[Machine] This is the book of Amir al-Mu'minin that came to you that you do not eat meat, do not marry women, do not eat fat, and criticize the imams. He said: As for your statement that I do not eat meat, I passed by a butcher who says hypocrisy, hypocrisy, until it slaughters, and I hate the sacrifice that does not mention the name of Allah upon it. So when we desire meat, we slaughter the sheep that we have raised and eat its meat. As for your statement that I do not eat fat, I used to see them cutting the sheep for it in our warehouses and rubbing it with fat, and that is a dead animal. And I ate what came from our desert here. As for your statement that I criticize the imams, God forbid that I criticize an imam. And as for your statement that I do not marry women, I was betrothed to my Lord before your mother gave birth to you. Humran said to him: May Allah not increase such people among the Muslims, meaning people like you. He said: But Allah has increased such people among the Muslims, like you. Muslims must have necessities.  

هَذَا كِتَابُ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ جَاءَ إِلَيْكَ أَنَّكَ لَا تَأْكُلُ اللَّحْمَ وَلَا تَتَزَوَّجُ النِّسَاءَ وَلَا تَأْكُلُ السَّمْنَ وَتَطْعَنُ عَلَى الْأَئِمَّةِ قَالَ أَمَّا قَوْلُكَ لَا آكُلُ اللَّحْمَ فَإِنِّي مَرَرْتُ بِقَصَّابٍ يَقُولُ النِّفَاقَ النِّفَاقَ حَتَّى ذَبَحَ وَقَدْ أَكْرَهُ الذَّبِيحَةَ الَّتِي لَا يُذْكَرُ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهَا فَإِذَا اشْتَهَيْنَا اللَّحْمَ ذَبَحْنَا الشَّاةَ وَقَدْ رَبَّيْنَاهَا فَأَكَلْنَا لَحْمَهَا وَأَمَّا قَوْلُكَ لَا آكُلُ السَّمْنَ فَإِنِّي كُنْتُ أَرَاهُمْ فِي مَغَازِينَا يَقْطَعُونَ إِلَيْهِ الشَّاةَ ثُمَّ يُسْلُونَهَا مَعَ السَّمْنِ وَتِلْكَ مَيْتَةٌ وَقَدْ آكُلُ مَا جَاءَ مِنْ بَادِيَتِنَا هَذِهِ وَأَمَّا قَوْلُكَ إِنِّي أَطْعَنُ عَلَى الْأَئِمَّةِ فَمَعَاذَ اللَّهِ أَنْ أَطْعَنَ عَلَى إِمَامٍ وَأَمَّا قَوْلُكَ إِنِّي لَا أَتَزَوَّجُ النِّسَاءَ فَلَقَدْ خُطِبْتُ إِلَى رَبِّي ﷻ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَلِدَكَ أُمُّكَ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَهُ حُمْرَانُ لَا أَكْثَرَ اللَّهُ فِي الْمُسْلِمِينَ يَعْنِي مِثْلَكَ فَقَالَ لَكِنْ أَكْثَرَ اللَّهُ فِي الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِثْلَكَ لَا بُدَّ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ مِنْ مُهِمَّاتٍ