الحسن بن علي

He who denies the Midnight Ascension is belying Rasulullah (s).

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, has said, ‘A wine addict will meet Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, as a worshipper of idols will do.’”

“Whoever thinks that Allah orders people to commit sins has ascribed lies to Allah and whoever thinks that good and evil are from Allah has ascribed lies to Allah.”
(See also Hadith No. 6 below).

The one who knows the dispute, he is not a weakened individual.

“Once I asked Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) about the words of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, ‘The deeds of anyone who rejects belief, certainly, become fruitless. He, on the Day of Judgment will be of those who lose.’ (5:5) The Imam said, ‘It is disregarding the deeds that he has confessed to be true. Of such deeds is disregarding prayer without suffering from illness or being preoccupied. ’”

Indeed, when a believer dies, he will not be dead, for indeed, the (one to become) dead is the disbeliever. Indeed, Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, says: «He brings out the living from the dead, and He brings out the dead from the living» (6:95). That means (that) the believer (is begotten) from the disbeliever, and the disbeliever (is begotten) from the believer.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) has said, ‘The seed for a believer may exist in the loins of a pagan and it is not affected by any evil thing until it is transferred into the womb of a pagan woman wherein it is not affected by any evil thing also. Even until his birth it is not affected by any evil thing until the Pen begins writing about him. (He is responsible for his deeds and his fate is determined.)’”

Commander of the Faithful (AS) said to a man, “If you do not wish to obey your Creator, then do not eat of His Sustenance. And if you support His Enemy (Satan), then leave His Realm. If you are dissatisfied with His destiny and His Divine Decree, then find a Lord other than Him.”

Aba Abdullah as-Sadiq (MGB) said the following regarding the following words of the Honorable the Exalted God, ‘Shall I inform you, (O people!), on whom it is that the evil ones descend? They descend on every lying, wicked person.’ “The evil ones descended upon seven people as follows: Al-Muqayrih, Binan, Sa’ed, Hamzih ibn Am’marat al-Barbari, Al-Harith al-Shami, Abdullah ibn al-Harith and Abul Khat’tab.”

The following people are cursed: an astrologer; a Jewish priest; a magician; a female singer and those who give them a place to live and earn an income from their work.”As-Sadiq (MGB) added, “An astrologer is like a priest; a priest is like a magician; a magician is like an atheist and an atheist goes to Hell.”The compiler of the book - may God be pleased with him - said, “What is meant by ‘an astrologer is damned’ is that the astrologer who claims that the universe has always existed, denies its Creator and doesn’t believe in the Honorable the Exalted God is damned.”

My father (a.s.) narrated that Abu Abdullah (a.s.) said that the Honorable the Exalted God told Noah, ‘…O Noah! He is not of thy family…’ The reason for this was that Noah’s son was opposed to Noah. God considered those who followed Noah (a.s.) to be of his family.” Al-Washsha’ said that the Imam (a.s.) asked him, “How is this verse about Noah’s son recited?” Al-Washsha’ answered, “The people recite it in two different ways one form of which implies that he was not Noah’s son.” The Imam (a.s.) said, “No, they are liars. He was Noah’s son. However, the Honorable the Exalted God denounced him from being Noah’s son due to his opposition to Noah’s religion.”

They are unable to devise a plan towards Nusb [1] by which they antagonize, nor are guided to the path of the people of the truth by which they enter into it. These people will enter Paradise for good deeds and by refraining from the forbidden things which Allah, Exalted an Glorious is He, has prohibited, and they will not attain the ranks of the righteous.

I asked Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, about the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «except for the weakened ones from the men, women and children» (4:98) - the verse. He said: O Sulayman, among these weakened ones, there are those with a thicker neck than you. The weakened are a people who fast, pray and whose bellies and private organs are modest; they do not believe that the truth is with other than us. They hold onto the branches of the tree. For those, Allah might pardon them if they were to adhere to the branches. Moreover, if they were to not know those, then if Allah was to pardon them, it would be due to His mercy, and if He was to torment them, it would be due to their aberration from what He made them know.

My father `Ali b. Abi Talib (as) narrated to me. He said: The Prophet (s) said to me: You are the best of people, and no one will have doubt regarding you except a disbeliever.

It happens that a man loves you -the Shia- but he does not know what you say. Accordingly, Allah will allow him to enter Paradise. It also happens that a man hates you but he does not know what you say. Accordingly, Allah will send him to Hell. Hence, a man may fill in his record with good deeds without being doing any of them. (I asked how, and the Imam answered:-) This occurs when he passes by some people while they are reviling at us. As they see him, some of them tell that he is one of the Shia. They then go on railing and reviling at him. Hence, Allah records for him good deeds because of so until his record of good deeds is filled.

A worshiper will spend seventy winters in the Fire, and each winter will be equivalent to seventy years. He said: Then, he will ask Allah: “By the right of Muhammad and his Ahl al-Bayt, why did You not have mercy on me?” He said: So, Allah will reveal to Gabriel: “Descend to My worshiper and remove him.” He will say: “O Lord! How will I descend into the Fire?” He will say: “I have commanded it to be cool and peaceful for you.” He will say: “O Lord! I do not know where he is.” So, He will say: “He is in a pit in Sijjin.” He said: So, he will descend into the Fire, and find him chained up and upon his face. He will take him out. So, He will say: “O My servant! How long did you call for Me in the Fire?” He said: “I cannot comprehend it, my Lord.” He will say: “By My glory! Had you not asked, I would have prolonged your torment in the Fire. However, I have written upon Myself that no worshiper shall ask Me by the right of Muhammad and his Ahl al-Bayt except that I will forgive him for what is between him and I. So, I have forgiven you today.”

It was said to al-Sadiq, peace be upon him: Describe death to us. He said: To the believer, it is like the best perfume he smells, and so he becomes sleepy due to its goodness, and all tiredness and pain is stopped in him, and to the disbeliever, it is like the stinging of snakes, the pinching of scorpions and even worse. It was: A people are saying that it is more severe than being sawn with saws, clipped with swords, stoned with stones and the rolling of the grinding machine. He said: It is like that to some disbelievers and dissolute people. Do you not see from them those who observe those hardships? That is what is more severe than this, except (that it is not more severe) than the torment of the Hereafter, for that is more severe than the torment of this world. It was said: Then what is it with us that we see a disbeliever whose death struggle is easy upon him, by which he turns off while telling, laughing and speaking, while among the believers as well there are those who are like that? Also, among the believers and the disbelievers (alike) there are those who endure these hardships during the intoxication of death? He said: That which is of comfort to the believer there (during that stage), is his reward that was rushed to him, and that which is of distress is purification of him from his sins in order that he may reach the Hereafter clean, pure and deserving of the reward of the everlasting that has no obstacle to it. That which is of ease there to the disbeliever, is for him to be granted the reward of his good deeds in this world in order that he may reach the Hereafter while not having but what necessitates punishment upon him, and that which is of distress upon the disbeliever there is the commencement of the punishment of Allah to him after his good deeds have finished. That is because Allah is (An Enforcer of) Justice, He does not tyrannize.