Also the demand of this tradition is that Maula Ameerul Momineen (a.s.)
will be excluded from these people, who are blessed; because he, in the Qunut of
his Prayer used to imprecate Muawiyah and his sinful supporters,
كَبُرَتْ كَلِمَةً تَخْرُجُ مِنْ أَفْوَاهِهِمْ
“A grievous word it is that comes out of their mouths.”1
The demand of this fabricated statement is that those who abused Uthman –
what to say about those, who, finished him off and sent him to his death – are
expelled from the circle of the Shia of Aale Muhammad (a.s.), whereas, those are
senior companions, prominent Muhajireen and Ansar, all of whom are just in the
view of Ahle Sunnat, what to say that they should be expelled from Shiaism.
Whether anyone has audacity for this oppression?!
And in short: The most correct view regarding this funny statement is that it
is a false tradition, and has no authenticity at all, and it is not lawful to rely on it.
8. Ahmad in his Musnad,2 through his chains of narrators has narrated from
Abdur Rahman bin Hamid from his father, Abdur Rahman bin Auf that: Holy
Prophet (s.a.w.a.) said: Abu Bakr, Umar, Ali, Uthman, Talha, Zubair, Abdur
Rahman bin Auf, Saad bin Abi Waqqas, Saeed bin Zaid, Abu Ubaidah bin Jarrah
are in Paradise.
Allamah Amini says: After glad tidings are mentioned in Holy Quran for
everyone, who believes in Allah and performs good deeds, we do not see any
other importance which should prepare a great excellence for these ten persons
who are given glad tidings for Paradise in such a way that they should be
specialized for this excellence; and other believers should be deprived of it.
وَبَشِّرِ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّلِحَتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ جَنَّتٍ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهُرُ
“And convey good news to those who believe and do good deeds, that they shall have gardens in which rivers flow.”3
إِنَّ اللَّهَ اشْتَرَى مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَنْفُسَهُمْ وَأَمْوَالَهُمْ بِأَنَّ لَهُمُ الْجَنَّةَ
“Surely Allah has bought of the believers their persons and their property for this, that they shall have the garden.”4
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّلِحَتِ وَأَخْبَتُوا إِلَى رَبِّهِمْ أُولَبِكَ أَصْحَبُ الْجَنَّةِ
“Surely (as to) those who believe and do good and humble themselves to their Lord, these are the dwellers of the garden.”5
إنَّ اللَّهَ يُدْخِلُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّلِحَتِ جَنَّتٍ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهُرُ
“Surely Allah will cause those who believe and do good deeds to enter gardens beneath which rivers flow.”6
أَمَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّلِحَتِ فَلَهُمْ جَنَّتُ الْمَأْوَى
“As for those who believe and do good, the gardens are their abiding-place.”7
وَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِنَ الصَّلِحَتِ مِنْ ذَكَرٍ أَوْ أُنْثَى وَهُوَ مُؤْ مِنْ فَأُولَبِكَ يَدْخُلُونَ الْجَنَّةَ
“And whoever does good deeds whether male or female and he
(or she) is a believer- these shall enter the garden.”8
وَمَنْ يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ يُدْخِلْهُ جَنَّتٍ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْفِرُ
“And whoever obeys Allah and His Apostle, He will cause him to enter gardens beneath which rivers flow.”9
لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا
“And whoever believes in Allah and does good deeds, He will cause him to enter gardens beneath which rivers flow.”10
وَعَدَ اللهُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَتِ جَنَّتٍ تَجْرِي مِنْ تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهُرُ
“Allah has promised to the believing men and the believing women gardens, beneath which rivers flow.”11
And how numerous are those, who would enter Paradise from the Ummah of
Muhammad, and it is narrated in authentic tradition from Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.)
that Ali and his Shia are in Paradise, and His Eminence, (s.a.w.a.) gave glad
tidings to Ali (a.s.) about this matter.12
The following authentic tradition is narrated from Prophet: Jibraeel came to
me and said: Give glad tidings to your Ummah that whoever of them dies without
having ascribed to polytheism, would enter Paradise. I asked: O Jibraeel, even if
he has committed theft and fornication? He replied: Yes. I asked: O Jibraeel, even
if he has committed theft and fornication? He replied: Yes. I asked: O Jibraeel, even if he has committed theft and fornication? He replied: Yes, even if he
imbibed liquor.13