Hadith 22

iving, the Eternal! And greetings be upon the Progeny-asws of Yaseen Muhammad-saww, and Ali-asws, and Al-Hassan‑asws, and Al-Husayn-asws, and Ali-asws, and Muhammad-asws, and Ja’far-asws, and Musa-asws, and Ali-asws, and Muhammad-asws, and Ali-asws, and Al-Hassan-asws, and Your-azwj Divine Authority, Lord-azwj, upon Your-azwj creatures! O Allah-azwj! I keep You-azwj as Witness that You-azwj are Allah-azwj my God-azwj and God-azwj of the former ones and the latter ones! There is no god apart from You-azwj! I turn to You-azwj by the right of these names which when supplicated with, is Answered, and when requested with, is Granted! Please Send Salawaat upon them-asws Ease upon me the exit of my soul, and before that You-azwj have been a Helper to me and a Shelter from the one who wanted to be excessive upon me and aggressive! ’ – and make the note to be in a lump of clay, and read Surah Yaseen (upon it), and throw it into the sea’. I said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! The sea is distant from me and I am imprisoned, prevented from leaving regarding what I seek! ’
He-asws said: ‘Throw it into the well, or in whatever is close to you from the springs of water! ’
Ibn Kushmard said, ‘I woke up and stood up. I did what Amir Al-Momineen-asws had instructed me with, and during that I was anxious, not of calm soul due to the mightiness of the test and being of weak conviction in the human beings. When we came to the morning and the sun emerged, I was summoned. I had no doubt that which I was being summoned for is to be killed. I went with the caller, and I had despaired from the life. I was taken to Abu Al-Tahir, and there he was seated upon a chair in the centre of a large gathering, and there were two men on his right upon two chairs, and on his left was Abu Al-Heyja’a upon a chair, and there was another chair to the side of Abu Al-Heyja’a, not having anyone upon it. When Abu Tahir sighted me, he summoned me until I arrive to the chair. Then he ordered me to be seated upon it. I sat down and said within myself, ‘There isn’t anything beyond this except good! ’
He faced towards me and said, ‘We had determined regarding your matter upon what has reached you, then after that we viewed that we should release you, and we give you the choice of two matters. Either you serve us and we shall be good to you, or you leave to your dependants, and we will reward you goodly! ’
I said to him, ‘In the staying in the presence of the chief there are benefits and nobility, and in the leaving to my family my aged old mother, there are big plentiful Rewards’. He said to me, ‘Do whatever you like, and the order regarding it is returned to your choice! ’
I went out to leave from in front of him. He returned me and said, ‘Who are you from Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws? ’
I said, ‘I am not lineaged to him-asws, but I am his-asws friend’. He said, ‘Hold on with his-asws Wilayah, for he-asws has ordered us with freeing you! We are not able to oppose his-asws orders! ’ Then he ordere