The Testimony of The Aqeeq.....

The scholar AbulBaqaa’ Ibrahim bin Husain bin Ibrahim Al-Raqaa Al-Basrl narrated from Abu TalebYahya bin Mohammad bin Husain bin O’tba, from Abul Husain Mohammad bin Ahmad bin Khalid Al-Mathaari, from the scholar Abu Mohammad Harun bin Musa bin Ahmad Al-Talakabari, from Abul Husain Mohammad bin Ahmad bin Makhzood servant of BaniHashim, from Hasan bin Ahmad bin Abdul Ghaffar Al-Ansari, from Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Malik, from Yazid bin Harun, from Hameed Al-T’aweel, from AbiZorarah, from Ibn Abbas, who said:

I heard the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) tell Ali bin AbiTaleb (a.s.) to wear an AQEEQ (agate) ring on his right hand because those who wear it have a quality that Allah has given to those who are close to Him.

Ali (a.s.) asked the Prophet (a.s.) “Who are those who are close to Allah?” The Prophet (s.a.w.a.) replied, “Jibraeel, Mikaeel, and the angels between them.” Ali (a.s.) asked, “What kind of Aqeeq should I wear?”

The Prophets replied, “Choose the red Aqeeq because the mountain of the red Aqeeq testified that there is no god but Allah, that I am the Messenger of Allah, that you are my heir, that your sons are the Imams, that your Shia will go to Paradise, and that those who hate them will go to Hell.” 

(Ref : Manaqeb Al-Khawarezmi 233, Manaqeb Al-Moghazeli 281, Al-O’mdah 378)

He Accomplishes His Victory Using The Shias

The scholar Abu Ali Hasan bin Mohammad Al-Tousi narrated from his blessed father the scholar AbiJaafar Al-Tousi. from the scholar Abu Abdillah Mohammad bin Mohammad bin No’man, from Abu Bakr Mohammad bin Omar Al-Jo’aabi, from Abul Abbas Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Saeed bin Oqdah, from Jaafar bin Abdullah, from Saadan bin Saeed, from Sufyan bin Ibrahim Al-Ghamedi Al-Qaz’i, from Jaafar bin Mohammad (a.s.), who said:

We face the difficulties of life before you just as we experience ease before you. I swear by Allah that He accomplishes His victory using you (the Shia) just as He used the stones. 

(Referring to Aam Al-Feel (the year of the Elephant), the year in which Abraha tried to destroy the Kaaba with elephants but Allah sent birds that were carrying stones to kill them) 

(Ref:Amaali of Mufid 31)

He is Ali (as) and Allah (s.w.t.) is Ali al A'la

The chief scholar the worshipper the knowledgeable Abu Mohammad Hasan bin Husain bin Hasan narrated for me in the city of Ray (Ray: A city in Iran, south of Tehran. Abdul A’zeem Al-Hasani is buried there.) in the year five hundred and ten, from his uncle Mohammad bin Hasan, from his father Hasan bin Husain, from the blessed scholar Abijaafar Mohammad bin Ali bin Husain bin Babeweyh, from Ali bin Ahmad bin Musa Al-Daqqaq, from Mohammad bin Jaafar Al-Asadi, from Musa bin Imran, from Husain bin Yazid, from Mohammad bin Sanaan, from Mofazz’al bin Amr, from Thabet bin Dinar, from Saeed bin Jubayr, from Yazid bin Qaa’nab, who said:

I was sitting with Abbas Ibn Abdul Muttaliband a group from the Abdul-Ozza (Abdul-Ozza: One of the famous tribes of Quraysh.) by the Kaaba when we saw Fatema bint Asad (a.s.), mother of the Commander of the Believers (a.s.), come close to the Kaaba. She was nine months pregnant with him and she was in labour.

FatemabintAsad (a.s.) said:

O Allah (s.w.t.)! I believe in You. I believe in what You sent to Your messengers. I believe in Your books. I believe in the message of my grandfather, Ibrahim Al-Khaleel, and the one who built Your house. 

I ask You through the right of the one who built this house and through the right of the baby that I am carrying to make my labour easy.

Then we saw the wall of the Kaaba open from the rear. Fatema bint Asad (a.s.) entered the Kaaba and she disappeared with the wall closing behind her. We tried to open the door of the Kaaba but failed. We then understood that this was a miracle.

After four days she came out of the Kaaba with the Commander of the Believers (a.s.) in her arms and said:

I have a higher status than all of the women before me because Asiya bin tMozahem worshipped Allah secretly in a place that was not recommended to worship Allah except when necessary, Maryam bint I’mran shook a dry palm tree and ate from its fresh ripe dates, but I entered the Holy House of Allah and I ate from the food of Paradise.

When I wanted to come out, a caller called me and said, “O Fatema! Name him Ali because he is Ali (High) and Allah is Ali Al-A’la (The Highest). 

Allah tells you, ‘I derived his name from My name, I educated him with My manners, and I taught him My most obscure knowledge. He is the one that will break the idols in My house, and he is the one that will give the ADHAN (announcement), sanctifying and glorifying Me on the roof of the Kaaba.

Bliss and happiness be on those who love him and follow him, and woe unto those who hate him and disobey him.” 

(Ref :Elal Al-Sharae’ by Sadouq 1:146, Maani Al-Akhbar 62, Amaali 144, Behar Al-Anwar 35:8)

Allah will change their evil deeds to good deeds

The scholar Abu Ali Hasan bin Mohammad Al-Tousi narrated From his blessed father the scholar Abilaafar Al-Tousi, from the scholar Abu Abdillah Mohammad bin Mohammad bin No’man, from Abu Ghalib Ahmad bin Mohammad Al-Zarari, from Abul Husain Ali bin Sulaymaan bin Juham, from Abu Abdillah Mohammad bin Khaid Al-Tayalesi, from Alaa’ bin Razin, from Mohammad bin Muslim Al-Thaqafi, who said:

I asked Aba Jaafar Mohammad bin Ali (a.s.) about the verse, “...Allah will change their evil deeds to good deeds. Allah is oft-forgiving, merciful.”(25:70)

Abu Jaafar (a.s.) replied:

On the Day of Judgement, believers with sins will be brought on the stand of judgement, and Allah himself will undertake their judgement, so no one can see it. Then Allah will show him (the believer) his sins to which he will admit. Then Allah will tell the clerks to change his evil deeds to good deeds, and to show it (his book) to the people.

When the people will see his book, they will say, “This slave did not even have one sin.”

Then Allah will order that the slave be taken to Paradise. This is the TA’WEEL(inner meaning) of this verse, and it applies specifically to our Shia who have committed sins. 

(Ref :Amaali of Tousi 1:70, Behar Al-Anwar 7:261 and 68:100)

Tree From Paradise & Tree From Hell

The scholar Abu Abdillah Mohammad bin Shahriyar narrated from Abu Abdillah Mohammad bin Mohammad Al-Barasi, from Mohammad bin Ali bin Mohammad Al-Qurashi, from AbulQasemJaafar bin Mohammad bin Omar Al-Ahmasi, from Abu IJbaid bin Katheer Al-Helali Al-Tammar, from Yahya bin Musawer, from Abilarood, from AbiJaafar Mohammad bin Ali (a.s.) & from his fathers(a.s.), from the Messenger of Allah(s.a.w.a.), who said:

I swear to He who holds my soul in His hand that no soul will leave the body of its owner until it eats from either the fruits of Paradise or from the tree of ZAQQUM  and until it first sees the angel of death, Me, Ali, Fatema, Hasan, and Husain.

So if he was one of our lovers, I will tell the angel of death, “Be kind to him; he loved me and my family.”

But if he was from amongst those who hated us, I will tell the angel of death, “Be harsh to him; he hated me and he hated my family.” 

(Ref :Behar Al-Anwar 6:194)

If You Want Allah (s.w.t.) to Fulfill Your Requests....

The scholar Abu Abdillah Mohammad bin Shahriyar narrated from Abu Abdillah Mohammad bin Hasan bin Dawud Al-Khoza’ee Al-Anmat’i, from the honourable Abu Taleb Mohammad bin Amr bin Yahya Al-Alawy Al-Husaini, from Abul Abbas Ahmad bin Mohammad bin Saeed bin Oqdah, from Mohammad bin Faz’l bin Ibrahim, from Armaan bin Me’qal, from Abu AbdillahJaafar bin Mohammad (a.s.), who said:

Do not stop supporting the family of the Prophet with your wealth, whether you are rich or poor. Give according to your means.

Those of you who want Allah to grant your most important requests should support the family of the Prophet and their Shia with money, even if you need it desperately. 

(Ref :Behar Al-Anwar 96:216)

Even in the mountains of Deilam.

The scholar Abu Abdillah Mohammad bin Ahmad bin Shahryar Al-Khazen narrated for me in the year five hundred and twelve in the city of our master, the Commander of the Believers, from Abu Ya’laHamza bin Mohammad bin Yaqoub Al-Dahhan, from AbulHasan Ahmad bin Mohammad Al-Jawaliqi, from Mohammad bin Ahmad bin Walid, from Sa’dan, from Ali, from Husain bin Nasr, from his father, from Sabaah Al-Mozani, from AbiHamza Al-Thomali, from Hadathah, from AbiRazeen, from All bin Husain, who said:

Those who love us for the sake of Allah will benefit from our love wherever they are, even in the mountains of Deilam.(Any far off Land) 

And as for those who love us for other reasons, Allah will do with them as He pleases. The love for us, the AHLUL BAYT (a.s.),  removes the sins of Allah’s slaves just like the wind that blows the leaves off the trees.