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Letter of Imam Hasan Askari (peace be with him) to Ali Ibn al-Hosein ibn Babawai al-Qommi (Father of Sheikh Sadooq)
🔷 In the name of Allah the most beneficent and merciful. All praise is for Allah and salvation is for pious ones (Muttaqīn). Heaven is for monotheists (Mowahhidïn) and hellfire is for polythiests (Mulhedīn). There is no punishment except for the oppressors. There is no God but Allah and
🔷 He is the best of creators and blessings (salawat) be on his best of creations, Prophet Mohammad and his progeny.
🔷 O my Sheikh. Oh! the person I rely on. O my jurist. Abul Hassan Ali Ibn Hussain Ibn Babawaih Al-Qommi, may Allah give you success in performing what He likes and. May He, with his mercy, give you virtuous offspring.
🔷 Be advised, always have consciousness of Allah (Taqwa), establish šalāt and be steadfast in sharing your blessings. [Alms, even in small amounts] because one who stops himself and others from giving alms, his prayers (šalāt) will not be accepted.
🔷 Be advised, always forgive those who have wronged you, control your anger and maintain your relations with your family members, help and fulfill the needs of your brothers and sisters in faith - regardless of good or bad time.
🔷 Develop tolerance and gain knowledge of your religion (faith).
🔷 Be firm in your actions and keep your promises with Quran. Develop good manners, advise others to do good and stop them from doing wrong.
🔷 Verily, Allah says (in Sura Nisa: 114), “Most of their secret conferring is devoid of good, unless one secretly enjoins in charity, good deeds, and setting the affairs of men right.”.
🔷 Make effort to refrain from doing any deed that is forbidden by Allah. Always perform your night prayers (šalāt-ul layl) as the Prophet of Allah (Peace be upon of him and his progeny) prescribed it to Imam Ali and said, “O Ali pray night-prayers. Pray pray night-prayers. Pray night-prayers (prophet repeated three times)”.
🔷 Imam continued, ”And who thinks lightly of the night-prayers is not amongst our followers.”
🔷 O Ali ibn Babawaih, heed my instructions and let them be known to my Shias so they practice them. Always be patient and always wait for the occultation (of Imam Mahdi) to end.
🔷 As prophet of God says; “The best of deeds for my nation is to wait for the awaited one (Imām Mahdi). My Shias will always have a sorrow in their heart until my son (Imam Mahdi) reappears. As the Prophet of Islam explained that he will fill the world with justice and righteousness as it will be filled with injustice and inequity.
🔷 O my Shiekh, O Abu-l Hasan Ali always be patient and also tell my Shias to have patience. Surely Allah owns the world and he bestows it on his servants. Surely salvation is for pious ones.
🔷 Peace and blessings be with you, and with all our Shia. Peace be with him and his progeny.
Reference:
📚Bahrāni, Lo’Lo’-ul Bahran, p. 384),
📚 Mohaqqeq Khwānsāri (Raudhāt-ul Jannāt, vol 2, p. 273)
📚 Mohaddis Nūri (Mostadrak-ul Wasāel, vol. 3, p. 527)
📚 Qādhi Nūr-ul Allah Shūshtari (Majāles-ul Mo’minīn, vol. 1, p. 453)
📚 Mohaddis Qommi (Fawāid-ur Razaviyah, p. 281)
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