28-43 Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Musa, Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Senani al-Mokattib, al-Hussein ibn Ibrahim ibn Hisham al-Mo’ad’dab and Ali ibn Abdullah al-Var’raq - may God be pleased with them - narrated that Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Zakaria al-Qat’tan quoted Bakr ibn Abdullah ibn Habib, on the authority of Tamim ibn Buhlool, on the authority of Abu Muawiyah, on the authority of Suleiman ibn Mihran, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq (MGB), on the authority of his father Muhammad ibn Ali al-Baqir (MGB), on the authority of his father Ali ibn al-Hussein as-Sajjad (MGB), on the authority of his father Al-Hussein ibn Ali (MGB), on the authority of his father Ali ibn Abi Talib (MGB),

“When it was time for the death of God’s Prophet (MGB), the Prophet (MGB) called me in. When I went to see him, the Prophet (MGB) told me, ‘O Ali! You are my Trustee and my successor over my Household and my Nation both during my life and after my death. Your friends will be my friends and my friends are God’s friends. Your enemies will be my enemies and my enemies are God’s enemies. O Ali! Whoever denies your mastery after me, it is as if he has denied my Messengership during my life. You are from me and I am from you.’ Then the Prophet (MGB) asked me to get close to him and taught me one-thousand gates of knowledge each of which opens up to one-thousand gates.”