hadith
3775
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The Prophet (SAWA) was asked by Ibn Abbas about the verse of Allah in the Quran, “And the Foremost Ones are the foremost ones: they are the ones brought near to Allah” [Quran 56:10,11], to which he replied, ‘This refers to Ali and his Shiaa. They will be the foremost to enter Paradise, the ones brought near to Allah through His Magnanimity over them.
قد سَألَ رسولَ اللّه (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) ابنُ عبّاسٍ عن قولِ اللّهِ عَزَّوجلَّ: «والسّابِقُونَ السابِقُونَ * أُولئكَ المُقَرَّبُونَ» ـ فقال
قالَ لي جَبرَئيلُ: ذاكَ عَلِيٌّ وشِيعَتُهُ ، هُمُ السابِقونَ إلَى الجَنَّةِ المُقَرَّبُونَ مِنَ اللّهِ بكَرامَتِهِ لَهُم .
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