And he -asws had cried upon his -asws father -asws Al-Husayn...

And he -asws had cried upon his -asws father -asws Al-Husayn -asws for twenty years, and food would not be placed in front of him -asws except he -asws cried until a slave of his -asws said to him -asws , ‘O son -asws of Rasool-Allah -saww ! Is it now time for you -asws to terminate your -asws grief?’ He -asws said to him: ‘Woe be to you! The Prophet -as Yaqoub -as had twelve sons for him -as .

Allah ‑azwj Caused one of them to be absent from him -as , and his -asws eyes turned white from the frequency of his -as crying upon him -as , and his -as hair turned grey from the grief, and his -as back arched from the sorrow, and (although) his -as was alive in the world, and I -asws looked at my -asws father -asws , and my -asws brother -asws , and my -asws uncle -asws , and seventeen of my -asws family members killed around me -asws .

So how can I -asws terminate my -asws grief?’’ [8] Bequest of Ali -asws Ibn Hussain -asws ‘From Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘Ali -asws Bin Al-Husayn -asws fell ill with three illnesses. During each illness, he -asws bequeathed with a bequest. When he woke up (recovered), signed his -asws bequest’’.

[9] ‘Ali -asws Bin Al-Husayn -asws Bin Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws became ill with the illness in which he ‑asws passed away, so he -asws gathered his -asws children – Muhammad -asws , and Al-Hassan -asws , and Abdullah, and Umar, and Zayd, and Al-Husayn, and bequeathed to his -asws son -asws Muhammad Bin Ali -asws , and teknonymed him -asws as ‘Al-BAQIR’, and made their affairs to him ‑asws .

And it was among what he -asws preached to him -asws in his -asws bequest that he -asws said: ‘O my ‑asws son -asws ! The intellect is a model of the soul, and the knowledge is a model of the intellect, and the intellect interprets the knowledge. And know that the knowledge is more lasting, and the tongue is most reckless. And know, O my -asws son -asws !

The goodness of the world with (all) its contents are in two phrases – correcting the affairs of the livelihood (is like) measuring the measure. Two thirds of it is discernment and a third of it is heedlessness, because the human being is not neglectful except about something he has recognised so he is discerning to it. And know that the times are going away with your -asws lifespan and you -asws cannot attain a bounty except by the loss of another, so beware of the long hopes.