Jaber Ibn Abdullah Ansari said...
Jaber Ibn Abdullah Ansari said: "I said to Abu Ja'far (Al-Baqir (A)):
`May I be your sacrifice son of Allah's Messenger; narrate to me a
hadith in regard to the noble traits of your grandmother Fatima, so that
if I report it to your Shiites (followers), they would rejoice at (hearing)
Abu Ja'far (A) said: `My father told me that my grandfather reported
that Allah's Messenger said: "On the Day of Rising, Minbars of light
shall be erected for the prophets and messengers, of which my Minbar
shall be the highest among all Minbars on that day. Allah will then say:
Deliver a speech,' so I will deliver a speech that none of the prophets
or messengers have ever heard. Then for the successors (of prophets)
shall be erected Minbars of light, and in the middle of these Minbars
one shall be erected for my successor, Ali Ibn Abu Talib, which will be
higher than all their Minbars. Allah will then say:
"Ali, deliver a speech.' So he will deliver a speech like no successor
has ever heard before. Then for the children of the prophets and
messengers shall be erected Minbars of light; among them shall be a
Minber of light for my two sons, grandsons and the two flowers of my
life (Al-Hassan and Al-Hussain). Then it shall be said to them: "Deliver
So they will deliver two speeches like none of the children of the
prophets and messengers have ever heard before! "A caller-Gabriel-shall then call: `Where is Fatima Bint Muhammad?'
She (A) will rise..." (until he said): 'Allah, the blessed and exalted is His
`O people of the gathering; to whom does honor belong today?'
So Muhammad, Ali, Hassan and Al-Hussain (A) will say: 'To Allah, The
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one, The Almighty 'Allah the Exalted will say: "O people of the
gathering: lower your heads and cast your eyes down, for this is
Fatima proceeding towards Paradise.' Gabriel shall then bring her a
female camel from the female camels of Paradise; its sides shall be
embellished, its muzzle with fresh pearls, and it shall have a saddle of
coral. It shall kneel down in her presence; so she will ride it. Allah will
then send 100, 000 angels to accompany her on her right side; and
100, 000 angels to accompany her on her left side; and 100, 000
angels to lift her onto their wings until they bring her to the gate of
Paradise.
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