W.P.S: Mohammad bin Musa bin Motawakkil, from Ali bin Husain Al-Saad Abaadi, from Ahmad bin Abi Abdillah Al-Barqi, from his father, from Mohammad bin Sinan, from Abi Jarud Ziyad bin Monthir, from Qasem bin Walid, from Shaykh bin Thomala, who said:
“I went to Abul Hamraa, servant of the PROPHET (SAWW), and asked him to tell me about some of the things that he had heard from the PROPHET (SAWW) about ALI BIN ABI TALEB (ASWS).”
Abul Hamraa said:
Once the Messenger of ALLAH (SWT) told me to go and gather one hundred Arab men, fifty Persian men, thirty Copt men, and twenty Habasha men.
So I went and brought them all to the PROPHET (SAWW). Then the PROPHET (SAWW) aligned the Arabs in one line, the Persians behind them, the Coptic behind the Persians, and the Habasha behind the Coptics.
The PROPHET (SAWW) started by praising ALLAH (SWT) in a way that no one had heard before.
Then he asked them:
O Crowd of Arabs, Persians, Coptic, and Habasha! Do you testify that:There is no god but ALLAH (SWT), He is unique and has no partners? I am His slave and His Messenger?ALI BIN ABI TALEB (ASWS) is the Commander of the Believers and he has more authority on the believers than they have on themselves after me?
They all replied, “We swear to ALLAH (SWT) that we do.”
The PROPHET (SAWW) said three times, “O ALLAH (SWT)! Be my witness.”
Then the PROPHET (SAWW) turned to ALI (ASWS) and said, “O ABAL HASAN (ASWS)! Go and get a piece of paper and a pen.”
When ALI (ASWS) brought the piece of paper and the pen, the PROPHET (SAWW) told him to write the following:
In the name of ALLAH (SWT), The Beneficent, The Merciful.
The Arabs, the Persians, the Coptic, and the Habasha have testified that:There is no god but ALLAH (SWT), He is unique and has no partners; I am His slave and His Messenger; ALI BIN ABI TALEB (ASWS) is the Commander of the Believers and he has more authority on the believers than they have on themselves after me.
Then the PROPHET (SAWW) sealed the letter and gave it to ALI BIN ABI TALEB (ASWS), and I have not seen this letter ever since.
Then I (Shaykh bin Thomala) told Abul Hamraa to tell me another Hadith.
He said that on the Day of ‘ARAFA, the PROPHET (SAWW) approached the crowd while holding ALI BIN ABI TALEB (ASWS)’s hand, and he said, “O creation of ALLAH (SWT)! ALLAH (SWT) has boasted about the believers and will forgive all of them today.”
Then the PROPHET (SAWW) turned to ALI (ASWS) and said, “ALLAH (SWT) has specifically forgiven the believers because of you.”
Then the PROPHET said to ALI BIN ABI TALEB (ASWS), “Come closer to me.” ALI (ASWS) went closer to the PROPHET (SAWW).
The PROPHET (SAWW) said to him:
O ALI (ASWS)! Those who love you and follow you are truly blessed. And those who are against you, those who fight you, and those who hate you are truly distressed.
O ALI (ASWS)! Those who think they love me but hate you are liars.
O ALI (ASWS)! Those who fight you fight me, and those who fight me fight ALLAH (SWT).
O ALI (ASWS)! Those who hate you hate me, and those who hate me hate ALLAH (SWT), and ALLAH (SWT) will make them miserable in Hell.