The twelfth story is, the debate between a Shiite and a Sunni. In the second chapter of the last lines of, 窶漏iyﾄ≪ｸ al-ﾊｿulamﾄ¬ｾ窶’s first part, the knowledgeable and grand scholar, Mﾄｫrzﾄ Abd Allﾄ” Isfahﾄ］ﾄｫ, the student of ﾊｿAllﾄ［a al-Majlisﾄｫ (mGmhs),that Shaykh Abu al- Qﾄ《im ibn Mu盧･ammad ibn Abﾄｫ al- Qﾄ《im 盧､asemﾄｫ, the grand and perfect scholar, known as 盧､asemﾄｫ, who is of nobles of our companion elders. And it is obvious that he has been a companion from the old days. ﾊｿﾄmﾄｫr Sayyid al-盧､usayn al-ﾊｿﾄmilﾄｫ, known as 窶弄ujtahid窶, contemporary of Shah Abbas the great,ﾂ at the end of his risﾄ〕a in which he mentioned the conditions of the Sunni people in this world and the hereafter, stating some of the debates between Shiite and Sunni, he ﾂsaid as follow:
The secondﾂ is, a strange story that took place in the pure town, Hamedan, between a Twelver Shi’a and a Sunni person which I saw in an old book, which is likely to be written three hundred years before this. It was written as follows:
There was an old friendship and companionship between one of the Twelver Shi’a scholars whose name was Abu al- Qﾄ《im ibn Mu盧･ammad ibn Abﾄｫ al- Qﾄ《im 盧､asemﾄｫ, and one Sunni scholar, called Rafﾄｫﾊｿ al-Dﾄｫn 盧､usayn. They had a partnership in their properties and were together in most situations and on trips. But, none of them hid his religion or his belief from the other. Abu al- Qﾄ《im used to call Rafﾄｫﾊｿ al-Dﾄｫn Nﾄ≪ｹ｣ibﾄｫ, as humor, and on the other hand, Rafﾄｫﾊｿcalled Abu al- Qﾄ《im as Rﾄ’i盧溝h
Since their companionship, they窶况e never had a religious debate, until once a discussion happened between them in the mosque of Hamedan, which they called it Mosque of Atigh.
During their discussion, Rafﾄｫﾊｿ al-Dﾄｫn 盧､usayn knew such and such people superior to Amir al-Mu’minin (pbuh). In return, Abu al- Qﾄ《im denied his idea and knew Amir al-Mu’minin (pbuh) superior to such and such people.
Then, Abu al- Qﾄ《im argued for his religion with many verses and A盧･ﾄ‥ﾄｫth, and mentioned many states, kiramahs2, ﾂand miracles which have been performed by His Majesty. But, Rafﾄｫﾊｿ al-Dﾄｫn said the contrary, and argued for superiority of Abﾄｫ Bakr over Amir al-Mu’minin (pbuh), bringing reasons like his kind relationship and companionship in the cave1, and addressing him as as-ﾈ亙ddﾄｫq Akbar, among Muhﾄ）irﾅｫn2 and An盪｣ﾄ〉3.
And he also said that Abu Bakr was special among the Muhﾄ）irﾅｫn and An盪｣ﾄ〉 in terms of relationship4, caliphate, and Imamate. He also added that there are two 盧､ﾄ‥ﾄｫths stated by the Prophet (pbuh&h) in the honor of Abﾄｫ Bakr; one of which is that 窶弸ou are as my shirt, etc.窶
And the second is that, 窶廡ollow two people after me, Abﾄｫ Bakr and ﾊｿUmar.窶 The Shiite Abu al- Qﾄ《im, after hearing these words from Rafﾄｫﾊｿ al-Dﾄｫn said, 窶路ow do you prefer Abu Bakr over Sayyid ﾅｪsﾄｫa5.
He asked, 窶聾hy do you consider Abu Bakr prior to Walﾄｫs [the Infallible Imﾄ［s (pbu th)] who are the successors, the proved Walﾄｫs and the standard bearer of all Jinns and Humans. They are decision makers for the people of hell and heaven; while, you know that Excellency [Imﾄ［ Alﾄｫ (pbuh)] is Siddiq Akbar7, Farooq Adhar8, the brother of the Messenger of God (pbuh&h), Batul9 (pbuh)窶冱 husband?! Furthermore, you know that Excellency slept in the Messenger of God窶冱 bedclothes toward, when he had to [the Prophet (pbuh&h)] escaped from the darkness immorality of disbelievers and went toward the cave. Also, he shared hardship and with the Messenger of God (pbuh&h).
In addition, the Messenger of God (pbuh&h) banned all the doors of entering the Companions to the mosque, but the one for the Excellency [Imﾄ［ Alﾄｫ (pbuh]. He let Alﾄｫ (pbuh) stepped the Prophet (pbuh&h)窶冱 noble scapula, in order to break the idols, in the early times of Islam. Also, The Glorious and supreme Almighty God married Fﾄ》imﾄ (pbuh) to Alﾄｫ (pbuh), among the groups of angels. He also fought with ﾊｿAmr ibn ﾊｿAbdiwadd, conquered Khaybar and there was not the slightest doubt The Almighty God, against those three people.
Moreover, the Messenger of God (pbuh&h) likened Ali (pbuh) to four prophets (pbu th), when he stated, 窶聾hoever likes to see ﾃＥam and knows his knowledge, see Noah and knows his realization, see Mﾅｫsﾄ and knows his firmness, and see Jesus and knows his piety, then looks at Alﾄｫ ibn Abi 盪ｬﾄ〕ib (pbuh).
ﾘｪﾙ ﾘｧﾙ勺ほ詔ﾙ ﾙﾙ勺異壷ﾘｧﾙ ﾘｧﾙ勺ﾙ坪ｶﾙ勺ﾙ ﾙﾙ拙ﾙ嬬ｾﾙ詔ﾘｧ
ﾘｧﾙ勺ﾙ詔ﾙ ﾙﾙ拙ﾙ胎借ｰﾙ ﾙﾙ借ｶﾙ胎勺ﾙ坪ｪﾙ詔 ﾙﾙ証ｪﾙ勺ﾙ勺ほ胎切ｵﾘｧ
ﾘｧﾙ勺ﾙ勺ﾙ ﾘｪﾙ借ｱﾙ ﾘｧﾙ勺ﾙ胎 ﾘｧﾙﾘｳﾙ胎杓雇壷ﾙ ﾙ館証ｱﾘｲﾙ坪ｱﾙ ﾘｨﾙ切ｭﾙ借ｯﾙ胎拙ﾙ
ﾙﾙ勺ぺｧﾙﾙ詔ﾙ ﾚｾﾘｰﾘｧ ﾘｧﾙﾙ坪ｳﾙ胎杓雇壷ﾙ ﾘｧﾙ借ｭﾙ坪ｰﾙ ﾙﾙ拙 ﾘｧﾙﾘｹﾙ借ｵﾘｧ
It’s like you say,
窶弋he sword is sharper than the staff!窶
This comparison questions the effectiveness of the sword.
and when the young man ended reciting these two couplets, Abu窶冤 Qﾄ《im and Rafﾄｫﾊｿ al-Dﾄｫn were astound by his eloquence and rhetoric. But as they wanted to ask more questions about him, he disappeared from their sights and they couldn窶冲 find him! Yet, when Rafﾄｫﾊｿ al-Dﾄｫn observed that extraordinary and shocking event, he left his false religion and converted to Twelver Shﾄｫﾊｿﾄｫsm [Imﾄ［ﾄｫyyah].
After explaining this story from the book, the author of 窶彝iyadh窶 said:
That young man seemed to be His Excellency Qﾄ≫冓m (mGehr). So, it emphasizes what, we will mention in the chapter 9. Well, the previous two couplets exist in the scholars窶 books; having been changed and added:
ﾙ館勺ほ詔異ﾙ詔異ﾙ ﾙﾙ ﾙﾙ借ｶﾙ胎拙ﾙ ﾘｹﾙ勺ﾙ摂鈷ｧ ﾘｹﾙ勺ﾙ杓雇嬬ｾﾙ拙ﾙ
ﾙﾙ勺ﾙ借ｳﾙ坪ｪﾙ ﾘｧﾙ勺ほ詔異ﾙ ﾘｧﾙﾘｪﾙ胎切ｨﾙ坪ｱﾙ ﾘｧﾙ借ｹﾙ壷ﾙ ﾙﾙ拙ﾙ ﾘｧﾙﾙ借ｭﾘｵﾘｧ
ﾘｧﾙ切ｰﾘｧ ﾘｧﾙ勺ﾙ借ｧ ﾙﾙ借ｶﾙ胎勺ﾙ坪ｪﾙ ﾘｧﾙﾘｧﾙ拙ﾘｧﾙﾙ ﾘｹﾙ勺ﾙ杓雇嬬ｾﾙ拙ﾙ
ﾘｧﾙ勺ﾙ詔ﾙ ﾘｨﾙ切ｧﾙﾙ胎借ｰﾙ ﾙﾙ借ｶﾙ胎勺ﾙ坪ｪﾙ詔ﾙ ﾙﾙ証ｪﾙ勺ﾙ勺ほ胎切ｵﾘｧ
ﾘｧﾙ勺ﾙ勺ﾙ ﾘｪﾙ借ｱﾙ ﾘｧﾙ勺ﾙ胎 ﾘｧﾙﾘｳﾙ胎杓雇壷ﾙ ﾙ館証ｲﾙ坪ｱﾙ ﾘｨﾙ切ｭﾙ借ｯﾙ胎拙ﾙ
ﾙﾙ勺ぺｧﾙﾙ借ｩﾙ ﾚｾﾘｰﾘｧ ﾘｧﾙﾘｳﾙ胎杓雇壷ﾙ ﾘｧﾙ借ｹﾙ壷ﾙ ﾙﾙ拙ﾙ ﾘｧﾙﾙ坪ｹﾙ借ｵﾘｧ
It is said to me,
窶弃refer Alﾄｫ (pbuh) over them!窶
I will never say that gold is more valuable than sand!
If I give priority to the Imﾄ［ over them; In fact, I have showed him unimportant/ in a low rank.
Then he stated, 窶榔erform a noon, an afternoon and an evening prayer with the intention of night prayer.窶 And I did so. After that, I asked His Excellency 盧､ujjat (mGehr), 窶牢hould I perform night prayer? 窶路e stated, 窶郎es, you should! But stop performing such improper prayers that you used to!窶
Anyhow, he stated many other things that I can窶冲 remember!
Well, I requested, 窶楼, my Mawlﾄ! I wonder if you permitted me to serve you at any time?!窶 Also, I beg you to give me a book based on which, I can behave!窶 There he stated, 窶露 gave a book to Maula Mu盧･ammad Taj, for your sake.窶 I could remember him in my dream! 窶牢o, he stated, 窶賂o and take that book from him.窶
Then I went through the door of the mosque, which was opposite to the Excellency, and kept on going towards Dﾄ〉 al Batik*, which is a neighborhood in Isfahan.
Anyway, when I went to that person and he saw me, he said, 窶聾ere you sent by Sﾄ”ib al Zamﾄ］ (mGehr) to me?窶 I reacted, 窶郎es!窶 So he took out an old book from his 窶ｦ As I opened the book, I found out it窶冱 a prayer book.窶 Therefore, I kissed it, put it on my eyes and left him to go to Sﾄ”ib al Zamﾄ］ (mGehr).
But I woke up and that book was not with me! So, I started supplicating, crying and moaning about losing that book, until dawn窶ｦ
When I got praying and its following prayers done, it had fallen into my heart that Mawlﾄ Muhammed is indeed Shaykh Baha窶冓. And the reason the Excellency named him Taj, is because he was best known by other scholars. So I went to his teaching place beside the central mosque and saw him contrasting Sahifa-Kamilah (with references.) ﾂThe reader (of Sahifa-Kamilah) was Sayyid Sﾄ〕ih Amir Dhu faqﾄ〉 Golpayegani. Anyhow, I sat for an hour in order to let him get his work done and it was obvious that his words were in accord with the Sahifa document. But because of the sadness that was overwhelming me, I did not understand his words [the reader] and their [Mawlﾄ‐ words. Well, I started crying and I went to the Shaykh and told him about my dream.
Whoever student that takes it, do not comply with the terms of the Waqf (endowment), but you do. So, take a look at this book and get whatever you need.
So I went to the library with him. The first book that he gave to me, was the one which I saw in my dream. So I began to cry and lament, and said, 窶露t is enough for me! I don’t remember whether I told him about my dream or not.
[Anyhow], I went to the Shaykh and began to compare [my book] with his version that his paternal grandfather had copied from Shahid. And Shahid (mGmhs) had copied his own from the version of ﾊｿAmﾄｫd Al-Ruasﾄ and Ibn Sakﾅｫn, and he had compared it with the version of Ibn ﾊｾIdrﾄｫs, without or just by one intermediary. The version that His Majesty Sﾄ”ib al- Amr (mgehr) has gifted me, was copied from the version of Shahid.
Finally, it was found out to be in agreement with that version; even the texts in the margins. When I got through comparing, people began to refer to me to compare [their versions]. Thanks to His Majesty 盧､ujjat窶冱 (mgehr) blessing, 窶廣l-盪｢a盧･ﾄｫfah窶 looked like an ascending sun in every house, and face in Isfahan and other cities, because people have various [versions of] Al-盪｢a盧･ﾄｫfah.
Most of them became righteous and supplicants, Mustajab-ud-dawaat10. These all are the results of His Majesty Sﾄ”ib al- Amr窶冱 (mgehr) miracle. Anyhow, I can not count what God has gifted me because of the Al-盪｢a盧･ﾄｫfah窶ｦ
The author, Mu盧･addith Nurﾄｫ said:
In Bi盧･ﾄ〉 al Anwﾄ〉, Allﾄ［ah Majlisﾄｫ (mGbhs) briefly mentioned some of Sahﾄｫfa – al Kamilah; with his father窶冱 permission [as his father was of scholars too].
There, he said, 窶露 am going to narrate from Sahﾄｫfa – al Kamilah which is called 窶彁abﾅｫr Ale Mu盧･ammad, and the Bible of Ahl al Bayt (pbu th). And according to many documents and various ways, the complete prayer of it is this. [Now] I am going to narrate it. Yes, I got it from our Mawlﾄ Sﾄ”ib al Zamﾄ］, Khalﾄｫfa al Ra盧･mﾄ］ (mGehr), in a long dream, etc.窶
*It窶冱 the old name of the district A盧ｩmadﾄ｜ﾄ‥, in Isfahan.
1.ﾂﾂﾂﾂﾂ The Thawr cave, where the Prophet Mu盧･ammad (pbuh&h) with the companionship of Abﾄｫ Bakr, at the beginning of Hijra (the Immigration) in Laylat al-Mabit sought shelter there from the disbelievers.
2.ﾂﾂﾂﾂﾂ It means, miracles which are done by the Imams, but they are permitted by God
3.ﾂﾂﾂﾂﾂ The Emigrants or Muhﾄ）irﾅｫn were those Meccan Muslims who emigrated to Medina by the Prophet Mu盧･ammad (pbuh&h) instruction so as to evade the persecution by the Meccan disbelievers.
4.ﾂﾂﾂﾂﾂ The helpers or An盪｣ﾄ〉, the heplers of the Prophet Mu盧･ammad (pbuh&h) were Muslims in Medina from Aws and Khazraj clans who allied with the Prophet (pbuh&h) before his migration or Hijra, and after his migration to Medina they helped him and the Muhajirun.
5.ﾂﾂﾂﾂﾂ Prophet Mu盧･ammad (pbuh&h) was married to Abu Bakr’s daughter.
6.ﾂﾂﾂﾂﾂ Sayyid ﾅｪsﾄｫa means the master of successors, as Amir al-Mu’minin (pbuh) was the best successor for Prophet Mu盧･ammad (pbuh&h).
7-ﾂﾂﾂﾂ It is a title used for Imﾄ［ Alﾄｫ (pbuh), which means, The older [best] friend (of the Prophet(pbuh&h)). *Unfortunately, it was fakedly used for Abu Bakr.
8-ﾂﾂﾂﾂ It is a title used for Imﾄ［ Alﾄｫ (pbuh), which means, Separator or distinguisher
between truth and falsehood. *Unfortunately, it was fakedly used for Ummer Kha盪ｭ盪ｭﾄ｜.
9-ﾂﾂﾂﾂ It means, pure virgin and the one who is focused on God with all her heart, and is cut off from anything else. The second meaning was used for Her Majesty, The lady Fﾄ》imﾄ Zahrﾄ¬ｾ (pbuh).
10- It refers to the people whose prayers are answered by God.