Hadith 147

nny, then your father is the first one lay the foundation of its building, and by his guidance we are leg, and by his deeds we are wearing his shoes, and had it not been for your father having preceded us to it, we would not have opposed Ali-asws and would have submitted to him, but you should fault your own father with whatever you desire to, or (else) leave it. And the greetings be upon the one who is penitent and returns from his errors and repents’’. [71]
(The book) ‘Nahj al Balagah’ –
‘And from a speech of his-asws when he-asws collared Muhammad Bin Abu Bakr with Egypt, so he ruled upon it and was killed: ‘And I-asws had wanted to make Hashim Bin Utba the ruler (of Egypt), and he had ruled it, he would not have vacated any plains for them nor would he have given them the opportunity, without there being any condemnation to Muhammad Bin Abu Bakr, for he was beloved to me-asws, and was a stepson to me-asws’’. [72]
(The book) ‘Nahj Al Balagah’ –
‘And from a speech of his-asws to Muhammad Bin Abu Bakr, ‘Lower your wings (be humble) to them and soften your sides (be gentle with) them, and make your face friendly to them, and comfort between them in the words and the consideration, until the might ones do not covet regarding your-asws being favourable to them nor do the weak ones despair from your justice upon them. And surely Allah-azwj the Exalted will Question you all, community of His-azwj servants, about the small of your deeds and the bid, and the apparent and the hidden. So, if He-azwj to Punish, then you are the most unjust, and if He-azwj Pardons, then He-azwj is the most Honourable. And know, servants of Allah-azwj! The pious have gone with the current world and the future Hereafter. They participated the people of the world in their world, and the people of the world did not participate with them in their Hereafter. They dwelled in the world with the best of what could be dwelled, and they ate the best of what could be eaten, and shared from the world with what the affluent were sharing with, and they took from it what the tyrants had taken, the arrogant ones. Then they transferred away from it with the sufficient provision and the profitable trade. They had attained the pleasures of ascetism of the world in their world and they were convinced they would be the neighbours of Allah-azwj tomorrow in their Hereafter. Neither would any supplication be returned to them nor would any share be reduced for them from the pleasures. Servants of Allah-azwj! Be cautious of the death and its nearness, and prepare for him a preparation, for it would come with a mighty matter and a majestic affair with good, no evil would be with it, ever, or evil nor having any good in it, ever! So, the one who is closer to the Paradise than its workers, and who is closer to the Fire than its workers? You are the ones to be expelled by the death. If you stay for it, it will seize you, and if you flee from it, it would catch up with you, and it is more necessitated (to stick) with you than your own shadow, leading by your forelocks, and the world is being wrapped up from behind you. Be cautious of a Fire its bottom is