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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books , The Celestial Beings on the Earth Ahl Al-Bayt From The Viewpoint Of Mystics Merits And Virtues Of Ahl Al-Bayt In Mystics’ Narrations I know that whoever believes in Muhammad but does not believe in his offspring is not true. (Attar Nayshaburi) We will not attend any assembly where the names of Muhammad’s Household are not mentioned. (Abu-Said Abul-Khayr) Sadi!
Yet, mystics seem to have spoken and written more than the others, for they have probed more into various dimensions of human beings and into the features, virtues and station of . Hence, a separate chapter is devoted to their speech, viewpoints and description.
Most of the material used in this chapter belongs to Sunni mystics for two reasons: Firstly, to become clear that the station of and their sublime morality are not only adhered to by their followers but the followers of other sects also attracted are to them. Secondly, there are truths in their writings, which indicate that what is attributed to is not false or imaginative. Rather, these are indisputable historic facts.
What is mentioned here is only an abstract of what the mystics have said about . Abul - Fadhl Meybody And Khajeh Abdullah Ansari Abu-Bakr al-Naqqash has reported Imam Ali as saying: One day, a Jew came to me saying, “In your book, there is a verse the meaning of which is difficult to understand. If you clarify it for me, I will become Muslim.” “Which verse is that?” I asked. The Jew said, “The verse is: keep us on the right path.
If you are already on the right path, why are you asking for it?” I said, “A group of prophets and God’s friends have already entered Paradise and attained an eternal prosperity. We are asking Allah to keep us on that path which led them to Paradise.” The Jew was convinced and he converted to Islam.[^1] One day, Imam Ali (a.s) came home to find Hasan and Husayn crying. He asked for the reason.
Lady Fatimah (a.s.) said, “They have not eaten for a whole day.” A pot was boiling on fire at the same time.