Tradition of Abu Darda and Supplication (Munajat) of Ali (A.S.).
Ref: Manazelul Akherah
Ibne Babawayh relates from Umru' bin zubayr that one day the prophet
(S.A.W.S.) was sitting with His companions. We started discussing about
the worship and virtues of the Martyrs of Badr and Ahlulbait (A.S).
Suddenly Abu Darda said., "O people ! I would like to introduce to you
a person whose wealth is the least amongst all the companions, but his
worship and piety is more than anyone else". People asked him as to who
that person was? He took the name of Ali (A.S.) and people turned their
faces away from him. One man from amongthe Ansar got up and told him, "O Abu
Darda
! Today you have made such a claim when nobody supports you" Abu Darda
rep1ied, "I have told you whatever I have seen with my eyes, while you
say only that which you hear from others. Listen what I have to say and
then judge. One day I met Imam Ali (A.S.) in Nakhlistan of Bani Najjar.
I saw that Ali (A.S.) was hiding from the view of His companions and
was standing behind a tree.He called out a sad and sorrowful voice : O
Allah ! How many
grievous crimes I have committed. And instead of punishing me, You have
acted with temperateness. And I have committed many mistakes and
errorse but You have
not disgraced me nor humiliated me, instead You had mercy on me. O
Allah ! If my age passes in in Your disobedience, and the scrolls of my
deeds get filled with
sins, I shall not wish for any thing else except Your Mercy and
Beneficence". I hid myself in the nearby bushes to hear what He said, I
saw Ali (A.S.) reciting many units
(Rak'at) of Namaz, and after Finishing each Namaz He became engrossed
in supplications, weeping and wailing. The supplication which He
recited was: "O Allah ! When I think about Your Mercy and Beneficence,
sins seem light in my eyes. But when I think about Your anger and
wrath, these very sills become heavy for me. Mercy be on. me when I see
these sins of mine written down in the scrolls of my deeds, which You have
noted down. And mercy be on me when You will
order Your Angels to imprison me. Verily I lament upon this
imprisonment. The prisoner
whose retribution of sins will not even save his group. And while group
would not reach up to help him, and the people of Qayamat wil pity his
bad state. O that fire, which melts the liver and kidneys, and cracks
the skulls". Then Ali (A.S.) started weeping bitterly and his voice
faded away. I thought to myself that He must have dozed off due to
remaining awake. I decided to wake Him for the morning Prayers. I shook
him constantly but found no signs of life. His body had turned solid
like a dry stick. I thought that He had died due to grief and said:
"Surely we are Allah's and
to Him we shall surely return". (Surah-al-Baqarah: 156).I ran to the
house of Hazrat Fatema (A.S.) to give Her the news of the death of Ali
(A.S.) I narrated to Her whatever I had seen. She (A.S.) replied, "O
Abu Darda! This frequently happens to Ali because of fear of Allah". I
took some water with me and went to that place where He was lying and
sprinkled some on his face.He gained consciousness and looked at me
weeping. He asked me as to why I was weeping, to which I narrated the
whole incident. Then Ali (A.S.) said, "O Abu Darda ! Do you assume that
I will be able to enter paradise, when all the evil-doers know that
undoubtedly they shall be chastised. And when harsh and short - tempered Angles
will have surrounded me
from all sides and take me to the Compelling (Jabbar) Lord At that
moment all my friends will have deserted me and all people will pity
me. You will see my wretched state, when I will be standing in front of
my Lord as a culprit whose bad deeds will have been made apparent " Abu
Darda continued, "By Allah! I have seen no other companion more
virtuous and pious than Ali (A.S.) I stated below the very words of Ali
(A.S.) as He supplicated before Almighty Allah, so that His followers
may follow His practise and in the darkness of the night recite this
Du'a in the Mid-night prayers (Namaze Shab). Shaikh Bahai also quotes
this supplication in his book Miftahul Falah.
الهى كم من موبقة حلت عن مقابلتها بنعمتك وكم من
جريرة تكرمت عن كشفها بكرمك الهى ان طال في عصيانك عمري وعظم في الصحف
ذنبي فانا بمؤمل غير غفرانك ولا براض غير رضوانك الهي افكرفي عفوك فتهون
علي خطيئتي ثم اذكر العظيم من اخذك فتعظم علي بليتي اه ان انا قرات في
الصحف سيئة انا ناسيها وانت محصيها فتقول خذوه فياله من ماخوذ لاتنجيه
عشيرته ولاتنفعه قبيلته اه من نار تنضج الاكباد والكلي اه من نار نزاعة
للشوى اه من لهبات لظى.
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