[8] Allah -azwj Married Imam Ali -asws with Syeda -asws in the Heavens...
[8] Allah -azwj Married Imam Ali -asws with Syeda -asws in the Heavens: Allah -azwj first married Imam Ali -asws with Syeda -asws in the Heavens and then Commanded His -azwj Prophet -saww to do the same on the earth, see for example: وَ مِنَ الْمَنَاقِبِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَتَانِي مَلَكٌ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ السَّلَامَ وَ يَقُولُ قَدْ زَوَّجْتُ فَاطِمَةَ مِنْ عَلِيٍّ فَزَوِّجْهَا مِنْهُ وَ قَدْ أَمَرْتُ شَجَرَةَ طُوبَى أَنْ تَحْمِلَ الدُّرَّ وَ الْيَاقُوتَ وَ الْمَرْجَانَ وَ إِنَّ أَهْلَ السَّمَاءِ قَدْ فَرِحُوا لِذَلِكَ وَ سَيُولَدُ مِنْهُمَا وَلَدَانِ سَيِّدَا شَبَابِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَ بِهِمَا يُزَيَّنُ الْجَنَّةُ فَأَبْشِرْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَإِنَّكَ خَيْرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ وَ الْآخِرِينَ And from (the book) ‘Al-Manaqib’ – ‘From Ali -asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘An Angel came to me -saww .
He said, ‘O Muhammad -saww ! Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Conveys the greetings unto you -saww and Says: “I -azwj have got (Syeda) Fatima -asws married to Ali -asws , so get her -asws married to him -asws (on earth), and I -azwj have Commanded the Tooba tree to bear the gems, and the rubies, and the coral, and the people of the sky have rejoiced at that; and there shall be born from them -asws , two chiefs of the youths of the inhabitants of Paradise, and by them -asws the Paradise would be adorned.
O Muhammad -saww ! Surely you -saww as best of the former ones and the latter ones!’ [9] وَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ هَذَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَ أَنْتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا زَوَّجْتُهُ ابْنَتِي فَاطِمَةَ وَ لَقَدْ خَطَبَهَا إِلَيَّ أَشْرَافُ قُرَيْشٍ فَلَمْ أُجِبْ كُلَّ ذَلِكَ أَتَوَقَّعُ الْخَبَرَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ حَتَّى جَاءَنِي جَبْرَئِيلُ لَيْلَةَ أَرْبَعٍ وَ عِشْرِينَ مِنْ شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ And from Jabir Bin Samurah who said, ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘O you people!
This is Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws , and you are alleging that I -saww married my -asws daughter -asws to him -asws and although the nobles of Qureys had proposed for her -asws . But I -saww did not answer all of them anticipating the news from the sky, until Jibraeel -as came to me -saww on the night of twenty-fourth of the month of Ramazan .