He -asws said: ‘Suleym spoke the truth, may Allah -azwj have Mercy on him’.
He -asws said: ‘Suleym spoke the truth, may Allah -azwj have Mercy on him’. قَالَ سُلَيْمٌ فَشَهِدْتُ وَصِيَّةَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع- حِينَ أَوْصَى إِلَى ابْنِهِ الْحَسَنِ ع- وَ أَشْهَدَ عَلَى وَصِيَّتِهِ الْحُسَيْنَ وَ مُحَمَّداً وَ جَمِيعَ وُلْدِهِ وَ رُؤَسَاءَ شِيعَتِهِ وَ أَهْلَ بَيْتِهِ Suleym said, ‘I witnessed the bequest of Amir Al-Momineen -asws when he -asws bequeathed to his -asws son -asws Al-Hassan -asws , and there had witnessed upon his -asws bequest, Al-Husayn -asws , and Muhammad, and entirety of his -asws children, and chiefs of his -asws Shias, and his -asws family members.
وَ قَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَنْ أُوصِيَ إِلَيْكَ وَ أَنْ أَدْفَعَ إِلَيْكَ كُتُبِي وَ سِلَاحِي And he -asws said: ‘O my -asws son -asws ! Rasool-Allah -saww had instructed me -asws to bequeath to you -asws , and to hand over to you -asws my -asws books and my -asws weapons’.
ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ أَنْتَ وَلِيُّ الْأَمْرِ وَ وَلِيُّ الدَّمِ فَإِنْ عَفَوْتَ فَلَكَ وَ إِنْ قَتَلْتَ فَضَرْبَةً مَكَانَ ضَرْبَةٍ وَ لَا تَأْثَمْ Then he -asws turned towards him -asws and said: ‘O my -asws son -asws ! You -asws are the Master -asws of the Command (Imam -asws ), and in charge of my -asws blood.
If you -asws were to forgive (Ibn Muljim -la ), it would be for you -asws , and if you -asws were to kill (him -la ), then one strike in place of one strike, and do not sin (by being excessive)’. ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ الْوَصِيَّةَ إِلَى آخِرِهَا فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْ وَصِيَّتِهِ قَالَ حَفِظَكُمُ اللَّهُ وَ حَفِظَ فِيكُمْ نَبِيَّكُمْ أَسْتَوْدِعُكُمُ اللَّهَ وَ أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكُمُ السَّلَامَ وَ رَحْمَةَ اللَّهِ Then he -asws mentioned the bequest up to its end.
When he -asws was free from his -asws bequeathing, he -asws said: ‘May Allah -azwj Protect you all and Preserve your Prophet -saww ! I -asws entrust you to Allah -azwj , and I -asws convey the greetings to you all, and the Mercy of Allah -azwj !’ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَزَلْ يَقُولُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ حَتَّى قُبِضَ لَيْلَةَ ثَلَاثٍ وَ عِشْرِينَ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ لَيْلَةَ الْجُمُعَةِ سَنَةَ أَرْبَعِينَ مِنَ الْهِجْرَةِ- وَ كَانَ ضُرِبَ لَيْلَةَ إِحْدَى وَ عِشْرِينَ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ.
Then he -asws did not cease saying: ‘There is no god except Allah -azwj ’, until he -asws passed away on the night of the twenty-third of the month of Ramazan, Friday night, the year forty from the emigration. And he -asws was struck on the night of the twenty-first of the month of Ramazan’’.
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