Hadith

 أبي رحمة الله قال حدثنا أحمد بن إدريس قال حدّثنا يعقوب بن يزيد… …عن محمد بن أبي عمير عن محمّد القبطي قال سمعت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام يقول: الناس أغفلوا قول رسول الله صلّى الله عليه وآله في عليّ عليه السلام يوم غدير خمّ كما أغفلوا قوله يوم مشربة اُمّ إبراهيم أتى الناس يعودونه فجاء عليّ عليه السلام ليدنو من رسول الله صلّى الله عليه وآله فلم يجد مكاناً فلمّا رأى رسول الله صلّى الله عليه وآله أنّهم لا يفرّجون لعلي عليه السلام قال: يا معشر الناس هؤلاء أهل بيتي تستخفّون بهم وأنا حيّ بين ظهرانيكم؟ أما والله لئن غبت فإنّ الله لا يغيب عنكم إن الروح والراحة والرضوان والبشرى والحبّ والمحبّة لمن ائتمّ بعليّ وتولاّه وسلّم له وللأوصياء من بعده. حقّ عليَّ أن أدخلهم في شفاعتي لأنّهم أتباعي. "فمن تبعني فانّه منّي،" مثل جرى فيّ من إبراهيم لأنّي من إبراهيم وإبراهيم منّي، وديني دينه، وسنّتي سنّته، وفضله فضلي، وأنا أفضل منه، وفضلي له فضل تصديق قول ربّي: (ذُرِّيَّةَ بَعْضُهَا مِنْ بَعْض وَاللهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ). (وكان رسول الله صلّى الله عليه وآله قد أثبت رجله في مشربة اُمّ إبراهيم حين عاده الناس.)

 My father (r) said that Ahmed bin Idris narrated to them that Ya’qoub bin Yazid narrated to them… …from Mohammed bin Abi Umair that Mohammed al-Qibtti said that he heard Abu Abdullah (a) saying: People disregarded the Prophet’s saying about Ali on that day in Ghadir Khumm and disregarded his saying on that day in the chamber of Ummu Ibrahim. The Prophet (s) felt pain in his leg and people came to visit him. Ali (a) as well, came to see him, but people did not give him an opportunity to see the Prophet (s) due to their crowds. When the Prophet (s) noticed this thing, he said: O people, these are my household. You are disregarding them while I am alive among you. By Allah I swear, if I am no longer present among you, Allah shall never be absent. It is certainly that relief, rest, content, and glad tidings will be for him who follows, abide by, and submit to Ali as well as the successors who will come after him. It is incumbent upon me to include such individuals with my (right of) intercession, because they are my followers. "He who follows me will belong to me." I repeat this statement of Abraham because I belong to Abraham and Abraham belongs to me. My religion is the same as Abraham’s, my Sunna is the same as Abraham’s, and Abraham’s virtue is the same as mine. I, however, am preferable to him. This preference comes to support the saying of my Lord: "They were the offspring of one another. Allah is All-hearing and All-seeing. (3:34)"

Faḍaʾil al-Shīʿa

Book 1, Chapter 28