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

5 - قال: أخبرني أبو عبيد الله محمد بن عمران المرزباني قال: حدثني محمد بن موسى بن حماد قال: حدثنا محمد بن سهل قال: أخبرنا هشام بن محمد بن السائب، عن أبي مخنف لوط بن يحيى، عن الحارث بن حصيرة، عن عبد الرحمن ابن عبيد بن الكنود  قال: قدم أمير المؤمنين علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام من البصرة إلى الكوفة لاثنتي عشرة ليلة خلت من رجب ، فأقبل حتى صعد المنبر، فحمد الله وأثنى عليه، ثم قال: أما بعد، فالحمد لله الذي نصر وليه، وخذل عدوه، وأعز الصادق المحق، وأذل الكاذب المبطل . عليكم يا أهل هذا المصر بتقوى الله، وطاعة من أطاع الله من أهل بيت نبيكم [صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم] الذين هم أولى بطاعتكم فيما أطاعوا الله فيه من المنتحلين المدعين المقابلين إلينا  يتفضلون بفضلنا ويجاحدوناه ، وينازعونا حقنا ويدفعونا عنه ، وقد ذاقوا وبال ما اجترحوا فسوف يلقون غيا. إنه قد قعد عن نصرتي رجال منكم فأنا عليهم عاتب زار ، فاهجروهم، وأسمعوهم ما يكرهون حتى يعتبوا  أو نرى منهم ما نرضى . فقام إليه مالك بن حبيب التميمي اليربوعي وكان صاحب شرطته فقال: والله إني لأرى الهجر وإسماع المكروه لهم قليلا ، والله لئن أمرتنا لنقتلنهم. فقال له أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام: يا مال جزت المدى، وعدوت الحد، وأغرقت في النزع . فقال: يا أمير المؤمنين. لبعض الغشم أبلغ في أمور * تنوبك من مهادنة الأعادي  فقال أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام: ليس هكذا قضى الله يا مال، قال الله تعالى: " النفس بالنفس "  فما بال بعض الغشم؟ وقال الله سبحانه: " ومن قتل مظلوما فقد جعلنا لوليه سلطانا فلا يسرف في القتل إنه كان منصورا " . فقام إليه أبو بردة بن عوف الأزدي وكان عثمانيا تخلف عنه يوم الجمل وحضر معه صفين على ضعف نية في نصرته فقال: يا أمير المؤمنين أرأيت القتلى حول عائشة وطلحة والزبير بم قتلوا؟ فقال أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام بما قتلوا شيعتي وعمالي، وبقتلهم أخا ربيعة العبدي رحمه الله في عصابة من المسلمين قالوا: لا ننكث البيعة [كما نكثتم]، ولا نغدر كما غدرتم، فوثبوا عليهم فقتلوهم ظلما وعدوانا، فسألتهم أن يدفعوا إلي قتلة إخواني منهم أقتلهم بهم ، ثم كتاب الله حكم بيني وبينهم، فأبوا علي وقاتلوني وفي أعناقهم بيعتي ودماء نحو ألف من شيعتي فقتلتهم بذلك ، أفي شك أنت من ذلك؟ فقال: قد كنت في شك، فأما الآن فقد عرفت، واستبان لي خطأ القوم، فإنك أنت المهتدي المصيب. ثم إن عليا عليه السلام تهيأ لينزل، فقام رجال ليتكلموا، فلما رأوه قد نزل جلسوا ولم يتكلموا. قال: أبو الكنود: وكان أبو بردة مع حضوره صفين ينافق أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام ويكاتب معاوية سرا، فلما ظهر معاوية أقطعه قطيعة بالفلوجة ، وكان عليه كريما.

5. He said: Abu Ubaidullah Muhammad ibn Imran al-Marzbani reported to me from Muhammad ibn Musa ibn Hammad, who reported from Muhammad ibn Sahl, who reported from Hisham ibn Muhammad ibn al-Saib, from Abu Mikhnaf Lut ibn Yahya, from al-Harith ibn Husairah, from Abdul Rahman Ibn Ubaid ibn al-Kanud, who said: Amirul Mu’mineen ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib, (a.s.), returned from Basrah to al-Kufah on 12th Rajab and proceeded to climb the pulpit. He expressed his gratitude and praise to Allah and said: "All praise be to Allah Who has helped His servant, blessed with authority and forsaken His enemy. He exalted the truthful and just and disgraced the liar and unjust. O people of the town, it is obligatory upon you to be mindful of your duties to Allah and to obey those who, from among the Ahlul Bayt of your Prophet, are obedient to Allah. They are worthier of your submission; for they, in submission to Allah, stood firm against the pretentious and our opponents who despite their dependence upon us for their guidance, fight against us, usurp our rights and deprive us...They have tasted the evil of their action and there awaits them a painful chastisement. Indeed, some of you have held themselves back from helping me and I am indeed, displeased and disappointed with them. So, you disassociate yourselves from them and admonish them, so that, they may realize their misconduct or come to do what we approve." Then Malik ibn Habib al-Tamimi al-Yarbu'i, his police commander, stood up and said: "By Allah, I believe that simply disassociating and admonition is two little. By Allah, should you command us, we would kill them all." Amirul Mu’minin, (a.s.), said: "O Malik, you are crossing the bounds and transgressing the limit, engaging yourself in the extremes." He said: "O Amirul Mu’minin! Sometimes a little bit of tyranny and inequity, while dealing with the matters confronting you, is more suited than being kind to your enemies." Amirul Mu’minin, (a.s.) said: "O Malik, that is not the way Allah has ordained. He Most High, has said: ’A life for a life’ (al-Maidah, 5:45). So where is the room for a bit of inequity and tyranny? And then Allah, Most High, has said: ’And whoever is killed unjustly, We have given power to his avenger of blood, but let him not exceed the just limits in killing. Surely, he will be victorious’(Al-Israa’, 17:33)." Then Abu Burdah ibn Awf al-Azdi stood before him. He was a partisan of Uthman, having fought against ‘Ali in the battle of Jamal, but joined him in Siffin with a very weak intention of helping. He said: "O Amirul Mu’minin! Did you see the fallen bodies around Aisha, Talha and al-Zubair? Why were they killed?" Amirul Mu’minin, (a.s.) said: "Because they had killed my followers and my appointed governors. And (also) because they killed the brother of Rabi'ah al-Abdi - may Allah bless him with mercy, together with a group of Muslims. They had said: ’We will not break our allegiance the way you did and we will not revolt the way you have revolted.’ So, they were unjustly attacked and killed. I asked them to submit to me, the names of those who killed my brethren and there would be the Book of Allah, to decide between me and them. They refused (to give me the names) and (instead) they rose to fight me, while they were still in allegiance to me, and the responsibility of having killed, nearly a thousand of my partisans lay upon their shoulders. That is why I killed them. Do you have any doubt about that?" He said: "I had a doubt but now I have understood and the error of those people has now become evident for me. No doubt, you are the rightly guided one." Then ‘Ali, (a.s.) prepared to climb down, while some people rose to speak. But when they saw him climb down, they sat down and did not utter a word. Then Abul Kanud said: "In spite of his presence (with ‘Ali) at Siffin, Abu Burdah was insincere to ‘Ali, (a.s.) and used to privately correspond with Mu’awiyah. And when Mu’awiyah became the absolute monarch, he gave a piece of land to him at al-Fallujah and was quite generous to him."

Al-Amālī

Book 15, Chapter 5