The Mirror of the Excellences of Islam — Page 113
112 Α'ΙΝΑ-Ε-ΚΑMĀLĀT-E-ISLAM-DAFI UL-WASĀWIS blessings of Allah be upon him, prayed for Hassān, saying: 'O Allah! Strengthen Hassan with the Holy Spirit'—that is, Gabriel. Abū Dāwūd has also related this tradition from Ibn Sīrīn, and Tirmidhi has also narrated this hadith and labelled it authentic and reli- able. There is also a longer tradition in [Şahih al-]Bukhārī and [Şahih] Muslim that the Messenger of Allah, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said to Hassan : أَجِبْ عَنِّي اللَّهُمَّ أَيَّدَهُ بِرُوْحِ الْقُدُسِ )O Hassan!( Respond to the disbelievers on my behalf. O Allah! Strengthen him with the Holy Spirit. ¹ Similarly, there is also this hadith about Hassan :2 هَاجَهُمْ وَ جِبْرَآئِيلُ مَعَكَ meaning, Hassan, return the disbelievers' sarcasm³ with sar- casm, and Gabriel is with you. AUTHOR'S MARGIN NOTE The very same words have been used in relation to the support of the Holy Spirit for Hassan bin Thabit [mentioned in the ahādīth] that have been used in the Noble Quran in relation to Jesus. And it has been acknowledged that in this place these words mean that the Holy Spirit was granted to Jesus on a permanent basis and would never part from him for so much as the blink of an eye. Therefore, due to the identical wording, that very meaning should apply here as well These ahadith prove that Gabriel stayed with Hassan and was his con- stant companion. Similarly, the follow- ing noble verse of the Holy Quran— أَيَّدَهُمْ بِرُوحٍ مِّنْهُ ]He strengthened them with a Spirit from Himself]- also clearly and very manifestly demon- strates that the Holy Spirit always kept company with the believers because the exact same type of verse, which 1. Şahih al-Bukhārī, Kitāb Bad'ul-Khalq, Bāb Dhikrul-Malā'ikah, Hadith 3212; see also Şahih Muslim, Kitāb Fadā'iluş-Şahābah, Bab Fadā'il Hassan bin Thabita, Hadith 2385, published by Mu'assasatur-Risalah Nashirūn [Publisher] 2. Şahih al-Bukhārī, Kitāb Bad'ul-Khalq, Bāb Dhikrul-Malā'ikah Şalātullāhi 'alaihim, Hadīth 3213 [Publisher] 3. This is an Arabic expression meaning to respond to the slander in a befitting manner. [Publisher] 4. Surah al-Mujādalah, (58:23) [Publisher]