He -azwj Created Prophet Mohammed -saww ...

He -azwj Created Prophet Mohammed -saww , Imam Ali -asws and Syeda Binte Rasool Allah -asws . They were there for a thousand Dahr (one Dahr equals the amount of time from the beginning to the present of Earth’s existence). Then Allah -azwj Created all other things. Allah -azwj Made them -asws witness on the creation of all other things. Allah -azwj Made obedience to them -asws obligatory and Gave them -asws control of the affairs of the creation.

They -asws can, thus, make lawful whatever they -asws wish and unlawful whatever they -asws wish but they -asws never wish anything unless Allah -azwj Wishes. [6] ’ Imam Mohammed Baqir -asws said: ‘We are the first family whose names Allah -azwj has Exalted (Given higher status).

[7] (A narrator of a Hadith says) Once Imam Mohammed Baqir -asws said to me, ‘O Jabir, the first thing that Allah -azwj Created was Prophet Mohammed -saww and his -saww children -asws (the people of Kisa) who are the rightly guided Imams -asws (Divine Guides). They -asws existed in ‘Ashbah (form) of ‘Noor’ (Divine Light) in the presence of Allah -azwj .’ I then asked, ‘What is ‘Ashbah? The Imam -asws said, ‘It is the shadow of the ‘Al-Noor’ (Divine Light), the lighting bodies without the spirit.

It was supported by one spirit, the Holy Spirit. In that state he -saww and his offspring -asws worshipped Allah -azwj and for this reason Allah -azwj Created them -asws forbearing Scholars, careful pure Ones who worship Allah -azwj through ‘Salat’ (Prayer), ‘Soam’ (Fasting), ‘Sajda’ (Prostration), ‘Tasbeh’ (speaking of His -azwj Glory) and the acknowledgment that He -azwj is the only Lord -azwj . They perform Salat, perform Hajj and fast.

[8] Imam Mohammed Baqir -asws (our 5 th Imam -asws ) has said, ‘The Rasool Allah -saww had three qualities that no (human being) had. Prophet Mohammed -saww did not have any shadow.