The Prophet -saww said...

The Prophet -saww said: ‘You are the elite of Allah -azwj whereby you recognised the successor -asws of Rasool-Allah -saww before having been introduced to him -asws , so how did you come to recognise that it is him -asws ?’ So they wailed in raised voices and said, ‘O Rasool-Allah -saww !

We looked at the people, so our hearts did not incline towards them, and when we saw him -asws , our hearts quivered, then ourselves were reassured, so our hearts were convinced, and our eyes were filled (with tears), and our chests were lightened to the extent as if he -asws was a father to us and we were his -asws sons in his -asws presence’.

فقال النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله): «وَ ما يَعْلَمُ تَأْوِيلَهُ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَ الرَّاسِخُونَ فِي الْعِلْمِ أنتم منه بالمنزلة التي سبقت لكم بها الحسنى، و أنتم عن النار مبعدون». The Prophet -saww said: ‘ but none knows its interpretation except Allah, and those who are firmly rooted in the Knowledge [3:7] and you all are from it at the status which the good preceded for you, and you are remote from the Fire’.

قال: فبقي هؤلاء القوم المسمون حتى شهدوا مع أمير المؤمنين الجمل و صفين فقتلوا بصفين (رحمهم الله)، و كان النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله) بشرهم بالجنة و أخبرهم أنهم يستشهدون مع علي بن أبي طالب (عليه السلام). He (the narrator) said, ‘So those people remained (alive) until they witnessed along with Amir-Al-Momineen -asws , the (battles of) the Camel and Siffeen.

They were killed at Siffeen, and the Prophet -saww has given them the good news of the Paradise and informed them that they would be achieving martyrdom with Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws ’.

[10] كِتَابُ الْمُحْتَضَرِ، لِلْحَسَنِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ نَقْلًا مِنْ كِتَابِ السَّيِّدِ حَسَنِ بْنِ كَبْشٍ بِإِسْنَادِهِ عَنِ الْمُفِيدِ رَفَعَهُ إِلَى سَلْمَانَ الْفَارِسِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‏ يَا سَلْمَانُ الْوَيْلُ كُلُّ الْوَيْلِ لِمَنْ لَا يَعْرِفُنَا حَقَّ مَعْرِفَتِنَا وَ أَنْكَرَ فَضْلَنَا Kitab ‘Al Mukhtasar’ of Al Hassan Bin Suleyman, copying from the book of Al Seyyid Hassan Bin Kabsh, by his chain from Al Mufeed, raising it to, ‘Salman Al-Farsi -ra said, ‘Amir Al-Momineen -asws said: ‘O Salman -ra !

The woe of all woes is for one who does not recognise us -asws as is the right of our -asws recognition, and denies our -asws merits.

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