To select this tradition for investigation was the job of...

To select this tradition for investigation was the job of Mulla Kabli and Shah Abdul Aziz. (5) He was the son-in-law of the Prophet and such a son-in-law that he was the husband of the pride of womenfolk, Fatima Zahra (s.a.). (6) He is one of the folks of the cloak (Kisa).

That is, those who had entered the blanket of the Holy Prophet (S) by his permission and the Holy Prophet (S) had recited the verse of Purification after taking him in the blanket.[^2] (7) He is from the Ahlul Bayt of the Prophet. Allah the Almighty has addressed him, his wife and his sons by the title of Ahlul Bayt, as mentioned in the above verse and also apparent from traditions of the Holy Prophet (S). (8) He is one of the Holy Five (Panjetan Paak).

They include the Holy Prophet (S), Ali, Fatima, Hasan and Husayn (a.s.). That they are pure, is proved from the verse of Purification[^3] and also from the verse of Malediction.[^4] (9) He is one of the Fourteen Infallibles. The Fourteen Infallibles consist of the Holy Prophet (S), Fatima Zahra (s.a.) and the Twelve Imams. Ibn Abbas relates the following tradition with regard to the Twelve Imams. A Jew named Nathal, came to the Messenger of Allah (S) and said: “O Muhammad!

I question you because I have straitness in my chest. If you can reply my questions, I will accept Islam at your hands. Thus, tell me who your legatee is?

Our Prophet Moosa (a.s.) had appointed Yusha Ibn Noon as his legatee.” The Holy Prophet (S) said: “My legatee and my successor after me, is Ali Ibn Abi Talib (a.s.) and after him his sons, Hasan and Husayn (a.s.) and after that nine descendants from the loins of Husayn (a.s.) shall be the righteous Imams.” The Jews asked him to state their names.

The Messenger of Allah (S) said: “After Husayn, shall be Ali, son of Husayn, then Muhammad Baqir, then Ja’far as-Sadiq, then Moosa Kazim, then Ali ar-Reza, then Muhammad al-Jawad, then Ali al-Hadi, then Hasan Askari and then Hujjatullah al-Mahdi (Peace be upon them forever). Thus, these are the twelve Imams, like the twelve tribes of Bani Israel.” The Jew asked him where they would reside? Holy Prophet (S) said that they shall be in Paradise in his grade.

Then this Jew began to recite the formula of faith: “There is no god except Allah and Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah (S)”, and said that these are the right successors. “It is the same that I have found in the book of Moosa (a.s.). That the Prophet of the last age will be born and his name shall be Ahmad.