Letter of Abi Abdillah (a.s) to a group of Shia

The Sahifa of Ali ibn al-Husayn, 'Alayhim al-Salam, and his words on restraint from unlawful matters.

The Will of Ameer al-Mumineen (a.s) to his companions

The sermon of ‘Amir al-Mu’minin, Ali, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, called the Sermon of Means and Connections

The sermon of al-Talutiyah

Excellence of Shi’ah and their prominent positions

Hadith of Abu ‘Abd Allah,  'Alayhim al-Salam, with al-Mansur in his procession

Hadith of Musa, 'Alayhim al-Salam

Advice of Abu ‘Abd Allah,  'Alayhim al-Salam

Seven marks of excellence for Banu Hashim

This Book speaks to you in all truth (45:29)

About the words of Allah ‘By the midday sun’ (91:1)

About the words of Allah ‘Has the story of the overwhelming come to you…’ (88:1)

About the words of Allah ‘They swear to Allah earnestly…’ (16:38)

About the words of Allah ‘When they sensed the power of our anger…’ (21:12)

The letter of Abu Ja’far, 'Alayhim al-Salam, to Sa’ad al-Khayr

Another letter to him from him (the imam) also

The letter of Abu Ja’far,  'Alayhim al-Salam, was similar to Jesus,  'Alayhim al-Salam

About the words of Allah ‘Mischief has spread over the land…’ (30:41)

About the words of Allah ‘...Do not spread mischief in the land…’ (7:56)

The Sermon of ‘Amir al-Mu’minin, Ali, ‘Alayhi al-Salam

A Sermon of ‘Amir al Mu’minin, ‘Alayhi al-Salam

A Sermon of ‘Amir al Mu’minin on The Day of Rahba, ‘Alayhi al-Salam

Hadith of Ali ibn al-Husayn, 'Alayhim al-Salam

Signs of the coming of the end of the world

Dealings of ‘Amir al Mu’minin in regards to equitably among muslims

Hadith of the Holy Prophet, Sallallahu ʿAlayhi waalihi

Advice ‘Amir al Mu’minin, to his servant

A speech of Ali Ibn al-Husayn, 'Alayhim al-Salam

Haidth of the Shaykh (old man) with Al-Baqr, 'Alayhim al-Salam

The story of the oil sell

The excellence of the Shi’ah

The advice of the Holy Prophet Sallallahu ʿAlayhi waalihi to ‘Amir al-Mu’minin  'Alayhim al-Salam

Criteria of a man’s excellence

Religion is no other thing than love

The excellence of Ahl al Bayt, 'Alayhim al-Salam and their Shi’ah

Revving the cause of Ahlal Bayt, 'Alayhim al-Salam

Another hadith on the excellence of the Shi’ah

The wicked is wicked in his mother’s womb

About the words of Allah ‘...all people were one nation’ (2:213)

Hadith of the ocean with the sun

In every family Allah places His proof

Proof of Allah is in every town

About the words of Allah ‘...He sent upon the swallows…’ (105:3)

The potter and the farmer in-laws

Cure for gases and pain

Hadith of The Holy Prophet Sallallahu ʿAlayhi waalihi on good advice

Usurpation of the donkey of the imam

The tax collector harasses the imam

Kindness of the Imam to his servant

Allah has not placed anything good in opposition to Ahl Al-Bayt, ‘Alayhim al-Salam

Hadith of the physician

Diseases and the body

Cure with wheat

The hadith of  ‘on what is the whale’

Creation of the Earth

Hadith of dreams and proof of divine authority of the people a given time

Dreams of the believing people

A Question of the Holy Prophet Sallallahu ʿAlayhi waalihi wa-sallam

About the words of Allah ‘...glad news for them…’ (10:64)

Three kinds of dreams

True or false dreams

Hadith of the winds

Wind is a  blessing or torment of Allah

Cure for anxiety, sadness, poverty, and illness

Meaning of relatives

Hadith of the man of al-Sham

Everything was water

Hadith of gardens and camels

Seventy aspects of their (‘A’immah’s) words

The Hadith of  Abu Basir and Umm Khalid

People hostile to ‘A’immah’

Disrespect of a believing person 

The words of ‘Abd al Rahman with Abu ‘Abd Allah, 'Alayhim al-Salam

In Praise of Hassan ibn Thabit

The Words of ‘Umar to Ali,'Alayhim al-Salam

About the words of Allah ‘...Those who change the boutnies of Allah’ (14:28)

About the words of Allah ‘Leave them alone; you are not blamed’ (51:54)

Conditions of the Day of Judgment

Those who love Ahl al Bayt,'Alayhim al-Salam

Is perfection in good food and body?

The five al-haram (the Sacred areas) of Allah on Earth

When a believing man becomes forty years old

A believing person has the chance

Permission to run away from plague

There is no escape from three things

When the Imam was ill

Supplication and charms

Supplication against being choked

In the battle of ‘Uhud

The honorable and disgraceful events of the Arabs

Hadith of Adam,'Alayhim al-Salam with the tree

Hadith Nafi’ mawla of ‘Umar with Abu Ja’far,'Alayhim al-Salam

Hadith of Christians from al-Sham with al-Baqir,'Alayhim al-Salam

Hadith of Abu al-Hassan Musa, 'Alayhim al-Salam to Ali ibn Suwayd

The rare hadith about Abu Dharr

Armed expedition of Dhat al-Riqa’

Allah does not accept any deed without loving Ahl al-bayt. 'Alayhim al-Salam

The most beloved thing to the Messenger of Allah, Sallallahu ʿAlayhi waalihi

Zuhd of the Holy Prophet,Sallallahu ʿAlayhi waalihi

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

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

Al-Kāfi - Volume 8

Book 1, Chapter 194