From Ali ibn Abi Talib (AS), that he said: A man took pains over “In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful” — and he was forgiven. (Munyat al-Murid, vol. 1, p. 351)
The Commander of the Faithful (AS) said: There was a man who observed “Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim” with care, and for that reason he came to a good end.
(We say: to observe this phrase means to employ it, to attend to its meaning and to hold it in reverence — in other words, to live by it and in its light.)
God the Exalted said: “O you who believe, guard yourselves and your families against a Fire” [Qur’an 66:6]. Ali (AS) and a group of the exegetes said: Its meaning is: teach them that by which they may be saved from the Fire. (Munyat al-Murid, vol. 1, p. 380)
Concerning the verse “Guard yourselves and your families against the Fire,” the Commander of the Faithful (AS) said: That is, teach them things by which they may be saved from the Fire.
“Tasliyat al-Majalis wa Zinat al-Majalis” is a book in Arabic by Muhammad ibn Abi Talib al-Husayni al-Ha’iri, a scholar of the tenth century of the Hijra, on the lives of the Five of the Cloak (AS). The book was originally arranged for the first ten nights of Muharram, in ten sessions or ten chapters. Because the section devoted to Imam al-Husayn (AS) is the most detailed part of it, and because it was composed for the ten days of Ashura, it became known as “Maqtal al-Husayn.” This book is one of the sources of Bihar al-Anwar.
Muhammad ibn Abi Talib al-Ha’iri was one of the Shi‘i preachers. He was born in Karak in Syria and moved to Karbala. The exact dates of his birth and death are not clear, but he was engaged in composing his book in the second half of the tenth century of the Hijra. As he mentions in his book, he lived for a time in Damascus and expressed his distress at living in a place hostile to the Household of the Prophet. In the introduction to the book he also mentions Shah Isma‘il the Safavid and praises his services in spreading the Shi‘i school. In this book the author sought to relate the history of the Imams (AS) from sound traditions and to refrain from citing weak and unreliable reports. The author possessed a fluent and eloquent pen, an easy disposition and abundant taste in the composition of verse. The unique manuscript of this book was preserved from the ravages of time through the efforts of the scholars of Khoy, and is kept in the library of the Namazi school in Khoy.