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

10 - قال: أخبرني أبو عبيد الله محمد بن عمران المرزباني قال: حدثني عبد الله بن يحيى العسكري قال: حدثني أحمد بن زيد بن أحمد قال: حدثنا محمد بن يحيى بن أكثم أبو عبد الله قال: حدثني أبي يحيى بن أكثم المروزي قال: أقدم المأمون دعبل بن علي الخزاعي  رحمه الله وآمنه على نفسه، فلما مثل بين يديه، وكنت جالسا بين يدي المأمون، فقال  له: أنشدني قصيدتك الكبير، فجحدها دعبل، وأنكر معرفتها، فقال له: لك الأمان عليها كما أمنتك على نفسك، فأنشده: تأسفت جارتي لما رأت زوري * وعدت الحلم ذنبا غير مغتفر  ترجو الصبي بعد ما شابت ذوائبها * وقد جرت طلقا في حلبة الكبر  أجارتي إن شيب الرأس يعلمني * ذكر المعاد وإرضاي عن القدر  لو كنت أركن للدنيا وزينتها * إذا بكيت على الماضين من نفر أخنى الزمان على أهلي فصدعهم * تصدع الشعب لاقى صدمة الحجر  بعض أقام وبعض قد أصات به * داعي المنية والباقي على الأثر  أما المقيم فأخشى أن يفارقني * وليست أوبة من ولى بمنتظر أصبحت أخبر عن أهل وعن ولدي * كحالم قص رؤيا بعد مدكر لولا تشاغل عيني بالأولى سلفوا * من أهل بيت رسول الله لم أقر  وفي مواليك للخدين مشغلة * من أن يبيت لمفقود على أثر  كم من ذراع لهم بالطف بائنة * وعارض بصعيد الترب منعفر أمسى الحسين ومسراهم بمقتله * وهم يقولون هذا سيد البشر  يا أمة السوء ما جازيت أحمد عن * حسن البلاء على التنزيل والسور خلفتموه على الأبناء حين مضى * خلافة الذئب في إنقاذ ذي بقر  قال يحيى: وأنفذني المأمون في حاجة، أقمت وعدت إليه وقد انتهى دعبل إلى قوله: لم يبق حي من الأحياء نعلمه * من ذي يمان ولا بكر ولا مضر إلا وهم شركاء في دمائهم * كما تشارك أيسار على جزر  قتلا وأسرا وتخويفا ومنهبة * فعل الغزاة بأرض الروم والخزر أرى أمية معذورين إن قتلوا * ولا أرى لبني العباس من عذر قوما قتلتم على الإسلام أولهم * حتى إذا استملكوا جازوا على الكفر أبناء حرب ومروان وأسرتهم * بنو معيط ولاة الحقد والوغر  أربع بطوس على قبر الزكي بها * إن كنت تربع من دين على وطر  هيهات كل امرئ رهن بما كسبت * له يداه فخذ ما شئت أو فذر قال: فضرب المأمون بعمامته الأرض، وقال: صدقت والله يا دعبل. 

10. He said: Abu Ubaidullah Muhammad ibn Imran al-Marzbani reported to me from Abdullah ibn Yahya al-Askari, who reported from Ahmad ibn Zayd ibn Ahmad, who reported from Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Aktham Abu Abdillah, who reported from his father Yahya ibn Aktham al-Maruzi, who said: Ma’moon summoned Débal ibn ‘Ali Al-Khizai, may Allah bless him with mercy, and granted him safe conduct. When he arrived, I was sitting near al-Ma’moon. He said: "(O Débal), recite to me your major poem." Débal felt restrained and at first, displayed his ignorance about it. Then Ma’moon told him: "You will be safe, the same way as you were granted safe conduct." So he recited: "My wife regretted when she saw my indifference to women, And considered my maturity a sin unpardonable! She expected youthfulness after her own forelocks had turned hoary, and though her racing horse had already run a round of old age. O wife, my hoary head teaches me, to remember the Resurrection, and to submit to destiny! Had I been inclined towards the world and its décor, then would I have wept over some of the people gone by. The world has attacked my family members and ruined them, causing a cleavage like the one hit with a stone. Some stood against it, while some responded to the call of death and the remaining are on the wake. So those who have remained, I fear their departure, of course, the return of those who have turned away is not awaited. Now, it has so become that I am given the news about my family and my children, like a dreamer relating a dream after remembering it. Had it not been that my eyes are preoccupied with the (grief of) kinsfolk of the Prophet of Allah, who have gone, I would not have stayed. (And as you know) Your cheeks have an occupation (of crying) in respect of your friends, preventing it from sleeping because of the lost ones. How many of their arms lie in Kerbala, cut off from the body, and how many soiled cheeks lie on the dusty plain. They go to where al-Husayn was slain, in the eve and at night and they say: ’This is the master of all men.’ O ungrateful Ummah! You have not rewarded Ahmad (peace be upon him and his progeny) for his heroic struggle in the name of the revealed verses and chapters (of the Qur’an). When he left the world, you as survivors treated his children, the way a wolf does to save Dhu Baqr." Yahya said: Then al-Ma’moon ordered me to go out to complete his work, I rose. When I returned, Débal was completing his poem with following verses: "There is no one remaining among the living who we know from the tribes of Yaman, Bakr or Mudhar, except that they have a hand in their blood. As did the people of Aysar who participated in the massacre, By killing, imprisoning, frightening and by plunder, the way soldiers acted in the lands of Byzantine and Khazar; I find the Umayyad excused if they killed, but I do not see for Banu Abbas any justifiable excuse! A band of people who they killed first in the name of Islam, till when they seized power, then they allowed it branding them as infidels; (they were) The sons of Harb, Marwan and their families, the sons of Muit, the rulers of rancour and spite; Pause and see the grave of the pure one at Tus, look at it if you have anything to do with faith! Alas! Every one is mortgaged to which his two hands do, so take what you wish or leave it." He said: (Upon hearing this) al-Ma’moon threw his turban on the ground and said: "By Allah! O Débal, you have spoken the truth."

Al-Amālī

Book 38, Chapter 10