[7] ‘Imam Muhammad -asws Bin Ali -asws (5 th Imam) ‘(What...

[7] ‘Imam Muhammad -asws Bin Ali -asws (5 th Imam) ‘(What about) the Words of Allah -azwj in His -azwj Book: Those who believe then commit Kufr [4:137] , he -asws said: ‘Those two (Abu Bakr and Umar), and the third (Usman), and the fourth (Muawiya), and Abdul Rahman (Ibn Awf), and Talha, and they were seventeen men’, And Then people said to Rasool Allah -saww , ‘He -asws (Imam Ali -asws ) is better than Adam -as , and Noah -as , and Ibrahim -as and the Prophets -as ?’ Allah -azwj Revealed: Surely Allah chose Adam and Noah and the progeny of Ibrahim [3:33] – up to: Hearing, Knowing [3:34] .

They said, ‘So he -asws is better than you -saww are, O Muhammad -saww !’ Allah -azwj Said: Say: ‘O you people! I am a Rasool of Allah to you all, [7:158] , but he -asws is better than you all, and his -asws offspring is better than your offspring, and one who follows him is better than one who follows you all’.

They arose angrily and said in addition, ‘The return to the Kufr is easier upon us than what he -saww is saying regarding the son -asws of his -saww uncle -as !’ And that is the Word of Allah -azwj then increase in Kufr, [4:137] ’’. [8] See the complete Hadeeth in Appendix I. [9] ‘From one of the two (5 th or 6 th Imam -asws ) having said: ‘ I vow to You what is in my womb, [3:35] to the synagogue that she -as will serve the servants, and the male isn’t like the female regarding the service’.

He -asws said: ‘She -as became a youth and was serving them, and feeding them until she was an adult. So, Zakariyya -as ordered that a veil be taken for her -as besides the servants, and he -as was coming to see her -as , and he -as saw in her -as presence fruits of the winter in the summer, and fruits of the summer in the winter, so that is when Zakariyya -as and Yahya -as was Granted to him -as ’’.

[10] ‘From Abu Ja’far -asws having said: ‘When the wife of Imran -as vowed what was in her belly for consecration – and the one devoted to the Masjid, when born, enters the Masjid and does not exit from the Masjid, ever, so when Maryam -as was born, she said, ‘My Lord! Surely I have placed a female’ – and Allah was more Knowing of what she placed – and the male isn’t like the female; ‘And I have named her Maryam, and I seek Refuge with You for her and her offspring from the Pelted Satan’ [3:36] .

The Prophets -as cast lots upon her -as and Zakariyya -as won the lote, and he -as was husband of her -as sister, and took responsibility for her, and entered her -as into the Masjid.