By Him Who supported us at the hands of His angels...

By Him Who supported us at the hands of His angels, no one except Allah will kill them at their hands. Therefore, cleave to acknowledgement when you speak (to people). Leave quarrelling, for it divides you. Beware, He (Allah) will raise you from the dead before the fixed time. So, your blood will appear, your souls will go, those who will come after you will dispraise you, and you will be an example to the beholders.

Indeed the best of the people in action is the one who leaves the people of the world- such as the father, the friend, and the adviser- and associates with his brothers in Allah even if they are Abyssinians or Negroes. No one of the believers will be raised a Negro from the dead. Rather they will be as white as hail. They will be washed with the water of the gardens. They will win immortal Paradise. They will sit with the close angels, and accompany the prophets.

No servant is more honourable with Allah than the servant who is rendered homeless for Allah till he meets Allah. Such are our Shiites who are the warners on the earth. They are lamps, signs, and light for those who seek what they seek. They are the leaders of the people of obedience to Allah. They bear witness against those who oppose their summons. They are tranquillity for those who come to them. They are kind to those who follow them. They are generous, forgiving, and merciful.

So, such are their attributes in the Torah, the Bible, and the Holy Quran. The learned man is from our Shiites when he keeps his tongue, obeys his leaders, shows enmity towards his enemies with his heart, knows their defects, does not show them what is in his heart, looks at their bad deeds with his own eye, and hears their offences with his own ear. Those who hate his enemies are his friends. And those who love his enemies are his enemies.

So, one of those who were present asked the Imam: “May my father and mother be a ransom for you, what is the reward of the one whom you have described when he walks peacefully, gets up peacefully, and spends the night protected? What are his rank and his reward? Thus, the Imam, (PBUH), said: “The Sky commanded him to be protected, the Earth commanded him to be honoured, and the Light commanded him to be believed.

So, it was said to the Imam: What is his attribute in the world?” He, (PBUH), replied: “When he is asked (for alms), he gives. When he is invited, he accepts. When he seeks (something), he obtains (it).