He•-- Glory be to Him...

He•-- Glory be to Him, said: "Say: `No reward do I

ask of you for this except the love of those near of kin, and if arty one

earns any good, We shall give him an increase of good in respect

thereof. For Allah is Oft-Forgiving, most ready to appreciate (service).'"

C. Imam Ali Ibn Al-Hussain (Zain Al-Abedeen

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(A)) replied to the Syrian who said to him while he was a prisoner of

the Umayyad’s in Damascus: "Praise be to Allah Who killed you..etc. "

Then he (A) said: "Haven't you read the verse: 'Say: `No reward do I

ask of you for this except the love of those near of kin, and if any-one

earns any good, We shall give him an increase of good in respect

said: 'Muhammad, present Islam to me.'

'The Prophet replied: `Bear witness that there is no God but Allah, to

whom an associate does not exist; and that Muhammad is the slave

The Bedouin said: `Do you require any reward from me (for bringing

He (S) answered: `No, save loving the nearest of kin.'

The Bedouin then asked: `Mine or yours?'

The Prophet (S) said: `My kin.'

The Bedouin said: `Let me pay allegiance to you, and may the curse of

Allah be on those who do not love you and your kin.'

v.3 of Al-Ghadeer which state that the verse was revealed regarding

Ali, Fatima, Al-Hassan and Al-Hussain (A). They are: Imam Ahmad,

Ibn al-Mundir, Ibn Abu Hatim, Tabari, Ibn Mardawaih, Tha'labi, Abu

Abdullah al- Mula, Abu Sheikh Nisaee, Wahidi, Abu Nu'aym, Bagawi,

Bazaz, Ibn Maghazili, Hasakani, Muhib al- Deen, Zamakhshari, Ibn

Asaker, Abu al-Faraj, Hamueeni, Nishabouri, Ibn Talhe, Razi, Abu al-

Saoud, Abu Hayan, Ibn Abu al-Hadeed, Baidhawi, Nasfi, Haithami, Ibn

Sabagh, Ganji, Manawi, Qastalani, Zarandi, Khazin, Zargani, Ibn

Hajar, Samhoudi, Suyuti, Safuri, Saban, Shab Lanje, Handhrami, and

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