If people hear this, they will give up good deeds.

If people hear this, they will give up good deeds. Have you said this?’ The Prophet (a.s.) said, ‘Yes, if they keep to the love and guardianship of this man.’ He pointed to Imam Ali (peace be upon him).’ [1] Imam al-Hadi (a.s.) narrated from his fathers from his grandfather Imam Ali (a.s.) that the Prophet (a.s.) said, ‘O Ali, Allah has created me and you from His light when He created Adam and put that light into Adam.

This light reached to Abdul Muttalib and then it divided and so I was in Abdullah and you were in Abu Talib. Prophethood does not fit other than me and guardianship does not fit other than you.

Whoever denies your guardianship denies my prophethood and whoever denies my prophethood Allah will throw him down on his nose into Fire…’ [2] Allah created (a.s.) and his guardian Imam Ali (a.s.) from one light and then they illuminated intellectual and social life and liberated the earth from idolatry and superstitions of the pre-Islamic era. They were but one self.

Whoever denied the guardianship of Imam Ali (a.s.) denied the prophethood of (a.s.) and will have no share in the afterlife and will be among losers. Imam al-Hadi (a.s.) narrated from his fathers that the Prophet (a.s.) had said to Imam Ali (a.s.), ‘O Ali, he, who loves you, loves me, and he, who hates you, hates me.’ There are many prophetic traditions declaring that the love…