137 - النَّصُّ عَلى‏ إمامَتِهِ‏

137. The Proof for his Imama

426.فاطمة عليها السلام : دَخَلَ إليَّ رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله عِندَ وِلادَتي الحُسَينَ عليه السلام فَناوَلتُهُ إيّاهُ في خِرقةٍ صَفراءَ ، فَرَمى بِها وَأخَذَ خِرقَةً بَيضاءَ وَلَفَّهُ فيها ثُمَّ قالَ : خُذيهِ يا فاطِمَةُ فَإنَّهُ امامُ ابنُ امامٍ أبو الأئِمَّةِ التِسعَةِ ، مِن صُلبِهِ ائِمَّةٌ أبرارٌ وَالتّاسِعُ قائِمُهُم .¹

426. Fatima (AS) narrated, 'The Prophet (SAWA) came to me, after I gave birth to Husayn, so I gave him [Husayn] to him [the Prophet] in a yellow cloth, which he cast aside and wrapped him instead in a white cloth. He then said, 'Fatima take him, he is indeed an Imam and the son of an Imam. He is the father of nine Imams; from his loins will come virtuous Imams, the ninth of whom will be al-Qaim [the awaited saviour of mankind].' ²

427.الإمامُ الحسنُ عليه السلام : إنّ الحسينَ بنَ عليٍّ عليهما السلام ، بعدَ وفاةِ نَفْسي ومُفارَقَةِ رُوحي جِسْمي ، إمامٌ مِن بَعدي ، وعندَ اللَّهِ جلّ اسمُهُ في الكتابِ ، وِراثة مِن النّبيِّ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله أضافَها اللَّهُ عزّ وجلّ لَه في وِراثةِ أبيهِ واُمّهِ ، فعَلِمَ اللَّهُ أنّكم خِيَرةُ خَلقِهِ ، فاصْطَفى‏ مِنكُم مُحمّداً صلى اللَّه عليه وآله ، واختارَ محمّدٌ عليّاً عليه السلام ، واختارَني عليٌّ عليه السلام بالإمامةِ ، واخْتَرْتُ أنا الحُسَينَ عليه السلام .³

427.Imam al-Hasan (AS) said, 'Certainly Husayn b. Ali (AS) will be the Imam after my death and after my soul has departed from my body. And with Allah - exalted is His Name in the Book - is the legacy of the Prophet, which Allah has added to him along with the legacy of his father and mother. Indeed Allah knew that you are the best people among His creation, hence he chose from you Muhammad (SAWA), and Muhammad chose Ali (AS), and Ali (AS) chose me for the Imama, and I have chosen Husayn(AS).' ⁴

20 - الإمام الحسين بن عليّ‏

20. IMAM HUSAYN B. ALI (AS)

136 - وِلادَةُ الحُسَينِ عليه السلام‏

136. The Birth of Imam Husayn (AS)

425.الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ عليه السلام : فَلَمّا وُلِدَ الحُسَينُ عليه السلام أوحى اللَّه تَعالى إلى جَبرَئيلَ عليه السلام أنَّهُ قَد وُلِدَ لُِمحَمَّدٍ ابن فاهبِط إلَيهِ فَهَنِّئْهُ وَقُل لَهُ إنَّ عَليّاً مِنكَ بِمَنزِلَةِ هارونَ مِن موسى فَسمِّهِ بِاسمِ ابنِ هارونَ فَهَبَطَ جَبرَئيلُ عليه السلام فَهَنَّاهُ مِنَ اللَّهِ تَعالى ثُمَّ قالَ : إنَّ اللَّهَ عزّ وجلّ يَأمُرُكَ أن تُسَمّيهِ بِاسمِ ابنِ هارونَ ، فَقالَ وَما كانَ اسمُهُ ؟ قالَ : شُبَيراً ، قالَ : لِساني عَرَبيٌ ، قالَ : سَمِّهِ الحُسَينَ .¹

425.Imam Zayn al-'Abidin (AS) said, 'When Husayn (AS) was born, Allah, most High, revealed to Gabriel ² (AS) that a boy had been born to Muhammad, and to descend to him, to congratulate him, and to tell him that indeed Ali's position with respect to you is as that of Aaron to Moses. So name him with the name of Aaron's son. So Gabriel (AS) descended, congratulated him on behalf of Allah, and then said, 'Verily Allah commands you to name him with the name of Aaron's son'. He [the Prophet] asked, 'And what was his name?' He replied, 'Shubayr.' He said, 'But my language is Arabic.' He said, 'So name him Husayn [i.e. its Arabic equivalent].' ³