(The book) ‘Qurb Al Asnaad – Muhammad Bin Isa...
(The book) ‘Qurb Al Asnaad – Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al Qaddah, ‘From Ja’far -asws , from his -asws father -asws having said: ‘Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws said: ‘From us there are seven, Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Created them, He -azwj did not Create anyone in the earth like them – From us is Rasool-Allah -saww Chief of the former ones and the latter ones, and seal of the Prophets -as , and his -saww successor -asws is the best of the successors -as , and his -saww grandsons -asws are the best of the grandsons -asws Hassan -asws and Husayn -asws , and chief of the martyrs Hamza -asws , and one who flies along with the Angels Ja’far -asws , and Al-Qaim -asws ’’.
[14] الْإِسْتِيعَابُ، رُوِيَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ص أَنَّهُ قَالَ: حَمْزَةُ سَيِّدُ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَ رُوِيَ خَيْرُ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَ لَوْ لَا أَنْ تَجِدَهُ صَفِيَّةُ لَتَرَكْتُ دَفْنَهُ حَتَّى يُحْشَرَ مِنْ بُطُونِ الطَّيْرِ وَ السِّبَاعِ وَ كَانَ قَدْ مُثِّلَ بِهِ وَ بِأَصْحَابِهِ يَوْمَئِذٍ (The book) ‘Al-Istiyaab’ – It is reported from the Prophet -saww having said: ‘Hamza -asws is chief of the martyrs’; and it is reported: ‘Best of the martyrs, and had you not found him -asws as purified, I -saww would have neglected burying him -asws until he -asws would have been resurrected from the bellies of the bird and the predators’, and he -asws and his -asws companions (bodies) had been trampled (by horses) on that day (of Ohad)’.
قَالَ وَ كَانَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ أَشْبَهَ النَّاسِ خَلْقاً وَ خُلُقاً بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص وَ كَانَ جَعْفَرٌ أَكْبَرَ مِنْ عَلِيٍّ بِعَشْرِ سِنِينَ وَ كَانَ عَقِيلٌ أَكْبَرَ مِنْ جَعْفَرٍ بِعَشْرِ سِنِينَ وَ كَانَ طَالِبٌ أَكْبَرَ مِنْ عَقِيلٍ بِعَشْرِ سِنِينَ وَ كَانَ جَعْفَرٌ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ الْأَوَّلِينَ هَاجَرَ إِلَى أَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ He -asws said: ‘And Ja’far -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws was the most resembling of the people with Rasool-Allah -saww in manners and physique, and Ja’far -asws was older than Ali -asws by ten years, and Aqeel was older than Ja’far -asws by ten years, and Talib -asws was older than Aqeel by ten years; and Ja’far -asws was from the first of the emigrants to emigrate to the land of Ethiopia.
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