Sayyid Razi, in his book of Al-Manaqibul Faakhira fil Itratit Taahira, has narrated through his chains of narrators from Abdullah Ibne Masud that he said: One day I went to meet Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a) and said:
O Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a), please show me the truth so that I may follow it.
His Eminence said: Go into that dark store room and you would see the truth over there.
Ibne Masud says: When I went into that dark store room, I saw Imam Ali (a.s) engrossed in prayers and after the prayers he supplicated Almighty Allah in the following words:
O God, I adjure You by Your servant and messenger, Muhammad Mustafa (s.a.w.a) to forgive my sinful Shia.
Ibne Masud says: After that when I went to Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a) to inform him about this, I found him in prayers and after the prayers he supplicated Almighty Allah in the following words:
O God, I adjure You by Your servant, Ali (a.s) to forgive the disobedient people of my nation.
I was extremely moved to see that and I swooned. Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a) looked up and said: Ibne Masud, do you want to choose disbelief after faith?
I replied: God’s refuge! (How can I?) But the point is that I saw Ali (a.s) adjuring Almighty Allah through you in order to beseech God to forgive his sinful Shia and then saw you adjuring God through Ali for the forgiveness of the sinful from your nation. Now I am confused which of you commands more respect in the court of Allah?
Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a) replied: Ibne Masud, Almighty Allah created me, Ali, Hasan and Husain two thousand years before the creation of other creatures through the effulgence of His greatness and when we were born there was no existence of divine praise and glorification. Allah split my effulgence and through it created the heavens and the earth; that is why I am superior to the heavens and the earth.
Allah split the effulgence of Ali (a.s) and through it created the Arsh and the Kursi; therefore Ali is superior to the Arsh and the Kursi.
Allah split the effulgence of Hasan (a.s) and through it created the Tablet and the Pen; therefore Hasan is superior to the Tablet and the Pen.
Allah split the effulgence of Husain (a.s) and through it created Paradise and the Hourul Ein; therefore Husain is superior to Paradise and the Hourul Ein.
Then Almighty Allah imposed darkness over the easts and the wests. The angels complained to God regarding the darkness, saying:
O God, we adjure you through these effulgent bodies whom You have created, please remove this darkness from us.
Almighty Allah created a spirit and joined it to another spirit. From them He created a light. Then He added effulgence to that spirit and from that created Lady Zahra (s.a). Due to this sparkle and light she was named Zahra. Thus the easts and the wests lit up due to her light.
Ibne Masud, on Judgment Day Almighty Allah would say to me and Ali (a.s):
You (two) may send to Paradise whoever you like and to Hell whoever you want, as is the command of Almighty Allah:
أَلِْقيَا فِي َجَهنمُ كلَ كفاٍر َعنِيٍد(٢٤
“You two cast into hell every ungrateful, rebellious one.”
‘Kaffaar’ is one that denies my prophethood and ‘Aneed’ is one, who is inimical to Ali, his Ahle Bayt and his Shia
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