Verily...

Verily, Amir Al-Momineen -asws will be standing by the (Pool of) Kawthar and he -asws will have a stick made of boxthorn in his -asws hand with which he -asws will smash our enemies (in such a way) that one of our enemies will say, “I testify that there is no god but Allah -azwj and Muḥammad -saww is the Messenger of Allah -azwj !” Amir Al-Momineen -asws will reply, “Go to your leader, so-and-so, and ask him to intercede for you.” The man will say, “My leader, whom you mentioned, dissociates himself from me.” Amir Al-Momineen -asws will reply, “Go back and ask the one whom you used to love, follow, and whom you preferred above the rest of creation to intercede for you since he was the best of creation in your eyes, for verily (only) the best of creation can intercede.” The man will say, “I am dying of thirst!” Amir Al-Momineen -asws will reply, “May Allah -azwj increase your thirst and your need for water!” I (Misma’) asked, “May I sacrifice myself for you!

How can he (this enemy) even come close to the Pool when others cannot?” Imam -asws replied: He stayed away from hideous acts and abstained from insulting us -asws – the Ahl Al-Bayt – when we -asws had been mentioned in his presence and he avoided some other (hideous) acts which others had dared to commit. However, none of this (abstaining from these evil deeds) was based on following us -asws or loving us -asws .

Rather, it was based on his diligence in worship and in religious acts and based on being preoccupied with himself rather than talking about others. However, the heart (of such a person) is filled with hypocrisy and his religion is based on hating us -asws , following those who incite hatred toward us -asws , believing in the authority of those two people of the past, and giving preference to them over everyone else.

He -asws said to me: ‘O Ibn Shabeeb! Are you fasting?’ I said, ‘no’.