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

3 - قال: أخبرني أبو الحسن علي بن بلال المهلبي قال: حدثنا النعمان ابن أحمد القاضي الواسطي ببغداد، قال: وأخبرنا إبراهيم بن عرفة النحوي قالا: حدثنا أحمد بن رشد بن خثيم الهلالي قال: حدثنا عمي سعيد بن خثيم  قال: حدثنا مسلم الغلابي قال: جاء أعرابي إلى النبي صلى الله عليه عليه وآله وسلم قال: فقال: والله يا رسول الله لقد أتيناك وما لنا بعير يئط ، ولا غنم يغط، ثم أنشأ يقول: أتيناك يا خير البرية كلها * لترحمنا مما لقينا من الأزل  أتيناك والعذراء يدمى لبانها  * وقد شغلت أم الصبي عن الطفل وألقى بكفيه الفتى استكانة * من الجوع ضعفا ما يمر وما يحلي ولا شئ مما يأكل الناس عندنا * سوى الحنظل العامي والعلهز الفسل  وليس لنا إلا إليك فرارنا * وأين فرار الناس إلا إلى الرسل فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم لأصحابه: إن هذا الأعرابي يشكو قلة المطر وقحطا شديدا، ثم قام يجر رداءه حتى صعد المنبر، فحمد الله وأثنى عليه، وكان مما حمد ربه أن قال: " الحمد لله الذي علا في السماء فكان عاليا، و في الأرض قريبا دانيا، أقرب إلينا من حبل الوريد " ورفع يديه إلى السماء وقال: " اللهم اسقنا غيثا مغيثا، مريئا، مريعا، غدقا، طبقا، عاجلا غير رائث  نافعا غير ضائر، تملأ به الضرع، وتنبت به الزرع، وتحيى به الأرض بعد موتها " فما رد يديه إلى نحره حتى أحدق السحاب بالمدينة كالإكليل  والتقت السماء بأردافها، وجاء أهل البطاح  يضجون يا رسول الله: الغرق الغرق، فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم: " اللهم حوالينا ولا علينا " ، فانجاب السحاب عن السماء ، فضحك رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وقال: لله در أبي طالب لو كان حيا لقرت عيناه، من ينشدنا قوله؟ فقام عمر بن الخطاب فقال: عسى أردت يا رسول الله: وما حملت من ناقة فوق رحلها * أبر وأوفى ذمة من محمد فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم: ليس هذا من قول أبي طالب، بل من قول حسان ابن ثابت ، فقام علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام فقال: كأنك أردت يا رسول الله [قوله]: وأبيض يستسقى الغمام بوجهه * ربيع اليتامى عصمة للأرامل  يلوذ به الهلاك من آل هاشم * فهم عنده في نعمة وفواضل كذبتم وبيت الله نبزي محمدا * ولما نماصع دونه ونقاتل  ونسلمه حتى نصرع حوله * ونذهل عن أبنائنا والحلائل  فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم: أجل، فقام رجل من بني كنانة فقال: لك الحمد والحمد ممن شكر * سقينا بوجه النبي المطر دعا الله خالقه دعوة * وأشخص منه إليه البصر ولم يك إلا كقلب الرداء  * وأسرع حتى أتانا المطر دفاق العزائل  وجم البعاق * أغاث به الله عليا مضر فكان كما قاله عمه * أبو طالب ذا رواء غزر به الله يسقي صيوب الغمام  * فهذا العيان وذاك الخبر فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم: بوأك الله يا كناني بكل بيت قلته بيتا في الجنة. 

3. He said: Abul Hasan ‘Ali ibn Bilal al-Mahlabi reported to me from al-Nu’man Ibn Ahmad al-Qadhi al-Wasiti in Baghdad, who reported from Ibrahim ibn Arfah al-Nahwi, who both reported from Ahmad ibn Rashad ibn Khuthaim al-Hilali, who reported from his uncle Saeed ibn Khuthaim, who reported from Muslim al-Ghilabi, who said: Once an Arab from the desert came to the Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, and said: "By Allah! We have come to you while we neither have a shrieking camel nor a snoring sheep." Then he presented the following verses: "O best of all the creatures, we have come to you, that you may show mercy to us for the hardship we face! We have come to you while the maiden girls bleed from their breasts (because of hard labour), and the suckling mother is distressed from her baby. And a young man submits with both his palms, to receive anything bitter or sweet, weakened by hunger. Nothing that a human can consume is left with us, except the common bitter colocynth and the fluffy saplings, so we have no refuge but with you, and where can people seek refuge but with the Prophets." So the Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, turned to his companions and said: "This Arab is complaining of shortage of rainfall and severe famine." Then he rose putting together his clock and climbed up the pulpit. After praising and lauding Allah thus: "All praise to Allah Who when He rose to the heavens became exalted, and on the earth became close - closer to us than the jugular vein." Then he raised his hands towards the heaven and said: "O Allah, send upon us rain which would give us relief and which would be savory, productive, abundant, pervading, immediate, without any delay. Let it be beneficial without any harm, which would fill the udder and cause the produce to grow from the earth; it would give life to earth after it had died." His hands had not come back to his chest when the clouds encircled Madinah like a crown, and the sky became overcast. Then the people of the valleys came to the Prophet shouting: "We will drown, we will drown." So the Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny uttered: "Around us and not upon us." So the clouds in the sky dissipated. Then the Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, smiled and said: "How good was Abu Talib. Had he been alive, his eyes would have cooled. Who will recite to us his verses?" Then Umar ibn al-Khattab rose and said: "O messenger of Allah, perhaps you mean this verse":- "No she-camel has carried on her saddle any load, more kind and more dutiful than the person of Muhammad." The Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, said: "That was not said by Abu Talib, that is from Hassan ibn Thabit." Then ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib, peace he upon him, stood up and said: "Perhaps you meant this, O messenger of Allah!":- "And the bright one from whose face, the clouds pour forth to relieve the orphans and protect the poor widows, The one to whom the ruined men from Banu Hashim resort, While he is among them bounteous, and man of many virtues. By the sacred House of Allah, you have lied when you said: ’We will surpass Muhammad,’ and when you said: ’we will fight him.’ We will indeed protect him till we are knocked down around him, unmindful of our own children and our wives." The Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny said: "Yes, that is it." Then a man from the Banu Kananah stood up and said: "Praise to you, and all praise to Him Who is All-Rewarding, We were blessed with rain because of the Prophet. He prayed to Allah, His Creator, And turned his eyes unto Him; And before his glance returned, or quicker, the rain poured forth upon us. Bustling forth in abundance and exuberant, with which Allah succoured the prominent people of Mudhar. So it was the way his uncle had said, his uncle Abu Talib, a man of exceeding grace; (he said): ’By his face shall Allah pour forth from the clouds,’ so this is the witness and that was the information." The Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, said: "May Allah lodge you, O Kanani, for every couplet you have said, in a chamber in Paradise."

Al-Amālī

Book 36, Chapter 3