Al-Kafi 9599

Translation

A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Ibn Mahboub, from Ali Bin Raib, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah^asws having said: ‘A group from the Clan of Umayyad, during the emirate of Usman, gathered together in the Masjid of Rasool-Allah^saww on the day of Friday, and they wanted to solemnise the marriage of a man from them, and Amir Al-Momineen^asws was nearby them. So some of them said to the others, ‘Is it ok with you all if we go to shame Ali^asws at this time, asking him^asws that he addresses us, and we would keep on talking, so he^asws would be thwarted from the speaking?’ So they agreed and came over to him^asws and they said, ‘O Abu Al-Hassan^asws! We want to solemnize the marriage of so and so man to so and so woman, and we wanted that you^asws should address us’. So he^asws said: ‘Are you awaiting anyone (else)?’ They said, ‘No’. So, by Allah^azwj, it was not long until he^asws said: ‘The Praise is for Allah^azwj, the One Particularised with the Oneness. He^azwj Proceeds with the Warning, the Doer of whatever He^azwj so Wants to, the One Veiled by the Light from His^azwj Creatures, The One with Lofty Horizons, and the Powerful Esteem, and the luxurious Kingdom worshipped for its Bounties, the Lord^azwj of the earth and the sky. I^asws Praise Him^azwj upon the beauty of the afflictions, and the Grace of the Grants, and the Opulent Bounties, and upon what our Lord^azwj has Defended us all from the afflictions; with a Praise which the servants are Permitted for and the cities thrive, and I^asws testify that there is no god except for Allah^azwj, One, there being no associates for Him^azwj. There was never a thing before Him^azwj nor would they be anything after Him^azwj. And I^asws testify that Muhammad^saww is His^azwj servant and His^azwj Rasool^saww, having Chosen him^saww with the preference, and Guided by him^saww from the darkness, having Chosen him^saww Himself^azwj, and Sent him^saww to His^azwj creatures with His^azwj Message and with His^azwj Speech Inviting them to His^azwj worship, and His^azwj Oneness, and the acceptance with His^azwj Lordship, and the ratification with his^saww Prohet-hood having Sent him^saww after an interval from the Rasools^as, (to people) having turned away from the Truth and being ignorant with the Lord^azwj and disbelieved with the Sending and the Promised threat. So, he^saww delivered His^azwj Message and strived in His^azwj Way, and advised his^saww community and His^azwj servants until the conviction came to them. May Blessings be upon him^saww and his^saww Progeny^asws, and abundant greetings. I^asws hereby advise you all and myself^asws with the fear of Allah^azwj the Magnificent, for Allah^azwj Mighty and Majestic has Made the way out for the pious ones from what they are disliking, and the sustenance from where there are not reckoning. Therefore, accomplish from Allah^azwj, His^azwj Promise, and seek what is with Him^azwj with being obedient to Him^azwj and the deeds which He^azwj Loves, for the goodness cannot be realised except with Him^azwj, nor can it be attained, that which is with Him^azwj, except with being obedient to Him^azwj; and there is no reliance (for Protection) regarding what is going to transpire except upon Him^azwj, and there is neither Might nor Strength except with Allah^azwj. Thereafter, so Allah^azwj Endorsed the matters and Placed them upon their measurement, so it cannot be that they would end up in their flowing besides reaching its peak regarding what has been Measured (for it) and Judged from that. And it is such from what has been Measured and Judged, from His^azwj Definite matters and His^azwj Endorsed Judgement, what the successors^asws branched out with, and the causes flowed with; and a Judgement which reached conclusion is the Judgement with us^asws and you all to be present in this gathering which Allah^azwj has Specialised us^asws and you all from which we^asws would be mentioning Him^azwj, and the beauty of His^azwj Trials, and the manifestation His^azwj Bounties. Thus, we^asws ask Allah^azwj for us^asws and for you all, for it being a Blessing, having Gathered us^asws and you to, and Drove us^asws and you to. Then, so and so male, son of so and so, and so and so female, daughter of so and so, and he is in the lineage which you have recognised and in the nobility which you are not ignorant of, and the dower having extended to him, what you have recognised, so may there be goodness be upon it and be linked to it. May Blessings be upon Muhammad^saww and his^saww Progeny^asws’.

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