قُلْتُ إِنَّا نُكَلِّمُ النَّاسَ فَنَحْتَجُّ عَلَيْهِمْ بِقَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَ أَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَ أُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْ فَيَقُولُونَ نَزَلَتْ فِي أُمَرَاءِ السَّرَايَا فَنَحْتَجُّ عَلَيْهِمْ بِقَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِنَّما وَلِيُّكُمُ اللَّهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ فَيَقُولُونَ نَزَلَتْ فِي الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ نَحْتَجُّ عَلَيْهِمْ بِقَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ قُلْ لا أَسْئَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْراً إِلَّا الْمَوَدَّةَ فِي الْقُرْبى فَيَقُولُونَ نَزَلَتْ فِي قُرْبَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ قَالَ فَلَمْ أَدَعْ شَيْئاً مِمَّا حَضَرَنِي ذِكْرُهُ مِنْ هَذِهِ وَ شِبْهِهِ إِلَّا ذَكَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ لِي إِذَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ فَادْعُهُمْ إِلَى الْمُبَاهَلَةِ قُلْتُ وَ كَيْفَ أَصْنَعُ قَالَ أَصْلِحْ نَفْسَكَ ثَلَاثاً وَ أَظُنُّهُ قَالَ وَ صُمْ وَ اغْتَسِلْ وَ ابْرُزْ أَنْتَ وَ هُوَ إِلَى الْجَبَّانِ فَشَبِّكْ أَصَابِعَكَ مِنْ يَدِكَ الْيُمْنَى فِي أَصَابِعِهِ ثُمَّ أَنْصِفْهُ وَ ابْدَأْ بِنَفْسِكَ وَ قُلِ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ السَّبْعِ وَ رَبَّ الْأَرَضِينَ السَّبْعِ عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَ الشَّهَادَةِ الرَّحْمَنَ الرَّحِيمَ إِنْ كَانَ أَبُو مَسْرُوقٍ جَحَدَ حَقّاً وَ ادَّعَى بَاطِلًا فَأَنْزِلْ عَلَيْهِ حُسْبَاناً مِنَ السَّمَاءِ أَوْ عَذَاباً أَلِيماً ثُمَّ رُدَّ الدَّعْوَةَ عَلَيْهِ فَقُلْ وَ إِنْ كَانَ فُلَانٌ جَحَدَ حَقّاً وَ ادَّعَى بَاطِلًا فَأَنْزِلْ عَلَيْهِ حُسْبَاناً مِنَ السَّمَاءِ أَوْ عَذَاباً أَلِيماً ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي فَإِنَّكَ لَا تَلْبَثُ أَنْ تَرَى ذَلِكَ فِيهِ فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا وَجَدْتُ خَلْقاً يُجِيبُنِي إِلَيْهِ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Muhammad Bin Hakeym, from Abu Masrouq, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, said, ‘I said, ‘We speak to the people, so we argue against them by the Words of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:4#h59"><a href="/books/quran:4#h59">[4:59]</a></a> O you who believe! Obey Allah and obey the Rasool and those in authority from among you</span>. But, they are saying, ‘It was Revealed regarding the commanders of the battalions’. So we argue against them by the Words of the Mighty and Majestic <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:5#h55"><a href="/books/quran:5#h55">[5:55]</a></a> But rather, only Allah is your Guardian and His Rasool </span>– up to the end of the Verse. But they are saying, ‘It was Revealed regarding the <span class="iTxt">Momin</span>een’. And we are arguing against them by the Words of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:42#h23"><a href="/books/quran:42#h23">[42:23]</a></a> Say: I do not ask of you any Recompense for it except for the cordiality for my near relatives</span>. But they are saying, ‘It was Revealed regarding the relatives of the Muslims’. He (the narrator) said, ‘So I did not leave anything for whatever presented to me, remembering it from these (arguments) and the likes of it, except that I mentioned it. So he<sup>asws</sup> said to me: ‘When it was like that, so call them to the (<span class="iTxt">Mubahila</span>) imprecation’. I said, ‘And how should I deal with it?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Correct soul for three (days)’, and I think he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘And Fast, wash, and you and him go to the mountain, so intertwine (crisscross) your fingers from your right hand in his fingers, then be fair with him, and begin with yourself and say, ‘O Allah<sup>azwj</sup>! Lord<sup>azwj</sup> of the seven skies and Lord<sup>azwj</sup> of the seven earths, Knower of the unseen and the seen, the Beneficent, the Merciful. If Abu Masrouq (the narrator himself) is denying the Truth and is claiming falsehood, so Send down upon him a thunderbolt from the sky, or a painful Punishment’. Then return the supplication upon him, so say, ‘And if so and so is denying the truth and claiming falsehood, so Send down upon him a thunderbolt from the sky or a painful Punishment’. Then he<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> said to me: ‘So it won’t be long before you see that in him, for by Allah<sup style="font-weight: normal">azwj</sup>, I<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> have not found any creature who will answer me<sup style="font-weight: normal">asws</sup> to it (the imprecation)’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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