Hadith 81

(The book) ‘Al Fazaail’ of Ibn Shazan, (and) ‘Kitab Al Rawza’, and from what is reported by Ibn Masoud who said, ‘One day I entered to see Rasool-Allah-saww and said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! Upon you-saww be the greetings. Show me the truth I can look at it’. He-saww said: ‘O Abdullah, enter the room! ’ I entered into the room and Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws was praying Salat, and he-asws was saying in his Sajdah and his-asws Ruk’u: ‘O Allah-azwj! By the right of Muhammad-saww, Your-azwj servant! Forgive the sinners from my-asws Shias! ’
I went out until I joined with Rasool-Allah-saww, and I saw him-saww, and he-saww was saying: ‘O Allah-azwj! By the right of Ali-asws, Your-saww servant! Forgive the sinners from my-saww community’. He (the narrator) said, ‘The mighty impatience seized me from that, so the Prophet-saww shortened in his-saww Salat and said: ‘Where is Ibn Masoud? Are you committing Kufr after Eman? ’ I said, ‘Certainly not, and never, O Rasool-Allah-saww! But I saw Ali-asws asking Allah-azwj through you-saww, and I saw you-saww asking Allah-azwj through Ali-asws. So, I don’t know which one of you-asws is superior in the Presence of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic’. He-saww said: ‘Be seated, O Ibn Masoud! ’ I sat down in front of him-saww. He-saww said to me: ‘Know that Allah-azwj Created me-saww and Ali-asws from the Noor of His-azwj Power before He-azwj Created the creatures by two thousand years, when there was neither any glorification nor extolling of Holiness. He-azwj Split my-saww Noor and Created from it the skies and the earths, and by Allah-azwj, I-saww are more majestic than the skies and the ea