[Machine] "And he said, 'O my son, this is the book of the Prophet ﷺ , so take its counsel and you will never cease to be in goodness as long as it remains among you.' In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. From Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, to Budayl ibn Warqa' and Busrah and Sarawat ibn Amr: I praise to you Allah, there is no deity except Him. As for what follows, I have not wronged you, nor have I ever neglected your affairs. Indeed, my noble family is more honorable to me than Htamah Ali, and you are closer to me in kinship and compassion. And whoever follows you from the pure ones, I have taken for them the same as I have taken for myself. And if anyone migrates from his land other than Makkah, except as a pilgrim or one performing Hajj, I have not imposed any burdens upon you since I submitted. Verily, you are not afraid of me nor are you confined. As for what follows, Alqamah ibn Ulatha has embraced Islam, as well as his two sons, and they pledged their allegiance and migrated with those who followed them from the tribe of Akrimah. And I have taken exactly what I have taken for myself from those who follow them. Indeed, some of you are forever permissible to others, whether in the sacred or non-sacred." Then Abu Muhammad said, and my father told me: "I heard our elders saying, 'This is the handwriting of Ali ibn Abi Talib.'"  

وَقَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ هَذَا كِتَابُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَاسْتَوْصُوا بِهِ وَلَنْ تَزَالُوا بِخَيْرٍ مَا دَامَ فِيكُمْ «بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ رَسُولِ اللهِ إِلَى بُدَيْلِ بْنِ وَرْقَاءَ وَبُسْرُ وسَرَوَاتُ بَنِي عَمْرٍو فَإِنِّي أَحْمَدُ إِلَيْكُمُ اللهَ الَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنِّي لَمْ أَثِمْ بَالَكُمْ وَلَمْ أَضَعْ فِي جَنْبِكُمْ وَإِنَّ أَكْرَمَ أَهْلِي مِنْ تِهَامَةَ عَلِيَّ أَنْتُمْ وأَقْرَبُهُ مِنِّي رَحِمًا وَمَنْ تَبِعَكُمْ مِنَ الْمُطَيَّبِينَ فَإِنِّي قَدْ أَخَذْتُ لِمَنْ هَاجَرَ مِنْكُمْ مِثْلَ مَا أَخَذْتُ لِنَفْسِي وَلَوْ هَاجَرَ بِأَرْضِهِ غَيْرَ سَاكِنٍ مَكَّةَ إِلَّا مُعْتَمِرًا أَوْ حَاجًّا وَإِنِّي لَمْ أَضَعْ فِيكُمْ إِذْ سَلَّمْتُ وَإِنَّكُمْ غَيْرُ خَائِفِينَ مِنْ قِبَلِي وَلَا مُحَصِّرينَ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ أَسْلَمَ عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ عُلَاثَةَ وَابْنَا هَوْذَةَ وبايَعَا وهَاجَرا عَلَى مَنْ تَبِعَهُمْ مِنْ عِكْرِمَةَ وَأَخَذَ لِمَنْ تَبِعَهُمْ مِنْكُمْ مِثْلَ مَا أَخَذَ لِنَفْسِهِ وَإِنَّ بَعْضًا مِنْ بَعْضٍ أَبَدًا فِي الْحِلِّ وَالْحَرَمِ» قَالَ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ وَحَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَالَ «سَمِعْتُ أَشْيَاخَنَا يَقُولُونَ هُوَ خَطُّ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ؓ »