3. Ahmad1 and Ibne Abi Hatim have narrated from Ibne Abbas regarding the verse:
وَمَنْ يَقْتَرِفُ حَسَنَةً نَزِدْ لَهُ فِيهَا حُسْنًا
“And whoever earns good, We give him more of good therein.”2
It is affection for the progeny of Aale Muhammad (a.s.).
4. It is narrated from Abu Tufail that Hasan bin Ali Ibne Abi Talib (a.s.)
delivered a sermon to us. So he praised and glorified Almighty Allah and the seal
of successors, legatee of prophets, trustee of the truthful, witness over deeds: that
is he mentioned Ameerul Momineen Ali (a.s.) and after that said:
“O people, a man has left us, such that the those, who are past do not have
precedence on him and the future ones do not reach him. Indeed, Messenger of
Allah (s.a.w.a.) handed the standard to him and Jibraeel fought from his right and
Mikaeel from his left. And he did not return till Allah did not make him
victorious. And indeed, Almighty Allah captured his soul on the night the soul of
the successor of Prophet Moosa (a.s.) was captured and his soul rose up to the
heavens on the night the soul of Isa Ibne Maryam rose up to the heavens and on
the night Allah, the Mighty and Sublime revealed the Quran. I swear by God, he
did not leave behind gold and silver and when he departed, he was having only
750 dirhams, which he was saving to buy a servant for Umme Kulthum.”
After that he said: “All those, who know me, know me and all those, who do
not know me, should know that I am Hasan bin Muhammad. Then he recited the
following verse, i.e. statement of Prophet Yusuf (a.s.) in Quran:
وَاتَّبَعْتُ مِلَّةَ آبَاءِ ابْرَاهِيمَ وَاسْحَقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ
“And I follow the religion of my fathers, Ibrahim and Ishaq and Yaqub.”3
Then he said: “I am the son of the giver of glad tidings and the warner, and
the son of the Prophet, the son of the caller to God, I am the son of the luminous
lamp, son of the mercy for the worlds, I am from a household, from which
Almighty Allah had removed all impurities and purified them as they deserved to
be purified, I am from a household, whose love and affection Allah, the Mighty
and Sublime made obligatory and He says in revelation to Muhammad:
وَاتَّبَعْتُ مِلَّةَ آبَاءِ ابْرَاهِيمَ وَاسْحَقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ
“And I follow the religion of my fathers, Ibrahim and Ishaq and Yaqub.”4
This report is quoted by Bazzaz, Tibrani in Kabeer, Abul Faraj in Maqatilut Talibiyyin, Ibne Abil Hadeed in Sharh Nahjul Balagha, Ibne Hajar in Sawaiq.5
Ibne Hajar says in Sawaiq that:6 Dailami has narrated from Abu Saeed Khudri that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.) said:
وَقِفُوهُمْ إِنَّهُمْ مَسْئُولُونَ
“And stop them, for they shall be questioned:”7
…about the Mastership (Wilayat) of Ali.
As if the same was implication of Wahidi, who says regarding the verse:
وَقِفُوهُمْ إِنَّهُمْ مَسْئُولُونَ
“And stop them, for they shall be questioned:”8
It is narrated that the implication of their being interrogated is regarding
Mastership (Wilayat) of Ali and Ahle Bayt (a.s.), because Almighty Allah
commanded His Prophet not to ask for any recompense for delivering the
message, except love and affection for his near kindred.
That is people would be asked whether they were affectionate to Ahle Bayt
(a.s.), or they disobeyed the instructions. Then they would taste the result of their
behavior to the family of Prophet.
Statement of the poet:
5. They are the right path as opposed to the deviated one.
Thalabi in Kashful Bayan narrates from Muslim bin Hayyan regarding the verse:9
اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ
“Keep us on the right path.”10
I heard Abu Buraidah say: It implies the path of Muhammad and his
progeny.
In Faraid,11 Hamwaini has narrated from Asbagh bin Nubata from Ali (a.s.) regarding the verse:
وَإِنَّ الَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْآخِرَةِ عَنِ الصِّرَاطِ لَتَكِبُونَ
“And most surely those who do not believe in the hereafter are deviating from the way.”12
…that: ‘the way’ is the Mastership (Wilayat) of us, Ahle Bayt (a.s.).
Khwarizmi has narrated in Manaqib:
“We have two paths: one in the world and one in the hereafter. As for the
path in the world, it is the path of Ali Ibne Abi Talib (a.s.) and the path in the
hereafter is the bridge over Hell. One, who recognizes the path of the world,
would pass over the path of the hereafter safely.”
The issue is clarified in the report of Sawaiq13 that: Ibne Addi14 and Dailami
have narrated from the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) that:
“The most steadfast of you on the right path are those, who have more
affection for my Ahle Bayt (a.s.) and companions.”