[5] ما...

[5] ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي فِيمَا كَتَبَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع إِلَى أَهْلِ مِصْرَ عِبَادَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ الْمَوْتَ لَيْسَ مِنْهُ فَوْتٌ فَاحْذَرُوا قَبْلَ وُقُوعِهِ وَ أَعِدُّوا لَهُ عُدَّتَهُ فَإِنَّكُمْ طَرْدُ الْمَوْتِ إِنْ أَقَمْتُمْ لَهُ أَخَذَكُمْ وَ إِنْ فَرَرْتُمْ مِنْهُ أَدْرَكَكُمْ وَ هُوَ أَلْزَمُ لَكُمْ مِنْ ظِلِّكُمْ (The book) ‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al-Tusi – ‘Among what Amir Al-Momineen -asws wrote to the people of Egypt: ‘Servants of Allah -azwj !

الْمَوْتُ مَعْقُودٌ بِنَوَاصِيكُمْ وَ الدُّنْيَا تُطْوَى خَلْفَكُمْ فَأَكْثِرُوا ذِكْرَ الْمَوْتِ عِنْدَ مَا تُنَازِعُكُمْ إِلَيْهِ أَنْفُسُكُمْ مِنَ الشَّهَوَاتِ وَ كَفَى بِالْمَوْتِ وَاعِظاً The death is tied to your forelocks and the world is folding up behind you, therefore, frequently remember the death during whatever from the lustful desires snatches you to it and suffice with the death as a preaching .

وَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص كَثِيراً مَا يُوصِي أَصْحَابَهُ بِذِكْرِ الْمَوْتِ فَيَقُولُ أَكْثِرُوا ذِكْرَ الْمَوْتِ فَإِنَّهُ هَادِمُ اللَّذَّاتِ حَائِلٌ بَيْنَكُمْ وَ بَيْنَ الشَّهَوَاتِ‏. And Rasool-Allah -saww used to frequently advise his -saww companions to remember the death and he -saww would say: ‘Frequently remember the death for it is a demolisher of the pleasures, a barrier between you and the lustful desires ’’.

[6] – وَ رُوِيَ‏ أَنَّ يَحْيَى بْنَ زَكَرِيَّا ع كَانَ يُفَكِّرُ فِي طُولِ اللَّيْلِ فِي أَمْرِ الْجَنَّةِ وَ النَّارِ فَيَسْهَرُ لَيْلَهُ وَ لَا يَأْخُذُهُ نَوْمٌ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ عِنْدَ الصَّبَّاحِ اللَّهُمَّ أَيْنَ الْمَفَرُّ وَ أَيْنَ الْمُسْتَقَرُّ اللَّهُمَّ إِلَّا إِلَيْكَ‏. And it is reported, ‘Yahya -as Bin Zakariya -as was thinking in the length of the night regarding the matter of Paradise and Fire. He -as stayed awake his -as night and the sleep did not seize him -saww .