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مَكْتَبَةُ كَتِيبَةِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نُصَيْرٍ

The Egyptian Epistle - Muhammad ibn Muqatil al-Qati'i

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Then he spoke in verse, saying:

Why is it that the sun of Abu al-Khattab has been veiled? O my companion, perhaps the Hour has drawn near.

And he ordered that this be sung for him, and it was sung.

As for the Curse, and what our Master al-Sadiq — exalted be his glory — manifested of it, and the curse that issued from him against Abu al-Khattab upon the tongue of Hayyaj al-Madaini when Zurara ibn A’yun and others among the adversaries — may God curse them — harmed him; and likewise when our Master al-Hasan al-Askari cursed our Lord Abu Shu’ayb Muhammad ibn Nusayr — peace be upon him — and the issuance of the curse upon the tongue of Saqil the servant to the Shia: it is just like the curse that issued upon the tongue of Hayyaj against Abu al-Khattab — peace be upon him.1

(453) Many reports appeared regarding this, among them what was related from our sheikh Lord Abu Abd Allah al-Khasibi — may God ennoble his station — who said: My sheikh Abu Muhammad Abd Allah al-Jannan narrated to me, saying: My sheikh Muhammad ibn Jundub the Orphan — peace be upon him — narrated to me from Lord Muhammad, from Lord Ali, from Lord Musa, from Lord Ja'far al-Sadiq — exalted be their glory — that he said when they increased in their cursing of Abu al-Khattab — peace be upon him: "Each human among you carries only what he is capable of bearing, for each of you has a known station in the degrees of the Kingdom; none of you shall rise to a rank above him.

Footnotes

1his we establish in the books of the "People of Shortcoming" (Ahl al-Taqsir) regarding what they related of the curse against the Orphan Bashshar al-Sha'iri — peace be upon him — that our Master al-Sadiq — exalted be his glory — said to Murazim: "May God curse Bashshar. O Murazim, say to them: Woe to you, repent to God, for you are disbelievers and polytheists." Bashshar was a neighbor to Murazim. Al-Sadiq — exalted be his glory — said to him (after some speech): "Bashshar has said a momentous thing. If you reach Kufa, go to him and say to him: Ja'far says to you: 'O transgressor, O disbeliever, O polytheist, I am quit of you.'" Murazim said: When I reached Kufa, I went to him and said: "Ja'far ibn Muhammad says to you: O disbeliever, O transgressor, O polytheist, I am quit of you." Bashshar said: "My Master mentioned me?!" I said to him: "Yes, he mentioned you with this which I told you." He said: "May God reward you with good," and he began to pray for me. Had this curse been a punishment and wrath, we would not have seen Bashshar rejoicing and praying for the transmitter of this speech. The matter pertains to all who are cursed outwardly and praised inwardly, foremost among them: Abu al-Khattab, Muhammad ibn Nusayr, and the Tested Abd al-Rahman ibn Muljam — prayers of the High, the All-Knowing be upon them.)
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