[15] حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ زِيَادِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْهَمَذَانِيُّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ هَاشِمٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ ثَابِتِ بْنِ أَبِي صَفِيَّةَ قَالَ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ ع رَحِمَ اللَّهُ الْعَبَّاسَ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَلِيٍّ فَلَقَدْ آثَرَ وَ أَبْلَى وَ فَدَى أَخَاهُ بِنَفْسِهِ حَتَّى قُطِعَتْ يَدَاهُ فَأَبْدَلَهُ اللَّهُ بِهِمَا جَنَاحَيْنِ يَطِيرُ بِهِمَا مَعَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ كَمَا جَعَلَ لِجَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَ إِنَّ لِلْعَبَّاسِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى لَمَنْزِلَةً يَغْبِطُهُ بِهَا جَمِيعُ الشُّهَدَاءِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ Ahmad ibn Zyad ibn Ja’far al-Hamedany – may God be pleased with him – narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim quoted Muhammad ibn Isaibn Ubayd, on the authority of Yunus ibn Abdul-Rahman, on the authority of Ibn Asbat, on the authority of Ali ibn Salim, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Sabet ibn Abi Sofayeh Ali -asws Ibn Al-Hussein -asws Al-Sajjad said, “May God have Mercy upon Al-Abbas -asws – that is Ibn Ali -asws – who preferred his -asws brother -asws to himself -asws and sacrificed himself -asws for his -asws brother -asws as a result of which both his -asws hands were cut off (by the enemies).
Allah -azwj Granted him -asws two wings so that he -asws can fly in Paradise along with the angels -as . Allah -azwj did the same for Ja’far -asws Ibn Abi Talib -asws .
Abbas -asws has such a high rank near the Blessed the Sublime Allah -azwj which all the martyrs of Karbala envy on the Resurrection Day.” [16] Concluding Statement: Finally, in a Hadith, Rasool Allah -saww Said: شرف الدين النجفي، قال: و مما ورد في أن أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام) أفضل من النبيين (صلوات الله عليهم)، روي مسندا مرفوعا، عن جابر بن عبد الله (رضي الله عنه) أنه قال: قال لي رسول الله (صلى الله عليه و آله): «يا جابر، أي الإخوة أفضل؟» قال: قلت: البنون من الأب و الام Sharaf Al-Deen Al-Najafy said, ‘And from what has been reported regarding that Amir Al-Momineen -asws is superior than the Prophets -as , is a correct report with an unbroken chain going up to Jabir Bin Abdullah who said, ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘O Jabir!
Which of the brothers are superior?’ I said, ‘The sons from the (same) father and mother’.