Letter of Abi Abdillah (a. s) to a group of Shia — Hadith 1

r and ever. And know that it is an evil misfortune for the one who takes the risk of endangering the obedience to Allah (azwj) the Blessed, and to be disobedient to Him (azwj). So the choosing to violate what Allah (azwj) has Prohibited from the pleasures of the world would cut its people off from the eternal-Bliss in the Paradise, and its pleasures, and the prestige of its inhabitants. Woe be unto those! What a frustration they will face when they lose, and evil would be their condition with their Lord (azwj) on the Day of Judgement. Seek Refuge with Allah (azwj) that He (azwj) would Protect you from being in a situation similar to theirs forever, and be in afflictions like their afflictions. And there is no Might with us (asws) or with you except by Him (azwj). So, fear Allah (azwj), O group of saved people, that Allah (azwj) will Complete for you what He (azwj) has Granted you with, for the matter will not be complete until He (azwj) Makes you to enter into similar of what came upon the righteous ones before you, and until you face tribulation with regards to yourselves and your wealth, and until you hear from the enemies of Allah (azwj), a lot of painful words. So, observe patience and take it in your stride, and even if they humiliate you, and hate you, and even if they burden you with injustices. So bear these from them, seeking by that the Face of Allah (azwj) and the House of the Hereafter, and until you control your intense anger in the suffering for the sake of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic. <br>They will incriminate you, and even belie you about the truth, and be inimical towards you with regards to it, and be hateful towards you. So, observe patience on that from them, and all that has been Ratified in the Book of Allah (azwj) which Jibraeel (as) Descended with upon your Prophet (saww), getting your Prophet (saww) to hear the Words of Allah (azwj) Mighty and Majestic: “[46: 35] Therefore bear up patiently as did the messengers endowed with constancy bear up with patience and do not seek to hasten for them (their doom). ” Then He (azwj) Said: “[35: 4] And if they call you a liar, truly messengers before you were called liars”. So observe patience on what they lie about and hurt you with, for they had belied the Prophet (saww) of Allah (azwj), and the Messengers (as) from before him (saww), and hurt them along with the denial of the truth. And if you are happy with the Commands of Allah (azwj) regarding them (asws) whom Allah (azwj) Created for Himself