The Dictations · Hadith 409 (#Ḥadīth #2)

2 - حدثنا أبي (رحمه الله)، قال: حدثنا محمد بن يحيى العطار، عن محمد ابن عبد الجبار، عن أبي أحمد الازدي، عن أبان بن عثمان، عن أبان بن تغلب، عن عكرمة، عن ابن عباس، قال: قال رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله): إن الله عز وجل آخى بيني وبين علي بن أبي طالب، وزوجه ابنتي فوق سبع سماواته، وأشهد على ذلك مقربي ملائكته، وجعله لي وصيا وخليفة، فعلي مني وأنا منه، محبه محبي، ومبغضه مبغضي، وإن الملائكة لتتقرب إلى الله بمحبته (2).

My father narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Yahya al-`Attar narrated to us from Muhammad b. `Abd al-Jabbar from Abi Ahmad al-Azdi from Aban b. `Uthman from Aban b. Taghlub from `Ikrama from Ibn `Abbas. He said: The Messenger of Allah (s) said: Surely, Allah established a brotherhood between me and `Ali b. Abi Talib and married him to my daughter above the seven heavens – and His Angels of Proximity bore witness to that. He made him a deputy and a vicegerent for me. So, `Ali is from me and I am from him. Those who love him love me, and those who hate him hate me. Surely, the angels gain Allah’s proximity by loving him.

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