Hadith 94

(The book) ‘Kitab Al Gharaat’ of Ibrahim Bin Muhammad Al Saqafy, from Mugheira Al Zaby who said, ‘When Ali-asws got married to Layla Bint Masoud Al-Nahshaly, she said, ‘I have not ceased to love for there to be a cause between me and him-asws since I had seen him-asws. He-asws had stood in the position of Rasool-Allah-saww’. He (narrator) mentioned that she gave birth for him to Ubeydullah son of Ali-asws. He pledged with difficulty on the day of Al-Mukhtar’’. [140]
I (Majlisi) said, ‘Ibn Abu Al-Hadeed said in the commentary of Nahj Al-Balagah, ‘On the day of the camel Amir Al-Momineen-asws handed his-asws flag to his-asws son Muhammad, and he-asws had already evened out the rows (of soldiers) and said to him: ‘Attack’. He paused a little. He said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! Are you-asws not looking at the sky? It is as if it is about to rain’. He-asws pushed in his chest and said: ‘You have a vein from your mother’. Then he-asws grabbed the flag and shook it, then said: ‘Stab with it a stabbing of your father-asws. There is no good in the war when it is not ignited by the two sides and the spears are fired at close range’. Then he-asws attacked and the people attacked behind him-asws and grinded the army of Basra. It was said to Muhammad, ‘Why was your father-asws endangering you in the war and did not endanger Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws? ’ He said, ‘They-asws are his-asws eyes and I am his-asws right hand, so he-asws defended his-asws eyes by his-asws right hand’. Ali-asws used to cast Muhammad in the perils of war and he-asws would restrain Hassan-asws and Husayn-asws from it. And from his-asws speech during the day of Siffeen: ‘Control these two youths on my-asws behalf! I-asws fear the lineage of Rasool-Allah-saww being terminated with them-asws’’. [141]
Ibn Abu Al Hadeed said in another place, ‘Abu Al-Abbas Al-Mabrad said, ‘The report has come that Amir Al-Momineen Ali-asws, when a son was born for Abdullah Bin Al-Abbas, he-asws missed him at the time of Salat Al-Zohr, so he-asws said: ‘What is the matter with Ibn Al-Abbas not being present? ’ They said, ‘There has been a birth for him of a son, O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! ’ He-asws said: ‘Let us go to him’. They came to him. He-asws said to him: ‘I-asws thanked the Benefactor and for the Blessings to be for you regarding the gift of what I-asws heard’. He said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! Or is it allowed for me to name him until you-asws have named him? ’ He-asws said: ‘Bring him out to me-asws’. He brought him out. He-asws took him and applied (honey) in his mouth and supplicated for him, then returned him to him, and said: ‘That him to you O father of the property! I-asws have named him as ‘Ali’, and teknonymed him as ‘Abu Al-Hassan’’. He (the narrator) said, ‘When he arrived to Muawiya the caliph, he said to Abdullah Bin Abbas, ‘I will not gather for you between the name and the teknonym (given by Ali-asws). I have teknonymed him as ‘Abu Muhammad’’. So it flowed upon him as such’’. [142]
It is reported in (the book) ‘Jamie Al Usool’ from (the book) ‘Saheeh Al Tirmizi’, from Muhammad Bin Al-Hanafiya, ‘From his father-asws having said: ‘I-asws said: ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! Do you-saww see that after you-saww there will be born for me-asws a son I-asws shall be naming him with your-saww name and teknonym him with your-saww teknonym? ’ He-saww said: ‘Yes’’. [143]