذْکُرُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ زَیْدَ بْنَ أَرْقَمَ یَقُولُ إِنَّهُ سَمِع أَبَا سَعِیدٍ الْخُدْرِیَّ یَقُولُ] إِنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِیَّ ص یَقُولُ:
عَلِیُّ بْنُ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع سَیِّدُ الْعَرَبِ [فَقِیلَ أَ لَسْتَ أَنْتَ سَیِّدَ الْعَرَبِ] فَقَالَ أَنَا سَیِّدُ وُلْدِ آدَمَ وَ عَلِیٌّ سَیِّدُ الْعَرَبِ مَنْ أَحَبَّهُ وَ تَوَلَّاهُ أَحَبَّهُ اللَّهُ وَ هَدَاهُ وَ مَنْ أَبْغَضَهُ وَ عَادَاهُ أَصَمَّهُ اللَّهُ وَ أَعْمَاهُ عَلِیٌّ حَقُّهُ کَحَقِّی وَ طَاعَتُهُ کَطَاعَتِی غَیْرَ أَنَّهُ لَا نَبِیَّ بَعْدِی مَنْ فَارَقَهُ فَارَقَنِی وَ مَنْ فَارَقَنِی فَارَقَ اللَّهَ أَنَا مَدِینَهُ الْحِکْمَهِ وَ هِیَ الْجَنَّهُ وَ عَلِیٌّ بَابُهَا فَکَیْفَ یَهْتَدِی الْمُهْتَدِی إِلَی الْجَنَّهِ إِلَّا مِنْ بَابِهَا عَلِیٌّ ع خَیْرُ الْبَشَرِ مَنْ أَبَی فَقَدْ کَفَرَ.
Mohammad bin Abdillah bin Ubadillah bin Bohloul Al-Mawali narrated from Mohammad binHasan, from Isa bin Mihran, from Ubaidullah bin Musa, from Khalid bin Tahman Al-Khaffaf,from Saad bin Jonada Al-Awfi, from Zaid bin Arqam, from Abi Saeed Al-Khodri, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said, “Ali bin Abi Taleb is the Master of Arabs.”
So the people asked the Prophet, “Are you not the Master of Arabs?” The Prophet replied: I am the Master of human beings and Ali is the Master of Arabs. Allah loves those who love Ali and follow him, and (Allah) guides them to the right path. Allah makes those who hate Ali and those who fight him deaf and blind. Ali’s HAQQ is my HAQQ, and following him is following me, except that there is no prophet after me. Those who abandon him abandon me, and those who abandon me abandon Allah.
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I am the city of knowledge and Ali is the door of the city. How is it possible for anyone to be guided to Paradise except through this door? Ali is the best human being. Those who deny this are Kafers.
المنقبه الخامسه و التسعون
حَدَّثَنِی الْقَاضِی أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُوسَی قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی یَحْیَی بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِیمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مَالِکُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ [قَالَ] رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص: مَنْ أَحَبَّ عَلِیّاً ع قَبِلَ اللَّهُ [مِنْهُ] صَلَاتَهُ وَ صِیَامَهُ وَ قِیَامَهُ وَ اسْتَجَابَ دُعَاءَهُ أَلَا وَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ عَلِیّاً أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ بِکُلِّ عِرْقٍ فِی بَدَنِهِ مَدِینَهً فِی الْجَنَّه أَلَا وَ مَنْ أَحَبَّ آلَ مُحَمَّدٍ ص (أَمِنَ مِنَ الْحِسَابِ) وَ الْمِیزَانِ وَ الصِّرَاطِ أَلَا وَ مَنْ مَاتَ عَلَی حُبِّ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ص فَأَنَا کَفِیلُهُ بِالْجَنَّهِ مَعَ الْأَنْبِیَاءِ أَلَا وَ مَنْ أَبْغَضَ آلَ مُحَمَّدٍ ص جَاءَ یَوْمَ الْقِیَامَهِ مَکْتُوبٌ بَیْنَ عَیْنَیْهِ آیِسٌ مِنْ رَحْمَهِ اللَّهِ.
The judge Abu Mohammad Hasan bin Mohammad bin Musa narrated from Ali bin Thabit, from Hafs bin Omar, from Yahya bin Jafar, from Abdul Rahman bin Ibrahim, from Malik bin Anas, from Nafi', from Abdullah bin Omar bin Al-Khattab, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said: Allah accepts the Salaat, the SIYAM (Fasting), and the efforts of those who love Ali bin Abi Taleb, and He answers their prayers.
Beware! Allah gives those who love Ali one city (in Paradise) for each vein in their body.
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Beware! Those who love the family of the Prophet are safe from the judgement process, the scale, and from the bridge.
Beware! I guarantee Paradise in the neighbourhood of the prophets to those who love the family of the Prophet.
المنقبه السادسه و التسعون
حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَیُّوبَ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی عَلِیُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ (بْنِ عُیَیْنَهَ بْنِ رُوَیْدَهَ) عَنْ بَکْرِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ وَ حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْجَرَّاحِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْأَهْوَازِیُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی بَکْرُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِیٍّ النَّقِیُّ عَنْ أَبِیهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُوسَی بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِیٍّ ع عَنْ فَاطِمَهَ بِنْتِ الْحُسَیْنِ عَن أَبِیهَا وَ عَمِّهَا الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِیٍّ ع قَالا حَدَّثَنَا أَمِیرُ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ عَلِیُّ بْنُ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص:
(لَمَّا دَخَلْتُ) الْجَنَّهَ رَأَیْتُ فِیهَا شَجَرَهً تَحْمِلُ الْحُلِیَّ وَ الْحُلَلَ أَسْفَلُهَا خَیْلٌ بُلْقٌ وَ وَسَطُهَا حُورُ الْعِینِ وَ فِی أَعْلَاهَا الرِّضْوَانُ قُلْتُ یَا جَبْرَئِیلُ لِمَنْ هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَهُ قَالَ هَذِهِ لِابْنِ عَمِّکَ أَمِیرِ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ إِذَا أَمَرَ اللَّهُ الْخَلِیقَهَ بِالدُّخُولِ إِلَی الْجَنَّهِ یُؤْتَی بِشِیعَهِ عَلِیٍّ حَتَّی یُنْتَهَی بِهِمْ إِلَی هَذِهِ الشَّجَرَهِ فَیُلْبَسُونَ الْحُلِیَّ [وَ الْحُلَلَ] وَ یَرْکَبُونَ الْخَیْلَ الْبُلْقَ وَ یُنَادِی مُنَادٍ هَؤُلَاءِ شِیعَهُ عَلِیٍّ ع صَبَرُوا فِی الدُّنْیَا عَلَی الْأَذَی فَأَکْرِمُوهُمُ الْیَوْمَ.
Abu Abdillah Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Ayyoub narrated from Ali bin Mohammad binAyyenah bin Rowaida, from Bakr bin Ahmad and Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Al-Jarrah, fromAhmad bin Faz’l Al-Ahwazi, from Bakr bin Ahmad, from Mohammad bin Ali (9th Imam), from his father, from Musa bin Jafar, from his father, from Mohammad bin Ali, from Fatema Imam Husain’s daughter, from her father Husain bin Ali, and from her uncle, Imam Hasan bin Ali,from the Commander of the Believers, Ali bin Abi Taleb, who said:
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The Messenger of Allah said: When I entered Paradise, I saw some different colored horses under atree that was decorated with jewels. I saw HUR AL-EEN in the middle of the tree, and I saw Rizwan on top of the tree. So I asked Jibraeel to whom the tree belonged. He (Jibraeel) replied: It belongs to your cousin, Ali bin Abi Taleb. When Allah orders His creatures to enter Paradise, the Shia of Ali will be brought to this tree. They will decorate themselves from the jewels of the tree and they will ride the different colored horses. Then the caller will call, ‘These are the Shia of Ali. They were patient when they were hurt inthe world, so they are being rewarded with generosity today.’
المنقبه السابعه و التسعون
حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَیْنِ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی وَرِیزَهُ بْنُ مُحَمَّد بْنِ وَرِیزَهَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی جَدِّی وَرِیزَهُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْغَسَّانِیُّ «1» قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَلِیَّ بْنَ مُوسَی الرِّضَا ع یَقُولُ حَدَّثَنِی أَبِی عَنْ أَبِیهِ [عَنْ جَدِّهِ] عَنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ الْحُسَیْنِ عَنْ أَبِیهِ الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ عَلِیٍّ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص:
لَمَّا أُسْرِیَ بِی إِلَی السَّمَاءِ لَقِیَنِی أَبِی نُوحٌ ع فَقَالَ یَا مُحَمَّدُ مَنْ خَلَّفْتَ عَلَی أُمَّتِکَ فَقُلْتُ عَلِیَّ بْنَ أَبِی طَالِبٍ فَقَالَ نِعْمَ الْخَلِیفَهُ [خَلَّفْتَ] ثُمَّ لَقِیَنِی أَخِی مُوسَی فَقَالَ یَا مُحَمَّدُ مَنْ خَلَّفْتَ عَلَی أُمَّتِکَ فَقُلْتُ عَلِیّاً فَقَالَ نِعْمَ الْخَلِیفَهُ خَلَّفْتَ.
ثُمَّ لَقِیَنِی [أَخِی] عِیسَی ع فَقَالَ یَا مُحَمَّدُ مَنْ خَلَّفْتَ عَلَی أُمَّتِکَ فَقُلْتُ عَلِیّاً ع فَقَالَ نِعْمَ الْخَلِیفَهُ خَلَّفْتَ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لِجَبْرَئِیلَ ع یَا [جَبْرَئِیلُ] مَا لِی لَا أَرَی [أَبِی] إِبْرَاهِیمَ ع قَالَ فَعَدَلَ [بِی] إِلَی حَظِیرَهٍ فَإِذَا فِیهَا شَجَرَهٌ لَهَا ضُرُوعٌ کَضُرُوعِ الْغَنَمِ [وَ إِذَا ثَمَّ أَطْفَالٌ] کُلَّمَا خَرَجَ ضَرْعٌ مِنْ فَمِ وَاحِدٍ رَدَّهُ إِلَیْهِ فَقَالَ یَا مُحَمَّدُ مَنْ خَلَّفْتَ عَلَی أُمَّتِکَ فَقُلْتُ عَلِیّاً فَقَالَ نِعْمَ الْخَلِیفَهُ خَلَّفْتَ وَ إِنِّی یَا مُحَمَّدُ سَأَلْتُ اللَّهَ تَعَالَی أَنْ یُوَلِّیَنِی غِذَاءَ أَطْفَالِ شِیعَهِ عَلِیٍّ فَأَنَا أُغَذِّیهِمْ إِلَی یَوْمِ الْقِیَامَهِ.
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Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Husain narrated from Wazirah bin Mohammad bin Wazirah, fromhis grandfather Wazirah bin Mohammad Al-Ghassani, from Ali bin Musa Al-Redha (8th Imam),from his father, from Jaafar bin Mohammad, from his father, from Ali bin Husain, from hisfather, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said:As I was going up on the night of Me’raaj, I met my father, Nuh.He asked me, “O Mohammad, whom did you appoint as caliph on your nation?”I replied, “Ali bin Abi Taleb.”Nuh said, “What an excellent caliph you appointed.”Then I met my brother, Musa, who asked me, “O Mohammad, whom did youappoint as caliph on your nation?”I replied, “Ali bin Abi Taleb.”
Musa said, “What an excellent caliph you appointed.”Then I met my brother, Isa, who asked me, “O Mohammad, whom did youappoint as caliph on your nation?”I replied, “Ali bin Abi Taleb.”Isa said, “What an excellent caliph you appointed.”Then I asked Jibraeel, “Why have I not seen my father, Ibrahim?”So Jibraeel took me to an area where I saw Ibrahim by a tree that hadnipples like the nipples of sheep. There were lots of babies sucking on thenipples of this tree, thereby receiving their sustenance. Every time a nipplewould fall out of a baby’s mouth, Ibrahim would put it back in their mouth.Ibrahim asked me, “O Mohammad, whom did you appoint as caliph on your nation?”I replied, “Ali bin Abi Taleb.”Ibrahim said, “What an excellent caliph you appointed. O Mohammad, Iasked Allah to make me responsible for giving sustenance to the babies of Ali’s Shia. So I am responsible for their sustenance until the Day of Judgement.”
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المنقبه الثامنه و التسعون
حَدَّثَنِی الْقَاضِی أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ النَّصِیبِیُّ فِی دَارِهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَلَوِیُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ «2» اللَّهِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زِیَادٍ عَنِ الْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ الْحُسَیْنِ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ أَمِیرِ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ عَلِیٍّ ع: أَنَّهُ کَانَ جَالِساً فِی الرَّحْبَهِ وَ النَّاسُ حَوْلَهُ فَقَامَ إِلَیْهِ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ یَا أَمِیرَ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ إِنَّکَ بِالْمَکَانِ الَّذِی أَنْزَلَکَ اللَّهُ فِیهِ وَ أَبُوکَ مُعَذَّبٌ فِی النَّارِ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَهْ فَضَّ اللَّهُ فَاکَ وَ الَّذِی بَعَثَ مُحَمَّداً بِالْحَقِّ نَبِیّاً لَوْ شَفَعَ أَبِی فِی کُلِّ مُذْنِبٍ عَلَی وَجْهِ الْأَرْضِ لَشَفَّعَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَی (فِیهِمْ أَ أَبِی) مُعَذَّبٌ بِالنَّارِ وَ [أَنَا] ابْنُهُ قَسِیمُ الْجَنَّهِ وَ النَّارِ وَ الَّذِی بَعَثَ مُحَمَّداً بِالْحَقِّ نَبِیّاً إِنَّ نُورَ أَبِی أَبِی طَالِبٍ یَوْمَ الْقِیَامَهِ لَیُطْفِئُ أَنْوَارَ الْخَلَائِقِ إِلَّا خَمْسَهَ أَنْوَارٍ نُورَ مُحَمَّدٍ ص [وَ نُورِی] وَ نُورَ فَاطِمَهَ وَ نُورَ الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَیْنِ وَ نُورَ أَوْلَادِهِ مِنَ الْأَئِمَّهِ ع.
أَلَا إِنَّ نُورَهُ مِنْ نُورِنَا خَلَقَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مِنْ قَبْلِ [أَنْ] یَخْلُقَ آدَمَ ع بِأَلْفَیْ عَامٍ.
The judge Abul Hasan Mohammad bin Uthman bin Abdillah Al-Nasibi, narrated from Jaafar binMohammad Al-Alawy, from Abdullah bin Ahmad, from Mohammad bin Ziyad, from Mofaz’albin Amr, from Jaafar bin Mohammad (6th Imam), from his father, from Ali bin Husain, from hisfather, who said:
The Commander of the Believers was sitting in Rahbaha and people weresitting around him when a man stood up and said, “O Commander of theBelievers, it is Allah that has placed you in this position however your father will be tortured in Hell.”I replied:Be quiet! May Allah shut your mouth.
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I swear to Allah, who sentMohammad as a prophet, that if my father intercedes for all of the sinners on earth, Allah will accept it. How can my father be inHell, while I, his son, am the one who divides between Paradise andHell? I swear to Allah, who sent Mohammad as a prophet, myfather’s light on the Day of Judgement exceeds the light of allcreatures except the light of five lights: the light of Mohammad,my (Imam Ali’s) light, the light of Fatema, the light of Hasan andHusain, and the light of the Imams from the sons of Husain. Bewarethat Abu Taleb’s light is from our lights. Allah created his light twothousand years before He created Adam.
المنقبه التاسعه و التسعون
حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعَافَی بْنُ زَکَرِیَّا أَبُو الْفَرَجِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِی الثَّلْجِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بَهْرَامَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی یُوسُفُ بْنُ مُوسَی الْقَطَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی جَرِیرٌ عَنْ لَیْثٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِیَ اللَّهُ عَنْه قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص: لَوْ أَنَّ الْغِیَاضَ أَقْلَامُ وَ الْبِحَارَ مِدَادٌ وَ الْجِنَّ حُسَّابٌ وَ الْإِنْسَ کُتَّابٌ (مَا قَدَرُوا عَلَی إِحْصَاءِ) فَضَائِلِ عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع.
Al-Moaafi bin Zakariyya Abul Faraj narrated from Mohammad bin Ahmad bin Abi Thalj, fromHasan bin Mohammad bin Bahram, from Yusuf bin Musa Al-Qattan, from Jurair, from Laith,from Mujahid, from Ibn Abbas, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said, “If all the trees were pens, and all the seas were ink, and all the Jinn were counters, and all human beings were writers, they would not be able to count the incredible virtues of Ali bin Abi Taleb.”
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المنقبه المائه
أَخْبَرَنِی أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمجلدیُّ مِنْ کِتَابِهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی الْحُسَیْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ زَکَرِیَّا قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ الْحُسَیْنِ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنْ أَمِیرِ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ عَلِیِّ بْن أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص: إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَی جَعَلَ لِأَخِی فَضَائِلَ لَا تُحْصَی کَثْرَهً فَمَنْ ذَکَرَ فَضِیلَهً مِنْ فَضَائِلِهِ مُقِرّاً بِهَا غَفَرَ اللَّهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِهِ وَ مَا تَأَخَّرَ وَ مَنْ کَتَبَ فَضِیلَهً مِنْ فَضَائِلِهِ لَمْ تَزَلِ الْمَلَائِکَهُ تَسْتَغْفِرُ لَهُ مَا بَقِیَ لِتِلْکَ الْکِتَابَهِ رَسْمٌ وَ مَنْ أَصْغَی إِلَی فَضِیلَهٍ مِنْ فَضَائِلِهِ غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ الذُّنُوبَ الَّتِی اکْتَسَبَهَا [بِالاسْتِمَاعِ وَ مَنْ نَظَرَ فِی کِتَابٍ فِی فَضَائِلِ عَلِیٍّ ع غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ الذُّنُوبَ الَّتِی ارْتَکَبَهَا] بِالنَّظَرِ ثُمَّ قَالَ ع النَّظَرُ إِلَی عَلِیِّ بْنِ أَبِی طَالِبٍ ع عِبَادَهٌ [وَ ذِکْرُهُ عِبَادَهٌ] وَ لَا یَقْبَلُ اللَّهُ إِیمَانَ عَبْدٍ [مِنْ عِبَادِهِ کُلِّهِمْ] إِلَّا لِوَلَایَتِهِ وَ الْبَرَاءَهِ مِنْ أَعْدَائِهِ.
Abu Mohammad Hasan bin Ahmad bin Mohammad Al-Majledi narrated from Husain binMohammad bin Is’haaq, from Mohammad bin Zakariyya, from Jaafar bin Mohammad (6thImam), from his father, from Ali bin Husain, from his father, from the Commander of theBelievers, who said:
The Messenger of Allah said:Allah has given so many incredible virtues to my brother, Ali bin Abi Taleb,that they are impossible to count. If someone mentions one of his virtueswhile believing in it, Allah will forgive all of his past and future sins. If someone writes one of his virtues, angels will seek forgiveness for him for as long as that written text continues to exist. If someone listens to one of his virtues, Allah will forgive all of the sins that he has committed using hisears. If someone reads a book about his virtues, Allah will forgive all of thesins that he has committed using his eyes.
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Looking at Ali bin Abi Taleb is worshipping Allah, and mentioning him is worshipping Allah.Allah does not accept the beliefs of anyone who does not accept Ali’s Wilayat, and who does not renounce his enemies.
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
The incredible virtues of Ali bin Abi Taleb are enumerable. It is as the Holy Prophet says, “If all the trees were pens, and all the seas were ink, and all the Jinn were counters, and all human beings were writers, they would not be able to count the incredible virtues of Ali bin Abi Taleb. ”His incredible virtues are filled in Sunni books. Some of the most prominent Sunni scholars like Ahmad bin Hanbal, Ismaeel bin Is’haaq, Al-Nesaee and Abu Ali Al-Neishabouri have stated that, “No one has narrated any Hadith with such reliable and authentic sources for any of the companions of the Prophet like the Ahadith narrated about Ali bin Abi Taleb.”
Aqaa Bozorg Al-Tahraani writes in his book, Al-Dharee’ah:
One Hundred Incredible Vitues of Ali bin Abi Taleb and His Sons wascomplied by the knowleadgble scholar, Abil Hasan Mohammad binAhmad bin Ali Hasan bin Shazan Al-Qummi. He was the teacher of Shaykh Al-Karaachaki and Shaykh Al-Najaashi. The author -may Allah elevate his status- has collected one hundred narrations about the virtues of the Ahlul Bayt, many of which (clearly) state the appointment of the Twelve Imams. He has narrated these Ahadith through the chains of the general population (Sunnis).This book is also referred to as “Fadha’el by Ibn Shazan” as stated in Bihar Al-Anwar, Manaaqeb Al-Khawarezmi, and Al-Dam’ah Al-Saakibah. Shaykh Al-Karachaki mentions that he met with the author who was his teacher in Masjidul Haraam in Makkah in year four hunred and twelve and the author narrated the entire contents of this book for him.
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Both Sunni and Shia scholars have used Ibn Shazan as a reference and relied on his books and research. The following are some of the Sunni books which have directly quoted this specific book:
1. Al-Esteeab
2. Sawaee Al-Mohraqa
3. Nour Al-Absar
4. Fath Al-Bari
5. Mostadrak Ala Al-Sahihain
6. Tafsir Al-Thaalabi
7. Manqeb Al-Kharazmi
8. Tabaqat Hanabela
9. Al-Kamel Ibn Atheer
10. Kefayat Al-Taleb
11. Riyadh Al-Nazerat
12. Nozam Dorar Al-Semthain
13. Tahzib al-Tahzib
14. Tarikh Al-Kholafaa
15. Sirat Al-Halabiya
16. Esaaf Al-Raghebeen
17. Al-Rowaz Al-Azhar
18. Miftah Al-Naja
19. Yanabee Al-Mawaddah
20. Tajheez Al-Jeysh
21. Maqsad Al-Taleb
22. Fath Al-Ola
23. Sharh Jame Al-Saghir Al-Manawi
24. Shawahed Al-Tanzeel
25. Tarikh Dameshq
26. Manaqeb Ahmad bin Hanbal
27. Manaqeb Al-Ashera lel Ghashbandi
28. Merqat Al-Mafateeh fi Sharh Mishkat Al-Masabeeh
29. Al-Mokhtar fi Al-Manaqeb Al-Akhyar
30. Ethaf Zowe Al-Nejaba
31. Zolomat Abi Riyah
32. Tabaqat Al-Malekiyya
33. Madakhel al-Qirawanee
34. Sharh Resalat Al-Halabi
35. Wasilat Al-Najat
36. Tafrih AL-Ahbab
37. Manal Al-Taleb fi Manaqen Ali bin Abi Taleb
The following are some of the Sunni scholars who have relied on thisspecific book and have quoted their Ahadith from it:
1. Al-Hafez Abu Moayyed Al-Mowaffaq bin Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Al-Bakri Al-Hanafi known as Akhtab Al-Khawarazm
2. Al-Hafez Al-Shahid Abu Obaidullah Mohammad bin Yousef bin MohammadAl-Qorashi Al-Kanji Al-Shafiee who was killed in the mosque of Damascusbecause he wrote a book called Kefayat Al-Taleb that had some positiveviews about Shia.
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3. Al-Mohaddeth Ibrahim bin Mohammad bin Moayyed bin Abdillah bin AliAl-HamawayneeMany of our Shia scholars including, Abul Fath Mohammad bin Ali binUthman Al-Karajee, Seyed Radhi Ibn Tawous, Al-Majlesi, Seyed Hashem Al-Bahrani, and Allama Sheykh Abdul Husain Al-Amini, have based their booksand views on this book and other publications of Ibn Shazan.Narrators used in this book match the ones that the following great Shiascholars have trusted and used:
1. The scholar, Abi Jaafar Mohammad bin Ali bin Husain bin Babewey Al-Qummi
2. The scholar, Abi Mohammad, Jaafar bin Ahmad bin Ali Al-Qummi
3. The scholar, Abi Al-Qasem Ali bin Mohammad bin Ali Al-Khazzaz Al-Qummi
4. The scholar, Abi Abdullah Mohammad bin Mohammad bin Noman Al-Mofid
5. The scholar, Abi Al-Abbas Ahmad bin Ali Al-Najashi The following is a list of the narrators on whom the above Shia scholars have relied in their own works (that can be found in this book):
1. Abu Mohammad Ibrahim bin Mohammad Al-Mathari Al-Khayyat
2. Abul Hasan Ahmad bin Al-Hasan, Al-Dhak, Al-Razi
3. The Nishapuri Ahmad bin Al-Hasan bin Mohammad
4. Ahmad bin Ali bin Al-Hasan bin Shazan Al-Fami Al-Qummi (His father)
5. Abul Hasan Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Ahmad bin Tarkhan Al-KendiAlgrani
6. Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Al-Husain
7. Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Saeed bin Oqda
8. Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Suleiman bin Al-Hasan bin Bakeer bin Aayanbin Sonan Abu Ghalib Al-Zarari
9. Abu Abdullah Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Ubadillah bin Al-Hasan Aiaashbin Ibrahim bin Ayyoub bin Al-Johri
10. Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Imran Al-Jarrah
11. Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Musa bin Urwah
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12. Abu Mohammad Jaafar bin Ahmad bin Al-Husain Al-Shashi
13. Abul Qassem Jaafar bin Mohammad bin Qoloeh (His Uncle)
14. Abul Qassem Jaafar bin Mohammad bin Masrur
15. Al-Hasan bin Ahmad bin Sokhtoeh
16. Abu Mohammad Al-Hasan bin Ahmad bin Mohammad Al-Mogldi
17. Al-Sharif Al-Hasan bin Hamza bin Ali bin Abdillah bin Mohammad bin Al-Hasan Al-Husain bin Ali bin Al-Husain bin Ali bin Abi Taleb Al-Taabari.
18. Al-Sharif Al-Naqeeb, Hasan bin Mohammad Al-Alwy Al-Hussayni
19. The judge, Abu Mohammad Al-Hasan bin Mohammad bin Musa
20. Abu Abdullah Al-Husain bin Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Ahwal
21. The virtuous sheikh, Abu Abdullah Al-Husain bin Abdillah Al-Qutiei
22. The Persian, Abu Mohammad Al-Husain Al-Baye
23. Abu Abdullah Al-Husain bin Mohammad bin Isaac bin Khetab Al-Soti
24. Al-Husain bin Mohammad bin Mihran Al-Damghani
25. The Chief of Justice Abu Abdullah Al-Husain bin Harun Al-Daabi
26. Sahl bin Ahmad bin Abdillah bin Ahmad bin Sahl Al-Dibagi Al-Koufi
27. Zakariyya Talha bin Ahmad bin Talha bin Mohammad Al-Sarram Al-Nishaburi
28. Abu Ahmad Abdulaziz bin Jaafar bin Mohammad bin Qoloeh
29. Sheikh Al-Saleh Abu Mohammad Abdullah bin Al-Husain
30. Abul Qassem Abdullah bin Mohammad bin Isaac bin Suleiman binHanana Al-Bazaz
31. Abu Mohammad Abdullah bin Yousef bin Mamoeh Al-Asbahani
32. Abul Qassem Ubaidullah bin Al-Hasan bin Mohammad Al-Sakwy
3. Abul Hasan Ali bin Ahmad bin Motoeh Al-Makri Al-Wahedi
34. Ali bin Al-Husain bin Ali bin Al-Hasan Abul Hasan Al-Nahwy Al-Razi
35. Bin Mohammad Motola, Al-Qalansi
36. Abul Hasan Ali bin Mohammad Al-Mokteb Al-Loghawy Al-Razi
37. Abu Hafs Amr bin Ibrahim bin Ahmad bin Katheer Al-Makri
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38. Al-Hafez Abu Bakr Mohammad bin Ahmad bin Al-Husain bin Al-Qassembin Al-Ghatrif Al-Jorjani
39. Al-Sharif Abu Jaafar Mohammad bin Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Isa Al-Alawy
40. Abul Hasan Mohammad bin Jaafar bin Mohammad bin Al-Najjar Al-KufiAl-Nahwy Al-Tameemi
41. The great sheikh Mohammad bin Al-Hasan bin Ahmad bin Al-Walid
42. Abul Tayyeb Mohammad bin Al-Husain Al-Timli
43. Mohammad bin Hammad bin Bashir
44. Mohammad bin Hamid bin Al-Husain bin Hamid bin Al-Risbia Al-LokhmiAl-Jarrar
45. Mohammad bin Said, Abul Faraj
46. Mohammad bin Said Al-Dahqan
47. The Scholar Abu Bakr Mohammad bin Abdillah bin Hamdun Al Fadl
48. Mohammad bin Abdillah bin Mohammad bin Ubadillah bin Al-Bohlul binMatar bin Mutleb bin Matar bin Abul Fadhl Al-Sheibanee
49. Mohammad bin Abdillah bin Abdillah the Al-Hafez
50. Mohammad bin Abdillah bin Ubaiduallah bin Murra
51. The Judge, Abul Husain Mohammad bin Uthman bin Abdillah Al-Nasibi
52. Mohammad bin Ali bin Husain bin bin Musa bin Babewey “Al-Sadough”
53. Abu Abdullah Mohammad bin Ali bin Zanjawiyah
54. Mohammad bin Ali bin Sukkar
55. Abul Husain Mohammad bin Ali bin Al-Mofadhal bin Homam Al-Koufi
56. Mohammad bin Fadhl bin Tamam Al-Zayyat
57. Mohammad bin Emad Al-Tostary
58. Mohammad bin Mohammad bin Morrat
59. Abul Faraj Mohammad bin Muzaffar bin Ahmad bin Saeed Al-Daghagh
60. Abul Faraj Mohammad bin Muzaffar bin Qays Al-Moqari
61. Abu Abdullah Mohammad bin Wahban Al-Hannad
62. Abu Sahl Mahmoud bin Amr bin Mahmoud Al-Askary
63. The judge, Abul Faraj Al-Moaafi bin Zakariyya bin Yahya Al-Nahrawani
64. Al-Shaykh Nouh bin Ahmad bin Ayman
65. Abu Mohammad Haroon bin Musa bin Ahmad bin Saeed Al-Talakbari66. Abu Mohammad bin Fareed Al-Bushanji
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