Hadith 79

(The books) ‘Al Fazaail’ of Ibn Shehr Shazaan, (and) ‘Kitab al Rawza’ – From Ibn Abbas who said, ‘Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘When there was an ascension with me-saww to the sky, when I-saww arrived to the sky of the world, Jibraeel-as said to me-saww: ‘O Muhammad-saww! Pray Salat with the Angels of the sky of the world, for you-saww have been Commanded with that’. I-saww prayed Salat with them, and like that it was in the second sky, and the third. When I-saww came to be in the fourth sky, I-saww saw a hundred and twenty-thousand Prophets-as. Jibraeel-as said: ‘Proceed and pray Salat with them’. I-saww said: ‘O my-saww brother-as Jibraeel-as! How can I-saww go ahead of them-as and among them-as is my-saww father-as Adam-as and my-saww father-as Ibrahim-as? ’
He said, ‘Allah-azwj the Exalted has Commanded you-saww to pray Salat (leading) them-as. So, when you-saww have prayed with them-as, ask them-as: ‘With which thing were they-as Sent among their-as people, and in their-as era, and why have you-as been Resurrected before the blowing of the Trumpet? ’ He-saww said: ‘Listening and obedience is to Allah-azwj’. Then he-saww prayed Salat with the Prophets-as. When they-as were free from their-as Salat, Jibraeel-as said to them-as: ‘What were you-as Sent with, and why have you-as been Resurrected now, O Prophets-as of Allah-azwj? ’ They-as said with one tongue: ‘We-as were Sent and have been Resurrected to acknowledge to you-saww, O Muhammad-saww, with the Prophet-hood, and to Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws with the Imamate’’. [91]
And from Qays Bin Ata’a Bin Riyah, from Ibn Abbas who said, ‘Rasool-Allah-saww supplicated one day. He-saww said: ‘O Allah-azwj! Comfort in my-saww loneliness and be Sympathetic to the son-asws of my-saww uncle-as Ali-asws! ’
Jibraeel-as descended and said: ‘O Muhammad-saww! Allah-azwj Conveys the Greetings and Says to you-saww: “I-azwj have Done what you-saww had asked for, and I-saww shall Assist you-saww with Ali-asws, and he-asws is a sword of Allah-azwj against My-azwj enemies, and he-asws will deliver your-saww religion for as long as the night and days he-asws lives to’’. [92]
Ibn Abbas said, ‘I heard Rasool-Allah-saww saying on the day of Khyber to Amir Al-Momineen Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws: ‘By Allah-azwj Who Sent the Saba (wind). Had it not been that a group of my-saww community would be saying regarding you-asws what the Christians said regarding my-saww brother-as the Messiah-as, I-saww would say such words regarding you-asws, you-asws would not have passed by any assembly of the Muslims except they would have taken the soil from under your-asws feet, and the water from the remnants of your-asws cleansing (Wud’u), so they would be healed by it. But if suffices you-asws that you-asws are from me-saww and I-saww am from you-asws. You-asws will inherit me-saww and I-saww shall inherit you-asws, and you-asws are from me-saww at the status of Haroun-as of Musa-as, except surely there is no Prophet-as after me-saww, and that your-asws war is my-saww war and your-asws peace is my-saww peace’’. [93]