عبد الله الهاشمي

God’s Prophet (MGB) disliked eating five parts of sheep: the spleen; the penis; the balls; the vagina; and the corners of the heart.”

Everything in this book that is narrated from Isa ibn Abdullah Al-Hashimi has been transmitted by me from Muhammad ibn Musa ibn Al-Mutawakkil - may Allah (swt) be pleased with him - from Muhammad ibn Yahya Al-Attar, from Muhammad ibn Al-Husayn ibn Abi Al-Khattab, from Muhammad ibn Abi Abdullah, from Isa ibn Abdullah ibn Ali ibn Umar ibn Ali ibn Al-Husayn ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib - peace be upon them.

‘You must not marry al-Zanj and al-Khazar; they have such wombs that indicate disloyalty.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Of Indians, al-Sind and al-Qand - meaning al-Qandahar - a hybrid does not exist among them.’

The Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said with regards to the saying of Him, Exalted and Glorious is He: «And when the son of Mariam gave an example, your people suddenly chortled.» (43:57) He said: Chortling in Arabic is to laugh.

There are four Heavenly rivers: The Euphrates, the Nile, Sihran and Jehran. The Euphrates provides water in this world and the Hereafter. The Nile provides honey. Sehran provides wine and Jehran provides milk.”

“The best of you are those who feed (the needy), greet aloud, and pray (at night) when others are asleep.”

“The hour will not arise until the Mahdi from my descendants comes forth. The Mahdi will not come forth until sixty liars come forward, all of them declaring: I am a prophet.”

The Messenger of Allah (s) said: “We, the children of Abdul Muttalib are the chiefs of Paradise dwellers; that is I, Ali, Hamza (chief of the martyrs), Ja’far with two wings, Hasan, Husain, and the Mahdi.”

I heard the Messenger of Allah (s) say: `Ali b. Abi Talib (as) and the Imams from his descendants after me are the masters of the people of Earth and the Leaders of the shining believers on the Day of Resurrection.

I heard the Messenger of Allah (s) say: “Mahdi is from my progeny, from the descendants of Fatima.”

This is all yours.' Adam said: 'My Lord (azj), what is this radiant, white land?' Allah (swt) replied: 'This is My sanctuary on My earth, and I have made it incumbent upon you to circumambulate it seven hundred times every day.'"

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the site of al-Ka‘bah was a white mount of land that shone like the sun and moon until one of the sons of Adam killed the other son of Adam, and thereafter it turned black. When Adam descended, Allah then raised the whole earth for him until he saw it. He then said, ‘This is all for you. He then asked, ‘Lord, what is this white land that shines?’ He replied, ‘That is (in) My land. I have made it obligatory upon you to walk around it seven hundred times every day.’”

I heard Jabir b. `Abdullah al-Ansari say: I heard the Messenger of Allah (s) say to `Ali b. Abi Talib (as): O `Ali! You are my brother, my deputy, and my inheritor. You are my vicegerent over my Nation in my lifetime and after my passing. Those who love you love me, and those who hate you hate me. Your enemies are my enemies, and your friends are my friends.

Gabriel was sent to me by the Honorable the Exalted God and told me, ’God has ordained that you recite the Quran in one letter only.’ I said, ‘O God! Please be more lenient with my nation.’ Then Gabriel said, ‘The Honorable the Exalted God ordained that you recite the Quran in seven letters.’”

“One day in Sarmanra, when His Eminence, Imam Hasan Askari (a.s) passed away, I went to his house. When his coffin was brought out of his chamber and placed outside, we were thirty-nine persons who had come to attend the funeral. Just then a child, who apparently seemed to be ten years old, came out with a sheet on his shoulder and face. As soon as he entered, awe struck us, so that we rose up to welcome him. He stood up and all of us stood behind him. He recited the funeral prayers and then went away. But he did not go back into the room from which he had emerged; he went into another room.” Abu Abdullah Hamadani says: “I met Ibrahim bin Muhammad Tabrizi in Maragha and he also narrated to me the above report of Ahmad bin Abdullah Hashmi verbatim.”

“Whoever desires to meet Allah, Mighty and Glorified be He, in a state of safety and purity and that the Great Fear should not terrify him, he must befriend you and befriend your sons Hasan, Husain, Ali Ibn Husain, Muhammad Ibn Ali, Ja’far Ibn Muhammad, Musa Ibn Ja’far, Ali Ibn Musa, Muhammad, Ali, Hasan and the Mahdi, who will be their last. In the last era, there will be a group, who will befriend you, O Ali. People will hate them, although had they loved them (the Shias), it would have been better for them, if they but knew. They (Shias) will give preference to you and your sons over their fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, relatives and kin, blessings of Allah be on them, the best of blessings. They will be gathered beneath the Standard of Praise (Liwaul Hamd), their sins will be overlooked and their grades will be raised as a reward of their deeds.

I heard him (Salam) narrate that abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) said the following. “Once Talha and al-Zubayr sent a man called Khidash from the tribe of ‘Abd a1-Qays, to Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.). Before he would leave they spoke to him as herein below. “We are sending you to a man who and whose family are known to us since a long time as magicians and soothsayers. You are more trusted to us, than those in our presence, not to listen to any of such thing from him. You must debate him in our support until you will learn the well-known matter. Bear in mind that his claim is the greatest that people can have and it should not discourage you. Of the ways of his deceiving people are his offering food, drinks, honey, oil and to speak with one privately. Therefore, do not eat any food that he might offer, or drink anything. Do not touch any of the honey or oil that he might present to you and do not sit with him alone. Beware of all such things that might come. Go to him with the blessings of Allah. When you see him read ’Aya al-Sakhra, verse 45 of chapter 7 and ask Allah to protect you against his plots and the plots of Satan. When you will sit near him do not make eye contacts and do not become friendly with him. Thereafter say to him, “Two of your brethren in religion, the two sons of you uncle as relatives urge you not to cut off (good) relations. They say to you, “Do you not know that we left people just for you and opposed our tribes people for your sake soon after Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most gracious, took Muhammad (s,a) from this world? Now that you have achieved a little status you have disregarded our honor and destroyed our hopes. Despite this, you have already experienced our ability to stay away from you and find a vast land before you. Those who would isolate you from our relations and us were of much less advantage to you and weaker than us to defend you. Now the dawn has made very clear to those who have eyes. It has come to our notice that you disrespect us and pray against us. What causes you to do so? We had seen you to be the bravest of the strong man of the Arabs. Has your condemning us become part of your religion? You know well that it breaks you away from us.” When Khidash came to Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.) he did exactly what they had told him to do. When Ali (a.s.) looked at him, as he spoke under his breath, the Imam (a.s.) laughed and said, “O brother, from ‘Abd Qays, pointing to him to sit closer to his place.” Khidash, then responded, “There is enough room around. I am here only to deliver a message to you.” The Imam (a.s.) said, “First you must eat, drink change your cloths and use fragrance then deliver your message. O Qanbar, provide him accommodation.” He said, “I do not need any of the things you mentioned” The Imam (a.s.) then said, “I want to speak to you privately.” The man said, “All secrets are public to me.” The Imam (a.s.) said, “I urge you, on oath by Allah, Who is closer to you than yourself, Who is between you and your heart, Who knows the stealth looks of the eyes and what the hearts hide, (to tell the truth). Had al-Zubayr spoken to you of all that I just offered and said to you?” He replied, “By the Lord, yes, he did so.” The Imam (a.s.) then said, “I urge you, on oath by Allah, did he teach you certain words that you were saying when you came to me?” He replied, “By the Lord, yes, he did so.” Imam Ali (a.s.) said, “It was ’Aya al-Sakhra, (7:45).” He said, “Yes, that was it.” The Imam (a.s.) said, “Read it.” He read it and Ali would repeat along with him, make him read again and correct his mistakes until he read it seventy times. The man asked, “What is the reason for Amir al-Mu’minin’s (a.s.) ordering me to repeat them seventy times?” The Imam (a.s.) then asked him, “Do you feel you heart is comforted?” He said, “Yes, by the One in Whose hand is my soul, it is.” The Imam (a.s.) then asked, “Say what they told you to say.” He then informed him of their message. The Imam (a.s.) said, “Say to them, “What you have spoken is sufficient evidence against you, however, Allah does not guide the unjust people. You think that you are my brothers in religion and the sons of my uncles in family relations. I do not deny the family relation even though it must be disregarded except what Islam requires to be continued. Also it is your statement that you are my brothers in religion. If it is true and you really mean it then you must know that you have already distanced yourselves from the book of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most gracious, and have disobeyed Him practically in the affairs of your brother in religion. Otherwise, you have just lied and have created false statements to claim that you are my brothers in religion. You have also said that you did not join other people (against me) soon after the Allah took Muhammad (s.a) out of this world. If what you did was the for sake of the truth then you must know that you have just destroyed that truth in your leaving me lately in disregard as your brother in religion. If you did not join the others for the sake of falsehood you will be held responsible for such (sinful) matters that you have created. Besides, the way you have mentioned your not joining others after the death of Muhammad (s.a.) shows that you did so only for the sake of worldly gains and greed. As you thought and these are your own words, you have destroyed our hopes. I offer many thanks to Allah that you have not blamed me in the matters of my religion. On the other hand, what has distanced me from you is what has distanced you from the truth and causing you to discard your oath of allegiance (with me) from your necks just as a recalcitrant beast would discard its harness. He is Allah, my Lord. I do not consider anything to be like Him. Do not say, “He is less advantageous and weaker to defend” for you may deserve to be called polytheists along with hypocrisy. You have also said that I am the bravest of the strong Arab men and that you run away from my condemnation of you and my prayers against you. You must consider that every event requires a certain action. When the spears would cress cross, the mane of horses flutter and your lunges swell inside you at such time Allah suffices me with a calm and perfect heart. You have said that you dislike my praying to Allah against you. You should not be disturb because of the prayers of a magician man who belongs to a magician people that you think they are. O Lord, do away with al-Zubayr in the worst way of getting killed and make him bleed to death in mis-guidance. (O Lord,) make Talha know he is humiliated and store for them even worse than this in the next life, if they have done injustice to me, accused me falsely and have withheld their testimony (in my support), disobeyed You and Your Messenger in my affairs.” The Imam (a.s.) then said, “Say Amen!” Khidash then said, “Amen!” Khidash then said to himself, “I have never seen a bearded man with a more clear mistake than yours. A man who would carry a message in which one part would contradict the other part. Allah has placed nothing in it to hold it together. I, therefore, disdain both of them before Allah.” Ali (a.s.) asked him to go back and inform them of what he had said in response. He said, “No, by Allah will not go to them until you will ask Allah to return me back to you quickly and grant me the opportunity to please Him in the matters of your support. He did so and very soon he came back and afterwards was murdered when (supporting the Imam (a.s.) on the day of Jamal. May Allah grant him blessing.