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 جعفر محمد بن علي بن الحسين قال: حدثنا أبي قال: حدثنا أحمد بن إدريس قال: حدثنا محمد بن عبد الجبار، عن القاسم بن محمد الرازي، عن علي بن محمد الهرمزاني ، عن علي بن الحسين بن علي، عن أبيه الحسين عليهم السلام قال: لما مرضت فاطمة بنت النبي صلى الله عليه وآله وعليها السلام وصت إلى علي صلوات الله عليه أن يكتم أمرها، ويخفي خبرها، ولا يؤذن أحدا بمرضها، ففعل ذلك. وكان يمرضها بنفسه، وتعينه على ذلك أسماء بنت عميس رحمها الله على استسرار بذلك كما وصت به. فلما حضرتها الوفاة وصت أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام أن يتولى أمرها، ويدفنها ليلا، ويعفي قبرها . فتولى ذلك أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام ودفنها، وعفى موضع قبرها. فلما نفض يده من تراب القبر، هاج به الحزن، فأرسل دموعه على خديه، وحول وجهه إلى قبر رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم فقال: " السلام عليك يا رسول الله مني، والسلام عليك من ابنتك وحبيبتك وقرة عينك وزائرتك والبائتة في الثرى ببقعتك والمختار لها الله سرعة اللحاق بك، قل يا رسول الله عن صفيتك صبري، وضعف عن سيدة النساء تجلدي (3 ()، إلا أن في التأسي لي بسنتك والحزن الذي حل بي بفراقك موضع التعزي، فلقد وسدتك في ملحود قبرك بعد أن فاضت نفسك على صدري، وغمضتك بيدي ، وتوليت أمرك بنفسي، نعم وفي كتاب الله أنعم القبول : " إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون ". لقد استرجعت الوديعة ، وأخذت الرهينة، واختلست الزهراء، فما أقبح الخضراء والغبراء، يا رسول الله! أما حزني فسرمد، وأما ليلي فمسهد، لا يبرح الحزن من قلبي، أو يختار الله لي دارك التي أنت فيها مقيم، كمد مقيح، وهم مهيج، سرعان ما فرق بيننا، وإلى الله أشكو. وستنبئك ابنتك بتضافر أمتك  علي وعلى هضمها حقها، فاستخبرها الحال، فكم من غليل معتلج بصدرها لم تجد إلى بثه سبيلا وستقول، ويحكم الله وهو خير الحاكمين. سلام عليك يا رسول الله سلام مودع، لا سئم ولا قال، فإن أنصرف فلا عن ملالة، وإن أقم فلا عن سوء ظن بما وعد الله الصابرين، [و] الصبر أيمن وأجمل، ولولا غلبة المستولين علينا لجعلت المقام  عند قبرك لزاما، وللبثت  عنده معكوفا، ولأعولت إعوال الثكلى على جليل الرزية، فبعين الله تدفن ابنتك سرا، وتهتضم حقها قهرا، وتمنع إرثها جهرا، ولم يطل العهد، ولم يخل  منك الذكر، فإلى الله يا رسول الله المشتكى، وفيك أجمل العزاء، وصلوات الله عليك وعليها ورحمة الله وبركاته  ". 

7. He said: Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn ‘Ali ibn al-Husayn reported to me from his father who reported from Ahmad ibn Idrees, who reported from Muhammad ibn Abd al-Jabbar, from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad al-Razi, from ‘Ali ibn Muhammad al-Hurmuzani, who reported from ‘Ali ibn al-Husayn ibn ‘Ali, from his father al-Husayn, peace be upon them, who said: When Fatimah, the daughter of the Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, fell ill, she willed to ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib, may Allah bless him, to withhold the news of her (death) and treat it as a secret; and to allow no one to visit her during her illness. So he did accordingly, attending on her himself, helped by Asma bint Umays, may Allah bless her with mercy, so as to maintain the secrecy as she wished. Then as her death drew near, she willed that Amirul Mu’mineen, peace be upon him, should attend to her rites, to bury her at night and to efface the trace of her grave. So Amirul Mu’mineen, peace be upon him, arranged accordingly, buried her and concealed the place of her burial. When he dusted off the earth of the grave (from hands), he was so overwhelmed with grief that tears rolled on his cheeks. And then he turned his face towards the grave of the Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, and said: "Peace be upon you from me, O messenger of Allah! And peace be upon you from your beloved daughter, the delight of your eye, your visitor, resting in the earth in your locality, for whom Allah so destined that she should join you so soon. O messenger of Allah, it is indeed difficult to forbear the parting of your beloved daughter and my strength has waned with the demise of the lady who was above the women of the world. My main source of solace has been from your tradition (of submission to the will of Allah) and from your own departure which caused to me greater sorrow. For I laid you in the niche of your grave after you breathed your last on my chest, and I interred you with my own hands. And I attended to your rites myself. Yes, and the Book of Allah has the best guide to submission (in the verse): ’To Him we belong and unto Him shall we return.’ (2:156). The trust has been (thus) returned (to you) and the deposit (with me) has been redeemed; and al-Zahra has been snatched away (from me). How ugly has the green and the dusty (i.e. the surrounding) become. O messenger of Allah! As for my sorrow, it is ever lasting, my nights sleepless. The grief cannot leave my heart, till Allah destines for me the same abode as yours where you live. It is the heartache like a festering wound, and the irritating distress. How soon have we been parted from each other? And I raise my complain to Allah! Your daughter will inform you how your Ummah rallied against me and worked together to usurp her right. So you seek information from her. How much of ill feeling wrestles within her chest for revenge! for which she found no expression. She would say: ’Allah will judge, and He is the Most Just of the Judges.’ Farewell greetings to you O messenger of Allah! Not from weariness or seeking respite. If I go, I do not go because of tiredness, and if I stay on, it is not because of any distrust in what Allah has promised the patient ones. And patience is a blessed and more auspicious option. And had it not been for the prevailing authority against us, I would have found a place by your graveside, and would have lived in seclusion near it, and would have wailed the way a bereaved mother wails over her dead son, over the most distressing calamity. With Allah as Witness, your daughter is buried in secrecy, her rights usurped forcefully, and her inheritance denied openly. And the time has not been long, nor had you been forgotten. So, the complain is raised to Allah, O messenger of Allah! And to you I offer the most sincere condolence; and the blessing of Allah be upon you and her, and His Mercy and His Grace."

Al-Amālī

Book 33, Chapter 7