Do not go ahead of them, for you will be ruined.

Do not go ahead of them, for you will be ruined. Do not fall behind them, for you will also be ruined.” Then he raised the hand of 'Ali, Amir al-Mu’minin (as.), so that everyone could see him and know him. Then, in the same position, he read the divine farman of succession. “O people. Who is more deserving among the believers to have wilayat and guardianship over them?” “Allah and the Prophet know best.” “Allah gave me wilayat and I am more worthy than the believers and the followers themselves.

Therefore to whosoever I am his (mawla) master and guardian, 'Ali is his guardian and master.[^4] O Allah, be the friend of his friends, and the enemy of his enemies. Help…