So the Prophet -saww said: ‘My -saww brother -asws has come to you all’.

So the Prophet -saww said: ‘My -saww brother -asws has come to you all’. Then he -saww turned towards the Kabah and struck it by his -saww hand and said: ‘By the One -azwj in Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad -saww ! This one and his -asws Shias, they would be the successful ones on the Day of Judgment’.

ثُمَّ قَالَ ص إِنَّهُ أَوَّلُكُمْ إِيمَاناً مَعِي وَ أَوْفَاكُمْ بِعَهْدِ اللَّهِ وَ أَقْوَاكُمْ بِأَمْرِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ أَعْدَلُكُمْ فِي الرَّعِيَّةِ وَ أَقْسَمُكُمْ بِالسَّوِيَّةِ وَ أَعْظَمُكُمْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مَزِيَّةً Then he -saww said: ‘He -asws is the first one of you all in Eman along with me -saww , and the most fulfilling of you all with the Covenant of Allah -azwj , and the strongest one of you all with the Commands of Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic, and the most just of you all among the citizens, and the most equitable of you all with the equalisation, and the one with the greatest privileges in the Presence of Allah -azwj ’.

قَالَ وَ نَزَلَتْ‏ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَ عَمِلُوا الصَّالِحاتِ أُولئِكَ هُمْ خَيْرُ الْبَرِيَّةِ He (the narrator) said, ‘And (the Verse) was Revealed: Surely those who believe and are doing righteous deeds, those, they are the best of the Created beings [98:7] ’.

[15] و عنه، قال: أخبرنا أبو علي الحسن بن علي بن الحسن الصفار بقرائتي عليه، قال: أخبرنا أبو عمر بن مهدي، قال: أخبرنا أبو العباس بن عقدة، قال: حدثنا محمد بن أحمد القطواني، قال: حدثنا إبراهيم بن جعفر بن عبد الله بن محمد بن مسلمة، عن أبي الزبير، عن جابر بن عبد الله، قال: كنا عند النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله) فأقبل علي بن أبي طالب (عليه السلام)، فقال النبي (صلى الله عليه و آله): «قد أتاكم أخي And from him, from Abu Ali Al-Hassan Bin Ali Bin Al-Hassan Al-Saffar, from Abu Umar Bin Mahdy, from Abu Al-Abbas Bin Uqdat, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad Al-Qatwany, from Ibrahim Bin Ja’far Bin Abdullah Bin Muhammad Bin Muslama, from Abu Al-Zubeyr, from Jabir Bin Abdullah who said, ‘We were in the presence of the Prophet -saww when Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws came up.

So the Prophet -saww said: ‘My -saww brother has come to you’. ثم التفت إلى الكعبة فضربها بيده، فقال: «و الذي نفسي بيده، إن هذا و شيعته هم الفائزون يوم القيامة Then he -saww turned towards the Kabah, and he -saww struck it with his -saww hand and said, ‘By the One in Whose -azwj Hand in my -saww soul, surely this one -asws and his -asws Shias, they are the victorious ones on the Day of Judgement’.

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