By Allah -azwj ...
By Allah -azwj , had it not been for your goodly accompaniment (with me), I would have killed you!’’ [21] Seeking Favours for even just causes from an evil ruler are forbidden: قصص الأنبياء عليهم السلام بِالْإِسْنَادِ إِلَى الصَّدُوقِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي الْخَطَّابِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ مُقَرِّنٍ إِمَامِ بَنِي فِتْيَانٍ عَمَّنْ رَوَى عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ: كَانَ فِي زَمَنِ مُوسَى صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ مَلِكٌ جَبَّارٌ قَضَى حَاجَةَ مُؤْمِنٍ بِشَفَاعَةِ عَبْدٍ صَالِحٍ (The book) ‘Qasas Al Anbiya -as ’, may the greetings be upon them -as – by the chain to Al Sadouq, from his father, from Ibn Abu Al Khattab, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Muqarrin, a leader of the clan of Fityan, from the one who reported it, ‘From Abu Abdullah -asws , may the Salawaat of Allah -azwj be upon him -asws , said: ‘In the era of Musa -as , may the Salawaat of Allah -azwj be upon him -asws , there was a tyrannous king.
He fulfilled a need of a Momin through intercession of a righteous servant. فَتُوُفِّيَ فِي يَوْمٍ الْمَلِكُ الْجَبَّارُ وَ الْعَبْدُ الصَّالِحُ فَقَامَ عَلَى الْمَلِكِ النَّاسُ وَ أَغْلَقُوا أَبْوَابَ السُّوقِ لِمَوْتِهِ ثَلَاثَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَ بَقِيَ ذَلِكَ الْعَبْدُ الصَّالِحُ فِي بَيْتِهِ وَ تَنَاوَلَتْ دَوَابُّ الْأَرْضِ مِنْ وَجْهِهِ The tyrannous king and the righteous servant both died during the same day.
The people stood for the king and they locked the doors of the markets for his death for three days, while that righteous servant (his body) remain in his house, and the insects of the earth ate from his face. فَرَآهُ مُوسَى بَعْدَ ثَلَاثٍ فَقَالَ يَا رَبِّ هُوَ عَدُوُّكَ وَ هَذَا وَلِيُّكَ Musa -as saw him after three (days). He -as said: ‘O Lord -azwj !
He (king) is Your -azwj enemy, and this is your friend!’ فَأَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ يَا مُوسَى إِنَّ وَلِيِّي سَأَلَ هَذَا الْجَبَّارَ حَاجَةً فَقَضَاهَا فَكَافَأْتُهُ عَنِ الْمُؤْمِنِ وَ سَلَّطْتُ دَوَابَّ الْأَرْضِ عَلَى مَحَاسِنِ وَجْهِ الْمُؤْمِنِ لِسُؤَالِهِ ذَلِكَ الْجَبَّارَ Allah -azwj Revealed to him -as : “O Musa -as !
My -azwj friend asked this tyrant for a need and he fulfilled it, so I -azwj Reciprocated it on behalf of the Momin, and I -azwj Caused insects of the earth to prevail upon the beauty of his face due to his having begged that tyrant’’.
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