خَطَبَ الرِّضَا ( عليه السلام ) هَذِهِ الْخُطْبَةَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي حَمِدَ فِي الْكِتَابِ نَفْسَهُ وَ افْتَتَحَ بِالْحَمْدِ كِتَابَهُ وَ جَعَلَ الْحَمْدَ أَوَّلَ جَزَاءِ مَحَلِّ نِعْمَتِهِ وَ آخِرَ دَعْوَى أَهْلِ جَنَّتِهِ وَ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ شَهَادَةً أُخْلِصُهَا لَهُ وَ أَدَّخِرُهَا عِنْدَهُ وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ خَاتَمِ النُّبُوَّةِ وَ خَيْرِ الْبَرِيَّةِ وَ عَلَى آلِهِ آلِ الرَّحْمَةِ وَ شَجَرَةِ النِّعْمَةِ وَ مَعْدِنِ الرِّسَالَةِ وَ مُخْتَلَفِ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي كَانَ فِي عِلْمِهِ السَّابِقِ وَ كِتَابِهِ النَّاطِقِ وَ بَيَانِهِ الصَّادِقِ أَنَّ أَحَقَّ الْأَسْبَابِ بِالصِّلَةِ وَ الْأَثَرَةِ وَ أَوْلَى الْأُمُورِ بِالرَّغْبَةِ فِيهِ سَبَبٌ أَوْجَبَ سَبَباً وَ أَمْرٌ أَعْقَبَ غِنًى فَقَالَ جَلَّ وَ عَزَّ وَ هُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَ مِنَ الْماءِ بَشَراً فَجَعَلَهُ نَسَباً وَ صِهْراً وَ كانَ رَبُّكَ قَدِيراً وَ قَالَ وَ أَنْكِحُوا الْأَيامى مِنْكُمْ وَ الصَّالِحِينَ مِنْ عِبادِكُمْ وَ إِمائِكُمْ إِنْ يَكُونُوا فُقَراءَ يُغْنِهِمُ اللَّهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ وَ اللَّهُ واسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ وَ لَوْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي الْمُنَاكَحَةِ وَ الْمُصَاهَرَةِ آيَةٌ مُحْكَمَةٌ وَ لَا سُنَّةٌ مُتَّبَعَةٌ وَ لَا أَثَرٌ مُسْتَفِيضٌ لَكَانَ فِيمَا جَعَلَ اللَّهُ مِنْ بِرِّ الْقَرِيبِ وَ تَقْرِيبِ الْبَعِيدِ وَ تَأْلِيفِ الْقُلُوبِ وَ تَشْبِيكِ الْحُقُوقِ وَ تَكْثِيرِ الْعَدَدِ وَ تَوْفِيرِ الْوَلَدِ لِنَوَائِبِ الدَّهْرِ وَ حَوَادِثِ الْأُمُورِ مَا يَرْغَبُ فِي دُونِهِ الْعَاقِلُ اللَّبِيبُ وَ يُسَارِعُ إِلَيْهِ الْمُوَفَّقُ الْمُصِيبُ وَ يَحْرِصُ عَلَيْهِ الْأَدِيبُ الْأَرِيبُ فَأَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِاللَّهِ مَنِ اتَّبَعَ أَمْرَهُ وَ أَنْفَذَ حُكْمَهُ وَ أَمْضَى قَضَاءَهُ وَ رَجَا جَزَاءَهُ وَ فُلَانُ بْنُ فُلَانٍ مَنْ قَدْ عَرَفْتُمْ حَالَهُ وَ جَلَالَهُ دَعَاهُ رِضَا نَفْسِهِ وَ أَتَاكُمْ إِيثَاراً لَكُمْ وَ اخْتِيَاراً لِخِطْبَةِ فُلَانَةَ بِنْتِ فُلَانٍ كَرِيمَتِكُمْ وَ بَذَلَ لَهَا مِنَ الصَّدَاقِ كَذَا وَ كَذَا فَتَلَقُّوهُ بِالْإِجَابَةِ وَ أَجِيبُوهُ بِالرَّغْبَةِ وَ اسْتَخِيرُوا اللَّهَ فِي أُمُورِكُمْ يَعْزِمْ لَكُمْ عَلَى رُشْدِكُمْ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ نَسْأَلُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُلْحِمَ مَا بَيْنَكُمْ بِالْبِرِّ وَ التَّقْوَى وَ يُؤَلِّفَهُ بِالْمَحَبَّةِ وَ الْهَوَى وَ يَخْتِمَهُ بِالْمُوَافَقَةِ وَ الرِّضَا إِنَّهُ سَمِيعُ الدُّعَاءِ لَطِيفٌ لِمَا يَشَاءُ . بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ( عليه السلام ) يَقُولُ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ الْخُطْبَةَ كَمَا ذَكَرَ مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ حُكَيْمٍ مِثْلَهَا .
Translation
<span style="font-size: small">Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muawiya Bin Hukeym who said, ‘Al Reza</span><sup>asws</sup><span style="font-size: small"> addressed this sermon: </span> ‘The Praise is for Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Who Praised Himself<sup>azwj</sup> in His<sup>azwj</sup> Book, and Opened with the Praise of His<sup>azwj</sup> Book, and Made the Praise (الْحَمْدَ) as the first for Placing His<sup>azwj</sup> Bounties and the last of the calls of the inhabitants of the Paradise. And I<sup>asws</sup> testify that there is no god except for Allah<sup>azwj</sup>, One, there being no associates for Him<sup>azwj</sup>, with a sincere testimony for Him<sup>azwj</sup>, and I<sup>asws</sup> keep it as a treasure with Him<sup>azwj</sup>. And Blessings be upon Muhammad<sup>saww</sup>, the finality of the Prophet-hood, and the best of the created beings, and upon his<sup>saww</sup> Progeny<sup>asws</sup>, being the Progeny<sup>asws</sup> of mercy, and the Bountiful tree, and a mine of the Message, and the interchange of the Angels. And the Praise is for Allah<sup>azwj</sup> which was in His<sup>azwj</sup> Pre-Knowledge, and His<sup>azwj</sup> speaking Book, and the truthful explanation, that the most rightful with the good relationships and the preference, and the highest of the matters with the desiring is wherein is a cause Obligating causes and a matter which results in self-sufficiency. So Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Said <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, and your Lord is ever Powerful</span>; and 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; if they are needy, Allah will Make them free from want out of His Grace; and Allah is Ample-giving, Knowing</span>. And had there not been with regarding to the marriages and the inter-marriages, a Decisive Verse, nor a Sunnah to be followed, nor a Hadeeth to benefit from, it would have been such that the remote would have been nearby and the nearby remote. And it is such that the hearts are brought together, and the rights are interlaced, and the number (populations) become numerous, and a provision for the boys for the ravages of the time, and the newly-occurring matters; and besides it, the intellectuals desire it without saying a word, and the wise ones hasten towards it, and the educated are greedy for it. So the closest of the people with Allah<sup>azwj</sup> are the one who follow His<sup>azwj</sup> Commands, and implement His<sup>azwj</sup> Decisions, and approve His<sup>azwj</sup> Judgements, and desire for His<sup>azwj</sup> Recompense. And so and so, son of so and so, is one whom you have recognised his state, and his majesty. His soul was pleased with himself giving preference to you, and chose to propose so and so daughter of so and so, your honourable one, and extended to her such and such from the dower. Therefore, welcome him with the (positive) answer, and respond to him with the desire, and choose Allah<sup>azwj</sup> (perform <span class="iTxt">Istikhaara</span>) with regards to your matter, that He<sup>azwj</sup> would Make you determined upon your right way, Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Willing. We<sup>asws</sup> ask Allah<sup>azwj</sup> that He<sup>azwj</sup> Merges what is between you with the righteousness and the piety, with the love and the desire, and Seal it with the harmony and the pleasure. He<sup>azwj</sup> is the Hearer of the supplications, Kind to whoever He<sup>azwj</sup> so Desires to’. One of our companions, from Ali Bin Al-Hassan Bin Fazzal, from Ismail Bin Mihran, form Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Nasr who said, ‘I heard Abu Al-Hassan Al-Reza<sup>asws</sup> saying, then he mentioned the sermon just as Muawiya Bin Hukeym had mentioned, similar to it’.
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