Registering Good Deeds

Condition for the Acceptance of Acts of Devotion.

Al-Harith Al-Hamadani and ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib (as)

Four Habits from the treasures of Virtue

Helping a needy Mu’min

The Place of ‘Ali (as)

Dying with the love of ‘Ali (as)

The most beloved steps by a Mu’min

Witnessing Hearts

Reconciliation among people

Provision from unexpected quarters

On being mindful - not conceited

Love of Ahlul Bayt leads to Paradise

The System of Islam

Adam, Noah, Ibrahim & ‘Ali (as)

Mu’awiya’s Discussion on Imamah and Khilafa with Abdullah ibn Abbas

Words of Wisdom from Ibn Hanafiyya

On Ahlul Bayt (as)

Nine Testify to the Wilayah of ‘Ali (as)

Master Herein, Master Hereafter

Supplicate Constantly

Adopting Ignorant Leaders

Five Prostrations for glad tidings

Abu Hanifa acknowledges al-Sadiq’s authority

When the Angel came to greet ‘Ali (as)

The Prophet’s (SAW) inheritance: Knowledge of the unseen

Refraining from fault finding

When sins multiply

Events after the battle of Jamal

"Never confirm the tradition of Ghadeer-e-khumm" said Abu Hanifa

The Inner self

The status of the seeker

A deed performed with taqwa

Three groups within the Ummah

Saints & Nobles

The final Rites for our Prophet (SAW)

Asserting ones creed (and about Zaid ibn ‘Ali)

Helping Ahlul Bayt with one’s tongue

Love Ahlul Bayt with your heart and help with your hand & tongue

Spare your speech

Illness purifies a person of his sins

The Prophet (SAW) on his successor

The calamity of denying the pen to the Prophet (SAW)

Some companions who reneged

Some companions who will never see the Prophet (SAW) again

Allah tests His servants

Imam Husayn (as) as an ideal

Fatimah’s (as) elegy on Fadak

On constraint and indulgence

Traditions from a truthful source

Acting without understanding

Similitude of the transitory

Adhering to the Ahlul Bayt

Two types of manly virtues

The master of Arabs

Mahdi (as) will rise after a time of trials & tribulations

The Prophet’s (SAW) last assembly

Ibn Abbas’s address on Khilafah

The two who will be in deep anxiety

"I have not known of an assembly of people worse than you...." said Fatimah (as)

"Keep my cheek on the ground..." the last words of Umar

Earning the promised blessing one has not seen

About the people who apply analogy

Cursed are those who follow analogy

Traits of a religion person

"There is no way, other than my way..." said the Prophet (SAW)

Alms given early morning...

Cleanse and purify your heart before you ask Him

The four of ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) virtues

‘Ali (as) forbade initiating the battle

We do not say except that which our Lord, Most High, has said

Die in the state of Taharat and you will die a martyr

‘Ali is my brother, my minister and my successor

What Jabir said about ‘Ali (as)

Umar’s comments about the Prophet’s companions

"My brothers are those who believe in me without ever having seen me" said the Prophet (SAW)

Seek refuge from Allah against the evil of the people of Al-Thatt

Allah helps according to the measure of our intentions

Knowledge precedes ignorance

Those nearest to the Prophet on the Day of Reckoning

Benevolence & Tyranny

Weeping for ones sins

Good deeds blot out evil ones

Obedience to the Imam

Uthman and Banu Umayya

The lonely martyr

Talha and al-Zubair

The first to enter Paradise

Surprise at the heedless

Dying the death of an infidel

Befriending for the sake of Allah

The four virtues of the people of Paradise

The Prophet commanded to reveal virtues of ‘Ali (as)

The Prophet’s prayers for his descendants

The Assasination of Malik al-Ashtar

Imamat, a continued covenant

A recitation to open the eight gates of Paradise

Allah reveals to Musa

Who are those devotees?

‘Ali’s faith and descent

3 - قال: حدثنا أبو الطيب الحسين بن محمد التمار قال: حدثنا جعفر بن أحمد الشاهد قال: حدثنا أبو الحسين أحمد بن محمد بن أبي مسلم قال: حدثنا أحمد بن جليس الرازي قال: حدثنا القاسم بن الحكم العرني قال: حدثنا هشام بن الوليد، عن حماد بن سليمان السدوسي قال: أخبرنا أبو الحسن علي بن محمد السيرافي  قال: حدثنا الضحاك بن مزاحم، عن عبد الله بن العباس بن عبد المطلب أنه سمع النبي صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم يقول: إن الجنة لتنجد  وتزين من الحول إلى الحول لدخول شهر رمضان. فإذا كان أول ليلة منه هبت ريح من تحت العرش يقال لها المثيرة، تصفق ورق أشجار الجنان وحلق المصاريع  فيسمع لذلك طنين لم يسمع السامعون أحسن منه، وتبرزن الحور العين  حتى يقفن بين شرف الجنة فينادين هل من خاطب إلى الله [عز وجل] فيزوجه؟ ثم يقلن : يا رضوان ما هذه الليلة؟ فيجيبهن بالتلبية ، ثم يقول: يا خيرات حسان هذه أول ليلة من شهر رمضان قد فتحت أبواب الجنان للصائمين من أمة محمد صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم. [قال:] ويقول له عز وجل: يا رضوان افتح أبواب الجنان، يا مالك أغلق أبواب الجحيم عن الصائمين  من أمة محمد، يا جبرئيل اهبط إلى الأرض فصفد مردة الشياطين وغلهم بالأغلال ثم اقذف بهم في لجج البحار حتى لا يفسدوا على أمة حبيبي صيامهم. قال: ويقول الله تبارك وتعالى في كل ليلة من شهر رمضان ثلاث مرات : هل من سائل فأعطيه سؤله؟ هل من تائب فأتوب عليه؟ هل من مستغفر فأغفر له؟ من يقرض الملئ غير المعدم والوفي غير الظالم ؟. قال: وإن لله تعالى في آخر كل يوم من شهر رمضان عند الافطار ألف ألف عتيق من النار ، فإذا كانت ليلة الجمعة ويوم الجمعة أعتق في كل ساعة منهما ألف ألف عتيق من النار وكلهم قد استوجبوا العذاب، فإذا كان في آخر [يوم من] شهر رمضان أعتق الله في ذلك اليوم بعدد ما أعتق من أول الشهر إلى آخره. فإذا كانت ليلة القدر أمر الله عز وجل جبرئيل عليه السلام فهبط في كتيبة من الملائكة إلى الأرض ومعه لواء أخضر، فيركز اللواء على ظهر الكعبة، وله ستمائة جناح، منها جناحان لا ينشرهما إلا في ليلة القدر، فينشرهما تلك الليلة، فيجاوزان  المشرق والمغرب، ويبث جبرئيل عليه السلام الملائكة في هذه الليلة فيسلمون على كل قائم وقاعد ومصل وذاكر، ويصافحونهم ويؤمنون على دعائهم حتى يطلع الفجر. فإذا طلع الفجر نادى جبرئيل عليه السلام: يا معشر الملائكة الرحيل الرحيل، فيقولون: يا جبرئيل فماذا صنع الله تعالى في حوائج المؤمنين من أمة محمد؟ فيقول: إن الله تعالى نظر إليهم في هذه الليلة فعفا عنهم وغفر لهم إلا أربعة، قال: فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: وهؤلاء الأربعة : مدمن الخمر، والعاق لوالديه، والقاطع الرحم، والمشاحن . فإذا كانت ليلة الفطر وهي تسمى ليلة الجوائز أعطى الله العاملين أجرهم بغير حساب. فإذا كانت غداة يوم الفطر  بعث الله الملائكة في كل البلاد فيهبطون إلى الأرض، ويقفون على أفواه السكك فيقولون: يا أمة محمد اخرجوا إلى رب كريم، يعطي الجزيل، ويغفر العظيم. فإذا برزوا إلى مصلاهم قال الله عز وجل للملائكة: ملائكتي!  ما جزاء الأجير إذا عمل عمله؟ قال: فتقول الملائكة: إلهنا وسيدنا جزاؤه أن توفي أجره. قال: فيقول الله عز وجل: فإني أشهدكم ملائكتي أني قد جعلت ثوابهم عن صيامهم شهر رمضان وقيامهم فيه رضاي ومغفرتي. ويقول: يا عبادي سلوني، فوعزتي وجلالي لا تسألوني اليوم في جمعكم لآخرتكم ودنياكم إلا أعطيتكم ، وعزتي لأسترن عليكم عوراتكم ما راقبتموني، وعزتي لأجرتكم ولا أفضحكم  بين يدي أصحاب الخلود، انصرفوا مغفورا لكم، قد أرضيتموني ورضيت عنكم. قال: فتفرح الملائكة وتستبشر ويهنئ بعضها بعضا بما يعطي [الله] هذه الأمة إذا أفطروا. 

3. He said: Abu al-Tayyib al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Tammar reported to me from Ja’far ibn Ahmad al-Shahid, who reported from Abul Husayn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Muslim, who reported from Ahmad ibn Jalees al-Razi, who reported from al-Qasim ibn al-Hakam al-Irniy, who reported from Hisham ibn al-Waleed, from Hammad ibn Sulaiman al-Saddoosi, who reported from Abul Hasan ‘Ali ibn Muhammad al-Sayrafi, who reported from al-Dhahhak ibn Mazahim, from Abdullah ibn Abbas ibn Abdul Muttalib, who heard that: The Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, say: "Every year, when the month of Ramadhan enters, the paradise arrays itself ornately and beautifies itself. So when the first night of that month falls, a gentle wind blows from under the Throne, called al-Mutheerah; and the leaves of the heavenly trees flap and the door shutters clank, to produce a melodious tune, the like of which the hearers have never heard. And then the houris with beautiful eyes appear, standing on the balcony of the heavenly abode, exclaiming: ’Is there anyone to propose to Allah, so that He may marry him (to the houris)?’Then they say: ’O Ridhwan, what night is this?’ He answers them in all readiness and say: ’O good and beautiful ones, this is the first night of the month of Ramadhan. The gates of Paradise have been opened for those who keep the fasts in the Ummah of Muhammad, peace be upon him and his progeny." (He said): Then Allah, Most High, will say: "O Ridhwan, open the gates of Paradise. O Malik, shut the gates of hellfire from those who observe the fasts in the Ummah of Muhammad, peace be upon him and his progeny. O Jibraeel, descend to the earth and put every rebellious Satan into the shackles, fetter them by their necks and throw them into the depth of the seas, so that they may not spoil the fasts of those from the Ummah of My beloved." He said: And then Allah, Most High, will say three times every night in the month of Ramadhan. "Is there anyone who seeks so that I may bestow? Is there any repentant, so that I may pardon him? Is there anyone seeking forgiveness so that I may forgive him? Who is there to lend a soft loan (alms and charity for the poor) to One Who is Sufficient, Everlasting and One Who is Just and wrongs no one?" He said: "In the evening of every day of the month of Ramadhan, Allah frees a million souls from hellfire at the time of Iftar. And when the night of Friday and the day of Friday enter, He frees a million souls every hour. Those were the wretched souls who deserved chastisement. And when the month of Ramadhan ends, the number of souls freed on that day equals the total souls released from hellfire by Allah during the whole month. And when it is night of Qadr, Allah, Most High and Mighty, commands Jibraeel to descend to earth, with a phalanx of angels, carrying a green standard. He fixes it at the rear of al-Ka’bah. And he has six hundred wings, two of which he never spreads except on the night of Qadr. He spreads those two wings on that night, till they go beyond the East and the West. Then Jibraeel disperses the angels in that night, so they greet everyone who is standing, sitting, praying and chanting (remembering Allah). They shake hands with them, and say Amin to their prayers, till the day breaks. And when the day breaks, Jibraeel, peace be upon him, proclaims: ’O group of angels, it is time to depart.’ They say: ’O Jibraeel, how has Allah responded to the supplications of the believers in the Ummah of Muhammad?’ Jibraeel says: ’Allah has looked upon them in this night and has forgiven them all except four.’ He said that then the Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, said: ’These four are: persistent boozers of alcoholic drinks, and the one who has incurred displeasure of his parents, and the one who has severed relations with his consanguinal kith and kin, and the one whose heart is filled with rancour and bitter hatred.’ And when the night of al-Fitr enters, the night which is called the night of rewards, Allah bestows His rewards upon the worshippers, without measure. And when the day of al-Fitr dawns, Allah sends His angels to every part of the earth, so they descend and stand at the opening of every lane, saying: ’O Ummah of Muhammad, proceed towards the Benevolent Sustainer, for He (Alone) gives in abundance and forgives the grievous sins.’ So when they advance towards the prayers, Allah, Most High and Mighty, addresses the angels: "O My angels, what is the reward of a hired one when he has completed his task?" They reply: "O our Lord and our Master, the reward is to pay him full for his labour." He said: Then Allah, Most High and Mighty, would say: "Be My witness, O My angels, that as a reward for their fasts and prayers during the month of Ramadhan, they have earned My Pleasure and Forgiveness." Then He would say: "O My servants, seek from Me whatever you wish, for by My Honour, there is nothing which you will seek for the sake of your hereafter or for this world, but that it will be granted. And by My Honour, I shall conceal your shameful parts, the way you guarded them for My sake. By My Honour, I shall save you and shall not put you to shame before the people of Eternity. Go, with all your sins forgiven, for you have indeed pleased Me, and I am pleased with you." He said: The angels will rejoice and express felicitations to each other, for what Allah will bless this Ummah, upon breaking the fast.

Al-Amālī

Book 27, Chapter 3