الحسين بن يزيد النوفلي

8. TBA

The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Trim the mustaches, leave the beards and do not resemble (yourselves with) the Zoroastrians.

I asked Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, about the saying of one man to another man: «May Allah reward you with goodness», what does he mean with it? Then Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, said: Indeed, Goodness is a river in Paradise whose emergence is from the Kawthar, and the emergence of Kawthar is from the Leg of the Throne, upon which are the ranks of the Successors and their Shi’a. On the two sides of that river are sprouting maids; whenever one is pulled off, another sprouts with the name of that river, and that is the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, in His Book: «In them are beautiful goods». (55:70) So, when one man says to his companion: «May Allah reward you with goodness», he only means by it those ranks which Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, has prepared for His chosen and selected from among His creation.

The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family: What type of property is the best? He said: A cultivation planted by its owner, made right by him and whose right he fulfils on the day of its harvesting. It was said: O Messenger of Allah, then what type of property is the best after cultivation? He said: That a man among his sheep who leads them to the places of rain, establishes the prayer and gives the alms tax. It was said: O Messenger of Allah, then what type of property is the best after sheep? He said: Cows, they are milked at the morning in goodness, and at departure in goodness. It was: O Messenger of Allah, then what type of property is the best after cows? He said: The immovable (plants) in mire and which feed during the state of being barren. The best of things is the palm three when it is sold, for its price is only by the like of ash on the top of a lofty thing when intensively hit by wind on a stormy day, except if he leaves behind (something) in its place. It was said: O Messenger of Allah, then what type of property is the best after the palm trees? Then he became silent, and then a man said to him: Then where are camels? He said: In them are wretchedness, roughness and laborious effort, and after (leaving) home, at the morning, it turns its back, and at departure, it turns it back. Its goodness does not come except from its ill-omened side. Verily, it, indeed, it is not free of the wretched, the dissolute.

A share is one of eight, due to the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «The charities are only for the poor, the needy, those who work upon (acquiring) them, those with affectionate hearts, the necks (of human beings in captivity to be liberated), those in debt, for the sake of Allah and for the stranded traveler.» (9:60)

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.

Jibra’eel descended unto the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, and said: O Muhammed, order you companions to ‘ajj and thajj. ‘Ajj is to raise the voices during declaring gratification (to Allah), and thajj is to slaughter the cattle.

The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Worship is (consisting of) seventy parts, and the best part of it is to seeking that which is allowable.

I asked Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, about the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «And He made it a word that remains in his descendants.» (43:28) He said: It is Imamate; Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, made it remaining in the descendants of Hussain, peace be upon him, until the Day of Resurrection.

Avoiding from what is forbidden of it.

The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: Indeed, the most beloved glorification to Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, is the glorification during speech, and the most hated speech to Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, is alteration. It was said: O Messenger of Allah, and what is glorification during speech? He said: That a man hears about greed for this world and its falsehood, and so he becomes gloomy therein and mentions Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He. As for alteration, it is like the saying of a man: «Indeed, I tired» and «I do not have» and «I do not possess».

The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, sent Badeel bin Warqa’ al-Khuza’I upon a greyish camel, and he ordered him to call out to the people on the Day of Mina: Do not fast these days, for indeed, they are days of eating, drinking and bi’al. Bi’al is marriage and a man’s flirting with his family.

The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family: O Allah, have mercy upon my successors. O Allah, have mercy upon my successors. O Allah, have mercy upon my successors. It was said to him: O Messenger of Allah, and who are your successors? He said: Those who will come after me, narrate my narration and my tradition.

I was sitting with Abbas bin Abdul-Muttalib and a group from the sons of Abdul-‘Uzza opposite to the Sacred House of Allah as Fatima bin Asad, the mother of the Commander of the Believers, peace be upon him, and she was pregnant with him for nine months and was taken by labor pain, so she said: My Lord, I am a believer in You and in what has come from You of Messengers and Books, and indeed, I declare belief in the words of my grandfather, Ibrahim the Good Friend, and he, indeed, built the Old House. Hence, by the Prophet who built this House, and by the infant that is in my belly, please, ease for me my labor. Yazid bin Qa’nab said: Then we saw the House as it opened from behind, Fatima entered into it, she became absent from our eyes and the wall merged. Then we hoped for the door’s lock to open to us, and it did not open, and so we knew that this was by the commandment of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He. Then she went out after the fourth and in her hand was the Commander of the Believers, peace be upon him. Then she said: Indeed, I have been preferred over the women who have preceded me, because Asiya bint Muzahim worshipped Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, secretly in a place in which Allah does not like to be worshipped except in urgency, and Mariam bint Imran shook the dry palm tree with her hand until she ate harvested dates from it. I, though, entered into the Sacred House of Allah and ate from the fruits and leaves of Paradise, and when I wanted to exit, a caller called to me: O Fatima, name him Ali, for he is Ali , and Allah, the All-High, the Most Subleme, says: His name is from My Name, disciplined him with My Discipline and gave him success to (comprehend) My Occult Knowledge, and he is the one to break the idols in My House, and he is the one to recite the Adhan above the roof of My House and sanctify Me and glorify Me. Hence, Tuba is for those who love him and obey him, and woe to those who hate him and disobey him.

The Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, said: The severe tribulation is that a man is drawn forward and his neck is struck patiently, a captive as long as he is in the ropes of the enemy, and for a man to find a man upon the belly of his woman.

(There are) Two strange things, so expect them: a word of wisdom from a fool, so accept it; and a word of foolishness from a wise, so forgive it.

They should be warned from the shores from rivers, leading roads, under fruitful trees and the spots of curse. It was said to him: And what are the spots of curse? He said: The doors of houses.

The Commander of the Believers, peace be upon him, said with regards to the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He, said: «And that He enriched and sufficed» (53:48). He said: He enriched every human being with his livelihood and made him satisfied with the acquirement of his hand.