[31] Angels are eager to join gatherings (majalis)...
[31] Angels are eager to join gatherings (majalis) mentioning Ahl Al-Bayt -asws يل، الفضائل لابن شاذان فض، كتاب الروضة بِالْإِسْنَادِ يَرْفَعُهُ عَنْ أُمِّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص يَقُولُ مَا قَوْمٌ اجْتَمَعُوا يَذْكُرُونَ فَضْلَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ إِلَّا هَبَطَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ مَلَائِكَةُ السَّمَاءِ حَتَّى تَحُفَّ بِهِمْ (The book) ‘Al Fazaail’ if Ibn Shazan, (and) ‘Kitab Al Rowza’, by the chain raising it, From Mother of the Momineen, Umm Salama -ra , may Allah azwj be Pleased from her -ra having said, ‘I heard Rasool-Allah -saww saying: ‘There is no group gathering, mentioning merits of Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws except, the Angels of the sky descend unto them until they surround them.
فَإِذَا تَفَرَّقُوا عَرَجَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَيَقُولُ لَهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ إِنَّا نَشَمُّ مِنْ رَائِحَتِكُمْ مَا لَا نَشَمُّهُ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ فَلَمْ نَرَ رَائِحَةً أَطْيَبَ مِنْهَا فَيَقُولُونَ كُنَّا عِنْدَ قَوْمٍ يَذْكُرُونَ مُحَمَّداً وَ أَهْلَ بَيْتِهِ فَعَلِقَ فِينَا مِنْ رِيحِهِمْ فَتَعَطَّرْنَا ‘When they disperse, the Angels ascend to the sky, so the (other) Angels say to them, ‘We can smell from your aromas what we cannot smell from the (other) Angels, and we have not observed any smell more aromatic than it!’ They said, ‘We were in the presence of a people mentioning Muhammad -saww and People -asws of his -saww Household, so there became attached in us from their aromas, so we go perfumed’.
فَيَقُولُونَ اهْبِطُوا بِنَا إِلَيْهِمْ فَيَقُولُونَ تَفَرَّقُوا وَ مَضَى كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ فَيَقُولُونَ اهْبِطُوا بِنَا حَتَّى نَتَعَطَّرَ بِذَلِكَ الْمَكَانِ ‘‘They said, ‘Come down with us to go to them. They said, ‘They have already dispersed, and each one has gone to his house’. They said, ‘Come down with us until we get perfumed with that place (of gathering).
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