Chapter on What to Say Upon Entering a City or Village
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 2|Book 3|Chapter 40
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 2, Book 3, Chapter 40
Chapter on What to Say Upon Entering a City or Village
3 hadiths
كَانَ فِي وَصِيَّةِ رَسُولِ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ لِعَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «يَا عَلِيُّ إِذَا أَرَدْتَ مَدِينَةً أَوْ قَرْيَةً فَقُلْ حِينَ تُعَايِنُهَا: اَللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ خَيْرَهَا وَ أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ شَرِّهَا اَللَّهُمَّ حَبِّبْنَا إِلَى أَهْلِهَا وَ حَبِّبْ صَالِحِي أَهْلِهَا إِلَيْنَا ».
In the will of the Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى (peace and blessings of Allah سبحانه وتعالى be upon him and his family) to Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib عليه السلام, he said: "O Ali, when you approach a city or village, say as you behold it: 'O Allah سبحانه وتعالى, I ask You for its goodness, and I seek refuge in You from its evil. O Allah سبحانه وتعالى, make us beloved to its people, and make its righteous inhabitants beloved to us.'"
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh
رَوَى اَلْحَسَنُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ اَلْوَابِشِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: «مَا مِنْ مُؤْمِنٍ يَمُوتُ فِي أَرْضِ غُرْبَةٍ تَغِيبُ عَنْهُ فِيهَا بَوَاكِيهِ إِلاَّ بَكَتْهُ بِقَاعُ اَلْأَرْضِ اَلَّتِي كَانَ يَعْبُدُ اَللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَلَيْهَا وَ بَكَتْهُ أَثْوَابُهُ وَ بَكَتْهُ أَبْوَابُ اَلسَّمَاءِ اَلَّتِي كَانَتْ يَصْعَدُ فِيهَا عَمَلُهُ وَ بَكَاهُ اَلْمَلَكَانِ اَلْمُوَكَّلاَنِ بِهِ».
Al-Hasan ibn Mahbub narrated from Abu Muhammad al-Wabishi, from Imam Abu Abdullah عليه السلام, who said: "No believer dies in a land of exile, away from his loved ones, except that the patches of earth on which he worshipped Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Mighty and Glorious, weep for him. His garments weep for him, the gates of the heavens through which his deeds ascended weep for him, and the two angels assigned to him weep for him."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh
وَ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: «إِنَّ اَلْغَرِيبَ إِذَا حَضَرَهُ اَلْمَوْتُ اِلْتَفَتَ يَمْنَةً وَ يَسْرَةً وَ لَمْ يَرَ أَحَداً رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَيَقُولُ اَللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَى مَنْ تَلْتَفِتُ إِلَى مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكَ مِنِّي وَ عِزَّتِي وَ جَلاَلِي لَئِنْ أَطْلَقْتُكَ عَنْ عُقْدَتِكَ لَأُصَيِّرَنَّكَ فِي طَاعَتِي وَ لَئِنْ قَبْضَتُكَ لَأُصَيِّرَنَّكَ إِلَى كَرَامَتِي.
Imam عليه السلام said: "When a stranger faces death, he looks to his right and left but sees no one. He raises his head, and Allah سبحانه وتعالى, the Mighty and Glorious, says: 'To whom do you turn? To one who is better for you than Me? By My might and My majesty, if I release you from this bond, I will place you in My obedience, and if I take your soul, I will place you in My honor.'"
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh