In One Meeting, Imam Ali Taught Four-hundred Things Each of Which is Very Useful for a Muslim’s Life and Religion

Al-Khiṣāl|Volume 1|Book 28|Chapter 1

Al-Khiṣāl

Book 28, Chapter 1

In One Meeting, Imam Ali Taught Four-hundred Things Each of Which is Very Useful for a Muslim’s Life and Religion

Hadith #12

27-12 إن أهل الجنة لينظرون إلى منازل شيعتنا كما ينظر الانسان إلى الكواكب في السماءإذا قرأتم من المسبحات الاخيرة فقولوا: "سبحان الله الاعلى ."وإذا قرأتم "إِنَّ اللهَ وَمَلاَئِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ…" فصلوا عليه في الصلاة كنتم أو في غيرهاليس في البدن شيء أقل شكرا من العين، فلا تعطوها سؤلها فتشغلكم عن ذكر الله عز وجلإذا قرأتم وَالتِّينِ فقولوا في آخرها: "ونحن على ذلك من الشاهدين ."إذا قرأتم "قُولُوا آمَنَّا بِاللهِ" فقولوا: "آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْنَا وَمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَالأَسْبَاطِ وَمَا أُوتِيَ مُوسَى وَعِيسَى وَمَا أُوتِيَ النَّبِيُّونَ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ لاَ نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ وَنَحْنُ لَهُ مُسْلِمُونَ ."إذا قال العبد في التشهد في الاخيرتين وهو جالس: "أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له وأشهد أن محمدا عبده ورسوله وأن الساعة آتية لا ريب فيها وأن الله يبعث من في القبور،" ثم أحدث حدثا فقد تمت صلاتهما عبد الله بشيء أشد من المشي إلى بيتهاطلبوا الخير في أخفاف الابل وأعناقها، صادرة وواردةإنما سمي السقاية، لان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله أمر بزبيب اتي به من الطائف أن ينبذ ويطرح في حوض زمزم، لان ماءها مر، فأراد أن يكسر مرارته، فلا تشربوا إذا عتقإذا تعرى الرجل نظر إليه الشيطان فطمع فيه، فاستترواليس للرجل أن يكشف ثيابه عن فخذه ويجلس بين قوممن أكل شيئا من المؤذيات بريحها فلا يقربن المسجدليرفع الرجل الساجد مؤخره في الفريضة إذا سجدإذا أراد أحدكم الغسل فليبدأ بذراعيه فليغسلهماإذا صليت فاسمع نفسك القراءة والتكبير والتسبيحإذا انفتلت من الصلاة فانفتل عن يمينكتزود من الدنيا فان خير ما تزود منها التقوىفقدت من بني إسرائيل أمتان واحدة في البحر واخرى في البر، فلا تأكلوا إلا ما عرفتممن كتم وجعا أصابه ثلاثة أيام من الناس وشكا إلى الله كان حقا على الله أن يعافيه منهابعد ما كان العبد من الله إذا كان همه بطنه وفرجهلا يخرج الرجل في سفر يخاف فيه على دينه وصلاتهاعطي السمع أربعة: النبي صلى الله عليه وآله والجنة والنار والحور العين. فإذا فرغ العبد من صلاته فليصل على النبي صلى الله عليه وآله ويسأل الله الجنة، ويستجير بالله من النار، ويسأله أن يزوجه من الحور العين، فإنه من صلى على محمد النبي صلى الله عليه وآله سمعه النبي، ورفعت دعوته، ومن سأل الله الجنة قالت الجنة: يا رب أعط عبدك ما سأله. ومن استجار من النار قالت النار: يا رب أجر عبدك مما استجارك، ومن سأل الحور العين قلن: اللهم أعط عبدك ما سألالغناء نوح إبليس على الجنةإذا أراد أحدكم النوم فليضع يده اليمنى تحت خده الايمن وليقل: "بسم الله وضعت جنبي لله على ملة إبراهيم ودين محمد وولاية من افترض الله طاعته، ما شاء الله كان وما لم يشأ لم يكن." فمن قال ذلك عند منامه حفظ من اللص والمغير والهدم، واستغفرت له الملائكةمن قرأ قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ حين يأخذ مضجعه وكل الله عز وجل به خمسين ألف ملك يحرسونه ليلته

27-12 The residents of Paradise look at the homes of our followers just as people look at the stars in the sky.Whenever you finish reciting the Quranic chapters which begin with ‘Sabih or ‘Yasbah, you should say: Glory to God the Highmost.Whenever you read the verse ‘Allah and His angels send blessings on the Prophet...’ you should send blessings upon the Prophet and his Holy Household whether it be during your prayer or not.No organ in our body thanks God more than our eyes do. Guard your eyes and do not let them see whatever they want to so that it doesn’t take you away from remembrance of the Honorable the Exalted God.Whenever you finish reciting the Chapter At-Tin you should say: “We also testify to that.”Whenever you say ‘‘Say ye, “We believe in God…’ you should say ‘We believe in God, and the revelation given to us, and to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and that given to Moses and Jesus, and that given to (all) Prophets from their Lord: We make no difference between one and another of them: And we bow to God (in Islam).’When you sit down to say the final Tashahhud in your prayer, you should say: “I bear witness that there is no god save Allah and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger and that the Hour shall definitely come, there is no doubt about it, and that Allah shall definitely resurrect those who are in graves.” Then whenever you say something else your prayer is finished.There is no form of worship that is harder than walking to God’s House on foot.Seek goodness from the camel’s hooves and neck as they go back and forth.God has named the Zamzam Pool Al-Saqayat since God’s Prophet (MGB) ordered the raisins that were brought for him from Medina to be thrown into the Zamzam Pool. This is because its water was sour and he wanted to lower its sourness.Once soaked raisins get old, you should not drink of it since it would ferment into wine.When a man becomes naked, Satan would look at him and get envious. Therefore cover yourself up. A man should not take his clothes off from his thighs and sit in a community.You should not go to the mosque after eating something which smells bad.A man should hold up his lower abdomen while in prostration of an obligatory prayer.When you want to make ablutions you should first wash your two forearms.When you say prayer say it such that you can hear yourself reciting and saying the Takbir and Tasbih.Look to the right whenever you finish your prayers.Take something from this world (on your trip to the Hereafter). Indeed the best thing that you can take from it is piety.The Children of Israel were divided up into two groups that were lost. One was lost at sea and the other one was lost in the desert.You should not eat any animals that you do not recognize to be legitimate.Whenever a believer gets ill and doesn’t complain to anyone but God for three days, God will bestow upon him health.When one is only interested in filling his stomach and fulfilling his sexual desires, he gets farther away from God.One should not go on a trip that might harm his religion or prayer.There are four who hear everyone: The Prophet (MGB), Paradise, the Fire, and the green-eyed Houries. When one finishes saying his prayer, he should send blessings upon Muhammad (MGB) and his Holy Household, ask God for Paradise, ask God for protection from the Fire, ask God to be paired up with green-eyed Houries . In fact, the Prophet (MGB) hears the prayers of whoever sends blessings upon the Prophet Muhammad (MGB) and takes them up to God. When anyone asks God for Paradise, Paradise would say, ‘O Lord! Please grant to your servant what he has asked Thee for.’ When anyone seeks protection from the Fire, the Fire would say, ‘O Lord! Protect your servant from what he seeks protection.’ And when anyone asks for green-eyed Houries, they will say, ‘O Lord! Please grant your servant what he asks for.’Music is the cry of Satan for Paradise.Whenever any of you decides to go to sleep, you should put your right hand under your right cheek and say the following: “In the Name of Allah. I put my side for the sake of Allah, following the faith of Abraham, the religion of Muhammad, and the loyalty to him whom Allah has imposed loyalty to him on me. Only that which Allah wills shall come to pass, and whatever He does not will shall never come to pass.”Anybody who says this supplication before going to sleep would be safe from a plundering thief, going under the load of a collapsed building and the angels would pray for his forgiveness.The Honorable the Exalted God would appoint 50,000 angels to protect whomever recites the Opening Chapter of the Holy Quran (Al-Fatiha ) when he goes to bed.