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“After me you will be weak.”

"Fatimah {s.a}, peace be upon her, allocated her charities for Banu Hashim and Banu al-Muttalib."

“Once I went to see abu Ja‘far (a.s.) and I had a few questions on three pieces of materials with proper markings and they were mixed as such that I could not distinguish. I felt sad. He picked one and said, “This is the letter of Ziyad ibn Shabib.” Then he picked up the other one and said, “.This is the letter of so and so.” I became awe struck. He looked at me and smiled.” The narrator has said that the Imam (a.s.) then gave me three hundred Dinars and asked me to deliver them to the certain persons of the sons of his uncle and said, “He will ask you to show him a professional person who would help him to buy goods, help show him one.” The narrator has said that I then went to him and gave him the Dinars and asked me, “O abu Hashim, can you show me a professional person who would help me to buy goods.” I said, “Yes, I can do so.” The narrator has said that a camel man asked me to speak on his behalf to abu Ja‘far (a.s.) to take part in certain matters of his affairs. I went to see him (abu Ja‘far (a.s.) to speak to him but he was having meal with a group of people and I did not get a chance to speak to him. He (abu Ja‘far (a.s.) said, “O abu Hashim, eat. He placed food before me. Then he said, initiating and without any question from me, “O slave, take good care of the camel-man that abu Hashim has brought for us. Keep him with you.” The narrator has said that one day I entered a garden along with him and said, “May Allah take my soul in service for your cause, I am addicted to eating fig. Pray to Allah for me.” He was quite and then after three day on his own initiation he said, “O abu Hashim, “Allah has removed your addiction.” Ever since it is the thing that I hate most.”

the first verse which was revealed was, ‘In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Proclaim! (or read!) in the Name of thy Lord and Cherisher, Who created’ and the last verse that was revealed was, ‘When comes the Help of Allah, and Victory.’”

“I mentioned the words of Allah , ‘No mortal eyes can see Him, but He can see all eyes. He is All-kind and All-aware.’ (6:103) to Imam abu Ja’far (a.s.). He said, “O abu Hashim, Awham (mentioned above) of hearts are keener and sharper than the perceptions of the eyes. Through the Awham of the heart you can perceive countries like Sind, Hind (India) and other cities which you have never seen with your eyes. How can your eyes see Him when the Awham of your heart cannot perceive Him?”

The Messenger of Allah (s) said: He who prefers one of my companions over `Ali has disbelieved.

`Ali (as) said: Over every truth there is a reality, and over every fact there is a light. So, take whatever agrees with the Book of Allah, and leave whatever contradicts the Book of Allah.

Everything in this book that is narrated from Al-Hasan ibn Rashid has been transmitted by me from my father - may Allah (swt) be pleased with him - from Sad ibn Abdullah, Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, and Ibrahim ibn Hashim together, from Al-Qasim ibn Yahya, from his grandfather Al-Hasan ibn Rashid. I have also narrated it from Muhammad ibn Ali Majilawayh - may Allah (swt) be pleased with him - from Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim, from his father, from Al-Qasim ibn Yahya, from his grandfather Al-Hasan ibn Rashid.

Abi Hashim al-Ja'fari said that he asked Imam Javad (a.s): “What does unity of God mean?” He replied: “Unity refers to what people with all different languages agree on.”

“I once visited abu al-Hassan, Sahib al- ‘Askar (a.s.), when one of his children came and give him a flower. He (the Imam) kissed it and placed it on his eyes. He (the Imam) then gave it to me and said, ‘O abu Hashim, one on receiving a flower or a bunch of sweet basil should kiss and then place it on his eyes. Then he should say, ‘O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, and ‘A’immah, ‘Alayhim al-Salam. Allah writes for him of merits equal to the sands of the wilderness and deletes of his bad deeds an equal number.’”

The Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, said: "Allah chose Ismail from the children of Ibrahim, and chose Kananah from the children of Ismail, and chose Quraish from the children of Kananah, and chose Banu Hashim from Quraish and then chose me from Banu Hashim."

Everything in this book that is narrated from Safwan ibn Yahya has been transmitted by me from my father - may Allah (swt) be pleased with him - from Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim, from his father, from Safwan ibn Yahya.

And whatever is narrated from Bakr bin Salih, I have narrated it from my father - may Allah (swt) be pleased with him - from Ali bin Ibrahim bin Hashim, from his father, from Bakr bin Salih Al-Razi.

And whatever is narrated regarding the will of Amir Al-Muʾminin, peace be upon him, to his son Muhammad ibn Al-Hanafiyyah - may Allah (swt) be pleased with him - I have narrated it from my father - may Allah (swt) be pleased with him - from Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim, from his father, from Hammad ibn ʿIsa, from someone who mentioned it from Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him. Most people make an error in this chain of transmission by replacing Hammad ibn ʿIsa with Hammad ibn Uthman, whereas Ibrahim ibn Hashim did not meet Hammad ibn Uthman; rather, he met Hammad ibn ʿIsa and narrated from him.

I asked Abu Ja`far ibn al-Rida (AS) about: Vision comprehends Him not, and He comprehends (all) vision. Hence, he replied: O Abu Hashim! The imagination of mind is more precise than the vision of the eyes. You may imagine Sind, India, the towns which you have not visited, and which you have not seen with your eyes. Thus, if imagination cannot comprehend Him, how can the eyes?”

narrated to us Rabi’i ibn ‘Abdallah who has said that said to him ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn abu ‘Abdallah the following. “I said to abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.), ‘are those who are ignorant of this matter (Leadership with Divine Authority) of the descendants of Hashim and others the same?” He said to me, “Do not say, “al-Munkir” (ignorant) but say al-Jahid (rejecter ) of the descendants of Hashim and other people.” Abu al-Hassan has said I thought about it and then I recalled the words of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most gracious, about the brothers of Yusuf (Joseph) “He recognized them but they were ignorant about him.” (12:58)

I heard Imam Hasan Askari (a.s) say: Among the sins that would not be forgiven is when a person says: If only I were not punished, except for this sin! I said to myself: This matter is very complicated and it is best for man to be wary of his self in his internal matters in everything. At that moment the Imam glanced at me and said: O Abdul Hashim, you thought right. You must be careful of every incident and matter, because polytheism in people is more concealed than the movement of the ant on a smooth stone on a dark night or on the surface of black floor.

“When the Qaim arises, he will come with an unprecedented system.”

I had intended to send Hāshim ibn ‘Utbah to Egypt and had I done so he would have made way for the opponents nor given them time (to get hold of him). This is without reproach to Muḥammad ibn Abi Bakr as I loved him and had brought him up.

And whatever is narrated from Hamdan Al-Diwani, I have narrated it from Ahmad ibn Ziyad ibn Jafar Al-Hamadani - may Allah (swt) be pleased with him - from Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim, from his father, from Hamdan Al-Diwani.