Al-Tabrani...

Al-Tabrani, in his Al-Tarikh al-Kabir , and al-Rafi'i in his Musnad, depending on the authority of Ibn Abbas, quote the Messenger of God (S) saying: "Whoever is pleased to live the way I have lived and to die the way I shall die, to live in the Garden of Eden which my Lord planted, let him emulate my Progeny after me and follow the example of my (a.s.) after my demise, for they are my descendants; they were created out of my own mould and were blessed with my own power of comprehension and knowledge; woe unto those who deny their distinction in my nation, those who severe their ties with my loins!

May the Almighty deprive them of my intercession."3 . Imam Ali (a.s.) says: "I and the elite among my descendants, and the virtuous among my progeny, are the most clement…