الحسن بن أبي الحسن

“Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said, ‘There is no definite act of worship to perform on al-Safa’.’”

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah has said, ‘Allah has made twenty-four things contemptible for you to do and has forbidden you to do them. Allah dislikes that you act as playful during Salah (prayer).’”

"I carried my belongings from Basra to Egypt," and he mentioned the full narration in detail.

The three worst things of which the Earth has complained of to God are: undue blood that is shed on it; the washing off after fornication, and sleeping on it (after praying) before the sun rise.”

Whoever in my nation abandons the following four characteristics shall go to Paradise: getting deeply involved in this world; following selfish desires; lust for food and lust for sex. And whoever from the women in my nation has four characteristics shall go to Paradise: guards her honor; obey her husband; says the five daily prayers; and fasts for the month of Ramazan .”

“Gabriel came to the Prophet (S) and said: “O Muhammad! Allah orders you to marry Fatima to your brother Ali.” The Prophet (S) sent for Ali and said to him: “O Ali, I will marry my daughter Fatima, the head lady of the women of the world and the most beloved one to me, to you and there will be from you (your offspring) the two masters of the martyrs of Paradise, the oppressed bloodstained martyrs on the earth after me and the highborn progeny, with whom Allah will defeat injustice, revive the truth and finish off the untruth. Their number is like the number of the months of a year. Behind the last one of them Prophet Jesus the son of Blessed Virgin Mary (as) will offer the prayer.”

The Commander of the Believers, peace be upon him, stepped up the pulpit and said: O people, mention my lineage. Let he who knows me mention my lineage, otherwise, I will my lineage by myself. I am Zaid bin Abd-Manaf bin ‘Amer bin Amru bin Mughaira ibn Zaid bin Kilab. Then Ibn al-Kawwa’ stood up to him and said to him: O you, we do not know for you any lineage except that you are Ali bin Abi Talib ibn Abdul-Muttalib bin Hashim bin Abd-Manaf bin Qusay bin Kilab. Then he said to him: O ignoble, indeed, my father named me Zaid, by the name of his grandfather, Qusay, and the name of my father is Abd-Manaf, then the nickname overtook the name, and indeed, the name of Abdul-Muttalib is ‘Amer, then the nickname overtook the name, and the name of Hashim is Amru, then the nickname overtook the name, and the name of Abd-Manaf is Mughaira, then the nickname overtook the name, and indeed, the name Qusayy is Zaid, then the Arabs named him jointly due to that he had gathered them from the farthest land to Mecca, then the nickname overtook the name. He said: For Abdul-Muttalib are ten names, among them are: Abdul-Muttalib, Shayba and ‘Amer.

When Amirul Mu’mineen ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib, peace be upon him, entered Basra, he passed by me while I was doing Wudhoo. He said: "O Young man, do your Wudhoo well, so that Allah may reward you best." Then he proceeded and I followed his wake. At one time, his attention was diverted to me so he asked: "Young man, do you need anything from me?" I said: "Yes, teach me a word of wisdom, so that Allah may grant me its benefit." He said: "Whoever confirms Allah’s Truth is saved; and whoever fears Him in matters of his faith, is secured from being punished. And whoever contents himself with the least of this world, his eyes will be delighted to behold the rewards of Allah, Most High." ’May I tell you more, young man?" I said: "Yes O, Amirul Mu’mineen." He said: "Whoever has three traits, his fate is secured here and hereafter. He who enjoins good and also follows it; forbids evil and also refrains from it, and does not transgress the limits ordained by Allah. O, young man! Does it please you to meet your Maker, when He is pleased with you?" I said: "Of course, yes, O Amirul Mu’mineen!" He said: "In this world, be content with the least and be desirous of the next world. And you must be truthful in all your affairs, for Allah has ordained for you and all that He has created to worship Him by Truth." Then he walked away, till he entered the market of Basra. And he saw people busily engaged in buying and selling. He cried bitterly and then proclaimed: "O, slaves of this world! O, labourers of its people! If you remain busy swearing during the day time and sleeping in your beds during the night; and during that time you are totally oblivious to the next world, then when will you prepare the provision (for the journey to the next world) and think about the Day of Return (unto Allah)?" So, one of them said: "O Amirul Mu’mineen! We have to work for our living. What else should we do?" Amirul Mu’mineen said: "To seek one’s living by legitimate ways does not make you heedless of the next world! But if you say: We must hoard and monopolize, then you cannot be excused." The man turned his face weeping. Amirul Mu’mineen, peace be upon him, told him to come closer so that he would tell him more. He came forth, so ‘Ali, peace be upon him, said: "O servant of Allah! Indeed, everyone who works here for the hereafter will be amply rewarded in the next world. And he who uses his other worldliness for earning this world, he will earn hell fire in exchange." Then Amirul Mu’mineen recited the following verses: ’Then as for him who was insolent; And preferred the life of this world; Surely, Hell shall be the abode for him.’(al-Naziaat, 79: 37-39)

Mu`adh b. Jabal visited the Messenger of Allah (s) weeping. He greeted him with the salaam and he responded with the salaam. Then, he said: Why are you crying, O Mu`adh? So, he said: O Messenger of Allah! At the door, there is a youth who has a good physique, a clean complexion, and a good appearance. He is weeping over his youthhood as a bereaved mother weeps over her child, and he wants to visit you. So, the Prophet (s) said: Let the youth enter, O Mu`adh. So, he let him enter, and he greeted him with the salaam and he responded with the salaam. Then, he said: What is causing you to cry, O youth? He said: How can I not cry when I have committed sins that Allah would send me to the Fire of Hell for just one of them? He will not see me except that He will take me and never forgive me. So, the Messenger of Allah (s) said: Have you associated any partners with Allah? He said: I seek refuge in Allah that I should associate any partners with my Lord. He said: Did you kill a soul that Allah has prohibited you from killing? He said: No. So, the Prophet (s) said: May Allah forgive your sins, even if they are like large mountains. So, the youth said: Surely, they are greater than large mountains. So, the Prophet (s) said: May Allah forgive your sins, even if they are like the seven Earths, their oceans, their grains of sand, their trees, and whatever is in them. He said: Surely, they are greater than the seven Earths, their oceans, their grains of sand, their trees, and whatever is in them. So, the Prophet (s) said: May Allah forgive your sins, even if they are like the seven heavens and its stars, even if they are like the Throne and the Seat. He said: They are greater than that. He said: So, the Prophet (s) looked at him angrily, then said: Beware, O youth. What is greater, your sins or your Lord? So, the youth fell on his face, saying: May my Lord be glorified! There is nothing greater than my Lord. My Lord is greater, O Prophet of Allah, than every great thing. So, the Prophet (s) said: Can anyone other than the great Lord forgive a great sin?! The youth said: No, by Allah, O Messenger of Allah. Then, the youth went silent. So, the Prophet (s) said to him: Woe to you, O youth! Will you inform me of one of your sins? He said: Of course, I will inform you. I was a grave robber for seven years. I would exhume the dead and take off their shrouds. A young woman from the girls of the Ansar had died. When she was carried to her grave and buried, her family left, and night came. I came to her grave, exhumed her, and took from her shrouds. I left her alone at the edge of her grave. Time passed, and Satan came to me, and he began to make her more pleasing to me, saying: "Did you see her stomach and her whiteness? Did you see her hips?" He did not stop saying this to me until I returned to her. I could not control myself, until I had intercourse with her and left her in her place. Then, I heard a voice from behind me, saying: "O youth! Beware of the debts of the Day of Religion; the day you and I will be raised. You left me naked on the frontiers of death, emptied me from my grave, took my shrouds, and left me in a state of impurity until my Judgment. Woe to your youthhood from the Fire." So, I do not think that I will ever smell the scent of Paradise. What do you see for me, O Messenger of Allah? So, the Prophet (s) said: Get away from me, O wretched one! Surely, I fear that I will get burned by your fire. How near you are to the Fire, how near you are to the Fire! He (s) did not stop speaking to him and pointing to him until he left his presence and went to Medina, picked up some things from it, and went to one of its mountains to worship therein; wearing a cloak made of hair. He bound his hands together to his neck and called: O Lord! This is your servant, Bahlul, and I am bound before You. O Lord! You are the one that knows me and my errors. O my Master, O Lord! I have become regretful, and I have come repentant to Your Prophet, but he sent me away and increased my fear. So, I ask You by Your name, Your majesty, and the greatness of Your power, to not diminish my hope, my Master; and to not invalidate my supplication, and to not deprive me of Your mercy. He did not stop saying this for forty days and nights. The lions and the beasts would weep for him. When forty days and nights had passed, he raised his hands to the sky and said: O Allah! What will you do regarding my need? Have you accepted my supplication and forgiven my mistake? If so, then send a revelation to Your Prophet. But, if You will not answer my supplication nor forgive my mistake, then I want my punishment; so, bring a fire that will burn me or a punishment in this world that will destroy me. Deliver me from the furor of the Day of Resurrection. So, Allah revealed to His Prophet (s): "As for those who perform indecency" - meaning, fornication - "or wrong themselves" - meaning, commit a sin greater than fornication, grave robbing, and stealing shrouds - "remember Allah and seek forgiveness for their sins" - meaning, those who fear Allah and quickly repent - "who can forgive sins except Allah?" (3:135). He said: "My servant came to you repentant, O Muhammad, and you sent him away. So, where would he go, who should he seek, and who should he seek forgiveness for his sin besides Me?" Then, He said: "[and those] who do not persist in what they have done once they become cognizant." (3:135) - meaning, they no longer commit fornication, nor exhume graves, nor steal shrouds - "their reward is with their Lord - gardens beneath which rivers flow, wherein they will abide eternally - excellent is the reward of the doers of good" (3:136). When this verse was revealed to the Messenger of Allah (s), he came out reciting it and smiling. So, he said to his companions: Who will direct me to that repentant youth? So, Mu`adh said: O Messenger of Allah! We were told that he was in such-and-such place. So, the Messenger of Allah (s) went with his companions until they ended up at that mountain; and they climbed it in search of the youth. They found the youth standing between two rocks with his hands bound to his neck. His face was blackened, and his eyelashes had fallen from weeping. He was saying: “O my Master! You have perfected my form, and made my form beautiful, so what will You do with me? Will You burn me in the Fire, or will You settle me in Your proximity? O Allah! You have bestowed me with much goodness, and You have blessed me; so, what will be my end – will You dress me in Paradise, or have me driven by the Fire? O Allah! My mistake is greater than the heavens, the Earth, Your widespread Seat and Your great Throne. So, will You forgive my mistake, or will You scandalize me with it on the Day of Resurrection?” He did not stop saying this, weeping and covering his head with dust. The lions surrounded him, and the birds lined up above him, weeping at his weeping. So, the Messenger of Allah (s) came close, took his hands off his neck, and cleaned the dust off his head, and said: O Bahlul! Be happy, for Allah has freed you from the Fire. Then, he (s) said to his companions: This is how you redress your sins, just as Bahlul redressed them. Then, he recited what Allah revealed to him, and gave him glad tidings of Paradise.

I carried belongings from Basra to Egypt and I placed it [there]. In one of the paths, I came across a tall elderly man who was very dark, bald, with white hair and a white beard, wearing two gowns – one white and the other black. So, I said: Who is this? So, they said: This is Bilal, the mu'adhin of the Messenger of Allah (s). So, I took my tablets and gave them to him. I greeted him, then I said: Peace be unto you, O shaykh. So, Bilal said: And also with you. I said: May Allah bestow His mercy upon you. Narrate to me that which you have heard from the Messenger of Allah (s). So, Bilal said: Do you know who I am? He said: You are Bilal, the mu’adhin of the Messenger of Allah (s). So, Bilal and the man wept, until the people came to them and joined them in weeping. Then, he said: O boy! What country are you from? I said: I am from the people of Iraq. He said: Wow. Then, he was silent for a moment. Then, he said: Write, O Iraqi brother. In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. I heard the Messenger of Allah (s) say: “The mu’adhins are the trustees of the believers over their prayers, their fasting, their flesh and their blood. They do not ask a thing of Allah except that He grants it to them, nor do they intercede in a thing except that their intercession is accepted.” I said: Tell me more, may Allah grant you mercy. He said: Write, in the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. I heard the Messenger of Allah (s) say: “Whomever sincerely gives adhan for forty years, Allah will raise him on the Day of Resurrection with the righteous and accepted deeds of forty saints.” I said: Tell me more, may Allah grant you mercy. He said: Write, in the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. I head the Messenger of Allah (s) say: “Whomever gives adhan for twenty years, Allah will raise him on the Day of Resurrection with a light like that of the sky.” I said: Tell me more, may Allah grant you mercy. He said: Write, in the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. I head the Messenger of Allah (s) say: “Whomever gives adhan for ten years, Allah will have him reside with Ibrahim the Friend (as) in his dome, or in his rank.” I said: Tell me more, may Allah grant you mercy. He said: Write, in the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. I heard the Messenger of Allah (s) say: “Whomever gives adhan for one year, Allah will raise him on the Day of Resurrection with all of his sins forgiven, even if they were the size of Mount Uhud.” I said: Tell me more, may Allah grant you mercy. He said: Yes, so memorize, and do, and be sincere. I heard the Messenger of Allah (s) say: “Whomever gives adhan for one prayer for the sake of Allah and to attain the nearness of Allah in faith and sincerity, Allah will forgive all of his past deeds, and He will grant him protection in what remains of his life, and He will gather him with the martyrs in Paradise.” I said: Tell me more, may Allah grant you mercy. He said: Beware, O boy! You have broken my heart. He wept and I wept Then, he said Write, in the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. I heard the Messenger of Allah (s) say: “On the Day of Resurrection, Allah will gather the people upon one plane. Then, Allah will send angels of light to the mu’adhins. With them will be standards and banners of light. They will come forth on riding animals – their front will be of green aquamarine, and their sacks will be of strong musk. The mu’adhins will ride them, and they will stand on them as they are led by the angels. They will call the adhan at the top of their voice. Then, he wept heavily until I sobbed and wept. When he went quiet, I said: What are you crying about? He said: Woe to you – you reminded me of things. I heard my beloved and my elite one (s) say: “By He who raised me in truth as a prophet! They will pass by the creation, standing on their animals, saying: ‘Allah is the Greatest! Allah is the Greatest!’ When they say that, I will hear my Nation noising about.” So, Usama b. Zayd asked about this noising about – what is it? He said: “Noising about is glorification, praise, and saying ‘la ilaha illallah’. When they say: ‘I bear witness that there is no god but Allah’, my Nation will say: ‘He is the one that we would worship in this world.’ So, it will be said: ‘You have spoken the truth.’ When they say: ‘I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah’, my Nation will say: ‘This is the one who came to us with the message of our Lord. We believed in him without seeing him.’ So, it will be said to them: ‘You have spoken the truth. This is the one who brought the message of your Lord to you; so, you became believers in him. It is a right upon Allah that He gathers you with your Prophet, so that he may take them to their houses [in Paradise], in which there is that which no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no heart has imagined.’” Then, he looked to me and said to me: If you are able – and there is no power except by Allah – to become a mu'adhin before you die, then do so. So, I said: May Allah have mercy on you! Grace me and inform me, for I am poor and needy. Give me what you have heard from the Messenger of Allah, for you have seen him and I have not seen him. Describe to me what the Messenger of Allah (s) described to you of the buildings of Paradise. He said: Write, in the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. I heard the Messenger of Allah (s) say: “The fences of Paradise are made of gold, silver, and ruby. Its mortar is of musk and its embellishments are of red, green, and yellow sapphire.” I said: What about its gates? He said: Its gates are different. The Gate of Mercy is of red sapphire. I said: What about its door pulls? He said: Woe to you, leave me, for I have given you excess. I said: I will not leave you until you give me what you heard from the Messenger of Allah (s) regarding that. He said: Write, in the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. As for the Gate of Patience, it is a small gate with a single door, which is of red sapphire, and it has no door pull. As for the Gate of Thanks, it is of white sapphire, it has two gates – between which is a journey of five hundred years – and it noises its yearning, saying: “O Allah! Bring me my people.” I said: Do gates talk?! He said: Yes. The Majestic and Noble will give them the power of speech. As for the Gate of Calamity—. I said: Isn't the Gate of Calamity the same as the Gate of Patience? He said: No. I said: Then what is calamity? He said: Adversity, illnesses, diseases, and leprosy. It is a gate of yellow sapphire and it has one door. How few are those who will enter through it! I said: May Allah have mercy on you. Tell me more and grace me, for I am poor. He said: O boy! I have given you excess. As for the Greatest Gate, the righteous servants will enter through it – and they are the people of asceticism, piety, and those who desire for Allah and seek harmony in Him. I said: May Allah have mercy on you. When they enter Paradise, what will they do? He said: They will traverse two rivers in rows on boats of sapphire and paddles of pearl. In them will be angels of light with very green garments. I said: May Allah have mercy on you. Is there such a thing as green light? He said: The garments themselves are green, but therein is light from the light of the Lord of the Worlds. They will walk on both sides of that river. I said: What is the name of that river? He said: The Paradise of Safety. I said: Are there any others? He said: Yes – the Paradise of Eden, which is in the middle of Paradise. As for the Paradise of Eden, its fence is of red sapphire, and its gravel is pearl. I said: Are there any others? He said: Yes – the Paradise of Heaven. I said: What is its fence like? He said: Woe to you, leave me, for you have troubled my heart. I said: Rather, you have done that to me. I will not leave you until you compete the description for me and inform me of its fence. He said: Its fence is light. So, I said: What about its rooms? He said: They are from the light of the Lord of the Worlds. I said: Tell me more, may Allah have mercy on you. He said: Woe to you. It is up to this point that the Messenger of Allah (s) has left us with. Blessed are you, for you have attained some of this description; and blessed is whoever that believes in this. I said: May Allah have mercy on you. I, by Allah, am from the believers of this. He said: Woe to you. Whoever believes or approves of this truth and path, he will not desire this world or its frills; and he will hold himself to account. I said: I am a believer in that. He said: You have spoken the truth; but get closer and stay on target. Do not despair. Do, but do not overburden yourself. Have hope, be fearful, and be careful. Then, he wept and inhaled thrice. We thought that he had died. Then, he said: May my mother and father be sacrificed for you! Had Muhammad (s) seen you, his eye would have filled with joy when he saw you ask about this description. Then, he said: Hurry, hurry, work, work, and beware of overburdening yourself. Then, he said: Woe to you. Let me be in this undone state. So, I said to him: You are in an undone state. May Allah reward you with Paradise, as you have done what you have been obliged to do. Then, he bid me farewell, and said to me: Fear Allah, and give to the Nation of Muhammad (s) what I have given you. So, I said: I will do so, God-willingly. He said: May Allah maintain your religion, increase you in piety, and assist you in obeying Him by His will.