Hadith 28

ones from the days, so these are the days of Fridays and the Eids. And as for His-azwj Chosen ones from the months – these are Rajab, and Shaban, and the month of Ramazan. And as for His-azwj Chosen ones from His-azwj servants, so these are the children of Adam-as. And His-azwj Chosen ones from the children of Adam-as, the ones He-azwj Chose them upon His-azwj Knowledge with them. Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic, when He-azwj Chose from His-azwj creatures, Chose the children of Adam-as. Then He-azwj Chose the Arabs from the children of Adam-as. Then He-azwj Chose the (tribe of) Muzar from the Arabs. Then He-azwj Chose (the tribe of) Quraysh from (the tribe of Muzar). Then He-azwj Chose (the clan of) Hashim-as from (the tribe of) Quraysh. Then He-azwj Chose me-saww from (the clan of) Hashim-as, and the People-asws of my-saww Household like that. So the one who loves the Arabs, he loves me-saww and I-saww love them, and the one who hates the Arabs, so he hates me-saww and I-saww hate them’. And that Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Chose from the months, the months of Rajab, and Shaban, and month of Ramazan. Then Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘O servants of Allah-azwj! So how man would be fortunate by the month of Shaban regarding that, and how many would be wretched over these. Indeed! Shall I-saww inform you with an example of Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws? ’ They said, ‘Yes, O Rasool-Allah-saww! ’
He-saww said: ‘Muhammad-saww among the servants of Allah-azwj is like the month of Ramazan among the months; and the Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww among the servants of Allah-azwj are like the months of Shaban among the months; and Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws among the Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww is like the superior day of Shaban and its night, and it is the night of the middle of Shaban and its day. And the rest of the Momineen among the Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww are like the months of Rajab among the months of Shaban. These are the ranks in the Presence of Allah-azwj and the levels. Thus, the most striving of them in the obedience of Allah-azwj would be the closest of them in resembling with the Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww. Indeed! Shall I-saww inform you with a man whom Allah-azwj has Made to be from the Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww like the early days of Rajab from early days of Shaban? ’ They said, ‘Yes, O Rasool-Allah-saww! ’
He-saww said: ‘He is the one for whom the Throne of Allah-azwj will shake at his death, and the Angels will be giving glad tidings to each other in the sky at his arrival, and there would serve him in the plains of the (Day of) Judgment and in the Gardens from the Angels, a thousand multiple of the number of the people of the world – from the beginning of its time up to its end; and Allah-azwj will not Cause him to die in this world until He-azwj Recovers him from his enemies, and companions of his, and brothers of his for the Sake of Allah-azwj, from the aides of his upon the reverence of Muhammad-saww and his-saww Progeny-asws. They said, ‘And who is that, O Rasool-Allah-saww! ’ He-saww said: ‘Here he is coming towards you angrily. Ask him about his anger, for his anger is for the (sake of the) Progeny-asws of Muhammad-saww, in particular for (the sake of) Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws’. So the people stretched with their necks and stared with their eyes, and they look, and the first one to emerge towards them was Sa’ad Bin Mua