Hadith 155

greeted unto Rasool-Allah-saww. Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘O Umm Salama-ra! Do you-ra recognise him-asws? ’ She-ra said, ‘Yes, this is Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws, and congratulations to him-asws’. He-saww said: ‘You-ra speak the truth, O Umm Salama-ra! But, congratulations are for him-asws. This one, his-asws flesh is from my-saww flesh, and his-asws blood is from my-saww flesh, and he-asws is from me-saww at the status of Haroun-as from Musa-as. My-saww back is strengthened by him-asws, except there is no Prophet-saww after me-saww. O Umm Salama-ra! Listen and be a witness! This Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws is Emir of the Momineen, and chief of the Muslims, and in his-asws possession is the knowledge of religion, and he-asws is the successor-asws upon the deceased from the People-asws of my-saww Household, and the caliph upon the living ones from my-saww community. He-asws is my-saww brother-asws in the world and my-saww pair in the Hereafter, and he-asws will be with me-saww in the high assembly. Be my-saww witness, O Umm Salama-ra! He-asws will be in charge of my-saww Fountain, impeding (enemies) away from me-saww like what the shepherd tends to impede from the fountain. Be my-saww witness, O Umm Salama-ra! He-asws is my-saww pair in the Hereafter and delight of my-saww eyes, and fruit of my-saww heart. Be my-saww witness! His-asws wife is chieftess of women of the worlds. O Umm Salama-ra! I-saww would be at the Scale (Al-Buraq) on the Day of Qiyamah, and he-asws would be upon a she-camel from the camels of the Paradise named as ‘Makhtawiya’. No one would challenge me-saww for its rein, not drawing me-saww nearer apart from it. Be my-saww witness, O Umm Salama-ra! He-asws will be fighting after me-saww, the allegiance-breakers, and the renegades, and the deviants, and he-asws will kill the Satan-la the ‘Zul Saday’, and he-asws would be killed a martyr, or he-asws would arrive to me-saww alive, cheerful’’. [71]