WILL of Imam Ali (A.S.)

(FOR IMAM HASSAN AND HUSSAIN (A.S) WHEN IBN MULJIM ASSASSINATED IMAM ALI (A.S)

I advise you (both) to fear Allah and that you should not long for the pleasures of this world even though it may run after you. Do not be sorry for anything of this world that you have been denied. Speak the truth and act (in expectation) for reward. Be an enemy of the oppressor and helper of the oppressed.

I advise you both and all my children and members of the family and everyone whom my writing reaches Allah, to keep your affairs in order, and to maintain good relations amongst yourselves for I have heard your grandfather (the Holy Prophet S.A.W.) saying that “Improvement of mutual differences is better than general prayers and fasting.”

Fear Allah and keep Allah in view in the matter of orphans. So do not allow them to starve and they should not be ruined in your presence.

Fear Allah and Keep Allah in view in the matter of your neighbors, because they are the subject of the Prophet’s advise. He went on advising in their favor till we thought he would allow them a share in inheritance.

Fear Allah and Keep Allah in view in the matter of the Qur’an. No one should excel you in acting upon it.

Fear Allah and Keep Allah in view in the matter of prayer, because it is the pillar of your religion.

Fear Allah and Keep Allah in view in the matter of your Lord’s House (Kaaba). Do not forsake it so long as you live, because if it is abandoned you will not be spared.

Fear Allah and Keep Allah in view in the matter of Jihad with the help of your property, lives and tongues in the way of Allah.

You should keep to a respect of kindship and spending for others. Avoid turning away from one another and severing mutual relations. Do not give up bidding for good and forbidding from evil, lest the mischievous gain positions over you, and then if you will pray, the prayer will not be granted.

Then he said: “O sons of Abdul Muttalib, certainly I do not wish to see you plunging harshly into the blood of Muslims shouting: ‘Ameeral Momineen has been killed.’ Beware do not kill on account of me except my killer.”

Wait till I die by his (Ibn Muljim’s) existing stroke. Strike him one stroke and do not dismember the limbs of the man, for I have heard the Messenger of Allah S.A.W. saying, “Avoid cutting limbs even though it may be a rabid dog.”