Al-Kafi 9493

Translation

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al Hassan Bin Mahboub, from Malik Bin Atiyya, from Abu Hamza Al Sumaly who said, ‘I was in the presence of Abu Ja’far^asws when a man sought permission to see him^asws. So he^asws permitted him and he came over to him^asws, and greeted him^asws. So Abu Ja’far^asws welcomed him and went near to him and asked about him. So the man said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you^asws! I addressed to so and so friend of yours^asws, son of Abu Raf’a about his so and so daughter, but he rejected me and turned away from me, and showed disdain for me due to my physical ugliness, and my destitution, and my poverty, and due to that there has entered into me a derogatory attack upon my heart that I am coveting the death as a result’. So Abu Ja’far^asws said: ‘Go, for you are my^asws messenger to him, and say to him, ‘Muhammad^asws Bin Ali^asws Bin Al-Husayn^asws Bin Ali^asws Bin Abu Talib^asws is saying to you: ‘Marry your so and so daughter to Munjih Bin Rabah, my^asws friend, and do not reject him’. Abu Hamza said, ‘So the man leapt up in joy, delighted with the message of Abu Ja’far^asws’. So when the man went out of sight, Abu Ja’far^asws said: ‘There was a man from the people of Al-Yamama called Juweybir, who came seeking success from Al-Islam. So he became a Muslim and his Islam was good, and he was a short ugly man, needy, of scarce clothing, and he was from the ugly ones of Sudan. So Rasool-Allah^saww undertook his responsibility due to his poor state, and his nakedness, and would give him food, a Sa’a (four handfuls) of dates with the first Sa’a (of dates available, and clothed him with two garments, and ordered him that he should stay in the Masjid, and lie down there at night. So he remained like that for as long as Allah^azwj so Desired, until the strangers were many, from the ones who entered into Al-Islam from the needy people in Al-Medina, and the Masjid was constrained by them. So Allah^azwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed unto His^azwj Prophet^saww that he^saww should purify the Masjid and exit from the Masjid the ones who were lying there at night, and Commanded with the closure of the doors of the one who had such a door for him in his^saww Masjid except for the door of Ali^asws, and the dwelling of Fatima^asws, and to (ensure that no) one of sexual impurities should neither pass by in it, nor a strange to lie down in it. He^asws said: ‘So Rasool-Allah^saww ordered for the closure of their doors except for the door of Ali^asws, and agreed for the door of the dwelling of Fatima^asws to be upon its state (open). Then Rasool-Allah^saww ordered that a pavilion be set up for the Muslims, so it was set up for them, and it is the platform. Then he^saww ordered for the strangers, and the poor that they should shade themselves therein during their days and their nights. So they lodged in it and gathered therein. So Rasool-Allah^saww was gifting them with the wheat, and the dates, and the barley, and the raisins, whenever these were with him^saww, and the Muslims were (also) gifting them and were being kind to them due to the kindness of Rasool-Allah^saww and were spending their charities upon them. So, one day Rasool-Allah^saww looked at Juweybir with mercy from him^saww for him, and kindness upon him, so he^saww said to him: ‘O Juweybir! If only you would marry a woman, so you would protect your chastity by her and she would support you upon your world and your Hereafter’. So Juweybir said to him^saww, ‘O Rasool-Allah^saww! May my father and my mother be sacrificed for you^saww! Who would desire me, for by Allah^azwj, I am neither with a lineage, nor from a nobility, nor wealth, nor beauty. So which woman would desire me?’ So Rasool-Allah^saww said to him: ‘O Juweybir! Allah^azwj has Placed nobility by Al-Islam upon the one who was noble during the pre-Islamic period, and enrobed by Al-Islam the one who was ignoble, and Honoured by Al-Islam the one who disgraced during the pre-Islamic period, and Removed by Al-Islam was what from the haughtiness of the pre-Islamic period and its pride with their clans, and loftiness with their lineages. Thus, the people today, their white ones, and their black ones, and their Qureysh ones, and their Arab ones, and their non-Arab ones, are all from Adam^as, and that Adam^as, Allah^azwj Created him^as from clay, and that the most Beloved of people to Allah^azwj Mighty and Majestic on the Day of Judgement would be their most obedient ones, and their most pious ones, and I^saww do not know, O Juweybir, of anyone from the Muslims today to have preference over you except for the one who was more pious than you, and more obedient (to Allah^azwj)’. Then he^saww said to him: ‘Go, O Juweybir, to Ziyad Bin Labeyd, for he is from the most noble ones of the clan of Bayza among them, and say to him, ‘I am a messenger of Rasool-Allah^saww to you, and he^saww is saying to you: ‘Marry your daughter Zulfa to Juweybir’. He^asws said: ‘So Juweybir went with the message of Rasool-Allah^saww to Ziyad Bin Labeyd, and he was in his house and there was a group of his people in his presence. So he sought permission, and he was granted permission to see him. So he entered and greeted him, then said, ‘O Ziyad Bin Labeyd! I am a messenger of Rasool-Allah^saww to you, regarding a need of mine, so either I announce with it or I divulge it to you in privacy’. So Ziyad said to him, ‘But, announce it, for that is more honourable for me and a matter of pride’. So Juweybir said to him, ‘Rasool-Allah^saww is saying to you: ‘Marry your daughter Zulfa to Juweybir’. So Ziyad said to him, ‘Did Rasool-Allah^saww send you to me with this?’ So he said to him, ‘Yes. I am not one to lie upon Rasool-Allah^saww’. So Ziyad said to him, ‘We do not marry (our daughters to) our youths except if they are a match from the Helpers, therefore leave, O Juweybir, until I meet up with Rasool-Allah^saww, and I inform him of my excuse’. So Juweybir left and he was saying, ‘By Allah^azwj! Neither was the Quran Revealed with this, nor by this did the Prophet-hood of Muhammad^saww appear’. So Zulfa daughter of Ziyad heard his words and she was behind her curtain. So she sent for her father to come over to her. So he went over to her, and she said to him, ‘What is this speech which I heard from you agitating Juweybir with it?’ So he said to her, ‘He mentioned to me that Rasool-Allah^saww had sent him and he said, ‘Rasool-Allah^saww is saying to you: ‘Marry your daughter Zulfa to Juweybir’. So she said to him, ‘By Allah^azwj! It is not for Juweybir that he would lie upon Rasool-Allah^saww in his^saww presence, so send a messenger right now to return Juweybir back to you’. So Ziyad sent a messenger who met up with Juweybir, and Ziyad said to him, ‘O Juweybir! Welcome to you. Rest assured until I return to you’. Then Ziyad went to Rasool-Allah^saww and said to him^saww, ‘May my father and my mother be sacrificed for you^saww! Juweybir came over to me with your^saww message and said, ‘Rasool-Allah^saww is saying to you: ‘Marry your daughter Zulfa to Juweybir’. So I was not soft to him with the words, and I view that I should meet up with you^saww, and we do not tend to marry except for our peers from the Helpers’. So Rasool-Allah^saww said to him: ‘O Ziyad! Juweybir is a Believer, and the Believing man is a match for the Believing woman, and the Muslim man is a match for the Muslim woman, therefore marry (your daughter to him) O Ziyad, and do not turn away from him’. He^asws said: ‘So Ziyad returned to his house and went over to his daughter and told her what he had heard from Rasool-Allah^saww. So she said to him, ‘If you were to disobey Rasool-Allah^saww, you would be a disbeliever, therefore, get me to be married to Juweybir’. So Ziyad went out and grabbed a hand of Juweybir, then brought him out to his people, and got him married upon a Sunnah of Allah^azwj and a Sunnah of His^azwj Rasool^saww, and guaranteed his dowry. So Ziyad got her ready and adorned her, then sent a message to Juweybir and said to him, ‘Is there a house for you, so we can escort her to you?’ So he said, ‘By Allah^azwj! There is no house for me’. He^asws said: ‘So they prepared for her and furnished a house for her, and prepared a bed therein, and chattels, and clothed Juweybir with two garments, and Zulfa entered into her house, and Juweybir went to her downcast. So when he saw her, he looked at the house and the chattels, and the aromatic perfumes, he stood to a corner of the house, and did not cease to recite the Quran whilst bowing and prostrating until the dawn emerged. So when he heard the call (<span class="iTxt">Azaan</span>), he and his wife went out to the Prayer. So they both performed the ablution and Prayed the morning Prayer. So she was asked, ‘Has he touched you?’ So she said, ‘He did not cease to recite the Quran, and Bowing and Prostrating until he heard the call (<span class="iTxt">Azaan</span>), so he went out. So when it was the second night, he did similar to that, and that was concealed from Ziyad. So when it was the third day, he did similar to that. So her father came to know, and he went to Rasool-Allah^saww and said to him^saww, ‘May my father and my mother be sacrificed for you^asws, O Rasool-Allah^saww! You^saww ordered me with the marriage of Juweybir, and by Allah^azwj, he was not from the ones we would have married, but I obeyed you^saww. It was Obligatory upon me to marry to him’. So the Prophet^saww said to him: ‘So what it is that you are denying from it?’ He said, ‘We prepared a house for him, and chattels, and I entered my daughter into the house, and I entered chattels along with her, but he neither spoke to her nor looked at her, not did he approach her, but he stood by a corner of the house and did not cease to recite the Quran bowing and prostrating until he heard the call (<span class="iTxt">Azaan</span>), and he went out. The he did similar to that during the second night, and similar to that during the third, and did not approach her, and did not speak to her until I came over to you^saww, and we do not see him as wanting the women. Therefore, look into our matter’. So Ziyad left, and Rasool-Allah^saww sent for Juweybir, so he^saww said to him: ‘Do you not go near the women?’ So Juweyir said to him^saww, ‘Or am I not a stallion? Yes, O Rasool-Allah^saww! I have intense craving for the women’. So Rasool-Allah^saww said to him: ‘I^saww have been informed opposite to what you are describing yourself with. It has been mentioned to me^saww that they prepared a house for you, and a bed, and chattels, and entered upon you a beautiful young girl, perfumed, and you were downcast and did not look at her, and did not speak to her, and did not approach her. So what is your wisdom then?’ So Juweybir said to him^saww, ‘O Rasool-Allah^saww! I entered a spacious house, and I saw a bed, and chattels, and a beautiful young girl, perfumed, and I remembered my state which I used to be upon, and my poverty, and my destitution, and my place, and my clothes along with the poor ones and the needy, so I loved it that I should give preference to Allah^azwj for that and thank Him^azwj upon what He^azwj had Given me, and wanted to be closer to Him^azwj with the reality of the gratefulness, therefore I went to a side of the house, and did not cease in my Prayer, reciting the Quran bowing and prostrating, thanking Allah^azwj until I heard the call (<span class="iTxt">Azaan</span>). So I went out. So when it was the morning, I viewed that I should be Fasting for that day. So I did that for three days and nights, and I viewed that compared to Allah^azwj had Given me, is little, but I will be pleasing her, and pleasing them tonight, Allah^azwj Willing’. So Rasool-Allah^saww sent for Ziyad, so he came over to him^saww. So he^saww let him know of what Juweybir had said. So they gladdened themselves’. He^asws said: ‘And Juweybir was loyal with what he had said. Then Rasool-Allah^saww went out regarding a military expedition of his^saww, and with him^saww was Juweybir. So he was martyred, may Allah^azwj the Exalted have Mercy upon him. So there was no woman more in demand than her among the Helpers, after Juweybir’.

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