Hadith d'Abu al-Hassan Musa, 'Alayhim al-Salam à Ali ibn Suwayd

95. A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Ismail Bin Mahraan, from Muhammad Bin Mansour Al-Khuzai’e, from Ali Bin Suweyd and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al-Husayn, from Muhammad Bin Ismail Bin Yazi’e, from his uncle Hamza bin Yazi’e, from Ali Bin Suweyd and Al-Hassan Biin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad Al-Nahdy, from Ismail Bin Mahraan, from Muhammad bin Mansour, from Ali Bin Suweyd who said: ‘I wrote to Abu Al-Hassan Musa (asws) whilst he (asws) was in the solitary confinement. I wrote asking him (asws) about his (asws) condition and about numerous matters. The answer did not come for months, then he (asws) answered me by an answer and this is its copy: - In the Name of Allah (azwj) the Beneficent, the Merciful. Praise be to the High, the Magnificent. It is by His (azwj) Greatness and His (azwj) Light the hearts of the ‘الْمُؤْمِنِينَ’ (believers) achieve vision, and by His (azwj) Greatness and His (azwj) Light, (whereas) the ignorant ones are inimical to Him (azwj), and by His (azwj) Greatness and His (azwj) Light crave the ones in the heavens and in the earth and to Him (azwj) is the Means by the different deeds and the contradictory Religions. So the rightful, and the mistaken, and the stray, and the guided, and the hearing, and the deaf, and the seeing, and the blind ones are perplexed. So the Praise Belongs to Allah (azwj) Whose Religion was recognised and described by Muhammad (saww). Having said that, you are of the people whom Allah (azwj) has Blessed by Sending the Progeny (asws) of Muhammad (saww) (towards you and) and by special status, and Preserved the cordiality which attracted you to His (azwj) Religion, and what He (azwj) has Inspired from your guidance and your vision from the matters of your Religion that you give preference to them (asws) and are referring your matters to them (asws). You wrote to me (asws) asking me (asws) about matters which I (asws) was observing dissimulation in and concealed them for a while. So when the authority of the tyrant passed by, and there came the authority of the One (azwj) with Great Authority, by my (asws) departing from the world which has been condemned by its inhabitants who have hardened themselves against their Creator, I (asws) saw that I (asws) could explain to you what you had asked me (asws) about, fearing that our (asws) weak Shiites may enter into confusion because of the ignorance which is in front of them. So fear Allah (azwj), Mighty is His (azwj) Mention, and single out for these matters, its deserving ones, and be cautious that you should become a reason for the calamities against the successors (asws) or provoking (people) against them (asws) by publicising what I (asws) am entrusting you with and exposing what I (asws) have told you to conceal, and Allah (azwj) Willing, you will not do this. Firstly what I (asws) would like to inform you is that you should mourn for myself (asws) in this very night without remorse and no complaints, for what is to transpire is from what Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic has Ordained and is inevitable. So attach yourself to the Handle of the Progeny (asws) of Muhammad (saww), and the Firmest Handle of the successor (asws) after the successor (asws), and the submission to them (asws) and be pleased with what they (asws) say, and do not seek Religion from the ones who are not from your Shiites, and do not love their Religion, for they are traitors who have betrayed Allah (azwj) and His (azwj) Rasool (saww), and betrayed their trusts. And do you know how they betrayed their trusts? They were entrusted with the Book of Allah (azwj) so they distorted it and changed it, and evidenced it upon the rulers among them. So stay away from them. Allah (azwj) has Made them to Taste the clothing of the hunger, and the fear due to what they had done. And you asked about two men (Abu Bakr and Umar) who usurped the wealth of a man which he used to spend upon the poor and the needy and the traveller in need, and in the Way of Allah (azwj). So when they usurped that, they were not happy until they made him carry it unwillingly upon his ride to their own homes. When they undertook to be in charge of its spending, and so reached infidelity by doing that. By my (asws) life, they had become hypocrites before that and rejected against Allah (azwj) His (azwj) Words, and mocked at His (azwj) Rasool (saww), and they were both infidels. May Allah (azwj) Curse them, and the Angels, and the people altogether. By Allah (azwj), the ‘Eman’ (belief) did not enter into the heart of any one of them since their coming out from their condition (Kufr), and it did not increase them in anything except for doubts. They were deceivers, sceptical, hypocrites until they both died and the Angels of Punishment took them to the place of disgrace in the eternal abode. And you asked about those who were in the presence of that man whilst he was usurping his wealth and placed it upon his ride, and there were among them who knew about it and denied it. So those (Abu Bakr and Umar) are the first apostates from this community, and so may the Curse of Allah (azwj) and the Angels and all the people be upon them. And you asked about extent of our (asws) Knowledge, and it is upon three aspects. The past, and the future, and the newly recurring. So as for the past, it has been explained, and as for the future, it has been written down, and as for that which is newly occurring, so it gets imprinted upon the hearts, and resonated in the ears, and it is the highest of our (asws) Knowledge, and there is no Prophet (as) after our (asws) Prophet (saww). And you asked about the mothers of their children (the followers of those two), and about their marriages, and about their divorces. So, as for the mothers of their children, they are prostitutes up to the Day of Judgement, having married without a guardian (Wali’s consent), and going through divorces without (completing the) waiting periods. And as for the one who enters into our (asws) Invitation (call to Wilayah), so his ‘Eman’ demolishes his misguidance, and so does his ‘Yaqeen’ conviction (demolish) his doubts. And you asked about the Zakaat among them. So, there was nothing from the Zakaat (for them), as you are more deserving of it, because we (asws) have made that to be lawful for you, and those who are from you wherever they may be. And you asked about the weak. So the weak is the one who cannot argue against (the batil) and he does not understand the differences, for if he understands the difference, then he is not with the weakness. You asked about the ‘الشَّهَادَاتِ’ testimonies for them. So establish the testimony for the sake of Allah (azwj), even if it is against your own-self, and the parents and the relatives in what is between you and them. So if you fear injustice against your brother, don’t (be part of it). And call to the Law of Allah (azwj), as He (azwj) has (placed those) in our (asws) recognition (Ma’rifat). The one who hopes would be Answered and do not barricade yourself by the fort of hypocrisy. And befriend the Progeny (asws) of Muhammad (saww) and do not speak of what reaches you from us (asws), and ascribe to us that ‘this is false’, and you may know something from us (asws) which is against it, for you do not know why we (asws) may have said it, and upon which perspective we may have described it. Believe in what I (asws) inform you (asws) and do not publicise what I (asws) have told you to conceal from what I (asws) inform you. It is from the obligatory right of your brother that you do not conceal anything from him which might benefit him in the affairs of the world and the Hereafter. And do not hold a grudge against him and not to hurt him, and answer his call when he calls you and do not leave him alone between him and his enemies from the people even though they may be closer to you than him, and support him in his illness. It is not from etiquettes of the ‘الْمُؤْمِنِينَ’ Believers, the defrauding, and the injuring, and the treachery, and the arrogance, and the vulgarities, and the immoralities, and the commanding for such things. So if you were to see the deformed Bedouin in legions (large armies), so wait for your relief (Al-Qaim (asws)), and for your Shiites, the believers, and when the sun rises, raise your vision to the sky and look at what Allah (azwj) has Done with the criminals. So I (asws) have explained to you all of this in summary. And send greetings upon Muhammad (saww) and his (saww) Progeny (asws), the righteous’.

Louange à Allah, le Très Haut, le Très Grand. Par Sa grandeur et Sa lumière, Il éclaire les cœurs des croyants, tandis que les ignorants s'opposent à Lui. Par Sa grandeur et Sa lumière, Il est recherché par ceux dans les cieux et sur terre, comme moyen par différentes actions et religions contradictoires. Certains sont touchés, d'autres se trompent, certains sont égarés, d'autres sont guidés, certains entendent, d'autres sont sourds, certains voient, d'autres sont aveugles, perplexes. Louange à Allah qui a connu et décrit Sa religion. Muhammad (que la paix soit sur lui et sa famille) a dit: "Après cela, tu es un homme que Dieu a envoyé de la famille de Muhammad à un rang spécial, gardant l'amour de ce qu'Il t'a confié de Sa religion, de ce qu'Il t'a inspiré de ta sagesse, et de ce qu'Il t'a montré de tes affaires religieuses en les préférant. Ne sois pas la cause d'une calamité pour les successeurs, ni un obstacle pour eux en divulguant ce que tu as gardé en dépôt, et en montrant ce que tu as caché. Tu ne le feras pas si Dieu le veut. Le premier de ce que je te recommande est de te présenter toi-même dans ces nuits sans crainte, sans regret, sans doute sur ce qui se passe, ce que Dieu a décidé et déterminé. Alors, attache-toi fermement au pilier de la religion de la famille de Muhammad, le pilier solide, le successeur après le successeur, leur accordant la paix et étant satisfait de ce qu'ils disent. Ne cherche pas la religion de ceux qui ne sont pas de ta communauté, et n'aime pas leur religion, car ce sont des traîtres qui ont trahi Dieu, Son Messager, et leur confiance. Et tu sais comment ils ont trahi leur confiance. Ils ont été confiés avec le Livre de Dieu, l'ont déformé, l'ont changé, et ont incité les dirigeants parmi eux à s'en détourner. Alors Dieu leur a fait goûter le vêtement de la faim et de la peur pour ce qu'ils faisaient. Tu as demandé au sujet de deux hommes qui ont volé un homme dont la richesse était dépensée pour les pauvres, les nécessiteux, les voyageurs, et dans la voie de Dieu. Lorsqu'ils l'ont volé, ils n'étaient pas satisfaits de l'endroit où ils l'ont volé, jusqu'à ce qu'ils le portent contre sa volonté sur leur dos jusqu'à leurs maisons. Lorsqu'ils l'ont gardé, ils se sont demandé s'ils avaient commis un acte d'incrédulité. Par mon âme, ils avaient déjà été hypocrites avant cela, et ont rejeté la parole de Dieu, et ont ridiculisé Son Messager (que la paix soit sur lui et sa famille), et ils sont les mécréants. Sur eux, la malédiction de Dieu, des anges et de toute l'humanité. Par Dieu, rien n'est entré dans le cœur de l'un d'eux de la foi depuis leur départ de leur état initial, et ils n'ont fait que douter. Ils étaient des hypocrites trompeurs, des incroyants douteux, jusqu'à ce que les anges du châtiment les emportent vers le lieu de la honte dans la demeure de la résidence. Tu as demandé à propos d'un homme qui assistait à la spoliation de sa richesse et qui était témoin de cela, certains approuvant, d'autres désapprouvant. Ceux-là sont les gens de la première apostasie de cette communauté. Sur eux, la malédiction de Dieu, des anges et de toute l'humanité. Tu as demandé sur l'étendue de notre connaissance, qui est sur trois aspects: le passé, le futur et le présent. Quant au passé, il est expliqué, quant au futur, il est écrit, quant au présent,