Amma (Al-Amma) – Who are they? | Hubeali Skip to content Hubeali Menu Topics Quran Tafseer Books Urdu Books English Books Sermons School of Wilayat Search for: Search Button Home Articles Amma (Al-Amma) – Who are they? Details Sidebar Amma (Al-Amma) – Who are they? Download PDF We frequently find the word ‘Amma or Al-Amma’ in Ahadith, so who are they? In Ahadith these are those who killed the Prophets -as , and the generality (Al-Amma) is a name derived from the blindness (Al-A’ama).
Allah -azwj was not Pleased that He -azwj resembles them with the cattle until He -azwj Said: But they are more straying of the way [25:44] ’’. Below we cite some Ahadith on Amma.
الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي جَمَاعَةٌ عَنْ أَبِي الْمُفَضَّلِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الثَّالِثِ ع قَالَ: سَمِعْتُهُ بِسُرَّمَنْرَأَى يَقُول الْغَوْغَاءُ قَتَلَةُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ الْعَامَّةُ اسْمٌ مُشْتَقٌّ مِنَ الْعَمَى مَا رَضِيَ اللَّهُ أَنْ شَبَّهَهُمْ بِالْأَنْعَامِ حَتَّى قَالَ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُ (The book) ‘Al-Amaali’ – of the sheykh Al-Tusi – A group, from Abu Al-Mufazzal, from Abdullah Bin Muhammad Bin Ubeyd, ‘From Abu Al-Hassan -asws the 3 rd , he (the narrator) said, ‘I heard him -asws saying at Surmanrayy: ‘The mob killed the Prophets -as , and the generality (Al-Amma) is a name derived from the blindness (Al-A’ama).
Allah -azwj was not Pleased that He -azwj resembles them with the cattle until He -azwj Said: But they are more straying of the way [25:44] ’’.
[1] The pious ones from Amma will find no refuge in the Hereafter 31- مل، كامل الزيارات مُحَمَّدٌ الْحِمْيَرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَصَمِّ عَنْ مِسْمَعٍ كِرْدِينٍ قَالَ: قَالَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَا مِسْمَعُ أَنْتَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ أَ مَا تَأْتِي قَبْرَ الْحُسَيْنِ قُلْتُ لَا أَنَا رَجُلٌ مَشْهُورٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ وَ عِنْدَنَا مَنْ يَتْبَعُ هَوَى هَذَا الْخَلِيفَةِ وَ أَعْدَاؤُنَا كَثِيرَةٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ القَبَائِلِ مِنَ النُّصَّابِ وَ غَيْرِهِمْ وَ لَسْتُ آمَنُهُمْ أَنْ يَرْفَعُوا عَلَيَّ حَالِي عِنْدَ وُلْدِ سُلَيْمَانَ فَيُمَثِّلُونَ عَلَيَ (The book) ‘Kamil Al Ziyaraat’ – Muhammad al HImeyri, from his father, from Ali Bin Muhammad Bin Salim, from Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Abdullah Bin Hammad, from Abdullah al Asamma, from Misma’a Kirdeyn who said, ‘Abu Abdullah -asws said to me: ‘O Misma’a!