Al-Hasan b Muhammad b Sa`id al-Hashimi al-Kufi narrated to us. He said: Furat b. Ibrahim b. Furat al-Kufi narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Ahmad b. `Ali al-Hamadani narrated to me. He said: Al-Husayn b. `Al narrated to me. He said: `Abdullah b. Sa`id al-Hashimi narrated to me. He said: `Abd al-Wahid b. Ghiyath narrated to me. He said: `Asim b. Sulayman narrated to us. He said: Juwaybir narrated to us from al-Dahak from Ibn `Abbas. He said: We prayed the final `Isha with the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم. When he recited the taslim, he turned his face toward us, then said: Surely, a meteor will fall from the sky at the rise of dawn. It will land in the house of one of you. Whoever has the meteor fall into his house, then he is my deputy, my vicegerent (khalifa), and the Imam after me. When Fajr approached, every one of us sat in his house waiting for the meteor to fall in his house. The most desirous of the people of that was my father, al-`Abbas b. `Abd al-Muttalib. At the rise of dawn, the meteor emerged in the air and landed in the house of `Ali b. Abi Talib عليه السلام. So, the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said to `Ali عليه السلام: O `Ali! By Him who raised me with prophethood! The deputyship, vicegerency, and Imamate has been obligated for you after me. Then, the hypocrites of `Abdullah b. Ubay and his companions said: Muhammad has deviated in his love for his cousin, and he only spoke with regards to him out of desire. So, Allah revealed, “By the star when it fades away” (53:1) – Allah is saying: “By the Creator of the star when it fades away” – “Your companion has not deviated” (53:2) – meaning, Muhammad صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم in his love for `Ali b. Abi Talib – “nor has he gone astray. Nor does he speak out of desire.” (53:2-3) – meaning, with regards to him – “Rather, it is not but a revealed revelation.” (53:4)