دعاء كميل في المدينة المنورة - Dua Kumayl in Medina - Hajj 201

Hadees of Imam Ali-un-Naqi al-Hadi(A.S.)

1- Imam al-Hadi(A.S.) said to one of his adherents: In a friendly manner say to him: When Allah intends goodness for somebody, He makes him accept the blame of the friends. 2- Al-Mutawakkil (the Abbasid caliph) vowed he would give much money as alms if he would recover his health. When he was healthy, he wanted to fulfill his vow: therefore, he asked the scholars how much he should give as alms so as to be regarded as much money. The caliph then submitted the question before Imam Ali-un-Naqi al-Hadi (A.S.), who answered: You should give eighty dirhams as alms. When he was asked about this definiton, the Holy Imam (A.S.) answered: Allah says to His Messenger (p): Allah has helped you on many occasions. (Holy Qur'an 9:25) As we counted these many occasions, they were eighty. However, Allah regarded them as many. Al-Mutawakkil was pleased by this explanation and gave eighty dirhams as alms. 3- There are definite places in which Allah likes the servants to supplicate to Him. One of these places is the tomb of Al-Hussein: Master of the Martyrs (A.S.). 4 - Others will fear him who fears Allah. He who obeys Allah will be obeyed. He who obeys Allah will not care for the dissatisfaction of the creatures. He who enrages the Creator should be sure of encountering the dissatisfaction of the creatures. 5- No one can describe Allah with attributes other than these with which He describes Himself. How can anyone describe Him when senses are too short to perceive Him, illusions are too short to comprehend Him, ideas are too short to mark Him, and sights are too short to appreciate Him? He is remote in His nearness and near in His remoteness. He created the how without being asked "How?" and founded the where without being asked "where?" He is out of how and where. He is the One and Only. Exalted be His Majesty and sacred be His Names. 6- Al Hasan-bin-Mas'ud related: One day, one of my fingers was hurt, a rider hit me in the shoulder, and a crowd of people caused my clothes to be torn. In this manner, I visited Abul-Hasan Ali-bin-Mohammed (A.S.) and said: Allah protect me against the evil of such an ill-omen day."  Imam Al-Hadi (A.S.) worded: O Hasan, do you accuse the guiltless of your guilt while you are frequently visiting us?"  I then regained my intellect and noticed my flaw; therefore, I said, "O master, I seek Allah's forgiveness."  The Holy Imam (A.S.) said: O Hasan, what was the fault with days that you regard as evil portent while the fact is that you are punished for your own deeds during them?"  I said, "O Son of Allah's Messenger, I seek Allah's forgiveness and declare my repentance against so."  The Imam (a) then added: To dispraise days and regard them as evil portent is useless for you. Allah, however, will punish you for dispraising the days for matters that are out of their control. O Hasan, do you not know that the only rewarder and punisher for the deeds, sooner of later, is Allah?" "I know, master," I said.  He (A.S.) then added: Do not repeat it again and do not say that days have any effect in the affairs of Allah.  "I will, master," I said. 7- He who feels secure from Allah's unexpected retribution and painful penalty will feel arrogant until Allah's act and inevitable decree (death) will befall him. He whomever receives evidence from his Lord will belittle the worldly misfortunes even if he is cut into pieces. 8- Dawud As-Sarmi related: My master Imam Al-Hadi (A.S.) ordered me to do many actions then he tested whether I had retained them all. When he noticed that I could not maintain them all, he took a pen and wrote down.  "In the Name of Allah the Beneficent the Merciful. I will remember it, Insha'Allah. All the matters are in Allah's hand " I smiled and the Holy Imam(A.S.) asked me about the reason. I said, "Allah make me your sacrifice, this record reminds me of the report that one of our acquaintances related to me on the authority of your grandfather Imam Reza(A.S.). He said that whenever the Imam (A.S.) ordered of a matter, he used to write down: "In the Name of Allah the Beneficent the Merciful. I will remember it, Insha'Allah."  The Holy Imam(A.S.) said: O Dawud, I am honest to tell you that the neglector of the Bismillah is as same of the neglector of the  (obligatory) prayers. 9 -The thankful of a grace should be happy for thankfulness more than it is for the grace. 10 - Allah has made this world for testing while He has made the life to come for receiving the result. He has also made the misfortunes of this world the cause of gaining the rewards of the life to come and made the rewards of the life to come as the compensation for the misfortunes of this world. 11 - The clement oppressor is about to be acquitted for his clemency, while the foolish one is about to extinguish the illumination of his right with the blows of his foolishness. 12 -You should present thorough obedience to those who present for you their thorough love and advice. 13 - Do not feel secure from those who disgraced their personalities. 14 - This world is like a market in which some profited and others lost. 15-Do not expect honesty and purity of intention from someone who has suffered from your malice; do not expect loyalty from one to whom you have been disloyal; do not expect goodwill from someone whom you regard with ill-will: his heart towards you is the same as your heart towards him. 16-Others will fear him who fears Allah.He who obeys Allah will be obeyed.He who obeys Allah will not care for the dissatisfaction of the creatures.He who enrages the Creator should be sure of encountering the dissatisfaction of the creatures. 17-You should present thorough obedience to those who present for you their thorough love and advice. 18-He who feels secure from Allah's unexpected retribution and painful penalty will feel arrogant until Allah's act and inevitable decree(death) will befall him.He whomever receives evidence from his Lord will belittle the worldly misfortunes even if he is cut into pieces. 19-There are definite places in which Allah likes the servants to supplicate to Him.One of these places is the tomb of Al-Husayn(A.S.),Sayyid ush-Shuhada(Master of the Martyrs).

START AND END YOUR FOOD WITH SALT

`Ali b. Ibrahim from his father from Ibn Abi `Umayr from Hisham b. Salim from Abu `Abdillah (peace be upon him).  He said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said to `Ali (peace be upon him):

O` Ali!Open your food with salt and conclude with salt, for whoso opens his food with salt and concludes with salt is protected from seventy two types from the types of misfortune, from which is al-judhan, insanity and al-baras (another type of leprosy).  (hasan)

PROFITABLE KNOWLEDGE - SELF AWARENESS

The following narrations are from Amirul Mo-mineen (a.s.):

1. Self-awareness is the most profitable knowledge.

2. I wonder about the one who is searching the missing thing whereas he himself is missing and yet is not searching.

3. It makes me wonder that a man does not know himself. How can he wish to know God?

4. The climax of knowledge is self-acquaintance?

5. The biggest success is for the one who succeeds in knowing himself.

6. Do you think that you are an insignificant being whereas a great world is concealed in you

GREED HAS NO VALUE IN RELIGION

Imam Sadiq (a.s.) also says: One who rests content at what God has provided for him is the richest of all men.

Greediness is of no value from the religious point of view. Here we draw your attention to some hadiths about it:

A: Saadaan says: I asked Imam Sadiq (a.s.): What strengthens the Faith of man? He replied: Piety. And what drives man out of religion? He said: Greed.

B: And Imam Sadiq (a.s.) said: Be pious and save yourselves from showing yourselves as needy and know that the one who lowers himself before the officer of a tyrant king or in front of his opponent in the matter of religion for seeking mater at benefits of this transient world, God makes him valueless in the eyes of the society and considers him as His enemy.

C: Amirul Mo-mineen (a.s.) has, reportedly, said: One who approached a wealthy man just for the sake of his wealth and thereby, gives him respect loses two-third of his religion

THE EVIL OF GREED

One of the vices which degrade man and make him world-worshipper is greed. Many times it so happens that man, due to greed, sells out his personality and his religion also and makes himself disgraceful in the society. In this discussion; first of all, let us understand what is greed? Secondly, what are its signs? Thirdly, what are its individual, social collective and spiritual harms. Fourthly, what is its remedy? 1 - Greed: means to keep an eye on others wealth. This in itself is a branch of worldly love. So many are people who do not have enough bread to eat and yet they never look at the wealth of others, and like the proverb, keep their cheek rosy by slapping it. Also there are millionaires and are still greedy. In this matter we read in narrations: No richness can equal the content or needlessness of the heart. In another hadith we read: Keep away from greed as greed is sure poverty 2 - Signs of Greed: Man talks flatteringly with the wealthy and the powerful and lowers himself before them and sometimes he presents himself as a slave and as asserted by the Amirul Mo-mineen (a.s.): Greed is a permanent slavery or a greedy man is bound by disgrace 3 - Harms of Greed: Greed lowers the value of man in the sight of God and in the society. How disgraceful it is for a man for whom the Lord Almighty has used names like or vicegregent. Or says about him: And surely we have honoured the children of Adam. Makes himself downgraded and looks greedily at the wealth or status of others. Society knows such persons and people do not give any respect to them. They are like mosquitoes being swept away in the direction of the wind. In the words of Amirul Mo-mineen (a.s.): No thing destroys religion like novice and no thing corrupts human personality like greed Contrary to it there are also some people who are not wealthy from the worldly viewpoint and yet they are respected by the society as the society knows that they do not entertain any tined of greed and that they represent the type who, in the words of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.): If anybody wants to become the richest man he should pay more attention to what is in the hand of God and not what is in the possession of other. Imam Sadiq (a.s.) also says: One who rests content at what God has provided for him is the richest of all men. Greediness is of no value from the religious point of view. Here we draw your attention to some hadiths about it: A: Saadaan says: I asked Imam Sadiq (a.s.): What strengthens the Faith of man? He replied: Piety. And what drives man out of religion? He said: Greed. B: And Imam Sadiq (a.s.) said: Be pious and save yourselves from showing yourselves as needy and know that the one who lowers himself before the officer of a tyrant king or in front of his opponent in the matter of religion for seeking mater at benefits of this transient world, God makes him valueless in the eyes of the society and considers him as His enemy. C: Amirul Mo-mineen (a.s.) has, reportedly, said: One who approached a wealthy man just for the sake of his wealth and thereby, gives him respect loses two-third of his religion 4 - Cure for this Dreadful Illness: Man should look at its harms. He should notice where did greed lead the people who fell pray to a greed for status or lust for riches. Man must also read history and ponder over it and take note that people like Ibne Saad or ulemas who were greedy approached the courts of kings and consequently fell in the eyes of the society. In this way man can easily remove this dirty vice from himself. One should also think deeply into the might of the Lord of the worlds only one God and believe that He has power over everything. He must not show his needs to anyone except only one God until he becomes needless except that of Almighty Allah and frees himself from the slavery of any human being and reaches perfection of spirit.

THE HOLY QURAN AND ITS GLORY

One day Imam Reza (A.S.) mentioned Quran, so he described the magnanimity and glory of its authority and its miracles saying,  "That is the firm cable of Allah, firmest handhold the ideal and model path, it guides leads toward paradise and is the savior from the fire (of Hell). It does not corrode or wear out by the passage and flow of time. More over, its continuous repetition and recitation through the tongue does not devalue and depreciate it, since, it is not made to exist for a certain age or period apart from other ages and periods. Instead, it has been made a proof, logic for all human beings. Falsehood does neither find passage in the front or afore of it nor from it's back side.

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