Hadith 24

(The book) ‘Al Manaqib’ of Ibn Shehr Ashub – It is reported by Abu Bakr Al Shirazi, by the chain from Muwatil, from Muhammad Bin Al Hanafiyya, ‘From Amir Al-Momineen-asws regarding Words of the Exalted: Surely, We Presented the Entrustment to the skies, and the earth [33: 72], said: ‘Allahazwj Presented myasws Trust to the seven skies with the Reward and the Punishment, so they said, ‘Our Lordazwj! We will not bear it with the Reward and the Punishment, but we will bear it without Reward and Punishment’. And Allahazwj Presented myasws Trust and myasws Wilayah to the birds, so the first one who believed in it were the hawks and the bluebirds, and the first ones of the birds who fought against it were the owls and the phoenix. As for the owls, it does not have the ability to appear during the day due to the hatred of the birds against it. And as for the phoenix, it had disappeared in the sea and cannot be seen. And Allahazwj Presented myasws Trust to the earth, so every spot which believed in myasws Wilayah, and myasws Trust, Allahazwj Made it to be good, Blessed, and clean, and Made its vegetation, and its fruits as sweet and fresh, and Made its water to be clear. And every spot which fought against myasws Imamate, and rejected myasws Wilayah, Heazwj Made it to be swampy, and Made its vegetation to be a myrrh plant, and Made its fruits to be thistles and the colocynth, and Made its water to be salty and bitter’. Then heasws said: ‘and the human being bore it [33: 72] – meaning yoursaww community, O Muhammadsaww, Wilayah of Amir Al-Momineenasws and hisasws Imamate along with what it contains from the Rewards and the Punishment, he was unjust, ignorant [33: 72] – of the Command of his Lordazwj. The one who did not support it rightly, so he is unjust and unfair’’. [25]