[13] Rejoicing the Success of Hereafter: عَنْهُ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ الْكِنْدِيِّ قَالَ دَخَلْنَا عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) فِي زَمَنِ مَرْوَانَ فَقَالَ مَنْ أَنْتُمْ فَقُلْنَا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ فَقَالَ مَا مِنْ بَلْدَةٍ مِنَ الْبُلْدَانِ أَكْثَرَ مُحِبّاً لَنَا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ وَ لَا سِيَّمَا هَذِهِ الْعِصَابَةِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ جَلَّ ذِكْرُهُ هَدَاكُمْ لِأَمْرٍ جَهِلَهُ النَّاسُ وَ أَحْبَبْتُمُونَا وَ أَبْغَضَنَا النَّاسُ وَ اتَّبَعْتُمُونَا وَ خَالَفَنَا النَّاسُ وَ صَدَّقْتُمُونَا وَ كَذَّبَنَا النَّاسُ فَأَحْيَاكُمُ اللَّهُ مَحْيَانَا وَ أَمَاتَكُمُ [اللَّهُ] مَمَاتَنَا From him, from Al-Hassan Bin Ali, from Abdullah Bin Al-Waleed Al-Kindy who said: ‘We came up to Abu Abdullah -asws during the era of Marwaan.
He -asws said: ‘Who are you all?’ So, we said, ‘We are from the inhabitants of Al-Kufa’. He -asws said: ‘There is no city from the cities with more people who love us -asws than the inhabitants of Al-Kufa, and in particular this group.
Allah -azwj , Majestic is His -azwj Mention, has Guided you to a matter which the people are ignorant of, and you love us -asws whilst the people hate us -asws , and you have followed us whilst the people oppose us -asws , and you have ratified us -asws and the people have belied us -asws . So Allah -azwj has Made you to live our -asws life and Made you to die our -asws deaths.
فَأَشْهَدُ عَلَى أَبِي أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ مَا بَيْنَ أَحَدِكُمْ وَ بَيْنَ أَنْ يَرَى مَا يُقِرُّ اللَّهُ بِهِ عَيْنَهُ وَ أَنْ يَغْتَبِطَ إِلَّا أَنْ تَبْلُغَ نَفْسُهُ هَذِهِ وَ أَهْوَى بِيَدِهِ إِلَى حَلْقِهِ وَ قَدْ قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي كِتَابِهِ وَ لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنا رُسُلًا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ وَ جَعَلْنا لَهُمْ أَزْواجاً وَ ذُرِّيَّةً فَنَحْنُ ذُرِّيَّةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) I -asws hereby testify for my -asws father who -asws used to say: ‘There is nothing between you all and your seeing of what delights Allah -azwj has Kept for your eyes and your rejoicing, except for the reaching of your soul to over here’ – and he -asws gestured by his -asws hand to his -asws throat – ‘and Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic has Said in His -azwj Book: “ [13:38] And certainly We sent messengers before you and gave them wives and children” .
So, we -asws are the children of the Messenger -saww of Allah -azwj ’. [14] An example of rejoicing of angels is cited in the Appendix III.