He is from me and I am from him and he will be your guardian after me.

He is from me and I am from him and he will be your guardian after me.” At-Tabarani mentioned the tradition in details that the Prophet (s) had said: “Why do some people disparage Ali? He, who hates Ali, hates me and he, who turns away from Ali, turns away from me. Ali is from me and I am from him. He has been created from my clay and I have been created from the clay of Abraham but I am better than Abraham; a progeny one from the other and Allah is Hearing, Knowing.

O Burayda, have you not known that Ali deserves more than the bondmaid he has taken? He will be your guardian after me.” Imran bin Husayn narrated: “Four of the Prophet’s companions have agreed to complain of Ali to the Prophet (s). One of them said: “O messenger of Allah, have you not seen that Ali had done so and so?” The Prophet (s) paid no attention to him. The second one said the same to the Prophet (s) and the Prophet (s) paid no attention to him.

The third one said the same and the Prophet (s) paid no attention to [^1] We have mentioned this tradition in our book al-Muraja’at with its series of narrators and sources from the books of the Sunni. Refer to Muraja’a no. 20 and 22.

Let you ponder on the Prophet’s saying to his close relative, among whom were his uncles like Abu Talib and others “You are to listen to him (Ali) and to obey him” which has showed that Imam Ali (s) since those first days was to the Prophet (s) as Aaron was to Moses except that there would be no prophet after (s). [^2] You find this text in a true tradition having more than ten aspects of Ali’s each of which nominating him to the imamate. Refer to our book al-Muraja’at, muraja’a no.26-34.

(413) him. The fourth one said the same. The Prophet (s) became too angry and he said: “What do you want from Ali? Ali is from me and I am from him and he will be the guardian of every believer after me.” Wahab bin Hamza said-as in al-Issaba, biography of Wahab: “Once I travelled with Ali and I found that he somehow had turned away from me. When I came back I mentioned Ali to the Prophet (s) and I criticized him.