 ٤ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ النَّيْسَابُورِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُمَرُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْهَاشِمِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ أَسِيدِ بْنِ صَفْوَانَ صَاحِبِ رَسُولِ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) قَالَ لَمَّا كَانَ الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي قُبِضَ فِيهِ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) ارْتَجَّ الْمَوْضِعُ بِالْبُكَاءِ وَدَهِشَ النَّاسُ كَيَوْمَ قُبِضَ النَّبِيُّ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) وَجَاءَ رَجُلٌ بَاكِياً وَهُوَ مُسْرِعٌ مُسْتَرْجِعٌ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ الْيَوْمَ انْقَطَعَتْ خِلافَةُ النُّبُوَّةِ حَتَّى وَقَفَ عَلَى بَابِ الْبَيْتِ الَّذِي فِيهِ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) فَقَالَ رَحِمَكَ الله يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ كُنْتَ أَوَّلَ الْقَوْمِ إِسْلاماً وَأَخْلَصَهُمْ إِيمَاناً وَأَشَدَّهُمْ يَقِيناً وَأَخْوَفَهُمْ لله وَأَعْظَمَهُمْ عَنَاءً وَأَحْوَطَهُمْ عَلَى رَسُولِ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) وَآمَنَهُمْ عَلَى أَصْحَابِهِ وَأَفْضَلَهُمْ مَنَاقِبَ وَأَكْرَمَهُمْ سَوَابِقَ وَأَرْفَعَهُمْ دَرَجَةً وَأَقْرَبَهُمْ مِنْ رَسُولِ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) وَأَشْبَهَهُمْ بِهِ هَدْياً وَخَلْقاً وَسَمْتاً وَفِعْلاً وَأَشْرَفَهُمْ مَنْزِلَةً وَأَكْرَمَهُمْ عَلَيْهِ فَجَزَاكَ الله عَنِ الاسْلامِ وَعَنْ رَسُولِهِ وَعَنِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ خَيْراً قَوِيتَ حِينَ ضَعُفَ أَصْحَابُهُ وَبَرَزْتَ حِينَ اسْتَكَانُوا وَنَهَضْتَ حِينَ وَهَنُوا وَلَزِمْتَ مِنْهَاجَ رَسُولِ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) إِذْ هَمَّ أَصْحَابُهُ وَكُنْتَ خَلِيفَتَهُ حَقّاً لَمْ تُنَازَعْ وَلَمْ تَضْرَعْ بِرَغْمِ الْمُنَافِقِينَ وَغَيْظِ الْكَافِرِينَ وَكُرْهِ الْحَاسِدِينَ وَصِغَرِ الْفَاسِقِينَ فَقُمْتَ بِالامْرِ حِينَ فَشِلُوا وَنَطَقْتَ حِينَ تَتَعْتَعُوا وَمَضَيْتَ بِنُورِ الله إِذْ وَقَفُوا فَاتَّبَعُوكَ فَهُدُوا وَكُنْتَ أَخْفَضَهُمْ صَوْتاً وَأَعْلاهُمْ قُنُوتاً وَأَقَلَّهُمْ كَلاماً وَأَصْوَبَهُمْ نُطْقاً وَأَكْبَرَهُمْ رَأْياً وَأَشْجَعَهُمْ قَلْباً وَأَشَدَّهُمْ يَقِيناً وَأَحْسَنَهُمْ عَمَلاً وَأَعْرَفَهُمْ بِالامُورِ كُنْتَ وَالله يَعْسُوباً لِلدِّينِ أَوَّلاً وَآخِراً الاوَّلَ حِينَ تَفَرَّقَ النَّاسُ وَالاخِرَ حِينَ فَشِلُوا كُنْتَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَباً رَحِيماً إِذْ صَارُوا عَلَيْكَ عِيَالاً فَحَمَلْتَ أَثْقَالَ مَا عَنْهُ ضَعُفُوا وَحَفِظْتَ مَا أَضَاعُوا وَرَعَيْتَ مَا أَهْمَلُوا وَشَمَّرْتَ إِذَا اجْتَمَعُوا وَعَلَوْتَ إِذْ هَلِعُوا وَصَبَرْتَ إِذْ أَسْرَعُوا وَأَدْرَكْتَ أَوْتَارَ مَا طَلَبُوا وَنَالُوا بِكَ مَا لَمْ يَحْتَسِبُوا كُنْتَ عَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ عَذَاباً صَبّاً وَنَهْباً وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَمَداً وَحِصْناً فَطِرْتَ وَالله بِنَعْمَائِهَا وَفُزْتَ بِحِبَائِهَا وَأَحْرَزْتَ سَوَابِغَهَا وَذَهَبْتَ بِفَضَائِلِهَا لَمْ تُفْلَلْ حُجَّتُكَ وَلَمْ يَزِغْ قَلْبُكَ وَلَمْ تَضْعُفْ بَصِيرَتُكَ وَلَمْ تَجْبُنْ نَفْسُكَ وَلَمْ تَخِرَّ كُنْتَ كَالْجَبَلِ لا تُحَرِّكُهُ الْعَوَاصِفُ وَكُنْتَ كَمَا قَالَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) آمَنَ النَّاسِ فِي صُحْبَتِكَ وَذَاتِ يَدِكَ وَكُنْتَ كَمَا قَالَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) ضَعِيفاً فِي بَدَنِكَ قَوِيّاً فِي أَمْرِ الله مُتَوَاضِعاً فِي نَفْسِكَ عَظِيماً عِنْدَ الله كَبِيراً فِي الارْضِ جَلِيلاً عِنْدَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لاحَدٍ فِيكَ مَهْمَزٌ وَلا لِقَائِلٍ فِيكَ مَغْمَزٌ [ وَلا لاحَدٍ فِيكَ مَطْمَعٌ ] وَلا لاحَدٍ عِنْدَكَ هَوَادَةٌ الضَّعِيفُ الذَّلِيلُ عِنْدَكَ قَوِيٌّ عَزِيزٌ حَتَّى تَأْخُذَ لَهُ بِحَقِّهِ وَالْقَوِيُّ الْعَزِيزُ عِنْدَكَ ضَعِيفٌ ذَلِيلٌ حَتَّى تَأْخُذَ مِنْهُ الْحَقَّ وَالْقَرِيبُ وَالْبَعِيدُ عِنْدَكَ فِي ذَلِكَ سَوَاءٌ شَأْنُكَ الْحَقُّ وَالصِّدْقُ وَالرِّفْقُ وَقَوْلُكَ حُكْمٌ وَحَتْمٌ وَأَمْرُكَ حِلْمٌ وَحَزْمٌ وَرَأْيُكَ عِلْمٌ وَعَزْمٌ فِيمَا فَعَلْتَ وَقَدْ نَهَجَ السَّبِيلُ وَسَهُلَ الْعَسِيرُ وَأُطْفِئَتِ النِّيرَانُ وَاعْتَدَلَ بِكَ الدِّينُ وَقَوِيَ بِكَ الاسْلامُ فَظَهَرَ أَمْرُ الله وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْكَافِرُونَ وَثَبَتَ بِكَ الاسْلامُ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَسَبَقْتَ سَبْقاً بَعِيداً وَأَتْعَبْتَ مَنْ بَعْدَكَ تَعَباً شَدِيداً فَجَلَلْتَ عَنِ الْبُكَاءِ وَعَظُمَتْ رَزِيَّتُكَ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَهَدَّتْ مُصِيبَتُكَ الانَامَ فَإِنَّا لله وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ رَضِينَا عَنِ الله قَضَاهُ وَسَلَّمْنَا لله أَمْرَهُ فَوَ الله لَنْ يُصَابَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ بِمِثْلِكَ أَبَداً كُنْتَ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ كَهْفاً وَحِصْناً وَقُنَّةً رَاسِياً وَعَلَى الْكَافِرِينَ غِلْظَةً وَغَيْظاً فَأَلْحَقَكَ الله بِنَبِيِّهِ وَلا أَحْرَمَنَا أَجْرَكَ وَلا أَضَلَّنَا بَعْدَكَ وَسَكَتَ الْقَوْمُ حَتَّى انْقَضَى كَلامُهُ وَبَكَى وَبَكَى أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) ثُمَّ طَلَبُوهُ فَلَمْ يُصَادِفُوهُ.
 4. A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from al-Barqi from Ahmad ibn Zayd al-Naysaburi who has said that narrated to me ‘Umar ibn Ibrahim al-Hashimi from ‘Abd al-Malik ibn ‘Umar from ’Asid ibn Safwan the companion of the Messenger of Allah who has said the following. “On the day that Amir al-Mu’minin Ali  passed away the place shock as people wept and cried and they were frightened like al-Thaqafi day the Holy Prophet (s.a) passed away. A man came weeping who seemed in a hurry and saying the words of the Holy Quran, “We are the servants of God and to Him we shall all return.” (2:156) He continued, “Today the government as succession of that of the Holy Prophet (s.a) is discontinued.” He stood at the door of the house in which Amir al-Mu’minin Ali  was and said, “May Allah grant you blessing, O abu al-Hassan. You were the first in the nation who accepted Islam and were of the purest faith among them. You were of the most solid certainty and feared Allah the most among them. The degree of your hard work (for the cause of Allah) was the greatest and you were the most cautious in protecting the Messenger of Allah among them. You were the most trusted in the affairs of his companions and of the most distinguished in excellence, of the most honorable past credentials, of the highest degree of virtue and the closest as relatives to the Messenger of Allah among them. You were the most similar among them to him (the Messenger of Allah) in the matters of providing guidance, moral discipline, mannerism and deeds. You were the most precious to him (the Messenger of Allah) among them, in value and the most honorable to him among them. May Allah grant you good rewards on behalf of Islam, His Messenger and the Muslims. You exercised strength when his (the Messenger of Allah’s) companions became weak. You would come out (to face the enemy) when they showed humiliation, you rose up whenever showed laziness. You maintained steadfastness in adherence to the system of the Messenger of Allah whenever his companions attended othewise. You, indeed, were his undisputed successor and you did not cause strife 9in the community) despite the mischief of the hypocrites, of the anger of the unbelievers, the dislike of the jealous ones, and lowliness of the transgressors. You stood firm for the truth when they failed, spoke clearly when they became speechless, marched forwards in the light of Allah and they halted and if they followed you they found the right guidance. You were the softest in tone and of the highest degree of prayer among them, of the smallest amount of speech and of the most correct and valid statements. You were of the greatest ideas, of the bravest heart, of the most solid certainty, of the best of deeds and the most knowledgeable of the issues among them. You, by Allah, were the lead figure in religion at first and at last. You were the first when people digressed in chaos and the last when they failed. Your as a kind father to the believers as they become dependent up on you and you bore such burdens that others felt much weak to carry. Your protected what they had lost and guarded what they had ignored. You tightened your belt when they accumulated (wealth with greed), you rose high when they despaired (in humiliation). You exercised patience when they rushed and you achieved what they had never dreamed to achieve and through you they gained what they had never expected to gain. You were as pouring calamity and disaster up on the unbelievers and the fortress and support for the believers. You were invented for the task of Leadership with Divine Authority with its blessing and you succeeded to achieve its awards, established its prerequisite and left with its distinctions. Your evidence in support your divine Authority never last its sharp edge and your heart never wavered, your intelligence never weakened, your soul did not falter or become frightened. You were like a mountain that strong winds could not move. It is just as the Holy Prophet (s.a) has said, “People lived secure in your company and their property well preserved in your hands.” You were just as the Holy Prophet (s.a) has said, “Physically weak but very strong to support the cause of Allah, of a very humble soul, but very great in the sight of Allah, the chief on earth and majestic in the sight of the believers. No one could ever find faults with you or advance criticism. No one could ever involve you in corruption. You never showed anyone (corrupt) compliance. The weak and feeble to you were strong popular until you would restore their rights and the powerful and popular were weak and feeble to you until you would make to yield to others rights. People of close relation or otherwise were all equal to you in such cases. You aimed the truth, the true and kindness. Your words were law and final and your commands were based on forbearance and determination your view was knowledge and the final decision in what you would do. The system is established, the pitfalls are routed, the fires (of mischief) are extinguished, religious issues are balanced and through you Islam has become strong. The guidance of Allah has become manifest even though the unbelievers dislike. Islam, the through you, and the believers are strengthened. You have raced (for Divine excellence) a long race and cause a great deal of weariness to those behind you. Losing you can never be compensated with weeping and your death is a great issue in heavens and it has threatened the people (with emergence of chaos). “We are the servants of God and to Him we shall all return.” (2:156) We accept the decision of Allah and submit to His commands. By Allah, the Muslims will never find any one like you. You were a fortress and the stronghold like a heavy mountain and the intense anger for the unbelievers. May Allah join you with His Holy Prophet (s.a). May Allah not deprive us of your rewards and keep us safe against mis-guidance after you. People remained silent until he finished his words. He wept and the companions of the Messenger of Allah wept. Thereafter, they searched for him but he was nowhere to be found.”