228 - الشِّيعة
228. THE SHIA1
1080 - فَضلُ شِيعَةِ أهلِ البَيتِ عليهم السلام
1080. THE VIRTUE OF THE Shia OF THE HOUSEHOLD OF THE PROPHET
3414.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : شَكَوتُ إلى رسولِ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله حَسَدَ الناسِ إيَّايَ ، فقالَ : يا عليُّ ، إنّ أوَّلَ أربَعةٍ يَدخُلُونَ الجَنَّةَ أنا وأنتَ والحَسنُ والحُسينُ ، وذُرِّيَّتُنا خَلفَ ظُهُورِنا ، وأحِبّاؤنا خَلفَ ذُرِّيَّتِنا ، وأشياعُنا عَن أيمانِنا وشَمائلِنا .2
3414.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘I complained to the Prophet (SAWA) about people’s jealousy towards me, so he replied, ‘O Ali, the first four people to enter Paradise will be myself, you, Hasan and Husayn. The rest of our progeny will be behind us, those who love us will be behind them, and our Shia will be on either side of us.’3
3415.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام : سُئلَت اُمُّ سَلَمَةَ زَوجُ النبيِّ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله عن علِيّ بنِ أبي طالبٍ عليه السلام، فقالَت : سَمِعتُ رسولَ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله يقولُ : إنّ عليّاً وشِيعَتَهُ هُمُ الفائزونَ .4
3415.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘Umm Salama, the wife of the Prophet (SAWA), was once asked about [the status of] Ali b. Abu Talib (AS), to which she replied, ‘I have heard the Prophet (SAWA) say, ‘Verily Ali and his Shia are the victorious ones.’5
1.The word Shia lexically means ‘follower’, and originally referred to those who followed Imam Ali b. Abu Talib and who recognised him as the Prophet (SAWA)’s divinely appointed rightful successor. Today it generally refers to the body of Muslims who recognise the twelve Imams from Imam Ali (AS) to the rest of the Imams (AS) from his and Fatima, the Prophet’s daughter’s lineage (ed.)
2.الإرشاد : ۱ / ۴۳ .
3.al-Irshad, v. ۱, p. ۴۳
4.الإرشاد : ۱ / ۴۱ .
5.Ibid. p. ۴۱
