One who loves you – asws loves me – saww ...

One who loves you – asws loves me – saww , and one hating you – asws hates me – saww . O Ali – asws ! I – saww and you – asws are two fathers of this community . O Ali – asws ! I – asws and you – saww and the Imams – asws from your – asws sons – asws are chiefs in the world and kings in the Hereafter. One who recognises us – asws , he has recognised Allah – azwj , and one who denies us – asws so he has denied Allah – azwj Mighty and Majestic’’.

[15] For More Ahadith please refer to Bihar ul Anwaar vol. 22-23: http://hubeali.com/online-books/online-english-books/bihar-al-anwaar/ APPENDIX II: How to React when someone is Abusing our Father(s)?

قب، المناقب لابن شهرآشوب أَبُو هَاشِمٍ الْجَعْفَرِيُّ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ الْأَسْوَدِ قَالَ: دَعَانِي سَيِّدِي أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ ع فَدَفَعَ إِلَيَّ خَشَبَةً كَأَنَّهَا رِجْلُ بَابٍ مُدَوَّرَةٍ طَوِيلَةٍ مِلْ‏ءَ الْكَفِّ فَقَالَ صِرْ بِهَذِهِ الْخَشَبَةِ إِلَى الْعَمْرِيِّ فَمَضَيْتُ فَلَمَّا صِرْتُ فِي بَعْضِ الطَّرِيقِ عَرَضَ لِي سَقَّاءٌ مَعَهُ بَغْلٌ فَزَاحَمَنِي الْبَغْلُ عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ فَنَادَانِي السَّقَّاءُ ضَحِّ عَلَى الْبَغْلِ‏ (The book) ‘Al Manaqib’ of Ibn Shehr Ashub – Abu Hashim Al Ja’fari, from Dawood Bin Al Aswad who said, ‘My Master – asws summoned me.

He – asws handed a plank to me as if it were a base of a door, round, long, filling the palm. He – asws said: ‘Go with this wood to Al-Amry’. I went. When I came to be in one of the roads, a water carrier presented to me, with him was a mule. The mule crowded me upon the road.

The water carrier called out to me: ‘Get away from the mule!’ فَرَفَعْتُ الْخَشَبَةَ الَّتِي كَانَتْ مَعِي فَضَرَبْتُ بِهَا الْبَغْلَ فَانْشَقَّتْ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى كَسْرِهَا فَإِذَا فِيهَا كُتُبٌ فَبَادَرْتُ سَرِيعاً فَرَدَدْتُ الْخَشَبَةَ إِلَى كُمِّي فَجَعَلَ السَّقَّاءُ يُنَادِينِي وَ يَشْتِمُنِي وَ يَشْتِمُ صَاحِبِي فَلَمَّا دَنَوْتُ مِنَ الدَّارِ رَاجِعاً اسْتَقْبَلَنِي عِيسَى الْخَادِمُ عِنْدَ الْبَابِ الثَّانِي فَقَالَ يَقُولُ لَكَ مَوْلَايَ أَعَزَّهُ اللَّهُ لِمَ ضَرَبْتَ الْبَغْلَ وَ كَسَرْتَ رِجْلَ الْبَابِ I raised the wood which was with me, and I struck the mule with it, and it broke.

I looked at its pieces and there were letter in it. I rushed quickly and returned the wood to my sleeve. The water carrier went on to call out to me and insulting me and insulting my companion. When I was near from the house returning. Isa the servant received me at the second door. He said, ‘My Master – asws says to you: ‘May Allah – azwj Cherish him!

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