قتيبة بن سعيد

The Messenger of Allāh (s.a.a.w.) said: On the Day of Judgment, I will intercede for those who have come to Madīnah to my Ziyārah, anticipating (the reward from Allāh).

The Children of Adam (people) will get old, but two things still remain young within them: greed for wealth and greed for life.”

The Messenger of Allah (s) said: Whoever prefers one of my companions over `Ali has disbelieved.

My nation may experience serious trouble if they practice fifteen things.” He (MGB) was asked, “O Prophet of God! What are these things?” He (MGB) replied, “They are the following: the nation’s capital is controlled by a few special people; people do not honor what they are entrusted with; people consider the payment of the alms-tax as a form of loss; men obey their wives, and disobey their mothers; people are kind to their friends, but they hurt their fathers; the mosques get filled with loud (forbidden) sounds; the worst people in the society run the affairs of the people; people play musical instruments; and those of the latter ones of this nation curse those of the former ones. In this situation you can expect red winds, landslides , and drastic changes in the people.”The compiler of the book - may God be pleased with him - said, “What the Prophet (MGB) meant by saying ‘those of the latter ones of this nation curse those of the former ones’ is the Kharajites who cursed the Commander of the Faithful Imam Ali (MGB) who was the first of the nation who believed in the Honorable the Exalted God and His Prophet (MGB).”

I went out with al-Hasan al-Basri and Anas b. Malik until we came to the door of Umm Salama (ra). So, Anas sat at the door, and I entered with al-Hasan al-Basri. So, I heard al-Hasan saying: Peace be unto you, mother, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. So, she said: And also with you. Who are you, son? So, he said: I am al-Hasan al-Basri. So, she said: What have you come for, Hasan? So, he said to her: I have come to hear a hadith of the Messenger of Allah (s) regarding `Ali b. Abi Talib (as) from you. So, Umm Salama said: By Allah, I will narrate a hadith that I heard with my own ears from the Messenger of Allah (s), and if I hadn’t, then may I be deafened; I saw it with my eyes, and if I hadn’t, then may I be blinded; my heart was conscious of it, and if it hadn’t, then may Allah stomp it out. May my tongue be muted if I did not hear the Messenger of Allah (s) say to `Ali b. Abi Talib (as): O `Ali! There is not a worshiper who meets Allah on the Day of Resurrection who denies your wilaya except that he meets Allah as a worshiper of statues or idols. He said: So I heard al-Hasan al-Basri say: Allah is the Greatest. I bear witness that `Ali is my Master and the Master of the believers. So, when he left, Anas b. Malik said to him: Why did I see you recite the takbir? He said: I asked our mother Umm Salama to narrate a hadith that she had heard from the Messenger of Allah (s) regarding `Ali (as). So, she said such and such to me. So, I said: Allah is the Greatest. I bear witness that `Ali is my Master and the Master of the believers. He said: So, at that, I heard Anas b. Malik say: I bear witness that the Messenger of Allah (s) said this – three or four times.