I have created this solid firmament...

I have created this solid

firmament, well-stretched earth, well-lighted moon, shining sun,

rotating planets, rippling oceans, floating boats and all other things for

the sake and love of you and your chosen people."

And the Lord, Almighty has given me the permission to join you inside

May I come in and be with you?'

The Holy Prophet replied: 'O Bearer of the Divine revelations! Peace

be on you also. Yes, you may come in.'

Then Gabriel too came inside the cloak

Thereafter, he spoke to my affectionate father: 'Allah sends His

revelation to you people and says: "Surely, Allah has decided that He

should keep you and your Ahlul-Bayt clean of all pollution and purify

you people with a thorough purification."'

Then Ali said to my loving father:

'Tell me! What merit the coming under this cloak has before Allah ?'

The Holy Prophet replied: `By that Being, Who made me His Prophet

the inmates of this earth and narrate this Hadith, Allah will bestow on

them His Blessings and Mercy; angels will encircle them and as long

as they do not disperse, the angels will pray for the forgiveness of their

At this, Ali said: `By Allah! We and our Shiites have now become

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Then the Holy Prophet said: 'O Ali! By that Being, Who made me the

righteous prophet and appointed me to the prophet-hood for the sake

of people's salvation, whenever in the gathering of the inmates of this

earth our Shiites and friends will assemble and narrate this Hadith of

ours, and if some-one amongst them will be in agony, Allah will

remove his trouble; and if someone was sorrowful, Allah will relieve

him of his sorrows; will answer his needs.'

Then Ali said: `By Allah! At this moment we have been crowned with

success and Blessings; and by the Lord of Ka'bah, in the same way

our Shiites too have become triumphant and blessed in this world and

the Islamic Seminary of Pakistan to include this event in the book)