The Prophet’s Love for Imams Ĥasan and Ĥusain عليه السلام, His Command to Love Them, and the Reward for Loving Them

10. A group of my scholars including my father, Muḥammad ibn Ḥasan, and ‘Ali ibn Ḥusain all narrated to me from Sa’d ibn ‘Abdillāh ibn Abī Khalaf, from Muḥammad ibn ‘Isā ibn ‘Ubayd Al-Yaqťīni, from Abī ‘Abdillāh Zakariyyā Al-Mu`min, from Ibn Muskān, from Zayd (ibn Yūnus Al-Shaḥḥām) servant of Ibn Hubayrah, from Abī Ja’far (Imam Bāqir عليه السلام), who said: The Messenger of Allāh صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: Hold on to this emptied man (Imam ‘Ali عليه السلام). Verily he is SIDDǏQ AL-AKBAR (the greatest truthful one) and he is the guide of those who follow him. Those who precede him have apostatized the religion of Allāh. Allāh will destroy those who disappoint him. Those who adhere to him have adhered to the “cord of Allāh” (3:103). Allāh guides those who accept his Wilāyah and He leads astray those who neglect his Wilāyah. Ḥasan and Ḥusain عليه السلام, the two chiefs of my nation, are from ‘Ali عليه السلام and they are my sons. The Imams of guidance and Mahdi, the Qā`im عليه السلام, are (all) from the children of Ḥusain عليه السلام. Therefore, love them and follow them. Do not take their enemies as friends or choose them as leaders above them, for if you do, the wrath of Allāh will befall you and you will be disgraced in this world. “And he who forges a lie fails miserably” (20:61).