And what is this Side of Allah -azwj ( جنب الله )?
And what is this Side of Allah -azwj ( جنب الله )?’ So he -saww said: ‘He -asws is the one regarding whom Allah -azwj Says And on the Day when the unjust one shall bite his hands saying: Alas! If only I had grabbed hold of Sabeel along with the Rasool [25:27] – He -asws is my -saww successor -asws and the Way from after me -saww ’. فقالوا: يا رسول الله، بالذي بعثك بالحق نبيا، أرناه فقد اشتقنا إليه.
So he -saww said: ‘He -asws is the One for whom Allah -azwj Made Signs for those who distinguish (the marks) [15:75] . So those who look at him -asws from the ones who have a heart, or a hearing and he sees him -asws , would know that he -asws is my -saww successor -asws just as you know that I -saww am your Prophet -saww .
So make rows and browse the faces, for the one to whom your hearts incline to, so it is him -asws , because Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic is Saying in His -azwj Book therefore make the hearts of some people yearn towards them [14:37] – towards him -asws and his -asws descendants’.
Then (the narrator) said, ‘So Abu Aamir Al-Ashary stood up among the Asharites, and Abu Gharat Al-Khowlany among the Khowlanis, and Zibyan and Usman Bin Qays among the Clan of Qays, and Arfat Al-Dowsy among the (can on) Dowsis, so they left alone the rows and browsed the faces, and grabbed the hand of the shaven headed one -asws and said, ‘It is to this our hearts incline towards, O Rasool-Allah -saww !’ فقال النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله): «أنتم نخبة الله حين عرفتم وصي رسول الله قبل أن تعرفوه، فبم عرفتم أنه هو»؟ فرفعوا أصواتهم يبكون، و قالوا: يا رسول الله، نظرنا إلى القوم فلم تحن لهم [قلوبنا]، و لما رأيناه رجفت قلوبنا ثم اطمأنت نفوسنا، فانجاشت» أكبادنا، و هملت أعيننا، و تبلجت صدورنا حتى كأنه لنا أب و نحن عنده بنون.