The Fifty-First Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the [Nineteenth] of Rabi` al-Awwal, 368 AH.

is there a healer?” (75:27) He said: That is the saying of the son of Adam when death comes to him. He says: “Is there a doctor? Is there a defender?” He said: “and he realizes that he will depart” (75:28) – meaning,…

I heard him say: There isn’t any less rain in one year than in another. Rather, Allah places it wherever He wishes. If a people sin, Allah sends what was apportioned to them to others, and to the deserts, the oceans, and…

Surely, in the Torah, it is written: O Musa! Surely, I created you, formed you, and strengthened you. I ordered you to obey Me and I prohibited you from disobeying Me. If you obey Me, I will support you in obeying Me,…

We were with `Abdullah b. Mas`ud showing our codices to him when a young man said to him: Did your Prophet tell you how many caliphs there would be after him? He said: You are young in age, yet none before you has asked…

We were sitting in a circle with `Abdullah b. Mas`ud when a Bedouin came and said: Which one of you is `Abdullah? `Abdullah b. Mas`ud said: I am `Abdullah. He said: Has your Prophet (s) ever told you how many caliphs…

This is the hadith of Mutrif: He said: We were sitting in the mosque, and `Abdullah b. Mas`ud was with us. A Bedouin came and said: Is there an `Abdullah among you? He said: Yes, I am `Abdullah. What do you need? He…

The caliphs after me are twelve like the number of chiefs of the Children of Israel.

I was with my father in the presence of the Prophet (s). I heard him say: There will be twelve emirs after me. Then, his voice went soft. So, I said to my father: What did the Messenger of Allah (s) say softly? He said:…

The affair of my Umma will continue to prevail until twelve caliphs have passed – all of whom are from Quraysh.

Shurayh the Judge said to me: I bought a [luxurious] house with eighty gold coins. I wrote a letter and had two just witnesses testify to it. So, Amir al-Mu’minin `Ali b. Abi Talib (as) was told about that, so he sent…

The Messenger of Allah (s) said: For Allah, there are angels who visit the Earth who deliver the salaam of my Nation to me.

I went to the Mosque of Kufa where I found a man in the seventh row standing in prayer. He was bowing and prostrating in a goodly way. So, I went to look at him, and he prostrated just before I got there. I heard him say…

al-Bara’ b. `Azib informed me. He said: When the Messenger of Allah (s) ordered for the trench (al-khandaq) to be dug, a great boulder appeared across the trench that could not be broken with a pickaxe. So, the Messenger…

`Ali b. Abi Talib (as) went to the Prophet (s) one day, weeping and saying: To Allah we belong, and to Him we shall return. So, the Messenger of Allah (s) said: What, `Ali? So, `Ali (as) said: O Messenger of Allah! My…

I went out with al-Hasan al-Basri and Anas b. Malik until we came to the door of Umm Salama (ra). So, Anas sat at the door, and I entered with al-Hasan al-Basri. So, I heard al-Hasan saying: Peace be unto you, mother,…