NEW WORLD ORDYR 313

"[As for] he who seeks knowledge for this world, for status amongst people, and for a favoured position with the ruler, every bit he learns only increases his arrogance within himself, his presumptuousness with people, his self-delusion about God, and his estrangement from religion. Such a one benefits nothing from his knowledge."

Ali narrated from Muhammad ibn Isa, from Yunus, from Muhammad ibn al-Fudayl, who said:

"I asked him about the best thing by which servants draw near to Allah, the Mighty and Majestic.

He said: 'The best thing by which servants draw near to Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, is obedience to Allah, obedience to His Messenger, and obedience to those vested with authority.'"

Abu Ja'far (peace be upon him) said: "Loving us is faith, and hating us is disbelief [kufr]."

عَلِيٌّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ قَالَ:

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ أَفْضَلِ مَا يَتَقَرَّبُ بِهِ الْعِبَادُ إِلَى الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ

قَالَ: أَفْضَلُ مَا يَتَقَرَّبُ بِهِ الْعِبَادُ إِلَى الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ طَاعَةُ الله وَطَاعَةُ رَسُولِهِ وَطَاعَةُ أُولِي الامْرِ،

قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام): حُبُّنَا إِيمَانٌ وَبُغْضُنَا كُفْرٌ.

O He who has manifested the beautiful and concealed the ugly, and has not exposed my faults, O Most Generous in forgiveness, O Excellent in overlooking, O Vast in forgiveness, O He whose hands are extended with mercy, O Possessor of every private supplication and the ultimate end of every complaint, O Most Generous in pardon, O Great in favor, O Initiator of every blessing before it is deserved, O my Lord, O my Master, O my Patron, O my Rescuer, send blessings upon Muhammad and his Household, and I ask You not to place me in the Fire.... Then ask for whatever you wish.

يا من أظهر الجميل وستر القبيح ولم يهتك الستر عني يا كريم العفو يا حسن التجاوز يا واسع المغفرة يا باسط اليدين بالرحمة يا صاحب كل نجوي ومنتهى کل شکوی يا كريم الصفح يا عظيم المن يا مبتدأ كل نعمة قبل استحقاقها يا رباه یا سیداه یا مولاه یا غیاثاه صل على محمد وأهل بيته وأسألك ألا تجعلني في النار....، ثم تسأل ما بدا لك.

Ali ibn Ibrahim narrated from Salih ibn al-Sindi, from Ja'far ibn Bashir, from Abu Salamah, from Abu Abd Allah (peace be upon him), who said: I heard him say:

"We are those whose obedience Allah has made obligatory. People have no choice but to know us, and people are not excused for ignorance of us. Whoever knows us is a believer; whoever denies us is a disbeliever; and whoever neither knows us nor denies us is astray until he returns to the guidance that Allah has made obligatory upon him through obedience to us, which is mandatory. If he dies upon his misguidance, Allah will do with him whatever He wills."

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ السِّنْدِيِّ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ: سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ:

نَحْنُ الَّذِينَ فَرَضَ الله طَاعَتَنَا، لا يَسَعُ النَّاسَ إِلا مَعْرِفَتُنَا وَلا يُعْذَرُ النَّاسُ بِجَهَالَتِنَا، مَنْ عَرَفَنَا كَانَ مُؤْمِناً، وَمَنْ أَنْكَرَنَا كَانَ كَافِراً، وَمَنْ لَمْ يَعْرِفْنَا وَلَمْ يُنْكِرْنَا كَانَ ضَالاً حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ إِلَى الْهُدَى الَّذِي افْتَرَضَ الله عَلَيْهِ مِنْ طَاعَتِنَا الْوَاجِبَةِ فَإِنْ يَمُتْ عَلَى ضَلالَتِهِ يَفْعَلِ الله بِهِ مَا يَشَاءُ.

Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from al-Husayn ibn Abi al-Ala', who said:

I mentioned to Abu Abdillah (peace be upon him) our statement concerning the successors (awsiya'), that obedience to them is obligatory.

He said: He replied: "Yes. They are those about whom Allah, the Exalted, said: {Obey Allah, and obey the Messenger, and those vested with authority among you.}, and they are those about whom Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said: {Your guardian is only Allah, His Messenger, and those who believe.}".

أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَبِي الْعَلاءِ قَالَ:

ذَكَرْتُ لابِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَوْلَنَا فِي الاوْصِيَاءِ إِنَّ طَاعَتَهُمْ مُفْتَرَضَةٌ

قَالَ: فَقَالَ: نَعَمْ، هُمُ الَّذِينَ قَالَ الله تَعَالَى: {أَطِيعُوا الله وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَأُولِي الامْرِ مِنْكُمْ} ، وَهُمُ الَّذِينَ قَالَ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: {إِنَّما وَلِيُّكُمُ الله وَرَسُولُهُ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا}.

"Every supplication remains veiled until blessings are invoked on the Prophet and his progeny."

O Allah, send down upon me Your abundant and continuous provision, shower upon me the plentiful clouds of Your bounty, let the rain of Your gifts pour upon me without interruption, and let the increase of Your blessings descend generously upon my need. Make me dependent upon You through Your generosity, enrich me from needing anyone who seeks what is with You, cure the illness of my poverty with the remedy of Your grace, revive the collapse of my hardship through Your favor, and mend the brokenness of my need through Your gifts.

Bestow upon my little with the abundance of Your giving, and upon my deficiency with the generosity of Your bestowal. Make the path of provision easy for me, establish its foundations firmly with me, uncover for me the springs of the vastness of Your mercy, and cause the rivers of a comfortable life to flow before me through Your compassion. Make the land of my poverty barren, make the drought of my hardship fertile, remove from my provision every obstacle, and cut away from me every attachment to constriction.

O Allah, strike me with the most fruitful arrows of abundant provision, clothe me with the longest-lasting comfort of an easy life, dress me in the garments of abundance and the robes of tranquility. Indeed, O my Lord, I await Your blessings through the removal of hardship, Your generosity through the cutting away of impediments, Your grace through the lifting of restriction, and the joining of my rope to Your generosity through ease.
O Allah, rain upon me the sky of Your provision with continuous showers, enrich me from Your creation through the recurring gifts of Your blessings, cast away from me the causes of poverty, hasten the removal of hardship from me, strike down constriction from me with the sword of complete eradication, honor me, O my Lord, with the vastness of Your bounty, increase my wealth, protect me from the hardship of insufficiency, withhold from me the evil of drought, and spread before me the carpet of prosperity.

Give me plentiful drink from the water of Your provision, open for me the broad paths leading to it, surprise me with wealth and prosperity, revive me through it after poverty, greet my mornings with abundance, let me attain enduring prosperity, for You are the Possessor of immense favor, boundless bounty, and magnificent generosity, and You are the Most Generous, the Most Noble.

اللهم ارسل عليّ سجال رزقك مدراراً، وامطر عليّ سحائب افضالك غزاراً، وآدم غيث نيلك اليّ سجالاً، واسبل مزيد نعمك على خلتي اسبالاً، وافقرني بجودك اليك، واغنني عمن يطلب ما لديك، وداو داء فقري بدواء فضلك، وانعش صرعة عيلتي بطولك، واجبر كسر خلتي بنولك.

وتصدق على اقلالي بكثرة عطاءك، وعلى اختلالي بكرم حباءك، وسهل سبيل الرزق اليّ، وثبت قواعده لديّ، وبجس لي عيون سعة رحمتك، وفجر انهار رغد العيش قبلي برأفتك، واجدب ارض فقري، واخصب جدب ضري، واصرف عني في الرزق العوائق، واقطع عني من الضيق العلائق.

وارمني اللهم من سعة الرزق بأخصب سهامه، واحبني من رغد العيش بأكثر دوامه، واكسني اللهم سرابيل السعة، وجلابيب الدعة، فإني يا رب منتظر لأنعامك بحذف التضييق، ولتطولك بقطع التعويق، ولتفضلك بإزالة التقتير، ولوصول حبلي بكرمك بالتيسير.

وامطر اللهم عليّ سماء رزقك بسجال الديم، وأغنني عن خلقك بعوائد النعم، وارم مقاتل الاقتار مني، واحمل كشف الضر عني على مطايا الاعجال، واضرب عني الضيق بسيف الاستيصال، واتحفني رب منك بسعة الافضال، وامددني بنمو الأموال، واحرسني من ضيق الاقلال، واقبض عني سوء الجدب، وابسط لي بساط الخصب.

واسقني من ماء رزقك غدقاً، وانهج لي من عميم بذلك طرقاً، وفاجئني بالثروة والمال، وانعشني به من الاقلال، وصبحني بالاستظهار، ومسني بالتمكن من اليسار، انك ذو الطول العظيم والفضل العميم، والمن الجسيم، وانت الجواد الكريم

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Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Abi Umayr from Sayf ibn Amirah from Abu al-Sabbah al-Kinani, who said: Abu Abdillah (peace be upon him) said:

"We are a people whose obedience Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has made obligatory. The anfal belong to us, and the choicest wealth belongs to us. We are those firmly grounded in knowledge, and we are the ones envied, about whom Allah said: {Or do they envy the people for what Allah has given them of His bounty?}"

أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ سَيْفِ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الصَّبَّاحِ الْكِنَانِيِّ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام):

نَحْنُ قَوْمٌ فَرَضَ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ طَاعَتَنَا، لَنَا الانْفَالُ وَلَنَا صَفْوُ الْمَالِ وَنَحْنُ الرَّاسِخُونَ فِي الْعِلْمِ، وَنَحْنُ الْمَحْسُودُونَ الَّذِينَ قَالَ الله: {أَمْ يَحْسُدُونَ النَّاسَ عَلى‏ ما آتاهُمُ الله مِنْ فَضْلِهِ}.

Ali ibn Ibrahim from his father from Hammad ibn Isa from Hariz from Zurarah from Abu Ja'far (peace be upon him), who said:

"The highest point of the matter, its summit, its key, the gate of all things, and the pleasure of the Most Merciful, Blessed and Exalted, is obedience to the Imam after recognizing him,"

Then he said: "Indeed, Allah, Blessed and Exalted, says: {Whoever obeys the Messenger has indeed obeyed Allah, and whoever turns away, then We have not sent you as a guardian over them}."

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ ابي جعفر (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ:

ذِرْوَةُ الامْرِ وَسَنَامُهُ وَمِفْتَاحُهُ وَبَابُ الاشْيَاءِ وَرِضَا الرَّحْمَنِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى الطَّاعَةُ لِلامَامِ بَعْدَ مَعْرِفَتِهِ،

ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنَّ الله تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى يَقُولُ: {مَنْ يُطِعِ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدْ أَطاعَ الله وَمَنْ تَوَلَّى فَما أَرْسَلْناكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَفِيظاً}.

"The believer remains silent to stay safe, and speaks to benefit."

"The best One whom You have commanded to supplicate is the One whom they supplicate to, and the best One whom You have promised to answer is the One in whom they place their hope. O Allah, I have a need for which my means have failed, my strength has grown weary, and my ability to attain it has become weak. My soul, which commands evil, and my deceiving enemy, through whom I am being tested, tempted me to seek it from one as weak as myself and from one who is like me in weakness and failure.

Then Your mercy came to my aid, Your compassion hastened to grant me success, Your generosity restored my reason to me, and Your grace inspired me toward what is right. You revived my heart with hope in You, removed my enemy's deception from my mind, corrected my thoughts through hope in You, and expanded my heart through hope in Your assistance. You showed me the success of attaining what I hoped for and reaching what I desired.

So I stand before You, O Allah, my Lord, asking You, humbly pleading to You, trusting in You, and relying upon You for the fulfillment of my need, the realization of my wish, and the granting of my request.

So, O Allah, fulfill my need with the most blessed success, guide it upon the path of prosperity, and protect me, O Allah, my Lord, through Your generosity from disappointment, despair, delay, and discouragement. Grant me Your pleasant answer and Your abundant gift.

Indeed, You are the One who fulfills my needs, generous in granting abundant gifts to Your servants. You are Powerful over all things, encompassing all things, and fully aware and All-Seeing of Your servants."

خير من أمرته بالدعاء أن يدعوك، ومن وعدته بالإجابة أن يرجوك، ولي اللهم حاجة قد عجزت منها حيلتي، وكلّت فيها طاقتي، وضعفت عن مرامها قدرتي، وسوّلت لي نفسي الأمارة بالسوء، وعدوّي الغرور الذي أنا منه مبتلى أن أرغب فيها إلى ضعيف مثلي، ومن هو في النكول شكلي، حتى تداركتني رحمتك، وبادرتني بالتوفيق رأفتك، ورددت علي عقلي بتطولك، وألهمتني رشدي بتفضلك، وأحييت بالرجاء لك قلبي، وأزلت خدعة عدوي عن لبّي، وصححت بالتأميل فكري، وشرحت بالرجاء لإسعافك صدري وصورت لي الفوز ببلوغ ما رجوته، والوصول الى ما أمّلته، فوقفت اللهم ربّ بين يديك سائلاً لك، ضارعاً إليك، واثقاً بك، متوكلاً عليك في قضاء حاجتي وتحقيق أمنيتي، وتصديق رغبتي، فأنجح اللهم حاجتي بأيمن نجاح، واهدها سبيل الفلاح، واعذني اللهم رب بكرمك من الخيبة والقنوط، والاناءة والتثبيط بهنيء إجابتك وسابغ موهبتك، إنك مليُ وليَ، وعلى عبادك بالمنائح الجزيلة وفيّ، وأنت على كل شيء قدير، وبكل شيء محيط، وبعبادك خبير بصير.

Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad from Mu‘alla ibn Muhammad from Muhammad ibn Urama and Muhammad ibn Abdullah from Ali ibn Hassan from Abdul Rahman ibn Kathir from Abu Abd Allah (peace be upon him), who said: Abu Ja‘far (peace be upon him) said:

Abu Abd Allah al-Jadali entered upon the Commander of the Faithful, and he (peace be upon him) said: “O Abu Abd Allah, shall I inform you of the saying of Allah Almighty: {Whoever comes with a good deed will have better than it, and they will be secure from the terror of that Day ۝ And whoever comes with an evil deed, their faces will be thrown into the Fire. Will you be recompensed except for what you used to do}”

He said: “Yes, O Commander of the Faithful, may I be your ransom.”

So he said: “The good deed is the recognition of wilayah and love for us, the People of the Household [Ahlul Bayt]. And the evil deed is the denial of wilayah and hatred for us, the People of the Household.” Then he recited this verse to him.

الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أُورَمَةَ وَمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الله عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام):

دَخَلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله الْجَدَلِيُّ عَلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَقَالَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام): يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الله أَلا أُخْبِرُكَ بِقَوْلِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ {مَنْ جاءَ بِالْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُ خَيْرٌ مِنْها وَهُمْ مِنْ فَزَعٍ يَوْمَئِذٍ آمِنُونَ ۝ وَمَنْ جاءَ بِالسَّيِّئَةِ فَكُبَّتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ فِي النَّارِ هَلْ تُجْزَوْنَ إِلا ما كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ}

قَالَ: بَلَى يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ،

فَقَالَ: الْحَسَنَةُ مَعْرِفَةُ الْوَلايَةِ وَحُبُّنَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ، وَالسَّيِّئَةُ إِنْكَارُ الْوَلايَةِ وَبُغْضُنَا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ عَلَيْهِ هَذِهِ الايَةَ.