Salmaan al-Farsi (May God be pleased with

him) said: “We were sitting with the

Messenger of Allah when a Bedouin entered.
He stood up in front of us and said:
“Assalamu Alaykum”.

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We replied him back. He then said:
‘Which one of you is the Full Moon, and
the Lantern of darkness; Mohammad the
messenger of God, the learned king? Is
he this radiant face?’

We said: ‘Yes’.

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The Prophet (saww) said:
‘O Arab brother! Have a seat.’

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He replied: ‘O Mohammad! I did believe in
you before I met you and acknowledged
you before I see you, except a matter
narrated to me from you.’

The Prophet (saww) said: “And what is

that?”

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The Bedouin said: You invited us to bear
witness that there is no deity but Allah, and
that Mohammad is the messenger of Allah.
We then agreed.
You then invited us to Salaat, Zakat,
Fasting, and Hajj and we accepted those.

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You then were not satisfied with us until you
invited us to obedience for your cousin;
Ali bin Abi-Talib and his love.
Did you make this compulsory on us or
God from the heaven has made it
compulsory?’

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The Prophet (saww) said:
‘Rather, Allah made it compulsory for
inhabitants of heavens and earth.’

When the man heard of that Prophetic

statement said: ‘I hear and obey for the
sake of Allah O Messenger of God! as it is
truly from our Lord.’

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The Prophet (saww) then added:
O Arab brother! I was given in Ali five
qualities that even one of them is better
than this world and what it contains.

Do you not like me to inform you about

them, O Arab brother?’

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‘Yes O messenger of God’, the man replied.

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The Prophet (saww) then said:
‘I was sitting on the day of the Battle of
Badr and the war had just come to an
end, that Gabriel (peace be on him)
descended and said:

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‘God the Exalted sends you al-Salam and
says for you: ‘O Mohammad I swear in
My Majesty that I do not reveal the love
for Ali bin Abi-Talib save to those whom I
love.

Thus, whoever I love, I shall reveal to

them Ali’s love, and whoever I hate I
shall reveal to them their hatred for Ali.’

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O Arab brother! Should I not inform you
of the second one?’
‘Yes O messenger of Allah’, said the Arab.

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The Prophet (saww) said: ‘I was sitting
after I finished from the burial of my
uncle Hamzeh (after the Battle of Ohod),
that Gabriel descended and said:

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O Mohammad! Allah sends you al-Salam
and says for you:
“Indeed I made Salaat compulsory, but I
excused the menstruating women, the
insane and the children.
I made fasting compulsory; yet I exempt
a traveler from it.

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I made Hajj compulsory, but I excused
an ill person.
I made Zakat compulsory; yet exempt
the poor from it.

But I made the love for Ali ibn Abi-Talib

compulsory on the inhabitants of the
heavens and the earth, and did not give
any excuse to anyone.”

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O Arab brother! Do you want me to tell
you about the third one?’

‘Yes, indeed O messenger of God’, said the

Arab.

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The Prophet (saww) said: ‘God did not
create anything unless He made a master
in it.
The eagle is the master of the birds.
The bull is the master of beasts.
The lion is the master of wild animals.

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Friday is the master of the days of the
week.
Ramadan is the master of the months.
Israfil is the master of the angels.
Adam is the master of the humans.
I am the master of the Prophets and Ali
is the master of successors.

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O Arab brother! Do you want me to
inform you about the fourth one?’

‘Yes, please O messenger of God’, said the

Arab man.

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The Prophet (saww) said:
‘The love of Ali ibn Abi-Talib is a tree
whose root is in Paradise and its
branches are in this world.
Whoever from my community clings into
any of its branches, it will reach them to
Paradise.

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The hatred of Ali ibn Abi-Talib is a tree
that its root is in hell and its branches
are in this world. Whoever clings into any
of its branches will enter into hell.

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O Arab brother! Should I not inform you
of the fifth one?’

‘Yes of course, O messenger of God’, said the

man.

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The Prophet (saww) then said:
‘On the Day of Judgment, a pulpit will be
placed for me on the right side of the
Throne. Then another pulpit will be
placed for Ibrahim (peace be upon him)
adjacent to mine on the right side of the
Throne.

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Then a bright high and dominating Chair
will be brought known as the Chair of
Honor. It will be placed for Ali between
my pulpit and the pulpit of Ibrahim
(peace be upon him).

Then my eyes will have never seen a

better friend between two bosom friends.

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O Rabi! The love for Ali ibn Abi-Talib is
true, then you shall love him.

Indeed Allah will love those who love him

and he is with me on the Day of
Judgment. Ali and I are in the same part
(of Paradise).’

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Upon hearing that, the Arab man said:

‘I hear and obey Allah, his messenger

and your cousin Ali ibn Abi-Talib.’”

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