Hadith 163

me and I-asws was assisted upon that by Your-azwj Veiling, the relaxation with upon me-asws. So now from Your-azwj Punishment, who will save me-asws, and with the rope of whom shall I‑asws hold on to if Your-azwj Rope is cut away from me-asws? Oh the evil of it tomorrow from the standing in front of You-azwj when it will be said to the fearing ones: ‘Cross over! ’ And to the burdened: ‘Get down! ’ Will I-asws be crossing with the fearing ones or sinking with the burdened ones? Woe be unto me-asws! Every time my-asws life is prolonged, my-asws sins have become more and I-asws did not repent. Is it not time now for me-asws to be embarrassed from my-asws Lord-azwj? ’
Then he-asws cried and prosed saying: ‘Will You-azwj Burn me-asws with the Fire, O peak of the wishes? So where would be my-asws hopes, then where would be my-asws love? I-asws have come with the ugly deeds, contemptible, and there are no people behind me-asws having committed crimes like my-asws crimes’. Then he-asws cried and said: ‘Glorious are You-azwj. You-azwj are being disobeyed as if You-azwj cannot See and are being Lenient as if You-azwj are not being disobeyed. You-azwj are Affectionate to Your-azwj creatures with the goodly Dealings, as if You-azwj with a need to them, and You-azwj, my-asws Master-azwj, are needless from them! ’ Then he-asws fell to the ground in Sajdah. He (the narrator) said, ‘I went near him-asws and raised his-asws head and placed it upon my knees, and I cried until my tears flowed upon his-asws cheeks. He-asws sat upright and said: ‘Who is the one who has pre-occupied me-asws from the Zikr of my-asws Lord-azwj? ’
I said, ‘I am Tawoos, O son-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww! What is this alarm and the dread? And we (ordinary people) are the ones it necessitates that we should be doing like this, and we are the disobedience one, felons. Your-asws father is Al-Husayn-asws Bin Ali-asws, and your-asws mother-asws is (Syeda) Fatima Al-Zahra-asws, and your-asws grandfather-saww is Rasool-Allah-saww! ’
He (the narrator) said, ‘He-asws turned to me-asws and said, ‘Far be it! Far be it, O Tawoos! Leave from me-asws the discussing my-asws father-asws and my-asws mother-asws and my-asws grandfather‑asws. Allah-azwj Created the Paradise for the one obeying Him-azwj and is good, and even if a servant was an Ethiopian slave, and He-azwj Created the Fire for the one who disobeys Him-azwj, and even if he was son of Quraish! Have you not heard Words of the Exalted: So when it is blown into the Trumpet, then there would be no relationships between them on that Day nor would they be asking about each other [23: 101]. By Allah-azwj! It will not benefit you tomorrow except sending forward from the righteous deeds which you send forward’’. [196]