I said to Abu Al-Hassan Ali -asws Bin Al-Husayn -asws ...

I said to Abu Al-Hassan Ali -asws Bin Al-Husayn -asws , ‘May I be sacrificed for you, some of this which is in it, has constricted my chest, because in it is the destruction of the community of Mohammed -saww , chiefs of the ‘Al-Mahajir’ [7] and the ‘Al-Ansar’ [8] and the Followers, except for you -asws the People -asws of the Household and your -asws Shiites’.

He -asws said: ‘O brother of Abdul Qays, has it not reached to you that the Messenger of Allah -saww said that: ‘The example of the People -asws of my -saww Household in my -saww community is like the ark of Noah sa among his -as people. The one who embarks upon it is rescued, and the one who is left behind will drown. Like the Door of Hitta among the Children of Israel?’ I said, ‘Yes’. قال: من حدثك؟ فقلت: قد سمعته من أكثر من مائة من الفقهاء.

فقال: ممن؟ فقلت: سمعته من حنش بن المعتمر، وذكر أنه سمعه من أبي ذر وهو آخذ بحلقة باب الكعبة ينادي به نداء ويرويه عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله. فقال: وممن؟ فقلت: ومن الحسن بن أبي الحسن البصري أنه سمعه من أبي ذر ومن المقداد بن الأسود الكندي ومن علي بن أبي طالب صلوات الله عليه. فقال: وممن؟ فقلت: ومن سعيد بن المسيب وعلقمة بن قيس، ومن أبي ظبيان. الجنبي، ومن عبد الرحمن بن أبي ليلى – كل هؤلاء حاجين – أخبروا أنهم سمعوا من أبي ذر.

He -asws said: ‘Who narrated to you?’ I said, ‘I have heard it from more than one hundred of the Fuqaha ’. He -asws said: ‘From whom?’ I said, ‘I heard it from Hanash Bin Al-Mo’tamar, and he mentioned that he heard it from Abu Dharr -ra who was grabbing the ring of the Door of the Kaabah, calling out (loudly), and he -ra was reporting from the Messenger of Allah -saww ’. He -asws said: ‘And from whom?’ I said, ‘And from Al-Hassan Bin Abu Al-Hassan Al-Basry.

He heard it from Abu Dharr -ra and from Al-Miqdad Bin Al-Aswad Al-Kindy -ra , and from Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws ’. He -asws said: ‘And from whom?’ I said, ‘And from Saeed Bin Al-Musayyab, and Alqama Bin Qays, and from Abu Zibyaan Al-Janbiy, and from Abdul Rahmaan Bin Abu Layli – all of them were Pilgrims – they informed that they heard from Abu Dharr -ra ’. وقال أبو الطفيل وعمر بن أبي سلمة: (ونحن والله سمعنا من أبي ذر، وسمعناه من علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام والمقداد وسلمان).

ثم أقبل عمر بن أبي سلمة فقال: والله، لقد سمعته ممن هو خير من هؤلاء كلهم، سمعته من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله، سمعته أذناي ووعاه قلبي.