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: أخبرني أبو الحسن علي بن مالك النحوي قال: حدثني محمد بن الفضل الكاتب قال: حدثنا عيسى بن حميد قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله الربعي  يقول: حدثنا الأصمعي قال: دخلت البصرة، فبينا أنا أمشي بشارعها إذ بصرت بجارية أحسن الناس وجها، وإذا هي كالشن البالي  فلم أزل أتبعها وأحبس نفسي عنها حتى انتهت من المقابر إلى قبر فجلست عنده، ثم أنشأت تقول بصوت ما يكاد يبين: هذا والله المسكن لا ما به نغر أنفسنا، هذا والله المفرق بين الأحباب، والمقرب من الحساب، وبه عرفان الرحمة من العذاب. يا أبه فسح الله لك في قبرك، وتغمدك بما تغمد به نبيك، أما إني لا أقول خلاف ما أعلم، كان علمي بك جوادا، إذا أتيت أتيت وسادا، وإذا اعتمدت وجدت عمادا. ثم قالت: يا ليت شعري كيف غيرك البلى * أم كيف صار جمال وجهك في الثرى لله درك أي كهل غيبوا * تحت الجنادل، لا تحس ولا ترى لبا وحلما بعد حزم زانه * بأس وجود حين يطرق للقرى لما نقلت إلى المقابر والبلى * دنت الهموم فغاب عن عيني الكرى  وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد النبي وآله الطاهرين وسلم تسليما.

7. He said: Abul Hasan ‘Ali ibn Malik al-Nahwy reported to me from Muhammad ibn al-Fadhl al-Katib, who reported from Isa ibn Hamid, who said: I heard Abu Abdillah al-Rabee saying that it has been reported from al-Asmaee’, who said: Once I entered al-Basra and as I was walking along, I saw a very beautiful maid looking like a worn-out skin bag. I followed her with constraint, till she reached the graveyard and sat near a grave. Then, with a voice hardly audible, she said: "This is the abode, not like the one with which we deceive ourselves. By Allah, it is a place, which throws the lovers asunder and brings the Day of Reckoning closer; by which His grace will be known from His chastisement. O father! May Allah widen your grave and bless you with what your Prophet was blessed. As for me, I will not say against what I know! I knew you a generous, comforting whenever you came, fully reliable." Then she said: "I wish I knew how decomposition has changed you, Or what the beauty of your face has become in the dust! What a nice person! (Do they know which) elderly man they hid under the stones, that he is neither felt nor seen. Sagacious, forbearing, with the resolutions matched by bravery, bountiful when called upon to entertain; Since, you were moved to the graveyard and decay, Anxieties have come closer and my eyes have lost sleep!" And may Allah bless our master Muhammad, the Prophet and his immaculate progeny.

Al-Amālī

Book 14, Chapter 7