Hadith 136

bles from his-saww for inclining them. When they asked him-saww about their state, he-saww said: ‘(Wait) until the Revelation comes to me-saww regarding that. So, Allah-azwj Revealed: Surely you cannot guide the one you love [28: 56], intending, ‘You-saww cannot decided, nor can you-saww name, nor testify with the Eman for the one you-saww love, but Allah-azwj will Decide for him, and Name him when he was deserving for it. And this as well was after the expiry of Abu Talib-asws by two years’’. [250]
I (Majlisi) am saying, ‘He said in (the book) ‘Al Fusool Al Muhimma’ –
‘His (Amir Al-Momineen-asws) mother-as is (Syeda) Fatima Bint Asad Bin Hashim Bin Abd Manaf. She-as and Abu Talib-asws gathered among (Clan of) Hashim-as. Then she-as (declared to be) a Muslim and emigrated with the Prophet-saww, and she-as was from the foremost ones to the Eman, being at the status of the mother from the Prophet-saww. When she-as passed away, the Prophet-saww enshrouded her-as with his-saww own shirt and instructed Usama Bin Zayd and Abu Ayoub Al-Ansari, and Umar, and a black stave, and they dug her-as grave. When they reached to her-as resting place, the Prophet-as dug it with his-saww own hands, and brought out its soil. When Rasool-Allah-saww was free (from digging), he-saww lied down in it and said: ‘Allah-azwj is the One-azwj Who Revives and Causes to die, and He-azwj is Alive and does not die. O Allah-azwj! Forgive my-saww mother-as Fatima Bint Asad-as, and Indoctrinate her-as, her-as arguments, and Expand her-as grave for her-as by the right of Your-azwj Prophet-saww Muhammad-saww and the Prophets-as, those from before me-saww, for You-azwj are most Merciful of the merciful ones! ’
It was said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! We saw you-saww doing something, you-saww did not happen to do it for anyone else before her-as! ’
He-saww said: ‘I-saww clothed her-as with my-saww shirt to be worn from the clothes of the Paradise, and I-saww lied down in her-as grave for the compression of the grave to be lightened from her-as. She-as was from the excellent creatures of Allah-azwj in her-as deeds to me-saww after Abu Talib-asws’’. [251]
(The books) ‘Al Fazaail’ of Ibn Shazan (and) ‘Kitab Al Rowza’ –
‘When (Syeda) Fatima Bint Asad-as passed away, Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws came weeping. The Prophet-saww said to him-asws: ‘What makes you-asws cry? May Allah-azwj not Make your-asws eyes to cry’. He-asws said: ‘My-asws mother-as has passed away, O Rasool-Allah-saww! ’ The Prophet-saww said to him-as: ‘But, and my-as mother-as (as well), O Ali-asws, for she-as used to keep her-as children hungry and satiated me-saww, and her-as children were scruffy and she-as oiled me-saww. By Allah-azwj! There was a date tree in the house of Abu Talib-asws. She-as would precede to it from the morning in order to pick, then keep it aside, may Allah-azwj be Pleased from her-as; and when the sons of my-saww uncle would go out, she-as would give me-saww that’. Then he-saww got up and took to her-as preparation, and enshrouded her-as with his-saww shirt, and during the state of escorting her-as bier, he-saww was raising a foot, and be slow in raising the other, and he-saww was bare-feet. When he-saww prayed Salat, he-saww exclaimed seventy Takbeers. Then he-saww laid her in her-as grave by his-saww own honourable hands. Afterwards, he-saww slept in her-as grave and indoctrinated her-as the testimony. When he-saww poured the soil upon her-as, and the people intended to leave, Rasool-Allah-saww went on to say so her-as: ‘Your-as son-asws! Your-as son-asws! Neither Ja’far-as nor Aqeel. Your-as son-asws! Your-as son Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws’. They said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-azwj! You-saww have done a deed we have not seen the like of it, at all! Your-saww walking bare-footed, and exclaiming seventy Takbeers, and your-saww sleeping in her-as grave, and making your-saww own shirt to be her-as shroud, and your-saww words to her-as: ‘Your-as son-asws! Your-as son-asws! Neither Ja’far-as nor Aqeel’. He-saww said: ‘As for the slowness in placing my-saww feet and raising it during the state of escorting the funeral bier, it was due to the large crown of the Angels; and as for my-saww exclaiming seventy Takbeers, seventy rows of Angels were praying Salat upon her-as; and as for my-saww sleeping in her-as grave, I-saww had mentioned during the state of her-as life, the compression of the grave. She-as had said: ‘Waah! Its compression! ’. So, I-saww slept in her-as grave for that reason, until I-saww sufficed her-as of that. And as for my-saww enshrouding her-as with my-saww shirt, I-saww had mentioned to her-as during her-as lifetime the (Day of) Qiyamah and the Resurrection of the people bare. She-as had said: ‘Waah! Its evil’. So, I-saww enshrouded her-as with it for it to become a veil during the establishment of the Hour. And as for my-saww words to her-as: ‘Your-as son-asws! Neither Ja’far-as nor Aqeel’, so when the two Angels descended unto her-as and asked her-as about her-as Lord-azwj, she-as said: ‘Allah-azwj is my-as Lord-azwj’. And they said, ‘Who is your-as Prophet-saww? ’ She-as said, ‘Muhammad-saww is my-as Prophet-saww. They said, ‘Who is your-as guardian and your-as Imam-asws? ’ She-as was embarrassed to say: ‘My-as son-asws’. So, I-saww said to her-as my-saww words: ‘Your-as son Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws’. So, Allah-azwj Delighted her-as eyes with that’’. [252]
I (Majlisi) am saying, ‘Ibn Abi Al hadeed said, ‘His (Ali-asws) mother-as is Fatima Bint Asad-as Bin Hashim-as Bin Abd Manaf-as Bin Qusay-as. She-as is the first Hashimite to be born to two Hashimites (parents). Ali-asws was the youngest of her-as sons, and Ja’far-as was older than