Salman-ra said to him-saww...

Salman-ra said to him-saww, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww, what has been meted out to me-ra from those when I-ra was seated with them. They took to priding themselves over their lineages and ancestry to the extent that they reached me-ra. Umar Bin Al-Khattab said to me, ‘Who are you-ra, and what is your-ra origin, and what is your-ra status?’ The Prophet-saww said: ‘So what did you-ra say to him, O Salman-ra?’ He-ra said, ‘I-ra said, ‘‘I-ra am Salman-ra son of a servant of Allah-azwj.

I-ra had strayed, so Allah-azwj Guided me-ra through Muhammad-saww, and I-asws was needy, so Allah-azwj Made me-ra to be self-sufficient through Muhammad-saww, and I-ra was a slave, so Allah-azwj Freed me-ra through Muhammad-saww. This is my-ra lineage, and this is my-asws affiliation’. Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘O group of Quraysh, the nobility of a man is his Religion, and his chivalry in his manners, and his origin is his intellect. And Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic has Said: O you people!

We Created you from a male and a female and Made you as nations and tribes in order to recognise each other. Surely, the most honourable of you in the Presence of Allah is the most pious of you. Surely Allah is Knowing, Aware [49:13].

Then the Prophet-saww said to Salman-ra: ‘There is no merit over you-ra from any of these ones except by fear of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic, and if there is piety for you-ra over them, then you-ra are more meritorious’’.[6] In a lengthy Hadeeth, Rasool Allah-saww said: And as for the restrained sword, it is a sword against the people of rebellion and the interpretation. Allah-azwj Said: And if two parties from the Momineen fight, then reconcile between them.

But, if one of them were to oppress the other, then fight the one which oppresses until it returns to the Command of Allah. [49:9]. When this Verse was Revealed, Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘From you all there is one who will be fight after me-saww based upon the interpretation just as I-saww have fought based upon the Revelation’.

The Prophet-saww was asked, ‘Who is he?’ He-saww said: ‘Repairer of the slipper’ – meaning Amir Al-Momineen-asws (an extract).[7] Tafseer Al-Qummi - They think they are conferring a favour upon you if they become Muslims. [49:17]. It was Revealed regarding Usman on the day of (battle of) Khandaq, and that I passed by Ammar Bin Yasser digging the ditch, and the dust had raised from the pit, so Usman placed his cuff upon his nose and passed by.