Divine favor for the Shia of Imam Ali — Hadith 1

good tidings. You are, by Allah, the compassioned ones whose righteous deeds will be accepted and wrongdoings will be overlooked. For him whoever does not come to Allah, on the Day of Resurrection, with the same beliefs that you have, his good deeds will not be accepted and his wrongdoings will not be overlooked. O Abu Mohammed, have I made you happy? " He said: "May Allah make me your sacrifice. I seek more from you. " The Imam (a) said: "O Abu Mohammed, there are definite angels of Allah, Powerful and Majestic is He, whose mission is to unload the sins that our Shia carry on their backs in the same way as wind causes the leaves of trees to fall down in the season of fall. This is the meaning of Allah’s saying: ’The angels glorify their Lord with His praise and seek forgiveness… (42: 5)’ for the believers. The angels, by Allah, seek forgiveness for you exclusively. O Abu Mohammed, have I made you happy? " He said: "May Allah make me your sacrifice. I seek more from you. " The Imam (a) said: "O Abu Mohammed, Allah has referred to you in His Book. He says: ’Among the believers, there are people who are true in their promise to Allah. Some of them have already passed away and some of them are waiting. They never yield to any change. (33: 23)’ You have fulfilled the pledge under which Allah put you concerning the loyalty to us. You have not substituted anything for us. If you had not done it, Allah would have rebuked you in the same way as He rebuked the others. He, Glorified is His mention, says: ’We did not find many among them keeping their promises. However, We did find many evildoers among them. (7: 102)’ O Abu Mohammed, have I made you happy? " He said: "May Allah make me your sacrifice. I seek more from you. " The Imam (a) said: "O Abu Mohammed, Allah has referred to you in His Book. He says: ’We shall remove all hatred from their breasts and make them as brothers reclining on thrones facing one another. (15: 47)’ By Allah I swear, no one other than you is intended in this Verse. O Abu Mohammed, have I made you happy? " He said: "May Allah make me your sacrifice. I seek more from you. " The Imam (a) said: "O Abu Mohammed, Allah has referred to you in His Book. He says: ’All intimate friends on that day will become each other’s enemies except for the pious. (43: 67)’ By Allah, you are the ’pious’ that are intended in this Verse. O Abu Mohammed, have I made you happy? " He said: "May Allah make me your sacrifice. I seek more from you. " The Imam (a) said: "O Abu Mohammed, in one the Verses of His Book, Allah refers to our enemies and us. He says: ’Are those who know equal to those who do not know? Only the people of reason take heed? (39: 9)’ We are ’those who know’, our enemies are ’those who do not know’, and our Shia are ’the people of reason. ’ O Abu Mohammed, have I made you happy? " He said: "May Allah make me your sacrifice. I seek more from you. " The Imam (a) said: "O Abu Mohammed, Allah has not excl