A book by the above title was compiled by Abul Hasan
Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Hasan al-Qummi, known as Ibn Shadhan. Virtue
number 37 of the English translation written by Badr Shahin, is condensed
below:
Abu – Bakr Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ghitrif al-Jurjani
narrated from Abu Khalifa al-Fadl ibn Salih al-Jamahi from Ali ibn Abdullah ibn
Jafar from Muhammad ibn Ubaid from Abdullah from Na’fi’ from Abdullah son of
Umar from Umar ibn Khattab, who said:
We once asked him
about Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.), the Messenger of Allah became angry and said:
What for some
people mentioning the one who enjoys the same standing that I enjoy with my
Lord and enjoys the same rank that I enjoy with my Lord except the rank of
Prophet hood?
Verily, those who
love Ali will have in fact loved me; and those who love me will have in fact
attained the Pleasure of Almighty Allah; and once Almighty Allah is pleased
with someone, He shall award him Paradise.
Verily, as for those who love Ali, the angels will ask Almighty Allah’s forgiveness for them; and the
gates of Paradise will be open wide before them so that they will be allowed to
enter Paradise from any gate they choose without being exposed to settlement of
account.
Verily, as for those who love Ali, Almighty Allah will give them their Record of Deeds in their right
hands, and their questioning on the Judgment Day will be made as easy for the as
the questioning of Paradise.
Verily, as for those who love Ali, they will not leave this world until they will be served a drink from
the Divine Cistern of Kawthar and will be served from the Tree of Blessing (Tu’ba)
and they will be shown their places in Paradise.
Verily, as for those who love Ali, Almighty Allah will make easy for them to pass the death agonies and
will change their graves into gardens of Paradise.
Verily, for those who love Ali, Almighty Allah will grant them paradisiacal maidens (wives), and they
will be granted to intercede for eighty of their family members.
Verily, as for
those who recognize Ali’s actual standing and love him, Almighty Allah will
send the Angel of Death to them (to grasp their souls) in the same way as He
sends him to the Prophets; and he will discharge them from the horrible
interrogations of Munkar and Nakir (in their graves); and he will light up and
expand their graves.
Verily, as for those who love Ali, Almighty Allah will cast over them the shadow of His Throne with the truthful,
the martyrs, and the righteous ones. Almighty Allah will also secure them from
the Supreme Horror as well as the terror of the Deafening Noise Day.
Verily, as for those who love Ali, Almighty Allah will accept their good deeds and overlook their
wrongdoings, and they will accompany Hamza, the master of martyrs, in Paradise.
Verily, as for those who love Ali, Almighty Allah will fix wisdom in their hearts, and make their tongues
speak nothing but the right, and open before hem the doors to His Mercy.
Verily, for those who love Ali, they will pass the Discriminating Bridge (Si’raat) as swift as
lightening and they will not feel any difficulty while they pass it.
Verily, as for those
who die bearing malice towards the Household of Muhammad, they will die as
unbelievers, and the following script written between their eyes on the Day of
Judgment “Excluded from the Mercy of Almighty Allah”
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