He said: Abu Bakr Muhammad b. Umar al-Je'abi reported to me from Abul Abbas Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Saeed al-Hamdani, who reported from Umar b. Aslam, who reported from Saeed b. Yusuf al-Basri, from KhALId b. Abdul Rahman al-Madayeni, from Abdul Rahman b. Abi Layla, from Abu Dharr al-Ghifari - may ALLAH (SWT) be pleased with him, who said:
I saw the MESSENGER of ALLAH (SWT), peace be upon him and his progeny, stroke the shoulders of ALI BIN ABI TALIB (ASWS), peace be upon him and say: "-------- Our Shias are people of noble descent and honour, and are of legitimate birth.
And there is none on the path of Ibrahim except those who are our Shias; the rest of the people are away from it.
And ALLAH (SWT) has appointed angels who demolish the sins of our Shias, the way a pick destroys a structure."
(Ref: Al-Amali Shaikh Mufeed: The Twentyfirst Assembly : Hadees No.4)