Hadith 127

of their striving, and the assisting each other upon establishment of the rights between them. And there isn’t any person, and even if his status in great regarding the rights, and his merits have preceded in the religion, above from co-operating upon what Allah-azwj has Loaded upon him of His-azwj Rights, nor is there any person, and even if the souls (other people) belittle him and the eyes assault him, is below from being assisted upon that or to be assisted upon it’. A man from his-asws companions answered him-asws with a long speech, frequenting the praise upon him-asws and mentioning listening to him-asws and being obedient to him-asws. He-asws said: ‘It is from the rights of the one who reveres the Majesty of Allah-azwj the Glorious within himself and considers His-azwj Position as being Majestic from his heart, that he should belittle all other mighty things in his presence, all what is beside Him-azwj. And the one who was like that would be more rightful to the one Allah-azwj the Glorious has Bestowed mighty Favours on him, and Kindness of His-azwj Favours to him, for surely Allah-azwj will not Bestow mighty Favours upon anyone except the rights of Allah-azwj would be increased upon him in might. And from the most absurd of the situations of the ruler in the presence of the righteous people is that he would be thought by them to be loving the immoralities, and he is placing their affairs upon the arrogance. And I-asws have disliked being in your thoughts that I-asws love the great praises and listening to the praises. And I-asws am not like that, by the Praise of Allah-azwj. And had I-asws loved for that to be said, I-asws would have left it to be inclusive of Allah-azwj the Glorious for getting what He-azwj is more rightful with, from the Magnificence and the Greatness. And sometimes the people find the praises to be sweet after the afflictions, but do not praise upon me-asws with beautiful praises due to my-asws having extracted my-asws self to Allah-azwj the Glorious and to you all, from the rest of the rights which I-asws am not yet free from fulfilling these, and Obligation there is no escape from implementing these. So, do not be speaking to me-asws with what the tyrants are being spoken to/with, nor be protective from me-asws with what you are being protective in the presence of the people of initiative, nor mingle me-asws with the dealing, nor think with me-asws as being sluggish regarding a right being said to me-asws, nor do I-asws seek the greatness for myself-asws. One who considers the truth to be heavy if it is said to him, or the justice if it is presented to him, his acting with these would be even heavier upon him. So, do not pause from speaking with any right or consultation with justice, for I-asws am not within myself-asws, above from making mistakes, nor man I-asws safe from that in my-asws deeds, except if Allah-azwj Suffices from myself-asws what He-azwj is more in control with it than I-asws am. So, rather, I-asws and you all are slaves, owned by a Lord-azwj, there is no Lord-azwj other than Him-azwj. He-azwj Owns from us what we do not own from ourselves, and He-azwj Extracted us from what we were into what we are better off upon it. So, He-azwj Replaced for us after the straying with the Guidance and Gave us the insight after the blindness’’. [88]