Al-Kafi 6702

Translation

Ali Bin Muhammad, from Abdullah Bin Is’haq, from Al Hassan Bin Ali Bin Suleyman, from Muhammad Bin Imran, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^asws having said: ‘They came to Amir Al-Momineen^asws, and he^asws was seated in the Masjid in Al-Kufa, with a group of people were found to be eating in the daytime during a Month of Ramazan. So Amir Al-Momineen^asws said to them: ‘You were eating and breaking the Fast?’ They said, ‘Yes’. He^asws said: ‘You are Jews?’ They said, ‘No’. He^asws said: ‘Christians?’ They said, ‘No’. He^asws said: ‘So which of the Religions different to Al-Islam?’ They said, ‘But, (we are) Muslims’. He^asws said: ‘So you are travelling?’ They said, ‘No’. He^asws said: ‘Is there among you an illness Obligating breaking of the Fast which we^asws are not notified of, but you are more with an insight into yourselves, because Allah^azwj Mighty and Majestic is Saying <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:75#h14"><a href="/books/quran:75#h14">[75:14]</a></a> But! The human being is evidence against himself</span>’. They said, ‘But, we are such that we are not with an excuse’. He (the narrator) said, ‘So Amir Al-Momineen^asws smiled, then said: ‘Are you testifying that there is no god except for Allah^azwj and that Muhammad^saww is Rasool-Allah^saww?’ They said, ‘We testify that there is no god except for Allah^azwj, and (but) we do not recognise Muhammad^saww’. He^asws said: ‘But, he^saww is Rasool-Allah^saww!’ They said, ‘We do not recognise him^saww with that. But rather, he^saww is a Bedouin who called to himself^saww’. So he^asws said: ‘Either you accept or else I shall kill you’. They said, ‘Even if you^asws do so’. So he allocated the Thursday police, and they went out with them to the back of Al-Kufa, and ordered that two pits to be dug out for them, and one of them was to the side of the other. Then he^asws got a hole to be cleaved between them joining them two in the middle. So he^asws said to them: ‘I^asws shall be placing you inside one of the two pits, and ignite the fire in the other, so I^asws shall be killing you with the smoke’. They said, ‘And even if you do so, for rather, this life of the world will end anyhow’. So he^asws place them inside one of the two pits gently, then ordered with the fire, so it was ignited in the other side. Then he^asws kept calling out to them, time after time: ‘What are you saying?’ So they kept on answering him^asws, ‘You^asws decide what you^asws decide’, until they died’. He^asws said: ‘Then he^asws left. So the groups formed due to his^asws deed, and the people discussed it. So one day, while he^asws was in the Masjid, a Jew from the inhabitants of Yasrib came over, and the ones in Yasrib from the Jews had accepted that he is their most knowledgeable one, and so had their fathers from beforehand. So he came over to Amir Al-Momineen^asws along with his family. So when they ended up to the great Masjid in Al-Kufa, stabled their horses, then converged upon the door of the Masjid, and sent a message to Amir Al-Momineen^asws, ‘We are a group of Jews having come over from Al-Hijaz, and for us there is a need to you^asws. So, will you^asws be coming out to us, or should we enter to come to you^asws?’ He^asws said: ‘So he^asws came out to them and he^asws was saying: ‘They shall soon be entering and be resuming with the oaths. So what is your need?’ So their great one said to him^asws, ‘O son^asws of Abu Talib^asws! What is this innovation which you have initiated in the Religion of Muhammad^saww?’ So he^asws said to him: ‘And which innovation?’ So the Jew said to him^asws, ‘A group from the inhabitants of Al-Hijaz are alleging that you^asws deliberated to a group who testified that there is no god except for Allah^azwj but did not testify that Muhammad^saww is His^azwj Rasool^saww, so you^asws killed them by the fire’. So Amir Al-Momineen^asws said to him: ‘So I^asws adjure you with the nine Signs which descended unto Musa^as at Mount Toor of Sinai, and by the right of the five Churches of Jerusalem, and the right of the Highest Judge; do you know that Yoshua Bin Noon^as was brought a group, after the passing away of Musa^as, who testified that there is no god except for Allah^azwj but did not accept that Musa^as was His^azwj Rasool^saww, so he^as killed them with a killing similar to this?’ So the Jew said to him^asws, ‘Yes, I do testify that you^asws applied the Law of Musa^as’. He^asws said: ‘Then he brought out a book from his cloak, so he handed it over to Amir Al-Momineen^asws. So he^asws unwrapped it and looked into it, and wept. So the Jew said to him^asws, ‘What make you^asws weep, O son^asws of Abu Talib^as? But rather, you^asws looked into this book and it is an Assyrian book, and you^asws are an Arab man. So, do you^asws know what it is?’ So Amir Al-Momineen^asws said to him: ‘Yes, this is my^asws name, affirmed’. So the Jew said to him^asws, ‘So show me your^asws name in this book, and inform me what your^asws name is in Assyrian’. He^asws said: ‘So, Amir Al-Momineen^asws showed him his^asws name in the parchment, and he^asws said: ‘My^asws name, Eliya’. So the Jew said, ‘I hereby testify that there is no god except for Allah^azwj, and I hereby testify that Muhammad^saww is His^azwj Rasool^saww, and I hereby testify that you^asws are the successor^asws of Muhammad^saww, and I hereby testify that you^asws are the highest of the people with the people, from after Muhammad^saww’, and they pledged allegiance to Amir Al-Momineen^asws and entered the Masjid. So Amir Al-Momineen^asws said: ‘The Praise is for Allah^azwj in Whose Presence I^asws am not forgotten! The Praise is for Allah^azwj Who Affirmed me^asws in His^azwj Presence in a Parchment of the righteous! And the Praise is for Allah^azwj, the One with the Majesty and the Benevolence’.

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