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TRADITION OF THE MYSTICAL SHAWL
by zulk
Report from Fatima, the daughter of God’s Messenger. She said:
One day my father, God’s Messenger, came to my house and said to me:
"Peace be on you, Fatima."
I said:
"And upon you be peace"
He said:
"I feel weakness in my body"
I said:
"God protects you from weakness, father"
He said:
"
So, I brought the Yemeni Shawl and covered him with it.
Then, I looked at him and saw that his face was shining like a full moon with its glory and splendour.
After a while, my son Hasan came in and said:
"Peace be on you, mother"
I said:
"And upon you peace, O light of my eyes, and the delight of my heart"
He said:
"Mother! I smell a fragrance so sweet and so pure as that of my grandfather, God’s Messenger"
I said:
"Yes. Your grandfather is lying underneath the Shawl"
Hasan went near the Shawl and said:
"Peace be on you, my grandfather, God’s Messenger; May I enter the Shawl with you?"
He said:
"And upon you peace, my son and the master of my fountain (Kauthar), you are given the permission to enter"
So, Hasan entered the Shawl with him.
After a while, my Husain came in and said:
"Peace be on you, mother"
I said:
"And upon you peace, O light of my eyes, and the delight of my heart"
He said:
"Mother! I smell a sweet fragrance like that of my grandfather, God’s Messenger"
I said:
"Yes. Your grandfather and your brother are lying underneath the Shawl"
Husain stepped towards the Shawl and said:
"Peace be on you, my grandfather, the Chosen of God; May I enter the Shawl with you?"
He said:
"And upon you peace, my son and mediator of my followers, you are given the permission to enter"
So, Husain entered the Shawl with them.
After a while, Abul Hasan, Ali bin Abi Talib came in and said:
"Peace be on you, O daughter of God’s Messenger"
I said:
"And upon you peace, O father of Hasan, and the Commander of the faithful"
He said:
"
I said:
"Yes. He is underneath the Shawl with your two sons"
So, Ali went near the Shawl and said:
"Peace be on you, God’s Messenger; May I enter the Shawl with you?"
He said:
"And upon you peace, my brother, my legatee, my successor, and my standard bearer, you are given the permission to enter"
So, Ali entered the Shawl with them.
Then I stepped forward and said:
"Peace be on you, my father, O God’s Messenger; May I enter the Shawl with you?"
He said:
"And upon you peace, my daughter, O part of my self; you are given the permission to enter"
So, I entered the Shawl with them.
Getting together underneath the Shawl, my father, God’s Messenger, held the two ends of the Shawl and raised his right hand towards the heavens and prayed:
"O God, these are the People of my House (alolbet). They are my trusted and my supporters. Their flesh is my flesh and their blood is my blood. Whoever hurts them, hurts me too. Whoever displeases them, displeased me too. I am at war with those at war with them. I am at peace with those at peace with them. I am the enemy of their enemies and I am the friend of their friends. They are from me and I am from them. O God! Bestow Your Blessings, Benevolence, Forgiveness and Your pleasure upon me and upon them. And remove impurity from them and keep them thoroughly pure"
Then the Lord, Almighty God said:
"O My angels! O Residents of My Heavens, verily, I have not created the erected Sky, the stretched earth, the illuminated moon, the bright sun, the rotating planets, the flowing seas and the sailing ships, but for the love of these Five lying underneath the Shawl"
Gabriel, the trusted angel, asked:
"Who are under the Shawl?"
The Almighty answered:
"They are the Household of the Prophet and the assets of Prophethood. They are: Fatima, her father, her husband and her two sons"
Gabriel said:
"O Lord, May I fly to earth to be the sixth of them?"
God said:
"Yes. You are given the permission"
Gabriel, the trusted, landed near them and said:
"Peace is on you, O God’s Messenger. The All-Highest conveys His peace on you and His greetings and says:
‘By My Honour and Glory, O My angels! O Residents of My Heavens, verily, I have not created the erected Sky, the stretched earth, the illuminated moon, the bright sun, the rotating planets, the flowing seas and the sailing ships, but for your sake and love’. God has given me permission to enter the Shawl with you. May I join you, O God’s Messenger?"
The Messenger said:
"And peace be on you, O trusted bearer of God's verses! You are granted the permission"
So, Gabriel entered the Shawl with us and said to my father:
"God sends His Revelations to you: ‘Verily God's desire is to remove blemish from you, O People of House (elolbet) and purify you with a perfect purification’."
Then Ali said to my father:
"O God’s Messenger, tell me: What significance has God reserved from His grace for this gathering of ours under this Shawl?"
The Messenger said:
"I swear by He who rightfully appointed me a Prophet and selected me with Prophethood as a saviour: this episode of ours will not be recounted in any gathering from the gatherings of the people of the earth where a group of our Shias and lovers are present except that there will descend upon them mercy! And angels will encircle them asking God the remission of their sins until the assembly disperses!"
So Ali said:
"In that case, we have attained success, and our Shias have attained success, by the Lord of the Kabah!"
Then my father God’s Messenger said:
"O Ali! I swear by He who rightfully appointed me a Prophet and selected me with Prophethood as a saviour: this episode of ours will not be recounted in any gathering from the gatherings of the people of the earth where a group of our Shias and lovers are present and there be a person present full of grief except that God will remove his grief! And no person in distress except that will dispel his distress! And no seeker of any wish except that God grants his wish!“
Ali said:
"In that case, by God! We have attained success and felicity, and our followers also have attained success and felicity, in this world and the hereafter, by the Lord of the Kabah!"
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