Hadith 134

s of his brethren, so he fulfils their rights by his striving, and gives them his abilities and is pleased from them of their fulfilment, and leaves the investigating upon them, in what happens to be from their slips (mistakes), and he forgives these for them, except Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic would Say to him on the Day of Qiyamah: –
“O my servant! You fulfilled the rights of your brethren and did not investigate upon them with regards to what was for you upon them, so I-azwj am more Generous, and more Honourable, and Foremost with the likes of what you did from the forgiveness and the honouring. Therefore, I-azwj shall Fulfil for you today upon the rights of what I-azwj Promised you with, and I-azwj shall Increase you from My-azwj Extensive Grace, and I-azwj (also) will not Investigate upon you regarding your shortcomings of some of My-azwj Rights”’. He-asws said: ‘So he would be joined up with Muhammad-saww, and his-saww Progeny-asws, and his-saww companions, and (Allah-azwj will) Make him to be from the best of their-asws Shias’. Then he-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said to one of his companions one day: ‘O servant of Allah‑azwj! Love for the Sake of Allah-azwj and hate for the Sake of Allah-azwj and befriend for the Sake of Allah-azwj and be inimical for the Sake of Allah-azwj, for the Wilayah of Allah-azwj cannot be achieved except by that, and the man would not (be able to) find the taste of Eman – and even if his Salat(s) and his Fasts were numerous, until he happens to be like that. And (on the contrary) there has become brotherhood among the people in this day of yours, most of it is for the sake of the world. Upon it they are being cordial, and upon his they are hating each other, but that would not avail them anything from Allah-azwj’. The man said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! And how is it for me that I would know that I have befriended and been inimical for the Sake of Allah-azwj, and who is the friend of Allah-azwj until I befriend him, and who is the enemy of Allah-azwj until I am inimical to him? ’
Rasool-Allah-azwj gestured for him towards Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws, and he-saww said: ‘Do you see this one? ’. He said, ‘Yes’. He-saww said: ‘So a friend of this one-asws is a friend of Allah-azwj, therefore befriend him; and an enemy of this one-asws is an enemy of Allah-azwj, therefore be inimical to him; and befriend a friend of this one-asws even though he has killed your father and your son and be inimical to an enemy of this one-asws even though he is your father and your son’’. [150]