١- عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رِئَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ إِنَّ جَمَاعَةً مِنْ بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ فِي إِمَارَةِ عُثْمَانَ اجْتَمَعُوا فِي مَسْجِدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) فِي يَوْمِ جُمُعَةٍ وَهُمْ يُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يُزَوِّجُوا رَجُلا مِنْهُمْ وَأَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَرِيبٌ مِنْهُمْ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ هَلْ لَكُمْ أَنْ نُخْجِلَ عَلِيّاً السَّاعَةَ نَسْأَلُهُ أَنْ يَخْطُبَ بِنَا وَنَتَكَلَّمُ فَإِنَّهُ يَخْجَلُ وَيَعْيَا بِالْكَلامِ فَأَقْبَلُوا إِلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ إِنَّا نُرِيدُ أَنْ نُزَوِّجَ فُلاناً فُلانَةَ وَنَحْنُ نُرِيدُ أَنْ تَخْطُبَ بِنَا فَقَالَ فَهَلْ تَنْتَظِرُونَ أَحَداً فَقَالُوا لا فَوَ اللهِ مَا لَبِثَ حَتَّى قَالَ الْحَمْدُ للهِ الْمُخْتَصِّ بِالتَّوْحِيدِ الْمُتَقَدِّمِ بِالْوَعِيدِ الْفَعَّالِ لِمَا يُرِيدُ الْمُحْتَجِبِ بِالنُّورِ دُونَ خَلْقِهِ ذِي الأفُقِ الطَّامِحِ وَالْعِزِّ الشَّامِخِ وَالْمُلْكِ الْبَاذِخِ الْمَعْبُودِ بِالآلاءِ رَبِّ الأرْضِ وَالسَّمَاءِ أَحْمَدُهُ عَلَى حُسْنِ الْبَلاءِ وَفَضْلِ الْعَطَاءِ وَسَوَابِغِ النَّعْمَاءِ وَعَلَى مَا يَدْفَعُ رَبُّنَا مِنَ الْبَلاءِ حَمْداً يَسْتَهِلُّ لَهُ الْعِبَادُ وَيَنْمُو بِهِ الْبِلادُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنْ لا إِلَهَ إِلا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لا شَرِيكَ لَهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْ‏ءٌ قَبْلَهُ وَلا يَكُونُ شَيْ‏ءٌ بَعْدَهُ وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ اصْطَفَاهُ بِالتَّفْضِيلِ وَهَدَى بِهِ مِنَ التَّضْلِيلِ اخْتَصَّهُ لِنَفْسِهِ وَبَعَثَهُ إِلَى خَلْقِهِ بِرِسَالاتِهِ وَبِكَلامِهِ يَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَى عِبَادَتِهِ وَتَوْحِيدِهِ وَالإقْرَارِ بِرُبُوبِيَّتِهِ وَالتَّصْدِيقِ بِنَبِيِّهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) بَعَثَهُ عَلَى حِينِ فَتْرَةٍ مِنَ الرُّسُلِ وَصَدْفٍ عَنِ الْحَقِّ وَجَهَالَةٍ بِالرَّبِّ وَكُفْرٍ بِالْبَعْثِ وَالْوَعِيدِ فَبَلَّغَ رِسَالاتِهِ وَجَاهَدَ فِي سَبِيلِهِ وَنَصَحَ لأمَّتِهِ وَعَبَدَهُ حَتَّى أَتَاهُ الْيَقِينُ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَثِيراً أُوصِيكُمْ وَنَفْسِي بِتَقْوَى اللهِ الْعَظِيمِ فَإِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قَدْ جَعَلَ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ الْمَخْرَجَ مِمَّا يَكْرَهُونَ وَالرِّزْقَ مِنْ حَيْثُ لا يَحْتَسِبُونَ فَتَنَجَّزُوا مِنَ اللهِ مَوْعُودَهُ وَاطْلُبُوا مَا عِنْدَهُ بِطَاعَتِهِ وَالْعَمَلِ بِمَحَابِّهِ فَإِنَّهُ لا يُدْرَكُ الْخَيْرُ إِلا بِهِ وَلا يُنَالُ مَا عِنْدَهُ إِلا بِطَاعَتِهِ وَلا تُكْلانَ فِيمَا هُوَ كَائِنٌ إِلا عَلَيْهِ وَلا حَوْلَ وَلا قُوَّةَ إِلا بِاللهِ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنَّ اللهَ أَبْرَمَ الأمُورَ وَأَمْضَاهَا عَلَى مَقَادِيرِهَا فَهِيَ غَيْرُ مُتَنَاهِيَةٍ عَنْ مَجَارِيهَا دُونَ بُلُوغِ غَايَاتِهَا فِيمَا قَدَّرَ وَقَضَى مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَقَدْ كَانَ فِيمَا قَدَّرَ وَقَضَى مِنْ أَمْرِهِ الْمَحْتُومِ وَقَضَايَاهُ الْمُبْرَمَةِ مَا قَدْ تَشَعَّبَتْ بِهِ الأخْلافُ وَجَرَتْ بِهِ الأسْبَابُ وَقَضَى مِنْ تَنَاهِي الْقَضَايَا بِنَا وَبِكُمْ إِلَى حُضُورِ هَذَا الْمَجْلِسِ الَّذِي خَصَّنَا اللهُ وَإِيَّاكُمْ لِلَّذِي كَانَ مِنْ تَذَكُّرِنَا آلاءَهُ وَحُسْنَ بَلائِهِ وَتَظَاهُرَ نَعْمَائِهِ فَنَسْأَلُ اللهَ لَنَا وَلَكُمْ بَرَكَةَ مَا جَمَعَنَا وَإِيَّاكُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَسَاقَنَا وَإِيَّاكُمْ إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ إِنَّ فُلانَ بْنَ فُلانٍ ذَكَرَ فُلانَةَ بِنْتَ فُلانٍ وَهُوَ فِي الْحَسَبِ مَنْ قَدْ عَرَفْتُمُوهُ وَفِي النَّسَبِ مَنْ لا تَجْهَلُونَهُ وَقَدْ بَذَلَ لَهَا مِنَ الصَّدَاقِ مَا قَدْ عَرَفْتُمُوهُ فَرُدُّوا خَيْراً تُحْمَدُوا عَلَيْهِ وَتُنْسَبُوا إِلَيْهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ.
1. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from ibn Mahbub from ibn Ri’ab who has said the following: “Abu ‘ Abd Allah , has said that one day a group of banu ‘Umayyah during the time of the government of ‘Uthman came together in Masjid of the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, on a Friday and they wanted to solemnize marriage for one of their people and ’Amir al-Mu’minin, Alayhi al-Salam, was nearby. They said to each other. If you want to embarrass Ali, call him now to give a speech and we will keep talking. He will feel embarrassed and will not be able to speak. They went to him (the Imam) and said, ‘O abu al-Hassan we want you to deliver for us a speech.’ He (the Imam) asked, ’Are you waiting for someone?’ They replied, ’No, we are not waiting for anyone.’ He (the Imam) by Allah, without delay said, ‘All praise belongs to Allah who is special in oneness, who advances with warning, who does whatever He wants, who is curtained with light from His creatures, who has aspiring horizon, who in mystification is lofty, whose Kingdom is high and is worshipped for His bounties, Lord of the earth and sky. I praise Him for His good trial, generous charity, and abundant favor and for our Lord’s diverting afflictions from us. I praise Him in a way that servants worship Him, lands become fertile and I testify that no one deserves worship except Allah alone who has no partner. There was nothing before Him and there will be nothing after Him. I testify that Muhammad, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, is His servant and His Messenger whom He chose with excellence and guided through him people from straying. He chose him especially for Himself and sent him to His creatures with His message, and statements. He calls people to worship Him, believe in His oneness, and acknowledge that He is the Lord and confirm that he is His Holy Prophet, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, whom He has sent at a time of lapse of the presence of the messengers of Allah among people, when people had turned away from the truth, had become ignorant about their Lord, denied the resurrection and warnings. He delivered His message, strove hard for His cause, gave good advice to his followers and worshipped Him until death approached him, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, a great deal. I advise you and myself to become pious before Allah, most Great. Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, has assigned a way out for the pious ones out of what they dislike, and sustenance from sources that they do not expect. So complete the promise of Allah and seek what is with Him through worshipping Him and working for what He loves because goodness cannot be achieved without Him and nothing that is with Him can be achieved without obeying Him. There is no protection against the creatures except His protection and there is no means and power without the power of Allah. ‘Thereafter, Allah has settled things and has approved them in measures and they do not stop in their channels without reaching their goals as they are determined for them. Of the things He had determined of His inevitable issues and His decisions measured and determined is that the successors come in branches and the means continue. He has determined the end of issues to take place about us and you to be present here in this gathering for which He has given us the opportunity that we speak of His bounties and of His good trial and describe His blessings. We ask blessings from Allah for you and for us. It is the blessing which has made us to come together here for its benefits. Thereafter, so and so has mentioned so and so and he as far as his status is as you know him and as matters of genealogy is not unknown to you. He has paid mahr (dower) of an amount that you know so return good, you will be praised for it and ascribe to it (good), O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause. 