Hadith 7

h Allah-azwj even for the blink of an eye, most forgiving of everyone one with two palms, more eloquent than all with two lips, father of the two chiefs Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws. My hand was cut by the eye of the East(s) and the West(s), crown of Luay Bin Ghalib (ancestor of Rasool-Allah-saww), the overcoming lion of Allah-azwj, Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws, upon him-asws be from the Salawaats, the superior of it, and from the regards, it’s perfect’. When the boy was free from the praise and went on his way, Abdullah Bin Al-Kawa entered to see the Imam-asws. He said to him-asws, ‘The greetings be upon you-asws, O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! ’
Amir Al-Momineen-asws said to him: and the greetings be upon one who follows the Guidance [20: 47], and fears the consequences of the ruination’. Ibn Al Kawa said to him-asws, ‘O father-asws of Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws! You-asws cut the right hand of a black boy and I heard him-asws praising upon you-asws will all beauty’. He-asws said: ‘And what did you hear him saying? ’ He said, ‘Such and such’ – and repeated to him-asws the entirety of what the boy had said. The Imam-asws said to his-asws two sons-asws Al-Hassan-asws and Al-Husayn-asws: ‘Go and come to me-asws with the slave’. They-asws went in search for him in Kindah. They-asws said to him: ‘Answer Amir Al-Momineen-asws, O boy! ’
When he was presented in front of Amir Al-Momineen-asws, he-asws said to him: ‘I-asws cut your right hand and you were praising upon me-asws with what has reached me-asws? ’ He said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! You-asws did not cut it except by an Obligatory (a) right obligated by Allah-azwj and His-azwj Rasool-saww’. The Imam-asws said: ‘Give me-asws the (cut) palm’. The Imam-asws took the (cut) palm and covered it with the robe, and exclaimed Takbeer and prayed two Cycles Salat, and spoke with (certain) phrases, and I heard him-asws saying at the end of his-asws supplication: ‘Ameen, Lord-azwj of the worlds’. And he-asws installed it upon the forearm and said to his-asws companions: ‘Uncover the robe from the (cut) palm! ’ They uncovered the robe from the (cut) palm and there the palm was upon the forearm by the Permission of Allah-azwj. Then Amir Al-Momineen-asws said: ‘Did I-asws not say to you, O Ibn Al-Kawa, that for us-asws there are such loving ones, even if we-asws cut one of them into pieces and pieces, they would not increase except in (more) love, and for us-asws there are such hating ones, even if we-asws were to feed them the honey, they would not increase except in hatred, and this is how ones who love us-asws would attain our-asws intercession on the Day of Qiyamah’’. [142]
(The book) ‘Al-Kharaij’ – It is reported that a Kharijite contended regarding another man to Ali-asws, so he-asws judged between the two. The Kharijite said, ‘You-asws have not been just in the judging’. He-asws said: ‘Be despised, O enemy of Allah-azwj! ’ The Kharijite morphed into a dog and his clothes flew off in the air. He went on to beseech and his eyes were shedding tears. He-asws felt pity to him and supplicated for him, and he returned to his human state and his clothes returned from the air. Ali-asws said: ‘Asif-as, successor-as of Suleyman-as had done approximate to it, so Allah-azwj Narrated about him-as by His-azwj Words: The one with whom was the knowledge from the Book said, ‘I will come to you with it before your glance returns to you’. [27: 40]. But, which of the two is more honourable unto Allah-azwj, your Prophet-saww or Suleyman-as? ’ They said, ‘Our Prophet-saww’. It was said to him-asws, ‘What was your need to the Helpers in fighting against Muawiya? ’
He-asws said: ‘But rather I-asws am leaving them for proving the argument and perfecting the Trial, and had there been permission for me-asws in supplicating for his (Muawiya’s) destruction, I-asws would not delay’’. [143]
[1] Bihar Al-Anwaar –