Text:Hadith al-Kisa'

In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.	بِسْمِ اللَّـهِ الرَّ‌حْمَـٰنِ الرَّ‌حِيمِ
Jabir b. 'Abd Allah al-Ansari narrates from Lady Fatimah al-Zahra' (a), the daughter of the Prophet, peace be on her:	عَنْ فاطِمَةَ الزَّهْراَّءِ عَلَیهَا السَّلامُ بِنْتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَیهِ و آله
He said that I heard Fatimah (a) narrated that My father, the Prophet of Allah, came to my house one day	قالَ سَمِعْتُ فاطِمَةَ اَنَّها قالَتْ دَخَلَ عَلَىَّ اَبى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فى بَعْضِ الاَیّامِ
and said to me : "Peace be on you, Fatimah". I replied : "And upon you be peace"	فَقالَ السَّلامُ عَلَیْكِ یا فاطِمَةُ فَقُلْتُ عَلَیْكَ السَّلامُ
Then he said : "I feel weakness in my body". I said : "Allah protects you from weakness, father"	قالَ : اِنّى اَجِدُ فى بَدَنى ضُعْفاً فَقُلْتُ لَهُ اُعیذُكَ بِاللَّهِ یا اَبَتاهُ مِنَ الضُّعْفِ
He said : "Fatimah, please bring Yemeni cloak and cover me with it". So, I brought the Yemeni cloak and covered him with it.	فَقَالَ یا فاطِمَةُ ایتینى بِالْكِساَّءِ الْیَمانى فَغَطّینى بِهِ فَاَتَیْتُهُ بِالْكِساَّءِ الْیَمانى فَغَطَّیْتُهُ بِهِ
Then, I looked at him and saw that his face was shining like a full moon with its glory and splendor	وَصِرْتُ اَنْظُرُ اِلَیْهِ وَاِذا وَجْهُهُ یَتَلَالَؤُ كَاَنَّهُ الْبَدْرُ فى لَیْلَةِ تَمامِهِ وَكَمالِهِ
After a while, my son Hasan came in and said : "Peace be on you, mother"	فَما كانَتْ اِلاّ ساعَةً وَاِذا بِوَلَدِىَ الْحَسَنِ قَدْ اَقْبَلَ وَقالَ السَّلامُ عَلَیْكِ یا اُمّاهُ
I replied : "And upon you peace, O light of my eyes, and the delight of my heart"	فَقُلْتُ وَعَلَیْكَ السَّلامُ یا قُرَّةَ عَیْنى وَثَمَرَةَ فُؤ ادى
He then said : "Mother! I smell a fragrance so sweet and so pure as that of my grandfather, the Prophet of Allah"	فَقالَ یا اُمّاهُ اِنّى اَشَمُّ عِنْدَكِ راَّئِحَةً طَیِّبَةً كَاَنَّها راَّئِحَةُ جَدّى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ
I replied : "Yes. Your grandfather is lying underneath the cloak"	فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ اِنَّ جَدَّكَ تَحْتَ الْكِساَّءِ فَاَقْبَلَ الْحَسَنُ نَحْوَ الْكِساَّءِ
Hasan went near the cloak and said : "Peace be on you, my grandfather, the Prophet of Allah; May I enter the cloak with you?"	وَقالَ السَّلامُ عَلَیْكَ یا جَدّاهُ یا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ اَتَاْذَنُ لى اَنْ اَدْخُلَ مَعَكَ تَحْتَ الْكِساَّءِ
He replied : "And upon you peace, my son and the master of my fountain (Kawthar), you are given the permission to enter"	فَقالَ وَعَلَیْكَ السَّلامُ یا وَلَدى وَیا صاحِبَ حَوْضى قَدْ اَذِنْتُ لَكَ فَدَخَلَ مَعَهُ تَحْتَ الْكِساَّءِ
After a while, my Husayn came in and said : "Peace be on you, mother"	فَما كانَتْ اِلاّ ساعَةً وَاِذا بِوَلَدِىَ الْحُسَیْنِ قَدْ اَقْبَلَ وَقالَ السَّلامُ عَلَیْكِ یا اُمّاهُ
I replied : "And upon you peace, O light of my eyes, and the delight of my heart"	فَقُلْتُ وَعَلَیْكَ السَّلامُ یا وَلَدى وَیا قُرَّةَ عَیْنى وَثَمَرَةَ فُؤادى
He then said : "Mother! I smell a fragrance so sweet and so pure as that of my grandfather, the Prophet of Allah"	فَقالَ لى یا اُمّاهُ اِنّىَّ اَشَمُّ عِنْدَكِ راَّئِحَةً طَیِّبَةً كَاَنَّها راَّئِحَةُ جَدّى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ
I replied : "Yes. Your grandfather and your brother are lying underneath the cloak"	فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ اِنَّ جَدَّكَ وَاَخاكَ تَحْتَ الْكِساَّءِ
Husayn stepped towards the cloak and said : "Peace be on you, my grandfather, the Chosen of Allah; May I enter the cloak with you?"	فَدَنَى الْحُسَیْنُ نَحْوَ الْكِساَّءِ وَقالَ السَّلامُ عَلَیْكَ یا جَدّاهُ اَلسَّلامُ عَلَیْكَ یا مَنِ اخْتارَهُ اللَّهُ اَتَاْذَنُ لى اَنْ اَكُونَ مَعَكُما تَحْتَ الْكِساَّءِ
He replied : "And upon you peace, my son and interceder of my followers, you are given the permission to enter". So, Husayn entered the cloak with them.	فَقالَ وَعَلَیْكَ السَّلامُ یا وَلَدى وَیا شافِعَ اُمَّتى قَدْ اَذِنْتُ لَكَ فَدَخَلَ مَعَهُما تَحْتَ الْكِساَّءِ
After a while, Abu l-Hasan, 'Ali bin Abi Talib came in and said : "Peace be on you, O daughter of the Prophet of Allah"	فَاَقْبَلَ عِنْدَ ذلِكَ اَبُوالْحَسَنِ عَلِىُّ بْنُ اَبى طالِبٍ وَقالَ السَّلامُ عَلَیْكِ یا بِنْتَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ
I replied : "And upon you peace, O father of Hasan, and the Commander of the faithful"	فَقُلْتُ وَعَلَیْكَ السَّلامُ یا اَبَا الْحَسَنِ وَ یا اَمیرَ الْمُؤْمِنینَ
He then said : "Fatimah! I smell a sweet fragrance like that of my brother, (my cousin), the Prophet of Allah"	فَقالَ یا فاطِمَةُ اِنّى اَشَمُّ عِنْدَكِ رائِحَةً طَیِّبَةً كَاَنَّها راَّئِحَةُ اَخى وَابْنِ عَمّى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ
I replied : "Yes. He is underneath the cloak with your two sons" So, Ali went near the cloak and said: "Peace be on you, Prophet of Allah; May I enter the cloak with you?"	فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ ها هُوَ مَعَ وَلَدَیْكَ تَحْتَ الْكِساَّءِ فَاَقْبَلَ عَلِىُّ نَحْوَ الْكِساَّءِ وَقالَ السَّلامُ عَلَیْكَ یا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ اَتَاْذَنُ لى اَنْ اَكُونَ مَعَكُمْ تَحْتَ الْكِساَّءِ
He replied : "And upon you peace, my brother, my legatee, my successor, and my standard bearer, you are given the permission to enter" So, Ali entered the cloak with them.	قالَ لَهُ وَعَلَیْكَ السَّلامُ یا اَخى یا وَصِیّى وَخَلیفَتى وَصاحِبَ لِواَّئى قَدْ اَذِنْتُ لَكَ فَدَخَلَ عَلِىُّ تَحْتَ الْكِساَّءِ
Then I stepped forward and said : "Peace be on you, my father, O Prophet of Allah; May I enter the cloak with you?" He replied: "And upon you peace, my daughter, O part of my self; you are given the permission to enter" So, I entered the cloak with them.	ثُمَّ اَتَیْتُ نَحْوَ الْكِساَّءِ وَقُلْتُ اَلسَّلامُ عَلَیْكَ یا اَبَتاهُ یا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ اَتَاْذَنُ لى اَن اَكُونَ مَعَكُمْ تَحْتَ الْكِساَّءِ قالَ وَعَلَیْكِ السَّلامُ یا بِنْتى وَیا بَضْعَتى قَدْ اَذِنْتُ لَكِ فَدَخَلْتُ تَحْتَ الْكِساَّءِ
Getting together underneath the cloak, my father, the Prophet of Allah, held the two ends of the cloak and raised his right hand towards the heavens and prayed: "O Allah, these are the people of my Household (Ahl al-Bayt). They are my confidants and my supporters. Their flesh is my flesh and their blood is my blood. Whoever hurts them, hurts me too.	فَلَمَّا اكْتَمَلْنا جَمیعاً تَحْتَ الْكِساَّءِ اَخَذَ اَبى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ بِطَرَفَىِ الْكِساَّءِ وَاَوْمَئَ بِیَدِهِ الْیُمْنى اِلَى السَّماَّءِ وَقالَ اَللّهُمَّ اِنَّ هؤُلاَّءِ اَهْلُ بَیْتى وَخَاصَّتى وَحَامَّتى لَحْمُهُمْ لَحْمى وَدَمُهُمْ دَمى
Whoever displeases them, displeased me too. I am at war with those at war with them. I am at peace with those at peace with them. I am the enemies of their enemies and I am the friend of their friends.	یُؤْلِمُنى ما یُؤْلِمُهُمْ وَیَحْزُنُنى ما یَحْزُنُهُمْ اَنَا حَرْبٌ لِمَنْ حارَبَهُمْ وَسِلْمٌ لِمَنْ سالَمَهُمْ وَعَدُوُّ لِمَنْ عاداهُمْ وَمُحِبُّ لِمَنْ اَحَبَّهُمْ
They are from me and I am from them. O Allah! Bestow Your Blessings, Benevolence, Forgiveness and Your pleasure upon me and upon them. And remove impurity from them and keep them thoroughly pure"	اِنَّهُمْ مِنّى وَاَ نَا مِنْهُمْ فَاجْعَلْ صَلَواتِكَ وَبَرَكاتِكَ وَرَحْمَتَكَ وَغُفْرانَكَ وَرِضْوانَكَ عَلَىَّ وَعَلَیْهِمْ وَاَذْهِبْ عَنْهُمُ الرِّجْسَ وَطَهِّرْهُمْ تَطْهیراً
Then the Lord, Almighty Allah said: "O My angles! O Residents of My Heavens, verily, I have not created the erected Sky, the stretched earth, the illuminated moon, the bright sun, the rotating planets, the flowing seas and the sailing ships, but for the love of these Five lying underneath the cloak"	فَقالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ یا مَلاَّئِكَتى وَ یا سُكّانَ سَمواتى اِنّى ما خَلَقْتُ سَماَّءً مَبْنِیَّةً وَلا اَرْضاً مَدْحِیَّةً وَلا قَمَراً مُنیراً وَلا شَمْساً مُضِیَّئَةً وَلا فَلَكاً یَدُورُ وَلا بَحْراً یَجْرى وَلا فُلْكاً یَسْرى اِلاّ فى مَحَبَّةِ هؤُلاَّءِ الْخَمْسَةِ الَّذینَ هُمْ تَحْتَ الْكِساَّءِ
Gabriel, the trusted angle, asked : "Who are under the cloak?" The Almighty answered : "They are the Household of the Prophet and the assets of Prophethood. They are Fatimah, her father, her husband and her two sons"	فَقالَ الاَمینُ جِبْراَّئیلُ یا رَبِّ وَمَنْ تَحْتَ الْكِساَّءِ فَقالَ عَزَّوَجَلَّ هُمْ اَهْلُ بَیْتِ النُّبُوَّةِ وَمَعْدِنُ الرِّسالَةِ هُمْ فاطِمَةُ وَاَبُوها وَبَعْلُها وَبَنُوها
Gabriel said : "O Lord, May I fly to earth to be the sixth of them?" Allah replied : "Yes. You are given the permission"	فَقالَ جِبْراَّئیلُ یا رَبِّ اَتَاْذَنُ لى اَنْ اَهْبِطَ اِلَى الاَرْضِ لاَكُونَ مَعَهُمْ سادِساً فَقالَ اللَّهُ نَعَمْ قَدْ اَذِنْتُ لَكَ
Gabriel, the trusted, landed near them and said: "Peace be on you, O Prophet of Allah. The All-Highest conveys His peace on you and His greetings and says: "By My Honor and Glory, O My angles! O Residents of My Heavens, verily, I have not created the erected Sky, the stretched earth, the illuminated moon, the bright sun, the rotating planets, the flowing seas and the sailing ships, but for your sake and love" God has given me permission to enter the cloak with you. May I join you, O Prophet of Allah?"	فَهَبَطَ الاْمینُ جِبْراَّئیلُ وَقالَ السَّلامُ عَلَیْكَ یا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ الْعَلِىُّ الاْعْلى یُقْرِئُكَ السَّلامَ وَیَخُصُّكَ بِالتَّحِیَّةِ وَالاِكْرامِ وَیَقُولُ لَكَ وَعِزَّتى وَجَلالى اِنّى ما خَلَقْتُ سَماَّءً مَبْنِیَّةً وَلا اَرْضاً مَدْحِیَّةً وَلا قَمَراً مُنیراً وَلا شَمْساً مُضَّیئَةً وَلا فَلَكاً یَدُورُ وَلا بَحْراً یَجْرى وَلا فُلْكاً یَسْرى اِلاّ لاَجْلِكُمْ وَمَحَبَّتِكُمْ وَقَدْ اَذِنَ لى اَنْ اَدْخُلَ مَعَكُمْ فَهَلْ تَاْذَنُ لى یا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ
The Prophet replied: "And peace be on you, O trusted bearer of Allah's Revelations! you are granted the permission" So, Gabriel entered the cloak with us	فَقالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَعَلَیْكَ السَّلامُ یا اَمینَ وَحْىِ اللَّهِ اِنَّهُ نَعَمْ قَدْ اَذِنْتُ لَكَ فَدَخَلَ جِبْراَّئیلُ مَعَنا تَحْتَ الْكِساَّءِ
and said to my father : "Allah sends His Revelations to you" Verily Allah's desire is to remove blemish from you, O People of Household (Ahl al-Bayt) and purify you with a perfect purification"	فَقالَ لاَبى اِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ اَوْحى اِلَیْكُمْ یَقُولُ اِنَّما یُریدُ اللَّهُ لِیُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمُ الرِّجْسَ اَهْلَ الْبَیْتِ وَیُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهیراً
Then Ali said to my father : "O Prophet of Allah, tell me what significance has Allah given for getting together underneath this cloak?"	فَقالَ عَلِىُّ لاَبى یا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ اَخْبِرْنى ما لِجُلُوسِنا هذا تَحْتَ الْكِساَّءِ مِنَ الْفَضْلِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ
The Prophet replied: "By Him who rightfully appointed me a Prophet and chose me a Messenger for the salvation of the mankind. whenever and wherever and assembly of our followers and friends mention this event, Allah will bestow on them His Blessings and Mercy; angles will encircle them asking Allah the remission of their sins until the assembly disperse	فَقالَ النَّبِىُّ وَالَّذى بَعَثَنى بِالْحَقِّ نَبِیّاً وَاصْطَفانى بِالرِّسالَةِ نَجِیّاً ما ذُكِرَ خَبَرُنا هذا فى مَحْفِلٍ مِنْ مَحافِلِ اَهْلِ الاَرْضِ وَفیهِ جَمْعٌ مِنْ شَیعَتِنا وَمُحِبّینا اِلاّ وَنَزَلَتْ عَلَیْهِمُ الرَّحْمَةُ وَحَفَّتْ بِهِمُ الْمَلاَّئِكَةُ وَاسْتَغْفَرَتْ لَهُمْ اِلى اَنْ یَتَفَرَّقُوا
So Ali said : "Verily, by the Lord of Ka'ba! we and our followers are the winners" Then my father replied : "By Him who rightfully appointed me a Prophet and chose me a Messenger for the salvation of the mankind, whenever and wherever an assembly of our followers and friends mentions this event, there shall remain none grieved but Allah will remove his grief, there shall remain none distressed but Allah will dispel his distress, there shall remain none wish-seeker but Allah will grant his wish.	فَقالَ عَلِىُّ اِذاً وَاللَّهِ فُزْنا وَفازَ شیعَتُنا وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ فَقالَ النَّبِىُّ ثانِیاً یا عَلِىُّ وَالَّذى بَعَثَنى بِالْحَقِّ نَبِیّاً وَاصْطَفانى بِالرِّسالَةِ نَجِیّاً ما ذُكِرَ خَبَرُنا هذا فى مَحْفِلٍ مِنْ مَحافِلِ اَهْلِ الاَرْضِ وَفیهِ جَمْعٌ مِنْ شیعَتِنا وَمُحِبّینا وَفیهِمْ مَهْمُومٌ اِلاّ وَفَرَّجَ اللَّهُ هَمَّهُ وَلا مَغْمُومٌ اِلاّ وَكَشَفَ اللَّهُ غَمَّهُ وَلا طالِبُ حاجَةٍ اِلاّ وَقَضَى اللّهُ حاجَتَهُ
All happily said : "Verily, by the Lord of Ka'ba! we and our followers are the winners and the blessed, in this world and the next"	فَقالَ عَلِىُّ اِذاً وَاللَّهِ فُزْنا وَسُعِدْنا وَكَذلِكَ شیعَتُنا فازُوا وَسُعِدُوا فِى الدُّنْیا وَالاْخِرَةِ وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَة