نصر بن مزاحم

“I asked Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s): When will this event occur? He replied: Jabir, it will occur at a time when killing between Hira and Kufa is considerable.”

“The call from the Ahlul Bayt (a.s) of your Prophet will come during the end of time. Thus, hold on to the earth and keep quiet until you see its leader (of the call). When the Turks confront the Romans, and battles shall increase all over the world; a caller will call out from the walls of Damascus: "Woe to the one who is near from the approaching evil!", and the wall of the mosque (of Damascus) will collapse.”

I heard Maytham al Tammar (qr) say: By Allah! This nation will kill the son of its Prophet in Muharram, when ten days have passed from it. The enemies of Allah shall take that day to be a day of blessing, and it shall be. Its mention has preceded [its occurrence] in the knowledge of Allah. I know that due to the knowledge vested in my Master, Amir al-Mu’minin (as) and he has informed me that everything shall weep over him – even the wild beasts in the deserts, the fish in the seas, the birds [suspended] in the middle of the sky. The Sun, the Moon, the stars, the heaven, the Earth, the believing men and jinn, all of the angels of the heavens, Ridwan and Malik and the bearers of the Throne shall weep over him, and heaven shall rain blood and ashes. Then, he said: Allah has made the damnation of the murderer of Husayn (as) obligatory just as He made [His damnation] obligatory on the pagans, those who appointed another god with Allah, the Jews, the Christians, and the Zoroastrians. Jabala said: Then I said to him: O Maytham! How will the people take that day on which Husayn b. `Ali (as) shall be killed to be a day of blessing?! Maytham (ra) wept and said: People will claim through a hadith which they have invented that it is the day on which Allah forgave Adam (as) while He forgave Adam (as) in Dhu’l Hijjah. And they claim that it is the day on which Allah accepted the repentance of Dawud (as) while He accepted his repentance in Dhu’l Hijjah. And they claim that it is the day on which Allah brought forth Yunus (as) from the belly of the whale while Allah brought him forth from the belly of the whale in Dhu’l Qi`dah. And they claim that it is the day on which the Ark of Nuh (as) came to a rest on Mount Judi while it came to a rest on Mount Judi on the eighteenth day of Dhu’l Hijjah. And they claim that it is the day on which Allah split open the sea for the Children of Israel while that was in Rabi` al-Awwal. Then Maytham said: O Jabala! Know that Husayn b. `Ali (as) is the Master of the martyrs on the Day of Resurrection and his companions are a degree above the rest of the martyrs. O Jabala! When you see the Sun [turn] red as if it was fresh blood, then know that your master, Husayn, has been killed. Jabala said: I went out one day and I saw the Sun upon the walls (i.e. its rays) as if it were a blanket dyed in safflower. So, I shrieked at that time and wept, and I said: By Allah! Surely, our Master Husayn b. `Ali (as) has been killed!

“I am the first of this Ummah, Mahdi is the middle of it, and Isa is the last of it. And in between there are calamities and tyrant rulers.”

The Jinn cried over Ḥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.) and recited the following poem: How will you respond to the Prophet if he asks you: (O people!) You were the last of the nations. What did you do to my family, my brothers, and those whom I honoured? Why are they either caught as captives or killed, covered in blood?

When Ḥusain ibn ‘Ali (a.s.) was killed, the heavens rained red dust.

The Blessed the Sublime God has many angels.
Some of them are so big that if any of them comes down to Earth, the Earth cannot house them in it due to their extensive size and great amount of feathers and large wings. Some of the angels are so stout and handsome that if all the genies and men cooperate with each other, they cannot describe them. Some of the angels are so big that it would take seven-hundred years to travel the distance between their two shoulders or the distance between their two earlobes. Some of the angels are so large that they can block off the whole horizon with just one of their wings, and their body is very large in size. Some of the angels are so tall that when they stand up the heavens are below their belly buttons. Some of them are such that they can step on no support on the inner layers of the Earth and all of the Earth is only as high as their knee. Some of them are so large that just the back of their large nail can house all the waters in the oceans of the Earth. Some of the angels are so large that they can house as many ships as there ever will be in their eyes and they can sail there forever. Blessed be the Best of the Creators.”
Then he (AS) was asked about the veils. He (AS) said, “There are seven types of veils. The thickness of each veil is the distance of a five-hundred year journey, and the distance from one veil to the next is five-hundred years. The second veil includes seventy-thousand veils with the distance from one veil to the next is five-hundred years, and the thickness of each veil is the distance of a five-hundred year journey. There are seventy-thousand angels as the gate-keepers for each veil each as powerful as all the genies and the men. Some of the veils are darkness, some are light. Some of the veils are fire, some are smoke. Some of the veils are clouds, some are lightening. Some of the veils are thunder, some are illumination. Some of the veils are pebbles, some are hills. Some of the veils are dust. Some of the veils are water and some are creeks. They are a variety of veils the thickness of each is the distance of a seventy-thousand year journey.
Then there are the pavilions of majesty which are sixty in number. There are seventy-thousand angels in each pavilion. The distance between each pavilion is the distance of a five-hundred year journey. Then there is the pavilion of glory. Then there is the pavilion of grandeur. Then there is the pavilion of magnificence. Then there is the pavilion of holiness. Then there is the pavilion of almightiness. Then there is the pavilion of pride. Then there is the pavilion of white light. Then there is the pavilion of Unity which is as large as a square each side of which measures the distance of a seventy-thousand journey. Then there is the Imperial Veil.”
Then, Ali (AS) ended his speech and stopped talking. Umar said, “O Abal-Hassan! I could not survive even for one day without you.” The compiler of the book - may God be pleased with him - said, “These veils are not covering up the Honorable the Exalted God since the Sublime God cannot be said to be confined in a place. However, they are placed upon the great world which He has created and no one but the Blessed the Sublime God knows its size.”

The five most wicked creatures of the Honorable the Exalted God are: Satan; the son of Adam who killed his brother; Pharaoh, lord of stakes119 ; the man from the Children of Israel who turned them away from their religion; and a man from my nation who shall make a pledge of allegiance to the pagans in the town of Laddo120 .” The man from Syria added, “When I saw that the people were making a pledge of allegiance to Muawiyah in the town of Laddo, I remembered what God’s Prophet (MGB) had said, and joined Ali (MGB) and remained with him.”

Once I was with Amirul Mu’mineen in the mosque of Kufa, and when we completed our late evening prayers (i.e. Isha), he took me by his hands and came out of the mosque. He did not say a word till we arrived at the rear part of Kufa. As he entered the desert, he heaved a sigh and said: "O Kumail, no doubt these hearts (i.e. minds) are containers, and the best of them are those who retain most. Remember from me what I say; people are of three categories: the learned men (of piety), the students on the path of salvation, and (the third one) the riffraff of the society, following every croak of the crows, bending as the wind blows; never benefiting from the light of knowledge, nor finding a refuge with a strong supporter. O Kumail, knowledge is better than wealth; for knowledge guards you, while you have to guard wealth; and wealth is diminished when spent, while knowledge grows and increases when put in use. O Kumail, to have liking and affinity for a learned man is the best way to entrench ones faith in Allah, it enables one to be obedient to Him during lifetime, and to be praiseworthy after one has died. O Kumail, dividend from wealth disappears with its loss, O Kumail, the hoarders of wealth have died, while the learned men exist for ever; their bodies have disappeared but their teachings and wisdom are ingrained in the hearts." (And then pointing to his chest, he said): "Here is well-grounded, plentiful knowledge; I wish it had true recipients and adherents, (I would have imparted it). But, unfortunately, some unscrupulous men of understanding have tried to misuse it, using religion as a weapon to earn the worldly gain, and seeking undue power by divine authority over Allah’s creatures, abusing His bounties which He bestowed upon them. So the feeble-minded people accepted them as reliable; or took them as compliant with (divine) wisdom, discarding the true guardians of truth. (The truth is that) such people (who they have adopted as their guides) have no insight into its ramifications; with the result that with the slightest confusion, doubt enters their minds. Neither of them could be the true carrier of knowledge. And then there are those with insatiable lust, easily misled by the pleasures of flesh, or enticed by accumulating wealth, not at all among those who care for religion. They very much resemble the grazing cattle. Thus, knowledge dies with the death of such carriers. Yet, the earth is never devoid of either a manifest divine power, or the one in concealment, ensuring that His clear signs are not lost. Surely, with those fewer people of enormous import, Allah protects His proof, till they succeed to transmit it further to their likes, and plant it deep in their hearts. They are the ones overwhelmed by the (true) knowledge of certitude, and have made it easy for themselves to tread on the path which men in luxury found difficult. They derive pleasure and enjoyment from things which repel the ignorant. Though they live on earth with their bodies, their souls hang onto the higher plane. They are the (true) representatives of Allah on His earth, and the ones who invite (people) to His religion. Alas! How keen I am to have sight of them! And I seek forgiveness from Allah for me and for you all." Then he {i.e. ‘Ali (A.S.)} withdrew his hand from mine and said: "You may leave when you like."

We invaded the cities of Rome and entered a church from their churches. We found written therein: Does the congregation that killed Husayn hope [for the] intercession of his grandfather on the Day of Reckoning? They said: So, we asked: Since when has this been in your church? They said: Three hundred years prior to the raising of your Prophet.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Those who drink wine will not receive any protection from us.’”

The Messenger of Allah (s) said: Sha`ban is my month, and Ramadan is the month of Allah. Whoever fasts a day in my month, I will intercede for him on the Day of Resurrection. Whoever fasts two days in my month, his past sins will be forgiven. Whoever fasts three days in my month, it will be said to him: “Resume your deeds” (i.e. you will start anew). Whoever fasts the month of Ramadan, guards his private, holds his tongue, and stops harming people, Allah will forgive his past and future sins, and He will make him free from the Fire, and He will put him in the Abode of Settlement, and He will accept his intercession for as many monotheist sinners as there are grains of sand.

I had not heard the wailing of the jinn since the Prophet (sw) was taken until this night and I didn’t see it except due to what has afflicted my son. She said: A jinniyyah (female jinn) from among them came saying: ‘O eye! Now shed tears strenuously, for who shall weep over the martyrs after me over a clan whom death is leading, towards a despot in the kingdom of a slave’.

When Amir al-Mu’minin (as) wanted to set out to Nahrawan, an astrologer came to him and said to him: O Amir al-Mu’minin! Do not go at this hour. Go after three hours have passed from the day. So, Amir al-Mu’minin (as) said to him: Why is that? He said: Because if you go at this hour, you and your companions will be afflicted with severe harm. If you go in the hour that I have commanded you to go in, then you will triumph and achieve all that you seek. So, Amir al-Mu’minin (as) said to him: Do you know what is in this beast, whether it is male or female? He said: If I calculate, I will know. Amir al-Mu’minin (as) said to him: Whoever ratifies you in this saying has belied the Quran, “Surely, it is Allah with whom rests the knowledge of the Hour; and He sends down the rain, and He knows what is in the wombs. No one knows what he will earn tomorrow, and no one knows in which land he will die. Surely, Allah is Knowing, Aware.” (31:34) Muhammad (s) would not claim what you are claiming. Do you allege that you can guide to the hour that steers one away from harm, and [identify] the hour that, if one travels in it, he incurs harm? According to this view, whoever ratifies you in this saying has become needless of Allah, and has made it more necessary to seek you to repel hateful things from him, and makes it incumbent on himself to give you all praise at the expense of his Lord. Whoever believes in you in this has taken up an equal counterpart to Allah. Then, he (as) said: O Allah! There is no warning except Your warning, and there is no harm except Your harm, and there is no goodness except Your goodness, and there is no god besides You. Then, he turned to the astrologer and said: Rather, we bely you and oppose you. We will travel in the hour that you have prohibited.

“And in the heaven is your sustenance and what you are threatened with…” (51:22-23) He said “It implies the rise of the Qaim of Aale Muhammad (a.s).”

“When the daughter of Yazdegerd was brought before ‘Umar the girls of Medina would love to see her. When she entered the Mosque it all became delightful and bright. When ‘Umar looked at her she covered her face and said in her own language: 'Uff, bay ruj ba’ da Hurmuz' (May, the life of Hurmuz turn black). ‘Umar asked, 'Is she abusing me?' and he wanted her. Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.) said: 'That is not for you. Give her the chance to choose whoever of the Muslims she likes and then count as his share of the booty.' He allowed her to choose and she came all the way to placed her hand on the head of al-Husayn (a.s.). Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.) asked her, “What is your name?” She said, “It is Jahan Shah.” Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.) said, “In fact, it is Shahrabanuwayh.” He then said to al-Husayn (a.s.), “O Abu ‘Abdallah, she will give birth to a son for you who will be the best of the inhabitants of earth. She gave birth to Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.). Ali ibn al-Husayn was called the son of the two best. The chosen from Arabs was the tribe of Hashim and from none Arab was Persians. It is narrated that Abu al-Aswad al-Du’ali said regarding this: “A boy from Kisra and Hashim the most noble one on who sacred symbols are stitched for safety.”

When Aisha wanted to go out to Basra, Umm Salama, may Allah be pleased with her, the wife of the Prophet, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, wrote to her: To proceed, you are, indeed, an obstacle between the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, and between his nation, and (you are) his veil that is cast on his sanctity. The Qur’an had gathered that for you, so dot open it, and it declared that you should remain in the core (of your home), so do not make it to be in the desert. Indeed, Allah is behind this nation. Certainly, the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, knew your place. If he wanted to bequeath to you, he would surely have done, and he has certainly bequeathed, so preserve what he was bequeathed, and so not oppose, lest that you oppose your Lord.
Moreover, remember the saying of him, peace be upon him, with regards to the barking of the dogs of Haw’ab, and his saying: «What is it for women to (engage in) conquest?» And the saying of him, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family: «Look, O Humaira, be careful that you deviate». Rather, he had forbidden you to march in the lands. Indeed, the pillar of Islam will never be upright through women if it inclines, nor will it be fulfilled through them if it is cut. The utmost acts of women is to lower the gazes, to maintain reticence in their bodies and to lessen their stepping. What would you say if the Messenger of Allah, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, had met you in some open lands, while you are wandering uphill from one spot to another? Indeed, your desire is observed by the Eye of Allah, and you will return to (be judged before) Allah’s Messenger. You have removed his cover and abandoned the oath to him. If I had marched this march of yours and it would then be said to me: «Enter the Highest Paradise» I would be embarrassed from meeting Allah’s Messenger, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his Family, having violated a veil he had cast over me. Make your shield to be your house and the layered veil your grave, until you meet him. You will be, while you are in that condition, the most obedient you can be to Allah with regards to what He has bound upon you, and (you would be) the most supporting you can be to the Religion, if you were to sit (by abstaining) from it. If I was to remind you of a saying that you know, you would have bit me like the biting of a dotted snake. Aisha then said: How accepting am I to your advice, and how knowledgeable am I of your sincerity. The matter is not as you assume. How good of a march is a march in which two quarreling fractions advanced to me; if I am to sit (by not marching), it will be of no discomfort, and if I am to rise (by marching), it would be towards that which is a must to increase from. Umm Salama then said: If it was adhering strongly from (falling unto) the slip of anyone, Aisha would have the legitimacy to blame the people. How many traditions of Allah’s Messenger have become extinguished, After (the interpretation of) verses of the Qur’an were extinguished? Allah might remove from a people their intellects, Until it is that which finishes off the head.

"I possess ten distinctive characteristics given to me by the Messenger of God (ṣ), which he never gave to any after me. He had said to me, 'You are my brother in this world and the next. Your place of standing will be the closest of anyone to mine on the Day of Judgement. Your house and my house face one another in the Garden, in the manner of the house of two brothers. You are the legatee, the successor, and the vizier. Your enemy is my enemy, and my enemy is God's enemy. Your friend is my friend, and my friend is God's friend.'"

"O Amirul Mu’mineen, between us and these people against whom we are fighting, the call is one, the Prophet is one, the daily prayer is one, Hajj is one, then how shall we classify them?" Amirul Mu’mineen, peace be upon him, said: "Classify them the same way as Allah, Most High, has classified them in His Book. Have you not heard the verse: ’Those messengers We excel some above the others, among them is he to whom Allah spoke, and some He raised in rank, and We gave Jesus the son of Mary the clear signs and strengthened him with the holy spirit. And if Allah had pleased, those who came after them would not have fought one against the other, after the clear signs had come to them, but they fell into variance and some of them believed and some disbelieved....’(al-Baqrah 2:253) So, when the confrontation occurred, we were worthier with Allah, His faith, the Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, the Book and the Truth. We are the ones who believed and they are the ones who disbelieved. And Allah willed that we fought against them, so we fought in accordance with His will, His command and His pleasure."

“ On the day of al-Nahrawan I was in the presence of Ali ibn Abu Talib (a.s.). As we were sitting with the Imam (a.s.) a horse man approached and said, “al-salamu ‘Alayka ya Ali (peace be with you O Ali).” Ali (a.s.) said, “’Alayka al-salam (with you also be peace). May your mother weep over your dead body, why did you not addressed me as the Commander of the Faithful?” He said, “Yes, I like to inform you about it. I was present in al-Siffin when the truth was on your side. However, when approved the arbitrator to settle the warring parties I disregarded you and I called a polytheist. Ever since I do not know where should I turn to pledge allegiance to the Leadership with Divine Authority. If I can find a way to know whether you are on the right side or on wrong side it will be better for me than the world and all that is therein.” Ali (a.s.) said to him, “May your mother weep on your dead body. Come and stand up near me I will show the signs of the right and the signs of the wrong side. As the man stood near him, a horse man approached running until he came to Ali (a.s.) and said, “O Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), I have the glad news of victory. May Allah make it brightness to your eyes (out of joy). It is certain, by Allah, that all men of the enemy are killed.” Ali (a.s.) asked him, “Did it happen before or after their crossing the river?” He said, “Before or after crossing.” Ali (a.s.) said, “You have lied. I swear by the One Who makes the seed to germinate and causes the fetuses to develop, that they (enemy) will never cross the river until they are all killed.” The man has said that it added to my understanding.” Another horse man came running and said just as what the one before had said and Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.) refused to accept his words as those of the one before. The man who had doubts about Ali (a.s.) has said that he wanted to attack Ali (a.s.) with his sword and chop his head with the sword. Two other men came running on horses soaked in sweet. They said, “May Allah brighten your eyes with the joy of victory O Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.). We have the glad news of victory for you. It is certain, by Allah, thatall of the people are killed.” Ali (a.s.) then asked, “Did it happen before or after their crossing the river?” They said, “It happened before their crossing the river. When they tried to cross it and water reached up to the mane of their horses they turned back and there they all were killed.” Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.) said, “You have spoken the truth.” The man then climbed down his horse and held Amir al-Mu’minin’s (a.s.) hand and feet and kissed them.” Ali (a.s.) said, “This is the sign (my being on the right side for you) for you.”