The Seventy-Second Assembly, the Assembly of Tuesday, the Fifth of Jumada al-Ukhra, 368 AH.

“Peace be with the Family of Yasin” (37:130), he said: With the Family of Muhammad (s).

I heard Umm Salama (ra) say: This verse was revealed in my house, “Surely, Allah only wishes to remove uncleanliness from you, O Ahl al-Bayt, and purify you with a thorough purification.” (33:33) She said: There were seven people in the house: The Messenger of Allah, Gabriel, Michael, `Ali, Fatima, al-Hasan, and al-Husayn (as). She said: I was at the door, so I said: O Messenger of Allah! Am I not from Ahl al-Bayt? He said: You are from the wives of the Prophet. He did not say: You are from Ahl al-Bayt.

the Messenger of Allah (s) praying for `Ali, Fatima, al-Hasan, and al-Husayn (as). He was saying: O Allah! These are my Ahl al-Bayt, so remove uncleanliness from them and purify them with a thorough purification.

The Prophet (s) said: Surely, `Ali is my deputy and my vicegerent. His wife, Fatima, the Mistress of the Women of the Worlds, is my daughter. Al-Hasan and al-Husayn, the two Masters of the Youth of Paradise, are my two sons. Whoever aligns with them has aligned with me, and whoever opposes them has opposed me, and whoever defies them has defied me, and whoever is neglectful of them is neglectful of me, and whoever is good to them is good to me. Allah will connect with whoever connects with them, and He will cut off whoever cuts them off, and He will support whoever aids them, and He will cause failure to whoever fails them. O Allah! Each of Your prophets and Your messengers had a heavyweight and a family. So, `Ali, Fatima, al-Hasan, and al-Husayn are my family and my heavyweight; so, remove all uncleanliness from them, and purify them with a thorough purification.

The Messenger of Allah (s) said: Whoever loves us, the Ahl al-Bayt, should praise Allah for the first of blessings. It was said: What is the first of blessings? He said: A pure birth. None loves us except he whose birth is pure.

Whoever awakes and finds the coolness of our love upon his heart should praise Allah for the beginning of blessing. It was said: What is the beginning of blessing? So, he said: A pure birth.

The Messenger of Allah (s) said: O `Ali! Whoever loves me, loves you, and loves the Imams from your descendants should praise Allah for his pure birth, for none will love us except he who is pure of birth, and none will hate us except for he who is impure of birth.

The Messenger of Allah (s) said: We, the Children of `Abd al-Muttalib, are the masters of the people of Paradise: The Messenger of Allah, Hamza the Master of Martyrs, Ja`far the one of two wings, `Ali, Fatima, al-Hasan, al-Husayn, and the Mahdi.

Amir al-Mu'minin (as) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (s) say: I am the master of the Children of Adam, and you, `Ali, and the Imams from your descendants, are the masters of my Nation. Whoever loves us has loved Allah, and whoever hates us has hated Allah, and whoever aligns with us has aligned with Allah, and whoever opposes us has opposed Allah, and whoever obeys us has obeyed Allah, and whoever disobeys us has disobeyed Allah.

The Messenger of Allah (s) said: When I was taken up to heaven, my Lord implored me with three phrases. He said: “O Muhammad!” So, I said: “I am at Your service, my Lord.” So, He said: “Surely, `Ali is the Imam of the Godfearing, the Leader of the Shining Believers, and the Chief of the Believers.”

The Messenger of Allah (s) said: There are three saints (siddiqun): (1) Habib al-Najjar, the believer of Al Yasin, who says, “Follow the messengers, follow those who are guided and do not ask you for reward” (36:20-21). (2) Hizqil, the believer of the Family of Pharaoh. (3) `Ali b. Abi Talib, and he is the best of them.

The Messenger of Allah (s) said: The most beloved of my Ahl al-Bayt to me and the best [person] I leave behind is `Ali b. Abi Talib.

I visited the Messenger of Allah (s) when he was dying, and he said: `Ali b. Abi Talib is the best [person] I leave behind.

I heard the Messenger of Allah (s) say: O Muhajirin and Ansar! Shall I not guide you to that by which, if you held onto it, you would never go astray after me? They said: Of course, O Messenger of Allah. He said: This `Ali is my brother, my deputy, my vizier, my inheritor, my vicegerent (khalifa), and your Imam. So, greet him as you greet me and honour him as you honour me, for Gabriel commanded me to say this to you.

The Messenger of Allah (s) said: Shall I not guide you to that by which, if you follow it, you will not be destroyed or misguided? They said: Of course, O Messenger of Allah. He said: Surely, your Imam and your wali is `Ali b. Abi Talib. So, consult him, refer to him, and believe in him, for Gabriel commanded me of this.

Surely, Allah made a covenant to me regarding `Ali. I said: “O Lord! Reveal it to me.” He said: “Listen.” I said: “I am listening.” He said: “Surely, `Ali is the Banner of Guidance, the Imam of My friends, the light of those who obey Me, and the word that the Godfearing stick to. Whoever loves him has loved Me, and whoever obeys him has obeyed Me.”

O Muhammad! Your prophethood has been completed and you have been cut away from food, so who will be for your Nation after you? So, I said: O Lord! I have tested Your creation, and I did not find anyone who loved me more intensely than `Ali b. Abi Talib. So, He said: Me too, O Muhammad, so inform him that he is the Banner of Guidance, the Imam of My friends, and a light for whoever obeys Me.

`Umar said: Surely, I have never seen anyone more fitting to lead the people to the Book of Allah and the Sunna of His Prophet than him – meaning, `Ali b. Abi Talib (as).

`Ali (as) said to me: This verse is for us or about us, “We wanted to confer favour upon those who were oppressed in the land and make them Imams and make them the inheritors.” (28:5)

The Messenger of Allah (s) said: On the night that Allah made me ascend to heaven, my Lord said to me: “O Muhammad!” So, I said: “I am at Your service, my Lord.” So, he said: “Surely, `Ali is My Proof over My creation after you. He is the Imam of the people of My obedience. Whoever obeys him has obeyed Me, and whoever disobeys him has disobeyed Me. Establish him as a sign for your Nation so that they may be guided after you.”