Hadith 271

azwj will not Punish the one befriending him-asws and even if he disobeys Me-azwj, not will I-azwj have Mercy on the one being inimical to him-asws and even if he obeys Me-azwj’’. [53]
(The books) ‘Hilyat Al Awliya’, and ‘Fazaail’ of Ahmad, and ‘Khasaais’ of Al Natanzy – It is reported by Zayd Bin Arqam, ‘From the Prophet-saww having said: ‘One who loves to live my-saww life, and die my-saww passing away, and settle in the eternal Paradise which my-saww Lord-azwj Mighty and Majestic Planted its branches by His-azwj Hand, then let him befriend Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws, for he-asws will not exit you from guidance and will never enter you into straying’’. [54]
And in a report of Ibn Abbas and Abu Hureyra –
‘One whom it cheers that he lives my-saww life, and die my-saww passing away, and enter the Garden of Eden, my-saww house being from it Planted by my-saww Lord-azwj, then Said to it: “Be! ”, so it came into being, then let him befriend Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws as a friend, then the successor-asws from his-asws sons-asws, for they-asws are my-saww family-asws, having been Created from my-saww essence’ – the Hadeeth’’. [55]
And Abdullah Bin Musa said, ‘Two men quarrelled regarding the Imamate, and they agreed with Shareek Bin Abdullah (as judge), so they came to him. Shareek said, ‘It is narrated to me by Al-Amsh, from Shaqeeq, from Salama, from Huzeyfa Bin Al-Yamani who said, ‘The Prophet-saww said: ‘Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Created Ali-asws to be a pole from the Paradise. So, the one who adheres with him would be from the inhabitants of Paradise’. That was grievous to the man and he said, ‘This is a Hadeeth we have not heard. We shall go to Ibn Darraj. They came to him and informed him with their stories. He said, ‘Are you both astounded from this? It is narrated to me by Al-Amsh, from Abu Haroun Al-Abdy, from Abu Saeed Al-Khudri who said, ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘Allah-azwj Created a pole of light and Suspended it in the interior of His-azwj Throne. No one can take it except Ali-asws and the ones from his-asws Shias befriending him-asws’. The man said, ‘This is a sister of that! We shall go to Wakie’. They went to him and informed him the story. Wakie said, ‘Are you two astounded from this? It is narrated to me by Al-Amsh, from Abu Salih, from Abu Saeed Al-Khudri who said, ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘The elements of the Throne, no one can take these except Ali-asws and the ones from his-asws Shias befriending him-asws’. The man acknowledged with the Wilayah of Ali-asws’’. [56]
Ibn Battah in (the book) ‘Al Ibanah’, and Al Khateeb in ‘Al Arbaeen’, by their chain from Al Sudy, from Abdul Rahman Bin Abu Layli, and from Zayd Bin Arqam, and by their chains from Shareek, from Al Mash, from Habeeb Bin Sabit, from Zayd Bin Arqam, and Al Sa’alby in (Al Rabie Al Mazkureyn’, by his chain from Abu Hureyra, and the wordings are of Zayd, ‘The Prophet-saww said: ‘One who loves to adhere with the red people which Allah-azwj has Installed in the Garden of Eden, then let him adhere with the love of Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws’’. [57]