The Eighty-Ninth Assembly, the Assembly of Sunday, the First of Sha`ban, 368 AH, in the House of al-Sayyid Abi Muhammad Yahya b. Muhammad al-`Alawi (ra)

Allah revealed to Adam (as): O Adam! Surely, I have gathered all goodness for you in four sayings: one of them is for Me, one is for you, one is for that which is between Me and you, and one is for that which is between…

I heard `Ali b. Musa al-Rida (as) say: My God! Your power is apparent, even though You do not have a form. So, they become ignorant of You and they [try to] measure You, while the [true] measure is other than how they…

Al-Husayn b. `Ali (as) was asked – it was said to him: How was your morning, O son of the Messenger of Allah? He said: I awoke with a Lord above me, the Fire before me, death seeking me, and the Judgment staring at me. I…

Al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad (as) said: The affliction of the people is great: if we call to them, they do not take heed to us; and if we abandon them, they will not be guided by other than us.

Mufaddal said: I heard Al-Sadiq (as) say to his companions: He who finds the coolness of our love upon his heart shall increase his supplications for his mother, for surely, she did not betray his father.

I said to al-Sadiq (as): A man saw his Lord in his dream, so what is that? So, he said: That is a man with no religion. Surely, Allah cannot be seen when awake, nor in a dream, nor in this world, nor in the Hereafter.

I said to al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad (as): Inform me about Allah: Does He not cease in hearing, seeing, knowing, and being powerful? He said: Yes. So, I said to him: There is a man who claims to be upon your wilaya, the…

Salman al-Farisi (rh) was quarrelling with a man. So, the man said to him: Who are you, Salman? So, Salman said: As for my beginning and your beginning, it was an impure sperm. As for my end and your end, it will be a…

I heard Aba’l Hasan `Ali b. Musa al-Rida (as) say: Surely, I will be killed, poisoned, and buried in a strange land. I know that due to a covenant that was given to me by my father from his father from his forefathers…

[The Caliph] al-Mansur sent for al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad (as) to respond to something that he was told about. When he reached his gate, the gatekeeper came out to him and said: I seek refuge in Allah on your behalf…

Abu Talib said to the Prophet (s): O nephew! Did Allah commission you? He said: Yes. He said: Then show me a sign – he said: Call to this tree for me. So, he called to it, and it proceeded until it prostrated before him.…

O cousin of the Messenger of Allah! Tell me about Abi Talib. Was he a Muslim? So, he said: How can he not be a Muslim when he is the one that said: “They know that our son is not a liar, The false sayings do not receive…

Surely, the example of Abi Talib is like that of the companions of the cave, who kept the faith a secret and feigned paganism, so Allah gave them their reward twice.