They are neither upon my -asws Religion nor upon the...

They are neither upon my -asws Religion nor upon the Religion of my -asws forefathers -asws , and Allah -azwj will not Gather me -asws and them on the Day of Judgment except that He -azwj would be Wrathful upon them’.

We -asws are a group of infallibles. Allah -azwj Blessed and Exalted has Commanded with (you) being obedient to us -asws and Forbade (you) from disobeying us -asws . We are the eloquent Divine Authorities upon the ones below the sky and above the earth’.

[20] Appendix Point 6: ابن شهر آشوب: من كتاب العلوي البصري: أن جماعة من اليمن أتوا إلى النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله) فقالوا: نحن بقايا الملك المقدم من آل نوح، و كان لنبينا وصي اسمه سام، و أخبر في كتابه، أن لكل نبي معجزة، و له وصي يقوم مقامه، فمن وصيك؟ Ibn Shehr Ashub, from the book of Al Alawy Al Basry that, ‘A group from Al-Yemen came to the Prophet -saww .

They said, ‘We are the remainder of the previous king from the Progeny of Noah -as , and our Prophet -as had a successor -as whose name was Saam -as . In his -as Book there is news that for every Prophet -as there is a Miracle, as well as for his -as successor -as who stands in his -as place.

So who is your -saww successor -asws ?’ فأشار بيده نحو علي (عليه السلام)، فقالوا: يا محمد، إن سألناه أن يرينا سام بن نوح، فيفعل؟ فقال (صلى الله عليه و آله): «نعم، بإذن الله So he -saww gestured by his -saww in the direction of Ali -asws . They said, ‘O Muhammad -saww ! We are asking him -asws to show us Saam -as Bin Noah -as , so will he -asws (be able to) do it?’ He -saww said: ‘Yes, by the Permission of Allah -azwj ’.

و قال: «يا علي، قم معهم إلى داخل المسجد فصل ركعتين، و اضرب برجلك الأرض عند المحراب And he -saww said: ‘O Ali -asws ! Go with them to the inside of the Masjid, pray two Cycles of Salat, and strike the ground with your -asws leg by the Prayer Niche’.