Hadith 28

t deny anything from him-saww, will you seek Forgiveness of Allah-azwj from what you have said, and thought, and you will start repenting from what you are in, and you will leave the right to be for me-asws? ’ I said, ‘Yes’. He-asws said: ‘Stand! ’ I stood with him-asws and we went out to the edge of Al-Medina, and he-asws said to me: ‘Close your eyes! ’ I closed them. He-asws said: ‘Open them! ’ I did that, and there I was, with Rasool-Allah-saww, with him-saww were a number of Angels. When I prolonged the looking, he-asws said to me, ‘Have you seen him-saww? ’ I said, ‘Yes’. He-asws said: ‘Close your eyes! ’ I closed them. Then he-asws said: ‘Open them! ’ (I did) and there was neither anything to see nor any trace’. I-ra said to him, ‘Have you seen from Ali-asws, anything other than that? ’ He said, ‘Yes. One day he-asws received me and held my hand and went with me to the Al-Jabbana, and we were discussing in the way, and there was a bow in his-asws hand. When we came to Al-Jabbana, he-asws threw down the bow from his-asws hand and it became a huge serpent like the serpent of Musa-as, and it opened its jaws and came over to swallow me. When I saw that, my heart flew away out of fear, and I went aside and laughed in the face of Ali-asws, and I said, ‘The safety, O Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws, and remember what is beautiful between me and you-asws! ’ When he-asws heard that word, he-asws chuckled and said: ‘We-asws are moderate in the speech and we-asws are People-asws of the Household. We appreciate (even) the little (from people)’. He-asws struck his-asws hand to the serpent and grabbed it by his-asws hand, and there, it was his-asws bow which had been in his-asws hand’. Then Umar said, ‘O Salman-ra! I had concealed that from every one and I have informed you-ra with it, O Abu Abdullah-ra, for they-asws are People-asws of the Household. They-asws are inheriting these wonders, elder from an elder, and Ibrahim-as had come with the like of that, and Abu Talib-asws, and Abdulllah-asws had both come with the like of that during the pre-Islamic period, and I cannot deny the merit of Ali-asws, and his-asws precedence, and his-asws seriousness, and abundance of his-asws knowledge. So, return to him-asws and offer my excuse to him-asws, and praise him-asws beautifully on my behalf’’. [37]