Hadith 253

From the book ‘Al Ma’rifa’ compiled by Abaad Bin Yaqoub Al Rawajiny, by his chain said, ‘When Abu Zarr-ra went to travel, him-ra and Ali-asws, and Al-Miqdad Bin Al-Aswad, he-ra said, ‘Aren’t you witnesses that Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘My-saww community will return to me-saww at the Fountain upon five flags – the first of it would be the flag of the calf (Abu Bakr), so I-saww will stand and grab his hand, and when I-saww do grab his hand, his face would blacken, and his feet would tremble, and his bones would knock, and of the ones who followed him in that deed. I-saww will say: ‘What did you do regarding the two weighty things after me-saww? ’ They would be saying, ‘We belied the bigger (of the two weighty things – Quran) and tore it, and we persecuted the smaller (of the two weighty things – Ali-asws) and snatched his-asws rights’. I-saww would be saying: ‘Go to the left’. So, they would be dispersing thirsty, blackened of faces, not been quenched a drop from it (the Fountain). Then there would return to me-saww the flag of the Pharaoh of my-saww community (Umar), among them being a lot of people and they would be the falsifiers’. I-ra said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! And what are the falsifying ones? Did they falsify the path? ’ He-saww said: ‘No, but they falsified their religion, and they are those who were wrathful for the world, and for it they were pleased and for it they were angry and for it they established hostility. Then I-saww would grab their master, and when I-saww do grab his hand, his face would blacken, and his feet would tremble, and his bones would knock, and of the ones who did that would follow him. I-saww say: ‘What did you do regarding the two weighty things after me-saww? ’ They would say, ‘We belied the greater (Quran) and tore it, and we fought the smaller (Ali-asws) and killed him-asws’. I-saww would say: ‘Travel the road of your master’, and they would disperse thirsty, blackened of faces, not being quenched a drop from it (Fountain). Then the flag of so and so would return to me-saww, and he is the imam of fifty thousand from my-saww community, and I-saww would stand and grab his hand. So, when I-saww do grab his hand, his face would blacken and his feet would tremble, and his bones would knock, and of the ones who did that, would follow him. I-azwj would say: ‘Why did you oppose me-saww regarding the two weighty things after me-saww? ’ They would say, ‘We belied the greater (Quran) and disobeyed it, and we abandoned the smaller (Ali-asws, and forsook him-asws)’. I-saww shall say: ‘Travel the way of your master’. So, they will disperse thirsty, blackened of faces, not being quenched a drop from it. Then Al-Makhdaj will return to me-saww with his flag, and he is the imam of seventy thousand from my-saww community. So, when I-saww grab his hand, his face would blacken, and his feet would tremble, and his bones would knock, and the of the ones who did that, they will follow him. I-saww shall say: ‘What did you do regarding the two weighty things after me-saww? ’
They would say, ‘We belied the greater (Quran) and disobeyed it, and we fought the smaller (Ali-asws) and we killed him-asws’. I-saww shall say: ‘Travel the way of your master’. So, they would disperse thirsty, blackened of faces, not been quenched a drop from it. Then will return to me-saww Ali-asws Emir of the Momineen-asws and guide of the resplendent, so I-saww shall stand up and grab his-asws hand, and his-asws face would brighten and (so will) the faces of his-asws companions. I-saww shall say: ‘What did you do regarding the two weighty things after me-saww? ’ They would say, ‘We followed the greater (Quran) and ratified it, and we supported the smaller (Ali-asws) and helped him-asws, and we fought alongside him-asws’. I-saww shall say: ‘Quench yourselves’. So, they would be drinking such a drink, they will not be thirsty after it, ever! Their fronts would be like the emerging sun, and their faces would be like the moon on the night of the full moon, and they would be like the illumination of a star in the sky. He-ra said, ‘Aren’t you witnesses upon that? ’ They said, ‘Yes’. He-ra said, ‘And I-ra, upon that, I am from the witnesses’’. [219]