Ahmad b. Ziyad b. Ja`far al-Hamadani رحمه الله narrated to us. He said: `Ali b. Ibrahim b. Hashim narrated to us. He said: Ja`far b. Salama al-Ahwazi narrated to us. He said: Ibrahim b. Muhammad al-Thaqafi narrated to us from Ibrahim b. Musa the son of the sister of al-Waqidi. He said: Abu Qutada al-Harrani narrated to us from `Abd al-Rahman b. al-`Ala' al-Hadrami from Sa`id b. al-Musayyib from Ibn `Abbas. He said: The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم was sitting one day, and with him was `Ali, Fatima, al-Hasan, and al-Husayn عليه السلام. So, he said: O Allah! You know that these are my Ahl al-Bayt, and the dearest of people to me, so love those who love them, hate those who hate them, align with those who align with them, oppose those who oppose them, and support those who support them. Purify them from every uncleanliness and protect them from every sin. Aid them with the Holy Spirit. Then, he صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: O `Ali! You are the Imam of my Nation and my vicegerent over them after me. You lead the believers to Paradise. It is as though I am looking at my daughter Fatima while she proceeds on the Day of Resurrection on a highborn [camel] of light. To her right will be seventy thousand angels, and to her left will be seventy thousand angels. She will lead the believing women of my Nation to Paradise. Whichever woman prays five times per day and night, fasts the month of Ramadan, makes pilgrimage to the Sacred House of Allah, gives the zakat of her wealth, obeys her husband, and aligns with `Ali after me will enter Paradise by the intercession of my daughter Fatima. She is the Mistress of the Women of the Worlds. So, it was said to him: O Messenger of Allah! Is she the Mistress of the Women of her world? So, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: That is Maryam bt. `Imran. As for my daughter Fatima, she is the Mistress of the Women of the Worlds, from the beginning to the end. She will stand from her prayer niche, and seventy thousand angels from the Angels of Proximity will deliver their salaam to her. They would call to her just as the angels called to Maryam; and they will say, “Surely, Allah has chosen you, purified you, and chosen you above the women of the worlds.” (3:42) Then, he turned to `Ali عليه السلام and said: O `Ali! Surely, Fatima is a part of me. She is the light of my eye and the fruit of my heart. Whatever harms her harms me, and whatever gives her joy gives me joy. She is the first who will follow me from my Ahl al-Bayt, so be good to her after me. As for al-Hasan and al-Husayn, they are my two sons and my two sweet basils. They are the Masters of the Youth of Paradise. So, let them honour you just like your hearing and your sight. Then, he صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم raised his hand to the sky and said: O Allah! I bear witness to You that I love whoever loves them, hate whoever hates them; I am at peace with whoever is at peace with them, I am at war with whoever is at war with them, I oppose whoever opposes them, and I align with whoever aligns with them.