{"id":21613,"date":"2019-01-25T17:39:47","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T14:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roshd.com\/?p=21613"},"modified":"2025-07-13T12:25:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T08:55:23","slug":"heir-to-the-prophetic-treasury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roshd.com\/en\/heir-to-the-prophetic-treasury\/","title":{"rendered":"The Heir of the Prophet"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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He was one of the high rank members of his tribe. Just like his colleagues, he had a long hatred for Ali\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0and his sons and he was even proud of that. His tribe was later called “Khawarij\u00a0<\/em>(Kharijites)” which means those who revolted against the commander of faithful, Ali\u00a0(PBUH). Since they had considered Ali and his sons – Hassan and Hussain\u00a0(PBUT)\u00a0– as infidels, they posed a war against them later on.<\/p>

His name was\u00a0Nafe’ Ibn Arzaq<\/em>\u00a0and he was one of the leaders of\u00a0Khawarij<\/em>. Once upon a time he entered Masjid al-Haram; Husain Ibn Ali\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0and Abdullah Ibn ‘Abbas[1]<\/a> were sitting in a corner. Nafe’ went and sit with them. After a few minutes Nafe’ turned to Ibn Abbas and said: “O Ibn ‘Abbas! Describe the God Who you worship.”<\/p>

Ibn ‘Abbas was silent for a while and did not say anything. Hussain\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0turned to Nafe’ and said: “O Nafe’! I will answer your question.”<\/p>

Nafe’ kept no respect for the son of Prophet and addressed Hussain\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0impolitely: “I did not ask you the question.”<\/p>

Ibn Abbas told Nafe’: “Don’t talk to the son of Prophet in this manner. He belongs to the\u00a0progeny of the Prophet<\/strong>\u00a0and he is a\u00a0great source of wisdom<\/strong>.”<\/p>

Nafe’ turned to Imam Hussain\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0and said: “Describe the God for me.”<\/p>

Even though Imam Hussain\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0had seen Nafe’s bad behavior, he pretended that nothing had happened and said:<\/p>

“I describe Allah the way He described Himself and I know Him they way He introduced Himself for us. He is the One\u00a0Who cannot be understood with senses of mankind<\/strong>\u00a0and He is\u00a0not comparable with the creatures<\/strong>. He is close to us but not connected. He is far while He is not away. He is the only one who has no parts. There is no Lord except Him. He is the greatest and the Most High.”<\/p>

The narrator says Nafe’ started to cry heavily. Imam Hussain\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0asked him: “What made you cry?”<\/p>

Nafe’ replied: “The beauty of your words made me cry.”<\/p>

Imam Hussain\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0said: “O Nafe’! I have heard that you accuse my father, brother, and me of being unbelievers.”<\/p>

Nafe’ replied: “By Allah I swear that from what I heard from you today, I have no doubt that you are the luminous fountain of Islam and the highlights of the commands of Allah.”<\/p>

\u00a0\u00a0Imam Hussain\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0said: “O Nafe’ let me ask you a question about the words of Allah in the Holy Quran: “And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the town; and there was under it a treasure belonging to them; and their father was a righteous man, and your Lord intended that they should attain their maturity and then\u00a0 take out their treasure<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0as a mercy from your Lord\u00a0<\/em>…<\/strong>“\u00a0[2]<\/a><\/sup> Who had protected the treasure of those children until they were mature enough to manage their heritage.”<\/p>

Nafe’ said: “Their father.”<\/p>

Imam Hussain\u00a0(PBUH)\u00a0said: “Which one has a higher status: the parents of those two children or Prophet Muhammad and his daughter Fatimah?”<\/p>

Nafe’ who got Imam’s point, could not either say a word or accept the issue. Thus decided to leave that place…<\/p>

Allah\u00a0(SWT)\u00a0protected the wealth of a father for many years until that heritage can be given to the actual inheritors; as sign of respect for on of His pious servant. But, can anyone believe that Allah\u00a0(SWT)\u00a0would not protect the treasure of\u00a0knowledge<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0guidance<\/strong>\u00a0of the His Messenger who is the best of all people? Wouldn’t Allah\u00a0(SWT)\u00a0guard such treasure for its true inheritors? Who else is more deserving than\u00a0Prophet’s righteous progeny<\/strong>\u00a0who have been trained in the house of revelation?\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>

(Reference: Selected from “Tafsir al-Ayyashi<\/em>“, by Muhammad ibn Mas’ud Ayyashi)[3]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>

Footnotes:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>

[1]<\/a> Ibn Abbas was of the outstanding students of Amir al-Mu’minin (PBUH). He is considered as a great interpreter and scholar of his time in the eyes of Sunnis.<\/p>

[2]<\/a> The Holy Quran, 18:82. In this verse Allah (SWT) points to the story of Moses and Khedr (PBUT) where they reached a city and there was an old wall. The wall was about to collapse and Khedr fixed the wall by the command of Allah (SWT). This verse points to the reason why this wall had to be fixed.<\/p>

[3]<\/a> Besides Tafsir al-Ayyashi (vol.2, p.338), this narration may also be found in the following books:<\/p>

– Tarikh Madinah Damishq, vol. 14, p. 184<\/p>

– Tawhid by Sheikh Saduq, p. 80<\/p>

– Raudah al-Wa’edhin, p. 34<\/p>

– Tafsir Noor al-Thaqalayn, vol. 3, p. 290<\/p>

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