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

6 - قال: أخبرني أبو الحسن علي بن محمد بن حبيش الكاتب قال: حدثنا الحسن بن علي الزعفراني قال: حدثنا إبراهيم بن محمد الثقفي قال: حدثنا محمد بن إسماعيل، عن زيد بن المعدل، عن يحيى بن صالح ، عن الحارث بن حصيرة، عن أبي صادق، عن جندب بن عبد الله الأزدي قال: سمعت أمير المؤمنين علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام يقول لأصحابه وقد استنفرهم أياما إلى الجهاد فلم ينفروا : أيها الناس إني قد استنفرتكم فلم تنفروا، ونصحت لكم فلم تقبلوا، فأنتم شهود كأغياب ، وصم ذوو أسماع. أتلو عليكم الحكمة، وأعظكم بالموعظة الحسنة، وأحثكم على جهاد عدوكم الباغين، فما آتي على آخر منطقي حتى أراكم متفرقين، أيادي سبأ ، فإذا أنا كففت عنكم عدتم إلى مجالسكم حلقا عزين ، تضربون الأمثال، وتتناشدون الأشعار، وتسألون عن الأخبار، قد نسيتم الاستعداد للحرب، وشغلتم قلوبكم بالأباطيل، تربت أيديكم  اغزوا القوم [من] قبل أن يغزوكم، فوالله ما غزي قوم قط في عقر ديارهم إلا ذلوا. وأيم الله ما أراكم تفعلون حتى يفعلوا، ولوددت أني لقيتهم على نيتي وبصيرتي فاسترحت من مقاساتكم. فما أنتم إلا كإبل جمة ضلت راعيها  فكلما ضمت من جانب انتشرت من جانب آخر، والله لكأني بكم  لو حمس الوغى، وأحم البأس  قد انفرجتم عن علي بن أبي طالب [انفراج الرأس و] انفراج المرأة عن قبلها . فقام إليه الأشعث بن قيس الكندي فقال له: يا أمير المؤمنين فهلا فعلت كما فعل ابن عفان ؟ فقال عليه السلام له: يا عرف النار ! ويلك إن فعل ابن عفان لمخزاة على من لا دين له، ولا حجة معه، فكيف وأنا على بينة من ربي، [و] الحق في يدي، والله إن امرءا يمكن عدوه من نفسه يخذع لحمه ويهشم عظمه، ويفري  جلده، ويسفك دمه لضعيف ما ضمت عليه جوانح صدره ، أنت فكن كذلك إن أحببت ، فأما أنا فدون أن أعطى ذلك ضرب بالمشرفي ، يطير منه فراش الهام، وتطيح منه الأكف والمعاصم ، ويفعل بعد ما يشاء. فقام أبو أيوب الأنصاري خالد بن زيد صاحب منزل رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله فقال: أيها الناس! إن أمير المؤمنين قد أسمع من كانت له أذن واعية وقلب حفيظ، إن الله قد أكرمكم بكرامة لم تقبلوها حق قبولها، إنه ترك بين أظهركم ابن عم نبيكم، وسيد المسلمين من بعده، يفقهكم في الدين، و يدعوكم إلى جهاد المحلين، فكأنكم صم لا تسمعون، أو على قلوبكم غلف مطبوع عليها فأنتم لا تعقلون، أفلا تستحيون؟. عباد الله أليس إنما عهدكم بالجور والعدوان أمس؟ قد شمل البلاء، وشاع في البلاد، فذو حق محروم، وملطوم وجهه، وموطوء بطنه  وملقى بالعراء، تسفى عليه الأعاصير ، لا يكنه من الحر والقر وصهر الشمس والضح  إلا الأثواب الهامدة ، وبيوت الشعر البالية، حتى جاءكم الله  بأمير المؤمنين عليه السلام فصدع بالحق، ونشر العدل، وعمل بما في الكتاب؟! يا قوم فاشكروا نعمة الله عليكم ولا تولوا مدبرين، " ولا تكونوا كالذين قالوا سمعنا وهم لا يسمعون  ". اشحذوا السيوف، واستعدوا لجهاد عدوكم، فإذا دعيتم فأجيبوا، وإذا أمرتم فاسمعوا وأطيعوا، وما قلتم فليكن، وما أمرتم فكونوا بذلك من الصادقين . 

6. He said: Abul Hasan ‘Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Hubaish al-Katib reported to me from al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali al-Zafarani, who reported from Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Thaqafi, who reported from Muhammad ibn Ismail, from Zaid ibn al-Muaddal, from Yahya ibn Swaleh, from al-Harith ibn Husairah, from Abu Sadiq, from Jundab ibn Abdillah al-Azadi, who said: I heard Amirul Mu’mineen, ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib, peace be upon him, say to his companions, after having urged them for days on end to march forth for Jihad but in vain: "O people! I have ordered you to march forth, but you did not, and I have admonished you, but you did not acquiesce. So, you are like the absentees in spite of your presence and the deaf in spite of your hearing! I recite unto you words of wisdom and preach to you beautiful preaching and exhort you to fight your despotic adversaries; but when I come to the close of my speech, I find you as disunited as the hands of Saba’ (i.e. ten children of a Yamani chief who were each separated from the other). And the moment I turn away from you, you return to your meetings, forming group circles. (There) you set up similitudes, chant poems and ask each other the news. You have forgotten the art of preparedness for war, and have occupied your minds with unavailing things. Your hands are weakened! Rise to fight the enemy before they overwhelm you! By Allah! Never was a community attacked in its own houses, except that it was humiliated and vanquished. And I swear in the name of Allah, I do not see you do it, till they have done! And I would love to confront them (alone) with my (firm) determination and vision, (and get killed in the way of Allah) so that I am relieved of enduring you. For, you are like a hoard of camels, which has lost its herdsman; no sooner are they herded on one side, than they fall apart from each other on the other side. By Allah, I can visualize about you that if the war were to rage on, and the hostilities were to flame up, you would separate yourselves from ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib (as easily as the heads are cut off and) the way a woman shirks as she delivers (her child)." At that time, al-Ash’ath ibn Qais al-Kindi stood up and said: "O Amirul Mu’mineen, why didn’t you do what Uthman ibn Affan did?" (i.e. granting favours for the sake of compromising). He, peace upon him, said: "O, pusher to the hellfire! Woe unto you! The act of Ibn Affan was a disgraceful one, even for the one who has no religion, nor any authority with him; so, how can I, who stands on a manifest proof from my Sustainer and the rightful authority is in my hand, do that? By Allah, that man is indeed weak, who himself makes it possible for his enemy to carve his flesh, crush his bones, tear down his skin and spill his blood! Such a man is not blessed with a brave heart. If you so desire, be like him! As far as I am concerned, the least I can give that enemy is a hit of my sword, which will send the bones of the skull flying, palm falling together with the arms. Then Allah shall do what He intends." Then Abu Ayyub al-Ansari Khalid ibn Zaid, the host of the Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, rose, and said: "O people, surely Amirul Mu’mineen has conveyed to those who have heeding ears and remembering hearts. Allah has indeed blessed you with an honour, which you do not accept in the way you should! He has left with you your Prophet’s cousin, master of all the Muslims after him (i.e. the Prophet). He (i.e. ‘Ali) makes you learned in Religion and calls you to fight against those who have descended upon you to afflict you. It seems as if you have gone deaf, hearing nothing. Or that your hearts are impermeably wrapped, so that you do not understand! Are you not ashamed? O servants of Allah! Did you not have an era of injustice and hostility yesterday? (i.e. in the days gone by). An era in which affliction was common, spread all over the country? When the rightfuls were deprived, their faces smacked, their bellies trampled upon, hurled down on an open ground, and borne by the sandstorms. There was nothing to protect them from heat or cold, from being scorched by the sun and its glare, except the tattered clothes on their bodies, or the shaggy old huts. Till Allah brought unto you Amirul Mu’mineen, peace be upon him, who declared the truth and spread justice, and acted according to the Book (i.e. the Qur’an). So, O people, be thankful to Allah for the bounty with which He has blessed you, and do not turn away on your backs. And be not of those who say "we hear", but they hear not. Sharpen your swords and prepare to fight your enemies. Respond when you are summoned and listen and obey when commanded. Let that what you say happen; and prove yourselves among the truthful by following what you have been ordered to do."

Al-Amālī

Book 18, Chapter 6