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وا̍ڶــصــﻼ̍ۃ وا̍ڶــســﻼم ؏ــڶــﮯ ســېــدنــا̍ ۛﷴ وآڵــہ
The Messenger of Allah (Blessings be upon him and his Ahlul-Bayt) said «The title of the believer's Book of deeds is love of Ali».
The people of Allah do not lead the same spiritual life like that of the ordinary people. The people of Allah search for the Divine Secrets in His creation. They follow the hearts in which Allah Almighty manifests Himself with His Majesty and Beauty - the Master of creation, Muhammad, Blessings be upon him and his family; his Vicegerent, Ali ibn Abi Talib, Blessings be upon him; the Chief of all women, Fatima Az-Zahra, Blessings be upon her; the Perfumes of Paradise: Al-Hasan and Al-Husain and the Awliya of their family Ahlul-Bayt, Blessings be upon them, and of the loyal Companions of the Prophet Blessings be upon him, Allah be pleased with them.
If it was not for the fact that Allah has preserved the religion through our Mawla Master Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (Blessings be upon him), who has extended the Muhammadi lights and the sacred knowledge to the Sheikhs of the Sufi Paths, the Divine Secrets would have disappeared forever after the departure of Sayyiduna Muhammad Blessings be upon him and his Ahlul-Bayt.
Hadrat Ibn Abbas said, the Messenger of Allah (Blessings be upon him and his Ahlul-Bayt) said: "Love Allah for He is the Source of all bounties, and love me for His love for me, and love my Ahlul Bayt (family and descendants) for my love for them".
(Al-Tirmizi and Al-Bukhari)
Hadrat Abu Saeed Alkhudri said, the Messenger of Allah (Blessings be upon him and his Ahlul-Bayt) said: "By Allah Who holds my soul, anyone who hates us Ahlul Bayt will definitely enter the Fire of Hell".
(Sahih by Al-Hakim and Ibn Hibban).
Imam Ibn Hibban included this Hadith under a section titled "On eternity in Hellfire for those who hate the Ahlul-Bayt of the Messenger of Allah (Blessings be upon him and his Ahlul-Bayt) ".
Hadrat Ibn Abbas said, the Messenger of Allah (Blessings be upon him and his Ahlul-Bayt) said: "O descendants of Abdul-muttalib, I have asked Allah for you three things... until he said "even if one spends all his life engaged in prayers and fasting between the Black Stone Corner and the Maqam of Ibrahim (by the Kaaba) then comes to Allah with hate in his/her heart for Ahlul Bayt of Muhammad will enter the Fire of Hell."
(Sahih by Al-Hakim)
Hadrat Abu Saeed Alkhudri said, the Messenger of Allah (Blessings be upon him and his Ahlul-Bayt) said: "Whoever hates us Ahlul-Bayt is indeed a hypocrite."
(By Imam Ahmad)
Hadrat Zayd ibn Thabit said: The Messenger of Allah (Blessings be upon him and his Ahlul-Bayt) said: "I will leave behind for you what if you hold on to them strongly you will never go astray: the Book of Allah and my Ahlul-Bayt Household, for they will never separate until they both join me at the Hawd (Lake at Paradise Gate)"
Imam Abul-Hasan Mulla Ali Al-Qari commented: "The people of someone's household are often the most aware of the leader of the house and his conditions. The intended Ahlul Bayt in this Hadith are those knowledgeable ones of them who are well aware of his blessed biography and his ways and his wisdom and sunnah, and thus they are worthy of being parallel to the Holy Quran; as Allah Almighty said, "and he will teach them the Book and Wisdom (Muhammadi way of life)".
The Messenger of Allah (Blessings be upon him and his Ahlul-Bayt) said: «Sign of Freedom from Hell is love of Ali»
The Messenger of Allah (Blessings be upon him and his Ahlul-Bayt) said: «O Ali, blessed is the one who loves you and says truth about you, and woe to the one who hates you and lies about you»
Note:
The chain of knowledge of the heavenly realities is a solidly connected chain, each part of which extends to the other part to provide the power of perception of the whole reality. It is not possible to perceive one part without knowing the reality of the other.
Some issues of the Islam that was prevented from reaching the Sunnis today:
Conveying of Salam and Salawat to Ahlul Bayt of the Prophet, Blessings be upon him and his family, stopped long ago, and was replaced with the term "radiya Allahu anhu/ anha" (Allah be pleased with him/her), and by so doing fell the distinction of Ahlul Bayt, Blessings be upon them, and became just equal to the other righteous people!
After the early elders of the Sunnis used to say "Ali ibn Abi Talib alaihis salam" and "Fatima Az-Zahra alaihas salam" and "Hasan and Husain alaihim assalam", many scholars, for various reasons, followed the approach of the Nasibis (haters/jealous of Ahlul Bayt) and began writing "radiya Allahu anhu" instead!
I encourage all Muslims to revive the Sunnah of the early notable Alwliya of Allah of the first two centuries, and say with every name of Ahlul-Bayt: "alaihis salam/alaihas salam" (Blessings be upon him/ Blessings be upon her). Stop saying "Allah be pleased with him/her," which is supposed to be used for the righteous of lesser status of the Companions and the Alwliya who are not from Ahlul Bayt. This is the glorious arrangement of Allah Almighty and His Messenger Blessings be upon him and his Ahlul-Bayt.
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Source: blessed notes taken by murids of Hazrat Shaykh Sayyid Dr. Alsharif Shamsuddin Alhusaini (damat barakatuhum)