سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) يَخْطُبُ بِهَذِهِ الْخُطْبَةِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الْعَالِمِ بِمَا هُوَ كَائِنٌ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَدِينَ لَهُ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ دَائِنٌ فَاطِرِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْأَرْضِ مُؤَلِّفِ الْأَسْبَابِ بِمَا جَرَتْ بِهِ الْأَقْلَامُ وَ مَضَتْ بِهِ الْأَحْتَامُ مِنْ سَابِقِ عِلْمِهِ وَ مُقَدَّرِ حُكْمِهِ أَحْمَدُهُ عَلَى نِعَمِهِ وَ أَعُوذُ بِهِ مِنْ نِقَمِهِ وَ أَسْتَهْدِي اللَّهَ الْهُدَى وَ أَعُوذُ بِهِ مِنَ الضَّلَالَةِ وَ الرَّدَى مَنْ يَهْدِهِ اللَّهُ فَقَدِ اهْتَدَى وَ سَلَكَ الطَّرِيقَةَ الْمُثْلَى وَ غَنِمَ الْغَنِيمَةَ الْعُظْمَى وَ مَنْ يُضْلِلِ اللَّهُ فَقَدْ حَارَ عَنِ الْهُدَى وَ هَوَى إِلَى الرَّدَى وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً عَبْدُهُ وَ رَسُولُهُ الْمُصْطَفَى وَ وَلِيُّهُ الْمُرْتَضَى وَ بَعِيثُهُ بِالْهُدَى أَرْسَلَهُ عَلَى حِينِ فَتْرَةٍ مِنَ الرُّسُلِ وَ اخْتِلَافٍ مِنَ الْمِلَلِ وَ انْقِطَاعٍ مِنَ السُّبُلِ وَ دُرُوسٍ مِنَ الْحِكْمَةِ وَ طُمُوسٍ مِنْ أَعْلَامِ الْهُدَى وَ الْبَيِّنَاتِ فَبَلَّغَ رِسَالَةَ رَبِّهِ وَ صَدَعَ بِأَمْرِهِ وَ أَدَّى الْحَقَّ الَّذِي عَلَيْهِ وَ تُوُفِّيَ فَقِيداً مَحْمُوداً ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) ثُمَّ إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْأُمُورَ كُلَّهَا بِيَدِ اللَّهِ تَجْرِي إِلَى أَسْبَابِهَا وَ مَقَادِيرِهَا فَأَمْرُ اللَّهِ يَجْرِي إِلَى قَدَرِهِ وَ قَدَرُهُ يَجْرِي إِلَى أَجَلِهِ وَ أَجَلُهُ يَجْرِي إِلَى كِتَابِهِ وَ لِكُلِّ أَجَلٍ كِتابٌ يَمْحُوا اللَّهُ ما يَشاءُ وَ يُثْبِتُ وَ عِنْدَهُ أُمُّ الْكِتابِ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ جَلَّ وَ عَزَّ جَعَلَ الصِّهْرَ مَأْلَفَةً لِلْقُلُوبِ وَ نِسْبَةَ الْمَنْسُوبِ أَوْشَجَ بِهِ الْأَرْحَامَ وَ جَعَلَهُ رَأْفَةً وَ رَحْمَةً إِنَّ فِي ذلِكَ لَآياتٍ لِلْعالِمِينَ وَ قَالَ فِي مُحْكَمِ كِتَابِهِ وَ هُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ مِنَ الْماءِ بَشَراً فَجَعَلَهُ نَسَباً وَ صِهْراً وَ قَالَ وَ أَنْكِحُوا الْأَيامى مِنْكُمْ وَ الصَّالِحِينَ مِنْ عِبادِكُمْ وَ إِمائِكُمْ وَ إِنَّ فُلَانَ بْنَ فُلَانٍ مِمَّنْ قَدْ عَرَفْتُمْ مَنْصِبَهُ فِي الْحَسَبِ وَ مَذْهَبَهُ فِي الْأَدَبِ وَ قَدْ رَغِبَ فِي مُشَارَكَتِكُمْ وَ أَحَبَّ مُصَاهَرَتَكُمْ وَ أَتَاكُمْ خَاطِباً فَتَاتَكُمْ فُلَانَةَ بِنْتَ فُلَانٍ وَ قَدْ بَذَلَ لَهَا مِنَ الصَّدَاقِ كَذَا وَ كَذَا الْعَاجِلُ مِنْهُ كَذَا وَ الْآجِلُ مِنْهُ كَذَا فَشَفِّعُوا شَافِعَنَا وَ أَنْكِحُوا خَاطِبَنَا وَ رُدُّوا رَدّاً جَمِيلًا وَ قُولُوا قَوْلًا حَسَناً وَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ لِي وَ لَكُمْ وَ لِجَمِيعِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ .
Translation
A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Abdul Azeem Bin Abdullah who said, ‘I heard Abu Al-Hassan<sup>asws</sup> address with this sermon: ‘The Praise is for Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, the Knower with what is to occur before anyone from His<sup>azwj</sup> creatures realises it. The Originator of the skies and the earth. The Composer of the causes with what the Pens flow with, and the Ordained matters occur from the precedence of His<sup>azwj</sup> Knowledge, and a measurement of His<sup>azwj</sup> Wisdom. I<sup>asws</sup> Praise Him<sup>azwj</sup> upon His<sup>azwj</sup> Bounties, and I<sup>asws</sup> seek Refuge with Him<sup>azwj</sup> His<sup>azwj</sup> Vengeance, seeking Guidance of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, and I<sup>asws</sup> seek Refuge with Him<sup>azwj</sup> from the straying and the destruction. The one whom Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Guides, so he has travelled upon the ideal road, and has acquired the best of the booties; and the one who Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Lets to stray, so he is perplexed from the guidance and collapsed into the destruction. And I testify that there is no god except for Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, One, there being no associates for Him<sup>azwj</sup>, and that Muhammad<sup>saww</sup> is His<sup>azwj</sup> servant and His<sup>azwj</sup> Rasool<sup>saww</sup>, the Chosen one, and His<sup>azwj</sup> Guardian with whom He<sup>azwj</sup> is Pleased with, and Sent him<sup>saww</sup> with the Guidance. He<sup>azwj</sup> Sent him<sup>saww</sup> upon where there was an interval from the Rasools<sup>as</sup> and there was differing among the nations, and there was an interruption from the ways and the teachings from the Wisdom, and obscurities from the banners of the Guidance and the proofs. So he<sup>saww</sup> delivered the Message of his<sup>saww</sup> Lord<sup>azwj</sup>, and implemented His<sup>azwj</sup> Commands and fulfilled the Truth which he<sup>saww</sup> was upon, and he<sup>saww</sup> passed away and the Praiser<sup>saww</sup> is very much missed. Then, these matters are in the Hands of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, all of them, Causing them to flow to its reasons and its measurements. So Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Commanded that these flow by His<sup>azwj</sup> Measurement, and Measured it to flow to its term, and flowing it to its prescribed time, and for every term there is a prescribed time. <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:13#h39"><a href="/books/quran:13#h39">[13:39]</a></a> Allah Obliterates whatever He so Desires to and Establishes, and with Him is the Mother of the Book</span>. Thereafter, Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic as a cordiality for the hearts, and as a link linking it to the womb relationships, and Made it a kindness and a mercy, and in that are signs for the worlds. And He<sup>azwj</sup> Said in the Decisive of His<sup>azwj</sup> Book <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:25#h54"><a href="/books/quran:25#h54">[25:54]</a></a> And He it is Who Created a mortal from the water, so He Made for him relationships of lineage and marriage</span>; and He<sup>azwj</sup> Said <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:24#h32"><a href="/books/quran:24#h32">[24:32]</a></a> And marry those among you who are single and those who are fit among your male slaves and your female slaves</span>. And, so and so, son of so and so is from the ones whom you know of his nobility and his lineage, and his doctrine in the etiquettes, and he has desired regarding participating with you and loves to be related to you, and has given you a proposal for your so and so young girl, daughter of so and so, and has extended to her such and such from the dower, the immdieate being such and such, and the delayed being such and such (amount). Therefore accept our intercession and marry our proposer, and return him with a beautiful returning, and say beautiful words, and seek Forgiveness of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> for me<sup>asws</sup> and for you all, and for the entirety of the Muslims’.
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