Excellence of Imami Shi’ah

260. A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from Muhammad Bin Al-Hassan Bin Shammoun, from Abdullah Bin Abdu Rahmaan, from Abdullah Bin Al-Qasim, from Amro Bin Abu Al-Maqdaam, who has narrated the following: Abu Abdullah عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘Indeed! And for everything is an essence and the essence of the children of Adam عليه السلام is Muhammad صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, and us عليه الصلاة والسلام, and our عليه الصلاة والسلام Shites after us عليه الصلاة والسلام. How lovely are our عليه الصلاة والسلام Shites! What will be closer to the Throne of Allah عز وجل Mighty and Majestic than them on the Day of Judgement. By Allah عز وجل! Had the people not magnified that, or pride entered into them, the Angels would have greeted them already. By Allah عز وجل! There is no servant from our عليه الصلاة والسلام Shites who recites the Quran whilst standing in his Prayer, except that there are a hundred Rewards for him for every letter of it, nor does he recite it seated in his Prayer, except that there are a fifty Rewards for him for every letter of it, nor in other than Prayers, except that there are ten Rewards for him for every letter of it. And the one from our عليه الصلاة والسلام Shites who is silent, there is the Reward for him of the recitation of the Quran by the one who is opposed to him. By Allah عز وجل! You sleep upon your beds and there is the Reward for you of the Holy Warriors (Al-Mujahideen). By Allah عز وجل! You are in your Prayers, and there is for you the Reward of the being in the rows of His عز وجل Way. By Allah عز وجل! You are the ones for whom Allah عز وجل has Said: “[15:47] And We will root out whatever of rancour is in their breasts (they shall be) as brethren, on raised couches, face to face”. But rather, our عليه الصلاة والسلام Shites are the people with four eyes – two eyes in the head and two eyes in the heart. Indeed! And all of the creatures are like that, except that Allah عز وجل has Opened your eyes, and Blinded their eyes’.