Born 271 A.H.
Died: 365 A.H.
1. O progeny of Yasin, one, who is devoted to you, without any doubt is
a well wisher of himself. 2. You are saviors from misguidance as every
corruption is corrected due to devotion to you. 3. This is Ali, whose
prominence in Caliphate was declared on Ghadeer day and his excellence
was revealed. 4. When the Prophet declared holding his shoulders: 5. Of
whomsoever I am the master, Ali is (also) his master according to divine
revelation. 6. So they congratulated him and paid allegiance to him; and all
those who were sincere, gained from it.
Introduction to the poet
Abul Hasan1 Ali bin Abdullah bin Wasif Nashi Saghir – Asghar – Baghdadi – and he is called as Nashi, because as Samani has mentioned in Ansab:2
“Nashi is said to be one, who is an expert in the art of versification.”
He possessed various merits and was accomplished in a number of fields. He
was a great scholar, scholastic theologian, traditionist and Shia jurist. Shaykh
Mufeed has narrated traditional reports from him and Shaykh Tusi has included
him in Fehrist3 upon the authority of his teacher, Shaykh Mufeed.
24. Bishnoi Kurdi
Died: After 380 A.H.
“Shall I ignore the authentic tradition that Ahmad declared in his
sermon at Ghadeer Khum that: Am I not your master, and like me, Ali is
your master. So be devoted to him and I have repeated an obligatory
matter.”
Introduction to the poet
Abu Abdullah Husain bin Dawood Kurdi Bishnoi: As Ibne Shahr Ashob has
mentioned in his Maalimul Ulama,4 he is among the poets, who openly declared
the praise of the Holy Progeny and it can be concluded from his verses that Shia
are solely devoted to the Mastership (Wilayat) of Imams of Ahle Bayt (a.s.) and
have dissociated themselves from the rest of people.
A samples of his verses
Among his verses regarding religion are as follows:
“The best of successors from the best of the families and the best of
tribes; and he is secure from mistakes. When you glance at the face of the
successor, you have, in fact, worshipped your Lord.”
His last line hints at the traditional report, which Mohibuddin Tabari has
mentioned in Riyaz:5 It is narrated from Abu Bakr, Abdullah bin Masud, Amr
Aas, Imran bin Husain and others from the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) that glancing
at the face of Ali (a.s.) is worship.
It is mentioned in the tradition of Abu Zar that the Messenger of Allah
(s.a.w.a.) said:
“The simile of Ali among you – or in this Ummah – is like the simile of
Kaaba, that looking at it is a worship act and Hajj to it is obligatory.”
The following are also his verses:
1. It is not important for me in which place the Almighty Allah gives me death. 2. [It is also not important] that where my grave should be located and that someone would be unjust or inimical to it. 3. If I testify that there is no god, except One God and what He has destined is true. 4. And that Muhammad Mustafa is the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) and Ali is his brother. 5. And Fatima, the chaste one, is the daughter of Prophet. The Prophet, who guided me about what he guided (Islam) 6. And two sons of Ali and Fatima, who are my chiefs and congratulations to one, whose masters and chiefs they are.