Allah -azwj Said, ‘O Mohammed -saww .

Allah -azwj Said, ‘O Mohammed -saww .’ He replied, ‘Yes, my Lord -azwj .’ Allah -azwj Asked, ‘Who will be after you to guide your followers’?’ Prophet Mohammed -saww replied, ‘Allah -azwj Knows best.’ Allah -azwj Said, ‘Ali -asws Ibn Abu Talib -asws will be Amir-ul-Momineen -asws (Leader with Divine Authority), the master of the Muslims, the leader of the ones marked with brightness on their foreheads.’ ‘The narrator has said that then the Imam -asws said to Abu Basir, ‘O Abu Mohammed, by Allah -azwj , Wilayah (Mastership) of Amir-ul-Momineen Ali -asws did not come from Earth.

It (Wilayah) came from the Heavens in Words that Allah -azwj Personally Spoke. [12] Abu ‘Abd Allah -asws was once asked: ‘What is the meaning of ‘Salam on the Rasool of Allah -saww ’ (offering him the greetings of peace)?’ The Imam -asws said, ‘When Allah -azwj Created His Nabi (the Holy Prophet -saww) , Wasi (Imam Ali -asws ), the daughter of His Nabi (Syeda Binte Rasool Allah -asws , and their two sons -asws , (Imams Hassan -asws and Hussain -asws ) and all ‘A’immah -asws (Leaders with Divine Authority), and their Shia (followers), He -azwj Made a ‘Misaaq’ (a promise) with them to exercise patience, establish good relations and live devotedly before Allah -azwj .

He -azwj Promised to give them the blessed land, the sacred sanctuary, to bring down to them the constructed house (al-Bayt al-Ma ‘mur), to show them the raised ceiling (al-Saqf al-Marfu‘) and grant them -asws relief against their enemies. Also, Allah -azwj Grants them the earth that He -azwj will Change with peace and protect all that is therein for them -asws without any quarrels therein against the enemies and there will exist all that they -asws love.

The Rasool Allah -saww made a similar ‘Misaaq’ with all (12) Imams -asws and also from their -asws Shia . ‘Offering to peace (Salam) to him is a mention of that promise and renewing it before Allah -azwj , so that perhaps He -azwj will allow that peace to take place soon for all of you with all that is therein.

[13] The Physical Appearance of The Holy Prophet -saww : The narrator says: Once I asked Imam Abu Ja’far (our 5 th Imam – Imam Mohammed Baqir -asws ), ‘Describe to me the (appearance of) the Rasool Allah -saww .’ The Imam -asws said, ‘The Holy Prophet -saww had a white reddish complexion, large sharp black and white eyes, the eyebrows almost joined, beautiful hands and feet as if gold molded to the form of his -saww fingers and toes and with clear shoulder bones.