The scholar Abu Mohammad Hasan Bin Husain bin Babeweyh narrated from the blessed scholar Abu Jaafar Mohammad bin HASAN Al-Tousi, from the great scholar Abu Abdillah Mohammad Bin Mohammad bin No’man, from Abu Nasr Mohammad bin Husain Al-Moqari, from Omar bin Mohammad Al-Warraq, from Ali bin Abbas Al-BajALI, from Hameed bin Ziyad, from Mohammad bin Tasnim, from Abu Nu’aimFaz’l bin Ohakeen, from Moqatel bin Sulayrnaan, from Z’ahhak bin Muzahim, from Ibn Abbas, who said:
I asked the MESSENGER OF ALLAH (SAWW) about the following verses,
“The foremost (in faith) will he foremost (in receiving rewards), those are they who will be brought nearest to (ALLAH (SWT)), in gardens of bliss” (56:10-12).
The PROPHET (SAWW) replied, “Jibraeel told me that ALI (ASWS) and his Shia are “the foremost” in Paradise and they will be honoured and brought nearest to ALLAH (SWT).”
(Ref: Amaali of Tousi 1:70. Bihar Al-Anwar 35:332. Amaali Al-Mufld 298. Taawil Al-Ayaat 2:643)