So Rasool Allah -saww said with regards to that...

So Rasool Allah -saww said with regards to that: ‘You will never stop – O group of Quraysh – until Allah -azwj Sends to you a man whose heart Allah -azwj has tested for the piety. He will strike your reins upon the Religion’. فقال أبو بكر: أنا هو يا رسول الله؟ قال: لا. فقام عمر، فقال: أنا هو يا رسول الله؟ قال: لا، و لكنه خاصف النعل، و كنت أخصف نعل رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله)». So, Abu Bakr said, ‘Am I the one, O Rasool Allah -saww ?’ He -saww said: ‘No’.

So Umar stood up and said, ‘Am I the one, O Rasool Allah -saww ?’ He -saww said: ‘No, but he is the repairer of the sandal’, and I -asws had repaired the sandal of Rasool Allah -saww ’. قال: ثم التفت إلينا علي (عليه السلام)، و قال: «سمعت رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) يقول: من كذب علي متعمدا فليتبوأ مقعده من النار».

He (the narrator) said, ‘Then Ali -asws turned towards us and said: ‘I -asws heard Rasool Allah -saww saying: ‘The one who deliberately belies Ali -asws , so let him take his seat in the Fire’. [11] و روى العياشي: عن زرارة، و حمران، عن أبي جعفر و أبي عبد الله (عليهما السلام): «أن رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله) كان معه يوم الفتح إثنا عشر ألفا حتى جعل أبو سفيان و المشركون يستغيثون».

And Al-Ayashi has reported, from Zurara, and Humran, Abu Ja’far -asws and Abu Abdullah -asws (have both said) that: ‘Rasool Allah -saww had with him -saww , on the Day of the Conquest (of Makkah) twelve thousand (men), to the extent that Abu Sufyan and the Polytheists were crying out’. [12] [1] Two big idols which were worshiped by the infidels at that time [2] Al-Kafi, Vol. 8, H. 14951 [3] Kitab Sulaym Ibn Qais Hilali, H. 14.

[4] Tafseer Noor Al Saqalayn – CH 48 H 4 [5] See for example Uyun Akhbar al-Raza -asws , vol. 2, Ch. 45, H. 2. (page 436 English) [6] تفسير القمّي 2: 316 [7] [2] تفسير القمّي 2: 316 [8] Two big idols which were worshiped by the infidels at that time [9] Al-Kafi, Vol. 8, H. 14951 [10] الكافي 5: 526/ 2. [11] تأويل الآيات 2: 2: 602/ 1 [12] تفسير العيّاشي 2: 54/ 43.