[9] محمد بن إبراهيم النعماني- المعروف بابن زينب- قال...

Muhammad Bin Ibrahim Al No’mani – well known as Ibn Zaynab – from Muhammad Bin Abdullah Bin Moamar Al Tabrany at Tabariyya in the year three hundred and thirty three – and this man used to befriend Yazeed -la Bin Muawiya and was from the Hostile ones (Naasibi), from his father, from Ali Bin Hashim, and Al Hassan Bin Al Sakan, from Abdula Razaq Bin Hamaam, from his father, from Mayna’a a slave of Abdul Rahman Bin Awf, (It has been narrated) from Jabir Bin Abdullah Al-Ansary who said, ‘The people of Yemen sent a delegation to Rasool-Allah -saww , and they said, ‘O Rasool-Allah -saww , and who is your -saww successor -asws ?’ So he -saww said: ‘He -asws is the one whom Allah -azwj has Commanded everyone to hold firmly to.

Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic Said And hold firmly with the Rope of Allah altogether and do not be disunited [3:103] ’. فقالوا: يا رسول الله، بين لنا ما هذا الحبل؟ فقال: «هو قول الله: إِلَّا بِحَبْلٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ حَبْلٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ فالحبل من الله كتابه، و الحبل من الناس وصيي». They said, ‘O Rasool-Allah -saww ! Explain to us what this Rope is?’ He -saww said: ‘ [3:112] except with a Rope from Allah and a Rope from the people .

So the Rope from Allah -azwj is His -azwj Book, and the Rope from the people is my -saww successor -asws ’. فقالوا: يا رسول الله، و من وصيك؟ فقال: «هو الذي أنزل الله فيه: أَنْ تَقُولَ نَفْسٌ يا حَسْرَتى عَلى ما فَرَّطْتُ فِي جَنْبِ اللَّهِ So, they said, ‘O Rasool-Allah -saww ! And who is your -saww successor -asws ?’ So he -saww said: ‘He -asws is the one regarding whom Allah -azwj Revealed Lest a soul should say: O regret, for what I wasted regarding the Side of Allah [39:56] ’.