Hadith 12

He said, ‘I said, ‘Is there an ear for you? ’ He said, ‘Yes’. I said, ‘And what do you do with it? ’ He said, ‘I hear the sounds with it’. I said, ‘Is there a hand for you? ’ He said, ‘Yes’. I said, ‘And what do you do with it? ’ He said, ‘I take with it and recognise the soft from the coarse’. I said, ‘Are there two legs for you? ’ He said, ‘Yes’. I said, ‘What do you do with them? ’ He said, ‘I transfer by these from a place to a place’. I said, ‘Is there a heart for you? ’ He said, ‘Yes’. I said, ‘And what do you do with it? ’ He said, ‘I distinguish by it all what is referred to upon these organs’. He said, ‘I said, ‘Is there any self-sufficiency in these organs from the heart? ’ He said, ‘No’. I said, ‘And how can that be so and these are healthy, sound? ’ He said, ‘O my son! The organs, when there are doubtful regarding anything, in smelling it, or seeing it, or tasting it, or hearing it, or touching it, it gets referred to the heart to be certain and invalidate the doubt’. He said, ‘I said, ‘But rather Allah-azwj Established the heart for the doubts of the organs’. He said, ‘Yes’. I said, ‘So, there is no escape from having the heart, or else the organs will not be straight (certain)’. He said, ‘Yes’. He said, ‘I said, ‘O Abu Marwan! Allah-azwj, Exalted is His-azwj mention, did not Leave your organs until He-azwj Made an imam to be for these to correct for them the right and to be certain what is doubtful in it, and He-azwj would Leave this creatures, all of them in their confusion and their doubts and their differing, not Establish an Imam-asws to be for them they can refer their doubts and their confusions to them-asws and He-azwj has Established an Imam for your organs to refer your confusion and your doubt to’. He said, ‘He was silent and did not say anything. Then he turned towards me and said, ‘You are Hisham? ’ I said, ‘No’. He said to me, ‘Do you sit with him? ’ I said, ‘No’. He said, ‘So who are you? ’ I said, ‘From the people of Al-Kufa’. He said, ‘Then you are him’. Then he hugged me to him and made me to be seated in his gathering and did not speak until I had arose (to leave)’. Abu Abdullah-asws laughed, then said: ‘O Hisham! Who taught you this? ’ I said, ‘O son-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww! It flowed upon my tongue’. He-asws said: ‘O Hisham! By Allah-azwj this is Written in The Parchments of Ibrahim and Musa [87: 19]’’. [11]