MIRACLE 84 – INHERITANCE OF HOLY PROPHET (SAWA)

It is narrated from Jabir bin Abdullah al-Ansari,

‘Abbas came to Imam Ali (a.s.) demanding inheritance of the Prophet (s.a.w.a.). He (a.s.) said to him: ‘There was nothing for Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) anything to be inherited except his (s.a.w.a.) mule ‘Duldul’, and his sword ‘Zulfiqar’, and his armour, and his turban ‘Al-Sahaab’, and I am not pleased with you seeking what is not for you’.

He said, ‘There is no escape from that, and I am more rightful as his uncle and his inheritor as compared to all the other people.

Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) got up and the people were with him, until he (a.s.) entered the Masjid. Then he (a.s.) instructed with the presentation of the armour, and the turban, and the sword, and the mule. They were brought to his presence.

He (a.s.) said to Abbas: ‘O uncle! If you have the strength for getting up with anything from these, the entirety of it is for you, for the inheritance of the Prophets is for their successors, besides the world and their children. But, if you are not strong enough to lift them, then there is no right for you in it’. He said, ‘Yes’.

Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) donned the armour on him by his hands, and cast the turban upon him, and the sword. Then he (a.s.) said: ‘Get up with the sword and the turban, O uncle!’ But he could not endure the getting up. He (a.s.) took back the sword from him and said: ‘Get up with the turban, for it is a sign of our Prophet (s.a.w.a.)’. He tried to get up but was not able upon that, and he remained baffled.

Then he (a.s.) said to him: ‘O uncle! And this mule at the door is for me and for my children. If you have the strength to ride it, then ride away with it’. He went out and with him was Adawy. He said to him, ‘O uncle of Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.)! Imam Ali (a.s.) is deceiving you regarding what you were in, so do not deceive yourself regarding the mule. When you place your legs in the stirrups, mention Allah, and recite: Surely, Allah Withholds the skies and the earth lest they cease. [35:41]’.

He (the narrator) said, ‘When mule looked at him coming along with the people, it fled and brayed with a loud braying what we had not heard from it, at all. Abbas fell down and fainted, and the people gathered, and he (a.s.) instructed with withholding it, but they were not able upon it.

Then Imam Ali (a.s.) called the mule by a name we had not heard before. It came submissive, humble. He (a.s.) placed his leg in the stirrups and leapt upon it and sat evenly upon it to ride. (Then) he (a.s.) summoned Imam Hasan (a.s.) and Imam Husain (a.s.) and instructed them with that.

Then Imam Ali (a.s.) wore the armour, and the turban, and the sword, and he (a.s.) rode it and travelled upon it to his house, and he (a.s.) was saying: ‘This is from the Grace of my Lord to Try me whether I am grateful [27:40], I and they both, or whether you are disbelieving, O so and so!’’¹

Footnotes

1. Behar al-Anwaar, Vol. 42, Chp 116, Trad 9 ↩