Hadith 255

surrect him on the Day of Qiyamah and his hands would be shackled to his neck. Nothing would free him except his justice in the world of the world. So, when this letter of mine arrives to you, then read it out to the ones from the people of Al-Yemen in front of you and take the allegiances for me-asws upon the ones from the Muslims in your presence. So, when the people have pledged like the allegiance of the Pleasure, then stay in your office and sent ten of them to me-asws, who are from the intellectual, and their eloquent ones, and their trustworthy ones. They should be from the ones who are their strongest in support, being from the people of understanding and the bravery, spiritualists with Allah-azwj, knowers of their religion, and what is for them, and what is against them, and who are their best of views, and upon you and them be the greetings’. And he-asws folded the letter and sealed it and sent it with a Bedouin(messenger). When it arrived to him, he kissed it (the letter) and placed it upon his eyes and his head. When he read it, he ascended the pulpit, he praised Allah-azwj and extolled upon Him-azwj and sent Salawaat upon Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws. Then he said, ‘O you people! Know that Usman has been killed and the people have pledged from after him to the righteous servant and the advising Imam-asws, brother-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww, and his-saww caliph, and he-asws is most rightful with the caliphate. He-asws is the brother-asws Rasool-Allah-saww, and son-asws of his-saww uncle-as, and remover of the worries from his-saww face, and husband of his-saww daughter-asws, and his-saww successor-asws, and father-asws of his-saww two grandsons-asws Amir Al-Momineen Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws. So, what are you saying regarding his-asws allegiance and entering into his-asws obedience? ’
He (the narrator) said, ‘The people clamoured with the crying and the wailing, and they said, ‘We listen and obey and love and honour to Allah-azwj and His-azwj Rasool-saww, and to the brother-asws of His-saww Rasool-saww’. He took the general allegiances for him-asws upon them. When they had pledged, he said to them, ‘I want ten of you from your chiefs, and your braves, sending them to him-asws like what he-asws has ordered me with’. They said, ‘We hear and obey! ’
He chose a hundred from them, then seventy from the hundred, then thirty from the seventy, then ten from the thirty, among them was Abdul Rahman Bin Muljim Al-Murady-la, and they went out at that time. When they (ten selected men from Yemen) came to him-asws, they greeted unto him-asws and congratulated him-asws for the caliphate. He-asws responded the greeting to them and was welcoming with them, Ibn Muljim-la went ahead and stood up in front of him-asws and said, ‘The greetings be unto you-asws, O you the just Imam-asws, and the full complete moon, and the important lion, and the lion hero, and the mighty horseman, and one Allah-azwj has merited over rest of the people. May the Salawaat of Allah-azwj be upon you-asws and upon your-asws honourable progeny-asws. I-la testify you are Emir of the Momineen-asws, truthfully, and rightfully, and you-asws are successor-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww, and caliph from after him-saww, and inheritor of his-saww knowledge. May Allah-azwj Curse the one who rejects your-asws right, and your-asws position. You-asws have become their Emir and their pillar. Your-asws justice is famous between the citizens, and the rain of your-asws grace is bestowed consecutively, and the clouds of your-asws mercy are raised upon them, and the Emir has got us up to (come to) you-asws, so we travelled with the coming to you-asws. So, be Blessed with this emergence of pleasure, and congratulations for the caliphate among the citizens’. Amir Al-Momine