Hadith 7

the tongue of His-azwj Prophet-saww you would have visualised and recognised the error of those that were killed, and the guidance that we are on. Then he-asws said: ‘Ask me whatsoever that you like before you lose me-asws, for by Allah-azwj I-asws am more aware of the pathways of the sky than I-asws am of the roads of the earth. I-asws am the ‘Yasoob’ (leader) of the Momineen, and the first of the preceding ones, and the Imam-asws of the pious, and the seal-(ultimate) of the successors, and the inheritor of the Prophets-as, and the Caliph of the Lord-azwj of the worlds. I-asws am the examiner of the people on the Day of Qiyamah and Allah-azwj’s (Appointed) Divider of people between the Paradise and the Fire. And I-asws am the Great Truthful (Al-Siddique Al-Akbar), and the great Differentiator (Al-Farouq) who differentiates between the truth and the falsehood, and with me-asws is the knowledge of the deaths, and the afflictions, and the intricacies of the speech. And there is no Verse which has Descended except that I-asws know with regards to what was Descended, and where it Descended, and about whom it was Descended. O you people! It is imminent that you will miss me-asws. I-asws will separate from you all, and I-asws will soon leave, being assassinated. What is he waiting for (killer) to dye it (with my blood) from above it (from head)? ’ Meaning his-asws beard from the blood of his-asws head. ‘By the One-azwj Who Split the seed and Formed the person, you will not ask me about a group which has reached three hundred (in number) nor above it between you all (at present) and the Establishment of the Hour, except that I-asws will give you the news of its ushers, and its guides and its callers, and the spoiling of the ground, when it will get spoilt and when it will be revived after it having been taken by force to the Day of Qiyamah’. So a man stood up and said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen-asws, inform us about the afflictions’. He-asws said: ‘When a questioner asks so he should understand, and when the questioned one is asked, he should reply responsibly. There are matters behind you, which will weaken you and concern you, frightening and difficult afflictions. By the One-azwj Who Split the seed and Formed the person, if you were to lose me-asws, and the great matters descend upon you and the reality of the afflictions dawn upon you, many of the questioners will get frustrated and many of them will be humiliated by trying to find solutions (to their problems). And that will happen when you will be forced into wars and it will engulf the entire world, and the world will become a scourge for you all until such time when Allah-azwj will Grant a victory through the remainder of the righteous ones. A man stood up and said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen-asws, narrated to us about the ‘Fitna’ (strife). He-asws said: ‘The ‘Fitna’ when it comes, places you in doubt’. And in another report: ‘Creates doubt, and when it goes away it becomes obvious (leaves behind its disastrous effects). And the ‘Fitna’ has waves for it like the waves of the sea and gusts like the gusts of the wind (hurricane), affecting one country and leaving another. So look at the people-asws who were the standard bearers on the Day of Badr. Help them-asws and you will be helped and rewarded and be excused. I-asws fear the Fitna. Nay! I-asws fear for your all the ‘Fitna’ of the clan of Umayya. It will be blind, deaf, and have levels of darkness. Its Fitna will be general but its affliction will be specific. It will trouble the one who sees it, and stray the one who would avoid it. Its wrongful ones will force themselves upon its rightful ones, filling the earth with innovation, injustice and oppression. The first one to End its tyranny and Break its pillars and Remove its pegs will be no one but Allah-azwj the Lord-azwj of the Worlds, the Crusher of the tyrants. Indeed! You will find the