I was wont to pursue him like a child­camel's ensuing its mother.

I was wont to pursue him like a child­camel's ensuing its mother. On every new day, he was elevating me a mark of his morals and ordering me of taking it as a guide. In Harra, I saw him while none else could see. In that time, no single house gathered embracers of Islam saving the Apostle of Allah, Khadija and I, the third of them. I could see the illumination of revelation and mission, and smell the odor of prophesy."[5] [3] Al­Hassakani's Shawahidut­Tanzeel, part.2 page120 hadith 810­5.

Ibnul­Meghazili's Menaqibu Ali, page369 hadith 317. Al­Kinji's Kifayetut­Talib, page233. As­Suyouti's Ad­Durrul­Manthour, part.5 page328. Al­Qurtubi's Book of Tafseer, part.15 page256. bn­Asakir's Tarikhu Dimeshq, Chapter: Ali's life account, part.2 page418. At­Tusturi's Ihqaqul­Haqq, part.3 page177. [4] bn­Asakir's Tarikhu Dimeshq, Chapter: Ali's life account, part.1 page76. Majma'uzzawa'id, part.9 page102. Al­Kinji's Kifayetut­Talib, page187.

bn­Hajar's Al­Issabetu Fi Tamyizis­Sahaba, part.4 page171. bn­Abdil­Berr's Alisti'ab (in the margin of bn­Hajar's Al­Issabetu Fi Tamyizis­Sahaba) part.4 page170. Al­Ghayeh, part.5 page287. Mizanuli'tidal, part.2 page417. Fera'idus­Simtein, part.1 page39 and 140. At­Tabari's Thekha'irul­Uqba, page65. Al­Amini's Al­Ghadeer, part.2 page313. Muntakhabu Kenzil­Ummal (in the margin of Ahmed's Book of Hadith), part.5 page34. As­Seeretul­Halabiya, part.1 page380.

bn­Abil­Hadid's Sharhu Nahjil­Belagheh, part.3 page261. [5] Hashim Ma'ruf Al­Huseini's At­Tasawwufu Wet­Teshayyu', and An­Nidhamus­Siyasiyu Fil­Islam, pages 75­6. Qethm­bn­Al­Abbas was asked how Ali had inherited the Prophet alone. He answered: "He was the foremost, among us, in catching him and the most adherent to him."[6] Declaring the Succession After the Declaration of Prophesy Just after the revelation of the Holy Verse: (And warn your nearest relations.

26:214), the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) spoke in the meeting of the sons of Abdul­Muttelib: "O sons of Abdul­Muttelib! I do not see a young man from the Arabs introduce to his people a thing better than what I am conveying to you. I am conveying the good of this world and the Hereafter. My Lord has ordered me of calling upon you. Which one of you will uphold me in this advocacy, and thus he shall be my brother, inheritor and successor?" Ali narrated: "The entire clique retarded.