Hadith 38

one of the sons would drown, and the other would be killed in the war, and the one would be dying, and there would remain a posterity for him, and the fourth would happen to be an Imam-asws of the people, owner of the sword and truth, with merits and excellence in ingenuity, obeying the Sent Prophet-saww with excellent obedience’. (Syeda) Fatima-asws said, ‘I-as did not cease to be thinking regarding that, and I-as had been three sons – Aqeel, and Talib and Ja’far-as. Then I-as was expecting Ali-asws during the tenth of Zil Hajj. When it was the month in which I-as was to be blessed with him-as, and it was the month of Ramazan, I-as saw in my-as dream as if a pillar of iron had been snatched from the top of my-as head, then spread in the air until it reached the sky, then returned to me-as. I-as said, ‘What is this? ’ It was said to me-as, ‘This is a killer of the people of Kufr, and owner of the covenant of victory. His-asws prowess is intense, they would panic from fearing him-asws, and he-asws is the Assistance of Allah-azwj to His-azwj Prophet-saww and His-azwj Aid against his-saww enemies’. She-asws said, ‘And I-asws was blessed with Ali-asws’’. And it has come in the Hadeeth that she-as entered the Kabah upon what had been in accordance with her-as habit, but her-as entry happened to be at the time of the coming of Amir Al-Momineen-asws inside it, and that was during the middle of the month of Ramazan, and for Rasool-Allah-saww there were thirty years upon the perfection. His-as joy doubled with him-asws and his-saww happiness was complete, and he-saww instructed her-as to make his-asws cradle to be beside his-saww bed. And he-saww took charge of most of his-asws upbringing and he-saww would take care of him-asws during his-asws sleep, and carry him-asws upon his-saww chest and his-saww shoulders, and loved him-asws with his-saww kindness and his-saww gifts, and he-saww would say: ‘This is my-saww brother-asws, and my-saww elite, and my-saww helper, and my-saww successor-asws’. When the Prophet-saww married to (Syeda) Khadeeja-asws, informed her-as of his-saww feelings with Ali-asws and his-saww love. She-as used to increase it and adorn him-asws and dress him-asws, and ornament him-asws, and clothe him-asws, and send him-asws with her-as children, and her-as servants would carry him-asws. The people were saying, ‘This is a brother-asws of Muhammad-saww, and the most beloved of the people to him-saww, and delight of the eyes of Khadeeja-asws, and the one-asws the happiness is inclusive upon’. And the politeness of Khadeeja-asws was that she-as would knock on the door of Abu Talib-asws at night and day, and morning and evening. Then Quraysh were afflicted with fatal crisis, a year of severe drought, and Abu Talib-asws, may Allah-