Hadith 208

And from him, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad Bin Shazan, from Ali Bin Ahmad Bin Mutaway, from Ali Bin Muhammad, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Ali, from Ali Bin Usman, from Muhammad Bin Furat, from Muhammad Bin Ali, from his father, ‘From Al-Husayn-asws Bin Ali-asws, from his-asws father-asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws is a caliph of Allah-azwj and my-saww caliph, and Divine Authority of Allah-azwj and my-saww (appointed) Divine Authority, and Door of Allah-azwj and my-saww door, and Elite of Allah-azwj and my-saww elite, and Beloved of Allah-azwj and my-saww beloved, and Friend of Allah-azwj and my-saww beloved; And he-asws is a Friend of Allah-azwj and my-saww friend, and Sword of Allah-azwj and my-saww sword, and he-asws is my-saww brother-asws, and my-saww companion, and my-saww Vizier, and my-saww successor-asws. One loving him-asws is loving me-saww, and one hating him-asws is hating me-saww, and his-asws friend is my-saww friend, and his-asws enemy is my-saww enemy, and he-asws is husband of my-saww daughter-asws, and his-asws children are my-saww children, and his-asws party is my-saww party, and his-asws word is my-saww word, and his-asws order is my-saww order, and he-asws is chief of the successors-as and best of my-saww community’’. [142]