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

7 - قال: حدثنا أبو الطيب الحسين بن محمد التمار  بجامع المنصور في المحرم سنة سبع وأربعين وثلاثمائة قال: حدثنا أبو بكر محمد بن القاسم الأنباري قال: حدثنا أحمد بن يحيى  قال: حدثنا ابن الأعرابي، عن حبيب بن بشار، عن أبيه  قال: حدثني علي بن عاصم، عن الشعبي قال: لما وفد شداد بن أوس  على معاوية بن أبي سفيان أكرمه، وأحسن قبوله، ولم يعتبه على شئ كان منه، ووعده ومناه. ثم إنه أحضره في يوم حفل  فقال له: يا شداد قم في الناس واذكر عليا وعبه لأعرف بذلك نيتك في مودتي. فقال له شداد: أعفني من ذلك، فإن عليا قد لحق بربه، وجوزي بعمله، وكفيت ما كان يهمك منه، وانقادت لك الأمور على إيثارك، فلا تلتمس من الناس ما لا يليق بحلمك. فقال له معاوية: لتقومن بما أمرتك به وإلا فالريب فيك واقع. فقام شداد فقال: الحمد لله الذي فرض طاعته على عباده، وجعل رضاه عند أهل التقوى آثر من رضا خلقه. على ذلك مضى أولهم، و عليه يمضي آخرهم. أيها الناس! إن الآخرة وعد صادق يحكم فيها ملك قادر، وإن الدنيا أجل حاضر يأكل منها البر والفاجر، وإن السامع المطيع لله لا حجة عليه، وإن السامع العاصي لا حجة له، وإن الله إذا أراد بالعباد خيرا عمل عليهم صلحاءهم، وقضى  بينهم فقهاءهم، وجعل المال في أسخيائهم. وإذا أراد بهم شرا عمل عليهم سفهاءهم، وقضى بينهم جهلاءهم، وجعل المال عند بخلائهم، وإن من صلاح الولاة أن يصلح قرناؤها. ونصحك يا معاوية من أسخطك بالحق، وغشك من أرضاك بالباطل، وقد نصحتك بما قدمت، وما كنت أغشك بخلافه. فقال له معاوية: اجلس يا شداد، فجلس، فقال له: إني قد أمرت لك بمال يغنيك، ألست من السمحاء الذين جعل الله المال عندهم لصلاح خلقه؟! فقال له شداد: إن كان ما عندك من المال هو لك دون ما للمسلمين فعمدت لجمعه مخافة تفرقه فأصبته حلالا وأنفقته حلالا، فنعم، وإن كان مما شاركك فيه المسلمون فاحتجبته دونهم فأصبته اقترافا  وأنفقته إسرافا، فإن الله جل اسمه يقول: " إن المبذرين كانوا إخوان الشياطين "  فقال معاوية: أظنك قد خولطت  يا شداد! أعطوه ما أطلقناه له  ليخرج إلى أهله قبل أن يغلبه مرضه. فنهض شداد وهو يقول: المغلوب على عقله بهواه سواي، وارتحل ولم يأخذه من معاوية شيئا. 

7. He said: Abu al-Tayyib al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Tammar reported to me at the Great Mosque of Al-Mansoor during Muharram of 347 Hijra, from Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn al-Qasim al-Anbari, who reported from Ahmed ibn Yahya, who reported from Ibn al-A’arabi, from Habib ibn Basshar, from his father, who reported from ‘Ali ibn Asim, from al-Sha’bi who said: When Shaddad ibn Aws called upon Muawiyah ibn Abu Sufyan, he honoured and welcomed him, did not reprimand him for his past lapses and gave him good promises of reward. Then one day he invited Shaddad at a public assembly and said: "O Shaddad, stand before people and speak about ‘Ali and revile his so that I know the measure of your love for me." Shaddad said: "I beg to be excused, for ‘Ali has already gone to his Maker and has been rewarded for his deeds. And you have been sufficiently relieved of your worry about him. Now, the affairs are under your full control because of your generosity, so do not seek from people things which do not behove your magnanimity." Muawiyah said: "You shall indeed rise to speak, otherwise (our) suspicion about you is established." Then Shaddad stood up and said: "Praise be to Allah Who made His obedience obligatory upon His servants and placed His Pleasure with the people of Taqwa, who preferred His pleasure over the pleasure of those He created; upon that path have the predecessors gone and upon that path shall the followers go. O People, the next world is indeed a true promise, a Day on which the Omnipotent King shall judge; and this world has a limited tenure, where every pious and impious eats his share. He who listens and obeys the truth, fears no judgement against him and he who listens and disobeys, expects no judgement in his favour. Surely, when Allah intends good for His servants, He gives them the righteous people to govern them and the learned jurists to decide among them; and places wealth in the hands of the generous among them. And when intends evil for them, He causes the fools to rule over them and the ignorant to decide among them and places wealth in the hands of the misers and niggardly among them. And for the rulers, the most befitting thing is to have the righteous companies around them. O Muawiyah, whoever displeases you for the truth, he is your good advisor and whoever seeks your pleasure by ways which are untrue, he deceives you. I have indeed, given you a good advice in whatever I have said already and I will not deceive you by saying to the contrary." Muawiyah said: "Sit down O, Shaddad." So, he sat down. Then Muawiyah said: "I ordered for you enough wealth to make you self-sufficient. Am I not among those generous who Allah has blessed with abundance, for the sake of the welfare of His creation?" Shaddad said: "If the wealth you possess belongs to you, to the exclusion of what belongs to the Muslims and (if) you earned and spent it in legitimate ways, after having amassed it so that it may not be squandered, then, of course, yes. And if the wealth you have, belongs to you jointly with the Muslims and you deprived them from having access to it; amassing it in abundance and then spending it excessively, then Allah, Most High, says: ’Verily, the extravagants are the brothers of the Devils’ (Al-Isra’, 17:27)." (Upon hearing this) Muawiyah said: "I believe you have gone mad, O Shaddad! (Then turning to his people, he said), "Give him what we have set aside for him, so that he may reach his people before he gets totally demented." Shaddad rose on his feet saying: "Someone else, other than me, has lost his sanity to his desires." He then left, without taking anything from Muawiyah.

Al-Amālī

Book 11, Chapter 7