I know that I will not be Given the footstool except that it...

I know that I will not be Given the footstool except that it has been disclosed to Ali -asws and I have looked at him -asws .’ قال ابن عباس: فقلت: يا رسول الله، أوصني. فقال: «عليك بمودة علي بن أبي طالب، و الذي بعثني بالحق نبيا لا يقبل الله من عبد حسنة حتى يسأله عن حب علي بن أبي طالب، و هو تعالى أعلم، فإن جاء بولايته، قبل عمله على ما كان منه، و إن لم يأت بولايته لم يسأله عن شي‏ء، ثم أمر به إلى النار.

Ibn Abbas said, ‘O Rasool-Allah -saww , advise me.’ He -saww said: ‘It is for you to have affection for Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws . By the One Who -azwj Sent me -saww by the Truth as a Prophet, Allah -azwj will not Accept from the servant any good deed until He -azwj Questions him about the love of Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws , and He -azwj , the Exalted Knows that he has come with his -asws Wilayah, will Accept his deeds even from before it.

And if he did not come by his -asws Wilayah, He -azwj will not Ask him about anything, and Command for him to be in the Fire. يا بن عباس، و الذي بعثني بالحق نبيا، إن النار لأشد غضبا على مبغض علي منها على من زعم أن لله ولدا.

O Ibn Abbas, by the One Who -azwj Sent me with the Truth as a Prophet, the Fire will be more intense in its fury on the one who hates Ali -asws than on the one who claims that Allah -azwj has a son.’ يا بن عباس، لو أن الملائكة المقربين و الأنبياء المرسلين اجتمعوا على بغض علي، و لن يفعلوا، لعذبهم الله بالنار».

قلت: يا رسول الله، و هل يبغضه أحد؟ ‘O Ibn Abbas, if the Angels of Proximity and the Rasools -as gather together on the hatred of Ali -asws , and they will never do it, Allah -azwj would have Punished them by the Fire.’ I said, ‘O Rasool-Allah -saww , does anyone hate him -asws ?’ قال: «يا بن عباس نعم، يبغضه قوم يذكرون أنهم من أمتي، لم يجعل الله لهم في الإسلام نصيبا. He -saww said: ‘O Ibn Abbas, yes.

The group which hates him -asws is the one which mentions him -asws to be from my -saww community, Allah -azwj will never Make any share to be for them in Islam. يا بن عباس، إن من علامة بغضهم له تفضيلهم من هو دونه عليه. و الذي بعثني بالحق‏ نبيا، ما بعث الله نبيا أكرم عليه مني، و لا وصيا أكرم عليه من وصيي». O Ibn Abbas, from the signs of their hatred is that they would have preferred it to be someone else (other than Ali -asws ).