In Praise Of The Master Of The Faithful (As)

The knowledgeable scholar Abu Ali Hasan bin Abi Jaafar Al-Tousi narrated from his blessed father Abu Jaafar Mohammad bin Hasan Al-Tousi, from the scholar Abu Abdillah Mohammad bin Mohammad bin No’man, from Abu Abdillah Mohammad bin Imran Al-Marzebani, from Mohammad bin Yahya, from |ibla bin Mohammad bin Jibla Al-Kufi, from Mohammad bin Jibla Al-Kufi, who said:

Sayyid bin Mohammad Al-Hemiyari and Jaafar bin Afaf met in my house.

Sayyid said to Jaafar, “How dare you recite a disrespectful poem about the family of the Prophet (s.a.w.w.) by saying, ‘Why is your house destroyed and why are you wearing the worst of clothes?’

Jaafar asked, “What is wrong with my poem?”

Sayyid replied, “If you cannot praise the Ahlul Bayt (a.s.) you better keep quiet. Is this how someone describes the family of the Prophet (s.a.w.w.) ? You are excused because this is the best of your ability and this is all that can be expected of you. I have written a poem that will erase your weak praise of them:

I swear to Allah (s.w.t.)  and His Magnificence, and I am responsible for what I say, that Ali bin Abi Taleb (a.s.) is the mountain of piety and kindness;

He is the Imam who is the most virtuous person of the entire nation; He speaks nothing but HAQQ, and he judges by HAQQ, and he rejects falsehood;

At times of war, he attacks the knights and he walks like a lion with a sword in his hand while others run from him;

Jibraeel, Mikaeel, and Israfeel, each with one thousand angels, came down to say Salaam to him on the night of the Battle of Badr.

And this is how you praise the family of the Prophet, O Jaafar! Your poem was wrong and weak.

So Jaafar kissed Sayyid’s head and said, “You are like the head and we are like the body.”

(Amaali of Tousi 1:201)