This tradition has been quoted by many other companions out...

This tradition has been quoted by many other companions out of whom worthy of mention are Umar bin Khattab, Sa'd bin Abi 'Waqqas, Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, Abdullah ibn Abbas, Jabir bin Abdullah, Abu Hurayrah, Abu Sa'id Khudari, Jabir bin Samrah, Milik bin Havirath, Bara' bin 'Azib, Zayd bin Arqam, Ans bin Malik, Abu Ayyub Ansari, Aqil ibn Abi Talib etc.[^9] Allamah Abdul Mo'min Shablanji Shafi'i writes in his book Nurul Absar that Abu Dharr, quotes from the Holy Prophet who said: "The best act in the cause of Allah is to love Him and not to do anything against His Will".

Abu Dharr quotes the Holy Prophet (s) as saying, "When you have friendship with somebody for Allah's sake, reveal it to him". Abu Dharr narrates that the Holy Prophet (s) says, "When a person becomes angry he should sit down if he is standing and if the anger does not subside by sitting he should lie down". [^10] Abu Dharr quotes a tradition of the Prophet (s) that Allah loves the man who shows forbearance against the bad treatment of a neighbour.

[^11] Abu Dharr says that the Holy Prophet (s) has ordered for piety and abstemiousness and asked us to guard the trust, not to go begging before anybody, not to break the relationship of love between two people, to do good to the man who does wrong to you, and to fear Allah always in every open and secret matter. [^12] Abu Dharr narrates the tradition of the Prophet (s) thus: "Allah likened my Ahlul Bayt to the Noah's Ark (Safinatu Nuh) for my followers.

Whoever got aboard it was saved from the Deluge and whoever avoided it, was drowned, that is, went astray. Also my Ahlul Bayt are for my followers like the door of Hittah (repentance) for the Children of Israel about whom Allah had told the Israel that one who entered through that door, would be saved from the tortures of the world and the Hereafter.

Similarly, whosoever from my followers follows the path of my Ahlul Bayt and remains steadfast in following them, will get deliverance on the Day of Reckoning". (Ainul Hayat) Ali bin Shahab Hamadani quotes Abu Dharr who says that he had heard the Holy Prophet saying, "O Abu Dharr! Ali is he who is going to bifurcate Heaven and Hell. O Abu Dharr! Not even an angel could get the honour of dividing Heaven from Hell. Look!

Heaven has been reserved for his supporters and he has been granted a brother like me while no brother of anybody is like me". Abu Dharr quotes the Holy Prophet as saying: "Allah has strengthened Islam through Ali.