He declared on the Day of Ghadeer...

He declared on the Day of Ghadeer: الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمْ الْإِسْلَامَ دِينًا. Today, I have perfected your Religion for you and concluded My Mercy on you and selected for you the religion of Islam.

(Sura Maida 5:3) We ordered you to observe some rights of Our friends so that it may be lawful for you to keep your wives and your wealth and whatever you eat and drink and also so that you may recognize and know Us and so that We may grant abundance and increase in these said things so as to see who among you is obeying His commands both openly and privately. And then He said: قُلْ لَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا إِلَّا الْمَوَدَّةَ فِي الْقُرْبَى.

(O Messenger!) Tell (them that) I do not want any remuneration from you for this Messengership except that you should love my near relatives. (Sura Shuraa 42:23) So understand that whoever will be stingy in loving them will be showing stinginess towards his own self because it (love for my relatives) benefits only them and Allah is indeed needless and you are in dire need of Him. So now, when the truth has been revealed clearly you may do whatever you like.

Hereafter Allah and His Messenger and the Faithful will observe your attitude because you are surely to return to the One Who knows every open and secret thing and who will show you your deeds and the better consequence is for the righteous and praise be to Allah the Lord of the worlds. It is mentioned in Maniul Akhbar that Imam Baqir (a.s.) is reported to have said that the Holy Prophet (S) said: O Ali!

On the day of Judgement, you and Jibraeel will sit on the Sirat Bridge and none will cross it but the one who will have the order of relief from hellfire due to you Wilayat. Shaykh Tabarsi has, quoting Imam Sadiq (a.s.), narrated in Majalis that he (Imam) said: It is we who are the medium (Wasilah) between you and Allah. He also has narrated from Imam Hasan (a.s.) that the Holy Prophet (S) addressed Amirul Momineen (a.s.): O Ali! You and your companions and followers will be in Paradise.

He has also narrated from Abdullah bin Sulaiman in Ihtijaj that he says: I was with Imam Baqir (a.s.) when a man from Basra told him that Hasan Basri says that those who hide their knowledge (faith) will harm the dwellers of Hell by their bellies.

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