Hadith 36

-asws, and Release My-azwj Punishment and My-azwj Curses upon the one opposing Me-azwj regarding you-asws, and disobeys Me-azwj. And by you-asws, I-azwj shall Distinguish the wicked from the good. O Muhammad-saww! By My-azwj Might and My-azwj Majesty! Had it not been for you-saww, I-azwj would not have Created Adam-as, and had it not been for Ali-asws, I-azwj not have Created the Paradise, because I-azwj shall be Recompensing the servants through you-asws on the Day of Return, with the Rewards and the Punishments; and through Ali-asws and the Imams-asws from his-asws sons-asws, I-azwj shall Avenge from My-azwj enemies in the house of the world, then to Me-azwj is the destination of the servants, and the return. I-azwj shall Make both of you-asws as judged regarding My-azwj Paradise and My-azwj fire. So, no one will enter the Paradise being an enemy to you-asws, nor enter the Fire while being a friend to you-asws both, and with that I-azwj have Sworn upon Myself-azwj! ”
Then I-azwj left and did not exit from any veil from the veils of my-saww Lord-azwj, with the Majesty and Honour, except I-saww heard the call from behind me-saww: “O Muhammad-saww! Place Ali-asws forward! O Muhammad-saww! Make Ali-asws the caliph! O Muhammad-saww! Bequeath to Ali-asws! O Muhammad-saww! Establish brotherhood with Ali-asws! O Muhammad-saww! Love the one who loves Ali-asws! O Muhammad-saww! Enjoin goodness with Ali-asws and his-asws Shias! ”
When I-saww arrive to the Angels, they went on to congratulate me-saww in the skies and saying: ‘Congratulations to you-saww, O Rasool-Allah-saww, with the Prestige of Allah-azwj for you-saww and for Ali-asws! ’
Community of people! Ali-asws is my-saww brother-asws in the world and the Hereafter, and my-saww successor-asws, and my-saww trustee upon my-saww secrets, and Secrets of Lord-azwj of the worlds, and my-saww Vizier, and my-saww caliph upon you all during my-saww lifetime and after my-saww expiry. No one will be ahead of him-asws apart from me-saww, and he-asws is the best of the ones I-saww leave behind after me-saww. And my-saww Lord-azwj Blessed and Exalted has Let me-saww know that he-asws is chief of the Muslims, and Imam-asws of the pious, and Emir of the Momineen, and my-saww inheritor of the Prophets-as, and successor-asws of the Rasool-saww of Lord-azwj of the worlds, and guide of the resplendent from his-asws Shias, and people of his-asws Wilayah would be to the Gardens of bliss by the Command of Lord-azwj of the worlds. Allah-azwj would Resurrect him-asws on the Day of Qiyamah in the praiseworthy position (Maqam Mahmoud). The former ones and the latter ones would be envying him-asws. My-saww flag, the flag of Praise, would be in his-asws hand. He-asws will travel with it in front of me-saww, and under it would be Adam-as and entirety of the children of the Prophets, and the martyrs, and the righteous, to the Gardens of bliss. It is a matter Ordained from Lord-azwj of the worlds, a Promise He-azwj my-saww Lord-azwj has Promised regarding him-asws, and He-azwj will never Break His-azwj Promise, and I-saww, upon that, am from the witnesses’’. [36]