Caliph of Allah On Earth In The Day of Judgment

بسم الله الواحد القهار

Sheikh Al-Mufid:

He said: Abu Ja'far Mohammad Ibn Ali Ibn Al-Husain Ibn Babawaih, may Allah bless him with mercy, reported to me from his father, who reported from Sa'd Ibn Abdullah, from Ayyub Ibn Nuh, from Safwan Ibn Yahya, from Aban Ibn Uthman, who reported that: Abu Abdullah, Ja'far Ibn Mohammad(عليه السلام), said:
'On the Day of Resurrection, an announcer will announce from inside the Throne: "Where is the Khalifa of Allah on earth?" So Dawood, the Prophet, will stand up and the voice from Allah, Most High, will say: "We do not mean you, although you were Allah's Khalifa." Then a second announcement will be made:
"Where is Allah's Khalifa on earth?" Then Amirul Mu'mineen, Ali Ibn Abi Talib(عليه السلام), will rise. So a voice will come from Allah, Most High: "O people! This Ali Ibn Abi Talib is the khalifa of Allah on His earth and His proof over His servants. So whoever adhered to his rope while on earth, should hang on to his rope here (also), so that he may have the benefit of his light and may follow him in the rising ranks of Paradise."
He said: A group of people will rise who had adhered to his rope in their life on earth, and will follow him into Paradise.
Then there will be announcement from Allah, Most High: "those who followed a leader (Imam) while living on earth, follow him as he goes, and they will go with him." That will be the time when "those who led will dissociate themselves from those who followed them, and they will see the chastisement, and all relations between them will be severed. And those who followed will say: if only we had one more chance, we would dissociate ourselves from them, as they have disowned themselves from us. Thus will Allah show them their deeds as anguish for them and never will they come out of the hellfire." [2:166,167].'

Source: Al-Amali of Al-Mufid, Ch. 34 Pg. 285

Grading: the chain is Sahih(authentic).

Check the narrators in the Rijaal section:

1727: Mohammad Ibn Ali Ibn Al-Husain Ibn Babawaih Al-Qummi
1231: Ali Ibn Al-Husain Ibn Musa Ibn Babawaih(father of Sheikh As-Saduq)
809: Sa'd Ibn Abdullah Ibn Abi Khalaf
254: Ayyub Ibn Nuh
926: Safwan Ibn Yahya
10: Aban Ibn Uthman Al-Ah'mar

Living My Life, Dying My Death

بسم الله الواحد القهار

Sheikh Al-Saffaar:

Narrated to us Al-Abbas Ibn Ma’ruf from Hammaad Ibn Isa from Hariz from Abi Hamza Ath-Thumali from Abu Ja’far(عليه السلام) saying: ‘The Messenger of Allah(صلی الله و عليه وآله) said: ‘If someone wants to live my life and die my death and enter the Paradise which my Lord has Promised to me, the Garden of Eden, a branch of which has been implanted by my Lord. He should take Ali and the Imams after him as his Guardians, for they are the Imams of Guidance, Allah has Given them understanding and knowledge, for they are my Progeny from my flesh and my blood. To Allah I complain about their enemies from my community. By Allah, they will kill my son and Allah will not make them avail of my intercession.’

Grading: its chain is Sahih(authentic), its narrators are trustworthy.

Check the narrators in the Rijaal section.

974: Al-Abbas Ibn Ma'ruf Al-Ash'ari
621: Hammad Ibn Isa
450: Hariz Ibn Abdullah As-Sajistani
312: Thabit Ibn Dinaar, Abu Hamza Ath-Thumali

Source: Basahir Ad-Darajaat, Ch. 22 H. 4 Pg. 81

Some Merits of Visiting the Grave of Imam Husain(عليه السلام)

بسم الله الواحد القهار

Sheikh As-Saduq:

Narrated my father, may Allah have mercy on his soul, from Sa'd Ibn Abdullah from Ya'qub Ibn Yazid from Mohammad Ibn Abi Umayr from Muawiyah Ibn Wahab, who said: once I entered upon Abi Abdullah (عليه السلام) and saw him busy in worship on the prayer-mat. I waited till the Imam (عليه السلام) concluded his prayers. Then he started supplicating to Lord, “O Lord! You have granted us special ranks and gave us permission to intercede. You gave us the knowledge of prophets and made their inheritors. You ended the time of past communities when we arrived. You made us successors of the Holy Prophet (صلی الله وعليه وآله) and gave us the knowledge of past and future and directed the hearts of people towards us. 

Forgive my brothers and the visitors of Imam Husain (عليه السلام) and forgive those who spend their wealth and leave their homeland and come for the Ziyarat of Imam Husain (عليه السلام). They have come to seek goodness from us, reward from You, to meet us, to make Your Messenger (صلی الله وعليه وآله) glad. They have come to obey our orders while they wanted to make Your Messenger (صلی الله وعليه وآله) happy by doing this. 

O Allah! Grant them our pleasure for this deed. Protect them day and night; safeguard their family and children whom they have left behind in their homeland. Keep them safe of every oppressor, enemy – weak or strong, mischief of Jinn or men. Grant them much more than they expect from You. When they were coming towards us leaving their homeland, family and children behind, our enemies were teasing them. 

O Allah! Shower Your mercy on those faces whose color changed during the journey due to the hot sun. Shower mercy on those cheeks, which rubbed against the grave of Imam Husain (عليه السلام). Shower mercy on those eyes, which are crying on us. Shower mercy on those hearts, which are sad due to our calamities. Shower mercy on those loud wails, which came out upon hearing our troubles. 

O Allah! I hand over their bodies and souls to You so that You satisfy them at the cistern of Kauthar when people would be thirsty.” Imam (عليه السلام) prayed this again and again while prostrating. 

When he concluded his supplications and stood up from the prayer-mat, the narrator said, “If the supplication, which you were saying now is said for a person who does not even recognize Allah then too I doubt if the fire of Hell would touch him. By Allah I wished that I had visited his grave and had not visited Hajj.”  

Imam (عليه السلام) said, “You stay near the pure grave of Imam (عليه السلام). What stops you from doing his Ziyarat? O Muawiyah Ibne Wahab! Do not miss the Ziyarat of Imam (عليه السلام).” 

Muawiyah said, “May I be sacrificed on you, I never knew the excellence of the Ziyarat of Imam (عليه السلام) was such.” 

Imam said, “O Muawiyah! The number of creatures in the heaven praying for the visitors of Imam Husain (عليه السلام) is much more than that of those praying on this earth. 

O Muawiyah! Do not miss the Ziyarat of Imam Husain (عليه السلام) out of any fear for one who leaves Ziyarat out of any fear would face such a surprise and shame that he would wish that he should have performed Ziyarat all the time and would wish to have been buried over there. 

Don’t you like that the Almighty Allah includes you among those for whom the Holy Prophet (صلی الله وعليه وآله) prays? 

Don’t you like to be among those with whom angels will shake hands on the Day of Judgment? 

Don’t you like to be among those who come on the Day of Judgment with no sins to their names? 

Don’t you like to be among those with whom the Holy Prophet (صلی الله وعليه وآله) will shake hands on the Day of Judgment?”

Footnote: Wasael Ash-Shia: H. 19482, Al-Kafi: 4/582, through two chains. In Kamil Az.Ziyaraat 228, through several chains, from H. 336 up to 342 and its chain is of the most Authentic chains, its narrators are trustworthy and significant and great scholars. 

Mohammad Ibn Musa Ibn Al-Mutawakkil from Abudullah Ibn Ja'far Al-Himyari from Ahmad Ibn Mohammad Ibn Isa from Al-Hasan Ibn Mahboub from Is'haq Ibn Ammaar who said: I heard Abi Abdullah (عليه السلام) saying, “There is no angel in the heavens and the earth, unless that they ask Allah for permission to visit the grave of Imam Husain (عليه السلام). When one group comes down, the other group goes up.”

Footnote: Bihaar Al-Anwaar: 98/61, Kamil Az-Ziyaraat: 220, H. 323, 329, Al-Kafi: 4/588 through another chain which is Hasan like Sahih(Authentic) from Is'haq, Tahdhib Al-Ahkaam: 6/71, and this chain is Sahih(Authentic) and its narrators are trustworthy and great scholars. 

Source: Thawab Al-A'maal, Vol. 1, Pg. 280-284

The Pledge of Al-Ghadir, No One Violated it Except A Disbeliever

بسم الله الواحد القهار

Allamah Al-Majlisi:

[Qurb Al-Isnaad] As-Sindi Ibn Mohammad from Safwan Al-Jamal who said: ‘Abu Abdullah(عليه السلام), he said: I heard him saying: "When the matter of Wilayah was revealed about Ali, a man stood up from among the people, saying: 'Verily, this Messenger just tied a tie for this man(i.e. for Amirul-Muminin(عليه السلام)) that no one shall untie it except for a disbeliever.' So the second (i.e. the second usurper, Umar) came to him and said: 'O servant of Allah, who are you?' the man remained silent, so the second(i.e. Umar) went to the Messenger of Allah(صلى الله عليه وآله) and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I saw a man among people saying: 'Verily, this Messenger just tied a tie for this man that no one shall untie it except for a disbeliever.', So he said: 'O so and so, that was Jibra'il, so be careful to not be the person who unties this tie and apostates.''"

Grading: Sahih(Authentic).

Check the narrators in the Rijaal section:

12: Aban Ibn Mohammad, known as As-Sindi

925: Safwan Ibn Mehran Al-Jammaal

Source: Bihaar Al-Anwaar, Vol. 37 Pg. 121 

Eid of Al-Ghadir and Fasting in it

بسم الله الواحد القهار

Sheikh As-Saduq:

Reward of fasting in the day of Ghadir Khum

Narrated my father, may Allah bless him, saying: narrated to us Sa'd Ibn Abdullah from Ibrahim Ibn Hashim from Al-Qasim Ibn Yahya from his grandfather Al-Hasan Ibn Rashed from Abi Abdullah(عليه السلام), saying: “I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah(عليه السلام), saying, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, is there any other Eid for the Muslims besides the two Eids?’ 

The Imam replied, ‘Yes, O Hassan, there is a greater and more important Eid than these two.’ 

I then asked, ‘When is such Eid?’ 

He replied, ‘It is the day when ’Amirul Muminin(عليه السلام) was appointed as the banner and lighthouse for people.’ 

I then said, ‘I pray to Allah to keep my soul in service for your cause, ‘When is this Eid?’ 

He replied: ‘Days repeat themselves and that is the 18th of Dhil Hijjah.’

I then said, ‘what then we should do on this day?’ 

He replied, ‘Fast, O Hassan, increase your appeal before Allah saying, “Grant salawat (favors and compensation to Mohammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause).” Denounce before Allah those who oppressed them and usurped their right, because the prophets, may Allah grant them favors, would command the trustees to celebrate the day when they were appointed as executors of the will, as Eid.’ 

I then asked, ‘What happens if one fasts on such day?’ 

He replied, ‘Fasting on this day is equal to fasting for sixty months. And do not ignore fasting on the twenty-seventh of the month of Rajab. It is the day when prophet-hood came down up on Mohammad(صلي الله وعليه وآله). Fasting on this day is equal to sixty months of yours.’”

Footnote: its chain is Hasan like Sahih(authentic), its narrators are either trustworthy or praiseworthy.

Source: Thawab Al-A'maal, Vol. 1 Pg. 228-229

The Day of Al-Ghadir The Noblest of The Eids

بسم الله الواحد القهار

Sheikh Hadi An-Najafi:

As-Saduq: from his father from that Sa'd Ibn Abdullah from Yaqub Ibn Yazid from Mohammad Ibn Ibn Abi Umayr from more than one narrator that Aba Abdullah As-Sadiq (عليه السلام) said, “Saturdays are for us. Sundays are for our followers. Mondays are for our enemies. Tuesdays are for the Umayyads. Wednesdays are the days for taking medicine. Thursdays are for taking care of your needs. Fridays are for cleaning up and putting on perfume. Fridays are Eid for the Muslims. They are even better than Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adh'ha. The Day of Al-Ghadir is the noblest of the Eids. It is on the eighteenth day of the month of Dhul-Hijja. The Riser (عليه السلام) of us, the Ahlulbayt, will rise on a Friday. The Resurrection Day will be on a Friday. No deeds are better on Fridays than sending God's Blessings upon Mohammad (صلي الله وعليه وآله) and his Family(عليهم السلام).” 

Grading: The chain of narration is Sahih(Authentic).

Source: Mawsu'atu Ahadith Ahlalbayt(عليهم السلام), Vol. 1 Pg. 173

The Day The Religion Was Perfected

بسم الله الواحد القهار

Sheikh Hadi An-Najafi:

Al-Kulayni has narrated from Ali ibn Ibrahim from his father from Ibn Abu 'Umayr from 'Umar ibn Uzaina from Zurara and Fudhayl ibn Yasaar and Bukayr ibn A'yan and Mohammad ibn Muslim and Burayd ibn Mu‘awiya and abu a1-Jarud, all have said that abu Ja'far (عليه السلام) said the following:
“Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Gracious, commanded His Messenger to declare the Leadership with Divine Authority of Ali(عليه السلام) and sent down to him this: ‘Only Allah, His Messenger, and (also) the true believers who are steadfast in prayer and pay alms, while they kneel during prayer (in Ruku’), are your guardians (with Divine Authority).’ [5:55], He made obedience to those in authority obligatory. The people did not know who they were. Allah commanded Mohammad(صلي الله وعليه وآله) to interpret (and explain) the ‘Authority’ for them as he had interpreted (and explained) Prayer, Zakat , Fasting and Hajj.
When this command (to obey those who possess Divine Authority) came to him from Allah, the Messenger of Allah(صلي الله وعليه وآله) felt pressured (and afraid of people’s abandoning their religion). He prayed to Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Gracious, about it and Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Gracious, revealed to him this: ‘O Messenger, preach what is revealed to you from your Lord. If you do not preach, it will be as though you have not conveyed My message. Allah protects you from men. He does not guide the unbelieving people.’ [5:67], He executed the command of Allah, Most Exalted is Whose mention, and declared that Ali(عليه السلام) had received Divine Authority for leadership over His creatures. He made this declaration on the day of Ghadir Khum (18th of Dhu al-Hajja). After the prayer in congregation he convened the command and asked people present to bear testimony and inform those who were absent.
“‘Umar ibn ’Uzaina said, ‘All, except abu al-Jarud, have added: “Abu Ja‘far(عليه السلام) also said: ‘One commandment would come after the other and the commandment about Leadership and Guardianship with Divine Authority was the last of such commandments. Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Gracious, then sent down this: ‘On this day I have perfected your religion, completed My favors to you, and chosen Islam as your religion. . . .’ [5:3] Abu Ja‘far(عليه السلام) said, ‘Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Gracious, said, ‘I will not send down any other commandments thereafter. I have completed for you the commandments.’”

Grading: The chain of the narration is Sahih(Authentic).

Source: Mawsu'atu Ahadith Ahlalbayt(عليهم السلام), Vol. 9 Pg. 412-413