Have you said this?

Have you said this?’ The Prophet (S) said, ‘Yes, if they keep to the love and guardianship of this man.’ He pointed to Imam ‘Ali (peace be upon him).’[^9] Imam al-Hadi (a.s.) narrated from his fathers from his grandfather Imam ‘Ali (a.s.) that the Prophet (S) said, ‘O ‘Ali, Allah has created me and you from His light. 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 befit anyone other than me and guardianship does not befit anyone 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…’[^10] 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 (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 of Imam ‘Ali (a.s.) is out of the love of the Prophet (S) and the hatred towards Imam ‘Ali (a.s.) is out of the hatred of the Prophet (S) because Imam ‘Ali (a.s.) was the very self of the Prophet (S), the gate of the…