I -asws said...

I -asws said: ‘And upon you -asws be peace, O Abu Al-Hassan -asws , and O Amir-ul-Momineen -asws !’ (Imam) Ali -asws said: ‘O Fatima -asws ! I -asws smell in your -asws presence a pleasant fragrance like the aroma of my -asws brother -saww , and son -saww of my -asws uncle -as Rasool-Allah -saww ’. I -asws said: ‘Yes!’ Here he -saww is along with your -asws two sons -asws underneath the Cloak’. Ali -asws went near to the Cloak and said: ‘Peace be upon you -saww , O Rasool-Allah -saww !

Do you -saww permit me -asws that I -asws come to be with you -asws all underneath the Cloak?’ He -saww said to him -asws : ‘And upon you -asws be peace, O my -saww brother -asws , and O my -saww successor -asws , and my -saww Caliph! I -saww have permitted you -asws ’. Ali -asws entered to be underneath the Cloak’.

ثُمَّ أَتَيتُ نَحوَ الكِساءِ وَقُلتُ: السَّلامُ عَلَيكَ يا أبَتاهُ يا رَسُولَ الله أَتأذَنُ لي أَن أَكونَ مَعَكُم تَحتَ الكِساءِ؟ قالَ: وَعَليكِ السَّلامُ يا بِنتِي وَيا بَضعَتِي قَد أَذِنتُ لَكِ، فَدَخَلتُ تَحتَ الكِساءِ Then I -asws came near the Cloak and I -asws said: ‘Peace be upon you -saww , O father -saww , O Rasool-Allah -saww !

Do you -saww permit me -asws that I -asws come to be with you -asws all underneath the Cloak?’ He -saww said: ‘And upon you -asws be peace, O my -saww daughter -asws , and O part of me -saww . I -saww have permitted you -asws ’. So I -asws entered to be underneath the Cloak’.

فَلَـمَّا اكتَمَلنا جَمِيعاً تَحتَ الكِساءِ أَخَذَ أَبي رَسُولُ اللهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه وسَلَّم) بِطَرَفَيِ الكِساءِ وَأَومَأَ بِيَدِهِ اليُمنى إِلىَ السَّماءِ وقالَ: اللّهُمَّ إِنَّ هؤُلاءِ أَهلُ بَيتِي وخَاصَّتِي وَحَامَّت، لَحمُهُم لَحمِي وَدَمُهُم دَمِي، يُؤلِمُني ما يُؤلِمُهُم ويَحزُنُني ما يُحزِنُهُم، أَنَا حَربٌ لِـمَن حارَبَهُم وَسِلمٌ لِـمَن سالَـمَهُم وَعَدوٌّ لِـمَن عاداهُم وَمُحِبٌّ لِـمَن أَحَبَّهُم، إنًّهُم مِنّي وَأَنا مِنهُم فَاجعَل صَلَواتِكَ وَبَرَكاتِكَ وَرَحمَتكَ وغُفرانَكَ وَرِضوانَكَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَيهِم وَأَذهِب عَنهُمْ الرِّجسَ وَطَهِّرهُم تَطهِيراً When we -asws were all complete underneath the Cloak, my -asws father -saww grabbed a part of the Cloak and raised his -saww right hand towards the sky, and said: ‘O Allah -azwj !

These are the People -asws of my -saww Household, and my -saww special ones, my -saww supporters. Their -asws flesh is my -saww flesh, and their -asws blood is my -saww blood. And it hurts me -saww what hurts them -asws , and it grieves me -saww what grieves them -asws .

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