[7] In a sermon Amir Al-Momineen -asws says...

[7] In a sermon Amir Al-Momineen -asws says: كِتَابُ الْمُحْتَضَرِ لِلْحَسَنِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ، رَوَاهُ مِنْ كِتَابِ الْخُطَبِ لِعَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الْجَلُودِيِّ قَالَ خَطَبَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فَقَالَ: سَلُونِي قَبْلَ أَنْ تَفْقِدُونِي فَأَنَا عَيْبَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص سَلُونِي فَأَنَا فَقَأْتُ عَيْنَ الْفِتْنَةِ بِبَاطِنِهَا وَ ظَاهِرِهَا سَلُوا مَنْ عِنْدَهُ عِلْمُ الْبَلَايَا وَ الْمَنَايَا وَ الْوَصَايَا وَ فَصْلِ الْخِطَابِ The book ‘Al Mukhtasar’ of Al Hassan Bin Suleyman – It is reported from the book ‘Al Khatab’ of Abdul Aziz Bin Yahya Al Jaloudy who said, ‘Amir Al-Momineen -asws preached saying: ‘Ask me -asws before you lose me -asws , for I -asws am a container of Rasool-Allah -saww !

سَلُونِي فَأَنَا يَعْسُوبُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ حَقّاً وَ مَا مِنْ فِئَةٍ تَهْدِي مِائَةً أَوْ تُضِلُّ مِائَةً إِلَّا وَ قَدْ أُتِيتُ بِقَائِدِهَا وَ سَائِقِهَا وَ الَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوْ طُوِيَ لِي الْوِسَادَةُ فَأَجْلِسُ عَلَيْهَا لَقَضَيْتُ بَيْنَ أَهْلِ التَّوْرَاةِ بِتَوْرَاتِهِمْ وَ لِأَهْلِ الْإِنْجِيلِ بِإِنْجِيلِهِمْ وَ لِأَهْلِ الزَّبُورِ بِزَبُورِهِمْ وَ لِأَهْلِ الْفُرْقَانِ بِفُرْقَانِهِمْ Ask me -asws , for I -asws am leader (Yasoob) of the Momineen -asws truly, and there is none from a group being guided reaching a hundred, or one hundred straying, and I -asws have been Given (knowledge of) its guides and its ushers.

By the One -azwj in Whose Hand is my -asws soul! If the pillow were to be folded out for me, and I sit upon it, I -asws would judge between the people of Torah by their Torah, and the people of the Evangel by their Evangel, and the people of the Psalms by their Psalms, and the people of the Furqan (Quran) by their Furqan!’ قَالَ فَقَامَ ابْنُ الْكَوَّاءِ إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ هُوَ يَخْطُبُ النَّاسَ فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ نَفْسِكَ He (the narrator) said, ‘Ibn Al-Kawa stood up to Amir Al-Momineen -asws while he -asws was addressing the people, and said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen -asws !