When I saluted him, he did not answer me.
When I saluted him, he did not answer me. So I asked: Am I not from your Ummat. He said: You are also from my Ummat, but make my Ummat aware about the tradition of ‘the favor’ (Naem) which you had heard from me. Ibrahim and Shaykh Tabarsi have narrated from Imam Sadiq (a.s.) that ‘favor’ refers to Ahlul Bayt (a.s.) and you will be questioned about it. So at some other place you have: وَقِفُوهُمْ إِنَّهُمْ مَسْئُولُونَ. And stop them, for they shall be questioned.
(Surah Saffat 37:24) It means they will be asked about the Wilayat of Ahlul Bayt (a.s.). Imam Sadiq (a.s.) says in the explanation of this verse that this Ummat will be questioned about our Wilayat which Allah had given and the blessings of Muhammad and his Progeny. There is a tradition from Imam Moosa Kazim (a.s.) that: We are ‘favor’ for the believer and ‘khantal’ (a bitter…
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