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"Whoever loves Al-Hassan and Al-Hussein loves me;
and whoever hates them hates me." (10)
Hubshi Ibn Janadah said that he heard the Messenger saying:
"Ali is from me and I am from Ali and no one represents me but Ali."(11)
The Messenger did not intend to distinguish Ali simply because he was related to him. Al-Abbas (his uncle) and the
rest of the Hashimites
including Jaafar (the brother of Ali)
are all related to the Messenger. All of them would have
been qualifed to represent him. But he said
"No one represents me but Ali.".
At one time Muaweyah was criticizing Ali in the presence of Saad Ibn Abu Waqass. Saad said to him: "I heard
the Messenger of God saying to Ali: 'You are to me like
Aaron to Moses. But there shall be no Prophet (of God)
after me.' " (12)
Thus the Messenger gave Ali a position next to his
own for the position of Aaron was next to that of Moses.
Al-Bukhari recorded in his Sahih that the Messenger
said: "Fatimah is the leader of the women of Paradise."(13)
No one enters Paradise but through righteousness and
whoever enters Paradise is noble in the sight of God. If
Fatimah is the leader of the women of Paradise she must be
the most righteous and the noblest woman in God's view.
Al-Hakim recorded in his Mustadrak that Abu Tharr
(a famous companion of Mohammad whose truthfulness
is known to the Muslims) said that the Messenger said:
"The example of the members of my House is like that
of Noah's ark. Whoever embarked on it was safe and
whoever failed to embark was drowned.... "(14)
(10)Ibid. hadith No.143.
(11)Ibid. hadith No.119.
(12)Ibn Majah hadith No.121.
(13)Al-Bukhari Sahih Al-Bukhari Part 5 (Chapter of distinction
of relatives of the Messenger) p. 25.
(14)Al-Hakim Sahih Al-Musradrak Part 3 p.151.
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