Hadith 46

(The book) ‘Ma’any Al Akhbaar’ – from Al Talaqany, from Al Jaloudy, from Abdullah Bin Muhammad Al Absy, from Muhammad Bin Hilal, from Na’il Bin Najeeh, from Amro Bin Shimr, from Jabir Al Jufy who said, ‘I asked Abu Ja’far Muhammad-asws Bin Ali Al-Baqir-asws about Words of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic: Do you not see how Allah Strikes an example of a good word as being like a good tree, its roots are stable, and its branches are in the sky [14: 24] Yielding its fruit in every season by the permission of its Lord? [14: 25]. He-asws said: ‘As for the tree, it is Rasool-Allah-saww, and its branches is Ali-asws, and a twig of the tree is Fatima-asws daughter-asws of Rasool-Allah-saww, and its fruits are her-asws children, and its leaves are our-asws Shias’. Then he-asws said: ‘The Momin from our-asws Shias dies, so a leave from the tree falls off, and the new-born from our-asws Shias is born, so the tree sprouts a leaf’’. [52]
Note: I (Majlisi) am saying, ‘Many the likes of it have already passed in the book of Imamate along with its commentary’.