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The Prophet (a.s) praised the people of an-Nawbah by saying, ‘Whoever has no brother, let him take a brother from an-Nawbah.’ [^6] Bihar al-Anwar, vol.50 p.[^37]: [^7] Al-Irshad, p.[^315]: [^8] Akhbar ad-Duwal, p.117, Bahr al-Ansab, p.2, Tuhfat al-Imam, p.86, Ilal ash-Sharayi’. [^9] Jawahir al-Ahkam. [^10] The third month in the Islamic calendar. [^11] Bihar al-Anwar, vol.50 p.35, Tareekh Abul Fida’, vol.2 p.48, Ilal ash-Sharayi’.
[^12] An-Nujoom az-Zahirah, vol.3 p.32, Sirr as-Silsilah al-Alawiyyah, p.[^39]: [^13] Bahr al-Ansab, p.2, Akhbar ad-Duwal, p.117, al-Ittihaf Bihubil Ashraf, p.86, al-Kamil, vol.5 p.[^373]: [^14] Encyclopedia of al-Bustani, vol.7 p.[^45]: [^15] Akhbar ad-Duwal, p.117, Bahr al-Ansab, p.2, Tuhfat al-Anam, p.86, an-Nujoom az-Zahirah, vol.3 p.[^32]: [^16] Akhbar ad-Duwal, p.117, Bahr al-Ansab, p.[^2]: [^17] Bahr al-Ansab, p.[^2]: [^18] Ibid.
[^19] Tuhfat al-Anam, p.87, Bihar al-Anwar, vol.50 p.[^236]: [^20] Tuhfat al-Anam, p.[^87]: [^21] Ibid. [^22] Jawharat al-Kalam, p.[^154]: [^23] Safinat al-Bihar, vol.1 p.[^259]: [^24] Bihar al-Anwar, vol.50 p.[^326]: [^25] Ibid., p.238, Akhbar ad-Duwal, p.[^117]: [^26] Al-Ittihaf Bihubil Ashraf, p.[^68]: [^27] Qur'an, 23:[^115]: [^28] Jawharat al-Kalam, p.155, the Encyclopedia of al-Bustani, vol.7 p.[^45]: [^29] A’yan ash-Shia, vol.3 p.[^295]: [^30] Al-Mujdi fin-Nasab (manuscript).
[^31] The two grandsons. [^32] Qur'an, 43:[^13]: [^33] Safeenat al-Bihar, vol.1 p.[^259]: [^34] Al-Manaqib, vol.4 p.[^401]: [^35] Murooj ath-Thahab, vol.4 p.[^171]: [^36] Murooj ath-Thahab, vol.4 p.[^171]: [^37] It was the day of the prolonged and acerbic negotiations which preceded the nomination of Abu Bakr as the successor of the Prophet (a.s) who died just then and was not buried yet at the time of that meeting.
[^38] Bahr al-Ansab, p.[^2]: [^39] Bihar al-Anwar, vol.50 p.[^236]: [^40] Dala’il al-Imama, p.[^227]: [^41] Qunut is a supplication recited in the prayer. [^42] Muhaj ad-Da’awat, p.62-[^63]: [^43] Sirat means “way” or “path” but in the Islamic terminology, it means the bridge that dominates the Hell.