He -saww encouraged them in the matters of al-Dhikr...

He -saww encouraged them in the matters of al-Dhikr (Remembrance of Allah -azwj ) and showed them the \u2018Sabeel\u2019 (Imam Ali -asws – the right path). The Rasool Allah -saww did so with knowledge and with the sources of \u2018Noor\u2019 (Divine Light) which he -saww left with the Holy Imam -asws after him -saww . He -saww did that to make sure that Muslims will not be misled after him -saww and he -saww was very compassionate and kind to them.

[18] \n The narrator of a Hadith says: \n \u2018Abu Abdullah -asws (our 6 th Imam -asws ) said: \u2018Do you know how the women pledge their Allegiances to the Rasool-Allah -saww ?\u2019 I said, \u2018Allah -azwj Knows, and the son -asws of His -azwj Rasool -saww knows\u2019. He -asws said: \u2018They gathered around him -saww , then he -saww called for a container, and poured water into it, and immersed his -saww hand in it, then said: \u2018Hear me -saww , O those who are around.

You will be pledging Allegiance upon the (conditions) that you will not associate anything with Allah -azwj , nor will you steal, nor kill your children, nor slander by forging with your hands and your feet, nor disobey me -saww regarding the good. Do you accept?\u2019 They said, \u2018Yes\u2019. So he -saww took his -saww hand out from the container, then said to them: \u2018Immerse your hands\u2019. So they did that\u2019.

The hand of the Rasool-Allah -saww was pure, and clean from being touched by a female who was not a \u2018Mahram\u2019 to him -saww \u2019.

[19] \n The Holy Prophet -saww \u2019s Grand Father Hazrat Abd Al-Muttalib -asws \n Imam Jafar e Sadiq -asws said: On the Day of \u2018Qiyamat\u2019 (Judgement) \u2018Hazrat Abd Al-Muttalib -asws (the grandfather of the Holy Prophet Mohammed -saww ), who is the first who believed in \u2018Bada\u2019 (Allah -azwj \u2019s Divine Plan for people), will be brought as a whole nation and he -asws will have a complexion like those of the Prophets -asws and a majestic presence like those of the kings.

[20] \n Once, Hazrat Abd Al-Muttalib -asws sent the Rasool Allah -saww to the shepherds of his camels to help them with a runaway camel. \n The Rasool Allah -saww collected them all but had delayed in returning home. Hazrat \u2018Abd Al-Muttalib -asws out of anxiety was holding the ring of the door of Ka\u2019ba. He -asws kept pleading, \u2018Our Allah -azwj , will You -azwj Destroy your own people? (Please do not do so).