ʿAbd Allāh b. Jaʿfar al-Ḥimyarī, from Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd, from Manṣūr b. Yūnus, from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Sulaymān, from his father, from Abī Jaʿfar عليه السلام, from al-Ḥārith b. Nawfal, who narrated: “ʿAlī عليه السلام once said to the Apostle of Allāh: “O’ Apostle of Allāh, are the guides from among us? Or from others besides us?” The Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله replied: “They are from among us until the Day of Resurrection. It is on account of us that Allāh has saved them (the community of Islam) from the grievous error of polytheism, and it is on account of us that Allāh has saved them from the grievous error of strife. It is on account of us that they have become brothers (in Islam) after the grievous error of strife, just as they have become brothers after the grievous error of polytheism. It is on account of us that Allāh closes (matters), just as it is on account of us that Allāh opens (them).”