The right of authority is theirs and among them guardianship and succession are.

The right of authority is theirs and among them guardianship and succession are." Can we stop a little at this saying of ibn Abul Hadeed? Can we concentrate on the point when he said that Ali (s) pretended to have antecedence, honor and virtue over the all by being proud of the master of the creatures (s), his father Abu Talib and himself? We want but to attract the reader's attention to think about this statement and the meaning it has.

It refers to ____________ 1 Sharh Nahjol Balagha, vol.1 p.47. the unity that gathers these three men in antecedence, honor and virtue above the all! Then we want to refer to the statement of ibn Abul Hadeed "peace be upon him" after mentioning the name of Abu Talib ... this statement shows the thought of the sayer about the person, whom the sayer refers to, and his high position.

This statement is not said except to those, who have the position of prophecy, imamate, guardianship or something like that. It is not said to many many of the Prophet's companions! Ibn Abul Hadeed didn't say this statement to Abu Talib, unless he knew well that Abu Talib had a great role in establishing the bases of Islam, which would be nothing without Abu Talib as he himself said! (1) Then ibn Abul Hadeed imagined that perhaps there was someone, who might deny his saying.

He replied that if Abu Talib had no virtue in supporting the Prophet (s), the Prophet (s) also wouldn't have any virtue in spreading the divine mission according to the thought that it was Allah, Who would have done every thing!

I didn't quote these sayings of ibn Abul Hadeed, unless I wanted to discuss his confusion and contradiction at the end of his long speech about Abu Talib, (2) in which he mentioned some fabricated lies about the (adopter and protector) of the Prophet (s) as he himself had said. (3) These fabrications were not more than eleven lines (4) of his long pages, which were full of irrefutable evidences and clear proofs that confirmed the faithfulness and the right belief of Abu Talib.

But he liked to end his speech ____________ 1 The fidelity of research (!!!) led Muhammad Abul Fadhl Ibraheem to omit this word from the origin! Refer to Sharh Nahjol Balagha, vol.1 p.142, which was edited by this man! 2 Sharh Nahjol Balagha, vol.3 p.305-318. 3 Ibid p.310. 4 Ibid p.310-311. with this weak fabrication. We would like to discuss his speech passage by passage to argue with him about his collapsed points.